@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "c849c240-633f-4acf-b6be-eacb66462f7a"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2016-07-29"@en, "1891-06-13"@en ; dcterms:description "The Miner was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The Miner was established by John Houston, an outspoken journalist who would later embark on a successful political career, which included four terms as the mayor of Nelson and two terms in the provincial legislature. After leaving the Miner in the summer of 1892, Houston established the Tribune to compete with his former paper. The Miner was published by The Miner Printing and Publishing Company, and the paper's longest-serving editor was D. J. Beaton. The Miner was published under two variant titles, the Nelson Weekly Miner and the Weekly Miner. In 1902, the paper was sold to F. J. Deane, who changed the title to the Weekly News."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xminer/items/1.0182589/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ ��>iily 'Paper. ��� Printed;., m tl*e .fLootenny ialte Min ing' Districts. ' For 'Kates ; ;. of Subscription and Art vertis ing See Fourtli Page. ��� NUMBER-'52., NELSON, BEITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1891. $4, A YEAE. I>OmXKO.N' BA�� AWV FOURTH ".OF JULY SPOB5TS. A public meeting was held at Nelson on Tuesday evening to discuss the question of holding sports at Nelson and Ainsworth on the first and fourth days of July. The attendance at the meeting was small. The"chair was taken a few minutes after 8 o'clock by John Houston ; the duties of secretary being performed by W. Ges- ner Allan. After a little discussion, it was held advisable to hold sports on both days^ the athletic sports to take. place at Ainsworth on the first and the aquatic sports at Nelson on the fourth. The question of funds was next discussed, and it was decided to use the remainder of the money, subscribed during the winter for advertising purposes, for prizes, etc. It was, also, unanimously voted that a special invitation to be present in the lake country on those days , be forwarded to John Robson and the members of his cabinet, and to the mayors of Victoria, Vancouver, New Westminster, Spokane JFalls, and Oolville. A committee of arrangements, was then appointed, consisting of messrs. Crane, Houston, and LaBau. Messrs. Bigelow, Gilker, and Mahoney were constituted a subscription committee; while the invitation and reception duties were entrusted to messrs; Hill, Hume, Lemon, Selous, Rodgers, Teetzel, Marks, Crad- .. dock, Wilson, Giffin, and Allan. The various committees were instructed to meet again on Friday evening. XooSong- Better. Not satisfied ANB> 'TKANSFEUKED.- AT NELSON, TOAD MOUNTAIN DISTRICT. Thursday, June 4th.���The Stokesley, situate on the west side of Eagle creek, about ^ mile above the government trail, and being the southerly extension of the Forest; James Buchanan and John Nettleton, locators. Saturday, June 6th���The M. D., situate on Eagle creek about 6miles below Nelson, being a fraction^ comprising the whole Of the ground lying between the Burro, Total Wreck, High Ore, and Pioneer claims; W. Gesner Allan, locator. Tuesday, June 9th.��� The Dick, situate on the north side of Kootenay riverf opposite the mouth of 49 creek and 2 miles from the-river, and being the western extension of the John A; Thomas Trenery, locator. The Emma, situate about f. mile west of Eagle creek, and near the WildCat; J. L. Hamilton, locator. Friday, June 12t.h.���The Alaska, situate 3 miles south from Nelson, on the north slope of Toad 'mountain, about 600 feet above the wagon road; John McKinnon, locator. AT AINSWORTH, HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT. , Thursday, June 4th.��� The Jupiter, situate on the south side of the south branch of Coffee creek, about 4 miles west of ^Kootenay lake; George Schroder, locator. Friday June 5th.���The G. B. McClelland, situate on Krao creek, about 2 miles West of Kootenay lake, and being the south extension of the Mount View; George W. Adrian, locator. The , Sam Patch, situate on Krao creek, about \\ of a mile east of and running parallel with the G. B. McClelland, about 2| miles west of Kootenay lake; Irvine A. Dunsmore, locator. The Ogdens- burg, situate on Cedar creek, about. 1�� miles west of Kootenay lake, and being south extension of the Sunny Side; A. J. Whalen, J. H. Fink, and L. R. Lindsay, locators. Saturday, June 6th.'���The .Lakeview., situate on Boulder creek about 3| miles south of the Blue Bell, east side of Kootenay Lake; James A. Melville and J. L. Hector Toueigay, locators. The Carbonate King, situate on the south side of Boulder Creek, east side of Kooteay lake, and being the south extension of the Lake view; W. O. Scofield locator. The Gem, situate about ^ mile south of Boulder creek, east side of Koote-^ nay lake, and being the second south extension of the Lakeview; Eli Carpenter, locator. Monday, June 8th.��� The Ruby, situate on the south bank of Cedar creek and running parallel with the west side line of the Billy Sherman, about \\ a mile west of Kootenay Lake; William Smith, locator. Tuesday, June 9th.���The Outlet, situate about 1000 feet west from the western boundary of the townsite of Balfour, and about 12 a mile due north of the old woodyard cabin, on the west arm of the lake; C. W." Busk and C, Vonmoerkeeke locators. Wednesday, June 10th.���The Bald Eagle, situate about 4 miles west of Kootenay lake, and about | of a mile east of the Skyline, and running parallel with the east side line of the Rainey Day; Charles Wheten, locator. The French, situate about 20 miles north of Ainsworth, west side of Kootenay lake, Thomas Trener, George Ellis, and Joseph Fereow, locators. Will Try to det Machinery up the Hill this Year. The boarding houses on the Dandy ground are nearly finished; and mr. Eslersays he intends to have machine drills working on Toad mountain this year if the wagon road is completed in time. TIBBIE WBLI/:. S5E: ������IPLEffTY,-.OF .FUNDS.. Owing to a '���..miscalculation", probably, on the part of the lands and works department at Victoria, the beginning of work on the wagon road to the Hall mines was not delayed long enough to make it impossible to get the road completed to the mines soon enough to be of service this year. Since its commencement the work has been pushed right ahead. The road is now?- slashed out to the summit of the first .peak at the other side of Giveout creek, leaving about three and a half miles yet to be done. The survey line has not been followed exactly and the grade in some places is a little steep, but not enough to affect the usefulness of the road. The road-bed is solid right along; and, when it is completed, the road will be qLi.ite"' good enough to draw machinery and supplies over. This is all that it is likely to be needed for this year. tiA careful estimate of the, work to be done was made on Friday, and it is thought that the Hall ��� mines', will, be'reached by about the middle of next month. Those in charge of the work do not anticipate any shortness of funds, as what they now have on hand is ample, provided no exceptionally heavy work is encountered. The last mile, around the head, of Giveout creek, is the worst piece on the whole distance; but due allowance for this was made in making the estimate. About 80 men are now employed on the work. . - ���������"',""���'"'" '���-. '������ They do not Want Napoleon Fifxstsihhs. ,;: Many rumors to the contrary notwithstanding, the question of the gold com missionership of this district has been definitely settled, as the following notice from the Gazette proves : "Napoleon Fitzstubbs, esquire, stipendiary magistrate, to be gold commissioner; government agent; assistant commissioner of lands and works;, deputy registrar of the county court of Kootenay, holden at Revelstoke; collector of votes; returning officer ; a court of revision and appeat under the Assessment Act; registrar under and to carry out the marriage ' ordinances, and to receive applications for registration and record under the provisions of the land registry act, for the West Kootenay electoral district, vice George Christie Tunstall, esquire, stipendiary magistrate, transferred to another district." . To the Editor of The Miner: The appointment of Mr. Fitzstubbs as gold commissioner for the district of West Kootenay lias caused an indignation meeting to be held here tonight, at -.which the following telegram was drawn up and dispatched : To the Honorable John Robson, Victoria: The appointment, of gold commissioner for West Kootenay was denounced at an influential meeting held here tonight. The meeting was unanimous that your government be re- l quested to hold him.till petitions can be sent and every part of the district heard from. (Signed). W. A. JOWETT, chairman. There is a petition being drawn up against the appointment, which will ho almost unanimously signed here, and we.have been appointed a committee to advise you of our actions in the matter and request your co-operation by taking the matter up in your part of the district and petitioning against the appointment which we consider not at all appropriate. We will also urge the government to appoint some local man to fill the position. In name and on behalf of the residents of Revelstoke we are, yours verv truly. II. A. 11ROWN, } THOMAS HAMILTON, Committee. W. M. 'HI < OWN. J Revelstoke, B. C, June (5, 1891. We enclose, also, a copy of the heading of the petition circulated at; Rcvelstok, address to the provincial secretary: "We, the undersigned residents and electors of and around Revelstoke, in the district of West Kootenay, do hereby strongly protest against the appointment of Napoleon Fitzstubbs to the position of gold commissioner of West Kootenay, not considering him worthy of our esteem and confidence, and Ave do hereby beg that his appointment be cancelled. We would also pray that your government appoint an eligible resident of the district to the position, who could have our respect and do honor to the position." It will now be in order for the people here to acquaint themselves with the shortcomings of mr. Napoleon Fitzstubbs, and govern themselves accordingly. All The Miner knows of that gentleman, is that it does not like his name. tsw^sss^^ THE MIrTER: JTELSOff, B, 0., SATUEDAY, JUNE 13, 1891. Main Street, Wright Street, DEALEHS lEIEST iners' Supplies, Iron and Steel, Hardware, G-roceries, Provisions, Boots and: I D Eta, Etc; ; B? isr./DBi- Having bought the stock and book debts of the late firm of E. S. WILSON & 00., all parties having outstanding accounts are requested to call and settle them as soon as possible. "THE''GREAT ...TACITIJIW ONE." Not until they������'endeavor to fill his places do the people of Germany realize how great a gap in the rank of their leaders has been caused by the death of field-marshal Von Moltke. It is likely to be ���long' 'before the same colossal mental force and unflagging industry are again found concentrated in the one man; and the Germans have cause to lament his decease. Stuart- Cumberland described Moltke as being "without parallel in his capacity for sustained hard thought;" and for the careful use of that capacity Tie was almost as singular. The lesson of the great field-marshal's life shows the value of concentration- in every form of work, from the management of an army to the writing of a letter. There was no waste in Moltke, not even a waste of words; the men said,of him that he could be silent in many languages. The reason was that he had learned to combine his faculties and direct them all in harmony to the purpose of the hour. ELe needed all his energies for action, and because even talk must draw for sustenance upon the nervous forces, he said little. He had brought -his-own, faculties under drill and discipline, and in like manner he could condense the energies of a kingdom into a cannon ball, compact and irresistible^ He drew eight corps of the Prussian army from divergent points and converged them upon Sadowa in the critical moment of battle, as a leus concentrates the sunbeams. The center of the Austrian army melted under the heat, and when the sun went down upon the field, Austria had no longer either voice or vote in the politics of .Germany. By his infallible mathematics he worked out the doom of the French empire long before the challenge of Napoleon came, so that when the proclamation of war was made, he had nothing to do but touch the little button that set in motion all the complex machinery of the German army, and move it like the sweep of a sword across France to the field of destiny by the ramparts of Sedan. Every great man's life is an example from which instruction may be drawn; and that of Moltke shows the value of temperance and exercise; not the exercise of pleasure, but the exercise of work. He started in life with ninety years'capital in the bank, and his account was never over-drawn. His allowance for a day sufficed him for a day, he did not by over-indulgence and excess consume his capital, and so he lived his ninety years, a healthy, vigorous man. He worked hard, but he slept easy; and the reason why he did not die at threescore years and ten, or even at four score years, was because he had something to do���a potent element of long life. When a man at sixty-five or seventy, says that his work in this world is done, it is a charity for nature to take him at his word, and give him eternal rest. Many, men, perhaps most men, start in life with ninety years' capital in the bank, but. they over-draw, and find themselves vitally bankrupt at sixty or sixty-five. Few of them reach an end so happy and desirable as Moltke's last day. Work in the line of public duty in the morning, dinner at home in the evening, a quiet game of whist, an then "a stoppage of the heart." No days of pain and fever, no vigils of the night; only a stoppage of the heart; and in the morning Berlin awakened to learn that father Moltke was dead���that while the city slept his little bark had been safely-beached on the golden strands of eternity. Moltke was old eiiough to remember how the French tore Germany to pieces, after the battle of Jena, as the lion tears his prey. He lived to see Germany united, and, through his own industry and genius���the greatest military power, in the world. Tlie Itata Surrenders. Tlie following dispatch, anent the Itata, has been received at Washington, D..C, by secretary Tracy: "Iquique, Chili,- June 4th.��� The Itata arrived here from Tacopilla last night, and was placed at the disposition of rear-admiral Mc- Cann this morning. She had on board 5000 rifles and amunition taken from the Robert and Minnie, of the port of San Diego, California. She has no other munitions of war than these belonging to the ship and transferred nothing to the Esmeralda, with which she communicated off Acapulco. She then went direct to Toca- pilla. The Charleston arrived here today, and the Pensacola is expected here today. As soon as the Itata takes on coal and prepares for her return trip, admiral McGann will send her back to San Diego, probably under convoy of his cruisers. She will be delivered to the United States court officers at San Diego, and proceedings against her for violation of the neutrality laws will be resumed at the point where they were interrupted by the unlawful departure of the steamer, and the responsible parties w7ill be likely called upon to answer a, charge of contempt of court for running away while under an injunction. The Chiliean insurgents, it seems, upon hearing of the escape of the Itata, while under an injunction, disapproved of this action, and at once determined to surrender the vessel, and a proposition was made by F T3IB W��.IML'H>'S' NEWS. Charles Stuart Parnell has married Kitty O'Shea. The Bank of England rate of discount has been reduced to 4 per cent. ' Ten thousand workmen in the largest shipyards on the Clyde, in the vicinity of Glasgow, have quit work. The strike has crippled shipbuilding operations on that river. On Tuesday, the 2nd, 5390 immigrants arrived in New York. This is the greatest number that has over arrived at that place in one day. Assistant secretary Nettleton on Wednesday the 3rd, directed the return of 2 immigrants to their respective countries; These immigrants arrived in the United States iri January last, but have since become paupers and under the new immigration law can be returned at the expense of the steamship company which brought theni to the United States. This is the first order of the kind issued by the treasury department, and indicates the rigor with which the new law is to be enforced. Madame Blavatzky, the well-known founder of the Theo- sophist society, is dead. The'British South Africa Company has driven back the Portuguese all along the line and England may ultimately drive them out of Africa altogether. <��� The debate in the Dominion house on the motion of Laurier, censuring sir, Charles Tupper for participation in the recent elections has ended, and the final vote resulted' in the government being sustained by a'majority of 21. '. '������...Jewish Persecution in. Russia. The relentless severity whicll characterized the persecution of the entire Hebrew race in Russia at its beginning is by no means abating; nor is it the intention of the heartless autocrat who has instituted it that it should abate. In responding to a personal appeal made by an influential Russian on behalf of the .Tews the czar said he was determined to continue0 his measures of Jewish repression with a view to the solution s of the Jewish question. The Jews themselves, he declared, had forced this policy. There had never been a nihilist plot hi which they were not concerned, and they were 'continually actively engaged in propagating subversive movements. No measure is"too harsh, no treatment too severe for the, consummation of this solution; and the unfortunate Jews, are now fleeing from Russia in thousands, and are in search of a suitable location in which to ground a Jewish colony. A few Jewish capitalists are considering favorably the settlement of half a million Je.ws in the northwest of Arabia, near the Red sea. The land is under Egyptian rule, and the soil is fertile with a good climate, while only a few wandering Arabs lay any claim to occupation. The proposition is to establish a principality under the suzerainty of the khedive, and with some wealthy London or American Jew as reigning prince of the province, which would be autonomous and have its own military and system of police. The Egyptian government is favorable to the proposition, and the question is, where to find a prince. Baron Hirsch has been mentioned, and also a prominent Hebrew banker in New York. The person thus honored would be expected to contribute liberally to the foundation of the principality. Whatever else may be the result of this persecution there can be but little doubt but that it is sowTing the seeds of future evil for the decaying dynasty of the Romanoffs. THE eposit Co. NELSON, II.C, will shortly transact a general banking business in the Houston & Ink block. C. TAYLOR, Manager. TIMBER LEASE. Thirty days after date I intend to make application to the chief commissioner of. lands and works for permission to lease for lumbering purposes the following tract of land : Beginning at a stake on the west bank of the Lardeau river, about 4�� miles from its mouth, thence south 80 chains, thence east to the river, thence north along bank of river to the place of beginning ; containing 610 acres more or less. G.O.BUCHANAN. Nelson, April 16th, 1891. DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP. The partnership heretofore existing between Oscar Soder- berg and Axel Johnson, doing business as hotelkeepcrs at Nelson under the firm name of Soderberg & Johnson, is dissolved. All accounts due the firm must be paid to Axel Johnson, who will also pay all firm debts. OSCAR SODERBERG, Nelson, May 26th, 1891. AXEL JOHNSON. NOTICE, The undersigned will continue the business at the old stand, the Kootenay House, and will be pleased to have a share of public patronage. AXEL JOHNSON. Nelson, May 26th, 1891. NOTARY PTJBLTC. 1fas�� �� ���,. Town lots, lands, and mining claims handled on commission. Conveyancing documents drawn up. Correspondence solicited. Office: IS[o. 13 East Baker Street/NELSON, B. a (rEOo E. R. ���; ELBIS9 Fo ;G. S..'. MBNING'.ENGINEER- ASSSD., CHEMIST, ' Author of "Practical Organic Analysis," the "Iron Ores of the World," etc.; expert in the "Bluebird , ,' Mining Suit" (Butte City); ��� ��� .��� ���; ���".NEiiS0N,.'-B. ���. Will examine and report on, or superintend the development of, mining properties in West.Kootenay; advises on the treatment of ores, and furnishes specifications of mining, milling, and smelting plants.. c- ASSA��, CHIAISCHES: Gold, silver, or lead '��1.50 each. Gold and silver, or lead and silver, ��2. Copper, $2.50. Silver and copper, ��>3. Gold, silver, and lead, ��3. Gold, silver, and copper, ��i ; and so on. < Will contract for the erection of stores, hotels, dwellings, bridges, etc., and guarantee work finished on time. SEASOlsTED LTJIMIIBIEIR, always on hand for store fittings, desks, tables, etc. Undertaking attended to. Shop: 0oi\\ Baker and Josephine Sts. ^ Isa^V^FH state ���<>r3tci' B��;iKcr and. Stanley Streets, KELSON, .15. C. m m FOR NON-RESIDENTS A SPECIALTY. ESEJSTS ���OIXE���TEP WEBTS CIO&LE^TEt* '9 ARCHITECT, CONTRACTOR AND BLTLDER, iVE'iSOX, 15. ���. Plans, specifications, and estimates furnished for all classes of buildings. PIONEER e���^ PAINTER AMD DECORATOR. Address : Nelson Hotel. fesa Lbrra a BKIOK AND STONE MASON, PLASTERER. Will contract to do brick and stone work, also plastering and calcimining. Leave orders at J. Fred Hume & Go's, 9 and 11 East Vernon street, Nelson, B. C. NOTICE, A sitting of the county court of Kootenay will be held at Nelson on Saturday, the 20th day of June, 1891. Nelson, May 12th, 1891. T. II. GIFFIN, registrar. 4 THE MINEfi: KELSON, B. 0., SATUEDAY, JUNE 13, 1891. The Miner is printed on Saturdays; and will be mailed to subscribers at the following cash-in-advance rates: Three months ��1.50," six months ��2.50, one year &L Transient Advertisements will be inserted for 15 cents a line for the first insertion and 7 cents a line for each additional insertion. Twelve, lines of 9 words each make an inch. All advertisements printed for a less period than 3 months considered transient and must be paid for in advance. Advertisements of less than ,12 lines will be counted as 12 lines. Birth Notices free if weightop child is given; if weight is not given ��1 will be charged. Marriage announcements will be charged from ��1 to ��10���according to the social standing of the bridegroom. Job Printing in good style at fair rates. Cards, envelopes, and letter, note, and account papers kept . in stock. '���; ��� ���'.. Contract Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of ��3 an inch (down the column) per month. A special rate for advertisements of over 2 inches. Letters to the Editor will only appear over the; writer's name. Communications with such signatures as "Old Subscriber," "Veritas," "Citizen," etc^ etc., will not be printed on any consideration. Address all Letters : The Miner, Nelson, B. C. EDITORIAl REMARKS. The personnel of The Miner has undergone a slight modification ; John Houston having disposed ofcliis interest in this paper, together with all his Nelson property. From this on, the editorial "we" of The Miner will be composed of Charles H. Ink and W. Gesner Allan. It has often been remarked by new arivals at Nelson that it was not to be wondered at that the town had been so prosperous, for the people here had the reputation on the outside of being united and pulling well together in every matter which affected the public weal. And so they have been. And, if they are as levelheaded, in the future as they have been in the past, they will continue to act unitedly. For, for a time at least, Nelson's immediate future will largely depend on the co-operation of the men who are building up the town. Concerning the expenditure of the government appropriations for grading the streets, etc., there should be no difficulty; for any dissension there may be among our citizens must surely be, in fact, but a difference of opinion. If the disbursement is left to the discretion of the government agent here, there should be no dissatisfaction, for an implicit faith in his impartiality is entertained: if the disbursement is left to the wishes of the people, there will be no trouble in settling the matter, as long as all are disposed, to be fair-minded in their action. One thing is certain and that is, that sectional caucuses, and party feeling will add nothing towards a satisfactory solution of the questions at issue, and will only result in harm to the whole town. Judging from the number of public communications, the tone of private letters, and the report of reliable men from that place, the people of Revelstoke appear to be dissatisfied. The trouble has arisen about mr. Tunstall's successor as gold commissioner for West Kootenay district. The lieutenant-governor has appointed Napoleon Fitzstubbs. The people of Revelstoke do not want him; and they have had a spirited indignation meeting to register their disapproval of the appointment and they are circulating a petition to procure its cancellation���a committee having been appointed to take the matter in hand. That committee has written an earnest ajDpeal to Nelson for co-operation in the matter; but as yet nothing has been done in this district. Nor is there likely to be yet. As a matter of fact, the people here know very little or nothing about Napoleon Fitzstubbs. The petition declares that he is not considered "worthy of esteem and confidence." Possibly he is not; and if they knew he was not, the people here would soon rise in arms and by means of petitions, indignation meetings, and unani mous resolutions register a "kick" to that effect. But it never seems to have occurred to the people of Revelstoke that the people here might" want to know something definite against a man before seriously demanding his discharge. If mr. Fitzstubbs is as undesirable as the people up the main line would have us believe, why have charges not been preferred against him? At present the only-specific "kick" entertained by the people of Nelson and Ainsworth towards Napoleon Fitzstubbs is against that gentleman's name���and this they deem rather meagre basis for an indignation meeting as he, possibly, was not consulted in the matter. It is surprising how little support is being received by those who are interesting themselves in the matter of promoting Dominion Day and Fourth of July celelebrations at Nelson and Aineworth ; especially in view of what benefits to the .whole Kootenay Uake district would assuredly follow well-advertised and well-attended festivities. Natal day celebrations result in good to every other place in which they are held, and there is no good reason why they should not do the same to Nelson and Ainsworth. Citizens should bear in mind when considering the subscribing question that, while the immediate direct return may not be noticeable, the benefit which they derive indirectly would surprise them if they could only keep track of it. For every dollar a community spends in advertising enterprises of that kind, it is pretty nearly certain to get ten dollars back. It is like casting bread on the waters���it may take a long time to float back again ; but it always does come back, and " buttered, too, for certain." ____ The San Francisco Argonaut, in commenting on the press of that city, attributes to it the fact that in general development the public of San Francisco is less advanced than one has reason to expect when noting its many exceptional advantages. "While the press of that city should, feel flattered at having so much influence assigned to it, it can hardly be said that the praise is altogether unalloyed. The Argonaut says : " Had the press of this place fallen under the " control of enlightened men, the public would " have been educated long ago in regard to the " wants of a great community; but, unfortun- " ately for this place, the daily press, which has "had most to do in shaping public thought in " San Francisco, has been, and still is, in the "hands of a few narrow-minded, eccentric, and "selfish cranks who are incapable of feeling or " uttering a generous sentiment. The men who " have done most for the dignity, honor, and "advancement of this commonwealth have " been hounded and abused by these individ- " uals from the first, while others, who were " made of the commonest clay and possessed of " the most mediocre attainments, were uplifted " and made to appear respectable in the public "estimation, simply because they have abased " themselves to these so-called journalists." The fact is that the newspapers of San Francisco are remarkably like the newspapers of many other places ; they are run not so much for the enlightenment and education of the public as regards the wants of a great community as for the accumulation of hard cash. A newspaper is, in nine cases out of ten, a fac-simile of the community it represents. If a community is composed of public-spirited, enterprising, and independent men, it will support a newspaper of the same type ; if the newspaper is not of that type, it may be taken for granted the people are not. The root of the trouble lies with the people of San Francisco, not with the newspapers. If they did hot want a selfish, corrupt, and boodling press, they would not support it. That would settle the matter. "The question has frequently been asked since "the death of the premier, and the consequent " dissolution of the government, whether it will " be necessary for the members of the succeed- " ing government when it has been formed, "to go back to their constitueritcies for re- "election? The point is settled that they "will not. David Mills, a recognized authority "on the constitution, says the procedure is as "follows: The governor-general will call upon "one of the members of the cabinet to form a " new ministry, and when this is done, if part "of the late ministry should be left out and new "men be taken in their places, the new men " would necessarily require to go back for re- " election as their seats wTould become vacant " upon their appointment to the ministry, but " the members of the late ministry will not re- " quire to do so. In this opinion both mr. "Bourinot, clerk of the house of commons, and " Edward Blake, concur. The latter, however, " remarks that if one of the members of the late " ministry should be raised to the premiership, " which is most probable, it would be a question " whether he would not require to seek re-elec- "tion on account of the increase of salarv "which the change would involve. Mr. Blake " seems to think he would." There is nothing of such vital importance to a mining camp as the question of security of title to claims���the immunity a claim-owner has from the possibility of vexatious procedure and costly litigation. This being the case, it is to the interest of all who have anything at stake in the Kootenay Lake country to emphatically discountenance the attempts that are being made from time to time in the camps here by men with no valid claim whatever to obtain possession of valuable claims on the ground of some trifling disregard of a legal technicality on the part of the lawful owners. Of course, the law should always be literally complied with; but, in the case of any infraction, the law should always be interpreted as to its spirit, and the intent of the claim-owner should always betaken into account in settling jumping suits. It is unfair to demand of the average prospector that he should be a legal expert; for it is all some of the poor devils can do to write their own names. As long as the location is made in good faith and the intent of the law has been carried out as well as the original locator knew how, the arbitrators will act wisely and fairly by using discretion in cases of this nature. The indiscriminate jumping of claims should be discouraged by every bona fide claim-owner in the district, for capitalists will not invest in a mining district that does not guarantee the utmost security to the title of the property in which they wish to make an investment. In response to the requests of some of Victoria's influential men, who, seeing the probability of their pockets being affected, were protesting against the mooted Behring Sea settlement, the premier forwarded to Ottawa a telegram explaining the position of the sealers, and emphasizing that if the measure then before the imperial house of commons became law, it woul prove ruinous to all engaged in the sealing industry in this province. The question might fitly be asked why mr. Robson rs bothering himself about the interests of men who, it is beginning to appear probable, have been little better than poachers. feftf 1 for? "^m '-'s^n'MSa i.Sr S^HkH "i-vivv .���:������ -11�� -���.��� .'.'-^v-.a1 TIE MINEB: NELSON, B. 0., SATUEDAY, JUNE 13, 1891. 5 Dealers in Dry G-oods, (jroceries, Provisions, Canned Goods, Hardware, Etc. Miners' Supplies a Specialty. The stock is fuU and comnlete in ever^ and compare Prices. treet, EEYELSTOKE. 9 and 11 East Vernon Street, NELSON. THE BACCARAT SCANDAL; The cause celebre which has dragged the heir apparent to the English throne into the laws courts and which is now being tried in London is attracting considerable attention all over the civilized world; not only on account of the eminence of the personages figuring in the case, but also as showing the steady advance of radical tendencies in a nation that would at one time have shuddered at the idea of having its future sovereign hackled in a court of law by plebeian attorneys. It affords, further, an interesting picture to the world at large of how some of England's aristocracy is wont to spend its time. The action is''Specifically .that of sir William ��� Gordon-Cummings'against: mr. and mrs. Lycett Green, mr. and mrs. Arthur Wilson, and Berkeley Lovett for slander. It appears that during September last the parties to this suit, together with the prince of Wales and a few friends were engaged in gambling at the house of mr. and mrs. Wilson, Tranbycroft, Doncaster, and that the defendants in the case had accused Gordon- Cummings with cheating at cards���the game being baccarat. The first night of the game he was suspected of foul play and on the second he was watched and, it is asserted, caught in the act of cheating bv means of a small mirror which enabled him to see the other hands. Endeavors were made to hush the affair up, by the accuser's promising secrecy, on the plaintiff signing a deed forswearing cards���though protesting his innocence. The secrecy, however was violated and an action for libel is the result; a result which reveals the prince of Wales running the "bank" in a gambling game that evidently does not call into use as much intelligence as the ordinary pitch and toss. The case came up before lord Coleridge on the first, sir Edward Clarke' being chief consul for the plaintiff and sir Charles Russell for,the defendants. Sir Edward Clarke, in opening, ���said the charge covered by libel was one which involved the honor- of his client and affected his whole future career,'' which had hitherto been one of repute. His client was a gentleman who has served his country with distinction for a period extending over twenty-three years. He was a soldier who had reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel in one of Great Britain's most famous corps, the Scots Guards, and he was an officer who had won his medals for bravery at Tel-el-Keber. He was a man, too, of independent wealth, who feu- twenty years had been re.cciwd and. honored in the best society, and who was an intimate friend of the prince of Wales, and whose guest he had several times been at'Sand-- ringham. This, continued the attorney-general, is the man that stands before the public charged with cheating at cards and so cheating with (he object of defrauding some of his-most intimate friends. He said it would be his duty to put the prince of Wales and general Owen Williams in the witness box, as their testimony would satisfy the jury that they saw nothing wrong on the part of Cumin ings. The prince of Wales was then sworn in, kissing the bible heartily and gave evidence to the effect that he believed Gordon-Cummings guilty; that there had been $2500 in the "bank" at one time; and that he carried his own chips about with him when he went visiting. The case for the defence having closed, sir Charles Russell began his address to the jury. It was a bitter and biting denunciation of the plaintiff. He referred with contempt to his entreaty to his accusers to say they were mistaken, and scored him unmercifully for his failure to demand that he be placed face to face with his accusers. He pointed but that Gordon- Cummings's cool and unruffled demeanor in court refuted his own evidence that he lost his head at Tranbycroft when the charge of cheating was brought against him. He drew a startling picture of sir William sitting among his friends, conversing and cheating, stealthily adding counter to counter and. reaping the ill- gotten gains. His action was baser than that of burglars, for he entered and robbed the house of his friends. Sir Charles wTas never more spirited and striking, and held the court spell-bound by his eloquence. He spoke for 2 hours. He concluded in a most solemn and impressive manner by saying the conduct, of the plaintiff was that of a man content to be steeped in dishonor provided it was unknown. With an apologetic gesture towards the prince of Wales, he declared that no honorable man would sign such a paper as did the plaintiff to please 50 princes. A summarv of the evidence in the baccarat case is telegraphed to the queen at; Balmoral each day in accordance with her orders. The queen is said to be more deeply affected by this affair than by any event since the death of prince Leopold, and a leading Liberal connected with the trial yesterday expressed the apprehension that it might have an influence on her health, especially in the event of any incident reflecting on the prince. The case is still pending. BACCARAT. Baccarat is simply a gambling game. It is a French game, and has become fashionable, taking the place of Lansquinet and Vingt-et-un. It requires no skill to play it. What makes it exciting is the betting. Whether you win or lose depends on the pips on the cards dealt out to you. From Hoyle's description, there appears to be very little fun in baccarat, and it requires no exercise of brain to play it. If the dealer gives you the right cards you win, and if he does not you lose. That is all there is to it. Nothing that the player can do, except, perhaps, turn his chair, can possibly have any effect upon his chance of winning. As a matter of fact, there is no play in it ; it is simply a device to get hold of each other's money. Barrister at Law, Solicitor, Notary Public, Etc Office, Victoria street, Kamloops, B. C. ALL THE BOYS GO TO No. 15 Baker Street, when they are looking for fun. The best of wines, liquors, and cigars always on hand. W."J. WILSON. W. PERDUE. ILSON & PERDUE. PROPRIETORS OF .AT. NELSON AND AINSWOETH. Will contract to supply mining companies and steamboats with fresh meats, and deliver same at,any mine or landing in the Kootenay Lake country. CORRAL AND STABLING AT NELSON, where saddle and pack animals can always be hired, and teams obtained for job teaming. UVL^-ZBUE COMTKACTS with merchants for hauling freight to or from railroad depot and steamboat wharf. NELSON OEPICE AND MARKET, I! EAST BAKER STREET cINTT PROPRIETOR OF THE zp.i O JSTIE IE ZR- CQRRAL and STABL Ward Street, rear Government Building:, NELSON, B. C. Will undertake any work or contract in which pack animals or teams can be used. Will furnish SADDLE AND PACK ANIMALS to parties who wish to examine mines and claims in Toad Mountain district.. WILL GONTEAQT TO CAEEY PASSENGERS, and baggage to and from hotels; also, freight to and from steamboat wharves and railway depots. CONTRACT TO GRADE LOTS IN NELSON, ^���*^F?flWS*^ THE MINER; NELSON, B. 0., SATUKDAY, JUNE 13, 1891. DO NOT USE POOR MATERIAL in buildings when first-class MOLDINGS arc for sale in any quantity by the NELSON SAWMILL CO. Yard: At cud of Flume in Nelson. Mill: Two Miles South of Nelson. Builders concede that the lumber from our mill is ALL OF FIRST-CLASS FINISH, both in the rough and dressed. Parties ordering any of the above material from us will have the same delivered promptly in any part-of Nelson. cut and run down the lumber flume, and sold at low prices. The Kootenay Lake Saw-mill is always ready for business. Lumber���good, bad, and indifferent - on hand or made to order. a. 0. BUCHANAN, Nelson, January loth. e MANUFACTURERS OF OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.. PRICE LIST (DELIVERED AT NELSON, AINSWORTH, OR BALFOUR). . bkesseb.' No. 1 flooring, i inch, per M . $32 00 No. 2 " 0 inch, " 27 00 No. 1 ceiling, i inch, " 32 00 No. 2 " 6 inch, " 27 00 Rustic, " 27 00 Select clear, DP, , " 40 00 No. 1 common, D, " 25 00 DD, " 27 00 Bar and counter tops, clear, per foot 10 ROiruH. No. 1 common, per M S20 00 No. 2 " ^- " . 15 00 Culls, " ...; ..- 12 00 Shingles, "��� 4 50 MOI'DIXliS. Bead, panel, crown, base, etc., etc., per foot 2i-@10c Mills at Pilot Bay, Kootenay Lake. Geo. G-. Bushby, . . . Manager YET ANOTHER'-' MITCH IX. THE NEGOTIATIONS. THE BEHRING SEA CONTROVERSY IS STILL. FAR FROM BEING SETTLED. There is a possibility of another hitch in the Behring sea controvers'y before the matter reaches the stage of arbitration, and there may be some difficulty yet in the way of agreement for'the closed season. It is understood that the British government will insist that the United States be pledged to pay British subjects for all ��� losses sustained through the deprivation-' of sealing privileges during the closed season, if the contentions of the United States are not sustained by the arbitration ; and, on the other hand, the British government will agree to pay damages to the American- company in case a different decision is reached. The president can give no such pledge for the payment of damages. That matter congress alone can deal with. Congress not being in session, this question complicates the situation, and it doubtful how the matter will be settled. TheText of the bill passed by the imperial house of commons is in substance as follows: The queen may, by order in council, prohibit the catching of seals by British ships during a period to be limited by an order in council. While the order in council under this act is in force no person belonging to a British;ship shall kill, take, or hunt, or attempt to kill, take, or hunt, any seal within Behring sea during the period stated in the order in council. No British ship, or any equipment or crew thereof, shall be employed in such taking, killing, or hunting. If there be any contravention of this act, any person committing, procuring, aiding, or abetting such contravention shair be guilty of i:nis- demeanor within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping Act, and the ship, equipment, and everything on board shall be forfeited to her majesty. Any commissioned officer on the naval list shall have power during the period limited to stop and examine any British ship in Behring sea, and to detain her or any portion of her equipment or any of the crew, if in his judgment it is being or preparing to be used oremploy- ed in contravention of this act. If a British ship is found within Behring sea, having on board fishing or shooting implements, or seal skins, or bodies of seals, it shall lie with the owner or master of such ship to prove the ship was not used or employed in contravention of this act. This act shall apply to the animal known as the fur seal. In order that the< above provisions may be carried into effect, it shall be lawful for any commissioned officers in the naval or military service of her maiestv, or anv British officer of customs, or British consular officer, to seize and detain any ship, which-had. wholly or has to any share herein become subject to forfeiture as aforesaid, and bring her to adjudication before the high court of admiralty in England or Ireland, or before any court having admiralty jurisdiction within her majesty's dominions; and such court may thereupon make such order as it may think fit, and award to the officer bringing in the .-same for adjudication such portion of the proceeds of sale of any forfeited ship or share as it may think fit. Every offense by this act declared to be a misdemeanor will he punishable by fine or by imprisonment, with or without labor. The duration of the time to be stipulated by an order in council will probably extend until May, 1892. The Origin of ftaiive Gold. The question of the origin of native gold has been debated upon by scientists, and is most likely to remain a disputed question for many years to come. Professor T. G. Newberry contests the theory that, grains and nuggets found in placers are formed by precipitation from- chemical solution. He holds that geology teaches in regard to the creation and distribution of this precious metal that it exists in the oldest known rocks and has thence been distributed throughout all the strata derived from them; that in the metamorphosis of these derived rocks it has been concentrated into segregated quartz veins by some process not yet understood; that if is a constituent of fLssure veins of all geological ages, where it has been deposited from hot chemical solutions which have reached deeply buried rocks of various kinds; and that, gold has been accumulated through mechanical agents in placer deposits by the erosion of strata containing gold-bearing veins. Canadian Pacific Railway GUE NATIONAL HIGHWAY. %'.1 J /* I *&������"V Through, Passenger Service from Ocean to Ocean. LOWEST FARES TO ALL POINTS To secure quick despatch and lowest freight rates I&ootenay JLalie Shippers will be consulting their 'own interests by shipping by the The Columbia & Kootenay Steam Navigation CompanyV leaves Sproat's Landing for REVELSTOKE every Tues day and Friday, making connection with trains for VArJCOUVEE, NEW WESTMINSTER VICTORIA, ^JTOBOITT03 < lo:E3:iO^_G-CX AND ALL POINTS EAST. Por rates, maps,. time-tables, etc., etc., apply to any agent of the company. ROBERT KERR, VD.'.E. BROWN, Gen'l Fr't and Passenger Ag't, Ass't Gen'l Fr't& Pas'r Ag't. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Vancouver, B. C. THE COLUMBIA & KOOTENAY STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. THE STEAMER LYTT0N will leave REVELSTOKE every Monday and Thursday at 4 A. M. for Robson and Little Dalles, connecting at Robson with the Columbia & Kootenay R. R., and at Little Dalles with the Spokane & Northern R. R. Returning, will leave LITTLE DALLES every Tuesday and Friday at 9,A. M., arriving at Robson between 3 and 5 P; M.,and remaining from 15 to 30 minutes, then proceeding to Revelstoke. F. G. 'CHRISTIE, Agent, . UEVKI.STOKE:, B. ���. OF THE KOOTENAY LAKE DISTRICT, And Others Whom if. May Concern and Interest-. During my trip to the east last winter, I made arrangements with manufacturing firms and others for the establishment of a WHOLESALE BtlSaftESS in this district. A consignment of samples���about To or 20 cases���will be hers about the end of May ; and merchants are requested for the general prood of themselves and the district to defer placing any further orders till they have seen my samples and obtained quotations. ���. W. BUSK, Bnlfogir, IS.. C. . ��� FOOT OF WAKW STKEBJT, ISAIAH STEVENSON, Proprietor. Boats to hire by the hour or day at reasonable rates. Boats built and repaired. TB6A1L, B. ���. TOPPING & HANNA. ...'..��� Proprietors Wood Table ; Uood Bods ; Hyas-���losc Liquors. BALFOUR, 15. ���. IBO-A-T IB TX IE 3L. ID SIR, 3 _ Hold your orders for Peterborough canoes until you see specimens of our work and obtain our prices. ��s.>-.v :*t ' i��. Ji, M (5. THE MINEE: NELSON, B. 0M SATUEDAY, JUNE 13, 1891. Cor. Baker and Ward Sts. NELSON, B. Cs H. & T. MADDEN Proprietors. The Madden is Centrally Located, with a frontage towards Kootenay river, arid is newly furnished throughout. 'THE TABLE Is supplied with everything in the market, the Jdtchen being under the immediate supervision of Hugh Madden, a caterer of large experience. THE BAR IS STOOKED WITH THE BEST brands of beer, ale, wine, whisky, and cigars. Corner West Vernon and Stanley Streets, NELSON, B. C. ONLY TWO-STOKY HOTEL IN NELSON. The International has a comfortably furnished parlor for ladies, and the rooms are large and furnished newly throughout. THE TABLE by any hotel in the Kootenay Lake country. A share of transient trade solicited. THE BAMPLE-EOOM IS STOCKED WITH CHOICE CIGAKS AND THE FINEST BRANDS OF LIQUORS. *JAS. DAWSON PROPRIETORS BALFOUR, B. C. FLINT & GALLOP, Proprietors. The BALFOUR commands a fine view of the Outlet and Lake, and will be kept second to no hotel in Hot Springs district. Balfour is easily accessible to the mines in Hot Springs district, and is in the center of a large area of mineral country not yet prospected. It is also within easy distance of the Kootenay Lake and Pilot Bay sawmills. TRAIL CREEK, B. C. W. R. POULTON. PROPRIETOR The Gladstone is the best kept hotel in the Trail Creek mining district, its proprietorbeing a caterer of experience. The table will always be supplied with the best of everything obtainable. The bar is stocked with choice liquors and cigars, including Hiram Walker & Sons' pure rye whiskies. Good stabling for animals. SIR JOHN A.';.'MACDONALD. A SHORT SKETCH OF THE JUST DRAWN TO POLITICAL A. CLOSE. V CAREER Sunday's papers announce the fact that sir John A. Macdonald is no more; he died oh Saturday night a little after 10 o'clock. Sir John Thompson is spoken of as the next premier. Sir John A. Macdonald was born in Souther-', landshire, Scotland, January 11, 1815. He was brought to Canada in 1820, when his father, Hugh Macdonald, settled at Kingston, Ontario. He was educated at Kingston, and when sixteen years old he began to study law. He was admitted to the bar in 1835, and in 1836 became counsel and achieved distinction by his defense of Von Schultz, who made a raid into Canada in 1836. Macdonald entered public life in 1844,' as the representative of the city of Kingston in the house of assembly and continued to sit for his constituency until the union of 1867, when he was elected to the house of commons of Canada by the same electorate until 1878, when he was defeated. Several other constituencies then elected him and he sat for Lennox county. In May, 1847, he was first appointed to office, becoming receiver-general and subsequently commissioner of crown lands; Early in 1848 the government was defeated, and Macdonald remained in opposition until 1854. In September, 1854, the government was defeated on the question of secularization of the clergy reserves, and Macdonald entered the coalition cabinet, which was formed, becoming attorney-general, and under his advice the clergy reserves were secu-' larized on what was considered a fair basis. In 1856, on the death of sir Allen McNabb, Macdonald became the leader of the Conservatives, which position he has held ever since, exercising great influence on Canadian history, In.1858 the Macdonald ministry was defeated on the question of the location of the seat of government, but the new ministry was defeated on the first day the house assembledj and Macdonald again resumed power, retaining his position until 1862, when he was defeated on the militia, bill. He remained in opposition for two years, when he was again called to form a cabinet. In 1864 Macdonald and his associates succeeded in convincing the people that a confederation of all the British North American provinces was desirable. In bringing about the confederation Macdonald was an active factor, and it maybe claimed that he was the creator of the Dominion of Canada. The new constitution went into force July 1st, 1869. Macdonald was sworn in as a privy counsellor and and appointed minister of justice and attorney-general. In recognition of his services he was created a knight commander of the bath by queen Victoria, and in 1884 he received the grand cross of the same order. He remained prime minister until 1873, w.hen he was defeated on what was known as the Canadian Pacific scandal. He remained in opposition until 1878, when his party was successful in the tariff issue, and he resumed office pledged to protection. In 1882, and again in 1887, he carried the country. His success at the recent Dominion elections is known. Sir John was one of the Alabama claims commissioners, and for his success on that commission was made a privy councillor of Great Britain. He married twice. His first wife, Isabella, daughter of Alexander Clark of Dalna- vert, Scotland, died in 1856. His second wife was Susan Agnes, daughter of T. J. Bernard, a member of the privy council of the Island of Jamaica. TZHUE HOTEL AND BESTAUEANT. OPEN DAY AND NUiMT. Booms and Sleeping Accommodations for 30 People NO. 13 EAS BAKER STREET. PROPRIETORS. HOTEL EAST VEUNON STREET,' NEAR HAUL. THE GRAND WILL BE CONDUCTED IN GOOD STYLE :,,and;as>:": IT FRONTS ON THE OUTLET IT IS ONE OF THE ; BEST SITUATED HOTELS IN NELSON. THE DINING-ROOM IS NOT ? ���>���'-< ���������'��� SURPASSED': BY THAT OF ANY HOTEL ON THE LAKE AND THE BAR WILL ft ALWAYS BE STOCKED WITH CHOICE LIQUORS AND CIGARS. HANSEN & BLOMBERG, PROPRIETORS. 00TEFAY HOTEL Vernon,Street, near Josephine, r NELSON, K.'C. ' AXEL JOHNSON, PROPRIETOR. THE HOTEL OVERLOOKS THE KOOTENAY its guests thus obtaining splendid views \\ of both mountain and river. THE ROOMS THE TABLE are comfortable in sfee and is acknowledged the best newly furnished. in the mountains. raze :e_^:R is stocked with the best liquors and cigars procurable. No whiskies sold except Hiram Walker & Sons' celebrated brands. "The Finest Hotel in Toad Mountain District." Corner West Baker and Ward Streets, NELSON, IS. C. HN.S.ON & MAHONEY, PROPRIETORS. The Silver King is a new building and furnished with new furniture from kitchen to attic. The table will not be equalled by any hotel in Nelson. W em u, ~%�� VW^zF^H'^^ tt-: ' ,ri. r .'.���**���- v :m.si. ���*.\\C\\v. <."ji-fc.-'-.i i.:j^��.sj:_t. 8 THE MINEE: IJELSO^ B. 0., SATUEDAY, JUNE 13, 1891. sale Grocer and Liquor Dealer, Furnishings and Sporting Goods. AGENT FOR HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY AND HIRAM WALKER & SONS' WHISKIES. sepnine ain Street, Revelstoke, B.C. SMALL NfiJ����ETS OF. NEWS. Thomas Bra'tty, who stabbed Gorman here a year ago, has been sentenced, to an additional 3 years imprisonment for assaulting his guard. The Columbia & Kootenay jerkwater branch handled over 350 tons of freight last month. Not bad, for the first month's operations of a "blankety blanked gamble." The owners of the Hall mines have issued strict orders that no visitors are to be allowed On that property at present. The reason given is that the number of sightseers daily was so large as to interfere with the working of the mine. R. Jv Mo watt & Co. have bought out R. J. Hilts & Co. and will carry on a general carpenter business. A petition for the establishment of a public school at Nelson, has been circulated by the rev. R. A. Rodgers, and forwarded to Victoria. Real Estate.: George C. Tunstall, junior, sold Oscar Soclerberg lot 5 in block 2, a 50-foot, for $1500 cash ; Oscar Soderberg sold messrs. Lane & McLean lot 13 in block 5, a building condition, for $250. The new boat at Bonner's Ferry is being fitted with engines now and is to be running within 2 weeks. She is 103 feet in length, 24 foot beam, and has a capacity of 110 tons. Before the machinery was put in, her draught was only 11 inches. The new Mara boat, at McOammon's canip, is to be launched on Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and will be christened the Nelson by mrs. M. S. Davys. Freight shipped through from Victoria by the C. & lv. need not in future be prepaid. The; Nelson brass band will be an ornament to the town some clay, if the instruments only hold together long enough. Nelson Wants: A money-order office, a bath house, and���a talk with J. M. Kellie on the citizens' wharf question. It is rumored that Nelson is to have a branch of the Vancouver Investment, Trust & Loan Company. We do not know how it will be with the trust and investment part, but we a prophesy a great rush of business for the loan department. Operations on the Tatlow-McGillivary hotel will be commenced as soon as Dan McGillivary arrives from the coast. Part of the lumber' has been ordered. Those who took stock in the Nelson Smelting & Mining Company, Limited, are requested to tender their receipts to Harold Selous, who will refund the amounts subscribed. Hunt & Dover have a great display of jewelry and silveware in their new store on Josephine street. Personals: Joshua Davies and R. G. Tatlow, accompanied by messrs. Fell, Hutchison, Mc- Tavish, Dick, Holt', and Thynne, were among the capitalists who arrived at Nelson this week. John McLeod was over from Sproat and raised real estate another notch by talking of the future dividends of the C. & K. H. T. Ceperly of Van couver visited the Hall mines this week, and says J. C. McLagan does not know as much as lie thinks he does. A report bas arrived from Victoria tcfthe effect that the Canadian Pacific intend selling a few blocks of Nelson property at public auction some time this fall. JAMES MCDONALD & CO. carry large lines of plain, medium, and high-grade furniture. Parlor and bed-room sets ranging in price from $6.50 to $500. Hotels furnished throughout. Office and barroom chairs. Spring mattresses made to order, and woven wire, hair, and wool mattresses in stock. .Mail orders from Kootenay Lake points will receive early and careful attention. Agents for Evans Bros, pianos and Doherty organs. JOSEPHINE STREET, NELSON. E. J. M0WAT & 00. (Successors to R. J. Hilts & Co.) CONTRACT�� AND Store and Office Fittings a Specialty. Will contract to erect all kinds of buildings and guarantee satisfaction. Shop: corner Josephine and Bluff sts. Plasters and Brickmasons Will Gontract for all Kinds of Work. Materials furnished and estimates given' on application Address all communications to Nelson, J5. C. NOTICE TO BALFOUR LOT HOLDERS. The payments on account of purchase money that have been made for those unimproved lots upon which the iinal navments now overdue have not been paid by luesday, Tune 23rd will be forfeited and I shall resume possession and resell'the same. In fact you must either pay or clear; you have paid your -eya^n^t^ur^e. Balfour, June 10th, 1890. For the present, John Houston will occupy No. 5 Houston & Ink block, Josephine street, and will do a general real estate and mine brokerage business. Nelson, B. C, June 12th, 1891. N. HOOVER still has a few more cases of CONDENSED MILK for sale. C. Hamber, Notary Public, Nelson. A. G. Thynne, C. G. Henshaw, Vancouver Real Estate, Mining Brokers, AND. Insurance Agents. We are now offering some of the best residential lots in the southern addition to the townsite from $135 up. Good terms. No Building Conditions. These lots are good value. Good business lots in all parts of the townsite at reasonable figures. Now is the time to buy. Call and see our list. MINES/ Mining claims and mining interests handled advantageously on small margin. Quotations given on all classes of mining machinery. Citizens of Canada, fire and accident; Equitable of New York, life, dood Companies; Good Kates. NELSON OPFI0E, 105 WEST BAKEE STEEET. Vancouver Office, 346 Water Street. a*ostoflice Store, Nelson, B. C. AND GENTS' FUKNISHING GOODS. ALSO, FULL LINES OF EBflgBD 1 Toilet Articles and Stationery. 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