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BC Historical Newspapers
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.
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rp'i The Mine- tn Kootenay arc Among the Richest lu America. ' te-lSLAT/^***^. THE Ml NEC Jo j ������-4 The Ores are lilnh-t'raiJe in ������old, \\Silver, .���������,>|t|>er, \\ Kill EiCiltl." // IWhole Number 229. Nelson, British Columbia, Saturday, January "5, 1895. Price Five Cents 'HE WEEK'S MINING NEWS. PRICES OF METALS. Dec. Hist. Jan. 2nd. 'ii'd. -Ith; B1I.V1SB 50j) 59;'- -50}'" 59:,' |_j_AB 3.05 3.05 3.05 3.05 ORE SHIPMENTS. TONS. I)ec. 22. Slocan Star to Oinalin ;.. ���������' 45 22, Mountain Chief to Omaha 110 22, Noble Five " 15 25, Slocan Star " 40 25, Idaho " 45 25, Rucc-iiu '' '������������������������������������ 12 2(5, Noble Five " 27 2fl, Slocan Star " To 215, Uucccau " . ....'...���������...: 15 31, [dalio " 15 I'an. 1, Dimlftnullo- to Tacoma 19 1, Surprise to Smelter .' 20 1, Cooilunnuyli to Smoltor 22 1, nine Bird to Great Falls :.' 10 |l.cc. 22, Le Roi 30 i. 2'i " '' 90 " 21', " '.Y.YYY.Y.YYYY.YY.YYY.YY.YY.Y.Y. .0 " 2(5, " .' 30 " 2'.), " 30 " 30, " 35 50!) Total shipments to date from June, 1891: ������������������> TONS. Nelson ! 071 Trail Creek (gold ore) 1282 Ainsworth 102. Slocan via Kaslo 395. Slocan via Nakusp :- ��������� ��������� '2101 Total, 4,612 MINING TRANSFERS. NEW DENVER. Pec. 14.��������� Continental���������D. B. Bogle to J. T. .Foley,, interest. $1.00. 1 Dec. 14.���������Continental,���������J. T. Foley to It. H. Col- fvell 'r interest ?150. ' Dec. 15.���������R. K. Lee.���������E. Applcwhaite to J. L. Lltet attack, 'interest, 8450. [ Dec. 15.��������� P-cacot,���������J. King to Swan Peterson, I agreed to sell on condition of running tunnel 100 Dec. 15.���������Hamilton,���������N. F. McNaujrlit to J. M. f McNaught and A. M. McKcnzie, full interest 81. Dec. 17.���������Hoodoo,���������J. S. Riley to C. Bchrrnan, ' .1 interest, $1.00 Dec. 17.���������Hoodoo,���������J. S. Riley to C. Bchnnan, '-J interest $25.00. , _, I Dec. 1!).���������Luckv .Tim h St. George i, Moses 1, Llloadloy J-,���������It. VVittiarns to C. S. Arnold, Bond Kor $.500: ,_ f Doc. 19.���������Same claims,���������R. Williams to C. S. Arnold, deed to above interests. , Dec. 20.���������Silver Cup, Coinstock, Silver chief, Kentucky Girl, and Ruby trust,���������B! "W. Finnell , to H. Stcgc, 1-20 interest ?500. Dec. 21.���������Kdison,���������S. Creston to H. Stegc, i m- ,- torcst, $1.00. 1 Dec. 21.���������Twin Lakes���������A. J. Murphy to N. ' Moore, k interest $2500. D_C.2i'.*���������Lease of inill-'site,���������N. Fitzstuub- to N. D. Moore, 1 year. Dec. 27.���������Mogul,���������J. Ward to J. Johnson and J. Houston, . interest, $1.00 NELSON. McPhee bus bottomed on bed rook on r bis claim at Forty-nine Creek. This claim is just below the rich ground owned by the Nelson Hydraulic Miniug Company and ought to be a rich property. The various quartz ledges on the north side of the Kootenay River, between the Railway Crossing and the Slocan River, are attracting much attention. We believe assays have been rather disappoiut ng, many haviug shown only a little nickel, without a trace of gold. The consideration for a half share in the ~Ray^rHop6~claim"rpuTcha8ed-by���������Messrs- Pat erson & Campbell, was $100 encli. The omissiou of the word "each" from <nir report last week made it appear .that only $100 was paid instead of $200. "We understand that as a further consideration the purchasers have constructed about two miles of trail from the claim to the river. We have been favoured with a perusal of the report of the Hull Mines, Ltd, which was laid before the meeting of shareholders held on the 19th ulto. It is merely. a formal statement nccompanied by a balance sheet and table of receipts and expenditure. From the report we gather that the chairman, Sir .Joseph Trutch, was favourably impressed by his personal inspection of the property last autumn and he states *������ that it "gives encouraging prospects of profitable results." There are references merely to the construction0 of a tramway. From the receipts aud expenditures account we gather that up to 30th Sept. last the sum of ������11,971 3. 4. (nearly $00,000) had been spent on the mine.". The value of the ore sold, and on the dump is set down at 212,705!, the latter being estimated with silver at two shillings (48 cents) only per - ^unce. The name.of Dr. Rankiu Dawson, who recently visited Nelson apparently in the capacity of a director, does not appear among the list of those gentlemen, the present directors being Sir Joseph Trutch (chairman) and Messis. "J. R. Brown, J. R. Drake, Robert Day, D. li. Gibb and Walter Neilson. It is satisfactory to know that the bond on the Fern claim on Hall Creek has been taken up and work is being continued. * The ledge is a true fissure vein and, following the habits of such formations, it lies in bands of different width. In one place it narrowed to about six inches, but has now widened out again to four feet. The tun- - nel is in 125 feet and it may take another ������5 before the ore chute which outcrops at .ue top of the bench is struck. - ROSSLAND, TRAIL CREEK. (From our own correspondent.) "Last week Mr. Clark, the contractor f:,orn Spokane for the freighting of ��������� the War Eagle ore. came in by way of Waneta and Trail landing. Altogether there were seventeen teams hauling ore, hut the wharf at Trail landing was .soon loaded up and seven teams had to be lot ont, as the steamer Illeeillewaet is quite unable to handle anything like the daily output which our mines wish to have handled. Great complaints are also made that the boat time after time refuses to bring up from Northport the freight lying there i'or this camp. Shingles and supplies of various kinds lie ttiere day alter day and are refused by the boat people, it is evidently not the fault of Capt. Nesbit, who is most popular, but appears to be part of the /'Plan of Campaign" directed tVoin the headquarters of the boat company. Is it not high time that, a competitive route were opened into this camp? Considerable doubt has been raised as to the accuracy of the recent survey on behalf of the land grant to the Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railroad. The great difficulty of locating the actual position of the international boundary in this locality has once before been demonstrated, when ihe owners of the townsite of Fort Sheppard found themselves mulcted in heavy costs for selling lots in thc United States which had been laid down by a provincialjaod surveyor as being in this province. It seems that westwards from the Columbia River there are two separate lines of monuments along a cut out through the woods and brush and it is stated by disinterested parties that the recent survey carried their line nearly a mile and a half to the north of the true International boundary, at a point about six or seven miles from the river. It seems that a mistake has been made in running the east and west. line. For some time past it has been confidently stated by Americans near the boundary that the true line should be shifted to the north about one and a half miles, bringing Waneta and the mouth of the Pend d'Oreille River into the United States; this however, has not been done on the recent survey, but it is curious that the report that it has been done some six or seven miles to the west should have gained credence. Men are now again at work on the Josie and on F. C. Loring's return in a few days the tunnel will have all the men in it that can be .inployed. The Nickel Plate under its new proprietors is starting up and they will carry the shaft down another hundred feet and run drifts at the eighty foot level. Messrs! J. F. Ritchie and R. J. Bealey irom Nelson visited us. last week. The former has acquired a considerable interest in the Rossland townsite and expects to be down here for some months next season surveying claims and looking after his other interests here. G-. C. Tunstall's. store is waiting for shingles from Northport. David Stussi has received his appointment as postmaster. Mr. Fletcher, the inspector', will be in here in ten days time to institute mail routes and let contracts for carriage of the mails. John M. Reefer has~~opened~"up" bTisi- ness in an addition to Stack & McDonald's Hotel. Tho Clifton Hotel has changed hands, Mr'. A. Lynch retiring from the business, which will be conducted by Mrs. Stewart, widow of the late Mr. J. ,M. Stewart. Joe Luckenbel has his barber shop in order', with two baths with hot and cold water laid on. No definite authority has been received to upon the Northport road, though this has been the subject of recent negotiations between Mr. Johnston, Collector of Customs, and Mr. Corbin. In the meantime trattle thereon is not suspended. KASLO. (From our own correspondent.) Kaslo Creek, that most'eccentric aud erratic stream which has done so much damage aud occasioned so much anxiety during the.last year, accomplished its last mischief for the year on the last day thereof, by almost entombing tbe house occupied by Mr. aud Mrs. B. R. Atkins. t About 10.30 a.'in. a heavy, rushing sound, like that of a mighty wind, was heard up the creek. At first it passed unnoticed, but continuing the inhabitants of houses near the creek looked out to v see what it might mean. The sight which met their anxious gaze was one to make the stoutest tremble, and places of safety were immediately sought. Before they could reach them, however, a solid wall, of ice, stones, logs and water some eight feet high came thundering down upon them. Atkins' house being the first io line caught the full brunt of the shock, but being well braced since the late flood withstood it bravely and the ice wall meeting with such resistance, piled up and all round the house, bursting iu windows and doors, completely filling every nook and cranny to the height of three feet. Mrs. Atkins had a very narrow escape for her life as, dreading to run outside to the steps which lead to a second storey, she remained inside Jind had to be hauled up through a hole cut in the ceiling, while all the time the ice and stones wererollingtumultuously rouud her, higher and higher. Had it nob beeu for the security of the braces the house, now almost covered, must inevitably have beeu carried away. Great sympathy has been expressed with Mr. and Mrs. Atkins, who have now for the third time been driven from their home. It is said that all great daugers have their ridiculous' side, so had this: two soug birds in the house, unaccustomed to such a loud, rushing sound, begnu to sing most noisily, vainly trying to drown the grinding din of the crushing ice. No other houses, happily, were in any danger, Atkins being the only sulnerer. The Church of Englaud entertainment on New Year's night was a great success, especially in the point of merit. Tlie characters in the different plays were all well sustained and appreciated by a fairly large and appreeiative audience. Ore shipments via Kaslo were much larger during the month of December than previously and still larger returns' may be looked for during January. The folliwing are the shipments: Dardanelles, 66 tons; Surprise, 46; Northern Belle, 83; and Goodenough, 22; making a total of 217 tons.'' On New Year's Eve an enjoyable dance was held at the Slocau Hotel for the beue- of the schools. NEW DENVER. (From our own correspondent.) Christmas has been celebrated in great style in New Denver and the town is only begining to resume its normal condition. The children had a Christmas tree in the church which afforded them much pleasure, while the adults had a concert in Shannons new hall followed by a most successful dance. A large party came over from the Slocan Star, and Sandon, Three Forks and Silverton were all represented. John Winter, mine host of The Windsor restaurant has returned from his trip to Spokane and leaves his wife in that city for the present. . On the Idaho a tunnel has. been run . in under the chute of ore, 80 feet below the mouth of the shaft, which has disclosed a magnificent body of clean ore.; The mine will be able to put out an enormous amount of ore this winter. The cross cut at the end of the 60 foot tunnel on the Elkhorn, which is located just below the Wonderful and is owned by Jack Cockle and partuers, has disclosed six inches of clean galena and ten inches of galena mixed with'carbonates. Work will be begun next spring near Rainbow falls, Montana, on large copper refining works. In the erection of those works it is the intention of the. Anaconda Company to make them'of sufficient capacity to treat the entire output of their mines. James Moore has forty men at work on his property near Radersburg, Montana, the payroll amounting to about $3300 monthly. The mine is a free-milling gold-ore proposition,"a"ird"it_is"iih"dei'^ stood that a large stamp-mill is soon to be erected to work the ores. . The Denver Record declares that in Cripple Creek a prospector cannot miss it. All he has to do is to throw his hat in the air and sink a shaft where it lights. It was in jnst some such fashion as this that nearly all the big properties of the camp were located. On the 2-1 Dec, the I-Iecla Consolidated Mining Company of Glendale, Montana, paid three dividends, Nos. 132,18:. and 13-.1, $15,000 each���������the' usual monthly dividend of one per cent, a Christmas present of $15,000 and aNew Years gift of a like sum.. This makes the total sum of cash dividends paid bv this company to its stockholder's $2,010,000. Over- $(50,000 has been expended this summer on the Unga island, Alaska, mines, in putting in a30-stainp mill and chlorination works. Up to the passage.of the silver bill.the Anaconda mine was turning out' silver and copper. It is now.turning out gold and copper. A similar change in the complexion of other mines'would be of present satisfaction to their owners. Two carloads of ore sent from the Silver Bow mine near Illeeillewaet gave, the following returns per ton, Gold $11, Silver 7 ounces, Copper 25.8%. The mining recorder at Nakusp reports that 169 claims have been recorded in his office since July, and of these 44 are quartz, recorded since August 27th. near- all of them on Cariboo, creek. ' Anew mining district is corning to the front at Lumps |in Jefferson county, Montana. According to an exchange every mine in the district is turning out ore which goes 200 ounces to the ton. Nearly all the mines are within three miles of Lump which is only five or six miles.from the Helena Smelter. . A. L.^ Beaton came into Revelstoke from the Gold Hill mint- on French Creek with $1000 worth of gold dust. The scow of the Fraser River Mining Co.; got aground on "a bur "in the "river at her trial last, week and as the water* is rapidly fulling it is feared that she may not be floated off until *jthe spring freshets. Navigation ou the Columbia is now completely closed ai'd all ore from Nakusp consigned via Revelstoke has to'be transported by sleighs for fifteen miles from the head of the lake to Wigwam. Although the many handlings between the Slocau nnd Revelstoke would seem to make that route very costly it is yet cheaper thau hauling the ore out via Kaslo. LOCAL NEWS. E. C Carpenter of Three Forks was in town on Monday last and left on Tuesday nioi ning for England via Spokane. Frank Hughes of Kaslo was committed for trial on Monday en a charge of blackmailing. He has"been removed to the gaol at Kamloops to await his trial. The s.s. Nelson will now make daily trips between Nelson and Kaslo, the times of which will be found in our advertising columns: The Columbia and Kootenay Ry.hasclosed down for the winter and the whistle of the engine coming round the bay will probably not be heard again before the first of March. Mr. Hamilton, as soon' as he has cleared things up, intends to take a well earned holiday in California. The following officers for the ensuing six months were elected Wednesday night at a meeting of Kootenay Lodge No. 10, I. O. O. F.: M. J. McGrath, Noble Grand; G. R. Naden, "Vice-Grand ; S. P. Shaw, Recording Secretary; W. Hodson, Permanent Secretary; and P. B. C. Turner, Treasurer. The "At Home!' held by the ladies of the Methodist Church on New Year's day was extremely successful. Hume's Hall was very prettily decorated for the occasion and refreshments of a non-intoxicating nature were served to callers. Among the ladies who received the guests were Mrs. Morden, Mrs. Taylor. Mrs. Traves, Mrs. Blake Wilson "and Misses Hume and Irvine. The Tribune has come out as a daily paper. Itis an unpretentious sheet. In an editorial it states that it was only started to keep three men employed who took it easy during 1894. As it made its appcarence on Wednesday and we have seen no issue since, up to Friday evening, they are probably still taking it easy. On Thursday, Dec. 27th, at the Pacific Hotel at Three Forks, two well known and popular residents of that town were united in tho matrimonial bond. The contracting parties were Mr. W. E. Terrell and Mrs. Kate Dryden. The ceremony was performed by. Geo. H. .Morden, Methodist minister at Nelson. During the past week the weather has beeu extremely cold, the thermometer going on Wednesday; night to oue degree above zero. On Thursday a strong gale blew from the north-east, reminding many Manitobahs of the climate of the plains. _T li e_wi u d jl ro.pped_ea_rl_y_ yesterday m or ni n g and was succeeded by a heavy fall of snow." The temperature at mid-day yesterday was 20 degrees above. will be appointed, failing whom the Rev. Canon Thoruelee of the diocese of Quebec is freely mentioned. PROVINCIAL NEWS. The thermometer went six below zero in Revelstoke last week. Mr. S. H. Green of Green Bros, Kaslo was married in Spokane last week to Miss Flora Goodwin. Ohilliwaek and Wellington are both talking of getting themselves incorporated as cities. , " k. A township at Nanoose, 0 miles north of Wellington on Vancouver's Island is shortly to bi/pluced on the market. Louis l.edon of the Driard Hotel Victoria is dead. He was an ojd timer- and one of the pioneer miners of this country. Geo. H. Roe is gazetted as sub-collector customs at Comox. Arthur Booth and W. H. Bailey of Victoria have passed the Dominion" Civil Service examination. - - _ Vancouver is.again suffering from an epidemic of footpads and hold ups and burglaries are rife. The Provincial Horne for aged persons at Kamloops is now- nearly finished. Mr. R. MacKay Fripp the architect has made his final inspection and finds everything satisfactory. The Vancouver World .announces that Mr. Forbes G. Vernon is to be the new Agent General in London. The Colonist, though apparently jealous that any other organ should, make announcement of government news, approves the appointment and points out several reasons why- Mr. Vernon would make a good Agent- General. The followingjtem is taken from the Evaugelical Churchman: "The Canad ian correspondent to London Church Times says: "Mr,,-Burney having declined the proffered! bishopric of New Westminster', it is thought likely that Rev. Canon Pentreath. of Winnipeg! CANADIAN NEWS. Vicar-General Rooney ot Toronto is dead. -A milkman has been found frozen to death at Montreal. The Hon. MacKenzie Bowell is suffering, from a severe cold. At Wiunipeg it was twenty below last "week. The Dominion Express Co. has extended its busiuess to the United States. The will of the late Sir John Thompson has been proved at under $10,000. c Toronto, Dec. 21.���������An estimate based on wills entered for probate shows the Ontario government will this year probably collet $12S,000in succession taxes. The billiard match at Montreal between Sutton of Toronto and Capren of Gait,-, for' $500 a side aud the championship of Canada, was won by Sufctuu by a score of 500 to 374. , St. Mary's Cathedral at Halifax is being draped preparatory to the funeral of Sir John Thompson. Arches are also being" erected in the streets and a magnificent funeral car is being prepared. The Dominion Parliament is again prorogued until Monday, llth Feb. This does not necessarily prevent another proclamation being issued summoning parliament before that time. It is reported thrt criminal proceedings will be taken on behalf of the city of Toronto against the boodliug aldermen and ' others incriminated by, the enquiry which has just closed. Severe weather.is reported from all over . Eastern Canada as well as from the United States. The streets of Montreal are blocked with snow, completely stopping tramway communication. Iu Toronto the cold is severe**" but there is not so much snow. J. K. Strachan, secretary-treasurer of the - Wiunipeg exhibition board, has, been suspended, pending an investigation, of his accounts. Straqhan will take action against the Tribune for libel in connection with the reports of his suspension. " " The Governor-General has suggested to - the committee thatthe Ottawa Winter Carnival be postponed a week out of respect to the memory of Sir John Thompson. If his advice is accepted the' carnival will not open until 28th January. Leamington, Dec. 21.���������The gas well recently acquired hy this town was tested yesterday and found to be the greatest well in Canada, perhaps on the continent. Its capacity per day will be several million cubic feet. The well-known grain firm' of W. P. Howland & Co.. Toronto, of which Sir W; P. Howland is the senior member, has decided to go into liquidation. The firm, it is understood, has a surplus of something over $100,000. Toronto, Dec. 21.���������Dr. Pickering threatens to apply to parliament for a flivorce from"his wif'"*, Dr. Annie Picker- - iiig, on account ()f'"ii������'r"rela"t"iori"_r_wit_i"J! George. Ingalls, a Boston machinery agent. Their actions recently attracted . much attention at Port Huron. Quebejc, Dec. 21.���������Judge. Vallee, who has just returned ft oui his district on t he north shore of the St Lawrence reports great distress among the population at many, points along the shore. The closing of the saw mills has deprived many families of subsistence- In the'bush regions in. the interior the Montagnois Indians are dying, in large, numbers of hunger*. ���������--.,'- J'=-J������x-Alderman-W.' J. Stewart was arrested at Toronto at the 'iustance of Crown Attorney Dewart, on a warrant charging him with being implicated iu the alleged electric light boodle case. Stewart was chairman of the light com- mittee but resigned his seat- during the investigation. He was brought to police headquarters and admitted to bail in $4,000. W. Heming Hamilton and Casper Whitney, of New York, are at., Winnipeg., Mr.. Hemnig is an able descriptive writer and Mr. Whitney is a clever artist. Both* are connected with Harper's Magazine, and are on their way to the haunts of the., musk ox and wood buffalo in the far North. They . have mapped out a route northward from Edmonton to Fort Rae on the Mackenzie river, which follows generally the waterways used by the Hudson Bay Co. The directors of the Commercial Bank of Newfoundland have been arrested and bail fixed at 36,000 each. The legislature committee has reported on the Union :' and Commercial banks. The Union bank was found solvent and able to pay everybody oue hundred cents on the dollar, with time and the passage of an act stopping actions for the payment of notes in gold. The Commercial bank was found hopelessly in- ; solvent, aud the utmost expected of it is a small dividend. The government proposed to guarantee Union Bank paper to the l amount of SO cents on the dollar and Com- - mercial bank paper to the amount of 20 cents. ,v-.I ���������/i THE. MINER, NELSON, B. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 189:5. . *n J _.>.. .-*- -y- \ NEWS OF THE WORLD. The death of Lord Randolph'Churchill is hourly expected; He has reached London and"there lies at the point of death. The coldest day in the year in San Francisco was the day alter Christmas. The thermometer fell to 42. Nubar Pasha, President of the Council, of Ministers in Egypt, was chased by a bull and iu attempting to escape fell down a bank and; received- injuries which may necessitate his retirement. ' i . TheFrench government is constructing with' all possible rapidity twelve gunboats and sixteen barges, which will be sent in sections to Madagascar for the use of the French expedition. It is said that people in Nebraska will actually starve this winter unless help is immediately sent to them. More than half'the residents of five counties are- in. want through short crops. Immense quantities of halibut are being taken by the New England Fishing Co: and brought to Vancouver. The steamer Gapillauo brought in 95,000 lbs. one day. Sixty thousand lbs. or 30 tons were taken i������oneday. The Pope has nominated a committee to examine the question of priests riding bicycles, and the hygienic aud moral, aspects of the practice, A section of the bishops oppose bicycling because the. riders are unable to wear their' clerical gpwns. The Marquis of Lome has been appointed-umpire to decide on the merits of the various schemes for an Imperial Customs Union which have been received by The Statist. The prize ol.er- ed'for the best, it will be remembered, is ������1.000. The British barque Zantippe, laden with lumber, from Vancouver to Boulogne, has arrived at Skibbereeu, Ireland, with captain, officers and crew, 18 all told, suffering from scurvy of an aggravated type. The Zantippe has been over six months on the voyage and the disease broke, out while becalmed in the tropics of the Atlantic. Advices from Pueblo state that a large force has been organized iu the state of Guerrera for service iu Guatemala iu .case war is declared with that conn try by Mexico. At the port of Acapulco the government has made preparation for the quick handling of.troops, and their transportation by water to Guatemala will be easily accomplished should ii -be necessary for such a movement. A dispatch from Antananarivo says that the Malagassy government has published in. full the correspondence betweeu Le Myre de Viliers, the French envoy, and.the Minister of Foreign Affairs, already reported. The government, while granting the French demands as to diplomatic representatives, French enterprises on the island, tbe adjudication of the. Hova-French disputes aiid the boundaries of Diego Gualez, declines to forego the right to import munitions of war. ' ��������� ��������� THE VANCOUVER MURDER. - The Coroners jury brought in a,verdict of wilful murder against the man Ashford for shooting his wife and children. Ashford is an old soldier and there aro various reports as lo his antecedents, one is that he claims to belong to the nobility of England a'id people marvelled at the education and refinement of,the man who has_been engagedfor five years "wheeling a freight; truck on the Canadian Pacific railroad' wharf .at 81,50 per. day, and. wondered at the cultured taste of his wife who was providing tor a family of six children. Ashford will not give his correct name, which, through misfortune or disgrace, he changed, and married an officer's daughter and afterwards joined1 thc army as a private "soldier. The names of .Ashford's aristocratic ancestry will be brought out in the trial, as his private -papers have beeu examined. The.prisoner is a "graduate-of Cambridge University. Just before the murder Ashford spoke of an an unity having beeu settled on him for life by parties iu England. ���������S^ -*5^T ! A new Railway under Construction. Buy before the Market rises in the Railway* Centre and Seat of Government of M^est Kootenay. a Choice Building and Residence Property REBATE ALLOWED FOR;THE ERECTION OF GOOD BUILDINGS Also Lots for Sale in NAKUSP DA JVSON and JiOBSON Apply for Prices, Maps, etc., to FRANK FLETCHER, Land'CommlssioncrC. &.K. Ry. Co., Nelson, B.C. Tremaiwe Steam Stamp Mffi__ THE LATEST PRACTICAL MINING MACHINE NOW PERFECTED (Highest Award at World's Fair Chicago.} The machine consists of a Two Stamp Prospecting Mill, and is capable of nutiing through Six.Tons per diem. The entire plant consists of Boiler, Steam Pump and Copper Tables. Weight, 2,800 pounds! Itis built iu sections which can be taken, apart and easily transported by pack animals. These Mills can be erected and placed in running order at from $2,000 to $2,500, according to locality. Fail particulars from S. DAVYS, Sole Agent, ���������isr'E3i_soisr_ s. c Among all the mining machines and appliances shown at the World's Columbian Exposition there was nothing which excited more interest and favorable commeut than the Tbemaine Steam Stamp Mill iu the Mining Building.. It was a positive novelty to the great majority of mining men. It commanded attention by reason ' of its simplicity and evident'.practibilit'y. Experienced niining engineers were astonished to learn that such a machine had been in successful operation for over two years in the extreme north-western part oi the United. States. (9) CHURCH NOTICES. Sunday, 6th January, 1895. Church op England. Services at 11 a. ra. and; 7.30 p.m. Holy Communion at 9 a. m. Presbytkkian Church. Service tomorrow at 11 a.'m. and 7.30 p. m., iuj the Church at the corner of Victoria and Mills street. Sunday School (union) 2.30 p. m. Prayer meeting, Wednesday evening 7.30 p. ni. Next week being the week of prajer, praver meetings will be held as follows: Monday 8 p. no., at Mr. McArthnr's ; Tuesday 8 p. m., at Mr. Oakes'; Wednesday 7.30, iu the church; Thursday S p. m., Mr. Wm. Wilson's; Friday 8 a. m., Mr. McMor'ris'. Roman Catholic Chaj. el. Mass at 10.30 a. m. , , Methodist Church. Geo. H. Morden, Pastor. Services Sunday, at 11 a. m. and at 7.30 p. m., in Hume's HaJl, Vernon St., Morning subject: "Sturdy Opponents," Evening subject: ."The Responsibility of Knowledge." THE MINER fcan be obtained from the following agents: Victoria, The Province Publishing Co. Vancouver, The News Stand, Hotel Vancouver. ,; Kaslo, Mr. R. B. Atkins. jSi.w Denver, Mess>;R. Armit & Rashdall. Nelson. Turner Bros., Gilbert Stanley and the MINER PRINTING & PUB. 00., Ltd. CHINA AND JAPAN- Mr. John W. Foster, ex-Secretary of State, has been asked by China to intercede on her behalf with Japan for peace. Mr. Foster has intimated his willingness to do so and he has been accepted by Japan as a mediator. Mr. Foster acts entirely in his private capacity and in no way is the United States responsible for his actions. He leaves for the East directly. Man should be content with his lot and try to lift the mortgage from it. THE WARDNEFT OUTRAGE. The following from the Spokane Miner shows that miner's unions do not always exact obedience only, from those ���������* "who have submitted to their organization." (See Slocan Times.) The worst enemies of the mining in- ��������� dustry in the West are tho Miner's Unions. "Their action in closing the Hunker Hill and Sullivan mines recently, was as indefensible and stupidly foolish an act as even they have ever perpetrated.. There ; was no "issue" between-the company . and the men at all, the men that were working were content with their pay and their treatment; the union wanted to run the mine and that was the only real contest. The owner's-naturally ob-j jected and shut down. If they had i yielded to the demands of the union and j agreed to what they asked they would have laid themselves open'to further and more sweeping demands. The determination of. the owners to close this mine down for a long time to come, .was the only proper answer to this action. This comes very hard on the men who are anxious to work and earn an honest living, but if they consent to be dominated by the agitator and professional trouble maker, they must take the consequences .and "eat snow this winter." NOTICE. XTOTiC 10 is hereby given that .lohn Klliot. as _1_S Agent, for .Joseph Moris and .Joseph Bourgeois, lias liled tlie necessary papers and made application for a Crown Grant in favor of tlie Mineral Claim "Virginia," situated in tho. frail Creek "Mining Division of West Kootenay. Adverse Claimants must forward their objections within GO days from tbe date of this publication. . - X. FITZSTUBBS, Dated Nelson, B. C��������� - Gov't -Agent. 3rd December, 1S91. Sdec 03 Teacher���������Now, Charlie, tell us what you know about Croesus? Charlie���������Dudes vear them in their pants. NOTICE. XT' 'OTICE is herebv given that John Elliot, as _l_S Agent for Joseph-Moris and Joseph Bourgeois, has liled the necessary papers and made application for. a Crown Grant in favor of the Mineral Claim -'War Eagle," situated in tlie Trail Creek Mining Division of West Kootenay. Advert-., claimants must forward their objections within CO days from the date of this publication. -- , _, N. FITZSTUBBS, Dated Nelson, B. C, Gov't Agent. 3rd December, 18<J1. . Sdec CI NOTICE. "XTOTICE is hereby given that John Elliot, as .131 ��������� Agent for E. S. Topping and J. N. Peyton, h?is filed the necessary papers and made application for a Crown Grant in -favor of the "Mountain "View" Mineral Claim, situated in -the Trail Creek .Milling Division of West Kootenay. Adverse claimants must forward their objections within 60 days from tlie date of this publication. ' N*.. FITZSTUBBS, Dated Nelson, B. C. ' Gov't Agent. 3rd December, 188_. 8dec 6i All placer claims iu this District legally held may be laid over from the loth October, 1894, to the 1st June, 1895. N. FITZSTUBBS. ** Gold Commissioner. Dated "NelsoiirB; C:_1 4th October 1894. (35) NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned respective amounts will be paid as bounty for the head of every panther, wolf or coyole killed in a settled district of the Province on the certilicate of a Justice of Mie Peace that such animal was killed in a settlement, and thai, the head was produced to and destroyed by him, namely:��������� ' For each panther, seven dollars and fifty cents (������7.50). For each wolf, two dollars ($2.00). For cacli coyote, one dollar (������1.00). By Command. JAMES BAKER' Provi ncial Secrcta.j>- Provincial Secretary's Oflice, (26) w 22n'd August, 18G1: ARMIT "&���������- RASHDALL, Mining Brokers. Conveyancing, Notaries Public Mining Abstracts. Complete lists of existing Mining locations NEW DENVER, B. C. Spokane Falls & Northern R'y c Nelson & Fort Sheppard R'y. Ail Rail to Leave 7-00 a.m. MELS0N Arrive 5.40 p.m Trains leave Jfels.on for Spokane every Tuesday and Friday at 7 a. ra., returning leave Spokane Wednesdays aud Saturdays at 7 p. in., and making close connection by S.S. Nelson with all Kootenay Lake points. Passengers for Kettle River and, Boundary. Creek, connect at. Marcus with stage on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. "FIRE INSURANCE POLICY ApT, 1893'" "^ OTICE is hereby given that His Honour the -^-' Lieutenant-Governor in Council has further postponed thc commencement of " An Act; to secure Uniform Conditions in Policies ofFirc Insurance," from tho 1st day of April, 1891, until thC-lst.day_of-Ap.il, 1895.= _. .���������_______ JAMES BAKER, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, 29th March, 1891.. > ~ (2) NOTICE. "VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the _1"t| next session of the Legislature of the Province of British Columbia application will 'be made on behalf of the Red Mountain Railway Company for an Act authorizing ,the Oomp'any (1) to construct or acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise any other line. or lines of telegraph connecting with the line along the line of the said railway and to undertake the transmission of messages for the public and collect tolls for so doing and (2) also to construct or acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise maintain and operate vessels, wharves and docks and to carry on the business of shipping and warehousemen, &c., and ('") to amend the Act of Incorporation so as io enable the Company to construct the railway as a narrow guage railway. - BODWELL & IRVING, " Solicitors for the Red Mountain .. - ' Railway Company. Victoria B. C, 18th October. 1891. (10) ANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY] The. Cheapest and' Most Direct Spute,, Fiw NELSON-, KASLO and: all Eootenav Points ' " "' " ��������� To the PA01TI0 COAST and to the EAST. TIMIXS TO A\������ FltOSI XKLSO.V IDA ILL Direct Connection at Robspn every. .Sajjut-ilay. Evening, With Steamer for Wig-Wain Landing where con-''*! nerlion is made with Canadian Pacilic East-' bound and M estbound through trains. TflKOUdU TlCKKTS ISSUED, BaGOAUI. Clll-CKKD TO DKSTINATION, No Customs Difficulties. For .���������information as to rates, time, etc, apply to nearest agent,, " ��������� J, iruilLfUiV, Agent, Nelson, Or to <iKO. Mel. ICKOttiY, District Passenger, Agent, Vancouver., COLUMBIA &? KOOTENAY STEAM NAV. Op. (limited) c Str. "Nelson's" Time-Card: In effect .laniiary 1st, 1805. LEAVE NELSON: Monday at 4 p. m. Tuesday at 4 p. in. Wednesday at ;'..o p. in. Thursday' at 4 p." ni. FmoAY at 4 p. m. Saturday at 5.40 p. in. LEAVE KASLO: Sunday at 8 a. in. ���������_���������Tuesday at 3 a.m. Wednesday at 8 a. in. Thursday at 8 a. in. Fkiday at 3 a. ra. Saturday at 8 a. in. Thc right is reserved to change this schedule at any time without notice." T. Allan, Secretary. J. W. Troup, Manager Sieti's VANCOUVER, B. C. Buxton & Rodney - ���������wholesale and retail��������� "2* ��������� Agents for the celebrated L. & CO. (Loewe & Co.) B. B. B>-, and other best - . English Briar Boot Pipes. A large stock of " OWN MAKE ��������������� Pipes Tobaccos of all kinds and all smoker's requisites kept on hand. COIISiTKl' OHDEB3 BY. POST PKOMPTtY ATTEX������ED_ T������. THE ���������_C_R___.3_>*EI STJJP-BX-I-SXJ lint"! to %t% THE SHORT - FAST - ��������� SCENIC ROUTE Seattle, Victoria;, Vancouver & Puget -f Sound, and all Paci-^ fie Coast Points, St. PauL Chicago and; Points Beyond -- - Modern -'<iuii>iiiciit. l.������M;k-Ka?lasl l.oa<II>ciI. Attractive tour* via lliilulli ami the. <>r_at l.alics iu connection with exclusively passenger boats of Xoi'tiiei'iiS.S. Co. lMrcct Connect ion via "VcIsok A Fort Sliep- pai'd Kail way, at Spokane; anil via ���������.. A K. S. X. ���������. at Itomier's Ferry. For maps.jtickets, and complete information, call on Agents C. A K. _>, Xav. Co., N. AF.S, Ity., or ' . C. <". Dixon, Cen. Agent, Spokane, W'usli. F. I. -Vhitucy, ������. P. AT.A., St. Paul Mi*. F. T. Abbott, Travling Freight A Passenger Agent, Spokane, Wash. ' ^ W. A. JQWETT MINING & REAL ESTATE BROKER IKSCKA-iCE and ��������� - - . cpM.^uss.iiox ��������� ajwest; VICTORIA ST., NELSON, B. C. ��������� ������������������___-. _?._1' I' THE MIHER, NELSON, B. ,G;, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, |8q5. Il���������- Wxz ffixntx. [>!__��������� MINER is printed on Saturdays and will be. mailed to any address in Canada or the United Slates, for one year on receipt of two dollars. Single copies five cents. \NTRACT AD VERTISEMENTS inserted at the rate of $3 per column inch, per month. XANSIENTADVERTISEMENTS inserted, at the.rate of. is cents per npitpqreil line first insertion, and 10 cents per. line for each subsec/uent insertion. Advertisements running for shorter periods than three months " are classed transient. ILL COMMUNICA TlONSto the Editor must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer, PRINTING turned out in first-rate style at the shortest notice. Tddress iThe Miner printing & publishing Co. nelson, b.c. THE RED MOUNTAIN RAILWAY. ������ In.an article on this subject our_.es- ?erned contemporary the Vancouver (Vorld observes that "the raihvay company owns the townsite of Northport and within the last year has.made i:- every, effort to buj.ld it. up at the o_x- ' pense of British Columbia towns. The way things have shaped recently has /been enough to convince members of ' the legislature that the construction ' of such a line could have but one effect, and that is the diversion of '.' traffic from its natural channel through 'British Columbian towns to the town-. ' sit<? of Northport. An effort will be ' made to impress upon the house the ' fact that the building of the road ' will tend to increase the material ini- " portance and progress of an American '.' townsite at the expense of places on |'" this side of the line." It would seem that our' contemporary s too far from the seat of war to know i'i_i_i__ly what are the facts. It is uot true that the railway company owns the townsite of Northport. That towii is a wretchedly poor' place (which has been going back steadily -ince its little boom two years ago and hardly a wood shed has been built there within the last twelve months, notwithstanding the transhipment there of all the ore from Trail Creek. How could it be otherwise? It is not a terminus of any railroad, but merely a way station on the S. P. and N. Railway. How could the passage of freight through Northport be of benefit to it ? If, as our contemporary states, every effort has beeirmade within" t;he_last"year'"to"buiId 1 it up,- then the effort has been a miserable failure. The _. British Columbia , towns said to be injured by the business Mr. Corbin lias in hand are nob speci- I? lied. Uniortunatelytheie is no town in this part of the country, though there may be soon if artificial restrictions are not. imposed upon the trade of the district. What is the "natural channel" through B. C. for the' l.o.sland mines of Trail Creek? Hitherto the bulk of the ore has gone out via Trail landing and by the Columbia River boats to Northport '<(a distance of 31 miles) and that, in the absence of a quicker and more direct route, is undoubtedly the natural channel, because the ore has to go south to the smelters and the sooner- it starts south the better. -Of course, if the ore could be con.1 veniently shipped by the same route and transferred to the cars at Waneta, B, C. instead of going out to Northport we* should prefer to see it go that way, although the advantage to the little B. C. settlement would be microscopi. and transitory. If the railroad charter provides for their building a slip to the waters edge at that place they" should certainly be compelled to do so, but if no such obligation is laid upon them why should they assume it to meet the convenience ofthe boat company? It is simply foolish to talk of injury to B. C. towns in this connection; the fact is that the construction of the Red Mountain Railroad is an absolute neces sityforthe due'development of B. 6. towns.- The firs;t .consideration is to dp the business 'of the camp, and as no otber-.raih'oadhas hadthe enterprise to go in there and reach out for it Mr. Cor. bin and his associates are well entitled to the tonnage they are the first to.look for. The charter has been granted and1 if, in the interest ofthe boat company, attempts are made to defeat the request for a short extension of time before commencing construction the construction will be put in hand in due time before the expiration, of the charter. Let us havp fair play for all and no-favoritism, especially when the latter acts in restraint of trade:ajjd t-hp i:ppi'essi������n; of a valuable industry. The ant agon ism between the boat company and Mr. Corbin is not a thing of yesterday; the latter's operations in this country, though of immense benefit to the community generally, tend to crowd'out the former with their uncertain service and high freights, but we are free to admit that, however well, endowed with theforliter in re, Mr. Corbin has not admitted the suayiter in modo. He ���������has taken no pains to conciliate his antagonists, but, relying upon the correctness of Ins foresight and on the commercial value to this province of his undertakings, he has taken his own line and been inclined to disregard the natural, sensitiveness, of those with whom, he has. come into competition.. This is a tactical blunder and has had the worst1 effect. If the ore from the. Trail mines has got to go t.o Northport, as appears inevitable in the absence of a competitive railroad route, the shorter- the route the better,: and therefore the now road to North- port from itosslaudj a distance of 15 miles as compared with 3-1 miles by the We believe it is time that some measures of precaution were taken in this district. Our attention has been drawn to one mine in particular where the conditions are such that it is almost impossible, to get men to work in it. We refrain from drawing more particular attention to this mine by naming it in the hope that its owners wi}l of their own accord commence operations by which the excessive danger in which their men continually work may be avoijded'. In the first instance a set of regular' tions will have to be drawn up. and, secondly, an inspector will have to be appointed to see that they are respected'. The latter must be a man whose character is a guarantee that he will not "stand in" with the bosses, or he and. tlie regulations might as well be in China as in Kootenay. YES! winter has commenced and the SKATES are going fast. But don't ypu know that you need something beside outdoor amusement? There is no' time like winter for practicing on some instrument. We have Banjos, Guitars, Violins and all the latest music, beside Pianos an Organs and ,.;,' ' "���������'," .* ������ ANYTHING IN THE WAY OF AND NEW NOVELS. We will deliver your news at your door if you want it/ regularly. Oh! yes, we forgot to say that we have a* big stock of sewing- machine needles and oil. NOTES AND COMMENTS. It is not often that we .can. cordially agree with the. opinions of. the Siocau Times and we are glad' to have an opportunity of doing so. In a series of paragraphs on trades unions our contemporary says:.- ���������'���������'Its" (a,! trade' union's) dictates need, only be obeyed by those who have submitted to the organization." If all trades unions would act up to that sentiment we believe they would not be responsible for all: the loss, misery, destruction and hardship which are the only results they have obtained as yet. Our contemporary is apparently going "bald headed" for. the establishment of a miners union in this, country, and if it is founded and worked strictly on the , lines pf ribn interference with individual river, should be opened as an alternative j liberty it'can harm nobody except its SHIP YOUR Hides, Tallow, Pelts and Wool \. route, the use and non-use of which by thc mine owners should be determined by the question of dollars and cents and by no other consideration. Now. does it occur to our contemporary that if there were a copper matte or pyritic smelter in B. C, at or near Trail Creek, this controversy would not have arisen nor- would there be the same necessity for the. Red Mountain Railroad? What provincial capital, then, will now step forward and honestly try to hold our own trade in our own province by the erection of such a plant? The cost would be very small, the profit great. It could handle all the immense bodies of ore at Trail as well as others, and in conveying the latter to it the steamboat company might earn great'profits. That is the best way in which to build up and conserve the interests of the towns in B. C. If this is not done,, then indeed nothing that we can do can prevent the realization of Mr-. Corbin's distinct intention to erect such a smelter at Northport, to which not only the above uamed ores will be conveyed, but also those of the rich camp at Boundary, B. C. It will become an immense smelting point and it is then that.Mr. Corbin's business will come in, hauling in supplies, to the smelter and taking out matte. In the first instance we must have a customs smelter, but when the Trail mines are .1'.. down 2,000 or' 3,C30 feet, each mine Will have its own reduction plant. o The trivial interests of any particular corporation should be disregarded \\\ comparison with the wider demands of legitimate business; an honourable jealousy of the latter will look ahead and anticipate and provide for the daily altering "circumstances of a growing and "thriving industry, and not attempt to fetter it in its inception by opposing the opening of clieapand convenient freight routes. Exporters ami .iii.por'ei-3 ol' Fine- Northern Furs -TO��������� Jas. McMillan & Go; Incorporated. MAIN HOUSE: 200 to 212 Erst Ave. H���������- MINN EAPOLIS, MIN N. ITroprletorV of' .Minneapolis* Tannery;. (iiqotls bought right out'; im������ ' coiiiiiii ssion; fair selection; iiitiiiciliute returns; .Shliipiiig- tags I'lii'iiisli.ti iu>on reciuesl. SO Hli'lT oii any gootis wc iiiUM.le. jr3.w_::.T!i' fob (jikculak- <anx������ latest "iiaukb-t' PuitKS.-sa', 60; own members. Any man or any number of men may join together ahd starve themselves and' their families because they will not work except under certain conditions, but there their' rights cease. They have no right to prevent other- people who may be willing'to dp so from taking, their places, nor have they a | - ....��������� .. right to push their" ideas hy drop'pmg'i ��������� vm������ to dynamite down mines and harmless blacksmiths who do not Hap pen to agree with them. They willfinil out too that it is a very different tiling to attempt this kind of thing 'under the Union Jack to what it is under the Stars and Stripes. that we have unmistakealily declared" Our contemporary opens its remarks by saying that '.'The foundation principle of a trade union,is to interfere with the law of competition as applied' to labor." Now we do not see how it can reconcile this with the other remark we have previously quoted. It cannot "interfere with the law of competition" without, "interfering with individual liberty." We are unable .to call to mind any occas- sion upon which the .mechanism of a trade union has beeu put in motion, i.e. any strike, when there has not always been abundance of labor to take the place of those Who struck. As long as strikers are couterit to walk out and starve without attempting to "interfere with the individual liberty" of the men who take their places, as we have said above, they are at perfect liberty to do so, but we do hot see how by their ac- .tion-they_are_i'_interfering.w.ith_the_la.w of competition." ourselves to be of the same mind as themselves and that, as far as we are able to, we will uphold them in the good fight. I'n this yve speak" for ourselves, but! ifiwe mistake not there are other provincial journals of British Columbia rank' themselves under the .,,������>! -K'^'i-���������;,',vC l same banner. At 01 ���������es'eiit.'unfoi'tuuate- not h'U> '' J"*1'11'*"''"��������� Columbia is scarcely more than a name in the councils of the Dominion, but it niay be that if a few of us stand shoulder to shoulder out of this small beginning mighty things may come. A journal that supports free trade upholds not only a statesmanlike and common sense policy, but one which happens to' be in the interests of all British Columbians. of CAPITAL' (all paid up), $l������,o6o,0.0 BEST, . . . . .,000,000 Sir DONALD A. SMITH President. Hon. GEO. A. DRUMMOND,'..:. .Vice President" E. S. CLOUSTON .General Manag., -. The fact of the matter is that when you take out the interference with personal* liberty clause there is no longer any reason for the existence of a trades union, and as that interference would not be permitted in this country even if it was attempted, the only result of a union would be the payment of salaries to presidents, vice-presidents, secretaries and other ollicers, while the ti eusurer would of course look after himself by bolting with the funds, as treasurers only too,oi'ion do. There is another reason why the formation of any union in this country is unnecessary and that is because the legislature of the. province at its last session passed an Act known shortly as the Conciliation and Arbitration Act. Neslon Branch:' IT. W. Corner Baker aj_4 Stanley Streets. SAFETY IN MINING. ���������> The business of mining in Kootenay has got beyond the prospecting stage. There are many tunnels that penetrate hundreds of feet into the mountain sides. There are shafts that descend almost as many feet, there are cross cuts and winzes and upraises and half a dozen other kinds of holes in the ground into which no man enters save with more or less risk. In coal mines the workers are protected as far as possible by all kinds of rules and regulations diawn up by the government, and inspectors are appointed to see that they are attended to. The State does what it can to stand between the miners' life and the greed of his employer. Unfortunately accidents will happen. The occupation of mining in itself is exceedingly hazardous, but we believe it is a well ascertained fact that most accidents are caused more by the carelessness of miners themselves than by a neglect of employers to carry out the regulations laid down for the. safety of-the men. This Act provides all the neeessary machineiy for settling disputes as to -rates of wages "and other conditions of labor on a basis of common sense and fairness to both parties. Under this Act if there is a dispute it may be referred to a council of conciliation, which is composed of four members, two appointed by each side. If that council cannot satisfactorily settle the dispute it shall be further referred to a council of arbitral ion consisting of three persons, two appointed by the parties and the other1, who must be a Judge of the Supreme Court, is thejointnomineeofthepart.es, or failing their doing so, the of Lieut.- Governor. These men are all paid fixed fees which will come to very much less than the salaries of officers of a union, and if they cannot settle a dispute satisfactorily it will show that one of the parties to the suit is not willing to accept a reasonable, common sense arrangement of the.points in question. A short time ago we were listening to a spirited debate'.on the question of Protection v. Free Trade between a Britisher and a Yankee. The latter, it is needless to say, was strongly in favor of protection. Both men were clever 'debaters, but the Britisher had sound logic'and plain facts on his side which the Yankee attempted tp meet with sophisms and other verbal shuffiings of,various kinds. Finally our Americancousiu had to admit that if only he could be protected for five or ten year's he did not care what happened afterwards. And that, is the whole soul and essence of . the Protectionist policy. Its upholders know, that it fills their own pockets ajid'they know equally 'wall the desired dollars are unjustly wrung from a silly majority who thus allow themselves to be. bled. The good of the state is no more their object than ti hope'of heaven. Their motto is "Let. it last until my pockets are full aud then stand from under." "]_TpTIOE. -VTOTIGK is heroby'given tliut at the next ses- _1_^ sion of ttie I'lU-liuinuisi of (.lunula application will bo made on behalf of lho Lied "Mountain lC_i.il way Company, a corporation created hy an _\et of lho Legislative .Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, for an Act declaring llie railway of the said Company to he a work for the general advantage of Camilla and declaring ihe .said Company 1,0 be n bixly corporate and politic under the legislative authority of. the Parliament of Canada and to have all the franchises, rights, power, privileges and authorities conferred upon it by its present Act. of incorporation and giving to the said Company the following additional powers: ' . 1st. To construct or acquire by purchase, lease | or otherwise any other lino or lines of .olograph! connecting with the linealong the line of said railway, and to transmit messages for commercial purposes over the said or any telegraph lines so acquired and lo collect tolls for so doing. '-iid. To construct, or acquire by purctiase, lease or otherwise and to maintain and operate vessels, wharves and docks and to carry on the business of shipping and warehousemen generally, nnd 3rd. To construct the said railway as a narrow gauge railway at the option of the Company. Dated the 3rd day of January, 1S95. BODWELL &' IRVING. " (72) Solicitors for the Applicants. Hunting, Survey, Prospecting PARTIES AND OTHERS THE NEW, FAST STEAM LAUNCH "FLIRT" Branches in London (England), New Yorkancj Chicago and in the principal cities in Canada. Buy and sell Transfers. Sterling Exchange and Cable Grant commerical and traveller's credits, av able in any part of the world; Drafts issued; Collections made; Etc. SAVINGS BANK BRANCH llulC'Of interest at present 3' per cent. BANKOF (Incorporated by Koya Charter, i86z.) - CAVITAL (paid up), .t(MM),<MK) (With power to iicruasc. .(.'St'lCt'l- FILM), * 00,000 . i.jjiw.a-a Our contemporary, The Province, in an editorial :in its Christmas number, claims to be the only journal in Canada that -'comes out boldly-yn. favor of" "free trade and direct taxation." We are perfectly aware that we'cannot till the sphere occupied by the popular Victorian review, but we beg .to" remind it Can be CHARTERED by day or week on reasonable terms. Oi der_ sent through the pursers of the steamboats Nelson or Ainsworth; with whom arrangements can be made, or by mail or telegraph to' C. "W. Bask, Balfour," will- receive, prompt attention.- (19)' NELSON *B*R_AL3SrC*E_:_ Corner of Baker and Stanley streeta _3_-._A.3SrC_--I_-.S- Caxaija���������Victoria, Vancouver, New "Westmi sler, Nanaimo and ICnniloops. Ua'iti-I) Statics���������..an Francisco, Portland, Taco- = ma, and Seattle. 11EA1J OiVJi'lCK: (JO Lombard street, LONDON England. AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS: CANADA���������Canadian Bank of' Commerce and branches; Merchants' Bank of Canada and branches; Imperial Bank of Canada and branches; -.lolsou's Bank and branches; Bank Nova Scotia UNITED STATES-Agents Canadian Bank of Commerce, New Yon. Bunk of Nova Scotia, Chicago. Traders' National Bank, Spokane, OAVINGS DEPARTMENT��������� DKfpsrrs received at ������1 and upwards, and interest allowed (present rate) at 3'per cento, per annum. GRANGE V. HOLT, Nelson, July 1", 1893. Agent. "ID C. CAMPBELL-JOHNSTON (of Swansea, India, and thc United Statos METALLURGIST. ASSAYER, . AXD MINING ENGINKEB Properties reported on, All assays undertaken Furnaces and concentrating plants planned and erected. Treatment for ores given. Ores bought and sold.' Box 10, Vancouver. B.C. _ji'-W THE MINER, NELSON, B. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1895. \ ALASKA. The following is an extract from a letter written by Mr. AV. Moore Sr. to The Colonist. Now, sir, for a brief description of that extensive territory: We have over forty rivers emptying into the Yukon, and from what information I have accumulated, extending over a long number of years, I do not hesitate to say that there are over 9,000 miles of steamboat navigation on the Yukon, its tributaries and its lakes, and it appears that all these streams, besides a vast number of creeks and gulches���������the latter paying very rich���������cany gold. Indeed, the country far exceeds Cassiar iu richness during its palmiest days and is twenty times as extensive. . We have 65,000 miles "of territory east of the Lewis river which is known to be rich in gold, and has only been traversed by a few straggling prospectors,. Owing to provisions not being shipped into that particular section and no' miners being located there at present, tbe few miners who were there have 'gone down to the new strikes on Miller and Birch creeks, the supplies for which come in by M-ay of the mouth of the Yukon and do not get withia 500 miles of the section referred to. The upper Hoodalinka is a large stream emptying into Teslin lake, whose source is in the western slope of the Cassiar district, which is known to be rich in gold and has over a hundred miles of steamboat navigation. This empties into the lower Hoodalinka and thence passes into the Lewis river. The following is an extract from a letter to me by Mr. Charles Howser and party of seven: "We prospected on Tislin lake and small ��������� streams tributary to it and found gold on all of them. We went up one large river and were twelve days poling up it and four coming down; but did not reach the head of it. We, however, estimated the distance to be 175 miles as far up as we went, and found gold all tbe way." ���������' Mr. Gray, of Juneau, and Captain Mc- Cormack were on the same stream and estimated that they could make $10 per day and upwards with rockers. - If the required road were constructed and bonding privileges were secured, it would practically bring the navigable headwaters oi the Yukon river within six days, travel from Victoria, while lines of steamers would find renuraerative employment in the carrying trade for a large portion of this district. Then you would once more see the good old days of Cariboo and Cassiar, and the miners coming down with their ready bullion to rust cate in Southern British Columbia during the' winter. The present facilities of access to the iuterior by way of Di-Yae, where all the traffic goes at present, are very expensive aud are attended with absolute hardships. '��������� I would therefore give an emphatic warning against a rush of men into that region until a road through Northern British Columbia is constructed, as there is a possibility of meeting with a similar disaster to that which happened to the steamer Arctic, of the Alaska Commercial Company, in 1889, which was wrecked near the mouth of the Yukon river with the supplies for the miners. While the miners were, patiently waiting for the arrival of the supply boat an Indian messenger came up with the startling intelligence that no supplies would reach, them that season, whereupon all work stopped there and then, and a short consultation took place among ninety-seven miners as to what action to take���������stop and starve, or leave and try to reach the coast. They decided to take the small steamer "New "Racket"Jand-abarge-aud--made--their-wuy- through the drift ice to Mulatto, at which place the steamer was found. to be cut through by ice. They were then obliged to resort to a long portage through slush and snow to St. Michael's, a barren island lying sixty miles to the northward of Aphoon, at the mouth of the Yukon, where the.Alaska Commercial Co. has a trading post, at which point these miners were obliged to put in the winter. It should be remembered that the Yukon trade is beginning to assume large proportions, as there will not be less than 2,000 tons of goods shipped into, that country during the coming season, and in all pro- ' bability there will be close on to $1,000,000 taken out next season. The outlay for the construction of a good practicable pack trail, which could be used for a sleigh road in the winter, or wagon road at once, would only be a drop in the bucket compared with the large returns that would be made to Southern British Columbia iu the shape of trade, and I firmly believe that immediately on tbe construction of such highway there would be ten times as many people as at present going into the mines. ~ Mr. Moore concludes by warning people against a rush into the country. THE CLIFF HOUSE BURNT. On the evening of Christmas day-the celebrated Cliff House overlooking the Seal Bocks at San Francisco was destroyed, by fire. The following particulars are from the San Francisco Examiner. The Are caught at half past seven o'clock. So rapid was its spread that there was difficulty iii saving anything. A few souvenirs around which affectionate memories of. the old romantic days still cluster; here and .there' a bit of furniture, anything that could be picked up in a hurry���������that is about all that is left. Iu half an hour everything was wrapped in flames. The old wooden building burned like a punk. The rambling structure caught in the whipping, swirling flames, lashed by the biting wind that blew off shore, stood out iu a blazing terrace of fire and the triple rocks where on the melan- cholv seal is wont to raise his everlasting waily were shown in ragged, sharp relief, outlined against the dark back-ground of fog. It was a magnificent spectacle that tilled the eye as the whirling flames were carried seaward on the breeze and the building shriveled visibly and sank. No seals sat there to see last night. As the lire rose the face of the rocks grew hot, and the unusual temperature was altogether too much for anything wearing a sealskin coat. Adolph Sutro stood by and watched the blaze with that certain" calm philosophy characteristic of the man. True, it was a cleaii $10,000 kiss to him, but this was California still, where he has seen 10,000 fortunes come and go in a breath and come again as easily. For a man is just as young as ho feels. All over the world the Cliff House is known, Bret Harte, in "Gabriel Conroy," makes it the scene of one of the episodes of: his story. No man of any consequence has ever visited San Francisco without being taken oufr there to listen to the seals aud eat of the luxurious fare that our markets furnish. The hotel register would make a catalogue of illustrious names.. General Grant, on his return trip around the world, was banqueted there. The Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lome tasted of its good cheer. President Harrison saw the seals and so on beyoud counting. The house was opened on October 15, 1863 The first meal ever served there was eaten by P. B. Cornwall. In all the life of the house no other fire had ever attacked the building. Once it was nearly wrecked by the tremendous explosion . of 80.000 pounds of dynamite on the schooner Parallel, which occurred close iu shore on July 14, 1886. Every window in the house was shattered then, but no other very serious damage was done. Mr. Sutro has owned the house about fifteeu years. He bought it from C. 0. Butler and the Buckley estate. Before the hotel was built the place was always, since' the discovery of gold, a seaside resort, where the people of San Francisco went to amuse themselves. The old house is gone now, but it will arise again. Adolph Sutro was the least disturbed of any of those interested in the historic old building. He watched the flames for a while aud when it became apparent that there was no hope < f saving anything except a little furniture and the few fixtures that had been carried to places of safety he went home and to bed. "I am sorry, of course, that the building ia burned," he said. "It had become one of the landmarks of the Pacific Coast aud maDy prominent persons have been entertained there. "Three of America's Presidents have watched the seals sport on the rocks, and each of them spent many hours on the balconies that have disappeared with the flames. "Grant was the first of,the trio, and after him came Hayes, who thought his visit not complete without watching the moods of the Pacific from the Cliff House. The next President to come out here was Harrison, and he became so enamored with the place that he.spent many hours on the balconies. _ " ' "It was, my intention to build the hotel further out on the point and a few hundred feet nearer the Golden Gate, but now it may go on the site of the old Cliff House. That will depend on the size of the building. A hotel of very large proportions could not well be erected on the site of the house just destroyed, but there is room for a good-sized building that will probably answer-allrequirements- -=^ C:ii-i-_y Blocls, Kelson, It. V. WEEKLY PRICES, F.O.B., COLVILLE. Saturday, January oth, 1.895. Hay, mixed, 50 to $0.50 Per ton Hay, timothy, ������7 to ������7.50 " Outs. 70 cts -. ; .Per cwt Potatoes. I." cts " Turnips, 75 ets " Rutabaga, Go cts " Cabbage, ������1 , Carrots, 00 ct s '��������� Beets, 75 cts Onions. ������1 " Chickens, ������2.50 Per doz Hens, ������_ ! 1- " Ducks. SG " Turkeys, -������12 Dressed Hogs, oJ, cts Per lb Dressed liccf _ cts ������������������ " (52) ' .III LI IIS 1'S.fitlK'll, Manager. FOR A FIRST-CLASS SHAVES HAIR-CUT Go to A. McK. LEITCH, NEELAND BLOCK, - NELSON, B. C For Patent Medicines, Pure Drugs and Druggists Sundries GO TO THE- * * [Nelson Drug St ore We have but one price for all and that is marked in plain figures. ELSON DRUG STORE COR. WARD AND BAKER STREETS 3Sr*E_I_SO_ST_ _3_ C- 5S MOD-te&llt|CO.lB.C.,LI HEAD OFFICE AND WHARF: VANCOUVEE, _3_ O. Lucknow, Dec. 21.���������Alex Fraser was arrested to-day on a charge of murdering his sister, . Mrs. Robert Elder, an elderly widow with whom he resided. She died on the 18th inst. Hamilton, Dec. 21.���������George Fraser, aged SO, of Strachan stieet, was last night wedded to'.Belle Isdale, aged 70. CUSTOMS BLANKS - FOR SALE AT THE - MINER OFFICE. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby Riven thatsixty the date hereof 1 intend to days from apply for a Crown Grant to the "Calcium" Mineral Claim, surveyed ns Lot 721, Group I, situated in Galena Bay in the Ainsworth Mining Division of West Kootenay District. This application will, be made under section 35 "Mineral Act, 1891." Copies of the field notes and plat can be seen at the office of the Government Agent, Nelson. Nelson, 11. C, . ANDREW B. HENDRYX. December 20th, 1891. 22dec 70 , , VANCOUVER TO NANAIMO.-S.S. "Cutch" leaves C. P. R. Wharf daily (Sundays excepted) at 1:15 p. in. Cargo at Union S.S. Co.'s wharf until 11 a. ni. NANAIMO TO VANCOUVER.-S.S. "Cutch" leaves daily (Monday excepted) at 8 a.m. Vancouver mid Northern Seltleiiicnta. S.S. Comox leaves U. S.S. Wharf every Monday at 11 a.m., for Port Neville, calling at all way ports, returning Wednesday, and on Thursday at 11 a.m. for.all points as far as Shoal Bay, returning Saturday. Cargo at Company's Wharf until 9 a.m. IUOUnYYIU.1* Ft'KBY. Leave Moodyville���������7, 9, 11:15 a. m., 2:30, 1:30 p.m. Leave Vancouver���������8, 10:15 a.m., 1:15, 3:30, 5:30 p.m. ,__. X3T Steamers and Scows always available for Excursion, Towing and Freighting Business, Storage Accommodation on Co.'s Wharf. W. F. TOrriKU, Milling.!'. Telephone 91., *��������� P. O. Box 771 MI'llU.tL. T"l C. ARTHUR, A.M., M.D., PHYSICIAN, Etc. o Coroxj-u fok West Kootenay, Oflice over Nelson Drug Store, West Baker street, Nelson, B.C. "' Calls'at oflice promptly attended today andnight. BRITISH COLUMBIA IRON WORK! General Founders, Engineers, Boiler Makers, and Manufacturer^ of All Classes of Machinery. Sawmill and Marine Work a Specialty. SOI..' MAKUFACVIIUKKS OF TIIK Kendall Band Mill, B. C.. Shingle, Machines,] Steam Log Hauling Machines. Wc keep in stock a full supply of Engineer and Mill Supplies, such as Pipe and Fittings, Brasal Goods, Sheet and other Packing Rubber Valves, Rubber and Leather Belting, Oils,] - and Lubricants, etc. HOISTING- ENGINES and SINKING PUMPS FOR MINES] Corner Alexander Street and Westminster Ave., VANCOUVER, B. 0. D. CARTMEL, J. W. CAMPION, J. E. W. MAOFABLANE Agent West Kootenay. Secretary-Treasurer. Manager NEW SUITINGS. NEW TROUSERINGS. JOB PRINTING -AT THE MINER of Briti SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. NOTICE TO DEPOSITORS. From 1st January and till further notice the rate of interest allowed on Savings Bank deposits by'this Bank will be three per cent. (3%) per annum. GRANGE V. HOLT, Manager. Bank oir British Columbia, Nelson, 28th November-, 1S94. 57 BANK of MONTREAL NOTICE. k> OTICE is hereby given _EN agent for Edward-Mahon,_ that John Elliot, as has filed the necessary papers and made application . for a Crown Grant in favor,.of the Mineral Claim "Jessie," situated in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenav. Adverse claimants, if any, must iile their objections with me within CO days, from thc date of this publication. N! FITZSTUBBS, Nelson. B.C. * Gov't Agent, . 10th December, 1894. . 67 SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Fred.. J. Squire, the Nelson Tailor, has just received a large consignment of Call and inspect the new Patterns and Styles. Fred. J. Squire, Baker Street, Nelson. THE OLD RELIABLE ������ ��������� BAKER STREET, NELSON, B. C. ������ -ESf-STILL TO THE FRONT! ttS^NO FEAR OF FAMINEl UPTURE More CUREB have been effected by ray Trusses, with perfect ease to wearer, than by all other devicesc������#DibiH_d. Theyretaiularg-st Rupture under severest strain. A system of fitting: has been perfected the last 20 years, fully eaual to personal examination by mail. 27 patents to overcome DEFORMITY Hl-bookfree tJ^WVW\*TUt l ��������� , CHARLES CLIITHC, IS-King- 6t.W..Toronto., NOTICE TO DEPOSITORS. From 1st January, 1895, until further notice the rate of = Interest allowed on Savings Bank Deposits by this Bank will be three per cent. (3%) per annum. A. H, BUCHANAN, 50. "-' Manager. NOTICE. rrOTICE is hereby given that Henry E. Croas- ^i daile, as agent for the Hall Mines, Limited,' has filed thc necessary papers and made application for a Crown Grant in favor of the Mineral _ Claim "Koh-i-noor," situated on Toad Mountain, 1 in the Nelson Mining division of West Kootenay. j Adverse claimants, if any. must iile their objections within 60 days of thc date of thin publication. N. FITZSTUBBS, Dated Nelson. B. C, Gov't A������?ent. . 28th December; 1894. 71dce22' We have on hand several tons of first-class Hams, Bacon and Butter. Also car loads of Flour, Sugar, Salt Fish, Canned Meats, Etc. Whilst for the refresh men., of the.inner man we have Bass and Allsopp's Pale Ale, Schlitz Beer, Guinness' Stout, Walker's celebrated brands of Canadian Whiskey, also the finest brands of Imported Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco, Etc. Hudson's Bay Company, Hiram .Walker & Son's Distillers AGENTS FOR Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. "��������� Milwaukee. U. S. ' Fort Garry Flour Mills Manitoba P. O. box 69. Telephone EDWARD APPLEWHAITE * CO. ��������� S. E. corner Baker and Josephine streets, NELSON, B. C. REAL ESTATE, Loans negotiated on Nelson property. Collections made. FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE AGENTS, Conveyancing documents drawn up Town Lots Lands and Mining Claims Handledon Commission. _.
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