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British Columbia Historical Newspapers Collection
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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i'"Vi i ' liiirniiini iT ni> i i| im n n nnr|irirnirwi*li|it��(li*i in iiijyj-aMti Daily Edition, No. 42 jNelson, British Columbia. Tuesday Morning, June 28, 1898. Eighth Year Rje!)& Patent Just Received A shipment of the famous Julia Marlowe American Footwear FOR LADIES Come Early and Secure a Pair. LILLIE'S SHOE HOUSE WEST BAKER STREET. FACING THE ENEMY. BLACK & FANCY PARASOLS at Reduced Prices. :������������ L"* ��� I Fred IrvlneftCo- I' VEILINOSand * KID QLOVBS. * DRY GOODS. GrandJune Clearance Sale We will offer for the next ten days all of our entire stock at reduced prices with Special Reductions on the ... following lines . . . Summer Dress Goods. Warm Weather Fabrics. Ladies Shirtwaists. Ladies'D & A Corsets. Ladies' and Children's Undervests. Ladies' Silk and Kid Gloves. Ladies' Silk and Alpaca Skirts. Sailor Hats, Half Price. Men's Men's Men's Men's Men's Men's Men's Men's Underwear. Washington Ties. Negligee Shirts. Fancy Cambric Shirts. Black Sateen Shirts. Duck and Flannel Suits. Straw Hats. Pants and Overalls. Our Stock is (ompfete in House Furnisfiings. 1891 Por the Eighth Time the Citizens of 1898 ~~ NELSON "~ Will Celebrate &m **> TWO PAYS, JULY 1st and 2nd. $200000 * IN ��� PRIZES. . . PROGRAMME . . Horse Racing Prizes $500 Committee: John Houston, H. Ashcroft, J. A. Turner. Drilling Contest Prizes $325. ������Committee: JohnHouston^ H.Ashcroft, J.^J. -Malone.^^ ^-1 Hose Reel Races Prizes $300 Committee: J. Thompson, J.Dover, F. Irvine. . lacrosse Match Prizes $125 Committee: H. Irvine, S. Neelands, J. Kirkpatrick^ Baseball Matches Purse $125 Committee: C. A. Waterman, F. Irvine. Bicycle Races Prizes $50 Committee: Jacob Dover. Boat Races Prizes $100 Committee: J. Dover, S. Neelands. Caledonian Games Prizes $75. Committee: John Houston, J. J. Malone. SEVIXLA bOOIJPIBD BY AN ADVANCE GTTABD OF TEE AMERICAN TROOPS. TUO OP WAR Free For All PRIZE $35-00 Callithumplan Parad* and Procession ol Decorated Bicycle*. Orand Ball and Fireworks Both Evenings. NeUon and New Denver Brass Bands will bc In attendance both days. Reduced Rates on all Railway and Steamboat Lines. Entries for horse races and drilling contests must be made witb the Secretary not later than 10 p.m. on June 30th. JOHN HOUSTON, JAI1ES LAWRENCE, R. S. LENNIE, President Chairman Secretary. Music Committee: C. A. Waterman, F. Irvine. Incidentals: J. J. Malone, C. A. Waterman, R. S. Lennie, J. A. Turner. Troops Ara All Ashore.���Olllelal Beport of the Weanded.���Bond to Baiquiri Being CM.���The Spanish Fortifications Plainly Visible. Off Santiago de Cuba, Jane 36, by Associated Press Boat, via Kingston, Jamaica, June 27.��� The fleet at present lies inactive, awaiting the advance of the army. The plan at present adopted is for the army to force a decisive engagement -with the enemy, while the fleet will bombard the forts, an attack being simultaneously made on^them by land. If this is successfully accomplished Cervera, unless he surrenders at once, will have either to destroy his ships or make a last run for the harbor mouth right into the jaws of the battleships that are awaiting him. In the latter event nothing can save him, as no vessel in his fleet could survive the concentrated fire that awaits him. It is generally supposed by naval experts that the Spaniards will burn Santiago and destroy their fleet before they surrender, in which case everything should be over within a week. The army is expected to sustain considerable loss before this is effected, but the superiority both in generalship and personnel of the American army is expected to sweep all obstacles successfully aside. It is possible, too, that the Spanish troops may surrender independently of Cervera, in wliich case the Spanish admiral would be subjected to a fire from his own forts as well as the Amerioan siege guns, while the mines at the harbor mouth would be removed and Admiral Sampson and his fleet would quickly finish off the Spanish cruisers. *... ������ On Board the Associated Press Despatch Boat Dandy, Off Juragua, Saturday, 8 p. m.,via Kingston, Jamacia, Sunday. June 36, 8:80 p. m;���The troops of tbe United States and Spain are almost face to face and less than four miles apart. Tonight the picket lines at certain points are within hailing distance of the enemy. It seems certain tbat tbe battle of Santiago must come within a week. The troops are all ashore here and at Baiquiri, with the exception of a few scattered companies that have gone forward. The supplies are sufficient to enable the army to sustain a week's campaign at both landing points, and it is believed the required supplies will all be ashore by Tuesday, the 38th. General Shafter said to a correspondent of the Associated Press todav: "I am well satisfied with the progress that is being made. The disembarkation is slow, but considering the limited facilites and the exposed nature of the landing places, the men have done well. I only await the landing of sufficient supplies to begin the,, movement ^on_Sant|ago._ I_ am much pleased at the gallant conduct of our men in the action at Sevilla yesterday and with their cool and veteran-like work. The victory was complete." General Wheeler, in his official report, places the number of dead in the engagement at Sevilla as 23 and the wounded at between 70 and 80. FORCES AT SEVILLA. : Tbe majority of the American troops are now here or at the front in the vicinity of Sevilla. The force at the latter place, which is about nine miles from Santiago, numbers 6000 Americans and 1500 Cubans. General Wheeler is in command there, with Generals Young, Lawton and Chaffee. General _ Wheeler will remain at Sevilla, which will be made a rendezvous for the troops landing at Baiquiri and at this point the artillery and cavalry are being put forward from Baiquiri. The cavalry have been sent forward to cut a way through the underbrush. CONDITIONS OF SANTIAGO. From the American position at Sevilla, Santiago is plainly visible and the fortifications can be seen. The following reports to General Shafter from generals at the front show these conditions: "To General Shafter: I have just seen two negro boys who left Santiago this morning (Saturday). They report that tne soldiers and citizens have seized all the food in the shops. They are killing young horses for food, and in the hospitals are subsisting on bread made of rice flour. '' Three Spanish generals took part in the fight at Sevilla yesterday. Five wagons of wounded were carried into Santiago and many other wounded got there on foot. We can see Morro Castle and the flag very distinctly from, our position. The Cubans confirm the reports as to the fine character of the fortifications around the city. Seven lines of barbed wire are stretched about the trenches. The Spaniards have recently dug trenches around the entire city, connecting a series of small forts. WHEELER." FROM GENERAL YOUNG. "To General Shafter: We can plainly see Santiago, less than seven miles away. The country is level for six miles this side of the city, except for hills on the south, which extend to within a mile of Santiago. These hills appear deserted. The country is fairly open and will not be difficult to move troops over. General Chaffee occupies Sevilla today. YOUNG.'' LONDON PRESS COMMENTS. Condemn American Tactics���Bravery of a War Correspondent. London, June 27. ���The afternoon papers comment on the battle of Laqui Sana in the same strain as the morning papers, praising the bravery of the American soldiers and condemning the tactics which permitted them to be ambushed. The story of Edward Marshall, correspondent of the New York Journal, dictating his report of the fight for his newspaper while mortally wounded provokes sympathetic comment. The Westminster Gazette, to the honor of the war correspondents, says this is not the first instance of such devotion to duty. THE NEGRO REGIMENTS. Some Will Be Officered by Negroes as an Experiment. There is now at Camp Alger a colored battalion from Ohio and one of the Massachusetts regiments includes some negro privates. In addition to these volunteers raised under the regular levies, four of them, called immune regiments, the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth, will be composed of negroes. In furnishing officers for these colored commands the war department has had a serious problem to deal with. It is the president's desire to give the negroes a representation of officers. In the last war, when there were 91,788 negro troops, three-year men, in the'federal army, the officers were white men. When the proposi* ���tfttn^asTri^ cers 'oyer'some of the colored commands now being raised, the question of how the officers' mess would be arranged when there were white and colored officers in the same regiment came up. That question remains to be settled. ..'��� The experiment of a negro regiment wholly officered by negroes is to be tried in the case of the North Carolina regiment, whose colonel will be a colored man, and the only one of that rank in the army. In tbe Alabama regiment the officers wil be white men. In the immune regiments there will be a mixture, the colonels and other field officers and the captains being white, and the lieutenants and other lesser officers being black. It is in this combination of white and colored officers that the color line is expected to cause trouble. A regular army lieutenant, who is engaged in mustering in negro companies for one of the immune regiments, said that the men promised to make good soldiers. . "They are all right physically," he said. "Of course, most of them are illiterate and they know nothing about military tactics, but with good officers and":careful~training^they ought���to fight well."/ Army experts regard the officering of negro regiments with negroes as an experiment which may or may not turn out well. The negro needs to be led well, they say, to make a good fighter, and there is some doubt whether colored troops would do as well if led by ohe of their own race as they would under a white officer. JACKSON MINES. ME IN HAVANA. Work Gradually Gaining the Lower Depths���Sawmill Starts. The Jackson m ine, Jackson creek, is showing up most satisfactorily under the development work. The main shaft, which follows the lead down on an angle of about 45 degrees, is now about 480 feet below the croppings In the last ten feet it has straightened up to a 55-degree pitch, with cleaner and better defined walls. At this point the ore came in and when work stopped the other day pending the installation of new machinery, compressor plant, skip, etc., there were four inches of high grade, clean ore, besides a considerable quantity of concentrating ore in the shaft. In the upper workings and on the dumps there are large quantities of concentrating ore awaiting the mill, which is to be built at once. The new sawmill, put in for the purpose of getting out the mill material and supplying the future needs of the. mine, started up Tuesday on the mill timbers.���The Kootenaian. CLAIM A SPANISH VICTORY. Madrid, June 27, 8 a. m.���Private despatches received here from Havana declare Friday night's fight (the battle of Laqui Sana) was favorable to the Spaniards, but credit Colonel Woods' Rough Riders and Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt with the greatest courage. NEWS FB0M AN ENGLISHMAN WHO ESCAPED ON H. M. S. TALBOT. A Helen or Terror In Havana.--Anyone Who Expresses Dissatisfaction to be Hhot.���The roltce arc "Watched bjr the Soldiers. Key West, June 27.���The most authentic reliable news yet received of the true condition of affairs in Havana was today furnished in a report to the Associated Press by a British subject, who left Havana on the British cruiser Talbot and who arrived yesterday. He says a reign of terror exists at the Cuban capital. General Blanco has issued a proclamation announcing that anyone daring to express unfavorable opinions of or being dissatisfied with the present policy of the government will be summarily shot without trial or investigation. This proclamation, it appeal's, caused dissatisfaction among the members of the police force, who threaten to revolt if full rations are not given to them. It is expected that, as the police is a numerous body,,, trouble will result. Spanish infantry'and artillery soldiers are maintaining guard over them at every corner. Famine, it seems, is imminent, and the stories of supplies for Havana coming via Balomano aro reported to be untrue. The informant pf the Associated Press thinks Havana cannot possibly hold out much longer. The city is pronounced panic stricken, its inhabitants expecting every moment to be bombarded by the American fleet, as they realize "that General Blanco's attitude releases the United States from the obligation of giving the customary bombardment notices. New York, June, 27. ���A despatch to the World from Playa del Este, Cuba, June 27, 11 a. m., says the Vixen and Gloucester, carrying 800 Cubans, attempted a landing at Sigua, six miles east of Baiquiri yesterday, but the boat was swamped by the surf, the men swimming ashore. Recognizing the impossibility of a successful landing the steamers withdrew a few miles eastward and accomplished the undertaking. ' Several hundred Spaniards retreated after a short fight, in which they attempted to surround the first boat's crew. The main body came to the rescue in the nick of time. WITH THE BLOCKADERS. Expecting Cervera to Attempt to Escape From Santiago. Off Santiago, Sunday, June 28, via Kingston, Jamaica, June 27.���(Copyrighted, 1898, by the Associated Press.) ���It is believed that Admiral Cervera contemplated making a dash out of the harbor late tonight. Four columns of smoke were seen at sundown advancing toward the mouth of the harbor and two small boats, believed to be torpedo boat destroyers, were observed���in���the -neighborhood���of���the-- sunken collier Merrimac. Consequently Rear Admiral Sampson ordered extra precautions to be taken, and the torpedo boats Ericsson and Porter stood very close into the harbor aU night. No ships came out. Shortly after midnight tho dynamite cruiser Vesuvius fired three gun cotton shells in the direction of Morro Castle. They exploded on a ridge behind the eastern hills. What damage was done is unknown. The blockade continues without incident. MORE TROOPS FOR MANILA. The Third Fleet With 4000 Men Left San Francisco Yesterday. San Francisco, Juno 27.���The third fleet left for Manila today with about 4000 men under command of General Arthur McCarthy, amid the screaming of whistles, the clanging of bells and tho booming of cannons. Army officers in this city are much perturbed regarding the movements of the Spanish squadron, which is reported to be bound for the Philippines via Suez canal. It is believed that the transports which left here today will be rushed through to the islands at top speed in order to have as large a foTce as possible ready to receive the dons, should Manila be the ultimate destination of the Cadiz fleet. General Merritt will sail on the Newport on Wednesday. MAY LOSE HIS RIGHT HAND. Grand Forks, June 27.���Dave Snyder, a well known mining man, may lose his right hand as a result of injuries received recently. He had a rope around his hand and was leading a pack animal. The horse ran away. Snyder was dragged after, severely wrenching and wounding his wrist. .>������������'.���;' m I I yu &wi*Kraycttif;ri ^..j.w!:'iimw��i -l��l^ji'.^iSl!a^-'^7!^05%^R'.i!^^-,���--"��"r^-��� THE MINER, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1898 1* lite Jttintr. Published Daily except Monday. The Miner Printing & Publishing Co.. Limited Liability. ALT. COMMUNICATIONS to the "Editor must bo accompanied by thc namo and address of thc writer, not necessarily for publication, but as evidence of good faith. Subscription Rates. Ba.i)>-t>er month by carrier ���-8 100' per month by mail..' ��� 100 per half year by mail. 5 00 per year 10 00 per yoar, foreign 13 00 Weekly Mineb. Weekly, per half year *$ 125 " per year 2 00 '��� per year, foreign 3 00 Subscriptions Invariably in advance. Advertising rates made known on application. The Hlner Printing & Publishing Co. NELSON. B. C. TO ADVERTISERS. Copy for Changes of Advertisement mast be In the Office by 4 o'clock p.m. to Insure change. THE INVASION OF CUBA. their attitudo' aud cause another vote to be taken. If not, tho other colonies should federate, leaving their sulky sister to her fate. The security of tho empire necessitates this step which can easily be effected without the co-operation of New South Wales. Captain A. R. Tuney, formerly of the Nineteenth foot, better known as the Princess of Wales' Own, and who spent the greater part of last year in Cuba fighting for the insurgents, has consented to give the readers of The Minerfan account of his experience on that island. In view of the war now going on in Cuba the experiences and observations of a man who has taken an active part in the insurrection should prove of peculiar interest. We hope, in the ensuing issues of tlio paper, to publish two or three articles dealing with Cuba, and readers of. Tlio Miner may confidently rely on the accuracy of everything that is recounted. The first and battle of any importance in the war has been fought, and so far us can be gathered there appears to be no doubt that the American troops have achieved a decisive success. The losses are trivial when compared with the great battles of modern times, as, for instance, the battles of Gravelotte in the Franco- Prussian war when 75,000 men were put out of action, but nevertheless the fact of the invaders gaining the first engagement will be of immense importance in promoting the morale of the troops. The Rough Riders of Roosevelt's regiment appear to have been the most prominent in the engagement, and it is no disparagement to the, other troops to say that they form probably the most effective corps in the United States army for the work they how have in hand. These Rough Riders were recruited in the southwestern states, and are to a man accustomed to fire-arms and their use. Many of them have seen Indian fighting, while all come from a country where a man may be called at any moment to uphold his words and actions with the revolver or rifle, a state, of affairs which, while in many ways deplorable, is undoubtedly a good school for fighting that is conducted oh the.lines that prevail in the guerilla warfare of Cuba. So^far tlie Spanish regulars have not been engaged, and it is probable that they will prove no unworthy foe. Those who have seen them under fire speak highly of their courage, and once they are worked up they are ready for the most daring deeds, and although not exceptionally good shots they are probably no worsein this respcet than the rank and file of any other army. As will be seen from Captain Tuney's testimony, whose experiences are given elsewhere, the Spanish officers have, - contrary-to -the -popular-ideas^shown- themselves to be brave and devoted men. Though they neglect their men iu times of peace, in war they are always to the front and have been known to show such conspicuous valor that the Cubans themselves forbore to fire and take the life of men who were exposing themselves thus heroically. With such men in command and with brave men to follow them, the American troops will probably find them no despicable antagonists, and Svhen they attack them in force supported by entrenchments, as will be the case at Santiago, the soldiers of Uncle Sam will find it no easy task to plant the stars and stripes on the flagstaff of the fort. The wires between here and Revelstoke were broken in several places by the storm yesterday morning, and it was found impossible to get them in proper working order in time for us to obtain our customary telegraphic ser- vice. Everything will, however, bo put right today, and readers of The Miner may confidently look forward tomorrow to the full and complete telegraphic news to which they have become accustomed. AMERICANS WILL FRATERNIZE. The people of Vancouver have extended a very cordial invitation-to the people of Seattle to make a trip to the enterprising British Columbia city on Dominion day. Those who can accept this invitation will be well repaid. The trip itself is exceedingly pleasant and the people always most hosDitable. It is ..intended to make the celebration one of unusual splendor, and the day will no doubt be one long to be remembered. A visit to Vancouver on July 1 need not interfere with any arrangement to be present at Seattle on July 4. Indeed, every man who goes from Seattle should constitute himself a committee of one to bring back with him three or four ciitzens of Vancouver on a return visit Dominion day is a very important day in the history of Canada.' Prior to 1867 British territory was split up into Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Red River Settlement, Northwest Territory,'.Prince Edward Island and British Columbia. They were all distinct provinces, jgoverued directly from London and, frequently coming into collision through conflicting interests. In 1864 Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick determined to unite their interests, at the same time making provisions for the accession of other provinces. On July 1, 1867, those four governments were united in one parlia- mentaty body, under the name of the Dominion of Canada, and the day made a national holiday. The Red River Settlement, which had meantime become Manitoba, and the Northwest. territories joined the union in 1870; British Columbia was' admitted July 20, 1871,,and two years later Prince Edward Island left New- fopndland the only province not in the dominion. Canada has prospered wonderfully since it * became more united; many petty hut embarrassing . dissensions have entirely disappeared and the country has been gainer in every respect. The people have a material as well as a sentimental reason for celebrating-the day.��� Seattle P.=-I.���_*_*__*_- COST OF WAR NEWS. Arctic Soda Fountain Is the centre of attraction these hot days. Try our Ice Cream Sodas, Made with Hazelwood Ice Cream. W. F. TEETZEL & GO. Nelson, B. C, DRUGS AND ASSAYER'S SUPPLIES. Thc cause of Australian fedeartion has received a check, which will, it is hoped, be merely temporary. Sooner or later the colonies will be obliged to federate in order to protect their individual and collective interests- Unfortunately intercolonial jealousies and the misguided opposition of one colony has hitherto prevented the triumph of common sense and prudence. New South Wales blocks the way, desirous ���of obtaining special advantages by posing as the principal and mother colony. Newfoundland adopted a similar attitude during the establishment of the Dominion of Canada. The result was that the codfish colony was isolated by its ignorant and selfish policy, losing all the advantages obtainable by federation. It is quite possible that the statesmen of New South Wales jnay ultimately realize the folly of Discussing the expense of the war to the newspapers the Ottawa Journal says: The New York Herald pays the Western Union Telegraph company $50 an hour for a special leased wire between New York and Key West, and it has set up in the latter place and in Tampa newly invented long-distance photo-telegraph instruments, by means of which its artist can transmit a finished picture to the home office every 20 minutes, while at the same time the text to accompany the picture is going forward on the other side of the duplexed wire. The World and Journal are each credited with spending something like $30,000 a week, while the Herald's bill for war news is said to be in excess of that figure; but as it is working in conjunction with the London Times and the Toronto Mail and Empire, its net expenses are lower. The great question is, does this outlay pay? Our experience in Canada is that news, even when costly, does pay.���Mail-Empire. WEST KOOTENAY RAILWAY CONTRACTORS. COflPANV All kinds of Fresh and Salted Meats wholesale and retail. Fresh Fish received daily. Mail orders receive careful and prompt attention. E. C. TRAVES, Manager. P. BURNS & CO. Wholesale and Retail Meat Merchants HEAD OFFICE NELSON, B. C. Branch Markets in Bossland, Trail, Nelson, Kaslo, Sandon^ Three Forks, New Denver and Slocan City. Orders by mail to any branch will have careful and prompt attention. 530 WE WOULD LIKE In some way, to induce every man, woman and child in the country who buys in Nelson to come and inspect our stock and prices. We would have you do this for we are sure that you would become bur customer and friend. We have the largest and best selected stock of Groceries in the city. T-he ��� famous products of every country in our line are represented on our shelves. EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS.���Never behind the times. No retrograding here. Our business is run to serve its patrons to their best interests, as well as our own, and you can always depend upon onr best service being afforded you. The fairness of our prices throughout our entire line at all times shows onr grasp upon the market. CAN'T BE BEAT AT ALL; THAT'S ALL. 'fit.' Des Brteay & Co., Nelson. GROOESs ASfp PROVISION MERCHANTS. PETER GENE14-E & CO. : .NELSON BRANCH : : We are prepared to furnish kiln dried lumber at" regular prices and carry Rough and Dressed Lumber, Coast Flooring and Ceiling, Turned Work and Mouldings, Shingles and Lath, Sash and Poors. Estimates Cheerfully given, a OFFICE AND YARD C. P. % STATION. . v . A*'E. YOUNG, AGENT. Official Directory. DOMINION DIRECTORY. Governor-General - Karl of Abenleeu Premier - - - Sir Wilfrid Laurier Member Houso of Comment1, Dominion Parliament, West Kootenay ��� Hewitt Bostock PROVINCIAL DIRECTORY. Lieut-Governor - Hon T R Mclnnes Premiei ��� - Hon J-H Turner Attorney-General - Hon DM Eberts Com of Lands and Works Hon G B Martin Minister Mines and Education Hon Jas Baker President Executive Council Hon C K Pooley Members Legislative Assembly tor West Koot- enay-North Riding J M Kellie South Riding 'A - ���- . JPHuine' NELSON OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. *,. Mayor ��� ��� John Houston' Aldermen���Chas Hillyer, W F Teetzel, J A Gilker, J J Malone. E P Whalloy. Thos Madden. City Clerk Police Magistrate Chief of Police Chief of Firo Dcpartmont Auditor Water Commissioner Health Officer City council meets every JE Strachan E A Crease V A F McKipnon . W J Thompson' John Hamilton TMWard - Dr. LaBau Monday, 3 p.m., at city hall, cor Victoria and Josephine st SCHOOL TRUSTEES. Dr. E C Arthur. Dr. GAB Hall, Geo Johnstone. Principal���J R Green. SOUTH KOOTENAY BbARD OF TRADE. President - J Roderick Robertson. Vice-President - James Lawrence. Secy-Treas. - John A Turner. KOOTENAY LAKE GENERAL HOSPITAL President ��� John A. Turner Vice-Pres. - XV. A. Jowett. Secretary ��� D. McArthur Treas. - AH Clements Medical Supt. . Dr. G. A B Hall Close 8.00 p.m. 8.30 a.in, 1.00 p.m. 6.00 p.m NELSON POST OFFICIO United States, Ontario. Quebec nnd Eastern Provinces Points on N. & F. S. line. Victoria and Rowland. N'ew Denver, Sandon and Slocan Lake Points. Kaslo and Kootenay Lake Points Kossland. Trail, Nakusp, Robson. points on main line C. P. R., Vancouver and Winnipeg- 1*0 5.15 p.m. 2.30 p.m.. 7.15 a.m. 7.00 a.m. office nouns. Lobby opened from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.; General Delivery, 8 a,m, to 8 p.m.; Registration. 8.30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Money Orders and Savings Bank 9 a.m. to i p.m.; Sunday 1 hour (10 to 11 a.iu). J. A. GILKER, Postmaster; DISTRICT DIRECTORY. Government Inspector of Agencies W J Goepel Gold Commissioner ��� O. G. Dennis Mining Recorder-Tax Col - RF Tolmie x Collector of Customs - Geo. Johnston*' Provincial Assessor - John Keen. County Court Judge J A Forin. Registrar ��� ETHSimpkin3. Wall Papers, Fishitig Tackle, Garden & Flower Seeds. 99-39900O LACROSSE, BASEBALL, and TENNIS GOODS. LIMITED ' D. D.: Mann today informed the Vancouver World that the engineers of the firm left yesterday; for Penticton with their full outfit and supplies. The immediate construction "will be begun. Engineer White likewise left for the east. He will have charge of the new line that McKenzie & Mann are building in the Keewatin section of Ontario. The Dauphin line is being extended in a,northwesterly direction a distance of 8Q miles. The firm.of McKenzie & Mann will have over 500 miles of new lines in process of construction this year in various portions of "Western Canada-���that is,, west of Lake Superior. This will keep them quite busy. Purchase Your Tobaccos ��� AT THB ��� Post Office Xlgaritore Where you will always find a well assorted stock of Iusported and DomesticCigars, Cigarettes Tobaccos and a full stock of Pipes at reasonable Prices. s. J. MIGHTON. ""> ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS and JOINERS When requiring thoroughly" seasoned timber should apply to , The Nelson Planing Mill T. W. GRAY. PROVINCIAL JAIL DIRECTORY. Warden - Capt, N Fitzstubbs. First Jailer ��� - R Liddell. Second Jailer ��� Geo Partridge. Third Jailer - John McLaren Senior Guard .. ��� .RInce,.,- ���������������- ���' '"At.- '���' CHURCH DIRECTORY. Church of England���Matin 11 ii.ro.; Even Song. 7.30 p.m. every Sunday. Holy Communion on 1st and 3rd Sundays in the month atter Matins; on 2nd and 4th Sundays, at 8 a.m. Sunday School at 2.30 p.m. Rev. H'. S. Ako- hurst. Rector. Cor Ward and Silica streets. Presbyterian Church���Services at 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. Sunday School at 2.30 b.nii Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 8 p.m.: Christian Endeavor Society meets every iMoh- . day evening at 8 o'clock. Rev. R. ���Freiv, Methodist ' CHURcn-Corner Silica and Josephine Streets. Services at 11 a.m. and 7.30 p. m.; Sabbath School, 2.36p.m.: Prayer meeting on Friday evening at 8 o'clock; Epworth League C. E., Tuesday at 8 a.m. Rev. Geo. H. Morden. Pastor. ������ \\ ; Roman Cathomc ChurcU���Masw at Nelsda ' every Sunday at 8 and 10.30 a.m.; Benediction at 7.30 to 8 p.m. Rev. Father Ferland, Priest. Baptist Church ��� Services morning and evening at 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m.; Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 p.m.; Meetings are held in the school house. Strangers, cordi-' ally welcomed. Rev. G. It. Welch, Pastor: - ' Salvation Army���Services every evening at 8 o'clock In barracks on Victoria street. Adiutant Millncr in charge. In stock,l,000,000 f t.of Flooring.Lining Mouldings, Doors, Sashes and every description of Joinery. SCBEIEW IHDOIM ANO WINDOWS MADE TO ��KDE*. REISTERER & CO., Brewers of Fine Lager Beer and Porter. ,., Drop in and see us. NELSON, B. C. Householders Please Note. The humble daddy long-legs; the flying and cheerful ant; the irrepressible Wow fly and the genial winged * bug can be kept out of your houses by uping SCREEN DOORS 2 ft. 6 x 6 ft. 6 at $1,50. - 2 ft. 8 x 6 ft. 8 at $1 75. 2 ft.10 x 6 ft.10 at 82.00. Scbbhn Windows made to order in nil sizes at the NELStePLANING MILLS T, W. GRAY, Proprietor. JiQPGE MEETINGS. ^ NELSON LODGE, No. 23. A. F. & A. M. meets second Wednesday in each month. Visiting brethren invited. G. L. Lennox, Secretary. ' I. d. O. F. Kootenay Lodge No. 16, meets every Monday night, at their Hall, Kooienay street. Sojourning Odd Fellows cordially invited. WM. HODSON, Secretary. ' ���. NELSON LODGE No. 25, K. of P., s\J\meets in Castle hall, McDonald block every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, 7AU visiting knights cordially invited,, J. J. Malone. CC. (820) Geo. Partridge, K. of R. and S. ll NELSON LODGE. I. O. G. T. Meets in if Castle Hall, McDonald Block, every Monday f evening at 8 o'clock. Visiting Templars cor -|;' dially Invited, John Telford, Chief Templar. George Nunn Sec'y . . . j*. NELSONS QUEEN NO/ 241 SONS OF - EN GLAND, meets 1. second and fourth Wednesday of *' each month at K. of P. Hall, Mac-;., Donald Block, cor. Vernon and'j Josephine streets. Visiting brcth- rn cordially invited. Ernest King, Chas. H. Farrow, Worthy President Secretary. COURT KOOTENAY, I.O.F., NO. 3138 meets), lst and 3rd Wednesday in each month in the', K of P Hall. F W Swanell. C D. S. C. R.; J Ri Green, C.R.: J. Purkiss. Secy. NELSON LODGE. NO. 10 A.O.U.W., meet* i. every Thursday in the I.O.O.F. hall. F Wfl Swanell, M.W.: W Hodson. Rec.-Sec; J. J. Driscoll, Financier F. J Squire. Receiver andj P.M.W. NELSON L.O.L. No. 1692 meets in the Mc^J Donal^ block every. Thursday evening at I o'clock. Visiting members cordially invitod. John Toye, W.M.; F. J. Bradley, R.S. .-99,-9.^.n :.(.....f THE MINER, TUESDAY, JUNE 28,-1898 MMiMa mmm mmUk-m lEVENTS OF INTEREST DT AND AROUND BELSON. |Brlef' Mention or Happenings lu (lie IHHlrlcl narliig the Past 'l-v.w Ways. E. J. Kelly, Ymir, is in the city. 0. O. Woodhouse, jr., of Rossland, is in the city.- Brttce White, manager of the Slocau Star, is in the city. Miss Hoover and Miss Nash of Spokane are in the city. O. R. McDonald and 0. F. Coldwell | of Kaslo are at the Hvnne..' N. F. McKay, a Kaslo barrister, is in the city on legal business. The Northern Belle, near Kaslo, is to have a new compressor plant. D. J. Fitzgerald,: late manager of the Trail smelter, is in the city. ; P. Burns & Co.,. of Nelsou, are erecting,a butcher shop at Brooklyn. J.'W. Hamilton, Trail; E. Wheeler, Portland, Oregon, are at the Queen's. G. Crook, of th'e' Pyramid Mining company, in East Kootenay, is in the city. H. J. Brown, J. E. Walker ancl G. S. Lightfoot, of , Spokane, are at-the Phair. H. W. C. Jackson, late editor of the Rossland Miner, spent yesterday in ���J**, the city. E. Oronyn, barrister of Rossland, is ,,. in the city in connection with legal ' business. Miss Greeu, teacher of the Ymir public scohol, is spending her holidays in the city." Mrs. L. L. Patrick, Miss B. Moore and Miss McTaggiirt of Kaslo are guests at the Phair. A meeting was held last night in A. S. Farwell's committee rooms for organization purposes. F."'August Heinze of Butte, Montana,'late proprietor of the Trail smelter, is at. the Phair. Mr.1 Justice McColl of New Westminster -will preside at the supreme court sittings tomorrow. - R. A. Brown of Grand Forks returned to the city yesterday, in connection with0 legalbusiness. The Ruth mine in the Slocan is reported'' to have encountered a heavy body of water in the lower tunnel. R. L. Patterson, representing Miller & Richards, typefounders of Edinburgh and'Toronto, is in the city. J. W. Miller has assumed charge of : the Whitewater Deep mine, near Whitewater, B. C., as superintendent, Sergeant i^ajor Frost of the Nelson corps of the Salvation Army is taking charge of tbe meetings at Kaslo this week. <*. Fred Emerson Brooks, poet-humor ist, gave an entertainment in- the Hume hall last night 'Whioh was largelyatended........ Jf. D, ,'SWord, Samuel Hall, J. B. Ha��lin&s, Ci B-. Hamilton and A. C. uGalt,JPf Rossland, were visitors in the ��� Q*y^yT--*T*a*.rcir9XSn*r t l: - I rt W; A. Jowett returned on Sunday | evening from attending the meeting lot the grand i^lodge A. F. &��� A. M. at fNew Westminster. -A-i-S AFarytelly independent-candidate itt the approaching elections, will address the electors of Nelsonin th% fire hall this evening at 8 o'clock. WE^HAVE ���X';' ^.a lot oi" Ice (ream freezers which no well appointed home should be without during the warm weather. We have also constantly on hand a full line of . . ty. V :'l ' ' ' A' " j I Plumber's Supplies, Steam Fittings, and Hardware of every description which we are offer- ingatverylowprices. Hardware Go,. July 31 is the 400th anniversary of the discovery of Trinidad island by Columbus, and will be commemorated by the issue of a special postage stamp. D. D. Maim, railway contractor, stated at .Rossland on Saturday that within five weeks there will be 5000 men at work on the Robson--Penticton railway construction. Slocan City was well represented in the city yesterday. Among the arrivals being J. P. Driscoll, D.Graham, Halbert Oliver and R. C. Graham, all of whom registered at the Grand Central. As a result of a fight last week between John Sherwind, an Italian laborer on the Crow's Nest Pass .railway at the head of Moyie .lake, and Mike Cronin, the former is in bed and the latter is in the Fort Steele jail. A meeting of the celebration committee is called for Wednesday night at 8 o'clock at Mr. Lennie's office, Elliot block. As this is the last meeting before the celebration all members of the committee are urgently ��� requested to attend. Coroner Dr. Arthur went to Balfour on Saturday last to hold an inquest on the body of a man found floating in the lake. The body was badly decomposed and could not be identified. The coroner ordered the body to be buried at Balfour, and it is not probable that the mystery will ever be solved. Work is being pushed ahead on the Granite claim on Eagle Creek, which was recently bonded by Captain Duncan. Substantial buildings have beea erected and three shifts of miners are at work. The showing is exceedingly good, and the owners are confident that they have secured a mine. The screw of the tug Hercules has been replaced by a much larger one than the first in use. The new one is 6(3 inches in diameter. With it the boat develops far more power and speed than formerly, and Captain Angus Campbell is correspondingly happy. Perhaps you have not heard, but it is not yet too late to learn that the Ladies' Aid of the Methodist church purposes holding the best ice cream and strawberry social of the season on the school grounds on Tuesday evening. The band will be in attendance. A good programme is also provided. Come and enjoy the treat. The Glenora News says: '' The Glenora House, by Madden & Calbreath, i3 in the same building as the restaurant, and is 24*50, with accommodations for 100 people. The Madden is, of course, Hugh, from every mining, camp in the northwest, a pioneer from a family of pioneers, and the Calbreath is the Glenora pioneer of that name." Mr. Lennie" is in receipt cf a letter from Mayor Wallace of Rossland, saying that he has niuch pleasure in accepting the invitation of the committee for the celebration on July 1. A number of the aldermen of Rossland will accompany him. The official programme of the sports for July 1 and 3 at Nelson will be ready for distribution today, and will be. sent to all important towns in Kootenay. The Kaslo Kootenian of Saturday says: "All lovers of baseball are requested to assemble at the ball ground next Sunday, where a game will be indulged in by picked nines. One of the principal objects of assembling will be the selection of a competent team to represent Kaslo's supremacy on the diamond on July 1 at Nelson, where it is confidently expected every town of any repute in West Kootenay will have a representative club to complete for the prizes offered." The first number of the Glenora News, edited by W. F. Thompson, late of the Trail Creek News, has been received and is a very creditable production. The News announces that "Glenora is the metropolis of the Cassiar district, is practically the head of navigation on the St^kineand is the "warmest" town north of^ the 49th parallel. The News is the only newspaper in Glenora (or in the Cassiar district, for that matter), and is published 800 miles north of all other ^TDBXjSOlsr EI1SFE TOlSriGKEIT will positively produce their Greatest Melodrama "Shadows of a Great City n The Best Comedies. The Newest Songs. Artistic Dancing. Tickets on Sale at TheCanada Drug & Book Co. Price 75 cents. Genera1 Admission 50 Cents. The Rink is being made weather proof and comfortable. aM-v-oa^. DONT MISS THE WRESTLING MATCH BETWEEN Jaek O'Neill and W. H. West FOR $ioo Purse, a Gold Medal and the Championship of British Columbia. AtiNELSON Thursday Evening, June 30th. Both men are in good shape and an exciting contest is promised. J^3D3^ISSIO^T $1.00 The place of contest will be published in a later issue. sible in the short time afforded to put everything in exact working order in time for last night's performance. Everything will, however, be in shape for this evening. The company put on a piece entitled "The Flower of the Forest," which was Splendidly given throughout. Where all were good, it is invidious perhaps to select any one person for special commendation. It is impossible, however, not to refer to Mr. Harry Lindley's superb acting, which was a treat to all who saw it. "The Shadows of a Great City" will be given tonight, a drama which will give full scope to the varied powers of the artists who are to produce it. There will also be specialties by title Mystic and Senorita Garcia, and H. R. H. Gibbons, by special request, will sing ' ��� The Death of Nelson." WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP. For Member or the Legislative Assembly for tbe Nelson Killing or West Kootenay District.- JOHN FRED HUME. PLATlOttM OF, FUINCIPLE*. Jack O'Neill and W. H. West met at The Miner office yesterday afternoon: and. arranged the details of a wrestling competition to take place on June SO at a place to be selected later. O'Neill gives West the, odds, having to throw bim three times before West throws him twice. Tbe stakes of the match are to be $50 a side, gate receipts and a goldfcnedal and the championship of British Columbia. A forfeit of $25 was deposited by each man with the manager of The Daily Miner. The competition is attracting considerable local attention and will doubtless be largely attended. THE CITY COUNCIL. newspapers in British Columbia.'' SUPREME COURT. Vancouver & Nelson, B. 0. lilt A Couple of Mining Cases Heard Yesterday���Judgment Reserved. Schamberg et al vs. Holden et al-r This is an adverse action by the plaintiff, the owners of the Bright Prince mineral claim, situated near the Two Friends, in the Slocan mining division, against the application of the owners of the Catarden mineral claim foi' a certificate of improvements. The case was partly heard before the Hon. Mr. Justice Drake, and the defendant then made application to amend their defense. The case comes up again today for further consideration. Messrs. Elliot & Leunie appeared for the plaintiffs, and Messrs W. A. Macdonald and W. L. Grimmett for the defendants. Pender vs. War Eagle Mining company, a special jury case, before Hon. Mr. Justice Drake���This is an action for damages for injuries which were received by the plaintiff when working in the War Eagle mine. The plaintiff was hit on the head with some steel which was being thrown down from one level to another. This is a new trial granted the defendant?; by the full court,plaintiff having been granted damages by Judge Forin and a jury in the county court at Rossland. F. M. McLeod appeared for plaintiff, and E. P. Davis, Q. C, and A. C. Gait for defendant. A Number of Public Works Authorized���Other Business Transacted. The regular meeting of the city council was held yesterday afternoon, at which there were present Mayor Houston and Aldermen Malone, Madden and Teetzel. After routine a petition4was^ieceived_for_the^opening��� of Victoria st, between Josephine street and Cedar street. It was decided to comply with the petition and make the street passable for teams, and also to build a four-foot sidewalk on the south side bf Victoria street between Stanley and Cedar streets. It was also decided to build a three-foot sidewalk on the south side of Mill street between Hendry street and the middle of block 38; a three-foot sidewalk on Josephine street between Water street and the water front; a four-foot sidewalk on the south side of Latimer street from Stanley to tlie eastern limit of the city. The city engineer was instructed to place a permanent monument at the southeast corner of lot 1, block 10. A letter was received from Judgo Forin pointing out that there was no roadway to his residence and offering to bear half the cost of construction. The matter was referred to the city engineer to report on.- The city engineer submitted a survey of the proposed new cemetery site, and the mayor was authorized to negoitate with the Canadian Pacific railway for the purchase of the same. John Miles was given permission cto erect boards on the sides of streets in the city for bill-posting purposes. The by-law to impose a tax of $200 on insurance companies doing business in the city was given its third reading, and was finally passed. Council adjourned. ROSSLAND ORE SHIPMENTS. Adopted by Delegates lu Convention on Thc 31st Day of June, 1898. TO T1ELECT0RS OF THE NELSON HIDING OF WEST KOOTENAY ELECTORAL DISTRICT. Gentlemen,���I offer myself as an independent candidate to represent you in the next Provincial Parliament. Should I be fortunate enough to secure your support I shall endeavor, to bring about the following reforms: (1) A change in the Mineral~ Act to compel all partners in a mining claim to bear their share of the assessment work or forfeit their interest. (2) An amendment to cause litigants to put up reasonable security for costs before ad versing applications for certificates of improvements, (3) Regular promotion in the Civil Service, avoiding the injustice of the appointment of outsiders over the heads of men already in the service, all vacancies being filled by our own people. (4) The removal from the Statute book of the discriminatory tax of $5.00 per annum on mechanics, miners, and others employed in bur metalliferous mines. If returned I pledge myself to work to the best of my ability to secure a local expenditure of public monies in proportion to the revenue .collected in the district, and to ensure such expenditure being laid out to the best possible advantage. The mining interests of British Columbia have now reached such proportions that it is desirable they should be administrated by a separate department under the charge of a minister who would devote his undivided attention to the subject. I shall endeavor to rescind the legislation of '06, by which mining suits were taken out of the jurisdiction of the County Court and relegated to the Supreme Court, thereby entailing increased costs and interminable delays. During the past eight years Kootenay has been represented bv straight government supporters and by an out and out oppositionist, the result in neither case has been satisfactory. I consider the time has arrived when all the Kootenay members should join in advocating measures for the benefit of this district as a whole and for its special industry, without regard to party. A. S. FARWELL. THE LINDLEY STOCK COMPANY. The Lindley Stock company wish to apologize to the poeple of Nelson for the mishaps . that slightly marred the proceedings last night. It was impos* The ore shipments for the seven days from June 18 to June 25, inclusive, were as follows: War Eagle, 1088; Center Star, 64; Iron Mask, 80; Monte Cristo, 64; total. 1388. Shipments were divided as follows: Nelson, 208; Trail, 1180; total, 1S88. The total shipments from the camp since January 1, 1897, aggregate 120,493 tons. "Whereas, The Turner government by its class legislation, (1) by/imposing a tax upon the output of metalliferous mines not imposed upon the output of coal mines; (2) by refusing to remove the tax imposed on men working in metalliferous mines ;(3) by denying the people of the province equitable representation in the legislative assembly, has proven itself unworthy of further confidence or continuance in office; and, "Whereas, The railway policy of the present administration is inimical to the best welfare of the province as a whole therefore be it "Resolved, That the interests of the Nelson riding of West Kootenay district demand that the electors return as their representative in the next provincial legislature a man who will not only strongly advocate but will also use his influence with the members of the legislative assembly opposed to the present administration to secure the following reforms: ' 'First���An equitable plan of representation in the legislative assembly on a basis that will recognize that an elector in one portion of the province is ] the equal of an elector in any other I portion where like circumstances prevail. " Second���Equalization in taxation with respect to mines, so that if the output or the metalliferous mines be taxed, the output of all coal mines shallbe treatedin^ thesame-manner.��� " Third���Repeal of the special tax imposed upon working miners in the metalliferous mines, which partakes of the nature of a trade tax and is an unjust exaction. "Fourth���An amendment to the assessment act which permits what is virtually dual taxation, under the indefensible mortgage tax, or tax upon poverty. "Fifth���The passage of a general railway act, which will allow the building of railways by bona fide railway men without cost to the province either in cash subsidies or land grants. "Sixth���The starving out of railway charter mongers by refusing to grant any further land subsidies in aid of railway construction, and by insisting wherever cash subsidies are granted that such subsidies shall be by way of loan secured by a lien upon the railways when built. '" "Seventh���The absolute prohibition of the immigration of Chinese into the province, and the exclusion of Chinese from employment by any company re: ceiving any concession whatever from the crown. " Eighth���That in employing labor on public works preference be given to citizens of the province, and also that all government offices be. filled by capable bpna fide residents of the district where the vacancies exist. '' Ninth���Due recognition of the fact that the inining industry is the chief attraction for outside capital to the province, and is responsible for the increase in its population; that this industry may be vitally affected by legislation, and its importance demands that we should have in the cabinet a practical rather than a theoretical representative. .' '' And with a view to securing tiie above reforms, we pledge ourselves to support by our votes and influence the uominee of this convention." WHAT DO YOU W^NT For One Cent a WorcJ? Tou can find a buyer for '' Any OW Thing " if you advertise. ClUMifleA A<lvertt��ement��. All advertisement* in thia column ara 1 cent a word each insertion. No advertisement taken (or less than 25 centa. TTTTTTTT-TYTT.TTTTTTTV TTTTTT MISCELLANEOUS FOUND.���A small key. National Cash Register. Apply "Miner" office. MUSIC LESSONS.��� On piano organ or guitar, by Mrs. W. J. Astley, Robson street, two doors west of Stanley. P. O. Box 180. PROVJNCIAL GAQL AT NELSON. TENDKRS, endorsed "Gaol Supplies' (or the supply of Bread, Beef, Groceries, Clothing and Coal.for the use of tho said institution, from the first day of July noxt to tho 30th of June, 1899. will be received by the undersigned, up to Saturday, the 29th of June. Samples of groceries, clothing, etc.. can be seen at tho gaol, Ward street. Tenders to stato prico of coal per ton of 2,000 pounds. All supplies to bo delivered at tho gaol as required,without extra charge. Oatmeal, Commcal. Brooms, Brushes and all articles required for use in this contract, to bo of Provincial manufacture as far as practicable. F. S. HUSSEY. Supt. of ProT, Police and Warden of Gaols. June 6, 1898. MILLINERY I will sell at cost for the balance of the season all trimmed millinery, children's hats and bonnets, sailors and shirt waists. MRS. M'LAUGHLIN Josephine st., Nelson. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Sealed whole tenders will be received until 5 o'clock Thursday, June SO, for the erection of a two-story brick block with basement for G. Frank Beer, Esq. Plans and specifications can be seen at the office of the undersigned. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. EWART & CARRIE, Room 6 Clement & Hillyer Block. If :f Bil ft.a feAo ffv^'c^rw^TWiy-tJ'. :*>(V ^.yS'3^;'*i\"r-rLff"M THE MINER, TUESDAY, JUNE .28, i89i ���A^iaiiMkMMteai I*'? T-f;*; IS THE LE ROI BEAL. THE KEOQRDS WERE BY A SPECIAL TRAIN. Senutor Turner Opposes .the Sale of Koss- land'H Big Mine to tbe BrUlah American Corporation.���A KestralutnK Order Issucrt at Spokane. The Spokesman-Review yesterday contained the following report of the events in the attempt to prevent the sale of the Le Roi mine, and says that at times they approached the dramatic. In the early . hours of the morning the books and records of the company went speeding northward to Rossland on a special engine over the Spokane Falls & Northern railway. Last evening Senator Turner and the other members of the opposition, learning that the transfer of the property would likely be made today, procured from Judge Richardson of the superior court a restraining order restraining Colonel Turner, Colonel Pey- - ton, L. F. Williams and D. W. Henley from transferring the property. A $10,000 bond, signed by Senator Turner and Colonel W. M. Ridpath was put up and the papers put in the hands of Deputy Sheriff Burch for service. Getting wind of this, Colonel Peyton drove out to Mead, a station on the Spokane Falls & Northern road nine miles north of Spokane, to avoid service aud to intercept a special train that he and the representatives of the British America Corporation, the prospective purchasers, had chartered to go to Rossland. At 10 -.30 o'clock last night this train, which consisted of a special engine and private car, was all ready to start. Aboard was ex-Lieutenant Governor Mackintosh of the Northwest Territory, American director of the British America Corporation; General Charles S. Warren, his adviser; Valentine Peyton, W. A. Peyton, other members of the party that desired to sell, and several'ladies. Just before the moment of starting Deputy Sheriff Burch appeared at the depot with the restraining order. The men he most wanted to serve it on were inside the car. The blinds were drawn and the door locked. "Open the door," demanded the deputy. "Get off the car," yelled the conductor. "In the name of the state of Washington I demand you to open the door,'' said Burch.. The door yielded not. Just then the dispatcher gave the engineer the word to start ahead. ' "Don't you do it," said Burch. "You do it at your peril. Don't start that train.'' The dispatcher had no wish to cause trouble, so he quietly indicated to the engineer not to open her out just yet. Then a move was made by the conductor and brakeman to eject Burch from the platform. They advanced determinedly, but he drew his gun and told them to stand back. He said he had no desire to have any trouble; but was simply carrying out his orders and doing his duty. The puzzled dispatcher went after a policeman to get assistance. He found Officer Roff. The policeman came to the car, sized up the situation and told the dispatcher it was out of _his_line^ He, however, referred the dispatcher to Police "Captain Coverlyr who was on duty at the station. The captain also declined by telephone to interfere, as the matter had uot come into the police jurisdiction. All this time the blinds of the car remained down. Now and then a member of the party would look out to see how things progressed on the tracks���for the train was in the yards and not at the platform���Attorney Frank Graves and Colonel Ridpath of the opposition pacing up and down and encouraging the deputy. Then General Manager Austin Corbin was sent for. He arrived, looked into the situation, thought for a time and finally at- 11:20 gave the engineer orders to go ahead. The deputy made another attempt to stop the engineer, but it was of no avail. There was a short blast on the whistle, the jingle of a bell, a lantern waved and with a rush the trains was gone, leaving grouped about the tracks the general manager, the dispatcher, Colonel Ridpath, Officer Roff, several switchmen and "a Spokesman-Review reporter, gazing after the departing lights. The last.seen of the deputy sheriff he was still clinging to the front platform of the car. Before the train started Colonel Ridpath advised him if the conductor attempted to collect fare to demand admission to the car. As the little crowd walked back to the depot Colonel Ridpath asked Mr. Corbin how much General Warren paid for the double berth he was occupying on the car. "Well," laughed Mr. Corbin in reply, "The Spokane Falls & Northern is paid for the train; that's all I know about it." Deputy Burch was advised that his jurisdiction extended through to the international boundary and to serve the papers before that was reached if possible. Senator Turner arrived in the city at 4:30 o'olock yesterday morning on the delayed Northern Pacific. Ho was busy all day with his attorneys. Colonel Ridpath and his associates in lighting the proposed deal. This morning lie will leave by tho regular train for Rossland. It is expected he SENT NORTH I and his adherents will tap the wires ���early today and try to invoke the aid ' of tho British Columbia court to prevent the deal going through. It is claimed that L. F. Williams, ono of the stockholders, and formerly a secretary of the company, with the assistance of other stockholders favorable to selling, abstracted the books and records from the safe of the company's oflice Saturday night and this was the reason for the hurried flight of Mr. Williams to Rossland, leaving here shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday morning. He made the quickest trip on record to the British Columbia town. The fact of the books and records being taken away is what brought on last night's injunction suit and made the opposition so active. It is the contention of the opposition that the law of British Columbia provides the property of a foreign corporation in the province may only be sold by the consent of at least two-thirds of the stockholders expressed iu a meeting called for the purpose by four weeks' publication in the official gazette, and that before any sale can be ratified it must receive the sanction of two-thirds of all the stock of the corporation. This, the opposition holds, the sellers have not received. It is set out that in the petition for the restraining orner a meeting o'f the company is to be held at Rossland today ; that the sellers propose to there vote the pooled stock in favor of the selling, thus making up the two- thirds ; that they havo no legal right to so vote that stock, and that "the plaintiffs have reason to believe, raid so charge, that apprehending legal action from the parties plaintiff, to protect themselves in tlie premises the defendants or some of them, have already secretly and iraudulently abstracted from their proper place of deposit in the city of Spokane the books and papers of the company, and carried them to Rossland, British Columbia, for the purpose of enabling them to carry out their illegal and fraudulent conspiracy as hereinbefore set out.'' The document was signed by Senator Turner. MONEY IN PIG STICKING. INDIANS DIDN'T BO IT. Ex- Captain Sanderson Tells of Early periences at Deer Park. Captain Sanderson, one of Brooklyn's pioneer citizens, is an interesting talker, and��a man of large land varied experience in the upper' Columbia river country. He tells of many interesting events in roughing it in early days of steamboating, hunting and prospecting along the lakes of the Columbia. In 1888 the captain located hot springs on Upper Arrow lake, which have since become a famous watering place, known throughout this section as the Halcyon hot springs. Jt is rumored that this property han recently changed hands, the British America Corporation taking it over at the handsome figure of $50,000. Captain Sanderson sold his interest some time ago, the purchasers erecting a very large and modern hotel for summer guests. The hotel and five summer cottages will accommodate 140 peoplo. Captain Sanderson learned of the existence of the springs from Captain Pinkston and hunted for them until he located them in 1888. He received no information or encouragement from the Indians, who regarded thc springs as "bad medicine," neither touching nor tasting the water, believing it to be poisoned. However, the captain found and located the springs, afterward selling them to good advantage. Since then the grounds have been handsomely improved and sold for a small fortune. At one time the subject of tho sketch was camped-with���several���companions at Deer Park, opposite Brooklyn, on a hunting and fishing tour, when his camp was visited by a delegation of Indians who positively informed the party that their presence was not agreeable to their chief, and that the deer of the forest, the birds of the air and the fishes in the stream belonged to the Indian. The grasses and trees wero for their horses, and, in fact, the very air their presence polluted, bo- longed to their chief and they must not remain. The captain and his friends listcnod to the speech and in Chinook answered that the whito man was here to hunt, to fish, to do as ho pleased; that liis guns were of thc best and would kill a bear or a deer many, many.yards away; that they were good shots and their eyes wero unfailing. The Indians took their departure and never returned. The captain tells how the Sioux came and waged a bitter war on the, natives, almost exterminating them. When peace was declared and council held, the vanquished and victor mot on a point and thero,into a cleft in the rocks, shot their arrows into the wedge-shaped opening until they were packed into a solid mass, tho shafts remaining through years of time, and even now traces of thom can bo discovered today. Tho spot is opposite Brooklyn.���News. AN AVERAGE WALTZ. Two Girls in the Business and Making a Good Thing by It. In these advanced days it is difficult for a woman to find a field of endeavor which has as yet been unexplored by members of her sex. Skillful lawyers and doctors are turned out by the score amially and no surprise is caused by the discovery of women real estate and dry goods dealers, gardeners, florists, captains of sailing vessels and managers of tea rooms. Miss Woolley of' Cincinnati and Miss Ordway of Kentucky have, however, struck something new, having gone into the pigsticking business in the latter state. They have already been carrying on operations for a year, and have realized such a goodly profit from their first year's business that they are going into it on a larger . scale. Both the young women who started out in this novel undertaking have always held high social positions and been great favorites. Their respective families are well off in this world's goods, and ap parentty there has been uo reason why either of them should be obliged to work. Everything in connection with the business has been carried on quietly in Kentucky. Tho young women have taken the entire charge of the business and have personally superintended the buying of the pigs as well as the disposal of them. They have developed remarkable business ability and their knowledge is thought of great value even by experts in the business. Both the young women are averse to talking about what they have accomplished, but on good authority it is stated that they have cleared $1000 apiece within a year. It is said this year already the profits are larger in proportion than for the same time last year, and there are many order ahead. Be that as it may, neither Miss Wool- ley nor Miss Ordway has seen fit to relax in the least the constant supervision of their undertaking. They have not felt called upon to leave home or turn their backs upon society, but attend to their business as a business man would, devoting so many hours to it each day and arranging their affairs so that they are able to take a holiday for a month or six weeks in summer. By those who know them it is said that the accounts are kept by the women themselves, and the entries are most mysterious, while the system of bookkeeping is one that has never yet been made public. TOTHE ELECTORS Kirkpatrick b Wilson tt are receiving Seasonable Goods for the best trade of Nelson in the lines of GROCERIES, TEAS and COPPEE The quality is the best and prices right. As always, our stock of CROCKERY and GLASSWARE is full and being added to as needed. . Kirkpatrickand Wilson,BAKER STREgT 1 �� a K OOL . . . LOTH ING imimmnmwmmmfmmim 11JLLLL m aiLKER TTTTTT for Nobbiest and best and Save KASH. IP. O. STOKE. CONTRACTORS Are Saving Money every day their Hardware Bills by them. on allowing us to figure with Get Our Prices Estimates Cheerfully Given. Tel. No. 31. ORE CARS, T RAILS and all MINE SUPPLIES. Lawrence Hardware Co'y. Ot the Slocan Riding of West Kootenay Electoral District, Gentlemen:���At the request of a large proportion of the community representing every section of the Riding, I beg to announce myself as a candidate for your suffrages in the coming elections. In respectfully soliciting your votes and support I declare myself a supporter and follower of tho Hon. J. H. Turner as the Leader of the only Party in this Province with a defined Policy and coherent existence. During my eight years residence in this District I have been a consistent supporter of his Party in recognition of their attitude in meeting, and in cases Anticipating the requirements and expansiou of this great mining region. I am in favor of the following reforms:��� , (1) The abolition of the Tax upon working miners. (2) The abolition of the Mortgage Tax. (3) The distribution of seats in the Legislature in dirsct proportion to population. (47) I do not approve of the Policy of the late Legislative Assembly in using their influence to exclude foreign railroads, such as the proposed railroad to Boundary Creek. (5) I favor certain revisions in the Mineral and Land Acts, particularly some easy-planJay^which_the_ holders, of claims can advertise out their defaulting co-owners. (0) In filling all Government appointments I am in favor of appointing bona fide residents of the District in all cases where such can be found competent to act. (7) I. believe that the Provincial Legislature should bring all the aid and influence at its command to the assistance of the lead mining industry, especially in the direction of obtaiuing stronger recognition from the Federal Government at Ottawa of the importance of this industry and the disadvantages under which it now labors. If you do me the honor to elect me as your" representative I will at all times endeavor to protect and further the interests, not only of the prospector but also ot all those employed in and around our mines, recognizing tliat our entire community is dependant upon the inining industry. I am, Gentleman, Your obedient servant, John L. Retallack. <3ambfe & O'Reiffu Civ/tf EnaineeP6, Provincial Land Surveyor Real Estate and General Agent* Financial and Insurance Agent* Notaries Public, Etc w e have for sale the following Valuable Property. FOB SALE OR BENT. Corner lot on Vernon Street Building. lots for Sale in all parts of %he Call and see List. with City. Call and see our full list of property for sale in ������Hume" and "A" Additions Ten Lots in "Hume" Addition at a Bargain. Gamble & O'Reilly, Agents. Baker Street, NELSON, B.C.. tmn\ UWW & BRITISH COWTOWA GQUJfTOS.i UNITED. HEAP OFFICE, LONDON, ENG&ANP. All Communications relating to British Columbia business to,be addressed to P.,0. Drawer 505, Nelson, B.C. J. Roderick Robertson, General Manager S. S. Fowler, E. M., Mining Engineer NELSON, B.C. KB An average waltz takes a dancer over about three-quarters of a mile. A square dance makes him cover half a mile. A girl with a well filled programme travels thus in one evening: Twelve waltzes, 9 miles; four other dances at a half a milo apiece;, which is hardly a fairly big estimate, 2 miles more; the intermission stroll and rhe trips to the dressing room to renovate her gown and complexion, lialf a milo; grand total, 11)�� miles. Waff Paper, Sooptina Goods, 9 Hammocks, ��� Cameras, Kodaks, Photographic Suppfies. Thomson Stationery Co. LIMITED �� (d28) ISTEILSO-ET Charles D. J. Christte GENERAL BROKER. Houses to rent at $15, $20, $30, and GOOD BUYS: ?"A two lot corner close in $025. A 6 roomed House, good garden, $2000. Also others. INSURANCE. REAL ESTATF1 MONEY TO LOAN. A first-class Stenographer, Typtl writer and Accountant always ol hand. SuitseuiBK year. $10.00; mouth, $1.00. for Thk Miner. One half year, $5.00; one 13y mail or carrier. OENTS '* CLOTHING Repaired. Altered, Cleaned, Pressed and Dyed by the Nkw Process at Reasonable Prices, STEVENS�� TsE Tailor.. Room 9, Hillyer Blk., NELSON. P. S.���Ladies Wool Dress Goods Sponged before Making Up. W. A. JOWETT MINING & REAL ESTATE BROKER INSURANCE and ��� ��� ��� COHMI88ION AfcENT. VIOTORIA ST., M4 NELSON, B. O. I ARCHBOLD & PEARSOI (AIMM. MFIME.,KMin.Aitoo.GonvslU MINING ENGINEERS AND ASSAYER!t\ Opposite Phair Hotel, NELSON. B.C. P. O. BOX B83 Extended experience in Chile and Germtjl South Africa. Assays and analysis of ore J Reports and valuations on mineral propertn Underground surveying and mine plans ke;] up by contract. MINES EXAM I NEI AND REPORTED OX BV F. M. CHADBOURN Twenty years' experience in mining. Thorough knowledge of mines of Brit Columbia. Terms Reasonable. 718 NELSON, B.O] m
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