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The Tribune was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, and ran from November 1892 to November 1905. The Tribune was published and edited 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. Houston had established the Miner in Nelson in 1890, and, after leaving the Miner in the summer of 1892, he established the Tribune to compete with his former paper. In August 1901, the title of the paper was changed to the Nelson Tribune.
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Si-*S��Ji3___*___i__tf^ (i.eb lJ_ Provincial' Library" /f^'^rfi/^.^ Presents an Unequalled Field for the Developer of Mineral Claims showing Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc, as Well as for the Investor in Producing Mines. Already Completed or Under Construction and Steamboat Lines in Operation Make the Mining Camps and Towns in'Kootenay Accessible the Year Round. SECOND YEAR.-NO. 43. NELSON BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1804, TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. THE ASSIZE COURT IN SESSION. THE LOOSE WAY IN PEOPLE HAVE DONE WHICH OUR BUSINESS The Direct Cause of Much of the Litigation ���The Grand Jury in Their Report Make Several Recommendations That Should be Acted on. A. session of the assize Nelson on Monday. Air. presides. The "learned attendance are attorney court began at justice Crease gentlemen" in -general Davie $_? 8 m of Victoria, Charles Wilson of Vancouver, W. A. Taylor of Victoria, R. B. Kerr of Now Denver, .John Elliot of Nelson, and .'J. H. Bowes of Nelson. Others are present, but at this writing have not been engaged in the hearing of cases. Report of the Grand Jury. ��� May. it Pu-lvsk Your LoiuisriiP: The grand jury for the Kootenay lake portion of' .West .-Kootenay district, after having given their earnest attention to such uiatters tis were laid before them, * beg leave to present your lordship with their report and recoininedatious on behalf of the'welfare of the district. We must congratulate your lordship on finding such a^tnarked absence of crime, which-'is' the best proof of the law abiding character of the citizens in such a large and important mining community as West Kootenay. Only three indictments were considered, 'against two individuals, and but one true bill was found. In regard to the indictments, we would draw your -lordship's attention to the case of Regina v. Kerlin, in which the -papers were presented to the grand jury, while the principal witnesses in the case, who live at a distance, had not been summoned, and absolutely no evidence could be procured. . . We earnestly beg to present to your lordship's notice'the fact that a powder magazine, containing some forty or more tons of explosives, is situated directly opposite the town of Nelson, less than one mile..'distant,'and that the existence of such a. large.-amount of explosives is a serious menace to the lives aud-property of the inhabitants of the town, and we specially beg your-lordship to assist its in bringing this serious source of danger to the noticeof the government, with a view to its speedy removal. A numerously signed petition wtis presented to the grand jury, by the citizens;-in" tltis matter. * We visited the jail at Nelson, and we can but repeat the report of the last grand jury, and say that it is totally inadequate for' its purjjo.se, and lacking in many things necessary for its good management. The jailer fulfilling, as he does to the best his ability, the dual functions of constable and jailer, is necessarily unable to fill either position satisfactorily. The fastenings of the door leading out of the enclos- . ure, or yard, are palpably insecure, and the escape of four prisoners within the last four months is no surprise to the grand jury. We would draw attention to the large and valuable mining interests, its well as commercial interests, of this district, and point out the pressing need of the establishment of a new supreme court judicial district at once, and the creation of a registrar's office, where writs and other -..processes may issue, without the delays of .sen Ming" to Victoria or Vancouver, which, -' '.in/intiny eases, causes great loss. ^,f\y^-Avouid also call the government's ���']'���"?' ifintjon to the necessity of the enact- 'f~'~-- .tot-p'of a Petty Debtors Act, the lack ���-:. ;>t \vt ich is a great injustice to the busi- ������--.^"W'is community. ���$ v "The grand jury once more beg to urge .V'''1.':',!; necessity of the establishment of a "���'C/.J.-'id registry office in West Kootenay. ���/ It igftlie opinion of the grand jury that legislation in regard to the annual assessment on mineral claims should be enacted -which should define in a clear-and unniis- ' takable manner the amount of work to be annually performed, and that there should be a classification of the different kinds of work, so that the locators may not, by a lax interpretation of the act, hold mineral, ground on insufficient work, its it is a notorious fact that claims are being held, and the annual assessment sworn to, where one-fourth of the work required - has not been performed, thus hindering the development of the country, by parties holding valuable ground, who have no intention of doing anything until others who may be more enterprising develop adjacent claims. Our attention has been drawn to the sanitary condition of the City of Kaslo, and we would urge the government to proceed at once to enforce the Health Act. We also beg to draw your lordship's attention to the fact that in the whole of the southern portion of the district there .are only three jirovincial constables, one of whom i.s recorder at Nakusp and one jailer at Nelson, such towns as New Denver and Three Forks being quite without jiolice supervision and jirotection. (Signed) Hakou) Siolous, Foreman. Croasdaile v. Hall. Suit brought by .11. E. Croasdaile to recover from the Hall owners in The Hall Mines, Limited, the sum of $'500 for services in obtaining crown grants to the Silver King and Kootenay .Bonanza mineral claims; $000 for services rendered while the Marpole-Balfour suit wa.s threatened; $200 for services rendered in securing from the governmental-���iJMH'oi-riation to'complete the Toad mountain wagon road; $150 for services rendered in making agreement between the Halls and Day and Ramsay; $250 for services during the Durkin-Couaiigh suit; $.'300 for services during the Farrel-Hendryx deal; $200 for securing the /passage of the tramway act in 1892; and $13,000 for services in making sale of mines in England. In all, $15,000. TMI. TESTIMONY If. E. FOR TIIK I'LAINTIli-p.' , Croasdaile, examined by Mr. Bowes:. First met John Macdonald and Osner Hall in reference to loan to Kootenay Bonanza Comjiany. Next communication.was by letter from ���-.Macdonald as to a dispute about a lease given by some of the defendants; they desired to defend the action brought against, them, and requested witness to engage counsel. Obtained the loan from Atkins of $20,000 for the company; when Atkins '.died, took charge of all legal matters connected with the transfer of.-his interests to Day and. Ramsay on.the formation of the Kootenay Bonanza Mining Cotujiany. In September' .181)0, Macdonald asked him to urge upon the government the comjiletiou of the wagon road to the mines; he had several interviews with the premier, and after- giving the fullest information, the government agreed to insert $8000 in the estimates for next year/which', was voted, and on February 7th, 181)1, Macdonald thanked witness for his services in getting this money appropriated, and afterwards asked him to look after the tenders which were invited for the construction of the road. . Iu June, 181)1, after an interview with Dr. Hendryx in Victoria, came to Nelson at Macdonald's request, in regtird. to jiro- posed purchase,of-property, by Hendryx and Farrel. Cot the Hall Mines Tramway Act passed ,by the-legislature; costs paid by defendants. On January Gth, 1800, Macdonald wrote witness it was first understood he should receive a fair remuneration for his services; but never received a" cent,'-except' in the matter of the two lawsuits. Witness claims $2000 for these services, and thinks charges fair and reasonable. In June, 1.81)2, came up from Victoria to Nelson with Macdonald, and afterwards went with him to Colville, Washington, to attend a meeting of defendants at house of Winslow Hall, when a resolution was passed that he should be requested to go to England with Macdonald and Winslow Hall to assist in selling the jirojierty, and that he should receive on account of his expenses $70 from each of the thirteen owners, and such further sum as Winslow Hall should consider right on sale of the" mines iu consideration'of his general services to the jjartnershij). ; Went to England July 20th, 1802, thinking to be away about two and a, half .mouths, but was absent over a. year. Went first to Glasgow; the negotiations then in progress for the sale of the mines for $2,000,000 fell through, tmd witness was asked to go to London to try and enlist capital.. On September'10th, witness returned to Scotland. Witness was allowed to read from his diary full details of hi.s proceedings up to October 25th, when the jirojiosal to float the project on a ��.300,000 basis was adopted. Witness drew uji the prospectus for the comjiany, which involved many meetings. Gave particulars from his diary of daily business in Glasgow and Grennock, until middle of February, when he again'went to London. Then the inatter of the sale came to a head, and necessitated many meetingsand much delicate manipulation; terms were agreed upon, under which the Halls were to receive $80,000 in cash. Up to March 15th, was engaged in jire- jiaring the articles of association, and in endeavoring to get together the board of directors. On March 15th, he heard sir Joseph Trutch was in Loudon, and next day induced him to take an interest in the company. Then followed meetingsin the city over the articles of association, and formation of board of directors. Sir Josejih Trutch and Mr. Neilson became directors. Then Rankin Dawson was obtained. He had also previously been successful in securing Day and Gibb as directors. Then Mr. Day came over from Ireland and introduced Mr. Brown who became a director. On. .June (ith, he received notice that The Hall Mines Comjiany was registered and was an actual fact. On the 8th, sir Josejih Trutch accepted the chairnianshij); ou the Kith, the jiros|iectus was issued to the jmblic. Then came the difficulty of floating the shares, the jmblic took uji .��'31,000 worth only, and Day tmd Ramsay subscribed the ��00,000 worth, making ��100,000 which was olfered Lo the |)itblic. 'The nominal ca|iital of the comjiany was ��.'500,000; 250,000 ordinary shares of ��1 each, and 50,000 preference shares. Coinjiany wa.s not Lo be considered floated unless ��100.000 was subscribed. The Halls to have ��0000 in cash, which 'they got. On July .'3rd, Hall tind Macdonald �� to London and attended a meeting tit which it was announced that ��100,000 wtis subscribed, and a resolution wa.s passed to go to allotment. On July 5th, he met Hall at'Westminster Palace hotel and asked him as to his remuneration; Hall said he did not know until he had seen the boys, as the jirice realized did not amount to his ex|iectation. Early in October, he s|ioke to Winslow Hall again as to remuneration. Hall made no polite reply, and led him to infer that, as far as he was concerned, he would give him nothing for his services, and accused him of having led them to believe they would get $2,000,000. Roejiel received ��1500 cash and ��750 in shares, fully paid, for his services. When he embarked in this business he was ti real estate agent in Victoria. His income for I8S!) was $1100; for 181)0, $1500, and for 181)1, in consequence of going to England, $2000. During the visit to England his total income from his business was about $850. In view of the renin Deration voted to Macdonald at the Oolville meeting, $20,000, he felt satisfied to leave the question of ctuue remuneration in Winslow Hall's hands. He was originally connected with the matter through Atkins, who lent defendants $20,000. Day offered witness 1000 fully jiaid uj) ordinary, shares in the comjiany for services performed. He received $10 a day and expenses, in 1892- about $120 in all, during Roejiel's visit. He also had $300 in cash from Day over a lawsuit for whicli he makes no charge against the defendants. -States that $1.5,000 is a reasonablecharge. If he had followed ordinary-custom he would have charged 5 per cent on the amount for which the mines had been sold:' UHOSS-I5X.AAIINI.D I'Y MR. WILSON;-" In 1881), heclaimed for services in obtaining crown grants; Fry and Shaw's action commenced in spring of 1890; this prevented issue of crown grants, but he continued to endeavor to get grants issued; for this he charged $300. Heclaimed $000 for settling Mar pole disjiute; had several interviews with Marpole, Abbott, and others; made journeys to New Westmilister^ Vancouver, etc.; suit was eventually drojijied on recommendation of counsel, Mr. Wilson, then acting for 'Marpole; does not charge for his services by attendances but by results. Was appointed agent of defendants when first asked to conduct negotiations in Marpole suit, and acted continuously until sale of mine in 1803. When became to Nelson about sale of mine to Farrel and Hendryx was acting for all parties. Numerous letters from witness were read in reference to his early alleged agency for the company, and to advances made by Day and Ramsay to the Koot- enay Bonanza Mining Comjiany, up to August, 181)3, when witness asked for remuneration for his services. He received no reply to his letter, but saw Macdonald in October, when he said he could not recognize any claim. ' ROBERT HAY JOXAMINED. Am a director of The Hall Mines comjiany; was formerly connected with the defendants in 1800; advanced money jointly with Mr. Ramsay for carrying on the works at Hie mines. Did not know of Croasdaile going to England until after his arrival there; he did not go.as my agent, but when 1 knew he was there I was very glad to have his services. Originally held half the mines and sold half of my interest to Ramsay for $15,000. Plain-; tiff did great service iu helping the saieof the mines and introducing the same to Franklin Farrel; he was-acting for the Halls as much as for witness. When in England, plaintiff attended carefully and solely to the business in hand. Croasdaile:. introduced sir Josejih Trutch, whose influence was most important iu floating the comjiany. Gave plaintiff ��1000 worth of stock for his services to witness; thinks $15,000 a very reasonable claim, in addition to anything lie may have already received. SIR JOSI-l'I-I TRUTCH-TESTIFIES. Am chairman of The Hall Mines comjiany; joined at Mr. Croasdaile's suggestions; entirely due to the latter that witness is now interested in the comjiany. Rankin Dawson "did not sjieak to me as to the mines before plaintiff did. Mr Wilson then moved a non-suit, on the ground that plaintiff had left his remuneration to be settled bv Winslow Hall. The attorney-general said the-point-of agency alleged to have been given at the Colville meeting was ojien to argument, but that a non-suit could not apjily to the lieriod before that meeting. He argued that Winslow Hall did not act within the scojie of his authority to determine what further sum the plaintiff should be paid, as he declined to grant anything; the plaintiff therefore comes to a jury to settle the amount. His lordship disallowed the non-suit, but gave leave to the defendants' counsel to move iu the matter hereafter. THE TESTIMONY FOR THE-DEFENSE. John Macdonald, examined by Mr. Wilson, testified, in effect, that he acted tis agent for Halls in all their dealings with Croasdaile; that his lirst transactions with Croasdaile were when the mortgage was given ; thtit Croasdaile paid over the money for which the mortgage was given; that the mortgagee (Mr. Atkins) had told him that Croasdaile was his confidential agent, and that he could bo consulted in that cajiacity; that all letters written him during Mr. Atkins's lifetime were in thtit cajiacity. After Atkins's death, Mr. Day, whom Atkins had willed his interest in tlie mines, wrote that Croasdaile would act in the same cajiacity for him as he had acted for Atkins. At the time the agreement was made whereby Atkins secured a half interest in the pro|ierty, it was understood with Atkins that he was Lo pay off till claims of whatsoever kind incurred iu working the mines. Afterwards we considered he was acting for the English owners, aud that he should look to them for his jiay. In 1802, when the trip to Scotland wtis under consideration, Croasdaile said he would like to go to England in order to get a settlement with Day and Ramsay, tind asked me to use iny influence witli the Halls, in order that he could go in their interest, thereby getting a |iortion of his exjienses from them. That conversation resulted in the meeting at Colville, when the Halls agreed to give him $70 each for exjienses, and such further sum as Winslow Hall considered him entitled to if the sale was consummated. While in England, lie considered that Croasdaile had acted more in the interest of the English owners than iu the interest of the American owners, and that he (MacdonaldJ had great difficulty iu getting any clauses inserted in the articles of association iu favor of the American owners, such efforts always meeting with opposition from Croasdaile. Jle did not consider that Croasdaile's ef forts had resulted in forming the coin- jiany; but that result had been brought about by their united efforts. Croasdaile had hail all his/expenses.; paid while in England, tmd the Halls' had 'paid their share of these expenses. In tlie cross-examination by attorney-general Davie, the witness's testimony was not shaken in the least. The letters read from Croasdaile'to Macdonald all went to show that Croasdaile 'was acting for the English owners. '���'. THE VERDICT. i The jury was out about four hours before /they brought in a verdict for the jilaintiff, 'awarding him $5700. It is understood * that three or four of the jury were in ���favor /of giving the plaintiff the full ���amount claimed, while others maintained ���that lie was not entitled to a cent. -'���",'���' AN APPEAL. "���'��� On defendants' application for non-suit ���:and argument by Mr. Wilson/ Mr. justice iCrease gave leave to move, in Victoria be- f'fore the full court, on motion for non-suit, ; whicli will .-probably be heard in No vein-, /ber. Th e verd i e t and j ud gmen t may th en ��� be set aside tind action dismissed or anew- trial ordered. :"- ." ... Hendryx v. Hennessy. This is an action ou the part of Wilbur A. Hendryx and George F."Hayward to enforce an alleged grub-stake contract, under which the plaintiffs would be entitled to a one-tenth interest in the Noble : Five and other claims in the Slocan. The /case is being tried before a sjiecial jury, i Attorney-general Davie, Charles Wilson, and John Elliott, appear for the plaintiffs, and W. A. Taylor and J. II. Bowes for the defendants. /������'���'' W. A. Hendryx, examined by Mr. Wilson, testified: First met William Hennessy in 181)0; spoke .to' him in the fall of ��� 1800-as to prosjieeting during the season of 1801; met him and his brother John and cajitain Haywood on May 5th, 1801, and it was verbally agreed that plaintiffs should put up funds to cover exjienses of -'prospecting during the season. Told Hayward at the time to give them $200; asked if that .was enough, and WilliamHennessy replied, "Yes, and inore." On August Gth, ���met defendants at Ainsworth and said, "You have been out of luck, why not go and. do the assessment on my claims at "Ainsworth aud get a little .money, which :wilf come in usefulthis/winter? You can run it so as not to interfere with this prosjieeting agreement; if you hear of anything worth going after, you can get away at any time." On October 2nd, saw John Hennessy, who said they had made a big strike in the Slocan; that they wrere equal jiartners with Seaton, Flint, and McGuigan, and all had agreed to deed back and forth to share alike. William Hennessy left him samjiles of the ore, which he had assayed and rejiorted result. Asked Hennessy to get some claims recorded in their own names, so that plaintiffs' interest might be more easily got at. He rejilied they could not do it as they had jiartners who might object; but "It will be all right; leave it to old Bill and you'll come out on top." Saw William Hennessy on October4th, at the Blue Bell, with Kloch, Park, aud Al Beebe. He came to settle about tlie assessment work at Ainsworth, and I settled it. He also said something as to the jirosiiecting business; I said, "You have kejit the books: how much i.s it?" Gave him $75 in cash and an order on the steamboat for $20.75. No wages were jiaid for prosjieeting; till were to share and share alike as equal owners for all thtit they might lind. Gave William Hennessy a jiostal order for, 1 think, $115, whicli was cashed on the Galena. Witness identified check on First National Bank of Helena for $87, dated November 1st, |iaid to John Hennessy as jiart jiayment for the assessment work done by him, the remainder having been deducted for board; also identified check to William Hennessy, October 5th, 181)1, for $153.75, being balance in full for assessment work. No accounts were rendered for prosjieeting, nor any sjiecific amounts paid. Ou May Uth, 181)2, saw William Hennessy on steamer Galena tit Pilot Bay: Hennessy said he would see him in a few days tit ivaslo; -that he had a deal on with ohi Bond and Bailey. In June, saw him in Kaslo; i said we ought to lix up our matters; we ought to have some agreements. He said, "It will be all right: we cannot fix it now, as we have given a bond: "leave it tome: it is till right." In September, 1802, saw William Hennessy. said, "1 am ready to go with Parke anil see the claims." He re|ilied, ���'.lack will go with you; I am going away." I went to the Slocan with Parke; saw some of the claims..but not till of them; went back to Kaslo with John Hennessy. On the way back said Lo him, "I have been talking with Hill about settling ii|> our |>ros)iect- ing business;" he rejilied, "Hill has till those matters in his hands tind whatever he says goes." Met William Hennessy at Spokane ou October 20th% 1802. I said, "I think we could get the Kootenay Hake Reduction Company to make a deal on Llie jiro|ierties." He re|ilied, "I would like it, but will see my |iartners and hit you know." Met McGuigan, told him the same. He said he would think itover and see nie later, but that he and the Ilen- nessys wanted to retain tin interest. Defendants have transferred some interests to me, but uottill. They have not transferred any in the Noble Five grouj). Cross-examined by Mr. Taylor: Have not jiaid John Hennessy anything beyond the settlement made with William. The information about the find was not given me liy McGuigan but by John Hennessy. The money which Hayward was to give defendants was tocometuitof fhe receipts of the steamer Galena; she did not belong to me but to the company for which I was manager; I had tt |ioiTccL right to use that money in that way with consent of the |)rinci|itil jiartners. Re-examined by Mr. Wilson: Was paid ti salary by iny, comjiany. All monies ex-, jiended on my behalf were charged to my i personal account. I .paid tlie defendants all the money they ever asked me for for assessment work, $.'112.50; and for grubstake contract, $100 to $200. G. F. Hayward. examined-by-Mr. Wilson, testified: First met William, Hennessy in, 188!) or 1800. He introduced mo to his brother John early in the sjiring of 181)1, and on or about May 1st met them at Ainsworth, when the arrangements for prospecting Avere discussed; witness said he was going to be married and had better keep out of i t. Wil 1 iam Hennessy said he would not go in with the doctor unless witness \vent also. He then consented to talk the matter over with the doctor. He did so and -'afterwards the four of them met on( board the Galena at Ainsworth, and the, arrangements were 'completed. The Hennessys were to go where they pleased and work on anything they jileasedaud come to witness to get money. They'were to share and share alike in till discoveries and all four to be equal owners; they '-were to have free transportation and free grub on board the boat. The doctor said witness was to jiay tlieni $200. Asked them if that was enough, if not -would' gi ve them niore.i William Hen-. nessy said, "Yes, and more than enough." No money wa.s given at that time. During the season I paid them $225. Do not know what they did Avith the money. [Produced receijit from William Hennes- say for $125.]. First .jiayment to John Hennessy was made in June or July. He came on the boat and said he was "bust," and I gave him $25. The last jiayment made was in October, when he gave William Hennessy $100. At the end of September, 1801, saw both defendants when they came back from the Slocan and talked of their big strike." They said they had plenty for all and that witness, would have to do no more steatnboating. In October, following, William had a meal on the boat, and repeated that they had the biggest thing on earth, and witness .would have to do no more steamboating. There were jiresent on that occasion Sweet, Blanc-hard, Jenkins, and Aljiersoii. Had entire confidence in .them, and for that reason never jiressed them for a settlement under the jirosjiecting agreement. The remainder of cajitain Hayward's testimony, and thtit of the other three witnesses that testified this forenoon, will be given next week. The court adjourned at noon. WILL THE PUBLIC EVER KNOW WHO PUT UP THE JOB THAT RESULTED IN THE HALLS BEING FORCED To Sell a Half Interest in a Million-Dollar Group, of Mines for the Few Thousands that had been Previously Expended on the Mines in Doing Development Work? Railway Rumors. D. C. Corbin of Sjiokane, William Dur- yea of New York, and 1_. J. Roberts of Sjiokane were in Nelson this week. Mr. Gorbin is jiresident of the Sjiokane it Northern railway, Mr. Duryea is one of the directors of the Manhatten Trust Comjiany, a comjiany that has a mortgage on the Nelson & Fort Sheppard, aud Mr. Roberts is chief engineer of Mr. Corbin's actual and jirojected roads. He is close mouthed as to giving out information; but he said, while at Nelson, thtit he would win the bet he made with a Nelson business man in December last. The Nelson man wagered KH) shares of stock in the Kootenay Lake Tele|ihone Coinjiany tliat the Nelson & Fort She|ijiard Railway Com|iany would not have its track laid to the foot of Hall street tind trains running over it by December 20th, 1801. Neither Mr. Corbin nor Mr. Duryea, by their looks, know anything that they want the |iublic to know: but it is sti|i- jiosed they know that the live miles between Nelson and "Five-mile |ioint will be completed this fall, tind that the Kaslo cV: Slocan Tail way will be built next year by them if they can get hold of the charter at their own jirice. Will Make Regular Shipments. Cajitain Trentp of the C. <fc K. S. N. Co. says that the LeRoi and Josie mines, iu Trail Creek district, will make regular shi|inients of ere hereafter. The Le Roi will send out 50 tons a week and the Josie's weekly shipments will run from 15 to 20 tons. The wagon road from the mines to Northjiort is being built, and it is not at till unlikely when it i.s comjileLed the ore will be hauled by wagon direct to Northjiort, instead of to Trail and then shipped by boat to Northjiort or Revelstoke. Another Useful Discovery Made. A Hungarian chemist, Dr. Joliatin Antal, has rc]-or.cd to the Hungarian society of jihysicititis lhat he has discovered a new chemical coin|ioinid. nitrate of cobalt, whicli, he says, is a most efficacious antidote Ui poisoning by cynanide of |iotns- siiini or jirus.sic jiciil. He tried the antidote first on animals, and afterward on forty living |>ersons who had been accidentally jioisoued with jintssic acid. In not ti single case, he says, did the antidote fail. Revision of tho Dominion Voter's List. Mr. justice Walkem writes Lhat he will be at, Nelson on October 18th in jierl'onn- a nee of his duty tis reviser of the Dominion voter's list. All those who believe that their names should boon the list should either a|i|>enr in jierson or write to .Mr. justice Walkem. asking that their names be iilaeod on the list, if not already on. Tho Proceeds of tlio Now England Dinner. To tiik Kihtok or Tiik TuiurxK: The sum of $10.05 has been turned over to the treasurer of the fire coinjiany by (ho ladies of Nelson. The new bell cost with freight and duly $72,^ ami the ladies cleared $80 at the New Kngland dinner. L. .Maksiiai,!,, Secretary. .Sc|>|ember I Ith. The trial of the Croasdaile vs. Hall case disclosed the fact that a mineral claim owner .who is unable to work his claim without, first, mortgaging it, and, afterwards, turning it over to a joint stock comjiany, had always better sell outright to the first man that comes along and makes him a cash offer. In the fall of 18S0, the Halls discovered mineral on Toad mountain, near the site of the pres- enttown of Nelson. In the early summer of 1887, they returned and located the mineral under1 the provisions of the Mineral Act then in force in British Columbia. In 1S88, in order to.develoji the ground so' located, they borrowed $20,000 at 12 per cent. In 1881), the ground was jumped. In 1800, they deeded 'an undivided one- half interest in the ground to the mortgagee on condition that he cancel the mortgage, jitiy the debts that had uji to that time been contracted in doing development work, and jiay all costs incurred in lighting the junijiers, in all $28,000. hi 1801, the mines were ex jier ted and a deal was on, $2,000,000 being the jiurcha.se jirice. The deal was not closed, however, because the parties who were to be the jiurchasers refused to give satisfactory- security for the deferred jiayments. In 1802, the.jiartie's in interest went to Scotland to close a- deal that had been arranged in that country on a $2,000,000 basis. That deal, also, fell through. In 1803, the mines'were transferred to The Hall Mines, Limited, an English comjiany, with a share capital of $1,500,000. Of tins capital, the original owners, the Halls, got'$30,000 in cash and'.$���120,000 in paid up stock. The expenses of organizing and floating the coinjiany were $11,000. In giving evidence in the case, the prin- eijial witnesses let the cat out of the bag as to how men with titles tire induced to become directors in limited liability com- jianies. For instance, sir Josejih Trutch, who is chairman of the board of directors of The Hall Mines, Limited, has just enough shares in the comjiany to qualify as a director���500 shares of the jiar value of $2500. He receives $1750 a year tis salary for his services as chairman. Evidently, sir Josejih has not forgotten how- to look out for number one. Another director was jiresented with his shares, but on the understanding that he was to specially' rejiresent the Hall, or American, interests on the board. In fact, the evidence went to show thtit tlie Hall, or American, interests ditl not count for much anyway. But there was one thing that was not brought out at the hearing, and that was: AVho put uji the job to juinji the Silver King and Kootenay Bonanza mines in December, 1881), and who jirofited by that job? Two things are certain, that is, that the Halls lost one- half of their jironerty through that job, and that through that job the late Mr. Atkins got control of a million-dollar mine for $28,000, the greater jiart of which had been jireviotisly expended in develojiing the mine. The Malls were jobbed: but who were the jobbers is the question? Traced One Thousand Feet. The Ruby Silver, the first northeasterly extension of the Noble Five group, and on the Hear hike slojie of the mountain, is now owned by Charles L. Knapjiand W. 1'. Russell of Spokane. Both owners are and have been for some time on the ground with a force of men tracing the lead ou the surface, and jirosjiecting for ore chutes. The ledge has been traced 1000 feet along its course tmd quite a quantity of ore extracted which with more to lie mined will jirobably be shi|i|ied this winter. A crosscut tunnel is now being driven, by-a day and night shift. Next year it is the intention of the owners to drive a tunnel from Surjiriso basin, to jicnetrate the vein at a depth of 500 feet. The necessary buildings for the mine will be erected this fall. The lowest assay yet obtained from Ruby .Silver wtis .'{27 ounces silver, and the ore runs from (15 to 70 per cent load |ierton. The same |>artiesowu the Keno, which adjoins the Rest, being thesoiith extension. Thisclaifti is opened 111> 125 feet in length, and shows some 500- oiince ore. This claim they desire to lease to some resjionsible party. Pled Guilty to Common Assault. The case against l*. S. Thomas of Nakusp. indicted for indecently assaulting ���Mrs. Mary Jane Ilesketh of the.same place, on the I7tii of January last, wtis, on motion of the attorney-general, dismissed, muring the evidence for the crown, conclti- e ti mistake in the date on which slm wtis assaulted, and rat her than firing in tt new indictment, it wtis agreed that the jileti of guilty to common assault be made by Thomas. .Married men should confine their attentions to their own wives, and by so doing they would stive themselves aud their neighbors much trouble tintl e.\- |iense. Metal Quotations. The New York quotation on silver and lead, on I'Viday. was 01 j! cents for silver and $3.05 for lead. After hearing the evidence the attorney-general came to the sion that .Mrs. Ilesketh had mat E3_3 AM li ������_ Jf_-ai** -B "-/*��� _ ���.ifyiwiFff1 t ���-������r^pj :__*, >.-*: k rt. ���_��� I Wi ��*f*i'*";.',',:,,:-.\ ''jr'-?'?tt'-',j-,.l,'-''.1'j--*.r^''i"iili:1, -V'SMi^.^y!mIVv-.\^,n^V\..\\'yyv^}'V'mm',!V''Jr;'"���'"' > "iliim "���-���ii." i'i" �� '!���"��' ���mm ?aB3Kft..J--\-^^%\^W^,,^^\ J;^,': .jjjfafc^'.^TW^^vt^.V.ti-^i-V_^._._3_B_______ji__k____Br it����tiim��������fflBWlUWAlMUt��B|P|IK >""��������� '1' VTit J," ��� -.'".. =1 ������iti"- ��� * - - . -1 ���*" ��� H��M_M_llliUIHIJ!llLH_',* ' m ,2 THE TRIBUNE: NELSON, B.C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1894. PUBLISHERS' NOTICE. THE TRIBUNE is published on Saturdays, by Joiin Houston & Co., and will be mailed to subscribers on payment of Two Dom.aks a year. No subscription' taken for less than a year. . REGULAR ADVERTISEMENTS printed at the following rates: One inch, s'Ali a year; two inches, S(K) a rear; throe inches ��Sl a year; four inches, �����9. a voar; live inches,.$105 a year; six inches and over, at tlie rate of 'SI.50 an inch por month. TRANSIENT .ADVERTISEMENTS-20 cents a line for lirst insertion and 10 cents a line for each additional insertion. Dirtli, marriage, and death notices free. LOCAL OR READING MATTER NOTICES '25 cents a line each insertion. JOB PRINTING at fair rates. Air accounts for job printing and advertising payable on the first of every month; subscription, in advance' ADDRESS all communications to THE TRIBUNE, Nelson, It. C. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. DLaBAU, M.D.���Physician and Surgeon. Rooms 3 ��� and. 4 Houston block. Nelson.' Telephone VI. L. R. HARRISON, B. A.���Barrister at Law. Conveyancer, Notary Public, Commissioner for taking Alll- duvits for use in "the Courts of liritish Columbia, etc. Oltlces���Wiird St., between Maker and Vernon, Nelson. @lu* ��nb'rouN SATURDAY MORNING.. .SEPT EMBER 15, 1801 "exonerated: of fairness, without whicli no government can long maintain the respect or the confidence of the peojile. A FEW PLAIN QUESTIONS. Cajitain Napoleon Fitzstubbs, did you cause the name of T. L. Sinclair to be placed on the payroll of the Nakusp & Slocan trail for the month of June, 1892, knowing that no such nniii had performed tiny labor'on such trail for that month? Did you draw-a cheek in favor of T. L. Sinclair, tis jiayment for labor that was not performed? Did you cash the check and use the iiroceeds thereof for your own jiersonal benefit? Cajitain Fitzstubbs, no doubt, can 'answer, these plain questions without asking for a judicial investigation, and if he answers them satisfactorily to tho people, they will exonerate him. THE PROSPECTS OF SILVER. In February last charges were preferred against Najioleon Fitzstubbs, government agent at Nelson. The charges were mailed in a registered letter to the chief commissioner of lands and -works; a copy of the charges were also mailed to the member for the district. No heed was paid to the charges until the -Ith of April, when the following questions were asked the leader of the government on the floor of the house: 1. Have any "charges, been pre1- ferred against the government agent in West Kootenay district of improper conduct in the discharge of his official duties? 2. If so, what was the nature of the charges? -3. What stejis has the government taken to investigate the matter? The honorable Mr. Davie replied as follows: "No charges have been preferred against that oflicer." When Mr. Davie made that reply,' the charges had.been ou file for more than a month in the office of Mr.'.Vernon.- On April 7th,.Mr. Vernon "laid before the house papers relating to charges made against N. Fitzstubbs, assistant commissioner of lands and works, West Kootenay." The charges were made by John Sandersonand -were: 1. That Mr. Fitzstubbs had in making up the jiayroll for the mouth of August for work done ou the Nakusp & Slocan trail added the name of Willianr Smith to the jiayroll, knowing that no such man had performed work on the trail, issued a check for the amount, and pocketed it. 2. That in the Lardo trail dispute, regarding the refusal of jiayment to a number of the men who had worked thereon, Mr. Fitzstubbs had made false representations to the lands and works department. No further action was taken in the matter until last month, when Mr. Sanderson was notified to appear at Nelson on Seji- tember 7th to give evidence in a hearing that was to take place on that date. On the Sth a hearing was had before Mr. justice Crease. Whether or not the hearing was a fair one is not for us to say. Several of-those present considered it unfair that a man, like Sanderson, not conversant with court procedure, should be required to act as crown prosecutor, he not being allowed the assistance of counsel. However, Mr. Fitzstubbs admitted that he had caused the name to be placed on the payroll and that he drew the money, but that lie had used the money, not for himself personally, but for improvements made on the government reserve at Nelson. On the 13th instant, Mr. justice Crease announced that he had investigated the charges and that his report to the lieutenant-governor would be, in substance, that Mr. Fitzstubbs be exonerated. In rejilyiug, the attorney-general he would jirobably not take more On the 12th instant, the Croasdaile vs. Hall case was being heard in the court house at Nelson before Mr. justice Crease. Attorney-general Davie was one of Mr. Croasdaile's counsel. Charles Wilson of Vancouver was one of the counsel for the Halls. The evidence being all in, Mr. Wilson began his address to the jury. At 5:30o'clock he asked that an adjournment be htid until after dinner, giving as a reason that he would take ti|> less time after dinner than if compelled to |iroceed then said than au hour in his address and that he preferred finishing that night, but that the wishes of the jury should be consulted, The foreman of the jury said that they jireferred to return and hear the arguments after dinner. On that understanding, an adjournment wa.s had until a quarter of 7. Mr. Wilson finished his argument at 8. The attorney-general then, instead of making his argument ns he had led the jury and ojijjosiug counsel to believe he would, asked that an adjournment take jilttce till the following morning. Mr. justice Crease adjourned the court and many of those present left the room saying tliat it aji|ieare<l to them a very unfair jirocedure. Jf the above then there can rived tit, and tire statements of fact, be but one conclusion ar- that is that our high officials are lacking in some of the qualities they are supposed to possess, and especially are lacking in that quality Salt Lake Tribune, 4th: The following letter from More ton Frewen ought, we think, to encourage silver mine owners, and all whose business hinges at all on silver mining. At the same time the reference to the export of gold from India, taken in connection with the drain of gold from this, country, is a clear indication -that.Great Britain i.s intentionally drawing to herself all the gold that she can secure, and that peojile who believe the Rothschilds���for they control European finances���will ever consent to silver re- tnonetization, are nursing an idle dream. There is nothing for the United States to do but to gather the nations of this continent and ofthe .Orient together and-take the lead in the movement. That would secure to us the only profitable export trade we can ever depend upon, and .and within five years draw to us the prestige which England now holds. We are at the parting of the ways. The way our nation deals with silver during the next three yeas will decide whether our jieople are to go on and uji, or whether the masses are to sink into a mutinous state of bankruptcy. The'letter is as follows: London, August 22nd, 180-1. Editor. Tribune: As you are no doubt already feeling in the West, the silver market in London is very strong, and the supply very short indeed; the quotation is twenty-nine and three-quarters (pence) but if -anyone had four or five million ounces for sale, he might practically-ask his own price. There is one point of considerable interest to your jieople; an almost unlimited demand exists at this time here for Mexican dollars; The Times money article this morning says: "Mexican dollars were also in good demand, but were not quoted, there being no sup|ilies here." A large dealer in the Eastern trade assured nie yesterday that at tiny time during the jiasc eight weeks, he could have sold Mexicans at from four to ten jier cent premium on silver. It would be well to find out what your president has done about senator Woleott's resolution of this session, which offered, the government of Mexico the privilege of striking Mexican dollars in your Western mints. If this great demand for these coins increases, which is probable, not cent seigniorage jirofit, but the consequent immediate absorption of silver would bring ii|i the entire silver market. In the opinion of those best qualified to judge, the war between China and-'Japan is likely to drag on, possibly for several years; if this is the case, and China is forced to build a railway into Korea, her demand for silver may be on an immense scale, and as it is well known that silver currency is very short already in China, she will" have to borrow the'money required, not at home but abroad. If then China were to 'appear in the European market as a borrower of even a hundred million ounces of silver���an urgent immediate loan required by the necessities of the war���the effect on the silver market for a year or two would be magical. It is easy to see from what is hajipening here today, that the market is extremely bare of .supplies everywhere. It is not altogether unlikely that bullion may rise to thirty-three jience, but in that case silver being then at the parity at which the government of India wishes to hold the rupee, that government which has now in its. treasuries some twenty crores of rupees���say two hundred million rupees, or eighty million ounces���would jirobably commence to melt these rujiees and sell them to China. The government of India is indeed in luck: its experiment of closing the mints would have broken down but for two things; firstly, the enormous export of gold from the hoards of India, which gold not being money in India, simply swelled by so much India's e.\|iorts, which exports have to be pa-id for in silver (or iu other words in council draffs); secondly, the breakingout of tlie war, whicli has caused ti brisk demand for silver���ademand whicli at any moment may assume very large dimensions. Believe me, yours faithfully, MoRi'rroN Fkkwkn. doubted testimony is found, for there it is that the family, including the women and children, feed mostly on sjiareribs, backbones, joles, shoulders, and hams, either green, salt or smoked, and as the custom has been going on for thousands of years with satisfactory results, the plain, common sense, robust country jieople can never have tlieir faith in the healthfulness of the hog shaken. Non- there is a wide difference between city killed and served pork and sausage and the country product. The good, pure, country leaf-lard,' highly seasoned sausages, sugar-cured hams and bacon have nothing in them to'make jieople sick, and have never yet been produced in sufficiency to supply the demand. Compare these, prod nets with the average goods of the same class sold in the city markets; the country sausage is composed of the best lean hog meat raised, with some choice liieces of fat, seasoned with pure black and cayenne 'popper,. sage, thyme, and other delicate seasoning to suit the taste of the producer. The city article may be composed of a bull or cow, poor sheep or other unknown meats, mixed with dirty fat and highly seasoned with salt to kill the taste and deceive the consumer. For the article eight and ten cents is exacted, and it no more compares with the sweet, wholsome product of the farm than buzzard to spring chicken. The truth is our American hog i.s disgraced only when sold as "sausage;" otherwise he is the peer of any animal as a healthy food for all humanity. ___________ SUGAR TRUST ADMINISTRATION. Mr. Is Pork Healthy? Is jiork ti healthy diet? This inquiry is now being discussed by the swine breeders, cattle raisers, and mutton growers��� the former contending vigorously and from ti scientific stand|ioint that it is, and the hitter two that it is not. The Texas Farm Journal affirms aud maintains that the hog i.s the natural meat for the human family, and that he is less amenable to the accusation of unhealthiness than tiny other animal used for food. If we appeal to the experience of mankind in support of the |iro|K).sition, abundant proof will be found in the armies and navies of the world along the lines of the world's history, tintl if we go to the mercantile and manufacturing countries the voice of ex- lierieuce will show that no meat is more free from disease germs than the salt pork and bacon; but it is on the fa the rural ; but it is on the farm and in districts that the most nn- Facts Which Show That the Trust Owns Cleveland. New York Sun: The curtain is lifting that has hidden the private relations between the administration and the sugar trust. Senator Gorman's proposal on the part of the senate Democrats to put all kinds of sugar back.upon the free list just where the house put them in January last by the decisive vote of 16.1 to 38 seems to have thrown into consternation both the cabinet tariff makers aud their echoes in the house. That the real backers of sugar trust legislation are the president and his cabinet advisers, and not the so-called sugar group in the United States senate, has been aji- parent from the first to everyone with eyes in his head. The whole influence of the administration has been exerted to procure a reversal in the senate of the house's action freeing all sugars, both raw ���and refined, and to secure for the refining interests a very high and very profitable measure of protection at the expense of the consumer. E. J. Edward's now celebrated letter to the Philadelphia Press charged directly that the administration was 'supporting the demands of the sugar trust in return for heavy financial aid rendered by the sugar trust to Mr. Cleveland at the time when he was a candidate seeking election to the presidency. The letter likewise charged that secretary Carlisle, acting presumably for the president, was the principal agent in shaping the sugar- schedule that finally came out of the dark room in which Mr. Voorhees's senate committee on finance held its mysterious sessions. The first charge has been neither proved nor disproved. It remains a matter for inference from the ascertained facts. The second charge, so indignantly denied at the time by Mr. Voorhees in the senate chamber, has been abundantly sustained by subsequent disclosures. In the first place came secretary Carlisle's authorized statement of April 29th, announcing that a compromise had been arranged acceptable all around, and urging as the.principal feature of that compromise concessions in the way of protection to sugar. Mr. Carlisle's authority to make that statement in behalf of the admin istiutiou has never been denied by Mr. Cleveland, although the latter statesman has characteristically but unsuccessfully endeavored to create the impression that he was in no way responsible for the agreement reached in the senate committee. Next, when the sham investigation of the sugar scandal was undertaken by Mr. Gray's committee, it was proved that Mr. Carlisle had drawn with his own jieu a sugar schedule highly favorable to the trust, and that the same had been communicated by the secretary himself to the senate finance committee. This famous and infamous memorandum wa.s published yesterday in lac simile by our esteemed contemporary, the New York Herald. It is in typewritten copy, with interlineations in Mr. Carlisle's handwriting, and with the marginal decree, written by senator Jones, "Put in Carlisle provision." Mr. Carlisle's provision set forward the date of the schedule's opera- tion to January 1st, 185)5, a change which litis been estimated to be worth at least $30,()(K).()00 to the sugar trust. It |iut the duty on raw sugar at 40 per cent ad valorem and on refined sugars tit 45 |ier cent ad valorem. It jirovided that the treaty witli Hawaii, enabling the trust to continue to import Hawiian-grown sugar free duty of duty, should not be abrogated or impaired by anything in the tarilf bill. No "Sugar Senator,"so called, has at any time jiro|iosed or voted for a schedule as favorable to the trust as that which Mr. Cleveland's secretary of the treasury drew up and handed to senator Jones. Finally, when the conference began, there came Mr. Cleveland's personal letter to Mr. Wilson, accusing the Democratic senators of the abandonment of Democratic principles, declaring that a small revenue tax on coal and on iron ore meant "party perfidy and party dishonor," and then immediately declaring that these same "Democratic principles" required the tax on sugar a "legitimateand logical article of revenue taxation." We quote once more the sugar recommendation in this significant confession of Mr. Cleveland's interest in the trust, or of the trust's interest in him. "We ought not to be driven away," wrote the president, "from the Democratic |irinci|ile aud policy which leads to the taxation of sugar, by the fear, quite likely exagger ated, that in carrying out this principle and policy we may indirectly and inordinately encourage a combination of sugar- refining interests. I know that in the present conditions this is a delicate subject, and I appreciate the depth and strength of the feelings which its treatment lias aroused. I do not believe that we should do evil that good may come, but it seems to, nie that we should not forget that our aim is the completion of. a tariff bill, and that in taxing sugar for proper purposes and within reasonable bonds, whatever else may be said of our action, we are in no danger of running counter to Democratic principles." From first to last the -administration of the honorable Grover Cleveland has run with the sugar-refining interests. The motive of this extraordinary devotion to the trust is yet a matter of suspicion and .surmise,' rather-than' of definite proof. But the evidence is pei'feot that prosper-' ity for the sugar trust is, in Mr. Cleveland's view, a fundamental - Democratic princijile, and that legislative disfavor to the trust is regarded by him, for one reason or another, a.s jjarty perfidy and party dishonor. A Foolish Notion That Should be Dropped. I. was in an eastern Montana town which adds the word city to its name, one Sunday last month, and went to hear a young minister jireach. He had lately arrived from some theological seminary in the east. In the course of his prayer he referred to the people of this "village." He jirobably did not know that the term village is hardly used at all in the west. Every hamlet is a town and every town is a city. What a good thing it would be, I thought, if we western people could learn, as one of many lessons that these hard times are teaching, the wisdom of calling things by their right names and abandoning all inflated and hifalutin' terms. Let us drop our foolish notion thup we can make things big by calling them by big names. A jilace of one, two or three thousand inhabitants is no city; why call it so? A creek does not become a river by naming it a river, nor does a school become a university by the same process. How ridiculous to call a little second-class tavern the "Grand Central Hotel," or a tailor shop a "merchant tailoring establishment," or a millinery shop an "etn- jioriiim of fashion" or a barber shop a "tonsorial parlor," or some petty politician "our distinguished fellow citizen." There used to be a landlord in Idaho who advertised his house as "the only second-class hotel in the Coeur d'Alene country." That man believed in calling a spade a spade. No doubt his truthfulness jiaid him. If I had found occasion to visit his mining village I should certainly have put up at his house rather than at any hotel calling itself first-class. Columbia &��� Kootenay Steam Navigation Company, Limited. s 10 en 0-1 ���W O % 60 3 w ,-. A .,- % cS t< o a H ���a a S '$��� �� a a *=" o et H H sj \% (5 w & ���t. III t S�� w '*. F >- fed �� % e o "8 Kaslo Route���Steamer Nelson. Connecting on Saturdays and Wednesdays with Nelson & Fort, Sheppard Railway for Ivaslo and lake points. Leaves Nelson��� Leaves ICaslo for Nelson��� Mondays at-1 p. in. Sundays at 8 a. m. Wednesdays at 5:10 p. in. Tuesdays at. 'A a. in. Thursdays at I p. in Thursdays at 8 n. in. Saturdays at ir. 10 p. in. Fridays at .'t a. in. ConncuLiny on Tuesdays and Fridays with Nelson & Kort. Sheppard railway for Spokane. Bonner's Ferry Route���Steamer Nelson. Connecting with Great Northern railway I'or all points cast and west.. Leaves Kaslo Tuesdays and Fridays at 3 a. in. Leaves Nelson Tuesdays and Fridays at 7 u. in. Leaves Bonner's Ferry for Nelson and Kaslo at 2 a. in. on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Revelstoke Route���Steamer Lytton. Connecting with the Canadian PaciHe Railway (niaiii line) I'or all points east and west. Leaves Revelstoke on Tuesdays and Fridays at. I a. in. Leaves Robson on Wednesdays and Sundays at (! p. in. Northport Route���Steamer Lytton. Connecting at Northport for points north and'.;.sotith on the Spokane Falls & Northern Railway. Leaves Robson Saturdays at-1 a. in. Leaves Northport .Saturdays al 1:30 p. in. The company reserves the right, to change this schedule at any time without, notice. For full information, as to tickets, rates, etc., apply at the company's ollice, Nelson, li. 0. ,. ��� ' ' T. ALLAN, Secretary. J. W. TROUT, Manager. HOUSE At Corner Baker and Ward Streets, NELSON, B.C. THOMAS MADDEN, Prop. THE THE MADDEN is Centrally Located, With a Frontage Towards Kootenay River and is Newly Furnished Throughout. TABLE is Supplied with Everything in the Market, the Kitchen Being Under the Immediate Supervision of a Caterer of Large Experience. THE BAR IS SUPPLIED AVITH TIIE REST BRANDS OF ALL KINDS OF WINES, LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. Spokane Falls &. Northern Railway, Nelson & Fort Sheppard' -Railway. All Rail to Spokane, Washington. Leave 7 A.M NELSON Arrive 5:10 P.M. On Tuesdays and Fridays trains will rim through to Spokane, arriving,there at ir.'AO P. M. same day. Returning will leave Spokane at 7 A.M. on Wednesdays and Saturdays, arriving at Nelson at 5:40 P. M.. making close connections with .steamer Nelson for all Kootenay lake points. Passengers for Kettle .River and Boundary Creek connect, at Marcus with stage on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. NELSON STEAM SASH AND BOOR FACTORY SASH. DOORS, AND WINDOW FRAMES MADE TO ORDER. Special Attention to Miners. A Fight Likely. The prospects for a fight between Corbett and Jackson become brighter everyday. The Sioux City-Athletic Club, Avhich is trying to bring the fighters together, lias come to the conclusion that the wise thing to do at present is to send a representative to New York to meet Jackson and Corbett and have a talk with them. The club's representative will take the necessary articles of agreement with him. On the 3rd instant the following telegram was sent to New York: "A representative will leave tomorrow (Tuesday) and see Jackson in Chicago Wednesday; will then go to New York if necessary." Capital, Rest, all paid up, - ONTfiEAL $12,000,000 6,000,000 HOTEL Extensive improvements now completed makes the above hotel one of the best in the city both for transient guests and day boarders. FINEST WINES, LIQUORS, AND CIGARS THE MARKET SOLD AT THE BAR. IN Sir DONALD A. SMITH Hon. GKO. A. DItUMMOND,. E. S. CLOUSTON President Vice-President ..General Manager _>T__ii_.so_sr _3_=.__._sroi_: N. W. Cop. Baker and Stanley Streets. BRANCHES IN LONDON (England), NEW YORK, CHICAGO, and in the principal cities in Canada. JOHN JOHNSON, Proprietor. he Tremont. East Baker St., Nelson. Is one of the best hotels in Toad Mountain district, and is the headquarters for prospectors and working miners. MALONE & TREGILLUS. Props. Estimates Given on Building Supplies. TURNING, SURFACING, AND MATCHING. Orders from any town in the ICoolenay Lake country promptly attended to. General jobbing of all kinds. RICHARD STUCKEY, Proprietor.' Kootenay Lake Sawmill LUMBER YARD, Foot of Hendryx Street, Nelson. A full slock of lumber rough and dressed. Shingles, laths, sash, doors, mouldings, etc. Three carloads dry, clear Iir flooring and ceiling for sale at lowest rates. G. 0. BUCHANAN, Proprietor. HENRY DAWES, Agent. Buy and sell Sterling Exchange and Cable Transfers. GJtANT COMMERCIAL AND TKAVKM.KKS' CKKDITS, available in any part of the world. DHAFTS ISSUED; COLLECTIONS MADE; ETC. SAVINGS BANK BRANCH. HATE OK INTEREST* (at present) "J. Per Cent. To Hunting, Survey and Prospecting Parties, and Others. Tlie new fast Hl.eam Launch CL _FI_jI_RT V? Can be chartered by the day or week on reasonable terms. BAR. Corner Stanley and Silica streets, Nelson. AVe arc now running the Stanley house bar. and will be glad to have our friends and acquaintances give us a call. ��� ��� . DAWSON & CRADDOCK. WILLIAM PERDUE t 1 EAST BAKER STREET. Will contract to supply mining companies and steam boats with fresh meats, and deliver same at any mine or landing in tho Kootenay Lake country. Nelson Electric Light Company, Limited. The works of the company will bo iir operation on or about the '2llt.li instant, and all parties desiring lights should make application to Lhe undersigned. GKORGKA. UIGELOW, Secretary. Nelson, 15. C, August 10th, 1891. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. In the county court of Ivootenay. holden at the last crossing of the Columbia river, in the inatter of .John Buchanan, deceased, and in the matter of the Ollicial Administrator's Act, dated the Thirteenth day of August, A.D., 18!l_. Upon reading the allidavits of Edward C. Arthur and Maggie Connor it is ordered that Arthur Patrick Cummins, ollicial adminstrator for the county court district of Kootenay, shall be administrator of all and singular the goods, chatties, and credits of John I'uchanhn, deceased, and that this order be publisned in the Nelson Tribune newspaper for the period of sixty days. (Signed) WILLIAM WARD SPINKS. Orders sent through the pursers of the steamboats Nelson and Ainsworth. with whom all arrangements can be made, will receive prompt attention. Arrangements can also be made through John Houston Sella., Tho Tribune ollice, Nelson. Address, by mail or telegraph, August mil, 1891. O. W. HUSK, Halfour, H. C. DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP. Tlie copartnership heretofore existing between the undersigned, Wilheliu Hanson and John lllomborg, doing business as hotelkeepers under the llrm name of Hanson & JUoinbcig, lias been dissolved. All debts duo by the firm will be paid by John Hloniberg, who alone is authorized to collect debts due the lirm. Dated Nelson, II. C August Mill, 18!ll. WILH ELM HANSON, JOHN HLOMHEUG. FOR RENT! 'I'Iic story and a half frame building on Hnker street, between G, A. Higelow & Co.'h and the Nelson house, is for rent. Apply at The Tribune ollice, Houston block. ASSAY OUTFIT FOR SALE. Large and complete assay plant for Hale, including balance."., furnace, and chemicals. If not wild by private bargain on or before September 15th, il will bo sold by unction at Nelson, For further particular* apply to h. AppIe��'alte,conior Victoria and KootenaystreetH, Nelson, WILSON & BURNS (Successors to Hums, Mclnnes & Co.) Wholesale and retail dealers iu stock and dressed meats. Are prepared to furnish in any quantity beef, pork, mutton, veal, bacon, and ham, at tho lowest possible prices. ��� Nelson, Kaslo, and Three Forks ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED^ GOLD AND SILVER EXTMCTION, The Cassel Gold Extracting Co., Ltd., of Glasgow. (The MiixArflmr-h'iirru.st Uynnlilip I'mcina.) Is prepared to negot'ate with mine owners and others for the extraction or the above metals from the most refractory ores, and to treat and report, on samples im to one ton in weight sent to its experimental works, Vancouver. All communications to be addressed to W. PELLEW-IIARVEV, E.C.S., Assay and Mining Olliees, Vancouver, H. C. All kinds of assay mining and analytical work undertaken Nelson Livery Stable Passengers and baggage transferred to and from the railway depot and steamboat landing. Ereight huuleu and job teaming done. Stove wood for Halo. WIM4AM WILSON. ,.,1-PvOPHIKTOK The creditors of John ISuchanau, late of Nelson, in the district of Kootenay, miner, are requested within sixty (110) days of this date to send to me by registered letter addressed to me at Donald, in the district of Kootenay, full and verified particulars of their claims with dates and items. Upon the expiration of the said period of sixty days I snail proceed with the distribution of the said' estate, having regard only as to such claims as 1 shall receive notice of as aforesaid. Dated at Donald, in the district of Kootenay, this 29th day of August. 18111. A. P. CUMMINS, Ollicial Adminstrator. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENT. "III.ACIC IIEAIt" MINKHAI, CI.AI.M. SITUATED WEST OK AND AIMOININli TIIE "I.E KOI" MINICK.W. CI.AI.M. IN TIM'' TKAII. CHEEK' MINIMI (.'AMI', WEST KOOTENAY, IIUITISII COLUMBIA. Take notice that we, the LeRoi Mining k. Smelting Company (fi'ce miners'ccrlilieate number j'lOlli'J), intend sixty days from the dale hereof to apply to the gold commissioner fora certiticate of improvements for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim, and, further, take notice that adverse claims must be sent to tlie mining recorder and action commenced before the issuance of such eortillente of improvements. THE LE ROI MINING & SMELTING COMPANY, Gkohoe M. Kohtkh, President. Dated the Mth day of June, 1891 Notice of Appiieation for Certificate of Improvements. O. K. MINEHAI. CI.AI.M, TltAII, CHEEK MININC DIVISION. Take notice that we, John V. Cole, free miner's ccrtifi- en! o No. iMW, D.J. Hughes, free miner's eertillcate No. iJ0li'_8, and Maurice Oudin, free miner's eertillcate No. 51 luti. intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to tho gold commissioner for a certiticate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. Anfl further take notice that adverse claims must be sent to the mining recorder and action commenced before tlie issuance of such eertillcate of improvements. Dated this HOtb day of August, 1891. _ notice! Notice is horebv given that C. Ifaiubcr, formcrlyiicling as agent for the United Eire Insurance Company of Manchester, England, and the Atlas Assurance Company of London, Kngland, is no longer agent or in any way connected with the above companies. In future all coin- iniinications relative to above companies should be ad' dressed to Harold Selous, agent. G. N. GIRDLESTONE & SONS, General Agents, Application for Liquor License. The undersigned hereby gives notice that ho Intends to apply for a license to sell liquor at retail at his hotel at the town of Thompson, in Trail Creek division of West Kootenay district, liritish Co.unibia, JOHN Y, COLE. Thompson, H.C., August Und, J81U. -I"'! i" li"**-" _"���",��� r, li - - ��� - iinpj��l|p| j pi ppiK in ��� u|i��infi"l I ���iii'llMUL ll MitPl nmyii ��� - i -- ���-.,������ I.l ' ,' '' ������ ��� ..______. ���_.___ ���._____ At. i i\ I I , ' I 1 . ' I ��� II '" ' �� ' " ��� tv ii �� i* i " , _- I r ,m r i r i ��� ��� 1; ' , , . , ....,,.- ��... -,,j fSt awi f.') ' 4.,, (..-���,jiu ,-.-_ i" ,' 5? ..-:. ,.;��� THE' TRIBUNE: _TELS6S, B. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER M, mi. 8 TWO DAYS WITH BUTTONS. KM Me came out from "Boston by express, ���with a tag in his buttonhole. Lie wa.s not "Buttons" then, only Ned Poor from the Orphan Asylum. He wa.s not wanted or desired. Mrs. Oakland had had "enough of boys." Before she was married she had had her theories, but now she had experience plus lier theories. The first boy had a gentle I'ace with blue eyes. JJe said, ��� "Y"e.s,.ma'am," with great deference, but tlie next morning before brcalcfastslie saw her pot Angora eat with arched back up iu the tulip tree, while near her big black eillie dog below stood the mild-faced boy, saying shrilly between hi.s teeth, "S-s-s-t." This sauie gentle boy broke her best Dresden salad-bowl, chipped the china viciously, and poured boiling water into a cut ��� -. glass pitcher. The second boy seemed promising, but he soon had an epiletic lit, and was sent, to the hospital. The third boy was very fond of animals. The dogs were kept at the -stables,,und Joe spent his spa're time there. One morning Joe -was missing. "He had the two dogs fighting last night, and Rex i.s badly torn," said Martha, the chambermaid. "The coachman said ���*��� he would report him to the master. Joe A\as paid in the morning, ma'am, and he knew he would be discharged, so he left last night. He was worse than the other boy, who.chipped the china, and starved the birds. He was vicious." "All the more pity we could not have made 'something'good out of him," said Mrs. Ferdinand to herself, just as William the gardener's .on, brought in a basket of dewy roses and a big bowl of luscious strawberries in time i'or Mr. Oakland's early breakfast. "1 am in trouble about Joe," she said to her husband, as he came in, breezy and hungry from his drive over to the farm with his head gardener, having just fif- . teen minutes left before driving to the station. "What could you expect? I will give him another trial for your theories to work on," said Mr. Oakland. I haven't a theory left. I want nothing more to do with boys,".said Mrs. Oak- laud, while pouring her husband's coffee. "They are careless heedless, and reckless, when they are not brutal or vicious. 'Maria's little sister can come for a while. I did want a good boy badly, but it is no use. There aren't any. And why should .1 see valuable things ruined and dumb creatures abused?", '" "Joe was a brute. When I saw Rex this morning, I longed to give the boy a sound thrashing. Who picked these strawberries��� William? One boy with sense, and we will find another yet. It is only a matter of selection, and we are equal to it. 1 have n dim memory of being a boy once myself," said Mr. Oakland, as he iiuished hi.s comfortable breakfast and 'hurried away. Later, on his return from town, Mr. Ferdinand Oakland said to his head gardener, who knew more about the place than lie did himself, antl who wtis also his wise adviser and friend: "Can't * you find a boy for my wife, Mr. Ctim- mings, a sort of ' Buttons,'you know, to feed the parrots and dogs and help Ray a little? We have had poor material thus far. Your judgment is good in growing things." "All right," answered Mr. Cummings. "Seedlings and boys are uncertain. You can only look at the stock and the breeding. I will see what can be done about it ���when I go to town." Then they talked about orchids and peach trees, and drove ou and looked tit the Uolsteiu cows in the upper-pasture, aud Mr. Oakland forgot about the order till this boy came down by express. He was a white-faced, skinny little thing, in a pepper-and-salt jacket, and trousers which had grown dingy with use and short with the increasing length of the boy. . "He looks like the spring chicken I saw ��� hanging in the store-room this morning," said Mrs. Ferdinand, tis she glanced at iiim from her low rocking-chair on the -terrace. "Isliall call him 'Chicken Little,' she said, turning to her brother Alexis, as the boy followed Ray into the house. "Did you notice his big head and poor thin little legs and long arms and neck. Air him and feed him, and let me dress him, and he will be another creature in a ���week or two." "How will you dress your new doll, dear?" said Mr. Oakland. "Don't be sarcastic, Ferdinand. It is not becoming. The boy shall have a blue suit, with cord down the sides of the trousers and silver buttons on his jacket. He will make a lovely 'Buttons.' If you make Hay brush your coats, and keep your bureau drawers in order, nnd run your errands, then .some one must help him in his other duties. Besides, the boy .shall feed the parrots and dogs.^ My Angora cat 1 choose to feed myself." "In other words," said Mr. Alexis, "he i.s the gentleman's gentleman." "Nonsenbc, Alex. The boy will be very helpful and useful. I shall go at once ami see Martha, and give orders- that he must be in bed every night by nine o'clock." "She is aching for.an excuse to talk with the boy," said Mr. Oakland, as his wife went into the house. Mrs.- Ferdinand passed through the stately dining-room, with its sideboard heavy with silver and cut-glass, on through the cozy breakfast-room, and then into the butler's pantry. Here was jMi. Ray in his shirt-sleeves, without his black dress-coat and white gloves. He was taking out the china and silver for luncheon. "He will have to watch me and Jcani the ways of things at first, nia'ain," said Mr. Hay, looking round and nodding toward the boy, "Of course, Ray. Ditl Martha give the boy a glass or milk antl some bread and butter, as I ordered, when he first came?" "She gave him a plenty, and he ate it hearty, answered Bay. "He sees things, and is quick. I think he will do(very well���bettor than the others," continued Ray in a low tone to Mrs. Oakland. She turned and laid her hand on the boy's shoulder. "You will like it here with us, 1 hope. Mr. Ray will tell you what you are to do in the'pantry. After luncheon I will show you how to feed the birds. You have not told me your name. What shall ] call you?" said Mrs. Oakland, looking into the boy's face. "The boys tit the 'sylum all called me 'Ned.' Ned Boor is my name. My mother used to call me 'l_dwin," said the boy, looking up out of two great brown eyes shaded with long black lashes. "Edwin is a pretter name than Ned. I shall call you l.dwin, like your mother. Now, Mr. Ray, remember, the boy is I.dwin, not Ned", here. And, Edwin, I shall toll Martini to see that your room is in order and you are to be in bed every night by nine o'clock. Send him up by a quarter! to nine, Hay. ��� I think that is all now." Mrs. Oakland went back to her husbn.nd.ai-d brother on the terrace. M rs. Ferdinand's piazza was not a pi a///a,, but a terrace. It had a low stone wall around it, with vastpots of waving palms here and there. There was a great red rug, and soft-cushioned chairs, and along bamboo lounge full of big down pillows, covered with cool-looking blue-and-white Japanese crape. Great jars of heavy- headed blue hydrangea's stood in rows on each side the steps. The shades were pulled down on the sunny side, and Mrs. Oakland looked cool and dainty, sitting in the low rocking chair, in her pale green gown. "J have lost my heart," said Mrs. Oakland, "lost it utterly. It has been stolen bv a pair of brown eyes with long lashes." '"I did not notice the color of the boy.'s eyes, said Mr. Oakland. "I only saw he looked nie straight in the face, as I like a boy to do when I .speak to him. Do you" know where (Juiunrings found him? He went to the Horticultural Society rooms, and got him through Brooks, our best city florist. He got him as he would a new plant. The boy, he says, is a son'of one of his old gardeners, and has been well brought up. He has no near relatives', and since his father's death has been in an orphan asylum. Did you notice how he stopped and looked at the flowers as he came up the steps?" After luncheon Mrs. Oakland tool- Edwin clown to the pond, full of lotus ���plants.and blue and pink water-lilies, beside which stood the perches for the birds; and they fed the parrots. The great,-glorious red bird, with its long blue tail and gold band on its-throat, stepped off its perch ou to the outstretched white hand of the lady, and walked slowly up the green sleeve of lier gown till he rubbed his heavy beak against her cheek. "Pretty bird! Pretty bird! You say I must feed him just this way every day?" said Ned in a happy voice. "Oh, yes, and give them both their water. This blue-and-yellow bird on the other side of the pond is not as gentle. We have not had him as long, and you must be watchful, for he is cross sometimes. If you feed them, they will learn to be fond of you." When he had finished feeding the birds, the boy went back into the house and helped Ray clear the table. Mr. and Mrs. Oakland were sitting in the library opening a,new package of books, when Edwin came to the door, saying. "There is a gentleman-to see you, sir." "Coining, directly," answered Mr. Oakland, lingering and'looking over his wife's shoulder at the open book. "Oh, Edwin," called Mrs. Oakland, looking up from her book, "I forgot to feed my cat. Will you ask Martha, to give you some cream from the blue pitcher into her saucer, and you can bring it out to the terrace. .1 will come and feed her myself." When Mrs. Oakland put down her book and went out the frontdoor to the terrace, she saw Edwin waiting with "the saucer of cream, while her pet cat was sleeping serenely among the down piilows. "Come here, dear," called Mr. Oakland, who was standing near a man with a bright brass cylinder in'his hand. "This is the latest new fire-extinguisher. I think we had better have it. It is the very- latest scientific dodge. A boy could manage it." Edwin still held the saucer, and the cat slept on. "I want you to understand it, dear. It is very simple. Full this lever away from the cross-baron top. Now turn the cross-bar sharply to right or left. " That breaks the bottle inside. Wait then long enough to count twenty; then pull the lever back as far as it will go, tind lift up the extinguisher and send the stream into the fire. They have just tested it in town���put out two big fires of tar-barrels with one extinguisher. It generates nitrogen gas, iu which lire cannot live," said Mr. Oakland learnedly. "I hope J shall never have occasion to use it," answered his wife. "Here, Ray," called Mr. Oakland, "I want you to understand this. It requires no strength, you see, only to keep your head and rei'iiember what to do. This will be put up iu the back hall this afternoon, and I want all of you to know how to use it." Mrs. Oakland fed her cat; then came and held the new machine a moment in her hand. "Why, you could lift it, Edwin," she said. The boy raised it lightly, and looked at the fastenings carefully, going through the same motions a.s the others. The new machine wa.s hung in the back hall before night. Mr. and Mrs. Oakland went back to the library find their book. Mr. Hay was in hi.s shirt sleeves in the pantry with Edwin, who had taken off his jacket and looked thinner than ever as he helped wash the dishes. Mr. Ray was quite another looking man in his dress-coat at tlie late dinner-table. A great bowl of rhododendrons stood on a crimson plush covering in the middle of the table. At the four corners of the table stood cut- glass dishes of nuts, fruits, and sweets. These were wreathed with pale green leaves and roses, while roses rested beside each decorated Dresden plate. Mr. Hay served everything with silence and decorum. Edwin'stood in the pantry and admired it all, and especially Mr. Hay. The family lingered iu the hall after dinner. It was chilly and there wa.s a bright fire in the big fire-place. The lire- light shown on the portraits in the hall, lighting up the faces till they seemed to lanil smile. The candles in the sconces were ploit, all lighted. The great hall was full of some light and color. Mr, Oakland wit in the dear, I wonder sense iu What is He seems to have his head. Look here that!" Mr. Oakland big leather-covered easy-chair, and looked up at the new portrait of his mother. . "It is a success, clear, I think. J know I would not part with it for twice the price I paid for it, and Sargent's work is worth something. What is that new piece of drapery near the door? 1 see. It is the thing you were embroidering, your new book-case curtain." "I finished it today, and threw it there for a little while, tor color. It somehow brings out the higli lights in the picture." Mr. Oakland sat for a while looking at the portrait. "How a man can do work like that is a marvel to me," Mr. Oakland said, tis he sprang from his chair and walked up and down tho hall. His mother had' died six months before. Mrs. Oakland moved quietly to the piano and began playing, while her husband walked up and down the hall, and her brother read the evening paper. After a while the tall clock on the stairs rang the nine o'clock chime. Mr. Oakland stopped, counted the strokes, and in a few moments went up stairs. He walked through the upper hall, and started to open the door that led toward the servants' rooms. He did not open it wholly, but stood with his hand on the door. Little "Buttons'" room was just the other side of that door, and Mr. Oakland saw the boy in his slim, little white nightdress saying his prayers beside his bed. "The poor, lonesome little beggar," he said to himself, and opened the door after the boy had crept comfortably into bed. "How goes it, Ned?" My wife calls you. Edwin, but I shall call you Ned, when we are by ourselves, you know, just like the "other-boys. Are you all right, Ned?" "Oh, yes, sir," the boy answered eagerly., "Mrs. Oakland is beautiful. I think she is just jolly. I like it here." . "I.am of something of the same opinion myself. Oh, I forgot to say Mrs. Oakland's brother goes on the early train tomorrow niorning, anel you had better be down early and help Ray. He will tell you what to do. Now, good-night. ��� You :are all right, Ned?" ��� "All right, sir," answered the boy. He turned his face over and was soon sound -asleep. Mr. Oakland went down into his study and wrote several letters. Mrs. Oakland had left the piano long before and sat with her brother by the fire in the great fireplace till there was only a small heap of coals left. Then one after the other walked tip the broad staircase to their' rooms, and left Mr. Oakland alone in the study. It was very late when Ray came in to put out the Hghts and lock up the house. Mr. Oakland sprang from his desk and threw a pile of letters on the hall table. "See that those are sent in the morning. Good night, Hay,", And Mr. Oakland left- Ray to fasten up the house and put out the lights, and soon the great hall was dark except for the glow from the heap of coals in the fire-place, and the house grew still. It was far on toward morning when Mr. Oakland was aroused from a sound sleep by hearing a clear, high, childish voice 'calling out: "Mr. Ray. Is that you? Is it time for me to come clown now?" Mr. Oakland sprang out of bed, flung a brown velveteen coat over his blue and white pajamas, and went out into the hall to find Ray in his trousers and night shirt, with no coat on at all. "It is that new boy, Mr. Oakland. I'll fix him." "Wait, Ray. Let me see what it is," aud he opened the door to the servants' hall to see the small boy iu his white night shirt, holding a candle and looking down the back stairs. "I saw the light once, and I am sure I heard Mr. Ray in the breakfast room," called out the boy shrilly. "You told nie to get up when he did." "'All''right, my boy. Go back to bed. It is not morning yet." Mr. Oakland touched a button, and the hall was lighted downstairs. He stepped into his room and came back with a revolver. "We will go down now, Ray. If anyone was at the safe in the breakfast room, the boy has frightened him off." When they opened the door a puff of cold air told them that the window was open, and turning on the light, they saw a cold chisel on the Hour near the safe. "They were well away���frightened off just in time. The boy's ears were good," said Mr. Oakland. " Yroti stay here and mind the house. They will not come back. As soon as I telephone the police, 1 will go round the place with James. Keep the house quiet." Mr. Oakland rang for James, ran up stairs and quieted his wife, telephoned, dressed, and was ready for James when lie came down from the stable. The two went off together, while Ray slept uncomfortably on the settle in the dining room. Litter, Mr. Alexis had his early breakfast, and Mr. Oakland also went to the city. Mrs. Oakland drove off early to Camden and spent the day with her mother. She cuine home before dinner. It had been a hot day in town, and the night was dcliciously cool. "Here is your shawl, dear; we will go uj) to the summer house," said Mr. Oakland to his- wife, after dinner, when the lights in the hall made the house look warm, while the starlight outside seemed refreshingly cool after the glare and dust of the city. The two sauntered oft toward tho summer house on the hill. "We will have one little half hour to ourselves," said Mr. Ferdinand to his wife. "Anything new today?" "I spent the day at mother's. Oh, yes, I want to tell you this," his wife answered. "I went down to the store room to see to things before I drove off this morning. When Martha opened the ice chest, I saw a glass of roses put away carefully. ���What is this?' I asked. "Oh, Edwin put them there, ma'am,' she answered. 'Mr. Ray told him to clear away the flowers from the dinner table last night, and he said they were too good to throw away; they ought to go to the children's hospital, and he asked if he might not save them and put them in the ice-box, us his father used to keep flowers.'" "Good for the boy," said Mr. Oak- "What will be his next ex- The Mines of the Great Slocan District are all within a few miles of New Denver, the celebrated Mountain Chief being less than two miles distant. The townsite is acknowledged to be the prettiest in the whole Kootenay Country. Investors and Speculators should examine the property offered. To aliow Prospectors, Miners, and j* Men to acquire ground on which to build homes, lots will be sold in Blocks 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 74, 78, 79, and 83, in the townsite of NEW DENVER, until October 1st next, at the low price of One Dollar a Front Foot ($25 a Lot). Terms cash. Title warranted. if i sprang from his seat in the summer-house, gave one hard look on beyond the path, then, without a word, left his wife and dashed across the lawn in a straight line for the house. Mrs. Oakland looked, and saw a flash of bright light in the great open door of the hall, which was soon followed by darkness and then a puff of smoke. She followed her husband, running like a deer, and the two reached the hall door almost together. There stood the small boy upon a chair, witli his thin little arm a full third of its way out of,his small jacket, standing on his tiptoes and holding the great new brass fire-extinguisher straight up toward the new portrait, while a blackened mass of burned drapery was still hanging on the wall near it. His face looked whiter and thinner than ever, but his eyes were shining like two coals of fire. "I had to do it, sir," he said, in a troubled tone. "1 called Mr. Ray, find he did not come." "Of course not," thought Mr. Oakland, though he did not say it aloud. "I saw him .smoking down near the stables with James." "I called Martha, but she did not hear," continued Ned. "I wa.s opening the beds, ina'an," answered Martha. "You were doing the right thing, Martha." said. Mrs. Oakland, encouragingly. "You said one had only to keep his head and remember, and I remembered," continued Xed. "That i.s. more than some of us do, sometimes," said Mr. Oakland softly, and he lifted the boy down gently and took the extinguisher from his hand. "It was nothing to do and wa.s out in a minute," said Ned simply. "The fire was going right up toward the picture and the curtain, and it seemed too bad. I had to do it, sir. The man said it would not hurt anything. Is anything hurt, sir?" "No apology necessary, Kdwin," said AND ALL KINDS HOISTING AND PLANTS MINES. Mr. Oal this boy win dryly, went to bed Martha, it is time Take him up and won't go out again look after him. We tonight." Mr. Oakland reached up and pulled down the burnt bit of drapery. "It blew into the candles when we left the door open, I fancy," he said quietly. Then he sat down slowly iu the chair opposite the picture. Mrs. Oakland shivered and begun to wipe her eyes gently. "Now don't, dear. There is no harm done; hardly a big scare. Hut he will do, I fancy, and I think on the whole I lind better order that new suit for the boy tomorrow," "Mine," said Mrs. Oakland, "with cord down the sides and silver buttons, ('old would be none (oogond I'or him." CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. The Jenckes Machine Company SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC. AIR COMPRESSORS OK TIIK .MOST KKKICIKNT AM) KCO.VOMICA!, TVI'K. "SLUGGER" AND "GIANT" AIR DRILLS FOR MINES. SK.VI) KOlt ('ATA 1.001"K. The Canadian Rand Drill Company, SHEBBEOOKE, QUEBEC. Kritish ('oluinliiii Agency: li.'''-' Cordova Street, Vancouver. Kiistcrn A_cncy : III Victoria .Square, Montreal, The Pulsometer Steam Pump The Handiest, Simplest, and Most Efficient Steam Pump FOR MINING PURPOSES. Pulsometer Steam Pump Company, New York, U. S. *&> ���^*r*__?i S*"_S'^'r*' ���gw%E.pfft_^ff^ _���'_ ������, 11.1* I i Vis1- _ -��- y .���������..��� '.Ii THE TRIBUNE: KELSON, B, ev SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1894. VERNON STREET, NELSON, se. their entire stock �� ippekery, ardwa: assware, >�� ORB SHIPMENTS PROM SOUTH KOOTENAY. KOK WEEK HXIJiNG SKITEMBKIt KlTII. September Sth.���I.e I.oi mine, .Trail'Crook'district, via Northport to Tiiconui, Washington... ii<) tons Josie mine, Trail Creek district, via Northport to Tacoma, Washington ��� IU " September 13th.���Alpha mine, Slocan district, via Nakusp & Slocan railway to Omaha.... ''���' Total. ... ao.v " .12(11 tons AITKOXIMATK VAI.UK. Trail Creek district ore (gold and copper) ...... Slocan district ore (silver and lead) ��� 11,050 kk.ioo Total S0.:i50 Why They Don't Go to Church. The editor of the Spokane Spokesman- Review, observing how small is thechureh going portion of the population of his city, recently asked the readers of that paper who do not go to church to give their reasons for publication. He received a large number of replies and prints a selection which are no doubt representative of the views of a large number of people in till communities. One man writes that he docs not go to church because the instruction given consists of bare assertions without demonstration or evidence aud i.s generally opposed to the investigations of science. Another detests the doctrine of vicarious atonement. A third says the preachers are confined by their creeds and to hear them is like listening to a parrot in a cage. A mother says that she needs a rest on Sundays after getting the children ready for Sunday school and that she doesn't care for dry theological dissertations or discussions of current topics made hackneyed by the newspapers during the week. A nian who is in debt says he can't afford to go to church because he would feel obliged to chip in and help support the institution. A bachelor has discovered that the chief functions of a modern church are those of a social club and a matrimonial exchange, and that not feeling hi need of either of these'matters he .stays away. A.n artisan finds truer religion in the groves and running streams than within church walls. A sensitive person doesn't go to church because in eight year's residence in the town nobody ever asked him to go. An agnostic replies that all religions are false and a curse. An inquisitive Yankee answers the question by asking another and wants to know why the editor doesn't go to church himself, to whicli the editor prudently makes no reply. Now all these people, says the Northwest Magazine, and the many thousands of others who have similar views, have never been to church continuously or often or they would not fail, as they do, to appreciate a great benefit to be derived from church-going. It is a good thing to meet once a week a body of serious-minded men and women who are washed and well-dressed and who for a little time have laid aside their customary aggressive selfishness and are thinking of the things that concern their immortal souls; who feel for tin hour or so, at least, charitably toward their neighbors and who have some aspiration to get into harmony with the divine spirit that prevades the universe. The influence of association with such a congregation is wholesome, no matter whether you believe in the narrow theology of the pulpit or not. If you can forget for a time in a church pew, when the organ plays or the music of some grand old hymn is sung, the sordid cares of life and till the worry, discontent, greed, prejudice and meanness that have beset you during the week, and can lift your soul just a little towards the Over- soul, you will come out better and stronger. Hotel "I'liiilr:" Meals, ;Vj cents each: room . ";> cents and ��1 pur day. _ ���_ Didn't Knock Him Out. Jack Dempsey of _\'ew Y'ork and Hilly McCarthy of Australia fought a draw battle at New Orleans on the 5th. Hoth men were carefully trained and each received a fair share of applause on entering the ring, but the greeting to Dempsey clearly showed that his friends were in the majority. The contest wa.s confined to twenty rounds. John Duffy was referee. Demnsey weighed I Hi pounds and McCarthy 151 pounds, from the eighth until the twentieth round Dempsiedid all the execution, but he could not knock out his game opponent. The purse of $2000 was divided. McCarthy i.s a very poor fighter. < When he came to this country about six years ago Dempsey whipped him in twenty-eight rounds, and the two went on a tour, visiting Seattle and other towns on the coast giving .sparring exhibitions. I'cachcH, por box, ?l.l;'>; plums, Kaiif-'MiiiirH. per box, ?1. At (,'. A Touching Dilemma. A citizen of Montreal lately on a visit to Ottawa, while passing down the hotel (or- 1'idor to his room at a late hour, happened to hear violent groans and sobs issuing from one of the rooms. As the door wa.s open, lie entered and recognized a fellow Montrealer, prominent in political and business circles, and famous for his' religious and alcoholic tendencies. He was" kneeling at his bedside, clinging to the side of the bed, and sobbing as though his heart would break. "What's the matter, old man?" inquired our friend, touching the sufferer on the shoulder, v "I'm so drunk I can't say iny prayers," was the tearful response. The House to Meet. The''Victoria Times of the 7th says the provincial government has decided to call a meeting of the.legislature for the first or second week of November, and the necessary proclamation will shortly be issued. This announcement will not be likely to take the public by surprise, for there has been a general understanding that an early sitting of the house was "on the cards." There has also been a general appreciation of the situation which makes this unusual step necessary, and which can be summed up in those three words so obnoxious to the premier and the organs, "an empty treasury." With all their perfunctory denials and strenuous assertions they have not been able to conceal from the public the true state ' of affairs. The fact is well known that the year's revenue anil the remnant of the loan were not sufficient to meet the ordinary obligations of the government, much less to cover the extraordinary outlay called for by the flood damages. For a time the deficit could be met by overdrafts and special warrants, but these makeshifts could not be continued for a large portion of the year, and so the house must be called together to authorize a new loan. Thus the people will have the pleasure of seeing another burden laid upon the credit of the province, which the Vancouver organ of the government said some time ago was "already at the straining point." Hotel "Phair:" and ��1 per day. Meals, 50 cents each; rooms, 75 cents Australian Confidence Men. If Christ to Melbourne shortly came, A bearer of salvation. Some "leading men" (whom wc could name) Would meet Him at tlie station, Whilst, soldiers warded oil' the crowd. And "hobby" waved bis truncheon, The boomers, singing praises loud, Would take their Lord to luncheon. AV'ould drive Him oil' to Mister Mayor, And welcome Him with speeches, > They'd chaperon Him everywhere, They'd stick to Him like leeches. Witli upraised eye, and accent bland, And Sunday best behavior. That putty, pawky, chosen band Would glorify tho Savior. When "confidence" was quite restored By these religious sectors, They'd start a Dank and swear tlio Lord Was chairman of directors: And, as the cash deposits swelled, They'd use the old devices i. or working oil' the land they held At most abnormal prices. Ah, if he but to Melbourne caino! No .lews would now despise him; The fat men of linancial fame Would boldly advertise Him, And, when He left thorn to their fraud, They'd rise at greasy dinners, To bless their dear departed Lord, Who came to ruin sinners. Hold "I'lmir: and $1 por day. Moals,,')() cents each; rooms, ";) cents FRESH OYSTERS Wholesale and Retail Write us for Prices. AREND & KENWARD Spokane, Washington. Notice of Application for Certificate of Improvements. "(KII.DH.V hull'" MINKHAI. CLAIM, TltAII, (JKI-IKK MINt.NO DIVISION. Tnko notice that wc. Thckla M. Hormitzer, free miner's colli (lento Xo, iVKi.ii;, and .Joseph I'ormitzer, free minor's ccrtilicnte Xo, ,1Ik;.17, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, lo apply to the Kohl commissioner for a ecrtilicato of improvements fur lhe purpose of obtaining a crown KNint of the above claim, And further take notice, that adverse claims must bo sent to the mining recorder and action commenced before tho issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated I his illh day of .September, IH!M. DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP. Tin: copartnership heretofore existing between tlio un- dersiK'ied, iloinj,' business ax teamsters at Kelson under the llrm name nl' Keefer & .Scale, has been dissolved by in ul.mil consent. Th(! business hereafter will be carried on I'or the sole account, of .Joseph II. Scale. Kilhcrof the iiiidersixned is authorized |o collect debts duo the firm. JOHN M. K.KKVKU. ���lOHICI'H H. HKALK. j Dated at Xelson, II, (.!,. September 1st, l.W. I CHEMISTS and A large and complete stock- of the leading linos of Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Perfumes, Soaps, Brushes, And Toilet Articles of Every Description. Cor. Baker and Josephine " Streets, Nelson, B. O. Central Office of the , Kootenay Lake Telephone. A large and complete stock of FISHING TACKLE. (Notary Public) Victoria Street, Nelson,���;_��.-''G.5 Mining and Real Estate Broker Commission and Insurance f Agent ���-- KEI'KESENTINO The Confederation Life Association. Tlie Phoenix Fire Insurance Company. The Dominion Building & Loan Association of Toronto, Etc. MINES INSPECTED AND REPORTED UPON. Several good lots in government townsites of Now Denver and Nelson to b. sold cheap. Stores and oflices to rent at Nelson. Tenant wanted for ranch on Columbia river near Robson, or will sell. Good opportunity. LOTS IN ADDITION "A" to sell on easy terms. Apply at once to W. A. JOWETT, Victoria St., Nelson, B.C. FRED J. Has just received his stock of Tweed, Serge, and Worsted Suitings and Trouserings. Prices to Suit the Times. I have received my fall and winter stock, ot Woolens, comprising: Fancy Suitings, Coating's, Trouserings, and Overcoatings in the nobiest styles, all of which I will dispose of at the most reasonable prices. JAMES PRICE. Excursion to the Hot Springs On Upper Arrow Lake. An excursion will leave Nelson at 2 o'clock on Sunday, .September Kith, for the famous Hot Springs, on Upper Arrow lake, where there is now a Ilrsf-class hotel, under the personal inaniiKoment of llruco Uraddock, of tho llrm of Dawson & Craddoek. A half-fare rate (liohcts good for one week) has boon wanted on tlio C & K. S. N. Co's steamer Lytton, and an effort is being made lo secure a reduced rate on the C, & K. railway. For further particulars apply to JAMKS DAWSON, Stanley House, Xelson. APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. Notice is hereby given that tlie undersigned will within'-, thirty days apply for a license to sell liquor'ut, retail at' his hotel al, Three Forks, West Kootenay district, British Columbia. IKA W. W,ACK. Dated August-Olh, W\. .ave BAKER STREET, NELSON. and from this time on, or until further notice, we wilt sell Gro- ���-.������...'���.'. ceries, Crockeryware, Glassware, Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Boots, Shoes, Furnishing Goods, etc., at a fair profit, for Gash. Liquors and Cigars, at wholesale only. The best Piano or Organ? The best Sewing Machine? ��� The best in the stationery line? The best in the music line? The best prices consistent with quality? IF SO G^LL j^JJO :NER BROTHERSijr^ Good assortment of Newspapers, Magazines, Candies, and Children's Toys always on hand. AT THE Fine Neglige Shirts in Silk, Silk and Wool, Flannel and Cotton. Summer Underwear in Mosaic and Natural Wool. Hosiery Suspenders, Ties, Collars, Cuffs. JL _J__u___C_3_ HATS Felt Hats in all the Best American and English Makes. A full Line of American Revited Overalls. Prices lower than ever. The RAILWAY CENTRE and SEAT OF GOVERNMENT of West Kootenay. A SECOND RAILWAY IN CHOICE BUILDING-and RESIDENCE PROPERTY 1 _E._3_3__.T-B ALLQ-WED FOB G-003D _3T_ri__.Z3I_STG-S- ALSO LOTS FOR SALE IN NAKUSP, DAWSON, and ROBSON. J_._?_?__,TT FOE .PRICES, -VE-^FS, ETC., TO FRANK FLETCHER, Land Commissioner C. and K. R. and N. Co., Nelson, B. C. Will purchase a 7-drawer "New Williams" sewing machine Large stock from which to make selections. Houston Block, Nelson. JACOB DOVER, Jeweler. CHICA&O, IXiXillSTOIS. Concentrating Machinery: Make Crushers and Comet Crushers. Crushing Rollers and Finishing1 Rollers. Plunger Jigs and Colloni Jigs, wood and iron boxes. 1'Yuo Vanner and Fmbrey Concentrators. Avail's, Collom's, and Rittenger's Slime Tables. Trommels, Screen and Flinched Plates. Ore Samplers aud Grinders. ������ Smelting Machinery: Water Jacket Furnaces {'or Copper and Lead Ores. Slag Cars and Pots. Bullion Cars and Pots. Lead Moulds and Ladles. Crucible Tongs. Blast Pipes and Water Tuyeres. Patterns i'or all kinds ol' Reverberatory and Matte Furnaces. Machinery for the Systematic Treatment of Ores, by the Leaching Process. Hoisting and Pumping Machinery and Wire Rope Tramways, T \y. ��� *i ���.-.it L.H_. .r; T^T u i .tf .. ���f-TT l" ' "V ' :l "I ��� i ' i> " '.I
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