.;u tftfa***? [fot •••••/.«.< el#ati THE TRIBUNE IS THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER XE__ON* IS THE TRADE CENTER OF SOUTH- PRINTED IN THE KOOTENAYS Saturday, August 8, 1903 EASTERN* GIVE THE COLUMBIA SMELTERS FAIR PLAY, FOR WITHOUT THEM THERE CAN BE NO PROSPERITY The practical value of the $15 bounty on lead ore is yet to be own mines. It is one of the most complete plants in America. proved. In the opinion of The Tribune, its greatest practical It not only smelts ores, but refines the product of the smelter; - vahre to the country will result from smelting the ore in British and if given a little encouragement, every pound of lead used in Columbia. While it is true, smelters cannot be operated with­ Canada would be lead mined, smelted, refined, and manufac--". out ore, and the ore supply depends entirely ou the mine tured in Canada. It has been charged that trade unions the churches are found many earnest sym­ is comprised of persons skilled in a handi­ owners, yet the general welfare of the country should not be have uot bettered the condition of the pathizers with the Salvation Army, so in craft requiring an apprenticeship. A la­ Turner, Beeton & -.Company, Limited, of Victoria, is giving workers, yet statistics show that wages the trade unions are found many earnest bor union is comprised of persons not nec­ lost sight of, and this will be.lost sight of if only the good of have been doubled in tho pasi fifty years, sympathizers with'Socialisni. essarily skilled in any craft, or composed the people of that city and of the province an object lesson as with the hours of labor considerably re­ of skilled and unskilled workers, in latter the silver-lead mine owners is considered. For every man that duced, and the cost of living only ad­ Labor unions at 'Charlotte, North Caro­ clays sometimes called an industrial to how-Chinese can- be -"dispensed-, with in a manufacturing in-< vanced 6 per cent. During this period lina, have originated an educational plan union. • - could be emplo3^ed in a silver-lead mine another could be em­ working conditions in factories and work­ worthy of imitation. The typographical dustry, the output of whicli is sold in a competitive market.' union is educating? a girl taken from one The Nelson Typographical Union at its ployed in dry-ore mines or in iron-rock aud lime-rock mines and shops have been vastly improved, educa­ last meeting declined to endorse a propo­ tion lias boon made cheaper—in some in­ of tlie cotton miUs;there. ' It has sent her Up to about a year ago, 90 per cent of the overalls and shirts to school, supported her, and appropriates sition from the Ottawa Typographical stances free—and parliaments have been quarries, were the silver-lead ores mined in British Columbia about ."52-IO a year for her benefit. Other Union, insisting on a vice-president of manufactured in the province were made by Chinese. Today,. compelled' to pass legislation protecting labor organizations in Charlotte have the Intel-national Typographical Union being a resident of Canada. smelted iu Britisli Columbia. If these ores are to be smelted workmen in many ways. All of which, adopted a plan similar to that formulated 90 per cent is made by'white labor. A year ago last June, H. and more besides, has been accomplished by the typographical union. The street outside the province, our d^-ore mines aud iron-ore mines and by trades unions. Therefore the state­ car men, the Federal Labor Union, and School teachers of Santa Clara county, B. Thomson, who was for a time manager of Turner, Beeton & ment that the workers are no better off the bartenders all send children to school. California have organized a union, with lime-rock quarries will remain uuworked. by reason of trades unions is not in ac­ jurisdiction over all schools outside of the Co.'s branch house in Nelsou, and who is now manager of * cordance with facts. It is not claimed At a recent conference of delegates from city of San Jose, where a similar union ...The silver-lead mine-owners, or some of them, contend that that trade unionism is a cure-all for the the New Zealand trades aud labor councils, already exists. Turner, Beeton & Company, Limited, decided to manufacture" thousand and one social evils, but it is resolutions were passed iii favor of an in­ they should not be placed at the mercy of the British Columbia claimed and has been proven, that trade crease in the laud if ax and a decrease iu Salem, Massachusetts, has 2000 employ­ overalls and shirts with white labor. ,; ' '..-^ unions lighten and brighten the homes of ees, at wages of §800,000, making $i5,000,- customs duties on; the necessaries of life, 000 in shoes a year; 1000 workmen at smelters, for if the}' are the smelters will take the big end of the thoso who toil for a livelihood. the establishment of government boot- .OnJune 2nd, 1902, twelve Wheeler & Wilson sewing ma­ maldug, tailoring and clothing, aud sad­ wages'of $500,000 a year, making $8,500,- $15.bonus hy increasing their freight and treatment charges. dlery and harness factories, public owner­ 000 of, leather. . 2 The trades and labor movement iu Vic­ chines were installed, along with other necessary machinery.'. ship of coasting steamers and other means Last year the Order of Railroad Tele­ Such a contention appears rather far-fetched. The owners of. toria is marking time. Under present of,transit, fire insurance, and amendment conditions it is not likely to advance in of the,'Industrial Conciliation and Arbi­ graphers secured 20 new and revised Four girl operators started to work on the^first day-and one^" smelters in British Columbia are as fairly entitled to make a the near future at any rate. Three years tration Act. ' schedules that brought.more than $1,500,- ago organized labor could muster 200 men 000 increase in wages to the men bene­ more was added on the second. .The second week nine were at i fited. , ______profit on their invested capital as are the mine-owners, and none in Victoria. 'Today there are 2000 and In an open letter to the membership of work, and before the end of the month the twelve machines were/ more trades and labor unionists in the the International Barbers' Union. Secre­ • John Mitchell has been sued by a New of the smelters have been declaring regular dividends from the city. The work of organization during tary W. E. Klapotzky says he is com­ York' lawyer for $200,000. The latter in operation, and eight more had to be installed in July. . Inv tlie several years past was conducted pelled to retire owing to broken health, claims that he worked out the plan of profits of their operations. But apart from the right to make a along trade autonomy lines. In other brought ou by working for 12 years from settlement of the anthracite strike. H words, all unions organized by the organ­ 12 to 15 hours a dayi When Klapetzky November ten more were put in, and in May of this year eight-yj-'l izing committee of the Trades and Labor profit on their investments, why-, should a smelter in British becauie secretary there were 421 members The Railroad Telegraph ers' Union re­ Council have been chartered by the inter­ in the organization, carrying a debt-of high-speed machines were added, and today the factory has 43 j;-'^ national of their craft, or by the Domin­ port shows that the organization increased Columbia, be treated in a way different from a pork-packing $11,000. Today the order has 22,000 mem­ from _0,!J39. to 25,284 members in the year ion Trades ..Congress wheu an interna­ bers and a surplusyof $71,000. operators ou the payroll, and these operators are turning oufev,*;* house in Toronto or a fruit cannery in Hamilton.. The products tional of a (particular craft or calling did ending AprnJ.0. hot exist. The. growth of unionism has 550 dozen articles a mouth. All the machine operators are7??l of the Ontario farmer, such as fruit and hogs, are not canned been phenomenal for an old conservative John Mitchell has refused an offer of • The executive council of the American city like Victoria. All at once a halt is §50,000 for 100 lectures of one hour each, Federation of Labor has sent out a strong girls, men and boys being emp^ed in the cutting, buttoning^)? called, and, as stated, the trades and labor and travelling expenses. The important appeal to all organizations to stand by or packed in New York state, aud there has been no outcjy feature of his refusal..is that it came at any and every contract entered into. and packing departments. The machinery is run by a.-.2j4i«jp movement is marking time. once, without asking time to consider the raised by the Ontario farmers because of being compelled to rm offer. If anybody doubted .that Mitchell hjorse7po\^er.^electric. motor, and.the factory__js^__pomy/^w_4__j|^"^ „Socialisnia^th^Salxatioiv.A y"*^-tb-e: •has- coiicentrated^l&HmSelf ^to"~ the---mine" - wThe cheapest.-niunioipal tenement-*; aro sell their.products'to Canadian manufacturers. If one portion Labor movement, and sooner or later will workers' cause, that' doubt is how dis­ those owned by Dublin, where two rooms take its place as such. Meanwhile the pelled. can be rented for*2s a week. lighted, and clean. . * :'. of Canada is prospering through the working of its general advocates of agrarianism will cause more or less friction in labor unions in their ag­ The output of the factory is of so high a quality that _.t is . 1 A lodge of the Brotherhood of Loco- laws, why should not British Columbia be equally prosperous gressive crusade to convert all organized tive Firemen has been organized at Nel­ It is said that Japan has a Federation of workers to their faith. As the Salvation son. Labor with almost '$00,000 members. sold in the mining-camps of British Columbia and the - under the same laws? Army finds its field of labor outside the c churches, so will Socialists find then* field There is a difference between a trades In labor difficulties the public is thc in competition with the output: of • the old-established factories of labor outside the trades unions. As iu British Columbia needs building up, and the way to build it. union and a labor union. A trades union final arbiter. of San Francisco. •. -. • up is to manufacture its raw materials and products in British Everygarmeutma.de bears two labels. One is the label of- Columbia. The smelters in British Columbia are doing their cA Political Lacrosse Game Results the Garment Workers Union of America, which can only be" share in the upbuilding, and their operation should be en­ used by manufacturers who employ union -labor exclusively. couraged, not discouraged. What would the town of Trail be In a Victory for Houston's TeamTh e other label is the company's brand, "Big Horn." Any were the Trail smelter to be closed down permanently? It The political lacrosse game, for the bene­ as varied as the metallic values in the tinct understanding that then- grievances article with the "Big Horn" label stitched on it is made in would be deserted within a month'." What would-Trail be were fit of the public library, was played this ores. The climate is good, and the laws will be considered and concessions grant­ British Columbia by white union labor, and there are few cloth­ afternoon, and John Houston's team won are inost liberal. There is no end of ed. General Arsenieff received instruc­ its smelter (in which nearly a million dollars of Canadian money tions July 30th from St. Petersburg en­ over Sidney Stockton Taylor's by a score wood and water. There are no labor ing stores in the province not handling the goods. of 7 to 0. The players wero not lined up joining him to refrain from active inter­ troubles and none likely to occur. No has been invested) operated at its full capacity? There would as originally selected, and Joe Thompson, ference with thc men, provided thoy mining country ituywhere has as good maintained order aud obeyed the police. By employing white labor, Turner, Beeton & Company, =oue-of=Houstoi-is--starL_pla_*_i-s,^had_to_go. In the event that tho mob became recalei- =n oUbe=a=vacan tJbu i ldi n af____i .n___the__J:o_v_n .____Whai__^^uJdJIj:ajJ_be ^iransportationJ'aculitieSj.aiKLsuielters^iUte i , ii i over to tlie Taylor team in order to oven "ti*aiitrhe was'-dii eeted="to"havo the 'troops- Limited^forcecL^tke^conipan^ds^stroiigest-Competitorto do like-__j were the Le Roi smelter at Northport closed and the ore from the teams up. With Joe in center and within easy reach. Kootenay is once fire blank cartridges, and then, if neces­ Paul Greyorbeihl in goal, Taylor's team more the el dorado to which prospectors sary three rounds of ball cartridges. The wise, and it is estimated that white labor has displaced fully 150 the Le Roi mine diverted to the Trail smelter? The popula­ was the stronger, and for tho first three- and speculators and investors are heading. correspondent says the strikers made no quarters it looked as if that team serious attempt to resist the police, and Chinese who formerl}' worked on overalls and shirts in Victoria, tion of the town would be doubled. would be tlie winners. In the last quar­ that general Arsenieff's action in the al­ When "Alf" Parr, who is posturing for leged riots is freely condemned as unwar­ factories. Just as much consideration should be given to the owners of ter Houston's team got on their mettle and kept the ball hovering around tlie the Liberal nomination in Ymir riding, rantably precipitate. He says: "This was secretary of the Ymir Miners' Union collision caused a feeling of pain and in­ Thc girl operators work eight hours a day, except on Satur­ the smelters in British Columbia as is given the owners of the Taylor goal most of the time, shoot­ dignation over the ruthless methods of silver-lead mines. If the smelters are closed down, the capital ing four goals to one for their opponents. every man was a "scab" who worked for Russia's strong man, Von Plehve, to days, when they work four, unless there are rush orders on When time was called, the "reds" had less than the union's scale of wages. He whose instructions it was due." invested is lost, and in addition the people who own real estate downed the "blues," and were cheered by insisted that all laborers employed by the hand. After a short apprenticeship, they are paid from $1 toy both tho crowd and their opponents. government on road aiid trail work lie LO.VDOX, August 7.—The Standard's and other property in the smelter towns are ruined. Some of the youngsters, like McBeath Odessa correspondent, under date of Au­ $1.25 a day find a bonus, which runs from $4 to $12 a month, paid the union settle, *?•! a day. Last sum­ and Shnrpe and Wallace, played like sen­ gust Jind, says that all the trades have according to the expertucss of the operator. The smelter at Trail, like the smelter at Nelson, is operated iors. Dannie McNicholl and Dudley mer he worked as n laborer for the gov­ now resumed work and thnt. the strike is as a customs smelter. It is not operated on ore from its Blackwood and Arthur Perrier, on the ernment ou a public road and was paid practically ended; bnt that the city will British Columbia can stand a few more just such object lessons. one side, nnd .Toe Thompson and Taylor $') a day. This siiiinner lie worked as a remain under martini law for at least an­ and Archibald and Fox on the other, other ten days. Tlio strikers do not get played good lacrosse. laborer in a sawmill at Ymir and wns paid all limy demanded, but in most cases wore Mayor Rose faced tho ball and R. S. "$•2.50 ..a day. Yet. strange to say, the met with fair spirited compromises on tin- STRATHCONA LEAVES FOR CANADA INDEPENDENT LABOR TARTY MEET Lennie wns referee, with Fred Starkey scale of wages of the Ymir Miners' Union part of employers. According to the cor­ respondent, flit! ltK-iil Odessa papers on the and Or. Hall umpires. Mr. Poole wa.s is still!?:{ a day for laborers. AVns Parr Tlie public meeting called in the interest The registration in Ymir riding will be timekeeper. The line-up was a.s below: day the despatch was sent announced that LONDON*, Augusts.—Lord Strut henna is damage in nnd around Lafayette is esti­ "scabbing it" when he was working in the governor had issued a statement- to mated at $200,000. of the Independent Labor Party wa.s held near J000, as 055 names were on the list Bishop Coal ...(•reyerlilehl receiving congratulations 011 all sides on at noon yesterday, apportioned to locali­ the sawmill for $-2.Ml a day? But prob­ the effect that he hud summarily con­ in Miners' Union hall last night. About Hell Point \rchlliald victed seventy-one persons and had sen­ his 82nd birthday yesterday. He will sail fifty people wore in attendance, bnt only ties as follows: Thorpe Cover Point Taylor ably Parr was nn Independent Labor Ro.ui*, August 7.—Cardinal Gibbons SlmckU'.lon — 1st (leiencu .... Itulliurinrd tenced them to three months' imprison­ today for Montreal toaltend the Chamber those who signed the platform of the Nelson anil X.lsim Mines Party man when lie was working for the of Commerce Co-igr-.-.i-", of which ho is wa.s received by the pope today in private Wallace .. 2nd deleiM-e Pox ment for disturbing public, order. The audience. In a lengthy conversation, party were allowed to vote or take part Trail :ird defence ... Steed government and n Liberal when he was names giveii iiijitide many .Tews and a honorary president. in the discussions. John H. Matheson, A. Perrier center Thompson Pius X renewed his expressions of inter­ Ymlr nnd Ymlr Mines 11. Perrier.... ilrd home working at the sawmill. few foreigners. The strike ended -just in president of the party in Nelsou, was in Creston .MCiN'ielioll.... 2nd home -Mi-Heath inn. o avert so -,ins food riots, its the MOMTUKAL, August S.—Tlie Star's entile est in America, already made manifest by in the chair, and Charles A.' Mackay was Krio und Mines liltiekwoud — 1st home ('rosett high price for provisions had led to popu­ says: Regarding the Australian govern­ his reception ou Wednesday of the pil­ C. Jeffs . ..outside home .. Davidson It is now au almost established fact that grims from the United States. In closing secretary. William Ebbs was one of the Sulnio A. Jeffs inside home... Hell lar threats to storm the bakeries and Hour ment's decision of the refusal to renew speakers. He said that Labor owed uo Kire Valley J. Houston Held captain ...... S. S. Tiivlor the blowing up of the Bunker Hill nnd mills. There have been a few fatalities, mail contracts unless the P. & O. and the the audience, the pontiff charged cardinal more to the Liberal Party than it did to Kossliind mines F. Stnrkev... umpire Dr. flail Sullivan concentrator near Wardner, Ida­ but no serious disorders. It is stated that Gibbons to carry the apostolic benediction Sirdar Kefeive-I*. •-. Lennie. Orient steamship companys arrange en­ to the Conservative Ptirty, and that the one Waneta Tlinckecper- -A. Poole. ho, in 189!), wa.s planned by designing while the strikers were trying to prevent tirely for white crews, it is stated that to the faithful in America. was no more entitled to eudorsation the (JustleKur it train starting ou Saturday night, four Sloe-tin Junction mine-owners and carried out by traitors both companies refuse to have their hands than the other. Charles A. Mackay, the Willow l'oinl.iinil Kokanee On Eagle creek, six miles southeast of of the strike leaders were run over and CAPETOWN, South Africa,- August 7.— who held official positions in the miners' killed. forced by the Australian Labor Party, in Dr. George Robert Parkin, principal of secretary spoke in favor of endorsing 1'roetei- ami Halfour Nelson, enough prospecting work has been which cast; it will only carry outward either one or the other of the candidates Kitchener unions. It is to be hoped that British Upper Canada College, Toronto, who was —Sidney Stockton Taylor or John Hous­ Kuskonook done on a number of claims to show that Columbia has no such scoundrels aniong mails. It is suggested thc commonwealth appointed to prepare a plan for the allot­ Sheep ('reek (I'altcrson) one of the big mines of Kootenay is in Charlie Olson of Ainsworth was in Nel­ give the Canadian Pacific tbe contract ton—and was strongly opposed to bring­ Hall Siding either miuo-owm-is or miners' union offic­ son today, and, ns usual, had only good ment of the Rhodes' scholarships, deliv­ Delegates from the several districts of for homeward mails, via Vancouver. ered an address here yesterday upon'the ing out an Independent Labor Party can­ sight. The ledge has been stripped for ials. The relations between union wage- words to say of the oldest mining camp didate. Thomas H. Rankin was a party tbe Chilliwack riding met iu convention general result of his consultations in Can­ at Upper Sumas on Monday to choose a more than half a mile and shafts sunk at earners and fair-minded employers tire camp on Kootenay lake. In conversation Di'Nvi*!-, Colorado, August 7.—Details man and wanted the party to nominate a places to depths of SO and'JO feet. Tlie with The Tribune long-hand journalist, ln- ada, the United States, and Africa. His candidate to support tlio Conservative too often disturbed by designing men, of the storm which prevailed along the conclusion is that the scholar should not candidate, and eveiy vote that was taken party. The names before the convention ore carries gold values only. The discov­ said : "Why the miiiesat Ainsworth never showed that Mr. Mr. Rankin voiced the and these desigiiiiii: men aro not always eastern slope of the Kooky mountains in go too early to Oxford, but as mature - were Atkinson, Cawley, and Hill-Tout, looked better. There is the Highland Colorado and Wyoming show it to have views of the majority. Mr. Rankin's con­ ery of the rich gold-bearing veins ou Pop­ "labor agitators.'* mine, that I staked on August 17th, 18K-I, graduates, who would be able to add Ox­ aud J. L. Atkinson of Snnias, receiving a lar creek, Trout Lake district, and theun- been much more severe than at lirst re­ ford culture to the full training received tentious were also backed up by Frank majority of one vote over Cawley, was de­ nineteen years ago, is ready to ship 200 Phillips. The speeches were well deliv­ covering of immense ledges of gold-bear­ tons of concentrates a month ; yet 1 hold ported. Iu the neighborhood of Greely iu their own countries. clared the caudiditte. LONDON, August 7.—Tho Times this and Eaton, iu the northern part of Color­ ered and the chairman kept the meeting ing ore near Nelson, means that the tide of morning prints it despatch from Kieff, that mine for years and could get no one ado, chunks of ice, measuring 10 inches well under control. Judging from ex­ "Bob" Coleman is back from a trip to mining prosperity is turning and will Russia, "dated Auj-ust 1st, which says that- to look at it. Then- nre other good prop­ PAKIS, August 7.—Major Taylor la pressions of opinion heard on the streets erties scattered between Coffee and Cedar in length, fell. Sheep won* struck dead. night won the final in the international the Boundary, where he went to have a soon be running strong towards Koot­ general ArsenietV. governor of the district today, t-he meeting did not do what it was day or two's outing. He reports politics of Odessa, together with a committee of creeks, and some day they will pass into Farm houses and burns were wrecked and cycle race after a fine struggle. Grogna expected to do by candidate Taylor aud the one question that is interesting the enay. No country presents so many ad­ influential citizens, have induced the the hands of men who will work them to crops ruined. Near ('reely a man was was second, Meyers third, and Ellegard his campaign committee. people of" Grand Forks. vantages. The mining districts are varied, tramway strikers, m resume on the dis- advantage." rendered unconscious by the hail. The fourth. The Nelson Tribune

that if Parr runs as an Independent La­ ated and torn; left ear torn to pieces; taiuly not lost hope of more ore being bor Party candidate in Ymir, the Inde­ scalp from forehead to neck literally torn found as the development work con­ and chewed to shreds, one large lacera- tinues. pendent Labor Party will put a candi­ ation extending from left eye to left ear WORKINO ACCOUNT. Bank of Montreal date in the field in Nelson, nnd if they do and around back of head to near right ear. To cost of mining and slii])|iiugfll),-')72 II ORE SHIPMENTS Established 1817. Incorporated by Act of 1'iirlliiinciit. Taylor's goose is cooked, as he is relying Mr. Bayne remember.-' distinctly that this To freight and treatment I!',S:I2 59 To ore lax (*>:{>i 97 [l'"or the Week Ending Saturday, Aug. 1st] solely on the Labor vote lo pull him latter wound was caused by a blow from j CAPITAL (all paid up) $13,379,240.00 the bear's paw. The right hand is badly To general expenses 2,00! til TONS through. The Liberal-Labor combination, To writ ten off permanent ei| uip- REST 9,000,000.00 chewed and bruised. There is no signs of melit 7,'JlU Mi being one in which the Labor men are to fracture of base of skull, although slight $70,170 SO Graub}* mines, at Phoenix *. 8,295 UNDIDVIDED PROFITS 724,807.75 do the voting aud the Liberals are to get symptoms of internal hemorrhage nro To balance transferred tu prolit ami less 21,900 Oil **92,l;W 80 Mother Lode mine, near Greenwood 3,100 the offices, will go to smash lief on) elec­ present. Mr, Bayne is very weak from shock, loss of blood, ami lung journey af­ Snowshoe mine, at Phoenix 1*560 Head Office, Montreal tion day. Hy proceeds of ore sales .$8.1,119 20 ter the accident. Hy miscellaneous receipts t'l.CkSI 00 Mr. Bayne is a well-known and well-to- Sunset mine near Greenwood 256 RT. HON. LORD STRATHCONA AND MOUNT ROYAL, G.C.M.C, President. The following letter explains itself: $92,l:'ll SO HON. G. A. DRUMMOND, Vice-President. *'• S. CI.OUSTON, Hem-nil Manager. do mining man. He is one of the princi­ PKOl-Ti AXI) LOSS. YMIK, B. C, June •.'*.-•, I(KM. pal owners in the Honiestnko of Rossland, Athelstan mine, near Phoenix.... 60 Todfvldend No. 10 .$19,500 00 T DEAR SIR : Mr. Bnckworth, whom you as well as being president of tho company. To hula live . 70,157 55 LeRoi mine, at Rossland 3> 30 1 A. H. BUCHANAN, have met recently, has just informed me His relatives live in Halifax, to whom pai-- NELSON BRANCH aTK" Mil n Ulcer. that you wero one of tlie staunch sup­ ticulars of the accident have been wired. $S9,957 55 B. C. mine, near Eholt 600 porters of our party, and I tako tho liberty Hy balance at credit of prolit and loss . $117,997 55 Oro Denoro, near Eholt 320 of writing you to say that the members Nelson's Financial Condition. Hy balance from working account . 21,9(10 00 of our Liberal association here have urged upon me to accept the nomination for the Tlio city council met last night $S9,957 05 Center Star mine, at Rossland i>53° The Canadian Bank of Commerce Ymir riding. Pursuant to this request, 1 and spent the session in considering War Eagle mine, at Rossland 1,080 ® With which i.s amalgamated would be pleased to have your support in the city's financial condition. If all the Alberta Railroad War. this direction. I might say thnt 1 have arrears of taxes anil rates aro collected Blairmore Times, 1st: This week has Kootenay mine, at Rossland 420 The Bank of British Columbia held the office of pre.ident of the Ymir anil the estimated expenditures not ex­ seen the climax reached in the dispute be­ LeRoi No. 2 mines, at Rossland 630 Liberal association for the past two terms ceeded, the city treasurer will have tween Poupore

I will be a candidate for member of the legisla­ tive assembly for tbe City of Xelson at the next general election, provided I am nominated by a duly constituted convention of the Liberal-Con­ servative party. JOHN HOUSTON*. Nelson, June'Jtb, 1003.

[Continued from Second l'age.] The unexpected has happened iu the ASOTIN, Washington, August 5.—De­ LONDON', August 5.—The papers this Los ANGELES, August 6.—Mary Low, Tribune printed the registration of the several ridings, and election of cardinal Sin-to of Venice as NELSON CITY ELECTION DISTRICT spite tho efforts of sheriff Richnrds of morning comment on the conclave's tho 15-year-old daughter of Henry Low, pope. His name was not mentioned for Asctiu county, the fnther of the victim, choice as a wise and excellent one, and the engineer of the United States Steel the high office. Notice of Date of Public Meetings for ihe Election among others gave the registration of Cranbrook riding at 790. who hnd sworn in 25 deputies to gunrd say that although the new pope is less Corporation, who is speeding across the of Delegates to the Nominating: Convention. continent .on a special train, died at' an These figures were telegraphed from Cranbrook. Yesterday The Liberals of Grand Forks riding him, William Hamilton, n well-to-do brilliant as a scholar than his predecessor, have not yet agreed on a date on which to Supporters of the Liberal-Conservative party hotel here last night. When death came will bold public meetings at the following mimed farmer ahd the self-confessed murderer of there will be ample compensation for this Mr. Low was passing through Kansas. J. F. Armstrong, the collector of voters for the riding, writes hold a nominating convention for the rid­ places iu Xelson City election district on Thurs­ ing- day, August 13tli, VMS, nt 8:30 o'clock, p.m., for little Mabel Richards, was forcibly taken iu his modem tion and single-mindedness The Tribune from his office at Fort Steele that the registration the purpose of electing delegates ton convention from tho Asotin county jail shortly after ou the question of the relations, of the Moosomin, N.W.T., August 4.—Bert to be held ut Nelson, in the rooms of the Nelson Therat, 20 years of age, was instantly PoDlar Creek Gold Mines. Liberal-Conservative Association, on Saturday, midnight and lynched by a mob of over Vatican to England. Opinions, however, for the riding is 903, apportioned as follows : Cranbrook 543, August ISth, l!)l)3, at 8:30 o'clock p.m.: killed last evening on his father's farm, one thousand men, which had been con­ differ. south of here, by lightning. Fort Steele 128, Moyie 63, Marysville, 53, Wardner 41, Yahk Trout Lake Topic, 1st: Ed Morgan No. of Delegates The Daily News says: "We are at came up on Tuesday's boat, bringing with to be elected. gregating all yesterday from all parts of v««t w.ini /Meeting to bo held In the rooms) ,, least preserved from tho questionable in­ and Ryan 35, Kimberely and North Star 29, Wasa 11. The him specimens of the gold discovery on Asotin county. Tho oilicers and guards trigues of Ranipolti, who is friendly to JMist mini | th(J CoI,SL.rvntive Association / '° were overwhelemned by the mob and the growth of Cranbrook is not dependent on mining. It is a rail­ the Lucky Jack claim on Poplar creek. Wn«t Ward •/ Mwitini? to be held in\ ,, England." 'The Standard, on the other Kootenay Wire Works Co* keys wero taken from the jailor. When hand, fears that the new pope sympa­ Tho rock simply beggars description. \\ est v- anl -( Buard of Trnde rooms J J way and sawmill town. While mining is the chief industry of That Morgan, Hamilton & O'Connor have The delegates to the convention will nominate Hamilton's cell was readied no key could thizes with, and to an extent will be Manufacturers of Mattresses, Springs, a candidate for the legislative assembly to con­ guided by, Rani polio's ideas, but admits Pillows, Bed Lounges,. Couohes, Uphol­ Kootenay, yet the fact must not be overlooked that lumbering staked another Independence mine, not test Nelson City election district in the interest of be found and the mob sawed through the that if he is as tactful and conciliatory as stering, Turning, Bandsawing, Grill the Liberal-Conservative party. bars until the door could be opened, and Work and other novelties. Our No. 4 one who has seen the gold specimens that The chairman und secretary of the public his friends represent, there is no need to Spring Is the best on the market. Ask is beginning to take an important place in Kootenay's indus­ are now on exhibition in Trout Lake and meetings shall issue credentials to the delegates after 16 minutes delay the prisoner was apprehend any violent reversal of policy. for it and take no other. elected. JOHN HOUSTON, tries. Ferguson doubts for one moment. There President of thc Liberal-Conservative dragged out of the cell and down into the The Telegraph'considers the choice of FRONT STREET NELSON, B. C." - are several specimens from the size of the Union of llritish Columbia. yard. Meanwhile another company of the title of Pius X tis strange when the Dated at Nelson, Jiilv _0tli, 11)03. character and career of the name Pius fist down to about the size of a walnut masked men kept back tlie crowd, which is remembered. TIMBER NOTICES. that are almost solid gold. The gold is had filled the streets all night. All the pipers express curiosity to learn Notice is hereby given that thirty days after "•", not in it in specks, but is sticking out of YMIR ELECTION DISTRICT. date I Intend to apply to the honorable the chief. ' MAKE IT A SUCCESS As the prisoner came from the -jail yard, the new pontiff's policy towards Franco commissioner of lands and works, for a special the quartz in nuggets from thc size of a Notice of Date of Public Meetings for the Election masked men clutched the murderer's and Germany, but almost all anticipate license to cut and carry away timber from the pea up to that of a Lima bean. arms. Behind him, another,masked man the opening of an era of peace and con­ following described tract of land, situate on Cof­ of Delegates to the Nominating Convention. ciliation. ' fee ereek.'in West Kootenay district, beginning The specimens on exhibition have cre­ pressed closely with his hand over tho atapost placed one mile west of the western The success of the first exhibition of the Nelson Agricultural ated the wildest excitement and before the Supporters of the Liberal-Conservative party murderer's mouth. As tlie group came boundary line of J. Tinllng's timber limit,thenee month of August has well begun there will hold public meetings at thu following named forward,- the masked men who had beeu •SEATTLE, August (!.—The world's run­ running-forty chains south; thenee eight)' - • aud Industrial Association will have a far-reaching effect ou the places in.Ymir election district on Saturday, ehains west; thence eighty chn Ins north; thence , i will be a couple of thousand people in and August8th, 1U03, for the purpose of electing dele­ guarding the entrance to the jail formed ning record for '&% furlongs has been cut eighty ehains east; theuce forty chains south to around Poplar creek. Charles Copp, who gates to a convention to be held at Nelson, in the a chain about captive and captors, nnd iu one-quarter of a second by Ultoina, who point of: beginning. future of the countiy tributary to Nelson. The impression on was on the ground when the new strike rooms of the Nelson Liberal-Conservative Associ­ this manner tliey proceeded, keeping the Dated at Silverton, B..C, this 2nd day of July, ation, on Saturday, August loth, 11103, at 2:30 ran the distance in 41J^* at tho Meadows. A..I)., 1903. W.H.BRANDON. v j the outside is that Kootenay and the Bouudaiy is only a mining wa.s unearthed, says that never before in o'clock p.m.: ! crowd at respectful distance. The new record was made in the third Canada has he seen gold quartz anyway No. of Delegates When the lynchers with Hamilton race, in which Judge Thomas, the world's Notice Js hereby given that thirty days after nearly so rich as that on the Lucky Jack. - ' to be elected. reached First and Fihnour streets they date I intend to apply to the honorable the chief country, and that there are few opportunities for the farmer and T ra i1.... 5 record quarter-horse, wtis one of the start­ eommissioner of lands and works for a special 7.1 One boulder of quartz which has fallen Ymir. '.:. 1 2 halted under a guy wire which crosses license to cut and carry away timber from the, s v away from the vein is so heavy with the Ymir Mine-. i ;. 1 the street and connects electric light ers. Ultonia is by Salvado, out of Light­ following described tract of land situate on ,**' l the gardener to make a living in it. As a matter of fact, there the gold it contains that, no ordinary man Waneta '. 1 poles. Here one of the leaders asked ning, and made her initial appearance on Coffee creek, In West Kootenay district, begin­ Krie i I a recognized track at the Meadows in ning at a post placed one mile west of the west­ is room in Kootenay and the Boundaty for hundreds of small can lift it. The lead where these pheno­ Salmo • 1 Hamilton if he wanted to confess. He ern boundary line of J. Tinllng's timber limit, A s<* menal values were obtained cuts into the Arlington Mine J 1 did so, and asked that his jewelry, some June last. Slie is owned by W. F. Robb, thence running south forty chains; thence east' 'Y' bottom of a bluff and from it has fallen Second Relief Jl ine f : 1 trifling trinkets he had in his possession, eighty chains; thence north eighty chains;- •*• "-I fanners and gardeners. For men who can work intelligently at l'orto Rico Siding. ' 1 this city. . '•"• .thenee/west-eighty chains; thence south forty away pieces of .quartz and formed a small Hall Siding 1 and his watch be given to his father and chains, to point of beginning. •*r,% ri slide, and in this small slide is believed to Athabasca Mine 1 mother. Then there was another delay NEW-YOHK, August ..—Three hundred Dated at Silverton, B. C, this 2nd day of July,* i"\ these pursuits, no section on the Pacific Coast presents so sure be a fortune, for almost every piece. of Sil ver King Mine ; 1 while the method of Hamilton's death A.D.1U03. :. " • E. CASS, •51 Granite-l'oorman Mine and Mill 1 of New Jersey's convicts at Trenton have W. II. BRANDON, Agent. returns. The certainty of returns is based on a home market. quartz on it contains free gold. Slocan .lunetion.. 1 was under consideration. Some of the donned their new uniforms for the first :w Before coming up the owners of the Castlegar 1 mob wanted to torture him, but the time, the' stripes having been abolished Notice is hereby given that thirty (30) days claim panned a double handful of the dirt Fire Valley 1 original plan prevailed and it was decided after date I intend to apply to the chief ""V The men who work in the mines alwa}^ buy the best of every- V el ve t MI n e ...., 1 for suits of gray. The lockstep and close commissioner of lands and works fora special -*** alongside the vein after extracting all the Fairview und Hume Addition 1 to hang him. A black mask was put cropping of the convicts hair has been license to cut and carry away timber from the -. J gold visible by this process they roasted I'owder Point and Kokanee Creek 1 over Hamilton's head. It reached down following described land, situate in West Koot-> .••" thing. They will not purchase "case" eggs when they can get the residue and were astonished to see Procter and Balfour 1 to his shoulders. The rope was then done away with some time ago in New enay district, British Columbia. Commencing"- " Sirdar..- 1 Jersey prisorfe. at a post marked Ni W. corner post, planted on -' j them "fresh from the rauche." They will not purchase "cold several little beads of gold form on tlie Creston 1 placed about his neck and thrown over the south side of Summit creek, one hundred '. >> bottom of the pan. Kitchener 1 the guy wire. It was secured by many yards from the mouth: of the North Fork, and Some of the samples brought up have The delegates to the convention will nominate hands and the body lifted about four feet NEW YOHK, August 4.—Russel Sage, about about fourteen miles-from the mouth of storage" chickens, when they can get "spring broilers." They a candidate for the legislative assembly to con­ still the. largest loauer on Wall street, and said .Summit ereek, thence running south forty - ' , tbe gold associated with a fine-grained test Ymir election district in the interest of the off the ground. The man began to gasp (10) chains, thence cast one hundred and sixty- ,;J blueish mineral of an opaline cast which, Liberal-Conservative party. for breath, and his efforts were plainly aid to have more ready money than any (160) chains, thence north forty (40) chains,' 5,,/J will not purchase Washington fruit, when they can. buy-fruit is believed to be tellurium.. With a glass, The chairman and secretary of the public meet­ discernable a distance of two blocks. Af­ other individual in the street, today-cele­ tlienco-west one hundred and sixty (160) chains,-• >CV ings shall issue credentials to the delegates brated the eighty-seventh anniversary of o the place of beginning; containing six hun- ' ": grown in sight of the mines in which they work. And so and in some of the pieces of quartz, 'with elected. ter Hamilton's body had been held long dred and fortv (W0) acres. * G. M. BENNEY. . the naked eye, minute particles of gold Nelson Is fixed ns the pi nee of holding the con­ enough to make certain that he was dead, his birth. Dated June 29th, 1903. can be seen all through the stuff. vention, by request, because of its being more ac­ the rope was tied to a telegraph pole and through the list. Nelson has undertaken many things and cessible to all points thnn any place in the riding. The immense value of the new find has JOHN HOUSTON, : the body left suspended. The crowd, necesssitated the placing of a guard President of the Liberal-Conservative satisfied that he had breathed his last, carried them through successfully. Her people must not allow over the exposed part of the vein where Union of British Columbia. quietly dispersed and the streets were the new discovery was made and now two Dated at Nelson, Julv 25lh, 1U03. soon deserted. anything to interfere ••with making the first exhibition of the shifts of a couple of men each keep prow­ Agricultural and Industrial Association the greatest of these lers and specimen hunters within bounds. CONSERVATIVE PLATFORM. ROME August 4.—-Cardinal Macchi, _» \\ The place where the strike was made is secretary of apostolic briefs, announced *''KS,;;I about 300 feet from the railway, and the to the crowd assembled before St. Peter's 1 Oc For Three Monti•^/3i l [Adopted at Revelstoke, September 13th, 1902] successes.. vein bearing these heavy gold values that cardinal Sarto had been elected pope, 1. Thnt this convention reaffirms the policy of •J- ;_l crosses Lardo river. The river bottom has the party in matters of provincial roads und and that he had taken the name- of Pius ner, and Bailey, executive committee. A been staked and. several more claims up trails; the ownership and control of railways X. The troops on duty immediately . .'. Tally Boyce on Politics.. . the opposite mountain. and the development of the agricultural re­ nominating convention will bo held as sources of the province as laid down In the pint- lined up on the piaza and presented arms. Nanaimo Herald: ' 'How's politics!'' soon as arrangements can be perfected. It must not be supposed that the Lucky form adopted iu October, 18!)!), which is as fol­ At ten minutes after twelve this after­ The Saturday edition of The Nel: asked a Herald man of Tally Boyce, Jack is the only property getting rich gold lows: noon pope Pius X appeared inside the values. There are several claims lying " To actively aid in the construction of trails the genial secretary of the Liberal as­ NEW DENVER, Aug. 3.—-The Independ­ balcony of the basilica, and blessed the son Tribune will be sent for 1 Oc for sociation, last evening. between the Lucky Jack and the Gold throughout the undeveloped portions of thepro­ populace amidst the acclamations of the- ent Labor Party convention held here on Park that have remarkable showings of vince and the building of provincial trunk roads Mr. Boyce smiled a knowing smile as Saturday was attended by delegates from of public necessity. enormous crowd assembled upon the he replied: free gold. But the men owning these " To adopt the principles of government own­ piazza. THREE MONTHS from August Slocan City, Silverton, Sandon, Three properties, among whom are-Henry Mag­ ership of railways in so far as tlie circumstances "Politics, my boy, just at the present Forks, Nakusp and-New Denver. The of thc province will admit, and the adoption of time is a hard nut to crack. It puzzles nuson and Frank Carlson, are very cau­ the principle that no bonus should be granted to Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto was born at the best of them except, of course, those convention was most harmonious and re­ tious about exposing their veins, for the any railway company which does not give the Riese, province of Venice, June 18th, 1 st, 1903, to the address of any peiv who are in the know. sulted in the nomination of William reason that the moment a showing of any government of the provinco control of rates over 18.15. He was created cardinal and patri­ Davidson . of 'Sandon to contest Slocan value is obtained they have to mount lines bonused, together with the option of pur­ "Now Nanaimo looks like a three- riding in the interests of the Independent chase. arch of "Venice June 12th, 1893. He is son who is a registered voter in the cornered fight, don't it? Well, don't be guard over it. This is not because the " To actively assist liy state aid in the develop­ very learned in the ecclesiastical doc­ Labor Party. The platform adopted re­ men down there are more dishonest than ment of the agricultural resources of the pro­ too sure, my boy. The Socialists and iterates the cardinal principles of the vince. trines, is modest, energetic,' a good ad­ following named election districts: Conservatives' haven't been holding this anywhere else, but the crowd is thicken­ 2. That in the meantime and until the rail­ ministrator and organizer, and a patron party, demanding: ing and the specimen hunters are as thick way policy above set forth can be accomplished, little flirtation for nothing. These Tories •1. Signed resignation of nominee to be of the arts, and his seriousness always has say thy're going to bring out a candidate as bees, aud it would take but very few a general railway act bo passed, giving freedom been proverbial. Early in April pope Ymir, Kaslo, Slocan, Greenwood, placed in the hands of convention. visits of these men to account for many to construct railways under certain approved anyhow. Why don't they tell us who 2. Government ownership of railways. regulations, anulogous to the system that has re­ Leo, in a conversation with father Perosi, he will be? Very simple reason, my boy; dollar's worth of gold. Harry Sheran said sulted in such extensive railway construction in thc Italian composer, said in speaking of 3. Favors retention by the government he came onto one man who was digging the United States, wilh so much advantage to Grand Porks, Revelstoke, Columbia, they can't do it; simple reason for that of coal and oil lands. trade and commerce, cardinal Sarto: "Hold him very dear, again; because they ain't going to have a into his vein with his fingers and a pros­ 3. That to encourage the mining Industry, the Perosi, as in the future he will be able to candidate. 4. Restriction of Chinese. pecting pick, and while he was looking ou taxation of metalliferous mines should be on the Cranbrook, and Fernie. The Nelson 5. Municipal control pf the liquor traffic. basis of a percentiige on the net profits. do much for you. We firmly believe ho the man drew out several nuggets of gold. : "How do I know? There yon are again, 6. Woman's suffrage. 4., That the government ownership of tele will be oiu" successor, as he has been right at the point of commencement. As This was on Magnuson's claini. The parts phone systems should be brought about as a first known for many years as one of the Tribune is the only newspaper in I said before, Nanaimo looks like a Chi­ 7. Compulsory education, with free text of the vein prospected as soon as gold is step In the acquisition of public utilities. books, board, etc. found are immediately covered up. 5. That u portion of every coal area hereafter greatest preachers in tho church." nese puzzle; but there i.s a solution that S. Compulsory exercise of the franchise. to be disposed of should be reserved from sale or will work just like oil. lease, so that state owned mines may be easily DisNyEit, _ Colorado,_. August._!{.—Tho British Columbia that has, from _its___ ^JA__ne^lung_moi*e_I^caiu,tell .you. _A]L S). Exemption of producer and products ===N]3-"\v-Yo'KKT=Augustr_6f-^A=special=cable= illceessible^l^lllC•ir•opcrutibli^Bdcdmes^iceesSl_ry" Citizens' Alliance has issued a call for a JI i= "of producer frohTfaxTttibif: or advisable. these jay reporters who get special dis­ 10. Compulsory arbitration. despatch from Rome to the Tribune says: 0. That in Ihe pulp land leases provision mass meeting at the Denver Chamber of first issue, steadfastly stood for patches announcing the next candidate 11. Adoption of initiative and refer­ "It is learned from an authorative source should be made for reforesting and that stops Caniiuercc for tonight, with the implied for Nanaimo are away up a tree. These that the much talked of right of veto in should be taken for the general preservation of understanding that action will bo taken endum. forests by guarding iigiiinst the wasteful destruc­ Protection, and has always main­ dispatches are written right here in Na­ The nominee, William Davidson, is a the conclave, by many considered uo longer tion of timber. to run out of town certain agitators, who naimo and wouldn't deceive a kitten. a right because it had fallen into disuse, 7 That the legislature and government of the have been conspicuous in the recent labor "That's one point; another point is tho miner, and Avas working at the Last province should persevere iu thu effort lo secure Chance mine when it closed down some was actually used by Austria. On Sun­ the exclusion of Asiatic labor. troubles- in Denver. The printers' union tained that the people of the mining Liberals are going to elect their man mouths ago. He is highly spoken of by day cardinal Rampolla stood far ahead of S. That the matter »f better terms in the way at yesterday's meeting expressed the in­ right here in Nanaimo. No; I don't all others on the ballots aud would Have of subsidy and appropriations for ihe province tention of its members to oppose the Al­ know who he will be; it don't matter. those who know hhn, and should poll the .should be vigorously pressed upon the Dominion districts ofBritish Columbia should strength of his party. been elected, when suddenly the conclave government. liance to the utmost. Tlie resolutions of He'll be elected, that's sure. Also, the was thunderstruck by receiving a tele­ It. Thut the sllver-lcud industries of the pro­ tho printers state that tlie attitude of the Liberals will probably hold a meeting vince be fostered und i-ncoiimgc-d by tho imposi­ The Liberal-Conservatives of Nelson ore gram fr:)in emperor Francis Joseph, say­ Alliance i.s fraught wilh peril to the have the same Protection as is next Saturday night to put the finishing ing that he exercised his veto absolutely tion of increased eiiftuins duties on lead and liberty of the people awl is nn inceiilivp touches on the voters' list and talk mat­ not likely to pay much heed to the va­ lead products imported Into Canada, and that poring* of the Rossland Miner. The edi­ against cardinal Ranipolla. The greater the Conservative imniliers of the Dominion to lawlessness. The Typographical union given the people of other sections ters over generally. part of the sacred college was much irri­ House be urged to support any motion lnlro- condemns such steps as outrageous and "We're going to have a nice time, all tor of that newspaper wa.s a resident of diu-ed for such a imrpn.M-. Nelson in 1-97, aud edited the Nelson tated, especially the French cardinals, Id. That us IndiistrlMl disputes almost Invari­ uiiiirchistic- in the extreme, concluding as right. As I said beforo, Nanaimo is a who declared that they would not recog­ ably result In great I.issaiid Injury both to the follows: "Resolved, that we warn mem­ of Canada. The Nelson Tribune hard nut to crack, but there's a good, rich Miner during Nelson's first municipal panics directly coiiccnn-d and lo the public, leg­ campaign. Hisvaporings then, as they nize the veto. But a night's rest brought islation should be pns-cd lo lirovldc means fur bers of the Denver Citizens' Alliance kernel in thnt nut, aud ninybo the result better counsels, and the conclave decided against taking such action, because of the will surprise you; see?" will now, disgusted even those who were an amicable adjustment of such disputes bet ween also stands for,the up-building of politically opposed to the man they were that in the present position of the church employers and employees. consequences that will occur; and fur­ And with a wave of the hand the jovial in France, the holy see could not fail to II. I'lial il is advlsi'i'ilc to foster the iiiiiiiufac ther warn them that members of organ­ secretary walked away, leaving the re­ directed against. Nelson's two daily lure of the raw ptudiiiis of thu province within newspapers are not interfering in tho af­ give heed to the protest. It was thought tin- province as far ns practicable by means of ized labor will be assoeiiitcd in such a Kootenay as against the up-build­ porter rather dazed to know what was at that the Austrian emperor's despatch tiiMitiuii on the said raw products, subject to manner us to protect themselves to the the bottom of it all. fairs of Rossland's politicians, as they be­ rebate of the same In w hole or part when manu­ lieve that the people ofD each riding are might have been the result of the joint factured In illltish Columbia. fullest extent." ing of localities in the state of Victoria Colonist: "That was a great well able to take care of themselves. The wishes of the triple alliance. This did note you had iu about Joe Martin, yester­ Rossland Miner has no political status in uot, however, allay the irritation of Euwooi), N.W.T., August 4.—A start­ Washington. Every ton of ore day," a local Liberal remarked to a Colo­ Rossland, where it is well known, and its France, which found itself powerless. Certificate of Improvements. ling report reached here today. It staled nist reporter yesterday. ' 'It hit close to effort to lead public opinion outside of NOTICE. e that a timekeeper, named VanAlstyne, SKATTIJ", the bull's eye. He's keeping us all guess­ Rossland is absurd. August G.—A.s a direct result Mulwauz, Wolf, Put nnd Mike mineral claims, employed at a Canadian Northern con­ mined in Kootenay and the Bound­ ing, is Joe. I'd give something myself to of the treasury department's recent ruling .situate in the Nelson Miiiiin;- division of West struction camp, (i0 iniles west of here, know what he's really up to. Do you Duncan Ross of Greenwood, secretary- permitting American salmon packers to Kootenay district. Where located: Near junc­ recover a drawback on duties paid on for­ tion of Vtolf und Sheep'-reeks. shot aud killed a man. Upon further in­ ary and smelted and refined in Brit­ know, scribe, when the Liberals of British treasurer of the Interior District" Grit Take notice that we, The Yellowstone Mines, vestigation it was learned that it wa.s a Columbia turned down Joe Martin, they Council, returned last week from his or­ eign fish caught for export, thc Canadian Limited, free miller's n-rtiflcute Xo. iiS0,8U>. In­ canners have sought a truce iu the war­ tend, sixty days from the date hereof, loupply to row between a gang of Galncian hi borers, ish Columbia means work for men literally knocked the brains out of the ganizing vacation in the Similkameen. the mining recorder I"" eerlltieules of improve­ who wanted their time checks, which wa.s party." He reports having organized several strong fare going on near the border waters. A ments, for the purpose of obtaining crown grants "But," protested the reporter, "surely associations. He lost his geographical lo­ conference has just been held here be­ of the above claims. refused by VanAlstyne. The laborers as­ who would live in British Columbia, there is plenty of good brains left iu the cation of the country, drifted across the tween J.A. Russell of Vancouver, British An further take notln- that action, under sec­ sumed a threatening attitude, and Van­ tion :i", must be coniin--ui-ed before the issuance Alstyne, in self-defence tired into the Liberal party yet!" the line, organized a Liberal association Columbia, and T.B. McGovern of the Pa­ of .such certificates of improvements, "TJni—well, yes; but, dash it all, they're at Molson, Washington, and as he wa.s cific Packing & Navigation Company, at Dated this 3rd dm* oi'.liine, l!H)3. crowd, killing one of their number. Van­ and who would spend a portion of the fried and breaded sort!" about to bombard Bolster, was called which it was agreed that the Canadians Alstyne litis loft camp and the polico have down by the American oilicers, who told would cease fishing iu American waters not been able to apprehend him. their wages in building and furnish­ Ymir riding Liberals will hold a nomi­ him they did not want any Clan-na-gael and buying American fish, aud the Amor- Certificate of Improvements. societies over there. nating convention at Fairview an Mon­ cans, so far a.s the salmon combine is con­ Nol " ICE. Nr.w YOHIC, August 7.—Count Mucci- ing homes in towns in British Col­ day next. Delegates have been appointed cerned, will keep out of Canadian waters. lien Hur, Salisbury . and Marringtoii mineral oli, of the noble guard, who was cardinal as follows: Trail 4, Fairview 4, Ymir IS, Slocan riding has two candidates nomi­ The Canadians for years have encouraged claims, situate in the Nelson mining division of West Kootenay dist nil. Where located: On Sarto's attendant during the conclave, Salmo 2, and one each from Patterson, nated. R. A. Bradshaw of Slocan City, fishing in American waters for the can­ Tumiiruc mountain. hits been one of Associated Press staff cor­ umbia. The Nelson Tribune also Castlegar, Silver King mine, Hall Siding, Liberal, and William Davidson of San­ neries, but the duty on .salmon prevented Take notice that I, •I , A. Kirk,acting as agent Arlington mine, Waneta, Prootor-Balfour, don, Independent Labor. Thc Conserva­ retaliation by the Americans. With the for John Dean, freem i iiri's cert ill cute No. it ->7,.*i01, respondents at the. vatic-tin for several tives will hold their nominating conven­ intend, sixty days I'm in [lie date hereof, to apply years. He i.s well known in America, stands for equal rights in provincial Sirdar, Kitchener, Fern mine, Ymir mine, drawback allowed by the treasury, the to the mining recorili- rfi in-crl Hi cutcs of iniprove- Kootenay - Columbia mine, Athabasca- tion at New Denver on the loth, when it Americans wero put iu a position to re­ incuts, for the purpos* • of obtaining crown grants having married an American wife and Venus mine, Second Relief mine, and is likely that William Hunter of Silverton taliate. of the above claims. frequently visited this country. politics, believing that British Col­ will be nominated. And further take tie.ne e that action, under sec- Erie—29 in all. tion 87, must be coin" .•ii'-ed before the issuance Nicw YORK, August 0.—The stock mar­ of such certificates of improvements. LONDON, August ii.—Whittulcer Wright, umbia as a whole cannot be best The Liberal-Conservatives of Barker The Nelson Daily News says thc coun­ Dated this 1st dav o August, A. D., l'.HW. the arrested promoter and director of the ket opened rather excited today find there J. A. KIRK. ville, in Cariboo district, have organized a try is prosperous because of the Liberal London «fc Globe Corporation of Loudon, Conservative association with Charles Wil­ party being in power at Ottawa. The were wide declines in the number of governed by men who are all from son as honorary president; James Cham­ Nelson Daily News views "prosperity" securities, caused presumably by fears of FOR SALE the hearing of whose case was yesterday pion, president; S.A.Rogers, first vice- through colored glasses siuce its publisher failures. After the first few minutes adjourned to August 24th, is still in Brex- trading it became apparent that support­ ILL. Lindsay of K«-l" is offering for the bul- ton jail, some of the proposed sureties for one town or one section of the prov- president; George Clark, second vice- drew that $6000 and expenses for 300 days iinee of this month In-1"""- livery business and president; H. H. Narraway, secretary- work as secretary of the Chinese commis­ ing orders in the market leaders had been liouse and lot in coinu'1'!'"" for less than one- his bail of *250,000 uot having yet beeu treasurer, and Messrs. Champion, Bon- sion. placed, and the tone became steadier. lnilf Its value. I1K0 buys lue whole outfit. approved. ince. The Nelson Tribune

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- Booksellers and EXCURSION Stationers Fruit Season Is now in full swing, and preserving will be HARDWARE TO cArtists' Materials Poplar Creek Gold Fields Engineering and Mining general iu a few days. We have contracted to Books handle the entire output of strawberries from Typewriters one of the best ranches in the district, aud Tinware aud Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Portland Cement, cMimeographs SUNDAY will receive large consignments fresh each Graniteware T-Rails, Ore Cars, Sheet Steel, Crescent, 'Photographic Supplies Stoves and Acgost 9th SMusical Instruments morning. Our prices will be right, and our Ranges Canton and Jessop's Drill Steel : : : : : fruit the best on the market. We have just 0)0(0 BAKER ST. INEiUSOlN Canadian Pacific Ry Morley & Co, Nelson, B+C received a large consignment of Self-Sealers in all sizes, which will go at low prices. 0)0(0 THE TOWN AND THE DISTRICT. SS. KOKANEE 0)0(0 Iu Ymir riding, the towns aud huuilets that take Nelson as a center have regis­ Leave Nelson 8 a.m., Procter wow tered 404 names; the towns and miues J. A. KIRKPATRICK & CO;, Ld. 9:15, Ainsworth 10, Kaslo n. south of Nelsou -with Ymir as a center Kootenay Coffee Co. registered 301 names*, aud the city of Trail , , 3 9^ ?9^P^R P9A. 0. Box 1SI! . Edward Becker, who wa.s for a long J. A. IRVING & CO. time foreman at the Idaho mine, iu tlie SI. A Gilker's! .Slocan, is iu Nelson, on his return from a ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Houston Block, Nelson. Groceries and Provisions Rossland •nine-months' trip through the States. ' The funeral of the late Thomas Hyland will be from the Catholic church on Mon­ Job \yhoiesaie Provisions day morning at 9 o'clock. Summer James Bowes of Silverton was iu the West Kootenay Butcher Company Produce and Fruits city this morning, and went homo on the Fresh and Salted Meats. Fish and Poultry in Season. Starkey & Co. 9, o'clock train. Printing Carnival j TODAY'S METAL QUOTATIONS. ORDERS HY MAIL receive prompt E. C TRAVES, IVi 1111 tiger R. A. Rogers «& Co., Ld., Winnipeg and careful attention. K:\V.C. Block, Nelson NEW YORK. Represent!ns ^ iv. K. F'-air-foa.n.c Co., » Montreal Lead ':....*l 10 We Use Gumption as Simcoe Canning Co., - Simcoe Tuesday and Wednesday Silver 517-8 SA^A»VVS^V*vV*VS .Casting copper 12 l-I well as the best papers •••••••••••••••••••••••••• LONDON. AUGUST 25-26 Silver 25 3-8il aud inks in the execu­ : Office and Warehouse, T,ead £11 Josephine Street INelson, B.C. Under auspices of the Mayor and City Council tion of your orders— PATRONS: The Brotherhood of Hallway Train­ they will.not be mis- men and Uossland Miners' Union, No. '18, W.F.M. •••••••••••••••••-••»•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Sewing Machines,»'Pianos +• understood. Quick dis- ^ i FOR RENT aud FOR SALE patch giveii out-of-town work. I Gf if fin Famjy Select Eggs I On and afler Saturday this spaeo $5000 IN PRIZES J e r et Old Curiosity Shop, Te^ !! c. will he occupied by illustrated ad­ i: are tlie best on the market—equal to X vertisements of the Kootenay Steam Lauudrv. BIG HORN . Brand the so-called fresh"ranche. * Grand parade, lacros.se and baseball tourna­ BRAND ments', firemen's competitions, tugs-of-war, horse REISTERER & C2 racing, boxing and wrestling contests, athletic W*E JONES sports of all kinds, machine and double and sin­ Madden Building NELSON, H.C. gle hand drilling, and speed exhibition by tlie O. Y* Griffin & Co., Limited. | guidless wonder, Dr. M., grand ball, magnificent BREWERS pyrotechnic display and performances by the OF Anion |. . NELSON, B. C. . I Kosslaml Dramatic club. Kailway rate less than LAGER BEER AND PORTER Overalls* one fare for the round trip. Further particulars »!>'»•'•'••»••••••••»•»••*••»•••••»••••••••••••»•••••»••••• from ROSSER'S A. J. DREWRY, Secy. Tut up in Packages to Suit the Trade P ***** Sbfrts,* Brewery and Office:! Latimer Street, Nelson, H.C. Second Hand Store and WE MANUFACTURE P. Burns & Co. S30 Water St. Telephone 146 China Hall Shirts, Cooks' Aprons and ** ''", The Overalls, Caps, »•."•''.- Wholesale and Retail New and Second Hand Goods of every descrip­ INELSON tion bought and sold. Call in and look over Denim Pants, Carpenters' Aprons, the stock before sending east for anything. Gait Coal Tweed Pants, Walters' Aprons, Meat Merchants STEAM And Wood of All Kinds Cottonade Pants, Painters' and Plas- Terms Spot Cash Jumpers, terers' Overalls, ''"Head Office and Cold Storage Plant at INelson. WESTERN CANADIAN EMPLOYMENT Palm LAUNDRY AGENCY Blouses, Mackinaw Coats, BB"ANCH MARKETS at Kaslo, Ymir, Sandon, Silverton, Revelstoke, New Denver, Cascade, Trail, Engineers'Jackets, Mackinaw Pants, -Grand Forks, Greenwood, Midway, I'lioenix, Rossland, Slocan City, Moyie, Cranbrook Work done by hand or machine, and on short W. F>. TIERNEY Walters' Jackets, Tarpaulins, Fernie and Macleod. notice. Delivery wagon calls for and delivers Goods Rented Telephone 205 Baker Street Barbers' Jackets, Dunnage Bags, Fruit and Vegetables of nil Kind work every day in the week. .',- ' _ '.: ' NELSOX BRANCH MARKET, BURNS BLOCK, BAKER STREET first-Class Warehouse Gingham Jackets, Horse Blankets, Fresh Trout and Canned Goods Mission Flannel Tents, Orders'by mail to any Branch will receive prompt and careful attention. Blankets,-Flannels, Curtains, etc., a specialty. POP Storage Dyeing and Cleaning also done. Outside orders Underwear, Etc., Btc, Etc. ^ promptly attended to. ./ Baker Street, West, Soda Fountain 'PAUli-ISIPOUli-I'roprietor^^l'iO.^Box'^S^ „Ne.\.Uto-a_'.K.^ricket-OmRc We carry a very large Phone 2G1A P.O. Ilox 588 •1 4 I Stock of • '^ Tlie Latest Patterns. Ice Cream Parlor g BAKER STREET, NELSON TURNER, REETON & GO, LIMITED, ! Come and make your choice ' Before House Cleaning: Linoleums COLD MEATS AND COOKED HAM WHOLESALE MERCHANTS • If you are going fishing or picnlcing call HAMMOCKS UNDER OLD MANAGEMENT on us for a lunch. cArthur Gee Warehouses, Wharf Street X RATES $1.00 PER DAY Factory, 1 Bastion Street SEE OUR GO-CARTS What Is summer without a Hammock? • All prices. We can suit you. • cMerchant Tailor -VICTORIA, B.C. Bunyan & Longhurst \, The Dining Room is unsurpassed and the Tremont Illock linker Street Bedrooms arc the best In Nelson. The Bar Is ••••••••••••••••** •••••••i• K.W.C. Block, Ward St., Nelson. We are showing a splendid line D. Mc ARTHUR & CO. at exceptionally low prices stocked with good Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Furniture Dealers and Undertakers CHOICE SPRING Ivlactden House 1 Dozen Slat Hammocks SUMMER GOODS Tremont House Drink Regular $2.25, while they last, THOMAS MADDKN Cash Advanced on Consignments Latest Cut Latest Styles I'ltUI'KIKTOK European and American l'lan Meals 25 cts. Rooms from 25 els. lo **1. Centrally Localed Electric Llghte THORPES At $1.25 Each Only While Help 'employed. Frank Fletcher HEADQUARTERS FOR TOURISTS AND Will Last for Years MALONE •& TREGILLUS acob Green & Co* LITHIA PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR OLD TIMERS Baker St., Nelson Proprietors Lands and Mineral Claims Surveyed Auctioneers, Appraisers, Valuators Canada Drug and Book Co's Stores and Crown Granted Baker and Ward Streets Nelson, B. C. WA1ER UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT,' General Commission Agents I'.O. Ilox fll-3 Ollice: Kootenay St., Nelson Every small bottle contains five grains Certificate of Improvements. of Lithia Carbonate Corner of Baker and Josephine Street. NELSON, B. C. NOTICE. JOHN HEPBURN Queen's Hotel Hen Hur, Salisbury, and Warrington mineral Hotel Phair Baker Street, Nelson. B. C. claims, situate in the Nelson mining division of BUILDER AISD West Kootenay district. Where located: On CONTRACTOR |B. TorviKirN-s; Lighted by Electricity and GELIGNITE The strongest and best Explosive on the Market Geo. M. Gunn Tainnriu: mountain. Jobbing work done Estimates given Heated by Hot Air Take notice that I, J. A. Kirk, acting us agent MANAGER Manufactured] Maker of first-class hand-made Hoots and for John Dean, freeiiiiiier'scertlllcatcNo.iiriT.'iOl, By tlie Shoes. Repairing neatly and promptly Intend, sixty days from tlie date hereof, to apply SHOP RKSIDENUE Hamilton Powder Company done. Satisfaction guaranteed in all work to the mining recorderforeerUllcntesof Improve­ Behind new postolllee Cor. Front nnd Willow The Leading Hotel of the Kootenays Manufacturers of ments, for the purpose of obtaining crown grunts NELSON- Good Sample Rooms Large and Comfortable Bedrooms and First- GEO. C. TUNSTALL, IR. Wiii-cl St. next new postnlllce bid INelson of the above claims. Special Rates to Commercial Men class Dining Room. Sample Rooms for Commer­ District Mgr., Nelson, B.C. High Grade Explosives, Sporting, Mining and Blasting Powder And further lake notice that action, under sec­ tion :I7, must be commenced before the issuance JUST ARRIVED cial Men. of such certificates of Improvements. RATES ?2 PER DAY Brydges, Blakemore & Cameron, Ltd. Dated this 1st dav of August, A. II., unci. Corner Stanley and Victoria Streets, Nelson, B.C. SIVIOKE • • T°ckett Ciga^_ Co's $ Monogram •I. A. KIRK. T f^e-al Estate aim; MRS. E. C. CLARKE, Proprietress Union Label Cigars / Marguerite Notice Prospecting Licence, New Spring Goods General Agents White Help Only Employed OF THE LATEST FASHIONS Lakeview Hotel Notice is hereby giveii Unit,!«' 'lays after date, The Best George E. Tuckett's Cigarettes j Karnack .lOSEI'HINF. STREET. NELSON. H.C 1 Intend to applv to the chief conimissiiinor of Bartlett lands and works and assistant ciuiimlssioner Corner Vernon and Hall Streets, Dollar-a-Day House Only Unlon-lVlude Cigarette in Canada ( i. & J3. NELSON, B. C. in Nelson nf lamia and works for the district of l*nst l'(,ot- Scotch Tweeds, Landslide, Strathcoua LABOR UINIOINS. emiv for alicense to prospect for coal und petro­ House The Bar Is the Finest leum upon the following described binds: and Belwurp Serjres. A fine Hue Situate in Southeast Kootenay, wcsl of the of Puuriugs of tlie Litest .styles Josephine St., GEO. W. BARTLETT,. NELSON MINERS' UNION, No. !><*, W. F. M.~ I'latliead river, seven miles nortli uf interna­ BEST DOLLAR-A-DAY HOUSE IN NELSON Nelson, H. C. Proprietor .Meets every Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in tional boundrv, commencing at a post marked w. j. MCMILLAN & co. Miners' Union Hull, northwest corner Baker "S. I*. Morrow's northeast corner post." thenee Prices to suit the times. Call and see them. NO CHINESE EMPLOYED and Stanlev streets. Wage scale for Nelson dis­ 8(1 chains south; thence 80 eliai lis west, tlience 81) SITUATION WANTED trict: Machine miners, $H.r>0; liammersnien, chains north; thence80 chains east; to tl,t. ]„,st WHOLESALE GROCERS $3._">; mine laborers, *?:i. .1. W. Sinclair, presi­ of commencement; containing lllo acres inure or John Smallwood WANTED-Situation as cook, in either small dent; Frank Phillips, secretary. Visiting breth­ less. S. K. MORROW, Locator. hotel or boarding liouse. Address "Cook," Tri­ 1UIJ:) Ward Street MEKOHANT TAILOR Agents for British Columbia. Vancouver, B.C ren cordially invited. Dated this 10th dav of J»l>*> ' August Thomas, Proprietor bune office, Nelsou.