COAL. COAL. HALL * WALKER FURNITURE Wellington Colliery MOVED. STORED. SHIPPED. We have a firm-clan* and up-to- Co. date Furniture and Piano Moving laSS GOVERNMENT ST. PADDED VAN. Phone Phone S3 Burt's Wood Yard Phone HIM. 51 PANDORA AYR. VOL. 47 VICTORIA, B. 0., SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1909. No. 61 vards, where his liking for vivid cloth­ ing attracted attention. Three years EMPIRE TRADE, SLAIN BY MEN ago the young man figured In a sen­ sational duel. He challenged a profes­ London, March 13.-Speaking of the PROROGATION sional swordsman as a result of a cafe MfwSV development of empire trade at the HE WAS PURSUING quarrel, but the swordsman refused to t LICKED \ s , - Royal Colonial Institute yesterday. light on the ground that Ravenex had if Ht I /Wt LL FIX -Benjamin H. Morgan said one bar to OF LEGISLATURE not yet reached his majority. Un­ ?So'LlTUV [ HIM Htxr progress wa* In the self-governing NEW YORK DETECTIVE daunted, Ravenes issued a challenge e5*uf./ \ TtRM colonies. In India there were consider­ naming the date when he was 18 years ably over 1,500 paid representatives of foreign nation» who kept their govern­ MANY BILLS RECEIVE ’ MEETS DEATH AT PALERMO old, and he devoted the intervening time to vigorous training. When he ments posted regarding openings for finally did meet his adversary on the trade, while Great Britain had less THE ROYAL ASSENT Held, th<* conteèt was of the fiercest than ten. The time had come when character, and it ended by Ravenes Britain should make It her business to Assassination Believed to Have establish and maintain cheap rapid plunging his sword eight inches Into Third Session of Eleventh Leg­ Been Work of “Black his opponent’s body. transport by rail and sea. W. E. Turn- bull,-of Cnrmdn, *[mkr of British mer­ islature Ends Quietly— Hand.” chants’ lack of enterprise in opening new markets. His Honor’s Speech. New York, March 11—Lieutenant CITY’S WATER IK eiHWtno. hWHi-JPt.. UwUUU*». ON GREAT UKES Legislative Pres* Gallery, March 12. | Bwesm tit* -New- - York. Pollva -De- partment, yesterday was assassinated BILL MADE the lteut.-governor, attended by his In Palermo, Sicily, according to a spe- SYNDICATE TO ACQUIRE private secretary, and escorted by Mr. h.! gMUttBWk ,$R».W-Mf5tiflU6Vi vSpeaker ,g*t Eberts and the%•••?., •_sepgeant-at- day. The assassins, the dispatch saÿs, NUMBER "OF VESSELS ONLY NINE MEMBERS arms, entered the legislative assembly are unknown. chamber and prorogued the third sem- Lieutenant Petroslno went to Italy VOTED AGAINST IT slon of, the eleventh legislature of on a special mission to Investigate the British Columbia. so-called ‘ Black Hand” with a view to Detroit Free Press Announces All the members of the Houae were bringing about better protection for Important Project in Inland present and the galleries were filled peace-abiding Italians In this country-. Council Passes Vote of Thanks with cl risen» who had gathered ta see Petroslno was the “Black Hand" ex­ Waterways. the last ceremonies. These were plain pert at the New York police depart­ -------to Mayor Hall for uud democratic enough to suit anyone. ment and the terror of Italian crim­ Ills honor attended without any cere­ inals. It Is said that he had more Services, mony and the whole thing wa» over In convictions fof murder to his credit Detroit, Mich . Marc h 13 —The Free le** than ten minutes. than any five policemen connected Press to-day says that the owners and The House met soon after 8 o’clock with the detective bureau. In his managers of fifty of the largest lum­ and finished up some loose end» of » work; it was only natural that he tn- One of the final acts of the legisla­ ber-carrying - vessels -twr the (Treat business which remained. Thl* done 1 culred the enmity of all Italian crim­ ture was the passing of the bill which the House took a recess until hta honor Lakes have agreed to sell their boats inals, and the report of his death in OFF FOR THE VACATION. confirms to the city Its rights and arrived. Italy teathr to the belief that at last to a corporation now in process of power* under the Victoria Waterworks Mr. Speaker Ebert* called the at­ he fell a victim to those whom be6had formation, which will own and operate The Sc hoolmaster—"Laws ha’ mercy That bunch from the Boss land Cross Roads and the Delta Concession Act of 1673. This closes a long dis­ tention of the Houhc to the fact that so refitittfesslj proaecutedi _ -v fifty to sixty per cent of the lumber had me almost rraxy." pute, and Is looked upon by the mem­ last session a committee on the rules He went to Italy more than a year carriers of the, lakes. ber* as a fair settlement. After the of the House had been appointed and ago to work on a plan suggested by Many prominent members of the drafting of the amendment, agreed to as they were not ready to report he Police Commissioner Bingham' the ob­ by the city, outlining the terms upon asked for a morion continuing them Lumber Carriers’ Association have MINERS AND OPERATORS ject of which was to be the adoption j SERVIA PURCHASING which the property of the Esquimau in their duties until next session. of means to check the tide of unde-! ****** tn Detroit, for two weeks. aM ARE “STANDING PAT” Waterworks Cumpany may be expro­ The necessary motion" was “mad* by sirable Italians and Sicilians to this preliminary arrangements for the or- SERIOUS ’QUAKES MUNITIONS OF WAR priated, there was no longer any' ser­ A. E. Mt Phillips. country and particularly V> New York I ganixatlon of the corporation were LOCATION UNKNOWN ious opposition to the bill. J. H. Hawthornthwalte did not see city. i * impie ted st b two days’ conference, When the bill was taken up In the any need for any alteration in the A native of Italy, and a man of great which ended here yesterday. The Unlikely to Be Shut-down of afternoon H. B. Thomson, who was In rules. jtf Experience on the local police force, values of the fifty vessels to be pur­ Pessimistic Feeling Prevails charge of It, had a few small changes John Oliver expressed himself a«* ' Petroslno was the best all round man Manila, Marchh lS.r-Th. local chased at once hat^ been mutually Anthracite Properties in seismograph rcorded a made In the new section» which have I-erfectly satisfied with the rule* in to accomplish the mission. A private agreed upon as approximately $850.000. Regarding Outcome of 'quakes continuous^uoust^ fromfror 7.1 been added to the bill, and these stand existence, which he considered a rea­ subscription was started and $30.000 The neW corporation wtl| probably be Pennsylvania. ‘ I in the following form : y sonable medium between the "loose ir­ was raised. With this, to defray the to 9.36 o'clock this morning. Balkan Deadlock. capita Used at tl.6Q6.OOQ.. but the name It wao estimated that the ' ‘Provided that the commissioner regularity" of the Ottawa rules and expense of the undertaking. Petroslno W tBe new concern. Its capitalisation shall not enter upon. take, or appro­ the closure of the Brttlsh House. There left for his native land to establish region of the disturbance was and the selection of director» will be 16,00b kilometres distance. _ priate any of the lands, waters, rights wa» no need for à closure here. In a bureaus through which it was hoped matters to be brought up at a meeting Philadelphia, Pa.. March IS.—The full Berlin, March 13.—A more pessimis­ or privilege* of the Esquimau Water­ House of forty-two members, and that to keep such complete records that the to be held next week, probably in De­ membership of the executive board of tic feeling prevails In official circles works Company without. If that com­ the opposition had ample opportunity news of the departure from Italy or. troit. It Is aaid that the Hines and the three anthracite district» of the to-day regarding the outcome of the pany so require*, taking, appropriai to exercise Its rights was shown by Sicily of any c riminals could be Blogstt fleets, which figure prominent­ United Mine Workers of America went negotiations between Austria-Hungary Ing ami purchasing the whole under- ' tha successful obstructive tactics of flashed to this country almost imme- ly in the project, move 200,000.000 feet ,’nto ee.**i«m# to-day to receive and act and Servi*. taking of the said company; and the Monday, which had won for the peo­ • diately. so that the authorities here of timber In an average season. The upon the report of the sub-committee, The Servian government has bought price or compensation to be paid by the ple their rights In matter» of tha fran­ could be on the alert and prevent consolidation »f Interests Is expected to w hich had been In conference with the chise. RUSSIA’S EAGLE a large quantity of gunpowder from a «rid corporation to the said company their lending or place them under ar­ effect a considerable saving In Insur­ operators for two days, trying to ar­ for the value of the property »o pur­ The motion passed and the commit­ rest. Saxon factory for Immediate delivery, ance charges and expenses of manage­ range a working agreement to go into chased, taken or appropriated shall. In tee was continued. effect on April 1st. and has placed an order for half a Petroslno was so accustomed to re­ ment.