RECARD FOR LAW

Its Display in the Labor Dispute Grat-
ifles Mr. Clute.

cOOD OMEN FOR PEACE

Before Leaving for the Coast, the Commis-
sioner Congratulated Miners ond Mine
Owners on Cordis! Relations and Reapeot
for Esch Other's Rights.

R. C. Clute, Esq., Q. C., the
Domini eral appointed
to investigate the workings of the
labor law in British Columbia, and
his secretary, Mr. Harris, left this
morning for Spokane, having
completed their work in the Koote-
nay and Boundary country. Before
leaving, Mr. Clute sent the follow-
ing communication to the editor of
the Recorp for publication:

“Dear Sir—I am asked to give
my views on the conditions as they
affect mining interests in Southern
British Columbia. This, it will
readily be seen, I am not at liberty
to do,even if I had formed opinions.
I may, however, take this oppor-
tunity to thank the owners and
their representatives and the officers
of the Miners’ unions for their as-
sistance so cheerfully rendered,
which has greatly facilitated my
work, and I am also glad to learn
of the cordial relations which exist
between the owners and the men,
notwithstanding their different
views in relation to wages which
exist in some of the camps. I am
especially pleased that all recognize
the sacredness of person, property
and individual rights as they exist
under British law. This is a matter
vital to the well-being of every man,
whether he be owner. or workman,
within the mining districts of South-
ern British Columbia, In my judg-
ment,the recognition of these rights
as an absolute necessity to insure
the future prosperity and well-being
of the community; that the law can-
not and will not tolerate any inter-
ference with these rights; and it is
a great satisfaction to me to feel,

Patrick Joseph Russell, of the city of Nel-
son, British Columbia. merchant, in trust
to pay off the debts and liabilities of the
said debtors respectively, rateably and pro-
portionately and without preference or pri-
ority. The suid deed was executed x the

W. Bulmer, Jumes A. Webb

‘All parsons having claims against the
said Bulmer, ure re-
quired on or before the 10t! January,
1900, to deliver to the trustec’ vouchers and
particulars of the same duly verified by
statutory declaration together with partic-
ulars of’any security which may be held by
them; and all persons indebted to the sald
Bulmer, Webb & Company are required to
pay the amounts to the said assiguee forth
with. And notice is hereby given that
after the said 10th day of January, 1900,
the trustee will proceed te distribute the
assets among thoze parties whe are entitled
thereto, having regard only to the claims of
whch he shall have had due notice.

‘Ameeting of the creditors will be held at
the law offices of Daly & Hamilton, Bank
of Montreal chambers, Columbia avenue.
Rossland, B, C., on Friday the 15:h day of
cember, A. D. 1899, at the hour of four
"clock in the afternoon.

Dated at Rossland, B. C., this 20th day of
November, A. D. U

Daty & Haminton,

Solicitors for the trustee.

NOTICE.

November 6th, 1899.
Initial post S. W. corner of Oliver M. Har-
ris’ mineral claim.
NOTICE is hereby given that 30 days after
dute I intend to apply to the Chief
Commissioner of Land and Works for per-
mission to purchase the followed described

and.
‘Commencing at the post, thence north 40
chains, thence east 40 chains, thence south
40 chains, thence west 40chains to the place
of beginning; said land being on Midge aad
Uughs creeks, Goat River mining division
of West Kootenay, and containing 160
acres.

Oxiver M. Harris,
Young & Burnett, Rossland, B.C.

Rossland, B.C.

NOTICE.

Tho Kettle River Mining and Development

N meeting
River Mining a
Limited Liabil
s my)

“Te autliorize such other resolutions as_may

:
beldeemed advisable forthe carrying out, in any
other manner or method the intent of the last
mentioned resolutions. nthe

Slo authorize the execution by the Directors
on behalf of the sharchoiders of the Company, of a
femorandum of Association, lor the objects speci
fied in such resolutions, or to authorize such Di-
Fectors to do all other necessary acts, matters or
things tor the. carrying of such resolutions into
cflect, or for the purpose. of complying with sec-
tion sof the Companies Act 1897,

Dated at the city of Rossland, B. G., this uth
day of December, 1899,

& THORNTON LANGLEY,

Sec-Treas, of tse Kettle River Mining and. Devel-

‘opment Company, Of B Cu Limited Liability

NOTICE,

Notice is hereby giveu tbat licati
will be made to the? eeRembly

ROSSLAND RVENING RECORD, DLCRMBER 26, 1899,

NOTICE,

NOTicH ts hereby given that 60 days

after date [| intend to apply to the

Chief Cotnmisutoner of, Lands and W orks
rehage th

nnd twenty nores Shand in the Ainswor''

u thence wi
thenca north 160 chains to the place of com-
Mencement.
‘This notice was posted the Mth day of
1, 1899.

Tuomas Hannis,
Young & Burnet of Kaslo, B. 0.
Rosstand, 1 0.

NOTICE.
‘The British Columbia Southern Railway com.
pany will apply to the Parilament of Canada at its
t authorizing the compan:

s
at ornear ‘the forks of Michel Creek, thence by
hel re lo1 reek, and for

es.
By order of the Board.

H. CAMPBELL OSWALD, Secretary.
Montreal, 17th November, 1899. 12-69w

IN THE COUNTY COURT OF KOOTENAY
HOLDEN IN ROSSLAND.

In Probate and In the Matter of the Goods

of Edward Dwyer, Deceased.

TAKE NOTICE that by an order of his honor

‘Judge Forin in the county court of Kootenay

ity of Rossland and dated. the 13th
letters st

of June, A. D. 1899,
Grant of the cle ‘of Rossland.

the estate or the said
intestate, are requi
indebtedness forthwith and any persons
any claim against the said estate ate required to
forward the same duly verified to the above named
Edward J. Grant, Rossland, B. C.

‘Dated at Rossland this 28th day ot November,
8599 ‘Dary & HAMILTON,

Solicitors for the administrator:

BUSINESS CARDS.

D R. A. MILLOY,

DENTIST.

Rooms: Stone block, over Bank of Toronto
Columbia Ave.

F. W. HINSDALE,

CUSTOM HOUSE BROKER,

In Custom House building.
Also New Xork Life Iusurance Agency.
Washington street. Rossland, B.C

W. H. FALDING,

Accountant,
Insurance

and Mining Agent and
Auctioneer.

Manag ‘'r Rossland Opera House:

AGENT:
Sun Life Assurance Co., of Canada.
The Canada Accident
Assurance Co.,
WAccldent, Liability and Plate Glass.)

after a hi 7

tance with the men representing
the different interests here, that the
first principles of our institutions
are fully recognized, and that there
is a settled conviction in the minds
of all that they shall not be vio-
lated. With these principles well
fixed and recognized, it does not re-
quire an optimist to forecast the fu-
ture of the mining interests otf
Southern British Columbi I ven-

towns,
districts of Kootenay and Yale, with power
to connect with other lines that may oper-
ate in or outside of said districts; to supply
electric, steam, air, water or other power to
other corporations, manufactories or indi-
viduals; to supply light to other cor-

to acquire and hold water rights
for the purpose of generating power wheth-
er for their own use or the use of other cor-

ture to think they are assured, and
can only be imperilled by a forget-
fulness that might entail disaster
for a time upon all concerned.

“I desire especially to commend
the earnest effort put forward by
the Sandon union and the various
mine owners in the Slocan district
to reach an adjustment of the differ-
ences there existing, which I trust
will be crowned with success,

“Concluding my work in this
part of the province, 1 bear away
with me a confident belief in its fu-
ture development and prosperity,
and extend to those who have sa
cordially assisted me my sincere
thanks, R. C. Crure,

Commissioner.”

Mr. Clute will now continue his

investigation in the uring

: or
to furnish and supply water to other cor—

es oF
said districts; to acquire and hold land
timber mghts, rights of way and other
property and easements for the purposes of
the company with all necessary powers in
that behalf; to acquire all the assets, fran-
chises, privileges and business of the Nel-
son Electric Tramway Company, Limit
to acquire all the assets, franchises, privi-

Honus of otherwise from any muaielpaley
in sud districts of Kootenay and Yates. to
obtain exemption from tuxdtion, and other
privileges from any municipality in said

HOTEL HOFFMAN,

Washington Street, Rossland, B, C.

Furnished Rooms.
First-Class Bar.

Railroad and Miners Time Checks
cashed, free of charge.

Harry McIntosh - - Proprietor.

Will

' Hunter Bros

LARA AA EAE GORE AREHE IEG

COMMENCING

TODAY

ANNUAL,
STOCK-TAKING.

offer some very at-

tractive Sales at

Completion.

THE BIG STORE.

, Rossland, B. C.

ie : : :
5. No 96. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER. 27, 1899. PRICE § CENTS

Public Meeting.

SIR CHARLES TUPPER,
(Bart.,)

Leader of her Majesty’s oppo-
sition in the house. of commons,
will address a meeting of the citi-
zens of Rossland on the public
questions of the day, at the Miners’
Union hall on the evening of De-
cember 28th, 1899.
: The chair will be taken at eight
o'clock.
The public are cordially invited
to attend. .
“‘God save the queen.”

A. H. MacNeILy
President Trail Creek Liberal-Con-
servative Association.

j. L. G. Apport,

: Secretary.

Fe Good
Investment!

GRAND HOTEL.

SPOKANE S‘TREET.

The Best Wines,
Liquors and Cigars.

{ S|

Matthews, Bros., Prop’s.

Big Four
Consolidated

CAPITAL $250.000.
One mile it of Rossland,
uly in Hossland at tne prices vies ot
Pooled Shares : : : : 3 cents,
for Lreasury purposes, only, and
Treasury Shares : : : 4 cénts,
which is all intact.

We are crosscutting No. 2 vein, and
ore body will soon be reached and sbinping
ti

districts of Kooten: a
tautels of Kootenay and Yale, nda
and privileges as may be necessary or inci-
dental or conducive’ to the attainment of
ime nliove fblects or any of them.
ated a city i
pee ae} of Melson this 1st day of
MACDONALD & JOHNSON.
Solicitors for the Applicants,

NOTICE,

centers of Vancouver, Victoria and
New Westminster, and the
mining district of Nanaimo,

coal

Whe New Machinery in H, A. C. Mines

The electric hoists are being as-
sembled and installed in the Black
Bear tunnel and at the Josie shaft
and are expected to be in running
order within two weeks. The ex-
cavation for the hoist and the shaft
station in the No. 6 tunnel of the
Columbia-Kootenay is nearly fin-
ished,

NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT,

Pursuant to Creditors Trust Deeds Act and
Amending Acts.

NOTICE is hereby given that Jacob W
Bulmer, Jamey A. Webb ands, Sebi.

zer, trading under the firm na Bul-
mer, Webb & Company, as grocers at 111
Columbia avenue, Rossland. British Co-
jumbta have by deed bearing date the 28th
day of November, A. D. 1809, assigned all
eir personal estate, credits and effects, to

porting, u: ng, ope

0 , Oper-

und maintaining the system of com
by tel an

K proper, an
the undertaking to. purchase,

&

Butte Hotel.

Columbia Ave., west.
Headquarters for Miners.
. rl
Bar stocked with Choicest
Liquors and Cigars.
—_

Thomas Shanks, - - - - Proprietor

begun, when large capital that is waiting

will come in, and small in-
vestors get hig returns, Assays f E
to $800 in values. Please call and investi-
gate and see samples. Office, Columbia
avenue, two doors above Masonic fi
Address all communications to

Y. LAWLER,

Secret:
P.O. Box 545, Rosslande Bee ne Treasurers

GRAND UN ION

NUTTERFIELD BROS., PROPRIETORS

crear FOR THE......
Ghoicest Wines, Liquors
and Gigars,

CALL ON JERRY SPELLMAN,

Rossland Hotel

Car. Columbia. Avenue and
‘Spokane Street.

RATES FROM $1.00 to $1.50 PER DAY

Neatly Furnished
Rooms
from $2.50 to...... Soe $3.50 per week
First-Class Bar
in connection.

Telephone No. 58. 22 Columbia Avenue:
Four doors east of post office.

y construct and to amalgamate with o1
r ith
lease 1ts line or lines or any portion or por-
tions thereof to any company possessin|
proprietor, any line of telephone or tele-
graph i to be

GREAT

connected with the said company’s li

ine or
lines, and to borrow inoney or the pure
poses of the Company and to pledee or
tar ene ae, of ng Company's assets for

2 jose and t i

teat ours ‘0 receive bonuses or
por and w

|. necessary
rivileges as
ental to the at-
f the above objects or any of

r dental rights, powers or

may be necessary or incide

may be necessary oF inckdenta

them,

Dated this 15th day. of December, 1#99.
w

tf

. R, Brown,
Solicltor for the applicants,

WESTERN

Second aye., bet je
ington and Spokane Sas

Drying and Change Room for Miners.
* }edrooms well Heated,
Sha Ligne, rarnished

$1.00 per Day--Board and Room,

If you stop with us one
Jou'will stagne weeks

A. G, Creelman,
P. O. Box 315.
CREELMAN & BEAM.

CONTRACTORS &

BUILDERS.

Estimates furnished on all hind:
jobbing promptly attended ef work.

Office and shop: Commercial court,

George Beam

GEC. OWEN........see0e06

s+ Proprietor

rear Alhambra hotel.

‘ANADIAN 4 .
PACIFIC Ky.

“AND:

SOO LINE.

The direct route from

KOOTENAY COUNTRY,

to all points
EAST AND WEST.

First-class Sleepers on all trains from Ri
See Rocteney Landing, eveisoke
TOURIST CARS .
pass Medicine Hat, (daily), for St, Paul; Sunda:
‘and Wednesdays fortoronto; Fridays for
ontreal and Boston,
t-Same Cars pass Revelstoke one day earlier.

THE FAST LIN

TO ALL POINTS.

THE DINING CAR ROUTE}
YELLOWSTONE PARK.
SAFEST ‘AND BEST.

SOLID VESTIBULE TRAINS
EQUIPPED WITH
an ., Nel-

Mornin; ior and from
son, and for Kasio, Sandon and Slocan | Pullman Palace Cars, Elegant
Points, connects for all points in .. ie ing Cars, Modern Day Coach

THE BOUNDAR Tourist Sleeping Cars,
COUNTRY. Through tickets to all points in the U

and Canada,
Evening train for.and from Robson, Net Bteamehip tionste to-all. parts of {he
gon matn line a
{except Sunda} fem

Tickets to China and Japan via Ta
except Sunday) fr and Northern Pacific Steamsip Co
a Trains depart from Spok: as fg
BOUNDARY COUNTRY. ye 10:05 p

No. 1 Westbound, at 9:55 p.m. dally)
No. 2 Eastbound, at 7:20 a.m. dail}

Hours, ROSSLAND TO
+eeeee+NELSON....

CONNECTIONS:

For farther information’ time, cards,
and Hokets, ppply cs agents of the

E. W. Ruff, Agt. R. M. Ry,
Rossland, B. C.
J. W. HILL, General Agent, Spokane,
CHARLTON,
Asst. Gen, Pass, Agt., Portland, On}

For rates and full information, address the
nearest local agent, or

A. B. Mackenzie, City Ticket Agt.
A. C. McArthur, Agent, Rossland.

W. F. Anderson, T. P. A., Nelson, B. C.

E. J. Coyle, A.G. P. A., Vancouver, B. C

The Arlington

THE LEADING HOTEL AT TP?!
<=" Headquarters for Commer-

cial Men....Splendid Sample Rooms.
UNEXCELLED TABLE. Joun Haverty, Propri

Katie D. Green G. M
and D. Co., Ltd.

NON-PERSONAL LIABILITY.

Property situated on North Fork Salmon
River, Erie District, B. C.

; FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES, ONLY.
Fifty thousand shares of the Company’s-Treasury Stock is now
offered to the public at

Z 1-2 Cents per Share,

and can be had on application to

22 Columbia Aveuue, GE
Cy) H. GREEN,
Rossland, B. Cc RGE ir any

I have the followin: i CF . i a
g blocks in th nies for
E “ mi ithe following compan te

|» Gop » He
L Silverine, R.E. Lee, Bodie, Eureka, North Star and iM"
ots in the Original Townsite

Reddin. Jackson Co., Agents, Rosslan,

Artistic Job-Printing

64

HOSSLAND, B, 0,

At the Record Office....0..6::+«..Postoffice Blm

Diamond

present
were bought before the advance.

Next door to
Postoffice....

7 ur

Goods.

acollection as rich asany in the province.
You get the benefit.

There are lots of pretty things here

«..frottt Which to select...

J. W. SPRING

—

The Leading
9 voseee Jeweler

They

SENSIBLE!........RICH!

Our.

~.. Is carefully selected from the BEST quality and Newest goods.

CAN get HERE goods you CANNOT obtain clsewkhere.
tock before making your .

We invite you to ex mine our St
seleotions for your friends,

GOODEVE BROTHER

ys to deal with Goodeve Bros.

DRUGGIST:

Ss

'S “AND STATIONERS. ©

oliday Goods

In great variety.

CAAIWCA*

SATIN and FELT FOOT-
WARMERS in all colors.

RUBBERS, OVERSHOES and

LEGGINGS.

Full line of HOCKEY

maa Ns
Ei
FY
= KIND Zao
% ) wy qo.

. O. LALONDE,

SHOES.

THE RELIABLE
FOOT-FITTER.

SUITS GIVEN AWAY FOR XMAS.

With se", cash. purchase of

Tmonth, you, get"
$259 Sn two Suits of Clothes
to be made to order

ATC. W. MOUNT & COMPANY'S.

AE

The Clarendon Cafe
a

Open Day and Night.

£-Class in Every Respect.

_—_~

Rooms for Banquets and Dinner Parties.

CAPTURE OF
CONTRABAND.

British Seize

By Associated Press,
Plour Contreband of War.

New York, Dec. 27.—The séizt!
ure of vessels with flour destine
for Delagoa Bay—the Mashona, the
Beatrice and the Maria, owned in
London but loaded by the Peansyl-
vania Milling Co.—is opposed: by
the interested persons, but the
question whether flour is a contra-
band of war remains open, ~The
British coasul in - this | city, .was
shown a newspaper paragraph re-
iating to the detention of these ves-
sels, which carried flour shipped to
merchants in Johannesburg: beford
the outbreak of the war, and his
comment was: .

“If you will show me anyone
who can define contraband of “war,'
I will tell'you what I° think, about
this. If our countrymen ~ con-
sidered flour coutraband of war,
as giving aid ~and - “comfort
to the Boers by being part of their
sustenance, it was perfectly: right to
seize.the vessels on the high seas,
even.though they were directed to
a neutral port. -In the recent Chi-
inese war rice was declared contra-
band of war.”

London, Dec. 27.—Inquiries at
the United States embassy show
that the American jt Jor has

English Ships
Laden With Flour for
the Boers.

ROBERTS IS

. SUPREME

‘commander-in-chief, It lasted for

have lost many pounds in weight,
but am light in heart.”

Abundance of Hecrults,
Montreal, Dec. 27.—Reports
from the recruiting stations in east-
ern Canada indicate that no trouble
will be experienced by the govern-
ment in finding sufficient recruits
for the second contingent. Appli-
cations are pouring in.

* whe Canadians All Well
Ottawa, Dec. 27.—Mrs. Rogers,
wife of Capt. Maynard Rogers,
with the first contingent at Belmont,
South Africa, received the following
cable this morning, dated Belmont,
Dec. 27.—'‘Happy returns. All
well.”

‘The Cash Did Not Come.

Cincinnati, Dec. 27.—M. Pere
Perrit, iting for the 1
corps for the Boer army, suspended

perations today on t of his

Lhours, during which it was d
trated by the argument that the
‘npinions of those present’ were’ far
from being unanimous. When the
point he insisted on had been yield-
é€d Lord=Roberts then demanded
hat . General: Kitchener be given
ahd this was agreed to. It is ar-
gued now that Roberts and Kitch-
ener will so completely reorganize

failure to receive an expected draft
from Dr. Leyds.

MINOR MENTION.

J. Murphy, James. Burke and
William McCarthy were arrested
for vagrancy on Tuesday and were

ARRIVES TONIGHT

Sir Charles Tupper Will Receive &
Warm Welcome Here,

WILL SPEAK TOMORROW

The Venerable Oonservative Leader Will
Spend s Day Among the Mines—Great
Meeting Tomorrow Hvening—Ladies Are.
Specially Invited. +

Sir Charles Tupper, Bart., will
‘arrive in the city from Greenwood’
at 10:10 o'clock tonight, ready to!
address a public meeting at Miners’:
Union hall. at 8 o’clock .tomorrow
evening. The distinguished leader:
of the .conservative party will be’
met at the C. P. R.' depot by the
‘ ittee of the liberal va-
tive association, which will escort
him to his hotel. » As Sir Charles is”
in his seventy-ninth year, he will be
given ample time to rest and gather

e thods of the paign that
it'will be March before the first de-
qisive move is made to end the
War.

' gadyemith Well supplied. © ~
New York, Dec. 27.—The World
today has a despatch from. Pieter-
Maritzburg Dec. 24th, which was
sent by its correspondent in Lady-
smith by heliograph-to Pietermeritz-
burg. “The despatch says: ‘‘Al-
though the expected relief has been
delayed, Generai Sir George White
feels no“anxiety. The garrison has
an ample store of provisions. The
health’ of the troops’ continues
food, considering the season. Of-
ns and ~ mien “are “in” excellent
spirits and will render. a good ac-
count of themselves -in. any public
event. The Boers made an attack
on the- British left, but the: defense

not yet received instructions from
Washington regarding the seizure
of s cargo of American flour at
Delagoa Bay.

‘Where the Boers Get Food.
New Orleans, Dec. 27.——The
British consul here is authority for
the statement that New Orleans is
one of the ports used by the Boer
agents for securing supplies for use
in the Transvaal, and that British
ships were used to carry supplies as
‘far as Rotterdam. The quantity of
corn was over 3,000,000 bushels ex-
ported from New Orleans to Rotter-
dam this season, while the legiti-
mate tradé never before reached
more than 400,000 bushels.

Must Not Aid the Enemy.
London, Dec, 27.—The privy
council had a meeting today at
Windsor Castle, at which Queen
Victoria proclaimed a warning to
alll British subjects not to assist
the inhabitants of the Transvaal or
Orange Free State to sell or trans-

TORSES

FOR SALE.

"Rossland Warehouse and Transfer Co., have just received a
well-matched teams, weighing from

carload of young,

twenty-five to thirty-two hundred pounds.

can be seen at their stable on Second aven'

street, Rossland, B.

ue and St. Paul

They also buve

tudebaker Wagons and

Sensible Sleds

For Sale.
ssland Warehouse & Transfer Co.
2 Vv. AND N. TEL. . P.O. BOX 4: 26 COL. TEL. 0.

handi:

port there, under pen-
alty of the law. The proclamation
was gazetied tonight.

Roberts Has a Free Hand.
Gibraltar, Dec. 27.—The British
steamer Dunottar Castle, with Gen-
eral Lord Roberts on board, arriv-
ed here yesterday evening. Gen-
eral Lord Kitchener embarked on
board the Dunottar Castle and the
vessel sailed this morning for Cape-
town.

New York, Dec.27.—Lord Rob-
erts, according to the Herald’s Lon-
don correspondent, absolutely re-
fused to take the command in
South Africa until this ultimatum
was acceded to.

“The conditions under which I will
ge out are that I shall have abso-
lutely supreme command and re-
ceive no instructions from home”.

This was said at a meeting at the
war office, at which were present

was evidently stronger than they
expected. The British would not
go out beyond their strength.” :

To the Relief of Mafeking.
London, Dec, 27.—According to
a dispatch from Mochudi, Bechua-
naland, - Dec.16, the Rhodesian
Mafeking relief force was. pro-
gressing slowly, owing to the nec-
cessity of repairing’ the bridges,
which average one per mile. An
intercepted Boer mail bag, it was
added, showed that 20 Boers had
ben killed and many wounded dur-
ing the British attack on the Se-
quani laagers. .

Hoers Try to Surround Methuen.

London Dec. 27. The war office
here has received the following
dispatch’ from Capetown, dated
Tuesday Dec. 26: .

“There is no change in the situ-
ation. Methuen reports that the
enemy’s force has increased and is
engaged in entrenching three and
a half miles from his outlying
pickets. — Methuen reconnoitered
with two squadrons of mounted in-
fantry for two miles along the line
and drew the fire of four guns and
two Vickers machine guns. Four
horses were hit.

“The Queen’s Christmas mess-
age was received with enthusiasm.
Garacre is endeavoring to reopen
communication with the Indwe
collieries.”

How Churchill Escaped.

Lorenzo Marquez, Dec. 22 —
Winston Churchill arrived here late
last night and left for Durban by
the steamer Induna.

London, Dec. 27. — Winston
Churchill cabled the Morning Post
the following account of his escape:

“In the evening I concealed my-
self in a railway truck under a pile
of sacks. The Boers searched the
train at Komatipoort, but did not
search deep enough. Alter sixty
hours of misery I came safely here.

Lord Lansdowne, secretary of state

for war, and Lord Wolseley, the

I am very weak, but am free, I

brought to an end by the arrival of
23 carloads over the Red Mountain
railway, with 29 cars at Northport
which will follow in a day or two.
A large stock on the Crown Point
property is also coming over. .

The C. P.R. survey for a line
from Rossland to the top of Sophie
in has been pleted. The
line is 15 miles long-and runs from
the War Eagle switch around Red.
Spokane, O.. K. and Record moun-
tains to the summit of Sophie moun-
tain. grat aA ah £

The Christmas festival of the
-Baptist Sunday school ‘was held in’

set free on susp this | his for the ical effort
mornii hint to get out of | of tomorrow. Zi
town. - The i of the liberal,

The. wood famine has been servative association will meet this

afternoon at 5 o’clock at the office

tary, in order to arrange plans for
Sir Charles’ entertainment and for
the meeting.

‘ily be made

aes

taken for a drive to some of- the
mines. A chairman and vice-chair-
man will also be elected for thie pub-
lic. meeting. Do pst fyrt,

* } The committee particularly invites
the ladies of Rossland to attend the

hus:—shown: ‘keen appreciaticn® of.
their interest in public affairs by his
Speeches in other cities.”

the church on Tuesday ev re
Carols were sung, recitations given
and gifts distributed from a Christ-
mas tree by A.B. Clabon in the
character of St. Nicholas. Rev.
and Mrs, W. T. Stackhouse re-
ceived handsome presents.

A. Miller and C. Miller were
brought up this morning for being
deunk and disorderly, but were dis-
missed. with a warning, this being
their first offense. Mary Schmidt
was let out on suspended sentence
‘on the same charge and so was T.
Melville.

The Palace Grand.

Nothing is as attractive as some~
thing new. Therefore the Palace
Grand music hall will be the center
of attraction on next Monday—New
Year’s day.

Rosslanders will be surprised -to
see the magnificence of the hall, the
beauty of the scenery and above all

Anternutional This Weel

Johnny Cassidy tells us he is
standing on one leg so as to enable
the crowd to witness the wonderful
show at this most popular resort.
“The Hospital Ship Maine,” a mu-
sical skit which starts the perform-
ance; is bright, sparkling and re-
plete with pretty girls, lovely cos-
tumes, Tommy Atkins and boat
dances. ‘The Death of Nelson, is
sung and very lively operatic en-
sembles, etc., start the audience
off in good humor. Van Gofre and
Cotrely’s hercules performance is
simply astonishing, while the Dock-
mans, in their lightning assault at
arms and champion bag punching,
is worth the pribe of admission
alone, to say nothing of 25 or 30
other artists who keep everything
moving with lightning-like rapidity
until the final air of ‘‘God Save the
Queen,” which sends a large and
out with un-

1-ol d audi.

the daring of the new iz

to swerve completely from the
played-out routine’ of other music
halls and produce something new in
anew way. The hall is now good
enough to be a first-class opera
house and its respectable appear-
ance permits ‘the management to
open their doors on Saturday after-
noons to ladies and children. A
plan of the reserved ‘seats will
shortly be placed in the leading
stationery stores. No drinks will
be sold on Saturday afternoons and
the only entrance to the hall will be
the side door on Spokane street.

MINING NOTES.

About nine feet of clean galena
ore is reported to have heen struck
in the North Star, East Kootenay,
150 feet down the hill from the old
workings.

The Iron Mask has struck the
ledge in the winze at the 400-foot
level. Borings give $18 to $20 in
gold, though they are’ mixed with
waste.

covered heads.
Manager J. S, Holland's farewell

afternoon at 2 o’clock sharp, A
large and varied program is now
being rehearsed and .a banner bill,
will be presented, judging from the

ber of vol now registered
to appear.

74 ed

COMING AND GOING

Judge W. W. Spink of Vernon
was in the city on Tuesday.

Frank Watson of Spokane came
up fora day on ‘Tuesday and left
this morning.

H. C. Baker leaves this evening:
for Republic te iake charge of some
property for the Mentreal syndicate

which owns the Gertrude and
Coxey.

Dr. Scott’s Healache Powders
are a sure cure for headaches

caused by pov der smoke, ete. Sold

at Morrow's Drug store.

of J. L. G. Abbott, Esq., the secre- -

These plans will «
on *
his wishes, but he will probably be *

meeting and hear Sir - Charles, who. :

benefit takes place next Saturday ~.

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