Sinisa ax RUSSLAND. eVENING RECORD, APrit. 6, 1998, STOP OPEN GAMES Police Commission Orders Steps Agamst Gambling. MAYOR'S ORDER APPROVED Suppression of Tinhorns and Slot Machines All Right—Disorderly Blement Ordered Off Lincoln Street-—Preachers Support Meas- ures for Moral Reform. The first meeting of the new police commission, composed of Mayor Goodeve, Alderman J. S. Clute, Jr., and Hecton McPherson, was held this morning and measu- res were taken to continue the work begun by the mayor to check the social disorders in the city. union and the mitie managers for their part in the settlement of the labor dispute. The secretary was instructed to write to Hewitt Bos- tock, M. P., asking him to urge an addition of $20,000 to the estimates for the government building and the repayment of private subscriptions for the purchase of the site. S. Arden Singlehurst, represent- ing a New York syndicate, is in the city on his way to Ominica, where he is developing a group of quartz claims, The King Mining Company, at its shareholders’ meeting yesterday, amended its by-laws to authorize the officers to borrow money, and elected the following officers: Presi- dent, George R. Maxwell; vice- president, Ross Thompson; secre- tary-treasury, Thomas Anderson. These, with Angus MeNish, Alex J. McMillan and William A. Corbett, constitute the board of directors. J. J, McKenzie left this morning for A da, Mont. from the church headed by Rev. D. McG. Gandier, Rev. Geo. H. Morden and Capt. P. McL. Forin appeared, and the gentlemen named, as its spokes- men, expressed approval of the mayor's action in stopping gambl- ing and the operation of slot mach- ines, They urged further steps in the same direction and promised to back up any such action taken’ by the commission. The mayor's order of Jan. 22, referred to by this dep was W. S. Rugh went to Spokane this morning. The Scotch club gave its: weekly dance last evening, 35 couples taking part. : J. C. Drewry, of the Canadian Gold Fields syndicate, and W. H. Jeffery, his consulting engineer, have returned from Slocan. J. A. McKerscher, of the Lion brewery, and W. H. Patterson, the have t d the unanimously approved by the commission. On motion of Mr. McPherson, seconded by Mr. Clute, it was récommended that the police be instructed to take measures as far as possible to prevent open gambling and to close all places carrying on gambling under the guise of any other‘trade. The'chief was instructed to notify all disorderly women to leave the section of Lincoln street nowoccupi- ed by them on or before July 1. The council was recommended to have a telephone placed in the chief's residence and to procure the policemen’s summer uniforms at the usual time. Rhodes Arrives In England. By Associated Press. Southampton, April 6.—Cecil Rhodes, who sailed from Capetown on March 21, arrived here today. - Evangelists Close on Sunday, The series of services at the Methodist church by eS Lew- tas and Reed, the rs 5, will Collins House saloon from Mark Moses and. W. Stillwell. Harry Jacobs, the well known representative of Goulet Bros., Montreal, manufacturers of La Fortuna and other leading brands of cigars, is doing business in Rossland. Artistic Job Printing of every de- scription at this office. New Drug Store The Rossland Drug company is). now. doing business on Columbia avenue, next to the old city hall building. We have a complete line of.pure fresh drugs, toilet articles and druggists sundries. Prescrip- tions carefully compounded. wo R. E. Strone, Mgr. NOTICE. NOZICE 's hereby given that an application will ade to. the. ‘legislative assem! province of British Colambla at its Mex? session an act to inc a company with power to construc, ¢ su Paintain am operate telephone and telegt nes within and throughout all the aities, towns, municipalities and districts of the mainland of the province of British Columbia, and to construct. cect and maintain such ands and other works and, devices as the close on Sunday with special i music, Mr. Lewtas will preach in the morning on the subject, ‘‘Faithful Unto Death,” and in the evening | 5 on,; “The Greatest Thing in the World.” So far the evangelists | ff have converted 35 adults and 40 children. Rossland’s Contribution. B.C. Review. Rossland contributed $2,500 to the Mansion House Fund. This. is at the rate of 30 cents. per head of the population. A similar rate of contribution in the United Kingdoni would result in a fund of over £3,- 13 OF urpose of the un- ire, ease, expropriate, of lands, ‘buildings, of phone or telesraph line. eat dor to be es- tabilshed, In Bitan Columbls, connected or to be te, an a Saar “or Incidental rights, powers or privile ay be necessary or incidental to the attamnment of the above objects, or any of them. DALY & HAMILTON, THE FAST LINE TO ALL POINTS. THE DINING CAR ROUTE VIA YELLOWSTONE ‘PARK. SAFEST AND BEST. SOLID VESTIBULE TRAINS EQUIPPED WITH Pullman Palace Cars, Elegant Din- ing Cars, Modern Day Coaches, Tourist Sleeping Cars, Through Hokets to all points in the United States and Canada, Steamship tickets to all parts of the world, Tickets to China and ay an via Tacoma nd Northern Pacific Steamship Co. Trains depart from Spokane as follows: No. L Westbound, at 9:55 p.m., daily. No, 2 Bastbound,' at 7:20 a.m.. daily. For further information’ time, cards, m&p and tickets, eh apply te to BRents of the BE. W. Ruft, Agt. R. M. Ry., Rossland, B. C. J. W. HILL, General Agent, Spokane, Wn A.D. CHARLTON, Acat. Gen. Pass Agt.. Portland, Ore. ‘ANADIAN. PACIFIC KY. The direct route from KOOTENAY COUNTRY, to all points EAST AND WEST. First-class Sleepers 0 on all trains from Revelstoke id Kootenay Landin; TOURIST CARS pass Medicine Hat, {aait for St. Paul; Sundays and Wednesdays for Srgntes, eal days Montreal and Hos! (r-Same Cars pass Revelstoke one day earder CONNECTIONS: LEAVE ARRIVE x, Sun OSSLAND. Sunday 12: ig ron Saiy, ROSSLAND. Le ily. Mornin; por god from Nel son, and for Sandon and "Socan points, eS ue ‘all points in THE BOUNDARY COUNTRY. Evening tral train for, and from Robson, Nel- points north, connects fexcept unis yh ). from. jocan, and all intsin BOUNDARY col . Hours, ROSSLAND TO seee++-NELSON For rates and full information, adaress: the nearest local aj ings sho Mf A.B. Mackenzie, City TT ket tAgt. ‘ se Cc. McArthur, Agent, Ros: . Anderson, T. P. A., Nelso: works | We n, B. | E. f. Coyle, A.G. B. A., Vancouver, B. C Subscribe for the—————___——_—- =i Record, — 50 Cents per month. 5 ~ Furnishings! In thie denartinetit we have everything you ‘ant, and at right prices, Dinen Towels, 75c. per dozen to $1.00 each. 60-inch Table Linen, 2214c. per yard. 14-inch Hettted Bed Spreads, $1.00. 18-inch Crash, Sc. per yard. THE BIG STORE. HUNTER BROS. =: 3222 INTERNATIONAL MUSIC HALL. WEEK OF APRIL 2, 1900. A New Eastern Gompany ‘The greatest of all contraltos, MISS OLA HAYDEN A novelty never before in Rossland—the clever Jomedians, LORD AND. ROWE. ‘The well known producer FRANK MARTIN ‘The warbler of ragtime Camelita Meek The favorite, FRANCES HEWETT remains with us. New Faces, GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. Same Admission. ROSS THOMPSON I have the following blocks in; the following companies tor zale. JacksonCo., Agents, Rossland, B. | Evening Star, Silverine, R. E.Lee, Bodie, Eureka, North Star and ZilaM Lots in the Original Towusite NEW DRUG STORE. ——THE— ROSSLAND DRUG ‘COMPANY.. tTO OLD CITY. HALL, COLUMBIA AVENUE, New and Complete Stock of Drugs, — and Patent Medicines. Prescriptions Carefully Gompounded. Robert E. Strong, Manager. Solicitors for th: Dated this first dav of March, tq00. Cass 000,000. This is an evid at once of the prosperity and patriotism of the people at this imperial out- post. Americans resident in Ross- land contributed largely. On TION. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Cox of Grand Forks came to town last night. M. R.M. McEntire and Miss |E Clara McEntire of Gr d ar- Rossland E Athletic. rived in the city last night. . P. Burns of Calgary, the well known meat packer, is in the city. Jeff Lewis came in from Colum- bia last night. J. W. Cheer isin town from Summit camp. George H. Braley and J. A. Brown of Spokane are in the city. Mrs. John Tregear and Mrs. Nicholas Tregear left for Butte this morning over the Red Mountain road. =sThe Liberal association last even- ing passed votes of thanks to R. C. Clute, Ralph Smith, the... miners’ o~ Offers special ‘membership in- ducements for a short time by suspension of t‘e initiation fee. All the......serees Magazines Excellent accommodations for : Cl 1) permanent and temporary board ul e808 8 | and chambers; $36 to $40 per - || month. For particulars apply to Charles Webster, Steward. «4 Periodicals CHARLES E. BENN, Secretary. HOUDES-—— Straight Cut Cigarettes. MANUFACTURED BY B. Houde & Company, Quebec _Are Better than the Best. Cc-8 WHOLESALE AT Crow & Morris, Rossland. CUNLIFFE pecialty. Northey Pumps kept Third Avenue, Rome & ABLETT, ENGINEERS. AND MACHINISTS. All classes of Repairs and Construction Work Undertaken, Ore Cae, Wheels and Axles, Buckets, Fone. Bb Shatting, F renee and Pullers. Pipe work lock. nts for Wm. Hamilto: Etc. 8 Malls, Gonsentraters, PB. ©. Box 198. The ‘Arlington. <=" Headquarters UNEXCELLED TABLE. THE LEADING HOTEL AT TRAIL for Commer- cial Men....Splendid Sample Rooms. Toun Havsrty, Proprietor. 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 7Z 1-2 Cents per Share, and can be had on application to 22 Columbia Aveuue, GEORGE H. GREEN, Sec-Treasurer. -perior. 1a eccceec= Artistic Printing combined......with Moderate Prices appeals....to.... the Business ...... man, vU This department AD of the ‘Evening am Record” has the Z, Most Gompletely 4 ‘ Equipped.....of Fice | in Rossland. Su- Z, Stock, c -Quick Work, and Basement Postofflce Bullding. Neat Execution. THE ROSSLAND RECORD. —_—_ you. 6, NO. 46. = ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1900 * PRICE § CENTS Alarm Clocks! We have just received three cases of SUN RISE and MU8T-GET-UP Alarm Giocks. They are the Best made, and and we guarantee every one, J. W. SPRING, Next to Postofflce. The Leading Watchmaker and Jeweler EERE, Cause: Long winter, close arti- Jassll inertia; ficial heat, =~ ‘that tired feeling.” ‘Cure: One bottle Tonic Bitters: one box Goodeve's Vegetable Liver Pills, TRY IT! ” af you get it at GOODEVE’S, its Goop. Goodeve Bros., Druggists and Stationers. It PAYS to deal with Goodeve Bros. Latest in Footwear TW: have just received a nobby line of BOOTS and SHOES from some of the leading firms in the U. S., and in Canada. They include all the Newest Shapes in Black and Tans, ranging in price from $3.50 up, and lined with ‘‘chrome” all through. This new kind of kind of lining i is strictly waterproof. M. J. O’7HEARN, The Busy Store at the Busy Corner. «THE CLOTHIER. ro NTT about our line of Spring Jewelry is of so much importance to you ag is the fact that we can give you the NO veces h b : the ver est One... that is ” ade, 2 By the “BEST that is made,” we mean the 1 ti HIGHEST in quality and the LATEST fo style. P We are receiving daily exclusive Fatterns in our various lines. Goods you won’t see elsewhere. Stop in and ree them Ewert Bros., THE JEWELERS. OUTTIVPTY VIPS TIVy ty P. BURNS & CO. WHOLESALE MARKETS Rossland, Nelson, Sandon, Revelstoke, Greenwood, Grand Forks, and Vancouver. =—_—_—_ : RETAIL MARKETS Rossland, Trail; ‘Nelson, Ymir, Kaslo, Sandon, New Denver, Silverton, Cascade City, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Phoenix, Midway, Camp McKinney, Revelstoke Ferguson, and Vancouver. —— William Donald, Mgr., Rossland Branch. Tel. No. 8 QUICK WORT Raxeage delivered n. rn : le, Goou Storage facilities, rgasun- chs Shippers" agente, Will clear, a Mer. Don’ Burn Olle They rar, Stee Electro Ligh in stock. Estimates furnished for Wiring and Lighting, Steam Fixtures carried Electric Power supplied for Mining and Manufacturing purposes. Itis much cheaper than steam. —_ Motors for sale or rent. iSome $2r-In case of frowble: with ith Makes, & telephone N No. ty we pete 8a. m., am Pp. Rossland Water and ‘Light Go. SCENE OF FIGHTING The Great Upland Plateau Now Occu~ pied by the british, TREELESS AND WATERLESS Northern Part of the Orange Froo State is & Great Arid Land, Given Over to Pastursge —Tho Only Agricultural Landis on the Eastern Border. The country in which the British ‘army under Lord Roberts is now fighting is very different from the mountain districts in northern Natal and northern Cape Colony where the battles were fought until Met- huen crossed the Orange river. The New York Sun thus describes it: { From Bloemfontein to Pretoria the distance, as the bird flies, is about 300 miles. The territory to be covered en route will be all the way at an altitude of from 4000 -to 5000 feet above.the level of the sea. It-is almost a treeless tract, except ata few centres,where by assiduous irrigation, clumps of timber have been induced to flourish. The vast plains, always deficient in that re- spect, have now a smaller supply than ever, for the land has-been scoured far ard wide to provide timbering for the diamond mines at Kimberly. [n 1896 it was estimat- ed that over one million trees had been cut down for-this purpose. | Very little water will be found along the .direct route, ;this being the dryest. part of the Orange Free State, and the pastoral people who inhabit it take the greatest pains to collect and husband every drop. In this way only are they able to main- tain pleasant gardens and orchards at the clusters of farm buildings that are thinly dotted over the wide- spreading sheep ranges. Except around Kimberly, the west-central part of the state is wholly a pastoral region. There are nearly 7,000,000 sheep and 1,- 000,000 cattle in the country and ifthe British travel through the state to the Transvaal by the direct route which would bring them to the Vaal (the-Transvaal frontier) at its nearest approach to Pretoria, they will pass all the way through a region of vast domains parcelled out to the burghers for grazing pur- poses. The agricultural region lies 60 or 80 miles to the east in a narrow belt along the eastern frontier. This is the granary of the bli By Associated Press. London. April 7, 10:50p. m. — Lord Roberts reported to the war Office as follows: “Bloemfontein, April 6,.—The casualties at Reddersburg were: Officers killed—Capt. F. D, Casson and Lt. C. R. Barclay, both of Northumberlands; wounded, 2, captured 8. Non-commissioned officers and men, killed 8, wounded 22, the rest were captured, Our strength was 167 mounted_ infantry and 424 infantry. The enemy was said to be 3200 strong with five guns.” "“ Boer Prisoners Try to Escape. Capetown, April 7.—A determin- ed effort was made by the Boer prisoners to escape from Simons- town today, In the ion one HEAVY LOSS SUFFERED BY BRITISH Nearly 600 of the North- umberlands Are Prisoners.. THE CAPTIVES REBEL Boers Attempt to Escape. From Simonstown---Capture of 200 Rebels. ed by Mr. Geo. H. Green, one of the most successful saloon men in Rossland. A tasty hot lunch will be served daily from 11:30 a. m. to 2p.m.; also from 8 to 12 in the evening. A good line of wines, liquors and cigars always kept on hand. Give the Bodega a call and you will get good service. FATALLY WOUNDED BY SENTRY. Officer of the Pheasant Shot for Not * Answering Challenge. Special to the Record. Victoria, April 7.—Lieut. Regi- nald D. Scott, of H. M. S. Pheas- ant, who was shot by Gunner Hig- gins, sentry at the navy yard, while on a tour of inspection, is very low this afternoon, and is not expected to live, CHAOS ADJOURNS Liberal Convention Fails to Accomplish Anything. OBSTRUCTION [S SUPREME Both Sides Block Progress and Finally Give Up a Drawn Battle—Martinites Endorse Sheir Leaders and Decide in Favor o Party Lines. (Special to the Record.) Vancouver, B. C., April 7.—The wild scenes of the day were carried into the evening session of the provincial Liberal i and, it being impossible to make Progress owing to obstructions from both sides, the convention was adjourned sin die at 9:15 p. m. amid pande- monium. The supporters of Premier Martin held a meeting afterwards and pass- ed motions of confidence in Laurier, Martin and Lieutenant Governor MclInnes. It was also decided by them: that the election should be run on party lines. WILL NOT DIVIDE CABLOADS, Railroads Will Hold Only One Con- algnee Responsible Hereafter. The C. P. R. has agreed with the Great Northern and Northern Pa- cific.railroads to abolish the custom of billing carload shipments for dis- tribution among several consignees at their destination and to dea hereafter with only one consignee, who will be held liable for freight. The announcement is made in the following joint circular: “Attention is called to Rule No. prisoner was killed, another wound- ed and 14 are missing. The latest unnofficial dispatch from Bloemfontein,dated Thursday, says: ‘The Boers i to ON C.P.R, TRACK. All Made in Preparationto Run the Imperial Limited. C. E. Macpherson, general pas- senger agent of the C. P. R. for the show much activity, and numbers of British troops are arriving daily. A small contingent of gunners from the battleship Monarch left, Cape Town Friday. Though Lord Rob- erts has lost nearly a thousand men this week he is stronger relatively, as four times as many men have been landed at the Cape.” and produces large crops, but it is far from the direct line of the Brit- ish advance, and 1s bordered in part by the mountain region where the Boers have been holding Gatacre’s men and other British forces in check on the Cape Colony side of the frontier. Scattered’ here and there over the gently undulated plain are hills or hill ranges rising several: hundred feet above the gen- eral level and offering the opportu- nities for effective resistance which the Boers know so well to utilize. West of Bloemfontein, however, they are not so numerous as east of it and in the Transvaal. The capital lies in a stony, tree- less plain, but in the town itself there are verdure and trees and a little east of it isan eminence that the Boers kept fortified during the years of their early troubles with Great Britain. ‘The Charge Was P 200 Rebels. Carnarvon, Cape Colony, April 6. —200 insurgents, who were not aware that Sir. Chazles Parsons had occupied Kenhardt and were on the Way to that place,have been captur- ed by the British troops. Bocrs in Force at Wepener. London, April 7—2:35 p. m—The Boers ate in force at Wepener, north of Smithfield, Orange Free State, and are threatening General Brabant’s colonial division, the main body of which, with the artillery, is at Wepener. Telegrams which left -Maseru, Basutoland, north of Wepener, at midnight, describe} the Boers as be- ing ‘‘in great torce” and as afraid to make a frontal attack, but it is add- ed that they were endeavoring to turn the British position by crossing the B land frontier by a road The charge against William Hackett and Edward Paul of steal- ing the boiler fittings found a few days age in the brush, was with- drawn by Chief Ingram _ this morning and the boys discharged. Artistic Job Printing of every de- scription at this office. starting on the Caledon river. the road emerging south of*Wepener. Reports reach Maseru hourly of Boer activity in the Orange Free State. ‘The Bodega Saloon, Has been newly fitted up and open- western division, with headquarters at Winnipeg, who has just returned east ufter a trip to the coast, tells of geeat improvements on the road and of a further reduction in transcon- tinental time to be made this sum- mer. Inan interview in the Van- couver Province, he said: “The roadbed through the whole of the mountain section is in splen- did condition, right down here to the coast. The same is true of all the north shore portion of the line and right through western Ontario on what is known as the Rat Port- age section. Both here in the mountains, and from “Rat Portage east vast sums have been expended during the past three years in im- proving the road-bed. Heavy cut- ings have been made, and some big filling done, steel bridges with stone piers have replaced wooden struc- tures, rock ballast has been put in the track, and in every way the line has been made enormously stronger. Over the prairie section heavier rails have been laid and the line g p' in r 2 of Canadian joint freight classifi- cation, of which the following is an extract: “Agents at destination will not distribute carload shipmentsof prop- erty among two or more consignees. Agents will not send notice of arri- val to more than one party, and will only make one expense bill for the charges on the entire car-load. In case one party will not accept notice of the arrival as consignee and pay the charges on the entire carlord and take delivery of the same, agents are required to make separate notices and expense bills, and correct the waybill and collect on each shipment at the less than carload rates. The carload rates under this classification are not ap- plicable on freight consigned to railway agents or to company’s cartage agents for delivery to vari- ous parties.’ “Agents are cautioned that this rule must be strictly adhered to. Shippers and consignees are re- spectfully asked not to request agents to violate same.” CHURCH SERVICES TOMORROW Baptist church—Rev. W. T. Stackhouse will preach at 11 a. m. and 7: 3° pom. Morning subject, with the heavier work in the moun- tains. . “All this work has been done with a view to making practicable even better running time for that peerless express, ‘The Imperial Limited,’ of which every man in the company is justly proud, and all Canada should share in that pride. The time this year will be four days from Montreal to Vancouver. What makes this so important is the effect it has on round-the-world travel, no other route across the continent af- fording such facility as a four day run, with no change of cars and with the most luxurious appoint- ment of any transcontinental lines.” Its Conditi and Consequences.” Evening subject, “‘The Mountain Peaks Overlooking All Truth.” This is the first of a series of 25-minute talks that Mr. Stackhouse will give on Sunday evenings. Good music. All are welcome. Sacred Heart Roman Catholic church, Rev. Father Welch, pastor, First mass, 8:30 a. m.; second mass, 10:30 a, m.; Sunday school, 2p. m.; evening service, vespers, sermon and benediction, 7:30 p. m. Salvation Army — Hallelujah breakfast, 7 a. m.; holiness meet- ing, 10 a. m.; Junior mecting 11 a. | m.; free and easy, 3 o'clock.