-, Pullman Palace Cars, Elegant Din- : Accountant, ‘THE BOUNDARY cinema THE DINING CAR ROUTE VIA ROSSLAND EVENING ‘REG W. H. FALDING. Insurance and Mining Agent and Auctioneer. Manager Rossland Opera House. AGENT: Sun Life Assurance Co., of Canada. The Canada Accident Assurance Co., Accident, Liability and Plate Glass.) ORD,: MARCH 3, 1990. FOR RENT. Oltice on first floor Burns’ Block, FOR SALE. Large Warehouse in center of town. furnished throughout, good locallt splendid business oppo-tunity. Rolt & Grogan Uitleg and rooms on®sevond floor Burns’ Seven-roomed Dwelling louse, plastered, ity. Hotel avd Saloon on Second avenue.—A MORE SOLDIERS WANTED, A Draft to Replace the Killed and Wounded-1000 for Garrison, By Associated Presa. Ottawa, March 5.—It is author- itatively stated that the government will at once arrange for drafting 100 or 125 men with three officers to take the place of the Canadians killed or permanently’ disabled in South Africa. It-is- intended that A. G, Creelman. CREELMAN & BEAM, PACIFIC KY. -AND—— SOO LINE. . The direct route from KOOTENAY COUNTRY, to ull polnts EAST AND WEST. First-class Sleepers on all trains from BUILDELRS. ng promptly attended to. bra hotel, P.O, George Beam CONTRACTORS. & [085.28 6 contin Estimates furnised on all kinds. on all kinds of work. Job- Office and shop: Commerciz! Court. tear Alham 33. these men will leave with the Strath- cona Horse on the Monterey on March 15. It is understood that they will be selected trom each pro- ‘TO DOWN MARTIN. Continued from First Page. of 50 men who had supported Mar- tin in the Deadman’s Island matter. is being succeeded as a-candidate in West Yale by Denis Murphy. Victoria, March 5.—G. H. Cross, ofthe Nanaimo Review, has been appointed private secre tary to Joe Martin. BiMen's silk-lined overcoats $15 at Holstead & Wright's. Lhe minister of militia is engaged in arranging for drafting 1,000 Can- adians to take the place of the Lein- ster regiment, who, when relieved, will go to.South Africa. It is pro- posed to select the 1,000 men in the same manner as the first contingent Plumbing Shop. Spokane Street, opp. Burns’ market. i Clay Pipe and Fittings for Chimneys. . and Kootenay Landing. TOURIST CARS pass Medicine fiat, (daily), for St. Paul; Sund: and Wednesdays for Torgnto: F Badays tory a e-Same on aus Revelstoke one day earsier CONNECTIONS: de say ROS ARKIVE :00 ex. Sunda: SLAND. ti dally). ROSSLAND. daly Morning trak train, for and from Robs son, ant aslo, Sandon znd points, So eeeats for all points in BOUNDARY COUNTRY. Hours, ROSSLAND TO ELSON.... .... For rates and full information, address the nearest local agent, or A.B. Mackenzie, City Ticket Agt. A.C. McArthur, Agent, Rosstand. W. F. Anderson, T. P. A., Nelson, B. C. - EJ, Coyle, A.G. P. A., Vancouver, B. C THE FAST LINE TO ALL POINTS. YELLOWSTONE PARK, SAFEST AND BEST. SOLID VESTIBULE TRAINS EQUIPPED WITH ing Cars, Modern Day Coaches, Tourist Sleeping Cars. , Through Hiskets to all pointe in the United States and Canada, ” Bteamship tickets to all parts of th ‘ickets to China and Japan vin Tacoma and Northern Pacitic Steamship Co. ‘Trains depart from Spokane as follows: No. 1 Westbound, at 9:55 p.m., daily. No. 2 Eastbound, at a.m. daily. For farther information’ time, cards, maps ‘and tickets, sofiply tes to, agents of the E. W. Ruff, Agt. R. M. Ry., Rossland, B.C. “}.-W. HILL, Géneral Agent, Spokane, Wn A.D. CHARLTON, Aeat. Gen. Pass Agt,, Portland. Ore. Sanitary Plumbing a Specialty. ‘Telephone No, 27. P.O. Box 271 Le Roi Livery, Feed & Sale Stables. JOHN F. LINDBURG .. ..PROPRIETOR Heavy Transferring First-class Saddle & Pack Horses. STABLES: Commercial Alley, "Phone No. 39. was sel A y and - By. Associated. Press, New .York, March °5. — Tom Sharkey and Bob _ Fitzsimmons signed articles of agreement today fora 25-round bout before the club offering the largest purse, during the first week in August, the win- ner to take all the purse. Marquis of Queensberry: rules will govern. The men and the club’ dre each to put up a forfeit of $5000. Bids for the fight will be Opened at 8p. m. March 1g by Al Smith, at the Hotel Delavan in this city. He Took the Wrong dose, By Associated Press, Halifax, N..S., March 5.—Rev. N. BC Dunn, Baptist minister at ‘from Victoria on Saturday. ager of the British America. corpor. ation, came home from a trip to Victoria on Saturday, MINOR MENTION, Thomas McNaught of Halcyon is in the city. Mrs. Edward Baillie is home from a visit to Oregon. James McGregor, the inspector of mines, is in the city. A.M. Thomas and H. L. Kimball of Spokaue arrived in town on Sun- day. Mrs. M.-E. King returned from San Francisco on Saturday. P. Burns‘and W. .J. Wilson of Nelson are in the city. ‘Hon, T. Mayne Daly returned @,The Trail Creek Liberal-Conser- vative association will meet tonight | in the office of Hector McRae. Bernard Macdonald,general man- week’s Charles Burr has received the sad Semlin is retiring from public life and WANTED We want:émpty tables anda drawer full of cash. C9099. TheBig Store : We want to say Good- bye every day this month ‘to some of our Overcoats, Ulsters, and Winter Suits. We. want.to impress upon you that we can’ give you miore for your money than you ever got- before. We want you to under- Clothing and Dep’ t. eee | -Men’s Wear ; stand that what .we are offering you is Shorey’s ||’ Clothing. . GUARANTEED IN EVERY STITCH, MADE TO FIT, NOT TO ORDER. Hunter Bros, COQ. v. &N. ‘Telephoue. No. 17. ————_LIMITED. DEALERS ‘(Ne Hay, Grain, & Feed, The Brackman & Ker Milling @ G, ] 229 W. Columbia Aver: "eo : Deerfield, Yarmouth county, took Postoftice Box 16. carbolic acid by mistake yesterday, news of the death of his father, An- drew J. Burr, at Olympia; . Wash. serena FOR THE...... Ghoicest Wines, ‘Liquors and Glgars, CALL ON JER SPELLMAN, Cor, Coltimbia Avenue and Spokane Street. Butte Hotel. Columbia Ave., west, — HEADQUARTERS For MINERS Bar stocked with Chote est Wines, Liquors and Cyza FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT in connection, Thomas Shanks, Proprietor. CLASSIFIED, Rossiand Hotel | resulting in almost instant death. Mr. Burr, was 72 years of. age and a Washington pioneer. 5 It @ver £150,000, ‘ Br Associated Press. Ottawa. March 5.—The Canadian Patriotic fund to date amounts to $151,158.11. Grant Reid, foreman of the B. A. C. lumber yard, and J. W. Graham, telegraph operator on the Red Mountain railroad, left this morning for Skagway, Alaska, whence -they DRIVING BOERS NORTHWAKR | will go into the interior. Katie D. “Green G. M. and D. Co,, Ltd. NON-PERSONAL ‘LIABILITY. Property situated! fon- North Fork Salmon _ River, Erie District, B.C. FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES, ONLY. Fifty thousand’ shares of the Company’s Treasury Stock is now ees offered to the public at ; Z 1-2. Cents per. Share, and can.be had on application to" 22 Columbia Aveuue,' GEORGE H. GREEN, Rossland, B. C. Sec-Treasurer, Continued From First Page. Youth’s suits, $4.60 and up, Hol- stead & Wright's, town was intense when the relieving coluron entered. Men left the nos- pital, and even the women and chil- dren went forth to greet the new- It was noticeable that the latter were even more demonstrat- ive, cheering the women and _ chil- dren, whom they were proud to have saved. The correspondents believe tha: the garrison could have held out until April, though rations had necessarily been reduced to a minimum. The men of the garri- son will require a rest and the horses are much wasted. Seroism of the Womer, Wine Mottled Goods. Physicians” recommend’ most highly Schlitz’s extract of malt. Soid ‘by the bettle.at the Interna tional family liquor stere. Import- | - ed white wines, clarets and Bargun- dies by the bottie, basket or case at moderate Prices. : tf, comers. Boys’ suits $2.60 and up, Hoi- stead & Wright's. ‘To:Cure @ Cold In‘ Ono Day’: Take Luxative Bromine Quinine Advertisements under this head wile of One Cent Words Nothing taken See fess than 25 cents, Six insertions, Stoo. MISCELLANEOUS, and typist desires Record office Kossland. 21 3t ‘Twelve hundred dollars takes pair ot freehold houses, three rooms, summer kitchen and pantry. Rented for 830 per month. T. Prest, 26 Columbia avenue. engagement. TAILORING. Merchant ‘Tailor, carries the best assortment of imported and do- mestic goods in Kossland. None but first-class labor employed. Prices moderate, Columbia avenue, Rossland. The correspond pay a high tribute to the courage and heroism of the women. Never. a complaint was heard from them in spite,-of their unexampled privations and their endurance and courage were beyond praise. Sad sights were often witnessed’ when the sparse vations were being drawn. _Chil- dren would pathetically seek milk Tablets. . All druggists - refund the’ money if it fails to cure. 25c, .°E. W. Grove’s signature is on’ each box. “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 liné of pure fresh drugs, toilet articles Don’t Burn Oil: They ‘Teduce insiiratice: give your home or business place BS sue appearances and save you money | in oes the trouble anc - Estimates furnished for Wiring and Lighting, | Steam Fixtures carried in stock. in stock. its expensive and dangerous, toy Electric Power supplied for Mining and Manufacturing purposes, “tis much cheaper than steam, Motors far-eale or rent. f trouble, syith Ughts, tel h Mghts. clephone No. 6. er. between Ba. m., and 6 p.m. Lo at leaning lamps. Yon si Bi ae Use Electric Lights Ross and. ‘Water and Light Go. P, BURNS-& CO. WHOLESALE ‘MARKETS - Rossland, Nelson, Sandon, Revelstoke, Greenwood; : . » Grand -Forks;. and Vanco ver. i aan RETAIL MARKETS: : _{Rossland, frail, Nelson, Ymir, <"Kaslo, .. Sandon, New- Denver, Silverton, «Cascade City, rand Forks, F” Greenwoad, Phoenix, Midway, Camp ‘McKinney, Revelstoke Ferguson, and “Vancouver. —— Williats eee Rosslaud Branch. TrI for their sick mothers. ‘The women and children were estimated at 500. Though there was much _ sickness avising from the horse meat diet and druggists sundries.” Prescrip- tions carefully compounded. uw : R. E. Stronc,; Mgr. f house #809, 1 oomed Plastered house, un- furnished, on Spokane street south, Water; good basement. , $18 per.month, Apply M. W, Simp- son, C: ‘olumbia tf Job Printing % of every description executed with ] neatness and dispatch at the... The Record Office. Fe ©Ooceeoaee FOR SALE. House of four rooms and furni- $200. T. Prest, 20 Columbia Ave. A money-making butcher busi- all capital required. house and I Columbia av “FOR SALE stered house and clear title to lot on Second Avenne, only $500, T. Prest, 26 Columiffa Avenue, A prominent business corner at a bargain. A five-roomed furnished nouse un Butte $ oured house on Davis St., £225. house with all modern conveniences $s high!y: ‘cultivated | ‘house finely fied, at much less than ft A ee ne house and barn, mh lot partly 8150 Houses for rent £z. OUIMETTE & co.,, Real Estate... .-Insurance..... Mining Broker and the ab: of fari: food, the epidemic period was passed safely. Dr. Jamieson is suffering NOTICE OF MEETING. Trail Creek Liberal Conserva- UNEXCELLED TABLE. The Arlington. —== THE LEADING HOTEL AT TRAIL : oo Headquarters for.Commer- * ccjal Men....Splendid: ‘Sample Rooms. Toun’ Haverty, Proprietor from typhoid fever. General Buller entered the ‘town at noon, escorted only by his staff. |: His bronzed appearance was very striking. Hesaid he had not en- tered a bed for three weeks, The Boers exchanged shots with the re- lieving force, which saw a few tive Association. A meeting will be held on Mon- day the sth iost.,at 8 p. m., io the offices of Hector McRue (over Bank of Montreal). Ali - Conservatives are urgently invited to attend. A. H. MacNeut, corpses lying in the road. It is be- President. lieved the Boers are retreating to| W. Wyte Jonnston, Glencoe. The correspondents eu- | 3-3-2t , Secretary. logize Generals White and Hunter. Hone Wanted. TENDERS FOR woop i [ > 5 C HOUDE' = Straight Cut Cigarettes. MANUFACTURED BY B. Houde & Company, Quebec Beane ins ahead mrpose ot coat crown 50 Cents per Bank of Montreal Bnew Butlaing, All classes of Repairs and Construction Work Undertaker. ialty. Norte: Fanips ‘kept in stock... Agents for Wm. Hamilto . further take potice: that actle - +— = motith.- oi 37 uae be ean oF lease a bofre the ianuace : im ioDated this rath day oF Brcembet A A.D. Sask, Third Avenue, Rossland. "s Mille, Concentrators; Ete. z BP. 0, Box 106: ce | ed Ore Cars, Wheels and Axles, Buckets, Fans, Shaiting, Hangers and Pullers, ive work Wanted to purchase three or four Tenders will be. received at once : ; the und room house in desirable location. Ree be dciwered to acrage | yeaa Are. Better thes the Best Address, stating terms, ‘House,” | tf ue tran MeQueae ke. ~ wiouE ReEcorp office. - = » Cc ao, ‘ nag Min SAR a, ACT, 1896, € Low & Morris, Rossland. y, Subscribe for eee : = s the-————____ =e & N veer ati Comining dine Whee i f cated, on Spokane mountaa, near Ko Record Eye rene CUNLIFFE & ABLETT, Free iner’s Certificate 3 5. PER Ca ince <8 | ENGINEERS. AND MACHINISTS. 7 THE ROSSLAND RECORD. voL. 6. NO. 18.. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUM BIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1900 PRICE 5 CENTS EXPERT. Watch Repairing. ~ Ever; eaten Jt pth us for irs is th ae a cael roar wermugitr bpednd aad we sean poston toda the most intricate, repairs and guarantee satistaction In er Toads Ww. Spring.. The Leading Jeweler. Next to Pustoffice | mire You rself. Vaccination Shields; Carbolio Acid Gum Camphor, Qhicride } facets. Copperas, Solent Brimatono, cogpRve. % Disinfectants Druggists & Si ners. — erie PAYS to deal with Goodeve Bros. -_ OF ALL KINDS. SACRIFICE SALE. Wei ‘have yet a ‘big: stocle of fancy satin and felt Foot ‘Warmers which must be disposed of. To induce buy- .. ers we are offering them at COST. We invite one and all to.come and. Jook over our.stock. ALONDE, The Reliable Pooler, Cc. 0. [BRITISH | FORCES TO Boers behind Pepworth hill. Two long trains, which were ready to leave, promptly moved before the troops reached them, and the Boers blew up a culvert behind them’ as they went.. The British passed a large body of Boers in the vicinity of Pepworth. The. Boers opened a ‘ heavy rifle fire, the British field |’ MBIN E guns replying. The British did not ceased on. the British retiring. Auction of Boer Relics, Orange Boers pave. Colony Across the The Boer camp showed many ev- idences of the presence of women. An auction was held’ on things || ‘brought from the, Boer camp. ‘A |; bunch of grapes sold for 25 shil- lings; a plate of tomatoes, 18 shil- lings: -a’ dozen matches, 18 shil- lings; a Package” of cigarettes, 25 |: shillings; ‘50 cigars, Hl0, and a press the attack, and the. Boer fire Ont of Cape' River. quarter of a pound of.plug tobacco, 40 shillings. | Whodes May Give Trouble. London, March 9.—-The Morning sition at BRABANT A WINNER Three Generais Can Combine and Repair Railroads---Boer Po- Leader says today: ‘‘Of one thing we.may be certain, Cecil ‘Rhodes, who knows South Africa, has made up his mind that the annexation of the republics will not bring the last- ing ‘peace which. our imperialists propose. Mr. Rhodes is so sure this will not happen that he is pre- ‘Osfontein : By Associated Press. ~ Dordrecht, March 6.—Following day’s success, Gen, Brabant ged the Boers today with y again ‘SKATING RINK | ILY. Sundays, 3:00 to 3:30 6.1m “Now OPEN ~ 6100.¢0 10:00 p. m. advantage, holding the position captured yesterday. There was some .sharp fighting this morning, the British losing five or six. men and capturing the Boer fort, thus vastly improving their: position. The Boers fought tenaciously, con- testing every inch of ground, but ultimately they retreated suddenly, carrying off their guns and wagons. © SEASON TICKETS: "will ‘be gold Yor tho remainder of the season, at the ‘Rink, as follows: Gentlemen, $3; ' Ladies, $1.50; Children, $1.25. A id: force y d'them, but the result is not yet known. “British casualties during the “last two days were 30 ‘wounded and 12 or 13 killed. Boer losses unknown. Throughout arduous fi fighting and gevete fatigue, the Colonials be- -haved spl didl INTERNATIONAL MUSIC HALL. - WEEK OF- MARCH 5, 1900. the fanniest Musical Comedy ever seen; in two acts and Just. Behind the “.Scenes.’. * with Yrancts ‘Howitt, Dutton Wansor ond all other favorites in the cast, ~ Hear the soul-stirring march song— “The Brave B.C. Boys” eplete with | new "seenic effects, big charms, ete. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN... the London; March 6.—The war of- fice has received the following dis- patch from Lord Roberts: “Qsfontein, March, 6.—General Gatacre reoceppied Stormberg yes- terday. The lines of railwaysnorth and west will now be repaired. Gen. Clements is at Joubert’s siding, be- yond Colesberg. . “The Duke of Marlborough, with thie Oxford company of the Imperial yeomanry, has left Cape Town for Naauwport. . “Gen. Buller reports’‘Natal as practically clear of the enemy and that he cannot hear of any formed bodies of: them anywhere. The Boers left some-ambulances full of their sick and wounded, from which the mules ‘had been taken for trans- port purposes.” ‘The Forces Can New Unite. “London; March 6.—2:50 p. m.— The Boers in northern Cape Colony are in full retreat to the Orange Free State. The pessession of "NEW DRUG STO STORE. ——THE——_ ROSSLAND D DRUG “COMPANY. NEXT 70. OLD CITY HALL, COLUMBIA AVENUE. New and Complete’ Stock of, Drugs,. -and. Patent Me Medicines. © _ = Preseriptions Carefully ‘Gompounded. Stormberg puts Gen. Gatacre in railroad-commuanication ; with Gen. - | pared to set to work at once on the h at close range on a Scenes of Horror in Natal. Gen. White's garrison has begua to leave Ladysmith and is arriving’ at the Mooi river camp, where the troups will remain several days, after which they will go further south, They are emaciated and ex- hausted, and say the road to Co- lenso presents scenesthat exceed the horrors depicted in Dante’s Inferno. Dead men and animals are lying mutilated and- putrified in the trenches formerly occupied by the Boers, and fjil the air with a sicken- ing stench. - In: ceases: where: burried Burial .had been attempted, the rains had washed the earth away and out of the earth stick ghastly legs and arms of dead burghers. Preparing tor the Last Stand. A dispatch from Osfontein says that, According to the Boer prison- ers, another important British 'suc- cess will cause President Steyn to flee to -Pretoria, leaving a provi- party: | fortificati t of Kimberly. “We incline to think Mr. Rhodes is preparing for a possible armed conflict with the imperial faction, which he fought at the polls and in ‘parliament until 1895. - He is pre- paring to resist any attempt on our part to interfere actively in, South Afcican affairs, either in the® inter- ests of the “Dutch efector, . whose vote is already threatened; or of the Kaffir laborer, who seems doomed to virtual slavery. “ This is not, in- deed, an extravagant hypothesis. Rhodes has consistently. maintained a policy of ‘Africa for the Af.ikan- ‘der and on ‘his lips the” latter- word is synonymous with financier. He will be loyal to the English flag just so long as it continues to be a valu- able asset.” Board of Trade Annual Meeting. .. The annual meeting of the Ross- land board of trade will be held_ to- morrow evening at 8:30 at its new offices in the. postoffice block. A large 8 of important business sional government at Bl fe which is likely to make peace ‘over- tures, those Free Ststers not wishing for peace trekking into the Trans- vaal and there helping to make a stand, which most of .the British military critics now point out will constitute. the most difficult and de- ciding feature of the war. ~ The recent’ rains have afforded Lord Roberts good grass, copious supplies: have reached him and news of his advance is eagerly awaited. Boer Postiton at Ostontein. - Osfontein, March 3. —The Boer Position has now. “been fairly located as about four miles in front of the British and extending about eight miles. The Boer right consists of a high‘long mountain on the north side of the river, which General French shelled this morning. _Ap- parently the space. between the mountain. and. ‘the’ river has Clements at Colesberg for, though" been . fully . entrenched. South the Boers partially wrecked the of the river, the \Boer lines cover railroad, it i is understood that it can-more ground: A few days ago their be quickly repaired and thus the left rested on.the high kopjes stand- entrance of additional British troops ing in the middle of the, plain. They into the Free State will be greatly have now been extended. two miles facilitated. further south, while six small kop- From Osfontein, where Lord jes stand on the plain between the Roberts is opposed by a good sized | center and the left and between. the body of Boers, there is still no news | center and the river, and form a except reports of minor skirmishes. | ridge behind which the Boers move. The weakness of the whole posi- tion, however, is that it can easily be turned in either direétion. The country is flat and ‘water abound: Brabant’s Position Strong. The position gained. by General Brabant at Dordrecht is reported to is to be transacted and officers are to beelected. - FOR PARTY ‘LINES Vancouver’ Liberals. Strongly ~ Favor’ Them in Blection. JOE MARTIN'S VERSION: He Says Their Endorsement Was Regardless — | of Whether He Favored Party Lines—Mar-": tin Tells Why E. P, Davis Opposed Hin—* The Provineo's Bitter Attacks. * Special tothé Record. Victoria,March 6.—Prethier Mar-— tin gave your corresponderit an in-. terview this morning, in which he said that the Liberals of: Vancouver | did not taboo party lines, ~but. en- dorsed him irrespective of whether he favored ‘party lines or not. There’ is, though; a strong ‘feeling among. the Vancouver Liberals for - party” lines. * He says E, P. Dayis opposed him because he did not agree with his legislation, but ‘he- was also op- Posed to the late goverament,- and he was of the C. P. R. and did ‘not agree with his railway policy:: He said the Province’s, attacks o on. him were due'to Nicholl’s - personal spite. 5 Victoria, March 6. —Joe ‘Martin, in an interview this moraing with your correspondent, corrects state- ments made regarding the Vancou- ver convention. He says the Lib-_ , eral association endorsed him with- out reference to. whether he. d. party lines, and will give him the same support as it gave the Semlin- ites in the last election:, He says . tive and the gnly. ones who opposed him-were Davis, -solicitor for the C. P..R. who has left the late gov- ernment party, Colonel! Warren, W McCraney, father-in-law _ of the late attorney general, Senkler, and - Nichol, editor of the Province, who husa -personal grudge. He ut- terly denies that he was selected as Liberal, leader. ‘Words of Fraternal Greetisx. ~ By Associated Press. Montreal March’ 6.—Wm. C. C id of. the City on @ Ladies). Hockey Match. A match. will be played at- the ‘the Nenad ‘bank of Buffalo,-N. Y. has sent the following message to tink on Friday ing Stars and the. Crescents, of ‘the ladies’ hockey club. The captains are Miss Mae Harris and Miss .Mc- Farlane. The teams practice every evening. The junior hockey” club is practicing for a match at. Sandon with the Sandon juniors. _An Eastern Manufacturer's Views, ~ Joho Lowden, of the Diamond Glass company, of Toronto, ‘is ‘in the city on his way, home from a tcip to the coast. His .~compapy is a large manufacturer of all kinds of Jassware except window glass, the latter article being entirely imported from Germany, owing to the: low tariff in this country.. ‘‘I find busi- ness all right out here. Itis a little quiet just now, but .you- are very hopeful in this couftry, That is One of the grand points of the West. shape,” said Mr. ‘Lowden. ©. P. Bf. Officials on a Tour. A party of C. P. R. officials came in last night and left this morning on atrip of inspection over.the Co- lumbia & Western railroad. It con- sisted of R. Marpole,. general - sup- erintendent of the Pacific division, H. J. Cambie of Vancouver, J. w. be exceedingly strong... According to the Times correspondent, the Boers’ numbers alone enabled them to retreat from Dordrecht practi- cally unhindered. ‘ He also reports a violation of the white flag by the the recent rains having nearly . filled all the danis. « Boers Retreat From Ladyemith.” Ladysmith, March . 3.—Three regiments of cavalry, reconnoitring Troup, sup nay division, F. W. Peters, general of Montreal, Business: in the . East is in: good dént of the Koote- freight agent at Nelson, F. P; Gute- lius, formér superintendent of the Columbia & Western, W..J. Cullen H.‘E. Armstead -of Vancouver, \'D. T. Coyle and J. the gers of the ‘principal Ca- nadian banks. **We beg to extend congratula- tions on the grand success< of. Brit- ish arms, aided by Canadians. The. right - thinking American people are with the mother coun- try.” 4 ge The War Eagle Shuts Down. The War Eagle mine was shut down ‘ completely yesterday and all hands paid off, son given by: Manager Kirby is that repairs - are.: necessary to the electrical. compressor and the temporary hoist. at the 250-foot level. He said: ‘I think - that’ ‘within a week all that is necessary + -can be done, and .as soon asit is work will .be resumed’as’ usual. There is no other significance to be attached to the matter.” Galena Ore from Burnt Basin Mike Schick has received a sam- grove, who is at work on the Har- that the sample comes from a depth of 45 feet in the shaft, which is down 50 feet; the whole width of it in just such ore... The shaft is six feet-square. He is now crosscut- ting to define the width of the ledge, which is 4o feet‘on the sur- face. The indications are that the ore will change to. copper and gold. Men's silk-lined overcoats $15 at dale Doupe of Wi Pes. Robert E. Strong, Matiager. Boers, and they delibérately fired northwards today, saw a body of | L s Holstead & Wright’s- rthe meeting was. most” “representa~ oe ple of solid galena ore from A. Bel-. = lan claim in Burnt Basin: He writes - The rea-:”