ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD, APRIL $ 1900. ~

__ Offers special membership in-
for a. short time by
suspension of tte initiation fee.
All the.....seves

Magazines

Rossland
Athletic.. ~ Periodicais
Excellent accommodations for

Ch b permanent and temporary board
lu peoua and chambers; $36 to $40 per

ca.

CHOSE DELEGATES

for Party Liner.

Large Meating Elects Delegates to the Ross-

month. _ For particulars apply to

wee CuADLES Ec BEI
eo Charles Webster, Steward. Secretary. |

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 Stuck is now
offered to the public at

7 1-2 Cents per Share,

and can be had on application to
22 Columbia Aveuue, SEORGE H. GREEN,
Rossland, B. C. Sec-Treasurer.

PRL ALLL AL A OL ALL PALL

land Riding Convention—Ringing Speeches
Denounce MoInnes and Martin’s One-Man
Role and Emphasize Party Unity.

The mass meeting of Conserva-
tive voters at Dominion hall last
evening was well attended, and
was marked by enthusiasm and
unanimity of sentiment in favor of
party lines in. the coming election.
About 150 persons were present
and there was no lack of candida-
tes for delegate to the convention cf
Rossland siding.

Dr. Edward Bowes, president of
the Liberal-Conservative associa-
ciation, presided and sounded the
keynote of the meeting in a. brief
speech, in’ which he depicted the
evil condition to which clique gov-
ernment had. brought this province,
the most resourceful in the Domin-
ion, until it was-now brought down

. CUNLIFFE & ABLETT,
ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS.

All classes of Repairs and Construction Work Undertaken.
Ore Cara, Wheels and Axles, Buckets, Fone, Shajting, Hangers and Fulleta, an work
specialty. Northe: they Pur Bumpy kept in stock, “Agents for Wm, Hamilto
"6 Mills, Concentrators, Etc.
Third Avenue, Rossland. P.O. Hox 198,

to rule under such a man
as Martin. He foreshadowed vic-
tory as the outcomé of the entry of
the party into the field with such
unanimity and enthusiasm as had
been displayed. :

A. H. McNeill, John Dean and
Harold Kingsmill were elected

ser and i were

Transter of Liquor License.

Notice is hereby ven, that at the next sitting
ofthe, Board of License Commissioners for the
tity of Rossland, an application will be: made, for
a transfer of the license Row held by Hi L- Will.
jams, for the Columbia saloon, Rossland, 5. C.,
Raikted this Goth day’ of March, A, D, 1900.

a 1 y of Mare! x
BLL Writiams.

Transter of Liquor License.

icense Commissioners for the
City of Rossland, an application will be made for
2 transfer of the iieense now held by de Pye.
for e the: Contre Star hotel, Rossland,

‘Dated’ this roth day of March, A. D. 1

THE FAST LINE Bile

: NOTICE.
TO ALL POINTS.

THE DINING CAR ROUTE.VIA fe

ict to.

rohetract, equip, maintain campany ste tHephone
Oe eo ae nee aad ae fe iS
cities, towns, municipalities and districts of the
SAREST AND BEST, mainiand of the province of British Sa ted" Ge

ee fect and. matntal

poles and other works and
cvimpahy deem necessary for F making, com ‘comple in
, USINR. Ng. OF main:
SOLID VESTIBULE TRAINS ting the: System def ef eomminieation by By telephone
} anid fe open or break up any par!
EQUIPPED WITH or partsof the sald highways or streets as often

Puilman Palace Cars, Elegant Din- | 2s {hesaid company, its agents, officers or work:
ing Cars, Modern Day Coaches, | dertaking to Pata acauire, lease, ex hee
Yourist Sleeping Cars.

chase eas m
phone elenraD) iph line, ais ed or to
oe in ty Ul

“poi! ¢ line which the ny mai
- Through Bones te ai relate in the United ne a nairamate re 60) mi P 'y E
fine ar a ibesaor any portion or portions thereot,
Steamahip tickets.to all parts of the world. ny poe Sesning. 2 ‘as proprietor, any line
Tickets to China and Japan vio Tacoma ot ieltphoneor elegraph cummunication cannec-
nnd Northern Pacitic teanship Co. {Hom orto be connected. with the. saig c company's
Trains depart from Spokane as fotlows: | posesof the company aed to pledge OF manttaee
lo, 1 Westbound, at p.m., daily. any of the company's assets Yor that: purpose, and

NS.3 Rostbouud. at aim.. daily. | '@ Fecelve bonuses or any person

ileges from

rate, and with all other usual. nec.

a et orineldental or i ts; Bo powers o1 es as

¥or further information’ time, cards, map ay be necessary oi inci jental to the’ attaltrent
and tickets, aoeply ta to agents of the oft 1 above objects, of of ghem.

MILTO!
Sol licteors f fort ihe thesppliants

BE. W. Ruff, Agt. R. M. Ry., Dated this first dav of Mar
Rossland, B. C,

tise

Notice is Is hereby | iven, that at the next sitting |

made for delegates, the city being
entitled to 17, on the basis of one
for every 100 voters or fraction of
x00. A vote’ was then taken.by
ballot and thescrutineers proceeded
to the count. :

| While they were thus engaged,
the meeting whiled away the time
with speeches and songs. W. J.
Nelson spoke of the advantages of
party government and of the good
work which the Conservatives had
done for the Dominion. ' Alexander
"| Sharp traced the political record of
Joe: Martin without sparing ‘him,
howing his utter faith! to.
his. promises and to his colleagues.
|. Hector McRae, in his favorite sati-

: |rical vein, discussed the various

cliques and coalitions which have
misgoverned British Columbia. in
the last ten years, ending with
the grand climax of Joe Mar-
tin, Mayor Goodeve traced the

| record made by the Conservative

party in the government of the
Dominion, dwelling on its great
in uniting anddevel

ing the country as evidence of its
fitness for the government of the
province. D. B. Bogle discussed
the workings of c:ique and persona}

ina h ical review.

3. W. HILL, General Agent, Spokane, Wn * CLASSIFIED.
A.D. CHARLTON,
Acct, Gen. Pass Agt., Portland, Ore. Advertisements under this head inserted at the

Word. Nothing taken for
Ts Maas Sten Heo Bertone coe” P

TAILORING.

O. SAVARD, Fashionable Merchant Tailor,
carries the best assortment of imported and do-
mestic goods in Rossland. None but first-class

ANADIAN
PACI Fl Cc Y. labor employed. Prices moderate, Columbia

SOO LINE. oo

Rossland Conservatives Rally in Force

THE EVILS OF CLIQUE RULE

JUNK DEALEB IN TROUBLE.

Mo Bought Stolen Fittings From Four
Small Boys,

Joseph Lang, the junk dealer, was
committed for trial by Magistrate
Boultbee this morning on the charge
of receiving stolen goods, knowing
that they were stolen.

The. goods in question were a
number of fittings which had been
stolen -from the electric powerhouse
by four boys, Lawrence Pound, Ben
Trisoney, — Moore and another, all
linder 10 years of age, who testified
against Lang. They damaged the
property to the amount of $200,
and sold part of the fittings to Lang
on Friday night for 30 cents and the
remainder on Saturday night for the

have been broken off a boiler and
which were hidden in the brush near
Lang's place.’ -They are believed to
have been sold to some other man,
who became ‘alarmed when Lang
was arrested and hid them away.

Increased Arrivals of Freignt.

* The spring rush of freight is be-
ginning to come in over the C.P.R.
Since April 1 a carload of pipe fr
Hunter Bros., a carload of machin-
ery from Sherbrooke, 30 carloads
of coal, five cars of merchandise
and several cars of lumber have
arrived, :

_ MINOR {EION.

C. A. Des Brisay, of Spokane, is
n town.

Harry Foster ‘and wife, of Trail,
are in. the city.

J. L. G. Abbott returned from
Greenwood last night.

‘Inland revenue collections for
March were $2248.19.

Frank Watson and Fred H. Oliver
went to Spokane this morning.

Judge Spinks ‘arrived in town
from Vernon on Monday night.

. B, Gibbons left for Spokane

over the Red Mountain road today.

w. Collingrigge Bing, who has

spent many. years in China, is in the
sity, :

;-Judge: Forin and P. McL. Forin

have teturne.l. from a trip to Spo-

kane,
F. H. O° 2K of the Morrison.

.H.. Kermode, of Trail, passed

through the city this morning on
his way to Grand Forks.

; Henry Krumb, superintendent of

the New St. Elmo, is in the hospi-
tal'suffering trom typhoid fever.

: The Rossland Lawn Tennis club

meets this evening at Marsh’s mess,
East Le Roi avenue, at 8 o’clock to

elect officers.

Alexander Dick spoke in hi:
terms of the mis-government by

that the people asked him for bread
and he gave them Joseph. He
predicted that the people would,
follow the example of the patriarchs’
by putting Joseph in a well.

Judge Townsend then sang “The
Red, White and Blue” and D. N.

‘The direct ronte from FOR KENT—Nicely furnished rooms, with or
without board. Kootenay: avenue, betw

KOOTENAY COUNTRY, | Washington and Spokane street. ‘Terms moder
ate. Mrs NorTHey. 4-2-6t

FURNISHED ROOMS, with or without;board,
also housekeeping apartments, for rent cheap. 17

to all points

EAST. AND WEST.

First-class Sleeper op all ins from Revelstoke | Ce Rol avenue sete
TOURIST CARS FOR SALE.
art Sod Wednesda i aii Sfer ergata: Hndiye for undays |~“EOR SALE—s700 will take good Groom cot-

tage, well furnished, and lot. T. Prest, 26 Colum-
far-Same can as Sy Reveistons, one day eanier | bia avenue,
oa FOR SALE—Fifty-eight fect frontage: Nickel
CONNECTIONS: © ya | pate ats san, Te Prest, 26 Columbla sven
'ipo ex, Sunday. -ROSGT AND: --e& Suey iau'| FOR SALE“Good rooming house, furniture
Se orniag igain for and from’ Robson, Nel-’ | neatly new: #273. T. Prest, 26 Columbia avenue.

sony and for Kasio, Sandon and Stocan FOR SALE—House of four rooms and furnt-
obits connects for all point i v+-evenv ture complete: $200. T. Prest, 26 Columbia Ave.

THE BOUNDARY | oe Sates mamer making bacher bas

d sang ‘“‘Hearts of Oak,”
both being heartily applauded.

The result of the ballot was soon:
afterwards announced as. follows:
W. J. Nelson, Dr. Bowes, J. S.
Clute, Jr., T. Mayne Daly, Hector
McRae, A. H. MacNeill, Alexander
Dick, Ross Thompson, A, B. Mac-
kenzie, J. Fred Ritchie, Mayor
Goodeve, Alexander Sharp, A. C.
Galt, J. B. Johnson, A. G. Creel-
man, D. B. Bogle and Charles
Howson. .

The alternates are: Hector Mc-
Pherson, W. L. Orde, R. Dalby
Morkill, W. B. Townsend, John
Dean and William Harp.

his. T. Prest. 26 Columbia avenue.
Cc OUNT RY. Investigate tl

FOR SALE—

ing train for,and, from Rabson, Nel | A prominent business Corner at a bargain.
fon math in line and_ points port. gonnects A five-roomed furnished nouse on Butte St., $150
Greet nd naayt fem aslo, Sandon, the | fourroomed house on Davis St $225.
, ymied hi with all
BOUNDARY couNTRY. A Avis roe Mighty ‘ulllvated. house se finely
ane, furnished, at muc
Hours, ROSSLAND TO A sixoomed house and an onith lot partly
seeeeeeNELSON.... ---- ‘The furniture and good-will of a. 17-roomed lodg-
‘ing house, $400.

For rates and. full Information, address the | TW acres of of grand adjotning towdsite. to. the
est I

A.B. Mackenzie. city, ‘Ticket A Agt. Henses rot

we OUIMETTE & CO.,
A & Moarshur, Agent) © Reset Real Estate........ Insurance... Mining Breker
Buridiog,

W. E: faderson TEP Ag NUanconver, B. C ‘Bank of Montreal Brick

The fon will meet in Dom-
inion hall in this city on April 1o

date tor the legislature.

Fine Bottled Goods, 3
Physiciaus recommend most
highly Schlitz’s extract of malt,
Sold by the bottle at the Interna-
tional family liquor store. - Import-
ed white wines, clarets and Burgun.
dies by the. bottle, basket or case at
moderate prices, tf

LieutenantGovernor McInnes, saying |-

to nominate a Conservative candi- |_

Peace Declared.

Why devote all your time read-
ing’ about the Boer war and the
gold’ fields of. Alaska? .There are
other. matters of vital importance;
you ‘niay make a trip east, and will
want’ to know how to travel. In
order'to have’ the best service, use
the Wisconsin Central railway be-
tween St. Paul and Chicago, For

House & &
Furnishings!

ln tl department we h
Want, and at right prices, "tH! you

Linen Towels, 76c. per
to $1.00 cach. 2H

60-inch Table Linen, 22i%4c
per yard. .

14-inch Hemed Bed Ss
rat Preads,

18-inch Crash, Bé. per yard,

THE BIG STORE.

HUNTER BROS.

ae e its expensive and d
Do 9 ft B u i O i | nathing ofthe tro trouble ee
n it iar more re plessan eo uch

‘They reduce insurance: give, yo

bastureet, Ose Electric Lights

Estimates furnished for’ Wirlng and Lightl ng, _ Steam Fixtures carried in stock,
id M

Electric Power supplied for an ing purposes,

Itis much cheaper than steam. —_ Motors for sale or rent.

FBr-In case of trouble with light, ¢ telephone No. 67, between 8a. m., and 6 p.m,

Rossland Water and Light Go.

“Pretty Music. New Faces.

INTERNATIONAL -

MUSIC HALL.

WEEK OF APRIL 2, 1900.

A New Eastern Company

The greatest of all contraltos,

MISS OLA HAYDEN

A novelty never before in Rossland—the clever 9omedians,

LORD AND ROWE.

‘The well known product

FRANK. MARTIN

The charming balladist ¥ ‘The warbler of ragtime

Claire Keith Camelita Meek

The favorite, FRANCES HEWETT remains with us.
Same Admission.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

I have the following blocks i in the following companies for ale.
Zureka C , Hi take, Evening Star,
Silverine, R. E. Lee, Bodie, Eureka, North Star and ZilaM

Lots in the Original Townsite

Reddin. Jack Co., Agents, fand, B. ¢

THE ROSSLAN’

ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1900

PRICE § CENTS

Alarm Clocks!

We have just received three cases of SUN
RISE and MUST-GET-UP Alarm Clocks,

They are the Best made, and we guarantee every one.

J. W. SPRING,

Next to Postoffice. The Leading Watchmaker and Jeweler

In ae s Mouth

aiiade ver Teste

'| toria landed in Ireland this morning

 Goodesé ess Drisgeista & a

¥27"It PAYS to deal with Goodevo Bros,

Latest in
Footwear

e have just received a nobby line of BOOTS and SHOES
from some,of the leading firms in the U. S., and in
They include all the Newest Shapes in Black and
Tans, ranging in price from $3.50 up, and lined with “chrome”
This new kind of lining is strictly waterproof.

M. J.-O’HEARN,

The Busy Store at the Busy Corner.

EWERT BROS
Cs

JEWELERS &

Mining comp. a is in town from |.
Spokane.

NEW DRUG STORE.
ROSSLAND DRUG

New.and Complete: Stock of Drugs,

—_~—THE—

~COMPANY..

NEXT TO OLD CITY HALL, COLUMBIA AVENUE.

and Patent Medicines.

~ - Prescriptions Carefully Compounded.
Robert E. Strong, Manager.

rates‘.and other inform write

Jas, A..Clock, general agent, Port-
tf

land, Oregon.

Notice.

“O84 and after April 2 the N: & F.
S. laid office will be-located on the
corner of Washington street and
Third avenue, near Red Mountain
depot. 3°g1-7t

UNEXCELLED TABLE.

The Arlington.—\_<_.

THE LEADING HOTEL AT TRAIL
<=" Headquarters for Commer-

cial Men....Splendid Sample.Rooms.
Toun Haverty, Proprietor.

New Drug Store

The Rossland Brig: company § is
now. doing bi

c-8

avenue, next to the are city hall
building. We have a complete line
of pure fresh drugs, toilet articles
and druggists sundries. Prescrip-
tions carefully compounded.

tf R. E, Strone, Mgr.

50 Cents per g
month.

e->
¢ *——HOUDES——* §

B. Houde & Company, Quebec

Straight Cut
Cigarettes.

MANUFACTURED BY

- Are Better than the Best.
WHOLESALE AT
Crow & Morris, Rossland.
ee <4

q

/ manent pavements. Gen. Warren

ENGRAVERS.

FINE WATCH REPAIRING.

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
TIME-PIECE INSPECTORS.

P. BURNS & CO.

: , WHOLESALE MARKETS

Grand Forks, and Vancouver.

RETAIL MARKETS

nf 4
Bes and Vancouver.
——

Willixm Donald, Mgr., Rossland Brauch.

IN OLD IRELAND

Queen Victoria Meats With Loyal
Welcome at Dublin,

ARRIVED AHEAD OF TIME

Greoted by All the Dignitaries on Hor Land-
ing at Kingston and Oheered by Thousands
of Loyal Irish People on the ‘Wharves and

Docks, oo

‘By Associated Press,
Dublin, April .4.—Queen Vic-

for the first time in 39 years. The
disembarkation from the royal
yacht was — accomplished at half-

the forces in Iréland, the Duke of
Cc ig the lord fi
Earl Cadogan, and their staffs
greeted her majesty on her arrival
at Kingston.

The journey from Kingston .to
Dublin commenced in splendid
weather -and before, huge, good-
natured crowds.

ston to the vice regal lodge was

past eleven. The commander of

The queen's progress from King-

PURSUIT _
OF BOERS
GIVEN UP

Ville Return to Bloom-

GUNS AT PRETORIA

of the Transvaal Capital
are Impregnable. |

By Associated Press. that the city is one vast storehouse
London, April 4.—Gen. Colville] of food stuffs and ammunition.”
and Gen. French have given up the A Canadian Soldier Dead.
movement aga‘rist the Boers east of |
BI

marked with great h

There was no untoward incident.
At the entrance to the city, she re-
ceived an address of welcome,

‘linto the wilderness with a field

and have rejoined the department received a cable from

Generals French and Col-

fontein. ed

Webster Davis Says the Defences|

Ottawa, April 4.—The militia

main. army. It doubtless seemed to| py Bs this
Lord Roberts a vain thing to send
from|1o000to12000 of hisbest troops

first battalion, Montigny and Lislet,

FROM. EE.

Frank Oliver Tells of the Growth of
Oregon's Great Camp, E

Frank H. Oliver has returned

| from a trip to Sumpter, Ore., where
he found everything booming, with
six dividend paying mines in opera-

oo and: is growing. rapidly, with
building io progress in every direc-
tion,” said Mr. Oliver. ‘The three
main streets are being planked un-
til the town can afford to buy per-

is working the Diadem mine and
has a shaft down 68 feet, trom which
a general sample, taken the day be-
fore 1 left, assayed $360. A great
advantage is tliat all the lodes show
increased value with depth, A
small pyritic smelter with acapacity
of 35 tons a day is being erected by
some St. Louis people and several,
more stamp mills will be installed
this spring.”
z ————— ee a

TENDERED A BANQUET

Yrail and Hoseland Friends Honor
¥. P. Gutelius.
F. P. Gutelius was tendered a
banquet at the Crown Point hotel
in Trail, last evening, prior to. his
departure for Nelson, where he’ will
assume his new duties as resident
engineer for the C, P, R. There
were many Trail-and Rossland
friends present, on whose behalf the
toastmaster, Mr. J. W. Devitt, pre-
sented the guest of the evening

QUICK WORK | Tel. No. 8
,_Red Star: mae & Transfer G

raitare, Pintog a ands rt ste ae

sat tht ‘Near, transfer, ware-

Be
WE SELL GOOD, DRY, SEASONED) woo.
* Washington 8t., opposite Bank of Montreal.

with a hand: Idheaded cane.
Among the Rossland guests were
Messrs. J. S. Clute jr., A. B, Mc-
Kenzie, C. V. Jenkins, Lee
Coombs, N. A. Burrett, M. A.
Green, W. A. Campbell, and Frank
Mendenhall.

‘TO BE CONSIDERED FONIGHT.

Miners’ Union Has Recelved the Man-
agers’ Final Offer.

cout Burn Oil:
= se Electric Li hts

Oss Electric Lights

* Steam Fixtures carried in stock.

general meeting tonight. Neither
party will make any prediction as to

Estimates furnished for Wiring and Lighting,
tic Power supplied for Mining and Manufacturing purposes.

It is much cheaper than steam.
"In case of srouble: wie Hgts. telephone No. 67.

67, between Ba. m,, and 6 pm.

The mi have made

a@ final prop to the
committee of the miners’ union,
which was uader discussion last
d| night. The whole body of the un-
ion will take action upon it ata

the prospects of a settlement.

Base Ball Meeting Tonight.
A meeting of the base ball club
will be held at 8 o'clock ‘this even-
ing in the old Bank of Montreal

Water and ‘Light Go.

tion. ‘The population is about 35- |~

port, in the direction of a right
angle with his chosen line of ad-
vance;, The Boers have pi

maveéd elsewhere and, if to, the
south-west, Gen. Colville could as|ON“Y Liven Ur To THK TREATY

of the first contingent.

egsily.strike them from Bloemfon-
tein as by following them up across
the plains.

These inferences still leave the
situation bewildering for the time
being. The enormously superior
British forces appear inactive in
every part: of the.war field, waiting
probably for the accumulation of
material for a swift advance on the
Travsvaal ‘frontier. The London
military commentators, and © the
public also to some extent, are ir-
ritated and confused by the situa-
tion.

to Cross Her Terrttorye:-.
By Associated Press,
London, April 4.-—The “question
of the transport of British troops
across Portuguese teritory from
Beira, Portuguese East Africa, to

in the chamber of deputies, the
foreign minister, Senor Beira, made
the following statement,

“The transport of British soldiers
by railroad from Beira to .Umtali
was requested by Great Britain and
consented to by Portugal, because
‘Bptomar SeBesinen Me bbes: the British government thereby

scenes on Green Market square,|in the treaties between the two

Schreiner encountered an English|has not abrogated these treaties,
demonstration, show that the premi-| which were concluded and. signed
er, fearing personal violence, sought prior to the war by Portugal in .a
refuge in a restaurant.. He was| spirit of loyalty. .I have informed
hooted and tried to reach the parli-| the Transvaal of this reason.

ament house protected by police. “Portugal has loyally adhered to
The people shouted. “traitor,” but} its.duties and neutrality, and its
he succeeded in reaching the house. | reasons have been communicated to
Lord Roberts did not meet his| all interested parties. There could

wife at Capetown. She will pro-| occur no more solemn ion than

cing the death from enteric fever
of Private H. Forest, of the sixty-

who went with the Quebec company

Why Portugal Allowe: British ‘Troops

Rhodesia, having being brought up

Details have been received of the] only exerciséd a right recognized

Capetown, Tuesday, when Premier| countries. The outbreak of war

GC. P. R. MEETING

Good Results From General Prosperity
of Canada,

LOWER RATES THE POLICY

President. Shaughnessy Says Trafic Has
Grown in All Sections—Increased Tonnage
‘Will Keep Up Revenue—Five Per ent Div-
idends Will Be Continued.

By Associated Press.

Montreal, April 4.—The annual
meeting of shareholders of the C. P.
R. was held today. The report was
adopted and the old} boand re-
elected unanimously.

Io: “moving the adoption of the re-
port “President Shaughnessy said it
was gratifying to be able to con-
gratulate the shareholders on the
excellent results of operation during
the year and the prospects of con-
tinued prosperity. The improve-
ment in the revenue was largely due
to the growth of traffic in every sec-
tion of the Dominion... Government
reports indicate that in Manitoba
and the Northwest there will be
under crop this season about half 2
million acres in excess of 1899.

The rate per ton mile for the
carriage of freight had been still
further reduced. .. In view of the re-
moteness of. eastecn . markets from
some sections - of the system, the
policy of the directors has been to
reduce rates in order to” “encourage
the maximum development of the
coualry, for the purpose. of - securing
increased revenue-from the growth:

of torinage rather than the maiiiten=: "~~

ance ‘of high rates. “Long: distance
haul traffic, because of the situation
of the railway’and the economy of
working; was an important factor
in the successful carrying out of
this policy.

Apart from some short lines re-
quired toserve growing communities
in Manitoba and the Northwest
territories, the directors do not at
present contemplate construction in-
volving an important expenditure of
capital.

The present earnings of the Man-
iroba & Northwestern and the
Great Northwestern Central ‘rail-
ways, to be released, were already
sufficient to pay interest on the li-
ability involved and contributed
traffic to the main line which will
be permanently secured.

A gratifying feature of the com-
pany’s affairs is the fact that during
the past year there has been an ad-
dition of 150 percent to the list
of sharehold on record in Can-

ceed to Bloemfox.tein, the present to declure that the Brit-
Modder River Bridge Finished. |ish cabinet has maintained with
The permanent bridge at the| Portugal relations of cordiality ‘and
Modder River station has been fin-|!oyalty, for which there is reason
ished. The first train passed over|for congratulation, Please God
it Tuesday. that these good relations shall al-
The British garrison at Spring-| W4ys be maintained,” -
fontein was roused at midnight Mon-
day by the information that the] princk OF WALES SHOT AT
Boers in force were about to make i
an attack, but uot a burgher ap-|A at on
peared. . the Way to Copenhagen.
‘Troops Return to Bloemfontein. By Associated Press.

fc i April. 2.—G 1 Brussels, April 4.—As the train
Colville’s division and French’s cay-| Was leavir.g the Northern station for
alry have returned here. © Every- the Southern railroad station, an in-
thing is quiet. individual fired a revolver at the

Webster Davis, Views. Prince of Wales, but ‘missed His
New York, April 4.—Interviewed Royal Highness. .
by the correspondent of the Herald, London, April 4.—The — Prince
ex-assistant secretary Webster and Princess of Wales started for
Davis said in part with reference |COPenhagen this morning for the
to his visit to Pretoria. “1 viewed | PUtpose of attenaing the celebration
the defenses of Pretoria and.I_ con-|°f King Christian’s birthday which
sider them impregnable. The line | Occurs April 8.
ot hills surrounding the town brist-
Je with high power Krupp and Board of Trade to Meet.
Creusot guns. Pretoria lies in a} The council of the board of trade
basin surrounded by a ridge of rug-| will meet at 5 o'clock this afternoon
ged hills, affording most admirable{and the board itself will hold its
opportunities for defense, While | regular monthly meeting at 8;30

pbuilding.

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ada, and the number is still increas-
ing. The return to a basis of five
per cent dividends is an assurance
of the conviction of the directors
that, in the absence of unforeseen’
conimercial disaster, no lower
standard will be necessary.

The annual meeting of the board
of directors wns held at noon to-
day, Sir William Van Horne, chair-
man, presiding, The annual re-
port having been taken as read, Mr.
Shaughnessy, president, moved its
adoption, following which the pres-
ident in a brief’ speech referred to
the general prosperity of the sys-
tem, the low rates prevailing, and
how it was proposed to overcome
their effect by building larger loco-
motives, cars, etc., the extension
of the company’s system in the
west, etc., and other matters per-
taining to the welfare of the road.

A resolution was passed author-
izing the expenditure of $3,266,489
upon the maintenance-of the sys-
tem; also providing for the election
of the chairman of the board of di-
rectors, who should not hold office
as president.

A resolution of condolence, ex-

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