‘ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD, JULY 19 1900 SESSION BEGINS Opening of: the. Lepislature-Was a SPEECH FROM THE THRONE ‘The Government Will Call on Ottawa and London for Action of Japane: A Tonnage Tax on Ooke and (ssl is Pre- posed by Dunsmuir. Victoria, weather favored the opening of the’ legislature, which was an admirably arranged function, brilliant assembly. great press of visitors, among whorn were many naval and military offi-, cers, band regiment. In his speech from hope that asteady and solid ad- Naaceiinyitie ‘right ‘direction’ is due ‘and prictically “ diate future. -’ “This applies to almost every town in the Boundary, but to take that which is apparently most quiet of all, as .an illustration—Cascade. | |, Even here one'sees numerous cheer- ing elements of the sweet bye and bye. Slowly, without noise, almost . unaided, prospect after prospect is being” quickly ; developed, while it can-be said‘that many’ can be pro- nounced safely through the experi- mental stage and ready at any time, ‘) with: adequate ; financial support’to lay just claim to be considered |b mines, Take the Victoria, Dyke Read, Cannon Ball group‘and Rus- sell properties to witness. Then, again, the natural advantages of the.town as a smelter. site are be- attended by 4 yond question _and these natural ad- | hi There was a ‘vantages ‘are highly colored by il- lustration when one sees, as is often the case, whole strings .of ore cars; 5 which are left at the depot, because were taken from the Fifth the engines which hauled them in ured inthe imme- Brilliant Function. Immigration Special to the Kuconp, July 19.—Queen’s The guard of honor ‘and | eral manager uf the Sunset Copper company, limited, meen country, is in town. turned from a trip to ‘Portland and Tacoma, where he raised capital for the Umatilla Gold Mining company and the Anglo-Lardeau Gold mines, Tablets. money if it fails to cure, W. Grove's signature is on each carriages and gurneys—Montana stables. to,attend baby. R. A. Brown, president and gen- in the Similka- Prof. F. R, Blochberger has re- he Kingston Gold Mines, limited, un which he has started work, To Cure a Cold In One way Take Laxative Bromine Quinine All druggists refund the 25c. «CEL Ox. Match pairs, handsome turnouts, : . A specially well-built shoefor Men @ VHE BEST ON EARTH IS A HANAN SHOE —xaining in popularity every day— HANANS $5.00 SHOE for men is the popular price. Made in allthe new shapes, Ark to nee our $5.00 Shoe......ceeeeeeees eee Shoe Department, ‘HUNTER BROS. Phone 6, For rent—four room furnished jouse, apply to J. L. Whitney & Co. Wanted, girl about 13 years old, Apply - this office, r call up telephone 20. ° * Fancy gaited saddle horses—new fi single drivers at "| from Phoenix or elsewhere are not the throne, |Sufficiently powerful to ‘take them Montana stables. Lieutenant Governor Sir Henri Joly “l over-the divide to. their destination, Phone 6. . Pare Soqp CAA Rossland Athletic.. Offers special membership in- for..a, short time by suspension of ‘the initiation fee. All the. ccecesens t Magazines ‘aa Periodicals Excellent “accommodations for Gee gts Artistic .Printing combined.. with Moderate. Prices the Oe VOL, 6, NOS)130. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1900 Hoiipay ‘JEWELLERY ; For the holiday season thére is jiothtng g more in keep; h ‘summer costumes than our pretty Souvenir — ===, ins,’ Broothes,Blousé'Sets, and Buckles, made of ~ “Silver Gilt" and Fine’ Enamel. _T' hey,are: sheen. durable, of patriotic: design, and fashion ees 5 CONCENTRATED: LEMONADE. POWDER, '1! ROOT BEER, JUNKET* TABLETS, for FRUIT ACIDS, FRUIT: CoLorinG, LIQUID RENNET GELATINES, ETC., FTC, 5 VICHY SALTS, KISSENGEN SALTS, ABBEY SALTS, : By ENOS FRUIT. SALTS;/APENTA WATER, | r ¥7 Ove Seely Deaths Have Occurréd OF |: [Latest Arrivals. from Alaska ‘Toll of Fierce Galea Which Stay the Argonauts—. IN ARCTIC” GALES ~ the Yukon’s Mouth. [WRECKED IN THE DELTA] ton Party Porishes,Also One from Ranipart, x1 athe Tuken. F wards of. twenty deaths lately fear ‘thé delta off the mouth of the “Yu- CONGER | “SENDS Ao 255505 MESSAGE). Legations Still Alive, ‘put ~ Under Shot and She were murdered, governor demanding the truth. The governor teft Pekin on the sith and all then 5 Tht Fowler wired'the replied that his courier were safe, bat Pekin city had been has’ received Latcat About ius Legations _.Paris, July 20.—The foreign office’ intormation. from a Chinese source, in which, however, certain reliance may be placed, that tl tl i. not been massacred. he foreign ministers at Pekin havg According 1o his information, on July 7 the min- isters were attacked and the legu- ~~ ‘| tions were burned, ‘but the -foreign- ers succeeded in crossing the city to Princt Ching’s’ palace,’ which’ was then barricaded. The Evropeans were holding their own up to the time the news left-on July 9. Since then nothing has been heard from HE CALLS FO! FOR RELIEF General Massacre Was” Expected --Chinese Threaten Shang-. = e we 4 i full of suspicious characters hai- More Murders. eat oink itive Gudrtate d Teontihe : -['ually increasing, number of armed Chinese are arriving from the north, The troops. in the Woo Sung forts are. “being reinforced ‘daily “and a number of new guns have heen ‘placed in position. The foreign uls have, p d aunited pro- test against these offensive prepara- tions, Viceroy Li Hung Ctieh re- French minister of foreign affairs, plied that he had ordered the work -|name~ Conger. ~The’ “minister has| through the Chinese nin i atl of iagl the Grice conse taken it to the state department, Paris, purporting to come, from. the immediately, “but the local com. y Peiticcr lk” At 2:40 a, m. Mini Wu hand- Pp and asking France’s media- mandér. refuséd to heed the vice- er r : td | Cassiar, through the stupidity of be “ the pedi atte de to Secrary ton wie the Pies “ji gis it is roy’s remoristrances. ikea tact ite Susy co Ste C FLEPHONE, returning officer at Bella CoolaGin| Hay. No doubt was expressed by /alleged, was dated July 19. and] eoriptetel 1 Shanghai eae seeeet a Clothier and Outfitter. | re volte fo ¥ votes, which were lost'|-State set okatak officials as to the made ni no mention of the foreij.n lee} and the Seas already mounted to Clifford. and Stables. The -re- tH} Sof the Mr. |g: i | at Pekin, tole ; of .. blowing _ the turning officer arrived ‘here™ yester- Conger's lessage Is a8 tC nieve the ' ae na ‘to pieces in 12 day with the missing boxes andea} ‘‘le:. British | legation. Under Washington, July. 20.—State. de- continued shot and shell from Chi- partment officials de not’ accept the. appeals.:..to-... ~ HUNYADI, JENOS: WATER, ETC.;2~> * Goodeve Bros., Drugsists; and Stationers: iys:to Beal aie Goodeve: ‘Trail. Another legitimate hostage of the future lies in ‘the selection of ‘Cascade.as the site of construction ot the newest, best and largest of Is necessary for a good complex- jon. A soap to be pure need not necessarily be high priced. We have on hand a large assortment of all the leading makes of toilet soaps and we have, besides, other varie- ties, which, if not’so” well known, are fully as. good and cost less money. Rossianp Dru. Co., Phone 185. made a fitting reference to the Afri-, can and Chinese troubles which had led to the loyal services -of colonial volunteers, those. of the Dominion‘| in particular. The province’ was | the Yale-Columbia’s sawmills. ‘Po- congratulated upon marked prose sition is ,everything,’. in more con- perity thr all its ii i than one, and nature could The influx of Japanese labor was | hardly have designed a_more excel- noted and representations to Otta- Ment mill site than Cascade supplies wa and Britain are to be made for,| just above its nuw well known dam. further protection, »while a commis. ['a” ‘work that has itself ployed sion is promised to enquire into the | Scores of men for several months, | ced’s, working ‘of the mining acts’ and |and: which will. ‘necessitate? many|-" ~ appearance, and save yor money In. “water rights. The creation of the weeks’ more labor before the Cas- a pulp industry is noticed with pleas- | cade Water, Power & Light com-|. r ure. Anagent general is promised: | panyfis able to turn its exhaustine ‘A shap. 77 Jos WHITNEY, Electrlo Power supplied for Mining and Manufacturing purposes. Five bills are to be presented. Jaburs into requisite, but well as- i 47 Columbia Ave, (ar In case of trouble cits Tight telephone No.6, batwesn 3a. ma andé rem, The feature of .he speech is the'| sured dividends.” Jot Lucas formerly of the Ctar- Fedles melee ‘promise of a five-cent tonnage tax endon, wilt be glad to receive his Rossland Water and ‘Light Go. on coal and coke, which will, it is on ees and friends at the sai cos ie premier 000 a ootenay, said, t the pi $35, CUNLIFFE: & McMILLAN. ance the Bon Ton ice cream parlors j quarts and half gallons. .O. M, Fox ENGINEERS AND. MACHINISTS. year. will be open. té & Co., 106 E.-.Columbia avenue. All classes of Repairs and. Coustraction Work Undertaken. Phones 65 and 20. . > tf Loval Tomperance Leglon’s Work Ore Oars, Wheels and Axles: Buckets, Fans, Shatting, } Hangers ie ane Pat Pullers, eras E Pipe work 7 = ey Agents m, z < in ps kept in stock, The Loyal Temperance Legion APplication tor Hotel License. Mig. Co.’ Mulls, Concentratora, al will e during the Holidays for ” Notice is edo ecey ‘Third Aventie Ronsland.:.—- ~ POs Box 198, of the Boa a medal contest, for which a special kon river was brought. down bythe }| steamer - Seqoia and the trankport Athenian, oF (9 Among. those wha are known: to have perished during | the fierce gales, which have swept the mouth of the river recently, are a party of four Boston men, whose. names ‘were recorded ’at the Russian © Mike O'Brien,, M. =C ton, A. R. Brown, M. Croni s a. party of eight people who Had ‘come down the river from Rampart and who were wrecked on Sunes 18, Pekin, Chinese Threatentug Shunghat London, July 20.—The Daily Mail prints -a cablegram from its Shanghai correspondent, which says that the foreign settlements of that permanent and temporary board and_chambers; $36 to ‘fuo per month... For particulars apply to CHARLES E. BENN, Charles Webster, Steward. Secretary. ~ Don’t Burn Oil They reduce insurance; give you: ‘Ose El ectric. Li hts home or business place a brighter ——————— Estimates furnished for Wiring and Lighting, Electric Fixtures carried in stock. +j- Club ..... - Business...:... man, its expensive and dan; eS trouble ant 8 It. far nt more re plessal eros, jo aay foun wilt A ro jeasant rand pues Ladies’ tailoring—Fit, style and al at Lough- contents to Sir Robert ,Hart’s. mes-- sage of June 24 suggest it was.sent off about the same time, .but inter- cepted by the Chinese... The scepti- cal are ficmed in their by the‘fact that a message was re- ceived today, by M., Delcasse, the a Lot fer Sale. A desirable residence lot for $250. Washington, July 20.—The Chi- Nese minister has just received a cipher cable from Minister Conger. It is in the state department cipher and is transmitted through . the tsung i yuen and the Shanghui.tao tai, Te i about 50 words, and is signed in English with the eu: devartment NikW ELECTION IN CAssIAR- vby or ing omicer. - + Special to the NEcoRD. ¢ ‘Victoria, July 20.—It.is admitted that a,new election is necessary ‘in-[* 4 Made Men's 's Light "Summer Coats, fon. . All, other, summer lines ‘reduced i int On your way tothe theater, call at the Bon Ton and get a_ choice box of candy. After the -perform- Jelly glasses, fruit jars_in_ pints, of the: BVvehing Furs renovated and repaired by Lougheed, who has:secured the ser- vives of an expert furrier. tf hours, THE TRAUL ty of Rosh sora ce Farther Horrors Likely. Bmcrease of Capacity Not Ket Beter- Cc program is ‘being prepared, ~and the, mined U = = officers: hope that parents. will be provements in the Trail smelter, the Recorp today called up the smelter, and ascertained from the im- din the work and remind their children to attend the weekly |~ meetings. The next meeting. will Dated this ‘ast d OPERA HOUSE HOUSE ALL THIS WEEK that such in the capacity of the plant had not been absolutely, determined upon. itis true that very large improve- “ ments, involving. expenditures of from $100,000 to $200,000, ;have! been discussed, but no definite de-: cision has been reached, nor will be. for two or three weeks, Lost—Between the Red a be held tomorrow at-3:30 p. m; ring Witt’ crest/and initials: J. 1S... B. warded to the extent of gold ‘in ~ ring by returning to the Bank of Montreal. B ¢ “Kootenay Innches are the best: & LOSRS ges ‘Probably on Trail Trond, gold Finder will be re- tain depot and the Hazelt Dairy Company's store, a colleétioa’ book of the Hazelwood Dairy: Com-} pany. aA the “Lady Audley’s Secret” Tonight. The Clara Mathes company was greeted by a large audience at the opera house last evening at its per- formance of the comedy “A Wife Wanted.” Tonight it will give _Miss Braddon’s masterpiece, ‘Lady. Audley’s, Secret,” . Summer Underwear. Jumpers, that everybody else sells for 75 c, our price soc. ‘line, -We.will sell:to all com- A Bers at from 20c. a garment: Special line of Egyptian ‘and ~~ Balbriggan shirts, sch draw- ars, joc. : Top’ Shirts, In great-Variety from 25¢ up. Gloves and Mits . _ From 25c Up Neckties and Suspen- ders from 10c Up Miners’ Shoes, That we sold for $3 $4 $5-and $6, at $1.50 $2, $2.50 and-$3. * Also a. line of fine walking shoes from $1 up, afi Sox. Our reguiar 25¢ all wool. SOX. will sell three for 25c. * Cotton sox just the thing: for: - fide weather, 5c. a pair, e —_._. Remember th -+e srices are only good for one week, starting, from today. Be on hand early and so get the choicest selections, We have engaged special help so that you are sure of courteous and quick attention. : The Rossland Auction House, 42 Colutmbia Ave... ~ B. BANNETT., Mncr. Which will last for one; Wweekjonly,: is the ‘prices ‘we quote below ” ‘We are heavily stocked in'this 16 Columbia Ave. Se Guik Work; and “Record” has the CECECCECCES Most Completely . eceece office in Rossland. Our perior......... Stock, Basement Postoffice Bullding, Neat Execution. "ESE: cccececced! Have’ "your diamond” Feset-< sin ‘one of ,our, new TIFFANY ; or BELCHER DIAMOND RING -MOUNTINGS. ” We carry the only tine’ Sof diamond’ lountings in the ~“K set the stone right here and give you just’ “exactly what you pay ‘for... a recount was held, giving Clifford 318, Stables 277, Irving 244, Gad- frey 198. Irving obtained an injunction’ “Tes ining the elected bers trom taking their Seats. Prosperity in the East C. B. Lockhart, of Lockhart & Jordan, has returned from an_ East- ern trip, in the coarse of which ‘he visited Toronto, Guelph, Part Hope, Ont., and Chicago. ‘‘The farmers down there are prosperous, having good crops, never. better,” said he. “The fall wheat and barley are be- ‘ling cut and harvested. Montana t QUICK WORK (= and Dakota: have not. half a‘crop, ant Star Siait : Transfer c_ Bag ings delivered pantract and job short noiice. Ore contra We pay dam: able rates, no fire rlak.. We house, or oP: any class of Sots, E GELL GOOD, DRY, SEASONED WOO: Office: Washinaton 8t., opposite,Bank of Montréals JW. Farhinds Mer. on of. drougt There is not much movement in mining in the East, nor will there be any un- til the War Eagle and Centre Star resume shipments and dividends,” Mach Work for Board of Trade The board of trade will meet at 8:30 p. m. today to act on several important subjects. . Among these are the election of delegates to the of the 1 boards of P. BURNS. & CO. WHOLESALE MARKETS trade of British Columbia, . the’ ar- rangements for the entertainment of the governor-general and of -the Spok n of ‘ce, the It i and the im- Rossland,’ Nelson, S: G pS os" 0. 2Grand. Forks, and ay eceuven <4 3 te RETAIL MARKETS “~ . Nelson,». Ymir, Kaslo, Sandon, Silverton,: Cascade’City, Grand Forks, hoenix, Midway, Camp McKinney, Revelstoke R Ferguson,” ‘and: Vancouver. sos Williant Donald, Mer, Rossland Branch. Rossland, New Deiiver, Greenwood, 2Trail, ’ provement of the school facilities, ‘Legion of Honor” Tonight. The ‘Legion of Honor” will be the play presented by the Clara Mathes company at the opera’ house this evening. It is a~new drama never before Played ia the west and its is relieved by a strong vein of comedy, No ToiletTable is complete without fan Atomizer, We Keep all varieties, good,bad and indifferent. The best cost more monev than the indifiérent, but are worth | mores Have you seen our new supply, of Hot Water. Bottles, Tooth and Hair. Brushes, Toilet | Soaps, Perfuttes and Colognes. The Rossland Drug Gompany '*35,conUne as R. E. STRONG, Manan. H. A. Jackson, commercial agent of the Great Northern in Spokane, arrived in town this morning. Rev. john ‘Milloy has’ arrived from Crinan, Ont., and is the guest of his son, Dr. Milloy, for twe or three weeks. Lost—A small lady’s gfold watch ball ground last Monday. hese troops. prevent general massacre,” is understood Pekin. on. the 18th.. ,.- Hileet ofthe ‘News. Quick. relief only can * The message is not dated, -but it it ‘was sent from and hair chain‘on the rond from the Return After a short consultation in Sec- retary. Root gpotice, Secreticy Long, think of the’exa et on the situation, bu of the'great elements of doubt and leaves us-free to hope for the rescue of the foreigners'in’ Pekin. It is:a great'victory ‘for the’ state depart- ment in the United States. Every country in Christendom: was em- ploying every agency in “ts posses- sion to obtain authentic news of the besieged ministers’ and the’ United States is the first to give to the world 4uthehtic'and absolutely refi- able word from.the.place in which the beleaguered. ministers - are par- He thought ‘the “possi ity ‘of the code falling into ‘the hands of the by Secretary Hay on-July 11 to Mr. conclusions reached by some of the London officials that Minister ‘Con- ger’s dispatch is an ‘old one, which had been intercepted,.by Chinese of- ficials,. .. While they refuse to make public the text of the message sent Conger through Minister Wu, they state that the message received. to- day is'a satisfactory reply. further. pointed out, in: support, of the authenticity. of Mr. Conger’s that the_ bom! of which he speaks did not:begin, | ac- cording to ull accounts, until July, 6, although the legations had been _be- sieged and attacked ;prior to . that time, but not with artillery. Urge Immediate Relter Washington, July 20.—Secretary Long has sent the following ‘ cable- gram to Admiral ‘Remey: “Conger telegraphs that he is un- der fire in British legation’ Use and urge every means: possible’ for immediate relief.” WIM Awalt News from Pekin Paris, July 20,—The Chinese at Paris, has jitted to Chinese after the and be- ing. used by: them;ctoo remote, tobe sidered. Said the sec- “1 am of the opinion that ‘utsid- ers could:not have:made use of our code, and Evsides the nature of the reply with its appeal for immediate relief, is such. as would not have been sent by anyone seeking to con- ceal a. to the forei in Pekin.” As soon as.the .cablegram had been tianslated hy the state depart; ment, it was sent to the White House and transmitted to the presi- dent, who is at his home in Canton, Ohio. London Aili! Suspicious, London, Juty 20.—Minister Con- ger’s mesgage-to.the ‘state depart- ment at Washington is not regard- ed here as justifying overmuch op- timism, but on the contrary is gen- erally accepted as a further Chinese attempt at mystification. Some think that the fact that the message M. Delcasse, the minister of “for- eign affairs, for communication to President Loubet,.a telegram from the emperor of China, which~ was dispatched by the governor of Shan- tung on July 19, asking the media- tion of France. withthe other for- eign powers. The telegram makes no allusion to the. foreign ministers at Pekin. M. Delcasse informed the minister thut President Loubet’s reply would be addressed to the French legation at ‘Pekin, where the imperial government can. obtain it, but first the government of the re- public would wait until it could be certain that the French minister at Pekin was safe and Sound." Latest Siory From Pekin lowing bulletin: The secretary of state received night, July 19, saying’ a Shanghai W. CG. McLE AN, v PROPRS. JNO. JACKSON, JR.) . to this office. x is undated and the similarity of its It is yy Washingten, July 20.—The state department has just issued the fol- this morning a dispatch from Con- sul Fowler at Che Foo, dated mid- If this massacre has occurred in the.pravince of Shan See, there can be littte question that the intense anxiety for the safety of the inter- national colonies at the river ports and even at Shanghai 1 fully justi- fied, for -an attack later by the masses of Chinesé gathering in. and nternational, concessions horrors, compared with which the massacre at Pekin would be insignificant. The rumor is again current ip Shanghai that the empréss and em- peror are preparing to ‘retire from the capital-to See Ngan- Fu. “ The authorities at St. Petersburg are satisfied that the measures for the relief of Harbin (which is identi- ~ cal with Charbon) will be success- ful. ‘To Rhow His Good Faith. With a view to showing his good faith the Chinese minister at St. Petersburg has begged the Russian foreign secretary to examine alt dispatches arriving for the legation hefore their delivery. Indian troops are daily arriving at Hong Kong en route to Taku. Pirates on Canton River, A‘Hong Kong dispatch reports a daring act of piracy within the har- bor there. A score of pirates aimed with revolvers seized a taunch and took it up the Canton river, captur | ing two juoks en route. After loot- ing the craft, the pirates abandaned them. Rossa Pouring iu Troops New. York, July 20.—Russia is Pouring troops over the northern Chinese border, but her forces are not yet concentrated and are meet- ing with serious losses from the Chinese Boxers, who overrun all northern China, says a Che Foo cable to the World, It is. reported that after the al-. lied army, recaptured the native city of Tien Tsin last Saturday, their shells set fire to the town. The Chi- nese, before they fled, killed all their own women, it is reported, to i (Continued on Fourth page.) paper of July 16 said all foreigners