INTER NATIONAL MUSIC. HALL. . Week Beginning Monday. Feb at 1898 ROSSLAND’S SOLID.BUSINESS MEN. Business and Professional Men, Who Advertise in Tho . Record. C Positively last week’ of ‘the great| and only Without Board. eee. Have Y Ou. that _ ~ Klondike. Feeling’? The Northwestern. Wisconein Central. . International Nav. & le Co. contactors. C. H..Henderson.” . OUT OF TOWN ADVERTISERS, 2 Cc. Dillman, broker, Spokane. E.- 8. Topping, Trail, B. C. B.C. Sgeting & es company, Trail, B. O. -_ * ed, and situated-in tne. south” belt,-on the eust slope uf Deer Park tiountain, one half mile from -the ' business “cen- ter of Russland, and just, above: the % & W.ecack. It is being vigorously ith a force of 25 nien and two machine urills. In the tunnel 54 feet a day Is being driven, and in ‘the whaft, 44 feet. On the 20th of Nov. there wna 380 feet of work’ done, be- ledca stifpping the vein, and other proapect work. This property has a 7-drill compressor, hvist, pumps- and evexything necessury t+ !1¢ econom- ical development 9. ne mine. LE ROI. . The Le Roi mine has become fame ous as the greatest gold'producer in Cunnda. It bas hesides putting in extensive and expensive gmachinery, paid for over 4,500 feet of wyrk,.built he CERMUTY buildings, purcbased and neurly completed a’smelter, end paid $725,000 in dividerds, Tt: isvsituated on the gonth-enst slop. tain, within the corporaw 5 divided into » par value $5" per “sharery. mine is ‘held. at $5,000,000: Tt has its own electric and ite ore bins ure built.orthe: W. track, with a tramway -fo-the..Red wes «600,000 of - Allen H. &m ie Ghicnen =—S— THE NEW CANADIAN T TARIFF. ‘| Apples, 40 p. cent. Almonds, 3c. Ib. Apples dried 4 45 p.c, Adzes, 30 per cent, Agate iron, 35 Asbestos, 25. Artificial flowers, Pe Butter, 4¢ per Ib. ng, per bu. Barley, 30 per cent. Binckberiee 2c. Ib. Bank: ‘notes, bonds, bills of Ex. 35 per British Gum, 10. » Baths, 30 per cent. ‘oots, 25 per cent, Barbed wire, 15. Braga nails, ete., 30. Babbit metal, 10. Brass pumps, 30. Bicycles, + 30. Binet ‘abies, 85. Blinds, 1 not 1 paper 30 be Blasting powder, 2c. Buttons, Brusheg, 25 per cent. Blue prints, 20. Canned meats 25. Corn mea] 25c Ib Cond’d milk,3!c lb. Castile soap, 2c Ib. Cheese, 3c per ib. ffee, roasted 2c lb. Chickory.gr’n,3e Ib. Chickory, roasted, 4¢ Cocoa, past e, de Ib, Cocoanuits $1 hund. t. |) Gold mini Inloid, 10 pr. ct. Carbons, 1 5 pre Clothes wringers, 35 oz, , | Corks, 20 pi ane cure for it ia as Bu BECRIPTON > ‘ nore ifs ~ Rossland “Evening ve the news Tf the grae ‘Gold Fields of| . Rossland. ‘| Cotton fathice, white, 25 pr locks, 25 pr ct. Comp. inctal, 103 Cotton batts, 25. Coffins, 25 pr Carpeting, 26 pr ct. Canoes, 25 Be . 85.pret. | Codd liver oil, “So, ruilroud. The ¥ principal eek ure Col. I. N Peytan, Senator George Turner: ). Turner, Win. J. Harris. ‘Col. Win. HL. Ridpath, L, PF. Williams, ‘Maj. J. M. Armatrong, E. D, Sanders, CENTRE STAR, Owned by Centre Star mining o com- peony, Oliver Durant managers Capi- t tion § }, sliares par value FL cach, No utock on the market. Ihere has been cepeated’ refnsals of Far and hetter, The mine is situated ia town, half mile north of tbe busi- ness center. Ic has four separate and with over 4,300 feet uf tunnels, shafts, d-ifts aad cross-cuts. There are many ad tons of ore on the dump and t, waiting faverable conditions fer J catment, This ‘is one ‘of the tit" iocations inthe canyp and one: of the most valuable. - The ‘latest and meet i hivety is 1 on the property. . WAR EAULE. This mine and tre Crown Point are owned by tho War itegle Conselidated g company vf Toronto, It Le Rei on the west, and adjoins th | ing done uver 5,500. feet of develop- meni work antl paid $175,000 in divi- lends, ‘The present managment pre- fers to hold their ore until the com- pany builds a smelter or can get bet- ter freight and. tren tne . Tt recently paid $7000 ~“Guew. ene racks, cue tips, 35 per cent. _ Coal oil, 15 cents per gat, re Enamelied iron 30 Ext inal I eeeential fe 10 Earthenware 30 ngravi Feathers 20, 30 ruits chin’ vd 2%e Flasie20e le lb fiat in oil 30, Fire engines, gxtinguishers 35 pr ct Teather bone Flannels 35 Fur sking 15 Fertilizers 10. ‘ker, 25. Fire works, 26. Tye Ib. Hay §2 per ton. Honey, 3¢ lb. }, Be House furniture 30. aie cloth, 30. Hate, 30 per cent. Hammocks, 30. lam'g oil,’25., Lum Te per cent Balt, 16¢ bu Music sheets, 10 Musical instruments, 30 per cent .| Newspaper su: plements, 25 per cent Qyeters in shells, 26; in alk 10c gal a Foul try, 20 Photos, 20 per cent Paper, 735 per cent Piers frames, 30 Earpphiets, 16c lb Print press, 10 -->— DON’T FORGET. ‘Do not. forget that the Reconn job MP ee will “save you money, do your work promptly and in the best aty Te. 8-17-06 — Wanted $,2000 Wanted to borrow $2,000 on Rossland real estate at a low rale of interest. Good security. Apply at this office. tf 5) it has-all the nec ES ae iene eu machinery, — ete i: Western sv lway is built to the mine: THE LILY MAY. 4 he J ‘Jy May-wak the first location ia ue camp, May 27, 1889. -1t is new vied hy the Lily ‘May Gold mining uy, Senator George Turner, pres artis, manager and Frank ves. und tres. It is located ‘in the south belt, Qo and a half miles south of tdéwn. Development work cousists of cver 300 feet of tunnel and shaft. ‘Mhere is 150 tons of shipping oteon the dump, which will average 320 ton, Mine provided with hoist, comoresser plant, machine drills. ete. GEM, ‘MIGER AND UNCLE 8AM. Owned iy Juin Cromie, Brig At- kimeon, 4. B, Campbell, Thos. Coffey. Loented on one ledge in the south belt, in line with the Crown Point and the Homestuke. Gem, haa a 50 foot, shaft and 50 feet of open cut work. Viger, 350 foot tunne}, 40 foot shaft and LOO feet open cuts while the Un- cle Sam has a 25 foot shaft and 150 feet of surface work. EUREKA AND sLUORADO. Property of the Erueka Consolida- ted mining company, - P. Jones, prea., J. C. Cue, sec., E. Coldwell, tra., all of Rosslanil. Lecated seven miles shaft 80 feet, tunnel 100 with five reen working. Ore irun-cupper carrying gold and silver, ussuying from $10 to $87. Capitalization $1,000000., Rel}: moun-,| distinct ledges which are developed |- Southof Rossland on the U. 8, side}- a double compartment vertical shaft, which willbe provided with cages, the first in the camp. All three of these -claims are val: unable and promise fair to make divi- dend paying mines. ANNIE E, This claim is owned by the British: Lion mining company, George A. Fraser, sev. and trea. It is located on the eaet slope of Deer Purk moun- tain, south bolt, adjoining the Gold Hunter and Grand Prize. It is crown granted and basa shalt down on the yein 90 feet. - Ore ussays from $6 ts $10, 1 suis regarded as u good pros pect. THE UNION. Tho.Union is located three miles north of Rosslond and is owned by H P. Janes, Hugh McGlynn, Mike ‘Mor- ris, E, Cronyn, J. A. McDonald. A shaft hag been sunk on the vein 85 fest with a tunnel and open cut of 35 feet. Surveyed and crown granted. BLUE BUCKET AND PRIMROSE. Owned by Harry P. Jones. Located five mileg north of Rossland, and a ular neighbo.of the Highland. The Primrose shows an jron capping 75 feet wide and the Blue Bucket shows a 7-foot quartz ledge on the surface, ELECTA AND CHIEF SETTLE. These properties belong to the Ger- mania Gold Mining company and are located on Green mountain just north of Red mountain, three and a half miles from Rossland. There is a 90 foot sbaftand 30 fout cross-cut on the Electa. The ledge is large and well defined, and assays have been obtained Las high as $300 a ton. THE BLACK PRINCE. Owned by the Blnck Prince mining company, J. A. Kirk, pres., Hector McPherson, vice pres., G. A. Fraser, sec. and tra... Lorated on the north ‘side of the Columbia river, three miles below Trail. Work consists of a 40 foot. shaft, 60 foot tunnel and about 100. feet Of open-cuts. Assays $13. ad _ THE ELBA, aime Elba ia situated on Tackout |. motintain, in the south belt, jist sulith ‘of the: Crown Point’ and ‘is che | o#héd by the Elba-Trail Creek” Con- solidated mining company, ‘Robert ERtrr,” local manager. Thera is # whaft &'| down on ‘the vein 100 feet and-a con- tract let for another 100 fee with nine men working. = International Hotel) : Rooms Newly Fitted and Furnished and Prices Reduced —To—.- $3.00 a Week. MINERAL ACT, 1896. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE... The Butte Mineral Claim, situate in the Trail Creek Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located:—Between . the Vir- ginia & Idaho mining claims. Take'notice that I, S. L. Long, ecting agagert for the Virginia Gould. Mining Company, Free Miner’s Certificate, No. 8806 A, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder tora Certificate of Improvements, -for the purpose of obtsining a Crown Grant ‘of the above claim. _ And further take’ notice that action under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance ot such certificate of improvements, Dated this 16th, day of February, 1898 a * Sam. Le Loxa. Canadian Pacific Cut Rates. advantage to avail themselves of the low rates via the C. P. R. A. B. MacKenziz, Ticket Agent. ~ Reeord Job Office ‘Has constantly on hand a supply of For Sale Cards For Rent Cards To Lease Cards No Credit Cards Furnished Rooms _Cards Assorted Colors. Attractive Design. Record Jol Office Parties going east will find it to their] ' ROSS THOMPSON EE —_ 1 have locks of stock in the following companies for sale— ska Consolidated, West Lo Rot and: Josie, Monita, Héfiestake Hureka ape, BR. E. Lee, Eveniug Star, Monte Cristo, and Silverine. Lots in the Original ‘Townsite: “THE READIN JACKSON .CO., AGENTS, nosstanh, B, 0. JOHN R. COO COOK, Office and Business Room x TO RENT x Corner of Colnmbia Avenue and Washingtod Btreet. Best location cs - in the city. Good Mining Property. -Shares of Stock in Good Substantial Compdnies. Town Lots. OFFICE WITH Rossland Mining Abstract Co. Over Post Office. JOHN JACKSON, Tre Ag QUEEN STOVES. $5 00 T raver Hardware Ca. TO RENT. Having moved into’ our Fire Proof Building The Record. Three Storey Building I for rent in whole, or. in part. - Two Rooms A x 42 Ground. Floor Eight Rooms on Second Floor. Rooms on Third. Floor. Apply at This Office. asm. John W. Hartline, Prop. Telephone, No. Sleighs! Cutters! O, Yes, We Have Them.. One, Two and Three Seats. They are Nobby Try Tne. ting up a Sleighing Party see us about Rigs. . "Tt You are Get- -Géod ‘Teams.: "Red Star Livery and Transfer’ Company: Otfice, No. 9, Washington Street, Stables, La Roi Avenue, ; Martin Rlock. Rear Hupter Bro T. E. aalaenet ©o Cayisizye ‘BUCCESEOR TO 33 : 3 oe Russell & Halev WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN BEEF PORK MCL TOI FISA GAME OYSTERS. ~~ Spokane strect, Rosétand; B: C, Rossland Warehouse & Transfer Co. Hard and Soft Coal and Wood. ‘ NO. 26 WASHINGTON STREET - “1.0, 80X48,» “TELEPHONE Al. Rossland Evening Record, VOL. II. No. 230. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1898. PRICE 6 CENTS. Don’t Do It Bay you can’t get any Face or Toilet Preparation You want until you try us. the most complete line of am, TOILET PREPARATIONS in the Kootenay. Wall Paper Department. We carry NOW COMPLETE IN EVERY LINE, « # « ee ee ee HS. Wallace’s Stationery, Wall Paper, Book, Fancy Gcods and Notion Store GOODEVE BROS. DRUGGISTS AND It pays to deal with Goodeye Bros, Le Roi Furnishing ~_=_—— and Tailoring House Opposite Postoffice REMEMBER we are handling only the finest English goods in our Tailoring department and employ none but first class workmen, Wecannot afford to SLAUGHTER our goods as that means cheap labor and cheap work, So if you want a fine Tailor made suit, go to The Le Roi~y, ‘HUNTER BROS. | IMPORTERS _ WHOLESALE AND RETAIL . General Merchandise. Manufacturers’ Agents, Min‘ng Supplies, z_ DOCOOC OG! AGENTS: Goodwin Candles —— . Giant Powder. —-—California Caps and Fuse. ROSSLAND AND SANDON. Canton Steel COOCERRKI IOC Every Person who is within the City the owner, possessor or harborer of a dog or bitch. and whose dog tax, is not already. paid, ishereby notified to pay such at once either to the iim CITY * TREASURER'S #OFFICE at the. City Offices, ~~ Wm. Me Arthur, Pound Keeper. At the PIONEER STABLES on First Ave, After this date all DOGS found at large without the necrssary TAG will be im- pounded, and if not reclaimed within 48 hours shall 5 silted orsold by the Pound Keeper. * se By Order of the city Council. W. McQueen Crry Crerx. ROSSLAND, B. C. February, 25th, 1898. ~ ok THD SRAM ML =x x MYERS & DUBE, Proprietors, Spokane Strut, UP TO DATE BAR IN CONNECTION. FINE WINES LIQUORS AND SEGARS Opp. International Musie Hall. Rossland, British Columbia. THE STOCK REPORT. The market, opened enquiries for Josie and War Eagle, En- couraging feports from the Good Hope dom us to believe that arise and active lomand will take Place shortly for this a ie have a cheap Dock of Slocan rice we t good investment, P The great a proves gent shown during t the last week in the have materi? on sullen? the paeenen In these stocks, ©. pricea "in uiet with a few Quorations, re esiae (ellver): 12 STATIONERS oo |Gs2%F AV ALL CANADIAN ROUT The Old Blood of Victoria Is Being Infused With New Life and Vigor. HRS. LAWRENCE A RICH WIDOW Speaker Higgins Says He Thinks ject to Eeueee 2 it Eeeese i 1 We have Buyers for Good Stocks. ROLT & GROGAN STOCK BROKERS, Fave Box i Columbia Avenue, Codes: Bepronp, Monzixz & CLouaH. J. B. JOHNSON & Co MINES MINING STOCK REAL ESTATE INSURANCE. We bave sale for reliable stocks. Any person having mining stock for sale it Will Pay- - to List- - - ao With us. B. Johnson & Co. “ p.0, Box 41, DEALERS IN After Xmas Talk .. 0... ‘We have afew TOILET and MANICURE sets left from our large stock which will be sold...... At Your Own Price Design the prettiest in town. FRASER The Reliable DRUGGIST - | government $2,600. Ri Will Be Fairly Trea‘ed, Victoria, B. C., March 1,—The Victo- ria newspapers can boast of an ‘all Can- adian route” from Victoria to Vancou- ver, and the advocating of an “all Can- adian route” to the Klondike, and may be expected todemand an “all Canad- ian route” to heaven. We hope that none of the editors will soon be called upon to tackle it, for we i Passengers on the Kootenay. Nakusp, B. C., March 6—Special tele- gram to the Record—The following pas- sengers leave Nakusp on board the steamer Kootenay for Rossland: Mr. Mackkintosh and family, Charles Ross, Judge Spinks and Eber C. Smith. MeArthur in Victoria. J. B. McArthur, president of the board of trade, while in Seattle on his way home received a call to return to Victoria, which he did. He will not be back until Monday next. About Rossland. 10) ATTORNEY GENERAL Judge Forin Will Recommend a Re- distribution of This Judi- dictal District, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE COMING J. B. McAath to Victoria Eber C. Smith, editor and prop ofthe Rossland Daily Record, arrived in the city Saturday morning, says the Seattle Post-I: . from en route to Victoria, where he will re- main during a part of the session of the provincial parliament. Mr. Smith sta- ted yesterday afternoon that hia mission is that of a private citizen who is inter- ested ina number of measures that are to be introduced at the present session. Roasland has now reached the position of third in and iu and Will Not Return Home — Until Monday, : Judge Forin closed the session of the county court this morning and left today for Nelson, There are a great many cases om the docket here yet to be: de- cided, and he says that he “finds the business ot this place decidedly on the portance in British Columbia, the former that they would encounter difficulties that they could not overcome. They would no doubt start out with Klondike cloth- ing, when a red necktie and » gown of gaule would be warm enough for them. That is what the Seattle papers would say, Victoria is enjoying = boom. They can no longer be justly accused of being inastate of commercial coma. It is being enthused with new life and are really resorting to Yankee methods to capture the Klondike business and are succeeding to a considerable extent. There ia not one-tenth of the ex- ternal appearance of business and bus- tle that is seen in Seattie, but the citi- zens of Victoria are satisfied and claim that the gold discoveries of the north hag inaugurate an erie of prosperity which will abide with them. The regulation requiring free miner's licenses to be taken out here, at Van- couver or Dawson city brings. many Here, ‘Yesterday we kept tabs_on ‘the work of issuing certificates and found that it took just a minute anda Half to issue and deliver a certificate. There | were the clerks engaged who averaged two certificates a minute. This was kept up for three hours, yielding the This iu occasioned by the arrival of two steamers from the south on their way to the Klondike. J. B. McArthur leaves tonight for Rossland via Spokane where he will spend a day. He announces that in his opinion Rossland will raceive due consideration at the hands of the local government. Speaker Higgins says that he thinks that Trail Creek will be fairly dealt with in the matter of re-distribue tion of seats. Everything is quiet around the legis- lative halls. -Yesterday only a dozen t | being bi 6000 and 7000 and the latter as a wealth producer being unesti- mated. There are 1000 registered voters in the city and a large contributing pop- ulation in the district. Rossland | people re lying tothe for a redistribution of the neata in parli- ament; for certain changes in the min- ing laws of British Columbia: for ap- Ppropriations for roads and trails and an improved school system. The town is more prosperous at present than it has been in eight months. A great deal of capital, principally British, is coming in for investment, at leagt two million dollars of English mo- ney having been placed in mines adja- cent to Rossland witbin ninety days. John W. Mackay, the American million- aire, has through his agents purchased the Good Friday mine, paying $160,000 lor it. The smelter is running day and and that he will recommend to the attorney general that some action be taken looking to the redistribution of this judicial district. One ofthe supreme court justices ig expected here on March 21, when a ges sion of the supreme court will be held to hear such cases ag may come under the high courv’s attention. Pioneer Stage Man. Mrs. D. McKellar and two ohildren stopped over Sunday in Bossburg and visited friends, while on their way from Rossland to Kettle Falls, where the :fa- mily will again meke their home, saya the Bossburg Journal. Mr. MeKellar will operate a stage line between Kettle Falls and Republic. Mac put on’ the first atage line between Northport and Rossland a little over three years ago, and continued to make regular trips be- tween the two points until the railroad crowded him out, night and adds much to the importance of the camp. Mr. Smith says that the of mining pro ‘ies in the Colville reservation means much to the state of Washington, and states that at 270 feet depth.in the Republic mine a 12-foot vein has been struck that ts yielding $150 in gold to the ton. Klondike Stampede and Trade. What does the exodus of 100,000 to the Klondike mean to the business of the country? I have figured 1¢ out on the basis of coet and proportion as ascer- tained, and it ia this: That each man of them would average firat and last an expenditnre of $600, making a grand total of $60,000,000. The United States railroads would get $5,000,000 of this; Seattle merchants and hotel keepers for outfits and transient gussts, $25,000,000; the prospector’s home town and towns en route to Seattle and. other Pacific const points, $5,000,000; ship companies for ion to Alaska, $10,000,000 ; people d seats in the at opening of session. Later in the day as many more dropped in. There was lit- tle uae of doing so for reaily nothing can be heard of the proceedings below. The Smith Curtis BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, NOTARY PUBLIC ETC, 2634 Columbia Ave. - Rossland, B.C : CPABLE PLACE. No. 20 East Columbia Ave L, H. Ketiar, Mgr. FIEST CLASS WORK GUARANTEED, OPEN DAY ANDNIFHT. Turkish Baths and Massage. Faxp W. Corryy, Masseur. LOOK! « LOOK! b seemed to make plenty of noise but it went eleewhere than to the galleries. Yesterday the streets of Victoria were dotted with American soldiers on their way to Skagway and Dyea. They we tracted and for the transportation of freight over passes and in Alaska, $15,000,000. Thia would represent only the actual needs of this number of prosp: and Hara on the Nerves. 3 The editor of a neighboring exchange says that he he is a Christian, an ada- mantile pillar of the church and delights in sacred songs on proper occasiona, but when a few nights after he hears a néigh- boring family that owea him three years’ subscription singing “‘God Paid It All,” he feels like going over witha club and giving them a receipt in fall. re’ Which Is the Nearest. In a very short time we ‘will be able to herald to the outside the news of anoe ther reservation strike that will create ag much excitement as that of the Re public, Itis located ona bee line be- tween Eureka camp and Rossland.— Bosaburg Journal. Sunday Services. Services willbe held as usual at the Fiet Babtist church. Rev. J. H. Beat, pastor. Morning subject, ‘A Sad An- nouncement. Evening subject, “Lost.” Special music and singing at each ser- vice. C Pacific would cause a large increase in other business directly connected with it. It meana that in 1898 $60,000,000 will be spent in search of gold in the yellow creeks, aud in the same year not more than one-fourth of that amount’will be d. But the ontpat is likely to were fine specimines of men—large, well built and well dressed. Mrs, Lottie Lawrence is here. he is in receipt of the news of the death of her husband and will go east in a few days to settle up the estate. She is now a rich widow. Paul Gaston is here. Walker. Mike D. Mahoney and W. Taylor have secured a large and well appointed three story brick hotel and christened it The Dawson. They are centrally located and are already doing a fair business. We find the Canadian Pacific Naviga- tion company very accomodating and are constrained to say sa because walk- ing over the “fall Canadian route” be- tween Victoria and Vancouver is not ood. 2 E,0.8. So is Erank Del at Vicioria. BOARD AND ROOM $5.00 PER WEEK. . MEALS 15 CENTS AND UP. ‘TEA, COFFE OR BEER WITH MEALS. BED V 25 cents and 50 cents per Night. $1.00 per week and up. —aT THE— Dominion Hotel. South Spokane street. Call and see us. Victoria, B. C., March 5—Special tele- gram to the Record—Mayor Wallace with Ross Thompson, F, W. Rolt, John McKane and Dr. Bowes interviewed the government last night to urge that pro- vision be made in the estimates for Rossland for a new courthouse and land registry, increaged school and trail ap- propriations end a hospital grant. It is understood that all the mayor’s requests will be favorably con sidered. come nearer the expense as each year goes by, and in a few years to exceed it. —Review of Reviews for March. From Lana of Penn. Charles Rouse, a capitalist of Lamon- aville, Pa., and nephew of Jno. F. Hall of Northport, says the News, returned east last Saturday. Mr. Rouse was greatly elated with the immense possibi- lities of the Pacific northwest and was particularly interested in the mineral showings of Stevens county and the West Kootenay and predicts a glorious future for this neck of the woods. He states there is a deep interest felt by Pennsylvanians.in the now world- famed gold fields of the North Pacific, and many when he left were Montreal, March 8—The Canadian Pa- cific railway earning for the week ending . February 28 were $377,000, an increase © of $71,000 over the same week last ‘year. PEOPLE COMING AND GOING. Sir Wm. Claffeigh of Trail is visiting friends in Boundary city. Messra. Newman and Monk of Pomn- dary city have returned home after con- eulting with their partners about the kind of machinery to be used in the Bunker Hill, B. C. C. M. Whitcomb, the popular Northern Pacific express agent, returned lastnight after a month’s absence. He has been on a visit to relatives and frients at Portland, Or. Mra. Whitcomb and child will remain there a while longer. Chris McDonald of the Grand Hotel left for Bossburg on ashort visit over the Red mountain railroad. J. F. May, the mining man, want to ting going to the Klondike, but that he shall advise all of hia friends to abandon such ideas, at least until they had inves- igated the quartz properties of this section, FROM LATEST DISPATCHES. The Spanieh claim to be ready and anxious for war with the United States. From late advices there aeems to be a superfluity of flags and collectors on the Chilcoot and White passes. The Western Union Telegraph com- pany will extend their system to Victo- ria, B. C. The cable landing on the American side will be at Port Angeles, They will uses heavy submarine cable Reports of terrible suffering and fam- ine continue to pour in from Cuban towns. eighteen miles long, the connecting line being built via Seattle and Port Town- ona trip today. Smith Curtis left for the Christina lake country today. He goes to look after the work on the Elmore mine. Judge J. A. Forin left for Nelson at noon today over the Red mountain. Mrs. M. J. McGaughey is quite ill at her home on Nickel Plate Flat. Rev. Mr. McLennan, the Presbyterian missionary who has been visiting Ross- land during the past week, left for Grand Forks this morning. Rey. Robert Frue of Nelson arrived in town last night and is staying at the Allan. He will officiate at tho First Presbyterian church tomorrow in place of Rev. Mr. Gandier. Mrs. Dr. J. F. McKenzie went over to Northport today to visit Dr. and Mra, send, G. W. Armstrong.