Selling OU! Rossland Evening Record

BLOOD ON SAAN MOOK

Massacre of British ‘and American
Sailors Laid at Germany's Door.

A Small Skirmish

Aris, Samoa, April 4,. via Auckland,
N. Z., ‘April 12.—As a result of an am-
bueh by Mataafa warriers on a German
plantation today, 105 American and
British sailors forced a retreat to the
beach, leaving three officers and four
sailors dead upen the fidld. The officers
killed were:, Lieutenant Lonadale and
Ensign Monahan, of the cruiser Phila-
delphia, and Lieutenant Freeman, of the
British cruiser Tauranga.
They severed the heads of British and
American officers killed. Prieats of the
French mission afterwards brought the
headsinto Apia. The manager of the
G P has been a
and detained on board the Tauranga.
Ina previous engagement 24 of Ma-
taafa’a warrior’s were killed, with no
among the i force.

Itis d that 800 i attack-
ed the Anglo-Amercian party from am-
bueh. The fighting was terrific, the
American and Britieh tara were , repeat-
edly beaten back by the assailants, who
sought to overwhelm them by - force of
numbers. S

pete ee
. Smallpox on Board. |
Sr. Louis, April 12.—Ths steamer
City of St. Louis, Captain Thorwegan,
from New. Orleans, has been quaran-
tined at the southern limits of St, Louie

» Decauee of a cage of smallpox on board,
The City of St. Louis ‘left New Orleane
18 days ago, having a passenger list and | 43!
erew numbering 375. persons. Before

Tenn., Wm. Belts, a
negro fireman, was taken sick with some
unknown ailment, but was isolated.

At Memphis about 200 passengers and a
number of the crew disembarked, Dr.
Johnsen of,the St. Louis health board
discovered the eteamer arrived and or-
dered it quarantined, and a squad of po-
lice was detailed to see that nobody left
the steamer and that no freight was re-
moved, Three passengers escaped and |’
are at large in the city. Belta has been} &
removed to the peat house. :

The Editors Meet.
Bavrimore, Md., April 12.—The In-
1 League Press Club began its
ninth annual convention here yesterday. |: @
One hundred and fifty delegates, repre-
senting sixty presa clubain all parts of
the United States and Canada, are in
di Colone] McArti presi-
dent of the Journalists’ Club welcomed
the delegates on the part of the club.
Mayor Malater followed, extending the
hospitality of the city. Mrs, F. A. Rob-
inson, of the Society of Friends, offered
a resolution in which the league is asked
to declare in favor of the purity of the
press, which was promptly adopted.

Smail Town Burned.
Sanra Pe, N. M., April 12.—The town

PRICE FIVE CENTS.

DREFUSVICTIN OF EROR

The Bordereaux Was Communicated
by Another Officer.

LAURIER TIRED OF POLITICS
ew &

GOLD NUGGETS

A Nugget Bangle, Broach or Stick Pin

For 20. Days Onl EAD, 0h. FO
ieee Re He Kay Become a Chief Justice—Justice
Vv n y. ca {Strong May Retire.

———— Mowrexat, April 12.—The presence of
Chief Justice Strong here gives rise to
the ramor that he may go permanently
toEurope. Along with this comes the
report that Premier Laurier is tired . of
politics and will become chief justice.
It-ie stated that if the imperial govern-
ment can be induced ‘to give $5,500 to-
ward the regular salary ofa Canadian
representative on the judicial committee
of the privy. council the dominion would

give the rest. - . :

ASKING INCREASED REPRESENTION.

Tir Charles Thanks the Premier for Taking
Up Pacific Cable Scheme,
Orrawa, April 13.—SenatorfMacdonald
of British Columbia, will ask on Monday
next, whether.the government intends
giving increased representatives in par-
liament to British Columbia in consider-
ation of reyenuefrom the province and |

Makes a pleasing SOUVENIR gift for a friend. ‘We have a nice

Our entire Stock will be offered at actual a plonsing SOUVENIR git fr a friend. We berg
- 7 = ft assortment of this jewelr, made of carefully selected nuggets. Sec our «
Cost prices. . This Sale commences Monday, the sory : a
10thiof Apri; # w& # # # «4 J. W. SPRING

We Are Not Going seowsee
Oui Of Business...

Bs But we DONT want to be UNDERSOLD by any competitors. We have, therefore decided
to putin TWENTY DAYS hard work for nothing and will Do Just What We Say: Everything
to be sold at COST.

THE SITUATION IS YERY CRITICAL BUCLAIRE PUBLISHES MORE STUFF

Cullom of Iilinols Wants the
Facts Known—Germany
Is More Polite.

Deposition of a Former Minister of
Justice Exonerates the
Accused Man,

New Yorx, April 18.—A di th re-
ceived from Berlin: says: Up toa late
hour‘hour lights ‘urned in the - foreign
\ office, where mich agitation reigned dar-,
ing the afternoon owing to tha latest

Paris, April I8.—The Euclaire pub-
lishes a deposition made by M. Trarlo
Trarioax, the former minister of justice
in the Ribot cabinet, before the court of
cassation in the inquiry.into the Dreyfus

OF FASAION.” You can buy for
ring Overcoat, Suit, Pair ef Shoes,
in the city. k

At “THE EMPORIUM
least money. ‘The nobbiest 3;
Shirt, and ‘Tie that can be ha

the lai

Rossland Mining Stocks

son Compan}
‘Box 48 Cae

Columbia avent
F id
, Bedford McNeal and So:

‘MINING OPERATORS AND BHOKERS,
“Established 1895.”

Agents for N. &

We Have Buyers for. All. Stand-

ard Stocks,

F. 8, "Railway addition to
Boaland, ¥mir, Erie and Columbia townsite.

Campaign Satisfactory.
Wasnineron, April 12.—The war de-

artment has received: a dispatch from
eneral Otis saying that General Law-

great auccess. The war department offi-
cials say the result is very gratifying. | ;

~©. M, Weller, Rosstand’s pioneer san-
ilary plumber; has .the’.best equipped
plumbing establishment'in the city and
is prepared to do all kinds of plombing
steam-fitting, etc., anywhere, “for any
body at any time. 1-19-tf
J. F._ Fitzpatrick, ~'the sanitary
plumber, has removed his office an
shop to the corner of Columbia avenue
and Washington street, under Oap
Shaw’s cigar store. y (dl tts,

.- i

® er i= fed
RealEstate‘and-.
Mining brokers.

INSURANCE AGENTS.

Fire Insurance Agents for the fol-
loping Companies: .

- Cable Adéress: : “PARKER.”

. ’ROSSLAND, B. C.

by .Moreing & Neal's, Telephone,
odes { Bedtory Melts: 83

We have gale for alt="

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- Chas. 5, BENy.

© J.B, Johnson & Co
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“/@ J. B. Johnson & Co,

Mens’ Furnishing Goods,
ured in the United States and

ton’s campaign-has been concluded with |»

same price we paid for it.

Is the most complete in Rossland. Our goods have been 5
we have always been endeavoring to procure the best on tlie market. We take great pride in say-
ing that nowhere has the’ close buyer of these goods been bettor suited and better treated, and no-
where could he have done better thun at Our Bture.

Our stock is very large and consists of everything in Ready-imade Clothing,
Shoes. Hats, Ete. We handle the best Tailor made Clothing manuel:
Our stock of Underwear and

Canada,

SHOES

‘Ye buy all our goods direct from the mapufactirrer and buy xs cheap as any house in the
country, and From Now on Until May Ist , we shall soll you everything in‘our store at the very

elected and bought with great care and

P.S. Scandinavian and
Languages Spoken.

And ‘we cordially: invit
see for yourself. z :

S es cing ie Believing |

Yours Very Truly,

SAV HARTMAN

ICLIFTON AOUSE.

German

e you-to come and

Boys’ and Youths’ Clothing

Our stock of Boys’ and Youths’ Suits is complete in overy
style in Tweeds, Serges and Clay Worsteda, P

Just Opened

Alarge consigninent of Men, Boys’ and Youths’ Shoes in the
very latest shapes. : a

. ry 3 ‘
Qur Spring Overcoatings ! ,
i :
Suilings, Pantings and Fancy Vestinge have arrived and our
Ordered clothing departinent, is being kept very busy.-

sae
For Miners :
Wecarry a full line of Rubber Boots, Mining Shoes, Slickers,

Overalls and Jumpers of the very best makes, all at the lowest pri-
ces possible. Catl and be convinced.

M. J. O’HEARN, The Clothier.

CORNER COLUMBIA AVE. AND LINCOLN 8ST.

news from Samoa concerning the am-
bushing of an American and English de-
tachment by Mataafa’s .warriore, which
is taken here ina most serious light. A
dispatch which reached the minister of
etate from Conaul Rose is taken as cle:
ly exonerating the Germans from hav-
ing taken any hand in the matter.
This removed the obstacles to Ger-
many at once naming her commissioner,

who, it is said, will be the firat secretary | P

arge increase ef its population.

‘Sir Ch: cles Tapper thanked Sir Wil-'
fred Laurier in the house today for tak-
ing up the Pacific cable scheme.

Victoria Workingmen Object. |
Vicronta, April 12.—The Victoria
trades and labor’ council’passed a reso-
lation drawing the attention Of the min-
ister of the interior to the. published re-
port of the importation of 20 men from
Pa., to work on the'cc

| of the German at W
Reports in the German. papers that the
|| German government has put ina claim
for damages ia untrue, All such ques-
_] tions are entirely a matter for the. con-
sideration of the commiesioners. ..
The foreign office received several dis-
patches fromthe commander of the
Falke, in which he’ mentions no diea-
greeable discussion with Rear Admiral
Kautz. Z ee

-|¢ HAT. SAMOAN. MASSACRE:

‘ance'and fit.
er and trast to their dealers. . Hence the advantage of dealeng with a repu
table house, Our shoesstrike people by stylish shape and by their quality.

Cc. O, LALONDE

106 WEST COLUKBIA AVENUE.

11 EAST COLUMBIA ANENUE.

case. The former minister aaid the
Italian ambassador to France decla

to him in March 1808 that the Italian
secret information bureau never ‘had
any relations with Droyfus and that tho
publication of the borderean amd the
document containing the words “cette
canaille de” revealed to the Italian and
German attaches that Dreyfus was a: vic-
tim of error. The bordereau was com-
municated by another officer. Colonel

tion of'a steamer-at Lake Bennett. This
the council holds to be an infringement
of the alien labor’ laws. The’ minister
willalso be asked to appoint. an agent in
Victoria. to assist,in the enforcement of
the law.

Roading Club Bleet Officers.
‘Wrenrrra, April 18.—At the anaual

" Oaxaaco, April,18~

| of Iinois, has aeked. for-an expression
on the massacre of American and. Brit-
ish sailors by Mataafane on ‘the German
:| plantation in Samoa, snd‘said: “1
have only a vague idea of the latest in-
formation from Apia, but from what I
'| gather that massacre will result in com-

ions of the gravest character. Dis-

T. R. MORROW,

+» 8UCESSOR TO...
McLEAN & MORROW.

—WHEN YOU WANT A—

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one THE ee
PIONEER +
DRUGGISTS.*

BRING IT TO US.

OUR GOODS ARE RIGHT.
OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT.

habhbbabehbhhe

FILLED ACCURATELY

patch es indicate that the American and
British ‘sailors were’ waylayed’ and
slaughtered on the plantation of a prom:
inent German resident of Samoa.

“They were ambushed in the most ap-
proved methode of the uucivilized Am-
erican Indian, and this German“ urged
the Mataafans on to the slaughter. If
-|these’ reports are true the Germans
.| should be called to accaunt both by the
United States and England.” The sen-
ator refueed to predict what action in

S. GLAZAN

BIG STOCK

Properties examined, Mines managed,
ndard Stocks boueht and sold.

J. L. PARKER

Consulting mining engineer Dundee,
‘Tamarac and Fairmont.

OF
FURNITURE
STOVES

cd

--sBIVERY SALE and FEED
|, Seplste Mics fos oe ad. Pack,
-» Horses. - -

“BraBLEs: Columbia Ave., ‘Phone No. 87.
Commercial Alley, ‘Phone No. 39.

P. O. BOX, 186.

CROCKERY
GLASSWARE

| on a visit.
for Spokane, to return next Sunday.

Slocan country, has returned to Ross-
land ai:d has nguin resumed his dutics at
Hunter Bror. big store.

LOCAL BREVITIEs.

James Cromio went.to Spokane today.

Mre. E. J. Davenport left for Spokane
J.B. Coombs left on the noon train

E. H. Hattrnp, who has been in the

CARPETS
PARLOR SETS
ELECTRIC Light Globes,

WANTED—Second Hand Houeehoid
goods for which the highest price will be

puid..
S. GLAZAN,.

Bgl Ane! Sale

Kvery night by the only licensed auctioneer

MM. J, WALKER,

FIRST AVENUE First Store East of
‘SPOKANE 8T.

* NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that a Special Gen:

Civil 4 Mechanical Ei
Bolytactinie School ie

‘PATENTS |

four interosting books *"
‘cd. "age pou ore awicdien

J. J. Moynahan returned home to Spc-"
kane today.

EE mn

=, an TEE (:
CAN NOT WALK 10 FEET

Witoout hearing somebody sreuking of the

THE ONE PRICE STOR,

gO
entalogue nnd they will sell just
How can they do it?

rade Ki S

Their Store is not lerge enoltgh to accommodate t
onthe erent rireere thay cota baoek ein ali out Yow
ng cheap and in some cases discount 1

C. C. GIBSON & CO.

. 8.—See our English cambric shirts:

Whv don’t they
1 take any ‘Toronto
(

le.
You ©

Well, they all come to the conclusion taat their buyer, who has had Chicazo,
New Yors and London kngwh his busiuess and docs not in-end forall of Rostland's

2x Epokane Strect.
EPP. Ci Box 135.
80¢.

Quick Work.

will drive you anywhere at uny time day o1
If you are getting up a sleighing party,
Horses boarded by the day or month.

Breese and baggage work; will call at

&
inecrs, Graduates of tho
Ap) ciences Laval’ University. Members
reity,
Patent Law Association, American Water Wi

eral Meeting of the Nelson Development and
ited jal Ys

ne
short notice, ore contracts taken,

afer, ‘warehouse, or ship any class of goods.

e sell Washington seagoned

Red Star Livery and

Good sadlle horses, elegant. turnouts, nobby sleighs, and fancy driving teams;

x at any part of the city.
, light or heavy freight handied, mining machinery delivered

Furniture, pian d safes safely, moved,
pay all damages done to anthing we handle. , Pianos and safes safely. d

STABLES—First Ave., bet. Spokane and Wash. St.

i Tel. Xo8
Transfer Co.

rv night.

see us about rige—good horses.
Packing of all kindsdone, We do ex
Contracts and job work
We
‘e act as ahippers’ agents, sill tran
Fir and Tamarac wood.
OFFICE—9, Wash. St.

Improvement Company, Lim! Liab!
will ba hold at the fice of JL. Parker é
‘vp Batu:

ay, Limited,
Fs.

WILSOX

28 SPOKANE STREET.

Ti}, 1899.
CHARLES 5. BENN,
Becretary and Trustee,

J.W. HARTLINE PROP.

Rossland Loan  Office.|

NO. 16 WASHINGTON ST.

Watel.es, Clocks and Jewelry in Stock.
‘REPAIRING ‘DONE

--AELLO 89,

PHIL A. SILVERSTONE, Prop,

Oldest ¥stablished House in Kootenay

WILLIAM R. BEATTY
Undertaker.

ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMB’A

the matter would be taken at Washing-

H. H.Playford,

AUDITOR and
ACCOUNTANT

No.1 Stone Block, Rossland

P. 0. BOX-6598.

, form you that Tam still doing
atthe ola stand where everything 11
Tine is carried. Tam in.o position te sive

2
Pane: eats aiesion to the
res
je. and save at least

Mt SPRING CLEANING.
cele “clenaed Sgareapariiia.

Celery.
ymecies.
at sae at erile. ‘Remember the address,

- Thomas Stout, Drgele

First Avenue Near Spokane Street.

n to have
Hood's

Rossland Labor Unions.

Cooks’ and Waiters’ unton, No. 40, W, Ly U.,
Beewevery Saturday eveniné at 8:00, Mihest
nfon hal, AMES BURCH, £60.

0, Box 41, Joun Kui, Pres.”

hy

patent aii en

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The Glarendon Cafe

First Class in Every Respect.

Open Day and Tight. torre
PRIVATE ROOMS FOR

3\This Is Onlya Scheme

business
in the Drug.

r system, thor-

Youcan have elther

Banquets and Small Dinner Parties.

ton giving as his opinion that the United
States‘and British governments would
meet promptly with any emergency and
‘you | cope with it successfully. f
t a ae ON
The Samoan affair.

Lonnon, April 18.—The Daily Okron-
icle saya in reference to the Samoan af-
fsirs that the question is whether one
yower which tries to over reach one or
two etnera cannot complain if it euffers
arebuff. Noquestion but when local
intrigues lead toa sacrifice of-white life
thecentral power must be held respon-
mble. No doubt she will behave fairly,
but ths danger isit will take little, after

i i to

ant
two

, ipes Roading “a ‘be
held-bere during August and -it is in-
tended to make its: big.event.. Crews
fromi Victoria and Vancouver, B. C., are
expected, .

cat —
Dedro Is World's

Champion.

+ ‘CurcaGo;:April-18.—Alfred Deoro wor
the. pool championship of tho world
after a protracted struggle in the third
night’s play, at, Manhattan: billiard hall,
defeating Jerome;Keogh :by's fimal-score
of 600 to 515.\. Keogh played a brilliant
uphill game, reducing hin epponent’s
lead of the first two night’s from 135 to
47 at the closing of the nineteenth game,
Then Deord eecured an adyantege and
made 68 in the four frames, to 12 for hie
-opponent, : “
Boston Museum Fire.
> Boston, April 18.—The Boston Mu-
geum on ‘Tremont atreet; the oldest
playhouse in the city, was badly dam-
aged by fire ‘this morning. The blaze
started on the Tremont street ‘side, and
is thought'to have been caused’ by care-
less smokera, Thelossto the museum
is estimated at ‘$80,000. Several firms
whe occupied stores on the etreet floor
beneath the auditorium sustained dam-
age by water.

ar.

Schwartz-Koppen formerly military st-
tache of the German embassy, and at
Paris write the Italian military attache
at Paris that he was not acquainted with
Dreyfus,.and attributed the bordereaa
to Major Count Esterhazy.

‘The Ttali dor said r
went to Col. Schwortzkoppen in October,
1808, and asked ‘protection, and being
refused, he threatened to commit sul-
cide. The Itallian ambassador added.
the document the words: ...‘(Oette:ca> F
6:84; "referred to the. civillian

2 ith

nished | &chwartzkep|
5d wafer io Taster ow:
to! ‘attaches under -the' nario” of
‘Diboid.””, : Finally the Itallian minister
aid he was convinced sfter anjinterview
with M. Honota, the then minister of
foreign affairs, that the communication
of Lieutenant Henry's was a forgery, in
the Zolo trial made without the
tcnowledge of the government, and also
aaid Esterhazy had relations solely with
Col. who jica-,
ted to Col. Panizzardi, the Itelian at-
tache, the documents which are inter-
eating Italy. . . 7

A Night Attack.

Mantia, April 18,—4:05 a, m.--About,
4 o'clock thia morning & small body of
of rebels attacked the camp of the Third
Artillery from. the swamp, near
Paombof, # mile anda halt west of Mal-
olos, and two privates were killed and
one lientenunt and two others wound-
ed. ‘When daylight come the American.
forces ecoured the district, driving the
rebela northward, killing seven of them.
A private of the Montana regiment was
wounded. piste aun
Maniza, April 18.—Francisco Reyes,
the man who recently recently purchased.
the Spanish gunboats at Zamboanga, .
Island éf Mindanao has received ad-
vices that the fleet sailed for Manila and

Lonpon, April 18.—The comments of
the evening papers here upon -the’ Sa-
moan sitdation are mostly a repetition
of those made lly in the i

da few days later with the ves-
tel etripped of their guns and ammuri-
tion, the purchaser’s agenta and the na-
tive crews for the vessels on board. The
A steamer Butuam was con-

papers. The Globe declares the main-
nce of the German consul at his

the in the P

blow up the flame in the United. States,
which the German authorities will give
much to extinguish. For our placid
selves it is well understood we are not
going to undertake by private agree-
ment to nullify the principles of the de-
cision by the majority of ‘the special
commission. ri Veg

Ordered to Samoa.
VatiEso, Cal., April 13.—Lieutenant
James H. Hetherington of Mare Ialand
and Ensign Schultze of the Iowa have
been ordered detached from their pres-
ent duties and ordered to'a steamer for
Samoa on April 19, to report to Admiral
Kautz for duty on the cruiser Philadel-
phia. They will fill the vacancies caused
by the death of Lieutenant Lanedale
and Ensign Monaghan who were killed

post ie an act of apparaut unfriendlyness
which requires to .be explained. f
Fight in Bolivia.
New Youre, Apr.l13.—A dispatch to
the -Herald from Lima, says s battle
we i

and
under Gen. Pando and the forces of
Presel Alonzo, near Oruro, in Bolivia,
lasted over an hour and two hundred
were killed. Gen. Pando commanded
the i lists and ied
Oruro without the slightest disorder.

—_——_
Land For the People.

Kinley is preparing te throw open for
settlement 200,0000 acres of Olympic
forreatry reserve. This reserve com-
prises a large portion of. the Olympic

la, lying between Puget sound

at famosa. -
Hughes algo goes to Samoa 8 an exect-
| tive officer of the Philadelphia.

‘and Pacific Ocean and will embrace “the
Olympic mountains.

Tacoma, April 13.—President Mo-

voyed to Seamboanga by the United
States cruiser Boston and instructed to
await the arrival there of the United
States gnnboat Petrel, instead of so do-
ing so after the Boston had sailed from
Seamboange.

‘Ready to Help.

Lonpox, April 13.—The premier. of
New Zealand, the Rt. Hon. R. D. Sed;
don, cables the agent-general’ of New
Zealand here that ‘Hon. W. P. Reeves
says: ‘We deeply regret the adversity
which has overtaken our forces in Sa-
moa. Inform the secretary of state of
New Zealand that I will do snything
possible to render assiatance in case of
emergency. Our steamer is awaiting
orders atAuckland. The {deputy gov-
erner communicated tothe admiral at ©
Sydney that the Milduura, a British
third-claes craiser has been detailed for
the protection of the floating trade in
Australian waters, andis nowon the
way to Raratonga with the governor,