; sosstee pre seers. AUGUST 16) «900

KILLED BY POISON

Anarchist Cunningly sningly Wounds, dein
of Russian Police. *:

‘A PRICK WITH A-SCARFPIN

While Oonversing With the Oficial on a
Train, the Assassin -Pricked Him With
a Poisoned Pin—Death Followed in an

mrganern e's

New York, vAugy
Hanteigeff, second: ir'command : of!
the imperial. gendarmerie of Russia,

* met death under: exttaordinary cir-
cumstancds twovweeks' ago, while
travelling ‘feom. St: ‘Petersburg to-
‘wards the. German frontier; says a
.cablegram to the Journal and Ade
‘vertiser from Berlin.

-He .and .a'prepossessing young

" stranger were,seated opposite each
other ‘in a railroad carriage, his
companions being the.Prince and

., Princess’ Apalinoff.” All

-gaged-in conversation. The stran-
ger} from’ his seat, in some, way.

f pricked the general’s wrist in such’

.@ manner as to call forth an excla-
-mation from him. The ‘stranger
was profuse in his. apologies ,and
ascribed the prick to his scarfpin,
which he had stuck on his ‘sleeve,
using. it to cut the pages of a book..
At the next stop of the train he a-|
lighted and disappeared. if

At hout'later the general, it was,
discovered, was dead. At ‘the
autopsy the doctors discovered

_ traces of a virulent poison, evidently,
: communicated by means of.- -the: pin

, or needle.

Y
%

VE,

‘nights here.:

Several arrests -have
.been ‘made in’ connection with the
“crime, which is ascribed .to the ane

1 archists'in Russia.

othe i
wu | (HO RECEIVE LORD MINTO:

‘Programme. for ‘nia Entertatament’
_ ) Suggested by the Mayor.
Mayor Gaodeve will, prapose at-

Sthe. citizens’ meeting. on Monday
“evening that the reception ' of Lord
and Lady Minto be so arranged that
very element of the population can
ke part.in it and he has. asked, that:
‘the visitors ‘spend a day, and: two
This being arranged,
they would arrive ‘in’ the evening

_and be. welcolmed at the depot by-

the city band; the Roc! y Mountain:

Rangers as a guard of honor, the

city council, vthe _board of trade,

-four, en- |:

, .[ sls are equally alive: to the results
‘}of stich action, on the; Chinese}, ‘and

MOME FROM HSIS VACATION. |

BW. paris

Nome Stampeders. *
E. W. Raft, pk of the Red
i a", from
his vacation on the kaaat this. morn-
ing, brown asa berry and with his

of the Reftex Wave of

M

weeks rest. “He! spent a few days
each in “Spokane; Seattle, Portland
and- San. Francisco and .met old
friends every where, for he’ knows
everybody ; and- everybody: knows;
him. He. saw,the outward evidences
of the Nome boom at, Seattle and
says of that towns)

Seattle is“ still on'the boom,
though it is not. as lively ‘as itiwas'|

people’ were going to Nome. , Lots
of them are now. coming: back, tell-
ing hard luck’ stories.
Senator Jand ‘the’ biggest. crowd thai

was a big’ ‘crowd "td'see them ‘land.
The crowd lined-up‘atong the gang
plank and guyed them as they came
‘ashore. One man had no shoes

daughter ‘when they met him:
#441, lost ‘everything, even my|®

shoes.’ 2

“Continued from irst. Page.

ALLIES “IN -PEKIN.

today, © in its “second edition, pub-

lishes. ‘a - dispatch from Shanghai,.
dated August 15, which says:
‘‘Admiral’ Seymour, through the
consul, géneral, has instructions
that the troops which were intended
to. land here'shall. proceed north.
This will be done August 16, unless
the order is: countermanded in the
interval by the: foreign office. The
final decision of © the latter is await-
ed. The principal’ British banks
and shipping ‘firms have telegraphed
to Lord Salisbury: that’ the govern-
/ment’s decision : “to” send ‘the troops
‘north, will, havea “disastrous, effect
and urges the. government to recon-
sider the matter. The foreign con-

s ing an identical note to
nts with ‘the Object

troops.”
‘Wrench ‘Troops .at Hong ‘Komg”
‘France has 1.100 troaps on board
the” transport © Cochar, ‘which. .ar-
rived at Hong ‘Kong yesterday con-
voyed by. the French ‘cruiser, Friant.:
|.These troops, the French’ consul at
Shanghai. ‘informed the other con-
suls, would be larded ‘at Shanghai
‘the, British p d in landi

jovial laugh invigorated by.several|::

two months. idga; when’ ‘lots of the |i

'T saw: the |'

[and said to ‘his weeping wife and BS

of, ‘inducing: | he. Briviali to, ‘land E

by representatives of other nations

“yhut the Jatrer have. declared they

will! adopt the same‘‘course. To
this the, British have. robjected and

troops which are now ready to land.
Cactlé, shipments
Shanghaj , Auge 1

Stopped.

a

50. dad 2 ‘pe
“tmonth.

is prevalent’. among. ‘cattle
from Shanghai, for Chefoo for Brit-

PP

ish troops, /Shipmenis have been
stopped. i
Rallroad Rebullt to Pel Tsang.

Berlin, Aug. 16.—An “undated
dispatch from':Tien Tsin says the
between Tien Tsin‘and Pei
jheen restored: cand that
mis ure repairing: ‘the line

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For ihe holiday, season there is nothing more in keep-
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23 gebsetary-Treasurer. ||
Calumbla avenue.

d of. four s frométhe
No. 1. “All preparations’ arethgiog
made for regular ‘shipments: from.
that mine.

ee

The Tennis Tournamen
In the-open ‘men’s ‘doubles 3 i ithe
tennis tournament yesterday, SA.
Marsh and K. W. Rolt defeated W.
E..D. C. Lawe and Rev. .C.
Hedley, 6-4, 7-5."
. This afternoon ‘A. Marsh pla
C. Gordon and-R.-A.
plays Roberts ‘in the men’s:
handicap. singles. ‘Tomorrow C..C.
Walker and Miss’ Fraser. will: play

inthe ued doubles, ae

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register. ‘Apply Kootenay. Cats,

PUBLIC NOTICE,

I will-not be: respon: ible for any’

debts contracted by. my wifes. Adeline
Parker.

alt. THOMAS PaRKER(e jue

Married’ this Morning:
“Miss Agnes ‘Keaney and Mr}
‘Patrick Higgins were . united -in
marriage at the Catholic [church
this morning, the Rev. Father Ward
officiating. Biter: the ‘ceremony an
| kc fe was

. Mr.

served at ‘the Kooteriay.
McDonald — and’ ‘Miss.
Keaney were in attendance.,;....7' ©

.troops at that place: ‘A ‘news agency.
from St hai

labor unions, ‘fi jieties and
all representative bodies, who would
escort them to their hotel. .

Lord. and Lady Minto would eel

day visit: the mines and have an op-
portunity of forming ‘an opinion of

gust 14, represerits the United
States consul general, John Good-
now, as joining. with the French
and German consuls’ in opposing,
the British plans;. The. British for-
sign. ‘officials decline to enter into

the city’s r The « ing of
that day. would be devoted to.a
banquet, at which all citizens would
take part. Lord Minto would then
be able to: speak from’ actual know-.
ledge of:the mines ‘and the city to
which they have given birth.

Next Performance on Friday.:.- *

Owing to the illness of Mr, Dave :

Williams, there was no performance
given by the Clara Hanmer Co. at
the opera house last night. Mr.

Williams was taken ill after the per- |”

formance Tuesday night : with® an
attack of la grippe. Dr. Campbell,
who is attending him, assures us he
will be able to resume work Friday
night, at which time the company
will produce the New England.
comedy drama ‘“‘Joshua Simpkins.”
On Friday afternoon Uncle Josh’s
Punktown brass band ,,make .
their’ appearance ©
Tickets for the .‘Fretich Princess’
age good for ‘Joshua Simpkins”
money will be refunded -at Roll’s
drug store.

Pay Day at the Mines *

Yesterday was pay day at the
mines and asum which must ap-
proach $140,000 was put in circula-
tion, The payroll of the B. A, C.
mines, exclusive :of the machine
shop, was $62,299 and the War
Eagle and Centre Star disbursed
about $50,000. F

.| forces are expected to make some
~ | explanation later.

ape gee ne
on” the street. |

or |,

reasons for ‘not landing troops at
| Shanghai, but, the foreign. office‘is
i ig unwilling to per-
sist in any’course not approved by
the .other powers.”: The foreign

May

Troops from Shiai
Shanghai, Aug.’ 16:—The 1

dated Au-|-.

“Where-Is Jobu.Scott Fraser =
_ The chief of police at Toronto has
wired Chief ot ‘Police ‘Ingram,
asking him’ to notify John Scott:,
Fraser, supposed to be in Rossland,:
that his, mother is seriously ill, Fra-
ser is 21 years of ‘age and was |
heard of in Vancouver:> ~

‘Those New Cameras
Carpenter & Co. have taken the
agency in ‘Rossland and vicinity for
the Glenco “and ,Korona cameras,
the best two cameras onthe mar-
ket for the money,, They are offer-

will meet: today: The ‘landing of |

ing great i 3 to advertis
these goods. See their display an-

the British troops is not. objected to

nouncement on first page. ©

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N. B. Ordered Clothing Our. Specialty.

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Blit Talks on ‘the Financial Situation

F | stantially interested in the ability of

Through Depew.

WILL BEA RIVAL OF LONDON

The New York Senater Points the Moral
of the Placing
Loan: in the United States—Prosperity
Produees a Plethora of Ospital.

By AssOciated Press.

London, Aug.
Chauncey M. Depew sails on the}:
American, line steamer New York
today. . He has been in consultation:
with British financiers who are sub-:

the United’States to’ make loans to
Ettrope.. “The senator said:
“The sudden development of our,
industries arid the immense accumu-
lation: of: money growing out of the
fact that Europe is, paying. $600,
ly for American pro-
ducts bas: not: only braught:
bank rate and call loans up' one
two points. respectively, si bat. the’
western ‘banks-‘are now buying i i
the- East, ‘because there is no
mand for: money. The. fact -that
half the British war loan—alt of it, it)
it-has beer offered—has already been:
‘taken 'in the United States demon-
strates these.conditions, which have.
already ‘made.New York , one.of the,
financial centres of the world.

“If this continues, and Lave no
doubt it will; New :York :will soon
bé a dangerous rival of London-in
financing: the government enterpri-

REAPS A HARVEST.
and.
From Paris the Cause,

Special Cable Letter bythe Associated Press.

London, Aug. 18.—Socially, the
week has been' very dull, ‘and there
is little interest for the smart set in
the metropolis. . :The city .is.-still
filled with Ameri and Canadi:

of the British War]: :

18.—Senator |/’

| were.on the. south: side.

- of

Chinese Army.
Fled--Legati

By. Ansociated Press. <
‘okio, Aug. 18,—Gen. Yoruagut
ires from,,Pekin under date of
A 16 as follows: .

siThe allies arrived ‘at Pekin early
Yesterday, opéning with artillery of
fie eastern side of’ the-wall, which
was obstinately held by the enemy.

ATES OF.
PEKIN
BLOWN UP

|How the Allied Ilied Troops. En-

tered the Sacred City
China ._

: and: ‘Empress

ons All Well

caped from the city... The ‘imperial
court left for Shen Si on August 11,
with the Manchurians.. .The Kansu
troops have 2gone southwest, with
the object of drawing off the’ allies
and preventing them trom following
the court.”

Admiral Bruce

The Japanese and the i

At night-
fall, the Japanese blew up the two
eastern gates of the Tartar city.
and entered.

f46in the meantime, the Americans
‘and British ‘had entered the Chinese
city, Py. the Tung Pien gate. ‘ De-
tachments- -of edch force were sent
towards the‘legations.” 2The parties #
met near the legations and opened
communication. ‘All the mini

to the
admiralty:

“Pekin captured August 13. Le-
gations safe.”

Blew Open Tung Chow's Gates
Tung: Chow, |Aug. 12, — The
Japanese-entered Tung Chow, blow-
ing open the gates. -When the!
heaviest opposition: was.
fone: was ‘offered: = The “Chitiese:
are reported retreating to’ Pekin and

and their staffs. were found safe.
The. losses to ‘the allies have not
been Four hund
Chinese ‘were . killed. o

[deserting

- | Many. of the Americans and:: British

holesale. The allies are
camping today about ‘the walled
city of Tung Chow after seven miles
of marching under a terrible sun.

are

ay
Washington, August 16.—As the
result of an exchange of cablegrams

at

tourists, who for the most part are
going and returning. from the Patis
exhibition. Hotels ard the better
grade of boarding houses are doing
a thriving business ‘and-the ‘reflex of
the Parisian travel..is’ filling ‘the
coffers of the publicans, even if the
merchant classes are less fortunate
in thriving by the way side. =

Bryan Will Orate Next Week
By Associated Press, -
Lincoln, Neb,, Aug. 18.—Mr.
Bryan will devote the ‘greatest part
of next week to speech-making in
Nebraska and Kansas.

THE WAGES OF MUCKERS

Hequest for an Increase Met with =
Positive Hefusal.

The agitation which has been

increase in mucker’s wages from
$2.50 to $3 a. day Imi: d.on

going. on for some: time for an g

the-powers concerning af-
fairs: at -Shanghai, an agreement
‘bas been reached by which all. the
admirals of the several powers. ‘rep-
dat Sh hai.wil act

rently in a survey,-or watching, of
the Chinese Yang Tse fleet, - instead

tirely by the British admiral at
Shanghai, - The Chinese Yang Tse
fleet consists of four cruisers and
several torpedo boats and destroy-
ers.

Entry Was Obstinately Resluted.

Shanghai, Aug.-18.—The general
attack on Pekin began Aug. 15. in

of having this duty: performed en-|”

Details of the Advance.

New York, Aug. 18.—‘‘Couriers
from the front report that, after the
capture of Ho Hsi Wu, the allied
forces marched on Matow,” says a
special cablegram ‘to the Journal
and Advertiser from’ its correspon-
dent at Cheteo Cals date’ of Aug-
ust 17.

General Theg Fuh Siang, with
a large army barred their way, but
they fought: him ‘back'nine miies,
completely demoralizing his army
and taking Matow with trifling loss.
Until Ho' Hsi-Wu was reached, the
march was terribly hot and dusty,:
but after leaving there; torrents of
rain have faltenand made the march-

the morning. The enemy ii ly
resisted... The same evening the
Japanese-demolished theCham Lang
and Tong Chi gates and entered the
capital. ~ The. other - armies entered
by ‘the Tong - Quien gate. They
sent detachments at once to the, le-
where the ministers were
found safe. 4

t

Thursday evening in-a visit of three
members of the .executive board of
the Miners’ union to Messrs Good
erham and. Blackstock, of the War
Eagle and Centre Star mines. Sec-
retary Willans refused to tell the
3} purpose of the interview, or what
passed at it, but it is generally

d that it 1 d to the

ATOMIZERS__=>

No ToiletTable ts complete “without “an Atomizer. We Keep all varieties,
Sood, bad and indifferent.” The best ¢ost more monev than: the indifferent,
bat are worth more. Have you seen oar new supply of
Hot Water Bottles, Tooth aud Hair Brushes, Toilet
Soaps, Perfumes and Colognes.

— ~~ ee ive.
The Rossland Drug Gompany "*S2ieenone tes

W. C. McLE AN, - R. E. STRONG,

‘kkers’ wages. This was followed
yesterday by a joint announcement
of E. B. Kirby, general manager ot
the War Eagle and Centre Star,and
Bernard McDonald, general man-
ager of the B. A. C. mines, to the
effect that they. had positive in-
structions from the several compan-
ies to give no increase of wages to
muckers. They state that ‘‘ the
directors fail to see anything in the

JNO. JACKSON, in. [PRorne. Masian:

situation to justify ‘an increased

a the City

New York, Aug. 18.—'‘The allies
reached Pekin on Tuesday night
and attacked the city. Wednesday
morning, 'the- Chinese having’ ‘op-
posed their communicating with the
ministers” says a Chefoo cable to
the’ Herald. “Tung Chow was
captured by the allies on Monday
morning and they advanced within

fifty thousand roku of rice.” ~
All the Hoastites Flea.
London, August 18:—The second

hai, which says:
“The allies entered Pekin unop-

eight miles of Pekin. The enem: ze
ai the night before. : ‘The jana: five, including one officer. We lost
ese took’ the arsenal and seized|°Mly one horse. The F

-lcavalry engaged the enemy's front

edition of the Daily Telegraph: pub-
lishes a special dispatch from Shang-

posed, and met with a friendly re-

ing dinary’ heavy. The
Chinese were preparing enormous
trenches at Ho Hsi Wu with which
to flood the country, but the rapid
advance of the allies surprised them
be’ore they had turned in the water,
und they dropped their spades and
fled.

Chinese Army Splits In Three,
“The Chinese army split into
three, one retreating to Pekin,- one
remaining to resist the advance
and the other moving south.

The allies are led in the advance

hostile elements have already es- te

-j went to Trail.

|FILLED WITH ORE

Le Roi Output far Exceeds Capacity of

Northport Smelter.

| TRAIL HAS REACHED LIMIT

Shipments From Le Roi No. 2 Restricted Ua

til Smelter is Holargec—35,000 Tons Stored
im ‘the Yards—Contract Let for Big Elee-
tric'Moter for Nickel Plate.

The following table shows ithe

| shipments. of ore from this camp. for
|| the week ending today and for the

year to date, the figures for pre-
vious weeks having been corrected

TONNAGE

- YEAR TO DATE

THIS WHEK'S
. MINE. TONNAGE

Iron Mask.
Evening Sta:
Monte Christo. .

*Total. 2.2.6... §799

The ore shipments this. week
pushed the record,.and were marked
by the first appearance of the Le

105,658

Roi No. 2 group as shippers. Of

*|the Le Roi shipments 4759 tons

went to Northport and 780 tons

The. Indian Chief
company shipped a sample carload

of 20 tons to. Trail. %

The contract for the electric

motor to operate the 4o-drill come :
pressor ‘of the Rossland: Great -

‘Western mines was; et ‘this-morn-

ing to the Royal Electric company,
ot Montreal. Its capacity will .be
850 horse power and it will weigh,
whan ready for shipment, 80. tons.
This will be the largest® figtor in

the camp, the next. in size being at
P d. -° | the War Eagle.

The Shipments from the Le Roi
No. 2 mines will be confmed to. .

two or three carloads a day until the
capacity of the smelter at Northport is

increased. This is occasioned by the
fact that the Northport smelter is at.
present only able to treat 65% of tlie ©
output of the’ Le Roi'and therefore

y other ore pt such

as hasspecial favorable ‘fuxing char,
i At the pi : time

there are 35,000 tdns of “ore.

stored at the Northport smelter.
By the time the capacity is increas
ed, it is’ expected that not less

than 50,000 tons. will be
stored i in the yards i in excess of the
of the - smel

The Trail smelter zannot. handle
this surplus. over the capacity of
the Northport, plant, for the 120
tons daily, which is now being
shipped from the Le Roi, takes up
all its spare capacity.

| BLANDS HIVER IS RELIEVED.

Kitchener Came to the Rescue—Col.

Hoare Lost Heavily.

By Associated Press.
London, Aug. 18.—Lord Roberts
reports that C, V. Hoare, who was
ieged at Elands Riverand hasjust

by a squadron of Bengal
big turbaned Indians, who enjoy the
heat from which the white men suff-
er. On Tuesday they turned the
enemy’s flank and captured many
standards and bugles, killing thirty-

cavalry, t

been relieved by Lord Kitchener,
lost twelvy men killed and so
wounded, including Lieut. Col.
Delisle.

REPORTED BOER VICTORY.

‘at the same time,
try. é
Vain Effort to Avold Disgrace.

acting as infan-

from the leg

are going through the Chinese
lines daily and reporting to the
allied commanders. They say the

4 says Dewet
‘Took 4,000 Prisoners.
By Associated Press.

New York, Aug. 18.—A dispatch
printed here this noon, under date
of Delagoa Bay, Aug. 18, says
Gen. Dewet has turned on the
British, defeating them, and captur-
ing 4,000 men, according to Boer

wage being paid.”

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ception from Prince Ching.

All

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reports here.

to show actual weights and those, °
for this week being partly estimated: