eae — ren HE WAS FLEECED How J. M. Harris Was Done Up at Poker. PAID IN RECO SHARES _ ObAYIS sTOCR SALHA,, Sales tuday on the local exchange were as follows: Evening Star 3000, 6c; Morning Glory, . 1090 8c; I. X. L., 500, 16c, 500 153{c; Ram THEY ALL WANT IT Politics Are B ing Decid. ROBSLAND RVENING, RECORD, OCTOBER 11 1900 Fs Bi ay LET A CONTRACT, a 6:30:P, 4, ftoselaiid Parties iaterested in Yotr Mining Properties, The Rossland stockholders of the British Lion Gold Mining iP 6: f 30 P. M. ~““ALEN!S STORE Stoo ma THE BIG STORE, bler-Cariboo, 1500, 2634c; Princess Maud, 2000, 23%c; Giant, 4000 34c; Tamarac, 500 5c. Total sales 13,000 shares, edly More Interesting- HOW CURTIS’ “STANDS , AOKED nD Lew Houck Worked the Sleeve 5 pear a va Game—Action to Recover eda Gaiden Srowa i} 4] Plan to Have Both Foley and Gal. On Stock. eer g ay ligher withdraw In His setoslcm hsktnss), gf Favor, ey te re . é F jundes, . 16 Nelson, Oct. 10.—The case of ental do 3%| The political pot is. beginning to Henley vs. Reco Mining company, Bomestake ae paid), 2 3 | boil, and the Liberals are active in which was set down yesterday for | Iron Colt. vison “26 id endeavoring to bring about what trial at the assizes will be one of the ie ‘ ie 1838 | they look upon ‘as their only salva- most interesting actions ever tried oe 4g | tion, and that is the withdrawal- of - in this district says the Tribune. 9 7 | the labor nominee. It is said the - The ‘suit arises out of a poker 3) 2 | plan of operation is very contrary. to “game in which J. M/ Harris, presi- 3 . |B. ] the existing state of affairs. dent of the Reco, was fleeced toa 65" eo Mr. Galligher, the Liberal.nomi- “finish by Lew Houck, one of the att nee, arrived this morning, accom- cleverest card sharpers who ever | Oxanog ? a panied by the Liberal organizer, came west. The ‘case is robbed of | Bid! {2 | Editor’ Deane, of Kamloops. “Smith some interest by the fact that 1% 9 | Curtis has his weather eye on them, Houck is dead. It is asserted that 2 20 | for he prays that his political star he worked the ‘Montana sleeve” Eo 28% may yet adorn the Dominion firma- game at Sandon, and in the ap- PB: i ment, and. it is. said. that -he has Proaching trial the defence will oe ae quietly hatched a. plan by which not - produce the evidence of the tailor by ‘19, | only will Foley be calléd off, but who _made the sleeve, Houck’s Wat Bags Connolidated 18 1 3 #1 a Mr. Galligher himself will be asked _ ability.to. -palm. cards is evidenced Waterloo ico ad to step down and out to make room by the fact that Harris had no sus- ia Bear é for Curtis, The latter it is'said, picion he was getting the double cross until some time later when-he learned of ‘ Houck’s identity. * In the meantime he? settled his debt 46 the sharper in Reco shares. Hoitck sold the shares and the pur- chaser is bringing’ the action to compel the Reco people to hénor the transfer. : The story of the game at Sandon is worth telling. A Spokane busi- ess man had visited the Slocan metropolis and played poker ' for high stakes. He lost, and J. M. Harris got the big end of the game. When the Spokane man_ arrived he secured a tip on Lew Houck, and put up a deal with.the famous sharp to secure revenge on Harris, They went to Sandon and worked the job smoothly. Harris lost $1600 in cash. and several [. O. U.'s at one sitting, and between $2500 and $360.in eash and a block of Reco stock in-another. Then the visitors pulled out, and when Harris be- came informed of the proposition he had. gone against a notice was posted repudiating the stock cer- tificates, Wanted a Better Price Renewed- Negotiations . for the Purchase of Islands. visit to his home in Seattle. London, Oct. 11.—Referring to the purchase of the Danish West Indies by the United States, the Copenhagen correspondent to the Daily Telegraph says: “'The renewed negotiations will result, I believe, in the purchase. The Opposition party in the Danish parliament favors the transaction but urges the government to obtain a larger price than the United States previously offered. It is under- | stood that America wishes to use St. Croix as a naval coaling station. . HOTEL ARRIVALS, Hotel Allan: W Anderson, Cascade M P Randolph, Seattle Charles Gyde, Montreal j W Pauloll, Spokane ul C E McPherson, Winnipeg i R_H Gordon, New Westminster E J Coyle, Vancouver AB Gray, Nelson JA Morrin; Phoenix H A Drummond Toronto C P Chamberlain, Spokane, F P Gutelius, Nelson Hotel Kootenay: Marcus Moses. Cape’Nome a H E Nazum, Spokane Mrs Nuzum, Spokane n Thomas Walsh, Greenwood the city yesterday. of his interest in the Collins house of the C. P. R. at Nelson, is at the Al agent ot the C. P. R. at Vancuver is in the city. Drill company left for Spokane to- day to attend the exposition. Winnipeg . : will resign his seat and hand it over to.. James Wilkes. In case this scheme is carried out, it would be Zz to know whett the Liberal party would wag the labor party, or the opposite condition ab- tain. There are those who also say that Organizer Deane. would be willing to sacrifice himself on the conjoined altars of the Liberat and labor parties. _ It will take time and the ‘big three,” Curtis,, Deane and Galligher to knit the ravelled sleeve of politics, To Crown |. |. the Heroes|' Five Hundred Young La- dies Will Make Ma- ple Wreaths (By Associated Press.) * Halifax, N. S., Oct. 11.--Five hundred young ladies, have ‘been . asked by the city council to prepare INDIA PAYS( NRE BILL | wreaths of maple "leaves, ' “with : Shares ez which’ to crown the Heroes who are $200,000 Cabled to:way wer cisuninig returning on the transport, Idaho. ——— The council has ‘also decided to (By Associated Press.) TFT a ting the Big Four group of claims om the south fork of Porcu- pine creek in the Ymir district, ™ WINTER FURS « x have received word that a has been let to Bremner & McNeill to continue the tunnel 50 feet, to tap the ledge. At the time work rich galena was discovered in the tunnel. When this tunnel is com- pleted-about 100 feet depth will be! attained. In the spring the com- pany intends to build a compressor and to run another tunnel through the Lerwick to tap the ledge on the Hercules, a distance of goo feet. Messrs. Brown, Edgren &' Stout of Rossland are largely ‘interested in this property, which -promises to be one of the best in the Ymir dis- trict. Mack trom Portland, Prof. F. R. Blockbergher has returned from Portland, Oregon where he has been in the interest ot his mining companies. Mr. Blockberger staedt that while in Spokane, he completed a deal on the M Mead was stopped two months ago, some! Ruffs, Gaperines, Jackets, Will take your oye at the Big Store, and won't cut much of a hole in your pocket-book, either. See our NEW AMERICAN THILOR-MADE SUITS, IN CLOTHS AND HOMESPUNS, AT HUNTER BROTHERS, | P. BURNS & CO, WHOLESALE MAR KET Rossland, Nelson, 4 Grand Forks,- and Vaneoives: Me ;——_____—4 wiesiac ities RETALL MARKETS ossiand, rail elson, mir, Kaslo, S; : «Denver, Silverton, "Cascade City, Grand Tou, Nes Greenwood, Phonix, Midway, Camp McKinney, Revelstoke Ferguson, and Vancouver. ——— William Donald, “Mgr., Rossland Brauch, claim which he purchased for a company of which A, E, Saint Dal- mas, a London capitalists is at the head. The Mountain Meadow is a high grade gold and galena prop- erty located on Cariboo creek, which carries net values of over $100 per ton. “CUNLIFFE & McMILLAN, All classes of Repairs and Construction Work Undertaken, jesed i ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS, held today at the Catholic church, Rev Father Welsh. officiating. T.B May who has been relieving H F Mitten as manager of the bank of British Columbhia,. during. . his ab- sence, left this afternoon for Lon- don, England. They reduce insurance; give hone or baslnegs place a brighter appoal many ways: a brighter ave you money In Estimates furnished for Wiring and id Lighting, Electfic Fixtures carried in stock. The funeral services of the infant +4 its expensive and dan, eros, danghter of Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Don t Burn Oil wally Siete tea ae ceil Aconite, who died yesterday, Were | susesmsmewenemenen teen sees entpadee ——————==S="=*{_=_= Use Electric Lights vic Power supp for M and, Itts much cheaper than steam. ‘Motors for sale or rent. (arin cade of trouble ied alate, totes telefon Ne Sybetween Ba a, and 6 p. my t Rossland: ‘Water and. Light Go. Present each hero with a sovereign | Ottawa, Ont. Oct, 11.—The De- and the fredom: ofthe city, i; partment of Militia received by .ca- ble the sum of £40,000 _ (nearly $200,000) to pay, on behalf .of. the government of India, to the Cana- dian manufactures who. have tur- |' nished the large shipments of great coats, clothing, boots, socks, moc-. casins, etc., for the use of the In- dian troops in China. DOMINION ELECTIONS, aud Conservatives. - There will be a meeting in the Board of Trade rooms tonight. at 8:30 p. m, All Conservatives are Particuler- ly requested to attend. { W. Wye Jounston, Secretary, Trail Creek Liber- eral-Conseryative Ass'n, Notice To Rd: Saturday Eveni ngs MINOH MENTION, ~ Mr. Riley, of Erie. B. C. was in — New Order Forthe Sav- R. E. Chesnut left today for al: ings Department. of Jeseph MecKercher has disposed | the Post office, F. P. Gutelius, resident engineer (By Angociated Prees. 97 Ottawa, Oct,11.—The post office. department has issued circulars to all postmarters in the cities and tows ns in the Dominion, instructing them to have offices open every Saturday evening from- 7:30. to..9. o’clock for the purpose of receiving- deposits for the sayings bank trom: the laboring classes or any other persons who wish to deposit money: ‘The order takes effect on Saturday: Man. E. J. Couple, g 1 Charles Sangster of the Rand Max Karter, formerly of Ross- land, has been exhonorated from are | any blame in connection with. the October 20. death ot A. G, Crowell. Mayor Goodeve, left yesterday for the Boundary district to prosecute the Conservative campaign. from a visit with relatives in Ore- gon, land, secretary and treasurer of the Kingston been in New York for the last two months promoting that company. is over from Grand Forks ona busi- the Grand Forks Stationery and A. H. MacNeill, in company with LOYAL TEMPERANCE LEGION. Have Elected OMtcers for the Emeu- img ‘Torm, The Loyal Temperance Legion of |" Rossland has elected officers for the next three mouths as follows: president, Willie Ross; vice-presi- dent, Nellie Weston; treasurer, Archie Buchanan; secretary, Robert Charles; captain, Vernon Slingsby. The ensigners are Bessie Buch- anan, Alice Wilkes, Selma Dernuth, Clare S Reginald Bi ’ Arthur Charles, Percy Plewman, Margaret Lawler, Edgar Stanaway. |’ The Loyal Temperance Legion’ will meet in the lecture room of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian church on F. H. McCarter, jr., and wife of he Grand Forks Gazette, passed hrough today ‘on their way home G. H. Van reagan of Port- Mining company, has W. Hz. Itter, formerly in the news nd stationery business in this city, ess trip. He is now a partner in Mrs Walsh, Greenwood News Co. Friday next, coon eens — TheRossland Warehouse and Transfer Co. Keep: Hard Coal ‘All the Time. Ee Ricca eeters er eer es, 4 x +} H ahd { Ore Gare, Wheels and Axles, pene ans. Shatting, ancere and Pullers, aspecialty. Northe: in stock, Ay Fipe vot Mi Cond alla, » oncenteaior, ies Wt Hmllta ‘Third Avenue Hossland. P.O. Box 186, “ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1900 t PRICE 5 CENTS WEDGEWOOD CHINA ware we are showing a-SETS, AND and tor the dressing table great many Protty Plecos WATER PITCHERS, we fave many dainty bits JEWELER j. W. SPRING orca OPTICIAN et: In this Favorite Buglish BISCUIT JARS: TEA aresomeotthelargerones g GERMANY THE FOE Significant Remark to the Russian Troops. WITHHELD FROM GHINA The Very | [APURE SOA Bests A Soap to be Pure need not neceasurily be high-priced. We genarsn- tee the Purity of our CASTILE SOAP. Our Ohve Oil and Cucumber at six cakes for twenty-five cents, is a Rood all-round Soap. We recommend our Large Tar, fifteen cents or two for.twenty-tive cents, for removing dirt or healing Cracks. Our French Imported Soaps are Delightfally Perfumed, and leavés that soft, velvot skin. SEE OUR SOAP WINDOW. Druggists Druggists. = GOODEVE BROS Stationers “IT PAYS TO DEAL WITH GOODEYE'S.” A HEALTHY SKIN ‘A CLEAR COMPLEXION General Tells His Menthe Czar Needs Them at Home, (By Associated Press) 37 London, Oct. 12,—Significance is attacked to a speech made by the Russian general in command at Wilna, to some ‘troops that had been ordered to China, but were re- called from Odessa on the very eve of sailing. The general in address- ing the men made this explanation: “The Czar decided that it was -y to bring you back to Wil- na, so that you might be ready here to join against a foe we shall It’s: Easy Pickin’ TIE THAT SUITS YOUR = COMPLEXION, YOUR TASTE “AND YOUR FINANCES. When you “drop. in” ut this store. The New Styles, Colors - and-Patters .for Fall. are coming int will You come In,-too? be ordered to-meet.” The foe hint- éd at can n only be Germany. Expetled From the Order. (By Amociated Prem) | “St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 12 the delegates present. unbecoming a member and officer o: Order. ye Se mae * Gencral Passenxer Agent. (By Associated Press.) has been app d general passen: ger agent of the Chicago, Milwau MORNING, NOON * NIGHT «eae WE ARE AT IT... We are looking for your Diamond Monnt- ing Order. We do the Finest Class of this Work in the Kootenays. Probably you don’t want anything in this. line just now; retiember us-when you do. EWERT BROS JEWELERS AND ENGRAVERS. Heafford, resigned. Opposed to Prohibition. (By Associated Presa), I ete bia avenue and Lincoln street. oe onsidering Anything In the Line of Up-to-Date LATEST HIGH- TYPE FACES COMMERGIAL .. PRINTING. STOCK GRADE § Ruling, Bookbinding and Embossing } . the Advance Oal Miners Convened at Scranton This Morning. Ww. V. Powell, who for seven years has been grand president of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, was ex- pelled from the organization yester- day by ‘a large majority of votes © of The charge against Mr. Powell was conduct Chicago. Oct. 12.—F.' A. Miller kee & St. Paul railway, vice George “Toronto, Oct. 12.--The Licensed Victuallers association of this city is urging united ‘action to defeat all candidates espousing the cause of prohibition at the general elections. Dr. Coulthard has removed his offices to the Traders block, oppo- site Bank of Toronto, Cor, Colum- Iw WILL ASK POWERS TO | «INTERVENE Ex-President Kruger Will} Leave for the Netherlands in a Few Days MORE BOER THREATS Secretary of the Envoys says the -[-and 32. LATEST RESULTS Returns Recelved from the English Elections. NOMINATIONS Leading Toronto Liberals Not Sat istled With the Government's Trade Policy. (By Associated Preas.) “we London, Oct. 12.—The results of yesterday's elections, given out this morning, give the Unionists four gains and the Liberals three. Their respective totals of gains being 34 The total number of mem- sbers elected is 625, as follows: Mia- isterialists, 383; O, 242, Whole of South Africa May Re- pel Before Close of Year laration or war and the Tittle Dutch nation would act 4 By Associated Pres. Dr. Rrown Defeated London, Oct. 12.—Dr. Gavia Brown. Clark, sadical, the former consul general of the Transvaal to Great Britain, and a pronounced Boat sympathizer, was defeated by Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 12.— P, ‘Louter Wessels, special com- missidner of the South African Re- publi€ to ‘the United States yester- day ‘received a letter from Secretary De Bruyan,. of the Boer envoys, now in Holland, containing the first reliable’ and definite: information of the: plans of ex President Kruger that hasbeen made public. The Jetter states that ex-President Kruger will leave Delagoa bay on the Nether- lands warship. Gelderland in a few days, . He will be taken to Holland Where the envoys are. awaiting him. In regard to the intimation in Brit- ish newspapers that English war- ‘ships might be. sent in pursuit, Mr. - | Wessels says that any such action *! by Great Britain would be accepted by the Neitherlands as a direct dec- : Ex-President Kruger bears a commission from the Boer republic, but exactly what it is, not even the envoys of the Boers know. They suppose, however. that_it will en- deavor to secure intervention by one or-all of the European powers to the end that the individGality of the [republics shall- not be annihilated. Mr. Wessels stated that the reports of large numbers of Boers immi- grating to America were unfquaded. He said: ‘*You need not “be sur- prised if there is‘a rebellion of the whole of Soutt™ fica before the year is out, The only teason the Cape Colonists did not join us at the outset was because they had ro arms and neither they nor we ex- pected war and were unprepared.” f No More Round Dancing New Brunswick ' Is Flooded Archbishop Gauthier Or- ders Diocese to Re- frainfrom it A Steady Downpour of Rain. for 118 Hours. By Associated Press. St. Johns, N. B., Oct. 12—The entire province of New Brunswick, up tog o’clock last night, resem- bled alake. It rained steadily for 118 hours. Between Vanceboro and St. Juhn there are 35 washouts on the railway, some 100 feet long and 23 feet wide. Conditions are the worst in years and thousands of dollars of damage are done. The rain stopped at an early hour this marning. No lives have been lost. ——_— Kingston, Ont,‘ Oct. t2.—Arch- bishop Gauthier has notified the priests of the diocese of Kingston to inform their respective congre- gations that Catholics are to refrain from round dancing. Shot by Mistake. By Associated Press. Campbellford, Ont., Oct. 12— Charles Stevens, a cheesemaker at Seymour, was shot and instantly killed'on Tuesday. One of the em- ployes was shooting rats about the No Chinese Labor. (By. Amociated Prow.) t™ (By Associate? Pree) ee oe I ain aoe: premises when Stephens got into ‘ i . ine of fi d ived the , Scranton, Pa., Oct. t2.—The terday, uuanimously voted against the line of re and receive Rubber Stamps and Seals. THE RECORD JOB OFFICE | Qconvention of striking anthracite mine workers called ‘by President OMichell,of the United mine workers, for the purpose of considering the 10 percent net advance offered by the mine owners, commenced this morning. The hall. was soon filled. the introduction’ of Asiatic Tabor. jsharge: Cecil Rhodes iP the importation of Chinese labor § in- to South Africa, Mer Condition Worse. (By Associated: Press.) *Death of a Manufacturer. (By Amociated Press.) Toronto, Oct. 12.—J. P. McIn- tosh, of the firm of J. P. McIntosh th, Liberal Uacald, in the. election at Caith- ness yesterday. Dr, Clarke has. represented the district since 1889. Oppeved to Policy. Toronto, Oct. 1:2.— Prominen Conservatives say : “Charleton, the well knowa Lib- eral’ for North Norfolk, while not desiring. to break with the party leaders, as Mr. H. H. Cook, ex M. P.-P. has done, is preparing a letter sharply criticising . some details of ‘the gove policy, p Vv lyin regard t to the tride’ relatidas © with the United States.” The following nominations took place yesterday: Nova Scotia, Hal- ifax county, R L Borden, Conserv- ative; Halifax city, T E Kenny, Conservative; N. B., York, Alex Gibson, Liberal. Quebec—Bagot, L Conservative; Pontiac, Murray, Liberal. Ontario—Stormant and Cornwall, R A Pringle, Conservative; West Bruce, J Gentles, Conservative; South Brenfrew, A A Wright, Lib- South Huron, J McMiban, O Taillen, Thomas eral; ‘| Liberal; East Huron, Dr MacDon- ald, Liberal; West Toronto, Ald Burns and J D Allan, Liberals; Centre Toronto, J Flett, Liberal. To Recover On Bonds. Russell Sage and Others © Bring Action Against a Township, ve een By Asmdated Prees. St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 12.—Rus- sell Sage of New York among oth- ers, is seeking to recover money on railway aid bonds issued by the vil- lage of Reeds, Wabash ‘county. The supreme court of the state has declared the village lost its corpo- rate existence through changes in the charter in 1895. Finding no village to sue, the bondholders have 1 action against the town- SUFFERING FROM - “, INDIGESTION... * of any éther complaints of ‘the keason. Try son ff our Pure and Common- Sense Remedies, ROSSLAND DRUG. co. ‘Phone ss. aa E. Columbia Ave. jously the course they intend. to pursue. . Troops Will Remate Shenandoah, Pa., Oct. 12.—Gen. Gobin says there will be no move- ment of troops homeward until af- mother. Mround the World. By Associated Press. New York, Oct. 12.—Mr. and Mrs. Duncan E. Cameron, arrived today from Liverpool. They have {By Associated Prees.) d, their ddi tour ter the Scranton i ade journos. around the world. ing, October 16, WHY SUFFER? Ten minutes after the national] perjin, Oct. 12,~Emperor Wil- & Son, manulactirers of cereals, presidents arrival, hecaltedthe del- | jiam's d of his proposed | ‘ied here y after Oe ead Sables whee is 58 egates to order and delivered! an visit to Herr Krupp is interpreted to|* long illness. - ener aa sae . , |jadvisory address to the B indi that there has heen a turn —_—— s poe Set allel a? Oe aves tozconsidgr’ sare t hee ; is for the worse in the condition of his is waeuvienshaess “New York, Oct. 12.—The chal- lenge of Sir Thomas Lipton for an- ship in which Reeds citizens live, WIL Be No Change The Supreme court sittiogs will be held at Nelson, October 16 and in Rossland October ag, . It is thought the sitting on the civil would be postponed in. both in- other series of races for the Ameri- can cup, will be considered at a special meeting ot the New York Yacht club. called for Tuesday even- stances, but the attorney-general has declined to make any change. It is reported that Mr. justice Walkem will preside on the bench.