wees = ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD, JANUARY 24, 1348, _ ‘TO IMPROVE FIRE APPARATUS Councll Committee Makes Exauina- sion—Plans uf the New Building - His Worship Mayor Goaodeve, Al- dermen McRae and Hamilton of the fire, water and light committee, and Alderman Clute made a thorough inspection of the fire department. and its apparatus this morning. Every piece of apparatus was gone over and tests were made of the au- tomatic drop harness and of the Speed with whic! ithe. chemical and hose wagon could | teach , ther scene ofanalarm. + : As a result the service 2 by bu: ig atus. The chief’ ‘will, present to the committee draft: : plans ‘of. the ar- rangement of the:new fire hall to be ‘built on the site “at; the. corner of Second avenue and’ Lincoin street, so that the building. may ‘be con- structed with due regard to all the requirements of the départment. RPCULLOCH SKATES. TOMORROW with | by the Public Skating at Iniervais, J. kK. McCulloch, the.:champion - skater of the world, wil exhibition at the rink tom ning. During the intervals. in his program, the public will bé allow- ed to skate, and. the City Council band will be in ‘attendance. There is every assurance that theice will be the best of the-seagon, as there is now a good body and any soft weather that may come. will not . affect it. is Mir. McCulloch's pro; sists of fancy skating, sk: stilts 26 inches high, jumpir skates, showing a number‘of and backward. Five local” skaters will race against him in relays of about four laps each and. Mr. Mc- Culloch = will skat kk: against the fastest}, sfoing: The rink will be kept open half an hour later than usual in order to give those who wish to skate an op- portunity to have about as much time on the ice as on other nights. The price of admission is the same as usual, 50 cents for the gallery, 25 cents downstairs. ‘The International Will offer another © exceptionally strong bill of vaudeville and” musi- cal burlesque this week. Among newcomers, Miss Alice Raymond, acknowledged to be the ‘world’s greatest solo cornetist, will appear. Miss Raymond was for several sea- sons the star attraction with the fa- mous Gilmour concert band, and has just closed at the Portland ex- ion and the I ‘ional man- agement has, for a big salary, suc- ceeded in securing her services - for a short time at thé ‘Intecnational, Her playing on the cornet- will; - no doubt, electrify the audiences. here, as it has im all th ge: cities of the United States. 4 df tist of the very highest ‘rank and her playing will be a treat “7 that noe should miss. “ In addition to Miss: Raymond, the Malvern Bros. i of the strongest acts of: will. be a feature. Ralston,in compliance with requests | of many patrons, have ‘Béen re-én- gaged and will appear in, new selec- tions, “The Absent-Mitided Beg: gar,” set to music by Syllivan, be- ing among them. he tegular stock company will appear in.- new specialties, and the ajiti mpany will close in another: of ~Zinn ‘and’ Cassidy’s popular musical - bur- lesques entitled. ‘Through Ireland and Scotland.” New and original music by Zinn will be introduced, such as ‘‘The Telephong Song,” ‘Gordon High- landers,” ‘‘Whispered Love,” vocal gavotte, etc, -New ballets and characteristic Scotch and Irish dances have been arranged by Messrs. Cassidy and Peri, and the comedy element has been looked after by Mr. Cassidy. Costumes were specially prepared for this’ pro- duction and appropriate scenery painted by Mr. Cartwright, so there will be no eoming dows from the { here. high standard set the past three weeks. A packed house, as usual, will no doubt greet the artists to- night. Carnival Posters, The posters for the winter carni- va! have been issued from the press of the Rossland Recorp. | They are printed in four colors and are the largest single-sheet chromatic poster ever printed in Rossland. The Recorp job department is complete in every respect, and is so equipped as to turn out job and poster work of the highest grade. WARREN PUSHING THE FIGHT Continued from First page. from near and far indicate a raising of the long siege of this place. Prices of everything, especially pro- vender, are going up rapidly in the Transvaal on account of the. war. Troops and civilians in Matieking are well, The Boers continue to bombard us, bnt with small results. On the other hand, the British soldiers have killed many of the besiegers since New Year's day. ‘Tailing Heaps Are Great Forts. New York, Jan. Stdckton, of Johannesburg, speak- ing of the Transvaal war, said: ‘1 do not believe that the Boers have as yet fought the great battle of the war, or even that this fight will oc- cur in the mountain passes in their country. Not even Laings Nek is more impregnable than Johannes- burg, or rather than Johannesburg: can easily be made. The Rand belt of mines stretch for a full 30 ‘miles between Johannesburg and the invading forces at intervals of :} between a quarter and half a mile apart. Al each mine are tailing heaps. These tailings, .which: are otf enormous height and breadth,are all practically impregnable natural forts, while the short distance they fié-apart, with cannon mounted on them, would make it absolutely im- .Possible for the British to. penetrate between. On the other hand, they cannot be battered down, and to at- tack them with artillery would be simply a waste of ammunition. Let shells explode on any part of the mound, the shifting slag would im- mediately fill up the hollow thus made and the pile would be as be- fore. Absolutely no advantage would accrue to the attacking party.” Solid for the Empire. Wellington, N. Z., Jan. 22.— The second New Zealand contin- gent sailed for South Africa yester- day. The premier, in a speech to the troops, said that, if necessary, he knew that every man capable. of bearing arms would volunteer. By helping the Empire, they were se- curing New Zealand and upholding the Queen, the country and the con- stitution. Kuruman Prisoners Arrive. | _, Pretoria, Jan. 22.—Cuptain Bates Denison and 135 prisoners of the ‘Kuruman ‘garrison have arrived It appears’ that six, Boers were killed and 18 wounded during the fighting at Kuruman.. ‘The Wauchope Controversy. Dispatches from elsewhere in South Africa this morning give trivial details of minor happenings and ‘do not illuminate the situation. The widow of General Wauchope, in an open letter, hotly denies the story that the general in any way criticised General Methuen: She says General Wauchope’s last men- tion of General: Methuen to her was contained in a letter from Orange River, dated November zgth, as follows: ‘(I expect Methuen will halt at- Modder River for some days before pushing fereward. He has had a hard time of it and must be a real gallant soul to stay as long as he does.” . Lord Wolseley has also issued a denial. of the report that the war office is in possession of alettér from General Wauchope, written the night-before the battle of Muagers- fontein, saying it would be the last letter he would write, as “he had been asked to perform an impossi- | ble task, and had either to obey or i surrender his sword. FOR RENT—Four-roomed house on Nieke" Plate Flat, handy to mines, $12 per month, Apply R" this office. 1a3-3t 22.—Samuel |' =a his is the: ast Week of Our January Clear- ing Sale. We wish to merk it a fitting climax to the success of the previous weeks. two lines are yet to be cleared out. Fancy Skirt Batverns Plaids. and Stripes; Small Check Tweed Suitings; 7 yards each; $. 50 yard ones or $1.00 per yard. All Furs for exactly half price. ‘Last Week of the January Clearing Sale. . One or The splendid values and low prices’ will surely do it. OUTING FLANNEL NIGHT GOWNS, $1 ones for $60c; $1. 50 ones for 8oc; $2.00 ones for $1. 153 $2.50 ones for $1.25. -A-few lines of MUSLIN UNDERWEAR at one-third original price. Woolei Knit Goods, Shawls, Fascinators, etc.. at actual cost. : Some Fancy DRESS NOVELTIES; 7 yards each; $7.00 suits for $ 3.50. 7 yards each; $20.00 suits for $10.00. 4 yards each; $f.50 yard kind for 75c. E iL 7 | The....Big....Store. Dry Goods Room-~~~~Hunter Bros. Ce iecssshiaadhidiadiial A Business Proposition thousand dollars buys a did cash i on Columbi avenue. No stock'to carry. . The business will show big profits for each month since established. No competition. Good reasons for sell- | ing. Full particulars at this office 1-2 2-t ‘Two I have the following Block | in the following companies for ale: | Eureka Consolid Hi take, Evening Star, Silverine, R.E. Lee, Bodie, Eureka, North Star and Zila M Lots in the Original. TownsSite : Reddin. Jackson Co.,’Agents, Rossland, B. ¢ Brown's in Town, He came to tell his friends how to travel between St. Paul and Chi- cago. He says the Wisconsin Cen- tral is the best in all Fespects. &t ‘MINOK MENTION. ‘T. Miller left Sunday for Spokane. H. Brisky, left this morning, tor Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Eatough left Sun- day for the couse: A. Kelly, a prominent citizen of Brandon, is a new arrival in the city. kane Sunday.* She will be missed by-her many friends. Halcyon Hot Springs -and will be absent until the end of the week.. - Melville S. Parry, of Nelson, general agent for the Canfederation Life Insurance company is in the city. The Misses Rothwell, of Trail, are guests of Mrs. William McNeill.” Miller-Dervant, the - hairdresser, and costumer, arrived this morning from Nelson, and leaves tomorrow for’ Spokane. He has met with so. much req in Rossland Miss. Lizzie Smith left for Spo- P. BURNS & CO. WHOLESALE MARKETS Nelson, Sandon, Revelstoke, Grand Forks, and Vancouver. RETAIL MARKETS Ressland, Trail, Nelson, Ymir, Kaslo, Sandon, Denver, Silverton, Cascade City, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Phoenix, Midway, Camp McKinney, Revelstoke Ferguson, and Vancouver. William Donald, “Mer., Rossland Branch. Ressland, Greenwood, New Harry McIntosh left today for" that he intends shortly to enlarge his.establishment. ,Alfred S, Edgcomb, superinten- dent of the Okanogan Free Gold mines, left today for the company’ 's property. S. B. Smith of Victoria city. . H. A. the Windsor. in the C. B. Etnor and J. L. Montgoni- ery of Spokane are stopping at the Kootenay. ~ Miss McDonald of Vernon is in the city on a visit. e ‘John Atthwell of Montreal is reg- istered at the Kootenay. B.H. rived in the eaivelioney = and is at! the Windsor... : paying the city’ a visit. Small of Vancouver is a t t Easton of Phoenix ar- Prof. Cooper of Grand Forks is! ex> ¢. 3——-HOUDES=— - Straight Cut - Cigarettes. MANUFACTURED BY B. Houde & Company, Quebec Are Better than the Best. WHOLESALE AT ¢ Crow & Morris, Rossland. oD «&>@ |The Arlington. THE LEADING HOTEL AT TRAIL <2" Headquarters for Commer- cial Men,...Splendid Sample Rooms. NEXCELLED TABLE... -Joun. Haverty, Proprietor Katie D. Green G. M. and D. Co., Ltd. NON-PERSONAL LIABILITY. Property situated fon North Fork Salmon River, Erie District, B.C. FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES, ONLY. Fifty thousand shares of the Company’ 's Treasury Stock is now offered to the public at 7 1-2 Cents per Share, ‘ and can be had on application to 22 Columbia Aveuue, GEORGE H. GREEN Rossland, B.C. : Sec-Treasurer. el ee ly elded edd iE he . Rossland Record. Full ONG Associated . Press x Report. ~The: People’s Paper...” Served to Your. residence daily, for Fifty cents per. month. PPO, RY Py Es, POR R. 0% ed Mees seen ELS ff ne ° ORHOK mio voL, § NO. 119. PRICE § CRNTS and a fine stock of ieee Pa beeeai Manicure f Sets et ebare been adding 19 ou hehe aa ¥ FearingDolay in Appointment of Other P Commissioners, He Takes Prompt Action: ¢ - Maintain Order—International to Gla ¢ other disorderly cl | consequently Bai & the: folt William MeQuéen yesterday: ‘THE Mayor’s Orrice, “The City Clerk, THE: RELIABLE: “FOOT-FITTER: C. 0. LALONDE, appoia' [ments Being: made. for “police and, you. will'no- | | notified that on and after: ‘Monday, the 2oth:inst., he will be* required to close the International. music the Ice. Defore jad al aller McCulloch’ rforraance, jane be- *¥ Council Band. i replied: :; hall. promptly at 12 p_m.,and_ that hnone: » of the public are to be-allowed 'to:remain after that hour. $3 “These. orders to.be strictly en- forced. A. S. GooDEvg, » “Chairman Commissioners.” The mayor was asked his::reason’ for taking- this ‘action of his own Motion before the’ two. other som issic had been’ it and “It was my intention to wait,. be- fore taking:action in these matters, until’. the appointment of. the new’ commissioners, but,: having jseen||. that the-appoiritments were gazet- ted for every other city except ‘Ross- Bia The — Cafe FirstClass in Every Respect. Open Day-and Night. NEERNATIONAL MUSIC HALL. _Monday, Jan. 22, during week, and Saturday Matinee at 2:30. A bew company and the fourth edition of Zinn & Cassldy’s operatic comedies: replete ew specialties, novelties, etc , entttled: “Slattery’s En Tour,” -thtough Ireland and Scotland. Pretty Scotch Dances, pastimes on the Highland, by the PERI troupe, Kessing and Ralston, etc; also Introducing AMERICA'S GREATESR LADY CORNETIST, Miss Alice Raymond. First Appearance of the wonderful Aérobate, 3-Malvern Brothers-3 New ‘Costumes, Scenic Effecis, Etc. Admission the‘’Sate~no higher. land, I Juded that- there might be the same.delay in’ getting the ap- pointments. made as ‘there was last year, when they were. not made till August) 8-aod-. then only “after repeated urging by. letters and: tele- grams from me'to the government, although the amended bil “be-. came law .-on . February” :27.. I therefore decided not to wait, but. to have these matters atténded co, at.once.- There are many other im-. portant matters that will comie:up Band to which I will call the atten- 8 |.tion of the -commissioners- as~soon as the appointments are made.”: . Ontario's Legislature to Meet By, Associated Presa, : Toronto, Jan._,23.--The Ontario legislature is likely to be called, to meet on-February 14. 810,000 ior the Patriotic Fond + By. Associated ‘Prey. Montreal, Jan. 23.—The Bank: of Montreal has contributed $10,000 to the Canadian patriotic fund. “We Pray for British Success t 7°" By Associated Press.” Ki “Jan... 24,—Sunday, Feb. rt, has. been. set aside by the archbishop:.of Ontario as a day of special prayer -for the success of British.arms in South Africa. “Rosstanp, B.C, Jan. 2a, 1900." " "Positions. f Pamp, “Upp: “Tugela River, s) ‘The British now eir naval gus 1s el pointed armor, ‘| the fire room with steam, ay Be Raised. lected, upon which to make a stand. _/Lovecs in Saturdays Fight London, Jan.. 23:—The disp: posted at the’ war'-office up.t o'clock this afternoon, thougty date: Spearman's ¢ ‘camp teeey. containe night a score.of shells were fired by the British and a balloon. was sent up to'spy the Boer: positions. The naval guns resumed -the -bom- bardment this, morning from a “new position, but without results. British Cannonade Terrific _ The three British positions are .at Swartzkop drift, where they hold both banks of the river, and a point higher up in the direction of: Zunc- klés, where they, bave bridged the. “Halford. and”“Duick- | West ‘ Surreys— Captains 8 sdead) and-.Warden, ebb and Smith,’ ‘and A dispatch ‘from Célenso of. Jaou- ary 18 says a patrol of 200°men un- der. Field Cornet’. Opperman, while |. |scouting, was surrounded, :but..suc- ceeded in fighting,its way.back. "It is. reported: that-four>.men:were killed and. 30 wounded ane made prisoners, Heavy Fighting at Colesburg Pretoria, Sunday, -Jan. 21.—A dispatch from Colesburg, Cape Col- ony, says the British attacked the B ‘river and blished. an commissariat.... Or the’ summit of the terraces at Swartzkop they have taced:. five. naval guns and have brought the field artillery across the river to.a‘small Jcopje.on: the ‘north- ern bank, whence they keep up an ‘inéessfot.and terrific. cannonade on thé Boer trenches. .-*-Sirice the be- ginning. of the week-communication ‘titty the different positions has been kept ..up ‘under , the ordeal of this joer p there at 10 o'clock this: morning. There was. heavy fighting, ‘but the result is not known, According: to the latest ac- counts, the “Boers were — hclding their positions. Only Stock Exchange Lies Berlin, Jan. 23.—There. was a rumor onthe bourse. today. that General Buller had suffered defeat. * London, Jan. 23,>—It was report- edon the Stock Enchange today de, the ities trom this being heavier than those that: occurred at ‘Colenso... One of the.shells. from the naval guns killed a father-and son, Free Staters, who were ¢ at the time. Si that two .battali of: the British troops had been. captureed by the ‘ Boers.- London, Jan. 23.—There i is noth- ing.to confirm the reports of the de- ly: neither had any wounds. Only Advance Posts Taken London, Jan: 23.—The absence lof news of yesterday's nfovements north’ of the Tugela river is occas- ioning some additional anxiety, but General Bulter is engaged in a big operation, which will take consider- able time to ‘work out: “Even the slight advancement: of .General Warren’s forces after*two days fiighting does not appear to have yielded an important advantage -to the British, as the, captured kopjes were evidently only held as ad-. vanced posts in_order to- delay .the progress of the. British. troops _and 'donald’s feat of G 1-Buller or the cap- ture of two British battalions by the Boers. The fact that General Bul- ler was heard from this morning, when he sent-lists of casualties to the British troops,seems to disp STRUCK A ROGK Samer ‘Townsend Wrecked in an Awfal Alasks Storm, THE SEATTLE DISABLED "| Her Steampipe Burst, the Townsend Drifis oa the Rooks and, Goes Down —Hor ‘Passengers “ Bacspe to:Wade Through’ ‘Baow—The Tees Has a Narrow Bscape. SBeciat tothe Record, ; Victoria, Jan. 23.——The si ashore on Katzhin Flats, Ayhere si remained until high tide, when. she ae from’ where she, ‘sailed Tuesday, the wind. blowing a gale.” After’ reaching. a distance of four miles ithe steam. pipe burst, filling | The fire- man: barely escaped being scalded. The vessel, being helpless, the force of the ‘gale drove her on a reef knocking, a hole 20, her, ‘bottom and she filled. —_ ‘The boats were lowered and a “| Tine. taken, ashore to. assist in si the ‘passengers, The City of Seattle is “at Juneau: her propeller gorie, where she ‘as towed by. the: Cottage’ Citr. _| During a fierce gale she threw her: - -propeller. ‘All three anchors were -dropped, but did not hold until. she was within 3o yards of a reef near :Berners Bay.- Her _signals of dis- _ tress: brought the Cottage: City .to her. relief, and that vessel made: sev- eral attempts. before a line: “was se- cured, and before “she ‘was: “towed from. her perilous position- the line parted and she was again drifting toward the reef, .The Seattle set sail and the wind was blowing so hard that her few sails. carried her past the Cottage City. “On account._ of the heavy snowfall she. was, lost sight of and the Cottage City had hard work in finding her and ‘again making fast and towing her to Ju- weau, where- she wil! go on ‘the, beach to replace her wheel. The steamer Tees had a narrow. escape from. destruction on the rocks. On January 17 she was — forced from he: anchorage in’ Wil- liam Henry Bay, 25 miles from Skagway, by the fury of the storm and was compelled to face the storm or become a wreck. For hours during the gale she’ barely made headway and, when she ar- rived at Skagway, she was a mass of ice. On Wednesday morning © the Brannick hotel and St. Clair build- ings were destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $12,000. these stories. Kaffirs‘closed weak on the stock exchange. owing to rumors from Paris of a disaster to General War- ren's force-in South Africa, ‘The officials of ,the war office entirely ~ AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK Ardandha Run Dw and Two of Her Crew Lont < By Associated Presa. Vineyard, Mass., Jan. 23.—The Ac from. London, discredit the stock h stories and also the'report of Lord Dun- entry into Ladysmith, They think the former-rumors were circulated for stock exchange pur- poses! ‘The officials said to a re- enable the Boers to I the entrenchment and mount guns on the positions which they have se- of the A d Press that no decisive news was expected (Continued on Fourth Page.) Conn., for Halifax,. collided with the Metropolitan. liner Herman Winter,from Boston for New York, off Robinson’s hotel. The Ardand- hu sank and two of her crew of 31 were lost. “The Herman Winter came in here with her bow gone and reported the accident. She had on board the 29 men who escaped from the Ardandiu.