INVESTIGATION STILL ON

Nothing Very Startling at Last Night's
Proceedings.

ADJOURNED UNTIL WEDNESDAY

‘What the Various Witnosses Had to Offer in
Their Testimony at Last Night's Session
of the Commissioners.

The proceedings in the police
court last night were not very inter-
esting. Thefirst witness was Michael
Shea, of the K c ,» who was

down into Chinatown during: that
time at the request of the chief of
police and stayed outside while the
chief and Officer Mitchell raided a
Chinese den. When they came out
he heard Chief Ingram say that ‘all
they had found was 70 cents. This
had been gathered up from a gamb-
ling table.

Then ensued a long weary wait
for the next witness, the derelict
James E. Lamb, who had twice
failed to obey the subpoena. Detec-
tive Beamish had been out twice to
find him and then told Mr. MacNeill
that he could have him there in ten

called by the prosecution, and swore
that he had never given any money
to the police or any of them and
had never been asked to do so.
Joseph Le Boeuf, whose cross-
examination had been inued

, but the ten minutes had
many more than sixty seconds in
them, and finally Beamish returned
.saying he could not find his lamb.
The commission then adjourned to
Wednesday evening at 7:30 p. m.

from Thursday night, was called to
the stand and admitted that he had
been a gambler and all-round tout
around saloons for years and had
been in police courts so often that
he had lost count of the number of
times. He still stuck to the story
of having paid Astley $1 a night
for the privilege of running poker
games in his house.

John Astley, proprietor of the Do-
minion hotel, was examined by
Chairman Goodeve, and said he had
allowed a man to havea table at
the end of the barroom. He had
been approached by the man on the
Street and had agreed with him that
he could run a game on the con-
dition that he should pay $1 anight
foz the privilege of running the
game and for furnishing cards.
Cross-examined by Mr. MacNeill,
Le Boeuf had only paid him $2 in all
and had only carried on the game for
about 12 days. He had notemployed
Le Boeuf as a runner, but had twice
allowed him to meet the train for
him in the evening.

Wm. Braden had a contract for
supplying goods to the city and
identified a check amonnting to
$26.70 for goods supplied during
the month of May. The passbook
was produced ‘and some dates were
compared, showing that some small
items in the passbook were not en-
téred in the handwriting of anyone
in the witness’s employ, but while
the amounts due to the witness were
correctly given the goods supplied

BREVITIES.

Rev. W. C. Wise, rector of North-
port, will preach at St. George's
church tomorrow.

Mr. Herbert Bolster, manager of
the Spokane Industrial Fair, arrived
at the Allan yesterday.

Mr. C: Ys 8
ofthe Vancouver branch and inspec-
tor for all’ branches of the Bank of
Montreal in British Columbia, was
in the city yesterday.

A meeting of all the lumbermen
of the K ays and the B -y
country is being held in Nelson to-
day for the purpose of consolidating
their interests,

William MacMillan, formerly
manager of the Mac Machine Co,
at Trail, is in the city from Spokane,
where he is now engaged in busi-
ness.

The sidewalk on the south side of
Second avenue was completed. this
morning and there is now a contin-
uous board walk from Lincoln street
to beyond the bridge over the Cen-
tre Star gulch.

Church of England—Services to-
morrow at 8:30 a. m., 11a. m. and
7:30 p.m. Mrs, Haskins will sing
a solo at the evening Service. Sun-
day school at 2:30 p. m. Baptisms
at 3:50 p. m.

O. F. Hartline, who has been ab-
sent on Norway Mountain for some
time doing development work for

were not those entered in the pass-
book. On cr inati the

the Norway Mountain Gold Mining

witness said that no matter what
the passbook showed the amounts
were all correct and agreed with his
own books.

Nellie White, another witness,
came to Rossland in November last
and said she had paid Billy Mitchell
money on different occasions in or-
der to get rid of him. On cross-
examination she said that all the
money paid was paid freely, Mitchell
never demanding any.

George Urquhart, bookkeeper for
Haley & Co., produced the ledger
of the company and read the total
amount of the account for the month
of April, which was $10.80, and this
was the same as in the voucher ex-
cept two cents. There was some
difference between the different
items, caused by the fact that the
contract called for beef at 10 cents,
but mutton chops were sold at 15
cents and were charged as so much
more beef, in order to make up the
amount in the passbook. Mitchell

and Develop , arrived [fz
back in the city last night and re-
ports the prospects very favorable. |

George McL. Brown, the execu-
tive agant of the Canadian Pacific
railway, who arrived at the Allen
last night suffering from blood
poisoning, is much better today and
will probably be able to leave on
Monday. . .

Mr. Charles Lanlen, traveling
representative of the B. Houde Co.,
tobacco and cigar merchants of
Quebec, is in the city on his semi-
annual tour. He notices many im-
provements in -he city since his last
visit here.

John J. Pascoe and Wilena Mac-
donald were married yesterday and
will reside in the city hereafter.
Mrs. Pascoe is from Michigan and
arrived here yesterday, while the
happy groom is a well-known miner
in the camps

Mrs. Heard, the milliner, has
moved from her former place of

on East C

paid his own private t out-
side of the city’s, though both ac-
counts were entered in the city pass-
book. There was nothing paid to
Mitchell on account of the pur-
chases.

James E. Lamb, the witness who
failed to appear on Thursday night,
was again called, but did not ap-
pear. James Hampton was next
called. He had been on the police
force for awhile and had been in
charge of the city jail in July, 1898,
during the temporary absence of
Officer Mitchell. He said he went

to the building recently vacated by
the Great Northern Express com-|}
pany and the S, F. & N. ticket and
telegraph office, where she is hav-
ing fixtures put in and will have
more commodious quarters.

Application for Liquor License.

Notice is hereby given that will apply at
the next sitting of the board of license com-
missioners for a license tu sell liquors by
ottle. on the premises kno 2 the
Marsh butlding on, Secon’

the ¢. PK, depot, Lot 32, Bl
adaition, in the eity of Rossland.
Dated this 22d day of August, 1899,

delivered
every

avenue, |[e

Per Month.