t Vy, ¢ ONLY A NUISANCE British Government Hopes Kruger Will . Not Be Captured. a 2 ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD, JUNE i, 1900. MAIN Of MENTION WODAY'S STOCK SALES, Two acres good garden Innd for sale. Apply T. Prest, 26 Columbia avenue. , Following is n summary of the 80.les on the local exchange today, together with the quotations: STRAWBERRIES— “ This Week large , - OTHE ROSSLAND RECORD. ° © e voi. 6, NO. 91- Berries will be received —_———_—— We would advise buying now for pre- serving, while the fruit is yet solid and not too ripe. The price by. the crate will be very reasonable. E. V. Bodwell Esq., Q. C., left this morning for Victoria. H. B, De Sord and H. H. Rob- inson of Spokane are in the city. Prof. F. R. Blochberger started this morning for the Minnehaha mine on Murphy creek. Rossland Sales. . Sales today on the local exchange were as follows: Winnipeg, 300, §00, 500, 500, 500, 500, 500, 500, 500, 15¢; Peoria Mines, 500, 1c} Evening Star, 2000,. 2000, 834c; White Bear, 5000, 2}4c. Total sales, 14,000 shares, GUERRILLA WAR UNLIKELY PRICE § CENTS PTR ESSE ESTE Something New in _—~ SILVERWARE. Come In and inspect our New Stock of sets are being placed in the large ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1900 NEWS OF MINES stupes, a work which will probably F Ni : H : take a month. Raise No. 386, east : ee id of the large fault, has been com- pleted from the third to the second LE A DING Le Roi Ore Shipments Ain ivoed level and about 150 feet west of it,on +“) the west side of the fault, raise No. 387 has been started. The main He Holds Strong Position North of Johan- nesburg. H U NTE R B R 0 S. : STORES x Hard Metal Silverware fetes ee oe we , drift east on the third level advan- . Bo J Ei é ; ced about 100 feet in May andshows RUNDLE’S HEAVY LOSS He Returns to Senekal--Colville J. Ws SPRING, THEWORK OF DEVELOPMENT a nice body’ of ore, on which a raise Takes Heilbrou--Canadian door to Postottice, baliaicasade nan et .| may be put up this month. Raises Loss at Douglas. William Sweeney, atailroad man, died at the Sisters’ hospital yester- day. of typhoid pneumonia. He was born in Ontario 33 years ago. Surrender of Johannesburg and Pretoria Re- garded as Oonfession of Utter Dofeat— Kitchener to Govern Conquered Country ‘asKeD and Roberts to Be Commander in-Chief. : Athabasca ......., : 20 ©. Gold Hieid: Big Three . Black Tail Brandon & Gro anadian Gold Welds, 8... G: ‘ariboo [Camp Mi entre ‘lero setoney) 08 NOTICE. _ The Trail Creek . Liberal-Conser- vative association meetings will be: held every Monday evening in the Mackintosh committee rooms, over the old Bank of Montreal quarters, indee Rooms are always open for the re- | Evening Star, ception of Visitors, where voters pant may register and receive general in- formation. By Associated Presa. New York, June 1.—In discuss- ing the latest Transvdal-war ews, the London correspondent of the World says that the failure of the Boer peace commission to Ametica has done much towards. convincing the Pretoria government that there was no hope of outside assistance. “Blue Bottled Goods. The cardinal question is whether Physici ‘ d most this collapse means the end of ‘the highly Schlitz’s “extract ‘of malt. war. The press generally antici-| Sold by the bottle at the Interna- pates a prolongation of irregular tional family-liquor store. Import- warfare in'the mountainous, malar- ed White wines: clarer, ape Burgun- ial region of Lydenburg, but the ye Dot ey pase Or Sacra ee? moderate ‘prices. tf best expert military and political] . : opinion regards the abandonment of Johannesburg: and Pretoria as the plainest acknowledgement the-Boers could offer of their irredeemable de- feat. : é The report of President Kruger’s capture caused popular delight, but it is known that the British govern- ment would prefer to end the war without incurring any résponsibility for the president's’ future disposal. Once outside the Transvaal terri- tory, they regard him as impotent, and his departure for some hospita- ble European country would be re- ceived with relief. If captured, he will be sent to Ceylon or St._ Hel- ena, probably the former island,and his family will be expatriated with him. The president suffers from . kidney disease, which the reaction from the excitement of the war is likely to develop with tatal rapidity. Itis said that Lord Kitchener will be made governor of the two republics, Lord Roberts to return to England to take the place of Lord Wolseley as commander-in-chief. . . , i No, 256 and 263 from the second New Boilers Have Been Set—Josio Waiting |jevel near the Iron Mask line are for Railroad Spur—Plons for New War ‘being; carried on and will be com- Haglo Ore Bine—Drifting on Iron Mask pleted this month. 3 : The force of the War Eagle and ‘Centre Star companies is now over joo men of whom rather more than half are above ground. INTERNATIONAL THEATRE ‘A. KLOCKMANN, Proprietor. A. M, ZINN, Manager. FOR WEEK BEGINNING MAY 28, 1900. GRAND ARRAY OF VAUDEVILLE, STARS First appearance of High Class Operatic Vocalist EDNA WILMA, _- Terrific htt of the Empress of Ragtime Singers EDITH WILMA, w-FELICE..... | Effect: ‘that tired feeling.” Cause: ter; close Long winters tial heat. inertia; Lowor Levels to Begin. Cure: One bottle Tonic Bitters: onc box Goodeve's Vegetable Liver Pills. TRY IT! If you get it at GOODEVE'S, its GOOD. Goodeve Bros., Druggists and Stationers. It PAYS to deal with Goodeve Bros. The ore shipments this week were again confined to the Le Roi The fron Masks mine, which exceeded its previous The north vein of the Iron Mask record once more. The total for | having been reached at a distance the week was 4062 tons, making ‘of 105 feet by the crosscut on the the Le Roi’s total for the year to| 400-foot level, further work on it date 35,452 tons and the total for has been stopped and drifting east the whole camp for the year to date [on the main vein has been started. 551456 tons. . The west shaft was finished to the 500-foot level and the east shaft to the 275-foot level today. Crosscuts will now be run to the main vein from the bottom of both shafts and levels will then be opened up. — Lost Theiler Baby Girl. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Webster, of the Josie mine, last night suffered the loss of their baby girl, who was only a few weeks old. —_——————— No Surveys For That Rallroad. Victoria Times. bi Itis said on i authority that there is absolutely no data in existence on which a reliable esti- Fo Cure a Cold in One Day The Favorite 7 Frances. Hewitt. - Third week of Graceful : Miss Helen Lewis. S = ane WP... Take Laxative Bromine Quinine-|-Kambler-Cariboo Tablets. _ All druggists refund the money if.it fuils.to cure. 25c. ° E. W. Grove’s signature is on each Ma ‘amiarac (Kenneth). box. one Ehanye eel Rolt & Grogan|' = Winnipeg . FOR RENT. Office on first floor Charming Soubrette and Toe Dancer, Still with us, Charming Dorita Cordero! Comedian ani Producer, ERB & LAWRENCE, : ‘The High Class Operatic Comedy by F. M, Zinn, entitled “QUEEN AND MUSKETEER;’ | With go Star Artists in the Cast: Elaborate wardrobe and special scenery for the occasion tablished May, 1895. ee: & ‘ Saat ; . "THE REDDIN- ;ACKSON.CO. ; : ” : Uimrrae winery. mt > ) = = k: a € deere e 5 Associated Il Press Straight Cut ee Cigarettes. Report, _ MANUFACTURED BY B. Houde & Company, Quebec : a Are Better than the Best. : . O T H : ¢ - Crow & Morris, Rossland. alt [2 ~ Roasland,B, 0 e~2 . a MONTREAL Loan & Fry 2 i CAA INVESTMENT 60., INCORPORATED Head office, Imperial building, St. Ja peril bullding, St, James Street ‘The Lo Rol Machinery At the Le Roi machinery plant the battery of boilers received from Sherbrooke has been bricked in and . the machinists are pow making the - pipe connections. Such pieces of the.new compressor as have ar- rived trom the same place are being placed in the compressor building ready to be assembled on the arri- val of the whole. Ore In the Nickel Plato: New Spring Shirts ‘New Collars New Ties Ties? Something new and dressy? We have an immense _tange to choose from. GIVE US A TRIAL. .°.* 65° French Holds Strong Posltion. y | and“others, will suffer the loss. In London, June 2.—10:30 a. m.'—| addition, the British will have to Lord Roberts reports to the secre-| maintain a garrison of 50,000 men, tary of staté for war, the Marquis | the cost of which the mines will also of'Lansdowne, as follows: have to pay. As soon as the Brit- . “Johannesburg, May 3!.—9'49 ish troops are withdrawn, wat and a. m.—French’s report of his oper-| rebellion will break out, not for ations during May 28 and 29 ceach-| years but for centuries. For Eng- ed me at 3 a. m. today. He wastland, this means a constant source 4 throughout his march, but (of trouble and annoyance and blood- managed to drive off the enemy | shed.” from the strong positions they suc- cessively held with very little loss ins Block. Office and rooms ot. second Moor Burns Block. MINING AND INVESTMENT BROKERS, Large Warehouse in center of town. ‘ Agents for Paris Bell Addit ion’to Rossland FOkK SALE. Seven-roomed Dwelling house, plastered furnished throughout, good loculity, ee The ore body encountered on the south side of the Nickel Plate shaft | in cutting a station at the 6oo-foot M. J. O7-HEARN, level. proves to be 534 feet wide. mao Busy Store'st | othier and Outfitters | Speziatty.s 51% feet The cutting of this station is not) mate could be made of the cost of the Busy Corner. : yet completed. The new hoist-house | puilding a railway from the coast to | and is now holding the place which has been boarded in and is beicg| the Kootenay country. The coun-)J directed him to do, north of Jo- OI : SIDES! CT eal shingled. Plans‘are also being pre-| try has been gone over by surveyors | hannesburg. Two officers were —— 7 c.E. Benn. M. H. McMahon CHARLES E. BENN & CO. Hotel aud Saloon on Second avenue.—A splendid business opportunity. Kruger Half Way to the Frontier. AND ACCOUNTANTS. Buy, sell and trace Stocks and Real Estate for é cleints. V & N'Ph je > Columbia uae at. Lorenzo Marques, June 2.—Pres- ident Kruger yesterday was still at Marchdorp, about half way be- tween Pretoria and the Portuguese frontier, on the railroad between the Transvaal capital and Delagoa Where Is General French? Bay. London, June:2.—Lord Roberts’! Boer commandos totalling. about last-report of the movements of the| 30,006 men’ held, Thursday, all the British troops in the Transvaal is| positions and hills around Pretoria. somewhat mysterious. From the] Another large commando was at fact that General Frerch’s report| Bronkshurst Spruit, about 40 miles took two days to reach the com-| from Pretoria, on the railroad lead- mander-in-chief at Johannesburg, jing to Delagoa Bay. itis believed that either French! Telegraphic communication with must be many miles north of the|the Transvaal is closed to the pub- city, orhe is having trouble with |tic, Feverish anxiety prevails here, his communications. The former) owing to the almost total absence is generally accepted as the most} of news from either side. probable, and it is surmised that Lord Roberts’ vague phase setting forth that French ‘‘is now holding F the place which I directed him to do, north of Jot burg,” means that his position is quite close to Pretoria. ‘The additional fact that Lord Roberts’ dispatch published today is dated four hours earlier than the one given out yesterday, Maseru, Basutoland, May 31.— and that it takes the proceedings no |General Brabant has practically sur- further than May 31, leads to the |rounded the Boers five miles out of ‘ANADIAN PACIFIC Hy. SOO LINE. The direct route from KOOTENAY . COUNTRY, Croker a Winner to all points ce By Associated Press, EAST AND WEST. London, June 1.—The Duke of < Portland's. Pe filly Laroche, by St. Fisiclass Siggy Rootenay banding ae Simon out of Miss Mildred, won the} Oaks stakes of 4500 sovereigns at Epsom today. Merry Gal was sec- ond and Lady Schomberg, ridden by ‘Sloane, third. Fourteen horses ran. oF The inclement weather and the CONNECTIONS: absence of many notables at the Hoo ex. N Sunday 12:15 war deprived Oaks day at Epsom rf. for and from Si solace: of much of its usual brilliancy. The fon, Aposes ane Nelson, and fer Prince of Wales and the Duke of York, however, were among the THE BOUNDARY prominent people present. : Sloane opened the pregram by COUNTRY. becoming the winner of the Walton . plate of 200 sovereigns on J. E. PO Box 468 Ane pared for the ore house and bunk-| of the imperial gov but the Jed and.two men were killed ers, which will be erected élose to| notes and observations which they.) and 27 wounded.” the shaft house and alongside a) secured could not be used effective- spur of the Red Mountain railway. ly for that purpose. The papers Walting fora Spur relating, to the survey. made by Mr. Although ore bins have been built | Dewdney many years ago were ull for the Josie and No. 1 at the rail- | destroyed by fire. road terminal of the tramway, the beginning of shipments will have to await the construction ofa spur from the Red Mountain railroad, which is under contemplation. Telephone 86, é P.O. Box 268 A.® MACKENZIE & CO. LAROCHE WINS THE OAKS MINING BROKERS. —= Supposing. for the ‘sake of argument, that you need a watch. ‘There are two waysin which you could get one. You can 7 ant buy it any place of anybody who happens to sell watches, or ORG: - ae : i you can buy of,a house which carries the largest cele in ee fer i ipi : : widest variety ; o house of experience, reputation and a thor- d 7 se aay pers ne ough knowledge asto just the watch which will meet your re- . mension of th ae fans by quirements. Our guarantee, which i tually a trial for one All'the.... pf thesimibehion tee year, goes with every watch we sell Duke of Portland Is the Owner—Hoss «<-e em ‘Turner Sticks to His Story. Special to the Record. 7 Victoria, June 2.—At a meeting at Englishman's. river last night, Mr. Turner went fully into the story of McInnes’ entry into the cabinet being the price of his remaining in power. McInnes, who was one of the speakers at ihe meeting, gave no more than a bare denial. —_———_—_—_—_- MINOR MENTION TOURIST CARS pass Medicine Hat, (daily), for St. Paul; Si Sait Farorente; Fidays for Montreal and Boston. #37- ame Cars pass Revelstoke one day earlier :. Magazines war Eagle to Resume Sinking The main shaft of the War Eagle is now’ timbered to. the seventh level, and the guides and rails for che permanent skip road are now being placed: With good luck, it is hoped that anew contract for sinking can be let within a week. At the same time a start will be ee i mma” EWERT BROS.2= month. For particulars apply to é T made to open up the seventh level : € . east from the shaft. Owing to the CHARLES F. BENN, per month iat (ron sees the: rife willbe Charles Webster, S 7 D Bagenge delivered split in the ledge, the er, Steward. Secretary. at art of the city. \t sonin ag run about 4o feet and then a cross- ane an pepurnit Pian s sal : cut made north and south to strike Authorized Capital,.. Subscribed Capital over....$800,000, eo : Athletic. ARRIVE This Company has opened a branch office here, Club huas Making Kruger’ Treasure Safe. The object here of the trip of ichie Eloff, President Kruger’s -. Heyman, the «a Periodicals Excellent “accommodations for . permanent and temporary board and chambers; $36 to $40 per following Board of Management. Elmer A. Rolf. Hon Thos. Mayne Daly.Q. C. jai Me i Secretary-Treasurers Weil Fatdiage © mem son-in-law, and Dr. president’s phy appears to have been to place a large amount of gold in safety. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mellor have: returned from Victoria after an ab- sence from Rosslafd of a year anda half. Mr. Mellor will go into busi- ness with-his brother George. The Montreal Loan & tnvestinent C: safest investment for small sims now open to the Brabant Has Boers Surrounded i “ors rabant Han . Fepayabie in monthly instalnaekisy mall amounts Fou further information, apply to _ W.H. FALDING, Will F. Powell, traveling repre- Platt’s bay colt Platitude, and. L. Reiff won the Mickleham’ plate of Bank of Montreal Chambers, Columbia avenue. Secretary-Treasurer. CUNLIFFE & McMILLAN, SEASONED WOOD: ntreal. 1, W. Hartiine, Mer. the two branches of the ledge. Drift- ing and upraising on the fifth and sixth levels continues as before, the sentative cf the Spokesman-Review, is in the city. jnevitable conclusion that some im-|Ficksburg. The only side open for portant movement is on foot, or|the Boers’ retreat is the Basutoland ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS. All classes of Repairs and Cosistruction Work Undertaker. Ore Cars, Wheels and Axles, Buckets, Fans, Shalting,” i a specialty, Northey Pumpy'kept in eae Wan, Hornintan F 108 sovereigns on Richard Croker’s brown filly Imnaha. Lady Schomberg led until a quar- ter of a mile from home, when La- roche drew out with a ci:ar bead and won in hollow fashion by three AY ie Mackenzie: City ticket Agt. lengths. Lady Schomberg was a| W. Pandencn TP CAtNehon BGo bad third. E. J, Coyle, A.G. P. A, Vancouver. B, C Betting was: Laroche, 5 to 1; Merry Gal, 100 to 7; Lady Schom-| @ berg, 3 to 7 against. The Acorn stakes were won by School Book filly, ridden by Sloane. E. B. Kirby and J.°B. Hastings left'this morning for a day’s fishing at Slocan junction. that Lord Roberts himself has not} border, where thousands of Basutos been able to keep his lines clear be- under Chief Jonathan are awaiting hind him. events, Possibly the next place Lord] The Grenadier Guards were the Roberts will be heard from will be|heaviest sufferers during General Pretoria, while it seems that French|Rundle’s fighting. They lost 30 should certainly be within striking | men killed and had 86 wounded. drifts having averaged about 100 feet in the month of May. The ore bins are to be rebuilt double their former size close to the hoist-house, so as to do away with the go fect of covered tramway through which men had formerly to push the cars to them. The gravity tramway will therefore be extended to the hoist-house. The new hoist will be started tomorrow and what ore is broken in develop- ment will be hoisted and stored at the head of the tramivay. HOTEL HOFEMAN, Washington Street, Roseland, B, 0, pe work * © e . nae ie P. BURNS & CO. ‘Thira Avenue Feow te Co's Mulls, Concentrators, Ei WHOLESALE MARKETS Nelson, don, R Ss Grand Forks, and Vancouver. ——= For rates arid full information, address the ni te or The first night train with sleeper errest local agen' on the Red Mountain road wil} leave here at 11 p.m, on Monday and the first train carrying the sleeper will leave Spokane at 10:30 distance of the capital today. p.m. on Sunday and arrive here at Rundle Back at Senckal. 7:30 a. m. on Monday. : —a Furnished R First-Class Bar. P. O. Box 108. __NEW DRUG STORE. | . KETS