* Rossland Evening Record rsa a F Ly tl ga ate rile ia VOL 3, NO. 263. ROSSLAND, BRITISH Couumath, wepferspay, MAY: 0e 1809: PRICE FIVE CEN'TS. Ring {ied se There is DO yewecay Bround which so much Inte-est centers os the eis tS te funs, pee 1s there anything in which greater diversity of taste is to be fou! ond, pure and he Hanon others prefer the Pea: rot an com- aie Wi. SPRING. = Successor to CHALLONER. Mercwmts & Eprina, Next door to the Fost Uitive. POU an) gy Worth Considering. eed and Serge suits. A fine stock of toclear at COST. + That onr stock of Ready Made Clothing, Gent’s Furnishings, ete., is complete in cach and every: line. Mens’, Boy’s and Youth’s Outside and Inside of every garment guaranteed, ‘The largest variety of shades and colors in King B and John B. Stetson Hats ever shown in Rossland. Mens’, Boys’ and Youths’ Shoer from the best makers.. A few pair of Ladies’ shoes A large consignment of Trunks and Valiees just to hand. The RUSH in our Ordered. Clothing department convinces us that we have the nobbiest line of Imported ‘Tweeds, Serger Wor- gtede, Overcoatings and Foncy Vestings in the. city ship the very latest, and {lt guaranteed and in order to, compete with the 20-day sales and people going out of business, Prices Have Been Reduced. Workman= @ ® Q) ® @) Q ) oe eo ©) C) C) @ DD) o eo a) e © ® -@ M. J. O’HEARN, The Clothier. CORNER. COLUMBIA AVE. AND LINCOLN ST. LDOLSE 020200898 2988828 2658 Allwe ask 1S: At ry! table house. 106 WEST COLUKBIA AVENUE. ‘We will‘have your trade after that. average man buys shoes from their. appear- ance and fit. er and trnzt to their dealers. Hence the advantage of dealeng with a repa Our shoes strike people by styliah shape and by their quality. * CG. O. LALONDE : The They knew little about leath- 11 EAST. COLUMBIA ANENUE. T. R. MORROW, ++: SUCESBOR TO... EAN & MORRO - woe THE eee PIONEER #» DRUGGISTS. OUR GOODS ARE RIGHT. OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT. hbhbbhhbahhhe WHEN YOU WANT A— . Prescription © rs FILLED ACCURATELY BRING IT TO US. H. H.Playford, AUDITOR and ACCOUNTANT No.1 Stone Block, Rossland P, O. BOX 598. This Is Onlye soveme Rossland Labor Ucians ; Tha rn — | Firat Avenue Near Spokane Street. oer rere re er rare Ceol The Glarendon Cafe | First Class in Every Respect. Open Day and Tiight.2ev tt PRIVATE ROOMS FOR Ranquets and Small Dinner Parties. © © ® Q ow vogue HePIe 2006 E> er (erereoereesseece mt to 600 THE COMMISSION ARRIVES Will Have Supreme Power Over Sa- moan ‘Affairs, j T ri SUSPENDS THE BERLIN TRE&TY Tho Badger to Enter Apia Flying the Flags of Great Britain the United States. and Germany. Wasninatox, May 10.—The’ United States naval traneport Badger with the Samoan commission. on’ board, will ar- rive at Apia, Soimoa, today. Much in- teregt is manifcet. among officials in re- gard to the important. change in the commission takes charge. of affairs in Samoa. It: will involve practically a suspension of the treaty of Berlin and the syatem of administration by which the islands have been governed for the last ten years. The. temporary rule o! ‘the sion will be the ex- ecutive and administrative authority. By arrangements made before the Bad- ger sailed she will enter the harbor of Apia with the flage of Great Britain, the United States and Germany displayed. The warships of the three countrier willall fire asalute according to the ministers, There will bean exchang: of calls between the naval commanders. the commission and the consuls, With these formalities over, the cunsuls of tht three governments, Herr Rose anc Messrs: Haxsi and Osborne, will sus- pend their functione, and oll the author- heretofore exercised by the consult Vinid “‘atherofficials will for the time deinp|: be in the hands of the joint commission. ARBITRATION . POSTPONED. Thought the Czar’s Peace Congres ‘Will Not : Last Long. Wasninaton, May 10.—British Venez- uela arbitration, which was to begin in Paris the 24th of this month, has. been postponed until June 15. An i conditions to be brought about when the |’ SCHOONER LOYAL PROBABLY LOST Last Seen at St. Michaels—Namies of Those on B Sgarriz, May 10.—The news seema probable that the schooner Loyal, which sailed from'Renttle eight months ago for Kotezbue, Alaska, with eleven persons on board, is lost. Capt. C. D. Jones of the schaoner Moonlight, who sailed from St. Michoela September 25; 1898,. saye the Loyal eailed befure him. He re- ports thatthe: achoonpr was in a bad condition, -Tliose who safled from here ou the Loyal are F. F,, Aldemant, who has'u wife and five children living in this city; O.D. Batterfield, formerly chief of police of Seattle, Captain John- son, chief, navigetion officer; Hagan C. Weickes, agsistant navigator; Mr. Ste- yens; Mr. Nelson; Mr. Donehue; Isaac fexidor, Mr. Bakewell: of Seattle, and three unknown parties who were going to seek gold. ROASTS CARNEGIE. ss He Forgot Hile Charity While He Was Making His Millions Lonpox, May 10.—In the course of an editorial commentation that AniJrew Carnegie is to retire from business. and during his lifetime to spend his millions for philanthropical purposes, the Chron- icle to indulges in’ a severe criticism ‘of the meana‘by which Mr. Carnegie built up his fortune, ‘and Aays: “We well remember how the Home- | stead works were shut down for months because the men refused to have their wages lowered, and .how,barbed wire fences, charged with electricity were set upand the place fortified, Pinkertons dent for, and finally, after a state of war and seige, the ateel workers’ union) was smashed to atoms and their places filled with Poles and Hungarians. Tht QUES RSETON Noticeable Ibsense banish cat “Royalty at the Drawing Room. PRINCE AT NEWMARKET RACES has heen drawn from this postponment will be Choate and Mrs. Choate that the Czar’s peace brief, as Mr. Maertins, eminont Russian jurist, ie one of the Russian delegation to the Czar’s peace congress, snd also an arbitration of the British Venezuela question. It is not expected that Mr. Maertins would leave the congress while 1t is in session. DOMINIE Il WON, Tod Sloan Rode Him to Victory With 9 to 4 Against Him. Loxpox, May 10.—At the second day’s Newmarket second spring meeting today the race for a plute of 150 sovereigns for Loraes which have won races to the val- ue of 190 govereings or races amounting igns was won by q The Newmarket stakes of 2,000 sover- "| eigns wag won by P. Lorillard’s Dominie II, Sloan up. Nine horses ran. The distance was a mile and to furlongs. Kent was second and Sarrow third, with nine to4 against Dominie IT. ——___—_— Street Car Strike in Duluth. DunvtH, May 10th:—At 11 o'clock last night riotera attempted to blow up a west Duluth street car with dynamite. ‘Ten passengers on the car all received slight bruises. The car was thrown yio- lently on its side and the trucks blown topieces. No arrests were made. The strikers have been quiet for several days, and more cara run yesterday than atany time since the trouble began. Mobs in different parts of the city: at- tacked the cars with stones, breaking in the side of one and breaking windows in several. There iseome talk of calling out the militia to protect the company. ——— Rich Gold Strike. Saw Frascrsco, May 10.—The Exam- er prints a story regarding a new gold discovery at point Nemo, Alaska, which its advices exceed in richness those of the Klondike. The strike is on Snake river and tributaries, about 20. miles back from Cape Nemo and 120 miles from St. Michaels. Joseph pean who is now making , is in the city. and His Entire Staff Were Present. Lonpon, May 10.—Princess Christina, on behalf of Queen Victoria, held’ ‘the third drawing room of the season today. The weather is fine. The customary gorgous state processions from Maribor- ough honse and St. James waa lacking. These homes of royalty are at present unoccupied. The Prince of Wales is at Newmarket today and the Princess of Wales and the Duches of York are‘out of town. The Dukeof York is still confined to his house by illness. The Princess Victoria of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Connaught were the only members of ‘the royal family besides the Princess Christina who were present at the draw- ingroom. United States Ambassador Chonte and his entire embassy staff were present. Mra. Choate presented several Americans. Montreal Stock Market. Monrtreat, May 9.—Stock Market mer- ning board: War Eagle, (ex-dividend) asked $3.67, bid $4.65; Payne, (ex-div- idend) asked, $3.05, bid $3.85; Montreal &London, asked 65, bid 60; Republic G. M. Co., (ex-dividend) asked $1,365, bid $1.323¢. Sales — War Eagle, 1000. at $3.65; 2000 at $3.64, 2000 at $3.63, 1000 at $3.62, 3500 at $3.033¢, 1000 at $3.62; Payne, 1200 at $3.02, 1000 at $3.90; Montreal & London, 800 at 61; Republic, 1600 at $1.33. + Jockey Banished. San Francisco, May 10.—Alf, Stan- ford, the steple chase jockey and A. Nickels, horse trainer and owner, have been banished from the turf for life byte the board of ds of the Pacifi BECTON DAY MAY 22 Two. Debenture By-Laws to be Voted Upon. THREE POLLING PLACES FIXED City Clerk MeQueen Appointed Re- turning Officer and Will Se- lect His Deputies. a At the city council meeting last night_ the debenture by-law to raise $25,000 for etreet improvenients passed the third reading. The day to vote upon this by- law and the $150,000 water works by-law was fixed for Monday May 22, apd City Clerk McQ was officer, whose duty it is to appoint the necessary deputies, The polling votes were fixed as follows: Firat ward: City office. Second ward: ‘Edward Bailie’s office. Third ward: ‘Old Fire Hall building. Alderman Lalonde enquired’ ‘what the cost of the grading on Lincolm street would be and whetber there was euffici- ent money todo it. The mayor sugges- ted that the work be continued for at least another week, saying that it would not cost much and at the next council meeting the board of works could make @& report, Alderman Edgren called attention. to the bad condition of the alley leading up to his house and surprise was expreased that he had not had it attended to be-- fore this. The matter of ex-Mayor:.Wallace’s aide walk came up again and Alderman f Edgren,:chairman pf.the.board of wo mort, was instructed to fix it. Itia ‘proposed. to‘spend the $25,000 up- on the following streeta in the werious sums specified : Butte street,-from Second avenue south to Le Roi avenue, $500. Monte Christo street, from Firat, aven- ue south te Le Roi avenne, $500 : lumbia avenue, from Monte Obristo street east to Georgia street, $800. Alley block 32, from, Butte street; to Georgia street, $100 Georgia street, from Columbia, avenue ‘youth to Kootenay avenue, $325. Le Roi avenue; from Georgia street west to Monte Christo street, $875. 1 8t. Paul atreet from Columbia avenue - south to Cook street, $500, Cook, avenue, from ‘Washington street west to Earl street; $500. Cook avenue from Washington streat east to St. Paul atreet, $400. ‘Washington street, from Coltimbis avenue south to Union avenue, $3,000. Spokane street, from Kootenay avenue south to Thompson avenue, $300. Thompson avenue, from Spokane atreet to Washington street, $150 Earl street from Cook avonue north to Le Roi avenue, $650. Cook avenue, from Davia street wrest to Monita street, $750. Kootenay avenue, from Davis atrect weat to Monita street, $750. Cliff street, from Le Roi evenue south to Cook aveuue, $700. Linceln street, from Le Roi. avenue north to Second avenue (whole width) $4,000. First avenue frem Washington street to Butte street (whole width) $4,500. Monita street fram Columbia ayepue to Cook avenue, $500. Union syentie, from Lincoln street to Earl atreet, $500. Coluable, avenue, west from blud, Le. Roi avenue, from Davis street to Monite street, $300. Washington atreet, from Firat avenue to Second avenue, $350, Second avenue, from Monte Christo to Butte atreet, $350. Spokane street, from First avenue north, $500. Streeta and alleys in blocks 1U and 27, Old Townsite. and 12 and 13, B. and. C., in. Railway Addition, $1,500. treet and Victoria avenue, from Piast avence to Davia street, $5: Kootenay avenue, from Spokane atreet jocky club. The immediate cause of this action was the retusal of the two men to anewer aay $100. avenue, from Cliff atreet to Monta Street, $100. Davis avenue, from Columbia ayenge north, $100._ f te 1 ior a: on the track. ments, ano.