ee wETAATEGIO. RETRI d gold, Te will berratied fi His. UTRATEOIO RETREAT Nauene of he Slcters Septal “Me, “Baamlsh Has a Fall-Qut with io Mew, Ruff's d i to th 7 5 : Ohief: Ingram. BUSINES: i j : wen ‘ii = ; e bate chase of a fe the home, the prospe looks for the Store that ha largest stock, ‘in which to make a F selection—the BEST known makes= < which are always the BEST guaran- Mi : : sae }|@ Artistic Printing fa Whiph He Does All of the Palling—I Brit- The Hotel ‘Russell’-sets the. best * “igh Justion Dead? He Inquired os” table in Rossland: He Bit the Sidewalk. ¥ Grand Forks Daily Gazette is on we sale at all the Rossland news statids. Thomas M. Beamish hurtled vio- The most stylish turnouts—sad See geet spare Petts ——_ ently through space and fell with a| dle horses, coupes or gurneys—at |@ . = Prices are the Lowest. —= /: dull, sickening thud upon the side-) Montana stables, phone 6. : : = : : wall in front of the police head- A carload of McCLARY’S famous manufac- / 4 ‘ ns : : : : FOR FINE quarters this morning. For several ture has just been received in our Hardwaré 5 Watch.. iri atch...Repairing, ds his i : : p Department, in which nearly every STYLE, cut off, hie / : —_ more nae. agement and furnishes the best 25- SHAPE and PRICE is wupresented Seeae's : /: Beamigh was on his feet with his| meal in town a ies RERSRORDRSEIRIEESRONON SELES : apieling works undamaged. The Ladies’ Aid of the aptistB eG TO... J. W. SPRING, Everything Guaranteed. Next door to the Post Office. THE ROSSLAND RECORD. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1899. VOL. 5. NO. 48. OL. §. NO. 48 PRICE: § CENTS BY AIDOF CANNON| WHITE DRIVES — HAVE TO BE GOOD . BOERS, BACK Boys Not Allowed to. Play. -Slot ws chines or: Billiards. The Grand Union dining room ‘has been reopened under new man- DEER British Campaign Plans Long Dis- tance Bombardment. Justice,” fie snorted. ‘Justice! | church propose holding # bazasr on Hard and Soft Coal Heaters; : , this British justi the 1gth and 16th ‘of December. FOB att : 5 Diyeeall:thia Beltish justleet Come, si eet inter - Plain and Elaborately Trimmed in Nickel and Brass; very attractive, and most serviceable out here onthe sidewalk you time- Paiticulars will ‘be published later. | Grate Front Coal Heater Ranges. - - pandering chief of police,an’ THEN Does not take up much spacezand is a won “Ranges in Steel and -Cast Iron for. Coal or Decisive Engagement at Lady- stith with Heavy Loss. _Tre Lending Jeweler /THEN COMES FINAL. RUSH) SERGT. MCGOWAN LET OUT , iega» The third annual mteeting of. the you dassn't. I d fix you: with one}... + . 1¥ Z baad tiéd’behin’ me, an’ you. know Victoria hockey club will be held at} try to take a fall-out of me. Oho! ji Netico. yo derful heater.’ ar" Thus soliliquizing, side-stepped rapidly down Colum- day, Mr. Beamish Nov. 1st, 1809, at $ o'clock Pp. -m. the Clarendon hotel on Wednesd Wood, in all Styles and Prices. All members of-the club and-others | Wood and Goal Stoves and Heaters from $4.50 up. | ‘bia avehue with his lier eye) on Chief Ingram, who'steod glaring at him from the doorway of the city hall; The latest bulletins indicate that ho is still continuing his tacti- ea! reconaissance. The difficulty arose in connection cwith the Mitchell case, ‘It was Mr, , ‘ea Cat pacific d are requested to attend., NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS — Hunter” top. “L.L. DeVow, | : Th ‘ H i ; Alt Tis eae : Pesieaky : b ; € ui er ‘iron ral top, This Heater.is very ‘rimmed vith-Nickel side rails and highly: Burnished metal. Sold at .-The Queen shap Ape/ “Queen” heater. T! ht Heater; “"xew:"* especially made for us and called the ye attractive and more serviceable than the ordinary i $12.00 ~ tock- MS fet tharged. At 10° o'clock before id sight at the city hall with ap ambition to have Mitchell re-ar- egpted, this time on the ctiarge | of havjng received a bribe from J._E. eae ie ¥ ae who was running. a poker ‘The Best Wines, : here. Magistrate Boultbee eoncluded that there was no ground complaint and refused to ea wkrrant. Then Beamish . warited Mah Hong arrested for per- “In that also he failed. He jar Bhamieh who swore ..to “the com- Bi bar. 45 4 ‘ s plaint-against the ex-jailor, and he H. Danton, = : was hostile at seeing his i ded - se j ‘ victind o } wie er § wild. you won't issue these war- : ?"he shouted to Magistrate Boultbee, wildly... ‘‘That’s a NICE gravesty of justice, that is,” and the indignant gentleman could hardly contain his fury. "You better yet out of here,” gested the chief. stead, Mr. Beamish continued his'tirade until the chief, gathering up by the bosom of his trous- tossed him out upon: the side- Ik. There, bruised but still ver- he simultaneously defied Mr. ‘am and made astrategic retreat acon Columbia avenue. aa J 7 water. <, Mr. T. M. Beamish has issued a manifesto in which he declares that -Mitehell and Mah Hong shall be ar- vested if there is a justice in Canada who will issue the warrant A con- ‘iet ie expected at any moment. : .to.the depo! one |ROSS_THOMPSON......n oe I have the following blocks in the following. companies for sale:| -:: Eureka Consolidated, Gopher, Hottestake, Evening Star, Silverine, R.E. Lee, Bodie, Eureka, North Star and ZilaM *Montana stables, fora gurney. | $HMH HOTEL RUSGELL. , Sunday Dinner from 5:30 to 7:30 In so + the Afternoon, SOUP, . Oyster, ala creme. ~ FisH. © aS > B.C. Salmonboiled,s: ‘hollandai: SPOKANE S‘TREET. . These, 19 were bought before the advance In = aS ~soldon rice on all Stoves, Heaters und Ranges, and consequently, will be? he, Lowest possible margin. = HUNTER : BROS. Liquors and Cigars. “wens. P. O. Box 316. eevee . # First-Class Business. Lunch A. G, Creelman. George Beam CREELMAN &-BEAM.. - CONTR ACTORS &: BUILDERS. ~ A TTONAL. MUSIC 'H Monday, Oct. 23d, aud during week. ALL. | Estimates frnished on al hinds of work, © Jobbing promptly sattended to . Office and shop: Cotnmercial court, oe rear Alhambra‘hotel: |. _- | J ROSBLAND, B.C, The Intertiatioial Comedy Company - 35 Cents... , Oysters in any style, a Specialty. Game..in_ Seaso yg -@nOeD | JOHN PHILLIPS, ‘and Office Fittings, ilies and Parties. shops inparielguttdings He op: . reer ae lyeh p: Imperial building, Miss K. umbia avenue. P.O. Box i é Contractor-.&. Carpenter! Private Boxes for’ Fatt- Jobbing ota kinds promptly attended to. + al ‘Residence, * e Cristo St., 5th house porth “of Col-, CHASE & SANBORN'S a” Onder new management. Coffee; and NONE: BETTER... Anjthe,Sensational 4-act Drama, “The +++ P97} Mortnon’s Daughter” : eeren 20-~Artists in the Cast--20. TURF EXCHANGE. 12 First-class Specialty’ Artists betwee acts of drajua. | Tho most legitimate Vaudoville‘Skow im Existence, Nothing Coarse. *- r : [FIRST-CLASS DINING ROOM. |é Salada Tea, NEAT anp CLEAN BED- . “CUNLIFFE & ABLETT, - ENGINEERS AND MACHINIS of end C Pte Oo. M. Fox & Co.'r. 5. SLAVIN. veuce eseePROPRIETOR. Lets in the Original Towusite. ig. Co.'s Malls, Concentrators, Etc. ‘““qmnira Avenue, Rossland. Work Undertaker. Axles, Buckets, Fans, Shatting, Hani Northay Pumps kept in stock. Re vents Tor We ari BP. O. Box 198 ‘Reddin. Jackson Co;; Agents, Rossland, B. C. BOILED. SugarCured Ham, Champagne sauce a COLD MEATS. . : Roast, Beef, Roast Mutton, ” Roast Pork, Pickled Pork ENTREES, d Beef with Mush . Lamb Chogj: breaded, tomato sauce ;Cafiopes of Lobster. . ¢ = ROASTS, g4 Spring Chicken with dressing, Sirloin of Beef au jus, Leg of Mutton with jelly VEGETABLES. . Mashed Potatoes. Green Peas. ~ Celery, Potato Salad, Olives. DESSERT. Eeglish Plum Pudding, Cognac sauce Lemon Pie, Mince Pie, Green Apple Pie and Cheese. Tea, Coffee, Milk Ferthe Sisters) Hospitals On display in the windows of the Pacifie Tea.company is an exquisite eabinet of handpainted china, paint- od gnd ficed by Mrs. E. w. Ruff. --" It fheludes a-tea set in -blue_ and- ° gold with enamelled white trim- giings, and a vase done in white NON-PERSONAL LIABILITY. River, Erie District, B. C.: a "FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES,: ONLY. - Fifty thausand shares of the Company’s Treasury offered to the public at 71-2 Cents per Share, - . and can be had on application to ‘ a2 Columbia Aveuue, GEORGE H. GREE , ; . Rossland, B. C. sl Se casir: and D..Co., L dp os ——HOUDE'S=—* Straight Cut Cigarettes. MANUFACTURED: BY B. Houde & Company, Quebec : Are Better than the Best. Property situated ‘on. North Fork Salmon WHOLESALE AT - Crow & Morris, Rossland ry Stock is now UNEXCELLED TABLE, The Arlington - F ‘THE LEADING HOTEL AT TRAIL. os Headquarters for Commer- cial Men....Splendid Sample Room Joun Haverty, Proprietor. Red Star Storage & Transfer G. Office: W [QUICK WORK |77 ifs First-Class. in Every: Resp: The Clarendon Cafe eer AS. ect. -.-Open Day and Night. - Rooms for Banquets and Diuner Parties: of the. “Bivening Record’ has the | perior....... Stock, i Quick Work, and: y ” Basement Postoffice Building. - Neat: Execution. t Cost... R. C. Rrayer Books, ... Eng. C. Prayer Books, .. Methodist Hymn Books, . . Presbyterian Hymn Books, Bibles, and... e+ ey 0 Butler's R. C. Catechisms . This is an OPPORTURITY a8 we are going out of these lines ‘and have some very pretty bindings. Absoluro Cost. No Rescrve. ‘ Diuggiss and Selo aoe Bn, GOODEVE BROS., Burghers Unprepared for Any Deadly Hail From the Sky Which Heretofore Has Fur- nished Aid—Kopje's No Protection From Artillery Practice. Cape Town, Monday. — Some- thing has been said in the prelimi- nary discussion of the South African crisis concerning the Boers’ reliance their “rifle marksmanship against the British army. A little has also been said of the British It is of no use to attempt writing with = broken No Use. H. S. WALLAGE, Stationery,Wall Paper, Fancy Good ney * + Musical Goods, ‘Notions, Toys, * | the English, according to the infor-,|. tc., Etc. unable to do any artillery work’ worth noticing. The South African. fid that the:Boers would be |: newspapers for two months have contained: articles bearing upon both phases of the situation, which show, that the Boers believe that they can| do effective artillery work, and that; mation permitted to get out in the’ Rossland and Grand Forks, B.C. | colonies near the scene of difficul- ties, have planned to ignore prac- i anes C. A. LALONDE'’S tically the Boers’ rifle prowess and to cut them down with shell and saber. . Gossip in Natal has been that the Imperial forces would introduce a new policy or new tactics which would surprise Europe not less than ‘Hing ‘to the Natal Advertiser.” When an artillery officer was sent there on special duty he was besought to _ The Question Arises, meant. . “I assure you,” he said, ‘‘that except in a few instances there will beno chance for rifle practice. The ~~ WHERE TO PURCHASE | advance will be under a paralyzing ..DRUGS.. shell fire from a line seven or eight miles away. This is a distance im- possible for rifle fire.” * The Boer, accustomed to lie be- hind a kopje and take deliberate aim, has gained no idea, the officer asserted, of what it is to have to lie quietly while his comrades are slaughtered arouad him by a dead- C. O. D. Grocery and Meat Market... rachis oy Washington St. HY rau two accounts when you , can have all together Choice Groceries and Vegetables. Baltimore Oys- ters, Fresh Fish, Hams, Fresh & Cured Meats. ly hail from the sky, whence he looked for aid. Even his idea of artillery has been of bullets coming on a level like rifle bullets. With | missiles picking off men and horses around him and hundreds of yards behind him, he . would become panic stricken, the officer said, for even European troops whose disci- pline was brought to the last point of efficiency could not resist the de- c. P. Re Block. We have for sale, Uoots, Rubbe: itts, Underwear, Overshirts, Socks, kinds of Notions. Special sale first classs Albums. Notbing Houghton’s Exchange moralizing effect of such a sight. This was proved, the officer obser- ved, at Tel-el-Kebir. Meantime, according to this plan, cavalry could advance under the protection of that fire to within 100 yards of the Boer line and flank them. Then at a signal a terrible final volley of shrapnel is poured in, and the order to cherge is given, and NUT SIZE... Rossland Warehouse & Trans- fer Co., Agents. ss fe NORTHERN PACIFIC COAL COM- Also aNY'S BITUMINOUS COAL, for Steam and Domestic Purposes- before they know it the Boers will be among the sabres and lances with the bayonets of the infantry just behind. “Half of their horses will have been killed by the deadly fire,” he says, “and what is the good ofa Boer in the field without his horse? They will be picked off by the cav- alry as easily as a crowd of rabbits in ain enclosure.” United States Army in Transvaal. Washington,. Monday.—Colonel Edwin V. Sumner, Major Story, Captain Gibson and Captain Slocum have been detailed to proceed to South Africa and observe and re- port upon the. military operations in the ‘Transvaal. Cash paid for clean cotton rags at the Recorv office. play havoc with the Boers, accord-|, tell hii of what all this q Ladysmith, Monday.-~i1:15 a. m.—Firing commenced at § a. m. today, Boors shelling Ladysmith with’ 40-p Jers: | After seven shots British gunners silenced the Boer forces. ie London, Monday.—The war offite has received a dispatch that General White fought an engagement with Joubert’s forces, which were pushed back after several hoars’ fightings: The? Brit- ish lost 100. The Boer losses were much, greater... The-. Boers were in greater numbers and had better artillery, 6) sc: a Berlin, Monday.—A report has been received from Holland that the whole British army at Ladysmith has surrendered’ and the troops. are prisoners. { E tpdsniget 2 London, Monday.—A dispatch from Ladysmith this morning shows that a crisis in the operations in the present stage of the war has been reached and that'the attack on Ladysmith ‘by the ‘¢ joint Boer forces has opened. Dispafches from’ Durban timed at '" 9:55 this morning gives information that the: Boer’s. Shells; were chiefly directed at the station and no damage was done up to.the time the message from Durban was forwarded. Apparently “the, Boers have concentrated for a supreme effort’ at Ladysmith. ' They have withdrawn their forces from other - points: which ‘they, con sider momentarily of less importance: The ,ease . with which_ the reorganized German corps, which was almost annihilated at Elandslaagte, and Meyers’ column, which was shattered at Talanta Declined to Resign and Was: Dismissed. From the Force by Police Commissioners This Morning—Plain-Olothes Man to Ba Added to Department. : “No, more may the sporty. “young- ster dally. with the nickle-in-the ‘slot machines... No more. may, he punch holes io the..green baize_ on billiard. or pool table. Hereafter he must limit his sportiveness. to cigar- ettes and checkered .. breeches, for the police commissioners have issued. a fiat forbidding minors to gamble. Lt.was at the regular weekly*_meet- ing this. morning. that the. matter came up, and the board unanimou} ly.instructed -Chief Ingram to no! hill, show how great are their recuperative powers and the fertility of their resources. The perseverance the. Boers have shown in transporting heavy ordnance and posting it. in commanding . posi- tion forced admiration even from their enemies. j Ladysmith, Monday.—The © Boers |. are gradually closing around Ladysmith. They have mounted two-big guns on Tinta Ingoni, 4500 yards from the British camp. An attack’is ex- pected. ' being Everything remained quiet today and the water supply is , being renewed. A number ofresident civilians have been ordered te leave the town, under penalty of arrest. k Lieut. Meikeljohn of the Gordon Highlanders, \who was wounded at Elansdlaagte in the arm, is improving alter the ampur+ tation of the member. iE the owners of all nickle. mac and pool tables that they would, be prosected should boys be. permitted to play them. : rane In reply to the request for his. re- ‘signation, Sergeant McGowan _had filed a letter declaring. that, he was not ashamed of his... record, and would not resign... The.commission- ers thereupon dismissed him, sum- marily from-the force. Patrolman McPhee-will be appointed his: , suc-. cessor. : . Lieut .. At. this -morning’s.. meeting. the Durban, -Monday.—The | Natal Mercury has the foll from Ladysmith: ‘The Boers have been dragging heavy artillery up Tinta Ingoni, and it is expected. will adopt tactics similar: to ; those pursued at Dundee, demonstrating:; from one direction while attacking trom another. The British. intelligence depart- ment is completely informed regarding the Boer plans. The enemy have planted two guns on a kopje two miles‘and a half” away in the direction of Elandslaagte.” mars £ ‘London, Monday.—The position of Ladysmith, without being alarming, is sufficiently dangerous to excite anxiety. ‘ Evidently the Boers are trying to repeat, their Dundee tactics. It is roughly estimated that they have 17,000 men against 12,000 British. © "i The delay in the. Boer’ attack is reported due to the non-) | arrival of Joubert’s column, This has given the British a much, ; needed respite after their recent exertion... Everything hangs on | White's resources. Nothing is known regarding the progress” of the defensive works for the pr ‘ion o! d ith. Censorship on the press dispatches is more active than ever.,.. According. to r led" that» another policeman in. plain; clothes be appointed... The new official. has: | has not yet been chosen. eds FOR A. NEW. NAVAL PROGRAM - Rmperor Wiillam Proposes to. Have a” More Powerful Navy. the Daily Chronicle’s correspondent the new regulations. limit the number of words all din press to fourth the number allowed before. : " a. S ieee Farmers in the neighborhood of Ladysmith hive left their | farms and stock at the mercy of the Boers and congragated in ; town. The two guns captured froni the Boers have been mointed, | They are powerful weapons, used in shelling Dundee; ‘and itis'a | surprise how they managed to transport Such heavy pieces. -Itis | again reported that Kruger has accompanied Joubert to . the front | in a splendidly fitted traveling wagon. ak H London, Monday.—The dard’s correspondent at Lady-| smith, telegraphing Saturday, sends the statement that the Boers | captured .100 mules. The loss must seriously inconvenience the ! British transportation service. An attempt tocut the railway was} frustrated by cavalry. 1 ; ‘ - | “The wife of General Kock has arrived at Ladysmith under al flag of teuce to nurse the wounded, prisoners. . They have how: | ever been sent to Durban to prevent an attempt at-rescue. .¢ j An explanation of the alleged Boer massacre at Dundee | appear to be that a portion of the town guard, although: fairly | warned by General Yule before his ‘retirement, contioued -to:carry| arms, and 30 were shot betore the’ Boers discovered who the: ; re. ater The body of General Symons was buried ‘without. ‘2° coffin, | shrouded in the union jack. | Among the papers on’ him was a; telegram from Lady Symons congratulating him on his success. { ‘Later accounts of the first battle and the evacuation of ‘Dun- dee do not give the affair a rosier hue. Owing to the shelling: off Glencoe the camp telegraph operator was led, to J * Berlin, Monday:—Emperor-Wiill- iam is the sole moving” spirit in- the new:naval program: : The present agitation’ was: undertakeni without first Iting the Bund hiand really against the wishes of ., that.” body. res SMe The emperor's ‘speech’ at: -Ham- burg’on the occasion. of ‘the launch- ing of the new battleship: Kaiser Karl der:Grosse, not only: criticises the. Reichstag, -bnt - censures-:the * Bundeseath, ‘which has not followed urging, particularly Bavaria and Wurtemburg; whose. -representa- tives in the federal council: hitherto opposed ‘the Kaiser’s naval “am- bition. : : 78 His majesty intends to crush; eut all opposition both of :the _ Bunde- seath and the Reichstag by a popu- lar agitation set on foot by an in spired article publistied "yesterday, asserting that Admiral -Von Tirpitz, the secretary of the navy, received the emperor’s sanction to a project of an enormous increase of, the navy.. The imperial chancellor, Von Hohenlohe, is said to be very with numerous untorwarded dispatches. vot i When the Boers entered Dundee, they indulged in general looting of stores, but apparently did not otherwise molest the populace. : _. ot In the first battle the Boers captured the Maxim gun of the Eighteenth hussars, out not until almost the entire crew of the gun had been disabled. The survivors effectually damaged the uns aS 8 Only two officers cf the staff of General Symons came off without wounds. > Z 7 It is again asserted that when the Royal Dublin fusileers reached the summit of the kopje at Glencoe the Boers showed the white flag and asked a truce to bury the dead. The British ar- tillery was ordered to cease firing, and the Boerswould have been decitnated by the British cannon. London, Monday.—A dispatch from Mafeking, dated October 24, says: “The Boers are in possession of the water works and have cut off the supply. This occasions no anxiety for ample supplies are available in the tanks and wells. During a sortie this ing the British tered the enemy three miles off to the north. The Boers had apparently been warned and returned: the fire in earnest with well handled machine guns. As our men had no intention ot pressing the attack they retired immediately. Commander Webb was severely wounded and was left behind. during the retreat, but was afterwards picked up by the troopers. under Stevens. The conduct of our men was splendid. The enemy’s loss could-not be ascertained.” —— Mr. Bengough’s Lectu: “To be a-humorous lecturer, ai opera singer, a comic -artist and popular reciter-is a considerable task for.a man. to impose ..upon himself. This was, however, .what J. W. Bengough, editor of. Toronto. Grip, ‘essayed last night in the, Star ‘ Course entertainment, and he did it well.”—Boston Herald.” He will do it again at Miners’ Union Hall Tuesday, Nov. gth at & p.m sent The Highland hotel on Spokane street has changed ‘hands’ ‘and is now under the management ‘of R. A. Groves, who'has_ rechristened it the Manor house. “Mr. Groves is an experienced hotel man,has, P| triends and will make tl eococooouoooco popular in every way.