S. Thornton Investors’ Langley, Directory of John McTeer New York Repass|uiist names and addresses of | 7,000 Maine Investors 650 N. H. ee Minin: Snve. in the Masonic hall. V1 cordially tavived. J. L, Parkere Master Work man. OMe Moneta Tent Hos ‘ meets inesday of each month io Bociety Hall. r Parl Jor stop and look in Fraser's window and see the beautiful perfume atomizers. 1Btf Fox Sue, fruit aad choice eapdien eat atthe Columbia Candy Compan: rve st, near Washington. im Gxr the Reconp every night by carrier for cents per week. Leave orders at the office. BAKERIES. B.C, Sanaey, Ha.slwood mulk, fine creamery ‘butter and fresh ranch eggs. 24 ae street. B.C. Baxgny, Fine bread, cakes and ‘our specialty. 24 Washington street. eae. BATHE. basing, all ah finde aba"styles. mt 3 oe DB, im worl sonally attended to. C. M. Weller, sanitary plumber. ’Phone 27. PERSONAL. Dance: Professor Dreyfous gives private le les- ns eve. day. wy you want the Kossland Evexixe Recon | in ‘Spokane go to E. M. Shaw or J. W. Graham. RESTAURANTS. AKOTHER valuable discove! restaurant is the best place Tux Vendome restaurant leads, serving fine meals and prices nable. Buatress lunch % cents at the Vendome. Tug Vendome gives quick service on aur. no One hundred i elegant ‘Parnished, a ht and airy bedrooms. Parlors, baths, billiard and private club rooms. in ing room unex-elled. Electric’ lights, steam heat and all modern Soaveulences .=———_The Only Brick Hotel in Town. ———= |PALACE STABLES ™* SADDLE AND PACK HORSES, DELIVERY A.() TRANSFERING. M.NGTON AND RESERVE STS. Rossland, ©. © J.W.LANE. PROP. - 1] GRAND UNION, HOTEL — Columbia Avenue z - - - - Largest and best dining room in the city. farnished rooms, first-class. Rates HEROD & WILSON Proprietors. Rogsland, B. C. Fifty finely “Sash and Door Factory Manufacturers of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings, Brackets, ‘Trimmings, Screen Doors and Windows, Scrool Work and Fret Work specialties. Estimate giren on all kinds of mill work, Orders filled. Ci d Corner of 2nd avenue and Davis street, B.C. y satel mil and appurt ree oe ‘PP cae Ss ity, to jezure and costs of sale egetter R. J, ‘SeIND |. Timber Therestor, Bailiffs Sale. By virtue of s chattel mortgage and to agall oows and chattels of J P. Martin & Co ave seized a quactity of Col der, Canned ‘conde, Nexetable pice Counter, Co eee ie anil sell by ible oS ee Sc 7) I block, Washin; an ‘relock, an day, the? 7th day of A’ Ss, oape, ROSSLAND. Bruns TO PROSPECTORS. We are making s Specialty of stocking good mining Proper- ties and are daily INCORPORATING propésitions in all Districts of B.'C. ‘Trersury stocks all/ . KWRAR, D.D. 5 For further par Dentist and Oral Surgeon. UI work the best that shill and experience can aceompl!s RoBMsoN, uggs Rowland, 3.0 QBsSS gy ot Jffice over Fraser's Drug Store, 1 & 12 Bherwood Blk, me Bpokane. Wash, Columbia Ave, near Lincola St. The Rossland Evening Record. VOL, II. NO, 39. LOOK AT Fraser's Window . JUST ARRIVED dan FINEST ASSORTMENT OF Manicure Scissors Files, Tweezers Sponge Bags Perfumes Mirrors, Etc. GEO. A. FRASER 41 Columbia Thinks the Stories of the Rush to Klon- dike Are Exaggerated. London, Aug. 4.—The Paris corre- spondent of the Daily Mail has had an interview with Sir Wilfred Laurier, the Canadian premier, onthe subject of opening ud the Klondike region, and he represents Sir Wilfred as declaring that the reports of the in-rush of miners must be greatly exaggerated. Sir Wil- fred would not say whether there would be any trouble over the matter between the Cominion government and the Uni- ted States, but at any rate there could pe ne difficulty on the soos of frontier, precisely marked and the gold fel felis iby within "Oanedian terri- SIR WILFRED CAN’T BELIEVE IT. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1897. SCHOOL ON. MONDAY Vacation Drawing to a Close and Teachers Are Re- turning. POSITIONS OF PUPILS Government Authorizes the DEFENDS ROSSLAND MINES. Answer to Misleading Reports in the : Financial Times of London. g isan cation concerning Rossland mines pub- lished in the Financial Times, July 17, and written by W. Lefroy, editor Brit- ish Columbia Review of London: “Sir—My attention has been called from several quarters to certain mis- leading and altogether undeserved re- marke concerning the Rossland mines, which appeared in your issue of the 12th inst. These strictures were based on a criticism which appeared in an hitherto and quite i i local which has been in exist- to Open A sai th ‘here was no dow! HANDBILLS Aves . SPECIALTY. a 2:50 8 f composition. For each subsequent 1000 1 50 sheets for first $3:252 to $3.00 for sixteenth sheets for first 1000, according to amount to $4.50 for elghte ding to amount » he that they ran into Alas and g ela had ‘been found in a great part of ions. for the next 15 years the Jocality would be, in his oj inion {be great gol mining center of the world. A PHASE OF THE DURRANT CASE An-Appeal From the Order of Exe- cution, San Francisco, Aug. 4.—One phase of the Durrant case will come up in the state supreme courton Monday. This isan appeal from an order made by Superior Judge Bahra on the 10th day of April directing Durrant’s execution on June 11. It is not known what course will be pursued when the case is reached next Monday. It 1s understood, however, |’ that advantage is to be taken of the present legal tangle to predicate fur- her proceeding, both in the state iand federni courts aiter the su; School. Monday school ence but a few weeks, and hails from a city not too friendly to the Kootenay capital. In British Columbia remarks emanating from such a source attract no attention, accustomed as they are to the Black and dismal is the meaning con- veyed to the average schoolboy by the above sentence. Every word conveys to mind pictures of toil, drudgery, and routine work with here ‘and there a gleam to lighten the black prospect of everlasting . drill, drill, drill, The dreary, monotonous hum vf the echool room will have replaced the sparkling tinkle of the cool brooks, where lately he spent such delicious hours, chasing chipmunks, splashing in the water, picking flowers and dreaming of future man’s estate. Swift, indeed, has vacation’s: golden days flown by when measured by young- eters such as these. However, to others ,| the United States has “ieposed ott the present habeas corpus proceedings there For earh, subsequent 1000“ Record Job ffice. .. POSITION OF CANADA. Berlin, Aug. 5.—The Frankfort Zei- tung publishes an interview with Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian premier, representing him to have said: “It is absurd to suppose that the de- nunciation of the commercial treaties Germany and Belgium | means England's return to protection.~ If Germany is willing to, confer corresponding privi- leges upon.Canada she can have a new treaty, similar to the resent one, though it would of course contain a clause under which the British colonies would be bound by England’s com- HEAD CFFICF OF Cariboo City Townsite'2 No. 20 Fast Columbia Avenue, Rossland. . . J. E. MILLS, General Agent. raercial treaties. GALENA—SNAP. two fu!l claitas, three feet solid lena, station on Nelson son &' Fort 8 She) a, Ry. Will sell for $3,600 ‘or further particulars apply to we c. Beall, Poa vffice. Owner wants to goto Klondike. Has fave the of school will be hailed with delight. It means a tem- porary release from the carping cares of home life. Their whole vacation were one continaal round of work. The par- ents of this class do not seem to realize of Western journ- aliem, but when one of the greatest English fi dashes di to ONE BREWERY FINED} Cases ‘of Brewers Who Refused to Pay License Being Tried. PRICE 5 GENTS. individuals who had violated law. | The Internal Revenue et did by B. ON. A, rovince was given right é cent laws for revenue were The dnt; ma as that was Deyo: of t! McLEOD'S ARGUMENT Claims Provincial Government Not Empowered to License Breweries. Knocked out, but stilt in the ring, might aptly be applied to Attorney Mc- Leod, who represents the brewers. This p provincial legis! ‘gil had municipality hed. In section 85 it reads: Shops, saloons, taverns and other Hecnees: im Brewers would not come under “‘other li WA 169, which Mr. McLeod referred ane it an offense for brewers to retail beer piltioat 5 eens. Beer was clearly an intoxicatin, juor. o covered fully by the byla jeretore was WHAT THE ping 6BAID. He said he would look into th rd- ing g of the b b an aod i it aid "pot asco rd. ~ A. e would di Ultra vires. He bell wal gov" ernment hi regi late liquors, as rel as the municipal government. Un- the oi! leved the local gov- wer to u- give, publi toa of this after the nature, many people are misled. Min- ing affairs in Rossland have never been in a more prosperous condition than they are at the present moment. Prac- tically all the producing mines are in the hands of wealthy syndicatce, and there is now no neceasity to loudly boom the camp in order to sell treasury stock to defray The Jordan decided against the brewers by fining J. Graden of the Columbia $25. McLeod will carry the case to the supreme court on a stay of proceedings. The other brewer's cases willbe heard tomorrow. Several im- portant points of law were raised by the arguments. McLeod held that the provincial government not being em- mained are producing but not shipping any Brest extent, as the owners can atfor to wait for the greatly reduced rates for freight and treatment which must follow the advent of the new branch of the Canadian Pacific rallwe; * “There are 40 mines in which gre paying dividends. The mre Roi has_paidtwo dividends since se 20th of June, making in all a to $450,000. As Is the War which received much ad: at your hands, it has paid $17, that their children are only child: and require certain recreation unless the youthful pleasure founts be dried up en- tirely, but seem to. think the, children ought to reason and work like grown up people. Then there is the class of chil- dren; natural book worme who love to study, that will see vacation vanish 1 sete een le of weeks the i at least two weeks_ to rerestal soe the scholars tnd tof ay er fore natiers can resume their sealer rted to ut they before Monda: ay morning, when it is expected they will all be-in their places. f. Blair went to California to spend his vacation sad £1 the other went to hee of the teachers have re, board. o! the trustees yet, don’t need to re SEE OdR WINDOW Display of SLATER SHOES, They are the best made. F. Columbia Avenue. = McNEILL Next, Post Office. S. A. HARTMAN. Next Door to the Bank of Montreal. Largest Stock in Kossland of Men’s Fine Ready-Made CLOTHING AT COST. From JULY 26 to AUGUST 15 I will guarantee to save you from 33: to 50 per cent ON SUES PANTS AND SHOES. Yours anxious to please, S. A. HARTMAN. JaMES HONTER. ROBERT_HUNTER va NTER BROS. Wholesale and Retail. General Merchandise. {AGENTS FOR GIANT POWDER CO., GOODWIN CANDLES Complete stock of Miners’ Supplies and Builders’ Hardware. Choice ‘Groceries and Provisions Vigor 1 board has received a letter | block in view, but tales the healt! th of- ficer reports favorable towards it, it will not be selected. The only objection that can be raised against the location is the noxious drain which flows near there, but as the sewer system is now with only a faint regret and welcome : monthe i ago at under the title ie: ‘he “War solidated,” with a capital of 000, and the shares this week were aseies at 91 cents in Toronto. This. pi controlled ay tas wait oe sell ng ihe extract ication, in Canada, will farther exp! posi- tion of affairs in Rosslan: There is some complaint in certain “pections of Kootenay that times are not go brisx as they were & short time ago. On exami- nation, however, it is found that the de- cal oe la of arises from _col- of the ing in ee and ee “wide of the province ia getting down to business ig and the occupation of the mere pear ie : mining deals is gradually This isa ign ani one. lor Lasts h British Columbia er ould thankful. We are entering upon an || era of stability and the active develop- wane of mines, the construction of ra’ ys, opening =p of new roads ‘and trails, and other improvements which will not only give employment to manv, but business is likely to be brisk ali over the province. As there are now being put in, this will soon be SITUATION AT PITTSBURG. Only Ripple of Excitement Being the ‘Trial of President Dolan. Pittsburg, Aug. 4.—The miners’ strike not ch 1 jail from yesterday’s reports. Everything about the Turtle creek camp was quiet, the only ripple of excitement being the hearing of. President Dolan and other officials of the miners for holding an up- lawful assemblage. The strikers clair 20 new accessions to their ranks from the Plum creek mines today. A careful estimate of the men now at ‘work in that mine shows 216 out ofa usual total of 285. No work was done Oak Hillor Sandy creek mines, The “camp” was reduced in numbers today by 300 men. They were eent to their Homes for two reasons—to lessen ex- and because the men were not tndined to respond to the numerous marching orders imposed upon them, The camp has been costing, a day for provisions, etc., being a the rate of 7 cents per da: sy rman. The custom- ay, march will made to Plum creek in the early morning and will be con- tinued daily, the miners’ officials say, until the sus] ensign in the Dearmitt mine is comple ENGLISH TENNIS PLAYERS DE- FEATED. . 5 New York, Aug. 5.—In a contest full of brilliant play the American team, composed of R. D. Wrenn, and O. 8. Campbell, defeated the English team, H. 8. Mahoney and W. V. Eaves, in the 1 tennis on the ket grounds at Hoboken, eeeencon. Though Wrenn 8t. Geo N. J., sa sc a fitted Drv Goods. Furnishine Goods Shoes Hats eae From the best C and TREPHONE 9, London for the purpose of Snducting mining operations in British Columbia, it will not be long of these ips mineral deposits will be more fally recognized in this country.’’ MR. BLACKSTOCK’S VIEWS. Does Not Believe the Le Roi Smelter Will Be Built at Northport. Upon the‘r return to Toronto from visit to the War Eagle and other Ross- land properiies in which Messrs. erham and Blackstock are interested, | # Mr. Blackstock ix reported as eaying: “We prefer to wait until the freight rates come down, as they #->.1 will, be- fore taking out mach ore for shipmert. Weare sinking a and generally improving our property Joncerning the location’ 0 ote the Le Roi Smelter at orthport, he. “Ido not think the oe mment or the Canadian Pacific railway will allow it. There is a strong feelin abroad that we snould retain allour mining indus- tries within our Protphe particularly since the Unit ees government has laccd an export en of $2 on lumber. fr think the goverment hi is fully alive to the ser 3 in the d ind cd. Coal can be brou; matt from Nanaimo, and the railway will undoubtedly make cheap rates to any smelting company.” CRAZY FOR WORK. A Thousand Men in V: Answer nip» from the June number of, “The pee Colum! | most important ‘mining’ fore the real_valuc | was a bythe federal government to license brewers, the former had no right to impose a license by provincial legislation upon brewers, and further more that this fact ‘made Munici- pal Bylaw No. 2 ultra vires. Mr. Miller held, however that the Internal Revenue Act 15, eub- section 3 provided that no mannfactur- ers’ license gave brewers a right to re- tail, forth that in sub 2, . che provincial legislature was power to pass laws for revenue; in -sixer words license brewers. STRIKES AT THE ROOT. It will be seen by this that Mr. Mc- Leod strikes at the very root in con- +> ding that the provincial legislature sas nut empowered by the federal or * | dominion government to license brew- "» quoted sages of law in sup- + of his position and held that it was extirely contrary to the statutes to put restrictive tax upon brewers; whieh the city had eat have no pusitess being ileseae “Therefore I conclude faci case and will fine the defendant $25.” SOUTH AFRICAN MUDDLE. Cecil Rhodes Given a Sharp Prodding By Sir Wilfred Lawson. London, Aug. 4.—The South African policy ot the British government was subjected to an attack in the house of commons today by Sir Wilfred Law- son, liberal, who also gave Cecil Rhodes aeharp prodding. Calling attention to the attitude of the secretary of state, Mr. Chamberlain, toward South Africa, Sir Wilfred Lawson classed the latter’s policy as being ‘‘dangerous and destructive to our reputation © abroad.” In_ referring to Cecil Rhodes, Sir Wilfred T.aweon remarked that the ex-premier of Cape Colony was guilty of treachery, betrayal of his sov- ereign and disloyalty to his colleagues. Continuing, Sir Wilfrid explained that Rhodes’ guilt consisted in “faleely 100 x there- fore eid # that the ibe was ultra vires use it was restraintive; because it wae not proven so laras the amend- ments were concerned, and becaus ME. M’LEUD’s ARGUMENT, When the attorneys Soe ol in court ee" were armed with volumes of ir. pcleod imme brewing was a process of manufacture, and whoever had a license to do that also had 2 license to ool: Chiet Justice Richie in sect. 92 section 9, held that the local legislature of Ontario had 0 right to license. in Mr. McLeod’s opinion the local legivlsiure has a right pose a tax. Ritchie calla it a tax and a burden. ‘There was no question he aaid but that the fee the council soughi to obtain » because the coun! sould not keep: brewers from selling. The mo- ment this was done it meant to restrict the trade which was slearly wrong. The wers had a ri eae facture before the diy The only power the local al ipisatare tea was in section 9 of B. N Act, which says that each provincial legislature may tax for revenue. So that can’t be restrictive by law. "Attention was called to Vergo vs. city of foronto in wrbich Lord Davey supported his posi- *Biake said: “License fees were of the nature of a starp duty.” The first question to be settled was, if the pro- vincial leg slature had a right to grant authority toa municipality to im license fee on brewers, if not the bylaw was ultra vires. The power to regulate brewers and the power to tax waapretty well settled in the case of the brewers va. the city of Toronto. It was simply a question of whether or not that such power was delega’ irom, government | Co to the city council. The. fact that the | Fovernment had not made a statute giv- ing the council power, ought. in itself, show he Sovernments It is also to find out it the focal legislature granted wer to the council to exact fees from rewers. Inthe i8¥6 statute, section 169 subsections 1 and 3 under the heal of licenses, nothing is said about licens ing brewers. It says shops, traders and venders. He no doubt but that those who drafted the bylaws closely followed the statutes. If there had been intention. Call for One Hundred. Vancourer, B. C., Aug. 5.—(Special to the Reconp }—In response to an ad- section of the C. P. R., between Fort William and Winnipeg, there wasa crowd of over # thousand men at Windsor etreet station yesterday from early morning and the crush continucd blocking up the entrance to station. Men pushed, p: and crushed each other to make their way to the office, and so flerce was the struggle that the ®| police had to be called in. Frectically vertisement for 100 men to “work onj% about brewers in the statute, they would have inserted it in the byl laws. Instead of that, in section 4, and 15 the bylaws provided for Hott tling works, hotels, bat nothing | ¢. bout breweries, which is a distinct calling. There were no evi- dences to show the brewers’ non-com- tance with the statute. ‘‘Shall be licensed for vending spirituous an | fer- mented i. juors,”’ says thestatuie. “How a fermented liquor,” he “wPherefore, I say the legisla- ture has not conferred any such power upon the council, 2nd the bylaw is ultra vires and voi MILLER Mixes REPLY. every nationality was represented in the * |orowd, He said it was not necessar; against brewers as a any Sa there was nothing to show that the had been publi i stock of all nations.” 'r. Chamberlain, replying to Sir Wil- declined to jbunal « Cizpuie in and a eubordinate Mocting of the Mirectors of the Com- pany Was Postponed. A dispatch from Spokane roceived last night states that the Le Roi directors did not consider the smelter proposi- tions submitted by F. Aug. Heinze and w. a pees as was expected. There was jorum and another meeting will be held tonight when it is thought lefinite conclusion may reac: though the directors are reticent re- garding their plans. NEWS FROM OTTAWA. Cabinet Meeting Today t> Disenes Duty on Saw Logs. Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 5.—A nieeting of the cabinet is called for 11 o’clock to- morrow morning, at which it is said the question of an export duty on sawlogs will be discussed, but in the absence of Laurier and Patterson it is not likely pose & | anything will be done in that direction, It is much more probable that the ub- ject of the meeting is to consider what explanation, ute bar a can be made his 0, it is und declined to sign a namber of orders in recommending superanuations and dismissals, until he can be furnished with further information. GOLD TURNED HI3 BRAIN. Nanajmo Citizen Returns From Kion- dike a Maniac, A private letter from Nanaimo, B. C., to citizen of Rossland states that Wm. Sloan, an old resident of Nanaimo has returned from. the Klondike with $85,000. But the possessor of this fortane of nuggets, the letier says isa hopeless maniac and wandered about the streets some time hunting tor gold, enell he was taken in charge by an of- VISITORS IN ROSSLAND. Amung the arrivals in the city yester- day were: J. A. Armstrong, Nelson; Chas. Strong, Sandon; Joe Noge!l, Pulaskey, Cal.; P. M. Evans, Vancouver; C. E. Frac ly, Silverton; A. K. ilvie and wife, Northport; Walter 8. Bowen, Lit- the Falla, Wash. .B, Mackenzie, Mon- w Waddell, il Sudbary, Ont.; "aa | Retry aed Butte, Mont