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BOUNDARY MINES

All in Operation at Phooztix and Sum-
mit Camps.

B.C. A REGULAR SHIPPER

It Is Opening Up New Ore Bodies on 800-Foot
Level—Great Body of Rich Ore in Old
Ironsides — Dovelopmeut of Many New
Properties.

The Boundary country is T=
a lively season, according to W. B.
Willcox, editor of the Phoenix Pio-
neer, of which he makes the boast
that it is the largest newspaper in
Boundary. Mr. Willcox is paying
a visit to the city and while making
a friendly call at the RecorD office,
said:

“‘At Summit camp the B. C. is
shipping 50 tons of ore a day and
has so far shipped 1800 tons, still
leaving thousands of tons on the
dump. Some very rich ore is being
found on the 300-foot level, a cross-
cut having gone through it ‘for 60
feet without striking the “wall. A
new compressor has been received
and, is now being installed and
some really elegant office buildings
are just finished. Enough ore has
been shipped under the present
management to pay all the expenses
which had accumulated. About 60
men are employed.

“Adjoining the B.C. is the Moun-
tain View, which has been bonded
by J. W. Stewart, Pat Welsh and
others. A shaft has been sunk 50
feet and they are crosscutting in
good ore. ‘The Oro Denoro is
showing up splendidly and is pre-
paring to put in a larger compressor
in piace of the two-drill one now in
use,

‘At Phoenix camp, nearly all the
properties are working full force,the
only exception being the Brovklyn.

miles to Fairview.”
HUNDREDS TURNED AWAY.

Handsome Sum for Catholic Church
The entertainment at the Miners’
Union hall'on Saturday evening, in
celebration of St. Patrick’s Day,
was one of the successes of the year.
The hall was crowded to the doors,
standing room was at.a premium
and hundreds were unable to obtain
admission. Every number on the

all the children’s dances,

The entertainment realized’ the
handsome sum of. $300 for the
Saered Heart~ Catholic. church,
which will not only pay off the debt
but leave a balance for some needed
impr in the buildi

Mr.-and Mrs, John Cassidy, Miss
Frances Hewitt and Mr. Duttan
Wansor of the Internatlonal music
hall appeared in two pretty.sketches
and greatly pleased the large” aud-
ience, The individual numbers by
Mr. Frank Oliver, Mr. W. J. Nel-
son, Miss Dora.Purcell, Mr. Ryan,
Mr. John Matthews, Mr. Charles
Dempster, Miss A. Ceaney and: Mr.
Al Valade were of ahigh order and
were generously applauded. -

The enthusiasm reached its height
during the speech by Hon.T.Mayne
Daly. It was touching, patriotic
and humorous, and was well re-|
ceived. Father Welsh made a very
pleasing speech at the.close ot the
entertainment, and the whole house
joined in the national anthem ‘God

commissioner a trip of 7§ to 125

St Patrick’s Day Entertainment Makes

program was well received, most of

d tt 1 lendidly in
the Highland schottische.- The
approach of England was d

ADVANCE AGAINST PRETORIA

Continued From First Page.

‘by the playing of.{*Rule Britannia.”
The color bearers were Walter Fur-
long and Maggie Chisholm. _ It is
needless to say that the applause
was very great. The two children
were much admired in their imita-
tion of hauling the ropes and climb-

the Green” announced Ireland and
at once set the house in an uproar
ot applause. ~Alice Chisholm | and

ing the ladders. ‘*The Wearing of

sending the prisoners away from
South Africa is that the British au-

guards for them at the Cape.”
Canddian Riftes at the Front.
Carnarvon, March 19,—The Can-
adian mounted rifles, under Colonel
Herchmer, and the Canadian artil-
lery, commanded, by Colonel Drury,

of -y. The presence of this

Glen Teese, the’ rep
danced an Irish jig in amanner that
did them much credit.

Then came a very pretty tableau,
in which Ireland was the center
figure, represented by Ella Preston,
who was attired in green’ and had
her hands chained. “She was quick-
ly joined by England (Nita O’ Hearn)
and America (Nellie Foley), each in
national costume‘and each bearing
a flag of the country repr d

force here has had an excellent effect
in the district. It is reported that
a large force of irsurgents is in the
vicinity of VanVrkveli.

Schicl was too

thorities are unable to find sufficient | @

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Capetown, March 19.—Owing to
the quarrelsomeness of Colonel
Schiel, the German officer in charge
of the Boer artillery, who was
wounded and taken prisoner at the
battle of Elandst he has been

They broke Ireland’s. chains and
were each accorded a hand in friend-
ship. Then the chorus ‘Old Ire-
land,” was sung by the girls, while
the boys cheered and waved flags,
thus giving the scene a very pictur-
esque effect. At the conclusion of
the children’s entertainment they
lett the stage to. the music of “God
Save Ireland.”

Much credit is due - to Mrs, j. M.
Fitzpatrick, who has had the train-
ing of thr children in hand and to
W. J. Nelson, who was the chief;
organizer of the entertainment,

Insane Through Drink.

Save the Queen.”

The children’s part of the enter-
tainment was one of the best fea-
tures of the evening. It opened
with a skirt dance by Miss Nettie
Thomas. The little one was dressed
in white flowing draperies and. ap-
peared to float on the stage. She
was warmly applauded and had to
respond to an encore. At the con-
clusion of her dance she was pre-
sented with a handsome boquet of
flowers. ,

The country dance was danced
by 16 young children in a_ ve
The little ones

On the Old I ides, the

from the 300-foot level into the Vic-
toria ground is now in 365 feet, of
which 165 feet is in ore, and is not
yet through the Iedge, From this
ore some of the best assays have
been obtained, running from $50 to
$60, The Knob Hill has nearly
3000 feet of work done. Both
claims have very extensive ore
bunkers, which are now being fin-
ished, and are preparing to make
steady shipments at an early date.
The railroad track is one and three-
fourths miles from these claims and
the railroad company is now pre-
paring to finish it.

“The Miner-Graves syndicate,
which operates the Old Ironsides
and Knob Hill, is preparing to de-
velop the Grey Eagle company’s
properties adjoining the Knob Hill.

* The War Eagle has half of a ten-
drill compressor working and‘has a
shaft down 65 feet in good ore.
The Gold Drop has recently put in
@ new compressor and is at work.

* The Snowshoe, Golden Crown and
Hartford are also working full
forces and last week development
was begun on the Athelstan, which
‘had not been worked for some time.
Altogether the outlook may be con-
sidered bright, for as soon as ship-
ments begin more men will be em-
ployed.

“One of thefinest improvements in
‘the camp is the new bunk house of
the Old Ironsides, which has go feet
front, two wings 30x60 each, and
is three stories high, and will cost
‘$15,000. All the rooms will be out-
side, with iron bedsteads, electric
‘light and steam heat. It is not all
being finished now, but will accom-
-modate 250 men.

‘As to politics a Liberal associa-
‘tion hasbeen formed and the Con-
servatives are also awake, having
‘sent a delegate to the Nelson con-
vention. Both parties seem to be
‘in favor o fparty lines.

“It was on the request of the
‘Phoenix -board of trade, that the
minister of mines issued an order

: empowering the mining recorders in
the Kettle River and Grand Forks
‘ divisions to act as gold commission-
ers within the limits of their respec-
tive jurisdictions. This saves those

aid exceedingly well. and .through-
out their performance were greeted
with frequent bursts of applause.
Following are the names of .the

childgen that participated. in ‘the
dance: Margaret Sullivan, Rosie

O’Hearn, Minnie Lalonde, Mary
Ellis, Pearl Lamore, Mary Ledwich,

Jessie Scow, Lena Morrison, Frank

O'Neil, Walter McKelvey, Veres
Lamore, Leon Lalonde, Fred Slav-
in, Donald. McPhee, Sheldon Mc-
Millan, Lawrence Bigler.

One of the marked features of
the entertainment was the Irish
reel danced by Miss Lillie Dyer and
Master Ed. O'Hearn. ~ Both were
dressed in Irish costume and .ac-
quitted themselves splendidly. ‘They
danced a variety of steps with the
greatest accuracy and precision,
and easily won the approbation of
the large audience. They were en-
cored and presented with flowers.

the flags of all nations, the children
being their color bearers. They
marched on the stage ‘two at a
time, bearing flags of the ‘nation
represented, and were all cheered in
their turn. First came Germany to
the strains of ‘The Watch on the
Rhine.” The flags were borne by
Ella Cosgriff and Eddie Hook.
They were much praised for the
manner‘in which they carried ‘out
their part. France followed repre-
sented by Lillie Gartand and Gaston
Lalonde to the strains of the ‘‘Mar-
seillaise.” . They danced the French_
minuet@nd did their part perfectly,
receiving a generous share of ap-
plause. . When Marjorie Nelson
and Willie Penrose ‘entered, danc-
ing the.cake walk and, bearing the
American flag, they fairly brought
down the house. They danced the
cake walk in a very. pleasing» man-
ner and with much grace.

Then followed Baby Egan and
Willie Gillespie in an infant cake
walk, Considering their age of
two and one-half and five years re-
spectively they vacted their part
wondertully well, and won a warm
encore. They were presented with

a cake...

“The: Campbells Are Coming”
announced the arrival of Scotland.
The flags were carried by Eva Bo-

who have business with the gold

gact and james Trezonie and they:

sidy, who supplied the flags, and
Mr. Al Valade, who was invaluable |‘
in getting the children ‘to carry out
instructions;-also to the parents who
su cheerfully complied with her

‘circles, was fined $15 today in the

Following this came a_ display of | :

J. W. Thornton, of Grand Forks,
arrived on the C.P. R. train last
night with John Clark, an’ insane
laborer, in his custody. ‘Mr. Thorn-
ton is taking Clark to the home of
his brother at Walla Walla. They
left on the Red Mountain train to-
day. The cause of insanity is drink.
"cara of Thanks,
Mrs. J. M. Fitzpatrick returns
thanks to Miss Purcell, who supplied
the music. for the children during
the reh Is and the enter!
Saturday evening, and. Miss Jennie
Reagh, who trained Baby Egan and
‘Willie Gilispié for the cake walk,
and also extends thanks to the In-)
ternational company, and Mr. Cas-

every wish.
Mrs. J. M. FivSPaTHGe

MUENO BR MENTION,
“Scotty,” well known in police

police court for being drunk and
disorderly. .

Bernard MacDonald, manager of
the B. A. C., is in Spokane.
“There will be a meeting of the
Liberal-Conservative association in
the board of trade rooms at 8:30 to-
night. .

‘Trail Notes,
Born on Sunday, March 18, 1990,
to Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Oliver, of,
Trail, a daughter.. Mr. Oliver is
manager of the Trail Creek News.
Mr. and Mrs. Ingle were up from
Trail to day.
George Weir was among today’s
passengers from Trail.
Mrs. Steuernol, of -Trail, left this
morning for Seattle.
1, Miss Ogben and Miss Haverty
were among today’s visitors.
Richard Coleman, a Trail mer-
chan, was doing business in Ross-
Jand today.

removed from the prisoners camp to
a transport.

A Lot of Hard Fighting Ahead,
Montreal, March 19.—The war is
by no means yet. over.’. Lord Rob-
erts is quite likely to have a lot of

Pretoria, _ Such was the opinion ex-
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: —The following dispatch has been

received at the war office from ‘Lord
Roberts, dated Bloemfontein, March
19:

or ave received the following
reply to my telegram of March 11
to the presidents of the Free State
and South African republic:

the peace terms that the Natal and
Cape Colony Dutch now fighting
with the Boers shall be regarded as
belligerents and suffer no loss of
property, I recently learned that
some of these men had been cap-
| tured by the British and were being
| tried at Cape Town, charged with
treason, and cabled Lord Salisbury
stating that, if such men were not
treated ‘as prisoners of war, we
would make reprisals on the British
prisoners here.

“Lord Salisbury replied, threat-
ening that if we. injured a single
‘British prisoner, they would hold
me personally responsible. I sup-
pose he meant the British would
hang me. The Transvaal govern-
ment replied today, imforming Lord
Salisbury that they despise his
threats. .

“There is no truth in the story of
a: conspiracy among the . South
African Dutch. This is not their
quarrel. The Orange Free State is
bound by treaty to aid us,

“Mr. Schrei dly urged

TRUETO THE FLAG

Patriotic Speech of the Premier of
New Zealand,

LET NO POWER MEDDLE

Australian Colonies Have 400,000 Men and
are Ready to Furnish Troops for South Af-
vioa, in Case Imperial Army Should be
Required to Moot Foreign Interference.

By Associated Press. '
Wellington, N. Z., March 20.—
In bidding farewell to the fourth
contingent of the New Zealand
corps, leaving today for service. in
South Africa, Premier R. J. Geddon
i the i of
Australians to support the imperial

us to yield. It is too early to
prophesy the outcome of the war or
its duration.. The Boers are in
God’s hands and he will not let us
perish, Our total fighting strength
1s forty thousand, but with God’s
aid we can prevail. I have two
hundred blood relatives fighting,
and would rather see them all per-
ish than yield. It is liberty or
death.” .
A Weird Yarn by Leyds.
Consi le interest is attached

“Your Excellency’s sf
reached me yesterday. - I assure
you nothing would grieve me more
than that my burghers should make
themselves guilty of a deed such as
yaie to their charge by you. Iam,

‘To Forma Colony
New York, March 20.—A_ Lon-

jdon cable says that a part of the
| British plan for the pacificatién of

South Africa is now apparent in the
announcement that all the British

‘authorities there~ will make every

effort to induce the reservists, the
time expired men, the volunteers
and the colonials from .abroad to
settle there as soon as the war is
over, “by giving them 240 acres of
land each, provided they will oc-
cupy the Jand for ten years.
Will Warn the Boers
London, March 20.—In thehouse
of commons today, the parliamen-
tary secretary of the war office,
George “Wyndham, said the secre-
tary of state for thecolonieS, Joseph
Chamberlain, was about to issue a
proclamation on the subject of the
alleged threats of the Boers to de-
stroy Johannesburg, and as to
what the Boers might expect in the
event of wanton destruction of|
British property.
Boers Blow Up tho Raltroad.
. Bloemfontein, March toi The

» glad to’say you must have
been mistaken. I have made per-
sonal inquiries of General DeLarey,
who was was in command of our
burghers at the place mentioned by
you. He denies entirely that- our
burghers acted as stated by you,
but he says that on Saturday, the
date being illegible, the British
troops, when they were about fifty
yards from our position, put up
their hands as well as a white flag,
whilst at'the same time your can-
non bombarded the said troops,
with the result that Commandant
De Beer was badly wounded. Yes-
terday morning, the head comman-
dant wrote in his account of the
battle as follows: ‘The soldiers
hoisted the- white flag, but were
then fired at/by the British cannon
and compelled to charge.’ ”

‘What Kruger Would Demand,

New York, March 20,—An inter-
view had by a correspondent of the
Herald with President Kruger, Feb-
uary ro at Pretoria, is printed to-
day in the Herald. At that time
the’ president was described as
showing but little evidence in his

p ize. The country had 400,000

male adults, mostly drilled, pre-

pared to defend the colonies, and if

an emergency arose, to sendenough

to South Africa to release the ime -
perial.troops to deal with any un-

friendly powers daring to meddle

with. the settlement.

Lord Salisbury’s reply to the
Boer presidents and the friendly.
note of the President of the United
States, and the announcement that °
Great Britain would not assent to
the independ of the publi
were all

to the fate of Joh burg.
Commenting ‘on the reported con-
sultation between Secretary Hay
and the German ambassador at
Washing Dr. von Holleben, re-
garding urging both belligerents to
leave Johannesburg alone, the Pall
Mall! Gazette says:

“This time Dr. Leyds has, as we
may ‘without imp

who, the premier added, should
maintain that position at any cost.

‘THE COWBOYS IN FINE TRINT

No Sooner Landed at Cape Town Than .
Whey Win Honors in Sports,
: By Asiociated Press,
Toronto, March 20.—The Globe’s

put about the tale to the effect that
the German ambassador at Wash-
ington and the American consul at
Pretoria are concocting a little
scheme of German intervention,
| That is really a glorious yarn, and
one which shows to what desperate
'straits the enemies of this country
are reduced, Just imagine a gov-
eroment, which has formally de-
clined all outside intervention, per-
mitting Germany to dictate the
course of Lord Roberts’ march to
Pretoria. The German foreign of-
fice knews better than to invite the
snub it would infallibly receive if it
ventured to offer so preposterous a
proposal in Downing street.”

A WOMAN SHOOTS STRAIGHT

She Kilts Another Woman, Who Took
Wer Husband’s Love
By Associated Press.
” Chicago, March 30.—Miss Annie
Strother, cashier in a restaurant on

over the Modder, 14 miles north,

last night. >
The law courts v were re-opened
today.

Blew up Bridges and Retired
- Cape Town, March 20.—The
Boers have blown up the bridges
north of Bloemfontein, including
those at Winburg and Kroonstadt,
and are now returning to the
north. e

Rebels Submit to Kitchener.

London, March 20.—2:30 p. m.
—For all the news received here
yesterday and today, Great Britain
might almost as well be at peace.
It is reasonable to believe that the
relief of Mafeking may be heard of
at any hour.

General Kitchener has entered
Prieska, Cape Colony, without op-
position, the insurgents laying
down their arms. This confirms
the previous reports of their willing-
ness to submit. .

Generals Roberts and Buller are
still inactive, pending developments
at the theatre of war.

Kruger days “Yon're naoeiene

London, March 20.—7:10 p. m.

Boers blew up the railroad bridge |’

of the t di
strain he was undergoing. The
complexion of South African affairs,
however, has changed considerably

since then.

He was dressed ina rusty frock

coat, the front of which was sprink-

led with tobacco. He*smoked a
pipe during the whole interview.
“This war was forced upon us
by Cecil Rhodes and the mining
millionaires, who want the country,”

said the Buer president.

“The Boers yielded as far as

possible, until they saw that noth-

ing but complete surrender of their
independence would satisfy Eng-
land. Having been forced into the
war, the Boers will conquer or die.
“T expect no aid from other na-
tions, but we are glad of sympathy
and friendship. The Transvaal
is willing to make peace at any
time. But we want no more con-
Only absoly
dence is possible. .We do not want
any more territory, but are content
with our present frontier, if we are
permittedto live peacefully. This
is all we ask.

__Kruger’s Bluff Was Called.
“The Transvaal will stipulate in

Ti ity d street, was shot and
instantly killed last night by a well
dressed, heavily veiled woman. The
stranger came in the front . door
and, walking to the cashier’s desk,
fired four shots point blank at Miss
Strothers and escaped.. Nq other
person except the cashier was in the
front of the restaurant at the time.

Charles Smith, proprietor of a
saloon opposite the restaurant, has
been arrested. The police declare
hat he was attentive to the cashier
and that his wife was jealous.

Miss Strother came to Chicago a
year ago from St. -Louis.

Three hours after the shooting,
Mrs, Charles Smith, 26 years old,
wife of the saloon-keeper, was ar-
rested and made a confession, say-
ing she had shot -Miss Strother, be-
cause the latter had taken her hus-
band’s love.

New Drug Store

corresp at London, England,
cabled yesterday the summary of a
letter received from John A. Ewan,
the Globe's correspondent with the
second Canadian contingent, dated’
Cape Town, Feb. 27. Mr. Ewan
says:

“The Pomeranian, with the Can-
adian. cowboys, arrived here yester-
day. Nine horses died on the voy-
age, but the men are all well, in

plendid spirits and delighted at the
prospect of active service.

‘At the sports. held here today
the Canadians entered a team in
the tug of war contest, being the
only non-naval team in the event.
They surprised all by reaching the
semi-final, having had to contest
against strong teams. They were
beaten in the final by a small mar-
gin. Their victories over seilors in ~
the qualifying tugs were vigorously
applauded by the great multitude
present. Williams, a Canadian,
won the half mile race, These con-
tests indicated the fine physique of
the.Canadians, especially in view of
the fact that they had only just
landed after a long voyage.

“Since Paardeberg, praise of the
Canadians is on every tongue.”

HOBBED OF $80,000

French Rallroad Lones Bag of Money
Through Clerks’ Careleasness.
By Associated Press.

Paris, March 20.—An audacious
robbery of 400,000 francs was com-
mitted to day from the Northern
railway. The company, which three
times weekly deposits large sums
with the Bank of France, sent to-
day 630,000’ francs, of which
amount 400,000 was in small bills.
This was placed in a satchel and
the money was conveyed from the
station to the bank, which was in
charge of twoclerks. .

Beforethey started, one of the
clerks placed the satchel beside the

The Rossland Drug y is

Two men approached

now doing busi on
avenue, next to the old city hall
building. We have a complete line
of pure fresh drugs, toilet articles
and druggists sundries. Prescrip-
tions carefully compounded.

tf R. E. Strone, Mgr.

and engaged the -attention of the
clerks and coachman, while a third
man picked up the satchel and bolt-
ed away with it. The loss was not
noticed until it was too late to appre-
hend the robbers,

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