= = ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD, MARCH 13, 1900 THE ROSSLAND RECORD. WILLIAM K, ESLING. . oh ‘fuk Ocpgst, Day on THE InTHRION, ‘A PUBLISHED DAILY §XOMPT SUNDAY prvick: BASEMENT [osTOFFICE BLOCK. L. 98. PO, BOX 538. BUMACBIPTION RATES: Daily, per tyonth by ‘niall .. 4 50 Dally: bait year by tail 5-09 Daily, ver year..... 50 Daily, per year, fore inn. 900 cee a ei Advertising rates will be made known upon, application. | ? Th eRucorn reaches the people. other lxbor unions if the province, is first cousin to the populist plat- forms. which) have been ‘;under dis- cugsion, across the boundary for some yeiirs, betraying the same socialist proclivities. “Tt begins With a “demand for the enforcement of the eight-hour law ‘and its extension to all: branches of dabo-. Thus it ignores the evil. re- | ‘sults of that law in casting, & blight ‘on the great industry of the interior, * : . Ys peep shutting down mines; preventing and TIME OF ARRIVAL AND CLOSING OF MAILS. CLOSE |, DESTINATIONS. | __ DUE British Isles and-all’ Euro+ eiga, 24 other foreigm coun (tries. tonal . |, Trall, “Robson, Nataush: Sandon, Halcyon Spriggs |Arrowhead, and all Stocaa} land Lardeau district points, Deer Park—Monday, Wed" eobasy Ean jand connections == Nelson, Kaslo, and Ymir, land'all Kootenay lake, East} .. |Kuotenay and Crow's ' Nest] 16:46 a.m./Pass connections. 3330 By m Spokane, Northt andi ati "points in United States. All the: Boundary district] .o., ™.| points between’ Cascade andl ™°Z4.B-™- camp McKinney, p ‘Australia, China and Japan—Seespecial noticl. for Registration must be-posted half nour previons te tne time jorclosing the malls, The postoffice Is open ftom B a. m.,to 7 p.m. dally, (except Sundays : of »sapital. far as it would treat them as purely Canadian organizations, in no way Subject to'the direction of unions in any foreign country. — It ‘would also Prove & means of holding: such unions legally accountable for the actions and agreements of their offi- cers and members, which is also highly desirable. But it would be necessary for ‘such unions to _disso- ciate themselveg from foreign: un- ions, which have’ been proved guilty of acts of ‘lawlessness and riot, and, from lawful , beginnings have degenerated into conspiracies for the destruction of property, the taking of life the deprivation of gndividua! Such was ‘the miners’ union in the Coeurd’Alenes, which is affiiliated with the West- ern Federation of Miners, whose presi Edward Boyce, in’ public hes, has resort to T % ot] 2] 3 4los| 6] 7] °8 10 9 ar} 12 [13] 14] 15 7 164 17 3 18 | 19 | 20] 21 | 22 | 23] 24 25-| 26 | 27 | .28.| 29.}.30.]:31 TO ADVERTISERS. _New..reading matter makes your advértisement attractive. We will gladly change your ‘‘ad” every issue if copy is presented before .10 a. m. BUILD IT OF BRICK. The (proposal to erect the ‘new fire ‘hall of brick instead ot wood is being favorably discussed, among the citizens and is received with equal favor amonig the city officials, subject to the wishes of the -tax- physical force for the settlement of labor disputes.. The miners’ unions of British Columbia‘ are affiliated with the same federation and, so long as Boyce remains at its hedd and it defends the acts of the Coeur d'Alene rioters, they bear the taint of treason and ‘outlawry and are en- titled to no legal recognition. » The s of wage by arbitration is highly desirable, provided that no attempt is made to bring about: arbitration by com- pulsion, as was provided in Mr. Cotton's bill. In order to make de- cisions by arbitration effective, it is desirable that labor unions be in- corporated, in order that their mem- bers may be legally liable for the faithful carrying out of the decision, as the employers would be on their part This is’ practicable after the unions have been purged of all as- payers. The ad ges of such a course are obvious and are sufficient to justify the extra expenditure of not more than $5000. Rossland, being no longer a temporary mining: camp but a permanent city, should erect permanent buildings. which will stand for many years. ° “As the city is now endeavoring ‘to have the fire insurance rates reduced, it can do ‘much to favorably impress the insurance men by housing its fire apparatus in a brick structure, instead of an inflammable frame building. The city council now i the lish of fire ‘limits within which no more frame buildings. shall be erected. The site’ of the new fire station will probably ‘be within these limits. The city should therefore so far an- ticipate its own action on the sub- ject of fire limits as to erect no frame buildings within them. Re- grardless of any such limits, it is good public policy for the city’ to discourage the erection of frame buildings and encourage the erec- tion Gf brick and stone’ buildings so far as possible. _ It can best do.this. by its own example. A The only cause of hesitation like- ly to exist in regard to this extra expense'is the depression of busi- hess‘consequent on the closing of ion With Jawless foreign or- h itiative and referendum are the pet nostrums of the Populists in the United States, appearing with painful regularity in all their plat- forms. The idea originated in the Swiss. cantons, each one of which was a single valley. The male in- habitants could be crowded into a hall, though the meetings were us- ually held in the open air. The same idea was worked out in the New England town meetings. It has been tried repeatedly in modern popular government and always proved a failure. Constitutional amendments in the states and charter amendments in the cities have been submitted. to popular vote and only a fraction of those voting for candidates for office took the trouble to vote on them. Thus the. cranks .who were in favor of some new theory would all take pains to vote for it, while the mass of the voters, not having studied the question and not und ding it, would neglect td (vote. In, con- e crank legislati would be foisted on the people unawares. This is the referendum. The ini- tiative gives a certain percentage of the voters the right, by petition, to call on the legislature to submit a certain. proposition to the people by the principal mines. This, t ': is only temporary and no doubt ex- ists'in the minds of men familiar with the mineral wealth ofthe dis-, trict that these mines will ere long be in operation again with a larger. eaily production than ever. .. The business depression is but tempor- ary, but the public improvements of the city will be made for many years to‘come. . No better evidence of the, people’s confidence in the city could be given than to thus build for the future. FULL OF POPULISM. The platform adopted by the Slocan City Miners’ union, which is tobe submitted for endorsement to referendum and the legislature must ‘obey. Thus the voters are contin- ually at the mercy of the cranks, either being asked to sign petitions to initiate measures or called on to vote on them. . Government ownership of public facilities, such as. railroads, tele- graphs and telephones, is the next | great step demanded by socialists. In countries where government ownership exists, the service is poor, it is cursed by favoritism and ali. the officials are insol ‘| the rates are high as a rule, and the adoption of new inventi is very slow. A private monopoly is bad, but a government monopoly is far worse and there is no escape from it, There is no objection: to the ex- clusion of Chinese, so far as it).can be effected in accordance with'treaty rights, but it is useless to pass anti- nullified by the Daminion or federal government, The question affects relations between the empire and rial legislation. § as is Everybody favors ‘proper safe- guards for life and health and for mine inspecti The only q ‘is how farithese élids can be. at- » Not. of pr the government cun ‘go * without making its interference a hindrance and an invasion of private rights. - Local governments are very well, but elective judges’ are not’ ‘to be desired.| Any man who has seen the workirg of the courts under elective judges in the States knows that. The further the courts are lifted above political: pussion and prejudice, the better judges we shill have and the better justice they will administer. The tendency in the Eastern States is to take the judges out of politics by making them ap- pointive for life, and the higher standing enjoyed by the federal, as compared with the State judges, is due to their being life appointees. The platform is a mixture of Pop- ulism and Socialism such as Kansas tried for many years and _ finally gave upin disgust. British Co- lumbia does not want the -medicine Kansas rejected. EDITORIAL NOTES.. Beaten in the field, the Filipinos have started a campaign of assass- ination of American officers, at which the Malays are adepts. A fund of $200,000 has been raised anda schedule of rates has been fixed for the murder of officers of various grades, Mr. Casey, M, P:, has exposed the nigger in the woodpile in the Pacific cable’matter. Sir R. G. W. Herbert, acting under secretary of the colonial office, is a director of the Eastern & Southern Africa Tele- graph company and chairman of the Telegraph Construction | and Maintenance company, which are rival enterprises of the Pacific cable. New Drug'Store The Rossland Drug company is now doing business on Columbia 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. uf R. E. Stronec, Mgr. To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromine Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund: the money if it fails to cure. 25c. E, W. Grove's signature is on each box. ‘ No. 162. . : Certificate of the Registration of an Ex- tra-Provinclal Company. “COMPANIES act, 1897. Capital, $500,000. Registered the 13th day of Iebruary, 1900, J AEREBY CERTIFY that I have this The head office of the Company is situ- ate at Butte, Silver How County, State of Montana. The amount of. the capital of the Com- pany is tive hundred thousand dollars, di- vided into tive handred thousand shares of one doljar each. tel Maly, whose address is sald City of Ho: land, ix the attorney for the Company. is twenty years. The objects for which the Company has been established and so licensed are: ¥ To carry on and conduct a general min- ing, smelting, milling and reduction busi- neas, and particularly to carry on and con- dyct such business in Trail Creek Division of West Kootenay Mining Distr:et, in Brit ish Columbia, and vicinity, and also more particuiurly to mine and develop that cer tain mineral claim in said Trail Creek Di- yision of West Kootenay Mining District, British Columbia, known and called the Idaho Mineral Cinim, and to reduce the ores smelting, nuilling and other processes; al- so to hold, own, purchase, lease, bond, or otherwise acquire mining property, | or other property necessary to carry on the business of the said Company; also to pur- chase, sell, or in anywise to acquire or dis- vose of ures, for the purpose of carrying on and conducting a general custom business in the recdtuction of ores of all kind: Given under my hand and seal of office at Victoria, Province of British Columbia. this 13th day of February, one thousand nine hundred. Le] 8. Y. Woortos, Reygistrur of Joint Stock Compamies. eA oe --8e~- -~S Chinese laws only to have them* on-: China, which are matters of impe- i- rf] ‘ tained, by [private effort and how far | th Eiderdown Coats at half price. a~ Ag Or ~~" O~--“BOr—--~- SO ne : The time of the existence of the Company aa ‘eow~~-0 a ~V~ ~Ber-~-S Plaids ® Fancy 2 dn Stripes arid ‘Plain Colors. \ oe “ : ie The nicest garment'a lady can have for lounging in... Children’s We want to clear these lines to make room for Spring Goods: J 98 98 8 SB MR St Spring Jackets Are to hand—the leading productions of a New York manufacturer. Spring Gostumes in Grey Homespun, Dark’ Checks, Light _ Blue and Grey Check with Coat Trimmed in Check Materlal of the of the Skirt, Silk Grepons, Plalted Chiffon for tlmming, all Varlety of Ladles’ Windsor. Scatis are Great: Sellers. Table Linens, Towels, Toweling and Napkins A complete stock. “In Ladies’ Vests and Fancy and Black Lisle Hose we have a beautiful variety. 98 98 38 98 38 38 Rainy Weather Skirts ! “Just the thing for wet weather and dirty walking; in Homespun —eetio> and Haviey: Mixtures.