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VOL 4, NO. 45.

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ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNEESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1809.

PRICE FIVE CENTS.

mbrellas--—

We have- J just:

lot of .U

with Storling Silver Handles, for Ladies. and

Gentlemen.

Call aud see them.

J. W. SPRING,

NEXT DOOR TO THE POST: OEFICE,

THE LEADING JEWELER,

BARGAINS

BARGAINS!

BARGAINS!

I mean Genuine Bargains. and the
Largent aud Most Complete Stock of .

Teady-Made Clothing, Men’s :Furnishings,
-Boots and § Shoee, Hate and Caps, z

Youths and- Children’s Wear,

To Select, froin in the City

ROOM MUST BE MADE OR XW GOODS - ARRIVING. —

CIAL ‘MENTION:

= Men’s Nobby Suite, in English, Scotch ‘and Caiadian
Tweeds reduced 20 per.cent, to Clear Out.

..An Immense Line of Boys’ Suits; at Coat and Under

Must_Be-Sold,

JUST ARRIVED:

A Large Consignment of Lateat ‘American Hats, Newest Shades and Styles

‘| aelf and him,
that you-_can do better

Call and inepect nyv.etock-and you will be convinced
Bick Carefully, Selected,

and reslize more value for your inonev:than: elsewhere.
ware Dealing... No

Rock Bottom Prices,

“MJ. OMEARN, THE CLOTHIER

CORNER “COLUMBIA AVENUE. AND \LANCOLN-: ATREET:

BY THE PISTOL ROUT

‘Mrs. "Dumas Shoots Herself Through
the Heart.

SAID T0 BE TEMPORARILY INSANE.
She Haa Led a Varied Life—Leaves
Two Little Children—Inquest

THE EDITORS ARE COMING,

Ono Hundred of the Craft to Visit Rossland
Noxt Friday.

About one hundred editors, their wives
and sweethearts, of the. Canadian Prose
Association, are scheduled to arrive in
Rossland on the 7:45 p.m. train Friday
over the C. P, R. They will-be met at
the depot by the city council and band
and escorted to thir reepective hotels.
Satarday morning carriages will he in
waiting to take the excursioniste to the
inines, and every courtesy and attention
will be shown them possible. ‘The fol-
lowing is a complete list of the party:

W.8 Dingman, Serald, Stratford; E
B H Penge, Whig, Kingston; O W Young,

this

At a few minutes before 11 ovelock
this morning Mrs. Ivy Dumas

hold Cornwall; George. P Gra-

ham, Mrs Graham, Recorder, Brockville;

Ww Ireland, North Star, Parry Sound; Dr.

Sylvester, Mrs Sylvester, Lancet, Toron-

to; B Way, Mre Way, hon. member,
Mra

auicide by. shooting herself through the
heart'at the head of the stairs in the
Collinge house. She was’ the wife of W.
E. Dumas, whois engaged in the buel-
ness of repairing-slot machines in town.
| Mr. Dumas says hia wife was evidently
temporarily insane. Her mother, Mrs.
Cramer, is now in the asylum at Med-
ical Lake, 14 miles-from Spokane. “Mr.
Dames saya they had often talked of her
going to Medical Lake for treatment, but
ahe atrongly objected, sometimes saying
she would kill- anyone who sent’ her
there... She has upon two occasions re-
cently tried to commit suicide, once by
poison aid once with a razor. Only a
short time ago Dumas took a razor from
under.her pillow while she was asleep,
and laat night she tried to poison her-|
That is his opinion.
Upon his return home last evening ehe
prepared.a warm toddy for them, which
he‘ refusedand threw out. She after-
wards made ‘two lemonaies for them,
which he also threw out. She then in-
sisted upon them going to sleep, ‘so. she.
coald® talkxto him.” *:She has many

times eaid they would. both go: together,

Banner, Orangeville: H_8 Scott, Globe,
Toronto; Geo Wrigley, Mra Wrigley,
Citizen and Country; W.-H Keller, Jour-
nal, Uxbridge; Lud--K Cameron, Mra
Cameron, Queen’s Printers, Toronto; A
F Pirie, lirs Pirie, Banner, Dundas; H
¥F Gardiner, Mrs Gardner, Times, Hamil-
ton; JW Eddy,. Journal, St Mary’s;
Wm Watt, jr , Miss Watt, hon. member,
Brantford; A T Wilgress, Times Brock-
ville; Chas Clark, Review, Kincardine;
Mra Weld, Farmer’a Advocate, London;
HB Elliott, Times, Winghamr A Mc-
Nee, Mrs McNee, ‘Record, Windsor;
Thos Hilliard, Mra Hilliard, hon. mem-
ber, Waterloo; Jon= A Cooper, Can-
adian Magazine, Toronto: D. Williams,
Mra Willizms, Bulletin, Collingwood; W
M_O’Beirne, Beacon, Stratford; Chas N
Robertson; Mrs Robertson, Journal,
Ottawa;- Misa . Withrow, -Methodist
Magazine, Toronto;..H-—Hough, hon.

ies

Toronto, Aug. 23.—Tho following is
record of today’s call on’ the: Toronto
stock exchange, and of ‘the sales made:

Waterloo. ... .
CARIBOO DISTHICT.
Cariboo Hydraulic... $1 50
FAIRVIEW CAMP.
Fairview
Smuggler.
ROUNDARY CREEK.
Od id Troneidess 72 .
Hil
Rathanailen =
Brandon & G. Crown
Morrison ..
Winnipeg.

BLOOAN, AINSWORTH AND NELSON.
Athabasca. if

TRAIL OBEEK,
Big Three..
Deer Park.-

member, Toronto;A GF
Nowe; A dri ; AW Law, 3
Times, Toronto; IM Walker, Courier,
Perth: %G °E--Gibbard, “ Mra. Gib:
, baxd, Pharmacentical. Journal, Toronto;
ronto; WW Cliff, Mrs Cliff, Central

All we
ask 18:

Try!

“We will have your ade alter th that. The
average man buys shoes from their.appear-
ance and fit... They know little about leath-

er and trnst to their dealers. Hence the advantage of dealing with « repu
table house. Our.ehoes strike people by stylish shape and by their quality.” :

CO. LALONDE aS

106 WEST COLUMBIA AVENUE.

7 at East COLUMBIA AVENUE.

and this was looking.
for him for the purpose of shooting hiw,
Just before the tragedy,. Dumas saw her.

ce} di Carleton Place; George Semler Nk
Telegraph, Welland; A J Mathson, hon.
member, Perth; OC .W. Rutledge, Mra

on the west side. of W street.
He was -in- front of: the Collins house,
and seeing her start acrogy the street,
:|went upstairs.and into'a‘room where
there were four women.

He says they asked him what he
wanted, and he replied that his wife waa
after him. He was only in a few mo-

Use Dr. Eseljay’s Tiny and Liver Pills

A. Positive Cure. for all. Kidney Diseates. A

Purely Vegetable Medicine for all Diseases of the

4 Kidneys. and Urinary Organs. =

ments when they heard a shot fired. He
rushed out and: found: his wife lying at
the head of the stairs. Supposing that
she had fainted, as she sometimes did,
he called for water and ran for the doc-

tor. -When he returned she was dead.

| She was taken to Beatty’s undertaking

ptrlore. The coroner was notified and
an inquest. set “for. o’clock this afte:-
-{noon.. =

On account of the way the builet en-
tered Mrs. Dumas’ breast it is thought
likely that she had the pistol cocked
and being lame, stumbled and fell upom
it; awit would be most difficult for her
to fire the shot to take effect as it did.

The Clarendon Cafe.
FIRST CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT,
Open Day and Night.

Rooms for Banquets and Dinner Patties

Mrs.-.Dumas was a cripple, having
lost-her right leg when she was six years
old. She was swinging her. brother.
when the board came back and struck
her. Inflammation set in, which re-
sulted in’ the omputation of her
limb. -She used a crutch and wae
occasionally seen upon the street. She
yas rather a pretty woman, 23 yeare old,
with black curly hair. Her father lives
at Cheeney, Wash. sand was the firat
pogtinaster there.
cruel tothe girl, whi

ran away and get. married. The man

Rossland Labor. Union

Undertaker.

Oldest] atablished;Houre in Kootensy

WILLIAM: Re BEATTY

ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMB’A

Cooke’ and: Wasters’ union, Ni
Bea, Saturday. evening
Unio: Sau

#0. Box 41.

at ‘B: 120, Mine!
es, MU!
man ROHN, Bres.

0. 40W.L. U.,
Ht, Sec,

To the General Public

4. G. CREELMAN
P. O. BOX 315,

Creelman & Beam,

CONTRACTORS
BUILDERS.

GEO. BEAM thelr patronses on th
ample,

+ ‘Those who appreciate the mag beso
al

he clerks will kind]:

ore
ees th ofeach month and ds
receeding a1 legal holidays

fae ko eek after? o'clock,
ie deri names, which would indicate

Clerk's and Salesmen’s Union,

furnished on all kinds of work.
ving promptly attended to.

gren'enne war Rossland BC.

Conger court,
> TORT
Alhambra Hotel,

“Martin A. Schwieg, the high-clags
tailor, will give you a perfect fit. Call
and sce him, Spokane street, two aeons

off Columbia avenue.

she married was 46 youre old. His name
was Deller.” They did not get along
together, and- after the birth of two
hi d and were di
The children, a boy and a girl, 7 and 6
years old, are now living with relatives
at Springdale, Wash. She left yester-
day to visit them, but got no farther
than Northpert, returning on the after-
noon train. Twice befure she has. gone
that far, and each time returned.
She left a letter to her husband, bid-
ding him goodbye and calling him en-

hat she had made up her mind ¢o take
tis trip to the great unknown without
hin, but Dumas thinks if she had canght
him she would have tried tu have it
linterent.

|. G. Blackutock, of the War Engle
mine, left last evening for the east.

; James
K Little, Advertiser, Owen Sound; D F
Burk, Herald, Port Arthur; JS O'Bryan,
Chronicle, Halifax; W 8S Given, Report-
er, Millbrook;.R Matheson, hon. mem-
ber, Belleville:-W H Miln, Cycling, To-
ronto; D oo Price, Express, Aylmer; 8
Mra d Canadi
Baptist, Toronto; -Wm Buckingham,
Miss Buckingham, hon.. member, Strat-
ford; Miss Lizzie Haycraft, Statesman,
Bowmanville; T H Preston, Mrs Pres-
ton, Expositor, Brantford; W H Steele,
Watchman, Arnprior; D M Grant, En-
terprise, ‘Huntsville; W J Taylor, News,
Tweeds: Chas E Chapman, News, Rat
Portage; Geo E Scroggie, Miss Scroggie,
News,. Toronto; Mra Spraggep ‘Mixa
Spragge, British Realm, “London, To-
ronto;C A McArthur, Mining Gazette,
Toronto; A F Wallas, Mail and Empire,
Toronto; J J Bell, Mra Bell, hon. mem-
ber, Tvronto; Misa Ida Simpson, Tele-
gram, * Toronto; © A Matthews, Mrs
Matthews, Globe, Toronto; J H L'Pat-
terson, Type and Press, Toronto; Fred
Cook, Mrs Cook, London Times, Ottawa;
Andrew Miller, Citizen, Ottawa; F DL
Smith,-World. Toronto; Miss Cameron,
Advertiser, London; James Harper,
Witness, Montreal;-R A Short, Witness,
Montreal: Migs Gunn; Robert J. Har-
per, Witness, Montreal; ‘L Schannell,
Record, Sherbrooke; JG Holland, Jeur-
nel, Stanstead; W J White, representa-
tive department of interior; A E La-
lande, representative C PR.

Police Commissioners Meet.

The board of polce commissioners, con-
sieting of Mayor Goodeve, Alderman
Clute and W. F. McNeill, met this after-
noon for the purpose of considering the
charges against the police department.
It was understood that Mr. Clute would
hand in a letter declining to serveon the
board on account of Mr. McDonald, a
member of his firm being employed to
defend Chief Ingram. At 4 o’clock
the were atill in session.

Later: It was decided to cali a meet-
ing of tne board af 11 a. m. Monday, and
the Trades and Labor Council will be
notified. to appear with witnesses and
farther evidence. Mr, Clute’ still, says
he will not sei

ing the inv

A. J. Marka, of Nelaon, isin the city.
~ eo

DEVELOPMENT ©
B. C. Gold F.
Canadian G.

Morning Sales: , Wa . Waterloo, 600, 1,500
at 934. Smuggler, 1,000 at 14. Atha-
basca, 600, 500, 500 "2,00 at 38g. Van
Anda, 600, 500, 500 at 1034. Silver Bell,
600, 500, 500, 500, 500, 500, 500, 500, 500
at. White Bear, 500, 500, 500,500, 500
at 4,

Afternoon Sales: Brandon, 1,000 at
273¢; 500 at 27. Rathmullen, 1,000, 500
73g. . Dardanelles, 3,000, 500 at 13. Van
Anda, 600, 500, 6,000 at 11. Silver Bell,
500, 500,600 at8, Northerm Belle, 3,000
at 3; 2,000 at 234. Van Anda, 600, 1,000,
600, 500 at 10. White Bear, 500, 500 at
4, Morrigon, 5,000 at 17.. Athabasca,
1,000, 1,000, 500, 500 at 38.

PERSONAL, -

J adge Walkem came in fromthe Hal-
cyon Hot Springs and is registered at
the Allen,

Barrister A, C. Sutton, of Grand
Forks, came in last evening and will re-
turn home tomorrow;

Mr. Williams, of the legal firm of Me-
Phillips & Williams, of Veneers is in
the city.

Mr. and Mra. Max Karter a are in; town
for a few days before geing. to Green-
wood, where Mr..Kurter will engage in
business. _

H. E. Croasdaile, manager of the
Hall’s mines smelter at Nelson, came in
on the 11.a.m, train and is at the Allan.
Frank Hart left today for Greenwood.
George Seals, merchant of Addy, -
Wash., is in town for the purpose of buy-
ing some resident lets on which to build
tenant houees.

John McKane. left today .via Red
Mountain road for the Lardeau country.
A. P. Brommer, an hotel man of Moyie,
who has been:looking for a business here
returned to his home for his family. It
ig underatoed that he has secured an op-
tiod upon one of the leading hotels of
the city amd expects to take charge upon
hie return.

Harry McIntosh, of the Hoffman, left
todny for the west to be away week.
Alexaniler Dick left on the 11:25. train
for Republic,