FORESTS ABLAZE Fire Spreads. Rapidly. From Sheep Greek \to “Barney’s* Ranch. PCNIC PARTY IN DANGER Mr. King and His Family Hed a Narrow Escape From. Injury—All Wires Are Down and the Road Blocked by Burn- ing Loge. The forest. fire which had been simmering on , Sheep, creek near Sheep Creek station for several days spread with great rapidity on Saturday and Sunday and swept all before it from the station to Bar- ney's ranch, . The; wagon road ‘is blocked with fallen trees, wires are down and travel suspended. The fire started in a heavily tim- bered swamp and, fanned by a Ligh wind, swept along the valley with great rapidity until it-had destroyed everything. in its path to Barney's ranch,, on both sides of the road, which was strewn with fallen and burning logs, | It.did. not reach far up WHOLESALE MARKETS still in the big timber, which Jis falling as it burns and tearing down the wires where they are. not already down. The fire has burned over about four square miles of Rossland, * ‘Nelson, Sandon, Grane Eorks,* “and ; Vancouver. — -———_—"7 *RETAIL ‘MARKETS : Nelson, Ymir, Kaslo, Sandon, in, Cascade City, Grand Forks, ~ Midway, Camp McKinney, Revelstoke Ferguson, and Vancouver. —— wit Nt William Donald, Mgr., Resslan® Branch. New ATOMIZERS_=> No TolletTable is complete ‘without fan Atomizer. We Keep all varieties, good,bad and indifferent. } The best cost more monev than the Indifferent; but are worth more. aes you seen our new supply of Hot Water Bottles, Tooth and Hair Brushes, Toilet Soaps, Feriutmes and Colognes. OLUMBIA AVE. i 7 a The Rossland Drug. Gompany '*%5.22hea'tss W. C. McLE AN, R. E. STRONG, JNO. JACKSON, JR. [rrorrs. Manor. 4 d, as far as" Barney O'Brien's raach. Mr. O'Brien had about ten acres of timber burned, but checked the flames by setting a back fire. The fire destroyed 29 poles with all wires, &c., on the C. P. R. tele- graph line and 37 on the Vernon & Nelson telephone line... The V. & N. company got two wires’ up’ yes- terday, but they were down again this morning, but linemen ‘are now ‘for: ‘liste: Conger’ has. been received by ing tf fee: . dices. july 30-1 hee “had go ashore this afternoon, Facilities loadi are’ mot 1° therefore. we-are discharging slowly. 1 am informed that, ;Byron. has. or- dered a tug for towing “two 7o-ton lighters. If the tug is obtained, discharging will improve. The In- dia will finish discharging today and proceed.to Nagasaki, ... It will take two days to unload the horses and Reilly’s,battery and will be a iweek ‘before the Grant is discharged of her cargo. “It is reported in Taku to be the intentiun to make a. forward .move- ment tomorrow towards Pekin; de- tails are not known here.” GLezations Are Safe and Well: New York, July 31.—A dispatch from Tien Tsin July. 27, via Shang- hai July-31, says: Word from Min- Major Waller | (commanding the American marines) dated. Pekin July 21, saying? “Since July 16, by. agreement, there has been no-firing. We-have provisions. for . several weeks, : but little ammunition. “I hope relief. can come. soon. If they continue to shell-us gas they have done, we cannot hold out. long and a com- plete massacre will follow. We were glad to hear of the victory at Tiea Tsin, but regret the terrible All safe and well.""¢ Legations Si Besieged. Washington, July 31.—The fol- lowing. dispatch. from Admiral’ Remey was received by the navy department this. morning: “Chetoo, July 31, Taku, July 28. —The Japanese attache at Pekin, in a letter of July 22, reports the lega- tions besieged since June 13 and cost. out repairing and ication is kept up by the companies helping one another. —_——_—_————_——_ Evening Star Winze in Ore Again The winze in the Evening Star mine has been running - through a dike which cut the-ledge, during the last ten days, but broke through it today and,is again'in ore. The winze is now down 100 feet. - ——_—_—$—< continually attacked June 20 until July 17.: The attack then ceased and the Chinese soldiers were ap- parently di ing. Sixty Euro- peans were killed.” A telegram from the governor of Shan Tung, addressed to the consu- lar body at Chefoo, says: ‘An imperial edict states that the various’ ministers except the German are well and provisions Try the cinners. an interview with the admiral and]. the capital}. scoff,at «the idea, of ;a punitive. force and! brag-of their ability ultimately: to. recover all the leased. territory atid compel a:re- vision of the treaties to their.advan- tage... Japanese sources report that | the Russians captured:the? fort - “at New Chwang, on July :26. According to .a.Chefod dispatch, Anmiral. Alexieff . has raturosd to Port Arthur. 00 ocr : Obinese ‘Attack New Ghwanks © Shanghai, July “30:—The* Japan- ese have news that 10,000. Chinese are attacking’ New Chwang, ' with 4000 Russians opposing. them. The Japanese: ‘minister ‘has | for warded u letter to Tien. Tsin, stat: ing that thetcasuatties atthe Japas- ese legation in) Pekin ‘wére ‘Captain Ando, attache, Jima, and five ma- vines killed and-Secretary‘ Narahara wounded..3: 25 9 ing ca ol Hanging Pirates at Cantons ' Hongkong, July, 30:—The : acting viceroy of Canton, it is reported, :,is becoming more.active and adopting, a more vigorous; policy. It is an- nounced that he has ordered the ex- ecution of 40 pirates. _ “Tomorrow he will’ visit the foreign, warships and consuls. He. says. Li, Hung Chang is not returning to, Canton, where quiet prevails. The British nava} and military, of- ficials have taken careful observa- tions of the Canton.and, the Bogue defenses. .The Bogue forts are crowded with troops and. the : para- pets are lined upon the approach of steamers. ; EASTERN STAR Rujoyabie Entertainment by’ the La- dies —Music and Danciug The. ladies of Alpha Chapter, Eastern. Star, entertained their friends last jing with a pleasi ‘| the result of a plot. when she was informed of the as- saSsination ot King Humbert. The king and quéen started. for Monza immediately after reaching Brindisi. ‘Whe Result of a Plot. Rome, July. 30.—The Tribuna says the assassination of King Humbert is believed to have been A non-militant anarchist recently declared, so the Tribuna.asserts. , that, the meeting had been held. in . ‘Paris, at which lots were drawn and several persons selected to kill the king. ote The papers announce that King Victor Emanuel 111 will’ reach, Brin: disi today, anid will go “directly “to Monza. Besides, Bressi, ‘ave persons have been taken into custody at Monza. A.Blot to Kill OfF aeinge. Geneva, July 31,~-As° soon. as the news of, the: assassin: ination of King Humbert became known, ihe department:set to work ‘to try and discover if ‘theré were’ .any con- nection’ -between the ' murderé of President Carnot of France, Empress“ Elizabeth’ of, Aus- tria‘and King Humbert, in view. of the decl: of Luigi. L heni the assassin of the Austrian em- The police quickly discovered that a certain Angelo Bressi lived here two” as an anarchist.’ * The'desctiption of |. this man is almost the same as that , sent bythe Italian detectives. cheni, when questioned in prison re- rarding” the matter, declined to; answer. sa rscinotemnetraoeer Movements of Bresal > New York, July | Bressi, “who assassinated 31.—Gaetano King Tuscany,, italy, and came to. the United States five years ago. was not a naturalized American cit- birth... Bressi left. Paterson, N.-J., on May 22, sailing for Havre by the French line steamer La Gas- cogne. He told his wife that he was going to visit his birthplace in Italy to look after a little: property that belonged to him. It was only when she read that the assassin. in Milan had confessed his name and gloried in his crime that his wife believed. Her face assumed a deathlike pallor and she sank into a chair, trembling. Then ‘she ex- program, in Masonic hall.’ The entertainment opened with musical and vocal numbers by. Messrs. Bur- rows, Perrine, Benedict,, and: man- dolin and.guitar solos.by Chas. Burr, Fred Perrine, Cecil. and.May Car-. son and Marjory Perrine... The feature of the program was a farce comedy entitled ‘‘Female Mason.” It was laughable and splendidly pre- sented by Mesdames Lurty, Dunlop, Martin, Perrine, Kenty, Shade, Sharen, Smith, Richardson, ..Miss Bristow and Miss Smith. The pro- ceeds of the evening are for the purchase of regulia. -The enter- have been supplied.” tainment concluded with a dance. His Wife Iucredutous. | ~ “My! God, an it be true? I can- not believe it. It is hardly two months since he left me, and it was only three days ago that I got a let- ter from him telling me how happy he was and how soon he expected to be home.” Owing to her agitation, these facts were got by degrees: ‘I an American woman. I met Bressi about three years ago in a weaving mill here in West Hoboken. I knew he was opposed to kings, queens and capitalists, but my husband press, that his crime was. only the _ first episode i in the general execu- ~ tion of several European sovereigns. , youth age aiid was closely watched ~ ‘Luce | He: (Continued on Fourth ‘page,) American Wile Connot Oredit His Guilt aad. - ‘ _Telld His Movements. Humbert of Italy, was a native of - izen, though his wife is of Amercan +