ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD, SEPTEMBER 26, 1899. E ROSSLAND PUBLISHED EVENINGS EXCEPT SUNDAY. ‘Fhe mayor thénatinoynced: that emg oy unless Mr. MacNeill could make.a showing why: hig:casé’ should not be ; n closed shefi@@OHld ‘at once Insist on Our Réeaders Today. - . thé. case for the prosecution closing. ; cae ua Mr. MacNeill made a_ strong’ plea LATE. HAPPENINGS IN ROSSLAND|t° have the evidence of the chief of 3 police aid Mr. + Mitchell taken ‘st once and.’ that he should call the witnesses already summoned afterwards. The mayor announced that it was | the opinion of the commission that the case must close and that - then A. Klockmann and Dan Leahy could be recalled, -> . Again Mr. MacNeill made an ap- peal to put the chiet of police and Mr. Mitchell on the stand before closing his case. Mr. Macdonald objected to putting in the defense before the case for the prosecution was closed. He thought that the detense’should not be placed in-the: position of being between two stones and of., having the defense disclosed before the prosecution had finished its dénce in chief. If they _ had nesses jn rebuttal they could pro- }duce them, or if an affidavit was shown to the commisdidgets, ghow- ing new facts, the case could be re- opened. “ Mr. MacNeill made a further ap- peal to have the matter put over and Commissionea McNeil said that the. course that was suggested im- plied a continuance’ of the case ‘for :jan indefinite period, 9 °° Mr. Paul Watrous,of Burlington,| Then, after.more discussion the Kan., a-nephew: of Mr. Eber C. [investigation was adjourned to Smith, arrived here from Spokane | Thursday next at.7:30 p. m.,- when this afternoon. He is about to join| the session will be held in the new the staff'of the Grand Forks -Daily| city hall. . : Gazetté. GETTING. VERY TIRED Continued from First page. LOGALOY. {RTPRESTNG items ofa Newsy Nature Gleaned For {SSOSSH SSS ORT TSS SESS OES ONTRES: PRICE § CENTS. Nows Notes of People Coming and Going and ‘What' They Have to Say of Their Travels —Other Items of Interest. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1899. aE i y thank you personally’ and on behal G : = =a LAST NIGHT'S BIG BLAZE nt 2.0 ee vr os “(LOCALLY INTERESTIN Watch...Repairing, Efficiency of service rendered at the fire last +GO TO... the Firemen Saved thejnight. I feel that if it had not been J. W. SPRING, H for the well directed efforts of the City. - Everytbing Guaranteed. 18991900. | SS i ar ’ e The DRESS GOODS for the Fall and Winter, are the most Beautiful. creations ‘of ‘the designers’ originality. = One may see larger The harmonious blend- stocks, .but seldom ing of-colors, pleasing find the finely selected to look at. . The ; var- DRESS FABRICSwe ied patterns, artistic are able ‘to® display in their simplicity of hi ahs Th detail, the richness of this. SeRS0D. Ese the. fabric, combined, goods should be seen before a decision has make: the array of Dress Goods collected been made for the new Fall dress. The prices here jhe most complete run from 75.cents per tange of Fashionable materials for Women’s wearing apparel, ever yard up to $4.00 per seen in this city...... a vyard......- Black Crepons-In Silks and Wools. Catnels Hait~In Figures atid Dots. Plaids-In Boucle and Plain Weaves.. Satin Cloths--In ‘Stripes atid Dots. Cheviots, Serges, A Melto Coverts,, Broadcloths, etc., etc. ae SS : —— press Goons DEPARTMENT. ‘ Man: k a 1+ 0+43-That large consignment of..,...- i “ b ‘ . “TIGER” BRAND CLOTHING, G.0.D. GROGERY & MEAT MARKET ‘ a ; if 3 . ., vertis < . New custom . Ready to Wear, ae Made to Fit any Now Puper. New joey for our celebrated é Golden Dip Ceylon Teas. Horn: Our 50-Cent Mocha and Java Coffee is excellent value Fresh Fist, Chickens, all kinds of Fresh and Cured Meats. James G. Strong of Toronto is in the city. Mr. A. W. English, 1s in the city. Items of a Newsy Nature Gleaned For Our Readers Today. 7 rt onflagra- of 'Terantos brigade, a very serious Cc ig tion would have resulted. Yours sincerely, : . A. S. GoopEvE, Mayor. Columbia Auenue Merchants Were Preparing Rossanp, B. C., Sept. 26. to Pack Up and Move Out—How the Fire-) 1, Guthrie Esq., Chief Fire De- men Fought the Flames. partment, City: 4 5 Dear Sir:—Appreciating the ex- A fire, which made such headway cellent work Gone: by yourself and as to make many people think the) 14. officers of the department under city of Rossland was doomed, broke you at tonight’s fire, I beg to hand out last night, but was eee you herewith a cheque for $25 ie controlled by the ee d be used in whatever way youre strong wind was blowing toward) 14 the department may decide. the business section and steadily.in- Yours truly, creased, almost, with the blaze. The W. OLtver, Hoffman House. fire broke out in a shack owned. by Manager Bank of B.N.A.| Hugh Henderson, of the Le Roi a man named Cummings, and soon| y,, wy, H. Patterson handed the| brewery, left for Grand Forks this a group of seven adjoining buildings) oyief $5 to go to the expense fund) morning on a short business trip. Oe aoks es ix,|of the volunteer firemen to New) Custom Officer R. B. McDonald The shacks were located near the | Westminster in recognition of the] 44 McNish went to the Boun- ee oh md nae eee services, rendered at the Bre, dary country today on mining. busi- 3 a ; cue ae ulcki and - the prop- ness. , entre Sta y al : ce ; ; erty known as the Nickle Plate flat. Among those who wee an Mr. Mike Shick, who has been The building in which the flames larly interes ae we ed sie spending a few days in the city, i | work of the fire brigade wa : t out again this morning on a i t. Telephone No. 99. first broke out was almost consumed 5 wen! ; n Washington Street P before an alarm was sounded,and in | James S.-Reed, Fae rerainet prospecting trip us r ial” z e Conn tact the firemen were ready before poaas ae se eterds | bles wr Os Abbeiti a waleenowe the location of the fire was actually | Fire ons oy attorney of Tacoma, and formerly clerk of the district court in that CUNLIFFE & ABLE s known. The fire had in the mean- who has been ithe city eng ENGINEERS: AND MACHINISTS. lt conmonieaed so sdcning|ove the ir i comment, “| ct, ea vir tere Miss Lena Eddy. of Spokane, a . i i i . fter the fire was extin- i ¢ Repairs and Construction Work Undertaken buildings, which were very thick, here. After 1 classes oO epairs at le 1d a who has been visiting with Mrs. A. sui by a ork | 4 i ix shacks | guished Mr. Reed was seen ore Cara, Wheels and Axles, Buckets, Fans, Shafting, Hangers and Pullers. Pipe work | 2nd two dvelllpgs eae Ree en en oy 8 a specialty. Norther Pumps kept in stock. Agents for Wm. Hamilton were destroyed before wn tas Boe ving wih Me A = her home today by way of Nelson. LATE HAPPENINGS IN ROSSLAND A FEARFUL WIND WAS BLOWING Mr. H. McKinney,of Loggerville, N. B., is at,the Kootenay. Mr. L. G ‘Bailey of Kaslo is a guest of the Grand Union. News Notes of People Coming and Going and ‘What They Have to Say of Their Travels —-Other Items of Interest. Next door to the Post Office. The Leading Jeweler fee c2e Once T ried Fylways Used. Goodeve’s Headache Wafers, Relieves Headache in all its forms, Mr. Charles S. Early is at’ the H. S. Wallace returned from the Kootenay from Greenwood. Boundary country last night. L. McDougald and J. Pigott, of Kaslo, are registered at the Grand Union. . W. A. Smith, of , Greenwood, is in the city and is staying at the Mr. J. A. Sayward, proprietor of the Rock Bay saw mill in. Victoria, is staying at the Allan. . evi- Cee Goodeve’s Throat Lozenges wit- For Singers, Speakers, ete, Goodeve’s Tonic Bitiers, CURES Indigestion, Dvspepsin, ete. Goodeve's Gastor Ol! Emulsion, ‘Tasteless and Eilec! ual. ‘ GOODEVE BROS., Druggisis and Stationers. Louis Blue is receiving many con- gratulations on the rumor of his approaching marriage. = ‘ Mrv'and'Mrs. Fred Lesueur are receiving congratulations on the birth of a twelve pound boy. Mr. J.. Poupore, the railroad con- tractor, is ip the city from Nelson. At present he.is engaged in -build- ing the road through the Lardeau country. Bob et . Last Nights Fire Notes. Makes you, look as well as the best Tailor can. It is opened up and placed-.on sale in . the. Clothing depart- ment, of The. Big Store. For sale at THIS store ONLY Special attention paid Finish: of these.goods, a. no- $10.00 ‘ ticeable feature of. im- up to ‘portance in Ready- fr can $25.00. il to-wear Clothing. Third Avenue, Rossland. E Ask to see the “Tigest” BYafid’ of Clothirig. ; * . oo oMeeeneeCReOREEEeEdesceseNsess : | The Clarendon Cafe T H E B I G STO R E. Open Day and Night. HUNTER BRHOS.~ _ FAREWELL TO CAPT. QUANT A Social Will be Given in Honor of'th P.oneer Work Here Loe A farewell social will be given to- morrow night to Captain Quant, fone of the pioneer Salvation Army officers who opéned the work in Rossland over three years ago. It will be held ‘at the old Salvation} ’ ‘Army hall. Captain Quant has given seven year’s. service as an officer, one year in Denmark and six years in Lthe. United-States:and Canada. She Co.'s Mulls, Concentrators, Ete. be extinguished. oe | derartment Wumeerk. They did The location of-the fire was ‘such excellent work, but’ I expected it as to render the work of the men|from what l had seen at their prac- extremely difficult, as it was almost | tices. , inaccessible trom the lower part of|° When the: bell first sounded a the city; but once thé” boys got‘on| Recorp man was standing in front the spot they worked like Trojans. | of the Central hotel. He rushed up The road to the fire from First] Spokane street at once and saw that avenue and Spokane street waS UP|the teams, on the dead jump, had a long flight of over a hundred steps | reached the corner of Columbia ave- P.O, Box 198. instructions to treat any one house differently:from another.- - "Mr. MacNeill’ then said he did not know What order to parsue. A subpoena had been-sent to Ald. Ed- gren, but on his. name being called he failed.to respond, but was sent for. ... John Ashley, of the Dominion hotel, came in from the Burnt Basin district. this mornigg. -He-had-been.—..-~- looking after some development * work on his mining properties. First-Class in Every Respect. . Mrs. Andrew Revsbeck, wife of the proprietor of the Queen hotel, left'this morning for Spokane. She —_——. Rooms for Banquets and Diuner Parties. The the commissioners, put. Wil- liam Mitchell on the stand, but Mr. Macdonald objected, as the prose- cution was not yet’ closed. On being asked by the commissioners whether he was willing to go'on be- fore the examination was closed, he Sooesoageeeesqoesseeseeesesogeaiaseeed is: now going on a four month’s fur- lough to Sweden to visit her father, who is dangerously ill. This-is the first furlough Captain Quant has had in her whole term of service. OPERA HOUSE. TUESDAY, SEPT. 26. The captain will be glad to see new and old friends. and shake hands FITZ WEBSTER'S : MINERAL ACT, 1896. [worm F.) me Certificate of Improvements, NOTICE. Eyening Star Fraction Mineral Claim. situate in the Trail Creek mining division | Li of Kootenay. district. hi ane Located—On Morite Cristo moun- Mining C ea ompan: Limit 8 rar NoTien, - ° In the Matter of the: Companies Act Notice is hereby given that the Virginia ited (Non-Personal and up these steps the heavy hose had to be carried. It was extremely. BEST Wearing, BEST Fitting, and BEST Looking fortunate that the citizens were alive to the danger. and were out with hose saturating the roofs of their buildings, as burning shingles were carried by the high ‘wind way over nue and Spokane street as quickly as he did. When the gong sounded in the city offices and the number had been counted for the first time, there wag no wait for the second. The council and officials made a rush for has been ailing for a short time and is going to consult a specialist there. “Mr. C. F. Converse, manager of “tA Breezy Time” company,. has in- vited the whole of the fire depart- ment to attend the play tonight in into Chinatown. A number of roofs all over the town took fire, but the vigilance of the owners oF tenants sufficed to divert the danger of a sizer. i tion, . In about fr ‘ ; Ee ee dane _ The fire alarm ought to be quick- 2 had passed ; s u aa . ape sat ee evemained ened. The teams, ' after being | puilding formerly occupied by Demp- and soon i i s| z ffice. The pres- 7 di ssi of | hitched up and are prancing to get|ster’s brokerage of . ‘ | euhes. ae away, have to wait for the gong to|ent Sparta quarters will be occupied athe loss on the buildings is about tell the firemen where to go. by the C.P.R. ticket office. $2,000, but the loss of furniture and| While the fire looked. excessively! Mrs, Dr. D. Campbell and her other effects will reach two or three| dangerous there were numbers of daughters, Gladys and Dimple, left times as much. Mrs. Porter, a lady | men engaged in taking goods to a this morning via the C.P.R. for who came here about ten days 480, |more secure place and Columbia | their former home in Toronto where seized her purse containg $160, but] avenue business men, were making they will reside in future. Mrs. in trying to save some clothing | preparations to get their material | (ampbell’s mother and son are now dyopped the purse and rushed out} out. : living there. Dr. Campbell accom- | withthe clothing. A few days ago| ‘The first stream turned on the | panied the family as far as Nelson ‘\she: had withdrawn from. the cus-|re was by Frank French and | and will return tomorrow. _|tody of the Sisters of St. Joseph a] Frank Raymer, and they stayed by “| valuable set of silverware. which had| ineir work in. good shape. The been won by her brother, Hugh | second stream followed the first so te Sherwood, in a raffle for the benefit quickly that there was hardly.a note WHERE TO PURCHASE of the hospital. This was also lost. | or difference. This stream was When it was seen that the fire handled by fireman William Boyd ; UGS was well under control Mr.: W. S.| alone for a time until Jack McCrae ee D sind Rugh, whose house was immediate- came up and assisted him. The STOCK of Drugs and Med: ly west of the burning shack,handed| cnief said to Boyd, “Now I want Breolt ang i many ‘ the chief of police a check for $25 you to Stay right there or the city jondave, Ou dane oa! hy "Eerames | to be applied to the fremen's funds |may be lost.” He was in ons of ‘soaps. etc.jut moderate prices. in grateful recognition of the fact|ine most dangerous places. Boy: the Drugegist. that his house was saved. Thelancwered, ‘I'll stay here if | burn chief is-also in‘receipt of the follow- up with the building.” And he ing letters: y never left his post. Te cuiet Gutlriey ae t en- On the bridge the hose was | nowledged receipt of the same. The Dear Chief—Kindly accep’ we handled by firemen. Joe Martin, | Rossland boys say the game can't closed cheque for $25 to be appl Fred Wilson, and acting fireman) come off to soon to suit the local i ing the firemen’s library a eyenaslin. Also permit me to, (Continued on Fourth Page.) XV. said he was, and was sworn. Mr. Macdonatd-said: he must in- sist.on the case of the prosecution being closed at once hefore the de- fense was opened. Mr: MacNeill said this was not a trial but an investigation, and the ordinary rules’ of court did not ap- ply. 2 | Alderman Edgren came into court at this time, and was called and said he had seen the chief of police a little full on two it He ‘was quite’ a little full. On. the first occasion it, was.on Spokane street, and the second on Washington street; but on both occasions it was in-the evening: -A complaint had been: made:.to him. by,a. gambler * bbout sonle game while he was an 1 Further ques ing: was objected to, and finally ‘he was asked to state-what action he took. He: said. he told him to make the complaint to the police commissioners, and had taken no nes CONTRACTORS & BUILDERS. Then he was asked what the com- Estimates furnished on all hinds of work. plaint was, and the is: y Job! euaes. obbing promptly attended to said that the time had come to shut _ Office and sho rs Commercial court, off ‘all these futile questions and ans- . wers. ‘Then came a long, wordy HOSSLAND, B. U. legal. war over the admission of the question, duririg “which the, audience became | unruly and had to be warned to’ keep quiet but- the. commissioners stood by their stand. remembrance of the ‘breezy time’? they had last_night. the street. . Before they could get through the rock cut they saw the fire teams turning up Spokane Prootwear In Men's Women's and , Children’s... Cc. O. Latonde. . in, o bine ‘Take notice that I, J. A. Kirk, acting a ” ie OF S . agent for Wilson Pyper, Free Mine: aed with them before leaving. fl BREEZY TIME. Heats No, 32a tutend:aix-y days from g . . the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Re- oO — The Brightest Musical Comedy corder for’a Certiticute of improvements, 7 mrpose of ul 3 on the Road. of the ‘above claiin, salning @ Crown Grent And further take notice that action, un- der section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certiticate of improve- ments. Dated this 5th day of August, 1899. J. A. Kirk. No. of Amount of As- Shares. sessment. due and unpaid. $80 00 : The Sparta candy and [ruit store