ANEXAMINER HERE Movement to Save Expense to Candi- : dates for Assayer. MERRY IS RECOMMENDED Petition for His Appointment Beat te Minister of Mines—All Examiners Are on the Coast, Which Involves Great Expense to Candi- dates for Oortificates,, i The for the. ment of an examiner of assnyers at Rossland,:to. which was made-at-the. recent -meeting- of the board, of trade, has taken such defi- nite shape that a petition has’ been sent to the minister of mines recom- mending the appointment of H. E. Di Merry, who is now. in: the em-| ,,, ploy of the B- A>-C. and was _for- merly assistant manager’ of Vivian &:Co.’s smelter at Swansea, Wales. . Mr. Mérry is recognized as. a_ first- class assayer and metallurgist. The. pétition was’signed by the mana- gers of the-B.. A. C., War Eagle | and I Mask-mines, the. reg of. the Rossland banks, Hon. -T. Mayne Daly, Ex-Governor C.. H. Mackintosh, andthe president and sécretary of thé board of trade. “The only examiners of assayers are now-at Victoria and Vancouver, although the section where assay- eys:'are_mostly. employed is the K and .Yale. districts, hun- dreds of miles distant. It . costs candidates $i00 to $156 to go to the coast towns and back for exam-. ination. They are required to pay afee of $10 each, which constitutes the examiner’s compensation. B BONES AND TAMBO. Binck Jokes for Blue Wevile—The :, Hoosland Dandy Coons. In them find fun, the. humor of the _ Be; Mirth for the jovial, wisdom for the sage; The lovers plaintive tale,-the jes- ter’s spice; company with power to construct, busld, equip and operate tramways 1n the districts tramways by cleotric, steam or other power as.may be ni Lown, villages ‘and “settlements qn. satd districts Of Kootenay and Yale, with power. to connect with other Jines that may oper- ate in or outside of ald districts; to supply. electric, steam, air,-water or other power to. viduals; to supply hght to other coré. bonus or otherwise from any municipal in said districts of Kootenay. and Yale: t obtain sxemption from taxation. and other leges from any miuinicipal istrict of Kootenay and Yate® ena att us other usual, Ene privileges a3 may thé above objects or any of them, posted at t city Of Nelson this tday of Notice) OTICE is hereby given that GO days N after date 1 intent to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for pormission to burchage threa.hindred and twenty acres of land in the Ainsworth mining district as follows: ‘ommencing at Thomas Harris! north- east post, thence east 40 chuains, thence south 169; chains, thence west 40 cliains, thence north 160 chains to the place of com- be ee a. 1 his notice was pos! the lth da; June, 1898. ate ok Young & Burnet, Rossland,-B, 0. ~~ Tuomas Hargis, of Kuslo, B.C. | NOTICE, Rext seasion for an.act authorizing the compan: to complete at any time before the end of the section ag described in the NOTICE. Notice is hereby giveu tbat iil be made to The Vexisinnve Aescauiny a! ‘GANADIAN VICTORY |. is likened to Hosstand’ west ér 2 os i a 1es y yee Bede ahd are ee ts, a iiadind L, Giant, and Big Four” went up, and will keep ‘Improving. Why? The iy 4 : Nalugs ah? ore are both thera in trae quantities 1.20 to |.00 qian tea an ! veins, and is now crosscutting a very.large ledge Jn tunnel No. 2... - Buy Big Four OFFICE, COLUMBIA AVENUE, + .Two doors above Masons Hall.-- --- P. 0. Box 645, Rossland, B.C. Pooled Shares, 8 cents fur treasury purposes only and treasury certificates 4 cents. z Heavy. Soles of the Province of British Columbia at its next session for =an act -to_incorporate a Kootenay and-Yale in the Province of ritwh Columbia; tu run and operate such ost econumical or: convenient; to erect and operate telegraph and tele: phone Jines in’ and between all the cities long, manofactories or indi- Gholcest FOR THB. oy ‘Wines, Wiquors and Gigars, CALL ON JERRY.SPELEMAN, Rossland: Hofel “.. Gor, Columbia: Avenue and “og, Spokane Stree nue and to cor- individuals in ‘imited: to receive aid either by way 0i ts and Yale, and all r . 01 apend their” poets : - In. this department are “many. THE ROSSLAND RECORD. ‘styles in Footwear, at except: The. good kinds and n ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1900. PRICE 5 CENTS "price that is sure to make th New Style; tthe itanist" shoe) Black and’ Tan, ~makes a splendid’ skating shoe,...;. S " Skating. Shoes in light and: i heavy stock, Tancemal Checsate $2.25 Other Fine Shoes in Flexible and ewelry... : ae “@. Spring or Bata and Silver Watches and Clocks, Cut S&fase Manicure Sets 4, Silver Pieces. We have been adding to our stock and you will find as file a line of goods as can be sseen in any city. : pring, the Feading we 5, $2.50, $2.75, $3 TNEGANNON ROAR| GOODEVE Buller Continually Bombards the | . ‘Which Is Again Reported Taken—Advance to Relieve Mafeking—Mothuen Building a | Railroad Around Magersfontein. ; London, Jan. 6.—Though noth- |* Is carefully selected from the BEST. quality and Ne; You CAN. get HERE goo ex ‘miné our Stock before makii elections for your friends. Bey " Te pays to deal with Goodeve Bros. be necessar: inci ental or conducive’ to the attainment ot ecember, A. D, eae = MACDONALD & JOHNSON. Solicitors for the Applicants, All thought,. expression, everything but vice, . . The burnt cork artists of Ross- land, a minstrel organization of more than ordinary merit, will en- |’ tertain the citizens at the opera house on Thursday and Friday, the 18th and-rgth inst. : The proceeds of the first perform- ance will be donated to the Mansion House fund, a fund devoted. to. the support of the widows and_ orphans while the proceeds of ‘the second night's entertainment. will be in aid of the Sisters’ hospital. Apart from the merits of the performance either. of these objects should induce particulars of the same duly veritied by the citizens to give the minstrels a most liberal patronage. -But. the } ehem + ‘and all persons indebted to the sald colored gentlemen do not. rest : their: claims to public support on: these not grounds. They have spared neither ener the said 11th day of January, 1900, labor nor money in perfecting a. lo- | assets among those parties who ue entitled cal organization that will compare | thereto, having regard only to the claims of which he shall have bad due notice. the Dominion of Canada. The pro- ‘the law offices of Daly & Hamilton, Bank moters of the local minstrels have | °f Montreal chambers, Columbian avenue. discovered within our midst what | January. ’A. D. "1900. at the hour of 4:30 we might expect to find in a metro- | °’¢lock in the afternooi politan city, a great diversity of } January, A. D. 1900. favorably with any-similar kind in taient and genius in the Ethiopian line, and so much so that the ag- NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT, * i Habilities of the said debtor, Fateably ive proportionately, and Dib ges 3 or priority, of. “the soldiers of the queen,” | executed by the sai George H. Owen; ‘ite to : Act and Amending Acts. . respectively, gregation of such-talent-and -genius will enable them to give to the pub- lic a first-class up-to-date negro minstrel and specialty ‘entertain- ment. . 5 -’ The expense incidental to getting-|.¢! up an amateur entertainment is so_| §,2 great that the program may: be ‘re- | the. City Offices: on “Columbia avenue on Peated in Nelson, Greenwood and | Monday. 8th day of January, 1900, at 12 other cities. ~ A mass-meeling with the. candi- dates face to face with the electors.| writing sball be subscribed by two voters of is the only way in which the public the imanterpallt as proposer and seconder, can fairly judge oftheir respective | Onicer at any time between the date of the merits. . ‘Another Garload from I. X. Le the Tith day of January, 1900. a if Another carload, consisting of 25 tons of high-grade ore, was shipped | 4 o'clock p. im. from the I. X. L. .two days ago. Stoping has begun from. the second Delocke p.m. Ward level. Bossland Minstrel}. * Sunday, January 7, at 3 p. m. ed as dates of performances are January 6, at 8 p. m. ity of Rossland, ersons to represent them in the Tunicipal council as Mayor and Aldermen. bia avenue,fromt 8 o'clock a. m. to 4 o’clock p.m. i ‘Of which every person is hereby required Next practice at old club room fo take noticeand govern himsdlt ‘accore- gly. , Qualification for Mayor—Shall be full attendance particularly request- | persons as are male British subjects of the mn Fall ane of twenty-one yenrs, and are not A Re : equal under any law a: fixed for January 18 and’ 19. “ End for ihesix months next preceding the “lay men will meet: at office of W. J. i neuninarion. Ube real ered owner tn tne | AN : ‘¥ , Of Jan ah Nelson, Esq., Saturday evening, | erty in the city of the assessed value, on tue | A bee pee a assessment: roll, of on jousand dollars or tore, uver an bo AR N. KENDALL, Hon. Sec. | any registered incumbrance or charge, and NOTICE. munici pality of ch require PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby giyen | leclors’ of. th inate oe the resence of the said electors at ‘clock noon, for the purpose of clectin; Nomination of candidates—The candi- No. 3—At the City Ollices, Colum who are otherwise duly qualified as munie | 3 , ‘To Cure a Cold In One Day .. money if it fails to-cure. _25c.-- E. [ hant t pools be sold previous to all events, o"Qutalideation: for “Al . oe ualification for “Aldermen — Shall be'| g Take Laxative-Bromine Quinine such persons as are male. British subjects | A % age of twenty-one years, Tablets, _ All druggists. refund. the | Rot disqualified under any. lew. and have m . E bee Sor the six months next preceding the | AL 0 % A lay of noniination, the registe: owner in| a3 'W. Grove’s signature is on each | tia tand Registry office, of land or real box. Property in the city of the assesred value, on the fust-munic‘pal assessment roll; of mM ares five hundred dollurs or more, over and | AR Call at the Hoffman House and above an registered incumbrance or | a5 see how the betting stands. Com- Higntcipal volte ottierwise qualified as " handled.- Given under my hand at Rossland, the 80th day of December, 1899. Wi1t11am McQo! w even on the next battle. AX ‘Returning Oficer. by) 9332333989239335239233252233233233033233223: Mr. GOODEVE has ably filled the Rdition of Mayée ee the. year 1899. His record éntitles him to re-election. .. "Mark your Ballots for Him. COMMITTEE ROOMS The Old Bank of Mon ‘ote fo CEECCCECERREECCECEECEE CEE CEECEECEEC CEC CERCECCECCEC CEE Holiday: CAAWA* « SATIN and FELT FOOT- WARMERS in all colors. RUBBERS, OVERSHOES and Full line of HOCKEY ES | ere C. O. LALONDE, censor, sufficient transpires to ;con- firm the belief that an important | move_on. the Tugela river, is immi: nent.* ‘the continual bombardment. ‘for mayor define the platforms on are apparently ‘connected wi a well’ defined purpose. There.:are some indications that the British pian of attack includes.an important movement vin Weenen. ~ as and the numerous. reconnaissances 23a hole it, was an ‘orderly meeting, the speakers being given a respect- Colonel Baden Powell’s defeat in sortie at Mafeking raises serious doubts of his ability to hold” out |hecame restive at the well-aimed much longer. Today, however. |iitacks made on him and at the comes a report that Colonel Plumer sorry figure he cut. reached Mochudi from Fort Tuli}: phe pall was already filled when about Jan. 1 with the Rhodesian 'R. relief force. As Cvlonel Plumer had OF Mayor Goodeve’s committee, en- at his disposal about 2,000 men, | toreg the hall, followed by the may- he should, according to this, ‘be g¥, Hector McPherson, F. W. Rolt,! able to raise the si- + of Mafeking. $e8iCluge, Arthur Dutton,Jobn Dean, | man, ‘These came entirely fro The inconclusive fighting around | Daly? Mr. Morkill took the chair, Colesburg was renewed this. morn-| and the gentlemen named surround-. ing, the British artillery opening | ed him ‘on the platform. Mr. Mec- to the westward of the town. The] pherson stepped to the center of dispatches indicate that the attack | the platform and was greeted with is developing into a general engage-| cheers trom his friends, who had ment formed a knot to the right of the Canadians Block Boer Game. hall. Advices from Belmont say that Mr. Morkill expressed disappoint- two ies of Canadi dis- | ment that Mr. McPherson was not patched to cover the return of Col-| supported by others on the 4 lat- onel Pilcher’s column, occupied a|form. The mayor would only call pass six miles out to prevent any |on one other speaker. He and Mr attempt of the Boers to cut off the | McPherson would each take all the force. * time they wanteu, the other speaker Colonel Sir. Charles Howard | would follow,Mr. McPherson would Vincent sailed for South Africa to-|be given twenty minuts to reply day. \ i and the mayor an equal time. He bespoke a fair and impartial hearing London, Jan. 6.—A special dis- | for all, « REVIEWS Boers on the Tugela. H IS WO RK PREPARING TO ATTACK The Mayor Makes a Strong Artillery Pounding the Boers Out of Oolesburg Showing of H is Adm i ne istation’s Deeds. , »wuare |TRUE TO HIS TRUST ing definite is permitted to pass oe The citizens of Rossland gathered the gold commissioner at Nelson, threw aed oS P out the city’s application. Dhey hod not in'force at‘Miners’ Union hall last py any means given up the fight, and ight to hear the rival candidates there was no water available which was ¢, not owned by the city. Then they took up 2 Murpby creek, which was five miles fur- % which they stand before the people. ther, where they could get water for $45,- kept up on the Boer entrenchments |:-71.6 hall was filled to its capacity 000 additional. ‘But the vigorous efforts of i . the city caused the’ Water & Light com- and fully 500 persons must have pany to make an offer to get the water beet assembled there. On, ;the plant for $10,000. Owing to the doubt and 48 . difficulty in’ regard to Rock creek, the council thought it worth the nmount and bought it. ‘Ibey found’ that the water ful hearing except for a few inter- was absolutely necessary to the city’s ex- + hich tly sup. istenee, and that another danger threat- imenicr fav adieiin ‘| ¥uptions, which were promptly SUP- ened the city, for it needed ample fire pro- elie fox ene: essed at the request of the chair- tection, in which. the old company.“had no m Particular interest. t Supporters of Mr. McPherson, who| rhey jefe the light plant far this reason, because it would have cost’ $15,000 addi- tional and they would only ‘have got the construction plant, because the West Kootenay Power & Light company would hi ‘ would ‘have got would not have been Dalby Morkill, Jr., the chairman \.orth the money. Mr. Fellows, who built the plant, told him that the system could be put in for $10,000, and that the city Artijley Fight at Colesburs John MeKane and Hon. T. Mayne’, téqve it. He invited the citizens to ex- ‘Phe Electric System. still own the power, and what the city was quite right in not buying the light plant-at that time. There was no’ possible way of buying it hy arbitration; they simply ‘nnd ‘to nak’ the price, and take: it amine the expenditure of every five-cent piece, for all of which there were vouch- ers, But they had got the insertion in the contract. of a clause allowing the city to buy the light plant at any time after five years at a price to be fixed by arbitra- tion, plus five per cent bonus,un the price. 'Dhis placed the city in a much bet- ter position, for it still had the money voted by the people, and thad money now to make the purchase. The bonus was only half what the law allowed other cities. The company was not to furnish any company with power in oprosition, or establish any company within five miles o! Rossland. Water Extensions Made. "The city ‘had dropped Mr. Smith’s plans in regard to a new supply hecause it was out of the question to put in the system ‘for less than $150,000, and they could not get it in this fall, and meanwhile had no fire protection. He then told of the im- provement made in the syatem, giving 9 atorage of nearly 500,000 gallons. They had the stave pipe from the upper reservoir covered to the lower reservoir, They had bought and laid ten-inch pipe down Wash- ington street to Second avenue, and thus had two complete lines to. the city. He then detailed the extensions of water According to a special dispatch give an accou.t of his two years’ from Cap , General Meth ste’ dshi: as -an_ alderman endon Cafe First-Class in Every Respect. ‘Open Day and Night. Rooms for Banquets and Dinner Parties. Boers’ p at Magersfe i there being many elements of differ- oe ent opinion and the mayor must not THE WEEK'S ORE TS | rep any one el or clique, For Six Days of New Year the total Ie ple. He then veealled the fact that 4072 Tons, a year ago he had made certain phaners aerate haa A ee pledges and the citizens had a right six days ending today, except for council had not carried them -out. the Le Roi, from, which two day’s figures are not yet available, the were: "INTERNATIONAL MUSIC HALL. A. KLOCKMAN, Managing Ditector. Ik onee again.” Everything uew. bright and.Spork- + Jing for the New Year. CY REN headed by the peerless CYRENE Justt a few ot the nuw artists “Back among the old fo treal, Colurnbia Avenue. 5. =<. and every Evening. Gooc Open all De Thos. F. Morrisey, Lillian F Grant, Mattie Webb, Arneldo, the Noyelty Gymnast Blanche Lewis, Clarisse Farmer; Horace Mann the New — E-WE NEVER BREAK OUR WORD WITH THE PUBLIC#d 4 without regard to any class. Le Roi.....-+ +> . War Eagle. ‘The Water Works Question. Centre Star. Iron Mask. . Monte Cristo. patch from Capetown says it is ru- Whe Mayor's Speech. mored that General French has| Mr, Goodeve, who was warmly ented Colesburg. applauded, began by i Methuen’s Grand Scheme. his candidacy and saying he would, ' pipes and into the resi dis- {tricts, also giving protection to the B. A. G. shops, sawmill and other valuable prop- erty. They had paid for the water works, all the work and all supplies, and thad $60,000 of debentures not issued 4nd $10,500 cagh in the bank of British North Amer- P is building a railroad around the and mayor. He recited the fact of but the interests of the whole peo- to demand an explanation if the Stony creek. The council had endeavored to spend the money to the best interests of |amount on sewers, they had only a drain = the city of Rossland as a whole With regard to the water works they had made certain pledges, but mayor then told the experience other it was a yery. difficult question to ica. to the credit of the water works ac- count. They would complete the , exten- sions in the spring. They had also secur- ed the water of Little Sheep creek, for which the Le Roi was now paving the city. HIE the city grows, they would eventually |have to go to Murphy creek, which the present council had secured, and they could better afford to do so ‘later than now, by extending the ten-inch pipe from Disposal of Sewage. On the question of sewerage and sani- tation, while they had spent quite’ an which started nowhere and ended no- where. They had had difficulty in getting NO CONFIDENCE A Motion to that Effect to Be made by Mr. Turner. SEMLIN IS CHALLENGED. The Opposition Leader Declares That Friday's = Defeats Prove That the Government Has. Lost Control of the House and the Public: Confidence. Special to the Recor: Victoria, B. C. Jan. 6:-—Mr. Tur- ner will move at Monday’s session of the house. = “That, in view of the deteat of the government’ on the 4th inst on. a resolution for consideration of the: speech of his honor the lieutenent governor and’on a resolution for- the adjournment of the house,, therefore be it; “Resolved that the government tias-lost control of the house and all the confidence of the country.” OUR BIG SALE. Prices Heavily Cutin Mens Furnish. ; ings. We call attention today to our: big clearance over in the men’s fur- vishing department, where will be found great bargains in shoes for - men and boys, reduced from 50- cents to $1 on each pair. There are nice/laundered and outing shirts. from $0 cents up... Woolen under- wear that.was $1,508 now Sr. Thex: famous ’Stockton brand of Califor-- nia wool has been reduced to $4.50- per suit. Hats of the newest style, go at $2 and up, with handsome black stiff-hats, our leader, which were formerly $2.50 now $1. The $3 and $4 Fedoras are now $2. Our clothing counters are heavily stocked with suits that were $7 to. $12 50, now $4 to $10. Fine tweed suits that were $15 to $18, now- $12.50 to $15. Men’s working: trousers, good and strong, at $1.. Boys’ knee pants at 75c. Tue Crescent Dry Goons Co. Brick Block. ‘Whe Rossland Coons. We are requested by Mr. Ken-. dall, the secretary of the minstrels, . to state that the rehearsal at 3 pu m. tomorrow afternoon will take place at the opera house instead of the Scotch club rooms, as_ hereto-- fore announced. —EEEE New Printing Firm. M. H. Casey, late foreman for- W. D. Knight of Spokane, and. Ben Lester, who has been with Stunden & Perine for some time, have leased the printing office of” W. H. S. Gavin, adjoining Hunter Bros., and will conduct the busi-- ness under the firm name of Casey- & Lester. ‘The Palace Grand. Epitor Recorp—The manage-- ment of the Palace Grand wishes it to be distinctly understood that their - done by the g at Vie- toria to let the city discharge sewage into the Columbia river below Trail, and fin- ally only got permission on May 30. The cities had with the antiseptic tank, and said by the time the government had P, H. McEwen, the wonderful great powers, Mr..McEwen’s audi- | though the legislature had already 5 z 5 ernment. He had fought that com-: ited the correspondence, but the agent @\nypnotist, will give his last per-| ,aoy and the city thought it could {id noe come here to make an estimate formance at the opera house this /estaonsn an moepencend system. 10qy evening. As the people of Ross- |thought they could set water from Rock noj avenue and from Spokane street to +. |creek, but that water had been taken uP gt; Paul st: covering about 2,000 popu- land have become awakened to his |7Si, “eine under the old mineral act, ation, sects ore ing palatial in the outlying districts. The agent had passed. i the water clauses act, and Mr. Heinse had . it ‘ § cor ences have. nightly become larger | io right to it under the mineral act. He peg ree ibe en som ort “sont | Pany which for six consecutive. - until he now easily fills the hall. | cot the opinion of Mr. Smith, the civil s, mp ita mbar Be The opportunity of seeing the |engincer, as to the cost of a water systema from, 940,000 to a pales ae ine! nights filled the opera house here magic spell he throws over his sub- |from Rock creek, and the estimate huers Dag Tec ats handle. .The Rossland Water &|made up its mind on the subject of Co Light had a ve: taht. [iumbia river, the city had ebout made up Total. ....005 eee-ceeee go72 | bight company ry O'S (its mind to. use the antiseptic tank, which franck ed before the city ; Montreal, ‘loronto, Vancouver and, Homi was incorporated, a valuable char- {ton thad under consideration. “He rea ‘ Las rma! ee tet th bject from Arthur J. McEwen's Last Performances ter granted by the provincial gov- |For, he secnt of the patentee, and re. till October. He had estimated that they should take in from Second avenue to-Le They could get plans prepared in the in- entertai for the past week has. not been intended as competition in any sense of the word. Although, hoping to open on Jan. I, it was not till Dec. a6 that the opening - date could be finally settled, conse~- quently arrangements had to be made hurriedly, leaving absolutely no time for rehearsals. But next week we hope’to deserve and get our share of patronage, as we have - spared neither pains nor expense in securing the very best of talent, in-. cluding besides our own vaudeville - company, the entire Will Rising’s Operatic company, the same com- while traveling under the name of ~ jaa ipiaimccaaca . Fresh cut flowers at the Bon Ton | wiics, hed bought out Mr, Heinze, R d’s leading Ss. prepared to fight them, and Mr. was » ‘Turner, | Continued on Eighth Page. j id not be missed. $154,035.05. Under certain A it terim, issued and the Metropolitan Opera pany. jects shou! could be obtaimed for $195,258.05. When ready to go to work in the spring. He ; B pavdeae they made the application, the C. P. R., favored the septic tank system as the Sleigh bells and robes at Clark’s..