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ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBJA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1899.

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Gun Metal, $6. $8.50 to $25.
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CHARGED WITH ARSON

Men: Who Caused'the Columbia Hotel
Fi

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Do not hesitate, but decide at once that

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“ DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, CHINA, HARDWARE,
CARPETS, MEN'S: WEAR, GROCERIES, and
MINING SUPPLIES.:

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' 'Spedini to THe Reconp,

Co.umsra, B. G., Sept. 5.—One
of the most remarkable stories of
crime ever unearthed in the Koote-
nays is that connected with ite
burning of the Columbia ‘hotel
the 17th of July last. The Columbia
hotel is situated in the present city
of Columbia, which was_ formerly
called Upper Gratid Forks On that
night fire broke Gut and the build-

:|ing was destroyed, and one of the

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Three doors. trom. Bank of Toronto.

17 guestg. was >ivery severely
burned. The loss, ‘which amounted
to $11,000, over’ and above the in-
surance, fell on the townsite people,
of which J. B. McArthur is presi-
dent. Mr. McArthur, who was
for some time the president of the
Board of Trade in Rossland was
suspicious that the fire had an in-
cendiary origin and’ employed a
number of detectives to investigate

the matter. . One of these became a

bartender in Grand Forks at the

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Yale hotel, owned by Mr. John A.
Manley, formerly @ resident of
Rossland and well know:
} who. latér-became the’ fi
Grand Forks.

The result of the investigation
was that Charles Mullen, at one

yor’ of|

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time manager of. the Hotel Harrison
at Hot Springs, and later proprietor
of the M. and M, saloon on Com-
mercial street, Seattle, before the
fire, and a man named Robert Cam-
eroh, were arrested on a charge of
arson, and’a hearing was given the
accused yesterday.

One of the main witnesses was
L.. E. Goode, who stated that” he
had been approached. by certain
parties who were. interested in the
Grand: Forks townsite, “and: who-p.

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stated that he was given some fuse
and explosives in the Yale hotel in:
Grand Forks with which to blow up
the Columbia hotel in this city... He
accepted the contract, but. after-
wards decided it was better to with-

returned the money he

Mr. Goode deposed. that after he

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Olfice: . JW. Hartline, Mer.

left ( Grand Forks on a prospecting
trip, he met Charles Mi

stated to- him that he had. re

$2, 1oo on account of the work: that

was wanted ‘(the burning « down ‘of

the Columbia: hotel): and: was to
get more.

E. Escalet, formerly proprietor of.
the Kootenay restaurant in Ross-
land, and later ~ proprietor of. the
Col: in Col:
gave evidence to show that from the

appearance of things it was abso-

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I have the following blocks in the following companies for sale:
Eureka Consoljdated, | Gopher, Homestake, Evening Star,
North Star and ZilaM

Silyerine, R- Ee Lee, Bodie, Eureka,

Lots in the Original Townsite

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lutely impossible that the fire . could
be otherwise than: of incendiary
origin.

John Weller swore that on the
morning of the fire the man Camer-
on came into a saloon where he was
and was absolutely broke, and beg-
ged for a: ‘morning's morning,”
‘which was given to him with the

that it was the last.. In

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the he was again in. the
‘hotel with Mullen, Joho Manley
and ‘others, and was buying’ wine
and’ produced a roll of. money
jamounting to at least $2,500 from
its appearance.

Since the “hearing Cameron has

signed a full confession stating that
he received the money from parties
to burn the hotel and that he hired
another man to do the work. He
implicates Mullen, Manley and
others. He states that he received
the money on Tuesday, the 19th of
July, and promptly divided equally
with the man who did the work.

A warrant is said to have been is-
sued for the arrest of John A, Man-
ley, wha is now supposed to be at
Republic, and who is understood to}
be at the bottom of the whole mat-
ter. The arrest ofMullen and Cam-
eron was simultaneous though the
men were in different places. One
was made by Provincial Constable
Dinsmore end the other by a Pink-
erton detective who has beén work-
ing up the case.

The hearing has been adjourned
until Manley can be found.

A Boy Bruined.

During the speaking at Miners’
Union hall yesterday, a bench gave
way and fell on little Howard
Owens, son .of George Owens of
the Alhambra hotel. The little fel-
low’s leg and ankle were badly
bruised, but no bones were broken.
Friends carried the boy to his home.

Orangemen at ‘frail.

"The Orangemen of Rossland vis-
ited Trail in a body, Sunday, to
attend. the funeral of Alexander
McInnes, who died in the hospital
at that place, of typhoid fever. De-
ceased was about 28 years of age
land” unmarried: ; He: was .a ‘car-
penter, employed at the - Trail
smelter. Rev. Mr. Munro, of
Knox Presbyterian church, con-
ducted the services.

Five Hundred Sample Copies.

For the benefit of advertisers, as
well as to introduce the new Ross-
Lanp Recorp to the public, we are
distributing each evening, and will-
continue to do so during September,
‘500 sample copies of the Recorp.

Until September 15 we will in-
sert advertisements of ‘help want-

ed” and “situations wanted” free of
charge. Bring them in.

Purchased a Yacht.

J, M. Worth and ‘Captain White-
head, of Trait, were in the city to-
day. Mr. Worth recently purchased
the steamer Oriole from Rumbow
& Buller, of Rossland. It is atrim

has been running

Lake. Mr. Worth has

had her painted and thoroughly

overhauled. She will be used 3 as a
pleasure boat at Deer Park. ‘

Will Reside in B

LABOR’S GREAT DAYS

The Leading Events and the Prize
Winners.

MANY RACES ‘AND CONTESTS
Gaily Decorated. Floats—Today’s Procession
and Sports—The Ohildren Take a Hand.
Races This Afternoon.

Rossland’s Labor Day celebration’

will close this evening. The city

has been crowded with visitors, so
that every hotel has been taxed to
its utmost. This morning’s train
brought in a greater number of
spectators than yésterday’s, and the
City band and Independent band
discoursed selections‘ all day. « The
inclement weather interfered with
the decorations, and while the most
elaborate preparations had been
made to make the buildings of the
city attractive, most ot the contracts
were called off.. The boys at the fire
hall spent over $100 out of their
own pockets in order to earn the
prize and worked day and night in
embellishing the, building and were
reasonably sure of being prize-win-
ners. Empey Bros. had a very fine
display in front of their building,
and hoped to carry off first money,
but the committee declared all
prizes off. The International Music
Hall was resplendent interna‘ly,
and in one of the windows is a mag>
nificent crescent of c colored lights,
The exterior decorations were
abandoned on account of the
weather more than on account. of
the calling off of the prizes. The
city generally was, however, in hol-
iday attire and there could have
been a magnificent display had the
weather been favorable.

MIKE McNICHOLS WINS.

Interesting Hock Drilling Contest
_Attracts a Crowd.

In spite of the terrible rain that
set in just before the drilling contest
took place there was an enormous
crowd assembled at the corner of
| Washington street and First ave-

-|nue, amounting to not less than

2,000‘people, and the cheering for
the was most enth

tic. There were only two teams
contesting for the prize and the
second prize of $100 was called off.
The first team to start was com-
posed of Mike Burns and J. A. Mor-
rison. The solid granite block had
been placed in the center of the va-
cant lots on the northeast corner of
Washington street and First ave-
nue. When the official timekeeper,

Miss Gertrude E. Neitack, of
New York City, has ‘arrived in
Rossland, and is visiting Mrs. J. D.
Long. Miss Neitack'was duped
by Mr. Cone, while absent in’
York, to take a position as milliner
with Le Bon Marche. Miss Neitack
has been with Madam Tabor, on
Fifth avenue. also G. A. Johnson &
Co., and later with Madam Louise,
of New York.

osslana Fishing Party.

A large number of piscatorial
artists, including Mr. and Mrs.
M. G. King, of the Allan hotel,
(Mr. T. M. Gilmour, Mr. A. Lorne
Beecher, Mr. John B Judge
Townsend, W. H. Tubby; ‘Towns-
end, Col. John Leckie of ‘Green-
wood, Hon. T. Fred Hume, Messrs.
Workley, Ald. John S. Clute, Jr. ,
and wife, and others, went to Slo-
can Junction on a fishing (?) trip on

Saturday and returned Sunday.

P d Sam Hall of the
Iroh Mask, called time, Mike Burns
picked up the hammer and ‘zip,
zip,” camie the blows on the drills.
When the fifteen minutes were up
W | Judges Fitzwilliams anb McPherson
announced that Burns and Morrison
had drilled 3434 inches. “While
they were drilling the sun came out
for a short time, but when Mike
McNichols and Billy Tallant came
on the stand. the rain was beating
more pitilessly than ever but the&
decided to go on. When the meas-
urement took place it was found
that they had drilled 35 1-2 inches,
thus winning the prize of $250 by
three fourths of an inch and beating
the champions of Rossland.

A STREET PARADE?

Several Attractive Banners and Floats
in Procession.

Promptly at 1 o'clock today the
procession started from Miners’

(Contibued on Fourth page)