ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD, MARCH 17, 1900, THE ROSSLAND RECORD. or any of its members, By his | people will never permit despotism censure of the city authorities}/Mr. |in any government which they fos- WILLIAM K, BSLING. ¢ +, : a sfend.” 4 ‘Tiid Dibuey DAILE iN rile INFERIOR? Martin betrayed hisarrant demagogy | ter and defend. PUBLISHRD DAILY EXCEPT 'GUNDAY. and gave added proof that/hevis a That statement applies to the re- OPPICE! BASEMENT PosTOPFICK BLOCK. dangerous man to have charge of | lations of Great Britain to the Boers 1. 98 FO, BOX 538. the affairs of the province. with equal force, Freedom follows : P _ 4 . Se her flag and Britain enters the Boer PREPARING TO FIGHT. republics, aot to oppress the Boers, a See ~| but to secure for her own people ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD, MARCH 17, 1900. Why SmithLeft Town. “CLASSIFIED. — ment work fees when five yenrs'!| Because Brown's in town ‘ yn and der this head is Following js a summary of the| work are covered by one certificate, |has said so much about the Wiscon- “mir of One Cent 2 Ben Nothing taken a W DRUG STORE y ales on the local exchange today, | Mr. Curtis said it was confirmed by|sin Central ‘line between St. Paul keh wae ceaeiinliel ° . gether with the quotations: .|the attorney general and could only|and Chicago that Smith could not MISCELLANEOUS. — be changed by legislation. He|resist the temptation of a trip| Twelve hundred dollars takes patr ot frechold ——THE— Rossland 8: could not see how a crown grant for | east. tf houses, three rooms, summer kitchen and pantry. z £ fh. T. Prest, y Sales today on the local exchange} a.claim could be granted on account paral on Pee, pont at a8 Columb vere as follows? Okanogan, §00, | of work done on another of the same| Youth's suits, $4.60 and up, Hol- TAILORING, q é wi 3c, 4000, 34c;. Repub-| group, except in case of a well de.|Stead & Wright's. i : 4 j oan~---8e BOBO ~~ BO ~~ Oar TODAYS STOCK SALES, to the requirement of five assess. BE nn Sosa mf tet righ Sen Cano on Bo | b% are! SUBSCRIPTION. RATES? Daily, per month by. muill Daily, half year by tail aily, per ye bre Daily, per year, At Greatly Reduced. Prices Ye, 3000 re’ Subscriptions invari Advertising rates will be made known upon application. - 3 Th eRucor reaches the people. sia, combine with the speech. of .M. TIME OF ARRIVAL AND CLOSING OF MAILS. CLOSE | DESTINATIONS. | DUE ints! ‘aD nU- een. Cai aed’ Klondyke districts; the N ithwest errituries, Man itoba: all eastern and other foreign coun-} m.|tries. saliiil Robson, Nakusp, Sandon, on Dj Arrowhead, and all Slocanl land Lardeau district points, Deer Park—Monday, Wed: Inesday and Friday. Nelson} land connections. Nelson, Kaslo, and Ymlr, land all Kootenay lake, East} Kuotenay ai ‘Trow’s: ar ro Pass connections. fally. - Spokane. Northport, . and| ati paints’ ia United States, All the Boundary district] 9: -Ipoints between Cascade and; m aily Camp McKinney. Australia, China and Japan-See: special betes for Kegistration must be posted half an hour 'erevious tothe time for ‘losing the malls, , ‘The postoffice is ppen from 8a. m.,to7 p.m. daily, (except Sunday). Del to prove that sterner; work: eventhanthesubjugation of theBoers: awaits the British army and navy. The remarks ‘of M> Delcasse’contain -| meant for Britain, and bis declara- tion that. the alliance with Russia draws closer daily is apparently in- tended as a hint that the two powers; will act jointly in'any conflict which: may arise . The friction between\Great Britai on the one hand and Fraice‘and Ru: sia on the other may help to explain President Kruger's absurd proposal that the independence of jthe ‘Boer republics should be the basis of peace negotiations. He may have imagined that Britain is so alarmed at the prospect ‘of a conflict. -with: the Franco-Russian alliance that she would gladly settle: the: South Afri-! can war on very easy terms in order |to. set her troops free - for sseryice elsewhere. If that beso, he. has MARCH 12 19 25 | 26 29 T 1 8 15 22 ‘TO ADVERTISERS. New reading matter makes your advertisement attractive. We will gladly change your ‘‘ad” every issue if copy is presented before 10 a. m. A PIECE OF BUNCOMBE, Joseph Martin, by the grace of Li Governor McInnes but reckoned with his host and has been living in a fool’s- paradisé,-not knowing the grim determination: of the British. people to'settle the South African trouble once for all and set- tle it right, no. matter ~what: other fights they may have in prospect... The Boers being an inland people, to whom sea-sickness is a novel sen- sation, know nothing of the British naval power, and therefore do :not realize that, without withdrawing a single ship or a single: regiment from South Africa, Britain can not do not know that, controlling th ocean cables and havivg a splendid an implied ‘threat, whic can only’be |. The reportsof French preparations equal freedom, with the Boers. ‘The for war and of Russian aggression)| history of a century's battles for in Asia, both in Turkey and in’Per- and oppression. EDITORIAL NOTES, Why ivesn’t Ed...Boyce go on the stand? Several million union work- ing men_would tike to hear Boyce’s opinion of trades unions, as express- éd in:his letters, to Gompers; and several’ million” patriotic ‘citizens would like tohear his opinion of the American volunteer, as expressed in his Salt Lake speech. Ob, no, Mr. -Boyce will-not-go-on the stand.— Spokesman-Review. The Boer soldiers are not the only impediments to the British armies in the hot dust that is;continually float- ing in the air and_swarms ot flies are reported to be nearly .as wearing on British humanity as are the Boer bullets—Séattle~ Times. © But:.the British get there just the same. The British war loan was sub- scribed ten times over. The people are as ready with their. money as with their blood. The Colonist compares. McInnes’ favorite, Joe Martin, to Charles_I’s favorite, Buckingham, and it is ‘a close parallel. Is McInnes a surviv- al or a re-incarnation? The small hot shot and the large only defend her own coast. :but-| cold horse took the place of the bird blockade the ports of herprospective | and the’ bottle in Ladysmith and adversaries.and -engage their fleets Kimberly before the relief—Ta- on equal terms in- any sea. They | coma Ledger. Nearl¥ all the Liberals repudiate Or ~- Ben freedom gives the lie ta. those who say she is waging a war of conquest BOB Or Sor 8S * Fancy. Plaids in Stripes. and: Plain-Colors. South Africa. The burning: sands, * on A Ge Or "SO ~~ re EIDERDOWN. ROBES. .. The nicest garment a lady can have for lounging in. - Children’s We want to clear these lines to make room for Spring Goods. QR 38 $8 98 38 BR 36 Eiderdown Coats at half price. OSV SOV Sa so LADIES’ : Jackets WB ar 8 Oar ~~ Or -~ BOO Or ~~ 8 Or BO ~~ BO --OO~---8 OD Sprins ie, 1000, $1.11, 1000, $1.1236C;| fined ledge traceable from claim to . : Giant, 2000) 2he Rambler- 065 Maud, 1000, 334¢i ‘otal sales, f , 17,000 shares. ide: ig Three. ¢ Golden Brandon cold elds. Cariboo [Camp McK inney)} Crom’s Nest Pass Coal Okanor: Id Lronsides Palmer Mou! ictory Virginia S ntain War Eagle Consolidate Waterloo. White Be Winnipeg . Wonderiut REVORMS IN MINIOG LAW. Minster Curtly Discusses the Matter With The meeting of the board of trade ast evening was devoted to the dis- ussion of a number of questions in elation to mines, with Hon.; Smith urtis, minister of mines, In regard tho Board of Trade,. 1000, 2%4c} Cariboo, 1000, 23¢; Prin- goa, 9c; Rathmullen, Tamarac, 2000, 6c. claim, or for a small fraction, Mr. Curtis considered the royalty of 25 cents a cord on timber cut from mineral claims was contrary to the intent of the act and and would give the matter attention. Mr. Curtis dwelt’ on ‘the advan- tage of monthly statistics as to’ pro- duction’ and development of mines to spread correct information and thus prevent: such a slump as fol- lowed the closing’of the War Eagle and Centre Star. ‘His views were supported by J. S. C, Fraser and R. Dalby Morkill. “Attention being called. by Mr. Morkill to the delay inissuing crown grants, Mr. Curtis. ‘said he - had found a congestion of work in ‘his department, but had fixed April 1-as the date when all arrears must be overtaken. : f F. A. Hewer called attention to the method of. allotting treasnry shares in new companies and sug- gested that.n6:shares should be sold till at-least 100,000 had been allot- ted: The minister agreed with the suggestion but said it was a matter for legislation, After Mr. Curtis had made some suggestions as to advértising Koot- BUSINESS LOCALS. Lent keepers and fish eaters may regale themselves. on the lovely mountain trout received every Thursday at O. M. Fox & Co's. Take notice, we also have a full line of smoked and salt fish, tf Prof. De Leon’s Electric Dan- druff- cure. No more hair falling from any human being. It leaves the scalp as white as snow. Sent to any address. Price, $1.50, $1 and 50 cents. Ce) $6 up, at Hol: d& Wright's, For the best, cleanest and cheap- est coal, call or phone Martin Bros. For Sale--Dry slabs, $3.50 per cord, Also dry wood. Leavs or- ders-.at Embleton’s store, Le Roi avenue. The Columbia Bottling Works 0. SAVARD, . Fashionable Merchant Tallor, carries the best assortment of Imported and do- mestic goods in Kossiand. None but first-class labor employed. — Prices , moderate, Columbia avenue, Rossland, FOR RENT. SRE NTS Te three rooms. $12.00. House, three rooms, Nickel Plate, 12.00. House, three rooms, First avenue, $8.00. = .h. Prest, Columbia avenue. FOR RENT—Housekeeping rooms. The En: terprise, on Columbia avenue. infsame building as the Kootenay Mining Standard, FOR RENT—Five roomed Plastered house, un- furnished, on Spokane'rtreet south, ‘Water; good basement. $18 per month. Apply M. W. Simp- son, Columbia avenue. tf FOR SALE. FOR SALE—Good rooming house, furniture nearly new: $275. T. Prest, 26 Columbia avenue. FOR SALE —$235 will buy a fine lot Plates bsaese 1. Prost, 26 Columbia avenue ee _FOR,SALE—House of four rooms and furnl- tute complete; $200, T. Prest, 26 Columbia Ave, FOR SALE—A money-making butcher busi- ness.’ Owner going away. Small capital required. Investigate this,, T. Prest, «6 Columbia avenue. FOR SALE—Itouse and lot, $000, eany terms! house and jot, $1500, easy terms. T. Prest, Columbia avenues? OY Toth 28 furnishes go% of the carbonated drinks din Rossland. Why? FOR SALE— A prominent business corner at a bargaln. Afi fu Because their goods are clean, pure and palatable. . Finest table vinegar jon the market. .. California orange cider, ginger ale and all the princi- pal sweet sodas. Family trade so- licited. - Postoffice box 703, Colum- enay. at ‘the Paris” exposi » othe meeting closed: with a vote of thanks... Fine Bottled Goods, bia teleph No. 43. Rubbers, overshoes, boots and fine footwear for men, women and children. The best Canadian and F : most highly Schlitz’s- extract of malt. Sold by the bottle at the Interna- tional family liquor store. Import-, ed white‘ wines, clarets and Burgun- dies by the bottle, basket or case at moderate pricés. ef Wantep—To | borrow $1500. Good security. Fair rate of interest. Apply at this office. A ‘ican goods, at Lalonde’s. ’ Look—Cleaning, pressing and dyeing done on short notice at the Washington Street Dyeing and Cleaning works. Telephone 128, Mrs, Currie, prop. tf Dr. .Scott’s: Headache Powders are a sure cure for headaches caused. by powder smoke, etc. Sold at Morrow's Drug store. nished house on Butte St., £150 ‘A four-roomed house on Davis St., $225. A five-roomed house with all modern conveniences pith two, lots highly ‘cultivated, house finely furnished, at much Jess than cost. A‘ six-roomed house and barn, with lot partl: ald, 8500. vee The furniture and good-will of a 17-roomed lodg- ing house, $400. ‘Two acres of ground adjoining townsite to the . South, $590 each. Houses for rent. ‘8. N, OUIMETTE & CO., Real Estate...,....{nsurance.... Mining Broker ‘Rank of Montreal rick Hutany Men's silk-lined overcoats $15 at Holstead’ & Wright's. Dr. Russell's Catarrh cure cures cold ia the head in one night. Price ascents, at Morrow’s drug store. Tweed and blue serge business suits $10 and $12.75 at Holstead & Wright's. New.and Complete _ “COMPANY. NEXT TO OLD CITY HALL, COLUMBIA AVENUE, and Patent Medicines... Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Robert E. Strong, Manager. Stock of Drugs, ROSS. THOMPSON........ T have the following blocks 3ureka Consolidated, G in the following panies. for.cale: Hi Evening Star, Silverine; R.E. Lee, Bodie, Eureka, North Star and Zila M-: Lots,in the Original Towunsite. - ‘Reddin. JacksonCo., Agents, Rossland, BC \ MINERAL ACT, 1896, Certificate of Improvements, NOTICE—"Bapnock” mineral claim, situate In the TrailCreek mining district. ' Where lo- ‘€ated—on Spokane mountal ‘Take notl-e that f, A. G. Bree Miners Certificate No, 8, 27528, H DeBeck, Free Miner's. Certificate No. intend, sixty cays from the date hereof, to apnly to the Mining Kecorder for a Certificate of Im rovements, forthe purpose of obtaining a Crown tant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under sec- ofn 37, must be commenced before the. issuance such Certificate of Improvements. loDated this 19th day of December, A. D. 1899. A. 'G. GAmarE. Rooten ay Cafe. ~——ESS__ Fresh Oysters in any Style. Game in Season. Private rooms for parties. Business ‘Men’a Lunch, 85c. Open Dag ana Night. Rooms and Ba in connection Miss jwanson, Prop. HOTEL HOFFMAN, Washington Street, Rossland, B, 0. Furnished Rooms. First-Class Bar. Railroad and Miners Time Checks cashed, tree of charge. Harry McIntosh - - Proprietor. EF. w. HINSDALE, CUSTOM ‘HOUSE BROKER, In Custom Hoise buifding. Alsn New York Life lusurance Agency, Washington street. Rossland, B.C W. C. McDONALD, Contractor. and Builder. Estimates given on Contra of any description, Moving, Raising and Butldings a Spectalty Apply 83 Thompson Avenue. system of coaling stations, she con-| him, the Conservatives will have Are to hand—the leading productions of a New York manufacturer. trols the nieans of information in re- | none of himi, so Martin must ‘munch gard to her own and enemy's move- | the remainder biscuit,” as Beacons- ments, while her ships-have an in-| field said. creased radius of activity which GS et ee multiplies their: efficiency.’ several Speaking of the political without the consent of the people, premier of British Columbia, has been trying te-manufacture political buncombe out of the situation at the Rossland mines. Being informed by the miners’ union that men were em-| . Sh hold th : ployed by a foreign detective agency heres witls hex i Shee, at which led up to. the creation of the to watch the property of three lead: porate teckel oa “a os anid te Semlim government, the News-Ad- ing mines, the value of which ag- nishing their work on land in the | vertiser says: VE eV BO SO ~- Be ~-Tea-~-Sa-~-9e~-~S H rt erick (Gent's Furnishing \v.en. Spring Gostumes In Grey Homespun, Dark Checks, Light gregates $1,000,000, and that such protection was unnecessary and was a reflection on the law-abiding péo- ple of this community, he proceeded |- to censure the city authorities for Transvaal and can then transfer her troops to a new scene of operations already equipped and in fighting trim. | Mr. Kruger’s mental horizon is very limited and he has yet'to learn “In these struggles Conservatives and Liberals stood shoulder to shoulder. They bore defeat together and together shared the satisfaction | of ultimate success.” Blue and Grey Check with Goat, Trimmed In-Check Material of the, of the Skirt, Slik Grepons, Plalted Chiffon: for trimming, all Varlety of Shades: Qur:Ladles’. Windsor. Scatfs—ate -Great-Sellers.—- Block, Rossland: *Phone. No.1O07 Department. CLOTHING For fit, finish and style, our ready-to-wear Clothing ’ And‘when they attained that suc- cess what did they do with it? Blundered into contempt. their action in the matter and - for not notifying him. He did this without any investigation as to the need of such protection, or as to the truth of the allegations made. He censured first and then started inquiry as to whether there was cause for censure. The facts were that at about the time when the’ mines were closed, certain malicious acts were commit- ted which proved the need of guards. There being no police pro- tection in that section of the city, | it was provided at “the expense of the mining companies by the swear- ing in as special policemen of thir- teen men, British subjects, not for- eigners, and most of .them citizens of Rossland. They were not under the orders of a foreign detective agency, but were placed under the direction of the chiet of police. The government was not notified be- cause the law requires no such no- tice and the matter was entirely within the jurisdiction of the city. the meaning of the words: ‘‘Brit- annia Rules the ‘Waves.’ Ky ebd —* SOME OF GRONJE’S FEATS. NOTICE, SPRING HATS. JUST RECEIVED! New line of the famous |, a6 es > ” John B: Stetson Hat,” - in all the latest Spring and Summer styles. Also a large and complete line of ny Son : Table Linens, Towels, Toneling and Napkins ae complete stock. In‘ Ladies’. Vests and-Fancy..and Black ‘Lisle Hose we. have a beautiful variety. 98-38 $8 -s8 98. 38 Cronje and his men will be today on their way te St. Helena. Some province: of Bist Coldmbia at sae sacgem are 1: : may be ate 2 on the | construct eau, Taaintain at similarity of his fate to that of the | Sis cauhh municipalities of thelast great occupant ‘of the | malaland of the p prison — isle. ° When one: re-|™3, mm necessary eae calls the treachery by which Na- | ,.voporting, using, workin aia poleon kidnapped King Ferdinand welegra of Spain and his judicial murder’ of the duke d’Enghien, there is a cer- tain similarity between the two Yor any teria men. PI or telegraph line e: If was Cronje who captured’ Jameson and his raiders at Dorn- | {Say kop, and he it was who in the last | figofte be Boer war succeeded in penning up | Hine or lines, a small British force in ‘ Potchef- stroom, whose surrender he secured by. suppressing: the truth that a gen- | ofthe above objects, or i eral. armistice had been arranged: Solicitors for the applicant al pphicants. The Boers:had to agree to .an En-| .Dated this first day of March, 1900. There is as much property along gligh haat 3 coniiipe to’ march the side of Red mountain as there | UP3tom Natal and re-occupy Pot- is on Columbia avenue, No adverse chefstroom, as a formal acknowl- MONTREAL LOAN & comment is caused among good edgement of Cronje’s treachery, but OTICE-Is hereby given that: NOTICE is hereby siven thatan application will incorporate a cot BO BON SO SOS }] takes the lead. They are made by one of the largest Shi é t | best manufacturers of Clothing in Canada. A big i IF SI range of Men's and Boys’ Suits carried in stock in any . size you desire. Our prices are right. Rainy Weather Skirts! Just the thing for wet weather and dirty walking; in Homespun 2 and Fancy Mixtures.