ROSSLAND RECORD,
BY EBER O, SMITH.

PUBLISHED DAILY RXORFT SUNDAY.

aLL COMMUNICATIONS to the Editor must
be -ocompanied by the name and addres
of the writer, u0t mevessarily ror publica
téon, but as evidence of good faith,

RUBSURIPTION RATES.

Daily half year by mail.
Daily per ye!
Daily per year, ‘fore!

Subscriptions invariably in advance.

Advertising rates will bemade known on ap |.

plication

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1809.

MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP OF GAS.

Since the city council arein a tangle

regarding the question of lighting the 3

city by electricity and since at least two
wealthy companies -see a speculation in
putting in gas works in Rossland iv
might be well to seriously consider the
advisability of the city owning her own
gas plant.

One hnndred and sixty-two cities in
England Scotland and Walea own and op-
erate their gas planteand they have uni-
formally proven the plan superior to
private ownership.

Edinburgh, Scotland, cleared, $190,000
on its municipal gas in 1896.

Australia, makes
profit from her gas plant.

The municipal gas works ef Manches-
ter, Eng., make a net profit of $300,000 a

~year.

Under public ownership Leicester.
Eng., has reduced gas to 56 cents, raised
wages 15 per eent. and clears $125,000 a
year.

St. Helens, Eng., furnishes her citi-
zens gas at about half the old price and
makes $20,000 2 year by municipal own-
ership.

In 1898 Manchester, Eng., made a
profit ot $100,000 om electric: light; ; Biad-
ford, $80,000; Edinburgh, $27,000,

Eng., L gas
piant reduced gas from 76 to 65 cents,
and has made a -net saving of nearly
four millions of dollars.

There is no reason why the City, of
Rossland might not own and operate
her own gas ‘works. The coke that is
made in the manufacture of gas can be
sold to the people as fuelat the cost of
production, which yrould benefit every-

lendid

body.
At Ottawa, Ont., & Ras plant is {comr,
b

fits Al, 4606;

Carpets.

Carpets.

Carpets.

- This is typical House

doubt vou will

Cleaning Weather and no

require a new

Carpet, Square. Rug cr per
haps some Matting.

You will find a large stoc!

k of CARPETS, SQUAR:

RUGS, OIL CLOTHS, Ee ea

| Drop In

To the Carpet-of Sara Big: Store where we. will ba —
pleased to show our asrortment whether you intend to ey

or not.

CARPET DEPARTMENT.

THE BIG STORE

AUNTER BROS.

practically in the clutches of the
eiectric light company. for five. years,
said that the-five years. was not long to
wait—that it would soon_slip by. It
ae alittle strange that the few days

ir, Doolittle asks to submit his propo-
ie should be considered so long—so
very long that the-council cannot wait.

_———

The repert: of the “board -of public
works, adopting the. union scale: of
wages and nine hours for: a day’s work,
evaded: the question: as to whether lay-
img was skilled Iabor. “The ob-

peting with
water power and successfully.

The city council is pledged to munici-
pal ownership of a-water and hght plant
and should” therefore be very cautious
about favoriag franchise for a gas
plant. ee

SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF.

‘We would like to ask the editor of the
Neleon Economist if he can read the fol:

jection of the Carpenters’and Joiners’
union was that the city was employing
unskilled labor and--working the’ men
ten instead.of nine hotira.-The way the
matter now.stamds the board of - public
works can atill claim that laying side-
walk is unskilled: labor. The only way
to tell what is meant is to wait and see
what is done.

lowing brief to the
of the Queen’s Birthday in Buffalo, N.
Y., without: being ashamed of himself:

“British flags were much in evidence
in Buffalo. 6 visit of the Hamilton,
Ont , army veterans and the ‘demre to
honor Queen" Victoria. brought eut a
display of bunting in the down-town dis-
trict that was almost equal to that ot
the Foorth of July.
was to

While the.;Recorp: favors Sled
ownership of gas worke, we insist that-it
is only fair to the people-that the Eeco-
nomical Gas. Apparatus. company of
Toronto, which Dr. Doolittle is repre-
senting, should -be given - reasonable
time ia which te submit proposition
to the city. _His contention that he was
firat to make application to the city and
that the council. had given:. him to ‘un-

realy rece! ston
ayor. Diehl.

the Tit house, where luncheon = was

served.”

‘The Recorp suggested that the Amer-
ican citizens in Roseland celebrate the.
Fourth of July,and the editor of the
Neleon paper went mad, saying that
under no consideration should it be al
lowed. He insisted that citizen of Can-
ada would not be permitted to celebrate
on American soil. The Queen’s_ birth-
day was: celebrated all over the United
States, the citizens of that country join-
ingheartily with British subjects. The

starsand stripes and the union jack]

mingled everywhere.
What say you, Mr. Economist?
ease

Mayor Goodeve upon the public plat-

form acknowledged that the city was

d that no hise- could. be
given, and therefore he is not prepared
to submit. a. definite proposition, and

| that he is entitled. to a week's time. in|-

* | which to bring the company’s engineer
will commend iteelf to the people.

KF 7 Fitzpatrick,

i.
plumber, has. removed: his. office.- and

and Washington street, uiider:
Shaw’s cigar atore. ai tf.

dence over O,Hearn’s, opposite Bank of
Teron!
Vay

WANTEDY-A good. |

Rossland tan -Oftice

NO. 16 WASHINGTON 8T.

Watches, Olocka and Jewelry in Stock:

REPAIRING. DONE.

Puit A. SILVERSTONE, Prop.

NOTICE.

‘Dpusiness as may appe
Dated April 26, 1899.

Real Estate Agents, 11 Col, ‘Ave. a

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“FOR SALE

éRoom House and lot on comer
ashinguon ft, Kootenay ave,. $200,
4-Room Honee and Tot ‘on Kot
ae avenue,
2-Room cabin oa Columbia av

estaurant on. Columbia ave oe

B with, txivee and 14. months tears,
4400 01

ir will rent.

“WANTED |

Boor oom m Hours furnished _

furnish:
Room gronee paforuished:
Room Hor

1a 2noom Ca jabine

cee eanitary.

shop to the corner of Columbia avenue||.:
ee

Dr. J..F. McKenzie, _ office and resi-

aa
House
Cale mms

A. F. STROBE, PROPRIET’R f-

Washingten Street, ~
~ Reasland

EG ULAR MEALS

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. BEST IN THE Orey,

Fresh ¥, Chickens and Vegeta-
blesdirect from the Farm. ee.

Address A. B., this office.

The Evening Recorp delivered to any.
part of the city for 65 cents per - month

SUNDAY. 7 :
alt Sunday Chicken -
Dinner mm,

J. A, MacpowaxD, J.8. CLurm, Jn.

Macdonald & Clute

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Bolfeltors for Bank of British North, Amerien
McBzrpg Burma,

‘Barristers, Solicitors. and «Notaries. ;<

A SPECIALTY.

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: W.J, LOUGHEED 9. Fvra:

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Merchant. Taltors. .
Ladies’Drapers, -

Justarrived a. fine range of
Flannel‘ Suitings
IN GOOD

Colorings and-
Patterns......0.

Is COLUMBIA fale

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Mining brokers: _~

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loping connate ixemte for the fol-

Norwich Union of England,
National of Irets: ng,
cont ot Hartlord

Attopaa tints Guess.

We have sale for all ———==r

Naniord Shoes,

JB. Johnson & Co -
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Nothing Succeeds Like Success..

The: One Price Store.

WATCHES

Saturday, Monday and Tuesday Only!

Good and.
Ralishle, Be

TAT FROM Si. OO

All other merchandise at Eastern prices.

Cc. C. GIBSON & CO.

SLAUGHTERED

__EACA. _

emnrEnre

Womans.
Exchange

For the best HOME MADE BREAD
and pastries ofall kinds. East Colum-
bia Ave, next door wear of City offices.

NOTICE.

‘The Columbia d Western rail
e parliament of Canna at Ti hert wilt tesctloe
fue frst morigege bo charge. on
ry
a i f is nd dollars pet
in =e on
mile the: reol, and Tor otk Epo ie Per
a. Soren EWALD,

Secretary,

Dated May 25, 1699.

M. A: Wilson
& Co.

HIGH-cLass

TAILORS.

BEIFORD Cords
~ for Trousers...

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_ ‘SPOKANE STREET
One Door Eaet'of Col. Avenue,

-STILL LEADS
THE WAY.

We reach the hearts of the
coreumors,throygh their stoni-
“ache by giving them the PURE
HEALTHFUL, PLEASING
BEVERAGE DRINK THE

‘Le Roi
Gould Seal

. LAGER BEER,

Call for..and: see that you
getit.. It isthe most Heulth-
ful- -and- “Appetising Beer
brewed. -

‘ANADIAN: ;

“AND ‘S00 LINE

OCEAN TO OCEAN ROUTE EAST
‘ “AND WEST.

13000-Miles? Comfort

‘Through firat class sleepers on all trajns. Tou-
tat cars pass t through-Revelstuke at and Be or fe
1 en

Thesd
One snd on pearter
tween Koaslan
Nocustoms ‘aigioulties ith bageage.

Daily ~ Train.

18.20kLv.—ROSSLAND.—Arr.—23.05k.

‘Makes ‘connection’ Weet Robson for
‘and from the north and main line, aud
to‘and from Nelson, Kaslo, Sandon and
other Slocan ‘pointe.

"For Rutes, Tickets and Full Informs.
on Call-on or--Addreas Neareat Local
“Agent, or:

A. B. Mackenzie, City Tkt Agt.) Rose
P. G. Denison, ‘Agent. fi nd
‘W. F. Anpgnson,

T, BP. A., Nelaon.

E. J. Ci
DP A Vane't

- HOFFMAN
WASHINGTON STREET
ROSSLAND, B. C.

HARRY - MCINTOSH,

Merchants’ Lunch.

25ce.
From 12-noon-to 2:30 p m
BUNDAY

Chicken Dinner

A First. Glass « Bar...

RALLROAD TIME GHECKS
Miners Checks
qe eCashed.

Freq of Charge.

PROPA.

SAshighightent

3s

Mcceet & DEACON,
BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS.

Rossland, B. ©.

fliser Building, Columbia Aveane-

senUgIEIEIRINIOI INTE

Rom Att HEHIEENS BRO, May EA SLL eae (asa

oy

Works Franchise,

SS

iy ¥
IEW BY-LAWS TO BE INTRODUCED

Accounts Audited. and Ordered Paid
To the Amount of ~
$8.508.00.

At the meeting of the city council laat
evening John Coats & Co., of Ottawa,
aud Dr. Doolittle for a Toronto.company

made aplication to the city. for. fran=

chise to install a yn plant. , Mr.-Coates
and Mr, Doolittle each made statements
tathe council, - outlining their inten-
tions. Mr, Contes w: ae ready” to subinit.
his proposition, and Mr. Doolittle asked
for time to get-his. company’s engineer
here in order to enable hin to. submit
It was finally determined to hold
aprivate caucus after the adjerrminent
oftue conncil ineeting, and it ig under-
god (hatit was determined-to require
Ith propositinne to-be handed iu today
wii that the council’ would meet this
qwening in special gession- ta. ‘coneider
them, s z -
Donald Guthrie, chief=-of the fire. de-
pertment, submitted his report for. May,
whigh was as followed :
Fire alarm May ii, St. Charles ho-
24, shack" on
Waehington street; damage about $125.
The following improvements have
Yen added to the department during
the month: Eight bede-and bedding,
one team of horaee, chemical engine re-
pared and hose attached “to carry 500
fect of hose, eight uniforms, caps badges
and one dozen ‘helmets,‘one ‘set- patent

" The electric

ingood workinig order.
The report of the tite,

cunmittee, was 93% follo

D

Vernon & Neivunffelephone Co.
Lockhart & Jurdan-.....
Firemen, salaries for--Ma}

"$743 00.

The report ofthe: finance, committee
recommending the “payment of the fol-
lowing accounts\was adopted : =
Accounts board of works
dccounts health:atd relief.
Acconn)s.fire, walér and
Alex McGowan.
W.H. Jones

Miners’ union.

Vernon & Nelson Telepl:oneCe.

Yernon & Nelson Telephione Co,
for six month’s use of poles. .

City treasurer, election exp. :..

Salaries for May, not including
fire department...

Total.
The board of Works report was re-
ceived and adopted.

the appointinent of A. J- Lockhart. ar
ttr«t wuperintendas.t was opproved.

Alderman Clute obtained leave to in-
ttoluce a bylaw at the next meeting of
the council, referring to. the. Columbia.
Teleptione and ‘Telegraph company.

Alderman Lalonde obtained leave tu
introduce by-laws at the next meeting
ithe council. . 1, For Jevying a: tax
tte on all lands and: improvementt - as
sed for the year 1899. 7.-‘Togrant cer
sin ‘privileges to the Red Mountain
nilway to erect poles. for telegraphic |"
Purposes,

D.C, Corbin-‘asked for permission to
tect poles for the use of the Spokane
Northern Telephone. company, -which
Pa relerred to the board of Pails

ite uuncil aparnel to meet. this
trening at 8 0

Dr. Norman Kerr Dead.
lospox, May 81.—Dr. Norman, ine-

a iste apecialist, ie dead.

CM. Weller, Rossland’s pioncer £an-
ary plumber, has the best equipped
Pombing establishment in the city and
"prepared to do all kinds of plumbing
ie fitting, ete., anywhere, for any

Y at any time, 9-tt

mpescent a yy Good

CO,

LIMITED LIABILITY...

Muslin

WOMEN'S Corset Covers: square, round
or V shaped neck, trimmed with

‘tine embroidery and laces
‘At 40c, Bc, be, ‘76c B6e, $1.00 and...

WOMEN'S Drawers:mado of the finest
cambric and musling with umbrel-
la-frille.: clneter: tucks, iusertions
at 76, 85c, $1.00, 3160 and.

LADIES’ Long Chemise: male of best quality ||

eambric.vokee of embroidery, inser=-
tione or Jacea, Skirts finished with
clueter” of tucks ‘and~ embroidery
at. #1 50, #1 75, $2.00 and

LADIES’ skirt g: wade of cambric mutlins and

: aii

lawns. deep umbrella frills, clus-

ters of tacks, insertions, laces an

embroideries

= at $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2.50.
NIGHT ‘GOW. NS: made of Cambrica and

with Empiré yokes, round -yekes,

fralls over shoulders, fancy collars,

St f1.00. $1.25, $1.50, $1.76, $2.00-.

: Never was such a variety shown in
Rossland as this season. Our Wiaists ure
models of-correct sayle aud, prices aro the
lowest..
‘Ibe, $1.00, $1.60. $1.75, $2.00, $2.50, $4.50

Crash Skirts... ~

O10
82:00,

$?. | pidis Skirts

Ate.

Under Skirts

Of-3foriens Mercerized Sateens, Near Silks
F.. «$1.50, $1.75, $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00

Nainsooka

Sal |

Laces, Jusértion’ ae “imbrotderiesBonio"

5] swith Lawn ‘and: Di

YOUR
CHOICE.

While they. last

ity Flounces ‘and slightly “

~ als Aprons.

Ladieat Aprons at 5c, 50c 65c, 75c and $1.

Ladies’ -

now. complete. “Sizes from 82 to 44

24150 and $2.00

$3.60 and 45.00

“Wrappers |

Oar line of:Galico and:Percale Wrappers is:

Atg#l. 00,' $1.25, $150, $1.75, $2. 00, $2. 50 $3.00

hoyal Worcester
scons VOSS!

W. ©..C. can bo had in either white, -blabk,
pink, mauve or light blue, 4, 6 .or-6 hooks
short, medium or extra loug; also the
DOWAGER Corset for stunt ladies... Our
prices always the lowest~

$1., $1.25, $1.50, $2., $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $5.00

Summer Corsets

7he and: $1.60

Young Ladies’:
Misses’.....<..
Childrevs

- Babies’...

< <-> Y
Special!

Acbroken line of Corsets: sizes 18, 19,
526, '26,'27; 28 and 29 in drabs and blacks at.”

‘Half Price.

‘Corset Steels

4, 5, or 6 Hook Blacks and Draba: at

vo 2BBCy” B50 and 50c

-Bustles

All the now atyles at a .

-50c, 76c and $1.00

Side Steels for Corsets”

10c a set of four

JUST THAWED OUT.

‘Some of the Alaskan pauiens eat mos-
quitoes.

Wood i is only $15 a cord. Last. yearit
was {60.

Consul’ ‘McCook “says winter at Daw-
aon ia preferable to summer.

The coldest. weather of the winter at

won was 50 degrees below zero.

Among the Indians ‘the woman who
outlives her huaband and doesn’t marry
becomes a slave.

“Lientenant Castner reports that the
number of Indians has been greatly re-
duced by civilization.

McCarty’s body was carried for burial
by hie partners over the frozen trail to
Dawson, 2 miles away.

There are no-dentists in the ‘Alaskan
capital; no jewelers, except the eradest.
of artisans ameng the Indians, no. pho-
tographers, - dressmakers; nor mailliners;

not.even an undertaker, and only s senii-
occasional shoemaker.

The wife of-@ man -who had been
thrown into jail at Sitka became quite
indignant when 9 kindly disposed wo-
man ventured to sympathize with her in
her supposed - tmisfortune.. ‘The ides,’
she exclaimed, “with John coming to
see me and the baby once a week, and |
the marshal paying his board!’ -

from ‘a Dawson City storekeeper are to
be relied upon, the Klondike region ia
likely.to come into competition’ ‘with
Monte Carle fur first place as promoter
ofsiicide. Itia said that deatha. from
suicide aro ocevrring aaily in. Dawson,

camps. Failure to strike gold is driving
unfortunate miners crazy.

Not Married, Yet Bigamists..

A conviction for bigamy has been sus-
tained by the supreme court of Michigan
in a recently decided case where the sec-
ond marriage was no- a cere-
monial marriage, but the parties enter-
edinto an express contract in. marriuge
to beeome husband and wife. The man
had 2 wife living at the time and it'was
held that this written agreement, fol-
lowed by living together as husband and
wile, constituted a Second marriage,
which made the man a bigamist. . In
New York a marriage has “been. -recog-
nized aa valid. where, according to the
rights. of: the P

Skagway, ‘and other mining- towng and] *

livered to sav part of the city for 65
cents a month. - tf.

Wanted—A good solicitor for the.city.
Apply at this office.

Oldest Established House in *Kootenry.
WILLIAM R. BEATTY,
Undertaker.
ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMB’A
wd

A. G. CREELMAN GEO. BEAM.
P. 0. BOX 315,

Creelman & Beam,

CONTRACTORS
BUIDERS.-

Fatimates furnished on all kinds of work.
Jobbing promptly atte

church, was faleely impersonating a

RY of. that j and ag.
the man thus married was then the hus-
band of another woman he was convicted
of bigamy.

“The Rossland Laundry is jets a

SEERA E er Rosslard BC.
WILSoXx.

Alhambra: Hotel.
28 SPOKANE STREET.

work at» reasonable “prices. . them,

Ifthe statements made in a letter

Graham & Son. Near P. O. Ea

- The Evening Racuap ‘alter Junel de-|-

Odd, Isn't It.
The season approaches when the grad-
uate will look about him for 9 “‘wider”
field, but, strange to eay, he ia never im-
pressed-with the old man’s advice to
take ten acres and a mule.—Atlants
Constitution.

Washington Hand Press. ~
FOR SALE.—An 8-column Washing-
ton Hand Press in first-class order, to-
gether with a six or seven column news-
paper outfit. Apply to the Recorp of-
fice. tf.

The aubscription price of the Evenixe -
Recorp will be 65 cents .per month en
and alter June 1,

Le Roi

LIVERY SALE and FEED
STABLE. ____etf>

JOHN F. LINBURG,
Stylish Rigs for Yent

Firat.class Saddle and Pack
Horees.

Srapizs: Columbis Ave., ‘Phone No. 37,
Commercial Alley, ‘Phone No. 39.

P. O. BOX, 136.

PROP.

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