ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD, MARCH 10, 1899.

TROUBLE AHEAD.

England and America to Establish King
Mateola at Samoa.
(Associated Pross Dispatch.)

Cutoaco, March 10.—A special to the
Chronicle from Honolulu, via San Fran-
cisco saya: Concerning the Samoan sit-
uation, a startling report was given out
by an officer of the cruiser Philadelphia
toa friend hero just prior to the sailing
ofthe flagship for Apin, According to
.. the officers, Admiral Kaute is instructed
touphold all the recent decisions of
Chief Justice Chambers respecting the
election of the king in Samoa, and mat-
tera growing out of it. He is to co-oper-
ate at once with the American and Brit-
ish consuls and declare Malicota Tanus
the rightful and legal king. Malieota
will be placed in authority under the
authority of American and British mar-
ines. Mataafa, who now has military
ascendancy, wil] be called upon to sur-
‘render, Should he refuse to do sc Ad-
miral Kauts is instructed to proceed, by
force if necessary, to establish the auth-
ority of the duly elected king, Malieota
Tanus. It is believed there will be a
struggle. Mataafa, is brave, and. has
the endorsement of, and will be suppor-
ted by Germany. Itis not believed that
Admiral Kautz will attempt to follow in
farther than his present

Russia Will Back Down.
(Assoclated Press Dispatch.)

Pekin, March 10,—The Chinese for-
eign office has received a dispatch from
St. Petersburg, saying that as a result of
negotiations between Ruesia and Great
Britain, the Russian minister will with-
draw his protest against the Hong
Kong contract, The Hong Kong con-
tract is identical with the Niu Chwang
contract. + 4

DOG FEL! OFF THE BRIDGE.

A Citizen Clalms that It Is Dangerous and
Should Be Fixed.

The Recoxp has been asked to call
the attention of the city nuthorities to
the fact that unother board should be
placed under the railing on the bridge
across Centre Star gulch as there ie
great danger of the school children
slipping and falling of the bridge into
the gulch. the fall would be about 80
feet.

Thie niorning while a business man
was crossing the bridge, his dog, a
blooded animal, took a header of the
bridge, and the owner argues that if a
dog can slip off of it, the danger of chil-
dren doing so is great, the walks beimg
along the edges of the bridge.

At this time the walk is very icy and
the danger is very great.

some six milea.from Apia, in which case
American sailors would not be endanger-
ed except. from bushwhakers. But
Matasfa himself may be the aggressor.

PEOPLE COMING AND GOING

Frank Kizer, formerly local manager
of the Lily May, came in from Spokane
i and will return tomorrow.

FLOOD AT SHAWNEETOWN.

Levee Is Thought to be Weak and the Resl-
dents are Moving Out.
(Associated Press Dispatch )

Snawnezzrowy, Ill, March 10.—Thie
city is flooded eimilar to that which al-
anost swept the town away @ year ago.
Residents are moving out a3 rapidly us
possible and all live stock has been re-
moved.

The levec is-thought to be weak in
some places and a break is lizble to oc-
curatany time. Last April the levee
broke without warning. Twenty-five
people were drowncd and many resi-
dences were destroyed.

Sir Douglas Colton Dead.
(Associated Presa Dispatch.)
Lonpon, March 10.—Siz Douglas Col-
ton, former president of the British As-
siation and.an authority on eanitation is
dead.
Sir Douglas Calton, K. C. B. LLD. Fra.

Ed. berg went to Bossb
today on 2 business trip.

J. F. McCrae left today for Toronto to
be gone a month.

J. F. Ritchie was called to Nelson
day on important business.

C.F. Jackgon of the Reddin-Jackson
company, whoisin the east, isin Kin-
cordine, Ont., visiting th: relatives of F.
J. Walker, a member of the firm.

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Wien, Conn., March 10.—Robt.. N.
Benedict, aged 27, one of the best known
young men of this place 1s dead us @ re
sult of blood poisoning, caused, accord-
ing to physicians, by 2 habit of fre-
quently putting a Jead pencil in his
muuth.

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Trouble With the Wires.

The C. P. R. telegraph wires are giv-
ing the company t:ouble today and the
sending of the Associated Press dis-
patches has been interrupted since 12
o’elock.

An Early Hanging.
(Agsoviated Pres) bist :eh.)
Sr, Scttonastr, Que., March 10,—Sam
Parslow and Cornelia Vian. were hanged
this morning. Drop fell at 8:05,

W. Wallach and Smith Curtis started
to Teronto today. They will go on to
London in about two weeks on mining
business,

Rossland Mining Stocks

was born in W England,
in 1822 and was educated at the Royal
military academy, Woolwich. He pax-
sed the highest examination on record
and took first prize in every subject.
‘He held several important offices under
the government, holding those of in-
apector of fortifications, assistant sec-
retary of state for war and the director of
pubhe worka and buildings,

A Jersy Hanging.
(Aegociated Press Dispaten.)

s _ Enizanern, N. J., March 10.—Louis
Roesel was hanged here today at 11:13
o'clock. Louis Roesel and George Man-
shand on’ the night of Sept. 17, 1897,
killedJ ames Pitts, a wealthy farmer of
Summit, N. J. Robbery was the object
of the murder,

Each confessed, accusiug the other of
of striking the blow that killed’ Potts,
but the state accepted Manshand’s story
as etate’s evidence and convicted Roes-
elo of murder in the first degree. Man-
shand was sentenced to 20 years,

Models Afler the U. S.
(Associated Press Dispatch )
Caucurra, March 10—In the legis-
lative council Sir James Westling, the
financial secretary, introduced a bill
modelled after the U. 8. act of July
1897, glving the government power to
impose countervailing duties on the
bounty for sugar importei into India.
It is proposed to pass the measure dur-
ing the present session,

James Wilson, superintendant of the
C. P. R. Telegraph company, left for the
north last evening.

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