Se are snemamne
ARE BVADING QUARANTINE. CRONJE STANDS AT BAY.
ee pi nenchaatin Rate

L rt Cardifr. 1-2 ab
ang Quarantine Mere Rigid.

Some of the inmates of the Car- | ca,
“diff Votel have been seen on the
streets in the last few days, al-
though they are on honor not to] sure-the people how much we all
leave the building so long asitis|here admire the conspicuous ga‘-
under quarantine. Dr. Reddick, |Jantry displayed by our C
the medical health officer, says that, | comrades on that occasion. (Sign
by disregarding the quarantine, | ed), Roberts.”
they render themselves liable to ar-
rest, and are known to the police
and easily identified. The quaran-
tine on the Cardiff will be raised on
Monday if no signs of aew cases of
smallpox develop in the meantime.

Beginning on Monday, no child-
ren will be allowed in the schools Dont Push Them Too Far.
unless they can show vaccination ‘Toronto Evening News. ‘
certificates. They have been ale Itlooks as if the mine owners
lowed ample time to get i of Rossland Howi

(Continued from First page).

I deeply regret the heavy loss
it suffered during the fighting on
the 18th inst., and beg you will as-

Buller’s Losses at Monte Cristo.

London, Feb. 2a.—Gen. Buller
reports that his casualties Feb. 19
were: . Killed, Capt. Thorburn,
of the Royal fusiliers; wounded,
two officers and 14 men.

are ig the ex-
There has beena decided decrease ample set by. the newspaper pro-
in the number of vaccinations this | prietor of ‘Chicago last year, when
week, though there is still quite a they were confronted with a serious
number of people in town who have labor trouble. Instead of tempor-
not undergone the operation. Dr. ising with the men the publishers
Reddick attributes this partly to shut down for a week, and during
the fact that some of those who | that period the city was withont a
have been i lain of ip In two days every
sore arms and thus discourage man and woman ia Chicago bir
others from suftering the operation. down on the strikers, and ulti-
But Dr. Reddick states that, among mately they were compelled to give
over 500 cases of vaccination which in, That seems to be the principle
have come under his personal ab- | UPOP which the mine. owners of
servation, he has not seen a dan- Rossland are “proceeding. Rather
gerous sore arm, so that there is no than enter int? 2 conflict with the
excuse for evading vaccination. ner that would be costly and an-
As a result of a consultation with noying they simply quit until con-
Dr. David La Bau, of Nelson, the ditions: are more to their liking.
district health officer, ~Dr. Reddick This is a weapon the employers
has decided that all: passengers are in a position to use with almost
-coming in over the C. P, R. must a certainty of sucess. Workingmen
either show certificates of vaccina- will be wise to tefrain from pushing
tien or be vaccinated on arrival. In them to that point.
case of refusal, they will be turned
-back.

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MINOR - MENTION.

L. G. Henderson, of the Hender-
MR, DENNIS BANQUETED son Publishing company, is in the

= city preparing another: issue of
OMocjals and Employes of C& W Pre | 4704 *s British C ia Ga-

gent Him a Handsome Time Ptece | peter and Directory.
At the Crown Point hotel in Trail :
the officers, employes and contrac-
tors of the Columbia & Western
railway gathered Tuesday evening

A purse was presented yesterday
to Lyle Davidson by participants in
the recent hockey matches, in rec-

of many different shapes to
fit all kinds of forms.

R. & G.,

and imported

‘are two makers of repute, ‘and from

P. Y D. which any woman can readily find
Le perfect fit, In White Gray, Black -

and Dove.—$1.50, $2, $2.25, $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4.

Corset Waists for Children, Misses, « Women

£rOM ov pee en ecw eee nee e ee eeet

Y Qbear are So many wi

fitting Corset, when by a little

easily remedied. In our stock t!

ation and delib

...-75 cents to $1.50.

omen who wear a Corset that is utterly unfit and
unsuited to them. They unconsciously suffer from the effects of an ill-
it may be so
here are twenty different shepes, each made
for a particular form, If the right shaped Corset is
not selected, there will never be the wear in it there

E@ Received a shipment of House Lining, also Coat’s Spool Cotton all numbers.

THE BIG STORE. :

_—_ Hunter Brothers. ==
covevosnsessossocsonsoncsosossoceuses

CLASSIFIED.

Advertisements under this head inserted. at the

One Cent a Word. Nothing feb taken for

Tele Hans cents. Sex insert

MISCELLANEOUS.
and typist desires:
engagement. Record office Rossland. ar3t

. : ognition of his services as referee.
to attest their esteem and apprecia- .
tion of A.C. Dennis, engineer in _The funeral services over the re-

charge of track, who leaves tomer: | Mains of the late Mrs. W. G. Mer-
row for Montreal to assume his | ryweather were held on Wednesday
new duties as superintendent of | by Rev. George H. Morden and the
maintenance for the entire Cana- remaing were interred in the Colum-
dian Pacific railway system. “After bia cemetery. |

a sump the >| The hii shops ofthe B. A.
ter, J. G. Sullivan, presented “to C have. been closed and all the em-
Mr. Dennis, on behalf of those | ployes paid off.

present, a handsome watch and J. W. Kimball, who has been ad:
locket, valued at $200. The time- | Jonced to the position of. auditor of

piece was furnished and engraved | the construction department of the
by Ewert Bros. and on'the locket ‘are C. P..R,, leaves tomorrow for Mon-

engraved the names of 43. officers |treal to enter upon his new duties.

and employes.
Mrs. M. C. John and Mrs. H.
Hagetotz of Grand Forks are in’

TODAY'S STOCK SALES. town.
_ William Kaster Adams of Kaslo
Following is a summary ef the | came in on Thursday night.
sales on the local exchange teday, Mr. and Mrs. D. Larson of Nel-
her with the q i son are in the city.
Neil Cochrane of Denoro is among
Messiand sales. the arrivals in the city.

Sales today on the local exchange Rev. Mr. Haslam of St. George’s
were as follows: Okanogan, 1000, church will exchange pulpits on
4c, Rathmullen, 5000, 434, 3000, | Sunday with Rev. Mr.. Clarke of
4c; Peoria Mines, 1000, 134¢ Trail.

Total sales, 10,000 shares. A very pleasing program has been
arranged for the concert at Trail

Twelve hundred dollars. takes’ pair ot freehold
houses, three rooms, summer kitchen and pantry.
Rented for $30 per month. T. Prest, 26 Columbia
avenue.

‘TAILORING.

Eee eer mrad
©. SAVARD, Fashionable Merchant Tailor,
carries the best assortment of imported and do-
mestic goods in Rossland. None but first-class
labor. employed. Prices moderate, Columbia |
avenue, Rossland, =

FOR RENT.
ENT—House $5,00; house $8.00. T®

ras Fe olsmbis avenue.

FOR RENT—Five roomed Plastered house, un-
furnished, on Spokane street south, Water; good.

eae $i8 per month. Apply M. W. Sime]
son, Columbia avenue.

FOR SALE.

FOR SALE—A money-making butcher busi-

ness. Owner going away. Small capital required.
Investigate this. T. Prest, x6 Columbia avenue,

FOR SALE—Biggest snap on Rossland—Well

Duilt cottage and lot 30x180 feet, close to new
courthouse. C:allat once, Charles E. Benn & Co.

NEW DRUG STORE.
__NEW DRUG STORE. _

—THE——

ROSSLAND DRUG

COMPANY.

NEXT TO OLD CITY HALL, COLUMBIA AVENUE.

“New and Complete Stock of Drugs,

and Patent Medicines.

Prescriptions Carefully Compounded.
Robert E. Strong, Manager. -

ROSS THOMPSON........

FOX SALE. rent or exchange-A Remington

—_ Address "Mack," Record office.

ALE—Fine rooming | house Going good

FOR
business on Columbia avenus

". Prest. 26 Columbia ‘avenues

FOR PRIVATE SALE—Complete furniturr

for four rooms; high class; almost new. Apply
Oliver, Record office.

I have the following blocks i in the following companies tor Zales
Bureka Ci » Hi ike, Evening Star,
Silverine, R. E. Lee, Bodie, Eureka, North Star and ZilaM

Lots in site Original Townsite

Reddin. Jack Co., Agents,

FOR SALE—House and lot, $1000, easy terms

house and lot, $1500, easyterms. T. Prest, 26
Columbia avenue.

FOR SALE—Plastered house and clear title to

lot on Second Avenue, only $500. 'T. Frest, 26
Columbia Avenue. =

FOR SALE- A block ot qo00 mining‘stock at a

bargain. T. Prest,26 Columbia Avenue,

gp | Monday evening, in aid of St. An-| iota gnihca, in desrabe ican, The .
. z drew’s church. Refreshments and’ price ia $1350. sie $350 casts #300 ay ia six Soo LINE.
+ + months, and the balance at the, rate of $x .
My, The|MWr'h. Senile the well known [= reef = KOOTENAY COU NTRY,
e . b% ~R. 4
#80. 6 | mattress manufacturer of Trail, was} yor sALE— to all polnts
2B i =
dag | the city today. {A prominent business commer at a bargafo. EAST AND WEST. THE FAST LINE
1 % New Drug Store A fiveroomed furnished house on Butte St. $150 si on all trains :
18 u A four-oomed house on Davis St., $225. jeepers on all trains from TO ALL POINT:
V4 1%1 The Rossland D ih coo aye Se tenay Landing. ‘s.
ru lern conventences
6% now “doing business = Columbia meet Righiy ca sullvated, house frtaly: TOURIST CARS Te
avenue, next to the old city hall | A sixroomed house and a rib iotspantly pass Medicine Hat, (dally) for St. Fault, Sundays THE DINING CAR ROUTE VIA
40 so |? . y paid, $ ind Wednesda ‘gignto; Fridays for YELLOWSTONE PARK. -
building. We have a. complete line The args apd good-wil of a s7-roomed lodgy ontreal and Boston. SA :
8 18 | of pure fresh drugs, toilet articles taSame Cars pass Rorelstoke one day eariler FEST AND BEST.
2 14. |and druggists sundries. -Breserip- Tee ae og syne adioining tonmnbite fe, ie — TT
fax # fone cabana er omen Pe Houses for sen ounitere CONNECTIONS: SOLID VESTIBULE TRAINS
63 . ONG, Te E. N, OUIMETTE & CO., ARRIVE :
ane? ___B- E STRONG, BT. - | eal Estate...,...:Insurance .... Mining Breker | §20,e%, Sunday.-ROSBLAND, ..ex. Sunday 12:15 EQUIPPED WITH
MW 10% ‘Bank of Montreal tines Buterne * | agarn dae sean OSSLAND.. Puliman Palace Cars, Elegant Din-
4g re For the Ladies. train for and from Rota Nek nem i
7 Big . food chaute ee f x Kaslo, Sandon and “locan ing Cars, Modern Day Coaches
4% B35 New line of ladies’ spring jackets Te inciieceimeanemaaeiemataietccaaiaal polots, conne~"s for all points in Tourist Sleeping Cars ”
V4 8 |arejustto hand. Alsoa big line :
12 Bs J ° TENDERS FoR WOOD. THE BOUND A Y pane
of ladies’ wrappers. A hundred —_ Throw
* igh tickets to all pointe
aX af and fifty New Idea patterns just re- sianat fo for a will ba received at a ered ihe aeet COUNTRY States and Canada. : ee Untied
00 80 | ceived fos, 10 ihe delivered to the fire fire station. . s Steamship Hounts to all faite, of the world.
38 6 Hosteap & Wricut, | ty Clerk. “| Evening train for,and from Robson, Net and Northorn Paclicgreanenne ne
8 As Central Drygoods Store, corner ee nd: Sone { points north, connects | | Trains depart from Spokane as) fellowes
% 4 | First avenue and Washington eae peal No. £ Westbound, at 9:55 p.m.. daily.
98 xs | street. ee BOUNDARY COUNTRY. 0. 2 Eastbound, at 7:20 a.m.. daily.
6 . — a eee See
% OTICE is hereby given, that the Rossland
4 a ; NO Mites ghd Lig fee ad id cele Hours, ReSSLAND TO For further fiformation’ ttmé, cards, mapr
Mae, ‘Ww. C. McDONALD, Blige Lieutenant Governor ih e ar pleraratbens sinigiag intern tlokets, apply to erent of the
Si “3 < yersios 00 mine rs inches et water out of Little ss oN.
2 i Contractor and Builder. ames “propeged ee Gt diversion | For rates and full Information, address the E. W. Ruff, Agt. R. M. Ry.,
Batimates given on Contra cfary -. | Seadeet woeeevety ees OP The east and wet AB. Mackenzie, : Rossland, B. 0.
1 hy description. | Daeg chigrsoth day of January, 2900 rik mertnar Anon Ticket Agt. |, J. W. HILL, General Agent, Spokane, Wn
22 {8 |ovingalsing Fal >t deeety Witness: A, CAMPERS: top, |W. F, Anderton, T. P A., Nelion, B, C, ‘A. D. CHARLTON,
us Apply Bs Thempton Avenue. ‘L. N. G. ABNOTT. gt ycGoyle a. G.P. Aw Vaasoarer, B, C) est. Gen. Pass Agt., Portland, Ore,

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PRICE 5 CENTS

“FOR pty BALL, AT
JW. Spring s, the Leading Jeweler.

EXT ‘DOOR TO POSTOFFICE

| | SLOGAN I$ LIVELY

Mines Daily Increase Their Force and
Ore Shipments Begin,

CONCENTRATORS START UP|

of Labor Disputes Restores Life

‘ Vaccination f ‘Shisids, Carbolic Acid Gum: Camphor, -
hlorid peri pres, Sulphur Brimstone, ~,

‘It PAYS to deal with Goodkve Bros.

and Aotivity—Big Wakefield Concentrator

Started and Others to Be Built—The Payne

a Heavy Shipper.

The Slocan. country is now be-
coming the'scene of as great activity:

depression. Frank: Watson came
down from there this morning and
tells of a general resumption of work

SACRIFICE SALE. -

“We have Goth big stoak of fancy satin ’ and felt Foot
‘Warmers which, must be disposed of.
ers we are offering them at COST.

ne to comes and look over our stock.

Cc. O. LALONDE, The Reliable Foot-Fitter.

BAND NIGHTS—TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.

SKATING RINK

NOW OPEN ‘DAI LY: ©

Sundays, 3:00 to 5:30 p.m

SEASON TICKETS —

will be sold for the remainder of the season, at the Rink,as follows:

six car toads in the last two weeks

The Clarendon Cafe
a

First-Class in Every Respect. Open Day and Night.

Rooms for Banquets and Dinner Parties...

and of shi of ore, the only.
exceptions being at those mines
where the trails have not been

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CAUGHT -

» LIKE RATS

IN

Cronje’s Army Reported

A TRAP

§ : :
| .to Have Surrendered

Li to Kitchentier.

as it had formally been.a scene of:} -

A GRIM FIGHT] FOR LIFE

broken and which cannot be reached Gutronnded by British, Bom-

till spring.

The Payne has 16o men at work |’ ¢
and is putting on more as fast as |)

they come in, It is shipping ore,

five carloads, having come down to |;

Trail orn Monday. The new 200-
ton at the Wal Id
mine on Four-Mile Creek, . near.
Silverton, was started on Wednes-
day. ‘Development of the mine has

been in progress for three years and |° |

it has immense ore reserves, enough
to employ 150 men. The working
force is being increased as fast as
men apply. The Emily Edith’ also
has enough ore in reserve to employ
150 men and will erect a concentra-
tor this. spring. The Bosun had
30 men on Monday and was making
daily additions and shipping ore.
The Galena Farm, which was
bought-by Mri: McCune last=fall, “is
starting and will have a concentra-
tor this season. The Ivanhoe, near
Sandon, which is owned by Minnea-
polis men, has been working steadily
all winter; so has the Whitewater
Deep. The Arlington has shipped

and has ten cars ready for shipment.
It has 33 men at work and is putting
up larger buildings to accommodate
60. The Black Prince at Slocan
City is shipping, having had a car
load on the wharf on Monday. The
Whitewater is starting, and so is
the Enterprise, which had 25 men

CUNLIFFE & ABLETT,
ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS.

All classes of Repairs and Construction Work Undertaken.
Ore Cars, Wheets: and Norte Buckets, Fane, » Shaiting, f pane
"8 Stites (rene

Thira Avenue, poses

at the beginning of the week and
will increase its force to 125 men.
et OS,

DANDY COONS ON TOUR.

They Go to Nelson and Spokane to
Str up Cachinnation,

The Rossland Dandy Coons will

start on tour again tomorrow, ap-

%

barded by Lyddite, Help
: . Driven Off.

By Associated Press.

co New York, Feb. 23. —The Trib-

tine is out ‘with a ‘special saying
Cronje has surrendered.

Awaltiug the Inevitable.
London, Feb. 23—2:10 p. m.—
Every hour is expected to bring
news of General Cronje’s surrender.
Rumors were current this morning
that the end of the struggle had
virtually come, but these emanated
from information received by the
Rothschilds:

Story of the Battle.

Paarderberg Drift, Feb. 20.—

As night fell after the terrific fight-

ing, which lasted all day Sunday,
there was a sudden cessation of fire.
Both sides were thoroughly tired
and gtad to rest. ‘The work of co}-

‘lecting the dead and wounded pro-

ceeded and the men slept where
they had fought the whole day.
The action was one of the most

fearfully contested in the history of

the war. The Boers were fighting
for their lives and the British deter-
minedly harassed them. The mount-

ed infantry did good work and the

Highlanders’ brigade fought steadi-
ly and sternly. The whole force

behaved well.

‘The Cordon Completed.

Sunday evening the cordon

around the Boers was completely
closed on every side in perfect si-
lence. A few Boers came into camp

the detachment ‘found ‘that one
kopje extended a considerable dis-
tance west, sioping gradually to the
plain. They seized a good defen-
sive position, which wasga-risoned.
They continued the movement and
completely turned the Boers, whose
left was held strongly by a farm-
house. This was vigorously shel-
led. The detachment returned to
camp at nightfall, leaving a garri-
son on the ridge.

Meanwhile a desultory bombard-
ment of the Boer position. was kept
up and a good deal of rifle fire con-
centrated where the Essex regi-
ment was attempting to rush‘ up the
river.

About midday the cry that French
had arrived was passed down: the
ranks, but his division operated out
of sight of our forces.

When Lord Roberts arrived, he

d several. regim and
was vigorously cheered.

Cronje Weakens, but Braces Up.

Early in the day General Cronje
asked for a 24 hour's armistice in
order to bury his dead. Lord
Kitchener refused, and a little later
came another messenger with word
to the effect that, if the British were
inhuman enough to refuse an arm-

istice for the purpose of burying

the dead, GeneralCronje saw no

other course but to surrender.

pee receipt of this message, Lord

during the night and d they} K
were sick of fighting, and that Gen-

appearing at Nelson on that even- | eral Cronje was urged to surrender.

ing and at the Auditorium at Spo-

INTERNATIONAL

MUSIC HALL.

Week beginning Monday, Feb. 12, and Saturday Matinee at 2130.

2 Zinn and Cassidy's Musical Travesty

“The...

No advance in Prices. - God Save the Queen.

The Arlington.

=
THE LEADING HOTEL AT TRAIL

"Headquarters fo
cial Meén....Splen
UNEXCELLED TABLE,

did Sample Rooms.
Joun HaAvzrTY, Proprietor.

kane on Mond: g. ‘The
members who will go are:

General Cronje’s force occupied the
river bed. All the animals and the
men suffered terribly from thirst. A

Messrs. W. J. Nelson, N. F. heavy thunder storm 1n the after-
Kendall, J. F. Ryan, M. J. Harris; | noon, however, ‘relieved considera-
B.A. Mcintyre, Newman Taylor, | ple of their suffering. Lord Kitch-
John J. Honeyman, Frank, Oliver, | ener was present with the force.

Arthur Salvini, Charles Di

ded ji

P General Macdonald was

in

Thomas S. Gilmour, G. F. ‘owns- | the foot but not severely. Our men
hend, John Matthews, W. “Wylie | marched splendidly to overtake: the
Johnstone, W. deV. le Maistre, W. | retreating enemy. Deserters say
P. Dockerill, Lorne Becher, Robert | that a great number of the Boers
Andrews, D. Winters, Fred Whit-|iost their horses Trek oxen are
taker, L. Roberts, R. Turner, B.C. | gaily seen wandering over the plain
Murray,J. A. McAllister, G. Hodge, | and many come into our lines.

Max Crowe, J. Lenke, C. St L.
Mackintosh.

The Rossland board of trade to-
day sent a telegram to the Spokane
board of trade asking fur every as-
sistance in making the performance
at Spokané a success.

——_—_—_—_—

Tho Boer Flank Turned.
Monday morning found the Boers

in: the same ‘place. During the
night they -had constructed en-
trenchments around _ the laager,
which was still threatened by Gen.
Smith-Dorrien. The-infantry rested

Squires Bound for the War. after the terribly hardday’s fighting

Charles Collins has received a
letter from Joseph Squires, former
chief of the fire department, dated
on board the steamer bound for the
Cape. Mr. Squires ir with E field
battery, R. C. A., second Canadian
contingent. Heis the only volun-
teer from British Columbia in the

on Sunday. The mounted infantry
and a battery of horse artillery
started to observe the enemy, who
were holding a kopje, but, riding
around the southern side of the
kopje, they received a heavy fusil-
ade and were obliged to move fur-
ther out. They sustained no cas-
ualties.. This was attributed to bad

artillery. Boer marksmanship. Pushing on,

ded to the Boer

laager in order to arrange the cap-
itulation, but he was met by a mes-
senger, who announced that Gen.

Cronje said that the whole thing
was a mistake, that Gen. Cronje
had not the slightest intention of
surrendering, but would fight till
he died.

A Ferritic Hombardment.
General Kitchener returned and

ordered a bombardment of the Boer
position... Three field batteries and
a howitzer battery took a position
directly in front of the laager and
began an accurate fire,the howitzers
using lyddite shells. The Boers
were seen tetiring from the trenches
to the river in order to seek cover,
but no cover could protect them
from such a deadly fire. The how-
itzers dropped lyddite shells with
precision into the very bed of the
river and the trenches were soon
filled with horrible fumes and green
smoke, but the enemy held grimly
on,

Again during the night deserters

arrived. They were much fright-
ened and shaken by their awful ex-
perience. They reported that they
had water in abundance, but were
able to draw scanty supplies from
their laager during the night.

(Continued on Fourth page.)

FIRE IN LONDON

The Ontario City Loses Mgsonic Tem-
ple and Opera House,

MANY OTHERS LOSE ALL

Telegraph Offees and Many Stores and Offices
Ruined—A Boer Sympathizer Meets Pun-
ishment at Montreal—Destrustion Caused
by Windstorm at Halifax.

By Associated Press.

London, Ont., “Feb, 23.—The

Masonic Temple was destroyed by
fire this morning. Nothing remains
‘but the walls. The Great North-
western telegraph office and Cana-
dian Pacific Railroad Telegraph
company offices, Shea’s wholesale
liquor store, fhe head: office of the
Northern Life Association company,
Carrol & Purdon, barristers, Col.
Leis’ office, Nolan’s cigar store,
Roath Bros., brokers,C. E, Turner, -
broker, F, H. Butler, broker, the .
Kent. furniture store, the Grand
opera house, R. G. Dun & Co.,
Alfred Robinson, secretary of the
Commercial Travellers association,
the Dominion Loan and Savings
company offices, are all in ruins.
The losses are in the neighborhood
of $200,000.

The fire is said to have originated
on the stage of the Grand opera
house and totally destroyed it. The
Cc. P. R. Telegraph company has
established a temporary office ang is
now working all right.

A PRO-HOER PUNISHED,

Disloyal Seutiments Bring Prompt

Action From an Indignant Citizen.

By Associated Press.

Montreal,- Feb. 23—An exciting
incident occurred on'St.-James street
this morning when a man whose
name is unknown gave expression
to strong pro-Boor sympathies and
was slapped in the face by Alfred
Bryce, a well-known typewriter
agent. The victim had a few
sympathizers who threatened to get
even with Bryce, but a crowd sur-
rounding them gave the sympathiz-
ers to understand they would have a
combat with more than one individual
if they attacked Bryce, which’caused
them to sneak off.

Wind Works Havoc With Wires
By Associated Press. .
Halifax, N. S., Feb. 23.—It is
estimated that $60,000 damage was
done to telephone and street car
companies by a windstorm here last
night, the poles ‘of which were
snapped like pipestems. Some of
the streets thig morning are blocked
with a mass of wires and poles.

a
By Associated Press.

Ottawa, Feb. 23—W. R. Ecles-
ton, who went to South Africa in -
charge of the Canadian postal corps,
has been appointed lieutenant in the
Imperial corps at the.instance of
Lord Roberts.

‘Board of Trade Meeting Tonight.

A special meeting of the Rossland
board of trade will be held at 8:30
this evening at the new offices of
the board in the postoffice blodk, .
not in the city hall, as erroneously
stated in this morning’s Miner. The
memorial of the Kaslo board of
trade on the eight-hour law and a
great deal of other business will be
considered,

‘Tho Government Defeated.
Special to the Record,
Victoria, Feb. 23—4:30 p.m.—

The Semlin government was de-,

feated on the re-distrubition bill

1g to 18