FIGHTING KANSANS TO IRKTURN
——
Captain Watson Organizes Battery of
Six Hotchkies Guns.

Abilene, Kan., Monday- —Cupt.
George N. Watson, 0 of Company
Twentieth Kansas, just returned,
has just secured government per-
mission to organize a Kansas bat-
tery of light artillery, with 170 men
and six rapid fire Hotchkiss guns.
He will return to the Philippines to
fight under General Funston next
month. The battery will be orga-
nized here and many of Watson’s
old company will reenlist.

——

Manila, Sept. 24.—It the detailed
and true account of the situation
in the Philippines would be given
to the public through the medium
of the press after; the visional ac-
counts of the situation in Luzon and
numerous islands, the news would
be reccived with incredulity and dis-
trust. The reports that are palmed
off on a confiding public about the
wonderful victories and small cas-
ualties on the American side is a
diplomatic and political fabrication.
All of the principal islands are in
open revolt and a conservative es-
timate of Aguinaldo’s followers in-
cludes go per cent of the inhabitants
of the islands, These people are
shrewd, crafty and in some in-
stances, very daring. As an idea
of the modus operandi of their
warfare, as recited by observers, de-
tachments of insurgents have been
driven tor miles and would follow
the troops back for miles and take
observations of operations from the
surrounding hills in plain sight.

Whenever a transport — arrives
numerous canoes containing na-
tives with afew bananas will ap-
proach and tuke observations,
without offering their fruit for sale.
For deceit, treachery and barbarity
they surpass a North American In-
dian.

It is greatly evident that the
home press will receive no accurate
news otherwise than official. news,
which is warped to a gigantic fals-
ity, unless they obtain reliable in-
formation from the returing soldiers
or press news smuggled in by pri-

- vate resources.

ARMORED TRAINS IN waR
Improvised with Stecl Plates for Pro-
tection of Troops.

Many dispatches trom the Trans-
vaal refer to the armored trains
which are used to transport troops
and passengers through the district
in which military operations are
going on, and inquiry naturally
arises as to what constitutes a train
of that kind.

It is nothing more than a train of

ordinary freight cars which have ].

been strengthened on the inside
with sheets of metal and pierced
with holes, through which rifles and
smail field pieces may be used on an
attacking party. A flat car or gon-
dola with a heavy piece or two of
such artillery may be a part of such

a train, and in some instances

enough of the closed cars can be

taken away to allow a Maxim gun
to be placed in position.

Anarmy officer in speaking of
these trains said: They are always
improvised and fitted up with the
material nearest at hand, This
“may be railroad iron, sheets of
steel or sandbags, and sometimes
nothing more than heavy lumber.
We used armored trains in Porto
Rico and in the Philippines, and the’
trains about which we read as
beixg used in the Transvaal are
probably in most respects like those
improvised portable strong holds.
There are some cars, like the new
steel cars, which have advantages
as means of transportation in. a
country made dangerous by_an
enemy, but almost any kind of cars
may be turned into the class known
now as ‘armored’ at short notice,
and the armoring will depend upon
the mechanical skill of the officer in:
command, .

THEY LOCKED UP THEIR VICTIMS

Highwaymen Nailed Their Prey in a
Hox Car.

Seattle, Wash., Monday.—
Frank Huffman and Ira Van
Bibber were held up by two masked
men and locked in a freight ‘tar
near Interbay early yesterday morn-
ing. The two “men. were walking

from Interbay to Seattle at the time
of the hold-up One of the men’
covered them with a gun while the
other weht through their pockets.

$10. .

Afterthe two bandits had searched
their victims they marched them to
a freight car,. which they broke
open. The victims were nailed in,.
and the thieves left a parting _in-
junction to the two men not to come
out for two hours.
men heard their cries for help and
released them. 5

‘The Critics in Unison.

“‘He was a host in himself and
kept his hearers in a contioual.. -Up-
roar.’’—Boston Globe. ©

“Bengough kept the, audience in
one continual roar of jaughter.”—
Quebec Chronicle.

“The master of ‘the ckayon.e—
Ottawa Free Press...
> «Mr, Bengough is what a west-
erner describes as ‘no slouch.
Victoria Times. ,

See and hear him at ‘the Miners?’
Union hall Tuesday next at.8 p..m.

b
Huffman lost $3.50 and Van pibber ex;

Some railroad |

; money not less than. $100,
ou

ABY-LAW tt the io
land, f raise % ae aie fe Sea

$282.00
sald debentut re debt, is
cas. theamiuuntol the se whole rateable land
and Improved real property, accor 10 the last
Feviaed assessment roll, ls #1444; ree
Wactlaperest, for the payment of sald deben-
sures siping. fand and interest,{t will be necessar:
se the sum of 6387.15 by a special ratein reach

ate sd Sri ccas: for.the purpose of raising the sald
urpose © sai
Sota cae of ere is is'gc equal special rare on the

iL be
neread, canta Dyrlaw shall hot be altered ur
eept with the consent of the lieutensat
reson ie mayor and, council of the |"
and, in open meeting assembled,

lows:

For the pur, purchasi
aetiee eerea et cemetery it nh
the mayor‘of the sald cit
way of loan,
| bouies ‘co!

aforesaid, ‘and witl

ak
a. improv!
ait nea ‘et ;

we SALE.

oom,

£¢é

PER CENT
esse

‘This means ALL of this Fall’s Newest and Best DRESS FABRICS.

ALL THIS WEEK. € &

AN EXCEPTIONAL BA RGAIN::.:
One lot of ‘DRESS GQCDS, TWEED FFtECTS, Self Colora ahd Buncles were 160 and $1.00 per. yard —SELL ar 25e. Y'D,

eae SRE SES

OFF SALE,

AM seontinuatian Gi our 25. PRR VENT. DISCOUNT SALE on any“ bieco of Dress Goods and all Sitks, in

It shall be lawful ie eh mayer to cause. any,
number of debentures to made: not eed
in the whole the sun of Siok ai

dom of) Great Bi

MULNOK MENTION. © At

R. A. Bundy, Henry Moller and | }

Joseph Kinnear are conducting “the

East End wood yard, near the new
school house.

2
COMING AND GOING.

M. ‘D. Shea of the Pyererce vis-
ited Spokane last week.

Colonel W. M. Ridpath and: E.
D. Sanders of Spokane 2 are at the
Windsor.

Patsy Clark was in the city -yes-
terday on his way to Spokane from
Republic.

H. S. Wallace, J. B. Johnson,
Ww. S. Oliver ‘and Mr..- Godfrey,
manager of the Bank of B. N. A. at
Vancouver, are.;making- a trip
through the Boundary country.

Hugo Ross, of. “Fox & Ross,
bankers of Toronto; E. L. Sawyer
of Toronto, and Wm. Chapin of St.
Catherines have been’.in the city.
They left at noon for Spokane.

ther
‘The: Said interest shall be yable reat, ‘on the
asth day of Decemper in-eac! andl €¥ rear, at
e place where sald Id debent ures al able
aforesaid rs

Fate on the dollafshall ie levjed <4

fs each and in_audition to
om feet tac ‘Ol ait rae ioe y of the

a
sufficient to a sinking fi id
forthe iomentcans Nhe debt siereby erica. Bea

when tl
red ceca Oe
esamuunt of
the currency ut othe Seber:
‘shall be- oe anpually for
bt hereby fic

from. ti time

or debentures fi? be a in- consequence of

any such repu! chase.

‘This peers take effect, een into force
at

Rag the a ‘time
Read the third time October 2¢t!

“NOTICE. ~ *
pel potics t aie the a aboveis a true cong of the
posed b: Tne. Mich the vote of t! 6 unl
yoBiey lil be taken a at ihe following places in
ae Rossland, namely:
t Rellly & Busch’s: store, Columbia

ard II,at Edward Baillie's office, Columbia
anivard ITI i the City, Off
Tuesday the 7eh day of
tween the hours sot Gorlock 2
Toaerot

aves
Columbia avenue.
November, 1899, bE
im, and 4 o'clock
= UREN,
ity Clerk,

JOHN. PHILLIPS, -
Contractor. & Carpenter

| Transfer of Liquor, License.

yp: Imperial Batiding. mResidence,
dionts Cristo St, Sth house north of"Eol=
-umbia avenae. PB, . BOX BG

now hel

Bodega hotel, ahaate

city of Rossland, to Hi
Dated this 23d "day

* Eur Lavaucer.

Transter of Liquor License.

Ratlwa,
Dat ar
: T. Manuan,
rn e McCantey.

. Transfer of Liquor License.

Notice is bereny given: that at the next
sitting of the Board of License Commis-
sioners for the ci*: ey, of. Rossland an applica:
tion will be m: a transter ofthe Li-.
gense. now ie 1d b: y Pat Cunningham and |

= MeDowell for the Metropol faa hotel
dirented portion of lats 23 al
block E, Railway addition to the cit
Rossland, to Henry Breen and T. W.
uan.

Dated this 20th day of October 1 1899.

CUNNINGHAM,
. 3 ‘i McDowett. -

fWOOD

From the

All Wocd Sound and Dry.

Leave orders.at Paulson Bros. Gro-
cery Store, First Ave., and Layden
& McGonigel’s, Spokane Stree‘.

Grane
GRANITE!

-Greatest Barguins and
Assortment of Granite-
ware ever brought to
Rossland, at

S. GLAZAN’S.

also big line of Handsome-
ly Decorated, China and
Crockery for the holidays.
Call and see our stock.

Record,
- 50 Cents per &
month. é

+——

‘RATES FROM $1.00 to. $1.50 PER’DAY |:

THE DINING; CAR ROUTE VI

EAST END WOOD YARD.|

‘Trans saeoert from Spokane as. follo'

J. W. HILL, Genera Agent, Spokane, W:

HOTEL.

GEO: H.: GREEN, PROPRIETOR... ~
Neatly Furnished

” First-Class Bar ed
in connection. ee

No. 58." * 22 C
Four doors east-of post office.

: lp Ww: HINSDALE,

- ‘Manager Rossland Opera House.

Avenue. }:;
-'Sun Life Assurance Co., of Canada.

ANY. ‘SHAPE’ in”

ALL’ STYLES in

Stiff "Hats,

See:our. “Styles” be-
fore, making a selec--
You aré nct™
expected to buy, w
simply asking: to st

{THE CLOTHING ROOM}

An almost ‘conitusing array of NEW HATS, fo ‘for FALL and; WINTEB-weer. ,.”

I
io NY

In fact. Reviniig in
Men’s Wear, do. not
fail to see>the stock
of this‘store......

"g~--HUNTER BROS~—~#
cdoaric steele teosesibesoed

BUSINESS CARDS.

D®- A. MILLOY, ©”

“DENTIST.

Rogms: Blane t biosk, ONE: Bank of Toronto
ia Ave.

custom HOUSE BROKER, |.’

In Custom House building.

Also New ork Life [usurance Agency.
‘Washington street. Rossland, B.C.

\W. 1. FALDING,

Accountant,
Insurance

Auctioneer.

AGENT: -

The Canada’ Accident
Assurance
“ (Accident, Liability and Plats. Glass.)

THE "FAST L
TO ALL: POINTS.

YELLOWSTONE PAR)
‘SAFEST: AND, BEST. ;

pes
SOLID VESTIBULE TRAINS
EQUIPPED WITH
Pullman Palace’Cars, Elegan
‘ing Cars, Modern Day Coaches;
Tourist Sleeping Cars...

Through Het to all, points in the . United
aud Canada,

Steamship | lsaets: to ‘all parts-of the wot! fia le

aie ete to. China and Japan via Tacome:

Northern PacificSteamshp Co. *

‘No. 1 Weatbound, at 9:65 p.m., daily"
No.2 Eastbound, at 7:20 a.m, dail

For further information’ time, cards. mapr
and tlokets, app ppply | to. Q openly of the. =

E. W. Ruff, Agt. R. M. Ry;
Rossland, B. C. c

. A.D. |ARLTON,
Ass’t. Gen. Pare res Portland, Ore.

PACIFIC ty,

The direct route from

KOOTENAY COUNTRY,

5S (to all potits
EAST AND WEST.:

First-class Ste alltrains fram

|O29=

¢ #———HOUDES-—*

and Mining. Agent and_ C.

Straight Cut
Cigarettes.

‘B. Houde & Company; Quebec
‘Are Better than the Best.

: WHOLESALE AT,

“Crow. & Morris, Rossland.

ad

C-8

)

eve

“C. O. D. Grocery aad
Meat Market... » Washington St

WHY ruc two accounts when you".
can have all together

" Choice Groceries and Vegetables, Baltimore Oys-~

‘ ters, Fresh Fish, Hams, Fresh & Cured Meats.

“INTERNATIONAL

MUSIC HALL.

_Monday, Nov. 6th, and during week.

Gnd Kootenay Landing.
TOURIST CARS,
Hat, .

s deine “anh for ae Rs ne Sindays
$27-Same Cars pass. Re encisteks one day earlier.

CONNECTIONS:

ARRIVE

ROSSLAND.. - Sunday 11:15
ROSSLAND... 22310

fs or and from Rol ae

Morn!
pon ree for ke ndon and Siocan
points, connects Yor alt points in

THE BOUNDARY
countE*: ;

Rol son, Nel-
ects

BOUNDARY COUNTRY.

Hours, ROSSLAND TO

:eee++-NELSON....

: The Great English Coster Singer, _ =
HARRY HARRISON,
Late of Savory Theatre Circnit.
Positive appearance of GERTIE. HARRINGTON.
“PROF. DEF ADELEHLS
PEARL & Casey s Singing.

“SOLDIERS *: QUEEN’

with Local.Charms. Ae seal Garson selections Srom “Wang.”

TWENTN: one mee CLASS SPECIALTIES.

e Farce Comet,

“A BUNCH OF ‘ SAYS: s4¢

‘or “ratea ‘and full i ation, eduress the
nearest ie agent, ot
A.B. Mackenzie, City Ticket Agt.
- A.C. McArthur, Agent, Rossinnee
', B.Anderson. T. P. A., Nelson, B. C.
E- f Coyle, A.G. P. Aw Vancouver, B.C.

” Artistic Job Printing

At the Record Office...........<.-Postoffice Block.

Underwear, Oversbir
Notions. Special sale
first classs Albume..

oughton’ Ss.

Exchange Auction Mart

‘We have for sale, 1oots. Shoes.

4088

Cc. P. R.
- Block.

Rubbers, Gloves Mitts,
Bocks, Watches, and all kinds of
for a few days at a sacrifice.

Nothing Chesp but the Price.

"The Clarendon Cafe

First-Class in Every Respecty—< -<00e Day and Night.

s juctio mart. |.

THE ROSSLAND RECORD.

——————

VOL. 5 NO. 55>

ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1899.

PRICE § CENTS

CUT GLASS,
~ DIAMONDS,

GOLD and SILVER

- NOVELTIES,

AND THE FINEST LINE OF

W ATCHES.

OHOMONOMeXexeKe

J. W. SPRING.

THE LEADING JEWELER.

axa @®

IN RICH SUMPTER

Le SZC Ze S Ze

SSE

Will Break Records,

eZee

ASS

Five Olerks Busy and Declares He Sold

ZS Ze SEU

Mineral Belt of Immense Size.

Shea are back from a trip to Sump-

ter, Oregon, and they report a

R. C. Prayer Books, . .
Eng. C. Prayer Books, . «
Methodist Hymn Books,,. «
Presbyterian Hymn Books
Bibles, and...
Butler's R. C. Catechisms -

This is an OPPORTURITY as we are going outg these lis
ond hove sernceery prety bindings, Koso eect No Rescrve:

; GOODEVE BROS.,

Druggists on to tia one Goodeve Bros.

camp.

Topping in discussing his visit.

are busy, he can be believed.
hotels haven't room for their guests;,
stores and saloons

looks like an old-time mining camp

boom.

wWondertul quartz pi around

Rubbers > Rie

€. O. LALONDE’S

and above the:town.
“The district is an old’ placer

pay has .been taken out

bearded, gray headed men have

veins to lie untouched until about
two years ago when some of the
most’ enterprising erected + ‘wll
stamp mills. They are now turn _

out fine dividends, although they

do not save one-half‘of the values.

E. &-W. Cellars and Caffs,
Stetson Hats,
. Christy Hats,

Fowne’s Gloves,
Health Brand Underwear,
Arcadia Underwear,

re o

A FEW OF OUR LEADING LINES:

In Talloring Department our
Stock Is Fall

slate and the veins are wide and
strong.
in a way, yet carry arsenical iron of

concentrate well... The _ tailings
from the mills assay, higher than the

ore from many rich mines.
i

aa

Colonel E. S. Topping rece a Old Camp (

IT HAS A GREAT FUTURE|¢

Geueral Warren as Townsite Agent Keeps ;

$40,000 Worth of Property in a Week—|-¥.

Colonel E. S. Topping and M. D.|}

“General Warren'|;¥"
asserts that he sold $40,000 worth |}
of lots in one week,” said Colonel |-¥:

“Judging by the activity ‘at the]:
townsite office; where five ‘clerks
The |?

are doing. a},
rushing. business and: everything |)

It is justified too by the i

field and for over 30 years good |/ ;
of the}
gulches surrounding Sumpter. Long. |"

mined there ever'since the :ivil war‘
but they allowed the rich quartz |’

“The. formation. is a soft black |’
The.ores are: Srgecmilling :

a very high grade, which does not}.

” Hendon, Tuesday. —The dipatches today are most puzzling.
A telegram from: ‘Cape Fown dated Sunday says the Boers have
ae been Fefeated at: Ladysmith and that White has taken 2000 pris-

e.same time an official

¢ Monday; mentions that the garrison is in good condition

it‘says nothing of the victory
‘of the day previous.

* Ladysmith, Monday.—There. has been a cessation of hostili-
ties. since Friday and in the interim only one Kaffir has been killed.
The loss Thursday was eight killed and 20 wounded, The town
is well’protected and the garrison is in good spirits.

‘Kimberley, Nov. 1.—The burghers have evidently been re-
inforced by arrivals from Mafeking.
They have bombarded the dyna-
mite magazines, which have exploded and many residents have

stration here with 1200 men.

been wounded;

* $St.Petersburg, Tuesday.—lt i is reported that Russia, France

and Spain will invite England
Germany refuses to countenance

it is reported, will sieze Tiger Bay north of Angola on the West
African coast should England obtain Delagoa Bay.

HAS WHITE -
\DEFEATED |
a if THE

«Burghers ‘Were
~. Captured.

3 AN NOT CONFIRM IT

BOERS

dispatch. from; ‘Wadysmith under

reported inthe Cape Town dis-

They have made a demon-

BYLAW IS A GO

One Lonesome Vote Polled Against the
Measure.

RESULT STOOD 36 TO |

‘No Interest in the Matter and-Few ‘Took. the
Trouble of Voting Upon It—Provides for
Porchase of New Park and Cemetary st’
£ Oost of $5000.

park bylaw was a sad and. mela
choly affair. The total. vote num-
bered just 37, but only onelonesome |
ballot was cast’ against: the meas-
ure, so that. the adoption. of it was,
practically unanimous. ‘Two-thirds
of all the vote polled. was required.
to assure the passage. i
The ‘event aroused: no more ene
thusiasm than a dog fight, and even.
‘among the little host which took”
interest in the measure, there was
such confidence in the. passage of,
went. ‘to.

TaD

The result by wards follows: Sane

Arainst.

‘and the Transvaal to arbitrate.
the move and Emperor William,

“There are many p
rich mines among which can be
named the Golconda, the Colum-
bia, the Climax, the BE. & E., the
Red Boy, the North Pole and the
Free Coinage. These are scattered
over a large extent of country and
are surrounded by strong un-
worked prospects having as good
surface showings.

“The belt. of black slate is 40
miles long by about 15 miles wide

and is almost entirely unprospected,

Ithough many were made

~————Prices, Delivered:

.$10 PER TON.
u .$10 PER. TON.
& NUT SIZE. ".$ 9 PER TON.

Rossland Warehouse & Trans-
fer Co., Agents.

Also Agents for NORTHERN PACIFIC COAL COM-
PANY’S BITUMINOUS COAL, for Steam and
Domestic Purposes.

this fall. The altitude is from 6000
to 8000 feet, being near the summit
of the Blue range, and prospecting
is about over for the season, but 1
prophesy that next spring will see
the greatest boom in that: section
that was ever seenina quartz camp;
and I further believe that its output
will within three years exceed the
output of any camp within the
United States.

“My faith is so strong that I have
bought and bonded several proper-
ties and have put a number of men
at work. I made maay assays with
wonderful results which, added to
ithe fact that the veins are from .10
to 6o feet in width and crop up
strongly through the softer slates,
lead me to believe that the district
is not only rich but permanent. "

‘courts dre bound to make restitu-

-party to the action.

i

AR

Total .Sisvsibeceseees
Grand total 36 for, t against.
W. McQueen was returning offi-

"| cer and looked after the third ward.

MUST EIG!

Hequired to Heturn Moneys Unlaw-
fully Pald Out by Them.
Toronto, Tuesday.—By a recent
decision of Chancellor Boyd at Os-
goode hall, it is declared that the;

tion of moneys wrongfully paid out
by order of the court, no matter

how long ago.

It was held by the chancellor
that. where money in the custody of
the court has been improperly paid
out in an action, there is jurisdic-
tion in the court to follow and re-
quire a refund of the amount upon

ppli ‘ion, and Pp iall

where the wrongful recipient is a
He holds that
the funds in the court are ‘held and
administered practically and sub-
stantially as a public trust controlled
by the court and its officers, as one
of the political departments of the
state. Suitcrs and claimants are
not barred by any lapse of time in
their application to be paid

New Tailoring Establishment.

‘Charles E. Heard has opened his
new tailoring parlors in the Col-
lins house on Spokane street. His
stock comprises the newest fabrics,

in handsome suitings, overcoats,

r =

riding trousers and the like. Mr.

P. BURNS & CO.

WHOLESALE MARKETS
Nelson, Sandon, ~ Revelstoke,
Grand Forks, and Vancouver.

Rossland,, Greenwood,

=—S—— ;
: RETAIL MARKETS

Rossland, Trail, Nelson, Ymir, Kaslo, Sandon,
- Denver, Silverton, Cascade City, Grand Forks,
Greenwood, Phcenix, Midway, Camp McKinney,

Ferguson, and Vancouver.
——

=
William Donald, Mgr., Rossland Branch.

New

Revelstoke

Heard has had many years of ex-
perience, and his varied stock, to-
gether with his ability to create
fashionable goods at moderate
prices will certainly insure success.

|. statute of limitations, and the same

ding to their credit, or to which
they are of right entitled, and recip-,
rocally they. should not be protected
by lapse of time from making resti-
tution, if they have improperly re-
ceived moneys from the court to
which they had no just claim.
The .crown is not bound by the

principle obtains even though the
crown has only a nominal interest.
All the moneys in court are in cus-
todia legis, which is in this case

The Jameson Raid.

Editor Recorp:  Sir—Will you
kindly inform us_ the date of the
Jamesen raid. Iam certain that it
occurred since my arrival in British
Columbia in November of 1896.

A MIner.

[The raiders, 320 strong, headed
by Dr. Jameson and Sir John Wil-
loughby, crossed the border on De-

" Subscribe for the “Record’”’

Only Fifty cents per Month, delivered.

cember 3oth, 1895. The fight near
Kreugersdorp occurred on New
Year's day, and the raiders were
captured on January 2, 1896.—Ep.

ta t to dia regis, and
the statute of limitations has no
pertinence. The court will regard
all‘the.citcumstances in dealing vith

each transaction. In a recent
case the mistake was that of the of-
ficer, not induced by any misrepre-
sentrtion or miscorduct on the part
of the defendants, so that, while
they should make good the princi-
pal money, it is not reasonable to
require that it should carry interest
as against them. Order made for
repayment of interest and one set of

costs to official guardian, acting for
the accountant.

IN LOVE WITH HIS OWN

W. B. Te d, J. P., did similar,
service in the second ward while J.’
G. Moody was in charge of ward t.

Prince Mad.

Caused Death of Both.
Vienna, Tuesday.—New and ter-

rible revelations -show that it-was

his own sister whom Crown Prince

Rudolph killed at the time he also

committed suicide, as a result of a

love affair with her back in 1889.

Rudolph, although married-to the
Crown Princess Stephanie, was
madly in love with the Baroness
Marie Vetsera.

It is now asserted that on the
night of the tragedy the crown
prince had an interview with his
father, Emperor Franz Josef, in
which he once more pleaded to be
divorced from the Crown Princess
Stephanie, so that he might marry
the Baroness Vetsera. Driven to
despair by his son’s insistence, the
emperor is said to have fe

Will Avoid Spokane im West Bound .
Kootenay Business.

St. Paul, Tuesday.—Just betore
leaving St. Paul on his New York
trip to lay before the stockholders’
the annuat ‘report, President James
J. Hill of the Great Northern,‘au-
thorized the awarding of the con-
tract for a cut-off line from a point
four miles north of Dragoon,
Wash., on. the Spokane Falls &
Northern, extending southeastward
to the main line of the Gréat North-
ern. The line will be about. 11,
miles in length and’ ‘will shorten
the distance of shipments to and
from the ‘northeastern part of
Washington about 4o miles.

In this connection it is semi-of-
ficially given out that it is the in-
tention of the Great Northern _ to

to the young ma1 that the baroness

was in truth the daughter of the

Austrian ruler and the sister of her

brother. Despair then led the

crown prince to commit the crime
at his hunting lodge.

At the time of his tragic death it
was plain that he had shot away the
back of his head with a cavalry re-
volver. The woman to whom he
was so madly devoted that he was
willing to renounce a crown to be-
come her husband, lay dead beside
him, her body covered with wild
flowers. It was publicly announced
that she had voluntarily taken
poison, and the details were sup-
pressed.

3.W. Bengough = Base.

J. W. Bengough, who is to give
an entertainment in the Miners’
Union hall this evening, arrived
from Trail on the morning train, ac-
companied by Mrs. Bengough.
They are registered at the Hoffman
house.

shortly abandon that section of the
Spokane Falls & Northern from the
cut-off to Spokane and place this
very rich section ‘of the Columbia
river district within more easy com-
munication with the east. The con-
tracts have not only ‘been let, but
already work” has’ been begun.
Grading gangs have been put on
and are rushing the work forward
with all possible speed with the in-
tention of having the cut-off: line ii in
operation within sixty days.

‘Troopship Disabled.

Liverpool, Eng., Tuesday.—
The British troopship Papidan,
which sailed for South Africa Nov.
tst from Liverpool,is returning in a

diti having
tered a heavy storm. . She signal-
led her fittings out of order; several
horses have been drowned and three
of her boats stove in. . She is going
to Liverpool to be refitted.

Going to the depot? Phone~6,
Montana stables, for a gurney.