ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD, APRIL 9, 1990. . Eugene Jannet French Kid Gloves. For perfect fit and fine colors, these Sloves, faye no equal, Hunter's Special are a $1.50 $1.25 THE BIG STORE Glove; we sell them for : : Dry Goods Room ALLAN’S CASE ADJOURNED. Ho Enters No Plea and Puts the Court an a Dilomma, The case of Percy M. Allan, the defaulting teller of the Merchants Bank of Halifax, was adjourned by Judge Forin until next Thursday, on motion of the defendant's coun- sel, W. J. Nelson, Allan did not plead guilty, as expected. Counsel stated that he wanted the evidence of the bank officials given, and that he thought he was aware what the plea would be, although it was not given, and wanted the case ad- Hunter Bros The court is now ina dilemma, INTERNATIONAL MUSIC HALL. WEEK OF APRIL 9, 1900. In instantaneous hit, MISS OLA HAYDEN jon LORD & ROWE. sim The funny comedians. MISS CLARA KEITH A NEW BURLESQUE, by Wansor and Zinn, labeled, “SNOWED IN.” New Music. Pretty Faces. Good Comedians, See the Railroad Scene. Hear OLA HAYDEN eng the “Toreador” from Carmen. Dainty FRANCES HEWITT as ''A Real Coon’” A B1G SHOW. SAME ADMISSION, GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. ROSS THOMPSON........ T have the following blocks i in the following companies for :ale. Bureka C Gopt Evening Star, Silverine, R.E. Lee, Bodie, Eureka, North Star and ZilaM Lots in the Original Townsite Reddin. Jack land, B. C Co. Agents, Rt on of no plea being made, and may have to send for a crown prosecutor to prosecute the case. FIRST PRACTICE GAME, Senior and Junior Ball Teams Play in a Snowstorm The first practice ball game of the season was played in the snow- storm yesterday afternoon between the seniors and juniors. The senior team was made up of Charles Vaughn, William Rhodes, Ralph McDonald, Norman Jackson, Will- iam Burken and Ed Hatrop, of the club, and three outsiders. The junior players wére Harry O’Con- nell, William Costello, Arthur Leighton, Al Harris, John Goninan, Garfield Tonkin, Havelock Clark, Virgil Pownall and Richard Goni- nan, : ~ The grounds are still in poor con- NEW MASONIO HEALL: by of tho Fraternity. Corinthian Lodge No. 27, A. F & A. M., will mark the opening ex- ercises of their new Masonic hall here Wednesday evening by a music- al and literary entertainment, fol- lowed by a dance. The program will consist of an inaugural address by R. W. Brother Goodeve, junior grand warden, and vocal and in- str 1 music by Rossland’s best talent. Wylie’s orchestra will be in attendance. Supper will be served in the banquet room under tha supervision of the tadies of the Evening Star. The evening's ex- ercises will be for members of the fraternity. Tickets may be had from any officer of the lodge. .G. B, chocolates at the Bon Ton. MINOR MENTION. H. Madinger of Vienna arrived in the city on Sunday. Marcus Moses, formerly of~ the Collins house, left for Tacoma this morning. J. E. Saucier left on Sunday for Ymic.to look after the work on the Bruce group. Peter Ryan was fined $10 for be- ing drunk and disorderly by Magis- trate Boultbee this morning. A, Lorne Beecher has been dis- ‘ged from the isolation h ital, dition, but next Sund the mem- bers of the club will turn’ out to work on them. LTHOUSANDS SEE THE ly cured of Mrs. J. C. Esling arrived last evening from the coast and is visit- ing her son, William K. Esting. Hor Majesty’s Route Through Dublin Is Thronged With People, By Associated Press. Dublin, April 9.—Queen Victoria took her usual drive in the vice- regal grounds this morning andpaid her promised visit to the city this afternoon. Large crowds of people witnessed her majesty’s departhre from Phoenix park, and the route NEW DRUG STORE. ROSSLAND DRUG «COMPANY. NEXT TO OLD CITY HALL, COLUMBIA AVENUE. New and Complete Stock of Drugs, ~ and Patent Medicines. Prescriptions Carefully Gompounded. Robert E. Strong, Manager. It d was thronged with people, The Rock Bluff Will All Go. The rock bluff on the south side of Columbia avenue, extending across Earl street, is to be entirely removed. The contractors havenear- ly finished blasting out that_part of it in front of the St. Lawrence hotel and on the adjoining lot. ‘The city prisoners are employed in removing the earth and gravel from the part of it which stands on Earl street and the street gang will blast out the rock, leaving the prisoners to wheel it away. The Trouble With No-Party Men. Being imterviewed in Winnipeg by the Toronto World correspon- dent on his way home from the east, Charles Wilson, leader of the ¢ ——ouDES—— Straight Cut Cigarettes. MANUFACTURED BY B. Houde & Company, Quebec Are Better than the Best. WHOLESALE AT Crow & Morris, Rossland. ) <«>@ Katie D. Green G. M. and D. Co., Ltd. NON-PERSONAL LIABILITY. Rropenty situated on North Fork Salmon River, Erie District, B.C. FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES, ONLY. Fifty thousand shares of the Company’s Treasury Stock is now offered to the public at 71-2 Cents per Share, and can be had on application to 22 Columbia Aveuue, GEORGE H. GREEN, - Ross land, B.C. Sec-Treasurer. provincial Conservative party, said Cotton and the rest of the Conser- vatives will have to get into line and fight the campaign on straight party principles, or they will find themselves in the rear. The tréub- le is that there are several who have held office so long that they think they have a life lease of it,and there area good many others who all want to be made attorney generals, ministers of agriculture, provincial treasurers or something of that sort That is the trouble with the Con- servative party. “Do you think Martin will win?” ‘Well, as to that, I can only say that 1 hupe he will. be very well licked.” “Springdale Bridge Rebuilt ~ The bridge on the S. F. & N. railroad at Springdale has been rebuilt and trains are now running over it on time. The first train crossed the bridge on Saturday. Fisk Jubilee Singers, These far-famed singers will give vocal concerts in St. Andrew's Pres- byterian church on Easter Monday and Tuesday. This is the original company which sang Fisk uni ‘y Go to the Bodega. for good ser- vice and a tasty hot 11:30 p. m. to.2.a. m., also from 8 toazin evening. Choice liquors and cigars. Geo. H. Green, prop. Notice. On and after April 2 the N. & F. S. land office will be located on the corner of’ Washington street and Third avenue, near Red Mountain depot. 3-31-7t Special Ruling and ali kinds o Job and Poster Printing at this of- ofice., - mes Quai MEH kHe-8 is the number of the JRECORD PHONE. Let us figure on your Job- Printing O you won't see elsewhere. Stop in and fee them Ewert Bros., THE JEWELERS. _ the very best Bidnest in quality and the LATEST in SUMMA AGU QUICK WORK [2% { _Red Star Sleat & Transfer @ © age delivered Contract and Job a ——THE——_ ROSSLAND DRUG «COMPANY. NEXT TO OLD CITY HALL, COLUMBIA AVENUE. New and Complete Stock of Drugs, and Patent Medicines. Prescriptions Carefully Gompounded. Robert E. Strong, Manager. CUNLIFFE & ABLETT, ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS. All classes of Repairs and Construction Work Undertaken. Ore Cars, Wheels and Axles, Buckels, Pans, Shatting, Hancers and Poem work totally inad as not dealing with the choice of ministers without parliamentary experience or seats. It says he must summon parliament or dissolve at once and, if he does not do so, the people will naturally look to Ottawa for relief. VICTORIA FALLS IN LINE. Conservatives Decide to Adopt Part y Lines with a Reservation, Special to the Record. Victoria, B. C., April 10.—At a meeting of Victoria Conservatives it was decided to adopt party lines, but it was also resolved not to be bound by the New Westminster platform. ASHANTI REVOLT SPREADS. British Native Troops Go to Kumassic —Thoe City is Besieged, By Associated Press. Accra, British Gold Coast, Af- rica, April ro.—A detachment of a hundred Hoossas started for Kum- assie today: As-this body of troops is considered insufficient, a large force is being concentrated in the hinterland. K ie is evi ly i 1 By Associated Press. London, April 10.—The Boer attack on Gen. Brabant’s force at Wepener was resumed at daylight today. _The enemy's attack on two or three sides on Monday lasted until 2:30 in the afternoon, when firing ceased, and it was believed the enemy had been beaten off. But it is announced this morning from Aliwal North that the fight had again begun. . Gen. Brabant’s force, numbering from two to three thousand, hold positions,in a rough country. The Boers are in unknown numbers, with reinforcements reaching them. ‘Another: body of 2000. Boers-. is marching towards “Springfontein from Smithfield. The. d COLONIALS ARE HARD PRESSED Brabaut’s Force Attacked on Three Sides at Wepener. ATTACK ON MAFEKING Boers’ Last Attempt to Reduce it ---Fighting in Natal---Buller Takes a Pass. esting rumor is current that Gen. Buller has obtained command of one of the Drakensberg passes, where he hopes to take the Boers in the rear. In the event of his being successful, Gen. Buller has enough troops to leave 20,000 men to hold Natal, while he should ad- vance by way of Harrismith, whence he would be able to threaten the Boer positions at Bethlehem and Kroonstadt. Hot Fighting at Wepener. Aliwal North, April 9.—An en- gagement took place today at Wep- ener. “The Boers’ Vickers-Maxim CHOICE OF ALL Governor Mackintosh Is Nominated by Acclamation. HIS VIEWS ARE DEFINED Boundary Delegates Readily Fall in Line With Rossland—The Governor Aocepts ‘With the Understanding That Narrow Par- ‘tizanship Shall Not Bind Him, The Conservative convention of Rossland riding met at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the board of trade rooms and made short work of the nomination of a candidate for the legislature. As foreshadowed in the Recorp, the choice of the con- vention fell upon Hon. C. H. Mack- intosh by acclamation and in an hour, so far as its actual business was concerned, the delegates were ready.to adjourn. The work was simplified by a caucus of the Boundary delegates held in the morning, at which it was decided to juin hands with the Ross- land delegates in making the gov- ernor’s nomination unanimous. The meeting was called to order by Dr Bowes, president of the Trail Creek Liberal-Conservative associa- tion, who was elected temporafy chairman and W Wyllie Johnston temporary secretary. Clive Pringle, J B Johnson: and M Thibeault were appointed a committee on creden- tials and promptly reported. As no proxies were offered, a ruling on their acceptance was declared un- did iderable at first, but the British guns soon got the range and made great havoc. The of heavy guns was heard at Maseru on Monday. Sir George Lanyon, The Ashantis have captured eeveral native teachers and their families. The rising is spreading. JOE MARTIN SIZED UP. An Irishman’s Description of the Wan- dering Political Weathercock, Joe Martin was well sized up by Mike Lyons at the Liberal meeting held at North Bend to elect a dele- the British resident commissioner of Basutoland, has left Maseru for the border. - The events in the southeast por- tion of the Free State have caused the eighth division, which has been ordered to Fourteen Streams, to be diverted to Springfontein. ~ Mysterious movements of troops at are pr 4 Rouxville do has gone to Wepener. Aliwal North, April 9.—Evening. —The fighting at Wepener was se- vere and lasted all day long. The Boérs received a check. Casualties were heavy on both sides. Another is ad iz Wepener from Dewets Dorp. Aliwal North, April 10.—Heavy fighting was continued at Wepener this morning. The result is, un- known. Three Boer commandos Vv: gate to the V In an inimitable Irish brogue he said: : “Here’s Joe Martin sittin’ on top of Hope mountain, buildin’ castles in the air, filled with personal am- bition and trying to catch the votes of the people of Chilliwack on ac- count of building a railroad. Mar- tin bein’ a weathercock and Cotton a Conservative,I move that we vote for nayther of thim and that the delegate be insthructed according- ly.” ‘W. C. Hunter was elected and he seems to have acted on these in- structions, for he did not cast a vote at the convention. OPERATORS ASK FOR MORE. Those on C.P.H Western Division Request Migher Wages. — The operators and agents of the Canadian Pacific railway from Fort William to Vancouver and branches have given notice to W. White, western general manager, that at the expiration of thirty days they will present for his consideration a new schedule asking for an increase in wages. The western men are asking for the increase chiefly be- cause their living is higher. The telegraphers on the main line out west receive $50 a month, while the men onthe O. & Q. division receive $40 a month.—Torontd Telegram. The request for an advance does not apply to the Pacific division, ex- tending from the summit of the Rockies to the coast, in which the Ke isi is included, The @ speciale; N tin stock. Agents for ve Soriy ISTP, Concenirios, Thtra Avenue, Bésneca, The paper correspond are not allowed to telegraph their des- tinations, and the presumption is that Lord Roberts is making dispo- sitions to cut off the raiding Boer torces when they try to withdraw northward from the British pursuing columns. e The reappearance of the Boers in the occupied country has caused a revival of the war-like feeling among the Free Staters of the Fau- resmith and Philippolis distr cts. The federal agents are busy getting details of the surrender of Boers, and owing to the British garrison being withdrawn from those dis- tricts, the British residents are un- easy and have sent delegates to Springfontein to ask for help. They were told that steps for their de- fense would be immediately taken. Boers Fortifying Biggarsburg. The Boers are said to have ven- tured south of the Biggarsberg and to be posting heavy guns four mites north of Elandslaagte. They are said to have fortified the vicinity of| Wessels Nek. General Sir Fredezick Carrington has reached Cape Town and is go- ing to Beira, Portuguese East Afri- ca, forthwith. Shiploads of Horses, The war office - proposes to land at Cape Town before the end of May 20,900 horses, which will be conveyed there in 23 steamers sail- ing from New Orleans, Buenos Ayres and Australian ports. Buller Takes One of the Panses In fon with the P’ BP. O, Box 198. Telegram is in error in this respect. tion of hostilities in Natal, an inter- are attacking the town. Final Assault on ‘Ye The report showed the conven- tion to be composed of the following: delegates: a Rossland—Edward Bowes, WB Townsend, A B Mackenzie, Charles Howson,Hector McRue, W L Orde, A S Gvodeve, D B Bogle, R Dalby Morkill, Jr, Alexander Sharp, Ross Thompson, Alexander Dick, A C Galt, A G Creelman, Hon T Mayne Daly, J S Clute, Jr, J B Johnson. Columbia—Robert M Nisbet, A W Ross. Giadstone—A Belgrove. Midway—E Jacobs. Summit City—W C Heywood. Phoenix—W B Cochrane. Mafeking, March 27. — News was received yesterday of the ad- vance of the southern relief column. The Boers this morning opened fire at sunrise with seven guns, includ- ing one 100-pounder., This has been the Boer siege gun and alone has already fired over 60 rounds. Under cover of the fire, the Boers advanced to the northern face of the forts, but retired precipitately on coming within rifle range. They also advanced to the southwestern posts, but were ised There G d— Robert Wood, James: Kerr, Clive Pringle. Eholt—M Thibeault. Grand Forks—Charles Cumings, Jeff Davis, E Miller, RF Petrie, Fred Knight. Trail—George White Hugh Nel- son, H Annoble, Dr Perdue, W T Hoyes. A. W. Ross was then elected per manent chairman and W. Wyllie permanent secretary, and the con- vent’on was ready for business§ At this point Dr. Bowes read the was one casualty. The Boers under Commandant Jan Cronje are evidently falling back before the advance of the southern relief column and are con- centrating with two commandos, who are retiring before Colonel Plumer, in order to make a final ef- fort to reduce the town. All the forts and outlying positions are manned. The troops are standing to arms and everybody is under cover. All are convinced that this is the Boers’ last attempt. Colonel Plumer’s Latest Fight. Buluwayo, April 3.—Colonel Plu- mer engaged the Boers between R lab and Mateking on March 31st. The Boers appeared in considerable force six miles from Mafeking, and to prevent being out- flanked on both sides, Plumer had foll ig letter from Governor Mac- intosh, which was very favorably received, ‘April 9, 1900. “Dr. Edward Bowes, President Liberal-Conservative Association, Rossland, B. C.: “Dear Sir: From articles in var- ious papers, and i i personally conveyed by leading members of the Conservative asso- ciation, it seems altogether proba- ble that my name will be introduced at the forthcoming convefttion as a candidate for the Rossland riding of West Kootenay. In view of this I deem it only fair to state my posi- tion. “T am not solicitous @f pnomina- tion, and only what my friends have convinced me is a duty to the Prov- ince of British Columbia could for . one moment induce me to enter the political arena at the approaching to withdraw on R by retiring to his basis camp. The engagement lasted three hours, and the retirement was well carried out paign; nor shall I attempt, with the design of advancing the inter- ests of a political party or gaining the confidence thereof, to mislead (Continued on Fourth page.) Continued on Fourth Page. .