7 Rossland Evening Record VOL 3, NO. 220. RO3SLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, MAROH 20, 1899. ‘OLD You ot te it in our gold filled Prices as low as any, 1S WHAT YOU WANT! - tothe cases © ‘best solid gold cheee: * ado in 14 Tarat and guuranteed 15, a and 25 years. Quality higher than many. you ere thinuing of purchasing, givo me senil. J. W. SPRING, Guocessor to Cutawownn, MrrcuELL & Sraino. “TTS Next door tothe Fost ice. Spring Furnishings. WE HAVE just finished opening up and marking ‘off the largest and nicest stock ¢ of ready mado slotaing OREN wo eadead in ne Men's Black Navy Sorge Suits. Men’s Fancy Tweed Suits. Men’s.Scotch, English and Irish Tweeds. Men’s Fine Spring Overconts. Boy’s 3-Piece Fancy Tweed Suits.” Bo’ys 2-Piece Black and Navy Serge Suits. Youth’s 2-Piece Suits in.all latest, see Men’s, Boy’s ond Youth’s Pants. i A choice assortment of TIES justin. Suitable-for the sea- son—(17th) ——_——=ase. A large consignment of the latest styles ‘in entation and English HATS will be opened up today, and your inspetion is in vited. ‘CUR GOODS ARE up TO DATE. M. a O’H EARN, The Clothier. er Columbia Avenue gnd Lincoln Street. Allwe -p...- ask is: Try! cr.and trnat to their dealera. 106 WEST COLUKBIA AVENUE. ‘We will have your trade after that. average man buys shoes from their appear- ance and fit. They knew little about leath- Hence the advantage of dealeng with'a repu table house. Our shoesstrike people by stylish, shape and by their quality. CG, O, LALONDE IL EAST COLUMBIA ANENUE. “The T. R, MORROW, +SUCEBSOR TO... ‘McLEAN & MORROW. / PIONEER + DRUGGISTS. 4 OUR GOODS ARE RIGHT. OUR PRICES ARE - RIGHT. hebbabkbbhabal WHEN YOU WANT A— Prescription . FILLED ACCURATELY BRING IT TO US. Le Roi LIVERY SALE and FEED STABLE,__esth JOHN F. LINBURG, : EROF Stylish Rigs for rent Firac class Saddle and Pack lores. States: Folumbia Ave:,;"Phone No: a. Commercial Alley, ‘Phone No. 89, P. 0, BOX, 136. § 6 5 9 9 1B, Johnson & Co. ——- For R ent. —— “oie Furnished Re - 10, B00 ee a Roca with use of a Pi Five Room House $20.00 per month. For Sale, : —S— lot on mute Kootenay avenue, $200. This taken at once, _ WE HAVE SALE FOR AY Sesdond Hees, Codes Cable Address: “PARKER,” ROSSLAND, B. C.. 6, ing & Xeal’sy “felephone, {Bellon Scheie SS Chas. . E, Bex. AL DIRAER & 60, J. L, PARKER. ROSSLAND, B. C. DRNING ENGINEERS aud DRORERS. =~ JSS Consulting mining engineer Dundes, ties examined, Mines manag dard Stocks bought and £0) J, L. PARKER ‘Tamarac and Fairm , enormous Le Roi: smelter. | ter, are showing signs of decay, SMETERS DEADLY FUMES Kiting Vegetation. for 4 Distance of Tho ‘Hiles. NORTHPORT “ACCEPTS SACRIFICE Orchards, Gardens and Even Pine Trees Are Dying From the Effects of it. The Northport Republican says: It has been conclusively: proven that’ vege- tation for a radius of ‘at least two miles has received its death blow fromthe poisonoun fumes belched ‘forth from the The orchard, of,J. J. Walters, adjoining the smelter grounds was destroyéd Jast year, and now fruit trees on. Megars. Sterrett and Payne’s farm, one mile east of the smel- Pine atid tamarac trees on the mountain aides and on tlie: river flat have all died from the effects of; these fumes, and some of | the fir'trees, which seem to-be the‘har diest of the lot, are. beginning to tur a sickly brownish color. .In one sense this seems tobe a pity, still, if weare to have a prosperous amelter jtown,, where hundreds of men will be employed, we can afford to goa little farther back. and raise our fruite and other farm produce. “To-be sure it works & hardship‘on the few who have lost their eeveral years’ hard Jabor .and the expenditure of. considerablé money in'developing the wild lands into garden and fruit fatms, and the owners of ithe Le Baim, ainelter , will n doubt” recom: pense them, for: init have Totes; FIGHTING THE EIGHT-1 “HOUR © LAW ‘The Rich Slocan Country the First to Make Complaint. Many of the mine owners of the Slo- can are up 1n arms against the new pro- vincial law of an eight-hour day for all men working underground, and. ata meeting in Sandon: this week, sent down a memorial to Victoria, asking relief from its operations. “At present. the men work ten hours.a day and are paid $3.50, or at the rate of 85 cents’ an‘hour The owners are willing. to ‘pay the men at:the-rate-of 85 cents .an hour, which would-make wages $2.80 per day; but the miners refuae to accept such a low remuneration. « Failing ‘relief, the threat is made.to close down the mines, as the ownera contend they caanot af- jord to have three shifts. per day -em-)* ployed at $3.50. The mine «owners claim it would compel the erection of larger living quartera and - additional clerical and surface help.—Nelson | Tri- bune, : WANT THE ROSSLAND SEWERAGE. Barney O’Brien Thinks It Will Enrich His Garden Patch. Barney O’Brien is in town. interview- ing the city officiale with a view of get- ting the sewage fow dumped upon’ his ranch, five miles: helow town on the Northport road. He says that with the exception ofa cut through the Black Bear fiat the pipes could be laid with but little expense and that the expense ‘| to the city would be much less than to empty into the Columbia river. The echeme will probably not meet with favor, because the law would 1ot allow the garbage to be deposited upon the ground and Mr. O’Brien would’ soon find bimeelf utterly tnsapeble of taking care of-it. Lacrosse, Cricket, Baseball. Lovers of the games of Lacrosze, crick- et and baseball are requested hy A. B, McKenzie to meet at the city council bers this evening at 8 o’clock for No.1 F H.Playford, AUDITOR and ACCOUNTANT Stone Block, Rossland P. 0, BOX B, Johnson & Co Toronto, Dr. J. F. MeKenaie office and resi- dence over 0,Hearn’s, opposite Bank of the purpose of organizing ‘clubs and teams for these sports. s Police Court. Henry Kerns was up this morning before Police Magistrate Jordan for be- ing drank and incapableand Mike Crow- ley upon the charge of-vagrancy. Both cages were remanded until tomorrow. : Fred C. Moffatt left .on the noon train for Nelgon and the Slocan, Sfantadte' Yeap whtremen ling, and it.was believ UNEARTHING REMAINS. Pleces of Charred Bodies Being Recovered From Windsor Hotel Ruins. New Yorr, March 20,—The AGUINALDO 13. FURIOUS of # victom of the Windeor hotel fre was found this morning’ on the Forty-sixth street side. The remaing were in such a ‘ion that it was to tell whether they were those of a man'.or woman. The body was found ten feet from the sidewalk, and twenty feet from the rear of the building. A human foot, with nearly all the flesh still on it, was also discovered at the same spot. At 9 o’clock this morning the burned bones of a human leg, se badly charred that it could not be told whether it were that of amualeor female was also taken from the ruins. Jennie McKenna, reported missing, is at the homeof her sister on Richmond hill. Her hands were slightly burned, Some clothing, jewelry and small arti- cles were found during the Twelve Advocates of Peace Haye Been Condemned to Death, BRAVE WASHINGTON YOLUNTRERS General Lazada Advised Aguinaldo to Give Up the Struggle and Is Beheaded, Mania, March 20.—It is reported on good authority that Aguinaldo has start- oy to suppress signe calculated to cause of i The work is chiefly directed to the Fifth avenue.side heap of refuse. In that part of the heap toward the Forty-mxth street side a big office safe has been dug: out which appeared intact. All night two engines remained at the fire pouring water on the ruins, They sent four streams on the heap all night and this morning steam and smoke still came from the ruins. 8.5. Crowe, who owns Nos. 6 and, East Forty-sixth street, on which the rear wall of the ho- tel fell yesterday, said there was nothing entirely rnined by the fall but the top floors of No. 8. He believes that the water tankof No. 8 was amashed and the water poured through the house, doing a good deal of damage. An abstract deed, signet! by C li Twelve ad- Eossate of the plan of ‘independence, residents of Manila, have ‘been con- demned to death because they wrote ad. vising surrender, and all loyal Filipimos have been called upon to perform the pational service of despatching them. On Friday last General Lazada visted Malolos for the purpose of advising Aguinaldo to quit. He argued with the insurgent leader and attempted: to con- vince him of the folly'of hie persistence in the face of the overwhelming. odds. Aguinaldo was furious at all such advis- ers, and ordered | General Lazada, to be The tu ate general was decapitated Among the incidents of yesterday's fighting was the coolmess exhibited by a Nash, was dug out and turned over: to the police.’ There were also some:-pa- pers with the name of Hamilton -Fis on them, which the police seized:!w out allowing them to beexamineds ‘Thi ofor of burning flesh was detected of in C0 ty a soon. after they went on ehift: this:morn- ed more. bodies would be found, e A TORNADO THE SOUTH Several- Persons . Killed, and’ Many Others Injured. MANY HOUSES WERE BLOWN DOWN A Stable Carried“150 Yards With a Horse in it Which is Reported Not Injured. Bera.enem, Miss., March 20.—Will Wickers house was destroyed by a tor- nado yesterday andachild killed. A stable is said to have been blown one hundred and fifty yards with a horee in it but the horse was uninjured. Yustavute, Ala., March 20.—The tornado which struck the northern part of Madison country last ‘night did a great dea: of{damage to houses and farm property. Passengars who arrived last night ona train from the north reported that people were coming into the rail- way stations in quest of ofthe Ws who crossed the river in s native cance under: heavy. fire, fifteen ) 1é6d'to conaiderab! lo, suffering, and many ofthe men were completely exhausted © )when they. were recalled, and; falling kp, were strung along fora distance of six miles, a number retutn- ing to camp in the military ambulances, which were always close up to the lines, The work of the ambulances was espe- cially worthy ef mention, Yesterday's casualties on the Améri-_ can side ntuber 21, allof whom are more or lesa seriously wounded. Hone Koxe, March 20.—A correspon dent of the Associated Press at Manila writes: An army has seldom operated under harder conditions .than have the American “Flying Brigade,” Tho country the American troops have tra- versed is intersected with lagoons, nar- row and unfordable rivers and bamboos so thick that the enemy cannot be. seen a hundred feet distant. The - Filipinos. were unexpectedly fiierce at Cainto. Had it not been ;for for the fact that the American line was @ thin, the enfilading fire of the rebela would have slaughtered many of our men. One of the prisiuners captured by,. Americans says the Filipino leaders boast that they can continue the war for years, depending up on the forces be- ing weakened daily by twenty men killed,'wounded or invalided. Some of - the high officials here think 10,000 re- inforcements are needed, as the now on this island are hardly more than are re- quired to form a line around Manila and for police duty. : “ Considerable rain has fallen and it seems that the season of rain is begin- attend the injured. Prinz Buurr, Ark., March 20,—Fur- ther details of the fearful storm which swept over portions of Arkansas Satur— day morning reached Pine Bluff. today. At walnut lake three persons were kil- led. Every house ca Ji M. Parker's plantation, extensively known as the Fish Place, was demolished. Bremanck, Ala., March 20.—A terrific wind storm accompanied by rain and hail passed through the extensive plan- tation of Samuel Curry in Chilton coun- ty last night. Eleven ténement housea were blown down and two negro boys were killed. Seventeen other negroes were injured. to| ning It is possible that * when the steady rain begins our troops will have tobe withdrawn to permanent barracks, which may enable the rebels to return to pel old position. The A from destroy ing the Talis in the country swept by Gen. Wheaton’s troops.. A sentry has been atationed before every store ‘at’ Pasig, but the soldiers are bringing in loads of loot from the houses. Much to Thelr Credit, ‘Two ladies visiting in Washington re- cently went tothe capitol tohear the proceedings of the United States senate. Most of the galleries being filled, they proached the senator’s gallery, where slinieaion is by card. Ag they did not possess wie passport, “he doorkeeper E. Escalet, the well known caterer, late of the Kootenay cafe, has purchased | ,, an interest in the International hotel in Greenwood from O. F. Mickle, % shat they procure one from senator they might be acquainted with. “But we do not knowany. senators” 2 your ‘ eplied. ‘‘Well, it is very much to your ~ credit *> said the door! eeper, ass right in ea,”