Set: PORE $F ES ERO _ ” ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD, MARCH 13, "19°. EWERT BROS Card a EWELERS =e ENGRAVERS. In case of trouble re ei lights tlep telephone No. 67, betw ; ween ¥ ee’s office, and stock can & ted at any time. smear 2) Terms cash. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. day or two. MINOK MENTION, gineer, of Spokane, is in the city. now contracting in Phoenix. the victories at Modder River, Kim ticipated. stead & Wright's. For the Ladies, _ Spokane Street, opp. Burns’ market. see Pipe and Fittings for Chimneys. Sanitary Plumbiag a Specialty. Telephone No. 27. in SS 0 are just to hand. Alsoa big. line provinezot Ba British Cohumbla a is next Sesion Im |of ladies’ wrappers. A hundred | construct, Sipe maintain andoperate ta telephone ceived. , Housteap & WricHT, First avenue and Washingto street. . Wright’s. NOTICE. and Light Company intend. on sea. on the east and west ca Januaty, 1900, PEL $ Managing- ‘Ditector. Asst. ian. "Peas Ness Portland, Ore. Witness N. G. ABBOTT § NOW se is si given, that the Rossiand aan end, onthe Because Brown’s in town an - | has said so much about the Wiscon- sin Central line between St. Paul y * | and.Chicago that Smith colild not: fay oF Incidental to the piace ss Why SmlthLeft Town, east. for this season. Curlers, skaters and hockey players who have any) of their things still at the rink! are requested to‘get them at once, as| the building will be locked” up in'a | T900- “Captain Howe, the mining en- : Take Notices up trom Trail today. Mr. Flint is At the postoffice news - stand there are badges commemorating aes berly, Paardeberg and Ladysmith, HEADQUARTERS ror MINERS | in which the Canadian’ forces par- New line of ladies’ spring jackets | NOTICE is hereby, aiven that an application wilt and fifty New Idea patterns just ree | cities, towns, municipalities and districts, of the Central Drygoods Store, corner " hol Tweed and blue serge business er , ore ‘ - chase s suits $10 and $12.75 at Holstead & ph ae gape, for any term at Years. any tele: cu resist the temptation of a trip DAP es HAMILTON, tt Solicitors*for theapplicants, Tenders‘to be” addressed to the, tine dersigned, and to’be marked Tender re Hartmann Estate. Dated at Rossland, 6th March, -Epwarp BAIL, See 3.10 2t Trustee. + LABERAL-CONSERVATIVES, The annual meeting of the Trail H. M. Flint and . daughter - came Creek Liberal-Conseryative Associ- i" ation will ‘be held in the board of trade rooms, postoffice block, Monpay, March: 12,'at 8 p,m for the purpose of electing ‘officers and other business, All Liberal- Conservatives ‘are cor- dially invited to attend. A. H. MacNet,) 5 President. W. WY uk JouNsTON, Secretary.’ * ° NOTICR: made t lative mbly of telegraph hnes within and throughout all the imainland ‘of the province of British Columbia, struct. erect and giaintain such ana oe many polka and other works and ‘evices asthe Sempany deem necensary fa making. comple ing. lng, using. working. o taining the system of communication by telephone in | and telezrap ears, any (le Columbia, confiécted or to be cor to any company pes: of telephone or telegraph cummunication s connec di ting or Connected with the said ct line or r ines and TOW Ti of the above objects, of an “ie Rossland, - Nelson, %, Se : Grand Forks, Rossland, Trail, Nelson, Ymir, Sandon, New Denver, Silverton, _ Cascade City, .. Grand. Forks, . Phoeni y, Camp McKinney, Revelstoke sone and_ Yaricouver: + ih f 1| OD hee aor - THE -LEADING HOTEL AT TRAIL ere Headquarters for Commer- --cial-Men....Splendid; Sample-Rooms. UNEXCELLED, ‘TABLE. >... 5° ¥ Pak Le CMa Proprietor. i Fi aaa ——HOUDE'S- _ Straight Cut “ MANU FACT! RE B. Houde & Coinpany: Quebec : Are Better than the: Best- 4 WHOLESALE ca Cie & Morris, ‘Rossland. Dated this first day of March, ‘ CUNLIFFE'& ABLETT, qi ENGINEERS: AND° MACHINISTS. All classes of Repairs aud Construction Work Undertakes: +3 Ore Gare, ‘Wheels arid: Axies, Buckets; Fans, Shatting; Hangers and Pullers. zr iia ialtys Northe: Pam t in stock., 7A; ts for Wm. Hamilto a specialty; ; - jg. CO.'s. Pa ils, Bena ame iS 198) ‘Third Avenue, Howueee, Pr 0, Box THE ROSSLAND RECO ——_— yoL. 6. NO. 24- ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1900 PRICE § CENTS EXPERT. tch left with. us for repairs is th Every wath Jeorly repaired Dyan expert warckonaber eee ‘The Leading fowler. na Ww. Spring. Watch Be pairings. Protect Y ourself. Yacsination Bhtalds, Carbolic Acid. Gum ‘Camphor, pperas }» Sulphur, Brimstone, Qngatisa, eta. GOODEVE w ee : sooreve & Disinfectants ones Saye in de deal with Gooreve Bros. OF ALL KINDS. SACRIFICE SALE. We have yee a big stock of fancy satin and felt Foot ‘Warmers which must be disposed of. To induce buy- ers we are offering them at COST. " We invite one and all to come and look over our stock. Cc. O. _ALONDE, The Reliable Foot-Pitter. Command the City. Which Command the Caps ° ital of the Orange Free. State. Associated §!20 this morning as follows: French’s Cavalig ROBERTS NEAR The 10-drill . compound belt British Troops Take the Hills and. is now being installed. The ~ London, March 13.—Lord Rob= 2 we. Work Burnt Basin Claims, erts telegraphs from Ventersvleit at "I directed Gen. French, if there were time, before dark, to seize the |fye or six men out today to work railway station at Bloemfontein and |'9p the Solid Gold group, adjoining thus secure the rolling stock. At {the Mother Lode,and George Green BLOEMFONTEIN TAKEN. | AMERICA MAY MEDIATE. Dundee, ‘though the place is well fortified. White Leaves! Durban.” i Durban, March 13.—Gen.. Sir George Stewart. White has arrived here and embarked upon a_trans- port for East London. —— ‘he Compreswr on the California. driven Rand compressor for, the California mine. arcived on. Sunday motive power will be furnished by a variable speed induction motor, f ished by the C: dian G 1 Electric company. The plant. is .being erected by Norman Aiken- ie Drill company’s experts. The fine weather is tempting ‘miners out to their claims in the Burnt Basin. Mr. Cooper is taking head, one of the Canadian Rand}. midnight! receiveda report fromhim }jg about to start a party out to that, after considerable opposition, | work on the Tammany. . SKATING RINK | CLOSED FOR SEASON. — Curlers, Skaters and Hockey Players, who have left any-= thing at the Rink, will please. get them-at.once, LAURA AAAS AAAS AAA LAAA AAA AAA LALA ALAA INTERNATIONAL MUS abe Zion & Cassidy’: 's original Irish Drama, replete with Dyctty Coleens, Musica! Hits and ‘Witty reputee, enti The Lily of Killarney , or.the Dream on St. Patrick’s E.ve. See the Brutal Murder of Widow M: The lakes of Kitarney by Moonlight. e Beauelful a Disrobing Scene, Prayer, Dainty FRANCIS HBWITT as the Lily of Killarney, and all ihe old favorities in -cast> which d has been made a prisoner. railway broken up.'~ Petruburg yesterday,and the mount. ed infantry to reinforce the caval ‘division. ‘The: srest’of the for follow us as quickly. as. poss Roberts) Maréh'Unoppoped. London, March 13.—10:0§ a.m. March 12, 9:39 9. m: . tein. ‘60 or 70 killed or are missing. Col, he had heen able to occupy two hills close to the: railway station, “A brother of President Steys “The telegraph line leading |} northward has* been cut and the} or rubbish. “[ am now starting ‘with the third cavatry brigade, which I-called;; up from the seventh division near | The war office has received the fol- ‘ ‘ lowing additional dispatch from|drawn up. by the Slocan City Lord Roberts at ‘ Ventersvleit dated Miners’ Union, and endorsed by “Our march was again unop- evening. It will be “submitted for posed. We are’ now about 18|the approval of every miners’ union miles from Bloemfontein... ‘The |2d labor organization in British cavalry division is astride the rail- way, six miles south of . Bloemfon- weeks: “There were 321 men, and about cial legi: e the Clean Up Your Yard. Sanitary Inspector Long is mak- ing his annual spring clean-up, ‘now that the melting of the snow is exposing the winter's accumulation’ He gives notice to all owners and occupants of property to clean up their yards and alleys [at‘once, as he will be around to in- spect them. Kruger Appeals to McKinley for Help IN PIOUS. TERMS The -Request for Mediation Sent from. Washington to London=--France Has" ~~) Refused. New York; March. 13.—That the eyes of the world are turned toward the United States as the only power that willat least makeaneffort to me- diate between Great Britain and the South African republics is evidenced by the many specials to the morn- ing papers, The Herald’s Wash- ington correspondent declares posi- tively that the first step has already been taken’ by President McKinley. He says: “Upon the receipt yesterday of a dispatch from Consul Hay concern- ing the Boer appeal, it was imme- diately communicated: to London, and it is anticipated that the British government, which has been ex- pecting such proposals, will be able, to give an immediate answer> ‘The administration has been stating that it would decline to use its -good |, offices in the interest of peace, un- tess .asked_hy. -.hath. powers: to iudétiyeand Meferendum: Sandon Mining Review. The following platform has ‘been their members last Wednesday Columbia within the next few 1st. We demand of the provin- of the eight-hour law, and its ap- to all hes of manual Mmpholy has died of his a By request, third week ond going bigger than ever, “Don’t You Cry Ma Honey” In addition, popular Irish Melodies and the latest selections from the Geisha," etc. Come Early for Breathing Root. =>=GOD SAVE THE QUEEN No advatce in Prices. QUICK WORK /x. lat Red tee Storage & Transfer q ait done eo ot thi handle. Goou Btoray fe ok. We cc! ne =a ippers’ agents. Wi it ein transfer, ware- ene Life Assurance Company, OF CANADA. HEAD OFFICE: TORONTO The Imperial has the largest government deposit of any Cana dian company. ¢presentative in Rossland————=amt J. S. McLEAN.. the Boers.” Mateking Still Besieged. received by a South African firm in London, dated Mafeking, Tuesday, March 6, via Lobatsi, March 9, sieged.” Diseasoand Hanger at Lieut. Pratt, of the Essex regiment, labor. des ; was Jed severely. The 2nd. Legal recognition by in- wounds are as arule more serious corporation of labor uniuns and the than usual, owing to the expanding | extension ~ to them of the same ‘bullets, which are freely used by rights enjoyed by other corporate London, March 13.—A dispatch says: ‘All well, but town still be- P bodies. ‘medi: but it has. change titude to the extent of laying before the British government the propo, sals which United States Consiil Hay receivéd trom Presidents “Kru- ger and Steyn. ‘The Appeal to MeKintey. reports having attended the confer- ence, when Presidents Kruger and Steyn appealed to all nations to use their good offices in the interest of peace, but it is stated that he re- ceived a special communication as to the proposals that should be made, the Transvaal well -under- .standing that the United States, as the next best. friend of England, would be the best channel through which to appeal for peace. It is believed, however, that the admin- grd. To provide for adj of wage disputes by arbitration on plans simijar to that now in force in New Zealand. 4th. -To: provide for settlement of public questions by direct vote under the :initiative and referen- dum. : . sth. G ship of to the Times from Mafeking, dat- flesh and bread made of horse for- London, ‘March 13.— A dispatch | a1 railway,“ “telegraph and tele- ed Monday March 5, says the! the acquiring of those already in gatrison at that place are feeling use as svon as practical; and to acutely the stress of siege. They (prevent extortion as far as possi- are reduced to the use of horse | pie by the contro! ‘of all railway, age, while the water is parasitically public use and to fix a bli phone lines to be constructed, and telegraph and telephone lines for i did not commit itself, leaving. to Great Britain to deter- mine, without representation on the’ Pi should accept or reject the proposal peace.” White Makes a Threat. Montague White, in a signed Washington telegram to the World, says: ‘I have already expressed the desirability of a friendly neutral, preferably the United States, medi- ating in order to bring this deplor- able South African tragedy to a d. Typhoid, y and diptheria are epidemic, but it is impossible to isolate the victims. The sufferings of women and child- native population are starving. The military operations progress . favor- ably. They have extended to the brick fields, whence the enemy has been completely expelled. Boers Hold Biggarsberg: Ladysmith, March 12.—The main body of the enemy is in posi- tion at Biggarsberg. Gen. Joubert js at Glencoe. There is reason to believe thatfa few Boers are at ren are terrible, and thereare deaths factories, or public works within in the women’s laager daily. The} the province. rate which they may charge for service. 6th. An act to prevent em- ployment of Chines in any mines, 7th. An act to provide proper safeguards to life and health, and to provide an efficient mine in- spection system to procure these results. 8th. An act to establish country or local government throughout the province; all officers of such, both judicial and executive, to be elected by the popular vote of their respec- tive localities, ful . It is abso- lutely indispensable that a third power shonld be a party to a settle- ment, in order to give a basis of permanency thereto. There is so much jingoism in conflict with local patriotism and there has been so much treaty breaking in the past, that South Africa needs, more than anything else, lasting peace. There is also the danger of destruction of the Johannesburg mines, which will involve the loss of $1 50,000,000, or the entire amount of the British warloan. This, | imagine, will be a strategic necessity, as the Boers could not defend it, nor could they “It is understood that Mr. Hay |’ art of the president, whether it |. of the ransyaal in the interests of |- |STRUCK GOOD ORE An Unexpected _ Vein. Found in the _ Nickel Plate Shaft. \ CARRIES -cOOD vines Miners Ontting 8 Pap Station: Bitike & ‘Well Defined Vein With 30 Inches of Shipping Ore—It Will Be Developed at the 600-foot Level... é A vein of good . shipping ‘ore has been struck quite . accidentally in the shaft of the Nickel. Plate mine, placing it on the dist of prospective shippers, Men have been “Sitting a pap: station at a depth of 460 feet.in the shaft ‘and at.a. distance of “about 15 feet. south of the shaft struck a body of solid-ore .two- and one-half feet wide. There is. io ‘the. same veia.aJarge§quantity - of mixed ore, ‘its width has “not « been:-deter- miaed. The vein seems strong and well definéd and has all the. charac- teristics of permanence. The solid ore js the characteristic pyrrhotite: ore of the camp, being solid pyrrhotite and’ marcasite, car- rying seven -per cent copper and one and one: half ounce or gold per ton. The vein will not be developed at the point. where it was discovered, but the shaft. will- be continued, to the 600-foot. level, where it is ex-, pected that the vein will be on the north side. On this level drifts will be run 0n the vein east and west, while. crosscuts will be run north and. south to intersect. the. other veins developed'in the upper levels of the property. ‘i MINOR MENTION. of Greenwood, is into wn, * :Mrs. M. Wakeman and Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Joy of Nelson are in the city. . -Born, to the wife of William Devereaux, a son. . -W. A. Macdonald, the barrister of Nelson, was in the city Monday. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gault and Mr. F.C. Fairbanks of Montreal are visiting the city. Matt. Urela;and Sali, Keram2 n both Finns, were.this morning fined $io and costs each for being drunk and disorderly. The Miner-Graves’ syndicate has taken up’ the bond on the Banner claim in “Greenwood camp, having made the final payment. _ The exchange of records has been made between the Rossland and Nelson mining recorders’ offi- ces, consequent on the change of Boundary lines between the two dis- tricts, Mrs. Neil McLean ‘has gone to Burke, Idano, to jgin her husband. Hon, C.’ H. Mackintosh has re- turned from’ Halcyon hot springs. James Totton of Toronto, repre- senting the Alcock, Laight & West wood company, of Redditch, Eng. is in the city on business. ‘James M. Martin, M.P.P., has ‘eturned from Victoria. Capt. P. McL. Forin has been authorized to recommend four men for service in the regiment to be recruited for garrison duty at Haili- fax, but docs not find many candi- dates, as drilled men are required, and Rossland men want active ser- vice, not garrison duty. s . A F. P. Guteli has accepted the appointment of resident engineer on the Columbia &* Western railway, with head- quarters:at Nelson. Staff Captain Gage, of the Salva- tion Army, arrived in the city from Continued on Fourth Page. ‘| Spokane on Saturday. RM -McKatire,.the mining _a man, / SERRE aime