. him of-investing at Sumpter; Or., MAN OF PROMISES Smith Curtis Tells How He and Martin : Will Scatter Plenty. “HOW PROPOSES A REFINERY He Takes Much Oredit for Labor Settlement and Attacks Mackintosh on the Eight-Hour Question—Strong Rejoinder From Bogle and Bowes—Telegram From Mackintosh. The first meeting of the Martin party at the Miners’ Union hall last evening was as lively as one could wish. Hon. Smith Curtis held the platform for two and one: hat hours and ided the ma |.Governor Mackintosh: had always seinen San bia, D. B. Bogle pointed out that after the legal opinions had been given on thé Crow's Nest grant’ the legisla- ture had ratified the action of the Dominion «government. and that, though it Was a bad bargiain, it was a sacred obligation which Mr. Mar- tin wished to) ‘repudiate. - He. said that Mr. Martin had opposed the referendum as a general principal and only proposed it ‘on the eight- hour question to_ dodge r ibil California, and while he, Curtis, had |: put all his money in British Coliinn: ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD, APRIL 27; 1900. cANDIDATE’S FLAxwoum. 15 To the Blectors, Hoeal Ridtog, Went Kootenay, , Blectorn: I jam. a candidate. for the at the ‘a myself the right.to judge the men behind the measures, for these will be called upon to crystallize them into legislation and -give sleparimental sofort to what iy feas to belie’ ee 3. Tostilling- into. he minds sof the risin; elections, and I ° favor the i policy: 1. An, administration; composed of |G those whose “practical. experience will enable them;to deal promptly and effi- | 95 clently with all details connected with une. departments over ‘which they pre- side. ~ alty Ity to tt 8 Britian the: province and loyalty a srs as thot With t this intent, I would. advocate sult legislation as:would. ma: ‘statutory vision for the’ oating of the Britis ag during the hours ot tuition, over schools 2 no large other than really necessary, until the ability of the province, to. bear such is ity. Martin had been willing to make an alliance with the enemies of the workingmen to retain power. been a high wages man, but in the first speech he had heard Mr Curtis make, the latter. had advocated low- er wages. Mr. Curtis violently de- nied this. Mr. Bogle favored gov- plans of his leader for the Siiriet of prosperity, though he devoted fully half his time to the useless task of killing the Semlir-Cotton government all ovér again. Charles E. Gillan occupied the chair. He bégan with a large promise— that, if at the end of. 18 months-he could not show hundreds of thous- |’ ands, if not millions, of dollars, in- vested in the province througn his efforts as minister of mines, he would give up the position. Then he paid a tribute to the skill and astuteness of Gov. Mackintosh in contrast with himself, a plain, blunt man. According to him, the Sem- lin government was deprived of its spinal column when Mr. Martin left it... He attributed that gentleman’s expulsion to the Deadman’s island affair and to the machinations, of Mr. Cotton and accused the latter of baing bulldozed by Messrs Jaffray and Cox into giving up the Crow's Nest coal lands after the highest le- gal authority had given an opiniun that the province was no longer bound by its ‘original grant. He declared that Mr. Martin intended to have the Nanaimo harbor coal lands declared the pha of the province. —~ On the eight-hour aw he mad a violent attack on Mr. Cotton as no friend of labor.> While he paid a high tribute to Ralph Smith for bringing about a settlement. of the dispute here’ and expressed a wish to have that gentleman in the gov- ernment,-he did not forget to claim a large share of the credit himself. He defended the plebiscite, but said the settlement of the labor question had made it ownership of railways, but said they must be-a great system, clearly ‘This. should not apply. to bridges, trails and roads in uewly discovered mining camps. 3. ‘Preparation of full, authentic and of the province,. together with land‘and forest areas and their probable values, i “4. Convinced of the wisdom of asist- ing. railroad. construction: as” proved by the experience of~ other provinces, I would favor a system of bonuses, sur- rounded by reasonable ‘checks and sate- guards. Without: feeders ‘to the main lines, the settlement in the intericr must be d,. the: conat cities for a‘mere segment of a railroad would be useless, for it would be held up by the C. P.’R. A business- like proposition like that of Hugh J. Macdonald would receive, the sup- Port 2of :Governor. Mackintosh and ‘every. ‘good man in the ‘province.’ Dr: Bowes: began by denying a report that-in the Boundary he had being deprived of many. supply advan- tages accruing from colonization, immi- gration and internal improvements... At the present juncture nd. thinking man would commit himself to»a-snap de- cision in connection ith the subject ot | il It is plausible, but I would | be unwilling to bind the province to” guch 8. gigantic opposed the™ “eight-hour, law and favored Chinese and Japariese labor. As evidence. of . .Governor -Mackin- tosh’s stand on the ‘eight-hour law, he-réferred to a letter. written by ithat gentleman to Mr. Martin when the latter was hesitating whether to many. “complex 1 remain your obedient servant, C. H. Mackintosit. Rowaladd: April is? 1900. Kootéenat ay Cafe. —= Fresh Oysters in any Btyle. -_ ~ Game in Season. Private rooms for parties. Business Men’s Lunch, 350 Open Day and Night. iS Rooms and Bar .....0,... in connection “> Misa K. Bwanson, Prop. _ .. FOR RENT. Office on first floor. :. 118: Block. Office ea aud rooms ot. second floor Burns Large Warehonse1n center ottown, <0 FOR SALES issues, until inced that the of British, Colambis* justify such ‘an ex- vefiment. The erection and maintenance ofa technical school of mings, -6. Amgndmenta.. tothe. mining law, perfecting the -existing. syatem of mine enforce the law. The letter said the law was on the statute book and would have to be enforced. He read atelegram from the governor de- fining his It is as foll thus:making it: effective, and of greater public advantage.- Further- more, Jegislation’ bearing” upon placer claims, claim: jumping ‘and. assessment work, relieving as much as possible the from ‘ion and legal ical z “Ottawa, Ont., April. 24.—Dr. Bowes, Rossland, B. C.: Eight- hour law exists. Mine-owners and miners must. agree if amendments made. Consider repeal would. sim- ply create dangerous agitation. Sur- | prised any question should arise re- garding my position. I hope elect- ors will refuse crediting statements behind my ‘back. - In* the’ east endeavoring to bring. capital’ into ince. Am not a mi in Rossland riding. All I have, how: ever, invested. in’British. C 7 jon of piled maps, showing trail, Waler and ‘railway routes traversing’ mining: districts, to- gether with such . official ‘information as “would assist. thoae: engaged: in explora ‘tory work. 8. Fortanlating # policy which’ would assure to .British -Columbia:a foremost place in Great Britain, thus securing the |~ with its regources. 9. - Destroying -as far as possible. all germ of discontent and. consequent bit- irrespective of locality or Political ‘afilia- tion. _ rile 10.. of f farmin g,dai “C. Hi Mackrntosu.”” The doctor held that the Crow’s Nest deal and redistribution were afterthoughts with Mr. Martin, or he would have brought them up in stock raising arid fruit growing resources tural societies, when by such ternesa,_ by dealing - with -public works! ~~. by ‘increased encouragement to agricul= 7 house, Plastered Tarnished | throughout, ‘good locality. splendid business opportunity. ¥. wane bain om ‘34-36 Washington St, Farnishes —— cent ——— A Tickets, 21 Meals, $5. oo Le Roi Livery, Feed. & Sale ‘Stables. ” Heavy “Transferring-- First-class Saddle & Pack-H Commercial Alley, ‘Phone No. 39. * | Postofiice Bax Rolt & Grogan Hotel and Naloon. on Second avenues-A . MEALS in the BEST. Rossland. JOHN F. “LINDBURG- oe ‘PROPRIETOR, 2 eT Ready-to-Wear <= FROM ‘NEW YOK We are showing some of the Newest:and Nicest things in ue Spring Jackets _ and Skirts......6 <5 i THE. BIG : STORE Dry Goods Room ==: Bros INTERNATIONAL “MUSIG HALL FOR. WEEK BEGINNING G APRIL 23, 1900, = Initial appearance of ———a ©© MR. EDDIF. ERB, ©© ‘The greatest of all Buck: and Wing Dancers, ae distinct change will Be WANSOR and ZINN'S Musical Comedy, ~ “ENTIRELY ‘NEW "SCENERY, ; COSTUME “ETC. PRETTY. MUSIC, BRIGHT JALOGUE @'@ 6 benefits will accrue.to the province 11. Increasing. the. usefulnesa * eight-hour law. * After giving a-kick to the corpse of the Turner -party, he ‘discu$sed |- ‘the platform of the Trades and La- bor Council, opposing the general application of the eight-hour law and compulsory voting. Then he modestly claimed credit for the in- clusion of government railroads in the Martin platform and went’ into an exhaustive discussion of that subject. He declared the route per- fectly feasible, as it had been gone over by competent engineers. He promised a revenue of $1,000,000 a year from timber and coal lands and $250,000 to $500,000 a year from water power. He claimed that the province had run behind half a million dollars last- year. Instead of a copper smelter on the coast, as he proposed at Trail, he talked of a |. refinery and figured out a saving of 2% to 3 centsa pound on copper to the mine-owner from this source and low freight rates on hi8 rail- road, On the Oriental labor question, he. said the Martin government would re-enact and ‘re-enact the labor regulation law again and again as fast as it was disallowed, until it brought on acrisis. The good roads movement would be instituted under competent engineers. As to r ‘ibution, he would have: very little freight from the-Coast and “England, and would bring. the Fraser river farmers into competition with those of Boundary. : Mr. Curtis said that, in. the speech | referred to by Mr, Bogle, he had said that the cost of living was un- necessarily high, and that if it were cut down, men could afford to work for less. He renewed.his attack on- Governor Mackintosh’ ‘and, in réfer-| ence to. Dr. Bowes':.name being struck offihe rolls of the Liberal association, accused the latter of in- the house. He pointed out the bureau of labor and mining statistics ‘by. 3 difference in the railroad ne z os te tinea eke b British C. and West wi one services coul utilized in-har- ary on the A 13 The proposed rail turb the peace and progress of any munity. ° it may be demonstrated ‘that reasonable a, and arbi-| ~ ° trating upon: issues threatening to “digs |u-.. Furnished ‘Rooms. : First-Class Bar. nd Minera Time Checks, cashed, free ot charge.: Officials being stewards acting for tt public, Iwould insist upon due exped tion in the issue of crown patents, and prompt departmental settlement of dis- puted claims; thé taxes paid by.unincor- porated settlements to be devoted, as far ing district. arrangement of various constituencies; the political arena, by such legislation as under the circumstances, may be deemed 12. Ministers of the Crown and their}: as possible, towards assisting the taxpay:|/ “13, -Carefal consideration of the re-|” removing if possible the question ‘from. >. . STYLISH "TURNOUTS. © PHONE NO. 6 FOR AGURNEY. advisable, due care being taken to secure | This t the doc- vigorous rejoinder, in which — he fully vindicated pl from the charger’ , Ps ; TF 31 G. B. chocolates at the Bon Ton.! F. W. HINSDALE, CUSTOM HOUSE. BROKER,- In Custom Honse building, Also New ‘ork Life Iusurance Agency. Washington street. Ro®sland, 8. tor to the platform again with’ a-|i ‘to outlying districts, a8: well as rapidly towns, just 14.- To dea] with. various labor ques- | tions on rational lines, favoring no. hasty but all i likely. fo be affected. The prea of re cent is an abject lesson, conelusively proving questions upun a broad and that all parties‘are willing to eettle vexed ies MONTREAL LOANS INVESTMENT 60,,|- INCORPORATED Head. office, Imperial bulla lontreal. Authorized caph tal. Subscribed Capital over!-:: es00;008; James Street, practical basis, 15, ‘In the present campaign I sea no necessity for alliance with, nor hostility toward, federal authority, nor am I willing to commit myself-or those who support me to an unreserved pledge in —* A. G. CREELMAN, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, ten or twelve members as Koot enay’s share and said he would in- sist not ‘only on redistribution but on a new election under it before the ‘end of. 1901; Mr. Curtis made careful selec- tions. from Governor Mackintosh’s letters and platform to prove that his opponent was hostile to the eight-hour law, spoke sneeringly of the governor’s trip east to bring capital to the province and accused furnished on all kinds of work. Ding promptly attended yo. "k JA Office and shop: Commercial Sout. rear ‘tfasn brahotel, P.O. Box : The Arlington. favor of d by: the present. leader of the government or others who have announced thema¢ives as leaders. Some of the measures ad-| vocated. must commend themeelves to the electors; but I prefer reserving to{" * | This Com; has ranel Peach the Cretan Sisaatnese pus Elmer‘A. Re Hon Thos. Mayne Dal: Chas! Batis Secretary-Treasarer a Hi Falaing. £ She ck x ae Patent Medicines. iA : Prescriptions: Carefully Commpounded. ¥ Robert.E. ‘Strong, Manager. . Work Undertaken. Ore Care, ‘Wheels and Novas Buckets, Fans. f Bhattin Hancers and Pullers, Pipe work specialty. Norihey ‘Pumps kept in stock. a ts for Wm. Harailton “Co.'s ‘9 Mills, Concentrates ‘ite. BP. 0. Box 198 The, Meat real Loan & Tnvestisn o otted the investment for small su open Public, and lends money in { sora ail am Fepayabie in monthiy instalments. For farther information, apply to H. FALDING,. Not 14 Columbla aver Hessian, Treasurer, aw ea Headquarters UNEXCELLED TABLE. es THE LEADING HOTEL AT TRAIL cial Men....Splendid Sample Rooms. for Commer... Toun Haverty, Proprietor. 4 Subscribe for Record, 50 Cents. per f Bureka C ROSS THOMPSON... “I have the following blocks i in the following c mpanies for sale ‘Katie D. Green G. M. atidD. Co., Ltd. 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Magee Sd? if. por get it-at t GOODEVE'S, its Goon. | "Turkey Will Taft to Yinla i iam ica’s Ultimatum. ays Belief General: Tast the Sulten » Will: Require "of Tur- -key in this: affair are causing: great 5 irritation at Yildiz Kiosk. : n - WARS EFFECTIVE| :: Sat oR Tells onaueg of What His Forces — : “Are Doitig. eve spores 3 HOLD PASSES = under today’s date, says. there are| ig | dreds are guarding Vaa Reenen’s tf] BRITISH | Stiall Bodies The Boers’ By Associated Press. © London, April 28, 2:05:p. m.— ‘The -British forces in.-the Orange Free State “are presumably’ still ; | following the Boers northward, ‘but at this hour there is no_word from the. most interesting . field _of operations. Moers Holding the Passes. 7 AL di h = from Ladysmith only small parties. of° Boers_in the Tintwa pass, but™'that some hun- Through Drakensberg Range-- STILL IN ‘Hold - Gateways Strength. and Oliver's Nek. passes.. Com- mandants De Beers and: Van-Nies Kerk are in charge and their forces lave, been’'so. disposed that’; the whole body can’ be -masséd’dt any. pass the British may’. -attermpe to force... Strength of the mada A di from De HELP FOR OTTAWA It Is Pouring’ in From’ Canada, Eog- ~ land and the States. ela MANSION HOUSE FUND Lerd Mayor of Lenien Beosives Bubseriptions Montreal Sends Liberal Ai¢—Belief Teie- ~ grams Sent Frog—Latest. Estimates of the “Loss of Life and Property. - ~. BY ‘Aneociated. Press. Ottawa, Ont., April 28.—Relief is pouring in for Hull and Ottawa sufferers from‘all parts of Canada. The mayor of. [Detroit «has tele- graphed sympathy and signifies his intention of sending relief from that... city. . Hon. -Joseph.. Chamberlain,, _| secrétary of state from the colonies, has cabled the governor general the .| sympathy of her majesty and chime self. - The. latest summary of the repute of: the great. fire shows as follows: Homeless, about: 5,000; destitute, - about 8,000; fatalities, eight;. thrown out of. work by the destruction ‘of industries, 5,000; value of. buildings ° destroyed, » $2,500,000; “value” of personal property, furniture, clothes, etc., $4,000,000.. These figures do not include the value of lumber dated ‘April 27, says residents of that place declare the. d, which will not Be known for some days, nor of. the \stock: the Boer forces, - which evacuated the place, was and men with six. guns. under German officer. f ‘(Cable Letter. by ren, ted Press.) : “London, April 28.—The effect of ‘Sir Alfred Milner’s. proclamation, req g ladies to stay in England LIBERALS A Sma Meeting Adopts Him asthe 5 ee Party Candidate, * The-convention of the Liberals: of Rossland > riding: will ‘not _ be held, the Rossland ; Liberal having decided;on receipt of letters Liberals * of Columbia, Cascade and. Greenwood support | ‘Smith Curtis, that a_con- instead’ of going to the Cape, is be- ing: to-be «apparent in -society, y Henry; Bentinck and: many others returning to London. “Lady Randolph Churchill was ‘not expect- ed to return with the. hospital ship Maine. .. Among..those who had planned to ‘go to the Cape and had Hed their. on of thes proclamation: of: the high’ it are’ Lady Errol, and vention ‘is. ‘y. \ This ac- tion was'.taken at a meeting ast |: night,-and a resolution was passed 0 There are ‘said to have been 33 members pres- ent, two of whom voted against the resolution.< Resolutions were adopted urging. the construction of the federal. build- ing without delay. 5 3); CHURCH SERVICES TOMORROW St. Andrew's Presbyterian church, Rev. D. McG. Gandier, B. A. pas- tor. Services. 11a. m. and..7:30 p. m. Sabbath “school and‘. bible class, 2:30 p. m..Y. P.’S. C. E. Monday, . 8° p. .m.~ Morning Sub- ject, “The Unjust Steward.” Even- ing subject, ‘‘Gambling-” Salvation Army — Hallelujah breukfast, 7 a.:m.; holiness meet- ing, io a. mj Junior meeting 11a. m.; free and easy, 3 o'clock. Baptist church.—Rev. W.. T. Stackhouse will- preach at 11a. m. and 7:30 p m. ) | and bible class at'2:30 p: m. The subject for the evening will be the “Chain of Three Links.” The ser- mon will be to the.Odd Fellows of ‘this city who will.:assemble at :the church in a ‘body. Free, seats and good music. Come. ‘To Cure a Cold In One Day = Take Laxative Bromine Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund. the money if it fails to cure. 25¢. E. W. Grove’s signature is on each bok, ce Sunday school }, fseveral’ other ladies. of title. “Sir Alfred: Milner has not increased his ci I popularity by his frank. 1 utter- ances: Manty society. women pre- ferred. the “bother and expense of cancelling their arrangements rather than:to face the were © made. . Several carloads of provis- ions, hing, etc., during the day, were sent to Ottawa this evening. Free Wire. for Relies, Ottawa, Ont., April 28.—Mayor Payment has receivedthe follows. ing message from. James Kent, | manager of telegraphs of the:C. P. R.:. “The C, P.'R. telegraph will be pleased. to transmit’ any tele- grams you or your committee may desire to_send in the interest of the sufferers fromthe awful calamity which’ has recently befallen the cities of Ottawa and Hull.” #500 From Seward Webb. Montreal, Q.,- April -28.—Thos. Tait, manager of the eastern divis- ion of the C, P. R.; received a cable are 120 teams hauling in the ma- chinery for the new Republic: mill,” said “Mr. Dick. ~-*‘I passed’: one’ of them with a tank weighing ‘six and one-half tons, with four men on’ the guy-rope to prevent it: froni over- turning. The™ Republic Reduction th from Dr. Seward Webb, who subscribes $500 to the Ottawa relief fund: from Mrs. Webb ‘and himself... He also expresses deep. regret and sympathy for those ren- dered destitute by the fire. A Wiansion House Fund =, London, April 28.—After a con- y’s. mill is d' to start on a b in. about Itati with the Canadian high issi Lord Strath and three weeks. The. Mountain: Lion’ mill is. running A Mount Royal, Lord Mayor Newton number of buildings are going: up in the town and the people are look- ing forward to an active’ séason. The. impression is that the‘Great Northern- railway will be built’ in from. Wi up the Columbiz and Okanogan and - thén oyer.the Bonaparte range ‘and up’ the i Poil river.” . Another dying officer Lord Roberts over the future. of ‘his only child. With such incidents current, ‘it’ is scarcely surprising” that the nation adores its little’ general and, as-a whole, abstains from ctiticisms of anything he may do. - If General Buller-had waited inactive as long as.Lord Roberts has at Bloemfon- fontein, the’ storm of public criti- cism and impatience would well comforted by promising to watch] ~ nigt have forced his recall. -Smlth-Bchulex Nuptialé,’ . Mr. James Ferguson Smith’ and Miss Lizzie Schultz were martied by Rey... D. McG. Gaudier ‘in the pdrlors ‘of the St. Charles hotel on - Wednesday evening, ‘and left this morning for Kaslo, where they will make their home. Mr. Smith is captain of the- has decided to open immediately a mansion house fund for the relief of the homeless people of Ottawa. A stock exchange fund was opened today with ‘several large subscrip- tions.. The lord mayor’s appea will be issued’ Monday. ‘Foronto's Insurance Loss, Toronto, Ont., April 28.—To- ronto insurance. companies up to the present estimate their ‘losses by the Hull fire at close on $800,000. _ Fhe Week’s Ore Shipments, The ore shipments for the week ending today were 2436 tons, name-~ ly, 2405 fromthe Le Roi and. 31 from the Evening Star, all going to the Northport smelter. This makes Mary on Kootenay lake. the total ship for the year to datef 7,591.