ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD, APRIL 40, 1990) ILLUSTRATED. FREE EXCURSION ee F0 -- es SUMPTER, OREGON. | HIS OTHER NAME pidoo laet by pent NOT A BRITISH SUBJECT Martin's Finance , Mister D Dropped Ba Name Soon After Moving to Nanaimo and Ba- came Byder—Called From His Notion Store to Sign Checks for Martin, . - The Province. - Some years ago a familiar figure about New Westminster was a ped- dier named Walworth who was well inted Among: certain classes of A Rare Opportunity to Visit Present Stockhoi of Sumpter, Oreg: -round trip fare, up to an excursion from | Company's propert Tare ‘tnvited to join in! of inspecting the t merit to warrant the people. Peddler Walworth made a more or less - precarioys livelikeod by the sales from his pack made to good citizens who wished to help the young man along. He, however, (did not cater alto- gether to the good people,it is said, for he carried in his pack _certain comforts’ not usually included -with the pins and needles, shoes, laces and buttons, red handkerchiefs and paper collars, rolled plate rings and collar buttons, of a peddler’s stock | in trade. The sales of these par- } ticutar articles showed a larger mar- gin of profit, however, and the ped- dler prospered accordingly. Later on Peddler Walworth went to Nanaimo and: there, after a year or so, the peddier for some reason dropped his name of Walworth and since has called himself- Ryder, which it is alleged was_his father's patronymic, -but deponent sayeth not. . Peddler Walworth, or Ryder, as he must henceforth be -called, remained. several. years longer .a and said-further that. the WILL BUILD MORE Ryder was Formerly Known as Wel- | ThosB, A. 0. Will Erect Residences for Miners. at Le Roi. ALL BUILDINGS TO STAY A Bangled Shipment of Boilors—Operations in the Le Rei, Josie and No.1 An Restricted by Lack of the Compressor Ordered ‘a Leng Time Ago. Instead of ‘tearing | “down any of the buildings at the old Le Roi shaft, as this morning's Miner said was the intention of the B. A. C.; not only will all the present build- ings be needed where they are, “but, more.will be added. General Man- ager MacDonald’ made this _state- leaves tomorrow morning “for. fcr. make. Our -White Wear i isa dres aft 23 Hotsteap '&; Wricurt, : _ |The Central Dry Goods Store, cor. H. F. Higgins, who has ‘repre-| er: First.avenue and Washington sented ihe Canadian Rand Drill pany at Rat Portage for the last tio years,has come here as accoun- tant to FR. Mendenhall, the Ross- land agent of those companies. Gennse'é Ss will be held at the church Friday evening, April 20, at 8 p. m, A’ full, attendance of members is earnestly requested. will be more thar pleased’ with our a display of handsome Silk Under- They are gems of. fashion and the lowest in price ever offered 3 With them we have just unpacked a consignment of Silk Waists, Jet Capes and Black Silk Capes. They are new in’ design, moderate in price and hatidsome.in The Rossland Drug company is now. doing business on Columbia avenue, ‘next to the old city hall building. We have a complete line of pure fresh drugs, toilet articles and druggists sundries, tions carefully sepreuned, ment to a ReEcorD rep . intended to build a large number of residences for miners with families, in order that they may be conveni- ent to their work. Only two bare boilers of the three ordered from the Jenckes Machine company have arrived at the Black citizen of Nanai: still to pursue the avocation for which he showed such a predilection. - Some two or three years ago Ped- dler Walworth, or Ryder, changed his abode to Ccmox whithout caus- ing any very great pang: in the hearts of the residents of Nanaimo, who parted from their fellow-citizen without any keen regret being noticeable. Ig Comox . Peddler Walworth was in the employ of Simon Deiser untilrecently, when he opened a small shop ‘with: a_ little stock in trade which was made up- of notions, . buttons and strings similar to the pack .Peddler Wal- worth -used to tote around New Westminster. *-Some~ people are born* great, : others have greatness thrust upon them.” So it was to be with: Ped- dler Walworth, or Ryder, and at Comox the goddess fortune sought the guests to the mi Excursion will at 4:30 p. n1., re cars for the trip to Sumpter ain the visitors ibe in wailing to convey leave Spokane [lay 15, ifning on the 18th ane found her favorite son’ and-sud- denly such greatness was thrust upon the erstwhile peddler that’ he staggered beneath the weight. He has been called upon by Jos. Martin to be finance minister of British Columbia! He’s an undistinguished peddler, but he heard his premier’s call and the cabinet didn’t have to send to find him. | He chucked his job and joined it and the job before him now is to put. his name on ch no ‘Latest in Womens Ready-to-Wear FROM: NEW YORK. We are showing some of the Newest and Nicest things | in Suits, Spring Jackets THE. BIG STORE Bear, the. manufacturers having neglected to.ship the anchor bolts and fronts with ‘them: As the lat- ter have to be set first, it is as|® though a lumber dealer had shipped the shingles for a new house ahead of the sills. “On the other hand, the three boilers from Fraser & Chal- mezs, which arrived at the same time, although they were ordered several months later, are included in the shipment. would be considerably increased. “THE GOLDFINCH MINES, to Next in every detail‘and are accompanied. by amanifest showing every piece INTERNATIONAL MUSIC HALL. KLOCKMANN, PPoOprietor.® FOR WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1900. GLITTER! GLOW! GRANDEUR! Wansor and Zinn’s new burlesque, in two acts, "THE BAREBAGK RIDER. : SPEGIAL SGENIG.EFFEGTS: - SEE THE BAREBAGK RIDER, THE GLOWNS, ETC. ~ Hear dainty Frances Hewitt sing All the work at the Le Roi mine, both above and under ground, which can be started until the new com- pressor is installed, is now under way. Mining work on the Josie and No. 1 is. also curtailed by the lack of the compressor, or the num- ber of employes of each company Work is proceeding on the tramway. and ore bins of the Josie and No. 1. Those Who May Ge “*La Favorita.”, " Hearipretty Ola Hayden sing again, by re- quest, “The Toreador.” Ola Hayden as*‘The Hosiery Model.” : : ‘Admission as.usual. God'Save the Queen. D. R. Young,. of the Kootenay Mining Standard,. was” ‘recently elected. manager of the Goldfinch Mining Company, of Sumpter, Ore., and has arranged to give to all hold- good before he signed them. ~ It is said that when Joe offered the port- folio of finance to him, the whilom’ ‘peddler was dubious of his ability to fill the requirements, but the prem- jer reassured him, saying that all chat would be required of him was. “| to sign cheques, whereupon he ac- ceptedsthe position, It is the general impression that Peddler ‘Waiworth, or Ryder, is but a seat-warmer for ‘‘Billy” McInnes. just prior to the government caucus at which Martin was requested to leave the cabinet, Martin and W.W. ~ ned Capital Stock £109,~0. THIRD REAL PTER, OREGON, OWNING STOCK IN THE at yg F ’ to join him. Tf q ‘ In Nanaimo, where ‘the new. iN GS 4 finance minister is swell known, “he SITUATED FIVE MiLes FROM SUMPTER, GREGON. SHARES NOW.SELLING AT THREE CENTS PER SHARE. General Mat t,415 Columbia SEEING IS BELIEVING, and so confidentis-the ma | Property that fhe fuliest per | one-fourth cash on deposit, ar ager. lager pj as all will want to know why the eS 6 peddler changed his name. B. McInnes met on the main street in Nanaimo and Martin said in the presence of two other persons, ‘In case I shou!d be called upon to form anew government, can I rely upon you taking a seat in’ the cabinet?” Be was not called upon as he ex- pected and therefore did not ask Mr. McInnes to take a seat. He did not go directly to the lieutenant-govern- or and say that, if he were called upon. to form a government, he would ask Mr. W. W. B. McInnes has“ been unmercifully jollied. In reply he said: ‘Oh well! It is good for three months’ salary anyway.” Such an accession of fortune ss .to $333-33 1-3 per month:even for a short time might well turn the head of the ex-peddler, whose wildest dreams of fortune in the west must have been more than surpassed by his being suddenly pitchforked into the ranks of the nouveaux riches, How Walworth’s change of name will affect his citizenship is a ques- tion that was, like the man, of no importance, so long as he remained will be followed with keen interest, . It is known that some months ago, | be given at one word a salary. of a-peddler, but it is now that he is minister of the crown, for the father whose name he now bears was an American citizen and neither father hor son was ever naturalized. The next few chapters: in this .romance ets of-stock, a free i to Sumpter. The party will leave Spo- | % kane May 15, at 4:30) p..m., ar riving at their destination the next day. Mr. Young says the total ex- pense of the trip will be-borne by the y, for kh Ic hold-- ——HOUDE’ s— Straight Cut . Cigarettes. ing stock to the amount of the round trip fare to Sumpter, * which," from Rossland, would represent about 1800 shares at three cents per share. THE ROSSLAND RECOR VoL. 6. NO. 57. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1900 PRICE’ 5 CENTS $8 Will buy you a with a Waltham isu ar Watch moyein nteed. J. W. SPRING, Next door to Postotlice, « The Leading Jewoler ) }WEPENER’S BESIEGERS . Cause: Effect: Long winter; close continement; |. 3 foal boat att Biliousness; i dgssitudes iovadachos pi lnertias t ured feeling, Cure: One bottle Tonic Bitters: one box Goodeve's Vegetable Liver Pills. TRY IT! If you get it at GOODEVE'S, its GOOD. Goodeve Bros., Druggists and Stationers. It PAYS to deal with Goodeve Bros. be Men Hats... nt a ae Largest Stock in town; to be . sold at practically your own price. a card ‘M. J. O HEARN, ‘The Busy'Store at the Busy Corner. ~ | |.THE CLOTHIER. By Associated Press, The Relieving Army Drives Them from Strong Position. Attack on His Convoy Repulsed ‘with Heavy Loss--Boers Hope for Intervention. by.Gen, Dewet under date of April London, April 21, 6:18 p.°m.—|20 to the effect that the latter still The war office has ived the: fol- |’ lowing dispatch from Lord Roberts: “Bloemfontein, April: 21.—Run- dle’s torce came in contact, with the enemy yesterday, four. miles south- west of Dewesdorp. They. _occu- pied strong positions covering the ’s forces at ‘Wepener, and had captured 115 prisoners, including the chief artil- The report adds that the British from Aliwal are destroy- "The Irish brigade paraded this town. The yeo ‘y and in Buying. Silverware! you will tind many of the cheapest and most common things “‘light- ly washed with Silver” stamped “Quadruple.” No matter what goods are stamped, it is Lhe name and standing ofa first-class maker one with a reputation to keep—that ensures quality. For over 60 years the Meriden’ Britannia Company’s goods ‘have’ stood the test and continue to be the BEST that is madein plate. Silver plate that wears is stamped... 1847 Rogers Bros. AI ade and gu: y. the Meriden Britannia Company. We Baye a ‘complete riper of a goods, - Ewert Bros. co Engravers Jewelers, PLAL AL men slightly wounded.” ig Fight With Besleging Boers. infantry seized another position, which enabled Rundle to drive the enemy off and. occupy ‘the high ground the enemy hud been hold- ing. Rundle advanced this morn- ing early and is now. again engaged |. with “the “enemy. .- Our. casualties yesterday were two men severely and Lieutenant O'Connor and seven Holief Should Come Tomorrow. London, April 21.—Gen. Cherm- side’s. and Gen. Rundle’s divisions were only 50 -miles “from Wepener yebtérday, and unless “unfortunate they should be getting into touch today: with the little colonial force, which is™ be- sieged, and by tomorrow have ac- Bloemfontein, April 20.—Costin- complishished *j its relief, the’ two uing their march on Friday, Gener- als Chermside and Rundle came into - contact with the Boers near Dewet’s Dorp.at noon. Fighting continued until dark, and. was prin-| ‘ cipally carried on by the - artillery, perior’to the Boer forces, As governor of the Free State, Maj-Gen. Prettyman is organizing a corps of mounted police and divid- -ing the country -into. ‘sections to be The prospectus states. that the property of the company is ‘the MANUFACTURED ‘BY Goldfinch and Velvet quartz mineral claims, situated about five miles ‘:om Sumpter, on the Granite road. The title is now in_ the Goldfinch |- Mining.Company. | Each claim has. a well defined contact ledge between granite and slate from which good values in gold can be obtained. © It B. Houde & Company, Quebec t than the Best. Crow & Morris, Rossland. $18 to $50. MINOR MENTION. ‘the city. kane yesterday. arrived i in tow. last night. among the arrivals last night. Mast night's train. Wednesday evening. _ from the War Eagle hoist. has ly been di ‘ated that the 99 ledge, owned by the Co- Operative Mining Company, also QUICK WORK [rns Red Star Storage & Transfer © the city. Meet all trains. Gontract and WE SELL GOOD, ‘DR Does a rerular Storage and Transfer business, Boxeage e delivered Sob Work con . Furni ‘We pay damage done to anything we handle. Good Storage facilities, reason- able rates, no fire risk. We act as shippers’ agents. Will clear, branalet, ware- mounted infantry. The firing was troops were killed. Boers Strongly Reinforced. - Maseru, Basutoland, April 21.— The Boers around Wepener have $ORRRAROARO Office:” Washington Bt., opposite Bank. of Stontees., J. W. Hartline, Mgr. cuts through the Goldfinch proper- “NEW DRUG STORE, — ties.. Several open cuts and a tun- nel on the 99, about goo. feet trom the Goldfinch, expose large bodies of high grade copper and gold ore from which assays average from ROSSLAND DRUG COMPANY.. NEXT TO OLD CITY HALL, COLUMBIA AVENUE. New and ‘Complete Stock of Drugs, P.. J. McConville of Spokane is in F. H. Oliver came up from Spo- C. A. Clark of London, . England, P. BURNS & CO. WHOLESALE MARKETS Rosstnd; Nelson, Sandon, Revelstoke, Greenwood, Grand Forks, and Vancouver. _——————— RETAIL MARKETS Rossland,- Trail, Nelson, Ymir, Kaslo, Sandon, New Denver, Silverton, Cascade City, Grand Forks, _ Greenwood, Phoenix, Midway, Camp McKinney, Revelstoke Ferguson, and Vancouver. William Donald, Mgr., Rossland Branch. cannon and rifles, heard today in the direction of Dewetsdorp, was was approaching. Heavy firing is hourly expected. “Two large Boer forces left the vicinity of Wepener this morning, one going in the di- rection of Dewetsdorp and the other towards Rouxville. The Boers are excited and jubli- ant in consequence ‘of President Steyn's assertion that foreign. inter- vention is certain and that-it is the only thing to continue the struggle fora short time. Generals Dewet ‘and Olivier are inspiring the bur- ghers with inflammatory patriotic t: and Patent Me Medicines. Robert Denzler , of .Phoenix .was .Mrs. W. K. C.-Manley and chil- E scr ounded. ‘| dren of Grand Forks came in on Prescriptions Carefully Comp Robert E. Strong, Manager. s expensive and dangerous, to say — hth yf the trouble am disay able Don’ i [) eee it fats more + feasant Pan au much The fire brigade of the War Eagle and Centre Star mines had their first dance’ in Miners’ Union hall on oe or business place & brighter Use E l ect ric appearance, and save you money in many ways: CUNLIFFE & ABLETT, ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS. and Construction Work Undertaken. The garbage dump on the Trail road is being burned and the Min- er’s official smeller sniffed the odor All classes of Repairs Ore aay whee and Norty Buckets; teh Pap Shafting, 1 orig. Gord Mulls, Couontrators, ta. J. D. Anderson, P. L, S., of Trail, hey reduce insurance; give you Estimates furnished for Wiring and Lighting, Steam Fixtures carried in stock. [tls much cheaper than steam. Motors for sale or rent. $2r-In case of trouble, with itp lights. telephone No. No. g yi beta 8a.m,, and 6 p.m. p.m, Rossland. ‘Water and Light Go. hts Electric Power supplied for Mining and Manufacturing purposes. “ Several houses have been filled with the Boer wounded and others have been sent to Ladybrand. Field Cornet Boutyert, who sur- rendered ta the British and after- wards joined the Free Staters, has been arrested bys the Boers. His wife offered £600 bail for his ap- pearance. It was refused, Boers Claim Many Prisoners, Pretoria, -April 21,—President Kruger has received, through Pres- which il d two Boer guns. The British command the hills for miles around the Boers, who are reported to hold strong po- sitions, but are probably retiring. Canadian Dead and Wounded, A‘ Bid for 10,000 Army Horses. England by cable. by May 1. Kru- : , ger’s house and the president made Amazons Among the Boers, absolutely refused to strip and, ded, etc., ‘ioned in the Chicago, Itl,, April 21.—An English army captain and a special commissioner called upon a firm of horse “dealers. at the stock yards yesterday to ascertain what they would charge for 10,000 horses for the English government for service in South Africa. The firm submit- ted estimates in the neighborhood of $100,000, and they were sent to Toronto, April 21.—The imperial officers sent out to purchase re- mounts for the army in South Af- rica are meeting with success and expect to have the firstconsignment ready for shipment from Montreal London, April 21.—A letter from a nurse in a hospital’ at Capetown says the medical officers; for sani- tary reasons, forced ‘a number of Boer prisoners to. bathe in the river. behind the hospital. Several of them when forced to do so, it-was found they were women in men’s*clothes, The writer adds ‘‘quite a number of the dead on battlefields have been found to be women similarly dis- guised and, worse than this, it has often been these women who were guilty of atrocities, killing the Toronto, April a1—A Globe N EWS F RO M N 0 M F special from Bloemfontein says: “Private J. McMillan of Winnipeg, an artificer,- who came here with the second contingent and was at- tached to the Thirty-eighth com- pany of the army service corps,died B A ] N today (April' 20). The. following a were sent to England by the steam- ‘ er Austral on April 5: Color Ser- geant Thompson, Privates Loh- man, Finch-Smiles, Beach and Car- ter of the. Western company; Pri- vate Rae of the Toronto company; .| Privates Craig and Maentette of the London company; : Private O'Connell of the Ottawa company; Privates Johnston, Durant, Frand- shaw apd McFarland of the New Brunswick company. Most of these men. ‘were wounded in the METHUEN WINS AGAIN [hire at Peardebere- Scarcity‘of Wood the Great Question in the: Arctic Camp. RIFLEMEN GUARD THE PILES Miners. Propose to Compel the Thrifty to Share ‘Their Supply—Good Reports from Port Clar- ~ enoo—A Series of Tragedies at Norton Bay by Violence and Accident. By Associated Press. aw Victoria, B. C., April 21.—C. P. Dam and Capt. Hecklman of Nome, January 24, and came by the Kat- passengers on the Cottage City this morning. They brought out the U..S. mail and completed the last stage of their journey in company: with J. D.. Morgan and John Fred- ericks, also from Nome, but’ for- merly of San Francisco, who had left fully a month in advance of them. It has been a quiet winter. at Nome, according to Mr. Dam, and while there has’ been considerable scratching of the country ip all di- rections, no-really notable ‘new dis- © coveries have been. reported since * thevlast advices from rie camp were sent forward, The great difficulty of. the Nome - camp has been during the iow end- ing winter, and still is, the scarcity of fuel. The cold is piércing and the problem of getting sufficient wood to keep the cabin holders from freezing has become very Serious.” For miles east“and west of Nome all the wood had been gathered up. before January ‘and consumed, and miners’ « meetings were talked of for the purpose of compelling a sharing up by those who thriftily, had gathered a store of wood, when it was available for the purpose of ground thawing. Stealing from the piles having .grown common, it had become the dispatches.” Lieut.-Col. Girouard, director of POLITICS ON THE ISLAND, forming a_ railroad . corps with prospect of per The ties on the British, side Many of the colonials were slight, and most of them oc- Methuen Repulves Boer Attack curred among the yeomanry and Boshof, Orange.Free State, April 21.—At midday yesterday General Methuen’s field force at Swartzkop- jesfontein was ordered to return to Its convoy extended over six miles and with the escort took at loag range. None of the British been reinforced. and» are now the road j st in t ii q gerthan-ever. The firing of| just in the nick of time, as a force of 2000 Boers, wi guns and a pom-pom, suddenly ap- peared in. the vicinity and fired The British- however held in check until the column reached a point of safety, when they looked upon as meaning that relief The Boers fought de- terminedly and must have advanced goo yards of the hill, the British opened a heavy fusilade Bracing Up Boers With Lies. April’ 20.—Boer offi- cial notices have been found pla- carded at Campbell and elsewhere, saying that in the recent battles the Boers captured 18,000 troops, 18 cannon and 800 wagons,and setting forth that the burghers were full of. valor, that the outlook was bright, and saying .confirmation had been received’ of the report that Russia had invaded India with two anda Boer notice appoints. Gen, burg to command Griqualand West, and warns all burghers to join under penalty of punishment in accordance ident Steyn, an official report sent the martiallaw of the Free date at Comox, Special to the Kesorp. ward, who would make a strong candidate. land. Itis claimed that the con- the previous evening decided on Jo- seph McPhee as an independent. W. J. McAllan and Gordon Hunter, spoken of as independents, are both new in the constituency. Finance Minister Ryder is also a candidate, and in event of three candidates, is likely to be elected. | McPhee's supporters say he will run anyway. Brownlee, the surveyor of Atlin, says neither Irving nor Clifford will be.elected there, the people wanting a local man. ‘Tho Sumpter Excursion, Owing to the fact that several applicants have expressed a desire ASeat for Mell a Candt- Victoria, April 21.—Information from Ottawa states that McInnes claims to have been offered the nomiation for Comex, South Nanai- mo and Cowichan. The Tories in Victoria intend to run Mayor Hay- The Turnerites in Comox nomi- nated ex-Mayor Mounce of Cumber- vention was packed, as a caucus ice, even .before Mr. Dam started out, for the wood owners to mount guard day and night, rifle in hand, over their property. The current . price of beach wood on January 20 was $40 and $50 a cord (of most inferior’ quality), - while coal was quoted at from $125 to $150 per ton. There is a fortune in it for the first steamer that lands. fuel in the camp this spring. Good reports continue to reach Nome from the Port Clarence dis- trict, Norman Smith, the United States deputy mineral and land surveyor, and Charles L. Cole be-. ing among the latest to return from the port. Each had staked and recorded a number of claims. At Norton Bay,, Christmas - was followed by a series of tragedies. These included the killing of a man named Wright, and the slow death by starvation and cold of another named Keyser, the disappearance of a third, Scott, and the accidental death of Haines, a fourth. The Cottage City brought up- wards of forty passengers, many of whom were from Dawson, having left there as late as the third of the present month. Wants to Be Frec-Manded. A report is current that Hon. C. H. Mackintosh wrote a letter to the president of the Liberal-Conserva- tive “association the day after his to take in the Pp I have decided to keep the books open until Monday, April’ 23, and will leave for Spokane on Tuesday. Those desiring to book’ for the ex- cursion to visit the Goldfinch prop- erties at Sumpter will therefore have another day in which to do so. D. R. Youne, M strongly: objecting to the mine-owners being asked.to de- fray election expenses, as it might hamper ,him in dealing out even- handed justice between all parties concerned. It is further stated that the letter counselled a policy of ‘ion and the refraining from any personalities with reference to Hon. . Joseph Martin, and his. honor B' t! governor, .~ formerly of Seattle, who left there | ~ mai route,, arrived in Victoria as --