THE FIRE STOPPED IT. No Meeting of the Council) was Held 1 the New Hall Last Night,

There was no meeting of the city council last night. Just before meeting time there was a quorum present but the gong in the offices which strikes at the same time as that in the fire hall, gave the alarm for the fire on Nickle Plate flat, and there was a rush from the building at dhce to the scene of the fire.

. Afterwards Alderman Hooson came back with City Clerk McQueen, waited for some time, and then left. Mayor Goodeve and Alderman La- londe came back later but no one else. Most of the. members had been busy helping to save the city from destruction by fire and were tired out.

MAKING PREPARATIONS. International Day will be a Feature of the Exposition.

International day,. October ro, at the Spok Industrial Expositi will be one of the biggest. days dur- ing the continuance of the fair. There will .be governors, mayors and officials from all parts of the northwest and from both sides of the border. It is probable there will be the biggest crowds in Spo- kane on tat day.of any time during the exposition. Many boards of trade and other org will

[LAST NIGHT'S: BIG. BLAZE)

’ Continued from First page.

Frank Crosby, and the work they did was beyond praise.

A number of members of: the old volunteer department turned out and helped in every way. Chief Guthrie desires to express his thanks to them though he does not “know all their names, and especially com- mends the fact that they took noth- ing upon themselves but obeyed his iistructions implicitly. | He desires to‘mention three especially, Jack McCrae, Contractor John Phillips and Guy Wilcox.

As soon as the chemical had taken all the hose it could carry to the scene of the fire, she was sent back to the fire hall under the charge of volunteer firemen Jack Watson and Ed. Willis, and there remained ready for immediate service down town with sufficient hose on to at- tack an incipient blaze.

Charles Burton, of the Interna- tional, was on hand ‘looking after Spokane street and discovered a small blaze in the Spokane - hotel. He dragged the International hose over and extinguished the flames.

Many roofs were set on fire but

attend in bodies, going by special trains. A large number of the peo- ple will remain over for Elks day, which is the uth.

FAREWELL TO CAPT. QUANT

A Social WAN be Given in Honor or the Ploncer Work Here

A farewell social will be given to- morrow night to Captain Quant, one. of the pioneer Salvation Army officers who opened the work in Rossland over three years ago. = It will be held at- the old. Salvation Army hall,

” Captain’ Quant has given seven year’s service as an. officer, one year in. Denmark and six years in the United States and Canada. She is now going on a four month’s fur- lough to Sweden to visit her father, who is dangerously ill. This is the first furlough’ Captain Quant has had in her whole term of service.

The captain will be glad to see new |.

and old friends and. shake hands with them; before leaving.

. THE NELSON POORMAN MINE

‘Will Soon Have Its {1111 in Operation. Plemy of Ore Ready. * Major.C. C. Bennett of Vancou-

‘ver, secretary of: the Fern Gold|'

Mining. Co. and of the Nelson-

‘Poorman mine, has just been ona visit to the latter property. He re- ports that the company is now put- ting in a mill and has already 6,000 tons of ore ready for milling and in another month. will have from 1o,- 000.to0. 15,000 tons more ready. This will be as soon as the upraises are completed. There are now 30 men working in the mine and the force will be increased after the first ‘of the month. :

- The Major, who is well known in mining circles, expréssed his- sur- prise at the wonderful ‘changes that had been made. in Rossland since his last visit a year ago.. He did not know of any city that he had éver seen that wore such an air of general prosperity. He and his as- sociates had some interests here aid’before long he hoped to have some important news to - announce. Ha left today tor Nelson or the Red:Mountain railway.

the buildings were saved by the plentiful use of water.

Just after the first part of the de- partment returned to the fire hall a man arrived there and delivered some iron hooks, achina teapot, a box of face powder, 2 case contain- ing a silver napkin ring,and twenty- five cents in cash, which he had found at the scene of the fire. This morning the owner came down and claimed the property, but in the ex- citement no names were given.

* The chief of the fire department commends the efficient work done last night by the police in keeping the crowds trom interfering with the firemen,

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First car load of this season’s pack. Brand.”—the Finest canned good put up.

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EXTENSIVE JOBBERS IN

Tobacco * * Cigarettes.

Smoking Tobacces | McALPINE, AMER. TOBACCO CO, WILLS’ NAVY CUT, CAVENDISH, TADDY & CO.’S.

Full line AMER. TOBACCO CO.’S CIGARETTES.

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a Stock of PICKLING and PRESERVING SPICES

~~ Fruits—~—~- + Largest stock of PRESERVING FRUITS in the City.

Canned Vegetables.

“Pure Food

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Hunter Bros.

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| Chewing Tobaccos STAR, McDONALD, PIPER HEIDSIECK, T. &. B, BEAVER.

Fell Down on the Street

Tom Carthew, an old-time press- man, who has been working for Stunden & Perrine for some time, this afternoon fell on the street this afternoon, and laid there apparently ina fit. The chief of police and Dr. Bowes were summoned and the min was removed to the hospital, but it has dot yet been discovered what the trouble is. He was un-

conscious when the REcorD went

to press,

BUSINESS LOCALS.

The Hotel Russell sets the best table in Rossland.

Fine watch repairing at moderate charges. Aline of splendid time pieces. A. ZIMMERMAN, Jeweler,

Opposite Windsor Hotel

Notice.

A meeting of the Trail Creek Liberal Conservative Association will be held at Room 7, Goodeve Building, Columbie avenue, Ross- land, Wednesday, the 27th day of September, 1899, at 8.0’clock p.m., to elect delegates to the coming meeting: of the Liberal Conservative Union-for British Columbia.

Dated this 22nd day of Septem- ber; 1899. L. G. Assort, tf Secretary.

Application for Transfer of Liquor License,

Notice is hereby given that after the Japse of thirty days from the date of this notice, application will be made to the Board of License Cc i or other proper offi-

Mising W _Mr. -A. Klockmann and Dan . Leahy,who are.the witnesses wanted by the. prosecution in. the police in- vestigation, have both returned to the city and will be on hand tomor- row evening if wanted. There is now a reasonable chance for the in-

| vestigation to close.

cers in that behalf, for permission to transfer the hotel license, now held by me, to sell liquors, etc., in the ‘Grand Hotel,” situate on lot 12, block 27, plan 579.in the city of Rossland, to Thomas Stack and Christopher McDonell.

Dated this 22nd day of Septem-

S. A. Hartman,

New Stock of Fall Goods arriving daily.

We handle the Bett manufac- ture o! Shoes, Hats, ready- made Clothing, Un- derwear, Sox, Neck= ties, Oil Clothing, Rubber Goods, Caps, Gloves, Mackintoshes, Mackinaws, Miners’ Pure Gum Coats, Long and Short Gum Boots, with Leather Sole, etc,, etc.

One Price to all. We sell on a Small Projit.

S. A. HARTMAN, Next to Bank of Montreal,

NNN AR BORN LARS

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Mrs. A. Moore, Prop. Ti he Waffle Parlor

J.8. Graham, Mur,

An “Up to Date” Restaurant. ‘he Best cup of Coltfee in town, Oysters and Game in Season. Prompt and Efficient Bervice:

—— 34 AND 36 WASHINGTON STREET, Rossland, B

JOHN PHILLIPS,

Contractor & Carpenter ‘ore and Office Fittings. Jobbing a ‘al jonas Promotly | attended to. Estimates Furnish fiom: imsperial buildin. fiesidence, Mose Cristo St., 5th house north of Col- ‘uambia avenue. P, x 576.

TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. Those who appreciate the short hours kept by tae cler! S will tow their patronage on those aaa at 7 o'clock .m., as ample time for making pur- chases is given by these stores Siturday evening, of each week after 7 o'clock, and on the 15th of- each pone and

days preceeding all leza! holiday:

ber, A.D. 1899. tf . MIKE Murpny, Licensee.

OPERA HOUSE.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27.

FITZ WEBSTER'S

“A BREEZY TIME.”

The Brightest Musical Comedy on the Road.

Hear the Magnificent Band. Miss Mattie Smith, Cornet Soloist. The Lady String Quartette aud, many other Specialties.

Seats at Rolls’--$1, 75c., and 50c.

PACIFIC Ny} AND SOO. LINE. IMPERIAL LIMITED

New, Fast Daily Service, East and Jest... Optional routes ent trom

KOOTENAY COUNTRY. First-class Sleepers on all tains fom Ar ead and Kootenay, Landin, TOURIST Ca’

Piss Reyelstoke daily for St. Paul: Thurs- days for Montreal and ‘Boston; Tues- ‘days and Saturdays for. Toronto,

2 TRAINS DAILY 2

and from Robs id Tr ain Teaves ‘Rossland a ‘at tee oven ives is 4 Train leaves Roseland at 3:0 Pp. mand -arrives a: 7:40 p.m.

and

and Slocan Points.

ROSSLAND TO Foronto, £2 hours. Montreal, New York, 108 hours, Winnipeg. Be hours Vaneo'ver. 30 hours.” Victor ia, 85 hours 4—Hours Rossland to Nelson—4 Wor rates and full information, address the nearest lucal agent, or A.B. McKenzle, City Ticket Ast., W. H. Gage, Acting Agent, Rossland, B. G.

W. F. Anderson, T. P; A. » Nelson, B.C,

Clerks’ and ‘Salesmens’ Union. E. J. Coyle, A, GP. A., Nancouraty B.C,

A. G. Creelman. P. O. Box 815,

CREELMAN & BEAM.

CONTRACTORS & BUILDERS.

Estimates fnrnished on all binds of work. Jobbing promptly attended to

Office and.shop: Commercial court, rear Alhatsbra hotel.

KOSSLAND, B. U.

George Beam

THE FAST LINE

TO ALL POINTS.

THE DINING CAR ROUTE VIA _ YELLOWSTONE PARK. SAFEST AND BEST.

SOLID VESTIBULE TRAINS EQUIPPED WITH Pullman Palace Cars, Elegant Din- ing Cars, Modern Day Coaches, Tourist Sleeping Cars.

| Through Hokete oe all pointe inthe United ‘ass id Canada,

Steamsbip tetas to. all parts of the world. Tickets to China and Japan via Taco aut and Northern PaciicSteamsinp Co. Trae depart from Spokane as follows: lo. 1 Westbound, at .m., daily. No.2 Eastbound, at 7220 ams, daily.

For farther information’ time, caida, maps an Hoxets, apply yt 9 agenis of the

E. W. Ruff, Agt. R: M. Ry. Rossland, B.. - 3 W. HILL, General Agent, Spokane, Wr. A.D, CHARLTON,

Assit. Gen. Pass, Agt., Portland, Ore.

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‘The Arlington

HE ROSSLAND RECORD.

PUBLISHED EVENINGS EXCEPT SUNDAY.

VOL. 5. NO. 23.

ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1899.

PRICE 5 CENTS.) +

FOR FINE E Watch...Repairing, |

++-GO TO...

J. W. SPRING,

Everytning Guaranteed. Next door to the Post Uttice, The Leading Jeweler

THE OKANOGAN BRICKS:

Two Blocks. of Gold to be Shipped to Seattle. ;

LARGER DIVIDENDS IN PROSPECT

Something About the Ore Bodies on the Proy-' erty Which Rossland Men Have so Succes:-"

Once Tried Felways Used.

. Goodeve’s Headache Wafers,

Relieves Headache in all its forms,

Goodeve’s Tonic Bitters,

CURES Indigestion, Dyspepsia, ete.

Goodeve’s Throat Lozenges

For singers, Speakers, etc.

Goodeve’s Gastor Oil Emulsion,

.. Tasteless and Kitectual,

GOODEVE BROS., Druggists and Stationers.

G.0.D. GROGERY & MEAT MARKET

New Paper, New Advertisement. New Goods. New custumars every day for our celebrates

Golden Dip Ceylon Teas.

Our 50-Cent Mocha and Java Coffee is excellent value Fresh Fish, Chickens, all kinds of Fresh attd Cured Meats, ‘Washington Street. Telephone No. 99.

ne

CUNLIFFE & ABLETT, ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS.

All classes of Repairs aud Construction Work Undertaken.

Ore. Pare, wore and Axles, Buckets, Fans, Shafting, Haneers and lullers. Pipe work ecialty. Northey Pamps kept in stock. Agents ise Wm. Hamilton Mig. Co.'s Mills, Concentrators, Ete. “Third Avenue, Rosstana.

‘The Clarendou Cafe

SS Sa First-Class in Every.Respect. | Open Day and Night.

P.O Box 198.

—_—. x ‘Rooms for Banquets and Diuner Parties.

BEST Wearing, BEST Fitting, and BEST Looking

—_==== Footwear In Men's Women’s and Children’s... 106 west Columbia Auenue Cc. Oo. Lalonde.

it East Columbia Avenue.

QUICK WORK (<= - Red Star Storage & Transfer Cc

d Transfer business, e delivered promptly. Rit arene many pare rt of the sity Meet a ‘rain Jontract and Job Work 1

le ce iatios id Stee safely ‘moved. nything we handle. Goou Storage facilities, reason- re act as s shippers! Saeutay Will clear, ‘transfer, ware

‘oop. : » Hartline, Mgr.

fally

The two bricks resulting from! the first cl ip by the Ok

‘death delayed arrangements for de- velopments to some extent.

The property and machinery of ithe company is now fully paid for and the company does not owe a single dollar outside of the current wages. In fact it his always been out of debt.

The clean-up madethe other day will, it is estimated, produce _be- tween $5,000 and $6, 200,

Rossland’s Conservatives Approve of Such a Course.

the concentrates, and was the pad ‘of twenty-six days work. Another

clean-up may he expected very shortly when, of course, another idividend will be declared. There is enough rich ore in sight to keep

Free Gold Mines, Ltd., are to bej shipped to Seattle, to be refined. Since the clean-up over 180,000 shares have changed hands at ad- vanced prices, and from the splen- did showings on the surface and where the property has been devel- oped in depth, larger dividends in the future are assured. It is seldom, that a property has declared a divi- dend with such a small amount in- vested.

most encouraging. Op the Great Wonder and Cobbler there is a vein trending northwest from the eastern line of the Great WYonder, where a shatt 80 feet deep has been sunk. At the line intersecting the Great Wonder and Cobbler the vein splits, one part going due-north and the other southeast. The cause of the split is an. immense body of ore which extends along the surface 100 feet, and at a depth of 70 feet it is over 60 feet wide. The ‘southeast portion of the ‘east’ and: west vein on the Cobbler is’where practically all the work has been done at present, and it is from‘an:open cut .on this vein, 26 feet deep, that the ore has been extracted. «In addition to this the lower tunnel, which is now ina

The geological formations. are ;

the y’s stamp mill running for years, and new veins are being ed as the d pra work

progresses.

Great Labor Leader Coming.

Mr. Griffiths, the great Welsh labor leader who is now in the Slo- can, is daily expected here. He is doing his best tosmooth over the. labor difficulties in that section.

| Westminster, October. 5.

Rossland’s at the Annual Meeting to be Held Ootober 5—The Alter- nates Also Named.

.At the meeting of local Conser- vatives last evening five delegetes and three alternates were elected to the convention to be held at New A. H. MacNeill is the president and J. L. G. Abbott secretary of the local as- sociation.

Mr. T. Mayne Daly announced, himself as in favor of the next Pro- vincial election beirg held on. party * lines, and stated that the general

of i throughout

Police Investigation Tonight.

At the police investigation tonight after Mr. Klockmann and Mr. Leahy have been disposed of, Mr. William Mitchell will be placed on the stand to pive his évidence and the chief of police will follow.

‘Tied Personages Coming,

Hon. Sir Henry and Lady joli de Lotbiniere are on their way to Ross- land and may arrive tomorrow. Sir Henry isa member of the present Dominion government ‘and is the head of one of the oldest families in the province of Quebec.

% The Scotsman Overdue.

~The Scotsman, of tke Allan line, which should have arrived trom Eu- rope on Sunday last, has not yet been heard from. She should sail from Quebec on Saturday and sev- eral Rossland parties are booked to sail on her.

the province was : that such-a course should be adopted. He’ further stated that a movement was on foot:

of Victoria, made the leader of the © party. This, he said, would ensure a victory for the Liberal Conserva- tives and a strong ‘apd’ permanent: * government. These ideas met with the approval of the meeting.

Mr. Alexander Dick said he was’ not in favor of having the delegates: instructed as to the course they should pursue, as questions might arise that would interfere with these instructions and it was decided that* they should have a free hand.

The following were elected dele- gates to the convention: A. H. MacNeill, -A. S. -Goodeve; -Alexati-"—~ der Dick, John S: Clute: Jr:,:and Hon. T. Mayne The alter- nates were, A. B. Mackenzie, David B. Bogle and E. D. Orde.

Au announcement was made that: the voters’ list was encumbered with the names of a number ofaliens and it was decided to send to Victoria. for a copy of the list and the sup=

distance of 417 teet, has ssi two veins that give very lair value. The ore found in crosscutting to the shaft on the Great Wonder is simi- lar to that found in the cut 600 feet distant.

The five claims owned by the Okanogan Free Gold Mines, Ltd., which have made so good a show- ing and are the first mines owned in Rossland, outside of the province, to pay a dividend, are located in Okanogan county, Washington. The claims are known as_ the Cobbler, Great Wonder, Similka- meen, Freeze Out and Ufford, and lie about twelve miles south of Camp McKinney, and sixteen miles from Republic.

They were first located in 1894 by Mr. Robert Allison, but in Octo- ber oflast year a syndicate was formed with Mr. S. Thornton Lang- Jey at the head, to purchase and take over the properties, which had all been properly surveyed. In No- vember, Mr. Langley with the late Dr. Langhammer aud Mr. K. K. Peiser, i the

in Rossland, and the shares

The Question Arises,

~~ en WHERE TO PURCHASE

»-DRUGS..

T. R. MORROW,...- see the pEnseiat,

were very quickly subscribed.

The capitalization was placed at $80,000, in 1,600,000 shares of the par value of five cents. The direc- torate was made up of Hon. T. Mayne Daly, Q. C., president. Ross Thompson vice-president, G King treasurer, K. K. Peiser secre- tary, and E. T Richter,M. D. Since that time J. Fred, Ritchie and Sw : | Thornton Langley have been added to the board. When the first batch

of stock was placed on the. market it was sold at its par value in cash and none has been sold or offered for any less than par. On the rsth

= THE LEADING HOTEL AT.TRAIL.

<=" Headquarters for Commer- cial Men....Splendid Sample Rooms.

UNEXCELLED TABLE. Joun Haverty, Proprietor.

of D ber the stock was advanced to 1% cents, and sold treely at that price, on the reports of Superinten- dent A. S, Edgecombe and Survey- or J. Fred Ritchie. Dr. Langham- mer, the first manager and one of the principal. promoters, died on

M.| Halcyon Springs hotel,

" for Mr. A.-B. Mackenzie, agent of the Allan line of steamers, has booked a number of passéngers for Europe by the new twin-screw steamer Bavarian, the latest addit- tion to the Allan fleet Among these are Mr. E. Rathbone, who left to- day over the C.P.R. tor Montreal, and Mr. Donald Sword, who will leave on the train tomorrow.

“Daly and Mamiiton Moving. Messrs. Daly and Hamilton have already begun to fit up their new of- fices in the Bank of Montreal build- ing, and have moved many of their effects there. On Monday next their clients will find them fully ir- stalled in the handsome new prem- ises they have secured. The ar- rangements are being made by Mr. E. J. Grant and by Saturday night

the old office will be vacated. arrangements have yet been made for the sub-lease of the other rooms on the second floor as the firm de- sires to have them finished before

anything is done in the matter.

In the Hote) Business.

W. B. Husband, more familiarly known throughout the Kootenays as ‘'Dixie’, who has lately been with his father in charge of the and. who has had years of experience in the hotel business, has purchased of Ed. Watson the Headquarters hotel in this city and has already taken charge of the property.

Mr. Watson disposed of his lease, furniture, bar fixtures, stock and building for $2,400, and will open a new hotel on Columbia avenue, on the old White House lot. Mr. Wat- son expects to have one of the fin- est houses in the west when it is completed,

Mr. Husband has a good stand and popular house in the Head- quarters and his many friends wish

December gth of last year, and his

a Le

plementary list, so as to be in a po-. sition to cleanse it. After attend-. ing to some other matters, looking chiefly to an increase in the active- membership, the meeting was ad-. journed. The next meeting will be

of Gctober.

NOT AC, P, R., ENTERPRISE

The Proposed Street Hallway WIT

Not be Controlled By that Company.

Mr. H. E, Macdonnell, of the Canadian Pacific railway, was asked today ahout the proposed street car system, and what interest the Can- adian Pacific had iin it. He said that while Mr. Peters was one. of the promoters, the Canadian Paci- fic company had nothing whatever to do with the scheme. Captain Duncan and Mr. W. A. Macdonald, who were applying for the charter, had back of them a company that was operating over forty systems of street railways, but that company was not an adjunct of the Canadian Pacific railway.

THE NUCLEUS OF A LIBRARY.

A Movement on Foot to Provide Some Decent Place Where Men can Meet Some of the practical philantro- phists of the city have inaugurated a movement to erect a building at the corner of Spokane street and Second avenue to be used asa li- brary and club during the winter months, It is intended eventually to turn the structure into a public library and reading rooms so soon as the funds can be obtained, but at present to make it a resort for men who have no other place than a saloon in which to spend their time. It will, if started, be run on the same lines as those that are established and proved so _ success- ful in other cities of much greater magnitude than Rossland.

Those who approve of the idea will confer a favor by sending any

him in his new | °

to P.O. Box 555, City.

SS!

FAVOR OF PARTY LINES

DELEGATESTO NEW WESTMINSTER —

to have Mr. Charles Wilson, Q.C.5)0

held on Wednesday, the 11th day- Jig