Se eee mange 7 amend eel ) . THE DAILY NEwWs IDE THE LEADING NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Daily and Weekly by THE PRINCE RUPERT PUBLISHING CO. LTD., PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. TRANSIENT DISPLAY ADVERTISING—50 cents per inch. on application. per month, or $5.00 per year, in advance. WEEKLY, $2.00 per year. in advance. HEAD OFFICE Daily News Building, Third Ave., Prince Rupert, B, C BRANCH OFFICES AND AGENCIES New York—National Newspaper Bureau, 219 East 23rd St., New York City SEATTLE—Puget Sound News Co. — ENGLAND —The Clougher Syndicate, Grand Trunk Building, Trafalgar are. Telephone 9s. Sunscrisers will greatly oblige by promptly calling up Phone 98 in case of non-delivery or inattention on the part of the news carriers. == = == Ee. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18 Daily News on Daily Doings PRINCE RUPERT AS IT WAS, NOT AS IT 1S. The August issue of a widely Dart EDITION. which there are numerous other hotels, lodging and restaurants.” Those who have visited Prince Rupert within the last two or an il- three months know that this is far from being accurate. In- stead of two chartered banks, five are doing a flourishing business; instead of one whole- houses circulated magazine published| at Vancouver contains lustrated and well meaning article on the city of Prince Rupert, its prospects. It is unfortunate sale house there are at least half a dozen; instead of two editor of a reputable British good hotels there are three Columbia magazine did not make an effort to secure more authentic information as to the present status of the city from a mercantile and finan- sestiamenieaieiil tangles cial standpoint. The following) at pgerman MONTGOMERY clipped from the article gives WOULDN'T INTERFERE a very erroneous impression of the business development of A despatch from this prosperous city: “At the} ‘States that the City Commis- present time nearly every sioners have decided to appoint line of business is represented, a female member on the police and mention can be made of| force. Although the City of only a few of,them. A whole- Prince Rupert has the reputa- sale dry goods house has been| tion of keeping abreast of the built and doing business for) the past eighteen months;| has as yet been taken here. Ii there are three daily and is quite possible that , Alder- weekly newspapers—the Opti- man Clayton would favor such mist, the Empire and the| 4 step as a possible means of Journal. There are a number preventing any future inter- of grocery stores and several) ference with the police fores earrying stocks of general on the part of Alderman Mont- merchandise, two hardware, gomery This is presuming, | | | advantages ens} | and quite inexcusable that the | times as many. The para- graph is applicable to Prince Rupert as it was two or three years ago, not as it is today. times, no such radical action two gents’ furnishings, one ‘or of course, that the atter two furniture, and numerous gentleman's experience has fruit and cigar stores. A board; taught him that it is dangerous of trade has been organized,| ‘© inferfere where women are and branches of the Canadian concerned. Bank of Commerce and _ the ential manemcntinn Union Bank of Canada have Mr. J. W. Stewart, a member also been opened. A whole- of the firm of Foley, Welch & sale and retail meat and pro-| Stewart, railway cortractors, has vision store has been doing| just returned to Vaneouver from business for over a year.}a four months’ pleasure trip There are two good hotels, the’ spent in Southern California ani Prince Rupert Inn and Annex,| the highlands of Seotland. He which belong to the Grand was accompanied by his partner, Trunk Pacific Railway Com-| Mr. P. Welch, of Spokane. Mr. pany, with first class accom-| Stewart is well known by many modations, in addition to residents of Prince Rupert, _———@ Lowest Prices in Northern B. C. adn 3 VP? "Find It Through a News Want Ad. Contract ad Tokio, Sept. 13, SUBSCRIPTION RATES—To Canada, United States and Mexico— Dany, 60e | Count Maresuke Nogi, All| military councillor of the empire, Other Countries— Daily, $8.00 per year; Weekly, $2.50 per year, strictly | and his wife, the Gountess Nowi,| friend, Mutushite rhe | thei own hands of the of Mutushito at the palace here death. THE DAILY NEWS DETAILS OF DRAMATIC DEATH OF COUNT AND COUNTESS NOGI breathing, ih neral| First, the General wrote a let-|Both still were supreme | tet to his new Emperor, Yoltheir sposmadic Shihito, which later was found] p ainly that death was neat beside the body Phen he draped] st in mourning a portrait of the/;he returned, both the jcommitted suicide tonight in ace-| jare Emperor on the wall, after}and the Coantess were dead, cordance with the ancient Jap | whic h he and his wife dressed rhe tragedy created a prof pone custom as a final tribute| themselves in full Japanese cos-| sensation, and expressions their departed Emperor and} ture and drank a farewe ‘ S row were heard on every hane death by|of sake from cups which had been] Especially grief stricken | sented to them by Mutsuhil Prine igeneral and his wife was as dra D British special envoy to the : arkness H Fallen. matic as il was sad The general . ad eral of Mutsuhito Prinee Arthur % as el ad tet his throat with a short ! ‘ae had fa and was t have gone with Ce sword and the countess com-|*! o US ro the Countess - Nogi t he f ip and awaite e signal the iad mitted hari-kari } tited th ena sey ‘C! Shoguna Kamakura : . . mn cast upon to announce thet Following the Samurai custon lie 2 Pe ; rt o in rhose wh ‘ ; » couple had carefully prepared ws a. : ' their plans for killing themselves|200™N€ of @ single gun in the jwell declared that his calm and timed them so that they could} palace yards at Tokio, which was]in killing himself was the » coincident with the departure to let the people know that thelo¢g stoicis he always has . ody © » F ror e start- forever from Tokio of the dead bod f the I — . we . played 1 matter what ¢ Emperor _— n the Famers! car fol " me t t I ! ro ’ < instanced the f resting place, nim They it ' 1 th Attended Services. As the boom of the gun re-|charge of the Japanese up General Nogi and the Countess|sounded through the clea al Metre H during the Russ attended the funeral services; night, General Nog arose and,|Japanese war, when, is mander of the Japanese igrasping in his hand a_ short it was expected they would proceed to Aoyama with the cor-|while the Countess stabbed her-| down his forces in hun Instead, however, at the) self through the body 4 student}amone thew two of his own so jeonclusion of the ceremony at|who resided in the Nogi homejand yet quietly and fearlessly » palace they withdrew to their|heard the fall of the bodies and|continued the batth taking modest Wome in Akasaka, a sub-|rushed into the roo: hill and eventually being handed of Tokio, and there begat Both Still Breathing. the surrender of Russian final preparations for Lying upon the flo were the}tenant General Stoessel at hero of Port Arthur and his wife.JArthur gasps sho udent hurried for aid, but when Gel eral] Arthur of Connaught, Sam “PRINCE JOHN” Weeaiy service to Port Simpson, Naas, Granby Bay 4 Charlotte Islands en “PRINCE ALBERT” Regular sailings for Skeena River Canneries, and all way poi: Prince Rupert and Vancouver . * between Passenger service to Skeena Crossing from Prince Rupert Monda Wea and Saturdays at 11 & M., Making connections for Hay esdays Cheap Excursion Rates Over Grand Trunk Railway System Between Chicago and all points East, iis i Pacific coast. Let us prepare itinerary for your trip RAST uy ™ the Agency for all Atlantic Steamehip Lines. A. E. MOMASTER, Jeneral Ag WIFTEST UREST AFES1 TWIN SCREW STEAMERS “PRINCE)RUPERT” AND “PRINCE GEORGE» For Vancouver, Victoria and Seattic MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS 8 am Prince George Sails for Stewart on Thursdays ai connecting with « - mmer For all information sooty to sword, plunged it to his throat}army, Nogi saw the Russians mow} B.C. COAST STEAMSHIP SERVICE et) aM & SAFETY SPEED SERVICE FAMOUS PRINCESS LINE S. S. Princess Sophia SOUTHBOUND Saturday, Sep. 21, 9 a.m. 4. @. MNAB, General Agent TERMINALS AT FORT GEORGE FOR PACIFIC & GT. EASTERN Pace Rig de LOO Fort George, Sept. 16 It has! fortnight Edmonton}? » depot of the Pacifie & Great) Howe As the G. T. P. is being b \ h & Stewa yng} Menth construction should be in First Ave. and McBride St. that firm of contractors are : sw KZ ; , t is also further announce owners and builders of the ? & G. I there is ‘thing out|*hat construction at the Fort PHONE 25 the way in k ng two birds| @°ergse end will commence with minal grounds at the same time Preparations for work on the a Pacific & Great Eastern are be-| delays. The coast terminals at/P. R, North Vancouver have been sat- Sound, and now it is announced Look up your from Foley, headquarters that within the next | Removal Sale lasts. 220 OD right-of-way ‘learing to light that the Grand! will commence from a poi near Trunk Pacific Railway is cutting) the junetion of the seummuade and s00-foot right-of-way a mile Cheakamus rivers ust bevond All members of the order » west of this town, because! the present terminus of the Sound & Northern Railroad] the lodge. Meets in the Helgerson Block Every Tuesday Evening city are requested to visit Rogers’ Eastern Railway, the line from) eleven miles from Newport, at the ‘ouver to Fort George, will) head of Howe Sound | A. H. ALLISON, N. » located there. Two weeks later t is stated, | W. G. BARRIE, See The statement is made by aj actual grading wil! be started ii] mnsible oflicia f the Grand/the direetion of Green Lake s | Trunk Pacifie that the Pacific &| mt atthe Pace mA warn rod or lLpatgr WW, Dawid Co., Ltd t Pastert George with the Pacific} pack trail extending over the f this|left Tete Jaune Cache for the to take pework on the P = &. I ind by the end of next ! ‘ i! ro > ix the same stone by cutting|*#¢ opening of spring. transcontinenta through and the eoast line's ter-| C. P. R. TELEGRAPHERS STILL NEGOTIATING LAND PURCHASE Winnipeg, Sept. 16.—No action . Range rushed forward without any|has as yet been taken by the C,| Rupert, B. C., telegraphers in regard toline following deseribed lands | declaring a strike. At midnight } north vest corner of Lot 70¢ Dated Aug. S3ist, 1912 hetween Lillooet and Howe i itt a Pub. Sept. 16, 1912. Prince Rupert, B.C. NOTICES. Skeena Land District—District of V Take notice that I, J. RK. Pake, of Prince} occupation blacksmith, tend to apply for permission to purchase | Commencing at 4 post planted at ; , thence south| Arriving at Vancouver Friday evening | isfactorily arranged for and the} negotiations were still in progress 60 chains more or less to bank of Zimogo . titz River, thence along th . syer| government permit for the bonds| with the company at Montreal.! in’ a northwesterly ‘dace be i has been secured. It is believed that definite action | #ons river bank to post of commen 4 mnent, containing 40 acres more or Five survey parties have bee'|will be taken one way or the) Marked J. BR. Pake, northwest corner in the field for some time work-|other before noon tomorrow. HK. PAKE kitchen needs Siewart|)and replenish at Hart's while the Welch & TRY A NEWS WANT AD —IN THE— Skeena Valley Nechaco Valley Bulkley Valley Fort George District IN TRACTS OF 160 ACRES AND UPWARDS— FARM FARM LANDS Carefully selected Lands at Reasonable Prices and on renner easy terms. LANDS NORTH COAST LAND COMPANY, Limited PAID UP CAPITAL $1,500,000, 00 Scoop Interviews a Very Loving Couple VANCOUVER, B.C. CIGARS EASTERN - by the daily from Vancouver or Seattle Agency PHONE 116 ad will come down the Mud|summit to Pemberton Meadow a | er and enter Fort George from Some weeks ag several Foley, the west, having its station and| Welch & Stewart sub-contract LUMBER UNION 5.5. COMPANY OF B.0.. Ltd: The new steel Passenger Steamers “~ “Chelohsin” -~AND “Camosun ” Leave Prince Rupert for Vancouver as follows: *Chelohsin” and Monday morning, respectively less. | | None safer on the coast than these stl fine passenger steamers J. H. ROGERS, Agent CARTAGE and LINDSAY STORAGE G. T. P. Transfer Agents Orders promptly filled. Prices reasonable. OFFICE H. B. Rochester, Centre St. Phone 6 Little's NEWS Agency Periodicals :: TOBACCOS Magazines :: Newspapers FRUITS —Drawn for The Daily News by Excursions New Wellington Coal. es | ee 116 | Twelve Tables Low round trip rates to all points a Canada and the United States. cee } and let us tell you ail about it Steamship | Wednesdays at 10 p.m. '“Camosun” - Saturdays at 10 pm. - Phone 116 Savoy Hot | Cor, Fraser and Sth Che RUPERT'S PAL ACE OF COMFORT ce Wines and Cigars «Grand Hotel, , Workingman’s Home Free Labor Bureau in Connecti | Phone 178 Ist Ave. and 7th St GEO. BRODERIUS Proprietor’ COAL Best on the Coast Rogers & Black Oriental Limited THE IROQUOIS 3——— SOLID TRAINS —s| POOL English and Arerican Billiards SECOND AVE L A. Barbeau Cartage, Coal and Storage Reliable Messenger Service Phone 68 735 3rd Ave. Silversides Bros 'The up-to-date House Decor tors of Prince Rupert Sign Writing.. Paper-Hanging Our Speoiaities “We always deliver the goods.” \2nd Street Phone 156 Green PRINCE RUPERT FEED 0 Dealers HAY, GRAIN FEED AND SEEDS Agents for the International Stock Fo MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED T? SONS OF NORWAY Meets ist and 3rd Thursdays at? p. m., at 319 3rd ave All Not- wegians are welcome “Valhalla” of S.H. & EF. (SCAN DINANIAN SocIsTY Fr Meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday p.m. in the hall at 319 3rd Ave. eee IM STILL DOING— THOSE. SPOON ING— STORY ASSIGNMENTS ! Tir SitaP You i=, . “You DONT Quir it! DONT You kiss ME AGAIN- rm GOING TO CRAWL UP CLOSE AND TAKE A PEEK aT Se ee