— EST CIRCULATION EXT LARG ae N MAILS ips In THE CIT x a From South oe ate deiaih Princess Sophia, ...Tuesday, 4 a.m. uve © Fer coun »Chelohsin, ...... Wednesday, 2 p.m, - ee ———— $$$ — $y SS Se — —— —___—_—_—_—_—_—_— ————$——— ae ~ennatancsspsaniesanetanasteecentsitiinnesesiliiiesicial you. 1V, NO. 184, PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 19143. IMAN IS MURDERED N COLD BLOOD AT BURNS LAK aah PRICE FIVE CENTS —_— 2s —— ————— — OVERTURNING OF CANOE CAUSES TWO DROWNINGS IN NAAS _RIVER NEAR AIYANSH DEPUTY MINISTER OF NAVY RESCUED DROWNING YOUTH PERFORMED HEROIC ACT private Ottawa, July 31 A old lad who was sinking in deep letter, received at the naval de-|water. The rescuer, who was partment here from British Col-| stpoting in the vicinity at the umbia, discloses-the fact that the : deputy minister of naval affairs, | heard the boy's siout, anc Mr. J. G. Desbarats, who is now|Without waiting \o throw off his on the Pacific Coast with Hon. J.j;coat plunged into the lake and }). Hazen, was the hero of an ex-jafter great difficulty brought the iting rescue from drowning at/youth to land. Mr. Desbarats Banff, a few days ago. | will probably be recommended Mr. Desbarats plunged into g\for a Royal Humane Society me- ake there and rescued a 15-year | dal. J. G@, DESBARATS, WHO WAS HERE WITH HON. MR. HAZEN, ON HIS TRIP—SAVED A BOY AT BANFF tragedy, | 31.—A Calgary, July equalled in the »! Alberta, hortly before hen Geo Robinson, a farmer of the strict, was found lying on the | of the sitting room of his n home, his clothing saturated th blood and the of his ead blown completely off, Across his body on the floor is the Winehester shotgun with hich the shooting was done, and pposite bim on the floor was the dy of bis wife, a big hole torn her right breast, where a harge of heavy buckshot had niered, and her face bruised and eater almost beyond annals was discovered here | i noon yesterday | ree pros- | berous Rumsey | recorgni- chen of the home the] son of the couple as found, his neek almost torn! vhere he had been rom the gun, the rear be ms the body of their 3-vear-old blown e¢ In the kit 5 ; d struck while in droom rhree | shelis « found 1 the fl of the and a rth the gun, while furniture overturned, blood spattered all directions and evidence oft lleree fight found in every room. | It clear of murder | cre house iis is a case retur |} Was HOLE FAMILY IS SLAUGHTERED IN FIERCE DOMESTIC CONFLICT LBERTA FARMER SHOOTS HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN DEAD WITH SHOTGUN AND THEN BLOWS TOP OFF HIS OWN HEAD. suicide, and from the posi- ition of the bodies and the condi tion of the house the mother had evidently fought hard to save her children, and after being beaten, probably into insensibility, was shot to death by her husband, who then followed his tittle echil- dren into the kitchen and bed- jroom where they had attempted to hide, and after killing them ned to the sitting room and deliberately placed the muzzle of the gun in his mouth, blowing off the top of his own head. When found the of all three of the victims and the murderer were badly decomposed, and although the tragedy was not until shortly before thought to have on Wednesday night Thursday morning. relations are cause of the as it has been the neighbor- Mrs. Robinson well together, recent quarrels had the friends and the deceased, who to account for the of Robinson, who considered to be himself well bodies overed it dise is oc. late on noon, curred early Unhappy, domestic to be the quadruple tragedy talk in Mr. and gel believed common hood that did not However, no aionge noticed by of been neighbors are violent action usually and to control, quiet keep BUSY BEES CHASE 1X YOUNG WOMEN ARE DRIVEN GIRLS INTO LAKE IN ASTONISHING PLIGHT INTO THE WATER IN GUISE OF GRECIAN NAIADS—THEY HAD TO TAKE A LONG SWIM. Spokane, Wash., Aug. 1.—De-jJuly day was a good time to rived of the use of their clothing }swarm and they began to cluster Y & swar mof bees. si young omen. ¢ a JOURS in the tent. ‘en, all employees of the Gra- | flerward 1 ‘ ! The gir ‘re afterward res- am Company, were forced to The girls were attet : ake along swim in Newman Lake |}cued by a farmer, who gave $5 hile the busy bees deliberately |for the stove and considered his Bived in the eook stove in their purchase a bargain. ent, While the girls were skylarking hive of bees decided that a laxy TO-NIGHT Westholme Opera House THE Griffith Stock Co. Presents “ Arizona”’ Popular Prices, 25c, 35¢, and 50c MASONIC FUNERAL Impressive Ceremonies at Grave of James G. Crombie. The funeral of James G, Grom- bie yesterday afternoon gathered many members of the Masonic order and many personal friends of the deceased, ‘The remains were taken from the Fisher mortuary to the Masonic Hall, where the exercises began at 2 o'clock. Half an hour later the funeral procession took its course t» Fairview cemetery, the burial being in the Masonic ptot, At the services Douglas Sutherland act- ed as master and Rey, F. W. Kerr as chaplain, ‘The pallbearers were J, A. Kirkpatrick, J. IF, Brandt, J. Smith, R, Cameron, ©. Vrizzell and J, Nelson. ACCIDENT TO MEYERS — DUE TO NEGLIGENCE Captain McGee of the Tug Car- ruthers Is Replaced by Captain Rorvik. Captain P. Rorvik has been} placed in charge of the tug Gar- ruthers in place of Captain Me- Gee, Captain McGee was in charge of the tug when it crashed into the wharf at Digby Island on Friday evening, causing some damage to the vessel which it had in tow, the Albert Meyer. Captain MecCoskrie, the harbor master, found that the accident was due to gross carelessness on! the part of the of the Carruthers, who was accordingly discharged. The total damages amounted to about $500 value. The Albert Meyer has been paired and is ready to start again on her trip to the Behring cod fisheries. master done re. Sea ‘MUSICAL HEN Joshua Man Reporte a Freak in EARL GREY’s RIFLES Private Little Won Yesterday’s Handicap Shoot. Sunday ideal day for shooting and consequence there was a good turnout of the members of the Earl Grey's Own was an in Rifles fer the regular weekly shoot. Private Little won the ‘handicap shoot for the spoon with a score of 97. Following are the results: 200 600 600 Yds, Yds. Yds. Total Pte. Little 0:54.94 35 32 30 97 Sergt. Brown .... 31 31 95 Pte. Matheson . 3% 30 O5 Lieut, MeMordle 27 32 87 Sergt. Jack .... 24 32 84 Pte. Holland 32 19 81 Corp. Averill ...... 23 27 78 Pte. MeLean ...... 32 18 77 Pte. Lamb ......++ 28 19 76 Bugler J. Dowling.. 25 22 13 60 POLITICS ON SUNDAY Probably Scared by Completeness of Liberal Organization. who has never shifted his residence from Van- couver since he was elected representative of Comox-Atlin, and who very seldom the riding, evidently for! H. S&S. Clements, as visils pressed Feathered Prima Donna. ~ | Cleburne, July 31.—Newt. An-| derson of Joshua, this county, re- ports a freak in the nature of a singing hen. This feathered prima donna, it is said, is able to pitch her voice to high G and cul many capers with the notes below, A RECORD BREAKER Halibut Weighing 268 Pounds Was Caught This Season. A halibut we ishing 268 pounds was brought in this season to the cold storage plant. Mr. P. F. Roosa, who informed The News last week that a halibut of at least 225 pounds weight had been caught recently, discovered on} looking up his books the photo- graph of a halibut which made} the record breaking weight of} 268 pounds. This fish, which is the biggest halibut that has been} caught in these waters, was brought in about six weeks ago. SENTENCED FOR SPEECH 1. W. W. Worker Must Serve Year in paunty Jail. Paterson, N, J. Aus: i.—Pat- rick Quinlan, Industrial Worker of the World leader, active in the recent silk workers’ trike, was sentenced today to serve a year in the county jail for saying last Saturday night at a _ Socialist meeting: “Elect a Socialist mayor and then you won't have cops like “Bummy” Ryan beating you over the head with a club,” He is now out on bail pending’ an appeal, This vessel has been sent, by orc is in a desperate hurry to return to Vancouver. This may be gath- ered from the following adver ment which appeared in the Bella Coola Courier: NOTICE An open air meeting will be at 7:30 p. m. Sunday Next, 27th Inst. in the field next to Brynildsen’s store, when an address will be delivered by Mr. H. S. CLEMENTS, M. P. G. Lindsell. But even the Consefvatives of Bella Coola have a proper regard for the observance of the Chris- tian Sabbath and refused to take part in its desecration by party politics, so the political meeting had to be held on Monday morn- ing, much to the chagrin of the non-resident member. held on HIT IN BACK Deckhand on Camosun Severe Injury. Receives Jack Crooks, a deckhand on the steamer Camosun, has been brought the hospital with a badly injured baek. He was hurt at Mill Bay. When the steamer was unloading a couple of bar- rels of cement fell and knocked Crooks in the back, injuring his spine, He is at native of EKast- bourne, England. THE WEATHER. The weather report at this morning read: Barometer, 30.050; maximum temperatute, 68; minimum temperature, 53, Rosebelle Apply at 5 oeloek for hire at Government 181-187 Launch any time. dock float. G. T. P. ANNEX NOT TO BE PULLED DOWN YET Work on Sneavebiin Will Start Before the Annex Is rere As s00n as the engineers have staked out the lot on Seeond avenue for the new G. T. P. hotel work on the excavation will eom- mence, The staking will preb- ably be done this evening or to- and then on the the lot will be of before morrow follow- ing day work of clearing the started, the the when the com- mences it will not be long before the occupants of the Annex are asked to remove themselves to other quarters. It will probably not be many weeks before the building itself torn down to make room for its two million dollar successor, Some clearing be Annex is pulled all the blasting can done dwn, but muskeg and Rone is time during his present trip and| Chicago Crabheda to Have Steps tise- | UNITED STATES WARSHIP LOUISIANA. ler of President Wilson, to the coast foreign subjects must be protected in the latest Mexican rebel lion, FOR HOBBLE pone Nearer the Ground. Chicago, July 341.—Oflicials of the Chicago Railway Company an- nounce today that in future all new Cars pul in service will have three inches nearer the ground, for the convenience of women passengers, who protested against the high steps because of the. prevailing’ vogue of narrow skirts. steps SWAM IN BLOOMERS Police Officer Arrests Woman Who Bathed Without Skirt. Chicago, July 31.—For swim- ming in bloomers without a skirt Dr. Rosalie M, Ladova was ar- rested al the Jackson Park mu- nicipal beach here today and taken to a police station after she had put on her street clothes. Dr. Ladova took off her skirt at the water's edge, piaced it under a stone so it would not blow away and started to swim. A _ police- man caused a lifeguard to pursue Dr. Ladova in a rowboat. EXCURSIONISTS COMING Progress Club Will Pass Through Prince Rupert. of ‘Van- arranging for a busi- excursion to the northern interior of the province over the G. T. P, The excursion, which will consist of at least fifty business men, will take place this month.’ The party will pass through Prince Rupert its way lo Moricetown, The couver hess Progress Club is men’s of Mexico to intimate that News of the drowning of Lance Priestley and John Parr in the Naas River a few miles above Aiyansh has been brought here by Chief Owen of the Provincial police, who returned from the Naas on Saturday by the steamer Camosun. The drowning occurred on the evening of W ednesday, July 30th. Priestley and Parr had left Aiyansh about half past 4 o'clock in the afternoon and nothing more was known of them until their canoe was seen drifting bottom up past Aiyansh late that night. It is presumed that the drowning was caused by the up- selting of the canoe. Lance Priestley was the brother of Arthur Priestley, the store- DOUBLE DROWNING AS RESULT OF CANOE ACCIDENT IN NAAS LANCE PRIESTLEY AND JOHN PARR WERE BOTH DROWNED ON WEDNESDAY LAST IN THE NAAS RIVER A FEW MILES ABOVE AIYANSH. keeper of Aiyansh. He was at the time taking charge of a sur- vey party for Mr. Taylor of Hazelton. The party had been surveying the pre-emptors’ re- serve. The Priestley brothers were expecting a visit from their father and mother, who have been residing at Victoria. Mr. and Mrs. Priestley were on the way north at the time of the accident, but were unaware of the drown- ing of their son until they met Chief Owen at Port Nelson, who broke the sad news to them. John Parr, the other victim of the accident, was a man of about 40 years of age, He was a native of Indiana. Both he and Priest- ley were pre-emptors in the Naas Valley. JULY—MORE SALMON BUT—VERY three hundred thousand worth of fish were landed at Prince Rupert in the month of July, according returns pub lished by the fisheries department. This estimate is made on the low valuation of 5 cents a pound, which is set as an ordinary stand- ard by the department for all fish. There were more salmon land- than halibut last month. A very active movement in spring salmon, which has just closed, drew the attention of the fisher- men away from the halibut. There were 5,465,600 pounds of different kinds of salmon brought here. At the govern- ment valuation this quantity would be worth $273,280. The salmon was divided up according Over dellars’ ed THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS’ WORTH OF FISH TOTAL CATCH AT PRINCE RUPERT DURING THE MONTH OF CAUGHT THAN HALI- FEW COD. to the uses to which it was put, as. follows: Canned, 46,000 cases; mild cured, 9,677 hundred weight, and used fresh or frozen, 1,500 hundred weight. There were 10,050 hundred weight of halibut brought here during July. At the same valua- tion the halibut catch represents a value of $50,250. There was very landed, as this side industry has as yet seen little development. The _ total amount of cod landed was 50 hundred weight, with a value of $250. The total quantity of green fish landed here during the month of July was nearly six and a half million pounds. This would be valued at $323,780. cod fish very little of the JOHN KELLY WAS SHOT AS HE Further particulars have come to hand of. the murder at Buigs Lake which The News mentioned last week. It that John Kelly, the murdered man, was shot his bed at 2 o’elock on the morning of Tuesday, July 29th. This cold blooded assas- sination is supposed to have been the result of a fight in whieh Kelly was engaged the day before. Kelly was in his bunk in his cabin and the murderer shot with a rifle through the window, The bullet entered his head and Kelly died two hours later. Constables seems HOURS OF THE MORNING—POLICE MAN ON SUSPICION. DELIBERATE ASSASSINATION TAKES PLACE AT BURNS LAKE ED IN THE SMALL EST ONE LAY IN HIS been in several camps for a num- ber of years. He was a worker on the Skeena Crossing bridge. He was a miner in the Klondyke, where hevalso had a reputation as a pugilist, although he was not considered a quarrelsome man. He was about 40 years old. Acquitted of Murder. Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 4.—Jo- seph McDonald, general manager of the Consolidated Mining & Milling Company of Guanajuato, Mexico, and former superintend- ent of the Treadwell mine here, was acquitted today by the jury eee nnd Onno nee which tried him on the charge of think they have got the right murdering N. C, Jones, 6 mission man, The prisoner was sent to worker, on May 14, 1902. Aldermere, ve Kelly was well known along Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners, the line of construction, having | Phone 4. tf —_—_—_—_— —— — es For Dumping Ashes. C, B, Peterson was fined $1 in 8 the police court Saturday morn- St Andrew's Society ing for dumping ashes in the street. He was fined as an ex- ample to others, Big Catch. The Andrew Kelly came in Sat- urday morning to the cold stor- age plant at Seal Cove with 455,- 000 pounds of halibut. advertise. tf Read Jabour Bros.’ ment, page 2. GRAND OPENING SOCIAL AND DANCE OMeial Opening of Society's New Hall and Hooms, 2nd Ave. (Formerly Kaien Island Hall) WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6TH Dancing, Whiet Drive Refreshments, Etc. Tickets $1. Ladies Free Commencing 8:30