ve pivrer? ROEST CIROULATION in THE CITY AND NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA —————— IV, NO. ay). 195, PRINCE RUPERT, B. THE DAILY NEW OO C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1913, ——— NEXT MAILS From South Gamosun. 2. ..405 . Friday, 7 a.m. For Seutr Prince George....... Friday, 9 a.m WO HUNDRED GEOLOGISTS COME HERE FROM thé the pplications for space in departments of vce’ Rupert Exhibition to be H September 24 to 26th are received daily by the man- nent showing the vast inter- that is now being centered on fortheoming event. Points as erent le apart as Vancouver and At- Fort George and the Queen riotte Islands will contribute product of the field, the or- rd. the mine and the sea, be- »>s manufactured articles of kind and description. It is ined that the exhibition unds will have ample fl] exhibits, and the big audi- building which will be the main industrial hall space Thin id for fh be artistically arranged and orated. At night the whole of fair grounds will «be lighted iads of incandescent lamps. eral attractive features will staged during the three days Ahe exhibition, ineluding day fireworks supplied by Fireworks Company. e pyrotechnic spectacles will the first of their kind seen in north. The morning pro- f night Hitt espatches from Dawson state the Cr and [ Dy Cairns, ent reologist, vho arrived from the Shu more trike, brought him. district with the miles in W flson within which of the ereeks are staked, the Money, Little Toolate scaree gold that twelve area, Johnson, and sa and Summit, Coarse Gold Run and that labor there are no supplies for main there. doctor continues that the neod supplies, which uld be placed within reach for | inter hauling. inter mining, but plenty of work na a, rado says is 1use e men who ret rhe Peat is yr claim owners, PAYMENT WAS DUE loard of Works Did Not Recom- mend Advance. Alderman Dybhavn, acting hairman.of the board of works, akes exception to the manner in Which The News reported yester- Hay the recommendation made by hat body for the payMent te S. P. ‘eMordie of $12,000 for grading ork done in Section Two. The ‘pression used yesterday was lat “$12,000 be advanced to 8. P. MiiMordie on the grading work ‘hich had been done in Section lwo.’ Alderman Dybhayn states that this amount was due for Work done and that the recom- liendation is not for any advance. lhere was no intention in The ‘Ws’ report to intimate that this ‘mount of money was not due to \tr. MeMordie, Sooo. ney discussing the I urgently request the situation, POPP LOOOOLED OO LOE EOIOEOLOL ET There will be no| building cabins | {INCE RUPERT FAIR GROWING INTO A MONSTER EXPOSITION LICATIONS FOR SPACE IN WHICH TO SHOW NEW SCIEN- TIFIC AND MECHANICAL DEVICES COMING IN ALL PARTS. gramme consists of twelve of American and Japanese day- light fireworks, some ‘of which will distribute over the city hun- dreds of souvenies. The night programme Consists of 56 pieces, including Hitt’s é¢elebrate@ Alas- ka-Yukon-Pacifie Exposition sue c “The Electric Flashlight Screen.” Another amusement feature that will add greatly to the pleas- ure of all visitors to the fair will be the Pollard Opera Co., who have been specially engaged by the Westholme Theatre for the week of the Exhibition. This well-known Australian Juvenile Opera Company will present a re- including the master & Sullivan. through the sub-committees of and log chop- Indian pieces ess pertoire works of Gilbert The management, assistance of arranged splendid water racing, besides has ecards land carnival ping band contest. There will be music throughout the three days, least eight bands wil! be sports, sports horse contest, an galore as at present unadian | his | for the fair. REEHUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY FROM SHUSHANNA CLAIMS NSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF DR. CAIRNS, THE NOTED GEOL- OGIST—HAD THOUSAND POUNDS OF GRUB STOLEN. and cutting wood and lumber, and in freight. Many stampeders are wander= ing about looking for claims to | stake, but find that the ground has been all taken. One thousand pounds of sup- plies whieh Dr, Cairns had were Istolen from the caches along the upper White River, and © the Mounted Police will open three lposts along this route within the next few days. Dr. Cairns says that United States aid Canadian loficials i while ithe keep the supplies, urges guard positively should not going ample News to out to diggings everyone with the Dawson marshal and police against toughs. The doctor reports also the discoverel! are taking’ out three hundred dollars a day per man from Little Eldorado ¢laims. that s SCOTS DANCE TONIGHT There Will be Doings in St. An- drew’s Society Clubrooms This is the night of nights when the Scottish born will dance the dances of the country of their m- the and Ganadians and A in adoption ericans will frisk about reels and strathspeys of the land of the There will be a merry always heather, There 1s Andrew's Society time, when the 8&t. puts on an entertainment, THE WEATHER. at 5 o'clock Barometer, temperature, iY, ° . The weather report this morning read: 30,202; maximum 64; minimum temperature, } a large every citizen in the city may be thoroughly apprised of PUBLIC MEETING A public meeting will be held at the Empress Theatre On Wednesday evening at 8:30 o’clock for the purpose of financial affairs ot the city. attendance in order that T. D. PATTULLO, Mayor. DOUKHOBORS PUT UP FIGHT WITH POLICE Provincial Police Have to Relin- quish Prisoner and Several Are Severely Injured. (Special to The Daily News.) Grand Forks, B. C., Aug. 20.— The Provineial police and the lo- cal authorities started out terday to arrest a Doukhobor in connection with the suspicious death of a woman and on evidence given at the inquest. They made yes- the arrest, but in a very short time had to relinquish him and flee before a storm of flying rocks and the pitehforks of a mob of fifty very mad Doukho- bors. DYNAMITE CAR EXPLODED Rebels in Mexico City are Adopt- ing New Tactics (Special to The Daily News.) Mexico City, Aug. 20—A car laden with dynamite was yester- day exploded on the line at Tacabay, one of the suburbs of the capital. Over a hundred were killed and injured by the explo- sion. street Killed ‘in Train "Wreck. (Special to The Daily News.) Fort Smith, Ark., Aug, 20.— Twenty persons were killed and many injured in the wreck of the northbound St. Louis-San Fran- cisco passenger train last night. RUPERT BANK MAN BRINGS BACK BRIDE W. J. Smithers Was Wedded at Winnipeg to Miss Linda Robinson. s returned on easl, accom- The Van- follow- W. J. Monday panied couver Smithers the bride. gives the from by his Province ing account of his marriage and stay in Vancouver: At St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Winnipeg, last Monday, Mr. W. J. Smithers of the Bank of British North America, Prince Rupert, was married to Miss Linda Robinson of Middlebrough, England, the ceremony being per- formed by Rey. Dr. Sinclair. The bride, who crossed the Atlantic and half the continent to keep her engagement, was accompanied by her father Mr. William Robinson, a prominent citizen of-the York- shire city, who also gave her away. She looked charming in a gray travelling suit with hat to match and carried a_ beautify? bouquet ‘of roses. Mr, and Mrs. Smithers arrived in Vancouver yesterday and are the house guests of Miss Clara Simmonds, 1243 Alberni slreel, who enter- tained in their honor last night. An enjoyable program of song, musie and speech was carried out, those contributing including Mr. and Mrs. John Hope, Miss Bland, Mr. John Rickets and Mr, George Simmonds. Mr: Smithers was in the Vancouver branch «f the Bank of British North Amev. ica until his transfer to Prince Rupert over a year ago. The guests paid tributes to his many good qualities and congratulated him on his marriage to an accormn- plished lady from his old home town in England, PARTY OF SCIENTISTS COMING TO RUPERT (Special to Daily News. Vancouver, Aug. 20.—Two hundred of the geologists from the international con- gress, recently held at To- ronto, will reach here on Monday in two special trains. They will start north to Prince Rupert at midnight on the steamship *Maquinna. This is the new Canadian Pacific steamer that was launched last month. She has bean specially chartered for the party and this will be her first trip to the north. REPORTS ON LIGHT, TELEPHONE, WATER Lighting and Telephone Depart- ments Continue to Show Prosperity. The report of the electric light department, presented at the last meeting of the city council, shows a deficit for the months of June and July of $378. This deficit was owing to the large purchase of new material. The report for the seven months ending in July shows a good balance, $1,188. The following is the report for the seven months: Coste. Ais.