Sain ae WEATHER ~~ NEXT MAILS Tw idee hone ending 5. a™m., i For Sourn way $e way City of Seattle. ..... Thursday, Ma’ MAX. TEMP, MIy. TEMP. BAR Nn. J : ' 63.0 ae 30. 072 4 State of Celthatie raey, M 7 . Le C76 : Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist ie | BASEBALL REPORTED ALL OVER THE DOMINION Eh es es Northwestern League Vancouver 2, Portland 9. Spokane 8, Victoria 10. Seattle 0, Tacoma 3. American League Detroit 8, Chicago 2. Boston 4, New York 0. St. Louis 4, Cleveland 2. National League Boston 5, New York 4. Philadelphia 5, Brooklyn 0. Settlers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan Escape Only With Their Lives---Gale is Raging and Fire Area is Growing---Bridges Burned and Towns Threatened---Women and Children Fight Fire All Night at Rainy River---Fires in Nova Scotia. Canadian Press Dispatch) Dauphin, Manitoba, May 9.— The fires are spreading. Everything here dry tinder, and with a high gale, which has raged all night the situation . eo ft burned down, miles of telegraph | any aa tonne aafae se OO SOON TO * TALK TAXES TO SEE THE KING brush is as as/mills along the route of the Can-| adian Northern are in great danger. | to the Coronation: |Says Mayor Manson to Ald. | PRINCE RUPERT, B.©., Turspay, May 9, 1911. Wedildaheld on His Way Recs plea sooes BIG SUMS | | | | | CONTRACTOR _ GETS EXTRA looks very grave for the whole Place is Doomed (Canadian Press Dispatch) Ten Per Cent More Allowed Buistrict. The flames have now] The last message from the East | Morrissey Vancouver, May 9.--With wn Weston got a grip on a large area, and| this morning said that the Rainy | * |} 000 in money and a small totem gece ee Bmany settlers have been forced| River district at Canyon Lake| SINGLE TAX OR WHAT? jpole made of slate which he} ALD. CLAYTON KICKS to flee from their homes, for fear|near the international boundary | proposes presenting to King Geore| — f being cut off by the flames. jis doomed. ;women and children, were out Two Towns in Danger Phe of Mafeking and | reported to be springing ludson Bay Junction were threat- be Taxed. What About Elec- route to England to attend th tion Promises? Mayor Man- son's Advice. | fighting the flames. No fires were! towns up in| | Coronation. parks carried | other districts from s ee ee. Ree ey. ned during the night, but every|by the DILAPIDATED gales. was to} ivailable man centred | third of the buildings, So fierce | 4 Bika ate progress that Very. few ol! id at last night's council meeting Serious re-| the inhabitants had time to SAVE] at it gs vorts were received here from the} their household effeets which were! siderman to hea ; in the and the | destroyed m the : The election promises, the time is not rth. Settlers in the north part! Dominion Atlantic Express which , ° | . : { Manitoba and in Saskat hewanj forced its way through the fire A Scene of Desolation at the election. Mayor Manson DANGEROUS TO TEAMS inn 9 av ¢ ° | Winnipeg, May 9. while was up every adhere to own fire areas east flames. Really Repaired. ripe yet for the discussion of the ; from Sixth Street to the G. other tax policy. Sent ite Gane sraaike i he Ba +,..| Wharf known as Centre street, ha lhe Mayor reminded the City Clerk of the of Four aldermen have to be selected gone to a ruinous extent. aN THEIR WAY TO PLAN TOWN OF NEW HAZELTON Party of Surveyors Under Mr. F. C. Green L-ft for Up- River Points this Morning—Townsite is the Property of Mr. Robert Kelly— Will Soon be on the Market Court Revision. man Newton is alarmed about it to sit on this court. The selection Z ie ° Berens on the job repairing this dilapidat ill be made late ae Tee een ed plankway. All the G. T. All Powerful Committee replace old planks. The City Engineer's report re-} to go gingerly along the plankway }garding staff arrangements is re-|and it bristles with “danger posts’ ferred to the streets committee. | stuck in holes that happen in it In charge of ten |~ a party ol tt This was moved by Alderman|like a skating pond in a thaw ; : om , test NDERS FOR POLES : : iam : ee . issistants Mr. F. C. Green, civil TEND Clayton and seconded by Alder-| There is hope for it, however ‘ngineer and B, C. land surveyor, | man Morrissey at last night’s|The streets committee has t« ‘atl : : , rded to Charles R.| . : Bea : here this morning for New Contract Awa d city council. Carried. |consider the matter. | Always under Repair but Never Can City | Take Matter in Hand? Stree- ts Committee Investigating council's taxation policy. After reported t oo lost every-| belt, caught fire in two places, the the Court of Revision has been It. nog : av | 79 j . age fl “S § > y » . ack. a ; ‘ ——--—- g.. Railway bridges have been | lames sweeping over the track |held on June 5th will be time| ; 3 Wear and tear on the plankway enough to discuss the single or . sears Alder- The city keeps a man continuously P; does is to supply 6 x 4 lumber to Teams have All night long, men, General Impression in the City | ge, Chief A. Wedildaheld of the | Says Weston Has Had Favors | That Improvements are to Kitselas tribe, is in the city en} Enough Already. His Team | Kept All Winter and $300 a Month. No Discussion. | e| During the winter Messrs. J. G, 1 the d : Aylesford is Fire-swept Is the council going te tax | Weston Bros. contracted to team ave them, and the danger is now| |improvements? Alderman Mor-| CENTRE ST i ssed. A cordon of cleared land| Aylesford, Nova Scotia, May 9 rissey declares that there is | Apes as 5 Bi Ss re e : ; faim > 5 ec : Fe : mA ‘ pee 1000 ft. Now owing to the higher ow round the towns. The Fanned by a strong Westerly wind, general impression in the city that | — - : g § : habitants of the district. are| fire swept through this village | ; is. And this, he thinks, is con-| Ald. Newton Calls Council’s|wages available since work is rusting to get reinforcements. last evening, destroying fully One€-l trary to the platform laid down | Attention to It plentiful they are unable to fulfil their contract at the price. They ask 20 cents more, At last night's council Alderman Morrissey moved that the increase be granted. AI- |derman Clayton moved the ‘op- |posite saying that the Messrs. Weston had already had favors enough from the city—a team of their horses had been kept at city expense at the fire hall for three months and Weston had been paid $300 a month for the horses Ss This was not pressed far. Manson put Alderman Morrissey’s motion without further discussion and it was carried. Ratcatcher and Rat Counter T. Reed official Ratcatcher for Prince Ru- |pert at a salary of $60 per month has been appointed .|and 25 cents per dozen rats caught, i | sanitary inspector. The rats will be counted by the | \ » | lazelton, the new townsite bought | Anderson a ae ‘ lew weeks ago by Robert Kelly | | the firm of Kelly, Douglas &! Tenders for a supply of poles | Vancouver, to and ol survey the road division point, of various lengths for use in city} epare plans proposed | sewer maintenance as piles, were| It is hoped jopened at last night's couneil, and ive the plans ready for regis- townsite for several thousands | Oma !With the recent signatures of the -@ Cen{s, | . Nlars for investment purposes | Mulvey rs zoe sp oh : | tract for the loan of $50,000,000 ome of his friends have a|% 5 1-#, and 5 1-2 cents per pee son ne A MG: deal of the land adiacent) ‘spectively for lengths as above ;to China by American, British, | © one square mile he arta. {J H Pillsbury and another bl) German, and French bankers, the ding to the plans filed by | 6 3-4 cents per foot str ight, ideath knell of the most hopelessly Tr. P., New Hazelton will | }eonfused currency in the world | Suprerne Courtin Rupert =| was sounded. Foreigners residing “lway hub in that district, " : ; ‘th China | number of the ports. Several i e old ri inal. is not| | P. Mcl ut. Deputy Attor in, Or doing business with ¢ na |} * a A . If ‘ is i cle ep ‘ . 2 sae x ; pie oo i ie Sod 5 whe 4 ; ee i breathed a great sigh of relief, as | foreign banks doing business in ‘ int di OF °W! General bis written to the M E ’ Vd Pcs : Mspring look tet ey 1 ee holding ,| the loan is to end a most vexatious | € hina have issued paper notes, is UO? aS ’ SOLE ter to the 14 i « : . | ® . : : : i lay hos taken { af meters : D Rupert |Obstacle to the transaction of which have a limited circulation. ' Mur S17@G (owa., alae { ourt Princes ial c ae iSome of these are subject to dis- Pua A not yet known who wi saying thi wit to the absence , 7 ; | : ; : 7 4] > the 2 ne AS coe epee oe. " . 3 China agrees, as part of the count if used outside the port of cA the sale of the lots in New of the Attorney General this mat , Wee \ll this has ; ‘| a for Mr. Keliy, but it i hardly be looked into|contract, to install a currency jissue, “All this has produced great a . r Walls ) ~ “an ardiy be looke . In} le i : . » mets lerstood that sever 7. Han, euta te bia ; ras a , The letter was| system worthy of the name, Until confusion, and burdened trade men of thi ity . d meer Y until he 08 : , the eighties of the last century.|J. Pierpont Morgan, generally| with endless charges for exchange, ) 8 City ¢ ‘ wncouver “aived : ¥ : ‘\ a t ; o ne : ] “ t . om a received and filed. China had no siiver coinage, The] credited with having made pos-|and the difficulties have been : OPT, s ‘ rade - fi a - n . Benin fi a8 x ™ " copper, or more properly, the brass} sible the $50,000,000 loan to} increased by the fluctuation in the v Pune offers to have the ex- ; rh : 2103 e : ; i . sy New (USIVe agency Convenient for Workers cash, was the only national coin} China for the improvement of| gold value of the silver, : us ifth| The copper, or more properly, the! that country’s currency system. The standard coin is io be of aan + On pay days—about the fifth I ’ * ; y %) , pe 11 , A ‘Rats haunt the reserve,” re-|of each month, in future, the| brass cash, was the only nationa = eo ==|silver of the same weight anc , . . —— a , : oF , ss ; . pias ‘ marked Alderman Morrissey at} the City Hall will be open until] coin, Silver was used on the ever, and the fineness of the | finene mF Ae the Mexican dk Nar last night's r i : ; we mience of{lump by weight, the unit. of ier * bull tet om, | Lhe fractional pieces in silver will uight’s council meeting. He|]6 p.m. for the conve f ‘eionere| Sver buillion, varied in every iy se. Glan iil ote "Vidi 'S in favor of the reserve being workers who are engaged on jobs| weight being known to foreigners i Of this Empire Bon tn add to| x the dime, the quarter, anc : § : nett 7 eo a pina yh \ , a oO ad : P ' ; at AS aiies Cleared of shacks especially as he!distant from the City Hall Thejas the Inc au term) and ps M #4 ¢ ’ the half dollar, and subsidiary s Sy : : { nade} to tl ine is the liang, the; Me confusion, Mexican and >pan-| coins in addition to these will be “YS, some men are renting out}motion to this effect was mace | | shacks there and contributing no revenue to the city though making large profits, ; dd by}equal, roughly speaking, to 1 1-3}ish dollars were also in use in by Alderman Kerr, seconded by} 4 Ld. 5 nn ; a " ci , ; rd carried | ounce certain localities. About 1887 the Alderman Clayton ani ‘ ivoirdupois, pene ered The weight of the liang, how-| Chinese provincial governmen ts be- ast night, CHINA INSTALS DECIMAL COINAGE S Secures Loan of $50,000,000 from United States, British, German and French } ) . ded to harles on within thirty days so that| te centract awarded bake Bankers—An Agreement to Change Currency ; 2 Anderson se prices were as wnsite can be put on the mA nderwun whp ; ay a Was Part of Agreement—Boon to Merchants and Bankers ’ ollows li — “eT er Ket at the end of that time. |! . A” } Later weenie | i . aa aN s me time ago Mr. Kell sure | 1008; Is-{ 3-4 cents per foot; (Special to the Daily News) . oe . mane: 12-ft. 4 cents and 14-ft. 4 cents. | tt . ed 640 acres at New Hazelton | ‘* : ; , | Washington, D. ¢ May 9.— Other bids were from G. R,} to Modern Standards | | gan to mint doliar pieces, and there are some eight or ten varieties of | these in circulation, all nominally ;of the value of a Mexican dollar, | but in reality entirely lacking Mayor | mee oo Prick Frve Cents ION Ss E VOTED T0 DEVELOP COAST DISTRICT (Canadian Press Mispatch) Ottawa, |penditures for public works all jover the Dominion were provided lfor this morning in the supple- mentary estimates for the current fiscal year. Aiotgether they total to $17,020,980, bringing the total estimates for the year to the record sum of $156,239,180. What B. C. Gets Among the expenditures pro- vided for British Columbia are $5,000 for harbor improvements at Naden Harbor in the Queen Charlotte Islands; $2,406 for ad- ditions to the Government wharf at Stewart on the Portland Canal: and $75,000 for a new fisheries protection cruiser for the Pacific Coast fisheries. More Railways Hon. George P. Graham, Min- ister of Railways, gave and Port Arthur, at a rate per cent. May 9.—Lavish ex- notice of a resolution to guarantee the bonds of the C. N. R: for a pro- posed new line between Montreal of $35,000 a mile, being approximate- ly $2,535,500 with interest at 3 1-2 New Fisheries Cruiser to Cost $75,000---Improvements at Naden Harbor and at Stewart are Passed---Dominion Government Starts to Administer that $30,000,000 Surplus---To Benefit: the Whole Dominion May Mean Election The large expenditure—an in- crease of nearly $45,000,000 over the estimates for last year is |looked on in some quarters as a certain indication that the Gov- jernment intends to go to the jcountry at an early date. This was intensified by the statement of a high government official who | is reported as having said this /morning: ‘There will be a general /election in Canada before Christ- | mas, if the Opposition clings to lits intention to obstruct recip- rocity after the parliamentary ad- journment is ended.” SEARCHING FOR WRECK (Canadian Press Dispatch) Victoria, May 9.—Though div- ers have been busy for a week, and a large number of men have been dragging the scene, no trace can ‘be found of the steamer Iroquois which was lost off Sidney harbor on April 10th. A reward of $200 has been offered for information as to the location of the wreck. ARE TO Capt. Nicholson of the G. Transportation It is learned that the result of the visit of Mr. J. G. Graves, of the Granby Con- solidated Mining, Smelting and Power Company of Grand Forks and Phoenix, B. C., and his party engineers the mines at Hidden Creek, which the company have big interests in, more gratifying than was expected. The president of to is party brought back such glowing the richness of the gold, copper and silver ore when they returned on Sunday that Captain Nicholson, manager of the G, T. P. steamships, Mr. O. B.| Smith, manager of the company and a party of miners left here reports of | uniformity, | Added to these various dollars lis that of the British crown colony, Hongkong, which is in use in a ja nickel five-cent piece, and in copper the mill, five mill, one cei, and two cent piece, last night on the S. S. Prince . } Albert for Observatory Inlet. | | | Makes a Special Trip Vhis is a special trip the Albert making. Captain Nicholson will look over the proposition and make what arrangements he deems necessary for transportation facil- ities, At present the snow is rather thick around the mines and_ the miners taken up there last night will be first put to work to clear the beautiful out of the way and then prepare things for working the mines on a big scale. is Prince Rupert to Benefit Just where the smelting plant will be established, should the results warrant one, is yet undecided. It will be either here or at the mines. In any Prince Rupert will benefit greatly, because it is planned to ship all as case RICHES OF HIDDEN CREEK BE EXPLOITED T. P. Made a Special Trip on the Prince Albert Last Night to Arrange for Facilities— Prince Rupert to Benefit to get it on the market as quickly as possible. Will Return Again Soon Mr. Graves will be back again shortly and will then be in a po- sition to state officially what course the company will take. Several engineers are now up at the mines making big preparations for push- ing development this summer. LIGHT SIGN LIKED | ae But No Sign Must Project More Than Four Feet Fire Chief McInnis, now also Building Inspector, generally ad- mires the new electric sign proposed for the Phoenix Theatre. But he cannot approve of its being placed so as to extend more than 4 feet over the street. He recommends that the sign be placed on the roof of the theatre. Alderman Clayton likes the idea of electric signs, They mean a bright city and revenue for the light plant. STABLE TO STAND By a report of the health com- mittee adopted by the city counci last night the stable erected within 20 feet of residences on property of Mr. Gibson, and oceupied by the Pony Express Co.’s horses, is to be allowed to remain where it lt must be kept in sanitary condition, and the health com- mittee recommended that all sta- bles in town be subject to rigorous enforcement of the sanitary regu- 1s. the ore through here: to the east lations, st ome oe ie i #4 "Fe a fi f di