THE WEATHER NEXT MAILS Twenty-four hours ending 5 a. m., For Soutu May 16. Prince Rupert...... .... Friday, 8 a.m. MAX. TEMP. MIN. TEMP. “ BAR. IN. RAIN For Nortu 57.0 41.0 29.508 City of Seattle..... Wednesday, May 17 ° * ° ola j ‘a ~ Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist ee Age, i tig VOL. II, NO, 10° PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., Tuespay, May 16, 1911. Pricr Five CENTS DS VETO BILL PASSES ITS DEATH AND DESTRUCTION RIFE | ON THE STREETS OF VANCOUVER Two Men Instantly Killed by Live Wires on Robson Street at Noon Today---Coping of Rogers Building Falls on Granville Street Injuring Four Men---Provincial Game Warden Bryan Williams is Injured on Head aud Back---Fire (Canadian Press Despatch) Vancouver, May 16.—Two men were killed without a moment's at today at the of and Robson Their names are Thomas warning noon corner Cardero sireets Costello and Charles Dubrau. Th- by a live ey were electrocuted vire which was being used as a elephone brace. The Deadly Wire delivering goods Dubrau was mt the time, and placed his hands by accident on the guy wire, which the and fell Costello as about five feet from He ground bround screamed ao 6 the dead. ho was near by ran to his assist- nce and not connecting the wire ith the accident placed his hand a live wire, and was carrying tremendous voltage. Canadian Press Despatch) May 16.—-While king along past the corner of der and Granville ll o'clock vincial Game Messrs. T roman, Vancouver, street at this morning, Warden Bryan Main, H Hanna, 1ams, 1) George and im Oran seriously in- brad he were the collapse of the coping With t warning the coping work drop- sidewalk the all injured by the falling debris e old Rogers building onto the upor s-by, who were more or Injuries Serious Many of the injuries are very it also. He fell down dead | ntly By some means the brace had come in contact Brigade Called Out to Tear Down Unsafe Structure | serious, those to Mr. Bryan Wil- liams being especially His jhead was cut open, several ribs | broken, his right leg broken, and Messrs. Hanna SO. his back injhred. jand Oran who were close to him iwhen the coping fell, also are ia the hospital suffering with broken legs Building Torn Down Fearful lest other persons might be injured, the City Building In- spector ordered the fire brigade to turn out, and tear the front of the| With ladders and | axes and levers they went to work. | building down. Before they left the job, they made sure that no one else will be} jinjured by material falling on them. | People are Alarmed The disaster caused cor siderable | alarm, for the corner is one that is |much frequented by shoppers. It fis one of the busiest corners in | Vancouver, It has raised the fear} that other of the old buildings may not condition. A of the be in a safe rigorous inspection works of | old town is likely to follow upper 1e silcliing oe the buildings in Two Vacant Seats Filled Before proceeding to the ordi- the council last nary business of night Mayor Manson took oc- casion to extend the welcome of the council to the new member, He also con- Hilditch his return to his old place at the the board after his recent Alderman gratulated Alderman Douglas on toot ot severe illness. 'HILDITCH IS DETERMINED Severely Criticises the Street Contractors BASEBALL SCORES te ees errs ee Northwestern League Vancouver 1, Seattle 0. Tacoma 4, Victoria 0. = : es ore NO MERCY FOR THEM Portland 7, Spokane 5. National League Pittsburg 12, Boston 10 Those Who Want Extension of ik Bein @) Time Will Have Only Bare Cincinnati 5, Philadelphia 21. Justice, He ‘ Says. Blames the City Engineering Depart- St. Louis 6, New York 10. Asietigat League ment for Being Too Easy. Washington 0, St. Louis 3. After through his period of Philadelphia 2, Chicago 6. 2 illness, from the city Boston 4, Detroit 5. } : | council and from the streets com-| New York 6, Cleveland 3. mittee, Alderman Hilditch has BUILD ACROSS ISLAND returned to his post burning with| C. P. R. are Said to Have Pians indignation against the contract-| ors. While he was laid away in| biin. Cake inblcn. hospital he imagined that more} rapid progress was being made 3 . wi 1e street grading wurk:}*+< (Canadian Press Despatch) | ith t! vas grading work:} His disappointment was grea R. Mar- pole confirms the statement made | Vancouver, May 16. when he was once more able to s ai : be up and about, anc und _ thé that the C. P. R. will immediately I d 4 ind fo : ; "i “ithe grading werk was still in a start the construction of the Cow- ike Van- couver Island and also a branch ichan Li branch line in than ever closed to wheel traffic, ; jand all rts of obstacles i 7 between Westholme and Osborne Reta ha betaclon. ti: pe way of pedestrians. Bay st 2 s ; ; This state of things is abso- n lutely unnecessary,”’ declared Al- Will G Dance : os Say ca ( z ae d ye derman Hilditch. Vhere is no On Thur ight the Kaien : : id wl } : 4 ; - jreason in the world why these Island Club will give a dance in 7. 7 ; streets should be closed continual- the club gymnasium. The dance gin, che Se Seess a_{ly. It is simply lack of firmness| is only Open to members and their | ; : : ladies. Gray's orchestra will fur-|°" the part of the engineering nish the trate Nine o'clock js | department. The contractors must nisi 3 > ° : a |be taken with a firm hand. They the time the dance commences. : a ‘ |are simply trifling with their con- f@eVEATHER AT VANCOUVER BOTHERS Down South— See Up in the little shack at the eteorological station last night, Astronomer A. T. Me- jarmid and his helpers were busy ; h minion ng Observations of the stars. ‘1 \y five hundred miles to the} Night after night he peered through 4 uth in the observatory at Stanley |his telescope into the cloudless ‘ Ark, Vancouver, Dominion As-|skies over Prince Rupert, only ‘oa mer Jaques and his band of | to be told that owing to the cloudy ' Sistants were engaged observing | weather at Vancouver it was im- ec stars, possible for the observer there to Ns A Link of Wire | lorate the required stare. So 2 inight after night after hours ot ’ Between the two stretched aj patient watching and hoping that : k of telegraph wire charged with the weather at Vancouver clear 5 ctricity, and at. either end of|up, the atronomer had to take : 2° wire an electric clock of | down his instruments end await a ; i: construction. The two} better chance. ri » syne is ; 5 ' h olute Laan ” ia} Good Weather at Last ¢ ssible for science to make them.| At length, the cheerful news . en a difference of a second] came that it was a fine clear night f uld mar the fine exactness of|in Vancouver last night, and the ‘ ® mathematical calculations, | needed observations were made to ‘ lich are based on the observa-|determine the exact longitude of ns of the astronomers. A Patient Work ¥ , been practically arrived at, But nN The observations have to be} for several nights more the atron- < de at exactly the same moment.}omers will continue thelr labors, m} mee 'Cquired, Work is Going On achieve this something more|compiling data which will be of ¥ in electric clocks and telescopes| great value to the department and] There must be not| to the Hydrographic Surveys, ASTRONOMERS bservations at Prince Rupert to Determine Exact Longitude Delayed Owing to Cloudy Skies An Interesting lonly synchronous time, but also | synchronous good weather at both} This has proved part of the McDiarmid. ends of the wire. the most difficult for Mr. business Prince Rupert. The latitude, whi- ch is more easily determined, has | by inight’s council meeting he moved | |tracts. If they expect extensions APPRECIATES NEWSPAPERS | of time they must be prepared to ibe treated with only bare justice Ald. Douglas Desires That Rus and no more. There will be no pert's Press Should Spread consideration shown.” ; | Alderman Newton supported Al- lhe value of the newspapers Of /derman Hilditch in somewhat sim-| Prince Rupert in keeping people | jjar terms. informed about the city, its life, | and its opportunities is appreciated | Alderman Douglas. should confer | proprietors that the council with the a in order to have the papers sentiC, P, R, Make Innovation for out to the principal libraries on | the Timber Country the Pacific Coast, and throughout | ‘ Canada and the States. The} IS LESS DANGEROUS motion will no doubt bear fruit} senile in the early future. Alderman | Coal Fuel Causes Sparks, Which Douglas was evidently not aware) Cause Bush Fires—It is also that the Prince Rupert Daily Easier on the Firemen of the News is already forwarded regu-| Big Engine. larly to every important public} weal library on the American continent. | newspaper (Canadian Press Despatch) ers i Winnipeg, May 16.—Upon his Special Committee Reports return today from the coast, Wil- A report by the special com-| liam Whyte, of the C, P. R., an- mittee appointed to look into|nounced that the company had the matter of the city hall staff,|/definitely decided to use crude coermmended last night that the | oil fuel in the engines plying City Assessor Mr. McLennan shou-| through the timber country, be- ld undertake the work his|cause the present fuel causes bush department with one assistant, and ‘fires, and because the firemen that the Mr. Galdjcannot stand the strain 130- should. be dispensed with at the| mile runs, firing big locomotives. of services of of end of the month, — . a - Mr. D. G, Stewart who is one Glare Sign to Go Up of the finance committee appoint- On the recommendation of the|ed to look after the funds question building inspector and streets com-|for the proposed Victoria Day mittee, the electric sign of the}celebration, applied last night by Phenix Theatre is to be allowed /letter to the city council for a to go up, provided it does not|contribution from the eity towards } . : +n theend in view. The matter went extend more than eight feet a the plankway,. to the finance committee, | absence t| then | "Why was R. A. McMordie not |given the work, and if he was not! |given the work because of some | very chaotic state with more streets | | HE IS AFTER CONTRACTOR | eon | Ald. Hilditch Wants to Have An Investigation AFTER S. P. McMORIDE | Wants to Levy $75 Per Day for Delays Over Time Limit. De clares McMordie Has Three Contracts in One. Commit- tee Appouinted. | sete | In releatless pursuit of his object | to keep the contractors unsparingly lup to the scratch, Alderman Hil- |ditch at last night’s council meet- jing asked the Mayor to appoint |a special eommittee to look into |the matter of S. P. McMordie’s contract. He maintained that McMordie has three different con- tracts all under the specification of one, and that if there is any delay in the completion of these contracts McMordie should by rights pay not $25 but $75 per day \for the delay under the penalty | clause. Alderman Hilditch also wants la certain matter explained which he says he tried in vain to unravel jin the days of the last council. The question is how did it happen that S. P. McMordie was awarded a certain contract upon which his bid was 20 cents above that of A. McMordie both for rock If this was the case, Alderman Hilditch, 1 earth. asks idefect in his tender why was his | cheque returned to him?” | Alderman Hilditch moved, and | Alderman Newton the ;motion that a special committee seconded |should be appointed to go into }this. The Mayor appointed the | streets committee, consisting of | Alderman Hilditch, Alderman Mor- | rissey, Alderman Douglas and on | |the request of Alderman Hilditch l|added two other members, Alder- | man Clayton ard Alderman Kerr. | — —_— | NEW POLICE BUILDING Contract for Painter Work Let Mr. John Murdoff $64 | | Before Chief Vickers and_his| | staff can occupy the new police | | offices and before Magistrate Carss | ican take his seat on the fine ed } bench provided for him, the build- At ee) WILL USE ling is going to be painted and| polished up in spick and span | style. Tenders for the painter} work were opened by the City Clerk at council meeting last night, and that of Mr. John Murdoff | was accepted. His offer was $64) for the job. Other tenderers were| Messrs. Donaldson and Cutting} and Messrs. Seaman and Cole. | The work will proceed as soon as possible; and the new building will be in use probably next week. Two Men Hurt Iseko Christo, a Bulgarian, had his thigh fractured while working on the G. T. P. snow slide at Mile 44 last night. James Morris, a Greek, was also injured in the back at the same time. Both men wer rushed on a special train to the Dr. Eggert is at- hospital here. tending the men, Won Suits The winners of Sloan & Co.'s, the clothiers, Suit Clubs on Sat- urday were: | No, 7--J, Thompson. No, 8&—E. McCoskril. | No, 9-—-W. F. Sheehan. No, 10-——-W, Grant. | No, 11—A. L, Holtby. No, 12D, A. McKinnon, No, 13-—-H, Hooper, {bill was defeated by 463 to 243. | their way to Vancouver. | fight for constitutional | PASSES THIRD READING DANGEROUS Lords’ Veto Bill Gets Through BLASTING the British House (Canadian Press Despatch) Only Good Luck Saved Valuable London, May 16.—The fight in Buildings the House of Commons over the STERN MEASURES NEEDED veto bill tc curtail the Jords’ power ended tonight when the amendment to reject the whole Startling Upheval of Rocks and Logs Behind Naden Biock on Second Avenue Last Night Leads to Action by City Coun- cil. The measure carried its third reading by 362 to 241. STRIKE ENDS IN BATTLE One Hundred Men‘,Injured at Grand Rapids Had the contractor on First avenue by Second street intended to give an aerial display of his blanketting material and the shat- tered ribs of mother earth last night at about six o'clock, he could hardly have done _ better. The shot filled the air with roots and logs, chains, muskeg and hug masses of rock. The Edge build- ing which has already been pretty badly peppered by the blasting on this contract just escaped a far worse bombardment. The rocks flung by this blast are far bigger than those hurled by any other blast there yet. Some huge A pitched battle between two| masses weighing up to a thousand thousand striking furniture work-; pounds were thrown so high that ers and their sympathisers on thejon their descent they went far one hand and the police andjout of sight into the muskeg. deputies on the other, was fought} Certain humble necessary structur- jon the streets of this town last|es behird the main buildings were |night. Nearly one hundred met | pulverised completely by masses | vena injured during the shooting|of rock, and the occupants of the land clubbing, and several of them | shacks.and business premises there |are not expected to live, Many | consider their escape miraculous. | shots were fired during the affair. | At the council last night Alder- | man Newton moved and Alderman | Kirkpatrick seconded a motion |that the regulations regarding 50,000 Tons of Rails to Be Used | blasting shall be still more rigor- forC. N. R. Construction jously enforced and in future the etait | powder-man responsible for the (Canadian Press Despatch) | firing of a destructive or dangerous Toronto, May 16.—Three ship-/ blast will be immediately arrested. ments totalling over 30,000 tons| of steel rails have been received | Another Resignation for the Pacific Coast construction} J. W. MacMaster has tendered on the Canadian Northern from/his resignation as stenographer Port Mann to North Thompson|at the City Hall, and it has been River. Two other shipments of} accepted by the council to take about 20,000 tons of steel are on | effect when Mr. MacMaster can | be replaced. GUNS WERE USED Two Thousand Furniture Mak- ers on Strike Clashed With the Police on the Streets Last Night. Some May Die. (Canadian Press Despatch) Grand Rapids, Mich., May 16.— ARE ARRANGING PEACE DOWN IN MEXICO CITY sral Government Sent a Peace Envoy to Arrange Terms With Francisco Madero, the Leader of Revolutionaries—He is a Wealthy and Also Very Able Man {nection is said to number over a | thousand members, with vast prop- ‘erties in Mexico, Fed (Canadian Press Despatch) Juarez, Mexico, May 16— A peace conference is now in progress at the residence of the Madero family on the oustkirts of the city, between Madero, Jr., as i the pro-| ; the President of the p (Canadian Press Despatch) visional government, and! Rheims, May 16.-A soeediae an official peace envoy © 100.7 miles an hour was made by the Federal Government. (Lieutenant Fequant in a new ~~ |monoplane with Lieutenant Biey Francisco Madero, the revolu- | acting as observer. A strong wind tionary leader referred to in the|alinost amounting te a gale was one of the! blowing at the time. wealthiest Mexico. He has the confidence of the people, | is looked on as a clean, able man, y and their natural leader in the|Charles McCarthy, of the Cecil govern-| Hetel Blew Our His Brains ment. He has displayed his ability a in the field, and will probably (Canadian Press Despatch) acquit himself well at the council; Moose Jaw, May 16.—Charles THE FASTEST YET Belgian Aviator Exceeds Mile an Hour in Gale 100 is in above despatch men SUICIDE AT MOOSE JAW board. McCarthy, chief steward ofthe The Madero family are well| Cecil Hotel, committed suicide known in Mexico, and in Monte-|\this morning in the cellar of roy, Texas, where Madero’s par-|of the hotel. He went downstairs ents live. His ‘grandfather who|with a revolver in his pocket, and died seven weeks ago at Monteroy | leaning against a partition, put at the age of 83, left an estate of|the gun to his mouth and blew $30,000,000. The Madero con-jhis brains out.