:
Great
Eastern
or
doubling
back
j
down
the
main,
line
of
the
Canadian
adlan
National
National.
The
distance
to
Vancouver
by
the
Monkman
Pass
route
76
miles
shorter
than
by
any
other
line.
It
is
estimated
by
e
engineer
to
cost
S9.000.000
and
the
McLellan-Brule
line
12,000,000,
while
the
Pine
Pass
route
would
cost
$14,000,000.
Mr.
Stewart
came
out
flat-footed
In
favor
oi
monnman
iss
route
today.
"The
cost
would
be
a
big
factor
in
tha
en-
fpnseand
the
route
by
Monkman
Pass
is
the
leasi
expensive,-U
minister
pointed
out.
"In
addition
It
meets
all
the
require-
er.ts
of
the
situation.
If
we
adopt
this
plan,
development
win
me
about
more
quickly
than
by
the
other
scheme."
Hansard
Is
45
miles
east
of
Prince
George
ana
mnes
fcm
Prince
Rupert.
i
Red
Pass
Junction
Is
163.9
miles
east
or
Hansard
so
trains
ling
to
Vancouver
would
have
that
distance
to
double
back.
Monkman
Pass
has
been
very
little
in
the
public
eye
un-lait
summer
when
it
was
announced
that
the
pass
with
an
sy
gradient
and
direct
route
had
been
discovered.
Then
in-test
in
it
seemed
to
die
out
,
so
far
as
the
public
was
con-
rned,
but
the
engineers
were
meantime
doing
their
worK
wun
!
result
that
it
is
the
route
now
strongly
favored.
PACTION
DEAL
y
Council
of
Chicago
Is
Ready
rureriasc
Street
Railways
i
I-
for
$GOO,000,000
!
j
in
iii.
I-1
1
1
J8.
The
city
'
liu'i
authorized
the
pin-j
))
tU,
,
,iy
devilled
anil
j
nulways
al
an
cs-'
1
'
or
siHio.ooii.oooi
III
lie
'!
nl
Mr.,
r
lillllillK
companies.
Hi
e
iii'oceeiling
in
j
wlilrli
involves
1,000
j
'face
lines
ami
'1(50
;,I
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uf.'il.
PS
TO
TRIAL
SHOOTING
CASE
Y
Hanlcy
of
Trail
Appears
In
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sont
to
Assizes
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FORTY
DOLLAR
NUGGETT
IS
FOUND
SHUTTLE
ISLAND
Special
lo
laily
News
SKIDKGATF.,
Feb.
28.
Al
hilwards
hit!
shuck
it
rich
again
on
hi"
g'dd
claim
nl
Sliullli'
Island.
(Im
of
tin'
aoh
iiiii.'"l!i
look
out
wimiI
HI.
His
finil
has
aioiist.-il
iiiurli
in
tcrc-l
lii'iv
in
the
ininins
jjauii'.
3.
1
OLD
COUNTRY
FOOTBALL
English
League
Division
I.
HiniiiiiKhain
0.
lltnlilcrsriehl
1.
Ilollon
.
Manchesler
Cily
lliiinley
5.
West
Hani
V.
Canlirf
Cily
3,
Newcastle
1
.
Kveilon
a,
Nolls
Forest
I.
1,1'CllS
V.
I.
lllai'kliurn
I.
Nolls
Cniiiily
1,
Hury
1.
1'ieslon
N.
K.
II.
Sheffield
I'
Sunderland
3,
Liverpool
0.
Toltenhuni
Arsenal
0.
0.
1.
Wesl
lliuinwicli
I,
Aston
Mlla
I.
Scottish
League
Division
I.
Aberdeen
2.
Itaith
Hovers
Ayr
Unile.l
2,
Hibernians
Celtic
I,
Dundee
0.
Hearls
3,
Hamilton
Kilniainock
I.
Falkirk
0
Morluii-Oueeii'H
Park
not
played.
Mi.ll.i.i-wnll
i.
Partick
Thistle
3.
Third
Lanark
2,
Airdrieonians
3.
weeks.
Total
halibut
sale
Unlay
:i
moiili
!
-J
In
218.
800
pounds
linmglil
in
liy
I
bouis
of
Wiiiehj
iiini'
wVri'
Canadian.
They
sold
for
llii?
low
average
price
of;
seven
anil
three
rents.
The
sale!
were:
'
j
Amep.'can
Lunen
7,0011
al
7.
SO
unit
3
to
L'nlil
Slump'.
Tyce
IU,0(i(
at
,7.10
ami
II
to
lloyal
Fish
Co.'
Wave
7,50(1
at
7.3,0
and
3
to
lloyal
J'ish
Civ
-
,
llcliancer
l.i0il
at
7.20
amf
r
"
r
.
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l
;li'llllli
.u.l'IM'JIIlitO'.l
illlU
.
Jloolh
iiii,
Fi-ilicriir
ViPMi,3
'
V
:
'',
Kuirka
5,000
al.7.30
and
a
to
Cold
Slor.ljfe.
'
.Nalionill
C,()ji0
at
7.
0
and
3
lo
Afliii
Fi.licivi.
(ilailys
8,000
at
7.10
and
3
lo
Colli
Slorage.
Urisk
li.000
at
COO
and
3
to
Iloolli
Fishorii's.
:
ColumliUi
55,000
at
C
ami
3
lu
I'arific
Kisliorii's.
Pioneer
11,000
al
7.:'0
ami
3
I
Pacific
I'islii'rifs.
Canadian
TiTlicii
3,000
al
G.C0
and
3
lo
lloyal
Fish
Co.
Jtevcilk-
13,000
al
G.G0
ami
3
il.Olil
loiur.
i
CoiiHlilulion
lo
Cold
.SIoraj:i'.
IK,00U
at
C.lu
and
lo
Atlin
Fisheries.
Pain
or
.larks
.1,(100
al
G.70
ami
3
lo
UoM
Snraf!t
Khicn
7,001)
al
G.G0
ami
3
to
Allin
Fisheries,
.
(iison
5,0(10
al
G.50
uud
3
lu
Cold
Sloiayc.
Mi
ii
nil-
V
5,000
at
G.5
and
3
to
Alliu
Fisheries.
Hippo
8,500.
Mayflower
2,000
uml
Yule
800
,
,
i
t,
at
G.50
ami
3
lu
EXPLOSION
DOES
DAMAGE
Several
Lives
Lost
and
Number
Injured
at
Rio
Janeiro
HIP
.lANFIIIO.
Feb.
28.
II
is
believed
thai
more
than
tlue
hundred
prcsons
were
injured
ami
several
liVrA"
losl
in
an
explosion
yeslerday
on
Caju
Island
when
forly
Ions
oT
powder
and
a
ipiaulily
oT
a-oliue
and
kcro-sine
became
iKiiiled.
D0UKH0B0R
SCHOOL
NEAR
GRAND
FORKS
DESTROYED
BY
FIRE
CltAND
FOHKK.
Feb.
28.
The
Spencer
school
in
the
Doukhobor
roldny
near
here
was
huriicd
last
nighl.
The
fire
is
believed
lo
have
been
of
incendiary
origin.
11
is
.said
lo
be
the
ninth
school
building
in
the
Kootenay-Hound-
IluiiKers.Cowileiibeatli
not
played
a
ry
district
thai
SI.
.Ii.l.nslone
2.
SI.
Mirren
2.
stroyeil
during
has
been
de-
the
past
three
Miovc
is
fliowo
Hie
iirsl
pholojri
apli
In
be
received
of
llie
i'eiijiiiiiiK
'f
King
TuFs
tomb,
showing
llie
rniHivnl
of
llie
cover
from
the
pall,
which
was
found
to
be
almost
ruined
by
llie
effects
of
llie
sun.
The
pull,
said
to
be
the
onlv
one
of
its
kind,
in
the
world,
was
highly
valued
by,
Mr,
llowunl
Curler.
ADDITION
TO
::.T
niTnrwtm
tmi
i
nnn
Kf
Cooler
and
Small
Freezer.
Being
Put
In
at
Cost
of
$10,000
G.
E.
Gulick,
local
managor
for
the
Swift
Canadian
Co.,
announced
this
afternoon
that
a
contract
for
the
erection
of
a
beef
cooler
and
small
freezer
In
connection
with
the
company's
present
plant
easit
of
Cow
Bay
had
been
let
to
Greer,
Beattle
&
Douglas.
The
addition,
complete
with
machlnsry,
etc.,
will
cost
In
the
neighborhood
of
$10,030.
Construction
will
start
next
week,
weather
permitting.
KITIMAAT
BAND
MAY
GO
SOUTH
Proposal
to
Take
Them
on
Tour
In
Cities
Outside
Afler
having
spent
a
month
al
Kiliinaut
training
Hie
native
band
al
thai
place,
Henry
Slat-
ler,
well
known
Vancouver
band
master,
arrived
in
Ihe
cily
on
the
C
hi
koo
yesterday
alli-inonil
ami
Ihis
morning
sailed
on
I
In
Venture
for
Vancouver.
II
is
oossilile
thai
Ihe
lair
Hoard
may
again
cubage
tin
Kitumiial
hand
for
the
F.xlilbi-lion
litis
Tall
providing
satisfactory
terms
can
lie
arranged.
The
organ
Izal
ion
was
here
lasl
Fall
and,
under
the
direction
of
air.
Slaller,
made
a
spli'iuliil
impres
sion.
Mr.
Shiller
met
nienibers
of
llie
Fair
Hoard
informally
hist
night
and
told
thein
that,
-luce
llie
hand
was
here,
il
had
Improved
greatly.
Mr.
Slaller
is
very
enlhusiastic
iiboiit
these
proteges
of
his
aiid
Is
workina
on
a
plan
of
taking
Ihein
lo
Van
couver
and
possibly
nuuo
distant
points
for
recitals.
Mr.
Slaller
staled
Ilils
morn
In
thai
he,
hoped
lo
be
back
In
Ihe.
cily
later
i
Hie
year.
Hi:
mav
even
decide
to
locale
here
for
a
while
if
Ihere
is
sufficient
demand
for
his
services
as
hand
master
and
trainer.
PUGSLEY
HOLDING
OWN
TOIIONTO,
Feb.
28.
Hon.
W,
S.
Pugsley
Is
holding
his
own
in
his
fight
against
pneumonia.
Myitis
TAXI
BOSTON
GRILL
25
Large
Upstair
Dining
Hall,
Ambulance
with
newly
laid
dancing
f.oor
for
hire.
Suitable
for
Service
dances,
banquets
and
wedding
Anywhere
at
Anytime.
parties.
PRINCE
RUPERT
For
rats,
apply
to
Boston
Grill,
Third
Avei
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
Phone
457,
N5-
''V
I'M
NCR.
HUi'tUtTi
B.C.,
SATLHDAY,
FKIUIUAHY
28,
i!J25
Ttitarday'i
Circulation
1692
Slrtet
8altt
383
PRICE
FrV'E
CENTS.
"vn-JV
M0NKM1
PASS
ROUTE
TO
PEACE
President
of
German
Republic
Died
To-day
Following
Operation
HKltUN,
Feb,
28.
Friederidi
F.bcrf,
fir.--1
president
of
the
(ieiiniiii
.republic,
died
at
1(.I"
Ibis
morning
of
peritonitis,
'following
air
operation
for
appendicitis
five
clays
ago.
The
president
was
formerly
a
saildleniuker.
His
skill
has
been
shown
ill
guiding
llie
infant
republic
through
'.the
troublesome
years
of
its
existence
mid
which
is
acknowledged
by
its
bitterest
enemies
to
have
miole
a
gallant
fight
Tor
life.
President
Kberl
was
first
laken
ill
Monday
night
and
following
un
operalion
Hie
doctors
believed
llie
danger
was
past,
but
the
patient
failed
lo
rally
and
passed
away
this
morning.
John
the
Finn
Sued
for
Breach
of
Promise
of
Marriage
by
Lady
who
Came
to
Stewart
from
England
YANCOl
VKIL
Feb.
28.
II
ai
l
balm
lo
Ihe
exlenl
of
10,
oiio,
besides
a
little
sum
of
$rr0
Ihe
cost
of
her
trousseau
and
lickels
from
Kugland
lo
Slewml.
is
claimed
by
l.otlie
Maude
Miinu.
who
is
suing
John
llaalili,
a
Stevvarl
mine
owner
known
I
here
as
"John
llie
Finn,"
for
breach
of
promise
of
marriage.
The
lady
testified
in
coiirl
yesterday
thai
friends
of
llaahti
induced
her
lo
come
lo
(laiiada
for
the
purpose,
of
marrying
him.
Up
to
that
lime
she
knew
him
only
from
correspondence
ami
photographs.
She
arrived
in
.Montreal
but,
failing
to
receive
a
-
--
-
T,y
to
messages
sent
upon
ar-
ROSS
WATSON
IS
REMANDED
Appears
-
Before
Maqlstrate
Nanalmo
and
Is
Refused
Ball
at
NANA1.MU.
Feb.
28.
Iloss
Watson,
alleged
bank
bamlil,
charged
wilh
partinpaling
in
the
$12,000
lloyal
Hank
robbery
here
on
December
12
appeared
-before
Magistrate-
Polls
lust
evening
and
Was
remalided
to
March
7
and
refused
bail.
i'l'he
magistrate,
'observed
thai
ie
would
lie
sljongly
inclined
In
grant
bail
unless
Ihe
crown
was
ready
to
proceed
Willi
the
case.
GRAIN
TO
VANCOUVER
WINNIPF.G,
Feb.
28.
Since
August
1
the
Canadian
National
Railways
has
delivered
al
Van
couver
3,108
cars
of
grain.
The
loadings
on
Ihe
vvhMe
system
for
Ihe
week
amounted
to
1475
curs.
'
....
..i
1
1.,.
,...i
i.i
ii,.,,,
in,.,.
-ui.
lir
1
1
lull
1
1
1
'
'I
I
where,
as
she
testified,
she
"pi-acHcally
forgot
all
about
defendant."
,
1,1'lters
waxed
wanner
as
lime
wen!
mi
ami
she
received
the
"My
dearest
Lultie-
"If.
yon
Ijke-we
will
gel
married.
I
ran
support
i.uy
wife
any
old
place
and
under
''any
.condi
tions.
I
have
all
the
logs
ready
and
il
won't
take
long
o
build.
"Your
Mountain
Hoy,
"JACK."
It
was.,
on
account
of
Ihi'
"mountain
boys'"
coiidiicl
to
ward
her
upon
the
niaht
of
her
arrival
il
Slevvart
that
she
re
turned
.
to
VancouveP
"heart
broken.
'
.
Tlie-ilefense
argues-
that
the
iiuestiou
of
marriage
was
condi
lional
on
each
being
saltsfiei'
wilh
the
other.
They
say
Miss
Miinu
refused
llaahti
on
the
night
of
her
arrival
in
Stewart.
V.
H.
Morgan
was
udmilled
to
Ihe
General
Hospilal
yesterday
to
undergo
an
operation.
RIVER
ENGINEERS
REPORT
IN
FAVOR
OF
IT
AND
GIVE
COMPARATIVE
FIGURE!
monkman
Pass
Recommended
to
Government
by
Engineer
Jones
in
Report
Just
Handed
to
Minister
-,
i"
1
-
lasons
Given
for
Choice
is
that
it
is
Shortest
;
p(J
HALIBUT
.rJ
I
hinnipf
lnilnnii
-
I
IS
SOLD
TODAY;
WILL
SbKVt.
rKlHlh
KUrbKl
WbLL
lay
Go
to
Vancouver
by
Way
of
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
or
Redpass
Junction
.Special
lo
Iliiiix
News
OTTAWA,
Feb.
28.
Robert
Jones,
railway
engineer,
has
brwarded
his
recommendation
to
Hon.
Charles
&iewan
mai
le
outlet
from
the
Peace
River
country
to
the
Pacific
coast
kould
be
by
way
of
Monkman
Pass.
His
reasons
are
that
it
the
shortest
and
cheapest.
Jones
made
the
report
at
the
instance
or
tne
minister
oi
le
Interior
and
has
forwarded
it
to
Ottawa
with
plans,
profiles
kd
estimates
of
cost
of
such
a
line.
The
DroDOsed
line
would
start
from
Grande
Prairie
and
foceed
along
the
Monkman
Pass
to
Hansard
on
the
main
line
of
le
Canadian
National
Railway
and
from
there
to
Prince
Rupert
ier
the
present
track.
The
outlet
to
Vancouver
would
I
Average
Price
of
Seven
Cents
!
Paid
with
Three
Cents
for
Seconds
FELL
190
FEET
TO
AWFUL
DEATH
Gerald
Harllng,
21,
Brldgeman
of
C.N.R.,
Victim
of
Accident
Near
Hazelton
Gerald
Harling,
aged
21,
bridgernan
employed
by
the
li.
and
Ii.
department
of
the
Canadian
National
ltailways,
met
a
terrible
death
on
Thursday
afternoon
as
a
result
of
falling
190
feet
from
a
bridge"
one
mile
west
of
Hazelton
on
which
ha
was
working
into
the
rocky
canyon
below.
Harling
was
using
his
peevee
to
rcnioxe
a
rail
ami
had
the
point
in
a
track
boll
hole
when,
in
some
manner,
the
tool
slipped.
The
unfortunate
young
man
lost
his
balance
and
hurtled
over
the
lniilK'e.
He
was
picked
up
in
a
terribly
mutilated
condition
and
taken
to
the
Hazelton
Hospital
where
be
expired
a
fpw
hoars
later.
The
accident
occurred
at
2.30
Thursday
afternoon.
Deceased
came
from
McBride
where
his
parents
reside
and
where
interment
will
take
place
after
an
inquest
lias
been
held
al
Hazelton
on
Monday.
TOTAL
CATCH
THIS
MONTH
Bad
Effect
of
General
Rush
to
Get
Home
First
Not
The
race
of
the
halibut
fisher-
n
.
.
.
,4;
men
from
llie
oanKs
io
mis
pori
during
the
past
week
ill
order
to
;
be
the
first
to
market
catches-and
thus
gain
llie
high
prices
i
thai
il
was
expected
would
fea-
lure
the
resumption
of
bidding
after
the
expiry
of
the
close
season
did
not
have
a
beneficial
n
effect
as
far
as
the
fishermen
were
concerned
for
the
largo
ipiantily
of
fish
offered
caused""
Hie
market
to
collapse.
The
land
ings
since.
Ihe
season
openedvtQ
tailed
1,116,600
pounds
as
compared
with
1,199.300
pounds
sold
,
here
during
the
entire
month
of
February
last
year
and
3,169,300
pounds
from
January
1
to
February
28.
In
addition
lo
the
fish
that
.was
aclually
unloaded
from
the
halibut
schooners
here,
J3G.000
pounds
was
offered
but
was
-laken
south
when
satisfactory
bids
were
not
made.
HOLDUP
MEN
BOTH
KILLED
Attembpted
to
Rob
Drug
Store:
Near
Los
Angeles
and
Were
Shot
LOS
ANUIXF.S,
Feb.
-28.
Two
holdup
men
met
death
last
night
when
tliey
attempted
to
rob
n
residence
district
dru?
store
in
which
four
detectives
forewarned
of
Ihe
attempt
were
lying
in
wail
with
sawed
olT
shot
guns.
Ope
was
instantly
killed
and
the
other
died
soon
afler.
On
the
person
of
one
of
the
men
was
an
envelope
addressed
lo
James
Grayson,
general
delivery,
from
1310
west
Queen
Street,
Toronto.
NEWSPAPER
CONVENTION
TOIIONTO,
Feb.
2,8-TThfl
an--nual
convention
of
weekly
news-pnpers
will
be
held
Jm
Winnipeg
in
June.
'
.