anaimo, July 10. Lun mill. Ss ¢ m iM)? ° July LV, may, OL. I, SER ANAIMO LUMBER MILL (Canadian Press Despateh) re loss last night by fire which e out in THE WEATHER Twenty-four hours ending 5 a. m., . IN, RAIN on “ht ky 30,262 ~~, e s “Legislative Accom, JUL 191911 — A, @ YAILY NEWS Formerly The Prince pipet Optimist e Rupert...... .... Friday, 8 a.m. NEXT MAILS For SoutH NO, 158 ————————— PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., Mompay, JULY 10, ‘1911. US CHAR a ——K—K—K—¥K—=_— IS VISITED BY FIRE nday Night Blaze Does Big Damage---Firemen Worked Under Constant Fear That Gasometer Would Blow Up---Japanese Workmen Did Great Work in Helping to Prevent the Flames From Spreading---Two Residences, Two Workshops and Five Cabins Were Danger from Gas The tie red a Nanai- iber Company gasometer situated on the opposite side of the street, and an explosion the drying kiln of of the heated gases was feared any The kiln and togther with two dwelling} moment. Japs Did Good Work its con- | lose by, two workshops, | ' r ever seen, as the kiln] their desparate labors it is probable twenty | that the flames would have spread, | land disaster become widespread. { the highest grades | The dried lumber | Rush to the Rescue M. Barry, of matchwood, and noth-| J. hundred and foreman the | be done that stopped the j company ’s mill at Wellington, four} Zz | miles away, hearing of the fire, NING, GRADING AND sROAD WORK AT STEWART, Citi- zens are Hopeful and Enthusiastic | the visit to Stewart sewers are approaching com been over the week | pletion th E. Gillingham, Mining Interests dent, the Mayor Everybody is enthusiastic re- city hall this! garding mining development in Primari the object} the Stewart district at present. vi discuss the! Portland Canal is doing plenty ad-work this season|of development work, and the Gillignhem, and Mr.| concentrator is working steadily ie ; | ; ss ed ten miles up the} there just now Larger shipments progress that has|than have yet been tried may be the roads under | expected shortly The Stewart iring this season.|Mining Company and Red Cliff wore proceeding satis- | mines are also hard at work de- : | veloping, and will be shipping Grading Townsite Sacarhaclonly at an early date, B the ' ‘ : } 2 i ; i 1 i ‘ pl 7 Stew itself grading is| Railway development contunies well on the main|too, a spur line hav ing been run | wers are being put in|jn from the Portland Canal Short | { ices’ Province ial | Line to the Portland Canal mines | the Citizens’ Com} ready for the commencement of| When the city hesorak face shippis g. | corporated some of the | vork will be borne by Are You Going? Le On fifth street, which All those interested in indoor | as 3a US US! pr P | one ot the most important invited to a meeting reets baseball are tonight at 8.30 in th old Presby- terian Church. of Stewart good 5 is going on, and ORRA JURY THREATEN TO GO OUT ON STRIKE : ’ } ples Multiply in the aE Italian Trial—Jury- en Want the Special Indemnity Voted by the : Chamber of Deputies to Begin Again “vate Press Despatch) and the jurors demand that the tcl uly 10——The jury be-| extra pay date from the opening ‘ ' the alleged Camorrists proceedings. To enforce their wish ; "sé ‘ried for murder of|es they began obstructive tactics ‘ oe euccollo and Signora| by absenting themselves for sever ul hod threatened to go on|hours this morning and threatening } >) aid it was noon|to remain away altogether unless 1 'S members could. be in- : . ) ‘ to take their © 1-1 their wishes were granted. , lelr seats and : , he trial to proceed, a ice Pelore the chamber At the Fountain 5 ty fo ne a special] Ice Cream Cones 5e, Ice Cream / ase, eae jurors serving | Sodas 10c, Sundaes 15¢ and 20¢, } ade t . extra allow-|Iee Cream 25¢ pint, 50c quart. J He a: le only from|C, H. Orme, Pioneer Druggist, ‘began March 11|Phone 82. The firefighters worked under} Car Over a steep grade. great peril owing to there being a the journey in eleven minutes, and Burned Up brought fifty of his men in a box They did rendered great assistance in getting the fire under control. Did Considerable Damage I The loss to the lumber company Jquantity of tools, of not Te ‘ss than $5,000 value. the dwelling houses mz odshoet to| lrescue their furniture before the i | flames reached them, but the five every stick and stitch they had. occupants of the | READY TO GO AHEAD | Hydro-Electric Co. Would Start Power and Gas Plants a letter to Mr. W. | Durant this morning, Mr. R. or's Flying Visit There Results in Favorable Im- | | Hayward, general manager of the pressions of Progress in All Directions Power Co., and Rupert Western Canada | secretary of the Hydro-electric Company, Prince jhis company was prepared to go|* ahead at once in installing gas works and a power plant at Prince} Rupert BIG CLEAN UP Formidable List of Necessaries for the Job. No White Wash- | ing is in the Contract this Time. Evidently the biggest clean up of the season about to take place at the city hall. Just look at this list of necessaries requisition- led for the job: Three Scrubbing Brushes. One Broom. | Three Pails. | Three Packets Washing Powder. | Six Large Bulldog Clips. | One Ton Coal (To stoke up). | One Wee Box.of Pen Points. Tonight an alderman (name as yet unknown) will move that the requisition list be signed up for | this little lot tonight. Everything | comes out in the wash of course, |but there must be a powerful lot of washing looming in the distance for the city hall. Much mystery with those terrible Are they to be the scrubbling In is | | } is associated Bulldog Clips. used along with brushes and washing powder? the grip of a really efficient “Large Bulldog Clip"’ even the most -re- fractory alderman might be com- pelled to submit to the cleansing process. But who are to be the washers and who the washed the requisition list does not relate. Alderman Kirkpatrick was to have moved that the requisition be authorised at tonight’s council meeting, but rumor hath it that along with another alderman by the this morning. Whether the scrubbing brushes or he have made their escape George was bulldog clips that seared them it the BROKE HER LEC OVER AT DIGBY} Mrs. G. L. Sisiter, Wife of Ar- chitect on Quarantine Sta- tion Job Brought to Hospital in the | | On Saturday evening a painful | accident happened to Mrs. G. L. Procter at the Quarantine Station Works over at Digby Island where she had been staying with her husband who is looking after the work there for Messrs. Anderson | and McKinnon, the contractors. | Mrs. Procter was playing around with the dog over the irregular ground there when she fell and broke her leg below the knee. Fortunately Dr. Tremayuie with | the Quarantine Launch Evelyn} was quickly available, and after} her injury had been attended to, Mrs. Procter was conveyed in the} re stn! NUMBERING OF "OUR RESIDENTS cabins lost| Street Nunibedl ne Committee Clark | 1, 2, 3, 4, F. lit may facut to be, {rapidly growing up towards adult said that} |L. Bullock-Webster. | decided that the numbe ring system AT CITY HALL | be adopted is the “Hundred the most is a matter for conjecture, | Meets Tuesday for Final Ar- | Yrangements. Numbers are Here—Will Soon be Fixed. Very soon now it will be pos- | sible for citizens of Prince Rupert to se pypit ee as ‘‘Number ’ or whatever on Street jor Avenue. Prince Rupert is and the numbering sys- tem is needed. A meeting of the Street Numbering Committee will Tues- final city- -hood, be held in the City Hall on |day afternoon to discuss |matters on this subject, and issue instructions to the contractor, Mr. It has been Block"’ system, that is the numbers will be grouped in blocks hundred by hundred along the streets and avenues. The numbers have ar- rived, and the contractor is only awaiting the final instructions o the committee to commence work. START CRAB FISHING Two Young Men Mean to Make Good in Shellfish Business Messrs. rk. Buea and Frank Harper of this city have got permission from the Provincial Government to start a crab and clam fishing industry in Prince Rupert, and have arranged to supply the hotels and fish stores as well as private consumers. They have got all the equipment necessary to round up and capture nimble crustaceans, and the festive clam, and have already secured and sold some $70 worth, Went South W. J. Alder and family left this morning for the south. They will be away two months, Where to Go EMPRESS THEATRE, Second Ave.° Pictures and Music, 7.30 p.m. MAJESTIC THEATRE, Third Ave; Pictures and songs, 7.30 p.m. PHENIX THEATRE, Second Aveuue; Pictures and music, 7.30 p.m. CITY COUNCIL, City Hall, at 8 p.m tonight, INDOOR BASEBALL Meeting, Pres- byterian Church, 8.30. PRESBYTERIAN S.58, PICNIC, to- —S SAYS PASSENGERS WERE SACRIFICED FOR COLD Serious Charge Are Made Against the Pacific Coast Steamship Company by the Survivors of the Santa Rosa---Charged That They Would Not Allow Capt. Faria to Land his Pas- sengers When the Vessel Struck Owing to the Cost (Canadian Press Despatch) Los Angeles, July 10.—Very serious charges are being made against the management of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company larising out of the loss of the steamer Santa Rosa last Friday. The survivors of the wreck are organising a committee, in order to bring the true facts connected bins, a quantity of furniture) Great praise is given to the| is fixed at $17,000, all of it covered) ja inch to the wharf, and thence|with the steamer’s loss to the e valuable wood working] Japanese workmen at the mili | by insurance. In addition M.|to the General Hospital. The | notice of the United States Federal were reduced to ruins.|who turned out and did heroic | Dixon lost two dwelling houses- | injury, though painful, is not a| authorities. was one of the most | work in fighting the fire. But for|two workshops, five cabins and a} serious one. Lives Were Sacrificed It is claimed that the company risked the lives of the two hundred passengers for commercialism, by refusing to allow Captain Faria to transfer his passengers from the sinking ship to safety, in order to save the cost of salvage. The Passengers’ Story The passengers state that Cap- tain Faria wanted to land his passengers in the beeches buoy apparatus to the steamer Centralia on Friday, soon after he struck, and while the sea was still smooth, but the officials of the company ordered him by wireless to put out two more kedge anchors in- stead and make every effort to hold the sinking ship until the arrival of the steamer President of the same line. To Save Money This action was in order to avoid the payment of salvage money to rival companies. It is claimed FELL OFF SIDEWALK iously. A man named Clayton Cassel- man was brought in to the Genera. Hospital on Sunday morning suf- fering from injuries to the head and bodt the result of a fall from the sidewalk. He attended to by Dr. His injuries are not very serious. CITY BASEBALL was Meeting of Committee to Draw Up By-laws this Afternoon— New Teams Forming. This afternoon a meeting of the committee selected to prepare by- laws for the Indoor Baseball: Lea- gue being started in Prince Rupert is to be held.. Already preliminary work has been done towards pre- paring a set of rules by the mem- bers of the committee, and all are enthusiastic for the formation of the League. New teams are gether rapidly the latest being the Kaien Island Club. The Kaien Islanders intend to add an Indoor baseball team to their already famous Basketball team, and other basketball teams may be organised in conjunction with the new base- ball teams forming. Regarding the possibility of hav- ing an outdoor league in operation by this time next summer prospects grow steadily brighter. Alderman Kerr is a keen lover of outdoor sport, and his enthusiasm for the preparing of a Municipal Athletic Park on the level ground on being got to- Clayton Casselman Hurt His Head and Ribs, but Not Ser- Eggert and detained. | INDOOR LEAGUE! (Canadian Press Despatch) Clinton, B | owing to William White, yesterday near the main road, about four miles south of Silver, He had evidently been murdered with a blunt instrument, the top of his head having been crushed in by a blow. Verdict of Murder The coroner’s jury today re- turned a verdict of murder against some person or perosns unknown. White was a stranger here, but is said to have come from Ontario. He worked for a short time here with a government bridge gang. The police are following up the case. Have a Happy Time Tomorrow the kiddies of the Presbyterian Church hold their picnic. They are going at one o'clock in launches to Metlakatla. SWARM Acropolis Hill is well encouraged and supported both by young men of the city, and by brother alder- men, The members of the committee to draw up by-laws for the Indoor Baseball League are Chief Vickers, Alderman Kerr. Rev. W. H. Me- Leod, Rev. F. W, Kerr, and Mr. George Tite. be held in the police court room, The meeting will For rent after July 31st, base- Helgerson Block now Apply ment in occupied by William Grant, morrow, 1 p.m, _ O. M. Helgerson, Ltd. movement of the farmers from the (Canadian Press Despatch) Omaha, Neb., July 10.—-Some- thing of the magnitude of the trans-Missouri country into West- ern Canada may be gathered from the figures, just made public in this city, which show that in ten years 25,000 people went from Nebraska and Western lowa inio Western Canada, and that they carried with them cash and prop- erty valued at $21,263,000, These figures are absolutely authentic, as , July 10.—Great excitement is being felt at Clinton the discovery of the murdered body of a man named which was found that Captain Faria had a good chance of transferring his pas- sengers to the steamer Centralia, but was ordered by the manage- ment of the Pacific Coast Company by wireless to ask the cost of doing so. Company’s Denials The company, on the other hand, deny that any lives were lost, although there are at least three persons missing, and also that any such messages were sent. A confirmation of the passengers’ claims is made by the statement of Wireless Operator Finkel of the Santa Rosa and Captain Faria. Twelve are Lost It is now believed that at least twelve passengers are lost. WM WHITE, ONTARIO MAN MURDERED AT CLINTON He Was Found Dead Near the Roadside Yesterday, His Head Having Been Crushed With a Blow from Some Heavy Blunt Instrument MR. E. LOVE MARRIED Wedding Took Place on Satur- day Evening A quiet, but pretty wedding took place on Saturday evening at the residence of Mrs. Barber, Third avenue, when Mary Alice Bolen was married to Ernest A. Love, manager of the Municipal Telephone and Electric Light sys- tems. Rev. F. W. Kerr performed the ceremony. The young couple will live in a house at the corner of Eighth avenue and Young street. Modified the Charge The case of supposed theft of money which came up the other day in the police court over a dispute in a down hotel has been modified into a drunk and disorderly charge. The cul- prit was fined ten dollars for being town violent. NEBRASKA FARMERS INTO CANADA Authentic Figures Show That 25,000 People Have Crossed the Border During Past Ten Years—- Cash and Effects Worth Twenty Millions ment land agent in Omaha, The real number of emigrants is far larger than these figures indicate, as only those settlers are listed who applied to this agent for certificates. Many thousands undoubtedly went from this section to Canada with- out applying at Omaha for cer- tificates. Of these, the Canadian government has no records. This is the first set of figures concerning this movement that has been made public. There have been many ‘‘guesses,”’ but for the far as they go, being taken from the books of the Canadian govern- first time these figures are given to the public, “ek tert ie "