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twenty-four hours ending 5 a.m.,
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Aug.

 

THE DAILY NEW

 

 

 

 

 

was.reae, MERTEN O70 | 6,04
Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist
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Ce ae PRINCE ‘RUPERT, B.C., TuEspay, AuGusT 1, 1911.

 

 

 

PRICE Five CENTS

 

PROVINCIAL Mt

 

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RS RESPOND TO LEADERS CALL

 

 

 

 
  
 

Go to Victoria to Get McBride’s
Signature

fter waiting since the 8th of
« for Hon. Richard McBride
but his signature to the papers,
city council's settlement of
GicT.: P. seems
y soon to go through.

t the meeting of the city coun-
ast night Mayor Manson sug-

assessment

ed that as Premier McBride
ld be in Victoria probably
week it would no doubt
itate matters if a member
he council went to Victoria

Premier with the ob-
of obtaining the hasty rati-
of the Legislature on the

made the G.

e the

jon
ment between
nd this city.

decided to the
Victoria to Mr.

nd request him to hurry

was send

jor to see
Bride a
ratification so that

it

necessary
people may
as possible.
McBride will Forget
t would be a wise
Mayor go 10
d Alderman Smith.
le vill have

here vote on

DON

for
Victoria,”
Mr. Me-
several important
to when he
ns and will likely forget all)
at the of Ru-

move

to

ers to

attend

people Prince

Alderman Hilditch endorsed his
colleague's views. Alderman New-
ton said he knew that many
things were being held back in
the city pending the final settle-
ment of the agreement and urged
the necessity of clinching the mat-
ter.

When

the Mayor will go was

not decided. It will likely be | ton, further wese the greater will |

this week. ibe the reduction. It is stated

Sehclactiscccch es ical also that large quantities of coal

NO PLACE LIKE HOME [Will be obtained for the West
from Montana.

Sir William Mackenzie says a

But You Must Have Good Fur-|
niture for Comfort

ILL HAVE ANOTHER TRY
TO GET PAPERS SIGNED

e City Council’s Settlement of the G.T.P. Assess-
ment Has Been Held Up Since June 8—Mayor to

 

|A NEW TARIFF
ON U.S. COAL

Reduction of $3 per Ton on
Coal at Calgary—Will Relieve
Coal Shortage.

(Canadian Press Despatch)

Winnipeg, Aug 1.—The new coal
tariff which will affect all coal
carried west from Port Arthur
Fort William will go into
effect in a few days. There will
be no change in the to Win-
nipeg. In portions of the West
directly affected by the coal strike
Which iormaliy get coal from the
western mines there will be a
very material reduction. To Cal-
gary the reduction will be $3 per

and

rate

 

\few cars of Montana coal will be

brought in and tested. If the

test proves satisfactory large quan-

 

 

With new homes being built}

all over the city the necessity of | tities of the coal will be imported.
furniture to put in them ‘will | Investigations are being made with
arise. One of the greatest bona- re ference to ,the possibilities of
fide sales of furniture commenced |*€curing retas on coal from In-
in the city today when Mr. George }diana and Illinois if the strike
Tite. proprietor of the up-to-date is not settled.

furniture store on Third avenue, . A Cr
began to offer some siertling bar-| To watch The News want ads
gains. Many of the goods offered|is to refuse to be “‘tied’’ to an
are being sacrificed at less then ihe] unsatisfactory boarding place.

manufacturer's cose. The feetures

of Mr. Tite's half page adveriis
ment on another page of i is |
issue are worth the close aiten ion |

of those desiring to furnish a home.

 

OD INCREASE
IN CUSTOMS

FELL FROM A

CHURCH Mes

 

ificant Sign of City's Grow-|
Increase is over $1, 000 |

mpared with Same Month |
st Year.

ain the Customs

Receipts |

an iicrease for July 1911,}
bared with the same monith|
year. The figures are:

July 1911 $8551

July 1910 $7240

lacrease $1311
F ms Collector MacDonald
is

assistants are looking for
at increas

e of business in the

g months of this

year.

Passed Committee

he Hydro-Electric By-law pas-

he committee stz age last night.
W clauses were

id,

dis-

lucidly

| gave

 

| Terrible Fate of J. Henza at |
couver-—-Scaffold at Mount
Pleasant Church Broke.

(Canadian Press Despatch)

Vancouver, Aug. 1.—J. Henza,
a painter, was killed instantly this
morning by falling from Mount
Pleasant church steeple, a distance
of sixty feet when the scaffolding
way.

Henza’s partner, Frank Shep-
pard fell to the ground also frac-

turing his thigh.

Ald. Douglas’ Request

When Mayor Manson is in
Victoria Alderman Douglas wants}
him to request the Government

to put the lots they have here oa
the market and ask them to give

the lots in Market Place to the

city.

 

DAL MINERS DECIDE TO
TAKE REFERENDUM VOTE

H Decide Whether or Not to Accept the Settlement
of Bigger Pay but Open Shop Proposed by the
Conciliation Board

Canadian Press Despatch)

Mie, B. C., Aug. 1.——After a
Session of the executive of

Ict 18 held here last night the
ing resolution was adopted

has been sent to the various
B in the district:

1 view of the
he

the

position taken
perators in connection
Waele of Dr, Gordon,
of the fact that

Meeting of the Board of
the de legates at McLeod
led to the Dominion Gov-

repor|

Cs,

ent i

: to take action to the end
le mine
: mines be opened on the
{
4 that report, and we

D it
advisable to sumbit the

siti
On for a referendum vote,

whe ther or not the Exec utive

shall the of Dr.
Gordon as a basis to enter into

accept report
negotiations.”

An officer will all
camps and explain advantages or
disadvantages of the recommenda-
tions of the majority report and
after the Conciliation Board re-
“urns are compared with late
egreements. The election to
ioke place August 4th.
received
will
an

visit the

is

here
shut
in-

Word has been
that the Corbin mine
down next Monday for
definite period. This
cessitate the stopping of trains
on Eastern B, C. lines running

from MacGillivray to Corbin and
most pros

will ne-

will close one of the

 

perous mines in the w hole district,

|
|

>

fess ree crms rt reseed

BASEBALL SCORES

ee teeieie eee 2

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Northwestern League
Tacoma, 1 Vancouver 0.
Seattle 5, Spokane 2.
Portland 3, Victoria 2;

innings.

Pacific Coast League
Los Angeles 6, Portland 3.
Only game played.

American League
Chicago 13, New York 0.
Detroit 6, Philadelphia 3.
Boston 3, 2; St. Louis 2, 3.
Washington 5, Cleveland 2

National League
New York 3, St. Louis 2.

| Chicago 4, Philadelphia 2.

Pittsburg 8, Boston 1.

Cincinnati 2, Brooklyn 0.

thirteen

STEAMER HIT ROCK

One Hundred Passengers at
Trenton had a Narrow Es-
cape.

a

(Canadian Press Despatch)

Philadelphia, Aug. 1.—While car
rying one hundered passengers the
steamboat Burlington which left
last evening for Trenton,
|N. J., struck a rock in the Del-
aware River three below
| that place and sunk.
| that all the passengers were saved.

 

| here

miles

It is reported

 

DEATH RESULT
OF FOOLING

Corporal Dixon, Winnipeg You-
ng Man, Brought on His Own
Death by Foolishness.

 

(Canadian Press Despatch)

Winnipeg, Aug. 1.—After be-
fooling his companions with a
cry of drowning and giving them
the ‘‘Ha, Ha,’’ when they swam
to his assistance, Corporal Dixon
of Strathcona’s Horse, got into
real difficulty and was drowned
in the Red river in full view of his
companions, who, believing his
cries for assistance were another
hoax refused to go to his aid. The
body was recovered later.

VETO BILL WAITS

 

Before Commons
ina Week

|Will Come
Again

 

(Canadian Press Despacch)
London, Aug. 1.—The political
crisis over the veto bill has under-
gone a slight modification. The
House has decided to postpor :
the re-appearance of the bill before
the House of Commons until Au-

gust 7th.

 

 

City Clerk Woods was granted
a two weeks’ leave of abseuce
commencing August 14th. He

made application for a month.

 

 

 

 

‘ROGERS AND COCHRANE TO
MAKE GREAT SACRIFICE

Manitoba’s Minister of Public Works and “and Ontario’ s Minister of|
Mines Will Enter Federal Politics--Hon. Mr McBride Will
Think it Over Some More and Write Later--Harry
Senkler, K.C., to Contest Vancouver

Against Mr. G. H. Cowan

(Canadian Press Despatch)
Aug. 1. —The political
started earnest

Ottawa,
campaign in real
today. The party chieftains were
busy holding conferences and ar-
ranging plans, and a few impor-
tant announcements were made
in consequence.

Enter Federal Arena

Hon. Robert Rogers, Minister
of Public Works for Manitoba,
Hon. Frank Cochrane, Minister
of Mines for Ontario, and Hon,
Richard McBride, Premier of Brit-
Columbia closeted with
Borden for a long time. It
resulted in the announcement that
Hon. Mr. Rogers and Hon. Mr.
Cochrane will enter the Federal
arena. Mr. McBride reserved his
reply until he gets home.

Provincial Leaders

Hon. Mr. Rogers will contest
one of the western seats, and wil
lead the campaign for the Con-
in Manitoba. Hon.

ish were

Mr.

servatives

By the time the Panama Canal
and the Grand Trunk Pacific are
completed in two years’ time, a
new competitor will have entered
the Pacific transportation field.
The Hamburg-Amerika line of
German steamers is already plan-
ning to build a fleet to sail from
New York to Japan via the
Pacific ports. They will sail thr-
ough the Panama Canal, and call

GERMAN LINERS TO ENTER PACIFIC TRADE

Hamburg-Amerika Line of Steamships Preparing for Time When Panama Canal |‘

Mr. Cochrane will lead the cam-
paign for the Conservatives in}

| ster picnic on Saturday at Toronto. |
The Leading Tours
Neither Sir Wilfrid
Borden have yet arranged
itinerary.
ever, that Sir Wilfrid will devote
in On-
Mr. Bor-
weeks

Mr.
their

nor

himself
tario and Quebec, while

spend three
then a few
and wind up in the coast

to campaigning

den will in
Ontario,
Quebec,
provinces.
Renegade Sifton

Clifford Sifton it rumored,
will direcc the campaign generally
for the Conservatives, who
hoping for gains in the
provinces, and counting on Bouras-

meetings in

is

are
lowe!

sa dividing Quebec.
Cautious Dick

Ottawa, Aug. 1.—Premier,, Mc-

 

| Ontario, commencing with a mon- |

It is understood, how- |

prominent Con-

lden and other
Later

yesterday.

| servatives
1
strong efforts

was announced that
to have
ind for a Dom-

| were being made
|B. C. Premier st:
linion seat and throw himself into
the campaign. It is believed that
Mr. McBride would give no definite

janswer until after his return home.
|
|

elections and that Harry Senkler,

K. C., the president of the Liberal
Association, will be the choice
of the Liberals. The latter will

nominate the candidate on Thurs-
day night and the Conservatives
the home of Mr.

who the city

after arrival

Cowan will reach

 

Bride was closeted with Mr. Bor-

 

and G.T.P.

Rupert and other of the leading
Pacific ports on their way before
taking the shortest route across
the ocean. The new line will be
abie to bring settlers direct from
Germany to the northern Pacific
points, whence they will find easy
approach into the interior, The
company is said to be already
engaged in purchasing waterfront
property in Portland with a view

are Completed

 

 

at San Francisco, Portland, Prince

to constructing docks, They have

at the end of the week.

the Pacific
Comos steamers

already a trade on
Coast with the
which they control, and with the

great impetus which will be given

it |

the |

Vancouver, Asli 1.—Although |
no formal announcement has been
made it is believed that George
Cowan, the late member of the
Federal Parliament, will be the
lchoice of the Conservatives again
in this city for the forthcoming

That Prince Rupert harbor was
inhabited by races of mankind,
thousands of years ago is abun-
dantly demonstrated by the dis-
covery over on Digby Island at
the Quarantine Station, ot traces
of human life fifteen feet below
the level of the present soil.

Skull, teeth, stone hammer heads
a stone ball like a garden bowl,
and even the ashes of dead camp
fires which flickered their last
rays of warmth thousands of years
ago, have been uncovered by the
picks and shovels of the workmen.

These interesting archaelogical
discoveries lack only the presence
of a skilled student to tell ap-
proximately how long it is they
have lain there. Through strata
after strata can be traced the
succession of centuries, telling how
drop by drop the clouds have de-
posited their tiny grains of sand
and earth, and the processes of
decay have caused the timber and
grass to form an earth covering
for the remains.

One of the most interesting
discoveries shown to a News re-
porter by Mr. P.,W. Anderson,
the contractor for the quarantine

station, was the remains of an

FROM A FALL

Sheriff Ritchie of St. John, N.
B.. Meets Death from Acci-
dent.

 

 

(Canadian Press Despatch)

St. John, N. B., Aug 1.—Robert
Rankin Ritchie, sheriff of the
county and city of St. John, died
last night as the result of a fall
on Sunday in which he fractured
lhis skull. He was a son of the
\late Sir William Ritchie, formerly

 

ee, Justive of Canada.

Going to Victoria
Mayor
| Friday per the S.S. Prince Rupert

 

Manson will leave on
| toy Victoria where he will wait on
McBride to request the
TiF:

Premier
Government to ratify the G.

assessment agreement.

SHERIFF DIES

WORKMEN FIND TRACES
OF PRIMITIVE DWELLERS

Over on Digby Island, the Workmen Find Skulls, Stone
Tools and Remains of an Old Camp Fire Fifteen
Feet Below Surface of the Ground—Has
Been There Thousands of Years

old fireplace, more than ten feet
below the level of the ground. It
was opened out by the picks of
the workmen as they dug down
to the hard pan of the island
in finding a strong foundation for
the stately concrete buildings which
are to be built there.

The scooped out hollow in the
ground could be plainly traced
in the strata, and in the centre
were the charred remains of the
fire-coals. For several feet all
around were clam shells, not left
by Nature, but by the hands
of primitive man. This was in-
dicated by the fact that all the
shells were hollow side up, plainly
telling the tale of how early
savages gathered round the ‘‘clam
bakes” in the dawn of mankind's
history, just as the modern pic-
nicker does.

A stone ball perfectly rounded
like a cannon ball, and a rounded
stone hammer head, belong to a
later date. The shells, and the
workmen have unearthed several,
are in good preservation. To a
layman, they appear to be narrow-
er in the forehead, than the typical
Haida head.

COAL DUTIES
ARE REPEALED

United States Coal may now
Enter Prairie Provinces to
Relieve Coal Famine.

 

 

 

(Canadian Press Despatch)
Ottawa, Aug. 1.—Owing to the
failure of the coal miners and
mine operators to settle the strike
in the Alberta mines, the Govern-
ment today decided to rebate the
duties on bituminous coal brought
in from the United States to the
prairie provinces and Eatersn B. C.

Prince Rupert Indoor Baseball
League.

Quill Drivers vs. Brotherhood

Crescents at the Auditorium on

Tuesday evening, August Ist.

 

 

Game called 8.45 sharp. Ad-
mission 25c. Skating after the
game. 2t

 

 

 

Unconscious—All

(Canadian Press Despatch)
Hamilton, Aug. 1.—A terrible
fire broke out in the Provincial
Asylum here two o'clock this
morning, and completely destroyed
a large portion of the main build-
ing. The fire is still burning, but
is under control.

Some terrible scenes were wii-
nessed during the first hour of che
fire. Alarmed by the cries of the
attendants on duty through the

at

 

to trade on the Pacific Coast with
the joint completion of t! e Panama
Canal and the Grand Trunk Pa-
cific, they are planni: ¢ great de-
velopments to their fl et for Nor-
thern Pacific waters.

 

Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners, "Phone 4,

night, the staff of the hospival
set to work to save the unforiu-
nate patients.

burning building.

 

HAMILTON INSANE ASYLUM
IS DESTROYED BY FIRE

Inmates Fought Desperately When Efforts Were Made
to Rescue Them—Many Had to be Knocked

were Saved After

Terrible Experience

desperately and in terror against
their would be rescuers, it was
necessary for the guards to knock
them senseless and then carry
them to safety.

In one portion of the asylum,
a large number of dangerous crim-
iral lunatics are confined, many
of them being murderers. Great
precautions had to be taken to
prevent any of them escaping
during the panic in the darkness.

 

The whole of the fire brigade
and the police were called’ to the

Many fled in terror, |rescue, and did good work. The
but others in the midst of the|bleze destroyed the main stair-
alarm refused to move from thejcase,

cuiting off all escape but
the firemen' by the use of life

In order to save some of the|nets managed to save every person
unfortunate inmates who foughtlin the building,