ae THE WEATHER Twenty-four hours ending 5 a.m., : A G ye TRMP. BAR. IN, RAIN zi sg Fay pe — ir : ° diab RR eocen ees easTonight =e . ° s ‘ 3 B. ‘i J Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist UA, B, Cs eer ————— —— guy eiemncmmmamnmiinil . 4 = ai ae vol. 1 lI, NO. 192 PRINCE RUPEM'T, B.C.. THURSDAY, AuGusT 24, 1911. ‘Phice Five Cast COLD STAMPEDE IS ON FOR LA KE MARSH, YUKON ADUNCAN ROSS HAS BEGUN BATTLE FOR RECIPROCITY Fired First Shot in Welli Convention at ngton on Monday-—Liberal Nanaimo Was Great Success— Delegates Feted in Victoria on Sunday---Ross and Reciprocity . splendid convention. harmon- testimony who con- verything went along ly.” This urning delegates from the Liberal yesterday. Not until about to midnight did the making the is yf the re wo minutes I d, owing to yusi ( art. ition of Mr. Duncan min Ross was moved by G. R. Naden bf Pri Rupert and seconded by {r, White of Alberni. Mr. Bladso f one of the ridings in the south ominated Judge McInnes of Van- BL nd found a seconder in Ar. Wilk ad 1 krown the vote of 60| » 45 in favor of Duncan Ross, fr. Blad moved that a un- nimous vote be passed supporting | Duncen Ross. Mr White seconded Right for Rupert this and it was carried with great sclei. Some good speeches were mede by the various delegates, who were about forty-five in num- ber representing 105 votes. From Nanaimo, the delegates went to Victoria on Sunday and there they were well cared for by the Liberals of that city. Mr. Ross campaign in the south on Mon- day at Wellington, and will work | has commenced his] days before election day, Sep- tember 21. | Phone 4. HINATOWN FIRE IN VANCOUVER | veral Orientals are Missing and Believed to be Burned to |» Death. Frantic Scenes when} Chinamen Leapt for Life From Windows. age. ( dian Press Despatch) \ ver, Aug. 24.—Twenty- d dollars damage was Cl e here by fire which Oke early morning querter on Shanghai chis in ber of Chinemer be lying he smouldering ruins. me f rder control at the 1 ring, but it is impossible rum burned how many have been \ rumber of C Missing it some of them may the Orientals heve gore to pus heir countrymen { the outbreak, itracied a. great Owd even at the early hour, and at $25,000 Dam | | | the windows of the buildings their rescape having been cut off from| | below by the fire. lwho jumped are badly | They were hurried to the hospital »s they fell, while firemer | fought to keep the fire restricted. | Police looking for today. the other searchers the missing Chine Se and BUTTINSKI BUSINESS his way up here. As the ter- ritory he has to cover is such ; large one it is expected that he} will not be able to address Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners, Some of those | injured. | A WOMAN'S WAY White hot With Wrath at Hus- band. Miles Then Relented. (Canadian Press Despatch) Montreal, Aug. 24.—Travelling 12,000 miles to intercept her hus- band who deserted her; having him arrested here three hours after taking out warrant; leaving court house this morning willing to forgive and forget and live life enew is the startling story of Mrs. Hermicus Van Roy of Ant- werp. As soon as she saw the runaway husbard she relented and |withdrew the charge sayirg she \ was willing to pardon him. Van | Roy had left Antwerp in company }with another woman whose hus- lband had been buried the | morning of their de Pere on NIOBE BADLY DAMAGED j When the scrutineers| meeting in this city until a few|Seven Ton Chiling Snapped. Bow and Stern Broken. Six Months’ Repair Job. (Canadian Perss Despatch) Halifex, Aug. 24. lextent of damage to the Canadian | ~Today the Ship of War Niobe was estimated. The over seven tons has been snapped Niobe’s metal shoe weighing | through by the shock of the vessel's grounding. Bow re| both met with serious injury, and and stern have ithe. boat's bilges are seriously 1 . . |strained. Docked now for repairs, ithe Niobe will probably not leave the slips for a matter of six months, Chased Him 12,000\$. 4 erred ein — BASEBALL SCORES Tt sk Os Os } Northwestern League Vancouver 3, Seattle 0. Tacoma 8, Spokane 1. Victoria 8, Portland 6. National League Brooklyn 6, St. Louis 1. Pacific Coast League Portlard 5, Secremento 2. Oakland 12, Los Angeles 4. Verron 5, San Francisco 4. National League Philedelphia 3, Pittsburg 2. Circinnati 5, Boston 3. Chicago 6, New York 2. F. H. SHEPHERD CHOSEN Conservative Candidate to Op- pose Ralph Smith Once More FROZE ON PIKE’S PEAK Husband and Wife Found Dead in Each Other's Arms in the Snow. (Canadian Press Despatch) Colorado Springs, Aug. 24.— Clinging to each other for warmih near the icy summit of Pike's Peak W. F. Skinner and his wife, citizens of Dallas, Texas, have been found frozen to death. Their bodies were almost buried in the snow which had fallen after their death. The grim discovery was made by a boy climber who was descending the Peak. CANADIAN NORTHERN CONTRACTS Northern Construction Co. to Get Mountain Section (Canadian Press Despatch) Victoria, Aug. chosen unanimously as the servative cardidate to oppose Ral- ph Smith, at today's convention at Duneans. The same candidate opposed Ralph Smith at the last election and was most unmercifully beaten. SALMON SEASON CHANGE Govt. Extends Close Season on Fraser Till Sept. 15 (Canadian Press Despatch) Vancouver, Aug. 24.—The Dom- irion Government has suspended the close season for salmon from August 24 to September 15 on the Fraser. River owing to light 24.—Frark H.| 5 Shepherd of Nanzimo has been | #dvices from Toronto announce Con-|2 contract for the balance of the catches. Vancouver, Aug. 24.—Private Canadian Northern line from Kam- |loops to British Columbie, Al- berta boundary, reaching railhead from the prairies was awarded to the Northern Construction Co. Sub-contracts will be awarded by the latter for entire distance in a few days, tenders now being called for. Safe Investment, Gents A party of British capitalists from London, Eng., went up the G. T. P. yesterday heading for the Bulkley is said, view, it vestments. wTSSS GREAT NEW GOLD STRIKE iers of the pope have been much annoyed by newspaper men and photographers and have lately re- fused to see them or give them any information. disguised as @ ges inspector went into the palace and inspecied the meters After he was through | lhe esked.as to the health of the pontiff The pope’ s sisters think- him to be a excitement Cre $ great any f ic Chinamen leapt from as | Catholic answered his query can- |didly. DIAN AND SOFT DRINK WAS LIQUOR HOCUSSED ? ase of Josephine Reda Dismissed—Third Charge at Short Intervals For Illici it Liquor Traffic—Sergt. Phillipson Wants Stuff Supplied Analysed— Made in ; Reda appeared before ‘ C. C. Perry yester- ) charged with having lian with intoxicat ~he pleaded ‘Not ated that all the drink in her premises oll drink manufaetured Che Indian declared uff all hed Perry no was he had ( to dismiss the paid st lortnight for having rr, ! . 10% ting liquor to an : “ lor having the stuff “Mises in quantities to Mr case. heavy fines Licarce rf he had been running Wind Queer Soft Drink Phillipson who dis- : ed the Indj helplessly drunk ond near the accused's ‘rongly of the opin- oll drink supplied The City had undergone some fermentation if it actually hocussed, Its the Indian were certainly intoxicating if, as he maintained, he got drink He was too drunk somehow, was not effects on no where else, to know what had become of about ten dollars he had had in his posse ssion. Wants Stuff Analysed To satisfy himself as to the nature of the stuff supplied as anxious to have the liquor analysed, As the beverage is manufactured in the city, he thinks the au- thorities should take the matter up. It places the vendors of it in an awkward position, rendering them liable to heavy fines if the stuff should turn out to be in- toxicating. Possibly the Indian drank $10 worth and so managed ‘ Rees “the fizy dizzy feeling. to achieve devout and humble | soft drink, Sergenat Phillipson 1s; |) through ‘lin placer gold. NEAR CARCROSS, YUKON: Re cently ® reporter | Shorty Austin and His Mate Find Solitary Prospector Working | Rich Pay on McLentock Creek, Marsh Lake---Stampede of | Claim Stakers Leaves Carcross Deserted---Gold Fever | (Canadian Press Despatch) Skagway, Aug. 24. }been found in rich quantities on | McLentock Creek entering Marsh | Lake ten miles from Tagish Point in the Yukon. Territory. ..News of the big strike was brought in here hot haste by Co. Conrad of Carcross, who arrived from Caribou Crossing late last night with the that already the town of Careross is deserted. Everyone has made a dash for the Creek, and claim stakers are hard - at work. The gold fever has caught Skagway, and this morning's train out northbound was crammed to the limit of safety by gold seekers for the new Gold has story on the stampede fields. Every Boat Commandeered Every available boat within reach of Carcrosse has been com- mandeered by the prospectors, and hundreds are mushing it over It is & race almost like the Klondyke stampede, and the rush may be quite as great if all accounts of the strike make good, First news of the strike filtered Shorty Austin and_ his mate Reidgood. Prospecting ar- ound McLentock Creek they came upon a lone prospector at work, In few minutes they realised that he was in on a good thing a He had sunk a hole fifteen feet deep which still | had not reached bedrock, and had | found good pay. ia Ground not Frozen The ground was not frozen, —_———_ Ope 00 CO Teer OF and | READ, MARK, LEARN! On anoshail page of this issue of the Daily News appear copies of the two bylaws on which the citizens will be asked to vote on Saturday Sep- tember 2nd. One bylaw is to confirm the agree- ment made between the City and the G. T. P.; the other is to raise the necessary funds, $550,- 000, to be exact, for the construction of a Hydro- Electric system to supply Prince Rupert with wat- er, electric light and power all in one scheme. It is up to you to read these bylaws. They are printed so that every- body may know the pros and cons of what the citizens are asked to’ accept or reject. ; ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °o ° ° ° ° °o ° ° ° ° ° °o 9° ©o00000000000 Smites Skagway This Morning---Strike is Near G. T. P., Rupert-Dawson Branch the gold which is coarse in grain is bery plentiful. Reidgood and Shorty Austin at once staked }claims, and hurried into Carcross with news of the strike which had been kept secret by the first prospector. Now claims are being staked rapidly along’ the creek. IL ake Marsh is not far from the o| line proposed for the Grand Trunk Railway Branch line to Dawson from Prince Rupert, and if the strike on McLentock Creek turns out to be a second Klondyke, there may be something doing on this part of the line. soon SPOKE TO 3,000 Sir Wilfrid Laurier Advocated Reciprocity at Sorel (Canadian Press Despatch) Ottawa, Aug. 24.—Before an audience of 3,000 people Sir Wilfrid Laurier spoke to advocate the cause of reciprocity, while at To- ronto R. L. Borden, leader of the opposition spoke to a meeting. Both gentlemen were given great receptions, Chief Owens of the Provincial Police has run to earth an opium den up river, and the denizens and owners of the place will appear shortly before the Magistrate. Valley where they will look over lands there with a to making in- Three Burglars Tracked to (Canadian Press Despatch) Winnipeg, Aug. 24.—Constable Trainor of the Winnipeg police force, has beer shot dead in the execution of his duty, by three housebreakers whom the officer was endeavoring to arrest in the vicinity of Point Dougles. Trainor wes shot in the stomach after a terrific struggle with the burglars who broke away from him and opened fire all three pumping fifteen shots at him. Tracked Men to House The couregeous constable stayed wich the men in the face of their fire keeping them cornered. Thou- gh fatally wounded he stuck to his task till help arrived. Shortly after discovering that a burglary had been committed Constable Trainor got trace of — MARRIED AT SEA Wedding Ceremony Performed Between Seattle and Alaska Nome, Alaska, Aug. 24.—When the steam schooner Redfield, for Seattle and Nome, arrived off Cape Flattery, the captain found a seasick girl 16 years old on board. be near her sweetheart, the en- gineer of the vessel. his authority as commander, Czp- tain McKenna pronounced the engineer and stowewey husband and wife, and the couple arrived ere yesterday after a happy voy- age. Rush to Goose Bay The rush into Goose Bay and the surroundirg mining country has apparently rot abated. Yes- terday the S.S. Venture carried over fifty miners in from Varcou- ver as well as a large number from here. The Granby Company is making and is getting great headway results. She confessed she stowed away to By virtue of CONSTABLE SHOT DEAD IN DESPERATE STRUGGLE Their Retreat in Rachel Street Winnipeg by Constable Trainor—Plucky Officer Held His Men Cornered Amid Hail of Shots Until Help Arrived his men. He followed them up closely to their l2ir in a house on Rachel street. Here he cornered them single harded, ard in spite of their despereie aitempts to escape kept them there. Desperate Break Away Once the mer got wise to the corstzble’s discovery of their pres- ence in the house they tried to slip out, ard it was while making a determined rush together with a rapid fire of revolver shots that the constable was fatally shot. The shooting began a few minutes before help arrived, and the dying officer was just able to hold his position long enough to delay the men in their break awey to sefeiy. They were caught redhanded and are now in custody urder strorg guard. ENGINEER LUNN OF THE G.T.P. Reports Strides in Construc- tion of Branch Line Near Battleford, Sask. Battleford, Sask., Aug. 23.— Chief Engineer Lunn, of the Grand Trunk Pacific, is in town today, and announces thet ore hurdred teams have beer shipped for im- mediate work by Lamoureux and Peterson, the successful tenderers for the Battleford-Wainwright br- anch. The contract for two bridges across the Battle river has been awarded to John Gunn ard Com- pary, of Winnipeg, the work to be completed by April 1 next. Word has been received here from Win- nipeg that a company has been formed to build ard operate a carline between the two Battle- fords, with headquarters in this town. The C: Carpenter’s Union will hold a smoker in their hallon Satur- day, Aug. 26° All members are asked to be present. A special committee of the members of the Kaien Island Club is arranging for a boxing bout to take place in the club gymnasium some time next morth. If the overtures that are being made pan out as expected Joe Bayley of Victoria lightweight champion of British Columbia, will go fifteen rounds with Oscar Nelson of Van- The match will be fought with 8 oz. gloves-in accordance with all regulations covering such meetings in the Province of British Col- umbia, and will be governed also by conditions in compliance with the city regulations. The purse to be contested for will be a per- centage of the gate recipts, which will undoubtedly be liberal jas very keen interest is displayed by . B.C. CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT TO BE HELD IN RUPERT Oscar Nelson of Vancouver Will Meet Joe Bailey of Victoria in Contest for the Lightweight Champion- ship Belt for the Province—Match to be Held at Kaien Island Club the community of Prince Rupert in athletic events. No doubt is expressed as to the success of the arrangements, Contestants Well Known Both contestants are well known to lovers of ‘‘the noble art’’ and the athletic community generally in the city. Joe Bayley has not so far visited Prince Rupert, but couver. The match will be for|his reputation is well known here, the lightweight championship of}and he will receive a welcome this province. befitting it. Oscar Nelson has Conditions of Match already appeared in a_ boxing contest on the Empress Theatre stage. His bout with Harry Lom- bard last year is well remembered. At that time he got the decision on a foul. Princess May Due The wireless station reports that the S.S. Princess May will arrive here southbound tomorrow after- noon about two o'clock, ‘D oR } ie 2h ae i i ces ; i t 4 ; ; bs ae ar a ie Cid * AE a hes re ) 2 Teal 2 Ne oy ae : tae ee Sra et te af 4 eh 4 ¢ é * we 2 € : eg OM ° Fi wh