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PRINCE RupERT, B.C., TUESDAY, AuGusT 29, 1911. ee Lae J 4 ‘price Five CENTS

 

 

 

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ARE AIRED IN COUNCIL

Superinten

 

dent Love Complains of Interference From

An Alderman —Says That Relying on Aldermanic
Support One of His Staff is Working
Against Him

 

rge audience

 

There wa “
at the weekly ting of the ¢ iy
Fathers last night, nor much of
ary publi¢ i rest in the dis-
cussions th K place,

But there * re subjeci into
ghich wes injected by Alderman
Claytor f passing in-
ferest: 7 \ the opening
of the cour . when May-
or Manson re mmunication
from Ernest Love, superintendent
of ele |. telephones.
It pr | her strong |
epistle, a wes a silence |
that following its]

alderman feel-
ing I he i Idermean |
rele irbing episile |
repli mewhat strong |
languag that aroused |
he municipal}

te tT I 10 ws
Supt. Love's Letter |
Ar me importance |
iy connection |
wi ing garried by]
embers of your
nection with the
is. department
which app to have been

listened to by some members.
A case came up today when a

member of your council challen- |

ged my weight of the coal now
being delivered at the electric
light plant. Afier investigation

my weight was found to be
correci.
“The alderman in quesiion

was informed by a certain per-
To this
prepared to
the fact
mains that some person has been

son in this department.
fect I

sweer.

am almost

However, re-
carrying tales to this alderman.

‘Now to get to the point, if
the alderman will stoop to listen
to a hearsay statement on the
streets, and thus put the head
of a department in the position

in which he hes placed me, |
claim that the aldermen must
have little faith in me.

“That being the case I ask

that the council give me power
to discharge the employee of|
this department, whether he}
be paid by the day or by the}

|

month,

 

CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

 

 

 

MUST OBEY THEIR BOSSES

 

 

__| Foreman McBride to Laborer Clements of Vanecouver—‘‘ Never mind him, he’s only a consumer.

Its the protected interests we’re working for.’’

From Port Essington comes news
of wholesale and agonising death
amongst an Indian family there
as a result of ptomaine poisoning.
The dead are Mrs. David Stephens
and her son David Siephens. An
adopted daughter named Mrs. Star
is not expected to live. All three
were taken to the General Hospital
at Essington and lay there suffering
frightfully in spite of all the
efforts of Dr. Large and_ the
nursing staff to relieve their ago-
nies and save their lives. Mother
and son died within a few hours
of one another in the small hours
of yesterday morning. The doctor
and nurses were fighting hard for
the life of the other woman at the
time of writing.

Stale Salmon Eggs

Stale salmon eggs did the dread-
ful mischief. The Indians had
kept the eggs in a cedar wood box
for about three weeks. Then tie
delicacy was taken out of the
cedar box and put in a jam can.
Whether it was partial decom-
position of the eggs during the time
they lay in the wood, or whether
they acquired some form of poison

TWO DEAD, ONE DYING
PTOMAINE POISONING

Terrible Indian Family Tragedy at Port Essington—
Mrs. Stephens and Her son David, Die Within an
Hour of Each Other—Adopted Daughter’s
Fight for Life—Ate Salmon Eggs

from contact with the tin, 2s in
the case of some meats, is not
krown yet, but the effecis were
sudden and deadly. Seized with
dreadful pain the three Indians
collapsed utterly 21d though Dr.
Large who wes celled in by alarmed
neighbors strove with magnificent
medical effort to overcome the
fatel effects of the food the two
first named died in agony.
Funerals at Once

While doctor and nurses were
still tryirg to save the life of the
third victim the remains of the
mother and son had to be buried
with all speed. The body of
Mrs. Stephens was interred yes-
terday. That of her son David
who died within a few hours of
his mother, is being buried today.
The whole community is shocked
at the tragedy, and the Indians
are apparently awed by the sudden-
pe of the deaths of their own
people. Sergeant Phillipson whose’
duties take him to Port Essington
regularly rendered great assistance
to the poor people whey they
realised the seriousness of the
calamity thet had befallen them.

 

 

 

INDIAN YOUTH
STOLE $2000

Extraordinary Cunning Display

ed by Titus

Campbell

of

Port Essington in Opening a
Safe by Secret Method. Four
Robberies Altogether.

tour vi Mr
Sale t , }
n |
Pp
The
ike d ee
f e]
Walt for
wi hac
re }
looks at first sj
Were pn j
1 rl (
es

been set

stolen in
nningham’s

sums of
some two
Campbell,
years of
pprehended
lice after a
lor
a sphirx
who laid in
or quite a
Phillipson }
track

* now,

also
|
It
Indian
kind

if the

me of

 

sti" 25s% PROPERTY OWNER POINTS OUT FLAW

th
secret will prove to be exceptional |
Absui

last

if untouched. Perhaps
adroitness with pickloc ks.
$409

haul

man's

He

the
the

was young

from safe was

This was his fourth visit to the]

safe in a period of about four

months

Will Cross Channel to Com-)

memorate Bleriot

Lordon, Aug. 29

IN THE ASSESSMENT AGREEMENT

caught with the goods so to speak.| Clause 11 Will Permit the Railway Company to Take O

ver all the Unsold Lois and

Sections of the Townsite Company, and Have Them Exempted from Tax-
ation for the Next Ten Years—Would Heap Up Taxation for

A property owner who has ex
tensive interests in Prince Rupert

the Private Citizens

|property, real or personal, within

the city limits.’ Whet property

The cities of |ing out the dangerous character of | the railway compery and the city

Brighton and Dieppe have joined|the proposed settlement of the|council would say the present

hands for vietion meet to be}

held across the English Channel}

in September on the
of Bleriot's flight

|
|

Grand Drawing
mship Agency—3|
ish to Seattle or|
Tickets |
Call at

Rogers’ Stea
free tickets

Vancouver

and ci
end return,
one cent to two dollars.

office or Phone 116

 

SKEENA SALMON SHIPPED
OVER THE G.T.P. RAILWAY

First Consignn

the New Tr

News th
Ol Sockey,
River to fy
through Pri
Verness (
ferred to +)
Yesterd i\
heralds a
of Skeena Ri
Already the ;
Railway beoi;
haul of
With the
i let foy th
link jy th,

hew

Me lact of |

*KAMent | th
IWo hun dred

Ol the shipm

by Mr RG

of the Inv rn

1 Coy

{

i

ent of Two Hundred Cases Sent Over
anscontinental, from Inverness Can-
nery A Foretaste of Big Trade to

Follow.

nsignment
the Skeena
| has passed
trom In-
been trens-
ce George
the south
he history
on fishing,
runk Paeifie
lor the long
it freight,
he contract
” Of the last
inental line
ilmon con-
‘teresting,
was the size
ch was made

On, Manager

 

Victoria,
the |

' Sons,

by J. H. Todd
Had the salmon

Skeena been a big one a go xd deal
have been

Eastern

season on

more salmon would
finding its way to
markets by rail west to begin |
with. When the long haul east)
is possible the G. T. P. will with |
Skeena, Naas River, and Island |
salmon and Prince Rupert halibut)
renk amongst the fish |
carrying lines in the werld.

After the reciprocity agreement |
opens the markets of the United

the

greatest

|

States to Canadian fish, the ¢ wand
Trunk Pacific will then be in the |
happy position of supplying the
Seattle market by their steamers, |

Eastern market

the bigger

and

 

inery owned

by their fast through trains.

G. T. P. assessment question. The
article is so valuable that it will

anniversary | be printed in full in tomorrow’s|erected thereon.

issue.

tand held by the railway company |

oP the buildings hereafter to be
That may be
|what the city council meant, but

! - . . .
(If my interpretation of the section
is correct, we stand in imminent

: : ee nie
|has written the News today point-|does this include? Probably both|danger, and I ask each and all

to look into the matter carefully
| end defeat this bylaw.

“It may well be asked why the
|people should consider seriously
lany such adjustment of the G. T.

|P. assessment. Many people ap-

. ° j . : ‘ | ; :
In view of the meeting to be/I do not think that is the reading | pear to think that an adjustment

| held tonight to discuss the bylaws, | of the seciion. What is to prevent

we print in advance the exceedingly
valuable criticism of Clause 11,
which if it is passed will permit
the Grand Trunk Pacific to absorb
all the lands of the Townsite De-
velopment Company and hold them
free of taxation for ten years.

“Clause 11.—If sections 7, 8,
9 and 10 are worthless, this clause,
I believe, is dangerous. The rail-
way company is to pay $15,000
per annum ‘in respect of all its

DRAMATIC MOVE

Lawyer for Prosecution Springs
an Unexpected Witness
(Canadian Pesrs Despatch)

Chesterfield, Aug. 29.—Very
dramatic was the action of the
prosecution in the Beattie case
today when Mrs, Owen, mother-in-
law of Beattie, was suddenly called
to the stand. It was thought by
all that she had left the country.

Her evidence went to show that

Beattie’s physical condition was

such that she had warned her

daughter not to be with her
husband alone. Beattie she de-
clared was afraid that his father

would hear of his condition and

disown him.

eerie Sate ee ae
Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners,
Phone 4.

the Development Company from
transferring all property
the Railway Company immediately

its to

after this agreement is ratified,
yet under this clause it appears
lto me that the city could: only

collect $15,000 per annum as gen-
eral taxes, and if the property |
holders of Prince Rupert do not}
waken up the nature of this}
agreement, I fear we are on the
verge of the biggest blunder that
has yet been made in our history.

to

ASHBAL SORE

Northwestern League
Spokane 5, Victoria 4.
Seattle 7, Vancouver 6.
Portland 4, Tacoma 3.

National League
New York 2, St. Louis 0.
Cincinnati 2, Brooklyn 1.
Chicago 3, Philadelphia 4.
Pittsburg 8, Boston 0.

American League
Boston 4, Chicago 1.
New York 4, St. Louis 2.
Philadelphia 12, Detroit 3.

 

 

 

The local Conservatives have
opened club rooms in the Hart
block, corner of Second avenue and

Sixth street. Mr, Hart has his

of this matter will settle our
money market so to speak, make
our securities unquestionable, and
cause a in real estate. By
what manner of logic they arrive
at this conclusion, I know not.
How can a higher rate of taxes
upon the land held by private
owners in Prince Rupert increase
the value real estate? How
can a decreased assessment add
to our security? Truly a tug-of-

rise

of

 

(Continued on page 4.)

FIENDISH MALICE

Train Deralied by Malicious
Mischief—Sixty Hurt

(Canadian Press Despatch)
Middeltown, Conn., Aug. 29.—
Sixty were injured when the New

York, New Haven & Hartford
train was deliberately wrecked
last night by the removal of

several spikes. Some of the in-
jured may die.

Attractive Bargains

The auction sale of the Brin
Furniture Company on Second
avenue proved a great success

last night and will be continued
tonight. This is an exceptional
opportunity to buy that piece of

 

 

undertaking parlors in the rear,

furniture you need,

ALD. NEWTON ANGRY

Thought There was too Much
Red Tape about Getting Wat-
er for His House.

 

Alderman Newton rose in the
council last night on a point of
privilege. During his absence from
the city the architect of his new
home had applied to the city for
water connections and was told
it could not be granted without
the owner’s signature to the ap-
plication.

Alderman Hilditch said Mr. New
ton had had plenty of time to
apply for permit, at which
Alderman Newton observed with
heat that it was nothing
new for Alderman Hilditch to
“parley away’’ everything the en-
gineering department called
upon to do, He felt this delay in
obtaining water connections was
a real grievance, upon which the
Mayor soothed the alderman by
promising to look into the matter.

a

some

wes

ARE BES

 

Vancouver, Aug. 28.—Loceal in-
terest in the oil fields of Graham
Island has been stimulated by
the reports brought back by Mr.
J. W. Coovert, a mining engineer

of Portland, who has returned
after a visit to Graham Island
to report on some coal areas

owned by the John McLeod Com-
pany of Vancouver. Mr, Coovert
found the Island so interesting
to a mineral expert that he stayed
two months and would have liked
to have stayed a month longer.
He says that after observing the

 

GRAHAM ISLAND OILFIELDS

WILL PETITION
PRESIDENT HAYS

| Ploseee Hansen will Ask G. T.
F. President for Space on
Reserve.

The question of the little fruit
stand the corner of McBride
and Sixth avenue came up again
at the council last night, all the
aldermen and the Mayor and
city solicitor taking a whack at
it but leaving the difficulty un-
solved and referring it to the streets
committee. Alderman Clayton
said it was that Mr. Mus-
sallem wanted to establish a busi-
for himself at the point
but that he felt as much entitled
to consideration as any other man,

Alderman Hilditch said Pioneer
Hansen was getting up a petition
President Hays asking for a
location on the G. T. P. reserve.
If he succeeded he would leave
where he was, which would settle
the matter.

 

at

not

ness

to

 

T HE EVER SAW

Important Statement of Mr. J. W. Coovert, of Port-
land, a Well Known Mining Engineer, Who Has
Been Investigating the Coal and Mineral ;
Lands

northwestern portion of the island
and found there conditions such as
I had never before seen, and I
have inspected most of the oil
fields on this continent, Never
before have I seen surface showings
so favorable, and you can say
without reservation that if oil
is not found in that field, all the
knowledge by years of
experience in this business by all
the experts engaged in it, might as
well be set aside.”

gained

Hydro-Electric Progress
Mr. Durant says there are now

 

great resources of British Columbia
the United States is no longer
attractive to him.
Speaking of the oil fields of
Graham Island, Mr. Coovert said:
“I visited the oil fields on the

twenty men at work on building
or in survey work at the Khtada
camp of the Hydro-Electric Com-
pany and that their number will
shortly be increased.

 

 

 

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