TT EATHER TN THE 7 uP NAR TN. RAIN \ y » 80.276 . \ | Legiaiatiy, Library 7 Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist jy Zt 1. CONGDON DEFEATED IN THE YUKON ELECTION Dr. Thompson, His Old Opponent, Gets in by Over Four Hundred Majority—Change of Government Had Evidently Affected the Result Press Despatch) Mr. Congdon’s Record D Or 24,—Thompson Mr. Congdon has been member e! Congdon at TOT the Yukon since 1908. He election by a ma- ; ; eS hindred. ‘Tiere resigned his office as Commissioner polls to hear from. | of Yukon Territory in 1904 to| » far are Thompson| contest his seat but was defeated 125 lon 736. on that occasion by Dr. Thompson. D Thompson, the vic-|In the 1908 election he was re- her of Mr. James] turned by large majorities. Prior | of the Thompson|to the change of Government it i Company of «this city.;}had been practicaliy settled to | | was naturally|return him by acclamation this ir of his brother’s}time. The change of Government informed by the|has evidently decided the Yukon ning. election. HIS SON DROWNED | 26th inst., at 6 p.m. The old | tender in last night have beet Tragic Drowning Accident in pevanted unopened. ‘Sixty days Family of Captain Sears of | a r the trail is completed,”’ is the Iroquois. the new time limit, and reasonabl | allowance will be made for snow Pre Despatch No work can be accepted while 24.—At Sidney] snow is still on the ground. This vert Sears, the ten het aie at a late hour last { Captain Sears, fell] n the city council d wad drowned if | OFF AFTER COAL Sears will be remem- master of the ill]Launch Phippen Takes Pro- MUOIS which pe rish s of life off Sidney the summer. visions of Party to Stewart | Island. Yesterday afternoon the launch WOODWORTH TENDERS | Phip ypen left loaded down with the outfit of the Me ssrs. Green, of | Yew Tenders Called for Thurs-| New York, who are making fo day. Old Ones Returned Un-|Stewart Island to prospect for opened. Easier Conditions. |coal on Graham Island The | jlaunch towed a scow laden with| for Woodworth]! provisions and other supplies. The | inder easier speci-| Messrs. Green followed on the ed for Thursday,| British Empire. ITY COUNCIL REAFFIRMED THE REDUCED WAGE SCALE Dne Alderman Showed a Disposition to Wriggle in the Presence of the Workingmen, But Was Chided by His Colleagues for It PRINCE RuPERT, B.C., TUBSDAY, OcToBER 24, 1911. ef US GIVE PHILADELPHIA A FEW FINE DAYS GUN ACCIDENTS HE CAN'T ADMIT PHILADELPHIA WINS AT VICTORIA * PHILADELPHIA win LADY BARRISTER A. L. Partington and Charles ™ (Cai dia h.. Deacasiil Laws of British Columbia Make Watkin Receive Serious In-| 5 Phi' adelphia, Oct. 24 Legal Profession the Mon- juries While out Duck Shoot-| x Before a big crowd the opoly of Men. Athletics won the fourth x match of the world’s base Despatch) | ball series by 4-2. | 3 The score was Phila- delphia 4 runs, 11 hits 1 (Canadian Press Despatch) New Westminster, Oct. 24.— Justice Morrison this morning de- cided that a lady barrister who applied to him for an order that ing. Be (Canadian Pri Victoria, Oct. 24.—Two se rious | gunning accidents marked the day’s | | | | | | | | duck shooting near here yesterday. vee : the Benchers’ refusal to admit A. L . Partingt« n received a ae 3 New York 2 runs, 7 hits her to practice be over-ruled could in his side when a loaded gun} bid ooitalect: not be granted as the laws of lying cocked the bottom of British Columbia do not recognize his boat exploded fa * ae Se Me adios oe lawyers. Charles Watkin had his arm|> ae : = spn shattered sO badly that it had to} TRADE STILL. GROWS STILL TOC WET be amputated wher hx peg! the eo gun to him by the muzzle. Par-| Canada’s Trade ee Over Does It Never Stop Raining in tington has an even chance of| a Million a Month During!) Philadelphia—World’s Series recovery, | Last Six Months. Still Held Up. (Canadian Pre “Ss Despate h) Philadelphia, Oct. 24.—The ath- (Canadian Pr ss Despatch) Ottawa, Oct. 24.—Canada’s Ald. Clayton Resents the Very| trade in September was $69,868, 129 ALDERMANIC AMENITIES | letic grounds are too wet today Name of Newton Applied to| ‘> against $64,459,495 in Septem-|to permit playing the baseball Hi in Mistak | ber 1910. For the six months| championship of the world series. a ae dhding September 1910 the total i Alderman Hilditch referred to| Seco eee eee oS against! GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER to | $360,277,276 in 1910 Alderman Clayton by mistake last} night as “Alderman Newton.” Ninety Year Old Man is Found} No, No!"’ said Alderman Clay- BROKE SWIMMING RECORD | Guilty of Crime at New West-| ton, “not by a long sight J. McNeill, of Victoria, Swam| Minster. “I beg your pardon, Alderman| Half Mile in 14 Mins. 17 Secs. ; Ri Newton,” said Alderman Hilditch, (Canadian Press Despatch) bowing graciously to the aldermar Victoria, Oct. 24.—The Can- New Westminster, Oct. 24.— on his left and ignoring Alderman | adian half mile swimming record| Charged with murdering Levi Mc-| Clayton on his right. They were} was broken here last night by J.|Cutcheon in a shack on Hastings scrapping about the cost of the} McNeill of this city. His time| townsite during a drunken orgie, | cemetery road. was 14 minutes 17 seconds. The|a mnonagenarian named Channel, | feat occurred in the half mile}a veteran of the American civil | Coats for chindren—big range. race at the Y. M. C. A. swimming|war, was today found guilty of | Wallace's. 2t| meet. | manslaughter. BURIED ALIVE IN A MUD SLIDE Terrible Fate Oeketakes Two Italian ‘changes at Kitselas Tunnel in Early Hours of the Morning D. COLLATI AND ALBERT CERCI THE VICTIMS Men Were at Work in the Dark Tunnel When a hiss on Mountain Mud Broke in and Buried Them Alive—Will Probably Take Three Days to Dig the Bodies Out—Accident Occurred on McDougall’s Contract PRICE FIVE CENTS CHINA IS PREPARING FOR BiG NATIONAL UPRISING 'News Has Now Leaked Out C Over the Country that the Rebels Administered a Crushing Defeat to the Imperial TroopsJat Hankow (Canadian Press Despatch) Pekin, Oct. 24.—There is no longer any doubt but that the rebels administered a crushing de- feat to the Imperial troops near Hankow, and that the effect of it will be to greatly aid the rebel movement in the Chinese provinces purposes of retreat. Reports received today indicate that the rebels delivered a crushing blow to the loyalists near near Hankow. CONSERVATIVE ( CON- VENT Will be Held in V. in Vancouver on Rumors are persistent that a great rising is planned to take November 24th and 25th place during the next few days ae in the vicinity of the capital. (Canadian Press Despatch) The diplomatic corps has dis-} Vancouver, Oct. 24.—The Con- cussed the advisability of main-|servatives have fixed November taining the communication open|24 and 25 as the date of the between Pekin and Tientsin for} provincia] convention. i /BALL GAME LAST NIGHT | KINGSWAY CLEARS After supplying substitutes to Lively Scrap. Great Enthu-| handle the vessel in their places siasm. | the crew of the trawler Kingsway who declared the vessel unsea- worthy yesterday were paid off, and the boat put to sea without alteration of deck cargo. | Phillies Put it over Giants after | Wildest en ithisiaes sm prevailed at the ball game at the Auditorium last night when the Phillies man- |aged to beat the Giants by 23-21. There were sensational plays on both sides, and a big audience gave the game a great reception. Umpires Sloan and Blake did good work. Next game is planned for Thurs- | day night, and will be a hot one. CALL TO CHRISTIAN MEN Are Needed in the Battle-line of the Men’s World Missionary Movement. =| (Canadian Press Despatch) Commission vs. Ciena Vancouver, Oct. 24.—A vigorous | In the Presbyterian Church Hal} |@ppeal to all Christian men to get | on Wednesday evening there will | into the battle-line of the Men’s | be a lively open debate on Com-| Missionary Movement was sound- | mission Government versus Mun-|ed at the convention yesterday. | icipal Council. Some of the best} Stirring addresses were -delivered [speakers in Rupert will lead the] by many prominent speakers discussion on both sides, and all|among them being Sir Amdrew | interested are cordially invited. Fraser. TWO BANK CLERKS ARRESTED WHOLE STAFF SUSPENDED Drastic Action Follows the Discovery of a Fire in a Winnipeg Bank—Audit Showed That a Sum of $5,000 Was Short in Bank’s Funds Smothered in the darkness of]at the west end of MacDougall’s|cavated cut through the mountain ; ne . tons if . > cor ori side acl > wk face. The ye : ‘ . ° . ertain aldermen] public or sneaked round behind pes y morning by tons of | aoe ee a ane the eee cae to reach si " . ee ae Winnipeg, Oct. 24.—A sensation|a small fire was discovered in the . h slid fro a side | é aze ! as ¥ informed | rock Was reached some e é , : oo fi * : * ves in the eyes of} them on the quiet as had been} W%™* h slid { m the mountain side | at RAGE OR: HR es Mr M ee : lin » has been. carried | has been caused in Winnipeg bank- bank. An investigation showed ’ es .|into the tunnel cut in which they|of the circumstances. Mr. Mca-jand tunnelling has been carried)’ ’ m I Ie 1th h jinsinuated by the speaker at the , f : : - i a ing circles by the arrest last night it to be in two places, and that the n voters from the VW cs were working, two Italians have! Dougall, the contractor, is at|on for some 200 or 300 yards in. | ing circ et 5 1@ arre é £ | books of the bank were burning. ? a7 1 o|!- W. W. meeting. ie : ’ iden a the job, and the wire! But at the entrance to the west|of two clerks of the Union Bank. | : g agreed to a 37 1-2)" aigerman Kerr disagreed with| lost their lives. Phe accident} present on the job, and the wire| But at the entrance ol : i ' K | |An audit on Saturday and today ‘ rat } : =) ; happened at the West Portal of|sent from Kitselas did not furnish| portal where the steam shovel The arrested men are John ips é ate on the Wood-! Alde » Newton nd declared PI q : , showed a shortage of five thousand d | } tl oe 1 , } l ; . vot for| the tunnel us der construction by} full particulars of the occurrence.|dug through the soft mountain McLeod, the ledger-keeper, and} dotiare! ri t or on : no oter oO , 1s ‘ ; . eS 2 - fei ad : nT , . 4 7 te, Provide. much) that he tor one nar : Contractor MacDougall on the| A wire was also received at Messrs.| surface until rock was reached|Gordon T. Nagle, the teller of| TI fo aaed a the city council the mm 1-2 ee | | k}| Grat d Trunk Pacific at Mile 108.| Foley, Welch & Stewart's office| there was the possibility that a| the Selkirk Avenue branch of the} 1e entire sta Is suspence : | . uuglas. als t c ‘ ‘ . . 7a . ; > ¢ | : > ,, i sete ave 2 illy the council re- ein rh a dnote = Newoeain The names of the dead men are|informing them of the occurrence.| slide might occur, the raw moun-| Union Bank. |and the two arrests have been icic od . exe ion oO 3 a > ood ; ‘ . <@ i i é ion to have the nated ilenged anyone in the city|D- Collati, teamster, ar d Albert As the tunnel has not yet been| tain and mud -muskeg slipping On Friday morning at one o ‘clock | made. ’ bei mea erga pete RES. a .4|Cerei, mucker. They were killed} ,, to the tailueae wan. ito: the-cut. This is what General |. wrose ovér a letter|to say that he had not opposed | 5320 1 1 handed aver han CRE ee See C perintendent Mehan surmises ' : ithe S87. 12 i ‘ He had|@#bout 90.00 a.m., yesterday, and) fe Py 4 wwii estebiek . Pra “| NEW CEMETERY ROAD H N council from Mr, | the 4 ae . haa. : oe sal it will take about three days to} P@?y thi work * Without the} must have happened. The men an | ° secretary of the rok a cons . be cee ms uid{ recover the bodies. The fatality province of General Superintendent were . probably doing their work Ald. Clayton’s Request for Dy-| EXCHANGE BS imunicating the ugnt th Gays \\ i +}| Was purely accidental, the mud- Mehan, nevertheless Mr. Mehan|hauling out excavated material saateal ay for Tieatmintion ot d by the men at] be the ayes m _ a worth slide being practically impossible| Who has accurate personal know-| from the tunnel boring further in, Nobs Preci; itates a Quarrel. rs in the meee | 1 - but bs rt amie n a ms ( oh ih uard aeinde ledge of me oan es ts when ‘he mass of mud slid in the 5 wae Winston Churchill Becomes Sunday night. he | o hea ae al } sa F edvancing the work, was able sness over the edge of the cut i , . AY hat he had not sanctioned the Police Informed a . . Sain’ aabetna cath darkness Ove ve edge Alderman Clayton thought that Lord of the Admiralty and ested against the] that : 1 Alder : to suggest the probable circum completely burying them. Aly, certain AMisiealscsue neta iene Mr. McKenna, Home Secre- he city being re-|decrease In rate surprised ZAlcer-) 16 emation was wired to Pro-|stances of the accident, from his : aA TP aot : : tary of Great Britain. 5 Cla He maintained that]. a 1s ‘ ee a seers The | Strong force of men is now engaged | cemetery road is crawling ought 1-2 cents per hour | man ‘ $ ; vincial Police Chief Owens yes-| knowledge of the ground. The | * 4 ‘ al Raia ft t Se cra aS atthe sei orks when the city| Alderman Kerr had known aa terday afternoon that an accident| west portal of the tunnel is ap-|in clearing away the fall to reach Al i 7 so Ll lite nays a re ws (Canadian Press Despatch) is : Ss ‘ | 4 i : i 2 a » wv » a . oe “ understood to!well what he. wi doing last had occurred through a mudslide | proached by a steam shovel ex-| the bodies Orman Citcn expired th London, Oct. 24.—An interesting r } | Monday night. He said Alderman | _ | the reason the nob was nat shot , ‘4 hour ‘ ' ; hi |off was becanse the cemetery road exchange of portfolios has taken ( yion moved that] i Kerr was only changing hi tune e » © cemetery . lace i he Britist “abine I ! tha . kk lwas being done on the cheap,| P/ace m the British Cabinet. t ed | 8 now he was he wanted to make a g e o7 € ap.|! Bey ee he a ind files yut| ; aa he | [They had gg’ oney to 18 announced today that Mr. Wins- 1, Alderman N 8 iod fellow of himself to the | Lhe ad mn the money ‘| ‘hi eee H “ in New -. ld hoot off the nobs or all would| tom Churchill will vacate the Home ) } he| workmen in the hall \lderman lye oS . secre i come Fi explain that tlie/ lared that the effort | be shot off. The road was being Secretaryship to become irst } tha « é 5 ; ; 1e reduc tion of the| Clayton declares vival eT |} j € alt Sect L planking | Lord. of the Admiralty, while was because the|of the council had been to jave I he Wood h| ae ‘ Al le ret ft fi in" Bi Mr. Reginald McKenna, the First y to be done by|the thing a business proposition | Timber Cruisers Employed by Council Report That ie Little of the Woodwort feed A? pe i ee CGR Ly ord? Of the Admiralty, will: bes | 87 1-2 cent ike it he could d6 the other thing. | " . not by citizen |all through, and the v l cent Lake Timber is Worth Saving—Not Enough Cedar to Build the Pipe This indeed AtAacialc tite ayten | come Home Secretary. it was deemed wise,}|4rte was the most Dusiness ts : | ‘ aia ae ees 7 educe the scale to| t ate they could se¢ li spemed Tenders for the clearing of the Alderman Hilditch expressed the| estimates showing the figures very | Wee ange eeciston. wae if fe VICTIMS OF PANDERS : ver hour, rather than|@bsurd to think of doing the) yes of Woodworth Lake were| alteration in the specifications as}much in favor of the city’s doing | 4° . a ne" WAS | work by days labor at 45 cents a , eg 7 a that sort of man, he would very | Fi f H d ed c di cent burden on the R ‘| O hsssal men |not opened at last night's council | follows Burm everything except} i the pipe building, and also re- soon find out who he was up ifteen undre anadian is ul Rights of business mer ” ‘ ; , . eon . SOOr f ; 2 ; wie 1 | the There| k | ee Shari srty holders should be} meeting but were returned un-|what yellow cedar there is, and|minded Alderman Newton of the | against. cis alenpeeer Each Year, insient la , ‘ | : : Baal ‘fatimne of ve oh pat er. t on the odfe of ae protected as well as those of the| opened to the bidders because the! enough spruce to build the dam. almost indefinite lifetirae of yellow Oh, I know very well the sort ys ope 7 t ) e ; i This ti ‘will be r-ke : eer nt Daas : . lo ath | ; § Secret toe re back upon the; Workers. report of the timbe . cruisers ¢ ~ ee timbe rw 1D Genet. Bie: cedar stave-pipe as compared to|of man I’ve got to deal with, (Canadian Pras Eesanatch) ig else e b dd, é oe ee it aoe . dl aa 0? ; ‘ 7 ‘up at the beginning Alderman Douglas called on|p voyen bs ons re a ee i ph Sf a qa hanged’ from two the twerty year life of the red|sgeered Alderman Hilditch quite} Sherbrooke, Oct. 24.—At th? 1 } ™: . " s n ro oin 1 area Oo | COS cu ng change ) rae + P : Alderman Newton|the City Clerk to prov a Pe i A oy A ton nisl SP tedahiy eres four feet above ground,” | Pine offered by the other method. unpe srturbed by Alderman Clay-|@nnual mene A the Domini is iy irect reply f 10tion for thé 0) cleare . ' . cs i . : Tr $28 , Ce, s being he tid oe ia E 4 Uwe ap t hae seconder. They say that only some 75,000) Some discussion followed’ re-| ihe Summ Of 858 per hunni a Sead A cringe Meg he wep eter | hei re the sté sn Ls Ce that The rs speaker at baer ie er0 DM Hil Iditch pointed out} tect board measure of the valuable! ¢ arding the relative cost of building | calculated gould manufacture the | expression. The Mayor hastily | ee. bf t unciied Can; ita : iris dis ae ee meeting. | eerman sect ra of} yellow cedar exists there fit for ave-pipe on the job or ordering|staves on the spot outside of iron, | change ed the subject to make peace. | rere 8 k of serious lawsuits|that the city’s minimum te " , S had! I ld ee eas $48 - | appear annually and become vie- J 37 1-2) the purpose intended, viz., to make |it from elsewhere. Someone had/It would cost at least per | mS Ae a boy STAN rate had not been|wages had always been. 3/ : a - . : aaa cated ee | tims of the White Slave traffic. he minut | | Y, yer hour and that no change | staves for the stave-pipe. There been telling Alderman Newton thousand to import the material. |The: American” cities | erity aaa id f Sictinininie| hes "ine 1 He moved is any amount of spruce for the that it would be about fifty)The Mayor suggested delay until} |The bakers’ union of San Fran- | os open" policy is blamed for most id as lar as possible} had been ma ih rieinal motion|dam building, and the construc-/per cent cheaper for the city to| the comparative cost of city built| cisco has established a co-operative | on PONCY 18. DIAMEC fOr Og H , ae tizen work re. | ame nan ‘ wT lerk be instructed|tion of the power station at|buy the pipe. Alderman Hilditch | and imported stave pipe had bheen|bakery where French bread is|0! “% SOFrow. ed : E : k ‘ . : ¥ ; : 7 ; sana Stet Be ea in My he Bs himself | that the ¢ pe ; retary of the|Shawatlans Lake, but the scarcity | said the Georgetown Mills people|ascterianed, Colonel Davis recom-| baked by union workmen under Th G.TLP.N Stand 4 y . » BEC « : . . + eir yl z pee mre ae yw wy this effect. The|of yellow cedar makes the logging |had been trying to tell him the|mended that the new tenders for}uaion conditions. © new nie News tan om? nat $F) 5 Ws “ia rried Alderman included in the specifications un-|same thing but they had failed|the clearing be opened on Wed- ere ee for Lowney’s delicious Choco- a . > » . a er ‘ | . ? Or Y > “ he m ar ant a Dean eee ein | necessary. \to convince him, He gave rough|nesday 25th. Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners, Phone 4. ' lates, fresh from the factory. tf ade omises in| Vo as 5S t | " I ‘ fj! 4 2 f “_ pig ontentt - ee Re KET