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Formerly The Prince eee Optimist

 

 

 

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ED 10 DIVIDE THE C

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, ‘1911.

PRINCE RUPERT, B. C.,

‘INTO THREE

 

PRICE FIVE CENTS |

 

 

 

SERED DEATH WOUND

ON THE HUNTING TRAIL

STRENUOUS ATTEMPT TO “RUSH MUSIKE, A YOUNG MONTE-|
NEGRIN, INTO HOSPITAL BY TRAIN TO SAVE His LIFE
PROVED OF NO AVAIL—-ACCIDENT UP RIVER.

hospital from

 

body With dificult he was

the yesterday with | packed to the railway track and
y 1 the abdomen| the train was flagged to take him |
saysd by the ental discharge) into Rupert
hie rifle, M e Rajkovich, a} At the general hospital no hope
Sune Mont grin who resided|was held out from the first for
; el, died last|/his recovery, though he was al
sinh | young man of splendid physique,
He had g river to hunt| He had no known relatives or
i far { | G. T. P. and was | very near friends ni Rupert, hay
* inied fellow country-|ing come here recently from
pan, WI « through the laska. The body lies at E. L.}
bush ca ‘ rifle the trigger | Fisher's funeral chape An in-}
i \ n went off, the} quest may be held
pulle gly wound in|

the hunter's Best room in town at the Savoy

 

(UNCIL WANTS
THREE WARDS

Proposal Is Made to Still Further|
Carve Up the City Into Arti-
ficial Fragments.

patrick last
he Ward bylaw
ity into three
aldermen
are
and
of Fulton
wind
i p end to
ue district in
exclude the
» will vote in

nree

indaries

i h le street
} case
laries

80 as

up for
f n next Mon

The | ome

St. Andrew's Society.
he St. Andrew's
in the Car
it 8 o'clock

vith Merrie |

tying up|

m the “final
Wallace's

Yas @& passen

by the Prince

the south
I this morning.

. for

HONORED RALPH SMITH

Ex-Member for Nanaimo Was
Banquetted by Fellow
Townsmen

Despatch,
5 rhe
ective

citizens
of poli-
t grand public
ht to Mr, Ralph
exX-member in

ms who is

iv future to take

Vancouver,

he years Mr Smith
_ ‘he most prom-
public
bules were paid
had ren-

he City's

I ces he

ed Wallace's,

WITH XMAS MAIL :

Pri :
a Rupert Today Was Last
at Taking Old Country
Xmas Letters.

eng first class pas-

la ‘| hundred

for }, nue passengers

Rinam 4; G.T.P, ss. Prince

er| ing. The Rup-
d country mail,

second

left

ilways

i pleases
fro, are

. Many things
ey rated potteries of
Ace's,
Souncii and City Band.
made last night
a ati: ; ' city contribution
Aldoy '. ‘The matter,
Wiseno., OO, is still under

says

lands ,bells, flags,

A NEW SEWER

IS PROPOSED

Mayor and City Engineer to Ad-
dress Ratepayers in Presby-
tyrian Hall Tonight.

WHO RULES THE UNITED STATES?

 

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Following the defeat of the late
trunk sewer bylaw, the Mayor and
the City Engineer are contem
plating a new sewer scheme that THIS MAN or THIS
may be acceptable to the resi- In Wall Street, New York in Washington
dnts of Hays Creek. What the S ane: ; rae
; 3 ) one = t AHO s./ i a
= Pia A 7 tt i ’ ; matey The recent disclosures in the | opened the eyes of the people of A clever cartoonist has depict-
onight i 1k *resbyterian 5 :
“Hall the satis ind the Gity En- | investigation of the United States | America to the fact that a per-,|ed the question that is in the
gineer will address a meeting of| Steel Corporation, now being held| petual civil war is in progress; minds of the people by the ac-
the residents of Sections 5, 6, 7| at Trenton by Justices Bufling- | between the peopte of the United | companying picture, entitled
and 8 and outline the new scheme.| tan, Gray and Lannington. have| States and the trusts. |“Who rules the United States?”
In addition the question of rs eens = a
purity of Morse Creek water
drinking purposes and the ge
tion of how to raise money
building plank roads in the ¢ bi
ving sections will e liscussed

GEORGE BLACK

Well-Known Vancouver Lawyer,
and ex-Yukoner, Is Made Com-
missioner for the Yukon.

Canadian Press Despatch,
Vancouve!l Der 8, George
Black, a we known lawyer and
a former resident of Dawson
{898, will be the next Commis
sioner for the Yuko when the
rsignation of Commissioner Hen-
derson comes into effect on De
cember {7th Black is now in
Ottawa and his appointment Is
certain
|
|
The Indemnity Byla |
At last nights ¢
ing the Indemnity tied 5 pre
ing for the payment yi the
demnity to Mayor and dermen |
for their attendance at Council |
during the year, went through
its first and second readings It}
will come up again on Monday
night for final consideration

PANIC-STRICKEN

!
i‘

“For God's Sake, Don't Try to!
Work," Said Vernor Smith to

MeMordie in connection with the

GETS GOOD JOB ™«

“CITY OPENS UP ITS DEFENCE IN THE

Supt. of Works, in His Cross-Examination, Admits That the Dump Was Often

ACTING MAYOR »:*:' =»:

of Public Works M. J,;employee, and said that the only | John RR, Morgan, contractor,

was the principal witness| time he had had any werreee eee clear evidence to show that
examined in this| with Watson was when he had | i was more dificult for a con-

norning’s hearing of the case of| threatened to strike him, and then/ tractor to dump for retaining
Watson vs. City. His evidence | it was witness’ fault, ye | Walls than straight ahead, He
srincipally went to show that in} Cross-examined by Mr. W . Bs. | deserted all the evidence of the
Williams, he admitted that Wat-|/ Superintendent of Public Works

8. P. McMordie During Strike. | his opinion the contruc tion of re-
taining walls by the

: ' o . ‘actor » would|/tance ahead of
“Por God's sake, don't try ! hinder the contractor, He wou ! '
. oe ‘tual is used var that lumber taken off] walls, but this, he maintained did} a farce,
work,"’ are the actual wor nol sweal 1a haat { hat the retaining wall | ovacieanae ——__—_——
‘ting Mayor Smith to 8. P. » contract by the city had been} not mean thé @ reti . 4
by Acting Mayor 5m the BAraSs 7 Salesgirls wanted Wallace's.

 

TREATY WITH THE UNITED STATES

Neil Neilson, Member of the Federal Pariiament of Australia, is Now in Amer-
ica on a Mission to Negotiate a Reciprocity Treaty With our Neighbors

(Special to Daily News.)

San Francisco, Dec. 7.—Neil Neilson, a member of the Federal House of Australia, has arrived
here on the liner Sierra on a mission to negotiate a reciprocity treaty with the United States. He |
is empowered with full authority by his government and will proceed at once to Washington.

REALISE THE ADVANTAGES.

Mr. Neilson states that the people of the Commonwealth realise the great commercial advan-
tages that would follow to them if they could arrange a satisfactory reciprocity treaty with the
United States, which is the nzarest white neighbor to Australia.

WILL STUDY IRRIGATION. |

Mr. Neilson, who is also interested in irrigation problems, will make a study of United States |
methods of irrigation and attend the National Irrigation conference in Chicago this month. He
believes that great areas of land in Australia can be reclaimed for agriculture by scientific irri-

gation.

CONTRACTORS’ SUIT FOR DAMAGES

Ahead of the Retaining Wall Gangs— Witness Described
Police Protection as a Farce

"and said the city's
protection was

“ridiculous
police

son had an end dump some dis-|as

city did not
the retaining | attempt at

 

was hindering the

measured by the city or any city work.

 

 

efforts to. start up |
the strike. |
Pp, MeMordie
as wil

contractor's
his contract
This was stated by 5.
oath this morning
ness in the of Watson
City, still neooseding:
City Solicitor Peters sugee sted
that the change in police chief
had ended the strike by the me th
od of making a dete srmined sti and
to stop the trouble,

“The war in short
and bloody,” suggested the
Solicitor.

“Had it been a.little quic ker il
have been much 1é§s

during

under
s
ase V

quick
City |

Was

might

 

 

 

bloody,” replied the contractor,

Rumor Says He Will Be Appointed

INDIAN GIRLS WARNED

in a few days with a No, 9 smile

on his genial face.
ee _ Five Port Simpson Natives Char-
NINE BIRTHS; ONE DEATH ged With Being Disorderly

JACK BEATTY WENT SOUTH

 

 

in Charge of New Govt. Wharf. ce : :
Last Month Showed How Healthy Five Indian girls were this

Mr. J. R. Beatty was among the a Place Prince Rupert Is. morning arraigned before Mag-
csengers who went south by| wire istrate Carss, charged with doubt
ns a ‘e Rupert for Victoria | Prince Rupert is in a healthy| ful conduct. They were warned
be eae or is understood] condition, as usual, reports the} to leave the city and return to
oy wp weet! name has been! Medical Health Oficer, Last| Port Simpson or pay the penalty
net OE ee of tine or imprisonment, One case

ection with the | month there were nine births and
which were
outlying

ntioned in conn
of a wharfmaster | deaths,
Provincial govern- brought
J, R, is expected back | places up river,

app
for the

though the girl
late hours

was wilhdrawn
was warned against
and, bad company,

of
from

four
in

five

| Cases

sintment
new

 

CONTRACT

CHEAP COAL DECIDED ON N FOR
NEW TENDERS TO

The Council coal problem is up
again. The present light plant
coal contract be canceled
and new tenders called for.

E. Love, suprintendent of the
light plant, wrote last night to
the Council complaining that the
coal now being delivered is of too
poor quality to serve the pur-
poses of the plant. The coal is
full of slack, says Mr. Love, and
in wet weather weighs so much
lost to the

 

is to

more that tons are
city. Love also said that the
scales are never in the same

 

‘BEST BOOSTER’
HAS GONE BACK

T. D. Pattullo Left for Victoria on
the Prince Rupert This Morn-
ing After Doing Good Business.
Ex-Alderman T. D. Pattullo

was on eof the passengers who

left for the south on the Prince
Rapert, this morning. “Duff,”
who is known as one of Prince
Rupert's best boosters, has a

thriving business in Victoria that
is calling him, but his heart and
his best hopes are all for Rupert.

He came north with a big wad
of Victoria money—rumers say
that it was in the neighborhood
of $100,000—to invest in Prince
Rupert. He bought several of the
best corners in Section 2 at the
sale, and several since, in addi-
tion to picking up some nice
properties in the other sections
for his clients.

LEGISLATURE T0
MEET ON JAN. 11

Early Holding of Session Is Taken
to Presage an Early Winter
Provincial Election.

(Special to Daily News.)

Dec. 8.—The Provin-
cial Legislature has been called
to meet on January 14th,

The Legislature is being called
much earlier than usual this year,
This act is in conjunction with
statements made by Premier Me-
Bride recently, and the general
success of Provineial elections
lately for the Conservative party
is taken to indieate that the Gov-
ernment will announce a railroad

policy and at once go to the
electors,

Victoria,

MW NAMARA MADE
FOOLISH BOAST

Said That He Could Not Be Con-
victed—This Caused McMani-
gal to Turn Against Him.

 

(Canadian Press Despatch.)

Los Angeles, Dec, 8.—''I've got
hundreds of thousands of dollars
aud the American Federation of
Labor back of me, It took only
$30,000 to clear Vineent Altman
al Chicago, and if they could not
convict him they cannot convict
me,”

This boast,
James MeNamara
from Detroit to Chicago while
under arrest on the night of
April 12th, caused Ortie BE. Me-
Manigal, then also under arrest,
to become angered with MeNa-
mara for his indisereet statement
and led McManigal to break from
his companion, said Detective
Malcolm McLaren in his evidence
given today before the Grand
Jurys

attributed today by
on the train

 

mot whart,

COAL PROBLEM UP AGAIN;

TO BE CANCELED

LIGHT PLANT AFTER DISCUS-

SION RECENTLY REFUSED BY SUPT. LOVE—

BE CALLED FOR.

place on the wharf where he can
get them, and on one occasion he
found them off balance,

Mr. Love asked the Mayor to
cancel the contract for this coal,
and Alderman Hilditch accord-
ingly moved that Mr. Kelly, the
contractor for the coal, be noti-
fied to stop delivery.

The City Solicitor suggested
that the contractor should be or-
dered to pay the difference in
price between the poor quality
coal and the right stuff. Tenders
will be called for 225 tons of
steam coal at once.

A BAD ERROR

Discovered That All the Local Im-
provement Assessment Adver-
tising Will Have to Be Done
Over Again—and Paid For.

of an error in
the method of calculating the
lecal improvement assessment
schedules that are being adver-
tised in the Journal necessitates
the redating and readvertising of
the schedules and the postpone-
ment of the Court of Revision
until January 4th. The error was
made at the City Hall, so the re-
advertising will have to be paid
for. The original contract ran to
over $1,000. The Journal is to
be congratulated.

The discovery

 

Expert Is Here.

Mr. James Matthews, the newly
appointed electrical engineer to
take charge of the erection of the
light plant, arrived this week and
is now engaged actively in the
preliminaries of his duties.

Had a Good Trip.

Mr. Solomon Mussallem re-
turned to the city yesterday after
a most successful business trip
through the railroad camps.
Mr. Mussallem is contemplating
opening a jewelry business down-
town,

Will Wed in South

O, Reitchel was a passenger to
Vancouver by the Prince Rupert
this morning. Mr. Reitchel is to
become a benedict this trip, his
bride being Miss Schott, former-
ly of the Prince Rupert General
Hospital nurusing staff.

 

BLOWN TO PIECES

Pacific City Rancher Fell While
Carrying Dynamite

(Canadian Press Despatch.)
Seattle, Dec, 8—Hy. Thonipson
a rancher living at Pacifie City,
stumbled and fell while carrying
fifteen sticks of dynamite and was
Liown to pieces today.

THOMAS: CORSAN DEAD

Well-Known. Old-Timer. of Queen
Charlottes Died at Victoria.

 

(Canadian Press Despatch.)
Victoria, Dee. 7. — Thomas
Corsan, a well-known old-timer
and holder of yaluable properties
on the Queen Charlotte islands,
is dead, following an operation
for appendicitis,
as

WILL REVISE FISH Laws

 

Hon. J. D. Hazen Made Statement
Before the House Adjourned
Last Night.
(Canadian Press Despatch.)

Ottawa, Dec, 8—Before.. the
House adjourned last night for
five weeks, a statement was made
by ion, J. D. Hazen that the fish-
ery laws of the B.C, coast had
been badly administered, and as
soon as possible the protective
service will be re-organized.

Pantorium Sionaer Cleaners,
Phone 4,

 

 

 

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