THE WEATHER lien r hour A jing 5 a.m., Twenty-! 2 D , »” BAR, IN, RAIN war TEMS 0 | 29.992 .88 i ye a J NEXT MAILS FoR SOUTH Prince Rupert...... Friday 8 a.m. Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist ee PRINCE Rune, BG, Moons DECEMBER 1, 1, 190 Soy gees, 0 eters eras ee ae PRICE ce Fv Cao AVIATOR ENDS HIS LONG TRIP After a Month's Rest, | (TY HALL OFFICIALS DON'T KNOW WHAT CITY'S CONTRACTS HAVE COST All They Know About Section B on First Ave. is That It Was Not Completed Till a. Month Ago—Don’t Know What It Cost, What the Payroll Was, What the Quantities Were, or Anything Else About It What Waters of the Pacific—Flies. From Ocean to weren. Canadian Press Despatch. grading work in pleted? was the total cost| being b vith the lawsuit, and San the oly engineer) oft the work? What were the| his department's being in conse- | ator Rodgers, after having waited! by the City Gouncil to the hotel} d in competition | am@ants, respectively, of (1) the! , j also extra busy, the de-| a month to repair the machine in} men was “sternly received. In most} payroll, (2) horse hire, (3) tools tails asked could not easily be | Which he crossed the continent,| Rey, F. W. Kerr in his se ‘rmon | er’s bid has been and equipment, 4) explosives,| obtained en for Couneil pur-| completed his flight to the Pacific|jast night in the Empress The-| others, but in| (5) sundries, (6) how much solid pose rhe Mayor did not think! today, dipping into~the waters of|atre, ‘This extra hour,” he said, the city engin-| rock was there, (7 how much | ¢ nel Davis had gone into the|the ocean, He has been c¢ighty-|*was granted because of- the nae vest and Has. ao- | earth ° What did it cost to) matter yet, and Alderman Hil-| three days making the complete! power wielded by the liquor in- | e warded the work.| take up the plank roadway (9) | ditch believed the information | trip. terests, and for no other reason. | tempt has been| how much overhaul was there? , d not be obtained until the — They cannot make us believe that | iten the public as Answers to Questions. end of'the month. Salesgirls wanted Wallace's. | i was done in the best interests city engineer has|/ Both the Mayor and Alderman out the works | Hilditch, chairman of the Public I i Se «WL ARRANGE PEACE IN CHINA = Asked for Information, eady even for the Council aw elapsed, he ¢ 1 state is tha ne ity tq Know) ‘Tact Was com ete a Geeerad Li Has Telegraphed te the laiparial Representatives Ar-|: ‘this morning | (2 the first question, i anew ranging to Meet in the City of Hankow to Arrange Terms eaaeiemtion| at practically all the hauling of Peace---Where Peace Delegates Will Meet BF ee inn jbo ‘the absence of M. J. M Shanghai, Dec. 11.—General Li, commander-in-chief of the victorious rebel forces, has tele- portion in the} y, Public Works supe end graphed from Wu Chang to the representatives of the Imperial authorities, who are in refuge at NRL cs des h ld » further d this city, offering to meet them at Hankow for the purpose of aranging terms of peace. ractors wereltails and referred The Daily The offer will be accepted, and a meeting with the rebel leaders will be arranged. ulty to complete; vane to the Mayor It is believed here from private information received that the rebels will be agreeable to a 12th. The Mayor's Statement. modified form of monarchy for China, giving wide prerogatives to the people. They will not, how- List of Questions. The Mayor could do no better ever, consent to the Manchu dynasty having anything to do with the throne of China again. vere the ques-| He said that the information was ' —_———_ —— being sought by the Coun but WATERFRONT JOTTINGS he contract com-j| that owing to the City Engineer’s | - ¢3 | From Government Wharf to the Tie Wharf. The halibut schooner Princess Victoria arrived last night from the banks with halibut. Rough weather was experienced. Camosun Southbound The Camosun came in last | night about 5.30 p.m, from Stew- }art with a number of passengers |} for Rupert. She left again at 6 Vancouver and the WILL DRIVE HIS JUGGERNAUT IN DEFIANCE OF EVERYBODY CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS IS DISSATIS- FIED WITH THE RATE HIS HOUSE IS MOVING ALONG WON'T WAIT ANY LONGER. he moving f t i iCKS But th } pan, for purchased \ 1 ! south with passengers and mail seat A his - - Heavy Sea This Morning n © At about four a.m, today an | horses ove : I 1 unusually heavy swell running Phird ave-| year to get the | 5 into the harbor caused trouble reet is not e Ww ng ¥ a Lys ! at the boat stages. Men were up better speed iid I Q ahead with it and] attending to the launches and he bulky burden} let the k as they pleas floats which were pounding bad- th street Ihe house bears the inspiring The sea abated at 6 a.m. gaged in rock} legend, *'\ for Hilditeh, 01 Launch Swamped md and Third|one — sid ind = Ol the other During the rough weather at rirst and Second) Watch but so far few early dawn the launch Fay and the moving of} peoy ha , | eged | Bowen moored near Davis wharf ek days, as it ee it actua } got aground by the stern on the grade and hung with a falling tide till levered off by a crowd of launeh is afloat HEARD TEMPERANCE SERMON volunteers, The but swamped, Ran Short of Grub Yesterday the power launch with provisions for Esterman, Alderman Hilditch’s Comment on HE LAST OF THE M'NAMARAS "=" Rover left Lighthouse-keeper E, Francisco, Bec. 11,—Avi- The granting of the extra hour} denounced by| hour is the most dangerous hour | that a poor ,ago came from a saloon and met =| in eae the defeat of local option Rey, | was a disappointment, but he had REV. F. W. KERR MADE AN ATTACK ON THE EXTRA HOUR TO THE HOTEL MEN Wis Ge bona aes ‘Says That the History of the Liquor Traffic in the Past Year Shows That the Liquor Men Are Out to Become a Political Power—Says No Attempt + Whatever Has Been Made at Enforcing the Law of the city. Tt is not in the. best} tion, several club licenses have interests of the city. This extra| been granted to enable the self- respecting boozer to get his drink It was at this hour|away from the company of the fellow a few nights| laborer, and to enable the young man of the city to learn+to take his death down the Second avenue | his glass like a gentleman. The embankment.” bars of the city have been grant- Law Enforcement Promised. ed an extra hour at midnight, and In his sermon the Presbyterian| the Magistrate has issued a con- astor reviewed the period since} soling encyclical to the effect the Powser Act came into force; that gambling is not legal.” Prince Rupert. He admitted Liquor and @litics. Mr. Kerr said he saw in all this’ the evidence that the liquor interests were determined to en- trench themselves as a_ political power, and would be able to carry to power sach candidates as were ready to serve their interests. of the day. hoped that the promised strict enforcement of the law would have worked out for good. Mr. Blakemore had used moral fervor ind pathos to secure its passing, and a committee of prominent business men had said it was], necessary for the sake of the commercial growth and promised to see that the law en- forcement would be carried out. Promises Not Observed. “From that day to this,” Christmas Candy. Keeley’s especial shipment for town's this year cannot be surpassed. tf Gov’t. Wharf Advances Operations are in active pro- said| gress on the Government wharf, the preacher, “t have never heard| where decking is being extended a word of the Bowser Act, of law} over the solid graded portion. enforcement or of the commit-j| Double track steel laid by the G. tee of business men who stood|T.P. has now reached the wharf. voucher for it. Instead, hotel —_—_——— have also been issued ‘to fill a long-felt want’. In addi- Free doll at Ward's Candy Shop. Watch the window. tf licenses C. P. R. TO RAISE $45,000,000 FOR HOTELS AND TERMINALS LARGE AMOUNT OF THIS WILL BE SPENT ON THE PACIFIC COAST—ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE FROM HEAD- QUARTERS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Dee. 11.—An_ an-j; western nouncement has been made by| Pacific Railway, returned today the CG, P. R, that the company will] from the Pacific Coast and inti- $45,000,000 for} mated that as a result of his visit terminals, improvements to prop- large expenditures in improve- building a chain of| ments will be made on the Pa- hotels from the Atlantic to the} cific division. Two millions will Pacific Coast at various centres.| be spent in Vancouver alone. The company has $20,000,000 in the treasury and the remainder oe will be raised by issuing common Fine line of work baskets ailed stock. with candy, If you want a good ees one you had better have it laid Winnipeg, Dee. 10.—Mr. Geo. | aside. Christmas stockings. J. Bury, general manager of} Ward's Candy Store. tf meee, ENTOMBED ALIVE IN COAL MINE Fever From a Patient. Terrible Fate of 207 Men in Cress lines for the Canadian shortly raise erty and for NURSE IS ILL | aaron | Miss Brennan of the hospital | nursing staff is herself now under | medical care in that institution, F. W. Kerr's sermon last : oO f er Rock light. “stermeé psaced Together, They Were] was Alderman Hilditeh, wh e a See ae : : co 4 r ee haying contracted a mild attack Mountain Coal Mine at Tennes- ob ; \ rig et at short of provisions ¢ a hina heen Pe eas bo ae in an Automobile bs think a gre lea is h an emergency call was sent by patient id: fever while nursing. & see—Only Three Rescued— a does not approve | ‘ avient, Yesterday afore } ng | it ermons the Quadra, Small Hope for Rest. n. ringing 0 cs e Sy wiabaiiaial aa te ait e said, but in this cas anyway, h , : t off CQUNDERD OOD “TUNDER.We00 — Miles of ribbon with ‘Merrie pa A Lengey Advantage. (Canadian Press Despatch.) ess Despatch put it that the pastor had ¢ _ wish " ; : 2 rhe long wearing shoe for the ws ch lot of genera which were Faas hadn't the nerve to do from (Me) 4 Descriptive Sketch of the a British Unionist Ex-Leader From the Pen of| ;,,. oxen os rere gas. Only three ‘ ew newspaper eg audie e ce eo >. - & was unknown, | Pulpit when he saw his audience Dr. J. A. Macdonald, Editor of the Toronto Globe i errant a The rescue parties are making ' ; ; : Varm, clean rooms at Savoy. Toa : os a 2 Ae A BUSY MAN Phey have done it at last: the;called) him “Bloody Balfour.) just about to do, Mr. Balfour Mh ee ‘ ee Se eae : scarcely any headway and there " Last Ditch” men and the “Die-]And he vather enjoyed it, He]went off to the south of France is little hope of an early rescue, 8 ni - =" have crowded Mr. Balfour|smiled back at them in that]/and left them to quiet themselves 7 : 8. Cam un Christmas Sailings. | Mr. L. Bullock-Webster Is me hard ¥ i lerdaraitn of the matchless nonchalant way of his.| without even so much as a re- Scott, Froud «& Co, have a big | Ber in Will leave Prince ing Two Houses for Residents. I ‘ ionist party, Of course his But they were Irish Home Rulers} buking smile at their bad-man- range of men 8 working boots, 10 Vancouver Dec, 22 at : bar b ut was his own affair, He}and opponents, It is quite a dif-|nered naughtiness. More re- DOWN A SPOUT any style you want, from pa % . ving at Vancouver Mr, L, Bullock- Webster 18 Jid not need to go. Indeed the| ferent matter when the insurg-|cently, when Sir Edward Carson the best that are made for the Vor further infor-|these days building a residence spectator, the ablest of all the/ents are of his own political} and his *‘Die-hards” were swear- Ay) ’ Nogers Steamship|,), Fifth avenue and Emmerson Unionist weeklies, the other day | household, Then he cannot suf-|ing by all the gods at once that 2t for Mr. J. C. MeLennan the city plainly Ww irned so the) =insurge nts | fer gladly, They made him tired.) they would lead Ulster in armed for Mr. J. ! slain { S vanted Wall .. Jassessor, and another residence ‘hat the mereiless and most dam-| To be sure, Mr, Balfour never|revolt against Home Rule, Mr, , OC allace’s,|° ° ; Lada alf, a] YF 7 > , mere on Fourth avenue for Mr, H, J ving answer to their nagging | }did belong to the same order as Balfour's whimsical smile was Christ ory, Cambie of the Bank of Montreal.) iy cabal would be Mr. Balfour's) ine men who have been secretly,{°Y®® more contemptuous than MS 3 " } , Oo | a . mm ton ce os j elec vf » “Las th- Mas Gift Problem Mr. Bullock-Webstet “ , | resignation They got their an-| 4. the Spectator says, trying to hLis neglect of the “Last Diteh Mey f at Keeley’s Pharm-| modestly conceals the fact . = ewer the other day. | bluff and bully him out of the|®!*: la diversified line of| he is an “A, R, O, M,," is also hi It may be that Mr, Balfour's) party leadership, And he did The fact is Arthur Balfour si. | Gold Laid Ghina,| training the Catholic choir 1 : ‘health had something to do with} not mind letting them know that] cares for none of these things, I'a obacco Jars, Ash] Borch’s celebrated mass ‘reaped Th the olden days he stood} he appreciated the fact that he A fair measure of local self- on} il } government for Ireland would not Bane, ‘" Bowls, Gups and|Catholic Church — serylees the wild charges of the] was not of their class, In August 7 curbing of the \ a , \ suitable gift is) Christmas morning atiath Nationalists, and the waves} when the “Last Diteh” brigade} alarm him, A 3 ( upon, if ; ie at broke Forster were them-| were fuming over the destruction House of Lords does not distress Dy For row boats and og cy se oa “broken tate eae acainet|of the Lords'.vale, aus aaetaniae NR \\ “arlands ,bells, flags,| telephone $20 green Davis Do! Balfoul In their chagrin they Lon the houselops what they were (Continued on page 4,) Cce's house, | money, tf Tired of Being Locked Up in the Hyde Trial, Juror Waldron Eludes the Sheriffs and Takes French Leave. Prince John In Early this morning the G,T,P, s.s. Prince John got in from the Islands and proceeded to the Westholme Co.'s wharf to dis- charge 70,000 feet of lumber. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Kansas City, Dee. 4141.—The Hyde poisoning trial was halted today because Juror Waldron i fs climbed down a waterspout and Che lumber hulk “St, James escaped from the hotel where he | made port yesterday and is moor- was watched by the sheriffs, The |ed at the Tie wharf, detectives failed to trace him up Pern ierpenreret to noon and may have to have a Fresh cut flowers Wednesday. new trial with a new jury, Wark’s, tf “St. James” Arrives ll ol in ot tf of ‘oft art of th ist it- ut ng he e . i= a- se ad 8~ a- re wv it