ouT OF WORK TODAY? The News’ Want Ad. a Try Way. ——1©<—<,, ge ———— —— = VOL Il NO. 295 E DAILY NEWS Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist NEXT MAILS PRINCE RuPeERtT, B.C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1911. MAS DAY MARKED BY | TOWN OF NELSON SHOCKED BY A CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY ALEERT BALSOM, A ROBBER WHO HAD PLANNED TO ENTER THE MANHATTAN SALOON, SHOT AND KILLED TWO MEN NAMED BARTON AND GOULD—SHOT DOWN HIMSELF. to arrest Press Despatch.) him He _ Dec, 26—A sioeetiie | oGi and shot ther igedy has occurred } While Bart la is a result of which] wounded he manag amed Barton andjown gun and sh id. and another nam | that the robber was u \ Balsom is arrested on| cape. murder and made | I intimation of the i on Saturday morn- dead bodies of Bar-| able ARBITRATORS APPOINTED G. T. P. Over Right-of- ee i were found on the | Arbit rs we i Manhattan saloon.| morning in the ¢ ay in pools of blood; Tomlinson of Me of pistol shots. Injthe G. T. P of the saloon lay|across the s Balsom, who though/| The f ving Ww ded was still alive.! Judge Y f M given medical at-|for the G. T. P., P. A vards evening was | for Rev. M I it the affair. He) ditch The arl officers that he|sworn it We hooting. He said ed to rob the sal- \ N customers had| mayora umpa lay night. He had) byteria Ghurch | he place when Bar-| Chair ta} it Bp entered, and tried/ and hea i - In Case of Rev. Mr. Tomlinson vs. 10 START WORK ON HUDSON LINE: New Road to Hudson's Bay to be Government Owned—May Also/| ): Have Government Line of Steamships to Europe. to Press Despatch.) Work line will It on of}! be | ¢ ee 26 of the s Bay it once whed ed line A line of government between Hud- kurope, in con- government RIGHT-OF-WAY CASE — { Arbitrators in Tomlinson vs. G. |: T. P. Sworn In Today. A. Casasinnd: a. H. Hilditeh, ap- Court and the} the case of} ed in is tolti and gOv- {| was CHRISTMAS MUSIC Attracted Very Large Crowd. pyle and hea i Chair tak ee is hrist is ' the ‘ I he } s i i } d h Bu I | Af. C. Church Midnight Service Vener SIR CHARLES TUPPER WORSE | able Given Up by Doctors ss De spatch, inxi¢ ty of day, had hope that three he for his ight im- last night days. “ MONTENEGRINS USED KNIVES Ugly Scrap at Christmas Laborers Wounded Fight. I J 5 f th rt M hea White in Racial Ex-Premicr of Canada| Physicians practically will last | Kitsumkalum on) Eve—Two | NELSON MAN IS LOST IN SLIDE Sir Charles Tupper | Was Completely Carried Away, and fio Trace of Him Can Be Found--Two Companions Were score Rescued. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Nelson, Dec. 26—Three men named Blair, Thomas and Ross, were caught in a snowslide at Noble No. Five mine at Sandon on Saturday. Ross was carried half a mile, but sueeeeded in digging himself out. Blair also escaped with minor injuries, but Thomas was completely buried and no | | | | | ! } | } | stmas piac be- d Monte- that two} { i and d with h Vas cut! s der the William hed, did s Samens i n the Police I rhe MASA ny SIX, n were iy con- was bration | \ il ¢ 1 griev- p Magistrate the evidei 1h if i passes about 4 y ma from s the last sda gh I \ ‘ All d Phe Capita Met gh its ie Ratepayel 1 f Frid 8 1 Mel ‘ a ; trace of ths can be found. MIDNIGHT MARAUDER | Not Santa Claus, but an Unwar- rantable Intruder on Xmas Eve. (has accomplished the feat. ‘PRINCE ALBERT’ BROUGHT SAD NEWS THIS CHRISTMAS CHIEF ENGINEER C. G. WILSON, R. N. R., DIED SUDDENLY OF HEART FAILURE JUST BEFORE THE VESSEL LEFT VAN- COUVER—WAS WELL KNOWN IN PRINCE RUPERT. : MADE RECORD SCORE A. D. McArthur Made Score of 300 in ne In a private match on Saturday night at Morrison’s bowling alley Mr. A. D. McArthur, of the Foley, Welch & Stewart staff, made a of 300—the highest pos- sible. This is a unique feat, and ——- is said to be the only time on re- With tragic suddenness just|was thought at the time the Al- cord on the coast that a bowler|pefore Christmas the death oc-|bert made her landing at Van- R. N. R,,| Couver that she would be there curred of C, G. Wilson, RD a tots etinrintio + the but a few hours, the Chief En- ; 2 Takes Rates sit "| gineer himself said a very little steamer Prince Albert. Mr. Wil-| while before he fell: “The boat PORTLAND CANAL IS NOW SHIPPING Mine Has Obtained $21,676 on Its First Three Shipments of Con- centrates and More Is Coming. will pull out at 10 tomorrow.” Arrangements for the Chief's funeral did delay the boat until about that time. Chief Engineer Wilson was one son was seized with heart failure while walking on-deck as the steamer lay in Vancouver, and had passed away before medical aid arrived. He had just made arrangements to go ashore, and|/of the men who brought the Al- was walking toward the gangway)bert from England. He was pre- when he was seen to throw up his| viously with the White Star Line hands and fall heavily backward.} of Liverpool, and all his relatives Helped up at once by his broth-| are in Britain. His wife and son Whe. Dartii Sor Bond ding to So caaeet sate er officers on the Albert, the Chief/are in London and he has a by E. Jacobs, one of Engineer seemed at first likely to|brother in Glasgow. ‘ informed: mining corre- | CO™e around ail right. He was | Deceased was a member of the spondents in the province, has able to go down to his room and| Masonic order of high standing, shipped 1,510 tons of iron and}¢climb into his bunk, but he had|his home lodge being in Little- liead. concentrates to southern] Peen there only a few moments/ton, N. Z. The funeral was held emeltérs : “containing ~vaines in when he remarked to the Second in Vancouver under Masonic Solh=and wilves approximating | Engineer, who was with _him: auspices with full ceremonial, |$21,676. Besides the three ship- ‘This is the end, Mr. Bell,” and|The late Mr. Wilson was about ments embodied in this total a| “ied almost immediately. i7 years of age. He was well fourth shipment it at the Stewart Some strange presentiment of|known and very well liked in the event seems to have pos-| Prince Rupert, where his figure It came upon a_e midnight clear out on Sixth Avenue } Christmas Eve, but it wasn't a glorious song of old in this case jul the sound of breaking glass, | is an alien named Edstrom en-| deavored to find his way into the | residence of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Edstrom strenugusly objected to he efforts made to show him here he had made a mistake, and fis a result will appear in the pol court on Wednesday. SPECIAL PARCEL BOAT |S. S. Princess Beatrice Expected With Heavy Christmas Mail. | | | | deck awaiting transportation. rhis shipment is expected to,con- was @ familiar one. sessed the deceased, for though it tain higher average values, the|—==— —_ : -_— —_—_—_——— mill feed having been of such a FISH CURING STARTS character to warrant this expec- 'LONGSHOREMEN tation. Ineluding the consign-|L. Grippen’s “Boneless Herring” | ment at the dock the total ship- Industry Now in Full Swing. _-HAD GOOD TIME ments by the railway to tidewater Se pian are slightly in excess of 2,000 Lionel Crippen’s new herring; tons. euring industry on Digby Island | —_— ee ae is today in full swing. Under the | Christmas Social Heid in 1. W. W. Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners.|,;,,qnagement of Mr. L. A. Green,| Hall Proved 2 Great Success— Phone 4. an experienced fisherman, and a| A Capital Program Was Given ea arr fish curing expert from New| —Two Hundred Attended. Salt Herring Cargo. Brunswick, the first of the rush| —_— With a full cargo of boxed salt} of herring to the harbor are being | On Christmas night the long- j}herring in bond from Ketchikan] taken care of.Mr. Green remarks{|shoremen of Prince Rupert held ito Vancouver, A little belated, but none the ess welcome, will be the arrival if the ¢ P. R. Princess Beatrice, which was expected about noon} today with all the heavy mail for iChristmas. This will be the first] visit of the Beatrice since her ishap. Not Yet, but Soon. Asked this morning whether he i w divulge for pub- th ames of those picked for the aldermanic ticket y the Proy vy Holders’ Associa M I Flexman, secretary, ! these cannot be made | til after Friday’s meet- g ecommendations only be- « before the executive at pres- Th Presbyterian Club — will hold its ext meeting on Jan- iry 3rd There will be no meet- ow night. the steamer British} that he has never seen such mag-/a successful social in the I. W. W. longshoremen last year. lomlinson vs. the g right-cf-way took oath wnGey | Court. They ar- n the 25th Jan- tinue the busi-| f Seattle, has ng parlors with it EUTCHERED BY RUSSIANS | | Report That Cossacks Mave Killed & Thousand Persians. ess Despatch.) 6 Great anxi-! following reports a thousand Per- laughtered in a at} } Cossacks | in| con sian troops hal the eful citizens uld not he ofmicers, | WILL SHIP ORE | Northeny Terminus Joins Ranks | of Shipping Mines. | Press Despatch.) The North- Vill ship about 30 within the | Superintendent | of men} building} will | | 6 ide ore ind a foree property Vhieh the ore Vlon will open his pilen in the Pres- | a ‘urech hall tonight. | Sp.m, Be present | issues discussed, ! eater sana WHERE THE BOY EMPEROR OF 0 : UU ry a «Fe Q e O . § « rl PHRONI ROOM Ol l TNOLOWO0D fm YVBER FO OOD. EMPERORS PAI AC! & PATHETIC FIGURE The Little Eoy-Emperor Sits ona Tottering Throne. tl boy-emperor — of es a beautiful palace Forbidden City in the h Pekin, He is only five} a 1, but surrounded by all ! iu p and mockery that is S806 i with royal courts. He 5 I illy the ruler In f es ed by the Manchu ces ! e at the court It is a pathetic spectacle Lo see ( 1 his tottering ling it each day mes™ sages t his people granting new > lk Hiberty These ives al of course, concoct the Manchu princes, and by the nfant 1! h his vn hand—a pitiful at | arouse sympathy, Some h ‘ izes become ludi us their effort to cateh popular sentiment when the | peror assures his people 1a hough he has been misled I ty 5 the past he in issert his own judgment f rh | icle of this 5-year ee i debarred from the 1 freed that the he po { peasant en ! st pathetic sper i esent Chinese up Fresh j ler Oysters im she it Sl psall’s Market, Third lavenue 2t | Serious Charge Laid. | Golumbia put into Prince Rupert) nificent opportunities for fish|Hall on Third avenue. A splendid lover the Christmas week-end and] curing as are here in Rupert. “Ij program of songs was presented }went on south. look for many -large fish curing }and liberal refreshments went the — industries here soon,” he said,/round of the big throng of NOTICE ‘and employment for hundreds| guests. A real good time was \ meeting of the Property Ow- | and _ hundreds of employees | going. As chairman Mr. CG. ers’ Association of Prince Rup-| When Prince Rupert fish products}Hunter directed the evening's ert will be held in the Presby- | become known abroad.” }amusement splendidly. Amongst terian church hall on Fourth ave. | ea een asc es eT | those contributing to the pro~ on Friday, the 29th Dec., at 8 p.| Tom and Jerry at the Savoy. |s8ram were Messrs, W. Kelly, H. }m. All members and intending a § sid eats ciiieat eek Phe rs are re este > "a. | “ y 4 5, 4 7? ’ mending candidates for Mayor Alderman Newton has an- | sponded to repeated encores. The and Alderman. The annual fee | nounced that he will speak to- hall was brightly lighted and dec= s $1.00. Enrollment of mem-|night in the Presbyterian Chureh | crated for the occasion, which bers will take place. Everybody|Hall to open his mayoral cam-| proved a repetition of the suc- shonid.coma. 3t paign. ee first social held by the CHINA ‘SITS IN STATE Xmas week-end an alleged assault affecting well-known persons in Prince Rupert business circles came be- During the case |fore the police, and the facts, jthough kept as quiet as possible j}by the authorities, have gone broadeast in various versions over the city. The charge, which is laid by | Mr. G. D. Newton, the real estate iman, alleges that his daughter }was assaulted by Mr. M. Albert | while at a party on Thompson street on Wednesday night. Mr. } Albert is held on $10,000 bonds }and the hostess, who is charged with connivance, on $3,000 bonds, | The accused parties say they have jan ample answer to the charge. |The preliminary hearing will be held tomorrow. Mrs. C. D. Newton, who was }also a guest at the party, left for |} Vancouver on Thursday night, | Alderman Newton will open his mayorally campaign in the Pres- byterian Church hall tonight. Chair taken at 8 p.m. Be present j;and hear local issues discussed, Carol Singers. A party numbering some twelve fifteen ladies and gentlemen went the round of Prinee Rupert's on Christ- They be- residences sex singing, principal mas ae fan at . Patmore’s home, and Ee inked ‘up at the hospital. The sum of $10 was realized for that institution. The Ratepayers’ Association | meets tonight in the MelIntyre jhall at 8.30 p.m. All members PHE ENTRANCE TO THE ROYAL PALACE, PEKIN, jare requested to be present,