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y0L. Il, kal ? RuPERT, B.C., THU! DECEMBER 28, 1911. PRICE FIvE CENT?

 

 

 

)ET. AILS OF GRAHAM ISLAND MURDER TRAGEDY

 

 

u i STEAM

ER WAS SUNK IN
EARLY MORNING COLLISION

A MURDER IN CHARLOTTE CITY

 

SMALLPOX
IN THE

HAS BROKEN OUT

JAIL AT NELSON

FRENCH LINER ST. PIERRE MIQUELON CRASHED INTO THE A. Gon g, a Chir laman, Shot iad Killed Fifteen Year Old Jajianies as THE PRISONERS, THE WARDEN AND THE GUARDS HAVE
HAD TO BE VACCINATED AND PLACED IN

ERITISH STEAMER KENWICK, SENDING HER TO THE

EOTTOM—THREE

Girl Named Keyo Katsuro in Fit of Jealousy

FIREMEN DROWNED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cana Despatch.) lof here, th n rt j ‘4
by The French {boat tad . MURDERER THEN COMMITTED SUICIDE
mn i re Miquelon | amidships '
i Sydney — —— hi ns Was Enraged Because the Girl Scorned His Attentions and Refused to Accept a
l he crew 1e/inkg down thre hi { ' pe % ‘ x
ol . a . " a, Christmas Present From Him— Story of Oriental Love and Passion Has
Hist <enwick, simen, who we i ; : : ;
i in a collision| The vessel sar a Ghastly Ending in Quiet Little Spot on Graham Island
10 “8 es liately . . ° ‘
of 6 0 miles sash jaistel; (Special to the Daily News by Wireless)
’ Char City, Graham Island—A shocking double tragedy occurred here on
Alt STRIKE IN INDIANS Wil Tues when Gong a Chinaman who has been in business here, shot and
Ki old Japanese girl named Keyo Katsuro, and afterwards killed
(COTTON TRADE) BUILD CHURCH °° moe
me was the result of jealousy. Gong had been in love with
ind oe been paying her attentions which she rejected, as
far Spinners in Lancashire New Roman Catholic Cruciform ead of suiter.
Delare a Lockout of 160,000 Planned for Babine Lake Dis- o 5 .
Emloyees—-Row Over Three| trict—indian Worshippers To wcing his attentions on the girl, and on Tuesday night
ben Lx mereee Weirles him a Christmas present for her acceptance. Keyo refused
I he Chinaman who in a fit of rage and jealousy pulled out a
4 Despatch I é ~
| wing to the | B r vn.
e Serer one took effect, and the girl dropping to “the floor expired
wi Lhe ster; & La :
a + adematl Oath r ! izing what he had done, Gong at once turned the weapon
uh n North-|to 4 ) w his brain s out.
” i es ‘aused a great sensation in the peaceful neighborhood.
Bi: is a ear | tt i
of th to other ts hy K
mu: wages in- | he ~
V mo 000 i
RESCUED THE CREW Lit h
} } j
Wauler Grant Has Foundered— | po he i J
Get Rescued by Paloon. R gtk Masonic Banquet Was Held Last Night ee Evening a Unique;
adi er
i - patiaucitcr ts Xmas Gift Was ee to Lodge
med clock this | work r D.; A. Brooksbank, J. D.;| sen, and Sister Lodges by W. F.
a rew of the/ hand McRae, 8. 8.; Jno Wynuiae Dowling. An interesting feature
Baler ( whom she p Kauffman, organist; | .¢ ha bandnel sdas ane <nte®:
tii pick ate Straits.| MISS SUTHERLAND LEAVES Mu rere seta reds See the ban Wu was the presenta
Te Gra ted to havel tion to the Tsimpsean Lodge of a}
frand | Presbyterian Deaconess To Take ast list was duly| Umique carved gavel made by the
| Up Work in Fernie viiite saan died Esquimaux in the north and in-
The Assault Case. ne eis sachin scribed in art-burnt lettering by |
te ment has} M a + the nail Morte H. Craig. The gavel was
a eet rhe Grand Lodge! presented to the lodge by Broth-
iis h Ge fame ; \ | posed by W. M.| ers F. W. Dowling, M. M. Ste-
ep ome | I 5 that of the! phens and J. Christiansen as a
‘a and she | \c Lodge by J. Christian-| Christmas gift.
» left Prince | Fs mr ‘
ay the occur jm ace barn’ soos $$ ———$—$_—_—— =—=— —
Den, '
; he £irl prin- | meeting : . a s .
tia the cheb Avan Presbyterian church TYPES OF CHINA’S NEW ARMY
noon Her | jeret wa p A
ms in a dazedjas Miss Suth !
7 . the assault | hers:
wd was in ali nthe
By when giv
ry aken home EEATRICE BACK AGAIN
ha
Welcomed Heartily to Port With
Ma ms at Savoy. Heavy Cargo of Xmas Mail
CHANCE FOR THE BEAR Ata p.m
0 steamer Pri
Friday Mongolia WIM Pro! hie
slam He iependence, }pert harl
Istrandings ‘
p von News.) appreciated D
Tri Mongolia ontthe hea, x
st y independ-|east and the
wi and will The Beat
is i. ence of Rus-|her spell on the pa
ths, : time annexi}has a new '
; posts Her dams A
ward The Beatrice |
TRENTON 5 FIRESWEPT last night for the Q
Onta Islands
MO Village Its Completely
Wiped Out. ON STRIKE
“tt , Despatch.) MEN
tT, The village
Wipe a Ontario, was UP TH
part night No
able as yet, ee
f ole
Eiridge Building Gang ©
D Scandinavians. tion and Stewart's Men Out
tp, y lance in the K. at Skeena River Crossing-—
Gray \ inday night. Wages in Dispute
Rood will play. A
Gentio 7 efreshments, By wire yesterda
. ladies free, 8t} secretary A. O. Mo ,
for ha
ui cal branch was tnlerl
O88 OF LAWSUIT strike had been deela ,
Wm, the brides builde ‘a
tains Demands That City! gkeena Hiver (!
“mp Off His Lots. the divers rhe men a oa
Williay ed by Messrs, Pol ” hie iwcompanying photo- mander of one of the army divi-
City ’ ‘s applied to the | Stewart No detai V “ some types of/sions has distinguished himself
Mrily ht peremp-jable, but the dispul VI zo modern army Many of{in the recent actions.
Veria} q a that the ma-jof an old wart val . Ha a oined the ranks of
400, th, ! lots by Wat-|bridge is an importal ore ( onaries DANCE.
Wey ” for Seeend Hows iy the top line is seen photo- Rewular weekly dance in the
Move : unetion, be re Norwegians | a ‘h ‘me of the officers,|MclIntyre Hall tonight. at 9:30.
Nitoo ‘y This is an|in’ Prince Rupert ar ~ : ” horseman below is General | Gents $1, ladies free, Gray's or-
The | letio recent Jawsuit|to attend a meeting Ih &s Pt s Ma-Lung Bias, who as com-|chestra,
Sty Sotigit eferred to the|Hall Thursday, Deo, 28, at °F '
ws Let us be there

 

 

(Canadian Press Despatch.)

Nelson, Dec. 28.—The prison-
ers and staff of the Provincial jail
here were quarantined today
owing to a case of smallpox hav-
ing developed. The victim is
Thomas Hart, who was brought
here ten days ago from Cran-
brook on a charge of fighting. He

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QUARANTINE TODAY.

 

jwas taken to the pest house, and

all the prisoners, the warden and
the guards have been vaccinated.

_A case of smalpox has also
heen discovered at Vanroi mine,

Silverton. The mine has been
quarantined.
Best meal in town at Savoy.

 

IF THE BLIND
LEAD THE BLIND

|Ald. Newton Would Not Visit
Morse Creek Water
Eut Cheerfully Takes Hearsay
Evidence to Condemn Supply.

 

|

 

condemnation of
emergency water
;supply was expressed al the coun
icil last night by Ald. Newton. He
said that for reasons of his own
he had net taken the trip to in-
vestigate the available water sup-
| ply, but had been told by someone
lin the at his meeting
last night, and someone else over
‘the phone that the Morse Creek
|water supply was a joke. City
{Engineer Davis simply stated
}that on his own personal author-

Sweeping
| Morse

Creek

 

audience

ity the Morse Creek dam stores
eight million gallons ~ of ‘water
which will be available almost at

jonee for fire protection or dom-
[ects purposes. Ald. Newton's
informers were mistaken, said

Ool. Davis.

Two ROYAL RIVALS

 

| Princess May Got in Only Two
| Hours Ahead of Prince Rupert.

Prince
the
the

Oflicers and crew of the
Rupert are jubilant aver
jachievement of the boat on
Xmas trip south. Although the
|Princess May left at 9 a. m. on
ithe same day the Rupert reached
| Varicouver only two hours behind
the blue ribbon now, as she had
ithe May. The Rupert is claiming
ito eoal on the way south, while
ithe May is an oil burner. There
was no special contest on, how-
and the result of the busi-
will be kener rivalry than
ever between the crack boats.

ever,

NOTICE

A meeting of the Property Ow-
ners’ Association of Prince Rup-
ert will be held in the Presby-
rian church hall on Fourth ave.
on Friday, the 29th Dec,, at 8 p.
m. All members and intending
members are requested to be pre-
sent for the purpose of recom-
mending candidates for Mayor
Alderman. The annual fee
is $1.00. Enrollment of mem-
bers will take place, Everybody
pshould come, 3t

land

Pantorium
Phone 4.

Pioneer Cleaners.

Cap’s Crackerjack.
Captain Babington is going be-
low with the Rupert on Thursday
night, While in the south he will
select the fittings and equipment
for his new launch, which is to be
a crackerjack.

|
|
|

Rover Still Roves.
Captain Norman Broadhurst is
lup the Skeena river with the
/ Rover at present. The launch will
with a couple of scows,
permitting,

}return
| weather

 

Who will enter for the mile
championship of Prinee Rupert
jon roller skates? Will H. M,
Lever again stand defeat? En-
j tries at the skating rink.

Has Had Cruei Luck
After fifteen years trail blazing
jas a pioneer on these coasts Fin-
| by Munroe, a Scotchman 52 years
lof age is destitute and ill. The
leouttoll will take steps to bring
the case before the notice of the
Dominion authorities.

|
|

FRANK MOBLEY —
_ MAKES A REPLY

‘Tells Deputation That He Must
Have Assurance of General De-
sire Before He Will Consider
Matter Further.

 

At noon today the deputation
from the Ratepayers’ Association
waited on Mr. Frank Mobley with
the request that he allow himself
to stand for mayor.

In reply Mr. Mobley stated that
would not consider entering
contest as the candidate of
particular party or interest.
He would only consider the invi-
tation if he was satisfied that
there existed a desire on the part
of the citizens in general that he
should stand as a non-party can-
didate opposed to factionalism.

It is understood that the depu-
tation intends to secure a large

he
the
any

petition to present to Mr. Mobley
and will ask him to again con-
sider the matter.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Five Conservatives Returned by
Acclamation.

Canadian Press Despatch.)
Charlottetown, Dec. 28.—At the
nominations for the Prince Ed-
ward Island Legislature yester-
day five Conservatives were re-
turned by acclamation, including
Premier Mathieson.

ATE POISONED FISH

Forty Homeless Men Are Dead in
Berlin.

(Canadian Press Despatch.)

Berlin, Dec. 28.—As a result of
eating putrid fish to augment
their frugal meal of soup and
bread which they had partaken
of at the municipal lodging house,
forty homeless men are dead and
forty others are ill, Some of
them will die

HAD A TRAGIC END.

Prominent Mason Expires at a
Banquet in His Honor.

(Canadian Press Despatch.)

 

Montreal, Dec. 28..—-While en-
honor at St. Johns last night
joying a Masonic banquet in bis
Allen Austin, a member of the
Royal Victoria Lodge, became
suddenly ill and expired almost
immediately.

Mr. and Mrs. Marsh have
booked for the south by the

Prince Rupert's New Year trip.

Police Circles Quiet.
Neither Chief Owen of the Pra-
vineia! force nor Chief Vickers of
the municipal police had anything
to report to the press this morn-
ing.

41,288 In (COMOX-ATLIN

Latest Census Returns Show Pop-
ulation Has Doubled.

 

Canadian pee Despatch.)
Ottawa, Dec. 28.—The latest
corrected census returns show
that GComox-Atlin has 441,288 in-
habitants. There are 30,195
males and 11,098 females. The
population in the 12904 census
was only 24,457.

Fr. M. Dayis is going south by
the Prince Rupert tonight.