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May 20. "alee Ie ———} Brice George. sheet «en
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Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist MAY 25 191) )
S VOL. II, NO, 113 PRINCE Rupert, B.C., SaAturDAy, MAY 20, 1911. i “TORIA, | B.S ae , ae PRICE FIVE CENTS

 

GENERAL EL

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ON TO BE HELD IN THE AUTU

 

ADJOURNED THE HOUSE
TILL MIDDLE OF JULY

upplementary Estimates *y $34,000,000 Given Royal
Assent---Members May Now Go Home
Reciprocity First Item for
New House
Canadian Press Despatch) | journed a after the Coronation,

B (Ottawa, May 20.—-Atfer attend- |Mr. R.
Senate a body, where |

 
 

. Borden asked when the
” the int
r Charles Fitzpatrick as deputy |
I T | United States wuold be
»vernor-General gave the Koyal |
ent to the supply bill for} W. S,
1.000,000 and several other bills|absence of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. is
acting Leader of

ment, replied that

| question i reciprocity with the
taken up.

Hon. Fielding, who in the

  

ich had passed their third read- as the Govern-

the House of Commons ceased

ten o'clock

it wes the

ork shortly before

t night

the Government to
take up the question immediately
the

18th.

intention of

Reciprocity in June
3efore

ROVINCE WILL BUILD A
JAIL-FARM AT BURNABY

nders Were Called For To-Day—Will Have But One
Central Prison for Whole Province

upon House re-assembling on

the House formally ad-| July

 

 
 

Canadian Press Despatch) |with large lands surrounding it.

  

  

ncouvéer, Mae Doe De nent Two hundred acres will be given
: : over to farming. The farm will
ve for the systematic re-organ- :
ibe worked by the prisoners, who
mn ’ “y , » } . se
ion of the prison system of | will be set to work raising the
Province was made this morn-| essential food-stuffs.
aul pe . fae |
when tenders were called for}
: | Marks an Advance
construction of a prison farm]
Iding at Burnaby This is! The new system of  farm-

 

beginning of a series of impro| has worked well in other places, and
it believed it will work
prisone’ rs,

1ents to relieve the overcrowd is here

more good for the and

THEY KNOW NOT WHAT AWAITS THEM(ANADA’S PREMIER GOT
A ROYAL RECEPTION

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(Colonial Press Despatch)
May 20.
less future kings and queens.

Five happy and heed-
From
left to right are the Czarewitch of
Russia; Princess Margartia of

Greece; Prince Ludwig of Hesse;

Princess Theodora of Greece and

Prince George of Hesse.

The charming photograph
the quintette of children of royal
of which the cut is

estate, above

   

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wer 21 V2) ‘

FIVE FUTURE KINGS AND QUEENS OF EUROPE

la reproduction, was taken at the{ The two little Hesse princes
| Adriatic resort of Abazzia, where|are the children of Grand Duke
there was a wonderful collection | Ernest of Hesse, one of the greatest
}of kingly and princely children | royal houses of the German Em-
this spring. pire, and the Princesses Margarita

A little while ago the group|and Theodora of Greece, are the

included also all the royal children | children of Prince and Princess
of Italy, but they taken | Andreas, the latter of whom was
back by their parents to|a Battenberg, and is esteemed one
|be present at the Italian Jubilee | of the loveliest princesses of Eu-

celebrations. | rope.

were
home

 

 

 

of the provincial jails
more economically for the province |

Will Raise Food-crops

plans provide for one large | the to work on un-|

the

prisoners

Prison for Province | pleasant and confining occupations. |

 
 

 

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¢ Pe ere ee tre

BASEBALL SCORES |

Le |
+
Northwestern League

14, Seattle 2. |
Tacoma 0; twelve}

Vancouver
Victoria 2,
innings
Spokane 1, Portland 1.
National League
Cincinnati 0, Brooklyn 2.
New York 5, Pittsburg 3.
Chicago 7; Philadelphia 5.
Boston 38, St.
American League
New York 10, St, Lo is 6.
Boston 5, Chi ago 3.
Cleveland 7, Washington 1.
Pacific Coast League
San Francisco 7, Oakiand 7.
Los Angeles 5, Vernon 1,
2, Sacramento 15,

Louis 5

  

| Portland

s STARTLED HER FRIENDS ‘AN ELECTION
s Laura Barney, wealthy and | IN THE FALL

lented sculptress from Wash- |
gton, marries an eccentric : :

Vancouver Liberals Said to have

Received a Warning

 

   
 

ench mystic.

  

Colonial Press Despatch)

Miss Laura Barney,
talented young seulptress, and
cler of the nude statue of her
ful Natalie, which
long a centre interest
‘posed upon the lawn of the
ley at Washington,
her friends and rel-
her marriage in Paris
lypolite Dreyfus, High Priest
¢ American Budapest Society,
one of the most strange and
\tric men in Europe.

(Canadian Press Despatch)
Vancouver, May 20.——The Lib-
lerals of British Columbia are said
to have received private informa-
rion from Ottawa to prepare for a
Dominion election in the fall. At
two annual ward meetings in this
city the matter has been discussed,
but at both the press were excluded.

ay 20,

    

  
      

sister,
of as
mansion
startled
«CS by

  

  

 
 

SHIPPING ON COAST

 
 

Prince George Coming North to
Arrive Sunday

  

 

reylus is a black-bearded, gi-
1¢© Magi with one lame leg, |

© mystic

  

Lazo fe-

This morning Cape
George |

s have gath-| ported the S.S. Prince
about him a coterie of wealthy /passing north bound at 5,50 a.m,

Ae
en, whom he is said to rule | She will arrive on Sunday morning.
a rod of iron.

teac hings

DIVER AT WORK ON NEW

GOVERNMENT WHARF

than the old method of putting] | pteresting Spectacle at the Foot of McBride Street--Under-water |...
Blasting is Killing All Sorts of Fish----Preparing Foundation

for the New Concrete Piles.

\ diver is now busily at work

| preparing foundations for the con-

Blasting operations
being carried on beneath the water,
and the firing of the shots is caus-
ing consternation and havoc among
the finny population down there.

All sorts

big and little, eatable and un-
eatable are killed by the con-
cussion in the water when the

are |

and conditions of fish}

| explosions occur, and their bodies|by the employment of ‘the diver.

|float up to the surface. It is only | The work of construction has been |

ener mE a tnar iat Tiina eek ites piles of the new Government} necessary then to dip them out | going on with steadiness if not

| Wharf.

| with a sweep net. The rumor | speed, recently, and the engineers
that some of the fish are also | have had several difficulties to
cooked by the blast is not to be}contend with which could only be}
taken seriously. We have won-|conquered by patient effort. Plen-
derful fishing in Prince Rupert | ty of strong re-inforced concrete
Harbor, but not so wonderful | j piles are ready to place in position,

|

las all that.

\'The machinery for placing them
on the Government The difficulty has been
greatly expedited | to get the foundation right.

Progress is there.

wharf will be

 

TRAIL FROM TUCK’S INLET

CLEAR TO PORT SIMPSON

Mr. W. Wright Has Sureaied the Road for the Government---The
People of Prince Rupert Will Sooa be Able to Walk There

In From Five to si Hours

A new trail has been surveyed, |’
and will soon be opened up from
Tuck's Inlet to Port
dis-

the head of
Simpson via Georgetown,
tance altogether of about twelve
miles. This trail will make
sible a series of easily accomplished
excursions for residents of Prince
Rupert, and is acceptable news.
The trail runs for some
beside the route of the new railway
to Port Simpson.

Mr. W. Wright, the
attached to the Government Pub-
lic Works Department, has al-
ready made a survey of the route
which lies on good bench land all
the The trail can be con-
strucced without any tremendous
outlay, and the work will certainly
be started very shortly, The

a

pos-

distance

surveyor

way.

 

| Pachena spoke the 5.5. Tees at

13 a.m, eastbound, and reports |

|

     

inning shoes or w! ‘iptions the S.S. Prince Rupert at 12. 15 |
Pe got at Scott, Froud & Co, a.m. in Fitzhugh Sound southbound |

distance from the head of Tuck's
Inlet to Georgetown is 3 1-2 miles,
from there to Port Simpson 7 1-2,

This distance ca be covered over| VANCOUVER GIRL
“aie hiaaes, ee) FATALLY BURNED

Ponuity the old-timers hers
to go from Metlakatla to Simpson

Miss Nellie ae is the Victim
of a Pot of moiling Wax

dead

by way of the coast, in about seven
hours.

Mr. Wright fs now in Kitsum-
kalum arranging for the trail to
be constructed between that point
and the Naas. It is the intention
of the Government to do a great
deal of work in these districts
this season, and new trails will be

(Canadian a Despatch)
Vancouver, May 20.—Miss Nel-
lie Hogg, a domestic employed in

Point Grey Road, fatally
burned yesterday afternoon, dying
in the hospital at night from her

was

opened up in as many directions
may be for the
development of the centres at
ing up dust now. lin the

 

injuries.

The unfortunate girl was busy
kitchen, when a pot of
—— wax on the stove boiled over and
Ma the 24th iburst into flames. In attempting
Everyone will be dressed in| to put out the flames, some of the
their holiday attire and to look! burning substance caught on her
properly dressed you will ne ed | clothes, which became ignited. She
tan or canvas shoes, Scott, Bend enh hastened to the hospital but

&.Co, have a big assortment, | without avail,

as necessary

 

the household of Mrs. Gie of 2716],

Flowers, Placed

(Canadian Press Despatch)
London, May 20.—The affection
which the people of Great Britain
hold for Sir Wilfrid Laurier was
shown on his arrival at Liverpool
yesterday afternoon. The. Lord
Mayor and the City Council,
attired in their robes of office, with
the stage coach in waiting, re-
ceived the Caradian Premier as
| he stepped off the Virginian.

Royal Train Waiting

The London & North-Western

Railway placed at his disposal

Lord Mayor and Council of ot Llversdal Tendered a Civic
Reception—Royal Train, Decorated With

At His Disposal

for Trip to London

the saloon cars of the Royal train,
which was decorated with flowers
for the occasion. Crowds of people
gathered at the boat side and gave
a popular expression of their wel-
come.
Politics Avoided

At the civié reception, Sir Wilfrid
delivered a graceful speech, avoid-
ing all reference to politics. In-
terviewers who saw him later
were received by Sir Wilfrid, but
he firmly refused to be interviewed
on political topics.

 

 

 

Vancouver Merchants Hold

(Canadian Press Despatch)
Vancouver, May 20.—The need
of providing a railway from the
coast cit ies into Northern British

country Ww
men of Vaneouver called for the

railway service.
Passed a Resolution

 

The meeting finally
urging the
to provide
assist in providing a railway into

solution

,oOvernment or

ASK FOR LINE INTO THE
PEACE RIVER COUNTRY

Columbia and the Peace River
was emphasized last night |
at-a large meetirgrof the business

purpose of discussing question ofs

passed a
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a Meeting—Want Province

to Build or Assist in Building.

| the Peace River country from the
coast cities.

A Wealthy District

It was pointed out that the
|Peace River district when settled

will become one of the wealthiest
|portions of the province, and that
the building of a railway would
greatly help the work of settling
this rich district.

For canoes, row hoats, launches
call at Johnston’s Boat House at
/ the foot of Third avenue and Cow
| Creek.

 

VEIN OF ORE ON
SECOND AVENUE

‘Copper and Iron ‘Paystreak”
Laid Bare by Blast

 

| This morning a
|good quality copper and iron ore
| we as laid bare by the effects of
|a shot fired on S. P. McMordie’s

vein of quite

|
| Second avenue cut.
|
|

There was quite a little stir
amongst the workmen at the time,
| and almost a miniature mining
stampede. Samples of the ore
will be assayed without delay,
and rumor hath it that already
those of the grading gang who

have been bitten by the mineral
busy sharpening stakes
their right to the

bug, are
to establish
“claim.”

COAST-WISE WEATHER

Prince Rupert Refreshed by a
Little Rain

Today's weather along the coast |

for the most part cloudy.
Southerly winds prevail, and at
some points there’is clear weather
and sunshine. Triangle reports
fog this morning, and Point Grey
is making the best of “Cloudy”
after having a pretty long spell
of worse weather by far than we
have been having in Prince Rupert.
Today, however, Prince Rupert
also has to report ‘‘Cloudy.’’ There
was a little rain last night which
laid the dust nicely,

Is

 

Dinner in Honor

Mrs. Donald McLeod  enter-
tained at a dinner last evening in
of Mrs. McLean who
leaving for Hazelton, The guests
were Miss Mercer, Miss Mabius,
Miss Miiligan, Miss Marten, Miss
Johnstone and Miss MeTavish.

honor is

 

CHILICO WRECKED
ON THE FRASER

Little Vessel Goes to Pieces in
An Ice Jam

News reached town this moraing
that the little stern-wheeler Chilco
was lost on the Farser river on
April 29th while running between
Blackwater river to Quesnel.

The Chilco’s boiler gave out
while she was steaming back from
Cottonwood Canyon. The hoat
drifted down the river for two
miles into the canyon. After
drifting through nearly the whole
distance of the Cottonwood canyon
the ice jammed and smashed the
lo at to pieces. The crew narrowly
escaped with their lives.

 

LOST IN SKEENA
NOT YET FOUND

‘Bodies of w. | H. 1. Tully and W.
Grant are Still Missing

No news has come down river
regarding the bodies of Port En-
gineer W. H. Tully, and the fire-
man William Grant who was drown
ed with him in the Skeena the other
day. Search is continuing, but
it is hardly expected that the
bodies will be found immediately.
There is a chance that they may
come to the surface in a week or
so, and be found along the river
bank lower down,

To Advertisers

To prevent disappointment, ad-
vertisers in the Daily News are
requested to send in changes of
copy on the evening previous to
publication. This applies especial-
ly to the Saturday edition. The
great growth in the advertising
department makes this necessary,

 

  
             
     
     
       
     
      
         
        
       
         
               
                 
             
            
     
         
                       
        
          
      
 
   
     
           
       
         
       
      
         
      
       
     

        
   
        
      
     
        
         
 

  

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