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Formerly The Prince <7 Optimist

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY

FEBRUARY - 26, 1912.

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TO DEVELOP GRAHAM ISLAND Antonio Today. Electrician Electrocuted. Coal Strike meine Declared. AT LITTLE CANYON UP RIVER
‘i as | Vancouver, Feb. 26. Spe- meee
Ts Canadian Press Despatch. jcial. —Wayne Bennett, electri-| London, Feb. 26.—TIt is report-|
if dares San Antonio, Feb, 26.—-Despite|/cian at the Arena ice rink, was/ed in Radical circles today that|
ave Transported Seventy-Five Tons of Drilling Mach- rumors there has been no fight-| found dead this morning, having) Asquith has determined that in| Dan Stewart, Veteran Trail Blazer of Hudson Bay
inery Thirty Miles Through the Brush—To ing ni aed = ere segeeldirbaly pie ig. pa 1 came rv the event wr 4 prs strike a Company. and Early Rancher of Skeena Valley
‘ seven hundred rebels ave landed} centis wa) > east. rovernmen wi ake over anc .
Test One Hundred Sections from a Mexican Central train ten} a —-- vork temporarily all the coal) Succumbs to Advancing Years
t CC i a visitor who is Noel Hoare, coal merchant and} miles from the city and have va | aaron Pioneer Cleaners.|mines and thus prevent panic in By yesterday afternoon's trainjhere originally as a Hudson Bay
Inn, is the general|banker, and Gerald Brown we aM -|gaged federal troops. It is cer-| Phone 4. ; prices. there arrived in Prince Rupert| pioneer, and did considerable trail
/ Graham Island/tors. W. H. Armstrong of Van —— — news of the death of Dan Stewart,| blazing for the great company in
rimber Syndicate, Lirnited, couver is the resident director. rancher of Little Canyon and one|/his youth. From his knowledge
bf | ind has just returned | [he head oflice is Gapel House, of the very oldest of the veteran|of the country, its paths and
, he ind after taking in|]New Broad street, London. pioneers of this coast. Dan, or|passes, he was able to forecast
evi five tone, eae Mr. C, Wright is Mr, Greene's Dave, as some called him, died|accurately the main direction of
landed on the coast) pal superintendent, and on Saturday at his ranch, where}railway enterprise and was sel-
ratively easy, but 0 | have now about forty men em- he leaves a grown-up family, in-|dom out in his estimate regard-
igh the brush, with iployed. Mr, Greene says that| cluding a daughter. His death re-|ing probable locations of centres
p is, Was an arduous geologically the hundred sections | sulted practically from reduced|of population.
i It was effected) i. 4 coal area extending between| strength due to advancing years.,| As an old timer he was well
) 1 donkey engine |Masset Inlet and Skidegate, and | His age was about eighty, and|known and much respected along
ot only the gen-|his idea is to thoroughly pros-| ek though ae a9 hearty up till re-|the whole of the Skeena valley
was the pro-|pect sing core drills for the} cent months, he had of late be--}and coast district. His funeral
2k was the pros pect ih gine gone deitis ter’ Track Reaches Mile 140 Tonight niall Will be at the Crossing by) cone tore entechiod, lakes place today.
, coal and  oil/tions of oil on some of the land Dan Stewart at the time of his ——
: th Graham  andjand they will drill for this also. Middle of March---General Superintendent Mehan Reports death could look back on a period Leap Year Social.
; is last vear, and as|He says there is no stock on the Rapid Progress---Local Development Work Merely of some fifty or sixty years on The Ladies’ Aid of the Pres-
hased one hundred| market and none will be issued this coast. He knew the history|pbyterian Ghurch, east of McBride
inds on Graham.juntil the campan) has definitely Waits Removal of Buildings in the Way jof its development better than street, have postponed their Leap
London and suc-|decided the values of the prop- jmost men, and had always held| Year social until Thursday, the
his company y The development “Tonight steel will reach |thirty miles from Skeena River}now for the removal of the|*¥Upremest confidence i its qual-|29ih, on aecount of the opening
chairman of} st night be offered might Mile 140," said General Su- crossing. Track has been laid at] buildings in the way baere: com-|ities for agricultural and indus-/o¢ the new Westholme Theatre.
directors and H,/}1 perintendent Mehan this {the rate of well over thirty miles| menéing to move the G. T. » nn | a enterprise. He came Out} Admission will be 25 cents.
morning. “Progress with n six weeks in spite of snow|and start grading the digbot site.
track laying has been rapid hindrances, and mild weather up|This morning Mr. Mehan was SA ee
EW DRAGON POWERS SEND recently owing to improved river is increasing the speed now.| measuring up the ground w= PROROGATION VALHALLA Hi 4
weather conditions. We shall The general superintendent] able at Pat Burns old meat mar-}
be at the crossing by March [was able to mention this morning] ket site, to which he said the Inn
PRESIDENT STRONG PROTEST 16th at the rate we are now that the first divisional point out} will be removed if there proves} TOMORROW
h | going.’’ |from Rupert is to be at Miie ii9,;to be a great deal of rock exons}
A ini | This information, ilthough|a station, not yet named, but the} vation necessary at the first site|
uan Shi Kai, to Administer the|British and French Cruisers given out in quiet ,matter of fact third one out from Van Arsdol] to- soot neFr - os lly-Dougl “S| Budget Débabe a Satur-| Saturday Night Sa Saw’ (Charming
Chinese Republic, a Mighty) Steam Full Speed to Beirut, |! @nner, means ee good po 2 gia os ae Spatitin 4 BS . a Pad ay a raat day and Estimates Passed Au-| Social Under Auspices of Prince
Pereonality-Oalled Orooked:as Walsh | lselians :meraRetyyy) en aca ae ate shen eee likes Se omiwin the eity Mr. Mehan delayed, aeitisele naeitaae thorizing “an Wapenditure «of Rupert Scandinavian Society
I tio g as f 8. ork city Mr. J é é ’ awe g Ss 8}
They Make Them, |. pereet BR VRRR EEE: /At Mile 440 steel will be only|remarked that he’ is only waiting|from the department. Sixteen Millions for the Year. in K.-of P. Hall.
\ Shi Kai will probably be G i Press Despateh. = Special to Daily News. In the K. of P. Hall on Satur-
president of the Li Feb. 26.—The powers | Victoria, Feb. 26.—The debate|day evening there was held most
Dr. Sun Yat Sen,/have sent a strong protest to| on the budget was concluded Sat-|suceessfully a special Leap Year
president, retir-|Rome over the bombardment of SMALL STAMPEDE FOR THE NORTH jurday and estimates passed au-jball under the auspices of Val-
ibout 55 years old.| Beirut, declaring that Italy has }thorizing an expenditure of $16,-| halla No. 67, 8. H. and E, F., the
he was sensual/violated her promise to confine x ;000,000. Among the speakers on| Scandinavian Society of Prince
He has a whole-|the war to Tripoli. The British LEAVES ON MAY THIS AFTERNOON budget was William Manson} Rupert. Members of the society
for the foreign|cruiser Lancaster and one French of Skeena, who outlined the needs}and their friends one and all were
[ great confi ist ire steaming full speed of his district. A vast amount at lpnene nt in force despite the in-
| His eritics, how- Beir rder to protect the |work was cleaned up and it looks}clemeney of the weather, and a
> has alwavs been alrespective interests of their as through prorogation will come|bright and happy gathering was
itv of double|: ‘Some Are Making for the New Discoveries Reported on Sixtymile |}tomorrow or Wednesday. | the result, esis by Gray’s or-
he has been ——— — ;chestra was of the very best, and
vith the republic NOT RUPERT WEATHER in Yukon and Others are Heading for Liard Country MAJESTIC THEATRE SOLD {the dance moved with swift merri-
i ssing to be striv Che Princess May is due to ar-;men who stay home being I.) P. J. Glemenson, A. Johnson, T. | ~ ment throughout the whole of the
5 nd main to save! Blizzards Rage Over the Border— rive about 5 this afternoon and| Rass nthal, Hugh Harris and Ed-|M. Peterson, Mrs. L. Stanley, J.|Will Be Run as "Picture Show evening. Refreshments were
ind has now given Trains Tied Up. she will carry away with her to} gar Harris, the well known min- Samans, W. Seelig, B. Bucking- Still by New Owner. abundantly served and the ar-
Bt! sis the “double - ‘ ; on ae Scat he Fran! Martin |ham, — rangements made for the com-
‘ » f his cunning Canadian Press Despatch. | the northward some thirty per [ane ar " : aye cree ; The Young party and its outfit The Majestic Theatre on Third} fort and pleasure of the guests
t s would fill a Kansas City Feb. 26 Heavy} sons principally prospectors | James Latham, MeBain Bros. and and dogaieelll: be landed at: Wran-/|@venue has been sold by the} were of the very best. Conspicu-
{snows with a forty mile gale er>!hadly smitten with the \@lacer/E. Jurgeson. r this party and!) have a ctrenuous/OWNerS, Messrs. Strassburg and|ous in energy toward the success
j}zenera throughout Missourl,| op. .e, Of these the most import-|others, includ Captain Bragg,|" ra . MOUS) Koller, to Messrs. Hawley and|of the evening was Alderman Dyb-
LAWRENCE STRIKERS SHOT |!owa, Nebraska and Colorado.) 11) party is a quartet headed by|the May w this trip put in mush up the Stickine River to) witt, who will continue to oper-|havyn, whose devotion to the in-
{Scores of trains were stalled on R. Young, for many years en-/at Wrange! and then pursue her| Telegraph Creek, then along the) ate the building as a moving pio. terests of the Scandinavian so-
Police Fire on Parade to Celebrate | !!)' M1 lines of the various gaged in mining in Yukon and at|regular course to Skagway, many| McKenzie & Mann trail to Dease}turt theatre. ‘The former owners|ciety has made it one of the most
Seventh Week of Strike. tra \ vals All trains are) ome, but for over a couple ofjof the passé rs from here to|Lake and over the divide into the|of the Majestic will in future own entousiagHc in the city.
run g ten to twelve hours late). a1. a contractor in this city for|the latt being bound for|Laird country, their objective}and manage the new Westholme | ere re paper
Press Despatch jand ving to the wires DemM8)in, moving of buildings The|Sixty M in the Yukon,|point being Turnagain Creek, ajopera house on Second avenue, | For row boats and launches
Mass., Feb. 26,—'down several have Deen lost. al-| other members of his party are|which wa ecently stampede|tributary of the Blackwater,| which will be opened on Wednes-| telephone 320 green. Davis boat
tarked the begin-|tosether In some piace atten, R. McDougal, T, Wilson and H,jagain an egard to the dis-| which flows into the Liard. Good|day evening, February 28th. Op-} house,
{ ; nth week of the|2? twenty feet high | Shaw all sourdough mushers.|coverics | » definite reports|reports have recently been re-jerations were in progress at the } TT RT
shots were fired re rhey purchased nearly a year’s|have yel | eceived. Amongjceived from trappers in this} Majestic this morning to convert) Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon.
f strikers. One NEW ANGLICAN BISHOP supplies here and have a dozenj;these ar john MeGuire, W. Sul-| wholly unexplored country, and}the front into a handsome cigar | Mr. and Mrs. Robert White lost
and manv women ito fifteen dogs liva W. K. Beckingham, A, E,|the party has hopes of striking} stand and box office combined. their daughter Helen, aged four
were again clubbed|Rev. Or. Roper Conseorated “ft These stampeders are backed} Pehler, J. Li M. Sarm, Mrs.janother Klondike before next} _ — months, yesterday. Funeral from
following the break Third Bishop of Columbia. |b9 Hazelton capital, the nomied|Julia B. ‘Thompson, Mr. and Mrs,} winter's snow flies. indoor Baseball. the residence tomorrow  after-
cession ; - . . . | Grescents vs. Pirates, at Audi-|noon, in charge of E. L, Fisher,
tas | Special to Daily News. | ltorium, Feb, 27th. Game called| undertaker.
Baptist Social. Victoria, Feb, 26 With Arch-| * RAPID REPAIR ROOSEVELT lat 8:15 sharp. Admission 25c,. — —
town Brother-|bish yp Matheson, primats of ail | | Skatin gafter the game. 2t Best meal in town at Savoy.
ight at 8 o'clock in|Qanada, officiating, and assis ESTHOLM
M la | by the Bishops of laledonia, | W I CONTEST
i Ciaska, Qu’ Appelle, W stminy| ~ WORK ON LINER OPERA HOUS i CANNILY
M McCaffery of MeGaf-| Stem, Olymprs lege “5 ea PRESBYTERIANS
‘ ‘ lOregon, Re Dr. Roper was io ued
is at present in coorated and enthroned yester-|Leviathan of the Atlantic Laid Up |Letter to Governore Made Public CONSIDER CHURCH UNION
no eee day as third bishop of the Angli and Entirely Renovated in Nine Grand Today—Teddy” Says People
? che diocese of Columbia, | Weeks—An Engineering Feat ee eee and es Party Machines Should)
——} So Far Unparalleled. z Control Elections. a 5 :
THE WEATHER. ra Baptist Social. | Opening Boston. “Hob ne ciiknin re poallot (Papers Distributed at Service in Empress
Ate Seat tim in town Brother-| The Mauretania left her dock | Roosevelt in a letter to the gov-| Theatre Last Night Mostly All Taken Home by
taut ome “guides 5|hood socia ht at 8 ‘lock in|} at Liverpool the other day. Her Wednesdasiihenniae jernors made public today has| Members and Adherents
ry 26, 1912: Bar,,|MeIntyre Hall, |repairs have occupied nine weeks, signified his intention of running |
lax, temp., 89.0; min,| jan achievement, says the Journal for a third term if nominated.) Ba papers were distributed |the ballot as far as Prince Rupert
1.0; precipitation, rain G. Laforest Peck, the lumber /of Commerce, that is most inter- € e The letter published today did not} j, the Presbyterian Church las i= resbyterian members and adher-
% inch ie iagnate, is in town |esting, for the engineers _opera~ come as @ surprise The only}, tin oman ene smn bavd ‘nis are concerned will be made
! ier that the men I ;
| j/tions oceupied three shifts, the : other thing of note in it is a de-| ign ' wi th jknown. From indications ascer-
‘orkine dav ¢ i save ? a ni¢ herents g ote o e
men working day and nigh} seven Engagement Extraordinary lmand for direct primaries for|®"4 2dherents mighty vole on tis|tainable so far it has been stated
|days a week. Of the Famous |/Presidene Roosevelt. Roosevelt} Proposed unlon between Metho-|that the vote will be practically
J | The extent of their task may Laave » people ¢ ot party{dist, Congregational and Presby-junanimous in favor of union,
PRINCE RUPERT TWENTY MINUTES AGO |be gathered from the faet that Bell Barnes eee daa Lait sr bcp eed ian churches. It had been half} Pastor F, W. Kerr believes there
nearly 700 tons of new plating ? p ltion. }expected by the pastor, Rey, F. W.| will be a great majority, The
fe en 7 jand other iron material had to be be eee Ze err, that ballots would all be in|ballots already in indicate, in
Engineer's department installed poamprere tn Sh ne: worked into the hull, & Dale Trio | Fire Fiend Fatal. [oye the vote counted last night at|fact, an overwhelming majority.
' liver right-of-way arbitration again in sess! The time saving feat is prob- Direct from the Pantages Portland, Feb. 2¢,——(Special.)|the close of the service, but Amongst the announcements
“ity Glerk Woods announces “No Council tonight ably unequaled in shipbuilding beth: | In a fire which destroyed the|though a number of the congre-|made at the Presbyterian Chureh
pecial meeting , ia n poli urt records. fl | Hotel Gillman last night two men ligation handed in their ballot|last night was one tha’ there will
eoling of hospital board sits in | ainsi iii eee ADMISSION: — 25¢, 35¢, 50¢ were killed, three are missing and|papers marked, the majority pre-|be no evening service on Sunday
atiides iaumthan ot ; he Skeena The Union Steamship Gom- mn “are m lseventy had narrow escapes in| ferred to take them home and| next, Mareh 3rd, in order that
®s another few miles up the Skee! pany’s new steamer Chelohsin ltheir night clothes. }consider the question quietly be- |members of the Presbyterian
helmet oxtinguishers proposed for long winded a} left Vancouver Saturday night on DOORS OPEN AT 7.30 Sane fore marking their ballot for or}Chureh may be present at the
her first trip to Prince Rupert, ° - , Oo For sale—Soda fountain and|against union, opening services of the new Meth-
jarriving here this evening, all appurtenances, ©, H, Orme, tf| By March 415th the result of}odist Church,