x gays “yy myself, pays |i The News gays | le the paper to buy es THE DAILY NE Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist vOL- iil, NO. 125 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1912. NEXT MAILS For South Chelohsin...... * Wednesday, 9 p.m. Prince George....... Friday, 9 a.m. From South Prince George. . Wednesday, 10 a.m. PRICE FIVE CENTS NG LAST NIGHT IN NEW CITY HALL ens SOR fed REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE AND THE CITY ASSESSMENT ROLL STION OF HOW FAR THE DOCUMENTS AND BOOKS OF THE ITY DEPARTMENTS SHOULD EE ACCESSIBLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMES UP IN COUNCIL. que c of the Real Estate| quile the case, and the matter of Rupert,| the real namical affiliated body, havye| Stands referred of Membet ° mens to the Frchange of Prince estate igh thew ed to the City omimittee }poewer to Rupert for permission LO} convenient, Court make arrangements ne the books of the City] saecthiilisttbeiiaste e\a department g@ as to| Chelohsin Arrives. {ssessol 5 ‘4e pegarding trans-| Newly fitted up with wireless pest aes. to | telegraph and in fine shape throughout, the Union Steamship facilitate their business. (Company's steamer Chelohsin, The question of how far the! Gaptain Edwards, arrived at 3 : whether real estate men|o’clock this morning on the first tis permitted to consult the! trip since her recent overhauling. sment records came up in| She brought a few passengers j}and proceeded soon after arrival to Stewart. cil last night and was closely vestigate. Assessor McLennan stated| the Municipal Act | Clauses Hello Plan Here. for a charge of 25 cents Ch question of a sub-tele- rch The assessor) phot system for internal use in favor of granting facil-| the cily hall has been referred to for the public to consult} the Telephone committee with provided his depart-| power to act. wa hindered in its . gui [he Ma and some of Pantorium Pioneer Cleaners. alde expressed therm-| Phone 4. is der the impression ——______—— - 1 ( hall records were] rhere will be a meeting of the f spection at all lawful] Women's Auxiliary of the General general public, This,| Hospital at the Catholie Hall to- does not appear to be| morrow afternoon at 3:30 2t FOOTBALL TONIGHT TEPROV. COV. er SWOOPS DOWN Meets the Carpenters. The club will an eight a side match tonight on the | Considerate Authorities Demand| Second avenue grounds, the ecar- above play Payment of City’s Debt to) penters providing the opposition, Them at Earliest Convenience.) Kick off will be al 7:30 sharp. Mayor Refers Matter to Finance! A!) Callie players are requested Committee. to meet atthe club rooms at 7 —_—— velock, when the team will be A leth from the Provineial| selected 4 business meeting vas read in council]! be held after the match in ) the club rooms, re requested the pay-| \, HOLMBERG, See. is possible of the g the B, CG, govern cut ote': JANITOR FOR $152,000 in all ie Ma thought this might coe en THE CITY HALL init Committee, “with power ict, ‘he added with a smile, —_--—-— \iderman Kerr wanted to know) Position Has Now Been Created gh t be advisable for the and Applications Will Be Con- a few pointed ques sidered Next Monday — Any egarding the repair of al Citizens May Now Apply Stat- tged sewers by the government ing Salary. inything was done in the pa Way Of payment of the debt, Po advertise or not to adver- lhe Mayor agreed with Alder-} ,j., for a janitor for the city hall ar Ker and added that some} waa the firat question which*came mation regarding the sale} ”’ 3 of lots by the government would| before the City Council last night. ' he required before the ques l'There was a little discussion. nN of payment of this debt] Alderman Morrissey argued that ( be entertained, there was no need for spending 2 Wiis 3 money in advertising; the posi- Important Agency. tion, he held, was probably well Bainter & enough known to the public, and Sloan wish to an- ; ounce that they have been ap-|he agreed with Alderman Kerr nled agents for Northern|that the matter might be dis- B.C. for the famous “Ferro Ma-| posed of at thal session of the "he Engine,” made at Gleveland, | Council. Uhio, by the largest marine en- Alderman Bullock Webster, gine builders in the world. This|who had moved in favor of due "Neine won the gold medal at the} advertising of the situation, mod- ‘ealtle exposition, was used by| ified his view later In favor of a “apl, Larsen in his famous trip | suggestion that a notice be posted through Niagara Rapids, and is}on the city hall outside notice pular on aeeount of its very} board to the efYeet that the PORIs low price and guaranteed effici-| tion now exists and is open for Ney, Engines and all repairs | application his suggestion ‘be had in Vaneouver without] carried and the appointment will lay, See us for deseriptions|be made next Monday md prices, f. o, b Prince vert. sat Rus rl nd wank & choice steak Best room in town at the Savoy. |call at the Royal Cafe. if —_—-— PPOrp eens. oon PRINCE RUPERT TWENTY MINUTES AGO "inance Minister feeling fine and fit at fifty-seven has evidently “olnpletion of the new city water sprinkler Sot the rainmaker ratty. Water Superintendent and Sanitary Inspector both hail 'N8 the rain happy as sandboys. Merely Mabel says that May showers usually bring forth lun brides, and she knows of quite a few herself. ; Last night's ledge perchers,in the new city ball pone approve the City Gouneil’s determination not to be echary with le Chairs, q Merrees, Finance | for consideration with | | SEATS OF THE MIGHTY More Chairs Wanted for the New) City Hall. | Two dozen extra chairs are to} | be bought for the new city hall to} the of who come in to see the Council} serve needs the cilizens|} do its business until the new city| hall is permanently equipped and| furnished, | Spokane Southbound. When the Pacific Coast steam- Spokane docked this morning, er en route from Skagway to Seattle, passengers from the Yukon re- ported that navigation on the} Yukon River has not opened. The} ice is late going out this year.} However, it is expected that the} first boat will leave White Horse | next week, ROBERTS MAY “Divorcons” at the Theatre tonight. Stalker & Wells cater to your] wishes and want to see Grocers to the people. Empress sail for ' PIONEER WATER WAGON important Epoch in the History of Rupert, Prince Rupert's first water Vagon ts in process of eonstrue- tion. It will be filled with sea water from the harbor and used for sprinkling the streets in the business section, where the dust} nuisance prevails. Any member} of the council or citizen is at] iherty to mount it at pleasure. | Capilano Brings Explosives. With a full cargo of freight, mostly explosives, the Capilano | arrived yesterday. Ineluded in her manifest were the big glass plates for the front of the new post office. The May Roberts Company will the north on the City of Seattle tonight. Take home a’quart of ice cream when you go. See Keeley. RIVER STEAMER IS DRAWN OVER FALLS AND BLOWN UP With Barge in Tow S.S. Mildred Was Approaching Lock on Lievre River When Engine Failed---Crew Leapt fer Their Lives as Vessel Plunged Stern First Over Dam Into Rushing Rapids Where She Swamped and Sank, Blown to Pieces by a Bursting Boiler Special to Daily News. jin the strength of the Buckingham, An the the swune the that in| 2 tow, and when | stopped the liver) midstream dragging to- extraordinary accident barge process of Lievre steamer traflic occurred here with Realizing day, resulting the total loss] steamer helplessly of a steamer and barge, but for by being with life occurred Mildred lock from| iL. in was jinto danger loss of as| tunately not The river stern first ove! accident as and engineers for their well the being brought with the Refused Duty. | i the caught by Lo a| and } crew steamer Was! the into the stream, deck lives, Plunged Over Dam. Scarecely had they the above mess clear gol Engines Without warning suddenly but ked and | standstill at a mostveritical mo-| the steamer the fall. From when barge the plunge a vesse| the engines downward, jerking faster still ment, just when the steamer was the bank of approaching the TONIGHT’S SHOW TENDERS FOR: Don't Miss “Divorcons” If You! Are Fond of Amusing Play. | Tonight the May Roberts Com- the most amusing play, “Divorcons,’ pany presents famous | | | a | by Vietorien Sardou, a play which Must Put Up. of Alderman inastlerpiece “Let us is an acknowledged | of French dramatic art. get a divorce,” is the interpreta-| tion in English of the title, and|¢arried in By motion the city ecouneil suggestion of spice stands favor-] vnjieh is in danger of going engine steamer the drifting sucked the dam, captain, jumped from of was rush over the dam SECTION TWO City Council Will Call for These Now in Order That Owners May | Understand How Much They is that of a married} night tenders are to be called for} ite with those who love the lighter]... co for want of use. If Sec- works, Gyprienne, the heroine,|)j,,), development is to go on is beautifully conceived by her}ipjg jymber is likely to be util- author and has been played by!) 4.4 on the work. some of the world’s” greatest ’ SOC smut ages Bee actresses, including Sarah Bern Special! This week at Sloan hardt, Miss Roberts handles the & Company, Ltd,, knitted silk ties part with a finesse that is delight- and washable chamoisuede ful and her work in Divoreons| gloves, 50c, See our window. has created a lasting impression] ” on the minds of her auditors.” |* = —=—<—=—<—— Miss Roberts has secured at gpeal expense some gorgeous FREE! FREE! FREE! gowns that will be seen in her ———-- farewell performance tonight. A big beautiful 88 key reer ey me electric player piano, worth Strictly fresh Eggs for sale, $1,200 given away to the 745 Fifth avenue, corner of Tay- pool players in the Base- lor street, uf ment pool room, Empress ee Theatre building. Best room in town at Savoy. current, | saw Ouebee, May 28.| The Mildred had a heavy barge} into} the vessel take the wild leap in the foaming water, which boiled all over and into her as she dipped stern first into the lrace. She swamped almost at once and sank. Boiler Blew Up. As the water closed over the boat there was a terrific explo- sion when it touched the boiler toward | the lock gates and | river the crew and other watchers | | j | Kerr| Messrs. Pattullo & Radford act- last|ing for the seller of the lots, and Prinee Ru- the story Mg ao ve . couple who in mutually seeking|{he improvements proposed in| ?' a. ee ™ tol i oY Welburn f P *{ ‘is | m Mr. A. C. Mitche oO etbury, freedom from the trammels Of! section ) Chis step was taken] i] vestershir England, repre matrimony discover themselves} : ae Sani oucestershire sngland, repre- ‘like pri ners of romance stil]; @fler a report by the eily clerk) sents the English capital invested Ke yreisé Ars j ( i | ; Al , , ( » effe £ » Section 2]; rs ‘e is , , too enamoured of their bonds to to the effeet that the CLK j and L. W. Patmore i ont of the part, It is a pretty play, a wilty);owners are simply awaiting the|local men interested, The con- The| siderat J c Sh one and intensely funny. Phe | calling for these tenders by the| sid ration involved is some BB ’ ‘ 500, the average price r May Roberts Company knows how] council in order that they may | 209, the average I os per 10 : , yr $3900 $290, as err pi to stage it to perfection, Re- | know how much money they have being $3 not v erron ferring to it himself, Mr. Gillard) to put up eously reported in another pa- “Of f ‘rance, has er. says: Of all that France, ha rhe matter was led up to by | ah Ss Nk ’ , Pog ’ ese Ol are ¢ ne at given in Sardou’s gem of a com- jdiseussion of the situation in re- bat Gilaa iain eh saga 9 £ ‘ . i ad ever elt « ‘eo Are edy, “Divoreons,” with just @)oopq to the city’s stock of lumber and furnace, In a burst of spray and shattered timber the Mildred was literally blown to pieces, Het wrecked hull and machinery re- main at the bottom of the boil below the dam. The barge broke away from her and was. salved upturned farther down stream, FORTY LOTS TRANSFERRED Important Sale of Realty in Sec- tion 8—$15,500 Transaction. English and some local capital has been concerned ip the trans- fer of a number of desirable lots, some forty in all, situated in Sec- ticn 8; The deal Mr. been ol has WwW. just completed, Kissick Mr H. O, Crew of the separately in Rupert. They were purchased originally en bloe and resold in the They will now probably be put on the market on terms through the Prince Agencies and Messrs. Radford, same way easy Rupert Pattullo & P. B: C. Concert Postponed. Rey. F. W. Kerr announces to- day thta the P. B. C, concert, which was to have been held to- morrow night, has been poned until next Wednesday, post- Sold in bulk by quart or pint, delicious, refreshing hot weather necessity, ice cream at Keeley’s. Made from fresh, pure, rich cream—ice Pharmacy. cream at Keeley’s i | i ASSISTANT ENGINEER OF THE Eee = RAILWAY COMMISSION EXPECTED RAILWAY SOON TO BE OPENED TO REGULAR TRAFFIC AS FAR AS SKEENA CROSSING—EALLASTING COMPLETED— SUPT. SAYS BRIDGE WILL BE FINISHED IN JULY. In response to the question as the to to why railway was not traflic from Skeena general to opened Newtown Crossing, General Superintendent Mehan of the Grand Trunk Pacifie said this afternoon that the work of bal- lasting was practically completed and that the company’ only awaited approval of the board of railway commissioners before inaugurating their regular sched- ule, which has already been pre- pared, Mr. Mehan said that Assistant Engineers Kerr of the railway commission is expected to arrive on the next boat to examine and report upon the line. Mr, Mehan will suggest to Mr. Kerr that his report to the commission be made ‘y telegraph so that the schedule} pul into force as quickly possible after Mr. Kerr’s ex- amination, The new time card, which has arranged by the Trunk, provides that a can be already been Grand passenger leaving Prince Rupert Wednesday afternoon, for! can reach Skeena| Crossing by 6 o'clock p. m. oe on a Instance, by transferring to river boat will be enabled to arrive in Hazelton by 7 or 8 o'clock the same day. A trip whieh formerly required many days by steamer can soon be accomplished in one day by train and steamer. This year the traveling publie have been par- ticularly hampered by.the steam- boat service for the reason that water in the river has been ex- ceptionally high and the boats have been unable to navigate regularly through the Big Can- yon, ; In the event that Mr. Kerr’s report is telegraphed to the rail- way commissioners and_ they sanction the opening of the line by wire, the new schedule can be expected to be put into operation within a very few days after the arrival of Mr. Kerr. The open- ing of the line to general traffic as far as Skeena Crossing will be a decided help to the interior and to Prince Rupert. Speaking of work on_ the bridge across the Skeena, Super- infendent Mehan said that he was confident that the big under- taking would be finished by the first of July. ODD FELLOWS’ MEETING Special Assembly for Election of Officers Takes Place Tonight, A special meeting of the Odd Fellows Society of Prince Rupert will be held tonight at 8 o’clock in the Knights of Pythias Hall for the purpose of electing offi- cers. All Odd Fellows are re- quested to attend. WHERE CITY IS LIABLE In Case of High Lots Chieinsaiwal Dangerously on Streets Deep Graded, but Not Where Build- ings Are Menaced. In the of licitor, given at last night’s coun- cil meeting, the city i& liable for removal of any loose rock on high lots faeing deep cut streets, but | is not liable for danger caused to buildings in deeply excavated lots. The situation is that while in the first case the city’s opera- tions have caused the danger, in the other the lot owners themselves are to blame. opinion the citys so- case ITY WILL BUY LEAD IN SOUTH Lecal Tender May Not Be Ac- cepted, as It Would Establish a Dubious Precedent—Telegraph Trouble Reacts on Local Firm. Messrs, Crane & Co.'s tender for twenty-two tons of lead woo! for hydro electric work at $7.80 per ton was accepted by the Council last night. The same Vancouver firm’s tender for pig lead at a rate of $32.50 lower than the other tenderers was also accepted, Messrs. Clark Bros. of Prince Rupert were bidders and weré some $88 higher on the lead woo! tender than Crane Bros. on their first tender, but had received by wire a_ lower quotation after the tenders had been opened. There was some little discussion, in which Alder- man Clayton favored acceptance of Clark Bros.’ local tender. The firm. had been under the hard- ship of having their wires de- layed by the bush fires. However, as the precedent of allowing the acceptance of a tender received after the others had been opened would not do, decision was come to as noted. —AT THE— Empress May Roberts AND HER Will present Sardou’s World Famous Comedy Rezerved Seats Now on Performance starts at 8.30 sharp. 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