THE DAILY NEWS — THE DAILY NEWS THINGS WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL FOR WIFTEST ‘ ge rn UREST THE LEADING NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA Twat Vette ve inayoree ( ——) | APEST Pubsbed Dely end Weskly by ae EVERFONE (5 oe Z cae Seep PaSseesoe THE PRINCE RUPERT PUBLISHING CO. LTD., PRINCE RUP' ’ ° fang foe Jour wat 2 a) . oe ex 1 | TWIN SCREW STEAMERS a E WELFARE At Heart ! posases op out ester — “Wh 6) | “PRINCE’RUPERT” AND “PRINCE GEORGE” For Vancouver, Victoria and Seattt MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS 6 am Prince George Salle for Stewart on Thursdays 0: &@ o « “PRINCE JOHN" fRANSIENT DISPLAY ADVERTISING—50 cents per inch. Contract rates on application. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—To Canada, United States and Mexico—DatLy, 50c (cLeanee “\it wine (A BIAS “ i (1 | | | | | per month, or $5.00 per year, inadvance. WREKLY, $2.00 per year. All We tha Ween Serves Pw es tnt 807 ana Other Countries— Daily, $8.00 per year; Weekly, $2.50 per year, strictly | | \| L 7 Ah G. T. P. RAILWAY PASSENGER service \ Yi \ Commencing Sept. 20th, No. 2 leaves Prince Rupert 10 a in advance. HEAD OFFICE returning leaves Sealey 10 a. m Prince Rupert I Cheap Excursion Rates Over Grand Trunk Railway Sy.) (The Double Track Route) : _ Retween Chicago and all points Bast, connecting with all road | Pacific Coast Only a few more days left for line Agency for all Atlantic Steamehip Lines. For all information app) A. ©. MOMABTER, Jeneral Agent Saturdays rh la 1 Daily News Building, Third Ave., Prince Rupert, B. C. Telephone 98. BRANCH OFFICES AND AGENCIES Pouce ARE ROUNDING: UP y to New York—National Newspaper Bureau, 219 East 23rd St., New York City SeaTTLE—Puget Sound News Co. LONDON, ENGLAND—The Clougher Syndicate, Grand Trunk Building, Trafalgar Mi : rem Square. - : Supscripers will greatly oblige by promptly calling up Phone 98 in case of B.C. COAST STEAMSHIP SERVICE non-delivery or inattention on the part of the news carriers. avo ote Sasiedinas: 5 | AB ae on oun 8 FAMOUS (mums SAFETY | ai aac —— == a Lin sehen “a PRINCESS CANADIAN SPEED | Cor, Fraser and 5th Castes Wines ond Chem aia ; AML RUPERT'S PALACE OF compows LINE sale SERVICE |) COMFORT THAT \ e . ° e ceneeue 7 S. S. Princess Sophia || C O A L Editorial Notes and Clippings ||) =" SOUTHBOUND | Saturday, Oct. 5, 9 a.m. ||New Wellington Coal. Best on the 4. @. W’NAB, General Agent | Coast SIR RICHARD M’BRIDE he would not have waited to be Phone 116 Rogers & Black AND THE COAL MINERS. approached by the men, but would have offered the services As the press despatches indi- of the government to avoid the THE IROQUOIS cate, the shortage of coal is} suffering and privation of a TERN becoming a serious thing. At coal strike. EAS Vancouver and on the Sound All the men wanted was pro- E . POOL great freighters are unable to tection of life. The duties of XCUrsiOns English and American Billiards move and the fuel supply for “gas men" often have to be D Twelve Tables scaniaed the smal! factories and even carried out to the annoyance er by the | of the coal companies, but they are most necessary for the pro- tection of the lives of all those private consumption 1s becom- ing hard to secure. The win- Oriental Limited) L. A. Barbeau oo ter is approaching and those in the big cities will suffer} Who work underground. Cartage, Coal and Storage terribly if the strike is not Decngorhars does not wane to ws 3 SOLID TRAINS — _3| SEE: Mintnenmer Goouish settled. have anything too much to do ae , ; Courtesy Vancouver Sun daily from Vancouver | For the very sake of human- with the coal miners until they or Beattie ity in general, if he has no forget the fact that his depart- | Phone 68 735 3rd Ave, sympathy with the miner, Sir ment was held by the coroner's Low round trip rates to all points in | Canada and the United States. Call ISLAND COAL STRIKE CAUSES Lester W. David Co, Ltd. Richard MeBride should not jury to be responsible for the ; hesitate™to appoint the inves-| death of seven men at the ex- and let us tell you all about it ; : e ° tigation committee asked for plosion of the Diamond Vale MUCH ANXIETY T0 SHIPPERS ’ ip) versl es Bros, by the miners. Collieries at Merritt, and he, LUMBER Feees Steamship What fairer of more open instead of holding the investi- Si minded proposal could the gation he promised the WidOWS| m@p_EsS ON VANCOUVER ISLAND CANNOT SUPPLY COAL FOR | Agency The up-to-date House Decora miners make than ask for an and orphans, slunk away to THE BIG FREIGHTERS—NO COAL AVAILABLE ON PUGET — Re tors of Prince Rupert investigation? They did 80 England and came back cov- SOUND—VANCOUVER FEARS COAL FAMINE | First Ave. and McBride St. Box 865 PHONE 116 4 aie re “ st ha pe rg bs glory and os but enw F — sign Writing. - "3 Saeue Fae Sever, HOF FON tne DuNee Vancouver, Oct. 4.—Prospects}not known, but the lon ghaul is PHONE 25 : passed. And had MeBr - the waves tie 7 m the hands of of a coal famine for steamships said to make the price of fuel UNION $5 COMPANY OF B.C Ltd Paper-Hanging interests of the miners, his the Premier, forget the seven . brought thr » the vaiehealinid . add +Uey own department or the people dead men in the levels of the|®!! over the: Pacifle Coast as ame ened sctiltive cs ‘camhanten Prince Rupert, B.C. Po eae of British Columbia at heart Diamond Vale Collery. result of the strike at Comox, Na- The new steel Passenger Steamers steamers rhe strike happens at anaes . . : naimo and Ladysmith have be- a time when the North Pacific 6 e 99 “We always deliver the goods” gun to give shipping interests NO|ports are having the greatest Two MILLION BUSHELS F little coneern, and unless thejrush of shipping in the history e 0 In 2nd Street Phone 156 Green situation changes the deep sea|0f the coast, and unless the strike \ oN 7 iiaiies ineeniis liners and tramp steamers sail-|'* settled within a short time nvestors otice ing from Vancouver and Puget|*teamship owners and charterers | Silver, copper and lead mines 66 ”? PRINCE RUPERT FEED (0, Sound ports will be greatly de-|Will suffer great loss. t Kit 1 = C. th Cos mosun r \a itselas, . &, on 1e LO er ee layed. For the departure of the In the event of the famine at) pivep Good ssnaee ae end Dealers SWIFT CURRENT, SASK., HANDLED TWO MILLION BUSHELS OF | “°*!*4ia [or Australia on sehed-| Puget Sound ports becom ine) showings from 6 to 14 feet wide, |Meave Prince Rupert for Vancouver FEED AND URI SEASON uled time it is understood that]acute it is probable that vessels| as follows: HAY, GRAIN , ee ee er ee SSeS | will t to be | ht froml{of th lar | iT t| Easy Terms EXCEED HALF MILLION LA \ coat wil iave to be brougn romyo e regular ines cCaling a . ~ Senna the Sound to Vancouver on barges|those ports will be given the| Apply ‘Chelohsin” - Wednesdays at 10 p.m. SEEDS Swift Current, Sask., Oct. 1.—|present year sidewalk construc- to ee ee the —_— ere ~ ae oun eo DR. De A. CONDOR “Camosun” - Saturdays at 10 p.m. Ne ; ai . ti Swift Curre coed er, which is unable to secure her|o and, and in this even an- | Ce ie : ra seeniins Goveopment of ate oe eee ae eran fuel bunker capacity in British|}@ouver and Victoria will be the| KITSELAS, B. C. Arriving at Vancouver Friday evening | Agents for the International Stock “i the Swift Current district is well eo ’ : e oullay TOT! columbia in time for her de-|ports so suffer most from the and Monday morning, respectively reflected in the records of the arr ” expected to Sanck Spe parture. coal strike at the Vanecouver| building inspector, which show that figure. The fact that during The Blue Funnel liner Titan|Island mines. None safer on the coast than these two MAIL ORDERS PROMPILY ATTENDED ® the season just past over 2,000,- fine passenger steamers permits the past year aggregat- ing close to a half million dollars in value. It is also pointed out that’ over half a hundred houses have been built outside the town limits during the same _ period, In spite of this record building activity there is not a vacant resi- dence or business house to be found in the town, and the four hotels are constantly crowded to their utmost capacity. There are said to be about 135 new buildings now in course of con- struction, and four new whole- sale houses are now locating here 000 bushels of wheat have been handled here is taken as a reliable basis for future estimates, con- servalively stated at 30,000,000 bushels yearly as the potential output of the district. Opium Smokers Fined. The police were unable to ob- the thirteen Chinamen, Long, the proprietor of the house fain convictions in the cases of charged with gambling and using opium, except in two cases, that of Wan and Wong Yet, who was caught was unable to bunker across the gulf these steamers usually do, and is now taking on her fuel at Tacoma. The Lord Derby and other steamers from this port are bunkering on the Sound, with the result that the fuel at Seattle and Tacoma, which has been hardly more than suflicient to accommo- date steamers sailing from those ports, is rapidly disappearing. Portiand, also, is figuring on a as coal famine if the strike con- tinues, and unless further sup- plies are secured form the in- terior, there is every prospect of Findlay-Brace. Last evening at the Central Hotel, in the presence of a large gathering of friends, the Rev. F. W. Kerr united in the bonds of holy matrimony Mr. C, H, Find- lay of Kitsumkalum and Miss Jessie Brace, who had just ar- rived in the eity for the happy event. A reception and supper afterward took place in the big dining room of the hotel, when and congratulations upon the bridal felicitations were showered OD Prince Rupert Meets in the Helgerson Block Every Tuesday Evening All members of the order in the city are requested to visit the lodge. H. ALLISON, N. G, W. G. BARRIE, Sec. A. Lodge, 1.0.0.F. J. H. ROGERS, Agent CARTAGE and LINDSAY'S ™storace G. T. P. Transfer Agents Orders promptly filled Prices reasonable. OFFICE —H. B. Rochester, Centre St. Phone 6 Little's NEWS Agency Phone 116 SONS OF NORWAY sdays al! Al| Not Meets ist and 3rd Thu! p. m., at 319 3rd ave wegians are welcome “Valhalla’”’ of S.H. & EF (SCAN DIN ANIAN 1ETY ; Meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday at’ p.m. in the hal! at ird Ave. 4 SSA =O Empress Bowling Alleys AND POOL ROOM in addition to the five already]actually using opium. They were|a tie-up of deep sea and coast-|COUPle. or RS My Apes established. In proportion tojeach fined $25. The rest wereljing steamers using coal fuel — SAD rtise : @ ALLEVS 7 , . e ' ‘ i * 1 i ** pape ‘ s 8 oe oe ae now | discharged, within a short period. Mrs, A. BE. Oakley, 448 Fighth Adve in Magesing: 1: Fametinle » Gane ™ oe “ihe Coa ve ranks third in building among corpenetioiioin Saenge Whether the G, P. R. will bring}avenue, will receive for the first CIGARS ::; TOBACCOS ;: FRUITS ard Ave ’ ; » P. R. ave " ; 3 H. E. ROSS, Prop. Canadian cities. During the Best room in town at Savoy. eoal from Crows’ Nest Pass is|time on Thursday. THE DAILY NEWS 2nd Ave. Below Kaien Iialand Club = aaa —_—_ ees —— — ———— — —<—<— te SSE Ee yy SESE ee ———————— — a ee ti THE Boss SANS TO STOP EVERY LADY "EM WHO THEY ARE FoR , FOR PRESIDENT! THAT PASSES AND ASK How BO You Uke, TAFT, Mavam? P\ SS TAFFETA ? —YEs sir. \vTS 4 VERY PRETTY | Such a Foolish Biznuss ECe 0° Goods SON? X INT BEEN TO @ THEATRE IN —Drawn for The Daily News >Y . A MONTH © SUNDANS ! CALL IT AN EVEN, BREAK — ONE FOR WILSON - ONE FOR TAFT AND ONE FOR | °7