ole Phe’ various boards: of, trade as

on ‘well:
throughout. the Domition. ‘have
already ‘taken. -ateps: ‘towards giv- |
a Toy: the: visitors a welcome.

ROOSEVELT GAINS
IN PRIMARY. STATS|

p| People AppatenyFaver Can."
. didature ’ ‘of: ‘Former Presi.
"dent As Against Taft.”

: * Pilgrimage of: ‘Old: Country
_ Business Men To Cities of.
Canada. : Se

a ; SS ; ‘Desiroua of: Laarsing. at First Herd of
‘a 7 Resources: of “Dominion, Large: Party |.

: OF Prominent Business Men Will Crais 4:—.
‘Bie _ "Atlantic and Tour Country, New ‘York, May 1 The

_ - a Roosevelt: committee - gave out
elt “tthe. ‘following ‘copy -of a letter
“Ottawa, “May 18 - Artange- from Col,* Roosevelt ‘to R. A:
“nents have been. completed fori Caswell, of Minveanpolis, Chair-
} > | the. visit? to’ Canada of from fifty | man of the Roosevelt Committee;
ay... to sixty British capitalists, busi-|, - often ao ‘have, now “thet
Hess : nd- _ facturers, preferentia’ primaries: ‘or. heir
represent ars IL “told. ee a equivalent—North Dakota, = Wis-
FOP nga omething consin, Illinois, Pennsylvania,
mo ike two- hundred:: nillions, Nebraska, | Oregon, New -Hamp-
ao .Gonferences ‘have: taken" ‘place shire, - Massachusetts and. Mary-
" ‘between Hon, George. E.. ‘Foster

‘ land, - These: states,- the’ only’:
7. - and Mr; W.-Leonard ‘Palmer of

onés in’ which: there’ ‘hag been a
London, the - -originator: ‘of the free chanced for thé ‘expression of
trip. ‘The -party “will - include

'the popular: will, are’ to be’ vFepre-'
: a representatives. of. the -London

~/ chamber ‘Sf. commiercé,.’ “Several

British boards of trade, Vickers
Limited, the Birmingham Small
. Arms company, Cammell, Laird
.. &Co., and other big, British in-
"_ duatries, * ”
__ They will sail. from. Liverpool
~~ on the Empress “of Britain .on
. “May.81 and will.arrive: on June|Taft obtained < on 1 the: preferential
_  Gthat, Quebec; where: they ‘will| vote... 2 -.-.
“be officially. welcomed to: Domin-|' In all the t nine states together
- jon. After a. brief stay in the about three out of every four
- ancient capital they: will ‘proceed Republicans “who. voted at: the
.. to the: Maritime. “provinces. where primaries’ ‘were. ‘against: Mr, Taft.
_ @ week will be spent - inspecting | If the. primaries ‘could “be. held i in
* the vesources of that. portion ‘offall the: states. there would un-
_. the: country, Arriving at Mon- doubtedly be no. substaritial varia-
- treal, about June 15th, they’ will tion from‘ these. figures.and Mr,
. afterwards proceed - to Ottawa Taft. could, by i) Possibitity,
“where the visitors: will’ be - -given'|have.two hundred: votes in the
~ an official welcome by the Domin- | Chieago ‘convention. ©
_ion governmerit,. ‘They: will sub-| -.‘*Mr., Taft's: charices of renomi-
- sequently ' visit: Toronto. and‘ the| ination ‘fies *solelyin | securing ‘at
» chief points.in Oritario, ‘including Chicago. delegates. who will: mis-
Niagra. and’ the Cobalt. camp. represent the williof the. people,
Then’ proceeding west the: party |He -can ‘get. these delegates, not}.
will taake an. extensive. ‘tour’ of fin the: ‘primary states, : but-in ‘the
_. the: western provinces and of eonvention | states, - where dele-
British: ‘Columbia, The visitors | gates are chosen. under’ the old
will-again bein Mottreal ‘about system, | and even in these” states
od uly 19th and will sail for Liver- he. can only get them where the
pool, where they. are dué -to state is ruled by a. "bass." note

thesé delegates are for.President
Taft and 216 against him. He
has carried but two. of the. nine
states— New - ‘Hampshire and
Massachusetts—while. in Massa-|&
chusetts the Roosevelt: delegates |
at' large. were elected by over

Lg caine a ee ge

Business

8! the: civic. -authorities |

. necegsary ~ ‘for: the’ -Ttalian

were repulsed, leaving five ;
- The losses of ‘the

sented by 256 delegates in the}
|Chiéago_ convertion, - Forty oft.

twice the majority © ‘whieh Mr. |:

‘Richelieu,
tember ' was ‘unseated. South.
Simcoe, vacated. -by the’ appoint:
ment of Mr. ‘Haughton Lennox)
to the bench; Macdonald, Mani-
toba, vacated by the appointment]
of Mr. W. D. Staples to the Grain |:

‘Commission, and~ Kootenay, ‘B.}
C.,
appointment of Mr. Goodeve ‘to
the Railway Commission. oe,

discussing the reciprocity pact
between the United States and
Canada, William Taft, President
of the United States,
Theodore Roosevelt,
tdent: ©

m, (ducts we would take-would pyro-
o” duce & current’ of business be-
oe tween
“oiilthe United States \ that’ would
/@imake Canada only an adjunct of
lh the United States.
’ transfer all their important busi-
~. fness “to Chicago
{) York, with their bank credits
and ‘everything else, and. it would
a increase greatly -the. demand in
Cabada for our manifactures.”’
: To: this, Colonel Roosevelt, re-|
plied:

“Dear Président: —It aeems to
tne that. what you" propose to do|
with Canada is admirable from
every standpoint.” a

quire at Miner Office.

Bret Inginecd, Hotel.’

bathroom outfit,
Miner offie.

7 one - four-horse Studebaker
wagon, ‘nearly new, *
office. Bo!

; ‘complete. with smokestack, pump
yand fittings and 200 feat of new
pipe.’:. Enquire: at office of Inter-

will be oceupied: by, Itali
ig ‘believed that a month:

occupy. the islands” of

to’ ‘leave Italy: for the scene

operations... .
. An-Italian column of 1 mi

today engaged a force of

and Arabs near Boukemese

the. Tripolitan coast, « nes

Tunisian frontier.. The Ita

on ‘the field:
allies were 25 ‘dead and 45 wouad-
ad
Five. Ttatien warships have:
established, a Dblgekade : ‘of F Mity:
lene.

Ottawa,. May .14:—A consign:

ment of new (° ‘anadian five and|
ten dollar gold pieces just mint-

ed is on the way to the receiver:
gener al at Vancouver.

Elections: Held Over >
Ottawa, May’ 14:—It is unlikely,

that tlie four’ by-elections for ex-
‘listing vacancies inthe House of |.
Commong, will take place before

fall. The constituencies open are

where the Liberal

rendered. vacant by.” the’

Taft's Frankness coe
‘In a letter dated January, 1911,

ox-Presi-

“The: ‘amiount of of Canadian pro-
Western’ “Canada and

It ‘would

and. .New

En-
tf,

‘One Pool Table for gale.

FOR SALE—First-class Piano,

“For, ale, three pool tables and
A-snap.. Y.,

For Sale

Oy Miner

* For Sale os
“One IB-horse power pipe boiler

Canada’s Gold Coinage’ al

wrate to]

and Sweatpads. |

per yard...

Whirs, Double "pies Hares and Accesories Spreader, . :

Silkaline,. 36 inch, in prety fal designs for depo, Be. .

Embroideries and lisestions, a very. splendid assortment ‘well
worthy of your. inspection. | we

Carpet Squares and Rugs, exceptional prices.

HAI ‘S-F elts:

Mea’ s, Youths’ and Boys’ o

A large tange of Soft Felt Hats ;
in the newest shapes and shades. .

SOFT STRAWS
~~ Men’s, Women’s and Children’ $
- Children’ ‘s Trimmed Flops at $1 00

Some v very neat and at-
tractive styles in these.

Suits

Clothing —

Line,

thirty days,

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| Men’ $ Ready Made

a

“Spring and Summer Weights. f
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"Made To Measure

“Agia for: the Art Tailoring

~ We can deliver to you a suit made.to- order i in
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Gas, Nail Paints and Oils

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A complete line of Cress

Roofing Pape Tar Baling Peps, and ning Paper i in
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dem in: favor. _

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Grocery Dep’ t

Wes ‘are making a. peel: effort to keep tis pon