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: “amooth performance;and: nothing 04
o “will he left: undone: to

-. value of the mineral production
_ of British Columbia in 1915 makes
- it appear that it was’ the. third].

. value of last year’s output” of

. _Taneovs products, $2,000, 000.

who: ‘contributes $5 ‘or. ‘more in
. cash, or: ‘who ‘purchases’ hospital

be: an, enjoyable one, and.all who!

worth ‘while the’ ‘fact: that the}:
: . “ptoceeda ga. ,
. should be an. added. inducement |;

“VOL. V, NO: 23

PRICE $2.00 A a YEAR,

INCREASE IN BGS.

~ MINING PRODUCTION;

GERMAN PLOTTERS’ DASTARDLY ACT.
SE VEN LI VES LOST- -- $3, 000, 000 DAMAGE}

A preliminary estimate of the

- highest yearly total i in the history. |
_ Of the province,
total is $29,708, 000,

for: the year shall. haye | ‘heen
_ received {rom the’ various” “Pro...
" ducers of minéyal, shall prove
that. this estimate is not too:high:
- then the position will be that the.

- minerals. was-, larger ‘by. about
* $8.814, 000 than, that of 1914. but
smaller than that. of 1912—the
year of high record by. $27 781, -
-. 000.

. The produetion value of v various
mineral Products in 1915. .Wwas ag
follows: .

- Placer gold, $690, coo: lode gold,
$5,326, 000. Total ‘gold, $5, O16, 000. |
Silver,"$1,794,000; lead, $1,727, -
000; . copper, $9, 909,000; ” zine,’
$1,395,000. ‘Total: metalliferous
minerals, $20,781,000. Coal, $5,-
482,000; coke, $1,490;500; migcel-

Sigrekantctemnien. Gemrered

“Hospital Meeting ; a
Wye" anpial meeting” ‘of the

~patfand of‘Hazélton Hospital will

he, held - in’ St. Andrew’s, Halll;

“next Tuesday « evening, Feb,’ 8, at}

80’ ’elock. : “An interesting report,
will be. presented, Every person

tickets to tho same amount, i is[
registered . as. 8; patto
- entitled: to v or Vippresenta
tive, on the ¢ .
* Rey. a AL : Armip,, ‘assistant
general ~ -seeretary ‘for. ‘foreign
iniasions: in the Methodist, church
will attend. the: meating:: Mr.
- Aroup i is now visiting the Various
‘missions: of the district; .

Judging from. ‘the: interest’ ta-|

. ken-in the forthcoming production :
“of “What ‘Happened to ‘Janes’?

- by ‘amateur’ players, there. will be}
“a, big... crowd in attendance; at
“Ausembly Hall on Feb, 25th, when
“the famous comedy is to be pre-
opented. The Performance will

ry ike will: get: their money's

Hazelton Hospital |

‘make ‘the |;

~The estimated. ;
“If the. re- FR
vised figures, . after. the returne ;

af were. gutted.
tig $8, 009, 000,. on which: there. is

Y Ontario, in the order naines

“Ottawa, Feb. rr An explosion
n the. parliament buildings at
"9:30. last night; while the® “house |.
was in session, started a. fire
which destroyed a great part: of
the” buildings, - “Two womel.
guests of the speaker's wife, were
burned to death, and four men
fare’ missing ind “believed to. have
been crushed by a falling wall
‘while. removing retords and -pic.,
tures, . Hon. Martin Burrell,
‘minister of agriculture, was bad-
ly burt, ‘the- flesh being burned
from bothi cheeks. He is certain
of the incendiary’ nature, of whe
fire, as he smelt. chemicals. Pre-
mier. Borden escaped. without hat
‘or coat and directed. the work of
rescue, ‘but there’ was little to bey
done i in that’ direction. -

~\The library, the finest in. Cani |-
ada, was saved, bat the house of
‘commons “and ‘the senate wing,
The property loss

-no insurance. *e
The house of commons ig theet-
ing ‘today ina ‘theater building.

Ottawa. (later): “While the
cause of last night’s disaster. is
not definitely known, it is believed |"
to have béen the work of German
agents.  “Ambigh oeabaragage:
house of ‘commons is. authority
for the statethent that complaints
had reached hin congerning: four
Germans said: ‘to have ‘bean work-
ing ‘during the last few days ox:
repairs.’ - ~ Only the library is lett
intact. Boy

RB B. Law, member. for Yar-
mouth, NLS. is: believed to have
perished in: the ‘fire. Premier
Borden’ 8 escape was narrow.

Providence, R. san The Journal
states i in its issue of today. that, it
notified the: U.S, ‘department of};

justice thie ‘weeks ARO: of in-|:

formation obtained from a mem-
ber of. the German: embassy, who
said the embassy had decided to
stop operations: againat, American
munitions’ ‘plants fora while “and

give the people of ‘Canada: a. few ‘

things to think: about’” by” des-|
troying- the- houses: of: parliament
and the large. munitions plants of

leaped with difficulty.
Military conimandets s through. :

covered, Pwo others are lying
in the ruins of the small tower.

OA thorough . ‘inquiry has . been
instituted, The inquest will open
on Feb; 17. Fire Chief Graham
states that he heard five distinct,
explosions. .It.is suspected that
the fire extinguishers were tam-
pered ‘with and filled | with in-
flammable oil, as they seemed to
intrease the flames.

Charles Stroney, aged 28, pignist°

for.Madam Edwina, was arrested |.

on suspicion as he was: leaving
for the United States. He is.a
German and when taken to Wind-
sor -had photographs: of the
buildings i in his: ‘possession.

' Ottawa, Another ingendiaty
‘foutbreak: occurred this mor hing,
when fire destroyed the “factory |
‘of the. Grant, ‘Holden, Graham
Co.; engaged in the, manufacture}
of tarpaulins and ‘elotiting: for
the army. Eight employees’ who
“were trapped by the flames es-

out the country have been -warn-
ed: ‘to protect publie buildings.
Other: attempts are. expected.

TODAY'S WAR -BUL! EIN

Londea:. “Vhere. is'a panic on.
the Berlin “Bourse: today, as~a
result ‘of rumors that a break be-
tween. Germany and. the United
States: over the Lusitania case is
imminent, .. Kt - ig: thought: here
‘that President Wilson’ 8 speeches
this weelt indicate’ the probabil-
ity of a serious Gultcome to the
controversy: m

~The Associated Press j in. Berlin
was informed, today that. under
io ciretimstances will the German
govérimelit admit that the sink-
ing of. the ‘Lusitania was. illeral. .

——

" Woshidgton: : Von Ber nator fe
had: a. ‘five-minute | -eofiferenee
with Secretary. Lansing - on the
Lusitania dispute, today. No in-
formation waa given out. .

Hedin : "Ambassador
Spring: Rice today . Prevented a
formal demand from the: “British

government for the retum of the

Ss ; \opment of the Highland in etd

‘thé rivers: Ancre and Somme.

. Bulkley Valley District...

‘}and Peter Nielsbn left ‘on ‘Thors.
day, and Peter Jensen, the pion-.

ney,
toboggan loads, of. supplies

‘’London; A> Tan vattillery
duel i8 in progress along the| -
\lentire western: “tront* from Bel-|
gium to the Vosges. . Grenade
fighting and: ‘gapping operations
are general, The British are
shelling enemy. trenches along

Our trenches to the northwest of
"| Ypres are being: heavily bombard-
ad. oe

Rome: Austrian reinforce-
ments are leaving: for the Salon-
iki f ront: - .

London: - Naval vessels, after.a
thorough search, report no trace
of Zeppelin’ L-19, The airship i is
believed to have gone down,

Canzidian Patriotic F und’ :

“In addition to $160.10 received
“tr om - monthly subscribers the
following’. amounts. have. been, -
received sinee Dee. 81: 0.
Smithers Patriotic. Fund $190. 00.
New Hazelton"** 7 $175. 50.

ees Patriotic Fand $200. 00.
; ‘Prospector, 5.00! Hagwilget |:
Indians, 32.50; W. Blackstock,
15.00; EH. ‘Fagerlund, A 00; ‘Ey
Barnes, 1.00 de Donohue, 1.00;
RG, Ewing, 1.00; D.Smith, 50;
| R. Checkley, 50; TH. MeCubbin,
5.00; Shel. Robinson, - 5.00; Nor-
man MeKenzie, 5,00; P. Nielson,
3.00; Employees of the “Chicago
Group” Mineral Clainis, . 14,25,

Subscriptions to date, $4, 652.28
Remittances to H’dqu’ 8, 4,449.96 449,96

Balance on Hand. oa 4 ~ 402.32
——=

. Three parties leit Hazelton: for
| the Ingénica: placer district ‘dur.
ing the Week. On Tuesday, ‘Mr,
and M ra, MeClair and J. G. Rine-
ley, with their’ Indian ‘packers,
started « on’ ‘thé journey; Marius
Pederson, Charles. Fredrickson

eer" of the district, -‘aceompanied
by. Fred: Hagen, Barney. Moe;
Charles Sterrett.and: Peter’. : Bar-|
_ left. today. with “several

‘E.G.Spalding- and. Geotge Wat
ker are spending’ a tea” days “on/;

Rocher de: Boule | mountain’, _pre- i

paratory. to’ haginning the. devel

{the other day.

ica AND DISTRICT”

NEWS PARAGRAPRS

“Rupert hockey team" may come a
{up later for a Series, Do

NJ, Cox came down from ‘Tel

kwa on yesterday’ s train.

R. BE. Allen returned yesterday .

fiom a visit to Edmonton.

“A: W.Corner, the Kispiox yan-
cher, was ‘in town on Monday. ~~

T, G. Wall, representing” Me-:
Clary & Co.,was here on Monday... ”

Dr: Badgero, the dentist, will -

remain in Hazelton until the
middle of next week, "

D; V. Joinville, who has ‘been’ .
spending a few days at Burns
Lake, returned to Hazelton : yes- -

kerday. ‘

Owing to unfavorable weather, :

the carnival which was scheduled

for last night was indefinitely .

postponed,

The. “Hazelton ‘hockey players
only succeeded in winning one

game of the three played in the :

coast city last week.

The people of New Hazelton a
-| wish to thank Mr.and Mrs. Chas."

Reid for their able assistance.

with the music at the. Patriotic
dance‘ on Feb. 2. . °°

oS. WEN, ‘Saunders, of - “the,
Hazelton goverrimént office, has
been transferred to Prince George.
He and Mrs.’ Saunders will leave ,
for that town about the end at

this month.,

Constable Lavery, of the pro- :
Vincial” fprce,: who has’ ‘been in’:.
charge fe the New, Hazelton’ |
office, /has been’ transferred. to 2s

"district: headquarters’ here, Con- oe ay
stable] Mead going to New. Ha- -

zelton.

DL. Purvis, who is working ae:
on his Four-Mile claims, brought. aeeae
in some splendid samples of ‘ore oO
One specimen... ~

shows a great deal’ of molyb-

denum, which is now in erent oN

demand.

 Axthur [. Ford, inspecting. en- 93°
was here’ this: weék,.. 9
looking over recent: ‘work at Sealy ><>
Gulch bridge, where the railway -
company has had~ drainage. tun:
nels run to drain: the pier: foun-:_

gineer,

dations,

- W. A.

The. fortnightly. working’ party oar
in aid-of the Patriotie Fund’ will. ota

bé lield'at the. mission house. on.

Pharedey, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m,

- Coming. Events,

Feb: 7--Woiking | meeting of tho. Red e
a Gross. 7

- Feb, 8~-Anaual meeting of patrons: of,

St. Andrew's. Hall at 8 po me.

Hazélton 1 Hospital. § ‘St. Andrew's | Hal