’ for the Patriotie Fund.

° last year wad $32,000, 000. «

worst snowstorm for years.

i stricted to 45-per cent of their
a peace production. * a

. be. makin

American cotton ‘trade with China

: ‘now to. be referred. to the people.

7 _ stopped.

~‘gus-of all men of military, age. in

3 ‘above. to 4: ‘below zero in 1 thirty
= malts, a wo.

THE. “onitNeca MINER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY | 5, 1916.

tayo
wet

ears

The World’s Doings i in » Brief

. News Notes from ‘Many Sources’

~ Seattle has- twenty, inches of
snow.

In Toronto 204 men’ “enlisted
last week. Cp Ee

“Uncle: Jeriy” Kiger is “deal
in Seattle.

Sugar. is
Constantinop! Bs,

- The Kettle Valley railway is to
be finished by June,-1

Toronto. is ‘raising $93 500, 000

A serious ‘flood ocurred last
week at San Diego, Cal.

Alaska’s mineral ° production
Portland. is isolated - by. the

"Alberta: proposes to give. wo-
nen the vote at all elections.

Western universities will yaise
a battalion for: overseas service,

Cold weather in Montana was

responsible for seven ‘deaths, Jast r
. ~week.: of

‘Kentucky’ 8. prohibition act's Wa

defeated in the state senate by. .
” » told a. “et,

“The CP, R:. will “yelay 150
miles of track with heavier rails
this year.

Hungarian’ despatches , tell of
“severe earthquake . shocks | in
Transylvania. .

“Boy bandits who robbed a bank
at: Chicago, ; securing: $12,000,
were captured,

German breweries. are now . “Pee

“Chinese ma are. reported. ‘wo
teady . progress ‘in.
Yunnan. -province, ;

Yon ‘Bernstorft is ‘to reteive
“further instructions concerning
ithe: Lusitania case today. i

. Washington reports that ‘the:

_ has heen captured’ by Japan.

‘Manitoba’ 9 prohibition act ‘has
* passed the: ‘legislature, and is

“Villa, with’a mule-Ioad, of looted
"gold bullion, is now reported to be
/ malcing his. way: ‘north to the}?
UB

“The King yesterday: ‘signed a
‘proclamation. bringing ; ,the_ mili-
_tary service’ act’ into . Fores . on
~Febs 10.0 85 oa
“On: Thursday “Vangouver’ ‘ree
‘ported the: heaviest, ‘snowfall for;
many years. Aly traf was

“The an league of Ham-| '
-iiton has asked for a special: -can-

Canada,

: vAt Great Falls, Montara, ‘the
emiperature dropped from “80

at. 3, 500, 000. at

“tH a

$1.25 re pout “inl

‘lhemp; which was -being dried,

di their’ homes,

forced, ‘There ‘was no. worse |;
possible . example’ ‘to the people;

unenforeed’ law, he declared...

": Canada’s Ss “first suffrage: bill,
grantin. votes to women over 21,
8 bean passed by the Manitoba
legislate.

He ‘is “peported : from. Victoria
that the proviticial law providing

“for loans. to: farmers will pass at

| the ext session.

. Six lives were lost in: a. ware.
house fire at Seattle. Damaged

daused the blaze,

The Austrian Emperor, ho
has lately suffered several strokes
of apoplexy, ig reported to have
recovered ‘his speech.

‘All: transcontinental railways
in-Washington were tied up on

recorded in thirty years, |
‘Prance has given-a contr. act to

‘American’ distillers“for $25,000,-

1000 worth - of alcohol products
used in artillery aromunition.

- From the beginning of the war
‘{to Jan.:1, the total. casualties. of
all belligerents. were 14,650, 000.

‘Of these one in five was killed.

Copper is now “quoted. at 27
cents a” ‘pound in New York,
silver is 67 cents an ounce snd
zine':is ‘quoted, at .15 cents a
|pound. © : of

Australia has declared. a boy-

. {eoté on - ‘German trade and’ a
commercial - war on German in-

fluence after as” well as. ducing
the: war,,.

~ Speaking in Si. Louis yeater-
day, President Wilson told .an

should have the largest navy in
the: world. -

: Capt. “Harwood Steele, son “of
General. Steele has won a com-
petition open-to the world four an

Stedle i ig “at the front,

Canadian - ‘explorer, will,
janother two years’ exploration
trip: to. the far ‘north, sailiny in’
his. own ship, the. Guide.

“While reports that the govern-
| ment. is..to take over. the: G. T.P.
have been: ‘char acterized as: un-
founded, there.is‘a belief in Ot:
tawa. that, such action will come.

- Police. statistics in) Portland
show an-eighty per. cent decrease
in drunkenness under prohibition, |
and itis stated: ‘that, more money |.

is available for legitimate trade,

-Varieouver directors ° of * ‘the
Dominion Trust, ‘sued under, mis-
feasante proceedings, have been

"found: liable. for - millions of dol-

Jars Jost to the company: ‘through
‘the fliegal acts: of ‘Arnald,. ‘the
manager: ;

.. Storms: ‘and flooda i in the ride ie

: aly wedtern states have caused loss, of
© history « of Cal fornia caused dam-

life and great: ‘property. “damage

in. geverg!, places, * :

Arkansas and hundreds: have

or no-more. evil lésson than an

uns ‘and. escorted . by-
*| aeroplanes - and. Zepneling armed

Thursday by the heaviest snowiall] -:

| steamers, .

Imperial: ‘national anthem, Capt. .

“Captain | Joseph’ Bernier, ‘the
‘Make |

‘Thotisands, of |!
| aeves,"have been : inundated «.

’ |purface to ta mi

: Department: ¢ ‘of the: Interior, '
orto "an b

The: ‘Ameriéan tank: atéamer
Silver Shell. and’ the-. Japanese
steamer - Takata: Maru ‘were “in
collision 200. imiles off Cape Race,

The Takata - ig. believed to have

gone down, ”. The Silver Shell is
badly injured,”

“Thoinas- ‘MeMecban, an acro-
information’ ‘that the German
fleet, armed : ‘with the new. 1 7-ineh
- Fokker.

with ‘pneumatic, armor- piercing
guns, ‘will scon appear, in. the
North Sea to’ give battle ‘ to’ the
British fleets!

Restrictions" by Great Britain

‘of imports of tobacco, fruit and
| wood pulp, to free ‘shipping for
_-{the carriage of: foodstuffs : and
‘munitions,

_is ‘regarded. in some
quarters as a. hint to- neutrals
that interference with the ‘bloek- |§
ade policy of the Allies may be
answered: by. -the cutting off of
some of. their, chief . exports. by
their best customer. .

- Britain’ 3 Sea Losses
“Lotidon, Jan. 1:-—Sinee the

oflast Oct. 254 British merchant.
agérerating 542,648
tons;, were lost ‘ ‘through enemy
action,” according to a ‘White
paper issued ‘last night. . of
thege 172 were sunk by-su bmiar-
mines,

tonnage of ‘5, 542, were sunk.

ed 227, of which 158 were stenm

nage ‘of: 24, 133, were Teta ‘ned! as

missing.”
audience of 15,000 that the U.S. milastne

The loss of some of those gays

lations.

In Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Albarta, the ~

‘ere, “Not -:moré than 2, 560 acrés will
hel leased to-one- vapplicant..-

by Be 1 Bpblican’ in‘person to the Agent
Sub-Agent of the district in wi
the rights applied for aré situated.
- In gurveye
.bo degerify d-by sections, or legal sub-
divisions of sections, and-in unsurveyed
territory the tract applied for ahall be,
ataked out by. the applicant himself.

‘Each 9 applitation must be accom
ad by a fee of $5, which willbe ro ands
ed if the rights npplied d for gre not
available, but not otherwiae. A royal-
ty shall he paid on the merchantab bia
cents per ton,

. ‘The person operatin ne
| furnish the Agent with sworn returns
accounting for the ful I quantity ‘of mer-
chantable .. coal min py fi the
royalty. : thereon. “If the. coa
rights are. not being operated, suc
rewrite should be: furnished at least
once &

The,

whatevor: Available
ha considered . nec-
essary, for the warlting-of the’ wine at
the, tate of $10.06 an bere,

For ; full .-information,: ‘application
‘should be made tothe Secretar 4 of the

nirchas

outbreak. of thé. war to’ the end|

ines, 46 by warships and 37 by 3
Nineteen. “galling, ships of alt
The fishing vessels sunk nnmber-:

and 69 sailing... Their ager egate 7
tonnage was ‘414, 104. - :
In the same: period 167. steam-|:
ers, -aggregating 143,992 | tons,°
were Jost. “by ordinary marine |:
casualties, of which 14, of a ton: |’

| a footnote, was “probably due ta] 'f
mines or ‘other ¢ enemy action,’
“Sailing vessels to the number

of 229 and of n-tonnage of 31,253
alsa.were ‘the victims of ordinary |
marine casualties, ae

Synoptis ‘of Coal’ Mining Regu i

Coan mining rights’ of the Tominion, | &
Yukon’ Territory, . the 5
Northwest. Territories'and in a portion | J
of the. Province of British Columbia, | }

may be leased for a:term of twenty-one | |
years at: an annual rental of $1 an} ]

plication for lease must be made |
ich G

output of. the mine at ithe rate of: five

the’ nine: shall |
yaining
peer will include | the. onl ining |

i iyi rights on! only, but the lessee may. be per-
mitted

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