og Wife of Vancouver Man Brut- no ’ “i . been excited throughout the city. vs Many employers of Chinese have discharged the Orientals, Kong, ‘.who had been employed by the ~ Millards for several. years, is'a . . VOL IH, NO, 32 - found fault with him. He struek ' in. order to convince Mr. Millard ' of the flue under the drawing- ' low: the fir eplace, where they, ; Kong ‘had blamed a man who m.. had been begging at. the “House, _ of. Vancouver. : -to San Frarieisco for- the Panama . exposition next. year is the opin- , passenger. traffic manager of the : - Saturday, ‘on his way to the tem- porary Jinking-up. ‘With GA States, points, He anticipates a great in- flux of. ‘visitors and investors in| - " the near. future, ‘having. found | “great deal of ‘attention | on the mo party, were Albert Davidson, gen- eo eral, nee ‘agent at. Prince. Rupert; W. Hy ' Tobey,. Fe Tk Lea and J. B BR " Chiet Constable ; Owen, of: the 7 provintial .. police,. from’: Prince at , HAZELTON, B.C, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1914 IN NORTHERN BRITISH COI. “PRICE $2.00 A YEAR | B MURDERED BY IF CHINESE BOY ally Slain by Servant She _ Censured---Body Burned ‘ ~ Vancouver, April 6: :—The mys- tery of the disappearance of Mrs. Charles Millard, wife of the C: P. R. ticket agent, was solved by the finding of her charred ° ‘bones ‘and the confession of Kony, - ‘the Chinese servant, - The chief feature of. the story was that at breakfast on Wednes" day. morning his. mistress had her. with a chair. . He says he later took her. body to the ‘base- ment, - where’ he..cut it up and ‘put it in the. furnace, piece - by _ Piece. He is said -to have’ ad- mitted that he hid the clothing that. his wife had gane out'{ in the morning. This. morning the skull and several large bones of legs ‘and arms. were found in the bottom room grate, . The boy is said to ” have explained that when these bones refused to burn to dust he toak them to the room above and . put them down the flue-shute be- sprang tere tei a “were Toutid.: >” Inspector Jackson. discovered, secreted. behind the chimney in! the basement, the rings ‘and| wateh stolen from Mrs, . Millard two weeks . ago. " At that time - The greatest indignation: has leader among tlie young Chinese Bo Predicts ‘Big Business 7 “That the’ G. T.P. will carry a large number | of tourists bound ion of W, P,- Hinton, ~ assistant road, who passed through on MeNicholl, commissioner of col- onization “and industries, Mr. Hinton has just returned from an extended tour.of Canada, and the “including California that thia district is attracting & outside. - Other. officials’ in the agent; LT GC. “Chalmers; Melville, _ ‘Pollowing’ the Goomalling” of buildings, and the debt had only “| the commutation of tha sentence, A. | decrease being as follows: [Finance Mister ) Reports a Sarp las - Ottaiva, April 6:— 6: = surplus of six anda half niillions was “an- nounced -by Hon. Ww. T. White, |’ finance . minister, in delivering |: the budget speech this afternoon. (He estimated:the revénué forthe vious year, the falling ‘off being in customs, - Capital. and special outlays for the year, ' including the sum of nineteen millions for the C. N. R. and-other railway subsidies, ‘Mr. White: -said,. would | total fifty-seven millions, leaving a debit balance of twenty and a half millions from which, reduc- ing a million and a half invested in sinking fund, ithe. inerease™ in the debt: would be wpinetéen, ‘mil- lions, - ‘The revenues ‘for the year had'been sufficient to meet all currént: and. ‘capital | expendi- ture, ‘including outlays upon rail- WAYS, canals, harbor and public been increased by.reason of the unusual and abnormal expendi- tures upon railway subsidies. C.” M, Summers’ will go into Onmineea with a good outfit as soon as the trail.is fit to.-pack| over, which itis. expected will be}: early in May, - He will prospect the new. holdings of his company. ILIFE E.UPRSINMENT * FOR MULVIILL "Victoria, April . 6: —Attorney- General. Bowser. has been © ap- prised by. the. Minister of Justice’ that the sentenge of death of J. Mulvihill, who was to have been executed, “has, been cominuted to life iniprisonment, Mulvihill was sentenced at ¢be lage assizes on a charge of murder, Thé Courtat Appeals upheld thesentence. An appéal was then taken to the Supreme Court of Canada, the refused, A full inquiry led to London Fur Prices C. V. Smith, the Hazelton fur buyers announces that at Lamp- son’s March sale prices of all furs except silver and cross fox were,lower than a year. ago, the. percentage of| Muskrat 323, mink 40, marten 40, otter 30,° fisher 80, lynx 40,. beaver 25, bear 25, wolf 10, wol- verine 40, ermine 40. _ ’ Silver . fox were. o per cent}, higher and cross fox. 20 per cent, The Indiang whi ‘took. Ge W. Otteraon’a party in afew ‘wack. ago to Slate Creek, have return. ed, bringing the news’ that alll: the piping for the big ‘elevator plant that the Kildare Co. will upérate: this - summer * has ‘been lanijed ately on the creek. . Bert ‘Long: has: shipped his new Cadillac car ‘up: from Prince Rupert, . where he. spent. thé win-|; ter; and la ‘expected'to'arrive on year at $163,000, 000, o¥ about five | millions less than.than the pre-| |wasinthe act of depositing the |.000," had hot? bean” opened,’ ‘thé, *,| to open: ‘the cash. compartnient, “Mr. “Latehell, coming tothe bark: ‘tired. application for are- -hearing being! _ fand the Hazelton police station. /Drs. Wrinch and:Stone rushed to the scene, and attended to the in London, | (day. Jin town. received : 8 commission as. justice | zy ‘from the Umiineca river country = 3 ATTLE FOLLOWS ~ ROBBER - Hazelton Kill Two and. After -.an exciting: battle,” iW which many shots were fired, a gang of bandits which had rob- bed the Union Bank was effectis ‘ally broken up by citizens of New Hazelton-on Tuesday morning; two of the robbers: being killed outright: and four wounded and: captured, Only one, so far ag known, escaping. 4 The holdup men, iho were not, masked, entered the: bank at 10:15 a. m. and, pointing their. guns at Bishop, the teller, and Fenton, the ledger-keeper, des manded the money from the safe,. Alber, Gastin,’: ‘the postmaster, postoffice funds, and. the robbers. took thé currency, amounting to| $85, from the deposit, leaving ‘the cheques and money. orders, The treasury ‘compartment’ of: the safe, containing: about’ $20,-. ‘key being cariied by Manager E.: B. Tatchell, ‘and_all the cash the. bandits could. obtain was ‘abo FI 4, 100 of © the” teller’s”: funds; they began firing’ their guns’ the endeavor to’ force the. eller} was warned off: at the muzzld of a rifle, and ran to give the alarm. Immediately armed citizens rush-. ed tothe bank, and beforethehold- upmen emerged they werecovered by many guns, On the appearance of the robbers a battle ensued, in which two of, the criminals .were killed, and within a-few minutes the survivors were compelled: to retreat towards the’ woods. Three wounded . robbers and an -un- wounded man, believed to have been one of the gang, were -cap-. - The only: member of the gang to get away was the one who carried the booty. . ‘Manager Newick, of the drug. store, one of the first on the scene, telephoned to the Hospital In Sensational Fight With Vith Seven Ba: Bandits, Citizens of New Captured of Band of: Russian Robbers h eustody.: Chief Owen, of. Prince = seriously: wounded; was . given This’ they .secured, after which} a1 Y OF BANK Wound. Others--Six Dead or Chief Constable Gammon ‘arrriv- ed, and Government Agent Hos- kins .rode over post haste from Hazelton.. An organized fearch for the escaped bandit waa at once begun, but up to today he has eluded capture, although the police are hot on the trail and are confident he will soon be in Rupert, is aasisting in the search. On Tuesday evening :Coroner | Hoskins opened an inquest onthe | two dead nien, adjourning the inquiry. until next ‘Tuesday after the jury had'viewed: the - bodies. Two of: the wounded are in the ‘Hospital, one - with . both arms badly lacerated by ‘rifle bullets land the other with a severe wound in the hip. Another, less attention al the Hogpital and then taken to the Hazelton - lock-up, ‘where another,- unhurt: save for ‘a laceration: caused, by running into a snag, ‘is: also in. custody, Tn addition to the four Russians under arrest, the police. hold, on suspicion, a Finlander named ;| Gustason, whose cabin appears to have been made a rendezvous for the bandits, —..- “The polite’ bélieve the tobbére! couver, from which: city two of the'men-are known to have come, The others s are sald té-have come ‘from: Prince. ‘Rupert. | “The ban- dits had filed their rifle bullet, to render them, more.deadiy, in the]. same manner as had been done by ‘the men who held up the Abbotsford bank a few weeks ago... The men were well dressed, wearing overalls above their or- dinary clothing. The police ex- pect to have all those in custody completely identified within. ‘a a day or two. . Constable Lavery, who is; “st tioned ‘at New Hazelton, - -had been on duty nearly all- the pre- vious ight, and was in bed when the alarm was given. He reach- ed the scéne of battle-as soon, as possible and took parti in the ‘pur- wounded. Shortly afterwards suit. - Local and District News Notes L. a. ‘MeLean and GC. Kelly were in from Telkwa on Thurs- “George Skok, Bob Roberts anid! Sati Johnsen, of. Fort Fraser, | are . Albert Wilson. and Frank Dri- efke: came. down from Smithers. on Tuesday... Leslie Laing, of ‘Babine, has of the peace. . Shel Robinson went up. to}: Smithers - on Wednesday, — en route. to Francois Lake, - Pa ie Batéa, who has ‘been out for a couple of months, has. re- turned to his claims, i _A’mimber of poolroom licenses int this ‘district hava been cancél- led ‘fecently. tonight's train, : to put the car In- ‘next.wéek, with a party-of men , Groundhog on Saturday, He met thelr way. to Fort St. James with. anumber of fine fox pelts, -. }2: Wm, ‘Oag,. forterly: operator: ths Clary cup last seagon will again,. with & few changes, wear the ‘| Hazelton uniforms. - Graham. Rock, one of. the speediest players on the. Tiger line-up, i is expected to return this evening from the coast, wheré he apent: the winter, . George McKenzie, who. return. ed:on Thursday from Burng lake, has acquired several silver-black | foxes,. with which he proposes to start afox farm. = Be H. ‘Perks, mining engineer, of Varicouver, i is expected to arrive]; to go into the Omineca where he will ‘Bpend the summer. Bob: ‘McDonald arrived - “from a band. ‘of. Sieanni Indians, ‘on -.| many friends in Hazelton, where the meeting. was devoid of en- ‘Groundhog district, found the '|CANADA’S.FINANGES weapons were-purchased in Van-|_ count was $51,233,134 as coni- pared with $28,758,456, The in- crease in capital expenditure on publie works was about ‘nine millfons, but railway subsidies jutmped from a little under five millions in 1912-13 to nineteen millions in 1918-14, =| and - business depression the showing for the year is regarded as exceedingly creditable, solidated and: capital: acecunt wad somé.one hundred: and fifty-three millions, leaving a balance on thie tight side of the ledger of seven million dollars, éntirely-due to falling off in cus- toms duties, which dropped $112,- 588,628 in 1912-13 to $103,858, 432 for: the year which has just “clozed. nerease.='The postal revenue ‘while there was also an increase in the railwaye and canals and: | publie worka departments of half: @ million dollars. © réyen ue showed an increase of two million dollars. [mr and Mrs. Sealy Retura From England -d. CG. K, Sealy and Mrs. Sealy, who was Miss Una Light, of Ha- zelton, returned on Wednesday from their four-months' honey- moon in England and Wales. They are receiving congratula- tiona and good wishes from their they wilt in future reside, They were accompanied by Mr. Sealy’s sister, Miss M. E. Sealy, and by Mr.’‘and Mrs, Preece; Frank Bar- rett and John Price, all of whom will make their homes. in. the district, Mr, and Mrs, Preece have gone to the Sealy ranch, near Smithers, - Liberals Hold Meeting A Liberal meeting was held in Agsembly.hall on Tuesday eve- ning,. ‘Frank McKinnon, of New Hazelton, was in the chair, and the Speakers were ‘T. D. Pattullo, ex-mayor of Prince. Rupert, H. C.. Brewster, the party leader, and “Honest John’”’ Oliver, ‘The attendance was not large, and thusiasm. FP. A. Brewer, who returned the other day from a trip to the trail in very. good conditions He says Tom Garner has trapped 14 foxes, 14 wolverene, and 80 mar- ten. IN GOOD CONDITION TRAIN COMES — TROON LINE. Special Carrying Large Party " FromWinnipegComes West The first through train from Winnipeg to Prince Rupert passed Hazelton’ on Wednesday, carry- ~~ ing a large party of railway offi- cials and others. The temporary linking“up of © the steel near Fort Fraser was accomplished earlier than gener- ally expected, thanks to the ef- On Tuesday the last mile of tratk was laid, the pioneers of the twa divisions competing for the honor of being first to the point of'con- . nection. It is reported that the ‘tracklayers from the east won — the race after an exciting con- test. Moving pictures of the | competition were taken. A large party of railway officials had come from Winnipeg by special train, and on completion of the track they came through, Morley ‘Donaldson, vice- -presi- dent and general manager of the railway, headed the party, which algo included C, W. Cave, assis-. tant general | manager, A. B. |Smith, manager of G. T. P. tele-° graphs, H. A, Drury, engineer jot the board of railway commis- siqners, and a number of other officials and press representatives. The -total The expenditure on eapital ac. Despite the financial stringency The total expendituré on con- “The decrease in the revenue fs - Excise i revenue showed a slight jincresszed’ “nearly a milliori dollars, . Ottawa, ‘April, 6:—The finan: | cial statement for- the Dominion |: fiseal year ending March. 31, 1914, wag issued on Saturday by the|* finance depattment. revenue for the year’ was $160,- 488, 588, ag compared with $165,- 528, 137 for last year,. a decrease of five millions. ‘A-moving. ‘picture operator and a ‘aumber of press photograph- ers were with ‘the party. Asquith’ Majority. Reduced: a London, April 7: —By" a majori- : ty of 80 the amiendment to reject the home rale ‘bill was defeated without a division, and the bill _ {for the third time was given its second reading. The announce- ‘ment of the’ figures evoked loud- er cheers from the opposition: than from the ministerialists, the opposition interpreting it as ‘gratifying proof of the dwind. ‘ ling of the government majority. : The diminution was accounted for to some extent by the absten- tion from voting of the O’Brien- ites, . The speeches were’ gener- ally of a more’ conciliatory’ tone than those at the earlier passage. ve John Redmond held out. the olive ‘branch to Ulster, but: ine slated that it was impossible to agree to permanent exclusion ‘of: Ulster, or abandon’ the principle 4 of an Irish nation, _ London, April 6: 6:—It ie i gene a raily recognized that Sir Edward. — Grey’s: speech in the house of. commons has . lifted. the: Irish Miscellaneous, The national debé on March 31 31 ' | stood at $814,019, 288 as compared |. - peenenet telegtaph 1 nl eth of Hare with $297,588,096 on March 31 Prince Rupert board “The indrense is seventeé rdéen govern dent of E. Ie on a basis of estaMlishing a fed etal system, within six. years: Thereis little doubt the opposition would adopt the plan if. the tin "Hinit is withdrawn, 9... “Harris Bros, have of fl which itia bres pre: After ‘Temporary Linking.’ o forts of ‘the track-laying officials. question : to a higher arid calmer. 7 plane. It wag a firm but coneili<,: atory plan to resume negotiations: