: N OMINECA
~ ORE EXHIBIT}:

St will open ina, few days, ‘and will,
_,. doubtless; have: ‘many.- -admnirable}
'- features,”
however, | will be minus: ‘the: ex-.

 Omineca * district. :
. ‘There’ sia Reason’’ as the break-|. :
“fast food’: advertisements” say.
At: last. year’s. ‘fair’ ‘Hazelton
oo camps, ‘liké “a- majority ; of ‘the}
-- mineral districts of the province;
a were. represented: by’. comprehen
sive" - displays,- “including: “many
“varieties .- of- valuable? ore, -—in’

” ‘tive, who liad ‘no stock tosell arid].
- no private interest ‘to gérve.
~ the fair he. found the mining ex-
hibit. housed*i “in: ae small: addition :

but: tte cocemielation fo fot visi-
tors. A:  agal ie
oe condition went unnoticed. Pane
“When the awards-of premiums a
- ‘were made, - ‘it'was: found that-Ha-)~
'- gelton’and its? tributary , district
chad heen entirely overlooked,’ al-
at though ndependent. assays” “dis--

"yes than | those:

-ably: higher assay. *yalue. then. the
prizewitiners.. ,

; . stock:

_ bearing” the. name: “oF “another |!

This, Distiict Will: Not. Be. Re-
” presented By: Mining’ Dis-||. ”

Bay. In ‘Vancouver.

"Miting ‘Exhibit.’ ‘Did! Not Commend | -

" Maneouver's. annual: exhibition

The: mining. -exhibit,

pected display” of- ores from -the |:

charge’ of & capable” representa- =

At

oan

‘elosed: the fact: that ( our ‘silver-lead
ores’ ‘carried higher. average: -Val-

and -sécon awards,: © whi
pold-copper: : zinc* ‘ores’ “the-
Omineca' exhibit | was. of eonsider-

During 1 the fair,
selling. was allowed . aoe

lief that it was. “ther 7 T
the benefitof stockbrol
on the: conclusion. of. the > ‘exhi

tion, it-is charged, Hazelton -ores | f. :
mee e host: of friends will wish him 8 auc: .

were: “exhibited, - vunder. : ‘labels

district, by, a man’ identified with,
‘of the taining

exhibit,.”

; Themselves : : To: . Legitimate . Minine|: _

Por. ‘this :

long connected,

"President a ” Vietin :

Part au: Prince: Gebel

in an ‘explosion “and.

‘republic, perished. on Thasday al ae

ional ‘palace. ee

i Me
Foie Jhundied ate: dead and.

has: ‘been’ See xed

‘1,5, 67, and 8,. Prince: “Rupert.

Th railway will take. no bart.
~ Rupert Added-To List

Shortt, of: the: Domini

‘here, >

and November: ‘of. each. year.”

POPULAR: CITIZEN.

: Manager Boyd, oF H. B: ‘Co;|-

: he. andounéoment. Was” “mada

the popular manager.of: the Ha-
zelton store of the: Hudson’s Bay
Cc will shortly: leave - for’: Tele
graph: Greek; ‘to: aasume’ charge
‘of: ‘the company's busine:
It is. understood ‘that thi arrange-
ment is ‘of a. temporary ‘ature,
‘and, that: Mr. Boyd’

popular: business’ men. of: the
Northern Interior, and ‘will: be

ting. the. mani-

cess in: whatever: position. he may
‘pany with which he hag bee

og oacrecding to. ]

xeeptionable.. goes
i and, there is’ “no
doubt. that the success ‘which, has

August: 28

“goy-| exempting American. ships.
‘erhimeiit-ownied” lots in’ sections

C..D..Rand will conduct. the: sale. ;

 Nictoria,. Ang. '8:—Prof.: Adam
n’-civil
‘Service commission, who’ ‘is “now.
“announces. that: Prince
Rupert. will be. added. to’ ‘the. list
of ‘platies- where civil service .ex-
| aminations will be. ‘held ‘in May!

Be 0: LEAVE. aL

Goes To Another PostenG. |.
oH ‘Graham Steceeds, |. a

this-inorning that’ “John: CG Boyd; 1p

there. .

lL later take
charge of one ‘ofthe: important’;
s interior posts. of the.H. ‘BLO.
1)’ Mr, Boyd is” one of ‘the ;most

issedl: on his... departure.

ta large, crowd attended: .

| Panama Canal:bill ‘the’; provisi

the payment of tolls, which ET
"was formally objected:to by
Britain, - The:senate has. ot y
“voted on the bill itself.”
‘ts Ruthless disregard. of. tre

cage tt

“while: Senator Cum
ming, in ‘an impassioned speec

settlement: of “the: dispute “
would be the ‘final arbiter:
"May: Boycott Fair.” ee

‘Jof “the ~Hay-Pauncefote trea
Iti is stated that. Great. Brit
may not: take official bart th

al " Z * emnption on Claus host
: |, Charge -Ruthle .

. 3 ‘i of Treaty Obl
| aC ae Indignant.

sate of 4 to strike from, the

, ‘| obligations. is _chargéd: feet
‘the senate e by Senator Burton and.

said that if. diplomacy fails in| the}.

London. ‘Aug. /9:— The. press:
_ | generally. condemns the action: Of
.| the American senate’ ag: a: breach

Bill Onesies Senator

tg] Senate persists in its. course. ;
~ | Fedefal ‘Action. Posibie. Dee

“(Bp ar: to: The. Miner} moe
Lug. 9: — Premier
en, questioned on the

draw from: participation ‘in the
anama exposition, as ‘a “protest
ifainst the U.S. senate’s: action

primarily. a federal matter. “Mr.
Borden, he: ‘thought, : “would. ‘ot
e. slow: to’ take. whatever: “steps
‘Were re justified... ; fe
Vancouver - May Act’, _
“ie “(apecial to The: Miner)
‘Vancouver, Aug. 9:—The béard
of trade will discuss at its. ‘next
meeting the proposal. that -Van-
‘eouver head a- British Columbia
movemint to boycott the Panama
exposition. unless the senate|:
changes. its course, .

“METHODISTS MEET

Feature if. Successful Meoting: 6

Methodist, organization were rep-
resented ‘at. the anndal- ‘géneral|
meeting: ‘held. in- _ Hazelton’. ‘this
week. - Presiding. over‘the meet-
ing was “Rev, G. H,” Raley; of
‘Port. Simpson, ‘president of. the}.
conference and chairman ‘of the
district,’ The other representa-
tives. were. “Rev: C. RB. ‘Sing;
Prince. Rupert; Rey, L..M.\Rich-|
ardson, . Kitselaa; - ‘Rev.
Batzold, ... “‘Telkwa; Rev, -R.. W.
‘Lee,
Wrinch, ° Hazelton.” The object.
of the. meeting. was to. consult!
regarding. the netessities of ‘ the

various: parts of the district. and

to prepare a. report for. the, con-.
-| ference. - The business “of the
meeting. was transacted i in “most!
satisfactory: fashion. ‘The visi-

- | tors spent some: time in inspect. |
ae ing, the hospital, ‘and also: visited
‘t

ne evening 1 pave: ‘the people -of ‘Ha- |

zelton. an’. opportunity ~ to. meet.

the visiting. representatives, ‘and

Under

e. capable chairmanship. - -of.

ernment Agent.. Allison;. an

yable. “Program . of speech
bei

McLean, “of. the. Preaby-

a felicitous terns for the}
eception accorded them.
arid” scan

Simipson -Distriet: in’ the:

EB,
G ly

Kispiox,-.and’-Dr, H.C. |

: ‘ation of steamérs between Skeena

of ° St. ‘Peter's; ‘and. Rev. |

speakers being: among: thet

‘music |e

UNIQUE, TRIBUTE ©

|. Carlton ub Doors Open for First Time
7 for Premier ‘Borden >

L:: Borden : sand ‘ii ;
‘colleagues were the’ guests. at a
Carlton Club dinner last night,
This ‘is the first: time: in the his-
f the: club that its doors
have been ‘thrown open to others
than members., Premier Borden
im: replying’ to” the. toast “Our
Guests,”’ declared. thiat upon | the’
attitude: of the people depended

That truth eould not be too firm-
‘impressed" upon them. . ~

rg he Dominions of ‘the’ Em-
pire,” * sdid Premier Borden, “are
‘willing, and ready to” enter into
some. bond. of imperial. organiza-
tion ‘by which the future work of
the Empire shall be -maintained
to ‘the full, ‘The people of Cana-
‘divare ‘determined: as. they | were
at. the last election, to keep con-
trol of their'own, destiny.'?

Railway will be: Realy a
-“sInwiew of- -the danger. that low
ter may ‘soon prevent the oper-

sing and Hazelton, the trans-
ation committee of the board
6f trade ‘communieated -’ with
Superintendent Mehan, of the
Grand Trunk Pacific, requesting
thiat. steps be taken to provide for
passenger ‘and ‘figlght service: ‘to
Sealey. ‘gulch. : . Mr." Mehan’ ré-
plied that tho: railway”. would: be

Bley. gulch, in case. the stean-
ere. taken off. oes

jri their fortheoniing tour of
inspection to be undertaken about;
iiddle of the month, : Chair-
: Smithers, ° ‘Président

Deli an and other . » tree: |

‘|'Governor Johnéon of California

: Heads fG T. P. To
Come Here Overland! |

'Panama-Pacifie exposition if the| -

‘proposal-that-the. province’ ‘with-

‘in the: matter of. tolls, said. it was.

--| horaes will -be used: . All:-des-

: ‘I mendations of; the... Board.x of,

: . [signaling apparatus, with. com-|;
| pass and'prov’ ‘ions, and. that: the

[the reeommendation of the’ .com-
‘mittee-which had considered: the:
‘Titanic disaster.

réady to” handle the-traffie as far |’.

taberlin, General -Man-|.

to act impartially, ~

~ Roasevelt and. Johnson
“Chicago: The convention: “of.
the new Progressive party: on
|] Wednesday proclaimed’ -Roose-
|} -yelt its choice for. president; With

for vice-president. . Delegates
|| sang “Onward, Christian “Sol-
diers.”: Progressives favor eqial |
suffrage for women.

* Toronto, “Aug,
Smithers,’ President -Chamber-
lin, and Vice-President Kelly,” of
the G, T.°P., passed through
Toronto today, en route to Chica-
go and the west. After the
annual inspection of the .com-
pleted portions of the road, ‘it’is
understood, the party will follow
the surveyed route of the tail-
way between Tete Jaune Cache
and. Hazelton. ~ Canoes ‘and pack

- | pateh. will be used in eompleting
‘construction of the railway, “Mr.
Smithers said,

NEW REGULATIONS. FOR
SAFETY OF SEA TRAVEL

_ British Board of Trade Brings |

In Recommendations Fol-
lowing Titanic Inquiry.

. London, Aug. 5:—The | recom-

7 | Erade « commission ‘Which i ‘inves |

The Board of Trade should in-|
vestigate’ the practicability of
providing sea-going ships, in. ‘ad-
dition to their watertight, trans-
verse bulkheads, with a double
skin ‘carried’ above the water-(§
line,or with a longitudinal vertical
-| watertight bulkhead on each aide
of. the vessel, or with both. -

The court recommends that
the’ British’ Board: of Tradé: bel.
empowered to. direct changes in
the equipment of ships. .: he

: That. the lifeboat and raft .ac-
commodations on seagoing ships
be based on the number. of per-|:
sons carried and the tonnage ‘of
the ship,

The. court recommends © that]!
the - ‘lifeboats. be provided: with

number of’ pensions: ‘each. boat -is
intended © to. carey: “shoul
plainly marked, - ;
"Sydney - Buxton. president ‘of
the Board: of Trade, announced |
in the. ‘House: of: Commons: that
the board. had framed new ~ rules
governing life-saving precautions
on: merchant vessels, . _based “on

House of Commons before” their
adoption, . The rules, he: ‘con-
tinued, would be annouticed: dur.
ing the parliamentary recess ‘and
would come up before thé’ House
of Commons éarly -next session,
Several 1 newpapers here assert
that the: Board of % ‘rade i is 'entire-
at ly.ti-the hands, ‘of ‘the: shipping
interedts and eannot be expected

8i-Chairman |: :

gated the loss of: the: Titanic, |'
; include the following:

The new rules,. said . Mr. “Bux.
‘ton, must be approved: by’ the|

_ working at.1000.

EUROPEISON
VERGE OF WAR

Hostilities Between Turkey

. cipitate Great Conflict.

(may INVOLVE BIG POWERS

| Russia, Austria and Geimany Will Be- .
come Embroiled If Frontier Troubles —
Lead To Open War---Turkey In. Grave
_Datsger of Dismemberment.

“London, Aug, 8: —Europe again
appears to be on the brink of’ war-
Unrest within the Turkish Em-
pire is aggravated ‘by hostilities-
on’ the Montenegrin frontier
which at any moment may de--
velop into open war, embroiling
in turn the great. powers. Rus. —
sia i3 pledged to support the rul-
ing family of the little kingdom
on the Adriatic, but time and
again Austria and Germany have
shown ‘themselves irrevocably
+] opposed to Montenegrin expan-
sion at the expense of Austria’s
‘ambitions on the Adriatic.

The Turkish Empire is nearer
partition. amongst the great pow-°
ers than at any time in the. last,

thirty years.
Turkey Secks Peace’

London, Aug. 9;---Both Tarkey
and Montenegro, it is announced,
have withdrawn their troops from
the frontier. A. special . comimis-
sion-has been appointed. at ° ons.

Italy. .

_ PLEASED WITH ‘MINE a

Visitors To Rocher de Boule Graiied .
~ With Big: Showings _

During. the week there were  —
several notable visitors to. the
Rocher de Boule mine, “J.-E.
Oppenheimer, of Butte and. New,
York, and B, Binnard, of Butte;
who are associated. with J. F. _
Cowan in the directorate © ‘of, the :
company, inspected -the proper-
ty, the appearance: of which -
pleased them” very much, Ac. _
companying the. directors was _
E.H: Wilson; a mining engineer
of. Butte, who examined the
mine. on behalf -of a’ group of
stockholders. Mr. Wilson, who
was formerly. an expert. - for
Heinze interests,. and who has
an enviable reputation as a min-
‘eralogist, ‘was much - impressed

,| by the big showings of ore.” His.
~J report will no doubt brove grati- ;

fying to his clients, -
‘The directors of the company 2
contemplate the installation of an
aerial tram for the transporta-
tion of ore to the railway,

which would be required i is high, . 7
but the amount of ore” insight: -
‘will soon ‘justify the expenditare, ae

Contractor Welch Coming

. (8peclal to The Minar): > :
Vancouver, Aug. 8:=P. Welch
sails. tonight for the north: ” “He.
‘will go inland from Rupert to

Hazelton district, His. advices
‘say laborers who quit work: at

are returning in. large ‘numbers,
Collingwood Schreiber,’ who has. .
jugt returned from. the _ forth;
estimates the. number . ot, men.

PRICE $2.00 A YEAR

* ‘and Montenegro May Pre-.

stantinople . to. Beek: ‘peace ; ‘wie oad

‘The | _ a
cost of the four miles of ° line os

inspect construction work in. the - —

the instigation of the: I, Wows).