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-HAZELTON, B. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1911

_ PRICE'$200 A YEAR

>, Ministers Retara

~ Ottawa: - Hon: Messrs. Mc-
Bride, Bowser. and Ross left :for
the west today. - They express ||.

themselves as’ satished ‘that ‘full
justice will. be- accorded British || -
Columbia: when Premier Borden

takes action on’ the claims of the.
Province. :

: Be AWARDED
~ FIRST PRIZE};

Stillwell Trophy and Thou-
sand Dollar Prize Won By
(Our Potato Exhibit,

| “BST WHEAT EXHIBITED)

British Colymbin's’ Display Qutclasses | -
Everything Shown at Land and_Irri-
- gation Fair in New York, Carrying Off
Honors and Cash from All America

|House Will Open. }
_ On Thursday Next|

Ottawa, Nov. 10 :—The official
announcement of ‘the opening of
the House of Commons on Novem-
ber I¢has been made. The mem-
bers will be sworn in on Wednes-
day, the fifteenth, A new carpet
has been laid in the chamber,
nJand, in-accordance with custom,
& new chair is provided for the
apeaker-designate, Dr. Sproule.
There is unexampled activity in
all: departments, in view of the
reorganizations which. are - ex-
pected; On good authority it .ig
stated that the government is
favorably ‘disposed toward the
‘Georgian Bay canal. project, and,
a sum of substantial proportions
is likely to-be: placed in the esti-
mates for the canal.

C N R MAKES PROGRESS

President Mackenzie Declares ite Trains
_ Will Run from Coast to Const _
_— Before End of 1918 :

Are Gaining the’

Peking, Nov. 10: —The rebel-|
lion continues to spread through-.
out China, the revolutionaries ||
continuing to gain ground, The
city of Fu. Chow is in the hands

. (Special to The Miner)

” Vietoria, Nov. 9:—At the Land

and Irrigation Exposition .
Madison Square Garden, New

' - York; British Columbia won. the.
Stilwell trophy and $1000 as first.
prize for her potato exhibit,
This success, though not unex-
-pected, will be most gratifying
to the agriculturists of the proy-
ince, -as . the exhibit, which
weighed a..ton- and a half. and

_ comprised sixty varieties. of “po-
tatoes from many parts of British
Columbia; had-to compete with
exhibits from all parts of the

. United States and Canada, . The
" province: also won the prize of.
$1000 in- gold offered by. Sir
“Thomas Shaughnessy. for the best
hundred pound exhibit of -wheat} -
at the show. . British Columbia’s | -

* wheat — éasily outclassed the |.
United States. exhibits®. .

out the entire population of. the|:
Manchu district, but did not dis-
turb. the - foreign settlements,
The city, which has.a population
of 700,000, is threatened with a
scarcity of provisions, owing to
the demoralization of trade i in the}
Gistrict.

A. eondition | bordering ‘apm
anarchy exists in various parts of
Hunan province, which contains
many missionaries and other
| Europeans. ;
Asa result of the. severe. fight.
ing. at Hankow,. two-thirds of the.
city has been laid waste’ by: fire:
Besides the Jorge logs of life, the!
property loss is over,$60,000, 000
and 400,000 - Anhabitants - ; are
homeless and destitute. = 7:
The. ‘situation in. Peking is|

. Toronto, Nov: 9:—Sir William

WAR'S WIDE DESOLATION
~ SPREADING OVER oN

Temible Massacres Reported i in Nanking---Cities
~  Burmedand Devastated by Imperial Troops

and Revolutionaries-—-Hundreds of Thou-
sands. Destitute and Homeless---Rebels

of the rebels, who have wiped |‘.

-: | drive out the rebel forces which

Advantage.

‘quiet, but great: anxiety is felt.

Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Thousands Slaughtered

‘tion.
‘thousands have been slaughtered,
the massacre being unrivalled in

‘Manchu and Imperial troops hold
the high land about the city,
making ‘constant attempts to

are. in possession of the city.
Ninety thousand of the inhabit-
ants escaped before the battle.
Among ~ those who remained
there ‘was frightful. slaughter,
Unaimed citizens; the aged,

were butchered,

*-Etis proposed here: that-a, séleo=
tion of potatoes | -from the -prize
exhibit be sent to - King ‘George |.

"_as.asample of the. Produce: ‘of his
farthest west. province, ;

Mackénzie,: interviewed. ‘here: on}
his return from’ fn’ extended trip
over. “the Cariadian- Northern,”
Said- that i in: two years: ‘that rail-

>, | way will be running. from coast
ye « {to coast.. By December, 1918, the
| WILL BUILD RINK | ~ - entire line now under construc-
tion from Edmonton to Victoria
vide! will be completed:. Sir William
- . “Tl met Hon. Richard McBride. and
~-|Hon .W. J. Bowser. in Chicago,
'T their parties traveling to Toronto
in.a special train.
Canadian. Northern’ reports’
justcompiled show the completion
of over.a thousand miles of new
track this ‘year in Saskatchewan
and Alberta. On the new -line
from’ Edmonton-:to Calgary grad-
ing is completéd throughout and
rails will be-laid into Calgary
early next, year. . Sixteen thou-
‘sand seven hundred men are now
employed .on construction work
on the various divisions of the
road, the largest - party being in
British- Columbia, ° where three
thousand men are at work,

New Maps Ready - FE

“Landaeekers may now obtain,
Jat: ‘the ‘government’ office here,
copies of the pre- emptors’ maps
recently issued by the provincial
government, These maps, which
are calculated to be of great use
to intending pre-emptors, show
the lands. already alienated and
those which are open for location
in. the various districts of the
northern interior. ‘Map No. 1 in-
eludes parts of ‘the Fort Fraser
and Fort George land recording
districts, and shows ‘the. valleys
of theN echaco and. Stuart tivers,
No. 2 covers: the Blackwater and
Nazco rivers, lying partly in the
Fort Fraser, Fort George and
Cariboo. districts. No. 3 shows
the lands of the upper Fraser,.
the Salmon and Willow rivers, in
the Fort George and Peace river
districts. Sheet No. 4 deals with
the Francois . and Ootsa lake
country,. taking -in “parta of the

_

AAhteti Association Proposes to Provide
" Facilities For Skating 2
and: Hockey ‘

~ Chief among winter ‘ amuge-

“ments ‘in - -Hazelton’ ig ice-

skating, although devotees of the

sport: ‘have - heretofore” been

‘obliged to go out. to Charleson:

lake, or to clear - -temporary rinks

on the river. With the opening

of the season the skaters of the

town, mostof whom ara members |’

of the Athletic association, are

making plans for the construction

of arink,.and if. their project is

. Carried out will be: able to enjoy

their exhilarating” pastime with-

_ out the inconveniences. of . past
- seasons,

yp Ate "general meeting. of the}

Athletic. association, held ‘in the!

reading’ room on Thursday even-

_ ing, it was unanimously decided

to undertaké the construction of

a rink closé to town, the associa-

tion being fortunately. possessed

of a surplus sufficient to defray a

~ eonsiderable part of the hecessary

” expense, G..-O. Graham. was

chairman of -the meeting, which

. was attended by a ‘majority of

. the members. When the proposal

_ ‘to deyote the funds of the asso-|

_ “eiation:to. the construction of

° Fink. waa , made: there was not a

-  dissentient - voice, the: : members

‘being enthusiastic in ‘their’ sp-

Port of the plan. ,' ao

A comniittee ¢onsisting of. Rey:

. D. R.-MeLean, Arthur Skelhome

- .and-A. C. Aldoug: was appointed

_>.-to consider ways and meéang and

‘weport:to the association. at’ an}

djourned meeting to. be held ‘s

his evening: - es
“At tonight’s meeting the love. JM Crel
ion of the. fink. will be decided | th
robable that -the}1

districts,

cL Dhike to Visit Const -
"Ottawa, Nov.10: —The Duke of
Connaught has promised Premier
MeBride of British Coliambia. that
he will visit that province early
next summer, His Royal High-
ness stated that he had‘a lively
and pleasant recollection of his
visit to British Columbia in 1890,
- Hon. J. D. Hazen, ‘minister of
‘marine and fisheries, has assured
Attorney-general Bowser that he
will visit: the Pacific coastin J uly,
-to look into provincial matters i in
which’ his department . ds inter-
ested. a =.

_ Carleoin Secks Compensation .

- About two' years-ago J. A:
Hampton and Frederick Carlson
wore injured. by a- blasting :acci-
dent: while removing obstructions
from the bank of the Bulkley. oti
Hampton's ranch in Pleasant Val-
ley:- - Carlson, who: lost -his eye-
sight, has ‘entered suit at Vans
couver, claiming $10,000 damages | -
from: Hampton, on. the ground.
that the accident was the result
of defective explésives being sup-
plied, “At the time it was stated
that..dynamite which had been
placed under “a: stump had failed) me
to explode ‘when: expected, an : °
that the men had just reached|. ‘The Debating Clab

‘|the. stump. to investigate when A plan which provides for
‘thd delayed explosion took place. fortnightly debates during the

_|-winter, with alternate" open
™ meetings. to which ladies will be
invitdd, -.has been’ prepared by
the executive ° ‘committee of the
Hazelton - ‘Debating: -Chub, - and |.
will. be submitted: ‘tO: a general
meeting of the slab" ‘on "Wednes:

: ick Roiind Trip
Andre Jager-Schmidt, a. Paris

Hazelton and Fort Fraser land |’

_{end-of steal:on. Tuesday, accom-

Canada’s a. Bat Bill.
Ottawa; Nov.

9:-~ Canada’s

co shows‘a marked increase for
the past fiscal year. The per capita
consumption of spirits was ,859
gallons, against’ .815. gallons in
1910. That of beer was 5,484
gallons, as. against 5.276 gallons;
that of wine .104 ‘gallons, against
097 gallons, while the tobaceo
used increased from 2.940 pounds
per capita to 3,011 pounds. -

The total quantity of tobacco
Smoked was 18,908,322 pounds,
against. 17,961,279 pounds in 1910}
and 17,217,710. pounds in: 1909.

The cigarettes smoked reached
the’ énormous sum of 585,935,370
against-451, 095,138 in 1910 and
356,756,130 in 1909. The cigars
smoked numbered 227,585,692 as
compared with 205,820,851 "in
1910 and 192,105,371 in-1909,

_. New Timber Policy
. CBpeclal to The Miner)

Victoria, ’ ‘Nov. 10:—Hon, Rich-
ard McBride, now at Ottawa, has
stated” that the session of the
local legislature, which will open
in January, is likely to be a short
one. .Hon. W. 8, Ross, who is
also in the Federal capital, is pre-
paring a new timber policy,
which is likely to be the most iin-
portant measure before the house
at the coming session.

. “Firat-to-Hazelton" Bicycle - -
Though he performed the feat
without the aid of a press agent,
Marcus Levy, a. cigar salesman
‘who rode the ‘‘First-to-Hazelton’”’
bicycle’ arriving here from the

plished something worth while,
The pioneer’ cyclist has to his
credit a still more remarkable
trip, . having ridden his: bicyele
over the river ice from Dawson
to St. Michéel, in the.days of the|.
Nome | excitement; -'The distance
is 1800- stnilea, and-Levy’ 8 time
was less than twenty: ‘days, _.

“Quintuplets Born
Sendta ia Rodriewen, wife of. Dori
neiseo ‘Rodriguez, a ‘prominent

| metehart: of Costa Rica, - gave
to. five sons a.féw days ago.

Gold bars to the value of $80, 006, -
00 have been removed from the
palace to the European banks in

Nanking, Nov. 10: This his-
‘toric city lies tonight in the shad-
ow of . Manchu -butchery, the
‘Beene. of fire, rapine and degola-
In the last two days

modern history. Thousands of

and women with. me in: arms |

: Hinevit-of the Franco-German Adige!

consumption of liquors and tobac- |

-}tion made by the Crown Prince.

| number 3 vein id: being” ‘sunk: at}
: |reeord speed, havinga depth ‘of

1$0-a7% The “vein: shows the
galibtectory width of to ‘and’ a! ‘i van ho on ‘Tuesda

Balfour Retires

London; _ Hon. A.J. Balfour
has :resigned ‘the leadership of
Unionist party. Bonar Law,
who isa Canadian by birth, may
be. chosen as his ‘successor.
Others mentioned are Austin
Chamberlin, W. W. Long and
F. E. Smith. .

Will Not Interfere In
- Chinese Revolution

London, Nov. 10:— The: Pre-
mier, speaking at. the ‘Lord
Mayor's banquet, on the foreign
policy of Great Britain, said the
peaceful settlement of the Moroe-
can question was a great relief to
Europe, removing what was per-
‘haps the greatest obstacle to the.
smooth working of European
diplomacy. Referring to the
erisis in China, he said: “We
have no desire to interfere in
China’s internal affairs.’’? It is
announced that the government
will restrict its course to the pro-
tection of the lives and property
of its subjects, 3

PRINCE WAS INDISCREET

Heir to German Throne Embarrasses
Government Applauding Criti. —
clams of Peace Policy

Berlin, Nov. 10:—While the de-
bate on the Chancellor's settle-

pute over Morocco was in pro-
gress in -the. Reichstag, © the
Crown Prince caused a sensation
by openly applauding criticisms
of the peaceful policy advocated
by the government, His attitude
has caused a storm of press pro-
tests,, The Emperor’s advisers
fear that the impression will be
given abroad that the heir to the|
throne: is heading the German
war party. ‘

The Chancellor, in defending
the proposed treaty, answered
accusations of weakness bydeclar-
ing that German prestige rebuked
those who demanded a display of
the German fist.

A considerable portion. of the
press expresses amazement that
the Chancellor did not resign as
a consequence of the demonstra-

“. King and Queen Sail To-day
London, Nov. 10:—King George
and Queen Mary will sail for In-
dia tomorrow on the specially
commissioned steamer Medina.
Four first class ‘eruisers. will
serve as escort on the voyage,
which will be via -the Cape.
Their Majesties will make their
state entrance into Delhi, the
scene of the coronation durbar;
on December 7. The most bril-
-|liant pageant in the history of
modern India has been. arranged
for the occasion.

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High Silver-Lead Valuce mo
Evidence of the value of the
number two vein on the American
Boy group, which is now being
developed by. tunnel; - is ‘to. be
found in the returns ‘received
from an average assay of & piece
of surface ‘ore weighing 141
pounds, showing values of’ .652: 4
ounces of silver and 41:4 ‘per cent
lead, or $384.15: j in. all... Carbon-
ates from the same vein agsayed
$125.63, all values, Theshaftion

6? feet. on Thursday,” ‘Amayerage
of the s silver and lead contents of |]
the-vein. at ¢ ‘depth: of.55:; feet: ia|--

. o kk
Eocene Re

territory against such an bventin 907."
cane of an. outbreale of hostilities "

MINISTERS AT
THE CAPITAL

Many Disputed Matters Un- -
der Discussion with Borden
Cabinet at Ottawa.

MAY NAME COMMISSION

In Addition to Re-opening Question of *
Batter Terms, British Columbia Asks
for Control of Peace River Lands and |

_ Railway Belt — Asiatics and Fisheries

: Ottawa, Nov. 10:— Premier
McBride, of British Columbia,
Hon. W. J, Bowger and Hon. W,
R.Rosshave had conferences with -

Hon. R, L. Borden and his col- .
leagues on various subjects affect-..
ing the western province, in pur-
suance of the objects of their .
mission. The result is not likely
to be announced for some time.
The chief questions under discus-
sion are: better terms or a larger
subsidy from the Dominion; bet-
ter. regulation of Asiatic immi-
Jgration; administration by the
provinceof Peace river landsand
lands within the Canadian Pacific -
vailway belt; definition of the
province's reversionary rights in
Indian reser Ves} efficient fishery
protection cruisers and more har-
bor and river improvements,
My. McBride, when interviewed,
said: ‘‘Mr. Borden: in_ prior con-
ferences has favored the appoint
ment of a commission to enquire
into British Columbia's «claims,
How the commission is to be ap-.

pointed is for Mr, Borden to de-
cide.
in the result, looking’for an early

settlement by the Borden govern- -
ment of all outstanding questions,

At a conference six years ago

with Sir Wilfrid Laurier, British

Columbia, on the question of bet-

ter terms, was given one hundred |
thousand dollars yearly for ten .
years. Sir Wilfrid added the
clause ‘final - and
but on appeal the colonial secre-
tary, in the Imperial house, made
it plain that British Columbia
could re-open the question at any .
time desired.”

- We have evei'y confidence

unalterable’;

GERMANY FAS EAGER

Massed Her Troops on-Belgian Frontier

In Expectation of War
with France

It is rumored in Brussels.mili- -

tary circles that the French gov-
ernment is making confidential

nquiries as to the truth of a re-

port that several weeks ago, when
the Franco-German dispute over
Morocco appeared at its worst,
the Germans had collected at their —
military camp at. Elsenborn, on
the Belgian frontier, over 1,200
motors and motor-busses. These,

n case of war, could have rushed
into Belgium thousands of men, .

with their ammunition, within a
fewhours. Theobject, of cotirge, «
would have been to.constitute an
advanced guard, which would ©
have protected from: destruction a
‘by the Belgians’ the - railroads

leading ‘to the least - protected

part.of. France, and .would:have . i :
‘been. ‘used to convey - thither’ one ene
or ‘two German army corps: .

“The: object of the “French. ine ae

quiry is to prevail upon the: ‘Bel- ~ °