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. home rule,
proposed for the speakership of

‘Thi ig proposed t to. tunnel the St.
Lawrence } river at Montreal.

‘Iti is said FD. Monk will re-
 lingdish, the. federal. ‘portfolio’ of |

_ works and will be replaced by H.

B. _ Ames, of Montreal..

John Redmond i is. Spoken ‘of a&|

_ prime minister for Ireland .under
“Ts P,..O’Connor: is

*. the Ir ish ‘parliament.

Dowie’ s widow has gathered
together about a thousand of the
original Zionist congrezation in
Chicago, and will attempt a re-

_ construction of the movement. °

In anticipation of inereased
‘trade after the opening of the
-Panataa canal, Vancouver will
make strenuous efforts to” have
her projected dock and. harbor

’ improvements | completed before

1915.
Lloyd’s record of British ship-

building . gives 545° vessels, ex-:

cluding warships, under construc-

tion, ‘with a gross tonnage of.

1,686;898.. the - “highest ever ‘Te
corded, coe

’ That the Ontario Government
may submit its proposal — to
abolish the treating system and
opposition’s proposal. to abolish
the bar to a referendum is. de-
clared to be a possibility.

-In.1905 only about 500 automo- |

biles were owned in the whole of
Canada, valued at $1,000,000,
while today there are upwards of
15,000 running on Canadian
roads, and representing over
' $200,000, 000,

The Canadian department of
labor is in communication with
the United States government
‘with the possibility of co-oper-
ation in the general study of
conditions underlying: the in-
creased cost of living. _ The
United States idea: appeuts to be
for a world wide inquiry...

As ‘one-fourth “of. the Sahara
desert is below sea level, a
French’ scientist proposes to
transform this portion into .an

Inland sea by the digging of a

canal from the Mediterranean.
The filling with water of the
lower basin of the desert would,
the learned Frenchman. believes,

-make a great change in the cli-

matic. conditions. _ The three-

- fourths of the desert not flooded

would bloom and: become’ popu-
lous, he believes,- and the hot
desert winds now making: the
surrounding country almost tropi-
cal would be greatly diminished.

Jack Curley, instigator of the
Johnson-Flynn ‘match, has: not
yet made public his choice of
battle ground, says James J.
Corbett, and the popular belief |.
is that he will abandon: the pro-
ject, Thisin the face of Cur-
ley’s emphatic declaration that
he has never even entertained the
‘idea of calling the affair off! He

S.- claims he will be Johnny on the

- Spot May 1, the date set for post-
- ing of certain forfeits, and that

the contest will surely take place
as otiginally “ planned, “unless
Johnson runs out on his agree-
ment, ; Oo, ;

The greatest number of: lives
* Jost in any wreck on. ‘the’ “Pacific

coast is 198. In the sixteen most.

. ‘disastrous wrecks on the: Pacific
: toast the total losa of life- was
1370, somewhat less than that in
the single wreck of the Titanic.

This list covers a periud of sixty .
In the wreck of the Rio|”
- de Janeiro in San Francisco bay,
in 1901, the loss of life. was122..
In the burning of. the steamer
7 ee Gate off Manzanillo. in

years,

1862 there was a losa. of - life: of
199, and the same number per-

7  iahgd in the wreek of the steamer

lately

Condor i in 1890: In the wreck of

| the: steamer Valencia’ on Vancou-

ver Island, Jan; 28,. 1906, the loas
of life waa Tie

Dr. “Von Stein, ‘in. “Moscow,
delivered a lecture réceritly ona
new = method of curing cancer
and. demonstrated the. ‘suecessful
results on patients whom he had
treated with piroloxyne, - Dr,
Von Stein maintains that in can-
cer of the throat, ear, nose and
face, his remedy,-if not abso-
infallible, is at, least a
fenuine specific localizer. Sev-

eral among the lecturer's ‘collea-

gues sharply criticised Dr. Von
Stein, alleging that .he jumped to
conclusions hastily. The. action

of piroloxyne, they stated, is in-
sufficiently tested and inight pos-|~

sible cause death. It is certainly
harmful to the organism, as_ it
contains ‘pyrogallic acid, and can-
not be’ said to destroy or arrest
cancer. The discussion ended by
the formation ofa commission. of
bacteriologists, chemists and
physicians for the. purpose of
subjecting the. whole question to
a careful scientific scrutiny,

ct|MINING DISCOVERIES |

IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

Great Mineral’ Resources of
. This Province Were Known
Many Years Ago.
1 — .
The first notable event in the
history of mining in British Col-

umbia appears to have been the}

discovery about the year 1852 by
David Douglas, a celebrated bot-
anist who was investigating the
flora of the country, of a large
outerop of galena ore near the
eastern shore of Kootenay lake
at what is now the Blue Bell mine.

Coal was first. discovered in

British Columbia at Fort Rupert, |

Vancouver Island, in’ 1858, In
1840 the Hudson Bay Co; brought

{out a few coal miners from Scot-;'

land and proceeded to test and
open up some of the deposits,
Meanwhile in 1849 the existence
of coal at Nanaimo had been as-

certained by J. W. McKay, and |
the- following year most of. the|

miners were transferred from the
northern end of the island to that
place, Work was begun in earnest
at Nanaimo in 1852, and before
the close of 1853, 2,000 tons of
coal had been shipped, nearly all
of it going to San Francisco, The
price of the coal at Nanaima was
$11 and at San Franciseo $28,
The Hudson’s- Bay Co. continued
to work the mines: thus opened
| until 1861, when they were sold to
the Vancouver Coal Mining and
Land Co. Coal was discovered in
one of the Queen Charlotte Islands
in 1859 by Major William Bownie,

The earliest discovery of gold,
though but a small quantity, was
made in 1850 by J. W: McKay, a
Hudson’s Bay official, while ex-
ploring for land between Victoria
and Nanaimo. In 1851. gold was
discovered’ at Gold Harbor on
Moresby. Island of the. Queen
Charlotte’ group, . and from one
small seam it is. variously. eati-
mated that from $25, G00. to $15,-
000 were taken...

On themainland gold was found
in the Similkameen country as

early as 1852, while in 1854 Col- |. :

ville Indians were known to have
had nuggets in their possession,
Chief Trader McLean procured

gold from Indians near Kamloops

in 1852.

“Steamer Earl Grey: Lost

“Halifax, N. 8. ‘April 24—Two
hundred.” “passengers on. the
steamer Karl Grey were rescued
by the government bteamer Min-
to when-the ‘Grey went ashore
oft Cape Bohn. ‘The. passengers
and erew were taken to Charlotté-
town. . The’ rescued owe, jhete

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"| the: steamer. - .
. The Grey left. Charlottetown: in ~

| tends to a for ermission to
Bollowange

| bnown aa claim 14.

lived 10 the bless ol apparais of)

a dense fog, -A heavy. ‘BC, | “wag
running. with no wind. ° “Two
miles . west: of Cape. Bohn. ‘the

vessel struck: ‘and’ the engines:
| were’ “reversed ‘in an: effort to

hack the boat off the rocky ledge.
It was found that the. boat was
badly. damaged and making water
Yapidiy,

Distress signals were fasKed
by wireless and were picked ‘up:
by the Minto, which was anchored

off Caribou harbor. . The Minto
hurried out to-sea and ‘flashed
the news of the rescue. =. .y..

The Grey may be a total loss,

For Sale :

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wagon, nearly new. €,,° Miner
office. Sa Ae

LAND NOTICES

Omineca Land District, District of 1
Cassiar,

Take noties-that Alex. Morales ot
Anaheim, California, prospector, .in-
tenda fo ape for permission to pur-
chase the following deseribed lands:
Commencing at a post planted three
miles north and one-half mile west of
the northeast corner of lot 1062, thence
north 80 chains, west 80. chains, south
80 chains, esst 80 chains to. point of
commencement, containing 640 acres

more or less. wo Alex Morales.
April 9, 1912 0, 8
Omineca Land District. District of | ,

agsiar.
Take notice that Antonia Friend of
Anaheim, Calif . married woman, in-
ur
wing described lands:
at planted 8B
west of the

chase - the
Commencing at a ipo
milea north and1-2 mile

northeast corner of lot 1062,- thence.

north eighty chains, east eights ehaing,
south eighty chains, weat eighty chains
to point of commencement, containing
640 acrea more or less. |
April 9, 1912. 43 Antonia Friend,’

Omineca Land District. District of
Casgiar, . :

Take notice that Cossuse Morales of-
Anaheim, Calif,, cook, intends to apply
for permission to purchase the follow ng
described Jands: : -
Commencing at a post planted 2 miles
northand 1-2mile castof the northeast
corner of lot 1062, thenceeast 40 chains,
south 80 chains, west 40 chaing, north 80
chains, to point of commencement, con-
taining 320 acres more or less,
Aprili5,1912 43 © Cossuse Morales.

QOmineca Land District, District ~
of Cassiar. :
Take notice that John B, J. Moe
of Hazelton, prospector, intends to
pply for permission to purchase the
fal lowing described landa:
Commencing at 2 post planted 2 miles
north andone mile east of the northeast
corner of lot 1062, thence west 80 chains,
north 80 chains, east 80 chains, south
80 chains to point of commencement,
containing 640 acres more or less.
April 17,1912. 43 John B, J. Moe.
Omineca Land District. District of
Caassiar.

Take notice that John K. Friend of
Anaheim, Calif., prospector, intends to
to apply for permission | to purchase the
following described lands:

Commencing at a post-planted 2 miles
north and 1 mile east of the northeast
‘corner of lot” 1062, thence north 80
chains, east 80 chains, south 80 chains,
west 80 chains to point of commence-
ment, containing 640 acres more or less.
April 17,1912. 48 John K- Friend.

Omineca Land District.
Cassiar.

Take notice that Sarah Jane Godfrey
of Nanaimo, married woman, intends to
apply for Permission to purchase the
following described ands:

.Commencing at @ post planted on the
exst bank of Skeena river, nbout Imile
northerly from junction of Bear river
thence east 8C chaina north. 40 chains,
west 80-chains more or fess ta Skeena
river, thence south 40 chains, more or
less, following bank of Skeenariver, to
point of : commencement, containing 920
acres more or less,

April 9, 1912, 48, Sarah Jane Godfrey.

Omineca Land District. District of
assiar,
Take notice that Frank. A. - Jackson
of Hazelton, miner, intends ‘to ape
for. permission to purchase the follow-
ing described lands; .
ommencin ig at a ‘post planted on the

eaat bank of the Skeena river, about 1
mile northerly. from the junction of
Bear river, thence east 80 chains, south
80 chaina, west 80 chains, mote or lesa,
-to Skeena river, north 80 chains, more
or less following bank of. Skeena ‘river
to point of commencement, containing
640 acred more or less, -
April §,.1912 48 Frank A. Jackson.

COAL NOTICES —

Skeena Land District, District of
Cassiar,  —

‘- Take notica that Thomas EB. Hankin
of Hazelton, miner, intends to apply for
a license to prospect for coal and petro-
leom over the following described lands.

“Commencing at a post pl planted about
t mile south of east fork of Naas river
and 22 miles southeast of junction of
Sweeney ereck being 6 miles west of
mouth of Anthony creek thence south 80
chains, -east 80
west 80 chains to point of commence-
ment, known aa claim 16.
March:18 1912. Thomaa E, Hankin,

. Skeena Land District, ‘Diatriet of
on Oaasiar

Take notice that Thomas EB, Hankin
of Hazelton, miner; intends to apply for
a license to prospect, for coal and petro-
‘leum over the following described lands.

Combmencing. at # post planted I mile
| south of dast fork of Naas river-and 22
‘| miles southeast of junction of Sweeney
creek being 6 miles west of: mouth. of
Anthony creck, thence north 30 chains,
Feast 40-chains, "south '80 chains, west 80.
chains to. point. of commencement,

District of

Thomas E Henkin.
Mase 810

aing, north 80 chains,

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Our Ginghams embrace all kinds of patterns:
Ladies: Belts, Collars, Shirt Waists, ete,
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‘HARDWARE DEP’T

In this department can he found all the wants of the Settler, Builder, and Prospector.

“We carry hand forges and bellows, anvils, stump anvils, blacksmith hammers, and the old
reliable 4:Ib, and 8 lb, hammers.

All iron wheel barrows, wooden wheel barrows, cross
cut saws in three lengths, bridge saws, hand saws, augers, peavies, cant hooks.

"We have on hand all the well known

: takes of Axes . |

Stoves for the housewife, B. C Camp. Stoves for. those living
in. cabins, and for. those gomg into the Interior we have
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We also have building. and tar’ pepe

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