Governor Declines to Take Further Advice in Victoria
Victoria B C February 28 Lieut Gov McInnes declines to be advised further by Premier Semlin and will seek new advisors Rumor places Dunsmuir or Martin in line A Victoria February 23 report notes SemlinCotton ministry defeated on second reading of Redistribution bill causing government collapse Richard Hall triggers the motion with The previous question leading to the government defeat 19 to 18 and adjournment says Semlin plans to rise later to explain and the house may resume Monday only or Tuesday with a coalition likely and names like Dunsmuir Martin and Helmcken floated for leadership and provincial duties
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McInnes
Semlin
Dunsmuir
Martin
Turner
Baker
McBride
Coalition
Victoria
B. C
Semlin-Cotton
Richard Hall
Messrs. Higgins
Neill
Bootti
Kellie
J. H. Martin
Pooley
Hall
Speaker Forster
Rouke
Speaker
McKechnie
C. Wentworth Sarel
Attorney General's Department
Kamloops
Sarel
Awear
James Dunsmuir
H. Dallas Helmcken
M. P
Cronje Surrenders After Bold Boer Stand at Ladysmith
British dispatches report General Cronje capitulated unconditionally at Paardeberg. Buller’s three-wing advance toward Ladysmith continued with heavy fighting. Dundonald and Canadian regiments supported by engineers breached defenses. Prisoners total about 4000. Cronje to be sent to Cape Town. news anticipated with caution as relief for Ladysmith nears.
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London
War Office
Tord Roberta
Ladysmith
Colenso
Kruger
Buller
Marquis Lansdowne
House of Lords
Cronje
Cape Town
Lord Roberts
Paardeberg
Intelligence Department
Deaar
First
Gordon Highlanders
Second
Shropshires
Prettymat
One of the Boys Writes of Life at the Bar in Ottawa
Special correspondent describes barrack life in Ottawa February 1900 aboard Strathcona Horse quarters in cattle sheds labeling barracks Holsteins Herefords and other breeds. He notes social life, theater outings, uniforms issued, medicals passed, and praise for McVittie and Hutchison spreading Good Things about South East Kootenay.
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Ottawa
The
Herald
He Barracks
Harry Melton
Melton
Cranbrook
Cranbrook Herald
Winnipeg
K. K
B.C. Troop
Strathcona
Steele
Pretoria
Old Bobs
Kitchener
Russell Theater
Dicken
Lewis Morrison
Frederic the Great
Puddin
Wilson
Woolly West
McVittie & Hutchison
South East Kootenay
A Successful Dance at the Cosmopolitan
The Tuesday evening dance at the Cosmopolitan drew a large crowd from Kimberley Moyie and Fort Steele. Music pleased attendees and the cake walk by Pieper and Pushee sparked amusement while Mr. Small, the proprietor, received praise for the event’s success.
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Kimberley
Moyie
Fort Steele
Terpsichore
Mr. Small
Churchill recalls last Friday’s Boer hill charge near Gobler Rlonf
The Times dispatch from Pietermaritzburg reports heavy fighting as Inniskillings and Dublin Fusiliers pressed a rocky Boer position within 500 yards. It notes the Dublin Fusiliers’ prior gallantry and that many wounded lay unattended on hillside, prompting Buller to seek a flag of truce. The truce held until dusk.
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Son
Tner
Churchill
Inniskiliens
London
Winston Churchill
Colenso
Buller
Evidence of Progress in Cranbrook Building Boom
Prosperity evident as money pours into new and upgraded structures in Cranbrook. Builders and tradesmen are busy with A T Wattlis new two story business block west of G Miner store, W T Tate residence on Hanson, and multiple cottages, hotels, and stores under construction or renovation. Greer Co hold contracts for several additions and new houses as urban growth accelerates.
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Cranbrook
A. Ti. Wattlis
G . Miner
W. FE
Tate
Larry McVittie
W. T. Tate
Hanson Avenue
Miner
G H W. Miner
Baker Hill
Mr. Prest
W. T. Reid
James Ryan
Greer & Co
Cranbrook gains miners license recording at Cranbrook
Constable Morris named sub recorder for the Cranbrook district enabling miners to record licenses and claims locally saving 24 miles round trip to Fort Steele. The move mirrors earlier logistically helpful steps for Moyie Kimberley and Ferne.
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Morris
Cranbrook
Fort Steele
The
Herald
Moyie
Kimberley
Ferne
Cranbrook Forms Fire Brigade With Two Leaders
At Forrest hall meeting on Monday night Cranbrook decided to organize a fire brigade. J H Fink was named chief and Matt Rockendorf as assistant chief, who will appoint brigade members and start preparations. Fink formerly served with Spokane paid fire department and brings valuable experience.
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Forrest Hall
Meir
J H. Fink
Matt Rockendorf
Fink
Spokane
Cranbrook
North Star Shipping Begins Ore Exports From Kimberley Rail Line
North Star Shipping Ore reports first shipment over new North Star branch to Cranbrook and Great Falls via Trail. Frank Robbins and Neil McLeod Currat travel to arrange ore treatment as tramway completes to handle regular shipments. Under Superintendent Parker, property development proceeds, boosting the mine’s promising outlook.
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North Star
Frank Robbins
North Star Wine
Neil McLeod Currat
Trail
Cranbrook
Great Falls
Parker
Theo Copper Prospect Shows Promise at Theo Property
A four person party visited the Theo property on Monday and witnessed ore showing under the direction of Mr. Wickstrom. Development aims to reach a depth of one hundred feet with a crosscut toward the footwall, expecting richer ore near the footwall as a five foot width of concentrating ore appears. Concentrated ore from development will be shipped to the concentrator to avoid waste, with daily progress bolstering mining men’s belief the Theo property will become a major copper producer due to railway proximity and fine bottom-shaft samples available at McVittie & Hutchison.
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Theo
Wickstrom
McVittie & Hutchison
St Marys Mining outlines ore prospects at Carrie Lee claim
St Marys Mining and Milling Co led by William Townsend and A W McVittie began a new shaft on the Carrie Lee claim on the 5 St Marys prairie. The shaft reaches about twenty feet, ore samples were shown in Rossland, and the company plans to cover assessments before summer operations resume. A prospectus details finances and development with eleven assays averaging 925 dollars in silver and gold, or 4350 in copper silver and lead, and is available at mining brokers for reading.
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William Townsend
Rossland
A.W. McVittie
Carrie Lee
St. Marys’ Prairie
St. Marys
Promising Copper Bearing Quartz at Horse Shoe Mine
The Horse Shoe shaft lies west of the Toco shaft about 109 feet higher on the hill. It shows a strong copper bearing quartz ledge. Timbers remain and ladders in place. the mine is worth a visit. Reachable from Cranbrook in a half hour ride. Theo in ten minutes. Work is a drift on the pre chute top of the inclined shaft. A galena streak is followed north about 50 feet beneath the surface, with the pay streak growing toward a sizeable ore body.
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Toco
Cranbrook
Ontario and Quebec People Eye British Columbia Prospects
J. W. Robinson, back from the east, says Ontarians and Quebecers are talking up British Columbia and many will invest in province enterprises during the coming year.
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J. W. Robinson
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
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B. K, Walker
Gen. Man
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J. W. H. Smythe
Sam Mitchell
East Kootenay
Sullivan, Quantrell
Buckhorn
Stemwinder
Black Bear
Kootenay Consolidated
C. P. R Railway
Apply
Fort Steele Development Syndicate
N. A. Wallinger
Mgr
Fort Steele, B, C
the Burrow, Stewart & Milne Co., Limited
Hamilton
Pioneer Hardware
Peeee
G. H. Miner
Big Clearing Sale
Fort Steele Mercantile Co
Cranbrook and
Toria
Victoria, B. C
Rob
England
Colonies
Bullve
Lyttleton
Dundonald
Natal Carbineers
the Morning Post
Frere Camp
Prand
Firm
Iom Pietermariziberg
Dublin Fusiliers
Col. Henderson
P. McConnell's
General News
W. C. P. Breckenridge
Kentucky
Toronto
Rosslard Minstrel Company
Crowder House
Mrs. Baker
Mr. V
Hyde Baker
Bride
Joe
Montreal
the Fire Brigade
North Star IS Shipping
St Marys’ Mining & Milling Co
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