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Newspaper
Nelson Daily Miner
Location
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1899
Page
3
A regional fishing note reports lake and river conditions for fly fishing with still high waters and good char around Balfaour. The piece folds into a humorous culinary essay on salads in Paris, café life, and wrecked kitchen adventures, plus a brief local transport and boating mishap near the P. R. wharf and a Slocan steamer outage.
Yesterday afternoon at the Opera House the matinee repeated most pieces from Wednesday except the sance contest was omitted due to no flour for the daubing. An extra boxing exhibition featured MyL Gallon sons Vivian and Lam. Louis Johnstone sang Soldiers of the Queen and encoreed the last two verses. A fair crowd, mainly children, enjoyed the performance hugely.
Nelson Gun Club held its weekly practice yesterday afternoon under a hot, gusty wind. Scores were affected by the unsteady breeze with G Steele leading at 17 and C D Blackwood close behind at 16. others ranged from 12 to 9 as the wind hampered shooting.
In Ymir yesterday Nelson defeated Ymir 85 to 7 in a one sided game. Nelson travels to Rossland tonight to play the Rossland team on the road.
A special children's service is planned at the Presbyterian church this morning followed by a Lord's Supper observance at the Methodist Church after the morning service. A smelter band performance entertained guests at the Nelson Hotel balcony last evening. Rossland ladies led a Red Mountain picnic. L A Campbell named electrical engineer for Nelson Tramway. A Capt Troup steamer trip reported with a light sea. Frank Peters appointed assistant general freight agent for OG P R in the Kootenay district. Peters is well known locally. The angling notes author reportedly caught a six pound chart yesterday.
A list of guests and associated cities appears under AT THE HOTELS. Names include Puai A Macdonald Toronto Maxwell Stevenson Ainsworth Stu art Tod Slocan City Thos T Pur gold Liverpool Chas Rashdall New Denver Lt Palmer J Co Cameron Rossland W A Harvey Vancouver Jas A McDonald Kaslo Hume D R Briggs Silverton W E Lewis Toronto A H Campbell Montreal J Maidtland Toronto J F Collom Wellesley Mass T Keaeting Trail F Williams Hamilton J M Coombs Winnipeg D King Kaslo D Kurtz Kokanee Creek G Pearline Victoria L Sutherland Nelson H Tilly Toronto W Burns Nelson J Howden P R W H Tennant Winnipeg G O Campbell Montreal R Machin Victoria W Bryson Toronto R W Smith Rossland G Jones Donald F McKechnie Nakusp.
George Bullass Lyon and Cecilia Grammie Neumann wed at Rev R Frew’s residence on June 17 1899 in a simple ceremony officiated by the same reverend.
Prisoner White, once held on charges of stealing money and jewelry from Mrs. Tennant in Sacramento, left town yesterday. He was taken by Provincial Police to the boundary, surrendered to United States authorities, and handed to American police at Waneta.
London June 17 The Japanese torpedo boat destroyer Abakena claimed as the fastest ever built completed a three hour run to the north and back. The vessel reached a speed of 28 knots, claiming to top Britain’s fastest destroyer by one knot.
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