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Newspaper
Nelson Daily Miner
Location
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 25, 1901
Page
4
Collis presents Thomson Stationery for decorating windows and buildings in any shape. It offers wreaths stars shields and crosses in national and club colors at half the cost of rival materials. See them at Thomson Stationery Collis.
Large influx of trackmen arrives amid rain and fishing reports as Mrs. Adjutant Bradley departs for Buffalo to join her husband. Clerks of gent's furnishings challenge retail grocers to a Thursday baseball game at 2 pm. Carpenters discuss semi annual officer elections at the Miners' Union Hall. Major Hargreaves delays arrival until Wednesday evening. Yacht activity for Dominion Day regatta with Kaslo entries. Kaslo visitors aid new provincial office. S.J. Roberts dies of pneumonia near Duluth. relatives in England. Locators of Cloudy Day and Rainy Day reports funding from assayer. sample totals around $46 per ton. Police court docket includes remanded cases. Western Federation of Miners leader J. Boyce arrives to speak in Nelson and at Slocan City mass meeting. Inquest into death at C P R yards continues with fireman Goostry and engineer Murray testifying.
West Kootenay Power and Light Co Ltd proposes to purchase the Nelson plant for 50000 dollars in cash payable over nine years with 5 percent interest, supply 50 arc lights for five years free, and gain a city franchise to install and maintain lines. The offer includes tax exemption for five years and urges prompt consideration to modernize street lighting and attract manufacturing and growth.
An inquest into a railway accident found accidental death after an emergency brake stopped the train two car lengths from the scene. The injured man lay under a wheel and was freed after the car was jacked up. Dr Rose testified the victim was run over at OC P RB yards while the train traveled five to six miles an hour. No other witnesses testified and the jury returned an accidental death verdict. Macdonald and Johnson watched for the railway company.
A deputation asked if a proposed cash purchase of the city water plant included water power rights. the mayor dismissed immediate acceptance, noting $50,000 hardly matches a $24,000 annual revenue. The matter was tabled for Fire Water and Light committee review as officials plan public safety upgrades and street improvements.
A court sitting before His Honor Judge Forin heard several speedy trial cases. Napoleon Bodit a 50 year old French Canadian pleaded guilty to being at liberty under an expired six month sentence and received one month in jail after completing the six month term. John Kennedy a Canadian laborer about 28 was arraigned for stealing a $50 note from W R Ferguson and sentenced to one month after his current sentence ends. John Smith faced a charge of stealing an opal ring from a Fernie bartender and elected speedy trial with a July 8 date set. The case of John Peitch arose after he was released in May on a suspended drunkenness sentence.
An all rail route connects eastern western and southern points to Rossland Nelson and intermediate stops with Spokane connections to Great Northern Northern Pacific and O R N Co. It links at Rossland with Canadian Pacific for Boundary Creek and at Meyers Falls offers daily stage to Republic. Buffet service on Spokane Northport trains. Effective May 5 1901 departure times list Spokane 7 35 am Rossland 1 30 pm Nelson 7 15 pm.
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