06 Mar 1901
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Newspaper
Nelson Daily Miner
Location
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 06, 1901
Page
1
Halifax report quotes Lord Kitchener praised as organizer with flawless logistics yet not leading in field. Dispatch notes speech by Frederick Villers, South Africa war writer, at Montreal lecture amid broader Dominion news.
March 5 report from Victoria cites Miss Gow and Rev. and Mrs. Jarvis stating rains in India failed this year. Famine fears spread, with some areas worse than last year according to the visitors who have just returned from India.
Victoria March 5. Indian sealers entitled to compensation for illegal seizures of schooners employed at the time of the seizures relating to Reliring Sea have been informed the matter will be deferred due to difficulty locating the rightful claimants.
Victoria reports a near doubling of ore output for 1900 compared with 1899. Lead mining surged with a 49 percent rise, while total mineral production reached 16.41 million dollars and ore tonnage climbed to 654,790 tons, employing 3,731 workers underground and above.
Victoria notes the old sloop of war Pelican, stationed at Esquimalt in the late 1870s, idle for two years, sold to the Hudson's Bay Company at Chatham, England. San Francisco capitalists plan a boot and shoe factory here with about 13 workers. Seven Japanese from this city attempted landings but failed.
King Edward issues letters patent allowing the Dukes of Cornwall and York to confer knighthood while in Australia. London reports March 5. War Office halts yeomanry recruitment as enough men are available. A memorial to Queen Victoria, approved by the king, will feature a statue near Westminster Abbey or Buckingham Palace.
L Kribs wins contract for major renovations at Hotel Phair to add a new story, offices, bar, billiard room, dining access, and a future elevator. Planned cost near $10,000 with extensive internal reorganization by architect L J Forde. Work to start this week and finish in ten weeks amid brick veneer walls and lawn expansion.
A group of five subscribers to both local papers held a voting contest yesterday to decide which paper to drop. Four favored continuing the Nelson Miner while the other would discontinue the second paper.
Winnipeg report Edward Knecht publisher of the International in Portal was found dead in his office with a bullet wound. Coroner's jury ruled accidental shooting, noting Knecht was reportedly in good spirits hours before the tragedy.
Ottawa report outlines government plans including franchise act amendments, mint establishment, alien labor act changes, and other minor measures. Premier indicates most agenda items will be introduced this week though budget date to be announced next week. Discussions cover Pacific cable costs and Imperial loan arrangements.
George E Komry was convicted yesterday of obtaining $56 from Hall Mines Smelter under false pretenses and remanded until today for sentencing. Judge Crease presided as witnesses testified Emory claimed he was Geselle and secured a time check for $56. Geselle testified he never authorized the transfer.
A Nelson court convicted Emory after testimony that a Bank of Commerce cheque was forged and cash taken on the 19th. Witnesses included Hugh Macdonald and Miss Sadie Macdonald, with W. P. Perkins as teller who cashed the check. Chief of Police Jarvis cited a prior conviction, and Emory pleaded guilty before remand for sentence. The proceedings were part of broader local notes on legislature, ferries, and town matters in Victoria and Robson Yard operations.
In private city advices, it was learned that His Royal Highness the Duke of York and party would visit British Columbia on the return from Australia. Meanwhile Poundkeeper Bill Herring awaits the arrival of dog tags ordered in the east after his appointment to the post.
The thawed surface revived curling as cold snap returns games. Listed players include Dover Wright Armstrong Dewar Turner Morrison Fortin Wallace Wilson Christie Wilson Irving Wallace Walley Fortn Tamblyn Stanley Laurenson Miller Wright Weir Wallace Tamblyn Annable Smythe Soady Irving Fox Davia Tamblyn Fletcher. Games to continue while ice holds.
Chancellor von Buelow urged good neighborly ties between Britain and Germany. He said the Emperor’s England visit should not affect neutrality in South Africa and stressed mutual equality, shared interests with Russia, and no need for conflict.
A Spokane despatch reports the closing of the sale of the Crow's Nest Coal Company's mines and business to American interests. The deal secures the controlling stock and involves James J. Hill and two other capitalists, J Pierpont Morgan and J J Rockefeller, as owners of Western Canada's high grade coal fields.
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