Prospects in the Slocan Mining Camp Amid Slump
The Landon mining camp faces a silver lead price slump and higher processing costs. Operators like Ivanhoe Last Chance and Star lay off workers while others run at reduced capacity. The St Keverne Mines reorganizes with Montreal capital to resume work, as shipments rise to 187 tons for the week ending May 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kootenays
Landon Camp
B. C
Ivanhoe
Payne
Star
Noble Five
War Horse
H. B. Alexander
Old Country
W. W. Warner
Wonderful
Jackson Basin
Whitewater
Whitewaters
Veiu
St. Keverne Mining Company
Thexald Company
Montreal
Ontario
Western
John A.winch
Sidney Norman
Landon
Clergyman Dies in Toronto at 88
Rev. Dr. Harry Scendding a venerable English church figure in Canada died in Toronto aged 88. He was the first head boy of Upper Canada College in 1830 and had long been closely associated with Toronto.
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Toronto
Harry Scendding
Canada
Upper Canada College
Alaska Boundary Doubt Cited By Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Ottawa May 6 The Alaska boundary issue is called into doubt by Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Capt Edouard Paradis of the 58th battalion is named inspector of the Mounted Police. Manitoba railway bill debate opens with Puttee and Richardson opposing passage until electors of Manitoba are polled. Col Prior notes a Victoria letter on marking the boundary near Clarence Channel. Premier says no provisional boundary exists aside from the Lynn Canal line.
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Ottawa
Edouard
Charles Paradis
58Th Batt
Mounted Police
Manitoba
Puttee
Richard= son
Rich
Ardson
Col. Prior
Mr. Begg
Victoria
Alaska
Canada
Lynn Canal
Bright prospects for Lardo district linked to rail line growth
Percy Chapman of A McDonald & Co. says Lardo country prospects are bright after a tour including Ferguson Trout Lake and Camborne. He notes Selkirk rail construction would boost Nelson wholesale commerce with mining returns from Nettie L Silver Cup and Triune near $300 per ton and urges local ore samples for the Nelson board of trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larda
Percy Chapman
A. Macdonald & Co
Chaprooo
Lardo
Ferguson
Trout Lake
Camborne
Lardon
Selkirk
Nelson
Nettie L
Silver Cup
Triune
Lurde
Nelson Board of Trade
Verguson
No Sunday Games Debated by City Council
Nelson mayor and aldermen clash over banning ball games on Sundays at recreation grounds. A two vote majority carries the motion despite concerns about enforcement and land ownership. The meeting also discusses street cars, stables purchase, road dumping, and sidewalk safety.
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Recreation Ground
Ald
Irving
Madden
Selous
Ald. Irving
Ours
Ald. Madden
Hamilton
Gillett
Paterson
Fletcher
Stanley Street
Hospital
A. Hindes
Hindes
E. R. Woakes
D. A. McDonald
Latimer Street
Josephine
Board of Works
Kootenay Street
False Fire Alarm Delays No Fire Response
Fire brigade answered a false alarm yesterday at about four o'clock and then returned to quarters once the excitement subsided.
Brown backs government rail policy despite opposition
J. C. Brown spoke in Victoria on May 6 praising the government railway bill for keeping rates under control and sharing earnings. He said the premier’s stance favored people over companies, and while he still prefers government ownership he would support the bill as better than none, knowing most constituents back him.
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Victoria
J. C. Brown
Trial Opens in Murder Case at Greenwood Courthouse
James F. des Rivieres, 46, civil engineer, faces murder charges for allegedly stabbing Harry Rowand to death on February 16 in a shack near Denoro townsite twelve miles from Greenwood. Rowand, a former CPR employee, died minutes after the confrontation fueled by a drinking party. Des Rivieres claims self defense. he was committed after a magistrate hearing and will be tried before Justice Drake once grand jurors determine sufficiency of evidence. Also noted are horse theft charges, conspiracy cases against Medhurst and Mansfield, and civil actions set for trial. A London despatch discusses Gaudaur and Towns in an imperial stake dispute, while a fire in Petrolea injures six occupants.
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James F. McGill Des
C.P.R
Crow's Nest
Ottawa
Denoro Des Revieres
Rowand
Des Revieres
Greenwood
Denoro
les _Revieres
Jawait
Justice Drake
Bell
Ajralusi
Medhurst
Mansfield
War Eagle
Turner
Water Records
John A. Turner
Cordingly
Queen
Union
Hill Buys G. P. R. Stock and Court Rejects Liquor Act Appeal
The report notes J. J. Hill as purchaser of G. P. R. stock and mentions the Manitoba court turning down an appeal related to the liquor act. It also covers a farmer Archie McLeod from Rose Valley who died by hanging in jail, amid Winnipeg and Montreal datelines.
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Manitoba
Charlottetown
P. E
Archie McLeod
Rose Valley
Marpole Claims He Would Not Employ Japanese or Chinese Workers
R Marpole general superintendent of the C P R Pacific division testified before the Chinese commission saying his nearly 4000 employees include only 9 Japanese and 70 Chinese and he would not hire these Mongols if whites could do the work. He noted rising Japan traffic with more steamships and warned further restrictions could impact it. He cited the Great Northern railways hiring thousands of Orientals and advertising for 4000 more, with other Pacific lines employing many Mongols.
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Vancouver
R. Marpole
C. P. R. Pacific
Marpole
Columbia River
Notable Journalist Returns to New Denver Amid Fire Loss
R T Lowery, famed editor of New Denver Lodge, returns after a three week absence spent in Ontario. He plans a sixteen page monthly titled Lowery's Claim and mentions no partner or refinery. A grand pyrotechnic display caused a fire that burned two residences, McInnes and Clark, with no insurance and about a thousand dollars each in unburned value.
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New Denver
R. T. Lowery
New
B. C
Saut Ste Marie
McInnes
Mining Recorder
Clark
Marino verdict in Marion Mine case at New Denver
Judge Irving delivers a voluminous ruling in Marino vs Alexander et al over the Marion Mine in the New Denver camp. He grants Marino $500 against each partner and awards $5 per day as superintendent fees, with an accounting of partnership affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Irving
Marino
Marion
Sproat
Lin
Kings& Co
Spront
McInnis
Alexander
Messrs
King & Co
Sproats
Mednnes
Biasell
Rasa
Irving Saye
McInnes
Melnnes
Mel Innes
McInies
Also Mentioned on This Page
Slocan
London
Clergyman
M. P
Wilfrid Laurier
City Council
Boston
Ald. Gillett
J. F. M. Des Revieres
Harry Rowand
Imperial Privy Council
George ‘Towns
Gaudaur
Imperial Bank
Rat Portage
London Sportsman
Towns
England
Tom Sullivan
Thames
Petrolea, Ont
Calvert
Hill Buys
G. P. R. Stoce
Jim Hill
Canadian Pacific
J. J. Hill
Winnipeg
The
Pacific
Lowery
Denver
Treatytoerian Church
Palm Restaurant
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