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Newspaper
Nelson Daily Miner
Location
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 21, 1899
Page
2
Nelson Daily Miner shows subscription options for daily by carrier and by mail with rates listed for monthly, half year, and year terms. The notice also references the Nelson Weekly Miner and emphasizes advance payment terms. Local editor D J Beaton oversees publishing.
The Miner rebuts Northern papers favoring a one million dollar Pacific cable grant. It argues the cable brings little local benefit beyond a distant factory contract, urges BC to mind its own business, and says the project should be handled by the Australian colonies, the Dominion, and Britain rather than by British Columbia.
The Alaska Boundary question should be submitted to arbitration rather than mixed with trade talks. The author argues this issue was mishandled at the Joint High Commission conferences and suggests removing it from trade negotiations to proceed clearly.
A commentator notes that reaching a settlement involves give and take but boundary disputes resist compromise. The text suggests that boundary issues do not readily lend themselves to concessions or negotiated gains, complicating amicable resolutions.
Manila reports Admiral Dewey eager for homecoming and asks friends not to be overly demonstrative. He plans to return to Montpelier Vermont and live there, joking he would seize political chances if younger. He notes insurgents weakening and a third commission signaling firm action.
At a special meeting yesterday Chief Devery told police captains all concert halls must close at midnight and no entertainment or drinks may be served after. The regulation follows deliberations by the police commissioners spurred by Mazet committee testimony.
London dispatch reports the Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba has resigned, per a Rome despatch. The surprise decision comes from the capital city see, altering church leadership in Cuba.
Public notice states electors of Nelson BC will vote Monday May 29 between 8 am and 4 pm on six by laws including sewerage $15000 electric light $15000 water works $30000 public buildings $100000 Coke and Gas works and electric street railway votes split by East Ward Fire Hall Josephine Street and West Ward Exchequer Gold Mining Company office Baker Street. Any person 21 or older who owns land or real property in the municipality may vote in their ward.
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