THE WEATHER om hours ending 5 a.m., Twenty " 10U 4 . TRMP. BAR. IN, RAIN wax veme EO 29.849 32. ——_—_—_—_—_— THE DAILY NEW ~ (i rary r Sine EE Re FO ORTH Seattle, * ‘Tuesday, Formerly The Prince Rupert Optimist —— VOL. Il, NO. 207 NON FORGET DUNCAN ROSS MEETING TO-NIGHT HANY GOOD SPEAKERS AT THE LIBERAL SMOKERS French-Canadian Smoker Brought Out Many Bright, Witty Addresses and Charming Songs Enjoyable Smoker Last Evening Committee’s smokers Liberal The Committee's Smoker Two \ enjoyable were give the Liberel club} The Libere! smoker lest evening rooms Saturday and yesterday | wes etierded by over one hurdred | evenings. That of Seturdey wasfard fifiy people. A. J. Morris, | upon the invitation of the Frerch|chairmen of the Liberal Com- Canadians of the party, ard the; misiee presided, ard emong the | proceedings were mostly in French. | speékers were Fred Stork, L. W.! Thomas Trottier was the chair-|Patmore, Alex Mersor and man and the principal speeker | 1 umber of others. Frank Ang { Kiiselas. | The speeches were all upor the Mr. Ang ooh. OL FaiOF | mportar 1 question of the momen, | Ange { Ouebec, yourg mar] ye J : i that of reciprocity, and every W gift of eloquence. | Itw politic of his | speech he made, } witticisms ihat| Ross provoked eppleuse. [1 meniion of the name of Duncan Wes ker idierce in| generally corceded that after the xp ni smile when } great rousing meeting of this ever- ee ee vulsed with | j, g the campaign work would be ae a ee he ren (Pr eticelly over; there would be English this ever ing, | Mothit g further to do until election There wet imber of excellent|d@y except to exchange prelim- French a1 d Erglish.'in congratulations. VALUABLE VOTE? HUNTERS DROWNED City Solicitor Peters is Going to| Upsetting of Boat Caused Two Victoria for a Little Stay | Peters has asked! Winnipeg, Sept. 12. Lives to Be Lost “PRINCE RUPERT HAS NO PURCHASING AGENT” Council Last Night—Light Thrown on the Doling Out of Patronage in Orders For Public Works and Other Departments rotice of aldermer before the courcil pessed upon them. By the time the business reaches the council board the materials requisitioned may even be in the herds of the Public Works De- partment emplcyecs. Alderman Hilditch as chairmar of the Public Works Depzarimert deciared that orly smzll items, ard items of exper diture warted in-haste were ever so hardied. Arythirg big ceme up before the courcil before ary morey was spert on it. Scathing Condemnation To this Aldermer Newton _re- plied that if the licle things were so irregularly treated, the big thirgs also would be irregular. He condemned the system of purchasirg ard peyirg for city An otherwise placid council meeting last right was intensified by the sharply critical attitude of Alderman Newton ‘o the mernner in which the city accounts for various items of experditure are dealt with. His cri.icism besed on direct questiors to the city purchasing agent resulted ir his summary of the situatior stingingly to the effect that the city praciical- ly has no purchasing ager t. Mayor's Notice Board Every thirg purchased is ordered definitely by the Superintendent of Public Works or some other |person in authority, and the re- quisition slips aré then pirred with due formclity upon the noble board inverted by the Mayor for motiors, erquiries, and WY 's4ATI0 if, 4 Pou notice such matters including requisition slips, to be brought under the (Continued on page 4.) LAURIER AND BOURASSA ! DUGGAN’S EXCUSE Premier Addresses Four Thou- sand at Actonville Too Dark to See if Innis was an Indian MISS CANADA (to Conservative Party)—Why, that thing has been buried so long you can’t even raise-a genuine zhost. City Sofi 2.—A double | ’ Actorville, Ont., Sept. 12.—Sir! The man who supplied drink bsence to go to drowning accident oceurred last | P CLEMENT HA Wilfrid Laurier addressed four|to the Irdian, Joseph Innis, who \ give evidence in/evenirg at Red River. W. M.| thousand here yesterday, from the| wes picked up on ihe dock Sunday favor of d cliert of his row| Hattor, Jarvics Marshall and Jam} , aaa A es platform of the train, er route to|drunk to naralization, has been por trial, Leave of} Hatton, Jarvies Marshall and} Victoriaville, Que. After defending | cz > his i oa c : ae ss Z i : i ; a g|captured and this morning was . . 2 , will be granted, but Al-| James Nicholson, capmers in the} Tonight’s Meeting Will be the Greatest Political Gathering Ever Held in This City reciprocity ard the navy progrem,}brought before Magistrate Carss. " H wanted to know/|river park, upset their boat and —Meeting For Women This Afternoon he slated Bourassa for the cem-|His name is John Duggan, and he Mr. | ld he back here} the latter was the orly ore saved w2ign he was co “ti at isaor ri sai r | ack 1e lat ‘ : y one Sé J ‘ i 2ign h as nducting. Later] isa or.e-eyed sailorman who werked 5 9 Why?! waka — ee Duncan Ross has busy day|as they would be in a bargain] permit Mr. Rass to be elected . & ke ae WR - aa : : h ) loadi r ee ; j Tonto? in tha Henoress Thnatre : igi Fre ne Wits eee a ree i a8 1€ spoke at ictoriaville to arjfon the unloac ing of the tramp Mr. Pets | haven't dot a I before him. He arriyed here by/sale. There is a kindred cor by acclamation. mthusiaetié ieetan Ese Bone B g Duncan Ross will meet H cat ++ aye } hes inction isatwein A o he in lusiastic meeting. steamer Hans B. bit nee tall train at half-past three, a) nection etween the iwo, the This the Second Round pi RS a a I I \ nae al lements in the second bout of meeting with the Liberal Com-|women hoping by their influence Lf iin AS aivee aaa n answer to the charge he had remi L Oe Re eh lente “ teodg iat AAAI: cet ne that Balittilce icc the wat t ‘Pr Res Last Call a ready but most lame excuse. Hild City Solicitor i mittee, delivers ar ddr n | to secure that reduction in the cost} ,,, rly as dramatic as the &ret : ; - s of which the first bout took place reciprocity to womer at the Em-| of living which reciprocity means. | : 7 atic a es § At Brin’s tomorrow night at|He said: It was dark, judge, tt to some ; : : foun at -/ Tr C8 arous€|o _» a aie ° 7 Fe ‘ eee melat Alberni when Mr. Clements é 1% oa tri half-past four : y ae Per TY ae |8 o'clock F. A. Ellis, auctioneer,|and I could not see whether the e he is down : press scaire A Nae , Woman to Preside great excitemert. There Mr.) . . ras an Indis ” 1, was most grievously floored. Dun-|anq in the everirg meets his| The Vidlks Willietas aaa 3 35 hall pen sell the balance of the stock /™4n was an Indian or not. oi a ; ’ : i A ‘ » me § o] ments made the same challenge.| ,. 3 > : : jcan Ross is in fighting trim and opponent, H. S. Clemeris, in president of their own for thi Th M Ro e th ; ' ; en wee, ot fold, Oe Ory, . TAB. Asien ve ee ; ° ae ’ , . ” 1ere Nir. oss three times reac ate i oe eet p us vdheieiitl te wes or a a vitae : For row boats and launches | "2 for his rival, Don't miss/ forensic batile to decide whether afternoon’s meetirg, and Prince | from Hansard and three times niEDt. Hounenotd ay al of every| talking to ard also a sentence of pephone 820 green. Davis’ | the greatest meeting of the cam-| the Jatter’s statements in Hans: rd] Rupert will ve the pleasure of|held-out his herd for the résibned description must go without re-|$100 and costs. He was taken to at House, | paign |favoring reciprocity are correctly [hearing a woman talk on the|;jop Sromised | serve. the cooler. ae This. is expected to] yh; ak 1 nee: ae Si Shee E ; i i= : — —_—"—“"__ a Thi : pg ¢ { | ubject she pre-eminently under Tonight's meeting, therefore, will Cc rat ip reck-out, ard)|eta s t . » firs inne : . CLEARING UP MYSTERY OF 's es'wu' ily couse seman co tee" RUPERT BOY RISKS LIFE lin 1enis grecelu ac- | : ) 2» has a if ’ ; pe in Mr. em ( } ary woman has appeafed +upor lt is questionable if the theatre krowledgis g his defea: irg and hand-| a political pl: of the} for in this ci ; be A | : hi ; j form in this city. will afford sufficient accommoda- eee atte Rousing Evening Meeting | jo» for ail who will desire to hear Interesting Facts Laid Bare by Alderman Newton in HUMBOLDT GOLD ROBBERY nomination according to the prom- | TO SAVE HIS COMPANION ; ey Hall. | Dr. Kergin will preside at the | ;hix joint debate between the two | Confession of Bank For Will Lead to the tint made by him estes eat ““-levening mec ting and there will} cardidetes. At ary rate, it will Plucky Nine-year-old Gilbert Donaldson Plunges After ger 1 ea o a The Women's Meeting jbe several eble local speekers.| be well to be on hard early to| Sinking Luigi Mazzei in Hays Creek Swimming ment of Several Seattle Men For Complicity | Ii is expected He Hie nenprale ent: pein t it rat ie cel Ag set uno seat. Eight o’clock is| Pool—Rescued Lad Much Older, But a Non- i Theatre will be filled this afternoon |!m the eeting oO e two candi-| the hour. j . in the Bold Robbery of Treasure Thetie My Wace tnost cor eteMiGans th ca ee ss Swimmer { inadian Pr : Despatch) = lbenefit of reciprocity to the in- | the debate es to whether Mr. | Rupert for Health Rescued from drowning at Hays| yielding treacherous stuff below | bean sep 12.—The_ con- SALOON KEEPER SHOT dividual householders. The ladies | Clements is not morally bourd to] Again a rosy report from the | Creek yesterday afternoon by a|his foot. He had stepped on to fdace fn ttles Everett, a bank aioe who read his first speech here on | keep the promise he made to} Medical Healih Officer for the} boy of nine Luigi Mazei who is}a floatirg mass of rubbish which 5 : ol many aliases, has cleared | William Urquhart of Vancou- reciprocity were so much impressed, Prince Rupert people in these ;month of August. Every aspect | fourteen years old has good ‘reason j gave way throwing him into deep a mystery of the robbery ver, Quarrelled with Cus- because the subject touched their | words: jof the city’s life from thet genial | to be thankful that he is able water. He could not swim. oe % m hip Humboldt, on tomer. material interests so nearly, ma “If Mr. Ross proves I have | officer's point of vie W is satisfactory {to run arourd this morning. His]: Gilbert Doreldson instantly gold du am 10 . of $90,000 in : they formed an active committee ever expressed myself, in Pare ine latin g ihe working of the scay-| plucky yourg rescuer is Gilbert plurged after him ard succeeded cor Pee nd. Ouilon, _ What his * anadian Press ms space a....| This committee reports the women liament or _ out: of it, in jengirg department, Death end} Donaldson, a Daily News wl grabbirg him by the collar ee th " detectives are at Vancouver, Sept. 12. Following | of Prince Rupert as eagerly in- favor of reciprocity, I wat seriue disease are rare in Prince | whose action yesterday afterroon/after a short struggle in which tal fear Willing even to intimate,|wWhat the police believe sg be . terested in this afternoon's meeting resign my nomination and| Rupert. was a splendid instance of straight-|the drowning boy clutched hard Oe ‘uid to cover the whole quarrel, a man whos identity -- — — away boy bray ery. Though i ba: dragged his plucky little res- neni vy e complete with}is unknown drew 5 revolver in J tree eee ee er eee ere Serene aera rer eer erate errant arms only learned ‘to swim about four} cuer below the ‘surface. Guibert Th os Gates and circumstances | a liquor store on Cordova street ) eemerermsrmsrmesrmes rarities ted eed Gt ayn See Me Ne eee weeks ago and was so much stuck to his task, however, ard in "e - Sires Everett ranks|last night and shot the = pro- tt e e j younger and smaller than the boy/a minute was’ rear enough the din oa Ol detective work as|prietor, William Urquhart, fatally. / he rescued, Gilbert never hesitated bank for both boys to grasp solid aD “tH cleverest od recent|The assailant immediately took OsS an CCl roOcl j jfor a moment in plunging nd ground erd get out of danger. feted and si rewards were of-| flight and escaped in the darkness j free water after the drowning boy. Ever late in the present swim- teal the gold was carefully | There is no trace of the mae Id Vi. How the accident happened is ming sonibon as it is, = ee th wee every point down Urquhart wes a prominent OY i Ramember the Mena Ainseinias ak simple enough, There i no proper risk run by numbore oO the rig at a vi trom Fairbanks to|time business man of the city remembe e eeting at the bathing place for boys anywhere |boys of Prit ce Rupert in their boldi "Y and on board the Hum-|He was shot three times. [t was] l! [around the waterfront and the | efforts to Giscover bathing See The det, done in & spirit of revenge. He {{ EMPRESS THEATRE pete TO-NIGHT eye are nopeeied ieee - x Ce Oe at ee EXpec thas = ' HOw confidently | died within a few minutes afler| ij ea pstprit ‘ : ae ~ ‘ ; the city cour a ty ant Sau ing Weeks the within the next few|the shooting. Duncan Ross, Frank Anger and Others Sa sale sania tl se ii oot See ery ae ; jury Gf ehves An nt by the grand | Will Speak wet > aie Earn ie ie ‘ gu él y ea ae N Seattle. will i ~ known Etna Getting Busy ; { Mr. Clements threw down a challenge which was accepted. It is expected that he or that Luigi Mazei and Gilbert a i ” peer ie a — the story of a ; the climax Catania, Sept. 12,—(Special) } his representative will be present Donnlihann: iehde! aeinan est aa which may take definite shape Of a trea ure ship white. . Ooh People living in the vicinity of were bathing yesterday about five before next bathing season. The oe sea, Mount Etna are alarmed by re- 1 SEATS RESERVED FOR LADIES GOD SAVE THE KING ee Stepping from a log or os is no nn red ne Ox 053 "ant money apply P, O,|newed earthquake shocks and Pe 1k vo dad ~mC) float of some kind to whet scemed the provision of a proper athletic t{' threatened activity of volcano, Opmeetrmecemenrne tee ~ ~~! to be solid ground Luigi found’ park. ban & 4 ieee a0 st aoe 4 Senge va a ; ; es 5 i os oe . A " Th + ry ma 5d ‘ i ‘ 3 1 7 FE a H 5 He +4 aa wie a Bee i 4 nds Pane (a | i . Be z arte Bs 7 ce 0 a 3 1 Megs | I es