I- a fV tL 1 Vi Tf' fA i -'f' VT it- S' 'j -Vi. -l'i" 4 JW 53; -x jawsMsa. J4H ft i4 vEstmiiisteb news MZiVt 8 13 I 1 ..4 thaw membera of -tbs Company an excellent opportunity display their play abound In humorous incidents and Hr. Charles Royal aa ''Denver and Mias Gladys Manley as 1 Cordelia Dennison, kept the. audience well amused whqn they were.
on the stage, -For "Young Mrs win-throp" Flit 1 be the bill, This play In Which Mias Rowan hag achieved great success and there. wlU, no' doubt, bo a crowded house. Special ties are given nightly, between tht acts, so that patroag can. rest amured of a good evening's entertainment at popular prices. The Safest anid Most Reliabl by tbs Police Commission yesterday to fill tbs vacancy cm the Jobal Mice FPrce, caused tbe reslrnstton Officer HaxwelL He will commence bis duties on Saturday nights- HA fc-Klnnoa haa had aix yoara pofico experience at Wellington and Ladysmith.
The $60 collected for ths Ban Fran-deco Relief Fund by Dr. E. D. Sawyer and now In the Royal Bank on deposit will bo turned over to the City Treasurer to-day. Tbe ateamer Bqiild arrived in port yestwday after a very successful trip to-tbS 'Halibut Ths crew -u now.
busy unloading a NAN pound cargo of fish at ths Canadian Cold Btorags building. 1 Hr. J. W. Creighton, local agent of the Western Fuel has received a letter from Ban Francisco returning to him the cheque he had sent- to form part of tba contribution from' employees of that who are vary largely engaged In supplying the Ban Francisco market.
The letter stated that the contribution eent from Nanaimo had been returned with thanks from Ban Francisco, because of the determination not to receive old In money from outakle sources. it A 1 I The RICHNESS ARENTA WATER la natural taltaa apexientv: resdora It tha mart valuable aad safest laxative and purgativ. 1 1 1. 1 of the market, and this waa advanced ss ai. argument that the wont of the liquidation to over.
Tho 'aggregate sales for to-day were only about half aa much as those of yesterday. It to the general conviction that so active a decline aa that of the last two week has left an enormous short" interest. Then was the usual selling also of storks which hod been purchased yesterday by banking houses only for the purpose of supporting tho market From 'time to time there waa an outburst of selling In one stock or another, which suggested renewal of liquidation. Buying for support waa forthcoming In each of these dips; and tha tnarket waa kept from disorder at any tUne, but tho buying promptly subsided when prices moved upwards again. Thai call money market was easier than yesterday.
Additional gold waa secured for Import, and the outward movement tor Ban Francisco continued, the former movement heavily overbalancing the latter. Tho advance lo tbe Bank of England rate was not and, waa a natural consequence of the continued demand upon Ita gold supply for New York account, the statement of the weekly oondltlon to-day showing the percentage of reserve to liabilities, to he reduced to 12.71 per cent. The Bank of Franca also showed a decline in Ita gold hold1 Inga of 11,400,000. Discounts were firm both hi London and Faria, and ex. NATTY DESIGNS fc g' R4 Iff a SUMMER SHOES i 1 work: and that ths Joint convenor lth the Executive Committee have charge of tb Indians and Chinese; that the' plan of the administration of Indian work In Manitoba aa approved by iha General Assembly, he established In regard to foreign mission work of the Synod and -that a representative of this department alt on tho Assembly Committee.
Rev. Dr. E. Robson, the pioneer Methodist missionary, gave a short address on work in the early days In British Columbia. The report on Home Missions waa presented by tho Rev.
W. I Clay of Victoria. It showed that there were 201' congregations' In the Synod, 101 In Alberta and IT In British The total Increase in contributions for last year waa 1450. The Committee recommended that the thanks of the Synod be expressed to Woman's hom*o Missionary Society for. their noble assistance: and also that ministers bs requested to seek out local men as students and.
catechists. Dr. Herdman reported that were 26 minister evangelists In Mant toba. College and six theological students. i i- i Dr, Herdman also presented', the Augmentation Report showing jthat there were now 26 augmented congregations in the Bynod, and recommending that more congregations be elevated to the position of augmented chargee, and that more money be given to augmentation.
Last year the cum of 166.000 had been given for hom*o Missions and augmentation and of this tho Synod Itself provided 16,190.. This year from 160,000 to 166,000 would be required. The Sunday School report waa prv tented by the Rev. A. Logan; it bowed that there were 101 Presbyterian Sunday Schools In the Synod, and 66 union schools.
These schools contributed tl.016 during the year, oi which 11,710 went for tho schemes of the Church. The Committee recommended that a Field Secretary for Sunday School work should be I appointed, and that' the Committee should supply needy schools with lit- terature and hymn-books. The report of the Committee oh Statistics and Finance waa presented by the Rev. Knox Wright It allowed that the sum of 112,610 had been given to Home Missions during ths year, an increase of 12,101 over: the previous year. The total givings of the Synod were 1171,113, a total In-crease of 17.266.
il THE EVENING SESSION Room fi, s. a Box UT. i i. VNo Onr Own CorcmowimL New WMtmtmrter; Ilir 4-At apodal meeting of the Board tf Trade held laat evening, the matter of need ed imprevementa to aid the navlgatled of the Fraaer River, both 'the main channel and North Arm, were die hi aenil. and it waa dedded that the Navigation Committee ahonld 1 take this matter up and draft a to be eent to the Department of Flsh-eriee" Urging that prompt action be taken.
lfr. H. Thrift brought up the matter of the handling1 or freight bjr the Oreat Northern Railway' between thta pdnt and the Boundary Una. He Complained that the goode were delivered in very bad ahape, packagea being. bfoken and otherwlae damaged, besides which absolutely no provision waa' made for -providing any kind -of ah el ter or aheda in which' the freight could; bo depoelted In bad weather, etC, I 1 i --V i Hr, Lean aubatantlated Hr, Thrift! complaint, afatlag that received repealed Complain ta aa to the condition freight 'Whipped by htai firm waa delivered In at lte destination.
When Caked for further partuculara Hr. Thrift Quoted an Inatance of the manner the Company handled Its buaineaa that came to hla notice only laat week when g' 'rancher had 'arrived at a railway atopplng place, on thlo line, with acme cream and caaee of egga for shipment Into He hlmaelf waa-coming Into town also, but as the train waa late the man waa taken in and hie freight left -behind 'which entailed both actual expense and loaa to the Hr. Thrift also-drew attention: to the niall eervlca' to points near the line. Under the recent arrangement the morning train took the-mail-out and carried'tt right On to Blaine, where It remained 'Meklng'abouf till the afternoon np-train came along when It waa taken back' Cttd delivered. Both matters were referred to the Transportation -Committee with Which Hr.
Thrift will bo associated when the With ths approach of Bummer weather COLORED HOIBB In. Use. and choc o-la toe are in gnat demand; and. we are proud of our showing of tan and ehoco-lato colored boots and ahoao for men, women and children, in nll the LATESTMODES This week we are ottering sgeelal 1 'L 5 0 A Gentlemans Boot for $3.50 Those lines are made ta viol kids and tan Rusili batf, dnodytor-welted, Blucber and Balmoral cuts, on tbs swing and Straight would be pronounced good value for five dollars I r- THESho*r; rr- Ufi Hutiogf StTMt Wgrt. -ft I QgmmiiasM 1 II .9 I fi'T; if 1: ei: FOR SMiJEveryuih ere As a going concern Restaurant and Tea St.
Yest, for less than aix A 1 uiontiis purchase. 1. 1 "Hif WAGHORN, GWYNN db, 1 1 Vanaouverj B. A I9 GltANVIIiLN BTUr.fcr. 1 H- fl Mr.
C. A. Bigger went down to Victoria yesterday, 'Mr. J. returned to the Capital Mr.
J. Fyfe-Smltk wsj a passenger to Victoria. yesterday' r- Mr. 'Justice Irving returned to Victoria by yesterday's ateamer, Prof. W.
G. 'Alexander and wife went down' to Victoria yesterday, -Mrs. H. deW. King returned yesterday afternoon from a trip to California.
Mr. and Mrs. Heard have returned from a trip to San Francisco and Scuthem California Mrs. and Miss Campbell of Winnipeg, left yesterday for the East after pending a few. days In the i-Mrs.
R. and Mias Ethel Fielding' left yesterday Victoria when they will spend a few days. Mr J. W. Coburn, a prominent business man of, Nanaimo who hag bead in the City; left yesterday for Meson.
H. E. Sharpe and Chaa, Red-lick wen among tho pa seen gen for ths East on yesterday's Atlantic Eg press, -T. Mr. C.
R. Gilbert, Secretary of the Mainland Fin Underwriters' Association, left yesterday on a trip to tho Mrs; CL C. Bralnout' and Mlaa Mary Bralnout of Maine, who bava been visiting friends In tha City, left yesterday for. the East. Mr.
B. A. Archibald; Manager of the Kootenay Shingle Company, Nelson, left for the Interior yesterday, after spending several days on tho Coast. i Mr. O.
A. Taylor, until recently Manager of the branch of tho Rival Bank at Victoria, waa In tho City yesterday oh his way to Halifax. Hs has been promoted to the head offices, Hon. F. W.
Aylmif, who has been Dominion Government Engineer at Golden; B. haa bean transferred to Winnipeg to take the place of Mr. Mai holt, who has also been transferred. Messrs. W.
H. Wood, R. Thompson, H. R. Godfrey, H.
Frith, a G. Langley, H. CL Roes, Haugh ton and C. M. Marpole were among (he passengers to Victoria by the steamer Charmer on.
Thursday afternoon. Mr. K. Nakamura, a prominent Japanese mining engineer who has been spending a few days In the City, went over to Nanaimo yesterday. Ha will visit Ladysmith and Crofton and will Inspect tha smelter at the latter place, Messrs.
C. P. Egan and R. Phelps went to Seattle yesterday afternoon -aa representatives from this City of the Grand Council of the United Commercial Travellers. The branch here is affiliated with the Washington orgyilsa-tlon.
i Mr. and Mrs. McCroasan and family ara moving from Nanaimo to this City. Mlaa Jenny McCroasan was presented with a handsome gold-moupted pen aa recognition of her services In the choir of tha Wallses Street Methodist Church. Lieutenant J.
A. Grant, Principal Medical 'Officer of the Ottawa Militia District, la to enter ths permanent force as principal medical' officer St Esqulmalt, Which was taken over by the Dominion Government on May let. He win come. West this Hr. J.
E. Gobell, of Ottawa, InepeCt-or of Government Telegraph Lines left for the North on the Princess Beatrice laat evening. He will leave the boat at' Port Simpson, and will follow tha telegraph line from Haselton to Dawson. Last year Mr, Gobell had a severe fracture of the leg while on hla Inspection trip, end did not cover the whole of the route. Mr.
B. Skinner returned from San Francisco hurt bringing with him his aged mother, who In spite of her 64 years, passed through the great disaster unharmed. Mr. Skinner Is full of admiration for the spirit exhibited by the people of San Francisco In the midst of thalr misfortune, and is confident that the city will build up better than before. Mr.
Michael Scully, a member of firm of Messrs. Lloyd A Scully, produce and commission merchants, of Owen Sound, la visiting the Coast on business and pleasure. Mr. Scully's firm does a large trade with the Coast cities In eggs, butter, and whUe here he la looking up Us agents. Mr.
Scully went down to Victoria yesterday and will spend a few days there before returning East BANK CLEARINGS 3 Fur die Weric Again SluiW a Heuiark-j'Sbly lUg Iwwsir. Local bank clearing for the 'poet week show an increase of per cent, over the corresponding week of the previous year. Tho figures for the same week in the past three years are as follows! Week end to MeylrdlaW.U. LMfjVJl Correspoadlng week. 1A.J Corresponding WMk MW.
ax I FINANCIAL COMMERCIAL pedal to ths "News-Advertiser." New York, Hay 2. The stock market resisted tbe movement and uncertain tons of speculation in tho constant and feverish fluctuations of prices during the day. There was.no renewal, of liquidation In such volume aa that iff yesterday, but there wag evident sp-prehatutoii of such resumption There was inprked contraction In lhe activity e-W VlYmTifiEM aKKS! -i. "iiif i PIESBYTEHIMI Hyuod oT Alberta and BriUeli Columbia Haa Busy Day. Reports on Home and Foreign ha Ions, Bun-' day IctHul Work and Finances Submitted and Important Itooom- The Presbyterian Bynod of British' Columbia and Alberta got down to irk In good earnest yesterday.
The morning session commenced at 10 oclock and waa mostly occupied by devotional exercises. When these were over various committees retired to their different rooms to prepare their reoorta The afternoon session convened -t U0 and the time was given over to the reading of reports. Interesting papers were read ph Foreign Missions, Home Missions, Babbath Schools and Augmentation. Ths following are ha CLERGYMEN IN ATTENDANCE, -with a list of their residences: Rev. Robert Boyle, Ladysmith, with Mrs, Letters, U61 Comox Street.
Rev; W. G. Brown, New Denver, with Mrs. W. 'W.
Fallows, 129 Ninth Avenus. Rev. ffm, Burtcri, Staves ton, with Mrs. W. B.
McKschnls, 14N Eighth I Rev, Dr. J. CL Victoria, with J. J. Ban field, 144 Bute, Rev.
Duncan Campbell, Armstrong, with A. M. Stewart, 997 Denman Street. Rev, W. C.
Calder and wife, Revel-stoke, with Mrs. Lawson, 1021 Pacific Btreet. 1 W. Clay, Victoria, with Wm. Henderson, UN Fendrel! Btre.te Coffin, with L.
McLean; 16N Elshth Avenue. Rey. R. j. Douglas, Trail, with Mrs.
Stratton, (41 Ninth Avenue, Rev. Dunn, Whonimck, with Carmichael, 1419 Ninth Avenue. Kevl W. H. Farrer, Kkalo, with Mr R.
McLennan, 122 Burra rd Btreet. Rev. T. R. Forbes, Blocan, with Mrs.
Clandennbig, 1102 Eighth Avenue, Rev. Fprise Fort Saskatchi wan, with Mrs: TN Ninth Avenue. Rev. R. D.
Fraser, D.D, Toronto, with Vancouver HoteL Dr. J. C. Herdman, Calgary, with H. W.
Fraser, N1 Nicola Street Rte. J. Logan, Eburae, with Colonel 8. Miller, Bhuawap, with A. Sutherland, 1212 Barolay Street' Rev.
J. H. Miner, with Jas. BUrk, 1205 Harwood Btreet Rev. John Hiller, Nanaimo, with Vancouver HoteL Rev.
A. Mitchell and wife, Cariboo, with Mrs. Sharp, Burra rd Street Rev, Joaeph McCoy, Victoria, with J. MK. Leteon, ui( Burnaby Street Rte.
Dr. S. Dl McLaren, Toronto, with Mrs. Geo. A.
Wlleon, 1220 Beach Avbnue, i. Rev. Hr. McPhall, Plnchcr Creek, with A. F.
Sutherland, Ull Barclay Btreet Rev; it McKellar, Foothills, with the Windsor1 House, -Hastings Street Rte. Dr, McRae and wife, Victoria, with the Badminton. Rey, W. L. McRae, Golden, with Mrs.
Cariaw, 10M Ninth Avenue. Bar. 3, R. Robertson, Revelsioka, with Vre, DeaBrteay. Rev: E4 Thompaon," Blackfalda, with Hra-Bethune, Fendrell Btreet Her.
J. short Do Wlnto, with J. A. Thompaon, 1222 Cardero Btreet Rey, W. Wylie, Kamloops with Mrs.
McNitifhtori, UR Barclky Street 1 Rte. A. W. R. Whalnnan, Duncan, Her.
Thomas Mexer, of Comox. Rev. Dr. HcGilllvray, of Cumberland. those of the Cltjr who are hi attendance at the Bynod art Rev.
A. HcGilllvray. 0t John's Church! Rev. R. J.
Wilson, -of St-' Andrew's Church; Rev. Dr. Hr W. Fraser, First Presbyterian Church! Rey. Oeo, A.
Wilson, of. Mount J. Knox Wright Of Chalmers Church; Itcv. J. D.
Glllam, of 1 North Vancouver, and Rev. T. W. Taylor and Rte. J.
8. Henderson fit Westminster. the new moderator. ,1 Mr. CunJibeH way Wn In ha County of reoelved hla college training 1 the Unlversltk sf 'lhfMikd Mb graduated the.
-Theological Mall Winnipeg yin" KM. Boon, after-, he weqtWl EdtohurgK Scotland, where he took-wttk1 i3n hU tuln asde mjfflree yearB to arduous tnmsloii work lg tbe far-off Cariboo HO. tn 'Greenwood, R' C.ftor i1 four years hern 7 haoupfetentely auoci toecUan toihe blgfa it the Synod la a tribute tntertet change moved In favor of London at all points, The special weakness of Amalgamated Copper was In' keeping with tbe importance attached to tha forthcoming Standard Oil Inquiry and Ita findings on aoeount of the Standard Oil Influence and control of ths Amalgamated Copper Company. That stocks 1-4-point break decided the weak' tone' of tha market's cloning, Bonds wars Irregular. Total sales par value $2,245,000, United States Bonds were all unchanged on call.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS, Amalgamated KK American Locomotive American 124 American Smelting w. 1424 American Oar, American Wool 16 Anaconda Mining 2H4 at bft m.h 1004 Baltimore A Ohio l4 Brooklyn Rapid Transit 744 American Canadien Pedflo OT4 Ckes. A Ohio 44 Chicago A 1M Bt 1624 Cotoroda Ml III see hee'teee Consolidated Colorado Fuel A Iron 4 Detroit United Railway to Delaware A Hudson IM4 Denver A Rio Grande Do. M6 Dulu hjfc AtUmtle 104 aet Northern M2 General Electric 1W4 Jersey Central 204 Iowa Central Texan Do. pref Louisville A Manhattan Elevated Boo Do.
pref New York Central. S3 ouegeg 14 'set gig geeus see 149 see gsg oog teq 144 eg get ggiesoi Erie Rail Do. pref Do. 2nd pref, N. Ont.
A Northern Pacific. Norfolk A Pacific Mall I( esse ISi Pressed sr lie's Get Philadelphia. A Rock Island eeg see teg gsg Southern Railway Bouthem Pacific Ct Tenn. Onal A Iron 124 Texan If TOMOitit sane sees gees sees eseeeiec WJ TWlH CUT. gtg ggg geo geg ess ugegg 111, U- fll ItMliM Ml gig see gap I gaadeeg STj Dft SWfefeen rs gg gg gg gg gang esstfa lot U.
A Rubber 44 Do. pref. iiifi-ii, IflHi Union Pacific 141 WtbAlh.ee meg gee gg gq gpegisejsng 194 Do. pref. 424 Western Union Wisconsin Central.
224 THE MONET MARKET. Prime Mercantile Paper, (4 to per trrrsnlar, at 2L4LM to 24.92,9V for demand, and at I4JU29 to 24.90.21 for SO days drafts Posted Itates, 2442 and I4JE. Commercial Bills, 44J to KI04. Bar Silver, 1440 per ounce, Mexican Dollars, 604 o. 1 METALg, ETC.
Xloiin Firm; strained, common to good, at IMS. Molnineo.1 Pig-Iron-Firm. Lead-Firm, at la K.H. Tin-Firm; Btralte, $40l4 to 2M.72. Bpf TUB PRODUCE MARKET.
Whcat-lteeelptS, 29, 0)0 bushel; sales 4.200909 bushels, fulute May, ti4c; July, 964e; 124c. GENERAL London, May Consols, for money, 191-M; for account, 00 1-14, Canadian Padflo Railway, 1414. lAWd-Xl In. 2d. Silver 20 U-19, Montreal, May I MacKay Companies, IW4 ,56 I gslsel 1 M1 M4 424.
Boston, May Boston had tnodeio atoly active market In Copper to-day, but Interest was centred in a few Specialties. Moser. Waghom, Osryna A stockbroker, lit Granville Street, report the following prices yesterday for Montreal stocks: Asked. Bid. Bank of X94 K74 Dcmlnlon eg ee se as gang OitttWftigg gig gsg gsg sis oevessr Mol SOB 2994 Nova Bootle 271 2r gsj 4g geXsseX JW'i 1M mnarial.s eg eievag SM Tnlonf mi eeg Sgg gsg gsg 4499 ee lto 1794 1774 .1 tto Twin qty US IH4 Mont Heat and 9K4 S94 290 ISO Ogilvlee' Its 21 Montreal Btreet Railway 924 3R Toronto Btreet 1144 214 Winnipeg direct lto Dominion Coal, IS 794 Dominion Iron A BtoaL com.
2 14 Nova, gratia Bteel, II S14 C. N. W. Lands, pref. Mi 4W Canadian Pacific 13 2374 Mciins.
Waghom, Gwynn A Co. also report the following changes yesterday In New York stocks: Close Amalgamated P44 97 American Rmelter. 1414 1414 American gggg 2194 1 Atchison, common ST4 K7 Baltimore A Ohio 1074 Suit. Boston Rated Trane 734 744 Canadian 1374 1644 Bt. Paul III III III III gesso la 1574 Colorado Fuel A Iron eg Sg gg 424 Erie Railway loiuisvllle A Metropolitan Btreet Hallway, Missouri National Lead on gg sg e.e( New York PhtSulripbla A if 1144 Rork Tgianit- w.
9 4-i 44 Bourhent'Paelfle if gg jM Caton.pifU,-.-. Do Not Be SALE I la tho only proper proceoa for ladles' and gentlemens calling card, A. R. HANSCOME 23d II os lings K4. Y.
-t i 1 AUu o'f -j- Cneapside" Grocery Groceries and provisions; 1 fresh daiiyr Shipping orders a Goo. Wagg fia log Water BuerC Teleptuna 6BL I 4 1 B. c. General conltfdcl GENERAL CONTRACTORS CONCRETE, HlE-DRIVING, KAILWAYB, Fbeue 1999. SUITE 11, FAIRFIELD BUILDINGS, VANCOUVER, a a L' CITY OF VANCOUVER.
tenderTwanted. TENDERS WIUi BE RECEIVED by -tha undersigned up to Friday, tha lUh- 1. For painting ths City Hsll.v fox 1 For ftooriug qerlaln portions of tho matter la being dealt with. I-- THE OYSTER INDUSTRY. Another industry at the very gates Of Nkw which has been carried on aa an expert merit for' the past two years, haa been declared by the promoters -a success, -Bays the' Columbian, This la the Crescent Oyster Company, which haa 460 acrea of the finest oyster beds on the Pacific Coast.
The Mds' are at Bay, about twO miles from Elgin. -HrJ John Munro, of Elgin, who la prominently identified with the Cree-cent Oyster Company, waa Interviewed ai the Windsor Hotel laat night by "Columbian" reporter. young man, you can say that our experiments, which have bean carried on for the past' two years, are an unqualified sucoees. We planted a carload of' Chesapeake Bay oyster seed on our grounds at Hud Bay two years ago, and wo have tried them out In every pooalble way with all kinds of good results- Something in the. waters of this coast will not permit thaBaatern oyster to propagate, This is a hard-ahlp on the local oyster mat but sun a- good margin Is to be mads by Importing the seed and raising the oysters on the local beds, by Which a aavi log to the Consumer.
Is'mdde bn freight charges, while a carload of seed win ooat approximately 1,590 Maid down the same full grown article would figure up to several times that amount of money If Imported direct from the Eastern beds and placed oh the market. Gilley' Bros "have Just4' completed extensive work on our beds with their pile-driver, and we will be tn a 'poettlon within a short time to enpply- the Province wilh the succulent bivalve that la the delight ofepl curee the world over. Yea we are also going to turn out Olympian oysters, which -are of a more sturdy nature and are dative, to these waters. Our Investment, which was mote along the lines of -gn 'experiment, hi met with grand -success and represents an out-, lay of nearly IN, OOP, which was put up hr prominent business men of Vancouver, New Westminster, and by the Interested farmers who Uve near Hud Bay. 1 r-' We received a.
second car of East am seed' two 'weeks ago. The work of planting these baby oysters was completed yesterday, and the heaviest labor for this -year la -now- finished. The climate here Is -the-best possible for carrying on this; The cold snap about-Harsh-1st. did not -do any damage to tbe seed exposed above water and' We forward to large results from our venture, which was at first Indulged In merely as an industrial experiment it iHlsb Haigaret Insley Of Vancouver waa the guest of relatives yesterday at thsdSokmlat't Dutergraa a plon-eer of New. JYestmtnster, having lived here for a number of years when only tea scattered1 dwellings and a etnfe etorie srene situated on what le' now'' Columbia Btrtet A letter received from Dr.1 Kendall, written fMefh HoOtreal; Matte that ha expecta to vetunr iff British Columbia In October start practice la VeaRStet iBaSUk bee putting In the to good advantage In Chi cairo, Buffalo and Hontreab'knd during tho-Wte tnr meathshe Wifi hdntMM at theeorner te'flfth soots.
ioC. stump Bytag.jss 'Vsrtuusteiy as psrssn wss CMtemmtoah sesr an offlrt to hh Yesterday msrulng af aVdocfc tht alarm of fi of the Synod waa ons of popular Interest, snd a fair audience listened to the inspiring addresses by Dr. Herd-man, Superintendent of Missions, and Rev. Dr. McLaren, General Secretary, on Home Missions and Augmentation; and by Rte.
Dr. Douglas Fraser on Subbath School Work. i Dr, Herdman pointed out the; Increase In population of late years In British Columbia, now amounting Lo 20.000 There are now -also IN, ON peopllg In Alberta, or one person for each square mile In that Province, Dr; Herdman said that a similar extension had taken place church work. He paid a touching and do-' quent tribute to the manliness and fidelity of the army of hom*o missionaries within tha boundb of the Synod. He pointed out that the great lack at present is not money but men.
He declared that the time had arrived for theological training within ths By nod, Rev. Dr. McLaren urged Increased liberality on tha part of tha West for the extension of He pointed out on a colored map the large actions of the country settled by people from Europe. It 1s estimated that this year the Immigration will reach 00,008, and the great problem la to Canadlanlse the mass of people. Rte.
Douglas Fraser; D. of Toronto, pointed out how Sunday School work can he Improved. One of the essentials for a successful Sunday School la a good teacher. Dr. Fraser recommended Sunday School teachers to take tha training course laid down by tba Assembly.
Laat year he said 200, ON children contributed 1 21.000 to schemes of the church. Ths address waa listened to with dose attention, The: Synod then adjourned till this momlnzJ THE MARKET. liens for Buildings Submitted by Arriiltcd Wldtcway Handsome Frontage ou Westminster Avenue. t- --Change In Form of liooL Hug-, pried. Discussion of tbe plana of the proposed market to be erected at the south end' of Avenue bridge, took place laat evening at a special meeting of the Market and Industries Committee, v'.
Aldermen Heaps (Chairman), McDonald, Rogers and McMillan, were present The plane as presented tor tha Architect. Mr. T-White show a building. IN III feet With 1 a handsome frontage on Westminster Avenue. The front of the structure will be two stories in height with two ornamental towers, ong on either side of a gable.
The effect in very pleasing and with decorative wood arrangement will be a handsome addition to the City's architecture. The Interior of the building Is arranged Into stalla, Tha point which occupied considerable attention! lst evening was tba style of construction at the rear. The plana show gables, but these were1 objected to on the ground that In cage of fire tho men could not get over them, and If snow should fail gome Winter, damage might result A chang In this form of roof construction win be Tha Architect will be aiXed to furnish a sketch of another design. tetl (. KUSXO AND THE DRAHA.
ft. THE 'PRXNOLE STOCK COMPANY. i There was a very. fair- audience at the yanoouver Opera House laat night whan Forgiven" wag again presented hr tho Pringle Stock The play to a 'strong one and the Interest of tho axdlsM was Well maintained during acts of the pleoo. The second wheWsek Pla-moikT CMr.
Harry jrahfpeyl oyqj-Mhr 4to' 'supposed friend, WlU is (Mr. Morris gfaMt) tKMfctt lng "Annie Diamond (Mies Lansing BowanJt to run away with him, affvrd- U. A 8 tool. osg ggg ggg ittai )0 pWfiMM9(M9IV49 iSS Murder, Arson and Lwrt. Petersburg, April Bulatrd letters from Alexandrovsky, in tbo north of Bakhallrn Inland, arrived In the first mall, after- tnnnlha of interrupted eom-munlcations, bringing a wild let lire of a ihrre weeks' orgle of murdnr, arson and following tho proclamation of peace and the evacuation uy the Japanese of tho northern' half of tho Inland.
Tha wilder spirits among ha prisoners, criminal and political, who form practi cally ike entire population of Alexandrov-' broke loose sky Poet, broke looee from all restraint, applied tha torch to publlo and private buildings, drank thi'maclvea Into a wild fury ana vented their puaaione.ln pillage ana murder. Owing to tha fierce October storms, tha ships carrying tha troops, 'dis patched to taka possession of tke island from the Jupuneop, wer driven off tho coast, and 00101101 Voyuycff, tha Mili tary Governor, landed wtth an escort of only fifty men, a scant force with which to face hundreds of desperate convicts during the three weeks before further troops could arrive. Tke convicts prepared A WARM WELCOME FOR THE NEW GOVERNOR, setting fire tbs' day he landed to' the police headquarters and the great Alex androvsky jnison, ten separate building. for thousands of with accommodations prisoners. These war completely consumed, the Japanese having allowed the fire engines to become useless; but by tbe strenuous exertions of ths Russian snd Japanese soldiers, who worked olds by side and patrolled the cHy to prevent further Incendiarism, the fire waa finally checked.
The next day tba Japanese troops retired, having flyet sold their accumulated stocks of provisions and liquor at Incredibly low inicea, casks tff "sakl, ordinary sold for 16, going for teh eent! rases of tinned meats, containing 71 pounds, for 0 rents, and 279 tous of rice and buckwheat bring disposed of for a lump sum of link Every one became drunk, and with provisions enough for the Winter and no neaeseity fur working, many of them kupt up ths debauch for weeks. To protect tho oily with hla Ditto garrison and tho prison destroyed, lh Governor had to REHOBT TO EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES. The aoldleril were ordered 4o make free use of their weapons, and for potty ot tellers the cudKf or knout was resorted to, thieves Ml and finally gulling first 26 lauhe, later lly a hundred. This nuffb-ed. but ths criminals leaving Alexandrovsky, retired to places in the Interior, and the Governor was forced to divide his fifty flfl men, rending tn officer and II men, five men to Arkuvo.
where tho Japanese had left large stores of provisions, and three men each to Onoro end Bykova The remainder stood guard day and bight, but tha convicts were a bit, aevar- Ihotoea, to act tho torch to the Chaneel-11 iry of tha Governor, Gis club, tha real' dance of tho Chief Gaoler and many other buildings. During tho RAGING ITORMg, four steams and a Schooner, Including a 2A99-ton vessel from America, tha 1 man steamer Burabajs, with a crow of 47 men, and the Vladlvoetok with whioh were endeavoring to bring suppUea ths inhoa- Bakhallen, were wrecked on pliable Winter caasu of the Island and all oa hoard were last Only after 29 ships with several thousand soldier arrived was order restored. The new troops were without quarters, however, owing to tho daatruettoa ofiall their own. buildings, -and many other homes; and suffered 'oxtromsly front tba severO- ootd until they eotiid build bare CHy Hull. Kpuulflcatlons may bo sera at office.
Koch tender must bo accompanied by a -cheque fur II 30, aa an evldaiiea of good faith. Tha lowest or any tender not no-ceaaarlly accepted. Vancouver, May let, 1104. r- A. McBVOY.
'atycim NOTICE IB HEREBY GIVEN that a -pedal general meeting of tha share hold-. erg of the- Okanagan Laud A Development Company, Limited Liability, will bo held at tbe office of Motors. Johnson, Kdwardeo A Limited, 219 Grenville Btreet. Vancouver, B. on Friday, tha 4th day of Moyr A.
at 11:10 o'clock -If k9 NOTICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, In pursuance of tho notice signed by the Chief Commies loner of Lands and I nithllahxil lit Min British and published hi tho 'British Columbia Gantts, from tho 12nd day ot June. UM to tho Srd day of Juno, 1IM all agreements for tha sale ot Crown lands In tha City of Vancouver, tba North Vancouver- aad, townelte aad airtnuBax iTS which any paymaate. were overdue aad to 12nd day of Jem, IrtS, as duo and unpaid, will bo 1 15th dor of 7 ot that soms of wMfpapsri'otOck was box, whsu jfr, Had ittnoiipieeSSe tt was foaad a Never kealtte.AsirfB4to 011 doalrr he fnr dfolrtlffg for ChamboriaMT COligh -RewefiM- haa no equal. tha iqgrhrt figr Jf prompt turaa Of eotiglis, colds, awxA, -and whooping eovgh and you RMtglMfS nlatdfcg.lB bujl2i( tldg modlfilMk STOCK BMOJUUUL Bi Gram file VBneoovar.
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