The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-11-17
Sensational Mining Suit Com
menced at Boise City.
LIBERALS OF OGDEN DIsBAND.
The Consolidated Virginia Mine on
the Comstock Lode Begins
Active Operations.

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soundly whipped few days ago.
Two hundred families are reported to
have moved away from Astoria, Or, the
past two mcnths.
An overhauling Of the Rangers en-
xines at Mare Island has led to correc-
tion Of the defect.
George P. Royster, who sued the Sac
ranento Bee for $40, 900, charging libel,
got verdict for $3.50.
Strenuous efforts are being made to
have fruit growers convention assem-
BILE in Spokane in February.
Active operations in the Consolidated
Virginia mine on the Comstock began
the other day with the repairs Of the
shafts. The news is gratifying to miners.
The Liberals at Ogden, o. T., have
dis5anded as party. They were COM
posed OF gentiles or non-Mormons, and
have long bitterly opposed the Latter
day Saints.
The charge OF arson against Trotter,
the owner Of the dye works at Spokane,
has been dismissed. This is the case
where an explosion killed Mrs. Beane
and the works were set on fire. 1t was
stated that Trotter had fired the build
ing in order to obtain the insurance.
Tiptop has heretofore been the most
prosperous mining camp in the Terri
tory Of Arizona. 1t was chloride camp,
but yielded from $50, 900 to $l00, 900 year
ly. A company organized last spring to
work the properties in the district on q
large scale gave up the enterprise three
months ago on account Of the low price
Of silver, and the camp has been totally
abandoned. SIX months ago it was a
prosperous little village with school,
store and the hum Of industry. To-day
nothing is left but two lonely individ-
nails, who remain to look after the prop
arty.
C.J. Wetmore, Chief State Viticult-
urist Of California, reports that the vint-
age Of the present season will be about
$4,000, 900 gallons, or about 8, 600, 600 gal
Ions in excess of last years yield, and
will be Of good quality generally. About
1900 tons Of grapes will be used in the
must factory at Healdsburg, the product
Of which is in great demand abroad.
During the next ten years, however, it
is expected that the State vintage will
show decrease, owing to the rayages Of
phylloxera in various sections and also
to the recent check in the planting Of
vineyards caused by the low prices that
have generally prevailed during the past
few seasons, the growth Of the industry
in the past having been too rapid, so
much so that the output in one year rose
from 1900, 900 to 18, 600, 900 gallons.
A sensational mining suit has been
fled in the United States Court at Boise
City, Idaho, by Arthur Neal Of Seattle
against Fred Page-Tustin and H. f.
Parker Of Seattle and several Boise peo-
pie interested in the Eldora Mining
Company, operating in the Neal district,
about twenty miles from Boise. Neal
sold two valuable mines to X. P. Plow-
man, o Boise capitalist, for $4,000, re-
ceiying half in cash and the balance in
notes secured by mortgages. Neal al
ieges that Tustin and Parker got hold Of
him in Seattle and kept him under their
influence for over two weeks by means
Of drugs. During that time he signed
what be thinks Is a power Of attorney
authorizing Tustin to forclose mort
gage. He Gays he might have signed q
deed to everything he possessed. Tustin
forclosed the mortgage in his own name
and, it il claimed, never paid Neal a
cent. The Eldora Company was formed,
purchasing mines from Plowman, agree
ing to give him $4,000 and one-half Of
the stock Of the company. Neal asks
for q receiver to take charge OF the prop
erty. Plowman claims that no money
has been paid him by the company.
The indications are that there will be
lack OF space in all buildings at the San
Francisco Midwinter Fair except the
agricultural and horticultural. 1t is not
known Just how much space Chicago
exhibitors in the various departments
will want. Arrangements have been
made with the Director-General and
Viecount Corbely in Chicago. 1t il
known, though, that the demand for
space exceeds the amount the fair man
ayers have to give. The manufactures
and mechanics buildings, large as they
are, will be inadequate to hold all that
has been offered, and 1t is already appar-
ent that the walls Of the fine arts build
ing will not hold the works OF art and
alleged art that will be offered. The
agricultural and horticultural building
Is the only one that gives promise now
Of accommodating comers. This would
be filed to the dome II it were not that
30 many Of the connties have their own
buildings. The managers have found il
necessary to exact agreement from the
various county commissioners to con-
tribute toward the general horticultural
and agricultural display. There ia fear
that the natural products Of the State
will be 80 distributed that the general
effect will be lost. II possible, this will