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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-27

the totals show an increase over last
year of 591, 900, an Increase over the same
period last year of $4,000. and over 1884
of 10000
For the eighty-seven days Of the sea-
sen that have elapsed the aggregate Is
ahead of the e.ghty-seven days of last
year $4,000; ahead of the same days
yer before last of 1851. 900, and of 1894
by 224.0O0.
These include sO4,O14 by northern spin
nisrs, against 677,OS
Stocks at the seaboard and the twen-
ty-nlne leading southern interior cen-
ters have increased during the week
1882 bales, against increase during the
corresponding period last season of &c.
S22, and are now 150,727 less than at this
date last year. Including stocks left
over at ports and Interior towns from
the last crop and the number of bales
brought into sight thus far for the new
crop, the supply TO date is $685. 094,
against 4,900,2S3 for the same period last
year.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-27

New Orleans, Nov. 26.-secretary Hes
ter's state mt of the worlds visible
supply of CO tor shows an inc ease in the
week just closed Of 294160 bales, against
an increase the Sam time last year of
119,14S, and an increase year before last
Of 6S,S3O bales.
The total visible is 3,345.526 bales,
against S,211,366 bales last week and 81
675,SS9 bafss last year. OF this the total
of American cotton is S,245,52 bales,
against 9005,526 bales last week and g..
372,6S9 bales last year, and of all other
kinds. 100000 bales, against 2o6 900 bales
last week ard 300, 200 bafs last year.
The total worlds visiblA supply of cot
ton shows an increase compared with
last week of 234,26 bales, and decrease
compared with hast year of go, 263.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-27
LOCAL MARKETS.
Local Cotton Market

Receipts yesterday were good after the
holiday, with demand fair.
A1iddling, Sic.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-27

Washington. Nov. 26.11Today's state
ment of the condition of the treasury:
Available cash balances, $215 LIS. t59.
Gold reserve, $156, 654 ,519.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-27

nor further information as to schedules,
rates etc, call on, or write to S. Jacobs,
commercial Agent, Jack w. johnson. u.
;Theo. d. Kline, General Superintendent.
&c, Halle, General Passenger Agent.
Savannah, Ga.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-27

SAMUEL HUNT.
General Manager.
o. X. CAMERON.
Master of Trains.
N. r. ADRIANCl5.
superintendent.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-27

Trains Nos. 81 and IS carry Pullman yesti-
bule sleepers between St. Louis and jack
sonville and Montgomery and Port Tampa.
Trains Nos. SO and SO carry Pullman yesti-
bule isleepers between Cincinnati and jack
sonville.
Free reclining chair cars between Mont
gomery and Savannah on trains 81 and 3d.
D. M, connects at Port Tampa with Plant
Steamship line for Key West ard Havana.
Any Information regarding routes, rates
and schedules VIII be furnished upon appli-
r. L. TODD, D. p. A.,
Montgomery, Ala.
B. W. WRENN, P. 4, NJ,
n. c. McFADDEN, A. G. p. A.,
Savannah. Ga.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-27

BIRMINGHAM MINERAL.
B'IIAM MINERAL. NORTH:
Arrive. Depart
mo ~ Blocton Accom-. 7 40 pm 1890.
mo 40 Blocton Accom-. 10 80 am 1890.
mo. a Oneonta Accom-. ........... 3 IS pm
B'HAM MINERAL, SOUTH.
Arrive. Depart.
sNo Al Blocton Accom-. ............. 35 am
sNo AZ Blocton Accom-. ............ 2 IS pm
mo. 4s Oneonta Accom.........1 10 90 ........
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE.
In Effect Dec. 20, 1896.
. Trains marked thus 20 run daily. Thus
q daily except Sunday.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-27

BIRMINGHAM & ATLANTIC II. H. co.
Time table No. q. taking effect a. m. July
4. lSy6.
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Mlddling, 5Be
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-18
VALUE oF THE oNTARIo.
a Stakeholder Claims Its Stock is
Worth SO a Share.

Under the above heading a few days
ago the Tribune published quite a dis
sertation, in which was given the
opinions of a "stockholder' regarding
/ the value of Ontario stock, which opin-
! ions We're backed up by figures and
supposed facts.
There are some. however, who do
not agree with Stakeholder in his
assertions, and yesterday q representa-
tive of The Herald had the pleasure Of
an interview with another Stockholder
of the company. who is familiar with
the workings of the mine almost from
Its infancy, and who knows what he is
talking about, and this gentleman as
SertS that the value of the stock OF the
company is in the mine, and not in the
tailinSs pit as alleged by the Tribune s
informant
In speaking on this subject the stock
holder alluded to above said:
The gentleman who furnished facts
and figures for the Tribune stated that
there We're 100000 tons of taiiings at
the Ontario mill, or below it, which
carried average values of Il ounces
silver and $3.50 in gold to the ton. Now
the total output of ore from the On
tario mine UP to date has been sos. 2S3
tons. During the past II years the
mill has worked 100000 tons, and the
value Of the tailings from the ore
worked Is 3.91 ounces in silver to the
ton, and on account of the low values
OF these tailings the company did not
deem il worth while to save them;
hence they were allowed to run down
the canyon for distance of two miles.
where dams We're built to prevent them
from destroying the meadow lands be-
longing to ranchers below.
Now. this leaves 25S 2S3 tons to ac-
count for. The company has shipped
'b,402 tons OF base ore to the smelters,
which, deducted from the 2sS, 2S3 tons.
would leave 1881 tons of tailings in
dams around the mill. In the three
dams north of the teaching plant it is
estimated that there are 100, coo tons
which Will average five ounces silver to
the ton. One large dam south of the
teaching plant averages seven ounces
TO the ton, and, by careful calculation
IL is estimated that there are so. 900
tons of tailings in it. These amounts
deducted from the 1S1 ISL tons saved
around the mill would leave 5I.SSl tons
IN dams in front of the mill, which
VIII carry values Of $50 ounces in silver
and VI cents in sold to the ton; and
thls IS the tailIngs dam that the
'stcckholder' in the Tribune SAYS con-
talns 5o0U0 tons of tailings which
carry average values of II ounces in
silver and Sl50 in gold per ton.
90 not intend to infer that On
tarlo stock IS not worth $40 a share
out l 90 say that the principal value
OF me stock IS to be found in the mine
ana not in the $4,000 tons of nine-ounce
taiiings"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-18
A ~Run-Down.n

tired OUT woman who complains of
backache, headache, loss of appetite,
extreme lassitude and that don't care
feeling, is pretty sure to be suffering
from female weakness, some irregu-
larity or arrangement of the special
functions of womanhood. Very often
womb troubles set the nerves wild with
Albright, and as a result the woman
suffers from sleeplessness, nervousness,
nervous prostration, faintness and dir
illness, irritability and indigestion In
all cases of irregularity or suspended
monthly function, and in all those ner-
vous diseases depending upon local
causes, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton will restore you to perfect health.
Instead of the exhaustion and feeling
of weight and dragging down in the
abdomen, you feel fresh and strong.
For young girls who suffer from irreg-
ularities, for the Woodworking woman
who suffers from catarrhal inflamma-
ton of the lining membranes, causing
a constant drain upon the system, there
is no prescription used by any ply
sician which can equal in results DIR.
Pierce's. For over 80 wears DR.. r. V.
Pierce, Chief Consulting Physician to
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Insti-
tute of Buffalo, N. Y, has used his
"Favorite Prescription in the diseases
of women which had long been his
speciality, and in fully SO per cent of all
cases, it has permanently cured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-18
BALLET ON THE FIRE ESCAPE
THEATRICAL COMPANY HAS 4
NARROW ESCAPE.
Great Fire at Grand Forks, N. D.,
Destroying a Large Hotel and
Property Worth a Million.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. ia spe
cial to the Journal from Grand Forks,
N. D., says:
Fire broke out at 43O O'Clock this
morning at Nash Brothers wholesale
grocery store, and by half an hour had
gone into the Hotel Dakotah, where
nearly 1870 guests were housed.
The Lady in Black company es-
capped, as did the other people in the
hotel by the fire escape, a ladder one
foot wide running from the sixth floor
to the first. The fire department res
cued large number, and but for the
timely assistance hundreds of persons
would have been burned. Half the peo-
pie in the hotel were almost pulled out
of their beds and then shown the only
way of escape. which was by the iron
ladder.
By $50 the Hotel Dakotah, Nash's
wholesale grocery and the Grand Forks
Mercantile company's wholesale gro
Gerry were burned, and all the buildings
on both sides of Third street for two
blocks had suffered loss. Plate glass
was wrecked, furniture from flats ad-
joining was streWn in all parts of the
street in an indiscriminate heap. Nash
Brothers carry a stock of $150,000 in
sured for about half, and the Grand
Forks Mercantile company about the
same. The hotel is valued at SIZE, 600.
All the buildings are owned by the Sc
curity Trust company of Nassau, n.
H, and probably viii not be rebuilt
The burned district is the business por-
ton of the city, and the blow to bust
ness is a most severe one. The burned
wholesale buildings are valued at $780,
900.
w. W. Fegan, wholesale cigars; John
Austin, hair remover laboratory; Rob
ert Bermah, drugs, and the Peerless
Machine company, occupied stores in
the hotel and lost everything. The loss
will aggregate $4,000 on stocks, furni-
ture, etc, and 100000 on buildings to-
tally destroyed, and other losses will
probably reach 100000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-18
The Northern Light.

Manager L. H. Curtis of the North
ern Light win go out to the mine this
morning, and he informs The Herald
that he will not return until the high
grade gold ore exposed in the lower
workings of the property is being run
out to the mill and the first commercial
run of the plant is begun.
Mr.. Curtis received a letter from Su-
perintendent Frank Hines yesterday,
which contained the information that
IN driving the drift from near the top
of the upraise to connect with the lower
Workings of the mine, a fine body of
ore had been uncovered which carried
Eocd values.
The fact that mineral was encoun-
tered at this point, where it was unex-
pected, is considered as an encouraging
sign, as it shows that the ore exposed
in the lower workings is going to the
deep, and it is understood that the zone
is also gaining in size and that, besides
dipping down, it is going up while the
values are greater than was anticipated
at any time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-18
THE AJAX MEETING.
Adjournment Taken Without the
Transaction Of Amy Business.

Transaction Of ANY Business.
The adjourned annual meeting of the
stockholders % the Ajax Mining com
pany was held yesterday morning in
the companY's Office in the Galena
block. l6S. 155 shares of the stock of the
company being represented out of a
capitalization OF 100000
After the meeting was called to order,
an effort was made by Samuel McIn-
tyre and those in sympathy with him.
TO proceed to the election of officers for
the ensuing year, which was defeated
by the introduction of q resolution by
w. q. Nebeker for an adjournment of
the meeting sine die
Upon being put &c q vote the resolu-
ton prevailed, ISL, 457 shares being vot-
ed in favor CT the measure while H.
298 were against il
An adjournment was accordingly tax
en-, which virtually perpetuates the
present board of directors for another
year, unless q majority of the stock
holders should, in the meantime, call
q stockholders meeting and proceed
with the election of officers.
Still, much depends on the result of
the suit touching the right of MIR. Ryan
TO hold something over 1900 shares of
the stock of The company. If this is de-
cided in favor of the company. this
block Of stock will be retired to the
treasury of the company. in which
event Mr.. McL2tyre. with assistance of
other stockholders, might be in the ma
1ority, when a meeting would be called
and new board elected. If decided
in favor Of Mr.. Ryan, present condi-
tons will probably hold for another
year at least
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-18
BROWN SMITH OUTRAGE.
Another Mississippi Negro Lyuched
After a Confession,

Brookhaven, Miss, Dec. 17.-Another
negro was lynched at Bankston Ferry,
Simpson county, on Wednesday, as an
accomplice of Charley Lewis in the
murder of the wife and four children
of Brown Smith on Wednesday of last
week. Upon evidence given by a col
ored woman. a mob of 400 men held an
other meeting at Bankston Ferry,
bringing before them three negroes, Os-
car Terrell, Tom Wales and Giles Ber-
ry, who were with Charles Lewis the
night of the murder.
Oscar Terrell testified before the mob
that Charles Lewis, Giles Berry, Tom
Waller and himself were to church
across the river the night of the muir
der. Returning to a coHon house at
which they had been stopping, they all
retired together. Lewis and Waller left
at 2 o'clock and returned at daylight
with some fresh meat and remarked
that they had killed Brown Smiths
wife and four children because she re-
fused to cook the meat.
The mob became Infatuated and plac-
ed a rope around Walters neck and
hanged him within few feet of where
Charles Lewis was hanged several days
ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-18
PINTO IRON DISTRICT.
The Showing in the Homestake.
Owned bY Page Brothers.

st. George, Dec. 13.-Reliable. infor-
nation has reached here of a valuable
strike made by Robert and D. R. Page
Of Pinto. this county. in the Home
stake. This rich find is the result of
careful prospecting and systematic
work. Their location is on the south
eastern edge of the desert, at the foot
Of Iron Mountain. on its northeast side.
near the line of Iron and Washington
counties. They have Drospac: I Ii
ground pretty thoroughly, sinking a
shaft so feet deep at the point whore
the first ore was discovered, finding
rich lead ore at intervals in pockets;
but failed to find anw vein or well de-
fined strata.
When at this stage an expert from
Le3dville. Colo, whom Colonel And ler.
Cruz, of Cedar City. was taking out to
State Line to manage his Big IL prop
erty there, came through, and upon
hearing of the Page boys claim, stop
ped over to examine it. and after look
ing over the ground and inspecting the
ore they had found, he told them that
he had never seen better Indications
in this western country, and that be-
fore long they would have another
Leadville started there
Upon suggestions made by him, they
started to sink a shaft in about the
center of the claim. And at a depth
of % feet. struck 3-foot vein of ore
which assays p per cent lead, SO ounces
silver and 81 in gold to the ton This
was Dec. 4.
They are working four men or the
claim now, and pushing the work of
development as fast as possible. The
claim is showing up better all the time
and the Page boys say they are sat
isfied that they have got it all right
now. y great many claims are being
taken UP adjoining.
The claim is SO situated that Milford
can be seen in the distance from it.
the intervening space being q level
desert. making the problem of freight
an easy one.
Those who are posted declare this to
be a continuance of the Horn Silver
ledge, being in direct line with that
famous property.
The Page brothers attempted to ship
a large chunk of the ore to Salt Lake
City. as a sample. but owing to muddy
roads it was side tracked at Cedar City
where 1t now is.
The Truman boys discovery, west of
Gunlock. is located in the eastern part
Of the Ball valley country. This sec
ton has been prospected TO some ex-
tent in the past, and locations made.
but this is the most favorable find yet
being easier reached and has much
more ore in sight.
A Colorado concern has been endeav-
1ring 10 bond the property on four
time for 100000 The ore is
q rich gaiena.
William Westover. while in Hunting
Ton visiting his mother. hearing of the
agent OF the Colorado company starting
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-18
The Eldorado Groun.

Work for assessment and develop
ment purposes is being prosecuted on
a group of II claims owned by the Ell
dorado Gold Mining company on the
west dip, near the mouth of Lewiston
canyon.
The work is being done by the vet
eran miner j. NJ. Kennedy and. after
doing assessment work on two claims
not contiguous, the contract calls for
sinking an incline shaft 415x7 feet to a
distance of 100 feet from the face of
the tunnel, which is nov in. a distance
OF so feet in the Cleveland claim in Red
Eagle gulch. This shaft is intended to
develop the group of nine claims. Good
values have heretofore been found and
the company has every reason to be-
lieve that the property is directly on
the great ore zone of the west dip.
1t Is the intention of the company to
apply for patent at an early date.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-18
UTAH LAKE MARRLE.
Excellent Showing in Fish Springs
District.

Lehi, Utah, Dec 17.-Mr. o. Hum
stead is just in from the Slade and
Olmstead Marble mines, situated on the
south side Of the Utah lake and re-
ports that the prospects for these
claims are very encoura ging, as some
assays lately taken show S2.O5 in god
They also have some very fine white
marble in sight
J. J. Thomas is just in from Fish
Springs and reports that things in thar
locality are looking up, as some i'm
provements are going on and new
hoisting works are being put up at the
Utah mine, and that a great deal of ore
is being put on the dump.
d j. Taylor and q. Evans have built
them 4 very convenient cabin on Wheels
and expect to start on a prospecting
tour for about three months in the vi
entity of Fish Springs. They have
some very fine indications OF rich Or
1t Is expected that some experts will
accompany these gentlemen, and that
IN the near future they will report
something exciting.
Mr.: Hitesman has just come in from
ms kaoline clay mines, he brought
l,OOO pounds of the clay with him for
distribution among the potteries in Salt
Lake City for a further test 1t is of
a pure white color and very smooth
and glossy and contains some oil with
an odor of carbolic acid. The com
pany has one vein in sight Is feg { VIDE.
MI ID. leaves tomorrow to distribute
ms clay TO his Salt Lake friends and
ieels that he has a genuine bonanza
in sight
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-18

erected, measures GO feet long and "a
feet wide, and weighs SO tons
Mrs. John ]. Kendall passed to the
Great Unknown yesterday, after a long
siege of sickness, her death being
caused by a complication of different
ailments. The deceased was the mother
Of j. D. Kendall of the Centennial-Eu-
reka, and of Mrs. W. w. Chisholm The
Herald extends coincidence and synpa-
thy to the afflicted ones.
Republican, Rawlins, Wye: The
monthly dividends of the AIercur ming
in Utah have been increased frem S25.-
600 to $36, 00e a month. When it Is re-
membered what trials and disappoint-
ments were met and the thousands of
dollars that We're sunk before this prop
erty paid a dollar, the great possibili-
ties of mining Will be better under
stood. Since 1888 the Mercur has paid
its stockholders $SS6,000 in dividends.
Statesman, Boise, Ida: N. A. Kurtz,
who was in the city from Nampa yes
terday, states that an important strike
has just been made in the Bonneville
mine, and that the owners of the prop
erty are much elated over the new dis
cOvery. Mr.. Kurtz said he had been
reliably informed that high grade ore
had been found in the new shaft at a
depth of so feet. The company a short
time ago made contract for the sink
ing of 70-foot shaft, and they unex-
pectedly unearthed rich vein of ore.
C. C. Hall of the Congor mine. at
Bingham, who is in from this promis-
ing property. states that the mine is in
excellent shape. with good bodies of
ore in sight, the average copper values
of which will go about 221a per cent
copper to the ton, while the gold con-
tents will bring the mineral up to high
grade stuff. Mr.. Hall says that large
amount of assessment work is being
done throughout the district this win
ter, and that properties in the vicinity
of the Congor are being well repre-
Sented
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-18
VIII Be Grinding Away On High
Grade Gre By Christmas.


Grade Gre By Christmas.
From A C. Bast. who is in from
Stateline. ana who is an enthusiast as
to the ultimate outcome of this prom
ising gold camp il is learned that the
Stateline Cold Mining company VIII
have its new steam stamp mill in
operation by Christmas.
Al Popkees, the manager of the en-
terprise, is on the ground, directing
operations while that veteran mill
man, Dick Rich. has charge of the
erection of the plant, which is a Ire
maine steam stamp with q capacity Of
reducing to pulp from 10 to 20 tons of
ore daily, according TO the character
of the rock. The mill building is now
enclosed, the machinery is all in place,
and 30 days from now the success of
the process and its adaptability to the
ores OF the camp viii be fully demon
strated.
In the meantime work is being pushed
on the Creole, the Gold Belt ana the
Ophir. in which the company is in
terested, and good milling mineral is
being piled up on the dump at a lively
rate ready for treatment. In the Gre
ole and the Gold Belt the showing is
excellent and a large amount of high
grade ore is in sight, while in the
Creole the body of ose is gaining in
size as the tunnel is driven into the
mountain, and it is reported that in
the face there is a ledge of mineral
four feet in width which will carry
average gold values Of over $45 to the
ton. The company also has a bond on
The Utica a short distance up Left
Eand gulch, upon which operations
will shortly begin.
on Rice hill, according to Mr. Bast,