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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-20

The Mercur company paid its thirty
fifth dividend today in the sum of $685.
900, or N cents share on the capital
stock of the corporation. This brings
the company's total up TO 1861, 00O-not
a small sum, taking into consideration
the length of time the mine has been
on a Observation-Disclosures Reports from
the mine indicate steady progress in
the extraction of n good grade of gold
ore, In such quantities as Will readily
enable the company to post n dividend
of $4,000 every month for an indefinite
nerlOl
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-20
Dolls I! Dolls I!

a vast cargo of dolls, delayed on
the road. have just been opened.
This makes 1t necessary to SELL
and SELL QUICKLY. To sell quick
We realize that we must sell cheap.
our prices this week tell the whole
story.
AT Csc ECAH-
Large size cloth body doll with
composition head. very pretty fea-
lures. regular price, SOC each.
AT Soc EACH
16-inch fine kid body doll. blsque
head, with shoes and stockings. the
kind you expect to buy for soc,
you get them here for only soc
each.
AT PC EACH
neat little blsuue doll dressed
In silk or pretty suit of elder down,
with hood to match; you never saw
the like at less than soc each, our
price, Csc each.
AT 81 90 EACH
We are showing n line of beauties,
either in dressed dolls or fine quail
ity kid or. jointed body dolls, any
one of them worth Sl.75. We will
close them out at S1.00
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-20
Dexter Mill Nearing Completion.

Judge John G. Gray, of Dexter fame.
came in yesterday from Tuscarora,
New, where he has been for the past
three months experimenting operations
on the erection of the Dexter mill. Mr..
Gray says things are in iinc shape out
there and indications for future prog
ress are most encouraging. The cleo
trical machinery is now beirg Installed
in the plant and present prospects
point to n good start early in the new
year
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-20

A rich strike is reported to have been
made Sunday last in drift west from
the 500 level of the Ontario mine. A
breast of ore "a feet wide and running
over 100 ozs. in silver with 50 to 60 per
cent lead has been exposed. Such oc-
currences in that great mine have come
to be looked upon as matters of course
and the only Significance attached to
this strike Is the fact of It's being made
when the property is not making any
pretense at development work.-Park
Record,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-20
STRIKE IN THE ooRNucopIA.
Assessment work ON the Great Eastern
Picnic Initial shipment.

A very important strike is this week
reported on the 40O-foot level of the
Cornucopia. Some time ago small
streak of low grade ore was encCun-
tered in the drift and in following 1T
up it has been found to widen into n
good sized body of ore. it Is stated
that assays have been obtained show
ing IS gold, 30 cents silver and II per
cent copper but we are unable to verify
this report.
d. s. Dana on Monday commenced
the annual assessment work Oh the
Great Eastern group lying east of the
Black Dragon, The drift from the bot
tom of the 200-foot shaft on the East
ern will be continued for about twenty
feet further at which point 1t is ex
pected to tan the Turk vein ard en-
counter some very good ore.
The initial shipment from the Picnic
was made this week. The consignment
consisted of carload of high grade
silver-lead ore. 1t is now thought
that regular shipments from this
claim will hereafter be made as there
is n very favorable showing Of ore in
sight on the 375-foot level. The shaft
will be sunk at least fifty feet deeper
as the ore body from which the ship
ment was made is known TO continue
downward.-Silver City Star.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-20

otto Hudson is In from the West
Hills, eight miles out of Lehi. where he
and John Beck are developing the
Bonanza mine. with fair prospects of
its becoming a bonanza in very deed.
Mr. Hudson says the miners are now
thirty feet in the shaft and are into
five feet Of ore which gradually gains
values as work progresses. He says
the ore win run from S. 10 Sc in gold
and expresses belief that as depth is
attained more encouraging VIII be the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-20

business in bankers hills at ASS for
demand and 4seGJiS for siNfy days.
Posted rates 4.s3QIh and 4.s6ah.
Commercial bills islh.
Silver certificates 5jhd51a.
Bar silver 56M.
Mexican dollars 49,,
Government bonds finn; new tours reg
istercd, laDl ditto coupons, 1894; fours
registered, l13; ditto coupons, ia;
twos 00Is; fves registered, 11iH; ditto coup
ons, lli5s; Pacific skies of '0s, l O2ss.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-20
CHICAGO MARKETS.


LIVE STOCK.
Chicago. December 90.
HOGS-Estimated receipts today $1,000;
market fairly active. Llght, s3a5ils3.35;
mixed, 81. :3,J5; heavy, s325G $3.50 rough,
S3.25dS3.a0.
CATTLE - Receipts 1900; strong and
generally 10 cents higher. Reeves, $1,000
$40; cows and heifers, sls0gsi4l: Texas
steers, saOOds4 20; stockers and feeders, 800
@s4,2h
SHEEP-Receipt 1000; weak and 10 cents
lower. Native sheep, s2.75msi.55; Westerns
$500 $40; lambs, .4,O1lsS ,l5.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-20
EsTRkY PouVD NOTICE.

ooe sorrell mare about /? years old. white
in face; hind feet whio; looks like T. on eft
thigh.
One sorrell mare about two years old; fow
white hairs in forehead
IL above described animals arc not claimed
on or before December the 9Th 1881. they will
be sold at City Estray Pound at2
JOHN q. NATTOA, Poundkeeper.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-20
PRODUCE.

PRODUCE.
wHEAT-May wheat opened at 02A1%;
advanced to YEA. reacted &c n!h on selling
by the bull clique brokers, and advanced to
G!&@A.
Closing-W acknowledgements sl.00; old, ssis !;
January. e5..; May, 9i3u; July, 81; Sep
TENDER, 7Sss.
CoRN-December, 26A; May a9E.
oATs-December, 2il6; May, es4@7.
PORK December, s7.22; May. sa.O5.
LARD-December, $3.50; May, 81 sCt!i.sa.
RIBS-Deecmber, si.i'; May, st67.
BARLEY-2GD4a
RNE--i8h.
FLAN-si1s.
TIMoTHY-Sa65.
CASH.
Wheat No. Q. rcd, 500: No. red. ss19O;
No spring, ssdsg; No . spring, soi19G; No. :
hard winter, 50; No. 3 hard winter, s3iIs6;
No. new spring, gils.
Corn, No. :, 224 No. Q. 2Os2.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-20
THE ALICE SHIPPING.
fortnightly shipment of bullion to san
Francisco-The Mine.

The Alice Gold and Silver Mining
company of Walkerville made a ship
ment Of 10 bars of gold-silver bullion
Yesterday 70 the refinery at San Fran
CISCO. These shipments are made about
every two weeks and the output the
same rs usual. The G0-stnmp mill of
The company Is kept busy treating the
orr nom the Alice Blue Wing, Magma
Charta and other mines being operated
under the management of Thomas w.
buz2u, and the company Is one of the
very few silver corporations so adyan-
taseolsly managed that dividends can
ne paid right along even though silver
Is not IN great demand at the present
Time. From the Alice, which Is one of
me oldest and deepest mines in the
camp ore is being hoisted from the
lOOo foot level. The ore from the
Alice Is almost entirely silver. while
lne ore taken from the Blue Wing car
ries q good deal of gold. Some very
tich ground was recently opened up in
.le Blue Wing mine which Is less than
,gD feet deep. one remarkably rich
piece OF ore from the Blue Wing has
n,sen sent to Omaha as part of the
montana mineral exhibit at the Inter
national Exposition which opens in
mat city next year.
The Alice mine is one of the most eff
iisctlve and economical plants I'm the
,,st dnu IL IL sulu can nanule ore tnht
my carries twelve ounces Of silver and
Nao In gold at profit to the COM
lany' II Is expected that even Mt the
present price of silver the dividends
I thc Alice company in the year 1895
wll be larger than they have been in
NE past year, To show something OF
.ne development of the Alice company
mines, there are 30 miles OF open work
" tho different properties of the COM
pany and large bodies of ore blocked
out AZ the present time the manage
nent iH doing good deal of develop
irntehl work, preparatory to increasing
ns capacity largely as soon as the
,,,Iee or silver goes up to a reasonable
uugure. In all about 800 men are en-
loyed by the company at the mines
ihd MILL Butte Miner.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-20
UNLISTED STOCKS.
TRANSFERS. or STOCKS.

One hundred shares of Geyser- Marion
q 1874 cents per share, 100 a. 9Sla. 100
q 80 and 100 o. Sl.00; 100 Northern
Light a Ss cents and 1000 a 81. Total
shares sold, $500; selling value of
stocks. SllISo5
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-20

here in well-nigh limitleas pro-
fusion, and the prices you will find
on these handsome garments VIII
cause no end of surprise and Won
derment. For instance: Short
pant junior suits. sizes 8 TO
You know the style-they are much
in evidence this season. Those we
offer are all braid trimmed. with
large sailor collars, In mixtures,
plain. black and blue.
Boys Vestee suits nicely braided.
sailor collar, fancy Nestee. in ages
So SO
Boys strictly all wool REFER suits,
in oxford grey, brown. blue ana
over plaids. ages to s.
Boys very nebby REFER suits,
strictly all wool, large sailor collar,
handsomely braided, ages to s.
So so. So 90, SO so
We have n few more Of those
heavy dark colored cheviot suits,
81 SO
Boys extra heavy Durham
cheviot knee pant suits. double seat
and knee, Italian cloth, lined. in
very nobby patterns and colorlngs,
SO 60
We have received from our East
ern buyer $50 OF the nobbiest knee
pant suits ever shown in salt Lake
City, especially made for holiday
trade. which we will put on sale
Monday morning at
SO 50. 81 90. 81 so, SIS 90
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-20

silver, 56is; lead, $3.50.
Seven cars of Horn Silver ore are
now in transit to this city.
Felix Stark is again operating in the
pit OF the stock exchange.
The South Swansea will distribute
its $500 dividend tomorrow.
The Dalton delinquent sale was
chronicled for this afternoon.
w. IL. West went out to Park City
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-20
NEW YORK MARKETS.

MONEY,
New York. December s0.-Money on call
numlnully, ut 2hGl3 per cent.
Prime mercantile rsne 3hgtlH per cent
Sterling clehaE4e sHiuAl
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-20

VIM Evans. late clerk of Carbon
county, made very rich strike on his
=, IN near the DOane mine mt depth
70 iee'. He opened up an ore chute
leavy with copper. This vein is said
n carry the same quality of ore as the
uuYane mine and is four feet wide az
~ point where the strike was made.
cannot make n shipment OF this
"e ms winter as there Is no road
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-31

In order to bring before the people
generally better conception Of Rock
Islands advantages and to cultivate
taste for we'll written advertisements
The Argus Offers a Prize Of S. Worth Of Books
For the best display advertisement
calculated to induce the location of
residents or factories in Rock Island.
The contest to be conducted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-31


thing heretofore made known Of their
muelties to themselves and each other In
their efforts to gain the crown Of martyr
dom.
The story is cabled from st. Petersburg
that II monks in hermitage at Tirespol.
in the province of Kherson, deliberately
decided to cause themselves to be walled
up in the monastery that they might earn
martyriom by this horrible death. They
presented the scheme to q brother monk,
and, so far from being shocked at the hor-
rible proposition, he applauded it as Q
meritorious act of piety and self punish
ment. He volunteered, moreover, to act
as mason in walling his brethren In their
living tomb, and they accepted his serv-
ices.
1t was not until their mysterious disap-
pearance began to excite comment that an
investigation was made. 1t was at first
thought they had emigrated, but when the
remaining monks were closely questioned
one of them confessed that he had helped
them to commit suicide in the manner
above described.
There was q descent upon the monastery
by the police, and when the wall was torn
away at the point indicated the horrible
truth of the story, which had seemed be-
yond belief, was revealed.
A reporter for the New York World
asked Baron Sehlippenbach, the Russian
consul general to New York as to the
probable truth of the story, and he said:
"There are at present several sects of re-
ligious fanatics in Russia who infiict upon
themselves fortunes of the most barbarous
nature. These people are to be found for
the most part in the south central part of
Russia, and are, believe, nominally at
least, under the control of the Greek
church. Their religious rites are frequent.
ly so violent as to come within the law.
They frequently cut and slash themselves
;snd evince their religious zeal with sim
liar pleasant practices.
81 cannot say that the report that the
monks killed themselves in order that
they might pose as martyrs is true, but l
have no reason to doubt it. A monk who
offends in this way is considered an ordi-
nary criminal and punished as such. These
fanatics, curiously, often lead very active
lives, making their homes in the large
cities, where they try by every means to
win converts to their remarkable beliefs.
In some cases have known them to do q
large business as money lenders
Agathadorus A. Papageorgopoulos, pas.
tor of the Greek Orthodox chapel, said:
II have no doubt tht the story Of the
Greek monks being walled up in their
| monastery is true. The religious life of
| some of these sects has descended into
mere fanaticism. OF course the most
charitable view to take Of such practice
is that these people are suffering from
| mental arrangement. The unfortunate
men are, it is true, members of the Greek
| church, but the church is by no means re.
| sponsible for their acts"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-31
ONE HAND CLAsPING THE FLAGSTAFF AMI
THE QIIER HA NGINl ..x<..x=.-z

ONE HAND CLAsPING THE FLAGSTAFF AND
THE OTHER HANGING ON TO TIE BICYCLE.
into action, made dash. The train was
coming 80 miles an hour and caught
Riethmann just as he was in the middle
of the track
The engineer saw the inevitable smash
coming. but was unable to slow M until
he had passed the spot several hundred
feet. Then he. the train crew, the mas
sengers and Philbeck began looking under
the cars for the mangled remains Of Rieth-
mann. None thought to look on the cow
catcher until . wavering cry from that
point attracted their attention There
they found the supposed victim. one hand
FIRMLY clasping the Flagstaff Of the engine
and the other hanging ON to the bicycle.
He was in half dazed condition from
the shock, but close examination showed
that neither he nor his wheel was In the
least damaged. Riethmann has no idea
how he landed safely en- the cowcatcher.
the terrible peril of the situation having
set his wits astray for the moment. Next
DAY he was around as usual.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-31


den to have anything more to do with the
men beside them; willful youths who
have been threatened with disinheritance
II they married against the parental wishes;
couples warned with the wrath Of their
respective churches, and those whom man
hath set asunder from their recent part
ners evading the state law which forbids q
divorced person to remarry within year;
poor and lowly, proud and gay, spurning
the law on the worlds highway.
Whether the couples be frightened or con-
fdent, bashful or unashamed, they nearly
all come to the same end by the time the
happy wedding grounds are reached, for
the waves are very big and the boat is
very little, and lovesickness is no antidote
against the greeny pallid NAL de mer. The
starch glides out of the groom collar and
the brides curls. The wind plays tricks
with haS and hair, and the sun has his
little practical joke with mortified noses,
while the spray flirts its mischief white
fingers across the precious best clothes as
though they were peajackets and sou west
ers. Neither looks pretty nor feels pretty
by the time an hour or so has passed. and
a gloomy realization that the step is rash
one is apt to come over the stoutest heart.
1t Is then that the Rev. Mr.. Snodgrass gets
in his deadly work.
He Is cheerful and humorous and REM
iniscent. He lifts tho weight of Cypress.
i've solemnity by telling of all the other
couples who have done likewise, thus re-
ducing the present performance to the
plane of natural, everyday things. which
give no occasion for alarm. He recounts
the miseries others have endured for the
sake Of their marriage lines, and these are
always so much worse than the present
discomforts that the pale, frowsy couple
In the stern begin to congratulate them
| selves on their luck.
His experienced eye can tell to furlong
when they are the required three miles
| out beyond the end of Point Pinos. 1t has
been suggested that q marriage buoy be
put up to mark the place, possibly crowned
! with o wedding bell. But while the pres
ent deep sea parson holds his Office this
will not be necessary. At the proper place
| the boatman rests on his oars, the min
lister faces the couple, all discreetly seated,
| lest the ceremony should be topped by q
baptism, and the witnesses see to it that
this man and this woman are properly
Joined together In the sight Of God and
! the wondering fishes.
| The fountain pen and the certificate
! come ont, and every body shakes hands, and
the wedding party turns back to the wharf
with . load of its mind. Come what will,
the thing Is irrevocahly done. Anecdotes
are not needed on the way home.
For 80 years Rev. Mr.. Snodgrass has
bean marrying runaway couples, and he
! seems to be perfectly satisfied with himself
and his work. He is bachelor, but has
been heard to say that If ever he should
commit matrimony it would not be in an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-31
SAVED HIS WHEEL.
The Scorcher Saved His Life, Too, Inci
cidentolly.

The Scorcher Saved His Life, Too, Inoi-
cidentally.
Louis Riethmann, a Denver bicyclist, Is
daily receiving letters asking him what
make wheel he rides. The present un-
wonted accession to his daily mail comes
as the result of a thrilling experience he
had while out riding with his friend, Louis
Philbeck, a visitor from Indianapolis
The two took spin along beyond Sand
creek in the afternoon, and about O'Clock
started on the return journey. On near
Ing the Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf
tracks they heard the rumble of an ap-
preaching train. Philbeck, who was in
the lead, saw that there was not time to
safely cross the railroad, and stepped of,
at the same time giving a warning note to
his friend. The latter did not fully I'M.
derstand, and, throwing all his leg power
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-31
WALLED UP ALIVE.

oeventeen Russian Monks Seek Maxtyras0
BY . Horrible Death.
The stories Of self torture inflicted b.
religions fanatics In India and the similar
tales which come down TO us from the
middle ages are all eclipsed by actual 90
currences in our own day and in close
touch with nineteenth century European
civilization.
The monks of the Greek church are not
ed for their insane practices in this re-
epect, but . recent affair has eclipsed any
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-31
DEEP SEA MARRIAGES.
The Unique Specially Of 4 Mon.
terey Clergyman.
GRETSA GREEN ON THE PACIFIC.

Rev. II. 8. snodgr.s Assists Ru,away
Couples TO Marry In Hasts-ssasick
Wedding Parties-Features Of Marriage
Beyond the Three Mile Limit.
''To the Rev. H. s. Snodgrass, Monterey
CAL:
Have boat waiting at wharf at 4. Deep
sea fish,"
Such telegram would not convey much
meaning to the average clerical mind. 1t
would DO q matter for wonder. and posi-
bly, for alarm, as bearing a mysterious
flavor Of murder and smuggling and other
unclerical pursuits. But to the Rev. II.
9. Snodgrass that significant message
stands for something az familiar as Wednes-
day evening prayer meeting. He mods
to himself and sends word to q certain
boatman. When the time comes, the Rev.
Mr. Snodgrass shakes his fountain pen to
be sure there is plenty of ink in it, runs an
inquirfng finger into the pocket, where two
or three marriage certificates always lie
ready, and sets out for the wharf. There
is tendency on the part of the population
to dog his footsteps, and as he nears the
side, "Who's going to be married on the
high secs today?" for it is well known in
Monterey that the "deep sea parson" does
not 60 rowing for his health.
When the boat puts off, the fishes that
move in the waters see a curious party
solemn boatman,~ an affable, anecdoting
Presbyterian minister, a timorous, de-
pressed man and maid and q couple of
excited witnesses starting out without
music on q weary three hours wedding
march to the high seas, for the great Pacific
has condescended to become Gretna Green
for those who would marry in haste, and
bears witness to the validity of any mar
riage the Rev. Mr.. Snodgrass chooses to
perform, provided that the vows are
plighted three miles from any point Of
land.
It would DO impossible to count the
number Of couples that have been welded
together by the benevolent fingers of Mr..
Snodgrass. There have been desperate
couples, choosing between the devil and
tho deep sea- rash children, who belonged
At school, but thought there might be
more fun in marriage; couples too poor to
marry openly in the sight of men; trem-
bling couples with the hoofs of the feet
steeds that follow still echoing in their
ears; 'willful girls who have been forbid
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-31
Refribution?

OF three young men who shocked the
Episcopal church Of Dodge City, Kan, By
giving . Midway Plaisance entertatnment
some time ago, two have been kiBea and
the Other has besn MANNED fm Hse, IN =
snikpod accidents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-31
Can lola .. Epileptoid.

The sc,entists have finally come to an
agreement a. to Zola's particular form q
asgsnsracy. He 10 an "epileptoid. (" Mean
With b osuntsEs ON Max Nordau by call-
~ hip . .'HtsUy dustnan."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-31
This Connection It May Be Said

That an advertisement containing the
fewest words is often the most striking.
and that the most grammatical is not
always the most attractive. Common
sense and truthfulness should be
kept in mind. The ad that is the best
in all respects. the most striking, origi-
nal and most likely to carry conviction
with it, will win the prize. Competitors
will bear in mind that the "ad" should
be prepared as though it were to be
used in New York papers for the pur-
pose of attracting factories or residents
to Rock Island. The "ad" is to be what
is know as display advertisement, in
other words one to be set in large bold
type to attract attention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-31
On the Following Conditions

u The contest is open to any resident of Rock
Island, male or female
(9 Only one "ad" will be considered from each
contestant.
81 The advertisement must not contain more than
one hundred words
"a The contest opens Tuesday, May Is. and closes
Saturday. June 5, at p. All lads" must be at The
ARGUS office by that hour.
81 Every lad" must bear the full name and ad-
dress of the contestant and the number of words contains
4) The award Of the prize will be made by a COM
miee Of three. composed of H. Thomas Charles Buord
and Prof j. E. Gusus, of Aueustam college.
~ The winner will be given an order for s. worth
of books of his or her own selection