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Arizona republican., 1898-03-02
TABLET TO THE DEAD To Commemorate Those Who
 Were Lost on the Maine THE BANKRUPTCY BILL
The House Amendments are
 l. not ConCurred in
The s4 ond Class Mail Matter Bill Has Been so Modified that Much ofthe Opposition to it Has Been Removed

Washington, March 1.-Shortly after the senate convened today MT Perkins of California, of the committee on naval affairs, presented a favorable re- port on MT. Bacon's resolution provid- ing for the erection in the statuary hall of the capitol of a bronze memorial tablet commemorative of the officers and sailors who lost their lives in the Maine disaster in Havana harbor.
 The resolution was so amended as to provide for the erection of the tab let at some suitable place in the cap itol As amended the resolution was adopted.
 MT. Hoar then renewed his moticn of yesterday that the senate disagree to the house amendments to the bank ruptcy bill and that a committee on co9ference be appoined. MT. Stewart of Nevada spoke against the bill THE LOUD BILL IN THE HOUSE. Washington, March 1.-The hoIs today entered upon the consideration of the Loud bill relating to second 
 class mail matter. The bill is identi- cal with one passed by the last con- gress, but MT. Loud, it's author, gave notice of an amendment permitting transmission at the pound rate of sample copies up to ten per cent of the bona fide circulation of newspaper periodicals. This amendment removes much opposition to the bill. Only three speeches were delivered today. MT. Loud made an exhaustive speech in it's favor, claiming that the government practically paid a subsidy of $40,000,O00 to proprietors of publi- cations which now get acfAss to the mails at pound rates, as e cost of transporting mail and its hand ing averaged 8 cents per pound. MT. Moon, democrat of Tennessee, spoke in opposition to the bill and MT. Perkins,
 republican of Iowa, in favor of it.
 The debate will continue until Thurs
 day, when a vote will be taken.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-02
LEAGUE ISLAND ENERGY.
Getting the Vessels Ready for Possible
 War.

Philadelphia, March 1.-The work of preparing for sea the war vessels now at League Island is progressing rap idly. A naval officer stated today that the only one to go into commission i'm mediately is the monitor Miantonomah, working on her continuously With the exception of receiving her coal, she is almost ready for sea Steam was got up in her boilers today in order to test her engines, which were found to be in good working or der. At present she has only skel- eton crew on board and a full comple- ment of men is expected tomorrow from Norfolk, New York and Boston.
 Work on the ram Katahdin is also nearly completed. She finished coal ing today. The coaling of the cruiser Minneapolis which was started yester- day was continued today and will not be completed for day or two. The cruiser Columbia, which has been ly- ing in the back channel at League Island for some months, was today brought out of her berth and lowed up the Delaware river to the League Is- land dry dock. She was to have been docked today, but it was found that the tide was too low to permit her to enter safely. She will go in at high tide tomorrow morning. Her bottom will be cleaned and painted and some minor repairs will be made.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-02
MERRITT ON COAST DEFENSE.
Says That an Enemy Could Not En-
 ter Any Port Town.

Atlanta, Ga, March 1.-General Wesley Merritt, commander of the de- partment of the east, who is in At lanta for the purpose of inspecting Fort McPherson, talked today on the war situation.
 General Merritt created a first class surprise by declaring that the coast defenses were in tip-top condition, and that he was confident that no Spanish ship would find it an easy job to get at any port town In view of the fact that it has always been thought that our weak point from a defensive view was our coast ports this assurance from an authority W Il be received with surprise
 General Merrill deprecates the ru- nor that his mission is of a warlike nature, and says that the active prep aratiOns on foot at the fort are only because of his customary tour of in spection, and should excite no con- ment. He says that even if an ad- verse report is returned by the in quiry board, we will not fight Spain, as the latter country would offer and we would accept an indemnity.
 If war is the result" said General Merritt, ''the navy is likely to hear of it first"
 He expressed himself as much pleas ed at the order in which he found things at Fort McPherson When questioned as to the rumor that he brought war orders with him General Merritt denounced the report as ab- surd
Arizona republican., 1898-03-02
INCENSED AT THEIR PRIEST.
Father Said to Have Championed
 Spain's Cause Against Americas.

Kingston. N. Y., March 1.-German Catholics here are up in arms over an address made by Rev. F. Weber, assis- tant priest of St. Peters German Cath olic church, on Tuesday last at fun eral. It is said that Father Weber as- serted that it was the duty of every loyal Catholic to take up arms for Spain against the United States in case war is declared against that country, and that every pariotic German Catho- lie should do all in his power to aid Spain, Catholic nation.
 Many even stronger assertions than this are accredited to the priest, in cluding the denunciation of the Amer ican flag and the American nation as opposed to nation representative of the Catholic faith itself.
 An effort will be made to have some action taken looking to the removal of Father Weber unless he is able to furnish a satisfactory explanation.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-02

at once. He states that similar or ders have been received by other off cers on leave of absence in the west. Lieutenant Davidson has relatives here. and was engaged during his fur Tough in perfecting an improvement to Davidson's electric range finder, in use by the United States, and of which he is the inventor. He has received an unofficial intimation that he will be sent from Little Rock to Willetts Point, near New York. He served there for some years and is familiar with the secret defences.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-02
LOAN ASSOCIATION INSOLVENT
Receiver Asked for Institution i
 Bronx Borough, New York.

Bronx Borough, New York.
 New York, March Tt was an nounced today that the Home Mutual Building and Loan association of the Bronx borough was insolvent; that it's books were being examined by State Bank Examiner McMasteTs, and that a shortage of $30,O00 has been discov- cred.
 It was further announced that the shortage had been made good by the turning over to the president of the association of $13,O00 in mortgages upon real estate and a personal note for $25,000.
 A receiver for the association will be appointed. The president Of the Home Mutual is George s. Bell, a re- tired builder. He said today:
 "There is a shortage of about $30.- 900 in the funds of the association. Some one has taken the amount. We think we know who he is. The mys- tery is how the dedication could have been carried on for so many years without being discovered"
Arizona republican., 1898-03-02

ined during the day was ten. Ad- miral Sicard has requested Dr. Ma loney, mayor of Key West, to prevent a local demonstration when the funeral of the Maine's dead occurs. He has asked that in the event of a parade formed by residents, only American flags shall be displayed. Mayor Ma loney has promised to carry out Ad- miral Sicard's wishes as far as possi- ble, but doubt whether the trong Cuban and anti-Spanist sentiment can be suppressed.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-02
Sigifcant UtteranCs of Sc Crtary
 Long of the Navy
A PERSONAL EXPRESSION
That GuiltIesSneSS of the Span
 iSh is Established
A Cabinet Meeting at Which COnSid- eration of Maine Was Overshad- owed by a Discussion of Outrages Against Negro Postmasters.

Washington, March 1.-The interest of the day in connection with the Maine inquiry centered in statement by Secretary Long, following the cab inet meeting, that in his opinion any official participation by the Spanish government in the blowing up of the Maine was now practically eliminated from the situation. This statement was not of a formal or official char acter and was made by MT. Long as he walked from the White House.
 As usual the cabinet officers were besieged with inquiries as to the ques- tions before the meeting and in re- sponse to these importunities the sec retary rather casually summed up the situation in few words, stating that most of the time had been given to the outrages on the colored postmasters in the south.
 Naturally the Cuban situation had been gone over, he said, but there were no actual developments, and he felt that public excitement in the subject had materially abated. Then he added a statement in the same passing way, that any participation by the Spanish government in blowing up the Maine was practically >elimi- hated, in his judgS6.
 This last reYSCas speedlIs e. wide circulation Npart from the quHt- ing references which had accompanied it. It occasioned much comment and discussion and when MT. Long re- turned to the navy department after lunch he found that what he had in tended to convey was being given the force of an official declaration that Spain's responsibility for the disas.er had been eliminated.
 In order to make clear his meaning, as a personal expression of opinion, MT Long dictated the following state ment: "The things we talked about in the cabinet were outrages on post masters, one white man in Georgia and one colored man in South Caro- lima. In regard to the Cuban situation I said I thought things were growing quieter every day and as far as my judgment went was inclined to think that any official participation on the part of the Spanish government in the disaster was now practically elimi- mated"
 The foregoing conveyed all that MT. Long desired to say on the sub
 "A offset the enlarged versions of what he had said.
 No dispatches of any character from Key West, where the court of inquiry is sitting, were given out during the day, and as the rule of publicity is still in force, presumably nothing came from that quarter
Arizona republican., 1898-03-02
KANSAS CITY STOCK MARKET.

Kansas City, March 1.-Cattle re- eeipts, S,4OO; active, 10@15 cents high; CT; common dressed beef, $4@4.45; fancy exporters, $5.25@5.571a; western heifers, $425; natives, $40; sheep receipts, $500; muttons, steady; lambs, 5@1O cents lower than last week; western sheep, $3.90@4.4O; western yearlings, $4.65; lambs, $4.75.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-02
OFFICER CALLED BACK.
Lieutenant Davidson. on a Furlough,
 Ordered to Little Rook.

Des Moines, Iowa, March 1.-Lleu- tenant L. P. Davidson, who has been in Des Moines for some time, had ms furlough revoked by telegram rom the war department tonight ordering him to his command at Litt'e ROCK
Arizona republican., 1898-03-02
THE ANDERSONS HELD.
Close of the Preliminary Examinations
 at Gila Bend.

Gila Bend, Ariz., March 1.-(Spccial.) The examination of John s. Ander- son, his son Josiah Anderson, and James Kerrick, charged with an as sault on John M. Mullen to commit murder, were held to the May grand jury this afternoon. The bail in each case is $1,000. The two AndersOns are now out on bond.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-02
THE COURT OF INQUIRY.

Key West, March 1.-The afternoon session Of the court began at 1:3O o'clock and an adjournment was taken about 4 o'clock until 10 tomorrow. The whole number of enlisted men exam
Arizona republican., 1898-03-02
THE METAL MARKET.

New York, March 1.-Silver cert7k- cates, 55ss @56as; silver bars, 55x-s Mexican dollars, 45k.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-10
The Well Known
tea Of the Pacific Coast is
SeAilling's Best.
Well-known for goodness
and money b4ck if you
don't like it. a

made in Miners basin, Beaver basin,
and in Mill creek. That section of the
mountains contingent to the junction
of Miners and Beaver basin and the
north fork of Mill creek runs largely to
a copper ore, but running through this
section and apparently continuing
south, into the middle division, where
the Clark mines are located, runs a
belt of quartz porphyry, carrying gold
and silver, with no base metal, and 1t
is along this belt and its extension,
north of Miners basin, that some OF the
finest gold prospects are seen.
On Middle mountain, at the head OF
Mill creek, on this belt, the De Arcy
brothers of Cripple Greek, at depth
of 40 feet, have cut five-foot vein
assaying s27 gold and thirteen ounces
silver, and Maher & Golden, also Grip
pie Creek men, have, adjoining them,
S64 gold ore. On Mount Tamasiki, lyinG
between the head of Mill creek and
Beaver basin, on this belt, j. n. Corb1n
of this place has opened 15-foot
quartz porphyry vein, which shows
equally as rich promise.
When it is known that most of these
prospects lay at an elevation of from
II 900 to u 500 feet, it demonstrates the
difficulty of carrying on work in the
winter without extensive preparations
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-10

The Dalton & Lark portion of West
Mountain district is witnessing more
activity and advancement this fail and
winter than for several years past, and
a number of properties in that locality
are showing up well with development,
among them being the group owned by
the Illinois Mining company Of Provo,
the property being in the neighborhood
of such mines as the keystone, For
tune and Congor, all of which are pro-
ducers of hig'h-grade copper and lead
ana silver ore, the Congor being es-
pecially noted for its deposits of cop
per, which runs way up in value.
The Illinois is in the immediate VI
entity of the Congor, and it is reported
that in the workings of this property,
in the face of the tunnel being driven
in its development, q fine body Of cop
er-bearing ore has been uncovered of
late, the metal showing black oxides,
while q. portion Of the vein carries min
eral very closely resembling gray car
Donates.
Several of the Provo officers of the
Illinois visited this Bingham property
on Thursday of this week, among the
number being S. a. King, president of
the association; L. Holbroo<, d. j. Viii
liams and L. o. Taft, and Mr.. King,
speaking for these gentlemen, states
that they were well pleased with the
condition of the mine, and the showing
of ore in its workings, samples Of which
are now on exhibition in this city, and
Mr.. Holbrook. who is manager of the
Grand Central, in speaking of the Illi-
nois, stated that although this was his
first visit to the property, still he was
well satisfied with what he saw there,
his impression being that this viii be
the making of a good producer of the
precious metals.
The Keystone and Fortune have been
heavy shippers during the past season,
and it is said that Manager Elmer Hill
has some splendid bodies of ore blocked
out in it's workings, while from the
Dalton & Lark shipments Of fine ore
find their way occasionally to the Salt
Lake market the expectation being
that when some improvements now in
hand in the development and operation
of this valuable property are complet-
ed the mine win enter the list again
as a. heavy shipper.
Between the Dalton & Lark and
Keystone is the property of the New
Mammoth Gold Mining company, 9
mine that is more than likely to cause
more or less excitement in mining cir
cles, owing to the fact that the ore
which exists in large quantities, and is
Of excellent milling grade, can be treat
ed at a high saving of gold values by
the cyanide process of reduction.
Other properties in the same locality
are being worked, and from all indi-
cations this will be lively portion OF
the camp in the spring.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-10
Quiet On the Street.

The continued cold ana clustering
weather yesterday afternoon was an
impeachment to active trading in stocks,
although more or less business was car
ried on until the close Of business
hours.
Four Aces was the chief attraction on
the curb and was wanted during the
afternoon at A cents. Joe Bowers was
firm at 81 in the bidding, Joe Bowers
Extension being dealt in at II. Star
Consolidated was f1uctuating in its quo
tations, some claiming that it could be
obtained at $1.37h, but bids of $1.421a
We're recorded before the dealers closed
up for the day. Northern Light was
wanted at A cents, Eagle & Blue Bell
established quotations of S2.171@ bid
and 1920 asked. Mercur was still want
ed at IS. Little Pittsburg being a seller
at II cents. La RENE was strong in the
bidding at morning figures, but this
failed to draw out any of this Tintic
stock buckeye held its own at 6 cents
in the bidding while Golden Eagle was
a favorite at So and strong at this
quotation. Midnight Bowers was want
ed at 10 cents and Columbia at q and
%, Homestake being firm at board quo
tationS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-10
Mining Notes and Personals.

The Herald is authoritatively in
formed that the Sacramento will pay
it's $4,000 dividend as usual this month.
E. D. r. Thompson will go down to
Nephi the first of the week on mining
business connected with Tintic prop
critics.
viii Hatfield left for Silver City last
night for the purpose of attending to
the erection of tanks at the Silver City
end of the water system of the Silver
City company
The Joe Bowers Extension company
Of Tintic is surveying it's group Of seven
claims for patent. The company ex-
poets to be on the market with a car of
ore within the next thirty days.
The car of Joe Bowers which was sold
a day or two ago brought the company
81, 3S6 for the lot. Another shipment is
en- route to the sampler, while still an
other is on the dump awaiting trans
portation to the railroad.
Mammoth Record: The Orient mine
at West Tintic has closed down for the
winter. Will Morris was in camp Fri
day, and states that the showing at the
present time is good for the develop
ment for a rich producer.
Work is being pushed in the making
of the upraise from the lower to the
middle tunnel IN une PnOen1& mine at
Bingham. The distance is nearly 225
feet, and within a short time it is ex-
pected the connection will be made. The
upraise is now in a good body of ore.
The annual stockholders meeting of
the Ben Harrison Gold e Copper Min
ing company for the election of board
of five directors, viii be held on Jan. g.
1899, at the office of the association in
this city. 1t is stated that this Beaver
Lake property is in fiourishing con-
dition.
The South Swansea of Silver City has
eleven cars on the road between the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-10
The Frisco Strike.

It is learned that the recent strike in
the Frisco mine in Carr Fork gulch,
Bingham, is holding out well as work
progresses in its exploration and that
this discovery promises to place the
shareholders of the association on easy
street at no distant day.
This strike, The Herald is informed,
was made on the fourth level in the
workings of the mine, and the state
ment is also made that as the drift is
extended along the vein the ore body
continues to gain in size, the face of
the drift now showing from twelve to
fourteen inches of clean, solid ore,
which will carry metallic values of 1876
per cent lead, 80 ounces silver ard $1.2O
in gold to the ton, while the threa-foot
vein is filled with second and first class
ore.
1t is the intention of the company to
upraise on the ledge and it is antici-
pated that before the first of the year
the rhine will be able to report Mt the
sampler With two or three carloads of
good ore
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-10
Mining In Cache.
Especial Correspondence. !


Logan, Dec. 9.-John K. Loosely,
whose home is in Charleston, but who
has been living in Providence for some
time, where he is engaged in mining,
was in the city today. He is working
on the Elkhorn mining claim about
one and a half miles east of Providence.
A tunnel has been driven into the hill
a distance of eighty feet, and they are
now in the ore vein, which is six feet
wide. The ore carries about $40 to the
ton in Silver and gold, principally sill
yer. Mr. Loosely is preparing to make
immediate shipments. He is the sole
owner Of the mine and was in town
today for the purpose of obtaining ma
terial with which to construct an ore
chute from the mouth of the tunnel
to the base of the mountain, a dis
lance Of about 500 feet. When this
chute is finished, shipping will begin.
AT present three men are employed in
the mine during the day, but arrange
ments are being made to put on night
shift
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-10
NEW EXCHANGE SECRETARY.
Seats In the Pit to Be Sold at Public
Auction


The governing board of the mining
exchange held long session yesterday,
and there is every reason to believe
that the business transacted by that
body viii meet with the hearty appro-
baton of the members Of the exchange
some of the resolutions adopted looking
to the advancement Of the interests of
the association along lines which will
advance and promote business transac-
tons on the floor.
In the first place, Will Farnsworth
was elected secretary Of the exchange
at a fixed salary of $40 a month, while
J. A. Pollock was invested with pleni-
pOtentiary powers as far as the en-
ployment of a caller is concerned.
The former action of the board in
the levying of a So assessment on each
member for the purpose of testing the
legality Of the action of mining COM
panieS in charging transfer fees, was
rescjnded, and a motion was carried
to the effect that the membership of
the exchange be raised TO the full limit
of sixty-five. and that the vacant seats
be sold at public auction on Saturday,
Dec II, Immediately after the call, no
bids Of less than 500 a, seat to be en-
tertained, the receipts of any and all
such sales to be expended, if necessary,
to carry on the suits against mining
companies as above outlined, all other
acts of the board conflicting with this
motion being repealed, Messrs. ]. A.
Pollock and Ralph Guthrie being EN-
powered to employ counsel for the
prosecution of such suits.
a change was also made in the time
Of holding the daily call, and, begin
ming next week Monday, the session
viii begin at 1890 instead of II a. m.
In the case Of Springer VS.. Peery, in
volving a dispute over the sale of stock
for future delivery, the board arrived
at the decision that "all sales made on
open call shall stand as made, and that
the rules of the exchange shall govern
the same"
The Albion Mining company was
given a, place with the listed stocks.