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Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-10-12

short space of 48 hours these mar
kets seemed to have been subjected
to one of those sudden whim'
which we are told justified reduc
ton in the price for credit balance!
of one cent per barrel. In wha
particular part or in what specia
} markets the change took place ha:
not been published nor have any
"self.explanatoEy letters" beer
written advising the trade at what
places the changes occurred or Civ
ing the cause for these changes.
The cat of one cent was made, how
ever and the unanimous expression
Of opinion from one and of the pro
ducing region to the other was that
it was a rank, cheap attempt to
frighten the holders of the credit
balances into selling.
Every producer knows that even
present prices are too low,
and these prices should have been
given them many months ago.
Prices at the present time should
be much higher than those which
are being paid. Speaking of the
price Justified in the markets of
the world, "iwhy, credit balances to
be even up with refined quotations,
should be at least seven cents per
barrel higher than the purchasing
agencies are paying. We are not
told that the markets of the world
justify this difference, but still it
exists. The Standard Oil company
would like to create the impression
that there is a mad rush of produc-
ers to drill wells in old territory
which for years has borne evidences
of exhaustion when just the reverse
is the actual condition.
Producers are not going to be
| jollied in transplanting old wells,
so to speak, on the prospective in
dications of an advance in prices
They have had too many bitter ex
periences with prices justified by
the markets of the world" They
have been involved in indebtedness
too often and too long through the
methods of cheap manipulation of
prices not to have become bene-
fitted by their experiences. They
must now have a reasonable asSur-
ance that prices are liable to be
maintained at some point which
will enable them to derive some
profit from their properties before
they will again recklessly rush In
to drilling operations.
In the oil exchange prices have
for weeks been in advance of those
of the purchasing agencies and
many producers who desire to sell
have availed themselves of the OPP
portunity to secure little more for
their oil than is justified" in the
windows of the purchasing agen-
cies. On Thursday with the ad-
vance from $I.o7 to $I.o8 exchange
prices closed at $I.oe bid, it having
been previously quoted at $I.o8H
for certificate oil. The Standard
Oil company are actively engaged
in drilling the very best territory
that they possess. The result of
this drilling is barely to keep up
their production. The monthly
pipe line report to be published on
the nth of this month will show a
production of $1,000 barrels per
day of Pennsylvania oil for the
month of September, and probably
slight increase over the preceding
month.
Stocks will show considerable
shrinkage, owing to the changes
from heat to cold during the month,
an item which will Offset some of
the increase in runs.
A depletion of over 600, 900 bar
rels during September in stocks
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-26
SUICIDE OF POSSEL.
Was Accused of Numbering His Wife
For Her Insurance.

Paris, Aug. 25.-Ernest Joseph Pos
sci, the German who had been trying
TO collect a claim of 10000 upon a life
insurance policy issued to his late wife,
an English woman, by the Urbane In
surance company, which had resisted
payment on the ground that he had
thrown her off a cliff near Florence,
Italy. committed suicide last evening
at the Durand restaurant in the Place
de la Madeleine.
Possel, who called himself the Mar
quis de GOndeville, and pretended to be
a French subject, was under heavy
bail, and the authorities had ordered
the elimination of the body of his wife.
The maiden name of Mrs. POssel was
Eleanora Beckett, and she was about
u years of age. The couple had been
staying at Florence, and one day Pos
sci returned home alone from a drive,
saying that his wife fell off the cliff,
on the edge of which she was resting
while he was mending his harness.
They were married in England last
March, and POssel insured her life al
most Immediately. 1t developed after
her body was found beneath the cliff
that Possel had been seen there several
days before throwing down large stones
and watching their descent. The mother
of Mrs. Possei, however, stoutly main
tanned that POssel was innocent Of the
death of his wife.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-26
SUMMER INSTITUTE
For Provo and Utah County Public
School Teachers.

Pleasant Grove, Aug. 25.-Detailed
arrangements have been completed for
the summer institute, to be held in
American Fork canyon Aug. 20 to Sept.
3. The committee on location of
grounds reports that they have selected
the mouth Of the south fork as the
place of meeting and camp. 1t is six
miles from the mouth OF the canyon.
or II miles from Pleasant Grove or
American Fork. There is every facility
for camp life, except feed for teams;
and arrangements will be made to have
nay @or sale on the grounds. Trans
portation can be had from American
Fork City to the camp and return for
i5c per passenger when there are sew
eral going at the same time Other
arrangements will have to be made for
single passengers. The majority of the
teachers Will so I'D the canyon Satur-
day, Aug. q. All are expected to be in
camp not later than Sunday evening
An invitation is extended to members
of the boards of the county and to any
of the partons of the schools who may
desire to spend a day with the teachers.
The principal work of the institute will
be normal courses given in biology I'M
der Prof. Wolfe and geology under
Prof. e. S. Huxley. Field work will
be made special feature. 1t is ex-
9ected to continue these courses
through the winter sessions of the u.
c. T. A.
Besides the courses in the sciences,
educational topics will be presented by
Presidents Kingsbury and Cuff, Profs.
Brimhall and Talmage, Hon. w. H.
King and Hon. B. H. Roberts.
Suoerintendents-J. L. Brown, w. S.
RAWLINGS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-26
QUITE A BUILDING BOOM
Seems to Have Struck Ephraim, to
Its Decided Advantage.

Ephraim, Aug. 25.-Work has COM
menced on the foundation for a new
building just south of and adjoining
the new Golden Rule Cash store. 1t
will be built by Postmaster Adolph
Hansen and will be used for a post
office and store. Mr.. Hansen will unite
with the cash store people and build a
Joint front for both buildings. H P.
Larsen, eX-postmaster, in consideration
of Mr.. Hansen's keeping the office at
the old site next to his place of bust
ness, built an elegant building for the
Office and rendered it to Mr.. Hansen
rent free, and also contracted to allow
him to handle certain lines of goods in
the building, but the latter insisted on
greater concessions, which Mr.. Larsen
would not grant.
The theatrical season is beginning to
open up in this section. The ST Per-
kins company will appear in the Opera
House Saturday night and the Reddick
company will be here next week, Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday.
George Quinn is building a large adj
dition to his brick building that is oc-
cupied by Chris Bjergaard as a billiard
hall. Mr. Bjergaard will put in sew
eral new tables when the building is
completed.
John F. Christensen is employed on
the tax rolls in the county clerks Of
flee.
Willard PETERSON is building an ele-
giant pressed brick residence on south
Main street.
Many of the new residences that
were commenced last spring are now
nearly completed and will soon be
ready for occupancy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-26
DRIVEN TO THE CANYONS.
People of Wellington Left Their
Homes For Want of Water.

Price, Utah, Aug. 25.-There still re-
mains great scarcity of water for
household purposes at Wellington, a
small settlement in Carbon county, six
miles east of Price. The shortage be-
gan about month ago when the
water became so bad that 20 to 80 fami-
lies practically abandoned their homes
in the valley and left for Whitmore
canyon, some ten miles east of there
AS no rain OF any consequence has
FALLEN OF late these families still re-
main IN the canyon, with no prospect
of getting back to their homes until the
fall of the year. Before the exodus be-
gan there was considerable sickness
among small children due it is charged,
TO drinking milk from cows that had
been allowed to so to bad water. The
men who remained in the valley to look
after their ranches and crops have
been taken with fevers from time to
time and much sickness has been the
result. Inc settlement numbers only
a Few hundred people, and of the wo-
men and children there are not over a
dozen left at home. During the past
month some so head of cattle and
horses have died, and their bodies are
encountered along the irrigating
bitches and small streams from which
water is taken. The live stock is taken
with something like blind staggers'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-26
JOINING DEMOCRAT c PARTY
SILVER REPUBLICANS NOT FUS-
ING WITH M'KINLEYITES.
Several Leading Democrats of Sum-
nit Favor Varian = Nebeker
Doomed For the Senate.

Ephraim, Aug. Ex-senator owen Smoot
of Utah county has been visiting the prin-
cipal towns in this county for the past
few days. He is on his way to the Cold
Mountain country. While here ostensibly
on private business. the senator discussed
the political situation with quite num-
Der of local Democrats.
The sentiment against the adoption of
the silver coating 10 the Republican plat
form Is growing in this county. Since
Hon. j. D. Page sounded a protest against
the scheme others who think as
he does on the question are get
ting up courage enough to express
their convictions. All will not be rosy in
the Republican county convention when it
comes to adopting platform.
The silver Republicans are not taking
the bait thrown to them by the admins
tratlon men as readily as was expected
by the fishermen. On the contrary, many
of them are joining the Democratic party.
ThoSe who have not announced them
selves Democrats will resent with Ian
guage more forcible than eloquent any
intimatton that they intend to join the
McKinleyites. The great majority of them
are waiting to see what action Senator
Frank J. Cannon is going TO take
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-26

had a most pleasant time during their abb
sence. slt3z ~ +
The Columbia. Of Lion hill, has car
load OF $50 silver-lead ore at the T. 3.
J sampling works. Superintendent James
Kelly of the Columbia, writes to the Salt
Lake office of the company that the mine
is looking fine.
w. c. B. Alien who is directing work in
1 the development of the Silver Lode at
Me-cur. VINO was in the city yesterday,
| states that everything is looking well in
Camp Floyd district and that the camp
has wonderful future in store for it,
]. a. Blossom of Battle Mountain New
who has been in the city for several days
past, returned home last night, after
making arrangements with the Salt Lake
smelters for ore shipments. and it is his
intention to send in at once two carloads
of high grade gold ore.
/ VIII Hatfield of Tintic mining fame, has
returned from visit of inspection to the
mines of Gold Mountain district, taking
in the Annie Laurie, the Mammoth and
the Deseret, and he states that he is well
pleased with the camp and with the prop
critics examined by him.
Times Review, Tuscarora, New: z. L.
McMahan is fitting up the old Navajo
mill for the purpose of working the lower
grades of Ezra ore, of which the company
mas a large amount on the dumps. a new
gasoline engine has been ordered and
everything will be in shape to start
shortly after the LIST of next month.
Inc material necessary for the inStalla-
tlon or the Victor electric signal system
in the Observation-Disclosures mine will ar
rive tomorrow, and on Monday next w.
II. Peterson. the president of the Victor
company, will 20 out 10 Eureka for the
purpose of putting in the system. which is
par excellence for the purpose for which
1t was designed.
World, Idaho City, Ida: The Golden
Fleece mill at Centerville started up yes
terday- shaft was recently sunk on
the Golden Fleece to the depth of 10S feet.
From the bottom of the shaft a drift was
run and tapped the ledge so feet below
the old tunnel. The vein is eight feet wide
and two Veins, one a foot and the other
two feet wide, carry high grade ore.
Drifts have been run both ways on the
ledge, one a distance of about 20 feet and
the other 10 or 90 feet.
William II. and Robert ]. fitzpatrick.
the weli-known contractors of Beatrice,
Neb.. who are interested in the Silver
Lode and several other Mercur properties,
have returned from a visit to this won
derful gold camp, and express themselves
as being well pleased with waht they
saw there and the steady and substantial
growth that is being made by the dis
trict, and they were especially impressed |
with the magnitude of the new ore body
disclosed on the Nimrod claim, embraced
in the Mercur group, at which point the |
surface has been stripped for distance |
of 400 feet or more, exposing one of the |
greatest measures of mineral ever uncov- |
cred in this western country. They were |
also highly pleased with the magnificent !
showing disclosed in the Sacramento and |
class this dividend-payer as the making |
of another Mercur. The two gentlemen !
leave today for Idaho.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-26
HONEY SHIPMENTS.
William H. Roylance Has Shipped
Three Carloads.

springville, Aug. 25.-William NJ.
Roylance of this city has within the
last two days shipped east three car
loads of produce of farmers, consisting
of honey, fruit and oals
AT special meeting nc the city coun-
Gil held at the city FALL last night,
called for the purpose of taking action
on the written opinion of the city at
torney. S. K. Thurman, as to whether
or not the city could now pay it's note
for $4,000 given in 1891 to the Rio
Grande Western in Consideration that
the road would move it's tracks from
certain of the city's streets and the
building of new depot here, which
opinion declared the city could do so if
it wanted to and the money could not
be held back by suit in court, or if it
wanted to plead the statute of limita-
ton the city might successfully do So
The council resolved to pay the amount
to the company as soon as the new
depot was completed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-26
Good For Grand Central.

No one need think for a minute that
the Grand Central, at Mammoth, is
resting on its oars now that this prop
erty has been listed as one of the big
mines and dividend payers of Tintic
district.
On the contrary, the management is
pushing work in q vigorous manner,
and the amount of good ore that is reg
ularly finding it's way to the market is
something astonishing to anyone not
familiar with the mammoth scale on
which this magnificent property is be-
ing operated.
For instance, The Herald has it on
good authority that a few days ago
the company marketed 10 tons of ore
on controls showing metallic values of
80 ounces in silver and S65 in gold to
the ton, and it is learned that the high
grade ore had heen sorted from the lot,
which will constitute a special ship
ment later on, and yet the 170-ton ship
ment brought the company something
like $4,000.
Another ten-carload lot of Grand
Central ore is now at the sampler.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-26

Salt Lake may possess many happy
women, but none were more SO yester-
day than Mrs. n. Fulton of 81 East
First South street, who feels that she
has a fortune in the st. Anthony Nos.
l and 2 mining claims in Bingham, ad-
joining the Highland Boy mine up Carr
Fork gulch.
Three months ago, Mrs. Fulton, who
is an attractive widow, was urged to
locate the two claims above mentioned,
which she did, and in order to perform
the location or assessment work as by
law required, hired a force of ten men,
and with this force, under her own
supervision, for she camDed on the
ground, she began the development OF
the property.
AS good luck would have it, ore was
encountered within a few days after
operations We're instituted, and the
first of this week mineral was showing
in the face of the tunnel, and day
or so after a solid body of good milling
ore was uncovered. and since then it
has been demonstrated that the ledge
is all of 100 feet in width end that it is
an extension of the zone that is making
the Highland Boy so famous and which
is destined to make Bingham noted as
one of the greatest copper camps in
the west.
In speaking of her claims, Mrs. Full
ton said: "Oh. am so excited 1 can
hardly talk. 1 wish, in speaking of the
discovery, that you would say N. Full
ton so that people will think 1 am
man. as hate notoriety. oh, knew
/ would strike it, as I have seen the
claims i'll my dreams and have seen
the ore and the men at work taking
out the mineral God and st. Anthony
have helped me, but 1 do wish you
would not say too much about it, as L
am only a woman and do not like to
be talked about I have two boys, and
they will help me in working the
mine. which is now safe to me, as the
work has all been done and certified
to-
Mrs. Fulton then exhibited specimens
of the ore, and it was good-looking
truck, and with greater depth will I'M
doubtedly improve in quality.
J. B. Taylor, the well-known mining
man. owns one-third OF the claims,
while Mrs. Fulton has title to the other
two. and it is more than likely, on ac-
count OF the favorable location of the
property. and the fact that it is sur
rounded by prominent mines and pro-
ducers. that it will make a barrel of
money for its fortunate Dossessors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-26
The North Mountain.

Will S. Brown of the North Mountain
Mining company, who is at Cherry
Creek, New, inspecting the property
of the company, writes to Manager
John Dern that everything is looking
exceedingly well at the mine and the
mill. and that the latter is treating
about 40 tons of good ore daily at an
excellent saving, and that in the strong
box of the company 100 pounds of cya-
hides are stored, to which will be added
another 100 pounds by the 1st of Sep
TENDER, which will make the output of
the property for August, in weight,
greater than that OF the previous
month.
Mr.. Brown also states that in the
east drift on the 150-foot level in the
mine the face is in a seven-foot body
of very fine ore, while the west drift
is looking well, with an excellent Show
ing of good milling mineral in all OF
the other Slopes, drifts and upraises
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-26
THE INTERNATIONAL.
Sinking An Incline On a Four-foot
Body of Concentrating Ore.

bOuy OF concentrating Ore.
George Mueller Of the International
Mining company and proprietor of the
Royal cafe on Main street, has just re-
turned from Blue Bell district, in Too
ele county, where he spent two weeks
in making an examination of the mine
of the company and in watching the
progress being made in the develop
ment of this promising SiiVer-lead
property, in which a large amount of
good milling ore has already been
blocked out anG is in sight ready for
extraction, while several carloads of
good stuff are piled up on the dump
ready for treatment.
In speaking of the work low in hand
in the exploration of the International,
Mr. Mueller states that the men are at
work in the sinking Of an incline, the
average width OF the vein being in the
neighborhood of four feet all of which
is good milling mineral that will pay
well to treat by concentration, the in
ference being that in due time and as
soon as the NINE is opened to a greater
extent a plant will be installed on the
ground for the handling of the ores
OF the mine. as Mr.. Mueller states that
the prospects are, too fiattering to be
abandoned at this stage of the game,
the indications being that with contin-
ued development the mine will rank as
a heavy producer.
During his absence, Mr. Mueller
played in the role of a ''Nimrod," and
reports having bagged 40 chickens as
a result of his skill with the shotgun
Before leaving the mine for this city,
the bottom Of the incline broke into a
larger body and better grade of ere,
samples of which were brought to this
city and are now in the hands of the
assayer.
The company is much pleased with
the showing in the mine and proposes
to continue regular development work
this fall and winter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-26
NEWS OF THE WEST.

Idaho papers rejoice that none of the
Idaho boys were killed at Manila.
Felix Boyle. formerly of Gold Hill.
was stabbed by a drunken carpenter
in Winnemucca, New, and was hurt
quite seriously
stranger arrived in Truckee the
other day, according to the Virginia
New Enterprise, and claimed he could
drink all the whisky in the town. After
swallowing Is big horns, he became IN
conscious and narrowly escaped furn-
lshlnS the subject for a coronerS in
quest.
The Montpelier Qda.) Examiner
says: Dry hill farming will be Bear
Lakes mainstav in years to come.
while the valley lands will be given
up to hay. There are thousands of
acres OF these dry lands yet open to
entry in Bear Lake county, and intend
ing settlers ought to note what they
Will produce before passing them by.
George y. Consentine. Cripple
Creek miner. aged 4S, committed sui
eide IN his cabin the other evening. He
cut his juSular vein with a clasp knife
and also attempted to beat out his
brains with a Ratchet The deceased
has been living in the cabin with his
brother. and has worked in the district
for some time. He was a member of
the Cripple Greek Miners union.
The mystery that surrounds the
death of Tom Paynter appears to in
crease, says the Caldwell Record. His
father made q trip to the spot where
he was found. and is fully satisfied
that the horse had nothing TO do with
his death. A place was found where
he had evidently sat down, and from
appearances the horse had remained
standing Cor some time after the acct
dent or tragedy. 1t perhaps will never
be known Just how he come to his
death There were no rocks near the
place where he was found. He had
gotten off his horse and was evidently
walking at the time There is strong
suspicion of foul play, but no other evil
dence than circumstantial
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-26
mining Notes and Personals

Copper quotations moved upward again
yesterday.
tons of silver-lead ores yesterday
A consignment of Hercules ore. from
Stockton. will be shipped on Monday
next.
VIII ]; Lawrence, superintendent of the
Star Con-. at Mammoth, went out to the
mine last night.
e L: Sheets left last night for Tintic.
where he will take looi, at a number of
leading producers.
The Dexter company let the contract
yesterday for the dynamo and generator
for its Chicken creek power plant to the
General Electric company of New York.
W. w. Chisholm of the Centennial-E u-
reka, W. NJ. Bradley, the well-known le-
gal light, and Z. D. r. Thompson the
popular land attorney, have returned from
an outing up in Idaho, and report having