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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-10
GRADE MINES
HURT BY NEW LAW.

on a large scale. II IL mostly New
York and Boston capitalists that are
Interested. The Copper Hill mine at
Hincanado IL proving IA bonanza, and
machinery Is ON the way To erect q
large smelter and mill The Santa Te
Gold and Copper Mining Company
perfected its entries In the land Office
to-day, and has absorbed nearly every
copper prospect that is worth while
owning In the san Pedro district.
The SANTA Rita district IN producing
large amounts OF copper. and II seems
true that The Standard oil people have
mol only gobbled up all the copper
mines, hut have acquired valuable but
undeyeloped Iron properties which are
said 10 rank In richness with the best
IN this country. Cuba or Spain. The
talk OF erecting II large rolling mill by
the hockefeliers Ia the Iron district In
Grant county cannot he verified j. II
more likely that The mill will Ike built
AT I'll Paso, though II will secure Its
ore from Grant county and its coal
from Lincoln county. The I'll Pnso 4
Northeastern has reached the Salado
coal field and a large force OF men has
been put 10 work uncovering the coal
beds.
-. Is. ftecn Inns returned from New
York city. where he has launched three
corporations that promise 10 do "A great
deal for the development OF this ter
fitory. One OF these corporations VIII
take hold OF the Iron Dyke copper
mine. which contains million. OF tons
OF copper averaging - 10 SO ton.
The men interested la the deal are
Theodore ilagerman of New York,
Colonel j. V. Dennis Of Baltimore
Colonel James +. Tobias of New York
Major Eugene Fecbct OF Washington
and j. q. Spaniding of PORT Huron
Another company was organized 10
buy up all promising mineral claims
OF whatever nature IN northern New
Mexico. a syndicate was also organ
lied 10 prospect Systematically for min
erni in Santa Fe county Coal and
other mining experts are on the way
here and VIII 90 closely over every
likely foot of ground MIR. Sieen say
that he never before In hls many years
experience ns promoter found money
80 easy 90 secure In New York city
1 Tor legitimate enterprises m al present
or course. railroads are needed foi
the full development OF any mining
district. especially In New Mexico
where there are 80 many claims Will
an enormous quantity al ore but most
/ ~ of n low grade. Several such rail
roads into mining districts are project
ed for this year The III Paso a
Northeastern railroad. npder consiruc
I ton. ~ opening the Salado coal fields
/ as well ns the Jicarilla copper and COLO
/ mines and the famous White Oaks
gold mines. A railroad Is promised
| from Las Vegas Ia Elizabeth and the
copper mines OF Taos county. A branch
road will probably he built from
! Thornton Ia Bland and one from Ger
rillos Ia San Pedro.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-10

duty. He also took an active part in
the Pastors College. for which his col
lege experience fitted him. At the
Orphanage, too, his visits were ever
welcome. His voice WAS not strong
enough to be heard in the vast audi
torium OF the Tabernacle. but he could
not be satisfied without preaching. He
therefore accepted the pastorate OF a
church at West Croydon, which is
within short distance OF London. He
has labored there for nearly thirty
years, and with marked success. His
brother used to say that he would
never have been able to continue his
work without the efficient help he had
from his brother James. who, by his
tact and devotion. relieved him from
SO much responsibility and left him
free for pulpit work. After Charles
death. DIR. Sturgeon continued to work
both in the college and the orphanage.
while keeping up his pastoral charge
at Croydon.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-10
WILD oAME GETTING SCARCE.


Bears, Bears. Deer ~ .ChaW9ao Have
Bssa GxssrniaessA.
Switzerland will soon b entirely
free of wild animals IL the rate Of ex-
tinction that has prevailed Of late Il
maintained. In the onicial archives OF
Zurich are records OF the various
kinds OF beasts that once existed In the
land of the Red Cross. Evidences OF
beaver life have been found on the
shores OF Lake Morat. the bones ana
skeletons being fully Six centuries old
One OF the tributary streams which
feed the lake is called Beaver Brook.
the title being due to its former in
habitants. That the name Is old IL
shown by the fact that no beavers
have lived in Switzerland since the
twelfth or thirteenth century. Brown
bears were plentiful in the mountain
lands until the seventeenth century.
The last one killed OF which there IL
any ofiicial knowledge came to his end
in 1888 in Barbereche. Nowadays the
bears are raised in Berne for various
show purposes Deer we're more than
plentiful in the highlands In olden
times. but they were cleaned out pref
ty well in I748 to 1880 There ID =
record in the Swiss archives that =
deer was seen in the woods in 1871,
bat 1t was apparently far from its
own stamping ground Up to the sew
enteenth century wolves were such
plaques that several cantons offered
substantial premiums for their heads
and skins. 1t took ages to chase them
on the plains. and fully 100 years more
to clean them out OF the highlands.
Not live wolf has been in Switxer-
land since 1887. The lynx disappeared
about the same time Wild bears were
numerous in the fifteenth and dx--
teenth centuries. but none has been
encountered since 1880. A few Wild
cats are reported to have been shot
| since 1891. but The authorities doubt
the authenticity OF the reports. No less
than seven prominent kinds OF quad
rupeds have been exterminated In
Switzerland in five centuries, not to
mention the world-famouus wild goats
or chamois. A few of the beautiful
animals are raised and kept by the
landlords of some of the leading re-
| sorts to maintain the impression that
chamois are part and parcel of the
Swiss mountains. But they are do
mesticated and are vastly different
from the timid, 1.-THE animals that mo-
bility used to hunt and poets raved
| about--New York Press.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-10
DIR. ]. A. STURGEON.
PERSONALITY OF A REMARK
ABLE MAN.


The cable brings statement that
Dr. J. A. Spurgeon. the brother OF the
late Pastor C. Fl. Spurgeon, was found
dead In a railroad carriage. Ii Is
presumed that he was attacked by
apoplexy while alone in the compart-
ment, and died while the train was
speeding to its destination. The de-
ceased clergyman was sixty-two years
OF age. having been born three years
after his more famous brother. He
was educated for business life, but
after his brothers entrance TO the
ministry he decided to make that his
own calling in life. He entered Re-
gents Park College, where he won an
excellent reputation as a scholar. His
first charge was at Southampton, but
as his brothers church grew to 80 en-
ormous size, he was persuaded TO go
to London to help Charles in his pas
toral work.
As the membership OF the Tabernacle
was over six thousand, he had constant
occupation in visiting the sick and at
tending to other matters OF pastoral
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-10
THE FIRST TO FIRE.
FIRST OF DEWEY8 FLEET TO
RETURN.
New Details 81 the 0atIaat Fart the
Raleigh Took--Other bhips' Grows
Thought Her DoomsA At Oss
Time.
Especial I.etter.)

Especial Letter)
II seems strangey propr teat
the ship that fired the first shot N
the battle OF Manila should be the
first one OF Admiral Dewey's victor
GUS ieet to return to the United STATS
The Raleigh. Capt. Joseph d. CogLian
not only opened tie battle on II at ia
nous May ]. but WAS In the thick o.
the fight throughout
The Raleigh was steaming alony
third In the line when the Spani h
squadron was sighted In the little Fay
Of Cavite. One Of her fiye-inch guns
returned ready response to the Span
iard's tardy salutation. Another shot
came from the sp1n shore batteries
and, as the Americans were on sharp
lookout for the feet. the Concor1
placed six-inch shell so close to the
spot whence the enemy had fired thai
II killed several OF their gunners. Our
cruisers were In the following orde
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-10
bgToED A MINING BILL.


Dor Thcmss D,sspproves the Aeas-
ore Affecting Co rensssa-
eruor Thomas has vetoed 5. II.
III. known as the co-tenants' bill.
I'M provided for the development
hing claims by co-tenanfs. and
Intended primarily TO protect the
Hts of partners owning less than
bntrolling shares OF leases.
eturning Il without his approval
vernon snys. after reviewing II
bully:
sill In noticed that In this bill
Aarnctcr Of the work and Its ten
to develop or not develop the
Dr. wholly suhordinated to the In
shich the tenant declares to have
Red him In its prosecution. The
purpose ~ such work might bc TO
bp the Individual property OF the
4 In possession and adjacent to
n which the work was done. On
her hand. Il. might be done with
Na fide purpose OF developing the
rty, and yet performed in such n
cr ms not to develop II at all. Yet
My the actual but the reasonn bile
bf such work may he retained by
enant In possession. Thus 1t may
y bc secn that the owner Of an
nificnnt interest In n valuable
fty. by obtaining possession
pr. may exploit Il to suit himself.
BY doing alleged work with the
to develop and by adjusting the
liable cost of all work and de-
ment 10 suit his Judgment. prac-
b own, control and absorb MI the
eeds derived by him from the
non property TO the permanent
|nnd injury of his co-tcnants. Such
pollution In the general principles
IN regulating the rights and duties
-tenants would work the gravcst
hg and injustice. and cannot be
'Ated.
therefore return this III without
CHARLES 8. THOMAS.
AfaH eaN Governor.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-10
TEMPERANCE HER LIFE WORK.

1t is doubtful If even the late
Frances Willard travelled SO many
hundreds of thousands of miles or ad-
dressed more audiences than have been
addressed by Mrs. Mary II. Hunt dur
ing the eighteen years In which she
has been engaged in the work Of Sc
curing compulsory temperance sduca-
ton laws in the United States. Mrs.
Hunt is national and international su-
perintendent Of the department Of sci-
entific temperance instruction and life
director of the National Educational
association Through her persistent
and untiring efforts. every state-ex-
cepting Utah, Arkansas, Virginia and
Georgia-has on its statute book laws
regarding scientific Temperance cd
ucation in the public schools.
Mrs. Hunt, after months Of effort. Sc
cured the passage of national tenn
perance education law for schools un-
der federal control. Mrs. Hunt has
also secured the passage Of these laws
in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
She has addressed the legislatures Of
nearly every state and territory in the
Union. being an eloquent and forceful
speaker.
She employs at her homo In Bos-
ton from six to nine secretaries and
stenographers- She travels Thousands
of miles every year perfecting and
strengthening her work. Her efforts
In 81 t4v~
ments in forty-one states and the ma
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-10
Will DRAIN cREnpE.s MINES.


Next week the work OF tapping the
lower workings of the Chance mine. al
creede. Will I've commenced.
Two diamond drill holes. with a di.
aiueier OF two and one-half or three
Inches. viii be driven from The Nelson
tunnel. and. II j. estimated. the mine
viii he tapped In distance OF from
scvenfy-fiye To eighty feet. The con.
tract has already been let and the
work of cutting station for the nee.
cs-ary machinery will be- commenced
Monday. II Is expected that the mine
viii bc tapped not later than May 18th
and that the water win he out Of the
mine by June LIST.
This Is one of the most interesting
mining propositions of the season. The
Chance II Is one OF the remarkably
rich mines OF the state. but has been
closed down for more than two years
on account OF water. The workings q
the mine are LOO feet deep and are
quite extensive. The pressure Of such
vas, body OF water can hardly lie
comprehcnded. and the force Of the
stream nj the lower opening will he
something fearful.
The Nelson tunnel il driven In the
solid rock ON the hanging wall of the
Chance vein. and In about eighty feet
thercfrom and thirty-five feet. below.
The rock Is solid and there has been
no perceptible seepage from the great
body OF water so near the tunnel. II Is
therefore regarded ns absolutely safe
and the cutting of the two drill holes
will be 40 great a relief TO the pres
sure that mn accident will he impossi'
BILE. The holes will he driven right
through TO the water body and then
work will be suspended until the mine
Is drained
The opening of the Chance will make
n great addition TO the shipments from
Creole. II was shut down pending the
completion of the tunnel TO the Chance
workings. because II was found utterly
impossible TO stand the expense OF
hauling coal for pumping operations t.
the top Of the hill.
Il. r. Kelly. protector Of the Nelson
tunnel. says that there n absolutely nd
danger from the water TO employees IN
the tunnel. and men could work there
with absolute snfety, the breast Of the
tunnel being now some distance he
You'd the point where the mine will
be tapped 1t has been thought best
however, to lay on the tunnel opera
tives pending the unwatering OF tht
mine.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-10
ROMAN WOMEN.


Uases Geld. Hard. Finished and lnDses-
tr.bis ~ Caosos
The faces Of Roman women OF the
upper classes are cold. hard finished
and impenetrable as canoes. says Har-
per's Magazine. In face which is at
all beautiful you will not find a line
which is not perfect. and this eEance
and sureness OF line goes with that
complexion which is the finest OF ali
compilations, pure yo.y. and which
carries with 1t the promise OF tenn
permanent In which there Is all the
subtlety OF fire. The dist nclipn lie
tween the properly arlstocr-tic and the
strictly plebeian face is, ! think. less
marked in Rome than in any city. AL
most all Roman women have regular
faces, the profile dearly cut and in a
straight line; black hair. often with
deep tones of blue in ii, and sometimes
curling crisply; dark eyes. often OF a
fine uniform brown. large. steady. pro-
found. with that unmeaning profundity
which means race. and which one sees
In the Jewess. the gypsy. They have
a truly Roman dignity. and beneath
that the true fire. without which dig
nifty is but the comely shroud Of q
corpse. and though there is not trace
in them OF the soft. smiling. catlike air
of the women of Venice. and not much
OF the vivid, hardy. uncaring provo
cativeness of the women OF Nap.es.
they are content to let you see in them
that reasonable nearness to the ami
ma: which no Italian woman is
| ashamed to acknowledge. They have
often a certain massiveness OF build
which makes a chi look like q young
woman and young woman like a
matron. but. for Italians, they are tall
| and though one sees none of the trim
| Neapolitan waists. ii is but rarely thai
one sees. even among the market
| women bringing in their baskets or
their heads. those square and lumpisl
figures which roll SO comfortably
through Venice.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-10

when the Spanish squadron was sight
ed: The Olympia, agship: the Balti-
more. the Petrol, the Concord. and the
Boston. They had passed to the north
west of Manila and we're holding to
the south
The Spanish squadron was inferior
TO the attacking feet. but It's position
under the protection OF shore bat
teries. gave it an equalizing strength.
II is estimated by all experts that one
gun mounted on shore Is worth sew
eral aboard ship. The shore gun has
a fixed platform and is. therefore, able
TO fire. with much greater accuracy.
On the third turn In the famous fight
the Raleigh was caught in a strong in
setting current and was carried very
close 10 the bows OF the Spanish cru
erz. The Officers Of the other Amer
lean ships expected to see the Raleigh
20 TO the bottom. The enemy's ships
seemed paralyxed. The Raleigh sent
In two raking fires before she steamed
back into place. II was on the third
turn. too. that the great duel between
the nagships took place. When the
American ships withdrew after the
nrst round SO that the men might have
an opportunity to rest and eat break
fast. Capt. Coghian reported to Com
modore Dewey: "Out OF the jaws OF
death. out OF the gates OF hell. and
only a little smoky from the trip"
In the second round. when the Bait
more headed for the Christina and
Austria. the Olympia and Raleigh fol
lowed her closely. The Christina de-
stroyed. attention was turned to the
Austria. shell from the Raleigh
struck the SpaniArd's magazine and
exploded IT, So terrific was - ex-
plosion that the flying fragments Of
the cruiser tore away all the upper
works OF the gunboat Ell Correo. which
lay beside her.
The fleet disposed OF, the American
vessels next turned their attention to
the batteries. There were some good
Gunners In he Hintorios battery. One
Of their shells smashed a whalsboat OF
the Raleigh. II was not until the Ra-
leigh sailed In to about l,ooe yards ana
and had killed six Eunners that the
battery was silenced.
The Baltimore and the Raleigh the
day after the big tight went down the
bay and destroyed six batteries At the
entrance. The Spanish garrison had
seen enough of American marksman-
ship the day before and took care TO
keep out Of the way.
The Raleigh. = sister Of the Cincin-
natl, was launched at Norfolk In 1881.
She 10 . steel cruiser Of the second
class. with twin screws and two
schooner rtEGed masts, with military
tops. She IL 500 feet long, u feet
beam, IL feet draught. and has q ton
mage Of 3.1ss. Her speed is 10 knots.
She carries vertical four cylinder
triple expansion engines and fo1r
double-endeA and two single-ended
boilers. Her deck Is protected with
armor from one to two and one-half
inches thick. and she carries a cellu-
lose belt. The armor on her coming
tower 10 two inches thick. and she has
two inches Of steel in her Sponsors
She carries one 6-inch rapid-fire gun
on her forecastle. ten 5-inch rapid-fire
Euns--two in the poop and four on
each side Of the gun deck, in sponsors
eight 6-pound and four l-pound rap
id-nre guns. two gatling machine
guns and six torpedo tubes. Her crew
numbers 295.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-10
Chinsa@ Arroxanc~


1t is not realized in England how
proud. indeed arrogant, the Chinese
are. The idea that any other race is
equal to their own is one that can
not ind place in their brains. They
believe all foreigners to be q sort OF
savages. They look at European men
and women mixing together. and be-
lieve that these savages have no NOR
ais, but live in a rough sort of promis-
Guilty. They look at our dress. our
men with short coats and neither gar
ments showing their two-legged forms
our women actually indicating their
waists and much of the outline OF
their figure, and they believe we are
without decency. They do not see us
observing their ceremonial. and they
believe We are without manners. A
recent minister, accredited to Ger
many. was talking to Sir Robert Hart
before leaving Picking, and upon the
latter's regretting his lonely condi-
ton without his wife. said to him:
"Ah. but, OF course, you have num-
Der two" Sir Robert proceeded to ex-
plain that such q course was impossi-
BILE to him. as 1t would make his wife
very angry, and, indeed. arouse the
sovereign displeasure of his queen. The
Chinese diplomatist patted him good
humoredly on the shoulder. saying;
LET US hope by longer intercourse
with us you may become more CIV
ilixed neutrality-suspicious. st. James
Gazette.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-10
AMERICANS ABROAD.


They Have Met.
A writer In What To Eat gives some
amusing experiences of travellers
abroad. One man had quite a time
with a official in Russia because that
individual could not be made TO under
stand Minneapolis was the name OF a
town. He insisted II was woman
name and should be written Minnie A.
Polls and then wanted TO know wheth-
In Turkey a man registered from
Skaneaieles. and every one there took
him TO be an Indian chief doing the
grand tour. His name was Barnes, sc
once he registered as Mr.. Barnes OF
New York. A Hungarian magnate
who had read the novel by that name
insisted on taking him to his manor
and entertaining him royalty for q
month. A cynic tried registering as
plain John Smith at European hotels.
He got cold. dark room at the top OF
the house. AT the next place he pre-
fixed Judge to his name and was
given better quarters. At the next he
registered rs Hon" and came down 9
floor: presently he was major" and
got bathroom attached to his next
quarters. As he moved from place tc
placed he increased his importance
As colonel" he was given a good room
on the first floor and when he regis
tered as general he was given the
best suite in the house at a discount
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-10
A non. R.n,l.n,. no.t,~

The inventive mind has for years
been hard at work trying to perfect a
non-refillable bottle, by means Of
which It will be impossible for imita-
tons or authorizations Of wine. beer.
patent medicines. and the like, to be
sold in bottles bearing a given brand.
That these limitations and adultera-
lions have been sold is the reason for
the demand among manufacturers for
Q non-refillable bottle. Many at
tempts to supply this want have been
made during the past Ave years. The
latest is the invention of George Tur-
rell OF Paterson. N. j., who has con-
structed what he calls a spool stop
per. This rests in the neck of bot
tie, and while 1t lets the contents
flow out 1t effectually prevents the en-
trance of liquids. No amount of pres
sure from the outside will force liQ-
uids through the stopper When this
IL attempted. suction created at the
base OF the stopper drives the liQuid
out again. Should more power
full pressure be applied. the result
would be the breaking OF the bottle.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-10

The thirty forest reservations Of the
United States embrace an area OF 60
OOO, 600 acres in thirteen states and
territories Seven are In the stats OF
California. the largest Of which. the
Sierra forest reserve, includes 1905 900
acres Within the past thirty-hve
years 1t is estimated that IL 1000, 900. 900
feet b. NJ. of timber ON public lands
have been destroyed by forest fires.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-10
spONG'S LEAP.

intercepted the fall. and on these the
horse slightcd after falling a distance
Of seventeen feet The distance from
the spot where the horse took his leap
to the spot he arrived ON below was
thirty-six feet. Singularly enough.
neither horse nor rider was seriously
hurt. Mr.. Spong, who stuck to his
saddle all the time, afterwards rode
the animal home.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-10

George said Mrs. Younglove. do
you know that you have kissed me
only once during the past three
hours?'' YES" he replied, and II you
eat any more green onions may make
it three hours and half Eext time.
She could only tremble and wonder
II it were to turn out that her love
had been misplaced. after all.-Chicaga
News.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-10
II Cut. on ne.,,l,,,e..

Well. Mickey, de war wild Spain
come to an end Chewsday." rs dat
sog Well, I'm mighty sorry to hear
II" What fer?' Why, dere's a
Spanish cigarmaker on our street dat
I've been trying to git me hans ON
fer de las two mont's. "-Clevslapd
Plain Dealer.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-10

At the old vulture mine near Wick
cnburg. Arizona. the work IT treating
the great mass OF tailings IL progress
Ing with four tanks OF ninety tons ca
pacity each. Water Is pumped from
the mine which does not supply ms
much as Is necessary for best results.
but the superintendent hopes that
when the shaft has been sunk another
100 feet that the supply of water from
the mine viii be sufficient for all pur-
noScS.