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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-14

The London papers are thankful for
email things. They make much OF Col
Metcalrs sortie out Of Ladsymith the
net result of which seems to be the oAp-
ture of q Boer howizter at the less Of
twelve men killed, forty wounded and
six taken prisoners. This seems to be
pretty large price for a howitzsr. but
the British are vastly pleased at taking
anything just now.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-14

The "st,atsSy board" which was
sort of band of Democratic bosses that
practically directed Boston's municipal
affairs during Mayor Quincy's admins
tration, appear to have done as much to
bring about Gen. Collins's defeat as MI.
Murphy. They did 1t by supporting
Collins. while Murphy did It by pp'sing
him.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-14
Spain's Gre test Need.

Mr.. r. p. Olivia, of Barcelona, Spain,
spends his winters at Aiken, s. q. Weak
nerves had caused severe pains in the
back Of his head. On using Electric Bit
ters, Americas greatest Blood and Nerve
Remedy, all pain soon left him. He says
this grand medicine is what his country
needs. All America knows that 10 cures
liver and kidney trouble, purines the
the nerves. puts vim, vigor and new life
into every muscle. nerve and organ Of
the body. II weak, tired or ailing you
need It. Every bottle guaranteed. only so
osnts. Sold by II. p. s. ticold, 5S7
Congress street, aud II. @. Starr, Cum
berland Mills druggist.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-14

1t is the same old story. The hrst
knowledge that he was close to the Boers
came to Gen. Methuen's troops when q
t,rrible fire was poured in upon them.
Apparently they were surprised just as
Gatsore's troops were few days before.
will the British ever learn the bosr's
tactics,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-14
The Portland National Bank.

TVHE annual meeting OF the stockholders OF
i The Portland National Bank for the cleo
Il oD Of directors for the ensuing year and The
transaction OF any other business that may
legally be presented, will be held at their bank
lug house on TUESDAY, the 9th day OF Janu-
AIRY, 1909, III II o'clock a. m.
CHARLES q. ALLEN. Cashier.
Portland. Maine, December 7, 1899.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-14
Notice.

TBE annual meeting OF the stockholders Of
Il the Chapman National Bank, for the cleo
ton OF directors for the ensuing year aud for
tine transaction OF any other legitimate bust
ness, will be held at the Rooms of the bank on
Tuesday. Jan. 9Th 1890, 1t 10 o'clock a. N.
THOMAS II. EATON, Cashier.
Portland Me-, Dec. 9, 1899. deci idlm
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-14
---------------
That Throbbing Headache.

Would quickly leave you. IL you ussd
Dr. Kings New Life Pills Thousands
Of sufferers have proved their inatchless
merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches.
They make pure blood and strong nerves
and build up your health. Easy to take.
Try them. Only % cents. Money back
IL not cured. Sold by II. p. s. Gooid.
SIT Congress street, and II. q. Star,
Gum berland Mills druggist.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-14
NOTICE
Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting Of the stockholders OF
the First National Bank OF Portland for the
election OF directors tor the ensuing year, and
Tor the transaction of any other business that
banking rooms on Tuesday the oh Gay Vt
January, 1900. at 10 o'clock =. m.
Portland. Me- &c. 18th, 1893.
j. L. NENGREN, Cashier.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-14
"HALL it be a box
~ of Gloves?

1t is always
proper to give Kid
Gloves to a lady, it is
equally correct to make
a present of Gloves to a
man, and at Christmas
time either is quite the
appropriate thing to do.
You don't know the
size? No matter. Ev-
erybody who wears Kid
Gloves knows that a
wrong size may be ex-
changed for the right
one at any time; also,
that an undesirable color
can be returned and some
other shade substituted
after Christmas. So if
your gift is to be a box
of Gloves, take what
ever size or color or kind
seems best and let your
friend do the rest.
A box holds three pairs
or six, and costs $3.50 or
double that amount. The
box itself is a dainty
work of art, and the
Gloves we put in it are
gooa,-that makes your
gift at once an attractive
thing to look upon, a use
full thing to receive, and
an elegant remembrance
that cannot fail of appre-
citation.
There's a splendid
stock of novelties here
to choose from. The
latest French ideas, new
tints, new ways of stitch
ing, new clasps easier to
adjust, and much more
stylish than buttons
and all of the very best
qualities, with our own
broad warrant on every
pair.
Christmas Gloves may
be fitted here at any time
free of charge.
OWEN, MOORE e. co.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-14

1t looks as though the Queen would
have to direct . large number OF her
plum puddings to Pretoria unless good
many English soldiers are left out.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-14
500 Reward.

TUE Portland Electric Light Company will
L pay Sl00 TO any one who viii furnish eyi-
dence that will convict any person OF tamper-
ing with their lines. lamps or machinery.
PORTLAND ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY
Geo. w. Brown, President
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-14
UNDERWOOD SPRING.
NATIONAL TRADERS BANK

THE annual meeting OF the stockholders of
i the National Traders bank of Portland
will be held In their banking room No. IS Ex-
change street. II o'clock a. m. Tuesday
January o, 1900, Tor the choice of directors and
SUCH other business as may legally come before
the meeting.
JOHN c. GOULD, Cashier.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-14

One Democratic member Of tthe house
has already spoken in support Of the Re
publican currency bill, and when the
W n. is taken it Is expected that many
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30
Returned M0ntanain Tells
Of the Rich PlaCerS.
BETTER THAN KL0NDIKE
Beach DiggingS Which Any
Man May Claim.
THE DISTRICT DESCRIBED
Many Faulty Locations Made Las
Summer Nome City is
Booming.
THE DISTRICT DESCRIBED

Leo Little, who until a few years g
was a resident of Butte and who has a
large circle of friends and a~cquain1ances
here. has returned from Alaska. Mr..
Little is direct from the camp that is
the mecca of the gold hunter-Cape
Nome-towards which many Of the more
adventurous spirits in Butte may move
in the springtime.
Mr.. Little went north in the rush for
the klondike late in the summer Of 1897,
and was one Of the pioneers Of Dawson
City. He remained in Alaska until about
six weeks ago, acquired much valuable
experience and some good property. His
trip out is in the nature of a visit. which
three seasons in the northern country
entitle him to, and he will return to
Cape Nome on the first BOAT that leaves
in the spring.
Mr.. Little submitted to an interview
with a representative of the Inter Noun
ain last night. He is a man of rare
Judgment, observant and conservative
and his three years in the northland
qualify him to speak With the authority
Of an old timer. He arrived at Cape
Nome on the second boa that went to
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30

Nome City on the 25th of ~June-just one
month before the beach discoveries We're
made-and some time after the discovery
of good pay gravel along the streams of
the district. When he arrived at Nome
there was not a house in the camp and
the population of the place was about
300. Six weeks later it was a booming
city of 5000 inhabitants, with a munich
pal organization, a mayor and common
council, a townsite and a very healthy
and vigorous real estate boom. When he
took his departure the town had dwind-
led TO about 5000, many having gone to
the coast towns of the states to spend
the winter, with the intention of return
ing with the early spring.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30
THE BEACH DlGGlNGS.

There are few placer miners who have
not heard Of the wonderful beach dig
gings of Cape Nome Nowhere in the
wide world have gold hunters found
anything like them. Many fairy stories
have been told and believed about them.
The truth concerning them is enough.
Stretching along the beach, from a point
about two miles to the south of Nome,
and extending to the north of the camp
for a distance of nearly twenty miles to
! a point where the mountains come down
to the sea and apparently cut off the
! ay, is a streak, and in some instances
| several streaks, of fabulOusly rich
gravel. This streak varies from six
inches to a foot in width. and lies like ii
blanket oyer the beach lands. 1t is on
q light bedrock and is, as a rule, nea,
the surface, being, on an average about
one foot below the surface. although in
! some instances it is ten feet below. When
the story of the finding of these disginss
was first told the old placer. miners
laughed at it and refused to believe il.
1t did not take long for the truth to come
out, however, and in a few days.. the
beach was alive with men-and in some
instances ,wOmen-whOse efforts We're
handsomely rewarded.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30
LEO Titles STORY OF CAPE NOME

The men who framed the agrarian laws
did not anticipate the finding of placer
gold on the beach and for 60 feet back of
the high tide mark the land is public do
main. to which title can be granted only
by special legislation. and the placer
claims on this strip, located in the Ordin-
airy manner have no legal standing.
However,, the pioneer placer miners OF
Cape Nome made their own laws. as did
the pioneers of Alder gulch, and those
laws, up to dates are in effect. 1t was
decreed that the beach miner. standing in
the center Of his claim, should describe a
circle in the sand with his shovel, and
the ground contained within the circle
was his. and his rights We're respected
and projected by his fellow miners. and
he set up his rocker and went to work. al
ways at a profit. No one violated this
primitive law this unlmer. but the fact
tina there was an abundance of ground
for all who We're there probably had
something to do with peaceful possession.
Worked in this crude manner the beach
diggings paid handsomely, averaging, in
| Mr.. Little's opinion. from SIS to $50 per
day per man. OF course. there We're some
: instances where the pay far exceeded
these figures. One in particular was the
achievement of two men working as part
ners. In one day their beach claim yield
ed them So 200. That was the record day
of last summer. The men who made this
fortunate find came out on the same boat
with Mr.. Little. Their three months
summers work had Melted them $17. 900
There We're about 900 men at work on the
beach this summer, and Mr.. Little is OF
the opinion that the lowest mount taker
out by any one man was not less thar
$500, and in many instances the amount
far exceeded this figure. Every man who
worked in Cape Nome this summer had
money at the end Of the season.
Mr.. Little says the beach gold is abou'
medium, " what placer miners
would call fine and coarse. The miners
use quicksilver in cleaning up. and. ex
cept in cases where the men have hat
much experience, lose o fifty per cen
of their product. The story that the tide
washes gold back into the diggings tina
have been worked out is a fairy tale
After the pay streak is worked out thu
0iggingS are of no Valup.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30

the Nome district during the past sea-
son. The Nome river. which empties
into the sea three miles below Nome
City, has not been prospected to any
great extent. but has been located back
for twenty miles. Good claims have
been found on Snake river, which passes
through Nome City. There are three
claims all rich on Snow gulch, a short
tributary of the Snake. Dexter creek,
also a tributary of the Snake river, has
been located 10 its source, and is rich
in gold. and there are a number of 9TH
er creeks, on which no prospecting has
been done, but which are supposed to
contain pay gravel. Every stream in
the Cape Nome district. that has been
prospected, has been found to contain
pay. The Nome district, including the
Policy district, is about twenty miles
square and it is M yopinion that gold
exists in nearly every section of it. Com
pared with the Klondike country l
|should say it is a richer district. and |
believe it will produce more gold next
year han the klondike district produced
during it's best wear"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30
w SUDDEN DEATHS.

Mrs. Lizzie Mazer of No. 500 George
street died last evening at her home OF
heart failure. She had been under a phy-
sician's care for some time.
A colored man named Iebear, who
lived at the Park house, in East Park
allel. died last evening. He had been
complaining during the day and a physi-
clan prescribed for him.. Last evening he
was again taken i'll and died during the
absence of his wife, who went in search
of a doctor.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30
FAULTY LOCATIONS.

Mr.. Little is of the opinion that there
will be much litigation over the manner
in which the claims have been located
in the Cape Nome district. 'I,very Sec
tioh of the dis trict for miles in all direc-
tons. which is supposed to contain val
ues, has been taken up said he. A
large proportion of these claims have
been located by power Of attorney. some
good and some bad. and because of this
there will be no end of claim-jumping
and countless contests when The rush
Ibegins next summer. This will tie up
many of the best claims in rhe district
and retard development. There is no
placer ground in the district that has not
! been located. and anyone who goes from
Butte to Cane Nome with the idea Of
securing a claim by location is very
likely to be doomed to disappointment.
Now about the climate?' Mr.. Little
was asked.
The climatic conditions" said he.
ARE. if anything. more disagreeable
than in Dawson City. Dawson is cold
but dry. much like our climate here in
Montana. while it is damp and windy in
the Cape Nome country and the. cold is
much more penetrating.'
NOME CITY IS BOOMING.
When ! arrived at Cape Nome, last
summer. Nome City contained about 800
people, and there was not Il house in the
place. In August it was a thriving city
Of 5000 people,, with an organized mu-
%nicipality. fairly good buildings, and was
riding on the top wave of prosperity. An
election was held early in the summer
and a man named CasSell. a recent ar
rival from Dawson City, was elected
mayor. A Leadvifle man named Eddy.
was marshal of the city, and fairly good
order was being maintained. The mer-
chants. saloon keepers. hotel proprie-
tors, and in fact, all lines Of business.
were sharing in the general prosperity
Of the place. A weekly newspaper, the
Nome News had been established and
was being sold on the streets at fifty
cents a copy. When | left coal was SELL
ing at 500 per ton. an dWith the supply
of coal on hand and the drift wood. there
is probably enough fuel to enable the g.
900 people who will winter there to keep
iwarm. Flour sold as high as so per 100
mounds, and there is enough food in the
carnn to prevent any suffering until the
ships arrive next spring. The food sup
ply is limited, however, to necessltles-
there are no Injuries in the camp. Lodg-
incs are s2.5O per night, and meals about
~. 10 each. The sale Of liquor is licensed
and the price Of al drinks sold oyer tne
, Mar * ffty cents. Lots command a big
mice. ana a smallslot in a favorable To-
carton. With d canvas and board build
ing on 1.-THE Eldorauo Stioo"-so'" 'oi
$23, 600 during he summer.
Mr.. Little expects to return 10 Noh'e
CITY early next spring.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

Mrs. James Shannon of No. 3OS North
Arizona street made an attempt to end
her existence yesterday by swallowing a
dose of morphine while her usban was
at work at the Neversweat mine. Her
brother made the discovery in time TO
save her life. No cause for her acc could
be learned at the Shannon home.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30

which destroyed the dwelling house and
caused great damage to a lot of saw mill
machinery. The loss is placed at 81, 900.
All the winters supply of food and the
clothing of the mel We're destroyed. The
stable and wagon We're saved. The loss is
a severe blow to Jeff T~horouehman and
Mr.. Catching, both of whom are old time
residents of Butte.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30
THANKSGIVING DINNER.

The ladies of the Christian church VIII
serve dinner Thanksgiving Thursday,
November 50, in the basement of the
Tabernacle, at washington ana mercury
streets. Hosts of good things. Prompt
service and at little cost. Thirty-five
cents for the dinner. served from : " .
Come.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30
GET OUT OF BU IIE SMCkII.

Get out of the Butte smoke n &C to
CRYSTAL Springs to enjoy the pure atmos-
nhere which surrounds that beautiful
place. Rates $3.50 per day: $14 per week,
including plunge and private baths. Only
five miles from town. Stages leave
Langlois' at regular intervals:
NICK JAHREISS, Prop.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30
DESTROYED BY R

G. II. Catching came in Yesterday from
the mines of the Alma CRYSTAL Mining
on Fish creek and reported Il a
a fire occurred there Monday morning
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30
E D IMPRACTICABLE.

1t is said to be the intention of sew
eral Montana syndicates that la been
organized for exploitation in the Cape
Nome country to ship in specially con-
structed dredges in the spring and Mr..
Little was asked by the Inter Noun
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30

News Of the death of Mrs. Pat Car
ney OF Madison county was received
yesterday. Her death occurred at Rome.
n. y, where she went some time ago to
undergo an operation for cancer. The
remains will be brought to Waterloo to-
day,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
Current Items of Interest From
Various Portions of the
West.

J. Ross Clerk in an interview at Los
Angeles says that the action of the
minority stockholders of the United
Verde Co., was not Unexpected.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30

Rev. DR.. r. A. WATSON. of Great Falls
has accepted a call to st. Stephens
church of Newark. n. j.. and will leave
about Jan. 1. to his new pastOrate.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30
SOCIAL DANCE,

Butte Lodge No. /, A. Q. u. w. will
give d social dance on Nov. 80. at Miners
Union hall. Tickets soc. Ladies free.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30

Captain Charles Fl. Palmer. formerly
of the Butte & Boston Co. is now presi-
lent of the Oneida Copper Co.. Il new or
ganization composed of Boston ana
Philadelphia capitalists. The property
consists of the old Delaware mine and
vance county. Michigan. The company
has a capital Of 81, 500, 900.
Gold 7. Curtis. president Of the First
National bank Of Great Falls and Miss
LUCILLE A. Munroe. of Great Falls. We're
married at the latter city last evening.
Attorney James Donovan. of Great
Fails, has brought suit for divorce
against his wife on the ground of deser-
ton.
j. A. Hatch. station agent for the Great
Northern at Chester, Choteau county,
yesterday filed a libel suit for $4,000
damages against the Chester Mercantile
Co. The plaintiff claims that the MEM
beers Of the defendant corporation have
been writing defamatory letters 20 Ien-
eral Superintendent Ward OF the Great
Northern about him.
| f.. H. Cooney. the millionaire neWspa-
per man, George II. Goodrich and VIII
liam F.. Burgy, all Of Great Falls. have
| incorporated the Boulder-Basin Co. Inc
will a mining. manu-
featuring mercantile. commercial, me-
/ chanical and chemical business.
| The fiscal year ends today. state
! Treasurer Collins report filed today
/ shows receipts from all counties
! amounting to $614. 419. an Increase Of soy.
;13. Silver Bows receipts show a gain
Of s15.s93. State Auditor PoindeNter,s
collections amounted to about $4,000
The receipts Of the land office amount 70
over 5000. 900. Of which $S6,11l was real
lied from timber sales.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30

tain reporter as to whether such ma
chimes could be used to advantage on
the Cape Nome beach.
In my opinion" said he, "drelges
cannot be used advantageously on the
beach diggings. The surf is high and
strong, and would pound a big. strong
dredge to pieces in a very short time.
That is the opinion of the dredge men
who have investigated the matter. A
good sized sailing boat canno live in
the surf. the force of which is simply IT.
resistable.
Placer methods by which the diggings
can be worked to better advantage than
the rocker process. will undoubtedly be
introduced next season." continued Nh.
Little. I'm fact. a crude scheme was in
troduced late this season, by which con-
| siderable ground was moved. 1t con-
sisted of a pump which pumped the wa
| ter out of the sea, and fed a tlume, and
sluice boxes. This method. on an en-
larged scale. is practicable. and will un-
doubtedly be used extensively next sea-
son. The only difficulty experienced was
in the pumps becoming choked up with
sands"
OTHER DIGGlNGS.
Back of the beach diggings are what
| might be called bar digsings. extending
from the 6O-foot government limit bach
tance. This ground is all open to loca-
'tiOn, and has been staked out in 2O-acre
claims for miles. This ground has not
been prOspected, the early Corners hav-
ing been busily engaged in working the
beach diggings all um,ner 1t is be-
iieved to contain good pay. and Will be
prOspected during the winter. Then
there are the river and creek dig-ings.
which in many instances have yielded
good pay. The best of these digsings
are on Anvil creek, a tributary Of the
Snake river. One claim on Anvil creek.
owned by DR.. Kittleson and a man
named Linderbroom yielded $4O0. 600 dur
p, ing three months OF last summer. hi
is the richest claim that was worked in
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30

Gold Il. Curtis, president Of the First
National bank of Great Falls and Miss
LUCILLE A. Munroe. Of Great Falls. were
married at the latter city last evening.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30

Attorney James Donovan. of Great
Fails, has brought suit for divorce
against his wife on the ground of deser-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-30
House
Safe-A

Lots and houses for sale in any part OF
the city.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26
SPANISH GIRL KILLED
BY AN AMERICAN SHELL

VICTORIA, B. c., March 25.-A letter
TO the China Daily Mail, copies of
which were received to-day by the
steamer Tacoma, describes the terrible
death of a young Spanish girl named
Engracia Diez during the lombard
ment of IIoilo by the American war
ships. One of the shells from the bonn
harding squadron struck the house
where the unfortunate young woman
resided with her mother, and penetrat-
ing the walls, severed the girls head
from her shoulders. The mother, with
a terrible shrek threw herself upon the
headIess body and was not found un-
til some hours afterward, when some
American soldiers, who were looking
through the city they had just bonn
barded, broke in upon the horrible
scene.
On the following day the American
soldiers buried the body with full mil
itary honors. The headless trunk was
pIaced in a beautiful casket made by
the soldiers and mounted on a gun car
riage. Covered with "Old Glory" the
remains of the innocent victim of the
bombardment were drawn in silence to
the graveyard just beyond the city
wall. Thus, the only Spaniard buried
with honors by the Americans during
the war was inferred.
The girl was said to have been very
handsome. She was but 1S years of
age Her mother. in addition to this