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PROTESTS MADE.
An Effort Will BE Made to Modify the
Placer Law.

Seattle, Wash, Jan. 2O.-The recent
passage of an act by the provincial legis-
lature of British Columbia prohibiting
aliens from securing placer mining claims
in that province has called forth many
protests from Americans directly interest
ed in the development of the Lake Atlin
mining district, and an effort is now be-
Ing made to secure a modification of the
law. At meeting of citizens of Alaska in
this city to-day it was resolved to send
the following telegram to Governor
Brady of Alaska, who is now in Washing
ton:
Two hundred citizens of Alaska, in
convention assembled here to-day, re-
quest that you urge President Mckinley
and the joint high commission to use
their influence to have the British CO.
lumbia alien exclusion act modified; that
a Pacific coast man be appointed to sue
coed the late Hon. Nelson Dingley on the
joint high commission, and that said COM
mission hold sessions on the Pacific coast
before concluding its labors."
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IN SESSION.
Miller of Deer Lodge County
Elected President.
THE GOVERNOR TALKED
A Determined Effort to Assess Property
Nearer Its Proper Value-A Dead
lock in the Sheep Com
mittee.

Special Dispatch to the Standard. @E
Helena, Jan. 2O.-The second annual
meeting of the county assessors of
Montana began here to-day Twenty
one Of the "a are present. The valuers
or Fergus, Valley and Beaverhead are
the only absentees. The meeting was
called to order in the office of Assessor
fiuffaker of Lewis and Clarke county
py George Miller of Deer Lodge, the
secretary. An organization was per-
fected by electing Mr.. Miller, president
and George Huffaker Of Lewis and
Clarke secretary
Governor Smith and State Treasurer
Collins addressed the assessors. Both
expressed the hope that much benefit
would result from the meeting and
that more determined effort ysould
be made to assess property nearer its
Value. They expressed the belief that
the stock interests, especially cattle
We're not being assessed as closely as
they should be- Z. c. Power, president
or the state sheep commission, also
addressed them.
a committee consisting of Assessor
sullivan OF Choteau, Burkenbuel Of
cascade and Cowan of GallatinE was
selected on order of-husiness. This COM
mlttee recommended the appointment
OF committees to reapportion the as
sessments of the following lines: Cat
tie, sheep, real estate and improve
ments on the same, mines and mining,
logs and lumber, bank stock, mortga ges
and merchandise These Committees
were appointed and the assessors adj
1ourned until tomorrow, when it is
expected the committees will report
1t is understood tonight that the
committee on the valuation Of sheep
is experiencing regular legislative
yxySf1 do o,,s.,
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Skeletons Unearthed,

San Francisco Jan. 20.-Contractors
employed in government construction
work on Goat island to-day unearthed
eight skeletons. 1t is a mystery how they
came there and there are several wild
stories afloat. One is that Goat island,
which is now government reserve, was
the haunt of pirates and that much bur-
led treasure is hidden on the island. An
other is that the island was used by the
Spaniards in early days for burial
ground. Several attempts have been made
to locate the hidden treasure, but without
success. The skeletons unearthed to-day
are of enormous proportions, few being
less than six feet six inches long.
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Outlaws Captured,

Lima. Peru Jan. 20. via Galveston.-As
a result of the claim for damages made
upon the Peruvian government by Mr..
Gottfried. an American citizen, through
the United States minister here. Irving
Dudley. for outrages inflicted upon him
self and members of his family by band
of Peruvian marauders, it is asserted on
reliable authority to-day that some of the
outlaws have been captured and are in
Jail at Humachuco. The government, 1t
also appears, has issued orders to the To-
cal authorities to have the outlaws pur-
sued with energy and captured.
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Free TRANSFORMATION.

Washington, Jan. 2O.-In accordance
with an order just issued, enlisted men
discharged in Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii
and the Philippines or other places out
side the United States will be provided
free transportation to the United states
on government transports, and will be
srbsisfed by the subsistence department
to port of destination. They will not be
entitled to travel pay from port of en-
barkaton to the United States, nor to
communication of rations for the time so
subsisted on the transports.
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STILL IN DEADLOCK.
Contempt Proceedings Against Green
Were POSTPONED

We're Postponed.
Sacramento, Cal, Jan. 20-The senato-
rial deadlock continues Two ballots were
taken to-day, the result being unchanged
from the first and last ballots taken yes
terday. There was little opposition to adj
Journment after the second ballot.
The committee appointed to investigate
the charges brought against Speaker
Wright and others did not meet at it's
customary early hour to-day. Instead
Assemblyman Melick appeared before the
assembly and asked that two more mem
bers be added to the committee, one who
is voting for Burns and one who is sup
porting Grant. The request was refused
Melick accordingly gave notice that he
would no longer serve on the committee
At a subsequent session of the assembly
however, Melick stated that he had de-
eided to continue on the committee, while
protesting that the two new members
asked for had not been allowed.
Milton ]. Green, Grants manager, was
to have appeared before the bar of the
assembly to-day to answer to a charge of
contempt for not answering questions put
to him by the members of the committee
of investigation. A physicians certificate
was introduced, however, setting forth
that Green is very Ill and unable to attend
without serious danger to his health The
contempt proceedings were accordingly
continued until next Monday at 2:3O p. m.
The Grant people are charging that the
whole purpose of the investigation is to
irfjure their candidate. Speaker Wright
to-day filed his $2500O0 libel suit against
the San Francisco Call, which paper orig
nally brought against him the sensation
al charges under investigation.
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Salaries Increased.

Washington Jan. 20.-The first assist
ant postmaster general to-day issued an
order increasing the salaries OF all the
regular free delivery carriers who pro-
vide their own modes of conveyance, from
$500 to $500 per annum, beginning Jan. 10
last. This applies to all free delivery
offices and is expected to meet the en-
barrassments caused by many faithful
carriers threatening to resign because Of
insufficient pay.
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All Her Sails Gone.

San Francisco, Jan. 20.-The British ship
Blairgowie, bound from Antwerp for Ia
coma, put into Penarth Roads to-day
leaking and with her rigging damaged
and all her sails gone
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Bribery in Neyada,

Carson, New, Jan. pa sensational
statement was published this evening in
the News which is devoted to the sena-
torial aspirations of Congressman Frank
Newlands, charging that Assemblyman
Leidy of Esmeralda county had been paid
S., 900 and had been promised a position in
the Southern Pacific office at San Fran
cisco to vote for the reelection of Sena-
tor Stewart.
A counter charge is made by the Stew
art managers to the effect tnat Leidy was
induced to remain away from the caucus
through improper influences exerted on
behalf of Newlands.
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Five More Ballots.

Salt Lake. Jan. 2O.-The legislature took
five more ballots for senator this after
noon. The last vote stood: King, dem,
"a; McCune, dem, II; Powers, DEM, 81;
Cannon, Z; Smoot, rep, 13; Sutherland,
rep, 2; not voting, /.
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Total Of votes cast, 81.
g. ~


Necessary for choice. 49,
Following is the address which Glib
son of Madison read from manuscript
in defense of his vote for W. A. Clark
after due elaboration and careful
consideration of the condition of politi-
cal affairs at present existing in our
state, and of the complex nature of
the senatorial contest 1 have finally
decided upon the course which appears
to me to be the, proper one to pursue
in this contest. The balloting of the
past 10 days has almost demonstrated
that compromise between the war;
ring factions of the democratic party
cannot be effected This contest, in
the opinion of all, marks crisis in
the history of the democratic party of
this state, the party which has been
by the people of the state entrusted
with the cares and duties of it's gov
eminent. This confidence of the peo-
pie should be regarded as sacred
trust. but instead of showing a har-
monious body working for the ad-
vancement of our party principles and
the good of the state we call home, we
present the spectacle of a divided dem
ocracy, demoralized by the bitter an
imosities of a fierce factional war
1.-THE condition of our party ds one
which We all see and deplore. This
condition is clearly the result of some
cause-a cause not hard to discover.
1t is, I believe, to be attributed to the
coercive and unfair methods which
have been the usual practice of a GER
tain faction of the party that has for
years endeavored to dominate the pol
itics and government of the state for
the benefit of the faction and the fac
tons employer. Believing, as I do, the
cause of this state of affairs is as stat
ed. in accordance with the wish of my
constituents of Madison county and in
accordance with what 1 believe to be
my duty as a member of the democratic
party and a citizen of Montana, not
emitting a desire to assist in overthrow
ing that faction of our party whose
motto seems to be rule or ruin, / now
cast my vote for w. A Clark
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For Fox--Bowlen, Campbell. Clark,
Hannah--4.
For Toole--Norris, whiteside-2
For Malone-Hobson, Mckay, Mitch
ell. Philips. Worden-5.
In the House.
For Conrad-Bonner Boylan Burke,
Crutchfeld, Conev. Finlen, Fitzpatrick,
Finn, Gallwey, Gillette, Kelly, Kelley.
Lamb, Lewis, Madden, Mats, Moran,
Murray, Normoyle, Stapleton, Steph-
ems. Stone, Toole, Warren, Watson,
Wilson, Stiff-27.
For Clark-Bennett, Black, Conrow,
Fine. Gibson, Hill, Hutchinson, Kup-
hal, Lockhart, Losekamp, Luddy, Mar
tin, Mclaughlin, Mcleod, Phelps, Pot
ting, Shovlin, Sweeney, Truscott,
Walsh, Woods-21
For Malone = Beasley, Bywater
Hedges. Ingersoll, Jacqueth. Lindsay
Long. Magee, Marcyes, Sands-10
For Fox--Swindlehurst--
For Toole-Metlen, Paul. Sullivan--3.
For Maginnis-Clifford O'Brien--2
For Hartman--Johnson,M More
For Mantle--Parker-1.
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No Change.

Madison. Wis, Jan. 20.-Three ballots
for United States senator were taken in
the republican legislative caucus to-day
without change.
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Started for Samoa.

Wellington, N. H., Jan. 20.-The British
third class cruiser Tauranga has started
for Samoa,
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sponsible to no man for my political
actions. I follow the dictates of naught
but what my conscience tells me to be
my duty to myself and the people am
here supposed to represent.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-25
VISIT OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE
OF MINING ENGINEERS OF GREAT
IMPORTANCE TO CALIFORNIA

HE the American Institute of Mining Engn
followed by hospitality throughout the State
and progressive leaders of the mining industry which
Calornas indus
trial future The institute is the largest technical society in the United
tweneght been the
will be
all
the California
1t
a
o
worth the of this
possibilities
The
declare
him who The institute has powerful influence
which California the will
organized in the California Miners Association extending cordial vel
Of miles chief mineral regions For three days beginning
will enlven
$50 will
distinguished
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-25
STORY OF HOW
SAN FRANCISCO
WAS SELECTED
Secretary of State Association
Tells of Efforts Resulting in
Institutes Coming.

E. II. Benjamin the indefatigable secre-
tary of the California Miners Associa-
ton was the first to start the successful
effort which resulted in the coming to
San Francisco of the American Institute
of Mining Engineers for its fall meeting
of 1899. He tells the story as follows:
During December last l was address
ing the California Miners Association
Standard Consolidated mine of Bodie,
of organizing a Mono County association.
He suggested that it might be good plan
TO make the association more technical in
its scope, and in that connection suggest
ed that it would be a splendid idea if the
American Institute of Mining Engineers
could be brought out here. l said at
once that I would take it up if 1t met with
the approval of the association, and on
my return to the city I broached the mat
ter to President Neff, Vice President Raj
ston and others of the executive commit
tee. All agreed that it was a splendid
invitation forwarded to Secretary Ray
mond in January last. Considerable cor
respondenCe followed, and in the means
time w. c. Ralston, during an Eastern
visit did yeoman work among members
of the council. AS is the proper practice
to California members of the institute,
inquiring if a meeting here would be a
success. All replies were cordially favor
able, and the result Of the total efforts
made was the selection In February last
of San Francisco as the next meeting
place. The long labors given to the sue
ceeding preparations for the meeting by
the association are another story.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-25

mine plant. and to which about 200 ladies
and gentlemen sat down. Here were the
first fOrmalities of the California hOspi-
talities which the guests have just begun
to enjoy and one of the most delightful
affairs that the visitors will have to re-
member. The rough board walls were en-
urely hidden by tastefully arranged ever
greens and bunting and shields and large
American and English flags were dis
PLAYED together in token Of the joint ma
Company's interests. A most striking
feature was provided by arrangements Of
pans, picks, shovels, axes and ropes with
great compressed air drill reared itself
with the date of 1899, giving a forcible
suggestion to the visitors Of California
mining progress.
prised at finding so dainty spread with
such artistic settings in such a wild re-
cess of mining region. When the
speechmaking time arrived Manager E.
T. Wright late of London, and a men,
ber of the institute. offered a neat well
come in which England figured, and
President Douglas and Secretary Ray
mond responded. 1t was gentle Sab
bath afternoon away up in the tangled
hills with the scene of ceaseless labor far
underground and this influence and pos
sibly the declination of three members of
the Eastern party to take a Sunday eX-
cursion prompted Raymond to declara-
tion that the Father of All would have
smiled on the isolated scene of labor and
fraternity and then he suggested the
singing of the hymn America" Nobody
noticed that an Englishman started it,
but the 200 rose and the hymn welled
forth. Then, as if spontaneously, all
sang God Save the Queen" and all We're
touched at the beauty and significance
of the incident. In his remarks Presi-
dent Douglas observed that grasping
John Bull should not be begrudged that
little slice of America that he was de-
veloping so splendidly or the remarkable
little railroad he had built, since no
Americans would do it before. Manager
Wright said that they who were shut up
there in the mountains were not there
for their health, but to satisfy the needs
of a greedy and querulous world.
Such and other incidents and senti-
ments attended the first day of the insti-
tute in California Such things will COM
pose the Importance and significance of
the California meeting of the institute.
Their effect will not be confined to the
people present at the moment, and they
may be provided by the most remote min
ing camps in the State, in which will
often be found amid the rough life of the
industry intelligence and culture that has
drawn on the whole world The entire
operative and clerical stan of the COM
pany at Keswick and the mine joined in
the social ministrations, and everything
but the mine itself was thrown wide open.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-25
PUBLISHER OF IRON AGE TALKS OF TRIP.

the State, 1 will say little about Califor-
MIA. Many of the party have said that
they are already paid for taking the trip
Many men of the party are closely identi-
fed with the silver and gold features of
this industry, which | am not. AS to the
cific Coast, of which 1 am asked to say
something briefly, / will simply remark
that it is large problem which I would
rather. be excused from discussing. This
coast has great and rich deposits of iron
ore, but unfortunately the coal problem
is the biggest one. The days of charcoal
are long past, and while the water power
of this State will make wonderful in
dustrial development in some fields, we
have not yet got to smelling by cleo
tricity. The possibilities of Chinese coal
following the development of those coal
fields with cheap labor have been dis
cussed, and i cannot now see why Chinese
coal cannot be made available for smelt-
tically closer to California than Mon
tana.''
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-25
SECRETARY RAYMOND PREDICTS
MINING PROGRESS IN CALIFORNIA

~ EDDING, Sept. 24.-"We expect
the present meeting to stir up In
n terest in the Institute on the Pa
cific Coast, and that we will hear
more from the mining engineers of the
coast in the future" said Secretary
RAYMOND to-day I'VE are all, Of
course, pleased to be in California
Since I was here, a comparatively
short time ago, there have been
number of important developments,
including the copper mine we saw to-
day. A number of deep mines on the
mother lode have shown great i'm
provement and important develop
ments. The States largest progress,
/ think, will attend the cheapening or
operations. The great thing now is
the working Of large bodies of low
grade ore There should be a great
progress in mining in California in the
next few years, for recent develop
ments have revealed possibilities, and
there is no reason why these discover
les should not be repeated.
1.-THE meetings of the institute are
largely social, the papers prepared and
pres being published promptly
and going to every member of the in
stitute, who is kept in touch with the
best current thought and practice in
his field. The meetings foster a feel
ing of association and fraternity in the
and they stimulate men who have acq
oh, nth
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-25

REDDING, Sept. 24.-David Williams.
publisher of the Iron Age, in talk with
The Call correspondent to-day said
1.-THE party with which | am visiting
California is making a summer trip OF
about five weeks through some of the
great western mineral regions of the
United States, making the San Francisco
meeting of the American Institute of
Mining Engineers. in which we are
greatly interested, the excuse and oc-
cason for spending this time in learning
country, and in enjoying the scenic
beauties of the West. We are combining
pleasure with profit. We will not have
time for detailed study of anything. but
ton of the oountry's mineral resources.
We have. already been impressed with the
magnitude and Importance. of what little
we have seen on the trip, including what
we saw to-day.
Having been only twentyfour hours in
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-25

u y lady 1rienQS 10 the nurnDer Oh ABOUT
sixty. accompanied by twenty well
coming members Of the California Miners
Association reception committee and
various delegations of local citizens en-
joyed a full and delightful day of sight
seeing and pleasure. In the early morn
ing the special eastern train and the spe
ciar car of the Californians, which lay
at Castle Crag all night, ran down to Kes-
wick, just above Redding, and then the
day was spent seeing the mine and plant
and enjoying the splendid hospitality of
the Mountain Copper Company and the
evening al a sumptuous banquet at Red
ding provided by the citizens.
At $50 o'clock the start for San Fran
cisco was made, and the party will be
ready for the San Francisco meeting and
its attendant features in the morning
The Mountain Copper Company, whose
stockholders reside in England, and whose
mine and plant provide practically all the
present copper production of California,
and the States most striking object-les-
son on the possibilities of the States
economic minerals, represented here by a
staff as hospitable as they are able, and
Manager Wright and his thirty assistants
made elaborate preparations for their en-
tertainment.
A special narrow-gauge train gayly
decorated took the party Of $50 up to the
smelling town of kesWick, where the
great plant capable of handling 600 tons
of ore a day was hastily gone through.
Then the train climbed the most pictur
esque eleven miles of railroad in Cali
fnrnia to the great mine itself, the train
climbing 200O feet in that distance and
landing the party hundreds of feet just
below the great gossan groupings that
cover an ineXhaustible mountain of ore
being rapidly mined through tunnels.
ter in honor of the English owners and
hosts.
The feature of the varied social enter
tainments was an elaborate luncheon
spread inNhe big main dining hall of the
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-25
PRESIDENT NEFF'S WORDS OF WELCOME.

American Engineers
mining
opinions
will and min
it's members highly
counties has arranged
all the
the limited the dis
mining
brains intelligence
the mining industry greet these guests of California
j. H.
President California
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-25

time see the wonderful opportunities of
modern application of capital to our min
eral resources The visit of the engineers
to the great Iron Mountain mine, valued
at ten million dollars, which few years
ago was idle because its existence was un-
known to the modern mining engineer
was an object lesson that will be of great
value to California, and particularly to
Shasta County. Other opportunities, such
ist in this neighborhood. 1t is not an
'only one mine" district and the big
works is the object lesson which may re-
suit in bringing further inquiry with
capital behind it to our midst Nowhere
in the world does nature come to the as
sistance Of mineral development as in
California. y
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-25
"CORDIAL WELCOME TO THE MINING
CAMP OF 1849"-- "--MAY0R PHELAN

splendid its early growth received
of the still
passing primitive
future the application of
Mining They
of
congena field and without
citizens respecting
of gold" cordially the institute to California
JAMES D. PHELAN
San
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-25
Visit to the Iron Mountain Mine
of Great Value to Shasta County.

REDDING, Sept. A.-Editor Dittmar
said this evening: 1.-THE visit of the
American Institute of Mining Engineers
will be of vast Importance to the
mining industry of the State, COM
posed as it is of the foremost men of the
profession, many of whom for the first
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-25


who
metal
but is to prac s
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-25
IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF THE STATE
The Visitors Spend Sunday in
Sightseeing and Pleasure.

- EDDING. Sept. 24.-The Eastern
~ party Of mining engineers and their
L V lady friends to the number of about
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