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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-08
named persons for the positions of
mine foremen and fire bosses, namely:
FOREMEN CERTIFICATES.

named persons. for the positions of
mine foremen and fire bosses, namely:
FOREMEN CERTIFICATES
H. l.. Thomas, John E. Petit and ].
NJ Paddles of Coalville; Frank Cam
eron, Robert Forester, Robert How
ard and Henry Parmley of Castle Gate;
Thomas ]. Parmley, William Parmley
and James Russell of Scofield; W. S.
Carr of Manti, and H. r. Thomas of
Moroni.
BOSS CERTIFICATES.
James A. Harris, David Crow, Rob-
ert Williams and John Waddell, all of
Castle Gate.
The following are those who COM
prise the board of examiners for mine
foremen and fire bosses:
Summit County-GOmer Thomas,
state mine inspector, chairman; Mark
Hopkins and James Robinson.
Carbon County-Gomer Thomas, state
mine inspector, chairman; H. G. Will
liams and James Harrison.
Sanpete County-Gomer Thomas,
state mine inspector, chairman; Will
liam Ellingford. and H. S. Kerr.
FORMED IN THE COAL AGE.
Among the precious minerals found
in Utah and which the markets of the
world demand are: aluminium. anti
mony. asbestos, asphaltum, bismuth,
barytes. borax, coal, cobalt. gypsum,
iron, kaolin, gilsonite; for varnish, te-
redo, proof paint; lubricants and insu-
lating compounds, nitre, manganese,
marble, phosphates, plumbago, salt,
soda, sulphur, zinc, onyx, and every
grade of valuable building and ltho-
graphic stone, slate and valuable clays
and mineral water. Tin in small guam
titles is also found in Utah, and there is
sufficient asphaltum in Utah to pave
the cities of the world. Marble is found
in every shade and color, and onyx as
delicately tinted and Vari-colored as the
world has ever produced, and more coal
and iron than any other state of its size
in the Union, with salt enough to sup
ply all humanity. Crude oil has also
been discovered on the banks of Green
river. and in Uintah county, which is
but the beginning of the opening of
great petroleum fields that VIII add
greatly to the commercial wealth of the
state, while the natural gas wells open
ed in Salt Lake county have demon
strated for several years their immense
value.
Then follows an elaborate description
of the various coal mines with their To-
cations and an analysis of the product
The following table shows the total
production in tons, for 1898 by coun-
ties. with the increase over 1897. the
cash value and various uses to which
the coal has been put:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-08

preceding motherhood by purifying tie
whole system and by Strengthening and
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07
sWEDEN's BEAUTIFUL CONVICT.
Curious Diary of "MurIer Stafva" Is
Buried With Her.

recent article in the Chicago
Times-Herald gave an account OF the
death of a notorious woman in sweden
at the advanced age of nearly 100 years,
who had spent almost her whole life
in prison for the murder of woman
peddler. The woman's remarkable
beauty even in old age and her unpre-
cedented long imprisonment, had made
Murder Stafva," the name she was
known by. a national character. The
Stockholm press now relates the fol-
lowing incident fom her life:
During the IL years she was de-
tanned in prison pending a confession
she was deprived of writing materials.
Old scraps she now and then could OBJ
tain, and these she carefully saved.
She also had sewing needles, used in
her prison work. With the needle she
pricked the skin of her wrist to OBJ
tain drops of blood, which she used
as ink, and the needle as a pen, and
with these, day after day. she kept a
diary, which she carefully hid. When
she left this prison to begin her life
imprisonment in another a director
permitted her to carry with her the
memoranda. At the prisons where she
served her life sentence she had the
use of pen, ink and paper, and during
her long imprisonment continued her
diary, which she carefully hid. When
she moved from one prison to another
she carried hermemorandaw with her, and
these seem to have been her most val
liable possessions from the extreme
| care with which she guarded them,
| and on her death bed she ordered that
| they be buried with her, and threat
| ened all in her neighborhood that If
| they dared to open the package or dis
| obey her last request she would come
again after death and bring dire mis-
| fortune upon them all.
| Murder Stafva's" order was carried
out, and not a vestige of the contents
| has become known. The question if
! she was guilty or innocent is still un-
decided. Will these daily memoranda,
| telling the story of her life, solve the
mystery? Think Of the Importance of
the diary describing day by day the
| prisoners experience in the prisons of
| Sweden in the early part of the CEN
fury and at it's close. Not from idle
curiosity, but in justice both to the
| old woman prisoner and the represen-
tatives Of the Swedish law. We would
recommend to the authorities to Sc
cure possession of this diary. 1t Is
| valuable in more than one respect.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07
HOSFORD.
INDIAN FAkIRs ANOTHER MARvELs
An Eyewitness Describes Two Appar-
entity Miraculous Feats.

entity Miraculous Feats.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
India is pre- eminently the land of
mystery, and cur most advanced ma
gicians have never been able to repro
duce all their marvellous performances.
One day in the market place of an in
land village l saw curious perform
ance. 1t was conducted by two men
one old and emaciated, carrying ma
tive drum; the other young and we'll
fed, Enthusiastically gowned with an over
skirt of colored handkerchiefs and a
multitude of bells, which tangled noislly
at his slightest movement long, ragged
hair-altogether hideous figure.
The drummer began weird tom
toming, and the other man an incanta-
ton. Then he extended a supra
bamboo tray used by all natives-on
which any one who pleases places
large handful of rice and the same
quantity of grain. The two ingredients
are thoroughly amalgamated, so that
it would in the ordinary way take
hours to separate them.
Now the fantastic man with his tray
| begins. He turns around slowly, grad
| ually quickening his pace the drum
mer also keeping time), faster and fast
| er, in a giddy vortex, the tray at times
| almost out of his hands. yet so clever
| ly handled that not a grain falls out.
| 1t is very trying to watch but in a
| couple of minutes both stop simultane-
| ously, and the man shows to the Won
dering spectators two little heaps. one
| of rice and the other grain, at differ
| ent ends of the tray, which in his sick
ening gyrations he has been able to
separate by some extraordinary ma
| nipulation.
Later it was my good fortune to wit
ness one of those remarkable cases of
| ,,;l,r 1a1 a a Mt
which I had so frequently heard, with
a somewhat dubious smile, l am afraid.
But l am convinced now.
| 1t was called a "Joghee' perform
ance and took place before the mahara-
| jah of Dhurbanga, whose guest L had
| the honor to be-
The "Joghee" was put by his dsci-
| pies into a trance He became perfect
ly unconscious and dead to all appear
| ances An English doctor present felt
| his pulse and found it had ceased and
a looking glass showed not the slight
est moisture of any breath in the body
| The "Joghee" was put into a coffin
the lid screwed on and seals were I'M
| pressed on it with the maharajah's sig
| net ring.
The box was buried five feet deep
| earth thrown in and well stamped
| Grain was then sown and trusted sen
tries guarded the place
| The grain had Sprouted ana hofne
corn when we were invited again, at,e1
so daye. to witness the resurrection OF
the body. The grave was opened anc
the coffin found to be intact. The seat:
were broken, the lid unscrewed, anC
the "Joghee" was taken out stiff anc
stark. His disciples now began to ma
nipulate the body and to go through
certain rites, very similar to mesmer
ism, and by degrees the dead mar
opened his eyes, a culver ran through
his body and he sat up erect.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07
HIS LITERARY FELLERS"
They Diligently Write Up w. A.
Clark's Wealth and Style.
MOREABOUTPLACERM MINES
Properties up British Columbia Way
s. Have Received Attention in What
Relates to So Called
Alien Claims.
Washington Bureau of the Standard,
No. 1145 G Street n. w.


Washington, May 2.-This city is one
of the places where the output of the
Clark literary bureau is read with
mirth Washington is place where
the public is accustomed to peo-
pie of name and fame. 1t is
public that has learned how to size
up the pretensions of men who try to
cut figure in affairs, and it can be
u said that the people here are especial
sS1y quick in getting onto the man
whom any chance brings into political
prominence and who tries the role of
the social fakir. The principal effort
of the Clark literary bureau. operated
at present in Paris, is to impress the
world with the idea that Clark is enor
s naously rich. The talk along this line.
which he is known to dictate for use
by his bureau, has that vulgar ostenta-
ton about it which is not misjudged by
any intelligent people. Along with this
circus-poster talk about Clark goes his
i bureaus boosts about his ability to
shine in the social world. Washington
received with loud yawp the recent
statement sent out by one of Clark
hired writers to the effect that Clark
would rank with Depew as a Washing
Ton entertainers. II is the NDISL SHbp
sfalk'' this city has heard in a long
time The most recent rot sprung ny
fhe Clark bureau talks about his buy
4 ing of furniture in Paris for his forth
coming palace" in New York. The
item winds up with the statement that
The senator said: II mean to build the
finest residence in New York. EXSen-
ator Whitneys house will be poor in
comparison There you are" eX-
sclaiined gentleman who sat in a group
of press gallery members, yesterday
afternoon, when this Clark item was
Tread over for the amusement Of the
company. There you are, there is nc
1 mistake about the genuineness of that
Il fftervie~T. It's Clark all over. Clark
versus Whitney-" The exclamation
that followed wouldn't look well in
print.
The placer mining act passed by the
legislative assembly of British Colum-
sbia prohibits the holding of claims by
aliens. This law is of special interest
In view of the discoveries of gold in the
vicinity of Atlin lake, and the large
number of miners from the Rocky
mountain states who have been pros
pecting in the province.
In a report to the state department
our consul at Victoria, Vancouver ISL
and saws: 1.-The loosely defined bound
ary between British Columbia and the
Northwest Territory has caused COnsid-
cradle trouble since the discovery OF
the Atlin lake gold fields. At first they
were believed to be in Northwest Ter
rifory: now, they are declared TO be in
British Columbia. l recently accom-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07

The action of the Northern Pacific
and Burlington railroads in esta bl sh-
ing a twice-a week tourist car line be-
tween Seattle and Kansas City is step
in the right direction. It means that
it is now possible to get aboard a car
at any point in Washington, Idaho or
Montana along the main line of the
Northern Pacific and go through to
Kansas City without changes or de-
lays of any kind. Cars leave Anaconda
and Butte every Tuesday and Saturday,
arriving at Lincoln, St. Joseph and
Kansas City following Thursday and
Monday. Close connections are made
at Lincoln with solid vestibuled trains
for Omaha. Peoria. Chicago and ST.
Louis.
Berths can be reserved and tickets
secured a any Northern Pacific ticket
office, or by addressing Phil Daniels
passenger agent. Butte. Mont.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07

Very fine Shirts of real imported
madras cloths and sateens, IN
pretty, light stripes. All are made
in the best possible manner, are
guaranteed to be fast colors and
make a very desirable shirt for
use at the present time; values
S1.O0 to $125 each, at..........3oC
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07

the public land laws, the disposition
and purpose of congress to avoid any
such consequence or result is clearly
disclosed by the language employed in
section !. 1t seems. therefore, to fol-
low that the act of 1897, in defining and
regulating the rights of aliens 10 ac-
quire real estate in the territories, has
reference only to lands the title to
which has passed from the United
States and become the subject of pri
vate ownership, and that it was intend
ed that the privilege of acquiring rights
in and title to public lands should
continue to be defined and regulated by
the public land laws
The clause first above quoted from
section of the act of 1897, to which
specie reference is made in the request
for this opinion does not confer upon
aliens the privilege of occupying or
purchasing mining claims from the gov
eminent under the mining laws. Since
the inquiry in response to which this
opinion is given grows out of a re-
port from the United States consul at
Victoria, British Columbia respecting
the enactment by the provincial 1egs-
lative assembly of an act limiting the
privilege of placer mining to British
subjects and joint stock companies or
corporations Incorporated under the
laws of that province, your attention is
! called to section IS of the act of May
IA. 1898, which provides:
Sec. 10. That native born citizens
| of the dominion of Canada shall be ac-
| corded in said district of Alaska the
same mining rights and privileges ac-
| corded to citizens of the United States
| in British Columbia and the Northwest
| Territory by the laws of the dominion
| of Canada or the local laws, rules and
| regulations; but no greater rights shall
| be thus accorded than citizens of the
! United States or persons who have de-
| clared their intention to become such
| may enjoy in said district of Alaska ;
| and the secretary of the interior shall
| from time to time promulgate and en-
/ force rules and regulations to carry
! this provision into effect.
! 1.-THE rights and privileges accorded
| by this section to citizens of the do
minion of Canada are confined to the
| district of Alaska and do not extend to
any other territory or to any state of
| the United States. Ii has been found
| impracticable thus far to promulgate or
| enforce any rules or regulations to car
| Nv this section into effect, for the rea-
| son stated in the following portion of
the regulations adopted June s. 1898:
! BY the laws of the dominion of Can
ada citizens of the United States are.
with all other persons over Is years of
age. permitted to lease mineral lands
in british Columbia and the Northwest
Territory upon the payment of GER
| tain royalty to the general government
! hut the laws Of that dominion do not
| authorize the purchase of mineral lands
in British Columbia or the Northwest
| Territory. The existing laws of the
| United States do not make any pro
| vision for the leasing Of mineral lands
in Alaska either to citizens of the Unit
ed states or to Others but they do pro-
| vide for and authorize the purchase OF
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07

panied party of American citizens to
see the attorney general of the province
in regard to their claims located and
worked last year, recorded as in the
Northwest Territory, but now included
in British Columbia. The attorney gen.
eral said that the mistake of the gold
commissioner in giving deeds for the
claims could be rectified only by suit
at law; that the new law of British
Columbia could not be waived even in
such a case, which is perhaps sample
of a hundred others. A special agent
has been sent by the government. with
instructions to denote the demarkation
of the Goth parallel or north latitude
and define the boundary between Brit
ish Columbia and the Northwest Terri
tory and the lines of the Atlin mining
district
Consul Smith called the attention of
the state department some time ago TO
the drastic law of British Columbia
and asked for an Interpretation of the
laws in regard to the holding of claims
by aliens in United States territory.
This question was referred to the de-
partment of the interior. Secretary
Hitchcock has made the following re-
ply to Secretary Hay:
"SeCtion of the act of March 2. 1897,
entitled An act to better define and
regulate the rights of aliens to hold
and own real estate in the territories
reads as follows:
"'Ths act shall not be construed to
prevent any persons not citizens of
the United States from acquiring or
holding any mine or mining
claim in many of the territories of the
United States
THE language of the clause shows
that it was merely intended to place a
precautionary limitation upon the gen
eral restrictions of that act and not to
affirmatively authorize the doing OF
something for which there was no au-
thority outside of that act.
"Section 2319 of the Revised Statutes
| under which rights in and title to min
eral lands may be acquired from the
| United States, is as follows: All Valu-
able mineral deposits in lands belong
| ing to the United States, both surveyed
| and unsurveyed are hereby declared to
| be free and open to exploration and
| purchase. and the lands in which they
| are found to occupation and purchase
by citizens of the United States and
| those who have declared their intention
| to become such. under regulations pre-
| scribed by law. and according to the
| local customs or rules Of miners in the
| several mining districts. so far as the
same are applicable and not incOnsist-
| ent with the laws Of the United states
| This section forms a part Of the
| mining laws Of the United States. is
| applicable alike to all nublic mineral
| lands, whether situate in a territory OF
| in a state. and restricts the privilege
| Of occupying and purchasing mining
| claims under such mining laws to 'citi-
| zens of the United States aad thoSt
who have declared their intention t,
| become such.
THE act of March .. 1897 SUPRA Is
| applicable only to the territories of The
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07

minion of Canada "than citizens of the
United States ortpersons who have de-
clared their intention to become such
may enjoy in such district of Alaska
it results that for the time being this
section is Imperative.
HOSFORD
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07
Not to Is" Missed.

you are worn out" said the doctor;
'you must take more sleep"
Sleep exclaimed the patient, land my
husband talking in his dreams as he never
talked before.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07

AZ don't see what is to become of all
these new doctors"
oh, new microbes are being all the
time discovered"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-30
more than the men; being obliged to

more than the men, being obliged to
live on oats and meals. the form of fOd-
der they are utterly unaccuStOmed to.
The apparent inclination of the secre-
tary of state for war, the Marquis of
LansdOwne to run the campaign pre-
paratiOns on his own ideas and his ten
dency to consult subordinate officers
have called forth a published reminder
that he has a capable commander in
chief at his elbow.
Some comparisons are made as to the
status of Field Marshal Lord Wolse-
ley compared with that of Major Gen.
Miles. when the latter was reported to
have been disregarded by Secretary Al
ger.
Alaskan boundary matters are still
taking up considerable attention at the
foreign office The Canadian minister
of marine and fisheries, Sir L H. DaV-
les, is daily visiting the officials who
Canada's contention. Reports of the
arrival of a settlement continue to ap-
pear but these are unreliable as they
are contradictory
It is thought that no definite settle
ment viii be reached until after the
converting of the high commission.
The papers print long special dis
patches from New York describing the
welcome accorded there TO Admiral
Dewey. Most of them while not pro-
Tossing to quite understand the ire
mendOus enthusiasm, treat the out
burst as an excellent feature of the ma
tional character The Daily Nails
special says:
Being on the spot it is impossible to
not enter into the spirit of thing. To
participate in the enthusiasm it is nee
essary to understand the magneticaI
emOtionalisln of this most lovably nat
ural people, whose emotions are as keen
in expression and as frank and unre-
strained as those of children. 1t is also
necessary to realize the strong, simple
modest attractive personality of Adj
miral Dewey. He is the one figure with
out a flaw. the one man outside of
party
Nat Goodwin has recovered from his
illness and reappears today at the
Duke of YOrk's theater, which closes
October IA. Miller Kent, who took Mr.
Goodwin's part here received a hand
some testimonial from Goodwin and
Charles FrOhman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-30
LOOKS TO GAGE.
London Hopes the Secretary
Will Do Something to Allie
viate Money Stringency.

London. Sept. SO.-The Daily Chron-
icle publishes the war situation pithily,
saying:
The peace party is making most of
respite urging every possible argument
likely to avert war. But it looks as
though a collision will occur before the
cabinet reassembIes. If war breaks out,
it is expected that Premier Schreiner.
of Cape Colony, will Immediately re-
sign.
The session of the British parliament
is not expected to be either long or
exciting and to be mainly devoted to
voting the necessary money and sup
plies. The army board met after yes
terday's cabinet council and discussed
the various strategic questions. Op1n-
ions appeared to favor the belief that
the Beers will make no serious inVas-
ion of Natal.
The prospect of stringency in the
money market occupies serious atten-
ton in financial circles There has
been an immense decline of gold to
South Africa since the crisis Alto
gether from London and Australia
about 5000, 600 pounds have been drawn,
while it is impossible to adequately
gauge the future requirements IN the
same direction. This together with
American competition for gold and the
Egypt and South America makes
promise of a greater stringency than
has been experienced for years past
The Statist comments on the serious
prospect, especially with reference to
America and says:
Some means may perhaps be found
whereby the United States government
may make exceptional disbursement
from the treasury although it is diff
cult to foresee how it will be done.
Were the stringeney of the American
money market removed one of the most
important factors pointing to high rates
would disappear Fortunately, the sec
rotary of the American treasury is a
banker of experience and ability. He
has already given evidence of his de-
sire to assist the bankers and may