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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
Zach Great Nation Has One aaA .Exuesa.
neots with 1t Secretly,


nests with It Secretly.
Every great power has its own special
high explosive with which its shells are
filled. All the high power explosives,
however, are in more or less expert
mental stage, and wet gun cotton il
the material upon which most reliance
Is placed, says the New York World.
There is no doubt of the efficacy of
the tremendously powerful explosives
which have recently been invented. 10
long as they can be exploded among.
the, enemy. When subjected to the
enormous impact which is neces sarv to
obtain the required velocity Of two
thousand feet per second, or there
abouts, they are almost MS likely to ex-
plode before leaving the gun as after
ward. If this difficulty is overcome the
next question is to prevent the shell
from exploding before penetrating the
object which it is fred
The French pin their faith to melin.
lite, which has been very thoroughly
tested. Shells filed with this compost
ton have been fred through ten inches
OF armor without exploding. The shells
In this instance left the guns muzzle
with q velocity of two thousand feet.
per second. The English are doubtful
OF the safety OF melinitc and use a COM
position called lydditc. 1t gets its name
from Lyddc, in Wales, where it is man
ufacturcd. The lyddite shells have
been successfully fred through Eve,
inches Of armor.
Ecrasite is used by Austria. It's COM.
position is q secret Known o,aly to the
two inventors, who are Austrians. This
explosive has been found to have es-
pecial destructive power when used
against cart works.
Sweden has decided NJ ON the inven.
ton OF Swedc. which iss called bellite.
While 1t has not as much exnlosive
force as many Of the other com nosi-
tions, yet it is claimed o be more stable.
Its powers Of lprese rvation are aTso
much greater. The United States ha q
been making cxhaus i've trials of a oun
cotton known as OF amcnrite. The air
guns OF the Vesuvi'as were designed for
discharging emmcnrite shells. but thew
did not prove satisfactory. Recentlv
emmenrite has oeen successfully fred
from a high-power gun with a velocity
6. over two thousand feet.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13

Occupying a post Of honor
at the Spokane Exposition is
the great display of the Buffa.
10 Hump district. Mother
Lode, Winslow, St. Louis,
Big Buffalo and Fortune are
the prominent mines repre-.
sented. The enterprising ex.
hibitors have packed this large
exhibit out on mules from the
camp at great expense
Spokesman-Review.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13
ACID FOR MAKING SUGAR.
4 Curious Process Which Has Met wit
S0me Success In Trance.

4 Curious Process which Has Met with
seme Success In Trance.
A very novel method of making sugar
has been patented in France by M.
Pellegrini, says the American Archi-
tect. Sugar is, chemically, compound
of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen, in
such proportions that if carbonic acid,
water and certain kinds Of illumin.
ating gas could be persuaded to unite,
in the proper quantities, the compost
ton of sugar would be exactly imi-
itated. Hitherto no one has been able
ito make sugar by mixing water with
two kinds of gas, but NJ. Pellegrini
claims to have succeeded. The APP
paratus he uses consists Of large block
Of Pumice stone, cleansed by soaking,
6rstin sulphuric acid and then in wa
ter, which is set in an iron box plated
with nickel inside. The length of the
box is three times that Of the pumice
stone block, which is tightly fitted into
the middle. and pipes are arranged to
convey the ingredients to the empty
ends Of the box, as required. Two of
them enter from the sides, and serve
to bring carbonic acid and hydro-carbon
gas, while another pipe from above
branches SO IS to reach both empty
p> ,rtions Of the box and conveys steam.
All the pipes are fitted with valve and
pres WIRE gauges.
An, <her pipe, at the bottom Of the
box, Sc yves as an outlet. At first this
pipe is tossed, as is also the steam pipe
from abo We. and carbonic acid is forced
into one e. I'd of the box, while ethylene
gas is force Into the other, under equal
pressure ana an equal volumes. A few
minutes late the steam valve above
is opened a, Vi the steam forced in
under the sam e pressure. As the gases
unite the pres sure falls, SO that the
supply of each uust be kept constant.
At the end of h y If an hour the supply
of gas is shut O. Z, the outlet pipe is
opened and one of the chambers is
found to be film g with syrup, con.
tanning tw enty-five per cent of sugar.
The syrup is drawn OFF for refining
and as soon as the ap pal atus is cool it is
ready for q fl 'esh charge. The ethylene
gas can be btained by roasting rosin
or ,grcase, bu t NJ. Pellegr1ni's patent
covers other hydrocarbons, such as
petroleum prod ucts. The explanation
is That the thret gases are condensed
In the pores of the pumice stone and
there unite; but N. Maumene, who has
made some experin ,ents, declares this
TO be doubtful. and in Cost nos expresse:
doubt as to the succ. ,ss Of the process
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13
Soldier Boy in Demand.

A letter has been received
at this office from a lady by
the name of Lucilla Amanda
Smith who alleges that a pro.
posal of marriage was made
her on the train by one of the
members of Company c on
their return trip from San
Francisco. She fails to recall
the name of the brave soldier
boy who placed his heart and
reputation at her feet, but de.
scribes him as being a youth
of about Is years of age, with
a full grown flavor of Ken.
lucky Rye about his person,
red checked and a beautiful
air of innocence about him.
The fair lady alleges that on
the occasion stated he promis.
ed to renounce the acquaint.
ance of the tallest man in the
eighth army corps, because she
did not like his face. Any in.
formation which may lead to
the youths apprehension will
be appreciated by
LUCILLA
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13

From sa turday's daily
Mrs. George Goode has arrived
in the city from Moscow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bunneil
have taken trip to the Spokane
Industrial Exposition.
Ezra Baird has returned from
Snake river, where he went In
company with Captain Woods.
Fred Haliet of Buffalo Hump
saws thai his sawmill is turning
out abcL. 1900 feet per day Of
tinker.
Miss Lenora Randall, who has
for some time been the guest OF
the Jersey house, returned to The
home of her parents today.
The first consignment Of 4-inch
pipe for the Boston Buifalo-idah
Co., consisting of $500 feet, was
shipped into the Hump to-day ny
the w. NJ. Jack Co.
There is rumor to tho effect
that a deal for some placer mining
property in the vicinity OF the Old
Van Buren, ranch on Little Slate
creek will shortly be consumated.
Vic Hawkins and T. M. Kirk of
Detroit, Michigan, are in the city.
Both gentlemen have been hunting
game in this country and have
been out purely for the benefit OF
their health.
A. nj. Baker, the junior partner
in the Golden Rule store, who has
been confined to his apartments
through illness for some time, is
now on the road to recovery and
his large coterie of friends arc re-
joiciug.
A gentleman just from Buffalo
Hump announces the fact that
they have commenced to pump out
the shaft of the Big Buffalo, pre-
paratory to Captain Wood making
an examination. He said, ~ tell
you it was welcome sound to
hear that old pump working"
Walter Francis, oldest son Of e.
Squires, of Green creek. Camas
Prairie, died on the 4th inst. at
the home Of his parents. The child
was in his seventh year. The
body has been embalmed by Ward
& Jones of this city preparatory to
shipment of the remains to Wash
ing;on, Kansas. The mother of
deceased has been notified at Wash
ington and will come OH immedi-
ately.
Through the courtesy of bis
Honor Mayor Wax, the Fire De-
partment now has a new hose-cart
house between the Jersey House
and Mr. Wax's store. This gives
both ends of the city fire protec-
ton. A new aud elaborate house
has been completed at the place
specified and in it will hereafter
repose hose-cart No. /. This is es-
sentially good move on the part
of the department as the situation
is most central.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13
State Official In Trouble

On October 3, ]. F. Mills,
ex'state engineer of Idaho,
shot and killed John c. O'Mel,
veny, chief engineer of the Or.
egon Short Line, at Salt Lake
City. He was in his office
alone about four o'clock when
Mills entered. He fired three
bullets into his victim, then
dropped the revolver and quiet.
~ walked to General Traffic
Manager Eccles' office and in
the most nonchalant manner
informed him of what he had
done. He said: "Mr. Eccles
] have shot Mr.. O'Melyen>,
told him this morning I
would do SO, and | have Ee, :,
my word" r
Police Officer Lincoln an.
Peaged On the scene about this
time and said: "Are'yor, the
man nv. who did the shooting p"
Mills said that he was and
ne was at once put ium Ter ar.
rest. e' al
O'Melveny was sho while
writing at his desk, md the
INK had scarcely dried on the
paper before he was dead.
From the best inform: ltion oh.
sa'nao'e ems there had
e oeen ae keling between
and Mills for a
- s. Il arose ever a re.
6 @adn BY Mr.. Mills, while
ssate engineer, ON the
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13

j. B. Watson, manager of the
Iron King mine at Newsome creek,
passed through the city en- route to
Lewiston, which is his home, for a
short visit. He is very enthusi-
astic concerning the future of the
Newsome creek camp, and as he,is
a man of experience his opinionsis
no, to be overlooked. He certainly
had some very fine specimens of
the product of that thriving camp
with him.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13
SELLS SLAVE GIRLS.

Bsv ~ Oassa Of Corsa sustaips Hsz
Royal Pure.
There are slave girls innumerable
around the royal palaces Of the hermit
kingdom Of COrea, says the Philadel.
paia Press. 1t is difficult to find out
how many there are. One Official will
say hundreds, another thousands. A
consul who has had opportunity tolesrn
the facts in the case says there are
about fifteen hundred.
It 10 equally difficult to learn where
they come from. Their appearance
shows that they are not from any one
stock. Some are Cordans and some are
Tonghaks. from Guing -Shang- Do, in
the south Of the kingdom; some show
Japanese blood, others Chinese and
still others Manchurian. They are Of
all sorts and types. All speak Corean
and nearly oil have smattering of
Chinese. They are all well brought up
and quiet, polite and industrious. They
begin their career as domestic servants
when mere children and are seldom
found in the royal establishment after
they are twenty-five years old. A few
who are unusually good-looking be.
come royal concubincs and q large
number arc taken for the same purpose
by the princes and lords of the realm
and, it is said, for very large price.
The rest are sold rs commodities to the
highest bidder and the proceeds paid
into the royal treasury.
The latest available blue book o,
Corea-1Ss4-in summarizing the roya.
income, includes these articles:
"Ninety-one Thousand nine hundred
and seventeen stone of best rice.
"Forty-one thousand four hundred
and eighty-four stone Of beans.
Zone hundred and seventy-two thou
sand seven hundred and thirteen nyaue
in money.
"Twenty-four thousand nyang from
sale Of slave girls"
A nyang is string of one hundred
copper coins, whose value in American
money ranges from 1--WE hundred to one
thousand to the dollar. The market
value Of a girl in Corea varies from ten
to forty dollars. Upon these figures
the monarch must raise and sell in the
public market every year from thirty
to four hundred and eighty young
women. The general average would
be about two hundred per year. The
custom is not SO bad as it seems at first
sight. The majority are purchased BY
men for their wives, and q small mi
nority for immoral purposes.
This trade in human beings = con
sidered perfectly legitimate and ha.
come down from time immemorial. II
Is not confined to the royal palace blu,
is practiced to u certain extent all owe,
Cocrea. The custom is followed like
wise In China and seems to character.
lie nearly every Mohgolian racs.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13

Orchard irrigation enterprise
In that report Mr.. Mills ques
toned fine capacity of the irri
cation works.
Mr.. O'Melveny was inter
ested in lands under that irri
cation system, and it is sup
posed he resented the report
made by the engineer. A
sharp controversy arose be-
tween them, and it is asserted
by friends of MIR. Mills that
O'Melveny said at that time
he would take the first oppor.
tunity to get even. 1t is also
stated that Mr.. Mills recently
sought work in the engineer
corps of the ST. Anthony
branch of the Short Line and
that O'Mclveny refused him
employment.
F. !. Mills who did the kill
ing, occupied a number of pub
lie positions in this state. In
1892 he was elected member
of the house of representatives
from Bingham county, his
home being then at Pocatello.
He served with distinction in
that body, being recognized
as one of the most useful men
on the floor.
In 1894 he was elected on
the republican ticket lieuten-
ant governor. AS the presid.
ing officer he distinguished
himself, gaining many person
al friends by the impartial and
clearsighted manner in which
he discharged his duties and
adding greatly to his political
prestige.
MIR. Mills, being an engi.
neer by profession and having
been connected with large ir.
rigation enterprises, took: a
lively interest in the subject
of irrigation legislation. He
this subject in all its
details and came to be regard
ed as one of the foremost au.
thorities on irrigation matters
in the west. During the ses.
sion when he presided over
the senate as lieutenant gov.
ernor the act was passed ere.
ating the Office of state engi.
neer.
Mr.. Mills stood so high as
an irrigation authority that he |
was appointed to the position
created by this legislation. He
organized this new department
and did most valuable work
for the state. He held the of.
flee uutil 1898, when he resign.
ed to recruit a company for
the Second Volunteer Engi.
neer regiment in the war with
Spain.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13

From Mondays Daily.
Surveyor Frank p. Turner is in
town from the middle fork OF
Clearwater today.
Matthias Lauer, mining man
of Elk City, was a visitor in
Grangeville last week.
The county commissioners meet
today at Mt. Idaho. 1t is the first
day Of the regular session.
BoRN.-In Grangeville, Idaho,
October 7, 1899, to Mr.. and Mrs.
X. L. Fulton, daughter.
Miss Edna Baird returned to
Lewiston on Friday. She has been
the guest of Miss George Reed for
some time past.
j. j. Bennett, of the DeLamar
Mining company, arrived in the
city from Florence, where he has
some property under bond.
Mrs. Aaron +. Parker and little
son returned on Saturday from a
trip to Portland. Editor Pa, ker
met them at Cottonwood AMI re-
turned with them.
Frank Johnesscs, representative
from ldeho county t. the state
legislature, and who is operating
the properties at lmnaha, is in the
city on business connected with his
company.
Last night we had the first fall OF
really deep snow on the mountains
surrounding Grangeville, but we
will in all probability have much
more pleasant weather ere winter
sets in in earnest.
Frank Thornton arrived in
Grangeville on Saturday with the
boiler which is destined to be
installed with the big drcdger plant
at Florence. lie had ten horses or
the wagon. The boiler weighed
1000 pounds
NJ. Arnold, who has been on,
for the Northern Idaho exploring
expedition during the past season
arrived in Grangeville on Satur
day. lie will leave for Spokane il
the near future to confer with Col
William Bracket.
f. l.. Dickey, manager of tn,
Buffalo Hill placer mines in Ell
City district, arrived out from tn,
mines last evening, having con
cluded very successful season
work, with results eminentlv sat
isfactory to the Montana owners O
that valuable property. Mr.. Dick
ey left on the stage this mornin,
for Butte and will spend the win
ter in Montana.
A visitor in the city stopped yes
terday in front of Alexander {
Friedenrich's building, now near
ing completion, and remarked
"Well, / have seen pretty one
story buildings all over, but I new
er saw prettier one than that.
one particular item in the buildin
which has attracted considerabi
attention is the cornice, which !
from shop of the w. M. Jack Hard
ware Co. incidentally it might b
mentioned that the cornioa On ~,
Masonic temple is also from th.s
gentlemen's experienced hands.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13
WORK ON THE NEW RAILROAD
Interesting Facts Learned From a Rail.
road Nan Of Long Experience.

H. G. Newman, formerly Of the
Union Pacific railroad, is a visitor
in Grangeville. In short con-
versation with PRESS man, Mr..
Newman said: 81 came up on the
new road, the P. I. & n, from
Weiser, clear through, and in all
my experience, which extends ov-
er number of years, have never
seen a better road bed and it is
now fully constructed for % miles
out of Weiser, and the grade is
practically completed, with the ex-
ception of short distance from
Weiser canyon to Salubria, and
there is q very large force of men
at work as far az Council and also
a large force at work clearing right
of way and grading the branch
line which extends up Prince val
ley to the Seven Devils copper
camp.
"All work done at the Weiser ter
minal has so far been of the best
and most substantial character and
they have erected a fine building,
two stories high, 5Ox110 feet, for
freight room and general officer,
also q $4,000 gallon water tank
aud a complete water and sewer
system, together with turn-table
and three-stall roundhouse. Every
thing indicates that the company
intends to continue on the first
class aud substantial basis which
they have started. The work SO
far has only been delayed by reas-
on of the lack of men, but this dis
advantage has been overcome and
now they will 60 ahead on a rapid
plan. By the first Of November
they will be in a position to re-
ceive freight for Middle valley.
1.-The main contractors are Wiki
erson and Thompson, while Orman
& Crook also have large contract
Oh the line, but the former have
the larger portion OF the contract.
Necessarily very large force
Of men is engaged solely for
the purpose Of getting out timber
for ties and kindred purposes. 1t
is a standard guage road. Weiscr
is building =, very rapidly and
| bids fair toN an become city OF
commercial .simportance. l will
say one thing, that the road is GER
tainly being made in the most sub
stantial style and is first class
road to the smallest detail, SO far
rs the road bed and superstructure
are concerned, and the natural ad.
vantages of the line and the eff.
cheney of the engineer department
were noticeable in the easy grades
and the alignment indicates that
the curvature is as light as the
character of the work permits. Sa
lubria will probably be the winter
terminus. l have no idea to what
extent the work will be advanced
during the winter. Yet in my
humble opinion work could be car
ried on during the winter on
certain parts Of the line, and il
! would be an economical PROPOSE
tion for the company.
GAS to the ultimate destination
of the road, well, really have ne
inside information and can only
conjecture. Under the circum
stances one opinion is as reliable
as another. You know the onl,
advantage the supreme court ha'
over q justice court is in having
the last guess at the question, ant
there will probably be ample TIM
to make and change opinions be
fore final settlement OF the mat
ter"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13
ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS MINE
Story Told Of an Amazingly Rich Dis
coYery Made Near WarrenS.
[Boisc. Statesman. |

T.. b. True tells a very in
teresting story of mysterious
mine somewhere on Chamber
lain creek, which empties int
the Salmon from the southeas
of the South Fork. In speak
ing of the matter he said hi
was satisfied that very rich ore
was being secured, but he was
altogether in the dark as tc
the location or the amount,
though his information indi.
Gated that the find was some.
thing phenomenal.
The story runs like this
Three years ago a man named
Tom Hughes induced some
parties in Spokane to outfit a
party to go into Chamberlain
basin to find a rich ledge that
he claimed to have seen.
Hughes behaved SO that the
party eventually refused to
permit him to go along. After
the party had left, Hughes got
some Spokane men to grub.
stake him, and taking a man
named Swan with him, follow.
ed into the Chamberlain creek
section. The first party soon
came out without having found
anything. Later Hughes and
Swan returned exhibiting a
small piece of ore which they
claimed to have broken from
a ledge. 1t showed gold. When
they reported to the men who
had furnished the grubstake,
the latter asked if they had 10.
Gated the lode. 1t turned out
this had not been done. The
grubstakers insisted that the
men return the next spring and
make locations. This they
did locating one claim in
Hughes name and two in
Swans. These locations were
recorded at Mt. Idaho but the
description is such that no one
could find the property guided
by information cleaned from
them.
Hughes and his partner
brought out many fine speci.
mems that fall but they did not
60 near the grubstakers. The
next spring they went in with
pack horses and returned with
the animals loaded with ore,
which was sold somewhere BY
them. An assayer bought
$500 worth Of specimens from
them worth $50 a pound. He
says he saw more for which he
would have been willing to
pay $4,000.
Hughes talked about taking
a mill into the mine. In the
meantime the grubstakers had
hunted up Hughes, insisting
that they be given their share.
He finally decided them a quar-.
ter interest in the claim locat.
ed in his name.
This year Swan went in but
Hughes did not. The latter
says, however, that Swan has
sent him three thousand dol.
lars as his share of gold
out in a mortar.
The grubstakers would like
to find out where those claims
are; SO would l." said Mr..
True in narrating the story.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13
LUCIL
San Francisco, Cal.

The New York World is
booming Dewey for president.
The game is to sidetrack Bry.
an but it won't work.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13

Legal lnlanks ut the, PRlsss Office.