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Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-23
B. OF L. F.

On Wednesday evening last quite a
large gathering of Firemen and Ladies
Society members and number Of
ladies' who contemplate becoming
members of the last named order. as
sembled at E. and F. Hall TO mee'
third Vice Grand Master of the B. o.
L. F., Chas. Maier. where he deliver
ed a very interesting lecture on the
labor question. Brother Mater handles
the subject in a manner that cannot
help but he understood. He is a
thorough union man who stands for or
ganized labor and the patronizing OF all
manufacturers who employ union men,
and the wearing and using OF articles
bearing the union label. He concluded
his discourse with some very fine
sterioptican views that must be aeen
to be appreciated. Light refreshments
were served by the ladies' OF III and
at l:45 a. m. Brother Maier took his
denarture for Rocklin where ne will
visit the Firemen Of that lodge and
from there he will make a tour OF as
MANY lodges as it is possible for him
to visit between now and Christmas
when he will return to his home IN
Psrlons. Kan. After the first Of the
wear his labors will be confined to the
south where the very difficult problem
Of solving the negro fireman question
will be tackled by the three Vice Grand
Masters of the B. L. F., Hannahan
Wilson and Maier; they expect some
ve,v hard work there for the coming
noor and all local lodges that are in the
habit of having visit from one Of the
free above named officers VIII nave
TO Get along without that pleasure f0'
that length Of time at least. Bfothe'
M.iar reports finding l9 in very
.,o,ons condition and seemed plea
sad n be able TO state as much.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-23
Death of Mrs. Furlono.

The many friends Of Mrs. John Fur
long. wife Of Engineer Furlong Of Og-
den, will be grieved to learn of her
death at her home in Ogden a few
days ago. Mrs. Furlong is better
known rs Sadie Middlemiss to all rail-
sroad men as she was a telegraph op-
orator for years on the Salt Lake d.
vision both In Utah and Nevada. She
gave up her position not two years age
to. become Mrs. Furlong. She has
friends in Wadsworth who grew uE
with her In Canada. She made friend.
wherever she went.
Engineer Furlong has the sympathy
of these friends In his heavy loss.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-23

r,o,r.er G. w. Perkins and orioe
81 ed from Boston this morning
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-23
School Report.

Following is a report of the st. Clai
School for the month ending Nov. 10
1900: Number Of boys enrolled. 5
number Of girls enrolled, 7; total, II
George Johnson 81 l-2; Hazel Brow.
der 81 IL; Jennie Springer 81; Susls
Springer 90; Iowa Allen 81; Addie In
man o5 l-2, Milton Browder o5; Wal
ter Browder 96 IL; Earl Johnson 90
Dean Ferguson 90; Hattie Ferguson
90; Willie Lee 90.
Annie Theelen,
Teacher
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-23
$1,000
OLINGHOUSE CANYON ORE
Thought to be Va1ueless, Retufns
$500 per Ton IN Gold.
Discovery, If Proven Tree, VIII
Revolutionize Reduction of
Ore in that Camp.
Several Miners Made Rich BY
an Assay and Everybody
Excited.
Southern Pacific COMPANY FREIGHT
Southern Pacific Company Freight
Rates Forbid Experimental
Milling Tests of Ore
at Denver.

w. H. Jackson came down from the
Olnghouse mines yesterday. He
brought with him 1885 pounds Of ore
in three grades intending to send the
same for test purposes to the Denver
School Of Mines, and later. If he thought
necessary he would make similar ship
ment to like institutions in different
parts Of the country. But he did not
make the shipment to Denver. He
was knocked off the perch" when In
formed by the Southern Pacific agent
here that to ship those samples to Den
yer, under valuation or $500 per ton
would cost the prospector-shipper just
$53S.o5. You will note that II said
ore is worth $500 per ton it would cost
more to send II than the value Of the
ore. The reporter went to G. A. Mac
pherson. S. P. agent here, and verified
the rates. Such shipment would take
local freight rate on the value mention
ed. Rates on ore exclusively have
been made by the Southern Pacific
between certain points named by them
and there is no general rate on ore for
points other than named.
This matter is rather a surprise.
The Southern Pacific Of late years has
not only expressed a desire to share in
the development Of the country but has
repeatedly carried out such expression
by overt act. earning the applause.
commendation and thanks, Of men
benefited and quick to recognize such
benefit Every newspaper in Nevada
lauded the Southern Pacific for the
appointment Of James Yeringtcn as an
Industrial Agent, among his duties to
be that Of looking into the development
of our mining industry and the conse-
.ouent increase of freight and passenger
traffic that would accrue to and pay
the company therefor. Mr.. Yerington's
fitness and recognized ability for the
position no less than the great good
newspaper men thought would result.
were the causes Of laudatlon. +
In view Of these facts 1t jars one to
find that miner and prospector cannot
make a shipment Of 1885 pounds OF
samples to school Of mines any place
in the country for educational and ex-
perimental purposes for less than. $500.
This is not in line with the policy Of the
company as above mentioned and we
hope the matter will be looked into and
the fault, If one there be, remedied.
Now as to the cause Of all this. W.
F. Bacon, a mining man we'll known
in this section for several years. hap
pened to visit Mr.. Jackson's mine
which has peen producing gold ore thai
n;lIek from $50 to 500 per ton. lr
morning samples it was noticed thai
behind the gold in the horn there trail
cd a light colored looking metal which
some Of the miners called lead anc
some called spar and others called
oher names.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-23
Mr.. Bacon went on the waste dump

Mr.. Bacon went on the waste dump
sfter seeing this and selected samples
therefrom. Assay returns from these
samples gave 84.l2 ounces gold, Ia
ounce silver, ID Of per cent lead.
Gold worth $40 per ounce. Value Of
ore per ton, $3.50. The stamp mill.
or the Huntington crusher mill. in
Olinghouse Canyon would not save
these values Mr.. Jackson claims. and
so he started out to gain some knowl-
edge, but could not ship the samples
he desired.
This condition of affairs until fully
investigated will nip in the bud any
new mill propositions. The camp is
excited over the matter while Mr..
Jackson says If the assay values stand
he has $25.ooo worth Of ore on his
dump. Same thing in the Cabin No.
2 ore and that of other claims In the
camp.
The reporter wants to state emphat-
ically that enough tests have not been
made to guarantee the above condi-
tlons and values, although w. D.
Linton several years ago did make
assays for one Stoker OF ore similar to
the above taken from next the Jumper
that returned $500 per ton In gold.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-23
WHAT THE BOYS
ARE DOING.

Mike Dowd is over on the right hand
side now and has made his maiden
trip.
AL Blundell Is coming back this way
again. He Is on the switch engine in
Winnemucca yard.
Chas. Parke is promoted to running
the switch engine in the Terrace
yards. AS this is his old stamping
grounds we know he will be we'll taken
care Of.
Goo. Schoer was sent to Ogden to
hos.le. We wish him all kinds Of
good luck with plenty Of carrots to give
his hair additional gloss.
Fireman Ennor has been assigned
to the Hot Springs helper service and
will move his family out shortly.
Harry Thrall is on the switch engine
in Ogden.
Tom Delano is running between Og-
den and Carlin now.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-23
DR.. A. 1. Hudgens.

Dr.. Hudgsns announces to the peo-
pie Of Wadsworth that he will return
Dec. End next and remain until Dec.
10th. Those desiring dental work will
please call early.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-23
Inc Mary Wall Southern Pacific
case regarding right of way has been
settled. They pay her $500.

case regarding right of way has been
settled They pay her $500.
r. M. Lee of Reno and C. S. Nixon
OF this place have purchased the one
thlrd interest Of James Sloan in the
MI. Cattle Company. The sale in
cludes all Of Mr.. Sloan's interest in the
companys cattle and a portion Of the
Sloan ranch near Winnemucca.-Sl-
yer State.
The rainy day skirt made its an
pearance in Carson yesterday after
noon and gave play for a remarkable
diversity OF opinion as to the proper
length. 1t appeared all the way from
two inches to eighteen inches above
the ground-was sometimes graceful
end sometimes wasn't.-Carson News.
A lump Of gold worth $5l4,ooO was
sent overland lately from British Col
ulnbia to New York, and oddly, en-
ough, nobody ever tried to walk away
with it during the transfer. The fact
that it weighed 753 pounds may have
had something to do with the atmos-
phere Of honestly which everywhere
surrounded it.
December 5th, the Ladies' Aid So
ciety will hold their annual bazaar.
They are busy getting every feature to
interest and entertain. They have Sc
cured the services Of very talented
fortune teller who is only sixteen years
years old and has never been kissed.
but she knows all about fortunes.
Every feature pertaining to the fair
will excel those Of the past.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-23

Frank Verplank is in town.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-23
Turkey Supper.

At the grand Thanksgiving eve ball
turkey supper will be served at Eng
ineer's Hall by the G. | A. to the B.
Of L. E.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-23
Ladies.

Mrs. S. j. Anderson will arrive with
a stock Of millinery goods this coming
pay day and will be pleased 70 see her
former friends and patrons.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-23
Some HOPE.

,,doe Trolson says there is still some
hone for Henry Theelen and Jakey
c1,iroer. e1 Gentlemen, bear Judge
out-if you can.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-23

BREVITIES.

lNScifJ
Rob Sommers is here today.
Social dance tomorrow night.
Brooks McClane was in town today.
Monitor No. 8 has been named Ne
vada.
George Blundell is over from the
range.
w. C. Williams was in town yes
terday.
Get your ticket for the big ball
Wednesday night.
Seven feet Of snow fell at Summit
during the late storm.
Bob Parrys son had his collarbone
broken at Reno Saturday.
The name Of Overton has been
changed to Hobart Mills.
Dr. A. L. Hudgens is In Den We
and says he likes the city much.
Assessor Thos. Dolf was in from
Churchill today.
LA. Gregory is making further i'm
provemeuts at his place Of business.
S. ]. Hodgkinson has brought the
drug store Of S. Pinnigers at Reno.
The Reno Orchestra has been en-
gaged TO play for the New Years ball.
We have number Of California
natives III Madsworth who witnesseth
their first snow today.
Fred Younghans and family have
moved in from Hot Springs where they
have been residing for some time past.
II is expected that the eight-hour
law, which was defeated in the last
legislature will 20 through this year.
Brakeman r. L. Dunkeson while
switching at Delta on the Oregon road
fell under the train and had his right
arm and right leg cut off. He died.
For bread that is white, rolls that
are light, cakes out Of sight, pies just
right, order Ogden milling and tleVa-
tor Cos for flour. For sale by T.
Clay.
The Sacramento shops Of the South
ern Pacific have just completed an
order for twelve handsome postal cars
for the Postoffice Department, with all
modern Improvements.
|. w. Young, and old time resi-
resident here and sister, Miss Eleona
Young Of ST. Paul. are expected to
pay Mr.. and Mrs. S. Arnstein and Mr..
and Mrs. ]. S. Raitt visit soon.
The Winnemucca Silver State;
Charles T. Short arrived from Wads-
worth yesterday afternoon. Cnar'le'
who is now the pupular proprietor Oh
the Wadsworth House. says ne Is mere
on business trip, but then his friends
have their own opinion.
Michael Enright left for TUCSON
Arizona, last evening to join his son
Rodger. The old gentleman MADE
many friends during his stay in Wads-
Worth and among them DISPATCH torce
VINO hated to see him leave. May the
iates deal kindly with him.
If you'd have your cheeks
Look healthy and red.
Go to Wallstabs
10 buy your bread.
The members of Sunshine Circle OF
Ne Kings Daughters are making
many novelties for their fair soon 10
oe given at Music Hall. Be sure moi
10 forget these little ones who do SO
much good for Others, generous lltue
erls learning the true sweetness Of lile'
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-23
Adelphi.

John Lee has just received a large
import order OF these dishes. They
are just what you want.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
APPEAL TO AMERICANS.

Government Urged to Send Adequate
Forces to Act Effectively in China.
Following is an appeal of Ameri-
cans in China, assembled in mass
meeting in Shanghai, to their fellow
citizens at home:
Urge the government to send ad-
equate forces to act effectively In
concert with the other powers. AT
present the American forces are
quite disproportionate TO the inter
ests involved. Our commercial in
terests in the northern provinces are
paramount, and we consider it hu-
initiating olicy to entrust to other
powers the task, that of protecting
Americans.
"Anti-foreign outrages are multi
plying daily. Officials and mission
aries are massacred. The fate OF
the ministers and their families at
Pekin is not known, but a general
massacre is apprehended. Whole
sale massacres of native Christians
continue. The whole country is ter
rorized. Trade is paralyzed.
"The speedy restoration of order
and retribution are duties pressing
upon all civilized powers. The con-
sequences OF delay will be disastrous.
Not only are foreign lives and prop
erty PLACID in jeopardy, but the loss
of influence will be incalculable.
Give no credence to statements
of the situation sent out by the Chi
nese government to its ministers
abroad. The present outrages are
the result of the weak and vacillating
policy OF the powers in the past. We
urge immediate energetic and con-
certed action"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
RUSSIAN MINISTER KILLED
Dragged Through Streets of PekiD
and Finally Boiled to Death.
RUSSIANS MADE DESPERATE RESISTANCE
Minister WI Receives an Unfavorable
EabIegram-Si Situation Daily Crow
ing Worse-AII Foreigners Re-
ported Killed.

A dispatch to the Chicago Record
from St. Petersburg says:
1.-The Gear has received with great
emotion the dreadful details of the
catastrophe at Pekin. Tears coursed
down His Majesty's cheeks as he
read the cablegram from Admiral
Alexeff at Port Arthur, confirming
the horrible details OF the assassna-
ton of NJ. DeGiers, which, merely in
form of rumors, had already reached
Russia.
"The admiral declares that the Rus
sian envoy was dragged through the
streets by the boxers, insulted, beaten
and tortured, and then thrown into
great kettle and boiled to death.
Then the remains were thrown to the
dogs. While NJ. DeGiers was being
disposed of the fanatic mob danced
around the cauldron.
mime DeGiers, Admiral Alexeff' $
advices declare, suffered fate worse
than death, and was beaten and tor
tured with sharp sticks until life was
extinct.
"The legation officials are said to
have been tortured fiendishly until
death ended their sufferings. NJ.
DeGies and his legation resisted
perately, and his brave body
guard killed many OF the attacking
mob. In the midst Of his tortures
the envoy is said to have heroically
proclaimed his faith IN ristianity,
encouraged by the wife who so soon
shared his martyrdom.
The announcement Of this intel
ligence to the relatives Of the Rus
sian martyrs in China was accompa-
MED by heart-rending scenes. Count
Lamsdorf received the friends of the
murdered ones at the foreign Office
and unfolded to them the tragic
story. The scenes of frenzied terror
and grief that followed were unspeak-
able. The building Of the foreign
Office was besieged by an excited
throng, and the whole OF ST. Peters
burg is full OF lamentation.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
ALL FOREIGNERS MURDERED
Details of the Horrible Butchery of
the Europeans in Pekin.
MANY MISSION BUILDINGS WERE BURNED
Prince Tuan's Order Was to destroy
Every Foreign Vestige and Make
China a Sealed Book to the
Western Powers"

The Shanghai correspondent OF The
London Daily Express, on the alleged
authority of couriers who brought the
story, gives very sensational account
Of the fate OF the Legations at Pekin.
He says
"Maddened with hunger, after hav-
ing been without food for many days,
the members of the legations and the
guards made sortie on the night OF
June Both and killed 200 Chinese in an
unexpected attack. General Tung
Fuh Slang, enraged over the loss of
so many men, brought up heavy
guns and Prince Tuan gave the order
that every foreigner must be de-
stroyed. His words were:
Destroy every foreign vestige and
make China sealed book to all
western powers.
prince Tuan had previously dis
covered that Prince Ching was sup
plying the foreigners with ammuni-
ton. He, therefore, ordered General
Tung Fuh Slang to fire on Prince
Ching's troops, and it is reported that
Ching was killed or seriously
wounded.
''In their final attempt to cut their
way through, the legations formed a
square, with the women and children
in the center.
when the boxers realized that
they were being attacked they be-
came like wild beasts and shot each
other with revolvers. Heavy guns
bombarded all night until the build
ings were demolished and in flames.
Many foreigners were roasted in the
ruins. The boxers rushed upon them
and hacked and stabbed both dead
and wounded, cutting off their heads
and carrying these through the
streets on their rifles, shouting fierce
iy. They then attacked the native
Christian quarters, massacred all
who refused to join them, outraged
the woman and Drained the children.
Hundreds of mission buildings were
burned.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
Chinese News Grows Worse.

Such news as came to Washington
Sunday from China was distinctly
bad. It consisted Of a cablegram to
Minister WI from Sheng, the i'm
perial director of posts and tele-
graphs at Shanghai, according to the
minister, and was in reply to the
urgent message he himself had sent
him asking him to secure some news
from the Chinese capital. This
cablegram Minister WI regarded as
o. sufficient Importance to carry in
person directly to Secretary Hay,
who was waiting at his home for
news. The message as translated
from the cipher, was as follows:
''Pekin news of July Z says that
General Tuan Fuah Sang, in dis
obedience to imperial orders, was
about to use guns. Legations and
foreigners made defense. A final at
tack was about to begin on the 7th Of
July"
1t is surmised that Mr.. Goodnow'
news is from Sheng, who is certainly
in a position to secure the first news
from Pekin Aside from the gloomy
forecast given of the end of the terri
BILE struggle OF the legations against
the inevitable, the significant feature
Of the message is the coupling of the
fate of the imperial government with
that Of the foreign ministers.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
THE INDIANS ARE SUFFERING
Because of the Drought in state of Ari-

Because of the Drought in State of Ari-
IONA.
The prolonged drought, probably
unprecedented in the history Of Ari-
zona, has greatly augmented the suf-
ferings of the Administration Pimla
Indians on the Sacotan reservations.
Members of the tribe have told Su-
perintendent Cowan of the Indian
Agency, that their cattle are dying
rapidly from starvation and thirst.
Most of the Indians now depend
for food upon the few who still have
provisions and the supply cannot
last long. They are emaciated and
suffering, and unless the $33, OOO
Congressional appropriation can be
used at once private subscriptions
or similar relief measures must be
taken.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
MESSAGE TO MINISTER CONGER.

Secretary Hay and Minister WI Attempt
ing to Communicate with Pekfn.
The Chinese Minister, at Wash
ington, Mr.. WI, has undertaken to
get through cipher message from
Secretary Hay to Uuited Minister
Conger at Pekin and to deliver back
the reply of Minister Conger, il he
be alive. Minister WI forwarded the
cipher dispatch, together with an ex-
tended explanatory message of his
own, on Wednesday, and the results
are now being eagerly awaited by
both Secretary Hay and the Chinese
Minister, although it is appreciated
that some days must elapse before
runners can carry out this plan
deepening up communication between
the American government at Wash
ington and the American Minister at
Pekin.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
More Americans X He'd.

During last weeks scouting in the
Philippines three Americans were
killed and two wounded and thirty
Eve rebels were killed. Fifty rebels
were captured and twenty-five rifles
and fourteen tons Of powder and am
munition taken. 1t will become
necessary under the new code Of pro-
ceedure which the commission ex-
poets to adopt to secure for the
higher courts in Manila American
Judges speaking Spanish.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
johnson KILLED Barber.

A special from Cleveland, Tenn,
states that the mystery surrounding
the finding OF the decomposed re-
mains of a man found in the bushes
on the roadside near that place has
been unravoled. James Johnson
has been arrested and confessed that
he killed the man, whose name was
Posey Barker.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19
Kick on Census Man.

The people of Jackson are up on
their ear over the statement given
Saturday by w E. Mollison, the CEN
sus supervisor Of this district, that
the population of the city, according
to the census just completed, will
be about five hundred less than ten
thousand and the numerous stories
about the enumerators skipping
whole blocks while making their can
vass are being revived. The popula-
tion of Jackson, according to Chit
tenden's city directory, which was
completed in August Of last year,
was II, 9O5. Supervisor Mollison is
authority for the statement that there
is hardly a town in Mississippi that
will have the population they have
claimed, statement in which he is
doubtless correct if they ell fare the
same as Jackson. The supervisor also
says that the city of Vicksburg, I'M
questionably the largest town in the
state, has only about fourteen thou
sand, whereas the school enumera-
ton of that city, which has just been
completed, would indicate that it has
twenty thousand.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-19

The Southern Pacific road is trying
to induce a colony of Beers to settle
along its line in southwestern Texas.
1t is stated that agents of the Beers
have been in Texas recently and
made Investigations of the general
conditions of the country and that
they were much pleased with land,
climate and other conditions.