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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
THE MIDWAY VALLEY.

hunt. Two days of mountaineering
'ound him on the crest of small peak,
1t the foot of which flowed the Mos
quito creek. The side sloping down to-
ward the stream impressed the captain.
Is Il likely hiding place for deposits OF
iilvcr. He resolved to satisfy his curl
)sity before returning to the Arrow
axes
The task he had planned for himself
Eas hristling with danger. The par
licular spot which he wished to inves-
igate was situated directly below q
tIacier marked cliff. To reach it made
Necessary for him to descend the face
Vt the rock in some manner. The cap
ain was equal to the occasion. and
Inslinging a light but strong piece of
iope he carried across his shoulders he
fastened the end to a sapling oyerhang-
ne the brink and climbed hand un-
Ter hand to the base. There with "a
mall sized pick which he carried az
his belt he excavated a hole. While
intent on examining the dirt a large
piece Of rock from under the roots OF
he tree to which the captains rope
vas fixed crashed down the cliff. He
lad barely time to crouch closely into
he burrow as the mass, several tons In
weight. swept past him. Captain Ad-
inns was a prisoner and in cramped
quarters. He was not released untiR
I've or six hours after, when party OF
lrospectOrs from the gold quartz mines,
Ittracted by shots he had fired from
lis revolver, pried away the obstruc-
ion. The captain was badly cut and
bruised as the result of his confne-
bent, but he soon recovered and re-
eived the congratulations of his de
Iverers on his close call.
FREDERICK r. TooMBs.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
THE MINES OF MIDWAY.
Where the Earth Yields Treasures
TO Those Who search.

MIDWAY, British Columbia, Nov. 21.-
Dropped down among some of the rich
est mineral hearing mountains in vest
ern Canada and bordering the pictur-
eSQue Boundary creek and Kettle river
is what is known as the most beauti-
full spot in British Columbia" Several
vars ago this spot was made the site
Of what is now a thriving town. From
Its location in the middle of the stretch
of territory between the Rocky noun
tainS and the Pacific ocean and being
on the international boundary line sep
nratin" British Columbia from the
state of Washington the town was call
ed Midway. Midway. while being a
mining center. has many other COM
merc:al interests. but the prepOnder-
Rncc of capital invested in ore getting
In the ROCK creek mining division natu-
rally places in the van the traffic in the
product Of the numerous shafts sunk
deep in the bosom Of Mother Earth.
Mine hunting is one of the most
thrilling and enticing pursuits ever in
vented in the human mind. The hopes
and expectations. the uncertainty CT
their fulhllment, the suddenness with
which big finds are made and great for
tunes discovered. the fTeemaSonry of
mn outdoor existence and the latent re-
sources called into play by unforeseen
happenings all tend to hold the search
er a slave to his profession. The pass
ing of years and the whitening of the
hair cannot loosen the clutches of the
prospecting fever and once a man
starts out on such u career he will find
his very blood infected with the germs.
Many and varied are the stories of min
Ing adventure that are told in and
about Midway.
Probably no one connected with this
region has had more interesting eXpe-
ricnces than Captain Robert c. Adams,
an adventure loving capitalist from
Montreal Captain Adams was the
founder of Iidway and is the owner of
Immense tracts Of land hereabOuts.-
His holdings in the Yale district
amount to more than 1000 acres. and
he holds title TO 80 or 60 mines and
CIdlulS lOM III OpcIdLlOu Gdpldlh Au-
inns has tranIped and camped weeks
and months nj time among snow cap
ped mountain tops and scaled wall
ike prccipices to perilous heights in
quest of god and silver. His reminis-
Fences woul' fill q volume.
While pushing up through the KoO>-
tenay district in the direction of the up
per Arrow lake Captain Adams once
narrowly escaped losing his life-> He
followed Boundary creek northward
from Midway for about Is miles and
then struck out to the eastward for a
few miles 10 reach the Greenwood
ramp. He remained there day and q
hight to replenish his supplies and, TAX
Ing an Indian guide, aimed for the
lower Arrow lake. The lower lake
konnects with the upper body of water,
| Ind the captains intention was to
traverse the lakes by canoe and then
branch out into the country at a suita-
bic point After 49, days Of canoeing
1t which lie Is an expert-Captain Ad-
Inns made a landing on the west bank
bf the upper Arrow lake opposite Ma
kuSp Rugged mountains barred his
way t''i u.iauntt1l he began his
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
TITLES cLoUDED.
The Attorney Generals Ruling Affects
Large Number of Sales.

Aus tin, Dec. LIN response to an in
quiry from Land Commissioner Rogan.
tie attorney generals department passed
on an important question involved III
the recent mandamas case of Reed VS..
Rogan, i'll which the supreme court held
that the assignee of an actual settler
who had made proof of occupancy could
not purchase additional land without
actual residence.
This invalidates the sales of thousands
of acres in the west bought by cattle
men from actual settlers on one section.
The attorney general holds that the sales
were illegal, and further that the land
commissioner is not compelled to place
the lands on the market, but it is dis.
cretionary. The last is of much impor-
lance, as the commissioner may not Off
cially declare the sales illegal and place
the lands on the market, which would
result in great loss of money and con.
tests with land jumpers On account OF
the legislature, he may hold up the mat
ter for it's action.
An attempt will be made to have the
legislature validate the sales, and influ-
ence will be brought to bear to have the
land commissioner withhold his official
action until the legislature passes on the
matter. Should the legislature refuse
to validate the sales, it will be- COM
PEELED to make an appropriation to re-.
fund payments. The land would there
fore be placed ON the market and sold
again, the same amount of money re-
turned to the treasury and the state
would not suffer but the present owners
would. Thus grounds for affecting val
ida ZION
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
MADE NO PROPOSITION.
Not Particular How Claims Are Paid by
the Turkish Empire.

Not Particular How Claims Are Paid by
the Turkish Empire.
Washington. Dec. 1. No proposition
has come to the United States govern
ment from Turkey looking to the pay
ment of missionary claims under the
guise of an order for a warship to be
built in the United States. While it is
hardly expected that any formal propo-
sition of this kind will be Forthcoming
it is of course, beyond the power Of the
state department to prevent or interfere
with any arrangement that the Turkish
government may enter into with Ameri.
can shipbuilders and individual claim
ants. The principle. is after all, to have
the claims paid and the state depart
ment officials are not very particular as
to the form in which the payments are
paid.
Perhaps they are indifferent in this
respect because of knowledge of the fact
that the Turkish government might be
terribly embarrassed by the pressure of
European creditors were the United
States government to insist upon certain
forms of procedure in this case.
There are no new developments in
the negotiations respecting the exequa-
teur of DIR. Norton.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
FAKE DISPATCHES.
Yellow journalism In London Turned
Down by DeWet's Victory.

Yellow journalism In London Turned
Down by DeWet's Victory.
New YORK, Dec. IA dispatch to
The Journal from London says the dis
patch of Lord Roberts announcing the
capture by the Beers of 400 men makes
the stories published in London papers
during the last week look ridiculous
By actual count DeWet has been cap
tured a dozen times. The Boer forces
are completely routed regularly twice
daily with thousands killed and wound
ed. Every foot of ground in the two re-
publics is paciied weekly while practi-
cally every dispatch ends wish the state
ment that only few widely scattered
bands of guerrillas now remain. Every
correspondent who showed the Sigh test
desire to tell the truth has been BAN
ished, and nothing but painfully evi.
IDENTIFY doctored dispatches reach Eng
land.
The afternoon papers, only six hours
before the news of DeWet's victory ar
rived, contained the most ridiculous
headlines announcing a great victory
over DeW
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
Appeal to the Gorsrnnr.

Houston, Dec. 1.-The strike situation
involving the Southwestern Telephone
company is about the sane as it has
been for the past fortnight. except that
letter has been received here showing
that the officials of the telephone COM
pany in an application to the governor
of Texas at Austin for protection to
their property have set fourth THEN
grievances. The letter showed what the
company has passed through and is
taekling at this time. The main part in
it was the protection of property, which
has been granted by the laws of the
United States.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
WAS WITH THE EOERS.
Captain Reichmann Tells of His Observ-
ations in south Africa.

atiOns in South Africa.
Washington, Dec. Captain Carl
Reichmann of the Seventeenth infantry,
who was detailed by the war depart
ment to report on the operations of the
POer forces in the South African war,
has returned to Washington.
1T is difficult" Captain Reichmaln
says, ito tell what the Beers are going
to do. General DeWet's motto was,
Fight until our children grow up, and
it begins to look as if the Beers might
be working that way now. They are a
persistent, obstinate people, crude and
simple in their manners, tough and
strong as the hunters from Kentucky
and willing to undergo hardshIps.
"Fifty-two thousand men in all were
furnished by the Boer republics to carry
on the war, but not more than $4,000 of
that number were in the field at any one
time. When fights occurred between
the contending forces it was usually in
the ration of at least five British to ono
Boer. The latter were good shots and
the British usually attacked in the open
which probably accounts for the rela-
tive small number of Beers lost. The
contest now being carried on is guer-
rilla warfare. Until she Beers lost the
railroad to Lorenzo Marquee they car
ried on a regular warfare, moving their
base along the railroad"
Captain Reichmann registered Wig
orous denial against the charge that he
had led the Beers in the contest with
the British. During the entire fighting
of three hours he was in the company OF
the Dutch and French attaches.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
WIN Test Suffrage Law.

Washington, Dec. 1.-The nationa
Afro-American council has appointed a
committee to see that the validity of the
Louisiana constitution of 1898 is tested
before the federal supreme court. The
opinion of number of leading lawyer,
north and south has been obtained re
specting suffrage and the supreme cou-i
will have before it shortly cases, that il
is believed, will secure an expression OF
Its opinion respecting these suffrage
laws.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
Lea Taken to Nashrills.

Nashville. Dec. wv. f. Lea, the
bookkeeper charged in connection with
Thomas Brady with defrauding the First
National bank of this city out of SOC, 900
has arrived here under charge of detect
ives. Lea left here last Tuesday.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
An Elght-Learue Club.

Birmingham, Ala, Dec. 1. = The
Southern Baseball league meets here OIL
Dec. is to complete the circuit and ap
point schedule committee. 1t is pro
posed to admit Atlanta and Little Rock
making eight clubs league with Bir
mingham, Chattanooga, Nashville, New
Orleans, Memphis and Shreveport.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
Caught Cutting the Wires.

Houston, Dec. Ia man was arrested
in the lower part of the city just after
he cut several hundred feet of wire of
the Southwestern Telephone company
and piled it in his buggy to drive away.
He and the buggy and wire were taken
to the Jail.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
To Protect the Linemen.

Richmond, Tex, Dec. 1.--Managel
Walters of the telephone company left
Friday with party of 20 Fort Bend
county young men to guard the linemen
working between here and Houston on
the telephone lines. An additional
crowd of nine left Friday afternoon.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
Nav Cancel the Award.

London, Dec. LIT is probable, says
the Constantinople correspondent of the
Standard, "that the contract for a
cruiser to be built in the United States
will be cancelled as soon as the Ken.
lucky departs, for it is difficult to see
how the money is to be found"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
Kitchener Takes Cbaree.

London, Dec. The war Office an
nOunces that Ger eral Roberts has
handed over the command of the British
troops in South Africa to General
Kitchener.
1t is further asserted that the queen
approves General Kitchener's promo
ton to be lieutenant general with the
rank of general, while in command. in
South Africa.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
The Garrison ReIiered.

Vryburg, Cape Colony, Dec. 1.-The
garrison of Schweiser- Reueke has been
relieved by column of troops sent from
here. The beleaguering Beers resisted
but were driven off.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
Cable Bill NAV Re Knocked ont

Washington. Dec. 1.-Marconi's prop
ositiOn to telegraph from Europe to
America without wires may knock out
out the Pacific cable bill.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
Consecrated a Bi.hon.

Fort Wayne, ind., Dec. /. = Rev,
Herman Joseph Alerding, haze of ST.
Joseph's parish, indianapolis, mas been
consecrated the fourth bishop of the
Catholic diocese of Fort Wayne.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
sympathines with Kruger.

Paris, Dec. 1.-The senate has unan.
imously adopted a resolution OF sympa-
thy with Kruger in the same terms as
that which passed the chamber of
deputies
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
Closed Down.

New York, Dec. 1.-The Rogers loco.
motive works at Paterson, N. j., has
closed down finally. Several efforts have
been made to purchase the plant, but all
have failed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-02
Reiected chiIlan PrnnosnI.

Valparaiso, Dec. l. 1t is reported here
that the Bolivian congress in secret ses-
sion rejected the Gillian proposal.
The Republican., 1900-11-22

lous, i'll dressed, sharp-featured and
plain-the sort of woman for whom
there is no word in the French Ian
guage. The great poet Heine wrote
once that man who could see and
understand no woman was plain. [
always believed him. Alas! had not
seen certain English women, and
Heine could never have seen them
either.
"An English woman who is pretty
and clever possesses abundant charm,
but have seen French women by no
means pretty who have made them
se.ves so pleasing that they were to be
preferred to classic beauties. In Eng
land, however. when a woman misses
being good-looking the case is hope
less. She knows not how to walk, talk,
please or narrate, and is compelled to
take refuge in heroic endurance of her
plainness."
The Republican., 1900-11-22

descript breed that she wouldn't trade
for a whole flock of blooded poultry,
says the Weston (Ore.) Leader. 1t is
the only hen in Oregon, perhaps in the
United States, that ever fought and
killed hawk. The battle occurred a
few days ago when chicken hawk
swooped down upon a band of baby
fowls of which the old hen was the
mother. The hen didn't squawk and
run, calling upon her offspring to fol-
low her. but with fierce and well-di-
rected peck buried her bill beneath the
hawks left wing. 1t was a solar pleXus
blow and a clean knockout. The hawk
seemed surprised and dazed. 1t feebly
arose, flew aimlessly against clothes
line and then dropped into the gar
den, stone dead. That hen will be
queen of Mrs. Kings poultry yard on
Wild Horse creek as long as she sur
5ives.
The Republican., 1900-11-22

racks in the Friederichstadt, and the
fact is perpetuated in the name of Moor
street in Berlin, and which was the site
of their habitation. Gradually they dis
appeared from all the European bands,
but it has been decided to revive this
old fashion practice, and two colored
performers are forthwith to join the
musicians of one of the regiments of the
Prussian guards. Queen Victoria has
many more subjects of dusly hue than
any other sovereign. and some of them
would look very picturesque on horse
back at the head of our regiments"
The Republican., 1900-11-22

mining investments. 1t is thought
Leopold will dispose of his sleeping
car holdings in order to go fully into
the American deal.
Out in Colorado no one knows how
much Mr.. Walsh is worth, but he is
the sole owner of the Camp Bird mine,
which is worth $35 900, 900, and has
large interests in other enterprises.
His income is estimated at 100000
a month. He is extremely popular
with the miners on account of his
democracy, which admits all alike to
his table, at his Washington residence
as well as at Leadville and Camp Bird.
ments before he stepped out of the
bounds of Colorado, where he erected
a luxurious hotel for the use of his
men, and when he removed to Wash
ington to save his wife's failing health
he opened the doors of his residence
to all and spared no money to "give
everyone a good time" He has been
subjected to great deal of criticism
on his unlimited invitation lists, but
his habit of inviting high and low
and spending as much on entertain
ing one as the other is credited to
an honest desire to let all enjoy them
selves to the fullest possible extent
under his roof. He was born in Tip
perary, Ireland, in 1851, and came to
America in 1870. He began the study
of mining almost upon his arrival
in the United States, and, going to
Colorado, employed himself as build
ing contractor while he looked around
for an opportunity. This he found
10000 feet above the sea level, where
mine experts had declared it would
be ruinous to attempt to mine. Mr..
Walsh succeeded and the Camp Bird
gold mine, which is located at that
altitude, is one of the richest in the
state. The Camp Bird hotel, in which
his miners live. is fitted out with
porcelain bathtHbs, steam heat, IL
brary and srioiking-rooms. 1t accom-
modates 400 men, who live there IN
sumptuous style at a small cost. The
hotel is characteristic of Mr.. Walsh's
attitude toward his men, and he
has never been troubled by a strike.
The Republican., 1900-11-22
PARTNER OF A KING.
Colorado Miner Makes a Deal with
Leopold of Belgium.
Thomas f. Walsh ts Invest MOnnrch'a
Money in Nine - How the
Western Man Met His
Associate.

Thomas F. Walsh, the Colorado mil.
lionaire mine owner. whose lavish en-
tertainments have been a feature of
the social side of the Paris exposi-
ton, has, according to a cable from
Paris, formed a business partnership
with king. The monarch is Leopold
of Belgium, and several millions of
his money will be invested in Amer
lea by Mr.. Walsh. King Leopold's
business operations in Belgian Africa
have given him the reputation of be-
ing, to say the least, a shrewd man.
His dealings with the natives have,
it is said, been the subject of cor
ernments.
Mr.. Walsh met King Leopold several
times in Belgium in addition to the
meeting when he entertained the
monarch at dinner. On one of these
occasions the king brought up the
subject of the International Sleeping
Car company, in which he is one of
the principal stockholders, and which
is in great need of cash for improve
ments. Mr.. Walsh was asked by his
royal neighbor at dinner if he would
not like few shares of stock, which,
the king declared, would pay him
four or five per cent. Mr.. Walsh re-
piled that he did not invest in any
thing that paid less than ten per
cent, and that most of his invest
ments were bringing 20 per cent.
King Leopold became greatly interest
ed at this and exhibited lively de-
sire to know all about it. Finally,
he asked Mr.. Walsh if he happened
to know of any American mine in
vestment in which a king might place
million or two. 1t is said to have
taken Leopold two weeks to convince
Mr.. Walsh that a partnership with a
king was not bad business, and then
an agreement was signed, by which
the king becomes the partner of
Thomas F. Walsh in certain American
The Republican., 1900-11-22
PLAY IN EUROPEAN BANDS.
COIOred Musicians from line rica Find
a Welcome in Foreign
Countries.

Many years ago there were colored
musicians in our military bands, and
England was not singular in that re-
spect, says the London Telegraph. Both
in France and in Germany the cymbal
and the kettledrum players were near
neighbors to the sum-" In the latter
country their performances were not
confined to the instruments just named
and Frederick William l. of Prussia
had, in fact, a whole orchestra of them
They were mainly recruited from the
African colony fredericksburg,
founded by his grandfather, and even
when that Prussian possession was sold
to the Dutch in 1920 the dark-hued vir-
tuosi still continued to be imported.
They were quartered in special bar
The Republican., 1900-11-22
A Neryy Old Hen.

Mrs. R. King is the owner of a cour-
ageous and capable old hen OF non
The Republican., 1900-11-22

thing ready to divide the land in quar-
ter sections, says the San Francisco Ar
gonaut. The Indians did not take very
kindly to the division and allotment OF
their land and, seeing that the whites
were scared, they decided to act. The
surveyors were all tenderfeet from
Washington. Suddenly, without warn.
ing, their camp was invaded by a yell
ing, shooting band of 500 Indians in wal
paint and feathers. The surveying
party could not stand the pressure ano
started out for the settlements along
the Texas line and kept up their fight
pursued by the Indians, until they
crossed the state line. Then they tele
graphed TO Fort Sill and the command
er there sent out a large cavalry force
to protect the surveyors. The genera
supposition is that lot of cowboys
and young bucks played a practica
joke.
The Republican., 1900-11-22
HEROIC AMID DANGERS.
English Women I'm South Africa Have
In Many Instances Proved
Their MettIe.

During the progress of the war in
South Africa many stories of individ-
ual heroism have been told. A French
man writing from Bloemfontein, testi-
fies that the English women there are
remarkable for the cheerful stoicism
with which they endured the anxiety
and discomforts of recent conditions.
He INDUCES, also, in other comments
that are interesting.
Zone may observe among English
women he says, "the same thing in
the matter of gracefulness that one
notices among the men in the mat
ter of politeness. There is no mean.
Either the English woman is extreme
ly graceful. pretty. elegant and even
recherche, or else she is quite ridicu-
The Republican., 1900-11-22
Deafnes. Cannot ne Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inhamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of tie Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets i'.famed you have rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dtion, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases of of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure(
Send for circulars, free.
F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Republican., 1900-11-22
SCARED BY INDIAN YELL.
The Practical Joke That Was Played
on Surveyors by a Band
of COmanches.

A crowd of United States surveyors
and allotting agents were recently
working in the reservation of the
Comanche Indians, surveying, establish
ing corner stones and getting every