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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-04
RICHEST MINE IN WORLD.
Half a Billion Dollars Refused by
Clark for the United Verde.

PHOENIX, \ t, Nov. 3-The American
Mining News contains the following arti-
Gle about the great United Verde mine, the
property of Senator w. A Clark, which, if
correct. would indicate that it is probably
the richest mine and he the richest man
in the world:
''In my recent letter 1 made some allu-
sion to the fact that Yavapai county con-
tanned more dividend-paying mines than
any other mining section or like size in
the United States In addition TO this
statement il can be said that Yavapai coun-
" is undoubtedly producing to-day more
value in actual metal than any other sec
ton of like area in the world. According
to statistics at hand at the beginning OF
this month the metal output OF TINS county
amounted TO $l20, 600, and at this rate at
the close of the year ii would show an out
put of $50, O0o, coo.
1T has only lately come to light that the
average value OF the ore taken from the
United Verde is SIS per ton in all values
gold silver and copper. This mine so far
as has been developed, including explora-
tons and diamond drilling below the pres
ent workings. shows an immense ore CHM
ney 400X6O0 feet across that has been eX-
plored by shafts, tunnels and drill holes TO
Just how far il will be possible TO work
this mine down before the heat limit Is
reached is hard TO say. but a reasonable
estimate would be 5000 feet. An estimat e
by one OF the best mining engineers in this
country shows that the mine TO the depth
OF l. 400 feet contains 336, 900, 600 cubic feet
of ore, and estimating eleven cubic feet 10
the ton there is practically 100000 tons in
sight.
IF we carry these figures little further
on the present four values of the United
Verde we have the average value OF the
ore equaling $500, 100000. These are not
fancy figures, but represent the actual pro-
duction OF the property and can be veri-
fed by any one familiar with mining work
The present owner OF the property has re-
fused $500, 0000 600 for the mine. 1t can be
said with safety that il has become so
valuable that there is not a syndicate OF
corporation that could put up the money
TO buy IL. Several giant syndicates have
looked into the property with a view 10
purchasing IL outright. but when they
tackled the figures above mentioned their
hopes of ever becoming owners or the
United Verde disappeared forever
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-04

portance OF giving a speedy and practical
outcome to the great project that has for
so many years engrossed the attention Of
the respective countries"
While the abrogation of the canal treaty
is not in itself an unfriendly act, il is made
rather more incomprehensible by the fact
that Nicaragua has at the same time de-
nounced an extradition treaty made in 1870.
As extradition treaties exist between nearly
all civilized countries. this looks a little
as If the action of Nicaragua were intended
TO be unfriendly as that government GER
tainly cannot expect to maintain friendly
relations with the United States without
some sort of an extradition treaty. Still
another curious aspect of the case is that
the denunciation Of the canal treaty should
come just at a time when the promoters of
the Panama route are trying hard to have
it adopted instead of the Nicaragua route.
The abrOgation of the canal treaty with
the United States could not have come
more timely for the Panama canal people.
and they could well afford to have paid a
large sum to secure it. The Nicaraguan
government is in a state of chronic impe-
curiosity, and it is not difficult to believe
that a company which used immense sums
of money in substituting the French press
and bribing members of the French cham
bers, as the Panama Canal Company did a
few years ago, would resort to similar
means to induce the Nicaraguan govern
ment TO denounce a treaty the abrogation
of which is largely to the advantage of
the Panama company. The Panama COM
pany would have no interest in the abro-
cation of the extradition treaty, but that
may have been done as a blind to conceal
the motive in the other case. All these
conjectures may be set at rest by ex-
plantations soon to be received from the
Nicaraguan government, but, whatever
they may be, its present action introduces
very confusing element into the 18TH
milan canal question.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-04
Among the Publishers.

Lee & Shepard, Boston, are about to bring
out the American Boys Life Of William
Mckinley" by Edward Stratemeyer. The
dotes.
The new edition Of Miss Alcott's famous
story, Little Men," with fifteen full-page
pictures by Reginald b. Birch. illustrator
OF Little Lord Fauntleroy." is one OF Lit
tie, Brown q Co. S best holiday produc-
tons, and a large sale is assured.
Stone & Co. publishers of "Graustark, .
announce the Observation-Disclosures
thousand of that spirited novel but they
claim that this fact is not its only virtue.
Mr.. McCutcheon is hard at work upon a
new book, but he refuses to be hurried.
Lanes translation Of The Arabian
Nights" which has just been newly pub
!ished in six volumes by the Macmillan
Company. contains one hundred photograV-
ure Illustrations by Stanley Wood and an
introduction by Joseph Jacobs, of fairy-tale
fame.
Harper & Bros. have just published the
following new books: ''Heroines of Fic-
tion." two volumes. uniform with Lit
erary Friends and Acquaintance" by w
u. Howells; "Alices Adventures In Won
derland." with forty full-page Illustrations
by Peter Newell: "Over the Plum Pud-
ding Sixth and final volume OF Harper's
Portrait COllection). new Christmas stories
by John Kendrick Bangs: THE House Di-
vided." a novel. by II. b. Marriott Wat
son, author OF THE Princess Xenia," and
Let Not Man Put Asunder." b. Basil
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-04
STRANGE ACTION BY NICARAGUA,

The action of Nicaragua in denouncing
the treaty which gave the United States
the right to construct a canal across the
isthmus introduces an entirely new ele-
ment into the discussion of that question.
Denunciation Of a treaty, by the way,
means official notice by either of the parties
TO IL of Its abrogation at the expiration of a
certain time. The act. though rather un-
usual, does not necessarily imply unfriend-
illness. In the present case ii is entirely
unexpected and no explanation is offered
OF its motive. Ii is the more difficult to
understand because. since the concessions
granted 10 the Maritime Canal Company.
the Nicaraguan government has extended
every facility and encouragement TO meas
ures taken by the United States looking
10 the construction OF a canal In his
second annual message. that OF Deem
Der. 1SsS. President Mckinley referred TO
the work that had been done by the Mica
ragua Canal Commission appointed in July,
1897. and said: in the performance OF its
task the commission received all possible
courtesy and assistance from the govern
ments OF Nicaragua and Costa Rica. which
thus testified their appreciation of the im-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-04
COMMERCIAL RECIPROCITY.
National Convention to Consider the
Subject Week AFTER Next.

NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-Members Of the
New York Board of Trade and Transpor-
tation have issued a call for a special
meeting TO consider commercial recipro-
city" The call is addressed 10 members
Of the board who are engaged in manu-
features IL reads: In view OF the ac-
tive discussion Of the expediency and prac-
ucability OF the broader application OF the
principle OF commercial reciprocity as
means of expanding foreign markets for
American products without sacrificing the
interests OF any Of our industries. the un-
dersigned. with the approval OF the ex-
ecutive committee OF the board, invite and
request all members of the Board OF Trade
and Transportation who are engaged in
manufactures TO designate a principal or
executive officer in each such firm or corpo-
ration 10 meet In the board rooms on
Thursday. Nov. 7. at 2.30 D. m, FOR liberal
comparison OF views on the subject, 10 FOR
mulate some expression OF the sentiment
OF the meeting. and. II deemed desirable.
TO select and recommend TO the board ten
delegates to the national reciprocity coven-
ton which will be held in Washington,
y. c, Nov IS. The undersigned are aware
that differing views OF the value OF COM
mercial reciprocity are held among manu-
facturers. and have not ourselves COM
pared opinions. The meeting therefore 10
called absolutely without pre- udiCc or bias,
and those attending viii shape concld-
giOns
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-04
Publishers All Busy.

'Lounger," in the Critic.
If there was much money in printing the
American printer would stand a chance OF
becoming a very rich man. Every printing
house within reach of New York and some
that are pretty well out OF reach of that
city, have more work 10 do than they can
well accomplish. A publisher told me the
other day that il would be impossible for
any man not already customer OF the
larger printing houses to get any work
done by them. az they are so crowded with
orders. When one sees the number OF
books that are published IL is easy to be-
lieve that printing presses are groaning
with the work. and booksellers counters
are bending under the strain. One OF the
largest booksellers in the city says frankly
that he cannot pretend TO push any but
the popular books. The new author has
got to wait until the public clamors for
him before he will get any display in the
bookstores. This is hard but IL is not
altogether unfair. If there were fewer
hooks the new author would stand a chance
with the booksellers, but bookseller is
only human. He Is in business, as most
men are to make money, and till an au-
thor gets a reputation he cannot AFFORD 10
push him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-04
The Great God Success.

This story purports to have been written
by John Graham, but there is some reason
to suspect that is not the real name of
the author. Whether it is or not he shows
acquaintance with New York journal
ism that could only be possessed by a
member of the profession. The story deals
with the experiences, professional and per-
sOnal, of a talented young man, who, fresh
from college, begins newspaper work with
high ideals and after achieving success
in the profession falls victim TO the love
of money gets entangled with one or two
women, abandons his high ideals, acquires
wealth and becomes what might be called
a successful failure, selfish, sordid and
rich of whom it is said: Hes got the
cash and he's got the position; and his
paper gives him tremendous power Then.
too, all about him are men like himself
The only punishment he's likely TO get is
the penalty of having to live with himself"
1t is a sprightly story and some of the
characters seem TO be drawn from local
notables. New York: Frederick A. Stokes
Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-04
Brief Mention.

1.-The Days That Are No More" a col
lection of short stories of Southern life and
negro character and dialect, by Elizabeth
b. Johnson, cleverly illustrated by c. Adele
Fassett and Frances B. Johnston. The
Abbey Press.
Unique Tales" Three stories OF a senti-
mental and conventional type, published
anonymously by the Abbey Press.
It'll the Doctor Comes" containing prac-
tical directions by Dr. George II. Hope
what to do in various diseases and emer-
gencies until medical aid can be had. A
new and revised edition. New York: G. z.
Putnam's Sons.
kansas Zephyrs," a collection of bright,
breezy and characteristic poems by Ed
Blair. of Cadmus, Kan, published by the
American Ihresherman. Madison. wis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-04

The statement has been made that
boats used on the Erie canal will be
taken to pieces and shipped to the Philip
pines because canal transportation is no
longer profitable. Years ago if it had been
predicted that the development of the rail-
road would make canal transportation I'M
profitable the person making it would have
been ridiculed; but the easy grades, the
heavy rails and the large locomotives OF
the trunk lines have so cheapened the cost
OF railroad transportation that the canal
cannot compete. The same is doubtless true
in large measure of river transportation.
When railroads can do the country's in
ternal carrying more satisfactorily than
river-boats. why spend so much money on
the dredging OF rivers?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-04

King. the tenth volume Of the American
Novel series.
THE Pines OF Lory." by j. a Mitchell.
which has just finished its course as a
serial in Scribner's Magazine. has been
brought out in handsome illustrated book
who remember Mr. Mitchells charming
story Amos Judd which. by the way,
has just been republished in edition de
luxe by the Scribners-will welcome The
Pines OF Lory.'
Doubleday. Page & Co. are just publish
ing Charles II. Caffins fine book on Pho
Biography as a Fine Art" with a hundred
pictures showing the work Of such expert
photographers as Alfred Stiegltz, Ger
trude Kasebier, James 7. Kelley, Frank
E9gene; w. b. Dyer Clarence n; White.
Jr., and others who are doing the most OF
what is artistic in photography.
There is a sweet and sunny corner OF
the Elysian fields, where browse and play.
and browse and play forever, little band
Of cats, whose names. imperishable as their
masters are household words to-day"
says Miss Agnes Repplier in her introduc-
ton 10 The Fireside Sphinx" All who
love cats. and all who enjoy brilliant writ
Ing fascinating Illustrations and me BOOK
making will be glad TO know OF this new
fin & Co.
''Sir Christopher" by Maud Wilder Good
win, has been placed on the list OF the 100
/ best books Of the year by the Western
Massachusetts Library Club. new edi-
ton of Mrs. Goodwin's White Aprons.
with cOlored frontspiece and five full-page
| Illustrations, has been issued by Little,
| Brown * Co. for the holidays. The popu-
! larity of Ramona" by Helen jackson
Oh. h, still continues. Little. Brown *
Co. have just been compelled 10 print
new edition of 5000. making $4,000 In all.
Herbert S. Stone & CO. are about 10 issue
The Golfers Rubaiyat" by y. W. Boyn-
ton. 1t is said to be clever parody. The
following is specimen Quatrain:
| mo hope by club or ball to win the prize:
| The batter'd, blacken'd remade sweetly
flies,
Sweep clearly from the tee; this is the
/ truth.
Nine-tenths is skill. and ali the rest is lies"
Peter Newell has achieved a success re-
| markabIe even for so excellent an illus
| traitor in his first pictures, which are TO
appear in color. They consist Of fifteen IL
Illustrations for John Kendrick Bangs's Mr..
Munchausen" and Carolyn Weiss Mother
are to be published by Messrs. Noyes. Plat
| & Co., of Boston, a house closely con-
/ nected with Small, Maynard q Co. and
with Curtis & Cameron, publishers OF the
| Copley prints. Not only are the pictures
/ irresistibly funny, but the harmony OF the
! colors makes them truly notable as works
! OF art They will be printed i'm exact fac
! smile by the use Of eight colors In lith-
! ography Mr.. Newell has congratulated
the publishers on the excellence OF the re-
! production. In "Mr. Munchausen Mr.
| John Kendrick Bangs has carried out an
! idea long in his mind. and OF which ne hao
! already given hint in his notable House
boat on the Styx,' the further adventures
| of Baron MunchauSen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-04
Life on the Stage.

The story of a long career on the stage
by one competent to write 1t is sure to
interest the large class of readers who en-
joy everything that affords a glimpse be-
hind the scenes. This book, by Clara Nor
ris, meets that requirement, for she had
great career an actress and is an ex-
ceedingly clever writer. She writes SO well
that one cannot but think that If she had
adopted literature as her vocation she
would have shone in that field as brilliantly
as she did on the stage. There are forty
four chapters in this book, and each one
relates separate passage, episode or
"reminiscences of a professional life which
was full of action incident and experience.
1t is related that Sarah Bernhard once
went to see Clara Morris play Camille"
and that when she beheld in Miss Morris 8
imperSonatiOn the uneXampled NteralneSs
of mental and physical agony she eX-
claimed: Good heavensi The woman is
not acting, she is suffering" 1t is this
same sensitive emotional quality, the same
vitality and imaginative power shown by
the actress on the stage that give much of
the unique charm that pervades the pages
of her book. Yet the book is as far re-
moved as possible from staginess or arti-
hciality. 1t is a simple, unaffected narra-
tive of the authors experiences from her
childhood amid poor and hard environ
ments and her first entrance on the stage
to a period that leaves her at the zenith
of her fame. The book possesses the read
able quality to an extraordinary degree.
New York: Mcclure, Phillips & Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-04

Much interest attaches TO the movement
OF the French navy against Turkey. as IL is
suspected that IL means more than a
threat TO collect a debt. The impression
seems to prevail in Europe that the real
purpose is TO compel the Turkish govern
ment to keep its pledges made to Europe
In the Berlin treaty. by which the Sultan
gave promise to protect foreigners in
Macedonia and Armenia. which he has not
done, and where the conditions now are
intolerable. II is believed that Russia and
Great Britain are in accord with France.
but that the attitude Of Germany is IN
certain Just what can be done 10 obtain
better conditions in Turkey is a difficult
problem The Sultan has always had the
support Of a part of Europe when any move
has been made against him. He is. more
over, the head OF the Mohammedan
Church. which numbers millions or fol-
lowers in the East who might come to his
support in the event an effort were made
10 depose him or divide his territory
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-04

On the occasion of the introduction Of
Warden Reid to the subordinate officers of
the State Prison on Friday, Governor Dur
bin, who presented him, said in effect:
We are convinced that Mr.. Reid will
make an efficient and conscientious war
den, and it is expected of every officer that
he give to the head of the prison efficient
and loyal service, with the assurance that
efficient service will be recognized. Every
officer who makes excellent record
shall have full credit for what he does.
Every man stands or falls upon his own
record. There is to be politics in the
management of the prison. No official or
employe can depend upon outside influence
to keep him in his place if he is not faith
full and efficient. The faithful and efficient
man need not trouble himself about his
tenure. Above all things, L urge upon you
the Importance of giving to the warden that
loyalty which is essential to success in the
management of the prison.
This means that the prison is to be con-
Quoted on practical business principles. as
it has been the past few years, and as all
the other State institutions, whether they
are or are not under the nonpartisan laws.
Being operated thus, several of them did
not expend their appropriations for maipte-
nance the past fiscal year, despite the in
creased cost of many articles of food.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-04

November Worlds Work.
There have been more than two hundred
new novels published in the United States
this fall. There have been perhaps five
thousand written that the publishers have
declined
The phenomenal popular success Of few
writer's of fiction during the last few years
some masters of their craft and some
mere stage carpenters who set up spectacu-
lar scenes-has had the effect OF making
novel writing appear TO be an industry.
Few persons used to make il business.
for regarded as an industry IL did not pay
for the labor it required. But now it is re-
garded by many as a way to fortune.
Lonely women, disappointed teachers, i'm
pecunious preachers-these, but not these
only, try their hands at IL. You never
knew whom TO suspect. Your physician.
even your broker, men in public life ladies
in society-your own grandmother or your
own granddaughter for all you know-all
these have taken to the secret practice
of the craft. For instance. one publishing
house, which does not publish many novels,
has within a given period received 500 vol
unteered book manuscripts. OF which $50
were novels. OF these four were accepted
for publication. few such facts as these
indicate the extent of the delusion about
the profits of the industry. Father" said
a boy of fourteen the other day, II want
you to buy me copy Of the Century War
Book I'm going TO write novel of the
civil war
There are other books that the world
wants more than IL wants novels-historfes
biographies, social studies. adventures
These seldom yield sudden fortunes. But
there have been men who have made very
considerable incomes historians and
biographers. Their incomes have as often
come TO their children as to themselves:
but almost every important historical work
has brought a fair reward at last. AS a
gainful industry novel writing is not worth
the labor IL costs. AS an art IL is one Of
the noblest and most difficult, and only
those who regard IL as a great art have
any right TO undertake IT.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-04
The Modern Mission Century.

This book. by DR.. Arthur T. Pierson, is
one of the results Of forty years of studious
life and earnest work. It's object is not so
much to give the annals of the nineteenth
century as to find the philosophy of its his
tory-the center about which all its events
revolve. This, according to the authors
view, is the divine plan for the progress
of the race and the spread of Christianity,
and he treats the occurrences and devel-
opments, the forces and factors, the men
and women, of the nineteenth century as
divinely appointed and adjusted for the ad-
vancement Of the divine plan. The book
is especially addressed TO students of mis-
siOnary history and work, and is an in
spring presentation of the religious ac-
tivities OF the last century. New York:
The Baker a Taylor Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-04

The recall of Minister WI Tingfang by
his government will remove a picturesque
and interesting figure from American life.
Mr.. WI is man of broad views. a shrewd
observer and good tallSer, and he has come
to be in great demand as a speaker and
lecturer 1t is by no means certain that
his recall is due to the fact that he was
becoming too popular in this country. 1t
is the traditional and established policy
Of China TO limit minister's term of serv-
ice at one post to three years, and the en-
forcement of the rule is sufficient reason
for the action in this case
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-04
How He Knew.

Chicago Record Herald.
"Say, ma
''Well?"
There are seven liars in our class at school -
"Oh, 1 wouldn't say that dear. You might
be mistaken"
NO 1 amt. Yesterday the teacher said all
of US that never told lie should hold UP our
hands"
And were there seven there who didn't hold
UP their hands?'
mo; there were seven that did
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-04
Hitting Him Hard.

Washington Star.
Charley, DEAR" said young Mrs. Torkins, do
YOU think we shall ever be rich enough to own
a yacht?"
II shouldn't be surprised"
when we afford 1t you will buy me a
yacht. won't you?'
Certainly"
well Charley, dear. I know you bust
ness man, and I know you want me to be a
business woman. II you will give me new hat
and a new gown and coat now won
say a word about the yacht. Isn't that a lovely
discount for cash?'