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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-03-27

IHE Sump'er correspondent oi the
Portland Telegram says that $1,000 a day
Is received here from the east TO pay tor
mining stocks In this district, OF course.
II Is impossible TO make an accurate esti'
mate as to the amount oi money coming
In Tor that purpose, because mining com.
panies are as close mou,hed about the
amount OF stock sold as they are about the
amount OF gold taken on, OF the ground.
Il is u fact, however, that considerable
money is being received here from the east
In payment for stocks; many tunes as
much as ever before, and the thousand
dollars u day guess is perhaps as good rs
any.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-03-27
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\AIlLLlAM n. STROur & son

soi Bennett Ave-. Cripple Creek, Colo.
Established In Colorado in isro
Mining Engineers, As>ayer>, Chemists. Standard
Work, Personal Attention. Reasonable Prices, Forty
Years Practice Cola (erucitle ssssy). SOC gold. >ii
Ner ,Sc: goli, silver, copper, so. literal dis
count on all hills over $40. A share OF your work
Is respectfully solicited.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-03-27

AND nov SCRANTON, Penn, has looked
the gilt horse IN the mouth and refused ~
accept Carnegie's proiiered public library;
which IS altogether the proper thing to do.
People with pride and honor will ALWAYS
scorn 10 accept charity from men who
have acquitted their millions through the
dishonest methods employed by the Car
negles and Ro,keiellers. Given an equal
show with these favored ones, the public
would no, have 10 relv on these alleged
"phian,hiopists" ior srth donations. |,
is a tact that today, in the mining industry
alone the raSe ior wealth is a tree for all.
without a handicap.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-03-27

STATE exchanges are having much TO
say during recent DAYS about the $1,000
appropriated tor an exhibit at the Charles.
ton exposition, which they delleh, to refer
10 aS the "lar Heel Show" Charleston
is In South Carolina, the Palmetto"
state. !, was the governor OF the other
Carolina, the "Iar Heel" state, no is al.
legged 10 have made the widely quoted
remark.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-03-27

THOSE rustIers over in Washington
have captured our own Captain c. n.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Eating a Living Ok.

Only the very few among us run any
risk, in the course of our peregrinations
and vicissitudes, of being invited to
such Objectionable dinners as it was
the lot of Bruce, the explorer, to eat.
Such very nasty feeders as the Abys-
sinians of his day are becoming ex-
tinct. Fancy sitting down to table and
seeing the meat walk alive into the
room! That was their custom. And
they ate it alive, too, the brutes!
The wretched OK was tied fast, head
and legs, and then, by a delicate in
cision on both sides of the backbone,
near the launches, the attendants were
able to strip it's skin away, to enable
them to cut slices from the poor ami
NAL again and again without touching
an artery. The guests ate the meat
raw and quivering to the music of the
roars and believing of pain of the OK
of which it was part.
This is hideous, and even the least
particular of men may be excused for
Sinking an experience Of the kind.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
A Lucky Imitation.

Marshal Gourko, the famous Russian
general, was terrible autocrat. On
one occasion an imDersonator of cele-
brated men was performing at a thea
ter in Odessa. One evening he received
a mysterious message, which read:
"Study General Gourko." In Russia it
is better not to inquire into matters
that one does not understand and so
the artist spent an hour in privately
iMpersonating the autocratic Russian
Just as the evening performance was
about to commence an order of arrest
signed by Gourko was presented to the
impersonator, and without explanation
he was led through the streets to the
marshaIs palace and into an apartment
where the terrible man was seated.
'"They tell me that you impersonate Gel
ebrated men," he roared. 'Imperson-
ate mep'
Giving a hasty look at Gourko, the
performer turned to the mirror to
make up" 1t was an anxious time,
for if the marshal should take excep-
ton to the representation he had I'M
limited power to inf1ict punishment.
The impersonator dragged himself to-
gether and turned to the marshal q copy
if his own face and overbearing man.
ner. Gourko burst into a roar of laugh
ter, and the dangerous moment was
over
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23

The Fosburg murder mystery is still
unsolved, though an innocent man has
been put through the torture and indig-
nifty Of a trial. No one who followed
the evidence in this peculiar case at
Pittsfeld, Mass, in which a brother
was accused of the murder of his own
sister, could fail to expect prompt
acQuittal or avoid a feeling that the
prosecution was an outrage. There was
never the slightest ground for the
charge that young Fosburg shot and
killed his sister, except that his pistol
was apparently used and the local po-
lice were incapable of tracing the crime
to it's proper source. Because they
could not find evidence of the burglary
of which the murder was an incident
they adopted the preposterous theory
of fratricide on the f1imsiest Of circum-
stantial evidence, in the face Of the pro-
tests Of the family and all probability.
The wonder is that an Indictment was
found and a serious trial set on foot up
on such a fiimsy pretext. The reckless
incompetency Of the Pittsfield police
and prosecuting officials which brought
so much agony upon an afflicted fami-
ly deserves something more than uni
versal condemnation.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Origin of the Word Canada

i On April 90 1854, jacques Cartier
sailed from st. Malo, Brittany, with
two ships and 81 men, for Labrador,
skirted Newfoundland, named Chaleur
BAY. crossed the eastern end of Anti
cost and then headed for France
again. The next year Cartier returned
with three ships, thought he saw in
the st. Lawrence the wished for pas
sage to India and was only undeceived
by the freshness of the water on reach
ing the mouth of the Saguenay. Then
was revealed the majestic size Of the
continent, for, with the exception of
the Amazon and the Orinoco, no Amer
lean river gives one such a sense Of
power and grandeur.
AS the Frenchmen inquired the
names of the Indian villages along the
banks they were answered Canada"
alMohawk word meaning village, but
which was applied by the Frenchmen
to the country.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
SHIP AT SEA SENDS NEWS
Vessel on Way to New York Uses Wireless
Telegraphy.

Nantucket, Mass, Aug. 19.-The big
Cunarder Lucania, on her way to New
York, has transmitted the news by
wireless telegraphy to the Nantucket
south shoals lightship, thence to the
station at Siasconset. The working Of
the machines was attended with some
little difficulty at first, but finally they
got tuned up, and when the Lucania
sent a message to the lightship the
machines worked without a break.
The news Of the passing of the Lu-
cania was forwarded to New York
without delay. The Lucania passed
the lightship about $40 p. m. She
was within easy distance of the float
ing beacon, which is anchored forty
three miles Of the coast. The work.
ing Of the wireless system demon
strated beyond question the success Of
the MarcOni system.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Rewards For Ending the Boer War.

Rewards For Ending the Boer War.
From the English ministerial and
parliamentary standpoint the war in
South Africa is certainly over. Have
not the rewards for the subjugation of
the Dutch republics been distributed?
Lord Miner, the high commissioner of
Cape Colony, received some time ago
from the hands Of King Edward his re-
ward for the part he took in annex
ing the Transvaal and the Orange
Free State to his majesty's domain,
and now Lord Roberts gets his reward,
an earldom from the king and 100000
from parliament. Medals to the lesser
factors in the fight for British posses
sion of South Africa, now, according to
British authority, ended, have been
passed around. Such awards are usual
ly made from 20 months to 20 years
after the close Of a campaign. It may
therefore be concluded that the war is
positively ended Mr.. Chamberlain
AAAh''OAA LAS SdlA t11dI II Ids lung CcdS-
ed to be war in the true sense Of the
word" Hence the present propriety Of
distributing the rewards.
But Lord Kitchener and 100000 Brit
ish soldiers are still in the field. They
are, it may be assumed, only doing ''po-
lice work." and it is not usual to be-
stow medals upon police constables of
any grade. Yet the police work in
South Africa seems to be quite as dan
gerous as the real warfare, as the loss
es suffered by the British in June last
exceeded the average monthly casual
ties since the beginning of the cam
paign, and the bill Of expense is now as
great as at any time during the war.
The British parliament, the ministry,
the king and the high commissioner
have all declared the war to be over
and the subjugation completed. Could
there be higher authority for the state
ment of Britain's actual ownership of
the mines and territory Of South Afri-
ca? There has been no such convincing
proof Of possession since the time of
the Irishman who when told that his
house had been blown away insisted
that it was impossible, for he had the
key in his pocket.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
A Bird With Four Feet.

This little creature, still to be found
in South America, is a relic Of bygone
ages. 1t is known as the crested hoatzin,
and the adult bird is about as big as a
peacock.
The young birds, when Matched, have
four legs, the front pair being reptilian
in character, and have strong claws. AS
they grow older these claws fall off,
the legs become fattened, feathers
grow on them, and they develop into
wings.
These nestlings are the nearest ap-
proach to a reptile that can be found
among birds, and they can climb and
dive and swim with great facility.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
TWO NEGROES LYNCHED
Mob Shoots at the Swinging Bodies and
Kills a Boy in the Crowd.


Pierce City Mo-, Aug. 20.-Will
Cooley and French Cooley, his grand
father, negroes We're lynched here
on the charge of assaulting and muir
dering Miss Casselle Wilds on her
way home from Sunday school. When
Cooley was strung up there was much
shooting at the body and a boy was
killed and several persons wounded
by the indiscriminate firing.
Just before his death Carter con-
fessed that the real culprit was Joe
Clark, Pullman car porter, and the
mob has arranged to meet him when
he returns from his run and lynch him.
Cooley, the first man lynched, had al
ready served a penitentiary sentence
for assaulting a woman 60 years Of
age The feeling against the negroes
is intense and twenty-five armed men
are now raiding the cOlOred quarter,
shooting at every black they can find.
The murder of Miss WildS was most
atrocious She was met near a rail-
road brige, dragged into the woods,
assaulted and her throat cut with a
razor A farmer working in near
by field witnessed the assault, but
hearing no outcry, did not go to her
relief. When he saw the negroes run
ming away he gave the alarm. The
body of the girl was found at noon.
and the negroes were captured shortly
afterWard.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23

A new king has been crowned in the
world of trotters, and his name is king
ly, Cresceus. BY trotting a mile in
2:02M George B. Ketcham's horse has
dethroned The Abbot and has set up
mark that may last for many moons.
But now, more than ever, horse owners
hope to see the day when the two min
ute trotter will be a reality and not an
ideal. The problem of reaching the two
minute mark seems to be up to the
horses themselves, for everything i'm
aginable has been done to provide them
with the lightest of running gears and
the fastest of tracks. Meantime all
hail to Cresceus, who has trotted mile
faster than was ever recorded before.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23

De Wolfe Hopper was once q witness
in a suit for SANDER, and the opposing
counsel in the courtroom said
"You are an actor, | believer"
EYES," replied Hopper.
SIS not that low callng?"
81 don't know, but it's so much better
than my fathers that | am rather
proud Of it."
what was your fathers calling, may
l ask?'
''He was a lawyer" said Hopper.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23

Coleridge says: Readers may be di-
vided into four classes-frst. sponges,
who absorb all they read and return it
early in the same state, only little
dirty; second, sand glasses, who retain
nothing and are content to get through
a book for the sake Of getting through
the time; third, strain bags, who retain
merely the dregs of what they read;
fourth, mogul diamonds, equally rare
and valuable, who profit by what they
read and enable others to profit by it
also"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23

Twenty years ago the New York city
directory contained 2S5, AT names. The
directory for 1901, just issued. lists 406,
ITO persons as living in Manhattan and
the Bronx At the government ratio of
5 ITO persons to a family the popula-
ton Of the two boroughs as indicated
by the new directory is 2,O74, 400, which
is about $4,000 more than was given by
the census a year ago.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
CHICAGO POLICE BOODLERY
City Detective Officers Accused of Devel
oping q Rake-Of.

City Detective Officers Accused of Devel-
oping q RakeOff.
Chicago, Aug. 19.-Sensational allie
cations of corruption in the admins
tration of the Chicago detective bu-
reau have been made in charges filed
by Chief of Police O'Neill with the
civil service commission here against
Detectives J. J. Tracy and John Cra-
mer and Lieutenant of Detectives
Peter Joyce.
The last named officer is also ac-
cused of making false reports. 1t is
alleged that for years detectives have
made a 'rake-off' by turning in ex-
penses for mileage when they really
used passes, and for bringing prison
ers back from other states when they
really had not been out Of town.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
A Song Inspiration,

Chambers Journal says the inspira-
ton for Milton Wellings' song Some
Day" came to him while he was wait
ing in an agony Of suspense to hear
from his wife, rumor having arisen Of
an accident to a yachting party Of
which she was a member. Nervously
opening a book, his eyes fell on the
line, "Or are you dead or that you
live," which line he incorporated in his
song.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
South America.

Competent authorities assert that
South America has greater undevelop-
ed resources than any other portion Of
the world. Any crop grown elsewhere
can be duplicated there, and the coun-
try abounds in mines of coal, silver and
gold, most of which have been only
slightly developed.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
SAVED FROM A HORRIBLE FATE
Boy Who Was About To Be Tortured by
Yauui Indians,

Chicago, Aug. 20.-A special to the
Record-H from Phoenix says:
Juan Robelez, a Mexican boy II years
old, was saved from a horrible fate
Sunday by a posse which went from
here to a settlement of Yaqui Indians,
where the boy was about to be put to
death by torture for having killed AZ
ula, an Indian, for beating a squaw.
The boy was found unconscious
from pain, with hands and feet bound
with tightly drawn cords. The Indi-
ans were preparing to force Robelez
to dance over beds of cactus, a mode
of torture common to them.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23

When William NJ. Eyarts was Secre-
tary of state in President Hayes cab
met, he said in an after dinner speech
at Omaha: II like the west. I like her
self made men. And the more I travel
west, the more / meet with her public
men, the more l am satisfied of the
truthfulness Of the Bible statement
that the wise men came from the eastw
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Suit Against John A. Hinsey.

Chicago, Aug. 19.-Suits for the re-
covery of sums aggregating $4,000 al
legged to have been withdrawn from
the Endowment Rank, knights of
Pythias, have been filed in the circuit
court here by the supreme lodge of the
order against John A. Hinsey, former
president of the board of control, and
Henry B. Stolte, former secretary of
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
CeIIu1Oid.

The base of celluloid is common pa
per. By action Of sulphuric and nitric
acids it is changed to gun cotton, then
dried, ground and mixed with from 20
to 40 per cent of camphor, after which
1t is ground fine, colored with powder
colors, cast in sheets. pressed very
hard and at last baked between sets of
superheated rollers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Massacre in Armenia.

London, Aug. ia dispatch from
Constantinople says a body of 400
Kurds has been raiding the Damizra
district Of Armenia and has destroyed
twelve villages, leaving nothing but
smoking ruins. Only the young girls
were spared. They were carried off
to the harems. All the males were
ruthlessly buthered.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23

If young Mr.. Vanderbilt wants to dis
tinguish himself as an inventor and
also become philanthropist, let him
invent some sort of an appliance to let
the air into the car and at the same
time keep the dust out
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Sixty School Teachers Marry.

San Francisco, Aug. 19.-Sixty
school teachers Of the 400 who started
from here on the transport Thomas to
take chargeof the schools in the Philip
pines were married at Honolulu.
When they departed from this port
they were utter strangers, but COM
partnership across the Pacific brought
about numerous love affairs.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Still Another Strenuous Woman.

Richmond, Va, Aug. 2O.-Miss Ola
Neff, Is years old, daughter of Hotel
Proprietor Neff, of Rural Retreat, yes
terday shot J. J. WaXelbaum, a Macon,
Ga, produce buyer, in the left breast
with rifle, because, as she alleges,
he accosted her on the street She
went home, procured the rifle, returned
and shot the man without a word
He will racOyar
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23

The word sunny borrowed its original
significance from astrology. 1t describ-
ed person born under the influence Of
the son, this luminary being supposed
to exercise q beneficial influence on the
character Of the individual.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23

A Chicago clergyman announces that
there are few men in heaven. Of
course he has inside information and
knows all about it,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
Millions of No. of persons

AS there are 100000 square miles
of land on the earth, and as we are to
consider 1000 persons to each square
mile as the equivalent of the worlds
being full, it follows that we want a
world population Of 52OOO,OOOOOO Of
persons to fulfill this condition.
A glance at the above statement Of
growth in the worlds population shows
that the necessary growth from 1,600,-
100000 in the year 1900 to the 52,0O0,-
100000 of persons wanted for our pur-
pose will eventuate in the year 225O, al
most $50 years ahead Of the present
time, when, as the Illustration suggests,
it may be necessary to hang out no.
tice to the effect that the world is full
to the utmost limit.-Cosmopolitan.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23

Iron and steel immersed in a solution
Of carbonate of soda and potash will
keep free from rust a long time, even
when exposed to a damp atmosphere.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23

A young woman in Kentucky has
married a Mr.. Ice. Happy bride! She
is to be congratulated upon the selec-
ton of so sensible a companion.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23

Russia has demanded that Turkey
give her two coaling stations. No
doubt the sultan will send them by the
first mail.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23

Howard Gould is going to reproduce
Kilkenny castle on this side the ocean.
Why not buy the real thing and tow it
over here?
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-23
When the World Will Be Full.

If we apply to the future growth Of
the worlds population the rate of in
crease that obtained during the nine
teenth century-one person per hum
forecast: RI
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-08

on. darn 81 on l-nfearod q her,
And such q mite Of /. gal
WY. two of her rolled into ono
Mont ditto sister SAL
Her voice Is sweet as tho Whppoorwiili
And the smshino's Ga her hair:
But a rather face 8 relskin.s knife.
0l the grip q a &c. ziy bear.
Yet Sal says, -Nhy, she's such q dear
Shes just tho one fof YOU
on. darn i al i-niearcd oi q gal,
And noe just SIS feot twoi
Thoagh she aiu't fny size. while I'm
Considerable tat
Ila nowhere when she speak 10 me,
Sire makes me feel So small
~ face grows red iay tongue sois hitched
Tho cuased thing Epltt 60,
] & riies me, cause Go makes her think
I'm most tamatiou slow.
Aud Though folks say she's sweet on me.
guess o. can't Do true.
on dall ii an l-nieared u gal,
And mo just six feet tHoi
1Ig sakes' Just s'resc # what the folks
Is saving should De sol
%. Cousin Jane. aud speak 70 her
Find OUT and let me know
Tell her the gals ahoali court the men
for ifnt this ieap.year2
THAT'S vhy I'm kinder lashiui like.
Awaiting for her here.
And si.ould she hcar m scared q hor,
Yaall swear it cna ba trne.
Oh. darn it AT -aieaiad 81 sai,
Ana ne just SIS foot twoi
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-08

Here is a story / had from Dutch
Kid. a faro-dealer in Fl Paso: doc"
Smart, with two condolences, bought
all the playing cards in III Pasoat Gold
berg's stationary store, paying for them
s75, and when questioned what they in
tended doing with them said they were
going up in the mines, and expected
doing great business, but if they failed
would ike the privilege to return what
they did not use. Goldberg consented,
and in few DAYS they returned with
about half Of them. The same Gold
berg was in the habit Of furnishing all
the faro banks IN town with cards, and
upon receiving orders from them, and
having none on hand except those re-
turned by Smart, he divided the lot be-
tween the different banks. and the
same night every bank in Fl Paso
was busted" by Smart and a few Of his
confederates. The last bank" thatwas
broke thinking it strange that Smart
should be followed by such luck, ex-
amined their cards and found that every
card had been "pinched.' An iuyesti-
cation at each @bank" showed their
cards @pinched in the same manner. II
was found out next day that Smart hal
returned these same cards to 0oldberg.
and Of course It was decided that Smart
aud his gang -pinched' them The
town was too hot for him for several
days after. It was estimated that his
winnings that night we're about Sl25,o 600.
-El pn.n laillr.