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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-29

ANOTHER negro was burned at the stake in
Texas last week while mob of "prominent citizens"
armed and accoutred like bandits, looked on ap-
provingly. Two negroes we're shot in Louisiana;
one was lynched in Georgia. two shot
to death in Alabama, and several hundred we're
driven from their homes by men and dogs in
Missouri. In truth, fine harvest for days
These incidents, bearing as they do all the hall
marks of brutal savagery, excited merely passing
comment. The country is 80 stated with tales of
southern bloodshed that a lynching. unless &C.
companied by unusual details, has ceased to be
"front page newspaper story; consequently the
press devoted very little space to the occurrences of
last week, while in the majority of cases they we're
ignored editorally. Ten years since the country
would have stood aghast at like series of atrocities
but they have now become such matters of course
to scarcely create ripple the surface of the
public mind. In fact, they appear to be taking on
the nature of sacred southern nstitutions-ike the
mint julep the johnny cake-legalized after a
fashion; and United States SENATOR presumably a
flower of the culture of Lord Baltimore's colony,
does not find it beneath his dignity to defend lynch
law to Chautauqua assembly, and explain it away
pooh pooling the horror of it-as being the most
practicable method of dealing with the problem
prize fight is something the south views with holy
horror; it prefers lynchings.
There can be but one apology for mob rule and
that is official corruption and incompetence and the
fact that community resorts to it should be prima
face evidence that something is wrong with it's laws
or with the persons delegated to enforce them This
was the case in California, Nevada and Montana in
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-29
Don't Believe All You Hear.

A man in a railway carriage was
snoring 50 loudly that his fellow
passengers decided to awaken him
One particularly sensitive old
gentleman shook up the sleeper
with a start.
whats the matter?'' he ex-
claimed.
"Why, your snoring is annoying
everyone in the carriage said
the old gentleman testify.
"How do you know I'm snor-
ing?"
"Why, we can't help but hear
it."
"Well, don't believe all you
hear,' replied the culprit and went
to sleep again. London Standard,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-29
STORYETTES.
Avenged the Slight.

A rich Prussian banker who had
bought his title of won" by some
means or other managed to squeeze
his son into a regiment of the
guards. Once admitted, he was
of course treated by the officers as
one of themselves. One day the
banker gave splendid dinner, to
which he invited through his son
all the officers of the regiment
save one, a very nice fellow, who,
however, was not noble, having no
aristocratic won" prefixed to his
name.
All accepted the invitation.
perfectly unconscious that one OF
their number had been so badly
treated. When, however, they
took their seats at the table, the
absence of their comrade was i'm
mediately noticed. Some one re-
marked the fact to the host, who
said in loud voice, "Ah, you see
we are going to be entire nous
tonight, a really select party, you
know"
'Then we must not disturb
you," said the senior officer pres.
emit; rising from his chair, and one
after another the guardsmen
solemnly filed out of the room
thus amply avenging the slight tc
which an officer of their regiment
had been subjected.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-29

In late number of the Literary Digest there
appears translation of article contributed to the
Revue Scientifque by the eminent criminologist,
Lombroso in which he says in part as follows:
"There are very few who understand that there
is anything else for to do, to protect ourselves
from crime, except to infict punishments that are
often only new Crimes and that are almost always
the source of new crimes.
"This is why I believe In the effectiveness of
pardon in certain crimes and for certain criminals
especially for criminals of passion-yonng, hyper
esthetc carried away by great feeling such love,
parental affection, political religious fanaticsm
the sentiment of honor, who have led honest life
previously-even more honest than the average man.
For such the crime committed constitutes it's own
punishment by the remorse that it awakens; they
desire and even seek punishment-for SUCH pardon
is the logical outcome
pardon will sometimes benefit young crimi-
naloids criminals Of occasion, who commit crime in
the excitement of seeing something they DESIRE or
in the fever of intoxicaton anger especially those
who deal blows or give wounds on fete days and for
the first time. This is shown by the application of
the Berenger law in France and of the probation
system in America England and Belgium, aided
by such institutions that at Elmira."
While Lombroso's methods of treating crime
and criminals may seem somewhat Utopian to some
persons it must be admitted that the foregoing is
nothing more or less than common sense.
MONEY, according to R. g. Dunn & Co., is easy,
and that's good news. Money, however, is not the
only thing that is easy there others, the story
of j. j. Lopez de LARA, late officer in the Spanish
army, proves. This gentleman landed in Kansas
City few days ago with limited supply of English
and mining proposition. He said he a
theosophist and aided by members of the Universal
Brotherhood secured position in business college.
Then he aired his scheme, which was as follows:
During the war in Cuba the Spanish troops
killed many bulls for food the hides of which we're
secretly tanned and buried by some of Weylers
officers. Senior Lopez de Larra who one of the
secret tanners, proposed to organize stock
company, mine for those buried bull hides and
make rich stake in time. Notwithstanding the
common belief that residents of Kansas City are able
to find their way around without maps, the scheme
was succeeding beautifully; the company was
organized and much stock being subscribed for.
Then man with cultivated sense of humor came
along and, between laughs, investigated He dis
covered that Senior Lopez de LARA had worked the
same thing in San Francisco but had failed to
deliver the goods and the upshot of his discoveries
was to secure Indictment against the Spaniard
for obtaining money under false pretenses.
The colnmercialism of the present age is very
wonderful and glorious and all that sort of thing
and is doubtless something that all Americans should
be proud Of but it does seem that when business
men seriously consider proposition to mine
bull hides it is carrying matters little too far.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-29

The principal trouble between
capital and labor is, that one
carries the burden and the other
carries the boodle..
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-29

Everything obtains it's value
only from those who desire it.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-08-23
Passenger Train Wrecked.

Salt Lake, Aug. lS.-The Union 4
cific westbound overland limited Vi
wrecked at Table Rock near Green Ry@
Wyo. Three of the train crew and
passengers were injured, none seriously
The accident was the result of a COLI
ion between the overland limited and II
light engines, which were endeavoring
make siding.
Engineer Garside, of one of the Lid
engines, was the only person in the
cident who was taken to the hospital.
will recover. The wreck was caused
the pilot and crews OF two light engI
eastbound forgetting all about the fly
which was running on time.
The three locomotives came togeth
head on with great force, and were b
tered and broken into an almost won
less mass of scrap iron. The track v
torn up and the composite car bad
smashed. This and several other q
left the rails, but remained right side
The passengers, many of whom VI
asleep, while Others We're Just getting
were thrown against the seats and SD
OF the cars as the train Jumped aid
over the ties. Wrecking crews were y
out from Green River and track v
at once built around the wreck, tral
beng delayed about six hours.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-08-23
Prices Paid II. Spokmne.

Poultry and Eggs-Chickens. old, \
lOc per h., live weight; spring chicke,
1904 1904 doz; ducks 81 per ID
geese. dressed, 12c per ID; turkeys. III
10@12c; dressed, 12@13c; eggs, fred
Sc per case.
Observation-Disclosures, soc per cf
onions, $1.25 per cwt.
Live stock-Beef, live steers, Az
dressed, &c; live cows, 31ac; dress
71ac; veal calves, dressed, 7@9c; nj
ton ewes, &c; wethers, SIC; hogs, IN
$4.75G5 per cwt; dressed. &c per cwt
Sheepskins-Shearlings, 1oc cad
short wool pelts, 3O@5Oc; medium wa
5OQ75c; long wool, 75c@$1.
Hides-Green hides and calf ski
5@6c per lb, dry hides. butcher. 1901
per ID.
The local mills pay the follow
prices for grain, delivered: Club whd
441ac bulk, 1910 sacked; bluestem,
bulk, 49c sacked; red. 43c bulk, !
sacked.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-08-23
TRADE REPORT.

R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of
Trade for last week says:
The distribution of merchandise pro-
ceeded last week on a steady and salts.
factory scale throughout the east and
in the west the relief from the long
drought is beginning to be reflected
in a larger retail trade, so that for the
quarter promise is held out for larger
business than last year. Crops in the
territory most effected by the late
drought are improving, and the wealth
er has been highly favorable in nearly
all districts east of the Missouri river,
though rains have interrupted the ship
ping wheat harvest. The United States
steel strike has affected prices extensi-
vely, particularly on sales for immedi-
ate delivery. New England boot and
shoe factories are still actively engaged
and the stability Of prices remains a
feature.
New York and Western shops are euu-
ally busy, jobbers complaining of slow
deliveries. Wooden mills have full EN-.
ployment as rule, and the increased
consumption of raw material tends to
harden the tone of the wool market, al.
though no change is possible.
Official figures of corn conditions
were far more hopeless than the most
pessimistic anticipations, indicating
only 5,O00,000,000 bushels of wheat and
corn together. Inflated prices brought
out receipts for the week of 1883. 7O5
bushels against 2,032,l93 bushels last
year and reduced Atlantic exports to
631.5O6 bushels, compared with 1852.
1886 bushels year ago, and 4.O34,3O2
bushels in 1899.
Wheat also advanced sharply, but
there Is sound argument for strength in
Atlantic exports during the last two
weeks Of 3,579.034 bushels against A..
S7S.901 bushels in 1900 and 4,O66, SAC
bushels two years ago.
! Failures for the week numbered 16s
in the United States against 161 las,
year. and 10 in Canada against "a las,
year.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-08-23
Lawson Won.

Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. l9.-The Naiic1
Cycle association bicycle meeting is clos1
The final OF the 10 mile championship 4
won by Ivor Lawson of Buffalo. who
now close follower of Major Taylor
the championship column, in which y
mer maintains good lead. A blan1
would have covered the three as y
crossed the tape, with Lawson leading
half a wheel. Taylor had the same
vantage over Kramer.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-08-23
without a dissenting voice. The tension
throughout the meeting was great

without q dissenting VOICE. Inc IeuSAo1
throughout the meeting was great.
Leaders of the Amalgamated association
now in this city declare that the action
OF the Bayview men will have important
bearing on the situation. They claim that
South Chicago will likely be influenced by
this action.
Superintendent Reiss of the Bayview
plant of the Illinois Steel company said
after the meeting that he was very much
disappointed at the outcome.
81 fully expected that the men would
stand by their contracts with the Illinois
Steel company and refuse to strike" said
Mr.. Reiss "The amount of wages to be
lost by the men is going to foot up S90,0Oo
per month. The Bayview plant will be
closed down indefinitely"
Pittsburg, Aug 20-The steel managers
made another gain over the strikers Mon
day, when two more mills at the Painter
plant were put in motion, making the total
number in operation four. They claim
that several OF their old men have broken
from the strikers and returned to their
places. c. l.. Harper, manager OF the prop
erty, said that he now had 200 men at
work, and of that number about so were
skilled men. The Strikers still assert that
the work being done in it is not hurting
their cause.
There was some excitement among the
stikers when they learned that a party of
strike breakers had been spirited into the
property They have increased their Wig
ilnace to prevent another surprise. They
say that the managers have not secured
men enough to properly start the mill and
that they are still in control of the situa-
ton.
The steel managers also scored at the
Clark mill in this city Monday. They sue
ceeded in starting the 10 inch mills with
full crew of skilled men, and with the
exception of the small eight inch mill,
have every mill in the plant working.
According to Superintendent Brown 80
more men were taken on during the morn
in, and he now states his force to be 600.
Chicago, Aug. 20.-A genuine sensa
ton was created among the steel work
ers of the Illinois Steel works of South
Chicago when IL of the Amalgamated
men quit work and decided to join the
general strike Of the steel workers
These men heretofore have refused tc
obey President Skaters order tx
| strike.
Pittsburg, Aug. 2l.-The tieup of the
Continental and Pennsylvania tube plants
of the National Tube company in this city
is completed. The machinists and few
other employees of the Pennsylvania works
to the number Of about 60, have not gone
out, but otherwise the two properties are
silent and deserted. The shutting down OF
the two plants adds about 1900 men to the
force of the strikers. The success of the
labor organizers in getting the men out
cheered the other strikers to high pitch
OF enthusiasm.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-08-23
Jcmr,-. and Ruhl,a to Meet.

San Francisco, Aug. 20--Jefrries and
Rubin have agreed to meet in this city
before the club offering the best induce
ments. George Siler has been selected as
referee. Final arrangements for the match
will be made on Monday, when each man
will put up $500 and sign the articles Tho
contest will probably occur. in October.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-08-23
Tncon,n Man wn. Shot.

Tacoma, Wash. Aug 20.--Charles Berg,
a single man, was shot and fatally wound
ed by footpads here. Berg was on his way
home when near the reservation was held
up by two men, who commanded him to
throw up his hands. Berg was so badly
frightened he started to run. Thereupon
the highwaymen fired, the ball passing
through the lower part Of the body.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-08-23
Spokane Interstate Fair.

The Ladies' Art. Needle Work and
Floral Departments at the Spokane In
terstate Fair will occupy one-half of
che main floor OF Exhibition hall. The
ladies Of Nelson. Rossland, Walla Walla
Colfax. Lewiston, Kendrick, Moscow
and many other cities will send exhib-
its to this department, for which ex-
ceptional fine prizes have been awarded.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-08-23
shot At the Boys,

Chicago, Aug. 20.-Enraged because one
of his guests cut up "a pool table, Powell
Phlacepka. who conducts saloon at No.
s. West Twenty first street fired six shots
into crowd Of boys who stood in front Of
his place. Three of them were wounded
and two will die.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-08-23

Countess Tolstoi, Sophia Andero
is mild seeming woman who since
marriage has devoted her whole y
to her husband and her three childiJ
For the latter she made all the clo''
until they were ten years old.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-08-23
spokane Interstate Fair.

1900 feet Of stabling will be required
to house the live stock on exhibition at
the forthcoming Spokane Interstate
Fair. The fair site Of s. acres will be
pushed to Its limit to accommodate
everything the first year.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-08-23
BENZO|NE TANK EXAQl
SEVERAL FIREMEN K,r,J
They Were Checking Fire /
Oil Tanks Near PhiIndelnh,-
jured Rushed to HOspitaI.-r
Tanks DestrOyed-*5OO, 900

Philadelphia, Aug. 21.-WhiIe J..
force of firemen were endeayor;n.
check a fire in a nest of burpirs
tanks at the Atlantic Oil Refining :,
pany's plant at Point Breeze. in
southwestern section of the city an
mense tank Of benzoine exploded N.
firemen were in close proximity !,
fell victims to the blazing oil and Az,
pieces of iron. Three or four =.
killed and many were badly burned /
fore they could he rescued by II.
more fortunate companions A gan
al call was telegraphed for ambulan.
and patrol wagons, and the iniu,
were hurried to hospitals in the lor
end of the city.
Ten or IL tanks of benzone and
troleum have been destroyed. The !.
will reach 100000.
The bodies of the firemen were
covered, but it is feared that oths
were killed. The intense heat and
danger of further explosions make
search for bodies almost impossible
is believed 20 firemen were injured
the explosion. Police patrol wage
and hospital ambulances were k
busy for two hours removing the J
jured to the hospitals.
Little Falls, N. Y, Aug. 2O.-The N
hawk & Malone roundhouse at Her,|
mer was discovered to be on 6j
Waterman Gilbert and an engine ten
err named John Deck, assisted by re1
dents of the city and members Of b
bridge building gang, attempted to 4
tinguish the flames. While they vs
battling with the fire a large quantA
Of dynamite stored in the building 4
ploded with terrific force, killing d
bert, Deck and four others. The bodI
of the last four mentioned were d
recognizable. The roundhouse VI
wrecked and burned. It is feared the
are other bodies in the ruins. II
roundhouse is owned by the New Yu
Central & Hudson River railroad.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-08-23

Men are few who can show their re-
gard for a woman without saying some
thing foolish.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-08-23

Fortunes favorites frequently fall
from fancied faults.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-06
INNING AND NEIALLURGY.

The most sensational and important event
in the history of mining in this country, per-
haps, was the discovery Of gold IN California
in 1S4S. This was followed few years later
by similar developments in South Africa and
Australia. Just prior TO the middle of the CEN
tury the worlds production of this metal was
only $50. 0o0 In 1853 it was S160.o0oOO0.
OF this amount California contributed S60oO0.-
600. In 1899 the United States and South Africa
each produced between STooo00oo and S7S.-
100000, and Australians yield was about
S1S.000000.
One striking feature of many of these depos-
fits was that the metal occurred In the gravelly
beds of existing ancient rivers and could be
separated by the simple act OF washing the dirt.
No crushing of rock with costly machinery was
necessary. shovel, a pan and stream of
water constituted the plant of many miners.
Powerful jets OF water for eating away gravel
banks. huge dredges for scooping UP river bot
precious metal are only later developments of
that primitive system. Less remarkable. yet
noteworthy. are the introduction OF the chlo-
rination process for treating sulphurets and the
use of cyanide OF Potassium 20 extract gold from
low grade ores and "taings."
Scarcely less wonderful has been the production
of silver. which during the last twenty or thirty
years has becoms sns sbundaut 20 upset the
old ratio between It's value and that of gold.
Silver is sometimes found In this country un-
associated with other metals. but a good deal
Of II is mixed with gold or lead. The famous
mines of the COmstosk Lode produced bullion
amounting 20 S34O00O.OO0 between 1860 and
1880. although the output merely nominal
during the last dozen years of that period. over
half of the yield Gin value) was silver.
Two other startling discoveries were those OF
petroleum IN the United States just before the
Civil War and OF diamonds IN South Africa.
The value Of the former product is now about
S63.000.O00 annually, or close 10 that of the
American gold mines. Kimberley has for thirty
years supplied fully 9s per cent OF all the new
diamonds Of commerce.
BY far the most valuable achievement in the
field of metallurgy in the last hundred years is
the invention by Bessemer of new process of
making steel. Under the influence Of the greatly
lessened cost the production of steel rails,
terial for bridges. ships. machinery. cutlery and
hardware immensely enlarged. Indeed so
far reaching are the benefits OF this invention
that IL must rank among the first half dozen of
the century Still. there are now signs that
the so-called open hearth system of making
steel may ere long eclipse IL in popularity. The
basic process which makes IL possible TO use
iron ores containing phosphorus (and hence un-
suited to treatment by the Bessemer process)
is another Of the century's advances in metal
lurgy.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-06
AERONAUTTCS.

balloons have been used all through the CEN
tury for ascertaining the humidity and temper
ature of the upper air. Accompanied by pas
sengers who remained conscious, they have
reached a height of 10000 feet Other ball
looms equipped with self-registering instru-
ments but unaccompanied. have ascended 13h
miles In 1859 Wise drifted from ST. Louis to
Jefferson County, New York. distance of 1,loo
miles. This record beaten in 1900 by fifty
miles by the Count de la Vaulx in Europe.
Balloons were used for observation in military
campaigns in 1919 by the Austrians before Ven
ice and several times afterward elsewhere.
Andree's Inflated attempt in 1897 is probably
the only one where the balloon was employed
for geographical exploration.
During the last twenty years many endeavors
have been made TO devise airship which
could be propelled. Two plans have been fol-
lowed in order to sustain the craft in the air.
One employs the gas bag. shaped like cigar
or sweet potato, and the other relies on out
stretched wings. or aeroplanes. Tissandier tried
the former method and obtained his power from
a storage battery and electric motor hrebs
and Renard did the same. and developed a speed
OF from twelve to fifteen miles an hour for short
distances. Csasoene engines of remarkable light
ness used in place of electric motors, how
ever, by the most modern experimenterS along
this line. Langley and Maxim are the chief
representatives of the aeropane system, al
without any propelling mechanism for short
flights from house tops cliffs At present,
however, little is being done to develop aerial
navigation by this method.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-06
LIQUID AIR.

The use OF compressed air 70 operate rock
drills in the construction of the Mont Cents
tunnel in 1861 led TO it's employment for other
classes of mining. The same agent was soon
afterward employed 70 apply railway brakes
and set railway signals. Within the last few
years IL has been tried successfully in traction
work. In the mean time Cailletet, Pictet. OIL
Zewsk Dewar and other chemists were trying
to nquefy the called permanent gases, OXy
gen. nitrogen and hydrogen They succeeded in
doing So hut their methods were elaborate and
exceedingly expensive But three or four years
ago. almost simultaneously. Tripler Hampson
and Linde found much simpler and more eco
nomical way 10 accomplish the object. Tripler
now believes that he can lQuefy air at cost OF
between two and five cents gallon IL opera
tions are conducted a large scale. Liquid
air has been used to propel an automobile and
for refrigeration and blasting other applica-
tions have also been contemplated. Thus far.
however, none OF these have yet been developed
to a stage that insures n commercial demand
for the product. and the problem of storing Il
without evaporation is not yet fully solved
JAMES ?. HALL