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The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-09-26
MONTANA ITEMS.

Senator Clark will enter into COM
petition with Henry E. Huntington in
interurban railroading about Los An
geles, California, according to the re
ports.
It is rumored that the Snowshoe mine
near Libby has changed hands and that
it is now the property of Missouri capi-
talists.
The members of the Montana Press
association met in Hamilton last. week.
Louis Gardapse, a halfbreed, was
shot and almost instantly killed last
week at a ranch near Lewistown. Gar
dapse was approaching the camp dur
ing darkness and the man in charge,
taking him for a wolf, opened fire.
Peter English, under arrest for the
alleged passing of counterfeit money,
has made a confession at Billings, ac'
knowledging the making of the spuri'
GUS coin in den at Livingston, Mont
He implicated man known as Tom
in his confession. His full name Eng
lish refuses to give. English had many
bogus coins in his possession when ar
rested.
The strike of the machinists In the
shops of the Northern Pacific railway
at Livingston has been declared on
and the men with the exception OF
eight, have returned to work. Tne
eight have refused to accept the de
cision of Vice President Wilson OF tne
International Machinists' union, whe
declared the machinists were In erro'
in walking out. About 200 men were
involved.
II has developed that the forest ires
| in the northern part Of the state arr
probably of incendiary origin. Govern
ment agents are said to be in posses
sion of evidence tending to show tina
the fires were kindled naliciously. 10
nographer r. H. Chapman declares ~
saw seven fires started at once. III
would not say as to the motive 10
destroying big timber tracts.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-09-26
MINES AND MINING NEWS
OUTLOOK IN THE NORTHWEST.
Items of Interest of Miscellaneou.
Nature Gathered During the Past
Week-New Districts Brought to
the Front-Mining Accidents ana
Personals.
Secretary Brush of the America,

Secretary Brush of the American
Smelling & Refining company. saws:
"The lead miners of the Coeu,
d'Alenes can not build rival plants, be
cause we have signed a contract with
them for q whole year ahead. Con
tracts last year were for 5000 tons
per month. Since May the output has
been 10000 tons per month and ou,
contracts for next year call for 10000
We have q contract with all the mines
except one, which sends ore to the Pa
cific coast. There is no possibility oil
the establishment Of rival plants. and
! think the amount Of ore contracted
for will be more than the Coeu,
d'Alenes can produce"
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-09-26
In state of Eruption.

New York; Sept. 26.-News has just been
received, cables the Lima (PerD corre-
spondent of the Herald, that Mont Chul-
lapata, 18 miles from Clendin, has been
erupting volcanic dust and smoke for the
last fortnight
There Is no record that Mont Chulla-
pata ever was believed to be a volcano
Loud noises are now heard 80 miles
away as the result of the volcanoes ac-
tion
There have been several earthquakes
around the mountain and great chasms
have been opened in the sides of the vol
canO.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-09-26
RIOTS IN COAL DISTRICT
SEVERAL WERE BADLY HURT.
EARLY Morning Battle Between Riot
ers and Employees of the AmeFican
Iross ~ Steel Company-sunny Ar
rests Made by S0ldiers-In Wyo-
ming Valley sheriff ID Helpless.

Lebanon, Pa, Sept &.-In the darkness
Of early morning battle between q mob
and the men inside the American Iron 4
Steel companys mill took place. several
were shot, but none fatally. The soldiers
stopped the ARRAY and made many ar
rests Under cover Of darkness num-
Der OF men gathered In corn field and
opened fire on the works in regular vol
leys. The men inside the works assem-
bled In force and returned tho fre. Tho
soldiers were summoned and raided- the
corn field. arresting 30 Of the mob. a large
number of whom 1t is said. were armed.
Other arrests were made later and SOL
diers patrolled the streets. arresting those
who refused to move on. Few people
went to bed and firing was heard from
the vicinity of the mills all night. This
morning the situation Is more quiet, al
though an ugly feeling prevails. The
soldiers sent here last night arc ON duty
and have pitched their tents apparently
for long stay. No move has been made
to send the colored iron workers away. as
the management of the American Iron
& Steel company is said to have prom
ised Mayor Hess yesterday. and it now
looks as II they are to stay. yss
Rcisn Of Terror.
Wilkesbarre. Pa, Sept. 2.--A reign Of
terror existed in this city last night and
early today. Sheriff Jacobs and mis- lepu-
ties were powerless to preserve order. No
sooner was one suppressed than anothe.
broke out.
At Naticoke the streetcars were board
ed by the mob in search of nonunion men
coming from or going to work. A sher-
iffs posse and crowd Of strikeras cx-
changed shots at Wanamie after the lat
ter had derailed a train of coal cars. At
Plymouth nonunion men on their way
home from No. mine were beaten 10
badly that they were left on the roadway
for dead
Shortly after l o'clock a demand for
more deputies was received, from no less
| than 10 places In Luzerne county. Those
| applying for aid said that II help were
not sent at once there would be loss of
property and possibly bloodshed. Shortly
before 2 o'clock this morning Sheriff
Jacobs telegraphed Governor stone that
the situation In the Wyoming region was
beyond his control, and in order to pro-
tect life and property troops would have
to be sent here at once. u
At Exeter this morning mob Of 800
gathered in the vicinity Of washery and
prevented the employees from going to
work. deputy sheriff named Burke was
knocked down by stones and injured se-
verely.
Governor Stone. Adjutant General Stew
art and Sheriff Jacobs did considerable
| talking over the long distance telephona
today AS a result the governor issued an
order calling out the Ninth regiment. with
headquarters In this city. The work Ut
mobilizing the regiment at once conn
menced. The regiment is made up Of II
companies, about $50 strong. and Is COM
manded by Colonel c. B. Dougherty
Battalions will be sent to Pittston, Nam
ticoke and Plymouth, where disturbances
occurred last night.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-09-26

London, Sept. ga special dispatch
from st. Petersburg says that while 400
peasants were attending a wedding cele-
bration in barn at Web, near Moscow.
fire was started from cigarette and
panic ensued. Women and children
were trodden under foot. The fire spread
rapidly and within quarter of an hour
over 100 of the wedding guests had been
sufYocated or burned to death and many
had been seriously injured.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-09-26

There is place Of worship in an
eastern city where tiny boquets OF
flowers are, at the close of every morn
ing service, handed to each lady mem
Der of the congregation. During the
service the flowers decorate the alter
and the pulpit.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-09-26
C,rcu. Train IL wrecked.

Oklahoma City, Okla. Sept. S.-At
Choctaw, IS miles east Of here. an east
bound train ran into the rear OF the
Sells-Downs show train, killing three
persons and wounding 26 others. several
fatally.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-09-26

MISCELLANEOUS M.NING'NEWs.
An offer Of $1,500,0OO for the Her
cules, near Wallace, Idaho, has been
refused.
The Rainbow mine, at Lakeview,
Idaho, shipped carload of ore to ia.
coma last week. This is the second
load shipped inside Of two months.
Four carloads of Black Tail ore are
in transit to the CRANKY smelter via
the Kettle Valley Lines. The Iom
Thumb and the Zala M. are each load
ing Ave cars.
Cornucopia is destined to be the
greatest gold producing district IN
eastern Oregon, according to the opiil'
ion of we'll informed engineers and OK.
perts who have recently examined tna'
camp.
The new arrangement is expected 10
mean increased profit to the mine own
ers amounting to 100000 a montn, u
$1,200,OOO q year. That is done WIN
out raising the price of lead, winch -
fixed at 33a cents pound.
The new strike Of steel galena, maze
on the hillside of Murray. Idaho. WINE
running a ditch for the Occur d,Aiene
Mining company, is growing IN vaiue
as the development work continues
The vein is growing wider as oep'N
Is gained.
The Abbey Mining company, opera.
ing at Kendall, Mont, announces .na'
a deep working shaft will soon De .om s,
menced on the Abbey mine. Tnis sna,
will go down to a considerable oep..
to tap the ore body that carries suoI
goood values below the main tunne
level.
An Injunction has been issueo -; =;
Judge Mayhem restraining tne , uo.,
Hunter Mining & Smelling company
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-09-26
Son Of General Dewet /. Dead.

The Hague. Sept. 26.-General Dewet
has received a telegram from South Az
rica announcing the death of his Is year
old son. The news greatly depressed tbs
general.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-09-26
Tried to Com init suicide.

Paris. Sept. 23.-A telegram from Al
giers reported that the Grand Duke
Paul Alexandrovitch, cousin Of the czar.
who arrived at Algiers on board the Rus
sian imperial yacht STANDARD, had at
tempted to commit suicide with a revolver
at the hotel where he was staying, the
dispatch said, with Russian woman.
Later dispatches, however. give the true
story. according to which Prince vlad.-
mir Troubtzekoi, who Is an officer Of the
STANDARD. after drinking copiously in COM
pany with q woman friend, tried to shoot
himself, but was not hurt.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-09-26
Renublic Notes.

Republic Notes.
Ore was run out of the Black Tall
tunnel last week for shipment to the
CRANKY smelter.
The Gold Ledge Consolidated Min
ing company has five men driving on
the vein from the tunnel on their prop
erty at Republic.
The north drift on the 300 foot level
of the Trade Dollar mine is now IN
eight feet and is running on ore Of
good quality.
The Silver Dollar shaft is down 2OC
feet and a station set of timbers has
been put in on that level.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-09-26
AIRsHIP GOES THIRTY MILES
Over London, EnRland-The Trip Was
Entirely Successful.

Over London, EnRland-The Trip Was
Entirely Successful.
London, Sept. 23.-Stanley Spencer, a
we'll known English aeronaut, has suc-
cessfully accomplished remarkable
fight over London in an air ship Of
his own invention. 1t is estimated that
his ship travelled nearly thirty miles.
From observations of those ON the
ground, Spencer seemed to have COM
plete control Of his vessel. He started
from the Crystal Palace at 10 minutes
after 4 in the afternoon, and descended
three hours later near Harrow. The
route taken by the aeronaut was over
Stratham, Clapham common and the
smoky South side Of the metropolis,
across the Thames, over the populous
Chelsea district, across Kensington and
Earlscourt, out to Harrow and then
safely past the Forest buildings. He
executed an easy descent at the little
village of East Cole. Spencer has been
experimenting recently with his vessel
at the Crystal Palace. Finding the
conditions suitable, he suddenly de-
sided to start off ON his dangerous voy-
age and the usual crowd of Palace
spectators gave him hearty send off.
The airship at once rose to height
Of about 800 feet. After travelling for
about mile with practically no devia-
ton in his course.
Spencer made various detours and
seemed able to steer his ship as easily
as torpedo boat.
Near Clapham common he came
fairly close to the ground for the pur-
pose Of maneuvering.
The appearance Of the air craft
created intense astonishment among the
thousands Of persons on the streets over
whose heads the aeronaut passed.
| Percival Spencer, referring to his
brothers. trip through the air, said ii
exceeded the longest trip of Santos
Dumont, the Brazilian aeronaut, by
nearly 20 miles.
Spencer's airship has q blunt nose
and tail, and does not taper in cigar.
like point like the airships of Santos
DumOnt.
In general outline it has the appear.
ance of a whale. The bag, which is
| 75 feet long, contains 200 cubic feet OF
hydrogen gas. The frame is built OF
bamboo and the propeller is in front
instead of behind, as in the case of San.
tos Dumont's vessels. The motive
power of Spencer s machine is petrol.
cum motor about 30 horse power and
the machinery is controlled by electric
buttons. The extreme speed of the new
air ship in calm weather is abont II
miles an hour. The machine accom-
modates only one person, and it's extirt
weight is about 900 pounds. Specia
features of the airship are devices tx
avoid pitching and dipping.
Tried to Commit Suicide.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-09-26

from taking any ore from the Yolande
cialm, which adjoins the Hunter Min
ing companys property at Mullna. Ida.
no. The injunction is made answera.
Die a week from today.
At the same time the mine owners
get the right to increase their ship.
ments in the aggregate from about
S,ooO to $4,000 tons a month. Ship.
mants under the new scale will com.
mence Monday, and it is expected that
the force Of men in the mines which
are affected will be increased about 25
per cent.
There will be meeting of the stock.
holders Of the Standard and the Hecla
companies Of Occur d'Alene October 6.
10 act upon the plan for consolidating
the two companies, with a capital of
$3,OOO,O00. The stockholders Of the
Standard company, which is now cap.
italized for $500,000, would get four
shares of the new stock for one Of the
old. Hecla stock would be transfer
red on share for share basis.
A settlement of the fight between
the Coeur d'Alene mine owners and
the smelling trust was made at the
conference in Chicago recently. The
railways consent to reduce the freights
~ ton, and the smelling company
makes cut of 81 a ton on its charges.
IN addition there are other conces-
sions which make the reductions
amount to about 81 per ton in the case
of most of the mines.
John Day of Spokane has gone to
Saltese, Mont, where he will start
work Immediately on the Bryan prop
erty, which has been bonded. The
bonding price has not been made pub.
lie, but it is said to be about SAC, 900.
The property has been idle for long
time, owing to litigation. A large
amount of ore, which is carbonate in
character, Is already on the dump and
will be shipped at once.
A. B. Hazard, of st. Louis, Mo-, is
the builder of an improved style of
diamond drilling machine. 1t is self
contained and mounted on steel
wheels; has double reversible engines;
two double acting single piston pack
ed steam pumps and duplex hosting
drums. It is very rapid driller and
it is possible to sink from so to Is feet
day including the time in taking out
the core. The machine Is in success
full operation in many of the mining
districts of this country and Mexico
The funeral services over the re
mains Of w. S. Stratton we're held al
his late home in Colorado Springs
Col, last week, and were attended by
the relatives, members of the city
council and officers of the Colorado
Springs Mining Stock Association
Rev. Benjamin Brewster, D. D., rector
of Grace Episcopal church, conducted
the services. At 2 o'clock the body
was taken in charge by the Masonic
fraternity and escorted to Evergreen
cemetery, where interment was made
at 3 o'clock.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-09-26
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Once again all three Boundary smell.
ers are running at their full ore treat
ing capacity.
The Reco, of which John Harris and
Fred Kelly are the principal owners,
will resume work as soon as snow flies.
During last week the CRANKY smelt
er treated 1890 tons of ore. The grand
total treated to date is 51s,974 tons.
A deal was consummated last week
under which William Fowler sells his
entire interest in the Providence mine
to those who recently acquired an in
terest in the property and some new
associates, says the Boundary Creek
Times.
A force Of so men is at work on the
Venus group, four miles from Nelson
and the terminals for tramway from
the mine to the Athabasca mill are in
course of construction. The property
is expected to be steady shipper this
winter.
The SLOGAN Star, in which Byron D
White Of Spokane is interested, is ex-
pecting an early settlement of the long
litigation which has tied up work on
the property for the past year. The
resumption of work is dependent upon
the settlement and will mean much to
the SLOGAN district.
John Retallack, who Is we'll known
in Spokane, is working the Washing
ton mine, near the Rambler Cariboo,
with good results. The Payne and 9th
er properties also have good showings.
The Silver Glance had Just received
smelter returns from Is ton ship
ment Of ore, which netted $4,000. The
ore is a steel galena.
"The Sullivan smelter at Marysville,
B. c., will be in active operation with
In 80 days. says E. D. Sanders, one OF
the directors. Everything is now
ready for the completion Of the smelt.
er. The necessary money has been
accounted for and the new machinery
which will increase the original plant
to some extent, will be on hand at the
appointed time"
The American Boy Is working ~
men, and is shipping ore over the No
BILE Five Tramway. An average OF five
cars is being sent out every 80 days
which net the company from $7OO to
$500 per car. The mine is in excellent
condition, and it is said that is the In
tention of the management to put on
a larger force at an early date so as tc
incroaso the oro ahinments. The prop
erty Is opened up to the 600 foot level
New-York tribune., 1902-05-23
DEATH IN AUTOS TRACK.
MRS. z. f. POOR'S GARDENER
KILLED-4NOTHER NAY DIE.
FRIGHTENED HORSE KICKS IN MANS
SKULLrOWNERS CHARGED WITH
MANSLAUGHTER.

Hackensack, MAY 20 (SpeciaD. An automobile
driven AT high rate Of speed along the Pollify
Road responsible for the death of one man
this afternoon. while another is in the Hacken-
sack Hospital said he fatally injured The
dead man Richard Henches. forty-hv years
old. for ten years an assistant gardener for
Mrs. +. f. Poor widow Of the former president
of the National Park Bank The other victim is
John Kreiger siXty-two years old who has
been head gardener for the Poor family since
1868
The gardeners cutting with a horse
mower the grass the lawns on the opposite
side of the road from the Poor house. when the
machine whizzed by Kreiger was on the seat
driving the horse. and Henches was helping in
the work The horse bolted. and Henches
caught the animal by the bride He was
knocked under the horses feet and had his
skull crushed
kreiger who is cripple was thrown violently
TO the ground and his head was badly cut by
the moving machine. When picked up he was
semi-conscious. DR. Swavze. who was sum
moned, fears that the old man was injured inter
nally
When the automobile passed. Mrs Poor and
her daughter. the wife of Lieutenant ". :.
Montgomery L. S N. were sitting in the front
room and they hurried to the front door to get
glimpse Of the men who were riding so fast
MIS- montgomery reached the door nrSt, and
she looked out across the road. saw the horse
trampling Henches. She tried to keep her mother
from witnessing the shocking accident. but Mrs
Poor, who held her gardeners i'm high esteem
hurried out to aid them
The neighbors were called ard DR.. Swayze ar
rived few minutes after the accident Arthur
Kent telephoned to Weehawken, Hoboken and
Jersey City To detaln a maroon coIored auto
mobile containing three men An hour later
word came back 10 HaCkensack that a machine
hearing that description had been held up al
Weehawken. the occupants being the Blum
brothers, owners of the Alexander Dye Works AT
Lodi
The driver, Frederick Blum. said that he had
passed along Polihy Road at the time men
toned, but he said that he knew nothing about
the accident. He remembered seeing a
horse shy little as he passed. but. as there
were two men with the animal, those in the
automobile gave the matter no further thought
Prosecutor Rooster and Constable Herring
went to Weehawken with a warrant charging
the Blums with manSlauGhter, and took them
to HaCkensack.
To a Tribune reporter Mrs. Poor said this
evening: II think the law will step in and pro-
tect the public from such nuisances as caused
the death of one of my gardeners this afternoon.
That machine was going as fast a railroad
train. Automobiles moving at "A fair speed never
frightened the horse, but ne startled at the
all the money necessary to see that the owners
of the automobile held responsible for their
share in the death of HenChes.
HenChes was unmarried. He supported his
sister and his aged father. Coroner Curry will
hold an inquest.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-23
WHOLESALEP PRICE OF COAL 81
But THE RETAIL RATE Is STILL Sc So
PRESIDENTS MUM.

The decision the presidents OF the coal carrying
companies withdraw the statement behalf
the operators. giving their position with regard
the miners and their reason for refusing the de-
mands of the union. which was TO have been made
public by President Baer of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad Wednesday evening. was a
disappointment to some of the independent opera
tors yesterday. They anxious to have the strike
ended as they were drawn into the fight with the
union whether they liked II not. by the coal car
rying companies. and had hoped that when the
statement was made public II might open dis
cussion which would lead to ending the trouble
II is now known that the statement was drafted
after the meeting of the coal presidents in the
Jersey Central Building on Tuesday ana that
change IN the plans Of the presidents mace them
change their minds regarding the statement IL was
"a that embodied in the statement was a letter
foro president Baer TO President Mitchell. of the
Irpited Mine Workers. The nature OF the let'er
could not be learned .
Mono of the coal presidents would talk to report
ers yesterday Ihey Sent o"' ~ W
nothing to say. - - o en-
Tbe order of Mitchell for the pump men ana 'n
.raars IN remain at work until June ana theh 70
,,, Cor the eight hour workday is regarded by
,aorordent operators as piece of good gen
'n' -, Thev saw that time is gained in me
ar slime and a loophole Is lett py "ihGm tre
,t,a NAV be ended in some way "hich VIII ho'
,oL like a backdown on either sue ,,
auy nlan for possible settlement OF the
str,ke by which the Civic Federaton "orlu "
An the background. When halpn W. ha'' w"
asled about this he said: -
.'Tf tbere's such a plan don't know OF H. / m
not responsible for rumors
=. ,s estimated that about hve hundred nun
I'D Polish strikers have left the mines 10
o. 90 Europe where they will remain during 'ne
1.-Two Fifty of them sailed on the Vaderiahd OH
Tyndnesday and hundred started on the august @
NMn,tnris yesterday All have saved enough nohes
NictoIia hem comfortably in Europe for number
OF months ,.b = rasoi,tioD nassed at the
rnnattng of retail coal dealers on TUESDAY o. -.
chairman of the meeting, appointed com
ttes OF five retail coal dealers yesterday TO IN
vestighI 70 increase further the retail price of
coal .,,.t tho retail nrice NJ coal will he
surthep @ Increased this week, Mr. Curtis said In
iurthSi ~ saw practically sure of it,"
Th ,hoiesaie price of coal was raised yesterday
Inc ~ = TON 10 s. and s. 80. though the retail
rom 70 s;II M remains Sc IS. Some of the companies
price sun SUI, 70 curtail their deliveries of coal
tntories hase The Hudson Coal Company of Jersey
a. reduced its deliveries TO factories from
nn 10 700 tons day;
sider the question of restrietns the elevator ser
wee ui hre several elevators running TO shut
oSf one of them i'm order TO save coal