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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-12-03
SILVER'S LOWEST PRICE.
Sells at San Francisco and New York for
AZ. Cents an Ounce.

A New York dispatch, dated Novem-
bci ri, says: Today's further declines in
the prices oi silver fixed II new low record
in the history oi the world. Silver was
quoted here at ~ gents per ounce, and
the same quotation was named by san
Francisco. London dealers offered only
~ Esd per ounce.
The low price was much commented
upon in banking circles, causing much
uneasinrss among exporters and mer-
chants of this country doing business
with China and other points in the far
east, To bankers, however, the most
significant news of the day were the
cable advices to the effect that the
Siamcse government had instructed the
mint to cease Immediately the coinage
of silver
Coincident also with this development
was the decline today Of silver ut Bonn
bay tn u level several points below Lon
don. An interesting feature Of the drop
in silver WAS the advantage reaped by
laundrymen and small merchants of the
Mott street district through being able
to purchase silver bills at NJ low rate.
They tocked down town today, cash in
hand, sending heavy remittances to
friends At home. Most of them were
surprised at the large sums allowed for
the amount turned in.
A wire from Manila OF the same date
says: Silver has suffered further de-
cline in value. The government has is.
sued II proclamation making the official
rate 2,0 for 100 gold. The former rate
was 80
The possibility OF the adoption by the
Straits Settlements OF u gold standard
and reports current that Mexico is
about to abandon the silver standard
have greatly weakened the Indian and
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-12-03
ADVANCE
GEOLOGICAL BULLETINE.
Gold and Silver Compared With Other
Mineral Products.

som. ten months ago comparison
was made between the value oi the gold
aud silver products oi the United States
and the value II other groups of our
mineral products as set forth by the
United States Geological Survey in
"Minrral Resources oi the United
States. 80 for the calendar year 1900.
tn" annual volume Tor 1901. Just issued
permits n similar comparison for last
year.
In round numbers, the value oi the
gold product was t5s,MD, 100, and al the
silver proiuct the yalu" was 81 ,Wn, 600
as money Coming valur), and $33 5000.
OOo ~ metal commercial valur).
As metals, then, gold and silver pro.
ducts wcr" valued AT little less than
&ll2 NM, 900 ~ money, they were worth
$ib0 .OO, 900, The corresponding figures
ioi i,sN were 81 II 600 900 aud tl53. .ON.-
OOO-a loss lnr 1901 oi over three mil
lions
The copper produced in 1901 valued At
$s7 ,INo. 1000; the lead was valued. as in
1900. at tsi ,UN, 900; and zinc WAS pro-
durrd "a the value of over tii 900. 900.
The copisr, lead and zinc products 1901
w"rr worth kp,OOO,On more M metals
than nur erd and silver were worth M
metals. although III. valu. ri the copper
product W., tli,NU.uO less than in
lNN
The combined values oi abrasive mat
erals, oi chemical materials, oi pigments
and ii other miscellaneous minerals,
amounting to abont tSS 900 900 in 1901 +,
show that they were worth almost half
as much ~ the gold propuced, and about
tb.oS,WS more than silver as metal.
Th" structural mc,crlals produced
IN 1891, the building stone, the
clay proiucts, the ccmcn,s, valued at
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-12-03
ADVANCE

Asiatic silver market. Large quantities
Of Mexican silver are coming here from
China, as it is believed that much gold
is heing circulated here on account of
government expenditures. The fact is
that American trade is going to China
and losses in silver are seriously affect.
ing the insular treasury and business
interests generally. Rapidly changing
rates embarrass the business houses,
making it almost impossible to fix
prices. The native officials are begin
ing to petition for the payment of their
salaries in gold, and the demand for
fixed state currency is universal. The
secretary of finance says:
"There is nothing to indicate a more
hopeful future for the currency question.
II will probably be as bad as now, il not
worse, until congress acts and gives us u
stable currency.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-12-03
ADVANCE MINING co.
SUMPTER, OREGON

about tlS2, ,0OO. 900, exceeded the gold
and silver by $7O,OW,OOO, il the com.
mcrcial or metal value oi silver is taken,
and by t32. .OOO,O 900, il silver is taken, at
its coming value.
Iron ore and its products, the metallic
basis oi our civilization, increased notably
in quantity but decreased in still greater
proportions in value in 1901 as compared
with 1900. Yet, ,nothwithstandinga u loss
oi nearly $is.OOO. 900 in value NJ compar-
rd with 1900. the ply iron produced in
1901 exceeded the metal value Of the
gold and silver by &l3O, ,OOO, 600, and their
combined coming value by $o5,0O0,0OO.
Compared with the mineral fuels, coal,
petroleum, and natural gas, produced in
1901, the combined coming value oi the
gold and silver is exceeded by $292 ,WO,-
900, and the combined metallic value IL
as $ll2,OO0, 900 To $ti2, ,O,O, 900, an excess
oi $3.50, 900 900 OF the necessary fuels
over the precious metals.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-12-03
Christmas Number OF the Deseret News.

Last year the Dcseret News, Of salt
Lake, issued II very handsome illustrated
Christmas edition on Utah and
Colorado, which has been excelled by
few Of the large dailies Of the country.
This year the News will issue Christ.
mas numder on Utah and Idaho and
the resource Of those two states will be
attractively set forth and will be we'll
illustrated with half.toned views.
Parties desiring information in regard
to either Of these states will find what
they are looking for in the Christmas
number Of the Dcseret News.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-12-03

I. Ii, Harrison, agent for Giant pow.
der company,
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-12-03

All the latest novelties in hats ut
Neill Mercantile companys.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-12-03

No headaches from Giant powder.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
STORMS DISAPPEAR
IN YELLOWSTONE PARK
Government VIII Establish Two Weather
Stations to Study Phenomenon.

Government VIII Establish Two Weather
Stations to Study Phenomenon.
dispatch to the Butte Miner from
Helena says the government weather
bureau will establish two stations in
the Yellowstone National park next
summer. One will be located at Nam
moth Hot Springs and the other at the
lake.
The bureau will undertake 70 solve a
problem that has been puzzling the
department for some time. MANY
storms, originating in the north west,
although headed directly for Montana,
never seem to reach that state, and it is
desired to investigate the phenomenon.
Storms striking the mountain range
between Idaho and Montana follow it
to the park and are there lostasight Of,
sometimes again appearing in Wyom-
ing and Colorado, but Montana escapes
them. Observers in the park will make
this phenomenon a particular study.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
Coinage For December.

The monthly statement of the d.
rector of the mint shows the coinage
executed at the mints of the United
States during the month of December,
1901, to have been $l4, ,644, ,33l, as fol-
lows: Gold, $12, 300, ,327; silver, 81, ,966,-
5l4; minor coins, 1878, 400.
The total coinage for the calendar
year ended December 81, 1901, was
$l34, ,693, ITO, of which Sl01, 735, 1877 was
gold, $40, 73s, AGO was silver, and So, l2o,-
i22 was in minor coins.
OF the years coinage S64, l5o, $50 was
in double eagles, SAC, ,036. 100 in eagles,
$21.320,3o0 in half-eagles, and S22s, 3o7
in quarter-eagles.
OF the silver coined S22, ,556,s13 was
in standard dollars, SO, 1l9, ,92s in half
dollars, 2,646, 307 in quarters and S2,-
507, $50 in dimes. There were also
coined 81, 1924, o1o in nickels and $780,
Ill in pennies.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
stole Half Million Dollars and Got Five
Years imprisonment.

Governor Savage of Nebraska has
granted an unconditional pardon to
Joseph s. Bartley, former state treas
urer, who five years ago was sente need
to twenty years in the penitentiary on
conviction of having embezzled S50l,- :
900 of state funds. The pardon went
into effect from the moment 1t was
delivered to Mrs. Bartley by Warden
Davis at the penitentiary half-hour
later, and at 0 o'clock Tuesday night
with his family and lawyer, BARLEY
was brought in carriage to his home
in Lincoln.
Bartley was parolled last fall, but
the Republican state convention, fear
ing the effect of his liberty on election
results, demanded that he be returned
to prison. The governor yielded to the
pressure. and BARLEY has since been
serving his sentence. The pardon was
the last official act of the retiring gov
ernor.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
Troops Begin to Leave Cuba.

Acting in accordance with recon-
mendation made by General Wood,
military governor of Cuba, Secretary
Root has directed that the third squad
ron of the Eighth cavalry, comprising
the entire garrison at Puerto Principe,
be brought to the United States at the
first favorable opportunity. 1t is ad-
mitted that this is practically the be-
ginning of the general withdrawal of
the United States troops in Cuba, pre-
paratory to the transfer of the control
of affairs to the civil government, TO
be installed during the coming sum-
mer. So far as known there will be
no further withdrawal of troops, how
ever, until final arrangements are
made for the formal transfer of the
government to the newly-elected Off
cials of Cuba.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
PRECIOUS MINERALS
MINED LAST YEAR.
Very Slight Gain Over Is0o-Aiaskan Out
put Fell on 81 ,00O,0 900.

The preliminary estimates of Mr..
Roberts, the director of the mint, on
the production OF gold and silver in
the United States during the calendar
year 1901 indicates only slight gain
over the production of the proceeding
year. The yield of Alaska fell off
about 81 100000, Colorado made a
slight gain in gold, and the other pro-
ducers were nearly stationary.
The yield of silver exceeded that of
the previous by about s., 1000, 900 fine
ounces. The total mum ber of ounces
of fine gold produced is shown to have
been 3,ss0,57s, of the value Of $50, 2ls,-
500. The number of fine ounces OF
silver produced was 59,653,7ss, having
commercial value of $25, TO-, 200. The
coinage value of the silver is approxi-
mately $77,Ooo,oo Following is the
production by states:
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
United States Senator Berry May Die From
Broken Leg.

Advices from Bentonville, Ark, in
dicate that United States Senator
James II. Berry is suffering greatly
from the injuries he received two
weeks ago at Newburg, Mo-, by fall.
He is ableto sit up at brief periods,
but is still far from out of danger.
The stump of the amputated leg /:
black its entire length from the con
fusion and there is danger that erysip-
elias may result from the infamma
tion. 1t may be long time before
Mr., Berry win be able to take up his
senatorial duties.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09

Idaho Has no Law Against Railway consol-
idation.
Governor Hunt has returned from
the meeting of governors at Helena.
When asked If II was his intention to
take any action in the matter of the
proposed consolidation of northwest
ern railways, he said: "No action will
be taken In the courts of Idaho to
light the proposed merger. There is
no law in this state on which to base a
contest, and it's not my purpose to call
the legislature in extra session to make Q
a law covering the case.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
$4,000 Verdict Against Ex-President Hayes
Estate for Dog Bite.

The circuit court at Toledo, O.,
Monday, handed down decision af-
tirming decision of the lower courts
giving Mrs. Adelaide Smith of FREE
mont Judgment of s., 400 against the
estate of the late r. B. Hayes
This is the second time this case has
been in the circuit court. On the first
hearing in the Common Pleas court
Mrs. Smith secured Judgment OF $3.50
The circuit court reduced it to S.. 600
and Supreme court then remanded the
case back to the Common Pleas court
for re-hearing on error. The Common
Pleas court at the second hearing gave
Mrs. Smith verdict of SIS, 400, and the
Circuit court has now affirmed this.
Mrs. Smith was bitten by dog be-
longing to the late president, and it is
the cause for action.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
Internal Revenue Collector Removed fos
Disobeylng Civil Service Rules.

David A. Nnnn, whose resignation
as collector of internal revenue of the
Fifth Tennessee district was called for
by the president few days ago, has
handed his resignation to the president
in person.
Mr.. Num- was appointed collector
at the beginning of the Mckinley adj
minstration. Soon after he was in
stalled the removal of some Demo-
cratic employees led to charges of viola.
tion of the civil service law.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
Turkey Releases American Citizens.

The recent arrest of two naturalized
Americans at Tripoli, Syria, for re-
fusal to pay the tax providing for ex-
emption from military service, has led
to sharp representations on the part
key, John G. Fleishman, to the Porte.
The latter promptly ordered the re-
lease of the mrn arrested and in
structed the authorities not to molest
American citizens
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
Botha Requests Beers to Keep up the
Fight

General Botha has sent note to all
Boer commanders requesting them to
keep on fighting for the British parlia-
ment Is to be asked for another war
vote, which will induce the British ma
ton to demand that the war in South
Africa be stopped. General Dewet has
ordered the Boer commandants to re-
tard the work of extending the British
blockhouses at any cost. Further
fighting may consequently be ex-
pected.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
Man Masquerades as a Woman for Fifteen
Yaara

After having masqueraded as a wo-
man for fifteen years, Sylvester Cole,
who says he is from Hyde Park, Chi
cago, disclosed his identity as man and
married a Miss Bernard, with whom he
had fallen in love while the two were
tics, Cole is about IS years old, of slight
build and effeminate in countenance
and voice. His bride is Is years old
Cole, as a woman, was favorita
among his associates, attending husk-
ing bees and other country social
affairs without having his secret dis
covered.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
Butte Man Refuses to Tell Who Shot Him

'N'O 'T'1t TIVE 70 UT y 'I' ''''"' TN
A mysterious shooting occurred New
Years night at Butte. Michael Murphy
is the victim of an assassin and Id
ebbing his life away at one of the hos
pitfalls. Murphy was shot while walk
ing in an alley in the rear of saloon
on East Park street.
Officers heard the sound of the shoot,
ing and found him lying on the streps
of the saloon with blood tricking from
two wounds. Murphy had been shot
in two places.
The dying man will divulge no in
formation to the authorities, who are
at loss to explain the crime.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09

its statement of the case to Senators
Heitfeld and Dubois. 1t is charged by
the commissioners that Perrault upon
the first day of his incumbcncy in
Office discharged number of civil
service employees on the ground that
there was no work, but on the next
day he put a number of his own friends
in the vacant places.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
Kansas Farmer shoots Woman for steal
ing Corn,

Near Shawnee, Kas., Sunday, Carl
Fishner, farmer, shot and probably
fatally wounded Mrs. Mary Wallace,
in the presence of her husband, j. II.
Wallace, and their two small children.
The Wallaees were travelling oveland
in covered wagon from Rich Hill, Mo,
70 Custer county, Nebraska. They had
camped near Fishner's farm and he
accused them of stealing corn from his
cribs. The shot that struck Mrs. Wall
lace was intended for her husband.
Tishner escaped, but was arrested.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
United States Civil Service Commission Prefers Charges
Against Surveyor General Perraul of Idaho

The United States civil service COM
mission has filed charges with the Sec
retary of the interior against Joseph
Perrault, surveyor general of Idaho,
and recommended his removal from
Office on account of alleged repeated
and continuous violations of the civil
service law.
The commission has also submitted
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09

The Ohio legislature convened Mon
day. The message of Governor Nash
was noted for its recommendations of
a new system of taxation, under which
all taxes for state purposes are to be
raised from corporations, franchises,
the liquor traffic, etc, and all direct
taxation for county, municipal or other
purposes are to be left to the counties.
1t is a system of home rule 50 local
taxes. The governor also recommends
publicity as remedy for trust evils.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
Conspicuous Adornments Dropped From
British Army Uniforms.

The imperial authorities of Canada
have received orders that in every
branch of Great Britain's army gold
lace, swords, belts, conspicuous shoul-
der straps or like badges of rank must
be abandoned. 1t is understood that
the cause for the reform has been the
lesson learned in South Africa, where
the Boer marksmeu are enabled to
pick off the officers with alarming
frequency by reason of their conspieu-
business.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
WYOMING SHERIFF KILLED
IN HUNTING OUTLAWS
SHERIFF DEc0YE0 TO HIS DEATH AND
BODY HORRIBLY MuTILATEp.

brave Sheriff Was Attempting 20 Recapture
Escaped Prisoners From Natrona County
Jaii-fosse stili Pursuing Band-Many
sherins Have Met Ricksrs Fate In At
tempting to Arrest the OutIaws--Dead
omcer Was Protege of wild BIZ.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
DENVER FIGHTING
AGAINST LAWLESSNESS
Public Meeting Advocates Appointment of
100 Additional Policemen who win
Clear the Streets at Night.


Denver will present decidedly mar
tial aspect If plans adopted at mass
meeting of citizens Sunday are carried
out, and the temper of the meeting
would indicate that they will be.
Because of the many crimes that
have been committed there within the
past year or two and which have
brought terror to Denver's residents,
the latter have organized a committee
of safety for the purpose Of protecting
the people against criminals.
A resolution was also adopted at the
mass convention asking that a bill be
passed by the city council providing
for an additional force OF 100 police
men.
The streets are to be patrolled dur
ing the night by armed citizens, who
will be expected to keep the town free
of the criminal class. Everybody on
the streets at night will be expected to
give an account of himself when called
upon, and failing to satisfy the chal-
lenger of the sutiiciency of his reasons
for being abroad, he will be placed In
custody of the police.
Police magistrates will be urged
to make punishment for crime so
heavy as to deter even the most des-
perate.
For months past thugs and thieves
have overrun the city. Women have
been criminally assaulted in their own
houses and on the streets, hold-ups and
robberies have been of almost daily
occurrence, and even murder has been
committed at times when the occasion
from the standpoint of the vicious de-
manded it.
The murder of 14-year-old Harold
Fridborn and the assault of his sister
on New Years night aroused the peo-
pie to fury that augurs poorly for the
thug who falls into their hands in the
future
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
Totals. ...... $50, ,21s, 800 5o,653,7ss
British Klondike SIT, ,595, 400 1877 ,G66
Traacherous Filipino Peace Advocates Try
to Stop Vigorous War.

to Stop Vigorous War.
General j. Franklin Bell is conduct
ing vigorous campaign in Batangas
province. Every available soldier is
in the field. The columns under the
command of Colonels Wint and
Dougherty are doing excellent work
and driving the Filippinos in all direc-
tions. number of the latter are flee
ing to Tayabas province, where the
native constabulary are rendering val
liable assistance in capturing men and
rifles.
The advocates of peace at Manila
deprecate the stern measures employed
by General Bell. In reply General
Bell says that these peace advocates
have had numerous opportunities to
use their influence, as they have been
given passes through the American
lines almost for the asking, and that
it has been afterward proved that they
often only went through the lines for
the purpose of assisting the insuI-
gents. General Bell says that the best
peace method now is rigorous war;
fare until the insurrecton is COM
pletely subdued
The arrest of N. mbers of the
wealthy Lopez family and the confls-
cation of their steamers and rice, as
well as the arrest of three members of
the religious corporations who were
known to be instigators of the insur-
reetion, has had an excellent effect
upon the natives
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
Embalming Fluid Discovered Which Pre-
serves for all Time.


The Memphis, Tenn, medical col
lege has for several weeks been exper-
imenting with an embalming fluid
for which great possibilities are pre-
dicted. 1t is asserted that this dis
covery is superior to the embalming
preparation used by the Egyptians, for
while the infusion will preserve the
subject for all time, humanely speak
ing, as did that of the ancients, IL
prevents shriveling up that was nsep-
arabic from Egyptian embalming, and
does not call for the swaths and band
ages in which all the Egyptian mum
mics were encased
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
Half "a Million Year Profit In South Caro-
lima DlspensAry Law.

DihpehsHTy ih"'
The profits derived from the South
Carolina dispensary system have
reached the minimum figures predicted
by Senator Tillman when he made the
campaign in favor of the state monop-
oily of the liquor business. He then
said that the dispensary profits would
reach from $500, 600 to l 900, 900 year.
The annual report of the state board of
directors shows that purchases of liquor
during the year amounted to S1,6l7, ,972,
and the gross sales, exclusive of beer,
by beer dispensers, were S2,32s,6
The net profits to the counties and
towns, divided equally, is si24, 2s5.
The total net profit is S545,24S.
The board reports that while the ac-
crued school fund is considerable,
amounting at present to S6l1 ,354, lit is
available very slowly for payment to
the schools, as that is our only work
ing capital.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
Miss Roosevelt Presented to Society by
Ball at white House.


Miss Alice ROOSEVELT, eldest daughter
of President and Mrs. Roosevelt, was
formally presented to Washington
society Friday night at ball given in
her honor at the White House. About
500 guests were present, many Of whom
were either connections of the Roose-
welt family or well-known society peo-
pie living outside of Washington.
Miss Roosevelt is the first White House
debutante since 1873, when Miss Nellie
Grant was presented to society at a
ball, which was the gayest social event
of the decade.
Friday nights entertainment was
given personal rather than an infor-
NAL character by Mrs. Roosevelt,
whose wish wa. that Miss Roosevelt
should make her debut much as though
it had taken place in her own private
house, rather than in the White House.
There was no cotillion, and conse-
quently no favors.