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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-13
United States Consul Cable
Home Government.
THE PEOPLE CLAMoR FOR FOOD
Consul at Guadeloupe Visits Stricken
Island and Officially Confirms the
News That St. Pierre is but a Mass
of Ruins.

Washington, May 12.-Secretary
Hay has received the following cable
gram dated May II from United
States Consul Aymo at Guadalupe,
who went to Fort de France, Marti-
nique, by instruction from this govern
ment: "The disaster is complete. The
city is wiped out. Consul Prentis and
his family are dead. The governor
says 10000 perished and $4,000 are
homeless and hungry. He suggests
that the Red Cross be asked to send
Goldfish, flour, beans, rice, salt meats
and biscuit as quickly as possible.
Visits Of war vessels are valuable"
The navy department this morning
was informed Of the departure of the
cruiser Cincinnati, from San Domingo
City for Martinique.
4 Even More Terrible.
London, May 12.-The colonial Office
received the following dispatch this
afternoon from Administrator Bell on
Luo Ol
martinique, May 1.-THE catastro.
phe appears to be even more terrible
than at first reported. Refugees ar
irving here this morning say new era
ters are open in many directions. Riv.
ers are overf1owing and large areas in
the northern part of the island are
e,,y,,,, orsrod ntbor ,licfr; ofe, a ~, orox,,,7
ed with survivors. Almost total dark
ness continues. do not believe that
G,vadaloupe can adequately relieve the
stlpendous distress"
President Orders Relief.
Washington, May 12.-The President
after conference this morning with
several members Of the cabinet order
ed the war, navy and treasury depart.
ments to cooperate in the adoption of
steps for the relief of the Martinique
sufferers. The state department is al
ready acting through its consuls. The
navy transport Dixie will be ready to
sail from Brooklyn for Martinique
Wednesday with a load of food sup.
plies already on hand at New York.
Prepares Message.
The President has prepared a mes,
sage which will be submitted to con.
gress today urging an immediate ap.
preparation to carry out the relief
measures.
Recommends Big Sum.
Washington, May 12.-The Presi-
dent today sent a message to congress
recommending an appropriation of
100000 to be made available immed-
lately for the relief of the stricken
people on the island of Martinique.
House Increases Appropriation.
Washington, May 12.-The commit
tee on appropriations of the house at
a special meeting this afternoon de-
cided to report the bill for the relief
Of citizens in the French West Indies,
to appropriate 100000, an increase OF
100000 over the senate measure.
Presidents Message Read.
The Presidents message regarding
the Martinique disaster was read in
the senate and referred to the com
mittee on foreign relations.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-13
oTTuMwAN GETS PENSION.
James E. Hunnicutt Will Receive $17
Per Month.

Washington, May 12.-Among the
pensions granted by the department
is that of james g. Hunnicutt of OF
tumwa, who will receive SIT per
month.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-13
BARTHoLDr NOMINATED.

ST. Louis Man to Make Race for Con-
gress.
ST. Louis, May 12-Hon. Richard
Bartholdt, of st. Louis, was today re-
nominated for congress by the repub-
licans of the tenth Missouri district.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-13
BIG STRIKE IN DENVER.
Eight Hundred Men Leave Work
Trouble May Spread.

Denver, May 12,--Eight hundred
men are now on strike in Denver.
Six large unions are involved and the
trouble shows signs of spreading. The
lumber yards, wood working mills and
livery stables are completely tied up,
While many new bakeries are practi-
cally closed. The organizations in the
strike include wood workers, lumber
men, stable men, bakers, machinists
and team drivers
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-13
CALL MISS LOPEZ.

Sister of Filipino to Testify Before
Senate Committee.
Washington, May 12.-The senate
committee on the Philippines today
decided to call as witness before that
committee Miss Clemencia Lopez, sis
ter of Sixto Lopez. The woman is
now in Boston.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-13
Fighting Is in Progress In
Hayti.
SITUATION is SERIOUS
Battle Now Taking Place In the
Streets of Port Au Prince-PopuIa-
tion Is in Arms-serous Trouble
Comes to Island. 80.

Port Au Prince, May 12.-Severe
fighting is now progressing in the
streets Of Port Au Prince. The situa-
tion is very serious.
Population in Arms.
Port Au Prince, May 12.-At meet
ing Of the congress today called to
elect a president of the republic, the
minister Of the interior formally hand
ed the resignation of President Sam
to the house. A member of the cham
ber of deputies asked the president of
the house to order the withdrawal of
the strong force of troops which occu-
pied the chambers. The president re-
piled the troops were necessary to
protect the congress while engaged in
it's deliberations and he said he ap-
proved of the presence of the military.
The meeting of the congress then sus-
pended. The whole population is now
in arms.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-13
Price Of Sugar Reduced.

New York, May 12-All grades of
refined sugar were reduced five points
today.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-13
Italians Quit Work.

Chicago. May 12 One thousand
italian laborers employed in the track
elevation work, for the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad. struck today
for an increase i'll wages.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-13
NAMES BouTELL.

Illinois Republicans Choose Congress
sional Standard Bearer.
Chicago, May 12.-The ninth district
republican congressional convention to-
day renominated Congressman Henry
S. Boutell, by acclamation. In the
eighth district no candidate was named
as the district is regarded as solely
democratic.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-13
LIEUT.. GOV. STONE is DEAD.

Long Illness.
Watertown, Wis, May 12.-Lieuten-
ant Governor Jesse Stone died at his
home in this city at S:17 o'clock last
night of severe stomach trouble.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-13
Unit for Strike.

Philadelphia, May 12.-The report
received today at the Offices of the
Reading & Pennsylvania railroad com
Ipanies state all their colliers are idle.
Meetings of the miners We're held at
various points in the anthracite region
and in each instance the strike senti
ment was practically unanimous.
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Recommends Big Sum.

Washington, May 12.-The Presi-
dent today sent message to congress
recommending an appropriation of
100000 to be made available immed-
lately for the relief of the stricken
people on the island of Martinique.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-03

election Of the upper house Of the rigsdag,
which for the first time has given the
Danish democracy full power, the govern
ment organ announces that the liberals
have. co-operated with the socialists for
the last time and that herafter the con-
servatives must join with the liberals In
fighting their common enemy, the So
cialists.
The social democrats retort that this at
titude on the part Of the liberals will pro-
woke thousands Of small tradesmen, cot
tagers and agricultural laborers to flock
to their cause, thus making Denmark the
first socialist state in Europe.
While the socialists are boastful it is
said to be certain that the conservatives
will be needed by the government.
Disappointed by their defeat in the cleo
ton for members Of the upper house of the
rigsdag, the Danish conservatives have
turned against the king. declaring that his
majesty: can no longer expect them to
support the throne, inasmuch as he has
consented to cooperate with their polit-
tcal enemies. 1t will take much tact to
win over the party which has been in con-
troll so long. Though bearing no sym
pathy with the socialists. the old con-
servatiVes may join with them in de-
feating the government plans. r.
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OREGON TO
THE HOAiESEEkER.
The Two principal Advantages Arc
Reasonably cheap Lands and the
Certainty OF Crops.

poet for the investment of capital as does
Oregon. No other state can furnish such
a variety of raw materials for the manu-
facture of the various manufactured prod
ucts consume neither can any state
be mentioned which Is a greater consumer
or user Of the necessaries and luxuries Of
life, according to it's population, than ours.
If one steps into an ordinary hardware
store, for instance, where there are thou
sands Of articles Of everyday use, more
than 80 per cent Of them will be found to
have been manufactured elsewhere and
imported to us. The material for their
manufacture can be found as a rule, in.
abundance within our borders, yet, for
reasons not altogether easily understood.
we continue year after year and what is
worse, decade after decade, to buy abroad
in apparently undiminishedt amounts
Scores Of articles made entirely Of wood
are sold to our people in generous quaint
ties. while the entire western portion of
the state abounds DIN several varieties of
hard woods. There Is no doubt that iron
and coal abound in our mountains -espec-
tally. and no doubt in many other portions
OF the state in great quantities. In fact,
these two specially staple minerals are
known to exist in many localities, and It
only remains for those who have idle
money waiting for profitable fields for In
Vestment to turn it into these most profit.
able sources Of revenue. ~ q t%4E- ~ ..
Why capital seeking for fremunerativ
employment has so long neglected thfs
promising and undeveioped field has been
source Of wonder to- our people, Yea r
after year we send to other parts OF: the
United States millions of dollars for manu-
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N0rnannaheimen
SINGERS AS HOSTS
Swedish Singers of Minneapolis Al
ready Planning for the Sangar-
g, fest Next July.
One of the Nobel Prizes Likely to
Come to America This
Year.

Active preparations for the musical fes-
tival or "sangarfest' to be held in this
city July 21-24 under the auspices Of the
western division Of the American Union Of
Swedish Singers are in progress. The
local executive committee has had several
meetings Of late and have prepared the
general program for the fest. 1t will be-
gin Tuesday morning, July 81 with a gen
eral reception to the singers. In the after
noon there will be parade Of the visiting
societies, a rehearsal Of the grand chorus
and in the evening a "sexa" for the sing
= ers. The big concerts will take place on
Wednesday and Thursday evenings, July
% and 3d. The business meetings. will be
held In the daytime.
Doubtless some forms of entertainment
will be provided for the visitors who are
not delegates to the convention, but this
Is detail which will be left to later meet
ings Of the committee. The affair will
close with picnic at Lake Minnetonka
on Friday, July "a.
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bearing to the southwest, 1t continues, so
far as known, for a hundfed miles, the
formation being true assure veins IN slate
or granite, or contact between porphyry
and slate, ,porphyry and granite, or por-
phyrya and quartzite, the ores carrying on
an average a smaller per cent of free gold
than those of the first and second mineral
zones heretofore mentioned. feature
of special, Importance in this third sub
division Of the mineral territory tributary
to Baker City is a naineralized ledge or
enorm Gus size. commencing with the
mines on the northeast slope of the Elk
horn mountains, and continuing for tWen-
ty miles. The ledge has been opened and
is located for fifteen miles, the main ledge
being from so to 200 feet wide, with
smaller parallel lodges extending over this
zone for a width of twenty miles. Upon
this parent ledge are located some of the
most developed mines Of eastern Oregon,
among which are some of the richest
gold mnes known. Among these the
Baisley- Elkhorn, the North Pole, the Eu-
reka and Excelsior. the Columbia, the
Mammoth, the Ibex, may be mentioned as
indicating the value and possibilities OF
this vast zone.
- At the present writing over $50 stamps
Of from two to twenty in a mill are stead
lily dropping on ore in this section OF the
state and pouring out an amending stream
Of golden metal. Besides the stamp mills
there are several large cyanide plants anc
at Sumpter a large slnelter is being con.
struoted: Tributary to Portland some
sixty miles north is the most celebrated
copper district on the coast. 1t is located
in the state of Washington at the base O
Mount St. Helens. Here thousands Of
dollars Of Portland capital have been in
vested and one road is now being bull
into the district, another surveyed and thu
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mining center of 1.-The state It contains
a population of 1900 Mining operations
tributary to 1t have built it up to it's
present prosperous condition and the fur
Their large development in the district that
surround 1t on every side, which Is now
assured, in the near future, will more than
double the present population in a short
time. ~. ~, -.
There are three mineral zones crossing
the territory considered tributary to zBa-
ker City. commencing at Seven Devils,sin
Western Idaho, and following a. southwest
course, q mineral zone will be found
varying from ten to twenty miles in
width. In this zone are found the famous
Seven Devils copper mines, the copper
mines of Iron Dyke or Vaughn District
near Billiards. Landing, Ore. In the vi
cinityo Of the Vaughn mines hundreds Of
locations have been made and ssinafy
lodges uncovered. Following the course
southwest, Johnson's camp, Ruthburg and
Mineral City are found on the Idaho side
of the Snake river; while on the Oregon
side, not to mention in detail the numer-
GUS placer diggings along the Snake river
and it's tributaries, are the Conner Creek
mines, Gallagher Group, Gold ELL, Gold
Ridge, Humboldt and .:Mornon Basin, the
most extensively worked placer being the
Westerly placers, where $4,000 dredger
has been built, and which has fifty years
work before it on the Immense auriferous
gravel beds in that vicinity; andsthe Rye
Valley, on Dixie Creek, where numerous
hydraulic giants are at work on gravel
bars so extensive that it is estimated
that they cannot be exhausted in a gen
Grafton. Numerous gold-bearing quartz
lodges are found in this zone in the vicin-
ity of Lookout Mountain, Gold Hill, Gold
Ridge and Conner Creek. Only a. few of
these, Lodges have yet been developed into
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tempt specialization, but must be content
with a cursory glance at the field
IN the first place let it be not under
stood that because deep or ledge mining
is now beginning to attract capital in the
various sections Of southern Oregon, pla-
Ger mining is on the wane. On the con-
trary, among the largest hydraulic plants
operated on the Pacific coast are includ-
ed those of southern Oregon. There are
hundreds Of miles Of auriferous gravel
areas ram1fying the mountain ranges that
will add tens Of millions Of dollars to the
worlds gold supply. The hydraulic claims
now being operated in southern Oregon
number up into the hundreds. With the
up-to-date appliances and methods now
IN vogue, In almost every: placer district
1t Is SAFE to assume that the annual Out
put will Increase from year to year dur
ing the next decade. In fact placer min
ing through hydraulic methods, In south
ern oregon, Us scarcely more than in it's
lifetime prime, and considering the con-
ditions prevailing for economic operation
and the favorable environments, it pre-
sents one Of the most attractive fields
for the investment of capital with a
certainty Of large profits that may be
found in the west.
In Eastern Oregon Baker City is the
main base Of supplies, business center and
mining metropolis, and the most populous
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OREGON'S RICH GOLD Mines
millions OF Dollars In Quartz Lodges and Placer
Deposits All Over the State, .<= II. .*.. ..

Special Correspondence of The Journal.
Portland. Ore, Sept 29.-In the yield Of
the billion and a half dollars in gold that
the Pacific coast country has SO generous
ly sent out through the arteries Of trade
to the wide world since Marshalls men,
orable discovery, the state of Oregon has
taken a conspicuous part, contributing in
the aggregate many millions. The pro-
duction for the present year will amount
to over 100000.
One of the first districts to receive the
the benefit of the wandering prospector
was southern Oregon the immensely of
whose mineral wealth is not even yet
comprehended. 1t Is known to exist in
such quantities that it's value Is meal
culable. p Tens upon tens of millions dol
lars In gold have already been extracted
from the auriferous gravel beds that
stretch for hundreds Of miles throughout
the favored district, The ledge ribbed
hills are beginning to yield their quota
Of the royal metal, and, as at first came
the era of placer mining, so now is COM
ing that stage in the development Of the
country in which the fabulously rich
lodges Of the section to play the most
important part. The era Of deep mining
may be said to have begun.
In brief review Of the mineral wealth
and mining possibilities Of this region,
such as space allows me, cannot at
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Special Correspondence to The Journal.

Special Correspondence to The Journal.
Portland, Ore, Sept 29.-The advant-
ages which Oregon offers to homeseekers
are many, but the two principal ones are
reasonably cheap lands and the certainty
Of crops, two essentials not to be over
looked. While good land already in Guilt
walton bears a fairly good price, there
are thousands Of acres Of the most produc-
tive lands in the state yet in its virgin con-
dition, covered with timber and brush.
easily cleared, and waiting for greater
population to bring 1t into the uses OF civ
uization. Considering that Portland has
been growing for fifty years, and that it is
now city of over 100, 900 people, it seems
Incredible that soon as you enter its
suburbs in leaving by either the southern
or western route. you at once begin to
finest lands to be found anywhere, but
which would readily yield to the efforts Of
the Industrious homebuilder.
The fact Is that is Is possible for the
Willamette Valley to sustain population
fully five times great as that which 1t
contains to-day. The time is coming when
the entire country from the Cascades to
the Coast Range. and from the Columbia
to beyond Eugene will be an unbroken
panorama Of special farms, equaled in no
other part Of the United States for either
the beauty Of it's landscape or the fertility
Of its soil.
Capabilities Of Oregon.
It Is entirely proper to say. because
truthful, that no section of the United
States offers such an encouraging pros
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-03

Cornucopia; Sanger at Sanger; the rich
placer mines at Sparta, where also are
found rich and extensive gold-bearing
quartz lodges. Eight miles from Baker
is located the Virtue, and nearby. the
Flagstaff.
Farther to the southwest are the mines
of Plea sant Valley, where large amount
Of development work has uncovered gold
bearing lodges which extend for several
miles. Continuing from Pleasant Valley,
the country has not been extensively
prospected. for quartz, but. the placer
mines of Burnt. River and it's tributaries
indicate vast mineral wealth stored in the
adjacent hills, awaiting the prospector and
developer.
The third mineral zone has some of the
same characteristics as the first two.
Beginning in the Elkhorn mountains and
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ated advertisement of some professional
boomer From merely unitarian point
Of view nothing is truer than that lad
vertising pays; but no kind of adver-
tisement pays so well as an actual ex-
hibit. -. .r..' r
incidentally, it may be here remarked
that the state Of Oregon has never under
taken public enterprise SO far-reaching
in it's beneficial results as the proposed
Lewis and Clarke Centennial. 1t will at
tract thousands OF visitors hither, and,
since seeing is believing" it will be
master stroke in directing the very best
class of ordinary homeseekers as we'll as
capital this way. For instance, there Is
no greater industry awaiting the future
development Of Oregon than that 1nvolv-
ing the conversion Of our vast forests
into ,merchantable timber. This. state at
this time has a greater area Of untouched,
arst-class timber than any other in the
Union From this time on it Is certain to-
be a wonderful source of revenue to the
people Of the state. AS we look at this
sea of virgin timber it Is almost a cause
for regret that 1t should not be allowed to
stand, but it Is only when removed and
converted into the uses Of man that 1t Is
of any real value whatever, except as a
necessary portion of it is used as reserves.
It's value consists wholly in using it, but
all the publications yet issued concerning
the excellence Of our timber resources are
not to be compared as 10 tne1r enectlVe-
ness In attracting attention this way with
that particular log at Buffalo which meas
ured nearly eighty feet in length and
something like three feet square. There
were two sawed planks there seventy-flve
feet long, twenty inches wide and two
inches thick, without a knot in them.
That was more of g. curiosity and of real
ly greater value to visitors than all the
buildings combined, and which consumed
millions of dollars, the tangible disap-
pearance OF which. the stockholders are
sincerely mourning.
The value of the different kinds OF prod
ucts Of eastern Oregon has grown to i'm
mense proportions, and has not by any
means reached its growth" Through all
the years since it's first settlement 1t has
been seriously handicapped by Its distance
from the seaboard and the consequent Cost
| of transportation to market of its prod
| ucts. This has in many instances amount
ed to a practicable embargo. Gradually
this condition has been improved, but re
lief will only come through a .continuousl!
open river from Lewiston to the sea. This
will, give q water level grade to the seq
for many parts of eastern Oregon and
great measure Of relief to all Of it, and Il
a proposition of such great Importance
that it has the support and encouragement
Of every citizen OF the entire state.
State Has Promising Future.
Not to be tedious, then, 1t can be gener