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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-08-12

The Mining World says that the
production Of gold In all the world
for the year 1901 was l2, 2,8l2,OOO
ounces Of value s264, 900, 900.
The worlds production of gold for
the year 1902 was about l2, $50, 900
ounces, valued at 1867, 900, 900.
The United States leads every
country with total production of
1915, 900 oucnes, valued at ss2,-
OOO,O Colorado continues in
first place among the states In gold
production, 1t having mined 1,5OO,.
900 fine ounces of q value over s3O,.
900, 900 last year. California comes
second with q production in gold Of
1850, 90 ounces, valued at e16OOO,.
900. South Dakoa takes third place
with production Of 325, 900 ounces.
The greatest gold producing mine
was the Homestake Of South Dakota,
from which was taken gold to the
amount Of 100000 Stratton's
Independence and the Portland
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-08-12
Timber and Homestead Filinss.

Timber and homestead filings, az we'll
as final proofs, can be made before
Charles II. Chance, United States Com.
missioner, Office in First National Bank
Of Sumpter building, sumpter, thus saw.
ing applicants expense Of trip to La
Grande.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-08-12
TO WHOM 1T MAY coNCERN-TAKE NOTICE.
United States Land Office.
La GraRde, Oregon, August 10, 1901.

Notice Is hereby given that Henry Heweu. Jr.,
whose rostofhce address Is Tacoma. Washington,
did the Ith dav Of August. 1901, make apple alton
10 select. under Act ot June =. 1907, (,o Sta , the
following described tract:
Lot in Section 10. Township Q. South. RanRe "
EWM; Sh Of Mex Section IS Township ', South,
Range " EWM. In the La Gvande Land District.
Stste NJ Oregon. containing 'sl 30 acres.
That the purpose OF this notice Is to allow all per-
sons claiming the selected land under the mining
laws. desiring to show TO be mineral In charac
ter an opportunity to file objections 10 such selection
with the Officers Of the u S. Land Offoe. a La
Grante Oregon within thirty days after the roth day
OF August. 1904. so as to establish their Interest
therein or the mineral character thereof.
e. w. BARTLETT. Register.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-08-12
of Cripple Creek, Colorado, are a
close second, while the Con. Mercur
of Utah and Alaska Treadwell follow.
OFFICIAL RECORDS.

The following instruments were filed
at the Baker county court house during
the week ending Aug. II, 1903.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
DEEDS.
Jan %, O2-A Stalker 4 VT to Lucille
Stalker, one lot of ground in nwL sec
80 tp 7r IS; &25.
July 27-N J Chase to Rebecca Lloyd
lot 3 blk 8 Richland; 800.
July l7-Fox Creek Gold Mining Co
to X A Bowman tracts of land in secs I,
8, 22, "a tp 12 sr 1851.
May 2S-A W Ellis & wife to J L Ev.
ans lots Z 4 8 blk 7 Ellis adm Sumpter !;
$l35.
August s-W Chandler to B ? Toney
M neA sec 32 tp Z 30; $2sOO.
April 13-W A Ross ct ux to l. l. Eos.
ter y int in Bildner ice house grounds,
stock and fixtures in Our House saloon.
April 4-Albert Hutchinson ct Tx to
W G York 1853 acres in sec tp7sr 80;
1900.
MINING MATTERS.
DEEDS.
Aug 6-R i Farmer to Fred ID Smith
A l. Farmer placer claims, Red Bird,
Snow Bird, Camp Bird, Blue Jay and
Partridge claims; $1,000.
Aug 5-Master in Chancery Mccain
mant to Bourne Gold Mining Co deed
under foreclosure Eureka 4 Excelsior
Mining Co, Bourne t25, 900.
MORTGAGES.
July 27-Lucile Stalker to + Wilkin.
son tract in nw4 sec 80 tip 7r4 45; 800.
Aug lob + Toney to F ]. Moore M
ne.4 50 81 tp 7r 80 and sex sec 22 tp 8
r 50; &2sOO.
July l3-Zeno Denny ct ux to Mrs X
A Wilkinson WI WI sec % tp tip 7 40.
Mrs X Wilkinson to Zeno Denny re.
lease Of mortgage for $500 on above land.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Action l. Esselstyn vs. J V Bennes
ct ux to recover on note, interest and
attachment fee, Full Moon and Half
Moon placer claims attached 1905.
Action-Davis Wilcox Va G X Dalton
action on notes for about $500; land in
sections 10 4 II tp 7r 80 attached.
NJ r Woodward vs. II X Brown to re.
rover possession OF furniture and fixtures
n Panhandle saloon. Baker City.
Bill Of Sale-J A Riggs to NJ H Allen
bar furniture and fixtures in Capital
hotel bar. Sumpter.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-08-12

Miller cap protectors. 7. q. Harrison
agent for Baker, Grant and Union
counties.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-06-02
SITUATION is ALARMING.
Thousands Of People Homeless at Of
tumWa, u.

Ottumwa, Ia, June 2.-With nearly
one-half Of South Ottumwa under wa
ter, which threatens to take out houses
and business blocks, q large part Of
West and East Ottumwa flooded and
railroad communication cut on except
on the main line OF the Chicago. Bur-
lington and Quincy, Ottumwa Is en-
veloped with an awful food. At IL
q. m. the water stood at % feet and
has backed up In several places. food
ing easements Of more than . score
of business blocks.
It Is estimated that between 5000
and 5000 people have been driven
from their homes. It is impossible
to estimate the property loss. A vol
anteer relief committee has been se-
lected and has been working for the
past twenty-four hours. All the people
caught In the flooded district have
been rescued with the exception Of
those in South Ottumwa. where It Is
believed 100 are IN danger unless
there is soon fall In the river. The
railroad situation II alarming.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-06-02

The number Il lives lost In this
vicinity cannot De learned for some
time, and probably never will be
known definitely. However, there
seems to be ample verificatiOn OF re-
ports which account for the loss OF
more than dozea lives In the bot
toms.
At 8 q. M. It was reported at police
headquarters that there had been no
further loss Of life during the night as
far as was known. All along the bank
OF the river wagons containing ropes
were stationed during the morning In
order that any emergency could be
promptly met. Early in the morning
It was announced that there were &
number Of people on the Milwaukee
bridge and It was decided to send the
ferryboat to their rescue. An addi-
tional call was made from hotel sit
uated at the intersection Of Four
teenth and Genesee, where number
Of people were reported to be held in
the upper stories Of the building. The
ferryboat was also ordered to take
them on at the earliest practicable
moment. Word came up from the
stock yards that there were twenty
or thirty people caught by the nood
in that district. They were said to be
In no immediate danger, however.
At 10:30 q. m. the Blu6 street
bridge was torn out and its wreckage
went crashing up against the buildings
close to It, battering some OF them
badly. This bridge was entirely In
Kansas City, Mo-. and spanned the
Burlington tracks at Fifth street. 1t
has been out Of use for some days
and its fall at this time occasioned NO
additional inconvenience.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-06-02
NINETY THOUSAND TEXTILE Or
ERATlvEs OUT ON STRIKE
At PHILADELPHIA.
INCREASE Of WAGES IS DEMANDED
ThlRTY-NlNE BRANCHES or TnE
INDUSTRY AFFECTED Nv Ac.
rIoN or employees.

Philadelphia, June "A general
strike OF textile workers was inau-
gurated In this city during the day.
involving about $4,000 operatives. OF
the GOO firms engaged In the textile
industry here forty-seyen have grant
ed the demands OF the union and their
plants, employing about $4,000 hands,
are in operation. All Of the sixty
three ingram carpet mills are idle. af.
fecting directly 5000 weavers and To-
900 hands in other departments. All
Of the dyers, who are said to control
the situation, are on strike with the
exception Of those OF the Berkshire
mills in the northeastern section Of
the city, which has conceded the ffty-
five hour week and increased the
wages of the men from SI2 to $13 =
week.
The ingram carpet weavers are ask
Ing. besides the fifty-five hour week. :
10 per cent increase In wages.
The mill OF John 4 James Dobson.
employing 1000 hands. was closed In
definitely. The workmen were noti
fed that they could return to work at
the present rate Of wages. otherwise
the mill would remain closed.
Thirty-nin branches OF the textile
trade are affected by the strike and
the capital invested in the mills Il
estimated at $100,0O0.000 The daily
loss In wages will amount to $125, 900.
The manufacturers admit that the
Oneraffves are In 4 DOsftiOn to close
all mills not granting their demands.
This is due principally to the impor-
lance OF the dyers' branch Of the In.
dustry. Their work IL Of q character
not generally understood or readily
learned and while the dyers continue
on strike the mills must remain idle
no matter what the other textile work
ers might do.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-06-02
The X-Rays.

Recent experiments. by practical tests
and examinations with the aid OF the
X-Rays establishment it ID fact thot
Catarrh Of the stomach Is not disea6e
Of itself, but it results from repeated
attacks Of indigestion. How can / cure
my indigestion? kodol Dyspepsia
Cure is curing thousands. 1t win cure
you of indigestion and dyspepsia, and
prevent or cure Catarrh Of the Stomach
Kodol digests what you eat makes the
stomach sweet. Sold by Cook 4 Odee.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-06-02
MILLIONS or, DOLLARS DAMAGE
~ HIGH WATER THE WHOLE
LENGTH OF THE RIVER.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED
PROBABLY FIFTY PERSONS PER-
lsHED IN THE VICINITY OF
MANHATTAN, KAN.

Manhattan, Kan, June Mot since
the Galveston flood has water created
such terrible havoc and wrought such
terrible destruction of life and prop
erty as has Just been experienced In
the Kaw valley OF Kansas. The terri
tory affected stretches from Brook
vile. KAN. to Kansas City, q district
OF 200 miles in length by from three
to fifteen miles In width. Almost the
entire territory Ia submerged In water
from one to fifty feet In depth. The
loss to live stock, homes, barns, fences
and crops will run into the millions.
Boatmen who have reached here re-
port many persons missing. Probably
ATTY persons were drowned In the
country around here.
Manhattan Ii In the very center OF
the fend's fury. The Blue river from
the north and the Kansas river from
the west carry the waters from Repub-
lcan, Solomon. Saline and Smoky
rivers. besides several large creeks.
For the past i've days great volumes
OF water have rushed together here.
which only the strongest iron bridges
have 30 far been able to Withstand.
Railroad Banks Save the City.
The high railroad banks OF the IN
lon Pacific and Rock Island alone
have saved the city from being COM
pletely submerged. Most Of the in
hAbitants have moved to the hills and
are being taken care OF in the Kansas
Agricultural college buildings.
The rain has descended here almost
steadily since Thursday. To add to
the calamity all wires are down and
1t night the city Is dark. At noon
Friday the water subsidized slightly.
but rose Ii the evening at rate Of
one inch every Ave minutes. Men,
women and children we're carried in
boats and wagons to the hills. Those
who were unable TO secure transporta-
tion waded through the water waist
deep.
Over $500 people are housed in the
college buildings. Four births were
reported to have occurred during the
night, one OF the little babies being
drowned In the engineroom. Every
Business store Is filed with water
from one to ten feet deep. All pas
oon9ers are being properly cared for
~ the railroads.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-06-02
HUTCHINSON uNrER WATER
Property Loss In That Vicinity Est
mated at $1,000, 900.

Property Loss In That Vicinity Estl-
mated At 100000.
Hutchinson, KAN, June Cow
creek has fallen slightly, but the wa
ter is still two feet high In Main street
and every business house is flooded
one foot Midland hotel, banks, post
Office, the Home theater, Carnegie IL
brary and the Bee ONCE are Hooded.
The electric plant Ii flooded and lights
went out at IL o'clock Saturday night.
The city hall and courthouse are un-
der water and the fire department has
moved to q livery stable.
All railroads are-dOoded for miles.
No trains are moving. Two thousand
people in fifty blocks are homeless.
Hundreds Of boats and rats are res
cuing women and children. The Home
theater foundation gave way and the
wall fell The m0rgue Is flooded and
cOrpses are removed to the second
floor to prevent their floating away.
Hutchinson Is in q lake five miles
square and but 500 houses are above
water. The Western Union ONCE Is
Z foot deep In water. The Postal Tel
egraph company has one wire working
to Denver.
Restaurants are all flooded and sup
plies are running low.
Thousands Of acres Of wheat. corn
and alfalfa are ruined. Hundreds OF
truck farms are six feet under water.
All churches, excepting the Baptist.
are under water. Foundations Of many
buildings are weakened and may fall.
There Is much suffering but no deaths.
The water is four feet higher than
ever before. Every manufacturing
plant, salt plant and Wholesale house
is flooded. The Hutchinson and val
ley property loss IL estimated at $2.-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-06-02
rouarEEh BODIES FOUND.
Number 81 People Drownsd q Council
Grove, Kan.

Emporia, KAN. June 1.-The north
fork of the Neosho has fallen eleven
feet, but the south fork Of the Cotton-
wood is now six inches higher than q
any time In thirty years and another
two-foOt rise has reached Strong City.
twenty miles west, since the Neoaho
has subsided. Reports from the cOun-
try have begun to reach here and iudi-
este that the valley Of the Neoaho
above here Is : des0late waste.
Thousands OF dollars worth Of farm
property and crops we're washed away
and hundreds Of head Of cattle, hos
and sheep were drowned. No loss Of
human life II reported near here yet,
but in Council Grove fourteen bodies
are aaid to have been found In houses
since the water subsided.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-06-02
MURDERED IN colo BLOOD.
Turkish Troops slaughter lnhabItants
Of 9merdesh.

Constantinople. June 2.--In spite Of
Official statements to the contrary the
consular reports maintain that there
were no revolutionists at Smerdesh.
south Of Lake Presba. May Fl. 1t the
time the Turkish troops attacked that
place. and assert that 200 Of the inhab-
itants, men, women and children,
were massacred In cold blood by
Bashi Bazouks. The porte has ap-
pointed q commission Of inquiry to In
vestigate the consular statements.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-06-02
NEPoRTs or THE pisAsTgR At
NORTH TOPEKA GREATLY
EXAGGERATED.
vnRE Town STILL UNDER WATER
PROPERTY DAMAGE CAUSED ~
THE FLOOD NOW PLACED
At 100000

Topeka, KAN, June z.--it 10 now Do
lieved that the total number Of lives
lost in the food here will not exceed
twenty.
No lives were lost In the fires and
only eight buildings were destroyed
By flames.
Early reports were unavoidably ex-
aggerated. The burning OF lumber
piles gave the impression that the
whole OF the north part OF the city
was going and no one was found who
placed his estimate OF the loss OF life
under the hundreds.
With the smoke cleared away. the
Kaw falling and communication BY
boat less difficult. additional light on
the subject was received during the
morning and the reduction in the esti-
mated loss OF life followed.
About 200 people are still at North
Topeka. $50 OF them being in the upper
story Of the woolen mill. They are
well fed but extremely uncomfortable.
The following is the list of known
dead:
Henry Jordan. colored; Mr.. Ward.
aged man: Arthur Stitt, five-year-old
SON of Mr.. Garrett, child Of George N.
Storey. Miss Louise Seahaven. Mrs.
Jackson, . widow; Henry Luddington.
John L. Adams. Mrs. Ida Montgomery.
Karl and Amelia Rutt, both children;
Andrew Pretxel.
Property Loss One Million.
The property loss from the best estt
mates now possible will amount to ap-
proximately 100000. The whole Of
North Topeka Is still under water
seven feet deep. While the 200 peo-
pie penned up in the second stories OF
various buildings have plenty OF food.
they are In great need Of good drink
ing water, which Is being supplied as
rapidly as possible in barrels and
cans.
The great fear 1t present Il that
some Of the buildings In North To
peka may collapse because OF their
being undermined by the
water. There Is no immediate appre-
hensiOn that the wooden mill will so
down, but at the same time every
effort will be made to extricate people
from that point as quickly as posi-
BILE. to avoid any further loss Of life.
At 5 q. m. the Kaw river was almost
ct q standstill. with slight tendency
toward falling. There Is no rise from
above. Rain has fallen without ces-
sation for the past seyenty-two hours,
but at no time has it been In the ma
ture of cloudburst. The situation at
North Topeka Is improving. There Is
but little more danger OF death from
Except In isolated cases
the refugees have been cared for.
Many are wearing insufficient clothing.
Hundreds are sleeping in improvtsed
beds, but 1t is believed that all have
been cared for.
President Roosevelt has telegraphed
from Cheyenne to Governor Baily Of
fering the assistance Of the federal
Il needed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-06-02
General Mccook Critically III.

Washington. June 2.-Word was re-
ceived 1t the war department during
the morning that Major General Alex
McCook. u. 8. A., retired, was strick-
en- with apoplexy at Dayton. O., Sat
urday and Is now In : critical condi-
ton. General McC0ok recently came
here to live and only left Tor the West
Z few days ago.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-06-02
CASE Is ADVANCED.

Argument IN Merger Trial Set for Dec.
IA Next.
Washington. June 2.-The United
States supreme court has granted the
motion made by Solicitor General
Hoyt two weeks ago to advance the
case Of the Northern Securities com
pany.
The court flxed Dec. II next as the
date for argument.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-06-02
pioneer Dies o. Smallpox.

st. Paul, June John e. Hagen
miller, one of the pioneer residents
OF Minnesota. is dead Of smallpox ct
the detention hospital Mr.. Hagen
miller was seveaty.two years old and
well known to early residents Of Min
nesota. He was born In Germany and
came to the United States IN. 1854 and
to ST. Paul In 1855.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-06-02
HELD NOT GUILTY.
Agent Of chlcset Brokers Did Not
Embexxle Money.

La Crosse, Wis.,, June LA jury II
the embezxlement case Of Finley, Bar
rell & Co. of Chicago against Jerry
L. Van wormer returned verdict Of
not guilty. Van Wormer was Il
Crosse manager for the Chicago bro
kers and was charged with embezzlinG
411 900
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-11
Appropriations improvements
Screve

the plans would he choose. The
answer is easy. Every one of a mill
lion men would accept the latter, and
not single one would adopt the
plan figured out by the Tybeeites.
Hoping this letter will tend to cor
rect what in my opinion is a most in
correct impression of the disappear
ance of Mr.. Love, and his character.
"R. K. Shaw
A dispatch to the Morning News
from Townsville last night says:
Walter S. Love of Quincy, Fla,
whose mysterious disappearance in the
surf at TYbee has created so much
comment, is well known in Thomas
vile. He married Miss Katie Bali of
this city who is sister of Messrs. T.
j. and w. p. Bah, two of Thomasville's
most prominent business men. Mr..
T. j. Bali is now in Savannah engaged
in an investigation of the matter Mr.
w. l.. Ball states that Love was
man of absolutely correct habits. He
had no financial or domestic troubles,
and he is at a loss to understand the
affair. He states that Love was pos
sessed of ample means, and that he
would have no reason for attempting to
defraud the life insurance companies.
He is confident that Love was either
drowned in the surf or will return to
explain his actions
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-11
GARBAGE CARS
READY FOR USE.

short Section of Track to BE COM
PIeted From Old CrematOry Lot.
The special garbage cars brought out
by the Savannah Electric Company for
use by the city are now about ready
for work. They came on fiat cars from
the works. and had to be placed on
their own trucks. which are of a diff
ferent guage from the standard railroad
tracks.
1t will be some days before these
cars are put to practical use, as the
company has yet to construct a short
section of track to connect the main
lines with the old crematory lot This,
it is understood, will only occupy a
short time, and probably next week
the work of hauling the garbage of the
city, from the crematory lot out into
the country. on the special spur track
some distance off the Isle of Hope road
Will begin during next week
The new plan of disposition of garb-
age will make a great change in the de-
partment of public works, as it will
mean a much shorter haul for the wag-
ons. As consequence the wagons can
make more frequent rounds and the
city will be kept in even more apple
pie" order than before. The big cars
will take an enormous amount of re-
fuse, and when loaded VIII be whisked
out from the crematory lot over the
Isle of Hope route to the spur and then
to the dumping ground.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-11
BACON PROMISED AID
IN GETTING IMPROVEMENTS NEED
ED AT FORT SCREVEN.
VIEWED POST AND GROUNDS
IN COMPANY WITH CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE COMMITTEE.

Party Taken On Thorough Tour of
Inspection by Lieut.. Col. Taylor
and other characterization Gave
Drill and Dress Parade-SenRtOr
Bacon Much Interested in sub
Target Prnctice-Was AstOnished
Chamber of Commerce Invite
Members of Committee on Military
Appropriations TO Savannah in De-
cembeF.
Fort Screven and its grounds were
inspected yesterday by Senator A. o.
Bacon and a committee from the
Chamber of Commerce. headed by its
president, Col. ]. II. Estill. The Wis
itors were met on their arrival, about
1890 O'Clock, by Lieut.. Col. A c. Tay-
lor and his staff. a dress parade and
drill of the three companies was given
in honor of the guests. The grounds
and gun emplacements were inspected;
sub-caliber target practice was held,
and then luncheon was served in Col.
Taylor's quarters where a number of
addresses on the objects of the visit to
the post were made
Senator Bacon. who was the special
guest. was astonished at the size and
importance of the fort. He was deeply
interested in the target practice and
more than pleased with the results. In
fact he expressed himself as especially
gratifed with the whole trip and. in