Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-02

capital $5,OOO,O00. was incorporated
recently. The object OF the company
is to purchase and acquire all the
mines in Union county, near Baker
City, Ore, known as the Cornucopia
mines. The incorporators are Charles
NJ. King, Raymond M. Lowey and
Richard e. Dwight, all of jefferson
City.
1.-THE Hogan group. near Elk City,
Idaho, will probably be taken over by
the capital represented by William
Acre. The American Eagle is work
ing night and day, each of The 10
stamps in the mill working about
three tons of ore daily, of which the
company is saving about $50 ton.
A negro from Seattle, who located a
claim a year ago and named it after
his Seattle sweetheart, Carrie Lizzie,
has sold his property for $4,000. A
new district has been discovered near
Elk City, where the ledge has been
staked for two miles and a half and
locators are sinking prospect holes, in
every one of which free gold is found"
These are the good things told about
the Elk City district by w. L. Cullen
of Spokane.
Judge Morrow of the United States
circuit court of appeals has handed
down decision In the case of Sen
ator Sanders, j. V. Sanders and l.. P.
Sanders. of the firm Of Montana at
torneys, against Maitland e. Graves
of New York. affirming the decision
of the district court of Montana. The
plaintiffs sued Graves for $4,000, al
legged to be due for professional serv-
ices. They were instructed by him
to report on the condition of the Ruby
mine in Montana They sent an ex-
pert out and then forwarded his re-
port to Graves, together with their
fee claim. Graves considered the lat
ter excessive. A jury awarded the
attorneys $4,000.
Judge W. P. Seeds of the district
court at Cripple Creek. Col, as de-
cided against the military authorities
in the habeas corpus cases of Sher-
man Parker and three others, who
were held prisoners by the military
for about two weeks without warrants |
and with no formal charges against
them. General John Chase, in COM
mand Of the troops, declined to rec
ognize the authority of the court until
ordered by the governor to do so. Gov
ernor Peabody has instructed Adju.
tant General Bell, who is in Cripple
Creek, to issue an order to General
Chase to turn over all the prisoners
to the civil authorities hereafter.
Rumors of the finding of a treasure
ship of Miami have been confirmed
when Captain Jennings and three of
the crew of the wrecking schooner
Osceo filed a libel against the cargo
of sunken ship, in the United States
court at Jacksonville, Fla. With the
assistance Of chart in his possession
Captain Jennings has been searching
for this vessel from time IN tune for
many years. 1t is supposed to have
gone ashore in 1895, loaded with ere
from the Mexican mines. 1t was found
in Is fathoms of water near Miami.
Its cargo, which has only been partly
examined, has been found 10 consist
of silver ore.
The orders for restric ion of the
anthracite coal output mas affected
nearly all the GOLFERS in the Wilkes
barre, Pa. region. Over $4,000. 1000
tons of coal have been minel since
January l, which is several million
tons more than was ever produced
for like period in the his Dry of the
mining industry. The present glut in
the market and the effort C prevent
a break in prices are the cause Of the
restriction.
Despite all objections interposed by
the attorneys for the Boston G. Mon
tana Mining company Of the Amalgani-
ated copper group, that they were not
yet ready to proceed, Judge William
Clancy of Butte, last week peremp-
torily ordered the retrial of the noted
100000 Minnie Healy case to pro-
coed last week. Every motion made
by the Amalgamated people in this con-
troversy with F. Augustus Heinze was
overruled by the court. the Heinze in
terests scoring telling point when
Judge Clancy ruling that he, himself,
would be the sole judge Of the merits
of this celebrated mining case, deny
ing Heinzes enemies the right of
trial by jury when the ownership of
mine estimated to be the richest in the
Butte camp is to be determined.
Judge Clancy also overruled mo-
ton for a rehearing on reviving the
injunction restraining Heinze from
working or extracting any ore from the
Minnie Healy.
f. Augustus Heinze claims posses
sion of the Minnie Healy mine on an
alleged oral agreement made with
Miles Finlen in the fall of 1898. Heinze,
it is claimed, was anxious that the al.