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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-05-23
To Start SmeIter

Boston capitalists are considering
the investment of 100000 in a smelter
at Spokane. The project contemplates
the rehabilitation Of the old smelter
four miles down lie Spokane river.
which Henry B. Clifford built in the
early 9Os, its enlargement, and the
construction of a railway spur from
the city to the smelter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-05-23
Harness Trust.

Trenton, N. j.. May 81 The Ameri-
can Saddlery & Harness company.
capital s10,0o0,000. to manufacture and
deal in saddlery aud harness of all
kinds, has been Incorporated here.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-05-23
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Negotiations for a transfer for the
Gibson group, on the South Fork, near
Taslo. are about completed. The fig
roc are said to be in the neighborhood
Of 100000.
Work is soon to start on the Glen
garnock. on Tenderfoot creek. Men
and provisions have already been
shipped to the property.
The Ruth is to begin active opera
tons at once.
The suit of ]. H. Clark against j.
Frank COLON, involving $4,000 shares
in the company ownine the Arlington
mine in the SLOGAN has been settled
mt of court. Clark claimed the stock
as commission for promoting the sale.
The suit has been in court three years,
and was settled by the payment to the
nlantiff of $4,000, being his expenses
\ to date.
Shipments are gradually increasing,
and 80 days are almost certain to see
10000 tons shipped weekly from the
Rossland camp.
The manager of the Velvet mine
ays THE ore bins are full, and keep
30. The recent discovery on the Sec
ond level south has disclosed over rs
feet of good ore, of a width not de-
termined.'
The survey for a tramway from the
Kootenay mine at Rossland to the
Canadian Pacific is complete. 1t is
about mile and d quarter in length,
terminating at Floyds siding. 1t will
have a capacity of 800 tons of ore
daily
Rossland is likely to have another
oil concentration here this summer.
The Spitzee company starts construc
ton Of its new headworks next week.
The Green Mountain starts installing
new boilers and winding plant next
3 week
B. c. fiblet of Spokane is now put
ting in wire tram three miles long
4 for the Silver Cup, in the Lardeau, to
connect the mine with the new 1875
ton concentration which is expected to
3 extract bullion out of the Silver Cup
ore.
In the early part of the year d. G..
Forbes, the general manager of the
1 Silver Cup and the Nettie L. mines, an
nounced that provided the properties
proved satisfactory under the active
OeVelopment then projected, concen-
rating plant would be erected to treat
the ores of both mines at point con-
'enlent to the tram. Complete COM
Nessor plants have been installed at
10Th the Silver Cup and Nettie l..
At Morrissey Mines.
The new town of Morrissey Mines,
tne terminus of J. ]. Hills latest
ANYWAY, the Crows Nest Southern,
rapidly coming to the front.
AZ the mine itself there are over
~ men at work. The present daily
Ve.put OF coal is about 500 tons. This
WI be increased to 1000 tons a day
'i'ilin few weeks. The Great North
sA railway wants 5000 tons of coal a
~ from the coal mines. The payroll
ue crows Nest Pass Coal company
aere is $4,000 monthly
"O'"een the mines and the new town
~ coKe ovens are in course of con-
.e,oh' at cost of about $250,000
wi'nin a few hundred yards of the
- Oh Morrissey Mines the govern
M an reserve of $4,000 acres of coal
mass begins, and when a commence
tbeae % made in the opening up of
gmlI a. u,,Ual1measures another large pay
erlst snl add to the prosperity already
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-05-23
Tornado in Kansas.

Topeka. Kan, May 21.-News has
reached Topeka from Horton, Kan, of
a tornado there at midnight One or
two persons were injured, but, 1t is
thought, not fatally.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-05-23
Coast Wheat Report.

Tacoma, Wash. unchanged; blue
stem, 76c; club, Tic.
Portland, Ore.-Walla Walla, Tic;
bluestem, 76c; valley, 74c.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-05-23
MINES and MINING NEWS
ICING BRINGS ACTIVE WORK IN
EVERY SECTION.

~. Of Interest of a Miscellaneous
.,...re Gathered During the Past
,,..k-New Districts Making Good
esovvinqs-Many Mining Accidents
and Personals.
Holbrook argus., 1903-01-17
PRISON DOOR OPENED
Fourteen Convicts Pardoned by Gage
 Leave San Quentin

San Rafael.-At San Quentin peni- tentiary fourteen prisoners were lib- erated, harving been granted full pardon by Governor Gage before the expiration of his term of office. War den Aguirre received the official documents. Eight of the liberated prisoners were life termers, while several had served many years in the state prison. John McNuIty, sent to San Quentin in 1888, under a sentence of death, was one of the freed men.
 He was under the death watch six different times, escaping the gallows each time by technicality. In 1894 he was commuted to life imprison- ment Today he was free man. A. Castro. who had served twenty-sev years on fife sentence was pardoned.
 Jerry Mccarthy, who had been inn prisoned for quarter of a century, was released. Jose Alviso and Fran cisco Alviso, life termers, who had been in San Quentin since 1879, were also liberated.
 Governor Gage commuted four sen- tences from long terms to short service.
Holbrook argus., 1903-01-17
CAUGHT IN THE GEARING
Frightfu1 Experience of E. Bennyhoff
 of Berry Creek

Gridley.-Fred Bennyhoff of Berry Creek is at the county hospital in Oro- vile receiving treatment for an injury which is the result of most terrible experience.
 Bennyhoff owns quartz mine near Merrimac and on the night of his in- jury he was running the mill alone. About ? o'clock he shut the machinery down, and as there was some defect in the gearing connections he showed gurny sack between two wheels to act as a brake and bring the mill to dead stop. In doing so his arm was caught in the gearing and drawn ill to the elbow, crushing it and holding him fast. He stood in water three feet deep and the night was bitterly cod. He was compelled to move about in the water as much as his position would allow, to keep from freezing and ice actually formed on the pool in which he stood.
 All through the rest of the night until 7 o'clock in the morning, he en- dured excruciating pain and tried in every way to free himself. The ma. chinery was so heavy that he could not turn the wheels back with his free hand. At last he wrenched his arm loose and started homeward. but was so exhausted that he was until after dark in the evening reaching the house of neighbor. He was taken to the hospital in Oroville and the phy- sicians say they can possibly save his arm.
Holbrook argus., 1903-01-17
pany's steamship San Jose . His

pany's steamship San Jose His companions are dead. His own health is shattered. He brings back one golden nugget worth about $5, dress suit case and rusty shotgun.
 Hendrickson, in company with w. J. Rozier, and William Fisher, left here February 25 last year. They went to the northern part of Brazil and traversed some 800 miles of that coun- try drained by the upper reaches of the Amazon river. Hendrickson claims to have found gold in plenty and worth more than $20 an ounce. They secured comfortable pile of the yellow metal, he says, but lost it through the cap sizing of raft.
 They explored country inhabited by race of almost white natives with cannibalistic tendencies. These natives were expert marksmen with blow guns and as their sole ammunition consisted of poisoned darts, Hendrickson and his companions avoided their company as much as possible.
 Hendrickson thinks he would have succeeded in bringing home fortune. but for the climate, which undermin- ed the health of all three. Dozier died on October 10, and Fisher was dead or dying in the hospital at Para maribo when Hendrickson left. Hen drickson himself was in the hospital down with dysentarv and malarial fever. The doctors told him that his only chance of safety was to. get out of the country. "I packed up the few things l had and boarded the British mail ship Tagus," he said. "The skipper was brick and I'll never forget his kindness, as long as I live.
 "I'm an American," told him. Pm broke and Pm sick. I want to get back to California. That British sailorman never asked another ques- ton. He ordered the steward to fix up room for me. He had the doctor attend me and treated me in every way as if I had been first class pas. senger. Everybody was kind to me and to the nursing got on the Tagus I believe owe my life."
 Hendr,ckon reached Panama and made arrangements to work his pas sage to San Francisco on the San Jose.
Holbrook argus., 1903-01-17


 to 10 cents, advancing one to two cents in secondary hands. The honey crop did not reach normal output, l50 car loads as against 33S in 1901.
 The oil industry records yield for year of l2.000, ,000 barrels. The wells hal perhaps pumping capacity of one third more. At the beginning of the year this industry faced steadily in- creasing accumulation of surplus oil ', prices sagged and active developing work ceased. During the year market has broadened until at the close, the demand was absorbing output and prices are steadily mounting. The contracts were made in local markets in the first week of the new year for fuel oil at cents.
 As gold is Southern California's s chief mineral the decline in the price of copper and silver served to stimulate mining activity of this section. The output of gold and silver estimated at $6,000, ,000.
 The present crop conditions for the coming year throughout Southern Cali fornia are unusually good; blowing and seeding continue.
 Citrus fruit shipments are well un- der way and will be live;y before the end of present month. The seasons output is estimated 10000 to 22,000 carloads. The feature of the market has been the absence of the usual after holiday slump.
 Locally the year has been one of general prosperity, volume of business as shown by bank clearances was near ly 50 per cent larger than in 1901. The business properties were improved and residence portions of the city expanded. About $l0,000,000 going into new buildings during the year.
 In Arizona the development during the year was most marked in mining industry and railroad construction. In spite of the depreciation in tle value of copper and shutting down of some of the largest works for part of the year, the metal product of 1902 will not fall below that of 1901.
 The cattle industry has not aourished to its full extent owing to drought and agricultural interests suffered from the same cause, yet both farmer and stock raiser have made money.
 Failures for December, eight; lia- $35, ,000; assets $26, ,000, against six in December l901 liabilities B, ,0O0, assets $1,000. Failures for the year, S2; liabilities, 1925, ,00O; assets, fl55,00O. In 1901, S6 Failures. $1S2 ,OOO assets, $sO ,OOO.
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Holbrook argus., 1903-01-17
Pastor Fined For Contempt

| Topeka, Kas.-J. T. Mcfarland, pastor of the First Methodist Episco- pal church, the largest church in Topeka, was fined $100 by the police judge for contempt of court. Dr. Me- Farland severely scored the judge in open court for fine imposed on Mrs. Nation, with the above result.
Holbrook argus., 1903-01-17
ON A GOLDEN QUEST
Thrilling Adventures and Dissapoint.
 ment of a Los Angeles Man

San Francisco-John s. Hendrick- son, Los Angeles man. who left here last February with $35O0, two com panions and bright hopes of golden fortune in the sands of the upper reaches of the Amazon river, returned, workaway on the Pacific Mail com
Holbrook argus., 1903-01-17
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES

The Cuban reciprocity treaty was considered at some length by the sen ate committee on foreign relations, but action upon it was postponed in order to afford an opportunity for the presen- tation of the views of the beet sugar industry.
 Washington's new public library, a handsome white marble structure, located on Mount Vernon square, donated to the national capital by Andrew Carnegie. was dedicated with impressive ceremonies. President Roosevelt and members of his cabinet and men in all walks of civil and political life were participants and wit nesses of the ceremonies.
 The house committee on military affairs concluded the preparation of the army appropriation bill, which will carry an appropi iation of s7l ,53S,- 337, about 5000, 1000 less than the estimate. The appropriation last year was $9l2, 466, 1866.
 Provision is made for the mastering out of the Porto Rico provisional regi- ment on July next, the soldiers to receive two months extra pay; also that soldiers qualifying as expert rifle men shall receive one dollar extra pay per month; also to authorize the sec- retary of war to accept $lO,OOO from the Daughters of the Revolution for the erection of memorial building for the physical and moral welfare of the enlisted men at such military posts as the secretary of war may direct.
 A senate bill to refuse certain ton mage taxes also was passed.
 A resolution was adopted which called on the secretary of war for tie reports upon the operation of the law of February 2, 1901 ,: which prohibits the sale of beer and light wines at post exchanges.
 The house then went into committee of the whole and proceeded to the of the senate Hawaiian coinage bill. The debate upon the bill was participated in by Messrs. Hill of Connecticut, Sharfoth of Colorado, Robinson of Indiana, Coch- ran of Missouri and Underwood of Alabama. The bill was passed with ont division.
 A resolution was adopted to request state authorities to cooperate with the census office in securing:a a uniform system of death registration.
 The house committee on general public lands directed Representative Moody of Oregon, who was authorized some time ago to favorably report the bill providing for an exchange of grant lands for lands of the public domain, to amend the bill be- fore reporting it to the house so as to make it apply to wagon grant lands as we'll as to railroad grant lands.
Holbrook argus., 1903-01-17

younger brothers burned the body in straw stack, has been acquitted by the jury of the charge of murder be- cause of the moral Responsibility of the boy and his youth.
Holbrook argus., 1903-01-17
A Boy Murderer Acquitted

Columbus, Neb.-Herman Boerchers, aged 13, who last October shot and killed his stepfather, Gerhard Boer- chers, and with the assistance of
Holbrook argus., 1903-01-17
A VERY PROSPEROUS YEAR
SUCH HAS BEEN THE ONE JUST
 CLOSED
R. C. Dun's Annual Review of Trade Conditions in Southern California and Arizona-Coming Year Has Great Promises in Store.

The year just closed has been the
 most prosperous in the history of the
 nation. Every branch of trade and manufacture rolled up record of in- creased business and railroads were
 taxed beyond ability to handle distri.
 button of products. The new year opens with unusually promising busi- ness conditions. Prices of commodi- ties are firmly held by steady domestic demand and there is good export movement of leading staples. Indus- trial plants report more orders on books than ever before.
 Money is in sufficient supply for commercial need. although high rates hamper speculation. For Southern California the year passed has been one of continual growth. especially of the cities and towns. It has been a substantial potent development, the expansion in no section putting forth boom symptoms. Crops have been gen. erally good and prices realized have vtotalled satisfactory aggregate of wealth produced from agricultural and horticultural pursuits. General trade has been active, wages higher and demand for constructive material unprecedented. By conservative esti- mate the value of the lumber dis charged over San Pedro docks was ip- creased to 50 per cent above value of previous years receipts.
 Grain crop was below normal, much barley being cut for hay, of which there was an unusually large output, estinated 6OO,O ,OOO tons. The grain yield has been placed at about 2,50O, ,OOO .centals.
 The bean record of the year was about $50, ,000 sacks of 80 lbs, market ing first at s3.50 per hundred later at $4. l5 and $4.25 f. o. b.
 The beet sugar crop of 1902 was the largest in the history of this industry in California, nearly 50,OOO tons is the record of the four Southern California factories.
 About half million dollars worth of vegetables are exported annually from this section. Celery is the most important of this class of products. Celery shipments which are now in full swing will aggregate for the sea- son, 400 carloads, netting the growers somewhere near $200, ,000.
 The citrus crop for the season 19O1- 1902 was coco carloads short of prev ious season, but prices ruled higher, netting to growers almost equal re- turns, conservatively about eight mil jlion.
 In the thousands of carloads of de- ciduous fruit that go from the state, Southern California cuts small figure, most of her yield going to canneiies or drying trays. The value of the out put of canneries for the section ap- proximated $l ,5O0,OOO The early esti- mates of output of cured fruit were large, but conditions for handling fruit as it ripened were not favorable. Fruit, too, ran small and did not, as a rule bring top prices.
 The ralsin crop was great one, harvested under best conditions and marketed at good prices, 94,000, ,000 to 100, ,0O0, 900 lbs. estimated, more than three fourths of which has been al- ready marketed, netting three to four cents 10 the grower. The vintage of 1902 was also unusually good. About 1000, 900 gallons were made south of sU.l ol
Holbrook argus., 1903-01-17

A senate bill was passed to grant the town of Juneau, Alaska, title to lands now used for school purposes.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-09-21
OPPOSING CANDIDATES
MEET AT A FLOWING MATCH

Joliet, ILL.,, Sept 21-John Lambert
and his hackers for the Republican
nomination for congress in the EIev-
enth congressional district came face
to face with Howard Snapp and scores
of his lieutenants on the fields of
Wheatlands township. 1t was the first
real battle I'm the warfare between the
IRON and steel magnate and his op-
pOnent.
Fivr thu usand farmers and their
friends from VIII, DuPage, Grundy,
Kendall and Kane counties went to the
Lantz farm, in the northwest corner
of VIII county, to witness the seven
teenth annual contest between the
crack plOwmen of northern Illinois and
incidentally talk over the political sit
uation. The champion plowman proved
to be Cyrus l.. Stark.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-09-21
JURY BRIBING CASE
AT DES MONIES
Six Prominent Men, Two Being
County OfficiaIs, In
VOlVed.

Des Moines, Ia, Sept. 21-Des
Moines is in the throes of a jury brib-
ing sensation. Six prominent officials
and business men arerecommended for
criminal prosecution by committee of
the local bar association appointed by
the four local district judges,
The committee has recommended
prosecutions in the criminal court
against the following: County Clerk r.
L. Coffin, County Clerk Fred Cope, E.
II. Hunter, banker. lobbyist and pro-
mOter; w. L. White, shoe merchant;
Jesse o. Wells, capitalist, liveryman
and eX-alderman.
Irregularity in jury trials brought Oh
the charges and the ersult is the first
step in a fight of officials and attor-
neys to stamp out vicious practices.
The county officials are charged with
Illegal acts in drawing jurors.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-09-21
DEATH FOLLOWS
ACCIDENT AT POLO
Nathan B. Swift, of Chicago, Fatally
Hurt by Blow on the
Head.

Chicago, Sept. 21.-Strucll over the
right temple by n polo ball while
playing in a practice game on the
polo field of the Onwentsia club at
Lake Forest Saturday afternoon, Ma
than Butler Swift. eldest son of Louis
+. Swift, head of Swift & CO.. died at
the Lake. Forest residence of the
Swift family yesterday.
Although the injury at first seemed
trivial the young man became deliri-
Gus five hours after the accident and
passed away at o'clock in the morn
ing. Death was caused by Il blood
clot on the brain.
The polo players of the club were
engaged in a practice game, prepar-
ing for a match with the ST. Louis
Country club, an annual affair, when
the accident took place. Play was
spirited, and a number of club mem
bers, among them Mr.. Swift's moth
er. witnessed the contest between the
two club teams, the Blues and the
Reds.
In a sharp rally the white Eastwood
ball, weighing two and a half ounces,
flew away from the cluster of con-
tending horsemen. driven, it is said,
by the mallet of Sidney c. Love.
Swift, who was about thirty yards
from the point of play. saw that the
ball was coming in his direction, but
lost it in the glare of the sun, since
it had been lifted high into the air by
the stroke Before he realized his
danger the ball struck him just above
the right temple
Evidence of the seriousness of the
young mans injury did not appear
for several hours. and then he rapidly
sank to his death, an operation prov
ing futile.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-09-21
LIFE SAVERS DO
HEROIC WORK
Rescue 18 Men from FOundering
Vessel on Michigan
Coast.

Grand MaTaiS. Mich. Sept. 21.-In a
furious southwest gale which swept
Lake Superior the steamer y. y. Park
er, laden with iron ore. fOundered four
miles north of Grand MaraiS. BY heroic
work the life-Saving crew from the
station here saved the entire crew of
eighteen men from the sinking ship.
after Il hard fight. For three hours
excited citizens of Grand MaraiS
watched the life-savers and seamen in
"A life and death struggle. which end
ed only when two tugs saved the toss
ing surfbOat and brought its exhaust
ed occupants safely into port.
The Parker was bound from Superior
to Cleveland. She was 246 feet long
and SO feet of beam, measured 1850
tons and worth about $40, 900 and her
cargo $4,000. The boat is believed to
have been insured.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-09-21
STILL TALKING
ON MOB QUESTION
Gov. Yates Again Declares Himself
in Speech at Green
vile.

Greenville, ILL.,, Sept. 21. - In his
speech at the unveiling of the Bond
county soldiers monument here Gov
ernor Yates took occasion to denOunce
mob law as the rankest anarchy and
pledged himself to fight it until the
ammunition of the Illinois National
Guard is completely exhausted. He
said that the mob spirit can only be
met with the answer of the Danville
sheriff, who fired into the would-be
lynchers.
Governor Yates eschewed politics
and dwelt at length upon the deeds Of
valor of the veterans from Bond coun-
ty, which sent 1000 mcn to the front.
Lieutenant Governor NOrthcOtt WAS
master of ceremonies and introduced
Governor Yates. Shortly before Gov
Crnor Yates address the monument
was unveiled by Misses Helen Reid
and Bessie Toms. two young women
of this city, and as tie flag about the
statue fell to the ground a ringing
cheer went up from thousands Of
thrOatS.
Rock Island Argus., 1903-09-21
FAIRBANKS SON
is ALSO TO WE'D
Will Follow in Steps of Sister
Engagement to PittsburR Lady
Announced.

indianapolis, Sept. PA telegram
from Chicago says: The announce
ment of the enga cement of War
rem c. Fairbanks, u brother of Ade-
laide Fairbanks, to Miss Ethel Cassidy,
daughter of Mrs. o r. Cassidy, of
Pittsburg, came as a surprise to Chi
cagOans. Since his graduation from
the Ohio Wesleyan university Fair
banks has resided in Chicago. He is a
member of the firm of Coleman, Fair
banks & Johnson, with offices in the
National Life building.
Fairbanks is a member of the Phi
Gamma Delta alumni, and a member
of the Union. University, and Onwent-
sia clubs in Chicago. He resides at the
Union club. He is the second member
of his firm and the third of six young
club men friends. about town to an
nOunce his engagement within week
One of the others is Samuel X. Martin,
Jr, who is ged to Miss Laura E
Young, a girl chum of Miss Cassidy.
Fairbanks and Cassidy will be married
in January.