The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-10-02

ments are being made TO ship some
to PendletOn and other points along
the main line of the o. r. & n.
The Cornucopia Mines company,
capital $5,O0O,OO0, 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
M. King, Raymond M. LOwey and
Richard e. Dwight, all of jefferson
City.
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 $40 a 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 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. E. Cullen
of Spokane.
Judge Morrow of the United States
circuit court of appeals has handed
down a decision in the case of Sen
aror 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 Greek. 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
"nor Peabody has instructed Adju
tant General Bell, who is in Cripple
Greek. 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 off Miami have been confirmed
when Captain Jennings and three of
the crew of the wrecking schooner
Osceo filed a libel against the cargo
of sunlen 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 1885, loaded with ere
from the Mexican mines. 1t was founc
in 25 fathoms of water near Miami
It's cargo, which has only been partly
examined. has been found 10 consist
Of silver ore.
The orders for a restric ion Of tn
anthracite coal output mas affected
nearly all the GOLFERS in the Wilkes
: barre, Pa, region. Over $4,000. 0Jl
/ tons of coal have been minel since
| January /, which is several miller
tons more than was ever produced
for like period in the his )ry of The
mining industry The presenr glut il
the market and the effort C. proven
a break in prices are the cause Of th'
restriction.
Despite all objections interposed b.
a the attorneys for the Boston & Mon
| tana Mining company of the Amalganl
= ated copper group, that they were no
r yet ready to proceed, Judge William
Y Clancy of Butte, last week peremI
2 torily ordered the retrial of the note
100000 600 Minnie Healy case to Pre-
: coed last week. Every motion mad
. by the Amalgamated people in this col
+ troversy with F. Augustus Heinze wa
D overruled by the court, the HeinZe il
g terests scoring a telling point whe
Judge Clancy ruling that he, himself
would be the sole judge of the merit
p of this celebrated mining case, deny
e ing HeinZe's enemies the right of
l. trial by jury when the ownership of
= mine estimated to be the richest in tn
!. Butte camp is to be determined.
o Judge Clancy also overruled a mC
d ton for a rehearing on reviving tn
r injunction restraining Heinze frOI
e working or extracting any ore from tn