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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-01-10
Montana.

The large dredging plants operating
in Alder Gulch. Madison county, are
still at work producing gold from this
famous old gold channel.
The mining industry in Fergus
county is in far more prosperous con-
dition than it has ever heretofore been
and the prospects for the future are of
encouraging character.
A new strike of rich copper ore has
been made in the old Lexington mine,
an old silver property at Butte. A
big body has been found that runs 40
per cent copper.
Franklin Farrell has taken up his OPP
ton on the Mcqueen placer, port n
of the large tract of ground he re-
Gently acquired in, the new copper dis
trict of Butte. 1t is understood that
he paid about $500,000 and his new
corporation. the Pittsburg Mining COM
pany, viii build smelter on the
ground
The Miner creek and Ajax mines,
although separated by mountain
peaks, are only about three miles apart
and the lay of the rich groupings show
that they are in the same highly min.
eralized district-a district that will
one day prove to rival in wealth the
richest districts in the northwest.
The Conrads. of Great Falls have
secured control of about 600 acres of
valuable coal lands at Belt, Mont.
adjoining the properties of the Ana
conda company. The consideration is
said to be about $4,000. Mr. Conrad
will operate the mines, which will fur
nish employment to several hundred
men.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-01-10
Political EIGHT In Colorado.

Denver, Col.-The senatorial situa-
ton in Colorado is becoming decidedly
complicated and should present de-
clared plans be carried out, the contest
over the selection of a successor to
Senator Henry M. Teller. which will
begin in earnest with the converting
of the legislature on Wednesday next,
will be, to say the least, exciting and
more than likely spectacular.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-01-10
Booker Washington Spoke.

Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 5.-Booker T.
Washington, president of the Tuske-
gee Industrial institute of Alabama,
spoke twice Sunday to enormous
crowds. In the First Congregational
church in this city the throng of peo-
pie anxious to hear him was so great
that it was necessary to barricade the
side entrance to the church and place
policemen at all doors.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-01-10
Crown Prince May Come.

Berlin.-Emperor William is send
ing Crown Prince Frederick William
to Russia as an educational expert.
ence. He probably will be present at
the magnificent New Years court
functions January IA. AS the crown
prince has visited England and Aus
tria, it is not altogether improbable
that he may visit the United States
in 1904.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-01-10

ger of the Trade Dollar mines at Sill
yer City, Idaho, died recently, having
been stricken with apoplexy. Mr..
Hutchinson was sixty-tive years OF
age.
Since the rich body of ore has been
uncovered in the Cracker-Oregon mine
at Bourne, Oregon there has been
active development work in ether near
by properties. A large body of ore
is being blocked out in the Golconda
mine since the recent strikes.
The Bryan Il Sewall companys prop
erty, situated on Copper hill, over d
mile west of Republic, was jumped
New Years morning by party of men
under circumstances that may create
no little sensation.
John Dawson, an aged miner, was
blown to atoms at the King & Queen
mine in the Occur dAlene district
while thawing dynamite recently Daw-
son had gone from the shaft to thaw
several sticks and in few minutes his
companions heard the explosion. Com
cabin a wreck and Dawson, dismember-
ed, many feet away.
At Buffalo Hump, Idaho, the Jumbo
Mining company has struck the ledge
| in the lower tunnel and has driven 100
! feet on the ledge. 1t has a full face
of very rich ore about 10 feet wide
that averages $40. 1t is still 400 feet
to run to reach point under the rich
payshoot in the upper tunnel.
From ali accounts Kettle River Wn.
is to have a smelter next year and
! James Breen is to be the man to erect
| it. This statement is made by +. G..
Wood of Boston, a consulting engineer
for number of Companies, operating
in western states.
The mining industry of the Occur
d Alenes may be divided into three de-
partments: Cd The extraction Of ore
from the ground, or actual mining;
CD the concentration of milling, which
at every property in the district, with
two exceptions, includes transporta-
ton of several miles from mine to
mill; and 90 the shipment and sale
of the concentrated ore.
The Lexington mine hoist on the
hill at Butte burned to the ground
recently. The building and mach
inery are a total loss. No one
knows how the fire originated. The
loss is estimated by General Manager
Rueger at $4,000. There is no
insurance
The Atlas Mining company, oper-
ating a group of claims on Stevens
peak, near Wallace, Idaho. has let a
contract to drive the prospect tunnel
a distance of 500 feet. About $50
feet of work has oeen done on the
property. The lead was encountered
by a crosscut tunnel at a depth of 60
feet, but although the lead matter was
mineralized no payshoot was encoun-
tered.
The total production of precious
metals in Colorado in 1902 is estimated
at s44,S71, 464, a decrease of So, 799, 767
from the mint total for 1901, due
principally to the decreased value of
silver. The gold output is estimated
at 1,422,764 ounces; silver, 16,092,S71
ounces; lead, 70 S97 tons; "copper"
$3.50. 229 pounds; zinc concentrates,
los, 400 tons.
Twenty of the 40 stamps in the Bo-
nanza mill are now dropping, says the
Sumpter, (Ore.) American. Five were
put into commission the first of last
week, and it is understood about the
camD that others will he droDnino
soon. The date for getting the entire
mill to Operating will not be distant,
judging from the progress of the work
the past two weeks.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-01-10
The Wife's Statement.

Mrs. Mott made an ante norton
statement to County Attorney Hall, in
which she accused her husband of her
probable murder the act being COM
mitted while he was under the influ-
ence of drugs and liquor and in a quar-
relsome mood. Mrs. Mott continued
conscious to the time of death. Ow-
ing to the severity of her wounds phys
icians made no attempt to extract the
bullets. Four children survive-two
by former husband, and two little
girls, of whom Mott is the father.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-01-10
Chinese Minister to Marry.

Pekin.-Sir LANG Cheng, minister
designated to the United States, will
marry the daughter of the Chinese
minister at Paris, Yu Keng, before
leaving for Washington.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-01-10
Lieutenant Perkins MISSING.

Leavenworth, Kan.-Lieutenant Per-
kins. Fourth cavalry. stationed at Fit.
Leavenworth. prominent in army
and social circles, left the post re-
Gently with four days leave of alb
sence and has not been heard of since.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-01-10

Smallpox has again appeared among
the Cree Indians in the northern part
of Montana.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-01-10
FOUL MURDER IN M|SSOULA
L. n. MOTT FIRED FOUR BULLETS
INTO HIS WIFE.
She Died Six Hours later-He Had
Been Drinking HeaviIy-They Quar-.
relied and While She Was Retreat.
ing He Took Deliberate Aim and
Fired-They Had Run a Laundry.

Missoula, Mont.-Jan. 5.-Crazed by
liquor, drugs and business difficulties,
the last of which he imagined his vic
tim was a factor in producing, l.. H.
Mott, until a fortnight ago proprietor
of the Troy laundry in this city, shot
his wife. Death came six hours later
Four bullets from a revolver were inn
bedded in her body. Three of the bull
lets are in the small of the back. A
five chambered weapon was emptied
at the victim as she fed down stairs
to escape impending trouble. The
shooter surrendered to the police.
Trouble in the family had been antici.
pated by persons familiar with the cir
cumstances for several days. Directly
prior to the shooting Mott had been
exceedingly quarrelsome and threaten
ing in conversation with his wife.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-01-10

Hope deferred gives the letter car
rier Importance.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-01-10
Wife Had Sold Laundry.

December 20, while her husband was
in North Dakota, Mrs. Mott disposed
of their laundry plant to Jones Bros,
who came from Spokane. Her assign.
ed reason was that her husband had so
neglected his business because of dis
sipation that it had grown unprofit-
able and was too heavily encountered
with debts to be made a successful
venture. The property was in her
name. On returning home Mott was
much enraged over the sale. To a
correspondent he said he would have
his property back or some one would
dearly pay for his humiliation. His
talk was considered aimless and boast
ful-a natural condition with the man.
Mrs Mott left the room and her hus-
band after an hours quarrel.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-01-10
Took Deliberate Aim.

He stepped through another room
and, reaching the top of the stairs she
was descending, raised the revolver TO
level with his face, emptying five
chambers before ceasing firing. Mrs.
Mott descended the few remaining
steps to the bottom, there falling.
Showed No Remorse.
Mott then stepped into an adjoining
room. In an instant he went down
stairs. To crowd of people he said:
well, here's the shooter; you'd bet.
ter go for the police"
City Detective Hogan and officer
John Wilson took Mott to the county
jail He walked along with the Off.
GERS without objection. He was plain.
ly under the influence of liquor and
greeted acquaintance with smile.
Two years ago Mott went to Spo,
kane, where he remained a year as
operator of laundry. He returned to
Missoula and reopened business
which has declined in prosperity for
several months.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-05-05
Base Ball Game.

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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-05-05
GENERAL REVIVAL
And Adac;nnt Counties

That NJ : 81 ;ta general re
1ival can be certified to by the re
ports that come i'll from the various
papers throughout the State. Virgin
ia City is experiencing a revival ana
the district adjacent is also in line, as
is shown by the following from the
Virginia Report:
The outlook for unusual activity
in the mining industry not only on
the Comstock but in Flowery, Silver
City and Como districts this year is
fattering In Flowery districts the in
provements contemplated by the Equ;-
table company will result in a mate
rial increase in the number of men
employed and it is almC- rtain that
another company will be oerating
there before the close Of the current
year. Including the kink2a, mill,
, Fishers mill, Woodbury. and Eut- ars
plants there are nearly 100 me- en-
ployed in the mining and milling in
dustry
In Silver City district the most i'm
, poTtalt work IN progress is the eX-
tension Of the Daney drain tunnel I'M
der the management OF ]. H. kinkead.
! within a short distance Of where il
should reach body Of ore that VIII
! go far toward paying the cost Of the
! project, and its extension is certain
/ to cut other ore bodies of probably
! more value than were developed in
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-05-05
A WASHOE GOLD CAMP.
oiinghouse News Told by the Wads
worth DISPATCH.

The Standard mine owned by Juan
Ortago has been divided into four
equal interests in consideration Of
work and money to be expended in the
Development of mine Exact report
hard to obtain.
The No. / has considerable deyel-
CDnent work done to date. While no
exceptionally high grade ere chutcs
to be had throughout the entire work
ings.
There occur in several places small
lunches of specimen ore which, in the
opinion Of the writer. if followed up
might lead to the original Gre chute.
Since the property has been in charge
of John Short many Improvements
have been made and the workings are
in condition affording perfect yea
| tilation and security to miners. 1t
need cause no surprise if the cr0sscut
now being driven northwest from 80
] foot level in the upper shaft should
} cut a rich ore body. Indications are
! very favorable at present
On the new strike at the Jumper the
! GRE has widened to three feet and val
ues are higher and more uniform
". C. Williams is putting his mill
/ in shape for a run of rich ore jim
Poole being engaged to effect neces
sary changes After this run is made
we Understandable the mill will be
| moved to the new site on the Young
| hans placer where it's capacity will be
| increased and a new boiler installed
to furnish power for ten stamps o,
| more
Some talk ola large custom mill be
ing built just like the w. M. & NJ
Co mill is going the rounds.
j. D. McManis of Reno is in CAM
| prospecting and pronounces Cling
house the greatest showing on eartl
for new camp Being an old timel
from Colorado we may rely somewha
on the judgement given.
Charley Hoover is playing gold-dis
ger with A. F. Sisson on the Belcher
The fever is catching you see.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-05-05
RAILROAD MAGNATE5
D. O. wills. WhItaiaw Feed End Patty Fay Car
son A Visit

has nearly all the material necessaiy
. construct a line up that way and
It'll all the money back Of it should
The project seem to be what they
want. The other railroad talk in this
city Of a transcontinental line tapping
this city may also cut some figure in
the visit Railroad men who are in
touch with the magnates and who
could give information, deny that any
such intention is in the plans. One CT
them stated that the visit was merely
a friendly one to Mr.. H. NJ Yerington,
that the life long friendship was the
cause of the Pullman coming to town
That the two gentlemen did meet and
that they were as delighted as two
boys, is a fact.
In the early days Of the road Mr..
Mills was a frequent visitor and his
visits meant considerable in mining
way. He was always able to improve
circumstances and was among those
who helped make the V. & T. one of
the best paying businesses of the Uni
ted States Although Mr. Mills is not
as stalwart as he was in the days Of
the general boom, yet his intellect is
just as keen and if he sees any bust
ness ahead for his little road in New.
ada that viii add to the profits of the
nT
! shat the improvements will be forth
coming.
The party took a special engine on
Of this city in the evening and If Car
son is to benefit by the visit or tn,
contrary is to happen, no one was lief
the wiser by the visit Of Yesterday
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-05-05
GREATEST in the World.

p. I. Young. q California mining
engineer, has been in TOnopah the
past two or three weeks and from his
observations he says it is going to b
the greatest mining center in the
world.
During his stay he visited the Gold
Mountain. Lone Mountain. Ray klCn
dixie and Hannapah districts, and says
they all give promise Of developing
into good camps. He has kept list
of the mines he has visited at T0nC
pah and within a radius Of twenty-fiye
miles Of the town and says that twenty
seven of them would be capable rign
at the present time of producing pa,
ore in large quantities were there {
place in the vicinity where the orr
could be reduced.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-05-05

Naturally Carson, like every other
town On earth has a certain amount
of curiosity. Yesterday morning a Pal!
ace Pullman car rolled into town with
Whitelaw Reid, Mrs. Reed and D. O.
Mills aboard. The fact that Mr.. Reed
forget his knee breeches caused no
end of comment.
Now, just what brought Mr.. Mills
and party to this city, is what excited
the curiosity of the average Carsonite.
Was the visit one of Importance, or
did the car and company come to town
for their health. Everybody took 4
guessat the cause and effect. One par
ty would have it that Mr.. Mills was
here to make transfer Of his road,
the V. & T. to the Southern Pacific
people, but the fact that none of the
officials of that read were here, upset
that theory.
The party paid the city visit and
took in the few places that offered
any attraction 10 them. There might
be many projects that would bring
Mr.. Mills to his holdings in Nevada
In the first place he is an old man
and his health is not Of the best. II
is possible that he visited thit city tt
see the exact condition for fear OF
anything happening.
On the other hand. the fact thai
the road has shown marked impro
yement the past few years, may hav,
called him west to see what furthe
y improvements were necessary to maxi
the service more efficient. The talk o
the electric road up the valley ma,
have had some effect. The V. & 7
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-05-05

driving it to the present face
At Clayton Messrs, Davis e GignouX
employ constantly thirty-fve men. the
Rock Point mill being kept in contin-
from the Silver Hill mining company
too low in grade to be handled pro-
fitably except by the owner Of a mill
ing plant. Professor Phillips is en-
ploying about fifteen men in his mill
ing plant and is extracting low grade
ore from the Cosmopolitan mine upon
which he has a lease.
In Como district forty men are en-
ployed in the North Rapidan in driv-
ing the drain tunnel and the mill re
Gently erected by the company will
soon be dropping its stamps on ore
from another location acquired by the
company last year. The Federal com
pany operating the Como-Eureka mine
milling and electric plants employs
about twenty men and the new mill
will start crushing ore during the cur
rent month. The total number of
men employed in the district is about
seventy. Including men engaged in
prospecting in Silver City there are
over POO men employed in the mining
and milling industries in the districts
named who, on q conservative esti-
| mate, receive nearly 100000 per
month. the bulk Of which is spent on
! the Comstock.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-05-05
THE ROAD RACE.
An Interesting Event PuIied Off Sat
isfactoriIy.

lStdCIOElIy.
TIE bicycle road race Sunday after
noon brougt out large crowd of spec
tators and excited great interest.
TIE handicaps were as follows:
Four minutes-Brule Muller, VIM,
Burlington. Nelson.
Three minutes-Jake Muller, Gard
Two minuteS-kelly.
Ninety seconds-Maish, Lancaster,
Webster.
One minute-Hilton, Peterson and
Carter.
Scratch-Wing.
The course covered distance Of
kinds of road. There were number
Of accidents and the following is the
order of the finish and the time made:
Nelson 27:41; Carter 24:47, Gard
ner 27:11, Maish 26:55, MullerJ., 1926
Wing 25:09; Lancaster 1858; Burlig-
ton 32:10, hilton 26:29.
Points for the trophy to be decided
by three races, were awarded on both
time made and position at finish, and
were given as follows:
Nelson 5; Carter 9, Gardner 4, Mash
5, Muller 3, Wing 4.
There was considerable dispute re-
garding the time made by Wing and
Carter, and it was hours after before
it was finally determined as above.
Hilton made a game ride and also
made good time when it is considered
that he received fearful fall, which
bruised him badly and wrecked his
wheel, Peterson broke pedal and
Kelly and Burlington and Muller also
1t has been decided that hereafter
these races will be run on the track
The brckn wheels and the bruises O
yesterday furnished the boys with al
the road racing they care for for some
time to come.
The second tourney for the troph!
will probably take place next Sunda,
and eight miles around the track vii
decide the day. An admission of tel
cents will be charged to pay for tract
repairs.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-05-05
OUT SOUTH.
Hawthorne Bulletin Correspondent
Tells Of f,ie Section.

Hawthorne Bulletin Correspondent
Tells Of His Section.
Volcano" Of Silver Peak. writes
the following to the Hawthorne Bul-
letin:
Everything is quiet in this place, SO
quiet that two men make 9 crowd.
The men from the outside-Tonor2h
and elsewhere-are opening up mines
all around us. and the prospects are
very encouraging. At the Palmetto
mines they are working in earnest,
and before June they will be mines.
Work on the mines southwest Of Us
for Bamberger is showing up well.
The Tokop group beyond Aida Val
ley has produced some fine ore, and
will probably he bought BY the Tone
pan Company.
The Blair property is still being
Drcspected. \ force of men is at
work extracting fine Gre from the Mary
mine for reduction at the mill here.
| MacNamara made trade with
some old Indians who used to raise
spuds and other vegetables near the
mines which Lynch & O'Meara are
operating, and some of the Old timers
are kicking. They seem to think a
man making a treaty ought to have
dozen interpreters ct fat salary
to fix things up "allee same Mclean
govment.'
The prOspectors coming in here now
look like Pawnee Indians in war paint
The late rains have wet their blank
cts enough to take the color cut OF
them. and ornament their faces in a
way that would make poster artist
have a fit. One fellow had bunch
of sunflOwers printed on the side q
his jaw, and the design ran up over
his hair to the top of his head. An
other had a pattern made up OF four
inch squares. AS two of the squares
Joined the corners of his mouth, il
made him look like a catfish. a
young veteran of the Philippines haf
patriotic looking quilt, and he go
rough print of the star spanglet
banner on his neck and ear, with tn
capitol at Washington in the middle
of his face. The dome was just above
his eyes. The rest Of the band have
blue noses. green ears and hands @
all colOrs.
The rabbit plague still continues il
, Fish Lake valley. A Belgian hare
: gave birth to twenty young few day
5 ago. l understand they have turned
: them loose in Owens valley. If it L
true they will have harder figh
l than Australia HIS with the Engiis]
7 hare. T:.e scientists who brought tn
carp, -tle great German food fish,
| and let the Belgian hare come, ough
!, to import the plague from India am
China and reduce the population c
reduce the rabbits. It's question
now between rabbits. carp and hi
mans. May the best man win.
NAV be a survival of the fittest.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-05-05

The Walker lake Bulletin says an
eight-story hotel is the latest lmpro-
vement for Tonopah and the boarders
are to be awakened by the firing OF a
big gun from the op of the structure.
Adrian Ellis, of the law firm of
Dickson, Ellis & Ellis, of Salt Lake
City, was among Carson's visitors yes
terday. MIR. Ellis leaves for Tonopah
this morning, where he has extensive
interests.
big. .r;alA4
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-05-05

Vicksburg mining district in the
northern part of Humboldt county is
showing up considerable good ore.
Fred Winzell, for many years re
sident Of Dayton, committed suicide
at Angels Camp, Cal, last Tuesday.
Charles Gloyd. who lost an arm
while employed as a brakeman on the
Salt Lake division of the Southern
Pacific, was given judgment for $5S75
in the Utah U. S. circuit court.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-05-05
Leaves for Europe.

This evening Mrs Charles Kelly
will leave for a visit to Europe, where
she will spend the summer. Mrs. Kel
ly goes to Germany, where her parents
reside. Before returning to her home
in this city the lady will visit many OF
the world famed cities of the old
world. Her many friends in this city
hope for a pleasant voyage.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-05-05

The baseball game in Virginia City
Sunday between the Wild Cats of Car
son and the T4,-luros Of Virginia r.
suited i a victory for the Wild Cas-
the score being p to %.
The Carson City boys are loud in
praise Of the generous treatmena they
received at the hands II their Com
stock rivals.
The Wild Cats Will play the Caro-
nerville team next Sunday.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-05-05

Clara Stevens, found guilty of pc
tit larceny in the Justice Court at
Reno, failed to appear for sentence
yesterday and her cash bail Of 500
Was declared forfeited.