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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-11-30

standards the loss of interest on the
money value of the ore, which lies
idle for several hundred years before
It goes into the arteries Of commerce,
represents sur vastly In excess OF
any that Is lost by a too-expensive
method of rapid extraction. The
silver aud lead which lay useless in
the oldest OF Laurium for 1000
years, to be nibhled by long
succession OF slow working operators,
yielded a fraction of the profitable
nso which would have accrued had 1t
been exploited on the magnificent
scale and unresting activity Of the
Calumet, to pass quickly into art
aud industry. The Calument 4
Hecla has produced 1.7Os, 500, 3s7
pounds Of refined copper, from 1857
to 1903, inclusive. The value Of this
output has been about e245, 00O,-
600. What an amount Of electrical
conductivity and swift transmission
OF human intelligent does not that
suggest! The colossal power this
output of copper could transmit would
run all the machinery that was ct
work from the Peloponnesisn war to
the day Of Waterloo; the intensity
OF electric light which this metal
could have transmitted would illu-
niue the earth ss at the dawn of
time, and the length OF wire to be
from all this copper
would have been enough 20 wind the
world around many times In swift
of idea aud instantaneous
OF human sympathy. En-
cheering aud Mining Journal.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-11-30
Site for Government BulldlnQ.

A deed has been Hlsd with the
county recorder from W. A..
Houston To the United States for 100
feet square on the corner Of Main
street aud Auburn avenue, Baker
City. This was the site selected Tor
the government building soon to be
erected In that city. The deeds calls
for a.. 500, the amount appropriated
for the purchase Of u site, while, ~ a
matter Of fact, the property brought
over double that amount, the balance
having bseu raised by adjacent prop.
srty owusrs. The matter has been
delayed several months, ~ consider.
able rcd tape WAS necessary to secure
y clear title to the property. 1t 10
believed the next congress will make
. generous appropriation for the
building.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-11-30

Don't travel over the Illinois
Central, ss any old road will do you
and We don't want your patronage; !;
but II you are particular aud want
the best and mean to have 1t, ask the
ticket agent TO route you via the
Illinois Central, the rOad that runs
through solid vestibule trains be-
tween st. Paul, Omaha, Chicago, st.
Louis, Memphis aud New Orleans.
No additional charge Ia made for
q seat in our reclining chair cars.
which are fitted with lavstories aud
smoking rooms, aud have q porter
In attendance.
Rates via the Illinois Central are
the lowest aud we will be glad to
quote them In connection with any
transoOntinentai line.
b. II. TRUMBULL, Commercial
agent, LAP Third street, Portland,
Oregon.
j. G. LINDSEY, T. f. 4 p. A.,
lag Third street. Portland, Oregon.
PAUL b. THOMPSON, Freight
and passenger agent, Colman build.
ing, Seattle, Washington.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-11-30
$4,000 Worth OF 6 Per Cent first
MORTGAGE Debentures Proposed 10
Be Issued 10 uquIdate Old lndebt.
edncsS and Provide a $45.OOO
Working fund.

The PrussinR plan for u rsorgHniza.
tion of the 0olconda ha, been
abandoned. A new proposition, In.
vOlvinw the issuance Of e75, 900
worth Of nrst. mortgage debenture
bonds, bearing six per cent interest.
hHs bssn submitted to tho controlling
holders Of Golc0nda stock. There IL
suoh u hrm bnsis for the belief that
she bonding proposition will be 40.
cepted ~ To warrant that the famous
ola mine will be reopened ON large
scale on or before January I, 1905.
All the above wMs learned today by
u Miner representative from. an
authoritative, though not official
sOuroe.
Neither II. Il. ilsndryx nor James
A. Howard, two Of the gentlemen
most intimately Interested In Col.
conda negotiations, WI I'D talk Cor
publication when approached by the
Miner reporter today. Mr.. Hsndryx.
Who ~ junior member Of the Geiser.
Hendryx i0vestmsnt company. has
been active Ia support Of the PrussinR
reorganization plan. returnSd ysstsr.
day from Pendieton. where he ut.
tended meeting of the directors os
che old 0oicpud company, aud from
Portland. whittier hs went To confer
with the Webfoot stock holders of the
old company. ut the head Of whom
stands &. =. Jsck.on, owner of the
Portland journal.
The old directors voted against
the Pruss,uH plan," said Nj. Hen.
dryN. m iilostions were suRge ,ted,
and /, WAS to Hnd out how the Port
hand stock holders regarded the
modified plan that | made u hurried
trip ,o the coast. While I sm In no
position To state definitely whether
the modified plan will be more
successful than the original prop.
osition. stiil ! am sanRuine that
matters viii he amicably adjusted In
n short time. "
In answer tn query as to the
truth ot the report that the moditi He'd
plan embraced the issuance Of bonds,
Mr H.ndryX said:
"lou will have to excuse mo from
y further discussion of the matter.
James A. Howard. who In person
aud by proxy, holds control of the
present corporation owning the
Gol conda, returned Monday from
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-11-30
MfTHESElAH
AMONG MINES

torical the happenings Of genera
tion ago, 1t will be significant tha
the industry of Laurium was at III
best at the time of the Pelopounesiar
war, 1000 years before Colu mbui
called on bis great quest.
Events which happened forty years
ago In connection with the discovery
Of the Calumet h Hecla copper mine
already wear the halo Of history te
us, though these happenings are as OF
sn hour ago compared to the begin.
nings Of mining at Laurium; but Il II
no less typical of these two localities,
al far apart geographically as the
enterprises which gave them mining
renown we're. and are, different
their Intensity. that the
Calumet x Hecia has contributed more
valuable metal to the worlds CON-
meroe In forty years than Laurium In
twenty -four centuries. The great
mine by the lake is the product OF the
period; II It had been found even
ten years. earlier IL would have
had n stunted development. because
the recognition Of the value ol the
bearing conRlomerate bed
sy nchronized with the first success Of
the stamp. milling OF the native
copper ore, OF Lake Superior, which
mp to that time had been profitable In
Of the amount OF mass"
or large bodies OF native metal
which they yielded to the miners
toll. Moreover, the Calumet has
been the pet child Of its day, In that
It received, rather than Invented, the
mechanical devices permitting Of
deep mining and extensive under
ground explos alton. Aided by great
wealth. stimulated by lode OF won
1serful uniformity and situated In
region which attracted the snterpris.
ing OF many lands, this mine received
he concentrated aid of the mechani-
,al genius Of a generation Of men.
Wars. long aud numerous, changes
u dynasty, complex geological
,tructure aud an ore Of refractory
character have been among the hin
irancss which came In the way OF
,uccsss to those ancient mines IN
irsece which attract our attention
oy their longevity. Surely this
Lsurium Ia the Methu ,elsh among
Mines; vii! II outlive the young
giant by the lake, who spends bis
trsnRth so lsvi,hiy? Men think ell
nsn mortal but themselves; they
consider all mines liable to exhaus.
lon except their own. We will leave
( to the gentlemen nj Boston, who
lirect the one, aud to the gentlemen
t Paris. who control the other. to
'ompare notes.
The Significance of the comparison
. In the rapidity Of accomplishment
nd the intensity Of exploitation.
% the people who have developed the
american continent, u half century
3 u geologic period; We count time
lot by hours. but by heart. throbs;
lot by the slow beat OF the his
orisn's pendulum, but by the uer.
ods pulsstions of one IN grand
urry. To find, to explore, to ex-
aust q mins 10 an affair OF few
ears; we tear out the wealth accum-
lated by the patient operation OF
atursl agencies through many
houssnd years. and pass on to the
earch tor another. The mine In :,
iivhigsu enriches one generation,
hat In Greece supports the people
{ several centuries.
Hut there 10 waste Of delay, ss
here 10 . waste of speed. By modern
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-04
JEALOUS MANS CRIME.
Shot His Wife In Park and Then Turns Pistol
on Himself.

New York (SpeciaD.-After shoot
ing his wife three times Saturday,
Morris Sacks, Russian weaver, 81
years old. turned the revolver upon
himself and fired two bullets into his
head. The woman will probably die,
but physicians at the hospital where
both were taken expect that Sacks
will recover.
The shooting occurred late in the
afternoon in Stuyvesant Park, and
caused great excitement among the
crowd of women and children who
were in the park at the time.
Sacks and his wife had been sitting
together on bench for few mo-
ments, when he arose and fired three
shots, all of which entered his wife's
head. Sacks then shot himself Mrs,
Sacks dragged herself to where her
husband lay and threw herself on the
ground beside him. When the police
attempted to separate the couple Sacks
chung to his wife. The police believe
that jealousy was the cause of the
shooting.
Sacks came here from Russia six
months ago, and his wife had been
here only four days.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-04
PERSIA TOO DILATORY.
United States Demands Punishment Of Mr..
Labare's Murderers.

Washington, D. c. (SpeciaD.-Im-
mediate action looking to the arrest
and trial of the outlaws implicated in
the murder of Mr.. Labaree, the
American missionary, nearly a year
ago in Paris, will be insisted upon by
DR.. Norton, who has been sent to
Persia by the State Department ac-
credited to Teheran as envoy on a
special mission. DR.. Norton is the
American consul at Harput, who has
recently been investigating troubles in
Turkey. The American Minister to
Persia is now absent from there, AMI
the consul general has very acceptably
administered the affairs of the lega-
ton, but it is believed the Persian gov
eminent will be impressed with the
frmness of purpose of this govern
ment regarding the Labaree case by
the sending of special envoy. At the
State Department it is stated that the
leader of the band supposed to have
murdered Labaree has been ar
rested. There are several others
the orders for whose arrest has
been given, but they are still at large
The Persian government is acting with
a dilatoriness not to the liking of the
Washington officials, and DR.. Norton
will be instructed to state the dssar-
isfed attitude of this government with
the conduct of the case.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-04
WANT ssao.ooo FOR OVERTIME.
Employees Of the Eastern Penitentiary VIII
Apply to Legislature.

Philadelphia (SpeciaD. = Employees
of the Eastern Penitentiary have COM
bned to make legal demand upon the
state for over half million dollars,
which they claim is due them in wages
for working overtime.
The men, who are mostly guards
and watchmen, contend that ever since
the law making eight hours a day s
work has been in force they have re-
peatedly sent in demands to the prison
inspectors for pay for the extra time
they have been compelled to put in
in the institution, but that this has
been regularly refused, although every
other state institution long since in
augurated the eight-hour system.
The lawyers employed by the men
found that the commonwealth could
not be made the defendant in such a
suit, and : is now planned to have
the matter brought UP before the leg
islature. A bill is being framed ask
ing the legislature to grant the claim
ants the right to sue the common
wealth, on the ground that the claim
is based on the eight-hour law made
by the legislature. The legislature
attention will be called to the fact
that for more than a decade the in
spectors of the Eastern Penitentiary
have been violating the law. The men
claim four hours each day, six days
week, for more than 10 years in
most cases.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-04
BENBow TRIES HIS AIRSHIP.
Sails For Fifteen Minutes About ST. Louis
Under Perfect Control at All Times.

St. Louis Especially. = Floating
gracefully in the air at an everage
height of 80 feet above the heads of
the several thousand spectators, the
airship designed and built by I. c.
Benbow, of Columbus, Mont, made
what the inventor declares was Sue
cessful trial flight in the aeronautic
concourse at the Worlds Fair.
s The big cigar7shaped balloon, bear
ing its burden of car, motor, mactlin-
cry and operator, rose from the ground
at 5 o'clock P. NJ, and after navigat-
ing the air for IS minutes, during
which Benbow directed the Prov Of
his vessel toward all points of the
compass, slowly descended to the
ground near the starting place and
was secured by attendants without
break to mar the success of the
fight.
While Benbow appeared to have abb
solute control over the machine, an
anchor rope about so feet long was
used, one end Of which was held by
an assistant during the entire fight.
Benbow made the following state
ment:
This trial was made to determine
the feasibility of my airship. | had
intended making trip over the fair
grounds, but found that the rapid con-
densation of gas was fast reducing
the lifting power. and in order to
maintain an altitude | threw out all
my ballast.
During the IS minutes that was
up my airship lost 20 pounds Of hit
ing power, and realized that | could
not make an extended trip. The air
ship was completely under my con-
troll, and it responded nicely. The
start was made so late in the after
noon that that fact alone prevented
long trip, the cold atmosphere caus-
ing the condensation of gas"
The Benbow airship weighs about
600 pounds without an operator. The
gas bag is Is feet long and about &c
feet wide at the center. tapering at
the ends. The big bag contains 10000
cubic feet of gas when inflated, and
on this gas the ship depends for main.
tenance of equilibrium. The frame Of
the ship is of aluminium and wood
and the power is derived from 10
horsepower gasoline motor
Momentum is given to the airship
by means of two large side wheels,
or fans, each consisting Of four blades.
SO constructed that they automatic
ally fold after completing the stroke
against the air, and do not expand
until again in position to force the
airship ahead.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-04
WHAT WAR COSTS JAPAN
Budget Estimate for the Year is
S3S5,Oo0,OoO.
EXPECT TO RAISE LOANS At HOME.
Ordinary Expens Of the Empire Are Only
S60,O0O, 0oO-To Provide for War Bills Tax
alton Will Be Increased $4,000, 600 and 1t Is
Proposed to R ise s3osooo,ooO by Loans
Russia's New Loan.

Toxic (By Cable).-Preliminary es-
Inmates of the budget, covering Janu-
airy, February and March, 1905, and
the fiscal year beginning in April
next, have been completed and will
be submitted, to the Diet at its meet
ing November rs. The war expenses
are estimated at $385,ooo,o 900 and the
ordinary expenses at $6o.ooo,ooo.
1t is proposed to provide for the
war expenses by increasing the taxa
ton by $4,000 900, by retrenchment
in the administrative expenses and the
suspension of public works by the
amount of $4,000, 900 and to raise the
balance-$3o5 ,ooo. ooo-by loans. 1t IS
proposed to raise the land tax to o
per cent, to double the taxes on IN
comes and business, to increase the
tax on salt, TO advance the customs
duties and to provide for the balance
with domestic taxes.
The new taxes to be submitted will
include inheritances, railroad tickets,
freight bills and textiles and salt
monopoly, the latter proposition hav-
ing been abandoned by the last diet.
1t is expected that the salt monopoly
will excite strong opposition. 1t is be-
Iieved the bulk Of the loans will be
raised domestically.
The bank deposits, notably the
farms, are the heaviest on record, and
the enormous crops are expected to
increase the popular savings. The
army and navy officials are exercising
scrupulous care in buying munitions
eliminating brokers and buying from
the manufacturers direct. The do
mestic loan under subscription has
already been oversubscribed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-04
NAVY TO CONDUCT 1T.
Investigation Of United States Steamboat Ia.
spection Service.

Washington, D. c.. Especially lin
accordance with the directions Of the
President, Secretary Victor H. Met
calf, of the Department of Commerce
and Labor, has completed arrange
ments for thorough investigation OF
the several districts of the Steamboat
Inspection Service, except that part
of the Second district which is IN
cluded in the port of New York. The
investigation will be conducted by
naval officers, who, at the request OF
Secretary Metcalf. have been detailed
by the Navy Department for the serv-
ice, and ordered to report to Secre-
tary Metcalf for instructions.
The officers selected to make the in
quiry are on the retired list. Each
officer has had assigned to him a
certain district of the Steamboat In
spection Service, as follows:
Rear Admiral Louis Kempf, First
district, San Francisco.
Commander z. l.. Tanner, Third
district, Norfolk, Va.
Rear Admiral John R. Bartlett, in
terror Mississippi district.
Rear Admiral Wells L. Field,
Eighth district, Detroit, Mich.
Rear Admiral F. NJ. Symonds, Ninth
district, Cleveland. o.
Rear Admiral w. c. Wise, Tenth
district, New Orleans.
The cities named are the headqusr-
tiers of tine districts. In addition TO
the districts mentioned, the remaining
districts will be investigated. but as
signments to them yet have not been
made. 1t is likely the inquiry in them
will be made by some of the officers
who have been detailed to other dis
tricts at the conclusion of their pres
ent assignments.
President Roosevelt, in his letter to
Secretary Metcalf, commenting on the
report of the Slocum commission, gave
the following directions:
I'm order that | may be informed
as to the exact condition of the serv-
ice in all its parts, | direct you 10
order a searching investigation, in
continuance of the investigation OF the
commission, into the conduct OF the
central Office, and of every outside
subdivision of the service save that III
New York"
The inquiry ordered by Secretary
Metcalf is based on that order. The
President excepted New York because
an investigation into the affairs of thar
district already had been made by the
Slocum board. Instructions have been
prepared by Secretary Metcalf, and
they will be communicated by him to
the officers detailed to make the in
quiry. The Secretary selected naval
officers to make the investigation be-
cause they are equipped thoroughly,
by education and experience, to con-
duct it, and to ascertain the facts
which it is the desire of Secretary
Metcalf and of President Roosevelt
to have before them. At the conclu
sion of the inquiry which the officers
will make as individuals, and not as
body. they will make written re-
port of their findings and recon-
mendations to Secretary MetcaIf.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-04
Second Battle on the Shakhe.

For a week the Japanese have been
engaged in what is termed the third
general assault upon Port Arthur. and
Marshal Oyama is now engaged in the
preliminaries for another terrific en-
gagement in Manchuria. His forces
have crossed the Shakhe River from
the southeast A significant Japanese
disposition eastward pressages a
turning movement.
The Russians are also apprehensive
of important movements by the Japa-
nese center in the nature of surprise.
All Sunday night the Russian batter
les roared, and there was also con-
tinuous rife fire. The Japanese ar
tillery bombardei the Russians on the
Lone Tree Hill. 1t was the prelim-
mary fighting for positions-apparent-
ly the beginning of another bloody
struggle.
The Russians suffered loss of 20
per cent. from artillery fire ON the
27th instant before they were driven
from the hill opposite Fenchiapu by
the japanese infantry. Marshal Oya-
mas army is said to have been rein
forced by one and half divisions.
The advanced trenches of both armies
are filled with troops, and the tension
is extreme along the entire front. AT
some points the opposing lines are
only GOO PAGES apart.
Meanwhile, the situation of the
pnrt rtI1,tv Ia,t A.
becomes more critical. In the recent
attacks the Japanese have drawn the
Gordon closer. Furious lombard
ments with II-inch guns have been
followed by hand-to-hand fighting of
the most desperate character. The
Russian troops are said to be greatly
depressed and discouraged. The Car
has received report from General
Stoessel dated October 10, in which
he tells of the heavy Japanese bonn
bardments. He concludes by asking
the blessings of the Emperor and
Empress, which is interpreted at the
Russian War Office to mean that he
has lost hope OF holding out much
longer. St. Petersburg is now pre-
pared TO hear of the fall of the fortress
at any moment.
While the Russian newspapers give
credit to France for the peaceful turn
in the North Sea incident, the pan
Slavist organ warns the Russian pub
lie not to be too sanguine of an annie
cable settlement, and declares that
the conviction exists in France that
Great. Britain promised Japan to de-
tain the Russian feet. Even Admiral
Abaza, who is attached to the Cars
suite, INDUCES in yelled reflections on
Great Britain.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-04
GRIEF KILLS TWO WOMEN.
One Dies Near Mothers Body; the Other Jus
as Coffin Lid Was Closed.

New York (SpeciaD.-Grief over
relatives who died killed two women
in Williamsburg. In one case a
daughter succumbed while her moth
er's body lay surrounded by mourn
ers in another room. In the other an
elderly woman dropped dead as she
was taking last look at the face Of
her brother-in-law, as the undertaken
was about to fasten the lid on the
coffin.
The first case reported was that Of
Mrs. Jessie Schick, whose death oc-
CURED shortly after midnight in the
house at 4I3 Humboldt street, where
her mother lay dead. The mother,
Mrs. Susan Thompson, who was the
wife of William Thompson, a molder
died yesterday of pneumonia after an
illness of three weeks. Mrs. Schick
had been her constant attendant, and
when the end came her grief was un-
comfortable. She insisted on remain
ing by her mothers body all the
while
Toward midnight Mrs. Schick's
father persuaded her TO go to another
room. A half hour later she was
heard to moan, Mother, mother" and
then the mourners in the next room
heard noise as if some person had
fallen to the floor The mourners
rushed in and found Mrs. Schick ly-
ing on the floor, unconscious. She
was dead when a physician came He
said that her great grief had undoubt-
cdly brought on heart failure, that
killed her. The body of the daughter
was laid beside that of the mother
and double funeral will be held
Another sudden death occurred in
the house at I46 South Third street
while the funeral arrangements for
William H. Laurence. an old ship
builder who died last Saturday in his
eighty-fourth year, were going on.
His aged sister-in-law, Miss Sarah
Brooks, who had grieved greatly over
Laurence's death, leaned over the cas-
ket, just as the lid was being closed
by the undertaken, and toppled over
dead
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-11-04
Carnegie Technical Schools.

Pittsburg, Pa. (SpeciaD.-The COM
.nittee on Carnegie technical schools
at its meeting awarded the prize of
the competition to Palmer and Horn
hostel. of New York, who were APP
pointed architects. The technical
schools when completed will cover
an area of 81 acres, and will represent
an expenditure of $s.ooo,oos,. Work
on the buildings will begin as soon
as the working plans can be prepared.