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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-10-05
$1,000 FOR
LUCY STOCK

Because a bunch OF stock In the
ri ch Lucy mine, In tho Green horns,
WAS outstanding; because the Nil.
wankee controllers Of the Lucy com
pany want Just as much Of good
thing ~ they can possibly get, and
because the stock afore mentioned
was held BY Morris Sullivan, OF
Sumpter, that gentleman 10 just
seven thousand dollars richer In ready
cash than he was last week.
The said Milwaukee controllers Of
the Lucy company recently made
an offer to Mr.. Sullivan for his Lucy
stock. Sullivan. knowing tho
richness and value OF the mine,
refused to sell. The gentleman In
tho town made famous by beer we're
insistent. Their offer for tho
Sullivan stock rose In flsures by
leaps and bounds. When neRotia.
tions involved $1,000 In cash.
Sullivan oapitulated--.not because
he doubted the value Of the stock.
but because he needed the money.
The turn was made yesterday and
Sullivan left for Greenhorn this
morning, armed with plenty money
tn do certain work on other claims
which he has long contemplated, and
which he has hitherto been prevented
from doing because ot a lack of
ready coin.
When seen by Miner reporter this
morning MIR. Sullivan admitted the
fact that he was afiiuent.
81 hated tn let go Of my Lucy
stock. because ! know how good Il IL.
| located tho mine; developed 10
past the propspect stage, and sold Il
tn Milwaukee company. The
members OF this company are
princes. They further developed
tho property, until l very much
doubt II there IL a better or richer
piece of mining ground between
Powder river and the California line.
have other irons In the fire, how
ever. My brother John aud 1 own
tho Earle. which In IN good an the
Lucy. Also ] am Interested In the
ri Dorado. Both these properties are
IN the Greenhorns. aud Wa need
money to open them up. Deals for
he sale OF both are pending. hut 1
'm not tho sort OF chap tn sell u pig
IN poke. want the purchasers
% know what they arc buying.
| am going out today to
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-10-05

Miner, the immense machine in.
voIved, was operated by the
Northern Gold Gold Mining company
on Beaver creek, below Delta, with.
out success. After repeated trials,
with many changes In the dredging
apparatus, Il was found that thu
Beaver creek ground could not
profltably be worked by dreige. The
affairs Of the operating company
became involved aud a number OF
attachments we're levied upon the
machinery. .BefoIe Burch & Bur.
bridge could purchase the dredge Il
was necessary for them to satisfy
about Gil, 800 worth Of attach.
ments against the Northern company.
1t - probably upon this phase OF
the question that the Prichard in
junction will either be made PEI.
manent or be dissovled. IL the liens
and attachments satisfied by Burcb
n Burbridge are deemed to have
Justly stood against the dreage,
then the Prichard contention will
not lie, and Burch l. Burbridge will
be given the property. A rather
unique point Of law is involved.
A. Burch, Of the defendant firm,
is now at the Crane Flat placers.
where A. W. Ellis OF Sumpter, Ia
rushing work on contract to ex-
cavate a big pool for the dredge.
Mr.. Burch is also receiving bids for
hauling the immense machine from
Sumpter to the diggings.
1t Is not known whether Mr.. |
Burch Is aware of the new turn of
affairs. IL he Is, tho matter ap. |
parently does not worry him. M no
Is proceeding with plans for shipping,
hauling and installing the dredge ut
the earliest possible date.
LATER.
Mr. Buroh arrived In Sumpter this
afternoon from Granite.
"lt's all right, "he said to the
Miner man. 81 have just received
telegram saying that the suit, so
ar as we are concerned. has been
aud the dredge will be
hipped. The money We paid for the
Delta dredge was deposited with our
'ankers, to be paid over TO the
Northern copmany when all claims
gainst the machinery we're settled
nd we could be given clear title.
his has heen done, according to may
elegram from Spokane. and the biz
lachine will at once be loaded and
hipped to Sumpter.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-10-05

l.. X. Bellman manager OF the
California and Cracker Oregon, IL
receiving bids for tunnel work at the
after property. A contract will DO
warded next week,
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-10-05

A. Burch, one uf the owners of the
Crane Flat placeIs, on the North
Fork OF the John Day river. drove
out to the diggings yesterday, ac-
companied by John HageI. deputy
United States mineral surveyor, and
ID. w. q. Nelson, the Baker City
mining man. The two last named
gentlemen will survey the ground.
Mr.. Burch said to a Miner man AZ he
drove away that the big $4,000
dredge from north Idaho would
probably arrive in Sumpter within
ten days or two weeks. Regarding
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-04
TIIE JURY IS HUNG.
Firemen's Insurance Company VS.. Sea-
board . Hard Nut to Crack.

The Superior Court dragged a weary
course through two dry cases yester-
day, while an anxious number of peo-
pie interested in the damage suit of
F'iremen's Insurance Company VS..
Seaboard Air Line waited in vain for
the jury to return a verdict.
Judge Long had charged the jury
in the morning and they took the
case at eleven o'clock; at a late hour
last night they had not reached de-
cision, and the Court House was bril-
liantly lighted.
The always prevalent rumorS that
emanate from hung juries run to the
effect that ten jurors stood for a YER
dict against the railroad and two to
the contrary. This, however, issnrob-
iematical, but the chances<are for a
mistrial
The two cases, neither of which are
of special interest, which engaged the
time of the court were those of j. A.
Dunn ct al VS.. William B. Dunn and
w. T. Hughes & Co. VS.. Knott and
Williamson.
In the former the judge is to decide
issues not already agreed upon; while
the latter, also, is yet undecided.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-04
GOOD GAME TOMORROW.
A. 6 NJ. and South Carolina University
to Meet Here on "Gr-idiron.''

There will be a good game of foot
ball in Raleigh tomorrow when The
football elevens Of the A. e NJ. College
ard the South Carolina University
meet on the Fair ground fed.
The South Caroliniars have greatly
improved in their play recently, hay
ing only a few days ago met and de-
fe2ted the much heavier team of the
Georgia University.
The A. & M. team viii be in fine
shape for tomorroWs contest II.
Wilson, the crack half-back, who
sprained his ankle in the Virginia
game, has recovered but will not play,
as he is being saved for the game with
the University of North Carolina.
With the one exception the team that
will line up against South Carolina
WEI be the same that will play in the
University game at Chapel Hill. The
cranks will therefore be able to get =
good Zine on one of the elevens
which will participate IN the most in
teresting and important game to be
PLAYED between North Carolina insti-
tutions.
The South Carolina game will be
won by the A. & NJ, but 1t will prove
10 be a snappy one and Il large crowd
viii no doubt be on hand. With the
exception of the A. & M.-CIemSOn
game, To be played here Thank sgNing,
tCmorrow's contest will be Raleigh's
last taste of football for the season
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-04
GIVING LIVELY PLAYS.
Edsall- Winthropc Stock Company
Pleases the Public.

variety is the spice of life" and
the repertoire shows are the ones that
give variety first class repertoire
company is one that gives value for
more than the price of admission to
it's performances.
Such a company is the Edsall-Win
thrope Company that is now appear
ing at the Academy of Music. The
two performances already given
pleased big audiences, the play last
night, "m Old Virginia being greet
ed throughout with much applause.
The company is a clever one and
ranks first among the popular priced
organizations, with prices at 10 cents
20 cents, 80 cents for admission.
Tonight the bill is 1.-THE Two Or
phans," and there is special scenery
carried for this play, which is one to
captivate any audience. Friday
night the bill is Lost in Egypt" Sat-
urday matinee Happy Hooligan," and
Saturday night THE Great Diamond
Robber.7."
The Edsall- WINTHROP Stock Com
pany is giving great satisfaction to
its audiences, and the plays it pre-
sents are lively, stirring, full of in
terest and played with spirit, the
various vaudeville features being at
tractiVe and catchy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-04
THROW THE FLAG IN THE
FACE"
"A Lucid Elk lanation of Democrats
Active State CamDaion.

Senator Simmons, the end of the
campaign in sight the full fruition of
his long and arduous labors we'll as
sured, sat FAR a moment or so at his
ease and beamed upon his Republican
friend.
What in the world do you folks
mean, Senator!" exclaimed the latter
"by tearing your shirts like you have
been doing in this campaign. If a
corpse knows anything, it knows when
it's dead, and L and every other Re
publican certainly know Wnen were
licked. Yet, to watch the campaign
the Democrats have been making. one
would think there was something to
fight about! Here goes your nominee
for Governor up and down the State,
from one end to the other speaking
away to the people as though he
wasn't already elected by thousands
Of votes majority! Here goes your
Governor your Congressman. even
yourself and Senator Overman speak
ing from every stump like you had
the fight of your life! What does II
all mean anyway? Why are you
fighting us so hard ~
Senator Simmons smiled softly from
under his black mustache and his eyes
twinkled;
"I'll tell you've are not running
against you people at all; we are run
ming against the record we made in
'9S, in 1900 ana 1902. And we are
going to best it. too. Such Republi-
cans as are left must feel no animos-
ity. If they get hit. it's accidental be-
cause there are not enough left to aim
at. We are not considering the Re-
publican party; we are trying to out
do ourselves"
And the intake of the Republicans
breath indicated that he had found the
answer to his question.
For such Republicans as have been
similarly mystiffed at Democratic ac-
tiyity, the above will serve as an ac-
curate explanation. The party intends
to run so fast that it Will keep the
shadow of fusionism drawn out farther
and farther to the rear. If it were not
for the entry books with the names
of the horses and the jockeys duly set
down, it wouldn't know it had an on
ponent in the race. The wire is in
sight and not even the hoof-beats of
the opposition ticket can be heard.
On Wednesday morning next the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-04
Preacher DenOunCes ILL
cit DistiIIers in Wilkes.
On Streets of WiIkeSbOro He Tells Rev.
enue Officers Of Place But Repub-
IiCans Are for Republicans
and'' Likker."

There comes a report from Wilkes
county which shows that the Repub-
leans are in hard straits there, and
that county and Federal authorities
are Winking at the violation of the
Watts law and the Federal Internal
Revenue law
Wilkes county affairs are in the
hands of Republicans. The county
officers are Republicans and the
Revenue officers are Republicans, but
on the word of q preacher, and a
preacher who is Il Republican they are
violating their oaths to execute the
law.
Openly on the streets of WilkesborO
this preacher denounced the Revenue
officials to their faces. AS he told of
things he knew and which the officers
knew of an Illicit distillery he called
UPON them to execute the law, but as
vet they have not and the reason is
said to be because the man who is vio
lating the law openly is working for
Blackburn and the Republican ticket.
There was a dramatic scene on the
streets of Wilkesboro on Tuesday.
Rev. A. T. Pardon preached there the
most sensational sermon ever heard in
WilkesbOrO. He spoke against the
evils of the Whiskey business, doing so
in vigorous terms. He was telling of
illicit distilling and the evils of it,
and sitting within hearing We're Re
publican revenue officers.
Addressing them he called out, ask
ing why they failed to do their duty
and why it was that they permitted a
blockade distillery in Wilkes to Oe
run in onen defiance of the law, the
whiskey being made by men who were
unmolested Then he threw an open
challenge at them as he exclaimed:
IF you can't find the way to the
still 60 with me and l will show it to
YOU. Although the road to it is as
plain as this street it has been run
ming there I'll summer. and / don't
intend to stand it longer. Your oath
requires you to perform your duty,
and what reasons have you for your
failure to perform this plain duty
1t was a bold challenge, and it
looked a if it would be of some effect.
as the officers after the sermon went
to the preacher and had a talk with
him, but on Wednesday nothing had
been done in the matter, and no one
has heard of the large whiskey plant
being cut uD.
Rut the people here don't expect the
Republicans TO take any steps to end
this disgraceful violation of the law
till after the election, for the man
who Is running the blockade Is WORK
ing for the Republican ticket and
whooping it UP for Blackburn for
Congress.
The still is a large one and it is re-
ported that it is making fifty galloRs
or moreof whiskey each day. The
party who is running it was presented
by the last grand jury in Wilkes
county, but he continues his violation
of law, by grace of Republican winks
at what is illegal.
That's the way it is in Wilkes. This
man and his blockade Whiskey factory
Are allowed to violate the law of the
State and Of the nation simply be-
cause he is Working for Republican
success. 1t was a bold thing for the
preacher to denounce the revenue
and the sensational sermon
has stirred things up.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-04
IS LOWERY |NSANE2
Stubborn and vindictive
Prisoners Condition to
be inquired of.

1t is highly probable that an inquiry
de lunatico will be held in the case
of the man Lowery. from New Light
who is now in Jail for obstructlns the
laying off of a road through his lana
by Superintendent w. G. Allen ana
threatening to shoot any one VINO
went on the land for that purpose,
AS stated yesterday, it was thought
that Lowery would be released on
bond, which he could give by mort
gaging his land, but his attitude To-
words superintendent Allen continues
to be so stubborn and threatening
that it was determined by both the
magistrate who tried the case and
the counsel for the prisoner to let
him remain in Jail pending the pro-
posed investigation into his sanity.
Mr.. Allen came to the city yester-
day with the idea of either swearing
out a peace warrant or coming to
some amicable agreement with
LoWery. With the latter view he
visited the man in the Jail and again
told him that he had no personal
feeling against him whatever and
wished to do him no harm; that on
the contrary he would be glad to
have him come to amicable terms,
in which case he would do what he
NoIAlb ~ IclCiiilcilc Ills ilDG1dllOIl.
TO all of these OVertures for peace
LoWery replied in a voice that car
ried a menace in the tone.
When Mr.. Allen stated that he
wished to do him no harm, That
don't keep me from wanting to do
it to you!" snarled Lowery.
In the gloom of his cell, behind
the iron grating, the heavy head
with it's shock of unkempt hair, the
"a h - Nl1
half-shaded with scrubby beard sug-
gests an animal waiting in forced
idleneSS for the onslaught of claw
and fang; while the sullen move
ments of the prisoner, the words
that come from his mouth like sud-
den bark-like grOwls heighten the
impression. Lowery is distinctly
fearsome, but his passion is of that
unthinking sort that forces one to
alarm.
The idea of Lowerys insanity has
grown as more is learned of his
habits and nature. In his section
he has long been feared as a man
likely to do violence at any time
Some time ago he is said to have
to kill his brothers child
rem on account of some fancied
wrong. Hearing of his threats his
wife procured his gun and wet the
powder holes to prevent it's being
fred. When he got the gun in pur-
suance of his purpose and discovered
the trick his anger famed out
against his wife and he is said to
have beaten her numerically.
That is only one of the tales that
are told about Lowery in his COM
munity, where his ungovernable pas
sion and the strange and trivial causes
silent and mOrOSe diSDOSitOn have
that provoke it, coupled with his
caused him to be Stunned by his
leighborS as man with whom it
was the part of wisdom to avoid as
ISOLATION
The inquiry as to his sanity will
be conducted, if held, before Clerk
Russ probably on Saturday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-04
COURT CRIER TOO AMBITIOUS.
His Proposal to Found "a Witness
Brings Il Patent Stage Whisper
From Col. Argo.

Every lawyer, with the half-sense
of personal guilt upon him. is in
clined TO smile skepticallv at the
graveurbiage of the "affidavits for con-
tinuance" which set forth the facts
which an absent witness is expected
TO state in his testimony, without
which "affiant cannot safely go to
trial"
Everybody, too, is familiar with the
way in which the AVERAGE court crier.
learning his mOnotonous song from
the tradition of phenetical mistakes.
invariably uses the word found" in
stead of find" when calling OUT
a witness.
These facts combined to raise a
breeze in Superior Court the other day
as follows:
Able counsel, an ex-Judee, had just
finished reading his affidavit for a
and at the order of the
court, the crier "aclIed out" the miss
ing witness.
40 yezt o yez! George Jones! George
Jones! O yeZ-O yez-Oyez; come into
court as you're bound to do this day!"
cor you'll be fined" prompted the
court according to custom as the crier
ceased with a rising infection
cor you'll be found shouted the
crier triumphant'- according to the
ancient habit of his breed.
AS the crier concluded Col. Tom
Argo shifted himself in his chair while
his eye twinkled
That's what the Judge don't want"
he remarked in q rumbling stage
whisper that went all over the bar.
And while the eX-Jud~e got fired
about the ears and the Colonel shook
with laughter like that of the hero Of
a famous Christmas rhyme, the whole
bar smiled the whole distance be-
tween it's ears.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-04
T1IE PROHIBITION TICKET.
This Announced for State Officers anu
for Presidential Electors.

The prohibition party will have
ticket in the field in North Cafolllld'
and this is to be for State ofhcers. OF
rather a part of these, and for preS!-
dental electors. No convention IL
known to have been held.
The candidates, as given out by III.
+ M. TempIeton, of Cary, the chair
man of the State executive committee
is as follows, there being no names
mention for attorney general, corpora
ton commissioner, commissioner OF
labor and printing, associate justices
of the Supreme court and judge OF the
first district.
The names given out by DR.. Tenn
pleton are as follows:
For governor, DR.. j. Nj. Templeton,
of Wake.
For acknowledgement T. NJ
George, of Surry.
For secretary of state, A. c. Sher-
rill, of Caldwell.
Fer treasurer, John A. Bailey, OF
Rowan.
For auditor, j. N. Blair. of Ran
doi0h.
For superintendent public instruc-
ton, f. S. Blair, of Guilford.
For commissioner of agriculture, F.
Is. Ingold, of Catawba
Electors at large: w. NJ White, OF
CASTOR. Thomas p. Johnson, OF
Rowan
For district electors:
First, J. w. Martin, of Pitt.
Second, L. H. Rutherford, of Lenoir.
Third Giles Hinson, of Wayne.
Fourth Walter A. Taylor, of Wake
Fifth, A. w. Nelborn, of Giulford.
Sixth r. A. Smoot. of Cumberland
Seventh, W. FL. Moffitt, of Davidson
Eighth, Edward Shaver, of Rowan
Ninth j. &. Clapp, of CataWba.
Tenth, j. w. Moore. of Buncombe.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-04
THE RAILROAD WINS
Firemen's Ins. Co. Case
Ends With Verdict
for Defense.

The jury in the case of Firemen' $
Insurance Company ct al, V. The Sea-
board Air Line, returned a verdict in
the Superior Court yesterday at IL
O'Clock in favor of the railroad.
The jury had been tied up on the
case since eleven o'clock the dav be-
fore, having been in deliberation for
practically tWenty-four hours The
victory of the railroad was a general
surprise to those who had been watch
ing the case, as a mistrial was eX-
pected.
Only two issues were presented:
/. Was the property of the Hamlet
Ice Company insured by plaintiffs as
alleged in the complaint at the time
it was burned ~. Answer, yes"
2. Was the said property burned by
the negligence of the defendant COM
pany as alleged in the complaint
Answer, mo"
The plaintiffs gave notice of appeal.
The day in court was taken up en-
tirely with the trial of the case of w.
T. Hughes and Company V. Knott ana
Williamson, involving the title to a LOT
of tobacco. which is the subject of the
controversy and which had been seized
by the plaintiff. The case was not
concluded and will consume the great
er part of tO-day's session of the
court.
1t is doubtful whether the suit for
maintenance of Mrs. Bidwell against
her alleged husband George II. Bid
well, alias George Bidwell Lucas. viii
be ready for trial before next Wednes-
day as the court will adjourn on Sat
urday over election day. The case
will probably consume two days or
more in its trial and, while it follows
the case of Hughes V. Knott and Will
hanson it could hardly be entered
upon at the last of the week, as the
trial would be interrupted and the jul
rors summoned for this week held over
into next.
The facts at isue in the case have
been heretofore fully set forth 1T
promises to be one of the most inter-
esting ever heard in the county. Mr..
Bidwell, with his lawyer and doctor,
has been here for several days at the
and it is understood that
the case will be fought to finish.
The famous case of Gattis V. kilgo,
which is set for trial at this term OF
court, will not be heard. as the docket
is far behind on account of several
long-draWn out trials and it would be
impossible to take it up and finish II
at this term. 1t is possible that the
case may be heard at the February
term of court but more likely that II
will go over until April. as the session
of the legislature will engage the
time of several of the attorneys who
appear in the case.
Two cases were Yesterday continued
for the term, these being w. Il. re
gram, administrator of John M. VIII
son V. The Seaboard Air Line, and
Aaron Busbee V. Lena b. Ray. }. W.
Crenshaw ct ais.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-04
STATE REAL ESTATE VALUES.
Advance Report of State Auditor With
Respect to Land Shows In
crease of Forty Three
Millions.

Advance sheets from the forth
coming report of the State Auditor
for the year 1908, on which the
office force is now engaged, show an
increase in the value of real estate
over last year. of $43,410, $50.
Portions of the report relating to
real estate and land valuations are as
follows:
Number of acres of land outside of
incorporated towns (not devoted to
manufacturing or mining), 29,3O4,S82;
value $144, 299,619.
Acres outside of incorporated towns
devoted to manufacturing 22,5O5;
value $309,219
Acreas devoted to mining, quarries,
ETC., 334,171; value, $1,237,631.
Town lots, 10S,S96; value, S74,456,-
$40.
339.
Total values last year. $17S,S92,S19.
The zebra is born with stripes; man
must acquire them.
In boarding pennies many a man
sGuanders good opportunities.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-04

history of the country's wars, by the
appearance of properly costumed SOL
diers of every conflict in which this
nation has participated. Will it pa
rade. OF course it will, and Raleigh's
streets will be thronged to see the
great sight and hear the music of the
bands
Hurrah for the circus day. for we
are all going, big and little. Let the
banners wave and the elephants
trumpet. Make way, there, let us buy
our ticket The band starts up, the
great show is in full blast