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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-02-26

present makes no figure among the big
mines, but which looks as If, when de-
veloped, it might take a place with the
very greatest.
Mines of the Future.
And there really are such mines
perhaps six or eight at present known
over the whole wide area of the world.
There are three of these about which I
know, and their undoubted great posi-
bilities have fired my imagination.
These are the Dos Estreilas in Mexico,
the SantO Domingo, belonging to the
Inca company in Peru, and the Red
jang Lebong in Sumatra. The elements
OF greatness belong, too, although on a
more modest basis, to the Tasmania
mine, in the island of that name, and
to the Oriental mine in Korea. These
names ere hardly known to the vulgar
throng, and the mines do not yet rank
with the great producers; but the Dos
Estrallas is valued by it's Mexican own
ers at millions of pounds. The Santo
Domingo was last year producing 5000
ounces a month with five stamps; the
Redjang Lebong has an ore chute 1000
feet long, II feet thick, worth Sc a ton;
the Tasmania, now wrestling with an
immense flow of water, has at 1900
feet a lode of almost similar value and
size, and the Oriental has 200 stamps
at work in the Korean forests, and aver
a million tons of ore blocked out.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-02-26
coLoRED CLOTHES FOR MEN?
King Edwards Influence on the pres.
Question.

Question.
London Mail: In the opinion Of a
great Londo tailor there is growing
dissatisfaction among we'll dressed men
at the saIneness and SOmberness OF
their attire.
The first step in a revolution OF
mems dress has already been taken,"
said this authority the other day. IN
nocent though it may seem, the latest
dress WaiStcoat, with it's old-faShioned
aspect, has given a great many men a
desire to render their appearance a lit
tie more artistic.
THE change is coming in the direc-
ton which offers the least line Of re-
sistance-in evening dress; for 1t re-
quireS less courage to face the remarks
Of ones friends at dinner than to brave
the criticism of the streets.
I'VE are getting a demand for knee
breaches, and one man has just or
dered a dress coat with rinse silk
lining and collar. It looks very smart.
"Colored coats for evening wear have
been tried by some persons,
but they soOn gave them up. Probably
they thought that it was better to look
like a butler than a footman.
1.-The king deserves praise for the eff
forts he has made to render mems dress
more becoming. His majesty's idea of
a single breasted frock Goa for sum
mer wear was productive of a garment
at once picturesque and comfortable
Upon every possible occasion his maj
esty discards, and auses the gentlemen
Of his court to discard, ordinary eve
ming dress for more attractive uni
forms.
ITO the influence Of the king may be
largely ascribed the DESIRE Of many
men to become more artistically
c1Othp1n
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-02-26
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE..
How Life PoIicieo Would Accrue to tn.
Rerefi+ of Widows and Orphans,

Benefit of Widows and Orphans.
Insurance Spectator: One of the surro-
gates in New York city is quoted as re-
Gently saying that so per cent. of the
money left to widows aNd orphans in this
country during his term of office was
lost or dissipated by mismanagement.
This IS a severe arraignlnent Of admins
traitors and executors Of the estates of de-
ceased persons; but while possibly the es-
timated loss is excessive, the main fact
of the shrinkage of estates after the
death of the persons who had acquired
them Is one with which the public Is IA
miliar. Every week there are to be found
advertisements in the daily papers of
sales by auction OF property, real estate.
stocks, bonds and other securities by or
der of the executors Of estates.
The law requires that all estates of de-
ceased persons shall be settled with rea-
sonable dispatch, but often the beneff-
Charles under a will are more eXacting
than the law, and demand a speedy set
Element of the estate that they may re-
ceive their share. Often executors are too
deeply engrossed in their own affairs to
pay attention to the estate the" are pre-
sumed to administer, and so turn the mat
ter over for the fees they can squeeze out
Of It. That estates are d~issipated by due
process Of law, to the great Injury OF
widows and orphans, is a matter Of pub
lie notoriety, resulting generally from
forced sales OF property Tor Wnlcn tnefe
is no competitive demand.
If such estates were protected by poll
! cies Of life insurance, the face value of
which would be pad promptly in cash to
the executor, how greatly would their
work be simplifed. If instead Of the "cat
and dog securities a business man is apt
to accumulate and count as valid assets
he had secured a life policy, payable to
the estate, it would bring In cash at once,
and an asset Of that character Is moi
likely to cause much trouble in the d.sA
tribution of It. But for the protection OF
the widow and orphans, life insurance
policies should be made payable directly
to them and not to the estate Of the in
sured.
Creditors Of the deceased husband and
father have no claim upon the proceeds
of such q policy, butithe cash Is paid into
the hands of the widow or other named
beneficiary, and there is no waiting the
tortuous processes Of the law to settle a
tangled estate before they can realize tho
amount designed by the deceased for their
benefit. The very best investment a man
can make to secure the comfort and hap
piness of those he loves is found in a
aolicy of life insurance..
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-02-26
Stain of the Ciqaret.

London Tattler: In a recent count,
court action it was stated as evidence OF
the debtors means that his fingers were
so stained with cigarets that he was evil
IDENTIFY a persistent smoker The judge.
however, refused to listen to this novel
theory. All smokers, of course, know
that unsightly stains caused by cigarets
are not due SO much to excessive smoking
as to the manner in which the cigaret Is
held in the fingers. If the c,garet when
not between the lips is held with the
lighted end downward, three or four Gig
arets a day are sufficient to leave their
marks on the fingers of the smoker. The
man, however. who always holds lis Gig
aret with the lighted end upward many
smoke as many as twenty a day without
discoloring his fingers. All artists and
most chess players who happen to be
cigaret smokers invariably hold their Gig
arets with the lighted end up, and con-
sequently seem to smoke far more han
is actually the case.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-02-26
WHEN NATURE MODS.
Strange Cases in Which tho Sense.
Have Been FORGOTTEN. Z

Have Been Forgotten.
st. James Gazette: Nature mods, ur1.
doubtedly at times, as in the case OF
the child born without a brain, whose
case has been made public this week.
Not long ago an infant was born and
lived for three weeks with a hole
through it's heart. Thousands of us
are color blind, others have no musical
sense. And there are many Laura
~Bridgmans, many Helen Kellers. The
queen of Roumania has, or had, at her
court in personal attendance upon her.
self the daughter OF a blind nobleman.
She could neither hear nor speak, and
had to be taught to communicate by
holding the throat of a speaker, and
Initiating the vibration produced by
the effort. But what a grudge against
nature must such a one as Lyon Play
fair discovered ever feel!
Here was a girl who was blind, deaf.
dumb and could neither taste nor smellI
One might be pardoned for asking If
such a life was worth living. Yet there
was q beautiful lesson in such an ex-
~istcnce, as the great warm heart OF
Playfair discovered. He sent her q
pretty finger ring, and the poo mite
replied In this ~pitifully pretty letter:
Dear Sir Lyon Playfair-Sir Lyon
Playfair sent Edith ring in box. Edith
thank Sir Lyon Playfair for ring. Sir
Lyon Playfair come to see Edith.
Goodby-FIdith." During his first visit
the child had closely examined his
hands, wrists, arms and face, her touch
being maTvelously accurate. A year
later he went again to see. AT first
she did not recognize him, and no one
betrayed his identity. AT length she
turned back The cuff of his shirt and
touched his wrist. Her face lit UP
with intense joy. ct is the English.
man who gave me the ring" she rapid
ly spelled out on her fingers. And in
a second she had flung her little arms
around his neck and was weeping with
delight at the recognition.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-02-26
The Founding.

Tho story grows more and more as
founding. Near the winter palace
dwelt the reigning %favorite Of Nicholas.
the beautiful Mile. Nelidoff, mother of
several of his sons II daughters. His
last visits to her were miserable cpl
sodes, for his conversation, darkly
limiting at his coming end. filled her
with dismay. To enrich his mistress,
for whom he sighted his graceful and
devoted empress, the cZar compelled
his minister of finance to take surrep-
tltiously from the funds raised for the
st. Petersburg-Moscow railway some
hundreds of thousands Of roubles Then
unable to find solace n longer In
Nelidoff's society, and despatring Of
the results Of his own statecraft, he
endeavored, by entreaties and threats,
to constrain his chief physician to sup
ply him with s~trychnine; but that
faithful servant had h courage stout
Iy to refuse.
Escaping from Siberia, Savelieff, the
cars son by Marie Assenkova, Joined
the army in Asia Minor. He had been
nursed as a founding, had entered the
army, and had, after being drawn into
a society Of reformers, been banished.
Thinking he might gain his liberty If
he could fight for his country. he made
his escape when the news Of the war
went through Siberia. Saveiieff, who
knew nothing of his p~arentage, dis
tinguished himself by leading a forlorn
nope and capturing a battery. on which
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-02-26
Chamberlain at Work.

Booklovers Magazine: Apart from HIP
occasional attention to gardening NV
Chamberlain is probably as busy when
at Highbury as during his heaviest Off
cial work. His correspondence and public
duties nave rather increased than other
wise with his REIMBURSEMENT of official
life. Two hundred letters, on an average,
are received by him each day. All are read
and answered personally, with the aid o.
a private secretary and competent short
hand writers. This correspondence has to
be dealt with most carefully, for artfui
opponents are forever laying cunning
traps for the Birmingham statesman, and
too faithful friends are but little lesi
troublesome with their suggestions ana
conunorums.
The house is beset with newspaper cor,
respondents, with whom Mr.. Chamberlain
is always popular. He talks freely with
them and fully appreciates the power ami
influence Of the press; yet no correspond
ent has ever extracted a secret from him.
He works far into the night. parliament
airy life having accustomed him to latt
hours. Three in the morning often fndt
him still at his desk. His speeches arr
carefully prepared and are privately de&
claimed to his secretary the day befor
delivery, the statesman meanwhile smoEs
ing a brier pipe or a fat. black cigar.
M A3aN.-E
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-02-26
Impressions by the Wayside.

Puck: All! Your father went to
see US play Hamlet. then. And how
did he like it?"
"Oh, I guess he thought it was aw-
full good. He said 1t was as good as Q
circus."
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-02-26

There are 1900. 900 people in italy
can neither read nor write.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-12-02
WERRA IS CHARGED
With EMDEzzLEMEhT

Henry Vierra was summarily dismiss
ed from the Public Works Department
yesterday and Attornev-G General Andrews
swore out warrant in the afternoon
charging him with embezzlement. Vierra
was arrested and allowed to go upon
a bond for $500 being filed. VIM. P.
Fennell will take his place in the Public
Works Department.
Vierra has been collecting the rents
for the public laundries at Iwilei and
has been charging the Chinese laundry
men more than they were supposed to
pay, putting the difference in his pocket
The laundrymen were told to pay their
rent TO Chief Clerk White personally
this month, and when they offered to
pay more than was necessary, the mat
ter was looked into. Old receipts were
called for and it was found that Vierra
had been overchargin" each man fifty
cents. The amount of money involved
is not known as some of the men have
changed and others have destroyed their
old receipts. The returns for some
rooms at the laundries which are rent
ed out for sleeping purposes are also in
bad shape.
Henry Vierra is an old employee i'll
the department and is well known about
town. He was rather prominent in base
ball circles some months ago.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-12-02
FIRST REFINED
SUGAR EXPORTED

BY the steamer yesterday there was
shipped to San Francisco the first re-
fined sugar ever manufactured in the
Hawaiian Islands. 1t Is the product of
the refining plant that has been
almost completely installed in the sug-
ar mill of the Honolulu Plantation
Company within sight Of this city.
Ten bags of samples of different
grades constituted the shipment. The
grades were Standard GRADUATED,
Confectionery GRADUATED, Fruit Gran
ulated and Powdered. AS soon as cer-
tain additional machinery arrives and
Is installed the Honolulu refinery will
make also cube sugar. So far as the
plant is complete, the apparatus has
worked to perfection from the first
trial run.
Manager j. A. Low showed an Ad-
vertbser reporter sample of the sug-
ar. 1t has the appearance of being
the finest quality Mr.. Low is not the
least afraid that the sugar will fail
to maintain its good qualities in car
rage by sea. The samples sent for
ward had been stacked in the mill
without extra precautions for some
time since refining but showed no
sign of being affected by temperature,
humidity or any other condition.
one quality of this fhome-manufac-
tured sugar. which Jas F. Morgan has
remarked, is it's higher degree of solu-
bility than the imported article. A
teaspoonful dropped In a glass Of water
will mostly dissolve before reaching
the bottom. Mr.. Low claims superior
sweetening power for the sugar over
other sugars. AS he says 1T Is made
absolutely pure, from the cane juice"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-12-02
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Nov. II, 1904.


Antonio de Moura and VT to Manoel
Carreiro; d; 2 pcs land, Kuau, Maui;
$3.50. B 26G. p 8. Dated Aug 81, 1904.
NJ "A Tavares and VT ct al to H Streu-
beck; M; pcs land, Makawao, Maui;
$4,000. B 262. p 100. Dated Aug /, 1904.
o Burns to Iwamura ct al; L; A
land, Opana, Hamakualoa, Maui; yrs
q $50 per yr. r 27S, p 2. Dated Oct
%. 1904.
Jose NJ Tavares and VT to John E
Tavares; d; 3 A land, Kokomo, Maka-
wac. Maui; 1876. B 266, p s. Dated
Nov 4, 1904.
First Am Saws & Tr Co of Hawaii
Ltd to Gear. Lansing & Co; Par Rel;
lots and 3, blk 2. and lots Is and 1e.
blk 81, Kaimuki Tract. Honolulu, oahu;
$500. B 26O. p 279. Dated Nov 10. 1904.
NJ Dowsett and VT to August
Dreier; d; por lot 500. CIR 1865, bldgs,
etc. Hackfeld st. Honolulu. Oahu; 81.
b 2e4. p l6O. Dated Oct 81, 1904.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-12-02
CASTLE & Choke Co.. Lo
HONOLULU,
Commission Merchants
SUGAR FACTORS.

AGENTS FOR
/ The EVA Plantation Company.
The waialua Agricultural Co.. Ltd
The Kohala Cugar Company.
he Waimea Sugar Mill Company.
he Fulton Iron Works. st. Louis. Mo.
The Standard OIL Company.
The George F. Blake Eteam Pumpe.
weston's Centrlfugals.
The New England Mutual Life 1nsur-
snce Company, of Boston
The Aetna Insurance Co., Of Hart
ford, Conn.
The Alliance Assurance Company. Of
London. 10
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-13
SAME HERE.

A bridge, the only method of eros.
sing Whitebird creek, in fact the
only way for teams to get to main
Salmon river towns, and to Meadows,
Council and the railway, via White
bird, has been formally condemned
by the board of county commits
sioners and placarded ''unsafe. y
The board has notified the tax-pav.
ers OF this county who aid in build
ing and keeping such public struct-
ures in repair, that they may cross
the Whiteblrd bridge but at their
own peril. This bridge is the most
important structure in all southern
Idaho county. While all careful
that the public can break its neck if
1t wants to, by crossing this bridge
the derihct board is as slow about
repairing it as cold molasses is in the
way of running. The condition of
TINS important structure Is not only
menace to the safety of way -farers.
but is disgrace to Idaho county
and 1t is no wonder that anathemas
as lurid as oft repeated are heaped
on the recalcitrant county board of
false and Ridiculous economies, by
Whitebird residents and county
travellers generally. = Grangeville
Press.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-13

shown cabinet officers that he has
listened eagerly to a suggestion thai
hereafter all ambassadors shall be
escorted by United States troops to
their embassies on their first arrival
in this country. 1t is stated that il
is the custom in sll empires and king
doms to give military escort to new
ambassadors. The president &C.
guessed in the suggestion, and the
next ambassador to arrive will be
met at the station with the available
cavalry and escorted to his embassy.
1t is expected that if the president
is elected next fall it will not be long
until ne orders a cavalry escort for
himself. Indeed, army officers are
discussing the plan of building a
barracks near the White House for a
troop of cavalry, to be known as the
escort Troop" and to be used in
functions of this character.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-13

adjusted in short time In the
meantime large lot of additional
machinery is being taken to the
camp.
The gentlemen tell of recent
strike made by miner named
Anderson, about five miles south of
Ford's camp, at Black Lakes There
has been but very little development,
but the surface showlngs are rich.
A boulder was taken from about two
feet below the surface, with telluride
spotted over it. When broken it
was found to be scanned with streaks
of native gold.
On Copper creek a man named
Holbrook has ledge that shows tel
luride. in quantity.
1t is the opinion of the gentle
men that from the formation of the
country near Pollock, that very rich
gold lodges will be found on the Sal
mon river, where the indications are
unusually strong
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-13

the issue should be deferred unit
another campaign, as has been un-
derstood was the intention of those
who are preparing to show that there
is proper and large issue involved.
At the same time the indications are
that the politics of Idaho will be
more or less demorali1ed Until the
case is closed one way or the other
and rational alignments as well as
a rational conduct of the public bust
ness restored To illustrate, it now
looks like both political parties, as a
whole, will contest with each other
as to which. can go tarthest In cult
waiting the Mormon vote for the com
ing election, while in the ensuing
legislative business the same idea
may prevail in bestowing money.
spoils and privileges. 1t seems to
the Tribune to be dangerous state
of affairs and one in which the Nor
mon people themselves are apt to be
the main sufferers in the end. There
are thousands of good Idaho citizens
OF all political stripes who do not
understand that they have any cause
whatever for quarreling with the
Mormons, but if the public business
is to be jobbed off to members of
that sect, or any other sect, for cam
paign purposes, they may find they
have cause for such quarrel.
Such citizens may find it necessary
TO reorganlze both parties on the high
and safe lines of the integrity of our
republican institutions and of the
light to vote as they think and as
hey wish. There never was a time
when the people were so poorly
classified, so hopelessly entangIed in
heir professions and purposes, SO
completely within the power of few
'arty leaders with dramatics, cheap
advertising and steamy heroics as the
platform on which to get the offices.
t is getting time to change tiff the
'eople have not really lost their pow. |
r to change it. Lewiston Tribune |
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-13
NENS OR INTEREST
FROM POLLOCK SECTION
MUCH PROSPECTING BEING DONE, AND
IMPORTANT STRIKES BEING MADE.

W. j. Adsley and John Bridge,
of Pollock were in the city this week,
en- route to Boise on land office bust
ness.
Speaking of the Rapid River coun.
try, and the section around Pollock,
the gentlemen stated that the various
mining companies on Rapid River
were arranging for great deal of
development work ard improvements
in and about their properties the
coming season.
The Iron Springs company are
working so to 60 men. The ore
deposit is large and said to be very
rich. The understanding is that q
3OO-ton cyanide plant is to be install
led during the coming season.
The Rankin property and mill is
temporarily closed down, owing to a
disagreement between the company
and the Potter brothers. 1t is thought
that the matter WILL be satisfactorily
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-13
GREAT is "BERTIE. D

What matters it now whether on,
mountains are made to produce an,
more of the precious metals they
contain within their bosoms; whether
the great irrigation plans are carried
out to make the desert places of our
state blossom like the rose? What
matters 1t, we say, since Congress-
mar 'Bertie" French, through his
untiring efforts and great sspull''
with the administration, has succeed.
ed in having the Boise barracks in
creased from one company post, to
regimental barracks. Just think
OF It'll 1t almost causes us to lose
breath when we think of the many
advantages the state will derive from
having more than thousand blue
coated soldiers within her borders
Everything pales in insignificance
when compared to it. Think for a
moment of the many epauletted Of
hcers the "400' of Boise the Beaun.
fui can have at their pink teas and
their theater parties, etc., and then
you will not wonder at the spasms
the republican papers of the state
are indulging in when they refer to
the great work that ''Bertie" is do.
ing Tor our state in congress. They
rerer to 1t as one of his pet measures
70 which he has devoted much ar.
tention, and will stand as a monu.
ment to commemorate his first term
In congress. God save the mark
Ii in bringing an army of soldiers
INTO the state, where they can be
Thrown at a moments notice at Soma
point where they will serve the he.
nests of trusts and monopolies and
place the state under military rnle
IS an act for which Congressman
French is to have monuments erect
ed, then we dot our hats and saw.
you have done well, good and
'"''hiu' servant IN everything you
'sye obeyed the Vim of your mas.
ters,
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-13

In all theater history it Is believed
there have been but two fires equal
ing the loss of life In the Inflated
lroquois Theater at Chicago. These
were the Ring Theater fire in Vienna
Austria, in which 875 persons lost
their lives by burning and panic, and
the destruction of Lehman's Theater
In St. Petersburg, where between
900 and 700 persons lost their lives
The lire which destroyed the Brook
Ign Thester December 5, 1876, and
carried with it the lives of 296 per-
sons, is the worst previous disaster
OF the kind in America. Exchange