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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-27

there are instances of where metallic
mercury has been found in pockets,
of sufficient quantity To he dipped
up in pals The greatest pocket Of
native mercury ever found was AT
Ilauncavclica, Peru. At this place
was discovered Il pocket containing
600 pounds of native mercury. The
metal was contained in depression
or natural diprcr IL the rock aud
was doubtless the accumulation of
ages. Near Alameda, California, u
pocket containing 20O'pouuds nt ne.
tallic mercury was found. and al New
lndria. same state. II few years ago
was discovered u geOde that, ou be
ing broken open, was found to con
tain several pounds Of the metal. and
which was doubtless Il freak OF
nature, aud. had II been preserved.
would have been worth its weight in
gold to n museum In Austria Hun.
gary some masses of native analgam
have been found; native amalHam
being native mercury alleged with
native silver. - Exchange.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-27
ANCIENT CORAL FOUND
IN STEVENS co MARBLE

Ancient coral IL being found in
the Stevens county marble. Pro.
fessor Samuel Aughey said yesterday:
'The variety aud beautiful forms
of s evens county marble seems tn
be endless. r.. f.. Alexander has re-.
turned from th" Wanderer claim. one
of the Egyptian group northeast from
Colville, and brought with him some
odd specimens. One of its peculiar
tiles can only be understood when
polished. II has curious white
specks, the size varying from II small
to large pinhead. These specks
when scanned under u large magnify.
ing glass are seen to he six sided aud
with radiRte structure. In short,
they aie very ancient fossil cOrals.
The species have not been deciphered,
but some of them belong to the Ar
chaeosidorti. q family that hourishetl
In the warm beds of portions of the
carboniferous age. Species of the
ancient chain can also be deci iphered.
The organic matter In these lowly
animal and vegetable forms has given
a clouded form to this marble rang
ing In color from black to brownisih
with more or less white and greensih
hues. II il medium hard aud takes
IA marvelously fine polish.
"Alongside of this stratum another
occurs. In which the the coral specks
are black, and the enclosing marble
Is also clouded and with more of the
greenish hues. The latter IL harder
than the former. but IL also suscep.
tible of polish aud fitted for orna-
mental work. "--Spokesman Review.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-01-27
MINER RIESS
BURIED TODAY

j. W. Ric-s, the miner who was
killed iu the EXPLOSION at the Nir.
piuin mine few days ago, was
buried this afternoon from the Case
undertaking establishment in the
Blue Mountain cemetery, under the
direction of the Gicenhurn Miners
Union.
Henry Riess, of North English,
Iowa, n brother of the deceased, ar.
rived here yesterday to attend the
funeral, !. ". Riess Was "a years
old and his brother, ut North Eng.
lish. was the only relative In this
country. lie has another brother
and two sisters, living in Germany.
II. left Iowa about thirteen years ago
and engaged in ,sheepherding tor Il
long time. but within recent years he
hus devoted his attention to mining.
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A Business Proposition.

II you are going east careful Sc
lection of your route is essential to
the enjoyment of your trip. IL II Is
n business trip time Is the main con
sideration; IL II pleasure trip, seen
cry and the conveniences and com
forts of "A modern railroad. Why
not combine all by using the Illinois
Central, the up-to date road, run
ming two trains daily from st.
Paul aud Minneapolis, and from
Omaha to Chicago. Free reclining
chair cars, the famous Buffet ibrary-
Smoking cars, all trains vestibuled.
In short thoroughly modern through.
out. All tickets reading via the
illinois Central will be honored on
these trains aud no extra fare
charged. Our rates are the same M
those of inferior roads why not get
your moneys worth? Write for
full particulars.
b. IL. TRUMBULL, Commercial
Agent, Portland, Oregon.
j. G. LINDSEY, T. +. Il p. A.,
Portland, Oregon.
PAUL b. THOMPSON, +. 4 p.
A.. Seattle, Washington.
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MACAUlAy ON A PERIOD OF
WHO. FAKE PROMOTIONS.

Commenting on the redundancy
of capital" existing in the seven.
teenth century. In the period we'll
toward its close. Lord Macaulay uses
language thoroughly descriptive of
conditions frequently recurring from
that day up to this aud on this side
of the ocean as we'll rs in Europe.
He writes:
"The natural effect of this state of
things was that crowd of projectors,
ingenious aud absurd, honest aud
knavish, employed themselves In de-
vising new schemes for the employ
ment Of redundant capital. 1t was
about the yeur 1858 that the word
stock. .jobber was first heard In Lon.
don. In the short space of four
years a crowd of stock companies
sprang into existence.
"Some of these companies took
large mansions and printed their nd
vertisements in gilded letters. 9th
ers, less ostentatious, were content
with ink and met at coffee. houses In
the neighborhood of the Royal tx.
change. 'Jonahan's' aud Cara
ways were In a constant ferment
with brokers, buyers, sellers, meet.
ings OF directors. meetings of pro-
prietors. Time BARGAINS soon came
into fashion. Extensive combiua-
tions were formed, aud monstrous
fables circulated, for the purpose of
raising or depressing the price of
shares.
sour country witnessed for the
first time those phenomena with
which long experience has made us
familiar. 4 mania of which the
symptoms were essentially the same
with those of the mania of 1920, of
the mania of 1925, of the mania of
lsi5, seized the public mind. An
impatience to be rich, a contempt for
those slow but sure gains which are
the proper reward of industry, pa.
thence and thrift, spread through
society. The spirit of the cogging
dicers Of Whitefriars took possession
Of the grave senators of the city,
wardens of trades, deputies, alder
men.
"It was much easier and much
more lucrative to put forth a lying
prospectus announcing new stock,
to persuade ignorant people that the
dividends could not fall short of
twenty per cent aud to part with five
thousand solid guineas, than to load
a ship with a well-chosen cargo for
Virginia or the Levant. Every day
some new bubble was puffed into
existence, rose buoyant, shone bright.
burst and was forgotten. D."
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Gallant Colonel Denies Every Allega-
tiOn And Challenges The
Alligator.
Sensational Suit Grows Out Of Min.
Ing Operations In Cable
Cove.

Some weeks since A. II. SpraRue.
who has been connected with Colonel
Grayson, In some indefinite way, for
the past few years In his mining
operations, instituted suit for set
tiement. The Baker Cit Herald of
last evening tells of the defendant :
reply as follows:
Colonel Emmett Callahan, as at
torney for the defendant in the now
celebrated A. II. Sprague VS.. J. r.
Grayson aud the Alpine Gold Mines,
today fled with the county clerk an
answer to the complaint of the plain
tiff, which puts different face on the
matter.
The defendant denies all the ma.
terial allegations as follows: He de-
nies that he aud Sprague ever entered
into a partnership or agreement du-
ring the year 1900, whereby they
were to engage In the sale aud pro-
motion of mines, sharing equally In
all profits; denies that they entered
into an agreement to purchase the
Gerard, Mckinley, Mormon Girl,
Alarm. Decide ,tal, Oriental, or the
Davenport quartz claims in the Cable
Cove district, whereby each was to
pay half the purchase price; denies
that Grayson accepted deed to the
above named claims as part of the
aforesaid agreement: denies that he
held such title in trust for himself
and SpraRne.
Defendant Graysun, on the other
hand, alleges that he purchased the
above named claims with his own
money in purely a personal capacity
and that Sprague did not enter at all
into the transaction.
Grayson denies that he sold these
claims to the Alpine company for
$4,000 In cash aud 30, 200 shares
of stock; denies that the Alpine com.
pany is now or ever WAS indebted to
him In the sum Of $50, 900. or that
he holds or ever held 40, 900 shares
vi BLUM NuuS "S"s''
that at any time he conspired or con-
federated to cheat, wrong or defraud
Sprague out of the sum of $50, 900
or any part thereof, or any part of
10000 shares in the Alpine COM
pany.
In summing up, Defendant Gray
son denies that Sprague has. or had,
any interest in the above. described
claims and that the defendant does
now owe Sprague $4,000 or any
sum. Wherefore, the defendant,
Grayson. prays the court that this
action be dismissed aud that the
costs be assessed to Sprague
Associated with Colonel Callahan
In the case Is Hon. Henry Z. Nc
CHM, Of Portland, who Is chief
counsel for the defendant, Grayson.
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Pockets" Of Native Mercury

Native mercury occurs In small
tin white gloLules scattered through
the gangue. 1t is not plentiful. but
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-13
OLD WOMEN TAKE THEIR LIVES
so THEIR SONS MAY FIGHT

he would not be harshly dealt with as
the judges would know that the murder
was intended as an act of kindness to both
the child and to its father.
These instances give some faint idea OF
the spirit in which the japanese people
face this war. They believe that their
emperor is a god Their religion Is fatal
istic and they believe that human life and
death is of no consequence when the wei.
fare of their emperor is at stake. They
believe that the gods understand their
position and will reward not only the
soldier who dies in battle, but the helpless
one at home who may suicide to save aims
or who may die of starvation.
In the seaport cities funds are being
raised to care for the families of soldiers,
but all this viii take time and hunger will
not wait
II Is the custom, when man goes to
war for his relatives to take his family in
and feed them If there are no relatives
the neighbors meet and each agrees to
contribute certain amount of food but
each day new calls are issued and more
men are called out, so that the whole So
cial and economic fabric is constantly dis
turbed.
This is a dark picture, and in almost any
other country it would mean defeat, but
the japanese, from the emperor in his
palace to the peasant in the field is used
to hardship and the plainest of food in the
smallest quantities is enough
This fact will make it difficult for Russia
to starve Japan out for her army viii not
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-13
DON CARLOS GIVES
UP HOPE OF THRONE

PARIS, April l2.-Don Carlos, Prince
of Bourbon, Duke of Madrid, the would-be
possessor of even more exalted titles, and
claimant to the Spanish throne, will be
So years old next week.
He has been free lance and insurrec-
zionist nearly all his life, but now seems
to have settled down and resigned himself
to the monotony of a private life.
The revolution of 1868, which drove
Queen Isbella II into exile. gave the en-
terprsing young man chance to try to
set himself on The throne Very much like
the Inflated Duke of Monmouth. he was
only able to influence the ignorant peas
antry, and so was speedily put to flight by
the Spanish regulators.
In 1873, having meanwhile been saving
up his energy at the expense of old noble
houses, the don commenced a regular cam
paign, and showed himself a valiant fight.
er but a bad general After several de-
feats he surrendered to the French au-
thorities in 1876.
He who hesitates is lost" and that is
why the prince has not attained his aspira-
tons. through no lack of opportunities.
The death of Alfonso XII and the disas-
trous termination Of the Spanish American
war were the times when the spirit OF
the Spanish people was raised to the boil
ing point.
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cost tenth as much to maintain, man for
man, as Russias will. A little rice or
millet each day, with some coarse tea suf-
fees the Japanese soldier and once
equipped and in the field a Japanese army
is always self-sustaining II is at home
that the greatest suffering will be felt and
the women and children win bear the bur-
den of hunger and privation while hus-
bands and fathers face the bullets.
/ have said that the emperor in his
palace is used to hardship" BY this /
mean that in the matter of food the Jap
anese from the mikado to the coolie is as
primitive as he is in his pagan religion.
] have seen men who have spent years in
America and who have received degrees
from American universities come back here
and return to the old diet Of rice and fish
eaten from bowl with chopsticks and the
whole meal costing less than 10 cents They
prefer this food, and their simple tastes are
better than big gold reserve in the ma
tional treasury at this time.
w. b. C0LVER,
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GOOD TEMPLARS AND
SALOON MEN AGREE

EVERETT, April ls.--Ever since the
municipal election in December the ques-
ton of the reduction Of saloon licenses
from 81 600 to $500 each has been agitated
by saloon interests, although it has never
been formally brought before the council
The lodge of Good Tempars has addressed
a petition to the mayor and city council,
asking that the license fee be reduced as
much as possible.
The motives Of the Good Templars diff
fer, however, from those OF the saloon
men, although the same end seems to be
sought by each The Templars in the reso-
lutions they adopted hold that by licensing
saloons the city becomes in effect interested
in the business, The petition for that
reason asks the mayor and council Of
the city Of Everett to reduce the retail
liquor license fee as much as possible, even
to the point of elimination"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-13
TRUTH IN A NOVEL
COST HIS LIBERTY

BERLIN, April l3-Thes author of Life
in a Garrison Town." ex-Lieut. Oswald
Fritz Bilse, who is serving a six months
sentence for writing the novel, promises &c
come to America when he is released
The novel exposes the iron discipline
and the lax morals in the German army
Its publication created the widest excite
ment in the army, principally because the
story told the truth That isl the reason
the author was imprisoned.
Bilse was born in kim, March 81, 1868
His father was head master of the school
at Thuringen. He entered the army In
1886 and was made lieutenant two years
later. He published his novel in the latter
part of 1903, but resigned before it ap.
peared. This probably saved him from a
heavier penalty at the hands of court
martial.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-13
EARLY BLAZE
IN NORTH END

Fire broke out in the old r. A. Hogue
residence at Bali North Twenty-ninth
street this morning about ! o'clock The
alarm was promptly given, and although
the department had to make a run of over
a mile and quarter, the fremen succeed
ed in quenching the flames with a loss OF
only about $4O0 The firemen were handi-
capped by the fact that they had to secure
the water from the mains of the North
End Improvement company. The water in
these mains is delivered at less than 40
pounds pressure and they were compelled
to use a one-half inch nozzle to make the
water throw far enough to reach the
flames. Even with this, they had to go
upstairs before the stream would reach the
attic.
Nearly the entire roof was burned off
the building, but otherwise 1t was not ma
terially damaged.
The fire originated from a candle which
had been left burning on a trunk. The
building had been empty for short time
and another family was just moving in.
Three trunks had been placed in one OF
the rooms and they were completely de-
stroyed. There was no other furniture in
the house.
Mrs. D. w. Antrim, member of the
family that was moving in, was asleep in
the house when the fire broke out. She
was taken sick during the evening, and
not feeling able to return home, hung o
hammock in one of the rooms and laid
down to rest, leaving a candle burning on
a trunk in an adjoining room. She did
not expect to go to sleep, but being very
tired. dozed off The next thing she knew
was when she was awakened by the smoke
She was partially overcome, but managed
to get out of the house and give the alarm
The house was valued at $1,000
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-13
MILITIAMEN ALL
PASSED MUSTER

Forty men were in line when Lieutenant
Colonel Tsylor appeared to inspect Troop
at the armory last night. Before com
ing to examine the troop Colonel Taylor
had reviewed the hospital corps in the
wardroom. The corps is composed of ten
men and is under the direction of Surgeon
Major L. Nj. Brown. The inspecting off
Ger was satisfied with the appearance OF
the men and with the condition of the
medicinal appliances but before leaving he
advised the officer in charge to recruit
the corps to fifteen men.
The sabre drill given by Troop b was
one of the most interesting events of the
evening to a civilian. The militiamen dis
played a knowledge of using the blade in
military maneuvers that was surprise to
their many friends present.
The inspection of Company A followed
that of Troop B. The general appearance
of the company, the condition of the equip
ment and the manner in which the boys
went through the drill elected praise from
the inspecting officer.
The inspector reports were read at the
close of the drill and found to be good,
and the n. G. W. boys of Tacoma were
tendance at the encampment which will
be held at American lake for two weeks,
beginning July I.
After drill last night, members of Com
pany A presented Sergeant Paul Lehman
with a magnificent silver fruit bowl, suit
ably engraved in honor of his marriage
on March 49, Sergeant Lehman thanked
his friends in an appropriate speech.
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EXPLOSION

PENSACOLA, Fla, April lS.-Four OF
FIVE officers and nine men were killed to.
day by an explosion in a turret of the bat
tleship Missouri. during target practice.
The Missouri is commanded by Captain
Cowles, President Roosevelt's brother-in-
law The dead:
LIEUTENANT DAVIDSON.
ENSIGN WECHERT.
LIEUTENANT GRIDLEY.
MlDSHlPMAN WARD.
MIDSHIPMAN NEUMANN.
NINE MEMBERS OF THE CREW.
Lieutenant Gridley was the son Of Cap
tain Gridley, who commanded the Olympia
at the battle of Manila.
Ensign Ward was a son of Brigadier
General Ward.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-13
CAPTAIN KNOELL SLATED FOR
CHIEF OF FIRE Department

Captain George B. Knoel of fire station
No. may be the next chief of the fire
department of Tacoma While no posi-
tive information can be gathered, those
who ought to know insist that the matter
is positively settled and that he will be
the new chief. Captain Knell has been in
the fire department IA years, entering on
July IA, 1889 as a driver February IL,
1898, he was appointed lieutenant, and
was made captain January l, 1902
II was also reported that George Nc
Alevy former chief had been tenderea
the position again. A later report is 90
the effect that compromise has been
brought about and that McAlevy is to be
assistant chief in case Captain Knoell Is
made the head of the department.
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Neither Mayor-elect Wright nor Me
Alevy would talk about the matter, byt
Captain knell stated to a Times man that
he knew nothing of compromise. He
would neither deny nor affirm the report
that he is slated for the position of CHIEF.
merely stating that it had not been cor
mally rendered.
Mr. McAlevy was member of the Ia.
coma fire department for several years. He
was first appointed as ladderman on truck
No. / in November, 1891. In August 1894,
he was promoted to lieatenancy, and in
October, 1896 was made captain He
was discharged in 1895. In 1897 he was ap-
pointed chief of the department by Mayor
Fawcett. He was discharged again IN
April, 1898.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-13
HOT FIGHT OF LAWYERS IN THE
HILL-HARRIMAN n. P. CONTEST

ST. PAUL, April l3.-The Hill.Harri,
manman Northern Pacific contest is now IN
the hands of the circuit court pudges for
decision.
Arguments ended this morning.
Counsel for Hill accused Hartman of
seeking to delay decision on the merger
so that people would be scared into dis
posing of their stock at a low figure 10
Hartman. The counsel insisted that the
rights of the $4,000 stockholders should
be preserved from the Hartman crowd.
also that the false face of the Union Pa.
ciic should be taken off.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-13
PORTLAND WANTS
PAVEMENT POINTERS

Three members of the Portland city
council, Whitney L. Boise, j. P. sharkey
and R. L. Glisan, together with the city
engineer, w c. Elliott, were in Tacoma
yesterday examining the several kinds of
pavement laid on the Tacoma streets.
Their attention was especially devoted to
the macadam on st. Helens avenue. The
Portland council has authorized the laying
Of large amount Of this macadam, and a
vigorous protest is being raised against
it by the property owners. The delegation
which was here yesterday was appointed
as special committe to visit Tacoma and
report to the Portland city council on the
kind Of pavement in use here.
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Attorney Guthrie, counsel for Hartman
attached most stress to the claim tina,
the books of the merger company should
be investigated to show where the stock
had gone, intimating that much of the
Hhl-Morgan stock was owned by dummies
and that Hill and Morgan had been pre-
pairing for months to outwit the court.
lie created a sensation by charging the
Hill-Morgan interests with buying a large
amount of Great Northern and Northern
stock in anticipation of the decision in the
Northern Securities case.
Elhu Root declared that the accusation
was false
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-13

from Electron and the test was found TO
be entirely satisfactory A current of
about $500 horsepower was steadily main
tanned during the test.
The power plant at Electron was com
menced about two years ago, and has just
been completed, at a cost of about $1,000
00O
Power for operating the plant is taken
from the Puyallup river. From the river
to the power plant the water has fall OF
about 700 feet.
Now that the new power plant at Elec.
iron has been found to be capable of sup
plying all the current necessary, the local
plant will be discontinued in a short time
and power taken direct from Eleetron.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-13

will be present, besides several from the
south.
Several matters of Importance will be
taken up at the meeting. There are some
changes in the constitution that have been
submitted for consideration and which will
be decided at the meeting. Many other
important topics are 70 be considered. and,
while the railroaders do not expect to
settle the Hill-Harriman fight, they will
have to settle some matters that are
equally as interesting to them individually.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-13
WORKMAN KILLED At ELECTION

While engaged in moving boiler at the
Far West Lumber company's camp near
Electron, on the Tacoma Eastern, about 10
o'clock this morning, Hugh McCulloch was
crushed to death
1t had become necessary to move the
boiler, which had been used in pumping
water for use in the camp, and Is men
were employed to do the work. As they
were placing the boiler in position it be-
came necessary to stand it up on end
Suddenly the boiler swerved to one side.
McCulloch tried to get out of the way,
but was caught between the falling boiler
and stump and his body was mashed
to pulp.
Under ordinary circumstances, the boiler,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-04-13
MAYOR WRIGHT MAKES APPOINTMENTS

1t was given out this afternoon that
Mayor elect Wright had decided upon
the following appomtees
Commissioners Of Public Works-William
Welsh.
City Attorney-0. G. Ellis.
Assistant City Attorney j. Anderson.
Chief of Police Thomas Malouey.
City Engineer Frank L. Davis.
Chief Clerk Of Light and Water Depart
ment--S. c. Slaughter.
Chief Clerk Of Department Of Public
Works-Leonard II Pearson.