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The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-18
RoSSIA AND GR0M0B0I
BACK AT VLADlV0ST0K.

London, Aug. IA dispatch to the
Central News from vladivostok. dated
Aug. II, says the cruisers Rossia and
Gromoboi of the vladivostok squadron
have returned there.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-18
JAPANESE CLOSING
IN UPON RUSSIANS.

Mukden, Aug. 1.-THE Japanese have
occupied Tsian Hill, on the Russian
extreme left.
A small force of Japanese infantry
occupied Dapindu pass Aug. IS. The
Russian outposts retired.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-18

passenger on the Decima. He says the
spectacle was most brilliant and awe
inspiring. The Decima weighed an
chor from Port Arthur at o'clock this
morning. At some distance out she
saw five Japanese warships guarding
the harbor.
Everything is quiet at Tsingtau.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-18
NO FURTHER EFFORT
TO CONVICT OTHERS,
with Burning of Reed and Cato
Punfshments May stop.


Punishments May stop.
statesboro, Ga. Aug. 17.-With the
burning Of Reed and Cato It now seems
that there will be no further effort
made TO convict others as accessories
70 the crime, the officers realizing that,
without Reed end Cato II Is practically
impossible TO obtain evidence that
would lead to a conviction.
While Reeds and cato's evidence was
not sufficient for conviction, they
could have given the officers valuable
clues On which 20 work.
The public and the oficials are sat
ished that the real perpetrators OF the
crime have beon executed. and, all
though others may b. Indirectly re-
sponsible for the tragedy it would BE-
lContlnued on Ninth Pago.)
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-18
SOLDIERS PREPARING
TO SECURE THEIR DISCHARGE

Statesboro, Ga, Aug. 17.--Capt. c. E.
Cone, Lieut.. H. L. Griner and half
the members of the Statesboro Guards
will sever their connection with the
state militia ais a result of yesterdays
occurrence at the county Court
House, when the guards were over
powered and prisoners taken from
them by a mob but little greater in
numbers than the soldiers on duty
there.
Capt. Cone and Lieut. Griner have
already written their designations
and requests for discharges are com
ing from members of the company
every few hours So far over half
of those who were on duty yesterday
have asked for their discharges.
Both Capt. Cone and Lieut.. Griner
were heartbroken over the occurrence.
Immediately after the prisoners had
been captured and carried off Lieut..
Griner broke down and cried, he was
so distraught. Capt Cone is 20 years
old. cool and conservative. His cour-
age is unquestioned. Lieut. Griner Is
about the same age. The latter took
Cant. Hitch's arms away from those
who had taken them, and turned
them back to the officer
Both of these men, who enjoy the
highest respect of the community. and
have commanded the admiration OF
all who know them for their courage
afy1on fhnV were
forced to stand under commands CIV
en- them by a superior officer in no
uncertain terms. Capt. Cone said
this afternoon that with no other aid
but the members of his own command
he could have protected the prison
ers.
would Have Fought TO the Inst.
1--WE would have defended the uni
forms we wore and the oaths we all
took with our lives" he stated. Like
the men, who have asked for their dis
charges, I must have had misconcep-
ton of what the word soldier means
when / enlisted in the Georgia militia,
and when 1 received my commission.
Like them. if yesterdays conduct was
what was expected of soldiers, want
nothing to do with them. We will be
ridiculed by the entire state, and it
is a disgrace to the name of soldier.
''My men were at the front with
strict orders not to fire or use their
bayonets with intent to hurt. They
were told TO merely keep the crowd
pack. There was to be no bloodshed.
They had Just as we'll not have been
there. Six members of my command
are now under medical treatment, one
dangerously injured. One Of his ribs Is
broken. ,and his chest badly injured.
Many OF them recovered their guns
after they were taken from them by
main force.
las TO the guns being loaded, they
we're not. There were three sentinels
on duty around the jail who had in
structions to load their guns. The
others were ordered not to. When
Capt. Hitch took charge OF the situa-
tion he took our long range cartridges
and issued us riot cartridges. Mum
bers OF my men did not have any at
all.
THE Savannah troops had thirty
rounds. None OF the statesboro men
had over eight.
Bravery of McTntire.
"At least one hour before Capt
Hitch notified the Adiutsnt General 70
send more troops here Lieut.. oriner
had already telegraphed that unless
there was more aid the negroes would
surely be lynched. A telegram of the
same nature was sent Monday morn
ing. We asked for four conpanisu. II
-. .r.r. ..nl nrnnrlaa "a o.. - -. -.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-18
REBELLIoN IN THE CONGO.

Brussels. Aug. i7.--It Is reported here
that a rebellion has broken out IN the
Mongolia river district OF the Congo
Free State, and that troops have been
sent there.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-18
PORT ARTHUR DECLINED
TO SURRENDER TO JAPS.

Toxic, Aug 1S.---It is reported that
the Port Arthur garrison has refused
to surrender and is disinclined to send
out non-combatants.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-18
NEGRO SHOT TO DEATH.
Gov. Cunningham Has Ordered an
investigation.

Mobile. Ala, Aug. 17.-Rufus Les
seur. a negro. was shot to death yes
terday outside the calaboose of Thom-
aston, Marengo county. He had been
loafng around the place several days,
and had committed two robberies. The
second time he entered the home OF
Mrs. ]. p Hollis she was awakened
and the negro was frightened away.
He dropped his hat, which led TO his
arrest.
Gov. Cunningham has ordered an in
vestlgntion OF the lynching
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-18

standing of the orders under which
they were serving.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-18
Bravery of SfcTntire.

"At least one hour before Capt.
Hitch notified the Adiutant General 20
send more troops here Lieut. oriner
had already telegraphed that unless
there was more aid the negroes would
surely be lynched. A telegram Of the
same nature was sent Monday morn
ing. We asked for four oonpapiea. II
We wege not expected 10 IRE e. uAs eva
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-18

Continued "a Ninth Page
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-10
On the Winifred.

F. H. Harper madea flying trip
to Elk this week from the Coeur
d'Alenes to look afteT his mining
interests here. Mr.. Harper, with
whom is associated James Keith
of Spokane, owns the Winifred
group, 8 very promising property
situated on the east end of the
well known Blue Ribbon. He
left on Tuesdays stage for the
outside where he will proceed at
once to Burke, Idaho, and thence
to his promising new find, the
Champion, which is believed to
be an extension to the celebrated
Hercules mine, of which Mr. Har-
per was the original locator.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-10
Luray Group.

This group is situated on Kinks
fork of American river, about
three and one half miles east Of
town. 1t is the east extention of
the well known Providence group.
There has been extensive surface
work done along the course of
the ledge which is opened up to
good advantage at several points.
This property is owned by V. G.
Keller, Miles. Rice and George.
Dove. Winter quarters were re-
Gently built and a 150-foot tunnel
started which,, when completed,
will cut the ledge at a vertical
depth of 100 feet. 1t is the in
tention Of the owners to prosecute
this work to completion as soon
as possible.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-10
w. A. CLARK, Jr.
Inspecting the Mckinley Gold Mine at
Lucille.

Inspecting the Mckinley Gold Mine at
Lucille.
The Grangeville Standard says
w. A. Clark, Jr., and D. w.
Stickney, a well known mining
man, accompanied by a mining
expert, made a hurried trip up
the Salmon river this week. The
purpose of their trip was to look
at the Mckinley mining property
in which Mr.. Clark has been in
terested for some time. Reports
on the Salss2sA4eess Salss2sA4eess7s-rii river nave it that
a large deal is pending, and that
if Clark takes hold of the prop
erty there can be no doubt that
it will make a mine.
George Losie is the present
manager Of the company. He is
a mining man of recognized abil-
ity and his work has brought the
property out in good shape. He
claims to have 100000 in sight
at the present time: He has tap
ped his lead at a depth of 400
feet, and the showing is excellent
at this depth. The trouble at the
present time is that they have no
water near the property and it
will require a large expenditure
to put the mine in working order.
The company, if it retains pos
session of the property, is in
doubt as to what the next move
will be. Some are in favor of
putting up a mill with the show
ing they have, while Mr.. Losie
and some Of his partners are in
favor of making a still larger
showing, SO that they can put up
a larger mill when they build.
They feel that the small mill
would be a waste Of money, es-
pecially since it will cost them
considerable to get water.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-10
Orogronde Items.
[From our special correspondent.

ltrom our special correspondent.
The c. +. M. & M. company s
sawmill was started Tuesday.
Natwick & Bullock are running
the mill. They expect to cut
from 5000 to 1O,OO feet per day.
The company has a crew of
carpenters of work on the new
building. Walter Cook is scratch
boss.
Contracts have been let to E.
H. Hansen and Bud Kinkaid for
saving and hauling logs.
R. A. Rogers arrived in camp
Sunday. He will resume work
on the Tamalipas group, which
lays mile and a half northwest
of Orogrande. 1t is owned by the
Tamalipas Mining company of
Oaksdale, Wn.
j. w. Dufield came to Orc
grande Monday on business and
returned the next day to Elk.
M. J. Sweeney and Andrew
Prader arrived in Orogrande last
Tuesday night on business.
There is eight men at work on
the Oregon mine, on Summit Flat
They will be ready to hoist in g
few days. 1t is rumored that
they will have their 4-stamp mil
hauled in before January l.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-10
More Dyke Discoveries.

B. B. Swarts came in Thursday
from Crooked river and reports
several new discoveries in dykes
in that section, some of the rock
showing native gold. He located
five claims on one ore body which,
as is claimed by every other dyke
owner in that section, is an eX-
tension of the Hogan property.
One enthusiastic claim owner
says he has a dyke compared with
which Hogan's is a mere stringer.
However, there is no reasonable
doubt that the new finds are in
course of the strike Of that par
ticular mineral zone, and there
appears no good reason why some
if not all these, should not develop
into important producers.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-10
Effects of the Drouth.

The unprecedented drouth this
fall, followed as it was by severe
frosts before snowfall, has had a
bad effect on the output of this
district in common with Dixie
and the Hump, In this district
the shortage of water put a per-
iod to the placer operations un-
usually early in the season, and
later has forced a shutdown of
the South Fork mill, operated by
Espey & House, and renders i'm
possible the resumption Of the
Boyer mill as planned by Andrew
Prader, which unfortunate back
set was followed in turn by the
forced closing down of the Com
stock at Dixie this week from the
same cause. 3 Development work,
however, it is understood, will be
prosecuted diligently the coming
winter in anticipation of an un-
usually prosperous season next
year in this and all contiguous
districts.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-10
SOUTH FORK ROAD
Elk City Board of Trade Pledges $500 Cash
and $500 in Work.

That the people of Elk City be-
lieve in no ''pent up Utica" fool
ishness was demonstrated at the
regular meeting Of the Board of
Trade on Sunday, December 4th,
when a resolution was carried
unanimously to the effect that so
soon as the construction of the
South Fork wagon road had been
decided upon beyond a doubt,
the Board Of Trade would pay
into that fund $500 in money and
$500 in work.
The subject was discussed
thoroughly in all its bearings,
and while it was the concensus
of opinion that Elk City could
get along very well without the
proposed road, there were other
less favored sections contiguous
to her which would be greatly
handicapped unless the road was
built, and with the true spirit
which is the basis of all sound
public policy, they are willing to
waive the advantages accruing
to them under temporarily exist
ing conditions to the end that
their less fortunate neighbors be
placed to better advantage. 1t
was also touched upon and thor
oughly understood by all, that the
greatly extended field of industry
which would be opened by this
highway would present, Indirect
ly, opportunities which would far
exceed those of the present,
which, direct though they may
be, are limited.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-10
Makes . Deal.

The Thunder Mountain News
says S. S. Whitaker and F. A.
Roesch made a deal on the Little
Jumbo mining claim this week.
The property was taken over by
an eastern syndicate and the cash
paid down, S. F. Hunt acting as
agent for the purchasers. 1t is
understood that extensive devel-
opment work will be begun on
the property next season by a
new Thunder Mountain mining
company.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-10
In Fashion.

M. J Sweeney returned to
camp Sunday after an extended
absence. Mr.. Sweeney came in
via. Grangeville and the Hump.
When seen by the Newsman he
said he knew nothing new which
would prove of interest. Asked
if he had anything up his sleeve
in the line Of new operations he
said: well, dykes are fashion
able, it seems, and l try to keep
within reasonable distance of the
fashions
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-10
BURKE GETS A BOND
On the Marsh and Cooney Groups in
the Coeur d'AIenes.

John M. Burke this week Sc
cured bond on the Marsh and
Cooney groups of claims, adjoin-
ing and lying alongside the Tiger
Poorman, says the Idaho Press.
The marsh group consists of five
claims and is owned by Mark
Cooney, Frank Murphy, John
Kelly and Peter Lambert. The
Cooney group consists of seven
claims, the various owners of
which transferred their interests
to Mark Cooney for the purpose
of making the deal with. Mr.
Burke.
Mr.. Burke represents a syndi-
cate Of eastern capitalists, and
the two groups, although bonded
separately, will be handled as one.
He declines to state the figure for
which the claims had been bond
ed, but his conversation leads to
the conclusion that itswas a large
one. Speaking of the property
he said:
Development work under my
direction is now in progress.
When the bond was made there
was a tunnel on the Marsh claim
about 100 feet in length, which
for distance of about 55 or 60
feet shows as fine a vein of quartz
las first had on the Poorman
when l worked it in 1884 before
reaching the great bodies of lead
ore. The work now under way
is a continuation Of his tunnel.
| think the vein we are following
is the Poorman, which in my
opinion comes through the side
line of the O'Neil claim and en-
ters this ground. In the face OF
the tunnel there is three feet OF
quartz which gives assay returns
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-10
BUYS CYANIDE PLANT
VIM Hogan Secures Republic Cyanide Plant
For His Company.

The 400-ton cyanide plant of
the Republic Power and Cyanid-
ing company, which was recently
sold to the Bradley Engineering
Co., was sold last week by them
to William Hogan, president of
the Crooked River Mining and
Milling company, of Orogrande,
Elk City district, who secured the
plant for his company. A new
No. 5 Gates crusher was also
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-10

M. j. Sweeney was appointed
a committee of one to confer with
the N. P. officials and secure data
based upon that company's sur
vey as to possible cost Of con-
struction per mile of wagon road
as compared with a railroad over
the same course; also the dis
tance from Harpster to the Elk
City-Hump road where it crosses
Relief creek.
President Andrew Prader was
instructed to appoint a committee
of three upon whom dev0lves the
duty Of communicating with the
various mine owners, commercial
bodies, or any who are interested
in the success of this enterprise,
with the view Of securing perma-
nent organization. This COM
mittee consists of C. L. L. Bas-
kett, H. D. Poyneer and J. L. c.
McCaffrey.
The Board, while Offering this
donation, purposely refrained
from outlining any scheme of or
ganization or procedure further
than that already mentioned
above, believing that the camps
more directly interested should
be heard first along this line; it,
in the meantime, holding itself
prepared to cooperate in any
feasible scheme which may be
agreed upon.
After settling some points con-
cerning its own organization the
Board adjourned till the first Sun
day in January, 1905.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-10

purchased. The plant is as good
as new, having seen less than a
years service. The vats are of
steel. 1t is said here by those
who are familiar with the plant
that it's acquisition by Mr.. Hogan
is in the nature of a windfall. 1t
is understood that Clark & Scho-
field will move the freight, which
will aggregate 100 tons, from the
N. P. terminus at Sites to Oro-
grande.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-10
Located q DYKE.

E. J. Conley, who has been
prospecting near the mouth of
Crooked river in the interest of
himself and Mrs. M. A. Parr, re-
ports finding a dyke of great
promise and has located several
claims thereon.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-10
Out From Dixie.

George Brodock is out from
Dixie this week. He stopped
over a few days on his way to
Clearwater for the winter. He
reports the Comstock shut down
for the winter.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-10

wv IN l. lOAlIOs oAI OIODA
Of from 81 to SIT in silver and
lead, which is as good, if not
better, than my first assays on
the Poorman, and better than any
of the croppings on the Tiger,
except where the ore comes to
the surface.
''The value of these claims that
l have bonded is based, first, up
on their location, and, second,
on the fact that there is not a
mine in that section that had
anything like its good showing
to start on, and which has been
developed to any great extent
that has not proven to be a div
idend payer in the course of time.
ION the four patented claims
in the Cooney group, on all of
which more or less work has been
done, the showing is better, if
anything, than on the Marsh
group, but as they are higher up
the mountain, they can be work
ed to better advantage through
the Marsh tunnel which is being
worked"
Mr.. Burke's former prominence
as successful mining operator
in this district lends a special in
terest in his reappearance here.
When asked to give some facts
in regard to his former operations
here, he replied:
81 bonded the Tiger on July 10,
1884, for $35, 900, which I devel-
oped and sold portions of it at
odd times. After paying for the
property 1 received $4,000 for
the last one-fifth that l sold.
81 bonded the Poorman in the
fall of the same year for $4,000,
and sold seven-eights of it to a
Butte company headed by Marcus
Daily, Patsey Clark and Major
B. c. Kingsbury, at the rate of
$137, 900 for the property, on
which after bonding l had done
only about 60 feet of work up to
the time the negotiations com
menced. 1 received for the one
eighth which 1 kept, after getting
several dividends, $62, 800.
"Since that time [ have done
no mining in this vicinity until
the bonding of these properties.
l have been here ninety days
after an absence of several years
during which time l have been
mining in British Columbia, the
state of Washington, Alaska, Cal
Eifornia, Nevada, Arizona and ole
Mexico, and | return to my first
love because l think it the great
est silver-lead mining section in
the United States. During my
thirty-siX years of mining l have
come to the conclusion that silver
lead prospects, as a rule, are
more apt to make mines thar
any others. Another reason fol
my return to this district is that
1 find as the old producers are
gradually being worked out, as
all mines are in the course oil
time, there are new ones spring.
ing up from the prospects as they
are developed to take their places
such, for instance as the Hercu
lese, Hecla, Alice and numerous
others that were not known II
my early days in the Coeu
d'Alenes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-18
TEGLERAPHIC BREvITIEs

Senator Scott, of West Virginia, in
an interview in Chicago today said Sem
ator Fairbanks would be the nominee of
the republican national convention for
Vice President
Maynard Lowell, % years old, COM
mitted suicide yesterday in Buffalo, n.
Y, by inhaling gas because he feared
he would not pass his examination at
the State Normal School.
No news has been received from the
several posses in pursuit of the two
men who on Thursday night so daringly
and successfully held up the North
Coast Limited passenger train at Bear
Mouth, Montana, and secured $65, 900.
Because of the sudden death from
heat disease Of juror Henry Furman,
the trial of Henry Jones fer the murder
of Elmore Durant was brought to a
sensational end at Trenton, n. j., this
morning before the State had put in
more than one half of its evidence.
Furman was found dead this morning in
his bed room at ahotel, where the jury
had been quartered.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-18
Execution ola Murderer.

Columbus, Ohio, June 1S.--Mose
Johnson, colored, was executed at 1920
this morning. The victim was in the
chair for Is minutes and during that
time the current was turned into him
four times. While the electrical appa-
ratus did not cause death instantly, as
in cases prior to the execution of Schil-
Ter, Thursday night, the scenes enacted
then we're not repeated. The doctors
profted by their experience of Thursday
night and rather than be compelled to
place the prisoner back into the chair
after he was declared dead, they waited
a sufficient length of time to prove con-
clusively that there was not spark OF
life in the body. Heretofore, the physi-
clans have relied upon their ears to learn
if there were heart beats, but on this
occasion the stethoscope was brought into
use and after the first charge that instru
ment revealed faint pulsations. No one
can give an adequate explanation Of the
failure of the current to do deadly work
in the first charge, as is usually the
case, and the only cause ascribed is that
the men were of strong resisting power.
Nose Johnson was convicted of the
murder of Edward Test, an insurance
agent in Portsmouth, Ohio, on the
night OF October II, 1903. Test had
gone to the residence Of Mr.. Sarah Cul-
lum to collect the premium on an insur-
ance policy when Johnson and man
named Rufus Burcham, installing Test
for friend Ct Mrs. Cullum, broke into
the house and attacked him. A fierce
struggle ensued, during which Test was
stabbed five times and was begging his
assailants to spare his life when john
son fired two shots into his back and
left him to die. Burchan is serving life
sentence.