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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-04-27
Western Mining Man Can't
Afford to lake a Fake
Mining Proposition
East"

Congressman Van Duzer, of Nevada.
has been giving Washington people
some interesting talks anent mining
conditions in the west, II of his
topics being the ''Plug Hat Miner"
The "Yeliow Legged Expert" has
been the butt of many a good -natur.
ed joke throughout the mining
camps of the west; bur, Xix the ten
derfoot or the young man, & aud
experience will remedy defects to
which he was born heir; but the
''Plug Hat Miner" the Lord deli.
yer the unsuspecting public from his
graft!
We know full we'll that the invest.
ing public of the east have been
robbed right aud left in matters per
tanning to mining, and that many
investors have good cause, or think
hey have, to feel sore against the
miuing industry, for they have bee u
induced to buy mining stock that was
not worth the paper It was printed
upon; they have been talked into
buying into mines which really had
no existence, and they have been
betrayed In almost every manner and
form by swindling agents who were
after their money and nothing else.
As a matter of fact. they have been
"taken In" by the"rIug Hat Miner"
by the slick. smooth talker, who,
perhaps, never saw a mine In his life,
aud who could not tell the difference
between high grade ore and country
rock, II he had a specimen of both In
his hands.
1t is the "Plug Hat Miner" who
comes out west, secures a claim or
group of claims in some mining camp.
aud, no matter whether or not they
are possessed of merit, be makes them
the basis of an Incorporated company,
the stock of which he feeds out to
"suckers''at Wholesale. and at almost
any price, his statements and prom
Uses being of such Il nature that the
honest mining man could hardy
contemplate them without his cheeks
being colored with the tinge of shame.
But. AS u fool IL born every min
ute the field for the"Plug Hat Miner"
is "a wide one and his profits are
always large. He gets the money,
but the mining industry of the west
has to bear the brunt, the ignomi.
ny of his rascality.
IL Is very rare, indeed. that a thu
western man, an experienced mining
operator, ever goes east with "A fake
mining proposition. IL our eastern
readers ever meet with a person rep
resenting himself to be a western
mining man, aud il he sports Il plug
hat, ''pass him up" for, in nine
times out of ten, he is a rascal of out
for suckers. The true mining man,
however, can be told by his dress. by
his walk and by his talk. He will
be able to tell something about the
property he represents, of the forma-
ton of the district, of the character
and value of the ores Of his mine,
of the amount Of work done 10 its
development and exploration, and
bis bearning will be such that one
will feel at unce that confidence csn
be reposed In him. He 10 ready to
deliver the goods. and Ia not q dealer
In hot air, for be we'll knows that
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-04-27
Timber and Homestead Filings.

Timber and homestead filings, a. well
as final proofs, can be made before
Charles II. Chance, United States Com
missioner, office in First National Bank
OF Sumpter building, sumpter, thus saw.
ing applicants expense Of a trip to IL
Grande.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-04-27

If you are seeking safe and remunerafive in
VeStments call and see us, as we have some snaps
in the way of Business opportunities, Mines and
also mine prospects, on which considerable work
has been done, Houses and lots, and also
vacant lots, on which good money can be made
oy improving the same. If you have not money
enough to build you a home, we will help you,
and put you in a position, to put the rent you are
paying others in your own purse.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-04-27
$1,000

Buys the most slightly ten roomed residence
and ground in the city. Nicely finished inside and
out. An ideal location. This property will readily
bring a rental of IS per cent on the investment.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25
RuSsiA'S GOLD RESERVE.

Henry Norman. the well known Russian
traveller ard member OF British Pariis-
rent describes in the June Worlds Work
= visit 10 the Imperial bank al st Peters
burg where there IS sslS $50 10 worth OF
gold. The walls of the treasure chamber
are literally lined With gold Mr. Nor
man describes the room as follows: The
walls Of the apartment were completely
covered Up 70 height of about eisht
feet. with shallow clIpboards with doors
OF strong wire netting. leaving their con-
tents plainly visible. each door being both
psctocked and scaled About fve-sixfhs
OF these cuPhsoarts were completely fsled
OF narrow shelves. with ingots c< god.
the ends OF which n1zUe lining of goi4
for nearly the length of the room TIE
ligh, WAS reflected brightly from the
shining metal. ana the effect. needless 10
say. was highly impressive fsI, as II
some fairy nzd coraucted ne 10 one OF
the caves Of gold ] used 70 read zbo8,
with awe as : child Tie balance sheet
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25
VALUABLE PACKAGE LOST
PACIFIC EXPRESS CO. EMPLoYE
DROPS $1,000 IN CURRENCY.
ellis in Denominations of Five, Ten
and Twenty Dollars Were Enroute
to Conway Springs.

The loss of a Pacific express package
containing $1,000 in currency, which oc-
CURED Saturday morning, was brought
to light yesterday morning and then only
through the efforts of employees of that
company to discover the whereabouts of
the missing money.
The package was lost between the Pa
cfic express office at the corner of Main
and First streets and the Missouri Pacific
passenger station. 1t contained currency
in denominations of five. ten and twenty
dollar bills.
The money was received at the ex-
press office from the Kansas National
bank and was billed to the Citizens
State bank of Conway Springs. O. l..
Cowan, a clerk in the employe of the ex-
press company, received the package but
overlooked sending it by an express
wagon which departs for the passenger
station every morning shortly before train
time Hurriedly catching up a shipping
book and placing the package containing
the 900 between the pages he set out to
run for the station. He left the express
office by a rear door and hurried west on
the south side of First street. On reach
ing Wichita street he turned south un-
I'll he came to the express car. When he
opened the shipping book to pass the
package to the express messenger. it had
disappeared.
Mr.. Cowan hurriedly retraced his steps
In search for the missing money. He
went over the exact route he had taken
In going TO the express car but to no
avail The money could not be found.
The only probable solution to the mystic
rious disappearance of the package is
that ii slipped from the shipping book
While Mr. Cowan WAS h5Trying along.
some one either saw hir, drop the money
o. else happened along Immediately in
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25
PROMINENT COLORED
, PEOPLE ARE MARRIED
Brilliant Church Wedding At
tended by 250 Guests
RECEPTION HELD LATER
Joseph Bell and Carrie Brad
ford Are United.

Mr.. Joseph Bell and Miss Carrie E.
Bradford, prominent among the young
colored people of the city, were united in
marriage at the Second Baptist church
on North Wichita street at s o'clock last
evening by Rev. NJ. 8. Hall.
The wedding was a very elaborate af-
fair. at which fully $50 guests were
present At the appointed time Prof
Garcelon's orchestra of five pieces sound
ed the opening measures of Mendeels-
sohn's wedding march and the bridal
party entered the church. The brides
maid, Miss Lizzie Phelps, and the maid
of honor, Miss Daisy Bradford. the
brides sister, advanced down the center
aisle of the church. They were dressed
in white organize and each carried large
bouquets of pink and white carnations.
They wore hair ornaments of white silk
ribbon Down the south aisle marched
the usher, VIII Floyd. and In the north
aisle advanced the groom, on the arm
of his best man. Charles Floyd The
gentlemen We're attired in black. the
groom wearing full dress.
"neH the party IedClltu tIlt
altar, two young girls dressed in white.
Lulu Bradford and Bessie Burchet ad-
vanced down the center aisle and un-
wound wide white ribbons, forming an
aisle through which passed the Bride,
leaning on the arm of her sister, Mrs.
Lille Phelps, of Kansas City, who acted
as matron of honor and gave away the
bride.
The bride was gowned in white NOUS
seline de sole, made over white silk, with
sweeping train. She wore a long, white
bridal veil, fastened with sprays of lilies
of the valley. She carried a large bou-
ouet of brides roses The matron of
honor was dressed in a wine colored cloth
suit, trimmed in white silk
During the ceremony the bridal couple
stood under a beautiful floral design in
the form of a lovers knot The wedding
party then passed from the church. fol-
lower by the ribbon bearers, who slowly
wound the ribbons as they passed up
the aisle
Following the ceremony a reception was
held at the home of the brides parents
on North Water street. to the intimate
friends of the contracting parties
Joseph Bell is employed as barber in
Love Bros shop on North Main street
and has furnished a home for his bride
at SIG North Water street.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25
MAY ENTER BIG CONTEST
APOLLO CLUB DISCUSSES PLAN
TO COMPETE FOR $4,000 PRIZE.
Week of July 18 to "a Set for Hearing
Musical Choruses at the Worlds
Fair,

Wichita will. in all probability, be rep
resented in the choral contest at st. Louis
in July.
At a special meeting to be held Thurs
day night of the Apollo club the members
will decide whether they will go to St.
Louis in July and enter the choral con-
test for the $1,000 prize for male choruses.
zJack Shields, business manager of the
club received a communication from Err
nest Kroeger, who is master OF programs,
urging the club to take part in the con-
test. as the offer had been changed to
cover male choruses as we'll as mixed.
The club would have made arrangements
TO take part but the prizes were not open
to male choruses. This was in December,
and the club had not been advised of the
change until yesterday.
The following is the letter that Mr..
day morning:
Universal Exposition,
st Louis. Mo. May u.
Mr. j. B. Shields Wichita, Kan:
Il was surprised to learn a short time
since that Professor Leib withdrew his
society from the choral contest, giving as
his excuse that the weather in summer
is too hot in St. Louis
Now, Wichita ought to be represented.
and enclose copy of the choral contest
circular. in which YOU will find the prize
offered to male choral clubs l want you
to put this matter before your director
Apollo club in the contest. Kindly let me
hear from you early as possible. l re-
main, very truly yours.
ERNEST B. EROEGER."
On the circular enclosed were the num-
bers which the contestants will sing. The
"a" number is THE Crusaders" by Nc
Dowell; the "b" number is "Hark, the
Trumpet Calleth." by Dudley Buck. and
the &C. number is Sullivan's THE Long
Day Closes" The contestants may choose
any of the three numbers. The ''b" and
&C" numbers are the ones the Apollo club
used at the Hutchinson jubilee when they
won 500 prize.
This offer is made to clubs of from 50
to 100 voices. and the boys will either re-
inforce their club or will take their
thirty-ive members and count off points
on volumn If'they do this they expect
to make up In finish and accuracy the
points lost in volumn.
The members OF the club who have been
advised of Mr. kroegers letter are very
enthusiastic over the matter and there
is little doubt but that the club will take
part in the contest in July he ST. Louis
exposition.
The contests will he held in the Festival
o ,%r r,,T,- ~,
first prize is s. zoe: the second, N.ooo.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25
NOT BE WITHDRAWN.
Rock Island Will Continue Operation
of Night Trains.

The first proofs of the new Rock Island
time card, which are just out shows the
withdrawal of the night trains in the
company's Southwest line from Herring
ton. However. persistent efforts of the
people of Mcpherson and other towns
along the lipe have finally influenced the
management of that road to continue the
present schedule. and according TO a tele-
gram received by Assistant Chief Clerk
Cochran. of the railway mail service this
decision is substantiated and the night
trains will not be withdrawn. These
trains will be operated in connection
with Nos Ii and IA running out of this
city.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25
RATE WAR SETTLED.
Those on Grain Are Advanced from
Gulf Points

Western lines have settled the matter
of gulf rates on grain. According to the
agreement the rates on wheat from the
Missouri river points to the gulf will be
IS cents. which is an advance of l cent,
while the rate to the Sauth Atlantic
ports will be cents over the gulf rate,
or q cents. The rates on grain from
points on the Union Pacific and from
points north of that line TO the gulf
by way of Kansas City. will be the
sum of the local rate into Kansas City
and the rate from that point to the
gulf.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25

the rear of Mr.. Cowan and found the
package.
0. L. Cowan, who lost the package. is
one of the oldest and most trusted en-
ployes of the Pacific Express company.
He has worked for that company nearly
twenty years and until Saturday he had
never before experienced a like misfor-
tune either in a smaller or a larger sum
than the 900 loss.
As the money was lost after it was
placed in the keeping of the express peo-
pie that company will be, Of course, COM
PEELED to make the amount good.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25
PATIENT is BETTER.
Miss Sidney Ciapp. Experiences ar
Attack OF Fever.

1t was reported yesterday that Miss
Sidney Clapp. who was selected some
time ago 10 make the saiutatory address
at the commencement exercises OF the
high school graduating class to be held
tonight. was seriously i'll and could not
serve in that capacity.
DR. J. z. oldham who is Miss Clapp's
physician. stated last night that the pa
tents condition Is in no way serious IN
fact. she is greatly improved and will un-
doubtedly have recovered sufficiently by
today 20 permit her taking her part rs
originally planned in the commencement
exercises. Miss Cfspp's Illness is nothing
more than an attack Of fever.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25
DR.. r. NJ. GOODWIN
2l7 ST. Francis. Wichita, Kan

of the Bank OF Russia for March 2ath.
stated the total gold reserve in the bank
to be as follows:
Roubles
Russian gold col 23s. 900 100
Foreign gold coin. .142. 600 0c)
Bullion gold coin..................204 204. .000, 900
Total .5S4 600 900
or 1913, 100000. The gold reserve of the
Bank of England is STAG, 100000.
The total gold reserve of Russia reach
es the imposing sum o. 1.Ooo, 900 900 roubles,
or moe than $3.50. .c00.0c0.
1t is, OF course only a comparatively
small part of this vast stock of the prec-
ious metal that wound be available un-
der any circumstances for a war fund.
This fund would come, in the first place
from the reserve of gold | saw The cur
rency law of Russia of 1897 prescribes
thai, up to COO, ,d00.5o0 roubles. paper money
may he issued with a gold reserve of only
one-half its face value, but that all sub
sequent issues must he covered. rOuble for
rouble. by a gold reserve. Now. there is
nominal circulation of paper money to
the value of 6s0o9e00 roubles. but of this
there are always at least 100000 to 80.
o6.ooo in the bank; therefore. the ef-
fective circulation of paper money is not
more than go 0000 600. and. OF this. accord
ing to law. $50. .O0o. Oo0 must be redeemable
by fixed gold deposit Deducting this
sum from the $4,000 of the fixed gold
deposit we have 234. 90 900 roubbles imme-
diately available as a war fund. and to
this certainly can be added a large part
OF the gold on deposit abroad. belonging.
as explained. both TO the state and TO the
Bank o. Russia. the total being. say.
225. .Clo, ,0do-say. an available sum of go
oo0,04o, making a total war fund immedi-
ately available of 4s4,ooo,0co roubies or
So. 800 100.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25
NEWS FROM ALL
THE RAILROADS
System Is Invented for Pre-
venting Wrecks.
ELECTRICIAN HAS AN IDEA
Items of Interest About Differ
ent Employees.

Another system Of preventing collisions
on railroads has been invented by a Santa
Fe electrician. His plan involves thu lay
ing of a slender third rail in the center
of the track to carry an electric current
generated bby one-eighth hors power
dynamo located in the cab of the engine
and operated by the steam in the boiler.
Contact is maintained by wire brushes
underneath the engine trailing along the
surface OF this third rail. Two locpmo-
tives using the same track will crate an
alternating electrical current traIs MS
sable along the rail for a distance of two
miles and strong enough to light small
incandescent lamp in front of the cpgi-
neer of each engine as soon as their re-
spective engines enter the zons of the
currents efficiency. The nearer ;hc en-
gnes approach each other the stronger
Grows the current and the light grows
more intense. The result is the sane
whether the engines are running In The
saue OF opposite directions.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25
LINK AND PIN.

Ira L. Shirwin, the passenger agent
for the Missouri Pacific, of this city.
left yesterday afternoon for a few days
trip to st. Louis.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25

Earl Scott. at Leeds. Mo. prtended
that he was a burglar and attempted to
frighten James Stanton. The latter shot
Scott, and he died a few days later.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25

Car Inspector Phillips, of the Frisco at
this place. has gone TO Arkansas City,
where he will remain a week or two and
relieve one of the employees there.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25
Do Not Wait
for Sickness.

Do. not wait until your good
health is impaired. but take steps
to keep it up to the mark. Re-
member that ailments. apparently
tritiing. may very soon develop
into serious diseases.
Do not hesitate to take
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25

1t has cen reported to officials at the
Missouri Pacific round house that Mas
ter Mechanic w. L. Kellogg, with head
quarters at Fort Scott. has been trans
ferred 10 a division of the line with head
quarters at De Soto, Mo. 1t is under
stood that he takes the place of the
Master Mechanic who was recently killed
in the Iron Mountain train wreck. No
further information concerning the change
has been received here
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25

Mr.. and Mrs. c. W. Strain are back
from trip 10 the Worlds Fair at 81.
Louis
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25

F. E. Clark, a travelling passenger
agent for the Frisco with headquarters
at Atlanta Ga, is in the city.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25
CANCER AND PILES,

Cured without knife or pain. No cure, no
pay. VIII pay all board and railroad fare
both ways for those from a distance if l
fail to cure them.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25

Claude Anderson, OF the Missouri Pa
cic at FIT. Scott. has been assigned as
fireman to trains Nos SO and 90. running
from this place to Yates Center.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25

Fireman E. B. Carpenter. of the Mis-
souri, Pacific, has returned to the road s
service after an absence for some time,
owing to sickness. He had been formerly
working on a switch engine at the stock
Yards
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25

Frank Etter. a travelling passenger
agent for the Chicago. Milwaukee and
st. Paul railroad. was a Wichita visitor
yesterday. He paid the Eagle office a
call.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-25

of the Bank OF Russia for March 29th.
stated the total gold reserve in the bank
to be as follows:
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-17
THE TROUBLE BETWEEN
RUSSIA AND CHINA

accepted by them Notwithstanding the
preposterous assumption Of superior
domain which they contained, aud
those powers were fully persuaded TO
insist upon their execution.
The evacuation OF the first section
OF Hanchuria, fixed for October S,
1902, was accomplished without ex.
element, and with ress enable promp-
titude. and was admitted by the IN
prejudiced to have fulfilled all the re-
quirements Of the agreement.
On the date fixed for the evacuation
of the second section, the whole world
was suddenly scandalized by the an
nouncement of seven revolutionary de-
mands presented to Prince Ching in
Lessar's absence by the Russian
Charge d'AGaires, amounting to n
of proprietorship Of the
whole OF Msnchuria, reputation of
the Manchurisn convention, and an
open challenge TO three powers. From
"A Plain Statement About Russian
and Japan" by Frederick Mccormick
in March metropolitan Magazine.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-17
UNION NEWS
CONTRACTORS AND BRICKLAY.
ERS WILL PROBABLY
MEET TONIGHT.

In regard to the conference that is
to be held between the union brick
layers and the brick contractors. Mr..
Chss. Smedley, who Is chairman of
the contractors, stated today that he
intended calling meeting of the
brick contractors last night, but on
account of pressing business of several
members he postponed the meeting un
til tonight. The committees from the
union brick layers and the contractors
will meet at the contractors sssocia-
ton headquarters on legal row o dis
cuss the demands for an increase.
Nothing has been done by the car.
penter contra tors towards granting
the union carpenters an audience, and
the contractors say they will ignore
the demands.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-17

On April s, 1909, a solemn agree
ment was signed between the Wal WI
Pu or Chinese foreign Office and the
Russian minister in Pekin, which pro-
vided for the evacuation of Msnohuria.
According to this agreement which is
called the Manchurisn convention,
the evacuation was to be accomplished
by Russia in three stops, ss follows:
The region south and west of the Lsio
river was to be evacuated at the end
Of six months from date, the region
from the Lao to Amur provinces at
the end of 12 months, and the north
arm country back to the Siberian
boundary at the end of Is months.
The statement that these conditions
were fixed between Russia and China
In solemn agreement does not imply
that they were any moro SOLEMN that
the agreements of Russia and China
have ever been, which are, perhaps.
but little less solemn than agreements
between many Occidental nations.
But they were given to the powers and
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-17
FEW WOMEN
SIT PROPERLY

woman sits with feet planted about ~
inches spart when she should poise
herself and sit erect. The lean, tall
woman knots her feet around the legs
of the chair or crosses her legs, thrust
ing her feet out in front Of her. She
should choose the highest chair she
eau find aud place her feet squarely on
the floor. The very small woman
usually bangles herself on the edge Of
a high seat. with the toe OF one foot
touching the ground and the other foot
hooked around the ankle of the first.
The msnuish girl is the worst OF all.
ITO sit correctly the hips should be
well back on the chair, the body bert
forward from the bips-thtre, just as
this young woman is sitting.
"rho rocking chair is accountable
for much incorrect sitting, and divans
9nd 'cozy corners are simply hotbeds
for propagating bent spinos."
There will be an elaborate display
Of new garments OF every sort, and
the materials and styles in vogue this
season will be described.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-17
can he rule that of any others

There is no danger of the railroad
merger case affecting the Illinois Cen.
trail in its operation of tho old O. o.
a. :. W. railroad. The L. q N. did
not buy this road and have TO give it
MP, as was reported in Memphis pa.
per The illinois Central did not buy
il, and does not own it. The 1, O.
has merely leased it, and lie now ope-
rating it, not as its own property, but
under lease. The reason the L. & N.
could not operate the road was because
IL already owned a line running par
allel. and to operate parallel lines in
the state is against the law. The
same is true of the Y. & M. ", fur.
Their south. The Illinois Central
simply operates the road under
lease. Our Memphis contempora.
ries have discovered mares nest.