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The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21

year. suppose it is no use my at
tempting to conceal that our marriage
has not been happy one. fear that
all our neighbors would tell you that,
even If 1 were to attempt to deny it.
Perhaps the fault may be partly mine.
/ was brought UP in the freer, less con-
ventional atmosphere of South Austra-
liza, and this English life, with its pro-
prieties and its primness, is not congo
niaI to me-. But the main reason lies in
the one fact. which is notorious to
every one. and that is that Sir Eustace
was a confirmed drunkard. To be with
such a man for an hour is unpleasant.
Can you imagine what it means for a
sensitive and high-spirited woman to
be tied to him for day and night? 1t is
a sacrilege, crime, a villainy to hold
that such marriage is binding. l say
that these monstrous laws of yours
viii bring a curse upon the land-God
will not let such wickedness endure.
For an instant she sat up, her cheeks
flushed and her eyes blazing from un-
der the terrible mark upon her brow
Then the strong, soothing hand of the
austere maid drew her head down on
the cushion, and the wild anger died
away into passionate sobbing. AT last
she continued:
est .t<rt1
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(
were entirely absorbed by the terrible
object which lay upon. the tiger-skin
hearthrug in front of the fire.
It was the body of a tall, well-made
man. about forty years of age. He lay
upon his back, his face Supturned. with
hts white. teeth grinning through his
short, black beard. His two .elenched
hands we're raised above his head. and
a. heavy, blackthorn stick. lay. across
them His dark, handsome, aqueline
features were convulsed into a sDasm
of yindictive hatred, which had set his
dead face in a terrible fiendish express
siDri He had evidently been in his bed
when the alarm had broken out. for he
wore q foppish, embroidered night
shirt. and his bare feet projected from
his trousers. His head was horribly in
jlired, and the whole room bore witness
to the savage ferocity of the blow
which had struck him down. Beside
him lay the heavy poker, bent into a
curve by the concussion. Holmes ex-
amined both it and the indescribabie
wreck which it had wrought.
HE must be a powerful man. this
elder Randall he remarked.
YES" said Hopkins. Il have some
record of the fellow. and he is rough
customer"
"You should have no difficulty in
getting him.
Not the slightest. we nave Deen on
the lookout for him, and there was
some idea that he had got away to
America. Now that we know that the
gang are here, don't see how they
can escape. We have the news at
every seaport already, and a reward
will be offered before evening. What
beats me is how they could have done
SO mad thing, knowing that the lady
could describe them, and that We could
not fail to recognize the description
N..Exactly. One would have expected
that they would have silenced Lady
Brackenstall as WELL rsh
'They may not have realized. ~ sug-
gested, that she had recovered from
!. her faint" .tf
THAT is likely enough. If she seem
ed tosbe senseless, they would not take
her life. What about this poor fellow,
Hopkins? seem to have heard some
queer stories about him."
He was a good-hearted man when
he was sober. but a perfect fiend when
he was drunk, or rather when he was
half drunk, for he seldom really went
the whole way. The devil seemed to
! be in him at such times. and he was
capable of anything. From what
hear, In spite of all his wealth. and his
title, he very nearly came our way once
or twice. There was q. scandal about
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the apartment with cold
winter sunshine. On the left
was a large. deep fireplace,
with a massive. overhanging
oak fnantelpiece. Beside the
fireplace was asheavy oaken
chair with arms and cross
bars at the bottom. In and
out through the open wood
work was woven a crimson
cord. which was secured Sat
each side to the cross piece
below. In releasing the lady,
the, cord had been slipped off
her, but the knots with
which it had been secured
still remained. These details
only struck our attention
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1905-09-22
The Kymry Club.

The Kymry club held its first meeting
for the year on Saturday, Sept. 10, at
the home of the home of the president.
Mrs. G. H. Toomer. The club looks
forward to q very profitable and inter
esting years work. having adopted lit
erature and art as the studies. The in
FAINT club of our town thus steps ont
boldly into it's work, leaving behind its
swaddling clothes and we predict for 1T
an interesting youth and valuable later
life Club adjourned to meet with
Mrs. Joe Bagley, Sept 30.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1905-09-22
Notice Of Sale Of Delinquent Min
ing Stock.

The Montpelier Copper Mining and
Smelling Company; principal place of
business Montpelier, Bear Lake county,
Idaho.
Notice-There is delinquent upon the
following described stock on assessment
No. Of six mills per share, levied on the
7th day Of August, 1905, by said COM
pany, the several amounts set opposite
the names of the respective stockholders,
rs follows:
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1905-09-22
Sheep and Wool Prices.

During the past few days there has
been considerable activity among sheep
men and woolbuyers, and rumors of
sales, both OF the muttons themselves
and of the prospects OF next years
crops from their woolly backs, have
been frequent, but so far as can be
learned. there have been no sales &C
tually consummared, says the States
man.
Among the rumors which have been
circulated is one that some buyer name
unknown, has been Offering to buy next
years clip from the Idaho sheepmen at
% cents per pound. No sales at u figure
even approximating this have been re-
corded, and it is not believed that any
such offers have been made. Most of
the sheepmen, in fact, il not all of them
would welcome an opportunity to con-
tract the coming clip at 90 CENTS
The woolbuyers have been circulated
about. however. in an endeavor to secure
next years crop, but the growers and
the buyers have not SO far been able to
get together on suitable price. The
buyers seem willing TO pay as high as
! II ST 10 cents. but above that they will
not 20. This is not satisfactory to the
sneepmen, and the two classes have not
been able to get together.
1t is reported that in Montana next
years clip is bringing % cents and the
growers are very chary about closing
deals even at that price. Last year,
over 100000 pounds of the present
seasons clip was contracted in advance
in Montana at from i8 to 20 cents.
But few sheep have been sold Of late
the eastern market having fallen. The
dealers are unwilling to pay anything
more than the present market woult
warrant. while the sheepmen are un
willing to accept less than they could
have obtained few weeks ago.
One Of the recent sales Of inportanc t
is that of Governor Gooding in d1spos
ing of his ANNUAL crop of lambs. II
speaking of the sale the Chicago Live
stock World says:
Frank Gooding has just marketed il
Chicago the last of his years crop q
lambs which he raised in Idaho an,
which realized him the sum of 1913. 600.
Service will be held in the Episcopa
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-18
CRUCIBlE ASSAY OF
TELLURIDE ORES

Mining men in certain districts
of the; United Statos will bs IN
terssted iq Bulletin No. 253 OF
the United States geological survey,
in which the subject of inquiry is
the accuracy of the oruoible assay
method for telluride gold orep. The
main point definitely established Is
the fact that the doubts which have
been entertained ss to the accuracy
of the dry method are not we'll
fouded. 1t 10 clearly determined that
the fre assay by crucible for gold
telluride ore gives results which are
quite equal to those obtained by
the wet method, provided due correc-
tions are made for alag and cupel
losses. \
The gold losses IN the Stag .is
very small, but the cupel losses are
very sppreciabie. The cupellstion
loss OF gold by volatilizstion Is gener-
ally slight as compared with that by
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-18
Mining Crook Arrested.

g. II. GriRgs, wanted for alleged
frauds whereby no secured $40, 900
In Nome mining swindles from many
parties In various parts of the country
WAS arrested In Portland Saturday.
He located many claims In the
Nome district sold interest In them,
took purchasers In specially charter
cd vessel to show the mines, but dis
appeared before their arrival. The
Gains we're always found to bs
fictitious.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-18
Gold King viii Resume.

The Miner IL In receipt of n letter
from President W. T.. Calvert, OF the
Gold King Mining company. the
general offices of which are In Seattle
and the properties In the Cracker
Creek district, south Of Bourne, say
Ing that though work has been Sus.
pended Tor the remainder Of the
winter; the company will start early
iu the spring with u big force OF
miners, to develop the mine ON
large scale. The work already done
demonstrates that the property IL u
valuable one aud justihss the sx-
tensive development whicb has .besn
planned and will be executed during
the coming season. O. ...A
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-18
KING SOlOMON'S
MINES LOCATED

| The mines Of King Solomon, sung
and told Of In psalm and story, have
been found at last. The country
mentioned In the Bible az the Land
OF Ophir, where the gold was 30
plentiful that Solomon. when the
Imperial treasury ran low or there
was temple To be decorated. had to
but order the captain Of the palace
guards to take an army of slaves aud
bring back such wealth to tho temple
"a never a Rockefeller or Morgan
dreamed Of, lies In the northern part
Of Rhodssia, In the country Of the
great Zimbabwe, II tha generally
credited reports Of II. w. Hall, f..
X. q. S., an English archaeo losist,
are to be taken M true.
Mr.. Hall has but recently re.
turned to London, after two years
spent In delvinR into the ruins Of
what is supposed To have been the
city Of Ophir uf Biblical times. His
researches have settled to the salts.
faction OF all scientific men the
mines OF King Solomon aud the
wealth OF tho kingdom over which
ruled the beautiful queen Of Sheba.
In the ruins Of tho old city. Mr..
Hall has found evidences Of n wealth
Of gold heyoud tho dreams OF the
many who have lost life and reason
on the sands Of Sahara. and the
jungles of Mashonaland searching for
the gold Of Ophir. Apparently gold
was the most common thing In this
city.
The floor, of the houses were built
Of It, the utensils OF tho home,
cooking pots, drinking cups, food
bowls aud knives were all made of
the precious metal. All the orna.
ments found In the ruins Of the
buildings and tombs are OF gold aud
OF excellent design aud make.
The existence Of this wonderful
city Of ruins In the heart OF Africa
was first known In 1910. In that
year Arab gold, ivory and slave
traders found their way into this
region and brought back tales which
the early Portuguese heard Of aud
gave to the world. Then the ruins
we're still standing nearly intact.
but no white man ever penetrated
into the country to gaze upon them
In this state. from then tho ruins
were lost sight Of until In 1868,
when Adam Renders, an intrepid
elephant hunter. following his
native hunter far into the continent,
them. By this time
the sands Of the desert, carried by
the winds Ut hundreds OF years, had
swept down upon them and buried
A
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-18

miles from Cape Town, that
the De Beers, the greatest diamond
mines in the world, are situated.
Here many of the most responsi lie
positions sre Occupied by Americans
The d. beers company occupies
200, 600 acres Of land. employs Is, :
900 natives and %, 200 whites, con.
sumes each mouth in the "com.
pounds" $4,000 pounds of mutton
aud 1000 pounds OF beef aud turns
out 22O, 900 carats of diamonds a
month.
In the Bahia district of Brazil,
diamonds. sapphires, topazes, anne.
thysts and rubies are found. Dia.
monds. beryls, chrysoberyis. chryso-
lites, tourmalines, t..topazes : (rose
colored). amethysts aud garnets are
mined in the section of Brazil
tributary to Rio Janeiro. In southern
Brazil diamonds are mined to a
limited extent near Farnca. in the
state OF Sac Paulo. and near Tibagy.
10 the state" bf Parsua, and to a
larger extent near Dsasgeu. Aqua
Snja and various other points IN
Southwestern Minas Geraes aud at
various points In Goyaz. Hyaline
quartz brazilian pebbles) and. to
more limited extent, citrine quartz
false topaz are mined at the Sierra
dos Cristoes, In Guyaz. Agates and
amethysts are gathered from the sur.
face at varcius points of Rio Garne do
Sui. There is no fishing for salt
water or fresh. water pearls anywhere
In Brazil.
Diamonds are the only precious
stone, mined in British Guiana.
Many small saphires, running from
20 to 30 to the carat. are encountered
In the search for diamond, but these
are considered Of no commercial
value and are not saved.
Columbia produces various precious
stoLes, but the emerald is the one
stone mined In that country, aud
large quantities are taken from the
Muzo mines, situated In Boyaca, 20
miles by mule road from the Mag
dalea river aud go miles from the
Atlantic coast. The rental paid to
the Columbia government has
ranged from $3.50. 900 to $500, 900
year.
These mines were discovered by
the Spanish In 1855 and have been
worked intermittently since that
date, but only Of late years on a
large scale. About five years ago a
mine, extensively worked 200 years
ago by the Spaniards, was rsdiscovsr.
I'D by means of old records, aud. ac.
rording to expert reports, IL likely
10 compete with the Muzo. group in |
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-18

, dOsOrpCiOn. AC temperature which
allows the formation Of abundant
feather litharge the .volatilization ID
neg ligible, or Is perhaps compensat.
ed by retention Of lead. The case is
otherwise, however, ut high tempera-
lures, as the volatilization may then
average one half Of that BY absorpt,o on
10 the case Of quartation slloy.
The loss Of gold by absor btion ia very
important, and is influenced, far
more than is generally supposed. by
slight changes In temperature. 1t Ia
greater with pure gold aud alloys
poor In silver than with alloys rich
is silver. aa .t.
The, experiments Of Messr,. W. +.
Hillebrand and Il. Il. Allen, the
authors OF the bulletin, failed abso.
lutely 10 show tho need for higher
Temperature at the end Of oopella.
tion with gold beads than with those
OF silver. The most exact results
were obtained when feather Alitharee
was still abundant Mt the time Of
Frightening. Furthermore, IL Ia
altogether unnecessary to have gold
beads In the mutiie for some time
after Frightening In order to remove
the last OF the lead. for there Ia no
loss In weight from 30 doing, but IL
anything, a verS slight tendency to
increase. The results on absorption,
as influenced by the amount Of lead
used In cupsllation, were incou-
cluisve. The error caused by the
retention of lead In the beads IL
serious, IL the result of two careful
tests are to be depended on, which
shows o.. 30 and 0.37 per cent Of
lend. The amount Of this retention
is no. lessened by leaving the beads
In the mufiis for some time after
Frightening.
Silver can be completely extracted
from quartation alloy, by nitric acid.
but more than two repetitions OF the
acid treatment aud subsequent wash.
inRs are called TO-, II any certainty
OF complete exatrotion Is to be ex-
pected.
Tests made with mixtures of pure
nitrous aud nitric acid. show that
the solvent action of acid Ia 80 slight
II indeed there Ia any at all, that II
need not be considered as a possib bic
factor in parting. 1t wa,
shown that the losses In
parting with pure nitric acid,
whether traces of gold really dis.
solve or not, may be ignored, In an
ore assay, at least.
This bulletin. which IL entitled
Comparison NJ wet aud cruicible
fire methods Tor the assay OF gold
telluride ores, with notes on the
srrOrs occurring In the operations OF
|ire assay aud parting" IL among the
surveys free publications. II may
be obtained on application to the
director OF the United States geo
logical survey, Washington. ID. G.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-18

A sudden cold snap at the Dixie
mine, near Quartzburg, owned by
Zoeth Houser. has delayed the
opening OF the new Dixie five stamp
mill. 1t was Mr.. Houser's intsn.
tion to put on a double shift but
the freezs forced suspension of
sll but underground work. -
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1905-01-18
IMPORTS OF GEMS.
TO UNITED STATES


parts Of the world are summarized
in a pamphlet issued by the depart.
msnt OF commerce and labor.
The imports from the severa
countries into the United States
during the year euded June 30, 1908.
tjtaled in value s31,47 223. the
countries from which they came
heing principally Austria Hung ary,
Belgium. France. Germany, Neither
lands, Switzerland, United King
dom, Costa Rcia. Mexico, Brisish
Guiana aud British India. -,..,.
In this total. diamonds figured for
s26, 5O7, 7s6, the remainder being
divided among rubies, sapphires,
emeralds, opals, turquoises, beryls
crysoiites, tourmslines, cats eyes,
peridots, olivenes. spinels. amethysts,
topazes. Rarnets, moonstones, lapis,
lazuli, rose quartz, spodumene,
sphenes, sunstones and Amazon
stones.
The diamond industry of South
Africa completely overshadows all
other branche, of the precious stone
industry Of the world. The entire
diamond output Of South Africa is
exported from the Cape Of Good
Hope to London; yet, strange to say,
1t finds no place In the British official
publications showing the imports
into the United Kingdom.
After South African diamonds
leave the Cape Of Good Hope all
Official record of them seems to be
lost. The only record OF the exports
Of these diamonds is the attestation
OF the Cape Of Good Hope custom
officers that over s26, 100000 worth
are annually exported To London.
Diamonds do not appear among the
exports from the United Kingdom,
save TO very small extent. British
statistics make no mention of d;a.
monds exported to the Netherlands,
Belgium aud France, nor do the
official publications of those coun-
tries note the import of diamonds
from the United Kingdom, although
practically all the diamonds import.
ed into these countries are flom
South Africa, shipped through Lon.
don.
As the majority Of all South Afri.
can diar; onds. after passing through
the hand, of European traders and
lapidaries. find q market In the
United States, 1t follows that Amsri.
can dealers aud purchasers have as
much interest In the trade in them
rs even the London, An sterdam.
Antwerp and Partisan dealers and
who buy and work them
over aud sell to American dealers.
Evidently this whole diamond
business is the closest Rnd most
powerful of trusts, for not only is
he trade conducted In au "under-
ground" way, concealed from ell
public scrutiny, but 1t seems to te
mau aged independently or all custom
houses intervening between Cape |
Colony and the United States.
Nearly one half Of the cut dia-
nonds imported into the United
States come from the Netherlands.
There are In Amsterdam more and
areer establishments than In the
est of the world combined for the
nanipuiations and processes OF clean
ng. cutting and polishing trough
from which the brilliant is
urned out.
Diamonds are the only precious
tones found In British South Afeica.
I is In the city Of Kimberly, 674
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-04
STRIKE OF RAILWAY
TELEGRAP HERS.
Beth Sides 10 Il Are Making
Claims That They Are
Gaining.
MEN ARE LOYAL TO THE UNION
So Says Perham --" eve Are Getting
Men Frsm all Parts of the
Country" Declares Horn.

ST. Paul Aug 4--Both sides Of the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
railway telegraphers strike are making
claims that they are gaining. President
Pcrham, Of the Telcsraphers' union,
says that the men are remaining loyal
to the union cause and are winning
over the men who at FIRST refused to
60 out,
on the other hand General Manager
Horn. Of the Northern Pacific. says he
win have every vacancy filled before
the end Of next week. I'VE are getting
men from all parts Of the country he
said.
Tenshablc freight for practically an
Northern Pacific stations was accept
ed by that road and that road VIII
send out to Billings Mont, perlshabla
freight which has been detained. To-
morrow the officials say freight WIN be
accepted and forwarded without delay.
While tho freight situation has been
looking MP a bit, the fact that there has
been increased delay IN the passenger
train schedule was pointed out by the
strike officials ns significant feature
and they emphasize the fact that the
Northern Pacific coast train which is
due here at 1880 a. m, today is de-
layod six hours.
4 representative OF the Great North
crn road stated today that on three
eastern divisions Of the road so per cent
of the stations are supplied with agents
ana operators and that reports from all
points show that many OF the striking
operators are asking to be rc-instated.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-04
PEOPLE Of NOME
ARE UP IN ARMS.
Government Officials Alleged to be
Filing Upon Valuable Mining
Claims
ILLEGAL METHODS EMPLOYED.
Said 10 Take Advantage OF Their PO'
sition to Possess Them selves
OF Properties.

Seattle. Wash. Aug 4.--AdNces re-
ceivcd in this city from Nome by the
steamship Ohio state that ,he people
OF Nome are up IN arms against the
government officials and their alleged
actions in filing upon valuable mining
GLAZING
The Nome Nugget in a long article
charges the officials with using Illegal
methods and taking advantage OF their
position TO possess themselves OF many
valuable claims which are obtained by
Relocating. The Nugget prints COM
paratiyc tables showing the number Of
claims held by the government officials
and their relatives on assistants and
also the number held by the leading
mining and business men Of Nome and
vicinity
officers of the Ohio report that the
people are greatly exercised over the
matter and are talking OF drastic mea.
sures II the authorities at Washington
do not investigate the matter
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-04
REGISTRATION UP TO NOON
lspeclal to the oNews. J

Provo, Aug A--Registration today
was heavier than on the two days pre-
yious, a total Of 7l3 having performed
this pleasant duty by noon. It is high.
~ probable that more than 900 will be
registered during the day, and that tho
days following win nud a steady stream
of bonafde homeseekers anxious TO
take advantage Of their opportunity.
According TO reports. salt Lake attor-
neys have been notifying their clients
that lands on the reservation can be
filed upon before a United States com.
missioner, without going to the trouble
Of making filings at the Vernal land
Office. When seen concerning the mat
ter, Commissioner Richards simply cit.
ed the presidents proclamation, which
makes It clear that all filings must be
attended to at the Vornal office, dcs-
pite the ruling Of the attorneys referred
60. This may make a difference TO
many, but the proclamation is the law
in the matter and must be strictly ad-
hercd to.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-04
CLERKS RELIEVED.
Registration Force at Grand
Junction Cut Down.

Grand Junction, Colo, Aug S.-The
Uintah registration rush I'm this city
apparently is at an end only about
100 homeseekers came I'm on today's
train, Three Of the eight registry
clerks were relieved from duty here to-
day and ordered to report to A. w.
Richards, commissioner OF the land de
partmenr az Provo. Utah.
Mayor J. n. Bunting and the cham
Der Of commerce have telegraphed 10
Commissioner Richards asking him 10
change the ruling rejecting registra p
ton applications of veterans Of blanks
not furnished by the government.
Five hundred veterans i'm eastern
states who have used such blanks. II is
asserted, will not have time to secure
and file government blanks before the
close Of registration.
The number registered today was S51