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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-03-29

Indianapolis, Ind, March 25.-There
is no change today in the bituminous
situation, both sides apparently await
ing, each being seemingly afraid to
take the responsibility of break. The
operators, with the exception of those
from Pennsylvania, are still persist
ent in their refusal to grant the ad-
vance asked for by the miners.
Tt is reported that an extension OF
sixty days will be agreed on tomor-
row, at which time it is hoped that
both sides will attempt to come to
an understanding so as to avert strike
on April /. In the meantime the de-
lay here complexities matters in the
anthracite region whore a strike is
looked for on the first of next month.
It now seems chat tie-up of the Penn
sylvania fields will occur on the day
originally set-April /.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-03-29
Miss Pace Appeals.

The state board of education held
a meeting to consider tn eappeal OF
Miss Carrie Pace, school teacher OF
Neoshoba county, who has been re-
fused license to teach by County
Superintendent Hit Of that county
The superintendent charges that Miss
Pace gave and received aid during
the county examination OF teachers,
in violation of law, and she appeals
to the state board to grant her a IL
cense. Miss Pace denies emphatical-
ly the charges and asks that an inves-
tigation be made. The board has,
therefore, ordered an investigation to
take place at Philadelphia on Satur-
day morning at 10 O'Clock, March 81,
at the county court house, and noti-
fies all parties to be present with
their witnesses on that date. The case
has caused much local interest as the
parties are we'll known and popular
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-03-29
MANIAC MEETS
HIS DEATH
Maryland Man Proceeds to Shoot Up
Funeral.
ATTACK WAS UNEXPECTED
Insane Man Then Locks Himself in
Room and Opens Fire ON All Who
Approach Starts Fire and Per
ishes in the Flame.

Baltimore, Md, March 25.-ln
BROOKLYN, Anne Arundel county, Wal
ter Potee, while insane, entered his
brothers. house just as friends and
relatives were gathering to attend the
funeral Of the brothers little child,
opened fire with a. revolver, set lire
to the house and himself died from
eunshot wounds, but whether self
inflicted or not, is not known.
Potee entered the room and began
firing SO entirely unexpectedly that
several persons were wounded before
they could escape. The mother and
sister-in-law Of the maniac were
caught in the kitchen and held prlso-
ners there for some time. Potee then
locked himself in the house and fired
upon every one who approached. Nine
people were injured more or less Sc
riously by his shots from revolvers
and repeating shotgun. OF these a
brother, John III. Potee, and William
H. Miller, brother-in-law, are likely
to die.
The crazy man found time between
shots to sprinkle oil about the house
and set fire to it. While it was burn
ing fiercely Chief of Police Irwin,
Henry Roberts and August E. Rem
mers broke in the front door and man
aged to save from incineration the
body Of the child whose funeral had
been about to take place. Flremen
summoned from this city finally ex-
tinguished the flames, but not before
the building had been almost Quilted.
On the second floor was found the
body of the maniac badly burned
above the waist and with gaping
shot-wound over the heart. Bystand-
ers had fire at him repeatedly, but
whether one of their shots reached
him during the two hours fusillade or
he died by his own hand could only be
conjectured. Potee is said to have
shown evidences of insanity for six
or eight months past.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-03-29
Rate Question and Brother Smoot to
Be on the Carpet.

Washington, March 25.-This week s
session of Congress will be devoted by
the lower house to the consideration
of appropriation bills and by the SEN
ate to the discussion of the railway
rate question. Senator Knox, OF
Pennsylvania; Bacon, of Georgia, and
Foster, of Louisiana, will speak to-
morrow or Tuesday.
The senate committee ON elections
will hear testimony in the defense of
Senator Smoot, of Utah, who it is
alleged is polygamist. 1t is expected
that the testimony will be emphatic
and snappy. Big delegations of Utah
ans arrived tonight to testify.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-03-29
Parents Take Up Matter.

A number Of the parents of pupils
in the tenth and eleventh grades of
the Natchez Institute met in the Of
flee of Wilmer H. Shields to discuss
the action of Superintendent Linn of
the Natchez Institute, in his suspen-
sion Of the two grades for one day on
account Of the pupils having shuffled
their feet across the floor while in
school. Superintendent Linn wrote
a curt and military-like circular let
ter to the parents notifying them Of
his reason for suspending the pupils.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-03-29
His Death Would Prove Bad Blow to
Reform in Ohio.

Columbus, Ohio, March 25.-The
condition of Gov. Pattison shows de-
cided improvement tonight and the
family are more hopeful Of his ulti-
mate recovery. The doctors, however,
are still pessimistic, declaring that the
crisis has not yet been passed. Al
though they hope for the best, but
they admit they fear the worst.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-03-29
After Patent Medicine Firms Which
Seem Crooked.

Washington, March 25.-The post
office department has issued sweep
ing order excluding from the mails
matters addressed to ffty-two illegal
medicine concerns with headquarters
in New York, which did an enormous
business throughout the country. Sim
liar action has been taken in connec-
ton with firms located in Philadel-
phia, Baltimore and Boston. The mag
nitude Of the business done is beyond
computation. The firms effected hav-
ing spatients in almost every town.
ship In the United States.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-03-29
Company to Plant Pecans.

The Monarch Pecan Company, of
Nutbank, has been organized, with
J. E. Booge, of Sioux City, Iowa, pre-
sident; Leroy Perkins, manager, and
DR.. R. B. Crawford, promoter. Large
and thriving pecan orchards are al
ready established on the lands of
this company, which lie north of Moss
Point and al6ag the line Of the Denny
log tramWay.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-03-29
Gala Occasion.


mander-in-chief of the Confederate
Veterans, more than 500 prominent
men and women from Pennsylvania,
thousands of people from Mississippi,
Louisiana and other southern states,
and several military companies parti-
cipated at Vicksburg Friday and
Saturday in the exercises dedicating
and markers in the Vicksburg Nation
al Military Park. Hundreds of school
the Pennsylvania battle monument
children rendered patriotic songs, and
several brass bands rendered martial
music.
Governor Vardaman with his staff
represented Mississippi. Governor
Pennypacker and his staff headed the
party from the keystone state. Two
local military companies participated
and also companies from Jackson,
Natchez, Fayette and Port Gibson.
There were brass bands in great num-
bers. j. w. Hayes and Harry X.
johnson secured from the railroad
companies a rate Of one cent mile
for the military companies.
Not since the memorable visit OF
President Mckinley has the city been
so elaborately decorated, almost every
business house and hundreds Of pri-
vate residences flying the national
colors and the stars and bars of the
Confederacy.
The Pennsylvanians reached the
city on a special train. They were
met at the depot and escorted to the
hotels by the two local military com
panies and brass bands. On Friday
morning Governor Pennypacker and
Governor Vardaman with their staffs
and invited guests, were taken around
the island opposite the city, and up
to Grants cutoff. This trip was made
on the steamer Cordill.
Friday night "a reception was ten
dered the two governors, their ladies
sand others at the Carroll hotel.
Saturday was the principal day,
and the afternoon the dedication was
held at the site Of the monument in
the beautiful National Park.
Following is the program of ex-
ercises:
Governors salute, Warren Light
Artillery, of Vicksburg; call to order,
General Samuel K. Schwenk, chair
man of commission; invocation, Col
onel Albert N. Keigwin, D. D.; Sec
retary's report, John Milton Mishler,
secretary of commission; music,
America, Vicksburg school chill
dren; poem, "Roll Back the Years"
(written for the occasion by Capt.
Jack w. Crawford), Miss Anna Mai
Schwenk; unvailing of monument,
Miss Lillian Won Schwenk; national
salute Warren Light Artillery of
Vicksburg; music, "Star Spangled
Banner" Vicksburg School Chill
dren; presentation to the governor of
Pennsylvania, General Samuel K.
Schwenk, chairman of commission
acceptance and presentation to the
United States, Governor Samuel w.
Pennypacker of Pennsylvania; accept
ance for United States government,
John C. Scofeld, representing the sec
retary Of war; music, selected, Vicks-
burg school children; address, Cover
nor James K. Vardaman, of Missis-
sippi; Grafton, General James A. Bea-
yer; music, selected, Vieksburg school
children; benediction, Rev. Benjamin
Albright, Duell's Battery.
Saturday night joint Union and
Confederate camp fire was'held at the
Walnut street theatre. This camp
fire was presided over by General
Stephen B. Lee, Commander-in-chief
Of the United Confederate Veterans.
The Pennsylvanians left for their
homes Sunday afternoon.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-03-29
BUT WHERE rs HE NOW?
Two Months in Year Rockefeller to
Live in California.

Pasadena, CAL, March 25.-John
D. Rockefeller has purchased the
Reed estate in this city, considered
to be one Of the best holdings in the
state, and it is said that he will spend
at least two months of each year in
California. Nearly 100000 changed
hands in the deal.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-03-29
Bank Organized.

With an authorized capital stock
of $5OO,O0O and ready to begin bust
ness in Shreveport on Aug. /, 1906,
with capital stock Of 100000, the
American Savings Bank and Trust
Company was organized. The sub
scribers of the stock were called to
meet by S. W. Smith, of Arcadia, Bi-
enville parish, through whose efforts
the new organization was perfected.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-03-29
Ladies Visit Soldiers.

Among the visitors recently enter
tanned at the jefferson Davis Memor-
ial Home were Mrs. Daniel Manning,
of Albany, N. Y, wife of member
of President Cleveland's cabinet /;
Mrs. Alton B. Parker, wife of the
democratic candidate for the presi-
dency during the last campaign, and
Mrs. Bertha Parker Hall, of Kings
ton, daughter of Mrs. Parker. The
ladies had with them Alton B. Parker
and Mary McAllister Hall, grandchil-
dren of Judge Parker. The party
mingled with the veterans at the home
spending several hours. The ladies
are w1ntering in the Mississippi Gulf
Coast, beng located at Pass Christian.
Col. John M. Taylor, Lieutenant
Colonel of the twenty-seventh Tennes-
see infantry, Of Lexington, Tenn, was
also a recent visitor.
For the second time in the last few
days Clarksdale has been visited by a
rather disastrous fire. The Challenge
a newspaper owned and edited by
Mrs. Fl. H. Butt, was destroyed, the
loss amounting to about $1,000, with
insurance Of half that sum. The en-
tire upper floor Of the building was
occupied by the art gallery Of Tom
Robinson and was entirely destroyed,
the loss being in the neighborhood Of
$4,000, with insurance Of $1,000. F,
B. Dickey, the lessee Of the Challenge,
suffered a loss Of about $500.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-03-29

Particular attention given to surgi
col cases. Cfllcc-Mard's drug store
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-07
COLE TO VISIT BUTTE.
Going to Look over the Battle Field
of the Copper Maanates.

In an interview at Butte the other day
John II. Ryan, manager of Amaigamated
properties, among other things, told that
Thomas e. Cole was going TO visit camp
soon. He said.
Mr.. Cole, who is very heavily interest
ed in Coalition and North Butte, expects
to pay visit to Butte in a month or
six weeks. 1 am sure that man who
has brought about the investment of so
much money in the Butte district and who
has been so largely instrumental in bring
ing such favorable notice of Butte's main
industry Will be heartily welcomed by the
people here.
"A number of valuable properties in this
district, which have been idle for several
years on account of having been owned
by conflicting interests, Will be opened
up, developed and put on a producing ba-
SIS as soon possible. We expect to
furnish employment to a good many more
men than have ever been employed in the
camp. We expect to increase the output
of copper and make things even more
prosperous than they are now
I have been in as close touch as pos
sible with Amalgamated affairs and op-
eratlons during my long absence. Every
thing has gone alone under full head of
steam in a way entirely satisfactory. The
mines are producing more ore and the
smelters are producing more copper than
ever before in their history. The price of
copper is very satisfactory and the mar
ket very strong The prosperity of the
whole country is making the increased de-
mand for copper, and the outlook for the
future. in the opinion of those who are
best informed, is brighter than it has ever
bpPO-''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-07
SOUNDS GOOD ANYHOW.
representatives of Colorado oper
ator Coming to Inspect Property.

James F. Burns is back Of one Of the
biggest copper propositions that has Yet
materialzed in Utah. says Cripple
Creek special TO the Denver News He
has recently acquired options in $50 acres
in the Mormon state, and a company
will soon be organized to promote devel-
opment of the property. J. w. Ady and
J. T. Hawkins, representing Burns, left
for Utah today to inspect the property
and make preliminary arrangements for
promoting the deal
Several months ago it became known
that Burns was entering the Utah field
Just what the extent of the mining
mans investments in that state will be
is prOblematical, but it is evident from
the interests he : as already displayed
that Burns contemplates extensive Ope-
rations.
Utah has drawn largely on Colorado
capital in the last few years. The Utah
Copper company. which was recently alb
sOrbed by the Guggenheims. is a Colo
RADIO enterprise, and G. NJ. MacNeilI and
associates, who promoted the deal at it's
inception, are still represented in the
management of the company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-07
Bingham Mining Notes.
bingham BuIIetin.1

tBlnSham BUIIetln.4
Thomas Weir, the well-known mining
man, was in Bingham Monday inspecting
the Ohio Copper mine. Superintendent
Zeigler escorted the mining magnate and
pointed out the many improvements which
have been started during the past two
months. After the inspection of the mine
a trip was made through the Winnamuck
mill and also through the WInnamuck
mine, which was Opered q. few weeks ago.
a new compressor viii soon be installed
at the Bingham Central mine. The equip
ment arrived at the mine a short time
ago and the manager will install it as
soon as possible. The compressor is Of
modern type and will prove a valuable
acquisition to that property. 1t has an
eight-drill power capacity and this will
aid materially in the success of the mine
Manager Taylor is pushing work on the
compressor and the outlook of the prop
erty is of the brightest.
Under the management of Arthur Day
the Yampa smelter has achieved many de
cisive and gratifying results from the
MCDOugual furnaces. which are being in
stalled. Twelve of these furnaces are to
be put in and the management is of
the opinion that with their installation
the smelter viii be placed along side of
the best equipped of the country. In addi-
ton to these furnaces there are two Ed
wards rOasters. together with the rever-
beratOry and blasts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-07
new DISTRICT
NEAR P|OCHE
Section Where WhippIe Dis
-coVery Was Made Described
by Phoebe Record Man.
NEWS FROM LOON CREEK
YANKEE FORK COUNTRY WANTS
TELEPHONE TO CUSTER.

A representative of the Phoebe Record
has just been making an inspection of
the section near Bailey Springs, where
the sensational strike was made by J. L.
Whipple a short time ago.. Five men, he
says, are at work the property in
which the original discovery was made,
and the shaft which has been started
down on the Silver King claim shows four
feet of exceedingly rich ore in the bot
TOM On the surface no mineral other
ihan chloride or silver could be detected
IN the rock, but in the bottom OF the
SHAFT sutphides are appearing and it is
figured that the ore will run into the
thousands of dollars per ton in value OF
other strikes and possibilities in the dis
trtct in general, the Record man says:
South of the original discovery an
other strike has been made which shows
greater values than found on the surface
in the former place, the ore being of the
North of and on the belt some 900
feet distant still another strike has been
made. which in appearance seems just
as important as any Of the others. This
IS about all the prospecting which has
been done in the entire district and the
extent OF high values consequently can
only be contemplated.
The district, which at present has no
name, appears to be about two miles in
rtes OF rolling hills, and is crossed in a
north and south and east and west di-
rectiOn by large and in some instances
enormously large quartz lodges cropping
boldly above the surroundings
'IheSe ledSeS, excepting the one men
toned above, seem never to have been
prOspected- and possibly no part of them
ever assayed. The rock is exceedingly
hard and of a peculiar dark or black and
unattractive color, which perhaps aC
counts for the district having been over
looked up TO this date.
THE formation is bedded Cambrian
quartzite. slightly tilted to the south and
west by an enormous granite belt on the
north for a distance of SIX miles, thus
marking distinctly the mineral district
In the opinion of the writer every mol
cation is favorable to A permanent camp
and the values being uncovered almost
at a stroke are sensational in the eX-
IRENE. Little attention has been given
the new camp by the local public until
recently and only few prospecting out
fits are as yet there.
Should these discoveries have oc-
CURED anywhere else on the globe eX-
cept in the vicinity of Phoebe, resident
inhabitants would be breaking their necks
10 get a fOothold there. 1t is pity
some of them are not doing this
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-07
MINING IN YANKEE FORK.
Good Reports From Loon Creek-Tel.
ephone Line Wanted.

Writing frcm the mouth of Jordan
Greek to the Challis Qdal Messenger,
a correspondent says Of mining dOingS in
that portion Of the Yankee Fork region:
The Sunbeam folks of Jordan creek
are repairing the mill at present A run
OF a couple of weeks was made from the
new strike in the Daisy cone of the COM
panys mlnes) win nne results me VEN
IS several feet wide, OF hlgh grade gold
ore. and makes bullion rapidly. 1t is be
Heved to be a new vein, or blind that
didn't show on the surface and was cut
in the tunnel heading for the old Daisy
vein. At any rate il is a Daisy and the
management is pleased with the strike
and content to let il go as a twin Daisy.
Work is going ahead again the
Montana development tunnel on the west
side of Mt Estes. all repairs having been
completed on the engine house. The dam
slight
Some very favorable reports have come
in from the Loon creek country recent
~ Some good strikes are said to have
been made on the gOld-cOpper belt The
Loon Creek Placer company has a crew
of experienced placer miners at work put
ting things in shape for early gravel
Report is current that a dredge boat
will be built on the Yankee Fork below or
near Bonanza early in the summer as pos
sible The company (Boise and Boston,
has already exploited the ground with ma
chinery for that purpose, and with shafts.
and has no doubt OF the results The
company owns several miles of the Yam
kee Fork fats or meadows, and has pref
ty thoroughly prOspected the ground.
Wonder if there will ever be a teIe-
phone service from Challis to this portion
OF Custer county, with all the towns
from Challis to Loon creek, it would Ger
tainly be a good investment It would
seem that Custer county company could
be organized and easily obtain subscrip-
tons Of stock sufficient to construct a line
SO important as this one would be All
that is needed is a starter. We will all
turn to and help string the wire if some
body in ChaIlis will buy it and deliver
1t there for US. Only eighty miles 70 Loon
creek from ChalliS.''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-07
ORE HAULING AND BAD ROADS.
Mexico Is Experimenting With Auto
mobile Freight Machines.

At this season OF the year reports from
the mining camps indicate the usual
handicap due to poor roads and lack OF
facilities for freighting, says Denver Min
ing Reporter. ManifeStly the first re
Quisite for successful freighting is u good
road This fact IS recognized by no in
diVidual or community more strongly than
by the national government, which, in its
paternal oversight Of the conditions eX-
listing in the interior, has provided val
liable information on the subject of road
building. free TO those who are sufficiently
interested to ask for it The greater pOr-
ton OF such information IS based on di-
rect experiment and is valuable not alone
for the positive directions which il gives
but also for the record of unsuccessful
schemes which have been proposed and
found wanting. Undoubtedly many con-
ditiOnS annually reCur which will always
battle the mountain road builder, but
there is room for Improvement.
The second requisite for successful
freighting is the means of transportation
In this line the traction engine has
moved its worth ana has beeT aIrnCsf
without q competitor. In suitable locali-
ties this means of ore nduiage is cheap.
tatiOns are not as narrow as has some
times been thought The advent of the
freighting automobile has produced the
only competitor of the traction engine.
end the outcome OF the first experiments
with these machines Will be watched with
interest
with automobile freighting over mountain
roads is to be tried in the near future
Steam automobiles Of sixty horsepower
will be used 10 transport ore from the
mines TO the railroad. Special roads are
being prepared and there is no apparent
reason why the undertaking should not
prove SucC sssful. The climatic conditions
are not unfavOrable and if a route free
from too heavy grades can be selected
there should be no difficulty in freight
ing ore by this method. The meager de-
ScriptiOn of the cars now available in
dicates that heavy grades will be taken
with the assistance of cables anchored