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Mohave County miner., 1906-02-17

ROOMS TO RENT.-Furnished or un- furnished rooms in the George Build ing, on 4th street. Apply to I. M. George.
Mohave County miner., 1906-02-17
The Needles SmeIter.

Last Saturday morning the Needles Shelter was blown in and since that time from eighty to one hundred tons of ore has been reduced daily, making bullion valued at from 4,5OOS to 5,OOOS every twenty-four hours. The plant was erected by the Arizona Mexican Mining & Smelling company, under the management of Dr. L. D. Godshall. Sam Fields, one of the best men in the business, superintended construc- tion. After running steadily for one week and working as smoothly as any of the older plants it is to be expected that the good work will be kept up. Mohave county mine owners can now be assured of a market for their low grade ores, the rate to the new plant being made expressly to allow of the shipment of ore that could not be han dled under old conditions. The man. agement of the new plant is conserv- ative and careful and it is the inten- tion to make possible the handling of fifteen dollar ore at a profit. Now it is up to the mine owners of this sec ton to keep the plant in ore and make it one of the best paying institutions in the southwest. The company has mines in Mohave county capable of outputting about twenty-five tons of e daily and of a character necessary to the operation of the plant. These mines will soon be making their maxi mum output, as mill is about to be erected to handle the low grades from the mine and ship in the form of con- centrates. Let the good work go cn.
Mohave County miner., 1906-02-17

Fred H. Stull made carload ship ment of ore from the Lucky Boy dumps last week. The ore carries good average values and there is a large amount of this class of ore in the dumps and in the mine.
Mohave County miner., 1906-02-17

The New Comstock Consolidated company is unwatering the Boulevard mine, in the Union Pass section, and a crosscut is to be driven to the vein, which was lost at the 100 level. The shaft is down 200 feet and passed out of the vein at the 100 and no effort was made to find it at the lower depth. At the mill the company is al ranging for the resumption of work.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-11
LOOKING FoRwARD BACKWARD.


The outcome OF the water works
appraisement makes timely again
what The Bee said about the compul-
sorry purchase bill when 1t was being
rushed through the legislature three
years ago. We invite a re-reading of
the following extracts from an editor
ial under the caption, Senate File
No. l." in The Bee January %, 1903,
and which will, doubtless, arouse some
OF our people to a realization of how
they allowed themselves to be fooled
by the water works mountebanks:
The compulsory water works pur-
chase bill has been railroaded through
the senate without discussion as an
emergency measure. While strictly
local In its scope and affecting only
the taxpayers Of Omaha and South
Omaha, this bill violates funda-
mental principle of self-government
1t is, in fact, an indictment of the in
telligence and integrity of the citizen
ship of Omaha and a public declara-
ton in favor of placing Omaha in the
hands of a receiver. or appointing a
guardian to protect 1t from itself.
The salient features of Senate File
No. / are that Omaha must either
buy the existing water works or build
water works of its own by legislative
mandate. With this end in view the
governor is empowered and directed
to appoint a water commission com
posed of six citizens, clothed with I'M
limited power, to negotiate for the
purchase of the water works now ex-
listing or to proceed with the construc-
ton of new water works, and when
the purchase or construction is com
pleted to operate these works, pur-
chase the supplies therefor, collect
the rents and. in fact. become a
government within a government, re.
sponsible to nobody and removable by
nobody, after they are indicted iato
office.
With the exception of ISSUING
bonds already voted and voting more
bonds hereafter for the contamination
| of the proposed purchase by the com
mission, Omaha is to have nothing
to say about the management of the
water works. which will involve an
outlay of anywhere from three to sil
millions until after the expiration OF
four years, when the governor-ap,
pointed commission is to give way &c
a commission elected by its citizens
on the gradual installment plan.
The darkey in that wood-pile Is the
provision requiring the governor-ap
pointed water commission to appoint
water commissioner at any salary 4
may see Mt to pay, and we betray nc
secret in saying that the progenitoi
of this scheme and author OF Senate
File No. is TO be the beneficiary with
anywhere from $1,000 70 $4,000 1
year. That this is TO be the outcome
II the bill should become a law in III
| present form may be judged from III
context. which provides only sucE
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-11

merits Of case may be. a jury will In
nearly all cases give verdict to the en-
ploye against the corporation, and will
make the damages very liberal
The railroads accordingly purpose 10
challenge this law in the courts, on the
score of constitutionality. and they are
moving to put II to test case. They will
ask how an act giving such remedy Is a
regulation Of interstate commerce? Unless
this law is declared unconstitutional. 1t &c
by no means sure that II will not prove /,
greater financial hardship to the railroads
than the rate bill itself Damage charges
now constitute a serious drain on the I'm
comes OF carriers. The public wants sim
ply justice in this relationship of workers
and their employers. The liability idea has
gained acceptance by the community as
essentially right, in the light OF modern
conditions, but obviously II can be carried
TO extremes, and especially so II the in.
terpretations Of statute ln its effect on
great corporations is left for juries to de-.
eide PEI.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-11
Personal NOTES.

DR.. Noah X. Davis, who for thirty-three
years has filled the chair Of moral phiIoso-
ply in the University Of Virginia, has been
invited by the Carnegie Foundation to be-
come beneficiary. which he will accept.
The queen Of Spain is to have a doctor
of her own. London Truth learns that a
Scot is TO have the appointment. He Will
have salary OF $4,000 a year, an allowance
for rent, guinea C525) for each visit to
the queen and the right to a private prac-
tice.
Henry Clay Prick, the New York-Pitts-
burg multmillionaire and former partner
Of Andrew Carnegie, is Sc years old He
was a farmers son. Twenty millions is the
sum accredited to Mr.. Frick He has one
son, Childs Prick, q years old, and one
daughter, Helen
General William ]. Palmer of Colorado
Springs, one OF the founders Of the city
and of Manitou, has done more toward the
municipal improvements Of those cities than
has any other man In the United States for
his home city, He has given to Colorado
Springs system of parks and boulevards
that would have been impossible as a pub
Ito enterprise.
Because he is the father Of twelve chill
dren Earl Morris of Centralia, Boone
county, Mo-, believes President Roosevelt
should appoint him postmaster. Morris
says he is democrat, always has been and
always expects to be. with a letter TO the
president applying for the postofice ap-
pointment he has sent picture of himself
his wife and the children, ten of whom are
boys.
The nestor of rural Journalism in Illi-
nois is Colonel John S. Harper, now living
in retirement at his home city of Leroy,
Ill. He holds the remarkable record of
having been the publisher OF no less than
l56 newspapers, journalistic record which
has no parallel 1t is doubtful If any one
has come half way UP to the old mans
record in this direction.
The widow of General Thomas Francis
Meagher, Irish patriot of 1s4s, and head of
the Irish brigade" in the war for the
union, died suddenly of heart disease at
her home in Rye N. Y. last week, being
over 70 years old. She was a Townsend,
of the family to whom a grant of nearly
all the present Orange county was given.
Her grandfather owned the iron foundry
where was forged the chain that was
stretched across the Hudson at West Point
TO prevent British vessels from going fur
ther Elizabeth Townsend married Meagher
when his oratory had won the popular
admiration, and the match was a happy
one
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-11

RooSEVELT AND TARIFF REVISION.
The next task President Roosevelt
is said to have in his minds eye is
tariff revision. That task involves
mere intricate problems than the Pan
ANA canal, consular service re-organi-
cation, the pure food bill OF even rail-
road rate regulation.
7 Conceding that the present tariff
needs pruning in spots. the question is,
where TO begin, when to begin and
how far It is safe TO use the pruning
knife. Surgeons always want to brace
up their patients and put them into
the most favorable condition physic-
ally, before they attempt to perform
dangerous operation. The same prin-
ciple would also apply to the proposed
revision of the tariff with this differ
ence; patients upon whom a surgical
operation is to be performed can be
hypnotized or chloroformed. but the
commercial body cannot be put to
sleep wi lie the knife is being APP
piled to any sensitive part.
Tariff revision, OF course, involves a
reduction of duties on commodities of
foreign production and the mere pro-
posal of a material change of import
duties on any commodity produces n
decline Of it's market price. 1t goes
without saying that no merchant will
invest in any particular line of goods
that are liable to shrink in price on
his shelf. It is perfectly safe for a
merchant to buy when prices are 60
ing up. but 1t is an extra hazardous
risk to buy any more Of any line of
goods when prices are declining than
can be disposed of to consumers on
short notice. In other words, mer-
chants do not lay in large stocks on a
declining market, or on an unsettled
market. The menace of tariff revision
would within itself constitute a po-
tential element for commercial con-
traction and stagnation. To effect re-
vision with the least harm to the coun-
try is, therefore, the problem Presi-
dent Roosevelt will have to solve.
1t goes without saying that even the
most rampant free-trader would not
want to precipitate panic or CONNER
cial distress, especially in times of gen.
eral prosperity. Commercial prece-
dence would dictate that general tariff
revision be postponed to a period OF
general depression when production
has overtaken consumption and the
country cannot be seriously affected by
the closing down OF factories and
mills. In plain English, tariff revision
can be accomplished more safely in
hard times than in prosperous times.
President Roosevelt may have to put
of that delicate tariff task for the last
part of his term. All that the next
congress will be in position to under
take without creating serious disturb
arce in the commercial world would
be the preparatory work of investi-
eating the subject with view to Grad
icating the worst evils that have
sprung from excessive protection and
ascertaining the extent of the reduc-
ton that American Industrial con-
Germs can safely Withstand without i'm
pairing their ability 70 compete with
foreign manufacturers. KET
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-11

qualifications as Mr.. Howell believes
himself possessed OF.
"If the people of Omaha can be
trusted to elect an honest and capable
board Of water commissioners four
years hence, why are they not equally
mission before the negotiations for the
water works are submitted for their
ratification? Why should the citizens
Of Omaha be deprived Of the right of
home rule in the selection of water
commissioner so long as they have a
right to elect their mayors, treasurers,
comptrollers, police judges and city
councils?
Incidentally and quite apart from
its anti-American spirit, Senate File
No. is crude and seriously defective
In many particulars. II contemplates
the purchase of the water works on
the three-appraisers plan, which
would expose the city to the risk of
paying from one to two millions more
for the works than they could be du-
plicated for, or force It into the quick
sands and shoals of new construction
on engineering estimates that may
fall millions short by the time the
city got through building.
ut ignores and rejects the right to
purchase the plant by the condemna-
ton process under eminent domain
that would give the city the privilege
of appointing all the appraisers and
rejecting the appraisement in case it
is deemed too high.
There are other holes in that water
works skinner, which should be
plugged before the bill passes the
house. The bill grants authority to
the water commission to operate ten
miles beyond the corporate limits of
Omaha at its discretion, but nowhere
does the bill make provision for &C
countability to South Omaha in col
lecting water rents, planting hydrants
or extending water mains. That omis-
sion alone insures sufficient litigation
to complicate the negotiations and &C
QUESTION of the water works for
months If not for years.
THE safe plan would be for the
house of representatives to indefinitely
postpone the bill or to recommit it to
its parent for reconstruction on the
lines of home rule and popular SOW
ereignty."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-11
EMPLOYERS LIABILITY.
Important Features of the Law En-
acted by Congress.

Boston Transcript.
That in all actions hereafter brought
against any common carriers to recover
damages for personal injuries to an en-
ploye, or where such injuries have re-
suited in his death. the fact that the en-
ploye may have been guilty OF contribu-
tory negligence shall not bar a recovery
where his eontributory negligence was
slight and that of the employer was gross
in comparison, but the damages shall be
diminished by the jury in proportion to
the amount Of negligence attributable to
such employe. All questions of negligence
and contributory negligence shall be for
the jury"
This section of the employers liability
act, passed by the congress which just ad-
journed, marks an important step in the
history of this class of legislation. Most
people now feel that such acts as the
Massachusetts, employers liability statute
possess much merit. The old common law
principles certainly did not altogether con-
form to advanced views of justice ANY
law which makes an employer liable for
the acts of a servant who is exercising
supervision and control Is not unreason-
able; most people will agree that a public
service corporation should be liable 70 it's
employees for injuries arising from the
negligence of those who control the trains
and the switches. The common law princi-
pie that an employe assumes the risks OF
obvious dangers Is hardly in keeping with
the spirit of the age.
But this new federal employers liability
law. in giving a remedy to any employe
OF a railroad who may be injured by the
act Of a fellow servant. provides that I'M
limited damages may be awarded by a
jury. whereas under almost every state
law there is a limit 10 the amount which
can be recovered for death injury in
such cases In Massachusetts, the limit Is
$4,000 in case Of injury and 5000 where
death results In England the limit in
cases of injury was. until recently at
least goo. and in case OF death, $500
Another important feature OF the law Is
that under II all questions Of negligence
and contributory negligence must be sub
mitted by the court 20 the jury Expert
ence proves that no matter what the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-11
ON THE ICE WAGON.
St. Louis Post-Disnstch

st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
"ha AZ are the bugles BLOWN for?" SAID
wRa GSs d 6rl iSs The price of ce the
what makes you look so white. so
o1,ro white dIt e. =, said Tongs-on- Behind
AN, the Wagon Driver whLned.
h sney re gettin bold an ugly you can
them to owl 20"
They're gettin gu! their hammers an the
An they're, layin' f'r the iceman In the
What makes the off-horse breathe so
ara, ard?' said Tongs-on- Behind.
ns B boiiin not, IT'S boilin hot" the Wagon
What makes the lump O. ice melt
ga DOWN said Tongs-on-B Behind
49,, Wagon Driver whined " SUI" '"e
ny are formin I'm an army, an they're
nj, trailin like a hound.
cent a pound.
They're stoppin, ev'ry wagon, an they're
An they're, layin' f'r the iceman in the
mornin'."
IT'S gettin dangerous to work said
TOngs-on- Behind
Its u! double DANGEROUS to shirk." the
49,, wagon Driver whined
We're always workin' fr trust" said
Tongs-on- Behind
we only DO II cause we must" the
Wagon Driver whlned.
The trusts the only business that's ON
,, ployin' nowaday
Theyye soaked the independents an
they've driven EN- away,
An it's serve the trust or nothin' f'r the
man as works fr pay,
An they're layin f'r the iceman in the
mOrnin,"
Whats that so black agin the SUM" said
Tongs -on- Behind.
"A sign hot weather has begun the
Wagon Driver whined.
Whats that a-dTippin' on the rOcks?'
said Tongs- on Behind.
ITS thawin' in the wagon box" the
Wagon Driver whined.
Its summer good an plenty now, the sun
is bazn' hot.
The price o. ice is soarin' an well have TO
night a lot
An maybe well survive Il. an then maybe
We will not.
FIR they're layin for the iceman in the
morning"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-11

The latest skyscraper project is a
forty-one story building which will
have height Of s25 feet. The struc-
ture is to be erected on the corner of
Broadway and Liberty streets, New
York, and TO be occupied by a sewing
machine company. II this forty-one
story skyscraper is really erected it
will be more than twice the height of
the national capitol and 1875 feet
higher than the dome of st. Peters.
1t is doubtful, however. whether this
architectural monstrosity will ever be
perpetrated on the city of New York,
which is already disfigured sufficiently.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-11

The city council is talking about i'm
posing a tax rate for the coming year
the same as last year. There is no
good excuse for this, in view of the
pledges of retrenchment and economy.
The same tax rate as last year on the
increased valuation for the coming
year would produce a greater revenue
and be, in fact, an increased tax levy.
1t should be remembered, too, that we
have consolidated the city and county
treasures and the city and county tax
commissioners, and surely have cut
down expenses in these departments
II is high time for the taxpayers and
business men to protest against being
loaded down with any more city taxes
than necessary.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-11
Generosity of whipped Animal.

Admiral Rojestvensky's generous EFFORT
10 bring down on his own head all the
blame for the destruction Of the Russian
heet In the battle Of the Sea OF Japan
is more likely TO dispose the eourtmsrtiai
at Cronstadt in his favor than otherwise.
Military tribunals are supposed % be little
Influenced by sentiment, but the members
OF such courts are human and II would
be inhuman 20 accept plea OF guilty
from the commanding oficer, who at the
time OF the surrender Of the battered rem
nant OF his feet was lying wounded and
only half conscious aboard the torpedo
boat BedovL
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-11

Conspiracies to monopolize the ice
trade and raise prices are not confined
to any section of the country. Local ice
trusts are now being prosecuted in
Kansas City, Philadelphia, Washing
ton, Jersey City and several cities in
New Jersey, the home of all the big
trusts. In the meantime the consum-
ers are in the grip of the man with the
Ice tongs. ......
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-11

The Fire and Police board is calling
upon the council to pay for repairs to
fire engine houses out of the city's
general fund. It was supposed that
the new charter provided effective
limitations to prevent transfers from
one fund to another and to prevent
diversions from any fund under any
pretext If the fire fund can be re-
plenished at will from the general
fund, of what use will the charter lin
itations be?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-11

Give Mayor Dahlman credit for one
thing, in trying to keep in touch with
the demands of the people so far as
they relate to municipal government
by attending meetings of improvement
clubs, Real Estate exchange and other
organizations that discuss city affairs.
With the prospect of being called to
account for every official act the mayor
should feel the necessity of constant
care and caution.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-11
snBnAslxA SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN.
Best Equipped for the work.


Latest reports are to the effect that Ed
ward Rosewater carried the Douglas county
primaries and that he will have. by big
majorities all OF the eighty-three delegates
from there to the republican state con-
ventlon. This must be conceded to give
Mr.. Rosewater a prominent place in the
race for the nomination for United States
senator by the state convention. Norris
Brown has been doing effective work In
the interest of his own candidacy. but from
now on until the last OF the delegates have
been selected the Rosewater boom will
grow. Party service should count in his
favor. He has, as the Times has said be-
fore, earned this nomination over and over
again His capacity is unquestioned and
UNREASONABLE. His age has been cited
against his availability. Yet. he is little
over 90 years Of age. and sconeededly pos
sesses an equipment for the work Of a
senator Of the United States superior to
that OF any rival candidate
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-11

The jug-handled water works pur-
chase juggle has been propelled an
other peg. AS per program the official
report of the hydraulic appraisers has
been obviously filed in the archives
of the Water board. The water com
pany promptly offered to turn over the
works for the upset price and the
Water board, acting on the advice Of
its special attorneys, promptly de-
clined the prompt offer with the usual
formal allegations of incompetent,
irrelevant and immaterial and
FRAUD. which means that the
works are to be operated by the Water
company and the taxpayers are to be
worked for an indefinite period to pay
for the costly and indefinite proceed
ings. All this tribulation was fore
seen and forecasted when the Howell
compulsory purchase bill to acquire
the works Immediately" was engi-
neered with the emergency clause
through the legislature more than
three years ago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-11
PASSING PLEAsANTRIEs.

Mrs. Farmer-Why amt you working
weary Wllle-Why, IL wuz like dis mum
pey wanted to cut me salary from SlO0, DIV
year to 10000 and wouldn't stand fer Il,
Brooklyn Life.
:. Miss Passay's hair is all mussed, isn't
Yes, just as if she could deceive any
Deceive any one?"
Yes she mussed It purposely Just to give
Ihe impression that some one had been
dancing with. her."-Philadelphia Ledger
You must admit that our friend has the
courage OF his convictions" said one states.
In the case of such opinions as his.
answered the other 1T isn't courage. Us
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Star.
The Rev. Mr. Goodman inspecting him.
self In mirror)-Caroline, don't really be.
I IisSe ,,I,6 ought to wear this wig. It looks
Mrs. Goodman-Bless your heart, Avery.
don't let that trouble you. That wig Wi
never FOOL anybody for one moment-Chi-
Miss Elder-My mamma always taurht
me that It was better to undertake than To-
M, Miss Younger-Is that the reason you
What wages do you pay, mum?o
I'm willing to pay you whatever you are
1--WE never worked tor as li,t,a as ....
mum. Good.day to you"4cityeiig3nS8T j Pgsb;
Dealer. = rum
'I understand" said the eastern visitor
that twenty years ago there was good
sn9otlps inside your city limits"
..,,tt mere rs yet" retorted the western man.
game phe, INNS out we extend our city limits"
Three ballsr called out the un,n,ro
Now,s your chance to soak n poi,,
IT1endt! yelled an excited pawnbrokeT Co.
1ns grand stand to the batsman-Chicago