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Mohave County miner., 1906-02-03

Pressy Goodman and Joe Folk, of Needles, were in Kingman yesterday on business connected with their min ing interests on Bill Williams Fork. Mir. Goodman recently located a num- Der of promising mining claims below the Forks from which many assays running above lO0S to the ton in gold have been taken. The ore also car ries a good percentage of copper. Min ing men have a short time option on the property. Mir. Goodman reports great activity in the section below Bill Williams Fork and believes it will be- come one of the greatest copper sec tions of the territory. E. $. Osborne is working about forty men on his mines and is opening up big bodies of gold-copper ore. The Butler-Blan- chard properties are also looking fine.
 J. c. Hooker and J. P. Davis came in from Los Angeles Tuesday last and in company of L. M. Teale and Anson H. Smith visited the Treasure Hill mines the following day. The gentle men are interested in the property and were making an examination on their own account. From what we could learn they intend to put in a large steam plant on the mine and begin the active development of the property within the next thirty days. They were quite pleased with the property and believe the company has one of the good things of the district.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03
Feeding Cottonxeed Meal.

Many mistakes are made in the feed
ing Of cottonseed meal, feeders forget
ting for the moment that it is an ex-
remely concentrated food and needs a
pretty strong stomach to handle it;
hence it should be fed sparingly to
young stock. AS a food by itself it
will not do for any considerable period,
but as one Of mixture it has great
value even at a price as high as $50 a
ton, provided the other grains used are
not too high in price. A fine mixture
is corn meal the grinding Of the corn
and the cob together and the cotton
seed-meal. Or, bran may be used when
the corn is ground without the cob but
in the latter case the ratio should be
two parts Of the cottonseed meal to
one part each Of the corn meal and the
wheat bran.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03
A MILLION-DOLLA MOSQUE.
Where the Muezzin Call Will be
Heard in London.

Where the Muezzin Call Will be
Heard in London.
There Is but one Allah and Mo
manned is his prophet
This call Of the muezzin will soon
ring out to the faithful Moslems Of
London from the minarets Of one of
the most beautiful structures in the
world, located in the heart Of that
city. Plans have been drawn for the
erection Of Mohammedan mosque,
to cost 100000 and to be exceeded
In magnifcence Of architecture and
adornment only by the famous mosque
Of St. Sophia, in Constantinople. There
are about 1000 Islamites in London,
besides those converts who are being
attracted to the religion Of the Sultan
by the fad which prevails in England
at present In Liverpool, on a re-
cent casion, 100 persons embraced
Mohammedanism at the same time.
The money for the London mosque
will come chiefly from such persons as
the Shah Of Persia, the Sultan Of Tur-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03
HIS WIFE RELENTS
BEFORE YERKES DIES.
COMES TO HIS BEDSIDE AS LAST
MOMENT OF LIFE AR
RIVES.
Stunned Him During Last Illness, but
Body Is Taken to Home Rent
by Disputes.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-At Charles T.
Yerkes' bedside Friday when he died
were Charles E. Yerkes, his son; the lat
ter's wife; Mrs. Rondinella, Mr. Yerkes'
daughter, and Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes.
The wife of the dying man arrived at
the last minute. She had not been to see
her husband since ne mad been ill there,
as the two have been estranged for a
long time. Only a few hours before
Yerkes death Mrs. Yerkes announced,
through her butler, that she had no in
tentlon of being at her husbands bed
side.
1t was the first time that Mrs. Yerkes
mad met her step-children for some years.
Little was said, and as soon as the end
nad come Mrs. YerkeS drove back to her
home again. She refused to see any one.
IL was announced early in the evening
that Mr.. Yerkes' body would be taken
10 his house. 1t did not reach there I'M
u III after 10 o'clock last night. Charles
L. 1erkes, Jr., had not visited the house
up to that time, but it was said to be his
intention to go there later, along with
MS wife and sister Two heavily yelled
women were driven up later and were
admitted
1t is believed that the funeral will be
private and probably will take place
hiOili Tile mousse. N1r. erkeS was not
rehgious man. If anything he was a
Quaker, as his people were before him.
.Ihe estrangement of Mr.. Yerkes and
MS wife occurred several years ago. 1t
Is reported to have arisen over friend
whom Mrs. Yerkes disliked. They had
not been seen together for a long time.
Mrs. 4erkes has always occupied the
tine Yerkes mansion on Fifth avenue
MT. Yerkes has gone there, too, on the
brief visits he has made here from Lon
don in the last few years. In London
he lived at the Savoy hotel.
That a serious breach existed between
Mr.. Yerkes and his wife was noticed
when he arrived here in November. He
had to be carried from the steamer and
instead of going to his house he was
taken to the Waldorf-Astoria. 1t was
given out that this was because altera-
tons were being made in the house. The
alterations consisted in building a place
for statuary next to the main house Oh
Fifth avenue.
No man at the time of his death prob
ably left affairs of such magnitude in the
shape he has" said a friend 1t was
perfectly characteristic of him. In No
yember the doctors advised him to come
home. Mr.. Yerkes knew what that
meant, but he had the satisfaction of
knowing when he left the other side that
he had left his affairs so that others
could carry them right along"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03
ATTENTIVE CLERK REWARDED
Aged Customer Gives Her Favorite
Five Hundred Dollars

Aged Customer Gives Her Favorite-
Five Hundred Dollars
Miss Sadie Gould, Of Highland street,
Dorchester, an employe Of the Gil
christ Co., In Boston, Mass, has been
presented with $500.
Miss Gould has, been with the firm
about twenty-five years in the coat and
suit department. During this time she
hes become such a general favorite
that she has acquired her own coterie
Of customers.
Among the oldest Of these is a wom-
an who makes it a point Of having
Miss Gould wait upon her whenever
she visits the store.
Monday the woman presented Miss
Gould with five 500 bills.
She said that now she was gettin-
older and would not be in SO often,
she wanted to show her appreciation
Of Miss Gould's kindness and her genu-
inc worth.
Miss Gould Immediately placed the
$500 in the hands Of the firm. who gave.
her a check for it.
L am quite overcome with sur
PRISE" she said
This good angel has been coming
in here for over twenty years. She.
always came to me and I always tried
to please her. When you have known
a person for a long time you know
what they like and what will be apt
to please them.
when she came in this morning
and gave me that money was almost
too surprised to speak.
1T is always agreeable to- be appre
ciated and have people realize that you
have tried to please them"
Miss Gould is very attractive WON
an, with wavy white hair and a very
kindly face.-Detroit News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03
JAMES J. HILL TO
RETIRE NEW YEARS.
President of Great Northern Railroad
Will Quit Active Railroad Work
Son Succeeds Father.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 29.-It is an
nounoed that James ]. Hill, president of
the Great Northern railroad, would re-
tire from active railroad work on Sat-
urday next and that he would be sue
ceeded by one son, Louis w. Hill, while
another SON. NJ. J. n. Hill, would sue
coed his brother Louis as first vice presi-
dent and that other official changes
would be made public next week.
James j. Hill has during the past two
weeks spent the greater part of the time
at the Minnesota club, and has even in
vaded the billiard rooms, something he
has not done for years. Mr.. Hill said
last week that he intended to drop rail-
road work and seek pleasure, and that
the only reason he had not done SO be-
fore was that conditions had constantly
arisen that required his personal atten-
ton.
Louis w. Hill while the official head
of the Great Northern railway system
will have the assistance of his father.
Mr.. Hill was born in Guelph, Ontario,
September IS, 1888. He began in the
transporta ton business after leaving the
farm in st. Paul, in 1856. In 1870 he
established the Red River Transporta-
ton company, In 1873 he syndicated
the st. Paul & Pacific railway and
made it the Minneapolis & Manitoba.
He became president when this system
became the Great Northern. He was the
chief promoter of the Northern Securi-
ties company.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03
Abuses of Cold Storage.

Cold storage has apparently been
overworked. At first the principle Of
cold storage was used to carry perish
able foodstuffs over the period Of plen-
ty and distribute them through the fol-
lowing months Of famine. But accord
ing to investigations Of Boards Of
Health in some Of the larger cities,
cold storage plants contain food that
has lain there from six months to two
years because market conditions have
not suited the spectators, and they are
holding for greater profits. The result
Is that consumers are likely to eat
some very old stuff that may not be
conducive to good health, and that
farmers and other producers are like
~ to suffer unfair competition when
offering new wholesome products.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03
Farm PrOblems s.

What do you do for thumps in pigs?
When is the best time to water q
horse?
What does it cost to produce a
pound Of beef?
How much grain and hay should a
work horse be fed?
What weight cattle command the
best prices on the market?
How does the cost Of raising a colt
compare with that Of raising a steer?
How does the stomach of the horse
compare with that Of the steer in
size?
How much gain in weight should
you make for every bushel Of corn
fed to steers or hogs?
How great "a spread" between the
price paid for feeders and the sell
ing price is necessary to show
profit?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03

or four-inch stovepipe. Then buy addi-
tional lengths Of pipe and make the
connections yourself, having an elbow
to go into the box.
Make the smoke fire in the boiler,
the smoke will pass into the box, and,
on a small scale, one will have first
class smokehouse. At little heat is re-
CURED to keep up the fire sufficient to
give the desired amount Of smoke,
there is no danger Of the wash boiler
being too frail for the purpose. The
illustration shows the plan perfectly,
the details Of the piping being shown
in the lower part Of the cut.-Indian-
apOlis News
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03
GROVER CLEVELAND
PLEADS FOR PATRICK.
Former Presiden: Heads the List of
Names Sent to Gov. Higgins
Asking for Clemency.

NEW YORK. Dee. 3O.-It was an
nounced here last night that former
PRESIDENT Grover Cleveland heads the
list OF signatures to the petition which
IS to be forwarded to Gov. Higgins next
Week asking for clemency in the case
of Albert T. Patrick, who is under SEN
tence of death for the murder Of Will
lam Marsh Rice.
Albany. N. Y, Dec 3O.-Gov. Higgins
says that he has received letters from
Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton and former
Judge John T. Dillon of New York, ad-
vanclng reasons why he should interfere
III behalf of Albert t. Patrick, now
awaiting execution for the murder of
W1!llam M Rice. The governor did not
indicate what his reply would be-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03
kew and other rich adherents Of the
faith nonresident of England.

key and other rich adherents Of the
faith nonresident of England.
In the temple there will be a grand
entrance, called 1.-The Gate Of Islam"
It will lead into an outer court yard,
while on either side will be ablution
and instruction rooms. No unbel1eVer
must ever enter the inner court, in the
center of which will be the mosque it
self. This inner court will have II
sides. in the center Of each being a
gate dedicated to one Of the II Mos
lem countries Of the world. Each gate
will be built in the style Of the coun-
try represented, yet forming one con-
tinuous arcade. Within this court will
be the fountain and tank In which
worshipers must battle their feet be-
fore proceeding to the grand estrada
leading into the interior Of the mosque
Striking ornamentation will be a
feature Of this Islam house of prayer
Green and white carrara marble will
be used, and it will be given semi
Craze so that the London smoke will
not affect it. Green is the color Of
Islam, and the architects are making
every effort to be guaranteed a supply
Of carrara having a peculiarly soft,
blue green tint. From the roof cor
ners will spring two gorgeous min
arets, from which the muezzin will call
the faithful to prayer. The cupola Of
each will be $50 feet from the ground,
and will form strikingly prominent OBJ
jects outlined against the prosaic Lon
don skyline of gables and chimneys.
It is estimated that the cost of the
structure alone will be $5OO,OOO, while
as much more will be expended upon
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03
Cost OF Putting Up siIage.

The question is often discussed as to
the cost Of putting up silage, says
Michigan Farmer. From large mum
Der Of records kept among Illinois
farmers it was found TO cost about Sc
cents per ton. In some cases the cost
was as much as rs cents per ton, while
in others as low as 80. In filling a
Michigan silo this season where the
horn was heavy and had to be hauled
about 100 rods to the silo it cost 81
cents per ton. The cost should vary
with the distance the silage is to be
hauled. If siIage is to be put up eco
nomically an ensilage cutter should be
used that will take the corn and handle
it rapidly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03
Amount of Corn REQUIRED.

1t is well enough to lay down the
rule that ten pounds Of corn will make
one pound Of pork, but rules may not
give the results expected unless ap-
piled under certain conditions. Some
breeds Of hogs will produce more pork
on the same food than others, and
even with a selected breed there will
be some Individual animals that will
increase more rapidly than others. In
the winter season, if the hogs are ex-
posed, twenty or thirty pounds of corn
may be required to make a pound Of
pork. Care and management are i'm
portant, as we'll as breed and food.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03

posts and telegraph and telephone
poles. It works out well In both of
these. In tie picking of ties, the rail-
roads are using a great many of the
softer woods, those which ordinarily
wouldn't last more than two or three
years. By the treatment Of chemicals,
though, their life is extended to at least
ten years. The movement first had it's
origin about 1880, when attention was
called by the government that there
was becoming a scarcity Of timber In
various sections of the country.
Free Seed Distribution.
The annual protest Of seed men
against free distribution Of seed by the
Department of Agriculture has been
sent to the President. It is signed by
twenty nine seedsmen, embracing the
whole territory between the Rocky
Mountains and the New England coast
The protest states that the original in
tent1on Of the law was to obtain seeds
unknown in the United States that
might prove valuable, and in this way
increase our agricultural productions,
but that this statesmanlike proposition
has been grievously distorted, with the
result that in the main the most COM
mon kinds Of garden seeds have been
distributed.
No doubt a great abuse has crept
into this matter Of free seed patron
age. 1t has been used by a great many
INSCRIPTIONS politicians to make them
selves solid with certain voters. Like
all other public questions, there are
two sides. The distribution Of sugar
beet seed grown on the Pacific coast
for experiment all over the country is
a good feature that will Offset some Of
the undesirable ones. Not all the seeds
distributed are common garden truck.
Field and Fireside.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03
VEXATIOUS DELAY
LAW HELD VALID,
United States Court at St. Paul Makes
Decision of Importance to Insurance
Companies and Policy Holders.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dee. 3O.-Tbe
United States circuit court Of appeals has
upheld the constitutionality Of the ''vexa-
tlous delay laws which have been en-
acted by many states and which add a
percentage penalty to every judgment Sc
cured against fire insurance company
If the policy holder is compelled to sue to
recover a claim and can show that his
claim should not have been disputed.
Some attorneys hold that under this rul-
ing 10 per cent. penalty and lawyers
fees are made practically Il part Of every
judgment secured hereafter against an
insurance company in &, suit On policy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03
Gives $4,000 I'm Samples.

''How brisk this fall trade is" said
the department manager, joyousIy.
1.-The hum of business is sweeter in
my ear than a Wagner overture. AL
ready we have sent out to-day $50
worth Of dress samples"
"That seems rather wasteful," SAID
the up-country storekeeper.
"Wasteful? Not at all. It is a part
of the days work, like supplying our
patrons with free ice-water. We snip
off and give away $4,000 worth Of
samples every year."
He laughed gayly.
Judge from that" he said, ''the
number Of orders we get in return -
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03

One Dead and Nearly Twenty
Injured in Minneapolis.
OIL STOVE BLOWN UP
Woman Who Attempted to Light 1t
Meets Death-Many Daring
Rescues Are Made.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Dec. %
One person is dead, two seriously burned
and fifteen or more injured or overcome
by smoke, is the result of the destruction
by fire today of the Higgins tenements,
S17-S29 Minnehaha avenue.
Fires Spread Overp owering.
The fire started in the apartments OF
Mrs. Lorraine Buckliff, 1923 Minnehaha
avenue, in the middle Of the big tene-
ment, and spread with great rapidity.
Twenty-seven families were routed from
their beds and sent shivering and half
smothered into the 10 above zero at
mosphere. The dead:
BUCKLIFF, MRS. LORRAINE, aged 60
years.
The seriously injured:
Stephen Lewis, barber.
Mrs, Mary Foley, aged 43, both badly
burned.
Daring Re5cues Are Made.
Mrs. Foley may not recover. Lewis
was injured while trying to rescue per-
sons in the building. A V. Wells of 800
Mlnnehaha avenue was burned while res
culng three children of Mrs. Schwartz, a
widow, whom he found almost smothered
by smoke in their beds.
Mrs. Buckliffe was burned to death be-
fore she could be taken from the kitchen.
Oil Stove Is Beginning.
Mrs. Foley, who slept with Mrs. Buck
lift, arose at 4:3O this morning to start q
fire in an oil stove. AS soon as she
lighted @ match the oil exploded Mrs.
Buckliff was standing nearby and in a
flames which soon spread throughout the
building.
The twenty seven families made home
less lost everything they possessed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03
DR.. SIMPSON JAILED.
Sensation at Inquest Over Wealthy
Long Island Man Hits
Son-in-Law

NORTHPORT, L. l., Dec. 29.-At the
inquest held here today over the body Of
BARLEY T. Horner who was shot and
killed by his son-in-law, DR.. J. W. Simp-
son, New York dentist, Dr. Simpson
was held on charge Of murder by the
coroner and was taken at once to the
prison at Riverhead. Sensational de-
velopments came out at the inquest.
Watch Chain in Wound.
The autopsy disclosed that there were
two bullet wounds in the dead mans
body, about four to six inches apart.
One OF the wounds was directly in line
with the watch pocket in the vest and
portion of the gold chain was carried
clear through the body by the force of
the bullet and imbedded in the muscles
Of the back.
DR.. Horner was for years the south
ern representative of the Lolliard tobac-
co firms and was worth about 100000.
AT the inquest Mrs. Horner, the widow,
was the most important witness.
Wished "OId Man" Dead.
CDR. Simpson" she declared. "said in
my hearing at the supper table Wednes-
day evening the night of the shooting,
my husband, was dead
He said this after the subject of my
husbands will had been preached. His
wife, my daughter, demonstrated with
him and upbraided him at the time for
his strange and cruel remarks.
"A few months ago my husband made
up his mind to have his will changed.
He was worth about 100000 l should
say. He visited a lawyer. He said at
the time that he wanted it fixed so that
the fortune would not be squandered by
Dr.. Simpson after his death.
Got Him Out of scrapes.
'sMy husband has frequently gotten
him out of financial straits. The lawyer
arranged to come to our house Yesterday.
On Wednesday my son-in-law arrived
from New York and at the supper table
declared that the will could not be
changed; that such thing was not pos
sible. Then he made the remark that
he wished Mr.. Homer was dead"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03
Good Smokehouse.

The thrifty farmer prepares his own
pork for home consumption, and II ne
is short Of cash with which to build an
up-to-date smokehouse he will appre-
c1ate the following plan, which will
enable him to carry out his ideas at
small cost. Buy an old but good up
night piano box, and after making it
smoke tight with paper, set it in the
desired place and dig a trench SO that
the piping will enter at one end Of the
box through the bottom. Then take an
old wash boiler with good copper
bottom and have a unsmith make a
hole in one side near the bottom, and
IN this fasten a piece of tin water pipe
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03

the lavish scheme of decorat lions. Gold
mosaic will line the interior and costly
Indian tiles will cover the floor, while
the windows will be dreams Of tinted
loneliness. All the drapings and hang
ings and the ornamentation Of the holy
places will be upon the most superb
scale of Oriental extravaganza.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03

made by boiling the blade of a strong
heavy scythe to a sledge or sled, as
here shown. One Of these machines is
claimed to cut about two and a half
acres per day. Americans will make
some Improvements on it, especially
in the manner of gathering the stalks
when being cut.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03
Got Him Out of Scranes
SUE STORMS IF HE STAYS.
Given Until Next Tuesday to
Quit by Gov. Hanly.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 2S.-The
Star says: "Gov. Hanly has given
Daniel e. Storms until next Tuesday to
hand in his resignation as secretary of
state. If the secretary has not complied
with the governors demand by that time
him in the courts. These proceedings
will be in the nature of a suit to GUST
Storms from office on the ground that
ne has misconducted the affairs Of his Of
fee"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03
Germany Good Customer.

Germany is good customer of agri-
cultural America, especially her crops
and products Of the South Last year
she bought raw cotton to the value of
500, 100000; oil cake and cotton-seed
meal, $4,10O,00O; lard and oleomar-
garine, $17,O00OOO; raw tobacco, So
100000; corn, $7,2oO,Ooo; wheat, $6,0Oo,-
900.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-01-03
Buying Fruit Trees.

II fruits Of any kind are to be set
out, see that the supply is purchased
and the stakes set, SO that when the
time comes for transplanting there
need be no delay. With many spring
Is considered the best time for set.
ting out fruit, and if this plan be in
tended, SO far as possible the work
should be done early, so that the trees
or plants will be able to make a good
start to grow before hot dry weather
shall have set in. Purchases may be
made In winter, in advance.
Picked Posts.
Preservation of wooG is becoming
more general every year, says the Kan
sas City Journal. They are even ex-
tending this plcklino business to fence