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been found lodged against the east
 andll annpl5; lrnful ?lo lcnlllrrtdTad r
 side of the shaft A carload of rock was dumped down the deepest mining shaft
 in South Africa, but not a particle of
 it reached the bottom"
 It is believed that the Red Jacket
 shaft. notwithstanding its great depth,
 does not mark the limit to which men
 may go below the ocean level When
 the shaft was first opened the temporal
 ture at the bottom was about 90 de-
 grees. By means of ventilating appa-
 ratus the temperature has been reduced
 to a point between 70 and so degrees.
 The miners work here in perfect com
 York office building on an average
 summer day. Men toll under greater
 steamships.
 The hoisting machinery connected
 with this shaft is on a par with the
 shaft itself as regards immensity. II
 is said to be the most powerful hoist
 ing apparatus in the world, and one
 is ready to believe it when one learns
 one quarter of the power of the engines
 of such steamships as the Deutsch-
 land That there is some use for such
 powerful machinery is realized when noe stops to remember that the drums must be large enough and strong enough not only to lift ten tons of ore,
 but the car and the great weight of steel cable. The engines hoist this weight at an average speed of an ex- press train. four-fifths that of the Elm pire State express. or at the rate of 40 miles an hour. In other words, the burden shoots to the top in ninety sec onds.
 Unlike the surroundings of most mines natures face about the Hecla and Calumet has not been devastated. Save for the buildings over the shafts and the mining trains, one familiar with the appearance of mining towns would not recognize the community as one entirely engaged in mining. There is none of the squalor. Although there are more than half a dozen towns whose population combined is more than forty thousand-all dependent upon the mines for a livelihood-there are more miles of streets in the mines beneath this smiling country than there are in the towns. Two hundred miles l comb the earth. To support this great system of subways, millions upon mil lions of feet of timber are required. Ev- cry year thirty million feet of logs are required to replace the old timber and | provide for the support of new galler- ics. The requirements of this series of mines are clearing the country of tim Der for five hundred miles around, ac-
 cording to Mr. Paine. The company has its own logging crews and miles of | forests.
 Great pains are taken to keep stran-
 gers out of the mines. for underground
 fires. believed to be have been of in
 cendiary origin, have more than once
 threatened the destruction of the min = ing property. The mines are protect ed against fire by an underground wa ter and telephone system, pumping g stations and an electric alarm sys- | tenn. If the mines were burned out it | is asserted that the direct loss would
 be scores of millions and an indirect | loss of more than a hundred millions of dollars.
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RICHARD
 BACKS CANS

SALT LAKE CITY.-A special to the Herald from Ely. New says that "Tex" Rickard. the fight promoter, has offered to take the bet of $20,000 pro- posed by John T. May of Reno that Battling Nelson can stay 20 rounds with Joe Cans, and in addition agrees to furnish a purse of $25,OOO for such a match, The condition is that the meeting shall take place at Ely.
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MICHIGAN COPPER
 MINES VERY RICH

NEW YORK.-Mention coper mines and there looms up in the mind i'm ages of riot and bloodshed and "apex- es' of bribed judges and purchased votes. of manipulated markets and stocks Some facts which, of their kind, were told recently in Outing" by Ralph with a mine as a part of its history, wer told recently in "Outing" by Ralph D. Paine Owing to the quietness with Northern Michigan are operated, these facts are not generally known. To own a gold mine that pays a profit for the operation is enough to give one re- putation of being a Croesus. It is said that the ore drawn from the group of shafts near the shores of Lake Michi- gan. representing the Hecla and Calu- met mines. have produced more diVi- dends than have been paid by any oth- CT mining corporation in the world. In the course of the last 35 years the divi- dends have amounted to nearly sl00,- 900, 900 on a capitalization of only $2,- 800. 900. In one period of five years the mine has paid $27.0OO0OO in dividends, or more than double it's capital stock each year.
 No human prospector's pick, accord ing to tradition. discovered this rich store in the earth's shell. Forty years ago, so the tale runs, pig. prospecting with it's heshy pick-ax in the forests that once the inhabitants of Michigan wished to have Topped off their state because they were valueless, turned up chunk of copper that revealed the hidden treasure.
 It is said that one can go further be- low the surface of the earth in the famous Red Jacket shaft in these mines than anywhere else in the world. It is a mile in depth and goes further be- low the level of the ocean than any other hole on earth which can be de- scended by man Other mines of great depth have orfices above the sea and terminal at about sea level.
 It is expected that because of this great depth some interesting scientific data will be secured. especially relating to the thickness and density of the earth's crust. Investigations of a sci entific nature are being made by Presi dent F. w. McNair of the Michigan College of Mines He believes that in the Red Jacket mine the westward motion of the earth revolving on it's axis can be detected. Nothing, he thinks, dropped in this shaft can ever on the east side of the shaft somewhere above the foot.
 This is due to the motion of the earth" Mr. Paine quotes President Me- Nair as saying The article dropped, no matter what it's shape or size may be. will be invariably found clinging to monkey wrench was dropped by min CT, but it failed to reach bottom, and was found lodged against the east side of the shaft several hundred feet down. We decided that to make proper test of the theory it would be worth while to experiment with a small,~ heavy, spherical body. So we suspended a marble tied with a thread about twelve feet below the mouth of the shaft. We then burned the thread with a lighted match in order not to disturb the exact fall of the marble. About five hundred feet down 1t brought up against the east side of the shaft. When miners have fallen down the shaft the result has been similar. Their bodies have
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

In the Probate Court of St. Michael Precinct. Second Division. District If Alaska.
 Letters of administration on the es- tate of Charles C. Irvine deceased, having been issued to the undersigned in the probate court, above stated, all persons knowing themselves to be in debted to said estate should make prompt payment and all persons hay ing claims against the estate should present them. with proper vouchers within six months from the date here of, at St. Michael, Alaska.
 November I, 1907.
 A. BRUNETT,
 Administrator,
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NOTICE.

In the Probate Court, for the Fair haven Precinct District of Alaska. Second Division.
 In the matter of the estate of Jens Neilsen. deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that the un- dersignrd has been appointed by th" above named court administrator of the estate of Jens Neilsen, deceased, and that all persons and creditors hay ing claims against the said estate are hereby required to present their claim with the proper vouchers to the under signed. at his residence in the town of Candle, District of Alaska, within six months from the date of this notice. Dated November 1G. A. D., 1907.
 R. II. FON. Administrator of the Estate of J"ns
 NeilScn deceased.
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Lost between HOgan's alley and Third street up to Samuels store, a purse with clasp, containing g and two baby purses. Reward to finder. Return to Nugget office.
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Ladies will receive green coupons on mems wear as we'll as ladies' wear Coupons are always good. Simson Bros.
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Clearing House Certificates are good at Segerstrom & Haaen's. Jewellers and Opticians.
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DOLLS! DOLLS!-An elegant as sortment at less than outside prices. Simson Bros.
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OWLS AT kATAllA.

KATALLA.-Nest No. 100 of the iZed here.
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Ladies will receive green coupons on mems wear as we'll as ladies' wear- Coupons are always good. Simson Bros.
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NOTICE.
In the District Court for the District of Alaska, Second Division.
A. BRUN EFT,
 Administrator,

Public notice is hereby given that pursuant to an order of said court dat special term of the District Court of Alaska. Second Division, win be held in the court room of said court. at Nome, Alaska. to begin the 20th day of January 1908. at II o'clock a. m. In witness whereof. 1 have hereunto said court this 2Oth day of December. A. D., 1907
 JNO. H. DUNN. Clerk of the District Court of Al-
 aSka Second Division
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ietor Photographs, all the newest makes, opened especially for the hoIi. days. Simson Bros.
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Largest Billiard and Pool Room in Alaska at the Board of Trade.
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Heeords-Reproduetions of the worlds foremost singers and orchestras including the October records. Simson Bros.
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WANT A WOMAN
 DELEGATE

Nuggets Special Service.
 DENVER, Colo, Dec. 21.-The wo- men of that state are planning to elect Mrs. R. Bryan Leavitt delegate to the democratic national convention.
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Remember the grand Masonic ball Christmas night at Eagle hall. .. =.
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Fine Box Candy and Bon Bons at Hancoek's Candy Kitchen.
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therein demanded.

therein demanded
 The above entitled action is one for recovery of money wherein the plaintiff charges you with the payment of the sum of five hundred dollars over and above all legal sctons or counter claims, upon a certain promissory note now due, owing and payable from you to said plaintiff, also for interest on the same and his costs and disburso- mcnts incurred in this action.
 This summons is published by am or der of the above entitled court. dated November 21st 1907; the date of the first publication Is November 23. 1907. and the date of the last publication January End. 1908, when service will be completed, and within thirty dav~ from said last mentioned date, the de- fendart herein is required to answer plaintiffs complaint
 Witness. the Honorable Alfred <. Moore, judge of the above entitled court and the seal of said court here to affixed this 2lst day of November 1907.
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Nut Candy at Hancoc
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Clearing House Certificates are good at Segerstrom & Haeens, Jewellers and Opticians.
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which the large choir is practicing
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greetings to their mother as did also
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JNO. II. DUNN.
 Clerk of Said Court. By Angus Mcbride, Deputy. Sat. Nov 23 90. :, II. 21. 2S.
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tembers," best in stock. and we guar
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
SOCIETY

Mrs. Clarence Warnock entertained
yesterday at a luncheon. followed by
cards, in honor o. Mrs C 5. William
son of Denver Five tables were ar
ranged for the luncheon, the decora-
tons being all on the Easter order
Later in the game OF 500. which fol-
lowed, prizes were won by Mrs. Charles
w. BOYD. Mrs. II. c. BrownIee, Mrs.
John Reinsimar and Mrs. w. L. Green.
The hostess was assisted by Mrs.
Harry S. Knight and Mrs. Boyd.
X X X
Mrs. w. w. Anness was the hostess
yesterday afternoon at a delightfully."-
informal tea for her aunt, Miss Grace
HeilIes of Dayton, o., who is her
awarded the winners, and a buffet sup
per was served later in the afternoon.
x x x
Mrs. Louis S. Gates entertains today
at a luncheon at the Commercial club
in honor of Miss Leslie Kerr of Chi
cago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Windsor V. Rice are
expected home today from the coast,
where they have spent the past. few
weeks.
Mrs Rachel :. Miller. who has been
spending some time in Trail, B. c,
with her son, John Miller, will be here
within the next week or so to visit Mr..
and Mrs. Sidney Beatie.
x x
Mrs. A. c.. Horn and Mrs. H. NJ
Rowe of Ogden spent yesterday in the
city shopping.
X X X
Mrs. Wallace Thayer Perham left
last evening for her home in Butte,
Mont, after spending some weeks with
MIR. and Mrs. A. G. Mackenzie.
x x
Mrs T. w. Naylor of Logan, who
has spent the past week with her
mother, leaves today for her home.
X x
Miss Katherine Geddes entertains to-
day at a bridge tea for Miss Addie
Zane.
X , X
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Peabody will en-
terrain the Bridge club this evening al
their home, 1864 Third street.
Miss Ida HawXhUrst will entertain
a few of her girl friends this afternoon
at her home.
The Misses Olive and Rae Bartch viii
spend the Easter vacation with college
friends at New Rochelle, n. Y.
X x x
Miss Leslie Kerr will leave for heI
home in Chicago Monday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
IITAH MEN PROMOTED.

The promotions of two former Utah
men, Joseph H. Young and w. ]. Toll
erton, to higher positions in the rail-
road world were announced in The
Herald yesterday. Mr.. Young becomes
general superintendent of the big
Frisco system, with headquarters at
st. Joseph, Mo. Mr.. Tollerton steps
into a Rock Island position created for
him, that of assistant general super
intendent of motive power, with juris-
diction over the entire system, and with
headquarters in Chicago.
That both promotions are deserved
it is not necessary for US to say. Dur
ing his years of railroad work in Utah
on the Oregon Short Line and later
with the Rio Grande, Mr.. Young
thoroughly demonstrated his ability.
When he went from here to Denver as
general superintendent of the Colorado
and Southern it was predicted that he
would continue mis- record of successes.
When Mr.. Young was made general
manager of the Southern his friends
predicted even better things for him.
One-of the better things has come, and
The Herald congratulates him heartily.
What is true of Mr.. Young is like
wise true of Mr.. TOllerton. 1t is only
a few years since he was working here
in comparatively humble capacity.
BY the force of his industry and ability
he rose rapidly. His last position in
this section was that Of master me-
chanic on the Oregon Short Line, with
headquarters at Pocatello. From
there he went to the Rock Island as
superintendent of motive power for a
single division. His last promotion puts
him among the most important motive
power men in the country. That he
wilt-go even higher no one who is fam
liar with his ability doubts.
1t must be very gratifying to w. H.
Bancroft, vice-president and general
manager of the Short Line, to see his
young men going forward in railroad
ing. Graduates from his school are
filling important positions in various
parts of the country and more are
working their way to the front.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
WHEN A MAN FORGOT.

A brakeman on the Southern Pacific
forgot to close a switch behind an en-
CINE Thursday. That little lapse cost
more than a score of lives; it cost a
score more of human beings injuries
that Will cripple some of them for the
balance of their existence: it cost the
Southern Pacific company thousands of
doIlars-damages to rolling stock, with
prospective damages of many thou
sands more because of personal injur-
les to passengers. There is no excuse
for the brakeman. He can only say:
'I forgot"
II is a terrible penalty to pay for a
moments lapse of memory. The brake
man had probably run over that switch
many. many times. The chances are that
is not a valid defense for him to set
up the plea that the dispatcher had
misinformed him as TO the time when
the wrecked train was due. 1t was his
duty 10 close the switch after his engine
passed over it, and without delay. But
it is too late for moralizing now. The
damage has been DONE
The accident goes to show that as
long as human beings are human be-
ings. railroad travel cannot be made
absolutely safe. That it is as safe as
it is is one of the marvels of modern
railway science. No automatic device
that viii prevent all accidents has yet
been devised. There is no way of prod
ding a, forgetful mans memory, of
waking a sleeping dispatcher. OF COM
peiling an engineer to see that the light
ahead of him is red and not white.
Railway trainmen are just average
human beings like the rest of us They
grow weary and forgetful at times as
others q, No man can perform work
of exactly the same standard during
every hour Of the day. Even if he
works only three or four hours a day
his work at one hour will differ from
the work of another hour. it will not
be exactly the same every minute.
That form of accuracy is left to
machines. Men can make machines
that win turn out work of an unvary-
ing standard day after day, month af-
ter aaontla,s year after year But they
cannot make themselves do that sort
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
RUSSIAN MURDER BUREAU,

x
Recent revelations indicate that there
are in Russia two bureaus that have
been organized for the purpose of com
hitting murders. The one is said TO
be maintained by the Social Revolu-
tionists, the other by the reactionaries
of high rank. The great question that
is agitating the minds Of some Russians
is as to which party will succeed in
killing off all the members of the other
party. Will the reactionaries succeed
in bringing about the assassination of
all the Social Revolutionists? Will the
revolutionists be able to bring down
all the shining marks at which they
aim?
The reactiOnary murder bureau, or
the news that there is such an institu-
ton, will surprise many people who
have been reading the censored reports
that come out of Russia. The outside
public had been led to believe that all
of the assassinations were being COM
mitted by revolUtionists, that they were
throwing all the bombs. firing all the
revolvers. Now it appears from the
testimony brought out at the investi-
cation into the killing of Professor
Hertzenstein, a leading member of the
duma. that ne was slain by an assassin
hired by the reactionaries.
Kinks, a soldier. testified that he
was a member of the band of assassins
hired by the reactionaries. He swore
that one of his crowd was paid for
killing Ivan Petrunkevitch, a promi-
nent Liberal member of the first duma,
and that the assassination of other
members, for the purpose of terroriz-
ing the duma generally, was in con-
temptation. He even gave the prices
paid and offered for the crimes. These
prices were as low as 81 for the murder
of an individual of comparative unim-
portance, to $500 for killing Professor
Hertzenstein. The assassins hired by
the reactionaries were to have the ad-
ditional advantage of immunity from
prosecution, for the machinery of the
law was in the hands of their employ
erS.
To tell the truth the story does not
sound very plausible. The reactionaries
have nearly always been in control of
the Russian government. They have
been able to do pretty much as they
pleased with the car. Therefore there
would be little necessity for them to
pay anybody for committing murders
They could very easily arrest the men
they wanted to put out of the way
and immune them in dungeons from
which they could never emerge. That
would be simpler and safer than a MUIR
der bureau.
Incidentally it is interesting to note
that there died in Russia the other day,
rovitch Pobiedonotseff. formerly pro-
curator general of the holy synod of
the empire. He was the most hated
man, by the revolutionists, in the whole
empire. He influenced the late car to
sign an edict that resulted in the ex-
pulsion of 100000 Jewish subjects; he
exiled thousands of Catholics and Luz
therans, and instigated the excommuni-
cation of TOlstoy, the novelist.
Threats without number were made
against Pobiedonotseff, but he lived to
be so years old and died in his bed.
Many men who were far less harmful
to Russia have met with violent deaths
before they were half as old as Pobie-
dOnotseff.
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An OId-Fashioned Building.

About seventeen years ago Royal b.
Young. who owned 80 feet front on
Main street, between Brigham and
First South. determined to erect a five
story and basement building on the
property. In the fashion of those days,
he went to his old friend, Contractor
Watson old not know much about
the building, the only stipulation being
that it must be strong and durable. Mr..
Watson did not know much about
graceful curves. facades or how to get
the most possible floor space, but he
did know how to make a strong build
ing, and he carried It to excess in this
case. He put in foundations massive
enough to support the largest railroad
bridge in the world, and supplemented
these with buttresses and columns
which would do credit to a feudal cas-
tie. The result was a building which
combined awkWardness with strength
and a minimum of room with maxi
mum of masonry. The features which
made it Objectionable for ordinary mer-
camille uses just fitted the purpose OF
the Salt Lake Security & Trust Co.
which purchased the building a few
years ago and is now carrying out the
original intention to utilize the base
ment for d safe deposit plant. Within
these massive walls the Trust company
is constructing vaults of the strongest
and most approved patterns, especially
designed for protection from fire and
burglary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30

Bachelors have all kinds of chances
in one Nebraska town which shall be
nameIess because if its name were Civ
en- there would be a rush of unmarried
males to it. In this town there are two
societies of young women. One So
ciety is pledged to receive no man who
does not wear whiskers. The other will
receive no man who isn't freshly
shaved. Thus every man in that town
will have a chance to look the eligible
girls over.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30

Says the Chicago Record-H Herald
Bryan and Beveridge are carrying on
a debate in one of the magazines. If
Beverage needs any help Roger Sulli-
van will doubtless be glad to hurry to
the rescue" And if Bryan needs any
help he can certainly call on Vice-Presi-
ident Fairbanks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30

A Pennsylvania shoemaker has in
vented fuel that is smokeless and that
will cost only one-fourth as much as
coal. The Merchants and Manufacture
ers' association ought to invite him out
to Utah right away.
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81 give my voice to the public" said
Madame Calve. in a recent interview.
In view Of the fact that Madame
Calve has accumulated a comfortable
fortune through her singing during the
last ten or fifteen years, we are in
clined to think she was joking when
she made the remark we have quoted
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Abe Ruef continues to protest. his in
nocenee. We suppose that if he isn't
convicted on more than fifty of the
seventy-five indictments against him,
he will consider it a vindication.
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Senator Stone of Missouri fears that
Japan may take the Philippines. The
senator has habit of taking every
thing worth having, and thinks Japan
cherishes similar ideals. And at that,
Japan is welcome to the Philippines, so
far as we are concerned.