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The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-02-22
Can They BE Foretold7

Tho Jamaica calamity has revived
the discussion as to whether earth
Quakes can be foretold. and scientists
do not seem to be able to reach any
conclusive opinion on the subject
Somo Of them are certain that there
are phenomena which Indicate such
disturbances but others have their
doubts. There have been some curl
Gus prophecies, 4 London meteorolo.
g1st having on Saturday predicted
that there would soon be two earth
quake shocks In America, and doubt
less he will claim the Jamaica catas-
trophe and the tremor said to have
been felt In Pennsylvania as a fulfill.
mont. But II will be observed that he
furnishes no formula In the case. and
no one knows on what his calculation
was based. 1t may have been, and in
the minds of many who want proof
and not mere assertion was, nothing
but guesswork. much after the gen
eraliEations OF weather prophets"
who fool the credulous by pretensions
to knowledge which when analyzed
prove to be the shallowest OF charla.
tanry. At all events. says the Troy
Times. the world at large is not yet
satisfied that any reliable method Of
foretelling earthquakes has been
found. Authoritative warnings of
such events might be the means Of
saving many lives. even II damage to
property could not be ayerted.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-02-22
"The Armless Man"

Said, "It wasn't money he wanted, but
somebody to scratch his back" There
are many with strong arms and will
ing hands that have that Same yearn-
ing. Hunts Cure will make back
scratching, or any other old scratching
totally unnecessary. 1t knocks out
any itching sensation that ever hap
pened, and It's does 1t right now. One
application relieves.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-02-22
CUTS SHORT SCHOOL YEAR.
Scarcity or Available Funds in In
dian Territory

Muskogee, /. THE fund avail
able for the maintenance Of govern
ment schools in Indian Territory Is
not sufficient at the present time to
maintain schools in every neighbor-
hood In the territory throughout the
entire school year. 1t Is stated by
officials OF the school department
that to do this would require fund
Of $1,000,000, and at the present
time there is available from all
sources, tribal and government,
about 100000. Those which were
established September 1 for a term
Of six months will, according to the
agreement, close March 1. Many
will continue In session until May.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-02-22

Tramp-Thankee kindly. mum; I'd
NO hope o; gettin' sich . hne supper
today, mum. May heaven bless ye!
Housekeepcr-As you've had . good
supper, l think you might chop some
wood.
Yes, mum; but you know the old
adage: After dinner rest awhile;
after supper walk . mile I'll walk
the mile FIRST, mum."-N. 7. Weskly.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-02-22
Natural Washing Preparation.

Near Ashcroft. in British Columbia
are = number Of small lakes. whose
shores and bottoms are covered with
. crust containing borax and soda n
such quantities and proportions that
when cut 1t serves as a washing con-
pound. The crust IL cut into blocks
and handled in the same manner a. Ice,
and 1t Is estimated that one Of the
lakes contains 10000 tons Of this ma
terial.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-02-22

A man has actually been killed In
. French duel. Nothing surprising.
after all. Sometimes even slapstick
II fatal.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-02-22

Even II Gen. Kuropatkin has writ.
ten . book on the lessons OF the war,
Japan doesn't expect to learn much
from II.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-02-22

To be great man It u necessary
to turn to account al opportunities
Rochefoucauld.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-18

NEWPORT, r. l., May 16.-With all
hands well and contented. with a boun-
tiful supply of fresh air and with rec
ords of submergence broken, the sub
marines Octopus and Lake rose to the
surface of Narragansett bay at 4
o'clock this afternoon, ending n test of
"a hours under water. The Octopus
rose first and the members of the naval
trial board crowded about her as the
coming tower hatch flew open. The
members of the trial board at once
went below to see what condition eX-
listed on board and also to test the air
supply Samples of air were bottled
every two hours through the test for
analysis by the board
The Octopus blew out :ou1 air only
twice during the "a hours she was at
the bottom of the bay. 1t was COM
puted that only one-fifty fifth OF her air
supply was exhausted. and If these
figures are correct they tend to show
that the boat could remain submerged
35 days, provided the food and fuel
supply were sufficient.
The Lake also stood the test well, al
though a leak was sprung in the super
structure. She pumped out twice, but
what proportion of her air supply was
used up could not be learned.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-18
Puzzled the Post Office.

The postal authorities of Rhode
island were puzzled few weeks ago
and being unable to find solution for
the case sent the matter to Washing
ton, where II is still pending. Zebe
Bradford Peterson, of the town of
Rehoboth. Rhode Island, wanted to
move his hen coop to another town
about ten miles distant
Having received a goodly price from
recent sale of farm products, he
purchased S. worth of five-cent
stamps which he placed on the sides
of the hen coop. When the collector
came along he found the stamp-cov.
eren coop in front of a box, addressed
The wooden structure would not fit
into his team. He was at loss of
what action to take so he returned to
the village.
The postmistress wired to one of
the cities but they could not find q So
luton for the difficulty.
A message was sent to Washington
asking for advice, but no one there
seemed to know, while Peterson went
into the village and wanted to know
''if this was a free country or not"
and what was the matter with the
postal system.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-18
WHEN WILL IT END.

touched last night the
flashed the wires from
once of the word 10
details such
calamity
citizens
must
his wife
unhurt
powerless
10 proven
do?
endless
of
nfort arr take
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-18
From Fridays Daily.
DEEDS FOR LAND FILED
WITH RECORDER YESTERDAY

The Ely Mines company has received
title from j. w. Adams of Carson and
W. n. McGill of Ely. to two areas OF
land in this county, deeds for which
were filed with the county recorder
Yesterday The deeds transfer to the
company for a stated consideration of
$40 the southwest quarter of the south =
west quarter of section and the
southwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of section 4, township Is north.
The land described is between Ely and
Blackhorse and is about Is miles from
Ely.
w. n. McGill has also transferred to
the same company lands described as
follows: The north half of the north
east quarter of section 4 the north half
of the northwest quarter of section s.
the south half of the southeast quarter
of section ), and the north half of the
northwest quarter of section 3, all in
township 15
A deed dated December IL. 1898,
transferring from w. G.. Lyons and A.
d. Campton to Frank x. Murphy for
a stated consideration of 1920. all of
lots /, and II, in block NJ, and all of
lot 10 in book o. was filed for record
yesterday with the county recorder
John Dumphy has transferred TO
Gottleib C. Roesler for stated con-
sderation of $3.50 all of lots and I
in block 33, Ely. The deed was filed
for record yesterday.
Deeds conveying lots IS, 10 and 20
in block u. Ely, from w. Y. McGill of
Ely to II. NJ. Box, of Cincinnati Ohio.
were filed with the county recorder
Yesterday.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-18

Ruef read his statement from man.
uscript which he had prepared in the
presence of his attorneys a few mo-
ments before Judge DUNES chambers
opened. He showed in his voice. In the
expression of his face. in his quiet and
gestureless attitude and by the tears
that again and again overlooked his
eyes the great emotion and the utter
humiliation he suffered. The pathos of
the scene was communicated to the
crowd that thronged the court room.
Tears sprang to the eyes of veteran
newspapermen. who have been lifelong
acquaintances and whose papers have
conducted against him and his politi-
cal associates a long and bitter cam
paign for the publication of municipal
affairs: The accused man was several
times all but overcome with emotion.
When he reached the final words of
hi saddress-"I desire to withdraw my
plea of not guilty and enter the con-
trary plea"-his voice was sunk to
whisper But so intense was the ST.
lence that 1t reached to the far cor
ners of the room.
Though Abraham Ruef has formally
declared himself to be guilty of the
charge on which he was about to be
tried, he nevertheless proclaims his
innocence. He confesses that he is
guilty of having connived in the cor
ruption in municipal affairs. but he de-
MES with all the emphasis a man in
his unhappy position can command,
that he is guiltless of the crime of eX-
tortion charged against him. He de-
clares that his sole motive in accusing
himself in open court was to save the
lives of those who are nearest and
dearest to him. his aged father and
mother his maiden sister and a niece.
In the course of a long and frank
conversation this afternoon with rep
resentatiVe of the Associated Press in
"A room at the house, 2S19 Fillmore
street which for the last month or
more has been his prison, Ruef said:
II changed my plea to guilty In court
today, yes: but pledge you my solemn
word that | am as innocent as you are.
have been guilty OF conniving at the
corruption of municipal officials by
corporations but in these French res
taurant cases | am not guilty Since
my action of this morning | can have
no motive in misleading you on this
point | shall not mislead you. Never,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-18

never In the wide world could I have
| been convicted on this charge. No one
knew this as well as myself. Then why,
you ask. did | plead guilty? l pleaded
guilty to save the lives of those who
are nearest and dearest to me on
earth. / am not overstating the truth
when / tell you that If my father. my
mother and my sister had been com
PEELED to endure the strain of my trial.
| lasting at least two months and posi-
bly, longer. 1t would have cost their
Hives"
Ruefs eyes were filled with tears
when he said this, L. turned and for
a fun moment gazed out of the window
unseemingly. When he had mastered
himself he turned and with wet eyes
but steady voice, went on:
you don't know what they have suf-
fered In these last few months and
would not tell you II | could. Why.
night after night-every night-my
father and my sister have come up here
into my room and sat for an hour, say
ing nothing, seeing nothing I could
not stand 1t any longer"
Again the tears and the choking and
the long look out of the window.
Last night ! gathered my family
about me in this prison house of mine
and prepared them for the act ! had
determined upon That would mean
one day of sorrow. 40 go on would
have meant months of agony and death.
Il don't know what my sentence will
be. For myself do not greatly care
/ say to you now and you can judge II
/ boast. that no man possesses physical
nerve more than ! do. | could face
crowd of 5000 men. of 10000 men,
every one with rope In his hand and
clamoring for my life | could face
them calmly and meet my end without
linching. But the suffering of those !
love / could endure no longer l say
do not know what my sentence will be.
IT 1t be five years across the bay | can
meet that when II comes | believe that
with my personality and leaving out
of consid GRAFTON the feelings of those
who love me and have stood by me. |
could spend five years in San Quentin
almost as comfortably as in hotel at
Napa Springs. But If the step | took
this morning had meant five years or
fourteen years, or fourteen hundred
years, the fear of that would not have
deferred me.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-18
The Coward in Us All.

One little sentence written by V. V.
v in the Sphere stabs one rather
poignantly. 81 am coward at heart"
There are things that man suspects
about himself but does not say, says
a writer in the London Chronicle. For
example, you may see man grinning
when he is accused of being cynic,
but one has not heard a man saying
calmly and seriously, Il am bit of a
snob." Snobbism is not a vice for
the public confessional You may &C.
cuse a man of being 'Lothario" and
he will be pleased If you call him a
coward-it is challenge. Yet there
is always the swapping point. And V.
V. V. shows his courage in confessing
the universal failure of civilized man,
Il am a coward at heart
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-18

CLEVELAND. Ohio. May 15.-The re-
scinding of the call for the republican
love feast at Columbus and the conse-
quent failure of the Taft and Fora ker
factions to get together has greatly
encouraged democratic leaders in Ohio.
They are of the opinion that they now
have an excellent chance of electing
Senator Foraker's successor. and cite
the existing makeup of the legislature
as proof. The present Ohio house con-
sists of 62 republicans. 81 democrats
and two Independents. The senate has
Is republicans, Is democrats and one
independent. who is classed as a demo-
crat. This gives the republicans so
votes against rs for the democrats and
independents.
The next senator will be elected by
the legislature chosen at the next cleo
ton and there are so many districts in
which the vote is close that 1T may he
safely said that the democrats have at
least as fair prospect of overcoming
the present republican lead as the re-
publicans have of increasing it.
Five of the republican representa-
tives Were elected by pluralities of less
than 100. One had a margin of three
votes only; one was elected by four
votes and one by twelve votes. The man
elected by three voted for himself and
he has three sons who voted for their
father.
Three democrats had pluralities of
less than 100. In the senate the repub
leans have on member who was chosen
by a plurality of 50, while the smallest
plurality for any democratic senator
was 22
The democratic leaders declare that
any election giving pluralities of 100
or less is anybodY's fight when the
next election comes around
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-18

Two drills are now at work in thp
Keystone tunnel of the Nevada North
ern, above Lane City. one In each face
of the tunnel. The work Is being done
under the direction of A. Judell. Grief
engineer of the road.
Work Is being pounded forward as
rapidly as it can be forced. Men are
at work in the tunnel for p hours of
the day and every day in the week
Nothing has occurred thus far. since
Chief Engineer Judell took charge. To
cause any delays.
The night crews comprise mucEers
and carriers, who clear out the debris
created by the miners during the day.
There is n comparatively short distance
yet to go before the tunnel will be
through the mountain. The work will
be completed within n few weeks.
The road bed is virtually completed
to the Star Pointer. and It will be but
the matter of few days when the
track connecting with the main track
at Ely will be completed after track
laying is once commenced.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-18

uD by the owners in sixty days from
that date. The property will be taken
over by Miller at the time the second
payment is made.
S. NJ. Cole, president of the Cole
Banking company of Corinne Utah: G.
5. Martin of the C. ;. Martin Coal COM
pany, Salt Lake, and Bishop Brighton
of Salt Lake are associated with Mr..
Miller in the ownership of the Cham
pion.
Mr.. Herman leaves for Cobre this
morning to meet Bishop Brighton and
Mr.. Martin, who will come on from Salt
Lake. They will go over number OF
lead properties in the vicinity of Co
bre. in which Mr.. Herman is Interested
r. B. Sleem will accompany Messrs
Brighton and Martin from Salt Lake,
and will take in the trip of inspection
with the other members of the party
Mr.. Herman may go on to salt Lake
with them and transact some mining
business there, remaining for several
days.
Mr. Cole gained some public attention
several years ago, when he sold to Al
eXander Dowie. the sef-styled Elijah
Ill, of Chicago the land near that city
on which Dowie founded Zion City.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-18
From Mondays Daily.

The Western Pacific railroad, which
is designed as short cut from Salt
Lake to the coast, is now laying track
in Nevada. The contractors who have
the work of construction in hand
passed over the Utah Nevada line sat
urday night, and on Sunday morning
the first engine of the new line to run
on Nevada soil. was run to the end OF
the new track with a car of rail and
ties.
The point of entrance into the state
is thirty miles from Duck creek. near
Ibapah, and the line is now headed for
Ferguson Springs. whence it will be
extended to Ely.
The contractors building the road
have between 1000 and 5000 men at
work on the line, and according to
their contract. they are bound, under
heavy forfeit penalties, to have the en-
tire road in operation to the coast by
Lay /, 1908.
The laborers are laying between one
mile and one and one-half miles of
track each day, and will cross the Ne
vada Northern tracks at a point near
Flower lake not later than June 10.
1t is unofficially stated that contracts
have been let by the Independent Tel
ephone company for the construction of
pole line to parallel the Western Pa
cific along the main line and all branch
lines This line, it is understood, will
keep pace with the construction of the
railroad, and that the Independent
telephone service will be inaugurated
simultaneously with the Inauguration
of the railroad service.
The Postal Telegraph company is al
so said to be seeking a short route in
to Nevada by way of Salt Lake. and it
IS understood that this company Will
also parallel the Western Pacific.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-18

Frank Straub of the Pittsburg Ely
and William A. Miller. a Denver min
ing man who accompanied Mr.. Straub
from Denver this week, will spend the
day in inspecting the property of the
fittsburg Ely. While here they will
figure on a complete mechanical plant
for the property.
Early next week they will go to
Goldheld, thence to Los Angeles and
will later return to this state. making
a thorough inspection of the Search
light district where both are heavily
interested.
Both Mr.. Miller and Mr.. Straub ex-
press themselves as we'll pleased with
Ely and its showings. and say that the
development and growth of the camp
during the last few months have been
remarkable. and that they can see a
marked improvement in almost every
line in that time.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-18

From Fridays Daily.
Charles r. Reeves. national commit l.
teeman for the National Irrigation
congress for the states of Nevada. Ida
no, Utah and Wyoming. has tele-
graphed to l.. G. Sinnard of San Fran
cisco. of the national publicity commit
tee of the congress, his approval of a
bulletin covering the Butte County ca
nal system in the Sacramento valley
California. which was sent to him for
examination and correction or appro-
val The bulletin was in manuscript
form and could not be published with
out Mr.. Reeves approval.
There will be printed at once 10000
copies of the bulletin. which will be
ready for distribution by July /. Copies
may be had by addressing l.. G. Sin
nard at San Francisco, or Mr.. Reeves
or any other member of the commit
tee.
Committeeman Reeves is receiving
Information from the several states in
his jurisdiction. relative to the prog
ress being made on the reports for the
several sections. J. o. Webster is pre-
pairing data for the bulletin for Idaho
in the upper Snake river district
Frank Ribbiott is covering the Burley
Minadoka and American Falls projects
in Idaho: Alex Mcpherson of Twir
Falls to Nampa district; J. j. Fuller
is at work on the data for the district
between the mouth of the Salmon river
on the Snake, including its Tributaries
to Nampa.
Prof. H. r. French of Moscow Is pre-
pairing the bulletin on the Salmon river
north to the British possessions. as.
ers.
These reports and bulletins VIII
when completed by the compilers. b'
forwarded to Committeeman Reeves fo1
his examination. and by him Will b'
forwarded to the general committee
with suggestions, if they do not NEE
with his approval.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-18
Not an Ordinary Memory.

The driver of the furniture moving
van admitted that he had very bad
memory In fact, he could hardly re-
member what work he had performed
the day before.
mo, l can't recall just where it
was that Mr.. Suddenmove had me
take his household goods. My mem
DRY is very poor, sir" he replied to
the bill collector.
But you moved him only a week
ago"
Yes, sir, but you see we moves so
many people that it's hard matter
to recollect"
The bill collector slipped half
dollar in the mans palm. THAT
oughtAto do your memory good" he
remarked.
1T ought to-" the man replied, 'but
you see this amt no common, every.
day memory of mine. and 1t has to be
logged considerable. Why, 1t cost Mr..
Suddenmove dollar to make me for.
| get. "-Milwaukee Sentinel
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-18

Vice President Adams of the Postal
Telegraph company j. G. Blake. as
sistant superintendent. with headquart-
ers at San Francisco, and T. X. Stew
art in charge of the surveys for the
company's proposed line through Ne
vada, are on their way here from Gold
field. The trip is being made by auto
along the proposed route to be FOL
lowed by the company's line. The line
it is believed, will be from Goldheld to
Manhattan, thence to Eureka, and from
Eureka to CIV
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-18

From Fridays Daily.
The date of the excursion of business
men from Salt Lake and Ogden to Ely,
which was originally fixed for May 30,
with tickets good to return June 9 has
been changed to June Z. tickets good
returning June 9.
Fred s Pheby, who returned from
Salt Lake last night after a short stay
there on business, said that great
deal of interest has been aroused there
! by the announcement of the low ex-
cursion rate which has been granted
by the railroads and that a large num-
Der of prominent business men from
Zion will visit this town on that oc-
casion.
| Mr.. Pheby named number of bank
| ers. merchants and others who ex-
pressed their intention of taking in the
camp, and he predicted that the eXcur-
sion will be a great thing for the town.
THE business men of Salt Lake and
Ogden appreciate the trade that is to
be had here, and the excursion will be
taken by them as a first-class opportu-
nifty to more closely cement the bust
ness relations that now exist between
the consumers of Ely and the men who
supply their needs in Salt Lake and
Ogden.
The special excursion train will con-
sist of as many sleeping coaches as
may be required, and a diner will also
be attached. The train will leave Salt
Lake at s o'clock Saturday morning
June s. arriving here Saturday night
1t will remain here over Sunday, and
will give the eXcursionists ample time
to visit the mines of the camp, and to
get around among the business men.
The Commercial club of Salt Lake
and the Weber club of Ogden are talk
ing considerable interest in the eXcur-
sion. and are boosting" 1t with prom
Use of great success.