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Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-30
CLERKS ERROR COSTS
 MORE THAN sl,0OO,Ooo
Filing Suit to Foreclose Bonds Does Not Make Other Hold
 CTS Parties 10 SUit.

NEW YORK, April 29.-An error of law clerk many years ago may mean a fortune to Russell Sage Ra- phael and his mother and sisters.
 Many years ago Nathan RapuaeI, a close friend of Russell Sage, pur- chased $6S0.O0O worth of second mortgage bonds of the Wasatch and Jordan Valley railroad company, which owned line in Utah. The in- terest on the bonds of the road was defaulted and the first mortgage was foreclosed cutting out the holders of the second mortgage securities. Ma than Raphael spent a large part of his fortune trying to recover from the railway, but was unsuccessful. Worry caused his death.
 A short time ago R. s. Raphael a son of Nathan Raphael, began suit in the federal court on the bonds, and secured a judgment for $1 ,6SO, ,76S, in cluding interest This judgment has been returned by the sheriff as un- satisfied, and was today filed in court. While working up this case MT. Ra- phael's lawyers discovered that when the first mortgage was forecIosed the holders of the second probably by a clerks error, were not made parties to the suit. This, 1t is claimed, in validates the foreclosure proceedings. . The old railroad property, which now belongs to the Denver and Rio Grande. and the Rio Grapda waefern. Is said to be worth about $30, ,000, 900. It Is not known who owns the other sl20,000. of these bonds. r. --
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-30
POSITION OF GOVTS.
 ARE WIDELY DIFFERENT
Several Would Discuss DiSarm- ament, While Others Refuse
 to Discuss It,

ROME, April 29.-The discussion concerning the Italian proposition of limitation of armaments at the Hague has served in measure to elucidate the attitude of the various powers CT the subject.
 Great Britian, which is the only country to send a minister Of foreign affairs to the conference is in favor CI the discussion supported by Spain. Russia while insisting on the discus sion of her own programme agrees with Germany and Austria on the question of armament to the point of referring to it in official documents as entente" but Russia is favorable to any step that Is likely to result in a reasonable solution. Germany and Austria do not favor the limitation of armament, they will, however, permit the presentation of the proposal al though they arc not willing to par aeipats in the discussion. .,
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-30
SPLENDID SUCCESS OF CEMENT
 PLANT BUILT BY GOVERNMENT

per barrel from the. government for cement for other projects more ad- vantageOusly located. It was evident, therefore, that the cement manufact- urers were really desirous of meeting the situation fairly, and it was due solely to circumstances beyond their control that they did not secure the contract. Low as their bid was, 1t meant an outlay by the government ot H,l73,GOO for cement alone, CT more than $7 per acre for every acre of land in the valley included in the project. A pretty heavy burden you
 will agree to put upon the farmers of Salt River valley, who had mOrtgaged
 their lands to the government as se- curity for the repayment Of the en- tire cost of the work, estimated at the enormous sum of sG,5OC,OQO
 As every dollar saved by the gov ernment was a dollar saved to the
 farmers, the secretary could hardly
 do otherwise than to proceed to manu-
 lecture cement when it was easily
 eponstratable that by so doing he could save half a million dollars.
 Finally, upon the advice of the engln. SeTS, the secretary of the in,eriOr au, thCrized the purchase of a mill having
 a capacity of 35O barrels a day. The equipment was furnished by the Allis. | Chalmers Company of Chicago, and
 was installed and put in operation as quickly as possible. From the day in which the first run was made to the present time there has been no reason to question the wisdom of the sec retary's decision. Notwithstanding the occurrence of frequent and un usual floods, which have retarded the
 work of the contractor who is building the dam, rendering it impossible foI 1 him to utilize the full capacity of the
 mill, the cost of manufacturing has seldom exceeded 50 per cent of the
 lowest price at which it could have been purchased.
 Constant and careful tests of the product have proved the excellent quality of the cement. and the accu rate COst-keeping methods employed
 show cOnclusively that Uncle Sam | actually will save about half a mil lion dollars on the cost of the project 1 by reason of this experiment.
 ! With the government plant work | ing full capacity il is estimated thaI i the cost of manufacturing cement
 would not exceed $1SC per barrel. IT ! to this time, the mill has turned out 1 10000 barrels of cement. Much O, 1 this has been utilized in canal lining ] headwOrks. pressure pipes, aqueduCts
 and crossings. Now that the dam has
 been erected to river grade it is ex i pected that the mill will be running l at full capacity in the near future.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-30
THE BANK BAR.

wnIsKEYs BOTTLED IN BOND. OPPOSITE MINERS 6 MERCHANTS ssNx LOWELL
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-30

No single feature of the national work of retaining the desert has at tracted more general public interest than the governments experiment h Arizona in manufacturing cement for the big Roosevelt dam. says Iue MIh
 ing Reporter
 Such a broad departure from what has long been held as properly the
 function and duty of the government of the United States very naturally
 excited comment, particularly on the
 part of the manufacturers. who con
 tended that 1t was not the province
 of the government to engage in bus
 mess in competition with private and
 corporate enterprise. Many of the
 friends of the Reclamation SerNtce
 were dubious as to the wisdom of this
 step and advised strongly against il.
 The works involve the construction Of the Roosevelt dam, pOnderOW structure of masonry and concrete 294 feet high. and SOO feet long on top locking a narrow gorge in Salt river and creating the largest artificial lake in the world. This massive masonry arch will require 24O,0OO barrels of cement It is located siXty-twO miles from a railroad and is reached only | by wagon road, forty miles of which are through rough, mountain country l Informal bids were solicited from sev. eral cement manufacturers. and the lowest was s9 per barrel delivered at the dam site, or a total of $l2ICO,O0O
 Just about this time the geological i sharp in the Reclamation Service dis covered an excellent ledge of unrr
 stone. which outCOpped just above the dam site. and further inveStiga | tion revealed excellent clay within 1 easy distance When these facts be. l came known and it seemed probable ! that Uncle Sam would decide to make l his own cement. the manufacturers l after vigorously protesting against the | entrance of the government into the l field, demanded an opportunity to 1 present formal bids. This was grant 1 ed, because, as a matter of fact. the | Reclamation Service was not at all anxious to ass':me the responsibility ! of erecting and operating q cement | plant. It had plenty of other work 1 to do in that section without engaging | in the manufacturing business.
 The new bids were opened and the . lowest was found to be S4S9 per bar
 rel a considerable reduction from
 former offers. but not sufficient tC warrant acceptance Figuring the i lowest rates for rail md wagon haul
 the price of cement at the mill under this bid could not be regarded as ex Orbitant in view of the fact that west
 ern mills are now getting nearly g.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-30

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Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-30
DESTROYED HIS LEG
 10 GET SYMPATHY  E!..Scfs- Empty TrouSet Leg Rwm lnfIuenCee-+4 -+4++ +4+4--.- ..L-....--. N His Favor.

PFOENIX, April 29.-District At- tornSy Bullard says that Ed Burton Is j!fst about the foxiest fellow he has eyer run across in his wide criminal exneHence. What Burton doesn.f knSw about working on the sym. pathles Of a jury hasn't been foInd out yet.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-30

PhTENTs-I furnish my clients with copies of all correspondence had in their cases (srcept foreign). also furnish free of charge complete copies of all drawings and speci- hcattons. James R. Townsend. Bradbury Blde.. Los Angeles. Cslif.
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ch - srsry he wore one of the -hest mechanical legs that was ever made. To look at him walking along the street you would never hase known that he was a cripple. Those who saw him when he appeared in the justices court never suspected 1 that he was not whole.
 But anyone can now tell that Bur ton has only one sound leg. Where the other one ought to be there is nothing but a vacant trouser leg.
 When he got down Into the cvuuLy jail the fellow deliberately went to work and destroyed his artificial limb. What chance would be have to get off If he walked upright like s perfect man. He knew that the territory had a fine case against him and thought that he might get off by letting the jury knew that he was q poor crip- pie.
 He procured a pair of crutches from some friend and now does the help less cripple act to perfection. He toiled into the grand jury room the other day on his stocks. and though an indictment was returned against him, 1t Eas plain that 1t was reluc- tant preceding on the part of several of the jRrors.
 When he is summoned before the trial jury he will undoubtedly hobble into court on his crUtches. with a woe begons haYe-mercy-on-a-pOor cripple air.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-26
WIND FL|RTS WITH DRAFT
AND INDUCES It TO ELOPE
Col W. A. Root Is Victim of Prank
Played by Autumn
L.fPeZe.

Its an i'll wind that blows no
body good" said Col. w. A. Root
yesterday afternoon when he discov-
cred that breeze had floated into
his comfortable quarters in the Rich
mar flats and had fiirted with draft
for $40 that was payable to him, and
had eloped with the precious bit of
paper.
The draft was on the table in his
room when the wind courted it and
induced it to go on a long journey
with it. AS soon as the loss was
discovered Col. Root began an inves-
tigatIon, and found that two men
had picked up the draft in the street
and had pocketed it. Col. Root i'm
mediately stopped payment on the
draft. He asks that it be returned
to THE NEWS Office and no ques-
tions will be asked.
Col. Root is the western repre-
sentative of the Mining World, of
Chicago, and is here to inspect this
district and to prepare a writeup of
White Pine county and her mining
interests for his publication. Incl
dentally he is visiting his brother,
w. B. Root, an old timer in the
camp.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-26
GUARD LOCKED IN CELL
WHILE PRISONERS ESCAPE

CHICAGO, Sept. 25.-After hav-
ing locked jail guard and "trusty
in a cell, two prisoners climbed
through a window of the county Jail
here this afternoon and made their
escape, in plain view of a number of
persons who were passing in the
street. A third prisoner, after hav-
ing started to descend from the Win
dow, climbed back and returned to
his cell when the alarm was given.
Within a few minutes, the police
were on the trail of the jail breakers,
but their capture has not been re-
ported up to late hour tonight.
The escape was accomplished by a
clever ruse. Choosing moment
when all of the prisoners on that
tier were in the exercise room, one
of the prisoners asked the guard,
Michael Bloomberg, to unlock his cell
so that he might get pack of play
ing cards. John Scott, the "trusty,
was about to hand Bloomberg note
when both he and the guard were
seized, the keys secured and the two
were forced into the cell and locked
in. Producing saws, which are sup
posed to have been smuggled to them
by some accomplice, they sawed two
iron bars from the windows below
and dropped into the street.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-26
SAN FRANCISCO JAIL
LIABLE TO COLLAPSE
SANITARY INSPECTOR MAKES
STARTLING DISCOVERY WHILE
INSPECTING CITY PRISON.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25.-The
startling discovery was made today
by City Physician James Watkins
that the new city jail building at GA
Eddy street is in danger of collapse,
and that occupancy of it is wholly
unsafe.
The building was completed last
January by the then president of the
police commission, William H.
Heahy, who rented it to the city for
$25, 900 year. IL is occupied as the
temporary city hall, police headquar-
ters and city jail. It's cells are full
of prisoners of both sexes.
DR.. Watkins today, in pursuance
of his duties of sanitary Inspector,
visited the building. He emerged a
very grave and started man. He at
once reported to the building inspec-
tor that the place was in very unsani-
tary condition, and that an inspec-
tion in the basement showed him that
the tubular iron pillars supporting
the building had "buckled" and
looked as though they were about to
give way.
An immediate inspection by the
official named verified the report, and
this evening he officially notified the
board of public works that the build
ing is unsafe for life and should be
vacated Immediately"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-26
ARRESTED FOR CRIME
COMMITTED LONG AGO
Detectives Trap Man Who Tunneled
Under Los Angeles Bank
Claims Exemption.

BUFFALO, n. Y, Sept. 23.-De-
tective Sergeants O'Grady and Hig-
gins tonight picked up one of two
men accused of tunneling through
500 feet of earth and undermining
the First National bank at Los An
geles, Cal, in 1898.
The man arrested is j. j. McCar-
thy, as he gives his name, and his
photograph appears in the Rogues'
gallery at police headquarters as one
of those who pulled off the daring
California job in '93.
The detectives say that he admits
the act. He is being held in Jail
here pending an investigation. They
don't know whether there is gang
of safeblowers here, or whether he
has escaped from prison somewhere.
However, Mccarthy, while admitting
his connection with the Los Angeles
job, claims that he is innocent of any
wrongdoing at the present time. He
says that he had been leading a
straight life.
The Los Angeles job was one of
the boldest ever attempted. The
men started to tunnel under the
streets from given point as though
they were digging a sewer. They
dug tunnel nearly 500 feet long
until they reached the basement of
the bank building. They dynamited
one vault, but this was the wrong
one. Before they got in their work
on the vault that contained an im-
mense amount of cash they were
captured. Mccarthy drew ten years,
it is claimed, in the San Quentin
penitentiary for his part in the work
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-26
RECEIVER APPOINTED
FOR NEW YORK LINE

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-Federal
Judge Lacomb here today appointed
Adrian Joline and DOugles Robin
son receivers for the New York City
Railway company, on a joint appli-
cation of creditors and officials of the
company.
The New York City Railway COM
pany is one of the numerous corpo-
rations formed in the various merg-
ers of traction and subway lines in
this city. The New York City Rail-
way company guarantees certain div
idends on Metropolitan Street Rail-
way stocks. These dividends amount
to about $3,640,O00 a year, and it
is estimated that the street railways
have fallen $2,000,000 year short
Of earnings required to pay the divi-
dends. Ever since the consolidation
of the surface, elevated and subway
lines in this city. under the name of
the Interborough-Metr COM
pany, it has been understood that the
subway and elevated lines were more
than holding their own, but that the
surface lines operated by the Inter
horough-Metropolitan were not earn
ing their fixed charges and dividends.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-26
STRIKE ON jim BROWN
EXC|TES ROSEBUD SPRINGS

Much excitement was caused last
week by the strike made on the Jim
Brown property near Rosebud
Springs, about a mile from Rosebud, !,
and on the Prince claim, belon ging
to ]. R. Morris and adjoining the
Brown group. me credit of both
discoveries is due to Jim Brown, the
only colored prospector in the dis
trict. me discoveries were made by
him while doing assessment work for
himself and for Mr.. Morris. The
ore is strictly gold rock and pans
freely. Taking into consideration
the fact that these properties are in
the immediate neighborhood of the
Florence, the best known gold claim
in the district and on the east side
of the hli. from the Springfield has
i"n added interest to be taken
in this part of the district.
In both properties the lodges are
strong and well defined and with a
little work will undoubtedly show up
large bodies of high grade gold ore.
The Florence, upon which pros
pecting work has been done for six
months past. is proving better than
ever, and the owners have begun
work on a shaft which will be sunk
to depth of so feet. The neglect
ed hill southeast of town is now at
tracing more attention than any
other part of the district
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-26
DESERT CLAIMS
ANOTHER VICTIM
John Hendricks Lost Near Pros.
pectors' Camp at BOnOnza
Well.
POSSES FAIL TO FIND Him
Death Stalks On Trail of Men
In Search of
Gold.
POSSES FAIL TO FIND Him

SALT LAKE, Sept. 25.-A special
to the Herald from Silver Lake, CAL,
says:
Christ Baker, Frank Thurman and
John Hendricks left Cracker Jack
Saturday night with three burros and
q full supply of food and water. Hen
had been exhibiting about Cracker
Jack and proposed to Christ Baker
that If he would go along and help
monument three claims he would
give him an interest The burros
and supplies belonged to Hendricks.
They left Saturday night. They had
travelled eighteen miles to Bonanza
we'll, where it was intended to camp
for the night and proceed to their
destination in the morning. Hen
bricks helped to unpack the animals
and rested the rest of the day. To-
wards dark he took shotgun, can
teen, some canned goods and half
box of shells and left, saying:
Boys, I am going to get some rab-
hits for supper This was the last
ever seen of Hendricks.
Baker and Thurman waited and
after a prolonged absence they be-
came alarmed and instituted a
search They have searched the des-
ert as far as the water they had
would permit them, since that time,
posses both from Silver Lake and
Cracker Jack have ben searching all
about the desert. A party left
Cracker Jack last Sunday on horses,
hut at this writing there is no report
from them.
There is a great difference of opin-
ion existing among the people of this
locality. Some believe Hendricks
gave his partners the slip because,
together with having gone with
supply of water and food he took
along all of the location notices in
the outfit. Others are positive in
their belief that Hendricks is dead
and the searcn being made with
vim and perseverance possessed only
by those who know the desert when
a fellow man is lost.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-26
HEARST NOT IN RACE
FOR PRESIDENCY, he SAYS

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-In an in
terview published here, William R.
Hearst takes occasion to deny that
he is candidate for the presidency
on the Independence league ticket,
or on any other ticket.
Il cannot conceive of any condi-
tions under which I would be will
ing to become a candidate" he said.
This determination is not because of
any feeling of pique or disappoint-
ment at the result of the late cleo
tion. am well satisfied to have the
efforts of the league through the elec-
tion of others to promote the princi-
pies l stand for. l dislike holding
Office and dislike being placed in a
position where the sincerity of my
principles can be questioned through
campaigning for some Office that I
don't want and that l could only con-
sent to hold through sense of pub
lie duty, as 1 would serve on jury.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-26
TO EXAMINE
WHITE PINE OIL FIELDS
CAREFUL INSPECTION OF LOCAL
DISTRICT TO BE MADE, IN
HUNT FOR "GUSHERS."

II. H. Hunter, Tonopah mining
expert, who has recently completed
thorough inspection of the oil
fields of western and southern Utah,
arrived here last night, and Will
leave within the next few days to
make an inspection of the oil fields
of White Pine county.
Mr.. Hunter came to Ely at the in
vitation of Tex Rickard and asso-
ciates who have extensive oil land
holdings in White Pine county, fifty
five miles southwest of Ely. He will
be the guest of Mr.. Rickard during
his stay in the district. His inspec-
ton of the oil fields will begin within
the next few days.
Il had the opportunity to inspect
the Utah oil lands a short time ago"
said Mr.. Hunter last night. The
indications are that they will have
a wonderful flow of oil in that dis
trict. They have struck oil at depth
of 566 feet. where the drills went
into strata of oil sands. The oil
is baled from the wells at the rate
of 1926 barrels day.
They have not shot these wells,
as they have, no means of storing the
oil If gusher is developed by shoot
ing.
THE formation of the country in
which the oil is found is as regular
as the leaves of book. The various
strata of rock over lay each other
in perfect regularity, thus indicat-
ing that the mountains were not
formed by eruptive force but by ero-
sion.
This is indicative that the oil
snale and sand is In regular beds,
and that mere pool of the oil and
gas has not been uncovered. but that
the oil sands are in blanket forma-
ton. insuring permanent supply when
developed.
"There is no way to tell what the
formation is in this county before
a careful examination of the oil dis
trict is made. I believe that there
are millions of dollars to be made in
oil in Nevada and Utah. All it needs
is the money, the ability to handle it,
and the development of the fields
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-26
ROOSEVELT AFRAID OF
LEAKS; GUARDS MESSAGE

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-Means to
prevent Wall street spectators from
using the presidents speeches as the
basis for speculative profits. was the
subject of long conference at Oys-
ter Bay yesterday. President Roose-
welt, who declared himself tired of
the leaks of the subjects of his
speeches and even substances of his
letters reaching Wall street in ad-
vance to be turned into dollars and
cents by the brokers, discussed ways
and means to prevent it with Secre-
tary Cortelyou and Wall street bank
er whose identity was not disclosed.
The fact that his annual message
to congress is practically completed
and that he Is also about to deliver
seven speeches of the most radical
tenor he has ever uttered, intensified
his desire to prevent either the mes
sage or speeches from reaching Wall
street tickers to be made the basis
of speculation ahead of delivery.