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Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24
COULD MINE MINE INSPECTION MAKE
 UNDERGROUND WORK SAFER?

would not be under obligations to the mining companies and thus would be more apt to give the mines better at tention. Nothing to this. Mine in spectors are elected by the boaras or supervisors and the boards are elected principally by the vote of the miners. The inspectors come from their own ranks, men who have worked with than t..a law rannirin0 that insnect, ors must be practical miners. The state inspector might be a bit of politician, nevertheless. Our observa- ton has been that the majority of ap- pointments by governors are made with an eye open to the political flu ture. This isn't a secret. The state oyerseer would have to have deputies in all the mining counties so we would be adding a little to taxation without securing any batterment. We would come. Could it be brought about the mining companies would welcome it with pleasure because, as we have said, accidents are very cost ly to them.
 In the past couple Of years the mines have been short of labor, which has led to some abuses principal among which is the claim of men to be skilled workmen who are not. Men apply for work stating they have had experience. A trial shows their infeTiority, but while it is going on these men endanger their own lives as well as those of their fellows. Some form of certificate showing ser vice might be a good thing, but this might be considered an attack upon a mans independence These have been ticklish times in the labor world, as witness the troubles at Goldfield. The mining captain has to rely upon ais own judgment in selecting men and probably often makes mistakes in sizing them up and in believing their stories concerning their service as miners
 As we say, accidents will continue to occur in mines no matter how care ful the man may be or how watchful the overseers Buckets will continue to run away, will be dashed into the bottom of the mine and pulled into the head-frames of the shafts. Blasts will go off prematurely and slowly Ground will fall upon men and men will fall into shafts. Dynamite will be destructive so long as it is used Gases will form, fires will start and | timbers will give way. Men will fal out of skips and off ladders. will be thrown from trestles and killed by electric wires. It is regrettable thar this is true, but there is no disputinl
 it. If the state inspector could hell
 we would be glad to engage him, bu
 we can't figure out where he would ot
 an improvement over present systems
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24

the other hand, then stringency of the money market itself is very largely due to a loss of confidence and re- sultant curtailment of credit. The whole situation will begin to reflect improvement as soon as general con fidence is restored. Money which is now hoarded will then come back in to the channels of trade.
 When this change for the better be- gins, copper stocks should be among the first securities to advance. It may be weeks, perhaps months, be- fore conditions are sufficiently ad- justed to warrant an advancing mar ket; but when the time comes the tens of thousands of nennla who nave purchased large and small lots of stocks for cash will begin to get the profits which always come from good judgment and courageous action.
 The best of the copper stocks are selling much too low. Conditions will change, and boom times and high prices will follow the depressed and panicky period we are now passing through just as they always thave in the past.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24

mine on fire, gases quickly form and men are suffocated. Timbers have been treated with chloride of zinc to prevent their burning What will the state inspector say, and how will he help?
 Men persist in riding in skips against the strictest orders from the officers of the company. They will get in without notifying Ine SHsIEISoI. They are thrown off or dumped into spector do?
 Although against orders, a miner will come up in a cage with a long drill He lets the end of it protrude over the side of the cage, it catches, it rips out the blanks, kills the miner and does much damage
 Without warning a piece or ground comes from the back of a drift or stope burying men and killing them. Numerous witnesses will swear they thought the ground perfectly safe and say they had no fears of accident. some of them were working there and escaped. They would tell the state inspector so under any condi- tions because they were on the job, were working the place by contract, being paid so much per ton for get ting the ore out. It would be a re- flection on their judgment to say the place was unsafe, because according to the terms st the contract they had to make the ground secure. Some of these men probably worked in mines ali their lives. Now of what avail would a state inspector be in such a case, and how could he prevent rep etitions of such accidents, the most common of all in our mines?
 Men rig up a drill on a staging in the mines. It breaks and accident follows. How are we to prevent it? If men will not provide for their own safety how will the inspector force it. The shift bosses and underground captains are everlastingly telling the men to use every care. Accidents mean the stoppage of mines and are expensive Tor the companies. Natur- lily a mining company does not like to have men killed in its mines.
 No state inspector could visit all the mines in Michigan and give them anything like competent attention no matter how good miner he might be. With the present county system the inspectors are constantly going, visiting the many properties in their care, but they cannot prevent acei 1 dent We do not believe there is a complaint from the men in a mine l once a year . We believe the in spectors will not average one a year in all their list, and the men are no, afraid to make suggestions for theiI own safety. Not bit of it
 The News says state inspector
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24
Got Wrong Babies.

A curious mistake occurred yester- day at the hospital at Amiens. Two young women had recently been at tended there. One had given birth Co a boy. and the other had given birth to q girl. Yesterday their babies were taken fro mthem to be vacsnatsd. After ahe vaccination the babies in their swaddling clothes, were re- turned to their mothers, wko went away with them.
 Soon afterwards one of the mothers returned to the hospital in tears. Her child was e boy, but on returning home she discovered that the nurse had handed her 9 girl. She insisted on her boy being returned to her.
 4 scene of great confusion oc- cured, as nobody knew the address Of the other mother. At last to- ward zightfall, tle ether nosher ar rived. greatly excited, complalziRs that she had been given boy in mis- take for her girl baby. The change was duly executed and the two mothers went away happy.
 mother went away happy.-London Daily News.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24

bearish now as they were bullish when metal prices were at the top. They are predicting a return of prices to the recent 12-cent level. Apparent ly the wish is father to the thought" !" for the same large domestic consum- CTS didn't have the courage to buy copper at 12 cents when foreigners were buying heavily. They waited until the price rallied about two cents and then bought small lots for their immediate needs. Now they want the price of copper to go back to F cents, but at 13 cents, I am told, for eigners will again be considerable buyers.
 AI&Eaa1E- -nkA11ditinnG nrauanfin2 rn- sumption of activity in the copper shares. There is little prospect of an advance in prices until the strain on the money market begins to re- lax. It is the money question which is chiefly responsible for the poor buying demand in the metal market, for the general business reaction which is now under way, and uiso for the ridiculously low prices at which good stocks are selling. On
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24

Some tenderfeet having strongly urged legislative enactment providing for a state inspector of mines, Iron Ore, of Ishpeming, Mich, points On the practical difficulties such an of fieer would meet:
 There is probably a lot concerning the mining business that our friends may not be familiar with. The yoca- ton is dangerous one anu vii ai- ways be such. The percentage is probably less than that oF the fatal ities on railways, with the railway employees. And yet, many of the acci- dents are caused by the carelessness of the workmen themselves.
 Now let us see how the state i'm spector would act: The accident oc- CUTS at the Rolling Mill mine and the state inspector is telegraphed for, ar irving today, tomorrow the next day, or next week, according to the press of business he has in hand. Upon his arrival he goes to the place where the accident occurs. He finds the hoisting machinery in good condition, the cables sound, the brakes intact, the cage bent but together, but the men are dead. He may summon wit nesses and proceed as does the aver age coroner's jury. He discovers that the men were handled on the cage in safety for years. They boardeo II on the fatal day just as they always had, but this time it ran away with the woeful loss of life previously re- corded. There is no suspicion LnaL the mining company is to blame. Its machinery is sound, it's workmen were skilled and had filled the posi- tions for years. The brakesman may have made an error, but there is no proof of it. He has been doing the work, as we say, for years, and never made a slip. Now what will the state inspector do? How could a state in spector have changed this? No brakesman, engineer, signalnan or any other man is infallible. Just so long as men control the lives of peo. pie just so long will accidents hap. pen. A brakesman might be lower. ing lot of men into a shaft and be stricken powerless by heart failure or other trouble. You must deal with the human equation and you cannot get away from it, as it is always present in the working of mines, mills railways, etc.
 Your mine plaster loads dozen holes with dynamite and fires them with electric battery, the most re liable igniter. The holes boom, 8 reasonable time is allowed for the smoke to clear away, the men return to the job and a missed hole goes off with loss of life. How will the state inspector assist this?
 A miner carelessly places a snof where it sets the timbering of the
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24
KILL TO PLEASE SWEETHEART.
One way for an Abyssinian Youth to
 Win a Bride.

'In Abyssinsa the natives kill white men in order to please their sweet hearts" declared Frank Aowrer, for merly consul-general to Addis Absbs and just appointed consul at Leg horn.
 "It is never dangerous for a white man to travel in Abyssini2 provided he is accompanied by a native escort, cause those who compose such an ss- cort are always trustworthy; but a man takes his life in his hands if he could not be sure that one of them had not made a pact with his sweet heart to kill a man of white skin in order to win her for his bride. The native who wins such a distinction wears a white feather in the back Of his hair.
 Among all the 4,O0s. coo. .e0e of popu- lation and in the entire area equal to New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and New England there are but two white women tn Abyssinia- Tsey are the wives os two consular ofiscials. Strange to say, the national game Is hockey but CaucasiaRs can not play it very much because of the climate The natives work but little and eat raw meat They kill an elk, peel of the skin as you would peel a ba- mana, drain of the blood and proceed with the feast. Every AbyssEnian is a good butcher.
 To the lover of nature Abyssinia is a paradise In my journey through the land saw thousands upon thors- ands of different species Of bids that were beautiful l ntheir plamage ano sweet In their songs Occasionally heard the faraway TORT of loins. fhozs mighty beasts that promenade the forests and seldc n Imolest human be- ings unless they are attacked. The Abyssinians never use any light at night. no matter where they are, and sit in the dark and converse. Therefore. they have good eyes. And
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24
Strange Requests.

In his will Stephens Swain of Il parish of St Olave. Southwark, gas to John Abbot and Mary, his wifi sixpence each. to buy for each them a halter. for fear the sherib should not be provided"
 John Aylett Stow left the sum of five guincas for the purchase or the picture of a viper biting the hand Of his reseuer to be presented to an eminent K. c. as reminder Of ~his ingratitude and insolenee. Grand Magazine.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24
Trouble. ot rruthfui Woman.

It is no exaggeration to say that a more or less troubled woman is looked upon with grave suspicion. What is more, nobody believes her.
 If she quite truthfully pronounces her age to be 2s, everybody at once says then she must be at least 35; while if she should ever be cajoled Into admitting the number of p-o- posals she had in her youth it will only confirm the popular impression that she had been very lucky to catch a husband at sll.-The Ladies Field
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24

they have wonderfully white and even teeth, made so by cleaning them with the spreaded end of a small stick.-Washington Post.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24

CARLOTrA, Ex-Empress O. Mcxico.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-10
INCREASED PAY
/. FOR TELEGRAP HERS
IBy Associated Press.1

Topeka, Oct. 9.-The Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe announced to-
day an increase in the wages of all
telegraph operators on the system.
The increase went into effect October
/. The increase came as a surprise
to the men, the first knowledge they
had of it being voluntary announce
ment by the company: Here is the
list of increases: Operators on the IL
linois and Missouri divisions, "a a
month; on the Kansas City, Eastern.
Southern Kansas, Western Oklahoma
and Panhandle divisions, SO a
month; on the Arkansas River, Col
orado, New Mexico and Rio Grande
divisions, $3.50 a month.
This is the second increase in
wages the Santa Fe operators have
received in the last twelve months,
the increase in that time being about
s per cent. The road employs non
union operators.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-10
RUSHING WORK ON
FORTIFICATIOES

NEW YORK, Oct. "a cable to
the Sun from Manila says: Engineers
and marines have made remarkable
progress in rushing work on the for
tifications, despite heavy rains and
poor transportation facilities. Twen-
ty-four guns have been installed on
Grande island, at the entrance to Su-
big bay, including ten of 6.5 inch
caliber. the best navy guns which are
mounted on heights.
Complementary forts have been
erected on the mainland. Satisfac-
tory work is being done on the larger
and permanent Notifications on Cor
regidor island, at the mouth of Ma
Mia bay, and at the torpedo station.
The troops throughout the islands
have been actively practicing and are
now in splendid condition. The To-
cal naval squadron engaged in man
euvers during the last week. and will
practice night tactics this week
Thus all branches of the service
though small in numbers. are being
made efficient.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-10
FATHER KILLED IN
sight OF Children
[By Associated Press.I

OAKLAND, Oct. John Albert
Titus, former mine owner of Happy
Camp, Siskiyou county, CAL, was
shot and almost instantly killed by
Robert c. Curtin shortly after 5
o'clock this evening in the presence
of his 16-year-old daughter, Velina.
and his two. sons. Curtin was ar
rested five minutes later and made
a full confession of the killing. He
said that Titus had kept company
with his wife He told of purchas-
ing a revolver and planning de-
liberate murder of Titus. Curtin
fired two shots, both of which took
effect. entering Titus abdomen. Fol-
lowing the shooting. Curtin coolly
walked from the house and down the
street. He was overtaken by citi-
zen, arrested and turned over to the
police. Titus staggered through the
hallway, fell to the floor and died
soon after being placed on the oper-
ating table at the receiving hospital
Titus was 81 years of age. He leaves
a widow and seven children. Curtir
is the son of Callihan Curtin, pio
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-10
HIGH GRADE ORE
IS. UNCOVERED
AT SILVER BOW
WIDE DECLINES
in DAYS SSELLING

NEW YORK, Oct 9.-There were
evident signs of a renewal of liquid
alton of securities today, the current
setting with special clearness
through the low-priced stocks, those
selling below forty being most af-
fected. The majority of stocks of
this classification sold today at the
lowest prices of the year and made
wide declines in the course of the
days dealings. Stocks of this grade
were favorites in Holland and those
that are most so, were most affected
in today's liquidation. The selling
orders were said by the commission
houses to come direct by cable from
Amsterdam, and were so concentrac-
ed and conspicuous as to give rise to
reports that financial embarrassment
in Amsterdam was forcing liquida-
tion. Other low-priced stocks, both
among railroads and industrials, es-
pecially among non-dividend payers,
came into movement today. Amster-
dam selling was attributed to diff
culties peculiar to that market and
was not associated with the condi-
tions of properties the stocks of
which were being sold On the do
nestle side, however, of Industrial
and financial conditions were an in
fiuence, and prompted liquidation,
supplementary to that for foreign ,ac-
count. Growing misgivings are caus-
ed by the persistence of rumors OF
falling off in orders from various
classes of equipment and of reduction
of labor forces in several industries
Bonds we're heavy. The total sales
valued $1,734,000. United States
bonds were unchanged on call
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-10
APPLIED EPITHET
and IS KILLED

DENVER, Oct 9.-E. 7. Osborne.
a bookkeeper for the Green Canon
Coal Company. was shot and instant
ly killed last night by E. l.. Pierce.
a claim accountant for the Denver
& Rio Grande railroad. They had
quarreled, Osborne applied an cpl
thet to Pierce and the latter demand
ed that Osborne apologize. This he
refused to do and a fight began.
Pierce fired two shots at Osborne.
both of which took effect in the
heart. Both men were recent arriv-
ais in this city, Osborne coming from
Parsons, Kansas. and Pierce from
Whiteville. N. C. Pierce fed after
the killing and has not been cap
tured.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-10
STEAMSHIP Lines
ARE IN DRAGNET

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-It is stated
that the shipping trade is somewhat
concerned at the turn taken by the
Federal inquiry into Standard Oil op-
erations, which may lead to general
investigation of the relations between
the steamship lines with corporations
engaged in heavy export business.
transcripts of ledgers of the Stand
ard Oil trust and several subsidiary
companies were placed in evidence to-
day for the purpose of showing the
Standard Oils illegal monopoly.
The assistant auditor, who is now
on the stand, was unable to explain
why the stocks of several corpora
tions, which appear as assets on the
balance sheet of the Standard Oil
Company of Kansas for 1899, were
written, or why the subsequent bal
ance did not show what became of
them
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-10
STOCK BROKER
COMMITS SUICIDE

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9.-Max
Ettlinger, stock broker, with offices
at 36S Bush street, in this city, COM
mitted suicide Tuesday afternoon BY
shooting himself with revolver.
The last person to have seen Eft
linger alive was w. c. Ralston. u. 5.
sub-treasurer, who called at his Office
this morning. The body was found
by Mrs. Ettlinger shortly before
o'clock seated before desk on which
was statement of the morning 5
sales
A bullet hole in the skull and a
pistol near by told the tale.
The dead broker, who was well
known on the street. had been a
heavy dealer lately, and is believed to
have been despondent over losses.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-10
MRS. CHADWICK
DYING IN JAI.
lBy Associated Press. j

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. Nh
Cassie Chadwick. who is serving t,
years in the Ohio penitentiary I
wrecking the First National Bank
Oberlin, today is reported mu
worse. Her pulse Is weak and 8
is partly delirious. Physicians d
cline to say how long she will s.,
vive She is unable to retain noi
ishment, For several days she d
seemingly been Indifferent and
signed to the fact that the end
fast approaching.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-10
People are Rushing Into the
Old Camp and Widest
Kinds of Stories are Afloat
as to Values--Leasers are
Sacking Rich Ore.

for a while, and finally | got into n
controversy with a gentleman as TO
the value of it. l made the propo-
sition to him that he get it assayed,
and that if it went under $25 ton,
that | would pay for the assays, and
that if it went above, he was to pay
for it. He had three assays made
and the lowest went $44O, and the
highest $449.
That was sample picked from
the dump at random. There is, 70
my mind, a great future for Silver
Bow, and the people of this town
should not allow Goldfield to take it
away from them. There are good
roads to the camp, but they should be
improved. Here is one man, Cook,
who has lease out there, and is
making all kinds of money, working
it, and hauling in his ore himself.
Now the leasers on Silver Bow Bell
have struck it. If someone gets busy
and puts in mill there, no matter
how small it is to start. you will, fini
another Tonopah there. 1t is almost
impossible to tell the ore from the
Catlin and the Montana Tonopah
apart. There Is certainly going to be
big camp at Silver Bow"
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-10
WIRELESS SPANS GLOBE.
(By Associated Press).

NORTH SYDNEY, N. S., October
9.-With transatlantic wireless SER
vice an assured fact, Marconi will
leave in a fortnight for Clifton Is
land, the European terminal. where
he intends to conduct experiments for
sending messages direct from Europe
to the Pacific Coast A station will
be erected at Vancouver. which will
be one of a number encircling the
globe
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-10
Roy DIsAPPEARs.

MARYSvILLE, Oct. 9.-Ben Man
ford, aged IL years, suddenly dis
appeared from his fathers side while
in Oroville yesterday. The sheriffs
of three counties are now searching
without avail. He disappeared as IL
the earth had swallowed him. 1t is
thought he may have gone to Sacra-
mento, but there is no trace of him.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-10
LUSITANIA BREAKS
WORLDS RECORD
[By Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-The steam
er Lusitania today broke the world 8
RECORD as to time consumed in cross
ing the Atlantic. The vessel travelled
617 nautical miles in twenty-foug
hours, an average of 24.76 knots an
hour. During six hours the big boat
was in a heavy fog. The steamer
broke her own record made on her
initial trip.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-10

DEFEATS
DETROIT
>.A>>~>>~~~~~~~~~e~e~%~~~N
[By Associated Press.l

81
CHICAGO s-The league the
pennant
worlds championship this The
to l. pitching slight accidents
the for hours The delay
trying patience filled al
seating The discarded the
uniforms which they yesterday their
uniforms. The change them
benefited the Detroit players
steadily the opening
a half innings dragged through
thirty sparkling fielding hit
ting base running hastened the contest
Pfeister pitchers behind
place Schmidt Otherwise
the Schmidt retirement primarily his
throwing this small
credited the local team
y The playing conditions improved The crowd number
29OO yesterday while the
shine the chilly
spectators and The hitting of
a O
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-10
ROBBER KILLED.
[By Associated press. ]

RIGA, Russia, Oct "a party of
armed robbers attempted to get pos
session of a large amount of money
on train of the Dorpath-Walse rail-
road. In the battle gendarme, two
passengers and one robber were kill
ed and several others were wounded.
The attempt failed.