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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-12-21
Christmas 1907.

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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-12-21

Published by direction of Chapter Mississippi Code OF 1906
The Alaska prospector., 1907-01-31

The candle fish have started to run and a large number are being caught every night.
 J. l.. Steele, of the Standard Cop per Co.,, arrived from Landlock bay on the Hammond last night.
 J. Van Iderstine arrived yester- day from the States and will start soon for the Bremner.
 Mrs. Robert Green, who was at Slate creek in 1902, is in the city.
 Following is list of arrivals on the Bertha: Charles Nelson, Mrs P $ Hunt, Alvah Hunt, Edwln Hunt, II Shodde, W Grady, J.. Naniderstine, w Chappell, B. Lockwood, J Brewer, wife and child, " F Davis; Mrs F B Faughan,, Thomas NnIcmtine, c B Ayers, Esrer Vernon, Pearl Staples Neil lnnis, $ Brcedmah; Y J Tenn pIeton, Scott Parkes; Ge0fgie Stew art, II. Malone, John Cham berlain, and two stecrage.
 The ButlinsGy brought Farmer smiths party of men from Miner river this trip. They have been 'oing development work on the nickel property and have made good showing in 30 foot tunnel. The party consists of Harry Dean, sam Frazee and Billy Layton.
 COAL COAL ". Il. Bush agent, or Copper River Drawing Go.
 Headquarters for snow glasses 2o and % cents per pair at the Owl Drug Store.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-01-31
From Fridays Bulletin.

C. A, Gummere, of Moscow ldaho, will be grateful for receipt Df any information regarding the whereabouts Of his son Otto C.. tiumnere. who has been in Alaska or two years.
 L. H. Carvey and wife left today or Galena bay.
 Mrs. P. s. Hunt and two sons arrived from California last night to make Valdez the;r home.
 Chas. Sandberg and Chas Spon- berg, who are working on their Knights island copper property are making good showing in their tunnel. They were 10 have come to town oh the Buttinsky, but when 1t stopped in they were not ready to leave.
 An Orr stage will be in from Fairbanks tomorrow evening.
 A party of men will be taken to Drier bay on the Buttinsky for the Hubbard- Elliott Co.,, after the ar- rival of the Portland.
 E. F Willard, of the Galena Bay Mining Co.,, has purchased the launch EIIaniar and will use it between here and his mine. Tbc name will be changed to Galena Bay.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-01-31

In view of the letters Wuskev has been writing recently regard ing the attempt of the "Intereste" to corral all the copper and coal in this section, his advocacy of tine Guggenheim road before the com mittee on territories would indicat, that he is fast becoming an up-to- date politician.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-01-31

o the fifteen mines of the gIob, that made twehtv-fve million oI more pounds each of refined cop. per in 1905, ten are in the United States while tbere are one each in Mexico, Spain, Germany and Japan and one, the American Smelling x Refining Co.,, generally known as the Shelter trust. that draws it's copper ores from numel- ous small mines in Mexico, Can ada and the United States.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-01-31
Roadhouseso

We are now in position to fill your wants in the line of fresh Beef, Mutton and Pork. We have large stock on hand to select from, and would be pleased to have you call. Wa assure you the prices are right. Alaska Meat Co.,, Valdez Market.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-01-31

The annual report of the Alas kan customs service has been re- ceived and shows great increase in business over last year. The principal increase was in the towns Of Nome, Fairbanks, Valdez and ketchikan, The shipments of do- mestic merchandise to Vaidez were double what it was last year, being valued at 1868 .392, while in 1905 it was S435, ,145. The largest item was provisions, amounting 10 T312,69O. Hardware was next, S116,757; Liquor SAY ,452; Lumber S15,784 and Coal $1O,32S.
 The state of Nevada has recently adopted an amendment to the con S1itution, levying an arbitrary tax pF $500 on all patented mineral claims. What would Alaskans say to that.-Douglas News.
 The total of the Alaska products shipped last year was $31 ,524, ,392 the imports were $51 .460,334.
 It costs SLIP to collect $t of of customs money at Valdez last year. This is cheaper than at most of the Alaska stations, Skag- way, Unalaska. WrangeI, Forty Mile, St. Michael, Kodiak and Sew rd being much higher. Sew, ,rd beads the list for expense Of oIlection, costing $1O.415 to col, ."ct $1 at that village.
 The statement of Gov. Hoggan hat the good order of the law
 biding citizens of Alaska i5 due tc Ie respect they have for tn, rderal judiciary, will hardly hole fater after being punctued by such names as Moves, Brown and Wick rsham.-DougIas News.
 The Juneau Dispatch says: \tturneYs Vim and Burton filed he survey ot the Rosene railroad rom Valdez yesterday. The ap- 'Iication for right of way makes 70 mention of any merger with pther interests.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-01-31

There is bitter feeling agains Wickersham being sent here {, take Judge Gunnison's seat. Ther is no case i'll the history of th country where a man who failed | be confirmed by the senate ha been permitted to act after congres convened. Wickersham's appoint ment was for the recess only. I'll, recess IS over, but Wichersham i still directing the destinies of som, of the biggest mining interests il Alaska.-Juneau Transcript.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-01-31
Notice of Forfeiture

To f. II Cook and George McNpcr:
 You are hereby notified tn | the under signed has expended $2l) in labor and inn Claim B, which runs parallel with claims 1, 2 and ., Rex Cullen, a tributary of Chititu Creek, IT the NiZiun mining district, Alaska, said bench claim being on tho west side of Rex Gulch, in order tt hold said mining claims un- der the provisions oi Sec. 2%24 of the Revised statutes OI the United States, being inc required amount 10 hold said mining claims for the veara lgO5 md 1906, ending Dee. $lst, 1908. And II within ninety (9J) days from the service of this notice, pr the complete publication there 0i, you fail or refuse to con ribute your propOr- ton Of said expenditure as cooWner, your ono ol%nth interest i'll said claims will become the property of the undersigned under and pursu- ant of said section 232i of the kevised Statutes of the United States.
 Dated Ut Valdez, Alaska, this 10th day of Jan uary, 1907.
 A. F. HOFFMAN Date Of frst publication January 10, I9O7 Date Of last publication April II. 1907
The Alaska prospector., 1907-01-31
million seven

One million seven hundred eighty five thousand and sixteen dollars worth of copper ore and matte was shipped from Alaska during the past year, more than double tha amount sent out in 1905, when 1t was $663, ,5O6. Tn 1904 the amount was only s258,- BOP. This rapid increase should make the copper people sit up and take notice of Alaska.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-01-31

They do say that Sltka is moral town and seeds of vice planted there soon w'tR4f and die, but, &C., cording to th5 Alaskan, the moon was full there last Sunday.-Doug- las News,
The Alaska prospector., 1907-01-31

It is all right with the state oi " arlington senators when the Northwestern cannery lobby suc- teeds in getting legislation through to exempt their canneries iron! paying license, but what kick is made when the California sena- tors try to go them one better il favor of the Alaska Packers.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-01-31

There are two ways of getting into a newspaptr-"purchasing al interest and purchasing an inter view" There is still anothcp way-pulling the wool O. CT th, editors eyes and getting in for nothing This is a very popula form of entry.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
NEWS
OF MICHIGAN
STATE TAXES ARE INCREASED
ONE AND ONE-HAlF
MILLIONS.
HOW THE SUM is DIVIDED
Incidents and Happenings In Various
Parts of the State OF Major ana
Minor Interest Briefly Told.
The County Assessments.

The apportionment of state taxes
by the auditor general fixes the
amount for the people to pay at Va
SS4,S52.67. as against $3,3S3,7S5.29 for
last year. The total valuation for the
state is $1,734, 100000, and the rate
per $1,000 valuation will be S2.Sl.
The amount apportioned against the
several counties is as follows:
Altoona, $3,662.O2; Alger, $9,S59'2S;
Allegan, $63,SS111; Alpena, $lS,-
31O10; Antrim, $21,121O4; Arenac,
$7,32404; Baraga, $S,7S2.5l; barry
s49,662,54; Bay, $9O,142.O3; Benzle'
S10,140.9S; Berrien, $50, l42.O3; Branch
$59,155.70; Calhoun, $1l5,494.4l Cass'
$45,071.01; Charlevoix, $l6,9Ol.o3;
Cheboygan, $1S,310.10; Chippewa
$35,311.73; Clare s7042.35; Clinton,
SIS, 437.40; Crawford, $4507.10; Delta,
S26, 76O.91; Dickinson, $93,SO3.2e;
Eaton, $50, 3S1.11; Emmett, $25,352.44;
Genesee, $S7,S25.09; Gladwin, 81
042.35; Gogebic, $42,254.O7; Grand
Traverse. $2S,169.3S; Gratiot, $45,-
071.O1; Hillsdale, $64,7S9 IS; Hough-
ton. S394,371.36; Huron, $45,07l.Ol;
Ingham. $90,142.03 Ionia, $61,972.64;
Iosco, $5,633SS; Iron, $1S,S10.10; lsa-
bella $2S,73277; Jackson, $104,226.12;
Kalamazoo, $9S ,592.S4; Kalkaska, $780,
1908; Kent, $3O9,S6S.21; Keweenaw,
$21,12704; Lake, $3,943'71; Lapeer'
S47,SS7.95; Leelanau, $S,450.S1; Lena
wee, $109, S6059; Livingston, S46,-
479.4S; Luce, $7,O42.35; Machnac, $lO,-
422.67; Macomb, $76,057.32; Manistee,
s32,394.79; Marquette. sS5,916.62; Ma
son, $19,71S.57; Mecosta, $l5,49S.16;
Menominee, $30,9S6.92; Midland, s14,-
OS4.69; Missaukee. $S,450.S1; Monroe
s60.564.17; Montcalm, $39,43714;
Montmorency, s4,225,41; Muskegon,
9,29642; Newaygo, $16,901.63; Oak
land, $1O2,S1S.25; Oceana, $16,9o1.63f
Ogemaw, s7,04235; Ontonagon, $14S'
OS4.69; Osceola, $15,49316; Oscoda.
$2,53525; Otsego, $S,450.S1; Ottawa,
$67, 6O652; Pressure Isle, sS,45O.S1;
Roscommon, $2,S1694; Saginaw, s12l,-
1885; Sanilac, $42,254.07; School
craft, $9,S59.2S; Shiawasee, s61,972.64;
st. Clair, $92 ,95S.96 st. Joseph, $780,
704.S9; Tuscola, s52,11S.36; Van Blu
rem, $47,SS7.95; Washtenaw, $780,
Se0.59; Wayne, s1,OO2. $1,000; Wexford,
s19,71S.57. Total, s4,Ss4,S52.67.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
DELEGATES Need II.

Each delegate-elect to the consti-
tutional convention will within a few
days receive bound volume contain
ing the constitution of 1850, anno-
tated by sections. Decisions OF the
supreme court constituting the Sec
ton and history of amendments fol-
low in each case. Blank leaves will
be as numerous as the printed ones,
and members are expected to come to
the convention with notes and obser-
vations throughout. This is to be the
first of three bulletins prepared for
the use of the convention. One pamph-
let is directed at the special legisla-
ton evil, for which Michigan Is no.
torious. In 1881 the legislature pass
ed 142 special local acts; the legis-
lature of 1907 passed Ala such acts.
not counting exceptions to general
acts. joint and concurrent resolutions,
game and fish provisions and other
neighborhood measures. Mr.. Miller
says that in it's legislative department
Michigan is so years behind the times.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Another Rate Eiuht.

Already lines are being drawn for
a battle royal which will occur in
congress this winter over further rail
road regulation reforms which Presi-
dent Roosevelt will urge. The move
ment on the part of certain railroad
men to come to an understanding with
each other and their colleagues and
with the president has failed, and
there will be a renewal of the tactics
of the last congress designed to take
the sting out of Mr.. Roosevelt's rec
concentrations.
In anticipation of a struggle both
sides are preparing for the campaign
Of education. 1t develops today that
the president recently sent an official
to Europe to investigate methods of
regulating railroads, especially in Ger
many and other countries owning
lines. 1t is the purpose of the presi-
dent, upon receipt of this information,
to insert it in his annual message.
Conservative forces in congress have
sent men to Europe on like mission,
and the latter will be depended on to
show conditions which will cause the
people TO halt in favoring the enact
ment Of any legislation which might
tend to their appearance in the United
States.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Value Of the PhlIInplnes.

Admiral Dewey defines his position
In reference to the Philippines and de-
clares strongly against the abandon
ment OF the islands. He says: Every
one comedies that the orient is the
future great field for the principal
commercial nations of the world? We
ought to be the leaders, but we must
at least have share in the enter
prise, and in order to do so we must
maintain the position we have occu
pied through force of circumstances
In that region. Suppose we should dis
pose of the Philippines and Japan
should acquire them? See how the
Islands stretch along the coast. Here
are the Japanese islands, here is For
mosa, which Japan owns, and then
come the Philippines. II Japan had
them she would command every gate
way to the orient and the United
states would be completely shut out.
Il do not believe that our country
Will ever abandon the Philippines"
said the admiral. 1--WE already have
too much at stake to withdraw from
the islands. 1t is only our control over
the Philippines that makes Ii possible
for us to insist upon the open door in
the east, toward which our diplomacy
has been directed for number of
years. We want our share of the
enormous commerce of the east and
We cannot keep the open door for it
unless We hold the islands,"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Rouers is Well AGAIN.

H. H. Rogers, his friends declare,
so far from being done with business
affairs for the rest of his life, Is more
than likely to return to his Office in
the not-distant future and again take
up active control of his affairs. He
is said to have made up his mind that
he will leave some of the fighting to
others and confine his activities more
closely to his own personal interests.
That he will be able, after some
rest, to carry out his program many of
Mr.. Rogers friends are convinced. One
of them, referring to the suggestions
in the press that Mr.. Rogers was wor-
ried over his financial position as well
as over his health, said:
ITO adopt the vernacular of the
prize ring, to which some of those
have resorted who have attacked Mr..
Rogers in saying that he is down and
out l can say with all confidence
that he is very far from taking the
count"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Pat DOYLE Out.

After serving So of the 80 days to
which he was sentenced in the Detroit
house of correction for shooting his
wife and sister-in-law, Patrick F.
Doyle Is again free man. I'm going
back to Cheboygan and let everybody
alone" said Doyle, shortly after his
release. II won't modest my wife
again. don't know where she is
now and | don't want to see her /
do want my children. though. If it
hadn't been for them ! wouldn't have
lived to serve the sentence out. I'm
going to get them too, but I'll try legal
means this time. 1t was pretty hard
work here in the pen My! the flowers
look pretty again, don't they?" He
shuddered. Lets CO." he said.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Cassie's Bluff Failed

A suspicious and shrewd prison doc
tor caught Cassie Chadwick, serving
a term in the Ohio penitentiary, in her
attempt to secure sympathy and re-
lease by feigning illness and taking
blindness. So she will be put at work
again. The records of Mrs. Chad
wick's alleged confinement as Madame
Devere many years ago show that she
succeeded in getting a parole on the
ground of i'll health. At that time she
fooled the medical staff by we'll
slammed sickness. II was this history
that caused the suspicion that she was
trying the same old dodge, and the
plan OF the physician proved it's cor
rectness. Next week Mrs. Chadwick
Will be back at her task of sewing
for the rest of the inmates of the big
prison.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Jap Control of Korea.

Prince Ito. the Japanese resident.
general in Korea, said: Japan has
counted the cost of these reforms in
Korea, and nothing shall prevent us
from carrying them out 1t is true that
the Koreans themselves may prevent
the accomplishment of our purpose TO
give them a system of government
and an army of their own, but the peo-
pie of Korea and the entire world
must understand, once for all, that the
political supremacy of Japan in Korea
is to remained firmly established. We
are not asking advice from any one
regarding this policy. If the people of
Korea refuse to accept this fair and
friendly assistance, they will by their
own act write annexation into history.
for as a nation divided In sentiment
from japan, Korea cannot stand"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Mix Oil and Water.

Official denial was given to reports
that a conference Of Standard Oil in
terests was to be held at the home of
H. II. Rogers, in Fair Haven, Mass.
1t is stated that Mr.. Rogers has not
been consulted regarding Standard
Oil affairs since he was taken i'll.
A representative of the Standard
Oil Co. said:
II can say, however, that as soon
as the Standard Oil Co. has freed IT.
self from the labrynth of litigation
now involving it then there will be a
reorganization. The capital stock will
be increased to an amount more in
harmony with the value of it's assets,
say to $400,000,000 or $500, 900, 900"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Owners OF Standard Oil

John ID. Rockefeller now owns 247.-
COZ OF the 972,500 shares OF the Stand.
ard Oil Co. of New Jersey. according
to the testimony of w. II. Tilford,
treasurer OF that company given in
the federal action at hearing in
New York. AS Standard Oil stock
was last quoted at $40 a share, Mr..
Rockefellers holdings are worth near
ly $109,OOO,00O. The holdings of Will
liam Rockefeller were stated by Mr..
Tilford to be $1.70O shares, and those
of II. II. Rogers, 16,020 shares.
The record of stockholders, only
part of which was read upon the
court record, further showed that the
University of Chicago owned 5000
shares; the estate of f. l.. Bostwick,
Is shares; the estate OF Benjamin
Brewster, 10000 shares; II. C. Folger,
2,145 shares; the estate of ID. NJ. Hank
ness, $4,000 shares; the estate of o. b.
Jennings, 1900 shares; the Charles
Lockhart estate OF Pittsburg, $500
shares; l.. G. Ledyard and Payne
Whitney jointly, 5000 shares; the es-
tate of Daniel ODay, 1858 shares; the
estate of w. G.. Warden, 1858 shares !;
the w. c. Whitney estate, 5000, and
the estate of p. A. b. Widener, 5000
shares.
Accountants for the government are
still engaged on the records of the
liquidating trustees and ledgers OBJ
tanned from the company, and while
the examination has not been fully
completed it was said today that the
books of the Standard company show
that since 1882 to the present time
the oil combine has earned between
$500, 900 900 and $685. 100000.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Senator Borah's Trial.

United States Senator William E.
Borah, who acted as one Of the prin-
cipal prosecutors for the state of Ida
no at the recent trial of William d.
Haywood, secretary of the Western
Federation of Miners. was placed on
trial Monday in the federal court at
Boise charged with oonspiring to de-
fraud the government out of title of
1920 acres of Idaho timber land.
Twelve other persons have been in
dicted with Borah. but he will be the
first to face jury. having demanded
a trial prior to the time he shall pre-
sent his credentials as a senator next
December in Washington.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26

Mrs. Mary l.. Gay and her daughter
Agnes. formerly of Oceana county,
were burned to death in a Shelton,
Wash, hotel fire.
With his q acres of fruit land, bear
ing unusually WELL and his crop Of
peaches estimated at at least 2,400
bushels, II. w. Gephart, of Hart, re-
fused a straight offer of 81 bushel
or $4,000 for the seasons yield of the
yellow fruit. He says that as he has
taken all the risks met by a fruit
grower, he might as well have all the
profits. To date he has netted as high
as $4.45 bushel for most of his
peaches shipped.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Found Mother Dead.

Hanging to a doorknob by strap
knotted about her throat, Mrs. Earl
Kenyon, of Vicksburg, was found by
her 6-year-old son when he went to a
chest in search of clothing. The wo-
man was dead, and is supposed to
have taken her life early Thursday
evening. Her three children slept all
night in the room adjoining the death
closet. Crying that his mamma was
choked the little fellow ran downstairs
and informed his grandmother, Mrs.
Charles G. Draper. The coroner is
Investigating Mrs. Kenyon had often
said her married life was unhappy.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
Child Bitten by RattIesnake.

Genevieve Gibson, IL years old, has
been seriously sick as the result of
being poisoned by rattlesnake bite
The little girl was playing in the door
yard at her fathers farm, four miles
south Of Pontiac. Her father, T. W.
Gibson, afterwards killed the reptile,
which was an unusually large snake,
measuring four feet. 1t is thought
that the seriousness of the child's i'll
ness has been due in large part to
the lmpossibility of getting immediate
medical attention for the wound in
her leg, some time elapsing before a
physician could be reached
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
An ilIeuaI Trust.

Assessing penalties aggregating ST.
100000, Chancellor Hicks at Vicks-
burg, Miss, declared the Gulf Com
press Co., an illegal trust and gave
the corporation one year to wind up
its business in the state and with
draw. He denied the application for a
receiver. The custer suit was brought
directly as the result of the purchase
Of an Independent compress at Vicks-
burg. The Mississippi antitrust law
prohibits one corporation from pur-
chasing the interests of a competitive
corporation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26

Thomas G.. Lilly, a wealthy Dow
agiac farmer, who during his lifetime
has been tried and acquitted of muir
dering a hired man and the manslaugh.
ter of tenant, and who drove his
wife and daughter from the house
three months ago, has been adjudged
insane.
An Italian named Pontelo. employed
by the Toledo Mosaic Art Tile Co. in
Ann Arbor, had hardly stepped into
town Tuesday before he was laid out
by a brick falling from the second
story of the new city hall. Pontelo is
in the hospital with bad wound in
his head.
st. Johns has the distinction OF be-
ing tie home of one of the very few
surviving veterans of the Mexican
war. He is Warren Jennings. and his
address is r. f. ID. No. 3. Jennings
is anxious to hear from other Mexican
war veterans and hopes to be able to
land grand reunion of all the old
boys who are left.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26

Mrs. Isabella Munro, aged II, OF
Jackson. fell down the cellar stairs
and was killed.
Fifty years ago Henry w. Riley, of
Greenville, made visit to California
and made the rash promise that he
would make a pilgrimage to the Gold
en- Gate state every so years thereaf-
ter To make good that promise. he
and his wife have started on the trip.
A nall catching in the trousers of
Supervisor Paul Cayer. of Matthias
township, Alger county, as he fell
from the roof OF his farm house at
Winters, held him suspended in mid
air until his wife came to his aid with
ladder. Cayer and a carpenter
James Green, were working on a scat.
folding which collapsed. Green was
killed
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-09-26
New Method Of Cutting steel.

A new method of cutting steel is
said to have been patented by Bel
gian engineer. The process consists
in first heating the metal by means of
an oxyhydrogen flame and then cut
ting 1t by a small stream of oxygen
gas, which unites with the steel and
forms fusibe oxide. which flows
freely from the cut 1t is said that
the cut is fully as smooth as that
made by the saw, and is only HOO
inch wide.