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The Washington times., 1908-06-14

LONDON, June 13.-Why did Arcnl-
bald Henry Blouut leave $4,000, prac-
tically his entire fortune, TO Yale Uni
versity? That is the puzzling question
that, after months OF investigation by
the officials OF the fortunate seat Of
learning and by the disappointed rela-
tives Of the deceased, remains unan-
swered.
How came BI0unt. who, so far as e1z-
haustive inquiries have been pursued, Is
not known TO have ever visited Amer
lea, who never had aItv relationship.
either direct or indirect. with the Amer
lean university. 10 select Yale as the
heir 20 his wealth?
What causes elevated his friendliness
10 the New Haven college to an obses-
sion. inducing this leisure, luxury-lov-
ing man in the declining years Of life
10 fOregO all pleasures; TO escheW the
magnificent club which had been his
home for years. 10 d'fsll IN humble
lodgings, stintiEg himsCl' OF the very
necessities Of existence arousiug the
charity OF his landlady, doctors. and
nurses by his stimulation and prOtesta-
ton Of extreme poverty in order that
every available penny of his fortune
might be saved for the object Of his
curious benefacuOnsE
Archibald Henry BIouH,. English gem
tleman. descendant of a solid Bucking-
hamshire family, by his unexpected
and unexplainabIe beqUest. aroused
more interest after death than he ever
did during life.
Like many EnElishmer OF his class
and habits Of mind. he had no friends.
At his club. the select and exclusive
Junior AJhenaeum in Pail Mali which
he made his town home for over forty
years, ne was an isolated person. Even
the club servants knew nothing OF him
save that he bad a cerfaig routine Of
life, insisted upon being called early.
had his meals at regular times, and,
above all. did not wish 20 be both
cred by companionshiFs.
At his country place Gerard s Cross,
I'm BuCEinghamsniTe ne maintained the
same scheme Of isolation. Ills nearest
neighbors knew that he was Mr.. BiOunt.
and that was all.
His nearest relatives. a sister and a
brot her, had not either seen or spoken
with him for over twenty-five years
not that any unfriendlness existed be
tween them. but simply in true English
style they respected his desires 10 be
left alone
Wrote Letter in 1893.
In 1895 Yale University first learned OF
the existence Of Archibald Henry Bl0unf
through q letter which he sent 10 the
/ president tersely asking the names Of
/ the trustees or If possible the Univer-
sity's London lawyers, ss he cOntem-
plated drawing a will in which Yale
would be remembered.
! The names Of The trustees were for.
/ warded 20 the Jlnior Atlenaeum Clut
and within a few DAYS the Yale officials
/ received copy o. 8IT. BIounJs VIII be
| 0ueathinE the bulk Of his estate which
| was then estimated at $50 Coz TO thJ
! university. in this instrument severa
/ London hospitals were also named al
| benedciaries for substantial amounts.
! Nothing more was heard Of Mr.. BIouu
The Washington times., 1908-06-14
KING BAD ORATOR.
BORE To HEARERS
French President Lost Smile
at Banquet When Ed
ward Spoke.

LONDON, June 13.-"Kipg Edward is
no orator"
President Fallieres. of France, didn't
express this unCOmplimentary opinion
OF the forensic abilities of his recent
host, but no one present at the state
banquet in buckingham Palace. given
In honor of the French President, has
the slightest doubt that ne thought IT,
1t was noticeable that during the
speech Of King Edward President Fal-
Heres, for the first and only time during
his visit to England. lost that broad
smile that indicated 10 every one how
thoroughly he was enjoying himself
NJ FalIieres, being an orator Of UNI
questioned ability, knows what a good
speech is. At this state banquet he
made a speech-a sound sensible and
human speech. The delivery was eX-
cellent, the figures appropriate. the Ian
guage choice, and the friendly senu-
ment charming without being gushing.
King Edward, on the contrary, perpe-
trated a series of platitudes SO uresomc
as 10 almost mar the pleasure OF the
occasion.
During the ordeal President Fauieres
bore himself valiantly. He could not
force himself TO smile, but otherwise
his demednor was proper and respect
full
The experience of President FaIHeres
is not unique as King Edward. charm
ing host as he is in every other respe CT.
Is of all the crowned heads and rulers
of Europe the least gifted in the speech
making line
His speeches are always dreaded by
his guests.
The fault presumably does not lie en-
tirely with the King himself, but with
his Couuselors, vino write his speeches
for him They are. in reality govern
10 why they are so dry uud platitUdi-
nous is that the position Of King is
best sustained by heavy md serious
uttsrduces.
The Washington times., 1908-06-14
LADY CHURCHILL
IN AMATEUR PLAY

LONDON, June l3-Tne glamour of
the stage has a strong fascination foT
society folk. This season has been
marked by numerous amateur perform
ances with noble folk as authors and
actors.
The latest noblewoman 10 Join the in
creasing group Of amateur actresses is
Lady Norah Spencer Churchill. sister
of the Duke OF Marlborough.
She has made her appearance in a
tableau called The Queen or Sheba T
part Of phantasy entitled The Key
OF Life" written by Viscountess Matt
land and produced 10 aid the fund 20
provide a riding school for the city OF
London ROuguriders-
The Washington times., 1908-06-14
PRINCESSES LEARN
TO MAKE CLOTHES

LONDON, June 13.-Close 10 Brighton
is the little village Of Seaford, where
two elderly spinst ers, who keep a very
small but select school, are now making
preparations for the annual visit Of tire
crown princess OF Greece. A sister Of the
Kaiser. who. every summer, leaves hei
little gi-1s in charge OF the spinsters.
The crown princess inherits her love
a Eng and from her English mother
the late Empress Frederick. and is q
firm believer in an English school edu-
cation
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-05-09
INTERESTING news
ABOUT SHOSHONE
SHELTER TRUST REPORTED As
BUYING ALL SHARES THEY
CAN SECURE.

Information received from the
East yesterday, from an absolutely
reliable source, gives an interesting
account of the recent manipulations
az Shoshone stock aad throws CON
siderable light on the subject, says
the Rhyolite Bulletin.
The Guggenheims, controlling the
smelter trust, are reported to have
purchased every share obtainable
when the slump came and hundreds
of outside orders could not be filled.
Over 2O0,O 600 shares of the stock are
said to have changed hands on the
curb in three days.
Outside orders nv the hundr, d
poured in on the New York brokers,
but only in a few scattering instances
could the shares be obtained.
The Shoshone is now working or
the biggest cleanup ever made since
the mill started, and it is expected tc
have the bullion ready for shipment
in about a week.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-05-09
Reported Sale of
the Parrot Nine

]. NJ. Brown and II. Miner, capt.
who recently arrived from
Wisconsin, and who have been
around the Mono Lake country look
ing for good investments, are report
ed TO have purchased the famous
PARROT mine, of Lundy district, the
consideration being stated as $35,-
900. 1t is claimed that they intend
to commence work on the mine i'm
mediately, which means much for Ii"
Lundy district, and should this prop
erty prove what all who claim to
know believe it will, there is no
doubt but what the gentlemen who
have made the purchase will have
just cause for congratulations upon
their venture.
The success of the venture mean
much to the Lundy district, as 1t vii
inspire capital with confidence in one
of the best districts on the coast, and
cause it to regain its standing of old
as one of the best bullion producing
districts of Mono county.-Bodi'
Miner.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-05-09
Bluff HOOdIum
Cuts Good Ore

Dewitt c. Turner, general manag-
err of the Bluff Hoodlum Company,
operating on the Bluff claim, return
ed from Reno recently in answer to
telegram sent out by S%uperinter-
dent David Murphy, that a strike of
some proportions had been made on
the property. MI. Turner found this
morning that a good body of hign
grade ore had been opened up in the
east drift on the 100-foot level. The
drift is in thirty feet and both foo;
and hanging walls are almost per-
feet. Between them lies some ore
that is the most encouraging to those
concerned about permanency of the
value bearing rock uncovered in the
camp. 1t is a hard quartz, with the
richness in the sulphides. Assay
have been secured that run to $500
Across two feet the average is bette,
than $50 to the ton.-Rawhid'
Rpstler.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-05-09
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
POOL is IN PROCESS

1t can be stated On what is con-
sidered good authority that a pool IS
In process of formation to clinch con-
troll of neutrality-suspicious. outside
of the interests now dominant and 20
put the stock up to a price to reprs-
sent the mines value, says the Fin
ancial Bulletin. Among the members
Of this pool are Isaac Untermeyer,
Simon ~Guggenheim, f. A. Manice AMI
some other New York interests, to
gether with e. A. Montgomery AMI
Malcolm L. Macdonald of Nevada,
who were the original owners of the
mine. 1t is proposed that the pool
shall liquidate the company's indebt-
edness to G. NJ. Schwab by financing
10000 shares remaining in the com
pany's treasury.
The men above mentioned at the
annual meeting of stockholders sent
through a resolution to send out IN
independent engineer to make an ex-
animation Of the property and arr re
beyond doubt at it's value. Chester
A. Beatty, who in John Hays Ham,
mond's absence is chief engineer of
the Guggenheims, was retained for
this purpose. He inspected the mine
last winter and afterward sent an
assistant to measure the ore reserves
This report is now in the hands II
Mr.. Beatty and is expected to reeeiTe
his endorsement and opinions, and
be submitted to the directors ans
stockholders committee.
While the amount of ore reserves
found in the mine cannot be stated
it is said that it will show the value
of the stock to be somewhere b.
, tween SIS and $14 a share, and tn
} new pool proposes to put mp tn
stock to the figure justified by tn
report. The liquidation which force'
!? the price to its recent low figures d
1 a result Of financial difficulties to
7 large holder has been stopped, an
+ the balance Of his stock tied up wit
> one of the members of the pool aboy
: mentioned. There is now said to b
no obstacle t. the stocks rise. TIL
is in a measure verified by ii
g strength in the past few days, durin
which it has been found that there
very little stock obtainable.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-05-09
FIVE FEET OF VERY
GOOD MILLING ORE

The strike made this week by j. d.
Goodwin in the Sunrise extends the
area of the district one mile furthe"
northwest and the way the ore body
IS opening up, that section, which is
commonly known as Red Dyke, may
rival anything yet uncovered in the
camp.
The shaft is down so feet, and an
eight-foot crosscut was run to cut the
lead. which is at least five feet ia
width, and another three feet is in
lower grade ore. The values occur
in a lively looking quartz, and from
the Mornings made early in the week
the entire body will average between
SIS and 500 per ton, while specimen
rock showing considerable free go d
is not at all uncommon. Portions OF
the vein runs $50 and upwards, but
the above average is a conservative
estimate of the whole.
Drifting on the vein is now II
progress, and as developments pro
coed the ore shoot is becoming great
er than when first encountered. Col
ors can be obtained from any part o.
the working and the property holes
every promise of becoming among tn
best in the district.
Red Dyke extends for about on
mile in a northwesterly and south
easterly direction, and is q parable
dyke to that upon which the origlna
strike was made by Hart and Hit
Adjoining the Sunrise, B. A. Jer
nings holds a group Of claims upo'
which good paintings have been oh
tanned, and the work accomplished 6
far shows that the lead cuts the cou;
try for several thousand feet.
ON account of extending the are
Of the district the strike in the SUI
rise Is a most important one Prof
erty holders along Red Dyke Will u
doubtedly begin doing some worl
and that section Of the district wi
be considerably benefited 10 that
Is known pay values exist there
Hart Enterprise.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-05-09
BIG MONEY BEHIND
TECOPA TRANSACTION

The latest advices confirm the re-
port in the Miner of last week to TIN
effect that the control of the great
Tecopa lead and silver mines has fin
ally passed into the hands of a syn
dictate of big stockholders of the Ton
opah Mining Company.
H. G. Mcmahon of Los Angeles is
in receipt of advices from j. T. Over
bury, at present in Philadelphia, stat
ing that all of the details pertaining
to the transfer have been consum-
mated and that within thirty days the
task OF working the mines to theft
full capacity will have commenced.
At the head of the new company
which will exploit the possibilities Of
these mines will be w. J. Graves, a
wealthy paint manufacturer, who is
credited with supplying a large part
of the capital needed TO carry out the
deal for the properties Within ten
days Mr.. Graves personal representa-
tive will arrive at the mines and pre-
sumably initiate the resumption Of
work. The shipments to Salt Lake
smelters will be resumed as early as
practicable. According to Mr.. Nc
Mahon, the new company has already
provided a working fund of 100000
in cash, an amount that assures th'
performance OF an immense quantity
of development.
The point at which a smelter viii
be erected for the handling of th'
Tecopa silver-lead ores, in con 'nnc
ton with tho low grade ore of thu
Tonopah Mining Company, has no
yet been determined on, but it vii
be Las Vegas, Beatty, or some othe
place in the region tributary to tn,
Tonopah and Tidewater and La
Vegas and Tonopah railroads.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-05-09
Will Experiment
In Mono County

T. II. Teal, a prominent mining en-
gineer and metallurgist, formerly of
this city, and Fred Fields, who fur
nished the data and process for the
Montana Tonopah, and has been me-
allurgist for the Montgomery Sho-
shone ever since the inception If the
mill, and a recognized authority ca
the treatment of ores, arrived yester1
day from Los Angeles and Rhyolite.
having stopped of at the latter place
for several days. They will leave
this morning for Mono county, where
they go to experiment with severaT
large bodies of low grade ore. They
expect to pursue the same line of ex-
periments they have made in the
past. They have two properties, n
of 5000 and another of 100000
tons. both of low grade values. and
during the summer will endeavor to-
evolve a process to determine the
hceapest possible way of treating the
ore. Both men have had a large
amount of experience in this line. Orr
their way to Mono they will stop at
the new camp of Marietta for a brief
Inspection of the OF that
camp.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-05-09
GOOD SOCIETY.

The agent for a cemetery company
was expatiating on the good points OF
a certain lot. Presently the prospee-
tive purchaser interrupted with the
enumeration of several prominent
families owning property there.
"Is this lot near theirs?' she
asked.
The agent admitted that It was
quite a distance OF.
"Then," said the woman, II don't
want It. I'd rather pay more and ger
in a good neigbborhood.'
The agent collapsed.
Has It come to the point he
said. where people consider Their
next-door neighbors even in a grave.
yard?"-New York Sun.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-05-09
NatCheZ Makes
First Shipment

A correspondent Of the Reno Gaz-
cite, writing from Sierra, the hustlins
town in the Natchez district, says.
AN effort was made to keep new
Of the recent strikes from the pub
lie, but the facts leaked out at Win
nemucca last week, when Robert
Walthers, an old time prospector AL
one of the original locators OF old
Tonopah, filed escrow papers at Win
muec He had disposed of a group
Of claims in Barber canyon, where
the big find was made, to Bradshaw
and benson, two Reno men. 1t did
not take long for the fever q
spread and before the day was over
more than fifty well known residents
Of Winnemucca had started the STAN
pede which has been in progress ever
since.
Tents have sprung up along both
sides of Barber canyon and on
through the hills until now the place
looks like a mushroom tent city. a
new townsite is being surveyed, lum
Der is being rushed into the district,
and within a few days there Will he
ample accommodations for everyon5
who comes In. At present there az
three saloons, two restaurants and
the same number Of hotels.
Every engineer visiting the carir
and examining the prospects express
es himself as being agreeably sur
prlsed with the showing and recon-
menas the formation as n OF gre2l
p%ernaneney. The lode porphyry l.
andesite, which sounds good to Ne
yadans, for 1t was from andesite walt
that the great Comstock yie)eed IT.
millions.
"a number Of good deals have al
ready been made in the district. an
a number are pending the completion
Of engineers reports. The charact'
Of the ore Is quartz, heavily impreg
mated with hematite and limoinit,
carrying gold which shows freely IL
the pan. More than a dozen pros
poets In the district now have goo
banning rock on them and two of IN
properties are sacking ore.
The first shipment from the dis
trict will be made tomorrow by +.
Quincy, who has sixteen tons .
high grade ore sacked and awaitin
an opportunity to get It to the rail
road"
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-05-09
LEASE IN HART
HAS RICH ORE.
ORE SHOOT ON BIG CHIEF FIVE.
FEET WIDE CARRYING
$500 VALUES.
Especial to the bonanza

HART, Cal, May THE richest
body of ore yer encountered in the
Hart district was uncovered on the
Big Chief lease on the Orc last Fri
day, and as developments have pro-
crossed since that date the ore shoot
bias widened for a width of five feet
The average value of the rock is
around $500 per ton, while streaks
of high grade assay considerably
more than the above mount. The
discovery was made in a 10-foot
Wine, sunk north Of the Big Chief
shaft, which was put down in tracing
a narrow streak Of picture ore. From
four inches in width the same grade
las widened to five feet, and from all
Indications it promises to be a per-
nanent ore body. Developments at
the Ffunder lease, adjoining the Big
Chief on the north, are daily proving
up the ore bed struck several days
ago. Five feet of ore shows in "a
crosseut from the Todhunter tunnel
through which working the Pfunder
people are operating their lease-hold-
The values average $50 per ton. Bo.h
of these strikes have caused great eY-
element in the camp, and adjoining
~leasers are prosecuting work more
vigorously as a result.
The Red Boy claim, adjoining the
Jumbo on the north, was sold today
by George A. and VIM. l.. Foster To-
the Quartette Mining Company, the
consideration said to be around $51,-
900. The Quartette company recent
ly purchased the Jumbo group for 2
consideration of $1O0, 900, and the
property is developing into a ricr
producer. Col. II. A. Hopkins, presi-
dent of the Quartette company, de-
cided to get the adjoining claim at
the figures given out. A force OF
men was put to work today trench
: ing and prospecting the ground. This
{ is the largest sale made to date n
: this district, as the ground involved
in the transaction consists OF but one
claim.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-05-09

ground has been broken for the cleo
trio hoist, which is now on the prop
erty. This is on Barge ground. The
shaft is 40 feet deep and the hoist
will be in position by the time the
power line is completed into camp.
AS soon as the contract has beer
awarded for the erection of the Selby
mill, the Virginia and Gold Hill
Water Company will begin the cou-
struction of a pipe line, supplying
both the mill and the people OF
Jumbo with good water.
Every lot in the original townsite'
of Jumbo has been sold, The lucky
purchasers have seer their holdings
increase to as much as lou times the
purchase price, and values have MOI
as yet begun. An extension to the
original plat has been prepared and
lots in it are selling rapidly.-vir-
ginia City Chronicle.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-05-09
FARULOUSLY RICH
ORE DISCOVERED

maven feet of ore assaying as high
s0000 to the ton and averaging
loo, across its face $500 to the ton
!, uncovered in a sixteen-foot hole
~ the Dutchman property, 10 miles
,o,tbeast Of Mill City in Humboldt
comfy. last Thursday. News of the
and reached Reno yesterday, and
.,rca that time a small sized stam-
node of fortune seekers to the new
~ dorado has been on from this
eity Last night twenty-five pros
0sctors and promoters left for the
.cene. An equal number left Oh the
rain this morning and up to noon
ave automobiles loaded to the guard
rails started for the scene, all rae
Inc TO get into the district first and
secure some of the ground, for up to
saturday night but little of the
round had been staked out.
Mark Bradshaw, c. s. benson, Sam
Wheeler, S. NJ. Sample and several
other Renoites were among the first
an the scene. Bradshaw secured the
Dutchman property, the key to the
entire district, last Tuesday. Within
two days he had uncovered $4,000
rock and the work of taking out or
has been in progress since that time.
Colonel Rose OF the famous Rose
Mohawk lease of Goldfield arrived in
the camp last Friday and Offered
Bradshaw and benson $4,000 for Il
half interest. The offer was refused
Rose, however, is determined to gel
into the district and has OPP
tons on j|toining properties. II,
has secured an option of G. f. Cur
ney's property for $4,000. Emmet
Boyle, the well known mining engs
neer OF Reno, arrived here last nigh
with a three-day option on n o.
the richest properties in the distric'
Nc is enthusiastic over the camp.
The townsite was started Frida,
and more than a hundred lots wer'
sold up to noon yesterday. The ney
emp has been named Sierra, 1t al
ready has two saloons and a half doz
en- restaurants and three hundred in
habitants. Two new automobile line
we're started from Mil City thi
morning. The fare from here to tn
new camp, including automobile fare
$3.50. The trip can be made in
deg.
c. S. benson arrived here las
night for supplies. He left this morn
Ing after employing twenty miners t
70 TO work Immediately upon hi
woperty-Reno Gazette.