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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-20
NOTHING IN IT.
Washington Takes No Stock In Re
ported Plot Against Fleet.

Washington. JAN 20.-The reported
nlot to blow UP one or more ships of
the Atlantic battleship fleet at Rio de
.Ianeiro is regarded at the White House
as repetition of one of the many
schemes which are constantly oelng
nresentea to the secret service by per-
sons who claim to possess information
which they are willing to part with
for a consideration. No credence is
nlaeed here in the existence of an act
nal plot 1t is understood the infor-
nation originated in Paris, from which
1oint If was communicated to the Sc
cret service bureau of the treasury
department and through that medium
to Admiral Evans and the officials of
the South American country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-20
SUMMER DAY AT CONEY.
Twenty Thousand People Go Out From
New York City.

New York, Jan. 20.-Brfght sunshine
and balmy breezes made Coney Island
look yesterday almost as it does in the
summer time. 1t Is estimated that 90,
ofO people went to the island and all
the hotels, restaurants. small shows
and dance halls did a rushing business.
The streets were crowded and scores Of
street takers and venders were out to
sell to the crowds frankfurters and the
novelties without which Coney Island
would lose half its charm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-20
DESTROYS GLASS PLANT
A Fire II, the Sunfiower Works at Cof.
feyyilIe Does 100000 Damages.

Coffeyville kan, Jan. 2O.-Fire
here Sunday destroyed the Sunfiower
Glass company's plant, causing a loss
of 100000
The property was only partially in
sured- The plant had been closed
down for several months. r. II. Rurk =
or Indiana, the principal owner, has
been here for some time preparing to
open the plant today. It employs 400
men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-20

Papa put up hundred thousand TO Sc,
cure the duke, and now he's married
someone else"
you should have bought him outright
Serves you right for trading on mar
gin."-Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-20
Weather Indlcations,

Chicago, Jan. 20.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Fair tonight and Tuesday; warm
er in west portion tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-20
statute Is Void.

"On the foregoing the case at bar
could be safely grounded. But for an
other reason the statute is void as
being in conflict with the national con-
stitution in that it is repugnant to the
provision which reads, NO state snail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-20

The house this morning passed a
omnibus bill containing 30 local bills
This took in all the local bills read
for consideration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-20

c. B. Kirkland, chairman of the
committee on assessment and taxa
ton announced this morning that the
tax committees of the house and SEN
ate will hold a joint session this even
ing at o'clock, provided the house
or senate is not in session for the
purpose of deciding what amend
ments shall be made in the tax laws
of the state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-20

Robert Stones bill authorizing a
levy for the benefit of Marshalrs band
was passed this morning in the
omnibus" This bill is intended to
correct the error in the bill passed
at the last session. Under the cor
rected bill the city can raise about
$1,000 a year for the benefit of the
band.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-15

All this wealth so ostentatiously ex-
posed to public view for years attracted
no attention till the Government built a
railroad through the country in the spring
of 1908. The grade cut across one of the
exposed veins. and two or three good-for-
nothing men who should have been plying
their shovels wasted time picking up
some of the shining rocks while the boss
wasn't looking When they got around
to it they sent the stuff away to be
assayed. In July of the same year a
blacksmith named La Rose actually
stubbed his toe against slab of almost
pure silver sticking out of the ground
He also sent sample away for assay.
Not until several months after these
discoveries was Government geologist
sent up to investigate. He found the
richest nickel ore ever heard of associated
with exceedingly rich ores of silver and
cobalt. He reported that the place,
which he named Cobalt, was a wonder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-15
Ontario's Deep S1umber

EVEN then Ontario did not wake up
Only a few prospeCtorS strolled in
next year, and in very leisurely way set
to work to pick up the fortunes scattered
under their feet. La Rose, the black
smith, sold half interest in his mine for
five thousand dollars. Later he sold the
other half for twenty-seven thousand
dollars. Since then millions of dollars
worth of silver has been taken from the
mine.
As late as April, 1906, the riches of
Cobalt were so little appreciated that one
man tried in vain to sell his claim for
twenty-five thousand dollars. He man
aged to scrape together four hundred
dollars, which he spent in developing his
mine. The investment yielded one
million dollars Another valued his claim
at one hundred thousand dollars. No one
would pay so preposterous' price; so he
hired six men, and in three months took
out ore which netted one hundred thou
sand dollars. Since then there have been
no lack of authentic cases of proper ap-
probation of Cobalt values
Then the Americans discovered the
camp They rushed up there with cash
in their pockets and snapped up con-
siderable proportion of Cobalt at ridicu-
lousy low prices, while London investors
were conducting leisurely correspond
ence regarding options. Now the Amer
leans are selling part of the properties
back to the Canadians at sufficient adj
vance to repay them for their trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-15
By G. F. Carter


may be had almost for
the asking, small, unattractive lake
was sold a short time ago by the Gov
eminent to a syndicate for one million
dollars spot cash. This is the highest
quotation on lakes ever recorded. Yet
the seller feels that it drove a poor
bargain, while the BUYERS would be only
too glad to give the lake to anyone who
would take it away and keep it away
The fact is the new owners of Cobalt
Lake do not care for the lake itself. but
only for what they think is beneath it.
This expensive body of water has an area
of about two hundred acres. 1t is shaped
like a stocking Across the toe of the
ern Ontario Railroad, Government line,
the building of which led to the discovery
of silver along the shores. Along the
front side of the stocking lies the town
of Cobalt, which now has a population
of five thousand. At the heel of the stock
ing is the famous Nipissing mine, the.
most wonderful silver mine ever known,
while at several points completely sur
rounding the lake are producing mines
which would be considered marvelously
rich if they were not echpsed by the
Nipissing Some of the mines are riP{.t
in the town itself.
ACCORDING 10 the law, the OWneTS OF
these mines may not follow the veins I'M
der the water. 1t was the right to work
these subaqueous veins, which was in
c1uded in the title to the lake, that made
it so valuable. The payment of so ex
traordinary a price would appear to be
justified by the fact that while operations
have scarcely begun, some small ship
ments of ore taken out in the course of
development work have yielded eight
thousand ounces of silver to the ton.
Silver is worth about sixty cents an ounce.
Other lakes of smaller size in the vi
cinity are also underlaid with silver.
One company spent sixty thousand
dollars digging a canal to drain one of
these lakes in order to get at the silver
with greater ease; but the Government
did not approve, SO the work went for
nothing. In Canada the Government
exercises a close supervision over mining
affairs, though no royalties are exacted
in Ontario as in other provinces.
AS under these circumstances the
owners of the million-dollar lake have no
chance to get the water out of the way of
their mining operations, the silver will be
reached by tunnels
Cobalt relies exclusively on the million
dollar lake to assuage its thirst, for there
is not saloon in town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-15
Cobalt Production

COBALT'S production of silver in 1906
- was five million one hundred and
eighty thousand dollars; and the output
for 1907 is expected to have exceeded
twelve millions There are thirty-fve
mines that have become producers, and
two hundred and fifty million dollars
has been invested in the camp.
Slabs of silver as large as a plotting pad
and half an inch thick just as they were
taken from the vein are to be seen at the
mines. These slabs or leaves can be torn
from their places in the rocks as one
would tear off piece of lead. One nugget
taken from the NlPissing mine was pear
shaped, four feet long by twenty-eight
dollars worth of silver. A nugget from
another mine near the lake weighing one
hundred pounds contained eleven hun
dred ounces of silver. Tire bonanza ores
taken out round the Borders of Cobalt
Lake run from six thousand to seventeen
thousand ounces of silver to the ton; the
first class ores from fifteen hundred to
twenty-five hundred ounces The second
class ores, which run from five hundred
to fifteen hundred ounces, are expected
to pay the operating expenses, while ores
worth one hundred dollars a ton or less
are left on the dump to await the building
of mills. In other silver mining camps
ore worth one hundred to one hundred
and fifty dollars a ton is considered to
be high grade.
The ores carry from three to thirty
three per cent. of cobalt, which sells for
sixty to sixty-five cents pound in the
ore. They also contain five to forty per
cent of nickel and very high percentage
of arsenic. They also carry copper, an
timony, lead, and zinc, with traces of
gold and platinum.
So, taking one consideration with an
other, perhaps that million-dollar lake
wasn't so ridiculously high priced, after all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-15

claimants waste money
in litigation instead
of compromising and
,n1-nn II In ninn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-15
A Queer Mining Camp

Of such an astounding anomaly as a
~ mining camp without a saloon al
most anything may be believed. 1t oc-
casions no surprise, therefore, to learn
that there hasn't been a man killed in
camp yet. Why, they even sent one mis-
guided wanderer from Colorado to the
provincial penitentiary for three months
for calling man scab! In such a sterile
field an organizer for the Western Fedora
ton of Miners toiled for six weeks abso-
lute1y without result, then left in sublime
disgust. The only organization that has
been able to get foothold in Cobalt is a
Sunday school.
Pullman cars run to the camp, SUBJ
urban trains are operated in both direc-
tons, and work has begun on an electric
railroad system to connect the outlying
camps with the metropolis of the new
mining region. But while Cobalt may
be moral and modern, it is certainly not
pretty. The houses of logs, implanted
rough boards, and tar paper are scattered
promiscuously over the hills without any
attempt at order. The streets are made
up of stumps, mud holes, and rocks in
about equal proportions, and there are
no sidewalks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-15
The Biologists Upset

IN other respects Cobalt is the strangest
mining camp on earth. In the first
place, the biologists are prepared to
prove that silver has no business there
it doesn't belong in the formation at all.
But it was there just the same, right out
in plain view. There are places in the
woods to-day where veins foot wide
carrying seventy-fve per cent silver are
exposed on the surface. In more than
one instance public roads cross such veins,
and any passerby may polish up the silver
with the sole of his shoe, or even gouge
out chunk if the Waterman isn't around
These properties are tied up while the rival
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-15
MILLION-DOLLAR LAKE

TN Northern Ontario,
i a region Astounding
in beautiful lakes which
NOV no bod almost for
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30
NEWS0F THE COURTS Alderman Stanton Jumps Jury Duty to Embark on Matf-
 monial Sea. ERlCKS0N'S CASE PUT OVER Prisoner Who Roughed Tt With Pa. trolnsn Schmidt Now in ITos-
 pital--Other Cases.

A surprise was occasioned ln tho civil side of tho superior court yes terday when Charles H. Stanton an alderman of tho fifteenth ward was not present to answer 10 hls name In response to ths roll call of the jury men who had been summoned for duty for the coming term.
 Clerk Fowler however, explained ,that Mir. stanton had been excused to enter upon tho matrimonial side of life The court was satisfied with the explanation ana excused the ah- Isentee for the whole term. as were all lwho confessed owning stock In tha lrallrosd company.
 The case placed on trial was that ot IJohn F. Grady. against the New TTn. tven road, The plaintiff is admins lfrator of the estate of Patrick Cullen sof Derby. who was killed by train on Ithe night of December 22. 1a06
 Cullen was tenant of tho railroad lcompany and was obliged to cross Iseveral tracks to reach the place oi Iabode. On the night in question while ,crossing tho tracks, he stepped fin q khole and was thrown backwards with This head across the rail. An engine ,came along md cut his head off.
 Damages of S5,OO0 are claimed. c. E. Hamilton of this city and n, E. Walsh of Ansonls. represent the 'plaintiff and Watrous and Day are counsel for the railroad.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30

theft for being implicated in 2 lemon game, in which John b Vintan, of Hartford starred as the fruit, was rc nanded until october ( Detective Coll well arrested Thomas who Is charged wlrn getting s93 from yinton in a pool gnne,
 & Ralph Hull a negligent politician was excused for not filing an expense account after tho recent primaries
 John J Grady was sent to iaI for n days on a charge of likeness
 Charged with defraudiug Jacob Schwartz a boarding house keeper of [ 21l oak street, Max Wornstak. was re manded in tho custody of the probation officer until Nov 6, being defended by Attorney Walter Pickett
 lt coet Joseph Marco of 406 Washing ton avenue s5, with costs ot taSl for keeping an unlicensed dog,
 James Connolly of ls White street charged with. breach of the peace against his wife, was remanded unti, Nov 'S in tho care Of the probation of acer
 Edward Laydon, a young boy charged with the theft of number of newspapers from Morris pukln oi aSo Chapel street and Jacob W schult, of il22 Chapel street two newsdealers waa remanded until Sept 30.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30
Jrdre ncscrrcs nccisIon.

Judge studley in the probate court yesterday reserved his decision in the contest between members of the Roth child family with Samuel and Louis, on ono sldc, and the other member of the family arraIgned against them. The contest was procipitated hy The fiinF of the account in the estate of Joseph RothchIld, late of this city. by the two former, who are the trustees of the estate.
 The trustees were represented hg Attorney Frank Bishop, and the other members of tho family by Attorney II. W. Asher
 The estate which amounts to about s2o,oQO has an income of over Si,2o0 yearly, and because this is eaten up by expenses ns alleged by tho trustees. tho other members of the family think that Samuel and Louis ought to be de- posed is trustees, and others appoint cd in their places
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30
CHEERING REPORTS
People of Connecticut Should Be Prosperous the Pres
 ent Year.
BANKS AND STATE CROPS
Reports of Treasury and Agricultural Departments Which Tell an
 Interesting Story.

Connecticut people ought to hc pros i porous this year. judging from reports on the condition of the states crops and national banks, which were re- l gently issued by the treasury and agricultural departments, say, the 1 Washington correspondent of the Hart ford Courant
 Comptroller oi the Currency Nur- ray has compiled figures showing that tho value of state, citv railroad, cor poratlon and other bonds, claims ] Judgments etc. owned by all national banks is s765, 3io a5 ar more than l ample to permit tho issuance of the fnll amount ot emergency circulation authorized by ina Aldrich- vreeland act
 Ranks outside reserve cities. 'nclud Ing Connecticut national banks. own nearly 70 per cent. of the state. munI- cipal etc, bonds over 4s per cent of railroad and other corporation hords and over b3 per cent of tho combined investments of this character which looks like the small banks so.csllod ought Co ho pretty able to take care of themselves.
 Connecticut national banks, at last reports, owned t60Ii4o.3s worth of state city. county town. municipal or district bonds not classified. to tho value of Sl6l. oe6 and judgments, claims, etc valued al sHi6Ssi The total value Of these investments of Cnnnectlcu, m tlonsl banks was sl6. .2s5. 2as sn. at last reports
 Az against ths record. Representa- two John Wesley Gaines of Tennea sec, chief of tho literary bureau of tho democratic congressional committee has only been ahln to find thst fou Connecticut national banks have fnllot between 1883 and 1907 Gaines Ia sock ing to bolster up Rryan's falaclous nr gument in favor ot government guar antee of bank deposits. but could mol And much comfort In Conneetirut's re cord, which is only surpass hy ina of seven states, most of them new An, Washington, IT. C., and Indian Terri tory.
 Tho crop reports for sertenhn show that the condition of tho Con nectlout tobacco crop on the first a ths month was 2 per cent. az com pared with s2 per cent on August 1 1908, and 1o year average of a6 [ is estimated that tho state contain 1s per cent of the national tobacc' crop
 Other Connecticut crops besides thi, leader gre also doing well The con ditlou of these crops on September | as follows.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30
Cog Warden Kelly Busy.

Dog Warden James H Kelley had Joseph Marcio haled before the police cour' yesterday and fined & with costs for keeping an unlicensed dog. Marcio, who lives at 4s5 Washington avenue. had a half dozen bankers in his pos session. according 10 the warden, and though he was charged with keeping three unlicensed. dogs, Marcio proved that he had licensed two Of them after tho nts warden called Saturday
 Marclo insisted yesterday that he had given the third away but Judge Tyner fined him for having harhored .il without a license,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30
HcreI Sues City.

On account of tho damage done to hls stock by the rain water flowing into the cellar of his store on Church street during Monday nights storm John Hegel of John Hegel X Co, the we'll known furniture dealers, has or dered his attorney, l. Erwin Jacobs 10 bring action against the city to tho superior court for sS00o damages
 Tho water which caused the damage flowed in under the walk in front o' the store, Tho curbs here have beer removed for re-settng in connection with the laying Of the new pavement that was started in that street thl morning
 Mir Hegel had three men workInG during the morning baling out about two feet of water that had been pre- clpilated by the leak.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30
Gas Meter Thefts to bc Explained.

When Albert Troia. whose occupa- ton in life Is opening gas meters in the Big City" received letter from his old pal" Vincent Massa. in- forming him that there were a number of good things in this city he immed- lately shook the dust of old Broadway end started for here.
 1 The letter was written under the su- pervision of the local detectives by MT. Maesa- who is now in jail awaiting trial. Tn all probability both he and his friend will aojourn with Mir. Hugo
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30

Facts about the status of other Con necticUt crops follow Rye nro1uction 19d GOO bushels ts5 bushels per acre, quSlity 9S per cent hay, production 5SS,ooo tons, 120 tons DOT acre, quality AS DOT cent apples, condition 49 DOT cent peaches production I, per cent of full crop The condition of stock hogs in Connecticut was too per cent on September 1 and their number was 9f per cent of that on hand q year ago.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30
Four Unhappy Couples.

Four divorce cases brought through Attorney Jacob P. Goodhart, have heen made returnahle to Inc October term of the superior court They are Jessie Thompson against John T. Thompson Emily Johnson against William r Johnson, Addle F Allen agaIust William Allcu and Annie l., Thorliou aRanst William Thorliou
 Mra Thompson, who was a Miss Barnes af Falr Haven, accuses her husband of cruelty and Iutemperance, The couple have one child. Mrs John son. who was 2 Miss Reed alleges In. tolorahe cruelty They have three children The allegation in the Allcu case Is Intemnornnco that In Che Thor. lou case ls assertion.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30

port your honor but that ain't my fault I'm out of work. "
 Have you tried to get work7" 'I couldn't begin to tell your honor, how hard I've tried"
 I suppose not How long ls it since you have had an oeeupation7
 Bout year. Or 1t might be two years
 What was your last job ?"
 I had position In barber shop.' "A position What klnd7"
 "1uStaposition, your honor; I was next"
 Six months in the vorkhouse," roared the police justice Call the next case '-- Chicago Tribune
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30
BRIEF MENTION.
High water to-day, 1;Ss a m.

At a meeting of the executive com mitten of the New Haven Consumers league held yesterday at the home of Mrs William W Farnam, S3j Frospet' street, the resignation of Mrs Ish7m Henderson aa president of Nhe leaGnN, wes read and accepted Mrs Tender son retires on account of il hailtl Her successor was not chosen
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30
case contloucd---rrlsoncr h Hospital.

In tho police court yesterday, the casa of John Erickson, charged with breach of tho peace, was continued until November 2s, nlsi Erickson ran foul of Patroman John Schmidt of the Central station on Monday night and as a result both indulged in a rough and tumble fight,
 The outcome was disastrous to Fr- lelyson, who suffered broken Jaw anl who fig at present in the hospital
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30
Admitted to Prohnte.

Judge studley admitted to probate yesterday inc will of Christine NJ Waas. lato of ths city George wsas, husband of the deceased, 1ballaed as exeeutof under the VIII, and Julius Waas and Paul ste'nbeck were ap- pointed appraisers The estate, which consists principally of real estate, is worth about 5000
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30
rn tho c,itr Court.

Tn thu police court yesterday Joseph Levy and Samuel Lew of 1ls Wash ington avenue, arrested by Patrolman Cooper for distributing advertising cards in violation of the city ordI- nance at Winchester's. were remanded until September 20,
 George Thomas held on a charge of
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30

calling attention 10 the misuse of the matls in this diwrict The most preva- lent nrractlon of the rules Hes in the matter of sending merchandise through the malls and then inelaaing written matter
 The law provides for q fine of BIO in caae of guilt being established
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30

owing to the commencement ( Wo-l, on The changes to he made ln the pave. ment In Church street he pol "a dp. partment yesterday pu. a nov uradif tula in effect prohibiting sutns lren' passing through Church street between Center and Chapel
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30
HORRORS OF TIE poblcF rorRr

What is your namo2 askod the justice
 't,eggett TerEruhh your honor, announced tho prisoner. rod nosed specimen of the genus hobo
 You are charged with vagrancy having no visible means of support and being common nuisance in the neighborhood What have rou to say for yourself"
 T hal got no visible means of sup