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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
Chinese Leaders Confer.

Shang hai.-Dr. Sun Vat Sen, one of
the leading promoters of the revolution,
who may be named president of the pro-
posed republic, boarded a launch soon
after his arrival here, and was escorted
down the river by two warships.
After landing he went by automobile
to the residence of WI Ting Fang, the
foreign secretary in the revolutionary
provisional cabinet, to discuss the stu
alton.
So far as known, no reply has been
received from Guam Shi Kai, the i'm
perial premier, with regard to the es
tablishment of a republic, as insisted
upon by the revolutionists.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
Land Show Great Success.

st. Paul.-The Northwestern Land
Products show, held under the auspices
of the Northwestern Development
league, composed of civic and CONNER
cial organizations from here to the Pa
cifc coast, closed Saturday night. The
show was open for two weeks.
1t was held to exhibit and explain the
agricultural and other natural resources
of the states represented, and to this
end exhibitors from the various states
lectured and distributed information
every afternoon and evening.
About 100000 people visited the show
during the two weeks.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
HE ESCAPED FROM PEN.
After % Years Freedom Was Pardoned
for Good Behavior

st. Joseph, Mo.-Twenty-ei years
after he escaped from the Huntsville
penitentiary, where he was serving II
years sentence for horse stealing, Will
lam J. Hammond, as he is known here,
was informed that he had been granted
a pardon by Governor Colquitt of
Texas.
Hammond, or Nathan Hurst, as is his
right name has since that time become
a prominent local politician, has built
up a business as a bond broker and has
reared a family, the members of which
are as yet ignorant of their father s
early career.
Hurst was only II years old when he
was sent to prison. He served but three
months, however, escaping from the
walls one day, mounted on one of the
mules working there, and escaped
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
CANAL THREE-FoURTHs DONE.
Engineers Break Back of Great
Slides in Big Culebra Cut.

Engineers "Break Back of Great
Slides in Big Culebra Cut.
hingtOn.-Another milepost was
set up at the beginning of December in
the construction of the world s greatest
engineering work when the engineers
announced that on that date four-ffths
of the excavation required to complete
the Panama canal had been done.
There remained only 39,662,715 cubic
yards of material to be removed and
that task is expected to be completed
within the next year.
These same engineers have finally
"broken the back as it is expressed
technically, of the vast earth slides to
the famous Culebra cut, which threat
ened to give great trouble.
This was accomplished by the explo-
sion of 700 pounds of dynamite at one
time in % 24-foot holes, ripping off the
whole crest of the great bank just above
the slide north of the central division
offices.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
DIDN'T WANT ANY DUKES OR
LORDS, ETC., In HIS FAMILY
EVEN FOR MONEY.
Happiest Moment of His Life When He
Gave His Consent to Marriage of His
Daughter to L. R. Wilder, Ameri-
can-Gives Credit to Wife for Daugh-
ters Well Rearing.

Chicago.-James A. Patten, retired
wheat king, does not care much for for
eign fortune-seeking dukes and the like,
especially when they come to America
to marry.
~ would not allow a daughter of
mine to marry title. 1 also barred all
fortune hunters. Two things have wor-
ried me-the possibility of title in my
family and the inevitable pursuit of
fortune hunters. L wouldn't have
either, and 1 have guarded my daughter
most closely from them. "
Mr.. Patten IS daughter Agnes was
married Christmas day to Lawrence Rus
sell Wilder. The marriage was at
tended by only members of the family,
and Mr.. Patten IS gift to the bride was
silverware.
cone of the happiest moments of my
life," said Mr.. Patten, twas when
gave my consent to the marriage.
guarded my only daughter closely
against the wooing of noblemen and
despite the invitations of friends, 1 have
never allowed her to make trips
she was accompanied by myself or my
wife.
American men make the best hus
bands in the World, and as for foreign
titles and all this kind of thing-well
what IS the use2 The best husband il
the world is not good enough for a good
sweet girl.
CHOW, you may rest assured of one
thing-a lovable girl will always make
good wife and a good mother. Tha
is, if she doesn t marry some scoundre
of man. And that's why 1 have
guarded my daughter, who is no
quite 20.
"Agnes has been reared well. Tha
ism t to my credit s her mothers in
huence.'
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
Spokane Prices to Producers.

The following list may be taken as
fair standard of prices paid to pro
ueers for the commodities named:
Fruits and getables-Potatoes, ST
W.T.; horseradish, 1215c ID; cabbage, 81
ewt; apples, $1@5 box; California red
Mons, $1.75 cwt.
Butter-Ranch, zoe ID.
Eggs-Raneh, $7.75 case; eastern,
,6.75 case.
Hay-Baled oat hay, $14 ton; wheat
hay, $15@16 ton; alfalfa, $15 ton;
timothy, No. 1, $40 ton.
Grain-Oats, $1.25 cwt; barley, $3.50
cwt; wheat, $1.25 cwt.
(Hay and feed prices are f. o. b. cars,
Spokane.)
Poultry-Live hens, lac lb; dressed,
16c ID; live springs, 13c lb; dressed, Ice
lb; old ROSTERS, &c III; dressed, lie III;
live geese, 13c III; dressed, 16c lb; live
ducks, young, 13c lb; old, 19e III;
dressed, 1s@22c lb; fancy turkeys, zoe
b; dressed, use lb.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
Heightened Burglars.

New Graduates of the schools
in burglary operated on a safe in a five
and ten cent store here and got away
with nearly $4,000 in cash. The men
entered by way of the skylight, drew
electricity from wire to operate their
drill, and with nitro-glycerine blew off
the safe door. Beside the safe were
found kid gloves which the burglars
evidently had used to avoid leaving fng-
er prints.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
Claims Alaska Treated Unfair.

Minneapolis, Minn.-James Wicker
sham, delegate to congress from Alaska,
in an address here before the Men s club
of the First Unitarian church, made an
attack upon President Taft, saying that
he never had suggested any legislation
for Alaska that was fair.
Mr.. Wickersham also said former
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger,
while in office, fathered all measures
that would favor the looting of Alaska
by the Guggenheims.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
FROM MINING CAMPS

At Salt Lake City, w. II. Tibballs, a
mining statistician and mine operator,
died in a hospital as the result of an
automobile accident, Saturday
''The delay experienced for the last
60 days in completing the big mill of
the North Washington Power and Re
duction company at Republic now Is
practically at an end,' says j. l.. Har-
per.
The Republic Mines corporation is
again coming to the front, this time
with an immense body of shipping ore
on the 4OOfoot level of the Lone Pine
mine, now under development, and it's
extent as yet is unknown.
A company at Spokane has closed
deal for the purchase of the Sunday
Lode mine, on Gold Hill, at Meyers
Falls, Wash, for a consideration of
$4,000. The purchase was made from
George E. and C. A. Meyers.
"Where the strike was recently made
on the Dellie claim of the Silver Hoard
Mining company's group, at Ainsworth,
b. c., we now have opened up 20 feet
Hawley, superintendent of the mine.
At Denver, Federal Judge r. Z. Lewis
has issued an injunction restraining
about so Chinese creek assay offices
from buying ore from miners of the dis
trict. The operators applied for the
order in the hope of putting an end
to "high grading
"The new mining movement in the
Kootena district of British Columbia
has resulted in the resumption of de-
velopment operations on so many prop
critics that it seems certain numerous
new ore bodies will be found,' says
j. l.. Retallack of Kaslo, B. C.
Three men, Blair, Thomas and Ross
were caught in snowslide at Noble
No. mine at Sandon, B. c., Saturday
morning. Ross was carried half a mile
in the snow and succeeded in digging
himself out. Blair escaped with minor
injuries. Thomas is completely buried
and no trace of him can be found.
A mammoth Christmas tree for the
100 or more children made fatherless
by the Cross Mountain mine explosion
of December 9 was given at Briceville
Tenn, Saturday afternoon. The gifts
consisting of clothing, toys and confec
tions, were purchased with funds con
tributed by men, women and children
in many states.
A reduction of nearly GO per cent il
the railroad rates on ore from Sdnd
point, Idaho, to the smelter at East Hell
ena, which will be effective on tn,
Northern Pacific railroad after Janu
airy 5, is expected to result in a big
increase in mining activity in the PEND
Oreille district. The new rates are OF
both ore and concentrates in carload
lots, with a minimum weight of 10000
pounds.
The purchase of the Live Oak mine
near Globe, Ariz., by the Amalgamated
Copper company, closed up by J. D
Ryan in "a hours after negotiations
were begun, has proved to be the mos
sensational event in the mining market
since the panic of 1907. 1t is the fore
runner of a consolidation with the In
spiration, which will eventually lead t.
the amalgamation of all of the foui
properties on that belt.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
RECORD SUGAR CROP COMING
Estimates at Havana Run as High as
1, $4,000 Tons.

Havana.-That the coming sugar crop
will break all records appears to be rea-
sonably certain. Conservative authori-
ties, who recently accepted 100000
tons as the highest possible production
for the year, now predict 1926, 900 tons.
Other authorities place the estimate
as high as 1,s75,0O0 tons. The increase
is attributed to the continuance of warm
weather, which is favorable to the
growth of the cane.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
Denver Mint Busy.

Denver.-More than 100000 has
been shipped from the Denver mint to
all parts of the country to meet the
demand of the holiday season for new
coins. About 100000 worth of $3.50
gold pieces and a quantity of larger
coins were included in the shipment.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
England Has a Kick.

London.-The Hay-Pauncefote treaty
of 1902 between Great Britain and Ire
land and the United States, is quoted as
against President Taft s suggestion In
his message to congress-, on December,
that preferential treatment should be
accorded to American ships passing
through the Panama canal.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04

These fares include railroad ticket for
the entire round-trip, also berth in
sleeping car and all meals, whether in
the dining cars or hotels along the way,
from Spokane to Los Angeles, going trip
only. The side trip to Redlands and
Riverside, tours of both cities and
luncheon at the Glenwood Mission inn,
are also included.
Two tickets entitle holders to a full
section in sleeping car. Return limit
of tickets, April 80, 1912. Stopovers at
pleasure allowed on return trip.
Make reservations early. A deposit
of $4,000 will be required on each
ticket when reservation is made.
These winter excursions to Oregon
and California, organized by the Ore
gon- Washington Railroad and Naviga
tion company, have grown so in public
favor that they may now be regarded
as a regular thing-something to be
looked forward to each year and not tt
be omitted under any circumstances Il
it is possible to go.
They provide the greatest variety Of
high-class entertainment of any lik,
event in the nation, cost and time con
sidered.
Parties who contemplate joining thi
winter excursion are urged to maxi
reservations at the earliest convenien
date, as only limietd number can b.
accommodated. and its success depend
largely on the completeness of arrange
ments.
All who join may be assured of ever.
comfort and convenience. Painstakin
attention to details is the genius of tn
management. The attendants are tn
most skilled and. experienced employe
in the service, and the man in charge
90 on the BRIDGE all the time.
Brief stops at the three principa
cities of the Rogue River valley, south
ern Oregon, Grants Pass, Medford an
Ashland, will be made.
A special train baggage agent wi
be in charge of the baggage car, so tina
, members of the party may have acces
to their trunks and belongings at plea
ure en- route.
For more complete information max
application to either of the followin
| representatives
A. MACCORQUODALE,
O.-W. R. & n. Co.,
Spokane, Was
VIM. McMURRAY,
O.-W. r. & N. Co,
Portland, Or
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
Turkey Needs Money.

Constantinople. - An extraordinary
credit of $2,5OO,O0o is asked for in the
chamber of deputies by the minister OF
war in order to meet the expenses in
CURED by the continuance of warlike
operations against the invading italian
army in Tripoli.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
Shuster Had to Quit.

Washington.-"No holiday message
could give me more cheer than this
has, said Mrs. William M. Shuster
when she learned that her son, w. Nor
gan Shuster, the young American treas
urer-general of Persia, finally had been
dismissed from his office in compliance
with Russia s demand.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
Pacific Northwest Wheat.

Standardization, Size; fortyfold,
791Re; club, 7sc; fife, use; red Russian,
77c.
Portland.-Track prices: Club, 800
zoe; bluestem, s1@s2c; fortyfold, 700
soc; red Russian, 77@7sc; valley, 700
soc.
Tacoma.-Bluestem, see; fortyfold,
zoe; club, zoe; red Russian, ne.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
DIR. p. G. Law Dies.

Charlotte, N. CDR. P. c. Law, edi-
tor of the Presbyterian Standard, and
one of the most widely known Presby-
terrain clergymen in the south, died
suddenly Saturday at McComes, S. c.,
aged " years.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
LATE SPORTING NEWS.

worlds champion pugilist, has arrived
in Chicago.
Orval Overall, former Cub pitcher,
says he will keep out of the game the
coming season.
Fielding II. Yost will coach the Uni
versity of Michigan football team in
1912 and 1913.
Spokane was given more home dates
on the Northwestern league schedule
than any other team in the organiza
ton.
DR.. E. j. Stewart comes to the Oregon
Agricultural college as professor of
physical education and director of ath-
letics.
At New York One Round Hogan was
given the popular decision in a 10
round fight over Battling Nelson Satur-
day night.
Sidney, N. S. WIN the fight here,
Dec. 25, between Sam McVey and Sam
Langford, both Americans, McVey won
on points. The bout went the scheduled
20 rounds.
Hank O'Day, the National league
umpire recently signed as the new
manager of the Cincinnati Reds, has
had a long and honorabel career in the
baseball world.
John j. McGraw, manager of the New
York National Baseball club, which is
back from its successful invasion of
Cuba, has no extravagant opinion of
the Cuban player. He is dull
thinker, says McGraw, but a fast run
ner.
Not many fans know that Fielder
Jones, the new Northwestern league
president, got his baseball start in the
Pacific Northwest. He played sandlot
ball in the late SOS and early ZOOS in
Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver and other
points around there.
At Seattle, Portland's undefeated
Multnomah Athletic club s team added
another victory to its credit Christmas
day, when it won from the Seattle all
stars, an aggregation made up of col
lege football heroes of the days gone
by, with a score of 9 to 0.
JdCk 11dIIlS, aye %, IOIlueI SpdlIlhs
partner of John L. Sullivan and who
helped train Sullivan for his famous
fight with Jake Kilrain, was found
dead in an abandoned building at Cos
mopolis, Wash, recently, with his heaC
lying in a pool of blood.
By defeating Harvard by the scor'
of three to one in the final round o.
the goth annual college chess tourna
ment this week Columbia universit,
successfully defended her title to su
premacy at chess, which was capture,
by a close margin over Yale in 1909.
A wrestling bout between zbyszko, tn
Polish wrestler, and Racevich, the Ital
f ian champion, broke up in a middle il
New York, Monday night. Most o
the 1000 spectators left the garden think
ing the italian had won, but the referee
: Tom Jenkins, awarded the decision t
l Zbyszko.
( The Christmas day swim, one of tn
annual events of the Portland Null
nomah Amateur Athletic club, was COZ
tested Christmas day under favorabl
conditions, II sturdy athletes taking t
8 the broad Willamette for a 1OO-yar
, dash. Lewis Thomas for the second col
> secutive time carried off the Britten GU
d Here are the accepted world s chan
pions in the various divisions of pug
lism today:
heavyweight johnson.
d ight-Unsettled since IL
death of Ketchel.
Welterweight-M Gibbons.
; htweight-Adolph Wolgast.
rweight-Abraham Attell.
Featherweight-Jo hnny Coulon.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
Striker Is Sent to Prison.

Houston, Tex.-Sam Genusi, strik-
ing Southern Pacific shopman, was
found guilty of violating the federal in
junction against violence on the part
of strikers and was sentenced to serve
one year in the federal prison.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
President Gables Sympathy.

ington.-President Taft has
cabled to the acting president of Ecua-
dor the condolences of himself and the
American people on the death of Presi-
dent Estrada.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
HARNESS SUN FOR LAMPLIGHTER
Panama Canal Engineers to Try New
Experiment-SaveC Cost of Tenders.

64PeI IIoIIO F1tFO OOSO O1 7 OIIe'01D'
Washington.-The Panama canal en-
gineers are trying to harness the sun
for the job of lamp lighter. In the gas
burning lighthouses along the banks of
the canal will be installed copper cyl
inders exposed to the sun. When the
sun rises in the morning and the rays
fall upon the cylinders, the latter will
expand and close the valves that admit
the gas to the burners. AS night APP
proaches and the sun S rays diminish
in power the cylinders will contract
and again turn on the gas, which will
be ignited by small jets. Thus a con
siderable economy will be realized in
the price of Lighthouse tenders and in
the consumption of gas.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
Morgan Gets Bust of German Kaiser.

New York.-A handsome marble bust
of the German emperor-the gift of
Emperor William-was presented to J.
P. Morgan Christmas.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04

Net earnings of the Federal Mining
and Smelling company, after all
charges for the first quarter of the cur
rent fiscal year, totaled $197,s00
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
ENJOY CALIFORNIA SUNSHINE
The Inland Empire Excursion From
Spokane and Walla Walla to
Los Angeles

A special train of standard sleeping
cars and two dining cars, which will be
operated ON an Independent time SEIZED
ule from initial point to destination
without change. 1t also includes side
trip by special train of day coaches
from Los Angeles to Redlands, River
side and return.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04

Dispatches concerning market quota
tions, conditions and phases are as fol
lows:
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-13
IRE pAY IN coNeRFss.
President Seeks Appropriation Of sfoo,4 900 for Relief of Volcano Victims.


 Washington. Juns t21-Ths day ia congress furnished the following feat- ures:
 Senate
 Agreed to programme of three day recesses during the national convsn- ttons
 Refused to reconsider It's adoption of the army appropriation bill confersnos report.
 Refused to recede from It's arnsnd- ment to metal tariff bin repeating Ca- nadian reciprocity law.
 President Taft in special message asked for appropriation of t100, 900 for relief of Aiaslesn volcano victims.
 Adopted amendment 10 legislative, executive and judicial appropriated bill repeating law which created the commerce court.
 Adopted resolution authorizing press ident to Invite foreign nations to con- slider lessons from the Titanic disas- ter.
 Interoceanic canals committee for< mally reported house Panama canal bill with amendments.
 House
 Minority of immigration oomnnfttes filed report opposing Barnett lherncy test for immigrants
 The majority leader. Afr, Underwood. announced that the house would take c three day recess only during tho dcm- ocfatte national convention,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-13
Desertions By
 German Sailors
THIRTEEN JACK TARS WILL Lo.
 CATE HERE.
SHIPS TO SAIL TODAY
Moltke and Stettin Bound for St. Pe- tersburs and Bremen to Central Am erica-Prinee Aids in coallns.

New York. June 1.-Two thousand jack tars, many of whom spent yes terday In passing sweetcakes to Ann erican girl visitors aboard their ships, spent today In passing coal. It was a full day of hard work which left the ships bunkers still thrilled.
 Loaded 300 Tons an Hour.
 The hardest work was on the Molt- ke, which consumes 1.4O0 tons & day when running at full speed. Every body aboard was drafted for coaling and, stripped to the waist, they passed fuel aboard on either side of the war ship from two large scows There were no cranes, and although the Molt- ke's crew holds the German coalina record of 800 tons an hour, the av- craze today was but little more than third of the record.
 Prince Henry XXXVII. of Reuss was as black as any of the coal passerS He had command of one squad of men emptying a scow Whenever he had a leisure moment he lighted q cie- arctic.
 Thirteen Desertions. Although the officers would not dis cuss the matter, the German sailors declared that thirteen of their com. rades had deserted-at least they har not appeared at the roundup to day and 1t was believed they intended tC reWain in this country. If the coalinf is finished the squadron will weigf anchor at S.30 o'clock tomorrow.
 To Meet, the Kaiser.
 The Moltke and the Stettin will sai for Kiel and thence go to St. Peters burg to meet Emperor William boart his yacht Hohenzollern and escort hin back to Kiel where tha yacht race will then be in progress. The Brem en will proceed to Central Americal ports,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-13
IN FIGHTING MOOD.
Roosevelt Accuses 37 Committeeman of
 Betraying Their Party.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, June 12-"They are bolting from the republican party at this moment" said Colonel Roose- welt tonight, of supporters of Presi- dent Taft on the republican national committee.
 The former president was aroused to a fighting mood by the news which reached him today over his private wires from Chicago. He denounced with all the emphasis he could com mand the action of the national com mittee in deciding the contests for seats in the national convention from Kentucky, Arizona and California.
 He declared that the 37 Taft SUD- porters on the national committee, have shown their profound and abid- ing disloyalty to the party which in theory they represent and which in practice they have betrayed"
 Colonel Roosevelt laid special em- phasis upon the seating of the Taft delegates from one California district. He said that of the 37 national com- mitteemen who have robbed the re- publicans of California of two of their stolen goods to MT. Taft, there is one man who is entitled to speak for the republicans of his state.' 1 The colonel expressed the opinion 1 that the national convention would ! not ratify the seating of the Taft dele | gates from California
 l He declined to comment upon the i statement of William Finn of.Pittsburs and other Roosevelt supporters thai 1 the members of the electoral college from several republican states which have been carried by Roosevelt at the primaries would cast their votes fol him in case President Taft is renom- mated
 When he was asked if he had de. cided whether he would go to Chicago Colonel Roosevelt replied: smilingly I'm not going in the next half hour anyway"