Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, October 23, 1906, Page 4, Image 4

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    THE MUKMMr OKJiGOMAJI, TUESDAY. OCTOBER '43, 190G
RAGE ANIMOSITY
STIRRED BY. PLAY
Negroes of Philadelphia Make
' Strong Protest Against
"The Clansman."
MOB SURROUNDS THEATER
Colored Miniters Protest to Mayor
Without Kf feet Police Respond
to Riot Call, hut Promises
. Soothe the Mob.
1'HIL.ADKI.PHIA. Ot-t. 22 Under most
unusual conditions 'The Clansman" was
presented here tonight at the Walnut
t-lrept Theater. The colored clergy of the
city, had made a formal protest to Mayor
Weaver against the production, claiming
that "lynchings had been encouraged by
..the play." The Mayor refused to take
action.
About a half hour before the theater
opened. Ninth and Walnut streets, where
the playhouse Is located, were packed with
colored people. Director of Public Safety
McKenna, who had hastened to- the
siene. begEed the ministers to disperse
the mob. A riot call was sent in and pa
, tml wagons brought 50- policemen to the
theater.
The ministers surrounded McKenna and
asked that he stop the performance. Mc
Kenna addressed them, saying that he
would endeavor to have the presentation
discontinued after tonieht. This seemed
to have a soothing effect and the crowd
slowly scattered.
Karly in the evening a negro attempted
to create a disturbance in the theater. He
was arrested, but the police had consid
erable difficulty in rescuing him from the
crowd in the .nailery. ,
IDLE NEGROES TO 1IG CAXALi
Tennesseean's Suggestion to Roose
velt to Solve Two Prohlems.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 X. F. Thomp
son of Chattanooga, Tenn., called at the
White House today and invited President
"Roosevelt to attend the immigration and
iuarantir.e conference to be held in Nash
ville next month, and on the President's
" invitation Mr. Thompson called again to
night. The President has. . however, de
clined the invitation, because he could not
lind it possible to attend.
Mr. Thompson said he suggested to the
3resident that the idle negroes in the
South be utilized for labor on the Panama
canal. "The better class or negroes in
the South," he expluined, "would aid the
white people in securing this class of la
bor for tnat work. It is the idle negro
that makes the trouble in the South and
reflects on the better class of negroes.
"The .President was impressed with the
suggestion and asked ine to have a talk
with Secretary Taft and Mr. Shonts. on
the subject. 1 will call on them tomor
row." HOOSKVELT MIST SOLVE IT
Cincinnati Preachers Refer Race
Problem to President.
.MONTGOMERY, Ala.. Oct 22. Herman
Thomson, the negro who attempted to
assault little I'allie Pelle. Caine Friday
and for whom .irmed men have been
scouting ever since, is now Irving a 30
year sentence at Pratt Mines Penitentiary,
thanks to a ruse which was adopted to
avoid detection-by would-be lynchers who
were . watching at' all points.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the negro
was slipped into the Montgomery CKy
courtroom, pleaded guilty to his crime,
was taken to the station and was put on
a special train lo Pratt mines which had
the right of way. to Its destination.
jtoosKvi:ir mist solvk it
Cincinnati .Ministers Hand Over
Nrjtro Problem to HiinJ
riNiMNNATI. O., - o-t. 2iV The neqxo
problem and relief for San iYaneiseo fur
nished two ns;itions for the Methodist
ministers of this section at their .weekly
meeting today. Assistance of President
Itoosevelt may be a.siced by the Cincinnati
ministers to ole the nesro problem.
Pishnp Waldron declared the Nation
"must consider its relation with the nepro
an that of u Kiiardii.n to a ward. The
colored man wilt 'ninke a jrood business
man and a Rood citizen if wo only give
him the chance."
The other sensation was an address by
Iter. Dr. F. M. Iarkin. of San Francisco,
in whifh he nmrio.ii bitter attack, on the
Metlodusts of Ohio for the small amount
of money that they had contributed to
the stricken Methodists of Sun Francisco.
IS SAFE WITH CASTRO.
o Extradition Treaty by 'Which Sil
eiru tan He Returned..
ASHiNtJTON. Oct. ;i The United
States can take no steps to bring: about
the extradition of Silveira. the Cuban
banker, wanted in Havana, and now sup
posed to be in Caracas. Venezuela. There
is no extradition treaty between the Re
public of Cuba and Venezuela, and the
I'nited States cannot interfere in any way
in the case, according to the State De
partment officials.
Consequently. Governor Magoon may
ask President Castro of A'eneiuela to per
mit Silveira to be taken by Cuban author
ities, but the outcome is dependent en
tirely upon the will of President Castro.
I.KIT HIS PARTNER INSOLVENT
Silveira Took $63,000 Cash to Vene
zuela Captain Tells of Voyage.
HAVANA. Oct. 22. The captain of
the catlleship Carfnelina, which ar
rived here last night from Puerto Ca
bello. Venezuela, this' rooming con
tinued the-reports that he landed Man
uel silveira. the fugitive Havana bank
er, ana his i'amlly. at Puerto Cabello,
whence they went to Caracas.
sSilveira's partner denies the statement-
cabled from Caracas that Sil-.
veira left the firm solvent with 1 1.500. -000
assets against liabilities of 1700.J00.
He declares that Silveira left nothing
with which to meet the firm's obliga
tions, ad that after making unsuccess
ful efforts to secure loans -from tw
Havana banks. Silveira took with him
$t3.000 in cash. The partner of the
Ilrm says he will pay all its obligations,
mid that the rirm will then go into
liquidation.
Captain Anderson, of the Carmelina,
declares that, w.hen the vessel was
three miles off the Cuban coast, Sil
veira ordered him- to change hie course
for Venezuela, alleging political rea
sons. Captain Anderson was greatly
surprised, upon arriving here, to learn
of the charges against Silveira.
CARACAS WELCOMES THIEF.
Venezuelan Capital Opens Arms to
Silveira and Stolen. Cash.
NEW YORK. Oct. 23. A Herald cable
special from Caracas; recounting the ar
rival there on October 10 of Manuel Sil
veira. the Cuban banker, charged with
absconding with $1,000,000 belonging to J.
M. Ceballos & Co., of New York, whose
alleged action caused the assignment of
the firm, says Silveira rented a house in
a fashionable street and was received
splendidly. His friends are unconscious
of the alleged defalcation. According to
the dispatch, Silveira comes to Venezuela
temporarily to restore his health, which
is broken since his automobile accident,
and declares he left his firm solvent, with
11,500,000 assets to cover $700,000 owed to
J. M. Ceballos & Co. He. feigns surprise
at the news of the failure and charges
against himself.
CHINESE ARMY MANEUVERS
Well-Drilled and Armed Body or
80,000 Men In Field.
CHANGTEFU, Province of Honan,
China, Oct. 22. The Autumn maneuvers
of the Chinese Imperial army began to
day in the neighborhood of Changtefu.
vAbout 30,000 troops from the Provinces of
Honan, Hupec. Chili and Shantung are
engaged, under command of Yuanshi
kal, commander-in-chief of the Chinese
forces, and General Tihiliang, including
cavalry, infantry and artillery, the lat
ter arm consisting of 150 guns. Ac
cording' to the scheme of operations, a
Southern army, composed o'f the Hupec
and Honan forces, is supposed to have
landed in the Yangtse Valley and one
wing is endeavoring to reach Pekin by
way of the Pekin and Hankow railroad,
and a Northern army, composed of the
Chill and Shantung troops, is compelled
to defend the capital at short notice.
The. troops engaged in the operations
are equipped with, the most modern rifles
and guns, and present an appearance
highly creditable to the foreign officers
who have trained and drilled them.
The maneuvers have evoked the greatest
interest in foreign countries. No less
than 30" military attaches of foreign pow
ers are closely following the operations,
which will conclude with a grand review
and entertainment of the foreign guard
by the officials of the province and offi
cers of the Chinese.
ONE FIRM HAS MONOPOLY
Xo Other Can Ship Grain- Over Mil
waukee Railroad.
KANSAS CITY. -Mo.. Oct. 22. "The Mil
waukee Kailroad is a common carrier, but
you can't ship grain over it." This as
tonishing statement was made today by
G. K. Walton, bookkeeper for the Logan
Urain Company, before E. B. Clarke, of
Iowa, member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Testimony was introduced to show that
the Simmonds-SHiields Grain Company,
which manages the Milwaukee elevator in
this city, does 95 per cent of the grain
business of that road In this market and
handles every ear of wheat shipped by its
own Board of Trade competitors over the
Milwaukee, and that other shippers must
do business through this firm.
Chief Grain Inspector Radford, of Kan
sas, testified that the inspection rules of
Kansas and . Missouri were in conflict, and
that Federal inspection would be an im
provement. ATTACHED FOR $1,000,000
Insured in Hartford Life "Want Safe
ly Fund Distributed.
HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 22. AH for
malities necessary to attach for $1,000,000
the property of the Hartford Life Insur
ance Company and the Security Trust
Company, both incorporated under the
laws of this state, were carried out by the
Sheriff this afternoon in a suit, brought
against these two companies by attorneys
representing about 20,000 certificate-holders
of the company in various parts of
the country, to compel the distribution of
a so-called "safety fund" of the company,
which amounts to more than 51,000,000. A
receiver is also asked for..
The defendants are expected to make an
accounting and to pay over to the receiv
er all sums received from certificate
holders in connection with the "safety
fund."
WHOLE FAMILY CREMATED
Lightning Fires Farniliou.se and De
stroys Three Lives.
WASHINGTON, Kan., Oct. 22. In a
fire which destroyed the home of J. M.
Elliott, a farmer, eight miles west of
here, Klliott,. his wife and lti-year-old
daughter, comprising the entire fam
ily, lost their lives. In the smoking
ruins the bodies of the victims were
found by neighbors.
Ttie origin of .the lire, is unknown,
but a severe storm prevailed last night
accompanied by sharp lightning, and
it Is supposed that lightning struck
the house, stunning or killing the fam
ily. FRAILEY SMITH IN FRACAS
Noted Clubman Dying of Wounds
Received in Strange Way.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23. Kricnds of J.
Frailey Smith, a well-known clubman
and director in several corporations,
were summoned to a hospital tonight
by a message that Smith was there
dying from a fractured skull. Smith,
who is 4 years of age, is alleged to
have received his injuries on Broad
way -recently while in company with
a young woman whom the police are
trying to locate. It is alleged that he
was assaulted and three- men have
been arrested.
BANKROBBERS ARE AT BAY
Posse Surrounds Sawyer Gang in
Wheat Field.
MI NOT, S. D.. Oct. 22. A report reached
here late tonisht that the bank robbers
who robbed the Sawyer State Bank at
Sawyer; N. D., early this morning and
secured J00, have been surrounded In a
wheat field six miles north of that place
and a battle is now in progress.
Twenty-live men armed with rifles left
here tonight to assist Sheriff Lee in cap
turing the bandits.
Plot Against King Alfonso.
MADRID, Oct. 23. A report of an
occurrence believed by some to have
been a planned outrage against King
Alfonso is published this morning.
Several automobilists yesterday en
countered a stout wire fixed across
the highroad at a point which his ma
jesty would have to pass on his way
bark to Madrid. The wire was found
shortly - tefore the King's - automobile
was to - pass.
TWENTY INCHES;
STILL IT SNOWS
Greatest Storm in Twenty
Years Reduces Colorado .
to Isolation.
NO WIRES, NO RAILROADS
Whole Country Between the Rocky
- Mountains and Missouri River
Under White - Pall Two
Boys Freeze to Death. ' .
DENVER, Oct. 22. Snow, wind and
cold have extended over nearly the en
tire country between the Rocky Moun
tains and the Missouri River today,
causing heavy loss of livestock and
fruit. Telegraph wires have been pros
trated and railroad schedules disar
ranged. The storm is almost unprece
dented for severity at this seasonof
the year- and takes rank, according to
the' weather bureau, with the snowfall
on April 22 and 23, 185.
Up to 8 o'clock this evening about
20 inches of snow had fallen in Den
ver and indications were that the snow
would continue all nigrht!
Locally but little damage w$.s done.
Sheepmen in Wyoming, Colorado and New
Mexico, it is believed, will suffer heavy
losses, as they were unprepared for such
severe weather. There are hundreds of
tons of sugar beets and thousands or bar
rels of apples still in the open in the
Northern part of Colorado and should the
cold continue, the damage will be very
great to the ranchers. Telegraphic serv
ice throughout the West is badly ham
pered and trains indefinitely late.
The blizzard which has been raging in
Pueblo and vicinity since early Saturday
afternoon is slightly abated this morning.
Railroad and street-car traffic is badly
crippled- The Rio Grande west of Pu
eblo has suffered most from the snow,
which is unusually heavy along its line,
ranging from 16 inches at Florence to 30
inches at Buena Vista. Trains. from the
East are generally from a few minutes
to several hours late. Cattle and other
stock on ranges suffered from the wet
snow and cold.
Colorado Springs reports that the bliz
zard, which has been in progress for the
past 48 hours, broke this morning. Trains
are somewhat delayed. The temperature
in Colorado Springs this morning was
about 15 above zero.
A special dispatch from Beulah, 28
miles west of Pueblo, received at noon
today, says that 42 inches of snow has
fallen there arid that it is still snowing.
WRECKS OX HON'DVKIAX COAST
Hurricane and Tidal "Vave Destroy
Vessels and Crops.
MOBILE, Ala., Oct. . 22. The first
news of a terrible West Indian hurri
cane that visited the towns of Rustan,
Tela, Utilla-Colorado and El Provence,
Honduras, on- October 12, was brought
here" last night by the Norwegian
steamer -Harald, with a 'jarp.- of fruit.
A number of vessels were wrecked,, several-
destroyed, and buildings in each
town mentioned were badly damaged.
The loss to the owners of the fruit
plantations will, it is stated, reach al
moFt a million dollars. The British
schooner Southern Queen was thrown
on the beach at Rustan and went to
pieces in less than an hour's time, and
the Harald suffered somewhat and will
have to be docked.
A tidal wave accompanied the hur
ricane and swept everything before it.
Captain. Henrichsen reports that when
he left the beaches were strewn with
vessels of all kinds, including three
large sailing vessels. No lives were
reported lost at the time of the sailing
of the Harald. Ten thousand bunches
of bananas were reported swept into
.the sea at Rufttan.
The officers of the steamer say it
will, be a month before some of the
steamers will be able, to get any fruit.
DROWXED BEFORE HIS EVES
Survivor of Florida Disaster Saw 7 9
. Men Drown.
MOBILE. Ala.. Oct. 22. The Mallory
liner Colorado, which arrived in port to
day, had as passengers Jose Melson.
Charles Olson. Charles Anderson and
Otto Brink, who were picked tip at sea
Saturday morning, 90 miles off Key. West.
Melson says he saw 79 men drowned
from a houseboat which was wrecked off
Long Key. Florida, in last week!s storm.
The four men were found by the Colo
rado's crew standing on a raft made out
of six logs, and were in the water waist
deep at the time.
Melson said he and the other men were
on a houseboat at Long Key when the
hurricane struck them and blew the boat
o.ut to sea. It soon went to pieces and
out of the 125 people on board 79 were
drowned, he says, right before' his eyes.
The other 42 have since been-taken into
Jacksonville. Fla. The men suffered ter
rible hardsnips. The men say that the
loss of life was heavier off Long Key than
any other point. The men were employed
by the Florida. East Coast Railway . on
the extension work through the Florida
swamps from IMami to Key West. .
TRAIXS BLOWN FROM TRACK
Wreck Blocks Short Line Ufcah Has
Xo Wires.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Oct. 22. Rail
road service between Salt Lake City and
Ogden is utterly disorganized. The ter
rific wind Saturday night and Sunday
morning carried down all telegraph wires,
making the dispatch of trains in regular
order impossible. Without telegraph
service, the Denver & Rio Grande system
is moving a few trains.
The Oregon Short Line is blocked by a
wreck near Woods- Crossing, . where 30
freight cars were blown from the rails
during ' the .storm. Two frail passenger
coaches on the Salt- Lake & Ogden' Rail
road were blown from the track, near Cen
terville, rolling Into the ditch, and the
conductor and .two passengers were pain
fully bruised. The Salt Lake & Ogden
Line Is blocked -by many trees blown
across the track.
In Salt Lake City more Qian 2000 large
shade trees were uprooted throughout the
city and frail buildings and buildings in
course of construction were wrecked.
Foot of Snow In Wyoming.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Oct. 22. The
storm which began in Northern Wyo
ming Friday, and which spread gener
ally over the state Saturday and Sun
day, still continues without abatement
in this section today. About a foot of
snow has fallen, and all trains have
been delayec. Stock on the range is
in good condition, and there will be
little loss, unless extremely low tem
peratures follow. The storm increased
in volume and violence s it reached
the southern part of the state. Wires
are reported down east and west- . The
report that a railroad brakeman was
frozen to death while out with a flag
is unfounded. . . . .
FOUXD DEAD IX A SNOWDRIFT
Two South Dakota Boys Fall Victim
to Storm. '
SIOUX FALLS, S. D.. Oct. 22. David
Ganaway and Hubert Brown, young sons
of prominent residents of Chamberlain,
were found dead on the prairie today,
victims of the storm that swept Central
South Dakota. - ' -
r Florida Thanks Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. The President
today received, the following telegram
from Governor Broward, of Florida, in
response to a message of sympathy for
those who had suffered by the recent
storm, and an offer of Federal aid if
necessary:
"Leesburg, Fla., Oct. 21. I express to
you the sincere thanks of the people of
Florida for your expression of sympathy
and sincerely thank you for your offer of
National aid in any practicable way. Will
advise you further after investigating
matters."
Blizzard Peaches Kansas.
ELLIS, Kan., Oct. 22. Colorado's snow
storm is passing east, and prevailed to
day in Western Kansas. Passengers
reaching here this morning on belated
eastbound trains report a heavy snow
storm between Ellis and Denver, at some
points assuming the proportions of a
blizzard, with four inches to One foot of
snow on the ground. The temperature is
moderate, however. The snow is drifting
badly at a good many points. A 24-hour
rain storm preceded the snow.
Blizzard Coats Texas With Ice.
DALLAS, Tex., Oct. 22. Wind blowing
at a velocity of 60 miles an hour Is sweep
ing across the plains country In the Tex
as. Panhandle, with blinding sleet and
snow. Grass is covered with ice, but cat
tle are in good condition and the loss
will not be heavy. At Channing a bliz
zard is raging. In the Dallas territory
the temperature has been in the 70's, but
at midnight Is falling.
Bullion Ship in Hurricane.
LONDON, Oct. 22. There is consider
able anxiety concerning the British
'steamer Arabistan, bound from Buenos
Ayres for New York with-600,000 sterling
in gold. She left Buenos Ayres on Sep
tember 23, and it is reckoned she must
have been in the region disturbed by the
recent "West Indian hurricane. Five per
cent was paid for reinsurance on the gold.
All Trains Late In Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb.. Oct. 22. All trains
from the "West are late today many hours
on account of the snow and sleet storms
in Colorado. The storms are responsible
for a slight wreck on the Burlington near
Hemmingford. None was injured, but
traffic was badly delayed.
Iron Ranges Under Snow.
DULUTH, Oct. 22. A blanket ot heavy
snow, six inches or more, fell last night
in Northeastern Minnesota, covering the
Vermillion and Mesaba ranges and ex
tending as ar West as Fosston.
Snow in Texas Panhandle.
AMARILLO, Tex., Oct. 22. Considerable
snow fell here yesterday and last night,
and today it is sleeting. " This is the first
snow before frost in the Panhandle in 22
years.. -
BURTON ROW XilBIHD
SURRENDERS TO SHERIFF ASD
BEGINS SENTENCE.
Has Farewell Dinner With Wife,
Who Will Live Near Him While
He Is a Prisoner.
IROXTON, Mo., Oct. 22. Ex-United
States Senator Burton, of Kansas, arrived
from 9t. Louis tonight shortly after 5
o'clock, and, after dining with his wife
and niece,, surrendered himself to the
jailer and was assigned to a cell in the
Ironton jail. Mrs. Burton accompanied
her husband to the Sheriff's office and
then went to a cottage she' has rented,
where she will remain until he has served
his six months' sentence imposed by the
Federal Court.
SEES LAST OF MISSOURI BLUFFS
Burton Meets Fate Calmly, but Wife
Scorns False Friends.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Oct. 22. Ex-United
States Senator J. K. Burton, ot Kansas,
accompanied by his wife and niece, ar
rived this morning from his home at Ab
ilene and surrendered himself to begin
serving his .sentence of six months in the
Ironton, Mo., jail. Apparently he has
changed little since he was tried and con
victed a year ago in the Federal Court
here of having accepted $2309 for services
rendered the Rialto Grain & Securities
Company, of St. Louis, before the Post
office Department at Washington in a
fraud order proceeding. As he etepped
from the train -this morning he said:
"I am feelins very well, under the cir
cumstances. I had a good night's sleep
and am greatly refreshed this morning.
Perhaps the trees and bluffs naturally
look better to me this morning -than they
will for some time, but I don't allow my
self to think about that."
Mrs. Burton maintained her composure
remarkably well, "I never was more
proud of my husband than at this mo
ment when he is on his way to jail, 't she
declared at the Union Station. "I know
who our friends are and I Intend to be
friendly with them, bur-I shall reserve the
right to say who shall be my friends."
CHILDREN BURN IN CABIN
Mother Leaves Them Alone and Re
turns Too Late to Rescue.
FRESNO. Oct. 22. Word was received
here late tonight that the two children
of G. W. -Gardner were burned to death
at Shaver at 6:30 this evening. Gardner
is an employe of the Fresno Flume Lum
ber Company and his family occupied a
cabin near the mills. Mrs. Gardner left
the children for a few minutes and they
set the house on fire, perishing before
they could be rescued.
Kincaid Goes to Take Office.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Oct 22. M. F. Kin
caid, accompanied by Secretary C. C.
Aspenwall, of the State Board of Control,
who will check Mr. Kees' books in turn
ing over - the office of Superintendent of
the Penitentiary to Kincaid, left this
morning for Walla Walla.
Matt L. Piles qualified as a member of
the Board of Control,' was elected chair
man and with H. T. Janes, of the board,
left for Fort Steilacoom tri:s morning.
There they will be joined by J. S. Davis,
of the board, and will make the "regular
quarterly board examination of the in
stitution. They will visit the- Soldiers'
Home at Orting before returning to
Olympia. -
AUTOS AMID DESERT
Nevada's New Mining Camps
the Most Up-to-Date.
BORDERS OF DEATH VALLEY
Country of Sand, Gold and Sun
shine, Where Water Is Hauled
Fifty Miles Immense Riches
Which Cause Stampedes.
BEATTY. Xev., Ort. 22. (Special.)
Mining men and capitalists, following the
golden trail, experience a decidedly novel
sensation when visiting either the Bull
frog or Goldrield districts of Southern Ne
vada, or the Greenwater copper lields,
just over ' the line in. California. To be
whisked by an automobile across the des
ert and into the shadow of the famous
Death Valley is a thriller that has'here
tofore been denied the cosmopolite in the
mad race for hidden treasure. The ben
zine wagon, as an adjunct to' the pros-,
pecting and development of a highly min
eralized, desert zone is something out of
the ordinary.
Beatty and Phyolite, in the heart of the
Bullfrog district, 120 miles by a new line
of rail from the Salt Lake route's main
line, are just enjoying the sensations of
its first railway train. The old stage
coach is being pushed farther into the
interior, and all who now come to Bull
frog'travel by rail to taa, very entrance to
the tunnels in which phenomenal strikes
have so recently caused stampede after
stampede; Rich quartz veins, seamed with
gold and studded with nuggets, have
quickly turned dry prospect holes into
dlvidencl-paying mines and made million
aires out of grubstaked prospectors. But
such is life on the desert.
Where Autos Beat Camels.
At Beatty the steam car is abandoned
for the automobile, and those who go on
to Goldfleld. a distance of 77 miles, pay $25
for the. privilege, and as a reward enjoy
six hours of the silent monotony of un
changing desert scenery.
' Greenwater. the copper field wonder just
over the line in California, is 50 miles dis
tant, and to it a full-fledged stampede is
now well- on. The fare by automobile is
$20, and the road is lined with treasure
hunters. The camp is right on the edge
of the desert, with not a drop of water
or a stick of timber in sight or within
many miles, and the horrors and bleach
ing bones of Death Valley within hailing
distance. Everything has to be hauled in
over a gravelly road upon which the rays
of the desert sun beat without mercy.
That it is an expensive tamp needs not
the telling. The freight on lumber from
the nearest railway point, 50 miles away,
is $60 per 1000 feet. The freight charges
on machinery exceed the original cost.
Water 1s $7.50 per barrel.' It has to be
hauled from Furnace Creek. 27 miles dis
tant, and the best a ten-horse team can
do is to drag 1000 gallons over the road.
It costs $10 per day to board a team
there, and ham arid eggs, fried to a crisp,
are in demand at $1. Gambling is wida
open and the saloon doors are never
closed. -Four Copperopolis townsites-touch
elbows, and a couple of newspaper plants
are already on the ground or on the way.
Beyond Dreams of Avarice.
. Two railroads are now approaching this
camp, .where .the .rich copper croppings
-are found, the geological formation being
so different from that of any previous
discovery, as to have, entirely escaped no
tice untii quite recently.
The one developed mine upon which
Beatty and the Bullfrog district rely in
part for future greatness is -the Montgomery-Shoshone,
which was located in Sep
tember, two years ago. by a Shoshone In
dian. It was not until six months later,
however, that active work was com
menced. In the short space of seven
months a score of men had blocked out
over $1,000,000 worth of ore. This was an
average of about $1000 per day per man,
and since that time the showing has con
tinued to -improve and a 100-stamp mill
is about to-be installed.
The Bullfrog district first attracted at
tention in August. 1004, when news of the
phenomenal : strike in the mine of the
same .name v,hs made public. A flood of
prospectors followed the strike, and to
day at least four prosperous mining
camps stand where. only a few scattering
prospect holes were to be seen '.a year
ago.
'Generally speaking, the ore of the dis
trict' is readily, crushed, and the values
are saved by simple methods : of treat
ment. .'.
CLARK OPENS HIS RAILROAD
Beatty Celebrates Completion of
Branch From Las Vegas.
BEATTY. Xev., Oct. 22. Under the
auspices of the Bullfrog Commercial
Club this city is celebrating the com
pletion of Senator Y. A. Clark's Las
Vegas & Tonopah Railroad as far as
Bectty .In , the Bullfrog district today
and tomorrow.' A special Pullman
train of 12 -cars and other cars from
Los Angeles brought G. Ross Clark,
president of the road; C. O. Whittc
more, vice-president; F. M. Grace, su
perintendent; Arthur Maguire, chief en
,gineer; -and other officials- George
Edirar Backson, of Beatty, formerly of
Oakland, Cal,, made the address of
welcome. -
Tomorrow there' will be a" drilling
contest and rat'o. over the desert road,
and the principal ; mines and -points of
interest will be visited. A grand ball
was g-iven tonight. Many carloads of
mining and milling .machinery and
commercial freight are already being
brought to this district by the new
railroad.
Conference on White Slave Trade.
PARIS. Oct. 22. Nine countries, .among
which the United States is not included,
were represented at j:he opening here to
day of the congress for the suppression
of the white slave trade. In the opening
speech the Earl of Aberdeen, who pre
sided, announced that new committees
had been formed in Eeypt and Argentina.
Desperate
Coughs
Dangerous coughs. Extremely
perilous coughs. Coughs that
rasp and tear the throat and
lungs. Coughs that shake the
whole body. You need a regu
lar medicine, a doctor's medi
cine, for such a cough. Ask
your doctor about Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral.
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The
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