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VOL. 14
GOLD HILL, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 1 , 1W1
NO. 24
SAMS VALLEY COAL PROVEN GOOD BY ANALYSIS
REPUBLIC HOISTS I
BANNER IN CHINA
samuel l . ssasz
JOHN M. HARLAN
GOOD QUALITY
BLACK LIGNITE
■ ■
Rebels Now in Control in Four
Old Timers Tell of Pioneer Dis­
of Richest Celestial
coveries in Sams Valley
Provinces
and Meadows
Peking —The Mancbu dynasty after
mure than 300 years of misrule, ap
pear« to bo tottering to Ito fall. Pour
of the richest provinces of the empire
are In the hands of the rebels, three
corps of the Imperial army have de­
serted and the flames of revolt hare
spread to (be gates of the capital,
which may be In the hands of the reb­
els.
The revolution has been hanging
Over China for months, and the rising
In the provinces of Ssechuen was only
a smalt part.
*The revolutionists are well organ
laed and have formally proclaimed the
republic.
If plana do not miscarry, the noted
exiled revolutionist. Dr. Sun Tat Sen.
leader of the aatl-Manchu party. Is to
be elected preeldent. He was the dele­
gate of the revolutionary party to the
United States In 1*10, and Is believed
during that tour to have made ar
rangements for financing the move
meat.
The great cities are at present In
the hands of the rebele. Hankow, Wu
Chang and Han Tang, with an esti­
mated population of more than a mil-
lloa and a half, have been captured
and are held by a force of 26,000
troops, the majority of whom were
trained by American and European
efllcers In the Imperial army. Fight
tng la reported from Nanking, the sec­
ond city of the empire, and Is Immi
sent In the great port of Shanghai
Peking resembles a smouldering
volcano which may explode at any mo
aient.
A n alytia a f Sam» VaU»y C oal
4 .2 9
3 4 .4 3
4 3 .2 9
S u l»h »r
1 3 .1 4
9 9 .3 4
Samuel L. Shank, mayor of Indian­
apolis who bought potatoes direct
from farmers and sold at coat when
dealers boosted prices.
Brief New s of the Week.
John M. Harlan, eldest member of
the United States Supreme Court, who
died after a short illness from acute
bronchitis.
DIRECT
PRIMARY
FAVORED
La Fdlletto Is Choice of Insurgents at
Chicago Conference.
Chicago.— Two hundred “ Progres­
sive” Republican« In their first na­
tional conference Indorsed the candi­
dacy of Senator R. M. La Toilette, of
Wisconsin, for President, and declared
for a direct primary as a means for
the expression of a Presidential
choice. The Indorsement came In tne
shape of resolutions framed In part
by ex-Secretary of the Interior Gar­
field.
As finally adopted the resolution
read In part: “We favor the ascer­
tainment of the choice of Republican
voters as to candidates for President
SENATOR JOSEPH L BRISTOW, A KANSAS INSURGENT.
by a direct primary vote, held in each
state pursuant to tbe statute and
H K middle astne of Senator Joseph L Bristow la Little, but be la
where no such statute exists wa urge
by uo means a small man When be was fourth assistant post-
that the Republican state committee
master general, from 18U7 to IUO6. be showed executive ability
provide that the people be given the
of a high order' The fourth aaaiataut really "executes” —be cute
off postmasters' official beads—and Brtatow swung the ax frequently. right to express their choice for Preai-
denL”
He la ovw and for many years has been a newspaper man At present
1 be alxive > d 4y»is of a »ample of tbe
: coal '¡¡»covered in e »..ma Valley well at
a d . p b o f twenty-tour feet wae made
by U . L . Wagner a Seattle chemist,
formerly of the University of Illinois.
1 be coal 1« what is known as black
lignite, and with but a ti ifle more lb >a
ibirleea percent aen sud a flxeu car oo
coi tent of 43 29, is of exc Rent quality,
coi -id- ring Died, pth at w h ic b it waa
found, as true bituminous Coal is seldom
foumi so near th surface
As wae tbe
rase in the opening ol a six-fool v in of
ti ue coal in the Roxy Ann mine near
Meuforu Tuesday, when the stratum of
eai dstone underlying tbe Sam» Valley
deposit i» penetrated the true coal will
uud< ubtedly be found
Although gold dust Is a common
That tne entire Sams Valley and
possession, Iditarod City, the newest
Meadow» districts and intervening ter­
Alasks mlnlug camp, la facing a fam­
ritory are underlaid witb coal deposits
ine In currency.
a t a com ¡»ran rely shallow depth is in­
There was a big expansion of tba
dicated by tne stories told by old resi-
banking business during the last year,
d-ute of pioneer coal dii-eoveiies.
In
according to reports to the controller
i act, it is b'ghly probable that a belt of
of the currency.
country over thirty mil a ,n leng.b, or
irom the upper m ado»« to Koxy Ann
I t la reported that 300 to 600 per
mount. in, east of Medford, is coal-
eons perished in the tidal wave and
bearing.
cyclone that raged along the western
A big vein of black lignite is opened
coast of Mexico, October 4.
in the upper Meadows district, on toe
As advance of 30 per cent In com­
ea-t folk ot Evans creek, and tneie are
modity rates to the Pacific Coast from
many oilier evidence« of coal in tbe
territory between the Missouri River
neat vicinity
and New England has be,»» wlataed
EUROPE IS IN PERIL
In tbe eighties coal »as found in deep­
by western railroads.
ening a spring in tbe Meadows no wbat
Private advices received In London
Situation In Ottoman Empire Fraught by mlsslonar* societies and commer­
ie known as tbe Tony Olsen piace, about
W ith Oangar for Continent.
seven mil' a south of tbe Evans creek
cial bouse« with connections In Chins
Constantinople.—The situation In confirm earlier reports of the safety
depoeils. A quantity was taken out at
be la owner of the Salina Dally Republican-Herald He was elected to
Turkey Is fraught with the greatest of foreigners In that country.
' the time and burned In tbe fire piace,
Gibbons Celebrates Anniversary.
the senate In 10UU Prior to that be did yeoman service under the Roose­
peril to the peace of Europe The
I but no development work was done tben
Dr. B. C. Hyde was placed on trial
velt administration by conducting the postal Investigation
He also ln-
Baltimore.— In the cathedral here, or has been done since.
openring of Parliament has shown that at Kansas City Monday for the sec­
vmtlgaied
Cuban
imatal
frauds
and
reorganised
tbe
Island's
poatofflee
where 60 years ago he waa ordelned
the Toung Turks, the war party, la In ond time, on the charge of murdering
In tbe early eeventies coal was found
system. Senator Bristow was born In Wolfe county. Ky.. fifty years ago
• priest, then aucceedlngly consecrat­ about live mites south of the Meadows
complete control. The throne of the his father-inlaw and other relatives.
ed a bishop. Invested with the pal- aud au equal distance north of Kami
sultan is tottering and a general con In order that he might Inherit the
I Hum of an archbishop, and 20 years Vail- y, n a r the New Hope road. I t
flsgratlon, which may Involve every 8wope fortune.
after hla ordination received the red was taken from a am lace cropping and
Old World power, la threatens!.'
Pursuing the elusive memories of
beretta of a cardinal, James Cardinal burned by a uea by homesteader, Tne
If the Young Turks persist In their witness after witness, the senatorial
Gibbons, archbishop of Baltimore, re­ •ame mau dug a well the water of which
avowed purpose of driving all Italians committee on the election of lease
ceived Sunday homage from Illustrious was »o tirougly mixed w ith petroleum
out of Turkey and pursuing the war Stephenson of Wisconsin had not,
prelates and laymen from both thia I bat it could not be used, and it waa
to the bitter end. It will be almost after the second week of Its probe, dis- :
' country and foreign lands.
necessary to dig another well.
Impossible to avoid International com covered Juat how the >107,000 which
The recent disc very on tbe Shipley»
plications. Every Influence that . te Stephenson admits he expended, was
powers can bring to bear la being ex­ put Into circulation.
Portland, Ore.— Announcement by
Omaha.— Seven persons were killed T f l D i r r n T D IIC T W I I I P C I C C Milter place shows the continuation of
A » t ¡the belt iutooam s Valley. This discov­
erted to avert such a calamity.
By the sweeping decree entered In Oovernor West that he would refuse and 20 injured, four of them seriously. IU D A U L U I f i l i a l W IL L
the United States circuit court at To- i to honor requisition papers for the ex- In a collision between Missouri Pacific Program for Dissolution Is Submitted ery is in the oorthern end ui the valley,
out that coal exists io the southern
WAGON LOADS RESTRICTED b do, Ohio, the backbone of the so ' tradition of Deputy Sheriff Rinker pass* nger train No. 106, north bound,
to Federal Court.
portion, several miles distant, aud per­
called electrical trust was broken and from Washington to Oregon and the en route for this city, and a fast
New York.— The plan for the dis­ haps underneath tbe intervening belt of
Polk County Court makes Law to the Important principle laid down that arrest and arraignment of Detectives freight train.
solution of the American Tobacco fine (arming land, is indicated bv a dis­
Keep Highways In Good Shape.
once a tamp la sold by a manufacturer Mallet and Maloney on a charge of
The wreck, which occurred at Fort
Company, in compliance with the de­ covery made in 1870.
A well went dry
Sheridan.—The ranchers of Polk the price at which Is Is resold by a kidnaping were the principal develop­ Crook, ten miles south of here, a t 10
cision of the Supreme Court of the on the McCleodon piace. and in deepeu-
County have adopted a novel way dealer or Jobber must be open to free ! ments In the controversy over the re­ o'clock Sunday morning, la believed
United States, dcreeing It an alleged ling it a two-Mch vein was cut at a
moval of lx-<> W M artin Io Denver, to have resulted from a misunder­
whereby they mean to save the roads. ! competition.
combination, was submitted to the'*' depth from the surface ol eighteen leet.
Colo.
The farmers advocated restricting
standing of orders on the part of the
United States Circuit Court of the This ci»I wa- of excellent quality, being
At Newport, Wash., but two blocks freight crew.
loads being drawn over the best »
News of Noted Persons.
Southern District of New York for ap­ termed “ caudle coal” at tbe time be­
from the Idaho line, Deputy Sheriff
roads, which exceed a certain w eigh t,!
The dead are: F. W. Petring, Ne­
cause a small piece ol it when lighted
The Duke of Connaught, member of Rinker and his captive are held pend­ braska City; O. W. Keeler, brakeman, proval Monday.
and the county court was appealed to
The official plan provides for d i­ would burn with a clear, steadv fi.<me
for assistance In the matter. As a I the English Royal Family, has bean ing receipt of records from the court Atchison, Kan.; Mrs. Fred W. Rowt-
result the Polk County court has Just formn'ly sworn In as OovernorGen- of Judge Oatena, who released Mar mann. Nebraska C ity; W lsterlan vision of tl\e American Tobacco Com- until nothing was left but a light a<-b.
pany into four companies, no one of As in ihe case of thu more recent Sams
tin pending appeal and who Is at war Rowtmann, < years old, daughter of
placed legal restrictions on the sire eral of Canada.
W illiam Sproule, the new president with the Oovernor over his action In Mrs. Rowtman; A. W. Sprague, 8t. which, it la said, w ill have a con­ valley discovery, no attempt was made
of loads that may be carried over cer­
trolling Influence. The four compa­ to ilevi-lop ibis coal, tbe object of the
Here- j of ¿he Southern Pacific Company, has the case.
tain prescribed thoroughfares
Joseph, Mo.; Miss Frances Lillian
nies are the present American To­ diguing having been accomplished when
after It w ill be unlawful In Polk arrived In San Francisco to assume
Kranka, Washington, Kan., and an
bacco Company, which w ill continue a sufficient flow of water was assured
MRS. M'MANIGAL SUES
County to haul over prohibitive roads, control of the road.
unidentified negresa.
In
Its corporate existence; the Liggett for tbe well.
loads In excess of 3600 pounds on [ John Henry Smith, second counsel-
Among the seriously Injured are:
Declares Husband is to Receive Large
& M tyera Tobacco Company, which is
wagons with tires less than four or to Joseph Smith, president of the
Fred W. Rnwtmann, hanker Nebras-
Share of Reward.
John W. Walsh, the former Chicago
to be reorganized; the C. F. Lorillard
Inches wide, or 4600 pounds on vehl Mormon Church and a member of the
ka City, whose wife and child were
Chicago— That the W. J Burns' de­ among the killed, and John Scott, the Company, also to be reorganized, and banker, after spending one year
cles with tire« between four and six presidency of the church, died aud
the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, elgnt months and 26 days in the fed­
tective agency promised Ortlo E. Me pnaeenger engineer.
Inches wide, the weight of the wagon denly at his home In Salt Lake,
an existent corporation.
eral prison at Leavenworth, Kan., for
being considered as a part of the load. ! On tne birthday of the German cm- ' Mantgal Immunity from prosecution
misapplying the funds of the Chloago
Lninese Ch-ef in Chicago.
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i press. October 22, the enp iccrn« nt ot and a largo share In the reward of­
Los Angeles.— After a week's ses National Bank, has been paroled.
Chicago.— I t was definitely estab­
h er dnughter, V ic to ria l.unii e to the fered for conviction of the persona
alon
In the trial of James B. McNa
T aft Sets Wheels of Fair In Motion
Tbe only allmeat with which the
h'- <•(! ary Grand Duke Ado'.ph Fred- j responsible for the dynamiting of the lished that Dr. Sun Yet Sen, who Is
mara, whom it was decided to try sep
San Francisco.— Under condll . nt<
favored
by
the
Chinese
revolutionists
United States ta now afflicted la •
Los
Angeles
Times,
provided
he
would
rlc'i of M ecklenburg, w ill lie officially i
arately from his brother, In connec
that were almost Ideal flint gio nd
plethora of laws aimed at the conduct
testify against the McNamara broth­ as prerldent of the republic they hope
«enounced.
tlon with the Ixw Angeles Times ex
was broken here to” the Panama Pa­
buslneea. according to the view«
A magnificent bronze equentrlnn | ers, was one of the allegations set to establish, is In Chicago. He arrived Plosion and fire. October 1. 1910, nc \ of
i r^ " at“ 'the b'anqua't“"of 7 h .‘ B .n keta
cific FxpotlCon of 11116, that is to com­
statue of General John H. Morgan, forth In a petition for divorce filed by here late Friday night from Kansas
Juror had been «elected, even tenta
memorate the opening of the Panama the noted Confederate cavalry loader, J Mrs. McManlgal here.
City, Mo.
Club of Chicago by Oovernor Dlx, of
tlvely. Those who at the beginning
cannl. President Taft lifted the first will he unveiled with Interesting cere
New York.
Extreme cruelty was charged
In
predicted a three months' trial length
spadeful of b'ack earth from the
monies Tuesday In the court house her petition. Mra. McManlgal declared Woman Suffrage W ine in C alifornia
Declaring Chartee A. Steveaaoa,
ened thia to six months, and that nine
ground on which a few years frcin
she hnd been persecuted by detectives
square, Lexington. Ky.
San Francisco.— W ith return; at
aotor-huebead ef Kate Claxton, wke
months or more may hare elapsed be­
now the exposlh'on buildings will rise
This week President T a ft will , threatening her with arrest If she did hand from all of the 3121 preclncta In i
for many years starred In “The Two
fore the trials of the brotheri are com
not
testify
against
her
husband.
Me-
travel through Utah, Montana, Wyom­
the state, woman suffrage haa the |
Orphan»'' and “East Lynn,” obtr.aed
The A itec Lanoiage.
pleted seemed general opinion.
A
ing and South Dakota, speaking at a Manlgal, she declared, wrote her to comfortable lead of 2724 votes. Tbs
hie decree of divorce by orlmlnal ooa-
The ABtee language III use Io Meal
month in which to obtain a jury was
co at tbe discovery ot America lacked number of the chief cities In each help the detectives In every way pos­ canvass In the unreported precincts la
eplraey aad perjury, Judge Vaadevea-
held a moderate estimate. A vlgeroua
the sounda indlca
by our tetters b, state and winding up In Pierre, S. D., i sible
expected to «well the majority for the
ter at St. Louie set aalda the decree
struggle over every man in the jury
<L I, g. r. i. I aad »,
where he will stay over Sunday.
j
women lo 4000.
to Steveaaoa It years ago.
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