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POLITICAL PAGE OF THE PAST
Story of R Famous Diokoi and How Oharloy
f Foster Got Loft.
CONKLING DICTATES GAR-FIELD'S CABINET
Itnke * nn EfTortnnl I'roteit Again it
Morton'i Appointment to the
Port folio Closnlp About Stun-
ilnril Oil Magnate ! .
NEW Yoim , Aug. 8. [ Special Correspond-
nee of THE BRB. ] Ohio is a great grave
yard filled with the corpici of the political
ambitions of its prominent men. No state in
the union ha more here worshipers , and no
Into hns moro ambitious politicians. There
is scarcely a man of prominence in the stnto
who has not boon stabbed by his friends ,
and ox-Governor George Hoadloy , who wont
to Now York to make n fortune at the law
after such treatment , once told mo that n
talesman never grow to bo over two foot
high In the Duokoyo stnto before there was
agroatnrmv of smaller men striving to cut
off his head. The only man who has hold
Ills own for any length of tlmo in the state is
John Sherman , and the other men of promi
nence , both democrats and republicans , have
had to atop to the roar with vinegar in tholr
yei and Iron in their souls. The
loaders fight among thomiolvos. , There
l no harmony In either the
democratic or republican party , and Ohio
might have had two or three moro prcsiQ
'
dents If'her politicians had- worked to
gether. John Sherman would have had a
oat In the whtto house had it not been for
his onomlna In hit own stnto. I remember
receiving a letter from the Cincinnati Times
ju.it before the nominating convention of
1830 , suggesting that I throw away my Slier-
man veil and buy a pair of Grant spectacles ,
i the Tlmci thought that General Grant
ought to bo the nominee of that convention.
The Cleveland Loader at this tlmo was
wounding I3lnlno , and Sherman wont to Chicago
cage with the dissensions In his state and
treachery in hl camp. It was the same with
Allen G. Thurman at thrco or four different
conventions * . Ho had several chances for
the presidency , but Ohio knocked him out.
Old Bou Wade had : i slight chunco at the
convention which nominated Lincoln , but
Ohio men spread scurrilous stories about
*
Chicago concerning him , and ho never know
vrhat so easily caused hU defeat.
U it > l | > About FnrnUrr.
I was reminded of this fact the other day
as I sat at breakfast -with Governor Forakor
at the Fifth Avenue hotel. His hair has
turned from black to gray within the last
torn years , and ho tolls me that ho has loft
politics for good. Ho was very bitter In
talking of Sherman and said that ho wanted
o assistance from him In any way. Ho evi
dently regrets that ho over entered politics ,
and ho now intends devoting himself to
money making and the law. Ho was , I am
told , just at the beglnnlngof fortune making
when ho accepted the nomination for gov
ernor of Ohio , and the .year before ho was
nominated ho cleared about $10,000. Ho can
probably make two or throe times that
today , and his career ns n statesman has
been , so far as finances are concerned , ono of
dead loss. Forakor is , perhaps , the ablest
man in Ohio today. Ho may not have the
financial ability and the pure intellectual
trongth of John Sherman , but ho is packed
full of personal magnetism , and hi * friends
are tied to him almost as strongly ns wefo
those of Blalno to the great Maine states
man. There are today toraker clubs scat
tered throughout Ohio , and ho will again bo
pushed to the front.
How Potter Loit the Senator * hip.
Speaking of disappointed Ohio men , ox-
Beoretnry Foster is entitled to more sympa-
tny than , perhaps , any other man in the
itato on nrcount of his financial losses and I
on account of his disappointed ambitions.
Foster has given moro to the party in money
find tinio than any other man in Ohio. His
brains and money have done much in making
many a campaign successful , and when Garfield -
field was made president every ono supposed
that Governor Foster would be the chief of
his counselors and would bo the loading Ohio
man at the capital during his administra
tion. Ho hud at this tlmo almost a surety
of being Qnrfluld'i successor in the United
States senate , and it was currently reported
that ho would either take this place or
bo ono oftho chief members of Garlield's
pablnot. I hoard the other day the story of
how he lost both of these positions. It is
lomowhat similar to that of his recent finan
cial failure , and his fault was that ho
trusted in his friends and they deceived him.
t got the facts from Mr. Thomas Carron ,
who was at tbis tlmo in the Ohio senate and
who wau for years ono of the leading poli
ticians of Ohio. Ho Is now practicing law nt
Los Angeles , but his big intcroit in mines
nd lands keep him in the east more than
half the time. Carron was at this time liv
ing at Cleveland. Ho was close in the con
fidence of Gurilold and Foster , and he was n
part of many of the political trades that
were made among the statesmen at that
tlmo. Wo were sitting at dinner in a Mexi
can restaurant in Los Ancclos when the con
versation turned to Gurflold , and I asked
him why It was that Charley Foster got
nothing out of the Gartlufd administration.
Ho replied :
'It was largely the result of Garflcld'a
vacillating character. Ho was not a man of
great mornl courage , and Mn his efforts to
please John Sherman and Roscoe Conkling
ho refused to pay his legal political debts to
Charley Foster. Foster and Garflold were
" as close us brothers at the time they went
to the Chicago conrontlon. They slept to
gether at Chicago during the convention ,
and Foster and Garflold rode together back
to tholr hotel tiftor Garflold had boon nom
inated. Foster put a great deal of money
into the Gurilold campaign , and ho was ono
Of Garflold's closest friends and advisors.
The understanding was at that time in Ohio
that Foster was to be the next United
States senator. Ho was very stron ? with
the people and the legislature , and'thoro
vras little doubt that ho could have boon
elected.
Hhoriimn uud flnrllelil.
"Such was the situation ( Airing the sum
mer of 1680. and John Shorinun , then at the
head of the Treasury department under
Hayes , looked it over and became exceed
anxious. Ho had
ingly sounded Garlluld as
to the prospect of his holding him over as
secretary of the treasury , and Garilold had
given him to understand that lie Intended to
tnako his cabinet entirely now. Ho could
not got bade to the senate with Foster's op
position , and it looked as though he would
bo loft out In the cold. Garlleld didn't want
him in the cabinet. He feared him , and ho
thought that with nlm as .secretary of the
treasury Sherman would bo bigger than Gar
licld and would get thocrodlt of the adminis
tration. Hu did not want to displease Sena
tor Sherman , hoivovor , and ho wrote to Fos
ter asking him to give up the scnatorship.
I was at Columbus when Governor Foster
received this Iqttor from Gurilold. It was
the weakest thing of the kind I have ever
eon , Ho described his relations to Sher
man , and ho begged Foster for the good IPof
party to stand aside and lot Sherman go
back to the senate. Ho practically got
down.on his knees to Fouler and ii-pod bun
to wrlto at once tutting him knot ? what ho
would do. Ho said In the letter that ho
vrould give Foster anything ho asked if ho
compiled with his request. "
"How did the letter strike Foster ! "
iked.
"Ho was , of course , not pleased with It , "
vrai the reply. "It m. enl giving up the
certainty of thn United States lonato , which
had been bis ambition for years , for a presi
dential promise , which was , to say the least ,
an uncertainty. Stlil Foster was a very
true mau himself. He always stuck to his
friends. Ho had great faith In other men > ,
and ho has all his lifo been wilting to uo n
great dual for his party and his friends. Hu
eliowcd mo the letter ns noon ui he received
It , and we discussed the situation. Ho slept
over It and ho llnally rntuo to the conclusion
that ho vrould do exactly as Gurilold ougo
provided he could have the Ohio patronage
tor tno next four youra to old him in suc
ceeding George H. Pundloton , whoso term la
the Agnate would oxplro by that liino. The '
curry\og \ out of this plau reuulrod promises i
from boiUShorinau uud Gurilold. Tbe next
day General Jim Itoblnson was sent to
Washington to sco If Shorinun would agree
to lot Foster have tha patronage on thli
condition , nnd we condiuded to hoar from
him before saying anything to Garflold
about It. We wilted n couple of days , and
at last the dispatch cama ;
" 'All right at the Washington end of the
line. '
"I wan then sent to Gnrflcld to tell him of
the decision and to got hln promise. I called
upon him At Mentor. A crowd was In the
room at the time I entered , t could sea that
ho wai Tory uneasy about something. Ho
talked to the other people , but glancud at mo
from tlmo to tlmo with questions in his oyos.
At last ho arose , and walking up and down
the room got behind the others nnd crooked
his right index linger nt mo , motioning mo to
come. I got up nnd ho excused himself from
the rest nnd took mo Into another room. As
we sat down ho put his hand on my knee and
nsked :
" 'How about Charley Potter ? How is the
feeling toward mo and what Is ho coins to
do about that matter concerning which 1
trroto him ] '
"I then told Garllold what Foster's Ideas
were , and that ho would withdraw if ho
could have an nssuranco from him nnd Sher
man that ho could hnvo the higher patron
age. General GarfioUl replied nt once !
" 'Ho don't need to ask Sherman about
that. I will promise to give him nil that
Ohio has to get during my administration ,
and 1 will take cnro of him myself. '
" 'But what will you do for him ? ' I asked.
" 'Oh , ho can have anything ho wants , ' re
sponded Garflold. 'I will put him in the cabinet -
inot it ho desires.1
" 'In what place in the cabinet ? ' nskod I.
" 'Wlmt place ( loci ho wantt" said General
Garllold.
" 'I think ho vrould llko to bo postmaster
general , ' said Senator Carron. This would
give him control of the patronage and insure
him his election to the senate. '
" 'All right , ho can have It , ' replied Garfield -
field , "and I took this news back to Foster.
Gnrilnld , put Foster down on the slate as
postmaster general , and there is no doubt
but that he intended to give htm the place
up to until six hours of his Inauguration. Ho
oven asked Foster to go with him from Ohio
to Washington as a part of the presidential
party , but Foster very wisely refused to do
this. "
How Conkllne Blndo n Postmaster General.
"How did ho happen to change- his mind ? "
I asked ;
"It was through Conkling and his desire to
appease him. Had ho begun to fight Conk-
ling at the start and had taken Charley Fos
ter in his cabinet to help him Garflold would
bo nllvo today. But his will power was -weak.
Ho wanted to oblige every ono and ho was
a f ruhl of Conkling. Conklitig had insisted
that Levi P. Morton should bo secretary of
the treasury. Garflold refused to give him
this place , but offered him the portfolio of
ttio navy. Morton , who wanted the place
for social reasons , wrote to Gurilold ac
cepting it. Ho thcu'ivont to Conkling and
told him what ho hud dono. The lordly
Koseoo was angry and ho told Morton
with a sneer that ho must refuse the posi
tion. His poxvor over Morton\vas such Unit
ho did refuse it and wrote Garflold to that
effect. I think Gurliold got this news just
about the tlmo ho came to Washington. It
worried him greatly and ho asked Conkling
to come to sea him. He told Conkling ho
wanted to make u cabinet to suit him. and I
think Conkling proposed that Foleer bo put
in. This Garficld could not well do , and
Conkling asked to see the slato. The list of
cabinet officers was handed to him. As soon
as his eye mot the name of Charley Foster
ns postmaster general ho said that that ap
pointment would not do. and that Now York
must have either the postoOico or the
treasury.
" 'Well , who do you -want mo to appoint as
postmaster general ? ' said Garlleld.
" 'Appoint James Thomas L. James , ' said
Conkling. 'Ho has boon postmaster of Now
York and lias a record for the placo. I don't '
like him , but appoint him and it will bo all
right. ' And thus James became postmaster
general. In the meantime Sherman had
been elected to the senate , and four years
later a democrat , in the person of Henry B.
Payne , took the plaoo of George H. Peiidle-
ton.l !
Uoiilp About Standard Oil Stagnate * .
Speaking of Payne brought up the subject
of the Standard Oil millionaires. Senator
Carron was brought up in Cleveland and ho
knew the most of them as boys. I asked
mm to _ toll mo somciniiig about uocicoiciier.
Ho replied :
" 'I know Rockefeller when ho was a clerk
at something like $50 a month. Ho didn't
seem to be ovcrbright. For a time ho had
made my house his lounging place in tho'
evenings , anil I romembrr he would sit and
sit until I would begin to watch the clock
and to wonder if he would over go. Ho was
a determined follow , however , and ho had a
wonderful amount of perseverance. He would
stick to u thing long after other men' would
have given it up. You might refuse him
again and again , and tno third morning ho
would bob up again with the same proposi
tion. He bad wonderful executive ability ,
and with all his apparent dullness ho is ono
of the shrewdest business mou. in the United
States.
Iluokcfoller'a Million-Dollar Check ,
"Sam Andrews was another queer char
acter , " Senator Carron went on. "Ho began
lifo like UoRkefcllor , and the two wont along
nock and neck for some time , but nowrllock-
ofcllur is said to bo worth at lonat 50,000-
000 and I doubt whether Sam Andrews has
as much as $ .2,000,000. It was a funny thing
how Rockefeller got Andrews out of the
Standard Oil company. I was in the swim
in Cleveland at that tlmo and knew all about
it. Andrews was very jealous of Hocko-
feller's success. Ho tried to boat him in
every way , and whenever Rockefeller did a
thing Andrews would try to do a bigger ono.
Rockefeller-was president of the Standard
Oil , and the Iron wont into Sum Andrews'
soul as ho sawhim getting bigger and bigger
and hunsolf remaining comparatively sta
tionary. Ho concluded that lie would assert
his independence , and ho ciuno down to the
Standard Oil ofllccs one day and demanded a
look at the books. Rockefeller told him Unit
the clerks wore busy with them , but that if
ho would come in the next day ho would
glvo him a statement. Andrews grunted
and wont out. The next day ho returned
and again demanded the books. Ho was
banded in place of them the statement. Ho
cast it angrily from him and said :
' "I don't want a statement. I want to
sco the books of this company. I am inter
ested in H as much as uuy man connected
with it , and if I can't see the books I want
to soil my stock.1
" 'What will you take for your stock ? ' said
Mr. Rockefeller , who was sitting at the desk.
' "Andrews looked Hockfoller in the eye
and hcsitntod. Ha figured up in his mind
that no ono would accept the proposition ho
was going to make , and lip said :
" 1 will take Just $1,000,000 cash , and I
want the money now. '
" 'All right,1 said Rockefeller , ! will give
it to you , ' and ho picked up his chock book
and wrote out his check for $1.000,000 and
bunded it over to him. Andrews looked at
the chnclc. He didn't want it and ho doubted
his eyes when ho saw the amount upon it.
llu didn't suppose that Kockofellor had any
thing like this amount at his command , and
he didn't Know that Rockefeller hud just
boon scheming to get him Riijrry and into
jut tills kind of a inc. Rockefeller thought
ho could do so , and ho got his money , I am
told , from Vanderbilt and had it lying In
ono of the Cleveland banks ready for the
occasion. Andrews was ashamed not to take
the check anil ho accepted it. He worried
hlmaolf almost to death investing the money ,
and ho put about half of it into government
fours , while a largo part of the balance went
into the building of his big house in Clero-
land.
Oliver II. 1'iiyno Worth SOO,000,000.
"Who is the brainiest man in the Standard
Oil company t" I asked.
' That is bara tosav , " laughed Mr. Carron.
' Ono of the biggest , broadest ami shrewdest
is Oliver H. I' . j no. Ho is u great organizer
and Iio has wonderful financial talent. Ho
is worth , I venture , as much if not moro
than Rockefeller , and I understand that his
assets amount to nearly $10,000,000. Ho is isIS
vary quiet follow and ho rnaues no fuss
about anything. Ho was lu college with
William C. Whitney , and Whitney , I think ,
cuiuo homo with him to Cleveland during
ono of his vacations and there fell in love
with his sister and married her. Oliver H ,
Puvuu1 * a gioat man , and ho Is great enough
not to make a splurge about it. Ho seems to
have no munition in n political way , and the
probability is if ho lives much longer ho may
become the richest man In the United
States. " FUANK U. CAKI'JENTJSK.
The pearl is only carbonate of lime , but '
that doesn't lussou its value to the girl who
has Just pot one in u inodoat , but uioat ulg-
nUlcunt ,
NEVADA'S ' BRILLIANT FUTURE
A Now Plant at Salt Lake Will Almost An
nihilate Ooppor Ore Freights.
MAKING HER COPPER MINES VALUABLE
Itlrnl Tamil After tu 1'lnnt The Ann-
colidn for Sale 1'oitlble Combination !
Why Nernrta'a Copper aittiei Ilnd
l.alu Dormant.
SA.I.T LiKn Citr , Aug. 4. [ Special corre
spondent of THE Bus. ] "Poor , " despised
Nevada is In u fair way to surprise every
body by her quick recovery from the offeott
of the slump in the prlco of silver nnd the
depression incident to that branch of the
Industry. Although known pro-omlnotitly
as a silver state tno gold yield is bound to
assume astonishing proportions oven for the
currant year. Dut it U in thn output of con-
per that the most remarkable showing
bo made ,
Montana will have to look to her laurels ,
for the so-called Sagebrush state will crowd
closely for the rank the former now defends
so notably.
It is rather odd that the syndicate that Is
building the big copper plant In this city
should have made Its first purchase of cop
per mines In Nevada. That Is a fact , how
ever. For all that the projectors of this
grout enterprise have boon quoted as de
claring that good copper properties are plen
tiful In Utah and in the territory immedi
ately tributary to Salt Lake City , U Is
known that they have been unable to pick up
good propositions of that character. The
Copper company has had some of the most
able exucrts out on the hunt for copper
mines or ilatlorlng prospects , for months.
Of the latter class a number of claims have
been secured lu the "Big Injun" district of
southern Utah. That section was described
recently In TUG BEE. But real mines the ex
perts could not got hold of. Proper
ties that were ottered * for sale elthor
were not sufllcientlv developed to Immedi
ately enter the shipping list or conveniently
handy to a railroad to justify shipments ou
the score of economical handling.
That the copper syndicate should have
made a beginning in Nevada is significant as
wotl as strange. The company was organ
ized nnd incorporated in Colorado. It was a
close corporation , composed almost entirely
of capitalists and operators who have
hitherto conilnod themselves to mining in
the Centennial stato. A change has boon
made since the company atartod. Kvon now
it U known to few that an alliance has been
fonnod with a Montana outfit , which is ono
of the strongest rivals of the great Ana
conda company. The Parrot company of
Qutto , uhich has joined forces with Posoy &
Green , projectors of the copper rctlnory here ,
is controlled by the Farrell family of Con
necticut. Franklin Farrell , president of the
Parrot , is a big brass founder of the Nutmeg
state and largely interested in the munufac-
&
b
the ! best they Know how to got the Parrot
company to locate at one of these places.
This competition was excited , first
'Io the rumor and then the gen
eral impression , which has developed
into a conviction , that either the
bigworks would bo moved from Butte , else
the company would branch out nnd establish
another plant at some other point. It looks
now as though the boards of trade , chambers
of commerce and citizens' committees of
thcso expectant and hopeful cities would be
disappointed if not fooled. Salt Lake City ,
which expected nothing , is to got the benefits -
fits from the Investment of the Parrot
capital and the backing of that company.
The Butte papers , which have stoutly
maintained that there would bo no diminu
tion in the scope of the company at that
point and that f uturo operations would bo
presented on a scale as great us in the past ,
may bo surprised later on. Hints have boon
dropped that the Anaconda company would
buy 1t 1 out the Parrot and Moscow mines , and
the extensive works of the company oporat-
Inc them. Theories or rumors of this sort
may be moro than suppositions.
The Anaconda company has been trying
to create as big a monopoly ns possible in
the copper production of that section.
An Option on Auncouda.
It is an open secret here that a French
syndicate of immense capital has an option
on the Anaconda property and is ready , when
certain conditions are fulfilled , to buy out
the whole thing mines at Butte , works at
Anaconda , railroad constructing between
the two places and the townslte of Ana
conda. The only bar to a successful issue of
negotiations is said to bo the failure of
Marcus Daly to locate the permanent capital
of Montana at Anaconda. People have won
dered why there should be so great rivalry
on the part of Anaconda to prevent Helena
from being made the permanent seat of the
state government since it has for so long
been the temporary capital. The desire of
the Frenchmen to o\vn the capital site is
assigned as the cause.
In Butte , where the mines of the Ana
conda company are located , there is no plant
at which the output can bo treated , the com
pany's works being at Aunconda. The water-
supply at the latter place is limited and op
erations thereby seriously interfered with.
To such an extent has the company boon
hampered thut there has been talk of mov
ing the works away to some other Montana
point. By .some it is believed that ono ob
ject in building the now railroad from Butte
and thence on beyond Anaconda , as planned ,
Is to establish u new town , whore the cop
per ores can bo treated. To carry out any
such project as that requires time , and oven
to a rich combination llko J. B , Haggm ,
Lloyd Tevis and Marcus Daly it is not an
easy-matter in these times to raise money
for railroad construction.
The I'urrot Work * .
The Parrot company has reduction works
In the valley Immediately below its mines ,
which are very complete. It would bo easier
to enlarge tins plant than to build others.
Kvon now largo quantities of ere are bought
from other mines , for although the output of
the Parrot nnd Moscow mines is great , the
capacity of the works is greater. The cop
per mutter turned out U of unusual fineness ,
averaging US ) percent pure metal. The
base bullion is shipped to Bridgeport , Conn , ,
where it is mudo up into copper shoots and
wlro.
If the Anaconda should buy out the Par
rot , the Farrolsi would have to find some
other producer to supply them with raw
material for their oastcrn factories. Just at
present the Parrots' ' profits nro not nearly
so great as they were prior to the fall in the
price of silver , While the output of the
plunt hus boon upwards of' > 0,000 pounds of
copper a month , the corresponding silver
output has boon nearly 100,000 ounces of
silver. Ore from the company's mines
curries higher values in the white metal
than those of the Anaconda. Therefore it
would pay bettor to work the latter's output
and take things easy on the Parrot and
Moscow until silver's status was fixed.
S. M Green , president of the Salt Lake
City Copper company , holds a similar posi
tion in the works nt Durango , Colo. The
copper output there bus been whittled down
to next to nothing because , iu Colorado , cop
per occurs iu conjunction with silver in amore
moro marked dogrco than in Montana. O.
P. Posuy , associated with Groou iu both the
Durance and Sail L-tko City wnrka , is , next
to "Dave'1 Moffntt , the most extensive mina
operator In Colorado as well us ono of the :
shrewdest. HU associates are all farsighted
men and I'oiuy at least anticipated just
wr-ut has happened. Ho looked for iv fall la
silver and argued that with the closing of so
many mines in Colorado and smelting opera
tions curtailed , there would bo u big falling
off in copper production.
The price is bound to rise within a few
months , Whnn it docs go up the Salt Lake
City plant will be turning out roilned copper.
If the Farrols part wittutholr Interest 'in
the Parrot company they can gut all the
copper they want from the uorks luro.
A lliroup Combination ,
These are some of the reasons , probably ,
that brought about an alliance between the
Co orudo an 1 Montana men. It Is certainly '
a very strong combination now , but in the
I lo/inning Green , Poscy Otto Moars , pro-
printer mid builder of the Hio Grande South-
IBcm ! railway aim ottior rail niU toll roads
f
among the rlou.ls In Calomilo , stood alone so
far a * cnpltnl was oonfo od.
A shrewd young Ynnkue established and
tot In successful opdWitlon n romarknbly-
economical olectrolylld process lor the Bo y
ton & Montana company nt Great Falls , by
which copper Is rofmed. This oompano
Isn't exactly a rival d ( 'the ' Anaconda , sine .
both are presumed to J > oln , the copper oomd
blno manipulated in Franco. The upper nn o
lower worki at Moadolrvlllo nnd near But to
have practically boort abandoned bv ths
Boston & Montana , , tlp | cutout of Us mlnos
being handled nt Great Falls. There wn
talk of the Anaconda company going thor °
too. some tlmo ngobut ? nothing has yet
materialized to innlca Uiat there was any
basis for such rumors. , lt looks ni if the
Montana copper buslrtcss WAS to become a
trust in moro sense than ono. The only
other factors not provided for nro the Butte
& Boston company and Clark brothers' in
terests , W. A. Clark , n democrat , whom
Daly prevented from being elected United
States senator by a legislature ot the same
political faith ns Clark and himself , Is cred
ited with an intent to remove from Mon
tana. His most extensive copper Interests
are now in Arizona. How the Cinrks and
the Butte & Boston will operate nro matters
which hnvo not yet como to the surface.
This summer the Butte A Boston has had
men examining and reporting on undevel
oped copper properties ncquircd in Utah.
That may bo suggestive of nn alliance of
that company with the Salt Lake City com
pany.
A PoMlblo Trlntnvlrnt * .
Little by little It has gradually dawned on
mining men that the nttomtitj is to bo made
to corral the copper production of the intermountain -
mountain country by two , or possibly three ,
gigantic combinations , which will concede
territory to ono another , but in all other re
spects are to bo rivals. Montana and the
northwest is to bo manipulated under the
generalship of Marcus Duly ; O. P. Posoy Is
the Napoleon of the central bolt , which in
cludes Idaho , Utah , Nevada and Colorado.
Knrly in the spring San Francisco papers
had a lot to say about the plans of William
Solovor and n syndicate that proposed to es
tablish n copper refinery near the Golden
Gito to control the business of the Paclfio
coast nnd Arltona. Nothing tangible has an
yet been seen or hoard that suoh a program
would be carried out. Great confidence was
expressed in the Sclovor syndicate when Its
plans were broached for tno reason that it
had boon successful in starting and running
reduction works at Portland , Oro. When
times liven up moro may bo hoard of the San
Francisco project.
Work progresses with duo diligence on the
plant hero. It will bo ready for business before
fore many months. The enlarged uio of
copper , which is constantly increasing
owing to its utility and demand m connec
tion Tvith electrical appliances , inclines to
the belief that a larger production of that
metal will be encouraged. Last year it was
necessary for the Anaconda and other big
companies to close down at intervals to prevent -
vent too largo stocks from accumulating.
Suspension of work this summer in so many
silver mines In which copper was a product
will hardly balance supply and demand for
181)3. ) The old producers will either get
higher prices for copper this season else the
development of other properties will bo
stimulated.
Doubtless copper will bo higher. That
nnd the prospect of a shortage in the average -
ago yield , or what will meet the require
ments , will encourage Kcttvlty in new Holds
or those hitherto ncglcat'od. This will bo
Nevada's opportunity.
Why Copper Was ISackward.
The stale is rich in copper. No attention
has been paid to this mutallic resource for
good and sufficient cause. Two considera
tions militated to doteV'capital ' from invest
ment in copper claims in Nevada lak of
railway communication and consequent ex
orbitant transportation"chr.rges by freight
teams and rail to rom6te''polnts where ores
could bo handled. Tho.now plant here anni
hilates distance , to a. "certain extent. The
Stallman process , which'is to bo used in the
works in Salt Lake City , by which copper
can be "thrown down V in a comparatively
short tlmo at an economy of costis a perfect
Godsend to the owners of copper properties
in Nevada as well as Idaho.
Good copper mines are harder- find than
these that yield the precious metals. There
must bo a big 'deposit of1 mineral to make a
copper proposition protltablo. As a rule , it
is quantity not Quality or high percentage
of the metal that pays for working. A pop
ular fallacy ascribes to the Lalio Superior
region and Cooper Canon , Arizona , the
credit of having the only mines in this coun
try where natlvo copper occurs. Within
ten miles of tho'liuo of the Southern Pucitlo
railroad in Lander county , Nevada , are deposits -
posits from which thousands of pounds of
uuro metal have boon extracted. There are
numerous other promising copper dis
tricts in the , United States. Fortu
nately some of them are too far from
the only railroad in the state to warrant
shipments of ore. Others are near-enough to
pay for hauling to points along the line of
the road. A demand for copper , suoh as is
anticipated , will most likely tend to interest
capital to the extent of investing in water
jacket , furnaces and comparatively inexpen
sive plants to treat the output at the mines.
Then it would prove profitable by shipping
the matter to Salt Lake City. This would
open up a now industry in Nevada that would
give employment to many of the Idle miners ,
create a homo market for the products of the
ranch and range and help out the people of
the state mightily.
As before stated , the Salt Lake City Cop
per company has selected n group of Nevada
mines as the most promising of any that
could bo found in all this region for hundreds
of miles around. Work has just been started
on the properties , and they will bo put in
shape " 0 that largo quantities of ere can be
extracted when the now plant Is about ready
to start up.
Location of the Mines.
These mines are located in the Portos dis
trict in Ellto countv , on the Salmon river.
They are about forty miles northwest from
Toano , a station on the Southern Pacific
railroad , 170 miles west of the junction of
the Southern uud Union Pacific railroads.
William Hunks , who located the claims and
developed them into mines , was an old-time
Comstookor. Ho was a good minor
and willing to back his judgment
with auoh money ns he had at his command.
When ho died several years atfo hl widow ,
left with a number of children , -was anxious
to go to some place where she could educate
thorn. To curry out that plan it was neces
sary to soil tbo mines. The prlco sot on
tnnm wus somewhere in the neighborhood of
(50,000. It wasn't easy to find a customer.
W. B. Lawlor , ono of the best known
minors of White Pine county , had io much
faith in the properties that ho
agreed to take an Interest on
condition that Pooy went in.
The lutter's export reported so favorably
that u bargain was mado. After the papers
were alguod , and during the closing days of
July , Posey himself won' , out with u party
which Included Lawlor , President Farrol of
the Parrot company , iid ) ) Superintendent
"Ben" Tibboy of thut company ( , who is 0110
of the boat minors in Montana , A plan of
action was arranged on that trip and a start
mudo. Posty's ugoiits are' paying a great
deal of attention to Nevada these days.
Other sales may bo oxpcoted. Wlmn capi
talists get over their fright they are likely
to invest. All these things encourage chllm
owners to develop their properties , especially
those who would othcnUso bo unemployed.
F. CANIS ,
No Antl-Pyrlno in Bromfebltzor.
Cures all heuduchos-4rlal bottle lOcts.
llJOl
Washington ittar.
Said ho , "This la my lllisj > day ,
To work 1 will conllnui/
My effort * ; HO I'll luiro display
Thut Imndy littloslgn. "
And by and by the idlers cunio
Anil Hinlloii und but thorn down
To lull ; ubout tlio bust ) bull game
And all the IIOWH of town.
Since then vrhon labors lilin incllna
To drive the world uwuy
Wltliln the Hiifu he lock * that sign ,
This Is my busy any. "
Busy peopio liavo no time , a nu sens bio
people huvo no inclination to use pills that
make them sick a duy for every .doso they
tako. They have learned that tiio use of
Do Witt' * Little Early Uisura does -not interfere -
terfero with their health by causing naustu
pain or griping , These little pills are per ,
feet ir. uction and rosulto , ivgulating the
stomach nnd bowels so thut headaches , dh-
zlncss und lassitude uro proyontoJ. Tlioy
rocleanse the blooJ , clear thu oo nploxio uu t
onoup tlioaystetu. Laltot hjaltU la ; 1 3JJ
lutlofcllovvd.
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Our new building is promised for
next month , and before moving we shall
close out every remnant and piece that
. we do not intend re-ordering.
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Ends of Matting.
Ends of Brussels.
' 'tat Ends of Ingrains.
The prices will be fixed Monday and they
will be low enough to make them go
quick.
Orchard & Wilhelm Carpet Co. ,
Douglas , Between 14th and 15th ,
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TUB r <
Mamma Now , Johnny , toll me the truth.
You have been eating too much of something
on the sly. What was it ?
Jdhnny ( suffering horribly from Indiges
tion ) Haven't been Dating anything ,
nammn.
' Don't try to docolvo mo , dear. What hnvo
ou been eating ? "
"Nothing , mamma , honest. I I drank a
bowl of milk that was in the pantry. That
was all. "
"That bowl of milk ? Why , Johnny , there
OTIS nearly a quart of it. Are you sure it
wasn't sour ? "
"Yes'm. It was boo-hool it was nil right
when when I swullornd iti"
A gentleman living iu Macon , Ga. , is train
ing his children to exert their imaginative
[ lowers nnd requires each child to "mako
up" n story and relate it every Saturday ,
Recently ills youngest boy told the follow
ing : "Onco there was n little boy and ho
made him the biggest klto anybody oversaw
saw , nnd it went higher and higher till all
the string was out , then it was gone from
sight ; the little boy was so scared ho did not
know what to do. Ho was looking for the
kite , when ho hoard u great , deep voice from
licaven saying : 'Little boy ; oh , little boy ,
[ f you don't take your old kite down from
bothering my stars I'll take it and throw it
In the horse lot , ' "
Ono of the professors at Harvard has a
little boy named Christopher. The sayings
nnd doings of the son hnvod passed into col
lege history. One day the professor was
lying on his sofa after a hard day's work in
philosophy , and whllo in a state of uncon
scious cerebration suddenly caught sight of
Christopher on the door. The professor
gazed nt the boy In deep silence. Then ho
said : "What would you do , Christopher , in
case your father should die ? " Christopher
thought for n moment. Then ho lifted his
eyes , "Oh , don't ' worry , father , there's tlmo
enough to think about that when you'ro
dead.- "
"That's a'pretty big buokwoat cake for a
boy of your size , " said papa at breakfast to
Jlmmio boy.
"It looks big , " said Jlmmio boy , "but really
it isn't. It's got lots of porousos in it. "
"jrorgo Washington , " said Tommy , in the
courto of his regular Friday "composition , "
"was a uiiin who , if ho pointed a gun at a
man and told tno man it wasn't loaded , the
man would not got a bit scared. "
"Have you had a good time this summer ,
Willie ? " i
"Yes , " replied the young man.
"Do you miss your school ? "
"Not much. 1) Jut I guess mother does , "
Llttlo Dot I don't see how cows can oat
grass.
Little Dick I s'poso when they Is young
the mother cows keep sayln' to their chil-
drcns , "If you don't eat grass you shan't
have any pie. "
A young lady organist in a church in Col
orado wus somewhat captivated with the
young pastor of a church in the next street ,
und was aellghtod to hoar ono week that by
an exchange ho was to preach the uoxt Sun
day in her own church.
The organ was pumped by an obstreperous
old sexton , who would often stop when ho
lliought the organ voluntary had lasted long
ouoogh.
This day the organist was anxious that al
should go well nnd ns the service was about
to begin she wrote u note intended solely for
the oxton's oyo.
Ho took it and in spite of her agonlzec
bockouiugs carried it straight to the
preacher , What was that gentleman's astonishment
tonishmont when ho reail :
' Oblige mo tills morning by blowing awu ;
till I give you the signal to stop. "
The Christian Advocate tells this story
"At llio Auivricuu cbavol at Ltuoruu
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kraai wok. av
'rotostant Episcopal minister from thU
-ountry ( Low church ) read the lessons with
uch naturalness of manner and propriety of
imphasis as to elicit the admiration of a vis-
tor who nfforward remarked '
, , 'Howdolight-
ul to hear the scriptures read with such
onso nnd fooling I' She was surprised to
ioar the sister of n ( High church ) rector ,
American also , exclaim , 'I can't agree with
you. I think it almost blasphemous for a
nan by such stress and omphasls to impose
lis own interpretation on the word of God.
'ho scriptures should bo road in mono-
one. ' "
Rev. Mr. S is pastor of a congregation
n the Midlands , says a London paper. Some
> f bis hearers are the richest people in town ,
> ut not celebrated for generosity in support-
ng the church. The peed preacher has
> oen trying to got the poor people to como to
lis church , and recently through the col
umns of the local papers extended to them n
cordial invitation to attend. At the close of
.ho service lately ho said : "Brethren , I
invo tried to reacli the poor of our town and
nduco thorn to como to our church , I iufor
'rom the amount of the collection just taken
15 shillings that they have como. "
Usher I am sorry , sir , but I shall have to
scat you near the back row.
Gullopin1 Jack ( witti his eye on tbo choir
; allery ) Look hero ! I'm willln' to whaok
ip fur the best you'vo got. Is the grand
stand all sold ?
* *
The daughter of a country rector taught
the choir boys n now tuna at u Monday evo-
ilng'a practice , to bo sung the following
Sunday. Sunday morning camo. "Well ,
Johnny , " said Miss X , "I hope you haven't
forgotten the now tune , for wo depend much
on you. " "Nnw , mum , not a bit. Why , I've
been n-skoorin' the crows with it all woek. "
"What made you think the collection was
taken up to get the minister iv now suit ? "
"Bocauso so many of the congregation put
In buttons. "
Arlstotlo fixed the proper ages for mar
riage nt ! )7 ) for the man , 18 for the woman.
I'lato made the agus i < 0 und 'JO.
The Oklahoma divorce courts'are idoing n
phenomenally heavy business. Oklahoma
is apparently trying to demonstrate that she
is as well qualified for statehood as South
Dakota.
The supreme court of Georgia has decided
that If u husband discovers bis wife's lover
in his house , und attempts to kill him. the
intruder is warranted in taking the wronged
mau's lifo.
"Who givoth this woman away ? " inquired
the clergyman. "No ono , " rejoined the
groom ns there Unshod upon him n recollec
tion of the allowance ho Jind settled upon
his brido'u parents.
If the men were called upon to keep all the
promises that they make to young women
before marriugo , cases of coin pie to bank
ruptcy would bo even more frequent than
they are now ,
She It is true that Miss Rlchlelgh has
money , but she Is also very exacting , II
you marry her you will huvo to give ut >
smoking and drinking. Ho If I don't marry
her I shall have to give up eating ,
"You wouldn't bo base
enough to marry a
girl for money , would you , Charlie ? " "No ,
indeed , Minnie ; but I would not bo mean
enough to condemn a girl to u tingle lifo if i
could provetit It , simply because she was
wealthy. "
Rev , M. M. Vanoloave , pastor of the Bap
list church nt Crawfordsvillo. Ind. , has the
enviable ministerial record of having mar
ried TOO couples. Tills venerable olorgyinau
has preached the gospel for nearly elelity
years , and the good , old-fashioned ceremony
with which ho tics a nuptial knot neatly
and with dispatch make * the ordeal n pleas
urn oven to the must bashful nwaln.
Hayden Edwards , the United States con
> ul general nt Berlin , is said to have fallei
heir to un estate valued at several millions
aud istibiut to marry n Gorman lady of title
Kdwardg Ua boon fortunate over aliUMi bo
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Carter WbileLeadCi
Corroded , warran
I Strlotlr pur * wfe
first wont to Washington , a poor country
boy trom the prairlos of the west , und when
ho vront to Berlin his friends predicted that
ho would come back with n Iwonoss on his
arm and a baronial estate in prospect. Ho
eoras to 1mvo fulfilled their predictions.
Bishop H. M. Turner of the African Moth-
cllst Episcopal church of Atluuta , Gu. , was
ast week married to Martha K. Do Witt of
Jristol , Pa. Bishop Turner is looked upon
is ono of the ablest colored preachers in the
Jnltod States , and has recently returned
rom his third official visit to Africa. Ho
nnd his bride , who , by tlio way is a natlvo
f Georgia and is his second wile , journeyed
all the way to Xcnia , O. , that they might bo
narried by Bishop Payne , who is the oldest
jishop of their church.
Getting married in England , to people where
ro not able to buy a license , is a very em-
mrrassintr matter , A license is oxDonsivo ,
A-liilo a marriage by banns costs only a fevr
hillings , so most prefer the banns. You
mvo to bo cried three times on three sopnr-
to Sundays , and if a fellow happens to make
, mistake nnd go to church on the Sunday
vhen lili banns are crlod ho linds the procla
mation of his matrimonial intentions to bo
very embarrassing , for of course ho is un
mercifully grinned at by the rest of the
ludlcnco. CouploA having tholr banns cried
usually stay away from the morning service
or prevail on the clergyman to proclaim the
> anns at an afternoon or evening service
when few are present. Very often , how
ever , the parson refuses to do this , arguing
that a * the banns nro designed to give
juuliclty to the occasion the most publio
.line . of proclamation should bo chosen , HO
the aOlictod man arid his unfortunate com-
lanion that is to bo are forced to boar the
ibos of tholr acquaintances for at least
; hroo weeks.
3Hero is the war cry In Arizona : ' 'Study
the anatomy of the gold bug and lay your
ws into his weakest point. The moro you
snllllo the tighter the hands of the devilfish
; rip. No compromise ; up and nt thorn ; war
lo the knife hilt ; silver men never sur
render ; give them h 1 and commence at
tiome. "
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