Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905, April 17, 1902, Image 7

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The prince of Wales un he has no
Invitation to come to thin country, but j
fee aa not say he would not like one.
A battle of Hamlin Wizard OH Is a
Medicine !best in Itself; It cures pain
la ererjr form, it' cent u$ druggists.
President RooVf Itrhas been lnvit.nl
to address the great tiii-nnlul Sunday
rhool convention to be held In Ienvir
In June next.
Rate of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas
County. n:
Frank J. Cheney makes 01th that he
la senior twwWwr oj-t-ht-fi:rsof Fc-.L
Cheney 41c Co., doing business In the
City Of Toledo. Cnunty and Ktule afore
said, and that swlrt liim will pay. the
um Of ON K Ill'NDHKD DOLLAR"
for each and evti y case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by rhf use of Hull's
Catarrh Cure. I'UANK. J. CIIK.VKY.
Sworn to before me and subscripted
In my presence. thl.i 6th day of lc
cembT, A. It. IH6. A. W. GLKASoN.
8eal ' Notary Public.
Hail's Catarrh Cure Ix taken Inter
nally, and nets directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Bend for testimonials, free.
V. J. CHKNKy k CO., Toledo, O.
Hold by Druggists, "'.
Hall's Family Fills are the bent.
W. K. Wynne, a building contractor
of Anaconda, Mont.. In perhaps the
only mnn In the world who owns a
chornh by hhnm If. It Is in 1'ulte, Mont.
Hamlin' Wlxard OH will cure a larg
er number of painful ailments than
anything which you can find.
Mi tere which reach the earth almoi"
Invariably rontnln n large quantity of
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fllle.l to the slmy r the TeMtll i'-tu-ll.lli.n.
It l sitld llMl tbe president
titsy K-iiil some lime at Temple lex..
Ms the guexl of Ir. Alexander ItiriiH.
Who has the Istgesl and inn! cumpMe
. llccllnn of pepets und tV'tit b-i.iti'g
Upon the early lilstoi f It-x.m. P""
ticularly the (evolutionary bcilod, :n
Mltltme.
The llvln le.;lc of nnlinsls now
tabulated number .WO.'ssi distinct spe
rta. but hundreds of fresh apeei.
lip 1 llllj of Insects-are being added
TMrlr 10 this list,
BULL MOOSE IN TERRIFIC FIGHT
BariKor. Me. (Special.) A fierce
nimble to the death between two bull
moon jn deep anow, near Mount Ka
tahdln, was witnessed by George K.
Htewart of Hoaton.who hua been spend
inff several weeks in the woods, and
who brought with him a souvenir of
the conflict, of hich he tells a thrill
ing story.
Mr. Stewart left camp early In the
morning on snowHhoes, and when about
three miles away round evidences of
m.iose. Although he had not taken a
riile aloiiB, he followed the tracks over
the snow, and alter an hour's tramp
heard the noise of a conflict. Reaching
an elevated place behind a big pine
tree he was able to get a good view
oljbe infuriated animais.
"There was some four feet of snow
on the ground," said My. Stewart, when
telling of his adventure, "und the pon
derous welKht of the, iuiimals brouffht
them down through 'It" to 'solid ground
as though it had been water. When 1
first saw them the moose were strug
gling with locked horns, totally oblivi
ous to all about them.
"For the next two or three minutes
they swaryed backward and forward
without either of them apparently
gaining the slightest advantage, skid
denly the one nearest me disengaged
himself and broke away. My first
thought was that the anima.1 had had
enough of the light and that he had
derided discretion to be the better part
of valor, but no sooner had the moose
gained a suflicient distance than he
lowered his mighty head and, with a
bellow of rage, charged his bulky an
tagoniKt. Instead of retreating or
making a counter charge, the second
moose remained perfectly still. He
teemed to me to be calmly awaiting
the attack.
"Suddenly I suw him rear on his
hind legs, and. coming down, plant his
knife like hoofs directly on the head
of the enemy. The force was territlt;
and the moose nearest me went down
under the blow like a lug of wood, lie
was at ills antagonist's mercy.
"Time and time again the bull
brought those terrible front hoofs down
on til-.- prostrate body before him. The
other moose made desperate efforts to
gain his feet, but his shoulder had be'-u
oroken when he first fell, and the ef
forts came to naught. For a time he
UrugKled und then, at last, he lay per
fectly still. His murderer gave the
body a last contemptuous blow and
then disappeared through the under
growth." COAST CHINESE ARE ARMING.
San Francisco,' Cul. (Spe:lal.) Pa-
itii- r oast tlliinese, and especially, those
if the powerful V'eong Wah assot.la
ion, are collecting money and taking
1 census of their military strength pre
paratory to resisting the aggressions
of the Portuguese in the county of He-
iig Shan, in the province of. Kwang
Tung. China.
A cubit gram was received from Hong
Kong recently, from Aujernan, man
tiger of the Wo Kee Chan in that city,
in which it was said that immediate
action was advisable on the part of all
loyal Htong Shan men to resist the
Portuguese.
PLUM SHED IN PAPKHS.
This cablegram was Immediately
published In the dally Chinese papers,
and copies of the cablegram printed
as bulletins were posted about China
town, with the result that a mass
meeting was held In the rooms of the
association at Til Sacramento street.
Other meetings have since been held
and the Hix Companies have also taken
similar action.
Telegrams were received a few days
ago from Portland. San Jose and other
coast cities full of the spirit of war
and resistance, and saying that nut
only must the county of Heong Shan
le protected, but also the entire prov
ince of Kwang Tung.
Chan Kltn yu;ii, president, and Chan
Po Kir. secretary of the Veong Wah
association, one of the most wealthy
and powerful on the coast, were found
at the rooms of the association. Hoth
are old, cool-headed, shrewd and diplo
matic and therefore noncommittal as
to the work of the association.
KKADY TO KH1HT.
Hut there are other and younger
mrmbtrs of the association whose
blond Is not so cool and who have not
harried to 1 unreal their thoughts by
words. One of these Is Ty Kee, a
merchant, at 742 Washington street.
He sail:
"The Portuguese nov control the city
and pott of Macao, and advices from
horn- state that they aie now attempt
ing to extend their concession to In
clude the entice county of I Icing
Shall.
".Many of the Chinese In this country
ar Iriiin th" province of Kwang Tung,
and especially tiom what Is known as
the county of Heong Shan ami the city
of Vacuo.
"The lleong Shan men have always
i-eii conspicuous among the Chinese
fur tbeli Intense lojulty to their native
land.
"You can ha'no idea of the thou
sands of able-hodleil vyuiiif Chinese In
this country who have mustered the
mechanism of your modern lirearms.
your wonderful repenting rifles, and
they know bow to us- them.
"These thousands will, return It)
China rupplled with money at the first
outbreak of hostilities. They huve also
studied the modern system of warfare;
how Ions will It lake th' in to teat It II
to otheif?"
At ptes.nt the Portuguese have s
concession about a mile In width and
thiee miles long on the peninsula, at
the s.iiitbein exti-iiiily of ll'-ong Shun.
The Initi h filed to w hip' Portugal otT
the stiip. but were. Instead, whipped
Into the sea
Immediately lifter Ihn strip nat ced
ed to Portugal Hie Chinese btidt a wall
if 1 oss the peninsula Just outside I he
i lly of M.tcao to prevent access to the
Interior. That wall Is standing today.
CIIICAOU
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OMAHA, Vol. S -No. I7l02
The luiest entertainer in I'm I Is M
firtxt m I'otileverry. Taking sevtriil t-p-iiiliiit
cMibliii'S. and slumllng t"n
nnls from tt pluno, he phis" or, to
kiis Mildly, he shoots, lu very Inll-
II. I It style, colllpllciiled selection f l mn
"t 'uciillei la Itic'McHti.i.' Tin- pluno Is
"111 tool f'J" fur Ms Hotel experience.
rotiitnes form the wmld's greiiteft
single crop. 4.""" .'""MUi'iii hu h. I being
produced h 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 . euiiiil In bulk to tint
eiillte when! and t in n flop.
Count ilonl de fhisielliiue'ls running
Hgaiu for deputy In his dlHtrld. I '.m it
Honl's re-fli't tlon Is considered the sur
est of any candidate In France.
THE SUGAR BEET.
IT SHOWS A PREFERENCE FOR
PARTICULAR SOIL.
There are Only a Few of the State
In Which the Industry Can be Made
Profitable Facts Brought Out by
Examinations Made in Washington.
( Washington corresnondenca Newif6 of the highly developed beet
York Evening Post.) In the discus-! 'et8n"re. to Kjve tle "'r
I of tne department a good deal of
sion of beet sugar prospectR, which trouble. Pages of this bulletin are
is now at its height, it is apparent j devoted to it In whic h five disteni
that the representatives of this new Pr discussed in detail. When it
industry are taking an altogether toe ' '8 considered how much German
optimistic view of its possibilities in scientists have done for the develop
tbis country.. Oneueed only ppen a mell of "his Plant, it may well be
treatise issued a few months ago by f1'0IIltpr(Jd what would be the -con de
the department of agriculture, which ' Hon of the cune crop today had it
is really the head ot the beet sugar ever received anywhere near so much
propaganda, to learn that there are ,
decided limitations to tbe growth of
the beet in many parts of this coun
try. The farmers, it seems, were re-
quested by the department to send
samples of the beets they were rais -
ing to Washington for analysis, anil
upon them a report was made. From
Illinois, for example, loo samples had
been received, of which the average
size of the beet was normal, "but both
tbe content of sugar and coefficient of
purity were below the standard." !
Two hundred and 35 samples from
Indiana showed that slate as practi
cally in the same rank as a stigar-pro-
WILL GAYNOR
In this picture is presented por
traits of John F. Oaynor and his wife.
Oaynor, who Is accused of bribing
Captain Oberlin Carter and swindling;
the United States government, failed
to appear for trial and his bonds of
$8O,000 were forfeited. Government
officials are now seeking to bring
him back from Canada.
ducor as Illinois. The re-port adds
that It Is not advisable to try to carry
the commercial growing of sugar
beets further south than the central
part of these states. Krom Iowa sev
eral hundred samples were received,
but the department says that their
content of sugar "falls Just, short of
the average standard fixed for suc
cessful manufacture. The purity of
the Iowa beets is remarkably low,
when their content of sugar Is consid
ered. This fault can.dougtiess be rem
edied by more careful culture."
As to Kansas, this exhaustive study
of conditions concludes that the cli
mate Is not suitable to growing high
grade sugar-beets. The summers are
ton long and too dry. The uniformly
low sugar content of the samples re
ceived from Kentucky is "not encour
aging."! The samples received from
.Maine, the bulletin says, "were re
markably poor in quality." Maryland
appears to be "one of those states
which are Just on the border separat
ing the good from the Indifferent
areas for beet-sugar production. The
data obtained from Minnesota are not
so favorable as theoretical indica
tions would lead one to expect," .vlls-
sotiri is like Maryland. Of New
Hampshire the bulletin recites that
the character of the soli anil the con
tour of the stare will prevent beet
culture from ever becoming an Indus
try of great magnitude. Ohio cannot,
"as a whole, be regarded as favorable
to beet culture." Krom Oklahoma, the
data are "distinctly unfavorable." The
samples received from Virginia "are
not encouraging to the belief that a
successful beet-sugar Industry can be
established therein." And so one
might proceed.
The places where the beet-sugar
industry may be expected to thrive.
If the department's views are correct,
are certain parts of California. Colo
rado, Idaho. Michigan, Nebraska, New
York, Oregon, ami I.'lah. wllh. of
course, smaller areas In other Mutes.
The Irrigated lands of such stales as
I'tah ami Colorado seem the most
suitable, and. If the government will
further subsidize the industry by pity
ing for the Irrigation, tint crop will
doubtless prove a great sip i fss.
Michigan seems to he doing most Just
now. ami alinoiigli Its availability for
this Industry Is not doubted, the ex
pert investigations are not wholly flut
tering. The department's conclusion
Is this, after examining l.liOli sam
ples: "There is little doubt of Hie
furl thai Michigan Is nne of the most
favorable localities In the rnitcil
States for the growing of high grade
siitar heels. When the farmers of
the stale thoroughly learn the a:f of
successful beet culture, they will be
able to compete with even the tnore
favorert districts In Kurope, both It)
(he (piallly of the heels produced und
In the yield of per acre."
Nebraska Is another niio In which
the beet early Impressed Itself upon
polities and pollliclniis. Kven Hcii
.'tor Thurston, who wept so eloquent
ly over Cuba before the war, b"i;an
lo turn a cold shoulder Inwards her
slioi'il? afterward In a way that sur
prised Kiislern observers. It was I he
beet that did It. Of this state the de
partment says: "Many years of the
comtnerclil cull tire of the sugar-beet
have distinctly fixed the status of Ne
braska In respect to this Industry. It
has been demonstrated that leit
1
sugar can be made In Nebraska, but
It is evident from the data of tbe last
few years that Nebraska does not
rank so high as some of the other
states in its capability of raising
bigh giade sugar-beets."
It thus appears that In the race
between the temperate and the tor
rid zones over the production of sugar,
we have no extraordinary advantages,
even when seen by the eyes of those
who have most at heart tbe success
of the beet-sugar industry. The dla-
sumy and attention
How to compete In this country
with the labor of the tropics is an
other serious problem. The labor of
jt fie West is too high priced for the
1 beet-culture, even with its present
j heavy protection and the bounties
; which many ol the states are paying.
: Some people believe that New York
j will become a great sugar state, if
this country decides to keep out the
Icane, because of the large numbers
of newly arrived immigrants from
eotithern and eastern Europe who
could be set to work by whole fami
lies in the beet-Oelds.
COME BACK ?
WASTE ORE WORKED OVER.
Every Method From Hand Sorting to
j Washing by Machinery Is Used to
Profit.
I (Cripple Creek. Col., letter to Den
: ver Republic.) A considerable ad
dition to the output of the camp is
: resulting from the sorting and wash
ing of the big mine dumps and the ac
tivity in this line of business was
never greater than at present. A
I number of companies are working
,over their big waste piles under their
own management, while others are
! content to exact a good royalty from
' lessees.
1 The Portland company has three
big washing machines installed and
is putting about 350 tons a day
through them. All the ore and waste
that passed through the orehotise is
washed and the result Is estimated
by the management at a saving of
nciirly 3 per cent. '
'. As soon as the big Portland rail!
is completed. It Is understood that
several of the dumps of this company.
Known to contain low grade ores, will
be shipped and treated at a profit.
, The Vindicator and Golden Cycle
companies ate also sorting and wash
ing their dumps at a profit. Quite
recently the cyanide mill of the Colo
rado Ore & Reduction company In
lArequa was leased for the express
purpose of treating dump 'ores. The
dump at the Iron Clad mine, whirl?
Is said to average about $10 a ton
throughout. Is being treated there
and the lessee Is reported to be mak
ing a success of his venture.
Alexander Miller, basing the big
J W ild Horse dump. Is also making
good money. He Is washing the
waste and handling a big tonnag'e
daily. Other dumps being success
fully treated on a smaller scale are
those of the Cold Dollar Consolidated
company 011 deacon hill, the Doctor
Jack I'ot dump, the Gold Coin and
Stratlon's Independence, the Hull
City plater, the dumps of the Ana
conda estate and a number of
ot hers.
Various methods and devices to
save values art- in use, I rout screening
anil hand sorting to the primitive
washing trough, or the more modern
rotary washing machines. Where
baud sotting Is resorted to, the val
ues are recovered from the fltnl
screen lugs and the course ores that
have escaped the eye of the most ex
pert ore sorter. Where water is
used, the slimes, when dried, carry
high values, often running 11s high
us $101) a Ion. The treatment chart?"!
on ores up to three-quarters of an
ounce or $15 In value. Is $7..')'). to
which must be added $2 lor hauling
anil sampling chnrges. so that ore of
a 111 1 1) S in ti in value of $12 a ton can be
shipped with a small margin of profit.
1 cw dump lessees, however, will
handle ore running less than an ounce,
as the royalties exacted In some in
stances reach as high as ."it) per rent
ol the net value on all ore marketed.
Oot the Blnme.
Wnsliliifrton Star: "Who Is the re
eponhlble man in this firm?'' asked the
lirusipie visitor.
"I don't know who the responsible
luirty Is," answered the sad, cynical of
(X e boy. "Hut I am the one who i ul
wayu ty blamo." , 1
ITALY'S WARNING.
REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT
MAY BE THE NEXT THING.
Agitation Among the Working Peo
ple Part of Same Wave Sweep
ing Belgium and Spain.
Rome letter: Although everyone
seems to regard the crisis here as past
now, there will not be a feeling of con
fidence restored again for many years.
Although for a moment the hand of
anarchy or socialism, as one may call
it, has been stayed, the movement is
so general throughout the country that
no one tloiihts the overthrow of mon
archicai'institutiohs is"botihd to conie.
From the secret societies it has leak
ed out that there was no personal vio
lence whatever Intended against the
royal family who were to have been
secluded in one of the palaces away
from the city and kept there uudur a
strong guard. -'
The revolutionists intended forming
a government rather on the basis
that of the Swiss than on the princi
ple! of the United States government,
or even more radical than that, no
mention having been made of an upper
house, while the president was to be
elected for one year only.
The condition of the masses here is
certainly appalling, not. only from an
American, but also from an English
view point, the wages paid in most of
the factories being little more than
half those earned by operatives in the
large manufacturing centers of Great
liritain and the United States which
are yearly becoming nearer to the samp
prices.
No one wins to regard the king or
qnt-pn as blameworthy for the present
condition of affairs hut it is ncverthe-I-ss
'.r.:b' :".',! if lia ..''11 lo-;.? able
lo escape the bullet of the assassin.
Whenever he goes abroad now it Is In
an automobile, which he himself steers,
at a terrilic pace. Kven when hfi g xti
out on horseback the mounted guard
hems him in so closely that it would
bo practically impossible for anyone
to shoot him, unless, possibly, from a
high window. Yet the king is very
democratic, in his "manners, exceeding
ly amiable in disposition, freehanded,
free from prejudice and a liberal In
politics.
The ministers who run the govern
ment for Victor Emmanuel 111 runs af
fairs precisely as they please and at
least one member of the cabinet is an
extreme radical.
The king does not prefpnd to be a
politiciaii and never indicates what he
personally feels in. regard to the ad
ministration of affairs, allowing his
ministers to settle their squabbles be
tween themselves. Ho looks after the
good and welfare of the army and navy
personally and also after the building
of public work, in which he takes a
great interest. Personally he is a good
man, a faithful husband and a fond
father. He neither hoards or wastes
and spends a larger amount of his pri
vate income on charity than perhaps
any monarch in Kurope.
He is anything but brilliant, but his
modesty and good nature endear him
to all who cooie In contact with him.
With all his indlfferepw to public af
fairs many of the successful policies of
the government are said to have orig
inated with him. -Particularly is this
the case with regard to the democratic
appointment to the various political
positions in the kingdom, the king be
lieving that, the aristocrats have too
long. wielded too much power for the
country's welfare. In this respect he
se-ms to have taken a leaf from the
kaiser's book.
In spite of the tlissatisf action of the
masses it is a notable fact that the
country has hpen making rapid prog
ress latply in several important lines
of industry.
The dissatisfaction Is deeper seated
than that, however. It is a part of a
great wave of Industrial disturbance
which is threatening the stability of
several European regimes -notably
those of Spain and Belgium, at the
present writing.
ARTHCR BERNARD.
The regular i ficlt in the Turkish
finances appears to be from $10,00'!.
000 to $12,000,010 every year, and at the
beginning of last year It represented
an accumulated deficit of $5.".,000.000.
' This cut is the first authentic picture of the released captive whose de
tention by Bulgarian or Turkish brltnnds for several months past whilst
a heavy ransom was 'demanded has kept the putlic in suspense now fortu
nately relieved by the paymeut of the outlaws und.Ue fieeduin of tfe
captiva. i t
MXfcax.G MEKCUmT.
There Are but hTree Sections of th
World Where It Is Found.
Washington Post: "Mining for mer
eury. or, rather, for cinnabar ore, from
which mercury ia extracted, is a most
interesiing process." remarked Mr.
Thomas J. Young of Louisville, Ky.,
last evening. "There are only thres
sections in the world in which mercury
has been found thus far Spain, Aus
tria, and in our own stale of California.
These yield the world's supply. The
Almedan mines of Spain are the oldest
mines known, having been successfully
worked 400 years before'Christ. They
are extremely valuable, and, despite the
long years of operations, are still yield
ing vast quantities of ore. In fact,
iiiwc aanirz niinruau uiiura luim cijt
basis of Spain's credit, being owned
by the government, and it was by giv
ing a mortgage on them to the Roth
schilds that funds were realized to car
ry on the late war.
"The California mines are only begin
ning to vield the vast product stored up
within them. They have received the
name New Almedanj and promise tc
prove equally, if not more, valuable
than the Spanish mines. An idea 6(
thpir immense value may be gained
from the fact that they are yielding a
dividend of 1 per cent a month to their
owners, and promise much higher
I profits. They are located about 113
miles northeast of San FTaneisc.0 in the
coast range mountains.
"Mercury, or cinnabar ore which has
! also a vein of sulphur in it is mined
virtually like coal. Shafts are sunk,
from which levels are run off. The ore
is found in what are termed fissure
veins, which run down far into the
bowels of the earth. The ore itself is
light in color, moderately hard, and
may be picked out in small chunks. It
is found in 'kidneys.' or pockets, some
times in large qtiantitea.
"A curious and simple process, and
one to my mind quite ingenious, is
employed to extract the mercury from
the crude ore. The chunks or ore are
placed in large furnaces heated to fi80
degrees Fahrenheit. This causes the
mercury to pass out of the ore in the
form of gas. The gas rises to the top
of the furnace, where it volatilizes and
cooX and large drops of mercury run
down the walls, much as steam does
when condensed. The drops are caught
at the bottom of the walls. No further
processes are necessary.
The work of getting thp ore out ot
(lie mines and volatilizing it costs about
$2, litis a ton. It sells at the present
standard rate of $52.50 ppr flash of 76',
pounds that is, a little over 70 cents a
pound.
"What, is mercury used for? Wei!.,
many things. It is used principally for
the amalgamation of gold and silver,
and is indispensable in the miniug of
those metals. For that reason mercury
mining is not affected by hard times,
for when times get hard digging for
gold is carried on more extensively
than ever, and the demand for mercury
Increases. Mercury is also used for
maKtug v uiuese vet 111111011, which is toe
ba-sit of all paints. H is also used in
the preparat ion of many medicines and
for all fixed ammunitions' and explo
sives. Then, of course, you know it is
ltsed for hacking mirrors and in ther
mometers." ' 1
Mere Business Transaction.
Chicago Tribune: American multi
millionaire I am sensible, Count, ot
the honor yon do us In making this
In order to interest the public school
children in the campaign against the
browntall moth, the Board of Trade of
Lynn. Mass.. has offered a prize to the
grammar school in that city collecting
tbe argeet number of nests, and another
prize to the room in the school with the
highest averagp per pupil, The trees in
Lynn are badly infested by the moths,
and 10 men . are employed all the year
round in removing and burning the
ne.sts.
A member of the Norwegian parlia
ment has calculated (hat, proportion
ately, the Norwegian army costs mora
than any other army In Europe.. Ac
cording to this gentleman, each Nor
wegian soldier costs annually 27
marks: next comes the Austrian fighter.
! with marks, and then the German,
with 2:!'i: the French, with 19fi;the Dan
ish, with 191; t he Russian, with 185:
j the Italian, with 106; the Swedish, wiUi
h."l, and the Roumanian, with 135.