The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume], April 14, 1897, Page 8, Image 8

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TO SETTLE IT TODAY.
CITV nmni, wwam.w WITH
THE R%II,RO*I» MtWCHIWti
Oatraaltl Hill* Cvmpmny
la Have tbe Matter »1 Tmstper.
talio* rarttlttn trraa«r< »o
('ontlrariioa of lfc» %ew Mill May
Be (oiaMfarrd-Uatkrr Meeting
to Be HrM at 1® a. *- Todaj.
The trans*>ort**}on question, on *hi*b
hln«e* the building <*t the flour mill on
the t'de flat*. i* not yet settled. The cor
porations committee of the city council
and others Interested were In consulta
tion for noout two hour* yesterday after
noon. and after much debate adjourned
without sctloh until this morning at Hi
o< t > k. It th>- understanding that
t/ie matter should be dHiultely settled to
day, IM proposition bavin# apparently
•tft*-d down to a point where action la
jwaiUe.
M Thomsen. of the Centennial Ml Us
Company, of Spokane, who ia on* o* tho*e
Chiefly Interested in the e nstruction of
the mil!, was present in the council cham
ber and addrea* -d the meeting. He urged
lUe n'caait y of haate. as he to
com.men'* building as soon aa po*»lbl«.
He stated bis understanding with the
railroad companies, which had assured
him. he said, that no difficulty would b«
experienced in arranging transportation
facilities. Mr Thommn'i presence was
an additional stimulus to the corporations
committee, and more disposition to ru.«h
matters to a definite conclusion was
shown, both by '.he council and ths rail
road men.
There present the following out
siders, representing tome interest
In th* matter: Judge Thomas Burke,
John I>-ary. Eugene Sample. Harold Prw
ton. D. E. Purie, W. It Forrest. A. M
brbok««, Alfred Battle. Donald McKenrt-*.
City offici i Mayor W. i>. \\ »od. City
Engineer Thomson, Superintendent of
Street* Little. Councilman Hud* McAr
dle, Hurd. Gilsin, Navin, Chapman and
Crichton. Neither the Northertn Pacific
nor th* Seattle A International were rep
resented.
Judge Burkf suggested an arrangement
which he thought would meet the ap
proval of the railroads He thought there
should be a track the Great Northern,
a track for the Northern Pacific, and an
other tra< k fur the common use of ail
railroads If this were granted, he under
took to say for the Great Northern that
Its track would be built as soon as the
mill. These tracks should be as near the
w.stern margin of the street as possible,
lie also made the point that the franchise
should • x(> nd beyond the east margin of
the can? waterway to the canal waterway.
The spare available for manufacturing
space as far along as the site chosen by
the mill people was very well covered, he
Said, by the mills and foundries already
titers. Any manufacturer wishing to
cotne here in the future would have to lo
cate 1" low the east waterway, and then
In order to Ket railroad facilities there
would be the same fight with the city
council for an extension. The tide flats
Were valueless without railroads, he said.
Ponald McKensio has K|n>ken several
times before the committee against the
running of through trains on Whatcom
avenue, claiming that the property hold
ers felt It would Injure the business value
of the avenue. John !>»ary. also repre
senting tide land owners, spoke in an op
posite manner yesterday. He was opposed
to giving anything to the Northern Pa
cific. he said, but rather than lose the
mill. In the construction of which he was
Interested both as a property owner and
as a cttisen, h»> should be willing to allow
a franchise clear through to the city
limits on the south. If it w*ere necessary
to have through trains In order to get the
mill, he was in favor of taking the
through trains.
Harold Preston suggested several
Changes In the ordinance as drawn up by
the corporation* committer. H« thought It
* old expediie matters to reduce the time
allows) for th« acYptanr* of the fran
chise from ninety to ten or fifteen day#.
oim or all of the companies named.
< '"uncilman Navin wns on tho floor as
oft» n as possible anil mad# several
sj» -ehta. of which the following la a
Rumple:
"Human nature Is human nature, the
same th<> world over. S. Iflshn as pre
dominate*. The railroads want the earth
fenced and I don't blame them. I'd do
the a*;.,. thin* if I n re In th lr places.
Of course, we want to get this thing
through as soon as possible, but we don't
want to grant a franchise from now t:i|
doom's day. Corporations are always
trying " etc.
Chapman made th» clearest and most
pointed speech on the matter that wis
delivered. lie spoke of the p. !-,ts th it
hud t»en made by the railroad men and
suggested that they he noted In the
fra nch I so, They wanted the right-of-way
extended to the canal waterway; they
wanted a -eparate track each for tho
<sr» at Northern and the Northern Pa -iflc
and they wanted a franchise unlimited
as to time. These points should be *. irre.
».-at«d from the m.«ss of talk and the com
mitter should consider them and decldn
Jast what waa to be granted if the
two could not th<*n agree a compromise
should h.« effected as soon ns possible
These remarks led to a clearer under
standing •nd after McAr.il* arid Crlch
ton had Interjected m little more hard
nen*e into the d'*cu**ion. It was decided
t<> adjourn until this morning at 1<»
© lock, with the understanding that som«
conclu»l >n should be rvach-d.
out. *M/ %Tloy is I.frXiAla,
Joint Trntde ta>m-l«llnn Hellesea ft
W 111 U In the ♦ '■lf.
NFT% YORK April i' \ xanferenca of
the toard of o>ntroi and a nnml+r prc«
Identa of the . n r k lines and the bonrd of
of the Joint Traffic Association
was held In this r v today F.x-Senator
Wmuri<!« 1- J Fhel; * and Jame* p t'ar
t r all of whom »re oour sel for the asso
ciation sen present and gave their opin
ion. after goltir over the irtao ln ,i carefully.
«:s *0 the legs!!'? of th« association. a;i
* re agreed that t> e «*«.h'st n l« It cal
*r>d ought to Win Its cas* bafor« the
preme court.
Chauncev M Fepew of t K -> Near Tork
Central railroad, preside.!. The Eastern
n<ad« ». re all represented.
After adjournment It *». an-
that the hoard, acting upon the a le -<» of
Its counsel, had unanimously adopt.si r e«.
ol<itt->n« a •T>g to malnt Cn »
out the provision* of the article* of or* n
laaHon of the J ( Mnt TraTlc Asaoclat
pending a final ilsdilM by the supr> rn<-
The reaoluth>r«» also directed the
N>ard of rront»r« to take a -lion upon .. i
«ju- stlors rv'stlng to rates, and declar^l
The A lift a tine Says:
«' U I* tha *«A to cs'Jor eggs."
Wc Will Give —^
a 1 •rkaga of
EGG DIE
to ever* la<"> ti,yl;< oo**» at or store
tf « week
T*e t%rlie of t>e dye if •, .< i'| want
ar.v irg else, is Sc. ard con .una t beau
t i*\il oolurgk.
U /u PO CLP^S
—OCCi-LhiTAt... AV U
CARPETS.
stock# of r r w Csrpets e'ver s*-->wn in Bea**le. at th* lowwt price*.
Having closed out the bulk of our Carpet Stork prt<"»r to rmonl, w« now present
an entirely new of the late«t ard choicest defigr.s. % E.A ETS. AX
MINfrTFRS. noi>T BRCftSIRLS. TAFEBTRT BRUSSELS. MOQI'ETTaS, IN>
GRAINS. LINOLEUMS OIL rixCHS
CURTAIN POLES. COMPLETE. 2* F^ENTS.
Window Bvades8 v ades from I«>c up. Our gto-'k of Window Trimmings Is very Com
plete.
FREDERICK. NELSON £ Ml NRO. Rialto Block.
fur* 1 !"? that In living op to the association
ajrreemer ? the association railroads w*r«
carrying out and enfor In* the letter and
spirit of the interstate commerce act.
TMEV OBJECT TO A CH%%«E.
People Lit lac Alone the C oant Line
tall«lr4 M llh Present Time Table.
Spe< inj r>!.«p itch to the P-ist-Intellig^ncer.
WHAT»*OM. April 13 .-The n«ws That
the Great Northern railway was contem
pi-itin* a change of time in the running
of Its Coast line trains, which appeared
in today* Post-Intelligencer. meet* with
great disfavor among the merchants of
this city and other towns along ths line.
They snrue that the proposed change
than one and would not prove to be of
any advantage to the road.
It is the tntf-ntion of th<- to
call a meeting to protest against such a
chang«- in tims and pass resolutions re
questing the managers of the road to leave
the time as it now is.
Railroad and Indnstrlal \ote«.
George W. Stetson, of the Stetson A Post
Mill Company, was In Everett yesterday.
William Craig roa>l master of the Great
Northern coast line, was In the city yes
terday.
Ths ®o?>ey shingle mill, of Ballard, will
begin working next Monday, day and
niirht, with two shifts.
Gwj* Batty, of Portland, traveling
freigh; and pa.<wm>frr ;*ge n; of the Wis
consin Central, if in the city.
ft. It ft! ! chle. Pari ,1c coast agent, and
A G Barker, general agent ar Portland,
n' the S'o-thwfstern. went to Spokane
Monday night.
W. A far!* ton. commercial agent of the
Wi n.«in < -:i ral. with h< 1 luuarters at
MHw.i jkee. is an out-of-town railroad man
v.-i ting Seattle.
The West Coast Manufacturing and In
vestment Company, whose mill was partly
destroyed by fir*- a few weeks ago. started
up again Monday.
F W. Yailie. of Portland, superintendent
of the railway mail service, was a visitor
to tliis city yesterday. He went UP the
coast line of the Great Northern on a tour
of inspection
Lieut. Commanded Edward P. Taussig,
of the United States navv. arrived in the
city yesterday over the Northern Pacific,
to Join tii* roast survey steamer Patterson,
now in the harbor.
A P. ''harlton. of the Northern Pacific:
Billy M*ad, of the Northw. stern. and H.
C. ftowers. manager of the Portland hotel,
vtolted the man-of-war On gon a' the Port
Orchard dry dock y«H»rday. The party
was chaperoned by I. A. Nadeau.
Genera! Manager E. MeN»-ill. of the Or
egon Railway* ft Navigation Company,
lef: New York Monday for Portland. The
disi-at'-!.. - n: out from Roche.*!. 0 re
garding Mr McNeill's accident In that city
ire ssli to have been gr-atly exaggerated.
E. E Ellis. Pi 1 get Sound agn' of the
Vri,,n P'i -lflc and the Oregon Rallwaj .<t
Navigation Company, received a telegram
from W. H Htirlburt yesterday announc
ing th t Mr. Wlnchell. the general pas
senger -u-i-rof the I'nlon Pacific, fcill ar
rive In Seattle today.
TliP Western roads are not so confident
of th-lr success in keeping mtes from be
ing demoralised as they were some time
back. There Is onlv a small amount of
busines" moving, and all of the rond* are
after it keenly There Is a growing dispo
sition to set the business even tf some
sacrifices have to be made In order to ob
tain It. and unless the situation clears up
within a short time It Is almost certain
that s,. n .e of the ro<ds will he <*Mttlng
r*\tes and that a tight will he on all along
the line.
Notice was received at the local offices
of *he Oregon Railway A Navigation
<'en;, inv th-.t -» new t'me ca-d wl 1 so n go
In'o effect on that line East-bound busi
ness from Puget sound will nroflr by the
change, as any lay-over In Portland will
be tin necessary. The overland train will
leave at 9 p. rn , Instead of 6:>> p. m . as
This will decrease tho of ar
rival at Chicago. Om iha T>» nver and Salt
Lake City rwentv-three hour* A charge
on the Spok-tn' branch Is at o In contem
plation will connect with other lines
to the mining districts.
SVYAL CAPET* TO CO K«T.
|'.| K hl of Tlieun >«« on (he On-tnn
In Tnl»e Kinnl Ktsmlnstlon*.
On Vprll 24 naval cadets who have
for the pa«t year been stationed on the
government batfieshln Oregon, now In the
Fuget sound naval station dry dock, will
leave this city for Annapolis, where they
will stand their final examinations. They
.r• H-irris T inlng F If Rannon M J.
McCormack. J J Raby. N H. Hall. J
F Morton and F r> Karns Th<» examina
tions will be held under the direction of
the superintendent of the naval academy.
With Its conclusion, tho*e who are suc
cessful will be given rrg\ilar duty assign
ments.
Prior to th< lr enlistment with the Ore
gon. the same cadets did a year's duty
cn the Philadelphia.
IIONOK T«> WHOM HONOR I* Dir.
Seattle. April 13. IWT.
To the Fdltor: Fr »m an article In your
paper of April 11. quite a number of min
. r« a-. ! tho«e |n?ere«t< I in the r ductjon
of ores, have associated my name with a
smelting plant called the pyrlte-caloric
process. In Justice to those g#r.tlemen
who. i>erhai*s. have a process that will
greutlv reduce the expense of or< smelt
ing and mar revolutionise that special
bran h of Industry, I desire to ssy 1 am
not in *t!v manner a««.>ciated wllh It A
nutnVr of mlr* owners have called on me
to learn something of Its merits ard as I
believe honor belongs to whom honor I*
due. I a«k v •'i to make this correction
Sampling mllHrir and concentrating of
ores Is an entirely set arste branch of bus
.nea from that of smeltinr.
J H WISE.
K * era thi nt tiiiet \\ rnni.
In the bodily mechar.lsm when the liver
ge<s out of order Cofunlpatlrw.. d>a«j»ep
sla. wn:a»n|t *tk>n of the Mood, lmper
fe,-t a«s»rrl'itk>n *re certain to er.« j».
i* tt it Is easy so prevent reew
q jer f*. <r<l retnove tbr r cause. h\ a
r.Mirss *f H '••tetter's S- >warh r tt»rs.
wh:.."h Stltnulnte* the biliary organ ard
regulates l*s actlcn. n*e dlrev-t re«';lt is
a N.a; 1 ; "OCJ-v-e of the p. as Ne•• •v, t e
rits and through the sho.oder blade the
rs «ea healache, yell aness of the -kin
furred l«*>k of the tcngue. a r.l oo.jr odor
of :*-e bre»tr which t+.ar* terite liver
jswn.pla nt. S>-::ti«l d*ge«'!.->n and a regu
lar habit of body are b!*«s rigs also
C :rr I !>-. 'he use of this ejehra r<*e*.>r
t!ve f ' • il'h whirh lmpar:a a d'gree of
\-s r the body which is i:« t*e*t gunr
«•• •.- of *wfesy fr.vm m Oarlai eol<ic«ni. «
N - e weaknees and ©vertenston are r-v
--1 osl by It, ami it Improves both appetite
and #'eep
*h<»rtr»c«| Twestr-Tkree Hoars.
The r« w t». R AN »r I I'mon
time can! shorten* the time twenty-three
hours Cloae connection at Portland
Or'v ne '-ar.ge of car* between the Fi
ctile and Atlantic oc« ana. Throath Puil
mar. and tw »t sle*pin« ars to t hi.-ago
F F E1.14S €»eneral Agent
SV* F- -«? A-- ere Seat tie, and >i; p*
Avenue. Tacorr a.
(t|T—l"« 'no I'mnrltc• v—a i 7
Fr"m S-attle, tourist c?sss, 5 »,
Inc'iH.'.sg berth for train leaving 13 >
r or April IT. Sv.therft Pa>: .*l - k-t or
f.e. First avenu#.
Time 4 ar<t
Tak "s '*f"~t Sunday, Apr! '« r., w
. '• Q n. A. N. an.! ' Pi
elfc. Ct>ae .onnacitOti made at 1 t.i>-.i
(ampoalllon.
We are new p-epared to do tiro
fc-r the trade fany ireaaurel in Koeparril
Min a Brevier a-4 Prliaer &au»-
fa g :arai'<-ed Call or sJdrvaa Port
ia. » .en, er. Seaitla.
F. e*!'- • gh* much dearer in Parij
thai; ia New Y.rfc.
THE gEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER WEDNESDAY. APRIL 14.
MET THE PRESIDENT.
AMD »!!< PRESBST WHET THE
FIRST BILL W 15 SIGNED.
W. R. Gay Rrtarna Frmn the East
lll* \ tilt to Le*l Smith's Mother
-*»prfme Conrt'i Compliment to
Seattle LawyenMordlally Re
ceived by McKlnley—Politic* In
the < apltol of I m al *lgnlßrnace
—llnrleltth UorkloK on the Coal
Tariff.
W R. Gay returned yesterday from an
extended visit to Eastern cities, includ
ing Washington, New York and Boston,
and he also spent a short tirns
in the country districts of New Hamp
shire. Vermont and Main«». Mr. Gay was
s»en last night by a Post-Intelligencer
representative and chatted Interestingly
of what he had seen during his trip. He
hear 1 the argument of the SentUs coun
ty bank cases before the United States su
preme court, in which Andrew F. Bur
leigh and Harold Preston were arrayed
against Corporation Counsel John K.
Brown.
"The arguments were splendid." said
Mr. Gay. "The entire bench remained to
h» ar the speeches—a very unusual com
pliment. We were all presented for ad
mission to the tar by Senator Turner.
At th»- close of the arguments I went to
New York city."
"It was rumored here that you
East to see Levi Smith's mother"" This
was stated interrogatively.
"Well, I did see her." was the response.
"though it was not the object of my
trip. Mr. Smith thought I had better talk
to his mother, since I intended visiting the
East, anyhow She lives in Brooklyn.
Hi*r age is about 70 years and she is a
magnificent woman. He has a sister,
about 2S years old. who L* an accomplished
musician. The mother was naturally v> ry
anxious to hear of her son. I do not care
to say more on this head, as you under
stand it is a delicate subject. I can tell
you one thing, though there mly be a
surprise sprung In the Smith case.
"I have been asked since my return
what was detaining Burleigh He Is stay
ing In Washington in the interest of the
Oregon Improvement C< mpany and others
of his cli.-nts who wish the tariff raised
on coal. The tariff bill as it has passed
the house puts a duty on coal of 75 cents
per ton and on lumber of $2 per thousand.
There are some senators who favor re
ducing the duty on coal to 60 cents, but it
will certainly not go less than that.
"Senator John L. Wilson I expected to
find here upon my return «s ho told me
he was going to start for this state at
once. He has as yet made no recom
mendations for appointments, intending
to wait until he gets here While in
Washington he took us to coll on Presi
dent McKlnley, and we were well received.
"I have seldom known a case wher* a
man's pictures ar<> such a striking like
ness as are McKlnley's. They say ill
Washington that from the way he is start
ing out he will l>e the most popular presi
dent that has been in the White House
for twenty years. He goes walking about
the streets just like any man. and notices
his friends with cordiality but great dig
nity. Oh, he's polite—as polite as a basket
full of chips. He shakes hands with you
and smiles, as thot'gh you were doing him
the greatest favor in the world. While
we were In his presence he signed his
first bill. It was a measure of relief for
the sufferers from the Mississippi river
flood. As he threw down the pen his sec
ret nry took it up and asked permission to
keep it as a souvenir.
"Wllcon will have the distribution of
patronage fn the st.ate of Washington.
There ar. numerous applications for of
fice. For district .v.torr.ey a!ont there ara
sixty-six. The enly recommendation th.it
Senator Wilson has expressed an lnten
t'on of m iking Is thit of ex-Senator Ide,
for marshal. There are six or seven other
applicants for the place.
"Senator Turner treated vis very well
while we were in \Y shirgtcn. Represen
tative Jones has not -ueceodc.l yet in
getting recognition from Speaker Ree«",
hut he Is working along and will soon
make a move.
Kx 3. Nat r Squire is in New York citv.
He pave a d'nner In the Manhattan CI lib
to Senator Turner. HRrold Preston. Louis
Zeiirler and myself I also saw Col Fish
bark in New York. He wa« looking pros
perous. and «aid he wa« forming a mtn
ing syndicate and Intended returning to
Seattle, which he regards as his home.
Jsmes T. Gentry mho formerly had a law
practice In Seattle, is now In New York,
acting as attotn.fy for some Tennessee
railroad J Park Henderson is doing
very well. He has w rked up a good
practice among a clnss of people which
assures him of a steady Income.
"I also saw in New York R. J. Lam.ir
eux. the clerk of Justice Caldwell's court
who left Seattle so unceremoniously.
He had been working for R. 1. Dun A
Co . but lost his position a few davs be
f r I »w him. He was threatening to
go tO Ch|e,4gO.
"N w. there i« one other thing I want to
say 1 was astonished during the time I
sp. • t in the rural districts to note the
hard times existing among farmers
They hope for a pick up when the tariff
Mil passes, but just row they are com
plaining vigorously. I noticed evidences
of decay everywhere. There w. re broken
down fence* and rickety barns, such as
are not allowed to stand in times of pros
perity. The business men are, on the
contrary, doing better than they have
and ,ir» better satisfied. While in New
Hampshire I got four sample ears of
corn. 1 wish you could see the difference
between them and the large specimens
raised in the West. It is easy to *e*»
why the Eist .ann ■ I ir r compete wsth
the West In such products."
fiood Jndsr* 'nr
That the most satisfactory amoke for a
rfek' I Is the celebrated Havana-fW-d
Foot'lehts cigar. Jos. Rosenberg *is Yea
l»r way.
I'oinry t«» Plcsd on Friday.
SAN FR A NOT SCO April 13 -Ex-Notary
J >me# J «\*ney was formally arraigned
t lav for.- Superior Judge Wallace on
a chs-ge of perjury In conn«sctb n « th
his acknowledgment of papers known as
the Craven deed*. C.«on*y (secured a con
tinuance until Friday to r his
pVa.
*tf« ■rJ lt.<*nJo«,
Mandolles guitar* old W fins. Imported
strings a *pe :alty. Wm. Msrtius, m
S-- r.d - • u»
There, ril."
' 1 R N a- 1 Fr.'ors Parirtc new time
. ird effect April If.
If vo , sum a -iulrk ride take "The
'• I* ! » ' C c rm-> '.an at
I'ortland.
Fr k Q • ;tv- X! Mt Vernon law
yet. is at she IM er.
SAN FBAV'ISi» Apri• il-The rral
of tie »-.it r *he K air administrators vs
W-* » ra •- t tor t it a
day. A Jury *il! h. <tr*s:
Children Cry for
Pitcher's Castoria.
MINES AND MINING.
OPPORTI *ITIK9 FOR THE POOR
PROSPECTOR H THE LARDF.iI .
A Bl* District 1* British Columbia
W hrrr There Are M*ny Claims to
Be Takes I p— C«st» Little to Work
-Fortnan Madr by a Few Me*
Who Stayed by tbe District
Tkroach Hard Time#— Leads All
Carry Pay Streaks of High tirade
Ore—.Value of the Ores Twice That
of Trail Creek Ore*.
THOMPSON'S LANDING, B. C.. April
s.—Toward the north end of the West
Kootenay. B. C., n-ar the head of the
Arrow lakes llf«> a country of which little
is heard, but which is bound to become of
world-wide repute as a mineral producer.
It is a country of lofty mountain peaks,
whose heights reach above timber line
and whose summits are capped with per
petual snow and ice. It is a country of
primeval for- st, of raging torrents and of
mountain solitude. But locked within
vast stretches of rugged and passed
mountain peaks there are inexhaustible
stores of the precious metals only await
ing the prospector and the miner to reveal
and bring them forth and direct them
into th? gr«at arteries of commerce.
The name of this mining district Is the
Lardeau. It is reached from the Ameri
can side by tak.ng a Canadian Pacific
railway steamer fr-*m Northport at the
interratlonal boundary line, and follow
ing the Columbia river to Arrow Head,
thirty miles south of Revelstoke, on the
main line of the Canadian Pacific railway
thence a small steamer to the head of the
northeast arm. a distance of ten miles, to
Thompson's landing, where one finds
himself right in this great mineral belt,
which is thirty miles wide and 120 miles
in 1. ngth. From Thompson's landing the
seeker for mineral may follow up Fish
river for forty miles, with mineral all the
way. or he may travel over a good govern
ment wagon road to Trout !;;ke, a distance
of twelve miles, and find himself m the
heart of the belt.
Trout Lake City is the outfitting point
for a large extent of country, as all trails
and wagon r<>.ids to a great part of this
district center here. The "town"
consists only of two hotels, a store and a
mining recorder's ofiice. but a good deal
of business is transacted in outfitting
parties for prospecting purposes.
The district is a slate country, with in
numerable dikes of lime traversing the
country in a northwesterly diree*:on.
This lime is a dolomite of the lower car
boniferous era identical with the sime
found associated with the rich deposits of
silver-lead at Leadville. Col. Along these
lime dikes are found the rich deposits of
silver-lead ores wh;ch are destined to gtve
this district a prominence in the mining
world. The leads are all true contact
veins and can be traced for miles, giving
evidence of great permanence. The ore
bodies are. as a general rule, very large
and a concentrating variety of a good
grade galena, invariably carrying a pay
streak of gray copper averaging from 100
to 600 ounces in silver per ton. These ga
lenas all carry gold to the value of from
$4 to 520 per ton in addition to their silver
values.
l>ut it is not silver and lead alone that
will make the reputation of the Lard< au
district as a precious metal producer. The
country abounds in free milling gold
quartz, and the creeks are rich in placer
gold. There are about 100 men on L.ir
deau creek, washing gold by crude metn
ods and getting good returns. There have
Iwen no efforts made to trace this piacer
gold to the ledges from where it came, but
there have been several free milling
ledges staked by the prospectors while
looking for silver, and experts have time
and again told the prospectors that this
was a free milling gnU district, but the
prospectors seem to pin their faun to
silver and pass by the quartz, if it snows
no evidence of carrying silver, or if gold
cannot be readily detected in the rock
without an assay being made.
The first locations were made in the dis
trict in lSr»<\ when Holten, Downs and
Walker came in from Revelstoke on a
hunting trip and staked the Great North
ern. Broadview and Silver Cup. In
and 1892 there were a few locations made,
and in 1813 there were many locations
Bade throughout the district, and srveral
properties were bonded. Then came the
great fall In silver. Bonds on prop
erties were quickly dropped, faint-hearted
prospectors scurri d out of the country
by scores, siher was doomed, they said,
and it was impossible to open up the coun
try with silver at such low prices. At the
beginning of winter there were not more
than a dozen men left in the district.
The««» men held on with grim tenacity,
pinning th«*lr faith to silver and to the
Lardeau. They have since reiped th*ir
reward, for the properties have since been
sold by them for big figures. For two
years after the fall In the price of silver
claims could not be given away in the
Lardeau. The writer of this was offered a
claim for 150, which he would not accept.
It has since been sold for SJO,<»W. But in
18H timid capital, spurred on by results ob
tained in Slncan. b*gan looking
deau-ward onre more, with the result that
Several properties were bonded, and active
development b'gan.
The Home-Payne syndicate bonded the
Northern during the summer of
ISM and put men to work at once. They
have now ISO feet of tunnel on their prop
erty. which exposes a remarkably large
tody of ore with a pay-streak of four feet
of ore averaging I*o ounces silver and $.12
gold to the ton. Tho old Sonoma, on tho
same lead, has 3>*> tons of ore ready for
shipment averaging: 3"V> ounces silver per
ton. The True Fissure, also on the same
lead, and bonded by a Montana company,
ha* +V tons of high-grade ore ready for
shipment. The Sliver Cup. bonded by
I>an McGiilivray and J. Farrell. of Van
couver. is shipping this winter 4"0 tons
of ore that averages W ounc.s silver and
>34 in gold per ton. The Bad Shot, at the
head of Gay nor cre*-k. owned by Comp
be!l & Johnson, is operated by tnnnel,
which taps the lead at a depth of 125 feet,
exposing a {rood body of gray copper ore
running ■ '.;nces silver and 132 gold This
claim was staked in 3W and the owners
rieht with their property through
thick and thin, washing gold ftom the
rr»f» f. r a gr ?> *take and driving a t ;n
--nel in the summer. Their abiding faith
In their property is now about to be re
warded. They hare s2f> **> wortn of ore
sn.-ked and ready for s l lament ?r.'l have
r.= f ;«ed ar. c " rof JT" -w for then prop
erty.
The Waener-K»nnedy group. at the
he**d of He«|y creek. was located In I*>?
and was bonded In the spring of hy
C. T. l''<rter anl associates of SiK>kane
tor Tht« le an Immense showing
of or» The lead I* twenty-two feet be
tw<en walls with Ave fe*t of soli<i pslt.*,
carrylr.r ' ® ounces silver and sll ».old p»-r
ton, bes.i<-« two and a ha>f feet of gray
PI > r rr■■ tr;g 2*3 o\:r>.-e« f «„v»r p« r
ton. This is anothf-r instance of what
pluck ar<l perseverance will do. The lo
cators of this kt und stayed with it four
j..ir», jT'-Ir.sf rto their ground < very sum
mer to do their annua! assessment work,
carrying everything needf il on their
backs for *nlles over mountain
tors a~d without a tra:!. an!i coming out
every w!r.*er to stvk work, dolrc what
ever they could And to do to make a dol
lar waiting for the turn of the ' tie. The
tide has at last turned and left them com
parative, v rtch men. the Wag
n*r-Ker.n#dy *r»>up and on the «ame l*-ad
is the AM«tt group of six claims. ownM
by H. Ab- >:t. «•:perlntendent of the Cana
d nPa 1-~ ri»:!w*y at Van cuver There
has t" • n c *r»id* rable w rk d< ne on thia
gro;nd and they have opened up a good
ho»1v of verv rich ore.
I'p the n r*h fork of the Lart'iu there
arv inexhaustible quantities of concen
tra'.Sn*
L - id the *• •• -r Jiow gro .:• the Yank e
G;ri group and many other* Tt'- Jenny
I. id has a VHSt body of low gradf c*>n
or.trvtniir sp*i**r>a, but carrying a par
streak of v cry rich ore of bromide of ail
ver. The Silver ii.« is gwoed l>y W. IL
Gariock. formerly of S*»ttle. This fMm
has four immer.se ledge*. one of which
is tw»r;tT feet wide. This :s a concentrat
ing proposition of good grade ore and car
rying a pay-streak of rich bromide of sil
ver and pray copper Assays have *>een
g tten frr-m this lead running as high as
SC« ounces in silver and 534 in gold. OvT
the summit on the Fish river fcope lie the
Trapper and Hunter claims which have
been recently l>or.ded to *n Kng ish syn
dicate for J3P.O-V). This is a twenty-foot
lead of mediam-grade galena. but carry
ing a pay-«treak a«*ayirg as high as 1.137
ounces silver and PA in Below thts
is the Gem recently sold to an English
company. This is a four-foot iea-. from
which as«ays of I.W ounces in silver have
been obtained. Lying below the Gem is
the Black Bear lead, owned by Reamey
& Downing, early pioneers of this camp.
There are six claims in this croup, and
the lead can be traced the whole distance.
9,.yi0 fe#t. There has been no work done
on this lead, but the outcrop shows a
great tonnage of ore. running about
ounces in silver, besides copper and gold.
It has lately been bonded to a Toronto
syndicate for The syndicate in
tends to push development as soon as the
w-ather permits in the spring
Lying near the summit, above the Trap
per. is the Gladstone group of four claims,
having four parallel leads of great site,
and being the same veins as the Silver
Bow. which lies two miles further south.
There has been no work done on thts
property, but there is a large amount of
ore showing up on the outcrop. The Glad
stone has been bonded to a Torente com
pany for Further on is the Glen
parrv, a three-foot lead, very rich in in
timonial silver and black sulphurets. This
property was once sold for tI.VI. but can
not be bought now for many thousands.
There are forty tons of ore on the dump
that will average 450 ounces silver per
ton Th-re is but little work none on the
property, but the owners intend to push
active developments this coming sum
mer. The Lexington, at the head of Lex
ington creek, has an immense showing
of fair grade ore. There are a good many
claims staked on this lead, and many
more good showings in this basin, but this
part of the district and further north has
been practically untouched by the pros
pector. although it is well known that
there is a good deal of mineral tnrough
out the district from here to forty miles
north.
The T-ardeau district is pre-eminently a
poor man's country, as the leads all carry
pay-streaks of very high-grade ore and
the ground is easily and cheaply worked.
Where it costs S2O per foot in the Trail
Creek district, here it costs but 56. owing
to the soft formation. The value of the
Lardeau ores is twice and thrice the
value of the Trail Creek ores, and all the
leads carry gold values in addition to
tlK* silver and lead.
The day of awakening is Just dawning
for this district, and it Is just now enter
ing upon developments that will make it
a name and a power in the great mining
world.
A HIXIXO ( ESTKR.
The Rich Properties That Will Tura
Their Wealth Into Seattle's I.up.
The newspapers of Spokane, at least one
of them, seem to look upon the prospects
of Seattle becoming the chief mining cen
ter of the state with some alarm. The
Chronicle recently published an editorial
in which this city's claims In that direc
tion came in for some rather sarcastic
utterances.
Weil-posted mining men alreauy realize
that the western slope of the Cascades
Is going to furnish the richest mines in
the Northwest. Silverton. Monte Cristo,
the Sultan basin, the Miller river and
Cedar river districts In this county, and
many others are bound to make a great
showing this year. It has been stated on
good authority that Monte Cristo is now
shipping more ore than the dis
trict. And there are others, as the follow
ing from A. .1 Murphy, a mining engineer
of Orting, will show:
"I was sent two years ago by Interested
parties to examine and report upon the
prospects of the Summit mines and Gold
Hill mines. I did so. and my report was
published, and copied by a great many
mining papers, which caused a great deal
of interest among mining men In that sec
tion of the state of Washington. Quite a
number of expert mining men have visited
those properties since, and without a sin
gle exception have corroborated my report
that 'it is the greatest mining proposition
in the state.' And what is more, seven
eighths of the ore is free milling gold ore.
I made several assays on the ground, and
in no instance did I get le,ss than $lO per
ton, and as high as $220 per ton in gold. I
counted seventy-two ledges cropping out
of the ground, in going twelve mi.es, that
a pick had never be*n struck Into.
"All along the Wnlte river range I could
see with my field glass ledge after ledge,
running northerly and southerly, that
probably the foot of man has never
touched.
"Now. this talk that there are no mines
contiguous to oenttle Is all nonsense. If
Seattle bestirs herself she can become the
center of the greatest mining properties
in the state of Washington. The forma
tion is right, and the ore i.« there in un
limited quantity. It all rests with the peo
ple of Seattle whether it comes her way
or goes somewhere else. It Is at her very
doors."
SOLOM«»S DK AD.
The Fntlier of E. O. Grarri
Joins tlir Client Majority.
Mr. Solomon Graves, father of E. O.
Graves died early yesterday morning at
the residence of his son, 1130 Jefferson
street, of an apoplectic stroke Thursday
morning he was stricken and began grad
ually failing, until Sunday night he sank
into a deep stupor, from which he did not
recover. Mrs. Grave# and daughter Eve
lyn, who are at present j n Southern Cali
fornia. were telegraphed for. as was also
E Bertram Graves, of Olympia.
Mr. Graves was little known in Seattle,
although he has 1-een residing here with
his son for more than a year. When E.
O. Graves was in New York last year he
Induced his father to -com* to the Coast,
as the severe winters of the East did not
agree with him. Finding the weather here
•o beneficial he remained longer than he
expected, but would probably have re
turned East this simmer.
Besides E «>. Graves h» leave* two other
sons Dr Graves, of Nerth \V*l»s. N Y ,
a' i Charles A Grave* of Union Spring!
N. Y. The remains have been embalmed
ari will be shipped to Gravewvllle, N Y..
where tr.ey will be interred | n the family
plot. Mr#. Grs\e* and Miss Graves are
expected to arrive Friday.
Mr Graves w»s born in Oraveavllle,
Herkimer county. N. T In I*l* His fa
ther was on# of the early pioneer*, and
the little vlliaje of Gravesviile was named
af?*r hUn. Mr Graven graduated from
I"n:on col! g». S< henertady. In I*4l, t'hlof
Just e Cole. of Wisconsin. Ming one of
his cla«*ma'e* ail early friends 1U was
a iriTiVr of the state legislature and dur
ing the war was supervisor of the town
and attended to the enlisting of the re
cruit*. Aft<»r the war wai over he act-
on a farm. «n»rf he had alnoe re
st *: H< was » '>!>• known ir. the r-n
--tral part of New York being very popular
among all cla#*.*. He wa* possessed of
a fine mind ami until recent years had en
joyed the b*»st of health.
u.«.
A J T"p v • * -hir.de man of Everett
Is at tha Northern.
James Gach»s. a merchant of La Con
ner. is at the Stevens.
Henry F. Ms ier. a mining 'Xpert of Spo
kane. Is staying at the Stevens.
W I? Fife, father of < *oi. Fife is reg
istered at the North* rn from Ross Land.
K r>. Taussig, r. S. N and Mrs Taus
*.* AT'- r •-:* «»f the the Ha. .ler-Oratid
They are registered from Washington
City.
Mr ar.d Mrs F'sal S. Cook of Astoria
are g .e«t* of the S'.evens. Mr. Cook U
Interested in canneries at Astoria and An
acorte*.
Navel Cadets Ivtnnin* ~.d Hannon and
I- A Farenholt. of V - Crated Stat**
battleship Oregon, are guest* at the Kas
nler<iran«S.
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phera. of Snob mish. I. N StJI. of Coupe.
and J, Ss.mon, of L'laalady. ai; ,ua»-
btraten, a.t. . a; lis yes:?rla>.
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SHE TOUCHES BOTTOM.
WATER I* THE STREAM TOO SHAL
LOW FOR THE OREGON.
She Gronnded While \pproaohfng
the Dork Latp Sunday Night and
Bent Some of Her Frames and
Bottom l)rpart«
Bent Relieve* the Harm to lie
Sllsht—The Docking Itself a Com
plete Sneeeas.
Rumors that the battleship Oregon had
haen slightly injured just before being
docked at the Port Orchard naval sta
tion wera rii> yesterday. An Assoc! at ®d
Press dlapatch from Washington, D. C.,
confirms it.
Commander Whiting has «*nt a report
; to the navy department saying the Ore
gon had grounded while approaching tne
dock and that the vessel had bent her
frames and bottom plating in the vicin
ity of tha forward turret. The damage
is not believed to Le serious. Aside from
this slight interruption white the huge
vessel was in the stream the operation
1 of docking was a success, following is
; the Washington dispatch:
"WASH! NO TON. April 13. Word
reached the navy department today from
Commander Whiting, in charge of the Pu
get sound naval station, that the battle
ship Oregon grounded while approaching
tha dock Into which she was about u> k»
to have her bottoirv scraped and p.unted.
The dispatch adds that the ves.-v-l had bent
her frames (or ribs) and bottom plating
in the vicinity of the- forward turret, but
it did not in any other way indicate wheth
er the damage sustained had been serious.
This will be determined by a. thorough in
vestigation which Secretary Long has or
dered to be made by Naval Constructor
Capps, who was the government represen
tative at the Union Iron Workf and who
• had b*>en sent to Puget sound with a gang
of men from the Mare island navy yard
to scrape and paint the vessel. His orders
are to report the amount of damage done
and the estimated cost of repairs.
"The impression at the navy department
Is that the accident occurred some time
yesterday afternoon, and that later In tho
day the officers of the vessel probably
succeeded In getting the vessel off the
ground and inside the dock. The Oregon
had been in the water over a year, and
had been waiting for the spring tides to
take to the dock. She was in command
of Capt. Barker, who had Just been re
lieved from duty at the Mare island yard
and was on his first voyage on the Ore
gon. The Puget sound dock is the only
one on thr- Pacific coast large enough to
accommodate a ship the size of the Ore
gon.
"The opinion of Commodore Hiohborn.
ol the construction bureau, from the inf >r
mation at hand, is that the damage to the
ship Is not serious, and even should some
of her frames be bent, that necessarily will
not require that they be repaired at tho
dock. Should this b* necessary, however.
It would require considerable time, as me
chanics would have to go there from the
M*r« island yard.
"The Oregon Is a first-class battleship
and has cost the government nearly It
ftOO. She l« feet long on the load water
line. feet 3 inches extreme breadth. Is
of tons displacement, and has a crew
of 473 officers and men."
It is understood that the water will all
be pumped out of the Mock today, so that
the extent of the damage may be discov
ered. The docking Itself was a perfect
success. A naval officer connected with
the station said yesterday: "Of all the
dockings 1 have ever witnessed, that of
the Oregon was the most successful."
SERIOUSLY IXJL'RED.
Mike Breslln flnffrrlng From Ondl
hff'» llnril Hlovr.
The condition of Mike Breslln. the ob
streperous ex-flreman who held police
officers at bay for over an hour Monday
night. Is quite serious. All day yesterday
and last night he was In a cnmatosf con
dition and apparently suffering (treat
pain. He is possessed of a wonderful
physique though, and has been In ordeals
that would have killed an ordinary
man. so ther* Is a good chance thnt he
will pull through.
The Injuries from which l.reslln is suf
fering were inflicted by Detective Cudl
hce. who after trying e\ ythlng tn his
power to subdue the deis, nlacal ex-flre
lighter, struck him on the left eye with a
large rock, and this after Breslln made
several savage lunges at the detective
with a dang»rous-looking knife. At one
tim» r*idlh»« was compelled to pull his
revolver, but th» sight of it only roused
the lr* of th« •••mlng'.y crazed
and brought forth a more vicious lunge
than befsre. A small boy saw Cudihee
looking for sometnlng to hurl at the man
who had defied th# world to take him.
and guessing what be was after took him
a rock about the sire of a man's hand.
Cudlh»» Immediately shied the rock,
striking Breslin square on the left eye.
The blow did not knock Pr< slin down at
the time, he staggering outside the door
before falling. He was picked up and
tnk"n to jail.
I>r. Eames, city physician, dressed the
wounds yesterday afternoon at n»ad
quart«*rs. The eve la entirely closed.
Th»re Is a cut over the eyebrow ana an
other on«*. long and deep, under the eye.
It wa« lmpos>«lhle to tell Just how bndly
the *ye was Injured, or whether th* skull
was affiled, but one thing is certain,
and that is that the man is badly hurt.
No blama is attached to Cudihee. who was
to r»- >rt to some s ich measure In
er«ser to place hSs min under arrest.
The ltteat r*« lit* of pharmaceutical
sr |mr» and the h»«t mo !ern app i + r.cm are
ava >d of In oompotindinif Ayer's Sar*a
parllla. Hen'-e. t>r»'i grM a balf-centu y In
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of the »f» In all rh*t goea to mak» It the
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K«iner«l of llanley 1.. Knnea.
Th» f;ineral of Hanley 1,,. Rann win
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