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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1902
Page
7
IHD Mining News notes miscellaneous items from the past week. It reports that United States refined lead output in 1901 reached 3,181,688 short tons, with American production at 270,700 short tons, close to 1900 levels, while district outputs varied.
In Trail the Canadian Smelting works plans to relight furnaces dark since last fall while nearby mines such as Golden Monarch at Ymir and St Eugene at Moyie adjust operations. The North Star leads attention with active shipping, 85 workers under Parker, plus new ore bodies revealed by the diamond drill. Boundary ore shipments rise as Mother Lode and Granby push output. a new Mother Lode quarry shows promising copper-bearing carbonate ore.
Reports from Colorado Springs indicate W A Stratton in critical condition while a rich strike is reported at Stoney Creek seventeen miles west of Phillipsburg Montana. Portland Gold Mining Co opens gold bricks at a Colorado mill as Comstock plans a 50 ton Park City Utah mill. Gold-Bug Grizzly in eastern Oregon moves toward active work in days. Roy Clarke of Spokane secures bonds on Pine Squirrel Mountain Rat Elkhorn and Black Tail in Kendall district Montana. Washington coal output not affected by California oil. Vindicator mine shipped 1500 tons in August plus leasers to reach 2500 tons. Tom Thumb mine in Republic sent 100 tons to Granby smelter. Golden smelter Colorado expands capacity, expected within three months. Pending Cougar mine sale rumored at 2000 in Granite district Oregon. Allis-Chalmers issues latest update.
Escalating mining news reports a new No 4 Gold and Silver Milling catalogue to be mailed on postage receipt. The Echo group in Methow district changes hands with new eastern investors ready to start development. Kennedy Hanley wins damages in the Skookum mine case. San Poil mine ships ore valued at 17.80 per ton. Iconoclast mine near Keller remains active in limited work. Buffalo Hump camp shown as a future leading producer under E S Kinney. Mrs Mary Judge funds Judge Memorial Home for Miners in Salt Lake City.
A conference of prominent state Republicans featured Senator Pilati announcing the group endorsed Roosevelt and his administration for 1904. Senator Platt noted no other topics were discussed and the endorsement drew minority opposition but ended nearly unanimous. George W. Dunn said the committee backed the president for 1904 after extensive review.
Washington Sept 16 The navy department received the board's report on injuries to the Brooklyn The damaged compartments leak slightly outer bottom plating remains intact and easily repaired It is estimated eight percent of the outer plating damage may be fixed Repairs would cost 42500 and the ship would be laid up in drydock for three months.
Luther W. Shear district agent for a life insurance company who vanished on June 11 with alleged forgeries and debts totaling $60,000 has returned to Muskegon Michigan and says he will plead guilty. He adds he was tired of wandering.
Washington reports Treasury actions to boost liquidity in New York banks facing unprecedented Western demand. Secretary Shaw plans to release about 4 million in treasury holdings and designate temporary depositaries, allowing banks to pledge bonds for further circulation while avoiding high bond premiums. He sees no currency famine and notes efforts to anticipate October interest and accelerate checks to bondholders.
Kingstown Saint Vincent September 16 An official at Chateau Belaire says the Soufriere's new crater, quiet until now, is ejecting a black smoke plume indicating volcanic activity.
R G Dun & Co weekly review notes industrial activity at a peak with many new factories expanding capacity and idle shops reopening after labor disputes. Transportation growth outpaces demand, crops rise while commodity prices fall about 8.5 percent, retail trade improves, but wheat stocks are low and frost fears loom. US failures total 205. Canada 22. Wheat quotes cited for Portland Walla Walla and Tacoma bluestem and club prices.
The statistician's report cites September 1 crop conditions across corn wheat oats and regional states. Corn stands at 84.8 down from August and well above 1901 but below the ten year average. oats at 87.2 with a noted potential quality shortfall. The report also notes large oat production yet concerns over quality and regional variations in averages and deficits. In St. Louis the grand jury continues the lighting scandal inquiry with 18 delegates indicted. Charles F. Kelly plans to surrender to Circuit Attorney Folk amid the doodle fund controversy.
Forest fires across Washington state send thick smoke over Seattle on September 15, inflaming eyes and congesting lungs. Gas and electric lights stay lit while streetcars run with headlights. On September 14, Kalama reports fires on the Lewis River destroying five logging camps and homes, with multiple deaths and many campers missing. Dimmick jury reports disagreement in mint theft case. Prince Ye of Korea arrives in Delaware to attend Ohio Wesleyan University.
Armour & Co leaders in a vast meat packing merger that would rank second only to the steel trust in size. The plan would capitalize the combined firms at about 26 times last year’s earnings with Cudahy Co shares valued at $21 million and Armour stock near $200 million. Swift & Co and Swarzchild & Sulzberger would receive tens of millions in stock, while byproducts and allied industries would come under full control.
Tacoma reports a dramatic Republican state convention clash over a proposed appointive versus elective rail commission. The fight lasted five hours on the floor and committee, ending with adoption by acclimation of the McBride plank. State ticket includes Cushman, Jones, Humphrey. Hadley for justice. Separately in New York, Samuel Gompers says a donor gave $1000 to aid striking coal miners.
Colonel John G. Garnett a West Point graduate and former Confederate artillery colonel under General Lee was found dead at the Ross hotel in New York. He died by taking carbolic acid, a self induced death. Garnett was a prominent southerner in New York and a Wakefield plantation native in Virginia.
Pekin dispatch reports Paul Lessar advising the Manchurian commander to expel British imperial customs staff likely to take charge of postal service. In Dayton Washington a harvesting accident injures James Keller as his leg is torn by a combine feeder.
Kid McCoy offers a forfeit of 000 for a potential match with Bob Fitzsimmons and proposes the amount stand as a side bet if the bout is arranged. Captain William Goulding of the British ship General Gordon was killed in Oakland by a falling lumber pile.
A Chicago Record-Herald poem notes Cecil an eight year old boy visiting a rural family. The speaker jokes about Cecil’s limits in farm tasks and his fear of animals while acknowledging he can fight. The piece reads as playful verse on a city boy amid country life.
Railroad engineers on the Rio Grande report wrecks foreseen by wives dreams and odd omens. One veteran recalls a wife warning of a fatal crash just before a substitute drove the engine that later crashed, killing the crew member. Belief in unlucky dates, notably July 13 and December 31, appears tied to multiple past accidents.
A New York Times reprint recounts a grandfatherly ancestor famed for firm character who as a small child refused a powerful medicine. A physician’s exasperation echoes through time as the boy kicks away the cup, and a later note references the Detroit River as a major freshwater outlet. A quip about Americans and Greeks closes the piece.
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