Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1901 — STRIKE OF GOLD ORE [ARTICLE]

STRIKE OF GOLD ORE

DESERT LIZARD LEADS PROSPECTORS TO WEALTH. Uick Favor* Discouraged Men Who Were About to Give Up Search —Government Report of Good Crop Proa* pecta Pnts Life Into Trade. A great find Of gold has been made in the hills west of the old Vulture mine, not far from Phoenix, Ariz., by Daniel Johnson and William Edgerton, two New York prospectors. They have been prospecting for nearly a month, had found no trace of good ore and were about ready to give up in despair. One morning after breakfast they sat under a tree on the hillside and smoked in silence, neither caring to discuss their hard lnck. A long, swift lizard of the desert dropped from a limb and alighted on Johnson's back. He awoke from his reverie in time to see the swift lizard dart into a hole near by. "By Jove, that's a big fellow. I want him,” ejaculated Johnson, and with his pick he began to open the hole in the ground. After half a dozen blows Edgerton reached into the cavity and drew out a small piece of stone speckled with bits of gold. Another and a dozen larger pieces followed, some with small nuggets as large as pin heads and all of them full of the free gold in beads and wire. The young men aat down and wept for joy. They uncovered two feet of a vein. They sent 6ome of the rock to Phoenix and it assayed nearly $1,200 to the ton. They have refused $40,000 for their find.

MORE CONFIDENT BUSINESS TONE Trade la Invigorated by Government Prophecy of Large Crops. “Confirmation by the agricultural bureau of recent private estimates of the wheat qrop has given to business a tone of greater confidence. Retail operations both East and West are larger and distribution of merchandise by the whofe’aale trade is increasing in dry goods and boots and shoes. The labor situation is gradually mending with the appreciation of the fact that in some directions manufacturers would be glad of a temporary shut-down of works.” The foregoing is from the weekly trade review of R. G. Dun & Co. It continues: "Wheat declined to a more reasonable level with the withdrawal of speculative support. The government report of condition of June 1 was chiefly responsible. A crop this year equal to the greatest ever harvested was indicated by the official statement. Failures for the week numbered 179 in the" United States, against 162 last year, and 23 in Canada, against 21 last year.”

PROGRESS OF THE RACE. Standing: of Leae»e Clubs iu Contest for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National League: W. L. W. L. Pittsburg ...27 18 Cincinnati ...20 20 New Y0rk...21 10 Brooklyn ....20 23 St. L0ui5....24 20Boston 15 20 Philadelphia 22 20 Chicago 17 29 Standings in the American League are as follows: W. L. W. L. Chicago ....29 15 Baltimore ...17 19 Detroit .....25 19Philadelphia. 19 22 Washington. 19 lOCleveland ...15 25 Boston 21 17 Milwaukee ..15 27 Fmiles When Found Guilty. At Upper Sandusky, Ohio, Locke Foster was found guilty of the murder of William C. Johnson. He smiled when the verdict was announced. The case gained notoriety by reason of the presiding judge restraining newspapers from publishing the testimony. A now trial will be asked on the grounds that the defendant was denied a public trial. Ten Persons Hurt in Cyclone. A cyclone passed over the southeast corner of Beadle County. S. D., injuring ten persons and destroying much property. The McCormack farm house was demolished and Mr. McCormack and wife and three children were seriously injured. Dives Sixty-two Feet to Save Live«. "Jack” Smith, a former member of the Seventeenth United States infantry, leaped from a Big Four bridge at Columbus, Ohio, into the Scioto river, a distance of sixty-two feet, and rescued two men from drowning. Baldwin Vets Out for Pole. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin has started on his journey to the north pole. He sailed from New York on the Friederieh Der Grosse. At Perth Mr. Baldwin will go to Dundee, where the America, flagship of the expedition, awaits his arrival.

Mr*. Kenue !y la Guilty. In Kansas City Mrs. Lulu Trince Kennedy was found guilty of murder in the ■econd degree by the jury trying her case. Her punishment was fixed at ten years In the penitentiary. Many Persons Crushed. Seventeen persons were injured, some of them seriously, by the sudden collapse of a grand stand on the grounds of the Chicago Normal School, Normal Park, Chicago. Plntt Not a Candidate. Senator T. CJ Platt of New York, broken by ill health and family bereavements, announces that under no conditions will he again be a candidate for the Senate. Cleveland Man Commit* Suicide. George Baird, local cashier for the New York Life Insurance Company, committed suicide by inhaling illuminating gas in his room in Cleveland. Officials of the insurance company say that so far mm now known Baird’s accounts are all right. Grand Jury Indict* Fl-e. Indictments have been returned against l4Uit Salsbury, city attorney of Grand Rapids, Mich., und four others accused of bribery in connection with the water works deal.