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The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07
SILVER IN THE HOUSE.
An Organized Effort to Secure Some Sort
OF Legislation.

Washington dispatch says; There Is to
be an organized effort in the House after the
holiday recess TO bring about some sort OF
financial legislation. 1t Will probably take
the shape of an attempt to repeal the sherman
law under which the government Is pur-
chasing 81 10000 ounces OF silver per year
The opponents OF free coinage believe that
this law Is daily menacing the securities OF
the government and inevitably leading 10 gi-
ganilc losses Mr., Harter, OF Ohio, one OF
OF the most pronounced champions Of the re-
peal OF this law, will make 1t his special bus-
nc-s during the recess to cndeavor to mold
the public and congressional sentiment 70 that
favorable action may be taken as soon after
recess as possible.
For this reason he will not return TO Ohio to
enjoy the holiday festivities, but will be
found ut various places throughout the east.
where he may be most useful IN advocating
the repeal OF the law
On the other hand the friends of silver arc
not less active, and expect TO see a frcc-coln-
age hill forging to the front, before many
days OF the new year have passed. Mr.. Stew
art said only the other day that he expected a
frcc-coinage bill would soon be called up for
n vote. His amendment to the bill OF Mr.
Hill, which provides for the repeal of the
Sherman act, makes that measure practically
a frce-coinage bill, and Mr.. Stewart thinks
that when 1t comes TO vote II will pass
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07

The greatest project yet originated ut Grip
pie Crecl, has now been developed and set in
motion, SAYS the Denver San. 1t is nothing
less than the tuuueling Of Bull Mountain by
the Electric Tramway and Tunnel Company.
by which this enterprise will pierce the rich
est portion of the camp at depth OF l,2co
feet from the summit, and will start from u
location ut the base of the hill on the west
SIDE.
The company owns seven acres of land adj
Joining. on which a large mil Is to be erected,
aud which will be run by electricity.
This Will also he furnished 10 the adjoining
mine, and their ores received for treatment AZ
the Mill by means Of chutes and chambers
connecting with the tunnel, which VIII be
double backed for that purpose. The tunnel,
on which II large force is working. IL already
In thirty feet and sclldly timbered, and there
Il little doubt but that this will prove most
valuable addition to the existing facilities OF
the camp II is not at present the intention
of the directors, who are known mining men
to throw u share Of stock on the market.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07
a BLIZZARD IN KANSAS.
nrisznne Itain rouow.u ny sn"'- ----i
Colder Weather.

Kansas, Oklahoma and the Southwest gen
orally experienced genuine blizzard Christ
mas day, which threatens not only TO block
railroad travel and telegraph communication
but also to do great damage to stock on the
ranges in Southern Kansas aud the strip II it
continues many hours.
Saturday night II drilling rain began
early ia the evening which continued until
almost daylight when it gave way to driving
snow, the wind having meantime shifted
around to the northeast aud the temperature
grown many degrees colder The snow kept
up I'll dag aud before night 1t had developed
Into a regular blizzard coming straight out
Of the frozen regions OF the Northeast sew
cral inches of snow fell and drlfted badly.
Scattering reports from Kansas and the
Southwest generally show that the railroads
are IN trouble from the driftcd snow Ia the
cuts on the prairie, and that, as a rule, trains
are many hour late throughout that territory.
Ono train on the Kansas Central and one on
the Missouri Pacific are reported abandoned
and hardly any attempt Is being made to run
freight trains on the lines west from Kansas
{ ItY
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07
GENERAL MINING NEWS.


Iasha now claims to have discovered within
b,r borders extensive diamond fields. ihls
vas expected of her, after finding sapphires,
rnbIes and opals. In order TO properly rouhu
ont the lis. Of her valuable discoveries 1t only
remained for her to find diamonds. Inc
mace where the discovery is said TO have been
made Is one that possesses the proper charae-
terist,cs. II diamonds are, as suppose" IN
Lou,h Africa, Of volcanic origin. Jae dia-
monI fields are reported to be on Snake
river near the mouth of the Brcuneau,
stream that comes in from the high east and
,yesl divide near the Nevada line. Just above
This poInt OF the Snake river, are the great
snake eiver beds. These are principally on
the north side of the river, while on the south
side Is an immense mcs1- About the lava
field, are many sinks, and these may be OF
the same kind that in the South Africa dia-
mond fields are known US pans. Inc
country around the head waters of the Bru-
mean Is made up of extensive stretches oil Ia
bic lands. Ca these vol ,anic mesas in the
Owyhee country. and mp about the Shoshone
Indian reservation, prospcctors scouting out
fruu Nevada have found many fine moss az
stcs. wood opals garnets and black and red
snInel- Thus 1t will be seen that the re-
ported diamond fields are in areGion In which
the common gem stones OF the country are
abundant on the surface of the mesas and ele-
waited flats. II diamonds have actually been
found in Idaho the people of the Atlantic
States Will ,!oubtlcst ind some way in which
they can be Misunderstanding Rerie1.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07

Governor Calcord OF Nevada, speaking of
the dispatch stating that nearly all the quartz
mills on the Carson river had shut down and
chat tiIuir VAS a general depression In Nevada
owing to the low price Of silver, said:
This is all true, and may add that VIC
have not now dlyldcnd-paying silver mine
in Nevada. There Is not one Of the Com
stock niucs paying. Even the Consolidated
Virginia has not paid dividend for five or
six months. II has taken out 100000 or 500
600 month. hut the expenses are more than
this. Many mines are not working nj all, and
Of those that do, none are paying. There are
no additional expenses. either, aud no hold
lug over OF dividends purposey. The situa-
ton Is that, with silver reduced TO so and -
ctnts, as 1t has been lately and is now. they
cannot work the mines at profit with low
grade ores. Of which We have many. Silver
at such price cuts both ways We will have
to find higher grade ores or quit mining.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07

Judging from the accounts thus Tar re-
coived, a rich and extensive placer mining
region has been discovered ON the san Juan
river, San Juan county, Utah. san Juan
river lies south of the Colorado, OF which
river il is II tributary. The San Juan runs FOR
a long distance through a rugged mesa
country. aud the gold is found in the bar. OF
the stream and in Its bordering banks. Inc
piaccrs are much like those OF Snake river,
Idaho, but the gold is eoarscr, the grains De-
ing from the size OF rifle powder 10 such as
arr coarse as blasting powder, with occasional
flat pieces still larger. 1t IS supposed That
rich veins of gold bearing quarlz'wili be
found about the hcadwaters OF the san Juan,
and its large tributary creeks.
Prospcctors are Hooking to the new diS-
ings from three directions, VIZ: Arizona, Al
buquerque aud Southwestern Colorado. ltis
said that the best and shortest route j. via
Dolores station, forty miles south OF kleo.
Dolores Is just scycnty-fiye miles from Bluit
City Utah, and there is good wagon road
via Cortcz and McElmo canon TO biuii CITY.
The gold placers begin only fifteen miles
down the river from Bluff CITY, and extend
for scyenty-iiye miles, the greater portion OF
the distance the river running through box
canon. but wherever there arc bars IN the
river there is pay dirt.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07

David Ritter was shot and instantly killed
by p. p. shafYter on Sunday night. The trag-
edy occurred at Shaiter's ranch, near Cres-
we'll. in the western part OF Jefferson county
The weapon used was a shotgun, the whole
charge from which entered Riitcr's head.
The causes which lead TO the tragedy are not
known. but 1t is understood that shaiiter
claims that Ritter threatened TO stab nm anu
that he was forced to shoot in sell defense
There were no witnesses to the shooting inc
two men lived alone on the ranch and AFTER
he had killed his man Shaiiter calmly lay
down and slept within few feet OF the corpse
apparently undlsturbed by its proximity.
As shafiter is VIGOROUSLY quarrclsome ana
known to be addicted 10 drinking, 1t is be-
lieyed that Ritter murdered without
proyocaiion. The coroner's jury brought in
a verdict that the killing was Intentional and
felonious ShafItcr is in jail.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07
PANIC ON A FERRY BOAT.
Two Persons In Their Fright Jump INTO
the Water But Are Rescued.

Shortly after midnight Monday morning
the ferry boat Fanwood, from jersey ei'y,
heavily loaded with passengers, crushed INTO
the ferry house at the foot Of Liberty street.
New York. While going at full speed inc
eccentric got out of order, and the engineer
was unable TO stop the vessel, which was also
aided In It's passage by heavy gale.
y panic among the passengers ana the 4c'
people waiting on the dock cnsued. People
on the dock were crush in their Wild rush
for safety. but none were fatally injured.
The passengers were standing at the lor-
ward. end when the accident occurred Mrs
Leamans, an old lady, with her srand-iaush-
ter, Ethel. and two sons, Edward and Harry
were pushed forward. The girl, becoming
frightened, leaped overheard The grand
mother followed TO save her. Two men leap
ed into the water and held the two up In tue
lev water until ropes were thrown them, Whet
they were rescued. The old lady's condition
IS critical John Mason OF Jersey City, was
frightfuIIy cut by pieces Of a huge mirror II
| the ladies' cabin which broke and ieii OF
him. Several others were badly bruised ahe
throw down.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07

There Is nothing new in the situation
among the Hollanders near Alamosa. There
Is great improvement in the sick. No more
deaths are likely to occur, and many oil the
sick have recovered, consequently a better
spirit prevails. The committee of five, which
represents the colonists, have cabled the
president of the immigration company that 1t
is Us cless for him TO come over, and he has
abandoned the trip when just ready to start
\ day or two promises TO sec settlement OF
the colonists on land south of Aiamosa.
Ii has been reported that 200 more Holland
ers are on the way over, but the leaders
among the colonists say this IS not true al
though the story comes straight from Van
der Hoogt.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07
THE CRISIS IN PARIS.
4 Number of Former Ministers ana W.
uties to be Prosecuted for As'
eeivin1 Brides.


The Chamber OF Deputies was the scene OF
the greatest excitement on the 2oth owing "
the request Of the governmental that pefmiss'ou
be granted for the prosecution OF NUMBER Vi
members including N. Rouvier, e1-minis'er
of finance, and NJ Jules Roche, e1-minls'e' oi
commerce. The permission was erahteu AZ
ter n scene of the widest confusion, IN winch
NJ Clemenceau and Others hurled insults oacA
and forth, The immediate result Will be sew
eral duels.
The people are profoundly stirred by the
deyelopments so far made and 1t IS hard 10
tell where the matter will end.
The Paris correspondent OF the Lonuoh
Times says: Tuesdays sensation ecl!pses all
previous developments in the Panama cahai
affair NJ Rouvler. in spite OF the eloquence
OF his opening words, gave away his case III i
strange fashion. VI. Clemenceau's defense Oh
NJ Herr was one of the finest speeches hearu
during the present crisis. What is now oc-
curing *. however, merely PRELUDE. An
French history proves that such periods oil
trouble are precursors Of revolution.
$50 far the streets quiet, but the silence
warrants distrust The semblance oil force
displayed by the government Is simply the re-
suit OF weakness. strong government
never would have submitted to the dictates oil
Is worst enemiee. Those trying to s"iH"
| power know how to handle the masses and
when once found. the watchword VIII soon
draw the populace into the streets anu inc
demonstrations will begin. / sec nothing 10
| stop them
Another rumor Is that the officials and dep
utles, as well as civilians, connected with the
Panama scandal have had ii intlmated TO
| them that their salvation lies in an es-
pousal Of royalist schemes and that all OF
their oiIenses will be coudoned If they Will
consent TO betray the republic. Some conf
dence is placed by well Informed people IL
both these rumors and 1t ia apparent thai
royal agents have assumed an activity they
had not displayed for years, and there is also
| evidence that royalist money is again anoat
Should affairs take a turn favorable to
coup d'etat in behalf of royalty, 1t is proba
Bile, according to current report, that th'
young Duke of Orleans would be selected u
lead the attack. The young duke is more
| popular than any other member OF his family
and his offer to serve In the army as con
, script until he became OF age made goo'
impression. The difficulty In the way oil
| royalist coup Is that there are no signs OF dis
loyalty In the army. VI. De Freycinct, III
minister of war, is untouched by the scandal
that have touched his colleague, Rouvier, ant
he has the devoted and loyal attachment
the generals In higher command.
At present the monarchists seem TO be di
| rectlng their efforts chiefly TO tanning the eN
element among the deputies and sowing III
seeds OF Jealousy, fear and suspicion. The.
are apparently confident that the breakdown
Of the Ribot ministry would be followed by
revolution with all its opportunities for re
turning of the house OF Orleans TO power
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07
A lilo GrAnde Wreck.

The Denver IS Rio Grandc pay car, west
ward bound, WAS wrecked in Marshall Pass
on Sunday aficrn Don, the fireman, James
Lewis, being instantly killed, and the engi-
neer, William Shaw, sustaining severe inju-
ries. The two men lived in salida. There
were three Denver men on the train, Paymas-
ter James O'Conncr. Conductor II. r. Aiken.
who lives at 1641 California street, and the
cook, whose name could not be learned. None
of these were much injured, receiving only
slight bruises. The road was supposed to be
and had been reported in good condition and
there was no !ntimation that anything WAS
wrong till the engine jumped off the curve
and plunged down the little embankment.
The car was carried only partially with 1t and
did not turn over.
The shock and momentary confusion over,
the men In the car scrambled out and down
the bank to where the engine lay smoking and
steaming and pressing the life out of poor
Fireman Lewis. They found him caught un-
der the boiler, dead. Shaw was entanglcd In
the wreck Of his cab, moaning with pain and
terribly broken and mangled. But he was
alive and has chance Of recovery
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07

The Nebraska Supreme Court has refused
to issue the writ asked for In the Clay county
contest cases, thus throwing the matter out
of the courts. The cases were brought by
the Republicans, who tried to secure n writ to
compel the clerk of Clay county to issue Ger
tificates 10 the three Republican candidates OF
the legislature instead of the independents
who were elected on the face OF the returns
The basis for the appeal to the courts was the
fact that the names of the Independent can
didates were printed twice on the tickets
The Republican hopes Of capturing the legis-
lature have been shattered by this decision.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07

The most powerful electric plant ever yet
constructed for mining purposes has been re-
celved at Telluride. 1t was built by the
Westinghouse company of fitt-hursr for the
San Miguel Consolidated Gold Mining Com
pany and will be used TO operate their 10
stamp mill on bear creek the iO-stamp Cod
King mill, and the 30-stamp Turkey creek
mill. The generating dynamo is OF 40
nominal horse power, but will work up TO "po
horse power The armaturc OF this dynamo
weighs Il. 900 pounds. This massive maohln-
cry will be unloaded and set up as soon ~.
possible The distance between the power
station and the i2O-stamp mill is eleven miles
and It is expected to transmit the required
power to operate 1t with loss of less than
per cent
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07
WILL BE PROFESSOR HARRISON
Tho President Under Engagement to
Give Lectures at Stanford
University


Senator Stanford confirms report that
President Harrison has been engaged to give
lectures at the Stanford University In Cali
fornia.
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Washington Mr.. Harrison will so to Cali
fornia and deliver course OF lectures. lie
will probably lecture each term, and 1t Is his
design to make his home at Palo Alto durlns
the winter. lie will occupy the same place
as did Professor Andrew ID. White, the ex-
president of Cornell University, who was
compelled to resign because OF his recent ap-
pointment as minister to Russia.
The senator's secretary, Mr.. Nash, added:
~ do not understand that President Harrison
would necessarily make his permanent home
there. He would be a nonresident member
OF the faculty as Professor White was, and
would make trips there. His lectures, SO far
as understood, would have wide scope.
Anything he desires to lecture on would meet
the appreciation OF Senator Stanford. Thi.
lies entirely between President Jordan aut
President Harrison
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07

The shipments of ore from Creole for De-
ccmber will be very large.
The Bellevue mine shipped 500 sacks OF ore
to Georgetown last week.
Rich strikes are constantly being made In
the Magnolia mine in Boulder County.
Ward Is shipping large quantities of ore
with but 4 small number of men at work
The mills at Cripple Creek now working or
being built will be able to treat 325 tons per
day.
A contract has been made by the National
Belle with the Standard Sme.ter at Durango
for ) carloads day. The working force Is
being increased and the mine promises To be
the busiest in the county for the coming half
dozen months.
pany VS.. the Enterprise Mining Company,
which has bccl pending in the United States
Circuit Court for some weeks, Judge Halleit
has handed down his decision, ruling that
Jumbo III. does not extend into Vestai terri
tory and referring other questions of fact to 4.
jury.
Twenty cords of low grade stamp mill ore
from the Nimrod mine was crushed which
produced gold upon which one of the banks
in this city advanced $500. The mill ore
yielded 20, 2235 pounds Of tailings or concen-
trates for which Sl3.29 per ton net was re-
ccivcd or sl32 OF for the lot. The total of the
returns received foots up 5000. 33.-Cen,ral
City RtgiSterCdN.
The 1lium mill Mt OphIr started up Tuesday
on 50O-ton run OF gold quartz from locn-
ton known as the Buttes. Here Is found ar
enormous elbow out'' of quartz covering 15O
acres, that can be worked as an open quarry.
recurring no timbering and but little powder
This run is being made by direction of Cen
aral Manager Num- OF the San Miguel Con-
solidated, who Is assured of the capital ncces.
sary to erect 25O-stamp mill for the treat
ment OF this immense orc body provided 1t
Will yield return OF 50 per ton or even n
little less. The run will be made under the
supervision of w. W. Hooper. superinterdent
Of the Sheridan mill at Pandora.-75S srfds
The Work Mining Company of Cripple
Srsek claims to have $4,000 woI III of ore ia
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07

General f. c. Warren of Montana says In
regard TO the gold scare; This scare about
SO much gold leaving the country does not
frightcn residents OF Montana who know the
mineral possibilities of the state. Why, Mon
tana can produce sl5O,0o0,0D0 year in gold
II forced to do 1t. There are no less than
1000 gold properties in the state which are
paying claims. From these mines Montana
alone can produce gold enough TO pay the
national debt. While we believe In free and
unlimited coinage of silver, and that this
country can consume the entire product Of
silver, we admit that II silver should get to 90
cents an ounce II would close every silver
mine IN Montana and force our miners to
turn to gold mining.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07

In reply to a request from General Booth.
commander of the Salvation Army, General
Sir Frederick Ponsonby, the Queea's private
secretary, and keeper Of the privy purse, has
grets her inability to subscribe to the fund
being raised by General Booth for the purpose
Of providing dinner for the poor on Dccem-
Der %.
A private secretary to the Prince of Wales,
70 whom similar request was sent, expresses
the Princes sincere sympathy with General
Booths project, but says that the Prince has
instructed him TO inform General Booth that
he Intends to distribute his Christmas aims
through the usual channels employed by him,
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07
SHOT BY HER SISTER.
Terrible Wounds Accidentally Inflicted
by Little Girl.

by n Little Girl.
4Monday morning the s-year-old daughter
of John Kroeber, who lives at Sand Creek five
miles north of Denver, shot her 11-year-old
sister, and the girl will probably die Of the
wound.
The shooting was accidental and occurred
while the father and mother of the children
were away and they were alone in the house.
About 1880 the hired man hitched up a
team 10 haul some hay from the stack, which
is some distance from the house. to the barn,
As the nelghborhood abounds In rabbits, he
loaded gun with she'll cartridges to take
along with him
When he had the horses hitched to the
wagon he called 10 the youngest girl, who
was watching him from the doorstep, to go
into the kitchen, where he left the gun and
bring 1t out to him, The child went inside.
She took hold of 1t by tho arst place that came
to hand, which happened to be tho trigger.
In this manner she dragged the gun across
the foor. 1t her haste to get out the little
girl tripped and fell, The gun going on as she
tumbied. The shot passed through the panel
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07

A special from St. Joseph, Missouri, says:
In the Federal Court Judge Parker sentenced
George W. Howell and Edward Tibbetts to
eighteen months in the penitentiary and each
to pay fine of 1900. Both men are mem.
bers OF the big lumber firm Of Howell, Tib-
belts e Co., with yards In st. Louis, Chicago
and Atchison, Kansas. Both were convicted
at the last term Of the court on the charge of
violating the Interstate commerce law and
they were accused Of underweigAing lumber
shipped over the Rock Island road, thus Sc
curing lower freight rates.
An appeal was also taken ia the United
States Supreme Court, and both were re-
leased on bond.
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07

Another very serious accident occasioncd
by exploding Stag occurred at the American
smelter in LeadyIlle on the 2lst. o. p. LIP
pin, an employc, was trundling pot OF mol
ten metal 10 the dump, when, without any az
parent cause, It exploded, the Stag flying in
every direction. LippIns body was horribly
burned, his left hand, the thumb OF which
was nearly burned OF, being the most serious
ly injured. His back also is very badly
burned. Lippln's cond i,ion is precarious
but the attending physician says he may pull
through
The Meeker herald., 1893-01-07

There Is abundant evidence TO war
rant the belief that Yankee Hi District,
partly In Gllpin and partly IN Clear Greek
viii next year develop irto a very productive
gold mining section. 1t was located too late
thi- year for anything more than preliminary
work. The prospcotors have had all they
could do TO perform assessment work and put
their claims in readiness for the winter.
Cabins for shelter had to be built, and other
preparations made. The character Of the
veins is much like those about Central CITY.
true assures between granite walls, and the
surface contents yielding, SO far as tested,
from 3 to 10 ounces gold per cord. In places
are there immense deposits.