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Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1893-11-24
dsrgons a shrlnkags in valss whicA

dsreons q shrinkags in valas which
had almsst wiped out the profits
made by Mr.. Cleveland
in bis real estate invest
msnts in suburban Washington
during his krst term as President.
Mr.. Whitney, it is said, being
better able to stand the extraerdl-
nary business revsrsss of tho past
few months than either of his pro
tsgss, had still been compelled to
call for help upon his broth
sr-in-lsw, tOlivsr Payne, of tho
Standard Oil Company. There is
no dsabt that Mr.. Cleveland IS
suffering financially in the general
business depression which has eff
fssted so masy interests, and this
wsuld explain his extraordinary
persistence in refusing to accept
any conditional surrender or the
part Of the Senate on the silvor
question, believing that uncsAdi-
tional repeal would not only re-
pters public confidence, but his
private fortune. Hs is surprised
and disappointed, it is understood
because silver repeal has not
bro ought better times.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1893-11-24
THE SILVER BILL PASSED.

III IL oILV Nh BILL ADDED.
"Wsll," said the Maa with
the battered derby to the
man who sat next to him in q
West avsRus street ear, II see
that the silver bill has passed. ;"
Cup Or dswa !? Why, asitksr;
just passed, you know. Passed
the senate"
"Mads the senate take his dust
eh ?"
"Aade the senate take whose
dust ?"
"Why. Silver Bills
"No, ne, this wasn't no trottin'
race. The silver bill passed ths
senate, you know"
"Asybsdy hurt ?"
BY this time the msn with the
battered derby didn't know what
to say. He stared at the man who
sat Hsxt to him In amazensat.
Then he Strengthened up and
tried il again: "Of course nebody
was hurt. How could they be?"
WASN'T rannlng ON the same
track, hay p
Goa thu same track ? Do you
think this was Sleomin' cattle
train ssin' by fast nail, er
sem sthin'? The silver bill-that
bill about rspealln' the psrehass
clause Of the Sherman law parsed
the senate of the United States.
Now do you understand ?"
"DIdn't the senate waat it to get
paAt p
"Why, certainly moot OF it aid,
or it woulds't have past, wssld
it ?"
81 dunno. They might have
built fence scross the walk or
locked the deor or semethia'."
The man with the battered
derby clsspsd and unslaspsd his
hands msrvously and hitshed away
fron the man who sat next to him.
Gay" As said finally, didn't you
ever hear Of the senate of the
Unitad States !? Yea mast have a
kind OF an idea that ii is q hess
car line or a plank road sr a
ssnest sidewalk. You make me
tirsdp
Il suppose / de-" said the ether
nas, "but did ysu svsr stop to
thlrk that that bray Of yosrs
might make people whe wsnt to
think a bit, weary alss ?"
The nsn with the battered
derby caught the cosnsctlos, and
was so sffectuslly silenssd that he
made signs to the condactor whsn
be wanted to get of. Buffalo
Exnrsss.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1893-11-24

sldS tkS mortar. mokt StHsl
am malgamators are fmors or less in
gsaous dsvisss fer securing a larg,
amount of surface of quicksilver
ovsr which the fnsly crashed ore
is obliged to q W, the theory bsins
that the greater the surface thu
greater the probability of sacl
particle Of gold to escape centac
with quicksilver. OF this frs
class are those anslgsmators where
the crushed ere is forced through
bsdlss of quicksilver, the tnssry
being that whom immersed in
quicksilver it is in possible fer any
particle Of gold to escape contact
with it. Hundreds of these ma
chimes have been patented, and
every enc 50 far has prsvsa = dis
NAL failure.
The second class has its simple
est form in arasta. All amalgama-
ting pans are of this kind. Roast.
ing to prepare the geld for amalga-
nation, the roast being intended to
free the gold particles fren any
csatiss, or any ehsrical csm sina-
ties, so it will aaalgamate, being
a part Of this process. There are
m modifsatioHs of this msthsa where
it is proposed to use ssms chsmlcsl
to accomplish the same purpose.
These are generally frauds.
Ths third class has it's bsst il
lustration in the mortar on a stam p
mill. The thssry upen which it
works is that each particle OF gold
10 Surrounded by film of water
which is easily broken by tho nat
ural gravity of the heavier parti-
cles, but the fner particles are bro
ken with difficulty. 1t is tAia film
which prevents the finer particles
from csmiRg Ia contact with the
quicksilver. Whsn dashed with
some fierce against a hard surface
the film is broken, and if that sur
face be then ready to amalgsmats
the geld, the desired end will then
be accomplished.
Proef that there is something in
this thsory can be ebtsined very
easily by any man. Let HIM take
tailings or waste from any stamp
mill, as they run fron, the plates,
for a trial. Take a piece of cop.
per plate, quicksilversd for anal +
gamation and put it in the bettsrn
of com moA wash tub. Tksn pear
the tailings slswly from height
OF two or three feet, apon the pre-
pared plate. Clean the plate after
each pouring frem what geld it
May have caught, and repeat the
operation with the same pulp. If
the work bs carefully done, some
gold will be collseted frem the
plate every time it is tried, even
though it bs tried q dozen times
over.
There is room for Improvement
in ANAL gam alton methods sa this
line, at least as there are few ma
chimes yet patented to accomplish
what is supposed to be accom-.
plishsa by using force or impact as
a factor in amalganatioR.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1893-11-24

The nsn with the battered
derby caught the cosnsctlos, and
was so sffectuslly silenssd that he
made signs to the conductor whom
be wanted to get of. Buffalo
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1893-11-24
walter G. Hadlsy says, spe aking

walter G. Haaley says, spe aking
of the gold product Of New Mo1iso
eve are all right Oh that prsdsst
Ia the report | made to the treas
ury department, last year, the sta
tlstics sAsw that 55 per cent Of oar
prsslous metal output was in
gold. Ikis year it will ssrsiy
skew 70 per cant. Few people
have yet appreciated how thorough
ly substantial and encouraging
have been the steady dsvslopmsAts
at White Oaks, Hillsbere, Plaes
Altss and Msgollsn durlHg tbs
past two or three years.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1893-11-24

An experiment of treating ore
by electricity is now going en- az
extensive scale In Boulder county.
IL it 10 sussessful it will be a big
thing for Col0sads.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1893-11-24
A dsAf and damb man wa

A dsAf and damb man war
arrested fer vagransy. A lady
made complaint to Special Officer
DaRHing that the man eAllod 81
her hsSse aud asked by writiAl
en- a piece of paper for something
to eat. TIE lady did not have
asything cooked and wrots 30 ON
the paper. The fellow became
angersa sKd mean and wrots the
following paragraph and handed
it to the lady: May God sarsc
you and yoar children the same AZ
he has nae, and force ysu to beg
fioA dsor to door as hs bss
me. Yea can call yourself 8
Christian bat tkst is q saam
Gold 10 your God" The mats
will be Arraigned in police eosrI
this nerning .-Triaidsd Adysr-
tIssr.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1893-11-24
A MINING SUIT.

Ia the court of appeals at III
Paso G. G. Fitzgerald vs.. john 8.
Hart, Apellss filed suit sgsisst
Fitzgerald as maker, and Csrrsra
as eadsrses OF a certain premis-
sorry nete sxssuted by appellant for
81 $50. Later he Glea his first
amended original petition agsinst
appellant en- three (3) prsmissory
notes for 81 $50 each. The PLATA
tiff dismissed as to Carrers and
upon notion Of appellant the tive
suits were consolidated. Replying
TO plaintiffs petition, defendant
alleged that the nstes were gwen
as pert payment of the psrshass
money for two (2) leases owned
by Carer and Weed on tia Bss-
nst mine, whioh was assigned by
Wood and Carrera TO sppellant.
That at the tims OF ths purchase.
Wood aud Cqrrera had fraudulent
ly represented to defsndant that
the mins contained valuable de-
posits Of silver orc and that defend
ant, by working the mine, could
discharge from tho products OF the
mine thus procured the notes.
The appellant was lgnersnt Of the
character Of the mine. The ap-
psllant relied upea sash roprossr-
tatlohs, which proved to be false,
aud 1t is charged that Wosd and
1arrsra knew them to be untrue.
Appellant further denied that
Hart became tbs owner OF
The Hstss for value before
maturity. After the testimony
had been conclsded ia the ease the
Judge instructed the jury to rstarn
a verdict for plaintiff. As there
was a charge OF frssd In the cafe.
as we'll as failure of consideration,
and farther, as fraud is usually
proved by circumstances, the Isry
should kave been allowed to pass
upon tao weight of the sircumatan-
css. TIE evidence was not OF
character 10 Justify the judge in
assuming tho powers and privi-
leges Of a lsry. Judgment re-
vsrssd and cause rsmanded.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1893-11-24
A great many stories are current

A great many stories are current
in Washington of business troubles
involving net oaly Mr.. Whitney
and Mr. Lamont, but also the
Prssidsat. 1t was stated by those
who seemed to have personal
knewlsdgs GA the subject tLat tn"
various enterprises in which these
gentlemen are Interested had un-
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1893-11-24


Every car of the Ferris Wheel
at Chicago, H., is now provided
with an oil stove. The drop Of
the thsrmsmstsr and TIE chill
winds OF the lake Induced ths
managers of the wheel to heat
their cars. The esmsly OF the
Ferris Wheel is the only amusing
thing on the Exposities Ground.
with sHly wsrkmsA oa tAs PIAls-
ancs and net a passenger in sight,
the whsol sentiRuss to turn.
Ticket sellers sit in the ticket
bootks and at regular Intervals
TIE great wheel stops and guards
epen doors fer imaginary pssssn-
gers to enter. The doors ara
closed, the wkssl starts, rsvslvss
twice, makiTg a regular trip, then
stops sgsia TO let off its imssisary
passengers and lot ether phastohs
on. The management is keeping
ap this show for the purpsss, it Is
said, of making q case fer damages
against the Expesition Company.
Nstking is said about removing
the wheel.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1893-11-24

DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
porty Years the sssnsasa.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1893-11-24

The silver dollar si 1904 Is
worth $50; the silver quarter Of
1927 is worth $40; the half-din Q
of 1902 is worth $50; the three
cant silver piece Of 1873 is wsrtb
$50, and the dime Of 1904 is worth
81
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1893-11-24

Seventeen miners with $4,000
arrived at San francisco frem
Alaska the othsr day. Their
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
Can't Rule the Senate Committees-FreI
Silver Men in Charge of the Finance

Can't Rule the Senate Committees-Free
Silver Men in Charge of the Finance
Committee.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Post
publishes the following gossip as to the
reorganization of the senate: The work
of arranging the senate committee
chairmanships is SO far progressed that
nearly all have been selected, The
most interesting development of the
proceeding, however, is that the free
silver men propose to run the senate
their own way, and they are recasting
the finance committee so as to leave no
doubt of the stand which the commit
tee will take on any coinage bill that
may become fit
The democrats on the committee up
to the 4th of March were Senators Vor-
hees, Mcpherson, Harris and Vance.
Senator Voorhees, will be the chairman
of the committee and Messrs. Harris
and Vance, both out-spoken silver men,
will remain.
Mr.. Mcpherson will, however, step
aside and will take the Craftsmanship of
the committee on naval affairs, place
for which he is eminently fitted and the
OIllCI uClhOCldIo Ol VIC hhdlSC GULF
mittee will be Senators Coke and Vest,
both of whom are avowedly on the free
coinage platform.
1t will thus be seen that no matter
what Mr.. Cleveland may desire, the
personnel of the finance committee is
such as to make it almost impossible for
him to dominate the financial policy to
be followed by the senate. All the anti
silver men, such as Mr.. Villas, Mr.. Nc
Pherson and others have been purposely
kept off the committee.
Senator Morgan will be chairman of
the committee on foreign affairs, Mr..
Cockrell, of appropriations, Mr. Har-
rison, of the District of Columbia,
Mr.. German, of printing, Mr.. Mills,
of library, and Mr.. Palmer, of military
affairs
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18
WANT MORE PAY.
Concerted Action Taken by Swltchmen
on All Chicago Lines-Advanced Wages
Demanded.

Concerted Action Taken by Swltchmen
on All Chicago Lines-Advanced Wages
Demanded.
CHICAGO, March,7 The switchmen of
Chicago made formal demands on Mon
day on all the roads running into the
city for an increase of Is per cent
above the present scale of wages. This
demand covered twenty-one trunk
lines, as follows:
The Atchson, Topeka & Santa F6, Baltimore
& Ohio, Chicago, Burlington s. Quincy, Chicago
Great Western, Chicago Rock Island s. Pa
cifc, Chicago & Alton, Chicago & East
ern Illinois, Chicago & Erie, Chicago
& Grand Trunk, Wisconsin Central
Chicago Northwestern, Chicago s
Western Indiana, Illinois Central, Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern, Louisville New Alban
& Chicago, Michigan Central New York, Chr
cago g. ST. Louis (Nckel Plate), Wabash, Fort
Wayne, Pan Handle Chicago Milwaukee & ST.
Paul.
The switchmcn's demands covel
main and tenant lines, about thirty in
all, every railway line in fact entering
the city, In addition to the railway
similar action was taken in re-
gard to the following privat.
firms: The Stock Yards company,
the Pullman company the lroquols
Furnace company OF South Chi
cago and the Worlds FAIR company
All these last-named companies I'm,
ploy II great mumber of switchmen.
who receive the same wages us those
paid by the railroad,,
The outlook, from the best informa
tion attainable, 5 that the genera
managers OF the roads will give THEN
answer 10 ,hese demands about the
middle OF this week. and if the de-
mands ard not favorable the switch.
men willy strike simultaneously on
every road running into Chicago be.
tween the middle and last of this week.
1t is believed that either side would be
willing To compromise if the othei
wcald make the first step in that direc.
ton
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18
TO VISIT CLEVELAND.

Il. G. MncFarlanc, Former Minister OF FL
nance of the Hawaiian Government
Talks.
New YORK, March 11.--F G. Mac
Farlnne, formerly minister of finance o.
the Hawaiian government has beer
here several days. He left Friday foi
Washington, and will call on President
Cleveland in regard to the negotiations
with the Hawaiian kingdom. Mr.. Mac.
Farlane was asked about the queens
statement published Friday morning.
80 far as l know" he replied, "it is
correct in every particular. The criti.
cism of Minister Stevens in the Homo.
lulu Bulletin arose out of his refusal
few months ago to allow the war vessel
Boston to go out few miles from the
Honolulu harbor to rescue some ship.
wrecked people, including a woman
and her infant. His action in that case
created a good deal of severe comment
But he was wrong in taking the minis.
ters of the queen To task for the news.
paper structures for the Bulletin was
not and is not an organ of the govern
ment as he claimed. He demanded a
retraction, but the editor refused to
publish it. l agree with the queen,
that Minister Stevens has manifested
an unfriendly feeling toward the queen,
and that he has sought to embarrass
her ministers and herself"
How about the Hawaiian financial
muddle reported here to-day?"
'Since left the Office of minister OF
finance / have not kept track of the de-
partment. So far as know the trouble
all comes from the condition of the
Postal Savings bank. Its deposits Of
500, 900 or so have been invested in inn
provements and the officers probably
did not expect to be called upon to pay
depositors But since the agitation
about annexation began the depositors
seem to want their money and the bank
has not got it. But as annexation is
yet remote there is no danger of any
panic or run. l think the present finan-
cial condition will not lead to any seri.
GUS complications The present minis.
ter of finance is an able man and capa.
BILE of handling the affairs 1 observed
statement Friday that the books of
the late King Kalakau were left in con-
fusion and that there is no trace of the
amount OF money he had. That has
nothing to do with the government
finances"
81 am going to Washington Friday
night and may see President Cleveland
l would like to know just what he
thinks of the Hawaiian question. l
am, however, convinced that he believes
in dealing deliberately with the ques-
ton and will see that no injustice is
done to Hawaii. l think think that the
best thing for this government to do is
to send commission to Hawaii and
upon its report base some definite
action. The treaty that has been with
drawn was entirely to the Hawaiian
people. l am satisfied that the queen
and her subjects will willingly accept
the establishment of krotectorate and
that American control is preferred. No
matter what is done there is no excuse
for haste in settling the question and
the president is evidently in no hurry.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18
THE RIVALS.
Senntor Hill Makes Call on Presi.
dent Cleveland.
tho Interview was of Strictly Privnto
Chnrscter, But There Can Be Little
Doubt That 1t Was More Than
"a Mere Onical Call.

WAsHINGToN March 10. Senator Hill
called at the executive mansion Thurs
day and was eloseted with President
cleveland for 20 minutes.
The one great feature of interest in
politicn circles Thursday was this visit
o his greatest political rival. Senator
1ill came 10 the white house Thursday
morning by appointment, presumably
arranged by Congressman Rockwell, of
New York, during the latter's visit
TO Mr.. Cleveland on Tuesday. That
his was more than a mere perfunctory
call is attested by the length of the in
terview.
1t lasted twenty minutes, and during
shat time Mr.. Cleveland received no
'ards from the waiting politicians in
che cabinet room.
Mr.. Hill came early. The great flood
Of office-seekers had not begun to flow
into the white house when he arrived.
He passed rapidly through the hall
way in the public part of the
mansion to the room of Private Secre-
tary Thurber, who evidently had been
posted, for he ushered Mr. Hill into the
adjoining executive Office without a
moments delay.
When Mr.. Hill entered the presidents
room word was sent to Doorkeeper
Loeffer that Mr.. Cleveland was very
busily engaged and could not see any
visitors for some time. AS a conse-
luence, the arriving delegations soon
filled the cabinet room, and by the time
Mr. Hill left the white house there
were more men than seats in the apart
ment.
The interview was, of course, of a
strictly private character, but from the
fact that it had been previously ar
ranged and from it's length there can
be little doubt that it was more than q
mere official call. Mr.. Hill, by virtue
of his Office as senator from the state of
New York, would be obliged by the un-
written code of official etiquette to call
on new president elected by his party
unless the personal relations between
the two were of such a character as to
make personal visit seem like hypoc-
risy.
But an official visit of this character
would not last more than a minute-in
fact, just long enough for the caller to
shake the presidents hand and to make
few pleasant remarks about the con-
dition of the thermometer Twenty
minutes is the usual length of time for
any caller-no matter how distin-
guished-to remain in the presidents
room during these busy days in the ex-
ecutive mansion, and if Mr.. Hill and
Mr.. Cleveland talked airy nothings for
third of an hour, while crowd of
patriotic citizens were waiting to be
heard, they were particular that none
of their remarks were overheard.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18
Brazilians at atBanouet,

CHICAGO, March 12.-The Hotel Me-
tropole will be the sceneSaturday even
ing of an international gathering, the
occasion being a banquet extended by
Jose Simeao Oliveira, president of
the Brazilian Worlds fair commission,
to the managers of the enterprise
and the representatives of foreign
countries who are now in Chicago
Nearly hundred covers will be laid
and the event will be as sumptuous as
any ever given in Chicago, and, takes
the form of national courtesy on the
part of the Brazilian government The
opportunity will be taken advantage of
by the representatives from the other
side of the equator to reiterate the fact
that the Spanish American countries
are desirious of entering into closer
trade relations with the United States
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18
10 Ba Mnndnmused.

COLUMBUS, March 13.-Atty. Gen,
Richards has drawn petition and will
file mandamus suit in the supreme
court to-day, against the Eagle Insur-
ance Co., of Cincinnati, to compel it to
file report of its condition and busi-
ness for one year, ending December 81,
1892, with the state insurance commits
sion, as required by Sections. 1854 and
3055 of the revised statutes. The COM
pany wps chartered in 1850, before the
adoption OF the present constitution.
The object is to settle by this suit the
question of whether the old charter
companies can escape inspection.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-03-18
STUDYING NATURE.

STARFIsH have the power to change
their color to that of surrounding OBJ
jects.
WE owe to Dr. Gibbs the discovery
that humminG birds are not, as has
been supposed, insectivorous. Their
normal nourishmcnt is derived from
honey.
SCIENTISTS are beginning to believe
that digestion al the case of carnivorous
plants is due to the activity of certain
micro-organisms which are always
present in the sap of the mature plant,
and that their secretions are favorable
to the development of such minute or
ganisms
PITCH pine beams wall shrink in thiclS-
ness from 1875 inches to 1S4; spruce,
from So inches to S9s; white pine,
from IL inches to 111S; yellow pine, n
tritle less. Cedar beams will shrink
from q width of IA inches to 1871; elm,
from II to 1094 and oak, from IL to IL 2S.
Cincinnati Times Star
IT is stated that Mr.. Gladstone has
intimatcd definitely his intention TO ap
point n poet laureate in succession to
Lord Tennyson. The difficulty in max
ing the selection has. however, no. We,
been overcome.