The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-08-24


New Orleans dispatches state that
the Board Of Trade at that city has
indorsed proposal by the Panama
Railroad Company to establish q regu
lar lire of steamers between that port
and Colon
Railway Review: More than half
the world s supply of tin is mined in the
Straits settlement at tip of the Malay
peninsula. The output in 1891 was
36,OG1 tons, out of total of 56, ,651
tons; 1 } JOG tons come from the Dutch
East Indies, chiefly from the Island
of Banks. leaving only 1884 tons for
the rest of the world.
st. Paul Pioneer Press: Mort :
western farmers will require about
12.OCO men and over 3d. 900 cars be-
fore the harvest is over, and they Will
have considerable difficulty in getting
either men or cars.
Engineering and Mining Journal:
Exports of mineral oils from the Uni
ted States for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1895, are re} orted by the
saau Qf Statistica. 7, easpe@ Depart
,nent. as follows: Cruds, f3i, i8a, 90
gals. naphthas, IA, ,673, $3.50 gallons;
illuminating, 707, ,401 ,68j gal; lp-
hricating and parafine, 42,375.o9i
gals; rrsiduum, 101, ,332; gals. This
total shows decrease Of 23, 10y, 099
gals ), or 2.6 per cent, as comparel
with that for the preceding fiscal year.
American horses are in demand Ia
Germany.
At recent meeting of The directors
of the cotton Sta5es and International
Exposition, additional bonds were
easily placed. The financial status OF
the Exposition is now secured. The
bonds we're all taken by the officers OF
the exposition and members OF the
board of directors. The work Of con-
struction is nearly completed. Several
buildings have been finished and ac-
cepted by the Exposi ion. lnsta latlon
of the electrical exhibits has been be-
gun, and the Machinery Building will
be ready for the exhibitors In few
days. The Exposition grounds are
being put in order. and will soon be
given there final touches The lakes
have been filled with water.
Engineering and Mining Journal:
The investment of French capital In
Russian gold mines is something new.
Foreign capital has been put into
many enterprises in that country, but
the gold mines have been entirely un-
der Russian control Our Paris cor
respondent notes the formation of the
"Societe des Mines dor de La Russie"
in which French Bankers have taken
a large part of the capital stock of 20,
100000 francs. The Russian gold
mines are in general need of more
modern machinery, and more system
attic working. The larger part of them
are owned by government, and those
controlled by private person have gen
orally been exploited in somewhat
pIlullClVO IiSnlOn.
The Home Journal states that a
movement is on foot to restore the
Castle of Chillon, on the Lake of Ge-
neva, and use it as all historical mon
umsnt A first grant of $4,000 fran
cs has been made by the state and So
cisty has been formed, whose men,
bers each pay two francs year toward
g expence of carrying out the project
Minneapolis Tribune: A Massa-
chusetts court has given verdict
against teamster for attempting to
crowd a bicyclist off the road. The
decision is to the effect that the bicycle
is a vehicle and that teams must OBJ
serve the law Of the road and turn
out for it, as they do for other vehi-
bles,