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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-05-04
THE NEW CYANIDE MILL.
An Interesting DESCRIPTION Of the Pla nj
at DE Lamar.

An InterestinR Description Of the Pla N
at De Lamar.
The Engineering and Mining jour
nal, published in New York, has the
following interesting description of the
cynide mill just completed at De La
mar:
The ore which is deposited by a
tramway into a 5O-ton bin, goes to the
platform, where the labor of one man
is required to put it through the rock
breaker, and it is then conveyed to
the dryer; from this it is taken by an
elevator to two hoppers; from there it
is fed into the rolls and then con-
veyed by another elevator to the
screens In the rotation Of the screens
the coarse material drops back into
the rolls, while the fine material passes
on through patent self-sampler and
en- to self-weigher, an invention of
Mr.. III. A. Cohen, the Superintendent.
It is then conveyed to the rooster, and
after being treated there goes through
the cooling process and into bins, from
where it ID emptied in five-ton charges
into revolving iron tanks and treated
with chlorine, and is then emptisd in
to the precipitating tanks below. The
capacity of the mill is 80 tons, and
the first report gave SO as the work
ing percentage The entire plant
covers about three acres.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-05-04
They Cannot stem the silver Tide

They Cannot Stem tho 5I1VeF TItte'
Chicago, April 81 Senator Pal
NOR says that the majority of the peo-
pie of Illinois of both parties are in
favor of free coinage at the ratio OF l6
to 1. The gold forces arc without
plans to stem the silver tide.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-21
TO LEGALIZE RACING
MEASURE THAT MAY BE PASSED BY
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE.
Governor to Appoint a Commission
Tracks-Ralph wilkes Dead.

ALBANY, N. Y, March 2O.-The impor-
tant question of horse racing in the State
was practically settled this afternoon, if
the Judgment of a subcommittee of four
of the Assembly codes committee is taken.
At a meeting this afternoon of the SUBJ
committee, consisting of Mr.. Wild, Mr..
Percy, Mr.. Vacheron and Mr.. Blake, it
was announced that the Jockey Club is
anxious to make every possible concession
in order to get an enabling act, and had
decided to agree in the suggestion that a
of three be appointed by the
Governor to govern racing in the State.
Mr.. Percy agreed to the amendment with
Mr.. Wilds, and while Messrs. Vacheron and
Blake also agreed, they asked until to-mor-
row morning before they signed the re-
port.
The will report the bill to
the full committee in the morning, and the
it favorably to the House. The bill will
provide that the Governor shall appoint a
State commission of three to serve five
years each without salary. They shall have
the power to license all tracks where rum
ming horses exclusively are used. They are
to have no control of t~rotting associations
or their tracks. After the licenses are
granted the New York Jockey Club is to
have the. power to revoke or suspend a IL
cense, but the managers of any track the
license of which is revoked or suspended
shall have the right to appeal to the State
board, and the State boards action shall be
deemed to be final. The clause of the bill
regarding betting is left as in the originally
introduced measure, so as to allow the MAX
ing of a private wager. All pool selling and
registered bets are forbidden. Mr.. PERCY
said tonight that this bill is now satisfac-
tory to every racing association in the
State.
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~ BLEW THE MONEY IN.
Manner in which a stolen Fund OF
$500 Was Spent.
Philadelphia Record.

fHlldQeipHld htCoiQ.
The quantity and quality of fun that an
enterprising colored couple can get out OF
So, 500, or, at least, a good portion OF ii, was
story was told by the detectives who have
been investigating the robbery. in November
last of Mrs. Anna Brooks's saloon at Broad
set on fire, probably to conceal the theft.
The unpacking of the trunks of the sus-
pected robbers furnished an interesting
The circumstances grounding the theft
were told by Mrs. Brooks herself. who testi-
fed that she missed her money after the
fire at her house on Nov. Fl last. She said
she could not bring herself to believe that
Hester Pitts" whose right , name proves eSs 70
because she. had been In her employ Tor
thirteen years. and had never proven her.
When detective Donaghy took the stand.
however, he showed that Hester" had
she got possession Of Mrs. Brooks's cash by
gratifying every within and desire. He said
that not only the accused servant girl, but
and Maryland, had pronted by the theft
'Why, in Chapel and Rock Run, suburbs
of; Of a eass ws ae ,G and S,al nse sve nave eir 1sen b Dan-
aghy testified, and the storekeepers in
Havre de Grace tell of the rich food that
ha The ee best evidence evidence Of aHester.s' brief So
cial triumph was provided when her trunks.
which had been confiscated, were unpacked.
size, one of which contained "Hester's"
wardrobe, and the other that of John Pitts,
who travelled with her as her husband. In
Hester's trunk were found half a dozen
pairs of opera slippers, of delicate cream,
were gowns with endless furbelows anl
hounces to match, upon the waists Of which
huge punches of artificial flowers were
fastened. Even silk stockings were not
missing, and quantities of rouge and other
toilet articles were found. The contents of
Pitts's trunk was less interesting. but
among his property were a number of canes
that would have created a wild sensation
in Lombard strees.
Both "Hester' and Pitts are still at large.
The colored couple, Charles and Annie
Douglass, however, who are in custody for
receiving some of the stolen money, know
ing it to have been stolen, were again ar
raigned yesterday, and were held in 81. 200
bail each for a further hearing on Monday
naxf
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THE CUBAN REVOLUTION.
Matnnzas PnfroIIed by ~Spaniards-A
Wonnan-s observations.

TAMPA, Fla, March 2o.-Mrs. Clara
Acosta arrived here last night from Mat
anzas, Cuba. She reports that the civil
guard and about eighty Cuban citizens met
in conflict there on the night of the 18th
inst. and that the latter were forced to
beat a hasty retreat. One Cuban was
wounded. 1t is rumored there that the
blacks are conspiring to rise against the
whites. Cubans claim that this report Is
being circulated fly the Spaniards in the
hope OF dividing the Cuban forces. On the
9Th Matanzas was patrolled by the Span
iards and cannons were wheeled into place
in front of the Jail, where a double guard
was stationed. These precautions alarmed
the Inhabitants. Negroes who chance to
be out late at night there are halted by
the police and 1t is said shot on the slight
est pretext. Only one case of this has been
positively reported, however. 1t is reported
that many small bands of insurgents are
put near Jaguey La Grand in Matanzas
province.
The Spaniards who have served their time
in the militia are being recalled into serv-
hred of these were sent on a vessel from
Havana about the It'll or Sth inst, with or
ders TO proceed with all dispatch to the
eastern end of the island. Colonel Guerra
Is reported in charge of a vigorous insurg-
ent band near Holguin. Joaquin and Ismail
Estrada, two brothers, are in command of
forces said to number three hundred. Latest
tanamo there are fully six thousand in
surgents. General Maraso has two thousand
while there is fully as many as two thou
sand more scattered through the provinces.
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Average April weather.

The following data. compiled from the
Weather Bureau records at this point or
April weather for a. period of twenty-four
years should prove of value and interest in
anticipating the more important meteoro-
logical elements, and the range within
which such variations may be expected to
keep for the coming month:
Temperature-Mean or normal, 80 deg. The
warnest April was that of 1878. with an
average of 80 deg; the coolest that of 1874,
with an average of 46 deg. The highest
temperature was So deg. on the 18th, 1883,
and 18th, 1887; lowest temperature, 10 deg,
on the 18th, 1875. Average date on which
last killing frost occurred in spring,
April Is.
Precipitation Grain and melted snow)-
Average for the month, 3.79 inches; average
number of days with oil of an inch or more,
10; greatest monthly precipitation. $50
inches, in 1898; least monthly precipitation,
1.29 inches, in 1875. The greatest amount Of
precipitation recorded in any twenty-four
consecutive hours was 2.62 inches, on the
9th and 10th, 1888. The greatest amount of
snowfall recorded in any twenty-four
consecutive hours (record extending to win
ter of 1SS4-5 only) was 3.5 inches. on April
6, 1886.
Clouds and Weather-Average number of
clear days, Z; partly cloudy, II; cloudy, H.
Wind-The prevailing winds have been
from the northwest; highest velocity, SO
miles, in April, 1873 and 1877.
C.. f. r.. WAPPENHANS,
Local Forecast Official, Weather Bureau.
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FATAL FIRE AT NEW YORK.
One Man Burned to Death and An
other Killed by Jumping.

NEW YORK, March 20.-Two men lost
their lives in a fire which broke out at 2:45
o'clock this morning in the four-story fiat,
No. 1853 West Twenty-fifth street. John
Kurtz, proprietor of the Chimney Corner
saloon, Sixth avenue and Twenty-sixth
street, was burned to death, while trying
to save the members of his family. Tony
Ketchum. an insurance agent, jumped from
the third story window and was SO badly
injured that he died an hour later. Five
others jumped and escaped without serious
injury. Kurtz was not at home when the
fire broke out, but arriving shortly after
it was discovered, he proceeded to arouse
his family and the other tenants of the
building. The last that was seen of him
alive he was running up the stairway
through the flames. Kurtz's family, who
liver on the second floor, escaped, the two
youngest children being dropped from the
window while Mrs. Kurtz and her eldest
son reached safety by way of the roof. Re-
becca Schamp was severely burned about
the neck and shoulders by attempting to
descend a ladder from the third story. She
fell, but was caught in a net and escaped
without serious injuries. When the fire had
been extinguished the dead Q ID of John
Kurtz was found in the hallway. The loss
by fire and water is about $4,000.
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WILL BE AMIcABLy SETTLED.
Senior Barrios ON ~Nicaragua's
with Great Britain.

NEW YORK. March 20.-Senor Barrios.
N~icsraguan Irinister TO Great Britain,
sailed for Bluefields to-day on board the
Pacific Mail steamship City of Para. Be-
fore the departure of the vessel Minister
Barrics disavowed all knowledge regard
ing the alleged demand of Great Britain
for fl5,Gc0 indemnity for the Imprisonment
of Consul Hatch, at Bluefields, and for
the appointment of a commission to adj
judica.e the question of damages to British
subjects expelled from the Mosquito reser-
walton. Minister Barrios also said: The
statement that / have had several inter-
views with Secretary Gresham in Washing
ton, where / have been for the pas week,
and had come TO an understanding with the
State Department, is untrue. l called on
the Secretary once when / was in Wash
ington. but my visit was simply one of
courtesy. We did not officially discuss mat
ters pertaining to either government. /
am going home on three months leave of
absence and at the end of that time shall
return to England. BY then all matters
in dispute between England ana Nicaragua,
] am sure, win have been amicably set
tied -
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VERNAL ~EQUINOCTIAL
GENTLE SPRING COMES IN WITH A
wHTRL IN GEORGIA.
Several Houses Demolished and "A
Number of People Iniured at Au-
g~usta-Snow in Indiana.

AUGUSTA, Ga, March 20.-At 8 o'clock
this morning a tornado struck Augusta
back Of the old Lafayette race course. The
first house struck was hurled across Nc
Kinnie street and thrown against the
house on the opposite side. It's sole occu-
pant, a colored woman. was badly, but
not fatally hurt. Nothing but the floor of
the house was left. In the next house de-
molished a negro woman and five children
were buried under the wreck, but after
an hour We're extricated alive, though
some of them were badly bruised. In the
central southern part of the city a dozen
houses were wrecked, and all along
the path of the storm trees,
fencing and outhouses were leveled.
A small house was hurled
through the roof and into one of the big
railroad roundhouse and paint shops were
badly damaged and one engine mashed I'M
der the debris. 1t is marvellous that no lives
were lost and that very few people were
hurt. The entire police and fire forces are
reinforced by large bodies of citizens, work
ing or the ruined houses and those who
have been hurt are being cared for at the
hospital.
COLUMBUS. Ga, March pa heavy wind
in the nature of a whirlwind passed over
this city and Girard, Ala, at 5:45 o'clock
this morning. Little damage was done on
this side of the river, but three residences
Fertilizer Company's building was
partly unrOOfed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-21
FATHER OF PROHIBITION.
Gen. Neal Dow Celebrates His Ninety
First Birthday.

PORTLAND, Me-, March 20.-Gen. Neal
Dow. the father of the Maine law, cele-
brated his ninety-first birthday to-day. He
received hundreds of congratulatory mes
sages from prominent temperance workers
of this country and England. and was called
on by many of his admirers in this city,
who declare that they found him looking as
well and hearty as he did ten years ago.
In answer to a cablegram received from a
mass meeting of temperance societies, in
Highgate, London, last night, he requested
the Associated Press to send the following
message: Hearty thanks for your mes
sage so frank and cordial. / / hope in a few
weeks to send you a glad return in the
form of additional legislation against the
gigantic crime of crimes"
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A YARN FROM THE BEYOND.
Unconscious Second sight of "a Clergy
man I'm "a Dangerous Position.

0s
New York Sun.
This is the story exactly as 1t was written
by a person who heard III told by a serious
minded woman who sat on the opposite side
There was once a lonely village ON a
river in Ohio. The people were good and
gentle, much owing TO the Influence OF an
excellent old clergyman who had long lived
"On the opposite bank of the river was
a logging camp. The men who lived IN tbs
logging camp were as desperate, dissolute
and savage as 1t is possible Tor hardened
humanity to be. Sheer physical timidity on n
the one hand. contempt on the other. hau
prevented any intercourse between the VII
lage and the camp.
had Kept the clergyman from trying the
power of religion on the .loggers, until a
new saloon keeper from the logging camp
preach to the desperadoes across the river.
guaranteeing his bodily safety on the
.sWhen the Clergyman reached the hall
secured for the religious service In the camp.
ne found a large but hostile congregation
AS soon as the clergyman began his prayer
catcalls, hootings, and profanity were heard
on all sides. When these noises rose 10 a
hubbub the clergyman exerted his voice ana
lit viii be impossible for me, to pro-
coed with this service unless order is re-
.Instantly a sort of electric shock seemed
to startle the men. The front bench, run
seemed specially agitated and Mortified. The
men fell into groups, talking eagerly and
breathlessiy. and just as the crisis IN their
mood seemed about to be reached and they
were about to fall upon the clergyman, the
saloon keeper hurried him away, got him
into a conveyance in waiting and drove at
all speed into the country.
when they could speak the saloon Keeper
said:
What tempted you to say that? Your
life was in danger
:. 1t was what I meant TO say answered
the CLERGYMAN. Il had anticipated this. and
determined in advance to say what | did
say: 1T will be impossible for me to pro-
coed with this service unless order is re-
stored Why such a statement should have
made the kim of effect 1t did ! cannot inn
aglne.', 80 .a. ~an,aa
the saloon keeper in amazement. What you
said was: James Owen, in two weeks time
your body will be taken from the river a
drowned man." and ! heard It, and Jim
owen heard it, and all the boys heard II.
for they all began talking about 1t at once
" sWho Is James Owen?' demanded the
clergyman. L said no such thing; and. FUR
thermore, / do not know the name OF one
of the men in the congregation to-day
flames Owen Is the ringleader OF the
whole gang, headed the disturbance to-day,
and sat with the toughs in the front pew,
was the dazed saloon keepers comment.
"A fortnight from that day a drowned
logge taken from the river. and the
body certified as that of James owen.
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GENERAL COOKE DEAD
ONE OF THE OLDEST ARMY OFF,
GERS IN THE COUNTRY.
Fiffy-Seven Years of Active Service
and Fought in Many Wars-Gen.
Adam Bndeau Dead.

DETROIT. Mich, March 20-General
Philip st. George Cooke died at his home
in this city at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
General Cooke was a native of Virginia
and was eighty-fve years of age. He had
seen service in every field where American
valor has been displayed for fifty-seVen
years. In the Black Hawk war he was a
leading officer. He was in high command
in the conquest of California and New
Mexico. He dispersed the Iipans in 1858
and later led a raid against the Apaches.
He was commander of the Department of
Utah when the rebellion broke out in that
land. Upon the breaking out of the re-
bellion, unlike most Southern officers, in
Guiding his own son, Gen. John r. Cooke,
and his famous son-in-law, Gen. j. E.
b. Stuart, he cast his sword in the balance
for the Union. He became commander of
the cavalry reserve of the Army of the
Potomac and participated in all the i'm
portant events of the peninsular campaign;
at Gaines Mill directly opposing his SON
in-law, General Stuart. He afterward su-
perintended the recruiting service, and in
1856 took omman of the department of
the Platte. He was breveted ma@ar general
for his splendid services in the was while
in OF the Division of the Lakes at
Detroit. In 1874 he was retired, after forty
six years of continuous service, with the
rank of brigadier general. He had lived in
Detroit ever since.
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RALPH WILKES DEAD.
Famous Stallion with a. Record Of
2:O6 a. and Worth 10000

LANCASTER, Mass, March 2O.-The ia
nous stallion Ralph Wilkes, owned by Col.
John f. and Bayard Thayer, died here to-
day. The Thayer brothers had refused $75,-
900 for him. Ralph Wilkes had a remark
able record, except in one instance winning
everything he ever started for. He was
foaled in Kentucky six years ago, and was
bred by DR.. w. p. Galbreath, of Lexing-
ton, KY. He was sold for $50, 900 when but
two years old to John E. Thayer, and at
that time had a record of 2:1S on high
wheels When three years old he made an
lowered his record to 2:06A at Nashville.
He was sired by Red Wilkes, son of George
Wilkes. His dam was Mary Mays, by Mann
brine Patchen. a son of Mambrino Chief.
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Charged with Intent to Defraud.

CHICAGO, March 20-Government post
office inspectors, to-day, arrested A. Clark
and Edward Robinson, on a charge of using
the mails will intent to defraud. They
claimed to publish the Ladies' Gem Monthly,
and have sent out circulars all over the
country offering a gold watch as a prize for
the solution of a rebus. They would then
demand 81 for the package and sending of
the watch. The office officials claim no such
publication as the Ladies' Gem Monthly
has ever existed and that no prize watches
were ever sent. They found in the rooms of
Clark and Robinson the addresses of. about
ten thousand women In all parts of the
country and believe an extensive business
was carried ON by the two men.
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MANY MINERS KILLED
DISASTROUS EXPLOSION OF GAS INA
WYOMING COLLIERY.
Between Twenty-Five and Fifty Man
gled and Burne some Charred
beyond Identification.

EVANSTON. Wyo.. March 20.-At $40
this evening an explosion ofsgas occurred in
the Rocky Mountain Coal and Iron Com
pany mine No. 5 at Red Canon, several
miles from here. An unknown number of
men were killed. Names Of the known dead
follow:
JAMES B. BRUCE, mine foreman and ex-
county commissioner OF Uintah county.
A. b. MALTHY, superintendent of motive
power.
WILLIAM SELLERS, jr., rope runner.
J.. CLARK.
EDWARD COACH. head carpenter.
JERRY CRAWFORD.
WILLIAM BROWN.
SAMUEL THOMAS AND son.
SAMUEL HUTCHINSON.
WILLIAM SAYRES, ST., N SON.
JOHN LAME.
The covering of the slope and buildings
at the mouth were blown to atoms. The
mine was considered one of the safest in
the State. From twenty-five to fifty men
were in the mine at the time of the ex-
plosion. At this writing they have not been
rescued, and a number are certainly dead.
About $50 men are usually employed in the
mine, but most of them had gone out. Eight
bodies have been brought out so burned
as to be past Identification, with the excep-
ton Of one, John Lamb. All hope of rescu-
ing anybody alive has been given up.
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held in this city tomorrow, Friday, Satur-
day, Sunday. Monday and Tuesday. The
managing committee, under whose auspices
the present convention is held. consists OF
Rev. r.. A. Torrey, chairman. Chicago;
Rev John $. Collins. secretary and treasur-
York; Rev. 3. Fay Mills, Albany, n. ";
Rev. S. p. Holcomb, Louisville, KY; G. N.
Crittenden. New York: John T. Barclay,
Atlanta, Ca; Rev. David Allen Reed,
Springfield, Mass; Miss w. j.. Mcdonald.
Toronto. Canada. and Mrs. j.. K. Barney,
Providence p
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Osher Deaths.

POMEROY. O.. March M.-William Hub
three. His grandfather was the first to
bore for salt water in Meigs county, and
was the first TO run a steamboat from
Marietta to New Orleans, thence to New
York. Deceased made an overland trip to
California in 1850. One of his grandfathers
war of 1872.
CHICAGO. March 20.-M. J.. TiIden, a rela-
tive of the family of S. J. Tilden, tainted
in a Stock Exchange elevator to-day and
died in q few hours of apoplexy. He was
a lawyer about fifty years old.
NEW YORK, March W.-James NJ. Heth-
erton, editor and founder of the Plumbers
Trade Journal of New York city, died at
his residence to-day.
MADRID, March 2o.-Professor Morayta,
who occupied the chair of history at the
University of Madrid, is dead.
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900 at Peoria.

PEORIA, Ill, March 2O.-F1re broke out
early this morning under the roof of the
Dewein building, one of the Oldest and
largest business structures of the city. The
third story, containing lodge rooms of the
Uniform Rank, knights of Pythias, and
other orders, were burned. Offices in the
second story and the clothing stock of H.
N. Kreisman and boot and shoe stock of
j. p. Shnellbacher & sons, in the first
story, were damaged by water. A portion
of the rear wall fell during the fire. Loss,
$1O0, 600; mostly insured.
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sieve Brodte,. place Rafded.

NEW YORK, March ~20.-Anthony Com
stock raided steve Brodie's saloon on the
Bowery tonight. selling seventy pictures,
r. REILLY. who was in charge. Brodie is
starring on the stage in Boston. Reilly
was taken before Justice Voorhis in
Court and bailed in $500. Hearing
was adjourned to April 8. Comstock made
several visits to the saloon, and as he was
unknown to Reilly he was enabled to
take careful notes of choice pictures in
Steve's art gallery.