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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-02

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-02

MIR. LEWIS BAAR. WHO HAS BEEN AGENT
the Singer Manufacturing Co. for the past
twenty-five years, do sires to inform the public
that he has resigned said agency and has
cepted the agency of the BUTTERiCK PUB
LISTING COMPANY, LIMITED, of New York.
for the sale of its celeirated patterns at his
store. No. 921 STREET NV, where
he will he glad to all his freIds.
The business of the Singer Manufacturing Co.
will be continued usual at No. GIG 9th st.
NV. je26-6t
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-03-15
LOST MINER,
the LordsLurg Liberal.


Jas. Dolan, of Dolan & Sullivan
of Gold Hill, has mysteriously dis
appeared. Hs left the house at the
mine on Tuesday of last week, say
ing he was going to catch his
horse and go to Silver City. Since
then he has not been seen. Al
first nothing wac thought OF the
disappearance, as he might have
caught ride with some passing
team and gone to Silver City with
out returning to the house. Late
in the week nothing having been
heard from him, his partner and
other friends began to worry.
Sunday telegram was sent to
County Clerk Young, with whom
he had business In Silver City,
asking If he had been there. Mr..
Young answered that he had not
seen him. Monday search party
was made up to see if any trace OF
him could be found. A short dis
tance from the house, where he
was last seen, the trail of "A man
sfoot, wearing nailed shoes similar
to those that Dolan had on, was
found. This trail was followed.
L. led out onto the fat, continued
southwest, passing little west of
the horse ranch we'll, crossed the
narrow gauge track and led up to
the Southern Pacific track, where
it apparently followed the track
west but could not be traced by the
trailers. Whether this was Dolan's
trail or not cannot be said. Some
of the trailers thought the steps
were too long for Dolan, he being
short man. When he left the
camp he had no money, and there
is no reason known why he should
leave. He was owing money, but
had more than enough ore on the
dump to pay all his bills, aud had
on hand trade for his interest in
the mine that probably would have
beeh consummated in few days.
Some of his friends fear that he
may have met with foul play and
is now at the bottom of some of the
deserted shafts in the mountains.
II is probable that further search
will be made in the attempt to
solve the mystery. 1t is certain
that this traii gould have been
manufactured after he disappeared,
if it had been to the interest of any
one to have done so.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-03-15
WASHINGTON LETTER
From Our Regular Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, March 5, 1895.
Silver is in fair way to fall be.
twsen three political stools. accord
ing to the outlook of an nnpre-
iudiced man. Daily conferences
are being held here by dozen or
more of the prominent members OF
the Bi- Metallic League aud the
concl usion arrived at will be made
public in day or two. Meanwhile
the democrats OF the House, under
tho leadership of Representatives
Bryan, OF Nebraska, are taking
steps for the formation of demo-
cratic silver party on the single
platform of free silver at a ratio of
l6 to | while the silver republicans
of the Senate are also said to be
engaged in Matching up silver
scheme for use in the coming Pres
idential campaign. So far as the
silver men in Congress are con-
cerned, the republicans are per-
fectly willing to join a silver party,
provided it is controlled by repub-
licans; the democrats, ditto, ditto,
and the populists, Of course, claim
that having stood by silver right
along they are entitled to the
control Of any silver party that may
be launched. All OF which makes
it look like there was little proba.
bility of a new party advocating
silver alone taking part in the
Presidential campaign.
Another element, too, has en-
tered the problem tnls week, which
may or DOT be important. The
new element is the announcement
that England has joined Germany
in expressing a Willingness to take
part in another international mono
tary conference. This is taken by
some to mean Q long step towards
the rehabilitation of silver rs a
money metal, but others regard it
with suspicion and do not hesitate
to express the opinion that the
action OF both Germany and Eng
land has been dictated by the great
gold interests for no other purpose
than to have the monetary com
mission excite sufficient hope OF
agreement TO prevent silver tgur-
ing as an issue in next years Pres
idential contest In the United
States, and then t. do aothing.
The bill for the appointment ol
three persons to form a board Of
arbitration to decide all controyer.
sizes between common carriers en-.
gagged in interstate commerce aud
their employees, which cannot be
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-03-15

pretending that he was woman
desir,ous of marrying. and after
the interest of the victims was
sufficiently aroused, by working
them for money to pay her travel
ing expenses to where they were.
The matter first came to the at.
tention OF tho authorities by O
communication from o man in
Washington, who claimed to have
sent Olive May SIS to enable her
to come out and marry him; but
she had failed to complete her
share of the agreement. The
gentleman accompanied his com.
plant with four letters which Olive
had written him.
When arrested May made the
usual bluff, but Paul Williams soon
tricked him into a confession
May admitted getting SIS from the
Was hington man andS35 from othe,
sources, Williams found on him
little memorandum book, giving
the names OF those to whom ht
wrote as Olive May and those whom
he addressed as Cora Hammer
He had also list of the Victims,
with their ages, as he had learned
them, and with the age which, in
each case, Olive or Cora represent
ep her to be. Ii the gentlemen
conf ,ssed to being 80 or thereabouts
Cora or Olive would be somewhere
near that age; but il the gentlemen
we're younger, they would be cor
respondingly youthful. May ad.
mitted writing these letters him
self. The handwriting is feminine,
and led Williams to suspect that
he might have had a woman as
confederate. but be shouldered all
the credit himself. The letters are
full of blunders in spelling, and
the effect is often comical, as in
the word "enuff," quoted above,
and in the statement that he hoped
Stock wouldn't be disappointed in
not finding her the 'blosom" he
was looking for. He was also
something OF an artist, and decorat-
ed his m issives with cozy little
landscapes. and some touching
motto, such as "There's light In
the window for theel"
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-03-15
RICHEST MAN A RUSSIAN.

RICHEST MAN A RUSSIAN.
From the New York Tribune.
Like the English millionaires,
those of the Cars domains mostly
derive their revenues from landed
property. While the Briton, how
ever, devotes large part OF bis
gross income toward improving his
possessions and to the amelioration
Of the lot of his tenants in one way
or another, the Russian, on the
other hand, extracts every farthlng
that be can from his property and
spends it upon himself, the result
being that agriculture III Russia ia
going from bad to worse, that for
merly fertile and productive estates
have now become barren and i'm
poverished, and that, while the
peasantry are in q state OF misery
bordering on famine, the mobiles
themselves have been obliged TO
mortgage or sell their lands, and
are at the end OF their financial
.ether. OF course, there are some
exceptions, such as. for instance,
tue Yousoupoffs. the Demidoffs and
the Scheremeteiffs. The wealth OF
the DemIdoffs is so vast that it is
beyond calculation. and. strangely
enough, the fortune 10 of relatively
recent creation, Its founder having
been a country blacksmith in the
days of Peter the Great 1t was
while travelling in the Ural Mount
aims that the latter broke one of his
moot valuable English pistols a
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-03-15

This government OF ours has
iust issued Bulletin No, 43. giving
the proceedings of the annual con-
vention of agricultural chemists.
We can imagine how fascinating
it IS to the farmers, for whose bene-
fit these publications are issued
How much Interested he will be to
learn that "the trisaccharosate OF
lead formed on the addition of
amoniacal lead subscilate to an
aqueous sugar solution is insoluble
in water" 1t will be almost as
helpful to him in getting In his
crops as the knowledge that sugar
is more soluble in water than in
whlskey. A modern textbook on
the uuattainabls is not hall so IN
terestiug as this work on the man
ganese divide method, OH dextroro-
tation and levorotation and amoni-
um phosphomoly bdate things
The book contains ABB pages and
is good for Hndling fires.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-03-15

village smith mended 1t so quick
ly and so well that the Gear was
delighted, and asked the mans
name. "DemIdoff, ] shall remem.
ber you," said he, ss he rode off.
The poor man was beginning to
think that Peter had forgotten him.
when there came an offieial docu-
ment adorned with the imperial
seal, granting him the freehold OF
a great tract of crown land in the
neighborhood of the village
Demidoff went to work on his new
property, and found there mex
haastible mines Of iron, silver and
malachite. Younk Elm Demidof
he does not bear in Russia the
Italian title of prince generally
prefixed to his name by foreigners
ia at the present moment the
richest man i'll the world, Princess
Yousoupoff, with her great tur-
quoise mines, coming next IN rank
Fortunately, both of them are moro
handed and generous than
their respective immediate pre-
decessors as head of the family, the
late Anatole Demiduff and the late
Prince Yousoupoff having been
alike renowned for meaness and
avarice, of which almost incredible
stories are related.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-03-15

WROTE LIKE A LOVING
GIRL.

St. Louis Globe. Democrat
Post Office Inspector Williams
made an interesting haul In the
arrest OF man who gave his name
as X. l.. May, for using the mails
in a scheme to defraud, Deputy
Marshal Nail and Inspector Viii.
liams arrested the man, just as he
had taken from the general delivery
at the Post Office letters addressed
to Olive May and Cora Hammer.
Uhder these names May confessed
to Williams to have been using the
mails in q scheme TO defraud, by
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-03-15

an important center OF The ,peas!
shell fisheries, which play no mean
art in the revenue OF the colony,
Queensland. The value Of the
shells exported in 1894 was $780,
600. The report OF the resident
representative OF the Government
reveals much interesting informa-
tion. Tho population Of the island
10 1409 souls, OF which 65l ars
white people. The rest are Polyns.
SLAMS, Malays, Chinese and Japan
ese. The pearl shells are broken
mostly upon the "old ground" in I
depth Of 65 to rs feet, this bank bs.
ing to the west of the island. Late.
ly other banks of pearl shells have
been located, but all are in an ssor-
nous depth. The pressure OF the
water, which at a depth OF $50 feet
would be undesirable 10 q white
man, has caused the death Of
twenty four professional divers
during the last year. These divers.
all Mslays or Polyresians, jump
into the briny deep, holding a
heavy stone to get them quicker o
the bottom. They rake in what
they can in the trifls OF tims they
are down, and place the shells in =
bag attached to the stone.
As they release their grip on the
weighty stone up they go ~ il
shot from a gun, and are helped
into the boat by the crew. The
bag with shells and stone are then
pulled up by the rope attached to
the latter.
1t is surprising what results are
attained by such primitive arrange
ments. Many of the enterprising
firms have floating stations out
near the banks. They have there
by the great advantage OF obtain
ing whatever pearls may bs oon-
ceaIed within the shell Soma
have been found worth.$250--ss
high as $3.50. Such fuds are
scarce, however, and often thous.
ands OF shells are opened without
discovering one pearl. Interesting
experiments were made during the
last year to artifcislly raise pearl
shells. To that effect S0,0O0 young
mollusks we're transferred to
high and rocky bank between Fri
day and Prince of Wales Islands.
1t has not AZ yet been sscertained
whether the pearl shells will ma
ture there, and If they will in shall
low water escape the ravages OF
their bitterest Zoe, the octopus.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-03-15

The San Francisco agents OF
China and Japan bankers are check.
ing the flow of silver from Colorado,
Utah and Nevada to the Orient by
way OF New York and are shipping
bullion to Hong Kong and Koko-
hama from this port. The silver
shipments are increasing monthly.
A local smelling concern separates
the gold and silver in the bullion.
after which the silver is reshipped
abroad IN solid bars. The cost OK
shipping 81. 900 in iine silver from
Denver to Hong Kong via New
York and London ia Sl9.06 and by
way OF San Francisco sl4. The
bank OF California aud the French
bank have in a large measure
changed the flow Of tho immense
silver output. which Is regarded as
a pronounced commercial triumph
for San Francisco. China, japan.
and other Oriental countries have
for years been the largest c'.nsum-
era OF silver in the world. having
received through San Francisco
and Ilondnn during the psst SIX
yenrs s.;i2, 900, ,000.-psnysr Ores
and Metals.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-03-15

adjusted by mutual agreement,
and making the award OF the board
enforceable 10 the q, s. courts, was
passed without division by the
House, hut unless it can be taken
up by unanimous consent there is
slim chance for ii to get voted on
by the Senate.
There 10 at least one man in
Washington, outside the ranks of
the newspaper correspondents, who
was not surprised by Senator
Dolph's defeat. That man is SEN
stor Dubois, of Idaho, who filed a
formal application for the seat oc-
cupied by Senator Dolph on the
day after Mr.. Dolph made strong
anti-sllver speech in the Senate,
about two years ago, at the same
time publicly stating his belief that
he would get that seat after the
fourth of March, 1895, because the
people of Oregon would see to it
that Mr.. Dolph was not returned to
the Senate,
The House by vote OF l43 to
l12 refused 20 appropriate the
1926, 900 which Secretary Gresham
had agreed to allow in payment OF
damages to Canadian sealers in
Bering Sea. Those who voted
against the appropriation did so
because they believed the damages
allowed were excessive; it having
been stated, and not contradicted,
that the total of the claims for
damages filed by the sealers them
selves was considerably less than
100000.
What influence" did Showalter
have? That has been a live cues
tion with the Illinois Congression-
al delegation this week-Chief
Justice Fuller, Vice President
Stevenson and Hon. William Il.
Morrison each had candidate for
that new U. S, circuit judgeship in
Illinois, but Showalter was the
candidate of none of them; yet he
walked off with the plum. Mr..
Showalter's backing is said to have
been entirely legal. The politicians
hardly knew him, but he may make
all the better Judge for that very
reason.
The Senate by vote of 46 to 90
decided that the unpaid bounty on
the sugar crop of 1898 should be
paid and $40 of one cent D pound
should be paid on the crop of '94.
Senatorial dignity left Washing
ton week ahead of Congress, For
the first time within the memory
of the oldest inhabitant it became
necessary to invoke the authority
of the Sargeant-at-Arms to No
order on the floor of the Senate,
and there may be still more excit-
ing times in the Senate before the
final Adjournment on Monday.
combination of silver Senators
forced the withdrawal OF the amend.
ment to the Sunday Civil Appro-
priation bill, authorizing the issue
OF 3 per cent loan certificates to
meet any deficit in government
revenues.
After much talk Postmaster
General Bissell actually did resign
this week.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-03-15
WHERE PEARL SHELLS
GROW.

From the London Queen.
Along the maritime traffic from
Australia to Asia, near the north
ernmost part of the Australian
Continent, there is a small island,
only few square miles in size, bpt
rising in Importance from year to
year, little Thursday Isle. II is
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-03-15

Louis ]. Foot, an Englishmsn
representing wealthy British
syndicate, was swindled oui of
about $4,000 by two American
mining prospectors, who sold him
a salted mine in a district west of
Zacatecas, Mexico.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-03-15
THREE DOLLARS PER YEAR.
7 RTVETED CLOTHING
EVERY GARMENT GUARANTEED.

FACTORY SAN FRANcisco cAuroHMiA.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-03-15

Burglars entered the store OF
Max Heyman & Co, Of Deming,
and got away with goods TO the
value of over 81, 900. No clue.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-03-15

Harry G. Gray, a well known
cattleman, having charge of Wilson
Waddlngham's interests at San
Marcial, died there suddenly one
day last week.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-03-15

DR.. Prices Cream Baking powstex
Awsra.s ceax Mssi nAws~s-s tsls s~e. rvsssssssg
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-30

Katie Putnam gives her musical
comedy, 1.-The Old Lime Kiln" at
the Burtis tomorrow night. She
gives a splendid rendition of a hero
inc of love, fun and heroism. She
is singing several songs new and
catchy. among which may bs men,
toned. Little Alabama Coon"
"Her Golden Hair was Hanging Down
Her Back" Miss Dunn" JOHNNY
Green" and Lucinda Brown"
Miss Putnam carries an excellent
supporting company which includes
the popular comedian. Gus Cohan.
Mr.. Cohan will sing .'Swim Out
O'Grady," new laughing song
and parodies on all the popu-
lar songs of the day. The fol-
lowing well known people are also
members of Miss Putnam's COM
pany: George Klimt, H. B. En-
cry. Lewis o. Hart, Thomes b. Find
lay. Barton Williams. John M. Gill
lis. l. NJ. Edgar. l.. Mitchell. Sadie
Radcliffe Anna Watson, Rosa Leigh
and Ada Fremont.
The phenomenal soprano, Miss
Ellen Beach Yaw, who sings at the
Burtis tonight. has a voice possessed
of the remarkable compass of nearly
four octaves fr"m q in contralto to
high E. six ledger lines in the altis-
simo. the greatest range recorded by
history. and Of won ierful purity.
brilliance and sorority. Her sing
ing was a revelation even to those
who have been accustomed to the IA
nous artists introduced in New York
by Abbey, Schoeffel and Grau. She
has created an unequaled furore in
her iuitiatorv tour in the west. Sew
eral excursion trains were run from
long distances to hear her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-30
Social

The grocer clerks dance at Armory
hall Thursday evening was an enjoy
able and largely attended affairs
about one hundred couples pa, tici-
pating.
The annual banquet of Fort Arm
strong garrison, No. 80, Knights of
the Globe, was given last evening at
the lodge rooms in the Armory build
ing. The ladies surprised the
Knights in pleasant manner when
all had done justice to an elegant
spread served by Caterer Allars, by
presenting them with handsome
silk banner, suitably inscribed. Mrs.
G. b. Kinyon made the presentation
speech, which was responded to by
President Frank Munger. A de-
!ightful evenings entertainment was
lad by ali. A nice program was
rendered. consisting of recitations
by Mrs. j. c. Jacobs and her little
son. Virgil; violin solo by Miss Gertie
Housed. vocal selection by j. A.
johnson. and cornet solo by Miss
Edith Housed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-30
Making Them Answer.

The feeling Of Indignation toward
the board OF supervisors for its atti-
tude in recognizing Steve Collins to
the utter disregard of the protests of
the laboring people. is not confined
to Rock Island where it is running
high. but it is spreading throughout
the county. and in every town hip a
supervisor who exhibited q greater
fondness for Collins than for his con-
stituents is answering for it. no mat
ter who he is or what his politics.
This is right. The supervisor who
gets too big for his boots should be
taken out Of them. 10 South Rock
Island they are making it hot for Su-
pervisor Case on this same score, as
he, like Sinnet and Oberg. believes
that the supervisors should not be
bothered by petitions from the tax
payers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-30
Work for the Deserving.

Notwithstanding the dull times
that have prevailed in the last two
years and the number of men who
have in consequence been out OF en-
plOyment in all sections of the coun-
try, Rock Island has not felt the con-
sequences Of oppression as severely
as many other cities have. and this
has been largely due to the money
that the democratic admin -tration
of municipal affairs has kept in cir
culation among workiugmeu. Mayor
Medills first year started with an
appropriation of $lO,UOO for street
work, and later IS, 900 more was Dor
rowed and expended for the same
purpose with the prime object Of
giving employment to needy and de-
serving men who were anxious for
employ ment, and the total expended
by the city in 1898 went up t.
sl5.494.O5. Last year $1O,OOO was
appropriated, but $14,043.84 in all
was spent in a substantial way that
at the same time CAV. employment to
workingmen who needed it.