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The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-19
MOGOLLONS.
Special Correspondence.

special Correspondence.
The Maud S. mill is in constant com
mission crushing ore from the Last
Attempt and the Maud S. mine, both
owned by the company; the Maud S.
has a hne large body Of ore on its low
er levels.
The Confidence mill, on Whitewater,
Is Crushing about 20 tons of ore or
more daily which is produced by the
mine OF the same name; there is no
lack of confidence caused by such a
record as this mine and mill can show.
The Deep Down suspended work for
a short time, but as the stockholders
came forward with a liberal subscrlp.
ton the work will be resumed. They
have leased and bonded the Top niue
owned by Coffey & Brownell which is
located upon the same vein as the Con
hdeuce mine. Hosting works Will be
erected and the shaft which is nearly
100 feet in depth will be sunk to that
depth and levels started.
The water shows that the reservoirs
and springs in the mountains are fail
ing fast aud if we do not have rain
soon some of the reduction works will
have to shut down temporarily as they
did last year, until the rainy season re-
lieYed them.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-19
Why They Can't Win.


The electoral college of the United
States, upon which the duty is devolv-
ed under the constitution, of electing
the president and the vice-president, is
composed of AT electors. The success
full candidate, therefore, must receive
224 votes. Can the republican candi-
dates get that many votes? If so,
where are they going to come from?
The only states which the republi-
cans can lay claim to on the GOLD stan
dard platform, with any semblance of
certainty, are the following: Maine, 6;
New Hampshire. 4; Vermont, A;
Massachusetts,, Is; Connecticut, 6;
Rhode Island, a; New York, SO; New
Jersey, 10; Pennsylvania, SO: Ohio, %;
Michigan, 8; Wisconsin, Pin all, 100
electoral votes. This is Ga short of the
required 224 votes.
II they carry Illinois, "a; Iowa, IS;
and Minnesota, Gin all, 46-they will
still be IS behind. And if they carry
Indiana, Is, they will still be 8 short.
But there is little prospect of their car
rying Illinois, and hardly a possibility
OF their carrying Indiana. In the lat
ter state the opposition is too strong to
be conquered, and in Illinois it is grow
ing with a mighty growth. BY the
time of the election it will, if things
go on as they are now going, be just as
safe for reform as Texas or South
Carolina.
Can any republican point to a single
other state which his party has any
prospect of carrying on a gold plat
form? He cannot, let him wiggle and
writhe as he may.
Therefors there is no good ground
whatever for the confidence expressed
by the republicans that they are going
to have a walkover in the next election.
Those who feel that confidence are
mighty badly posted. If they succeed
at all, it will be because the overwhelm-
ing majority against them may not be
modified In support of a single ticket.
We do not apprehend such a state of
affairs. AS the days go on the contest
becomes so sharp, the issue so keen and
incisive, that mombilization will natur-
ally and irresistibly result. 1t can
hardly be prevented.
But suppose the election goes into
the house of representatives, as it
must go ii nj candidate gets a ma.
Jority of the electoral votes. In that
case each state casts one vote, and that
vote is determined by a majority of the
representatives. A majority of the
states elect. Here the republicans
are again confronted with a roaring
lion in their path. In order to be sue
cessfui they must have 20 states, and
they cannot get them. They have only
10 which they can count npon in the
present house, which elects, and we be-
lieve that several Of these are very
doubtful on the gold standard.
Mckinley understands all these
things we'll enough; hence the utter
i.mnppcssslibility Of getting him to open
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-19

II have been affected with severe
headaches. l have taken number of
bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla and the
headaches are perfectly cured."-LEo-
PoLD ADoNIs. section foreman, Earlm-
ham, N. M.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-19
PROSPECTUS rses-e4.
NEW YORK
ESTABLISHED 1915.

ESTABLISHED 1916.
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canst to be the most aggressive in its political advocacy of pure INT unaduteramd Aner.s
can deasfn politics. and the only newspaper published in New York Cyt hat has con
Sstenty and earNly advocated
FREE AND UNLIMITED COINAGE OF SILVER
of arrangements sent the following letter 10 the Dispatch.
New York, August g, 1893.
Editor New York Dipasch:
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Ihaveth The honortob be sill, very respectfully, yours, JOHN G. BOYD Chairman.
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This funny and Instructive book tells in a
most humorous way how the Angel of Liber.
ty took Grover Cleveland from the White
House in the dead of night, ami left him
ragged, and hugry, in Oklahoma City, to
tions as a tramp are most ludicrously relat-
ed and his conversations with farmers and
laboring men about the silver question are
very instructive. EVERY BODY SHOULD
READ IT. 1t contains 178 of laugh provok-
Clevelsnd as a tramp. Price. IS cents.
send rs cents for the book to the SILVER
KNIGHT.W ATGHMAN, 1920 New York Ave-,
Washington, ID. O.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-06-19

Hoods Pills cure all liver ills.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-27
MFR. Lamont on Coast Defence.

In his current annual report. Secretary
LAMONT gives his decision upon the various
recommendations of his su~bordinates, and
particularly of Gen. MILES, Gen. FLAGLER,
Gen. CRAIGHILL, and the Qualifications
Board, concerning seaboard protection.
The gist of it all is that, at the present
rate of progress, by the end Of the fiscal
year of 1898 the nation will be fairly safe
from foreign INVASION" and three years
later absolutely invulnerable, at every i'm
portant port on the Atlantic seaboard, to
the most formidable fleets.
The distinctive part which MI. LAMoNT's
own administration has had in this work Is
that of calling upon private resources to aid
those of the Government in furnishing en-
placements and carriages. This has given a
great start to the whole business, which
had become very sluggish; and it is to be
hoped that he will push on this method
during the few months of Office that remain
to him.
Congress has often been accused Of max
ing insufficient appropriations for coast de-
fence, but there are some excuses for 1t.
Those who have had the care of the forth
fications have not been ready. until
of late, for large expenditures. Years
after they were able to make splendid
guns, they had no carriages Of the disap-
pearing type; and their development for the
various calibres has been very slow. 1t was
Of no use to accumulate guns that could not
be mounted, or to build emplacements with
nothing to put in them, although perhaps
time might have been saved by having the
works planned to the last detail.
Sometimes when money was asked Of Con-
gress for certain items, it was shown that
there were considerable un%expended balances
for such items. The navy has had a way Of
promptly ~expending whatever it received
it's work also has been done largely by pri-
vate contractors. and the interest Of the
latter is to push their work along and get
their money.
However, the whole path is clear now, and
any reasons hat may have partly excused
Congress, up to the last session. for post
pOning liberal appropriations have van
ished. We have splendid systems of guns,
mortars, carriages and mines. The factory
at Watervliet should, therefore, be kept run
ming to its full capacity for a year. The
carriage factory at Watertown ought to be
kept running for n like period day and
night. The fullest demands for pro1ectiles
and for submarine mines should be met.
The amounts that will be due during the
year on contracts already entered into,
should, of course, be furnished. Finally, a
free hand should be given to make further
contracts for whatever can be completed, or
nearly completed, within the year provided
for, of emplecemcnts or carriages. Whether
this takes five, ten. or fifteen millions, no
less should be voted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-27
spain's Navy and Ours.

Although it is difficult to suppose that
Spain will commit the folly of turning her
arms against US on account Of her loss or
impending loss of Cuba, yet it may be we'll
to note what her chances would be of in
nicting damage by such n course.
1t need hardly be said that the question
involved is that of naval forces, since the
problem OF transporting troops to our
shores is quite different from that of land
ing them in Cuba, where Spain holds every
port and the patriots have not a single ship.
To begin with, Spain has a total Of one first
class battle ship, the Pelayo, which was
lately, according to the dispatches, to have
her boilers replaced at Marseilles. She is of
$500 tons, with a l7&-inch belt, her bar
bettes having l2-inch armor, and she has a
speed of 16 knots. She carries a main bat
terry of two l216-inch, two 11-inch, one 6.2-
inch, and twelve 4.7-inch guns. Spain has
also two old and slow second-class 1000
ton battle ships, the Numancia and Vitoria
but it was lately announced that two French
engineers had gone to Cartagena to alter
them into modern vessels.
More important are the four belted cruis-
ers lmperhdor Carlos ", Almirante
NIeNH'Nt IVY Wv hiahp 'oAA" ~
resa. The first of these Is OF a little over
5000 tons, and carries two 11-inch. eight
bH-inch, and four 4-inch guns; but she has
only two inches ofarmor on her upper works.
More heavily armored are the other three,
which have belts 12 inches thick, with
l0N-inch %turrets, and carry two 11-inch
and ten ~6}G-inch guns. with sixtsen smaller
pieces. The Princesse de Asturias is some
times reckoned in. as a sister ship of those
just named. but shes was only recently
launched at Cadiz, and is not available.
Against this total of seven armorclads,
of which only five are OF much account, we
have. to begin with, the three 10, 2Ss-ton
battle ships Indiana, Massachusetts, and
Oregon, each of which is not only larger
than the Pelayo, Spain's only frst-class
battle ship, but has a still thicker
armor belt, and of Harveyed steel,
quite superior to tho Pelayo's compound
plating. Their main battery consists of
four l3-inch, eight s-inch, and four e-inch
guns, osSweighing the Pelayo in projectiles
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-27

Governor STONE OF Missouri made wry
faces in his Thanksgiving proclamation. and
didn't try to hide the bilious md Frustrated
condition of his soul on account OF the tribuls-
tions OF Popocracy. Another mourner, mutter-
ing and grumoling in his thanks. is Governor
CLARKE OF Arkansas. He is in the rebellious
frame OF spirit in which the Governor OF Ar
kansas might he expected to be. Our only
cause for murmur or complaint" he writes,
with a vicious scratching OF his pen. " is TO be
found in such things as the misguided actions
OF our fellow citizens have imposed upon u.s.
These misguided actions have imposed upon
CLARKE and his brethren the necessity
OF paying their debts in as good money as they
borrowed and have prevented the Supreme
Court Of the United States from being turned
into a Populist powwow. Naturally murmur
and complaint arise at such outraGes Of tho
plutocrats.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-27
Mr.. John E. Redmond Here.

It Is to be hoped that all American we'll
wishers Of ireland will welcoms NJ. JOHN
+. REDMOND, who visits this country, not
with the design of promoting the interests
of any particular faction of the Home Rule
party, but for the purpose of delivering a
course Of lectures entitled Fifteen Years
in Parliament" When one recalls how
many obscure British writer's have hocked to
this country in quest ofnotor!ety and dollars,
and have not come wholly in vain, it is rea-
sonable to believe that a man Of Mr.. RED
MoND's distinction will have remarkable sue
cess.
An almost romantic interest attaches to
Mr.. REDMoND's personality. He has occu-
pied in Parliament for fifteen years the
same Irish seat, which was held by his
father and his grandfather, and he has kept
it in the teeth OF the efforts of the great ma
jority of the Irish Nationalists to GUST him.
1t will be remembered that he was one of the
| stanChest of the little band of warm-hearted
Irishmen who refused to abandon Mr.. PAR
NELL, when, at the bidding OF Mr.. GLAD
STONE, the greater part of the followers of the
Irish chief forsook him. Mr.. JOHN +. RED
MoND for his part commended that Mr.. PAR
NELL must be upheld, not only AS a matter
of personal loyalty, but as a matter of party
policy; for he predicted that the desertcrs
would inevitably sink into the position of
mere henchmen Of the British Liberals, and
would DO unable to maintain that position
of absolute independence which, as expert
ence has shown, was Indispensable to the
fulflment OF PARNELL's programme.
But whatever the friends Of ireland in
this country may think of the proceedings
in committee room No, l3, and of their con-
sequences, nonc will deny that Mr.. JOIN E.
REDMOND is n truc-hcartcd 1rishman, who
has brought TO the service of his country
abilities OF n high order, being, with the
possible exception of Mr.. SEXTON, the most
fluent, finished, and effective orator in the
nome rule ranks. II any man is qualified
to tell the cventful story Of the last fifteen
years in Parliament, it is Mr.. REDMOND;
and we bespcak for him n most cordial re-
ception on the part Of all intelligent persons
interested in current history.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-27
A Discerning Newman.

To rHF FpIrOp oF THE SuH-Sir: l took an Gle
waited railroad train at West NON street TO 90 down.
town on Saturday morning. Before entering tho
elevator 10 reach the station, l approached one OF tho
several news stands that were do!nS n thriving bust.
ness to purchase a pHpsrI have read since boyhooi-
THE SrS. before | was within ten foot or the stand,
and before | had opened my mouth, the dealer h".d
out to me u copy OF THE SvE. was surpr'set AT hs
anticipation OF my want, AM J said: How do You
know that l desire this newspaper am nor on" OF
your customers. in fact. have not taken n train at
this station for n year" "Oh," he replied, II can tell
by your appearance. l rarely mako a mistake Is
not he q sagacious new mHn? ! can understand that
one may learn by obs rvat!on to he quite surcH ssful
In detecting the readers Of tie fake" publications,
but now is ono to tell that a man reads THE srNspe,
officially &. S, W.
NEW YoRK. Nov 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-27
The Arithmetic oft Might Have Been

Some of our esteemed contemporaries APP
pear to derive considerable satisfaction from
mathematical computations which show
that the change Of a comparatively small
humble of votes, say thirty-ive thousand in
the whole country, would have reversed the
result of the election and put Mr.. BRYAN in
the White House, Notwithstanding the fact
that Major MCKINLEY's plurality of the
electoral vote is ninety-seven, and his ma
jority over BRYAN on the popular vote
only a little less than n million, and larger
than that Of any candidate previously
elected MS President.
These cipherers of a narrow margin are of
two classes first, those politically Interested
in demonstrating that the result of Nov. 3
was not an overwhelming victory for the
sound-money ticket, and a conclusive YER
diet against free silver; and, secondly, the
ingenious chaps who cultivate paradoxes of
NIL sorts. and delight in showing by figures
that big things would have been very diff
ferent II only a few small things could nave
been changed here and there.
From either point Of view their computa-
tions have no significance. The circum-
stance which they exhibit as phenomenal, is
al ordinary and ~inscparable feature of our
electoral system. The system is such that
= comparatively ~unimportant number OF
changes, rightly distributed, might reverse
the result of a sweeping Presidential elec,
tion, and upset a tremendous electoral
majority. This may he seen from the fig
urea Of the Presidential election of 1892
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-27

The excitement of Boston over Mr.. MAC
MoSNIEs's "Bacchaute" continues to rage like
the heather. The highest temperature reported
IS that of ono Rev. DIR. JAMES BOYD BRADY, who
has devoted a sermon TO the trustees OF tho
Public Library and burned them at the stake
for accepting tho offending statue. The Rev.
DIR. JANE BOYD BRADY's incandcscent sermon
famed with language like this:
This Ia treason charge these men with treason.
treason. treason DAmnah,c, heilish treason! That's
what II is. Treason to city, state, and country. world.
virtue. and treason to Almighty Gop"
From which IT will he seen that the Rev. DR..
JAMES BOYD BRADY has a very bad case Of the
interjections and needs TO no 10 Chelsea a few
days for rest. II seems strange that only an
imaginative and u beautiful work of art will
bring on an attack OF the intersections in Bos-
ton. Such horrors as the CAss Monument and
the CRISpUs ArTUcKs Monument. horrars ut
the sight of which passing horses and sparrows
drop dead in agony, never move anybody to
wrath in Boston. Mr.. MACMoNNIHs ought to
visit those rem arkabie works. provided he has
the constitution. They are among the chief
wonders aud atrocities OF the world.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-27

In the pamphlet published in Spanish yes
terday by sefor JosE DE ARMAs-CARDESAs 1t
does not appear that the author went TO Spain
to confer with Prime Minister CANovAs, with
the official character of "a diplomatic agent
from the Cuban Junta" or n diplomatic agent
Of the Cuban Government"
On the contrary 1t is already stated In tho
pamphlet that Sohor ARMAs's mission was OF a
private character. II he succeeded. he was sure
OF the approval of Sefor AIN and tho accept
ance by the Cuban Government OF q proposal
from Spain to sell the island to the revolu-
tionists. But the Importance OF the statement
is Just that Senior CANovAs agreed to make the
proposal first on The pd,t If Spain" though
without any guarantee for tho Cubnns that 1t
should be fulfilled.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-27
By Rail to tho Yukon.


IIWW It NINlrUIIN3 JUUrnaL
SEATTLE, Wash. Soy. ~. Articles OF incor-
p0rhtluu of n pioneer railroad for Alaskn WAS
stewart, Maurice Mcl!lcLenAu Constantine l..
Webb. ltls called the Pacific and Arctic Rail
way and Navigation Company. Its prouosed
route commences, at II point at the head OF
lynn cana, at S~hkngway BAY, and thence TO
summit Lake, II distance OF twcnty miles. which
Will do away with the greatest hardship incl
dent 10 lac trip into the YukUn, as IL viii save
the hardy miner the necessity Of packing his
rough thilknt Pass. summit Lake is n fn.de
OF mo upper Yukon, and from there IL ia com.
Iarhtively, easy 10 reach the mining cenIrea
i,uUE the banks Of that river, ~
IL Is also tho intention ut the corporation IN
run bohts on. summit Lake and the upper nor.
Pile. can he comfortably carried to The gold
mlning, ~reeions. Tho capital stock is put at
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-27
Nothing Like Electricity.

:" ~ 'E"THTHV VV"HFT
New uses for electricity are constantly being
discovered. A iisk dealer runs n wire up
through his counter ana slOves IL into a huge
hloca OF fish. ana then labels IL " Electric fish
Any one curious enough Ia touch the nsh with
wh,ch conyinces HIM that the fish is correctly
lnUrllcd,
Yesterday n local dealer in pickles. who has
the different casks, lad "a wire run along win a
lltlr branch Ui copper wire running into each
pan, This charged the pickles so That any one
putting u iiurer In the pan to sample one re-
o,,ycG u smart shock. Just whether this was
Pickles or ns II joke on those who intended to do
SO. il not known; nut after putting ~ finger near
uHe pan no ore attempted 10 tOuch another. II
one tUO.. up the pan or put his hand ON the
picklcs he received no noticeable shock, hat the
sensitive end uf II finger put near II p!ck!e re-
Cr.NGa "a rather unpleasant Jar.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-27

The REGISTERS Office, or the Hall OF Rec
ords, in the City Hall Park, is the only
public building in New York that dates
back to revolutionary times.
During that conflict New York remained
in the control of the Tories, who imprisoned
some of their more outspoken antagonists
in the Hall Of Records. The building be-
came afterward the debtors prison Of the
town. 1t is now one hundred and thirty
nine years old, and it is the official reposi-
tory of the real estate deeds of the city, the
most vigorous efforts to secure a modern.
spacious, suitable, and fireproof build
ing for the proper safeguarding of
these records having failed to bring about
any change. Not only is the building old
and without the appliances and contriv-
ances for safety now available, but it was
always peculiarly unsuitable for it's uses.
The flooring is of wood, and old books and
old papers, infammable material, are stored
about, and the racks, wardrobes, and cases
are of pine wood, thus making the danger
of serious fire always imminent.
The city of New York derives in a year in
fees more than 100000 from the collec-
tions of the Register, n sum which is APP
Dllpu TO Tue TGuuCLlOl VI JhNtS. lIt dSSpSSpu
value of real estate is rapidly approaching
So, 900, 900, 900, and the official records of
the titles to such real estate, upon which
che city levies taxes and from which the city
revenues are chiefly drawn, are on file in
this primitive, diiapidated, and dangerous
building. Probably the Hall of Records Of
New York is the repository of more evil
dence of landed wealth than any other
building in the world; but however this
may be, it is a fact certainly that for
such a repository a building more than
one hundred years old is utterly untitled
Accordingly complaint has frequently been
made of the present building by Grand Ju-
ries, one of which found this presentment:
at is totally unit to he occupied as a public build
Ing for any purpose, and its condition Is such as to
tender II n fit object for condemnation at the hands
pr the Fire Department, Building Department, and
Health Department. IL is appalling to contemplate
the incalculable and irremedIable confusion and I'M
certainty over titles which would be involved in It's
destruction"
The city of New York, or more properly
The county OF New York, for the Registers
pfice is a county Office, cannot enter upon
the construction Of any new building with
but permission of the Legislature. Conse-
puently the Board OF Estimate and Appor-
tionment has just adopted u resolution
calling upon the Sinking Fund Commits
sioners to secure the necessary authorization
tor a new Hall of Records, to be devoted to
the Registers business only, and not to en-
rroach upon the area of the City Hall Park.
The authority should be granted promptly.
The danger of loss is now great.