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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-08


And Llewellyn Powers having a
duly elected Governor for the current
political years 1897 and 1898.
The committee further reported that
the above totals do not include the
vote of the town of Littleton, which is
returned as follows:
For Governor Powers had 1874
Frank "a
And the committee asked to leave
the disposal of this vote to the decis-
ion of the Legislature.
The report was read and Mr.. Cla-
son then offered the following amend
ment:
Add 1S6 to the total number of votes,
so that it shall read 123,990. Add 1874
to the number of votes for Llewellyn
Powers SO that it shall read S2,S76.
Add "a to the number of votes for Mel
vim p. Frank. so that it shall read 34.-
1853 Add Is to the vote of Ammi s.
Ladd. so it shall read 2714.
The amendment was adopted and the
report as amended was accepted.
On motion by Mr.. Savage of Andres
SoS6hi' ~ was Il.
Ordered. the House concurrins. that
when the Senate and House adjourn,
they adjourn to meet on Tuesday after
noon next at 43O O'Clock.
Mr.. Savage said in explanation of
this order that he offered 1t after con-
sultation with the presiding officers
of both branches,as 1t seemed wise that
this length of time be allowed for
the proper1ormatlon OF tnecommlttees.
subsequently TINS order came back
from the House passed IN concurrence.
Inc Presiuenl caiieu " the CHAIR MI.
savage Oh auburn.
Mr.. Day Oh Fenooscot-it becomes
my PHEASANT outy at inns time. at the
unanimous request OF the parties con
cerieu' embracing al VI the ieAuihs
oihciais aoou' .he o,a.e Rouse 10 IN
troauce tie noilowlhs resolve
Nesoi'eu' tna' III ,e1U , eni.lon VI .he
tho mast fo,,r vears az executive IF orr
State, the Senate of Maine tenders
The oasis., 1897-04-03

proved methods of handling the allu- yium. Stories are told and believed in the region thcreabout of Don Teodoro filling huge walled coifers with placer gold -acubic meter,o or nearly 8, GOO, GOO in each, and of his burying the gold it Is c0njectured- somewhere in the mountains, and burying the peon as- sistants with it. At all events he died suddenly forty odd years ago without revealing the hiding place or leaving any considerable wealth.
 l have been assured by an old serv- ant Of Don Teodoro, who is still alive at Tirc. that he saw his master once produce three buckets full of gold in- tended as a gift 10 his daughter.
 The placers still yield abundantly, and nuggets of considerable size aIe found occasionally. The largest l have seen actually produced in my presence weighed about U ounces. An average sample of he gold produced at Llanos placers. roughly assorted by screening into seven sizes, gave me the following results by counting and computing the number of grains and weighing them:
The oasis., 1897-04-03
Whole No. 2o7

rifles, and then brushes into batea the heavy sand and gold caught be- hind the rifles. The gold is separated by sklllfully spreading out the con- tents of the batea several times with a circular or centrifugal movement collecting the gold in the center, then covering it by slower movement, and blowing oif the lighter material by pulls of breath; repeating the process until tho gold is clean. A magnet is used at last to remove magnetic oxide of iron. The tailings are remarkably clean, even the very last heavy sand separated from the gold assaying less than 2 ounces per ton, indicating loss Of about quarter of one per cent of the amount of gold actually saved,
 A crew of two adult Indians and three boys, and an ovcrseer or nagui- nista is required to operate a dry washer. One man clears piece Of ground by removing shrubbery, trees, etc, and loosens the surface with a crowbar. which is the only tool used by him. The other sh0vels the earth through portable sand screen with rods , inches apart. Two boys, with rawhidc ltinatesl or buckets. each holding forty pounds of earth, carry the alluyium as fast as it Is screened, to the hopper. while the tue third boy turns the crank and regulates the flow Of earth from the hopper. Such a crew can screen and jig from three to four tons of earth per hour
 The Wood Dry Washer, made by Fraser & Chalmers. is exactly the same machine as lse native mir jig of Altar but larger 'ud provided with steam-powef and pulyerizing machin- cry. To make such machines, practi- cally adapted to the conditions exist ing in the Altar placers, the motive power should be derived directly from solar heat, excluding the use of steam. Of course, a larger yield would result from pulverizing the alluvium, which is quite coarse. though free from bDulders, as a rule. That such gold as is enclosed in the Jumps or coarse grams of earth is not recovered at once is evident from the fact that the tailings are frequently re-worked, after year or two of exposure to at- mospberic disintegration. The idea that the Indians let gold remain in the placers to serve as seed for future crop is an old jest which receives q color of probability from the fact above stated, and from the further fact that it is customary to move tue machines about continually, in hope Of finding an unusually rich spot, so that no given area becomes exhausted.
The oasis., 1897-04-03

The i've cOarscr sizes contained. in ] oQo parts: sll'3 parts fine gold: lli7 parts une silver II parts impurities, ebicIly lead and oxide gf iron. Tie aainder contained S4G parts fine eea; g parts fine silver COZ parts immfitlcs. This would appear to in- dicakc degree of parting by subcereai agencies, since the coarser grains, ex- posing tho least surface, contain the most silver.
 Before lss5 the gold was winnowed from the sand or alluyium in ibe same way that wheat is winnowed from chaiT. Since that year an air jig Of extremely simple construction, made entirely at home, las been growing into use. This dry washermachine or air jig consists of wooden bottomed bellows 2D tnches wide by fcut iurg, having canvass sides and tops, fixed in a frame 20x4l inches inside, by 4 feet high, and operated by pitman and crank with ll inches throw, driven by d pulley and belt connecting with a wheel on the driving shaft which is operated by hand crank.
 The bellows Is sneeded To make l20 strokes per minute when the hand crank is turned at 90 revolutions, by q boy. Air is admitted into the bellows by four large flap-yalyes in the bottom which oscillates. It is expelled through the meshes of the canvas GOV cring in puas at each stroke. The machine. when it is to be operated, iS set so that the plane of the topof the bellows inclines to the back or tail end. at about l5s to 2O' from the hori- zontal. Four or five 2 inches strips of wood are pinned across the canvas to serve as rifles, and side strips are at tachcd. 8 inches high, to prevent the sand and gold from falling over. The placer dirt, screened tu inches size is fed to the upper end of the canvas through a hopper and distributing slide. As the bellows is put in mo- tion, the dirt is assisted in its passage down over the rifles by the ascending pufIs of air. The gold settles upon the canvas, in tho angles formed by tue rifles.
 To make cean-up, which is done once every hour or oftener, the over seer takes of one of the side guards.
The oasis., 1897-04-03


 called "antimonyr by the native miners in dyke veins. Lead seems to accompany the gold everywhere and varying amount of silver.
 The Altar gold field extends from Santa Rosa and Nina Grande in the southern part of the prefecture of Altar, for about l6O miles northwest to the Arizona line at Quitoyaquita, l6O miles west from Benson, on the Southern Pacific Railroad The gen. eral direction of the principal lodes, as Of the mountains range, is about \. 25s w., which is the course of the axes of tlexure of the rock formations. 1 The latter consists of granites and gneisses. banded by sharply upturned states, quartzltes, shales and lime stones on the east and west. Parallel flsxures occur throughout the State of Sonora, and in many places the sedI- mentaries may he seen contorted at every angle Eruptive dykes and laccolltcs are common. The gold-bear ing veins and placcrs occur generally near the contact of the sedimentary rocks with the granitcs, sometimes within the granite.
 ] The placers cover the gently slopng skirts Of the granite hills, at an ele- vation Of LOGO to ? ,500 feet above sea level. The bedrock is sometimes. granite. but generally calcareous seai- meniaries, often nearly vertical 6 fstratincation. but gg and down , lopgTQntinued erosion i0 neagly level surface The depth Of tho gold-bear. | iDg alluyIum varies from few inches to many feet. In some places very rich deposits have been worked by tunneIng under layer of calcareous cement callcheJ similar to that which covers many parts the plains ofCali- ! fornia, Arizona and New Mexico. It makes q good roof for drift mining.
 The principal mining districts Of ! the Altar gold iieldsare: Santa Rosa, | Caion, Apache Cienega San ldelfonso de Ia Cleneguilla, San Francisco Los Llanos or Fl Tiro,i Arituaba, La To llena, El Carncro, Alamo Muerto San 1 Felizl, Micaray. Caborca, CarrIzal, La Basura. santa Felicita. Los Taiitos, l lsl Tren. San perfcctO. Fl ZO1c, San Antonio. Quitobac, Son lta and Qui- ] toYaquita.
 The Cienega and Llanos placers l have been worked without interrup- l tion for more than ninety years, by Don Teodoro salazar and his descen- dants, and have given by far the greatest yield Many of the others were upon lands held exclusively held by Papagos until ls33 and their re- motcness from drinking water is even now q serious drawback. Dry placers cannot be worked in wet weather: even the perspiration of the laborers who dig the alluyium interferes with the operation. but urlnklng-WaJer IS Indispensable.
 At the Cienega there was an abun- dant supply, and that place soon be- came the center of the dry placer iu- dustry, as well as of lode mining. Velasco estimated the yield of the Cienega and Llanos placers, if l re- member correctly, at from Sl,0oo,oOo to S5,oo0,0O0 annually up toabout lSll fl tsuch production was maintained if must have come in great part from the quartz veins. At the present time, with about 800 Yaqui Indian laborers at work in these placers, was able to estimate the pro ductiOn at from s2OO eco to Sl0O. GOO
The oasis., 1897-04-03
THAR GOLD FIELDS.
.,thc Engincering and Minine '''' I,rrnai by N dco. Waring'

dNitA
 .,,,.,e is a considerable basis in fact < ,aeoont for the vague rumors that
 a.ated to tbe ears of the mining
 .o far over a generation about the * ,I,r Aliar. After the discoveries F r,liforpia in 1918 it was tue eX-
 ,ioneod miners from the Altar Dis X or sonora. Mexico, driven out in v if he tho Papagoes, as were the CN-
 N ms or iahabltants of the fortified {aoootains centuries before, and at
 N ,cted in part by the new discoveries
 N ,o tsneht the newly hcdged gold
 sol,ers how to extract the metal from
 ' Do onartz lodes by means of the ta- N ooa or arrastra. Later, as the gulch N, ines began to give out, the sonora
 ,biner. heguiled some Of the still un- & &,isyed fortune hunters with tales Of
 < be rlitierlng sands of Altar where
 c old was 10 be found not merely in the 8ed, of mountain stcams, but every A Abere. all over the plains. lt came, 4hcy said, irom enormously rich lodes
 Nmch had been worked by the span 3ams until the time of the iapago Outbreak in ls4l and the general cx- .,dus to California in lSiS.
 4 Attempts were made toopen several kfthe gla mines after the close of the & Ivil wal 0y the aid of California and Eastern capital lleposts, based 1afgely upou the aatterlng account Of fUr V1.ssee r De Bslsdisticsl de aora aand upon locnl traditions, and bssays of quartz samples highly keasoccd with placer gold dust, with (which the clothing and pockets of nearly every Indian in that district is saturated, induced very bligh expectations. Of course, they were never realized. Then 2 prejudice Set iu The Spaniards themselves had asserted, 1t was discovered, that the veins. so rich at the surface, were not in depth. Yelasco had this fact. but it had been by the experts. The quartz gens of Altar were no better than lhose ol any other gold region. still luc placeres, ordry washings, coutin-
 ned to yield, and every year proved them to have one characteristic not common to placers they were prac. .icaly incxhaustiblc.
 neNed examination Of the lode mines ol lhe district has resulted in the sue eessIul operation Of at least two Of the old mines, the Cerro Colorado, in ihe south, and Fl plomo, in the north eIn section of the Altar district. ln- lelligent exploration at Fl Plomo has demonstrated that the faulted veins o' the old miners are recoverable. At the Cerro Colorado no attempt has been made to search for extrayagantly 'lehore' buta valuable demonstration lI another kind has been made, name " that the lowgrade'ores which the lnllguos left can now be protitably worked. Others of the cid mines, which number over 200 in all, are 'oout to he re-opened and lode min hg n Altar may soon be as active as certainly was from 1893 to lS4s and 'dfAer Aurifer0us veins and dykes y every class abound in the easily ac- esslole mountain ranges, from knife 0se seams to enormous jodes many aTas in width; flat veins under DOT 'uSry caps bosses, or quartz blow. V's' and innumerablc chimney de- 'Vsils m limestone, of lead carbonate 4u iFvn carrying gold, as similar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
POKE FUN AT THE QUEEN.
LiIiuokalani a Victim of FiveStudents,
Wit

Chicago, Oct. 2-Sorry will be the
plight of five girls and boys from the
Hawaiian islands if ex-Queen LiIiuo-
kalani ever gets on the throne again
Her majesty was the subject of much
fun while on her way to Chicago from
San Francisco during the past few
days.
Five of her former subjects were on
the train bound for schools in the east
Such songs, ''She May Have Seen Bet
ter Days. You're Not the Only Peb-
lie on the Beach" were sung by the
young students, much to the anger of
the ex-queen. In fact she grew so in
dignant that she called upon two young
men, who are on their way to Cam
bridge England, and are faithful ad-
herents of her majesty" to chastise
the chorus. They failed after some ex-
element and Queen Lii made a grand
exit out of one sleeping car into anoth-
er where she was not bothered by the
merry students.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
GEN. NILES SISTER.
Alleged to Have Enticed Child-Po-
lice Called Upon.

Boston. Oct. Mrs. Ann Maria
Sprague, of Fitchburg, is a sister of
Major General Nelson A. Miles, U. S.
A, and an aunt of ex-MayOr Edwin u
Curtis, of Boston. She is a woman of
decided strength of character, some
what past middle life and possessed of
considerable property. James Peters,
of Westminster, complained of her this
morning at the police station for entic-
ing her daughter, Mabel, away from
home yesterday. The girl is Is years
old.
The father of the child informed the
police that Mrs. Sprague came to his
house yesterday and told him that she
wanted the child to go with her to her
house for the purpose of assisting her
in fitting over a dress. Mr.. and Mrs
Peters made no objection. but later
they were surprised and became sus-
piciOus when they made the discovery
that the girls clothing had disappear
ed from the house, too.
] hen when the father could not find
either Mrs. Sprague or his child this
morning he appealed to the police, say
ing that they were last seen in West
Fitchburg.
Mrs. Sprague was found by the po-
lice, and in defense denied that she had
done ANYTHING Irregular and proposed
to see that the girls rights were pro-
tected. The chief of police informed her
that her action was irregular, and the
child was taken away from her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
ONE In EVERY FOUR.
One Person in Every Four Suffers
From Piles.

About one person in every four suf-
fers from some form of rectal disease.
The most common and annoying is itch
ing piles, indicated by warmth, slight
moisture and intense, uncomfortable
itching in the parts affected.
The usual treatment has been some
simple ointment or salve which some
times give temporary relief, but moth
ing like a permanent cure can be ex-
pected from such superficial treatment.
The only permanent cure for itching
piles yet discovered is the Pyramid Pile
Cure, not only for itching piles, but for
every other form of piles, blind, bleed
ing or protruding. The first applica-
ton gives instant relief and the con-
tinued use for a short time causes a
permanent removal of the tumors or
the small parasites which cause the in
tense itching and discomfort of itching
piles.
Many physicians for long time sup
posed that the remarkable relief af-
forded by the Pyramid Pile Cure was
because it was supposed to contain CO.
caine, opium or similar drugs, but such
is not the case. A recent careful anal
ysis of the remedy showed it to be alb
solutely free from any cocaine, opium
or in fact any poisonous, injurious
drugs what ever. Sold by druggists at
80 cents per package.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
A PIONEER SHOEMAKER,
WORKING At HIS TRADE ALTHOUGH EIGHTYFIVE YEARS old.
Mr. James MClIen Of Champaign Has Followed the Shcsmakers
Trade All His Lfe-EveY Day His Bench Working with Appar
emily the Same WgOr as Young Mana Sketch Of HsLie.
From. the Gazette Champaign, III.

At the advanced age of eighty-fve years,
james McMillen, of 112 West Washington
street, is one of the most active men in Cham
paigu, Illinois. Mr.. McAfiIlen is a pioneer
citizen of the city, and his form is as familiar
on the streets as that of any citizen of the
town. All his life Mr.. McMllleR has fol-
lowed the trade of shoemaker and every day
finds him at his bench, bending over his work
with apparently the same vigor he COM
manded when he was young man.
lie has little shop North Wright street,
IN the vicinity of the University of Illinois,
and he is the official shoemaker, as 1t were,
for the students of that institution.
About a year ago Mr.. McMillen was absent
from his bench for several weeks, and his
The local newspapers announced that he
sufferer, but finally he appeared again at
since then and none, perhaps on account of
sickness. His friends were surprised to see
him out again, and they were more surprised
when he told them the cause of his recovery.
There was no small amount of local inter-
est In his case, and reporter visited him,
to have him relate the story.
:" fee" said the spry old gentleman,
=" that I owe my life to DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. Something like a
year ago it appeared to me that I was almost
a physical wreck. / was suffering from a
disease of the kidneys A thick scurf had
formed the bottoms of my feet and my
ankles were terribly swollen and inlamed
In fact they reached such a condition that
could not walk, and it looked as though my
days were numbered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
NO DISCRETION
Is Permitted the Secretary of Ag
ricuIture in this Case

Washington, Oct. 2.-The agriculture
al department has been compelled to
forego its decision to distribute this
years seed from Washington because
of a decision by Comptroller Tracewell
of the treasury, that such distribution
would be a violation of the law by
which the appropriation was made. This
decision was rendered today in re-
Spouse to a letter from Secretary Viii
son.
In his reply Mr.. Traceweu saws that
the appropriation for last year was in
the same language as that for the
present fiscal year, excepting as to the
amount appropriated, and he calls at
tent1On to the fact that Attorney Gen
eral Harmon rendered a decision to the
effect that the appropriation of last
year authorized the secretary of agri-
culture to purchase seeds already put
UP in packages and labeled for distri-
button. 1r.TraceWeu holds. in view of
this decision, that while the secretary
can determine the form in which the
contractors shall deliver the seeds, he
cannot purchase the seeds and employ
persons to put them up or contract
with some one to do the work.
1T must not be forgotten he adds.
that congress has used the very plain
est language in providing $3.50, 600 for
the purchase and distribution of seeds,
bulbs, etc, and has attached to the ap-
preparation the specific requirement
that not less than S110, 900 shall be used
in the purchase of valuable seeds. Con-
gresS thus fixed a minimum amount
anu ola not 1nIenQ InaJ a discretion
should be exercised by the secretary of
agriculture.
THE whole act is mandatory in form
and the use of one-half of this sum in
payment for personal services in dis
tributing seeds would not be a COM
pliance with the specific order of CON
gress.
THE head of a department" the
comptroller adds, Ordinarily has some
secretion in the use of appropriations
for his department The appropriation
for seeds seems to be drawn fOrthe very
purpose of preventing a construction
which would admit of the exercise of
anU discretion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING
PNEUMATIC HUBS ON BIKES.
With Solid Tires, They May Take the
Place of the Present Hubs
and 9SireS

New York. Oct. 2.-Pneumatic huSs
and solid tires may yet supplant. the
present style of hubs and tires on bicy-
cleS.
Almost simultaneously inventions of
pneumatic, or spring, hubs have been
made in three different parts of the
globe.
one of these inventions is the pro-
duct of Pennsylvania machlnlst' ana
the test made last week was reported
to be highly satisfactory Around the
axle. protected by steel thimbles, is
pneumatic tube, blown up the same as
pneumatic tires This tube is incaSed
in a nickel steel frame, to which the
spol1es are attached. The frame.
hanging on these inflated hubs, causes
the rider to rock easily, as though sit
ting in a swing. There is the least pos
sible vibration, jarring or jOlting. The
tires being solid, are nOn-puncturabl bic.
A similar invention is credited to an
Fnglishman, who has taken out pat
ents in his own country. In his device,
rims are formed around the hangeS of
the inner hubs to receive annuIar pneu-
matte tubes.
Another invention to serve the same
end has been patented abroad by an
Australian, but it differs from the other
two in that it is a spring and not a
rheumatic tube. The hub has around
it a fixed flange and an adjustable
fange plate, both of which are per-
forated to receive bolts by which the
inner ends of these spring pins are at
tached Around the spring pins are
coiled springs bearing against washers
Of rigid material. Each of the spring
pins is made to slide inwardly as well
as outwardly against the resistance of
the coiled spring, and as one of the
two slide in the opposite direction, or
vice versa
Still another Pennsylvania has in
vented an armor for pneumatic tires