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The news & observer., 1897-03-05
Cash quotations were as follows.

Flour firm Wheat, No. 2 spring TAX:
No. spring -: No. red s4K61S5A. Corr,
No. 2. 2!A. Oats, No 2, 16ka164: No. 2 whit,
194 a20 f b; No. white l64al9K Rye, No
2. 33h. Barley, nominal; No 3, 0 23k1
30; No. :. 24a5. Flax seed. No. |. 77k ares
Prime Timothy seed s2.65. Mess pork per Dbl
IS l0aS. l5. Lard. per ltsj lbs, S4 05a4.l0 Short
rib sides (loose) 81 1904 35: dry-salted shout
ders Gboxed) 4Ea44; short clear sides boxed
4%a4&.. Whiskey distillers finished goods
per gallon ST. H.
The news & observer., 1897-03-05
RALEIGH TOBACCO MARKET.

NBNMFW Uterine pains, weak backs,
WIuVE sore lungs, aching muscles,
andrheumatism relieved quick
nMbMC as an electric fash by Collins
FHtVV VOltaic Electric P1asters.
The indicator., 1897-10-02
GREATER NEW YORK.
IMMENSE POW 4Rs oF,rs MAYOR
VIII Have the Appointing Power Over IA
900 City Employees. Including Heads rsf
NIL Departments.

The most Important election that Will sv
held In the coming November Is the one
thai Will take place In New York, where tfse
frst mayor of the Greater New York is ts
he selected. 1t Is not often that n municipal
contest ovcrshndows state elections in gen
cral Interest. but there are several reasons
why II In ~ In this case. To begin with. the
Greater New York election will decide the
government for the next four yenrs OF
community with population greater than
that of the thirteen enionies at the time OF
the federation. Grsnter than that Of any ono
Union Mt the present tlpc. II Will decide
who is to handle the t5o.OOn0oo Income OF
the meiropolis-an income greater than that
raised for state purposes by the wealthiest
statcs-and who Is 10 disbnrs, the millions
which the city must annually spend for Its
own maintenance. II X of supreme inter
est TO the politicians, because II means hun
dreds Of Important positions to be filled and
nm Immense amount OF patronage to be dis
tributed-more than accompanies my clec-
tive office In this country. scarcely except.
Ing the presidency Itself. Finally; IT is Of
vast interest to students of politics and
thoughtful persons everywhere. because II
Is the first attempt 10 conduct an urtuTl
area so vast and a city reputation so great
such as IL provided by the New York char
In New York the mayor is TO be the pivot
about which the entire city administration
VIII move. He will receive salary Of si5-
600, which Is extremely h'igc for nm elec-
ilv. office in the United States. Among the
duties specifically imposed upon him by tho
old1cr IN the appointment Of some thirty
SIX hcnns OF departments, WHO VIII control
the police. the public works. the docks. and
every source 0f the citys revenue and
power. He viii also appoint the magis
tratcs who wifi direct the administration pf
justice. 1t Will be his duty to ill nearly 2jl
official positions, CARRYING total salaries Of
above half II million. lie " III be the head "f
n vast army of city employees numbering
something Ike I506o men, or more tlas
compelled Cornwalls To surrender Mt York
town and pni an end tO the Revolution.
On the legislative side the mayor will have
n strong check on the acts of the city com
ell by his veto which can he oyerrldcn only
by a two-thirds vote OF The municipal as
sembly. IN any case involving ''the creating
Of debt. laying of an assessment, or grant
ing n franchise. Il fvc-sxths vote shall be
quired" TO set aside the veto Thus the
mayor is given practically the power To-
control these important runtter>. All acts "f
the legislature relating tu the city VIII nlsn
come to the mayor Tor his consideration, 50
that he has n Wide latitude In legislative, ms
well MS executive functions.
As the charter WAS FIRST drawn. even
greater power and responsibility was placed
The indicator., 1897-10-02

calls Aunt Susie must shiver and stay
in bed to keep warm.
Their only visitors are an occasional
neighbor who wants some lace crochet
ed or a little sewing done and the
priest who calls once year Mrs
ieager is a deyOut Catholic Ike all
her neighbors and looks forward to The
yearly visit of her father coufessor a.
bright day in her dcs1latc life
Despite the hardships She has under
gone, Mrs. YeaEer is a wonderfully well
preserved woman. She is fairly brisk
in her movements, her voice is firm and
strong, having none of the QuaverinE
of very old age her blue eye is as bright
as a girls, and she has recently dis
carded her spectacles. She has "a
heavy suit of gray hair, over which
she wears an old black silk cap. She
is not much stopped, her mind is clear,
her memory wonderfully good. and she
would easily pass for 65 years. She
wears calico dresses OF an ancient pat
tern and make. cloth shoes and red
wooden shawl about her shoulders She
is ) feet inches in height and is of
rather heavy build. She is a very in
telligent woman and reads every news
paper and book she can get,
"Yes. l remember Abe Lincoln well
as a little bit of fellow" she said
at was what is now La Rue county,
but was then part of Hardin. that
Abe Lincoln and | went to the same
school. My father. Zachariah Riney,
was the teacher.
"I can see the old schoolhouse now,
the old lady continued with faraway
look in her eyes. at WIS built of
rough logs. as all schoolhOuscs were in
those days, and mostly all of the
dwelling houses, daubed with mud. The
logs were so arranged at the corners
that the ends stuck out and formed
three little recesses in which the chill
dren played at hide and seek. These
places were the favorite hiding places
for little Abe. The school house had
no windows, hut one log removed the
whole length of the building served for
light and ventilation. The floor was
a dirt one. leveled and beaten solid
The benches consisted of logs split in
the middle and placed alongside the
walls.
There was just one bench made of
plank supported by stumps. This was
regarded as a sort of luxury and the
children used TO fight daily for the
privilege of sitting upon it.
THE school house had one end Of
it taken up by large fire place which
extended clear across the room. The
house was situated on Knob creek.
where it joins Roland Fork, and Abe
and his older sister walked a distance
of several miles to attend school
The old lady laughed as her mem
ory carried her back eighty long years,
and evidently the scenes Of her child
hood were yividly presented to her
mind.
But you want to know about little
Abe Lincoln. He was then barely
wears old and was 10. ! remember
his big sister bringing him TO
school the FIRST day Oh she
was so fond of him. She
also attended school there and all day
long, whether at lessons or at PLAY
her careful eye was constantly watch
ing him. She was regular little
The indicator., 1897-10-02
A MEXICAN MINE,
Primitive Methods Used In Operating ths
Property of the Oaxaca Family.


Samuel B. Brilliant a former Colo
RADIO mining man, who has for the past
five years been engaged in mining in
Chihuahua, Mexico. Is ut the Albany
hotel. "Chihuahua is the mining cen
ter of the state of Chihuahua said he,
which is mainly placer mining coun
Try, the greatest producing district be
ing that of Placer lie Guadelonpe. In
this district there is one OF the most
peculiar mining propositions that
have ever heard Of and that is the
OaNaca mine owned by the OaXaca
brothers. This property has been i'll
the Oaxaca family for generations, and
Is somewhat celebrated for its produc-
tion of crystalized gold specimens. The
methods employed In the mining of this
properly are entirely primitive. and the
seams are followed occasionally. n hug
hole being found, and it Is in these that
the wonderful specimens of crystnlzcd
gold are found. These holes are about
two inches in diameter and produce
from 500 10 Sl.oo0 worth of pure crys
talized gold in beautiful specimen for
nations.
'Thc really novel part about the mine
is the manner in which it is worked.
The OaXaca brothers live in adobe huts
Hiil tlplHe themselves only Ill DTeetl
cloths. familiar to all hot countries.
Miners nrc sent down into the mine
and drill the holes and prepare the
blasts, and after the explosions ;hc
OaNaca family take charge and pick
out all the free gold and rich speci
mems, leaving the balance of the prod
uct to the miners, who divide ii up and
take that as the pay for their labor.
The OaXaca has been mined much after
this fashion for many years. and the
owners are reputed 10 have upwards of
a quarter of million dollars stored
away in the adobe huts, but with it nll
they have no one of the pleasures of
the world, not even the clothes or
home of an ordinary person. The most
important matter of interest in this sec
tion of Mexico at the present time is
the completion of the Corilitns rail
way, which runs from FL Paso to COril-
litas, state of chihuahua, and opening
up vast area of agricultural lands
and an immensely wealthy mining
country. This read will take many peo-
pie into the country, and will do Won
ders in the development of the state"
Denver Republican.
The indicator., 1897-10-02

Mrs. Susie Yeager of Rineyyille
Hardin county, Ky, now in her goth
year. was a schoolmate of Abraham
Lincoln at the very first session he ever
attended.
called on the old lady at her home
lne day last week and heard from her
lips some interesting "reminiscences of
the very early life of the martyred
president.
Mrs Yeager's maiden name was
Riney.
Her father was one of the pioneers
Of that part OF the state and Rineyville
is named for the family. She was
much better educated than the aver
age girl of her generation. her family
being one of the most prominent and
wealthy in the county.
Her husband had been dead for many
years, the family possessions scattered
and in her extreme old age she is liv-
Ing in poverty, almost in actual want,
in miserable log hut-it can hardly
lie dignitied by the name of cabin. An
orphan girl whom she has reared has
given her all of daughters love and
fers of marriage, choosing to remain
and support by her needle her former
benefactress.
They are permitted to occupy the
hut by distant relative of Mrs. Yea
gers, but there is not foot of ground
for garden purposes. and corn bread
and bacon are the staple articles of
food.
The evident refinement of the occu-
pants is in strange contrast with their
squalid surroundings, This little hut
resembles in outward appearance the
patched up coal sheds of stables, COM
monty built and seen on the premises
occupied by negroes. 1t is the rem
nant of an old smoke-house and is so
overlaid with patches of boards shin
giles, barrel slaves and old bits of
fence. over which is daubed mud to
keep out the rain, that the original logs
are scarcely perceptible. 1t contains
but one room, the walls of which have
strips of cotton covering them, to keep
out the wind and rain. The room is
16 by IL feet, has an old fashioned fire
place, one window, . by feet in size.
and two low doors. In one corner is
an old fashioned bedstead, with four
high posts. rope mattress and an en-
ormous feather bed, covered with a cot
ton quilt. pieced of pink and white cot
ton. A three-cornered cupboard is in
one corner, chest of drawers in an
other and modern cooking stove.
placed to one side of the fireplace. The
floor is bare and the sunlight streams
in through the chinks in the ceiling.
When it rains these same chinks ad-
nit an unhealthy supply of water In
winter these two women almost freeze
to death.
They are only few hundred yards
from the house of the relative who
gives them the rent of the cabin. and
live in a Christian community, vet no
one calls when either is sick, not an
apple or peach is sent them in summer
nor vegetable nor piece of beef,
and they never taste milk, yet the
pigs at the door are fed on it daily.
When the young woman, Mary
Thompson, is too i'll TO search for wood
for fuel she and the old woman she
The indicator., 1897-10-02

In tho mayors hands. He was to In AT.
Io"ed remove nj aay time md without
giving susr any head OF n department The
onlrct I this arrnnf;enent was as Mir Do
VIII or the charter commission expressed ir
uiht tht re might he only one head for the
people t. hit In case of rorrnIs or Inefficient II
nuthinisi m laiion' This power Of removal, by
nm amen nment OF the lrgsl.turc rs pnw re-.
strirtch 10 the frs. SIX months of the
Ihe M ynr OF New York will he a more
powerful pmcihl tiinl the head of any other
great tiod ern rity His control OF a rcrIon
containing a population greater ihan 80,
states. an, one-twclfth Of tho ,otni ,,.,.ai,I
91 me Uni on Mal 10" If orc complete for the
iour years of his terri than that of any
other man holding Office under "A populnr
government But at Me end of that time he
must must give W us sway and become private
ritZeh Tor the next four years Mt least
Under the provisions of thr chnrtor :, 80,
can hold l,~ position Of unvnr 60. @ 'r,, ,,rm
terms In su recession.
IN spite IN" fnr.rcnchnc powers which
y grants. ue plan of government udoptcd
Tor 'reatcr New York is distinctly an Amerl.
thh system designed to meet the needs and
cNptt,ehcn b' P"nulhr govcJfment and uni
verSnl sum fGc, To show how the scheme
differs from that in force In nthcr ro,',,,rin,
~ Is only htc%ssafy 10 compare the position
q mayor , New York with the same no.
ri'ioh III the great European cities.
The indicator., 1897-10-02
TIL, Growth of TuNrs.

According to recent statistics con-
corning the populations of towns from
1850 to 1890, it appears that during
that period the population has been
doubled at Amsterdam. birmingham,
BRUSSELS, Manchester and Rome. 1t
has increased three-fold at Prague,
Lyons. ST. Petersburg, Paris ard Lon
t,on; five fold at Dresden, Cologne,
rres.au. Hamburg and Vienna; six
fold at Leeds, Liverpool and Warsaw;
reveu-fold at Sheffield and Glasgow;
ieht-fcld at Munich; uiue-fold at
l.e!psio. Budarest. and Reriin; and
.cR-fold at IL .imore. But all this is
rn'hlrr compared TO the growth of
New Yor,i and ii1io,nhia, which to-
day have tvepty-flve times the inhab-
!tants the! HID a. the beginning of
The indicator., 1897-10-02
MINING NOTES. x

Several important sales of mining
property are reported from Gilpin
county.
The Elkton. at Cripple Creek. pro-
duccd 9.I59.0G in August, of which
S25.I59 was profit.
The freshman class of the Colorado
School of Mines this year is the largest
ever entered. 1t numbers nearly 100.
The Smuggler Mining Company. at
Aspen has begun work on new con
centrniing mill The process to be used
being the invention of Mr.. $. |. llallet.
manager of the mine.
Captain w. G. Davidson announces
;hnt the La Plata Gold mining and DE.
vclopment Company of Pittsburg will
soon resume work on its group OF gold
copper properties on Lightner creek
twelve miles from Durango.
Lots of ore is coming from the Bob
Tail tunnel ut Central City, which
keeps the teams;ers busy hauling at
that point. Several properties are he
ing worked through this tunnel. the
operators of which pay royalty to
the Gregory Bobtnil parties.
1t is said that a discovery has jus.
been made in the lower workings of
the Della s, some 1000 feet below The
outcrop. \ large body of copper
glance ore, associated with II small per
cent. of lead. has been disclosed. As
says taken from this body returned 30
ounces silver and seventy per cent. cop
per.
A dispatch from Ouray says The
American Nettie is in richer ore than
ever and recently shipped II ear of gold
which exceeded in value the famous
car sent out by express from The o. X
n. tunnel. The Bachelor has struck
rich veins recently and is making
heavy shipments daily. The Wedge
is in fine pay and the force will be in
creased to 100 men this winter.
Since drifting on the lodcs of the big
Newhouse tunnel, Clear Greek. began
IT is rumored that three immense
bodies of smelling ore have been en-
countered and thai where crosscut by
the tunnel the strcaks were small. Su.
pcrintendent Henahen declines to fur
nish information as TO value of the
streaks being drifted on hut 1t can be
stated as fact that the showngs are
much better than had been expected.
With lead mt 81 per 100 pounds, or $50
per ton. and the apparent rise in the
price of silver it has created a stimulus
in upper Clear Creek for mines that
carry good per cent. in lead, of which
there are quite number in and around
Georgetown and Silver Plume. several
of which are now being developed and
producing largely, and many that are
only partially developed. The manager
of properly at Silver Plume makes
the statement that with the recent ad-
vance In the price of lead and silver it
makes Il difference in his receipts of
about 5000 per month.
DR.. Henry Paul has recently driven
crosscut tunnel of 100 feet to reach
the Bourbon mine in Osborn gulch,
Clear Creek county. 1t has showing
of eighteen inches of smelling ore and
along with 1t comes gangue matter that
will doubtless pay to treat by concen-
tration. Drifting will be carried
on to the right and into the mountain.
Great depth will be obtained as drift
ing continues and the lode will be fol-
lowed for probably 1000 feet. cross
cutting many other veins in the same
locality. 1t is opening an unprospecied
ridge in the older section of the district,
which could not be opened from sur
face because of the deep slide.
The indicator., 1897-10-02

mother to- him, | have seen her on
rainy days, or when the roads were
muddy carrying him in her arms like
a baby 10 and rom the srhoolhuuse.
Al piaytime size would always Insist
that hr play with her and the girls
telling him tu keep away from the mg
boys, as thoy were likely ry hurt alan
in their rough play. Iu those day5
quite q number Of tho scholars were
fun grown men.
h school session lasted the three
summer months because o. was too
cold to go Ia school In the winter IT,
therefore took long time to acquire
such an education as the county az
fordCd
But little Abe would not consent TO
be held to his sisters apron strings. He
had a viii OF his own. and, strangely
enough. he did not seek the society of
boys Of his own age or thereabouts, but
daily fraternized with the very biggest
boys in the school They thought q
great deal OF him and however rough
the play, they were careful never 20
hurt little Abe
He was fond of play at playtime.
but young as he was. he was most dill
gent at his studies during school time
and he learned 10 read in the first ses-
sion
The one thing | remember most
about him was his unfaillng good hu-
NOR. / never remember to have seen
him cry during the two years he at
tended that school He never received
a whipping. and in our time the child
was not spoiled by sparing the rod
and to 20 without q whipping a whole
session was proof that he was an cx-
ira good boy
IN appearance he was small for his
age, frail looking, with straight black
hair, cut close about his neck and face
in home fashion. with very dark skin.
He Wore home-spun clothes. as did all
the children and went barefooted.
He was very gentle in manners,
never rough nj play, tender hearted,
well manned, and really more like
girl than a boy, due doubtless to his
sisters cnmpanIonship
"Of course" laughed Mrs, Yeager. "I
did not know then that the little chap
we all loved so well would some dav be
the president. or | would have taken
notes Of his sayings and doiugs. In
deed. it is a singular fact that 1 never
knew until after his death that PresI-
dent Lincoln was the same Identical lit
tie Abe
In those early days the Lincoln
family pronounced their name Link
horn
zone thing l remember very dis
tinctly is seeing him bending down
saplings and riding them for horses.
That was his favorite amusement at
playtime.
THE family moved to Illinois and l
never heard any more Of them,
when. forty years later, | heard Of
the election Of President Lincoln. il
never occurred to me that he was my
little schnolmate of lons ago. It was
not until some time after the news OF
bis assassination reached Us that l
discovered that little Abe Linkh1rn
and President Abraham Lincoln were
the same.
Scenes here reproduced are from pic
lures made by Photographic process.
The indicator., 1897-10-02
Slavery In China.

Mr.. Parker, who writes in recent
issue of an English periodical a very
interesting account of the Burmo-Chi-
nese frontier and the kakhyen tribes.
incidentally enters upon a defence of
Oriental slavery which is worth quot
ing. He says:
"A great fuss is made by certain
philanthropic enthusiasts about Kall-
hyen slavery. Because the Romans
and the Anglo-SaXon races in turn
have treated slaves with cowardly
cruelty. we assume that eastern slav-
cry must be even worse, because we
imagine the eastern code of morality
to be worse than our own. During
over twenty years residence in China.
| have always had a difficulty in dis
corning what was the external dis
tinction between master and slave. or
mistress and slave; and in none of the
eastern countries are slaves treated
with greater harshness than children
of the family or hired domestics. I
have seen n Chinese Viccroy hand his
pipe to n male slave who puffed 1t into
good blaze for his master by put
ting it into his own mouth. | have
also seen n Chinese master and his
slave lie down and smoke opium to-
gethcr. A body servant, Il barber. a
policeman, a slave, are all equally de
barred from the official career: hut a
save Is no worse OFF than the other
three; after the lapse of three genera
tions the taint disappears. 1t is often
cheaper to buy a person in Chiba than
to hire one, and many Europeans do
so. simply treating the slave as an
ordinary domestic. and never for a
moment attempting to assert their own
dominion.
The indicator., 1897-10-02
Proposed New Mining Laws.

Denver. Colo. Sept 25.-The Mining
Congress committee on the revision of
the mining laws finished its labors
here yesterday afternoon. and rough
draft of the proposed bill to be present
ed to Congress, WAS prepared. AS n
majority of the committee was not
present, the completion of the work
will be by correspondence. When the
revision is definitely agreed upon by
the committee us whole another
meeting will be called in all probabil-
ity in Washington some time during
December, when the bill will he finally
framed and submitted to Congress.
The committee does not think 1t would
be proper to submit its work in Its
present crude shape TO the public. but
as soon as the full committee has
passed upon the recommendations sub
mitted. they will he published for the
benefit of those Interested.
The indicator., 1897-10-02
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t.. Mining Department.


twenty-ton lot was treated at the Suf.
folk mill last week and It ran $50 in
gold per ton on the plates. Immediate
ly after ascertaining the result, Mr.
Gr1gsby and his partners staked nine
more claims on the blowout, and they
now have the best part of 1t located
There are numerous streaks of iron
pyrites, more or less oxydized. run.
ming through the blowout which pan
high and assay from Sl5 to 500 per
ton In gold. Those who have seen the
property say the ore is so easily mined
that 1t can be shoveled from It's resting
place into sacks or wagons and con
veyed down to the mill for 80 cents Il
ton. A force of about fifteen men are
now at work taking out ore, which is
being packed down to the Suffolk mill
for treatment.