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The herald., 1897-10-31

ether with capitalists of New York and
Chicago, in November 1896, for the pur-
pose of supplying it, and the first step
taken was to purchase the best water
bearing lands in the district, situated in
tho mountains, four and a half miles
from Johannesburg. In January, 1897,
the johannesburg Milling and Water
company was Incorporated, with the fol-
lowing officers: Henry A. Darling, presi-
dent; George H. Curtis, vice-president
and treasurer; George E. Pratt secre-
tary, and with capital stock of $780,
000. all subscribed and fully paid up.
Since last November water development
has been vigorously prosecuted, until
there 10 now an ample supply for the
The herald., 1897-10-31

with Woodward pump. Well No. g.
bored, is about 900 feet from the second
well; has 9A-inch hole 2S3 feet deep;
is cased with 5s-inch perforated casing.
The water is within 10 feet of the TOP.
There is $50 feet of 3-inch pipe to the
reservoir, and 4-inch "Ames cylinder
pump with 5-inch casing, is now be-
ing put in 200 feet deep which will throw
from go to 100 gallons per minute. \
II horse power Foos gasoline and dis
tillate engine is also being put in. Th F..
flow of water from all the wells is fully
10 miners inches.
1t is worthy of note that four new
Foos gasoline engines are now being
The herald., 1897-10-31

one of the cheapest, if not the cheapest,
concentrators in America. Where
mines are situated long distance from
a mill, smelter or cyanide plant, and
where water is scarce, this concentrator
is invaluable and it will be great factor
in the development of such mining
property. The number of tons of ore
that can be concentrated into one ton
by the Wood process is, of course, de-
pendent on the proportion of concen-
trates in the ore. In some cases thirty
tons of ore have been reduced to one
ton by this machine, which is remark
able showing. Base ores are success
fully handled as well as milling
ores. The concentrates can be extracted
from the base ores on the spot where
they are mined, thereby avoiding the
cost Of transportation on the unproduc-
The herald., 1897-10-31
JOHANNESBURG 'IAE QUEEN CITY 0F IHE RAND

placed in this district, making a total of
eight.
The reservoir is marvel of skillful
work-blasted out of the solid rock at an
elevation of 250 feet above the wells. It
is substantially cemented and as
phated. and has a capacity of so, 900 gall
Ions. Water is conducted from the res
ervoir to the town and along the
principal streets, a distance of four and
ne-half miles, through a finch steel
pipe. The water is pure and soft, much
superior to any other obtained in the
Rand district, and is now the principal
source of supply for Randsburg and the
entire district.
e. M. Shilling, the pioneer water deal
er of the Rand district, has two wells
in this vicinity from which water IS
hauled to Randsburg
A. L. Snow of Fresno has two wells at
Squaw Springs, seven miles east of Jo-
The herald., 1897-10-31
HOTEL JOHANNESBURG

The Golden Bar and Right Hand
Bower adjoin the Alameda mine on the
east; they have two shafts, each 120 and
40 feet; so feet in drifts, and 3-foot
ledge. The ore averages about SIT, OF
which there is 100 tons on the dump.
These claims are owned by H. l.. Hollis,
a mining engineer of Chicago, and Geo.
H. Curtis, vice president and treasurer
of the johannesburg Milling and Water
company.
The Juanita is north of and adjoining
the King Solomon group. 1t has CO.
foot shaft and a good ledge, with six
inch pay streak. ]. r. Parker is the
owner
THE HERALD AT JOHANNESBURG
The Herald will be delivered in town
on Application to w. H. Roworth, agent.
]. MILLS DAVIES.
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to push development in shafts Nos. and
8. Shaft No. 2 is about so feet west of
shaft No. 5, is down 80 feet, and is in
good ore, similar to that of shaft No. 3,
above described.
The Jolly Girl, adjoining the Alameda
mine on the north, has a 5O-foot shaft
just completed and promises, from pres
ent indications, to become as good q
property as the Alameda.
The company contemplates adding n
gasoline hoist engine to their plant in
a short time, and to reduce the ores from
the various shafts and drifts in the
Wood concentrator and crusher. These
two claims are unquestionably destined
to become great gold producers.
The herald., 1897-10-31
hannesburg. from which water is hauled
by wagons.
JOHANNESBURG BUSINESS
AND IMPROVEMENTS

The townsite of johannesburg is stu-
ated on a school section, making alto
gether 200 acres. The streets are 60 feet
wide, with the exception of Broadway,
which is eighty feet wide. The streets
are all run at right angles and are ad-
mirably laid out and graded. The lots
are 40x110 feet and are sold from S25 up.
Water is conveyed to the town in pipes
as before stated by the Johannesburg
Milling and Water company to a central
point and also piped along the principal
streets The title to the townsitc is
vested in the Johannesburg Milling and
Water company by recently obtained
patent from the state of California, and
the company give grant, bargain and
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-07
NICKEL SLOT MACHIN Els.
The Grand Jury Will Recon-
mend Their Aboli-
tion.
An Opinion From the District Attor-
ney's Office Says They
Are Illegal

The nickel-in-the.slot machines which
are placed in almost every cigar-store and
saloon in this city must be re emoved. This
will be the report of the Grand Jury as
soon as the committee on gam bling makes
its report to that body.
AT the last meeting OF the jury the
question of permitting the machines
to be used by the public was brought
up for discussion. In order that the
jury might proceed according to law,
the opinion of the District Attorney 8
office was sought. And when this was
given, it showed that the nickel in the
slot machine was clearly Illegal and came
under the State law governing such games.
Having this authority before IL the fore
man had the subject referred to A. G.
Hagedorn, Frank McMullin and B. Kahn,
the committee of the jury on gambling.
This committee will report, it is expected, j.,
at the next meeting. instructing the Chief
OF Police to have the machines removed.
In the meantime, the agency having the
sale and manipulation OF those money
earners is putting forth all the power at
its disposal to head off the action of the
Grand Jury, on the plea that the machines
are licensed and as such are made leglt.-
mate by the action of the Supervisors,
which body has countenanced their use.
The Grand Jury, backed by the opinion
of the lie al adviser of this body. claims
that the State law, which prohibits all
games of chance, is ahead OF any ordi-
nance passed by the Supervisors.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-07
4 COUNTESS RETURNS.
The Coptio Brings Rumors of
Trouble in the Festetics
Family.
Wife Will Neither Deny Nor Affirm
Stories Concerning Her Domes-
tic Relations.

Considerable food for the gossips came
on the Coptic yesterday morning, occa-
stoned by the fact that Countess Festetics
was one of the passengers and that the
Count was not.
No sooner had the steamer arrived than
the tongue of gossip began to wag mer-
rily. Thel ct soon came to light that the
Countess took passage at Yokohama,
having come from Kobe to that port on
one of the regular way port steamers.
Interest in the return of the Countess
was very great from the fact that it sud-
denly breaks phenomenal honeymoon
that began four years ago, at which time
the Count and his bride sailed from San
Francisco on the fine yacht To!na for a
trip to the Orient and the islands of the
South seas. They spent many months
in the cannibal islands belt and in China
and Japan. 1t was once reported that
they had been shipwrecked near Hiio. on
the island of Maui, and again that they
had been eaten by cannibals.
There are two theories as to the return
of the countess, whose father is ]. B. Hag-
gin of New Y ork. One 10 that she and the
count have had serious quarrel, the
other that she has simply returned on
business.
The countess is at the residence of Lloyd
Tevis. She declined to be seen by re-
porter last night, but finally sent note
IN which she stated that she had come to
the city on business. She declined to deny
or affirm the story of a disagreemen ent with
her husband. 1t is this fact that has led
the gossips to say that there has been a
serious Misunderstanding. They say that
If all were well the lady would hasten to
deny all rumors to the contrary.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-07

near the ferries, at the entrance to the
city, where it would adorn the city s
greatest com mmercial artery and be seen by
everv stranger who entered the me-
tropolis Though located in the city, it
would belong to the entire State and
would be permanent exposition OF the
resources of the State. 1t would also be
an object lesson. forcing on the apprecia-
ton OF all citizens the greatness and i'm
portance of the mining industry.
81 am enthusiastically in favor OF the
plan," said T. ]. Parsons, president OF the
association, yesterday, but have not had
time to work out any details OF 1T. We are
lust now busy with the more immediate
work of the cele bration, but at the next
meeting of the executive committee in a
week or two a special committee will be
appointed to canvass the possibilities. 1t
is q great idea and should be carried out ii
possible. There should be enough enter
prise and money to make it grand sue
cess"
Vice President s. K. Thornton says: III
propose to do all can to make it sue
cess, and feel that it can be made one.
1 believe that $780, 600 could be raised for
such a purpose. With all the rich men
who have made their piles out of Cali
fornia mines and with the present life
and importance of the industry there
should be no trouble in raising the
money"
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-07
NATURES
RICHES IN A
MONUMENT
A Proposal to Grandly
Typify California's Min
eral Wealth.
TO STAND ON MARKET STREET.
Another Great Enterprise Of the
San Francisco Miners
Association.
IT MUST Be A WORK OF GENIUS.
A Scheme to Assemble in a Mag
nifcent and Costly Pile the Min
erals of the State.
IT MUST Be A WORK OF GENIUS.
a Scheme to Assemble n a Mag
nifcent and Costly Pile the Min
erals of the State.

Shall there not be erected at a prom
inent place in San Francisco great and
worthy monumental pile which shall
testify and proclaim the tremendous and
varied mineral resources of California?
This is tue most striking idea for mon
ument which has been proposed in this
city. and the idea has been adopted for
serious consideration by President T. J.
Parsons and other active mem bers OF the
San Francisco Miners Association. The
conception or adoption of this idea by
the association on the heels of its plan for
a great semi.centennial celebration of the
discovery of gold is another evidence OF
the spirit with which the leading mining
men of San Francisco have begun a de-
termined. practical effort to do something
for the mining industry of California.
The idea is to erect q striking and at
tractive monument, composed, in its m a.
substances produced in this State as is
region on the continent can display as
fornia, and the possibilities of the color
once suggested.
The scale upon which it may be built is
wholly question OF money with which to
pay for its designing and building. 1t
may be confidently assumed that the ores,
building stones, etc., which would go into
its structure would be freely given by
counties, communities and individuals.
= 1t is thought that it should be locaien
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-07
A Pretty Wedding.

A pretty wedding was solemnized at St.
Mary's Cathedral on Wednesday, when Josep
NJ. Kerr and Miss Kittie A. McKenna were
united by Rev. Father Prendergast. A large
number of invited guests were present to wit
ness the ceremony and We'd with each other
in congratulating the handsome bride and
groom.
The bride was attired in an elegant brown
silk costume. her bridesmaid, Miss Jennie Nc
Kenna, being in blue.
Among those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Matthew Kerr, Mr.. and Mrs. John McKenna,
Miss Mamie McKenns, Miss Kittie Kerr, Miss
Annie Kerr, Ignatius O'Donnell, MI. and Mrs.
James ODonuell, Mr.. and Mrs. John O'Don-
denieldt, Miss Heydenfeidt, Mrs. Morrissy,
John Morrissy. Mrs. Cavanough, Mrs. Kelly,
Mrs. Woods, the Misses Kelly. Miss Maize
OBrien, William O'Brien, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
McKrnna. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Newman.
Miss Helen Newman, Leo Newman. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Titon.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-07
in
Conutt t. tn Magnificent Structure

heating plant are placed, together with an
am bulance station and morgue. A large
sun room will occupy each floor of the
pavilons, inclosed entirely in glass, for
the use OF convalescent patients.
The exterior of the building is designed
in the Spanish Renaissance, a style COM
bined with the strength and reserve of the
.RomanesQue and the beauty and delicacy
OF the Eastern work so suited to a build
ing of this character.
A grand ochestral concert of fifty sc.
lected musicians under the leadership of
Fritz Scheel, will be held on Sunday,
Novem Der IA, for the benefit OF the under
taking, place to be specified later. Tickets
are oii.ssale at Boericke & Runyon's, 231
Sutter Street, or by any of the trustees or
managers.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-07
CELEBRATION AND BALL.

The Tyrone, Fermanagh and Donegal
Society to Have Good Time.
A celebration and ball under the auspices
of the Tyrone, Fermanagh and Donegal
Benevolent Society will take place next
Saturday evening. Novem ber 13, at Union
Square Hall. 421 Post street. Home Rule
Union Band will furnish music all night,
Proprietor Irvine is putting in flashlights
for the occasion, which will surpass any
thing yet attempted. All the Irish So
cieties of this city are invited to attend.
The demand for tickets is very large. 1t
is expected that thousands will attend.
Committee of arrangements-John De-
veDey, B. German, P ]. Tenney, Samuel
Quinn, James M. Lafferty, P. Welsh, ].
Kelly. d. Doherty. NJ. E. Quinnlen, D.
Tenney, J. Semple, d. 6. Lewis. P. J..
Healey. II. Deveney. II. ]. Keller and 81.
Semple.
The Hon. Judge James G. Mcguire will
be in attendance and will make a short
address. The Hon. J. ]. Dwyer Will also
be in attendance.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-07
A NOTED COURSING MAN.
Louis F. Bsrtels Arrives From Denver
to Participate at MERGED.

DdTtciS DchNcI
to Participate at Merced.
Louis F. Bartels, senior member of the
firm OF Bartels & Rossiter, owning the
Pasha kennels, arrived from Denver Fri
dav.
While the Pasha kennels have been
represented in all the coursing events OF
the coast in recent years, this is Mr..
Bartels' first visit here, and he is en- thusi-
astic over the city and its opportunities
for enjoyment. He thinks that the climate
changes the nature OF the dogs, and gave
several illustrations OF dogs that had
their class changed when brought from the
East. Dogs that were fast in Denver
would SLOW down here and vice versa.
MIR. Bartels is well-known writer on
coursing matters, and is accepted as au-
thority on all matters pertaining to pedl-
gree. 1t is mainly through his efforts that
pedigrees Of roted dogs over the country
have b. en- straightened and cleared.
With Ba-tels came r. H. Simmons and
P. ]. Donahoe of Cripple Creek COL, who
brought Mountain Bov. Rusty Gold, Pro-
crastInation, Anchoria. Leland and Noun
tain Lassie, al fast dogs that will COM
pete in the Merced matches. Bartels
brought back with him the famous Ben
Hur, and will enter him at Merced.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-07
COURsING AT INGLEsIDE.
Winners of the Races Held Yesterday
at DonOvan's Park.

winners OF the Races HELD A0st0ruay
at Donovan's Park.
Considering the unpleasant state OF the
weather, there was large crowd of cours-
ing lovers yesterday at tue Ingleside park.
The racing was first class as the hares
were in fine fettle for long distance racing.
The result of the contests is as follows:
Lass O. Gowrie beat Premier, Victoria beat
Winnie, Right Bower beat Eidorado, Fireman
beat Montezuma, Kitty Scott beat Captain
Morse, Koo-Lawn beat Fannie 81. Black Prince
beat Master NJ Greggor, Bend Along
beat Lord Byron, Lady Grace beat
Laska Swinnerton beat Red Cloud,
Beau Brummel beat O, den w, Hercules beat
Ia -Ra, Vigilant beat DR.. Norman, Valley
Maid beat Snow, Alma beat White Lily. Oak
wood beat Little Pete, Mary at Forget,
Doncaster beat Speculation. Occidental beat
Grazer. Beda Stone beat Rag Baby, Arapahoe
beat Magic, Harkaway III beat General burn-
aby. Jimmy Cook beat Port Costa Lass, Emer-
aid ran a by with an Eastern dog.
The racing will be resumed to-day at IL
M. and the winners will enter the slips
in The order named.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-07

week meet to name delegates to the Rainey
charter convention.
The Populist County Committee last
evening received an elaborate opinion
from I. V. Gator on the charter now
being pre- pared by the Committee of One
Hundred and on the posi- blities of char
ter amendment. The opinion contains
strong argument against the centraliza-
tion of power
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-07
THE CHARTER UNSATISFACTORY
The Peoples Party Opposed to It as 1t
Stands at Present.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Peoples party for Novem ber. was held at
9l5X Market street, last night, U. A. Lewis
IN the chair. The meeting was thrown open
to general discussion of the new charter
and all present expressed themselves as
opposed to it as it stands at present. The
executive committee reported that it had
a subcommittee lookinz after the inter-
ests of the party in this matter, but the
results so far had been very unsatisfactory.
1t is probable that a com bination Will be
entered into with the Republicans and
Democrats to secure a sutab bic charter,
and the executive committee was in
structed to call meeting of the County
Committee to make any necessary nomi-
nations.
The address issued by the State COM
mittee on October % and ratified by
the County Committee at its last session
was read and heartily indorsed. The res
gnation of DR.. George Adam from the
executive committee was accepted and G..
u. Gillepsie elected to fill the vacancy.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-07

II the public would only know where
to go they would all go to Joe Poheim,
The Tailor. where they can have stylish
cut. perfect-fitting suit made to order at
very moderate prices. We never misre D.
resent, treat you VIII and give you good
goods.
2O1-203 Montgomery street. corner of
BUSH; o44 $40 Market street, opposite
Fourth; l1I0-1112 Market street, San
Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-07
Home Ind ustry Metallic Works.

The California Artistic Metal & Wire Co
has been incorporated with capital OF $780,
600 of which $4,000 has been subscribed as
follows: john I. Mccormick, E. COppieters
and 81. John E. Mccormick, 1866 81 each;
Eric Larson and Isaac D. Levy $40 eacn. The
business of the company will be carried on in
San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-07

Concert by Colored Students.
Tomorrow evening the Nashville Colored
Students will appear at the Young Mems
Christian Association Audi orium, Mason and
Ellis streets, in one of their programmes OF
old-time plantation melodies.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-07

Dismissed the Cases.
The cases against Mrs. Cohen and four other
members OF the Penny Purchasing Club were
dismissed by Judge Campbel Il yesterday.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-07
LADIES'
SKIRTS!

We direct special attention to an
elegant line of LADIES' SILK SKIRTS,
which we are exhibiting this week.
These skirts are in Roman Stripes, Plaids
and Checks; also in Plain COlOrs and
Blacks.
We will also show Very Large and
Complete Assortment of LADIES
MOREEN SKIRTS, in Plaids, Blacks and
ColOrs.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-15
Convincing Capital.

Our contemporaries throughout the
State are persistent in their demand 5
for more manufactures. They claim
that they have the raw material in
the greatest abundance; that nature
has done everything and man no
thing; they enumerate the products
that surround them in the greatest
profusion and that is marketed at a
small profit in it's raw state instead
of being manufactured into CONNER
cial articles and sold at a great profit.
The newspapers of course reflect
the sentiments and ideas of the people
in the respective localities in which
they are published. What the people
think the papers say.
1t is known to everyone that facto-
ries do not build themselves. Capital
is also shy of new projects. If you can
once convince capital that it can find
profitable investment you will have
no need to beg capital to invest. 1t
will come unasked. Then the ques-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-15

FARM. GROVE AND GARDEN-How
to Prepare Budding Cloth; African
Horned Cucumber; Some New Straw
The Honey Berry of Japan; St. Lucie
Grass; Strawberry Culture.... 81
The Great Pomelo Grove.... 81
Florida Product Wanted Pruning To-
matoes; Cost of Bad Roads. ........... So
To Increase the Yield and Quality of
Potatoes; Camphor Growing in Florida 581
TOBACCO DEPARTMENT = Preparing
Tobacco for Market; Made Happy by
Checks; New Methods of Spotting and
Curing Domestic Tobacco Leaf. ....... 5e2
FLORAL DEPARTMENT = A Chapter
on Bulbs; Ashes for Potted Plants; A
Rare and Beautiful Plant ............. 5S3
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Capital; New
President and Directors; The Orange
Tariff -... 80. 5o4
POULTRY AND BEE DEPARTMENT
Good Advice; Fattening Turkeys;
Forcing Chickens Rapdy.... 5S7
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT. Dain-
ties for Sick Children; Rules to Learn;
Lies IFS; What is Said About Women 58f
LITERATURE-Ofhc Bogan's Chance 58S
WITH THE JOKERS.... $50
FLORIDIANA.... -. -. So
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-15
The Orange Tariff.

Florida orange growers have eXhib-
tied comparatively little interest in
the new tariff law and it's effect upon
their industry. Of course there is no
especial need for an exhibition of this
interest, but we doubt if many of
them have taken enough interest in
the increase of the duty to fully I'M
derstand what benefit it must nee
essarily be to them.
In the first place the increase is so
large that it will necessarily curtail
importation, thus leaving the markets
more to the home products. Next is
the matter of price. The new duty
means an addition of from sixty to
eighty-five cents per box to the cost
of the fruit in American ports. To
this must be added an increase in
freight rates. Importers are much
concerned on this matter. They claim
that as the volume of imports will be
reduced by reason of the increased
duty, the price per pound for freight
will advance. Formerly the freight
per box on oranges to American ports
was about thirtyztwo cents per box.
The duty of twenty-five cents added to
this made the total expense ffty-sev-
en- cents. Importers now claim that
freights will be. not less than
fifty cents per boz, which added to
the duty of eigRds-five cents, will
make the cost per box $1.35 cents.
This they say is almost prohibitive.
Certainly it is price that Floridians