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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-04

traordinary results have been obtain
ed with both. The Whitehead is dis
charged from the tube by steam OF
powder, and just as it leaves the muz-
zle lock automatically opened re-
leases the compressed air carried in
flask and sets in motion the ma
chinery. Three things must be done
by it. It must go through the water
at high speed, preserving its linear
direction; il must float at a constant
depth, and on striking it must explode
The ingenuity and simplicity Of the
mechanism which effects these three
things are really marvellous.
The Howell torpedo is based upon
the well-known principle of the gyro-
scope. Its speed and surety of direc-
ton are given by the functioning O.
an inner wheel, which is relatiFel,
very heavy on the periphery, and re-
wolves with such velocity and in such
a constant plane that high speed and
great straightness Of trajectory are
secured. There are many other forms
but these two are employed in our ser
vice, and the Whitehead is used By
nearly all the navies Of the world
Submarine Mines.
The term submarine mine" Is ap-
piled to defensive mines or to those
which would be used to obstruct the
channels of river or estuary, or the
approaches TO a fortified or unprotect-
ed seaport. Col Samuel Colt, the in
ventor of the American revolver. hrst
demonstrated the practicability OF
blowing up vessels by submarine mines
fired by electricity In 1912 he blew
up the old gunboat Boxer, and in 1S42
he destroyed a brig in the Potomac
river, while the vessel was under way
sailing at the rate OF five miles an
hour.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-04
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Illustrated pamphlets, giving expert
ence of farmers who have, become
wealthy in growing wheat, reports OF
delegates, ETC., and full information as
to reduced railway rates, can be had
on application to Department Interior,
Ottawa, Canada, or to A. s Rollo,
Boise City, Idaho, Canadian Govern
ment Agent
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-04
IN 3 OR 4 YEARS AN

independenceisas-
sured if you take
up your home in
Western Canada,
the land of plenty.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-04
Handling Torpedoes.

For a season towing torpedoes were
in great favor. These were handled
from the ship. and by certain dextrous
shiftings of the connecting lines were
carried off each quarter at a safe
angle, and made to dive at the de-
sired moment. They proved to be
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-04

Gus to the war had been a well-known
dancing master.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-01
Bootblacks In London.

The force of American demand is be-
ing once more exemplified in London
by the placing at all important railroad
stations of chairs i'm connection with
the bootblack brigade. This work is
undertaken by the Central Shoeblack
society. There is already such accom-.
mediation provided at Viaduct station.
II appears that American gentlemen
visiting London express surprise that
they are expected to stand while they
have their boots blacked. as they are
accustomed to sit during the operation
at home.
The society has 90 boys. who are
lodged, taught and partially boarded
on the premises of the institution, and
there is an ingenious allotment of their
earnings into three parts after an al
lowance for food required out Of doors.
one-third being their own. another
third the society's and the remaining
third going to their bank account, on
which they can draw for special pur-
noses
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-01
Legend Of the Peach.

The japanese, who claim to have
first discovered or utilized the peach.
have quaint legend as TO the fruit.
pious old couple. stricken with years
and poverty, subsisted by begging. One
day on the highway the old woman
found the beautiful ripe fruit. AL
though almost famished. she did not
selfishly eat the luscious peach alone.
but took IL home TO divide with her
husband. As the knife cut into II the
fruit opened and an infant sprang
forth. who told the astonished beggars
that he was the god Shin To and had
accidentally fallen from the orchard OF
the Japanese heaven while at play with
some other gods and goddesses. For ex-
Treating him from the peach shin To
gave the Japs it's seed TO plant and
told them it's product would make them
wealthy. This is the origin Of the
peach according tn the Japs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-01
PAGES
9 to IL.

invitation To the pioneers who arrived
I'm this country prior e. 1873 Peer Iff-
fany OF the parade coiumticc has pre-
pared n list of thoSc who are nnN
known to be living. but thinks fhcre
are some who have hcen omitteL. The
list is as follows:
Henry jubilee Bee, San Jose 1880 II
Pachcco. native born. 1881: Charles
Brown. Yountvillc. 1895; Moses Schal-
lenberger. San Jose. 1Si0: William +,
Domett. San Francisco. IS40: John Bid.
well. Chico. lSil: Augustus l.. Case.
Pasadena. 1871: William u. Toler. Oak
land. 1912; Henry #. Teschemacher,
San Francisco. 1912; Francisco y. Fos-
ter, 1912; S. NJ. Holderness. I:i Paso.
Tex. 1913; John ri. Patty. Honolulu.
lS43; E. *. Cooley San Francisco, ls43:
Henry Fowler, Napa. 1874: Il. ID. Muir
ply. San Jose. 1874: T.. w. Murphy, San
Luis Obispo 1874: Jackson Jordan. 1916:
Franklin Sears. Sonoma. 1876: Thomas
Eager, San Francisco. 1876, Samuel
Brannan, Jr.. Tombstone. \. r., 1876:
Isaac NJ. Baker. San Francisco, 1886;
John $. Griffin. Los Angeles. 1876: Hem
~ Mathews. Oakland. 1876: James L.
Martel. San Francisco. 1876: William
III. Nash. San Francisco 1876: Richard
Sherman, San Francisco 1876: James
III. Adams san Francisco. ls41: John
q. Adams. San Francisco. 1917: William
l.. Beebe. san Luis Obispo. lS41: Will
liam X. Easement San Francisco, 1S41:
John Il. Frisbie. City Of Mexico, 1s47;
William Green. Sonoma. 1871: j. III.
Hegler. San Francisco. 1S4I: sherman
o. HouShton. Los Angeles. 1S4T: Will
liam A. Hutchinson. Vallejo. 1S47:
George Story, Healdsburg. lS47: H. IL.
Cameron. Healdsburg, lS47: Alfred o.
| Larkin, Portsmouth, n. H.. 1S47 p.
Lynch. San Francisco. 1S47: james
| Lynch, San Luis Obispo. 1s47 Thomas
w. Moore. San Francisco, 1S47; Charles
Nordhoff, New York. ls47; Asahei d.
| Piper, Ecuador. 1s47; Adolphus G.. Russ.
| San Francisco. lsl7; Frederick Russ.
Oakland, 1S47: l.. S. u. Smsser Mount
Olivet. iS47; j. C. l.. Wadsworth Litch-
! field Conn, 1s47; Robert Wilson, San
Francisco, lSi7.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-01

Mr.. Allen contributed TO the support
Of the Weimars in their poverty strick-
en- old age, and prior 10 her death. i'm
1888. Mrs Weimar handed him the mug
get. Her husband lived for four years
more.
The lawyer has said: During Mar
shall's lifetime ! met him a number OF
times. and he would always request rne
10 produce the gold that he might see
the first nugget he had picked up and
through which such fabulous wealth
had been created. Although he was a
man OF rude. crude habits and unculti-
waited In mind, he was sensitive and
kind hearted and always felt that the
government and state of California had
not done what they should have done
to the discoverers and promoters of the
great mining industry. which they un-
doubtedly were. He died alone in the
cabin at Kelseys Diggins. El Dorado
county. i'm 1885. with not enough wealth
60 defray the expenses of a simple flu
neral. The state OF California, by an
act Of the Legislature in 1887. appropriate
ed $4,000 for the erection OF a monu-
ment To his memory. The monument
was built and placed upon the hill over
looking the point where the first mug
get was discovered. The figure of the
statue points down to the very rock
where he picked IL up. The monument
was unveiled May 9, 1890"
IL is well TO know. however. that this
important day was long supposed to he
on Jan. Is or 10 and that General Sutter
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-01

rived in San Francisco in the last nine
months OF 1s4s $40 vessels from home
and foreign ports: $4,000 passengers
came by water; 1000 immigrants cross
ed the plains. In September. 1858. there
were more than 800 vessels lying at an
chor in the port. They brought the
products OF the earth-hour from Chile.
potatoes and fruits from Hawaii luxu-
ries from France and necessaries from
the Atlantic coast The employer paid
with lavish hand. Labor was SIC a day,
and fortunes were made and lost in n
single month.
Gold in the earth. gold in the air. gold
in the trees. Gold was everywhere in
the new country. and the immigration
was such that in comparison with IL
the Alaska rush In but an incident.
Probably there never has been such
an invasion Of a land since the days OF
Peter the Hermit and the Crusaders.
And there never was another country
on earth where the climate conditions
and the local surroundings were so ia
vorable for the disposition and general
comfort Of such body Of people "a
was the California OF that day
The frst gold nugget that Marshall,
gave ~ Mrs. Weirnsr is now owned %
W " Apen San francisco lawyer
and viii be given u prominent exhibit
tion. az IL was with a collection OF other
nuggets At the Worlds fair of Chicsgo.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-01

deserved a share in the credit OF the
discovery. though he never claimed IT,.
The sawmill at Coloma was his enter
prise and Marshall the manager. The
settler of New Helvetia cleared the way
for the chance discoverer. but the un-
covering OF the mineral wealth was
suffers financial ruin. lie saw only
the wealth of the golden grain. His
only care was for the agricultural con-
troll OF the estates which had been his
cherished dream on making his way to
the great boundless west--a dream
which became n reality. vast and glo-
rious. and then faded away into dreamy
memory.
In an eastern village is the grave Of
Sutter. ON the mountain side where
he searched for timber lies the discoV-
erer. Marshall. There is nothing I'm the
story of one that can detract from the
honest fame OF the other. and OF the
two u may be said in common:
They served as means by which the
ripened wealth 90 golden land be-
came the property or mankind.
The following communication Of re-
cent date from one OF the surviving
coupanions VI Marshall ~ the historian
John ;. IIittsn 10 OF interest
81 George. Utah
Dear Mr.. Hittell--Yours ot the "a
inst. to hand in which I learn that the
S'cicty of California Pioneers o. coueid-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-01

Amy Information I may have that
you would like 60 know you have only
10 write. and II will he a pleasing task
for me 10 give IL IL can. Respectfully
yours, HENRY w. BIGLER."
If possible. these survivors OF the par
ty that accompanied Marshall will be
brought To San Francisco for the cele-
bration. as their presence would i'm
press the people that the discovery is
still within the memory OF the living.
Jan. "a will be a legal holiday. Some
OF the features of the celebration will
be literary exercises; president of the
day: orator and poet; music and song
interspersed in the programme; parade
OF the state militia and troops of the
Il. $. army: commercial. mercantile,
manufacturing and labor organizations
OF the city and state; floats represent
ing the different eras of California;
leading divisions representing the same
to follow in order the survivors of Mar
shall's party; spanish navigators. ma
tive Indians. vaqueros; pioneer outfits.
such as mud wagons, OK teams. pony
express and other forms of primitive
conveyance The Californian eras will
be represented by the aborigines, the
missions. Mexican occupation. Amer
lean conquest. agriculture. horticulture.
commerce. civilization and single al
legorical representation embracing all
these ideas. eliminating in the pageant
OF the Golden jubilee"
There will be mining exhibition in
the Mechanics pavilion, while the event
of the day will be the laying of the cor
nerstone OF the commemorative arch.
Civic bodies, fraternal societies and mill
itsry and social organizations from ev-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-01
How Pullman Was Named.

The town of Pullman was not osten-
sibly named after the late Mr.. Pullman
himself. The story Is that w. W. Be-
man, the architect of the town. being
Justly proud of his work. went to the
proprietor and asked that IL be named
"Beman."
"Um'm." said the magnate Fact Is,
had thought of calling the place Pull
man. from the man who built Ii and
paid for it. However" Mr.. Pullman
added. as he observed look OF disap-
pointment on the architects face. II
am not particular Now. what do you
say TO compromise? Suppose we
take the first syllable of my name,
Pull and the second syllable Of your
name, man. There you have IL. Pull
'man'-Pullman. You see that COM
bines your idea with mine
MIR. Pullmans suggestion prevailed,
and the name. IL seems. was a COM
promise, though il is not reported that
Architect Beman was greatly pleased
thereby
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-01

gravel. One larger than its fellows he
picked up and. after n cursory exam
nation. was induced to gather others
along the banks This is Marshalrs own
story
Then IL was that Sutter wrote in his
diary. at the town he had named New
Helvetia:
Friday. January 2sth. 1s4s.
"Mr. Marshall arrived from the noun
tains on very important business"
The Importance of the business is
indicated by the statistics that tell OF
81, 3o3 57l. sos taken from the ground in
California since MIR. Marshall arrived
from the mountains" He brought a
nugget 10 Suffers Fort that was tested
and found to be pure gold.
IL is not new story TO Californians.
but IL is an everpopular one. and the
people will display their understanding
OF IL in the forthcoming celebration.
General John Bidwell. who was a
clerk at Suffers Fort at the time OF the
discovery, says in an unpublished letter
to Alphonse Sutter OF San Francisco.
the settlers grandson:
I'm regard TO the relations pf Sutter
and Marshall In building the sawmill
at Coloma, II was emphatically Suffers
enterprise. for IL had been for years his
fixed purpose TO build a sawmill some
where as soon az feasible site could
be found in order TO supply his increas-
ing wants for lumber.
Previous To the building OF the mill
Mt Coloma all lumber had to-1e sawed
by hand. One hundred feet for two men
was days work. At first suffers sup
ply was from the redwoods nearest the
bay ana from kSdesa. on the coast.
whsre lie sent men tO sew lumber Ia
ls42. In ls,3-. he haa men saw nmsSr
from cottonwood OF Feather river
In 1876 Nc cent men ." saw lumber
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-01
JUBILEE OF CALIFORNIA

OF Cosumnes river and about 40 miles
from New Helvetia. Still his principal
source OF lumber was from the red
his launch TO the bay for lumber and
other supplies.
Almost every year he sent out par
ties TO explore for lumber--to find the
most feasible site for a sawmill Twice
he sent me--once 10 the coast range in
Is4i. and 10 the mountains north OF
Feather river i'm 1886 Two or more
parties We're sent i'm 1sf7. The last sent
was Marshall"
The two men intended to keep this
glorious good fortune a secret. but there
was boarding house for employees at
Suffers mill. Marshall had foolishly
given to Mrs. WeImar the cook. a piece
OF the gold. and she had placed il i'm
a kettle of boiling lye to see what effect
would be produced on the shining stone,
and few days later there were over
1,200 people in the vicinity busily at
work with all kinds OF implements, dig
ging and washing.
There was wild excitement and
scramble. and the entire world began
sending its hosts Of adventures. Two
hundred and fifty thousand of the wild
est, bravest. most intelligent men ever
before seen gathered in a small section
OF country. with "A great many of the
on earth. There was more nervous en-
ergy to the cubic inch OF brain than
since the Spanish conquests. There ar
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-01

ering the project OF celebrating on tie
2ith Of January next the semicentennial
of the discovery of gold at Coloma.
You wish me To give you list OF
the survivors, with their precise names.
postoffice addresses and any informa- :
tion have in regard to their health and
strength.
James ;. Brown met him at our
great jubilee in Salt Lake City last
July. He was in his usual health.
quite lively and talkative as ever. His
address is n North First West street,
Salt Lake City.
"Azariah Smith a few years ago was
living in Manti. Sanpete county. Utah.
] have not heard OF his death or of his
leaving that place. At last accounts
his health was pretty good. though he
was somewhat afflicted at times with
fits.
William ]. Johnson.-His address az
last accounts was Ramah, Valencia
county. n. NJ. His health was good then.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-01
Anniversary of the Discovery
of Gold by Marshall In
I848 to Be Celebrated
With Pomp and
Ceremony.

mento and on to the bay OF San Fran
cisco. He called the distance from the
fort TO the mill so miles, but by. the
present road IL IL So and by his original
crooked route IL must have been 100.
No other man would probably have
chosen such an inaccessible spot. III
gold had not been discovered. Suttcr
would have selected more favorable
location. He had confidence in Mar
shall, however. and gave orders for the
erection OF the mill without going TO
see the place. The lumber enterprise
would have resulted naturally in dis
astrous failure.
IL was on the south fork of the Amer
lean river afterward called Suffers
creek. that Marshall began the con-
struction OF the mill, just above bar
or rapids. where a dam could be built
After digging a tail race. he turned into
IL the entire force of the water for the
purpose OF widening and deepening the
channel. In doing this quantity OF
mud, sand and gravel was carried along
with the stream and deposited in heap
at the foot of the tail race. The next
morning. after the gates were closed.
Marshall walked along his newly FORM
ed waterway and saw numerous glis-
tening particles among the sand and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-01
Death of a Famous Ciantess.

Probably the tallest woman I'm Amer
lea died recently. In the City OF Mexico.
Her height was feet Q inches. She
was born I'm the state of Sonora and
was i'm no way remarkable except for
her unusual height For the last ten
years she had been a familiar figure on
the streets of the capital OF Mexico.
where she attracted a great deal ~ at
tention from strangers and travellers
ana WIS pointed out 10 them with pride
~ ono of thc curiosities Of the nation
BY the citizens. she died at the age OF
a. leaving q husband and three chill
iTen. hpr name vas Masdalena ca
Cuta. She Wns uueducated and t~kst
the spanish language With difficulty.
known.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-01

I cry county will add TO the splendor OF the
procession. and the children of the pub
| lie schools OF San Francisco will assist
prominently in the exercises. Souvenirs
badges and emblems OF the jubilee win
all he tinted i'm the distinctive and ap-
propriate color--gold.
Ample arrangements have been made
for the transportation and accommo-
dation of the naturally expected hosts
of visitors
Rugged miners will come into the
city. They will appear from the his
toric gulches OF Amador and Tuolumne
from the gravel beds of Calaveras. from
the golden bedded streams of Sutter
Yuba and Butte. from the fertile wall
| leys through which meanders the Sac
ramento and from the Businesses OF the
granite ribbed and snowy topped Sier-
ras Then there will be also pastoral
| pioneers from the sun scorched plains
of southern California, where cattle
| browse quietly i'm the balmy winter
time; from the orange groves of Los
Angeles and San Bernardino. from the
vast wheat empires of Kern and Tu-
lare. and from the vine Covered sands
| Of sun kissed Fresno.
with blare OF trumpet. beat OF drum.
glow VI fbloItN llSnl anu iOItl, SnIlth
of rocket and detonation of bomb the
| opening hours of Monday will usher in
| the auspicious event
The general officers I'm charge OF the
Jubilee work are: President j. n. Jew
1 cit: vice presidents. J. ~. Nef and Mrs.
| Belle w. Conrad; secretary. $. II. Dam
iels: treasurer. Henry ;. Martin The
executive committee Is formed of rep
resentatives OF the Pioneers. Native
| Sons of the Golden West Native
Daughters OF the Golden West. Calfor-
mia Miners association. san Francisco
1 Miners association. with Governor
/ James VI. Budd and James ID. Phclan.
mayor OF san Francisco.
I On the finance committee are Wendell
I Easton. Leon Sloss. Charles MontEon-
, cry. q. 4. Stone and other leading citi-
I asns ALERT v SorTHWTCK.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-01

MY comrades who were With Mar
shall at the time he found the gold at
Coloma are all dead. so far as ! know.
except myself and the names I have Just
mentioned. My health is pretty good
for "A person OF my age-now in my
eighty-third year-appetite good. and
people say I hold my age splendidly.
and my walk IL brisk. though | have 10
use a cane 10 steady myself. a. l am
~ light headed and liable to fail. 1 am
pleased u hear u The move about u
bs made T. celsbrsts tie s4tn OF Janu-
sry. 1855. ana nope you will nave nice
time. and IL would please me To Wit
ness and be q partaker i'm the grsuH
,cstiNltics 900 that occasion.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-01

ALIFORNIA as
a state and az a
people will soon
celebrate in San
Francisco the dis
covery of the
: glittering gold
that has since
made her a great
and influential
empire.
On Jan. "a.
is4s. so years ago.
gold was discov-
cred by James
w. Marshall, a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-01
Pioneers at the lubiIee.

one OF the lectures decided upon in
connection with fhc celebration - CALI
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-01-21
ut is? Well, that's odd. WIN shou,a

1T is? Well, that's odd. Why should
he wish to conceal his real name from
me?"
Him! can't say, I'm sure" replied
sonntag, dryly. "But am delighted
beyond measure to hear what Won have
told me concerning Jackson" he ex-
claimed, with more enthusiasm than
he had ever displayed.
"Oh, indeed! It does not DELIGHT
me; the bare suspicion has been enough
Tor me to endure. I do not know that
/ would care very much for a seeming
proof OF guilt to be found against me.
You do actually seem pleased" I re-
marked with disgust.
PLEASED is not the word. lam more
than pleased. What you have told me
is a most important bit of news" Sonn-
tag said, taking up his hat.
why is it important, and to whom 2"
I asked.
"Vcry important to me, but more to
yourself"
No; stay and explain" I called to
him rs he went out the door; whit
do you mcan?''
Haven't a moments time. Must go.
l mean that most probably the cloud
which has enveloped your name will be
lifted shortly. Do not cut into the eel.
lar to-day. Wait until Tomorrow -
Saying this, my lawyer departed.