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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
PETTY STATES SNARLING
GENERAL WAR AMONG CENTRAL AMERi-
CAN REPUBLICS POSSIBLE
Condition of Affairs to- the South n
Cause Of Serious Apprehension
Costa Rfca and Nicaragua on the
Brink of an Armed Conflict That
May Involve Others.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S-The condi-
tion of affairs between Nicaragua and
Costa Rica is beginning to arouse seri-
Gus apprehension in official circles, as
1t is said to threaten to involve not
only these two countries in war, but
also to draw all the Central American
republics into an armed conflict.
The diet of the Greater Republic, in
Guiding Nicaragua Honduras and Sal
vador. has submitted a demand on
Costa Rica for an explanation Of the
entrance of an armed force of 500 men
from Costa Rica into Nicaragua. No
reply has been given, so far as is
known to officials here.
The Nicaraguan authorities assert
that the 500 men entering from Costa
Rica were not an unauthorized force
but were acting with the knowledge of
the president of Costa Rica If Costa
Rica gives no explanation in response
to the demand Of the diet, it is feared
serious trouble will follow.
The real controversy between Mica
ragua and Costa Rica is over the ter
r1tory adjacent to the interoceanic ca
nal. recent incident has intensified
the feeling of the Costa Ricans over
the boundary matter. This was the
arrest Of Mr.. Bache, the Costa Rican
consul general to Nicaragua on the
charge of being a rebel. He was tried.
convicted and sentenced to five years'
imprisonment, but subsequently, escan-
ed.
1t is not generally known that Sec
retary Sherman interviewed in this af-
fair and requested President Zelaya. Of
Nicaragua, in the interest of peace to
release Bache. President Zelaya
promptly assented, and, in a decree
announced that Bache would be liber-
ated in accordance with Mr.. Sherman's
request, if the tribunal convicted him
of revolutionary movement.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s.-In diplo-
matte circles it is said that the reports
that war Is imminent between ChiIa
and the Argentine Republic are not
we'll founded, and that, on the con-
trary, arbitration by the British GOV.
ernment has been agreed upon as a
means Of settlement of differences.
BUENOS AYRES, Feb. 2S.-The gov.
ernment has decided to strengthen the
national armaments In accordance
with the wishes of the people expressed
at the recent public meetings In various
parts Of the republic.
RIO JANEIRC, Feb. 2S.-Vice Presi-
dent Pereira has issued a long address
strongly protesting that he is innocent
of completely in the attempt made to
assassinate President Moraes last
year.
The general elections will take place
tomorrow. The election Of Senators
Composaltos, from Sac Paulo, and
Rosasilva, from Pernambuco, as presi-
dent and vice president for the term
of four years beginning in November
next, is regarded as assured.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
SAVES LYMAN'S LIFE.
The BOY Will Not Be Hanged, but
VIII He Released From

OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 2S.-Lyman
Dart, the year-old boy in
Truro, N. S., Jail under sentence of
death on March 3, for the murder Of
a Syrian peddler, has not only escap-
ed from the gallows, but will be set
free.
The trial judge has reported to the
department of justice that evidence
discovered since the trial shows con-
clusively that the shooting was acci-
dental.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
CARPET MAKERS POOL.
Effort to Combine the Ingram Man
ufacturers in a Trust.

BOSTON, Mass, Feb. 2S.-The Transcript
prints an interview with Arthur T. Lyman,
treasurer of the Lowell Manufacturing COM
pany, concerning a proposed commission OF
manufacturers of ingram carpets in this coun-
try, with a view of controlling that market
Mr.. Lyman says: Thomas Bromley, OF
Philadelphia, is earnestly at work on the
combination and has enlisted Philadelphia
two carpet mills in New England making in
grain carpets and they both make other kinds
of carpets. The plan has not been definitely
laid before them yet. A meeting was to have
been held last week in New York, but it was
postponed for a time Until the plan is def
nitely settled it is not possible to say whether
1t can be carried out or not
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
Millions for Defense,

CHICAGO, Feb. Pa special to the Times
a report placed before the president, there
are now available for military duty in the
United States 10,O73576 able-bodied men, and
of these 112,0S2 are already in the militia.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
Buying Warships,

NEW YORK, Feb. 2s-A dispatch to the
Herald from Buenos Ayres, Argentina, saws:
In view of the warlike preparations being
made by Chilli, the Argentine government has
decided to purchase three warships and arms
for 150 900 men. -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
Budd BIOssOminG.

SAN FRANCISCO, Fen. 2S-The Chronicle
says: Cob. Budd has informed his friends
that in view of the retirement of Senator
White, he will be a candidate for the United
States senate, provided the next legislature is
Democratic
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
TODAY.

etropoli;an-Richard Mansfield. S:15
House 80 use OF Hope9Annuai 1t' Praise Meeting. 3.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
FATAL SNOW SLIDE.
Three Men Buried, but Two Es-
caped With Their Lives

9ILVERTON, B. c., Feb. 2S-A snow 81 de
occurred yesterday about o'clock on the
road to the Comstock mine, four miles east
Of town. A messenger was sent to town and
about 100 men turned out with shovels as it
Wss reported that three men were buried A
Southwork and J. H. Harvey were taken out
with slight injuries, but when the body of
William Lade was discovered life was ex-
tinct.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
MILES HURRYING WEST.
On His Way to San Francisco to Ex-
anime War Preparatious

PITTSBURG, Feb. 2s-Gen. Nelson A.
Miles, of the United States army, accom-
panied by Rear Admiral Phelps, of the Pa
cinc coast squadron, passed through Pitts
burg en- route to San Francisco from Wash
ington. 1t is reported that both officials are
on the way to San Francisco to look into the
preparations being made to defend that port
in case of war.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01

The woman with the child jumped into the
river. The woman's body was recovered at
daybreak. The body of the babe was carried
out into the lake. Insanity caused the deed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
Insane Mother.

BENTON HARBOR. Mich Feb. 2S.-Mrs.
George Davidson aged 2S years, left her home
at St. Joseph last night clad in night dress,
with her two weeks old baby in her arms.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01

BUENOS AYRES, Feb. 2S.-The gov
ernment has decided to strengthen the
national armaments In accordance
with the wishes of the people expressed
at the recent public meetings in various
parts Of the republic
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-01
The Globes Bulletin
TUESDAY, MARCH l, 1898.

Fair, Colder-See Page 4, Col. 1.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-23

gold was fo!nd in placers, which weres worked by Lopez and his associates for years, and they have been worked at intervals until the present day. They were not very rich, and by reason of the scarcity of water the greater part of the season, their yield was never much in excess of the day wages of the men employed
 Long before the time of Lopez gold was mined in the placers in the Colo rado River region by Mexicans, who came north from Sonora. and by h. dians. A discovery of gold was thus made at San Ysidro, now in San Diego County, in 1928, and there are fairly we'll authenticated records of a place, gold discovery and workings in what is now known as the Cargo Muchach4 mining district, San Diego County. if teen miles northwest of Fort Yuma, as early as 1775
 None of these discoveries created any excitement.
 Southern California being the most
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-23
Headquarters
Tenth Military Department,

CdI., Aug. IL, lS4S.
 General R. Jones, Adjutant- General, U. s. A., Washington, D. C-Sir: Eave the honor to inform you that. ac- companied by Lieutenant w T. Shar- man, Third Artillery, acting assistant adjutant-general, I started on the 12th of June last to make a tour through the northern part of California. My principal purpose was to visit the new " discovered gold placer in the valley of the Sacramento.
 We reached San Francisco on the 2Oth. and found that all or nearly all. its male population had gone to the mines. The town, which a few months before was so busy and thriving, was then almost deserted. On the evening Of the 24th the horses of the escort were crossed to Sausalito in a launch. and on the following day we resumed the journey, by way of Bodega and Sonoma, to Sutter's Fort, where we arrived on the morning of July 2. Along the whole route mills were living ldle, helds of wheat were open to cattle and horses, houses vacant and farms gong to waste. At Sutter's there was more life and business. Launches were dlScharg1ng their cargoeS at the river ana carts were hauling goods to the fort' where already were established several stores, a hotel, etc Captain Sutter had only two mechanics in his ennploy-a wagon-maker and a black smith, whom he was then paying s10 per day. Merchants pay him month ly rent of $100 per room, and while I was there two-story house in the fort was rented as a hotel for $500 month
 l proceeded twenty-five miles up the American fork to a point on it now known as the lower mines or Mormon diggings. The hillsides were thickly strewn with canvas tents and bush ar bors. A store was erected, and several boarding shanties in operation The day was intensely hot; yet about 200 men were at work in the full glare of the sun, washing for gold, some with tin pans, some with close woven In- dian baskets, but the greater part had rude machine known as a cradle This is on rockers six or eight feet long, open at the foot, and at its head has a coarse grate and sieve; the bottom is rounded, with small cleatS nailed across. Four men are required to work | this machine. One digs the gravel in the bank close by the stream, another carries it to the cradle and emptieS it on the grate, a third gives a violent rocking motion to the machine, while the fourth dashes on water from the stream. The sieve keeps the coarse ] stones from entering the cradle, the
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be probed deeper. Difficulties attend the miner that were unknown in the first few years of our gold history. Where once a man had merely to stake out his claim and work it by primitive methods on the surface, money, ma chinery and scientific methods, con- trolled by intricate laws, are now necessary. But this need not discour- age the prospector. Indeed, if he has the true mining spirit nothing will dis courage him.
 There are vast fortunes waiting to be taken out of California soil. As a gold field it. is extremely rich, from Mari posa to Siskiyou. Leading counties in which prospecting is extremely good are Tuolumne, Calaveras, Fl Dorado, Mariposa, Amador, Siskiyou, Placer. Nevada, Sierra, Plumas and Butte.
 In the way of advertising l am hear tily in sympathy with the Golden Ju- bilee celebration. It will probably be the direct means of attracting a large amount of needed capital here. We expect an influx of Eastern people of intelligence and means, who will re- ceive an important object lesson while among us.
 The mines are here. What we need is the capital with which to develop them. JACOB NEFF,
 President Miners Association.
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THE FIRST OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE

current of the water washes off tha earthly matter and the gravel is grad ualIy carried out at the foot of tha hnachine, leaving the gold mixed with a me heavy black sand above the first cleats. The sand and gold mixed to- selhef are then drawn off through auger holes into a pan below. are dried Tn the sun and afterward separated by blowing off the sand.
 A party or four men thus employed at the lower mines average S1OO a day The Indians and those who have nolnlng put pans or willow baskets gradually wash out the earth and sepN arate the gravel by hand, leaving noth- ' Ing but the gold mixed with the sand, which IS separated in the manner de- Ser1bed. The gold in the lower mines IS In fine bright scales, of which I send several specimens.
 On the 7th of July I left the mill and crossed to small stream enpty- Ing into the American fork, three or four miles below the sawmill I struck this stream (now known as Webers Creek) at the waShings of Sunal & Co. They had about thirty Indians enploy- ed, whom they pay in merchandise They were getting gold of a character similar to that found in the main fork and doubtless in sufficient quantities to satisfy them. l send you small specimen, presented by this company. of their gold. From this point we pro ceeded up the stream about eight miles. where we found a great many people and Indians; some engaged in the bed Of the stream and others in the small side valleys that put into it. These latter are exceedingly rich and two ounces were considered an ordi- nary yield for days work A small gutter not more than hundred yards long by four feet wide and two or three feet deep was pointed out to me as the one where two men, William Daily and Perry McCloon, had a short time be- fore obtained in seven days $17,00O worth of gold
 I might tell of hundreds of similar instances; but to illustrate how plenti- ful the gold was in the pockets of com mon laborers, l will mention a simple occurrence which took place in my presence when I was at Weber's store. This store was nothing but an arbor of bushes, under which he had exposed for sale goods and groceries suited to his customers. A man came in, picked up box of seidlitz powders and asked it's price. Captain Weber told him it was not for sale. The man offered an ounce of gold, but Captain Weber told him it only cost 90 cents, and he did not wish to sell it. The man then of fered an ounce and a. half, when Cap- tain Weber had to take it. The prices
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giving general publicity to mining con- ditions. and an invitation to the rest of the world to come and see for them selves what exists here.
 For the capitalist on the lookout for safe and profitable investment no coun- try in the world can offer such induce Inents as California. The road to wealth is made very easy by climatic con ditions that for comfort cannot be sur passed. All this should be made known throughout our country and abroad, but in distributing such information it is of vital importance that the truth should be strictly adhered to. No pos sible good can result from exaggerated reports concerning our mining indus tries. The actual facts are rosy enough and need no establishment. Prevari cation and misrepresentation do much harm and defeat their own object.
 In my judgment the wisest course for miners to pursue is to avoid being mis- led by middlemen. 1 am not much in favor of the middleman, and regard his presence in mining deals as a detri ment to the industry. He places a fancy price upon property and reapS the benefit himself
 A healthful indication is the reopen ing and profitable working of mines once abandoned and now taking on a new lease of life. Mines formerly be- lieved to be exhausted are daily prov ing the falsity of the impression by turning out gold as plentifully as ever.
 I believe that in the half-century yet to come our mines will yield as much as they have in the five decades just passed. It is true that very different conditions prevail. In early days "grass-root'' mining was sufficient to repay the miner. Now the earth must
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-23
GREAT PROSPECTS
 N MINING
By JACOB NEFF
President MiDers' Association.

PTSStdSnt MlDSrS HSSOCiOClOn
 K T the present time the outlook. "A for the mining industry in Cali fornia is brighter and more en-
 couraging than it has been in
 twenty years past. Miners and capitalists have every reason for look ing hopefully toward the future. I be- lieve that future to be exceptionally rich in fulfllment.
 In my opinion the mining industry in this State, now revived with renewed vigor, will be the occasion of a jubilee fifty years hence even more pro- nounced in enthusiasm and general in terest than the one we are now cele- brating.
 We who are familiar with the re- sources of California as a mining center know what marvellous country is ours on this western shore But this knowl edge should be disseminated; should be repeated until the whole world realizes the fact that in California exist oppor tunities incalculable for successful mining of that glittering treasure gold. How shall we spread the fame of our State? By judicious advertising; by
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First miner-Your baby doesn't seem to have half the life he had before you brought him to the Klondike.
 Second ditto-No, the poor little fel low is heart-broken. You see, he tried to keep us awake all night the same as he used to down South, and when he discovered what a contract he had in a three weeks night he simply collapsed.
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SQo55 SCION OF SEeRET HILL AND CANADA t1L CHANNEL sao d1omntanr 5peprE

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Lopez, a native Californian, discov- cred gold in Francisquita Canyon, less than thirty five miles from Los Angeles, in 1S42. This discovery was within the boundary of the Camulos rancho, the homestead of the Del Valle family, la ter made famous as the scene of Helen Hunt Jackson's story, Ramona. The
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DESERT MINING
 IN CALIFORNIA.
By H. z. OSBORNE.

OLD was known to exist in -s Southern California, and was mined in a small way, long be-
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N F' all the wonderful tears Inlnlns engineer E ing that have been accomplished in California E that of the turning of the Feather River from | it's course is certainly entitled to the first place.
 In fact it is entitled to being considered one of the greatest feats of engineering in the his tory of the world. In mining engineering it cannot be paraleled.
 It is almost impossible to give adequate idea of this stupendous work
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building of ten miles of substantial roads; the pro- vidng of dwellings in three separate camps capable of accommodating from 150 to 300 men, besides the necessary workshops; also the building of canal along the right bank of the Feather River 40 feet wide and coco feet iOng requiring the excavation of 5000O cubic yards to the river when turned out of it's natural bed; the construction of permanent head dam; the procuring of power, which was ob-
 tained by repairing the old Miocene ditch which
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quired five miles of iron piping; erection of electric plant, to enable the work be carried by night well as by day, connection O all the different points and the ditch stations with the head offices by telephone, requiring forty miles of telephone wire.
 In the construction of the canal, a cemented rock wall carried along the entire distance next the river of width of four feet top twelve feet on the bottom. reaching in places a height of oyer
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-02-02
Cost of SoIomon,s Temple.

A noted statistieian has figured out the real cost of Solomou's Temple. The talents of gold, silver and brass were equal to $34, 399, no, 900. The worth of the jewels is placed at an equal sum. The vessels of gold, according to Josephus, were valued at 10000 talents, equal to $2, SIC, 481, ,015. The vessels of silver, according to the same authority, were still more valuable, being set down as worth $3, 431 ,720, 900. Priests vestments and the robes of singers, $10, 050, 900 and the trumpets $1,OO0, 900. To these startling figures is to be ad- ded the expense of the building ma. terial, labor, etc. The materials in the rough are estimated at $11, 226, : 685, 000 The total, which we are told by no means expresses the whole cost, is about $52, IF, 034, 761.
 Here is a grand total of $127, 534, : 5O5, 867, before which the combined wealth of the Rothschilds, ,Rockefell- CT, Goulds, Astors and Vanderbilts sinks into insignifcance-they are not 'in it. These figures would re- move the surprise of a little girl of  our acquaintance who, after listen ing to a chapter from the Bible, re- marked that she didn't see how Solomon could clothe so many wives when her papa was hard put to It to buy clothes for one.-NeW Orleans States.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-02-02

A naughty old girl is Eliza Brooks of Stroudsburg, if the story told on her is true. Eliza is 6oyoars old. and month ago she was married to an old gentle man of 78. who took her to his heart and home on her representation that she was widow and had laid Brooks away in the cold, cold ground in 1878. Where Brooks really was all this time does not appear. He was not dead though It is likely that he would have kept his whereabouts Q secret till the day of judg- ment if Eliza had not married again. Shortly after she took her second partner, however, a letter arrived from Brooks in Brooklyn inquiring for his long lost wife. " When sho sought solaeo with another, Brooks suddenly remembered that he had long lost wifo" and in the amiable fashion somo married men as well as women follow sought to "deyil' Eliza. Now she will havo to stand the consequences of making oath that Brooks was dead when he wasn't. For shame, Eliza at your age tool