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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-28

wagon 10 its last resting place. Il was
learned that his win made provision
that $1,000 BE- given 10 the relatives or
friends Of any person when dead who
viii have his or her body buried i'm tho
same sarcophagus. Mr.. Smith though
eccentric, evidently had strong social
inclinations.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-28

Secession was not rebellion" de-
Clared Senator Butler of North Caro-
lima in speech before the Senate on a
measure to provide pensions for Com
foderate as well as To Union soldiers.
Then he went ON 10 argue that the
fratricidal War OF the Rebellion was
forced upon the South. whose men sim
ply defended their constitutional right
To withdraw from the Union. II has
been some time since the country has
been treated to an outburst like that.
and the argument is a trine stale. But
Buffers fellow Senators were not dis
posed TO take it seriously or to respond
To it, and if it pleased the Senator from
North Carolina TO thus spread himself
il also did nobody any harm.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-28
Shall Porto nco Be q Sla.e 2

our public men are trying to decide
what action should be- taken regarding
the status of Porto Rico We have
never before had 90 deal with simi-
lar condition where nearly million
people OF a foreign tongue have been
annexed Neither have we over had
bofore such reliable medicine for
malaria fever and ague ns Hostcttcrs
stomach Bittcrs. VI drives The polsons
ont of tho systCu AMI cstnblish, s
strength go resist future attacks.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-28

In the Ballou Universaiist church 10
night Rev. ~. ~. Russell. ID. D. Nfil
make an address in the iuterest OF the
Anu-Saloon League All the pastors
Will DO present 10 take part. and "a
chorus - over On. voices from the dg
fereut churches win lead ln the sing
Ing.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-28
THE NEWS
DAILY EUROPEAN HINT.

tSecured for exclusive publication in
The News by arrangement with Felix,
Rouff. Doucet. La Ferrlere Paquin and
other famous Partisan costume max
ers.)
Gilpin observer., 1899-12-14
KILLED BY EXPLOSION.
TlArty.Two Coal Miners Lose ThAr Lives
In Washington.

Carbonate, Wash, Dec. 0.-ShOrtly
before IL :45 o'clock yesterday forenoon
this coal mining village was stunned
with the first report of n terrific subter-
ranean explosion in the mine of the
Carbon Hill Coal Company, the tunnels
of which run miles under the town.
There was an ominOus runbling,
smothered sound for n few moments
and then 1t ceased abruptly. The peO-
pie knew Mt once what this meant and
stood around with blanched faces.
ApprehensiOns of some fearful dis
aster were confirmed in Il little while
with information that the morning
shift In tunnel No. had been caught
in an explosion Of fire damp. Between
seventy and eighty men were at work
In the mine Mt the time and the belief
was that all must have been killed, as
there was no chance of escape. Those
who were not killed outright would be
hemmed In by the falling walls and
timbers and suffocated by the gasses
and smoke before any opportunity Of
relief could come.
Details Of the disaster are meagre,
as Superintendent Davis and Foreman
Jonah Davis of the day shift are now
down In the mine engaged in the res
cue. The number Of men employed In
the first day shift was seventy-twO.
Their hours are from Z o'clock a. IN.
to 3 p. III. The explosion occurred be-
tween 10 and II o'clock, as near rs
can be ascertalned. Jonah Davis, the
foreman, escaped unhurt, and besides
him about twenty Fins. Most Of the
men nre Welsh and several of these
also escaped, but the turned and went
back into the mine in the hope OF be-
Ing able to rescue those still supposed
to be alive.
The total number OF men In the un-
fortunate shaft was seventy-six, OF
whom forty-four are alive. all of them
having escaped or been rescued.
Gilpin observer., 1899-12-14
Money Scarce In New York.

New York, Dec. 11.-There was great
demand for money to-day, 10 per cent
ruling for some early transactions. A
large bank. which has made heavy
lonns, marked up those outstanding to
10 per cent. and scrutinlzed closely the
collateral offered for new transactions
at higher rates. One Wall Street bank
required from 20 to % per cent. mar.
gin, beside 10 to 10 points to spare on
the stock, for 100000 loans.
Fifteen or 20 per cent. OF good indus
trials were accepted on this basis
where the borrowers name was salts
factory. In all from S35, 5000 to $4O,-
100000 was called and paid OF, then
two or three millions loaned at q to Z
per cent, large supplies loaned down to
3 per cent. Sterling exchange nd
vanced one-fourth Of per cent. for de-
mnnd bills.
While bankers were puzzled over the
money situation here and abroad the
prediction was made that demand bills
would rule higher throughout the
week, with no prospects, however, OF
touching the exporting point. One OF
the largest foreign exchange houses re-
ported to-day's rate ns fully two cents
below the figure at which gold under
present conditions would be proftably
sent abroad.
Gilpin observer., 1899-12-14
A Medical PrOspectOr.

1T isn't getting your diploma that's
the worst Of it," said new-ledged
NJ. ID. ITS where to hang out your
shingle. doctors got to bear two
things in mind in deciding that-he
mustn't choose a place that already
has physicians enough, and, above all.
he must not settle in n healthy place
one OF these towns, don't you know.
where nobody dies except OF old age.
or course, n doctor doesn't want peo-
pie to dic-thats almost as bad rs to
have them never sick-but he docs
want them to be sick enough to keep
him going. New. the way friend OF
mine did was this: He took the train
out through central Now York, and he
stopped off at pretty much every place
he came to till he found what he
wanted. 1t was II pretty place to look
at. but 1t lay low along n river. He
noticed as they approached 1t lots OF
marsh lands, and he said to himself:
'Thareli be malaria here anyhow, and
probably typhoid And, sure enough.
though he's only been there three
years. he already has n paying prac-
tice."-New York Commercial Adver-
tiser.
Gilpin observer., 1899-12-14
COLLEGE GIRLS MAKE BUTTER.
Thoy Can support Themselves by Pur-
suIng Their Studies

Thoy Can support Themselves by Pur-
suing Their Studies
Not until some seven years ago an
the first state college for women
opened In the South, says the Boston
Transcript. This is known as the State
Normal and Industrial college, located
at Greensboro, N. c., and has its gene
sis and remarkable success in the mind
of one young man, DR.. Charles d. Nc
liver. DIR. McIver is not only a man OF
great enthusiasm and executive ability,
but he possesses an immense capital OF
resource and invention. He is con-
stantly adding new features of self
support for the students at this insti-
tuition. At the beginning Of the new
year 1t will be practicable for nearly
themselves while pursuing their
studies. This feature of self-support
has been in existence for several years,
and instead of creating caste among
the students, has resulted in mag
nificent leveling process. line OF
work which is being organized and
which will give support to a score
more Of girl students, is the dairy
farm. This college is most fortunate
In having attached to 1t some 160 acres
of fine farming land. This has bee.i
stocked with piggery and some fifty
head Of choice Jersey cows which are
to be MIXED by the college girls. The
dairy will not only be self-sustaining..
but 1t will bring money to the institu-
tion from the butter these young ladies'
will make. This butter has the college
stamp on 1t, and already the demand
for 1t outside the college is greater
than the supply can be.
Gilpin observer., 1899-12-14
MINING MENTION.

stock are used up in driving the tunnel
200 feet or more. Failure to find the
vein where expected lessons the value
of the stock. To keep OH with the
tunnel the treasury stock reserve is
sold at sacrifice and finally the COM
pany finds its treasury bare and moth
ing but IL barren vein to show. The
stockholders are out of pocket and the
locality gets black eye.
OF course, tunneling and drifting are
used frequently to advantage in open
ing up mining properties, as one can
see in any famous camp in the West;
but tunnels should follow preliminary
examination and be laid out as the re-
suit of definite knowledge. If the for
nation of the vein dips with the hill
side SO that tunnel will strike the
hanging wall, 1t may be quite possi-
BILE to open up the vein at n depth of
800 feet by a tunnel of only 200 feet.
Here the advantage of the tunnel is
evident. Again, If the ground is very
wet as ii may be in regions where the
rainfall is heavy, the cost of getting in
pumping machinery may be SO great
as to make tunneling n necessity. Some
of the newly opened districts at Wash
ington and British Columbia show
this. Then there is the case where the
course of the vein cuts across the slope
of the valley so that one end of a 1,5OO
foot claim is considerably higher than
the other. A tunnel. or more properly
drift, is then the only way to open the
ore. Such tunnel, being always in
the vein. will show and variation in
width and value, there will be no
trouble from water, and the property
will be opened at the smallest expense
possible.
Though miners generally make the
mistake of drifting or tunneling in
stead of following the vein by verti-
cal or inclined shaft. yet one some
times sees opposite mistakes made.
During the excitement over the dis
cOvery of the Mesabi range in north
ern Minnesota, in 1892, company
was formed to work one of the very
few places along the range where the
iron ore formation or Jasper was eX-
posed. The company was capitalized
at S3.OOO.OOO, built an expensive camp,
and hauled in lot of machinery. at
great expense, through the virgin for
| est. The outcrop formed on one side n
bluff fifty feet or so high. Standing at
the foot of this bluff anyone could see.
as the banding of the rock was hori-
| Zontal, the changes in its composition:
yet those who had charge of the eX-
| ploratiOn had so little judgment that
| they actually started sinking on top
of the bluff, so near the edge that the
rock brought up was dumped over it,
Such work, of course, could have but
one result. The company started off
! with Il flourish. selling stock right and
| left. \ year later the sheriff, looking
for some unattached property against
which claim could lie laid. found only
a desk in the office at Duluth. and even
this, as it proved had not been paid
| for.
Gilpin observer., 1899-12-14
14s,soo MIL Hand. &c, Nor. Pay.

Fall River, Mass, Dec. 1O.-The new
wnge schedule. giving 5000 cotton
mill employees in this and other New
England cities n 10 per cent. increase
In wages, will go into effect to-inor-
row. On December 18th nn additional
GO,OOO mill employees will begin to In
creasc n like advance In wages. and he
fore the first OF the year 1O,JOO others
will have received the increase.
Thus by January 1st fully 145, 800
New England mill employees will be re-
cciving an average rate OF pay equal
to the previous high rate Of 1902, when
they were paid the highest rate of
wages since the inception OF the cotton
industry.
Gilpin observer., 1899-12-14
REPORT OF THE MINT.
Largest Coinage of Gold In the History
of the Country

of the Country.
Washington, Dec. 11.-Mr. Roberts,
the director of the mint, in his annual
report, says:
The mints and assay offices operated
upon more bullion in the aggregate
and Il greater coinage was executed
during the last fiscal year than IN any
previous year. Original deposits of
gold We're slightly less than during the
previous year, amounting in vale 10
$143. 3.497 100, against $147, ,G93, 1914 in
the fiscal year ended June 90, 1893.
Domestic deposits were the largest in
our history, amounting to SIG,2o2, ,4S7,
against S6i .SSl, ,12O in the preceding
year, but there was falling off in for
eign coin and bars.
The coinage Of gold was the greatest
in our history, amounting to sos, H.
1S0, against $6l, ,634 ,S65 in the preced-
Ing year, and might have been con-
siderably larger IL the capacity of the
mints hai been greater. The stock Of
gold bullion In hand increased froIC
&H6SS.5S2 July 1, 1898, to $119 ho!, ).
712 July l. 1890.
The coinage Of silver dollars from
bullion purchased under the act Of
July IA, 1890, was S1S, S,254, 100, against
$1O,OO2. $50 in the preceding year, and
the coinage of subsidiary silver 80, 1885,
S77.65, aginst S6,4S2 ,SO4.
The mints have been hard pressed
throughout the year to meet the de-
mands upon them.
Gilpin observer., 1899-12-14
APPEAL FOR AID.
Many Dependents Loft by the Mino Dis
aster In Washington.


aster In Warrington.
Carbonada, WASH, Dec. IA re-
lief committee was organized here to-
day and the following appeal issued:
ITO the Public-We, the relief COM
mittee OF Carbonado, issue the follow
ing appeal to the generous hearts and
willing hands of the state Of Washing
ton:
This little mining village has been
suddenly smitten by the heavy hand
OF pitiless calamity. Death has over
taken many breadwinners in their
toll. and has left its wake of tears and
deprivation In many homes. Thirty
one miners killed Is the extent of the
fatality of the disaster of Saturday,
December 9th. In addition to the thir-
ty-one dead, there are seven injured,
four of whom are badly burned. One
Is with several ribs fractured, another
Is severely bruised and one IL suffer
ing as n consequence of having been
In the explosion and subsequently en-
tombed In the mine all night, poisoned
with the smoke and damp.
"These thirty-one miners have left o
score or more of bercaved families and
saddened homes. The coming Christ
mas will be sorrowful one for Car
bonado. The result of the swift catas-
trophe of Saturday is, that sixteen wild
ows. forty-five children, six aged pa
rents and dependents, making sixty
seven dependent altogether deprived Of
n source OF supply"
Gilpin observer., 1899-12-14
THE CRANTz bonanza.
Black Hills Wonder May Bo Sold For
4i,OOO,OOO.

Ii Is likely that the great Grantz
mine mt Lead. South Dakota, will he
sold for S1,OO0,OOO this winter. Mr..
Grnntz now has four propositions
which have been made by different
parties In the East and West, and one
of which will amount to x1.000,0OO II
carried through. A North Dakota COM
pnny has offered to sell stock to the
amount of S1.OOO.OOO and three differ
ent companies of Colorado are bargain
Ing for the property. Mr.. Grantz Is
not especially anxious to sell his mine,
for he IL confident that II Is worth
more than 81 100000 to him In the ore.
In the short time that he worked his
rich strike this fall he took out three
carloads of ore which netted him about
S15O.OOO. He has besides the ore ship
ped number OF sacks OF rich ore that
will run 100000 ana 100000 n ton gold,
which he does not intend to ship.
There Is also large amount Of lower
grade rock on the dump at the mine,
which will be kept until reduction
plant is in operation at the NINE Mr..
Grantz claims that he has realized
nbout $2OO,OOO from his strike.
Gilpin observer., 1899-12-14
WOODS INVESTMENT COMPANY
Rushing Work on Another Good Cripple
Creek Property.


Creek Property.
More than ordinary importance is
attached to the development on the
Trail group of properties, on Bull HILL
owned by the Battle Mountain Con-
solidated company. which has been GO
ing ever since the acquisition Of this
property by the Woods Investment
company.
In the lower tunnel n large force Of
men has been employed. and the ore
bodies have been opened for over D.
600 feet. this at depth of 800 feet
Large bodies of ore have been blocked
out and held in reserve, owing to the
dissatisfaction with local mills and
desire to treat this ore at the Eco
nomic mill. owned by the Woods In
vestment company. as soon rs the mill
was ready to receive ore.
The Economic mill is now ready for
business, and Is running ore to its full
capacity. The preliminary tests made
last week We're Il pronounced success.
and the mill will handle $50 tons of
ore per day, the initial capacity of
the mill.
In winze from the tunnel level Mt
a depth of fifty feet there Is remark
able showing. At this point the vein
is six feet wide, and will average from
one ounce to one and One-half ounces
per ton, while n streak of sylvanite
ore on the foot wall two feet wide
assays as high as eighty to eighty-five
ounces per ton.
1t is admitted by well-informed min
ing men that the Woods Investment
company Is numbered among the
heaviest mining syndicates In the
United States, but few OF this class
even fully appreciate the extent and
magnitude of the mining operations
of this successful corporation. Dur
ing the month of November 1.0i6 men
We're employed, and the total amount
Of the pay roll as shown by the COM
pany's records amounted to SG4,3SS.
All this money was paid in cash. the
company some time ago having abOl-
ished the check system, 1t being their
idea that the check system was too
often an incentive for the men to visit
the saloons. for the purpose of having
their checks cashed, and thereby temp
ted TO spent their money in gambling.
Gilpin observer., 1899-12-14
THE HIGHLAND CLANS.
a Fancisd Insult sumcient to Set the
Heather on Fire.

a Fancled Insult sumcient to Set the
Heather on Fire.
The wealth of the clans consisted not
In silver and gold. but in fiocks and
herds, says the Gentleman's Magazine.
Some Of the latter were bred in dis
tricts from which they have been for
chilly lifted" but their possessors
would point to the consideration that
their late owners probably held four
footed property of which they also
had, by similar means, forcibly de-
prived their original owners. And
thus the practice of cattle purloining"'
among the clans was based upon a
give-and-take principle, which, how
ever, was characterized by maximum
of taking" and minimum of "giv-
ing" The cattle forays, or creaches-
as they are called, were ordered by the
chiefs, and were, naturally enough, re-
garded as a declaration OF enmity
against the clan thus despoiled. They
were conducted with great secrecy, and
bloodshed was, IL possible, avoided
When, however, as was frequently the
case. these predatory incursions were
became interminable until ample ven
geance had been taken. Revenge was
inculcated as a duty, the neglect OF
which was accounted disgrace to the
living and dishonor to the dead. But
cattle raiding was not the only, or in
deed the primary, cause of the feuds
which for centuries made the High
lands the seat of internecine warfare
between the clans. The most trifing
incidents generally operated in the
same direction. An insult, sometimes
a fancied insult, was sufficient to set
the heather on fire. Nothing more
clearly exemplifies the relationship
which existed between the chief and
his clansman than the fact that the
most objectionable insult which could
be offered to clan was to speak in dis
respectful terms of his chief. That
insult could only be wiped out in blood,
and as a rule no time was lost in ex-
punging it. 1t sometimes happened
that a clan smarting under an affront
was numerically too weak to take its
revenge in the only way which was
open to it. 1t bided its time. however,
and sooner or later tasted the sweets
of revenge. The clans had long mem
ories for injuries sustained, and the
germ of implacable hatred was often
transmitted from father to son, grow
ing in intensity until finally extin-
guished in propitiatory blood.
Gilpin observer., 1899-12-14
oATAcRE.s REVERSE.
Lessons Drawn From It-Over slx Hun
dred Captured.

London, Dec. 12.-The reverses suf-
fered by General Gatacre ut Storm
borg yesterday are regarded us another
case OF under-estimatiOn Of the enemy's
forces and ability which has already
cost the British so much. The many
long forced marches by which Gatacre
reached Stormborg are characteristic
Of this commander, whom his men call
"Backacher."
This sort Of marching against Indian
and Egyptian troops was usually
crowned with sharp and brilliant sue
cesses, but in the case of Boer fighting
1t is different Gatacre's troops were
not only surprised, but We're evidently
too fatigued to withstand the terrific
fire which was poured over them.
The military expert of the Morning
Post, who has followed the Boer war
critically and dispassionately, warns
England of the danger of losing part
OF the empire through the parsimOny
which is displayed in the inefficient
forces with which she attacks the
Beers. This warning is the first hint
in any British paper of even the prOba-
bility of final defeat for England in
South Africa.
There is much comment to-day over
Gatacre's casualties, his losses in miss
ing, which are not quite equal to those
at Nicholson Mex, being remarkably
disproportionate to those in killed and
wounded.
General Walker wires that the cas-
ualty list is not complete, and in view
of the Beers. heavy fire the completed
list will doubtless place the fatalities
ut a much higher figure.
The known casualties are as follows:
Royal Irish Rifles: Six officers
wounded.
Suffolk regiment: Wounded. one Of
ficer and twelve men; missing, three Of
ficers, 300 men.
Seventyfourth field battery: Wound
ed, one officer and five men.
Seventy-fifth field battery: One Off
Ger killed, one man wounded.
Northumberland Fusileers: Six Of
ficerS and BOG men missing.
Royal Berkshires: One man killed
Paris. Dec. 1.-THE papers are wild
with glee over the British disaster at
Stormborg yesterday. The offices of
the yellow journals are decorated with
Boer flags.
Gilpin observer., 1899-12-14
How to Keep Frost ON wl,dow,.

The deposit of vapor and hoar frost
on window panes is prevented by coat
ing the windows with composition
recently patented by Belgian. con-
sisting OF water, glyccrlne, sugar and
comarin, the resulting compound being
transparent and rendering the window
clear at all times.
Gilpin observer., 1899-12-14
Could swear to That

From Judge: Jones-Got your teeth
nlled. eh7 Did the dentisar, good
lob? Smith-Well. he spared no,
pains.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-30
Buttermilk st Ell Paso Dairy Co.
u. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL-
TURE.
Weather Bureau.


The following data. covering period Of 81
Bureau records at Ell Paso, Texas:
Month. January for 81 years.
TEMPERATURE.
Mean normal temperature, "a degrees
The warmeSt month was that of 1879, with
an AVERAGE of 53 degrees.
The coolest month was that of 1884 and 1891,
with an average of 40 degrees.
The highest temperature was II degrees
on Both, 1890.
The, lowest temperature was degrees, on
1St, 1881.
Average date on which first killing" frost
occurred in autumn. November ID.
Average date on which last killing frost
occurred in spring, March 81
PRECIPITATION rain and melted snow.)
Average for the month, 0.5o inches.
Average number of days with .O1 OF an inch
or more, f.
The greatest monthly precipitation was
1.63 iucheS in 1896.
The least monthly precipitation was oO2
in 1893.
The greatest amount of precipitation re
corded in any "a consecutive hours was 092
inches on lst and end. 1880.
The greatest amount of snowfall recorded
in any "a hours record extending to winter
of 1SS4-S5 only was inches, on 9th, 1891.
CLOUDS AND WEATHER.
Average number of clear days, II; partly
cloudy days 10; cloudy days, 4.
WIND.
The prev ailing winds have been from the
NV.
The highest velocity of the wind was 81
miles from the SW c n 9th. 1898.
STATION: FL Paso, Texas,
Date of issue, Dec. 2Tth, 1899.
Y. ID. LANE, Weather Bureau.