El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-11
HERE AND elsewhere.

n. L. w uenScn, a prominent Am0rl
can mining engineer, who has been II
Mexico examining mining propertie
in the interest of the Moffats, OF Den
yer, passed through Ell Paso today en-
route home. He has the reputation O
| being one of the most critical experts
in the profession. Therefore, when hi
admitted that he had found ground
that received his endorsement IL is an
| evidence that the rock, formation an6
9th err cond itions are all gilt edged.
The primary object of his visit was tc
examine several prospects that rad been
offered to bis principals in Moctezums
district, Sonora, but these he turned
| down. and was about to return to the
| United States when he heard of q new
| find in Arispe district, in the Sonora
valley, between the towns OF Arispe
and Bacuachi. He visited the ground
| with the discoverer, who had only sunk
10 feet on the ledge: but he was so we'll
pleased " it'll the showing. the forma
tion and the general conditions that he
secured denounceme emit of ,, 600 feet
on the ledge, and then bonded the
claim for the sum OF $3.50, 900.
The property lies almost due west of
Casas Grandes, nearly 125 m!les dis
tant from that point.
OF more than passing interest was ID
tory told last night by . H. Berrey,
W ho with his wife passed through the
city enroute to Paris. He is direct
from Honolulu, where he represents
the interests of the Bradstreets in the
Islands. Itgave the first direct account
of The ravages of the buoonic plague
in that territory. Q
"The plague said MIR. Berrey, twas
taken to Honolulu in saki, and through
it was spread through the islam de.
Saki, l may explain, is form of sauce
prepared by the Chinese and Japs, and
shipped in tubs Or casks. The plague
germs were in one particular consign-
some of the Oriental immigrants had
brought it. Later, however, we dis
covered that wherever that particular
lot of saki went, there the plague took
form.
ITO fight the disease we orga aized
sanitary and inspection boards: made a
fne-tOOth comb canvass, f uni. at d d
destroyed everything suspicious. By
prompt action we confined the plague
almost entirely to the Chinese and
Japs. The only exceptions were three
Americans, German and a dozen
Hawaiians. 1t was realized that it was
a case of do or die. aud the work Of
cleaning up the islands will cost the
United States government not less ths n
So, 600, 600.
ut is strange fact that none of the
inspectors contracted the plague. 1t is
q disease that thrives only in filth.
The rad cal measures adopted killed it
early, and not new case developed
after March IL. The talk OF the
plague having reached Frisco is with
out foundation. To be sure that port
runs the same risk that Honolulu die,
but the precautions already Introduced
there will l believe prove prevent
ive.''
The bresking of the dam remind Q !
me OF an incident some years ago.
said Prof. G. P. Putnam. There WAS
a old professor of m mathematics living
In Austin at the time. He was so alb
sorbed in the pursuit and study of
that he became a regular
crank on the subject. After while
he got 1t into his head that the dsm
wasn't safe. Then he went to work
and figured it ell out, just the strength
of the structure and the pressure that
was being exerted against it and found
that 1t was bound to give way some
time. Then he figured out the exact
quantity of water that would pour down
on the country whenever it broke end
the exact number of feet of land that
would be covered by it.
ITO his horror he found that his |!
OWN house was just inside these limits |
snd he Immediately had 1t moved out |
of the way.
EVERY oody laughed and jeered at
him all over the state at the time, but |
t looks now as if he was right in the |
main after all.
What a dsv IL was for the woman Of
81 Paso. A gala day; one that happens
only occasionally in & lifetime. 1t was
/ feast for the eyes that no eta phorical.y
in a banquet OF lovely
eminine 6nery and mems apparel at
he opening of the new store of FARRELL.
Ballard 81 Co., Of the Graham Com bi-
,ation this morning. The visitors