The Monte Vista journal., 1900-03-10


induce competent operators to enlist,
especially In view Of the uncertainty Of
the assignments they Eiay receive.
Sensational charges are contained In
an anonymous letter which has been
received at the Navy Department from
Mankla. The communications relates
to the wrccking of the Charleston and
makes the serious statement that n
number OF officers OF the vessel at the
time of the disaster We're under the In.
f1uence of liquor. The correspondent
who furnishes the Information claims
to have verified the allegations by dill
gent inquiry among the officers of the
Charleston. The letter was not plucp,
on the official files on account OF thu
peculiar nature of the charges. but IL
has been referred to the judge advo.
cate general of the navy. with instruc.
tions from Secretary Long tina, the
matter be investigated ut once This
inquiry will probably not take more
formidable aspect than of II note of In,
quiry addressed to the comma ander.in.
chief Of the Asiatic station.
1t Is the intention of the Treasury
Department. us soon us the pending
financial bill becomes law. to exue.
dite as fast as possible the coinage OF
silver bullion purchased under tli.
Sherman act. still remaining in tn,
treasury. There is still on hand hui.
lion purchased under this act costir.
SIS.NO.GOJ and represented by that
amoun, of treasury notes outstanding
The department has been coinn. this
bullion into dollars at the ratet OF ST..
SW.OOU per month. The financial hill
authorizes the coinage OF enough of
this bullion into subsidiary coin To
bring the total subsidiary coins up ,o
S1~.OooIS. This Will require about
S2h.OpO.vO In subsidiary coins and II
will be coined MS rapidly as possible.
In addition 10 this the department pro
poses to Increase the coinage of silve.'
dollars to Si,cuI.obO per month, and an
effort will be made to have all this bul.
lion coined and all treasury notes re-
tired in year aud "A half.
Major General John Il. Brooke. who
has been In Washington since his re-
cent detachment from duty us COVER.
nor general of Cuba. has been slated
for the command of the military de
partmcnt of the East. with hcadquar-
ters at New York City. The change In
that command will not occur until
June next. when Major General Wcs-
ley Merritt Will retire. General
Brooke was offered his choice of the
commands of the Department of the
Lakes and tn. Department of the East.
and expressed his preference for the
latter assignment. General Mcrritt's :
retirement will result in the promo
tion Of Brigadier General r.. s. Oils
,majOr general United States volun-
tccrs,. commanding the military forces
In the Philippines. to the grade of ma
jor general In the regular establish.
ment. II will also make vacancy In
the list of brigadier generals OF regu-
lars, which will bc filled by the mp
pointment Of some officer who has rcn.
dered distinguished services In the
Philippine campaign.
Mr.. Tillman has been trying to jus.
tify the policy Of the southern states
In disfranchising the negroes by show.
ing that the Republicans OF the Sen
ate are not willing to allow universal
suffrage In the Hawaiian islands. He
argues that the hnlf-civilized natives
OF Hawaii ARE Just as competent Ia
east n ballot ns the negroes OF the
South. and that the Republicans are
Inconsistent when they deny II to one
and demand II for the other He has
spoken on This subject with appalling
candor. In his speech the other day,
explaining why the negroes did not
vote In South Carolina. Mr. Tilimun
said: I'VE stuffed ballot boxes. W..
shot them ,mcaning the negro voters,.
We are not ashamed Of II. With tim,
sysicm-forcc. tissue ballots. etc.-wc
tired ourselves. so we called u cousti.
tutionnl convention and eliminated all
OF the colorrd people whom we coul,l
under the fourteenth and fifteenth h
amendments" Senator Tillman also
made the extraordinary declaration
that In every state except South Caro-.
lima and Mississippi the PopulIsts and
the Democrats have controlled the elcc
iions hy means Of hriiery. for the ne.
gro vote Is \ purchnscabic one"
The Industrial Placer COMPANY,
which has headquarters In New York.
and is operating near Golden. Santa Re
county. has located 40 acres Of gold
bearing gravel and cement on the Bcr.
naiillo. Santa y. county line. four miles
from Golden. Assays and tests shows
that the ground carries So 10 to 81 per
cubic yard In gold. 4 min n being
erected by the company which is To
save III. gold values, and which Ia
many ways Is experimental. II Il is n
success there is enough material In
sight to supply dozen similar plan,s
with ore In III. next twenty-five years
This immense deposit il In The Tucrto
valley and was accumulated as III. r.,
suit ~ di-in,c:rniion nj til. environ nG
aNstlR "a e..t,
scanned with quartz iciges carrying
free gold. The water problem has b.e,,
solved by driving some deep wells near
some natural So: IA the Tu.rio val.
ley, half a mil. nb. - the mill. when
the water Is pipcd. Other wells viii
bc sunk. The mill IL Of the sno,igrmss
many parts Of California. The power
Is supplied by = a.x,y-horsc power .n.
ginc.
Edward Flanagan Of Muilan. Idaho.
continued hi. testimony before the
House committee on military affairs
Saturday concerning the Co.'ur Il Allen.
troubles. II. said notices were posted
early last July forbiiding members oT
organized lnhor from going to III.
Miners cemetery ON July ilih for their
annual ceremony over deceased miners,
The order. witness said. gave notice
ihnt women aud other relatives OF
miners would hc arrested II they NJ.
scmbl~d. Mr.. Flanagan explained the
permit" system put Into effect after
the military arrived. Under ihi. sy..
tenn. b. said. men could not Io 10 work
unless they got n permit from tn. stat.
officials. III" wiih... said permits IL
work were pnfchn.abie. lie advanced
k:D 10 friend. who paid l, 10 n
deputy. and was put to work the next
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