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The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-14
A MOTHERS STORY.
Tells About Her Daughters Illness
and How She was Relieved
Two Letters 10 Mra Pinkham.

"NRs. PIxKnAM IL write 70 tell you
about my daughter. shc In nineteen
ysars old aAd II flowing all the time,
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-14
FIFTY LIVES LOST,
x..-,, at ~. or-., s,..a !. r.

ksssis as the 0svss stasd h rssas.
Dallas. Tex. April io.-Rcport. r..
c"i,cd at Dallas from the Hood sec.
lions show conciusivcly that NOR. than
hfty lives have been lost. Including
those Mt Austin.
Many OF the localities where live.
were probably lost ARE Isolated from
railroads aud telegraph lines. Most Of
them ARE In III. Colorado valley south
OF Austin aud lia.irop.
Al noon u was reported from In
Grange that III. river 4. riiii rising aud
stream Il now four feet higher than
during the rrrn, flood Of last year.
Easirop IL entirely surrounded t,y
wn,cr nnd cui OF. The property dam.
age IL enormous. The wires Ia tn,
southern s.s'iob are In n worse con.
di,ion than ever before. An wires along
the Missouri, kabsn. \ T.xn. Itnii.
rond south of Temple were lost to-day.
l.aiiruni traffic OF III. southern hpif
of the state II abandoned and all Out.
lets TO California nr- gone hccnu.c OF
the wn.hou,s of the western division
Of the Texas a I'nciur.
Carnegie s~A Csussr rtsa 3. ro~s.,,ss,s
New York. April i0.--Thc World any.
negotiations arr In prErr.. for a com.
bInniion ~ the gigantic new Carnegie
company and thu cn,mp ship.buii.iins
concern.
A sIs'rlnl to the Tribune from Pitts.
burg -nysi The rumor TINT coalition
was ts'ih. Hrrnhged lst Mswn the Car.
hrsIc and Crnmp ihtrrrsts has lseeu
quietly disri-sssi here fr somse titssA
but not much weight was ATTACHED 10
Il until to-day. wlsen Z hsan Sn,,puard
tn IN rlnaety coanerled with NJ. frjss6
sad Sssesvoes4 10 tAe pevoeoe Casnagto
co9pany rsSuss6 - 0say - sea1fD
~ FsDset.
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-14

TAs people always build. but do not
eftn sntsr the portals Of that which
tAay build. i..
The Monte Vista journal., 1900-04-14

" DEAR NM. PrHK.
aAM:-It Affords ~
great pleasure 70 tell
, 1900-04-26
THE MOHAWK SALE.
Gold Hill Will be Brought Very Prom.
i%nenently to the Front By the
Sale Of That Valuable
Prooertv.

1t is likely that the sale of the
Mohawk, the gold mine in Gold
Hill, owned by Jeweler Scott and
.T.Keech, bargained to Brown &
Burns of Denver, will be consum-
mated this week. $1,000 is to be
paid before the LIST of May and the
rest by the LIST of July. The
present owners are resting very
easy over the sale, rather hoping,
if anything, that the prospective
buyers will not come to time, In
which event the mino will be held
at $4,000, a figure wich is consid-
cred very cheap by those acquain-
ted with the property.
The sale of the Mohawk is but
the %forerunner of much prospect
ing in Gold Hill, which will be
prosecuted with great vigor as
soon as the snow goes off suf-
ficiently TO permit. Those of our
citizens who have retained faith
in the richness of Gold Hill-and
Mr.. Scott and Mr. Keech are
among the most prominent-are
now beginning to reap the reward
of their faith.
Gold Hill has hardly been pros
pected yet. The work that was
done there ten years ago was, to a
great extent, done by amateurs,
and some very unfortunate efforts
were put forth-efforts that gave
the camp a set back which it has
taken ten long years to recover
from. 1t is quite safe to say that
the camp has now recovered and
will go ahead in fine shape.
, 1900-04-26
A Wild Goose Chase.

DR.. Finney and Deputy Sheriff
Sisson are looking for the man
who sent them out to the Brauer
rauch Monday night on a wild
goose chase. Some one came in
aud reported that a man had been
thrown violently from a wagon on
to his head and badly injured.
Deputy Sheriff Sisson and DIR.
Finney, one to arrest the offenders
and the other to administer medi-
cal aid to the injured man, went
out to Brauer's place only to find
that the man was paralyzed drunk
and in no wise injured, though he
had probably been forcibly thrown
from the wagon.
, 1900-04-26
Notice.

The regular annual meeting
of district No. 8. Carbon county,
State of Wyoming, will be held at
the school house of said district
on Monday the 7th day of May,
1900, at 2 o'clock p. IN. for the
purpose of voting on the question
of bonding the district to the full
extent provided by law, for the
purpose of building a school house
and ~refunding the outstanding
bonds and for the election of one
trustee and such other business az
may properly come before the
meeting.
A. j. DoGGETr, Clerk.
Saratoga, Wyo, April 20thy 1900
, 1900-04-26
Wyoming Consolidated Copper Co.

O.. Fl. Poor, the superintendent
of the Wyoming Consolidated Cop
per company is in town this week.
He says the company's affairs have
all been Strengthened up and they
will, within a few weeks, begin de-
veloping the mines with a force of
men. Mr.. Poor is quite confident
of the future of those mines and
believes that the very best copper
claims in this country are located
on Big creek.
, 1900-04-26
THAT SHELTER.
More Than One Such Proposition For
Such an Institution at This
Place-One will be Built
II the Mines will
Justify it.

One of our prominent citizens,
whose name we are not at liberty
to use, said to a representative of
this paper recently:
81 noticed your article on the
construction of a smelter at this
place in last weeks Sun. / hap
pen to know that such a plant is
being considered at this place by
a smelter company that are abund-
antly able to not only build such
an institution, but also to buy up
all the mines in this part of the
country if it sees fit to do SO and
thinks the plan a paying one.
"They employ a travelling expert
and he visits all the new mines, as
we'll as the old camps, at required
by his company. 1 am not at lib
erty to disclose either the hame of
the company or their agent, but 1
can say this much: he was here in
1878 and made an examination of
some of the copper prospects in
the Battle Lake distri It, but they
were not far enough developed Tor
him to tell what they would
amount to. But he is coming here
again this summer, when the snow
is off the ground so he can look
the country over, ascertain some
thing about its formation and
make a thorough examination of
the mines that are developed.
"Then, if in his judgement the
mines are of sufficient value, his
company will build a smelter at
this point and they will not ask a
bonus of any one--they go on
business principles. They would
not build a smelter here if you
were to give them the whole val
ley, with the mountains thrown in
if the mines did not justify it. Nor
will they ask a cent of help if they
think it will pay them to build
If they decide to come you may
rest assured that the future of this
country is made"
, 1900-04-26
Great Lakes Mining Go.

DR.. Burger came down from
Encampment Saturday, returning
to that place Monday. The Doc
tor is manager for the Great Lakes
Mining company which is develop
ing some very Hattering copper
and gold prospects in the Grand
Encampment district. His COM
pany mean business and by its
conservative course is winning
many friends. 1t has ample
means at its command, sufficient to
build a smelter if the situation will
justify it. Some of the prominent
men of the company are expected
out here before long to look the
company's property over and to
determine future movements OF
the company.
, 1900-04-26
Saratoga Encampment Stage Line.

The Saratoga-E ncampment stage
line, owned and operated by Cur
tbs & Orville, is one of the best
lines in the state. They have
large comfortable coaches, the
best of stage stock, and make ex-
cellent time. AS regular as II
o'clock a. M, comes around, their
coach rolls in from the upper
country, loaded with passengers
and express, drawn by six fine
horses that come in on the bit, and
at 2 o'clock p. m, it leaves for the
south loaded to the guards.
These men are to be commend
ed for the very creditable manner
in which they conduct their bust
s and should receive the hearty
support of all of our people as well
as the travelling public.
, 1900-04-26
ouR COPPER TO
BE REPRESENTED.
At the Mining Congress to be Held in
Milwaukee, Wis, From the 10Th
to 27th Of June Next.

Steps are being taken to send a
representative from this country
to the Mining Congress to be held
in Milwaukee from the 10Th to
9th of next June. Samples of
ore from all over Che country will
be selected, a short history of the
different camps and such other in
formation as can be had that will
be of advantage, will be entrusted
to some man of integrity and dis
erection and sent there as an ex-
hibit of the possibilit,e s of this
country.
This is a move in the right .di-
rection. A truthful and con-
scientious representation of the
mining country here will be of
great value to the mining interests
here. Next weeks Sun will con-
tain further mention of this mat
ter, together with the committees
appointed at the meeting which is
likely to be held in En;ampment
this week.
, 1900-04-26
Shot Him by Mistake.

Word comes from Medicine Bow
that Richard L gand, a son-in-
law of Angus Campbell, and well
known in this valley, accidentally
shot a hobo with whom he was
drinking. Both men were intoxi-
Gated and England shot to scare
the hobo, but his aim was poor
aud he caught the maj in the leg.
England at once bought him O
ticket fol Cheyenne.
, 1900-04-26
FERRIS HAGGARTY.
Items OF Interest Concerning the Move
ment Of Ore-Snovv Teams now
Making Round Trips.

From Hon. George Ferris, who
came down from the mine recently,
we gather the following interest
ing items in relation to the CON-
pany's work at this time. Mr..
Ferris said:
"The snow has given out on the
lower end Of the road and the
snow teams are dumping their
loads of ore at q point about eight
miles this side of the mine. The
teams make a round trip from the
mine and back each day now and
move forty tons per day. ! think
the snow will hold out until about
the first of June, giving us more
than a month of hauling with the
snow teams yet.
ave have at least 300 tons of
ore at the Transfer yet, enough to
keep the teams running for a long
time, and we expect to have from
1000 to 1900 tons out at the end
of the snow road when we are COM
PEELED to quit the snow road.
Then we will turn all our force of
men and teams to hauling ore to
the railroad.
"We have been pretty badly
handicapped the past month with
sick horses. The 'pink-eye' has
been playing skittles with Our
teams, knocking a horse out here
and there, and demoralizing them.
We have managed to keep going
by running tours and hauling
lighter housekeeping off the
trail wagons. But we now have
nearly every six horse team back
in harness again and anticipate
no more trouble from that source
, 1900-04-26
The Price Of Things

Eggs and butter are abundant
and bring % cents in our market.
Wheat is worth 81 per hundred
pounds-and cannot be had at
that. Potatoes are bringing 81 80
per hundred; beef steaks are as
follows: loin, l74 cts. per pound;
round, 10; Shoulder 12a; boil, s
and 10 cents; pork and mutton
the same.
, 1900-04-26
Rich Copper Claim on Encampment.

Two of the Wagner boys and
another party have struck a very
rich vein of copper bearing rock
about two miles east Of Doggett,
in the hills east of the Encamp-
ment river. They are only down
ten feet and if the specimen of
rock we saw is to be taken as a
sample of the whole vein they GER
tainly have a bonanza. The rock
contained, besides copper glance
in large quantities., pure native
copper.
, 1900-04-26
Commissioner to General Assembly.

Rev. Robinson returned Tues
day from his attendance on the
Boulder Presbytery. He vas Sc
lected as one of two to represent
that Presbytery at the General as
semply of the Presbyterian church
of America which will assemble
at st. Lonis Oh the 18th of next
May. He will be absent two OF
three weeks.
The election to that position is
quite an honor as the selection
has to be made from a large num-
Der of men, any one of whom
would be proud Of being chosen
, 1900-04-26

Many of our good people will
be pleased to learn that a move
ment is being made in our town
to form a Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals.
Some of the most shockingly
cruel cases are now under obser-
walton. People, who have no
mercy upon crippled and diseased
animals, will soon find that there
is a law in our state to protect
them from such inhumane treat
ment.
ONE WHO is INTERESTED.
, 1900-04-26
Cattle for Sale.

l have for sale over 200 head of
yearling Short Horn cattle, about
half steers, and the rest heifers.
Wintered on hay. For terms
address. J.. A. Schoonjans.
4-26-2w Saratoga Wyo.
, 1900-04-26
Sam Green Caught

Word comes from Rawl-ns that
Sam Green, who jumped his bond
to escape trial for alleged horse
stealing, was arrested in Vernal,
Utah, very recently by the sheriff
of Meeker, Utah. Sheriff Nc
Daniel left Tuesday to bring him
back to Rawiins.
, 1900-04-26
James G. Macfarlane Dead.

James G.. Macfarlane. a civil en-.
gineer and at one time quite prom.
inently connected with the town
of Encampment, died in Rawlins
Saturday of pneumonia brough,
on by alcoholism. He was buried
there Monday.
Mr.. Macfarlane was a well edu,
Gated and accomplished gentleman
we'll liked by all who knew him
and his death will be universally
regretted
, 1900-04-26
Eggs For Matching.

Imperial White Pekin Ducks
per setting II eggs, S1.50
Thoroughbred Plymonnth Rock
Chickens per setting IL eggs 81. 25.
Leave orders at A. j. Doggett's
store. FRANK NEvIN, Box 8,
Saratoga, Wyo.
, 1900-04-26
MILLINARY!

Ladies', our Millinary has arrived! 1t Will pay
Find Just What you Want for Yourself and Girl
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many Great Britain or the United
Stutes. one may obtain n somewhat good
idea Of what the combined forces OF
those Who oppose the anti-foreign prin-
opIts OF China would be-
la all il would represent a fighting
Heel Of lS1 vessels with displacement
OF moi les than 3.725. l3G Against this
force thinu would bc able to send -
cruiser. - Ednboats, 80 torpedo craft,
and q Heating batteries, making total
of HS vessels. many Of which are old,
aud all of which, with the exception Of
some of the torpedo craft, are out OF
daic in almost every respect.
Compared To thinas present condition.
Spain was a great naval power III the
time OF the declaration of war with this
country. and yet it required bur two
battles to put her out Of business on the
seas What would happen To China
IL the combined navirs OF the world
were pittcd against her fleet is a matter
for interesting conjecture.
\ WEAK ARMY.
II Is not only in naval force, however.
that China is w0efully lacking. In her
army she is almost ns deficient. Nom
inally she possesses an army OF about
900, 900 men. but actually this number
does not exceed 00,00O. The Eight
Banners branches. composed of descend
ants OF the Manchu conquerOrs and their
allies. are supposed to number about
300 900 men. but at present their mum
her does not exceed 10000 The Wing
Pig or national army, is called also the
Green Flags and the Five Camps. five
being the unit OF subdivision This
branch of the army consists of eighteen
corps, one for each province, under the
Governor. Or Governor General. The
nominal strength is from aIO.Ooo Ia
200. 0O0 men. OF whom not more than
200. 900 are now available for war. The
most important contingent is the Ticn
Tsin corps.
Besides these forces there are mcreen
ary troops raised in emergencies. aud
Mongolan and other cavalry. nominally
about 200. 600 strong, really about 10000,
bat Of ~ military yulue. The total land
army. therefore. now figures ut about
1000 although 100000 might be
raised without very great trouble. On
the other hand, however, the army as II
whole has no unity or cohesion; there Is
no proper discipline; the drill is mere
physical exercise; the weapons are long
since obsolete. aud there is no transport
eammissariat or medical service.
Df what use would such force he II
marched against the spendidly drilled
and magniieenily equipped armies Of thu
other countries? How long would such
an army last before the fire of a com
biued army the composition Of which
may lac imagined by I'm examination ot
the following table:
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CHINA AGAINST
THE WORLD.
How tie Fighting OF the Celestial
Kingdom Compares With the Com
bined Forces Of the Nations.

The idea Of Ghina's setting out to battle
with and subane the combined forces
Of the civilized nations of the world
would be ridiculous il il were not so
pathetic. Never before has the self-eon-
fdence of 4 milton been SO eonspicuously
displayed. and the spectacle Of the EN-
press. who was once slave girl, boldly
defyHg the world. is one that will not
soon be forgotten.
OF course ii is true that up to few
years ugo the Chinese people looked up
on their milton az inyineible. To most
nations the war with Japan would hive
been II lesson; to most nations the af
fectunatr regard of such powers as
Russia. Germany and England would
have been warning to circumspeetion;
but from appearances it would seem that
China has neither learned the lesson nor
understood the warning.
Ii is not 81 strange that ignorance in
these matters should be displayed by the
common people, hui one who imagines
that il has been the common people
who have been the cause af these dis
turbauces will have IN incorrect view Of
the Eastern situation II is the common
people who have made the noise.
In all probability II will be the common
people who will suffer the penalties for all
these acts when the day Of reckoning
arrives; but in spite Of all this, the
Powers realizc HAT the common people
have been III more than the innocent
tools Of sptelnl aud vindictiyr womnn
who hns been great enough ia scize the
reins Of n nation. but who has not yet
been great enough To he able 10 realize
her own powerlcssness and the insig
nidcauce Of her own country
Ia'SSIA'S FART
just what pnrl RUSSIA has played IN
this diplomatic misunderstanding is Il
not easily fathemed mystery; inst how
far she is responsible for the iooscniug
of the dogs of war is n matter that will
probably never he known, but the fac
remains ihat l,us4iu's conduct in tn,
case makes hut little difference for ever
her active support, which would prob
ably not hr given, could not save thini
from the ACKNOWLEDGMENT that her de
hauce of the nations makes almost in
eYituble
10 fully understand the position ol
China rs compared with the other nations
Of the world one must study for q
moment the table showing the extent
OF the land and sen forces Of the various
countries. According 10 the late reports
the total fighting fleets of the civilized
nations are as follows:
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vaneed for partial occupancy and in
November 1900. President John Adams
brought his family To il from their rented
house in Philadelphia, making things as
comfortable as could be in the unfinished
rooms. The fact that Mrs. Custis's resi-
dence in Virginia was called the White
House is said to account for the term
now applied to the Executive Mansion
but she never lived in the Mansion. and
the nickname White House" was not
given to it until after its sandstone walls.
smoked and blackened by the British
soldiers when they burned il. were paint
ed a cleaning white in 1917. The Presi
dents home in Washington has been
officially styled the Presidents House"
the Presidential Mansion" and the
Executive Mansion, but never "the
White House"
A study of the old laws under which
the expenditures upon the White House
were made from year to year throws a
bright Side-light on the official life and
habits of its successive occupants
In 1917 $4,000 and the proceeds of old
furniture were appropriated and spent at
once ON the reconstruction of the Man
sion. In the next year James Monroe
moved into it from 1.-The Octagon House"
which is still standing at the corner of
New York avenue and Eighteenth street,
Northwest, and which he had occupied on
succeeding Madison. He proceeded to
apply $4,000 more 10 finishing and re-.
furnishing it. The term Presidents
House was employed then for the first
time TO the laws relating TO the Executive
Mansion.
In 1925, when John Quincy Adams
entered, the regulation sum of $4,000
vas allowed for furniture and in 1S26-21
$1,000 additional was given for finishing
and furnishing the East Room. used pre-.
yiousiy by the wives and children Of the
Presidents as a laundry and nursery.
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QUEEN NICToRIA'S PLATE.

No American millionaire yet possesses
as valuable collection u plate as Queen
Victoria
The Queen's gold plate was recently
huurht from Windsor 10 state dinner
Il Buckingham Palace. Ii includes
shout eco pieces. II comes from the
Gold Pantry. which is an iron room
situated on the ground floor under the
royal apartments The clerk of the
pittrN gives il out in iron boxes and
receives receipt for it. 1t is carried
10y special train, under escort Of a guard
If soldiers. and delivered to the butler
4 buckingham Palace. He gives re
eipt for IT, and is responsible for Il
hile il remains At the palace The
anne formaliticS are observed in taking
back and all persons concerned are
-lad when IL is once more restored to
The safe keeping of the Gold Pantry.
ihe total value of plate in this depart
ment is nearly $lo,ooooo0. great deal
Of ii dates from the reign of George ~.
hut among the antiquities are some pieces
which Werc taken from the Armada
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-07-18

In view of tha talk about a new White
House It Is worth while showing what
the present White House has cost The
first funds fof the building were not fur
nished by Uncle Sam A. II WAS the
first public building ia Washington. 4
great deal Of care was exercised in get
ling the best possible plans. 4 muni6
cent premium of $500 was offered for
the finest design, and this was prepared
by young lrishman named James Ho-
ban. then Of Charleston. :. G. who
shaped his model closely after that OF
the Duke of Leinster's mansion in Dub.
lin, His plan was for three-story struc-
ture. but great was the public cutlery
against this proposed extravaganza that
Congress refused to appropriate the peo-
pies money for IT, and the first Commits
Sioners of the District were constrained
to reduce the design To two stories and
basement, with II frontage of 40 feet
and depth of 6S feet. The necessary
funds were supplied by the States OF
Virginia and Maryland Virginia con
tributed in all $4,000 and Maryland
$4,000. General Washington, however,
brought his influence to bear upon Con
gress and finally induced that body to
make appropriations TO finish il.
Counting these sums the venerable
building has cost. from the beginning
down TO the present. the surprising sum
of S3.0o0oo0. or this large aggregate
Sl,0O0.O00 has been spent in finishing,
furnishing and caring for the building
since 1897; $4,000 in repairing il since
1897 S3I3,0o0 in improving the grounds
surrounding it since 1918. and $4,000 in
constructing and maintaining, since 1874
the greenhouses and conservatories at
tached to it.
The cornerstone was laid with i'm
posing Masonic ceremonies on Oct. Is,
1892, in the presence Of Gen. Washing.
ton and the District Commissioners BY
1899 the building was far enough ad.