The silver star., 1900-03-09

ments Is probably due to the rigid re-
quirements and low pay. Privates and
non-commissioned officers receive the
pay OF corresponding rank in the in
fantry. 1t Is not so difficult to secure
second-class privates. because they
need not he telegraph operators. II
| will he readily seen that the salaries,
! ranging from that OF a second-class pri'
| yAte at SIT II month to that of a first
sergeant at S54. are hardly sufficient to
| induce competent operators to enlist.
| especially in view of the uncertainty OF
| the assignments they may receive.
II Is the intention of the Treasury
| department. MS soon as the pending
| financial bill becomes n law. TO eNpe-
ditc as fast as possible the coinage of
silver bullion purchased under the
Sherman act. still remaining in the
treasury There Is still ON hand bul-
lion purchased under this act costing
S1S6D.G05 and represented by that
amount of treasury notes outstanding.
The department has been coming this
bullion into dollars at the ratet Of ST.
SOOnO per month. The financial bill
authorizes the coinage of enough OF
this bullion into Subsidiary coin TO
bring the total subsidiary coins up to
S1OO.OOOoOO. This will require about
N-.btbNsNV Ill subsiuliIN toiiiN anu ~
will be coined as rapidly as possible.
In addition to this the department pro-
poses to increase the coinage of silver
dollars to S4.OOO.OOO per month. and an
effort will be made to have all this bull
lion coined and all treasury notes re-
tired in a year and half
Sensational charges are coniniAcd In
an anonymous letter which has been
received AT the Navy Department from
Manila. The communications relates
tc the wrecking of the Charleston and
makes the serious statement that Il
number of officers of the vessel at the
time of the disaster were under the in.
fiucnce 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 placed
on the official files on account of the
peculiar nature of the charges. hut IL
has been referred to the judge advo-
cate general of the navy. with instruc
tions from Secretary Long that the
matter be investigated at once. This
inquiry will probably not take n more
formidable aspect than of n note of in
quiry addressed TO the commander-in-
chief of the Asiatic station.
The Industrial Placer Company.
which has headquarters in New York.
and is operating near Golden. Santa Fe
county. has located 9,U acres of gold
bearing gravel and cement on the Ber-
nalillo-Santa Fe county line. four miles
from Golden. Assays and tests shows
that the ground carries $50 to 81 per
cubic yard in gold. \ mill is being
erected by the company which is TO
save the gold values. and which in
many ways is experimental II il is n
success there is enough material I'm
sight TO supply Il dozen similar plants
with ore in the next twenty-five years.
This immense deposit is in the Tuerto
valley and WIS accumulated as the re.
suit of disintegration of the cnvironing
Ortiz and Tuerto mountains. which are
scanned with quartz lodges carrying
free gold. The water problem has been
solved by driving some deep wells near
some natural si.. IN the Tuerto val
ley. half a mile abo.e the mill. when
the water is piped. Other wells will
be sunk. The mill is of the Snodgrass
pattern. in successful operation in
many parts of California The power
is supplied by II sixty-horsc power en-
gine.
Mr. Tillman has been trying 10 ius-
tify the policy OF the southern states
in disfraIchising 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 half-civilized natives
of Hawaii are just as competent to
cast "A ballot as the negroes of the
South. and that the Republicans are
Inconsistent when they deny IL to one
~. Il al. =.
spoken on this subject with appallip.
candor. In his speech the other dny.
explaining why the negroes did not
vote in South Carolina. Mr.. Tillman
said: I'VE stuffed ballot boxes. We
shot them nneaning the negro voiers,.
We are not ashamed of II. With that
system-forcc. tissue ballots. etc.-wr
tired ourselves. SO we called "A coustI
tuiional convention and eliminated all
of the colored people whom we could
under the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments" Senator Ti!lman also
made the extraordinary declaration
that In every state except South Caro-
lima and Mississippi the populists nnL
the Democrats have controlled the elrc-
tions by means of bribery. for the no.
gro vote is "A purcaascablc one
Edward Flanagan of Mullnn. Idaho.
continued his testimony before the
House committee ON military affairs
Saturday concerning the Occur d. .Alenc
troubles. lie said notices were posted
early last July forbidding members Of
organized labor from going To the
Miners cemetery on July i1ih for their
annual ceremony over deceased miners.
The order. witness said. gave notice
ilinf women md other rclntlves of
miners would lie arrested II they MS
seinblcd. Mr.. Flanagan explained The
permit system put into effect after
III" military arrived. Under this sys.
tenn. II" snld. men could not 20 to work
unless they got n permit from the STATE
ohcinls. The witness said permits In
work were pnrchnsnblc. He advnn.rd
A:.W 10 II friend. who Inid ID To n
deputy. and WIS put TO work the neat
hhy. Letters to men IN the .'huIl men,
he said. We're opened by the officials
before delivery to the prisoners
Thomas lcncy. formerly u miner. and
now mn owner Of mining and other
property. testified ns To his experience
during the trouble. lie Ind lccn mn.