Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-03-08

Riggs National Bank Tuesday. when
the fund raised by grateful people In
recognition OF thc services OF the late
Major General Lawton was formally
| transferred to his widow. General
Corbin. as treasurer OF the fund, drew
| check for Sos.i0I.oI In favor OF Mary
| q. Lawton and saw that II was trans.
fcrred 10 her credit OH the books OF
the bank. Al the same time his ac-
count As treasurer OF the fund was
| closed. General Corbin said he did
| not care for u receipt for the funds.
but Mrs. I.awton Insisted on giving
him one. In addition to the money. the
| committee also turned over to Mrs.
I.awton NIL the letters received from
subscribers 90 the fund. many Of which
contained beautiful tributes To the
memory Of her late husband.
General Grcciy. chief OF the signal
corps OF the army. Is finding difficulty
In securing efficient men to MI the va.
cnncics In hIs branch of the service.
Although the standing strength OF I'll.
signal corps IL les. than loo officer
and men. mor- than sixty vacancic,
exist. The difficulty Ia making enlist
inents Is probably due 10 the rigid ~,
quiremcnt- and low pay. rrlvnics and
non-commission-d officers receive I'll.
pay Of corresponding rank Ia the In.
fantfy. II Ia not 10 difficult to secure
sccond'cinss privatcs. because they
need not b- telegraph operators. II
will be readily seen that III. salaries.
ranging from thnt OF s-cond.ciass pri.
vaic al 81, n month To 'hai Of iirsi
sergeant at sJt. nrc hardly sufficient io
induce competent operators to enlist.
especially In view OF the uncertainty Of
the assignments they may r-c-ivr.
i "a a.
Department. as soon n. the pending
financial bill becomes law. tn ~sp~.
ditc as fast as possible the coinage of
silver bullion purchased under the
Sherman net. still remaining In the
treasury. There IL stiii on hand bui
lion purchased under this net costing
| 9sAOO.OC aud represented by TINT
amount OF treasury note. outstanding.
The department has i-rca coining this
bullion Into dollar. at the sns-t OF ST.,
sOnW0 t-r month. The financial hill
authorizes the coinage af enough Of
this bullion into subsidiary coin to
bring the total subsidiary colns up TO-
fim.00n0S Thi. will require abpu;
$cs0pooS In subsidiary coiiss and IL
will b. coined a. rapidly q. possible.
In addition 10 this the department pro
poses 10 incrcasr the coinage of silver
dollars tn eS.UDOD i'-r month. nni ni'
effort NIL b. made to have sii 'hi. hui.
lion coined mud all treasury note. re-
tired In a year and half.
Major General John Il. brooke. VIII.
has b--u In Washington sincr his Fr.
cent detachment from duty n. Cover.
nor general Of Cuba. has been slated
for the command Of the military de.
carsmcut Of the East. with hcaaruar.
tiers n, New York City. The change 10
that command will no; 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 the Department Of the East.
and expressed his preference for the
latter assignment. General Mcrritts
/ retirement will result In the promo
ton of Brigndicr General T.. =. ohs
lmajor general United States yoiun'
tecr.l. commanding the military forces
In the Philippines. to the grade OF ma.
jor general In the regular establish
mcut. II will also make a vacancy in
/ the list OF bri1ndicr generals OF rrGtis
lars. which will L. Allied by the ap'
raintmcnt Of some officer who has rcn.
dcrcd distinguished services In the
Philippine campaign.
Mr.. TiiImnn In. ircn trying 10 jus.
II
| in dIsfranchisipr the negroes by show.
Ing that the Republicans OF the Scn.
ate arr not willing to allow universal
suffrage I'm the Hawaiian islands. lie
i argues that the hnlf.Civilizci natives
/ of Hawaii arr jus; as competent TO
cast a baiio, rs the negroes OF tn.
South. and thn, the Republicans are
Inconsistent when they deny II TO one
and demand II for the other. lie has
spokcn ON this subject with appalling
rnn,,or. In his speech the other day.
explaining why the negroes lid not
vote in South Cnroliua. Mr.. Tiiiman
said: we stuffed ballot boxes. W.
sho, them tncaninr the negro votcrsl.
", arr not ashamed Of II. with that
sys,rm-fcrcc. tissue ballots, ctc.-wc
| tired ourselves 40 We called q cunsti.
| tu,joual convention and eliminated all
Of the cciorcd people whom we could
under the fourteenth and fifteenth
| amendments" Senator Tillman also
made the extraordinary declaration
| that in every state except South Caro-.
lima and Mississippi "thc ropuiists and
the Democrats have controlled the clcc-
,ions by means of bribery. for the ne
gro vote Is n purcin seablc one"
The Industrial Placer Company.
| which has headquarters IN New York.
and is operating near Golden. Santa Fe
county. has located 9do acres OF gold.
| bearing gravel and cement ON the Ber-
naiillo- santa Fc county line. four miles
from Golden. Assays and tests shows
that the ground carries SEQ TO 81 per
cubic yard in gold. a mill i> being
erected by the company which Is TO
save the gold values. and which in
| many ways Is experimental If it is n
suc,trss there Is enough material In
sight TO supply n dozen similar plants
with ore in the next twenty-five years.
| This immense deposit Is In the Tuctto
valley aud was accumulated as the re-.
suit uf disintcgration OF the cnvironing
Ortiz and Tucrto mountains. which are
scanned with quartz lodges carrying
free gold. The water problem has been
solved by driving some deep wells near
some natural sIss IN the Tucrto val