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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29
VALUABLE TURQUOISE MINES.
A New York Jeweiry House Owns
One of the Richest in the World

NEW YORK. April est has been
learned that a great jewelry house in
this city has come into possession of one
of the richest turquoise mines in the
world. The mine is in the Cerrillos Noun
tains of New Mexico which have long
been celebrated for their turquoises
Turquoise is a mineral well known to
all jewellers. and TO many who love
precious stones, for it's beautiful. pure,
blue-green or green-blue color. Artists
sometimes use the term turquoise blue in
describing those wonderful effects of color
often seen in a sunset sky. sometimes in
water, notably in the Anirnas River of
Colorado, and many of the deep glacial
lakes or tarns found lying like gems in
the lap of some glacial amphitheatre high
up * the SUBMITS of our mountains, and
in the ponds lying at the base of the
geysers of the Yellowstone Park
Turquoise occurs usually in very spar
ing quantities in narrow seams in vol
canic rocks. II is found in Persia; in Tur-
quoise Mountain, Altoona, and in the Ger
rillos Mountains of New Mexico. In Per
STA the Shah is said to retain for him
self all the large and more finely tinted
specimens.
The turquoise regions in the Cerrillos
Mountains were worked by primitive
races. even, it may be- before the Spanish
conquest Indians coming from the north
into southern New Mexico and Mexico
had turquoise ornaments, some pierced in
a wonderful manner by fine holes. others
beautifully worked. The turquoise was
doubtless obtained from this locality
There is near the summit of the most
prominent hill quarry over 100 feet wide
by 100 feet deep, with a shaft forty feet
deep at the bottom of il.
Growing in this quarry are large pinon
trees of considerable age. There is no
record otherwise Of the date of this an
cient quarry, nor any record of the people
who excavated ii. Stone axes and other
primitive implements have bpen found in
the district, but it is scarcely conceivable
that so large a quarry could have been
eXcavated in volcanic rock with such
primitive tools. 1t is possible that the old
miners may have made some progress by
heating the rock with fire and splitting #
by pouring water on il. The hill which
covers an area Of a few acres is quar-ied
and gophered in all directions both By an
cient and modern hands.
This district is said to he the greatest
producer of turquoise in the world and
while the money value is doubtless large,
there is no great demonstration in mining
and marketing the stones. Only now and
then small express, package is seen
going to the railway depot, that repre-
sents great wealth. A person could Dass
within a few hundred feet of the mine
and. without being told, would not sur
mise that anything OF Importance WAS
being done. According to the published
report of the Governor of New Mexico
there are some sixty or seventy tur-
quolse claims in New Mexico and some
ten or dozen in active ana profitable
OperatiOnf
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29
THE REINDEER IN ALASKA.
statistics From the Interior Depart
ment rs to Their Propagation.

One feature of the mission work Of the
American Missionary Association at Cape
Prince of Wales, Alaska, consists of n
herd of reindeer cared for by the mis-
sionary, Mr.. Lopp, and his native assist
ants The introduction of reindeer eight
years ago, with their propagation and
care at various mission stations, is said
to have been an interesting and valuable
experiment The Rev. DIT. c. J. Ryder,
secretary of the association. recently
wrote to the Interior Department asking
for facts, and received the following re-
port:
In the last eight years 997 reindeer
have been imported from Siberia into
Alaska by the Department of the Interior
The increase by birth of fawns has been
3.Si2. The total number Of deer at present
in Alaska is 3,523, which includes ninety
two reindeer remaining from the number
imported from Lapland by the War De-
partment These are distributed in nine
herds, the chief of which are located at
Cape Prince Of Wales. the Government
station at Eaton, and Point Barrow
Fouteen hundred and ninety-fve of these
deer are now the personal property of
twenty Esquimaus. who have learned the
care and management of reindeer by five
years apprenticeship at the Government
stations.
In the winter of 1S99-l9OO reindeer mail
routes were successfully maintained be
tween Eaton and Nome. Eaton and kotZe-
bue, and Eaton and Nulato the aggregate
number of miles Travelled being between
5000 and 1000.
In 1898 siXty-three herders and their
families. making a total of 113. were
brought from Lapland TO Alaska: of these
between thirty and forty have returned
home, their term of service having ex-
pired: three have died. and the rest of
this party are still in the United States
Besides, there remain three families of
the seven families who were brought to
Alaska in 1894, so that there are now
nearly one hundred Laps in that coun-
p
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29
The Cuban Converts.

Although there is to be no formal pub
LEGATION regarding the character or
progress of the recent Cuban negotia-
lions. until after the commissioners
have reported to the Constitutional
Convention at Havana, it is safe to say
they die not leave Washington without
very well defined conviction that
Cuba has the single choice between the
Plat terms and nothing.
The members of the commission ii
appears, worked very hard tc get the
Administration committed TO some
definite promise regarding future com
mercial relations. tariffs. and so on. In
this effort they failed completely, being
firmly told that economic matters can
not be considered in advance of politi-
cal, and that their people must accept
the terms offered and form govern
ment satisfactory to the suzerain pow
er, after which a commission will be
appointed to negotiate with like body
representing the Cuban Government for
reciprocal trade relations.
AS far as can be judged from re-
marks made by Seniors Capote, Por-
tuondo and others Of the visiting COM
mittee. they will advise the convention
20 adopt the Plat terms, in the belief
that they are the best obtainable. and
that the United States means well and
viii not use its suzerain authority to
their detriment or oppression.
If the island leaders are wise. they
will lose no time in acting favorably
upon such a recommendation. Very
likely there viii be grumbling on the
part of the ultra-revolutionaTy ele-
ment especially among the negroes;
but 1t is TO be hoped that the returned
commissioners will be able to convince
all parties and factions of the futility
of resistance 10 the American ultima
tum. Should that prove TO be the case,
within the next year we may witness
the birth Of a new and promising
American autonomous state, under the
protection Of the Great Republic.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29

Pessimists who affect to believe that
the American people are growing year
ly more dishonest will find a proof Of
their theory in the statement of a New
York society woman that the souvenir
fad has become so common that no
bodys silver and trinkets are safe from
depreciation. 1t seems almost impCssi-
bic of belief that among wealthy and
reputable people if should be considered
amusing TO carry off spoons and glass
and silver trinkets. not only from fash
! from private houses, as mementoes of
some particularly enjoyable entertain
ment, but statements of the kind are
made in apparent good faith.
There is undoubtedly a great deal Of
this sort of thing among college stu
dents, and restaurant keepers in college
towns resignedly expect a raid on their
portable property whenever the college
in their vicinity wins a victory in the
athletic field or has any other cause Of
jubilation. They condone it for the
sake Of the money it brings in, for al
though party Of students may take
possession of a restaurant and break
up or carry off most of the glass, plate
and furniture, the proprietor of the
place is usually visited by some Of the
leaders of the party next day and paid
good round sum for the damage In
the case of the hotel proprietors and
dinner givers who suffer from the SOU
yenir fad, however. there is no such
compensation. The habit of walking off
with spoons and things seems TO be an
OutcrOpping Of ancient predatory in
stincts of the race, a trait in which the
savage and the representative of mod
ern society may be akin, and one which
is not altogether absent in the young
OF the human animal at certain stages
Of development. Few boys have not. at
some time in their lives, raided some
body's orchard, and gotten twice as
much enjoyment out of the fruit Sc
cured as they would out Of much better
apples or pears bought in the market
or eaten at the home table
But when it comes to grown men and
women, Of an age when the Maynard
impulses of youth are supposed to have
been outgrown. purloining soap, towels,
and spoons from a hotel, or abstracting
dainty bits of silver from the table Of
an acquaintance. it somehow does not
look like the same thing. Hotelkeepers
for time winked at this sort of KEEP
tomania, but IL is said that they have
suffered so great loss from II that in
most cases a clerk with Il peculiar in
sensibility to wheedling and bluff is en-
ployed TO ask the kleptomaniacs TO pay
for the things which they have taken
One woman who came to New York
not very long ago declares that at her
first dinner party she lost four tea
spoons marked with the family Initials
and crest. which had belonged to her
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29
ALABAMA IRON INTERESTS.
All Companies. Except Tennessee, to
Be Under One Head.

BALTIMORE, April 2S-A new propo-
stion is under consideration in connec-
ton with the plan to unite the Alabama
iron properties. This contemplates con
soHdation of the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and
Iron Company. the Alabama Consolidated
Coal and Iron Company. the Woodward
Iron Company and the furnaces of the
Republic Iron and Steel Company This
proposition leaves out of the plan the
Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Com
pany The capitalization will be SSl-O00.
600 to SiO,o0OOO0. The plan first proposed,
embracing the Tennessee company. fig
ured on a possible capitalization of $780,
100000 Under the latest plan a consoIi-
dation of all the iron interests in Ala
bama outside of the Tennessee company
would be effected. 1t is not understood
that this move is hostile to the Tennessee
company. and it is believed that ulti-
mately the latter viii come in. Baltimore
interests control the Alabama Consoli-
dated Company. and are prominent in the
Sloss-Shcffield Company. The Interna-
tional Company, of Baltimore. VIII, it. is
said, finance the scheme.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29
VITAL STATISTICS OF FRANCE.
Firth Rnte Only Slightly In En-
cess of the Death Rate.


PARIS, April 2S.-Aithough Francs
makes no great effort to collect her vital
statistics. perhaps because the figures are
not encouraging, here are some interest
Ing facts concerning her populations:
The statistics relate to towns only with
population exceeding 5000. and go back
10 the year 1856. Such towns number 1884,
having population which Is Just about
one-third of the total population of
France, which is % 9eze0. 900. The statistics
for the thirteen years 1SSs-9s show a
steady diminption In the birth rate. com
pensated for by a slightly larger dimfnu-
ton in the death rate
As is well known. the distinguishing
characteristic OF the vital statistics of
France Is the feeble excess of the birth
rate over the death rate Thus the birth
rate. which had been 24.05 per 1000 in the
period 1880. fell IN the period 1868 to
22.9O. while the death rate in the same
period fell from PASS to q .3s per LOG.
As in other countries urbanization of
the population is rapidly progressing.
Thus. while in the decennium 1866 the
total population Of France increased
o.ss per cent, the population of TOWING
with more than 5000 inhabitants in
creased 11.52 per cent. implying a consid-
cradle decrease among other parts of the
community. Furthermore, the increase
of population was greatest in the largest
towns. varying from 1.s per cent in towns
of from 5000 to 10000 inhabitants up to
is or 20 per cent in towns of more than
0.0o0 inhabitants.
Infantile mortality Is extremely high
in France In the years 1s96-9S 1t reached
the number of 247 annual deaths under
one year of age per 1000 infants, and had
been in 1SSi-90 at the still higher rate OF
81 per 1000 infants.
These figures sufficiently Indicate that
the vital statistics and public health are
both at a low ebb in France. and that
much persistent and steady work Is re-
quired in order that that country may
overtake its neighbors in an important
branch of civilization
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29
OBITUARY.

Mrs. Sarah Conselyea Baker Hester.
the wife of the Rev. DR.. St. Clair Hester.
rector of the Church of the Messiah, died
at her home SOS Washington Avenue.
Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon. She was
taken i'll four weeks ago with typhoid
fever and was recovering. but succumbed
to heart failure. Mrs. Hester was twenty
four years old. She was married to the
Rev. DIR. Hester five years ago. Mrs.
Hester's father. the Rev. DR.. Charles r.
Baker. died two years ago last August
while. visiting the Holy Land. He had
been rector of the Church of the Mes
siah for twenty-five years. After his
death his son-in-law was chosen TO sue
coed him. Mrs. Baker. the mother of Mrs.
Hester, had been visiting the Holy Land.
and was due in ConStantinople yesterday.
a cabiegram was sent to her last night
announcing he death of her daughter.
Mrs. Hester leaves a husband and three
children The funeral will be held in the
Church of the Messiah on Wednesday
afternoon and the vestry of the church
will act as honorary pallbearers. The
burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Dr. Samuel C. Dorr, postmaster of Buff
falo. n. y. died yesterday morning from
angina pectoris. He retired on Saturday
night in good health, but was awakened
early by decided symptoms of heart trou-
BILE. He summoned his son. who is
physician. but his condition was beyond
relief. and he died within an hour
DR. Dorr was born in DansviIle In 1870
He enlisted in the 10th Regiment in the
civil war. and afterward served as re-
cruiting agent for Livingston County
Since 1919 he had practiced his profession
in Buffalo. He was active in politics on
the east side of Buffalo.
In April, 1859. President Mckinley made
him postmaster. He had just moved into
the new Federal Building. He leaves a
widow and six children.
Willidm +. West died suddenly at Tren-
ton, " J.. last night from heart trou-
BILE, resulting from an attack of acute
indigestion. He was fifty-dve years old
and had retired from active business for
about four years. Mr.. West had been
Grand State Treasurer OF the Royal Ar
canum for fifteen years. and was promi-
nently known i'll Royal Arcanum circles
in New York Brooklyn, and PHILADELPHIA.
IS well as throughout New Jersey. He
was formerly one Of the proprietors of a
large stone yard in Trenton
Col. ]. 2. Shannon, manager OF the
Eutat, House in Baltimore, and for a long
time manager Of the Carrollton Hotel and
Blue Mountain House. died suddenly from
heart disease at the Wayerly Hotel, At
lantic City, yesterday.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29

We had occasion the other day to COM
ment on fresh promise of the Sultan of
Turkey to pay the Armenian missionary
claims One of yesterdays dispatches
stated that he has not paid a cent to the
Cramps on account of the cruiser he con-
tracted for with them. nor for the naval
guns bought of the Krupps during the
past two years. The latter are getting
tired of waiting, and should they have
the backing of the German Government,
might become troublesome creditors. In
the meantime our missionary societies
should refrain from spending that ninety
thousand dollars long ago due and paya-
BILE by the Sublime Porte. BY the time the
amount is handed over it will probably
have become useless for its original pur-
pose. as the whole world is likely to be
evangelical before Abdul Hamid is liable
to give up a solitary sequin
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29
SENATOR QUAY'S PLANS.
The Pennsylvania TO spend the
Summer In Maine

BANGOR, Me. April Ex-senator Quay
of PENNSYLVANIA will come to Maine this
summer. having leased cottage on the
shore of Moosehead Lake near Kineo
where he will spend some time with
party OF friends Senator Quay was
through this region last fall, and was so
pleased with his experience that he de-
cided to make a longer visit this year.
Vice President Roosevelt is also coming
to Maine this summer. The members OF
the Debsconeag Fish and Game Club re-
Gently elected him an honorary member
and the Vice President has accepted an
urgent Invitation TO come to Maine this
fishing season and enjoy the grand sport
afforded at Debsconeag Lake. 1t is ex-
pected that he will come some time during
the hy-fishng season-probably In July.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29
MunicipnI flights in S1ntrs.


TIITTIT Ut IlTI7ITU FWFTT TI1FT.I
Governor Cranes vetoes Of Thursday are likely
20 prove popular those handed down earlier
in the session. The attempt OF the Legislature to
dictate directly indirectly how many holi-
days public empluye shall have in a month is
rather impudent. Why cannot the Legislature
allow Massachusetts communities 20 manage their
own local affairs? What right has a member from
North Adams, say, TO say how much a policeman
in FAN River shall get for his wages or what his
working hours shall be? There has been far too
much Of tins offcious and insistent interference
in the past, and public sentiment against it is
growing stronger every year.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29

There is little doubt that Governor Bradley
is encountering opposition among The Kentucky
Republicans They are. as a rule, very small
class of politicians and after he had served
one term in the goyernorship they dropped him to
put the now notorious Governor Taylor in his
place. Governor Bradley Nas too able and too
upright man for them, being far superior to
most of the locally active men of his party, both
in character and in talent. He is a thoroughly
sound Republican. however, this has never been
questioned; and the fact that he refused to per-
jme himself under oath to shield his successor
in office should not prejudice him in the eyes OF
the President.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29
The Reception of the Cubans.


II is significant that the Secretary Of War
should have been designated by the President as
his representative in dealing with the Cubans
instead of the Secretary of State who is the
official charged with negotiating with represent
tatises of foreign Governments. II shows that the
Administration does not consider Cuba as a for
eign nation but dependency under the military
control Of the United States
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29
The Neighbor Presidents.

CFrom the st. Louis Globe Democracy
II is TO be regretted that pressing public busi-
ness Will prevent General Diaz from meeting Mr.
Mckinley on his approaching visit to Texas in
making his tour through the country. The people
Of the United States have high regard for the
President OF Mexico, and would be exceedingly
pleased to see him meet our own Chief Magistrate
his trip through the Southwest. The ties
business and social between the United States
aud Mexico are getting closer and closer every
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29
Catholicism in the Philippines.

(From the Chicago Record Herald)
The Church wise in the selection OF its
agent. and IL has proved the wisdom
Of its policies as the commission expected il
would. An admirable Sagscity. high order OF
craftsmanship. discernibe in the manner in
which Il has adapted itself TO the changed con-
dtions in the islands
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29

According to the Chicago Tribune" n
local clergyman at the head of a commit
tee appointed to investigate the effects
of the anti-canteen law upon the disci-
pline and morals Of the army declares
that a conspiracy exists 10 create a pub
lie opinion in favor of repeating the law.
Probably he is right. Vile rum and riot
have been and are conspiring to shame
the Government for doing an idiotic thing
at the command of lot of hysterical
male and female idiots.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29
Our HeIpfuiness to England.

(From the St. Louis Post Dispatch.)
We are not only supplying Great Britain with
horses mules. and food for her army, but we
are subscribing large amount to the bonds
she is issuing to pay the expenses Of her wicked
and unnecessary war upon the Boer republics.
Why should not all the British jingoes love usI
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29

have our humiliating back seat in the
family circle of the nations to show for
their patriotic labors and accomplish
ments
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29

The Kentucky authorities appear to be
taking the only feasible course open to
them to rid the mountains of eastern
Kentucky of the gangs of outlaws who
composed the Taylor army last year in
Frankfort, at the time of Governor
Goebel's murder. The State is enlisting
mountaineers to fight their neighbors.
and there ought to be considerable NOR
tally as result.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29
Circulation Statement.

Readers Of THE TIMES who may at any time
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stand or railroad station, or on railroad trains,
will confer favor upon the management By send
ing 10 this Office information of the fact.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-29

Col ]. P. Shannon, manager OF the
Euta.' House in Baltimore. and for long
time manager OF the Carrollton Hotel and
Blue Mountain House. died suddenly from
heart disease ut the WayerIy Hotel At
lantic City, yesterday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-06-14
Cnts on Ocean steamer.

Every large ocean liner carries from
six TO ten cats, these being appor-
toned 10 various parts OF the ship,
as we'll as appearing on the vessels
books for rations. Particular en-
ployes are detailed TO feed these cats
daily, and when in port one man at
tends to them. There is promotion
for pussy on board ship. Ordinarily,
unsociable cats are kept in the hold,
in the steerage. in the forecastle. but
a cat that is amiable and clever is
given the run Of the first or second
class saloons. When at sea the cnts
attend 10 the mice and rats, but
after all can do little more than scare
them out of the parts of the ship fire.
quented by passengers. In port the
ship is visited by n professional rat
catcher, who frequently captures 500
of these pests. The cats always ac-
company the rat catcher, and pick
up the stragglers.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1901-06-14
BANKS ARE THRIVING.
ComptrolIer's Reports for the Year
show an Unusual Increase I'm De-
positories and Deposits.

Washington, June l0.-All the re-
ports called for by the comptroller
of the currency dealing with the con-
dition of national banks at the close
of business April "a are in, and the
showing is held by treasury officials
to be a remarkable one. far in excess
of anything of the kind in history.
There is total of 1901 banks; at the
close of business April %, 1900. there
were 1851. Total resources are So
63O, 7o4. 367; in 1900, 4.s11.o56,O4s To-
tai individual deposits 81, 1913 Cos, 44o; in
1900 they were $2,4492l2,656 Loans
and discounts are $2,9l1. 526,276; in
1900. 81, sec, O34.990 Surplus funds and
undivided profits amount 10 $416,017,-
1874; in 1900 they were S3s3.757, 200.
Lawful money in reserve, including the
five per ceutum redemption fund with
treasurer, is $565, Cos, 294; last year il
was $516, $50. The average reserve
held is 291 per cent.