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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-13

gas 1t is necessary to roast all ores con-
tanning sulphurets and arseniurets.
Automatic Furnace.
An attempt was made to use the auto
matte furnace here, but the loss OF gold
was so great that it was found more
furnace, which, though expensive and
tedious was free from the objectionaDle
draft COLONIZATION plants today are still
using this furnace and stirring the ore by
hand.
Experiments with the problem of roast
ing ores have continued. however. TWO
muffie furnaces are being introduced now
in Colorado, in the practical working OF
which the mining world is much interest
ed The furnaces are built on the same
lines and differ principally In mecnanlcai
construction.
The heat is applied to the outside OF
the cylinder so that the flames do not
come in contact with the ore. The ore
is fed into the cylinder and carried
through in detail by automatic means.
No draft is used and no more oxygen Is
permitted to enter than will be con-
sumed by the fire. AS consequence any
gold which is volatilized remains with
the ore and is discharged with 1t.
The loss of the sulphurets which were
stamps was another source Of great loss.
Soon. however, a mechanical concentra :
tor was invented which was capable of
working twenty tons day. ..a,s
BY means of this concentrator metals
containing the values were separated
from the gangue even when these metals
had a specific gravity of only from one to
one and a half greater than the gangue.
These concentrates were then worked up
to high per cent by the chlorination
process.
BY the time these processes and de,
vices had been perfected. practically a, all
the gold mined from veins was being
saved, with the exception Of that which
foated in water and could not be brought
in contact with quicksilver.
Placer mining had in the, meantime
been progressing with equal rapldity.
When the American placers We're first
discovered Mexicans flocked into the
country, and. as they had had much ex-
perience with placer mining, the Amer
lean miners were prepared to profit by
their teaching.
Their principal method, however. was
drywashfng, and would not answer at
ali with the new placers. The miners
worked for some time with pick shovel
and pan, and managed to make good
wages where the diggfngs were rich.
Soon the Cinnamon came with the rock
er. a decided Improvement over the pan.
The Long Tom was the next improve
ment. The writer remembers walking
twenty miles one Sunday to see one OF Inc
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-13

the treatment of fire before the precious
metal can be extracted from the pase.
vet during the first two years HeilneI
roasting nor smelling processes weae
quence, fully 40 per cent OF the golu anu
silver values were lost. The same was
characteristic of all American mining OF
that period. During the f1fst years 90, OF
California gold mining % per cent OF the
gold was lost.
In Europe the reverberatory furnace
was being used for this purpose. II was
finally Introduced here, but the method
was found too tedious and costly to be
applied to the ore of this country
What was needed was an automatlc
roasting furnace, and after the Iaiiure OF
the reverberatory several aulomatlc Iur-
naces were invented and tried. Ihey were
all built on the same lines. ana WINE
they were an improvement on the TeVeI-
beratory they still contained numerous
defects.
Roasting Furnaces
The process through which the ore went
was Substantially as follows: First, damp
ness was eliminated, then When tenn
perature of 200 degrees was reached the
sulphur took fire and passed OH as SUI
phurouS acid, next the arsenic luSeo anu
passed off in fumes.
AS the ore reached a still greater heat,
chlorine formed from the salt, which
had been introduced with the ore, formed
volatile chlorides of anthony and zinc
blende and fixed chlor1deS Oh SILVER. Inc
gold was then free.
This method was successIui IN tne
treatment of silver ore. The working Oh
silver was cheapened and the output
greatly increased. =.
The furnaces were not so satisfactory IN
treating gold ores. however. 1t was 1ounq
that from 10 to SO per cent OF the golc
values, varying with the character OF ore,
was lost from volatilization, which occur,
red when the metal came into contact
with the flames, the strong draft IN the
| furnace carrying the volatile gold on IN
fumes.
Ali metals, with the single exception OF
platinum, are volatile, and gold IN Ger
| tain combines is the most volatile OF all
| In telluride of gold, for example, which
has been found TO contain 66 per cent
gold although not trace of metallic gold
could be found with the most powerful
| glass, the gold passes off with the tel
furium in the form of yellow vapor at a
temperature of $50 degrees: Ordinarily
| gold does not fuse until 2,l00 degrees OF
| heat is applied.
| At the time that the automatic fur
| naces were being introduced the chlorina-
! ton process was being put into success
| full operation in California In this proc
| ess. in which gold is extracted from the
auriferous material by means OF chlorine
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-13
j. H. STEWART.
SAMUEL D. FLAGG.
SAMUEL WILEY.
BREWER MATTOCKS.

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-13

this it turned over to the society in
The Washington times., 1904-11-24
EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL
IS NOT UNSAhITARY
This Was Shown in Report Made
Before the Board Of Educa-
tion Last Night.

The Board OF Education last night
officially denied the truth Of the report
that the Eastern High School is in an
uI sanitary condition.
Ii Is claimed that an investigation set
on foot By the school authorities showed
that there are no better sanitary ar
Iangements I'm any school Ia the city
than in the Eastern High.
designations. appointments. ana pro-
moti0ns were made public by the board
as follows.
Resiguations-M l. Mcguire. Central
High school. and a. =. Dillon, teacher
I'm night schools.
App0intmcnts-AaUd Wagner. az q
salary Of Ss25 per annum; A. ". Miller
7s teacher in night schools; Eleanor p.
Lewis Sara p. Johnson, rosetta Orme.
and julie Smith. teachers; Maud Rice.
Mildred Rice. Catherine Boyle, Fallulah
De S Baker. and Sarah T. 5lattihgly
substitute teachers.
Promotious-L y. Mann, from 500 e
$50 Per duuum. l. NJ Evans. from
500 10 500 per anuum. ROsulIc Robin
ette, from StOJ 20 S5l5 per anuum, Elsie
Turner. from 3J-5 20 5LUu per Junum.
The following successfully passed the
recently held teachers examination
subject TO medical eEamWsuou 10 De-
held later. Grace A. CTDXt0u May Her
scv. Bertha N. MahOury. Eva EdmOns-
t0n ToWies. =. Christine COale. T.. Fila
GlascOck. Margaret Waite, Louis FiJz-
gerald, Mary Stewart, and Louise Chat
Frances NJ. Moore was granted cxten-
sion al leave OF absence fog three
months.
The Washington times., 1904-11-24

One negro whose descendants have
good proof that he lived 20 be more
than hundred years of age lies dead
in the home of his daughter at 1752 I
Street northwest. and among the mourn
ers at his bier is "A negress who asserts
she Is nearly III years of age.
Both were born slaves 10 olo Maryland
families The man was freed by Presi-
dent Lincoln's proclamation. The woman
bought her freedom for $500 out OF mon
ey her mistress allowed her TO save
The dead man was Henry TOlson-
Uncle Henry 10 intimates. He was
born or the Early plantation in Prince
George county. Maryland. ia June, 1893
so his papers testify. assert his daugh-
ters. themselves old women.
The woman is Lucretia Tyler. who
lives at 1768 T Street northwest She
was born the property of Adam Robb.
the proprietor of an inn at Rockville.
according 10 reports, in 1898.
Both have been living in Washington
many years, the woman since she
bought her freedom in 1854 and the man
since 1863, when he departed under the
new order Of things from his master
plantation.
Tolson made a living saving wood
and later operating a small coal and
wood yard OF his own.
The woman has been a house servant
and a laundress all her life. She Is still
spry, doing as much work daily as
women half her alleged age.
The Washington times., 1904-11-24
Century-OLd NegreSS
At CentenariGn'S Bier
Both Had Been SlaVes-She Lives at III
Years of Age and He Died Aged 1O1.
Woman Bought Liberty.

According TO the woman's story, her
young mistress. the daughter OF Robos
eloped with one OF the sciOns OF ths
house Of Beat. in the past and at pres
ent prominent in the affairs Of Mary
land, Virginia, and Washington.
To these el0pers We're born several
children, among them Miss Peggy Beal,
and il was 70. her. the negress says. she
paid the $500.
Since then she has been employed By
a number of prominent families. She
was married after she won her liberty.
and she is the mother OF one daughter
who IS now herself an old woman.
The negro had been an Invalid for
number Of years He was bedridden sew
eral months prior 10 his death Tuesday.
He had become deaf, had lost his eye
sight. and could not walk
He done die dis away. said aunt
Lucretia. cause dem Earlys wuz hard
marsters. Ef he done have marsters lax
mine. he suah done live ten yeah moh.
TOlsOn's funeral will take place TO
morrow at 81. Augustine's Church
Both made frequent trips 10 WASH
ington. when the present city was
wilderness, except for Pennsylvania
Avenue. then a country road, crooked
and usually hub deep with mud.
Aunt Lucretia said today that she
expected to live 10 be 80. She IS a tai.
straight, and "a still powerful negress Of
the pure African type. raWboned, IN
possession OF all OF her faculties. and
scarcely gray.
She says she remembers the war Of
/ 1872 perfectly and tells OF the night al
Bladensburg. and the capture Of WASH
in2ton
The Washington times., 1904-11-24
QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S
THANKS FOR A BOOK

Axel Josephson, IF the George Wash
ington law class of 1903, has recently
completed a translation Of VilstOr Ryd-
berg's = Swedish romance, 'SingOala,' a
noted Swedish classic.
The edition, which is limited. has just
been completed, and copies have been
sent 10 President Roosevelt. King Os-
car OF Sweden, and Queen Alexandra OF
England
In spite of the rule against receiving
gift books Queen Alexandra, who is a
native OF Denmark, and especially in
terested in Swedish literature. has ac-
cepted the gift and has had the follow
Ing letter sent TO Mr.. JOsephsOn:
buckingham Palace. Aug. Is. 1904
Miss Knollys is commanded by the
Queen 10 thank Mr.. AXel JOsephsOn for
the copy OF his publication which he has
been good enough 10 send for her
matesty's acceptance"
The Washington times., 1904-11-24
UNIVERSITY ASSEMBLY
IS A NOVEL PROJECT
Musical Program and Practical Talks
Dr.. Needham's Plan.

The University Assembly held weekly
by the faculty and students of George
Washington University. met al noon to-
day IN the University Chapel. The idea,
" hich was originated by President Need
ham, is an elaboration OF the usual
chapel services.
The service consists Of music followed
by practical talks on the value and aims
of education. The main object Of the
meeting is 10 bring the faculty and stu
dent bodies Of the different departments
together for the interchange OF thought
along educational lines.
DI Seedham was the speaker at to-
day. assembly. He bewailed the pres
ence OF the mercenary age. and lOnged
for men who studied for the sake of
knowledge aIoIse He outlined the retro
The Washington times., 1904-11-24
ECONOMIC SOCIETY HAS
DISCUSSION ON WHEAT
Expects Twenty Five Cent Tariff and
Six-Cent Loaf to Prevail-Will
Consider Cotton.

The Washington Economic Society held
its first meeting of the season at the
Riggs House last night. Great Ameri-
can Industrial Products" was the sub
ject Of discussion.
Wheat" was the exact thing that the
society had under consideration. Refer
euce was given 10 the time when the
present imperative tariff Of % cents a
bushels would become operative. IL
was generally conceded that the scent
loaf of bread had come 10 stay.
The speakers Of the evening We're
Robert Lincoln O Brieu. Albert @. Rob
iuson. Le Ora lde Powers. George r
Roberts, Prof. John Franklin Croweli.
James IL. Blodgett, and Frank J. Still
man.
The next meeting OF the winter Will be
devoted TO the cotton crop OF the South
and viii be Of much interest.
The Washington times., 1904-11-24

eression of the word aristOcrat, and said
that originally 20 stood for everything
desirable, while now il Was merely a
term describing a condition OF birth.
He urged the students TO become aristo-
Gratis according TO the original meaning
OF the word.
There are" he said. too many stu
dents. and not enough genuine aristo-
Gratis"
At the conclusion Of his address, j.
D McFau rendered a vocal solo which
was well received.
The weekly assemblies are new inno-
vation at the university, and are well
coined by both students and faculty, as
a medium through which they may grow
10 know each other.
The Washington times., 1904-11-24

Win PTobably Outstrip France.

This system of markings, which Is
accepted as authoritative by naval eX-
perts shows that England has Il per
cent of the total strength of the navies
OF these four nations France comes
second with 200 per cent; the United
States third with III per cent. and Ger
many fourth with Is.9 per cent This
enumeration ana comparison includes
the vessels already huilt ana those now
IN course Cf construction
The United States is shown 10 be easily
third al present. and If the naval pro-
gram is carried Out in all probability IL
viii rank second by the year 1916 when
il is calculated 10 have the navy which
thc General Board of the Navy regards
aa necessary TO the United States.
The big naval program OF the United
States may have the effect of squirting
both France ana Germany 10 greater
activity and greater enlargement OF
their naVies than their present policies
indicate. The latest table of ships under
construction by these four nations shows
thar Jhe United States ranks next 10
Great Britain in new vessels not actual
ly in commission. Thls table is rs fol-
lows.
The Washington times., 1904-11-24
TWO MEN CONVICTED
OF KILLING GATEKEEPER

LANCASTER. Pa. Nov. -a-Lee Fur.
man. of Trenton. X D. and John
o-Priep have been found guilty Of muir
der ia the first degree.
Turman and O'Brien shot and killed
samuel RessIer an aged tollgate keeper
oa the Lancaster and Williamstown
turnpike. last July.
The Washington times., 1904-11-24
DEMANDS BIG DAMAGES
FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT

John L. Barnes has begun suit in the
District Supreme Court against the
Title Guaranty and Trust Company OF
Scranton, Pa. 10 recover Sl.500 as dam
ages for breach OF contract.
The plaintin says that having paid
the necessary fees. the bonding company
agreed 10 become his surety in a Ger
tain case appealed from the Judgment
Of Il local justice OF the peace. and II
failed 10 carry out its part or the agree
ment and execute the bonds.
James A TOOmey Is named as cOun-
sci for the Blaintin
The Washington times., 1904-11-24

tonnage distributed among a lot Of
smaller armored vessels. The United
States now ranks second i'm the tonnage
OF big vessels.
II sec7ls 20 be the accepted idea that
tas United States should have in 1916 a
navy OF forty-eight battleships and
twenty-five armoFed cruisers. In line
with this theory. the general board mas
recommended and Secretary Morton has
approved the recommendation that the
present session Of Congress authorize
the construction of three battleships,
The Washington times., 1904-11-24

five scout cruisers. twelve torpedo craft,
and two squadron cOlliers.
According 10 the report Of Admiral
Capps, chief constructor OF the navy,
fbe grand total of vessels In the United
states Navy is 327, distributed as iol-
lows:
VESSELS FIT FOR SERVICE. IN
GLIDING THOSE UNDER REPAIR.
The Washington times., 1904-11-24
MEAN OF HIM.

TN cast my bread upon the waters, -
said the young wife.
Have you no feelings for the poor
fish," ehuckled the brutal husband
Chicago News.
The Washington times., 1904-11-24
7EsSELs UNDER CONSTITUTIONS.
America First in Efficiency.

In comparing the strength dld eff
cheney Of the naNies armament and ton
mage are TWO principal factors. There
is stin another which cannot be sub
jeetea TO mathematical calculations, but
which has proved 20 be one of The most
important in naval warfare ana that is
The personnel of the officers ana men.
In the iiUai analysis Of naval strength
Ihis element VIII count greatly ln favor
of the United States. The morale, The
intelligence and the loyalty of the naval
forces Of the nations sometimes more
chan balsuce the difference In the size
ana number Of ships and the efficiency
Of heir urmUr.
In tht .ficicncv OF ler commissioned
officers aui her enlisted force the United
StaIrs is nor willing 90 take second place
SIOUes.t- any nation. NOW that Nesst -a
a. war aga tremendous floating machines
The natural efficiency uI the American
mtcLauic is demonstrated
Ninety per cent OF the men iH the
United States navy are American cltl-
Zsns ana nearly an native born ant
possessing tE- genius and invention
thar make American craftsmen lead the
world Ia handling the vessel, oper
ariuz the intricate machinery and, above
au iu thcir ability Co shoot straight
lLt American sailors must De given
grrsJ weight 300 making comparison
between The United States navy and
those of other nations.
This Is the contention OF the Navy
Department and it i- well founded. Al
the same time the prediction That Ia,
United States VIII soon take SECOND
rank IS justified without counting thd
high character ot leT officer, and men.
Next TO Britain in Guns.
When Tie armament Of the four uayies
that are now being compared Is con-
sfdsred tine United States ranks next
to Great Britain in the number of big
guns She carries ou the ships blliJ and
will carry on those under construction
ln erumeratiHg the heavy ordnance guns
above lCiuch and over are taken. lu
tbs SHOW 'ns Great Britain leads with
The Washington times., 1904-11-24
Serviceable Ships.

In making It's comparison of the world
naVles the British authority separates
the vessels that would be of actual
service IN time of war into nfteen
classes. Re estimate the efficiency or
the vessels an arbitrary weight or mark
is given 10 each class
In the latest comparison, after each
class has been given its proper mark
mgs. the classes are grouped as follows
Ia show the ,otal strength OF the navies
of England, France. Germany, and the
United States, Russia and Japan being
left out of the calculations on account
q the war.
The Washington times., 1904-11-24
CLEVER PLAN TO
STEAL TICKETS
Philadelphia S.euths Foil
Wholesale Theft.
FOR ARMY AND NAVY GAME
Conspiracy Dates Back One Year, When
Raid Was Made at Frank
lin Field.
FOR ARMY AND NAVY GAME

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2l-What is
said 10 have been a clever conspiracy
for a wholesale theft Of tickets for to-
days Pennsylvania-Cornel football
game and for the Army and Navy con
test, on Saturday. was nipped yester-
day by the arrest OF three people who,
the detectives claim, were the principals
III thc affair.
Detective Lynch. Of the City Hall
force. and Detective De MargO, OF the
Pinkerton agency. yesterday arrested
Thomas and James Gilmore and Harry
Lavain- The first two are charged with
the larceny of the tickets from the
Globe Ticket Company, while Lavaine
is charged with receiving stolen goods
from the other two men. Police say
The men have confessed and they vii
be given hearing before Magistrate
Kochersperger this morning.
The alleged conspiracy dates back to
last year. when the university authori-
ties discovered that an unusually large
number OF tickets, many OF them II
blocks of twenty and thirty were be.
ing supplied TO ticket scalpers. Another
mysterious feature which puzzled the
authorities was the fact that duplicate
tickets, bearing the imprint Of the
ticket printing company. were being
turned I'm al the gates. No end OF con
fusion resulted when the holder OF one
on these bogus tickets reached The seat
which the ticket called for, only TO find
il occupied by another person holding
stub which called for the same seat.
Baffled by Bogus Tickets.
Before the investigation had pro
gressed 20 any extent the football sea-
son ended and the whole matter came
TO a staudstin.
Some time during the winter Thomas
Gilmore left the employ Of the ticket
company, and shortly afterward his
younger brother James secured EN-
pl0yment with the firm as an office boy.
Finally the PinkeFtOn detective who
had been working on the case reported
that be had detected young Gilmore
purloining tickets from the printing
room. A couple Of detectives were put
upon his trail and they reported that he
carried the tickets 10 his brother and TO
Lavaine. They, in turn. il Is claimed.
placed them on sale in a Chestnut Street
poOlroom. Several tickets were pur-
chased at this place By the detectives,
and Il was found that the numbers upon
them corresponded to the numbers OF
the tickets which had been missing from
the packs delivered 10 the university by
the ticket company. The arrests were
then made.
Tho detectives say that when Thomas
Gilmore was arrested he confessed TO
having stolen tickets last year and 10
having printed a number OF duplicate
tickets to the games last season.
The Washington times., 1904-11-24
UNITED STATES
NAVAL GROWTH
Now Third, Forging Into
Second Place.
NAVAL ANIMALS" VIEW
British Journal Points Out Rapid In
crease in Our Strength on
the Sea.

Admiral Melvnle's prediction that the
United States would become the third
naval power of the world if the building
program of the General Board of the
Nay is adopted might be revised. The
Naval Annual" Great Britain's stand
ard authority on naval matters, in its
latest review of the navies of the world
declares.
''The United States will shortly be-
come the second naval power OF the
world
The Washington times., 1904-11-24
America Third in Tonnage.

In the matter OF tonnage of the
armOred vessels OF the navies, the
United States ranks third. AS the new
navy program cOntemplates the build
ing of about twice the present number
of these vessels. the next ten years Will
probably see the United States next TO
Great Britain in tonnage Of her big
ships. AT the present the tonnage Of
the armored vessels of the four leading
uaVies of the world is, Great Britain,
ll75, ,630; France, GAP 9O4, United States
a20 1853. Germany. 3S6.3SO
Both France and Germany have their
The Washington times., 1904-11-24

1876 breech-loading rifles of 10-inch cali
Der and over. The United States comes
second with 49, France ranks thlrd
with l22 and Germany has elghty-siN.
A faVOrite gun with Germany, however,
is the 94-inch. of which she has tifty-
six As il Is so near the lO-inch IT
might be added 10 the eighty-slN ana
make Germany's heavy ordnance rep
resented by Ia guns France has eight
cen OF the same Caliber, which adIed
To her l22 would give her lao.
If this calibeT or gun Is admitted
Great Britain would come In with her
9.2-inch, of which she has lOl, giving her
total of ~ guns. The United States
naval experts claim that our S-inch guns
ought to be put in the same class, and
as there are I64 Of that calibeT in the
EaVy, IL would bring our ordnance up TO
2g6, or only one below the heavy arma-
ment of Great Britain.
The Washington times., 1904-11-24

20 pairs s. Calf Boots, small sizes.
50 pairs s. and $3.50 Kid and Calf
Boots-in broken sizes.