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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-21

black sands viii result in the building
up @; a par. of Oregon which Is now
so Wild that -lk roam the woods, and
that ogs can buy bear skin there for
81 eats or 6 dollar This is what DR..
Day ,e.lA me Sc PAID Tor skins IN those
regions. Much ~ the land Us good for
flaming. bat nov Inaccessible by rail-
road some Ok u lies along the beach
and some Oh the rivers where there 10
black sand. IN tho future tho farmers
may own the.r own concentration ta-
hles. which they Fan use FOR the separa-
ton OF the metals. They can pile up
their !rou Ole. and IN time q VIII he
taken out by tho railroads. For a thou
sand dollars mining proposition ot
TINS kind can bo established.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.
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d. c.-WlthI

w WASHINGTON, ID. C.-Withn
wv the past year tXperimentshgyo
VI the past year experiments have
tionize placer mining all over
the world. and add millions TO tn
wealth Of the United States. They
may build up a manufacturing indus
Try on our Pacific slope, and populate
regions IN the northwest which are now
- wild as any part Of the Rockies.
BASED upon them, syndicates are al
ready forming and they will give small
or large fortunes to a great number Of
people. refer 10 the experiments
which. at the direction OF Congress. the
geographical survey has made and Is
making as 10 the minerals found IN
black sand.
FORTUNES IN BLACK SAND.
Every miner knows what black sand
S. II is the heavier particles which
come from the wearing away Of rocks
containing certain minerals. All sand
comes from rock and the greater part OF
~ from quartz. The quartz sands are
white or light brown m color. They
are found on our Atlantic shores, and
arc scattered here ana there all over
the country. There arc many OF them
n the west. but there, mixed with them
ana often IN great beds apart from
them, are found deposits Of black sand.
There Is 30 much Of this black stun
along the Pacific coast that the sea-
shore Is dark and not white when view
cd from the ocean This is the case
from Cape Flattcry on Puget sound
down TO san Diego. As one comes closer
shore he often secs great masses Of
black rocks and heal'ands the latter
made up Of layers Of black ana white
sand. one running through the other
somewhat like marble cake. These
Iealanhs snmeflmes re.nlt from the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-21
T >ortunes In Black Sand

The Hunt for Platnum Which More Precious Than
War it-Pacer
Vast Deposits Of the Pacific
They Will Develop the Nugget Biz as lake
Supriorfiow San Francisco Might be
A Talk With Dr. David 7. Dey, Sans Expert Geooa
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-21

lar search going on along The oaast ~
OREGON for "a hidden tre.afir. ,f ,I,ff-
mum. somewhat the Same ae fh. 'hu,t
for Cart Kidd's pirate h.9-l o0 ~,
coast az the Atlantic. Ar d., rtl-y
poos. this trcosuro is r.rf-n.sf o.. ,.y
non or si1ger rear h.t,f,.. ..si.t t..-
heeu f,Isd wish r'4tf,,-., 4,I ,.,r,i,,
cortel. They were buri,l b.. III, 's1o'-e
and -b.rs arc yl,I,.ig o.. ii....... .. q.
NneTe iacy ar. hidden. S g.i'.e tI.
platinum is worth af ',r., r1 AMI
thoss six bottles contain ...s. iaa1
worth Of This mos. rr...a.,. az Ga,
white metals Jue' vle-c ,.a, DO 1,
OIL. has SCI hcs. abb, 81. 4..c,|rI. ..,4
the hunt goes ca.
Tho gy,r.e. pI1f,- rri.f.. DBL. t-. ,..,.
has long Known or the oxI.t.... ofpl.f.
mum in black sand itt D.. has .is...
made much effort q, e.y. g. .ra.4. iss
been owing 10 the ierrr. o. l...,.........
The metal and ifs y4lu. and .,a.. 81.
some uusur,ass,,ti a.,..,... b.. ..........
OF N. Not lur- mol, j. ,.l.... f.....,, n,.
ION sont 10 ths o,s- ,,,-.s -t..., ~ 49,.
see otter and as uo.,r.is .f .,,r,,,.,,,,, ~.
Got sopethIp, ma gf 0,., o. sy.,, c.- .t.
offers but orly reaIi-.j 81 a ,.,,,5 s,-
his platinum, How he Mas d,srs',5oj
] do NOT kroo.. nm, sr ,bo -,
prlces his rlattru,, sto,t5 10.
hrougbt bi,, bou, ss0o1
PLATINUM AND GOID
By the use of the separating tables
employed by Or. Day for getting the
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LAST DATES-LAST DATES
Excursions East

Via Oregon Short Line-Unlon Pacific.
July l9th, Goth. and 2ist
Omaha or Kansas city and re-
turn ......,...,,.................tis.O %
Chicago and return. 81 30
ST. Louis and return.............. So. 50
ST. PAU or Minneapolis and re-
tAlI sssssFfssss tsss s.tssstsstss 0s.tD
These rates apply fGom Salt Lake
city. PropOrtionately low rates from
other stations % Eastern points.
Limit October 3lst, 1906.
city Ticket Office. 201 Main st.
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dropping Of the shore through an p3rih-
quake somewhat Ike that of san Fran
cisco.
the lie Geo., 49, '' rs ,o'''. I .'
80 .''l'' ''i,. . ,s''T ,,I ,'. ni' -,
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NJ me b,sos e,,l y.i'b ,y,i.s tc '.,e
,.orkinr rsrs f17u ~ tt..-..,.5 ID tt.
miners ros.l.Gaj and f,. .4-,r'. /,
come fror, e5 different states ma tl--
ritories. including The brr1i5 1.ius
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28

Pardis, France.-The strike situa-
the governments imposing military
and police preparations to crush dis
order, and public uneasiness has been
considerably relieved.
Alarmist reports continue to circu-
late concerning what may possibly
happen May /. One report says that
Spanish and Swiss anarchists have
succeeded in bringing 40 bombs into
Paris. The police are exercising eX-
treme vigilance and are shadowing the
chief agitators and watching the CEN
ters of disorder.
The elaborate military precautions
include stationing 2000 troops in the
basement Of the Grand palace, lnfan-
try and cavalry are also strongly post
ed at other important centers. The
government appears to be fully arous-
ed to the necessity for adequate prep
aratlOn.
The strikers are comparatively quiet
before the overpowering force Of
troops and police. The places Of busi-
ness of the manufacturing jewellers are
heavily guarded.
About 1000 book printers made man.
Hesitation Wednesday, and two arrests
were made. The ranks of the strikers
were increased by 600 laborers.
Reports from the coal mining regions
show that there are 10000 men on
strike and $4,000 at work.
The public prosecutor is preparing
a charge of murder against the strilt-
ing miners who recently stoned and
killed a lieutenant. OF dragons.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28

New York, N. N.-Porlions Of the
testimony given before the grand jury
which indicted three officers Of the
the Mutual reserve life insurance COM
pany recently for alleged grand lar
ceny and forgery were made public re-
Gently by their counsel, EX-Assistant
District Attorney Rand, in an argu-
ment on Il motion to Quash the in
di2tments.
The officers indicted are Frederick
A. Burnham, president of the com
pany; George b. EIdridge, lst vice
president, and George Burnham, Jr., 2d
e-president.
In his argument before Recorder
GOff Mr.. Rand said that j. Douglass
Wells, a former employe of the COM
pany had been allowed by the district
attorney to testify before the grand
jury that on his return from a trip
to Europe President Burnham had told
him that while he (WelIs) was away
he had been compelled to pay the sup
erintendent of insurance $4,000 for a
favorable report of the company's ar
fairs.
Mr.. Rand objected to this testimony
having been given, on the ground that
l..,,, ..,.. .-.-....~~.iNAI rIuII Une cnhfBeS
on which the indictments were based.
These charges were that the three
officials had permitted the use OF the
companys funds in settlement of suits
brought against them as individuals,
and Wells brought one of the suits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
Immenae Food Problem.

San Francisco, Cal.-An idea of the
task which confronts the food COM
mittee may be gained from the fact
that throughout the city rations for
$40 ,440 persons were distributed Tues
day.
At one point provisions were given
out to 672 persons an hour for 10
hours. This station is neither one of
the largest nor one of the smallest,
and so its reports were used as a
basis to strike an average.
All four that was received in sacks
is exchanged at bakeries, pound for
pound in bread. Almost all the bak-
cries in unburned districts have open
ed and are selling bread at 5 cents a
loaf. Representatives of the western
meat company in San Francisco report
ed to the relief committee this morn
ing that there are now in the yards
1900 cattle, 300 sheep and 500 hogs.
The Southern Pacific ordered all
cattle cars to be hurried TO San Fran
cisco, with precedence over passenger
trains.
Wholesale grabbing of supplies by
some, while others are in want, has
caused the military authorities to Or
der new system in the distribution
of food.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
Built Hooeae Tunnel.

New York, N. Y.-Brig Gen, Edward
Wellman Serrell, a noted civil and
military engineer, died here April %
at the age of so years. Although he
has accomplished many great engi-
neering feats, he died in poverty.
He had been i'll since October. The
money he made as engineer for big
railway and bridge jobs had long been
spent; he had no retired pay from
the government, because he left the
service as a volunteer when the war
was over and the little service pension
which he drew was hardly enough to
support him.
Mr. Serrell was born in New York
City. He began his career as an en-
gineer on the Central railroad of New
Jersey. He then entered the govern
ment service, and ON the isthmus sur
Veyed the course of the Nicaragua and
Panama canal routes of the present
day. He also surveyed route for the
Panama railroad.
His next work was as chief engl-
neer of construction Of the Niagara
suspension bridge, which made SEN
sutlon at the time. In the next 10
years he was at the head Of several
large projects, chief of which was the
Hoosac tunnel, then a world wonder,
During the civil war he figured in
1876 engagements, and became by the
end Of it chief engineer Of the de-
paItment of the south. His most sem
sational work was during the siege
of Charleston, S. c., in 1868. BY sys-
TEN of parallels he enabled the federal
batteries to reduce fort Sumter and
render fort Wagner untenable by the
confederates.
1t was he who managed to obtain an
anchorage in 20 feet of mud and to
mount the 200-pounder parrott gun,
known as the Swamp Angel" This
gun brought about the fall of Charles.
ton.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28

I will offer two unbrOlen lines Of sky
'cIapers Throughout the city improve
ment will be carried out exactly as Mr..
Burnham has advocated for two years,
I'VE will have il great boulevard and
terrace at Twin Peaks, and the several
new parks and other beauty spots con-
1eived by the architect now will be con-
structed. The changes will cost tens
of millions but the result will be that
san Francisco will stand as the most
beautiful Of all cities. | predict that
there will be nothing to compare to the
new city in beauty and utility. We
were too cramped in our business
quarters Now we are going TO have
plenty Of elbow-rOOm, and, besides, we
will have IL city that will delight the
eye. All the old ugliness has gone for
ever.
The new San Francisco will be bet
ter than the old, as was the case in
Boston, Chicago, Seattle, Galveston and
Baltimore, but on IL much larger scale.
Thirty days will see 10000 men at
work in the burned district"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
Views Showing the Devastating Effects of Earthquake and Fire San Francisco

1t is now decided that the old lines
Of the city Will not he followed, hut
| that instead new thoroughtares will be
| traced, all streets made wider than
| formerly. ana n uniform style of archi.
lecture adopted For two years Daniel
| Ruruham, an architect, had been ag-
tutiug for a city beautiful. He had raj
| lied many business men 10 his support,
| hut his plans We're abandoned by the
| city authorities only two months ago
us beyond all reason In cost.
Now, the twin disaster Of earthquake
and fire has made possible the accom-.
plIshment of BurnhamS dream, which
ii had been admitted tv every one
would transform san Francisco into
the most beautiful city in the world
Work will begin ut once in pushing
Burnham's ideas to complete develop
ment and all the municipal officials
are enthusiastic over the outlook,
! Mayor SchmitZ expressed his delight
with the plan for the new San Fran
! cisco.
The whole city will he remodeled,'
| said Mayor SchmitZ I'VE will start
work right at the water front. Even
the ferry house which survived the
: nrr, win DO torn down aud replaced
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28

FOREST RESERVE.
New EneIanders Urge Its Necessity
on the Committee on Agriculture.

on the Committee on Agriculture.
Washington,-An eloquent plea for
the creation of a great forest reserve
in the White Mountains was made
recently by Il delegation of New Eng
landers TO the house committee on
agriculture. The bill under consider
alton appropriates $3OOO,00O for the
establishment of forest reserves in the
White Mountains and in the southern
Appalachian mountains. Every New
England state was represented except
Maine.
The principal speech was made by
Gov. John McLane of New Hampshire,
He told OF the rapid depletion of forest
covering on the mountains Of his state
by lumbermen and by fire He said
that federal aid must be extended in
order to save the remnant Of forests
| yet remaining.
Gov. Mol.ane said forest covering
in the White Mountains was nece''
sary TO the continuance of agriculture
and manufacturing industries as well
as to the health of the people of New
England. BY far the greater portion
of the benefit to industries, he said,
would be derived by communities
outside of New Hampshire. All the
manufacturing cities on the Merrimac,
| Connecticut and other rivers in the
White Mountains, such as Lawrence,
Lowell, Springfield and other towns,
would suffer serious loss along this
line if the supplies of water in the
streams which furnish them power
run short.
C. S. Goodrich of Hartford, Conn,
devoted himself principally to dis
cussion of the impaired navigability
Of the rivers rising in the White
Mountains. The denudation of forest
lands, he declared, caused the water
| to run off the surface of the ground
! Immediately The result was that
springs dried up and there was moth.
ing TO feed thousands Of small streams
which unite to form great rivers. The
cutting of timber had already reduced
the flow of these rivers to a notice
able extent
Theophilus Parsons of Boston, chair.
man of the special committee appoint.
ed by Gov Guild, closed the hearing.
He spoke of the commercial necessity
of plenty of water in New England's
rivers, which could only be accom-
lished by preserving the forests.
Many cities in Massachusetts, as well
as other states, he said, depend alto
gether upon water power for their
existence
Besides the speakers there were
large number of New England men
present, who indorsed the views en-
pressed by Messrs. Parsons, McLane,
and Goodrich. These included Prof.
j. r. Edmunds of Harvard, E. A. Start,
secretary of the Massachusetts for
estry association; D. b. Hoar, repre-
senting the Massachusetts textile in.
| dustries and Harvey NJ sh"Pt"''' I'sr.
| resenting the Appalachian club.
Persons present from states other
than Massachusetts were Secretary
| of c+c+o slv--.,I r0sVISon or New
! Hampshire, G. T. Cruft, Philip W.
Ayres, and George H. Moses, all of
New Hampshire; Henry A. Barker
representing the governor of Rhode
Island; George Aiken, secretary of
agriculture of Vermont; John o. Til
| ison and c. S. Deforest Of Connect
| cut
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28

San Francisco, Ca1.--The losses OF
the San Francisco fire department
during the earthquake and fire were
inconsiderable, compared to the great
damage sustained in other departments
of the municipality.
As far as known, three fremen were
killed and one injured.
The apparatus Of the department,
while damaged. is still intact Nine
teen companies have been put out Of
commission and many or them will be
disbanded.
The alarm system Is wrecked and it
will be some time before It can be re-
placed In the meantime men are
detailed to patrol near the fire houses.
The department is still Handicapped
for water
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28

The eastern section of the country is
only now beginning to realize the wide
spread nature of the san Francisco
disaster. The pictures of the wrecked
and burning city now coming in tell
the story as it was impossible to tell it
in any other way.
The most tumbled and tangled dis
trict in the city is not the southern
fringe of Market street, the area where
the devastation was widest and the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28

lenca there is hole ten feet wide.
The asphalt is turned up from the CEN
tire of this hole like the petals OF n
flower. and from it comes Il stream OF
clear water. No one can tell whether
this stream comes from Il broken main
or from a brook which used to run
down Eighteenth street
Valencia Hotel sank ten feet into the
earth and pitched forward into the
street. When the debris of the hotel
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
A Curious Bridal Arch.

An interesting wedding recently
took place at Southend. The bride
groom was fireman, and according
ly the members of the local fire
brigade attended the wedding. They
formed up outside the church, and
made an arch with their axes, under
which the bride and bridegroom
walked, says Home Notes. Then the
firemen drew the happy couple home
In a carriage, blowing their whistles
as they went through the streets.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
Body Beside Catboat.

Woods Hole. Mass.-The body OF
Washington Robbins of Cotuit was
found beside his catboat Ha Ha on the
beach on the Vineyard sound side of
Naushon island April 20. BY his side
was an oar. 1t is thought that after
MS boat had grounded, Robbins tried
to push her off with the oar and fell
overheard and was drowned. The
body was found by men on the boat
that carries the mail to Tarpaulip
cove
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
Swiss productivitv

A great many critics assume that
the prosperity of Switzerland is de.
pendent on that of the outside world.
1t is true that the scenery of the Re.
public is a valuable asset, the visitors
to its mountains leaving $50. .OOO. 900 or
$4O,0OO,OOO behind them annually But
it must not be forgotten that the Swiss
are an ingenious, Industrious and very
thrifty people, as their very consider
able export of products, which reached
nearly $24O,000,0OO in 1905, attests
Their country Is mountainous. but #
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28

was cleared away it was found that
the asphalt pavement before it had
buIged upward to make mound four
feet high The hole into which the
foundations sank is filled with water.
The big fire obliterated the old China
town forever. Mayor Schmitz has i'll
formed Chief of Police Dinan that all
of the Chinese now in the city will be
collected and placed in and near Fon-
tana'S Warehouses, near Fort Mason.
and that the new Chinatown would be
located at Hunters Point, on the
southern extremity of the county on
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
Japanese Offer hosnltal Shin.

Washington, ID. C.-The Japanese
government has offered to send a hos
pital ship at top speed to San Fran
cisco to aid in the relief work.
The state department has replied
that owing to the rapidity with which
the country has come to the relief
Of the distressed city, it may safely
be estimated that there will exist no
need for the ship by the time that
she could cross the Pacific.
The President stated his apprecia-
ton Of the spirit which dictated this
offer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28

loss of life greatest. but on little
strip between Harrison and Valencia
Seventeenth and Nineteenth streets. 1t
was in this area that the Valencia
Hotel sank into the earth. The block
between Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets and Valencia is twisted out of
all appearance Of houses. The car
tracks at one place run in a wavy line
from one side Of the curb to the other.
The asphalt Is broken as though great
bubbles had forced their way through
it.
Al the corner of Eighteenth and Va
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28

Hackensack, N. J.-For the third
time, the death sentence has been
passed upon Mrs. Anna Valentino, con-
victed of the murder of Rosa Salza.
Mrs. Valentino was saved from execu-
tion on her two previous sentences
through petitions and by efforts of the
Italian government, which resulted fin
ally in carrying her case to the SUI
preme court of the United States. That
court decided against her.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
Bells weaken the Tow r.

Another Italian campanile, only one
degree lower in fame than that of Ven
ice, is threatened. This is the great
bell tower of the Cathedral of Leccc,
one of the loft,est in Italy-abOut 80
feet. 1t il also of great antiquity. Its
weakness is due to the daily ringing of
Is enormous bells.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
Discussion On Indian Bill.

Washington-The senate spent al
most the entire day Tuesday upon the
consideration of the Indian appro-
piration bill and 1t had not been dis
posed of when the days session
closed
A number of minor bills. including
one relating to the operation of the
coastwise laws in the Philippine ISL
ands, were passed.
While it was under discussion some
regret was expressed over the failure
of the house to act on the shipping
bill
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28

Jimmy-De Sunday school teacher
asked me il | knew how Cleopatra
came to swallow de pearls
Micky-Did yer have de answer?
Jimmy-Sure, told her Cleopatra
was eating oyster soup at de time
Chicago Daily News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
Gonse as a XYAtch Dog.

A Bangkok resident keeps a goose
which acts rs a watch dog. He has
trained the bird TO give Il creditable
imitation of a motor car hooter when
ever stranger approaches.-Bangkok
lSiuml Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
A Brain POis6n.

In their latest annual report, an eX-
haustive document, the British Lunacy
Commissioners say. as result of their
researches into the relation of drink
and insanity: 1T cannot be denied that
alcohol is Il brain poison. New York
Evening sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
HenedicrInes in England.

The Benedictines from France, who
have settled at Malvern, England, have
merely come home again. King Ed.
ward. the Confessor. founded a her.
mitagC at Malvern. and after the Nor
man conquest, in 1906, the hermitage
became Benedictine priOry.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
HOetS In Mexico.

The Boer colony, established in the
State of Chihuahua, Mexico two years
ago is doing well The cOlOnlstS are
laying up money They have dispensed
with Mexican labor and are doing their
own work.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28
Cnsein Cemsnt For Porcelain.

Mix ten parts of recently prepared
caSein with thirty parts of soluble sill
cate of soda and twenty parts of simi-
lar silicate of potash.-Nouvelles Scien-
tihGues.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-04-28

1t is proposed to dispense with elec-
trio light in the streets of Preston.
England, and to substitute incandeS-
cent gas lamps. Advocates Of the
change consider that they will get Il