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Gilpin observer., 1906-06-28
Gold at Tennessee Pass.

Excitement over the new gold fields
at Harrington, Colorado. a mile from
Tennessee pass. on the Denver e. Rio
Grande. continues. says the Denver
Republican. Scores of prospectors, af.
ter examining the ore on exhibition BY
the railroad yesterday. left for the new
Eldcfado to stake out claims Accord
ing to Assayer Burlingame. the ore is
extraordinarily rich. and of much the
same formation as that of Cripple
Creek, though that which has so far
been uncovered is said to be of higher
grade than the Cripple Creek ore.
That which has been assayed Is
purely quartz formation. though
there are also large placer claims
staked out near the new camp.
Major S. X. Hooper, general passen.
ger agent of the Denver & Rio Grande,
is more than enthusiastic over the
strike, and declares that IL the find
keeps up as well as 1t has begun, 1t
will be the biggest thing in the way OF
gold strike since the Cripple Creek
discovery. A peculiar feature OF the
new field, according to Mr.. Burlin.
game, is that SO many prospectors
have passed over the country looking
for ore and have never uncovered the
vein before. This he explains by the
fact that they were expecting to find
silver or lead, not gold. He says that
the nature of the rock presented to
him would preclude Sailing"
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-28
THE OBSERVER
CENTRAL CITY, COLORADO.
Making Electricity.

A wind power electrical plant IL
Indiana is successful novelty. The
devices heretofore tried for this pur-
pose have usually failed because Of
the variability of the power. BY the
new method electricity is generated
as by-product in the course of the
windmill's service in driving a water
pump. The water is led into a hy-
draulic regulator built on the princi-
pie of q water lift in which the pres
sure Is controlled by weights. Ap-
proximately a uniform head pressure
of rs pounds corresponds to the ca
pacity of the water pumped by ten
foot windmill wheel. This is in
creased to 100 pounds for a 14-foot
wheel. The water is discharged from
the hydraulic chamber by means of
automatic valves. This regulator is
the means of maintaining an even
pressure under all conditions wheth-
er the windmill is revolving fast or
BLOW. Under the uniform pressure the
water is passed from the hydraulic
chamber through a water motor to
which dynamo is attached. Then it
Is discharged through troughs and led
away to the fields il desired. Or it
can be stored up in tanks or reser-
voirs to be pumped back into the
hydraulic regulator again in case
water economy should be necessary.
by producing an evenness of pressure
in this way the dynamo is run at
uniform speed whether the wind is
blowing gale or is just enough to
make the wheel go round. The whole
arrangement, when once put in opera
ton, requires little or no attention.
Secondary batteries take any current
generated in excess of immediate de-
mands. It has been calculated that a
14-foot windmill should produce
enough electricity to light the aver
age farm, generating in the daytime
the current that is burned at night
The cost OF maintenance is said to be
almost nothing, and it must be re-
membered that while the electric
plant is doing its good work the wind
mill proceeds with its usual opera
tions.
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from All
parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for tho
BENEFIT of Our Readers.
Personal.

1t has been announced at the White
house that President Roosevelt will
make trip to the Isthmus of Panama
this fall for the purpose of making
himself personally familiar with the
route of the canal and the conditions
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Longworth were in
vited by Emperor William of Germany
to dine with him aboard his yacht at
Kiel.
The body of the late Gov. Pattison.
Of Ohio, was laid to rest with simple
ceremonies in Greenlawn cemetery at
Cincinnati
Rev. T. T. Moore, D. D., of Omaha,
has been chosen professor of theolgy
at the San Francisco theological sem
mary.
Rev. w. H. S. Demarest, DID.
has been installed as president Of
Rutgers college at New Brunswick.
N. ].
Fletcher d. Proctor, son of United
States Senator Proctor, has been
nominated for governor by the re-
publicans of Vermont
Rev. George Barker Stevens Dwight.
professor of systematic theology at
Yale, is dead.
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-28
Old Town Mine Strike.

George X. Kimball. Jr., manager OF
the Old Town Consolidated Mining
Company. reports an important strike
in the Old Town mine, in Russell
gulch, says Denver Republican cor
respondent. For several weeks he has
been driving in one OF the finest bodies
OF ore that has been struck in any mine
In this district. For 100 feet magni-
ficent ore body has been exposed in
the 1,500-foot level. The average width
OF the vein is five feet. which assays
2.14 ounces gold and 6.10 ounces silver,
making gross value of $4G.SS a ton.
Besides this, the ore will carry from
two to fifteen per cent. copper.
This large ore shoot was first en-
countered in the 1,300-foot level, but
has not been penetrated by the 1,400.
foot level. II Is conservatIvely esti.
mated that the block OF ground already
opened will yield ut least half.million
dollars worth OF ore. The length of
the ore shoot In the bottom level has
not been determined.
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-28
War only a Memory.

Forty years have passed since the
great wa-, and but remnant is left
of those who fought or were other
wise moved by the passions Of the
time. According to the last census,
63,000,000 Of the present population
were born since Lee surrendered. and
100000 more were less than ten years
old at the time. If allowance be made
for those who have been born and
those who have died since 1900, it is
not likely, says Youths Companion,
that more than one in twenty of those
now living, including the veterans Of
both armies. has any recollection Of
the war period. The nation has drift
cd SO far down the river OF time
that only the heroic features Of the
great struggle r1main in sight. Now
and then one of the survivors from
the period recalls the bitterness ant
the suffering that prevailed, but for
the most part time has mellowed
them, and they mingle with reminis-
cences of camp and battle, praise of
the bravery and self-sacrifice of the
people, Of the skill of the generals,
and Of the patient endurance Of their
comrades. This memory Of brave
deeds is one of the blessed heritages
fEto which the surviving remnant has
come in these days. The south has
It as we'll as the north, and 1t binds
'he two parts Of the country together
q a common experience always re.
eves barriers. AZ the years pass
the number is rapidly diminishing Of
those who can talk Of the events of
tho war. and speak proudly Of their
part in 1t. A new generation which
knows Of the war only through the
histories will soon be strewing how-
ers on the graves on Memorial day.
Then the old men who fought with
Grant or with Lee can no longer be
pointed out, as they go by on the
street. to tho boys and girls for whom
the civil war is history only less an
citnt than the revolution.
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-28

There are stories Of soldiers in bat
tie being put TO flight by sudden at
tackS OF bees or hornets. so no dis
paragement Of veterans valor is i'm.
piled in an incident Mt Middletown,
Conn. A swarm Of bees invaded the
premises Of the president Of Wesleyan
university. who fought in tho civil
war and has n creditable military rec.
prd- The bees went for" the presi-
dent. and he went for shelter, and
auckily succeeded In finding It, for as.
ssult by such an army b . seriouy
mAtter.
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-28
CONVERSATIONAL.

Over 10000 bills have been intro.
duced in the present session of con-
gress and the appropriations total al
most $9oo,0000OO.
BY vote of 3G to 81 the senate has
favored a lock type of canal on the
isthmus of Panama. The president is
greatly pleased with the decision and
declares that dirt will begin to fly
now in earnest.
The statement was made at the
national capitol recently that the flood
of protests being sent to representa-.
tives and senators against the pipeline
amendment to the railroad rate bill
were inspired by the Standard OIL
company.
The president has sent to the senate
the nomination Of Herbert II. ID. Pierce
to be minister to Norway. Huntington
Wilson, Of Illinois, will succeed Mr.
Pierce as third assistant secretary Of
state.
The senate has adopted Joint reso-
luton expressing the horror of the
United States at the recent massacre
of Jews in Russia and proffering the
sympathy Of the country for the
bereaved.
The senate has passed a bill chang
ing the name OF the Sulphur Springs
Indian reservation in Oklahoma to the
Platt National park, in honor of the
late Senator Platt. Of Connecticut.
In discussing the Beveridge meat in.
spection bill in the senate recently
Senator Lodge declared the history Of
the group Of men in control of the
packing industry has been of utter de-
flance OF the law and public opinion.
After debate lasting 40 minutes
the house has passed the bill appro-
priating annually $25.000 to pay the
travelling expenses OF the president,
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-28

Col. Greene. OF Cananea. Mexico,
whose labor troubles havo caused so
much commotion. 1t is brought to
mind. is the same colonel who in 1904
had the celebrated jawing match over
copper stocks in newspaper advertise.
ments with Mr.. Lawson. When the
colonel started for Boston to follow
up his denunciation of the speculator
and friend OF the people as liar,
faker and charlatan" there were some
fears Of duel or something else
rather terrible. But the two men set
tied their differences with champagne
and lobster.
Gilpin observer., 1906-06-28
veteras In San Francisco.

Sacrament-A n result OF an in.
quiry by Gotrnor Pardee It is ascer-
tanned that 90 Grand Army men lost
their homes b the San Francisco fire.
They have rteived about $4,000 from
Grand Army losts and these contribu.
tions have Zen sufficient to relieve
their immedife needs. II will require
a much grealr sum. however, to pre-
pare for thei future.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31
OPPOSE MTDNIGHT RACE.
Ne7c Years Motorcycle Contest UI
Not Be Sanctioned.

Roland Douglas. chairman of the Federation of
American Motorcyclists' competition committee, an
nounced yesterday that the New Years midnight
motorcycle race TO YOnkers and Tarrytown had
not been and would not be- under any circum-
stances sanctioned by that governing body. He
declared that the menace both to the
public and the competitors and that 1t should be
suppressed in the interests of safety and added
that the Federation of American MotorcYcsts
would follow the course it has pursued in
previous years and suspend for year all riders
who may participate. AS the Amateur Athletic
Union the National Cycling Association and the
American Automobile Association recognize and
enforce the Federation of American Motorcyclists'
suspensions. its action will be far reaching. An
other official of the federation said:
Il believe in sport, and scorching on the public
streets and roads in broad daylight at pace of
thirty, forty fifty miles hour is sufficiently
perous: but when a bunch OF daredevil young
fellows openly encouraged by offer of prizes to
break the law and to go hell bent for lection"
in the dark, perilous is too mild term to apply
the 1t isn't sport, it is an invitation to
daily with death. and some one in authority should
step in and the youngsters from their Own
folly. If they automobilists instead of motor
cyclists I'll wager that would apply for
an injunction. the Governor would be asked to
turn out the militia, if necessary, to stop such a
needless, dangerous and unauthorized race"
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31
PLAYS MIESES TO DRAW.
Pretty York on Part of Jafe IN
Game scith German Master.

jacques Meses. the visiting German chess mas
ter. started n series of exhibition games with
Charles Jaffe in the chess club at the Commercial
Cafe OF this city yesterday afternoon. The game
resulted in a draw after exciting struggle
lasting sixty-two moves. Jaffe one of the
competitors in the ST. Louis exposition tourna-
ment and has twice entered for the finals for the
New York State championship He is thus be-
leved be a good match for the Teuton. despite
the fact that the latter has many international
honors To his credit.
In the first game Jaffe proved himself a player
of much Resource. He won a pawn on the six
teenth move, having defended Vienna opening
with much exactness. Before this he had played
his king to bishops square, forfeiting the right
Of casting and in due time he advanced his
pawns on both wings Herr Mieses won the ex-
change on the forty-second move, but in the
meantime Jaffe had established passed pawns on
files
Some pretty play followed on the part of Jaffe.
who got both the pawns down to the seventh row.
A draw however ensued. The match will be
continued until either player may have scored two
victories This evening Herr Mieses Will be
nitted against all comers in simultaneous chess at
the Brooklyn Chess Club. The score of his game
with Jafe follows:
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31

Amsterdam. y. J.. Dec 50.-MTa. Martin
schenck twentY-nine years old shot herself through
{ the body tonight With probably fatal results She
was respondent ffver Continued illness Earlier In
the day she atka.f pc sister 70 care for her fyvo
~A-Grea if anything should happen
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31
WITH ATHLETIC BOWLERS
Ne10 York Il. {. Team Uins Three
STRAIGHT from Passdic.

The New York Athletic Club five covered itself
with additional glory last night by winning three
games from the Passaic Club team in Athletic
Bowling League series the formers alleys. Be
sides making clean sweep the local team rolled
1000 in the second gane. breaking its league
record of 10l1. made against the Columbia Club on
Saturday night.
This makes six straight games for New York
which now has standing of eight games and
four lost 1t is right in line for first place
Man Sherwood the star of the evening He
was especially brilliant in the first two games. and
got an average of PILL Up I, last night he had
mark of 1854. that he has raised his aver "a
for the twelve games TO 1878. He rolled without
a miss last night
Harper. of the visiting side. also went through
the evening without while D. Lefferts did
well, considering the fact that he handicapped
with injured finger.
Although New York began the series auspiciousIy,
with to,al of ninety pins in the first frame, as
against sixty-eight for Passaic. it long be-
fore the latter completely changed the aspect OF
things. 1t was in the third frame that every
on the visiting five went down the line for strike.
and when the fourth box totalled FassaiG, With
$780, led by forty-seven pins.
New York. however. took a hand at the strike
game by duplicating Passaic's feat. when every
man got hook in the sixth With 5S7 in the
seventh, New York led by pins. and there
after the local continued TO draw away.
1t with sos. against S4
Sherwood easily carried off the individual honors,
getting triple headers and going through
without break New York had eight splits and
three missed spares. while PassaC had
holes and five misses.
1t New York all the way in the second
game the team starting with 107 in The first frame
This forty-one pins TO the good. When the
pace maintained 20 the halfway mark, where
New York showed 3D. the crowd began TO root
for another thousand !. This hope real
lied easily enough. and had it not been for
couple OF splits the total would have been nearer
100 than 1880.
Sherwood. who had maintained the deadly
accuracy. wound up with Nv venIy-nine, and. oddly
enough, duplicated his first For the other
side Harper also contributed a Jwenty-nine wind
up. Passaic had a total of SS7. which
ceent when il is considered that the team
into no less than splits. II charged with
three misses. New York had three holes and
like number ii missed spares.
In the last game New York jumped away in
the first frame and never headed. \ split
in the sixth frame all that prevented Sher-
wood from getting another 20 game The scores
vva- foil
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31

-Apnrenuce a.!owanae
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31
RECORDS OF BLIND ATHLETES.
Bells Rung at Finish to Direct the Boys IN
Their Running

The remarkable ability of blind boys athletes
Is brought out in article by J. Z. Baker in the
curren. issue of Outing" magazine. He says in
par.
The popular of all outdoor events probably
IS the 35-yard dash Now, nobody with without
eyes straight very far, unless il be toward
mark. The sighted sprnter has his alley to
guide him and the tape in front. So for the blind
boys a string of sleigh bells is rung the finish
Collisions resulted twice only during last
The abandon which the boys display in this race is
a revelation, and their performances very cred
table 1t is the opinion Of the writer that, other
conditions being equal, the SehtleSS boy gets
faster start than his seeing brother: the blind boy
never locks out Of the tail of his eye and his
coordination between ear and muscle is closer and
more nicely adjusted.
The success of blind boys in athletics, the same
as with boys who know the light, is determined
. largely by the personal equation. Some boys are
naturally graceful others naturally awkward
Some will learn gymnastic feat almost without
effort, others only after the most faithful labor.
In short. have a well developed muscular
while others have but the fantest traces of
it, For those who measure success by marks the
records made by sghteSS athletes at the Wisconsin
School for the Blind will be interesting. These
records should not be supposed to equal perform
anCes of high school boys, because the training was
fer alround development. No one specialized in
D n
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31
RACING 1T NEW ORLEANS.
Hyperion II Beats Juggler-Lan-
castrian Disqualified.

New Orleans, Dec. S0-Estella C. and Robin Hood
the only winning favorites a the City Park
racetrack to-day, but every winner. with the pos
sible exception of Aues. had a strong following.
Mountain, who got back in the saddle Saturday.
rode Hyperion II to victory in the handicap. In
this Juggler, with Mcdaniel up the favor
ite. The horse slow to begin, however, and
while he closed resoutely il the last furlong and
forced Mountain to go to drive he could not
Hyperion IL down.
LancaStran, which second to Carthage in the
last race. disqualified for cutting his
field at the start, and badly interfering with III
pango, the lukewarm favorte, and causing a jam
in which Ell Captain stumbled and unseated Cashin.
his jockey. Carthage forced the pace all the way
and won rather cleverly by two lengths
Aules galloped home easy winner in the stee-
pechase at the lucrative price of II to l. Sam
Hoffheimer backed from to to to 3. was in
front part of the time but tired The summaries
follow:
dnc r e, e0g wong n"nraa fave m Ioter Co S to P @
9nd; Helen Holland 9S sHutnagsD 30 to @ third Tine
Ann sylvia c. Lady Lissak Maria Kitty Flynn Bitterly
eG ns e @ shop eourse,aules l5a
lsobeD. l. to Won sam liofheimer, 154 ,Meclurel
third Tire 3:lo ThesDian, Lindale' Modredaw. no
Third race selling six furlcngs,-Robn Hood
cNotteD. to 5. won; Alsneon los Martiny 80 to l.
Time Hiss Refined. Meadowbreeze, Telescope Minot
Fcni raee CaHdicp @i seven furonssIH5rerion H.
III (Mountain to Won Iusssr il8 MsbanSg .N,s $
:27is sally Preston. Bertha E. Lady Esther and Gar
Fifth race selling mils}-pew Of Dawn. 100 GIuf-
nasie). to-. Won Hans l0a ,Koernep TO l. second %
Thomas Calhoun Hnlalaya. Pedigree stone Street Miss
Mazzoni. subado Brimmer, Bucket Brigade and Bobbin
mile and ,nl ii2
second: oheron, 100 Broo<s so to third Time 5t9s
nts1 fed for Tor: touns N' 'N'' '''''-' '' ' w N''
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31
WITH THE BALL PLAYERS.
Pttsburg Thinks Giants VII DO
Better NeIt Season.

All followers of baseball know there isn't much
love lost between the New York and Pittsburs
teams. In fact. the Giants rank the Pirates their
btterest enemies. So the following item. written
by Smoky City scribe, should prove of interest
the local fans:
Johnny McGraw seems be the job again
For this shrewd leader did not take
so much interest in the Giants last he
did in previous years, but about two months ago.
fguratvey speaking. he took off his coat again.
He and Fred Knowles made extensive tour on
baseball business and at the recent meeting of the
league McGraw was much in evidence. Whether
the big deal he made with Joe Kelly, the
ger of Boston. good from a New York
standpoint not remains to be demonstrated, but
the fact remains that it daring swap. No
one but McCiraw would have dared 10 part with
many experienced players at time. for no
matter what opinion McCiraw may have held about
the players. the public rated them first class. II
McCiraw intends TO devote all of his time to the
New York team from on. 1t will be a danger
factor in the 1908 race"
Opposing pitchers should have their troubles when
they face the leading batters the New York team
next season. The first four men left-handers
Spike Shannon will lead off. and he generally
works the pitcher for his base. Then Tenney
lay down of his troublesome bunts. With a
man first and second. the opposing slab artist
will have tighten up when those sluggers
Donn and Seymour. take their places at bat This
should prove pretty strong quartet.
The you think about 1t the ii
that the Giants will considerably closer TO
landing the pennant in 1905 than they did in 1897.
Last year the usual fast work on the bases was
lacking and many hit went for naught. There
should be a different story the coming season.
Tenney will help a lot, for he certainly has IT
old Dan McCiann in all departments of the game.
Every knows how Donlin play when re
feels like ii. These two men alone should make
the Giants altogether different team from the
1907 aggregation Both Merkle and Doyle showed
that they last season. McGraw's
chief worry will be his pitchers.
Fred Clarke. the manager of the Pirates. will
have Just about the team in 1908 which repre-
sented Pittsburg last season. First base, catcher
and right field the only uncertain places
his team. Two of his new pitchers in 1907, Cam
nitz and Maddox. should prove valuable
The annual meeting of the national baseball
commission will be held in Cincinnati on January
g. when Messrs. Pulliam and Johnson the presi-
dents respectively, of the National and American
leagues. will elect the third member 1t is almost
assured that August Hermann will he retained,
he filled the duties of chairman with much
satisfaction TO all concerned.
no. w liam PerOh hqr rd
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31
HIGH SCHOOL, BRO
MORRIS H1GH SCHOOL, MANHATTAN.
FOX HILLS GOLFER WINS CUP.
Emerson Armstrong Earns Chief Honors in
Pinehurst Tournament.

Pinehurst, n. e., Dec 30.-Emerson Armstrong,
OF the Fox Hills Golf Club, the winner Of the
presidents. first division, cup in the final round
OF the annual holiday golf tournament here to-day
He defeated w. X. Gillett. of the Wykagyl Club,
through superior putting in the final round. The
console tion cup went to Thomas NJ. Clafn. Of the
Weston Country Club. Chisholm Bach of Gar
den city, won the second division prize and w. l..
Hurd, of the P!ttsburg Country Club, the consola-
ton cup. J. K. Kellogg of the Alpine Club. Fitch
burg, first in the third division and G. I.
Peck, of South Egremont got the consolation.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-31

Herr Mieses after filling engagement OF ioui
DAYS at the Rice Chess Club, beginning to-nioi y"
afternoon will meet the leading players OF the
Narbattan Chess Club in single match games, as
follows: January 5, a. Ettiinger; January .. h
Demar; January Z. G.. H. Koehler January g. D.
n Hanham; January TO- Dr. G Simonson: Janu-
airy T. r. Raubitscheck. On January II the master
will play simultaneously.
The annual meeting and election of officers of the
Manhattan Chess Club will take place on Jann-
ary 9.
II. Rosenfeld is leading in the annual champion
shin tournament, well under way at the Man.
haitian Chess Club There are eleven entries The
scores follow: