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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-01-17

ready and profitable market for their
product. At the present time 1t ia cal
oulated chat cotton goods are sailing
on Q baeia which permits the mills q
terial, and under tho circumstances
We fully expect that tho present reac-
tienary tendency of futures, duo to
purely speculative influences, will
ehortly be checked by the continued
determination OF the South to receive
nothing leas than q fgir price foc ita
holdipgs, and when those who have
been selling fntares find that the spot
markets refuse to respond. the recovery
may be violent. r. - :. :: -.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-01-17
ANDERSON, s. G, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY H. 1906

manning TO be marketed after January
ist, this year, 10 SO very much legs
than came into: sight after that date
Laet season. The exact extent OF the
remnant OF the crop is still the sub
JeeG or argument. le seems perfectly
the excellent weather this autumn.
cotton was ginued at least as rapidly
In proportion TO the total as was the
case Last year, and if so. the total yield
should be under 10, ,250. 600 hales, and as
the South ] In n position to carry
over quite a. much as it did last year,
u necessary to secure the price, thia
! commercial crop, unless values should
ADVANCE TO- o point that would bring
clean.3 .'s?; 3, !. s q = - =.
T The question Of the forthcoming
acreagels one which is hsing used by
bear operators to justify the hammer
ing contracts below q parity with spot
supplies. The argument is that the
comparatively high prices of this win
ter will encourage an expansion in
area eqaal TO- the reduction OF last
season, and that the Southern holder
seeing In this the probability of another
monster crop. will modify bis ideas as
to the value Of ths cotton remaining
from The last crop, and show his un-
Willingness to .aun any chance of car
rylng cotton into the next season by,
firmly believe that Southern planters
>as o. class are: fully as able to recog-.
nlze, as the speculator in contracts!
the danger Of TOO great an expansion;
or acreage, and O course OF action will
probably bs decided upon at the mass
meeting OF plantere to be held under
the auspices OF the, Southern Cotton
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-26

ney. Westward the dust of Krakatoa
took its way. Before the occurrence
of that eruption no one had the slight
est suspicion that far up aloft, twenty
miles over u heads, a mighty tempest
is necessarily hurrying with a speed
much greater than that of the awful
hurricane which once laid so large a
part of Calcutta on the ground and
slew so many of its inhabitants. For
tunately for humanity, this new
''trade-wind" does not come within
less hal twenty miles of the earth's
surface. We are thus preserved from
the fearful destruction that its unin-
termittent blasts would produce
blasts against which no tree could
stand and which would, in ten min
utes, do as much damage to a city as
would the most violent earthquake.
When this great wind had become
charged with the dust of Krakatoa.
then, for the first and, | may add, for
the only time, it stood revealed to hui
nan vision. Then it was seen that
this wind circled round the earth in
the vicinity of the equator and com
its circuit in about thirteen
days.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-26

tional Association of Police Chiefs re-
Gently said: "If the police forces of the
country today adhered to the methods
and practices of ten years ago they
would not be prepared to contend with
the criminal and d~isorderly classes.
1t should not be forgotten that in this
period those agents of the people who
are chosen to combat crime must more
than ever before have a higher inteili.
gence. more accurate training, greater
courage, both moral and physical, In
order to cope with educated, clever,
unsupported professionals who have
succeeded the goldbrick mar of days
gone by. In time the bank burglar
with his can Of powder and drill has
given way to the yeggman who uses
nitro-glycerine; the faker who delight
ed the citizens with cheap gold rings
has given place to the gentleman"
who sells cheap gold mines and three
card monte has gone over the divide
and "bucket-shops" and "sure-things"
prevail. The charms Of rapid life have
produced embezzlers, check-raisers and
forgers."
1t Is a fact worth noting that the
King of Counterfeiters is at large, but
is under surveillance of secret service
men. This old and skillful operator
Is VIM. e. Brockway, and he lives in
N. Y. He has done penance for his
offences against the statutes of the
United States, but though now old, yet
so great Is he as a maker Of counterfeit
money that the secret service men
never lose sight of him. Brockway can
make money which any banker in the
country would accept as genuine.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-26
ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA.
Continued from preceding page.)

hausted. The waves were then, strange
to say, reflected back from their point
of conveyance to retrace their steps
to Krakatoa. Starting from Central
America, they again described a series
of enlarging circles, until they en-
braced the whole earth. Then, ad-
yancing into the opposite hemisphere,
they gradually contracted until they
had regained the Straits of Sunda,
from which they had set forth about
t~hirty-siX hours previously. Here was,
indeed, a unique experience. The air
waves had twice gone from end to end
of the globe. Even then the atmos-
phere did not subside until, after some
more oscillations of gradually fading
intensity, at last they became evanes-
cent.
But, besides these phenomenal I'M
d%ulations, this mighty incident at
Krakatoa has taught us other lessons
on the constitution of our atmosphere.
We previously knew little, or | might
almost say nothing, as to the condi-
prevailing above the height of
ten miles overhead. We were almost
ignorant of what the wind
might be at an altitude of, say, twenty
miles. Krakatoa drove into those
winds prodigious quantities of dust.
of cubic miles of air were
thus deprived Of that invisibility
they had hitherto maintained.
With eyes full of establishment, men
watched those vast volumes of Kraka-
toa dust start on a tremendous jour
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-26

fact, that 1t Is only In certain places
that one team can pass another with
out considerable manoeuyering. If all
the labor expended upon an American
country road were to be concentrated
upon q narrow track only wide
enough for a farmers wagon, great
Improvement In results would be
noted. for 1t Is OF course Euch cheaper
to lay the foundations, build up the
body, and surface a road fourteen
feet wide than to put into shape q
highway which, at It's narrowest point
the ambitious Americans have extend
ed to forty feet. This. IN itself, Is a
point which If intelligently adopted
would IN many places solve the Ques-
tion OF a practicable roadway upon
which IN all kinds OF weather and al
all times of the year a single team of
horses could haul a profitable load to
market.
The English farmer uses a cart up
ON which a single horse draws any
where from n to two tons Of dead
weight. The tires of the wheels are
from four TO eight inches In breadth.
thereby cutting no ruts and each pass
ing vehicle adds to the solidity and
smoothness Of the road In that 1T
wheels serve as effective rollers.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-26

the sward. The American hailed him
and with the usual freedom and in
Quisitiyeness of his nationality asked
many questions as 10 the conduct OF
affairs in such all establishment ag
the gardener Was connected with.
Tell me-" he said 10 the gardener,
"how do you make a lawn like this.
l have a place IN America and | am
trying to make n lawn around the
house, but ii doesn't seem to do we'll"
The old gardener scratched his head
and, looking doubtfully at the Ameri-
can, he said: You must have a good
subsoil, and a good surface soil and
the sod must be well laid. Then you
must roll 1t, and cut 1t and water II,
and keep on doing this until it's
right"
A CENTURY TO MAKE A LAWN.
The American agreed with him
that the process was simple, and then
asked, How long will l have to do
this before the lawn Is like that oneT'
The old gardener again spoke doubt
fully, but finally gave 1t as his opinion
that II his directions were followed
for anywhere from fifty to a hundred
years the results would be all that
could be desired.
This same idea might also apply 70
the roads and bridges throughout Eng
land, for much OF their excellence Is
due to the fact that their foundations
were laid scores OF years ago and
generation after generation of work
ers has been tinkering at them ever
since, In fact, the roads built by the
Romans now serve as the foundations
for some OF the best known English
highways, and to the south OF Lon
don, east and west through the beautl-
full county OF Surrey there is a road
o greatly ~patronized by the owners
OF motor cars which In its beginning
was the highway beaten hard by the
sandaled feet OF the early Britons as
they toiled to the east coast from
Wales with their back breaking bur-
dens OF tin. This same road was af-
forwards improved In its texture and
grades because of its being the high
way for the pilgrims OF western Eng.
land en- route to Canterbury. 1t Ia
still shaded in places by the yew trees
planted perhaps a thousand years age
to furnish bows " the sturdy British
archers.
ENGLISH ROADS VERY NARROW.
In the first place the English road
ls generally narrow, so narrow. In
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-26
ENGLISH LANDSCAPE.
Their Roads and Bridges are Sub
StantiaI, Enduring and
Picturesque.

In Comparison With American Rural
Improvements They Convey The
Idea That We Think But Little OF
Posterity.
There is an old story which will
bear telling again as 1t illustrates so
well the disadvantages to be over
come In a new country. It is OF an
American travelling in England who,
when out walking one day stopped in
front of an old English mansion to ad-
mire it and its surroundings. What
particularly impressed him was the
magnificent sweep of velvet lawn
which extended without a flaw or
blemish from the hedge along tho
roadway up to the very steps Of the
house. An old gardener was at work
on the place and at hat particular
time was pushing 4 lawn mower across
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-26

Because Of the comparative isolation
of Hawaii, its large foreign population
and the amount of silver in circula-
tion, it seems that the coming in.
dustry has been active there. Chief
Wilkie of the Secret Service has an.
nounced that arrangements have been
made for the establishment of a branch
Of the service at Honolulu, "where in.
dieations have pointed to the develop
ment of coming enterprises and it is
hoped that the contemplated measures
of suppression may be effective"
Another reason why the past year
has been a difficult one with criminals
Is that there has been an increase of
cooperation between the police depart.
ment of the various cities, and gen.
eral improvement in criminal identi.
fication and police work. AS Richard
Sylvester. major and superintendent of
the police department OF Washington,
d. c., and president Of the Interna-
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-26

1t Is not due TO any peculiar advan.
tage OF soil, and certainly not to any
advantages OF climate that English
roads are better than American roads,
for IL one leaves the highway In the
English country, the lanes will be
found, by n travelling American, TO
have a most homelike appearance in
their rutted condition, and a very
great contrast In the matter OF holes,
boys and boulders to the highway left
behind. No climate could be more
threatening to the solidity OF a road
way than the moist and changeAble
weather of the British Isles,
STURDY APPEARANCE OF THE
BRIDGES.
IN the matter OF bridges. solidity
seems to be the purpose In view. The
arches and retaining walls are built
of stone, approaches are gradual, and
when once the finishing touch Is put
upon one OF these structures, 1t will
with little supervision and care out
last even to many generations the men
whose handiwork it Is. The solid ma.
sorry arch, the heavy stone-capped
wall, and the gradual rise Of the road
way to the centre of the bridge are
entirely unitarian In the minds OF
the builders, but they possess a GER
tain sturdy character of their own
which is a form of beauty welcomed
by the eye. Time softens the colors,
Ivy creeps w the stones and IN a
short space. even II newly built, one
Of these English country road bridges
takes a permanent place In the land
scape giving the impression OF always
having been there and Of intending
always to remain.
THEIR VALUE TO THE TEAMS.
TER.
Aside from the beauty, strength and
durability Of these macadam roads
and stone bridges. they possess an
economic value which plays a large
part In the conduct OF an English
farm where the margins OF profit are
email, and there Is no reason to be
lieye but that the American farmer,
especially in regions where the cult.
walton Of the land Is more or less In.
tensive, we would find similar roads
and bridges Of enormous value
through IN appreciate increase IN
his ability to reach his market in the
shortest time at the minimum ex.
pense and with the least motive power.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-26
BAD FOR COUNTFRFEITERS
Secret Service is Hard Pushing
this Dangerous Glass of
Criminals.
Detectives Kept on AIertto Cope With
Clever and Brainy Schemes for
Passing Illegal Money-The King
of Counterfeiters.

This has been a bad year for crimi-
nails. This statement is based on data
brought out at the convention of the
Police Chiefs Association of New YORK.
State, an address delivered by the
president of the International Associa-
tion of Police Chiefs and by
the operations of the a ious police
bureaus of the United States govern
ment. The secret service division OF
the Treasury alone caused the arrest of
532 persons charged with serious
crimes. OF those taken into custody
forty-one were arrested for counter
feiting the currency, ffty-two for max
Ing alterations in the currency, 344 for
counterfeiting coin and the remainder
for various violations of the United
States statutes. OF the 532 alleged Of
tenders, 392 were native Americans,
forty-two were Italians (some of whom
were naturalized) and thirteen were
Au%strians. The largest number Of ar
rests were made in Pennsylvania where
those apprehended numbered ninety
four. New York followed with seventy
seven arrests. Ohio with thirty-tlve,
California with twenty-nine, Missouri
with twenty-three and in the remaining
instances every state and territory with
the exception of Alaska was represent
ed.
AS compared with last year there
was a decrease In the amount of count
erfeit currency seized by government
officers and an increase in the amount
Of counterfeit coin cont1scated. The
total face value of the notes seized was
$36,834, against $44,350 the preceding
year, and of the spurious coin, 1874 ITO
as against $16,419 the year before. The
number of plates for printing counter
felt bills captured by the government
was 165 and the number of dies and
molds for casting and stamping count
erfeit coins was 454. Nearly all this
stuff was seized by the Government
before it had been placed in circula-
ton. Nine classes of counterfeit notes
were placed in circulation and of these,
in the opinion of the Treasury Of
ficers only four were cleverly enough
executed to be called dangerous.
RAISING SMALL BILLS.
The feature of the work of makers
Of false money this year was in raising
the denomination of bills. There was
rather a remarkable increase in this
Illicit industry and the raisers were
particularly DuSy III circulating LneSe
altered obligations in Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and other states of the middle
west. 1t is believed by the officers of
the secret service that the leading of
tenders in this division of criminal
work were captured. though there is no
doubt that many altered bills are still
passing from hand to hand in the chan
nels of trade. Counterfeiters in the
United States do not restrict their
operations to the manufacture of Amer
lean money, and one Of the skillful
pieces Of work done by the secret SER
vice men was the apprehension of
three groups Of counterfeiters who
were issuing fraudulent obligations of
the AuStrO-Hungarian government.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-26

In some violin experiments in a
menagerie the influence of the instru-
ment was greatest on the puma, which
became much excited when lively
music was played, but was soothed by
slower melodies. Wolves showed an
appreeiative interest, lions and hyenas
were terrified, ~leopards were uncon-
cerned, while monkeys stared In won
der at the performer.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03
Air Compressor for pewabic.

The air compressor for the Pewabic
God Mines company, which has been
under construction in Denver since last
fall, has been finished and Manager
Fleschhutz received word that it had
been shipped Monday. This is one of
the largest compressors shipped into this
district, having capacity of 600 feet Of
free air per minute. The air drill sharp.
ening machine will be shipped from Den
yer today. Operations were temporarily
suspended on the Pewabic mine las.
night 10 order to get the compressor in
shape for operation. AS soon as the
compressor is in position and in working
order sinking on the Pewabic shaft will
be prosecuted to depth OF nearly 1000
feet, being down 450 feet at present.
Levels are to be run at every 100 feet as
sinking progresses. The Iron, another
OF the company's properties, which ad-
joins the Pewabic is keeping up with the
record it established from the very first
as a heavy producer. Three hundred
cords of ore were shipped to the New
York mill in Black Hawk, owned and
operated by the Pewabic company, last
month from this mine. From this amount
627 tons Of concentrates were received.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03
PUSHING Work on NeWhouse.

In an article regarding progress being
made in driving the great Newhouse tun-
mel, the Idaho Springs Gazette says !:
Contractor S. A. Knowles now has a
force Of fourteen men working two shifts
at the breast. One hundred and fifty
feet Of headway has already been at.
tained and the bore is being widened to
permit the laying Of side track at that
point to facilitate the handling OF rock
from the breast. After these improve
ments OF facilities are made, Contractor
Knowles hopes to establish new record
in driving the great subway toward it's
ultimate goal in the rich district Of
Quartz Hill in Gilpin county. The BEST
record made in the progress OF this en-
terprise was the driving OF 277Is feet in
the month OF March, 1902. When Mr..
Knowles resumed work on April 2nd the
breast OF the tunnel was 4,4S0 feet from
the portal. Its approximate length when
completed will be 81 800 feet, or little
more than four miles,
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03
Another Smoker.

In lieu Of the fact that the initial smo-
ker OF the Chamber OF Commerce was
such a rousing success, the entertain
ment committee has decided to give an
other. This will be held on Tuesday
evening, May Sth, and the admission
charged will be the same as that at the
former event. A splendid program has
been prepared which will consist of prac.
tcal talks along the line Of the work OF
the Chamber, the needs OF the county
and other pertinent questions; also mu.
sic, boxing, wrestling, blazer, cigars
and refreshments. The committee in
charge has concluded that it is best to
eliminate all brutal sports, such as had
ger fights, from the program. The one
held at the last smoker created no end
OF adverse criticism, the gentleman hold.
ing the badger, in particular, being se-
verely censured for participating in what
was undoubtedly the most ,.inhuman
event ever placed on program in this
vicinity. An admission OF fifty cents
will be charged and everyone is assured
Of his moneys worth.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03
WEST WHITING SHAFT HOUSE BURNS.
Building Completely Destroyed Origin Of
Fire a Mystery.

The shaft house on the West Whiting
mine on Gunnell hill was completely de.
stroyed by fire last Saturday morning
shortly after 2 o'clock. How it origin
ated is mystery. The pool operating
the property, composed Of Steve Laner
and associates, all residents of this city,
had been holsting ore Friday and when
they left the building after completing
their shift everything was left in shape
as usual to prevent fire. Men working
in nearby mines passed the West Whit
ing shafthouse less than an hour before
the fire was discovered and there was no
sign OF blaze then. When the FIRE was
noticed by workmen employed at the
Grand Army, located 10 the vicinity CT
the Whiting, the flames had gained such
headway, there was no possible chance
OF saving the building. An alarm was
sounded, but as no water was available
nothing could be done to save the struct-
ure. When the fire died out, hose was
extended from the Grand Army and wa
ter pumped to extinguish the smolder.
ing timbers in the shaft The timbers
in the shaft we're burned very little and
the machinery was not injured to such
an extent, it is thought, but that it can
be repaired and used again.
The West Whiting is owned by the
Gunnell Gold Mining company and is
one Of the best properties on Gunnell
hill. The shaft is 800 feet deep and op-
erations we're being carried on by Laner
g. Co., in the 300 and 400 foot levels.
Since working the property the lessees
have met with very good success, taking
out first-class ore. In the 300 and 400
levels about twenty. five tons OF ore are
broken, which the pool was hoisting at
the time the building was destroyed.
This ore gave assay values OF over three
ounces to the ton in gold.
1t is estimated that the loss will
amount to between $500 and $1,000.
with insurance of s1,5OO. Frank c.
Young, OF Denver, who is connected with
the Gunnell company, was an arrival in
the city Tuesday and gave orders to have
the building rebuilt at once and the ma.
chinery replaced by complete new
plant il necessary.
Gilpin observer., 1906-05-03
UnWaterinq the SARATOGA.

After few days spent in preliminary
work. the task OF unwatering the old
Saratoga mine in the Russell district
was begun this week. The bucket which
is used brings up 800 gallons OF water
every two minutes and it is estimated
that the job can be completed in three
weeks. Quite little surface water is
flowing into the shaft now, which slight
ly retards the work. 1t is the purpose
OF the management to unwater the
workings down as far as the ninth level
Drainage through the lateral being
driven from the Newhouse tunnel is
rapidly increasing. On Monday the wa
ter in the shaft went down five inches in
five hours. Work in the famous old pro.
ducer will be resumed by the company
and no more ground will be let to les
sees.-Idaho Springs Gazette.