Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1892 — BIG GOLD FIND IN COLORADO. [ARTICLE]

BIG GOLD FIND IN COLORADO.

There Are Millions in the Gulches of Park County. Recent gold discoveries In Park County, ;he oldest mining county In Colorado, are lestlned to surpass all previous finds. The iource of the placer gold produced In Tarryall Gulch, the leading gold-producing district of Park County, which has since 1856, when It wn9 first discovered, been a mystery, has been located In the veins of the SUverheal's Mountain at the bead of the gulch. A new camp of over 1,000 people has been established there within the past thirty days surrounding hills are black with prospectors. All the- Iron-stained prophyry found in these mountains is rich In gold, while the gravel Is also rich. “There Is $25,000,000 In coarse gold In the gulches around Tarryall,” said W. F. Kendrick, one of Colorado’s most prominent mining men, who has Just returned to Denver from the new discoveries. “The gravel is twenty feet In depth, and Is worth from 25 to 70 cents In gold per cubic yard. Beaver Creek Gulch, in this territory. Is now turning out not less thaQ SI,OOO per day In gold." Many Denverites are daily leaving for the now discoveries In Park County. EVADE THE RESTRICTION LAW. Fraudulent Certificates Furnished to Chinamen at San Francisco. The San Francisco Examiner charges that certificates of Identification of Chinese who may wish to land In this country are being disposed of there In violation of the Chinese Restriction law. The Examiner states that It has in Its possession a certificate purchased from Hy Chang, a Chinese lawyer of that oity, who has been a student at both Yale and Columbia Colleges, and who agreed for the sum of SIOO on the delivery of the certificate and $l4O bn the safe entry into this country of the Chinaman holding the certificate to procure complete Identification under the terms of the law of any Chinese who might desire to land. In this case : a mythical person was chosen by the extnslper, but was made to appear In the certificate, which bears the seal of the Chinese Consulate, a 9 Owyany Cum Tong, an opium merchant, who was on his way to China, but who intended returning to the United States. Chang, In his negotiations with the newspaper representative, who concealed his Identity, Intimated that other Chines* and some of the customs officials were implicated In the transactions. TO TAR AND FEATHER A JUDGE. Chased by an Angry Crowd for a Decision to Exclude the Evidence. An exciting scene was enacted in the Criminal Court at St. Joseph, Mo., during tho trial of a seduction case. A lawyer named Thomas Winn, who had been elected special Judgo to try the case, sustained a demurrer to the evidence and discharged the defendant, a wealthy young farmer named Charles Farris, without giving the Jury an opportunity to pass upon the merits of the case. The court-room was crowded, and as soon as the court's decision was announced the angry auditors made a rush for Winn, and had they reached him It was their intention to treat him to a coat of tar and feathers. Winn escaped through a back door and has not since been seen. Proceedings have already been commenced to disbar him from practicing at the Buchanan County bar. A party of farmers Is still looking for Winn, and If found there Is no telling what will be done with him. DANGERS OF IMPORTED DISEASE. Tho Canadian Steamship Line Too Handy In Some Respects. The Toronto medical health officers are complaining of a new danger from the Importation of contagious diseases by the new Canadian steamship line from China and the East to British Columbia. Already there Is a small epidemic of smallpox at Victoria, caused apparently through the absence of proper quarantine arrangements on the Canadian Pacific coast Dr. Allen. Toronto’s medical health offlcer.says this Is a new danger we have to contend with. The first case of smallpox was Imported to Victoria. B. CL, three or four weeks ago, but it appears the other passengers on the steamer were not quarantined. Small-pox, cholera and leprosy, the Doctor said, constantly prevailed In the countries where the ship trade Is, and It Is even more Important to have proper quarantine arrangements at Pacific than Atlantic ports. THE STRIKE SPREADS. Carnegie’s Men at Pittsburg Go Out Because a Conference Is Refused. The employes In the upper and lower union mines of the Carnegie Company la Pittsburg, Pa, quit work at noon Thursday, and the gas was turned off In the furnaces. The men In all tho departments are out and the mills will be shut down. The men struck because the company refused to confer again with the Homestead men. It Is the most remarkable Iron strike on record, the firm having signed the Amalgamated scale for the ensuing year. The employes of the Keystone Bridge Company are non-union and will not strike unless forced to. Nothing has been heard from the Beaver Falls plant, but the men probably struck there also, as threatened. FRUIT CANNERS IN A PANIC. The Sudden Rise ol Fruit on the Pacific Coast Causes a Sensation. California fruit canners are almost In a panic over the rapid advance In price of all fruits and the prospect that the orchardlsts will repudiate their contracts. Threequarters of the canners have contracts for apricots at 1% cents per pound, or S3O per ton, yet at presont sales are quoted at 2% &i%. c. per pound. If the growers keep faith with the canners the latter will make big profits, but If the contracts are broken the canners will lose heavily and some may be driven to the wall.

It Is Asiatic Cholera. The report of the Spanish Medical Commission that was sent to Paris to inquire Into the nature of the epidemic of so-called “cholerine,” bps been received at Madrid. The report declares that the disease is Asiatic choleia. In consequence of the report the Government has ordered that precautions be Immediately taken along the Pyreneean frontier to prevent the Introduction of the disease Into Spain. Cincinnati Visited by a Storm, A terrific storm of wind and rain passed over Cincinnati Friday afternoon. Several persons were Injured, butonly one seriously as far as known. The roof of the Veterinary Hospital on Main street was blown across that thoroughfare, crashing Into the Banner brewery and causing some damage to that building. The damage to property throughout the city is estimated at $25,090. Now York Stricken with Disease. The warm wave which centered over Now Tork Monday still continues. The number ’of deaths reported to the Health Board for twenty-four hours was 177, of which ninety-nine were children under 5 years of age Six cases of small-pox were discovered. Thievish Tramps Wounded. At Wilkesbarre, Pa, ten tramps broke Into a Delaware and Hudson railroad car and fitted themselves oat with shoes. Watchman Mills came upon them and fired Into the crowd, wounding two of the men so badly that they may die Four Killed by a Train. Near Middletown. New York, part of a freight train on the Ontario and Western Railroad struck a wagon containing ten persons, killing four of Its occupants and Injuring three others. Carter Is Chosen. Thomas H. Carter, of Montana, has been chosen Chairman of the Republican National Committee lie Is US yeaisold, and

was born In Scioto County, Ohio, fil has resided In Montana for more than fifteen years, having gone to Helena when quite a lad. He was elected a delegate in Congress from that Territory to succeed Martin Maglnqls, but before taking his seat was chosen a member, the Territory having been admitted as a State He was a candidate for denomination when President Harrison appointed him Commissioner of the General Land Office, which position he has since occupied. WILL THE LEADERS. Over Two Hundred Strikers to Be Proceeded Against. A Pittsburg dispatch says: The fact that no steps have so far been taken by th« Carnegie company In the direction of Instituting criminal proeeedlngs against tb< Homestead who were concerned In th« attack upon the Pinkertons Is not, so it li semi-officially stated, to be taken as an indication that the company proposes to remain Inactive In the matter. The men who resisted the lauding ol the guard 4 and who participated In tbeli maltreatment after their surrender are tc be prosecuted to the bitter end. The Carnegies are simply waiting to see what action, If any, the prosecuting authorities of Allegheny County propose to take In the premises, and If, after the lapse of what may be regarded as a reasonable period, there Is no disposition on the part of these authorities to move In the matter, then Mr. Frick himself will take the initiative and warrants will be sworn out for the arrest of every man wnc Is known to have been on the mill property at the time of the riot and the killing ol the Pinkertons Oyer two hundred name! of such men are now In the possession of Knox & Reed, the attorneys for the company, to whom the entire matter has been referred for action. The specific charge! to be made against the men who have been “spotted” is that of accessory to murder Is the first degree. ALICE MITCHELL ON TRIAL. The Defense Prepared to Prove that Freda Ward’s 81aver Is Insane. At Memphis, Tenn., the trial of Allcs Mitchell on her plea of present insanity was begun In the Criminal £ourt Monday morning In the presence of a large numbei of people. The defense holds that when Alice, 18 years old, manifested an aversion for mqp and loved a maiden 17 year! old with the devotion and Intensity of a man and prepared to marry her and planned to elope, she was crazy. The Btate will contend that Miss Mitchell did have a groat regard for young men and will show that she not only flirted with the othet sex but that she carried on a voluminout correspondence with men, some of them unknown. Jail life has agreed with Miss Mitchell, for when she raised her veil In the court-room she looked as fresh and plump as a well-fed country glrL

Naval War College Ready. The new building known as the Naval War College, recently built on an Island belonging to the Government In the harboi of Newport, R. I„ has been reported by Capt A. T. Mahan to be completed and In readiness for the reception of officers whe may be sent there for Instruction, and the Navy Department will, within a few days, order a number of available officers to the college for duty. It Is the present Intention of Secpetary Tracy that the course ol instruction at the war college shall be in the nature of what might be termed a postgraduate course for officers of the navy. Jealous Boys In Mortal Combat. At Carbon Hill, Ala., Richard Smith, aged 16, was sitting Sunday night In the parlor of Mrs. Sparks’ boarding-house chatting with the landlady’s daughter, when Fred Kling. aged 17 years, strode in and swore at Smith, who ordered him out of the room. Kling knocked Smith down and was stabbed to the heart by the fallen man, dying instantly. Mrs Sparks fainted at the sight and Is in a dangerous condition. Smith was caught at Jasper. Killed in a Fen'clng Match. Professor Cortelli, In fencing with Dr. C. C. Terry, of Fall River, Masa, plunged his foil through the Doctor’s mask, and the tip having broken off, the sharp pointed steel entered his eye. An hour later he died, and It is supposed the steel penetrated his brain. The two men met In a friendly bout In the Y. M. G A. gymnasium. Terry was a leading physician and very popular. Cortelli Is Professor of Fencing In the Newport Naval School Big Fire In Montreal, One of the biggest fires In Montreal, Quebec, for some time took place Monday afternoon. At the busiest time In the day Clebdennlng’s mammoth stove and Iron foundry on William street was discovorod to be on fire, the building qccuples the whole of one block extending from Colborne to Inspector streets, and comprises an iron foundry, molding premises, machine shops, pipe factory,' and storerooms The loss Is $250,000. Can Destroy Whole Towns. A stqry Is published to the effect that Edison has Invented an electrical machine which will destroy whole towns at a distance of thirty miles from It, and has sold the invention to the German Government, A professor ini tho Paris University, it li said, wrote of the matter to Edison a short time ago and Edison replied that he was not animated In what he had done hy any wish to aid the enemies of France. Killed by L'gh tiling. At Springfield, Ohio, James Maloney, aged 73 years, was st.riick by lightnlru and killed. He was pasturing hts cows about 100 yards from the Lagonda avenue engine house, and when the rain commenced tool shelter under the tree.