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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY. AUGUST U. 1897.
VOL. VII.
NUMBER 37.
TUBS FOR THE NORTH
A . Unique Fleet Sails for the
Land of Gold Today.
TWO HISTORIC CRAFTS INCLUDED
One the Ancient Side wheeler Bltxa An
rferson, the Other Ex-Russian
Gnnboat FoMtkofHky.
Seattle, Aug. 10. The eteamer Eliza
Anderson, an old-fashioned sidewheeler
bnilt in Portland, Or., in I860, leaves
today for the Clondyke via St. Michaels,
with 150 passengers. She is a wooden
-: vessel, and for sixteen veara was out oi
. service, being tied op to the dock. Then
for a year she lay at the bottom of the
Sound, bat she was raised some years
ago and now is to be sent to Bebring sea
with a crowd of gold hnnters. The
Eliza Anderson will be consorted by the
tng Holyoke. the latter having in tow
the small sternwheeler Merwin, the
schooner W. J. Bryan and the dis
. mantled steamer Polly, the latter to be
used as a barge on the Ynkon river ply
ing between Dawson, Circle City, Forty
Mile and St. Michaels. The Merwin
will also ran on the Yukon.
Nobody knows how old the Polly is,
Her real original name was "Politkofsy,"
and she was included in the purchase of
Alaska by the United States from Rus
sia in 1867. At that time the Polly was
a Russian gnnboat located at Sitka. She
was later sold by the United States to
the Port Blakeley Mill Company, on
Puget sound. Years since she was
stripped of her guns and machinery,
and is now being returned to her North
' ern borne in the ignominious position of
a freight barge.
The Polly will carry fuel for the tug
Holyoke, and also fuel for the Eliza An
. derson. . The schooner Bryant will carry
some of the Anderson's passengers and
all the freight of the prospectors.
Up to this date nearly 4000 miners
have sailed from Seattle for the Ynkon
and about 2000 more have sailed from
other-points north and south, including
those who have gone from California.
Filled the Baby With. Wind.
Pittsburg, Aug. 10. Mrs. . George
Botbman, of Beaver Falls, heard a pe-
" culiar noise on the back porch of her
residence. Sho found her Two sons, one
aged 7 and the other one year older, in
a corner. The babe was on bis back,
The elder brother had inserted the tube
of a bicycle pump in the baby's month
and was filling him with wind as fast as
he could work the pump. The infa.nt
was unconscious and its little stomach
was inflated like a balloon. The mother
. pulled the tube from the child's mouth
and the air followed with a sharp sound
like the the exhaust of an air brake on a
railway train. The baby recovered con
sciousness. -A Pearl-Prodnclua- Lake.
. Little Sock, Ark., Aug. 10. For a
month or more people living near Bald
Knob have been finding valuable pearls
in a lake near that place. - Hundreds of
people have been opening musselshells
in search of the pearls, and some of the
gems have been found, some being sold
for as much as $300.
A special from Bald Knob says a syn
dicate of Memphis parties have leased
the lake for five yearB for $10,000. They
will build a fence around the lake 'and
.begin work with a steam dredger. They
will also erect an elegant clubhouse.
The lake ia said to be the richest pearl
producer in the United States.
-. Situation at JlTansville.
., Evansvillk, Ind., Aug. 10. The
marching miners, notwithstanding the
court's injunction issued last evening,
lined up on the public highways leading
to the Ingel mines this morning and as
the men came to work at 5 o'clock they
were again appealed to by the strikers
with the result that the few men who
bad intended to work decided to join the
strikers. The entire force is now out,
and the marchers are devoting their en
ergies to other mines of the city.
BEFLT TO ELIOT'S CHARGES.
State
Department Comes
Professor.
Back at the
; Washington, Aug. 10. The state de
partment has made a formal answer to
charges pending against Commissioner
J. v Foster by Professor Henry J. Eliot
in bis letter to Assistant Secretary Day.
The statement says i , ",'..";' '
"Professor Eliot is not now, nor has
he been for several years past, connected
with the Smithsonian institution or any
department of the government. In 1890
be made a report upon the seal islands
as an agent of the treasury department,
but ' it was so full of inaccurate state
ments, betrayed such a want of scientific
knowledge, was so ' hostile to the inter
est, nf the United States and was written
in socta a prejudiced spirit that Secre-
tarv Blaine declined to send it to con
gross or allow it to be printed.
From that time Professor Eliot
ceased to have anr connection with the
government, and the officials say be has
lost no' opportunity to attack any step
taken by it on the subject and to abuse
all persons having any oflBcial relations
to sealinir matters. His report was
m-inted bv the British government, and
ntronirlv relied noon bv the British con
8ul before the tribunal to overthrow the
position of the United States.' ;': . ,
HOGGS' POINT IS ISVADBDJ
Over One Hundred Ohio Strikers
Bare
Gathered There. '
Wheeling, Aug. : 10. West Virginia
was Invaded by Ohio miners this morn
ing. About lZo miners irom vne ami
Creek region marched through the city
and reached Boegs' Run mine, .below
Wheeling, at 4 o'clock. The Ohio min
ers came for the purpose of closing down
Boggs' Bun, the only railroad mine in
the Wheeling district now being oper
ated. They announce that they : will
stay nntil the Boggs' Run miners join
the strike, and today 200 more from
Barton, Maynard, Pascoe and other min
ing communities in Eastern Ohio, are to
come. Miners aionu tne wneeiing at
Lake Erie have also announced a willing'
ii ess to participate in this demonstration,
which may last several days.
With the West Virginia strikers
gathering at Boggs' Bun there are now
about 400 men there. At this showing
of force the 100 Boggs' Bun 'miners did
not show a front this morning. A meet
ins will probably be held today, but it
will be a difficult matter to get the men
at this point out.'
Dressed Beef on the Rise.
Kansas City, Aug. 10. The whole
sale price of dressed beef by all the big
packers has been raised. The lowest
price on dressed beef now is 6 cents,
whereas on Saturday fair-to good West
ern beef conld be bought for 4. to h
cents. Better grades were raised in pro
portion. ' The best erades of bacon were
also raised cents per pound. '
The dealers claim that the raise in
price is proof positive that the big "com
bine," about which so ' much has been
heard lately, is a fact, and that it has
begun the expected squeezing process,
They declare that they will go into t
combine of their own and butcher their
own meat. The packers deny that there
is any combine.
' He Bnneoed a Bank.
Seattle, Aug. 10. Seattle detectives
are looking for a man named Black, who
buncoed the little bank at Calgary, , N,
W. T., ont of $11,000 by a gold-brick
game. . clack came to beattle ana
changed his - Canadian money into
American gold at Dexter, Horton & Co.'s
bank. The bank here and the bank at
Calgary now have a private . detective
scouring the country for the swindler,
and the police of Seattle and those of
British Columbia are also communi
eating with officers in all cities of . this
country and Canada.
. Black, or whatever his name is, is a
smooth talker, looks like a prosperous
business man, ana is evidently a prince
among swindlers. , " .
A Woman's Clondyke Syndicate.
Sew Yobk. Aug. 10. A woman's
Clondyke syndicate expedition has been
organized in this city. Miss Helen Var-
ick Boswell is president and among the
patronesses are: Mrs. Jennie June
Crowlew, Mrs. Laura. Weare Walter,
Chicago ; Mrs. Sarah Ebyrie, Cleveland ;
Mrs. William Craighead, Leadington,
' and Mrs. Sarah Thompson, Dela
ware, U. -
Chilean President Gives Dp.
New Yosk, Aug. 10. A special to the
Herald from Valparaiso says it is re
ported that the president has declared
that it is impossible to continue to gov
ern Unite under present conditions.
The conservatives, he says, are too ex
acting. It is expected that the coalition
scheme will go out of existence. ,
- Another Clondyke Company. ,
New , Yobs:, Aug. 10. The Tribune
says Colonel Archie E. Fisk, formerly of
Colorado, now a resident of New York,
has organized a syndicate in the name
of the "Ala-Klone , expedition," to
search for gold in Alaska.
, LOST.
A Mystic Shrine pin ; two tiger claws
in shape of a half rooon suspended to a
ecimiter, and to which was attached a
star containing a small diamond. The
finder will confer a great favor and be
suitably rewarded by returning to "
A. S. Mac Alijbtbb, C
At The Chronicle office.-'
WRECKED ON . A REEF
Particulars of the Loss of the
Steamship Mexico. y.,,r-
PROSPECTORS STALLED AT " DYEA
Hany of Them Find It Impossible to Get
" Through the Passes Freight Car-
. ners Are In Demand. ;
Victoria, Aug. 11. The steamer Mex
ich which was wrecked at the entrance
of Sitka harbor at 4. o'clock a. m. Au
gust 5th, had been running at half speed
because of, the dense tog' nntil a few mo
ments before the rock was struck.'' Pilot
Connells rang for full steam ahead, and
soon after there was a terrific shock on
the starboard quarter. So great was the
momentum that the ship was carried
through the reef which.it is believed,
was the West Devil rocks, and into deep
water beyond. r ' "
Instantly thero was a call of the crew.
and without the slightest confusion the
seventy-five passengers on board were
safely placed in the ship's boats. . Soon
after the vessel struck the heavy fog
cleared and it as bright and sunshiny
before she went down. :
There - was no excitement on board
The passengers and watch below were
awakened by the shock. The alarm was
quickly given and all were quickly
dressed, and, reassured by the coolness
of the officers, awaited their time to
enter the boats. The vessel was valued
at about $100,000. ,''
Seattle. Wash., - Aug. 11. The
steamer Topeka,' from Alaska, arrived
here this morning, bringing the crew of
the steamer Mexico, which was wrecked
near Sitka.
When seen this morning, Captain
Thomas preferred to give out no ex
tended statement concerning the loss of
the Mexico, pending' investigation to be
made this afternoon by Inspector W. J.
Bryant. The captain waa in bed when
the accident occurred, at about 4:30
o'clock Thursday morning. From' the
time the steamer struck the rock nntil it
disappeared beneath the waves about
two hours elapsed. Captain Thomas
and Pilot Connefl were the last to leave
the sinking ship. The self-control of
the passengers was commended by Cap
tain Thomas. He said there was no un
necessary excitement; the " passengers
were aroused and put in boats with as
many of their personal effects as pos
sible. V
When asked concerning conditions at
Dyea, he said the people there were
making the best of their situation. The
opening of a trail through White's Pass
was .under consideration by those seek
ing entrance to. Ynkon waters.. Chil
koot Pass is full of prospectors as far as
Sheep Camp.
Wharfage facilities at Dyea are poor,
although the Mexico landed her cargo of
both passengers and freight safely on the
upland . by means of boats. . A sew
wharf is being built at Skagnay. . It is
doubtful if many people there now get
out this winter. . ' - . -
Percy Higgenbotham, who went op on
the Mexico as far as Dyea just for the
trip and came back on the same steamer,
this morning describes - in a graphic
manner the. sinking of the ill-fated vessel.-
Said he:
"The vessel went on the rock early in
the morning and when the officers said
that the passengers had better take to
the life boats every one was cool and
calm and the ladies, when going down
the ladder over the side of the steamer
to get in the small boats, sang Christian
endeavor songs. The captain was cool,
but he couldn't realize that the boat was
doomed. Some one rushed to him and
asked, 'Can I get my baggage in a Bmall
boat?' 'Calm yourself,' said Captain
Thomas. 'Better get in a small, boat
yourself and leave the baggage to take
care of itself. It is impossible that' the
Mexico will sink.' Some other passen
ger rushed to him for advice a little later
and the captain said : .'Take no chances;
get in the boat. I'm going to save my
ship if I can. She will ' not sink ;'. she
cannot sink.-' :. - .
"Within 20 minutes after the shock
the steamer's hold was filled with , water
atd the baggage ' was floating around.
We could hear the swish . of the. water
and could feel the steamer fettling.
After all others bad left the ; vessel and
stood away ont of danger to watch- the
work of dissolution, i the captain and
his second mate, McCarthy, remained
onboard. Twenty minutes .before she
went . tinder the captain and' mate
left- the wreck . , in v the steamer's
launch. '... . ; -.
"Just two hours and 10 minutes after
the rock was struck" the Mexico's bows i
sank nnderneath the water out of sight.
Then the bows bobbed np again and the
stern sank under. Suddenly ! the;, bows
shot upward in a perpendicular line, and
the good ship Mexico went to the bot
tom like a shot, stern first. Just as the
vessel ' went' under, the cbarthonse,
which had not .been tightly secured to
the dock, broke loose and floated to the
top. Then it was that this chartbbuse,
seven lifeboats and one eteam launch,
loaded with 'passengers, was all that ap
peared of the Mexico remaining on the
surface of the water. - '
. "No one knows exactly in how much
water'tbe wreck of the Mexico lies.
Seventy fathoms of line were put' out
without touching bottom.
"As soon as the Mexico went - under,
and the captain bad taken the bearings
of the ill-fated spot, the lifeboats palled
away for Percy island, 13 miles aistant,
where (he passengers landed on a rock
and had something to eat. Then the
long row was renewed, and the passen
gers were landed at Metlakahtla, 17
miles from the island, and-30 miles from
the point where the vessel went down,
and there all remained until picked up
by the steamer City' of Topeka, - bound
south." . .', .. -
" Owing to the fact that the Mexico Bank
in water so deep no effort will be made
to raise her. The Pacific Coast Steam
ship ' people, owners of the wrecked
steamer, say the Mexico . must , be in
about 85 fathoms of water, and nothing
can be done at such a depth. : .
- The Mexico was one of the best-known
steamers on the Pacific coast. She was
built in 1882 by Dickie Bros., of San
Francisco, the Riedon . iron works' fur
nishing her engines; and was owned - by
the Oregon Improvement - Company,
and was in charge of Captain Hunting
ton. The Mexico registered 1707 tons,
arid had a carrying capacity of 1341 tons.
She was 275 feet long, 36 feet beam
and 20 feet depth of hold. She was a
wooden eteamer, and did good secvice
daring her 15 years existence.
A Four Days' Clesn-Up. .
Redding, Cal., Aug. 10. J. B. and R.
B. Graves boarded the overland train to
night having in their' possession $42,000
in gold, the result of four days work on
Morrison gulch, a tributary of CoJee
creek, beyond Carville,' in Trinity
county. They have been mining on the
gulch for a year past, and ran a . tunnel
into a ledge of red and black iron forma
tion "i feet wide. : They struck several
pockets of pure gold embedded in the
ledge, one of the purest yielding $4000,
while several others yielded from . $3000
to $300. On August 4th, at a point 25
feet from the mouth of the tunnel, and
12 feet from the surface, they uncjvered
a large pocket of pure gold. In four
days they took out 163 pounds, avoirdu-
poir weight. The largest piece was three
feet long, two feet wide and five inches
thick.' The pocket yielded $42,000. The
ledge in still intact, and averages from
$300 to $500 per ton.
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It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
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If only one person finds the word, he gets one thousand dollars. If
several find it, the money will be divided equally among them. ' ;-.
, Every one sending a yellow ticket will get a set of cardboard creeping
babies at .the end' of the contest. Those sending three or more in one
envelope will receive a charming 1898 calendar, no advertisement on it.
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GOLD HUNTERS OFF
Steamer Eosalie Sailed
Thursday for Skagnay. ' ;
SHE CARRIES ; 150 PROSPECTORS
All Go Follr Deterlmlned -to Conquer
.- the Pass Wreck of the, c
' Mexico. -
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 12. The steam
er Rosa'ie leaves this afternoon for Dvea
and Skauguay bay with' 150 miners, hail'
ing from all parts of the East, . who in
tend going to the Klondike over the
pass, thence down the Yukon river. ' It
is estimated now that fully 4000 men are
encamped along the beach this side ' of
the pass unable to get over. ' Many of
them have lost - heart' and will, come
back. . Some of the more courageous
will get through to the diggings and
come back rich.
T. B. Corey, well know in Washington
Illinois and Iowa as a coal mine super
intendent, left Seattle Jnly ISth for ' the
Northwest with four others, 'carrying
along provisions for one year. At Dyea
tney employed a band of 51 Indians to
carry their outfits and thus made Lake
Liadermao o'n the opposite of the pass
in one trip. ' . They paid . the Indians
$525. At the lake their boats were ee-
curea ana tney started, in a letter re
ceived from Corey, written at Linder-
man, he says they were on the eve of
departure and if everything . has gone
we'I with they should ' reach Dawson
City today. " Corey is a cautious, deter
mined, strong-will man and .it , is be
lieved bis partv will not only reach the
diggings bat will have the honor of mak
mg tne lastest trip to the interior on
record. , - ,.'
Some miners at Dyea ond Skagnay
are selling $500 and $600 outfits for from
$30 to $50.. The rush to the- mines will
demonstrate for all time which are
thoroughbreds,' for none but thorough
bred s can expect to get along -and keep
up heart. '
- Ine wreck ot the - steamer Mexico is
still being talked of in Seattle. It now
develops that the officers disobeyed the
orders of Captain Thomas in a : manner
that might have . resulted disastrously.
When the passengers took to the boats
the captain gave orders to the officers
as follows: "Row. away 100 feet and
then tie all the boats together bo that we
can all keep together." This was not
done. Two boats started to row towards
the fog bank the men thinking they saw
land, and it was only good luck that
made tbem turn back and keep with the
other six boats. : For a time the boats
were scattered in all directions and it is
lack pure and simple that some of the
boats loaded with men, women and
children are not at this moment drifting
aronnd on the open sea with a perishing
crew., -.
The rush northward "has not abated
and steamers leaving during the next
ten days will be crowded with miners.
Many.'however, are preparing to winter
in Seattle and go North in the spring. ' '
Klghty Thousand Oregon Sheep,
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. . 11. rJ.
A.
Knoll
in, a 'livestock' commission
mer-
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Celebrated for its (Treat leavening strength and
healthfulness. - Assures tbe food. MgHinst slam -and
all forms of adulteration common to tba
cheap brands.
Kotaj. Baking Powdkb Co. Kew Yokk.
chant of this city, has bought in Oregon '
80,000 sheep, which are now. being driv
en overland to Kansas, where they will
be fed next winter and marketed the fol
lowing winter and spring. - This im
mense herd has been divided into 12
bands, each of which ia driven' by eight
men. Knollin expects to reach Kansas
with the sheep by October.
, ' TBIEK ABI OTHERS. .
A Rich Gold Discovery Jteported from
' Nlcargaa. .
" New Orleans, Aug. 12. A new gold
field has been discovered, but this one is
in the tropics. Reports have come' to
this city lately that big finds of gold
have been made in Nicaragua, and
steamers from that section have been
bringing in gold dost in proof of it.
E. S. Spence, a well-known cit-'zen of "
Houston, Tex., arrived here on the Ful
ton, plying between New .Orleans and
Nicaragnan ports, and confirmed the
stories about the-discoveries in Nicara
gua. He says he has been all over the
gold fields, and that gold is there in
large quantities. He has acquired valu
able claims and will return as soon as he
can make arrangements to work them.
He says the whole , gold region down
there is very rich and the climate splen
did. Be says unemployed miners of the
United States will do much better there -than
in attempting to go to Alaska.
Food in Nicaragua ia cheap, and other
expenses are reasonable.
. Gold In California.
Bedding, Cal., Aug r 12. News waa
received here from Coffee Creek to the
effect that $40,000 more of gold dust and
nuggets were taken out yesterday after
noon from the-pocket ont of which the
Graves brothers took their- $42,000 last
Saturday. .. .' -.. , ,, . - - -s
Another exceedingly "rich discovery of
gold is reported on Morrison gulch, about
two miles from the scene of the Graves
brothers discovery. It' is said $18,000
waa taken out Wednesday afternoon and
that two miners are taking.out gold on
an average of $40 to tbe pan.- The strike
is on the same vein of the Graves claim,
and is supposed to be an extention of
the same. '
t
Another M ine Discovered.
Reddin$, Cal., Aug. 12. Mr. Black
burn, owner of the Deep Gravel mine
near Trinity tJenter, xrinity county,
brings in news of another rich strike on
Morrison gulch, seven miles above the
claim of the Graves Bros. He. stated
that Buriress and Murphy discovered a
seam in their diggings 300 feet long, and
upon prospecting the same same got as
high as $10 and $20 to the pan in several
places.. Tne formation is black iron and
ochre and porphyry walls Miners and
prospectors are leaving their claims to
locate ground on Morrieon gulch, and
the whole bed of tbe gulch will toon ' be
located. - . '
SERIOUS BLOW AT CANADIAN ROAD
Discriminating Duty Wilt Destroy Their
" Oriental Trade. V
. Montreal, Aug. 12. The decision of
Attorney-General McKenna as to the in
terpretation of tbe clause of the new
United States tariff which deals with
the imposition of a 10 per cent diffcren
tial to tbe duty on foreign goods enter-,
ing the United States through a contigu
ous country, will be watched with the
greatest interest in Canada. '
. "If the clause is put into force," said
G. M. Bos worth, freight traffic manager
of the Canadian Pacific railroad, ."its
effect wijl be most serious. It will, kill
all our China and Japan business in ex
ports intended for the' United States,'
and will aleo kill entirely - importation
into the United States through Canadian
ports. Montreal, in summer, and St.
John's in winter, will suffer from the'
adverse legislation." , ..,-. -. ;' ,-i '
. The same view was expressed by . G.
B. Beeve, general traffic manager of the .'
Grand Trunk Railway. - .
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