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VOL. XIV.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, Fill DAY, AUGUST 13, 1897.
NO. 34.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
BBIEF AND IKTEEESTIKO ITEMS
Uinrntmlil Review of the Iaip.rt'
I eppealagt of tee Car-
: : Ml 1Mb
The native of New Guinea are mur
dering Australian miner.
Federal nd tate authorltle are
again in tangle In Kane snd a olah
1 expected.
The corn Crop In Kansas li now id
to b damaged 60 per oent by the pre
vail lug hot wout her.
Senator Quay and Morgan are to go
to the Sandwloh Island to pout them
solve on the country and it possibll-Ulei.'.:-.--
Th Internal revenue office hue Untied
onion to local collectors to suite tobacco
prize package under the provision of
the now turitT law.
Over 100 tramp and harvester took
possession of a freight train on the
Northwestern line, near Omaha, Mob.
The train wa sidetracked, and the
sheriff and police were called npon for
isslstanae. After an hour' delay th
tramp were dislodged. The hrMf
had a denporate fight in trying to jail
the men, hut wa iiiccessful. The sur
rounding oouutry I overrun with
trump.
Tli following I an extract from a
private letter received in Kan Fran
claoo from Manila, Philippine islands:
"Here thing are in frightful men.
Spanish dollar have been Introduced
it 10 per oent 1m value than Mexican.
Everybody want to sell out. Native
broker are all over the plaee trying to
ull their possession, and find no buy
er. In the tugar province, cane
plant are being burned up for lack ol
rain." "7 .:;
Hamuol Wolf, a Jersey City contract
or, offered a dish of cream to the boy
who would hold hi arm th longeat
time In an toe cream freezer. A num
ber of boy who were around Wolf
more contested for the prise. Willie
Lockwood outdid them all. Although
differing great pain, he held hi arm in
the freezer for (our minute. When he
withdrew it the arm wa frozen (tiff.
He wa taken to the honpltal, where it
wussaid it would be necessary to am
putate the arm.
5 A letter received In Portland from
Juneau, Alaska ays: There are BOO
people now at Dyco, waiting to get ovei
tli pas. There are aevoral more
steamer load now on the way, loaded
to the guard. The Indian packer at
Dye and pack animal have all the
freight they can carry to the lake by
the time winter et in. There will
bo hundred camping at Dyea and on
the lake ail winter, eating the provi
sion they have taken with them.
Other partie bound for the mine by
thi route have to carry their own
freluht over the mountain. The price!
for naokiuB acme the mountain have
riaen to 36 and 97 oent per pound, and
the packer are independent at that.
Kansas and Missouri are again being
aon relied by bjat
Biz person were killed in a moun
tain lide a tew mile from Berlin Sat
urday. S '
A non-union coal miner wa ihot
and killed at Soottdale Pa., during
quarrel with atriking miner
The' potter of Trenton, N. J., and
the aheet iron worker of Phillipsburg,
N. II., now threaten to go on a atrik.
The monitor Puritan broke her rod
dor in New York and will be laid ur,
for a month, and will coat about f 5,000.
George H. Walker, a Washington, D.
" 0., lawyer and former correspondent,
ha beeu appointed assistant postmaster-general.
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Four boy were drowned at Kansas
C tv while In swimming, lour in win
nineg and two more at Boston, one ol
whom wa 80 year of age.
Bluoiaeketa from the warship York-
town and Boston were stoned and beaten
by Japanese at Kobe, Japan, and om
of them were batiiy usea up.
Androe' north pole balloon is report
rl to have been seen in several plaoe
recently, but each time away off its
' course. Many have given him up at
lUSt. . ' ,.".. '1
Professor Arion, a professional high-
wire performer, fell from hi wire,
distance of 75 feet, while riding a bl-
Ynln at Ridirewood Park, N. J., and
wa killed. . a
The monthly statement Issued by th
director of the mint show that during
July, 1807, the coinage executed at th
United Btale mini amounieu
1070,850.
A Missouri Paolflo train ran Into
frelirht standing on the main track at
Yatea . Center, Kan., and Engineei
Joseph Clown and Fireman Cal Rower
were killed. Other person were in
jured.
, Captain General Weyler ha par
doned forty political offender undei
death and other hard sentences, at th
suggestion of the home government.
and 1,000 Cuban exiles have been
granted amnesty. .;
Assistant Secretary Howell ha ren
dered a decision in which he hold that
calfskin should be classed a '.'hides
- of oat tie," and are therefore dutiable
nnder the new tariff, but at 15 per oent
ad valorem. ;. ,.
In the engagement of Chakdara the
British troops suffered but alight loss,
but the native loss was heavy. Six
thousand tribesmen were preparing to
attack the fort when they were at
tacked by the British column, undei
Colonel Meikeljohn, and completely
8ENOR CANOVAS 8HOT.
Spanish Premier Assaenlneted by
Italian Anarohlat.
Madrid, Aug. 10, Honor Canovas del
Castillo, the prime minister of .Spain,
wa assassinated today at Santa Agueda
by an anarchist. The murderer fired
three shots, two of which struck the
premier in the head and the other In
the chest. The wounded man lingered
unconscious for two hours, and died at
8 o'olock this afternoon. Ills wife was
but a short distance away when he fell.
Santa Agueda Is noted for it bath.
The plaoe I between Sun Sebastian, the
summer roaidence of the Spanish court,
and vlttorls, the cupitul of the prov
ince of Alava, about 80 mile south of
Billlo.
The premier went there last Thursday
to take a three weeks' course of the
baths, after which he expented to return
to Han Sebastian to see United States
Minister Woodford, when that gentle
man should be officially received by the
queen regent.
The assassin wa immediately arrest
ed, lie 1 a Neopoiitan, and gives the
name of Klnialdi, but It is bolioved his
real name 1 Angele Angolo Uolli.
Th murderer declared he killed Can
ova in aooumplinhmeut of a "Just ven
geance" and as the outcome of a con
spiracy. He is believe. I to have arrived
at Santa Agueda the same day as the
premier, and was frequently seen link
ing in the pussage of the bathing estab
lishment in a suspicious manner.
The rernainsof Honor Canovas will be
brought here tomorrow.
Marshal Martines Campos has gone
to San Sebastian to attend the queen
regent.
Benor Sagasta, the liberal lender, has
sent the following telegram to the gov
ernment: "I have heard with deep pain of the
crime that has thrown us all in mourn-
litg, and I plaee myself at the orders of
the government and queen."
Most of the liberal leader sent sim
ilar message, placing themselves at the
disposition of the government.
The queen regent, on hearing the
sad new, dispatched her own physician
by a special train from San Sebastian.
I.ater, on learning that Canova was
dead, she wired her condolence to the
widow.
The health of Benor Canovas had im
proved greatly of lute. Ho had been
leading a quiet life, although he attend
ed to the business of state.
At the moment of the assassination
he was waiting in the gallery of the
bathing establishment for hi wife, who
was to join him for lunch. Suddenly
the assassin, who had the appearance
of an ordinary visitor, approached and
fired at him point blank, one bullet
passing through the body and coming
out behind the loft shoulder, and the
other two lodging in the head. He fell
instantly, and only recovered conscious
ness Ions enough to siieak a tew words.
Several medical men and his wife
were unremitting in their attentions to
the sufferer, but his wounds were mor
tal, and he died in two hours. Extreme
uncHion was administered amid a scene
of mingled sorrow and Indignation.
The assassin narrowly escaped lynch
ins at the hand of the waiters and at
tendant who rushed forward. Detec
tive and civil guard immediately
secured him. He wa very iiale, trein
bled very much and evidently feared
that he wonUI be killed on the spot,
lie will be first arraigned before the
local magistrate at Vergara.
JACK HAM B LET ARRESTED.
Will Be Triad In Long Creek for the
Murder of Benjamin Gamranny.
Long Creek, Or,, Aug. 10. Jack
Hamblet, arrested in Boise City, Idaho,
last week, and for whom requisition
paper have been applied by Sheriff
Livinestone, of this county, will be
tried for the murder of 'Benjamin j
Gammany, whom he killed In an niter- J
cation at a dance at Itock Creek on the
morning of February 38, 1894. The
circumstances of the killing are as fol
lows: Jack Hamblet, who lived in the
mountain, and was considered a quarrel
some and dangerous character, , was
called to order during the nizht of the
dance by Gammany, who was floor man-
aeer. Hamblet resented the interior-
enoe, and, using abusive language, the
two men came to blows, uammauy,
who was considerably the smaller, was
getting the best of the fight, when
Hamblet drew his pistol ine pisioi
was taken from him and the men sepa
rated. Everything was again compar
atively peaceable until about 8 o'clock
in the morning, when Hamblet renewed
the quarrel by asking Gammany to step
outside with him. Gammany com
plied, and no sooner had tho two men
reachod the outside when Hamblet
turned and fired. The shot struck
Gammany' loft wrist, and, ranging to
the elbow, entered me Douy. v no
his death wound, body bent, and hands
crossed on hi breast, Gammany ran
back into the room. Mambiet ioi-
lowod him, and, reaoliing over ni
shoulder, sent another bail into ins
brain. ; '
Then, defying any one to arrest him,
Hamblet mounted his horse and rod
away. Armed parties started after
him, but he got into the mountain
fastness, and eluded all efforts to cap
ture him. Before leaving the dance
hall Hamblet made the remark that
Gammany wag his fourth man.
Those who touch each othor are
wmetime farthest opart.
Short In Ktern Peaoh SUts.
Chambersburg, Pa., Aug. lO.The
Blue Mountain peach bolt of Southern
Pennsylvania and Western Maryland
t the only part of the country that will
have more than 80 to 86 per cent of a
crop this year. According to the view
of Colonel James Englore, of Chambers
burg, who ha returned from a tour of
the peaoh states, the shortage is es
pecially great in Wisconsin, Ohio, Del
aware and the Eastern shore in Wary-land.
WEALTIIOF THE YUKON
Hugh C. Wallace Talks ot
the Great Gold Strike.
EXTENT OF THE EICH DIGGINGS
It Is estimated That 100,000 M Will
Cto In th Spring- California!!
Clhangn His Mind.
Taooma, Aug. 10. Hugh C. Wallace,
the prominent bunker, who has proba
bly made a more careful investigation
of the Klondike than anybody on the
coast who has not actually been there,
having interviewed a great number of
the miners who came down on the Port
land last month, and other people who
have traveled in the upper Yukon coun
try and prosected along the main river
and its brunches, said to a press repre
sentative: .
"There is no doubt that the Yukon
will yield more gold than has been
taken from any river on this coast, or
probably in any other part of the world.
The Yukon runs through a country not
yet explored by white men, and it bars
are universally reported to be rlclu
Miners who have worked along the river
since 1888 agree that ground $5 to $100
per day is easily found.
"The existence of gold in such quan
tities slong the main river is abundant
proof of rich diggings in other branches
than the Klondike. It is certain there
wo two months ago somewhere between
f 0,000,000 and f 8,000,000 already taken
out and. lent to Dawson City. Fully'
one-half of this, it is believed, will
come down on the next two steamers.
"The gold thus far taken out hai
come from two or three small oreeki
emptying into the Klondike. ; Reports
of other rich strikes have been obtained.
Returning miners unite in declaring
that prospecting has scarcely begun.
Men engaged in profitable enterprises
on Puget sound are leaving tbem for the
Klondike. I am informed that profit
able diggings and prosperous towns in
Alaska are being almost deserted in
the rush for the new eldorado.
"There will be a mighty and contin
uous stream of people from Puget sound
for the next six weeks, and I believe it
is no exaggeration to say that there
will lie 100,000 men go in next Febru
ary, March, April and May. To my
knowledge, letter are being received
daily from every section of this coun
try, and from European cities as well,
making Inquiry as to mean of reaching
Alaska In the spring.
"Old Yukoners say the trip can be
made any month in the year. The
perilous and difficult part of the trip has
consisted heretofore of a climb over
the mountain passes requiring a portage
of 88 mile from salt water to the first
of a series of lake, forming the Yukon
headwaters. Thi difficulty i now over,
for since the using of White' pass be
gan, three week ago, horse can be
used for packing outfits the entire dis
tance over the mountains, and miners
.themselves oan ride if they choose. It
is three days from Puget sound to this
pass..'
"The- effect of these discoveries on
business on Puget sound has been elec
tric, and the effect of the immense in
crease in the production of gold will
stimulate every artery of trade."
No Klondike for Blm.
Port Townsend, Aug. 10 An evi
dence that many people started for the
gold fields of Alaska during the strain
of mental excitement was given here
last night, when the steamer Queen
sailed for the north. Just after the
steamer blew her whistle to cast off her
lines, an exolted pansenger, who had
$00 worth of provision billed through
to Dyea, yelled out:
"Boys, divide thed d mess between
you; I'm going back to California." ;
The disgusted passenger refused to
give his name, but said be would pre
fer to give up his outfit than to take
the ohances of crossing Chilkoot pass
this fall.
Evidently there were several disciple
of counterfeiter Dean and wife, of San
Francisco, yesterday bound for Alaska,
for just before the Queen Bailed last
night, several well dressed young men
rushed around the oity in quest of
change for greenbacks. They said they
were going down the Yukon river in
boats, and, in case they fell overboard,
paper money would be ruined by get
ting wet. In many cases they succeed
ed in passing bills, two-thirds of whieh
have been found to be counterfeit. One
saloonist, in a batch of $340 in bills,
received two $30 Confederate bills of
the mintage of 1863. Investigation de
velopcd the fact that they were left
here by people who went north on the
Queen. ;, ' ' -,J,"V ''
ImpraetlcabU Exposition Bchames.
Paris, Aug. 10. A hundred projeots
for attraotious for the Pari exposition
of 1000 were submitted to the commit
tee today. They included the building
of a copy of Bartholdi's statue of lib
erty in New York harbor bOO feet high;
the construction of restaurant under
wator, to be built of glass; an enor
mous vertical sorew, with a nut fitted
as a cafej a reproduction of the Trojan
horse, capable of holding 1,000 people,
and plans for fitting the Eiffel tower
with a spiral railroad and toboggan
i,r.!o Th committee decided that
none of the soherae were practicable.
. Caught by a Mowr. ? '
Wilbur.Wash., Aug. 10. While cut
ting grain yesterday afternoon the -year-old
son of Peter McKay in some
way managed to get in the tall grain in
front of the machine, and had one of
his little limbs completely severed.
The other was badly mangled, but Dr.
Young thinks that he can save it If he
can save the ohild's life.
A five-cent stamp must adorn every
day book, ledger or other account book
kept by a business house in Mexico.
MOVED THEIR CAMP.
Th Striken Wan th Day at Turtle and
Sy Cmk.
Pittsburg, Aug. 9'. Out of the 3,000
striker who camped at Turtle oreek
last Saturday, barely 800 now remain
at Camp Determination. In addition
to the large number turned out of camp
and shot off from the free food distri
bution yesterday, many were drafted to
Plum creek, where the great struggle
for supremaoy between the strikers and
the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal
Company will be carried on.
At Turtle and Sandy creeks the
strikers have proctioally won. Turtle
creek mine, known as No. 4, is closed
down as tight as the striker can ever
hope to close it by their present peace
ful mean of agitation. It is true that
a few men are still at work In the pit,
but they are not putting out any coal.
The same holds good at Sandy oreek.
Report from Plum creek are conflict
ing. Superintendent DeArmitt claims
that 855 men are still working, while
the striker say they counted but 80 go
ing into the pit this morning.
The deputies at Plum creek are hav
ing a hard time. Many are complain
ing, and a number have resigned. They
are np from before daylight unitl long
after the lun ha set They are on a
constant (train. All the mines are con
nected by private telegraph and tele
phone wires, and every stranger or
body of atrangera moving along the
highway are reported to the nirest
office by scouts, and the forenfen or
manager of all the mines get notice.
At the point upon which any march
thus reported seems to be directed,
there is a stir among the deputies. As
these marches are of almost daily oc
currence day and night in all direc
tions,, the deputies are in a constant
state of apprehension and activity.
The feeding and lodging facilities are
limited, and not adequate to the de
mand made upon them, and what add
to the deputies' discomfort is the fact
that none of them are used to hard
ships. ..... - "
TESLA'S WIRELESS SYSTEM.
! May Bo Boat to Any Part of
. tho Olobo. .
New York, Aug. 6. Nicola Tesla
announced today the completion of his
latest discovery, the "simultaneous
transmission of messages by mean of
the earth's electrical currents to as
many scattered points on the surface of
the globe as may be desired." This he
regards as by far bis greatest achieve
ment To a few intimates he gave a
thrilling demonstration of the operation
of his device for arresting and subject
ing to control under natural laws the
natural substances in and about the
earth .. ' '
. His latest invention or discovery is
to produce such a disturbance of the
electricity of the earth which can be
felt and noted simultaneously at all
parts of the globe.
- "I am producing," said he in the
course of his demonstration, "an elec
trical disturbance of intense magnitude,
which ia continuing throughout the en
tire earth. In other words, I am pro
ducing a disturbance Of the earth's
charge ot electrioity whioh can be felt
to the uttermost parts of the earth."
"And the result will be?"
"That is almost incomprehensible.
This electrical disturbance by means
of certain simple instruments, can be
felt and appreciated at any point of the
globe. In this way messages can be
sent the entire earth around, and be
taken up at any part of the earth with
out the aid or intervention of wires io
any way at all."
Mowed Down With Cannon.
London, Aug. 9. The London Mews
publishes a letter from a Calcutta vol
unteer reiterating the statement that
during the recent rioting there the artil
lery fired at a mob of 6,000 mill hands
who we.re marching to join the rioter,
with the result that l.SOOof the natives
were killed.
The secretary of state for India was
questioned In the bouse of commons
July 9 as to thre accuracy of the native
report that 1,500 persons were killed
during the rioting, whioh had just oo
ourred in the vioinity of Calcutta, as
one of the results of the stringent meas
ures taken by government offloials to
prevent the spread of and stamp out
the bubonic plague. He replied that
about seven persons were killed and 80
were wounded during the riots referred
to. . - ' - - '
To Complete Budeon River Tunnel.
New York, Aug. 6. The Hudson
river tunnel project to connect New
York and New Jersey has been revived.
Plans are now being perfected to re
sume construction where it was dropped
five years ago. Engineers say that an
expenditure of $1,500,000 will com
plete the work. Four million dollars
had already been spent before the work
was abandoned, at which time there
were 8,916 feet of completed tunnel go
ing east from the shaft in Jersey City.
One thousand feet of this distance ex
tends east of the middle of the Hudson
river. - -
President Will Hot Come West. ;
San Francisco, Aug. 9. Mayor
Phelan today received a dispatoh from
Attorney-General McKenna, stating
that President McKinley had assured
him that the proposed trip to the Pa
ciflo coast had been abandoned for this
year;..'' ' '
California Wheat for Brasll.
Washington, Aug. 9. The bureau of
Amerloan republios had Information
that merchants of Rio Janeiro have
ohartered two vessels in San Franolsoo
to take cargoes of California wheat to
Rio. This is the first time that such a
thing has occurred and is attributed to
the short crop in the Argentine repub
Ho and Paraguay. ,:. . ;
The common house' sparrow fiiea at
th rate of 98 miles an hour. ,
A MOST TRAGIC FATE
Three Gold-Seekers Perish
in Alaskan Ice Fields.
OVERTAKEN BY SEVERE STORM
One of Them I,eft a Note Giving- an Ae
. count of Their Terrible Suffer
. Inge From Cold and Hunger.
, Seattle, Aug. 9. There now remains
no doubt as to the fate of Charles A.
Blackstone, George Batoher and J. W.
Malique, the Cook's inlet miners who
have been missing since April. , Black
stone's body has been found, and on
his body was a diary stating his part
ners had frozen to death.
When the steamer Lakme sailed from
Seattle for Cook's inlet, Alaska, in
March, 1898, she carried among her
passengers Blackstone, Batcher and
Malique. The men attempted to cross
the portage glacier on s prospecting
tour and were frozen to death. It is
evident Blackstone made his way down
the glacier to where it pitches into
Prince William sound. His body was
found at the foot of the glacier, to
gether with the remains of his dog.
On his body was the following memo
randum: "Saturday, April 4, 1897. This is
to certify that George Batcher froze to
death Tuesday night, J. W. Malique
died Wednesday forenoon, C. A. Black
stone had his ears, nose and four fingers
on bis right hand and two on his left
hand frozen an inch back. The storm
drove n on before it overtook us within
an hour of the summit, and 'drove us
before it, and drove everything we had
over the cliff, except our blankets and
moose hide, which we all crawled nn
der. The temperature is supposed to
have been 40 degrees below zero. Fri
day I started for salt water. I don't
know how I got there with the outfit
Saturday afternoon. I gathered np
everything and have enough grub for
ten days providing the bad weather
don't set in. Sport was blown over
the cliff I think I hear bim howl
every once in a while." .
It would appear that Blackstone
went over the cliff with the intention
of finding his dog. From his diary it
seems that he found his dog, and finally
in order to prevent starving to death
he was forced to kill and eat the animal,
but it was of no avail; no relief came
and he starved or froze to death.
On May 87. just two months after
the men left Sunrise City, the body of
Blackstone was found by George Hall,
a prospector from . Seattle, and the re
mains were buried. Blackstone was 89
years old, was a native of Oregon and
bad lived : in Portland, Centralis,
Wash., and Seattle.
Batoher was a native of Montana,
was 86 years of age, and for many years
followed mining.
Malique was a native of Indiana,
was 88 years of age, was a graduate of
Hamilton college, Mo., and was a prac
tical miner. For many years he bad
as a partner Mr. Hall, the hero of this
story. ' : .
FATAL CHICAGO FIRE.
five Firemen Were Killed and Fifty
Wounded.
Chicago, Aug. 9. Five lives were
lost in an explosion this evening dur
ing a fire in the Northwestern grain
elevator, at Cook and West Water
streets. Four of the dead are firemen:
the body of another fireman is thought
to be buried in the rnins. From the
force with which the explosion swept
the spot on which they were standing,
they must have been 'instantly killed.
Either the bursting of a boiler or the
explosion of mill dirt caused the havoc.-
The four firemen, who were killed by
the falling walls of the elevator are:
Jacob J. Schnur, Joseph Strikman,
John J. Coogan and Jacob S. Strainer.
An unidentified man was blown into
the river, but the body was not reoov-
sred. -!.'..."'
Besides these dozens of firemen and
passers by were more or less cut and
bruised by glass and flying debiis. ' In
all 61 firemen were injured.
A SLUMP IN SILVER.
The Prlee Reclined One and One-Quarter
Cent at Mew York.
New York; Aug. 9. Silver bullion
experienced today the most violent
break of the season's decline. . In Lon
don, the price dropped per ounce
from yesterday's price, selling at 25j4d
per ounce, as against 97d a month
ago. ..The New York price fell to 65?i'c
bid, a break of ljc an ounee from yes
terday and 14c within a month. At
this price the bullion value of the sil
ver dollar is a trifle more than 43
cents. ". :'' ;;"
London dispatches ascribed todav's
great weakness in silver to liquidation
of New York holder of the bullion.
Such a decline as today's has not
been witnessed since June, 1893. The
India mints were closed to free silver
coinage June 38 of that year. . On the
news, bullion fell in London from
87d per ounce to a price below 80d,
but it rallied sharply later.
A huge cypress tree in Tule, in the
state of Oxaca, Mexico, is 154 feet in
circumference.: '
Flour on the Blae.
Chioago, Aug. 9. Flour is rising in
prioe, and has reached $5 a barrel. Last
April it cost $4.10, the low price of the
year. . The advanoe has been steady
sinoe, and some of those in the trade
think it will continue until war-time
prices prevail. ' - .
St. Petersburg, Aug. 9. Word has
been received that during the recent
floods 88 persons were drowned by the
oollspse of a bridge at Kertle, province
ti Esthoni.
CLAIMS ARE ALL TAKEN.
Clondrke Thronged With Disappointed
' - (. p Hunter. '..
San Francisco, Aug. 9. Speaking of
the Clondyke output of gold, the chief
elerk of the mint (aid:
"All the gold brought to thi city
from the Alaskan mines will not ex
ceed $800,000, and all that has been
taken out this year and sent to tho
other mints of the country will not ex
ceed $3,000,000. The gold from that
part of the country is generally from
700 to 800 fine and some of it rates 900,
the average being worth from $15.(5 to
$17 an ounoe." ;
J. C. Butler, of the Pullman Car
Company, is in receipt of a letter from
K. P. . Taylor, a financial broker of
Seattle. A few days ago Taylor re
ceived word from some men whom he
sent to the Clondyke region last spring,
in which they inform him that every
claim within 160 mile of Dawson
City has been taken up, and that men
are rushing all over the country look
ing for locatiton. He (ays that star
vation and hardship stare many of
them in the face.
Captain Niebaum, of the Alaska
Commercial Company, who ha made
a careful study of the situation, fears
there will be a great deal of suffering
in the mining region thi spring. He
think the people going are far in ex
cess of the supplies that have been for
warded.':'.. :' '
A letter from Hart Humber, a pros
pector, dated Dawson City, June 18,
just received, shows that the gold seek
er needs plenty of capital. After reach
ing Dawson and paying the heavy doty
on his outfit, besides 80 cents a pound
for getting it over Chilkoot pass, be
will have to pay 95 cents s pound to
get bis stuff from Dawson to the dig
gings
mi t. . .1 .i - - - -i i 1
is affecting ' the mineowners of the
mother lode in the vicinity of Bonora,
Jackson and Sutter Creek, and if it con
tinues will cause the closing down of
the mines in Calaveras, Amador and
Tuolbmne counties, or their operation
with depleted forces. v '..-...
In the past week 900 men have left
Amador county alone for the gold fields
in the north and others are preparing
to follow. Some of them were hired
by mineowners in Alaska, but many df
them went- on their own resources.
The other counties have also sent ex
pert seiners in large numbers. : ; ;
An Expedition From Brooklyn.
New York, Aug. 9. A half dozen
ambitious Brooklynites are organizing
an expedition to Alaska to search for
some of the Clondyke gold. . David P.
Watsons, of Brooklyn, cerijbt the Re
publican general committee, ia making
up a party, of which be will be one,
and which will leave early in February
to seek fortunes in the gold fields of
the North.
E Taeoma Is Clondyke Mad.
J Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 9. Desire t
rush off to the Alaska gold fields at
once, without waiting till next spring
is increasing all the time. Fourteen
steamers are scheduled to sail from
this port between now and the first of
September. -
TO LAY THE DUST. '
Kevel Scheme of a Mew Jersey Hallway
' New York, Aug. 9. A dispatch to
the Herald from May's Landing, N.
J., says: The recent discovery of Chief
Engineer Nicholas, of the West Jersey
& Seashore railway, that crude oil ap
plied to the ground along the railway
tracks would effectually lay the dust,
has proven after thorough tests to work
ftr better than was first expected.
Both lines of track leading from Cam
den to Atlantic City are being thor
oughly saturated for a distance of six
net on both sides of the track.
The oil is applied on much the same
plan as streets are sprinkled. A water
and recently an oil train with sprin
kling apparatus sprinkled more than
20 miles. The work will be completed
in a few days. One sprinkling a year
at a cost of $S0 per mile, it is claimed,
will lay the dust effectually, but two
applications may have to be made.
The Pennsylvania system is to be
sprinkled with oil as speedily a possi
ble.... .
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A Michigan Tragedy.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 9. Last
April A. H. Dailey, of Jennison, sent
a letter to Mayor Swift, saying he
wanted a wife. The letter got into
the newspapers, and as a result Dailey
received 600 answers. From among
the offers he seleoted Mrs. Hattie M.
Newton, a Chioago widow, and they
Were married. They quarreled and
finally separated. Dailey gave his wife
three days to return. The time was np
at midnight last night and she refused
to return. Dailey forced his way into
her bedohamber and shot her with a
musket. Dailey was arrested, and on
his way to jail was allowed to go into
a saloon to drink. ; He slipped strych
nine into his beer and fell over dead
in a few minutes. The woman will
recover.
' Fatal Quarrel Over Cattle. ,
Madera, Cal., Aug. 9. In quarrel
over cattle in Crane valley, at Mc
Swain ranch, yesterday, between Patsy
Reardon and L. A. Woodford, the lat
ter was shot ' and instantly killed.
Reardon gave himself up.
Over Seventy Million.
Washington, Aug. 9. The latest offi
cial estimate of the population of the
United States is 77,000,068. This is
made by the actuary of the treasury an
officer whose duty it is at fixed intervals
to report on the per captia circulation
of money in the United State. He
estimates that the present' holdings of
money are $39.53 for every man, woman
and child in the United States. -
It is much easier to find th man you
ewt than the man who owe yon
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
from All the Cltle and Towns of
' the Thriving Sinter States
--Oregon. .
A large cougar, measuring 6 feet
from tip to tip, was killed near Alsea
last week.. ' ' :.' ':.'
' The Oregon Press Association will
meet in Baker City on October 16, 17
and 18. . .
Quite a number of the Umatilla In
dians are in the Grand Ronde valley, in
Union county, digging cmas.
: Just outside of the town of Athena a
field of 25 acres of wheat has just been
harvested, and the yield was 69 bushels
to the acre.
The salary of the principal of the
Rosebnrg school has been reduced to
$70, and the nnder-teachers to $37.60.
The janitor' salary was cut down to
$18 from $30.
Last week a piece of bridge timber
70 feet long and 40 inches in diameter
was cut at Saldun's logging camp, near
Clatskanie, for the Astoria & Columbia
River railroad. '
At the custom house in Astoria one
day last week $1,200 duty on coal was
paid nnder the new tariff, or $300 more
than would have been required nnder
the old law. .
Thirty-six bounty warrants for squir
rels and eopher scalps were issued by
Manea ffFrff -
MPfce
for which the warrants were issued
amounted in the aggregate to $94. 10,
Mr. Mercy Simons, of Sodaville, is
said to be the oldest person in Linn
county, and perhaps in the state. She
is 105 years old. Mrs. Fisher, who is
95 years old, is the oldest resident in
Albany.
The Columbia river annual confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal church
will be held in Pendleton during the
week commencing August 25. The con
ference baa about 85 ministers and
more than 90 charges. It is expected
that 1 to visitors will be present -Bishop
Foss will preside.
I- A dispatch was received in Baker
City from Weiser, Idaho, announcing
the arrival of a smelter and that the
same would be immediately forwarded
to the Seven Devils. This is the first
move of importance toward opening np
this vast copper belt. One carload of
sawmill machinery was received at the
same time. The smelter is said to be
of 75 tons capacity, and one ton of
matte will equal four tons of ore. As
the Peacock ore averages 20 per cent
copper, the lessees of the mines expect
to reap a rich harvest. Several arras
tras are being put up for the purpose of
working some ot the rich gold ledge
which abound in the same district.
Washington.
Aostin has a new flouring mill. '
The State Bar Association will hold
its next annual meeting in Spokane,
More than $1,000 was paid the gill
netters in Blaine for one night's catch.
The annual report of the auditor of
Adams county shows that the county
only owes $5,000. ; v
John W. Troy, the alleged defaulting
auditor of Clallam county, has been
takes back to Port Angeles. It is prob
able that his case will be settled out
of court. .
The telephone line to Goldetn tale
will soon be completed. Tho poles are
all set, and the wire in place as far as
Winans. The line will oross tne river
at Winans' places being stretched be
tween their big stationary fishwheels.
It is reported that the General Elec
tric Company, of Portland, has had a
survey of the Klickitat tails made re
cently for the purpose of furnishing
electricity for The Dalles and Gollen-
dale and to build an electric line irora
Lyle to Goldendale.
; So many men are leaving Skagit
county that there is a fear of crippling
the shingle industry in this county, as
the manufacturers say they can't got
enough men to keep the mills in opera
tion. Even the farmers come to Mount
Vernon daily looking for help to work
in the hay fields.
The Walla Walla Statesman says
that when the petition of the Commer
cial Club of that place to the war de
partment to have two troops of cavulry
sent to Walla to replace those sent to
Fort Yellowstone was referred to the
commanding oftloer of the department
of the Columbia, that official made a
favorable report upon the petition.
Mrs. Espey and her daughter, Clara,
of Rockford, Spokane county, who
walked all the way from Spokane to
New York oity, returned a few days
ago to their home. ' Both mother and
daughter report having had a good
time, and declare that their health wa
never better, although the long journey
reduced them in flesh. Their object in
making the trip was for the purpose
of making enough money to lift a
mortgage from their farm. They were
in demand at the various museums and
other places, where salaries were paid
them as curiosities.
The receiver ot the hank of Puyallnp
has received permission to sell the real
estate and other assets of the institu
tion. '..'.'
The report of the commissioner of
fish and fisheries recently published
how that the government has dis
tributed in Washington state during
the fiscal year, 625 large-moutbed
black bass, 450 yellow perch and 350
tench; in Idaho, 495 carp, 758 teneh,
1,475 brook trout, 400 yellow perch,
170 large-mouthed black bass and 2,
940,000 whitefiab fry.
routed.