Morning Oregonian., July 13, 1900, Page 5, Image 5

THEr MOBNX&G OKEGONIAtfj FKlDAY, JULY 13;- 19Q0.
NOME IS OVERRATED
The Bfg Companies Get Most
of the Gold.
BEACH WASHING VERY SPOTTED
rol9&vlns "Machinery of Tilttlm Use
-Scenes at the Landlnc and
la the Camp.
NOME, Alaska July 3. It Is reliably es
timated that 4Nome contains a present
population of 2X000 'souls, and that 5000
more will arrive by next trip of steam
ers of the-Arctic fleet- Inasmuch as many
are dally returning: home or striking out
for the Interior, Port Clarence and Gol
ovnln Bay, however, it is extremely un
likely that Nome will even be any larger
than it is now.
That the rush to this country is a pro
duct of the Industry of transportation
companies is quite patent to the casual
observer. Nome is about the worst case
of inflation that could well be imagined
or that the world has known since the
days of the Mississippi bubble. Every
thing Is overdone, and already prices are
tumbling. Heals are GO cents that three
weeks ago were $1 50. Wages have drop
ped from $1 50 an hour to 50 cents; coal
oil from $15 a case to $5: lumber from
$150 a thousand to $50; hauling from $10 to
an hour to $3, etc Tet in spite of the
rapid descent of prices, building con
tinues unabated. The sound of ax, ham
mer, saw and caulking mallet can be
heard continuously night and day. One
reason for this exists In the fact that our
nights are as light as the days, and
work can continue unimpeded throughout
the entire 24 hours.
The municipal landscape changes in a
night. Buildings of ah sizes, shapes and
degrees of finish are going up In every di
rection, except seaward. No reckoning Is
made of whafs to come in the next 30
to- 60 days when the population has be
come depleted by the steady exodus Sot
home and other more promising parts of
the country. The town Is already two
miles long, and still growing, as to Im
provements. On Front street a small
space could have been rented for $250 a
month, 14x16 feet In size a week ago, but
the price has risen to $100 a month.
Our office is upstairs on Second street
in a room nine feet square, unfinished
price, $50 a month. Messrs. Keenan and
Green, of Portland, occupy the office
across the hall, overlooking Steadman
avenue a street or alley 23 feet wide.
The beach claims here are worked out.
the tundra is of no definitely known value
and the creek claims on Anvil. Dexter,
Glacier, Snow and a few other good
gulches or creeks, are owned by a. com
paratively few men, and so there's noth
ing for the thousands of men who have
come here with the expectation of find
ing paying claims on the beach or back
In the hills for the asking. The beach
is being worked over for the fourth or
fifth time, but save a spot here and there,
which Is paying perhaps $10 a day, the
rround worked is not paying more than
$3 to $G to the man.
Small Boats for Coasting.
Rowboats are being built by the hun
dred by parties of two to ten men, who
are- bound for Port Clarence, west, and
Golovnln Bay. east, and other points
along the beach and up some of the
streams that empty their waters into the
ocean between Cape York and Norton
Sound. Some good strikes may be made
by a few of the thousand? of prospectors
who will be scouring this part of Alaska
within 30 days. We hope so. at least, but
just now there seems to be nothing to
justify the -present unprecedented rush
to the Arctic gold fields, and the disap
pointed argonaut has become a famlllir
slsrbt on the streets of Nome.
Many Oregonlans are here, and some of
them are doing falrlv well In business.
Others are looking about for opportuni
ties to secure mining ground, so far with
out success. Sam Barr. of Portland, Is
nere. with his cows, and doing first-rite,
but reports prices declining. He will do
well probably during the Summer, and so
get out In go6d shape. Not so with horse
flesh, however. What horse-owners will
do with their borses In the Fall Is a
prob'em. There are many horses in har
ncss along the beach, and some of the fin
et dnft animals I ever saw. and wagons
galore. For the mnn who arrived early
witn a good tcm there was good monev,
hut for him who arrived late there was
not so much, the congested condition of
freight along shore having been relieved,
and prices consequently declined.
Mr. TogrIn and the Misses Leabo, of
Portland, have done well since the day
they st-rted. Their restaurant Is well sit
uated and liberally patronized. A square
meal In their place cpsts $L Otto Burck
hardt and his partner. Mr. Eberly. are
do'n- 'etty well in the reil estate busi
ness The Turner boys, of Portland, are
looVIre for mining interests. Captain Ce
darburg. his brother, and Cantain Oleson
aro looking up their mining interests ac
quired last year, and will probably get
to work in a week or so. Mr. Hammond,
of the Hhmmond Dredge Companv. is
quietly setting up his fine plant, and will
soon be at work.
Clnims Hnd Been .Tninped.
One of the interesting features of the
situation here Is the condition many
found their claims to have assumed upon
their arrival. Colonel Woodbrldge, for
example, who came In on the Senator
with a fine and costly mining plant, found
405 tents pitched on his tundra claim, and,
upon notifying the occupants to move,
was peremptorily told "to "go to." The
only course left the Colonel was to wait
until tho court convenes,, on or about
August 1, or Invoke the aid of the mili
tary forces to eject the Invaders. The
latter will be the quickest and most ef
fective method, and will probably be re
sorted to within a few days. What the
army of tenters will then do Is another
cold, hard problem of the frozen north.
Dr. Surman. of Portland, Is erecting a
commodious frame building In the east
end, and will probablv have it completed
within a few days. The doctor has been
quite 111, and narrowly escaped pneu
monia. Al Brown, of Portland. Is here with his
team, and, although be arrived late, he Is
doing quite well. Dr. Pohl Is a practic
ing physician in Nome, is doing well, and
well satisfied. Captnin Watson, Cador
Powell and Frank Newton seem to be
quite busy, and pleased with the outlook.
T. F. Kane and Mr. Carter, formerly a
resident of Alblna, are in the newspaper
business. They are connected with the
Gold Digger, and doing very well. Mr.
Carmlchael, once a citizen of Portland,
reports' business in his line overdone, and
prices receding. He will return to Skag
way, where he has been making his home,
and remain there. He says Skagway is
one of the best points for business in
Alaska.
Al Cody and Mr. Hoxsie, of Portland,
are making money and looking happy.
W. H. Warren and wife are located in
West Nome. Mr. Warren is prospecting
the beach with fair success.
I see T. J Hammer on the streets occa
sionally, and as he appears to be busy,
I infer that he has not contracted cold
feet. Frank Shuck, formerly of .Portland,
who came here with a stock of tents, can
vas, etc, has sold out at good prices and
will return to Seattle tomorrow. I met
Charley Bray, who has many warm
friends in Portland, and he Is doing very
well at $122 60 a week, and pleased with
conditions here S. S. Cook, of "Vancou
ver, is connected with the military post
here. Major Rudolph Bbert, who Is quite
well known in Portland. Is Surgeon of the
post. Mr. "Cllne and George Winterman
tle, of Portland, have a stock of builders'
materials, and are making money fast.
Mapy came here this Summer to find
their lots and cabins occupied by squat
ters, even their cooking outfits, and, in a
tew Instances, provisions, being used by
them, and seemingly there was no re- 1
course, except, possibly, by a slow, tedi
ous process of law,, and even then with
conslaerableuncertalnty as to the out
come. The Landing: of Good. '
Reverting to the landing of passengers
and freight from the vessels of the Nome
fleet, I wish to say that it was- a sight
very rarely witnessed in any part of the
world. In fact, I doubt if any compari
son could be made between the landing
upon Nome beach thii year, and any cir
cumstance of a similar character that
ever took place. For half a mile the
beach looked as if strewed with wreck
age from some great marine catastrophe.
Freight of all descriptions, from ponder
ous mining machinery to a box of soap,
was piled 15 feet high, and in such close
proximity to the water that, had a
storm arisen jsuch, or example, as oc
curred a week before we arrived, when
the whaling-bark Alaska was blown on
the beach and ground to kindling-wood
at least, $LGOO,000 would have been lost
to the owners. At one time I counted 43
ocean vessels steam and salb-in the har
bor. Passengers were landed in scows,
small boats and launches. The scene on
shore was simply Indescribable. The
lighterage companies, like every other
graft in Nome, had the transportation
lines completely at their mercy, and in
stead of beginning with one boat ahd
finishing the work, would run from ship
to ship, taking off a load here and there,
and dropping It at any spot convenient
to the lighterage company, not to the
owner. Then a constant stream of horse
and dog teams up and down the beach J
between lighters and freight Interfered
with landing, and looking out for freight,
and while considerable was damaged,
much more was lost to shippers in the
melee, and not recovered at all.
Considerable Sickness.
Owing to the poor sanitary conditions
(In fact there is a total absence of prep
aration and precaution against disease),
there Is considerable sickness here now,
and with the advent of the rainy season
the ravages of disease will fearfully deci
mate the large and congested population.
Pneumonia, typhoid fever, dysentery and
typhoid malaria are now the prevailing
maladies, and the last three will become
more epidemic as the season advances.
Houses and tents are built as closely,
together as they can be to admit of
passageway between, and with, absolutely
no drainage whatever. Many of these
domiciles are built on, the tundra a rot
ten bog hole from which malarial exuda
tions pervade every nook and "corner "of
one's habitation. A number have "died
already of pneumonia, however, and
bullet wounds, which seems to be no fault
of the drainage and many are sick with
pneumonia, typhoid, smallpox, brought
here by the steamships Ohio and Santa
Anna, both of which vessels were quar
antined, but not until a case or two of
smallpox had been brought ashore.
The town has been turned over during
the past few days to the military au
thorities to cope with existing conditions
as well as they can, pending the arrival
of the court, about the 1st of August.
This may result in some good to the town
in the way of better sanitation.
A number of men have been shot since
my arrival, but, considering the chaotic
conditions and .confusion In landing and
securing suitable locations, and the fact
that men of all grades of society have
been attracted to the Northern gold fields
by the widespread advertisement they
have received In the press of the country,
very little lawlessness has prevailed.
Many Are Stranded.
It Is certainly remarkable, but never
theless a fact, that hundreds of men and
women are here stranded neither money
nor work, and people of culture, refine
ment and education, as well as those of
tho lower classes of society. Every
steamer departing for the States carries
a greater or less number of disappointed
goldseekers returning home wiser and
madder if not richer men. Business and
professional men who have secured good
locations are doing and will do well, but
the gold-diggers -comprise the majority,
and Nome holds-no 'golden chalice to. their
lips.
It is rumored tint steamers of the Nome
fleet have all lost money on their first
trip, which I believe Is true, considering
the delays in reaching Nome and the
great cost of lightering, and that they
propose to get even, If possible, by charg
ing $150 first-class for the return trip In
the Fall. It Is rumored also that the
various transportation and commercial
companies Intend to work up another ex
citement for Golovnln Bay or some other
point for the rfeason of 1901, and that they
are at present quietly working to that
end. So soon as T shall have ascertained
the facts In Tegard to the Golovnln Bay
region, I will send them.
The gold belt extending along the coast
to and beyond Golovnln Bay has not been
thoroughly prospected, which leads me to
believe that some discoveries will be made
this Summer. The advantage of Golovnln
Bay, particularly about Council City, Is
that there is plenty of timber there, which
Is not the case here at Nome. The beach,
tundra and hills back of Nome are bare
and bleak, and not a tree of any sort
relieves the monotony of the landscape.
It is interesting to note the, great quan
tity and variety of mining machinery
scattered in every direction on the beach
east and west. Thousands upon thousands
of dollars' worth, much of which is ab
solutely useless, for the reasons that the
beach offers no further inducement for
mining; that the tundra is too difficult
to work to admit of its application there,
and that sea dredging is attended with
too great danger to machinery to allow
Its use. Mr. Hammond's machinery
seems to be the only perfect gold saving
machine so far In use.
Companies Gobble the Gold.
This mad, senseless rush to an unde
veloped country is dominated by a few
rich companies who otrole up all the
good claims, ship in immense stores of
merchandise and then work up a big rush .
to this country to enable them to unload
at big prices. These are facts. The
Alaska Commercial Company, the Alas
ka Exploration Company, The Northwest
Transportation & Trading Company and
others have mining experts all over the
country, and many of these experts aro
paid as high as $500 a month and ex
penses, and the moment any discovery is
made these companies locale all avail
able ground. These companies hold high
carnival among the masses, -and exorcise
such autocratic sway that a poor miner
or any number of miners must follow in
their wake, and take just what they can
get, and look as pleasant as he can.
There Is another gold belt north of this
over the divide, probably -10 to 70 miles
distant from Nome, Good prospects have
been found there, and doubtless it will
prove good. But, the basis -upon which
much has been built was the much-advertised
and boomed beach and tUndra,
and even yet newspapers published In the
Interest of transportation and cxpl6ratlon
companies are telling to the world the
tale of enormous wealth in our beach
sands and the tundra and of the millions
of dollars being taken from the beach.
There is undoubtedly gold here gold
everywhere. I can get a fine prospect,
from 1 to 2 cents to the pan. out of the
dirt out of the street, right from the
surface, by careful panning; but it Is
flour gold, and of the hundreds of dif
ferent kinds of gold-saving appliances
brought here and put in operation possi
bly two have proved of any value, and
even they will not pay, owing to ' the
limited available area to "be controlled,
and the fact that the beach, having been
worked over so much, .Is now spotted.
It is now close to the time when re
ports should be coming In pretty fast
about developments in various directions
from Nome, and in my next letter I hope
to be able to give you an extended ac
count of results of explorations In this
region. EUGENE D. WHITE.
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JAPAN FLEET ARRIVING
RIGEL FOLLOWS THE FHATflCISTAN
WITH A BETTER PASSAGE.
The JVevr- Deutschland Breaks the
Trans-Atlantic Record American
Line's Latest Marine Xotes.
The German ship Rigel arrived In yes
terday morning, after a passage of 40
days from Nagasaki. There is nothing
very fast in a 40-day trip across the Pa
cific, but as the Franklstan, which ar
rived in Wednesday, was 57 days in mak
ing the same voyage, the master of the
Rigel Is undoubtedly well satisfied with
the performance of his ship. The Rigel
is one of the few ships which come to
Portland under the German flag which are
German-built, the most of the vessels
being bought second-hand by the Ger
mans and placed under their flag. Port
land is drawing quite heavily on the
Orient for ships, there being more on
route to this port -from Japan and China
than from any other part of the world.
The Nlthsdale, which left Shanghai
nearly GO days ago, is daily expected,
and the Genista, from the same port, is
due early in August. The Cedarbank has
sailed from Hong Kong for Portland, -and
Hambnrff-Axnerlcnn liner Deutschland, fastest steaxnsnip afloat. Length
engines 33,000-horaepovrer. Time, Flymoutk to Ne.Tr York, 5 days,
about half a dozen others are now dis- L
charging cargo at Oriental ports, and as
soon as it Is all out and replaced with ;
ballast they will sail for Portland.
DEUTSCHLA5D, THE FLYER,
Trans-Atlantic Record Broken by
ft "V , 8 .,,.
NEW YORK, July 12. The new ex
press steamer Deutschland, of the Hamburg-American
line, arrived today from
Hamburg, Cherbourg and Plymouth, In
the record time from the latter port of
5 days, 15 hours and 46 minutes, a dis
tance of 3044 knots at an average of 22.42 j
knots per hour. The distance is six knots !
shorter than the distance made by the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse in "November, J
1S99, when she made her best record of j
5 days, 17 hours and 37 minutes at an
average sped of 22.13. This is the fast-1
est initial trip made across the Atlantic
The first trip by the Kaiser Wilhelm der .
35 minutes, over a distance of S050 knots.
LIZZIE SELL CLEARS.
After a Lons'stny in Port? Is-Heady
-tor Sea.
The British bark Lizzie Bell was
cleared yesterday by, Epplnger & Co. for
Queenstown or Falmouth for orders, with
5St3C5 bushels of wheat, valued at $33;
269. The Lizzie Bell has been In the river
since May 12, which Is much longer than
any of the vessels have been detained
for several months. The delay In her
case was due to extensive repairs made
to her deck, which was practically re
built throughout. The Plfeshlre, which
finished loading yesterday, has not yet
cleared, as she Is short a crew. Owing
to the scarcity of men, a draft will prob
ably be made on some of the recent ar
rivals. In order to make up crews for
the outgoing ships.
AMERICAN LINE'S LATEST.
Twelve Thonsand-Ton Steamer for
Their Foreign Fleet. .
GLASGOW, July 12. The new Red Star
liner Vaderland was successfully launched
at Clydebank at noon today. She is the
first of four fine large steamers which the
International Navigation Company 1b
building for the Red 8tar line to ply be
tween New York and Antwerp, stopping
each way at a French port. The Vader
land is 500 feet long, 60- feet wide and 42
feet deep, and will measuro over 12,000
tons. She is expected to make an aver
age speed of 16 knots, and- will make
her first trip, leaving Antwerp about Oc
tober L
The Unlucky Goodwin.
The unlucky steamship Goodwin, which
went ashore in sight of Tacoma harbor
a few months ago, Is having a difficult
time in the Orient. After her trouble at
Tacoma she ran ashore in the Orient, and
Hong Kong advices Just received have
tho following regarding her damages:
"Steamer Goodwin (British), from Ta
coma (before reported damaged, having
been ashore), is recommended by sur
veyors to make permanent repairs. Na
ture of damage, 34 plates stove in to be
cut out, several plates bent or broken,
eight frames broken, floors buckled. Re
pairs will probably be completed in 42
days; cost estimated at $37,000.".
Sailors Sentenced to Death. '
VICTORIA, B. C July 12. Five Fili
pino sailors of the bark EthcLbave been
sentenced lo death at Perth, West Aus
tralia, for murdering the captain and .offi
cers of the vessel. M. Royaz,,, formerly '
a Lieutenant of Agulnaldo, was the one
who started the mutiny which ended in
murder.
Plague still continues -in Australian
ports.
Marine Notes.
The steamship Braemar, from the Orient
by way of Victoria, Is due this" morning.
The State of California sailed from San
Francisco yesterday, and Is due" at Port
land tomorrow. j, ,
The British bark Luclpara, from Ant
werp for this port by way of Port An
geles, passed Dover, outward-bound, July
6. She sailed from Antwerp two days
earlier. '
The British ship Franklstan reached
Portland at an early hour this morning.
She left Astoria yesterday mornfng. and
passed St. Helens at 9 oclock last even
ing. The. Une moonlight, enabled . her to
come right along. Instead ot anchoring, as
is usually the case at night.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA. July 12. Arrived German
ship Rigel, from Nagasaki. Sailed Steam
er Columbia, for San Francisco. Left up
British ship Franklstan. "Condition 5f
bar at 5 P. M., smooth; wind, north;
weather clear.
San Francisco, July 12. Sailed Ijarken
tlne Gardiner City, for Gray's Harbor;
schooner Occidental, for Gray's HarborJ
schooner Abbie, for Gra"y's Harbor;
schooner LJzsie Vance, .for Gray.s Har
bor; State of California, for Portland;
steamer Titama, for Nanaimo. Sailed
July ll-45tearncr Empire, for Cobs Bay,
Arrived July 11 Steamer Coqullle River,
from Gray's Harbor. Arrived July 12
Steamer Universe, from Oyster Bay.
St. Michael. July 12. Passed Ems, from
Naples and Genoa, via Gibraltar, for New
York.
Cherbourg, July 12 Arrived Kaiser
Frederick, from New York, via Plymouth,
for Hamburg, and proceeded.
Naples, July 12. Arrived Aller, from
New York, via Gibraltar, for Genoa.
Rotterdam. July 12. Sailed Rotterdam,
for New York.
Liverpool, July 12. Sailed Cambrian,
for Montreal.
Queenstown, July 12. Sailed Rhynland,
from Liverpool for Philadelphia.
New York, July 12. Sailed European,
for London.
NewYork, July 12. Sailed Columblai
for" Hamburg; La Gascogne, for Havre;
Barbarwoa, for Bremen; Bolivia, for Mar
seilles Liverpool, July 12. Arrived Waesland,
from Philadelphia.
Glasgow, July 12. Arrived State of Ne
braska, from New York.
New York, July 12. Arrived Kaiser
Friederlch, from New York for Hamburg.
Victoria Arrived July 11 Steamer
Braemer, from Yokohama.
Seattle Sailed July 11 Steamer San
Pedro, for Nome.
Port Xos Angeles Arrived July 11
Steamer Mlneola. from Nanalmo.
Hoaulam Wash., Arrived July 11.
Schooner Roy Somcrs, from San Fran
cisco, for Cosmopolls; schooner C. H.
Merchant, from San Francisco, for Ab
erdeen; schooner Queen, from San Fran-
Cisco, for Aberdeen-; schooner Charles
Hanson, from Bristol Bay, Alaska, for
Hoqulam. Sailed Steamer Newburg, from
UAOeraecn, tor ban rancisco
EX-SOLDIERS REUNION.
Committee of Arrangements Hold e
Meeting on the East Side.
A, meeting of the committee of ar
rangements of the Ex-Soldiers' Associa
tion, of Multnomah County, was held
last evening at the office of J. L. Wells,
100 Grand avenue. The Ladles' Auxil
iary Association was represented by Dr.
Flora Brown, president. Judge John E.
Mayo called the committee together. Dis
cussion of the place for holding tho re
union of 1900 took place, and it was de
cided that Hhwthorne Park be secured'
if possible, A special1 committee was
appointed to negotiate with the new les
see. The committee on programme re
ported that the four days of the reunion
would be divided up as follows:
Wednesday, August '22 Indian and
Olexicah Wars day.
Thursday August 23-rCiyil War day.
Friday, August 24 Spanish War day.
Saturday, August 25 Ladles Auxiliary
dayv
Sunday, August 26 Religious services.
On motion, the report of the pro
gramme committee was adopted. The
committee on speakers reported the fol
lowing: On Indian and Mexican Wars,
Governor T. T. Geer and H. W. Scott;
Civil War. Major Bell. L. M. Pratt and
H. V. Gates; Spanish War, General Owen
Summers and others; Ladles' Auxiliary,
Mrs. S. K. Miller, past state president
W. R, C, with general exercises; Sun
day, August 26, Rev. Mr. Atkinson, Rev.
Robert McLean and Rev. W. T. Kerr. It
was decided to print the programmes
about 10 days before -the opening of tho
reunion. On motion. Judge John E. Mayo,
president of the association was appointed
to deliver the address of welcome on
the opening day of the reunion. The
committee adjourned to meet again at
Foss' Hall, corner of Hawthorne and
Grand avenues, Thursday evening, July
26, -for completing all the arrangements.
DR. ELIZA E. LEONARD.
Medical Missionary In China for
North Pacific Presbyterians.
Dr. Eliza E. Leonard, whose letter,
written at PeWn, China, on May 30,
appeared in last Sunday's Oregonlan,
was a graduate of Parsons College,
Iowa, and of the medical department of
the University of Michigan. In 1S95 she
went from her home in Tacoma to serve
under the Woman's North Pacific Pres-
by teflon Board of Missions as a medical
missionary in China, where she has slnca
been engaged In faithful service. She
is a young woman of great strength of
character a3 may readily be seen from
the letter above referred to. Her last
annual report gave the following statis
tics: Attendance at dispensary. 3165; pa
tients visited In homes, 113; in-patients,
12. Opposition has greatly crippled her
work, but she has many Chinese friends
who hold her In the high esteem which
is her due.
Wanhinirton Bankers Convention.
TACOMA, Wash., July 12. The state
bankers' convention met at 3 o'clock this
afternoon, and will continue -until Sat
urday. Business sessions win be held
Friday, followed by a ball and reception
In the evening. The election of officers
will be held Saturday, followed by an
excursion on the Sound.
President Furth, in his annual message,
recommended that a committee of nine
be' appointed to have charge of cases of
fraud and forgeries and to employ means
to bring the guilty to justice; also that a
law be framed to punish any one utter
ing a check upon any bank where the
draweo has not kept an account. After
the appointment of a committee of three
on credentials and a committee of five on
constitution and by-laws, the convention
adjourned until tomorrow morning.
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Dr. Eliza E. Leonard.
DAWSON ON THE WANE
PORTLAKDER GIVES HIS IMPRES
SIONS OF THE KLONDIKE.
Dlprsinffs Are Sore to Fall Into the
Hands of Corporations Bad
Mail Service.
Judge C. H, Carey has returned to
Portland frojtn a trip to Dawson, which
took up about a month of his time. He
had business in- the Klondike metropolis,
in connection with an estate, and took
advantage of the opportunity to look
Around while up there, in order to judge
of the present conditions and future
prospects of what a few years ago
startled -the world by the stories of pan
fuls or gold.
- Judge Caroy said yesterday that he
thought Dawson was on the wane The
district has lost a large proportion of Its
population through the exodus to Nome,
and most of the rich placers In the vicin
ity of Dawson have been worked out.
"It costs top much up there to dig for
gold," ho said, "and grave.1 should con
tain at least $1 a yard In order to enable
a miner to make anything worth while.
Tho g-avel and muck must be thawed out
in the Wirier v-Uh the aid of fuel, that
680 feet, gross register lC,00O tons,
15 hours, 4C minutes.
costs $20 to fW a cord, according to lo
cation, and llvlnp costs a great deal more
than In any other mining region. Miners'
wages ore about $s a day, without board,
whjch cotts J3. but this Fall the pay wljl
probably te reduced to $5, which would
equal $2 a day and board.
"A large number of 'lay men lost money
on their last season's work, and were
unable to pay their men when the thaw3
of Summer entitled them to find out
how much galrt thire was in the gravel
they bad been digging out. Many of the
men were glal to accept 25 per cent of the
wages agreed on, as there was no legal
recourse ror them The Hay men' had
nothing to pay with, and the real own
ers of the claims could not be held re
sponsible, " 'Laymen are those who take claims
to work on shares, agreeing to pay the
owners SO per cent of the gold found.
Thus, after paying the season's expenses
and deducting the government's 10 per
cent royalty, on the gross returns. It took
a rich claim to enable either party to net
any profit,
"No new discoveries have been made
of late, and the gold-bearing area is
very definitely circumscribed. Unless
some rich, discoveries ore made ere long;
the district will lose the bulk of its pop
ulation and drift into the hands of large
corporations, which, will buy up the
claims and Introduce expensive hydraulic
systems. Things are drifltng that way
very rapldl; now.
"Of Dawson's population, probably
three-fourtb. aro Americans, and they
have held their own with the Canadians
and Englishmen in the accumulation of
wealth. QUIto a large number of former
Portlanders are In business in the town,
and they are all doing very well, as a
rule. A good many women and children
are now,belng- brought in from the States
and elsewhere, to Join the heads pf fam
ilies who "have established themselves in
business, and the Dawson of the future,
be it large or small, will lose consider
able of its wild and woolly appearance
through tho presence of family influ
ences." He thinks the criminal laws of Yukon
Territory are well administered, and that
crime is exceedingly rare in consequence.
The murderer or robber has only one
way tb get out of the country the Yukon
Rlverr-and a telegraph line now in opera
tion heads oft all those who try to es
cape, as mounted police have stations at
convenient , Intervals. As to civil laws,
it is different, and there is little or no re
course in civil procedure, as the officials
aro .openly and notoriously corrupt. In
fact, they can give the officials of the
most .corrupt. Amerjcan city "cards and
spades," and discount them In bribe
taking and favoritism. The postal de
partment is run on the same corrupt
p'lan, and those who handle the mail make
no- secret of their willful and continued
indifference to the needs of the commu
nity. To Illustrate, Judge Carey had
made arrangements to- have The Dally
Oregoplan sent him while In Dawson, but
he never obtained a copy. "No paper
herd for you," was the continued reply,
day after day, for three weeks, and at
the ndof that time the -postmaster said:
"Wo never bother with paper mall, any
way," thus abruptly dismissing a subject
of much importance to Judge Carey,
who was very desirous of reading the
news from home.
"Occasionally I could buy an Orego
nlan for 25 cents," he said, "when some
enterprising traveler would bring a bun
dlQ In with him on speculation. What
became ot my own papers I shall never
know,"
The White Pass Railroad, he said, was
doing- a big business, and evidently mak
ing money, as there seemed to be a large
passenger traffic both ways, while the
freight cars were crowded with goods of
all descriptions going In. The road is
now cp.mploted from Skagway to Bennett,
and from the lower end "of .the lake to
White Horse Rapids, after which the
northbound traveler takes a steamer
down the Yukon to Dawson. The trip,
he said, is a delightful one in Summer,
and there is no hardship whatever con
nected with it.
AtWhlte Horse quite an important town
is springing up, on account of large
bodies of copper being found near by.
The developments and the Klondike traf
fic are evidently making the railroad pay,
though how long it will continue. Judge
Carey does not venture to 'guess. He
looks for rich strikes on the Tanana,
which is down the lUKon, on tne Ameri
can 3ide, and if this district should prove
as good as reports indicate, -there may
be. considerable trade on the Upper Yukon
in the future.
Skagway. he said, was quiet, and al
though It Is the western terminus, of the
railroad, the only excitement there was
on the arrival of a steamer, when the
populace would turn out to meet it at the
dock.
As to the Klondike gold 'output, he
thought it would be heavy this year; but
it will reach Its high-water mark and
I gradually grow less, until the Klondike
district will no longer be considered an
Important factor in the world's annual
gold production. .
The Dally Speech at Lincoln.
Nebraska ..Stale Journal.
"My, friends, the Republicans tell youi
that they favor sunshine-, but they are
only deceiving you to get your votes.
Elect President McKlnley to a second
term and the bright sun will be extin
guished, and the stars roll darkling In
eternal space. There is but one way to
preserve the light, the air and the wa
ter, of this planet for the use of the
great common people, and that Is to
elect the only friend they now have In
pubHc life to the office of President"
(Applause.)
AMERICAN RULE IN CUBA.
Brltlsn Consul Reports There Is No
Revival of Trade.
LONDON, July 12. The report ot the
British Consul In Cuba for 1SS9 says:
"While the first year of American rifle
disappointed Americans as well as Cu
bans and failed to realize expectations in
the way of a great revival of' trade and
needed public works, it Is only just to
the United States officials In Cuba to say
that no responsibility for nonfulfillment
of these expectations attaches to thenu
So far as their authority allowed they
have worked honestly and In good- faith
in what they conceived to be the best
Interests of the island. I cannot see what
more could be done. The one thing that
was not In their power to give was the
thing Cubaneeded the most the estab
lishment of a permanent form of govern
ment." Continuing, the Consul pays a tribute
to the sanitary work of the United States
authorities resulting In a remarkable di
minishing of mortality from yellow fever,
and advises the establishment of direct
steamship communication between Great
Britain and Cuba, despite previous fail
ures in this direction- In conclusion, the
Consul remarks:
"The losses in Cuba during the war
and insurrection were more serious than
generally thought, and without foreign
.capital the rehabilitation of the Indus
tries will be a very long. If not impossi
ble, task."
WEST POINT CADETS.
Arthur W. Lane, of Portland, Ap
pointed by the President.
WASHINGTON, "juiy 12. Among the
cadets. for West Point appointed during
the past week, under the Increase pro
vided by recent legislation, from states
at large, are the following:
Torrey B. Maghee. Rawlins. Wvo.:
Henry Pointing. Laramie. Wyo., alter
nate; Kendall Fellows, Spokane, Wash.;
Levi P. Qulnn. alternate, Spokane.
Wash.; Edward Le Compete, Park City.
Utah; R. L. Irvine, alternate, Logan,
Utah; Rupert DUnford, Salt Lake City,
Utah: Gerald Chllds. alternate. Otrden.
Utah; Arfhur W. Lane, Portland, Or.;
Henry R, Adair, alternate, Astoria, Or.;
Hugh L. Walthall. Modesto, Cal.; Carl
D. Adams, alternate. New Ontario, Cal.;
Lowe A. MqClure, Carson City. Nev.;
Fred A. Garges. alternate, Reno, Nev.
WASHINGTON, July 12. Henry R.
Adair has been named by Senator Simon
as alternate to West Point among the
"at large" appointees, from Oregon. Sen
ator Turner has named Kendall Fellows,
of Spokane, as cadet, and Levi P. Qulnn,
of. Spokane, as alternate.
THE LILLY .COMPANY.
Benton County Corporation Formed
to Settle on Estate.
Corvallls Times.
The Lilly Company is the name of a
new Benton County corporation. The in
corporators are: George B. Lilly, Homer
Lilly and Horace Lilly, and the capital
stock Is $7000.
The company Is believed to be some
thing new in its line. The object is to
settle the estate to which all the mem
bers of the company aro heirs. Several
years ago Jerry L. Lilly, the father, died,
leaving an estate which the last will
and testament left entirely to the motlfer.
Last year the mother died, leaving the
property to tho various heirs, share and
share alike. The will was such that tho
settlement of the estate did not neces
sarily have to be done. In the Probate
Court. The property. Is so. situated that
it can better be settled without dividing
it, and for the purpose of properly handl
ing it tho Lilly Company has been
formed. The officers of the company have
not yet been elected. The heirs . are:
George B., -Horace, Homer, Jennie and
Edith Lilly. Ada Elliott and Annie Rob
bins. AT THE HOTELS.
THE PORTLAND.
Henrr Jacob. San Fr
A D Spencer, Chicago
A H Bcrger, Chicago
I E Thh-jer. San Fran
R Kendrlck, San Fran
H A Relchman, N Y
Chas T Kannbergr,
X T
W " Alverson. S F
Mr & Mrs Geo Cox, Jr,
New lork
Miss il L Cox. do
Oscar J Bamberger,
San Franclco
L Herman, Copenhagn
Vm T Stone. N Y
Mr & Mrs W H Stln-
pon, Los Angeles
Dr & Mrs W A Hen-
dryx. Loe Angeles
C Rocs, San Francisco
C D Cook. San Fran
Howard A Gray, Ean-
plon. Ill
Fred H Scott, do
Henry T Fortmon, SF
Lesley Bates, son tr
Chas Welnshenk. S F
Chaa E Gregg & wife.
'Indianapolis, Ind
Sam Cohen. San Fr
C B Landls, Delphi, j
Ind
VT S Wright, do
A T Egan. St Louis
Emll Pursch. San Fr
J M Leazynslcy, N Y
C C Boylan. N Y
C S Ettlnger, S F I
M H Thomson. S F
W S "Watson. San Fr
W E Bartholomew.
East Orange. N Y
C J Hlldeshelm. N Y
A W 8tawell. Vancvr
S L Melnlnger. N Y
W P Hurlburt. Lewis-
ton. Idaho
J B Rogers, Seattle
Columbia River Scenery.
Regulator Line steamers, from Oak
street dock, daily, except Sundays, The
Dalles, Hood River, Cascade Lnclcs,
and return. Call on-, or 'fone Agent for
further information.
THE PERKINS.
D J Collins. Indp, Or B Blsslnger, Honolulu
A W Keady, CorvalllaMrs S Tlllard, do
Prest Thos McClelland. Mrs Barr. do
Pac Univ. Forest Gr YVm Tlllard, do
T W Watchman. Em- j R A Brown. San Tran
erson. Nev I Geo Turple. Scholls.Or
Mrs. T W "Watchman, A 3 Jones. Stockton
Emerson. Iev J A ai Humphry. Sa.em
L L Woodruff, Beattle
O H Flthlan. Chicago
Mrs S M Jensell, Van
couver, Wash
Mrs C Johnston, do
Miss Johnston, do
Phil Goarhart. St L
J W Strack. Dalle
Chs Cupping, Central !a
C Mlnard. Koseburg
Chas W GrlfHn. Eugene
J E Taylor,. Astoria
ffn Waugh. St Paul
Mrs Vt'm Waugh, do
Miss "Wauch. do
A Whitehead. Hood R
R A Brown. San Fr
Mlrs Anna Sorensen.
Forest Grove
Miss Fannie Sorensen.
Forest Grove
Miss Nettie Koonta.
W G Hopkins. Aber
deen, wash
L M Stem. Denver
John Rukmann, W "W
Mrs J Kukmann. W W
A M Kelay. Dalles
Portland t Wilton McDonald.
Miss Anna Koonts. do j Dickinson. N D
Dr Lamman, Fulton, J Carl N Knudson, Daw-
"Wti
son
E "Waldman, San Fr
Joe M Lewis. Sarr Fr
Mrs I P Wilson, San F
Miss Emily Guillerant,
North Moore, St L
San .Francisco
M E Polndexter, Sclo jw H Wehrung. H11U-
J N Polndexter. Con
boro. Or
don. Or
Miss N-H Ellis. Bak C
Miss Minnie Woods, do
Letter Buller. Hood Rl
Lena Spengal. Salt LkjB J GInn. Moro, Or
Grace L Tlllard,Hepp-
A S Hammond. Mdfrd
Oscar Hayter. Dallas
J C Hayter, Dallas, Or
ner. Or
W A Murchie, Wasco
THE IMPERIAL.
C W. Knowfes, Manager.
Mrs IC Martin, VlctorlajO Eccles,' San Fran
Mrs T Curtis, Rlversld
B S Spencer, Chicago
Mrs J H D Cor, do
Mrs W M Peck, do
A E May. Sumptcr
Geo Harding. Seattle
Mrs Hardlnir. Seattle
Mrs Spencer, Chicago
Miss Spencer. Chicago
Harry Spencer. Chicago
I V Druce, Seattle
J "W Hannaker. Klam
ath .
C D Gabrlelson. Salem
R, S Sheridan. Rosebrg
L Smith. New York
Mrs Smith. New York
G Wolfe, Wallowa
F Baxnett. Spokane
F Ritchie, Spokane
A "W" Dunn. Or
D w Stuart. San Fran
John "W Llnck. Tacoma
G W "Weber, Lancaster
Mrs Lebennan, Astoria
B R Patterson. Portlnd
C C Cortnlre. Redding
R R Judson. city
Ed Hostetler, Dalles
MIss.Hostetler. do
W A Fltta. Pittsburg
B M Robertson, Oska-
loosa
T B Sheldon. Chey
enne. "Wyo
Mrs Sheldon, do
Mrs Patterson. Portlnd
Albert Dunbar. Astoria
S Baxter. Astoria
Mrs Baxter, Astoria
Miss Baxter. Astoria
A J Clayton, Ilwaco
Mrs Clayton. Ilwaco
Hotel Brunswick Seattle.
European r first class. Rates. 70c and up. Ons
block from depot. Restaurant next door.
Tacoraa Hotel. Tacoma.
American plan. Rates. ,$3 and up.
Donnelly Hotel. Tacoma.
European plan. Rates. 50c and. up.
Slg Sichel & Co.. agents, celebrated
Herbert Spencer cigars.
WHITE HORSEA LIVETOWN
ONLY A FEW WEEKS OLD, BUT IS
THRIVING AMAZINGLY.
Where Upper Yukon Nnvigratlqn tad
'. the Railroads Meet Whisky
Said to Be Scarce.
WHITE HORSE, July L The newly es
tablished town of White Horse Is fast as
suming proportions. Although only a few
weeks old, it Is taking on the appearance
ot a lively "business community. The town
is on the west side of the Yukon, Just be
low the famous White Horse Rapids.
Heretofore the place bearing the title of
White Horse has comprised a mere sta
tion of a few houses at the end of a
tramway, and on the opposite shore from
the new town. The present town of
White Horse marks the northern termi
nus of the White Pass & Yukon Rail
road, and the southernmost point of navi
gation on tho Yukton River waters proper.
It Is 111 miles from Skagway, and 4G0
miles from Dawson. Twenty-eight miles
of Intermediate track of the road leading
to White Horse from Skagway has not
been completed, but will be by the last
of this month. It lies along the shore of
Lake Bennett. Track-laying on that di
vision will be begun at the Bennett City
end this week. The contractor who con
structed the roadbed has just turned over
the White Horse-Caribou division to tha
company, and today transferred 250 men
to the lake division to help finish that
stretch.
White Horse has a population of per
haps COO. There are 54 business houses
in the town. The greater number of these
depend almost wholly on transient busi
nesspatronage of travelers to and from
the Klondike. The town 13 booming. It
has several wide streets paralleling tho
river and a number running back. The
site Is almost level, and lies on a beauti
ful lowland bench, 12 feet above the high
water mark in the river. A light growth
of cottonwoods and hemlock has covered
tho site, but has. to a large extent, been
cleared away. Some of the streets aro
100 feet wide, thus affording less likeli
hood of fire sweeping the town. The site
comprises ISO acres, controlled by the rail
road company, with the customary num
ber of lots at various intervals In tho
town site reserved for the government.
The town, by the way. Is in the new
Canadian territory known as Yukon Ter
ritory, carved from the old Northwest
Territory, and which Includes the entire
Canadian Yukon basin.
The price of town lots, as held' by the
townsite people, is from $450 to $1000, but
some of the choice corners have changed
hands at higher figures. One on the prin
cipal street of the town went for $2500
not long ago.
Hotels and restaurants are the chief
houses in the town. They have gone up
phenomenally fast. The restaurants aro
as yet chiefly In large tents. The hotel
proprietors are building the finest and
largest private structures In the town.
Six hotels aro now under construction or
finished. Some of them are three stories
high, and 'contain as many as 100 rooms.
The hotels and restaurants are all doing
a good business, but whether they will
enjoy such during the Winter period Is
a question; but they may, tor the rail
road has largely eliminated the terrors
of travel over the pass and the lakes In
Winter, and made It possible for the trip
to and from Dawson to be made In com
parative ease. It will probably be made
in less than a week with ease next Win
ter. Although White Horse Is springing up
remarkably fast, there Is some fear that
It will not last long, on the score that tho
railroad may build beyond and below the
shallows of Lake Lebarge, about 50
miles, a point where permanent" deep wa
ter. Is reached on the Yukon. This would
obviate the trouble of getting over tho
bars, which are such an annoyance In
the early part of the open season. How
ever, high officials of the railroad who
were here on Inspection today state that
White Horse Is to remain the terminus.
At present, nil freight which has been
blockaded at Bennett has moved forward
from that point, but there Is still quite
a blockade at White Horse. The railroad
company says there are 1600 tons at White
Horse. Manager Elliot, of the railroad
steamers of the White Horse-Dawson
run, says that, with his line and the help
of scows, all the freight will be removed
In six weeks. Some, however, are not so
sanguine. The railroad company has fine
terminal facilities at White Horse. It Is
building a wharf-warehouse there 1O0O
feet long and 40 feet wide. Boats will ba
enabled to land on one side and cars to
run on the other. At present, the greater
part of the blockaded freight is under
canvas.
Two weekly papers are to be started in
White Horse next week, one to be called
the Star, and to be owned and operated
by P. Scharschmldt, of Bennett; the oth
er to be run by Mr. Burde, of Vancouver,
B. C.
A postofllce will be opened In White
Horso this week. The Alaska-Pacific ex
press has opened an office here. The
place, it is expected, will be created a
port of entry In a few days.
Although several saloons are open,
whisky Is scarce. Permits must be had
to bring It In from the outside, and the
Dominion Government has not yet grant
ed permits this year.
YOU
STRONG!
Knocks Out Pain
Every movement of the body, every ef
fort of the mind, is a draw upon nerve
power. Mental tension or wear and tear
of life without corresponding recupera
tion will break down the strength. That
tiring, lowering back pain shows weak
ness of the central muscles. This affects
the action of the kidneys. Use
Dr. Sanden's Belt
'it will save you a lifetime of suffering.
You quickly feel the exhilaration, and
the work goes on till the cure Is com
plete. DR. A. T. SANDEN
Cor. Fourth and Morrison
PORTLAND
OREGON
DAXDItCPF WON'T WASH OUT.
The Germ. That Causes It Has to Be
Destroyed, to Cure Dandruff.
Many1 a woman spends an hour twice a
week scouring her scalp, thinking scrub
bing off the scurf will cure the dandruff.
Ttvo hours a week at the age of 40 years,
she has spent 2G0 days of 12 hours each,
or two-thirds of a .year of her life, la
that vain hope; vain, because you can't
cure dandruff without killing the dan
druff germ, and the only hair preparation
on earth that will do that is Newbro's
"Hcrplclde also a delightful hair dress
ing, and thorough antiseptic against all
contagion from use of others' hair
brushes. It is also a delightful hale
dressing. ,