Li
t it - - .V
MS.OF.TOEEK
From "allx Parts of the New
and Old World.
BRIEF AXD
INTERESTING ITEMS
Comprehensive) Review of the Import
ant Happenings or tho Cur
rent IThIl.
' The Italian cabinet has resigned.
General Pellieuji action is regarded is
'" m political move, to make possible for
- , the Marquis di ' Rndini to 'seen re a
unanimous ministry. T1j ministers of
finance, justice -nd public works. In
the retiring cabinet, will not appear in
its successor. " .- ' .
. , EL Howes, the-Wichita mountain,
i boomer, who has been at Wichita for
three weeks trying to organise a party,
- has left for Olkahoma Citv without a
single follower. At different times he
claimed to have from 600 to 1,000
boomers ready to follow his lead into
-; the country. ! -'
Toru Hoshi, envoy extradordinary and
, minister plenipotentiary from Japan to
the -United States, " wag a passsenger
from the Orient on the City of Peking,
w Inch I as just arrived in San Fran
cisco. He will, leave for Washington
at once carrying with him instructions
in reference to the Hawaiian treaty of
, . annexation which-will be considered
, by .the United States senate. - -f
When the German reinforcements,
consisting of four companies of ma
nnes, numbering 23 officers and 1,200
men, and a company of naval artillery,
arrive at Kiao Chau hay, for -which
point, as already cabled, they will scon
set out, they will bring the German
force there up to 4,566 men, the lar?
gest body Germany has ever - sent be
yond Eropean waters.' It is Understood
. that the reserves had to be drawn upon.
Surgeon-General .Wyman, of . the
marine hospital service, has submitted
his annual report to Secretary Gage, jit
shows that during the fiscal year ended'
June 80, 1897, the total number of
.' patients treated at hospitals and the
dispensaries connected with the service
was 54,477. Although the total iitim
, ber of patients treated was 673 In ex-
cess of those treated: during the, pre-
vious fiscal year, the expenditures were
$538,636, , which is $21,000 less than
the previous year. ; : - - j .
The annual report of James H. Eeklcs,;
controller of, the currency, for the year
ended October 31, 1897, opens, with a,
" "brief resume of the history of the legis
lation which' constitutes the present
National-bank act," and Invites the at-
k .tentioaof congress to' amemlments to
the law. recommended in former reportf,
without'" specifically repealing them.
The controller renews bis recommend
ation of last year, urging that national
bank examiners b paid an 'antionl sal
'ary instead of fees, as nom. , t ; .
Further information from Washing
ton respecting the proposed canal" and
-looks for the channel at the dalles is to
the effect that it -is- proposed to ptishi
the work with a deal of raoidity. The
contract sj-stem sHd moderri methods of
excavation and building have made it
eiear that years need not be spent upon
a work of this character. If, ,1 be con
tract for improving the Columbia by g
small channel at the dalles is adopted
it will no doubt be stipulated that the
work.must be done with rapidity. : 1
A terrible railroad accident has oc
. curred in AVarsaw.fi While a passenger
train was stationary at the terminus,
a heavy, freight train- ran Into it, owing
to the error of a pointsman. Eleven
persons were lulled and 22 others Were
seriously injnred.
The receipts of the. customs., so far
this fiscal -year . undoubtedly will - fall
considerably short of estimates made
by the managers of the new tariff Mil.
during i'8 pendency in "cohgresi! it
that time, it vas..estimai; that the
customs would yield about $180,000,-,
000 during he first year.,;, Tbindica-'
tions are now said to be that the re
ceipts from, this source will pot aggre
gate nio. fjlan $165,6(50,000: "'
A plate of artnon--ua.RI,Bnl.:. . in'
. of eOOlons for thetm-rets 0iih ;
and Kfintnol-T'
teBted.at the Indian, tieadtTwlifcl
14" -u .-KW-- LJWT reu ai jne
til-i gu nuy ,iue oiuer sai a
low velocrry. ' Neither penetrated 'nor
, cracked the plate, but both 'jfwrtfylly
welded themselves into it. Lt- i. w
Word comes oC wreck qi tEe Santa
Fee near. Williams, Ariz.1; in which
three men lost ' their lives and much
valuable . property "i was " destroyed.
After the first seotion of freight train
No. 83 had pulled out of Williams, the
that controls the brakes gave out
ad the train dashed down the steep
i Kj... f grade with rapidly increasing velocity.
f-i.JtJb lian(1 brakes were unavailing to
,-'" check the speed, and when a point
about 10 miles west was reached the
train left the track. Two engines were
coupled to the train, which was a very
heavy one Engineers Newton and
Watsons and Fireman Berry were pin
ned under their respective engines and
lost their lives, it is said, by, being
burned to deatb.C- i ; -V I j
Emperor William opened the session
of the German reichstag in person for
the first time since 1894. The cere
mony took place in Whitehall, in the
royal castle. His majesty read the
speech from the throne.
The steamer San Bias has arrived in
San Francisco from .Panama end way
ports. -.She bringsUhe news that the
Salvador coffee crop for this season
will be one-third larger than ever be
fore, and will do much toward making
up the loss occasioned by the revolu
tion. ' vW' ' ' " '' i '. "'" ',
The "London papers assert thai China
Jias practically ngreed to cede England
A tstrip .61 1 territory near Hon'g ;Kotig,
uuu on, hio ourrounuuig islands in or-
to enaille England to fortify them
"JilrelV and o Increase the garrison.
Secretary Gage is quoted as saying
fiat in the annual estimate he would
eend to congress he would name about
$20,QOO,,90g, and not above , $25,000,
000, as the amount of the treasury de
fioit for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1898. The secretory said he expected
the receipts f rum customs to increase
iteudlly, and in the spting months be 1
anticipated quite large importations. 1
DR. WYMAN'S..RrQRT.
Doaa-er
i tha Impertatloa f AtlatU
.Cholera.
Washington, tDec. 7 Surgeon-Gen
eral Wyman, of .the marine hospital
service, has submitted his annual re
port to Secretary Gage.-- It shows that
during the fiscal, year ended June 80,
1S97, the total number of patients
treated at hospitals ana the dispensaries
connectetd with the service was 64,477.
Although the total number of patients
treated was 673 in exoess of those treat'
ed during the previous fiscal J"'r, the
expenditures were $538,536. which.' is
$31,000' less than the previoui year.
The number of immigrants inspected
by officers of the service at the various
ports aggregated 233,327. The aurgeuu-
generel svs.
"The necessity of legislation to secure
proper shelter ior deck crews on est-
em waters, t which my attention was
called m the last report," was met by the
ct of congress requiring every steam
boat upon the Mississippi river and its
tributaries to forliinh a place for the
crew with protection from the weather.
ms 8uoject is one that Das long en
gaged the attention of the marine hos
pital surgeons, who have made frequent
reports thereon, and this action of con
gress will be productive of much relief,
although the act doefi not take effect
until June 30, 1893. To meet the
growing demands for the service, .new
regulations have been prepared1, and
will shortly be issued.'" ' 'fiu v i i
The surgeon-general invites attention
to the excellent work by officers of the
corps during the recent visitation of yel-J
low fever in the South.' ; Officers were
assigned to infected districts, and, al
though a number of them were not im
mune to yellow fever, nevertheless they
responded wit,h alacrity and performed
their duties with judgment and. effi
ciency. Three officers contracted yellow
fever and one lost his life by aocident
in the line oi duty.; r. ;.".' ,s
TROLLEY
CARS. COLLIDED.
"
Three Pertoni RUled and a Scoro -la-'"
i Jored Near Detroit. ,;..;'.
Detroit, Dec. 7. Two suburban cars,
carrying some 20 passengers,' 'and both
running at a speed of 35 miles an hour,'
collided on the Detroit & Oakland elec
tric railroad, at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
Three men were instantly killed and '
score of persons injured, several of them
seriously. The dead are: ' ., 1
l John Savage, superintendent" of the
road; Charles -M. Whitehead, 'motor
man;, JoId Kelly, of Detroit, book
agent A dozen others were' mere of
hess' seriously injured. ,, u- 7
'" The" exact cause of the accident is n
yet known. ''According to the schedule,
a carleaves Detroit anc? Pbntfac eVery,
honr,and Uiere Tare' three siflings afoiig
the road. Today the cars were behind
time., The 'one, 'bound., southward for
Detroit had passed an outbound car at
a switch two miles from Pontiao, the
crew apparently being ignorant of the
fact that Another outbound car was ap
proaching them less than two miles
away. The weather was foggy and the
rails slippery from sleet. The collision
occurred near a gravel pit half way be
tween Pontiac and Birminghay,',iit the
font of 'two eteep grades, down Vhich
'iMrs "tab at full speed.- ' The' cars
;.i ere driven half through each other,
and,were,cfoshed-to"pieces. :.. ; ....
,.; IJad it, not beeq for the stout con
struction of . the cars, both o which
were new, it is doubtful whether any of
the occupants would have escaped alive.
As it was, nearly all of the 14 passen
gers in the southbound ' car suffered
some i injury; Some of the injured were
taken' to- farmers' house;, others were
brought to city hospitals.
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The .Matter Arranged.
Washington, Dec. 7. It was official
ly announced at the White House today,
on the return of the president to Wash
ington, that Governor John Grigg, of
New Jersey, has been tendered and has
accepted the office of 'attorney-general
Of the United' States,, which -will be
vacated by the nomination of Attorney
General MoKemia to be associate, jus
tice of the United States supreme court.
,It has not yet been settled when Gov
ernor Griggs - shall assume his new
offlue? hut it is protable that ""the' data
will be about Jhe beginning of ftie new
year. . ' ,-''' ; ' ' '" .
W iH.GI Spain a Trial.
T 0"
. . KfTJ .. I
ijpiMj ill iiij nin, gc a 11 ml lu
Spain's new scheme of autonomy. The ,
Herald poll of the senate , and house
shows the following results:. .; " t
Senators against action, 42 senators
who favor, but ao not expect action, 24;
senators for immediate action, 0; sena-
tors noncommittal or not seen, 14; rep
resentatives against' action,. 178; repre
sentatives for action, 159; " representa
tives noncommittal or hot Seen, 18.
Burned to the Water Line.
Chicago, ! Dpe. 7'The steamer
George W. Morleyf of Cleveland, was
burned to the water's edge on the beach
at KyaristOu touighK Her crew of 18
men got ashore without tronble. The
Morley was bO 4nd from I Milwaukee to
Chicago witiiout cargo, and when off
Evanston a lamp exploded in the engine
room. Before 'the pumps could be
started the fire was beyond control, and
the boat was beached, this cre wading
ashore. The Morley was-ra wooden
steamer, and was valued at (35,000.
Ardmore, I. T., Dec. 7. At the close
of the performance of ".SamU.of Posen"
by the Curtis company tpnight, Nellie
H. Fillmore, the 'cashier, 'disappeared
with the evening's receipts ; 3 Later she
was arrested and released on bond.
Miss Fillmore claims that- Curtis owed
her, and that she took this means of
paying herself.
The convicts with good "record in
the Kansas state penitentiary bow wear
suits of cadet 'gray instead of striped
suits. ..
Indiana Will Have to Pay.
Denver, Dec. 7.-TlieTIr)dians who
participated in , the reoent roubles in
the western' parl"of Ihe'st'ate are very
likely to get into trouble with federal
authorities over the killing of stock
belonging to ranchers in and around
Rio Blanco county; " 'According to
their own statements the Indians killed
stock belonging "to the ranchers for -the
purpose of proouring their hides "for
tanning. If the authorities can ascer
tain to whom, these cattle belong aud
can prove which Indians killed them.
the latter will have, to reimburse the
settlers. ,r ,
BRINK OF A'CIVIL WAR
Austria and Hungary Appar
'. V entljr Drifting Apart ''
CZECHS PROPOSE TRIPLE EMPIRE
Faction Drawing I'p for Great Strng
(le Can tha Eiupurer Vrlng .- 1
' - Order Out' bf Chao.t ' . 1
London, Dec. 7. International ques
tions, have been;, temporarily over
shadowed by the gravity of the situa-
lion in Austria, wnere trunks areas
gloomy as imaginable In addition to
the imminence o a civil war, the next
few hours may possibly witness a revo
lution in the relations between Austria
aiid Hungary, which might mean the
reconstruction of the map of Europe
It is hardly an exaggeration to tay that
the factions are drawing up, like con
tending armies. ", The Germans have
appealed to their compatriots on both
sides of .the frontier, ami have appar
ently prepared to run all risks to keep
the hated Czechs in subjection. The
Czechs make no secret of the fact that
their final aim is to, abolish the dual
empire, and. to nieke it, a triple empire
uy placing uonemia on an equal iooung
with Austrihnd Hungary.' To grant
these demuft'de wouM set Hungary on
lire mid dpsjpy the foidatiof pf the
present imperial system. It -looks as
thoiiL'h the emlovmeilJW forcte ia the
only , solution of , the quesyddf but
against which fsu'tioiviU'ie bo useii?
The Question of thwlirovisional ans-
glich bill (or agreement t'd prolong for
u year, instead of lOears, the compact
between- Austria andflungary, pending
arrangements for a JofigeaMompact), is,
if possible, mord grave ln (hf threat
ened civil wart 1tTJie
Hjiarinu diet
ms given Baron yon (i&utsche von
Frankentburh, the 'Austrian premier,
til! Monday next in' which to state
whether he can reasonably expect the
Misgllch bill to pass, and, failing a de
cisive answer, Baron BaulTy, the Hun
garian premier, will introduce Monday
a bill-whereby Hungary will, act inde
pendently as regards the duties to be
levied, continuance of commercial rela
tions with Austria and the charter of
the Austro-Hungarian bank. .This
compact between the two portions of
the dual state may be maintained tem
porarily. : Hungary will establish her
claim to the .right of independently
disposing oi tnese questions.-
, , It is easy to see that victory will only
whet the Hungarian' appetite, and that
It will be a short step to the dissolution
oT Austria,' which, 1n turn, will hurl
Europe into a furnace -of terrible possi
bilities. ' -! - ;- i
; .Apparently the only hope of escape
is that the personal ascendancy ; of the
old emperor will once again enable him
to solve an apparently impossible situ
ation. Failing in this, the reichsrath
will be dissolved and a. reign of abso
lutism will begin in Austria, and, tech
nically, Hungary will have resumed
her independence, the first step toward
a federation) s distinguished - from a
dual Austro-Hungarian-monarchy.
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t' ' " "jJUcitiiif in Bohemia. ' . '." .
", Prague; Dec. 7. -At Taber last night
Czechs attacked the houses of Hebrews
and broke the windows of a synagogue.
Several "rioters ' were arrested. ' The
local force of ' gendarmes were called
upon to assist 'in restoring order. 'A
mob of over 1,000 persons at Brannau
last evening attacked the houses of
Czechs, and in spite of the efforts of
the gendarmes smashed the windows
and did Other damage. Quiet was not
restored urrtjl midnight. .In- Prague
the military patrol was fired upon, but
none Of the patrol was wounded.'"
, THE GREAT TYPHOON.
Further Particulars of the Disaster In
. 1 . ' he PhUIPplneei , , j . . , ,
tt Seattle, Dec. 7. -The steamer Kago
shima Maru arrived here , today, 16
days from Yokohama, bringing Orien
tal Tidvices np to November ,19," The
following additional particulars have
been received of the terrible typhoon
which swept over ' the Philippine
islands Goto her. 8, devastating the prov
ince of Leyte, Manilla, and causing
Ah JjM deaith o eoverai hundred pereonf. ; i
4lioatipsjsnr. 4
.jl.j-!a1i::.:.i .L- . . r
stwa swUmi I. -SMA.4. jAis m rw
- v ,D I'- - muiii -mvv v uuv.
The typhoon seems to have done its
worst damage at Tacloban, the capital
of Leyte, where the whole town was
.Converted into a- niass of ruins... The
ood'es ot, lao Europeans were recov-
ered. "The government house," treas
ury, barracks, 'etc., were destroyed.
The coast is strewn with " the wreckage
of vessels torn to pieces by the hurri
cane. It was reported that the town of
Hemoni, 6,000 inhabitants, had disap
peared. -.., . i ?V.'l4 :,
' 'Assaulted With a Ball Bat. ,
" Junction City,' Kan., Dec. 7. Cor
poral Fenuell, battery B, Fourth artil-.
lery, at" Fort Riley, died" last night.
Fennell 'wasone of the two victims
whpm Private Leach, of the same bat
tery, some days ago, endeavored to kill
with a ball' hat, attacking . them while
they slept. Fennell's skull was broken.
Private Riley had his jaw fractured,
but" will recover, ' The tragedy is the
outcome of a drunken quarrel, ' ' '
' n : Dark Palouse Crime. " ,-.'-
Palouse, -Wash., Deci 7. An un
known man was iound dead yesterday
on the track of. the Northern Pacific,
nne mile south. The body was mangled
beyond recognition. The man , was 6
feet 8 inches, dresesed In a blue checked
suit, sack coat and brown overcoat.
The' coroner's jury returned a verdict
that tin man came'to his death by hav
ing his throat cut, but whether by his
own hand or the Jjahd ef another , they
ijould not say.,, Abloodj. knife, a bloody
razor "and 140 in mofley, were found in
the pocket, but lfot a Btirap of paper
that would lead !li the identity, of the
man .eooldj be tS)iwi.4 t.The body, waa
brown on the .track to, conceal the
orinae. ' ' ' ,.,
1 Burn'ed'to Death.. : '
;- PasndenaV Cal. Dec,' 7. F. R. Has
kins was horned to death jn"the city
jail at Siorra Madre this morning.
Haskius, who was 28 years old, was ar
rested on. a charge of drunkenness, and
during the night he, set fire to his bed
ding and was burned to .death before
assistance could be rendered.
no DirriRENca.
Physical troubles of a like nature coming
from different causes are often k punle to
those who suffer pain as to their treatment
and cure as in the case of lumbago from
cold or a strain in some way to the same
muscles. The treatment of such need not
ditt'er one with the other. Both are had
enuuirh and should have prompt attention,
as nut tnii); disables so much as a luntrtutrk.
The use of M. Jacobs Oil will settle the
question. Its ertii-acy is so sure in either
case there is no dill'erviice in the treatment
and no doubt of the cure.
. Kangaroo tails for soup have been
sent to London- from Australia. A
shipment of 2,600 weight was sold at
the rate of $3 a doien tails. In Ann
ual ia they are considered a great
delicacy.
REPUTATION 9 MADE IX A DAY
Are previous 'ree. Time tries the worth ot
man or mrrtii-me. Hosteller's Stomach Hit
ter in fom-ttve vears' uroiuh. ai.d like Hit m
hardy lichens thai garnish the crevice of
Alaska's rocks, it nourishes perennially, aiij
its reputation has as tinu a liasc as the rm'ks
tiiemselves. No medicine is more highly re
garded as a remedy for fever and ague, bilious
reuiitient, constipation, liver and atUuey dis
orders, nervousness and rheumatism.
' The longest straight, railroad line in
America is on the Lake Shore railway,
beginning at a point three miles west
of Toledo, Ohio, and running 09 miles
without a curve.
. $200022
If you use too much of
Schilling's Bast baking powder
it don't spoil the cake.
But why not make your
money go as lar as it will by
using just enough of Schilling's
Best baking powder one-third
less than of the brand you are
used to ?
A Schilling St Comuaay
San Francisco
IKS!
An old English "Manners Book"
says: A lady should dip only the tips
of her lingers in the sauce bowl, and
should not let food fall out of her
mouth on the tablecloth."
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.
We are asserting in the courts our right to the
ouivc use oi me woru t-ASlUKiA, alia
" mCHKK SCAS TOttlA," as our Trade Murk.
I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyanriis, Massachusetts,
waatheorigiuatorof " HTCHER'SCASroRIA,"
the same that has borne and docs now bear the
tac-Sttnile signature of C1I AS. H. FLIiTL'IlKK on
every wrapper. Thlsistheoriginal"PiTCHUK'S
CASTOR! A" which has been used to the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it la
the kind you have alwayt bought, and bos the
signature .of CHA9. H. FLKTCHKR on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March t, 2S97. SAMUEL PITCHBR, iUJ.
A New Hartford, Coun., man one
day set over 1,000 tohacco plants, anil
the next morning found that the cut
worms had destroyed every plant hut
one over night. '
HOME PKOUl'CTS AND PIKE FOOD.
All Eastern fiyruri. so-called, nsnallv vcre
light colored and oi heavy bodv, is mode from
1 noose. "Tri (tanlm Driut" Is made from
ugnr Cane and isstrictlr nitre. It is for aiu
by flrst-cias isrncera, m cans ulilv. .Maiilliac-
tnred by the Pacific Coast srntpCo. AlU-un-uine
"7a Harden th-inn' huve ttie niauuiac-
lurer-e name MtuoKraphed ou every can.
' The legislature of Uruguay has con
ferred citizenship and the sum of $10,
000 on Dr. .Saharelli as a recognition of
his discovery of the yellow fever
microbe.
"King Solomon's Treusure," only AphrodHIHCid
Tonic known. (Hee Dictionary.) a,i.uo a Inn, II
weeks' treatment. Munun Chemical Co., P. O. Box
747, Philadelphia, Pa.
An international congress has been
arranged at Paris for the discusfion of
the means of preventing fires in thea
ters and other places of . public report.
We will forfeit $1,000 if any of oitr pub
lished testimonials re proven to be nut
genuine. . Tuk Pino Co., Warren, I'a.
Trj Schilling's Best tea and baking powder.
Russia has the most rapidly increas
ing population of any country in the
world. The growth during the last 100
years has been a fraction less than 1,
000,000 annually.
A Dutchman of VVeert has found a
otMtyp and4utende4 for ordinary uhc.
Nine : hundred and ' fifty telegraph
snb-marine cables are now in opera
tion, most of them in Em ope; their
total length is over 89,000 miles.
It is no unusual thing for a vessel
plying bewteen Japan and London to
carry 1,000,000 fans of all kinds as a
single item of its cargo.
Stop! Women,
And consider that in addressing Mrs.
Pinkham you are confiding your prlvtto
ills to a woman a woman whose ex
perience in treating woman's diseases
is greater than that of any living phy
sician, malo or female. ;i
You can talk freely to a woman when
It is revolting to relate your private
troubles to a man; besides, a man docs
not understand, simply because he hi a
man. ; ... - j '
MRS. PINKHAM'S STANDING
: ' INVITATION.
Women suffering from any form of
female weakness are invited to promptly
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass, All letters are re
ceived, opened, read, and answered by
women only. A woman can freely
talk of her private illness to a woman.
Thus has been established the eternal
confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and
the women of America which has novcr
been broken.. Out of the vast yolumo
of exDerienco which she has to draw
"f roni, it Is more thai).' posslble'that she!
has gained the very knowledge that
will help your cose. She asks nothing
In return except your good will, and
her advice has relieved thousands.
Surely any woman, rich or poor, Is very
foolish if she does not take advantage
Of this generous offer of assistance.
i NHtHt AlL ILaE f AILS.
t Cuuub ByruD. Tastes Oootl.
In time. Sold by drugglcls.
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THE YUKON RUSH
HOW
THE THOUSANDS WILL
REACH ALASKA.
There Are Many Routes Spoken of, Rut
a Tet Only Two Are Advisable for
tha Cold Seeker to Attempt Nome
of the Plntculttea to Re Overcome.
Speelal Correspondence.)
How many will go to the Klondike
next year, how will they be transport
ed, are questions now being afked by
transportation' companies and' the
thousands interested iu one way or an
other in the great movement about to
take place. Even the man going
thither to seek his fortune is vitally in
terested in these matters. If there is
too big a crowd he may not be able to
secure a passage, or to got a proper
outfit, or be successful iu transporting
it into the interior. He would better
not trust too much to luck nor depend
too much npon being able to tr ivel in
the regular way. Certainly, so far as
the regular steamers are concerned,
their berths will all be engaged weeks
in advance, and the man who neglects
to secure passage early may have to
wait a long time for h'lB turn to come
around. Even on the overland trains
there is promise of Inconvenience, if not
delay. So great a rush, all in one di
rection, will tax the rolling stock of
the railroads to its utmost, since cars
will have to go back empty.
The lowest estimate of the number of
people who will start for Alaska next
spring is 50.000, while some who have
given the subject muoh attention pluce
the figure as high as 200,000. At an
averageof 800 to each vessel, It would
require 170 steamers to convey the min
imum number, while 680 would be
necestary to accommodate the maxi
mum. To send 170 steamers in the
months of February, March and April
would make it necessary fur two to
sail each day. There is now advertised
not one-quatrer the steamers necessary.
The others will no doubt be provided,
for there are numerous transportation
projects on foot, but nothing definite
about thorn can yet be said. This is
sufficient to show that the man who
intends to join the first great rush by
the way of the pusses and lakes would
do well to make sure of his passage to
Dyea or Skaguay. As to the route by
the way of St. Michaels and the river,
that will not be open till June, and
extensive transportation projects now
under way will be sufficiently developed
long before that time to make it well
to postpone any estimates until later.
There are but two well known and
undeniably practical routes to the Yu
kon mines. One is by the mountain
passes from Dyea and Skuguay to the
lakes and thence by boat down the lakes
and rivers, and the other Is by ocean
steamer to St Michaels and thonce up
the river by light draft steamer. All
other routes are yet to be proved, and
all who try them must expect to meet
with the tribulations and uncertainties
that lay in the path of the pioneer.
Undoubtedly the great majority of Yu
koners will try the passes, since the
mines can be reached in this way two
or three months earlier thnn by steam
er, and, of these the greater number
will go over the regular Yukon trail by
the way of Chilkoot pass, the next
greater number going from Skaguay over
the Vhite pass.
It is well thoroughly to understand
this route and its variation as to the
two passes. Linn canal, about 100
miles north of Juneau, penetrates a
number of miles northerly into the
coast mountains, the very head of it be
ing divided into two arms by a rooky
promontory. Into the easterly arm
flows Skaguay river and into the west
erly arm the Dyea river. Both are
rapid, ice-cold mountain streams, nav
igable for canoes only for several miles.
At the head of these arms are located
the new towns of Skaguay and Dyea.
From these points It is necessary to
cross the high mountain divide to
Lakes Lindermann and Bennett, where
boats are constructed for the journey
down the river. Until the past season
the Yukoners have used the Chilkoot
pass, from Dyea, exclusively, the Chil
kat Indians packing all the supplies at
the usual rate of 15 cents a pound.
The route is 27 miles long, aud the
summit of the pass is 3,200 feet Jirb4
f4Wy--' -W 1':
.ft b thvfewt Js. .; Ltat. atumiaef,
Ing to the great rush and the eager
ness of all to get over at any cost, the
Indiana raised their price for packing,
until often as high as a dollar a pound
was paid them. This, and the crowded
condition of the trail, led many to try
the Skaguay trail, whioh, though 41
miles long, was asserted to be better,
because the summit of the pass was
some 600 feet lower. It was found,
however, that the trail was not so good,
that the river had to be crossed several
times, and that, though the pass was
somewhat lower, the trail led up and
down . hill so muoh that the actual
climbing done was greater than by the
Chilkoot pass, where the uecent was
gradual to the foot of the summit di
vide, when one very steep olimb was
necessary. The practical result was
that, a very much larger percentage of
those who tried the Chilkoot pass suc
ceeded in reaohing the lakes, than of
those who attempted th Skaguay route.
Nevertheless, improvements are now
being made on both trails, anr! both
will be extensively used in the spring,
it being much easier to go in over the
snow, when the rocks and mud which
made the trails so difficult last fall are
coTired up.
Theie are projected improvements
for both of those trails, in the nature
of railroads and tramways, but as yet
only Chilkoot pass shows anything tan
gible. A combined railroad and tram
way is under construction and is prom
Bed to be completed by the first of Feb
ruary, for the taking of freight from
Dyea through to Lake Lindermann. The
probabilities are that this convenience
will be provided by that time, or
shortly thereafter, The company oper
ating it purposes to contract to carry
freight from Dyea to the lake at a price
much below what it would cost to pack
it over, arid to handle it so promptly
that by the time the owner can walk
over the trail his freight will get
through. With this tramway In opera
tion, and nothing similar on the Skag
uay trail, the Chilkoot pass would get
all the travel. There are, however;
still other tramways and riilroad pro
jects on both trails, but when they will
be ready for use is uncertain. At the
present time it would seem as though
this Chilkoot tramway will be the onlj
thing ready early enough to accommo
date the first rush in February and
Murch. Until that time, there is ap
patently little choice between the trails
for winter travel, and those who go in
before February may take either. For
those who go in over the snow R Yu
kon sled is neuessnry. This is a strong
skeleton sled and may be purchased at
any regular outlining iHiint. Many
take dtKS to help druw sleds, but nil
can not do this. If it is done, speciu
provision must be made for food (or
the animals.
After the lakes have been reached,
the remainder of the route is the mine
for both passes, cnnmHting of about 550
miles of lake and river navigation to
Dawson City, at the mouth of the
Klondike. It la 50 miles further to
Forty-Mile, and Cirolo Citv In 80U
miles down the river from Dawson
The new town of Iinuipnrt City Is Htil
about 500 miles further down the Yu
kon, at the mouth of Mutiook creek,
not far above the point where the
Taunauah flows into the great river.
This entire lake and river journey is
made in strong hunts iiNtially built out
of timber whipsawed by the Yukoners
on the banks of Lakes Linileriiiiiiui or
Bennett. There is a small saw mill
there, but it is nimble to cut enough
t minor to hit the demand, llmiutlesa
other mills will be taken in as toon as
the tramway is completed, but mi nets
should not rely upon this, but should
take an outfit of tools and material for
building a boat, as well as oars and
rowlocks. Efforts to tnko in boats over
the pass lust full were unsuccessful,
even in sections. Though it luignt ho
easier to do so over the snow, it is
doubtful if it would not consume us
much extra time nnd labor us the
building of a boat would require.
When the tramway is at work, special
ly constructed boats could no doubt he
taken iu to advuntuge, and valuable
time be saved.
The route leads through Lake Linder
mann, 0 miles, a portage to Lake Ben
nett, 1 mile; down the lake, 24 miles;
through Cariboo crossing to Lake Tag
ish, 2 miles; down the lake l'J miles;
by river to Luke Marsh, 0 miles;
across the lake passing Windy Arm,
19 miles. Those who go in the w in
ter and early spring can proceed to this
point by drawing their boats on sleds,
but thore they must wait for tho ice to
break np before proceeding down the
river in their boats, unless they intend
to go through light, dragging a sled
over the snow and ice. Twenty-live
miles below Lake Marsh is the dreaded
Miles canyon, and just below this
place are White Horse rapids. Both
of these places may be safely run in
the bout if the utmost cure is exer
cised. Muny boats have been wrecked
hore and their contents lost, while sov
oral unfortunato men iiave been
drowned. No one should attempt theso
difficult passages without first having
carefully studied the situation. Thirty
miles further down the river is Lake
Le Barge, 30 miles long. Five Finger
rupids are 108 miles below this lake,
and Kink rupids are 8 miles further.
Those are the last of the specially dan
gerous places, though care must ho ex
ercised during the entire journey.
As to other routes from the coast,
thete are but three that have any
prominence, and none of them is uh yet
sufficiently known to make it advisa
ble for the ordinary gold seeker to at
tempt them. One of them is the Dnl
ton trail, leading noitherly over the
mountains just wost of the Chilkoot
pass, und paralleling the lake uiul
river route for about 800 miles, finally
Striking the Yukon below the most
dangerous rapids. It is claimed that
"this is the best route for a railroad, but
it is yet to be shown how practicable
it is for general use. The government,
will probably uttempt to send in a re
lief expedition by this route early in
the spring.
Tlie Tuku and the Stiokeen routes,
one starting from Tuku inlet, near Ju
neau, and the other from the Stickeen
river, near Wrungol, converge ut Luke
Teslin. Small river steamers can nav
igate this lake and pass down the
Hootalinqiia river to the Yukon below
the rapids, and thus to Dawson and be
yond. It is claimed that such Hteain
ers will be built on the lake in the
spring, and that trails will be opened
up to the lake and pack trains put on,
to te'feJIiMNid . ihb '.Mm. trtlrsauiabjit.,
MnWeir tO the Un6erta1hti(6r
routes.
Undoubtedly the most comfortable
and easy way to reach the Yukon mines
is by steamer from one of the Pacific
coast ports to the mouth of tho Yukon,
at St. Michaels, and thence by light
river steamers up the stream, the dis
tance up the river being 1,422 miles to
Circle City, and 1,772 to Dawson City.
The trouble with this route is that the
river is navigable only three months in
the year, and then only by small river
steamers, because of frequent bars. The
ice breaks tfp about the 20th of June
and fo'ins again about the same time
in September. There are now several
steamers on the river belonging to the
Alaska Commercial Company and the
North Amorioan Transportation and
Trailing Company, both of which huve
trading posts on the river, with head
quarters at St. Michaels. Both com
panies are building severul new vessels
tor next year's trnfflo.
The outlook for this route next sum
mer is that the number of stesmers on
the river will be utterly inadequuto to
accommodate the persons who will be
landed by thousands at St. Michaels by
steamers and sailing vessels, though
there are numerous projects on foot for
building steamers on the river in the
spring or towing them thither. As
evory vessel on the river will probably
run in connection with some regular
ocean line, and as the pobabilities are
that the ocean liners will carry more
passengers and freight than the river
steamers can handle, it would seem as
though the only persons who will stand
any show of getting through to Dawson
by this route will be those who pur
chase through passage from the starting
point to their destination for them
selves and supplies. Those who pay
passage only to St. Michaels, or who
reaoh that point by independent steam
ers or vessels, will probably be unable
to proceed any further. Notwithstand
ing this promises to be the condition
of affairs next summer, there will
doubtless thousands of men take pass
age in all kinds of oraft for St. Mich
aels, without providing means for get
ting beyond that point. Much disap-
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