Lincoln County leader., January 21, 1898, Image 3

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W I BRAVE "wMAN AwrT a 1
niriN
ma
ffnnd Supply at Circle City
: Almost Exhausted.
LoMPT ACTION NECESSARY
' StiD 1"'
Jbere, but most of th
if. lials and contiiuiei
b Sort Yukon, which i
t-4 rUelo flitv, owinp
fc,llefMy He From Fort Yukon
.Joaquin Miller Arrives ut Dan son
Citj Batlly Frozen.
Seattle, Jan. 13. A letter from
jireon City, dated December 9, Buys:
Jvices from Circle City as late as
oveniber 12 state that the steamers
D. Weare and Bella on their way
,n weie frozen in there. The steam
r Victoria, from the month of the
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iver, 18 Blsu iiibiti x yyyj ui luico min
ed people, who started from Daw
n for Fort Yukon, were Btranded
here, but most of them procured small
mied on their war to
is 00 miles distant.
iicrease in population, was almost do-
aid of grub. Of the 127 residents of
iJtoamp, nearly all were calculating
In sending to iort Yukon lor supplies.
IrieflV, were it not for the supplies at
ort Yukon, which to a certain extent
ui an unknown quantity, the situa
ion at Circle City would be far more
mrate than at Dawson,
Joaquin Miller arrived nt Dawson
Im Circle City December 4, at 11
dock. He was very badly frozen,
iving lost a part of the great toe ol
s left foot; his left ear was sluffiine
& and both cheeks were frozen. He
k Circle City 85 days before, in com-
,iywith Herald Canovan, of Ottawa,
Lie of the coast survey. They started
m Circle City without dogs, having
ten unable to secure them. They
niter their outfit on a sled.
Mr. Miller brines a story of great
tfering along the river by parties who
le caught in the ice on their way to
)fon, but who bad not yet reached
irele City
reports also the death of Charles
ndereon, a young man from Brooklyn
., WHO accidentally Bliot himsell
die in a boat 50 miles above Circle
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Last May In Luck.
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nefrom Dawson City, written by ex-
anoijman William Glover, former
ol Nevada and later of Ventura
'My, to his brother James, of On-
."o. It gives interentincr infmrnutmn
imini California miners who muni
at region last Mar. , In the rmrrv
e? Supervisor Joseph E. Bullock.
Sin Diego, and Hiram Sampson, of
ikfrsfield. The rjartv Yrw.ateA m. a
aall oreek at the headwaters of the
Mike river. Mr. Glover sava th.it
claims were taken Hmro i a-
Jl of them proved wonderfully rich.
Bullock had celaned up over $20,
( worth of gold between August 1
f) November 15.
".Sampson, who went in last sum.
P with less than rm. ha naarn,
f1 wad! of gold,, troy., weight, and
xm Soi union,-more irom the
r(! next spring. ..." - .
Glover had about: 70 . rionnds nt
l band when he' wtote the.letter,
believed he Would -huvaolinnt !HY .
'wdyto seiid to.. San Franoisco bi
llttnmnw,- n- 1V1 . ,
, no uqs mat It is till
?nl?inicin.tlla,; (fom'.l1r,o6o,ooo tc
""7 win go; down the - coast
Klondike during the season ol
NcoVEREb BYACCIDENT.
"Wl.on Kinds b Sttn.tltuto fol
Malli.nl.1. i.
,',!. Yk' Jl,n' 13.--The Herald
'that ThnmoD A -lm:.. v ...
nil j " ioun nas acci
discovered what he believes to
new mot,.1 .t.:..i. ...! ,.
, muuii win ao awav
1 the mr .....i
. niiu cuBiiy process oi
-iBauie iron. Exhaustive
--'"' oe made and if they
w "fminisea iuu details
;;8iven to the public.
'Hchumiwl A... ....
u luui uner a Jot ot iron.
.J" run through a magnetic ' ore
,,..,'" "ie pigs" were taken
blast furnace jia usual to be
" and i,mu .. mi . .
up. ine ioi in
,wl all '""lur.v, ior ine pigt
iiU ,"Jl OI ie men witr
!MjoS,obrenltli(!in T, f ,
tontpd . ..i , ., .
T. "Human anu ii
t ., ,ra"J ""at there was som
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Hal suustance in tb
'ntl,) oeneveu to oe a
Nil Tl. ....
dm. a linage.
ZTTy' A'--. Jan. 18.-At 1
tbH m?rilin8 8 day coach orf
.. atd tra in K on i .L. nt...
h,bir2 thr0D8h Cl,ba-
" 7, faiiin CB" m.u,n''
i n.. . "o moiance of IB feet.
lj iiTa,"d FlaBmanPope were
4 brl"red' 0,1J the passengera
Ihl.k . Ulucr injunen,
' Z 6 Bori"'8. Among the
i. n "ruisea: ueo. rl
'timore. arm and knee
F'ciiih. aot tiuroad eay no
brW Uai;hed to the company,
I "Hewas built in .T,nnJ
c0n.uiaunw,,i;.,lF)lledTwoI!ttiidUi
Clilriigo.
Chicago, Jin t
6pr named Miss Sadie Willi '
Bides Mi Williaru. the,, Ze
other passengers, another woman unJ
two;nen,ltliegHp,1)anon " J
thor the male pagers 0f ' , t
ht wi.H ,V"a''avi"S Asperate
" ' WI,h the robbers. Jst a the
robhers were getting the l,egt of !
iB!a S,wcm,l;a-,,,,M,,c,ndejtS
a 1 and. Grabbing her long hatpi
tha fanned her hut to her hair 's o
inade a plunge with the pin on ti e rob
ber nearest her. All her strength was
with pain. He released his hold on the
conductor and turned on Miss Williams,
fil'ht 1 Bl!ain anJ he 1u't the
Miss Williams went for the next man
and made a thrust for his eyes. The
point of the pin struck his ohool-
lane ber ottl" cried the robber. He
turned to look for his companion, who
by that time was on the platform, lnak
ing ready to jump. He was asked to
come back, but he did not. Meantime
the young woman was striking for more
vital parts than his face. She reached
with her pm for his stomach. His
thick clothing saved his lite.
The conductor was bleeding and in a
half-dazed condition. When he came
to his senses there were but two passen
gers on the car. The others, whose
names could not be learned, had gone.
So had the robbers.
When the excitement was over and
the robbers had disappeared Alies Wil
liams replaced her hat and then asked
the conductor if he was hurt. He was
not. Then she fainted. She was soon
revived, however, and escorted to her
home.
Miss Williams resiilna tu!tl ho.
parents, and is employed in one of the
down-town offices. She is small of
frame, but it is said that she has the
courage of a soldier.
ANNEXATION QUESTION
Problem With Which the Senate Hai
llegun to Wrestle.
Washington, Jan. 12. Bishop Mer
rill, of Chicago, delivered the invoca
tion at the opening of the senate today.
A bill was reported favorably from the
Indian committee preventing railroad
companies from charging more than 3
cents a mile for passengers through In
dian territory. A resolution looking
to the filtration of water used in the
City of Washington caused Senator
Hale to say that in no part of the Uni
ted States was there a city whose citi
zens are bo imposed upon and abused as
to water supply as the citizens of Wash
ington. At 13:50 P. M., on motion of Davis
of Minnesota, chairman of the commit
tee on foreign relations, the senate
went into executive session to consider
the Hawaiian treaty.
Immediately after the treaty was
called up Fettigrew offered a motion
for conducting the debate in open sen
ate, which was antagonized by Chair
man Davis, of the foreign relations
committee, and others, the principal
portion of the debate for the first two
hours of the session being upon this
motion.
The senate finally decided not to de
bate the Hawaiian proposition in open
session. '
In the House.
.The attendance, jn the house was
light today, but the galleries were well
filled. The civil iservice debate was
resumed, and Cooney, Democrat, of
Missonri, took the. 'floor. He opposed
the' whole civil servioe" reform idea,
which he donounced as cheat and a
narrow swindle. A civil pension list
and office-holding class, heargued.were
logical and inevitable if it was to be
maintained.
Dorr, Kepuhlican of West Virginia,
followed with a set speech in opposition
to the law.
Cox, Democrat of Tennessee, said he
was so utterly opposed to civil service
reform that he would vote to strike out
the appropriation for the commission
and for the repeal of the law.
Little, Democrat, of Arkansas, an
tagonized the principle, theory and
practice of the law.
nattered by a Hurricane.
r..arr,tn .Tun. 11. The ' Norwe
gian bark Hovdjng, Captain Reynolds,
which arrived Here yesieruuy nom
ihlv battered by.a hur-
ricane, December 20. She was sub
merged for a time and the wheelman
drowned. Afterward, a huge; sea
washed over tho captain, une n u.
i i.t in tlm annnker sheets, anu
legs tnusii ' ------ -
he was dragged into the boiling surf.
A few minutos later another wave
washed him on dec. The flesh was
torn off his leg. Tlie caom wa guvicu
-i ,l. .l.arta and compasseB oe-
stroyed. Several of the crew were in-
Jured
... x.clt'. Mht Sentence.
" New York. Jan. 13.-Mrs A. g, sta
Nack, jointly charged with Ma tin
Thorn, the arch-murderer of William
Guldensnppe, the bathrubber at Wood
side, I L, in June last J""-
day ientenced to 15 year, in the state
prison at Auburn,
MOTHER LODE FONUD
Heported DI.cov.ry of the Source of
Klondike Gold.
Seattle Wash., Jan. 12.-T110 steam
er City of Topeka, which arrived here
this afternoon from Junau, had among
i ' -wi-io ,llne men WMu Lft jjaw.
, son City December 9. They were
I o Jo,les. Port Townsend; D D
i Stewart Juneau; A. Colder, Nova
! fceotia; p. C. Arnold. San Francis,,.;
j O. Stcnger. Colvillo, Wash.; Harrv
j Miller, Colville; J. Cordrov, Denver
uwge Anderson, Tacoma, and Robert
j Johnson, Tacoma. Thev were 24 davs
. commg iron, Dawson to the coast.
Ineir journey was unattended hv spe
cial incidents. The coldest weather
recorded was 18 below zero. The
party brought out witb them about
uu,000 in L'old flnot o,,M .-.
j wains were used in making the trip.
party Dnngs no new features in
reference to the food situation at Daw
son. They all agree that food is scarce,
but that there is no danger of starva
tion. If a large number of persons had
not gone down the river to Port Yukon
and Ci, Ju CUy to spend the winter, a
different tale would have been told. F.
C. Arnold said:
"There is no danger of starvation.
Of course, there is not food enough,
but that was always true in the Yukon,
and always will be. There is a big
warehouse full of beef at Dawson.
Next winter will bo far worse than
this, because there will be many more
people there."
In reference to the proposed govern
ment relief expedition, all agree that,
while it is not needed to uvert actual
want, it would be welcomed neverthe
less. V. J. Jones brings news of tho dis
covery of what is supposed to be the
mother lode and quartz origin of the
placers of the Klondike district. The
discovery was made at four different
points within 24 hours, one of them at
the Dome, a high mountain to the east
of the source of Eldorado creek, by
Frank Slavin; tho second one at claim
No. SI, Eldorado, by A. H. Jose and
partner; the third one on Nugget
gulch, at No. 16; and the fourth some
where in the 20s on Bonanza creek.
The trend of the vein is northwest by
west, westerly from the Dome. It is
found at about 80 feet below the surface
and under the niuok and alluvial de
posit. The ledge is about 18 inches
wide, and maintains a uniform width.
It is generally sprinkled with free gold.
Mr. Jones brings down samples of the
ore, and . every one who has seen them
say the rock is precisely the same in
character as is found in the Comet
mine atBerner's bay, Southern Alaska.
Mr. Jones Baid that old timers in the
Klondike had made a similar observa
tion. In no instance was the quartz discov
ery made by the men who owned the
placer claims, and the locators of the
quartz ledge thus acquire a separate
and distinct title from the locators of
the nlacer. The discovery of this leih'e
on No. SI, Eldorado, was made by a
man wno was wonting the placer for
the owner. A shot was put in and
about 30 poundB of ore blasted out.
The greatest excitement prevails, and
no man will listen to any suggestion to
sell his Claim until further development
has been made.
Tom Nash, an employe in the Baloon
where the recent fire occurred, has been
arrested for arson.
Regarding the output of gold in the
spring, Mr. Jones says:
"It will be from 115,000,000 to $25,
000,000. This opinion is concurred in
hv tlin ninnmrnrfi nt I hn.r.rnnRitnrliitiim
companies, and Alexander McDonald,
bllO IIL.'CDl 1IIUII 111 UlUIIUIAT'i J. I ,u
millions of dust is now stored in Daw
onn :( finft (WO nf uhirh wnulil hnvn
come out this tail had the boat reached
Dawson."
ANTI-SEALING LAW. '
Workl a I!ardnhlp on ltenltlente In the
Vicinity of Mngitra Palle.
Niagara Falls, Jan, 12. The United
States customs officers stationed at both
bridges have been notified to seize unv
thihg that looks like ecalskins. Nearly
all of the Canadians were notified to
leave their sacks, gloves and caps on
the other side if they did not want
them confiscated.
The situation at Niagara Falls is
probably different from that at any
other point on the frontier. Both sidct
of the river are thickly settled, and the
Canadian and American populations go
bark and forth daily. On the Cana
dian ditto, back of the high bluff, a
number of wealthy American families
have country seats, and a great many
of the women in these families, as well
as Canadian women, who wear sealskin
coats, pass over the river to the Ameri
can side daily, while out driving and
making calls. Several sealxkin hats of
Canadians were seized belonging to
gcntelmen engaged on business to Buf
falo and New York, and many a man
went on to his destination tonight
wearing a little traveling cap, after
having left his name and something by
which he could identify his sonflscated
headgear.
The law also affects the Canadian
railroads running from Chicago east
ward. These include the Michigan
Central, the Grand Trunk, the Cana
dian Pacific, the Wabash and the Le
high Valloy.
The sealskin garments taken from
their wearers are turned over to tha
appraiser! at cuetom-houses.
IMPROVING WILLAPA HARBOR.
Captain Taylor Say. It Cnn lie Done at
Small Expense.
A Washington corresMindont says:
In his report recommending the im
provement of Willapa river and Mail
boat slough, Captain Taylor, of the
corps of engineers, says:
"Willapa river empties into the Pa
cific ocean through Willapa harbor
about 25 miles north of the mouth of
the Columbia river. The entrant- to
Willapa harbor trom tho ocean has for
many years maintained a depth of over
18 feet at mean low wator, and at the
present time has a depth of about 21
feet at mean lower low water.
"The mouth of the Willapa rivor is
considered to be in tho harbor about 12
miles in a direct line from the ocean
bar. Prom the ocean bar to this point
the depths are amplo for any class of
vessels, ranging from 27 feet to as much
as 70 feet at mean lower low water.
Near its mouth tho Willapa river is
joined by the North river, which flows
in a course nearly at right angles to
tl.t of the Willapa. Jul above the
junction of these two streams is a bar
having a ruling depth of water over it
of about 10 feet at moan lower low
water. The bottom of the river at this
bar is lumpy, and the material forming
it appears to be fine, hard sand and silt.
The bar separates the deep water of
niapa harbor from the deep water of
that, part of Willapa river below Mail
boat Blough, which is a Bmall cut-off
channel, leaving the Willapa river
about one-half milo above South Bend,
the principle city on this harbor, and
joining it again about 1 )i miles below
thecity. Immediately above the lower
end or mouth of Mailboat slough is an
other bar, having a controlling depth
of about 14" feet at mean lower low
water. These two bars have existed
with about the same depths which they
have today since the earliest recorded
surveys of this harbor were made, ex
cept that the upper bar has scoured
away from two to three feet sinco 1802,
when the government began the con
struction of a dike closing the upper
end of Mailboat slough.
"The principal businesses of Willapa
harbor are the tho lumber business and
the fish and oyster business. Located
at South Bend are three sawmills, whose
combined aggregate daily capacity is
about 150,000 feet. It is reported that
two of these mills are to be rebuilt with
largely increased capacities.
"The lumber is mostly shipped to
San PranoiBCo in small schooners, as
deep-draft vessels are denied charter
for cargo from this harbor on account
of the two bars above mentioned. It
is claimed that, were these two bars re
moved, the mills located on this harbor
would be able to compete with mills of
Puget sound, Columbia river and other
deep-water Pacifio coast ports in the
foreign lumber trade. Whether the
lumber business of this harbor would
be so extended or not may be ques
tioned, but there can be no question
but that the present trade would be ma
terially benefited, as the vessels which
now carry the lumber experience delays
on account of these bars. One flood
tido is required for loaded vessels to
cross the two bars. Before the harbor
throat (distant about 19 miles from
South Bend) is reached, the tide iB
ebbing. As insurance companies pro
hibit vessesl towing to sea on an ebb
tide, they are forced to lie at anchor in
a rather poor roadstead, called North
cove, for about 24 hours. During the
winter southwest storms frequently
spring up, and vessels maybe barbound
from one day to a week after leaving
South Bend.
"I am of tho opinion that the most
advantageous and economical method
of improving these bars is to dredge a
channel through them to a depth nf 20
feet at mean lower low water. Near
the lower shoal mini flats, which are
covered at a two-foot stage of title, ex
tend about 1 miles to the north and
about one mile to the south. At hiuh
tide this forms a wido expanse of wa
ter, and for this reason the channel
through tho lower shoal should not he
less than 200 feet wide. Tho channel
through the upper shoal may he reduced
to 100 feet in width. The waters of
the Willapa river tarry but little i-edi-ment
in suspension, its course is phort,
and for 12 miles above South Bend it
is a tidal stream. For these realms it
is believed that a dredged channel
would be fairly permanent."
Tho estimated cost of this improve
ment is as follows: Dredging at lower
shoal, 250,000 cubio yards, at 20 cents,
150,000; dredging at upper shoal, 100,
000 cubic yardn. at 20 cents, (20,0110;
engineering, contingencies, etc., $7,000;
total, $77,000 "
orthtteiit Note.
Aittninn MiiTirm.i a linlf-ht-ned irfit
into an ultercatiou with John Kinaiiuid,'
an Indian, at a dance at Little MisHinii,
and fatally stabbed him with a butcher
knile.
The state board of audit and control
has rescinded the rule which it adopted
of taking from the old soldiers who
are inmatos of the State Soldiers'
Home 25 per cent of their pensions.
Sherman county farmers have not
sown as much ground to grain this fall
as iB customary, owing to tho fact that
they wero kept busy harvesting until
late, and since harvest have devoted
their time principally to getting their
grain to market, leaving but little time
to devote to seeding. What grain wai
own early in the fall looks well.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
, M Pownlntr, Hopkins A Co., Chtcaeo
I L . .'i'i rTn.lleBr"k""-'"-71t'imlJOrofCoin-
unuu, vmguu.j
Ex ports of flour and wheat from both
coasts "ast week were 4,595,000 bush
els, or 700,000 bushels more than the
piev'n.us week, and donble the same
week last year. Receipts aro expected
to fall off. We have now reached the
time where the exports generally de
crease; at least they have in the past
years, as the iirHt six months of the
crop year generally marks the largest
export business. There is every iudi
caiiim, however, of a good export move
mem from now on, as liberal engage
ments have been for wheat, oorn and
oats. Foreigners continue to buy mod
erately when tho market gets weak, so
that tho outward movement will grad
ually cut into the wheat stocks, which
are none too heavy if the exports are to
keep up large. Argentine news favors
an exportable surplus of about 85,000,
000 bushels, but some good authorities
make it only 8,000,000 bushels. This
is iii:d ua u oiub by tne bears and con
sumers to prevent an advance hore.
There will be no Argentine wheat avail
able in European inarkots before the
latter part of March. In the meantime
their light stocks will be reduced, and
they will have to come in as buyers.
Tho American visible supply of wheat
increased this week 47,000 bushels, and
now totals 88,808,000 bushels against
68,872,000 bushels for the correspond
ing period a year ago. Although the
movement of corn for 1897 was 110,
747,000 bushels, and the shipments
97,427,000 bushels an increase in the
reoeipts of 34,000,000 bushels and in
10,000,000 bushels in the shipments,
they were less than the arrivals of oats,
receipts of the latter boing 1,888,000
bushels in excess of corn, while the
shipments were 7,000,000 bushels
greater, aggregating 104,666,000 bush
els. The feeling in cdrn and oats is
bullish. There is a strong disposition
on the part of many local traders to
keep on the long side. The Trego
Smith people have accumulated a big
line, and they are getting quite a fol
lowing. Exports of corn for the weok
wero heavy.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 7273c; Val
ley and Bluestem, 7677o per bushel.
Four Best grades, $4.25; graham,
$3.40; suporfine, $2.25 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 85 86c; ohoioe
gray, 3334u per bushel.
Bnrloy Feed barley, $1930; brew
ing, $20 per ton.
Millstiffa Bran, $17 per ton; mid
dlings, $21; shorts, $18.
Hay Timothy, $12.5013; clover,
$10 11; California wheat, $10; do
oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $910 per
ton.
Eggs 1820c per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 6560o;
fair to good, 4550c; dairy, 4050o
per roll.
Cheese Oregon, 12Jc; Young
America, 13c; California, 910o
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.50
8.25 per dozen; broilers, $2.002.50;
geese, $5.506.60; ducks, $5.006.00
per dozen; turkeys, live, 10llc per
Hound.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 4050o
per sack; sweets, $1.25 per cental.
Onions Oregon, $1.752.00 per
sack.
Hups 516o per pound for new
crop; 18UQ crop, 4 (3 Co.
Wool Valley, 1410o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 78o; mohair, 20
(tt 22o per pound.
Mutton Gross, best hheep, wethers
and owes, $3.60; dressed mutton,
ejfco; spring lambs, 5 'c per pounds, ,
Hogs Oross, choice heavy, $4.00;,
light and feeders, $3. 004.00; drJesen,
$4.605.00 per 100'pounds. . . i "i
Beef Gross, top steers, $2.76(5 300;
cows, $2.60; dressed beef, 4 (& lie per
pound. X't..
Veal Large, 45o; smaljt'fl.a
Oo per pound. ' . (
Seattle Market.
Butter Fancy taatYve creamery,
brick. 80c; ranch, lfl18c.
Cheese Native Washington, 18o;
California, B'.o.
E,rgs Fresh ranch, 28c.
Poultry Chickensf) live, iWr pound,
hens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.60(4
8 00; ducks, $3.60(23.75.
Wheat Fr-ed wheat, $22 per ton.
Oats Choice, per ton, $1920.
Corn Whole, $23; cracked, per ton,
$23; fcedHieal, $23 per ton.
Barley-lj-ltolled or ground, per ton,
$22; whole, $22.
Fresh Meats Choice drossed beef,
steers, 0c; cows, 6o; mutton sheep,
8c; pork, 6c; veal, small, 7.
Fresh Pish Halibut, 6S6e: salmon,
8c; salmon trout, 7(10o; flounders
and stde, 84; ling cod, 4g5; rock cod,
be; smelt,
Fresh Fruit Apples, 4090o per
box; pears, 25(3 75c per box; oranges,
navels, $2.76 per box.
flan Franclaco Market.
Wool Nevada 11 18c; Oregon, 13
14c; Northern T0$Ho per pound.
Hops 12(316c per ixmnd.
Millstuffs Middlings, $22 (24; Cal
ifornia bran, $18.60d 10.00 per ton.
Onions Nhw red. 70(S80c; do new
silverskin, $2.20(32.60 per cental.
Eggs Store, 2Jra24c; ranoh, 25
2Sc; Eastern, 15(419; duck, 16c ier
dozen.
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 13c; fair
to good, 7 So per pound., '