W A S H IN G T O N ELDER u si « u h Mrln« the Latrst *«*• *,’ ro™ III. North. A lto n «’ Or., Aug> 18.— The 0 R & N . Co. a steamer George AV Pi i * Su ch I it to __________ M(ldr»* » « • « " th e end Washington, Aug. 16.— ' ‘From a m il­ tary lary as well as a commercial point of icw, said Director Smith, o f the bu- l latest a r news r f, r ' ^ .1 r U‘“ ^ uu'r ' 52^ 8av« the , ” , " ” W8 horn the north. ‘ o c e a ^ r r eU p W M ,,eli« htf« 1- The Oeelmre, That Trou- niil, WV Was as smooth as a * * » ' * • » " “ A“ ' W EEKLY Hawaii Prom i Military Point of Virar. ----- of - American reau ! WILL f i g h t HATCH1T. STRATEGIC BASE O F T H E PACIFIC ra » junction Served on Strikers st De Armitt’s Mines. CO U N T Y returns . republics, “ The H a ­ waiian islands, owing to their location, are of great importance. H aw aii may b* said to lie but one-third the distance of the accustomed route from San Fran­ cisco to Jupan and China ports, from San Francisco to Australia, from ports of British Columbia to Australia and British India, and about half way from tlie Isthmus of Panama to Yokohama and Hong Kong. The construction of a ship canal across the isthmus would extend this geographical relation to the ports of the G u lf of Mexico and of the Atlantic seaboard of North and South America. A glance at the map w ill at once make clear the fact that no other point in the North Pacific has such a dominating relation to the trade between America and Asia as a place for coaling and a depot of supplies for vessels. From a naval standpoint H aw aii is the great strategic base of the Pacific. I nder present conditions of naval war­ fare, created by the use o f steam, as a motive power, Hawaii would secure to the maritime nation possessing it an advantage as a depot for the supply of coal. Modern battle-ships, depending absolutely upon coal, would be enabled to avail themselves ot their full capa- city of speed and energy only by having some half-way station in the Pacific where they could replenish their stores of fuel and refit. A battle-ship or cruiser sarting from an A siatic or Aus­ tralian port with the view of operating along the coast o f either North or South America, would be unable to act effec­ tively for any length of time at the end of so long a voyage, unless she were able to refill her bunkers at some point on the way. “ On the other hand, if the United States possessed Hawaii, she would be abie to advance her line o f defense 2,000 miles from the Pacific coast, and w ith a fortified liarlior and a strong fleet at Honolulu would be in a position to conduct either defensive or offensive operations in the Nortli Pacific to a greater advantage than any other power.” MARKET LE T T E R . o f T ra d e. fully TWO Hundred of WeV- ■ , „ „ ler s Men Fell. IN SU R G EN T LOSS W AS SM ALL There was a large and rapid a-l vance in the prices o f wheat during the past week with prospects of a higher range of prices tlie rest o f the year. Spot wheat is difficult to get, even at a pre­ mium and tlie demand is pressing for old wheat; 1,046,000 bushels have been taken in Chicago thia week for prompt and future shipment on foreign orders — tlie bulk o f which was taken at tlie advance early in the week. T h is general advanoe il more tlie out­ come o f the hand-to-mouth consump­ tion of tw elve months overtaking the small stocks both here and in Europe, as w e have ptunted out tim e and again, than o f short European crops now being reaj-e-i. Prosperity is coming, in tlie fact that the European consumer is pay­ ing the Amerioan farm er a better price than the m ajority of speculators put upon tlie wheat.. Tlie actual value o f tlie new crop is 20 cents higher than the professional short seller made it ill June, when they w ere selling Septem­ ber freely at 63 cents, and the farmer pa to be congra ulated that thisadvanoe conies before the grain leaves his hands. , And so long as the legitim ate demand keeps the spot w heat at a premium, no combination or monopoly ot.n profitably depress the futures, as the experiences of the past six months have proved. So, for the near future, it w ill be safe 1 to buy wheat on each decline, as the speculative market is broadening and outside buying increasing, and w ill in­ crease as the state o f the country im ­ proves. Although the sensational press tried to show local manipulation in July de­ livery, Chicago is still the lowest mar­ ket in the country, w ith spot wheat this week 10 cents over the highest price in July, and we would have seen a much higher price during this month had not holders o f wheat been frigh t­ ened in June by sensational rumors of large receipts; now the cash demand far exceeds, in proportion, the speculative demand. As in the M ay ami July de­ liveries, the September speculative price is steadily advancing to the price o f tlie H|-ot wheat, which, as in those months, w ill finally fix tlie value in tlie latter end o f this month. W e are now having large receipts of wheat from an ample crop of fine qual­ ity— this week 5,348,406 bushels at the nine primary markets, compared with 3,217,382 bushels for the same last year. A « « P ‘ • . gels were si* kd " t ? few oi the passen- D ea p e ra te but In e ffe c tu a l A tte m p ts ex- W e r e M a d e to C a p tu re »u d K ill * - • - KnforCe ,nJuM“ 0"- » « ® « l y well ' N o u l r t l i ! “ was 1 in­ t h e C 'a p t a in - G e n e r a l. pittsburg, Aug. 16-— The much-1 7 ° r®^ in the slightest, and ali were „Iked-of injunction against the «Jnit- landed in safety. N ew York, Aug. 16.— A special to . __________ A1..J 1— z.L _ _____ _ ^¡¡neworkers was filed in the county " ________________ hen the Elder arrived at Skaguav the Herald from Havana via Key W est ¿»art tooav oy w u n m i « r m e mew ...r toilav by counsel for the New ''«T men immediately came ahoanTanH says: Further details have been re­ fork & Cleveland Gas & Goal Com- offered fabulous prices for horses. An­ ceived o f the battle near Aguacate, i -ny. The defendants are named The imals such as are lieing canned at Linn- which is near the Matanzas line. T h e pnitsd Minneworkers o f America, ton ar> selling for from $600 to *700 fighting, it was first reported, was in Patrick Dolan, president; W illiam but none could he purchased from the Matanzas provinoe, but it was just on H'arner, secretary and treasurer, and Alder s passengers. One of the passen- this side. There is no doubt o f the re­ gers had a large bull, for which lie was others. sult of the battle, however, and a con­ The plaintiff company sets forth that offered $600. Tne offer was refused. servative estimate places the number of it is a corporation under the laws of here is plenty of grass to feed the Spanish killed at 200, w h ile the rebel P e nnsylvania, with a capital of $1,000,- livestock, and horses are greatly in de­ loss was com paratively trifling. 000 invested in coal lands o f Pennsyl- mand Preparations for General W eyler’ s ar­ The ^da. Three of their mines, employ­ rival at the palace were made on M on­ men were charged 25 cents per ing 1,200 men, are the Plum Creek, 100 pounds to have their luggage taken day, but he lias only just returner! from A ll the baggage was landed Turtle Creek and Sandy Creek. The ashore. the field. He left Matanzas on Sunday The late for taking stuff over bill then recites the conditions prevail­ safely. and reached Aguacate the next day. It was there that a rumor came that he ing at their mines since the strike was Lbilkoot pass is 25 cents a pound. that ------- there is ahso- was wounded in the big fight near begun and alleges the strikers h a ve. The officers state ------ there, but the statement bus proved to naid no attention to the sheriff’s warn-1 *nte*y no truth in the reports that men be false. ings. and that the lives of miners and ' are their outfits at Dyea. They The excitement in Havana is intense. pro|*rty of the company are in danger. 8ay that every one who can possibly get The uncertainty regarding the new Judge Collier granted a temporary over the passes is going. The weather ministry in Spain is partly to blame, injunction, restraining and enjoining at , vea is al* C'ut could be desired, anil on top o f this there comes news of the defendants from assembling, march- a," ‘ , little difficulty w ill be experi- a big insurgent victory between A gu a ­ ingor encamping in proxim ity to the en”e'* in making the trip. cate and Madruga, and also of a pitched ¡nines and houses o f the miners, for 1,1081 important item of news battle in the vicin ity o f Sagua la the purpose by intim idation, threats ( “ fought by the Elder is to the effect Grande. snd opprobrious words, of preventing t*iat White pass is being placed in a The advance guard of General Gom ez the miners of the plain tiff from work- Paf8a'’Ic condition. One hundred mi­ lias crossed into Matanzas. W hether ing. lt further restrains the defend-1 n.ers’ who were delayed by the condi- ne is close cannot be ascertained, but it ants from inducing or compelling any ! tion of the road, handed and agreed to is reported that he declined the fight employe or m iner to quit work. A corduroy the road. Timber is plentiful at Sagua la Grande. in the vicinity, and the work should hearing was fixed for August 18. The largest battle that has taken When this is The injunction is regarded as the shortly be completed. place in several months was the one done horses can easily be taken over the most sweeping yet issued. President fought at Aguacate. It is known that Dolan expressed surprise when in­ trail. the battle was the result of an attem pt Two drowning» and a mining-camp formed it had been granted and added: to capture General W eyler and k ill “ It w ill make no difference to ns. incident resultant occurrred at Dyea. him. The captain-general had made On August 8, Dwight Fowler, of Seat­ We will go right along as usual until preparations to return on horsebaok He was carrying a the matter is tested in the courts. We tle, lost his life. from Matanzas to Havana. A lo n g the load on his back and parcels in each will stay there regardless of every road he had posted three columns of hand over a log, when he slipped and judge in A llegheny county, and if they Spanish soldiers. General C astillo fell into the Skaguay river. Fowler is attempt to enforce the injunction they learned of his plans and gathered a will have to bnild more jails to accom­ said to be the sou of well-known Seat­ force o f fu lly 1.50C rebels. Th is force S T I L L HAS F A IT H . tle people. modate the m en.” he hurled against the Spanish lines The other fatality occurred August 6. Thomas Wall, of N. nairno, while at- I Captain W i n d r o w S a y » T h a t A n d r e » near Aguacate where General W eyler was supposed to be. General Caatillo WILL F O R C E T H E ISSUE. W i l l Y « t R e tu r n . tempting to ford Dyea river on a pack- | commanded the insurgents in person, horse, was lost. He left a wife and Chicago, Aug. 16.— Captain John P o r t la n d M a r k e t». and the Spanish were under General S tr ik e r s t o T o s t t h e L e g a l i t y o f J u d g e three children in Nanaimo, who are in Windrow, of San Francisco, does not W heat— W alla W alla, 81c; V a l­ M ilta. The insurgents dispersed, but M c lll w a y n e ’ s O r d e r . destitute circumstances. believe the story that Professor An- ley, 84c per buBhel. : later accounts are that both Colonel Two men named Young and Cleve­ dree’ s balloon was seen floating in the Pittsburg, Aug. 16.— The striking Flour— Best grades, $4.15; graham, Aldea and General M olino were miners at Cannonsburg have determined land are engaged in packing near where ocean by a ship’s captain. The oaptain $3.65; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. wounded. to force the injunction issue by contin­ the drowning occurred, and recovered is visiting his brother, Dr. S. W indrow, Oats— Choice white, 88 @ 40c; choice The battle began about 4 o ’clock in .. , .. , .... . . . uing their d aily marches and meet­ the boilies. They took them to Dyea, of 23$ Lasalle avenue. H e has re- - gray, 36 @ 30c per bushel. 7 , , , , . .. . 1 the afternoon and continued t ill night, • | t A , " , ings in the neighborhood o f the Mo- where they demanded $10 for their turned from Sweden, where he visited The e Spnnish Barley— Feed barley, $17.50® 18; were ranked along the The citizens immediately his rleatives among whom is the fa m - trovem and Cannonsburg mines in services. brewing, $18® 19 per ton. open road and the rebels approached spite of the order of Judge Molllwayne, called a mass meeting and served no­ ily of Profesaor Andree’s brotiier. The them from the rear, coming from the M illstuffs— Bran, $14 [-er ton; forbidding marches on the roads lead­ notice on one of the men to leave town captain said: hills. A body o f cavalry was stationed middlings, $21; shorts, $15.50. “ I was in Stockholm when the news ing to the mines. The purpose is to within 24 hours. He applied for pas­ H ay— Tim othy, $12® 12.50; clover, about a quarter of a m ile down the road have the men arrested in order to test sage on the Elder to Juneau, nut as she arrived tiiat Andree had left Spitz- to cut off W eyler if he should be there $10@11; California wheat, $10@ was not bound for that port, he was bergen in his balloon. His fam ily, the legality of the injunction. 11; do oat, $11; Oregon wild bay, $ 0® and attempt to seek safety. Patrick Dolan stated it had been de­ compelled to leave town until he could that is, liis brother’s— Andree is not The details o f the actual fighting are 10 per ton. married— fu lly believe that he w ill fie termined to keep up the marches, and secure transportation. Eggs— 11 @ 12c per dozen. meager, hut many reliable persons who The day the steamer left citizens call­ beard from. Andree told them that if as fast as one group was arrested an­ Butter— Fancy creanierv, 35® 40c; passed near the place, which is beside other one w ill take its place until there ed another meeting for the purpose of no news was received from him in tw o the railroad station, say that from tlie fair to good, 30c; dairy, 25@30c per will he so many o f them in jail that considering the advisability of serving months, probably nothing would be carriage windows they could see many roll. C heese— Oregon, ll% o ; Young opinion w ill he aroused on the question a like notice on the other man. The heard fur a year, as be then would have dead soldiers along the road. The partners were making from $200 to $300 landed in such a locality that it wonld rebels use-1 rapid-firing guns. Am erica, 12*£c; California, 0 ® 10c per o f urging a new form o f injunction. When In these movements the support of a week each, carrying freight, but require months for him and his party darkness came the Spaniards retired, to pound. P ou ltry— Chickens, mixed, $3.00® all the leading trades unions of the their demand for pay for bringing in to reach a locality where they could return the next morning with heavy re­ country are said to have been pledged the bodies of the men has lost them communicate with the outside world. inforcements, but the iusuregnts only 3.50 per dozen; broilers, $1.50®2.75; “ M y own belief is that Andree has at a secret m eeting in Columbus during fortunes. opened fire for about half an hour and geese, $3® 4; ducks, $2.50@3 per dozen; On August 8 a man was shot and struck a southwest wind, as these are then disappeared. They divided into turkeys, live, 10® 11c per |>ound. the lust 10 days, presided over by killed for stealing freight on Chilkoot the winds that most usually prevail at small bands and subsequent pursuit Potatoes.— Oregon Burbanks, 85® Samuel Gompers. a | this time of the year in the northern 46c per sack; new potatoes, 60c per was futile. Information has been received by P®»s- One of the men . in charge of latitudes, and that he has been carried the Pittsburg operators that the miners pack train caught him in t e ac . am Information has also been received of sack; sweets, $1.90®2.26 per cental. Onions— California, new, red, $1.25; ■of the B ell, L -w is & Yates Company his life wus the penalty. Hia na,ne into Siberia, and it may be months be­ the big,tight near Sagna la Grande. It have struck in R eynoldsrille. and the could not be learned -v t le o.icers or fore he w ill be heard from. is said the town was attacked and that yellow , $1.50 per cental. “ As to the story of a vessel having H o ;* — 1 0 @ ll*».o per pound for new rest of the mines o f the company are passengers of the hb er. a portion of it was burned, but this has passed a balloon floating in the sea, not been verified. Correspondence crop; 1896 crop, 4@6c. idle. The company is one of the heav- A t Dyea, aecon ing to a letter re­ that is a good yarn for landsmen. from C. K. Scovev, * of * this city, W ool— V alley, 14® 15c per pound; from the field, however, proves that iest tonnage producers in the northern . ceived ------- ------ m. _ There is not a captain so inhuman, so of revisions. provisions there has been a battle there, Gomez Eastern Oregon, 10® 13c; mohair, 20c field. Abb,it 8,000 men are employe-1. there is a scarcity of The he writer save that the stores were orowd- absolutely without senses that in person, it is said, directing the in­ per pound. The usual march of miners was made the flour was sold. wonld not at once send a boat to inves­ surgent operations. Mutton— Gross, best sheep, wethers at Turtle Creek at 4 o ’olock this morn- ed, and that a ■ There will lie no difficulty in securing tigate the thing, and, anyhow, the bas­ anil ewes, 2 '^ ® 2 ^ c ; dressed mutton, A fte r the fight at Aguacate, General ing, but more men went into the pit to­ The demand was created by ket and provisions that Andree carried W eyler fe ll back upon Guanabacoa, 4 ‘ io ; spring lamb«, 61^ per pound. day than yesterday. Fiimis from ail ' h " ¡ ¿ t with money instea.l of with him weighed six tons and would Hogs— Grose, choice heavy, $4; light just across the bay from Havana. The sections are com ing to the rescue of the men win e j sink the balloon when immersed in rebel chiefs, Colonel Arnagnara and and feeder«, $2.60®8; dressed, $3® strikers. A certain cereal company at t provisions. returning passen- water. N ever fear, Andree w ill be General Rodriguez, were in the district 4.25 |>er 100 pounds. Akron, O., sent a dispatch offering to There w* 8 UT 0n^ who sailed on the beard from, depend upon it .” B eef— Gross, top steers, $2.75® 3; and W eyler expected a raid. donate two tons o f corn meal. The g r - with rheumatism W eyler arrived at Guanabacoa w ith cows $2.25; dressed beef, 4®6,t^c per -offer was accepted. The l ishermen a JJder bi> outfit ami return. F ille d th e B a b y W it h W in d . 4,000 men. F iv e miles from Guana­ pound. Protective Association, of Astoria, Or., »on rone , ._ ---- Pittsburg, Aug. 16.— Mrs. George bacoa he was attacked by a rebel force The passage down was made in good V ea l— Large, 8@3>^o; small, 4Jf has started East by fast freight 100 • time, the steamer being but 71 hours Ruthman, of Beaver F all*, heard a pe­ under General Rodrignez. Rodrignez’ s per pound. «ases of canned salmon for the miners from Sitka. She left up for Portland culiar noise on the back porch o f her plan was to force General W eyler to B r a t tle M a r k e ts . residence. She found her tw o sons, give battle and pursue him into the at 7:15 tonight. T h e In ju n c t io n E x te n d e d . Butter— Fancy native creamery, The route from Skaguay via >V bite one aged 7 and the other one year jI j||8( where the captain-general stood a brick, 18c; ranch, 10® 12c. W ashington, Pa., Aug. 16.— J. H pass is more level and easier traveling, older, in a corner. The balie waa on chance o f being either killed or Cheese— N ative Washington, 10® ■Cook, a coal operator o f McGovern, though 26 miles farther. But the pros- I his back. The elder brother had in capture-1. The rebels fire-1 several v o l­ l i e ; California, 9>^a came into court this afternoon and com­ pector is landed on Lake Bennet, the serted the tube o f a bicycle pump in leys from the hills along the roadside, Eggs— Fresh ranch, 20o. plained that the strikers were again second lake aoove Linderman, where the baby’s mouth and was fillin g him k illin g 17 and wounding a large num­ Pou ltry— Chickens, live, per pound, trespassing on his property, that A n -1 travelers by Chilkoot pass are landed. with wind as fast as be could work the ber o f the Spanish, but W eyler refused drew Savage, leader, already enjoined, Besides, there is plenty of timber on pump. The infant was unoonscious to give fight and kept on his march to hens, 1 0 ® l i e ; spring chickens, $3 was there, and he thought they had Bennet to build boats, while there is and its little stomach was inflated like Guanabacoa, d rivin g 300 head of cattle @ 8.50; ducks, $2.50@8.75. Wheat— Feed wheat, $38 per ton. instructions to go where they pleased in a balloon. The mother pulled the tube that he had collected along the line. none on Linderman. Oats— Choice, per ton, $33. disregard o f the injunction. At his re­ Every day, hundred« are arriving from the ch ild’s mouth and the air fo l­ General Rodriguez followed in W eyler's Corn— W hole, $28; cracked, per ton, quest the court made another including there, and scows and small steamers lowed with a sharp sound like the ex­ rear to within sight o f the town. A f ­ the United Mineworkers of America, are making fortunes in lightering gooork, 7c; veal, small, 6. great expense and hardship. hundred men and women who made to­ Havana provinoe was fired upon recent­ Fresh F ish — Halibut, 4 ^ c ; salmon, W o r k o f T r m ln w r e c k e r * . The Am erican vice-consul, Mr, bacco cigarettes are out of work be­ ly. 4 ® 6c; salmon trout, 7 ® 10c; flounders T o p N o tc h fo r W h e a t . Dallas, T ex ., Aug. 16.— The north­ cause o f the failure o f the internal rev­ Springer, was on the train. Bullets and sole, 8 @ 4 ; lin g cod, 4 @ 6 ; roev bound M ., K . & T. train was wrecked Walla Walla, Aug. 16.— The top enue department in Washington to struck neat him, but he escape-1 unhurt. cod, 6c; smelt, 2j^@ 4c. this morning near Caddo Mills by some rheat market for the season was supply the deputy collectors in this G o ld D U e o v s r le * . one rem oving the fishplates and bend- note i J todav. Man F r a n c i s c o M a r k e t s . The market opened city with the new $1 revenue stamps, N ew Orleans, Ang. 16.— A new gold cents provided for in the new tariff. ing the railp. Every car but t the rear Lt 75£ n ts for blnestem, 73 ce W ool— Choice foothill, 9 ® 12c; San Messenge firm at .Seen were 8ol(, field has been discovered, but this one Joaquin, 6 iron ths’ 8 ® 10c; do year's sleeper was turned over. club Several lots were sold at T h » President W ill Attend. is in the tropics. Report« have come staple, 7@0o; mountain, 11® 13c; Ore­ Rawlins was instantly killed. Several for „„res, when the price jumped these figures Colnmbus. O., Aug. 1«.— President to this city lately that big Ards o f gold gon, 10® 18c per pound. passengers were injured, but how sert- rent and several thousand bush- This after­ M cKinley has accepted an invitation have been made in Nicaragua, and Hops— 7 ® 9c per pound. ously could not be learned. The in- ™ere Bol(| for 70 cents jured w ill be taken to Greenville. A noon el M illstuffs — M iddlings, $18.50(222; the price dropped back to 75 to attend the Ohio fa ir at Columbus, steamer« from that section have been bringing in gold dust in proof of iL opening August 31. wrecking crew has reached tlie scene. cents, at which figure it closed. : California bran, $14® 15 per ton. N o further particulars are obtainable. H ay— W heat,$12® 15; wheat and oat, T w o C h ild r e n D r o w n e d . Denver, Aug. 16.— A special to ths NO M ore F I « Brnn-ly. $11 @14; oat, $10® 12; river barley, Crete, Neb., Aug. 16.— W illie and News from Del Norte, C o la , says: $ 7@ 8; I test barley, $0@12; alfalfa, W ork In the Field»- San Francisco, Aug. 16. — Acting A messenger just arrived from Sum- Mary Vogel, aged 4 and 10 years re­ $ 7 ® 8.50 clover, $7.oO@0. has retceived a rul- Spokane, Aug. 16 .— There is an un- i ’nllcetor Thomas treas- m itville, bringing news o f a powder ex­ spectively, w ere drowned in the Blue Potatoes— New , in boxes, 40@60e. preoedented demand for harvest ham s ■ f rom Secretary Gage, of the I river to lay. Th ey fe ll from a narrow Onions— New red, 70®80o; do new '" e 'relating to the distillation o f cer- plosion, which occurred in the lower throughout Eastern Washington an-i walk, and were carried over a mill-lam silverskin, 8Sc@ $l |ter cental. ’ fruits partieniarly m California. working o f the L ittle A nnie mine at Northern Idaho. Fears are expresse.1 *"7 trtln fruits. P TennV Vm it Packing Sum m itville, by which four men lost to the rocks below. Fresh fruit— Apples, 40® 60c per that enough men cannot be foounu to their live«. Foreman Robert Jones is small box; do large box, 40@65c Royal r » r » r M ill D . « t r o y . d . harvest the large crop. ï ï p . n . / the » ' ^ treasury ’ d ÌtÌ,W department *°n,e one ---- of the -lead. The name« o f the apricots, 2 0® 85c common cherries, Manchester, Conn., Ang. 16.— T h e The brandy, mi* ü)e distillation of figs ; others have not been learned, 16@25c; Royal Anne cherries, 25® 40c T h e cells in the ja il at Dover, N. IL , lias deci le- ^ bready in question explosion o»T,lo«ii>n occurred at 4 o ’olock and Peter Adam « paper m ill, in Buckland, ner box; currants, $1.00® 1.60 per are arranged in a circle and rerolre, **o Loss, $35,- . « le s t ; peaches, 25® 40c; pears, 2 0® caused a cave-in and the men were auf- waa burned this morning. that the inmates can successively® • j > » * ■ , b* 000. «cated before they could be reached. , 40c; cherry plums, 20® 30c per box. the country at all points of the • °m will be strictly enforced. j j RECENT GOLD FINDS D o w n i n g . M o p k ln a M C o m p a n y * » R e v i e w R E P O R T S FR O M S IB E R IA T H A T E Q U A L C A L IF O R N IA IN ’4 » . M arcu s R a k e r, o f th e O » o l o g l e » l S a r T ty * T a lk s o f t h e R e c e n t G o ld D e v e lo p ­ m e n ts H e r e a n d A b r o a d —N a w M e th ­ o d it N o w 1’ s e d In M in in s » E. F. P arsons , special t or respondent. Washington, D. C .— The Russian government is to send an expedition to Kamchatka, the extreme eastern pen­ insula of Siberia, to look into the devel­ opment of extensive alleged gold fields. This announcement creates considera­ ble interest here,es|>ecially uinong the who are following closely the enormous gold developments o f the world w hidx have recently occurred. A n exam ii tion of the map of North A m erica w ill »how at a glance that the great gold field o f Alaska which is now being de­ veloped is a part o f the same general line o f mountains which supplied thM enormous gold production of California. i indeed o f the »ame general line which produced the gold of Peru, of Central America, o f the United States and nosr of Alaska. Take yonr map o f the wor! and follow this mountain range and y w ill find that it seems to cross from North American continent to Aaia the Behring straits, and that the exten »ion of this general range across in Asia covers the very country into w hl ; the Russian government is pressi gold developments and the gen i search for gold. The dispatch refer“ to above states that a Russian exped tion has discovered 12 gold regions i the vicin ity o f the Sea o f Okhotsk, > it lielieves that the western peninsu o f Kamchatka w ill develop gold fiel' which w ill, as the dispatch pots when opened, “ lie a second C alifornia.’ “ W hether the prediction of the R sians that they are to develop fields in Kamchatka which w ill ri the early history of our California ( fields is to be realized or not,’ ’ said M Marcus Baker, of the geologial aurv* talking on this matter, “ certainly tf can be no doubt that the gold of world has enormously increased, and now increasing wonderfully, ure tw o distinct gold fields today wh' are producing gold in very great q " titles— South A frica and North Am oa. The Alaskan fields are o f con a part o f the same general line of me tain which developed suoh wonder gold deposits in our own territory than h alf a century ago, and w be the mountains o f Kamchatka and beria arc a part o f the same general tern or not, it would not be surpri if these reports o f large gold de there should also be confirmed, fact is there is a greater incentive the production o f gold today than before. There are two or three sons for this: First, that silver cheap that there is less inoentive for production und the people who had merlv given their attention to the ing o f silver are now looking for gold fields; second the gold m ining gold production becomes easier e year us new methods develop and discoveries are made. Take thk gold fielda of California which supposed to be worked out years tlie cyanide process now gives p~ of making them again productive it is quite probable that it w ill be able to work over all the rejected terial which was thrown away by men who covered that great gold and to produce from it by this cys process great quantities o f gold, is not unlikely to be the case fu south in Mexico, Central Am erica Peru, where suoh quantities of were mined years ago. Add to th gold developments oi South Australia, North Am erica and ive Siberia and it is not surprising the gold production of the more than keeping pace w ith growth o f business. A s every knows the gold prodnotion o f the has steadily increased during tba few years, that o f last year been greater than any in the history o f the world, w hile all tions now point to a still grea creased production for 1897.” Mr. Baker’s remarks that the production of the world has 1 w ith such rapidity, suggests qniry upon this subject. Th at 1 shows that the gold o f the world is nearly or quite three times as as it was 50 years ago. M nlhal Las lieen w idely quoted in th* of the United States in the [ weeks indicates ih his latest dl of statistics tiiat the amount of tlie world, coined and uncoi years ago amounted to le and a half billion dollars. Ta' figures for 1890 and adding the tion since that tim e it would that the gold of the world today, and uncoined is over seven b ill' lars, being nearly or quite th l as much as it was 50 years ago. there been no increase in the tion meantime there would three times as much gold for son now ns there was half a ago. But the population o f $ lias increased 50 per cent in so tiiat tlie amount o f gold for dividual is therefore about it was at that time. This, relates to the gold in bulk, gold money. F ifty years ag< per cent of the gold in the coined; now 06 per cent is col it appears that w h ile the gold in the world for each i has l>e«n doubled in 60 years, portion of that gold which turned into coin has also b e n thus making the gold of the times as much per each indie was 50 years ago. T h e last week in Jnly, long lie remembered as the under the new tariff law. every direction show th lias been instantly effs manufacturing and be