CAPE NOME.
Ineredlble Richness of This District
Fully Verified by Lata
Report!.
Each steamer which comes down
from tho North brings fresh proof of the
almoHt incredible richness of the Cape
Nome raining diHtrict. At first people
were inclined to believo that tho re
ports of splendid riches found in the
Cape Nome beaches were simply fairy
tales circulated by the transportation
companies. But the arrival last week
in Seattle of the Roanoke, with its
cargo of gold dust, gave the final assur
ance that Cape Nome is quite as rich
as it is painted. This famous treasure
Bhip brought to Seattle more than two
millions of dollars in the pretty yellow
dust. The purser had charge of $1,
800,000 only; but many of the passen
gers kept their private hoards in their
own immediate care, so that a modest
estimate of the combined wealth of the
returning gold seekers aboard the vessel
may be placed at $1,000,000, exclusive
of that in the purser's care. It is prob
able that the real amount went far
sl)ove this estimate. Every passenger
had his bag of dust, heavy or light, ac
cording to the amount of enorgy he ex
pended while in the golden North.
It is safe to prophesy that the stam
pede to the Cape Nome district next
spring will be more eager than the
Klondike rush of a few years ago.
Capo Nome has a weighty advantage
.over the Klondike region in that trav
elers to the former camp have no peril
ous river and mountain travel to go
tlnough, but are landed from the
steamer directly on the gold beach.
The Koauoke was but 10 days on the
way down from the Cape, and she
ppent a day and a half of this time at
Dutch Harbor.
No expensive tools are required to
dig out the gold from the beach. As
one of the Roanoke passengers ex
pressed if. "Nome is the greatest coun
try on the earth. Every man's bank
account lies in the beach. All he has
to do when he is out of money is to go
down to the beach and dig it out. I
never even dreamed of the wonderful
wealth that is to be found along the
Nome beaches. Literally I dug out
$315 with a common table spoon in
10 minutes. I did this to prove to my
friend that there was gold at Cape
Nome."
About two thousand people will
winter at Nome. Work has mostly
stopped on the claims there, as the
creeks and the beach are freezing np.
The people were engaged in building
houses when the Koauoke left. Lum
ber sells there for $200 per thousand
feet. However, money is cheap, and
nobody grumbles. Many improvements
are being projected for the new com
munity. One of the most important is
the wharf which is to be put in next
spring at the Cape Nome landing. At
present vessels have difficulty in land
ing supplies on the beach. A com
pany has also been formed to provide
the city of Nome with waterworks,
bringing pure water from far back in
the hills. This will solve the typhoid
fever problem, as that disease has been
caused by impure water. This water
system will be in operation not late,
than July 20. Electric- lights ami
street railways are to be provided,
companies having been organized to
secure those improvements. "
At the Clackamas Hatchery.
8. W. Downing, superintendent of
the government hatchery on the
Clackamas, says no salmon eggs are
being taken at the hatchery now ex
cept those that are transferred from
other hatcheries. Superintendent
Wisner has just come from the little
White Salmon hatchery and delivered
1,500,000 eggs to the Clackamas hatch
ery. Mr. Downing states that he
made a large shipment of Quinnat sal
mon eggs to New Zoaland recently.
Tho egga were packed in crates between
layers of cotton. The fish will be in
troduced by the New Zealand authori
ties as an experiment.
Great Quantities of Fish.
Washington state's fish hatcheries
are expected to turn out 85,000,000
salmon fry this season. Tills will be
four times as much as the turn-out o
any previous year. The United Statei
government is now thoroughly alive to
the importance of nursing this branch
of food supply.
Will Probably Sell Bonds.
Atja recent meeting of the city coun
cil of Dallas the finance committee was
instructed to prepare a .report looking
to the matter of advertising a sale of
city bonds to the amount of $2,500, the
proceeds to be used in paying off the
present city hall bonds.
Carbon County Bonded.
The commissioners of Carbon county,
Montana, have decided to bond that
county in the sum of $43,000 for the
purpose of taking np outstanding war
rants. These bonds are payable in 20
years, and redeemable in ten years.
Interest is not to exceed 5 per cent.
At Boston, is it reported, there are
one thousand freight cars standing on
Bide tracks. Thirty freight ships have
been taken out of their regular service
at that port owing to the war with
Africa, 'and consequently the cars have
to be used for storage purposes. Many
of these cars are the property of west
ern lines, and are badly needed for
transpotration of lumber and grain.
A gentleman who is in a position to
know what is going on in the federal
department at Washington, states the
Pendleton East Oregoniah, says in his
opinion, there will be no final action
with reference to the squatters on tho
reservation within a year from the
present. This he bases upon the prob
abilities of the question being taken up
in the department and the time usually
consumed in getting such matters to a
final issue, after they have been once
taken np.
The farmers are now busy harvesting
their spuds and sowing their fall crops,
says a Southern Oregon exchange. Al
though the prospect for a fair price is
not good, the farmers can do nothing
but work ahead and try to solve the
problem: Why do some men live well
and do no work ?
Helena, Mont., Nov. 9. United
States Senator Thomas II. Carter was
arrested today and fined $ 1 for spitting
on the sidewalk. The complaint was
made by a man arrested and fined yes
terday for the same offense. The fine
y paid.
AMONG THE MINES.
iMtf Capper niseovery Reported From
the Tauana.
Th discovery of large reins of cop
per or ts reporfcvi from the Tanana by
Martia Bray. The district is S50
rail unthwofti ot Dawson, and tho
Inward nip with pack animals require!
twtmty dart. Mr. Bray 6aya grea
quantities of copper were found and his
party brought to Dawson a number ol
specimen for uway. The district,
named Healey, was organised and ft
recorder .olocted in 18u8. It was
named after one of the chief owners in
the North American Trading & Trans
portation company. Mr. Bray says
the copper deposits are about eighty
miles from navigable waters. The
White river mines are forty miles from
the Healey district, and show, ho says,
a continuation of the mineral belt. .
Alaska Winter Mull.
O. O. Richardson, the Uuitod States
mail contractor, has just returned to
Seattle from White Horso, where he
went to perfoct arrangements for the
transportation of the United States
mails up and down the Yukon this
winter.
The route extends down the river to
St. Michaels, and over the frozen ex
panse the mailcarriers must trudge once
every month in eaoh direction. From
St. Miohaels to Cape Noma the mail
will have to be carried in by others, as
Mr Richardson delivers it only as far
as Et. Michael. The trip to the diggings
will probbay be bridged by volunteers.
The mail np and down the Yukon
was delivered last winter as it will be
this. The addition of a big mining
camp with several thousand more popu
lation will increase the postal business
to suoh an extent that it is very doubt
ful if tho monthly dog and sled service
will be equal to it.
Notes of Iudex Mines.
The Hidden Treasure, at Index, has
struck a new vein of ore which has
shown in the foot-wall, assays from
which show 14 ounces of gold to the
ton. Tho Mohawk now has its shaft
down 40 feet and is looking well, show
ing about fiv feet of ore. It shows a
stieak of about six inches of soft sul
phurets, which should run high. The
London, which lies south of the Hid
den Treasure, is working a large force
of men. In the Highland Light, west
of the Hidden Treasure,' Councilman J.
A. James and other Seattle people are
interested; they are doing their regular
assessment work. The Independent,
on McFarland creek, four miles north
west of the Hidden Treasure, is run
ning a 500-foot tunnel and has a good
force of men at work, with supplies all
safely housed for the winter. Surface
work is practically stopped for the
year, as snow is already falling.
Creek Mining Stopped.
Captain Wallace Langley, who had
just come from Atlin, said at Skagway:
"It has frozen hard on all the creeks,
and creek mining is at an end. Work
of developing the Anaconda group of
quartz properties continues. Manager
Featherstone returned a few days ago,
and will look to the prosecution of the
work. Drifting and cross-cutting will
be the order of the winter. Just before
1 left Atlin there was some talk of men
having found paj ing placers on stream
leading into the Teslin lake, and t.
have worked them during the summer.
The rejort caused no stampede."
Notes.
Fifty thousand dollars is to be ex
pended at once on the Blue Bells, at
Frederick's arm, which is said to be
one of the best looking mines on the
whole coast. Several hundred feet of
development work has been done on
the property and altogether it is in ex
cellent shape. The English share
holders have decided to advance 10,
000 at once for development purposes
and large gangs of men will be put on
right away to carry out the work dur
ing thet next few months.
The Reservation Mining and Milling
company, operating the Lone Star and
Washington claims on the reservation,
near Danville, have purchased a seven
drill compressor, a fifty-horse power
double cylinder hoist which is capa
ble of hoisting from 800 feet depth; a
seventy-five horse power boiler, thre
itation pumps and severaal tons
track iron.
Even in New York interest in gold
and copper mining is becoming aroused.
John Postgate, a newspaper man, and
financial and speculative "expert," has
begun the publication there of a twice-a-week
newspaper, "The American
Mining News." A monthly magazine
has also been smarted in New York City
which is devoted wholly to the copper
interests.
Three Seattle men, Fred O. Grant,
E. C. Strong and W. F. Robb, have
purchased the Juliet group of mines in
the Rye Valley district, Oregon. Mr.
Strong has just returned from the prop
erty and is much pleased with the pros
pect. He says that the day before he
left the camp a Spokane man offered
him four times the amount he and his
partners paid for their property, but
their mine is not for sale.
Rumor is very busy with the name
and plans of Patrick Clark these days
particularly west of the Cascades. The
latest purchase he is reported to have
made is on Texada island. For the
Douglas Pine he is said to have paid
$250,000.
J. W. Wilson of the Alaska Commer
cial company returned from Cape Nome
this week on the cutter Bear. He has
extensive private interests in the Cape
Nome diggings, and thinks that the
reports of their richness have not been
exaggerated. He considers the claims
on the beach better than those on the
creeks. The beaches, he says, "yield
an average of $20 or $25 per day to the
man and that is a big thing."
Lumber is worth $200 a thousand at
Cape Nome.
A Coos county man advises farmers
there not to sell apples at 25 to 40
cents a box, but to Bhip to Portland or
'an Francisco for a much higher price,
ie says the Coos county apples are free
iiom pests.
Blaine is to have a new sawmill of
60,000 feet daily capacity. It will be
built by Cain & Lyttlo, on Dakota
creek, and the Great Northern railway
company will build a spur to the site
of the plant. Both water and rail
shipments of lumber can be made, for
Dakota creek in an estunry, navigable
at feif u tide.
BRADSTREET'S REVIEW.
trength of Prices the Loading Features
of the Trade Situation.
Bradstreet's says:
Strength of prices, a natural outcome
of the past and present active demand,
is still the leading feature of the trade
situation, notwithstanding unseasonably
warm weuther in some sections of the
country tends to restrict retail trade
and necessarily exercise some effect on
recorders and collections by jobbers.
The strength of textile, both raw and
manufactured, has been further accen
tuated during the week, increases being
noted in raw cotton, wool and hemp.
Wool has been equally strong, al
though transactions are smaller and ft
material gain in prices is to be noted,
while from the manufactured goods
branch it was reported of confident
strength and of future advances in
men's wear, goods and carpets.
Cereals appear to have reached a
dead level, with prices showing little
or no change. The dullness of wheat
at domestic markets finds explanation
in Bradstreet's statistics of world's
stocks, which indicate a gain for the
month of over 17,000,000 bushels, con
tributed entirely from American
sources, however, as foreign supplies
showed a slight shrinkage.
Anxiety in lumber is a feature at
many markets, and strength of prices
is no loss marked. Signs accumulate
that shoe manufacturers arid jobbers
are meeting with success in securing
recently advanced prices. Hides and
leather are sympathetically strong, and
shoe manufacturers are actively em
ployed. In iron and steel there is rather more
irregularity noted. Active demand on
railroad account has induced an ad
vance in iron and steel bars of $5 per
ton, but steel billets are lower. There
is a heavy volume of business reported
in pig iron for late 1900 delivery, and
that product is slightly higher at the
East.
PACIFICi COAST TRADE.
Seattle Markets.
Onions, new, $ 1.00 1.25 per sack
Potatoes, new, $16 18.
Beets, per sack, 85c.
Turnips, per sack, C5c.
Carrots, per sack, 7Go.
Parsnips, per sack, 90c.
Cauliflower, 75o per dozen.
Cabbage, native and California,
II
1.25 per 100 pounds.
Peaches, 65 80c.
Applou, $1.251.50 per box.
Pears, $1.001.25 per box.
Prunes, 60o per box.
Watermelons, $1.50.
Nutmegs, 6075o.
Butter Creamery, 80o per pound;
dairy, 1722c; ranch, 20o per pound.
Eggs Firm, 80c.
Cheese Native, 1314o.
Poultry HOiac; dressed, 13o.
Hay Pugot Sound timothy, $12.00;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$17.00.
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$21; whole, $22.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.65;
Mended straights, $3.26; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.50; gra
ham, per barrel, $2.90; whole wheat
flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.75.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $16.00;
shorts, per ton, $17.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $20.50 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $22; oil cake meal,
per ton, $35.00.
Portland Market.
' Wheat Walla AValla, 64c;
Valley, 55o; Bluestem, 66o per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.25; graham,
$2.65; superfine, $2.15 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 34 36c; choice
gray, 3233o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $1616.50;
brewing, $18.00 19.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid
dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16 per
ton.
Hay Timothy , $9 1 1 ; clover, $ 7
8; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 60 55c;
seconds, 42 K 45c; dairy, 8740o;
store, 2535o.
Eggs 27)80o per dozen.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 13o;
Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00
4.00 per dozen; hens, $4.50; springs,
$2.008.50; geese, $5.506.00 foroid;
$4.506.50 for young; ducks, $4.50
per dozen; turkeys, live, 1314o
per pound.
Potatoes 6065oper sack; sweets,
22jc per pound.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 90o;
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cauli
flower, 75c per dozen; parsnips, $1;
beans, 56o per pound; celery, 70
75o per dozen; cucumbers, 60o per
box; peas, 34oper pound; tomatoes,
75o per box; green corn, 12
15c per dozen.
Hops 7 10c; 1898 crop, 66o.
Wool Valley, 1218o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 814c; mohair, 27
30c per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 8c; dressed mutton, 6K
7c per pound; lambs, 7o per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4.60; dressed,
$6.006.60 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $3.5004.00;
cows, $33.50; dressed beef, 6
tHo pef pound.
Veal Large, 6J47Mc; small, 8
8Kc per pound.
San Franeiseo Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 1215o per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 1216o; Val
ley, 18 20c; Northern, 810o.
Hops 1899 crop, 712o per
pound.
Onions Yellow, 7585o per sack.
Butter Fancy creamery 26 27c;
do seconds, 27i28c; fancy dairy, 26
27c; do seconds, 23 (3 24c per pound.
Eggs Store, 25 82c; fancy ranch,
40c.
Millstuffs Middlings, $19.00
20.50; bran, $17.50 18. 00.
Hay Wheat $7.60 10; wheat and
oat $7.009.00; best barley $5.00
7.00; alfalfa, $5.00 7 00 per ton;
straw, 25 40a per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, 40 50c; Ore
gon Burbanks, $1.25 1.50; river Bur
banks, 6075o; Salinas Burbanks,
$1.00 1.10 per sack.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia,
$2. 75 3.25? Mexican limes, $4.00
6.00; California lemons 75c $1.60;
do choice $1.752.0O per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas. $1.60
2.50 per bunch; pineapple, nom
inal; reman dates, 6 6, "to per
pound.
EVERYDAY LIFE IN
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LARGE number of people have
rushed Into Manila from the
United States during the past
year. While a certain proportion of
these comprise the families and rela
tives ot army and volunteer officers, a
goodly average represents those who In
tend to engage In business or Invest cap
ital as soon as the conditions shall war
rant. .As a summer resort however, these
have discovered that there are many
places preferable to the capital ot Lu-
IPs.-?.
'TES, WHAT IS It?"
ion, and the ubiquitous tourist who
comes out of mere curiosity finds the
sentiment fully satiated before the next
boat sails for Iloiyf Kong. Typhoon and
quarantine rigors have had the effect to
terrify many. This latter means s three
days' Isolation, during which the passen
gers He under the broiling sun, and no
friendly boat comes nearer than ten
yards.
The crew, the coolies and the passen
gers despairingly watch the cool cafes
MAY WORK GREAT CHANGES.
Chicago fchool . Children Tested la
Meg-ard to Physical Condition.
An Innovation has been begun by the
Chicago school board that may bring
about sweeping reforms In the wbole
American educational system. Not sat
isfied with alone watching the mental
development of children In Its charge, It
has gone about tho study of their phys
ical development with minute care, In
the belief that the brain growth in school
children Is much more strongly Influ
enced by their physical condition than
has hitherto been realized. In one
school scientific examiners are now at
work, and great results are promised.
These persons, all through the day,
have an Intermittent procession of pu
pils, from 8 to 10 years of age, coming
into the room where tbey preside. No
one of the children remains in the
room long, but while there each Is
measured and weighed and tested In
half a dozen ways, thus unconsciously
playing a highly Important part In the
science of education. . The experiments
have to do especially with height,
weight, power of endurance, lung ca
pacity, grip, sight and hearing of the
pupil.
. For Instance: Each boy or girl is
requested to step upon a small plat-
form, at the back of which Is a stand
ard gauge for taking the height by the
celebrated uietl&lof Bertlllon. Welgn
lug comes next, then the test for lung
capacity, while a spirometer is used.
This resembles a miniature gasometer,
consisting of a sheet metal cylinder
and a flexible tube. The ergogruph
covers eudurnnce tests. The arm Is
strapped down r that the middle
finger only can be moved. This Is In
serted In a loop coanected with a
weight 7 per cent, of the subject's
weight, and the child bends the finger,
thus raising the weight forty-flve times
in a minute and a half. A revolving
scroll aud a stylus arrangement record
the movements.
For the grip, the mannometer Is em
ployed. It Is a little metal apparatus,
with a spring that the grasp of the
bund compresses. An Index measures
the uuiseulnr force In kilograms. The
apparatus used for testing -the sight
and bearing Is the most delicate em
ployed anywhere.
The i tlllt j- of all this Is that the tests
are made the basis of grading the sub
jects. I.o w records that have hitherto
been attributed to vlclousness or ob
stiuacy may thus be traced to faulty
physical conditions. It may be found
from weakness demonstrated that a
child Is not physically able to keep up
with the class, and labor Is lightened
to suit the sltuntlon. In one school 60
per cent, of all present were below nor
mal In bearing. It has been found that
girls do not have the endurance of boys,
nd the sexes should not, therefore,
havr samtf
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3 Vf TmotCTwHcAni
.Axusv
ashore, where lemonades and tecs are
sold, and hail the passing tugs with re
markable interest. On one tug that came
out to an anchored steamer a young man
eagerly shouted, "Orace! O, Grace!" The
entire male passenger lUt arose as one
man, and said, "Yes what Is It, dear?"
The young man blushed, and a young
woman, who had watched the shore all
the morning, hurried to the rail. The
young man wanted to know It he could
bring anything to add to his fiancee's
happiness.
"Bring the late papers," shouted a trav
eling man.
. "Deck of cards!" said a civilian clerk.
"Something to eat."
"Bananas," and thereafter every even
ing all eyes on board would wait for the
coming of the young man, and greeted his
gifts as they would those of a friend and
brother. Finally, If no case of the plague
has been reported, the passengers are al
lowed to go ashore.
The troubles of a new arrival at Ma
nila begin the moment he goes ashore.
The rates of board at the hotels are from
$3 to $10 a day In Mexican money, and
the board is not good. The meals are
cooked by a combined force of Filipinos
snd Chinamen. These two races are vio
lently antagonistic, and quarrel whenever
they pass. The beds, the bottoms of
which are cane woven, are as bard as th
floor and as unyielding as railroad Iron.
No blanket Is furnished, and sometimes
there Is a cold wind.
Housekeeping In Manila, under present
conditions. Is a delusion and a snare.
House rent runs all the way from $100
to $500 a mouth. Groceries are expen
sive. Canned goods cost from 73 cents
to $1, and the beef is suspicious and ex
pensive. Household furniture and kitch
en utensils are hard to procure at any
price. Good stoves are scarce, and gaso
line and oil are unknown. Only by pro
curing supplies through the army commis
sary officers can a reduced cost of living
be attained.
Everybody of Importance In Manila Is
bound to keep one or two rigs. A carro
mata can be rented for $50, gold, a
Generally, the tallest and heaviest
pupils are found to be farthest along
with their studies. Another fact dis
covered is that the physical force of
the child Is fair at 0 o'clock In the
morning, strong at 10, at 11 decreasing,
low at noon. At 1 there is a slight re
vival at 2 It Is fairly good, at 3 there
is a second decline. It Is held, how
ever, that standards fixed and deduc
tions made from American children do
not fit all other nationalities. Italian,
Swedish, Hungarian, Finnish aud other
children differ materially In mind and
body from these, and the records al
ready secured in this direction are to
be made the basis of investigation that
will lead to definite and valuable re
sults. AN UNHAPPY EMPRESS. '
The Life of the Bnsalan Czarina la One
Filled with Cares.
Beauty and position do not always
bring happiness, else there would be
few more Joyful women in the world
than the Empress of Russia. Instead
of being happy, however, this exalted
and beautiful woman leads one of the
saddest lives Imaginable, and the years
that should be full of pleasures and
joys are crowded with cares.
Before her marriage the Empress of
Russia was the Princess Allx of Hesse,
granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She
was a Protestant and In order that she
might become the Czarina of Russia
she changed her religion and became a
member of the orthodox church, of
which her husband Is the head. This
brought down upon her the dislike of
the great cleric, Pobledonostzev, who
naturally favors the orthodox, perse
cutes the unorthodox aud who wishes
the Empress to share his views In this
particular a thing the Empress will
not
Then the Empress presented her hus
band with three girls, and the Ignorant
rabble instantly concluded that be
cause she had not become the mother
of a male heir to, the throne she was
visited from heaven for her former un
orthodoxy. Even the Emperor felt dis
appointed and lately there was attrib
uted to him the disposition of abdicat
ing so that a male ruler, with a male
issue, might succeed to the throne.
Even for this she was blamed.
Then the Empress, with her train
ing, which Is In great measure En
glish, set herself against some of the
customs of the Russian court, among
them that of ladles smoking cigarettes,
and brought down upon ber the dislike
of the court circles. To still further
aggravate her situation she is disliked
by the Dowager Empress and not too
dearly loved by her husband. Natur
aly, under such circumstances, the life
c the Empress has been made miser
able, and her face, once so full of beau-
tHC SORBOWfCL CZARISA.
ty and sprlghtllness, is now clouded
and marked with care. She has at
tained an exalted rank among the
rulers of the world, but she has paid
!, for it the price of her mlnd'i peace and
her heart s happiness.
Photographing Crlralaale.
The right to photograph criminals In
order to place their pictures in the
rouges' gallery has often been ques
tioned. The ore vailing opinion an
THE PHILIPPINES.
wwrm TH MCUVAXT
month. Nobody with social ambitions
rides on the street railroad. Its cars are
drawn by small, decrepit ponies that are
beaten and hammered by the conductors
at every step. A carromato costs $300
outright and a cochcro has to engineer It.
These fellows drink liquor, run races,
and "feed the horses" at a cost that beg
gars the owners.
The greatest discomfort of housekeep
ing In Manila is Involved in the question
of the management of servants. These
are plentiful and cheap, but the mixture
CHASIMQ AH DOO,
of Filipino and Chinaman makes the
scene of one chasing the other around
the house with a knife a common scene.
The -aula servant the- cook who some
times cams as high as $-10 a month, does
the marketing, and horse steak or the
remains of some old caribou are often
served up at table. The only salvation
of the American resident is In the Im
ported canned meats, or those brought
out by the refrigerator ships for the ar
my. Condensed milk is another essential.
writers who have discussed the sub
ject seem to be that the power may
properly be exercised over persons who
have been convicted of crime, but that
Its exercise is of very doubtful legality
In the case of one who Is merely ac
cused of a criminal offense, but not
yet adjudged guilty. In an application
for a writ of mandamus to compel the
police commissioners of this city to
remove the picture of a convict from
the rogues' gallery, Justice Truax hns
recently held that the fact that the
petitioner had been convicted of as
sault and sentenced to six months in
the workhouse, and that he had fre
quently been arrested, and was the as
sociate of criminals, sufficed to warrant
the taking of his photograph nnd plac
ing It in the collection. He quotes from
tho well-known work of Prof. Tlede
man on the Limitations of Police
Power, where the author says: "An
other phase of police supervision is
that of photographing alleged criminals
and sending copies of the photographs
to all detective bureaus. If this be di
rected by law as punishment for a
crime of which the criminal stands
convicted, or if the man is in fact a
criminal, there can be no constitutional
or legal objection to the act, for no
right has been violated." Jude Truax
also declares that if the police commis
sioners have wronged a man at all,
whose picture they have placed In the
rogues' gallery, the Injury Is In the na
ture of a libel, for which ho has an
adequate remedy by a suit for dam
ages. New York Sun.
THE COSTLIEST SPORT.
Honey Fpent on an International
Yacht Haca.
To the men immediately Interested
International yacht racing Is the cost
liest sport in the world. The bill for
the yachts themselves, for building,
alterations and repairs, will amount to
fully $250,000 for each; the expense of
racing them cost their respective own
ers easily $250,000 more. Here is a
cool million just for building and rac
ing the boats. The sails alone cost
as much as an ordinary sailing yacht.
The Columbia's sails are said to have
cost $8,000, and the Shamrock's even
more, for hers were woven to order
from Egyptian and Sea Island cotton
mixed with silk. The expense of
maintaining the crew was enormous.
It Is said that the skipper of the Co
lumbia receives $2,000 for his services.
The anlnpy-nf the mate is $100 a month;
the second mate, $40; the four quarter
masters, $35 a month each, and the
thirty-two members of the crew each
$30 a month. Food for the crew costs
easily $000 -a month; each tender ac
companying the yacht cost $4,000 for
the few weeks of the season, and dock
age and tonnage cost 'about $8,000
more for each yacht Estimates of the
total cost of the Shamrock have been
placed all the way from $150,000 to
$450,000. Probably Sir Thomas him
self does not know exactly what his
little sport has cost him; there are
doubtles (.stacks of Mil yet to be pre
sentedsuch bills as $16,000 for the
charter of four tenders, and $5,400
wages for twenty extra sail-makers for
three months. Besides all this. Sir
Thomas paid $275,000 for his steam
yacht, his sea-home, the Erin, $100,
000 more in fitting her out and an
other $100,000 In entertaining guests
during his visit The most Impressive
feature about this array of costs Is
that the yachts upon which so much
has been spent are useless after the
races. The Columbia, for Instance,
can race no more, for there will prob
ably be no yacht fit to meet her, and
for cruising she would be a failure. In
a year or two her delicate hull will be
worth only the meal of which it is
made.
The money spent by yacht owners In
entertaining also reaches far into six
figures. Commodore Morgan enter
tained at least one hundred guests
every race day; and Howard Gould and
John Jacob Astor entertained even a
greater number. Gllson WW' in
LesUe'i Weekly,
fCALD vrarv Hoot
Since the American occupancy of Ma
nila, the Chinese have more rights and
privileges than ever before In the history
of the islands. On this account there Is
great race hatred prevalent. The F'll
pinos have the Idea that some day the
coolies will inaugurate a general slaugh
ter to redress their old wrongs. This
perpetual animosity is an annoying thing
for the householder. Fights are frequent.
The contestants scald, puncture aud shoot
one another, and rumors frequently
spread of an uprising, causing a doubling
of the guard In the town, and a general
order for all troops to sleep In their cloth
ing, their arms by their side.
Another thing which has to be consid
ered In connection with the lives of the
civilian residents In Manila Is the con
tinual fear of a native uprising. Alarms
are frequent, and plots of the natives
for a general masxacre of all Americans
are continually being reported. It has
been said; "The Americans In Manila
are living on the crust ot a volcano." It
Is the base ot the American army, the
great depot for all supplies, and the
temptation to the insurgents to start an
uprising In the town and destroy It can
be appreciated. The houses in the Iilnon
do, and most of the other districts, are
of wood, and old and dry, and would
burn like tinder.
Any number of the Insurgents may en
ter the town as "Amlgos," and be on
hand when the signal is given. Many of
the rebels are In Manila acting as ser
vants for the Americans. One American
discovered that his cochero was a rebel
sergeant, and always rode with a bola
knife under the carriage seat Whether
or not the Filipinos will ever make an
other attempt to destroy the city as on
Jan. 3 last the Americans, at least, en
tertain a lively fear of the event, and so
everybody sleeps on a revolver, with one
eye open, ready at the first alarm to
fight If the outbreak ever occurs, It will
not begin with firing on the outposts, but
In each household, and each man will
have to fight first with his own servants.
Altogether, there are happier places than
Manila in war times.
A TRUE HELPMEET.
Lady Lanrler, Wife of Canada's Prime
Minister, Has Ko Proved.
I.ady Laurlcr, wife of Canada's prime
minister, has proved a valuable help
meet to her distinguished husband, es
pecially as the bead of the social side'
of ministerial and parliamentary life In
Ottawa. Sho Is one of the vice presl-dents-at-large
of the National Council
of Women of Canada.
Mine. Lauder's marriage was attend
ed by romantic circumstances. Many
physicians were of the opinion that Mr. -
Laurier was in consumption, that his
Lauy lauhikh.
lungs were attacked, and that be would
not live long. He himself said that he
did not know what to think, and that he
would not live perhaps six months.
Mme. Laurier settled, the question by
saying: "I am ready to run the risk.
With the help of Providence I will re
store him to health." In fact she hats
contributed greatly by her care and
devption to preserve an existence that
is o precious.- i. unity, unnssumuur.
and modest, she has always been able,
with slender means, especially at first,,
to maintain an establishment suitable
to her husband's position without ex-,
ceedlng the limits of his Income.
The t'p-to-DaU Minister.
Ian Maclaren writes of "The Candy
pull System In the Church," In the La
dles' Home Journal, and after descrlb'
ing the tendency of the up-to-date
church, designates the qualifications of
a pastor for "this kind of institution.".
"The chief requisite demanded," he
contends, "Is a sharp little man, with
the gifts of an Impresario, a commer-v
clal traveler ana an auctioneer com-
l.ln,..l nF,K nllj.li,.ii'i. ft.. ...... ,
uiuvu, niui l ii .j uiiguicDi ua,ui ui u
peripatetic evangelist Instead of a
eiuuy iiiieu wim uooks oi grave uigimy .
and classical literature, let him have an
ofHce with pigeonholes for his pro-
frrnmn find nt11f.aa mprpsnnnilonra1 .
cupboards for huge books, with cut
tings from newspapers and reports of
other organizations; a telephone ever'
tingling, and a set of handbooks: 'How.'
to Make a Sermon In Thirty Minutes,'
or, 'One Thousand Racy Anecdotes
from the Mission Field.
"Here slU an alert, vivacious, in
rentive manager, with his female sten
ographer at a side table, turning over
one huge book to discover who Is next
In order of time for visitation, and an
other for details of families, or hastily
examining filed speeches of public men
An anmA Rlihtpft in Ha tnlran nn Cnnln n
J " - v v. . 1. V1 .
From morning to night he tolls, tele
phoning, telegraphing, dictating, com
piling, hurrying around, conducting
'socials,' "bright evenings,' giving
talks, holding receptions, an un
wearied, adroit, persevering man. No
one can help admiring his versatility
and honesty of intention, but if he Is to
be the type of the minister of the fu
ture then he will supersede and exclude
a better man."
Every man In town seems to imagine
be la qualified to umpire the bJU and
foul it reporters.
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