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VOL. VII. NO. 27.
0S OF THE WEEK
prom all Parts of the New
and Old World.
BRIEF ASD INTERESTING ITEMS
C«o.prfh«nilTe Review of tfco Import
ant Happening* of the Cor
rant W««k.
I woman's Klondike syndicate ha*
ten organized in New York city.
The transatlantic liner St. Paul haf
• n lowered her record across th«
B*.''
ocean.
Mrs. C. A. Sluirte and her two chil
dren were suffocated by smoke in their
borne at Arlington, Or.
Word has been received in New York
from Calcutta that the Indian relief ex
nedition which left San Francisco last
jane, lias arrived safely. The cargo,
it is said t will be more acceptable even
than expected.
\ wind, rain and hailstom which
ssed over Northern Wisconsin did
$100,000 damage to the tO
-,,„,■,, farmers on Coon prairie, the
:,, trt of tlif growing section of the
Bounty. Fully four-fifths of the crop
i destroyed.
A rich gold find is reported from the
gnarta ■!.strict in Union county, Ore
jon. The find has caused no little ex
citement, and a big amount of quartz
i,,, b, iii !">xed up for shipment direct
tot he mint. It is estimated that it
fill go ai least $40,000 to the ton.
Fur a month or more people living
near Bah! Knob, Ark., have been find
og valuable pearls in a lake near that
place. Hundreds of people have been
missel shells n search of the
Mil-, a 1 some of the gems have been
bond, some being sold for as much as
Either crazed by liquor or laboring
mder a delusion that he was being per
oeeuted, John Thomas, a prospector
lately from Fort Steele district, started
a fasilade with a revolver on the streets
if Spokane., which resulted in mortally
woumling two men and painful injuries
to another man and boy.
A special to the Toronto Globe from
Ottawa says that the Dominion govern
ment lias received several important
decisions in regard to the Yukon coun
try, and the working of the gold fields
there. It has been decided to appoint
an administrator for the district, who
will have entire charge of all the Can
a!kin officials there and be the chief
executor for the government.
Freight rates have been reduced oon
■derably by the O. R. & N. and N. P.
to British Columbia points.
The Seattle Coal & Iron Company
men at Issaquah, Wash., have quit
work. They want more pay, and object
to a deduction by weight for carloads
bving slate and shale.
The government armor board met in
Washington anil accepted the offer of
Cramps to furnish diagonal armor. for
the battleship Indiana. The govern
ment price was satisfactory.
The New York Tribune, in discussing
events that led up to the assassination
ofCanovas, makes the statement that
the government is responsible for the
rise and progress of anarchy in Spain.
An explosion of a lamp started a fire
in a load of hay in a livery barn in
Lewis-ton, Idaho. The flames spread
*itli great swiftness, and before they
''■! 1 be suppressed caused a total loss
* 111,000.
F. L. Johnson, while driving a band
horses near the Pine Creek reserve,
in Baker county, Oregon, bent over to
drink out of a stream in the ravine,
bis revolver fell out of his pocket, and,
Coding, killed him instantly.
An official dispatch received in Con
inople says several thousand Ar
menian agitators from Persia invaded
Tt >rkey and killed 200 of the Migriki
Wbe, including women and children.
he wife of the chief was put to death
ffith the most cruel tortures, and sev
eral other victims had their noses and
argent off. ;. :
•^nsul-General Hayward, in a report
to the state department, states that
uurino; 18% American vessels number
n? ;_247, of 243,983 tons, entered Ha-
v '»i r>orts, while vessels of all other
Qaiities numbered 139, of 234,014
tOr' J- These are the only foreign ports
'"we a majority of the carrying trade
15 now under the American flag.
Golli has confessed that he killed
Canovas to avenge the Barcelona
-< and the insurgent leader,
n.],K ( ' Rizal, who was executed at
f ni'a. Philippine islands,- December
' ast< as the instigator of the Philip- !
{ ne revolution. Dr. Rizal denied that j
* was a rebel leader, but he admitted j
"; at lie had drawn up the statutes of j
"* Philippine league. : . ■:-;: '. : "■■: ;
A Portland, Ind., dispatch j says: A
Grand Rapids & Indiana :]
" ei?ht train went through the bridge :
•nniiijp the Waba«h river a ; mile
Or »i of Geneva. The engine ; and
er fell into the river and cars piled
j.. le:«- Engineer Barney Reid and
■ n; ;<n James Gallagher went down >:
I: the engine. The former had both
»-crushed, and was otherwise badly
; 3":*1. He will die. -[ Fireman Gal
?''er and Brakeman James Clifford
re severely injured
a result of war between Atlantic
ast lines, freight J is v being carried
. f° New York to GalTeatoi for 2 cental
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Qi Dublin to Onega, at the mouth of
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LIFE AT SKAQUAY.
rhr Trail Already Blocked and More
Men and Horses Coming.
Seattle, Aug. 13.—A special to the
Post-Intelligencer from Mount Vernon
3ays:
A number of letters were received
here today from Mount Vernon people
who left Seattle on the steamer Queen
for the Yukon, tellling of life at Skag
uay. In a letter to E. W. Ferris, dated
Skaguay, August 13, ex-City Marshal
Rowan says:
"We got here on the 26th of July.
lam camped here for the winter. The
rest of the men are about four and a
half miles from here, packing their
autfits. They had them hauled for
three miles at one cent a pound. They
have been four days in making one
mi.c, and it is about 36 miles from
where they are to the lakes. It is im
possible for them to make it. It is
raining all the time. They boys are
discouraged, and I feel sorry for them,
as they cannot get to the summit before
3now falls.
"There are about 400 horses and 700
men on the trail. You can't get any
body to pack for you. They are offer
ing $30 per 100 pounds to pack over to
the lakes. There were 105 head of
horses, which came over on the Islander,
and they will block the trail in the next
10 days. I got about three miles from
here, and I came back as soon as I found
I could not make it. There are lots of
men camped here waiting for snow. I
am taking it easy, and working for
$2.50 and board. lam going in in
February. This is the greatest excite
ment I ever saw, men packing in the
rain in all the rigs a man can think of
to pack with. One man has a bicycle
to pack on. I counted 107 tents here
last night, and they average from two
to six men to the tent. There were
lots of them that sold out on the
Islander, and went back. Outfits that
cost $150 are selling all the way from
130 to $100 each. They are offering 30
cents a pound for packing 31% miles.
An Indian was killed at Dyea this
morning for stealing. The inspector
and mounted police are at Lake Ben
nett, and it will cost each man- about
$50 to pass. Two-horse teams aro
making from $60 to $100 a day."
A LETTER FROM DAWSON.
The Camp Well Supplied With Pro
visions at the Present Time.
Tacoma, Aug. 13.—8. L. Laughlin
writes from Dawson, Alaska, under
date of June 15:
"Five-hundred-foot claims on two
creeks are selling at prices ranging from
$10,000 to $150,000 each. There are
about 150 claims that are good on these
two creeks. An acquaintance bought a
claim in February for $45,000 on the
installment plan, and was to make the
last payment July 1, but did not need
so much time, for he paid the last the
day we arrived. He has 480 feet of
ground left, and a surplus of $15,000.
The pay streak is from 40 to 80 feet
wide, and the pay is in and on the bed
rock. These are drift diggings, and
have to be worked in the winter time.
The ground is from 15 to 35 feet deep.
"Times will be quiet here until
about October 1, when there will be
work for 4,000 or 5,000 men. There is
a small sawmill here, and lumber is
worth $130 per 1,000, and scarce at
that. The camp was not struck until
August, and it is estimated that the
output is about $2,500,000 to date, and
will probably be $25,000,000 or $30,
--000,000 next year. The companies
think they can supply sufficient food for
the winter. There will be about 1,100
people come from the outside this year,
and I expect as many thousand, or
more, next year. The weather is nice
at the present time.
"The Circle City camp is about de
serted, and the claim owners are offer
ing $12.50 per day and board.
"The camp is well supplied with pro
visions at the present time. Flour is
worth $12 a hundred, bacon 50 and 60
cents a pound, beans 12^ cents, ooffee
75 cents, milk 50 cents per per can,
table fruit 75 cents per can, shovels $3
each. If any one should want to come
here this summer or fall I would advise
them to come by the mouth of the
Yukon. In early spring, they should
come by the land and water route."
THE WHEAT SHORTAGE.
Europe Will Draw Heavily on the
United States.
London, Aug. 13.—The Times.Jn its
financial article today, says: "It is
estimated by persons in a position to
form an opinion that at least 12 per
cent more wheat than is usually needed
by Europe will be wanted this year.
Owing to short Russian, French and
Austor-Hungarian crops, the United
States will be the wily country able to
meet this extra demand."
Chicago Wheat Goes Up..
Chicago, Aug. 13.— September wheat
advanced 3 cents today, and closed
strong at 81}* cents, the highest point
touched by September wheat since 1891.
Crop news from the Northwest, and the
decline in condition shown by the gov
ernment crop report were the chief fac
tors.
Dynamite Explosion in a Mine.
St. Louis, Aug. 13.— W. H. Mad
dern and Taylor Dodson were killed to
day by an explosion ot dynamite in a
lead mine near Bonne Terre, Mo. Two
others were seriously injured.
Good Catch of Sea Ott*r».
San Francisco, Aug. 18.—A private
letter from Captain Smaling. of the
schooner Theresa, now in Behring sea,
gives news of the catch of the sea otter
hunters up to July 8. The best of luck
has followed the men, as the four
schooners heard from had killed 63
otters, the skins of which are worth
from $80,000 to $40,000.
There are only about 1,000 Gennant
in tbe whole ol Mexico
FRIDAY HARBOR, SAN JUAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1897.
BATTLE IN MATANZAS
Insurgents Said to Have De«
feated Weyler's Army.
SPANIARDS MADE A HARD FIGHT
But Were Compelled to Flee Leaving
Many Dead on the Field—Havana
Officials Greatly Concerned.
New York, Aug. 13.—-A dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says official
information has reached Havana of a
decisive battle between troops and in
surgent forces in Matanzas. According
to this information the Spanish troops
were routed, after a hard battle, with
heavy losses. This news caused a ver
itable eensation in Havana, as it is
generally known that Captain-General
Weyler is now in Matanzas, and there
is a belief that the Spanish troops
directly under him were those which
suffered defeat at the hands of the
rebels. However, if this is true, the
Spanish officials here have taken great
pains to suppress the fact.
Then, too, the knowledge that Gen
eral Gomez is due in Matanzas at about
this time with a large body of insur
gents added to the interest in the bat
tle. While there is no good cause to
believe that General Gomez was in the
battle in question, there has for some
time been a seemingly well-founded
belief in Havana that Generals Weyler
and Gomez would meet in Matanzas.
The Spanish loss in troops and offi
cers was greater than in any recent bat
tle. The Spanish troops were com
pelled to give way before the rebels,
leaving many dead upon the field.
There seems to be considerable con
cern in the palace here about the result
of the battle. While the officials will
not talk, the Herald correspondent has
learned that detachments of Cuban
cavalry have been pouring into Matan
zas from Santa Clara province, and, ac
cording to some reports, Major-General
Francisco Carillo, commander of the
fourth army corps, and Brigadier-Gen
erals Rego and Monteagudo are among
the leaders of the invading forces. A
concentration upon the Santa Clara
border of all the insurgent forces in
Matanzas was ordered some days ago by
General Aveline Rojas, the insurgent
commander of the province.
In view of this rebel activity and the
belief at the palace that General Gomez
or his lieutenant,Major-General Carillo,
would attempt a demonstration against
Havana city, large reinforcements of
Spanish troops have been moved to the
fiont from Havana and Pinar del Rio
provinces. General Weyler intended
to establish his headquarters in Matan
zas city and then in Guines, Havana
province, in case the Cubans should
succeed in pushing their way through
Matanzas into Havana.
A rumor reached this city last night
that railroad traffic has been stopped
on almost all the lines running through
Matanzas province.
The excitement was added to by a
later report that General Weyler has
ordered the Marquis de Ahumada, the
acting governor-general, to send as
large a force of troops as could be
spared to the vicinity of Guines, neai
the border of Havana and Matanzas
provinces. Additional artillery was
shipped last night to Guines.
The situation of General Weyler ig
similar to that of Martinez Campos
when he tried in December, 1895, tc
check the famous raid of Gomez and
Maceo and was compelled to fall back
successively at Jovanellos and Closeo
and Colon before the Cubans.
Those in a position to know hint that
the chief source of alarm in the palace
is the receipt of a dispatch from Ma
tanzas. The names of Weyler and sev
eral other Spanish generals, as well as
those of Gomez and Carilo are often re
peated in the course of the message.
The alleged information in the dis
patch, coupled with the demand for re
inforcement at Guines and the ship
ment there of heavy artillery, leads
many to believe that the Spanish troops
will make a further stand at Guines.
Jose Guasp has been arrested for de
manding money and threatening the
life of Senor Sagra, a proimnent Span
ish millionaire, in Havana.
THOSE SHERMAN INTERVIEWS
He Is Said to Be Irresponsible and
Failing Mentally.
New York, Aug. 18.—A special to
the Times from Washington says: An
effort is in progress by influential
friends of Secretary Sherman to induce
him to leave Washington and go to
some quiet retreat where he can rest
until fall, and it is the belief inside of
administration circles that he will go
out of the cabinet soon after the Novem
ber elections.
Secretary Sherman's bad condition of
health and mind is no longer concealed
even by bis friends. Yesterday he
made an absolute denial of all inter
views concerning Canovas' assassina
tion that appeared in the newspapers
Monday morning. He seems to remem
ber none of the occurrences of Sunday
night, when he brought his chair out on
the front stoop and newspaper men
gathered around him and he gave out a
variety of interviews.
The secretary's condition is painfu)
to his friends.
American Tin for Italy.
El wood, Ind., Aug. 13.—The first
tin-plate manufactured in America to
be sent to Europe is, according to local
manufacturers, that started today by
the American Plate Company, of El
wood, on its way to Italy.
Killed In a Collision.
Maryiville, CaL, Aog. 18.—In col
lision between a passenger and freight
train in the yards this afternoon, En
gineer William Geary wm killed.
STEAMER MEXICO SUNK.
First Disaster Connected With «h«
Alaska Rush.
San Francisco, Aug. 12.—A special
from Victoria to the Chronicle says:
For several days anxious inquiries
have been made regarding the Pacific
Coast steamer Mexico, which was
booked to leave tomorrow on her second
trip to Dyea.
The steamer Topeka, which arrived
here this evening, reports t that the
steamer Mexico, on August 5, while go
ing into Dixon entrance from Sitka dur
ing a heavy fog at full speed, struck
West Devil's rock. After two hours
the steamer sank in 500 feet of water,
etern first.
The captain exhibited great coolness,
and, with the officers, did everything
that was possible.
The passengers and crew were saved,
with their hand baggage, in small boats.
After rowing till midnight, they ar
rived at Metlakahtla.
The time the ship struck is believed
to be 4 in the morning.
The ship is a total loss. The passen
gers and crew are on the Topeka.
Captain Wallace and his officers
quietly waited their turn to be lowered
over the side into the boats. This was
performed without a hitch, with splen
did discipline.
After the passengers were safely off
the ship, the officers and crew turned
their attention to the hand baggage,
which the passengers had in their cab
ins, and the treasure and valuables be
longing to the steamer.
There was no time to attempt to save
anything stowed below decks, and as it
was, everything in the cabins was not
secured, though the captain and crew
stayed on the steamer until it was no
longer safe to do so.
They had not been away from her
many minutes when she made a final
plunge and went down, stern first.
She struck on her starboard bilge keel
and a gaping hole was torn in her side.
Only a short time before, orders were
sent to the engineer to send her full
ahead, and, consequently, she went
right through the rocks.
Had she been an iron vessel, few
would have lived to tell of the accident.
She would have gone down like a rock.
At New Metlakahtla, where they had
to spend several days awaiting the ar
rival of the Topeka, news of the wreck
having been sent to her by the steamer
Al-Ki, the passengers and crew had
their wants attended to by Rev. Mr.
Duncan and his Indians. "'
Of the 775 passengers, 40 were tour
ists, who made the round trip, and oth
ers were coming south from different
Alaskan ports. Included in the latter
were naturalists who had spent the
summer in Western Alaska collecting
specimens for the Columbia museum.
Their specimens, instruments and note?
went down with the steamer.
A Four Days' Clean-Up.
Redding, Cal., Aug. 12.— J. B. and
R. B. Graves boarded the overland
train tonight, having in their posses
sion $42,000 in gold, the result of
four days' work on Morrison gulch, a
tributary of Coffee oreek, beyond Car
ville, in Trinity county. They have
been mining'on the gulch for a year
past, and ran a tunnel into a ledge of
red and black iron formation 3 % feet
wide. They struck several pockets of
pure gold embedded in the ledge, one
of the purest yielding $4,000, while
several others yielded from $3,000 to
$300. On August 4. at a point 25 feet
from the mouth of the tunnel, and 12
feet from the surface, they uncovered a
large pocket of pure god. In four days
they took out 163 pounds, avoirdupois
weight. The largest piece was there
feet long, two feet wide and five inches
thick. The pocket yielded $42,000.
The ledge is still intact, and averages
from $300 to $500 per ton.
The Electrical Chair.
Dannemora, N. V., Aug. 12.—Prank
C. Conroy, the Ogdensburg wife-mur
derer, was executed by electricity at
Clinton prison today. Conroy was pro
nounced dead A% minutes after the first
shock He walked between Fathers
Belanger and Cotter until supported to
the chair, his eyes upon the crucifix and
praying. He met his fate calmly.
On the morning of May 20, 1896,
Frank Conroy returned to his home in
Ogdensburg from Montreal. Walking
into the bouse he accused his wife of
unfaithfulness. Angered at her denials,
he snatched up a carving-knife and
hacked her head and throat until she
was dead. His two little daughters,
aged 5 and 7, witnessed the murder.
Dressed Beef on the Rise.
Kansas City, Aug. 12.—The whole
sale price of dressed beef by all the big
packers has been raised. The lowest
price on dressed beef now is 6 cents,
whereas on Saturday fair to good West
ern beef could be bought for 4% to b%
cents. Better grades were raised in
proportion. The best grades of bacon
were also raised \% cents per pound.
The dealers claim that the raise in
price Is proof positive that the big com
bine, about which so much has been
beard lately, is a fact, and that it has
begun the expected squeezing process.
They declare that they will go into a
combine of their own and butcher their
own meat The packers deny that
there is any combine.
The greatest length of England and
Scotland, north and south, is about
608 miles.
Delaware Iron Work. Bosom*.
Wilmington, Del., Aug. 12.—After a
shutdown of six weeks, the Delaware
iron works, at Newcastle, resumed
operations yesterday, giving employ
ment to between 400 and 600 persons.
Chicago Wkoat **»•■<*••
Chicago, Ang. 12.—September wheat
sold today at 7»Kc, **»« highest point
reached during the present campaign.
The advance today was primarily on
bullish adrioef from abroad.
WEALTHOFTHE YUKON
Hugh C. Wallace Talks ot
the Great Gold Strike.
EXTENT OP THE RICH DIGGINGS
It Is Estimated That 100,000 Men Will
Go in the Spring-—Californian
Chances His Mind.
Tacoma, Aug. 10.—Hugh C. Wallace,
the prominent banker, who has proba
bly made a more careful investigation
of the Klondike than anybody on the
coast who has not actually been there,
having interviewed a great number of
the miners who came down on the Port
land last month, and other people who
have traveled in the upper Yukon coun
try and prospected along the main river
and its branches, said to a press repre
sentative:
"There is no doubt that the Yukon
will yield more gold than has been
taken from any river on this coast, or
probably in any other part of the world.
The Yukon runs through a-country not
yet explored by white men, and its bars
are universally reported to be rich.
Miners who have worked along the river
since 1882 agree that ground $5 to $100
per day is easily found.
"The existence of gold in such quan
tities along the main river is abundant
proof of rich diggings in other branches
than the Klondike. It is certain there
was two months ago somewhere between
$6,000,000 and $8,000,000 already taken
out and sent to Dawson City. Fully
one-half of this, it is believed, will
come down on the next two steamers.
"The gold thus far taken out hat
come from two or three small creek*
emptying into the Klondike. Reports
of other rich strikes have been obtained.
Returning miners unite in declaring
that prospecting has scarcely begun.
Men engaged in profitable enterprises
on Puget sound are leaving them for the
Klondike. lam informed that profit
able diggings and prosperous towns in
Alaska are being almost deserted in
the rush for the new eldorado.
"There will be a mighty and contin
uous stream of people from Puget sound
for the next six weeks, and I believe it
is no exaggeration to say that there
will be 100,000 men go in next Febru
ary, March, April and May. To my
knowledge, letters are being received
daily from every section of this coun
try, and from European cities as well,
making inquiry as to means of reaching
Alaska in the spring.
"Old Yukoners say the trip can be
made any month in the year. The
perilous and difficult part of the trip has
consisted heretofore of a climb over
the mountain passes requiring a portage
of 28 miles from salt water to the first
of a series of lakes, forming the Yukon
headwaters. This difficulty is now over,
for since the using of White's pass be
gan, three weeks ago, horses can be
used for packing outfits the entire dis
tance over the mountains, and miners
themselves can ride if they choose. It
is three days from Puget sound to this
pass.
"The effect of these discoveries on
business on Puget sound has been elec
tric, and the effect of the immense in
crease in the production of gold will
stimulate every artery of trade."
No Klondike for Him.
Port Townsend, Aug. 10 —An evi
dence that many people started for the
gold fields of Alaska during the strain
of mental excitement was given here
last night, when the steamer Queen
sailed for the north. Just after the
steamer blew her whistle to cast off her
lines, an excited passenger, who had
$800 worth of provisions billed through
to Dyea, yelled out:
"Boys, divide thed—d mess between
you; I'm going back to California."
The disgusted passenger refused to
give his name, but said he would pre
fer to give up his outfit than to take
the chances of crossing Chilkoot pass
this fall.
Evidently there were several disciples
of counterfeiter Dean and wife, of San
Francisco, yesterday bound for Alaska,
for just before the Queen sailed last
night, several well dressed young men
rushed around the city in quest of
change for greenbacks. They said they
were going down the Yukon river in
boats, and, in case they fell overboard,
paper money would be ruined by get
ting wet. In many cases they succeed
ed in passing bills, two-thirds of which
have been found to be counterfeit. One
saloonist, in a batch of $240 in bills,
received two $20 Confederate bills of
the mintage of 1862. Investigation de
veloped the fact that they were left
here by people who went north on the
Queen.
Impracticable Exposition Schemes.
Paris, Aug. 10.—A hundred projects
for attractions for the Paris exposition
of 1900 were submitted to the commit
tee today. They included the building
of a copy of Bartholdi*s statue of lib
erty in New York harbor 600 feet high;
the construction of a restaurant under
water, to be built of glass; an enor
mous vertical screw, with a nut fitted
as a cafe; a reproduction of the Trojan
horse, capable of holding 1,000 people,
and plans for fitting the Eiffel tower
with a spiral railroad and toboggan
chute. The committee decided that
none of the schemes were practicable.
Caught by a Mower.
Wilbur,Wash., Ang. 10.—While cut
ting grain yesterday afternoon the 4
year-old son of Peter McKay in some
way managed to get in the tall grain in
front of the machine, and had one of
his little limbs completely severed.
The other was badly mangled, but Dr.
Young thinks that ho can save it if he
can save the child's life.
A five-cent stamp mast adorn every
day book, ledger or other account book
fapt by a business hooat ia Mexico.
MORE REGULATIONS.
Canada Will Now Reduce the Site of
Mining; Claims.
Toronto, Aug. 11.—A special to the
Globe from Ottawa says the Dominion
| government has received several im-
I portant decisions in \ regard to the Yu
kon country and the working of the
gold fields there. It has been decided
: to appoint an administrator for the di«
: trict, who will have entire charge of
j all the Canadian officials there and be
i the chief executor for the government.
Joseph Walsh, a former commander of
' the No-thwest mounted police, is to be
j appointed to the position. The party
: of mounted police to leave Manitoba
. I next week for the gold country has been
; increased from 20 to 85. They will
I take with them two Maxim guns.
The mining rules have been amended
: in an important particular. At present
; a miner is at liberty to stake out a claim
;of 500 feet, running along with the
! stream and back to the bank. Th has
| been reduced to 100 feet, and the new
regulation will go into force imme
! diately. A court for the administration
' of civil and criminal questions in the
; gold districts has also been decided
i upon. Justice McGuire, of Prince
I Albert, is to preside over the court.
STEAMER WILLAMETTE LEAVES
; The Old Collier Sails With an Immense
Cargo.
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 11.—-The
steamer Willamette, with the largest
number of passengers ever carried by a
single steamer to Alaska, is now on her
way to Dyea. She carries 815 passen
gers, 200 head of live stock and over
2,000 tons of freight.
A seething crowd of people thronged
the wharf to bid good-bye to Klondike
bound prospectors, and every whistle in
the harbor gave lustily a parting salute.
Freight was piled in every conceiv
able nook and corner. In the hold,
: pilothouse, cabins, dining rooms and
staterooms were piled an indiscriminate
: mass of clothing, hay, grubstakes, lum
i ber and supplies of all descriptions.
Down below were the horses, crowded
together in little cubbyholes, called
"stalls" only by courtesy. The horses
didn't like the prospect. . That is to
: say they made considerable objection
; before they consented to be swung on
i the boat by means of an engine and
large box.
The work of loading the big steam
ship Willamette began at midnight.
Of the 800 people on board, 565 took
passage here, 175 at Tacoma and 85 at
San Francisco.
APPEALING FOR FOOD.
Their Families Are Starving While the
Strikers Refuse to Work.
Pittsburg, Aug. ; 11.-—Appeals for
j food and provisions were numerous at
the headquarters of the miners' officials
in this city today. It appeared as if
I there was a wail from every section of
I the district, and miners in person were
present to ask that the suffering ones
be looked after. Secretary Warner was
kept busy answering the appeals. He
! said tonight that he had sent more than
i $1,000 worth of provisions into various
parts of the district. The appeals are
I now coming in from the families, the
! heads of which are at the various min
ing camps using their influence to keep
other men from working.
A series of meetings are to be held
all over the district It is expected to
keep up the interest in every section
and strengthen every point where there
is the least indication of weakness.
1 The vigils on the mines of the New
j York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company
; are to be kept up, and the vigor in
creased from day to day.
Early • this morning the miners of
West Elizabeth made a march on the
mines of the Elizabeth Mining Com
! pany, formerly operated by Homer &
Roberts. About 50 men were going to
work. After a consultation the men
j asked that they be allowed to finish
! loading a flat. They agreed to go out
\as soon as it was loaded, which will
i take several days. Officials of . ■ the
! company made an effort to get permis
i sion from the miners'- officials to con
! tinue work on a 69-cent j basis. This
| was not given, and it is expected that
the mine will be idle as soon as the flat
is loaded.
From New York to Alaska.
New York, Aug. 11.—The first ship
sailing from New York direct Ito the ;
Klondike gold_ fields is - advertised to
j leave about August 21. It is to :be
sent by the New York & Alaska Gold
Exploring and Trading Company. The
company has not yet selected its vessel,
but it promises to dispatch a steamship
capable of carying 200 passengers an.d
| 1,500 tons of freight, it says the ship
•will make the voyage around Cape
Horn to Juneau in 50 or 60 days. ■..■-■ ;
More than 50 names have been listed
' for the voyage. Not more than 200
passengers will be allowed to embark.
The cost per passenger, including berth,;
! meals and transportation of 500 pounds
I of baggage direct to Juneau is to be
$175. - : ■_;• - ■'.:: ' ' -"--■■"■••'• ~
" "V. More Steamers for Alaska. y:
San Francisco, Aug 11.—Two steam
ers will sail for the north today with,.
their carrying capacity taxed to the ut
most The Umatilla will be sent to
Seattle by the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company, and the i South Coast will
also be dispatched. *\ The Umatilla will
take away :■ about 400 'i passengers , and
transfer them to the City of Topeka at
some Pnget sound port
Although the South Coast is not yet
! loaded she is very low in the water,
■ and seafaring men say that with her
; load in a rough sea she will have great
i difficulty in getting through.
The Gyp.*'. Pr^lltl«i.
Malaga, Aug. 11.—Old inhabitants
! of this city relate that whenCanovas
, del Castillo was a young assistant mas
i t«Jiritlich'oolJb<^j|«yP^^MnM|
told bis fortune. She predicted that
he would become great, and wooldmest
with a violent 4«*tb..^
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PRICE 5 CENTS.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OP GENERAL INTEREST
From All the Cities and Towns of
the Thriving Sister States
—Washington.
Aostin has a new flouring mill.
The State Bar Association will hoii
its next annual meeting in Spokane.
More than $1,000 was paid the gill
nettera in Blame for one night's catch.
The annual report of the auditor of
Adams county ahows that the county
only owes $5,000.
John W. Troy, the alleged defaulting
auditor of Clallam county, has been
taken baok to Port Angeles. It is prob
able that his case will be settled out
of court.
The telephone line to Goldendale
will soon be completed. The poles are
all set, and the wire in place as fur as
Wkians. The line will cross tne river
at Winans' place, being stretched be
tween their big stationary fishwheels.
It is reported that the General Elec
tric Company, of Portland, has hud a
survey of the Klickitat falls made re
cently for the purpose of furnishing
electricity for The Dalles and Gol len
dale and to build an electric line from
Lyle to Goldendale.
So many men are leaving Skngit
county that there is a fear of crippling
the shingle industry in this county, as
the manufacturers say they can't get
enough men to keep the mills in opera
tion. Even the farmers come to Mount
Vernon daily looking for help to work
in the hay fields.
The Walla Walla Statesman says
that when the petition of the Commer
cial Club of that place to the war de
partment to have two troops of cavalry
cent to Walla to replace those sont to
Fort Yellowstone was referred to the
commanding officer of the department
of the Columbia, that official made a
favorable report upon the petition.
Mrs. Espey and her daughter, Clara,
of Rockford, Spokane county, who
walked all the way from Spokane to
New York city, returned a few dayi
ago to their home. Both mother and
daughter report having had a good
time, and declare that their health wm
never better, although the long journey
reduced them in flesh. Their object in
making the trip was for the pnrpoee
of making enough money to lift a
mortgage from their farm. They wera
in demand at the various museums and
other places, where salaries were pai{
them as curiosities.
Oregon.
A large cougar, measuring 6 % feet
from tip to tip, was killed near Alsea
last week.
The Oregon Press Association will
meet in Baker City on October 16, 17
and 18.
Quite a number of the Umatilla In
dians are in the Grand Ronde valley, in
Union county, digging camas.
Just outside of the town of Athena a
field of 25 acres of wheat has just been
harvested, and the yield was 52 bushels
to the acre.
The salary of the principal of the
Roseburg school has been redoced to
$70, and the under-teachers to $37.50.
The janitor's salary was cut down to
$18 from $30.
Last week a piece of bridge timber
70 feet long and 40 inches in diameter
was cut at Saldun's logging camp, near
Clatskanie, for the Astoria & Columbia
River railroad.
At the custom house in Astoria one
day last week $1,200 duty on coal was
paid under the new tariff, or $360 more
than would have been required under
the old law.
Thirty-six bounty warrants for squir
rels and gopher scalps were issued by
Marion county last week. The sums
for which the warrants were issued
amounted in the aggregate to $94.10.
Mrs. Mercy Simons, of Sodarille, if
said to be the oldest person in Linn
county, and perhaps in the state. She
is 105 years old. Mrs. Fisher, who is
95 years old, is the oldest resident in
Albany.
The Columbia river annual confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal church
will be held in Pendleton during the
week commencing August 25. The con
ference has about 85 ministers and
more than 90 charges. It is expected
that 150 visitors will be present
Bishop Fobs will preside.
A dispatch was received in Baker
City from Weiser, Idaho, announcing
the arrival of a smelter and that the
same would be immediately forwarded
to the Seven Devils. This is the first
move of importance toward opening up
this vast copper belt. One carload of
sawmill machinery was received at the
same time. The smelter is said to be
of 75 tons capacity, and one ton of
matte will equal four tons of ore. As
the Peacock ore averages 20 p*?r cent
copper, the lessees of the mines expect
to reap a rich harvest. Several arras
tras are being pot up for the purpose of
working some of the rich gold ledge*
which abound in the same district.
About two carloads of dirt and sand
stone fell on J. Lammy while be was
working in the Beaver Hill coal mine,
in Coos county, last week, He was
badly crashed and braised, bat no bones
were broken.
Orer 8,000 tons of hay will be put
up on the XL ranches in Lake county,
this year, and Heryford Bros, will put
op that much more. Other large
ranches will pat nearly as mno'i.whieh,
together with the small ranches, will
make Lake county's 1897 hay crop nm
up to viuij U» 100,000-toa mrfc,
