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"VOL LX1V.-N0. 320. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 18 97. -COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY THE SUN PRLNTING AND PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. "" "TSTtIv6"cKXTs7' J 11
OFF FOR THE KLONDIKE.
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Cold-Dawwn City e th Bendesvon sr
go.OOO or tlO.OOO trlM T ThMe Wn
Has Wa tTrtnaa la the lt Kldorad.
San FfUXCisco. July 10. San Francisco boa
not been stirred by any mining discovery tlnco
the opening up of the great bonanzna on tha
Comstock Lode In Nevada, noarly thirty yeara
ago. as It has been for two daya by the atorlea
of twoscore sua-tannad and bard-featurcd
miners nbo hare Just returned from tha new
Klondike camp on tho Yukon ltlver In far
Alaska.
These stories would hara oxcltod derision were
It not that nil theso men were able to furnish ocu
lar proof of their tales wltn pounds of vellow sold.
Not one ot the party went Into thla camp last
fall with anything more than bis outfit and a
few hundred dollars, riot one came out with
less than 15,000, a dosen cleaned op from
(10,000 to $'.'0,000. while half a dozen averted
from (20,000 to $90,000. Scorea of them
left claims that they valued at 820,
00O to $1,000,000. which are now being
worked by their partners or by hired
laborers. They oro not boasters or boomors.
In fact, they aro careful to warn any ono about
venturing Into the Yukon country unless he la
young, vigorous, and brave, ablo to bear hard
ship, and has from $300 to f 1,000 for outfit
and current expenses after reaching the now
gold fields. Perhaps it Is theso very conserva
tive views which have made their talk take
such powerful hold on the popular Imagination.
Of course, this first keen enthusiasm may fade
and next spring may seefew go to the far North,
but no on who has observed the popular feel
ing here will b surprised to see 5,000 men go
from this city, and perhaps 1,500 or more
will start next month. The blood of tho
Argonauts flows In the veins ot half of the Cnli
fornlans, and stories of rich mlnlne strikes stir
them as a blast of trumpets. Every one here
knows the history of the far northern bonanzas
and is prepared to discount the extra enthusi
asm ot returned miners, for all remember the
hard fortunes ot the thousands ot Callfornlans
who rushed to Cariboo and Fraser IUver placers
nearly forty years ago, only to find that there
were fifty men far every claim and that tho pay
ing district was so small it could not support
c.OOO men.
Klondike may bo a repetition of Cariboo, but
from what la said by hard-headed old miners
with whom The Sujf correspondent has talked
there Is gold-bearing country enough around
Dawson City to support a great population, and
t he only danger lies in the scarcity of provisions
during the long winters, when fresh, supplies
rnnnot bo brought in. Should transportation
companies do no better than they have done for
the lost two years, and should 20,000 or 30,000
men crowd into Klondike, thero will be actual
starvation with abundant crime.
.Ml returned miners airree that the best way
to reach the new told fields Is by way of Juneau.
Tha Journey Is mainly by 'land over a snow
covered trail, down numerous streams and
screw lakes. The only very dangerous place is
Chllcoot Pass, which is dreaded because of the
sudden snowstorms that corns up without
warning and that have proved fatal to many
.' adventurous minors. Tho distance is 880 miles,
J and It takes an average of twentx-flvo days to
y cover It, James Ladue, one of the miners now
(- In the city, gives an Interesting account of the
trip, and also of his experience In the great al
most unknown region. Ladue has been in
Alaska for fifteen years, but It was not until
the discovery of gold in Bonanza Creek that
he struck it rich. Incidentally It may
le mentioned that he is the fonnder
of Dawson City, though the bonanza find was
nindc by Itobert Henderson, who had been pros
pecting for yeara in the great Northwest. Ladue
is a hard-visoged man with a keen eye and
heavy drooping mustache. To-day he gave this
description of his Journey to the new camp:
- Tho most dangerous part of tho trip is cross
ing CMthoot Pass. Even as late as May and June
snowstorms ocrur, and woe to tho traveller who
is caught. Chllboot Pass is itself 3.800 feut
high, but is tha only opening in a mountain
raiuro whose peaks reach an average altitude of
10,000 feet. The snowstorms at the pass are
sudden and furious, and many lives have been
lost there. People who have been caught have
saved themselves by crawling under some over
hanging rocks, where thoy have been forced to
remain two or three days without food.
"Dawson City is not unlike some of the
mining towns here in this Slate and elsewhere,
with the difference that no lawlessness exists.
The people realize thoy must depend to a cortuin
extent on one another, thotigh the Canadian
Government has been a powerful factor In
keeping down the unruly. The history of Daw
son City Is Interesting. I built the first house
In It snd raised the first American flag. The
discovery of gold in that immediate locality
was made by Itobert Henderson at a place
called Gold Bottom, though Oeorge McCormack
brought to light the riches of Bonanza Creek.
As soon as news of the great find reached Circle
City and Forty Mile men threw up their claims
and hastened to the new fields. There was
promise of trouble at first because tho men were
crazed over tho prospect, but cooler heads final
ly prevailed and a meeting was held on the
banks of the creek and ground was allotted to
each man. The claims were cut from 600 to
100, and there was again a threat of troublo
until the Dominion Surveyor, William Ogllvle,
arrived and resurveyed all claims. Under the
new ruling each claim extends COO feet along
the bottom of the creek, tho width being gov
erned by the distance between mountains. This
1 will average GOO feet, though there are some
claims 1,000 feet wide."
Dawson City has now a population ot nearly
8.000. It Is boautlf ully situated on the banks of
tho Yukon near the mouth of the Klondike
Hirer, and seems destined to become tho mining
I centre of tho Northwest Territory. Tho people
I cow live In shanties each built of a few strips of
weathcrhoardlng and canvas. Ladue has a
sawmill in operation day and night, but be can
not supply the demand for Us products. Lumber
sella at the mill for $130 per thousand, but when
delivered at mines the price Jumps to 9450.
J- O, llestwood of Senttle is a typical returned
argonaut. Ho is a small man, wolghlng not
over 140 pounds, and has a light blue eye. clear
skin, and firm, square Jaw, He has been a
; preacher, teacher, and lecturer, having deliv
ered lectures all over the coast of Alaska to pay
his way up there. He spent three years in the
territory before bis great opportunity came.
He was nt Glacier Creek when the news was
brought down oftb Immense strike on Bonanza
; Creek. Hero is bis story in his own words,
which giv m an admirable idea of the way the
m I nes are orked :
" With hundreds I rushed to the new fields.
After h few days I became disgusted and started
tolcuvothocouutry. I had gono only a short
distance down the river whoa my boat got
stuck In the Ice and I was forced to foot it back
to Dawson City.
" Well, It was Providence that did that. I
purchased claim No. GO, below Discovery claim,
and it proved one of the richest piece of ground
In the district, lly claim will average 10 or 17
tints to the pan, and, in addition to what I have
already taken out, there is at least 230.000 in
"But. Lost season I worked thirty men and I
Intend to employ mors next year.
'Our manner ot reaching gold is simple and
not particularly expensive when one considers
returns. Huge fires are built over ground, and
when It is thawed out men set to work. The
, I ' J"t ' o hard, however, that too biggest fire
J 1 UlC BTOttnd to ono to"1, 5rb0 a61
is packed In a kind of clay that, when frozen,
makes a conglomeration like concrete, through
which the strongest man cannot force a pick.
When this gravel is thawed it is broken up with
picks and thrown In a big heap with shovels. It
varies In depth from fourteen to twenty feet,
and it is richest in gold close to the bod rock.
You never saw gravel so filled with coarse gold.
We havo only tho rudest apparatus yet. We
use a short sluice with riffles arranged every few
inches. The gold is so coarse that wo save about
00 per cent, without any quicksilver. Many
men simply use tho pan and rocker.
"What we need Is a dovtce for the rapid soft
enlng ot this gravel. I am now at work on ono
which, it perfected, will enable us to do as
much work in one day as we do now in a week.
"In the region now worked there are a scoro
of eroeks, each rich in gold deposits. The creeks
comprising the bonanza districts are Bonanza,
Kl Dorado, Victoria, Adams, McCormick, Reddy
Bullion, Nugget Gulch. Bear, Baker, and Chee-Chaw-Ka.
In the Hunker district are tho Main
Fork, Hunker and Gold Bottom creeks. The
banks ot these streams are dotted with white
tents of miners, and a prettier sight it would bo
hard to find. Over on Dominion Creek gold has
been found, and 300 miners started for that
placo tho day we started for San Francisco. The
surface prospects aro quite as favorable as on
the Bonanza.
"It is easier to reach Dawson City now than
when the discovery of gold was announced.
Appliances have been placed at all the mountain
passes, so that hew y loads aro pulled up steep
Inclines and let down on the other side. I look
for ablgTushnext year, and there will be won
derful stories to tell when the season is ended,
" Dawson City is not a paradlso by any means,
but there are much worse places. The winter
cold is Intense, but as there Is plenty of timber
around we do not suffer. Our summer lasts
about six weeks, but during that time It is very
warm. The day we started It was 03 in the
shade. The mosquito is our worse enemy."
Mrs. Tom Llppy Is tho first woman who
crossed the divide and want into the new Klon
dike camp. She Is a little, lithe, brown-haired
woman with honest brown eyes that have no
fear in them. She does not think she did any
thing remarkable in following her husband
where many-men are afraid to go. She dresses
neatly now and in the latest style, and the only
mark of her hard life Is the tan, which it will
take mor.ths to remove. She said to-day:
"I was tho first white woman on the creek
and the only one in our camp. There was an
other one mile from us. Mrs. Berry. She was the
only white woman I had to speak to while we
wero at camp. When we got to El Dorado
Creek we lived In a tent until Mr. Llppy got our ,
log cabin built. It is twelve feet by eighteen,
eight logs high, with mud and moss roof, and
moss between tho chinks, and has a door and
window. Mr. Llppy made the furniture a
rough bed, table, and some stools. We had a
stove there are plenty ot stoves in that coun
tryand that was all we needed. The cabin was
cosey and warm. I looked af ter'tho housekeep
ing and Mr. Llppy at tr th mining.
"Everything we had to eat was canned.
Things were canned that I never knew could be
canned before. Of courso, we missed fresh food
dreadfully, but we kept well and strong. We
bad no fresh milk or meats or fruits or eggs.
"Amusements I Well, nobody bothered much
about amusements. Every one was busy and
kept busy all the time. I did my work. Mining Is
hard work one doesn't pick gold off the ground.
It is genuine toll, and when Mr. Llppy finished
he wanted to rest. All men were about alike on
that point.
"The country is beautful and quite warm in
summer. In winter It is different, with the
mercury away below zero. Still I went out
every day, but when snow was on the ground I
didn't go far from the cabin.
" Fashion J Well, we were not entirely cutoff
from the fashionable world. People were com
ing In nil the time. We got fashion papers, a
few months old, to be sure, but still they kept
us fairly un to time. One trader brought some
9kockingly old-fashioned cloaks to camp, but we
wouldn't look at them. He had to sell them to
Indians. I didn't change my way of dressing
particularly. I dressed more warmly to suit the
climate, and wore fur boots and a cap constant
ly during tho cold weather, but in summer w
dressed much as at home."
One of the peculiar features of the new camp
la the lack of shooting, dne to the fact that the
Canadian Government does not permit men to
carry firearms. Police disarm miners when they
enter the district, so that there is not any of the
lawlessness and crime which marked early placer
mining In California. There in much gambling,
and play is high. An old miner, Alexander Orr,
who spent eight winters in Alaska, but will not
return, said to-day:
"Dawson is not like most ot the large mining
camps. It Is not a tough town; murders are al
most unknown. Tho miners are a quiet, peace
able kind of men, who have gono there to work
and are willing that everybody else shall have an
equal chance with themselves. A great deal of
gambling la done In town, but serious quarrels
are the exception. As a gambling town I think
it is equal to any I have ever seen, and this, by
the way, Is always the test ot a mining camp's
prosperity. Stud poker Is the usual game. They i
play 91 ante, and often bet (300 or 9500 on tha
third card."
Orr sold out his claim for 920,000, and the
men who bought It made the purchase money In
four months. Perhaps tbe best Idea ot what has
been done In the new camp can be gained from
the following short Interviews with returned
miners:
William Kulju said:
"I brought down Just 1,000 ounce of dust
and sold It to smelting works. I worked at El
Dorado Creek, near Dawson, and was in that
country about a year, and had a couple of dol
lars and a pock last summer when I went In. I
sold my claim for $25,000, part cash and the
balance to bo paid as it is taken out Now I am
taking a trip to the old country Flnlard- -.nd
am coming back next year."
Fred Lendeseen:
" I went to Alaska two years ago, and when I
left there six weoks ago I brought 913,000 in
gold dust with mo. I bar e bad considerable ex
perience in mining, and say without hesitation
that Alaska is the richest country I have ever
seen. I have interest in a claim near Dawson
and am going back In the spring."
Greg Stewart:
"I had a partner and I sold out my Interest
for 915,000 and put my money back again at
Interest In mines. My partnor had 1,500 ounces
of dust, but it fell short four ounces on the way
down. Tbe dust will go over 917 an ounce, but
we are all waiting for returns from th smelting
works. I brought a few hundred ounces with
me, but I get interest of 3 per cent on short
loans. I expect to return next spring."
John Marks:
" I brought 911,300 in gold dust with me, but
I had to work for every bit of it. There Is
plenty of gold In Alaska more, I believe,
than the most sanguine imagine but it can
not be obtained without great effort and en
durance. Tho first thing for a poor man to do
when ho reaches the country is to begin pros
pecting. As snow is from two to five feet deep
prospecting is not easy. Snow must first be
shovelled awny, and then a fire built on the
ground to melt the Ice. As the ground thaws
tho shaft must be sunk until bed rock Is reached.
Tho average prospector has to sink a great
many shafts before bo reaches anything worth
his while. If gold is found In sufficient quanti
ties to pay for working, he may begin drifting
from the shaft, and continue to do so as long as
hs finds enough gold to pay,"
Albert Fox:
"I and partner went Into the district in 1805
and secured two claims. We sold one foi
$15,000. I brought 300 ounces, which netted
$3,000. Everybody is at Dawson far tho pres
ent. The district Is apt to be overrun, 1
I wouldn't advise anyone to. go there this fall
for pooplo aro llablo to go hungry before sprier.
About 800 went over tho summit from Juneau,
GOO miles, so thoro may not bo food enough tor
nit."
Itobert Hooks: "I've teen four years in
Alaska. I had a bait interest In a claim on
Kl Dorado Creek, and sold out to my partner
for 12,000. I bought a half Interest In a claim
on tho Bonanza, below tho Discovery claim, and
my share Is worth easily 910,000. I brought
914,000 in gold dust, and shall return in the
spring after rest and recreation."
J. B. Holllnshead: "I was In tho diggings
about two Tears, and brought out about 1,500
ounces, which I supposo will bring 917 an
ounce, I'm not sure about going back, though
I haven claim on Gold Bottom Creek, fifteen
miles from Bonanza. It Is loss than a year slnco
I located my claim. My dust will bring over
923.000."
M. S. Norcrosst "I was sick and couldn't work,
so I cooked for Mr. McNamoe. 8011 I had a
claim on tbe Bonanza, but didn't know what
was in it, becauso I couldn't work It, I sold out
last spring for 910,000 and was satisfied to get a
chance to return to my home In Los Angeles."
Thomas Flack: "My dust will bring more
than 90,000. I have an interest In two claims on
the El Dorado. Ono partner sold out for $50,
000 and another for 933,000. I had an offer
ot 950,000, but refused It Just before I came
out."
Thomas Cook: "It is a good country, but it
there Is a rush thero's going to bo a great deal ot
suffering. Over 2,000 men are there at present
and 3,000 more will be In before snow falls. I'vo
been at placer mining for years in California and
British Columbia, and tho mines at Dawson are
mora extensive and beyond anything I over
saw. Last year I did very well at Dawson. I
have a claim worth about the average, they say
from (23,000 to 950,000. on Boar Creek, across
the dlvido from the Bonanza."
Con Stamatln: " I was mining on shares with
a partner. He's still thoro. Wo worked on
Alexander McDonald's ground In El Dorado for
forty-five days and took out 933,000. We got
50 per cent, and tho other half went to Mo
Donald. Then we divided our share and I cams
away."
All miners unite in saying that the only fear
for the coming winter is tho lack ot supplies.
The Alaska Commercial Company promises,
however, to send in all that Is needed. Living
is high now, as may bo seen from these quota
tion of prices when tho miners started for hornet
Flour, 912 per hundredweight (following are the
prices per pound); moose ham, 91; caribou meat,
(10 cents; beans. 10; rice. 23; sugar, 23; bacon.
40; potatoes, 25; turnips, 15; coaee, ou;
dried fruits, 33; tea, 91; tobacco, 91.50; butter,
a roll, $1.50; eggs, a dozen. 91.80; salmon, each,
91 to 91.30; canned fruits, 50 cents; canned
meats, 75; liquors, per drink. SO; shovels. 92.50;
picks, 93; coal oil. per gallon. 91; overalls.
91.30; underwear, per suit, 93 to 97.50) shoes,
95; rubber boots. 910 to 913.
Miners who have reached here do not act like
people who have suddenly Jumped from poverty
to comparative wealth. They aro very level
headed. They went to the best hotels, and they
are living on the fat of the land, but they do not
throw money away, and not one started In to
paint the town red. They have worked so hard
that tbey appreciate tho valuo of money. What
they delight in most are theatres and other
amusements. Tbey say no ono knows how to
enjoy these it he has not spent a Tear in Masks,
Three-quarters of the miners will return lathe
spring when they aro well rested.
irosxnwESTEitir a old coarnro rr.
9300,000 Received at tn Ban nrAnelseo Hint
4 Iik Inat Kxpacted by Stat Steaunor.
Wabhevotos, July 18. The Sub-Troasurlss of
the United States are already beginning to be
benefited by tho Klondlko gold discovery.
Director Preston of tho Mint Bureau re
ceived a telegram from the San Francisco
Mint to-day saying that $500,000 in gold had
arrived in San Francisco from Alaska. Tha
telegram added that an amount equally large
was expected by next week's steamer. The
Mint Bureau has also been informed that
Alaska gold has been received at several Paclflo
ports tor shlpmont east.
BOUFFE JOURXAZ.IS3T.
With a Little Cemln Police Activity and a Bala
on the sire Dryartmeat.
The business manager of the Journal, ac
companied by two lawyers, appeared in Centre
Street Court yesterday In answer to the sum
mons Issued by Magistrate Deuel on the com
plaint ot Polico Captain Yredonburgh, who
charged the Journal with maintaining a nui
sance by attracting crowds about Its baseball
bulletin.
"You aro breaking the law," said Magistrate
Deuel, "and unlets you abato this nuisance I
will havoTa complalnttaken against you."
The lawyers.aocured an adjournment until
tho afternoon and colled on Chief Conlln. They
asked him to permit CapL Vredenburgh to dis
regard their violation of tho law. Chief Conlln
refused. Thon the lawyors went before Justice
Truax of tho Supremo Court and secured a
temporary Injunction against the Board of
Police Commissioners and CapL Vredenburgh,
restraining them from Interfering. Justico
Truax set tbe bearing for Tuesday next, and
Magistrate Deuel adjourned the summons cuso
until Wednesday. The consequence was that
a dozon policemen were In tho crowd yesterday
watching for pickpockets and trying to make
a way for teams and pedestrians In the publio
street. It is rumored that the World, whose
bulletin has been knocked out by the Jour
nal', has offered to lend tha police money
enough to defray the expense of getting an In
junction restraining tho Journal from giving
its exhibition. Tho police fund available is
only 9800.
Among the complainants 'to the Gerry society
about children who make themselves a nulsanc
by begging on the streets for money to help
along tho World' a "sick babies fund, are tho
Ilov. O. 8. Prescott, custor of St. Luke s Church,
New Haven, and John Iiaynes of Stamford,
Conn. It was said of these children, who are
usually little girls, that tbey ore not only im
portunate, but beconio abusive when money is
refused to them. Acting on theeo complaints
Agent Plsarra arrested on Thursday at Fifth
avenue and Forty-second street, Utile- and Bat
tle Stevenson, nged 12 and G years, ot 0G4 Sec
ond avenue; Lizzie O'Neill, 13 years old, of 1107
First avenue, and Llllle and Nellie U'Urien,
aged 12 and 13 years, of 1001 First avenue,
whom ho caught on the street begging from
pansersby for the "fund." The first named
children wero peddling small toys and trinkets,
but the O'Brien girls had each a cigar box into
which they asked women to drop pennies, fol
lowing thu women for blocks with their lrapor
tunings. All of tho children wero arraigned In
Jefferson Market Court yesterday. Agent
Plsarra said that tho O'llrlon girls bail been ar
rested Just a year ago for the same offence and
had admitted that they spent tor candy tho
money collected. At that time they wero al
lowed to go wnen their parents promised to
kocp them off the street. Ho asked that they
be held to that he could find out if they were
still spending tbe money they received. If tbey
were, be said, ho would ask for their commit
ment to on institution. Tho Magistrate re
manded them. Tbo others be allowed to go on
tholr promise not to beg In tbe streets.
Tbe horrible suspicion aroo yesterday that
the winner In the If orld'i bicycle competition
hus been selected in advance, although the polls
are still open for cents. A representative of
tbo World was uresentat tbo meeting of tho Fire
Board yesterday and asked that tho Commis
sioners grant two months' vacation to the offi
cer or other member of the department whose
wifo should win tha bicycle. The Commission
ers rexusou.
The race for th idiocy prize led ex-Mayor
Smith Ely to tell this story yesterday afternoon:
"When I was a young man tbe rivalry be
tween the Old Bowery Theatre and the New
Bowery Tbeatro was Intense. One evening tbe
manager of the latter hung out a flaming
placard bearing the tolloning announcement:
I" "toe oatakact or tiik oanoes with
J ItEAL WATEJll ;
:
"The crowd flocked to the New Bowery The a
tro, and the manager of tho oldor concern was
in despair. The next night, however, he got his
revenge. Just before the doors were opened for
the evening performance he displayed a great
poster on which was printed this announce
ment in letters a foot long!
I: -tbb 'iroirtT iriHzvgs- with bJUlL :
ANDliEE STARTS NORTH.
1118 BALLOOX ZAST SEEX OOITTO 99
3tizea ax noun.
The relar Bsptsrers Farewell Telegram fpe
aaa owns t the Airship Defer It eva
ded Away Bis Plans or rtiploratlon
traction and Maaasrnient or the Batln.
rrcfal Cutis DetpatcK to Tux Stn.
Stockholm, July 10. A despatch to tho
AlonbladtC from TromsOe says that on July 11,
tho winds being favorable. Prof. And roe, who
hopes to reach tho North Pole by balloon, or
dered that f start be made as quickly as possi
ble from Dane's Island. The preparations tor
getting tho balloon away occupied throo hours
and n half.
The balloon, which had been named tho
Eagle, made a rucccesf ul start amid tho cheers
of thoso who were left behind. The wind was
light, and tho balloon quickly rose to a height ot
GOO feet. It then dropped nearly to tho surface
ot the soa, whereupon sand bags wero thrown
out. after which It again ascended. By this
time the breeze had freshened, carrying tho
Eagle north-northwest at tho rate ot twenty
two miles an hour. Tho weather was clear, and
the balloon was visible for an hour.
Immodlatoly before the start Androo wrote
a telegram to tbo Aftonbladct announcing his
departure and expressing tho hope that he
gradually would get into a region where the
wind would bo more favorable. The despatch
concluded:
"In tho naae ot all my colleagues I send the
warmest greeting to our country and our
friends."
The balloon In which Andree hopes to reach
the North Polo is made ot threo thicknesses of
silk, firmly glued together, and with five coat
ings of varnish on tho outside. It Is 70 feet
from the summit to tho oponlng, and 07 feet
from tbe summit to the bottom of the basket.
This basket and the apparatus attached to It
are wonders ot ingenuity. Tho basket Is five
feet deep, with a wicker cover. In it Is a bed
stead for one person, the arrangement being
that one person shall steep while two watch
and make observations. These observations
will bo made from tho top ot the basket.
Tho travellers will stand on the lid and will
have around them, in a ring breast high, all the
Instruments which they will require for their
observations. For cooking, an apparatus will
be dropped fifteen feet below the basket by
means ot a rope. It will be lighted by pulling a
string, and when the cooking is done the fire
will bo put out by pulling another string.
Theso precautions are taken to obvlato the
danger of having a fire too near tho gas of tho
balloon. Tho total weight of the balloon and all
it will carry Is 5,200 kilogrammes. With An
dree are Dr. Ekholm. an eminent moteorologlst
ot Sweden, and Nils Stringbcrg. a Stockholm
scientific man.
Andree has attached to the balloon several
drag ropes, by means of which ho expects to ha
able to steer. Diagonally across tho balloon,
above the suspension ring, a largo sail can be
carried. This. In tho ordinary course, would
simply help to carry the balloon befora the
wind, but by using the drag ropes, Andree con
tends, ho will be able to move some degree!
aside front the direction of the wind.
wmur ootfMosrns are asrjuti:.
BlsetpUae rer an Obmro rsnrer, bat Bet ftr
tMI anodes.
Lowrxw, July 10. Tho House of Commons
never witnessed a more compromising episode
than the one which attended tho process of dls-
clpllnlng a recalcitrant witness. John Kirk
wood, who was summoned before the bar ot the
House to-day for refusing to answer a question
before a special commilteo of tho House regard
ing the exorbitant rate of Interest which he had
charged a borrower. This Is tbe first cose of t hs
naturo which has como up since 1833, and point
is given to the matter by the fact of the Impos
ing machinery put in motion against an in
significant individual while Lawjerfilawkcsley
and Cecil Rhodes are opeiey defying the IIouso
by their refusal to produce the South Africa
telegrams and nothing Is done in the matter.
Klrkwood appeared with surh an nlr of
unctuous rectitude that tho proceeding speedily
became farcical. Tho Speaker demanded to
know if he still refused to answer. Klrkwood
attempted to explain, but the Speaker would
not allow him to do so and demanded a categori
cal answer. Tho witness made repeated at
tempts to offer a statement, and finally declared
that he would do whatever the House ordered
him to do.
A. J. Balfour, tho Government leader, moved
that the nouse would requlro an answer from
the witness at the next meeting of the special
committee, whereupon John Dillon, tho leader
of tbe Irish Nationalists, sarcastically pointed
out tbe difference between the treatment ot this
Insignificant person and that ot other important
witnesses who were allowed to defy the House.
While Mr. Dillon was speaking there wer fro
quent Cries of "Hawkesley" and "Ithodes."
Eventually Mr. Balfour's motion was carried.
Klrkwood was again brought boforo the liar and
informed of tho decision of the House. He again
tried to make a statement but was stopped, and
the farce ended.
CirAZLEXQEH llESUr OF ORLEANS.
Uent. Plot Calls tbe Prince ta Areenat rer nia
Bisections u Kalian Hsncr.
Sjwcfcil Cubit nupatch to Till Sox.
Itottr, July 10. Lieut. Plnl, acting In behalf
of the Italian officers who wero released from
captivity in Abyssinia by the Negus Menellk,
has challenged Prince Honry ot Orleans to fight
a duel because of statements made by tbe Prince
impugning the honor of tbo Italians. The chal
lenge is Issued from Harrar, In Africa.
BRITISH SOUTH ATRICA COXPAlfT,
The London Cabinet ConsMrrlaar the Patnre
Admlnlatrallun or Its Territories.
LotfDox, July lfl. In tho House of Commons
to-day A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury,
replying to a question whether the Government
would act upon the report ot tha Parliamentary
South African Committee, said that tbo Govern
ment were devoting their attention to the future
government of the territories of tho British
South Africa Company and proposed to consult
Immediately with the directors ot the company.
Sir Alfred Mllner, Governor of the Cape Colony,
and the Capo authorities upon the subject.
the aro be ohakoeh its hood.
Oar Manners Mo Loucer Kielte Wrath, bat
Only Dlsrnat.
Loxdov, July 16. The Olobt continues Its
comments upon tbe Behring Sea correspond
enoe. In a leading editorial on the subject to
day It says: ,
'So far as this country Is concerned, the spec
tacle of diplomacy In shirt sleeves, which the
United Statos Is now presenting to us, can only
cause a feeling of disgust ratber than resentment,"
TThlUlaw Itrld t VnUrtala Wale.
fipsHnl CabU IHtpateh to Tint Bus.
Lowtjow, July 10. Whltolaw Held will give a
dinner In honor of the Prince ot Wales on
July 24.
Terrell aallai Held stay.
Loxdox, July 18. Charlss Frobman, tho
theatrical manager, and A. W. Terrell, lato
United States Minister to Turkey, will sail for
New York from Southampton to-morrow on
board the American line steamer Paris. White
law Held, special envoy of the United State at
the Queen's Jubilee, has not arranged for his departure.
'
.Doat suffer from Indigestion sad coastipst'oa whom
you esa b nuovod by Tarrant's Krtorvuccat Selusr
ApsrUat, COo. and 11.00.-40.
VICTORIA'S TttASKS,
Ik Bxpreesf Her tlratltnde to Iter People rer
tztelr Jnkllee Demonstratloa,
Special Cants DupatcK to Tin Box.
London, July 10. A special supplement to
tho London Gazette was issued to-night making
publio the following letter of tho Queen ad
dressed to 8Ir Motthow White Ittdley, Secretary
ot State for Home Affairs t
" Windsor Castle. July 10, 1807.
"I hare frequently expressed my personal
feelings to my people, and though on this mem
orable occasion there havo been many olUclal
expressions of my deep sense ot tho unbounded
loyalty evinced, I cannot rest sntUflod without
personally giving utteranco to these sentiments.
It Is difficult for me on this occasion to say how
truly touched and grateful I am for tho spon
taneous and universal outburst of loyal attach
ment and real affoctlon which I havo experi
enced on tho complotton ot the sixtieth year ot
my reign.
" During my progress through London on Juno
22 this great enthusiasm was shown in the most
striking manner and can never bo effaced from
my heart,
" It is indeed deeply gratifying after so many
years ot labor and anxloty for the good ot my
beloved country to find that my exortlons have
been appreciated throughout my vast empire.
In weal and woo I havo ever had the truo sym
pathy of all my people, which has been warmly
appreciated by myself.
"It has given me unbounded ploasuro to see so
many of my subjects from all parts of the world
assembled hero, and to find them joining In tho
acclamations of loyal devotion to myself, and I
would wish to thank them all from tho depth of
my grateful heart, I shall ever pray God to
bless them and to enable me to still discharge
my duties for tholr welfare as long as llfo lasts.
"Victoria K. I."
SAZisnvur fixuns nxrossuiRE,
Assails One or His Cabinet In the Rouse of
Lonla.
Sxwctal CabU Dttpatch la Tni Strs.
Lohdow, July 10. An Incident In the House
ot Lords this evening is much commented upon
in the lobbies and clubs.
The Archbishop of Canterbury moved tho re
jection of a certain local scheme under tbo
Welsh Education act, whereupon tho Duke of
Dovonsblro. President of tho Council, warmly
defended tho scheme, saying that ho was
opposed to tampering with It, us such a courso
would bo prejudicial to the causo ot popular
education.
Lord Salisbury followed tho Duko of Devon
shire, vehemently attacking tho scbemo and tho
Duke's arguments. Ills manner was interpreted
as an intentional snub.
Tho Vallu XewH, commenting on the Incident,
asks: "Will the Duko resign!" It contends
that a sensitive, sclt-rcspectlng Minlstor would
under such circumstances, but says It expects
that he will show the same humble stomach In
swallowing Insults as he displayed on a previous
occasion.
FRAXK RVTLEK HAXOEJ,
Berore Ills Kxrrotlun Ite Conrvosed Threo
Harder and Other Crime.
SsxcUil CabU IHtpatoK to Thc Be.
STDXEY.N.aW., July 1G. FrankButlor, who
was arrested at San Francisco while seeking to
escapo justice, has been banged hero for the
murder of Capt. Leo Wcllcr, whom he enticed
into the bash on the pretence ot taking him on a
gold-prospecting trip and then killed for the
paltry amount of property in his possession. A
little before bis execution Hutlcr confessed that
bo had killed not only Welter, but two other
men named Preston and Burgess In a similar
manner. He also confessed other crimes.
PRESS f.Vff SILVER'S CAUSE.
Vranea Aid Our t'onimlwlunen In Borland
and Ktesnlto Are Kipected.
Spreial Cabtt Pt$pmtch to Tirx So.
London. July 10. The French Embassy here,
acting under Instructions from the French Gov
ernment, continues to co-operate with tho
American nimctalllo CormnIlon In urging
Lord Salisbury to agree to tho holding of an
International monetary conference somo time
this autumn and to reopen tho mints of India.
As yet there has been no official announcement
of the course the Government proposes to purruo
In the mstter, but somo concessions aro ex
pected soon.
31 IS Jilts' RIOTOUS WIVES.
forty-two Women or Gnllltiln, Pn., Arrested
Tor Aksaultlng aou-lnlon Sfen.
Altooxi. Pa., July 10. Forty-two of the
wives and daughters of the striking coal miners
nt Gallltzln were placed under urrest to-day on
tho charges of rioting and disturbing tho peace.
The women have been particularly active sinco
the strikers' places wero filled with foreign
laborers. Last evening, when Charles Stein, a
non-union miner, enme out from the mine, he
was met by a mob of women, who had congre
gated to drive away tho new workers. They
followed Stein half a mile to bis borne, throwing
sticks and stones at hlin.
Fearing that ho was about to be murdered.
Btclndrewa revolver nnd tired five shots Into
the crowd of pursuing women, but so far as
known none wns Injured. The other non-union
miners have armed themselves, nnd tho com
pany has taken stops to protect them from the
fury of the women. Thero waj much weeping
In the Uttlo -ruining village this morning while
tho warrants sworn out for tho arrest of tho
women were being served. Mothers wltb ba
bies In their arms, young slrls, and women
whose hair was already silvered were taken In
charge by constables and deputies and hustlod
before the magistrate of the town. Allot them
were able to furnish the bail required. Tbey
were released to await trial.
The spirit of tbe women has not been broken
by tbe arrests, and they are again loitering
around thojnlncs. They are nearly all of for
eign tlrlh, hardy and full of fight. Mining and
coke vvsrking are the only Induttrlesof tho
town, md at present there aro about 500 miners
out.
DRADIiURr OREITTS HIS 1VIFE.
HJaaee Ills Motnrr-ln-Ijiw nnd IbaltM Hand
wllb Ills Spouse,
CniCAGo, July 10. Millionaire John Bradbury
of California met his wife at tho Northwestern
station at 0:15 o'clock to-night. Mrs. Bradbury
was accompanied by her mother, Mrs, Dunning,
Their train was fourteen hours behind time and
.tho husband went to tha station several times to
meet thorn. Ho was thero this ovenlng before 7
o'clock and uwaltod the arrival of bis spouse
with much anxiety, occasionally making visits
to numerous hotels near by, ...
A tho train rolled Into tho depot Mr. Brad
bury became nervous, but smiled when he saw
the two women alight from tho sleeping car.
He hurried to them and pi iciu bis arms about
his mother In-law klss(d her. ...
. There was some hesitation when ho turned to
his wife. No words of pleading or forgiveness
had passed between tbem anil nono was spoken
as tbey mot. llradhury held out his hand, Mrs.
Bradbury put her glovnd palm In it, and they
shook bands. Mrs. Bradbury was drosaed in it
travelling suit ot dark blue snd was heavily
The husband took nrouplo of hand bags and
led the way to a waiting larriage. The party
drove to the Wellington Hotel, and without
registering wer shown to Parlor A. In re
sponse to reporters' cards word was returned
that tho Brad bur s were not In, and orders
wero left ut the otllco that they be notdlstiirbed.
Duringthoday Mr Uradbury recehednmuer- ,
oue telegrams, but w ould not discuss tholr con-
te"ThlsUray business." was what he said. Ho
saw no reason why the publio should have any
interest In his wife or In himself. The notoriety
which Mr. Bradbury has received through hr
escapade through California with the English-.
manj Ward, appears extremely distasteful to
Wr. Bradbury.
140 MILES IS 14H 3I1XUTES.
Tho Empire Eiprna Break All Iteron! In a
Hun rrom Myraruse lo liiirrnlo.
liuwALo, July ia-"Wo'ro twenty-three
minutes late," said Conductor Johnson of tho
Emplro State express to Engineer Edgorton as
they left Syracuso this afternoon. "Bet jou
tho cigars you cnu't make up ten minutes be
tween hero nnd Buffalo."
Engineer Edgerton shouted luuk nn accept
anco nnd opened tho throttle. Ono hundred nnd
forty-nlno miles lay between blm nnd Buffalo,
and tho schedulo tlmo had been cut repeatedly
so as to mako It as fast ns Is consistent with
safoty. Tho delay had occurred on tho Altnny
division. When the express rtmliod into ltochcs
tornlnoof the tcnmlniitos had Icon saved. Con
ductor Johnson was on n long shot.
The train stood two minutes In tho Ttochoster
depot nnd plungod ahead, shattering records as
It went. It wns 2:2 1 o'clock when It lort Syra
cuso. It reached Buffalo nt 4:17, two minutes
lato. Engineer Edgerton had picked up twenty
ono minutes, running 140 miles In 113 minutes.
Including stops aud slow ups at crossings nnd
for water, thus creating a world's record for tho
run of a regular train with a complement of
coaches. No ono held n watch on tho miles as
tho posts flitted by or Enlncor Edgorton might
havo other records to his credit. Ho says that at
no tlmo did he regard tho speed of tho train to
bo highly dangerous.
KEXTUCKV'S UXirRITTEX LAW.
Judge Falconer Order the DUrharc or n Man
Who. Hn Maya. Trrhnlrnllr Is a .Murderer.
Lexixotou. July 1G. City Judgo Gray Fal
coner this afternoon acquitted Jacob H. Harris,
who killed his wlfo's pnraniour. Thomas H. Mer
rltt. Pension Attorney, In Orntz Park on Friday
night last. Judge Fulcoaor held that although
Harris was technically guilty of murder under
tho Kentucky statutes, undor the unwritten la w,
which gtvos a man the right to protect his homo,
to tho extent of taking human llfo If necessary,
Harris had a right to shoot nnd kill tho despoiler
of his home. Tho court room was pnekod, and
tho decision was greeted with thunderous ap
plause. Harris's brother and stepfather em
braced him and Harris wept with Joy.
Harris's wife appeared in court to-day for the
first time, nnd young Lancaster, clerk ot a
Georgeton hotel. Identified her ns tho woman
who spent tho night of Juno 21 in his hotel In
room 7 with Mcrritt. This identification was
made in tho presenco ot Mrs. Harris's fathor, tho
Bov. F. 8. Thompson of Princctun, Mo., who had
Just entered tho court room. They met for tho
first time in eight yoars undor these circum
stances. Sophia Lovy of Bloomlngton. Ind., who
was engaged to lie married to Mcrritt on Aug.
25, wasprcsont, Morrltt had given her diamond
ring and nccklaca to Mrs. Harris.
WUITELAtr REID RESPOXSIBZE.
President nnd Cabinet Believe He Caused tbe
Publtratlon or tbe Sherman ote.
WAsnixaTo.s, July 10. Tho mystery about
tbo publication of tho Bohrlug Sea correspon
dence was discussed by tbo President and tbo
Cabinet to-duy, and tho evidence was sufficient
to causo an expression of belief that Whltelaw
Bcld was responsible for getting the matter Into
print ,as represented by a Statu Department offi
cial. Unless tho President receives Information
showing that somebody else was responsible the
investigation will not proceed farther.
The British Foreign Utflce has been so anxious
to keep Secretary Sherman's noto out of print
that it is not suspected, and the fact that Gen.
Foster cabled a request that the correspondenco
bo withheld during tho pindency of tho negoti
ations bu is conducting in London shows him to
be likcwlso guiltless.
8ocretary Sherman's part In the matter was
of too perfunctory character to Justify tbe as
saults made on htm by thn Loudon papers. Ho
has fallowed tho feal-llsherics question closely,
hut of course cannot uttend to all tbo details re
lating to 1L
Gen. Foster has been In charge of the negotia
tions for some tlmo past, under the direction of
Mr. Sherman, and it is said that ho prepared
tho American side of the case, w hlch has been
presented to Groat Britain.
BROKE BOirX OX HElt TRIAL TRIP.
The Torpedo Boat Bnpont Wreck tho Valve
or tbo Low-1'rt-Muro Cylinder.
Newport. It. I., July 10. Tho torpedo boat
Dupont started on hor official speed trial at 2
o'clock this afternoon, but had gone only
six miles over tho courso when she broke
down nnd had to return to Bristol. She was
making 31.7 knots, with 405 revolutions,
nnd nus under 230 pounds of steam, when
it was seen that ono ot tho pistons of tho
starboard unirino had a tendency to bear, Tha en
gines wero shutdown, but beforo they stopped
the piston bent and inado a wreck of the ralro
of the low-pressuro cylinder.
The cnuso is attributed to tho Navy Depart
ment's urgency In having the trial, theonglnos
being first turned over only two weeks ago. The
trial has been postponed Indefinitely.
E3IAXUEL RICH KILLS II 1 31 SELF.
The Wealthy Atlanta Dry tiood Sterckant
Commits Suicide.
Atlanta, Ga., July 10. Kmanucl Rich, the
wealthy retail merchant of Atlanta, committed
suicide to-day. For some time bo bad been suf
fering from nervous dyspepsia. His Illness
gradually developed iuto a caso of melancholia.
This nftprnoon he went Into tho bathroom of his
residence nnd subbed himself In thu throat with
u fruit knife.
Death as not Immediate, and he stabbed tho
chest mid throat, finally dying through lust of
blood. A count reveals the presence ot thirty
threo wounds.
Mr. Hlch was probably tho best known snd
most representative dry goods mnn of tho South,
lie leaves a wioow and four children.
CALirOItXI.l FARJIKIIS' PROFIT.
Wheat There Uoe t'p and Tbey Htlll Uave It
lu Soil.
Sas Fiuncisco, July 10. Tho local wheat
market to-day felt tha effect of the call of
Argentine on this country for grain. This
moans much profit for the California farmer,
I for little of tho now crop has panned out of his
I hands. December opened ut l.'JSLj, rose to
1,U0'., and closed at 1.30, Mu opened nt
l.;tOL, onld hk high ns l.:i:i, and elovid elMng nt
i.'.i-h. 'Ihoro was cim-dileratile oxelteinent In
tho Kxi hunge, and to-ninrmw lively times are
expected.
Unguarded Train Ituua llnwu Muunl Vla.b
Insloii. FAnVAN's. N. H July 1. Tho wind was
blowing sixty miles an hour yesterday on Mount
Washington. Tho car nnd engine of thu morn
ing train down, duo to leave thu summit at 7
o'clock, drew out from tho station to the plat
form lu front of tho Summit House at the unuul
hour. The gulu struck tho train w hen neither
the eiiginrnriiar the llreniati was uu l)arilud
started it downhill. At thu Ural curve thu en
gine Jumped thu rail and was wrcikcd llio
pussfiiger cooi'h kept the rail for a greater dis
tance, but tltiall) left thu tr.nl. and was smashed.
Mb DltitrcH ror Karl lluatell.
Lonpov, July It). Tho House of Lords today
by a majorit) of IHo lu four dismissed the ap
peal of Kurl Itu--cll for a judicial snptratlon
from his wl'e, tho daughter of Lidy Belins,
Scott, who Inn Jufct nnlnd a term of eight
months' imprisonment for criminally libelling
tbo Karl.
Idrd Arter Saving a Lire.
Patrkhon, N. J., July HI. -Juincs llojan, tho
keeper of a rjfreshtnent stand at Idlewild 1'ark,
was seized with a hi'iiinrrhngc on the bank of
tho Passaic lllvur this afternoon after reselling
a small Ixiy from drowning Ho dlwd within a
few moments.
Blark vsmallpos In rurlila.
Pckbla, Mexico, Jul) Id. Black smallpox
has made its appearanco here and is causing
many deaths. Among the victims Is Charles
West of Kent, KnKlnd, a wealthy manufac
turer. ,
2.-1-. ',,',',!:'. VliVllass-' J IB
HIS BANR-UOBBIilt CLIENT. It 1
s.im to irtrn Lvr.r.n lawteb Jfj ' . JU
CLAllK TO A ltOV.tr. TO ROB 11131. $jt j jfil
A story nr lmnult, llruars, limed Porketo Tb ij , ,-J tM
I.nwjrr I'rln. "I'nllre!" nild "I1rol'Oa 4l ' fl
it- 1 IA "
or the Window and the Pollen Come Ron. 3 ' V VaH
nlng nnd Arrr-at llolb Client and rat, Mf V ;JH
Itobert S. Clark of tho law linn of Scott At ' M) IfJ
Clark, with offices In tho American Tract 8ocl & jM jlfjiH
oty Building, 150 Nnssnu street, reported to til $ '?! ifc fl
poltco Inst night that ho had been lured Into a )(; f
house In Fast Klglitoonth street that evening it'' '5 fl
and beaten nnd robbed. This wns his story: Jg ; JfflH
Somo tlmo ago his firm dofended Leon Grnvrs, t3! j :,H
a bank rnbhor n ho was wanted In Ogtlen, Utah, t$ '. ''jH
and who wns nrrrstcd hero, against oxtradlHon, ij ' , 1 7JH
After a legal tight they procured tho discharge 'Sg Jf i hH
of Graves. After tho tlnu had secured his dls- v , ;JH
chnreo from custody Graves continued to visit fl : ' 2 irafl
their ollk-o nnd ho hnd sororal talks with Mr. fe ( ; a dH
Clark. ,ff 1 1 ym
In tho courso of their conversations ho loarnol f. ft "lfl
that Mr. Clark wanted tit huyiv piano. After j j ; s -iH
Mr. Clnrk had cxproKSoil this wish Hovoraltlmeaj ' S mm
Graves told him ho was lodging In tho house nO "Vf !(, ;flj
237 Knst Klglitconth stnot. Uroves told Mr. 'jfofX .'S
Clark that thoro wero two pianos in tho house. , W) S. ' 91
One of them, Grnvos said, was In his mom on $f! iiSl
the third floor nnd tho other wns In the parlor. Ra "ilxF ii'-H
Graves told Mr. Clark that ho thought ono of 'SrKllwfls
tho pianos might bo bought cheap, and KgaaHana!
bo Invited Mr. Clark to como up nnd Jhi sflP
look nt It. It wns ngrced that Mr. 'M SBH
Clark should go to thn house, lust nluht. Mr. :T' IJjKflJ
Clark did so. nnd nt Ornvcs's solicitation ho 3i if,S
mado the visit lato, becauso Graves said ho had vf' 'irW-fll
business which would detain him during th jf& (Jift'fll
ovenlng. YS ijl-f -flj
Mr. Clark rcachod tho hnuso shortly beforo 11 &1")St 'K'flal
o'clock, and as had been agreed met Graves on 'fri' S'Saal
tbo sidewalk In front. They entered the house , Jffih B:;fll
togother, nnd Mr. Clark preceded Grnvos up tha Jf '?. ''fll
stairs. They went to Graves's room. Graves 5.atfeliaVuaal
stepped forward, and putting his arm over Mr. IJjPJal'BBi
Clark's shoulder pushed thodooropon. Tho room 'JTStBaal
was dark. Mr. Clark stopped In. As ho crossed :fl$!iaBa!
the threshold n man who had been hiding bo- iAMt? ''aaa!
hind the door cosing In tho shadow ot tho room jTitllfiiaal
steppod forward and struck him across BtllfliS swJ
tho head with a stick of solder a foot J'timWltaaBl
and a half long and nn inch wido and 'InwlJtBnl
a half Inch thick. Tho blow dazod Mr. Clark. 'MraffrB
Ho sank to tho floor half conscious. Graves and njIPllfafl
tho man who bad struck him picket! him up and SufH-al
carried him to a bod. Thoy threw him on it. Hlfral
Then one of them picked up a pillow and put it Swiff '1
across Mr. Clark's face. JiWilInns
Tho latter was only semi-conscious, but ha it J Jfi'aai
know enough to consider tho best way ot escap- , 'llfnilPna
log and feigned to bo senseloss. Ho lay perfectly j iS'il.M'aal
still and bis two assailants withdrew a little and Ulln'l
whispered together. Then one of them draw a ; 'SM B
bottle from his pocket and they approached tho 5 jjsJKj LM
bed. .'. j i j hflj
The other took tho pillow oft Mr. Clark's face), l I i.BJ
nnd tho man with tho bottlo tried to pour its (M jl-H
contents down bis throat, Mr. Clark closed his M' ill sal
teeth tight nnd forced his tonguo against tbo $,'h '4 :-H
back of them, so that tho liquid. Instead of en- few I ' IJ
tering his mouth, ran off on his cheek. Tho rob- j.ftf i flj
bers, he thinks, did not notlco this. v (St ft 1H
As soon as they hod emptied tho bottle they - ifj 'fl
began to rifle Mr. Clark's pockets. Thoy took: jjj jl flj
$143.25 out of ono of his pockets and a gold 2 .' i ,-flJ
watch with a chain out ot another. Thoy also ,,Ja MIW Mai
took a diamond ring from ono of his fingers. -cStKaHlf-fli
As soon as thoy hod got all that they thought ''saaaaaaaal
ho had Uiey steppod away from the bod and .naanBananl
whispered together agiln. By this time Mr. flaoV
Clark hail entirely recovered consciousness. wfir
The pillow thoy had put over his hood after "-fiJasTf
giving tho doso of poison to him hail slipped , I!"" tiy
away and ho saw that ho was lying face toward ! K4'
tho windows ot the bouse. His assailants an- ,Sf3 Sft
parent ly thought there was nn danger of his tjl !j
moving. So they paid no attention. "fel- i y
He Jumped from the bed and In ono leap gained rni 1
tho window. It was own. Clark stuck his head lifts'
out and yolled " Polico!" "Murder!" nnd " Flrer ' .YfflJ If
and be made so much noise that throe police- Jart ;'
men heard hiin. Thoy were Mnckin and Mogner "Wi '
nnd Defective Con rov, allot tho Twenty-second ma $
street station, and Mr. Clark's cries brought! Wv -li
them to tbe house on tho run. Thu two mil- K ill
formed policemen met nt tbo doorstep and fliv'w'
banged togother against thn front door. It ifi
yielded to tholr weight and thoy ran upstairs. SS: . f
Thoy had nnswored Mr. Clark's crloo so quickly liK I
that tbe robbers had no opportunity to escape. Kl a j
Thev wero found in the- room with their victim, W ' I
All wero taken to the polico station. Leon itUP -a
gave his name, as Andrew Johnson and said that JjH ( .
ho lived at the bouso in Eighteenth street. The K Jt;
othor man said ho was John P. ltynn, and he re- jf;!; '
fused to give, an address. He was 22 years old. jilt' ,'
Clark had a bod bruise on top of his head and f.
his face is badly burned by whntcver tbey tried Kg; li
to make him wallow. MS, f
The monoy and watch which Mr. Clark S ?!
claimed ns his were found on tho other men. liR' (
Tbey refusod to make nny statement. Sh it
Mr. Clark notitlod his partner, who took him SV ,l,
to his homo, at 10 Shepanl in enue, llronWIyiu HJJlJ i.
He was badly used up by his night's experience, S ' f,
and was able to tell his story only in adlstoii- p M
nerted way. The house in which tho robbery 'j8i! S-i'
occurred is a lodging houo. it Is quiet, and so SSt,',tK''
far as tho polico havo ever known is entirely ji C ,
respectable. L f(
col. citocHEii nrixo. I Kf. ?
m k
Ilia nrothcr's ltrriirit.llreal.lnr Trip to Iteaetl ,T:) J-
Ills Ilrdslde. ! fji '
IrS It
San FitANCtsco, July 10. Itcports from Up- Km H-
lands. Col. Charles Fred Crocker's homo in San fm
Matoo, bay he has only a few hours mora of lite. im ji ;
Ho took nourishment to-day, but could not bo afiv A'
roused to consciousness, Holsbocomingsteadlly jjrij !'
weaker. Ills skin shows only normal tempera- TP.i ,t' ..'
tore, hut his Internal temperature Is high. tip jl!'.
George Crocker, bis younger brother, arrived Itf Ji-
to-du) from New York and went at once to his M?! A?
brother's bedside, but tho d) Ing man failed to W, 3
iccngulze him. Georiro Crocker heat tho over- It I si i
land record In his flying trip from Oirdcu to San W-j j; -
Francisco over the mountain lino of tho Central ?' ji
Puclflc. He lift Ogdon at 12:15 P. M. n Thurs- th M
dn nnd reached Oakland pier at tt.lntlnsuiiirn- rf, Jp
lug. He rcachud ban Mateo nt HI 10. His t.i jl
time fruui Ogdcn to Oakland pier vim bjflljj
twent) hours nnd twenl) one lulnutis. BK.lt
Tho distance is H33 miles, n his av- flKlf!
crago was forty miles nn hour, which, JUlHl
considering tho big mountain grudrs of tha JaiiQ'
sierras Is a great achievement In railroading. SU'i'
Previous to this special run tho best tlmo was 9Lilnkr.
tn ido I)) tlllam If, Crocker, vv 1m i amo In from tlflffc
Oh'den on Sunday lust In twenty Ih lee hours, or Ki
two hours ami thirtr-nlun mlnittts logger than !JBlc;
it ii)k his brother to mako tho same trip. Other ijtjlt
good records were In 1H7H, when the .Inrrettdt Ijj If,
Palmer Company mndo tho trip In twenty-three ;h Jl
hours and llfty-ulne minutes, and in I Him, whoa iri
Judgo Martin i-nuie through In twenty-four S'l''t
hours. 111
cviiEit ov ,spi:i:ciilessxes. I' f f
f IKi
I.lul Wralnnrtt FrlsblrniMl Mrt Into
Jlnbluff limrllruliitc aotindt. fSr' hi'
A caso of nphasla has Just been cured at the ,i t',
City Dispensary In NcvNark. Tho subject waa j' $
Liio Weslandl, aged 1 1, of !) ICcllei's court. X H
Shu was awakened from sliep almut threo noeka jjL j(
ugo by a slap from her baby brother. She waa jS.ti I
no frightened that aho lost tho power of speech. jSlf' f.
After waiting a week her parents took her to 6h1 1
tho City Dispensary. Dr. Maurice II, Ash or tuj g. j
treated her several duys and told her father IrHK'
to try to frighten her by threatening punish- '!l! 7
mem If she did nut sio.ik, I nder this treat- t, " I
iimnt tho girl In a fewdays recovered the use of ri
her tncal chords so that sliu could make lnnr , ; '
tieuUte sounds. As she still could not speak It 1
was ill teriuinod to administer othur. In the hope I
that when xlm lumu out from the influence ot &
the drug her puue-r of angulation would be ,,) i
reotoied, ... .' f. '
Aday was set for the experiment, but before '
It was tried Dr Ahrr waa informed mat the &,
girl was in full iMrwemdun of her powers of h
speech again. Just bwfure sbo ns overc-d' tbe XX ',
girl wns taken to the Church of Our Ladyot V '
Mount Cnrtuel, where there is a relic of Ht. is
Lucy, Though she Is a I'ruteslnnt, Mrs. We- -.It '
landt Insists upon dividing redlt for tho cure ,'i', ,
I between thu doctor aud thu nh. K
Lottie Collins Cots a trrdlet for I.IHel.
Londox, July 16. An action brought by Lot 3,
tie Collins, the music hall tlngrr, against the 'j
London publication. Unrittu. was decided to-day J
in favor of tho plaintiff. The Journal described T
Miss CoUlns's song, "The Little Wl'ovv," as j.
vulgar. Miss Collins sued tho Journal J'ld tbo X ,J
jury to-day awarded her X','9 damagi), XM o 4 r i
i caso will bo appealed. ., 'J&i