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a quiet smile, and "I guess we'll take the
chances ourselves,"
Not half of those who went away on the
Umatilla will be able to secure accommo
dation on the City of Topeka, but still
they may be able to make connection with
other. Sound boats. The Islander, North
Pacific and other boats now plying be
tween Seattle, -Tacoma, Port :'fownsend
and Victoria,. B. C, are being put on the
route to Juneau, 'and "the rush to that
point will be phenomenal this winter. In
anticipation of the rush the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company has been sending up
all the supplies possible; but yesterday
the limit was reached and not an ounce of
the overflow was taken. Extra baggage,
dried fruit, potatoes and onions were left
on the wharf, and the chances are that
none of the packages will reach Juneau
this season.
Among the men bound for Klondyke
are "Harry" Long and "Ed" Knox. They
do not intend doing any prospecting, but
are going on a pure business proposition.
They have purchased a thousand paper
bacK novels, lor which they paid about
$50. On arriving at Dawson City they in
tend to start a circulating library. The
subsciiptioa will be $25 a month and be
fore the winter is over the promoters ex
pect to be able to return to San Francisco
with more money than they could have
earned in the mines. In any event their
stocK in trade will not cost them much.
Owing to the rush to Klondyke Tamal
pais is going to lose one of its attractions.
All the donkeys that have been carefully
trained to climb the mountain have been
sold and their next venture wiil-.be climb
ing the divide between Dvea and Lake
the best known caterers in Marin County,
has purchased the animals for a syndicate.
They will be used as pack-animals from
Lindeman. "Teddy" O-borne, one of
Dyea and will earn their purchase price
in one trip over the divide.
Among those who went up on the Uma
tilla were Sergeant Avon and five mem
bers of the United States Marine Corps.
These are all the steamer could carry and
a further contingent will go on the Wil
lamette. The men will be landed at Sitka
and irom there will go to Fort Selkirk.
From that point they will be detailed to
various points on . the Yukon to look after
the interests of the American miners.
The soldiers who leave hero on the Wil
lamette about the end of the month ex
pect to reach Fort Selkirk almost as soon
as tbeir comrades, who sailed on the Uma
tilla yesterday morning.
A rush is now made to secure the river
steamers and yesterday twice the value of
some of them were offered to the owners.
fact that the H. C. Grady has made the
lun from Astoria to this port leads them
to believe that a sternwheeler can make
the run to St. Michaels and then start in
trading on the Yukon and make a small
fortune. The Sunol will be ready for
service in a few weeks and when she is in
commission the chances are that the Grace
Barton will be sold or sent north by the
Piper, Aden, Goodall Company. No pas
sengers would be taken, but it goes with
out saying that the vessel would earn
more in three months on the Yukon than
she would in fifteen months on the Vallejo
route. The Modoc, Constance and half a
dozen other sternwheelers are scheduled
for the gold fields and the fruit industry of
California is liable to suffer in con
sequence.
When spoken to about the matter yes
terday Arthur Piper said: "We have had
many an offer for the Grace Barton, bui
have no intention of either selling or
chartering her. The Sunol will bs ready
for work in a few weeks, but we cannot
afford to part with her, either. Of course
if they offer a small fortune for one of the
boats they can have her." f
Among those who were down to see the
Umatilla off yesterday was Nicholas
Zarackis, a '49.r. When asked what lie
thought of the exodus he put bis thumb
in his mouth and sucked it. "That's what
they'll be doing before the middle of next
month," said he. "In the Abyssinia mine
in Placer County I took out ninety
seven ounces in six months. The pros
pects are good and I expect to take out
180 ou nces next spring. Now don't you
think I'd be a fool to go to Alaska,
face the ice and snow, live on the refuse
of a camp, take my chance, of locating a
mine and leave a sure $5000 aye behind
me? No, sir; l.i stay with Placer Count}'.
The only kick I have coming is over my
pet deer. I called him Adielea (the angel)
and he took all his meals from my hands.
Hunters in Placer County were hard up
for game and they shot ray pet. He had
a collar on and was as quiet as a kitten.
Why, had I been starving in Alaska I
would not have killed the deer any more
than I wouid have killed a pet dog."
THROUGH CHILCOOT PASS.
How a Party Surmounted the Ob-
stacles Between Juneau
and K'ondyke.
Some of the difficulties and perils which
must be met and overcome on the trip to
Dawson from Juneau by way of the "di
vide" were told yesterday by James
Brownlie, who recently returned from
Alaska. He made the trip overland from
Juneau, and. came out by way of the river
and St. Michaels.
Said Mr. Brownlie: "It took us ninety
six days to mak<* the trip from San Fran
cisco to Sixty Mile, but twenty-six days
of that time we were stuck in the ice on
Takiu River, so that had it not been for
that delay we should have made the jour
ney in a little over two month--. Our
party going in consisted of my brother,
myself and a friend of ours. Everything
went well with us after, ieaving Juneau,
and we" soon reached Sheep Camp. There
we found a party who had been at that
place lor nearly a month waiting for a
chance to pet over the summit. Thereare
no great difficulties to be encountered in
going through Chilcoot Pass provided one
makes the trip at the right season of the
year.
"I have seen so much in ilie papers of
late of the terrible hardships which
must be endured in going through
that pass that I am afraid 1 will
not be believed by the public when
1 say that to go over . Chilcoot pass
at the proper time is attended by no more
danger than a trip up Mount Tamalpais.
It is true that in the winter time it is al
most impassable. No one ever attempts
it then. Even the Indians refuse to try it
and the only ones I ever heard of going
through are the mail-carriers, and several
years ago two of them were lost. They
were probably overcome by the driving
snow on the summit and frozen to death.
No one ever heard of either of them after
ward ; but in the springtime, after the
winter storms have abated and the snow
has ceased to fall and has become hard,
a trip over the summit is nothing. By
leaving Sheep Camp early in the morn
ing—s *or 6 o'clock— with the weather in
your favor, the summit ought to be
reached by noon and the head of Lake
Lindeman by night. It is but a single day's
journey, and not a particularly hard one
at that. Many women and children have
gone over that route and I never heard of
an accident except the one just mentioned.
"The idea seems to be prevalent that
you must build your boat as soon as you
get over the 'divide,' : either at Lake
Map of the Lower Klondyke, Showing the Extent of the Location of Claims on the Several Creeks and
the Principal Discovery Claims*
This map was made for The Call by a careful platting of data and sketches ob
tained from several parties lately returned from the Klondyke who own claims on
the various creeks and are generally familiar with the whole region and specially in
formed by actual observation extending over some eight months as to the principal
features of the streams on which their own claims are located and those near to it.
The general direction and larger bends of the several creeks are all that can be given
on a map of this size until a survey of the whole region embracing the several
creeks is made. This has not yet been done, and probably will not bo done for some
time to come, as the small force of Canadian officials on duty in that part of the Yu
kon country are fully employed in the wort of registering and fixing the boundaries
of mining claims in the flats along the streams, and have little time tp devote to a
general survey for the purpose of determining in exact detail the direction and nu
merous small windings of the various streams and their relation as to distance and
direction to each other, with the positions and heights of the hills and mountains,
which cover the whole country, except the narrow strips of low ground which border
the creeks. It is said, however, that an additional force of surveyors will be sent up
by the Canadian Government during the present season, and a complete survey of
the whole country drained by the Klondyke and Indian rivers and their various
branches, as far as may be practicable and necessary, will be made. The results of
their work will doubtless be given to the public from time to time as it progresses,
beginning next season, after they have had the time to make a fair start.
Lindeman or Lake Bennett. If I _ were
going to make the trip I should do nothing
of the kind. By leaving San Francisco in
early February, not later than the middle
of the month, yon can in ail probability
get over the 'divide' without trouble early
in March. At that time of the year the
lakes and streams are nearly all frozen,
and a person can get as far as the foot of
Lake Lebarge fore the ice begins to break
up. lt is much easier to travel over the
ice than through the lakes in a boat, bo
sides you can go much faster, for in many
place, you can stick up a sail on your
sled and go skimming over the surface at
a very rapid speed. 1 knew of one party
which got as far as Fort Selkirk in that
manner before the ice broke. At any rate
I would go as far as I could in that way,
and then I would build my boat. It does
not require an expert boat-builder to do
this, but it was about the hardest work I
did on the whole trip.
"You can't scoop a canoe out of a big
log as the Indians do, because a white
man, without he has had years of experi
ence in that sort of thing, would tip a
canoe over the moment be, got. into it, and
if he didn't do that he would fall out at
the first rapids he struck. The only way
'o do is to go out on the bank of.the
stream or lake and select a fir .tree large
enough to give lumber the desired size.
You will- not get very far from the water,
because. the undergrowth is so thies in
most places that a dog can't get through.
And I want to say right here that this
talk about footing it all tne way in is
absurd. You .must go in a boat or on the
ice. The timber is so heavy and the un
dergrowth so rank that a man couldn't
walk from Lake Lindeman to Sixty Mile
in a hundred years. Boat-building is a
necessity. After you'vo cut down your
tree, trimmed off the branches and sawed
the trunk into the length you want your
boards, then you've got to build a sort of
roll-way and get the tree up off the
ground four or five feet, so as to be able to
saw it. Then you have about a week's
hard labor whip-sawing the lumber our.
There should be three men to do this — two
on top of the log and one underneath. Of
course the timber is green, and after
every half-dozen pulls at, the saw you've
got to stop and drive a. wedge to keep the
saw from getting stuck. •. / .
"The. boat should be built as strong as it
can be made, and the bottom should be
extra thick. . If it is not, the first bowlder
you strike will in all probability knock a
hole it and dump you and your load
into the river, from which you will be
very lucky to escape with your life. As
has been said before, it is very foolish for
a man to go there in search of work. He
should be prepared either to buy a claim
or to go out and locate one. As every
thing near Dawson has undoubtedly been
located before now, the prospector must
go up some of the numerous streams to
find a new one. The heavy growth of
timber and brush precludes the possibility
of him going by land. He must go up
along the creek., and these are generally
so shallow ana rapid that he must either
pole or pull his boat every loot of the
way. Where it is possible, one man will
get out on the bank aud pull the craft
along by a rope, while the other keeps it
Irom bumping against the banks. If this
cannot be done, then both must eet in and
pole, which is very hard and hazardous
work. Many provisions cannot be trans
ported in this way, and beiore you have
fairly got to work on your claim you are
out of food. They say wages are $15 per
day. When I left there were 150 men on
Birch Creek willing to go to work for $2 50
per day, or any price they could get, and
this was true all along the river.
"I don't see why wages should . increase
so much, as there were then enough men
in that part of Alaska to work all the
diggings in the Klondyke district. Then,
too, : supposing man could get steady
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1897.
work, which is out of the question, he
would have to be made of cast iron to work
very long at a time in such a place. They
generally work a few days and then give
somebody else a chance while they recup
erate. Once arrived at your destination
there is no necessity of suffering severely
from the cold, though it is very cold in
the winter. Timber is abundant, and with
a thick log shack and plenty of firewood
one can easily keep from freezing."
Mr. Brownlie yesterday received a letter
from his brother at Dawson, who has been
in tbe Yukon country for four years. He
says he has -just refused $30,000 for his
claim, and says that on the day he wrote
he was baking bread. After properly
kneading the dough he turned around to
grease his bread pans, and when he again
touched the dough it was frozen stiff.
The picture of Chilcoot Pass which ap
pears in this issue was taken at a point
about four mil. above Sheep Camp, in a
little hollow on the mountainside, and
shows Mr. Brownlie's party and a party
which they met at Sheep Camp beginning
tbe last ascent to the summit.
"One would think, said Mr. Brownlie,
"mosquitoes would have a hard time in
Alaska, but I never saw so many any
where in the world as there are there -in
the summer. New Jersey mosquitoes are
pigmies- as compared with the Yukon
species, and they make life a burden. I
thins a great many people are making a
mistake in their clothing outfit. One
should take as little as possible, as he will
need all his strength to carry the neces
sary provisions and himself over the
"divide.'' What he needs are skins anu
furs, and they can generally be bought to
much better advantage in Juneau than
anywhere else. When you are out in the
snow and ice woolens and blankets will
do you little good. A man should live as
much like the Indians as possible. The
best protection against the cold is a bag
made of skin, thoroughly oiled, large
enough to hold a man.
"A man can get into such a bag and
draw it tightly about his heck, having his
head covered with furs, and he can pass a
fairly comfortable night half buried in
the snow. With all that is said against it
I would much rather make the trio over
the "divide" than the long, tedious one
by way of St. Michaels. In my opinion
there is only one really dangerous place
in the whole trip and that is at White
Horse rapids. That is an extremely
gerous place, but 1 believe there is a trail
around them now, so that this part of the
journey can be made on foot; Of the
other rapids Five Finger and RinK rapids
are perhaps the most dangerous, but they
are not bad. The Indians shoot them
right along. and think nothing of it. I
may go back in the spring and with a
party of congenial companions consider it
a fine trip. But this only applies to men
who are well supplied with money. A
poor man might as well commit suicide as
ogo."
TREADWELLS GONE.
The Two Sons of ; Millionaire John
Treadwell Off for the
.Yukon.
; BERKELEY, Cal., July 25.— The Tread
well brothers.^ one a freshman and the
other a sophomore at the State University,
set sail to-day for the Alaskan cold -field?.
They will go to the Klondyke by way of
Juneau. They are members of the family
who once owned *3 the famous Tread well
mine, and have been .taking courses in
civil and mining engineering at ihe uni
versity, with the purpose in view of ulti
mately engaging in wort at the Treadwell.
They left well stocked with provisions and
clothing, and, being strong, and healthy,
seem thoroughly fitted for the hardships.
News "Colors."
The tirst mail for the Yukon under the
Government -contract recently made * left
The "Discovery Claim" is approximately marked on Bonanza, Bear and Hunker
creeks. As a rule, the later claims located on the main streams are numbered con
secutively from No. 1 up, above and below. The "Discovery" and t***ose on the
branches are numbered from the mouth thereof up toward the head, as on Bonanza,
where "Discovery Claim" lies between the mouth of Adam* and the mouth of El Do
rado Creek. The count is made from it down toward the mouth and up toward the
head, while on Adams, El Dorado and other branches the counting begins with No. 1,
at the month, and runs up each individual stream in order. ,
The map shows all the larger streams on which prospect and locations had been
made up to the time tbe last steamer down the river left Dawson, and tbe extent of
such locations. Later advices will but add new discoveries and larger areas of loca
tions. With the hundreds of men now arriving daily and the thousands already on
the way to the Klondyke, the whole country will soon be prospected and all the rich
est placers covered with claims. "'-."'.■
Bonanza Creek and most of its branches were early covered. As one new party
after another came in locations extended rapidly and were soon nearly up to the head
of the main creek, which is from thirty to thirty-five miles long, as well as its branches.
When this creek wa* filled up the prospectors crossed over he mountains to the south
and struck gold on Dominion Creek, a branch of Indian River, and over the ridge to
the north to Hunker Creek, a couple of hours' journey, where rich finds were also
made, the reports of which soon filled Hunker and Gold Bottom creeks with claim
locators. f:. ;
Juneau on the 13th inst, in charge of F.
W. Hoyt, carrier. There were 1643 letters,
which had accumulated since April. . '■>.
The Alaska Mining Record asserts that
there is plenty of lumber at Lake Ben
nett, and that the sawmill there has not
been moved.
A boy arrived at Juneau recently from
Finland to join his father, having trav
eled all the way with a card tied to his
coat telling who fie was and where he was
going. ESPS-TO
One Juneau outfitter has been selling a
ton of bacon a day.
A returned miner says that when he
went up the Yukon two years ago about
the first thing he noticed when he landed
at Circle City was an Indian boy whistling
"Ta-ra-ra- boom-de-ay."
A dirty, thieving Indian cur assays
vastly higher in the Yukon country than
the noble, high-born hounds that some
tend erfeet are taking for sledging. The
civilized doc is a tenderfoot himself — can't
stand the hardships, can't pull as much,
and besides he can't rustle his own sup
plies in other people's outfits and cabins.
It is said that Andree really started for
the Klondyue when he took the north
pole route. .
HUNDREDS SAIL
AWAY FOR DYEA
Continued from First rage.
backbone of the Alaskan mountains and
went over in the British territory. I went
down through what the world well knows
as Circle City, Fort Cudahy, the Klon
dyke region, to the site of Fort Reliance.
I camped for twenty-four hours on the
ledges above what I know well now was
Bonanza Creek. Two of my Indians came
in with furs at 10 o'clock at night, and I
traded for them. Then, as it was still
light, I walked down to the end of the
creek and picked up a nut-get, which hud
gold in it. I looked around for more, but,
not finding any, I put the stone in my
pouch and did not think much more of it.
At Sitka I showed it to an old miner, who
offered me $75 lor it. I took him up quick,
but would not tell him where I found it.
I went up the Yukon In 1881 and tried to
locate my creek again, but failed.
"Clarence Berry of Fresno, Cal., went
up the river In the year 1896 and I sup
pose located near Klondyke and Bonanza
creeks. He and Frank Phiscator of
Michigan were among the discoverers,
but I have always claimed; that I picked
up the first nugget on Bonanza Creek.
But from my observations uo there 1 am
convinced that the mountains over on the
American side of the ; line are the real
backbone and that all the creeks and
tributaries of the Yukon River are Xull of
gold. .They are the real I parent of the
American gold streak that simmers down
through California. I am going back to
Alaska and expect to join a party from
New York the Ist Of September." t
Mr. Brack .tt left to-day for New York
City to meet friends who are interested
in some lands up there. He believes
there are valuable 'deposits of , ivory in
Alaska. He says that Alaskan business
men are seriously . thinking of going into
the business . of collecting f the petrified
tusks of the old mammals for ivory.
WILL WALK TO ALASKA.
Fourteen Hebrew Worklnsmen of
Boston Determined to Reach
the Klondyke.
BOSTON, Mass., July 25.— Fourteen
men af this city are determined to walk to
Alaska or lose their lives in the attempt. .
The party is composed of Hebrew work
ingmen out of employment. .The man
who will lead the party Charles L. Wise
of 287 Hanover street. Other leading
spirits are Harry Manovitz and Wolfe
Blum. . In 1691 Wise. ran for Mayor of
Hartford on the Socialistic ticket and
came within 300 votes of winning. -* -
... Having sold some of their goods which
they will not be able to carry, a fund of
$300 has been collected by them. With
this sum they will buy a stock of all sorts
of small wares, and peddle them on the
road. They will start to-morrow for Hart
ford. From there they will go to New
York, where they will begin their walk for
California. They will make the land trip
by way of Juneau and the Chilkoot Pass.
•
PERCY NASH'S EXPERIENCE
From Lake Linderman He Writes
About a Monopoly With
Dog Teams.
PORTLAND, Or., July 25.— Charles Mc-
Donell, employed in the First National
Bank, has received an interesting letter
from Percival Nash, who left here some
weeks ago for the Yukon gold fields. The
letter was written from Lake Linderman
June 2, and was delayed in its delivery.
"We have sold some of our goods on the
road," writes he, "tobacco for $2 a pound
and Piper Heidsieck for $2 50; cigars cost
ing $25 per thousand for $85. Eggs sell
here at $1 50 a dozen ; beef, when you can
get it, at 50 cents a pound. Yukon prices
range here.
"Murray Eads (formerly with Snell,
Heitshu & Woodward) has got here at
last. We have been hearing from him all
along the trail. He has about four days'
more packing to do. Yesterday he nar
rowly escaped being killed. He fell dojvn
a steep bill with a pound pack on his
hack, striking on his head. He was
knocked cold, and Eskridge .found him
lying on the trail.
"We hired two dog teams about a
month ago on shares and freighted our
own stuff down from the summit, and my
brother Dcs made quite a pile besides.
The season has been so abnormally early
that the trail over ihe little lakes this side
of the summit has been on the verge of
going for two weeks past. It is impassable
for horses, and as there are only two dog
teams working besides our own, we had
almost a monopoly, freight "charges being
4 cents a pound from the foot of the sum
mit on this side to the head of Linderman
Canyon, two and a half miles from here.
"In one trip with a sinirie dog-team Dcs
made $63. All the work is done at night,
as the snow gets so rotten and soft in the
daytime that it is impossible to haul the
loads even with dogs. -'*"*."'
"We may have some trouble with the
British customs authorities, but feel
pretty confident of: getting by them.
There have been rivers :of contraband
whisky smuggled in this year. It was
mostly at Fort Simpson and was smug
gled past the American customs officers.
Every drop of it went by clear, but it did
not get past us. .■. \"■ * .
"It is amusing to watch Albert Stephens
(formerly with the Commercial National
IBank and a well-known football-player)
when he eats. He takes his plate, cup,
knife and fork and cleans them all off
with a special rag. He seems to doubt
my ability as a dishwasher."
To Survey a Railroad Route.
WILMINGTON. Del., July 25— P. I.
Packard and William A.* Pratt, president
of the Board! of Directors of the Street
and Sewer Department of this city, left
to-night for Seattle, Wash. At Seattle
they will be joined by a party and *go to
Juneau to survey the ass from Taku In
let on the Alaskan coast to Teslin Lake,
which a syndicate here proposes to use as
a railroad route for transporting miners
and supplies in the Yukon. Pratt is an
experienced civil ; and _ electrical : engineer
and professor of electrical engineering at
Delaware College. Packard and Pratt will
return about October with a report.
TRADE REVIVAL IN
SOUTHERN STATES
Good Effects of the New
Tariff Law Felt
Already.
Louisiana's Sugar - Planters
Rejoicing Over Their .b
Prospects.
Heavy Orders Placed for Improved
Machinery, Mules, Wagons '
and Plows.
NEW ORLEANS, La., July 25.— The
new tariff law is the most favorable to
Louisiana of any ever adopted, and it is
conceded that it will give a great impetus
to all the chief industries of the State.
On this point there is no difference of
opinion. Even the most extreme free
traders admit that the tariff bill will help
Louisiana's chief industries, particularly
sugar, rice and lumber, however it may
operate elsewhere.
The passage of the bill will give a great
impetus to agriculture and trade. Busi
ness has been unusually dull in Louisiana
throughout the summer, due to the high
water and the uncertainty about the tar
iff. Farmers held back spring orders un
til they felt sure there would be no over
flow, and consequently the summer trade
of New Orleans has been very poor this
year. In the last few weeks, however,
there has been a marked improvement.
Sugar planters, feeling sure of the pas
sate of some bill that would increase the
duty on sugar, began putting in orders
for machinery and agricultural imple
ments, and, as the sugar schedule encour
ages the production of high-grade sugar,
they will use heavier, improved ruachin-
cry.
Orders placed with New Orleans foun
dries will aggregate $3,000,000 to $5,000,000.
There have also been heavy orders for
mules, wagons and plows, which have
stimulated these several lines of business.
Louisiana will raise 750,000,000 pounds
of sugar this year; so the sugar section of
the tariff bill is worth $16,000,000 in in
creased duty on sugar and molasses. A
largo part of this goes not only to the
planters and raisers, but to railroads,
foundries, machine men and coopers, and
makes itself felt in many ways.
The full benefit of the new law will not
be felt until October, when tb.3 sugar crop
comes in. For the first time since early
spring bank clearances show an improve
ment over the corresponding period of
1896. .
A movement is afoot to give a public
non-partisan reception to Senator Mc-
Enemy on his return, ai a tribute to his
aid in legislation so favorable to Louis
iana.
NEW LIFE J.\ KESTUCKT.
Wonderful Change « nines Veer ths Spirit
of the Farmer.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 25.-A won
derful change has come over the spirits of
Kentucky farmers within the last three
months. A remarkable rise in the price
of leaf tobacco was the first significant
change in the long era of depression.
This began to develop in April and by the
time the rise had culminated, about the
middle of June, prices had advanced on
every grade from 100 to 300 per cent. For
the past two years tobacco has sold below
the cost of production and its deprecia
tion was mainly responsible for the silver
sentiment here last fall.
The wheat crop has been extraordi
narily lar_e and the finest quality ever
known. The State Agricultural Com
missioner estimates that the yield will be
double that of last year and the surplus
three times as great.
Potatoes are being sold at $1 80 a barrel,
against 40 to 60 cents last year, and other
garden staples areas high, while the crop*
nave been so iarge that the shipments
from Louisville are 75 per cent greater
than last year. "..'.".'
It is now the season for selling fat cattle,
and as they bring high prices hard times
are leaving Kentucky. Dealers in agri
cultural implements say their trade is
opening magnificently. Mr. Lewis,: head
of one of the largest houses here, says he
has sold five times as many wagons in the
last six weeks as he did during the same
period last year.
Louisville is the chief center for jeans
cloth manufacturing. At this time last
year all the factories were clased. They
are now all running, some on extra time,
while prices have been advancing.
GOOD HUES HAVE BEGUX.
Cheerful Tieses of Prominent Public
3; en at Washington.
NEW YORK, N. V.. July 25.— 1n a tele
gram to the Press Comptroller of the
Currency Eccles says that private advices
from "bankers all over the country con
vince him that the tariff bill's passage
assures finance and trade of a firm basis
for renewed activity. Signs of prosperity,
he says, are already manifested every
where, the best evidences of improvement
beinp in the South and West
A Washington correspondent of the same
pap.r quotes the Secretary of Agriculture
as saying: "From the very home of Pop
ulism are coming, the most sanguine re
ports. The Populist Senators wanted a
bounty on beet svgar 1 for their constitu
encies, but as they did not want 'other
portions of the country to have any pro
tection they re.'used to vote for the tariff
bill. When 1 came into office I found that
the department had procured 1000 pounds
of sugar-beet, with which the chemist of
the department was experimenting.
"Immediately I obtained four tons, and
now practical experiments by farmers are
being carried on at twenty-two agricult
ural stations. In August I shall make a
tour of these stations. Sugar-beet thrives
well in land which has no rainfall ; it will
redeem much land in New Mexico, Wyo
ming and other States, and it is my belief
that it will also turn thousands of voters
away from Populism. Our farmers will
soon be too -busy prospering to listen to
the talk o f agitators. Bryan's own State
will profit greatly by this new industry,
which Kepublican legislation has estab
lished, and which means employment of
more farm labor in Nebraska and conse
quently an increased market for the wares
of the factory and store.
"Already things are brightening up in
California as a result of protection to the
California fruit-raiser against his Mediter
ranean rival who pays but a few cents a
day to his ignorant, miserable workmen.
California is profited also by the sugar
beet tariff. With this in prospect, and her
wheat going to Brazil, it is not surprising
that Democracy is at a low ebb in Califor
nia." . f.f
Senator Hanna said: "Prosperity has
come hand in hand with protection. • As a ;
businessman with wide connections, I**
know that business is reviving, just as it ,
was bound to do as soon as the country
had an administration ot stability and *a* |
patriotic tariff law. The business world' is- j
going ahead with confidence. Bryanism
can no longer clog the wheels of industry, ; '.
nor can it argue away the fact that good
times are beginning." • .'•'*■_
FOUND MANGLED ON THE RAlL .'■';''
An Undxntftßd Man Murdered and Hit
Body P.aced on the Texas and
Fac ftc Track.
DALLAS. Tex., July I:5.— A human .•;
body, cut into so many pieces that it was
impossible to unite the fragments, was
found on the tracks ofthe Texas and Pa- '"
cific Railway this morning four miles west .■
of Dallas. Nothing could be found about ' *.
the tattered clothing, cut to shreds by the. '.'.
wheels of a dozen trains, to iaentify him. • ■■.'.
All found in the pockets were 5 cents and .;;■
a pistol. A bullet-hole in the head made .*- .
clear that he had been murdered, and the, •*
--body placed on the track. The fragments' ..'•
were dumped into a box and buried to- .-,
nisiht. *b * .*-••
The officers learned that about 8 o'clock
last night a men wearing such clothing as '. .
was found called at a farmhouse and .*'
asked for a drink of water. He said lie.""/
was going to Eagleford station to catch '•
the west-bound cannon-ball on the Texas y.
and Pacific. In a few minutes persons at ■•
the farmhouse heard three shots flied '■-. "•
short distance away. •
ON THE DIAMOND.
Scores of Yesterday's Games in the Na- '•
tional League and the Standing
of the Clubs.
clubs— xv. i_. it. I dons— w r,. rr. "v
Boston. 63 _'_ .706lrhiladelp*a.. 37 .46. 1
Cincinnati... 48 25 .657 .Chicago ..... 85 44 .44;. 1
Baltimore... 48 26 .*4Bj LoulsvUle ... 34 44.439 ' '
New York... 44 30 .59 4! Brooklyn.... '3: 43. 426.=
Cleveland... 42 89 .56) Washington. *_9 46 .888 ■'
l'ittsDurg.... i*s 39 .472 Louis.... 17 60 .220
CHICAGO, 111., July 25. -Chicago 1, Louis- * ,
ville 0. ■'.;:' '-. 'S, ..
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 23.— Cleveland 5," '
Baltimore 6. ,b~.b'l _ ,'*V •■'•*
CINCINNATI, Ohio. July 25.— Cincinnati 7. ■ '■■■
Brooklyn 4; second game Cincinnati 11, '-.
Brooklyn 4. *'■',!•
ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 25.— St. Louts 4. Wash- ;
ington 3; second game— St. Louis 0, Washing- .• '.:•
ton 8. .'-"-.. .-
Tf ORLfD-TO I.S G A WII EEL.
I Adventurous I.os Angeles Wheelmen Pass
Through Snn Jose,
SAN JOSE, Cal., July 25.— Ernest R.
Taylor and Will A. Tolbert, members of
the Southside Cycling Club of Los An
geles, passed through this city this after
coon on their way around the world
awheel. They started from tbe Nadeau
Hotel, at Los Angeles, on July 15, with
out baggage or money, and must return
in eighteen months. They must make
their expenses while en route by 1-giti
mate means, being allowed to neither beg,
borrow nor steal.
Af.er spending a few hours here they
left for San Francisco. From there they
will take the Central route across the
country to New York, where they will
board a steamer for* London. After tour
ing En-land and France they will follow
the route of'Lenz, the famous cyclist who
lost his life on a tour of this same de
scription.
STATE JIJSEItAI.I. LEAGUE.
One to Be Formed nt a tint of Man-
aaerm »•« Sacramento.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., July 25.— Na-
I poleon Fagan and his aggregation of Cali
| fornia' Market ball-swatters came to Sacra
j mento laden with Sunday demands an I
! kicks and whipped the Sacra men cork
j ers off the slate with a score of 15 to 0. .. .»
This, it is claimed, ends all tournament
i games in this city, and pleases the public,
as there is every indication that a State
league will be formed and the people
assured good ball in the future.
•Manager Morton of the athletic ground .
has called a meeting in this city for
Thursday of the various baseball mag
nates, and there is little doubt that th*3
league will be composed of the strongest
nines in the State.
Mitchell Wins the load Face.
SAN JOSE, Cal , July 25.— five
mile handicap road race of the Turn
Verein Cyclers this morning was won by
J. Mitchell, with a handicap of 2:15, in
15:05. W. Raymond (1:45) was second
and J. E. O'Brien (1:15) third. "
Louisana levee repairing employs J2'ooo
men.
DOES
i-nisinag-—-
I There seems to be a feeling in
your mind to-day that you may
not live to see to-morrow. Do you
have a weak and '"all-gone" sensa-
tion wben you wake up ? Are your
teet cold ? And. 10 tell the truth,*
are you losing that grand feeling-
that indicates perlect manhood*
YODR
Health is not a good thing to.
lose. If youare not aware of that .'
fact, you will be pretty soon. Make'
no mistake. There is trouble
ahead for you If you continue to.
neglect nature's warnings. All'
these things point to debilitation. .
Partial paralysis and sometimes "
total loilows 011 neglect *
HAND
I Look at that telltale hand! It*
trembles as though you were in
dancer of being shot at amomeni'a
notice. Why not be a good and a. ' '
sensible nan .' It is continual hor-
ror for you as it is— and why . not
get rid of the nightmare— onco and
lor ail ? Get rest and peace.
SHAKE.
Yes. shake off gloom. Write to ■
the Grand Old Hudson Institute"
and ask for circulars and testi-
monials showing what "Hudyan"
has done for 'en thousand men who
had "wasted th ir substance iv
riotous living," as you have. It
will cost you 2 cents to write.
The doctors of the Institute are only
too glad to have the opportunity to
dhow -what "Hndyan" has .done and
can do. i hey send relief to all. One of
the most wonderful thing* Hint they
have done is the Introduction of the
"30-day blood cure," which kills all
clashes of hlood taint at ©hob Lumps
in the throat, ugly little ulcers in the .
mouth, swollen glands elsewhere, and
falling out of tho hair are sure indica-
tions of either the primary, the second- '
ary or the, tertiary form of this diseuse.
Its consequences are horrible, too. >o
charge for the advice you Mill get, or
for testimonials. Be a man!
Hudson Medical Institute
Stockton, Market anil Eilis Sts. '-'
j b BAN FRANCISCO.