The Fresno Weekly Republican from Fresno, California • Page 7

THE FRESNO WEEKLY REPUBLICAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, '89; A DUAL PROSPECT The Situation at bkaguay Desuibert. UinDRl DS OF HOr-kl-LSS MEN LiU A i i bt in at ion iiU Hum Stauug Them in th( FICP PuivrT i-ndrov Vascon banker and ex collector of cus toma who left with a i artj of SGV for the klondjke baa written to 1 a wife fr ra SB follovs There ore about 3000 men and loOO hero making up the moat forlorn lot that ever eaw About half of them up a i ball eitl er en or crv Takine it all to gother I a a each a condition of affairs Djea Ihere are nearly ra many aa here and I am told they ana in the samo condition (10 1 only knows bat Till bpcomo of healed tl la for none but with horsea will get thro igh I do not behave that ODD in a hun dred will Ret through Many have started pet ba manv have re turned footsore and disheartened Out fits tan bo boueht 1 ere lor a EOiig The authorities should stop the le of iraioitraHoj that IB comnc this wav It IB EUICI lal to a ector to cor at thia time for the hloLLade bere v.i!l bo followed by one on the trail I am firmly onvincel that oven after the trail is opoaed to tral! that the cruah horaea i'l bo oven Lreater on the mointam than be i of mcu here It is discouraging to EGO the pint il coa dition of thousands 1 ere One hero with uthor ea is (13 holpiees aa i child I tl nV eay tbiton'v per cent bap been BUCCP etui It hould be a pt yeical i to do much on 0 piF3 forf winter T.he\ tried to close a or kr to fax it but filled i the Chikoo' tnej are prating elea lily forward I believe that those who to Dj ea at once ill got ar lie fore vr iter eo's in i diana have cd this pa for a hi i Ired jeara A rbaif to obiiato landing goods on the tide, flats anil pual ing hor a owboarlto swim ashore IB to be built at Skaguay a Juneau compn iv Tl wha will ba over 1000 feet loot, rnd ia to be a pletioi at 01 ce THE ENDS Gran3 Army Veterans Elect Offi BIFFED Auguat 2 Grand Armv baa elected its of hears for the an sume year and tbs encampment of 1S97 ha a adjourned to meet at Cincinnati nest vm Todaj lasted from 9 to clock thia morning until 3 4o this afternoon without intern Opening under raent took up tl election of eonior comman ier in chief Comrade Alfred Lvtn of BidsBll ilkaon of thia city was placed in nomination and was sleeted unammonslj there being no other names Tbe elect on of a junior vice com man tier in chief was i ot accomplished until thia afternoon there bamg four candidates and several interruptions to i a the encainpm nt speeches and adtiiasiouofa commis aion from the ft Rehof Co On too billot illen 01 Con necticut candidate of the naval vet erauD IB 1 and he wua elected on the Bet end oallot Dr Mackay of Texas WB.J electa 1 surgeon General unanim ouely a-idEev Prank Prtner of the 1 Metho listen i en of Chicago waa in like nann elected chaplain in Uiiof Amorg Lheieports fivorablo from the esectztu eea a ion of tl encauiDment waa that of the pen ion comii ittBB It recommendel a reali itment of panMona anu priiaented a form of proof and tion pennon claims Ibe report alno recommenled that coD2reEa paaa a service penaion law to apply to all veterans who have reached vears The report of the committee having in chargi, the memorializing of congre to several of tho moat ort ant battle lislda about Fredenckaburg and connect them by government loado waa adopted Spams Troubles Multiplying I VngiiHt Senor Begaoa tho Liberal leader, hart made a freah declaration on tho political situation He it ia daily growing worae in Cuba and more senoua in tho Philip pine lela ids Senor fceaaata ia ready to npplj autonomy to Cuba and expree ea the belief Hint tho liberals aiaurne poner earlier than eKpaeto'J SBBta that the Carhata are alrpndv pre paring for ft riBintf and waiting false atep on Ihe part of thet vernment or a faiorable opportunity to take up Like Father Like Son FIASCISCO A i U3t ''S Jan ea prime mover in tho Stark Eogera gang of counterfeiters waa eon tenced today by United Statea Circm Judge to four years at bari labor 10 San Qaentm The sen tente waa made comparatively light be cauao of Rogero youth and of the fad that he had pleaded guilty to every charge awm at him lie will be talon to San Qjentin at once, where hie father William Rogers ia serving a two jears term for a similar offense which he was cjnvicted some week afc.o Between Wind and Water SIOLKTO-, iueust 23 Jamoa Gillig a the Union Transportation Coinpai this afternoon filed in tb county clerk a ofhce an affidavit which ia the result of Attorney Campbell threat made in court tho other day Bwewr Judge Jones offc the bench Tho amdavit states toat air Campbell a irgiment the court charac temed it from the bench aa wind am a stamp speech chance of venu is therefore demanded The suit i one brought by the California Naviga tion to restrain the Umor Company a boata from landing at Wake field Sailor Boys cm a Cruise Auguat 23 train ing vessel Adama left today for a months cruiao in eoutbern waters Sh had on board eighiy boye and a fe regular aoamen of the navy She wi proceed to San Diego, arriving there Sootembor 23d She will touch at Map dalena bay, Mazatlan, Honolulu, Hi and other points, and ia espacted roach Sin FranoiELO the end of Januaij 1898 Aa Escaping; Lunatic Arrested AuguetSS-- Or an Inmate of the Stockton insane as lam, who escaped from that inatitntio waa captured on the water front by Oft cer 'Uooney today Orr camo dow Irom Stockton on the Walker an-l peculiar actions attracted the attentio of tha oflicar Orr waa taken to tl city prison to await the arrival of tl attendants from the asylum. FALLAHT REASON RETURNS Fhe Banker Blind is How as Clear aa CHICAGO August 27 --John Ta 1 aut tho ban Francisco banker who be ame violently insane on the overland ram Tuesday and waa removed to a auitarmm at Like Geneva recovo ed rer 6 on Thursday His mind la now 3 clear aa ever His reuval was in tantaneoua it 'o clock the at'cr oon be Deemed to anabe vith a start roni tiio mental atupor He bad no ocollectioo of 1 at hud 1 appentd from he i lent of his mental collapeo It gradually explained to him He tha ho waa feeling fie of ealtb but wis a triflo sotefrorabrmeeB Mr Tallant 11 remain at I ake ben va for a week to rest and i then reliably continue bis journej to join IB fanity Dresden Gerrnanv His roiher in liiv will arrive at Lake Geneva rom San 1 rancisco tomorrow As soon a 1 10 patient was out of Ibe excitement the city bo became quiet and steadily uioroved Ihe attack is supposed to avo been brought ou bv nervous proa ratior HIS DUTY WELL DONE Vener-ible Emancipationist Goes to His Rest August 2T cho beforo the civil war wag oneof the noat notable conductara of the uodor railroad for the of unai ly slaveE died near Marvville 31 astnuht ofoldaee Mr Crattj tissaid helped to ea ane to Cana la an 1 at one time a ro wa'd of waa offered to any one n-ho wouli deliver him dead or alive outh of Mason and Dixon hue He ivaslfyeara of ace Hlmers Not Alaska SAS Fn "i iiichor I oint LOld mine at Cook Inlet a ftsa Ihp Ecene of a minors not lu aci.o ding to news whitl Ima uat een received in this city About ifty a work i omploiel by a Boston corporation whichonna le mines and in July the i i for tho ayment of the mon ran ahoit Tins nea qait work and the company with ipld thoir food and supplies to force hem inlo On the third ay of thia troatmentthe men demanded heir ration? an 1 when the food va" no given thoj shot it tl ei su ind hia aasistant seriously but not atelly wounding bo them TIT FOR TAT. A SL6SIBLE SUCtEbTION ABOUT KLONDYKE DUTIES Made for an American Railroad to the luUon Gold fields Angust 27 --E Caeee! president of the Juneau Chamber of IB in this city Heeayathat the Gai adian government a scored over Uncle Sam by tho establishment of a anb port of entry at Dyea Iho or dor makinc Dpea a sub port said Mr Oas el meana a loss to American foer hauta already of half a million dollars nd before the summer rush to Alaska over the loans will foot up to fully a lihon Ihe American prospecfora gold and the eat finds would have mained undiscovered by the Cana ana jet they have pat a VIUOUB tax: nthominera and our es ished a sub port of entry to favor heir merchants and minors Tbouaanda Canadiaus todaj land at Djaa and itb their provisions and otunts which imo from a foreign coontrv pn through is United Statea without one word ol nterfereuce from Americans I know cf one case where an Amen an with $47o worth of cigars was called pon Canadian officers to pay $bQ() ax The ib port order should be re cinded and the Canadians be compellec pay duty If the sub port ia to be ontinued let Oanada agree with the be rights and priMlegeE sue gok eld that are onjoyea by the subjects of Canada Mr Cassel gives newa regarding tho relative merits of tho Ohilkoot and gkagoav passes He saya An enor moua number of at Dyea have goue bnt those who have attempted reach tho fields by the White Pass not had much lutk I think it safe McKmnon a leadme merchant of Fort Wraugel Alaska JB the city and aays that there la a "trong 'ikehbood that a railroad will be pushed throueh from Telegraph Creek at the head of navi ation on the Stickeen river to I ake a lin The Duuamuira oE Victoria and San tranciscoand aome Engliah capital ista are said to be interested in th ethemo Sales of California Fruit lour August 28 --Porter Broth ors Company aold today at opsn a iction Cahiornia fruit aa follows Plums-- Japan Princess la others Oo Grapes-- Tokaye 10 assorted Muscats others Pears-- Bartletta Bachesa il 15 Howell $1 Oo Prunes-- GroB 30 Hungarian lo German Oo Peaches-- ftoctarmea-- 7oc Wedding of a Princess CoPFMntav Vnguat 27 The Prin ceaa Ingeliogor Charlotte Frdenca aec ond daughter of the Crown Prince Christian of Denmark, wag married at 2 cloi.k today in the Palace chapel to Prince Charles, Duke of third eon of Kinz Ocar II of Norway and Sweden, in the presence of a brill lant anaemblnge of members of the Dan lah and Sredish royal families the dowager Lmpreaa oE Russia and the Princeaa oE Wales The city was pro usely decorated in honor of the young people and tho people accorded them an enthusiastic recej tion Insane on the Train STOCKTON, Auguat 28 -F Eankm a merchant of Oakdale batftuiB vio lontly insane on the train from tha place this afternoon He thought naa an officer charge of sis prisonera and though be waa kept quiet for eom he finally assaulted a man name iteddme and attempted to choke him Lie waa taken to tho insane hospi'al an will probably be sent to the atat asylum The End of a Spree 1 Topltff thirty five years of oge, an em ployeof Ihilip Einstein, an orchards of Pomona attempted to commit BUIC this evening in Spring street Baloon shooting himself through the left en with ft revolver The bullet did reach vital spot but Tophfi cond tion la dangerous He has been on protracted Bpiee She is Her Own Boss SAN Angaat 29 Mr 3 Eliza Thorrold widow of the last Ca tain Oharlea Thorrold todav ceived her Itcenae as pilot of the tti boat ttbel and Marion, having BJCCBB full; tbo neceesary ezaminatio UPOBMDMES Only a Small Consignment ot Gold. IISSHI) nil A licusun, to He i riin-- Latest Mom tlie Kloiuljke I I AN i Ugun Caotam Kidstoi command oE tho 'ort and reporUd a i and splainel tho uelay tl reo daja in Baching I ort by Btitinj, that a ery serious Etorm at fet Michaels de ayed the discharge of bis cargo He aug ted when told of the roi aria that he Portland was earning ov 000 JOOmRold Aa a matter of fact hoeaid here WPS onlv about 000 s.old nuggets on board his (Jp to tho time he left St Michaels be aad heird of no new told helda i.mong the Portland wassongerB romSt Mielmelaie Timoth Bell who IBS Kith him in gold which he iuc from a dHiin 9 William Dominion ftistleeix 1 nndred dBiina now Btaked out will a i her the Portland crew i 1 waa leained hat Csntam Kidetonhad espected the one of tho company boats, to oma tha Kith a mil ion lollara worth of and du i aa she di! not arrive tiu.e Le decide 1 to bnni, ire me nest trip TI United Statea cu'tsr it is aaid ill gncid tha lortland i 1 er nest trio romSt Mtclaelato Settle ia minera vill make tl eir cleanup by that inio it la expot, eJ tliit t'e a a nl ha a very one Ono returmn 0 i mer eaa it is im possible to make anythn like an ac estimate of tho proliablm lei 1 of tho minea The ground is not at all i richnc" and the orth of streaks vanes greatly The important newa from St Michnela IB that the liver steamera left there two weeks ago for their 'asttrlp up the It was not certain they reach Dawaon this fall which event passengers le the sound on the steamer Portland aa early as July 2oth would only reach Circle City I efore navigation closed Ih a makes it certain that handreda of minera who have left the sounl and 3aHfornia aince August let "or St Michaels will have to winter thor At leaat they ran hardly etarte I up the Yukon before the river freezes over aohd All vessels touching at St Michaels this BumLier have had great difficulty keeping their crewa who have caught the gold fever One echooner from was entirely deserted The crew of the schooner Coleman en deavore 1 to desert also but tho attempt was discovers 1 in time and by the dia play of firearms tbo men were com peilod to remain on duty The matea of thefitboonera Jewetcand Coleman an 1 tho carpenter of the San dors wore paid oil at St Michaels and departed at once for Dawaon Lvery vessel from St Hichaela has como away short handed The Portland loet eev eral of her crew but vaa ablo to obtain new men by paving igh wage" AN ARTFUL DODGER How Deaf Mate Beguiled the Police DEM it Vugnpt 30-- Detective Sam Hone Baid toJay that Annie Brockfield, the deaf muto who apnlie I to the police at Sacramento Cai laat week for as BiatanceiaMise Helena Pink who was Denver April '3d laat At that time Misa Fink complained to Chief ot Police Russell that while on tho way from New York to Loa Angeles Oal to bnry her dead mother she had been robbed her pnrae and all of her other be longings at Columbus 0 and waa mak in" her way westward aa beat ahe could Chief Ruaaelltoo-cpltyon the aftlicted ticket to Salt Lake clt? and letters of recommendation to the Southern Pacific officials at that city On tho day following the deaf mute a departure from Denver it was discovered lat on March oth she had told tho Oo iimbus 0 police that while en route to that city from Colorado Bpnnga to bury ter dead mother she had been robbed of all her possessions at Bt Louis Mo 'be Columbus po'icetook pity on her and furnished her with the means to reat.h her supposed home in Oolorado PROHIBITION IK KANSAS Ho Half Way Measures Toleiated KANSAS 0m August 30-- Ton aaloona Kanaaa Oity, Kaa were raided by the police this and $3000 worth of Imuora were seized and poured Into the gutters Saloon furniture and fixtures filling ten big draya were seized and carted to police headquarters, where IB lot will be burned tomorrow Tbe confiscations are nnder old in junctions against the joints and their iropnetore, made permanent many months ago and the property is to be estroyed without further process of law Similar action will bo taken against borne seventy other joints Heavy Transfers of Currency IIF; YORK Augnat 30-- The sab treaaur? here today transferred for Iocs banks through the treasury at Wash ingtou in currency to Kansas City and $jQOO silver dollars to Texas Ihrouph the sub trensnry at New Orleans Shipments of currency to tho South and West today by banks direc vrero very large all banke tei ortmg the receipt of orders for remittances The United Statea treasury IB doing all it can to facilitate the transfer of currency especially small billa and silver dollars places where the money IB needed fo moving the crops and to that end ha placed supplies at several eub treasuries Orleans, Chicago St Lonia and Cincinnati in order that tranafora ma be made as quickly aa poasible A Thrifty Proposition STOCKTON August 28 --An effort IB bo ing made according to the ul to ous Postmaster Thrift, who ia a Democrat Charges are said to have been proferre ngainBt htm end Inspector Baratow ha been instructed to make an mveatiga tion Several Bspnblicana, saye th Stail, ate after the position tb chargea are said to have been prompte uy those who would like to succeed th proeent postmaster 0 Ceariey accompanied by lamily baa returned from tbo coaat gained in weight sixty four onncea aa ing hia vacation, and looka robust LYNCHERS OVERAWED.

They Are Not Anxious to ight the Militia COIL No talk of lynch nj, PLilro who committed a murderous assault on MIEB Poirer three days BJ.O las bcOT heard aince the 311 itiamen reported for duty at the tail aet evemuK The town is quiet tonight and there la no apparent dilation of rouble Iwo couipmiea of the NB lonul Guard of ohica and of subject to tl or lei of bhenli Company will probal re urn to tomorrow but the bheriff eajs ho will kcopCompanj on tmod until he ia aatisSed that all danger of a oh attack on the jail baa passed loirer is nov, resting easilj and the attLiuj nt lynching hLr assailant ill nothkeh be renewed in ttiB koi a decided turn for the worte anili under special i a the jail ia gradually growing weaker It ie unhkelj that he will Joes Busy Right Hand Fi a 2i An drowa a coal neahan bad ane oert euce vill not forget in a inrry was on 9 waj lo the orry in a street which vrero ait lug Joe Green nignt Mai ager 0 Hourke and George Disou Andrews who knew us fellow began to denounce gears eaj peirlh prize tightLra when Dison entered a mild protest to which Andrews on ied Y.UU a blow ou the little fello javr 0 Rourke in erpoaedand further 'rouble averted until Ibe ferry landing was reached boiling over with IA caught Andrews lander on the aw sending him a dozen feet across tt road Andres-B retreated jud (he slog caight their boat The Schofield Tragedy S-VN JOSL A i a '7-- Mr- '-irah fecholield find Daniel Datcher were in LDI tv today and made their pie? to tl charge of murdering Geor Uho ie Each entered a plea of not guilty aud the went uutil Monday when the court announced tho dato of i rial would ba fixei Dutchet waa more compo ed than when arraigned and looks aa if he la more eouiiiient an at that time Mrs fachofield appears coneiderablj broken down an i weara a jappy condition keenly IKE OUfLOOK IN TEADE A bMiitAL IMPfiOA EMDM IN THE blfDAilON Outside tin, Stnke of the Coal llmeis Theie is a Cleai flonzon Ism IORK August 27 Bradatreot a will say Iho general trade situatien continues to iiuurove and asitto from tho unnecessarily prolonged strike of the coal minera there ia little in to cloud the outlook The feature of the week is the advance in nnceaof almoat all leading staples bo ginning with an upward movement all a ong the line in iron and steel btoel billets are now 1 aO lowest fig. urea bare 1 rods $3 and plates $1 Bessemer pig iron ia up cents and foundry a like amount Southern irons are very strong on a continued active export movement Where wire mills have not advanced prices they have withrawn quotations home western steel milla are aold up to January 1st whi the demand for earlier dehvonee from furnaces than had been arranccd forare quite significant lead too and aof coal are higher aa ia wheat notwith a a or two reactions Brad street a oomta out that the statistical position of wheat IB the Ht range at known the United Statea hocame a con siderable exporter and that its price aa well BB that for bread is likely to ma tenally osceed the present ad vante Wheat 0 are of large volume aggregating wheat and fiuur aa nueat 5 419 Gal bushels for theweek, as against 5312803 bushelB week 3 2 81 ,800 buabels laat year 1 871 9 9 7 bnat ela in hia week two yeara ago 3 420 000 luahela in 1694, and 092 000 bushels the correnponding week of 93 With 10 exception of laat week this weak i iiipmenta are the largest since the thin week of September 1893 Ihsro are 210 business failures re orted throughout the United States against 221 last week 320 a year ago and 190 two years ago, U- three yeara ago aud in the like week in 189.J CARRIERS CONVENTION. San Francisco May Not Get I After All PIULAUELI ni AugUBt 27 --The Phila delphia branch of the Isational Aaso ciation of Letter Carriers toaay received word that tho annual convention of the national body whit-h waB to have been has been changed to Phicago Because of the former city a mab hty to handle it President Paraona of New York, it was atated, has ordered a meeting of the branches throughout the country to ratifv the change The local camera tonight wired Sec retary Treyber of 8an Franciaco and re ceived his reply that the change was made without the umsent of the Sai Francieco men and they are prepared and anxious to have the convention Prominent members of the loca branch here state they will go to Sa Irancisco and will not recognize an convention in Chicago unless a mee 1 ing of tho delegates to the nation a convention of last year la called and decides Coal la Sonoma County SAMV 27 -Peter Tor toliatt, an Italian who hvea about te miles from here on the Sonoma road BBLured the necessary papers to allo him to develop a coal mine on tho Eh? Cook randi near the Sonoma mountain Tho vein ia said to be a very rich on The liscovery was made- Borne time ag and Toitollott ia convinced that ho ha discovered a wonderfully rich bed In coal baa been carefully tested and give satisfaction The work of developm the discovery will go on at once Se eral hnde of coal this county hav been removed but Tortoliatt ia one the most important yet reported To Guard Gold Shipments Maxim gdn for the protection of the go of the returning Klondykera has he received at Chicago It la en route 1 Seattle where it will be placed po i tion on the steamer Portland ill rounda of ammunition accompanied gun It will be placed poaition the vesBDl where it can be used 01 poeaible pirating veaael or to sweep decks of the Portland mease of mutm i Another Bsnker Dies 1 NEW YonK, August 27 --Banker Sehgmau of this citv died at Hollywo hotel, Long Branch tonight aged 4 An operation waa performed on Wednesday for appendicitis, Mr Sell man was the senior member of tho ban ing firm which hia father founded EXPLODED FAKE 'nmt) Gold SeekeisKetnm Disgusted. AKI) I (A Till, 1UK01 Piojiositmn to Hantj the feau 1 1 ancisco Kepoi ters lio tooled tlttj People LSTO Aucuat I very down tram bring 0 its quota of die atod seel era from tl elds of mu Bounty who had been attracted ere by tho accounts published in tho ail) papers oE ago tod eaid one of tne Jtes informants today ran an i intera and reaolutions were opted stiontb denunciatorv of the Iranuaco paperb for em thither bj extravagant atones of nitv richee aa reeohe 1 to 1 anish the report ada even advocated or shoot a a fully 3000 new mersin the camps around Col creek now aud thoj are coming by ery trim though ali v. ho can are get out us as they learn truth i vriil see a j.raud ettiuipetie out of lero from eolith and down irorn ojon Telegraphic raceuel Kedumi- elate that ree carloads of i a day or two toe Las kroat many men are entirely vitb money A lot of tin horn gamblers rive 1 there with tho crowd and started to bunco gold teeHra out of their i he residents saw that ly making paupers whom they would obliged for humanity a aoke to feed the baide! together and drove the mblera out aj-te Sr who ia enroute to the Klon ko go! 1 uclda with a party of ban 0 wntea to the A8 ocmled from Lake Bennett 0 under teof Vubuet loth confirming previoua ports of the terrible condition of tho lute Pass trail from bkaguay and re iultiea to be encomtered the gold mntera vho prefer that route to the ore formidable Chilcoot I aea route He an 1 nia party left ou ugust with nine burros and dur the four aud one half days consumed i making the trip of miles to Lake re 9 Twenty five timea eome of their iack animala were bogged up neceast atiDir not only the unpacking of each oad but the lifting of the animala mdily Irom the mire ae the bunos re used to make any attempts to ostncato lenvehea when their small hoofs uck fast in tho marahj ground An her trouble waa the narrowness of the rail placea which necessitated the npackmn of the burroasnd transport tha supplies by hand over these ots Tho Magee party took boat up from an Francisco in sectiona but was com elted to leave it on tho beach at Ska nay aa it was impoosible to Larry it ver 1 10 trail At the bead of Lake ennott however they found a firm ol loat huiidera, who charged no more for (ood boat than would be paid in San irancisco $140 They had ordera ahead or forty five boata winch would occupy ieii until September ''Oth at least Mr Magee thmke that tho majority crowd now at Skaguay aud Dyea will IQVB to abandon all hope of getting into ie Yukon country this year and IB cor in that late comers have no chanca of oing so He also deplores the fact thai nee started from Dyea or Skagnay food nd other supplies aro not to Ue pur based for love or money as no one has ny more than ho absolutely needs lor inseli a a 7iO pounds IB lout tbo right airudHt for each man ut says that hundreds aro starting out ith than one half of that amount predicts disaster for them MISSING A WEEK A Bay City Mystery Which Awaits a Solution SA.N Ti August 28 IB amea "MeElroy who conducts a drug ore at the corner of Twenty fourth nd Florida streets, haB been missing luce 2 SO clock Friday afternoon A etter mailed at ban Joae at 1 30 clouk the aame day waa the only clue to er movements It waa received today i the woman clerk in her employ, MIBB fnickerbocfcer and gave no mforma on of her whereabouts or her plane nd aimply aid Do the beat you can ith the business I do not know when will ever BOO you again Interested friendo ara divided on the ueation of possible suicide Mra and Mra A Bhck of 3002 'wonty Second street, with whom Mrs fcElroy had baen staying for a few ays before she disappeared have more easou to suspect that Mrs McClroy baa eaorted to self destruction for 01 'hursday evening she said that she fel ike taking a pill and never vraLiDj again for her buameaa worries were more than ahe could endure Her latchkey waa on the bureau It was wrapped in a paper on which was written Thanks for all your kind- Her husband ia supposed to hold a erlcal poaition in the Soldiers Home at ianta Monica TWO RECORDS LOWERED.

Cyclists Have Not Yet Completed Their Work DFTROIT August 23 --Jimmy Michae the Welsh lowered the five m'le record at the Detroit cycle uar thia afternoon The world's record fo a four lap track reduced to 9 12 1 5 Time by milea 150 3 3 7 2 5 4 0 2 7 21 4 5 9 12 1 a OLEVLIAID, Auiiust 28-- Tho Amer can amateur 100 mile bit-ycle recor Miller ridinE on aquartor mile track i four noura 23 minutes 9 seconds Mi ler also broke the Bistv mile record Time 2 01 Thousands of btarvmg Greeks LotiDON, August 28-- Tbe Duke "Westminster has issued an appeal to th British public for funds to bo used fo the relief of tho distress which provai in Athens amoug tho rof geea fro Thoaaaly and Crete whom ho terme th victims of the dilatormcaa of tho Puro peau diplomacy Heclaima that the ire 50 000 refugees depending upo chanty in Athena A Rate War Threatened CHICAGO August 28-- Next Monda all tho Imea will Bell round trip ticke to San traneieco for one fare, or $72 5 The round trip from the Missouri nv( will bo $60 The reduction IB tho IOBI of low over the transportation of de! gates to the letter camera conventi to be held soon in San Francisco A Newspaper Changea Hands StATTLL, Wash August 28 --The a nouncement IB made that George I iper has purchased the Posf Intel gencer of thii city and will tako poEEe Bioa on September lat. ughes of the Gilt Edges btrikcs Out Twelve Men August 23 Four louaand people tho ball uie at Central park todaj between tho imento dilt tdj.ca and the Peliancj am of Oakland The game was well 1 up to tho fourth inning at the snd of wbi i the ore stood four to our The Felnnce scored two runs in iirst and two third Tho Gilt iit.ee made four runs in the four 1 1 and en held lEeliancein cheeK for i re pin I TUB GiltLdges made a the 01 an a throw to an icr the an 1 one in the nth making the hnal score eifcht to ur The I won the game rough gcod fieldniE and etic't rk IIuKhes ot Ldgea pitched Sales of C-ilifornia Fruits Vu 30 --Porter Bros ompanv eold Caiifornia fruit today as low Itara-- Bartletta oo otbera 9oc to so to Sj ka f)0 to 10 aborted oOc to -JO Muetats JO Irunee-faermaa OL to '0 lo Groa faOc to $10i ieiB to 90 Nectarines-- Man ck 51 red Roc PlumQ-- Japan, DC 40UO 0 CHICAGO August 30 fne barl Fruit aold California fruit to lay aa follows apes-- Tokaj $1 to $1 Jo average Muscat iO Malaga 3a to Jj averege Si 4 Bartletta GJ 1 rune --Italian 60c to Will Have Another Try Fit C5co --I ocal let- Larnera are atill hopeful that tho na nal convention of letter carriers will held in thia city despite tho action 10 place of mealing to Chicago After ucl lelpfjapl uij, they eecurc 1 a eintlo for the round trip from Ohnago for legalei and are now trying to influ ce tLe executive coiitnutee in the to a Ihe to tho onyaal program an Francisco Gets the Convention co Viijuat-iO Tbo quos as to whore tho letter Camera ieen dehnilelj ettled in o( this 001) SOU SPECULATORS HEAT DROPS QDIGkLi Bilk AGAIN Fiom Atlantic Seaports Still Heavy-- The Situation la Piactically Uucliangetl Angjst 28-- Tho strained heat market was Blackened very much hatwaa apparent as soon aa trading mmenced I iverpool waa firmer and i higher than it dav before and on that account a eadier following prevailed here at the mmencement oE the session Opening icea were at eome improvement was no such radical difference ram jeaterday closing rates as has re ntly bappenPdover nlgbt December was the only deluory heard for a minute or so and it brought 90f aa compared with 90c at the eni nother quarter of a cent over the higher the opening extremes and followed mt by a raaua decline to bait a cenl islow the lower ruling about 0 lo dock The week exports from loth was renortod by Bradatreeta mounte 1 to 410 o53 bushels against BBS 000 bust nls tbo corresponding eek of 1806 That sbowe 1 sumciently oalthy export movement to have been prol ablo element of the firmnoaa of 10 opening Argentina did not ship any rheat to arope this week Ihe receipts at Chi ago were 190 cars only twontj sight them ol the contract quality mneapohs reported 343 cara received nd Duluth 53 EI nf SSo against t)07 10 Bimifar day of the previous year id exports of wheat and flour from At antii, porta for twenty-four hours were dual to about 000000 bnahels Beer iom cabled eorne Btarlling fiE' lreH lout European shortages, giving the heat crop of Roumama about lo 000 00 bushels smaller than tho year before, nd of Bulgaria about 1 000 000 buflbela eaa The same authority estimated the orltl shipments of wheat and flour to for the week at? 200 000 buehela visible supply made Monday ia not ablua showed a decline at Paria equal per bushel for August and 2) a ier bushel for November February de ivory and a decline of IKc per bushel Antwerp Heavy buying caused an dvance in December from around Ss'iic ahout half an hour from the mdof theseaaion It finally roae to 90c, at which price it oped September ranged between 91c and closed at 92Kc and a de me of a cent Corn was the center of the greateal clivily of all the marVetB which is not aymg much, the volume of bueineaa leing considerably smaller than of late, 'he weather waa warmer and dry irougaont the corn belt and more rought damage teporta were received 'ho opening waB firm on thia, but proa ecta of a heavy visible Monday con nued heavy receipts proved too much or the bulls Receipts were 17.1 cara Clearances were light, 168 000 bushela Elevator peocle reported a groat falling oS in western acceptances Decemhor opened to higher at 32K to declined to i(l? and cloeed at A light busineaa was done in oatB with pncea throuhout following nd corn ktn Yoak Anguat --Wheat euf fered from a tired feeliuj, today Not only did prices settle to a point about 10 centa below the best i rices of the Bea BOII but apeculative dcahnga were the 'malleat for any similar timo in weeks Lxcept for a little Bellinj, on oreign account the morning trade waa mostly In the hands of scalpers WeakneBB wea favored by indifference on the part of exporters better harvest ing weather in the extreme northwest and expanding farmers dehvoriea new winter wheat On the other aide WBB an absence of to Id in the 100! cables and very heavy wheat ant lour shipments lor the week, makiu) 10000000 altogether the past two weeke Opening prices wore little owor than last night at 94 3 4CforDe cember They rallied to 9oXe, bnt tht )nlge inspired active Belling for long a coDUti which tumbled values to The official close was at Bubsu- quently on the cnrb new covering or dera lifted it to the 1 o'clock clos being bid Japanese Gold Seekers. VICTORIA 0 Auguat 28 --Tho Btor of the wealth of the Klondyke ha reached the Orient, for on tho steamer Columbia of the Norther Pacific line, which arrived this coom ing were four minors from Yokohama who will outfit here for tho gold field The Columbia, which is commanded Captain Hill, brought a largo and valua ble cargo She waa full of silk and ric About 500 tons were nnloaded. at YicU tia, Dogar and rice for the moat part. Mill BIG STRIKE A Locality fiichci Thau the KIoiidjKe.

IT IS (A AUMC4N OIL TOO antes Pt Woik on the fekaguay fnil-- Shoit SInift foi Petti I 11 finals 33--1 letter to the le Ijer 1 rctened from tl north he McMillan river Ala-ka from I emmon, ad 1 to I ia wife South Tacoma giving particulars of a rich strike on tl is tributary of McMillan He and hia party went there fro-n the rho accompanied 'hem sprint, and ie saya that thej have uck a locality richer than i Klondyke In tl ree nontha thej a Liade a dean up of He EB3 they i.ave a mcuet and a I ean can lit of nugget; and although thej have no acalea tLej it will reach the amount named have Btaked on five claima and a hia wife to send npfonr friends whom he designated, aaqutckh tblo to locate the adjoimug he aw being that one man can locate one claim The letter was sent down hj tue In lian who took 00 or JGOO worth of nupgeta to lay a ireah suppiv for the vmter Lommon aar 0 he will not ba out be ore next auminer and tbinka hia fnenda can reach thut, by the middlo of Octo ier over tuo Chilcoot uaes MacMillan ivor 9 00 ind 300 miles eouth Klondike and until lately baa been an unexplored region He extre fl eea earofecurvj freaking out this sinter un tLey can some greeu veceta bleain but he adds that nothing would uce him to tho diggings until near year as by that time they aro con fidentof banns, several hundred thou earnl dollars ORk man has been ehot on the Skaguay trail )0nea are now rotting beneath a pile of rocks itbin ow rnda of the news waa brought down by the Eton near Utopia which armed thia morning at 3 dock from Skaguav The Btory in general IB all Hint can be earned the details being unknown imong tho Utopia nrs passengera 5ome time ago a sack of flour waa stolen Suspicion pointed to a man who was encamped near the sumu it A com mittoe of BIS; was chosen to ferret out and punish the thief The men went to tent of the suspected man and found the missing Back The man becged for meicy hut the committee BQtished of his gmlt decreed that he be immediately killed The man was dragged iom the tent and tied upright to a pole Ihe committeemen stood oft a short distance and at word Bhoi, together Tho thief a body was pierced in BIX placea Feeling their duty done and eick of the task the vigilantes left at once, not even waiting to put hia form beneath tha cronnd For three daya it hung there in full view of those passing with their packs The odor emanating from the decaying bo iy became so offensive that two men cut it loose and carrying it up a hillBido covorod i i a i atones but even that did not suffice to quench the Blench TV inch infested tbo atmosphere The Utopia left Skaguay August 23d The steamer Detroit sailed for Dyea and Skaguay this afternoon with forty pas Bentcra The following letter naa received per steamer Utopia today to the Associated Preaa THL ISllOEEN August 23 --The jam la broken on the bkaguav trail A nnm her of outfits have gotten over and there ia a steady stream of moving hu inanity mixed up an alosoat mde scribable maaa of horsea of all sizes flgee and coiiditionB mulea steers milch cows goats and tioga also every description and kind to be imag ing on hqhterB which can convey the freight aa near the shore as possible whore it ia unloaded ou wagons or car ried above higL tide The Utopia is unloading at the only wharf-- a very abaky structure Two pile drivers are at work on another dock which IB intended to be a eulatantia affair A new aawmill got no steam for the first time this morning Hough lumber ia worth $27 per thouaand bat cannot bo Rot half fast enough at any price The city of tenta is not being displaced but reinforced by a city of shacks ali sizes and degrees of finish 3kag uay IB the boom town of Alaska Every man whose heart failed him when he en countered the firet hardship has turnoc town aite boomer Tour weeks ego Skag nay was not known today there are not less than 3000 people here in addition to those on the abipa the harbor havo surveyed off tho townaite, the firs comers having first choice The Umtoi States commissioner is issuing Bom kind of a certificate, fee surveyor another $5 then the Bqnatter sticks uj his teat shack or corral, and IB ready to 'akin the first tenderfoot that come along Transfers by quit claim areqnite common, and as high 69 $200 baa been paid for a choice location Skagnay haa all the uanal accompam ments of a frontier mining town Dane halla and scarlet women, roulette, faro stud poker aud craps find devotee ready to tempt fickle fortune smilea, FLL-m OF IROMS10NB There is no danger of a famine here though there may be shortages in ce tarn lines Ou all aidea 'amiling plent na if conjured by some enchanter her abounds. Groat piles hay, grain flour, bacon, sugar aud all the nece sariea are in stock apparently for som time to come There are not less tha 2000 horsea at work on the Skagua trail, but it IB nard to got any one contract to deliver you over the simun a price but you can got over fo ibout 30 cents a pound if you are wi' ing to wait and contract by section The packers at thia ond of the hail i not like to contract farther than tl first hilt Bis miles out, then one has hire another outBt At Dyea the Indiana are moving tl freight an almost unbroken atrea from the landing to Lake Linderma and it IB no trouble to con tract to get ai entire outfit put over at one trip for to 35 conta per pound No one ahou come expecting to get over thia fall 1 a lesB rate, and no one should brio boats There ara boats eet up, knookei down in sectiona and single boaida both traila from landing to base of aum mil, but not one has yet been take over SEATH-F, Vfsab August SO --The la i eat expedition from Seattle search gold will turn ita attention to Coop Today irank Porter of Ne York, Jack Moore and Hamilto both of Philadelphia purchased th eloop Trinity and will nail ne week for the Copper river They tak provisions for one year and will conOn their efforts to discovering placer claims NOTUIhG ACCOMPLISHED Anticipated Failure ot the Labor Conference of labor leaders wl a UHSH orn ing had a buay day and the end 19 in ght Wha tho conference baa accomplished if ia I i a 1 tamed aoj definite re- il a (a i i oneof national or admitted tho failure the rjuKrenco waa a lore 1,0 on I should feel verj channel 1 this entleman if I had a pan IQ the onvenmgof thia conference The committee on resolutions pnd 'an of action wia at ork all 9 after loon and tonight and ti evenm Tr overoign nnnounced that ey had oruulated a i a but declined to tive nv details The platform it ei will be submitted to the conven on tomorroK- morning Tha fourteen Cerent represented in ie convention make an unwieldy body nd it ia evident that all of them cannot with a platform formulated iranche" of organized labor Mr Hit 1 ford plin of petitioning Mckmley to convene con irouding for tho oE the labor did cu't es or as be puts it a citisene if any, not meet with the approval he had opel for and it 13 not behove 1 a plank will be incorporated in the itlorm Mr put elf on record oppo ed to Mr Rati-hforl plan Hu idieved this won! 1 be the 'ast conven- on to bel eld under pi esent conditions (hat the crttciil test now confronted anued nbor A Deaf Lawyer ci co August 30-- lor tho rat time in tho history of the supreme urt o( thig state a written examina- on kw been given to an applicant for to practice law The examina on which vi as ucc a fully pvaed to ay WPS by Theodore Grpdv, a deaf auto Ho is a teacher the iiaylnm for deaf and dumb at Berkelo) HP hag udiedlaw for several jeara and ex lecta to betomo a writer of briefs and 11 author of legal works Near That Awful Place 'Uunobioix, 30-- The first the conatmction of the CAmeee aatern railway waa cut Chetey, near anitzapoitavkavn today A number Lhineeu autl ontiea were present ODD NEWS FOR ALL N01HEE HEAVY ADUNCE IN Piuuea in the Maiket aufl tlie Santa Clara Crop a Failuie SAN Augnat 30 --The owers of prunes rataina and other nod fruits wore extremely hapoy today ver the state of tne market prices of- ered for these commoditiBB being much ugfaer than they havo been for ininy Tho market showed that prunea had oneto3' 4 3Ss 3J(C and for the lour izea There ore no prunes on the mar- Let either old or new, and buvera are rambling for them Eaisma advanced for 2 crown crown oK The prune crop in the Santa Clara, alley IB drying up much lighter than me been expected and thia adds to 10 firmness of prices THE BACK DOOR OPEN. leal Landing of Chinese Puget Sound District Pom TOWVSEND Wash Augnat 30 holacoma ledger received today says ta probable that warrants wiil be ia- ucdby the United Btatea authontiea ithm a few daya for the arrest of eev- ral persons in the Paget Sound custom iHtnct ior in alleged lending Chinese tha United Statea It ia Iso probable that the drag net which as been put in operation bj tho govern inent will bring within ita entanglements persons of prominence in pohti- al and Bocial life in other parts of tho- tate An investigation by government flicialB, it 19 said, ehowa that there baa ot only been alleged landing of Chinese tut that a large amount ol contraband oodB of varioua kinds has baen brought nto the United States through this tort It la estimated that more than Chinese have entered this port within tho past six months Collector aunderg denies ali chargea and sayfl he ourte an investigation A I Ulster Intercepted STOV Jamaica August 28 The- British cruiser Intrepid reports hav'ng intercepted on Wednesday near Fortune Island a filihuetering vessel The- cruiser aleo boarded the steamer Judge Sayle Returns to Fresno Judge 0 Sayle and family have re- nrned from Arkansaa, where they went about a year and a half ago They say Freano IB the beat place on earth to live in snd the fudge declares that he woulda give two square feet of California for the whole East There nothing Sa Good There is nothing juat as good aa DP iing New Discovery lor Consumption, Jougha and Oolde BO demand it and do not permit the dealer to sell you eouia substitute lie will not claim there IB anything bettor, but ia order to make more prolit be miy claim "omething else to bo as good You want Dr King Hew Discover) because you know it to be safe and reliable, and guaranteed to do good or money refunded For Coughs Colds Consumption and for all affections of Throat Cheat and Lunga, there ie nothing ao good aa is Dr King New Diacovery Inal bottles free at Webster Bros ding store cor t. and Mariposa streets Regular size 50 cents and $1 Did iou trci Try Electric Bitters aa a remedy for your troubles? 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