Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1897, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR. MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1897-10 PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. EVANGELIST will be at 7:39 {COTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL — Chapter of Rose Croix—Stuted meet held on TUESDAY, 10th of August, 1 m. be WM. OSCAR FP GEO. H. WALKER, 22d deg. a 5R. T. J. JONES, DENTIST, OF ST. ee to the city and resumed his practice. auy-At* never dinappoin Just as an engineer regulates the svecd of his engine, so as to bring the train in precisely on time, so do we regulate our work-room so as to finish all printing orders exactly when promised. Law should bear this in mind and send thetr brief printing for 50 copies 512 11th st. MeNEIL, CLATR- sid Pe Je2t- SAVE MONEY! easy way of making e quite a good bit by w= Lathe « We've just made a esas purchase ‘of over 1.000.000 Lathe, and can sell them at tke low price of $2.05 » from wharf, or $2.25 1,000 from yard. order! ea" ¥. SMITH, Ist and Ind. ave. Phone 217. and Wharves, foot 4th st. s.e. ‘Phone 551. 3m,10 Jos. CLARK, has removed fro West Washingto ‘HAD A MORE tailoring that we had to ‘Mudd, cutter and late firm of George T. Keen for past 15 years. He'll be glad to see his many friends. J. FRED. GATCHEL & CO., 604 13th st. aus-7d BRwWKS. BRICKS. BRICKS—IF ¥ NEED Bricks, call in and see us und get our special dis- count for August delivers: vagus sates 7 0 owing sou this spect count Resust. ? WASHINGTON BIICK AND. TEWICA Anzust. | WASHINGTO: ¥ COTTA CO., 10m and F sta. nw. au2-Im HAVE YOU VISITED Cleveland Park recently? gpi2-te ‘You should do #0. PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDEND. ‘The regular quarterly dividend (No. 9) at the rate of séven per cent per annum on the preferred raphopbone Com- eapital stock of the American Se omaeny ny will be paid at the office o' bn ‘August 16 to. stockholders of record August close August Fransfer books 5, BASTON, President. PAUL H. CROMEL j-countilauls ae - = TENSION OF HIGHWAYS IN THE DISTRICT = Columbia.—TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The commission created by section 2 of the act of Congress, approved March 2, 1893, entitled “An act to provide a permanent system of high- ways In that part of the District of Columbia Tying outside of cities.” bas received from the ‘or iissiorers of the District of Columbia a cer- tified copy of a map showing a proposed perma- nent system of highways in the District of Co- Iumbia within the area bounded by North Cap- {tot street. Florida avenue, Bastern branch and the District i is map and plats showing In etait how exch lot and tract is affected by the proposed cystem of highways are now on ex- Hihition In Room No. 9, 4th for, of the District Deilding. All persons interested’ are Invited to exsmine the map snd plats. The commission will ecusider any suggestion or protest concerning the Keation of any highway or portion of a highway as shown en the . The suggestions and pro- , Secretary. sts rust be in writing and must set forth wly the reasons for the cha $, and show the property owned or controlled by the objector. e must be submitted on or be- FIRST of OCTOBER, 1807, and be ad- essed to the Chief of E . 5. Army, War Department, The con” misston will meet OCTOBER <TH, 1807, at NINE OCLOCK A.M of the + of War, to dispase of all objections, and wili then hear orally from those who desire pport their written o! R. A. retary of War. erior. JOHN M. Army. Syl? WITH—— IN SPATIONERY LINE. REQUISITES YTHING T PICE AND LIBRARY LATEST LOWEST PRICES. Easton& Rupp,42! 1th St. ee. ULAR-PRIC » STATIONE aud-lid Are you crowded for window display? It ya a New best odgk tent A new firm—with a ne up-to-date hardware sta “Berkeley” Whiskey Bu7-16 CONDENSED LOCALS the he with a some one about 11 0’cloc nt. She lives at No. 16 Nolan's art, and was on M street southwest when jcry. The police tcok her | nergency Hospital in the patrol on stone z er J. J. Hickey of the ninth Precinct Is detained at home by illness. It matters little what it fs that —whether a situation or a servant—aj “want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. Amos Norton, nineteen years old, a resi- dent of Brookland, met with a painful ac- cident Saturday night between & and 9 o'clock. while riding a bicycle near Sth and T streets northwest. His wheel collided with an unknown woman and both rider end pedestrian were hurt. After being treated by Dr. Henderson, the victims of the accident were able to go to their re- spective homes. i an Cox found the front window of egory’s grocery store, No. 336 ania avenue, open yesterday morn- t 12:30 o'clock. Nothing had been ing about 12 stolen from the store. The cover of the water main box, corner ef Sth and L streets southeast, ts broken. —-> — Transfers of Real Estate. Acker street northeast between 6th and Tth st —Lewis W. S’ O’Brien to Jas. L. Parsons, lot 197, square S61; $10. Mount Pleasant—Geo. W. Silsby et ux. to Emma ©. White, lots 230 and 231; $10. Nos. 1132 to 1136 23d street northwest— Chas. W. Darr, trustee, to Mary A. Reilly, original lot 19, square 37; $3,250. Mary A. Reilly to Jno. H. O'Neil, conveys half in- terest in same property; $10. Le Droit Park—Lee Hutchins to Patk. F. Hannan, lot 35, block 10; $10. Tenth street northeast between B and C streets—David Flynn to Julia Flynn, part original lots 3, 5 and 6, square 964; $10. I street northeast between 6th and 7th streets—Evis Waldron to Richard Rodda, parts lots #3 and 44, square 858; $10. Clark Mills estate—Wm. A. Brodie et ux. to Annie E. Alderman, lots 5 and 6, block 1, and part lot 37; $10. New Jersey avenue southeast between L and M streets—Anna M. Raub to Lucy B. Platt, let 9, square 742; $10. M street northeast between 4th and 5th streets—Jno. E. Benton et ux. to Marion V. Belt, lot 7, square S05; $10. Brookland—Mary E. Sawyer to Henry W. Wheeler, lot &, block 22; $10. K street northwest between 4th and Sth streets—Thos. z: Parker, trustee, to Frank ume, part original lots 2 an eee i andé 3, square = PHOSOOOTSOOSOOO SECEDE Purgatorial Pills? ‘The druggist would ha:diy smile if you asked for “purgatorial pills." There are many of them. But he would probably recommend a pill that ¢id rot gripe; a Sugar-coated pill, gentle in action, and sure im effect. Whit are they called? ..Ayer’s Cathartic Pills.. PRA RC rt ? cal PATENT EXAMINERS Commissioner Butterworth Makes an Important Decision. J. #H WELROY'S CASE DECIDED Patent Office Employes Barred From Filing Applications. —— FAR-REACHING RULING Commissioner of Patents Butterworth has renderec an important decision in regard to cases In which examiners in the patent effice make inventions, file applications while in the employ of the government in the patent office, and tmmediately upon leavirg the service proceed to take out patents. In reviewing the case in quéstion the com- missioner says: “The applicant, John H. McElroy, while an assistant examiner in this office, ex- amining in the class of voting machines, filed this application complete in all its parts on February 15, 1895; on June 2, 1806, he resigned his position, and on the day following paid the government fee of $15 to secure the examination of his application, which application presents an invention claimed to be an improve- ment on a voting machine for which other joint applicants had filed an application, which was before Mr. McElroy for examination and action while he had charge of that class in this office. This earlier application is still pending. “Acting under instructions the examiner states that on August 5, 1896, and on De- cember 23, 1896, he rejected the claims on reference to the pending applications, and also in view of the provisions of section 480 of the Revised Statutes, which is as follows: “*All officers and employes of the patent office shall be incapable, during the period for which they hold their appointments, to acquire or take, directly or indirectly, ex- cept by inheritance or bequest, any right or interest In any patent issued by the cflice.” The Statute Upheld. “A case on all fours with this was before me on February 5, 1884 (26 O. G., 387), in which I held that in view of tHe statute above quoted it was not competent for an employe of the oftice to file an application for a patent while he was employed in the patent office. The reason for not permit- ting this to be done has special force in the case of an examiner who seeks to file an application covering an improvement on an invention disclosed in some ,pending application of which he, as such examiner, ras charge, or may have charge, and the objection derives additional force from the fact that his application, if filed, would cr might be referred to the division in which he is employed as an examiner. In the case mentioned I directed that the ap- plication then under consideration be stricken from the files and returned to the applicant, and that the fee be returned to him. “Notwithstanding this decision {t seems that it is not wholly exceptional in the office for examiners to file applications which are properly referable for €xamina- tion to the division in which they are em- ployed. But filed is properly referab! where the applicant is employed as examiner makes no difference in the con- clusion I reach. Whether the former ce- as right depends upon the proper censtruction of sect d Statutes, hereinbefore quoted. The que: tion is, whether the spirit and intent of the statute is intended to reach and em- brace only an interest in a patent that has ny heen is do not so construe it woul: ure, if not wholly, the obvious purpcse and intention of Congress, which was, and is, to prevent persons employed in the pat- ent office from improperly utilizing their knowledge of the inventions of others, ac- quired as a result of their official connec- tion with the patent office, and from util- izing tke opportunities they have, as a result of their employment, to become ri- vals or competitors of inventors whose ap- plications they have before them for ex- amination, or in any wise to take undue advantage of the knowledge they have acquired of pending applications in their capacity of examiners or officials. Further Reason Advanced. “The reason of the statute which prohibits an oilicer or an employe of the patent of- fice from acquiring, either directly or in- directly, any interest in a patent issued would seem, by fair intendment, to pro- hibit him from filing an application for the interest he is not permitted tu acquire. The application is the evidence of an inchoate right to a patent—and the ownership be- comes complete wken the patent is issue: Any other construction would obvious permit, ff, in fact, it did not encourage the very mischief che statute was clearly in- tended te prevent, as examiners might make some slight improvement or modification in inventions covered by applications pend- ing before them for examination and file an application, change or modify it from time to time, negotiate the sale of the whole or a part interest in the invention or application, or the patent to be predicated thereon, and resign and prosecute the case and take out a patent whenever such course seemed to offer greater pecuniary advan- tages than to remain in the office; and thus the office might become freighted with ap- plications filed by examiners or other em- ployes, in contravertion of the spirit if not of the strict letter of the statute, and thus become a prolific source of scandal. “In my judgment the construction I give to the statute is necessary in order to give force and effect to the obvious intent and purpose of the law, and to avoid scandals which would be injurious if not ruinous to the integrity of the office. Nor does this construction do violence to the letter while enforcing the spirit of the statute. I adhere te the former ruling and direct that the application under consideration be stricken from the files and the fee returned to the applicant. He may, of course, file his ap- plication now that he has severed his con- nection with the office, but it was originally filed in violation of the statute, and can- not be recegnized in pursuance of such fil- ing as a pending application.” ——————————-e-____ Pensions Awarded. \ Pensicns have deen issued as follows: District of Columbla—Original, Alaha A. Burdsall, Washington; increase, Charles Shamel, Washington; increase, Frank Mar- tin, Soldiers’ Home, Washington; original, widow's, &., special, July 31, Mary Parker, Washington. Maryland—Adgiticnal, John E. Curtis, Barnes; renewal, Thomas W. Middleton, Springfield; original, widow's, &., Marga- ret A. Willet, Baltimore; original, George I. German, Baltimore; restoration, Joseph Smith, Belair; reissue and increase, spe- cial July 30,’ Hugh McGurk, Baltimore; original widow's, &c., Elmer Miller, Cum. berland; original, widow's, &c., Mary M. Wallis, Baltimore. Virginia—Original, Abner Dozier, Rerke- ley; original, George W. Freeman, Hamp- ton; original, Isaac Porter, National Mili- tary Home, Elizabeth City. To rat in a large —_—___-e-___ Must Be Invoiced Separately. The Secretary of the Treasury, through the State Department, has ‘nstructed all consular officers of the United States that according to the provisions of the new tariff act all watch cases and watch move- ments for export to this country must be invoiced separately. The combination of the two parts as a completed article is not known in the act. ——————+e.___ Army Orders, The following transfers have been made in the 25th Infantry: Capt. James C. Ord, from Company H to Company K; Capt. Charles L. Hodges, from Company K to Company _H. Lieut. Col. Louis T. Morrig, Ist Cavalry, has been granted leave of absence for one month. —————_+e+__ It matters little what it is that you want yrwhether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. \ lOGear @® Partly Clouds Gssctsorville lg Crouaty @ fain. Osnaw goo . EXPLANATORY NOTB: Observations taken at $ a.m., %5th meridian time. Solid lines are iso- bars, of lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are tsotherms, or lines of eqcal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours, The words “High” and “Low” show location of areas of high and low barometer. Small arrows fly with the wind. PARTLY CLOUDY WEATHER. Showers Are Said to Be Indicated for Tomorrow. Forecast till 8 p.m. Tuesday—For the Dis- trict of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, partly cloudy weather this after- noon and tonight, showers Tuesday; vari- able winds, becoming southeasterly. Weather conditions—The pressure is high in the Atlantic and gulf states, over Mant- toba and off the middle Pacific coast. A trough of low pressure extends from New Mexico to Lake Superior. Showers have occurred in this trough and in the east gulf and middle Atlantic states. For the twenty-four hours ending 8 a.m. Sunday showers occurred in the south At- lantic and gulf states and in the Red River of the South Valley. The temperature has remained stationary in all districts. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported: During the twenty-four hours ending 8 a.m, Sunday—Fort Deposit, Ala., 1.80; Co- lumbus, Miss., 2.56; Evergreen, Ala., 2.20. During the past twenty-four hours—Mer- fdian, Miss., 3.96; Oholona, Miss., Waynesboro, Miss., 2.54; Pine Bluff, Ark. 2.08; Arlington, Tenn., 2.00; Holly Sprin Miss., 2.32; Duluth, 1.36; Little Rock, 1.1 Fort Smith, 3.72. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8] mum, 62, at J a.m., August 9. a.m.:; Great Falls, temperature, 76; con- dition, 13. Receiving reservoir, tempera- ture, 50; condition at north connection, condition at south connection, 5. Distribut ing reservoir, temperature, 80; condition at influent gate house, 20; effluent gate house, Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 11:12 a.m. and 11:44 p.m.; high tide, 4:29 a.m. and 5:13 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 12:14 p.m.; high tide, 5:39 a.m. and 6:18 p.m. The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rises, 5:08 a.m.; sun sets, 7:02 p.m. Moon sets at 2:33 a.m. tomorrow. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 5:09 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 8:10 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 4:17 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before the time named. Are lamps lighted at 7:55 p.m.; extin- guished at 4:32 a.m. Temperature for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were ihe readings of the tlermometer at-the weather bureau during the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon August S—4 p.m., 69; 8 p.m., 6S; midnight, August 9-4 a.m., 64; 8 a.m., and 2 p.m., 81. Maximum, 83, at 1 p.m., August 9; mini- ; 12 m., 78, CLERKS ARE CONCERNED A Quiet Record of Delinquent Employes Or- dered by Secretary Gage. It W to Be at Work at 9 A.M. and Keep at It Untit 4 P. M. 11 Be Wise for Them Hereafter Many of the Treasury Department em- ployes are stirred over a recent order from the head of the department. This order instructed the watchmen at the vartous buildings under the department to take a complete record of employes who entered the buildings after 9 o'clock each morning and those who left before 4 o'clock tn the afternoon. The order was put into execu- tion so quietly that the first morning, last Saturday, 147 employes of the Treasury Department proper were recorded on the list of delinquents. The first afternoon, lest Friday, 170 were found leaving before time. The names. and the amount of time being taken were recorded by the watch- men, As a business man, Secretary Gage is said to have come to the conclusion that there was no reason why each employe could not be at his or her post of duty punctually at 9 o'clock, and to remain there until 4 o'clock, except during the time allowed for lunch. he Habit in the Past. It is stated that many employes have been in the habit of getting to their work from five to thirty minutes late, and that @ gooaly number have never considered it wrong to leave some time before 4 o'clock each afterncon. Of course, the order will break up much of this, and will necessitate reasonable ex- cuses from those who violate it. “Its a funny thing what habit is,” said a prominent treasury official to a Star re- perter today. “I know men in this building who for years have been getting in to work from three to five minutes late each morning. They declare that it is impos- sible to get to their work earlier, but I think they will change their minds now.” Secretary Gage himself is one of the most punctual of government workers. He !s always at his office on time and is one of the last to leave. There are 4,308 employes of the Treasury Department in this city. Of this number 1,7 are in the treasury building and 1,565 in the bureau of engraving and printing. Intention of the Order. Among employes who frequently work over time, and these are many, the order is regardedyas somewhat severe. Several hundred employes frequently work until 5 or 6 o'clock each afternoon, and some- times have to put in time on Sundays. The order is not really intended to reach such men, but they will have to put up with it. The drones are the ones who are“ being reached for. It 1s said that the great body of hard- working, efficient clerks is constantly in- creasing as the safeguards of the civil ser- vice are thrown around them. In the days of political appointments employes with strong “pulls” could do as they liked. a SIR KNIGHTS COMPETE. One Hundred Enter the Lists Today at Bailey’s Grove. Spectal Dispatch to The Evening Star. GLENCARLYN, Va., August 9.—Alex- andria county is fairly ringing today with the challenges of knights and the sound of battle. A large crowd, which included numerous parties from Washington, Alex- andria and Falls Church, collected this morning at “Bailey's Grove,” near Glen- carlyn, to witness the annual tournament and ball given by the young men’s com- mittee of this place. The picturesque inclosure was packed to its utmost capacity, when, shortly after 10 o'clock, Mr. Wm. H. Young, chairman of the committee in charge, arose to address the meeting. After detailing the arrange- ments for the affair, and expressing the ap- preciation of the committee at so large a gathering, Mr. Young called attention to the rules governing the event, especially those bearing upon the conduct of knights during the coming struggle. “Our board of awards,” said Mr. Young, closing, “has been selected from among representative men of Alexandria county, and their high standing in the community is amply sufficient to attest to the equity of the decisions.” At precisely 11 o'clock the bard struck up “Dixte,” and the assembled knights re- paired to their respective places, str.nging out in a long line to the right of the re- viewing stand. The Star correspondent had the pleasure of viewing the interest- ing and impressive scene from a good point of observation. On the field below were ranged about a hundred knights, awaiting the signal to “do battle” for the honor of crowning the queen of love and beauty, to say nothing of contestii for the right to the cash prizes offered the successful parties. As the strains of “Dixie” died away, the report of a pistol reng out from the starter’s rost, and at 11:20 o'clock the contest began in earn- est. For a shcrt time interest centered in the bicycle contingent, but toward the close attention was attracted to the close score of the en directly in front of the main stand. ‘The final results of the day remained in doubt for several hours, and it was nearly 2 o'clock before the judges announced the successful knights. BRYAN DEMOC RATS ACTIVE Organizing to Capture the Nomination for Mayor of New York. Conference of All the Free Silver Elements to Be Held Wed- nesday Night. NEW YORK, August 9.—There will be a conference in Brooklyn on Wednesday night of representatives of all the democratic organizations in New York which adhere to the national demo- cratic platform adopted by the convention at Chicago, that nominated Bryan for the presidency. The purpose of the conference, as announced, is to organize for the mur nicipal campaign this fall, and the hope is expressed by the leaders in the movement that Tammany Hall will be forced to ac- quiesce in the selection of a candidate for mayor of the Greater New York who shall be an avowed advocate of the free coinage of silver. The People’s League, which, during the recent campaign, was the Infependent Bryan League, is the prime mover in the affair, and working with it are the progres- sive democracy, the Democratic League of Kings county, the Bryan and Sewall Club, the people’s party, the Bimetailic League, the 16 to 1 clubs of Greater New York, the yeung democracy, the bimetallic clubs of the various assembly districts and numer- ous other kindred organizations, The People’s League publishes an ad- dress today, denouncing trusts, monopolies and rings, advocating the control by the people of their own systems of transporta- ticn, communication and illumination, and placing the k of administering the af- fairs of the metropolis in the hands of men of the highest ability and integrity, stu- dents of municipal problems not entangied with rings, corporations and monopolies. ee DISCOURAGE IMMIGRATION. Prominent California Hebrews Ex Press Opposition to Colonization. SAN FRANCISCO, August 9.—At a meet- ing of a number of prominent Jewish citi- zens it was the general sentiment of the Speakers that the colonists now in this city ought to be helped, but that others who contemplate coming ought to be discour- aged. The principal speakers at the meetings were Rey. Isador Meyers and Rev. M. 3. Levy. —_.-—_ _, PARA WILL BE FUMIGATED. Panama Steamer Had One Passenger to Die of Yellow Fever. SAN FRANCISCO, August 9.—The steam- er City of Para from Panima was im- mediately sent into quarantine upon her arrival here. A. Frerere, a French cabin Passenger, died at sea last Thursday, hav- ing been taken down with yellow fever on August 1. He was buried at sea, with all his effects. There was no other sickness on board the ship, but the steamer and all her vas- sengers will be fumigated. ——-_—_ TROUBLE FEARED AT ISHPEM Union Miners Declare They Will Not Work With Non-Union. ISHPEMING, Mich., August 9.—From Prerent incications thére is likely to be trouble among the miners of Ishpeming and Negaunee. A mass meeting was held and was attended by over 500 men. The men were addressed for over an hour by President Wm. Mudge of Ne- gaunee, and Secretary Wasley of Ishpem- ing. Secretary Wasley said that about per cent of workmen in Ishpeming and Negaunee were members of the union and could easily force cut the non-ufiton men if they would only stand together The non-unicn men have lately been so- leited to join the union, but many of them have refused, and in consequence the meh have decided not to work with them after Avgust 23, when trouble is feared. —_>—_ 3 TRIED TO SHOOT THE PRISONER.. Joseph McKinley Attempts to Kill His Friend’s Murderer. CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 9.—A special to the Commercial Tribune from: Barbours- ville, Ky., say: ‘ An attempt wes made last night by Jo- seph McKinley to shoot Thomas Dugan in Jail. Dugan ts on trial for murder of John C, Colson, brother of Congressman Colson. McKinley was aided by the little son of the murdered man, and his purpose was frustrated by a deputy sheriff, barely in time to prevent its execution. —__ The Duty on Japanese Ten. The Secretary of the Treasury has re-, ceived a telegram from the collector of customs at Chicago, stating that goods. from Japan, including non-dutiable teas, had arrived at that port in sealed consular cars by way of Vancouver, B. C., ask- ing for instructions as to whether the dis- criminating duty of*10 per ceat under sec- tion 22 of the new tariff act should be exacted. ‘The has replied that the question involved has been referred to the Attorney General for an opinion, and pending a final decision the collector is in- finally liquidate the entries. NEWS -FROM at | The Mining Record of Juneau Confirms Re- ports of Richness, Tenderfeet Seem to Have Been Most Lucky in Making Gold Strikes. A copy of the Alaska Mining Record,pub- lished in Juneau July 28, has just been re- ceived in the office of the Postmaster Gen- eral. It contains much of interest about the marvelous Klondike gold fields. Ex- tracts from its columns are as follows: “The gold excitement which has upset the city since the errival of thé late mails from the interior became doubly intensi- fied when the Al-Ki arrived last Friday neon, brirging the news that the former reports of the amazing richness of the Klondike were moré than confirmed. and the fever spread and is still spreading to quarters where it was supposed impossibie for it to reach. “The news has set the Sound cities wild and the rush to Alxska will far exceed the number anticipated hitherto by the most enthustestic. Never in the history of the world have the almost incredible stories of placer richness found so complete a aemonstration in fact as those which have come from the interior this spring, and never before have men so universally turned their serious attention to gold fields in any land, while none has ever held forth greater promise than the vast region now 80 prominently brought to th: ope ugh: @ attention of Sound Cities Are Crazy. “A hastily written note from Seattle of July 18 says: ‘The town is absolutely cra- zy; everything in the way of transporta- tion 1s spoken for weeks ahead; all busi- ness is nearly paralyzed; the only topic to be Beard is the “Klondike;” men are de- serting and resigning all kinds of positi and the town is nearly depleted of es visions. Men and women of high and low de; = ere eine a the Yukon.’ e excitement is spreading, and hi time this is before our readers theegeeny army of gold seekers will have fairly start- ed northward. In our own locality the news was not entirely unexpected, and many were ready to start for the interior the day following its receipt, having pre- pared for the trip in anticipation of the re- ports. Others hustled their business af- fairs into shape and started as soon as possible after hearing the news, while there remains scarcely a man in Juneau or its neighboiring towns or mining camps who is not tied down by circumstances but will start within the next month or in the early spring. Not only has the fever reached the ambitious young men, but the sturdy old timer, who packed his blankets to the Frazer and the Cassiar country, and who long ago supposed himself comforta- bly settled in business for life on the stake gathered there, is himself as eager for the hardships and wealth of the Yukon: while he who cannot for any reason make the start bemoans his fate and regards him- self a particularly luckless mortal. And there is nothing to wonder at in all this, when it is remembered that the great bulk of this vast amount of precious metal was dug out of its natiy reak in less than six months, and that a far greater sum re- mains upon the dumps to be washed out, while the are barel touched. Netw tanding that the local- i be fully taken up, with no chance ‘ze another claim into that district, the fact remains that there are many other rich placers awaiting only discovery and development, and this is enough to rouse the ambition and make the average man forsake his busin however ordina profitable, for the more luring attractions of the glistening nuggets. ‘ Strangers Are Lucky. “Among the names on the list of those coming out on these steamers it is some- what remarkable that so many of the fertunate ones are comparative strangers to the country, while so few of the pio- i neers of the valley seem to have acquired fortunes there, An old-timer, a veteran who has made no less than eight round trips to the Yukon, the explana- tion that the first discoveries along the Klondike were made at a season when the working miners were busy burning and drifting on their claims far from the settlements, while the ‘tenderfoot,’ toast- ing his shins before bar rocm stoves in Circle City and Forty Mile, was the first to whom the news came of the great strike, and, mustering sufficient courage to face the cold, was the first upon the ground and to make his location. Then various parties en route from the outer world, whose intentions were to travel to Circle City, reached the Klondike almost as s as the news had ri and very naturally stopped there.: Ag: the old timer who had the fortune to get in on the ground floor knows a xood thing when he sees it and is not forsaking his diegings for the fleeting pleasures of civ- ilization, nor has he “busines of sufficient importance to take him from them. Hi business is co dig and wash, and he is do- ing it. Hence the small preportion of old timers among those coming down the river this summer. The pioneer will be heard from later on. “A large proportion of those coming out are comparative strangers with little knowledge of the country or its people, and hence unable to give the gossipy items with which the old timer is invariably But there are points upon which no disagreement, and of these we eral which it will be well to re- member and heed: The provision supply is none too plenty now, even since the steam- ers reached the upper river; the supply cannot at any time this year fully equal the demand; too much provisions cannot be taken by ingoing miners; the placers are the richest on earth; the mineral wealth of the valley cannot be exhausted in a century. A Letter of Much Interest. “The following letter will serve to indi- cate the feeling existing in the neighbor- hood of the diggings, and coming from a conservative man not interested primarily in any particular claim, but following his profession of manufacturing jeweler, may be regarded as absolutely autheatic: “DAWSON CITY, June 19, 1897. “James Kite, esq. “Friend James: I arrived here June 10 safely and in good health, though the jour- ney was not a pleasant one. At the head of Lake Bennett I was left alone with my outfit, but found friends in T. C. Healey and the Moore boys, and came down the river with them. On my arrivai here I met Jas. Atkinson, who helped me along a great deal. Anything I wanted, money or build- ing lots, was at my disposal. Atkinson helped build my shop, a tent 12x20, with a frame of scantlings. It has a floor, coun- ter and work bench, and looks as well as most of the houses in the city. Well, James, this is the greatest mining camp on rec- ord. Gold is as common here as iron is in Juneau. Everybody has money here. Wages at the mines are $15 a day, and the men who own claims can weil afford to pay it, as they are taking out thousands a day. There seems to be no limit to this district, as they are striking 1ew creeks every other day for a hundred miles around. Stampeding is all the rage. Men with packs on their backs can be seen running in all directions. I am getting all the work I can do, and put in fifteen or sixteen hours at my bench every day. Prices are up. I get $25 for making a half-ounce ring. I wish you were here, as I am sure you could — No Disease and Crime Waves. The ch'ef of the weather bureau today said: “The statement published Sunday in a New York paper that the weather bu- reau expects to display signals giving warning ot ‘disease and crime waves’ is celve the consideration of lavelligent’ peo- Iv ple. The bureau has no such plan in view.” ——-2+___ Fourth-Class Postmasters. Fourth-class postmasters have been ap- pointed as follows: Maryland—Aquasco, Prince George’s county, J. H. » G. D. Mercer, resigned; Taylor's Ie! Dorches- ter county, E, L. Griffith, W. D. Travers, resigned. Virginia—Strasburg, Shenandoah county, Asbury Reéfern, Josish Stickley, Rockirgham county, H. ennings, ; ; Elkton, Tacey Mtoe Deke ty, T. W. 1S» my im count . W. Rhinehart, Bettie Harsison, resigned, : INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. AUCTION SALES. TIUSIAESS CHAN Page @ -Page 10 Tage 4 -Pace 4 -Page 4 ~Page 7 -Page 4 ! -Page 10 FINANCIAL... ... - s FOREIGN POSTAL SER POR ." ror FOR FOR FOR For RENT (Stables) KENT (Stores). FOR FOR SALE (Miscellaneous). HORSES AND VEHICLES. eC ee ee ee eee ee ST AND FOUND. MEDICAL POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PROPOSALS: RAILROADS. SEASHORE REAL ESTATB... SPECIAL NOTICES. STORAGE. SUMMER RESORTS. . SUBURBAN PROPERTY. TABLE BOARD. UNDERTAKERS . WANTED (Help). WANTED (Houses). WANTED (Miscellaneous). Capture of Dorsey Foultz Believed to Be a Certainty. The search for Dorsey Foultz, the fugitive murderer, will be resumed tonight, and the pelice are confident they will eventually capture him. “But he will not be arrested during the next few hours,” said an officer this morn- ing, ‘unless by reason of an accident.” Special Officer Brockenborough, who has been so deeply interested in the investiga- tion, and who knows Foultz very well, says he is as slippery as an eel, and the offi- cers will experience considerable trouble in apprehending him. Brockenborough is confident he saw Foultz Friday night. So C he that he pursued him. The is armed, and thinks he will shoo he is finally cornered. The detectives and policemen had a busy and exciting Sunday feliowing up what were regarded as clues to the whereabouts the murde A man named Lewis, who lives in Wynn's alley, a small high- way which runs in the bicck boun R and S and 7th and Sth sire reported to Inspector Holiinberger 3 Gay that he had seen a man who he was certain was Foultz hiding beilnd a chim- of a house on reet Fri ives Lacey, Rhodes an the neighborhood, when 1 , and a sea in Wynn's alley and on Sth ken. A rumor went the rounds that Foultz had been captured and an immense cro i. The most thorough search ot the ¢ reighborhood failed to ¢ lose any signs cf the murderer, but the crowd remained in the vicinit nd discussed in d manrer the possi ing hidden near by made at 10 o'clock t night by officers of the second and eighui precincts, but again without suc It developed afterward that the m: n by Lewis on tne roof of the Sth si house Friday night was Mounted Ser- ant John Kenney, who was at the time making a search of the attics and roofs of the Sih street houses. oe UNKNOWN DROWNED. Body of Colored Man Found in the River. Louis Dietz, who is employed as en- gireer at Johnson & Wimsatt’s lumber mill, near the foot of Sth street, found ihe body of an unknown colored man in the river this morning a few minutes after 5 o'clock. He called for sistance and the remains were recovered by the crew of the police buat. When the body reached the morgue Acting Corener Glazebrook and Superintendent Schoenber- ger made an examination for marks of violence, but failed to find any. The man wcre a pair of dark trousers, white shirt and a black tie. His appearance indicated that he was about twenty-five years old, and it was thought the body had been in the water for about two days. A report was received at the police sta- tion that the dead man’s name was be- lieved to be Bumbrey,and that he had been employed by the Independent Ice Com- pany. Inquiry made by the police falled to elicit anything that would identify the body, which will be held at the morgue a rea- sonable time. a 2 SSeS PROBABLY THE SAME. J. H. Moore, Arrested in Philadelphia, Suspected of Thefts Here. Inspector Hollinberger is endeavoring to ascertain something of the identity of the man J. H. Moore, with several aliases, who is under arrest in Philadelphia. The in- spector believes he is possibly the man who registered here at the Cochran Hotel, in March, 1896, as J. H. Willetts, and who is charged with the theft of about $600 worth of jewelry from the room occupied by Mr. Grove L. Johnson, who represented the second California district in Congress. The irspector has been communicating with the clerk of the Continental Hotel in Phi delphia, and he believes the signature H. Moore” was written by the man who signed the name J. H. Willetts here. It is expected that the Philadelphia authorities will send the man's photograph here for identificatiof&. Until this ts done nothing definite will be known. a Insurance Directors Elected. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Naticnal Metropolitan Insurance Company for the election of directors for the ensuing year was held this morning. The report of Secretary Samuel Cross show- ed a very gratifying state of affairs. The directors chosen were Edward Clark, Will- iam A. Gordon, William H. Hoeke, William F. Mattingly, Edward F. Droop, Edward H. Droop, James M. Green, Clarence F. Norment and Samuel Cross. The only change from the fe:-. er board was the election of Mr. Cross, who was chosen to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. John Bailey. —— The Late Gen. Roddy. General Philip Dale Roddy, who served with distinction in the confederate army, died July 22 in London, where he had been in business for some years past. His re- mains were brought back to this country and passed through Washington several days ago on the way to Tuscaloosa, Ala., where the interment was made. General Roddy was well known in this city and was admired by a large circle of friends. ——__. For Unprovoked Assault. Patrick Berry was today sent to jail for as to jose the sight of one of his eyes, and attack was entirely unprovoked. —_——___ FINANCIAL. “There is money on the right side of stocks.” Profit in stocks! Do you know that there is bi money made on the stock market? 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