Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1897, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1897-12 S. THE YUKON COUNTRY Description of the Gold Camps That Have Recently Grown Famous. POINTERS FOR EASTERN PROSPECTORS The Outfit That Should Be Taken to the Northern Wilderness. —s THE RUSH NEXT SPRING ee Now that a warning has been issued by the Secretary of the Int®rior in regard to starting for the Klondike gold fields, just at this time it is fair to presume that the immigration has been somewhat checke?. The fact that the Chilkoot pass and vi- cinity are crowded with would-be prospect- ors is sufficient to retard the progress of almost the most enthusiastic gold hunter who has been roused by the astonishing re- ports from that country of the far frozea north. While the tide of immegration has thus been checked, the interest of the public hhas been in no wise dimnshed, and all accounts whatsoever of the region where flakes of gold are popularly supposed to lie on the ground as thick as snowflakes after a storm in winter. are still read and digest- ed with the same sensations as formerly. While many have given up the idea of startirg to the Klondike at this period as foolhardy, they have determined to go next spring, and there are thousands all cver the United States who are already anaking preparations for their intended trip. In view of this fact any information on the subject is of the greatest interest. Selecting an Outfit. The question arises more than any other rh rt of an oucfit to take along, both rds quality and quantity. In mak- ing a decision to take the trip the primary ‘ations are how long it is necessary how much money is needed, and the results to be obtained. The answer to the last question in that country, as in all . depends on the man. The popular nce of how much one will eat in a is remarkably widespread. Persons year who have been eating all their lives are rot more competent to figure out the thing then a bab; the mos and those who have been eat- seem to know the least about The army ration is supposed to embody the accumulation of practical experience With good feeders, and the highest type of cletary wisdom. The army allowance for month is as follows: Four and one-na!f inds sugar, 311-4 pounds bacon or beef, ndles, 1 pint vinegar, 8 pounds beans, pounds salt, one-half pound pepper, 4 pounds coffee 6r 3 pounds tea, 11-4 pounds b i per diem, or an equivalent in fiour. in addition te this, it is suggested, can be furnished 4 cans milk, 5 pounds corn- meal, matches, mustard, cooking utensils and dishes, 1 water kettle, 1 frying pan, i tent, Yukon stove, 2 pairs good blankets, 1 bean pot, 2 plates, 1 drinking cup, 1 tea pot. 1 Knife and fork, 1 large and 1 small cooking pan. fools for boat building are suggested as follow: > jack plane, 1 whip saw, 1 hand saw, 1 rip saw, 1 draw knife, 1 ax, 1 pocket rule, 6 pounds of assorted nails, 3 of oakum, 5 pounds pitch, 50 -S rope, mosquito netting, 1 pair &-proof hip boots, snow glasses and dicines. A ritte of large caliber should be taken along, as large game is plenty. A trout line for grayling should be taken. The fish can be caught with a small black fly at the mouth of small streams, and at the foot of rapids all along below the lakes. One es tial thi to be carried is a pair of snow glasses, as attacks of snow blind- = are prevented in crossing the sum- mit. nothing proving more painful. ta = r It has driven miners insane in several = those not thus provided have ften weeks. Clothing That is Necessary. Clothing should include three suits and food weolen underclothes, a dozen pairs of warm woolen stockings, two pairs of ockings, a good mackintosh coat, of rubber boots for summer. ‘ter footwear should be preferably moccasins, and mooseskin mit- tens and cap can usually be secured in the veen delayed for days and even ovtside ceuntry itself. It is a good {dea to carr: aoa stovels and other mining utensils As high as $5 iS n paid for the same. t is claimed that the outfit proper can be bought to better advantage in Seattle than elsewhere. There the large outfitting establishments have learned from long ex- and $6 apiece has perience what is most needful, and it is said that prices compare favorably with those elsewhere. Where the Gold Lies. So much has been mentioned about Forty Mile creek that much interest attaches to the name. The creek received its name from ¢rtering the Yukon about forty miles from old Fort Reliance. Its bars have for years y-elded large returns for the labor ex- pended, Put these diggings have been abandoned for some time for the gulches that furnish coarse gold, and which have become famous all over the country. The Jength ef Forty Mile creek is about 20 miles. It has many tributaries, all of carry gold in paying quantities. It the Yukon from the west, and lying be- enters drains that part of the country tween the Yukon and Tamana rivers. The country is nearly covered to the depth of many feet. It is all of a peculiar forma- tion, there being no defined range of moun- tains, but a jumble of bald hills, the gla- cler drip of which feeds hundreds of trib- utaries below the creek. The summer trail leacs up Forty Mile creek by boats to Moose cer » a distance of twenty-seven miles; ihen by trail over bald hills to the ead of Miller creek, which is a distance of thirty-four miles’ Poker, Davis, Gla- cier and Little Gold creeks ‘all lie within @ few miles of Miller creek. A Specimen om The latter thus far has proven to have the richest diggings, estimates placing the stm taken out last season as high as $300, 00. In one claim alone the sum of $35,000 was taken out, and the place worked was only 39 by 100 feet, one single clean-up be- ing made of 1,100 ounces. The creek is not meré than six miles long, with about nfty-four claims, and many of the lower ones Bre as yet not opened up to any extent. Tere a claim consists of 500 feet of the creek, and may reach up both sides of the creek an indefinite distance. The discov- erer is allowed two claims, or 1,000 feet. The creek was prospected and given up three times before it was thought possibi to work, thus showing how difficult pros- pecting becomes there, owing to the vast quantities of glecial drip. Work is furnished for about 125 men, the general pay being $10 per day. Previsions are correspond~ ingly high, as are other things. Onions and potatoes brought $1 a pound, flour $19.50 per sack of fifty pounds, gum boots 318 a pair, butter $1.50 per pound and whisky $l a glass. These prices were brought about by the enormous cost of packing from Forty Mile post to the mines on these cree! Forty. Mile Post. Forty Mile post 1s located on the point of land formed by Ferty Mile creek and the Yukon. At Umes of high water it 1s converted into en islard. The Canadian government officers have made sufficient reserves there for custom buildings and police headquarters. At present the town ccnsists of ten saloons, a store, two black. smith shops, a restaurant, three billiard halls, tvo dance houses, an opera house, cigar factory, barber shop, two bakeries distilleries. and several breweries and ‘There is a recorder connected with the town, and the sum of % is charged for filing and staking lots. In order to hold a lot the owner must erect a building within @ certsin time; if it is to be a cabin it Must be beflt within six months after lo- cation. The buildings are all made of logs chinked with moss. The roofs are of poles, covered with a layer of moss, with a foot of dirt over all. Living is reasonable, $2 @ day being charged for board by the res- taurant. while cabins can be rented from $e to $5 for the winter season. The Coming Metropolis. Distant 170 miles from Forty Mile creek the river borders on an elevated table land,- which is just within the Yukon flats, It was there the new camp of Circle City was founded in the fall of 1894. The place is the distributing point of the vast region of Birch creek, and it is expected will become the metropolis of the Yukon, not only on account of the extensive gold bearing de- pesits existing there, but also becanse it is on American soil. The creek has been pros- pected by more than a hundred men, as also have the bars adjacent to Birch creek, and it Is claimed that the famous Forty Mile creek will ve exceeded. Two buildings for stores were soon under construction, and it is probable that 300 men passed last winter there. The town has a recorder, who charges a fee of $2.50 for recording the Iceation of lots. A building clause has to be carried out in order to hoid the lots. A portage of six miles westward from Circle City strikes Birch creek about 200 miles from its mouth, from which point the river is followed by boat to Crooked river, thence up to the mines. on Indepen- dence, Mastadon and other creeks. A short- er way Is by portage across the flats and over a range of high hills to the heads of the mining creek. The distance by trail is shown on the map by dotted lines and is about fifty miles. The Dogs and Their Peculinrities. One of the first things to attract atten- tion here, as well as throughout the entire Yukon basin, is the great number of dogs. They are closely related to the wolf, and if they are not natural-born thieves they are nothing. They usually celebrate the ar- rival of all newcomers by a general fight. They will steal anything from a pair of boots to a side of bacon; ore actually stole a@ paste pot from me while I was at work on some pictures. They manifest a great degree of cunning in their attempts at stealing. Snowshoes, dog harness and the like, as well as all kinds of uncanned meats, Rave to be cached. This is done by erect- ing a strong house upon posts, twelve or fifteen feet above the ground, for the safe- keeping of all such articles. As previously stated, these dogs are used in freighting to the mines in winter. An additional charge of 2 cents per pound is made on bacon and all uncanned meats on account of the ex- tra trouble to keep that class of goods from the dogs. The howling of wolves would be pleasant music compared with the howling of these dogs at night. Under the least provocation, in the calm of night, one will Start in, and almost simultaneously every cog within five miles will join in a general uproar. They often continue their howlings for hours. In spite of all these inconve- niences, the dog is to the inhabitants of the Yukon what the reindeer is to the Lapland- er, the horse to the inhabitants of the Plain. In winter they are hitched to a sieigh and in summer loaded with packs. New Trails to Be Tried. It is believed by many persons that there are easier ways to reach the Klondike country than by the routes with which the public by this time is familiar. Some of the ingoing prospectors have determined to try some of these. One of them is what is known as the Stickeen river trail, and it is claimed that this is one of the least difficult and shortest. To take this route Seattle is. left for Fort Wrangel, and then up the Stickeen river 180 miles to Tele- graph Landing. From there the route is overland by a good trail to Teslin lake, and thence either by canoes or by pack train to the Stuart river. The way is easy from the Stuart to the Klondike. By this route there are no passes to climb, and it is said the distance is short- ened 500 miles. It is claimed the trip can be comfortably made in thirty days, and there are not near so many hardships to be encountered by way of Dyea. Stickeen river is the only one which cuts its way through the coast range by a grade per- mitting navigation by steamers. There is one steamer on it at present. 7 eS WHIT °S BIG GAME. Deer, Elk and Buffalo for His New Preserves on October Mountain. From the New York Herald. The arrival at Lenox this week of two ear loads of big western game for the Whitney preserves, located on October mountain, on the highway between Pitts- field and Becket, and about eight miles from the former city, calls attention to the work the former Secretary of the Navy is doing toward establishing what will prob- ably be the finest game preserves in the country. Mr. Whitney's estate comprises about ten thousand acres, being the consolidation of abandoned farms which the former Sec- retary was able to secure at an average of about $1 an acre, and which he has been four years in bringing under his ownership. When Mr. Whitney got a firm hold on the land he began his improvements. One of the farm houses which came with the prop- erty was made over into a temporary dwell- ing, but this was abandoned in favor of a handsome cottage which he erected later. Some of the other houses were reconstruct- ed to meet the needs of gamekeepers, and then the work of dividing the land into sep- arate preserves was begun. One thousand acres were wired off for the thirty head of elk which Mr. Whitney had ordered from Adams Brothers, large ranch owners and animal collectors, of Wyoming, and the place was all ready for the hardy Rocky mountain elk when they arrived last fall. It was expected that there would be diffi- culty in keeping them through the winter, but no trouble was experienced. Mr. Whitney sent orders for specimens of the animals of the Yellowstone Park region, and after a great deal of time and trouble his agents were able to ship the two car- loads which arrived this week. In the lot were twenty blacktail deer, twenty elk and thirteen head of buffalo, the largest of the latter weighing 2,600 pounds, and being the finest specimen in the country. The ani- mal, which is named “McKinley,” was one of a pair of large fellows, the other being named “Harrison,” but the pair got into a fight while being loaded and ‘‘Harrison” was killed. The animals were ten days on the trip, and came through without accident, bar- ring the one at the start, but there came near being another when the beasts were being unloaded preparatory to being taken to their new home. “McKinley” objected to being taken from the car, and poked his head through the end of the box car in which he traveled, but was finally forced into the crate prepared for him, and is now with the others in the inclosure df 6,000 acres which Mr. Whitney has had wired off for their use. Mr. Whitney has also stocked his place with many imported birds, has added to the qnail already on the ground, and has supplemented the frout in the brooks by the addition of many more, so that even now the preserves are pretty well stocked, but nowhere near what they will be when his plans are completed. + eee Dogs and Dog Days. From Harper's Baz Dr. Woods believes hydrophobia to be a mimetic disease,caused by expectant dread. In Italy peasants used to fear dire conse- quences from the bite of the tarantula, and fell, when bitten, to dancing with “delirious grotesquerie.” Now, when they have ceased to think much of the tarantula, they are bitten again and again with impunity. As for Pasteur’s method of cure and its” general effects, grave doubts are expressed. And certainly it is_a curious thing to dis- covér that since it has been so widely dis- cussed hydrophobia has increared. The year after Pasteur practiced his preventive, for instance, the deaths from hydfophobia in Paris leaped at once from four to twen- ty-four. Fifteen hundred persons were re- ported cured by this scientist. In this num- ber were included, in 1893, 1,400 French- men—more persons, in other words, than have died of it In a century in the United States. Hydrophobia, a disease contracted from the rabies of animals, does, however, exist. That it is rare has been proved. But the most efficacious remedy for it when it does may be found In frequent vapor baths—seven will do the work—the perspi- ration excited carrying off the poison in the system. Those of us who er? timid, who fear to see our children play with dogs in summer, will do well to learn to distinguisi: certain symptoms of rabies. A : i apt to try and plunge all his head to his He dces not froth at the mouth. “If a dog’s mouth is covered with white that dog is not mad." A thick, to the mad again, never a dog barks, not mad. An and of crn- for those of us mind these. hints, It matters little what ‘t is that you want srwhether a situation or a it—2, “want” ad. in The Star will the person who can fill your need. SAW THE SERPENT Atlantic Life Guards Also Suffer From Surf Strabismus, DESCRIPTION OF THE MONSTER Record of the Sunday Amusement War to Date. PERTINENT PERSONAES Special Correcpondence of The Evening Star. ATLANTIC CITY, August 13, 1897. There were no new developments in the Sunday amusement war this week. Every place of amusement on the board walk was kept tightly closed last Sunday, the author- ities having threatened to raid every place found open on that day and to take into custody not only the proprietors and em- Pployes, but also every patron found on the premises. The amusement men now threaten to retaliate by bringing action against every saloon keeper who transacts business on Sunday, but they have not made any public move in the matter as yet, although it is said that some of them visited a number of saloons last Sunday and bought drinks for the purpose of se- curing evidence. Every year the cry of hard times and bad season is heard, and this year is no cxcep- tion to the rule. Several papers in different parts of the country have published heart- rending accounts of the lack of visitors to this resort, and the consequent distress of the hotel men; but as a matter of fact, these stories have absolutely no founda- tion. The hotels are all crowded with guests, and many applications for accom- modations are refused because there is no room for the applicants. The Union Trans- fer Company during the month of July handled 3,000 pieces of baggage more than it did during the same month last year. Last Saturday and Sunday the Pennsyl- vania railroad carried 28,000 passengers to this city, and the Reading railroad brought 25,000, making a total of 53,000 visitors brought into the resort in two days, one of the best records ever made. This certainly does not indicate a dull season. Life Guards Peter Parker and James Neill and Special Officer Farmer report having seen the sea serpent Tuesday mora- ing. The monster is described as being shaped like an immense cuttle fish, with tremendcus green tentacles and large eyes that gleam with phosphorescent fire in a manner to frighten the boldest. The vis- itors are now all watching for the animal, but have not yet caught sight of him. The little folks are delighted with the tri- weekly children’s carnivals that are given on the ocean pier. The youngsters are given a place in the grand march and each one is presented with a pretty souvenir. It is hard to tell which pleases them the most. Another place that is quite attractive to the children is a dog and pony show that has located on the beach. The little ani- mals display an intelligence that seems al- most human. Washington Winners at Euchre. The Hotel Traymore was a scene of a very brilliant euchre party Friday even- ing. It was under the management of Mrs. J. T. Foster, who was ably assisted by Miss Mary and Miss Sallie Lamon. The pretty prizes were won as follows: Ladies’ first, Mrs. Marion White of Washington; second, Miss Mary Lamon; third, Mrs. S. Scull; fourth, Mrs. S. Pfaelger. Gentle- men’s first, 8S. Crawford; second, T. Foster; third, Mrs. Hart; fourth, Miss Nichol- son. A feature of the evening was the handsome gowns of the ladies. Some of them especially noticed were Mrs. J. TT. Foster, who was attired in blue and white striped organdie, diamond ornaments; Miss 8. Truitt of Washington, white mull, lav- ender. ribbons; Mrs. Marion White of Washington, black silk and jet trimmings; Mrs. A. Cummings, Black silk and velvet, diamond ornaments; Mrs. 8. Scarlett, gray brocade and real lace, diamond ornaments; Miss Sallie Lamon of Baltimore, white :or- gandie, pearl ornaments; "Miss Mary La- mon of Baltimore, white organdy over pink, pink satin ribbons, diamond orna- ments; Miss E. Nicholson, blue and white silk; Mrs. S. Friend, white and blue or- gandy over blue silk; Mrs. 8. Hoffman, black silk with jeweled trimmings; Mrs. A. Nicholson, blue India silk, white lace trimmings. A successful euchre was held at Haddon Hall the same evening. The prizes were won as follows: Ladies’ first, Miss Nichol- son; second, Mrs. C. Roberts; third, Mrs. S. Woodward; fourth, Mrs. A. Gillespie; fifth, Mrs. C. Stevenson; first gentle- men’s, A. Stevenson; second, R. Collins; third, G. Bower; fourth, A. D. Kollock; fifth, Representative D. B. Henderson. Personalities of Interest. John 8S. Shriver, well known in news- puper circles, spent a few days at the Gar- den. Representative Walter Evans of Ken- tucky is pleasantly domiciled at the Chal- fonte. He is visiting his political compeer, Congressman W. W. McIntyre of Balti- mcre. Representative D. B. Henderson of Iowa has his family located at Haddon Hall for the season. He joined them Thursdiy. Miss C. F. Hickey of Washington is visit- ing Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Bennet at the Gar- den. Frederick W. Snow and family passed a few days at the Traymore this week. G. L. Rhoades, general agent of the Sea- beard Air Line, of Washington, occasion- ally slips away from the capital city to visit his family, who are stopping at Had- don Hall. Mrs. C. E. Owen and Miss A. Owen have joined the Washirgton contingent at Had- don Hall. Senator C. J. Faulkner of West Virginia is noticed among the promenaders. Cardinal Martinelli, the papal delegate, is a distinguished dignitary resting by the sea waves. He is the guest of Rev. Fath- er J. J. Fedigan, O. 8, A., pastor of St. Nicholas Church. Gen. and Mrs.’ Watmough of Washington are still lingering by the sea. The Rudolph is entertaining Col. J. Les- sem of the governor's staff of Illinois and Clayton McMichael, formerly United States marshal, District of Columbia. The following Washingtonians are so- journing at the Oriole: Miss K. C. Bab- bington, Miss Hellen Duffy, Miss Julia Cav- anaugh, Mrs. E. F. Quinlan, Mr. B. F. Mc- Cartney, Lenox Lohr, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F Beers and son, Miss Annie 8. Hurley, Mrs. Eugenie A. DeGroot, Miss Mollie A. Tiernan, Wm. C. Bentley and daughter, John Eagan, Andrew J. Schwartz, Mrs. Cc W. Powers, Mr. Charles Moss, Miss Car- Miss Marie G. Moss, Miss pal es bape oath Graay. Col. Joseph olin: and wife, Charles F. Herrmann, Wm. C. Botsch. z Among the prominent Washingtonians at the leading hotels are C. Butler, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Dorsey, Mrs..A. G. Kunkle, Mrs. J. F. Wood, Mrs. J. F. Webster, 8S, Bacon, V. Long, Mr. and Mrs. C. D) Rail- ings, Dr. J. T. Johnson, J. Queen, R. Wane, wife and daughter, L. MacReyell, T. Doly- ves, Mr. and Mrs. G. Mercer and niece. Mrs. 8. G. Rogers, C. M. Campbell, W. G. Steward, Mrs. J. Webster, Miss N. Web- ster, J. Schulz, 8. Topf, J. Shields, F. Mac- Nichol, G. W. Engel, H. H. Stromberger, Mrs. W. Preddy, Mrs. H. T. Brian, A. J. Eras, A. E. Stern, J. BE. Larar, Mr. and Mrs. M. ‘Thomas, J, D. Francis, M. Winkle, B. O. Gardner, W. L: Jennon, F. L. Lid- dows, E..Drew, Mrs. A. ys and child, R. Wyne, Mrs. J. Cook, Miss A. Cooke, J. Searge, B. Bittinger, Mr.: and Mrs. H. Foron, Miss A. Foron, Mr. and Mrs. 8. Wilson, J. Hall, Miss B. Wilson, G. Tobin, J. Montgomery, Mrs. J. Montgomery, R. Berkeley, H. Coleman, Mrs. J, D. Kennedy, R.. Beall, Mrs. C. Mi R. N. J. Gienn, Mrs. Miss M. Carroll, iiss A. Martin, T. Ellis, Mrs..~B. Carwood, R. Hendley, E. T. Gough, JD! Maize, M. Le Rey, G. Brill, Mrs, J. B. Shekels, S. Kauf- man, J. P. hmeyer, M P. Metcalf, T. D, Crowe, Miss A. ns! iss N. Wilkinson, J. T. White, Mr, Dawson, Mr. and Mrs. R: ‘Ho! Dy- renforth, A. B. Browning M. Hecht, J. Goldsmith, Mr. and Mrs. ¥. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. J. Maidel, Mrs. C. E. Owen, Miss A. Owen, W. Gannor, Mr. and Mrs. H. Krea- mer, Mr. and Mrs. S. igyce ana daugh- ter, Mrs. E. Johnston, Miss E. Johnston, Mr. 8. Loughran and fara: Reinhardt, Mr. and Mrs. C. Kaufman, Misg Gertrude Coogan, Mrs. E. Johnson, ,Migs Alice John- scn, T. W. Bowles, Miss M. Warne, the- Misses Hefferman, Mr. and Mrs. M. Cohen, Miss N. M. Cohen, Mrs. C. Wales, Miss Florence Wales, C. Wallsy Mr. and Mrs. W. Lyman, S. Knox, G. W. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. A. Safford, Miss E. Hoyt, Mrs. A. Crisfield, Miss S. Crisfield, M. D. Murray, Mr. and Mrs. C. Stone, W. Waudby, Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith, Mrs. C. Kaeppler, Miss A. Kaep- SAM REID'S CAREER Passage of One of the Most Pictur- esque American Characters. LAWYER, SOLDIER AND JOURNALIST Of Distinguished Family, and a Man Gneiak his customers of Superior Qualities. é . Customer: “Do you sel! must cost that much Jeweler: ‘It does.”” pler, Mrs. C. Nutze, Mr. and Mrs. H. Browning, G. Hackett and family, Mr.and}HIS BODY CREMATED Sau c See ee irs. A. Safford. : —_.—. Do you catch the idea? Our confidence in The body of the late Col. Samuel Chester Reid was placed.in the retort at Lee's crematory at 3 o'clock this afternoon, and before the sun sets today all that will re- main of a man who for over half a cen- tury was one of the most striking char- acters in the Union will be few ounces of impalpable dust. No services of a re- ligious character were held. The ashes will be taken to Greenwood cemetery and buried by the side of the dead man’s dis- tinguished father. There were present the widow, who was Miss Josie Rowan of Kentucky, a granddaughter of the famous Senator John Rowan of that state, and a daughter of Gen. Rowan, who at the time of her marriage to Col. Reid in 1866 was United States minister to Italy; the five children of the deceased, Mrs, K. K. Ken- nedy of Philadelphia, Mrs. F. H, Parkhurst of Bangor, Me., Mr. S. Chester Reid of New York, Mr. J. Rowan Reid of Phila- delphia, Mr. W. S. Reid, and Madame Di Cesnola of Bangor, Me., a sister of the dead man. There was no man in Washington better UPPER MARLBORO’ FAIR The Fifth Annual Event of Southern Mary- 4 tract to KEEP’EMIN land Association, give. Program Calls for Several Races To- morrow—Poultry Exhibit Will Be a Leading Attraction, Special-Dispatch to The Eventug Star. UPPER MARLBORO’, Md., August 16.— The fifth annual event of the Agricultural Fair Association of Southern Maryland will take place here Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week. Special excursion rates on the railroads will be siven ard exhibits of every description will be charged the regular tariff rate go- ing, and will be returned free of charge. The premiums are so allotted and propor- One Way. 7 Here is a little extract from real life. The dialogue took place between a certain jeweler, well known in business, and these watches at $5.00 each? “Then how do you make any money? trimming of the clothes we make is backed by our con- COST. You'll find this contract upon each receipt we Mertz and Mertz, “New Era” Tailors, It to make them.” the goodness of the making and REPAIR ONE YEAR FREE OF known than Col. Samuel Chester Reid. For nearly half a century he had made Washington his most favored abiding place, and for the larger portion of that tim had been on terms of intimacy with al- most every man of note who came to the national capital. His history is full of romance, adventure and interest. His wit was of a superior character, and his per- severance and determination were un- equaled. A Sketch of His Career. Col. Reid was born in New York in Oc- tober, 1818, and when he was sixteen years old shipped as a sailor before the mast on @ merchantman and made a voyage nearly around the world. With his quick dis- cernment and his peculiar readiness to adapt himself to any surroundings with which he might be environed he became an expert in maritime affairs. He tired of the sea, however, and in 1838 joined the survey of the Ohio river instituted by the United States. This satisfied his inclina- tion for roving both on sea and land, and in 1839 he settled in Natchez, Miss., where he studied law under Gen. John A. Quit- man, He was admitted to the bar of Mississippi in 1841, to the bar of Louis- jana in 1844 and to the United States Su- preme Court in 1846. While at Natchez he was appointed a United States deputy marshal. H2 had a brilliant carcer in the Mexican war, where he fought as a mem- ber of the Texas Rangers under the com- mand of Capt. Ben McCullough, and was mentioned for distinguished gallantry and meritorious services at the battle of Mon- terey. After the Mexican war he attained still greater prominence in the south, and was one of the most ardent advocates of a direct railroad line to the Pacific ocean at the convention which was held at Mem- phis in 1851. He declined in 1857 the tender made him by President Buchanan of becoming United States minister to Italy. Meantime Colonel Reid had done a large amount of work as @ newspap?r correspondent and made an enviable name for himself in that direction. He reported the proceedings of the Loui: jana secession convention in 1861, and im- mediately after the war began in earnest went to the field as a war correspondent for a number of southern newspapers, achieving a fine reputation. At the close of the .war Colonel Reid rerewed the practice of law, but at the same time took an in- tense.interest in the development of the resources of the south and the trade and commerce of that section. The Armstrong Case. Colonel Reid was a son of Captain Reid, who :ommanded the famous privateer: man, the brig General Armstrong, that was burned on the morning of September » 1814, by British vessels in the harbor of Fayal in the Azores, which were at that time Portuguese possessions and neutral ground. The history of this event is thrill- ing. When Captain Reid, after having fought the enemy all through the preced- ing night, came to the conclusion that his ship could not be saved he determined to scuttle her, and it is said that he ordered the famous gun “Long Tom" pointed downward through the ship’s deck and fired. When the boat was sinking the ship company departed for the shore in small boats, and the British seeing the Armstrong was abandoned sent off a board- ing party and set fire to her. The destruc- tion of the Armstrong served to inspire a diplomatic correspondence between the governments of the United States and Por- tugal for over forty years. The Portuguese government acknowledgea its liability to this country and made a demand upon Great Britain for satisfac- tion of the violation of the neutrality ot its territory and the destruction of the General Armstrong. The British govern- ment made _an apology and indemnified residents of Fayal for the loss sustained by the firing of the British war vesels, but refused to pay for the General Armstrong on the grounds that the privateer had first pred into the British boats without provo- cation. tioned as to guarantee the expenses of the majority of worthy exhibitors, and well reward those who excel. The directors have spared no pains in their efforts to make the fair a great suc- cess, and, from present prospects, have every reason to believe that it will be the nN ost, successful one ever held. Already the entries in every department are more nu- merous than at this stage heretofore. A large number of horses, both trotting and running, have been entered, and are in the stables. Last year the exhibits of poultry were so large that the small poultry house was en- tirely insufficient to accommodate them. This year a $700 poultry house has been erected and ample room for the display wiil be furnished. The track was never in bet- ter condition, the rains of the past month having been very beneficial. z The Racing Tomorrow. The entries for tomorrow's races are in the 2.22 class, pace—Princess Eulalie, Big B., William C., Nira Noble, Partiality, Aimist, Etta Moore, Chunes Bug. For the trot, 230 elass—Amicus, Nella 8., Cyclops, jr., or Night, Claymore, jr., Daisy Tucena, Hozel and Miss Bird. Half-mile heats—Spantard, Venetian Il, Sorrosa, Kinnie Thatcher, Planter, Belle of the Grove, or Maid of Sc¥eeh, Mabel, Al- Phonse, Dr. Ash, Geo. R. ‘Rymster, Dora Lamar, Panway. ee Steeplechase—Oakland, Sport, Harry Har- Wood, Consolation, Dare Devfi, Lotion and McFonso. Z Yesterday was the scene of unusual ac- tivity in the preparations for the fair. All day teams were engaged! ty hauling from the freight depot here and Washington city the possessions of hexramen, exhibit- ors, fakirs and the fair peqple. Many of the farmers had their farm.teams char- tered several days ago in’ articipation of the rush of yesterday and”to@ay, and they have been kept busy. 019) Sunday was not recogniged as the day of rest, for all of the paraphernalia incidental to the fair, which arrived Saturday even- ing end yesterday morning, was put in its Proper place. Tents were erected, tem- porary cheds put up, tables and rough benches were being made, ard the saw and hatchet scunds were heard on every hand. Visitors were numerous on the grounds yesterday witnessing the work of construc- tion. Besides the farmers, who had brouzht their families, there were many from the town here, and not.a few from Washing- ton. Mest of those from the latter point came on wheels. One among the first on the grounds this morning was Mr. George P. Zoorhorst of Washington. He is a di- peer and has taken great interest in the ‘air. Questionable Games Prohibite What is known as “skin” games are not allowed on the grounds, and if a person has made contract with the association for a legitimate enterprise, and showed attempt to run in something to take in the unwary, he will be immediately ejected from the in- closure. If such person did not serve a term in the house of correction, or the Marlboro’ jail, he would be lucky. With the beginning of the first fair the police were instructed to look out for all of these tricksters. Several were discovered and were promptly put off the grounds, where the county officers notified them to leave at once or they would be arrested and dealt with in a summary manner. This had the desired effect, and the birds of that feather do not attempt any of their easy games on the association. As has been predicted in The Star, the poultry exhibit, outside of the races, is hke- ly to be the chief attraction. ‘The first arrival yesterday in this line of exhibits was a car load of fancy chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons and swans from Mr. L. Bank Holt, proprietor of the Almanance farm, Graham, N. C. There are several more car Icads expected from other states, be- sides those that will arrive late this even- ing from Washington and this county. Entries Satisfaetory. ‘The entries in the housckold departments, machine departments and of field and gar- den products, horses, cattle, sheep and hogs are very satisfactory, There will be some fine horses on exhibition, especially driving horses. The premiums in these exhibits will be awarded on ‘the first and second days of the fair. The judges, all of whom are supposed to be experts, and are paid as such, get their books from the secretary the first day of the fair. Nearly all of the race stabies are filled and after the arrivaltoday of nearby horses, which have been in training on tracks at home, the showing wiil be fine. The fait police now parade the grounds night and day to protect the property of every cne on the grounds, as well as to guard against all possibility of a fire. There are many strangers in town who are rendezvousing at the hotels and private boarding houses, and the ‘business places look like the advance age! ff prosperity had in reality struck ther. jome of the buildings are already decétatéd with flags, and most of them will Sé'by tomorrow. The town is prepared for the crowd, but the motto will be: “The fj comes, the best served.” nob Messrs. Arthur S. Mattingly, Joseph E. Learaing and Claude J. Allen, representing the Capital Bicycle Club, have reached Savannah after making their wh trip of 732 miles from this city to Atlanta by way of Chattanooga. In a chatty and interesting letter to a friend in this city, written in Savannah August 14, Mr. Mat- tingiy writes as follows: “We came through from Washington to Atlanta, 732 miles, without any trouble except a few punctures. The roads as a whole in dry weather would be very good, but we did not always have ii dry, and consequently had some trouble getting through Tennessee, where the roads are y of the proper con- sistency for bric! We passed through the celebrated melon district of the south, and the amount of the fruit consumed by the party would be hurd to compute. Every time ong of us acquired a thirst of any im- portance a hait would be called at the first cross-roads store or convenient patch and asuiticient quanfity of watermelon imbibed to last to the next place. “Our road followed the mountains all the way, and consequently we did not suffer at all from the hect; if anything, it was a little cold on some of the nights. The cot- ton fields are now in fuil bloom, and as none of us are experts gn cotton in its natural state, we were at first somewhat at a loss to properly place the same, and of course had some diffidence about ques- tioning the natives as to what it might be. “Georgia is now having quite a boom in the immigration lire, parties coming in from the west in large numbers and _set- tling in various paris of the state. They say the climate here is way ahead of any- thing they have home, not being subject to the gentle breezes from the north or any of those minor attentions which take up a man’s property, beg and baggage, and set it down in the next county. “We just managed to get out of Rome in time to escape a free vaccination. They are having a little smallvox near there at present, and every cne has to submit to the s of his cuticle with trimmings. “The finest roads we found were those built by Uncle Sam arovnd Chattanooga, leading to all the old battlefields within the shadow of Lookout mountain, from whose summit they say seven states can be seen, but it was not a good day for sevens when I was there. There is one road of about forty miles around the National Park which forms a kind of a loop, and it is as smooth as a billiaré table. The boys make single and double centuries on it without trouble. We took the railroad from Atlanta to this place and will go from here to New York by boat, and from there will wheel home.” ee The Rustic Comfort Club. The Rustic Comfort Club was organized Saturday iast by Washingtonians at the picturesque home of Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, near Bethesda, Md. The charter members were Mrs. Wilson, her son Robert and housemaid, Miss Evaline; Col. L. D. Bumpus, his wife and daughter Edna; Dr. J. L. McCreery, wife and, daughter; Mrs. B. F. Graham, daughter and son; Frank McMaster, wife and son; D. M. Price and wife, Mrs. W. J. Parker, Sam’l H. Jacob- son and wife, Misses Bessie Heider and Rider Green, and J. Fraise Richards. = The temporary organization, with Dr. J. L. McCreery as chairman, and J. Fraise Richard, proceeded at once to elect per- manent officers, with this result: Presi- dent, Col. L. D. Bumpus; vice president, Frank McMaster; secretary, Miss Josie Graham; treasurer, Mrs. D. M. Price; ex- ecutive committee, Mrs. J. L. McCreery, Mrs. L. D. Bumpus and Mrs. B. F. Graham. ‘Two outdoor hearty meals were eaten on Mrs. Wilson’s shady premises. The les- sons from works on hygiene were tem- porarily forgotten, and all went on as a “middle-of-the-road” procession. Future meetings are subject to the call of the president, to whom applications for mem- bership must be made. The ride from Chevy Chase Circle to Mrs. Wilson’s on a hay rigging, covered with stra’ the abundant meals eaten, and the jolly, patriotic songs sung by the com- pany, made the day memorable, and stimu- lated the desire for its repetition at no dis- tant day. All declared it to be a “howling success.” A Famous Claim. The history of the Armstrong claim would fill volumes. The case was submitted to arbitration under the admimstration of Fillmore and Louis Napoleon, then prest- dent of the French republic, was chosen as arbitrator. In 1853, when Napoleon had beccme em- Peror of the French, he decided the case in favor of Portugal and England. Congress was appealed to in 1854, and ananimous re- ports were made in favor of the claim, but it failed to pass by the lack of a quorum in the House. In 1858 it was again submit- ted to Congress, after having been heard in the Court of Claims, but failed for want of action. For twenty years nothing was done with the case, but Col. Reid was persistent in his belief in the justice of the claim, in spite of the adverse treat- ment it had received, and during the For- ty-fifth ,Congress he renewed it. In the Ferty-sixth Congress unanimous reports were made in its favor, and the bill pass- ed the Senate, but failed to get through the House. At the first session of the Forty-seventh Congress in 1842 unanimous reports were again made, and finally the bill passed, appropriating the sum of $70,- 739 for the actual loss of the brig and the personal effects of the officers and crew, without interest for sixty-eight years, the period for which the claim had ‘been pending. Recovery of Long Tom. —_—>——_ ‘Transfers of Real Estate. 7th street southwest between G and H streets—Henrietta Beach to Thos. M. Lani- gan, part lots 13 and 14, square 468, $700. Columbia Heights—Lester A. Barr et ux. to George Redway, lot 56, block 34, $13,000. New York avenue northwest between Ist and North Capitol streets—Margaret Rob- erts 4o Robert McDonald, lot 41, square 618, $4,300. 3d and G streets northwest (The ‘Tavi- stock flats)\—Jno. H. Walter to Reeves T. Strickland, parts original lots 1 and 2, square 520, $10. I street northeast between 12th and 13th streets—Louis D. Wine et al, trustees, to T. Conrad Dodge, lot 138, square 100%, $1,500. T. Conrad conveys same property to Bernard W: $10. 1 A Slender Threna tf Hercary. From the Boston Trapscript. 5 5x ‘While almost any one kaiows about the principles on which an ordfnaty thermome- . nabD D street southeast between 2d and 3d ter operates, there are a Hy of things ws = streets—Geo. F. Harbin et al. to directors about this apparently liftlq: instrument | The gun “Long Tom,?’ which was a part | of Providence Hi |, Part original lot of the equipment of the General Arm- ja#'in the ttbe. Most people, when asked how jong this fon $100, Company, lot 100, square Rfteon teat y ane 4 bine Bo h ‘street northeast between’G and H while ss a of is m column of mercury wou! in an ‘ex- Redway ct ux. to Lester A. Barr, part lots 10 and 11, square 982, $10. ted, height. reason of this is that the col- fair Chicago, ‘Wish a 1¢ Was His Luck. umn of mercury, while it appears. quite sword commander of the Pick rechieabemeet ares really of almost size. |General Armstrong, and upon the conclu- If the tube of a thermometer 1s broken one | sion eee Speen, was brought to the court of sessicns in Scotland the is at first at a loss to seé where the mer- rashington placed in its po- who do not attend or give a proper cury goes in, but a close Ta 1887 Col. Rota for their absence are, by law, liable Gacoes 2 oe tine. mun United Biates-_ this This law, however, is never en- and this ts one end of te ei, forces...vok Jt bp common. en the. fist aay mercury \ ) manuscript of . session absentee to. toward the ae urr, the the large, and 1850 by the tube, fles it and j Soe i of the “Want” si bring: NOTHING Dorsey Fouliz su out Success, If Dorsey Foultz, the fugitive murderer, is really the man who has been pursued a number of times by the police since the day of the killing, he is what Special Policeman Brockenborough describes hi to be, “as slippery as an eel.” Saturéay night a man, supposed to have been Foultz, gave the police of the sixth precin well as a number of citizens, a live! It was about 10 o'clock when t fugitive appeared at the house of Dixon, on Washington street, and asked for food. Mrs. Dixon became alarmed soon had the police and citize in the case. Several houscs the vicinity of Washingt sixth police station were searche: sey was found. Detective Lacy, who was at hi quarters, was sent for and he also participated in the search. During the past week Inspector Hollin- berger has received a number of alieged clues to the whereabouts of the murderer, and exch one was investigated, but wi.hout success. Mr. Robert Barr called at headquarters this morning and exhibited a note he bad found on the street, near 10th and M on his way to office. The note T CLUES, “Poplar Alley, Georgetown. “Foultze, the murderer, is in this localit came to an old lady’s house day before ye: terday, August 10, and demanded food; and had two revolvers.” The note ar It is thought by the police that it was written by some person who tok this method of amusing himself. No impor- tance was therefore attached to it. «+ —<—>—__ YOUTHFLL OFFENDERS, Boys of Tender Years Arraigned for Stealing Onts, Albert Oppenst Walter Gebicke and Ward Bryan, cach about eleven age, were today before Judge Kimbail on a charge, preferred by Special Off Browning, of stealing a quantity of oats from the Baltimore and Ohio Ry Company. Each admitted his guiit, also stated that larcenies by them of the same character have been several times repeated. Judge Kimball fined Oppenstein and Py an $ each and informed them that if either was ever befure the court again he would reform send him to mother of Oppe an were in court their promfSe to yr » amount the next twenty-four hours. Gebic who was released by the court to app the school. The f Bry- took wit ar betore him tomcrrow morning, is a son of the member of the Marine Band who cam- mitted suicide near year ago. Glen rho about a a WASHINGTON GROVE CONVENTION, Approaching Mecting of the Chris and Missionary liance. The first summer convention of the Chris- tian and Missionary Alliance for Washing- ton and District of Columbia will be held August 22, 23, 24 and 25 at Washington Grove, op the Metropolitan branch of the B. and O. road. Beginning Sunday morn- ing, August 22, there will be three meetings daily, at 10:30 am., 3 and 8 p.m. The speakers and their subjects will be as fol- lows: Rev. Dean A. C. Peck, founder of the Haymarket Mission, Denver, Col., and field orgunizer of the C. and M. Alliance, “The Higher Christian Life, the Holy Spirit, the Church and Missions;” Rev. A. C. Gaebe- lcin, superintendent of Hope of Israel Mis- sion, New York city, “Israel, Prophecy and the Lord’s Return;” Rev. A. E. Funk, su- perintendent of the Missionary Training Institute, New York city, “Bible Readings and Addresses.” Mr. A. Forder, for six years missionary tn Arabia, will tell of his “Work Among the Arabs,” and on Monday evening, August 23, will give a stereopticon lecture on “Life in Arabia,” illustrated by a large number of interesting views. Other D. C.; Rev. W. L. Bruen and Re Nugent, Richmond, Va. ——_o——as Stopping and Starting Electric Cars. It takes just as much electric power to start a car as it would animal power, and it requires less current to keep the car mov- ing than to start it, so that a great number of starts and stops means a large con- sumption of energy. In the American Electrician there appears an article in which the actual figures for these two cases are given. It is shown that the cost of one stop on each trip of a car during @ year on a fifteen-car line may amount to $70, or to $467 for a one hundred-car road; so that if these figures are multiplied by two stops at each crossing on a road op- erating long lines the large cost is evident. Careful handling of the controller will save over $1,000 a year on a fifteen-car road, and $7,000 per year on a one hundred- car road. The difference between a careful motorman, who has been well instructed, and a 3 to 8 per cent of the total energy con- sumed. It is perfectly safe, according to this authority, to say that 10 per cent of the energy can be saved by more careful