Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1897, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR. ————— PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT “<UNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsyivania Aveaue, Cor. 11th St, by i Com; New York Ofice, 49 Petter Building, ‘The Evening Star ts served to subscribers In the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 centa per week, o- 44 certs per monta. Copies at the counter 2 cents each. By matl—sny in the United States or Canada—postage preprid—50 cents per month. Saturday Qrintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added. $3.00. (Entered at the Post Oitice at Washinston, D. C., as second-cls. 3 mail matter.) 57 All mail subscriptions must be pail In advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Part 2. Ch rg Fve Ny S tar. Pages 11-14. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, .1897-FOURTEEN PAGES. SPORTSMEN HAPPY Far-Reaching Effect of Chief Justice Alvey’s Decision. ENFORCEMENT OF THE GAME LAWS The Ducking Season and the Laws in Maryland Counties. PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS The decision handed down by Chief Jus- tice Alvey in the Court of Appeals yester- Gay, which established the validity of the game laws governing the District of Co- limbia, was hailed with delight by all the real sportsmen in Washington, because of its far-reaching effect. The probabilities are strong that an appeal will be taken to the United States Supreme Court if such @ procedure fs found to be possible by the representative of the game dealers, but the best lawyers in Washington agree that there would be no possibility of the decision being set aside by the higher trib- unal. The decision means death to pot kunting out of season, not only in the District of Columbia, but in nearby Mary- land and Virginia, and if the law is rig- idly enforced henceforth, as the District of Columbia Fish and Game Protective Asso- ciation and Game Warden Richard Sylves- ter are determined that it shall be, the time will not be far distant when quail will be as plentiful as ever in the vicinity of Washington. Everywhere of Good Effect. When the closed season begins it will be illegal, under Chief Justice Alvey’s de- cision, not only fer the market dealers to have quail in their possession, but for hotels, restaurants, eating houses, cater- ers and private citizens as well, and it is the intention of the reputable sportsmen of the District to see that all parties ob- serve the law to the letter. The decision will also have the effect of protecting the birds in territories more remote from the city. There is no city of its size in the United States which co game as the national ca) fere the demand has been supp! out regard to the law of poss claim being made that this Statutes made it invalid, becaus fered with the i 7) it inter- commerce law. n brought here season after the District, Maryland Virginia closed season began, and while many of them were doubtless breught from western states, it is a well- known fact that a very large proportion of them were killed out ef season in Mary- land and Virg’ beth at points remote from nearby ington. Land Posted and Birds Scarce. The announcement of the decision on the first day of the quail season of ‘9S was so gratifying that it made up in a very large degree for the disappointment which so many Washington sportsmen felt at betag unable to get out among the birds en account of the weather. There was quite an excdus of sportsmen with guns s into Maryland on the afternoon ay, but the downpour Monday port. Messrs. Ar- W. S. McLeod and Cluskey Cromwell went up in the neighborhood of Poolesville, and despite the storm spent a couple of hours in the stubble and thick- eis of Montgomery county in that vi ‘They killed a few birds, but the ele were too much for them, and they shelter. Their ease was reproduced many times over all the way from the District line to Harper's The party alluded to found, upon inquiry, that all the land in Montgomery above Germantown on both e Metropolitan branch was against trespass, and it w: announced that only persons very known to the owners would be allowed to t on the latter's farm. Birds which 1 been reporte: » been taken to preserv the present feathered population fer breeding purposes. Ducks Read Their Death Warrants. The duck season of 1897-98 is now prop- erly open, as it is popularly regarded as coming in when the guns begin to pop on the Susquehanna at Havre de Grace. De- spite the heavy rain a number of sports- men were out, and the high boat as reported at Havre de Grace last night was the Blooming Lily, Captain George W. Barnes, in charter to F. W. Roebling of Trenton, N. J. This boat bagged ducks. Black heads and red heads w humerous, and a few canvas were killed, one hunter re- » in a bag of sixty-one birds ve been quite a number of ducks on the Poten Shington, but it wil take much colder weather before the poting be i a lt is virtual, ooting thi because th eep from launches pretty fi i off strean ‘al engage- > been ler at Widewater for the S$ when the season gets % Maryland Counties. ple that Dr. It is prob eorge W. Massa- more, the warden of Mary- land, will get the s authorities to send cone of around isto the Potomac to see that the ducking are enforce properly. Persons an- ng Visits Into Maryland for the pur- shooung water fowi would do well to peruse the regulations and laws gove! ing the where most ducks are nty water fowl can cnly be shot en Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week, and only on Tues- and Fridays on the Magothy river. person can use a sink box without a e, under a per alty of from $50 to $100. In Cecil county it fs unlawful to shoot any wild water fowl from a sink boat, sreak boat or other boat in Elk or Bohemia rivers. The penalty is $25 to $50. Licenses s for sink boxes owned by ents. sty has rigorous water fowl ‘ersons not residing or owning land in the county are forbidden to shoot wild water fowl on any waters within the coun- ty. under a penalty of $3) for eaen offense. in Dorchester it is unlawful for any oth bora-fide residents of Parson’s shoot any wild fow boats, boats carry or othervise in the The penalty is $20. from sink boats, sneak gs a lig Lifue Choptank river. Water fowl shooting in Harford county and the waters of Chesapeake bay contigu- to is permitted on Mondays, Wed- before January 1, and tnose days and Saturdays from January the close of the season, from an hour and Friday before sunrise to half an hour after sunset. Night shooting is penalized by a fine of from $100 to $0. Licenses must be ob- tained to use sink boxes or sneak boats. Guns over eight-bore and swivel guns are prohibited. In Prince George’s county only residents ef that county and Anne Arundel county are permitted to shoot any geese, ducks or other wild fowl on marshes, except by per- mission of the majority of the owners of the property adjacent thereto, and only Kcensed boats may be used. The penalty is 310 to $50 for the first, and $25 to $100 for every subsequent offense. In St. Mary's county only residents of St. ureh creek and neck districts to t, or from blinds Mary's, Charles, Anne Arundel, Calvert and Poise George's county are permitted to shoot water fowl on the marshes ar waters of the county. The penalty is $10 to $50 for the first offense cen $25 to $100 for each a ent violation. ae are invited by bona fide residents to shoot in Somerset county, they are subject tO a fine of $40. >— LUTHERAN CONFERENCE Meeting to Be Held in the Church of Our Bedeemer. Question Relating to Church Choirs and Other Themes to Be Discuss- ed — The Program. ‘The Maryland synod of the Lutheran Church will be held one week from Monday next, in the Church of Our Redeemer, 8th street northwest, above Florida avenue, of which Rev. D. Wiseman is pastor. The exercises will begin at 9:15 a.m., with de- votional services, conducted by President I. C. Burke, at the conclusion of which the regular business of the conference will be taken up. The first question for consideration will be: “Has the ministerium the right to or- dain to the Gospel ministry without the action of the synod?” The speakers will be Rev. Drs. W. H. Dunbar and S. Domer. The next question will be discussed by Rev. Dr. G. W. Miller and Rev. J. C. Bowers, and is: “Should our licentiates be required to stand an examination on the studies of the third year before they are admitted to cerdination?”’ “Church Choirs’ will be the subject for final consideration at the morning session. Rev. Dr. A. H. Studebaker and Rev. J. iL, Frantz will discuss it, and ask, ‘Should the members of choirs be Christians? “Should they be paid?” and “How can the st results be secured?” eeepon reassembling after luncheon, Rev. Dr. J. G. Butier and Rev. E. Felton will speak to the theme, “What is Scriptural Conversion?” Revs. Charles H. Butler and v. G. Rupp, on “Burdened Church Rol * Revs. O. C. Roth and J. F. Crigler, on “The Sacred Nature of the Vow of Church Membership;” Rev. Dr. W. E. Par- son and Rev. E. Ide, “Will the Cause of Christ Receive Greater Strength From Greater Emphesis of Denominationalism? Revs. Ph. A. Heilman and J. H. Beckley, “Do Ministers Violate the Lord’s Day by Rail and Street Line Travel?” The evening meeting, whick will be the last session of the conference, will be opened at 7:30 o'clock, with devotional ser- vices by Rev. D. E. Wiseman, following which Rev. Stanley Billheimer will speak of the “Late District Sunday School Can- vass;” Rev. L. M. Zimmerman, Ph.D., will give his views on “Sunday School Litera- ture’ and Rev. Richard Schmidt will tell hew to achieve “Sunday School Success.’’ —— TELEGRAPH TO THE KLONDIKE. The Matter Now Being Considered by Canadian Government. A dispatch from Vancouver, B. C., says: Charles R. Hosmer, gen?ral manager of the Pacific Postal Telegraph Company, gays re- garding telegraph communication with Kiondike that he understoo1 the dominion gcvernment had the matter under consid- eration. No insurmountable difficulties are in the way, either in the construction or the maintenance of a telegraph line via Ash- crost and Quesnelle, which was the route adopted in 1866 for coanecting Asia and America via the Bering sea. ‘The route pa through the preseat Klondike coun- A line connecting Quesnelle, the northern- most point in British Columbia reached by telegrapk, and Dawson City, if decided upon within a few months, could be in eperation before :his time next vear. Sta- tions cin be esiablisned every four miles, they would be used in connection with ie mounted police and other departments. Mr. Hosmer left fer Victoria last night and will proceed thence to San Francisco. oe REJECT SCHEME OF REFORM. Cuban Junta Declare That Independ- ence Alone Will Be Accepted. The Cuban junta held a meeting in New York yesterday to protest against the pro- posals of reform offered py Spain to Cuba. It was unanimously decided to draw up a resolution repudiating the proposed re- forms, to be signed by every Cuban pa- triot now residing in this country and abroad. It was pointed out that no re- forms based on anything but independ- ence can be accepted by the republic of Cuba. The meeting was presided over by Tomas rada Palma, president of the Cuban junta. AMUSEME: ‘TS. “COURTED INTO COURT.”: “Courted Into Court” will be given its first Wash- ington production at the Columbia Theater next Monday night. This comedy was produced in Omaha, and later in Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago in the order named, after which it went into New York city at the Bijou Theater, where its success was so pro- nounced that it succeeded in finishing the regular theatrical season at that house, and w! it finally did close “Courted Into Court” had a run of five consecutive months to its credit, which period of time rebably constitutes the record for farcical comedy productions on Manhattan Island. The company that will present ‘“Courted Into Court’ in Washington is probably as strong artistically and numerically as any company now touring this country. The natnes of Marie Dressier and John C. Rice head the long list of entertainers who are interpreting Mr. McNally’s play. These two clever artists will have the assistance of John G. Parks, Jacques Kruger, Oscar L. Figman, Clare Palma, Agnes Milton, Maude Huth, Billy Clifford, Sally Cohen, Damon Lyon, Blanche R. Verona, John Fre Harry Ertheiler, Fanny Briscoe and he Ward. The sale of seats and boxes for the “Courted Into Court” en- gagement at the Columbia, which is now in progress, indicates that the business at that theater for the coming week will be ef the most satisfactory nature. FRANCIS WILSON.—The most success- ful comic opera singer is Francis Wilson. He is honest and conscientious in his work and the public has come to recognize the fact that every work he presents is a gen- uine mirth provoker. He believes that peo- ple want to be entertained, and he seeks the best means to make them forget while in the theater the cares and annoyances of every-day life. His “Half a King,” which he will present at the Grand Opera House next week, is a delightful absurdity, afford- ing excellent opportunity for the display of his talents as a comedian and for a good spectacular production. Mr. Wilson has Surrounded himself with a good company, and the opera is handsomely placed upon the stage. Mr. Wilson, while desiring to afford the best class of amusement for the public, is yet a good business man and has concluded ‘that he can do his own bookings without the assistance of the big theatri- caf syndicate. He therefore comes this year to the Grand Opera House, believing that his clientele, which is very in this as it is in other cities, will follow him and will greet him just as heartily as at any other playhouse. “THE GIRL FROM PARIS.”—“The Girl from Paris” will endeavor to fascinate Washingten playgoers next week at the Lafayette Square Opera House, as she did for a thousand nights at the Duke of York’s ‘Theater, London, three hundred nights at the Herald Square ‘Theater, New York city, and for fifty nights at the Chestnut Street Theater, Philadel- phia, from where che comes direct here. In addition to the charm of novelty, this hap- Py musical comedy has a story that is very consistent and humorously told. Its situ- ations and incidents are of a kind that arouse the risibles. The dialogue is of the wittiest character, and the music so catchy that it remains reminiscent with the listener. Mr. Rice’s production is enhanced by the elaborate scenic effects and beauti- ful costumes that are always a feature of his presentations, and the chorus is the most attrective he has ever had, which means a great deal, and promises a coterie of unusual beauty. Mr. Rice’s selection of bis cast was a very important factor to the success achieved, and proves that even though “The play’s the thing,” the parts must be properly interpreted. Louis Mann, Alexander Clark, Nick Long, Frank Smith- son, Benjamin Howard, Edwin Chapman,. Harold Vizard, Clara Lipman, Josephine Hall, Cheridah Simpson, Phoebe Coyne, - Anita Wilson, Millie Wilson and Ida Rock make a brilliant ensemble. There will be an augmented orchestra, under the direc- tion of Mr. Max Knauer. There will be two matinees, Wednesday and Saturday. The sale of seats is now going on at the box office. JOSEPH JEFFERSON.—The only criti- cism in the past years when Joseph Jeffer- son has played in Washington is that he presented nothing but “Rip Van Winkle. On his visit to the New National Theater rext week he will be scen in three different characters. The repertory will be as fol- lows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sat- urday evenings and Saturday matinee, “Rip Van Winkle;” Thursday and Friday even- ings, a double comedy bill, ““A Cricket On the Hearth” and “Lend Me Five Shillings. The public will have an opportunity of see- ing Mr. Jefferson in three of his best crea- tions, as Caleb Piummer in “Cricket on the Hearth,” and as Golightly in “Lend Me Five Shillings,” and in both he is delight- ful. In the character of Rip Van Winkle it is useless to comment, as the public know. The character of Caleb Plummer 1s one in which Mr. Jefferson’s artistic meth- od makes its most vivid and pleasing ex- pression. “THE CITY OF NEW YORK."—A big scente production, full of interest, pathos and comedy is “The City of New York,’ which the management of the Academy of Music announce will come to that popular piay house next week. The play is said io abound in scenes familiar to every visitor to the metropolis, and its situations and climaxes are claimed to be stirring and ex- citing te a degree. The comedy element in it is said to be strong, and the specialties that are usually introduced in plays of this kind are unique and novel. The scenic in- vestiture, which plays an important part in “The City of New York,” is fine, per- traying many places known to fame and history, notably the Grant tomb on River- side Drive. The cast contains the names of many well-known artists, and is headed by Walter Fessler and Miss Pauline rain. ‘The engagement here promises to be a suc- cessful one. The usual matinees are an- nounced. HOPKINS’ SPECIALTY COMPANY.—By far the most expensive organization of the vaudeville world is Hopkins’ Trans-Oceanic Star Specialty Company, waich will be the attraction at the Lyceum next week, under the direction of Robert Fulgora. The past records of this well-established company in this city Is a guarantee for an excellent en- tertainment. “The feature offered is the beautiful, bewitching Papinta, in her “Myriad Dances.” ‘Then there will be the first appearance of the Karne Trio, musical srotesques, direct from the leading music halls of London, and the return of Will H. Fox, the original comedian pianist, known as “Paddywhiski,” after eighteen months’ phenomenal success in London. Humo genuine, though delicate, permeates the di lightful comedy sketch, “A Bit of True Life,” presented by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sidman. The eccentric comedy duo, Mor- ton and Revelle, in their laughable absurd- ity, “Pickings From Puck;” the novelty duo, Genaro and Bailey, in negro melodies, ances and cake walking; Leona Lewis, known as the “Little Gem,” America's daintiest and most fascinating comedienne, and Henry Kessler, in the latest popular operatic gems, will also bé in the program. VAUGHN CLASS CONCERT—One of the best concerts of the year, and one that is always eagerly looked forward to and largely attended, is the annual entertain- ment of the Vaughn Class, the seventh of which will take place next Friday e vening at the Calvary Baptist Sunday School e. The Icading local talent will be nted in @ program of unusual excel. . and music lovers will no doubt turn out in large numbers. Those who will take part are as follows: Mrs. H. C. Browning, Soprano: Miss Claudia Moore, contralto, Mrs. William Boog, reader; Miss I. Sidney Nesmith, reader; “Miss Jessica Cowling violinist; Mr. James H. Moses, reader: De FAs, SWartwout, cornetist; Mr. Harry Wheaton Howard, planist; Mr. Douglass G. Miller, tenor; Mr. James Watson, basso, and the ‘Madrids—Messis. H. 7 Gallaher and Holcer. ‘olmes, Yundt, REV. DR. ENNIS’ LECTURE, — Howard Wiibur Ennis delightetna ane sized audience at the National Rifles Av mory last night with his entertaining and instructive lecture.on “The Last Days of Pempeli.” The entertainment was given under the auspices of the Maryland Divi sion, Sons of Veterans. ‘The lecture was handsomely illustrated by stereopticon views, while ihe pleasing manner in which it was delivered won and merited frequent and hearty applause. MILTON NOBLES.—A big attraction at the Bijou Family Theater next week will be Milton and Dolly Nobles, both of whom are well known here, especially Mrs. No- “bles, who is very pleasantly remembered when, as a girl, she was Dolly Woolwine. Mr. Nobles is an actor and playwright of known ability, and has many friends in, this city. Both will be heartily welcomed. | Besides these two, there will be many oth er attractions, and the program will prob- ably be better than has yet been presented under the present management. a Plaps of Miss Cisneros. Miss Evangelina Cossio y Cisneros, the beautiful young Cuban senorita who madesher escape from the Casa de Roji- das, a prison for women in Havana, will visit Philadelphia on November 13. This announcement was made yesterday after-, noon by friends of the young woman in that city who had received word from her in Chicago. Miss Cisneros will be given a reception in the Temple, Broad and Berks streets. The arrangements for the reception will be made by Rev. Russell H. Conwell of Grace Baptist Church. Mayor Warwick, Charles Emory Smith and Dr. Guiteras, the Cuban subdelegate, are among those who will speak. ——__-e+______ New Counsel for Luetgert. A St. Louis dispatch says: Ex-Gov. Chas. P. Jchnson, one of the best-known criminal lawyers in Missouri, and almost as well known outside of the state, has been re- tained to conduct the defense.of Luetgert, the Chicago sausage maker, in the coming second trial for the alleged killing of his wife. Mr. Johnson gained prominence in his connection with the defense of Dr. Duestrow, the St. Louis millionaire who was recently hanged for the murder of his wife and child. Found Dead in Bed. Rachael Smallwood, a colored woman who lived at No. 22 Grant place, was found dead in bed about 11 o'clock last night. The police of the first precinct were noti- fied, and they removed the body to the morgue. Coroner Carr made an investiga- ticn, but as death had evidently resulted from natural causes, no inquest was held. ‘The class of ‘98, Georgetown Medical Col- nolds, CON CURED | AT LAST! SUMPTION CAN B A scene in The Slocum Scientific Medical Laboratory, New Ycrk City, illustrating toMed'cal Men and Students the Value and Curative Powers of his New Discoveries—Sketched for The Star. N. B.—All afflicted readers of this paper can have three free bottles of the Doctor's New Discoveries by ad- dressing T: A. Slocum’s Laboratory, 98 Pine Street, New York. is afforded nearly the entire year, and that | THE GOOD LU if the wages were $1 an hour, as they were in the Circle City district last year, hun- dreds of new claims would be opened and developed, as mine investors now will not consider for a moment gravel that will pay less than $22 to the shovel. vance the suggestion that a net saving of $6 or $7 a day ought to satisfy the demands of any laboring man, even in country. Many of them expect a rush of 10,000 or 20,000 people to the Yukon river next year, and reckon that competition will insure wages being re- CK FAD IN JEWELS DAWSON CITY EXCITED Four-Leaved Clovers Will Adorn the Little Holiday Gifts. From the New York Herald. The latest fad in leaved clover. This talisman of good luck. een layers of glass and bound about by circlets of gcid and sliver, will be iday present this Nuggets of Gold Picked Up Almost on the They also ad- encased betw Nearly 400 Bench Claims Staked Out a good favorite in 24 Hours—Apprehemsion Over the Lack of Sugplies. chains, brooches, bonbonnieres, je and watch charms. over you may see the quadruple leaf worn as much as secret socieiy badges. At first be so keen as to duced to $10 if not At present bot! the winter is h sides are watching the situation, and workers are preparing to make resistance if the Berrys insist execution of their announcement. terested parties are reticent and det to remain firm. From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. DAWSON CITY, N. Wi T., September 14. —Another strike has keen made @nd the camp is on fire with excitement. last twenty-four. hours nearly 400 bench claims have been staked out~on a sidehill in Skookum gulch. In half a day last Fri- day a foot below the surface two men with a rocker picked $585 in geld. Two nuggets valued at $47 and $27, respectively, were found, and hundreds of others worth from $3 to $20 were taken out of the sidehill. Thousands of peopie in the last year have walked over the groung and. ng one sus- Yesterday~and today: boulders were turned oyer and there lying exposed to the light of day were nuggets scattered in the gravel. twelve Inches thick, and beneath it two men yesterday picked up over $800 in coarse Experienced miners are unable to offer a theory as to how the gold got there. It Is worn but little, and just below in the gulch some rich spetimens of float were The opinion is ‘general that rich beds of quartz, heavily impregnated with He concealed just beneath the ‘sur-~ face, and that they are concealed by a In,many places small pieces ef quartz were found lightly adher- ing to the gold, which is not worn nor pol- ished. Some one advanced an idea that it is the bottom of an old,bed of El Dorado creek, but the condition of the gold) and the lay of the Jand alongside of the moun- tain exploded the theory. indications it would seem that the claims are destined to produce far more wealth than the mines of El Dorado of Bonanza Alexander McDonald, the richest man in camp, said that the locality of the gold proved the old saying that “gold is where you find:{t.” © All slong the hillside, hundreds of feet abcve the river bottom on Boulder creek, many men are working the top layer of ground and taking out surprising quan- Many of them are thawing away a few-inches of snow and a foot or two of moss, and exposed on the surface of the ground are nuggets varying from instances are noted where claims have ylelded to“two men from $100 to $800 a day, and they had to carry the gravel several -hundred ‘feet to the water &nd work it with the rocker and cradle, as was done in primitive mining. I walked out to the diggings today, eighteen miles d_ Saw dozens of men picking sfound like so much gravel, vere standing guard to pre- ealing the nuggets. Cutting Wages. The Berry brothers of Fresno, who own one of the richest, if not the richest mines ™m the district, have notified their workmen {hat after the Ist of October they will pay only $10 a dayy~@everal other mine owners are lending th#irésilent support, and there is hardly any @pybt-but that a preconcert- ed effort will be made standard rate 33 4-3 tion, concisely given, ‘would not seem to warrant this -preposed ‘Gut at this time, for the reason-that vigorously we 1 ment, naimély,, to~bé 4 of the pay dirt<on the ready for sluicing, thers than enough workmen mand at the present rat: Many of the heaviest slently encouraging the Berrys to inaugu- rate a reduction to $1 afraid to offer their port lest the wage-wo. to operate their of them own ‘ani criminate against th the contempléted cut.{ 5 nough to season will hardly be fayorgd! ednatien of brooches and Icckets. faw the other everything into which it was possible to fit a clover leaf. The clov fully pressed. from farms over in New Jerse: most prized trinkets enc: has been carefully put in some favorite You may remember a certain volume of Tennyson, a shady nook, a summer which is gone and the which he heiped you find. Then you bring your own clover leaves to the jeweler tc have them mounted. The process cf preparing, the leaves is very simples “They musi pressed. Generally the jeweler puts a little the back f the leaf. The leaf is placed between two little disks of glass. It nas the appearance of an ar- 8s slide for micro- Tre disks are placed The display which I er leafs are care- No Supplies Receivea. gathered mostly Up to this hour not one of the seven boats due up from down the riyer with passengers and miners’ winter has arrived. from Seattle on a leaf which supplies for the Passengers sailing July 21 on the steamer Portland and from San Francisco July 28 on the steamer Excelsi reached Dawson City. fall of snow occurred prognosticating old-t: Indications “point Though the situatic: until after the 21st grave feeling hand, and those fortunate en brought in supplies from Pu; Dyea are guarding their greater care than the owners of a ton of and ready for shipment lan Francisco. There are People in this vicinity and it is imate that fully one-half have inter’s supplies. ‘eral days the Yukon river at this point has been falling, an indication of her in the mountains, and ity, which is some 200 miles north from Dawson City, 'y sandbars and shoals. ren- fon difficult even under fa- book lazt summi ior have not yet An unusually heavy yesterday, and the imers say that. the to “an early n will snot be alarming et there is a ion On. every ough to have get sound via be carefully pected its richness. white satin or silk The moss is about of apprehens ticle “mounted in a scopieal purposes. lightly together and held in place by a of gold or siiver placed tightly about the-n. You can thus sce the four-leaved cloy and know that it is protected from 1 usage. The leaf is fading for month: There fs a fur clover fad, which requires bug be imbedded with the clover le: ed by a cutting upon the inner s Pace is then filled in with red of the red of th wings of the supposed bug with the gr of the clover leaf is very pleasing tot! eye. The ladybug imprisoned betwee! I'may be used with the clover gold that is here to Sezttle and S: thus protected safe to esti not laid in their w! er development of thi heavy layer of moss. ‘ery cold weat! below Circle Ci northwest by there are man: dering navigat vorable circumstarces. No Danger of Actual Starvation. The managers of both the Alaska Com- mercial Company and the North Amer- isan Transportation and Trading Company say that there is no occasion for uneasi- ness, and that some of the fleet are sure to arrive in a few days, as it would seem hardly probable that all seven steamers weuld get aground, and even though that should occur that word would be sent io Dawson City in time to allow people to ia Dyea and to arrange essary supplies to through the winter in by that route. Miners and mine worried, as a lack of mean the certain closing down of some of the richest mines in the Klondike. only possible to wi The contra: Tei surtace a crysta The manufacturers are paying $3 and $4.0 Week to enterprising youngsters, who 5; their days hunting for the nidden four-ie: treasures. Grown people never have the same luck, they say, and now that th ply is srowing scarce and the demand &reater, the price has gone up to twenty- five cents apiece for a leaf. It is a bonanza Tor the small boys, and they are not lo: The favorite forms of this clover leaf jewelry ar> the watch charms for men and the bonbonnieres and chatelaines for wo- men. There are, however, innumerabie de- signs for vinaizreties, puff boxes and Jewer A four-Ieaved clover set handle of a gold-mounted lorgnette is one or the most effective designs. ——_+e+—____ A Ple for the Queen. From Tid-Bits, Almost from time immemorial up to 1884 it was the custom of Gloucester to express its loyalty to the throne by sending to the reigning sovereignty, a laprey pie. year the custom was allowed to drop, but it was revived in 1893, and has since con- It was felt that jubilee year re- quired some special effort, and, therefore, tke 1897 pie, which was in May dispatched to Balmcral upon a gold dish, was of a more than usually elaborate’ character. The pie weighed twenty pounds, and was adorned with truffles, skewers and aspic jell; a representation of the royal crown and cushion, with a scepter to which were at- tached streamers of royal blue, and at the base were four lions, also of gold. golden skewer heads were in the form of crowns, and there were six lions’ heads in gold round the pie. shields, one being a view of Gloucester Cathedral, and on the other, the monogra -.”” @ crown, and the dates of 183 By the survival of an ancient cus- tom the town of Yarmouth js bound to furnish the sheriffs of Norwich annually a hundred herrings baked in twenty-four pies, which are then sent to the lord of the manor of East Clareton, who conveys them to the queen. tities of gold. get to the coast vi for bringing nec: owners are greatly sufficient food would ork such claims in the as the ground is too soft for sum- mer digging. With the supply of food now on hand ere would be no likelihcod of actual starvation, but the men would be very low rations, the performance o: while others vent thieves s incapacitating them for f hard work. o-____ STEEL ENGRAVINGS. ‘They Have Lost None of Their Interest ‘for Collectors. From the New York Post. While it is probably true that steel en- graving, as well as engraving on wood, is being supplanted by the various cheaper, more rapid, and more accurate forms of Process and photo-engraving, or by the more personal and artistic etching by paint- er-etchers, it does not follow that the inter- est in engravings on the part of collectors is ‘any less keen. Indeed, it is probable that dtist in proportion as the art of engraving is neglected, their interest will increase. For this class, and for art lovers generally, an exhibition of*considerable interest has been w in progress at Wun- than 100 engraved d artists, and near- guished men, ranging from om oa Washington. and from an ickens to Petrarch and Bocens a Pyare ’s and Savage's portraits of Washing-- Lawson's Daniel Webster; a artistic full-length of Israel Tomlinson’s Maj. Lee, who, for his jealousy of was suspended; an exceedingh r’s engraving of er, who was one governor of three states, by an bo be rod artist to a revolutionary gene: @ battle near Ridgefield, bout all of the American portraits in the collection, which is much richer from both the artistic and ti ‘sonal point of view, in famous Englis! and other scattering European re is the painter-like end suave mezzotint of Poffe Pius VI, lower the existing Moen The situa- fine prawns on gold On the top was contracted agree- drifted and all umps by May 1 will not be more supply the de- ‘of $15 a day. ine owners, while There were two or wets day, are tive: and open sup- re should’ conélude ies, a8 most ims, one ane in sympathy wit The § CuatiOR this arranged, and is no’ derlich & Co.'s, re its"by distinguishe develepell clali Benedict Arnol This, the author contends, can only have been made by stock exchange speculations, based on the knowledge that the prince de- rived from his position at the head of the German government, and which he con- fided to Bleichroeder. That, with the cares of empire on his shoulders, he left his mon- etary affairs in the hands of his bankers is very possible, and equally possible is it that his banker did the™best for his clien‘ But I should require a good deal more evi- dence than is afforded in this pamphlet to believe that the prince speculated on state secrets in partnership with a Hebrew firancier, or that his fortune is now any- thing like 150,000,000 marks. soe_____ Strange Journey of a Squaw. From the Chicago Chronicle. Many articles have been written to prove that the original inhabitants of America were Aslatics, who found their way to this contitient by way of Bering strait. Under the circumstances it is somewhat singular that so many of the ethnologists who have discussed this subject have neglected Fa- -ther Huk’s story of the Chinook Indian wo- famous traveler found wandering far in the interior of Asia. It in the last century. claimed that she had traveled northward until she reached Bering strait, where she driven across in a boat during a storm. Her companions being all lost, and having no inclination to return, the squaw set different parts of the id reached by accident. When Father Huk met her she was in cen- tral Asia, and still intent on going farther. ——_—_+e2—_____ warrant the su the Berrys’ Ipans, doubt but, that it ‘The wage-worke: Trore rare than il ‘besattempted. after Wilkinson; are; quite bitter, and oa eerms: the an- hi Washington, rare impression of Faber Fhillip’s Jonathan Belch time or another and a mezzotint David Wooster, who was killed in Conn.,: include al raeter and that Just tees eter, and that th tunate enough to fall on-to# claim out of which they took a. je.of hundred thou- sand dollars they shor advocate a red claimed,~too,-that The woman French men, netables. 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