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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 18 1897. pose? His father and mother rest in the mausoleum near Oakiand, The grave of his wife is in Laurel Hill Cemetery. In the selection of th~ last resting place it is said that Mrs, Easton, Colonel Crocker's motler-in-law, and sister of D. O. Milis, will be consulted. No doubt the wishes of Mary Crocker, the eldest daughter of tne deceased, will also be consulted. She is now a voung lady, and will attain her sixteenth birthday next September. She was named Mary in honor of Colonel Fred Crocker’s mother. Cuarles Tempieton Crocker, the only son of deceased, is 13 years old. Jennie, tie ild, will be 11 years oid next was born when her voungest ¢ March, St e projectors and the chief worker in the actual construction of the Central Pacidc Railroad. The colonel or Fred Crocker, as he was commonly called, was born in | Sacramento December 26, 1854, and was | consequently in his forty-thira year, but be seemed to be several years older. He received his early education in the | public schools of Sacramento, entering the high school there. Subsequently dur- ing the years 1872 and 1873 he attended McClure's Academy in Ouakland and gained credit for diligent study. In 1875 he entered the Brookiyn, N. Y., Poly- techuic School, but did not graduate, as | his eyesight failed by reason of studv. Returning to California, he made a trip to Japan, and afterward entered the | railroad service at the age of 22, From a clerkship, 1n which capacity he bezan, ne | worked s way forward, gradually mas- tering the details of the service. He was | highly rezarded in the office at Fourth and Townsend streets, and soon gained the confidence of A. N. Towne and other leading officers of th: corpora- tion, When George C. Perkins was elected Governor in 1879 he appointed Mr. Crocker mother d:e It is na at George Crocker and Mrs. C. M. Alexander (who was formerly | Hattie Crocker) and the two brothers should wish the remains placed in the vault in Oakland. | 110 ¢ ght the mansion in | hich Colonel Crocker died was closed t0 visitors. Russeil J. Wilson, Henrv T.‘ Scott, Charles E. Greene, Henry J.| Crocker and Dr. Chismore were there, | while several messages were seni out re- | the presence of intimate ir.ends questing of the fan It transpires now that Colonel Crocker ad intended to sail for Honolulu on | nged the sailing day in consequence of the absence € r, W. H. Crocker. A family conference will be held at 9 w morning. atives and the per- 1 Crocker who have te feel that every- e to buman agency was done iife of the patient. Every at- as bestowed. The medical men, | they assert, were the most eminent and | the profession. Three lrnmedj skiil and experience assisted the | | | | | re yior bed-1 Che patient himself waged a battle Irfe and' exhibited elovs vitality considering the com- of the aisease. | ce in the sad ending of the | amily to-reflect that the | The Jast moments | sions and pain. As witness, the patient in peaceful sleep: z theafternoon prepared or the shock, yet the end suddenly than was antici- ceceased for the g definite is settled re- ral arrangements, it is| the City home of Colonel | venworth street will be emonies be conducted place by nhis Masonic brethren. | ted that Colonel Crocker some directions concerning | but upon that point noae of | his immediate friends are advised. He own to have an aversion to any- | th ublic display or ostentation, serefore, have expressed e desire concerning a private funeral. The sentiment expressed here is that Cali- ia has lost one of ber best friends; one best friends the State ever had; a t e son, who studied how promote the intecests of the common- ealth, Many he 1 and'an messages expressing grief and sympathy to the family have received t ht. Sili = HIS ACTIVE LIFE. Record of a Carser Marked by Hcnorable D stinction. Colonel C. F. Crocker was the eldest son of Charles Crocker, one of the original | part in political | and useful. | good | Pacific. | O 10 his staff with the rank of colonel. In that capacity Colonel Crocker served the National Guard wita honor to himself and credit iv tke orzanization. Co.onei Crocker was a straight-out Re- publican in politics and took an active ¥ fairs. He marched in the processo: which closed the great campaign for McKinley 1n this State, ana on tue line of marcn a spectator who did not know him guyed him tur allowine himself 10 be coerced for fear of losing a job. - He went to two National conventions of the party asa delegate from this State. He was nominated asone of the Repu- lican electors in t e last campaign, but resigned. In public affairs Colonel Crocker always took an sctive part. Asa Regent of the State University he was especially active Ha attended the sessions of tue board regularly ard worked conscien- tiously on committee duty. Moreover, he was liberal in his gifts to the institution. His fellow-regents enter- tained a high regard for his personal accomplishments and recogznized in him a regent who haa the interests of the university at heart. He was appointe | Regent by Governor Waterman in 1888. He served on the committee on Internal Administration and the Library, Museum and Lick Ob- servatory committees. The means for ob- serving the last three solar eclipses were supplied by him. Colonel Crocker was married in 1880 to Miss Jonnie M. Easton, daughter of Mrs. A. M. Easton ana niece of D. O. Mills. Mrs. Easton is Mr. Mills' sister. M Crocker died about eleven years ago, le ing her busband taree children, two girls and a boy. The children are now at Uplands. He was an active supporter of the San Francisco Art Association and School of Design. He was kind to artists and many of them remember his generos- 1y. Heseldom made a display of his deeds, preferring to extend his kinaly services in a modest and quiet sty le. Colonel Crocker was & member of the Tnion and Bohemian clubs, but bis favorite institution was the former, He took an active interest in its affairs, and recently sold to the club a fine piece of property on Van Ness avenue, He was also a member of the Univer- sity Club of this City, the Burlingame Club, the Country Club, the Chicago Club, and four New York clubs, among them the Metropolitan and Union. He was vice-president of the Southern Pacitic Company, president of the Market-street Railroad Company, president of the ccidental and Oriental Steamship Com- pany and also president of many other corporations connected with the Southern Pacific. He yave much attention to the California Academy ot Sciences, of which ins:1tution he was president. He was connected with the Stanford University as one of the trustees. Colonel Crocker was a thirty-third de- gree Mason and at the time of his death held the position of venerable grand ; NEW T '0-DAY. 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This week SAmp es 10 taste 0f— Price Frauco-American Chicken Soup Martin’s Ny York Cream Chees L:monade from Pienic Lemon Sugar. 250 Heinz Celebrated Chow Chow, fut: qt.25¢ Only Apple and Plum left in Je")’ 1896 product, pure home made, original price 15¢, we close it at....... £ Olive Oil ccs California’s Proudest Prod- Raisins Forsyth’s 6-Crown, in - 500 P.ain or Broken, for.. 106 Pure Lucca, finest ported.. im- qts. b0c J DA LA AR A faney 5-1b. box Our Pure, Candy \i57; Full line ot Lowne, % Bostor tes, Bicycles and Sundries. ry has wired us to sell the $100 7 Loveli Diamond at 865 845 e obtainabie at yelometer, brake 3 with eachi.) Wood-frame Bicyele Stands. Brockion Foo!- Brakes. Kalnmazoo Luggage ~ Cari #2.50, fit inside the truss.........50. CASH STORE, San Franeises, Cal, Ty Yy YTy ey master. He took his first degree in Cali- fornia Lodge, F. and A. M., March 28, 1888. He joined California Chapter, R. A. M., May 22 of the same year and on March 15 of the year following received the degree of Knight Templar in Califor- nia Commandery, but before this latter date—on September 14, 1888—he was re- ceived 1nto the Scotush Rits. On the January following he was advanced to the thirty-second degree. Subsequently he was advanced to the thirty-third de- gree. He was given the highest office of the California Consistory on January 14 of this year. 3 The colonel’s property, which runs in value well up into the millions, consists principally in his interests in the Southern Pacific Company, the Market-street Rail- way Company and the Crocker Company. The suminer residence at Uplands, where the colonel has been ever since the first stroke of parilysis, is also a very valuable piece of property. It consists of almost 100 acres on the summit of a hill, com- mandine a magniticent view of all the surrounding country. Although the colonel has had it but a short time he has improved it considerably and the house is considered one of the finest, if not the tinest, country seats in the county. Colonel Crocker had two brothers and one sister. The sister, Mrs. Charles B. Alexander, lives in New York, where George Crocker, a brother, resides. The other brother, W, H. Crocker, the banker, lives in San Francisco. eased had a large fortune apart from his one-fourth interest in the Crocker Estate Company. It is regarded as a conservalive cstimate to say that his fortune approximated $10,000,000 :n vaiue. One of the strongest traits in C. F. Crocker’s ciaracter was bis devotion to duty. In :the great corporation with which he was so closely connected he filled every position that he occupied. He mastered the derzils as well as the larze affairs of nis place. Pussessed of ample wealth he could have employed assist- ance to perform many of the duties as- signed to his departments, but he elected 10 do the work himself and accepted a harder task than he should bave taken. Frequentiy he was advised to seek recrea- tion in travel and let others do his work, but he steadfasily adhered to his task. Two years ago he made a tour of the world in company with D. O. Mills, ana derived strength and pleasure irom the outing. His friends constantly acvised him against so muck indoor life and tried to persuade him to take more recreation. Colonel Crocker was a friend of Califor- nia and his personal influence in the man- agement of the corporation was castin favor of measures to bring the people of the State and the corporation into har- monious relation. In this regard he shared ihe views of his father and of Le- land Stanford, still he preserved pleasant personal intercourse with C. P. Hunting- ton and other managers of the company. It is difficult to approximue the wealth of Colonel Crocker’s estate, The interest of Charles Crocker in the Southern Pacific and side enterprises must have been as large as that owned by Mark Hopkins, and the estate of the latier was appraised a1 $20,000,000 on a low appraisement. The Crocker estate has been managed with superior business judgment and has no doubt large.y increased in vaiue since the death of Churles Crocker. It is, pernaps, nearly correct to place the interest of the Crocker Estste Company in Souihern Pacific hoidings at $30,000 000. Aside from railrcad property the company has vast land Eboldings in this State and seven magniticent and valuable pieces of im- proved property in the City of San Fran- cisco. The largest tracts of land are in the San Joaquin Valiey. The tract in Merced Counly is immense and highly valuab'e. The company owns much land of a valuable character in Colusa County, and has smaller boldings in many other localities. As menuoned before Colonel Crocker was possessed of a large fortune apart from his share of the Crocker Estate Company. STREAM DI GOLD FROM KLONDYK Oontinued from First Page. there was another excursion underthe tunk. “Did you bring out much ?”’ “Only a little—just enough to go home the winter. Iam going back next spring 7’ “How much do you call ‘only alitle?’’ *“1 brought cut about $6000. I invested in alot up there. I am going home to Wisconsin for the winter.” *‘Are you going to tuke a lot of Wiscon- sin men back with you?”’ *No. Every one who goes into that country should go on his own responsi- bllity. He must go weil outfitted and prepared for hard work. I don’t wantany man to goon my say-so.”’ And tbe man who had brought out “only a litile to go home for the winter” scooted down tne gaugplank with his blankets, The Canadian mountel police appear to have fared exiremely well in the North- west Territory, which they were directed by the British North American Govern- ment to protect. . The five ¢f the twenty original guards returned on the Portland with gold amounting 10 $225,000. Mrs. Gage evidently alluded 10 Iuspecior Strickland when she spoke of .one passenger having in his possession §96,000. Tbe remaining fifteen Canadian police are engaged in mining. They went up for two years’ service and were relieved a few months ago by a .detacnment that went in over the range from Sitka. The guardsmen were handicapped in not being able to do their own work and made their money in mining speculation. They staked out claims and with the spring rush sold them for large amounts. Tobey also employed mer to work claims tbey held. The five guards who came down on the Portland will go to their headquarters in the Northwest Territory and receive their discharg s. R. W. Barto of this city received via the Portiand the following self-explana- tory letter from a former resident of Seattle: SKO0OKUM GULCH, Bonanza District. May 25, 1897. To R. W. Barto, Seattle: DEAR SIR—I have been expecting to hear from you for some time. Ihad the hardest trip of my life last winter, but I inink I will make some money. We have a c.aim ench on Skookum Gulch, a tributary of Bonanzi 1 dare say Luese are therichestdiggings in the world. You heve hesrd something about it no doub:, but not balf what it really is. I will not say much about it to you, as I1don’t want to excite you. The richest tring Iknow ofis No. 30, on the Ei Dorado Creek, & tributary of Bonuuzu. Three men shoveled in eighty-five pounds weight in gold dustin seven hours. Thaat is considered good grouna here. Living has been very plain and expensive here this winter. Flour 15 $1 80 a pound, or $54 a sack. Dried fruitis $1 25 & pound, and bacon the same. Iwill close, ioping to hear from you soon, Yours, JOE GOLDSMITH. Police Officer Payion Brown received a Klondvke ietter via the Portland to-day from W. R. Good, a well-known reputable citizen, reading in part as follows: ‘You requested me to inforw you all I couid on the country. I will tell you of it as it realiy is. We have been out and seen all the mines. Thefe are miners who have taken out $150,000 last winter in 150 feet of their claims. Itis hard to believe, but when you see coal-oll cans with more than you can lift in them, baking-powder cans and pickle jars full of gold, you will begin to believe it. Work is not plentiful now, as it is all winter diggings. The wages are $10 a day in Dawson City and $15 out at the mines. Thev say work will be plenty this next winter. Three steam- boats have been up this spring, s there are lots of provisions here now. Dawson City is growing fast, although it is all tents yet. Lots sell from $100 to $8000. If too many hands come in it will cut wages, bt it is all right now. Thereis a iot of prospecting going on this summer. Men are siriking out in every direction, The four verv rich creeksin the Klon- dyke district are El Dorado, Bonanza, Baer and Gold Bottom. On this the miners are generally agreed, though some big fortunes have already been taken from Indian Creek, which is comparatively un- prospected. Of the 160 creeks, big ana little, El Dorado is the richest. It is a veritable gold stream. The Canadian Government, THE CALL correspondent learns from a trustworthy source, has had experts in the Klondyke for five or six months, and, according to their report, El Dorado Creek alone con- tains $25.000,600. Th~ creek is located to the extent of forty-six claims, and so rich is the dirt that it is estimated that it will run $1000 to the lineal foot. These figures are practically verified by William Stanley and Wooien, his partner, They have four claims on El Dorado Creek and have only worked one, and that only to the extent of eighty feet, from which $120,000 has been taken. Charles E. Wilson, first officer of the Portland, says the miners regard one claim on El Dorado about as good as another. There is little or no difference, being simply a question of development. The combined wealth of the four creeks— El Dorado, Bonanza, Baer and Gold Bot- tom—accordin= to semi-official estimates, is $60,000,000. Three-fourths of the claims are reporied to have been located or are controlled by about 250 men. Discussing the Klondyke, Officer Wilson says: “Out of the suiike made last winter the records show that about 160 became wealthy. I should say that the Klondyke has yielded $5,000.000 easily since last Oc- tober. Over $2,000,000° has been brought out and the rest is stored in the district or is being used in the purchase and develop- ment of claims. Iam confident that tne Portland brought out this trip much more than $1,000,000. By no means was all of the treasure stored in the ship’s safes. Some of the men were willing to take chances and simply put their dust into bags and valises and wrapped them in their blankets. So yon see it was hard to keep account of treasure handled in this way. “Only nineteen claims were developed on El Derado Creek during the winter. One or two claims on this creek have sold for as high as $300,000 each. In short I think the Kiondyke is the greatest gold district that God ever openea up for the people.” Wilson says a great deal of money is being spent recklessly around Dawson City; thatitis a common thing for some miner to spend $7000 or §80'0 in the sa- loons and among dissolute women and gamblers in a single night. Michael Kelly, an old-time resident of Seattle, was a passenger down from the Klondyke, where he left his son, Phil Kelly. Their earnings since last Novem- ber, amount to about $25,000. digeings, Kelly said: *8o far as the reporis as to Bonanza ana El Dorado are concerned they have not been exaggerated, but people must take into consideration that all claims there are taken up. There are plenty of men there now to work the claims this winter. A great many claim-owners have leased ground to parties zoing up this spring, in some cases fifty feet and in others 100 feet, according to whatever they could manage, “Hunker Creek showed some good pros- pects, but had not been followed up enough to show when I left, and the same istrue of Gold Bottom and Bear creeks. Just as I was leaving reports of finds being made on Dominion Creek, which is really the left fork of Indian Creek, were current. The fiuds ran from 10 cents to $125a pan, “On Henderson Creek, two and a half miies below the mouth of Btewart River, finds were reported. Some of the boys who went in with me stopped there. They had not gone down to bedrock, but go. as high as 25 cents to a pan in the gravel. My advice to people going in would be to go next spring by Dyes, take a nice lit- tle outfit, leave about the middle of March, get used to the hardships, and if they are able to prospect for themselves they can prospect from the foot of Marsh or Mud Lake even before they get to the canyon. Finds may be made as good as any yet reported below as the country has never been prospected much."” Ex-County Clerk H. T. Hannon, writ- g from Dawson City under date of June 2, says: Mines of the Klondyke are sll right, No such placer mines have ever been discovered beiore. My men have cleaned up hundreds ot thousands of dollars during the winter, und a great many more lesser amounts, Everybody is wild with excitement. Provisions are very cca.ce and dear, I sold to-day eighteen pounds of bacon that was about to spoil for 18, Many miners have lived for the last two months on beans only. Moreover, the boat came in to-day from Circle City with provi- sions, and I suppose they wili be much cheap- ernow. We have a good eight months’ sup- ply, 50 We have no fears. M. J. Strickland, inspector of the Cana- dian police on the Klondyke and Yukon, in expatiating to a crowd in the Butler Hotel to-night on the richness of the new dis ict, said: | “Nowhere on the face of the globe, in point of richmess, has there been dis- covered anything like the Klonayke. California, Australia, none of them cecm- pare wich it. “But it should be. borne in mind,” the inspector continued, *'that we are hearing just now only of those who have suc- ceeded or are succeeding. Those who fail shouid not be lost sight of, especially when one contemplates going in. Next spring from 10000 to 15,000 pople, and possibly 20,000, wiil in my opinion go into the Yukon and Klondyke. 1fso many go it will be a maiter of impossibility to feed them. The two transportation companies are having hurd work now to supply the demand.” It would be difficult to portray the ex- cilement the Portland and Excelsior re- ports from the Klondyke has generated in Seattle, some of whose citizens had the good fortune to gather in a very respect- abie percentage of the gold yield. Men have been standing on the streets in knots of four and five eagerly discussing th- news since early morning. Others are busily engaged in making preparations to depart on the steamship Al-Ki, which sails to-morrow, or the Poriland, return- ing to St. Mochae's on Tuesday or Wednesday. The supply stores are doing a great business. Tharee-fourths of those going are being grub-staked. > The amount advanced varies from $3000 to $5000. Many clubs, composed princi- pally of clerks and men of small means, are being formed for the purpose of “out- Of the famed including the sale of one claim, | fit'ing’ some ambitious would-be Klon- dyker. : The excitement was intense around the express offices, where the gold dust was weighed and prepared for shipment. Great crowds blocked the streets before the Northiern Pacific, Great Northern and Wells-Fargo offices. A special detail of police had to be placed on guard at each. Clarence J. Brry showed Tue CALL cor- resporident in the saie of the Butler Hotel to-night a Northern Pacific Company re- ceipt for $84,000 A hali hour later M Berry deposited two bags of nuggeis i the clerk of the hotel. The money sent by the Northern Pacific Express was con- signed to Berry and Frank Phiscator at San Francisco. Phiscator is a Chicagoan and bas considerable interest in the dust. Berry states that he took out $130,000 dnring the winter. He and his brothers own five claims in the Klondyke diggings. He considers each a fortune. Three are located on the famous El Dorado, one on Indian Creek and one on Bonanza. The brothers are still at the diggings looking out for the joint interests. Only two of the claims are being worked. There is none of the boast and bragga- docio about Berry. He is a conservative man, both in statement and business transaction, and he reluctantly consented to talk, “Three new creeks have been discovered in the Klondyke district by the crowd that went in this spring,” Berry began. “They have not been prosvected much, and of course 1 cannot tell how rich they are. Imake it a rule to buy a claim on eyery new creek. As a ruls you can get one on a new creek for a small amount of money. “My opinion is that there are just as zood creeks yet to be discovered as the El Dorado. In fact, some of those now dis- covered will, I believe, prove as rich. El Dorado is a wonderful stream. There is but very little difference in the claims. There ave fully forty claims on the EI Dorado that will average $1000 to the lineal foot and upward. “There are some places where the ground will yield $3000 a lineal 1oot. On El Dorado there are single claims that one could not buy for $300,000—in fact lor half a million,” Berry Jeaves for San Francisco to-mor- row night. He is accompanied by Mrs. Berry, who has been with him at the dig- gings. S - i GULD RESERVE INCREASING. Ktondyke Discoveries Pleasing to Ireas- wru Officials. WABHINGTON. D. C., July 17.—The reports of great gzold discoveries in Alaska have encouraged treasury officials to be- lieve that the go'd reserye will Le in re- markably fine condition in a short time. Private advices to the department say that much of the gold will be sent to the New York assay office and the Philadel- phia mint, and payment made for it by the Government in ordinary certificates, which will be liquidated through the clearing-house. The demand for small notes is very large, and the owners of gold bullion are expected to accept payment in tnese. This will result in an increase of the gold reserv e. So great is the demand for sma!l notes that it was predicted to-aay that the reeasury would be oblized to begin pay- ing out gold in a few months. It was pre- dicted that the gain in the reserve would be such by that time that the treasury could meet the demand with the greatest | ease and without any fear of the reserve being deleted. Gold depcsits have been far in excess of withbdrawals lately and the reserve ix gain- ing steadily. Shipments from the Klon- dyke to Eastern cities will augment this desirable state of affairs. S A HOW 70 REACH I1HE MINES, The Several Koutes and Difficulties Con- fronting the draveler. The vailey of the Klondyke has within two days become the golden wonder of the age. No other tale of golden gravel has ever given a world the hysterics with so wondrous a showing of real gold to confound the scoffers. Two days ago a little steamboat arrived from a jumping-off place of this cold world with $1,500,000 or thereabouts in grains of virgin gold, and yesterday the second steamer 10 come from the new Ei Dorado brought over a tou of gold worth about $800,000. And miilions more have been taken out and millions remain to the*many who shall lose and the few who shall win. It is not only a wonderful field of gold, surpassing all that man has found, that has been uncovered, for the human in- terest of it all is the biggest thing to the vast majority of people, who will only read about the gold of the Yukon, and with the finding comes a new, romantic phase of human effort. The Yukon promises to rival the days of 49 in the picturesqueness and romance of human life, when it is connected with the thing that can most deeply stir the springs of the human heart. This new crusade for gold reaches to the Arctic circle. The adventurous ergonauts, who hiive won the gold that comes to the mints on two early steamboats, and the thousands of others who have gone to the new fields, have faced risks, dangers and privations that rival those of the argo- nauts of California, though the scene of trouble is wholly different. The ’49'eérs made a heroic age in Ameri- can history. Their journeys overland through deserts and past warring Indians, and by the isthmus and the Horn have provided romantic tales enough to last for generations, as did their life on the Bierra slopes. The Fraser River excite- mentand the Australian rash that early followed the discovery at Coloma were but part of the Califor fever at the time, and but reflected its characteristics. No- where in the world—in Siberia, South Africa, South America or eisewhere—bas a gola discovery givon the world some- thing wholly and genuinely new until the surpassing richness of a frigid slope of the American continent was revealed. From the early reports that are at hand the Klondyke placers appear to be the richest that nature has ever revealed. In the early '50's the California placers yielded as bigh as §$85,000,000 a year, Be ide these figures the Alaska production palesinto insignificance, but tbe California placers were sprcad over an immensely greater territary. The comparative point 1s that while the early Californian placers displayed rich bars and pockets here and there, yielding fortunes to individual cluims, there never was found in this Btate a narrow vallev as long as {ourteen miles in which the main watercourse and 118 little tributaries proved as uniformly rich as has the little valley of the Kion- dyke. e Kor five or six years the auriferous yal- leys of other tribataries of the Upper Yukon have been worked by hyndreds of adventurous miners with just fair suve- cess. the fairly rich gravel which is found in plenty yielding but littie more than, expenses and grub stakes in that expen- sive country. Most of this -placer mining in the Yukon country has heretofore.been done near the Yukon, just after it crosses NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODSs. LAGE CURTAINS AND RUGS SPECIAL SALE FOR ONE WEEK, COMMENCING TO-MORROW. The latestdesigns in Battenberg, Renaissance, Irish Point and Nottingham Cui- tains, Rugs in the newest patterns, Orientals, Wiltons, Daghestan and Smyrnas at EXCEPTIONALLY LOW PRICES. NOTE A FEW OF THE MANY SPECIALS. CURTAINS. At sl 50 PAIR—200 pairs Nottingham Ty 2 Curtains, scalloped and tap=d, . 34 vards long, all new ef- fects, good valu: at $2.25 pair. On sale at $1.50 pair. PAIR—150 pairs Nottingham Curtains, 314 vards long, in all the new high noveity ef- fects, good value for $4.50 pair. On sale at $3.00 pair. PAIR—100 pairs Irish Point Lace Curtains, full width and 3y yards long, all the very newest patterns, regular value $6.50 pair. On sale at $4.50 pair. PAIR—100 pairs Irish Point Lace Crrtains, full width and vards long, all elegant de- signs, regular value $8.50 pair. On sale at $6.350 pair. At §3.00 At §4.50 At §6.50 RUGS. EACH—1co size 27x354 Ves lour Rugs with h2avy knot- ted fringed ends, all elegant designs. On sale at $1.50 each. [At $1.50 EACH—s0 size' 26x52 Best Quality Smyrna Rugs, inall the newest desizns and col- ors. On sale at $2.75 each. (At $2.75 EACH—100 size 36x72 Ve- lour Rugs, with heavy knot ted fringed ends. all the newest. designs and colors. On sale at $2.75 each. AL§2.75 EACH—s0 size 30x60 Best Quality Smyrna Rugs, in all of the very latsst colorings and patterns. On sale at $3.75 each. At $3.75 —==-EXTRA SPECIAL.—=— soopieces ALL-SILK TAFFETA MOIRE AND FANCY TAFFETA RIBBON, 4 inches wide, in all the newest shades, at 25¢ yard, former prices soc and 65c. SEHE OUR SHOW WINDOWS. 123 TO. 129 POST STREET. the unofficially accepted boandary line between the Northwest Territory and Alaska. The little metropolis of the growing glacer-mining population has been Circle City, locatad very close to the junction of the boundary line, the Yukon River and the arctic circle. Late last summer gold was discovered in the valley of the Klonayke, a stream flowing into the Yukon from the east, a little over 100 miles up the river iato British territory, from the provisionaliv accepted boundary line. So rich were the discoveries on the Kiondyke and its littie tributaries that before last winter haa fairiy set in the 3000 or 4000 people about the stations were down the river—Forty Mile and Circle City and along Birch Creek and the Porcupine in Alaskap ter- ritorv had stampeced to the new dig- gings, and the town of Dawson, at the moutt of the Klondyk:, become the me- tropolis instead of Circle City. Stray mail carriers who got a letter and some others straggled successfully over the long and hard route to the coast at Juneau during last winter and spring, and brought to tne world the news of the new find, of which details have been thus known fer months. The party cn the Excelsior, which arrived the other day, was the first regular exodus from that far-awgy region. This fact and the fact that this first out- coming party brought $1,000,000 or so in gold dust provides a cause for the great new whoop o. the Yukon gold diggings which was born with the steamer's arrival. The Portland, which arrived at Seatile from St Michaels yesterday, brought the second considerable party and the second considerable shipment of gold, thus add- ing fuel to the iire that flames under the new gold craze. The stories that come in these steamers confirm the stories that have gone before and give glory and im- petus to them by massing results. These two parties have come over 2000 miles down the Yukon River from from Dawson to St. Michaels and thence by steamer south, while the arrivals overland across the mountain ranges to Juneau are all straggiers and attract less attention. The telegraphic di-patches indicate that the population about the sound has gone crazy, Streetcar conductors, clerks, sec- retaries and policemen are resigning their jobs to go to the wonderiul new gold fields on the next steamer, and more are sorry they can’t risk resigning. In San Francisco hundreds have leaped to the purpose of rushing to the Yukon. During the past two days there has been an enor- mous rush of iiquiry about transporta- tion at the offices of the transportation companies concerned. About 300 men have called at the office of the Alaska Commercial Company to ask about rates and 8o on, and the stream to the office of the Northwestern Trading and Transpor- tation Company has been nearly as large. These are the two companies which run steamers to St. Michaels, near the mouth of the Yukon, on the coast of Bering Sea, and run connecting river steamers up the great Yukon the 2000 miles or so to Dawson, at the mouth of the Klondyke and the heart of the new diggings. This is the easiest 5000-mile way to the Yukon gold fields, but not always the cheapest. The Alaska Commercial Uompany runs a steamer between San Francisco and St. Michaels. On the Yukon, it runs five freight and passengersteamers—the Alice, Bella, Mergaret, Yokon and Seward. The last steamer by this comvany’s route which will connect with river steamers going to Dawson, sails on the 28th inst. The fare is §150 first-class, and $125 second- clasg, to the Klondyke fromSan Franeisco, and the journey will consume about six weeks. Kach pastenger is allowed 150 pounds of baggace. The rival North American Transportation and Trading Company’s ateamer Portland will leave Seattle for St. Michaels about the 21st inst., connecting with the Yukon River steamers P. B. Weare and J. J. heaiey. Thesa two trips are the limit of the season’s possibilities by the Yukon River route, 1tis an absolute impos-ibility to ship freight to the upper Yukon by the river route, Both of these companies bave trading stores in the Yukon country, and their steamers are and will be loaded to the guards with the immense shipménts which tiese comvanies are making to their own stores, They are crowding their mers with every ton of their own feight that can be carried, and reiuse all freight shipments. If t had lots of room they might carry freight from here 5000 tons of provisions to its stores up there, and Leon Slos« doesn’t anticipate any famine on the Yukon this winter, The bulk of these 5000 tons consists of flour, bacon, beans znd ‘‘such like” sta- ples, and then there is al3o going torward to the hardy miners in an Arctic twi- light butter, condensed milk. canned fruit and vegetables, picks, shovels, dry goods, watches, tooth brushes, canned sanerkraut, and, 1 fact, evervthing that hungry and prosperous miners might pos- pany’s arctic emporium. The other com- pany 1s shioping in a similar manner 3000 tons of merchandise to be sold this winter and next year. A fifty-pound ssck of flour will bring about $5, and the bacon will sell for about 40 cents a pound. The majority go in by the other way—to Juneau, over the pass to the lakes, and by boat down the lakes and down the rivers to Dawson. It is aifine trip oi 1000 miles orso. For anindividual it is more costly, but fora party it is cheaper. A steamer takes the miner and his supplies to Dyea, at the head of an estuary of the ocean, and then there is a weary climb and haul up and over tt steeps of the pass. Some enterprising fellow has rigg-d a cable-boist at the pass. On a way further a lake is reached, at which a boat must be built by the traveler. Then he floais on and on for hundreds of miles and finally reaches the go.d and the miners and the Arctic gircle. The Alaskans are hoarse from shouting Boils and Poor Appetite. Now the Boils Are Gone and Appetite Restored. “I was troubled with boils. I bad two on my neck and several on my hands and face. My appetite also failed. I was ad- vised to iry Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and in a short time my appetite returned and I gained in strength. Ikept takin ' it until the boiis all disappeared.” CHARLES J, HETTY, box 11, Arbuckle, Cal. Hood’s Sarsaparilla All druggists, §1; six for $5. 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