The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 29, 1897, Page 2

[ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1897. sands of individual claims as to collect the royalty upon the exact yieid. Another obsta to its collection is the fact that the mines all lie within a comparatively short distance of the boundary. There is nothing to prevent miners from carrying the bulk of their gold dust on the quiet down the river to the boundary line. In addition to the royalty every alter- nate clam in all placer groged that may be discovered 1s to be reserved as the proverty of the Government. These Government reserves are to be sold or workea by the Government for the benefit of the public revenue. Thisis considered a startling departure from all precedents in placer mining. i ‘Pwo customs oflice be dispatched | to near Lake Tagish, where all goods sent | in by the Dyea rou an be intercepted. | Att poinialso u strong mounted police | post will be erected and the strength of | the wili be aucmented by an a a hment of eizhty men. | Small police posts will bz established | riles apart up to Fort Selkirk. | about fiity ! se will serve as W a stations for dog trains | 0 for the relief of the journey over- such travellers a land during the winte The ment ha the fea s determined to test ug Dawson City Should it be Dyea by impractica found a species of land cable may be en ed to convey a wire | on the surface. * meantime a sur- vey for a route o ana from Dyea will be pushed with e on, and upon the surveyor's report wiil depend the carry- | ing out of the proposal to construct a | wagon road througzh the country, or at Jeast to the b uninterrupted navi- gation on t Diplomatic communication will be en- tered i the United States fora s vivendi, so as to give the Canadian | ment a right of way through the ed territory. PEER “'The Call’s’ Iilondyke expe- diti may be relied upon to give to the world the first and best counts of the siate of affairs im 1 *land of the golden fleece.”’ o = THE SEATTLE RUSH. One Thousand and Odd Have Gone North and Hundreds Are B-ooked for Passagze. 'LE, Wasu., Jul —Since the 1 arrived with the first real tan- | e news of the rich discoveries in the ondyke steamers have left Seattle for the new goldfieids with passengers as fol- lows: The Al-Ki left 100 ¢ K Ju om 8 19 for Dyea carrying tle bouna for the | nd The Portla: sengers from Mi- chaels, at th of these 14 w women, The Queen leit for Dyea July 23 with Sea ngers, inciuding one ico left July 25 with 228 Scattle for Dyea and Skaguay, of were women to-day with 40 passen- | gers bound for the goldfields, of whom were women. The Topeka goes no | farther than Juneau, which is the reason for hey light Ii In addition to this 196 passengers, in- cluding three women, have gone from Se- | attle 10 take passage on the stcamer Isl- | ander, which lelt Victoria to-day for Dyea. | This makes a total of 1020 persons, in- cluding t -six women, who have left Seattle for the various routes to the Klon- o since the first news of the strikes was this city one week ago last | bhom The Topeka I ur four ed in Saturday. Of these without exception all | save the passenge's by the steamer Port- | 1a wried with them good and full out- ts, There was scarcely one provided less than one year’s supply of pro- | mer except the Port- | ach ger 1200 pounds | anld few came within that | lim The Portland, bound for St. Michaels, | refused to allow the eighty-seven passen- | gers who booked at this place to take mors than 150 pounds of baggege each and vig- | orously excluded from the list of baggage everything in the nature of provisions and | hardware. At the same time the North American Trading and Transportation Company contracted with each passenger to farnish him all pecessary supplies from any omne of their trading ports at Seattle ces, with freight added. On the steamers yet to leave the book- ings so far are asjollows: Rosaiie, July 31, 150 passeng agust 2 15 Willarcerte, Aue 4, 700; Clevel August 5, 150; Eliza Anderson, August 6, 100. Of these, all except the E | the Cleveland and | za Anderson go to Dyea. The two | latter are bound for St. Michaels, where | they will connect with river steamers. On ! the Cleveland, like the Portland, no| freight will be carried for passengers. On | the other steamers all who have booked | have alsé engaged space tor full outfits. So far it is not known that one singl- | man has taken passage for Dyea on any of the steamers who is unprovided with a fair outfit of provisions. This is a mat- ter of geveral comment among the ol residents of the coast, who hLave seen mining rushes since 1849, and have wit- nessed men starting on such a rush with a pocketiul of crackers and cheese, but otherwise unprovided. Those who bave gone from Seattle to » Inan are men who have been holding good positions and who have saved some little money which they are now proceeding to risk on a gamble for a stake. The round trip to Dyea can be made in from twelve to fourteen days. The Al-Ki, | theslowest vessel of these named, also left July 19 and leaves again Auzust 2. From that date on, with the present number of steamers on the route, there wiil be one to leave Seattle every PORT TOWNSEND’S OUTPUT Twenty-Elght Gold-Seekers Have Gone and Ten More Will Take the Willamette. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasa., July 28 — The exodus'from Port Townsend for the gold fields of the Klondyke up to date | totals twenty-eight persons, each of whom carries a complete outfit for a two years’ stay. The people thus far gone, with one or two exceptions, represent local syndi- cates, who have munificently provided provisions, clothing and even money to vrospectors, Thus far no women have left here and the indications are that none will go, The steamship Willymette, sailing on the 24 prox., wiil take ten Townsendites, thoroughly outfitted and with eight horses, with which they hope to avoid the present delay a: Dyea resuliant upon the biockade which the heroic efforis of the packing companies and the Indian pack- ers are nnable to remove. The Willameite crowd from here e its prececcssors on the northern trip, goes well outfitted in every respect and is headed by Captain Andrew Wasson, ex- Collector of Customs here, and formeriy Sheriff of Monterey County, California, who is leaving a lucrative position “as cashier of the Commercial Bank to seek | Winchester repeating riffes. | the gr=at Northwest fortune in the nerth. The Alaska Commercial Company’s Steam Yesterday Bound for Klondyke. ARM T0 G0 N SEARCH LTH Remarkable Expedition to Start From Port Townsend. |ITS DESTINATION TO BE COPPER RIVER. Search Will Be Made for a Golconda Famed in Old Traditions. EXPECTS TO BE RESISTED BY INDIAN TRIBES. One Hundred Winchester Rifles Included. in the Party's Outfit. PORT TOWNSEND, Wasw,, July 28— Plans which give promise of bringing about the most sensational denoument of any recorded since the recent marvelous Klondyke strikes have been under way in this city for some days, although so quietly carried on that until to-day only those who have agreed to take part in the perilous undertaking have been apprised of it. The facts leaked out through an order placed by a prominent citizen for | the immediate shipment to this city 0f100 Tae CALL correspondent learned the following par- ticulars of a scheme which, if succeasful, will certainly put Klondyke stories into the shade and make those who are willing to brave the dangers entailed independ- | ently rich: For years past—in fact, so far back as to extend into earliest Russian tradition— Territory in the vicinity of Copper River is said to have been looked upon as the real El Dorado of the world. Times without number na- tives have brought to the coast shining gold nuggets which they gave in exchange for provisions. When questioned as to whence the gold came the Indiansalways ngintained a threatening silence, pre- dicting terrible deaths for those who en- deavored to reach it. As the gold was in- variably brought out by members of the Copper Indian tribe the conclusion was reached, and Las siuce been verified, that the presumably endless deposits were to be found on the river of that name, which empties into the North Pacific 800 miles northwest of Sitka. The first expedition into the Copper River country was led years ago by Rufus Serrebrennikoff, a famous early Russian bunter and trapper. With eight others he in 1831 left Sitka. Tney“successfully evaded the Indfan lookouts and made their way into the interior. Just what became of them was never known, for not a soul returned to tell the tale. In 1884 General Abercrombie was sent to explore the river, but was scared off by the threats of the Indians. Lieutenant Schwatka, now deceused, claimed to have been on the river, but as his account wa< not straight no credence was put in the story. The plan now well along toward con- summation hereis to form a co-operative company of 100 determined men, each contributing $1000, to be expended in pur- chasing two years’ supplies and charter- ing aschooner which will carry them to Cape Whiteshed to avoid the 3000 Indians residing at the mouth of the river in this settlement, called Alacanik. Proceeding to the Lead waters of the Copper River, the party will prospect it thoroughly to the mouth, hoping by this coarse to avoid any meetings with the natives until the work is completed. If the new Ei Dorado is found, a regular military camp will be established, and while some dig out the gold others will patrol the vicinity to prevent sudden attack. In theevent of the natives evidencing any hostile inclina- tions a war of extdrmination will be in- augurated, the slaughter to stop only when the obstreperous Indians have been subdued Very little credence was given the story here until it became known that Judge Joseph A. Kuhn, one of Washingten’s old- | est and most prominent citizens, had the | project in hand and was looking after the company’s interests. Judge Kuhn was averse to talking en the subject to-day, but admitted the facts as here set forth. The news of the Government's intentions to send troops norih instead of deterring is accelerating the arrangements. »1am confident that fortunes await us,” said Judge Kuhn to-day, “‘and I hope we may avoid all trouble. If we find the river as rich as we expect we will regularly lo- cate our claims, and neither Indians nor whites can drive us off. The Copper River | is in American territory, and we have a | perfect right to prospect it. If the Indians object—well, I can’t say what will bappen. Over sixty of our party areaiready signed, our boat is chartered and we will be away betore the middle of August.” There is no apparent reason why the ex- pedition should not be successful. One hundred well-armed, determined men would make a formidable stand against the primitive weapons of the 3000 natives, and sheu!d the Government see fit to take action expeliing the crowd a success- fdl defense cou!d be prepared while troops were being transferred from the nearest white settlement, which is Nuchuck, made prominent some years ago asthe place where Captain Hooper of the Uaited States patrol fleet seized the supply steam- ship Coquitlam, into which the entire | catch of the Briiish sealing fleet of 1892 was transferred after the latter had dis- tributed supplies to numerous schooners, and which act was the direct cause of the great agitation now on between the British and American Governments over damage awards, SHLED FOR THE FROZEN GOLY FIELIS Continued from First Page. “Joe.” ‘Jce's” wife happened to be around, and, to quote the lady’s words, *It’s weil for her she is on board that boat.” There was one gentleman northward bound who in returning some small change amounting to §175 to his friend remarked, “Give this to my wife and tell ter I don’t need silver.”” The accommodations on the Excelsior were somewhat misernble. 8ix people are cooped up in rooms 8x6. They are down below the deck, and the heat there yes- terday was intense; it almost sickened une to stay down there. There is ne saloon—at least none 10 speak of—unless you can call a 9x12 room a saloon. The deck 15 small and dirty, and most gf the room on it was piled hizn with freieht. There were 112 passengers, and out of this | number there are ‘welve women, besides two nuns, goiny right to Dawson. Captain A. T. Haich was there in all his glory. In bis hand he held a golden slipper, a golden horseshoe and a sik flag, to which was attached a bouquet of | red and white carnations witn maiden- bair fern, ail of which he said were to give the ship’s company good luck—now say women are the only ones who are superstitious. At last thie whistle blew for all visitors to leave, the plank was drawn in snd in a tew moments, raid cheers and farewells, the boats steamed out with its 150 enthu- siasts, GRACE E. Cra1s. AL gt AT THE PRESIDIO. All Preparations for Sending Troops to Alaska Stopped Yesterday. The news that the authorities at Wash- ington had changed their minds regarding tbe sending of troops to Alaska to gar- rison a post to be established there reached the Presidio yesterday in the form of two telegrams, one of a public and the other of a private nature. Pre- parations for getting together the neces- | sary paraphernalia for marching and the food supplies and clothingz essential to lite in so cold a region were at once stopped by the officer in command. The private telegram was the first to ar- rive. It was addressed to one of the offi- cers of the post and read s follows: ‘WASHINGTON, D, C., July 28, 1897, All preparations for sending troops to Alaska will b2 suspended. By order of the Sec- retary of War. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GILMOBE. Shortly afterward the following tele- gram of an official nature arrived: WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28, 1897. To the Commanding Officer of the Department of California: 'The prep.ration of troops for Alaska will be discontinu:d at present. By order of the Eecretary of War. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GILMORE. It is understood from tiie nature o the official telegram tha: the matier is only temporarily postponed, owing to the faet that the rigor of the weather in Alaska is rapidly growing too severe for anything to be accomplished. In the svring there is no doubt that the post will be established there. LB WILL SEND NO TROOPS. Pr=sident McKinley Has Found Tnat the Expense and the Risk Wiil Be Too Great. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28.—The project to establish a military post at Alaska adjacent tothe Kiondyke has been abandoned by direction ot President Mc- Kinley, who found the expense to be too greatand the command sent to man the post would not reach the site before the Arctic winter had setin. The President is favorable, however, to sending soldiers to A'aska, but he will ask authority of Congress and suflicient appropriation be- fore taking any action. Orders for the expedition have been revoked. Secretary Long has issued orders to place the new gunboat Wh ng in com- mission at Mare Island Navy-yard on August 10, and to have her ready immedi- ately afier for a long cruise. Her officers were detailed to-day and were directed to report early in the month. The Whee.ing will soon after leave for Sitka, where she will relieve the Concord. The Wheeling’s orders contemplate her stay north untii next spring, and in view of the Kiondyke craze the Pinta is now being overhauled at San Francisco, with a view, when com- pleted, to join the Wheeling. Both ships will stay in Alaskan waters during the next coid season, and when the Bering Seca patrol fleet starts south in September one of the rcvenue cutters may be detached and directed to remain at Sitka. The failure of the War Department to assign a company of soldiers to Alaska makes it more advisable to havea stronger naval force north than heretofore. Sir Sulmeses THE ORDER RESCINDED. Supplies for Troops Which Had Been Sent to Seattle Recalled. SEATTLE, Wask, July 23.—The order directing a company of troops to be sent to Alaska, to be ‘stationed at Circle City, has been revoked. Captain W. W. Rob- inson, assistant guartermasier United States Army, stationed at this place, ves- terday afternoon received a telegram from Washington City advising him that the suppiies ordered sent him for the use of these troops haa been recalled, .and that the troops would not go. The cause of this sudden change of front, aiter arrangements had been so far verfected that passage had been engaged for the troops and freight reserved for their equipment in the steamer Cleveland, which leaves August 5, is believed to bea legal snag which has been discovered. Thisisin a provision of an act of Congress passed in 1878, which in expre-s terms prohibits the use of any portion of the United States army for any purpose not distinetly authoriz:d by the constitution and by some act of Congress. How this provision would prevent the creation ot an army post in Alasgaand the stationing of troops there does not clearly appear, but to some legal lights this statute does prohibit troops being used for the particu- lar purpose designed—the acting as a mil- itary police to preserve order in a com- munity where there was no other repre- sentative of the power of the United States, There was an opportunity open for a brief period last evening for a man to go north with a handsore grub stake. One of the Seattle passengers goine to Vie- toria to take the Islander for Dyea had a $2000 ourfit of provisons, etc., and had engaged four men to go with him on shares. Oueof them yielded to the per- suasion of his wife and backed out. Po- lice Otticer Grant, who is on the water fiont, heard of it, and immediately volun- teered to take the p'ace made vacant. This offer was accepted, and he proceeded Lome to notify his wife. By the time her objections to his sudden departure were overcome it was getting late. He then started to hunt up the Chief of Po- lice to tender his rasignation, The Chief was not to be found, though Grant chased after him until it was nearly time for the steamer to leave. Finally Grant gave up in disgust, and a young man on the dock who had no family ties and no official po- sition toresign, volunteerea for the grub stake, was accepted, stepped aboard the departing steamer and left on an instant’s notice for the gold lields of the Klondyke. PRESACE OF HORRORS, Captain Nevills Tells of the Hardships and Dangers of the North, Believes That Half of Those Who Depart Will Not Live to Return. Captain W. A. Nevills, the owner of the fabulously rich Rawhide mine, tells a story of the Klondyke country, and, in- deed, of the whole Northwest Territory, that presages death and disaster for the majority of the bold fortune-seekers who have gone or who may go into the new El Dorado. Captain Nevills has lived in that section of the continent and is lamiliar with every peculiarity «f it and of the people who have inhabited it for many years. He in no degree discounts the reports of vast wealth to be found there, but he lays great siress on the hardships and dangers that are certain to be encountered by every man who goes there from a country where the rigors of intensely cold winters and the perils of cyclonic snowstorms are not known. He deciares that no one who has not been through the experience can form any conc:ption of what it means to pess a winter in those high latitudes. Compuratively few men are able to with- stand even a single season. “It grieves me,” he said yesterday, “and would amuse me if the situation wete not so serious, involving the lives of perbaps thousands of men, to see the way mo-t of the prospectors are outfitting. “Just to give you an instance, I hap- pened into a certain store and saw the floor littered with four or five outfits. Among the things that caught my eves were blankets and peck-saddles. Why, they might as well take mosquito-nets along to vprotect them from the cold as blankets. Why. the only kind of apparel that will he a protection in that climate, where the murcury gets down to 40 de- grees below zero, is the clothing made of the furs that are obtained from the ani- mals that are denizens of the region. “I see that a number of people are taking burros and horses to help get their belongings across the divide 10 the head- waters of the Yukon. These animals will last just about two weeks. ‘lhey may be able to get one load across the pass on them. It isabsurd to expect that animalis taken from a warm climate like California will be able to live in the severe cold up there. Their blood isthin and their lungs are not accustomed to the thin, dry air up there. “I feel safe in predicting that half of those who have gone into the Klondyke country from this side of the country will not live to come back. The outfits that they are taking will ba of little or no use to them. If there is the least weakness in their lungs they will go off witk pnen- monia and consumption almost before they learn what is the matter with them. If any of them get caught in one of the blizzards that occur there they will be frozen to death without being aware of the fact. People in the Kust rarely be- lieve that we have green grass here in the middle of the winter. So it1s with those who are going to the « ol fields of the far north. They are inclined to disbelieve all the reporis of deadiy cold. “*Another serions danger that threatens is starvation. Ido notsee how it will be possible to get enough supplies iL there for the ereat number of people who are already on their way into the country. I am aware that large quantities of pro- visions and other supplies are being taken up to-Dyea, but irom all that I have read in the papers there is enough ireight now awaiting transportation across the pass to keep them busy for the next two years with the present facilities. “In my opinion, it is wrong for the Government to allow these peopie to rush into that country, under the circum- stances. It should compel them to turn back, as is done by the Canadian au- thorities under similar circumstances. No one is allowed to go in from the Cana. dian side unless it is known that there is a sufficient supply ol provisions in the couniry to prevent a famine. There will be suffering enough without people facing the risk of starvation, “If I were advisinz any one to go into that region I should tell them to wait un- tilatleasta year from next March. By that time the country will be well supplied with all the necessalies, and will have ample transportation facilities. They need not be afraid of being unable to locate a pay- ing claim at that time, There is plenty of gola there. Of that I have no doubt. Those who go in & year from next spring will, in my estimation, have a better chance of life and fortune than those who are now rushing in. “That country is just full of gold, silver, copper and tin. At the time I was up there it was no unusual thing to see the Indians using gold and tin for bullets. They wouid bring the gold to the trading posts of the Hudson Bay Company and exchange it for bullets of iead, liquor an ! beads. It was no uncommon tning io see the company’s agents weigh out a quantity of leaden iullets and receive in recurn the same weight in gold. Tae In- disns woul! pot at that time tell any white man where they obtained the gola. They wculd leave the trading posts in May and return in September with quan- uties of goid.” She Another Company. The Red Fox Mining Company, to oper- ate mines in Alaska, has been incorpora- ted by C. W. Marlatt, E. L. Snell, Alex Ling, £. H. Hovey, A. M. Dahler and Georee T. Smith, with a capital scock fixed at $30,000, L e ‘¢'The Call’’ leads all contem- poraries in the thoroughmness and accuracy of its Klondyke reports. g — JOHN BULL’S WARNING. The Colonial Office at London Issues a Wise Manifesto on the A'askan Weather. LONDON, ., July 28.—The reports reaching Engiand of the fabulous wealth of the Klondyke have caused many per- sons to announce their intention to go there. As many of them have no idea of the climatic conditions, the Colonial office to-day issued a circular strongly warning gold-seckers against leaving England earlierthan April, adding that none except experienced prospectors should go. S eda He Had to Go. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28.—This telegram was received to-day by the Comptroller of the Currency from F. W. Hawkins, receiver of the defunct Na tiona} Bank at Anacortes, Washington: Please accept my resignation as receiver by wire. Alaska gold fever Is overwhelming, Acceptance was promptly telegrap:ed. i Santa Monica Contingent. SANTA MONI[CA, CaL,; July 28.—I. D. Richmond, former Street Suverintendent and an exprrienced miner, accompanied by Charles Tegner, left to-night for the Klondyke gold region«. The Birdie Fox Case. The preliminary examination of J. D. Hul- bert, J. M. Woods ana Van A. Shafer, charged with criminal assault and robbery upon irdie Fox in the Columbus House, was con- tinued beiore Judee Jouchimsen yesterday. ‘A large number of witnesses were examined for the Jdefense and the case was continued till this afternoon. ————— PHOTOGRAPHS of departure of Excelsior for Klondyke, Partridge’s, 121 Post street. BRYAN'S FRIENDS BECOME UNEASY They Fear He Will Talk Himself to Death Politically. Nebraskans Determine to Pull Him Off the Lecture ‘ Platform. Must Adopt a Different Course If He Expects to B= a Candi- date in 1900. LINCOLN, Nepr, July 28.—For the past two months the leaders of the silver party in Nebraska have been manifesting much uneasiness concerning®the lecture business of Mr. Bryan. Primarily a num- ber of his warmest supborters remon- strated with him about trying to begin the campaign of 1900 at once after the close of the last one, but he thought differently. Now, however, his leading supporters in this State are determined to have him pulled off. A conference of the leading spirits was held here recently in wtich this question came up, and it was decided that something ought to be done at once if Mr. Bryan isever to run another Presidential race. The plan adopted was that he should be ordered to come home at once for the fall campaign, as his ser- vices were needed 1o elect the Populist Btate ticket, then to groom him for Gov- ernor on the fusion ticket next fall, and gradually turn him from his preseniroute into a position where he can make a digni- fied race 1n 1990 for the Presidential cam- paign. One of the members of that con- ference has made the substance of the sentiment that prevailed at -he meeting public, and it is provoking mucn com- ment. In discussing the situation he said: “It would appear that the interest 1s lessening in the silver issue daily all over the country, and if Mr. Bryan keepsou he will have nothing to tell in ihe next campaign. If we can get bhim at home and keep him quiet on the silver business, elect him Governor and send Governor Hoicomb to the Senate next year, all the factions will be in line for Bryan to make the campaign of 1890. We have almost abandoned hope, for the silver issue ap- vears to be bad, but unless on that issue | we cannot see how Bryan will be a factor in the next Presidential campaien. ““While his leading supporters here think the silver issue is dead, Bryan is not inclined to come home and gointo the State campaign, but would prefer to stay on the p atform. If we cannot get him in o tais plan, however, we are firmly of the opinion that he can never make another race. Even as it is, we can scarcely get ihe former fusion silver iorces out to the county conventions. They insist they are too busy to attend, and laugh at our advice that they snould keep up the party organizations as they begun immediately after the last cam- paign c.osed. **We accept this as the forerunner of the inevitable lack of interest in the cause of the white metal. Some attribute it to the great crops and general business revival, and think the agricultural element will begin to attend the silver rallies as soon as the crops are out of the way, but we think differently. Bryan has not vet refused to abandon the piatform. He says he is willing, however, to stump the State this fail in the intere-t of the fusion ticker.” e fus ¢ RICHMOND AND 1HE G. A. R. An Objretion to the Old Union Soldiers in Firgiria’s Capital, RICHMOND, V4., July 28.—The propo- sition to induce tie Grand Army to hola its encarapment here nexi year meets with com paratively littie sympathy. The Rich- mond limes, the gold Democratic paper, whose editor was oue oi Mosby’s men, to- day says editorially: “It would be worse than affectation—it would be insincere—to pretend that the invitation which is to be extended to the Grand Army of the Republic to make their encampment in 1598 at Richmond is not prompted by business considerations. What complications may be met because of the place which the colored troops have in the Grand Army of the Republic we’ what the custom in the matteris; butit is- certain that there will be no change in our mand, should one be made, and this is no: stood, by all parties.” FORIUNATE ANDID ATES. Agpointments AMade by the President Before Leaving Washingtor President has made the following ap+ pointments: State—Daniel Swiney of Ohio, Consul 4t Cork, Ireland. i Treasury—Thomas Fitch of New York, Com-: Warner Sherwood antl George W. V it of New Yorx, Assistant Apprei of Mer: chandise, New York; Frank J. Naramore, -Col- lector of ‘Customs, Fairfield, Conn.; Charles H. Mars, Coliector of Customs, Brazos de Sane tago, Tex.; Aundrew W. Francisco, Collector of Customs,” Los Angeles, Cal; Charles E. Sapp, Collector of Internsl Revenue for ths - Fifth District of Kentucky; Stmuel J. Roberis, Collector of Internal Revenue for District of Kentuc] 5 Interior—Alvan the Seventh astman, Receiver of Pub- lic Moneys at St. Cloud, Minn.; Charl Nicholas, Agent for the Indians of thé Colo- rado River Agency in Ari dward W. a Fox, Registrar of the Land Office at Clayton, N Mex. ; Jay Lyneh, Agent for the Indians of the Yakima Agency 1w Washington; Stephen J. Loughran, Receiver of Public Moni Moines, Ina. Ibert B. Pray of Iowa, ol Generai oi the District of Alaska; Jonn M. Duc ley of Washineton, D. C., Registrar of Land Office at Sitka, Alask: Rosweil 8he of Oregon, Receiver of Public Monles at Sitkp Alaska; Andrew J. Duncan of Ohio, Indian in” specio Justice—Charles S. Johnson of Alaska, United States District Judge for the Districtof Alaska: Glen Miller'of Utah, Marshal for the District of Utah. —_— DEATH ENDS 4 TEXAS FEUD. Two Brothers on the Warpath Killed by the Man They dounht, WACO, Tex., July 28.—This forenoon, & Co., B. F. Kivett and W. W. Kivett were shot 2nd killed by William Lamaen, a member of the firm. Bad feeling bad existed between the Kivett brothers and Lamden for some time, growing out of charges made by the relatives of Lamden and a s r of the Kivetts. The shooting occurred during ihe busiest paft of the day, when the office was crowded, and it caused intense excitement. ‘I'wo more Kivett brothers armed them- selves and proceecea to the scene of the shooting, threatening 1o kill Lamden, but they were not allowed to enter. TheKkill- ing is universally looked upon as justi- fiable. SRR o | Drpew Is a Scorcher. | NEWPORT, R. L, July 28. — Dr. Chauncey M. Depew, president of the New York Central Railroad Company, who so stoutly resisted the legislation compelling railroads in New York to carry bicycies as baggage, has succombed to the attractions or the *ilent steed.’ At that time he said a bicycle was some- times a vehicle’ and sometimes a trunk. Treating it as a vehicle, he took his first lesson yesterday. Fora man 63 years of age La made an excellent start. Cards of agents for various bicycles have been pouring in on Dr. Depew all day. Al A, A Fatal Kunaway. PEORIA, Ivn, July 28.—In a runaway this morning down Knoxville-avenue Hill, Miss Grace White, living near Chi- | cago, leaped out of the carriage, alighted | head first on the brick pavement and way | instantly killed. Tbe carriage then col- | lidea with a wagon and Mrs. Peter | Soruck, a wealthy Peoria lady, and Mr-. | Kirchoff, ner sister-in-law, were thrown | out. Mrs. Spruck’s head struck the pav ! ment, and she is not expected to live. — Glucose Stock Listed. CHICAGO, ILL., July 28.—The stock of placea in the list of unlistea securities on ‘the: Chicage Stock Exchange. The official announcement sta that the total issue is $40.000,000, of which $28- 000,000 are common and $14,000,000 pre- ferred shares. —_——— Fred Grant Threatens to Resign. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 28.—General Grant’s son Fred says he will resign his Police Commissionership. His colleagues methods of getting evidence against dis- | orderly houses, which he ciaims are de- grading the police. —————— Klondyke via Yukon. Stanch steamer “South Coast,” August 5. No walking or hill climbing; cheap rate. Party will be taken up to Dawson in charge of Captain E. V. Rideout. Full particulars, Mc- Loughlan & Burke. 634 Market street. —_————mm—m e —— NEW 9Y0-DAY About the 1st of September we will move into the building now occupied by the Golden Rule Bazaar, 718-722 Market st. It is our intention to enter our new quar- ters with an entire new line of clothing, and in order to dispose of our present stock we will hold a gigantic Removal Sale of Clothing, commencing Monday, August 2. Keep this in mind. S. N.. WOOD & CO. (Columbian Woolen Mills), 541 Market st. CUT RATE--$75. Steamer “Caspar,” to DYEA, Alaska, AUTGUST PRIVILEGE OF ONE TON OF BAGGAGE OR DProvisio § allowed each passenger as frelght, Regolar pack rdin of 3) mules will gzo on this vessel. Our passangers will have the services of this iran from Dyea on ) or tickets and oLher intormation apply at the office, 628 Murket Sirset, Opp. Palace Hotel. KLONDYKE BOATS! READY TO SHIP. Ready to put together In three hours. Size 24 feet long, 512 feet beam, 2 feec deep: Wi carry WO (ons; w-ght 200 pounds: 10 piece over six feet long. Large ones built to order. SAN FRANCISCO LAUNCH CO., North Point and Stockton Sts. FOR SALE, Nx;w GRAIN BAGS, SLIGHTLY DAMAGED by water: just receivea per British ship “Falls ©of Dve.” Inquire of Carmen Island Salt Company, 136 Main street, or 419 Front street. Properiy prepared and AN EXCELLENT always be obtained in THE GRILL ROOM OF THE Decidedly the Most Popular Dining Apart- ment in town. Baja California Damiana Bitters 8 A POWERFUL APHKODISIAC AND T ipetine tomic tor the sexual and urinary ofxans of both sexes, and u greac remedy for diseases »¢ ibe kidpeys and bladdez A great Kosiocsiiva, Invigorator and Nervine. Sells on its owa Merice: 40 long-winded testimonials necesuary. DAk, ALES & BRUNS, Agents, 823 Market St., 5, ¥.—(Send ior Circular) cannot sugeest, because we do not know . social customs here to suit a transient de.. missioner of immigration, port of New York; . refused to-day his request to change the. PALACE 0000000000000 e doubt understood, or should be unders: WASHINGTON, D. C., July 23.—The - Mes: G in the stock-brokerage office of C. E. Trice _ the Glucose Refining Company has been