The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 17, 1897, Page 2

[ ] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1897. | the causes leading to the new incorpora- | Affiirs, and were forwarded by the G tio ‘The North American ana Trading Company nearly five go under the laws of Illinois wit ner small capi- tal conside talk of new. There were three objects for which the company was incorporated: Common carrying traae, sale of merchandise and the discovery and development o Alas- kan gold claims, “John Cudahy, who holds considerably the largest number of shares, bas had Transportation s it corporated full control of the mining operations of | the company, while the other interests were lookea after by the officers and a controlling board, consisting of P. B. Weare, C. A. Weare and J. Cudaby. Th_e mining operations included systematic exploration of the ranges sloping toward the Klondike. The men who did this prospecting ware in charge of the best ex- perts who could be temptea to brave the rigors of an Alaskan winter by big salar- The enormous richness of the placer dig; only confirms the faith the com- pany has in the richness of ils quartz leads behind. But one man could teil you of the number of mines e acres of coal lands patented alue and extent of tne placer that the company has, both in Alaska and the Northwest Territory. It John Cudehy. The ‘organi of the company has been completed. olders are mostly Chicago men, al- 1hough & few foreigners have taken stock. The old transportation ocompeny las transferred the gold lapds and coal prop- erties 1o the new company. The scale on h the North American Company will operate as a common carrier is to be much larger from now on, as is shown by our large order for steamers and other im- provements that cannot now be made The company believes that it has covered true ledges in Alaska, or do vou think it woula bave been paying out money for so many years? The ledges go down, and it seems probable thera will be r figure added to the estimated 1e of the property.” Seattle merchants are jubilant over the decisicn of e Dominion Government that miners’ outfi ter the North- west Territory free of duty. This practi- call this ¢ hes the hopes of Victo- ria that she might becume the headquar- 1t is gratifying to know that in the future all necessary clotbing for a Klon- dike prospector and any reasonable amount of provisions can go across the border line of the Northwest Territory duty free. The exact amount of goods nd bal ters. that can go freeis left with the customs | officers in the north, but the duty will only be to prevent importation of goods for This does not affect the business of sale. the Sealtle merchants to any great extent, as nearly all the wholesale purchases are made in San ncisco. There never has been any cbjection to paying duty on goods that were 1o be put on sale in Alas- ka, but when ihe Dominion cfficials an- nounced that miners’ outfits ust pay duty there wasa (ecided objection. The Chamber of a few weeks ago took action to have ihe sub-ports of entr at Dyea, Skaguay and otner puints along the Ala-kan coast abolished. This was backed up by the Washington delegation in Congress, and the effect is evident. From information received in letters sent from Skaguay on the steamer Elder there seeme! to basome doubtas to the drowning of Dwight Fowler of Seattle. A hope that he might still be living was entertained by the young mar’s parents, which was dispelled last night by the re- Comm: ceipt of the original letter giving an ac- | count of the accident. A cliuse states: ““‘We have fixed up the body as best we could. We have packed it in ice,and 1 will take the body over to Junean. A iriend of Fowler’s will accompany it down to Seattle.”” It is believed that the body is being brought down by the A It was remarked to-day by a close ob- server that not « man of all the hundreds that bave passed through Seattle during the past few months on their way to the Klondike has departed without laying in an armament of arms and knives. Some men took a shotgun, rifle, revolvers and several big knives. Others were content with eitber a rifls or shotgun, and some went without either of these elumsy weapons, but all carried revolvers and a knife. These arms form an important part of a Klondike outfit, and the amount spent on arms and ammunition alone has been especially brisk the past few weeks, and it is currently reported that the hand weapons couid not be purchased at any of the trading posts in Alaska. The revolver is considered a necessary thing on the Klondike as protection againsteither man or beast. —_——— DELAYED DEPARTURE. Mayor Wood of Seattie Trylng to Retain Office During His Absence, TTLE, Wasu., Aug. 16.—The City Council to-night practically determined that Mayor Wood cannot go to the Yukon and retain the toga of public offi Ata meeting of the Council Saturday;night, he applied for & three moxnths’ leave of ab- sence, and the requesi was referred. When the matter came up this evening, it was decided to refuse his request. No- tice was given of a. motion to reconsider this action &t a meeftug on next Monday night. Wood is manager of the company oper- ating the steamer Humboldt, which was expected to leave about 9 o'clock to-night. Immediately aiter the Council refused the Meyor's request it was announced that the steamer would not sail until row morning at 9 o'clock. The reason given was that there bad been delay in bandling the freight, but knowing ones intimate that Wood wishes to make ohe last effort to have the Councilmen accede to his wishes for a leave of absence. The steamer Farallon will not sail for Dyea before 9 o’clock to-morrow morning. She bad intended to go out to-night, as her passenger list was full, but there has been delay in fitting up accommodations for horses and cattle. : Tue steamer Al-Kiis two days overdue from Dyea and ihere is some apprehension felt over her non-appearance. The of- ficials of the Pacific Coast Steamship Com- pany explain the .delay by the crowded conditions at Dyea and*Skaguay and the inconvenience of unloading. Up to a late hour to-night nothing had been heard from the Al-Ki. - She was scheduled to go nor:b again to-morrow. The Queen is due from Alaska on Wednesday. A COMMUNICATING BY WIRE., Canada Makes Proposals for the Establishment of a Tele- graph Line. WASBHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 16.—For- thal proposais have ‘been made to this Government by Canada to establish com- munication to the Klondike by the con- struction of a telegraph line from the head of winter navigation on Lynn Canal o the center of the Klondike district. The proposals are under advisement. They have been approved by the British principal Secretary of State for Foreign assures the Yukon outfitting trade to | to-mor- | | | ner. “places. ov- ernor-General of Canada, torough the British embassy, to the Staws Depart- ment, and referred to the Interior Depart. ment. There the papers are locked up pending consideration. Thg _propouls urge the expediency of establishing a per- manent route, giving access to the inte- rior at a1l seasons of the year. The most feasible route, in the judgment of the Canadian authorities, would be to starc from the head of winter navigation on Lynn Canal, a body of water running from Juneau up beyond Dyea and Chil- coot and forming part of the present over- land route, there crossing the mountains by White Pass, or by any other pass which u;ay seem more .accessible, and proceed aorthward to Fort Selkirk and then to Klondike. The Canadian Government asserts its readiness to open communication by the construction of a telegraph line from the head of winter navigation on Lynn Canal, traversing a distance of eighty miles across the summit of the mountain ran e to a convenient point northeast of the mountain range, from which the trail can be followed 10 Fort Selkirk and Kiondike. That Government also signifies its inten- tion, in case the proposition is adopted, to erect spitable places for shelter at inter- vals of from forty to fifty miles along the line and to keep up dog trains during the winter months for the conveyance of mails to and from the interior. T AN OFFICIAL WARNING. The Canadian Minister of the Inte- rlor Points Out the Risks of Traveling in Winter. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. i6—In transmitting to\Secretary Gage the official report on the Klondike region the Cana- dian Minister of the Interior saysthe ob- ject 1n so doing is not to induce any one to go to that remote country at the pres- ent time, “Until means of communication are ea- tablished,’” he continues, “a msn under- :akes serious risks ingoing there, unless he bas sufficient resources to tide over a long winter. After September egress from the country is practically impossible until the following June, and a person who has not been successiul in locating a pay- mg claim has to depend for his subsist- ence upon finding employment. Wages were at one time abnormally high, but the #abor market is very narrow and easily overstocked. “It is estimated up to the middle of May that from 1500 to 1600 persons bad crossed Dyea this year. Several hundred more will go by steamers up the Yukon. Whether employment will be available for all and for the considerable population already in the district is somewhat doubt- ful. It will therefore be wise for those who contemplate going to the Yukon district to give serious consideration to the matter before coming to a decision.” il SAN DIEGANS EN ROUTE. Letters From Them Tell of the Difficulties in Going Overland to the Kiondike. SAN DIEGO, Carn, Aus. 16.—Dr. Pratt National City has arrived at Dyea route for Dawson City, A leiter of en | received from him to-day states that he | has landed safely at Dyes and has joined forces with the Bevin brothers, who rep- resent a syndicate of local capitalists. Half a dogen other miners have joined the Pratt-Bevin party, and will push through to the gold diggings as soon as possible. Ex-Patrolman George F. Dow, also of this city, who resigned to go to the Klon- dike gold field, has reached Dyea, and writes that he found there 1000 people and 2000 tons of freight. The Indian freighters over the pass had to be engaged Lhirty to | forty days ahead, so he concluded to strike | outand try to make the trip alone, unless he should happen to get a suitable part- He advises San Diegens to think twice before starting for Alaska this season, ag they cannot realize the hard- ships they will encounter. Vill Bassett, a former clerk with the Merchants’ National Bank, and Roy Mec- Kae have arrived at Seattle, and will go north oy the first steamer for Junean and the Klondike. The latter started for Cir- cle Citv two years ago, but turned back when 300 miles north of Dyea, on account of snowblindness and fever. Both young men are well equipped with morney and necessary provisions. Thus far about twenty-five San Diegans have left for the frozen north, and more are going every week. The most impor- tant addition to the Klondike exodus thus far is City Councilman George F. Ruble, who has announced his intention of leav- ing for Seattle on Wednesday morning. Ruble 1s superintendent in a large grocery- house nere and is well fixed financially. He goes to Alaska as the representative of a syndicate of loeal capitalists, and will remain at least a year. Ruble has becn engzaged to furnish a series of letters re- lating his experiences for exclusive pub- lication in THE CALL. - Great Danger Ahead. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 16.—Wil- liam J. Jones, United States Commis- sioner to Alaska, assigned to St. Michael, hassent to the Interior Department the following report on tne gold rush in a let- ter dated Dyea, August 4: “There are nearly 1800 persous at the Dyea and Skaguay routes, and both trails are blocked. Men are throwing away their packs and provisions and rushing headlong to the mines. Great distress, hardship and suffering, and possibledeath from hunger and exposure, is sure to fol- low next Wwinter is the opinion entertained by all old Alaska prospectors who have visited that part of the worid in late years and know the situation.’” Jones is one of two men whose duplicate appointment for the same post created a complication which has not yet been straightened out. Neither man yetknows the other has been commissioned. e Chllcoot Pass Is Open. - BANTA ROSA, Cawn, Aug. 16.—Fred C. Thompson, who left here July 22, bas writtenn to his father, Attorney J. M. Thompson, from~Dyea. He says that there is at least a thousand campers in Dyea getting ready to move further north. He says the Chilcoot Pass is open and in good shape, and is steep only in two The prices for transportation of baggage are exorbitant, but he sees no al- ternative but to pay the freight. Word was received Monday from Virgil Moore, who left here three weeks ago for Alaska, in a letter mailed at Wrangel and addressed to his wife here, He was not very enthusiastic about the outlook for getting to Dawson this fall. He said he had sssociated hiniself with members of the Alaska and Yukon Company, who were well equipped, and with their assist- ance he hoped to make the trip, He said Le had plenty of hard work anead of him, as they would have to cook, build boats and do other work to help the expedition along. He wrote as if he might go to the Stewart River region, as there were very favorable reports from there, instead of to the Klondike as originally intended. —_— It is said that freckle: b 1, due to bad digestion. i o I curiosity. MILLIONS 10 INVEST - IV ALASKA Big Scheme of Denver, Los Angeles and Local Capitalists. Y BECOME YUKOX ROTHSCHILDS. The Departure of the North Fork Postponed Until To-day. WAITING FOR SOME REPAIRS. A Story of Suffering and Privation From the Icefields of the Far North. The most stupendous project in connec- tion with investment in Alaska mining property that has yet been conceived is now in process of enaction. The scheme is that of wealthy citizens of Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and may in- clude the spending of millions of dollars. The men behind the scheme are H. A. Dicikel and Max Nebelung of Los Angzeles, George Kroger of Denver, J. A. Hartlung of Riverside and a Mr. Goldwater of this City. The man selected to brave the rigors of the arctic winters and do the actual work of investment 1s Charles A. Rogers, a min- ing man of vast experience in Ncvada, Colorado and Montana. Rogers is a min- ing engineer, and was chosen to perform the arduous and finical duties required of him on account of the fact that heis not only a man of experience, a man who has roughed it all his life, but because he is one whom the principal projector of the scheme knows well, and is assured that he can be trusted with the expenditure of an unlimited sum of money, practically speaking. ‘When the North Fork sails this morn- ing Rogers will be aboard her. He hus had to make his preparations very quick- ly, and his experience has stood him well in hand, for be will make the trip com- pletely prepared for all that he will have to endure. From him the details of the plan were learned ana they are on a scale s0 large that the adjective magniticent is no misnomer when used descriptively in this instance. In the first place it develops that all the | men concerned in the undertaking are friends, but have not yet combined in the form of any company or syndicate. This shows that they are in earnest, for tha in- tention is to get a man in ihe field and buy all the property he can assoon as possible, Time to form a syndicaie will exist in plenty in the future, and although Rogers says he knows not whethersuch a thing will be done the facts themselves in all their nakedness show pretty conclu- sively that such is the intention. Dickel is a man of great wealth, and is largely interested in properties situated in the southern vart of the State. He is also intese.ted in several large brewery concerns St. Louis. Kroger is an opulent mininz mun of Colorado, All that Kozess knows of Nebelung and Hari- lung is that they are men well off so far as laying up treasure where mold is fonna and the moth doth corrupt is concerned. Although the time at their command was limited, Rogers was started off with a cash capital of $25,000in the way of ex- change. left entirely to himself, but with a work- ing capital of that sum as a starter, he feels contident tnat he can make invest- ments that will amply repay his employ- ers for the confidence they bave reposea in him. But Rogers is not limited to $25,000 or any other sum, for that matter., He was told before he started that he could have any sum he thought desirable to invest. The cash capital behind the idea is esti- mated to be about $5000,000. That is enough if judiciously expended, end. by a man whose knowledge of the subject is keen. to make some few people the Roth- schilds of the wholie Alaskan region. That that is the very idea the projectors of the scheme had inmind is shown by Rogers’ statement. “I am a personal friend of Mr. Dickel,”” he said, “and snow of the others con- cerned only in a formal way. The subject was broached to me so short atimeago that I had to bustle to get away on the trip as soon as I have. I wentto Los Angeles for my health and had about given over the 1dea of engagingany longer in the mining business when this proposi- tion was made to me. As soon as it was broached I saw that it would impose on me a great burden of responsibility, but did not nesitate long, as the terms men- tioned were very acceptable. Besides I have some capital of my own and think I can do well myself, in addition to looking out for the interests of the others.” With Rogers goes another mining en- gineer, Olaf Winningstad. Winningstad was for some time in the employ of the Southern Pacific as & railroad construc- tion engineer, and is well known to all the officials of that company. He will travel with Rogers on account of the fact that the two men are bosom friends, hay- ing“lvmen engaged in the mining business in Wyoniing. Winningstad is on an errand simiiar to that of Rogers, but on a much smaller scale. He takes a cash capiiai to make in- vestment for C. H. Phulips of San Jose, who is interested in the Chino ranch property, and a distant re‘ation of Phillios, an Englishman of the name of Vachel. Vachel is a weaithy man, and belongs in the class called “capitalists’ or “gentle- men of ieisure.”” Both Rogers and Winningstad regis- tered at the Palace Hotel when they ar- rived here a few days ago, bat shortly re- moved to the Grand, from which place they will remove the last ol their effects to the hola of the steamer North Fork this morning, e B SUFFERING OF FAMILIES. George S. Fish Recites Many Pa- thetlc and Extraordinary Scenes on the Two Trails. “Ipever would have believed that hu. man nature was so frail and weak,” said George 8. Fish of Oakland last nightat the Palace. Mr. Fish had just returned from Dyea and Skaguay. He went up purely to see the situation for his own “I took the Elder out from Portland on July 25, continued he, “and reachea Portiand again, and have only just arrived by rail. “‘Many-sad stories of suffering came to my attention while there. For instance, an old trapper named John Simson, who has been trapping on the Yukon and tributaries for fifteen years, came into Dyea while I was there. He told that @ in | The matter of investment was | ov r Chilcoot Pass, where he had been, he ound a family of a man, wife and four young childrefl. The oldest of the children was 8 years, 4nd the baby was but 1 year old. The first three nighits they were there two of the children had died from exposure. 1lhis was in August too, remember. The family were in a dazed condition. They did not know what to do, and their case was pitiable. “As for the White Pass via Skaguay, thus far up to August 9 in theevening, no one us yet had crossed. But 3500 veople are there and waiting until a road is built over the six or eight miles of swamp. They hud held a meeting and organized a party cf 100 strong young men to go and build this road, which was to be of cor- duroy. Horses that had been taker with packs en route to cross this mire had sunk, so the packs had to be taken off and the horses kilied right there. Thisis no exaggeration, it is the sober fact. The horses could rot be rescued. “On the Hider, when we left Juneau, there were .not five men who knew what to do. We put off 400 people and 600 tons of ireight on the rocks, midway of Skaguay and Dyea, on the evening of the 9th inst. It was the saddest signt I ever saw. It was raining heavily, the nights were cold, chilly and damp. There was nota nouse in the place. Thare is no tell- ing how maay will die, but certainly a great many. ~Many have been lost at White Horse Rapids, others nave lost their ouifits, The dangers have not been exaggerated there. “We left at Dyea and on the trail not less than 1500, and they were crossing in at the rate of 300 aday. Three vessels from Victoria were coming in. Iestimate there are now at the (wo trails fully 7000 or 8000 people. The condition at Dyen is a great deal worse thau at Skaguay. Itis awful costly getting goods sshore, and more costly yet getting them up the river and over the pass. 2 *“Two voung men got to the summit after the .most extraordinary exertion, when two other young men said to them they thought them awfully Iucky. They said they only wished they had their sup- plies over.” They were ask:d how much of an outfit they had, and when the reply came that it was just about such an outfiv as they had, they were told they could have one for the other 1f they wanted to. They made the traue, and the young men who had such a siege to get up, went back, ©lad of the chance to seil their outfit for what they could get, and go back home, at Jeast till spring. *‘Some of ihe outfits make a man laugh, despite the sadness ot the situation. I saw one woman and four men with several cases of champague and a trunk of fine clotbing. Many seemed better outfitted foF a pienicking excursion than for a trip of this kind. Another party of elght from the East nad a Japanese cook along. In the two camps there were in the neigh- borhood of forty wowen and twelve or fifteen children: “At Skaguny there was a sirange sign posted to, regulate extortion for packing goods. It read: twenty-five miles PUBLIC NOTICE. Anvbody who overbids the legltimate charge of 20 cents a pound carrying ireight will be run out of camp and their outfits con- scated. Ska- Signed: The Miners and Prospectors of guay, Bound for the X ukon Gold Mines. —_——— SAVED HER FATHER’S LIFE. Dressed as a Boy Henry Willlams’ Daughter Shoots Claim- - Jumpers. OAKLAND, CaxL, Aug. 16.—Miss Hattie McDonaid, the matron at the Receiving Hospital, has received a letter which tells of astrange adventure near Dawson City. The news comes from the officer of a steamship, who has long been a friend of Miss McDonald and who was at Dawson at the time the sensational incidents oc- curred. The story toid in the letter is as follows: About uvoycn(a agoffenry Williams of Mas- sachuselts, Came west, accompanied by his child, a lad about 16 years of age. After spend- ing n'iew weeks in Oukiand and San Francisco, Williams and his child sailed for the Yukon, whera they have since toiled with varying success. A few weeks ago, just after the rush to the Klondike commenced, Mr. Williams and his sou were approached by four hard-looking characters. who gave them notice thac they intended to jump their claim. Williams toid them it would have o be acase of shooting before they would yield and ihe men went awsy, A ‘few days later Willlams made a good strike and washed out a pan that contained $300. News of his luck ug{rend and every day saw his pile increasing. He was again visited Dy the four men, who told him they intended to drive him and his son away, Williams de- fied them, and from that time father and son ook turns at guarding their camp with guns. One night the jumpers opened an attack. It was Wiilllams’ watch, and when the shots #woke his son the Intier found that his father had been shot through the shoulder. The lad then used his gun with such good effect that two of the jumpers were shot and the others ran off. The brave young fellow then ran io the nearest cabin for help for his fatner. Some of the prospectors raturned with him, and wiile they were attending to the wounded man, the startling discovery was made that the father’s defender was his daughter and not his son. When questioned about it Williams stated that the child had adopted the disguise be- cause it was considered advisable for many reasons. "My correspondent was in Dawson when this affair happened,’’ said Miss Mc- Donald to-night as she read a portion of her letter, **and says that everybody was anxious to congratulate the brave young girl who bad passea through such a haz- ardous experience. He says that the camps on the Yukon are continually revealing all kinds of tragedies and romance.” e S So!d Their Outfits. Rev. Alired Kummer, a well-known Methodist Episcopal minister of Oakland, has returned from a pleasure trip to Dyea, and from what he saw atthe Chilcoot Pass ne gave it as his opinion yesterday that 80 per cent of those who are rushing over to the Yukon will soon wish they had never been born. “I went up on the Queen, and we car- ried 200 miners on boarg mer. *‘Most of them e Lopeful and enthusiastic till they saw the terrible mountains leading up to the pass. “There were numdbers of men waiting to cross ahead of them, and when some of our miners were brought face to face with the delays and awful difficulties of the jourrey they gave up all hopes ot crossing to the Yukon, sold their outfits and re- turned home. Other miners determined to cross the pass, cost what it mignt, but they were men of determination who had counted the cost of the journey before they came, “In my opinion 10 percent of those who are rushing to the Yukon may strike it rich, 10 per cent may be about as well off as they would be at home, but 80 per cent will wish vefore the winter is over that they had never been born.” ol North Fork Delayed. Owing to the fact that it was found 1m- possible to get the side-wheel sieamer Mare Island ready ic time for the trip the steamer North Fork did not get away yes. erday at 2». ., the time acheduled for the start toward the Arctic. Some of the ma- chinery on the Mare Island had to be re- placed and a larger quantity of coal had to be taken on board. The Mare Island was towed over from Hay’s shipyard late in the afternoon, lightened to a draught of three feet,which it is estimated wili permit her passage up the Yukon. There will be 2 crew of twelve on board to manage her and keep her nose straight, and it is thought there will be no trouble towing her np the coast. The time tor the North Fork to sail has now been fixed at 10 A. M. to-day. It is thought by that time everything will bs in readiness and voth vessels will move off without a hitch. CANADIANS SHOW SIGHS OF ALARM Await McKenna’s Tariff Decision With Great Anxiety. Discriminating Clause of the Law That Is Causing All the Trouble. Railroad Attorneys WIil Test Its Constitutionality—Talk of Reta'iation. MONTREAL, Quesec, Aug. 16.—If the United States Government ratifies Attor- ney-General McKenna's reading of the Dingley bill, the clause =ffecting the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk rail- ways will be tested before the Supreme Court of the Urited States. Their legal representatives are already named. It is stated that Sir William Van Horne and others interested have received assurance from eminent legal authorities, both in Canada and the United States, that the action of the American customs authori- ties is - undoubtedly nnconstitutional. Great stress is said to be laid on the fact that tea being free. it would be impossible to collect a duty of 10 per cent if the country allowed it to gome into other portions of the Union free. WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 16.—The Canadian Puacific Railway at'orneys are anxiou ly'awaiting Attorney-General Mc- Kenna's decision in tlie matter of the dis- criminating duty on a carioad of tea which reached Chicago from Japan last week. If the decision is rendered as expected the consequences will befar-reaching and may lead to retaliation by Canada. The clause in the tariff bitl which is presented for in- terpretation makes no pretense of dealing with the transcontinental raiiroad ques- tion, yet a decision one way or the other will affect that more than anything else. The clause provides ‘‘that a discrimi- nating duty of 10 per cent aa valorem, in addition to duties imposed by law, shall be levied, collected and- paid on ali goods, wares or merchandise which stall be im- ported in vessels not of the United States, or which, being the production er manu- facture of'any foreign country not conti- guous to the United States, shall come into the United States from such contigu- ous territory.”” Then follows the provision which ex- empts from the discrimination herein de- scribed vessels from countries not entitied to the exemption by the provisions of treaties with the United States. This proviso so resiricts the discrimirating clause as to make it a matter of very little significance as applied to importations direct to this country. The clause which is mwaking all the trouble—that providing for the application of the discrimination against goods not the product of contiguous countries, but coming into the United States through a contiguous country—has a significance of no consequence if applied only to ship- ments landed in a Canadian port, which, if Janded in a United States port, would be exempt from discrimination. If, how- ever, the clause is made to apply to all goods transhipped throuch Canadian territory into the United States, the rail- road question, which is entirely foreign to thissection of the tariff bill, becomes in- volved seriously. It goods landea in San Francisco not subject to the 10 per cent discrimination, and then shippad by the Canadian Pacific, hecome subject tothe discrimination upon again entering the United States, the vital application of the law bears upon the rivalry between the transcontinental American railroads and the Canadian Pacific without reference to the question which the clause in the tariff law nomi- nally deals with of the nationality of the vessel in which the goods are imported. Such an application of the law would render it a discriminating duty again-t goods carried on the Canadian roads, and will be apt, if adopted, to result in Canadian retaliation. The question is likely to lead to a serious contention, with serious results, On the face of it the provision against goods coming through a contiguous coun- iry appears to have been designed to pre- vent vesselssubj:ct to the discrimination from avoiding it by landing their goods in a Oanadian port and transhipping | them by rail. It appears that the pro- vision was made to compel payment of the discriminating duties where it ap- plied, whether the goods were originally landed from vessels in this country or in Canada, and {o prevent an invasion of the law. Those who had the clause inserted, however, may have had in view the broader application, or, finding the clause worded agit is, may simply have seized the opportunity to profit by its ambiguity. If the discrimination is applied to all goods shipped over the Canadian road, re- gardless of the nationality of the vessel in which they are imported, it will have the effect of cutting off all transportation of goods for the United States over Cana- dian roads, and this will probably -be fol- lowed bv a retaliatory provision by the Government of Canada fixing a discrim- ination against all foreign goods shipped over American roads in bond for Canada. Under such an interpretation of law if goods should be landed in San Francisco in an American vessel, which would be exenupt from any discrimination, those goods could not be shipped to Boston by way of the Canadian Pacific without hav- ing to pay the 10 per cent additional duty. The law prevides that this shall not apply to importations in the usual course of strictly retail trade. If, however, goods of foreign production should be bought at wholesale in San_Francisco by a whole- sale merchant in Boston and they should be shipped by the Canadian Pacific road, going out of the United States into Canada and from Canada avain into the United States, they would be subject to the dis- criminating duty, whereas if those same goods were shipped over the Great North- ern, the Northern Pacific or the Southern and Unioh Pacific they would not be sub- { ject to the additional auty. N Irjured His Candidacy. WICHITA, Kax., Aug. 16.—~Ex-District Clerk Bridgeman, candidute for Postmas- | ter, has sued the Daily Beacon for $10,000 for libel for associating his name with the shortage of ex-County Treasurer Doran. He claims the publicatian injured his candidacy. The delenduirt proposes to se- cure the depositions of McKinley, Hanna and National Commyitteeman Leland as to their alleged promises. The fac-simile signature of is on every wrapper ' _of CASTORIA, l | strict control in every respect. MINISTER MERRY ON THE CANAL The Importance to This Country of the Nicar- agua Waterway. Entire Pacific Coast’s Pros- perity Depends Upon Its Construction. Its Only Przc'lcal Operation Is Strict Control by the United States Government. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 16.—In an in- terview on the Nicaragua canal and Cen- tral American affairs to-day Minisier Merry said: “To understand the value of this canal to the United States and its commerce with the Central American States we mast glauce briefly at the who'e of that coun- try. The Central American States are very rich in natural products, principally Lorticultural and agriculiural. Their mineral resources are generally unex- plored, except gold and silver mines, which have been worked with European capital for many years. The climate, ex- cept near the seacoast, where it is often hot and malarial, is generally healthiul. The State of Nicaragua is on the whole the most interesting of the five, owing to its two magnpificent inland seas.” “Will the State Department permit you to say anything about Central American political conditions?” “1 can say that the actual political unjon of the five American States is an object worthy of commendation, pro- ducing a homogeneous nation with in- creased national power and ability to withstand foreign aggression. It will lead to the improvement of the commercial relations of all those countries with the United States by the adoption of uniform tanffs, customs regulations, commercial and postal laws and a uniform financial system. All those States are at present on a silver basis, and with the very low price of silver,commerciai transactions are rendered difficult, uncertain and fre- quently unprofitable by reason ofthe high rate of exchange with gold-standard countries. *It is wore important to the people of tha United States that the Nicaragua canal should be properly constructed than that it should be delayed as a resuit of con- tinued doubts and differences of opinion as to methods of construction. In the Pacific Coast States it is regarded as & matter of such vital moment that the prosperity of the entire coast depends upon it, and it has become equally as im- portant between the East and West as were the great overland railroads when they were first constructed. *Personally, I may say that I bave al- ways greatly regretted the action of Cleve- land in withdrawing the Cavala-Freling- huysen treaty from the Senate. Had he not taken this course we should have the canal opened years ago.. When the method of construction by the Government direct pbecame impossible 1t only remained to at- | tempt the attainment of the same end by means of a company chariere: by the United States Government and under its That is the only practicable method at present presented to the American people, and while this is the case it appears to me to be the duty of every patriotic American to secure the construction of the Nicara- gua canal at the eariiest period, for the benefit of our people, for the preservation of our Federal Union a. 7r the prestige ot our great' Repubiic.’” NEW TO-DAY. THE SWEETEST GIRL WE EVER SAW DRANK Blatz Beer Ifbaswummumzfimdrinkgg Blatz, we do not know, but we KNOW that many a dull-eyed, pale :::npoor-compkximd ‘woman has mslom‘z:g into a :S; tflfi ‘womaan by drinking Blatz. Call for Blatz. See that *Blatz’ is on the-Cork VAL. BLATZ BREWING CO. MILWAUKEE, WIS, U. S. A. Louis Cahen & Son, Wholesale Dealers, 16-418 Sacramento St., San Francisco. ‘elephone Main 416. The STAR Milwaukee T0 KLONDIKE AXD DAWSON CITY! ALL STEAM ROUTE. By the fasi sieamer NAVARRO to ST. MICHAELS, thence up the* Yukon River direct 10 Dawson & id the goldjelds bv the lignt draft river steamer THOMAS DWYER, avoiding barges and all risks of failure: Leave fan Francisco AUGUST 17. arrive St Michuels about September 1, arrive Dawson Sep- tember 20. The only expedition that can posstbly vo through. Fare (Including 150 1bs baggage) $300. kxtra freight at reasonable rates. Yukon Xxploita:zion and Trading Co., 18 Monigomery Stree . AUASKA, YUKOY AND KLONDIKE GOLDFIELDS. The expedition sursst to get there. New Al gas steamer “Bessle K,” Stannard commander, to 5t Michael. Swifi yacht “iil Sueno” equipped with 30 b. p. engine. to Dawson 14 miles an hour Leave San_Fraucisco Aug. 19; arrive at Dawson before Oct. 1. N0 crowding: only 20 passengers will be taken. Fare to Dawson $450; 150 pounds baggage fre. Meals and berth guaranteed un:il arrival. Frelght reasonable—to St. Michael $25 a wou. Apply. M. S TAYLOR, -Agent, at Smiths' asn Slore, 45 Marke: st., & F. kI Sueno de Oro Mining and Transportation Co. (Incorporates). KLONDIKE Boats and Sieds. HE ONLY COREECT KLONDIKE BUAT TN the market: 20 to 24 f-et long: carries 210 4 1{ght xnd strong; put together with screws; bullt from personat experience in Alaska r vers. SAN FRANCISCO LAUNCH C€O., Foor of Stock ton Strevts 5 Take Green Kearny-stree: Cars. KLONDYKE BOATS! smms AND BURROS, READY FOR SHIR ping. Boats 22 feet long will carry 2 ‘ons of GOLD and 4 men: the lightest ana strongest thag can be made; fastened with screws. G W. KENEASS, 718 Third Sty AN ON EARTH REALIZES MORE M clearly than you do how fast your very vitality 1s ebbing away. How long has the process been going on? If you know, itis a secret that you bad perbaps better keep to yoursel: until you consult some 2ood medical adviser. You know what the end will be, don’t you, if the drains keep on? Siop them, and stop them now! CURE To cure any disease it iv certain that the man must want to be cured. Now, if you are ill, show your good intent by either writing to or cailing on the doctors of the Hudson Medical nstitute. It costs you mot one single cent, excepting post- age, and you can save your strength. No ordinary trestment is the grand “HUD- YAN.” It cures always! IS Is there a feeling of uneasiness in your mind? If :o. you know that there is a cau-e for it. Take the trouble to ask your- self as to what causes you to be nervous. You bave abused vour health, your strength anad your vitality. But so have others. Ten thousand of the foolish veople have been put on_their feet again by “HUDYAN.” Lister! MADE “I make man” is the motto of “*HUD- YAN,” and it is th. No matter how long you have neg'ected your condition, make up your mind to-day that you are wing to do differentlv, and that, too, AT NCE! Your troubles will vanish as surely as the sun disperses fog. What are you delayin- for? Why, the whole world laughs at you to-day! Bea maa! BY By the duty tkat you owe yourself, and by that you owe to bumanity in general, you ouzht to try to get well. You run no risk whatever if you but write to the Hudson Medicai Institute. Free testi- monjals, free circulars, and the best med- ical advice free, too! Now, if that 1s not generous enough, what can you ask? Ten thousand cures have been made, but " DELAY. Hudson Medical Institute Stockton, Market and Ellis Sts., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Philadelphia Shoe Co. No. 10 Thimn St. STAMFED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT Remeodeling Sale Two Weeks More. Our great sale will soon be &t an end, as our store will be entirely remod inside of two.weeks. sud all our great bargains are going fast. We want to dis- Ppose of as much of our steck as possible, and during the coming week we wil throw the following bargains on the mar- ket. Ladies’ Extra Fine Vicl Kid Opera Slippers, with beaded fronts, French heels and hand-turned soles, reduced to $125; sold regularly for $3 a pair. Remember, All Qur Shoes Are Reduced. We invite country trade on regular stock, but ¢o not guarantes to fill coantry orders 10or speciaily advertised shoes dur- ing this sale, as our local customers have beed buyiur up the bargalus as so0u as they were offered. The bargain _of the season— La dies’ Fine Viel Kid Luce Shoes, with elther cloth or kid $1.50 tops, circular vamps and heel foxing, mew coin toes and patent- leather tips, re- duced from §2 to 50, widths C, D, Eand EE $1.50 Are you rooking for & snap® Here it is, Ludles’ Fin- est ‘Tan Vicl Kid Somthern Ties, with tan cioth tops to match, poinced toes and tips. fuil [ hand-turned soles and stitcned French heels, re- duced from $350 (0 £150. Thess Ties are free from tacks or threads, and require 1o breaking in. They are neat,stylish and durable,and every pair will be guaranteed. $l.90 New styles to be sscrificed. We and iLace Shoes, with tne latest coin toes and V- shaped patent leather tips, cir- cular vamps and hesi foxing, which we Inienied to ol a pair, but tearing down Pprices ruiv, so we will offer them for $1 9) 2 pair tor this week. Prices and qualities Hike these prove conclusively that we are seiline cheaper than any store In the city, but we have to do iv before we remodel our store. Countrs orders soilcited. 2 Send for New lliustrated Catalogue. Address B. KATCHINSKI, FHILADELPHIA SHOZ cCo., 10 Third St.. San Francisco. ©0-0-0-0-0-0-0-C-0-0C00 AN EXCELLENT I’VEI \-L always be obtained in um Popular Dinfng Spevialist cures Private, Nyvous, Blood and Sicin curedat Home. Terms reasonale. Hours, 9 to 3 Properly prepared ana THE GRILL ROOM OF THE Apart- DR.MCNULTY, ases of Men only. Manly PAWer resred. o dally;6:%0 tos. M evias. Sundays, promptly served, can &g PALACE went in town. IS "VELL-KNOWN AND RELIABLE OL1 20yenrs’ experience. Send for Bhok, free. atients ¢ and sacredly confldential, P. ROSCOE MeNULT 26 Mearny Street, San ¥Fr /