The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 20, 1897, Page 2

o = THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1897. themselves with all the comforts of camp life, J. O. DENNY. g s MANY ON THE WAY. One Hundred Different Partles at Redding En Route to Trinlty County. REDDING, CaL., Aug. 19.—The arrival of the Graves brothers in this ¢city to-day has been one of the chief causes of excite- ment. They have purchased supplies and ouifits and will at oiice proceed to their Biue Jay claim with the intention of fur- ther developing it. No new reports of new strikes in Trinity have reached Red- i | ding to-day. The report of the strike on | Canyon Creek was verificd, however, ana | the exact amount of gold taken out in the | Gilmore find is said to be $8000. The arrivals to-day of prospectors bound | for the new Klondike have been more nu- merous than offany previous day, and fully | 100 d fferent varties, completely equipped for a campaign in the mines, have left this city. The overland train this morn- ing brought up 120 men en route to Coffee Creek and Salmon River. The latter dis- trict is now attracting nearly as much at- tention as the country around the Graves property. Each incoming party brings reports of more prospectors coming, and it is safe to estimate that during the remaining days of this week the arrivals will reach up in | the neighborhoed of 2000. Only five Pz | pectors—or so-called prospectors—have as ' vet retraced their steps out of the Coffee | Creek district, and their departure from the gold fields is only due to the fact that they had “entertained too sanguine an | opinion of the methods of digeing gold. They expected to find nugrets scattered | around loose like rocks, and when they | arrived at Trinity River and were told | that labor, and hard labor at that, was| necessary in the pursuit of the hidden | wealth their opinion of the country | changed to such an extent that they lost“ no time in getting out. | So far as this city is concerned this has | been an unusually lively day. Streets | have been thronged with people and pack | animals and prairie schooners, stage- ! coaches and numerous other vehicles loaded with prospectors and supplies have | been wending their way northward hourly. Miners employed at the Keswick smelt- | ers have been taken with the goid fever, and over 100 have given up their jobs and | departed for the gold fieids of Trinity. As | a result notices reading that 100 men sre wanted have been posted in various por- tions of the city, but have been utterly disregardea by even those who under or- | dinary circumstances would be only too | glad to secure a position onaccount of the | counter attractions in the vicinity. Hotels here are crowded with people from daylight to dark, and sven later in the night merchznts are kept busy pack- ing up supplies and outfits. A number of | prospectors coming from the south have | been led into the belief that supplies could not be procured and that an exor- bitant price was charged for what were obtainable. As a result many have start- ed from their homes with clothing, bed- ding, etc., in erder to take as baggage as | much of an outfit as possible. The fact | 1s, miners’ outlfits and supplies are sold here at reasonable prices. There was quite a little excitement here to-day by the report of a rich find in the Sacramento River near the mouth of Salt Creek, two and a half miles from this city. A gentleman named A.T. Batten | of Berkeley has a wing dam .actoss the | river at that point and has put in a large pumping plant. An experienced diver | was hired in San Francisco and opera- tions have resulted in more than encour- | aging results. Gold in quite large quan- tities has been taken out and now an ex- | tensive plant will be immediately put in. Ee Not Short of Provisions. REDDING, CaL., Aug. 19.—In justice to | our business community, kindly correct the impression given out that Redding is short of provisions. On the contrary, we are handling the rush without delay. F. F. Dustrx, Secretary Board of Trade. - FAIR WAGES ONLY. ‘W. S.Chapman’s Views of the Cof- fee Creek Region, Where Hard Work Alone Brings Success. The reports concerning the rich strikes | recently made in the Coffce Creek region, in Trinity County, are doubted to a cer- tzin extent by oid residentsof that dis- trict who are now residing in this City. The fact that one large strike has been made does not seem to impress them with the idea that others will follow, nor that all those who leave for that region will be fortunate enough to find anything but a great deal of hard work and dissppoint- ment. W. S. Chapman. a weil-known mining man throughout California, now stopping | at the Palace Hotel, is of the opinion that | fair wages can be made most any place on | Coifee Creek, but hard work alone can suc- | ceed. He said: “The large amount of gold taken from the Biue Jay gulch by the Graves brothers | was a great surprise to me. I have been in Trinity County many years and have trequently passed the spot where the gold was taken from, but the thought that there was any great amount of gold there | was never even considered by me. The find comes at an opportune time. The rich strikes in Alaska have tended, more | or iess, to give people the goid craze and | those who cannot «fford to go so far away from home and business interests wili now ficck to any region where gold is found. Coffee Creek hss been prospected for thirty years, and I see no more reasoa for & boom there now thar. at any other time in the history of Calitornia, The gravel all along the creek has some gold in it, but ittakes an immense amount of work to get it out. *“The gravel is not of the quartz forma- tion, but rathar granite and as heavy as iron. Those who Lave not had experience in panning or siuicing should stay at home and interest themselves in other things. A thousand men wiil not get as much gold in a vear as was accidentally stumbled on by the Graves brothers. I would advise all those who now have po- sicdons and an assured living to stay away from that part of the country, but for a poor man or those who understand mining thereis no betfer opening. The goid is there, but it takes experience and hard work to get it.” —— WEALTH OF TRINITY. Figures Show Iz to Be One of the Largest Gold-Producing Coun- ties In the State. | It is not generally known outside of | mining circles that Trinity County is one of the largest go'd-producing counties of the State, but such is the case, The re- | ports of the State Mining Bureau show that last year Trinity was one of the seven counties that produced over a million dol- | lors of gold—to be accurate, $1,296,339 80, | The coanties that went over a million were in their order: Nevada, $2,380,756 13; Placer, $1,674.841 30; Calavaras, $1,456., 39885; Amador, $1,523351 § $1,296,330 30; Siskiyou, $1,091 lumne, $1.070,141 &1. Henry B. Durden, secretary of the State | lties,, | while they have struck nothing rich 7 £; //,j‘f/, On the Trail to the Nash Mine—The Creckbed Widens Here and the Hillsides Are Not Steep. Mining Bureau, in speaking of the re- sources of thatcounty said: “Trinity is one of the best gold-producing sections in this State. It isstr: minaral county, there being but littie agricultural Jands to be had there. As a fact the county has never been half prospected and it is not likely that it will be for a long time to come, because of the exceeding roughness ofthe country. From the first it has been a fine zold producer and to my mind it is destined to be at the head of :he gold counties in the very near future. With its placers there is one great advantage, they can be mined without any interference from the State Debris Commissioners, for the water from the placer washes into the Klamatn Riyer and no one caresabout the slickens proposition, as in other local- Yes, there is untold wealth in the mountains of Trinity County and I be- | Lieve that some of the largest quartz mines in the State will fore so very long.” be developed there be- e DINKEY CREEK CLAIMS. Rich in Reports of Several More Strikes Rec=zntly Made Fresno County. FRESNO, CaL., Aung. 19.—A report reached this citv this evening from Pine Ridge to the effect that there had been several good strikes made in the vicinity of where Louis Rabordore made his rich find a few days ago. A reliable person who came down to-aay from the flume company’s sawmills, which are situated about twenty miles this side of Dinkey Creek, stated 10 a CALL correspondent that this report was current among the work: men at the mills and the campers there abouts. Whether or not it is well founded is not yet known, but more authenti news will be obtained to-morrow. These late discoveries are saia to be very good, although they are not in the nature of bonanzas nor as rich as the $40,000 strike made oy Rabordore. C. S. Pierce, the well-known lumber merchant, has returned from the riage, | where he has a claim on Laurel Creek, He did not visit Rabordore’s claim anda ! in fact staid at his own camp all the time while there. Mr. seven or eight prospectors at work a s yet they are finding excellent ‘*‘colors” and the lumber merchant has great faith in his claim. Mr. Yierce meta number of prospectors at the mouth of Bear Creek, on which the $40,000 ledge was discovered, and they were much pleased with the in- dications of gold they found along the stream. “While I do not believe that a big gold field exists along Dinkey Creek and its tributaries,” said Mr. Pierce, “thers can be no question but that the miners are meeting with good succesg there. All with whom 1 talk say that they were more suc- cessful there this season than ever before. The miners are all doing well, but as yet Rabordore’s is the only sensational find that has been made.” It Is evident that Mr. Pierce values his claim and thinks its prospects good, for he is spending considerable to develop it and leaves a big lumber business in this city to direct the work on his mineral property. Some 8an Francisco parties own aclaim on Laurel Creek and they are preparing to send up machinery to work 1it. They will erect a stamp mill. GOLLI WILL LIE To-DAY. Senora Canovas Assures the Assassin of the Lead Statesman of Her Forgiveness. MADRID, Spary, Aug. 19.—An Italian anarchist nemed Rcssi was arrested at Vergara to-day. Itis believed he was at- tempting to communicate with Golli, the | assassin of Canovas. The death sentence was read to Goil1 in his cell this morning. After the reading the condemned man was given in charge of monks, who conducted him to the chapel of the prison, where, according to Spanish custom, be will spend the last twenty-four hours of life in company with spiritual advisers and guards, who have been detailed to prevent his escape. The execution will take place to-mor- row. Senora Canovas rcquested the priest who gave extreme unction to her nusband as he was dying from the assassin’s bul- lets in the bath at Santa Agueda to visit Golli and assure him of ber forgiveness. Pierce has a force of | | that. | | | | | | | | | | | discouraged. | | ing of miners’ supplies from Dyea to Lake | the road, it appears, had promised to take supplies to the lakes for 15 cents a pound | if the miners would turn outin a body | and assist 1n clearing the trail and cordu- | was accepted and fulfilled. IS BYTALES OF * TISHSTER Continued from First Page. saddle off, and we finally got the horse asbore on a little island. We saved the | saddle and blankets. Several were | drowned in the river during the last days, ana while I am writing they are trying to bring in a ‘man lha!"fell in and is ap- parently drowned. “The river is terribly swift and full of bowlders. They haul freight across at 1 cent a pound. the water coming up to the wagonbed. They almost Iost a team yes- | terday. Horses are worth from $15) to $200 & bead,and you cin’t get them at Many who left weeks before us are around here yet. There are about thirty men now engazed in building a bridge about half a mile up. It will be finished te-day, and we don’t propose to iet any one cross unless they getin and help until we have got all our eoods across. It is claimed that only two men have got across the trail so far. We can use our cart for about four miles and no more, and there are 200 men here who wsant to buy it. They say the trail is pretty bad, and it will take us at least three weeks to get over. The boat we will leave here, as t is impossible to take 1t. “Boats are worth $5 here, and many are | bresking them up, as they realize the utter impossibility of taking them over the mountain., You can buy stuff cheaper here than you can in Seattle. We are not | We propose to get in as fast as vossibie, and you' can rest assured that the boys and myseif won’tbe far be- | hind when tne vanguard strikes the Klon- dike. We are plodding along and will | take no more chances. We started for the ‘land of tco much goid’ and we will get there. This country is staked out in town lots and saloons and dancehouses. Any man who leaves Seattle without | horses gets left, as every horse in sight is | engaged for quite & whil | BT it | MINERS USE FORCE. | | They Compel Packsrs to CarryfOut Their Contracts on the Skaguay Trall. [Copyrighted by James D. Hoge Jr. for P. L Alaskan News Synd cate.] LAKE LINDERMAN, N. W. T., Aug. 8.—This has been a day of excitement on Bkaguay Trail. Determined men, who considered that their rights had been trampied upon, drew their r.fles and threatened to shed human blood unless certain agreements heretofore mede were fulfilled. They are men of character, who tolerate no deception and are willing to fizht for their rights, and this after- noon their mettie was put toa test and they exhibited true nerves of steel and won the day. The troubie originated about the pack- | The trail was finished 2 few The promoters or openers of Bennett. aays ago. roying the roadb:d. The proposition The arrival of several hundred prospectors irom Seattle with nearly 250 tons of supplies caused the rate to advance to $25a hundred weight. Tne packers ignored their former verbal agreement and began soliciting business at the new schedule rates. Much of the supplies had ‘been tzken half way and left | by the roadside before the trail wascom- pleted. The men had worked hard and faithfuily from early morning until late | at night, and in sullen silence, mixed with a little tinge of disgust, not to make use of a harder term, saw the newcomers pass | over the trail and .on toward the gold | fields of the north. An informal miners’ meeting was con- vened. The situation was calmly and de- liberately discussed and the utmost order prevailed. Nota man flinched when the chairman asked if all present would abide by the action of the mujority. and every prospector present who had contributed his labor toward opening the trail signi- fied his willingness to act as directed by the meeting. A committee was appointed and reported oy recommending that the management be forced to live up to their agreement by the use of firearms. Not a dissenting voice was raised. The assemblage adjourned and in an hour 150 determined snd wronged men armed with Winchesters, shotguns, pistols and pickhandles, stood by the roadside and halted the pack train as it was returning to Skaguay from the lakes for another load of supplies at 25 cents per pound. in clear and ringing tones, and fifty head of packhorses came to a standstill. Tne situation was explained to the head packer. At first he was inclined to pass on and cbey the commands of hisem- ployers, but the sight of armsin the hands of determined men- changed his opinion. The horses were turned about and new packs placed on their backs and started for the lakes. In a short time the men’s supplies were fanded at Lake Bennett, and the packers were paid at the rate of §I15 a hundred, and the men were careful to see that no one other than those who assisted in the opening of the trail were aliowed to have their goods carried at this rate. In this manner ended the first Teal exciting event of the Klondike rush. The Canadian customs officers have es- tablished a custom-kouse at the arm be- tween Tagish and Bennett lakes and are inspecting all miners’ supplies entering the Northwest Territory. Duty is not ex- | acted on ordinary and necessary supplies, | consisting of plain common food and clothing, weighing 1000 pounds or less. It is reckoned that that amount will last a miner one year. The officers are in- clined to act in an impartial manner and free from discrimination. They -are par- ticularly after the liquor and tobacco smugglers and are reported to have zal- ready seized a considerable quantity of whisky. The officers are determined to | put a stop to this class of smuggling and will use every effort to promote the im- migration of American mirers for the purpose of deveiopment of Canadian ter- ritory. Wiir J. Jones. . ERE S e SEEK OTHER ROUTES. Prospective Miners Who Do Not Care to Go by Way cf Dyea and Skaguay. SEATTLE, WasH.,, Aug. 19.—As the re- | ports continue to be received of the crowd- ed condition of the passes leading to the golden Kiondike from Dyea and Skaguay, prospective minera are giving considera- ble thought and investigation to the other routes leading to the goal. About three weeks ago John King, an old British Co- lumbia miner, returncd to Seattle from the Yukon country by way of the Stick- een Rivér, over which route he had pre- viously gone. His arrival and reports of a very accessible pass have had the effect of calling attention to this method of gaining an ehtrance into the north. Mr. King has been in Spokane for several days past, but will reach here to-morrow, and with Major J. A. Strong, a prominent newspaper man of this Siate, expects to head an expedition to go over the route referred to. An advance guard of nearly twenty prospectors, prominent among whom are Henry T. Ray of Rathdrum, Idaho, and George Roberts of Missoula, Mont., left this aiternoon on the Ai-Ki. They wili be followed on Sunday by Mr. King and others, who go on the Queen. At Wran- gel they will change from tie steamer lo tiat-bottom river boats and go up the Siickeen River nearly 140 miles to Tele- graph Creek, the head of navigation. There a trail is encountered about ninety miles long, which King’'s friends say is quite accessible and easily traveled. The road is largely corduroyed, while the creeks are easily forded. Packers and horses can both be secured to carry freight over the trail to Lake Teslin, the t'me consumed in so doing being about seven days, At the lake a boat can b: built or a canoe purchased from the In- dians and the rest of ths journey is no great task. After crossing ‘'the lake Hootalinqua River is reached, and later Lewis River. They will then go down this stream to Fort Belkirk, the junction of the Yukon and Pelly rivers, and then proceed down the Yukon to Stewari or Kiondike rivers. “Halt!” came the command ! Major Strong said to Tre CAvrr corre- spondent this evening that the trip from Seultle 1o the Klondike by way of Stickeen River can be made 1n twenty-five days without any of tne hardships that must be endured by way of Dyea and Skaguay. He is not positive that all his party will go as far as the i .ondike at this time, as so many decide to prospect around Lake Teslin over winter and go farther north in the spring. The mejor's wifs will accom- pany him on the trip, and as she is a young woman of considerable fortitude and endurance, having twice climbed Mount Rainier, he anticipates that she will endure the journey without any great discomfort. The presence in Seattle during the past few days of L. L. Bales of Everett, an old- time trapper, hunter, guide and explorer, who recently returned frem Alaska, has resulted in considerable taik as to another | way of reaching the Klondike by way of the Copper River. A number of men who are going north this spring have listened with much interest to Mr. Bales’ descrip- tion of the country he is so familiar with, and already some have decided to try the route he suggests, with the possibility of exploring the Copper River country and then going on the Klondike. Hisidea for reaching there he described as follows: “I will go from Seattle to Sitka and then take the steamer Dora for - Nuchek, on Prince Williams Land, 400 miles to the northwest. From thence I should go to Orca, some forty-five miles further up the Sound, by way of the salmon cannery tugs whicn make connection with the Dora 2t Nuchek. This brings one within forty-five miles of the Valdeze pass and some hundred miles northwest of the mouth of Copper River. Tue remaining distance to the pass must be covered by small boats, Indian canoes being prefera- ble. Sofar theroute is covered almost exclusively by salt water, the exception being a few miles of fresh water encoun- tered just belore reaching the pass. Val- deze Pass is low and comparatively easy of ascent. With a seventy-five pound pack a man acquainted with the route can easily make the trip in three days through to water connection with the Conper. The route could be made passable for pack animals with a very light expense in time and labor. The pass is far more prefera- ble in every way to any old passon the coastleading to the interior, and very lit- tle labor will make it a fine route for pack animals. “I expect it 1s by far the lowest pass in the coast. You are then brought to an unnamed lake, tributary toand but one day’s travel by caroe,or thirty miles, from Copper River. The point where you thus strike the main stream is about 150 miles from its mouth as theriver runs. The canoe journey from the start down is per- fectly feasible, except in exireme low water. Very little hardship need be en- dured thus far, and if the determination ’ be to push on to Klondike, without paus- ing to prospect intervening territory, the | route by way of Dyea is as quick as the Valdeze Pass, although not so short by 250 miles in & direct line. In attempting to reach the Klondike via Valdeze Pass by sleds one should start in March, so as | to avoid bearing too much to the south- east, where are encountered the foothills | lying to the northeast of Mount St. Elias. By starting in June the journey may be made in canoes {o the head waters of Cop- per River, thence across a low divide, carrying the canoes and packs, and thence down either Forty-mile or Sixty-mile Crezk to the Yukon, which brings you very close to Dawson City. While this latter trip is possibly longer than the Dyea routes, yet the chances are strongly In fa- vor of striking richer placer dizgines be- fore arriviag at the head of navigation. I do not believe that a party starting on this trip will have any occasion to push across the divide into the valley of tue Yukon. “You see the Klondike territory is pretty well covered by prospectors by this time, and next spring the rush will be so great that the chances will be mighty slim for striking a good claim open for location. Newcomers will be obliged to push on farther to the north- east all the way from 200 to 500 miles, and supplies will be difficult {0 obtain.” ‘When asked about the prospects of a continuation of the gold excitement Mr. Bales replied: “The rush of the gold-seekers is but in its incipiency. Another season will wit- ness an army of at least 100,000 invading not only the valley of the Yukon, but the valleys of all the streams flowing into the ocean from Alaskan territory. Tie vast extent ana ricuness of the gold fields war- rant this estimate. To-day the Klondike | country is claiming the whole attention, but the future will demonstrate that the | richest gold country comprises a territory fifty times ss large as what is now known as the Klondike. ~The Copper River country alone with its tributaries is over 250 miles long by 150 miles broad, which makes an area of | 37.500 square miles. Gold as well as cop- per exists in abundance throughout this vast stretch of country, judging by all in- dieations. I have seen specimens of ore | rich in copper from this country, while tire natives assert that this gold and cop- per abound along the many tributaries to the main stream. The identical gold signs are found at the mouth of the Copper | River that first led to explorations of the Yukon, namely: Great quantities of fine flour gold permeating the mud and silt. Of course the further up the streams one goes the coarser must be these particles of the yellow metal. Again, Copper River heads within a short distance of Forty- mile and Sixty-mile creeks, which latter are rich in gold placers and which empty into the Yukon near the Klondike.” ON STEWART RIVER, Additional Storles of the Great Finds of Gold Made In That Locallty. TACOMA, WasH., Auz. 19.—The steamer | Queen brought down news of rich strikes of gold un Stewart River and Henderson Creek, both tributaries of the Yukon. The mouth of Stewart River is tweniy-five miles above Sixty-mile and Henderson Creek is twelve miles below Stewart River. It is believed the new distrist will equal the Klondike. Wiiliam Forrest writes to friends here and at Victoria that he heard the news about July 1, while at Lake Linderman preparing to embark for Daw- son. He says that reliable men tola him that the di-coverer of gold in big quahti- ties on Stewart River took over a hundred pounds of dust and nuggets, aggregating $23,000 in value, from his claim in three days’ work. Adjoining claims paid nearly as well. The discoverers had worked only a few days when high water stopped work. As soon as the ground freezes this fall it is the iutention to sink shafts to bedrock. Until then the exact value of the new discovery cannot be told. The ciaims on Henderson Creek have not yet proved as valusble as those on Stewart River, though it is reported that four men cleaned up nearly $30,000 this spring before high water caused them to cease work. Claims have been staked out for miles along both streams. Forrest’s party and others which followed headed for the Stewart River, The letter says there was sure to be a big stampede in that direction. For years past men have made $8 and $10 per day by working bars in Stewart River with hand.rockers. This fact was | well known at Dawson and led a party who had not secured claims on tbe Kloa- dike to start out in May, with the inten- tion of prospecting the upper gulches and | creeks of Stewart River. En route one! party decided to stopand explore Hender- son Creek, with the resuit that rich | ground was uncovered there a few days! later. A returned Yukoner says the gold | supply bas not diminished on the burs in | Stewart River that have been worked for years. A new supply seems to be washed | down in aliuvial deposits every spring during high water and the bars are thus ( recharged withgold. This story indicates | that the gold supply on the upp r waters must be very large, SPOKANE, Wasn., Aug. 19.-—Jim Fer- guson, a former resident of this city, has wiitten a letter from Skaguay under date of August 9 to friends in Spokane. In it he says: “Iiis reported here that astrike richer than the Klondike has been made at the mouth of the Stewart River, and if the ve:sel which is expected in a few days from the north brings news of new dis- coveries the rush will probably be kept up all winter if the trails can possibly be kept passable, Tuere are 1200 head of ho:ses here now and more are coming on every boat. *The weather is hot in the daytime and extremely cold at night, Many have pur- chased their outfits at Juneau. There is no doubt that the merchants there under- stand better what the miners’ outfits should be than do the dealers of Seattle and Tacoma. The Canadian authorities are alive to the need of better transporta- tion facilities. On board the Al-Ki were several civil engineers going in under di- rection of the Government. They left the vessel at Wrangel and will investigate a | route that will open up the celebrated | Cassiar mining district and at the same time it will be a better way to the Klon- dike. Iexpect toremain here until spring and then go in by the Pyramid Harbor route. There are 300 miles of prospeciing | on the trip.” Ferguson says this route is said toafford | an abundance of good grass for cattle ‘or | horses being tzken in, and that it passes tkrough a rich minerai country. COSTS MONEY TO BREATHE. Detectlve Wealsh Writes About the Crowded Conditlon of Affairs at Skaguay. PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 19.—The latest | letter from Detective W. H. Weish dated at Skaguay Bay, the 8th inst., was 1e- | ceived to-day. “There is lots of excitement here,” says | he, “but it is not about the gold in the Klondike, but it is how to get there before | the snow flies. Some of the men are turn- | ing back and many mora are thinking of | doing so. Itis a sure thing thdt all will get left who attempt to push ahead wiin- out provisions and that number is quite | considerable. Tnere is more freight at | Dyea than can be moved across the pass | in two months. Storekeepers and salvon men have runners at Juneau advising em- igrants as to what pass to take. Oune would imagine to hear them talk that both passes are clear wagon roads. It costs you money here to preathe. You are | | tance of half a mile, charged $10 per ton to carrying your freight from a lighter in the bay a dis- But we didn’t get caught out. Ifound a sick man unable to use his boat and helet me have it for §12 50 for one day. [t is safe to say that one-half of the people here will not get across the pass this fail. [ would advise all below not to start until spring. They will get through in plenty of time. There is lots of gold up here; in fact more of that than flour. Horses are now selling at $200 per head. They will not bring 30 cents in tbirty days from now, as it will be too late to pack.” ——-— The Expadition Delayed. LOS ANGELES, Cir, Aug. 19.—The steamer Caspar, now unloading lumber at San Pedro, was to have sailed to-night or Saturday. with a party of Los Angeles men ticketed to Dyea for the Klondike and for the Copver River. It was confi- dentially annonnced a week ago that there would be at least forty passengers from Southern California whicn, with a contingent to be picked up 2t San Fran- cisco, wovld have made a profitable load. To-day not over half a dozen of the men were ready with their passage moner. As the charter of the boat will cost $6000 there seems little chance of the voyage being undertaken at all COVERNOR BODD NOW I OREGON Continued from First Page. tion was fulfilled, for sure enough he was left by the wayside, Millard, the Repub- lican candidate for Lieutenant-Governor, defeating him. At Millard’s death Jeter was appointed to succeed him by Governor Budd, and the latter has now clothed him with the powers of the chiefex-cutive, having gone for a few weeks into Oregon. SxGindotiien What Mr. Jeier Says. f SANTA CRUZ, CAL. Aug. 19.—Lieuten< ant-(Governor Jeter said to-night that there is nothing in the Stockton Mail story. Governor Budd had asked him to hear the application of Hill for pardon, which he will do on Monday. Governor Budd also asked Lieutenant-Governor Jeter to reps resent him in the encampment of the National Guard here, which he did to-day in a way that the Governor himself sould not have improved Wreok of @ Freight Train. SAN JOSE, CAn, Aug. 19.—Through some delect 1n the running gear of one of the cars freizht train 36, running between Santa Cruz and San Jose, went to pieces about four miles south of this city at 9:44 this evening. The train was going at the rate of fifty milesan hour, being a few minutes behind vime. The engine and eight cars imme- diately behind it were not injured. All the others were damaged, six being smashed beyond repair. No one was injured, as the conductor and brakeman were in the caboose at the time of the accident. NEW T '0-DAY. TAKING CLAIMS! E ADMIRE THE COURAGE OF THE STRONG AND AMBITIOUS WHO are braving the rigors of Alaska’s cold, but wish to remind our friends, or suggest the wisdom of staking claims on the broad field of thrift, energy and prosperity around home, Let every farmer plant a few additional acres; let every merchant brush up his stock and store, clsan out old zoods at 14 price or any price, use the money to square off old accounts; fill the vacant place with something the world want same yourself. Empl wanted at once or not. In our small business we have added 30 will many more since the tariff bill passed and became a law. share of it ask your patrons to pay cash or at a time agreed upon, and do the yers should add 10 to 20 per cent to their foice—whether The business will come. Help to accomplish the glad resuit. ing workers and increased the pay of as We ask your trade or a SHOE BARGAL Boys' Extra Quality Butto-, 5, 5 Gents' ] ow Snoes, worth $2 50 Gents’ Button Shoes, worth $%.75. Ladies’ Cloth Lace. 115, 3, 314, O. Ladies' Brown Oxfords 3 Ladies’ Oxfords, Black, 21 06, Ladies’ Styl sh Ox fords, opira to: Gizls' Tan Shoes, §1.50 grade, 13, 1 Ladies’ Plain Tos, bution, 2 Ladies’ Plain Toe, bution, Ladies’ Fine Tipped, O. . DRY GOODS BARGAINS. Marysville Flannel, B qualitv. 3 colors. Marys?i je F. .\ square toe Tennis F Tennis Fiannel, heavy and zood . Dress Calico, standard quality. Wool Chalil. dark figare, 2f Erown Maslin. 1 yard, good quality . Larce Bath Towels. 20x46 each.. Table Damask, bleached, not linen MiSCELLANEQUS— BARGAINS. Klondike Hose, heavy and lon, .. 8100 | Klondike Caps warm. 0cw 2.50 | Kionatke Coats. ....... 820010 7.00 K ondike B 73¢ 10 16 (0 Klondike Boous 5 CO to 6.30 Yukon Stove Alaska Maps Everything Men. nd Seafaring SOMETHING TO EAT. Beans, white or colored Eears, piuk or red, b4 £ago or Tapioca, per 1b. 1 Prunes, go.d and brigh ‘4 Nectarines—you ought to try. 5 ranulated Light Brown Sugar, 22 1bs. 1.00 Kindergarten Coffea, ground, best. .28 Arabian Fig Coffee, at the fair 130 Sweet Corn, evaporael (dry), 1b. ‘10 Posium Ce.eal, packages. . .25 Raiston Breakfast Fool 1215 Hecker's Farina, closing A Packing safely and with dispatch Is one The near-town purchasers find it conve: The ladies’ workroom is busy now with Our clothing department, where Alaska of our strong points. nient to shop with us. gowns of all kinds. tourists are fitted out, is a curiosity. leasani 2 Weare to force THE BI& STORE AT THE FERRY— 'CASH STORE We aim to give every one a welcome and to maks their stay, whether f a moment or a month, as t as possible. Lo not fe:l that you must buy. always “willing” to sell, but make no effort goods on our patrons at Sl DOCTOR SWEANY. 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