The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 17, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1897 "L WOMAN « GOBS OVER HE TRAIL Snow Has Already Be- gun Falling in the Passes. CLOSES THE ROAD| TO KLONDIKE. Mrs. Scovel Tells of Her Trip Qut From Lake Ben- nett. WHERE TOWNS GROW IN A NIGHT. . Sme of the Wonders Men Wil See Who Go to Dawson In the Spring. Special Dispatch to THE CALL SEATTLE, Wasu., Oct. 16.—The steamer AKi arrived from Skaguay, Dyea and oter Alaskan ports this evening, with | or*r 100 passengers aboa There were niKlondikers on the steamer. Passen- £fs Who came cown say winter has set in | oithe mountains and beyond the passes. Irs. Bylvester Scovel. who came down oithe Al-Ki,said: *“Winter has struck Lke Bennett. Three weeks ago a heavy neth wind swept through the canyon and | | | again with Danube a-rived this aiternoon, ten days from St. Michael. She brougnt down eighty-two passen- eers, most of them men who failed to reach the mines by the all-waler route. Some of them got as far as Fort Yukon and had to turn back. There are twelve miners from Circle City who bring about 000 in gold aust. Most of them have n working around Circle Ci but few them are interesied in the Klondike | caims. 4 A lot of provisions is at Fort Yukon, but it is feared that if there is a rush from Dawson it wi'l cause a shortage iurther down the river. Itispredicted that many men will perish in the attempt to escape from starvation by cominz down the river. The steawer P. B. Weare, sfter beitg on a sandbar twenty day: rived at 8 Michzel on September 2 ne started up a load o. freight, but it is feared she will never got up the river. | | | | Marlborough’s The steamer Alice arrived 5 September 20 with 120 miners, starting azain on t e 27th, bat ran azround at the | mouth of the river. The steamers Mare | | Island and Merwin tried to get un, but | failed. | counts were on a bar and free i m | ael i all come down on tre B | Company will build their river steamer at | | | | thsnow fell, and the miners there pro- | nunced it a genuine blizzard. The sea- ®1 1s now so treacherous that men are eching their stuff at the lakesand going bek to the timber 1o build winter homes. | ‘bey expect to get to Dawson ahead of te spring rush from the tes. “Captain Harper and a sq of Cana- d@n mounted police were preparing to gt away for Dawson City when we left. 41 who start n expect to be snowed v. Many will winter at Lake 'Tagish, te headquarters of Canadian custom dicers. Mounted and provincial polic re also there. I can e ereat Lake Bennett. Beef was worth 0 cents & pound when I ieft. I wantto ay that up on White Pass you find na- cure’s noblemen. “I left Lake Bennett October 4 for uay, arriving October 6, a few hours te for the City of Seattle. I will Scovel is, and where I expect to finish honeymo made the trip over te Pass twenty-one and a half hours of in actuai traveling, whi ows | / he journey is not so terrible as | J e worid believe. But | il seems 4000 miles exhausted, and if there e hill I would have stayed 1 I was reall had been one m ““The first night 1 the camp of the Canadian Mining nd Exploration party. The second day we crossed the summit, traveling twenty- two miles, soaked to the skin, and it was not very comfortable sleeping in these garmenis. My rubber boots were cat to my ‘eetare badly bruised. stiff, and I learnea that the malady at- tacks the average person who is not used to the peculiar luxuries of mountain climbing. Ithrew away the boots and wrapped my feet in gunnvsacks, I was surprised when 1 reacbed Edgzemont, the | camp at the foot of the first hill. It was | a regular town, with log cabins and lights | blazing from the windows. It was tie same at Skaguay. I had never before seen such a transformation. There are streets | and plank waiks and 600 houses.” There isa story in Mrs. Scovel. She is the wife of Bylvester Scovel, the well- | known correspondent of the New York World. Scovel and his wife are probably | the only couple who, notwithstanding that they had plenty of money, tried three distinct times to go moon trip and failed. They were married several years ago in the East. Therr wedding” was a very smart affair. They had planned an exiensive wedding tour. they were sbout to depart for outh Scovel was detailed to Cuba. There he stayed for ayear. On hisreturn he and Mrs. Scovel started off on the long- delayed trip. *‘Go to Greece and report the war,’” were the instructions Scovel roceived. He ’ went, was gone six months, came back, and as he and Mrs. Scovel were about to try once again Mr. Scovel was ordered to Alaska. He and Mrs. Scovel talked the matter over and she decided to accom- pany her husband to the land of gola. They came here, went north and crosséd White Pass. When they reached Laks Bennett Mr. Scovel, who had undertaken in behalf of the World to improve White Pass, returned to Seattle, expecting to re- turn to the lake. He was here twenty minutes when a telegram took him East and he was shipped to Cuba. Before leny- ing he made arrangements for Mrs. Sco- vel’s return. S e ey THE YUKON CLOSED. A Newspaper Correspondent Dies | From Exhausilon in Snow and Ice. VICTORIA, B. C., Oct. 16.—The steamer the on a honey- | the | | | They t say how many peo- | e Bennett we | pre In crossing the streams I was | land; sermon, to pieces and | re When Iawoke | Downey of San Francisco and Rav. C. M. in” the morning my legs were perfectly | Hill of Oakland. | as the next plac> of meeting. | makingan address | reached sions of | large and ex:thusiastic public meeting Th Merwin andt Alice at lust ac- ing up. he Mare Island has returned to Steb- 8, twelve miles from St. Michael. Few and very gold were at St. Mich- when tre Danu , and thev will | >ritha. The North American Transportation and Trading Unalaska on account of the schooner Hueneme having been iost in Uniak Pas Five otl.er river steamers are to be built at St. Michael. The ice was in the upper river when the Weare started down, and | icicles were a foot long on her when she St. Michae'. ‘T'he s eamers Ber- tha, Cleveland, Portland, Excelsior, Bear and Lakme were at St. Michael when the Danube left; also the schooner Queen. A yarty which arrived at St. Michael from Stebbins on October 3 say that the steamers Merwin, Alice and Mare Island ' | ( | | are frozen in at the mouth of the Yukon, and fears are entertained that they will all be destroyed when the river breaks up in the spring. Passengers who started up the river on | the: teamers were endeavoring to zet to | St. Michael overland. The steamer Healy, which, with a barge, was loaded at St Michael, unloadea when the news came irom Stebbins. The Excelsior and steam schooner Navarro w.th a tow arrived at el on October 3. . Tucker, correspondent of the A: sociateo Press of Troy, N. Y., died of ex- banstion on the tra:l a few miles from Rampart City. He and a friend started out at nignt with a little food 10 locate claims on Hoosier Creek. They spent two days and nights in the woods, and when they turned back Tucker fe from exhaustion. His friend went for as- sistance, but when 1t arrived Tucker was dead. Of the men who reached 8t. Michael re- cently most of them have been working for wages in the vicinitv of Circle City. made the trip to Port Yukon in rowboats and from there came down in steamers. There was not $100,000 in the whole crowd, so that the res: ot 1he boats tais fall will bring very little treasure. There is c erable taik among the men who fail to get in of taking ac- tion against steamship companes , pariicularly against a Ander: d the which took them the owners of the Of a thousand odd men wh ¢ since July not one reached the ines. Some are still at Fort Yukon hoping to in early in the spring, but a large ma- jority are coming south. Mayor Wood of Seattle and his party got their steamer built and started ap the river, but they cannot go far as they | are sure to meet floating ice if they e cape the sandbars. There are now eighieen steamers on the river. as again: five last year, so that there will be lots of | food at Diwson as soon as the river opens 1n the sprir BAPTI>IS A1 5 Largely Attended Sessions of the Pacific Associatio SANTA ROSA, CaL., Oct. 16.—The ses- the P ic Baptist Association here to-day were largely attended. | In theforenoon the programme included se service, led by Rev. P. Mitche!l of . Helena; report on home missions, Rey. Mr. Waterhouse oi Valiejo; addre-s on home missi Rev. C. H. Hill of Oak- “‘All Is Vanity,” Rev. R. Gray of Dixon. This afternoon the exercises included | ports on foreign missions by Rev. Mr. | i374 ROSA o Woodland was selected | Rev. Mr. Cable rendered a report tor the obituary | committee, showing that there had been sixteen deaths of members In the jurisdic- . Tue committee on resolutions reported | in favor of pushing mission work and recommended that an assistant mission- | ary be appointed for this district. To-night the iadies had charge of the meeting, Mrs. A. B. Banks presiding and Letters from foreign fields of work were read by State Sunday- school Missionary D. P. Ward. Rev. John Downey of Ozkland was elected nistorian of the association this afternoon, ZTor a Beet-Sugar Factory. SAN LUIS OBISPO, CAL, Oct. 16.—A ! held here this afternoon to arrange plans | to secure the erection of a beet s tory for this county. R, cashier of the county “ban was made | chairm d varlous schemes were dis- | cussed. Finally the chairman was em- F powered to appoint an executive commit- tee and san adjournment ken until Monday eveninv, when an effort will be made 10 determine how much land can be pledged in this county for the raising of sugar beets. —w—— i STARTED RIGHT, | With Every Assurance Success. A new enterprise, founded upon the use of honest goods, open methods and em- ploymg bome labor is the cig factory of M. Clark & Co., street, where the celebrated cigar is made. The name has been wisely selected for this cigar. Tt consisis of the best Havana stock, is hm_ul.eu by healthy and experi- enced men, in the purest atmosphers and of Continued Ar manu- MARQULS OF BLANDEORD CHRISTENED Son Is Named John Albert Edward William. PRINCE OF WALES PARTICIPATES. And So Does Grandfather Vanderbilt, but Grandma Belmont Is Absent. NOTABLE RELATIONS AT THE CEREMONY. The Duchess Greatly Relleved When the Ncble Infant Is Re- turned to th= Nurse’s Arms. £pecial Dispatch to THE CALL. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 16.—A special from London to the World saye: Jobn Al- | bert Edward William are the names given by the Prince of Wales, the Marchioness of Blandford and William K. Vandervilt to the infant Marquis of Blandford, the Duke of Marlborough’s first-born, at the christening to-day in the Chapel Royal of St. James Pulace. All the eldest sons in the Churchill family are named John, after the first Duke, otherwise the Prince of Wales’ baptismal names would come fi William is aiter the grandfatner, William K. Vanderb:it. Thne christenine was a very quiet and seiect function. A good-sized crowd, com- posed chiefly of well-dressed women, gath- ered st toe palace gates to see the com- puny arrive, expeciinga big, fashionable ge, disappointed. With the exception of the Prince it was merely a family party. The only notable absentee was Mrs, Belmont As William K. Varnderbilt was to actas sponsor, Mrs. Belmont, formerly wife and mother of the Duchess of Marlborough, could not participate; consequently she chose to stay away. The ceremony was appointed to begin A. M, and punctually to the sec- Duchess of Mariborough arrived, in pale-blue and white silk, ook ing wan and delcate. Ithmediately fo lowing her was the hope of the family, a bundie of white satin and costhest lace, borne by a buxom, auburn-haired nurse, dressed in white, with black bonnet. Tue Duke showed his wife to a seat in the pew dressed | nearest the altar and then went out to re- cieve the other zuests—his two sisters, Ladies Norah and L'lian Spencer Church- ill; nis auni, the Duchess of Buccleuch, and hertwo dauguters; Duke Abercorn, his uncle; the Coun ess of Pembroke, a cousin; Lora Churcnill, Lord-in-Waiting | s | Cannen, who heroically came to ner res- to the Queen, and about a dozen of the Marlborough woman servanis. Mr. Van- derbilt entered immediately before the Prince of Wales, and, baving bowed gravely 1o the ladies, he took a seat beside the Marchioness of Blandford, the Duke | of Mariborough’s mother, who shook him warmlv by the hand. Mr. Vanderbilt was solemnity personi- : | fied, ciad in a black frock coat, white | tion during the year. | walstcoat, white satin trousers. became deenly absorbed in its contents. The Prince of Wales, with Colonel Stanley Clark in attendance, was then ushered in by the Duke, who looked the happy father all over ani took his place nearest the altar rail. Tne Prince wore a biack frock coat, gray trousers and had a flower in his button-hole. He only faintly acknowledged the salutations of the com- pany as they rose to receive him. He bore his most religious aspect. All this time the young Duchess was on tenter- hooks concerning the baby’s temperature, on which subject she was receiv.ng whis- pered bulietins from the nurse. The noble infant, whicn displayed an ex- em plary temper, evidenily was too warm in a multitude of veils and other gar- ments and an assortment of them was re- moved gradually by the nurse and handed for saf» keepine to the mother. Sub-Deacon Edger Sheppard started off mstantly, the Prince was in his place, stanging with the Lady Blandford and Mr. Vanderbilt, and the nurse beari the babe at the font. A quisite flowers was placsd arouna iront of the font. A bymn was sung, company standing, except the Duche: The Duke stood behind the sponsors, as- siduousiy reading a prayer-book. Nothing was more edifying than the devout atten- tion witn which the Prince followed the hymns anc prayers, in both of which he tie and gray appeared to join. He spoke loud and clearly his responses in behalf of the slumbering infant, whom he pledgea vicariously to ail manner of righteousness with the light beart. There was justa su picion of a smile on the faces of the cleanest surroundings. This enterprice is | noble ladies around when the Prince { worthy of tue support of every loyal San | stoutly and unfalterinely declared he Franciscan who enjoys a good cigar. Be | renounced the world, the flesh | sure and ask your dealer for a “Sanitsr"’ | and the devil, and all bhis works igar. * |on the part of the unconscious He 100k up a hymnbook and | wreath of ex- | tre | | | | but the curious throng was | | dwelling-houses in the hil! s-ction of this | Lucas avenue was burned (o the ground | the timely assistance of a brother fireman, | be saved, the department was compelled ! | | | | ploded ana set fire 10 the house. | a yeranda roof and was seriously hu-r. | and pioneer of this vicinity, breathed his lordling by his side. Buat that did not disturb the equilibrium of the Maribor- ough babyv, which was a miracie of quies- cence. Even when his paternal grand- mother, the Marchioness of Biandiord, got him he never moved. When the clergy- man took him in his arms the inlant shiowed the first and only sign of obstrep- erousness by making a grab at the cross of the Order of Bath, worn around the neck of ihat functionary. When the ceremony was over the precious infant was Landed back to the nurse, to the obvious reliei of the Duchiess, who had watched his migra- tions from hand to hand with anxious eyes. The Prince stepped forward and led the Duchess to the sacristy to sign the bap- tismal register, toeether with the Duke, Lady Blandford. Mr. Vanderbilt and the Duchess of B uch. Tbe interval while this se'ect party was in the sacristy was occupied br the others present in gathering around the baby and compli- the nurse on uis marvelous be- “He is the bestbaby I have ever minded. He gives no trouble to any one, vet he is bealtby and strovs as could be,” the nur-e pronly declared. When the Prince returned with the Duchess and the rest to the chapel e shook hands w all the ladies, who courtesiet lo Then he siroked the y’s faceand complhimented the Duchess on his heaithiul jook. After- ward the Prince advanc-d to Mr. Vander- bilt, who was standing more or less apart, and shaking his hand felicitated bim on the birth of a grandson. Mr. Vanderbilt received the Prince courteously and with a dignifiea cordiality iu contrast with the rat obsequious manner in which ihe noble people present addressed him. The party dispersed and the baby was taken back in the Marlborough coach to Spencer House. The Duke subsequently went to the mar- riage of the Marquis of Waterford and Lady Beatrice Fitz-Maurice, s.cond daugh- ter of the Marquis of Lansdowne, but the Duchess was too fatigned to accompany him. The Prince of Wales presented to the babe’s parents & gold cup on which were engraved the christening names given to the babe, the arms of the Prince of Wales and the Mariborough arms. Mr. Vanderbilt is booked for passage on the sieamship Lucania, which sailed from Livervool to-day anda will touch at Queens- town on her way to New York. THREE FIRES AT ONE TINE IN L0S ANGELES Each Destroys a Dwelling, the Total Loss Amounting to $18,000. Two Flremen Serlously Injured and Have a Narrow Escape From Cremation. Special Dispatch to THE CALL LOS ANGELES, CaAL., Oct. 16.—Three | city burned between 9 and 10 o'clock this evening, causing a total loss of $18 000 and injuries to two firemen. An unoccupied cottage belonging to John W. Leonard on Second street and at 9 o'clock, causing a loss of $1000. man Bert Stowell was overcome bv and would Fire- moke have been cremated but for who reecued him, severely. While this fire was in progress and it became evident that the house coutd not both being burned to abandon it {0 go to the corner of Union and Kockwood avenues, where two houses were burning, Mrs. Kooniz, at the house of her sister, Mrs. C. H. Cannon, 1658 Rockwood avenue, dropped a coal-oil lamp, which ex- Mrs. Koontz fainted and would have been enveioped in flames, but for Mrs. cue and dragzed her out, falling down a rude stairway and spraining a wrist in making her exit. The hous and contents were a total loss of about $2500, well in- sured. Next to this cottage was a large vacant house, one of the finest buildingson the hills, having cost $15,000. It was the proverty of Mr. Titcomb of New York and partly insured. While ighting the fire on this house Fireman Tom Horne fell from The fires were all on the outskirts of the oil district, but though the three houses were a total oss the fire was kept from the derricks and tanks. e VISALIA WILL CONTEST. Daughters of the Late Thomas Blake Dispute the Claims of His Young Widow. VISALIA, Caw, Oct. 16. ~A month ago Thomas M. Blake, a prominent citizen last. Soon after the funeral his last wil! and testament and a petition for letters testamentary were filed with the clerk of the Superior Court by the widow, who was the third and last wif: of deceased. When the deceased pioncer married the third time he selected a wife as young as rome of his own daughiers, and the result was that the four grown daughters left the parental roof and have since taken care of themscives, three of them being school teachers. Owing to the strained feelings between the last wife and the daughters there was filed to-day a contest of the wili by the daughters, all of whom are highly re- spected ladies. The estate 1s valued at $40,000 and consists chiefly of valuable land near Visalia. Ot this estate only one of the daughters, by the will, receives anything except a quarter section of useless rocky land far up in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Nearly all the rest of tne estate goes to the widow and her three small children. The contestants allege that the widow exerted undue influence over their father and persuaded im to disinherit them, and that at the time the will was made he was not of sound mind. Some of the best attorneys in town have been engaged on both sides. VIEW OF DUTCH HARBCR, Shcwing the Coal Eunkers of the North Americay Commercial C ompany and the Sand £ e Into the Harbor About a Mile, e —— pit Running Oct | | suggest an early attention to the matters | l. WHEELING ARRIVES AT HONOLOLD Nine Days Occupied the Voyage of the Gunboat. in CAUSES SURPRISE IN HAWAIL Ana All Kinds of Stories as to the Mission of the Vessel. PECULIAR FINANCES OF THE ISLANDS. In the Final Event of Annexation $4,000,000 in Debts Must Be Shouldered by Uncla Sam. Correspondence of THE CALL HONOLULU, Hawar, Oct. 7.—It is un- derstood that Minister Shimamura bas re- ceived further dispatches from the Jap- ane-e Government, which he will present to the Department of Foreign Affairs on the return of Minister Cooper from Ha- waii. There is reason to believe that they | in dispute. The Minister of Finance has published his financial statement ior the month of | September. From ihis itappears that the ne: loan indeb'edness is $4,241,217 41, as against $3,831,807 24 in September, 1896. Outstanding bonds have increased from $5,269,200 to $3,485,200, and the debt to the | Po-ta! Savings from $736,764 49 to $798.6° The total treasury balance has decreased from $225,007 80 in Septem- ber, 1896, to $123,149 07. The total current receipts were $106,255 40, as against $144,, 693 11, and the total cnrrent expenditures $111,462 29 instead of $138,880 72. In case of annexation the United States will have 0 pay $4,000,000 in debts. Jne United States gunboat Wheeling arrived in port on Sunday morning, after anine days’ voyvage from San Francisco. Her unexpected arrival s'arted all kinds of stories. As a sample, it was stated the United States had invaded Cuba and de- clared war against Spain, and in conse- gnence thereof Admiral Miller and Min- ister Sewall had ‘‘sealed dispatches” to hoist the American flag over the executive bnilding at noon the next day. The leading annexation organ, the Star, is atlengtn compelied to make an arg ment in the form of an apology on behalf of the restricted franchise, as ‘“‘there are always a certain numnber of people wno do not and will not understand why the franchise was so restricted when the re- public was estabiished.” It claims that “it was absolutely nece: sary that under the conditions the citizen- ship sbould be restricted, not only for the good and protection of those engaged in forming the government and for the capi- tal of the country, but also, and this most particularly, for the native Hawaiian as against the Asiatic claimants for citizen- ship rights,” and centinues that in effect it was to bar the Japanese from the fran- chise which Minister Fuji was desirous of obtaining for his countrymen under the most favored section clause of his treaty. These statements or arguments may be all very well for newcomers here or for those abroad who are not conversant with the facts. In the first place the special pro- vision in the constitution of the republic in reference to naturalzation, “He shall be a citizen or subject of a country hay- ing express treaty stipulations with the republic of Hawaii concerning nacuralization,” was inserted principally to prevent both Chinese nng Japanese from: having the franchise, as a very large number of Chinese had in past years been made citizens, while still a much !arger number can claim citizenship by birth, as they are doing and will continne to do, and no Japanese 1o speak of, if at all, had become citizens. But it was not so much by this provision that the franchise was restricted, nor were these nationalities the main cause of the restriction. The rea- sons for the restrictions were well known at the time by those immediately *‘on the inside,” and ‘it is from these sources that the facts are gathered, and not two or three vears after date. The Provisional Government was founded by stratagem and supported by force. It was creatd to promote annexa- tion to the Uniied States solely, and not 10 rule agovernment for any length of time. It was anticipated that the Harri- son treaty would be rushed through and annexation pe consummated within a few weeks or months. The Cleveland administration upset these calculations, and the leaders of the annexation cause in Washington im- ressed those behind tne “P. G.” in Tawaii the necessity of forming a statle government under the form of a republc, to continue to hold (still tem- porarily) the reins o1 power, in order that future divlomatic dealings should have the added weight of pseudo-national thority. There are a few points that the anti- annexationists cannot understand, and among others is the avidity with which a section of the American press and people accept the faise statements of the annex- ationists without the endeavor to honestly investigate them. Among many others is the one that it is absoluteiy necessary for the United States to ubsorb Hawaii—contrary to the wish of the majority of her people and without ascartaining their wishes—to prevent its being transiormed into a Japanese or Asi- atic colony, aithourh this might snit the planters, but not the people. e i Edmund W. Holdsworth Daad. HONOLULU, Hawam, Oct. 7.—Edmund W. Holdsworth, secretary of the Theodore H. Davies Company, died last evening from hemorrhage of the lungs. He had been connected with the local branch of the firm since early youth and was piaced in charge of the agency of the Canadian- Australian line asince its inauguration here. He was aiso the desiguer of the postage stamps introduced by the repub- lic of Hawaii, having cirried off the prize from a large number of competitors, Squandered the Money at Cards. SACRAMENTO, CarL, Oct. 16.—Frank Cook, a bookbinder and secretary of the Council of Federated Trades, suidenly disappeared a few aays ago and it has been discovered that he is short in his accounts 1o the extent of $200 or more. Cook wrote from Oakland to a friend here that he had squandered the money at the gaming tab'e.. Steps are being taken to _prosecute him for embazzlement. . |Recent Lawlessness in | vented from carrying out their purpose by | o - HOB VIOLENGE [N ENGLAND London and Its Suburbs. On Sunday a, Wild Mob of Ruffians Storm Private Golf Grounds. { A Somewhat Similar Rald Made on Hillingdon’s Game Preserves. ‘Terrors of Streets. Special Dispateh to THE CALL. LONDON, Exg., Oct. 16.—Ths English newspapers, which are fond of preaching unctuous sermons on tha subject of “The Lawlessness of Americans,”” have food for reflection in two events in London and its suburbs this week. The Honor Oak Golf Club possessea One Tree Hill for three years. Finding the propertv was veing wantonly destroyed or stolen the club caused the ground to be fenced in, thus shutting out the general public, to the great delight of the neighboring resi- dents, whose life had been made hideous because of tiae congregating ihere of drunken, dog-fighting roughs from the slums of Deptford. Thereupon it was claimed that the public's rights were being encroached upon and the agitation against the golfers was assiauousiy fo- mented. On Sunday last a mob of about 1000 per- sons, armed with clubs and stones, tore down the fences and demolished every- thing in sight. They destroyed the golf links, and, re-enforced by over 2000 other rioters, the mob advanced upon the club | house, driving the gol'ers within. Bricks and logs flew until the club house was wrecked. When the rioters were unable to dis- locge the determined members of the club, some of the leaders brought bundles | of straw, with the intention of sstting fire | to the premises, and they were only pre- the timely arrival of police re-enforce- ments, the f:w policemen vreviously on the scene having been as badly maltreated as the golf players. One of the latter fell into the hands of a dozen roughs, who | pounded him with sticks until the unfor- tunate player was in a serious condition. A renewal of the disturbance is expected to-morrow. A somewhat similar right-of-way raid was witnessed at Hillingdon on Tuesday, when the inhabitauts of that place opened aroad through Lord Hilingdon's game preserves. The right of way through these preserves had been barrea for over thirty years, and the ground is covered with fine timber, which the crowds of visitors felled for a distance of half a mile, also removing tne gates, iron-fences, etc., which were in their way. London rutlianism does not end here. The terrors of the streets are so glaring that the vesiries of the different parishes have combined in an apveal for aduitional police protection, pointing out that many of the districts are living practically in a state of terrorism, zangs of ruffians in- sulting, attacking and robbing the inhabi- tants, seemingly without any restraint. Dr. Hartzell, the American M. E. Bishop ot West Africa, in an interview, emphasized the increasing dangers of the situation in West Africa, owing to tne activity of the French authorities, as al- ready outlined in cable dispatches to the Associated Press. The Bishop says that unless the best statesmanship is brought to bear upon tbe African problems the European wars of the next century will be fought on that continent. He sug-ests as the best solution of the problem that Great Britain should give Germany Wal- fish Bay and give France Ashanti, Bathurst and all rights in Morocco and Algiers, France on her part withdrawing all her claims in Egypt, “which England cannot surrender.” The Bishop adds that there is no doubt King Leopold of Beigium is resolved to tuke over the Congo Frae State as a Bel- gian colony in.1900, The Army and Navy Gazette voices the opinion of British military men in con- gratulating the country upon the fact that the Government has at last determined to increase the effectiveness of the army, as already toid in recent dispatches. The Gazette says it is useless to deny that there is reason for alarm at the present moment, adding that the army is unequal even to ordinary demands, the home bat- teries and batialions being little better than so many “military nurseries.” Continuing, the Gazetie say: “The men are mostly immature boys, and the reserves, which woutd be mobilized under certain conditions, are untrained. The military, which was once valuable, has been allowed torun to seed completely, and the volunteers are a doubtful source of strength. “No patriotic Englishman can regard the situation with complacenecy. It is deplorable that a natlon so prosperous should be powerless for a military effort bevond the reach of her ships’ guns.”’ In other quarters the old proposals for a conscription are again heard. The newspapers are poking a good deal of fun at the latest War Office order, pre- scriving the weight and height of can- diaates for commissions in the army, who must not be less than five feet three inches high and 130 pounds in weight at the aze of 18, or five feet five inches high and 138 vounds in weight when 21 years ef age. It is pointed out that under this rule neither Lord Wolseley nor Lord Roberts could have entered the army, while Napoleon, Nelson, Wellington, Julius Cewmsar, Alexander the Great and William of Orange would have been barred. The newspapers are bristling with let- ters from friends of the candidates for commissions, many of whom are under- stood to be undergoing fattening pro- cesses in order to reach the required weight. There is little doubt that the Mersey Docks Board will adopt next week the scheme proposed for harbor improvement at a cost of $16 580,000. 1t is intended to provide accommodations for the largest vessels, to construct five branch docks and three gravel docks 1600 feet and 3520 feet long respectively, also the imvroving and deepening of others, in addition to con- structing sheds covering 256,000 square yards. The rapprochement between Qucen Victoria and her grandson, Emperor William of Germany, is proceeding apace, and 1t is now highly probable that his Majesty will pay a brief visit 10 Balmoral in November, traveling on his yacht from Kiel to Aberdeen. In connection with the Emperor’s yacht it is said Queen Vie- toria is so enamored of the iuteraal ar- rangements of the Hohenzollern that she has ordered the plans of the latter to be adopted in building the new royal yacht, which bas just been commenced. Sitver for Cowntry Banks. CHICAGO, Iin, Oct. 16.—The ship- ments ot silver from the sub-treasury at Chicago to country banks in the Central West has been for the past four weeks greater than in the recollection of the em- ployes. A half million dollars a week has been shipped on orders from banks, and despite large shipments of new coins to L | Judsa 7. the sub-treasury the stock of silver in the vaults is $3,000,000, being $1,000.000 less than the average amount carried. The inary demand for silver coin has avers azed $30,000 a day, but during the past month or more the shipments have been as large as $125,000. As-istant Treasurer Pheips attribuied the demand to a big wheat crop in the Western States and the previous luck of silver for the making of change. Stephine Dies at Portland. PORTLAND, Or.. Oct. 16 —Judge T. A. Stephens of the Criminal Department of the Swate Circuit Court died to-day after alongiliness. His ailment was nervous exhoustion Gue to overwork. Judge -0{3 nt filteen years Savage eople; Bl P have a Eye. superstition that an evil eye may be cast upon a person to bring all sorts or trouble and mis- fortune. That seems like a pretty foolish motion; but it isn’t much worse than. some of the notions which civilized people indulge in. One worn out su- perstition is the be- Hef that if a man inherits weak lungs from his parents he is pretty sure to die of con- sumption. The actual fact is that if such a man will only take proper care of himselr he will really be safer from consumption than a careless person who has no inherited weakness. Carelessness is the real evil eye. Curelessness will develop a tendency te consumption in any body. The lungs are composed of very delicate, sensitive tissue, even in the heal{hiest per- son; that is why they yield so quickly to the attack of tainted blood. If the blood is al- lowed to get impure and impoverished, and bile-poisoned, the seeds of consumption will spring up in the best kind of a consti- tution. The real consumption-taint is in the blood. Hundreds of cases of so-called ‘ heredi- tary”’ consumption have been completely and permanently rooted out of the system by Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, simply because it gives the blood-making glands power to_pour a fresh abundant sup- ply of rich, red, healthy, blood into the #ireniaticn. This drives out all poisonous d unhseaithy germs. It stops the waste of e and the formation of morbid deposits; Patids up fresh, mormal, healthy lung tissue and solid, muscular strength. In all the weakened debilitated conditions which aras the forerunners of consumption, Dr. Pierce’s Discovery is the most per- fect nutritive and strength-builder. It is assimilated by the weakest stomachs. EN:=WOMEN There ore very few of you who possess the greatest boon in life— GOOD HEALTH. 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