The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 14, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1897 3 GATHRING UFABOR LEADERS Seventnth Session of the perican Fed- :ration. LARG! INCREASE EMBERS. IN Preside Gompers Delivers a Nt Interesting Ad- dress. REVIES THE GRIEVANCES ONAGE-EARNERS. Scores? United States Supreme Coupr Its Declsion Relating to S=amen. clal Dispatch to THE CaLL NASILLE, Dec. 13.—The American Federa: of Labor began its seventeenth annuajsion in this city to-day, with an attende of more than 100 delegates from ¢rent States and an equal number of visi. President Gompers presided. The hwas decorated with the flags of manyations. Havelock Wiison and Edwalarford, delegates from England, were oduced by the president. After the ring had beer 1 to order, Willi Amison of the local typograpical nig:livered an address of welcome. Prent Gompers responded to the addr The report of the committee on credials was presented, after which Presnt Gompers read his annual ad- dres pdent Gompers said: W two e { our affiliated na- tout arge iucrevs> of local i and p. There is an in- bers in the organi- constant sim to organize our shall so great & wrong be our peopie. Jhe steps that have been taken toward securing an eight-hour workday are re- viewed and the address continues: Nothing remaius now but for the final de- cision of this couvention as to the ways ard wmeans by which the broject shali be carried cted upon any of into effect, or whether tae judgment of the Couvention is that the time stated is, in view of industrial conditions, a practicsl one, or hether it would be advisabie to await the full floodtide of an inausiriai revival for its gen- vral mid simultaneous enforcement 7This question mus: of necessity receive your care- deration. Nothiug, perhaps, would be more hurtful then &n Uiy ccision. Of course, we do not anticipnte that at one given moment the go- eraleight-hourdav will be achieved, but there | can be 1o douht but whet a concentration of {hought and effort 1o attain this and the des- Ignation of a perticular day to endeavor (o se- cure It will largely attract the aitention of all and succeed in accomplishing much. 1f the judsment of this couvention is that May 1, | 1898, is oue upon which the bugle call for labor sh be sounded, none will enter it with greateren husiasm and undaunted spiri: than we. Yetir the deliberate concluston of this convention is that the simuitancous cffort should be deferred unul a more opportune | {ime, say the postponement of it for one year, hatshould prevail _The Je ive comm (tee e ected b Cineinnnti convention proc eded to the ¢ taland moetiate v pr s ed tor he p s » legislu {0 resolved upou by tue convention. Our » L LOWCOVCT, N8BS 1ecn argely n-ga- iy muc . logislation v.cious and inimi- ' ‘he inteiests of lubor ral was de- feated. g e b the early part of the vear the Su- prex urtof the United Stites rendere. & decision in a case involving toe right of sea- men to quit the:r employmentev-n when the vessil was in sate harbor. Tue decislon was aiverse to tho rightsoi the s a In the UPInion accompanyisg the decis.on the court Bave e ression and laia down doctrines en- orely iniaical 1o the inter s'sof th #ndin S0 many woids invalidated the thir ¢enth amendnient to the constitution of the Uniied Staies prohibiting involun ary servi- de. ur at.ent'on iscalied tothe dissent £ Opinion of the cours, in order tnat the fu 1 measy he wrong may The de Is the most fu the Supreme Court hag issued sin. Dred Scott dee 10n, enforcing & retu ve apprecisted. esching which e its famous n oofa iugitive siave who escay otler State. | In view of xislation which some seck, | piacing greater powers in tue handsof the Governmeni, it is submitted that greater cau 1on should’ be exerci: en 1n the past, in o in the future than der that some of the peop.e, | WORDS 0F CONDOLENGE RECEIVED Hundreds of Telegrams Are Pouring Into Canton. 1 | | FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. | Friends of the President Show Their Sympathy for His Bereavement. PLANS COMPLETED FOR THE FUNERAL. Those Who Loved and Honored Mbsther McKinley Wil Attend the Obsequles. ghis which the people possess, or believe ¥ Ppossess, may not be taken from them h couri-made law A rehesring of the > has boen applied for, but thus far has ot 1 granied. President Gompers recommends that officers of the federation b: chosen by referendum, and in conclusion says: { While conscious of my shortcomings, I can 8y 1hat ne t of mine h been done, no c¢ft untried which promised to | about more thorongh organization and «fliliation among our workers, a tru of the wiongs irom whica a.l ghis which are denied, the gosl of our amti tion and the means by tney can be ai- W Vic:-President McGuire presided at the afternoon ses . which was well at- d. Sec: forrison reported that 0 new members been during the year. pense was $3596 for o zation, and 000 nud peen used in:endingorgan- among the miners during the great had enrolled penses for the year were $19,113. The report stated that the receipts irom the Federationist, the orgzan of the tederation, had exceeded its expendilures. During The greatest item of ex- | Epecial Dispatch 1o THE CALL CANTON, Onio Dec. 13.—The funerai of Mrs. McKinley is to be held on | Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the First Methodist Church, where the deceased | bad been long a faithtul member. It was | the preference of the immediate relatives of the deceased to have brief private ser- vices at the old McKiniey homestead, but, | 'm answer to the urgent request of neigh- | bors, old-time iriends and members of the | church, they yisided to their desires and agreed 10 have public services. All the members of the Cabinet, with the exception of Secretary Gage, will present. Vice-President Ilobart has announced thst he cannot come. The otfi- | cials from Washington wil reech Canton | on Tuesday morning. Telegrams of condolence are pouring in by the hundreas to-da Early morning President M-Kinley took a brisk walk in the bracing sir for exercise. Every pedestrian that met him lified his bat. | PLANS FOR this | RELIEF (F KLONDIKERS Steam Snow Locomo- tives Can Get Through to Dawson. SECRETARY ALGER IS INTERESTED. Anxious to Send Ald to the Miners in Danger of Starvation. |SUBMITS INFORMATION TO CONGRESS. Latest Advices Indicate That Un- less Food Is Sent There WIil Be Misery and Death. Epecial Dispatch to Tz CALr Carr Orrice Rices Hovsg,) WasHiNGToN, Dec. 15. The plan of using steam snow locomo- ! tives to apen and muintsin communica- | tion between the outside world and the | Klondike country has not been abandoned by any means. Secretary Alger was in | consultation io-day with several repre- | sentatives o’ a company which has already made ten of these unique locomotives, and the Secretarv, who is intensely solicitous | to extend mid to the miners suffering from lack of food, author:zed them to proceed to ship the machines to Alaska and mal the effort to zet through theinterior. The plan is to use either the Chilkat Pass and the Dalton trail or White Pass, with the | prefence to the former route. The men, who were at the War Depart- ment to-day, sssured Mr. Alger that they cculd takes the locomotives up the hills of i either of theae passes, with the possibility | of requiring the assistance of cable power Yuken committee of the Cabinet was held | to-night, Althotigh no report has been | adopted it is said that the customs regula- | tions to foreigners entering the Klondike | will be made as liberal as possible. The members of the committee, as well as all the members of the Cabinet, appreciaie the handsome way in which the United States Government met the wishes of the Canadians in establishing customs ports at Skaguav and Dyea, to the convenience of ail parties going into the interior. In many other ways the kindness of the United tes is being mentioned in this connection s the work of the committoe | is progressing. The committee will rec-| ommend a change in the size of the claims and also the grouping of the alternate | claims. { - — | INDIAN AUK A FAKER. ! Did Not Come From Dawson and Therefora His Story of Fleelng Miners Is Not Truse. SEATTLE, Dec. 13.—The story that an Indian named Auk had come out from Dawson City bringing the news that & large number of people were fleeing from Dawson is generally discredited here. C. G. Wood, who arrived here lrom Junen‘u yesterday, said to-night: *~While in Juneau I saw Auk. 1 assumed from his answers to my questions that he had not come from Dawson at all.” Other arrivals from Juneau corroborate Wood’s statemant and say that no cre- dence should be given the story at Juneau. On tne City of Seattle, which sailed to- night for Dyea and Skaguay, Alaska, were Dr, William G. Mizuer of San Francisco who will attempt to reach Dawson City | this winter with supplies. Mizner is tak- | ing with him a large sled equipped with a sall for tne purpose of crossing the | The sled will carry about two tons. At | Dyea Mizner wiil be joined by his two | brothers, Wilson and Addison, who have | already engaged dogs and Indians for the | overland trip. TO PAY CURREAKCY SIXES. Sacretary Gage Ready to Pass Uul{ interest and Principal on the Railroad Bonds. WASHINGTON, Desc. 13. — Becretary | | Gage has issved a public notice to tne ef- | fect that on Friday, December 24 1897,the | Treasury Dep:rtment would be prepared | to begin the redemption without rebate of interest of the ponds issued in aid of | the Pacific railroads, commonly known as | currency sixes, and maturing January 1. | 1898, and trat checks will | be mailed on | December 24 in payment of principal and interest to maturity of all bonds pre- ented before that date, | The uggregate of the bonds maiuring on | 1 is $29,904.9. N of whicn $10, | 614,120 was s -ued id of the Central | Pacitic, §15919,512 T Pacific, $1.423,- | 000 Kansas Puociie, §320,000 the Cent Branch of the Union Pac tic, and $1, 320 tne Sioux Cuy and Pacific. 1he net | cash balance in the treasury will be de- | cressed by these several amounts as paid. | On January, next, however, the cash will Jannary al AUSTRIAS | TRODPS YET UV GUARD Patrol the Streets Prague to Prevent Outbreaks. of BOMB FOUND AT A FHEARER: So German Places of Amuse- | ment Are Now Specially Guarded. BOHEMIAN ARE CONFISCATED. Kossuth Predicts That Austrla Will Be Divided Into Provinces At- tached to Hurgary. Speclal Dispatch 10 THE CALL Unrest continues in the troops have pa- VIENNA, Dec. Bohemiz. ‘lo-aay | trolled the streets of Prague, and special zuards are stationed at the German the- aters owing to the fact thata bomb was found last Thursday evening near the Royal German Theater. There are numerous arrests daily, and the pricons are so full that it has been found necessary to discharge the minor | cases, Shght collisions bstween the students and the police have occurred at Prague, Cracow and Gratz. During the last week thirty newspapers have been confis- cated in Bohemia. BUDAPEST, Dec. 13.— Francis Kos- suth, leader of the party advocsting the | independence of Hungary, has declared, | in the course of an interview, that his party will use the economic difficulty of Austria as a lever to bring about political NEWSPAPERS | music deuler, died sudaenly at her home at 1:30 this morning of heart disease. She attended the theater last evening and was in her usual good health when she retired. She wasa netive of San Jose, and a daughter of Adolph Pfister, the pioneer merchant. Two sons and o daughter survive her. BOARD OF HISSIONS. Why the Work of Saving Lost Souls /s Backward in Hawaii. BOSTON, Dec. 15.—The American Board | of Foreiin Mis-ions made puvlic to-day its eighty-seventh annual repor The re- | ceip 110 §612.- \forn Montana Utab $74, Arizona § | The repoit deals at lengin with Turkish | massacres. Concerning Hawaii it say One great drawback to rupil progres: | the backward condition of the Hawaiian churches. Too large » proportion of Ha- waiian church members are notonly ig- norant of the fundamental requirements, butindifferent to the oblization of com- mon honesty in the payment of the prom- Washingion Wyoming ised salaries of their tors. - Army fwracon Dead. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—The War De- partment has been informed of the dea'h to-day at Butler, Pa., of Colonel J. C. McKee, surzeon United States arn FEW TO-DAY! WHEN OTHERS FalL CONSULT DOCTOR SWEANY. If vou are suffering from the results of indis- cretions of youth, or from excesses of any kind in maturer vears; or i you have Shrunken | Organs, Lame Back, Varicocele, Rupture, ex- haustive drains, ete., you should waste no time, but consult this Great Specialist; hs | specdily and permanently cures all diseases | of Men and Women. Call on or write him to- Hecan cure you. Valuable Book sent Address | aay. Free. F. L. SWEANY, M.D., 737 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. fel'workers d in unskilled lubor. | the year, the report states strikes had | The indications now are that the funerai | 10 one place about half a mile long. Once | g “increased by about $17,000,000, due | mflf:-m:,t,l‘n,"f?i s e iy Wihe inven o machiners and the | been officially noticed, involving 165407 | will be the largest ever held in Canton, | ©ver that place, near the head of Chiikat | from the reorganization committee, and ‘md'\: m“_‘"‘u; ‘.“m’}"m!_ y TIAI-SKQH;: o B spatio e wac division and | worker-. Of these 189 were won; 3L were | gy inoe o) 8 practicsL'y suspended in | Pass, there would be no difficulty, they | during the first week in january by §8,- | and separate fnances. The Anettictava | ‘ S"iioa them, | compromised, und 33 ost. the city. All the churches will be repre. | S8id, in making £ood time across country | 500,000 additions], making the net loss 1o e Stsgemnit o o | s per capita 1ok Tor ool me peoatt, the | sented at ihe servicex, and many disiin- | over the snow (o Fort Seikirk and thence | 1he Cash about $i 405.000. already a suburb of Budapest, and in z 7 Pions 10 the Federation bo acreases | guished men will be present from all parts | to Dawson. = | ime Austria wiil become a conslomera- | At Auction! from 1 to 5 cents per memb-r. of the country. In answer to a Senate resolution calling | tion of provincesattached to Hungary. . All resolutions offered under the pro- | , Tl Rev. Dr. Manchester, pastor of Mrs. | for such information as the War Depart- | LU[} { == zramme were referred to committees, | M¢Kiniey's church, will make but a brief | ment possesses relative to the lack of food | aTger num. r of strikes iange in the are worthy »n of the power o g 1- movement to reduce 1saiways one which com tion of organized labo ctory 1 to est efforts wil t the hours of la- 1d is attained. i telegruph, long lavor, scems than at any wou asofar &s of ulaw nin d - roads and railrosd award by such la ould hesiiate to cive the 0 nearer previous time ¢ be better €8 01 0 bs no equivocation as to our juestion, much less one of tion. Recently al courts de- he boycott is ide that upon such a mat- 1g the name of evances complained enjined by the ' skould be ht of trial b #lso that w rained lawiui and natural 1d canuol issue :n- s from commi ors, and shouid not complete Temedy at t the workers insist < betore the law, ventiniring r hopes and a extr st ore Jowers Of the ¢ injunction. bmits cay lceal be 1 u esident “whetl t ions ould s f tax federal creased required by question om local labor 0 as to an not nrer the sum ns nationainions, 1hus removing a very large olacle to the tran-fer of local trade 1008 their proper jurisdiction,”” and continu Previo ularly the last, ad oL the exetuts o np- point ¢ TLese carry ou funds f sren g officers 1o perforipecial work and s v vand 101y them 1uio effect it gives cause for on, the blame cutive, n the case of the intermous To the fu.les! Tals is paui siruction re country ofe Far W ain st xtent of our mes specinl and general organiz-rs ed and depuicd Lo organiz ) conventions snould efther pro- e tie ums Ly which Ms ustructions can 10 intdect or Lesiiate in its legislation iDvo.ving beud:tures of money. Dur.ng thariy Part ol the year my atten- 1i0: was cad o Lue faCt tnal there was an effort b gn o divide the Jabor move- ment o1 iry on geographicai lit This was omenied and afterward penly aved, ps were immediately aken (0 coleract the consummation of thi suicidal pol and 1L1s a source ol gratific: )u to be en.ed 10 state Lhal, 8L ieast .or the time bei, the evil sought to be wecom- plisiied hus ' Ia'd &t rest, iet us hope never aguin 10 bevived Toe employlug class, | ne wealll possessors. ihe curporate power of ir country allow Do geo- grapnical ks to interfere with the recognition ~ the identity of their in- tests. Iu crything that sffects them alike ib d s unit. They do not a.l0w mounis, Mountain pass:s or oceans to divide the ‘They recognize the identity ot the inieits as attested by the unity of th u. is worse than foily for any of of icord into the rauks of crgan- r anGsrupt it for any cause, much less scctional geographical lines. Of 1he Latner mussucre Mr. Gompers s C.ime winst our laws, this brutality against inoffeve meu, the wail of widows and orphans, + wounded pride ol American citizen-hip w1 common humaunity ery out not oniy iiatstice shall be meted out to ihese modern c¢uus, but that never agaln | | ers our conntry to atiempt to enter | Tie credentials cornmitiee made an addi- tional repor, showing that ninety dele- tes had reported. The convention ad- journed until 9 o’elock to-morrow. ‘COLONEL FINIGAN 15 STIL DENYING San Rafael’s Repu‘eda Million- aire Claims He Is Without Means. His Daughters Dany That They Are Alding Their Father to Avold Paying Alimony. | i h to THE CaLL | speciat Dispas ]‘ divorce case cropped up again to-day, when the colonel and his three daughters | filed with County Clerk Thomas &. Bon- | neau their answer to Mrs. Emuly B. Fin- igan’s somewhat sens=ational supple- | mental complant, in which she alleged that Maud, Mary and Lillian Finigan hud | conspired with their father to defraus her (ol s oo B e | Mrs. Finigan set forth that Colone! Fin- | igan, whom she is suing for a divorce, had, in order 1o defrand her, deeded certain property situated in Alameda to his daughters, and she apjeiied to the court to have the transfer Zset aside and the property given 1o her on sccount of the alimony which the court had =aid she was entitled to but which she never got. In his answer Colonel Finigan makes a series of denial-—in fac?, he denies in toto everything bis wife alieges, and wets forth tiut the reason he has not paid the fai- plaintiff the alimony tue court allowed her 1s that he has not the money, ana <o | This contention of | is unable to do :o. Colonel .Finigan, the attornevs for Mrs | Finigsn claim, is hardly borne out by the | facis, for Cotonel Finigan with his daugh- ter< has lived continuously at the Hotel tafael, where the prices are fancy and the air of aristocracy is appalling to people without wealth. The daughters—Mary, Maud and Lillian | Finigan—resent the imputation of Mrs. | Finigan that they are be!p.ng tueir father to swindle ber. and they stoutly contend that he transferred 1he Alameda prop- erty to them tor a good cons:deration and | not for the purpose of defraudinz her of the alimony. The Finigan divorce case has been prolific of sensations and antoher 1s promised in the near future. Even now the colonel, whose wealth so suddenly disapveared on the approach of his wile intent on obta a share of i1, is liable stany time to have to o to jaii again for failing 1o pay the alimony. The ilence of Mrs. Finigan’s attorneys is snid 1o bode no good to Colonel Finigan, for when they next make s move they intend, it1s said, Lo seek the criminal instead of the civil couris. e ASSAILS THZ CHANCELLOR. Radical Leader Richter O pposes the Increase in Princs Hohenlohs's™ Allowance. BERLIN, Dec. 13 —In the Reichstsg to- day Eugene K chter, the Radica! leader, maintzined that the offsir with Hayti | proved that the German navy was ade- quate 10 demands likely 1o be made on ii. | He opposed the proposition to increase 'he allowance of the imperial chancellor, Prince Hobenlohe, whom he attacked for failin: in the promise 10 repeal the pro- hibition against poliuical as ociations. The Chancellor replied that he still hoped tnat before the Civil Code of Prue- sia was enforced some arrangement wou d be ar‘ived at 10 repeal the protibition al- | luded to, Waoie the budeet was under considera- tion, Herr Richter siid be sgreed with Baron Thieimann thut the Dingley tariff tended in the direction of abolition of sugar bounties, and he added that if Eng- tand adopted the sams course as America, the bounties would soon be abandoned, | Tue Hou:e then adjourne i, N RAFAEL, Dec. 13.—The Finigan | lotig | adc S 1n order to permit the pastors of other churches time to also express them- | selves. 5 President Faure of France, American | suls, the Embassadors of ail | ‘tationed at Washington, | Judges, United State- Scnators, Congress- | men and other public officials, Grand | Army posts and friends by the thousands | from all parts of the civiiized world have | sent expressions ot their sympathy to the | home of the departed mother. Thbe fune:al service will open with a | chant, *8till, Sull With Thee,” by a quartet, which will render all the music of the service. Tuis will be fol- lowed by prayer by Rev. E P. Herbruck, | two bymns which were especial iavorites of Mother McKinley having been chosen | to_be rendered bv the quarset. Rev. Dr. Milligan of the Presbyterian { church will announce ‘‘Jesus, Lover of | My Soul’’ and Rev. Roper of the Baptist churen “Nearer, My God, to Thee.”” The | quartet will aiso render ‘‘Lead, Kindly Light.” A Scriptural lesson will be read by Rev. Dr. John Hall of Trinity Lutheran Church and a brief sddress will be delivered by countries | | | Rev. Dr. Manctester. The bene ricton ! wiil be pronousced by Rev. Dr. McAlfee | of the Broad-street Methodist Churen of Columsus, who was pastor whiie he wa the Presidents Governor of Ohio, After the services an opportunity will be | iven the congregation to view the remains. LEAKING VESSEL PUTS INT0 PORY ters Gales Off Puget Sound. Succeeds In Reaching a Harbor After Her Crew Has Be- come Exhausted. Special Dispatch to THE CALL PORTTOWNSEND, Dec. 13.—The bark- entine Lesiie D, with lumber from Knapp- ton on the Columbia R.ver for San Fran- cisco, put into Port Townsend Bay to- night at 10 o'clock, wateriogged and lezking bad.y. She was towed in by the tuz Lorne, having been picked up just inside the cape. The Lesile D is fortunate to be afloay, for it was only by the most | superauman efforts on the part of the crew of eight men that she could be kept from filling with water, and ail hands were to-day completely worn ou: and could keep the numps going no longer. The barkentine left Knapvton on De- {cember 4 und has had to face a heavy southeasier ever since. On the night of the 6th she was used so badly that sne sprang a leak and the pumps have been kept goinz steadily ever since that time. After making her way up ihe coast in a succe sion of ales, she had some of her worked her way into the straits with diffi- cuity. All ber deckload is gone and she bears evidence of having encountered the | same storm that played havoc with the Witzemann. Captain Hansen does not know what he | will 'do about making rspairs until ie | hears from the vessel’s owners, on G.ays Harbor, but a1 all evenis the cargo must be discharged lLeiore the extent of the damage can be asceriained. - Nentenced to San Quentin, SAN LUIS OBISPO, Dec. 13 —Roland Hart, a youth who was found zuilty of sault with intent 10 commit murder last spring and sentenced 1o the Ione Reiorm School, wa- sentenced t0-day 10 two years in San Queniin. Hart escaped from lone and was recaptured in this county. ——— Wed in Lije’s Awrumn, SAN LUIS OBISPO, D:c. 13.—A mar- riage lice was issued to-dav toJ. C. McFerscn, aged 73 years, ana Mrs. E. J. Sneauker of Denver, Colc., 1ged 70 years, The groom-elect is an ex-Supervisor of the county. Their advanced ages caused con- siderable comment. Emoasssdors abroad, United States Con- | Governors, | Barkentine Leslie D Encoun-! sal« torn away when off Cape Beale and | | supplies on the Yukon River, Secretary Alger to-day submitted a letfer reciting his action in sending Captair Ray of the | Eighth Infantry to that country 1o inve: tigate the conditions, and inclosing copies {of that ufficer's report, giving features | which have aready been publisned. Secretary Alger says: “From these re- ports it will be seen that as early as the | 1st of September, while en route up tne Yukon, Caprain Ray was in receipt of in- ‘ lormation to the effect that unless some | relief was sent to the district, starvation, or at least great privation, would be i evilable. From other sources, including dis- | patches from the Chamber of Commerce of Portland and Tacoma, which, while un- official, the department believes to be | thoroughly reliabie, it is ascertained that since the 13th of Angust but 165 tons of vrovisions bave reacbed Dawson City by river, and tnat the boats of the 'wo trans- portation companies, with 2000 tons of supolies for that viace, were compe ' lad to discharge their freights at Fort Yukoa, | owing 10 the condition of the river be- | tween these two points. | “Itis also learned from three independ- ent sources that the popu'ation of Dawson | and vicinity in October of this year was | esumated 10 be not less than 5000 and probably was much in excess of that num- ber, and that in the population of Dawson City and the country tributary thereto : alarge number of American citizens are | repor.ed to have insufficient food 10 last | them through the winter, and that man |are absoiutely destitutel When it was scertained at Dawson, by special mes- senger sent from Fort Yukon about Octo- ber 13, that no more supplies could reach { the m ners before summer via the Yukon 700 or 830 people are reposted to have gone 400 mites down the river to Fort Yukon, a jo requiring from twenty-three to twenty-sight days’ travel. where it is esti- mated there are avout 700 tons of provis- 1ous cached, and that at Miuook Cree. about 60U miles from Dawson City, nd | Fort Humlin, 525 miles from that place down theriver,the irading companies upon whom the m.ners depend wholly for their winier's supply were compelled, owing to the lowness of the river, to unload re- spectively 120 and 200 tons of provisions from thei: :teambosts bound from St. M:cazel ior Diwson."”” 7 he tust injormation in the mining di<- trict bears date of October 17, when 1t was reported there were not in stores at Dawson or those accessible to the min ing region a sinzle pound of bacon, beans or flour, and that those miners who had b:.en in the territory contiguous to Dawson, depend- ing on the stores there for their usual winter supp:ies, find it impossible to pur- chase any supplies whateve:, except from friends or individuals who thought they had & surplus, and the cost of fooa for tha bare necessaries of life evea under these circumstances were =xorbitant and almost | probibitory, fifty pounds of fiour selling | a1 $100 to $125. Altnoush taere are many fons ef sup- plies a: Fort Sr. Michaal, about 1770 miles from Dawson City uown the Yukon, it will be impossible to get anv food from there before next summer. The only pos- sible route by which suppliescan be trans- ported into the mining distr.ct at the present season wou'd be either bv the Chilko ot or White passes, through Lakes Linderman_und Bennett and down the Lewis and Yukon rivers over the ice or through the Cnilkoot Puass and over Dal- ten trail approximaiely 700 miles and 550 miiesrespeetively from Juneau, requiriug | from thirty to thirty-five days travei from | Juneau—a most bazardous and perhaps impossibiz trip, although 1t is believed it can be accomplished. From ine bestinformation obtainable it is be i:ved tnat the use of reindeer will be | the means by which these upplies can | be got through, if at It is therefore recommended that reindeer be purchased in Lap and to the number of 500 and per- mission granted to bring reindeer drivers from that country. Tuis upon the infor- mation that it requires much skill to man- age these animals. 1t 1s believed supulies taken into that couniry need not be furnistied to u great extent as a gratuity, but that miners will be abie 10 pay the cost of such supplies. One of the interesting items in the agri- cuitural aopr priation oill is a provision | for $10,000 for un agricultural experimen tal station in Ala K —_—— LIBERAL REGULATIONS. Dominion Officlals Appreciate the Courtesy and Kindness of the United S:ates. OTTAWA, Dec. 13.—A meeting of the | | | | THE, BOK CONBING Bakersfield FEusiness Men | Open an Independent | Lumber-Yard. Mills Belonging to the Moncpoly Refuse to Supp'y Them With Stock. Special Dispatch to THE CALL | BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 13. — The box | combine is attempting its freeze-outr game inthis locality and it has partly succeedea. There have been two lumber-yvards here for several years past, and it has been generally believed for a long time that they were in a combine with other yards | up the valley to control the trade to suit themselves. Recent developments con- firm this bel'ef. A short time ago W. J. Doherty and C. ! B. McLeod, two well-known business men | of this piace, concluded to establish a third yard here. With the casn in their pockets they went up to the miis to pur- chase a stock of mountain-pine lumber. To their surpriss they were told that F X. Wendiing, head man of the box com- vine, would have to be consuiied beiore | they were sold any lumber. Wendlinyg was seen and he emphatically put his seal of disapproval on :elling a ihird lumber-yard in Bakersfield any [umbar. “We have two yards there,” he said, “and that is enougan.”’ The mill men then refusel to entertain any proposit.on from Doherty and Mec- Leod 1o -ell them lumber. These geatle- men were not to be tnwarted in their un- dertaking by this set-back. Their yerd has been opened. They con d buy a1l the Oregon pine and redwood lumber they wanted, and this is what they have started with. They de- c.are they are going o sell lumber and at areasoaable profir, which they intimate | be at a figure below what tue ol yards are seiling 1t at. “The old yards.” sald Doherty to THE CALL correspondent, “say they are ging to put lumber down to such a fizure somebody is liable to he trozen out.’* RESCUE GF SEAMEA. 4 Captain and Crew of the Wrecked Bark Ajemett Picked Up by a Steamer. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., British steamship Kildonia, Captain | Roberis, arrived in port this morning | from Shieid<, having on board Captain H. N. Hymannp and seven of the crew of ihe | Norwegian bark Njemett, whicn was lost | in mid-ocean Sunday, December 5 The crew of the ili-fated bark teila | rilling story of their experiencs. The | Njemme: was bound from Champarten, | Yucatan, with a cargo of logwood for Falmouth, England. The vesse! sprang a leak, and her crew stooa by the pumps, having run up signals of distress, until all | were exhausied. Several steamers passed | within sighting distance, but none of them heeded the bark’s signals. The bark was fast breaking to pieces, and the mariners had given up all hope when the | sreamer Kildonia came to their rescue. | Wnen a boat from the steamer ap- prosched the shipwrecked men were so overcome with joy that they leaped over- board and swam 0o their rescuers. S Tarmers (0 Meet at Sebastapol. PETALUMA, Dec. 13 —* Farmers In- | stitule under the ausi es »f the State University will be held « vastopol on Wednesday and Tharsda Addresses will be delivered by Professor D. T. Fow- lar, Jam s Moran, 'S. T. Coulter, Hon. I W. Duvis, G. T. Trowbridge and Mrs. Dr. Hurlbat, who will speak on *‘‘Household Economy.” Dec. 1.—The ] GOLD FROM AUSTRALIA. Its Arrival Here Wil Obviate the | Necessity of Transferring Precious Metal. NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—The Evening Post says: Tue receipts of $1,374,000 in gold at San Francisco from Australia, ex- pected to arrive on Thursday, will obviate the necessity of transferring from this city to that piece. The treasury consented to accept go.d in this city a few days agoand gave a telegraphic transfer to San Fran- | c1sco, but only one firm availed itself of ! the privilega and remitied $500,000 in that way, an1 that remittance seems to have settled the exchange market. It was said that three firms bid for parts of the ex- | change, but one of the firms took it all. e = Succumbe 10 Heart Divease. SAN JOSE, Dec. Mrs. Matilda Schemmel, wife of H. chemme!, the ISpecial Sale DIAMONDS 8 Karket Mreet, bl | At Our Salesroom, 6 Opposlite Palace Hoel, San Francisco, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 AND 15, 1897, COMMENCING AT 11 A. M. These Dismonds consist of 1 . Braceie's, !ace Pins, Pen it s, large assortment of -olita re and Marquise Rings, ~tud-, Lacket:, Scarf Pins, - (¢ Sate made 10r account of Whom ii may concern, under private ins:ructions. litaires, Ear s in new and Gioods on exhibitioi Aonday, December 13, from 9 4. M. 104 p. M. Call for catalogue. | STON, ELD i ctioneers. 030 e Je S e Se B R e B S0 3¢ B 20 ¢ R R R B B R Fe B e X IR ! 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