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FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 23, 1898. DEATH C BELLAMY, THE AUTHOR, HAS PANSED AWAY Vital Energies Sapped by Overwork. {HIS WRITINGS WORLD FAMOUS. LEAVES “LOOKING BACKWARD” AS A MONUMENY. | |His Health Had Been Rapidly rau-i ing Since He Finished His ‘“Equality” Some Eight Months Ago. Special Dispatch to The Cal SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 22.‘]5(]-1 ward Bellamy, author and humanitar- fan, died early this morning at his home in Chicopee Falls, in the forty- LAIMS A FAMOUS WRITER ninth year of his age. Mr. Bellamy had been in feeble health ever since he fin- ishéd his “Equality,” some eight months ago. Indeed, long before it was completed he had the most significant | warnings that his vital energies were being u mined, although it was not till August that his physicians defi- nitelytold him that one of his lungswas | affected. At the earnest solicitations of his physicians and family he resolved to try the effect of the Colorado cli- | mate, and early in September last re- | moved with his family to Denver, | where he was welcomed by a host of | his friends. He received, however, lit- | tle or no benefit from the change and | since January has been rapidly failing. ‘When he recognized that recovery was | ble he became very anxious to k to his old family homestead | at Chicopee Falls, Mass., where he was | born, and where he had lived his en- tire life. His brother went to Denver to help him realize this wish, and on April 26 brought him back, very weak but very peaceful, to his old home. Edward Bellamy was b pee Falls on March 26, 185 1 at Chico- | and was the third n of Rev. R. K. Bellamy, for thirty-five years the pastor of the | Baptist Church at Chicopee Falls. | After finishing a course at Union Col- | lege he completed his education by a | year of European travel and study. By | the study of law he was, at 21 years of | age, admitted to the bar of Hampden County, Mé From the legal profes- | sion he went into journalism, and for several ye: was assistant editor of | the Springfield Union, from which newspaper he went to New York City | to accept 3 position as editorial writer on the New York Evening Post, where he was engaged for about one year, when he returned to Springfield and in ip with his brother, C. J. ted the Springfield Daily he ~1blished “Six to One,” et I1dyl,” “Dr. Heidenhoff". ‘Miss Ludington’s Sister books. It was in 1888 that his book, ‘Looking Backward,” famous was published, the sale of which, up to the present time is over 450,000 copies in America, and probably over half a million copies have been sold in Eng- land and_oth foreign countries. “Looking Backward” has been trans- lated into German, French, Russian, Ttalian, Arabic, Bulgarian and several other languages. It is stated that Em- peror William purchased 1000 copies of “Loking Backward” which he distrib- uted among the students and working classes of Germany. His reason for so doing, if this is really true, is apparent to those conversant with German pol- itics. On_the 30th day cf December, 1891, | Mr. Bellamy, being convinced that it was his duty to supplement his efforts | in “Locking Backward” by educating the people toward reforming govern- ment, issued the first number of “The | New Nation,” a paper destined to be- | come the most quoted and influential | political or revolutionary jeurnal in the world. An idea of its influence may be judged from the fact that since The New Nation was started over 3500 pa- pers devoted to nationalism have been Jaunched in the "Tnited States, Canada | and Mexico and thousands of papers, through the direct inspiration of The New Nation, have started departments devoted to political reform, which are conducted and edited from the writings | of Mr. Bellamy in The New Nation and “Looking Backward.” He leaves a widow besides two brothers, Charles J. Bel- | editor of the Springfield Daily | and Frederick Bellamy of Brook- | lyn, N. Y. His funeral will take place at his home in Chiccpee Falls, and by his special request will be of the sim- plest possible character. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY RESULTS. = | Reports Coming In of the Devasta- | tion Caused by the Tornado in Arkansas. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., May 22.—The tornado which passed through a portion of Northwestern Arkansas on Friday did immense damage to property. Reports of the destruction are coming in slowly, and it is feared that later detalls will | add other names to the death list. The storm came from the southeast, passing through the fruit belt of the Ozark ré- gion. and tore its way through the south- ern part of Benton County, spending its and two children, | force in the White River Valle; Every- | thing in its path was destr d, the r Elm gresleflt damage being done nea: prings, Lowell and Mudtown, the latter place being entirely swept away. At Blm Springs houses were blown down, orchards destroyed and stock killed. One man who had sought safety in a cellar was killed. Two miles east of Eim Springs a man named Billingsworth and his wife were killed. Their house was destroyed and they were crushed to death by the debris. A mile away a farm house occupied by an Ttalian family was wrecked and the in- mates were instantly killed. = Twenty houses are reported blown away in the vicinity of Elm Springs, but detafls have not been received. The storm was less severe In Crawford County, but life was lost near Fort Bmith. A Mrs. Nesbit died from fright while the gale was at its flercest. The house of W. Kimball, near Springdale, was blown down and Kimball was instantly killed. Several other farm houses were blown down near Springdale and from six to eight persons were more or less seriously wounded. Some damage was also done at Rogers and Saloam Springs. 1 3 THE LATE EDWARD BELLAMY. VIVL EIPERTS ENLIGHTENED in the Lead. BEAT THE BIG BATTLESHIPS. MORE EFFECTIVE IN OFFENSIVE WARFARE. Lesson Taught by Maneuvers of Cer- vera’s Speedy Squadron Upsets the Theory of Captain Goodrich. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, May 22.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: As a result of the maneuvers executed by the Spanish fleet under command of Admiral Cervera, future naval con- structors will give armored cruisers a prominent place in types adopted for offensive warfare. This, perhaps, is the best lesson taught up to this time by the war with Spain. Such is the opin- ion of naval experts with whom I have talked since’ Admiral Cervera with his speedy squadron arrived ten days ago at Martinique. It marks the downfall | of the theory so strongly advocated by Captain C. F. Goodrich, now in com- mand of the Yale, and formerly a pro- fessor of the Naval War College, that the armored cruiser has no place in modern navies. “Captain Goodrich is now probably convinced of the value of armored cruisers,” said a prominent naval of- ficer to-day, “in view of the fact that as | commanding officer of the Yale he had been scouting for the enemy’s fleetsome days before its arrival at Martinique. Since the war began we have been using vessels for purposes for which their types unsuited them. For in- stance, the Indiana, Massachusetts and Oregon are coast defense battleships. Yet they have been sent to sea cruising | for the enemy, when they were really intended for defensive purposes. “Then we have been employing har- bor defense monitors for blockading purposes and for offensive warfare, the result being to crippie the maneuvering quality of our fleet and the handicap- ping of Rear Admiral Sampson serl- ously in his offensive and defensive operations. “Our ship-bilding policy has been all wrong. The country has gone on the theory that a defensive navy was all that was necessary. The present war teaches that an offensive navy is abso- lutely required.” Have Turned to Mining. BERKELEY, May 22.—The senior class of the college of civil engineering at the university consists of one man, W. C. Pidge '99. When Pidge entered college three years ago he had a number of fellow classmen in the civil engineering college with him, but with the recent mining re- vival most of them changed their course to mining. The civil engineering depart- ment graduated nine men at the last com- mencement, and the older alumni of the | elvil engineering college are now looking anxiously toward Pidge to keep the line of C. E.'s from becoming extinct. For Rhode Island’s Naval Reserves. NEWPORT, R. I, May 22.—The United States ship Hist, formerly the yacht Thespia, arrived here to-day for the Rhode Island naval reserves whoare enlisting in the navy for patrol duty. She mounts five guns. Madaiwodtin Spanish Government’s Anxiety. LONDON, May 23.—A Madrid special to the Daily Mail says: The Govern- ment waits for results from Admiral Cervera before deciding as to the orders for the second squadron. —_—— Falls Dead From a Bicycle, SEATTLE, May 22.—Robert J. Dodds, Councilman from the Fourth Ward, drop- ged dead this afternoon while riding his xgxclo on the Lak% TUnion path. Mr. Dodds had been having considerable trouble with his heart, and to that is at- tributed his sudden death. VATION T0 - DESCHAMPS |Armored Cruisers Are|Montserrat's Captain at ! Madrid. ;GIVEN A ROYAL GREETING. |CROWDS HAIL THE BLOCKADE | RUNNER. iHe Is Believed to Be the Bearer of Official Messages From RBlanco to Senor Sagasta. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. MADRID, May 22.—Captain Des- champs of the Spanish auxiliary cruis- er Montserrat, which arrived unexpect- | edly at Corunna on Friday evening from Cienfuegos, having escaped the | American blockading ships, reached | Madrid this afternoon. In spite of the | existing state of siege, immense crowds awaited his coming in the approaches | to the railroad station. The station, the palace and other prominent places | were cordoned by police. { | The populace welcomed Captain Des- | champs with the wildest enthusiasm, | and the potice surrounding the carriage [in which he rode were scarcely able to restrain the surging crowds from un- harnessing the horses. Captain Des- champs was driven to the Place Inde- pendence, the residence of Marquis Comillas. It is reported that he has brought dispatches from General Blanco for Senor Sagasta. Senor Puigceiver, Minister of Fi- nance, has submitted to the Chamber a bill temporarily reducing the import duty on coal to one peseta per ton. The | conservative press criticises the meas- ure as calculated to injure the native| coal industry. Senor Leon y Castillo will, on arriv- ing at Paris, continue his negotiations with Senor Betances, the Cuban repre- sentative, for the submission of the in- surgents. | PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTIONS IN FRANCE. Moderates Have Twelve Seats in the Second Balloting, the Social- ists Gaining Four." PARTS, May 2.—So far as known at this hour the Moderates have lost twelve seats in the second balloting in the Parlia- mentary general elections, the Soclalists gaining four and the Monarchists none. One hundred and sixty-nine results show the election 0f 66 Moderates, 59 Radicals, 24 Socialists and 10 Morarchists. . Clevis Hugues, M. Monsieur, Prince renberg and M. Daniel Wilson'and M. Cassagnac are among the elected. Among the defeated are Comte de Perigord, Comte Rochefoucauld, M. Deno_Goblet, M. Emile Floques, M. Andrieux, M. Jean Dartan and M. Lebon and M. Jules de | bonds? Velle. MAYOR VAN WYCK MAY BE SUSPENDED. Charged That He Has Violated Pro- vigions of the Greater New York Charter. NEW YORK, May 22.—The Press to- morrow will say: Governor Black, when he returns to Albany from the Adiron- dacks_ will be requested to suspend Mayor Van Wyck from office. Eminent law- yers who have been consulted advise that the Mayor has disregarded the Greater New York charter in his actions regard- ing the Police Board. OLYMPICS WIN THE RELAY RACE OF RENO. Their Last Rider Finishes a Half- Mile in Front of His Ne- vadan Competitor. RENO, Nev., May 2.—The Olympic ‘Wheelmen of San Francisco won the fifty mile relay race to, *y. their last SPANIARDS YEI HOPE FOR AID Powers May Eventually Interfere. SENOR CAPDEPON TALKS. LIKENS HIS NATION TO A BRAVE DUELLIST. Goes Forth to Meet a Much Stronger Antagonist, Yet Does Not Shirk the Call of Honor. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. MADRID, May 22.—It is rumored that Senor Leon y Castillo will return to his post at Paris. Senor Capdepon, Minister of the In- terior, has denied in the course of an in- terview-that the change in the consti- | tution of the Ministry would involve | any alteration in the foreign policy of | Spain, all the new Ministers being in favor of prosecuting the war to the end | with the utmost energy. “Spain,” said Senor Capdepon, “went | perilously near sacrificing her honor in | the interest of peace, only making a| stand when further concessions would have involved her disgrace and efface- ment as a nation. This she will neyer | do, and in this resolve the new Cabinet | is as thoroughly determined as the old. | The new Cabinet entertains no illu- | sions. It is a war in which weakness | and poverty are opposed to greatness | and strength; but Spain is in the posi- tion of a duellist bound to defend his | honor against the gross insults of a| more powerful antagonist, although he | is convinced that the result is almost certain death, yet feels the force of the | principle of ‘Noblesse oblige.” i “Spain prefers possible defeat to cer- | tain disgrace. Ministers know that the | moral sympathies of the powers are | with Spain, and that while hesitating | to undertake the responsibility for ac- tion which might lead to a greater war | they may eventually intervene from motives of self-interest and public pol- icy on behalf of Spain.” FULFILLING GOD’S WORD. King Immanuel Mustering Foreces to Sweep Tyranny From the Earth. Rev. Oliver C. Miller, pastor of the Church of the Holy Spirit, 2127 Jackson | street, in his sermon on the *“Ascension of Christ,” made the following reference to the promise of the angels concerning the second coming of the Lord: “Can we not discern in the present war the approaching fulfillment of these words, ‘This same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ve have seen him go | into heaven.’ Before the first advent of | our Lord God had made the wrath of | man to praise him in the unifying of nations; Roman power dominatefl the world, and th= Greek language was made the perfect and universal vehicle of the new truths of the gospel. May not the proposed -Anglo-American alliance yet | become the chosen instrument of his| power to prepare the way for the second | coming of our Lord, by the preaching of | his gospel as a witness to the nations of | the earth? We can not believe in the predictions of an early close of the pres- ent war. It appears we have not yet even reached fully the beginning. The blood of centuries is upon Spain, and it | is God that says ‘Vengeance is mine, I| will repay.’ Is not King Immanuel mus- | tering his forces to sweep tyranny and | o%prcssxun from the face of the earth? The church needs the power of shot and shell to break down the barriers, that the word of the Lord may have free course to run and be glorified. It seems as though Spain would be inspired by | the evil one to fight until she dies as a Government from the face of the earth. | Russia, too, must look out, for God has | borne -long with her tyranny, and the horror of her Siberian prisons pleads for vengeance and relief. If Japan were to ally herself with us would she not, in the heat of the conflict, be wedded to our Christian_ civilization in. indissoluble Is not the possession of the Philippines or the thunder of brave Dew- ey’s cannon calculated to awaken China’s millions from their dreadful slumber of | darkness and death? Will not Ged pun-| ish the atheism of France, and will no Germany be purged from her rationalism? Surely he who elimjnates the divine fac- tor from the Kresent impending crisis can not discern the sign of the times. Since our nation has arisen to prominence as the Good Samaritan of nations, she must take higher grounds in morals and re- ligion. In short she, too, must be purged from her Iniquity by blood and sacrifice. Inhuman and ungodfy nations must even- tually go down. Injustice and inhuman- ity are foes of Jesus and must, therefore, be made his footstool. The Yresent war is a mighty evidence of the living power of the truth as it is In Jesus. It is the making bare of Immanuel's arm to loose them that are bound, that is bringing on this war. It is the truth in Christ that makes men free, and it is He that is marching on the rows of glittering steel and thunder of musketry and cannon.” it pdealdg “GOD’S EYE UPON THEM.” Dewey’s Great Victory Due to the Omnipotent’s Help Ac- cording to Pastor Dugan. Rev. W. E. Dugan of the Simpson Me- morial United Presbyterian Church preached an eloquent sermon last even- ing to a large congregation. He chose as his subject “The Jaw bone Fountain,” and cleverly fitted it to Dewey’s great vic- tory in Manila Harbor. In the course of his remarks he sald: Samson slew 1000 men Wwith the jawbone of an ass and was immediately selzed with a feartul thirst, and it seemed that he would die after his victory. Dewey has had = great victory, but what about the present and the future? Samson was brought to this state of fatigue because he gave not God the glory In his vic- tory. He must be made to feel his dependence on God. It we had given God the glory for the Manila' victory he no doubt would have fol- lowed it with greater ones and the war would have been terminated, but we may yet through some defeats have to learn that at Manila God's eye looked along America's guns. His spirit fired American powder and his power rolied American balls. 1f we do not recognize it now we shall through some defeats, but ultimately the victory shall be ours. If we have any defeats it will only be to teach us our dependence on God. As God from that blood-stained jawbone brought a fountain of living waters, so from the blood-stained imple- ments of this war shall he bring a fountain of truth and gospel life-giving power to bless the world. Yes, every flame of fire from America’s guns is a flame of burning truth to drive back the powers of darkness and enemies of human- ity for whom Christ died. Every drop of Amer- ican blood spilled shall go rolling through the world and across the ages fraught with that eternal truth that surges beneath God's throne. Napoleon's soldiers carried the gospel across the Alps in their knapsacks, and America’s ns shall shoot it into the heart of the eathen kingdoms. ~America’s bullets are saturated with justice, truth and mercy. Sweep on eternal fountain from the blood-statned im- plements of war. T ——— A fresh egg is known b{ the dull ap- pearance ol‘ ts shell; a egg looks glossy. Drop an egg into water; if it sinks quickly and remains at the bottom it Is probably fresh, but if it stands on one end it is doubtful, and If it floats it is quite bad. The light test is applied bx in front of a Dlwn{ the egg on end aper tube ang hnldfln%lt up to a candle. , on looking through it, the yelk ap- RIVAL FLEETS HAVE NOT MET Rumors of a Conflict Unfounded. DENIED AT WASHINGTON. OFFICIAL BULLETIN POSTED TO QUIET FEARS. Navy Department Not Disposed to Be Too Hasty in Its Ef- forts to Crush Spain’s Ships. 1 Special Dispatch to The Cail. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, May 22. The rumors of a great naval battle current last. night were disposed of by the Navy Department early to-day in the following official bulletin: “No truth in the published staement concerning an engagement off St. Nico- | | las Mole, Hayti, in which twelve ships were sunk.” This was posted not only for general information but also to quiet the alarm among relatives and friends of those on board American ships. As a rule the department adopts the cautious phraseology of stating that no official information has been received, but to make assurance doubly sure in this case the department declaredtherewas “no thruth” in the re-orts. This indi- cates that the official information is such as to warrant the statement that the American and Spanish squadrons have not met. The Bureau of Navigation, Navy De- partment, where official dispatches are received, was open throughout the day, but the officials were engaged in rou- tine work and there was no evidence of that activity which would attend the receipt of important information, nor of that keen would indicate the near approach of the two fleets. In the absence of exact information as to the location of the fleets this serenity in naval circles was a fair indication that the official ad- vices did not give promise of an imme- diate engagement. It is evidently the view of the War Board that an engage- ment, if it can be brought on, will be decisive of the whole war. and there is no purpose to allow such momentous results to go off on a fluke or on a too precipitous move in deference to the public pressure for results, but to move firmly, yet cautiously, and insure a victory when there is a fight. GOING TO MANILA. The Auxiliary Gunboat Iro- quois to Accompany the Monterey. The Monterey will go to Mare Island to- day to make preparations for her voyage to Manila. The monitor has only re- cently been overhauled and is in first- class condition. She will take on all the coal she can stow away, and this, with a full supply of ammunition, will take about four days to place on board. By Thursday or Friday at the latest it is thought she will be ready to start on her trip. The auxiliary gunboat Iroquois, for- merly the big tug Fearless, it Is expected will accompany the Monterey for the purpose of assisting her if the monitor runs short of coal. The Iroquois is ready for sea and is fully capable of lowln%(he big floating fortress along at a cracking pace in any sea. A collier will be dis- patched to the Marshall Islands, mid- way between Honolulu and the Philip- pines, where there is good anchorage in Smooth water, for coaling the Monterey. ‘With this, and the supply of coal she will get at Honolulu, it is thought she will get through with little or no trouble. The Iroquois will prove a valuable ad- dition to Admiral Dewey’s fleet. She will answer the purpose of a dispatch boat better than the McCullough, and her rapid-fire guns and comparatively light draught will enable her to cover the land- ing of troops on the smaller islands where netessary. A couple of the Utah and Idaho soldiers who came in on the train yesterday were taken to the Harbor Receiving Hospital. M. H. Acharet of the Utah contingent had a broken arm set by Dr. Zabala. he train that brouiht the soldlers from Sac- ramento was cheered at every stopping lace by big crowds. Acharet was cheer- ng back and waving a small flag, when he arm he had out of the window struck against a lelegrug‘h pole as the train was moving out of the station and it was | broken between the elbow and shoulder. After the fracture was reduced he was sent to the French Hospital. Ira Wycoff of Idaho was also treated by Dr. Zabala for measles and pneumonia. He, oo, was sent to the French Hospital. S e The Pennsylvania Regiment. OGDEN, Utah, May 22.—The Tenth Pennsylvania Infantry, Colonel Hawkins, 1000 men in thirty-one cars, left at 2 o'clock to-day for San Francisco. The men look like regulars, healthy and strong, and many wear sharpshooters’ badges. They expect to see hard fighting if there is any in the Philippines. They travel in Pennarh’ania cars on their own time. They wiil reach San Francisco in about forty-five hours. They left in tnree sections. expectancy which | SATS JUSTICE WAS CHEATED Murderer Writes From an Asylum. {DECLARES HIMSELF SANE. TIRED OF THE FARCE THAT SAVED HIS NECK. | Slayer of “Billy” Miles at Marys- ville Indites a Letter to the Yuba County Board of Supervisors. Special Dispatch to The Call. MARYSVILLE, May 22.—When, in May, 1894, Hugh Buchanan, at that time a recent arrival in Marysville, stabbed to death in a saloon brawl ene “Billy” Miles, it was believed to be a| cold-blooded murder, without mitigat- ing circumstances. Buchanan lingered | in jail a few days after the murder, and then realizing the awful predica- ment he was in he indited letters to his aged mother and other relatives in Georgia, setting forth his situation. Buchanan’s elder brother, a merchant in a Georgia city, started for California forthwith, and in due time reached Marysville. When he returned to his Georgia home it was with a feeling of great satisfaction at the results of his trip. For, thanks to the powerful in- fluence of a healthy bank account, that | telling quantity so effective in locatmg" the loopholes in the law, he had landed the murderer of “Billy” Miles in an in- sane asylum, and snatched him from the yawning gates of the penitentiary, if not from the scaffold. For the jury had decided, guided by the testimony of medical experts, that young Buchanan was of unsound mind when he plunged a knife into the breast of his victim, and therefore not responsible for the deed. That was four years ago. comes the sequel: Early this month there was filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court papers | in a suit instituted by Attorney-General | Fitzgerald against Yuba County, and | in which the Napa State Hospital, a corporation, was named as plaintiff. The amount of judgment asked for is $540 and interest, alleged to be due “for the care of Hugh Buchanan, an insane murderer, sent to the institution Ju}yl 21, 1894.” The period covered in the complaint is from October 21, 1894, to October 21, 1897. Prior to the latter date | the claim was presented to the Board of Supervisors and by them rejected. As is the custom, the Marysville pa- pers made note of the suit and in due time the Napa Register copied the | item. That issue of the paper found its way to Buchanan at the asylum, and the article was read by him. That the young r.an has not be- come estranged from that pride and self-esteem inculcated into his early training at his Georgia home, and that he has always been responsible for the taking of “Billy” Miles’ life, is best in- dicated in the langL =e and sentiment found in the following letter which he addressed to Yuba County’s Supervi- sors on reading the article touching on the suit: To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Yuba County, Marysville—Gentlemen; | It was with a great sense of humiliation, | chagrin and shame that I read in yes-| terday’s Napa Register that the county of | Yuba was being sued by the State for my | maintenance since here. I have, I admit| with regret, been wild and_reckless dur- ing a portion of my life. Yet I have not cut the acquaintance of my conscience sufficiently to deter me from considering and belleving and feeling that it is ‘a rank injustice thrust upon the good peo- ple of Yuba to be compelled to pay such an amount for me while this farce is be- ing enacted. Upon my honor, 1 affirm | that I am a perfectly sane man, and| should be free, or a charge of the State in San Quentin. Dr. Gardner is the one that should be sued for harboring me, and imposing on the people of Yuba. A writ of habeas corpus should be served on_him, and by producing me before any judge I would be pronounced sane. I am powerless to do so myself. If, however, | this matter -should go against you in the | Superior Court you can investigate the | matter if you so See fit. I assure you that | you will be saddled with the board of a sane man. It was seen from this th_t Buchanan has grown very tired of his asylum home—so tired that he is wiliing to take his chances with a Yuba County jury that will hear his case on its merits. A retrial of the case will probably be ordered. SOLDIERS AT CHURCH. Rev. F. B. Cherington Ad- dresses the Washington Volunteers. Plymouth Congregational Church was filled yesterday at the morning service with the troops of the First Regiment of Washington Volunteers. Rev. F. B. Cherington, the pastor; In his address, sald: By the legitimate development of Christ's re- And now | ligion the solidarity of the race is coming to THE ELEGANT- STEEL STEAMSHIP LEEI.AIN AW, Al 100 Lloyds. Capacity, 500 Passengers; 3000 Tons. First Sailing - - JUNE 5th. —DIRHECT TO— DAWSON CITY And ALL POINTS on Yukon River, Connecting at ST. MICHAEL With Our Flect of New River Boats. Now in Alaska. $250. 150 LBS. BAGGAGE FREE Through Tickets, I -west Rates to Any Point on Route. Special Rates for Other Points on the River. 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