The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 3, 1899, Page 5

SENATOR SPOONER FOR Thinks It Time Philippines Treaty Is GTON, Feb. 2.—A notable 1s made in the Senate to-day Spooner of Wisconsin. He took for but discussed the ques- f expa on in all of its phases ged the ratification of the peace the means of bringing 18 question home to the peo- who he said could well their sober second best in do that which would be fair, toward the inhabit- ppine archipelago. 1 generc of tb Ph e for four hours and held tention of an unusually nber of Senators and a large In part nce in the galleries. he horn affair at d power repre- Tepre- could ! had represented of th any status requirements and acquire terri oner the anti-expansion resolution | | to the majority, probably to be sus-| RATIFICATION to Decide as to After Peace Adopted. | pended in the West Indies because it is in_the interest of the United States. | “Hale made the point that there was a | very sharp difference between the two cases. The island of Porto Rico had been | considered as an indemnity—a land of some possible value to us and not a det- riment, an everblighting curse and woe to | us, as’would be the Philippines. It was not a constitutional question, but a ques- | tion of policy. Did not Spooner see the grave danger? Responding laconically Spooner said he saw the danger. Hoar interrupted to say that he made no distinction in the two cases. He took | the broad ground that we were not jus- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1899 A SNOWSLIDE WRECKS A TRAIN Several Men Buried and Three Killed. GREAT DRIFTS IN COLORADO DISTRESS IS FELT IN MOUNTAIN TOWNS. | Grave Danger of Famine if the Blockade Is Not Broken Within a Few Days. Special Dispatch to The Call. | tified in attempting to govern any people without their_consent. Resuming, Spooner said that there was vy out of it; that if at the end of a var an indemnity is to be taken it must be taken without the consent of the peo- If the ratification of the treaty involves ent dominion he said he wauld not But he had not been able to v resting place between the cession and abandoning the heir fate, and this was not The President, kind and gen- to t ble. acceptin island aving the Philippine archipelago the savagery and the brutal- Spanish rule. To have attempted e would have been to inaugu- e of anarchy with all its hor- cruel and bitter, e on earth.” said that the rat- 1 of the treaty and the acceptance country of the cession from Spain a declaration of principles. He red that the Bacon resolutions and 1 other pending resolutions on this ct were rith with mischief and ought not to be adopted. It was the busi- ness of Congress to legislate and to fol- low the lines marked out by the constitu- tion and the will of the people. ARGUMENT ON TR:ATY IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—The executive session of the Senate was only a contin- uation of the legal argument which started with Senator Spooner’s speech the open Senate. It grew out of the question of Senator Tillman concerning the status of the Filipinos with refer- ence to citizenship in case the cession of 9. the Philippine Islands should be ac- cepted. Senator Hoar made a_set argument, quoting liberally from authorities in sup- port of the contention that they would become citizens and be entitled to all the rights and privileges as such under the constitution. This view was antagonized by Senators Teller, Nelson and Platt of Connecticut. Nelson referred to the ac- quisition ef territory from France and Spain during the history of the country, and read from many legal opinions to show that the Indians in such territory were not citizens. Platt made the point that citizens of Territories weré not full- fledged citizens, and Teller contended that they were not until they were made such by Congressional enactment. Senator Dav in charge of the treaty, expressed the opinion after the adjourn- ment of the Senate to-night that a vote would be secured to-morrow on the reso- lutions pending in the Senate declara- tory of the country’s future attitude to- ward the Filipinos in case of the ratifica- tion of the treaty. he first vote will be on the Bacon resolution, which will prob- ably be voted down. A 'vote will thcn be taken upon a resolution more acceptabie b that offered by llivan, which, it is expected, will be adopted. TS CHEAP LABOR HURTING HAWAII Not to Enter Amerlcan Market. WHY THE SENATE PAUSES COMPETITION THAT CARRIES A MENACE. Congress Slow to Extend United States Customs Laws to Uncle Sam’s New Posses- sions. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, Feb. 2. Representatives of Hawaii who are in looking after the political or of the islands are v the new develop- »ssible Congressional our new possessions. yple interested in Hawaii, it is have just learned that there is ficulty in the Senate over the extending to duties of this d in the House full approval of the Tréasury De- d was passed by that body nt. It was expected that would be equally prompt, ian Commission has just that th is a feeling nators that the entire should not be extended but that this country w against possible h > manuf 2 in Hawali. William A of Honolulu, who is here repr nting the Chamber of Commerce 1 the Planters’ Associa- tion, is ear n calling the attention to the discc gement which would be felt in Hawaii at the news of possible He, with others who were spoken to, was satisfied that the ad- ration had not changed its mind, s still sincere in desiring the on of American customs laws to is being taken by the steamer eaving San Fra co to-day.” said Mr. Kenny, “that will startle and dis- courage Hawaii throughout its length and breadth, name that influential members of Congr are seriously con- sidering the advisability of giving to | Hawaii only limited free trade with the United States, which means in plain English a colonial status, and that this sentiment is sufficiently strong. prob- ably, to postpone Hawaiian legislation for this 'session. “This became apparent yesterday, when members of the Hawaiian com- mission, -appointed by the President to recommend legislation for Hawaii. waited upon Senator Aldrich. new chairman of the Senate Finance Com- mittee, to urge action this session upen the House bjll no~ ‘» the hands of that Dingley, with | extending United States customs laws as a whole to Hawali. which was introduced by Representa- tive Dingley in the House shortly be- fore his last illness, upon the recom- mendation of the Treasury ment, and passed by that body. ‘“‘Senator Aldrich stated that, while | neither he nor the committee had de- cided definitely what to do. there seemed to be a sentiment among some of the Republican Seramtors in favor of restricting free trade between Hawaii and the United States to agricultural { or natural products of Hawaii. so as | to shut out of the United States manu- | factures made by cheap labor, and that | this sentiment was apparently suffi- ciently strong to result in delaying ac- tion on the bill in question. until next session.” MRS YOUNG LOCKED ‘ committee, | | | | | , UP TOO SECURELY Key Broke Off in the Lock and the Door of Her Cell Cannot Be Opened. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 2 | 2.—Mrs. Augusta | Young is now in a position where the au- ‘ thorities could n« release her if they de- | sired. A broken key and a stubborn Iock | have imprisoned her so tightly that Sher- | iff Taylor was put to considerable trouble | to-day in order to get enough food into the woman's cell to satisfy even her wan- ing appetite. About 8 o'clock this morning Under | Sheriff Benson took the fair prisoner her breakfast. The lock on the cell door is a huge, clumsy affair, and the key has to be turned by using an iron bar as a lever. On this occasion the key seemed to turn even harder than usual. A sudden wrench broke the key off in such a man- ner that it could not be turned svith nip- pers. 3 A locksmith was sent for and labored with the refractory lock until late this evening. ~He accomplished very lit- tle, and it is probable that to-morrow a sledge-hammer may have to be used in order to effect an entrance to the cell. | Mrs. Young's physical condition has im- proved a great deal in the last two days, and she is inclined to view. the peculiar situation as a huge joke. Sheriff Taylor is not inclined to be facetious over the situation and_thinks that a fire might change Mrs. Young's opinion. VERY HEAVY FLOW OF NATURAL GAS STRUCK Summerland in Santa Barbara Coun- ty Shaken by a Violent Explosion. SANTA BARBARA, Feb. 2.—Last night shortly after 10 o'clock the small town of Summerland was aroused by a rattling sound. Another heavy flow of gas was struck and -with . great violence was throwing small pieces of rock in every direction. Rocks and portions of the drilling apparatus were thrown a distance of several hundred feet. Fortunately ino one was in the immediate vi- cinity at the time of the explosion. A piece of scantling 2x4 inches, which was several feet from the well, was cut in two by the force of the explosion. The gas was struck at a depth of 265 feet while in the explosion of the same naturé which occuri several weeks ago in a well but a few feet distant gas was struck at a depth of 310 feet. Much fear is now felt in boring these wells at such a depth for no one knows just when an explosion may occur, and the drilling of such necessitates workmen being directly over the hole. S gl Company C Welcomed. PETALUMA, Feb. 2.—The entire popu- lation of this city turned out en masse to- night to welcome the return of Company C, Eighth Regiment. Cannon were fired and there was music, decorations and fire- works. The demonstration concluded wtih a reception, banquet and grand ball. e is, would not have to make a | Depart- | | DENVER, Feb. 2—Information has | been received here by Superintendent | Ridgeway of the Denver and Rio :‘Gra.nde Rallroad that a snowslide on its | |line nine miles east of Glenwood | | Springs to-day came down on top of a | | work train, wrecking the engine and | cars and killing three of the working | | crew and injuring two others. The | | killed are: | JOHN McMAHON, roadmaster Den- | ver and Rio Grande, Glenwood Sorings, | Colo. | J. DEMPSEY, | Creek, Colo. J. MULVIHILL, section man, Red Clift, Colo. | The injured: { Charles Hackett, engineer, Grand Junction, Colo., head and back injured. T. H. Carr, fireman, Grand Junction, head injured. R. B. Steele, engineer, Grand Junc- tion, hand hurt. { A. Diver, brakeman, Grand Junction, | | back hurt. | | G. H. Berry, car repairer, Minturn, | Colo., head hurt. B. Bernard, section man, Colo., internally. The injured include the fireman of the work engine and a section hand. Their names have not been learned. The work train had been sent to clear the snow off the blocked track east of | Glenwood and was plowing through a drift when the slide came down and | buried the workmen. For some time it | was feared the entire crew of thirty-| two men were lost, but all have been accounted for to Superintendent Ridge- way. | The snowstorm, that has raged with brief intermission for more than a week in Colorado, was renewed to-day with energy unabated. The snowfall | during the later hours of the night and | nearly all day was very heavy, while | strong winds piled it up and filled railroad cuts, almost completely block- | ing railroad traffic in the mountain dis- trict. Snowslides have occurred at sev- eral points, one eighteer miles west of Leadville, on Mount Elbert, carrying down a miner's cabin and burying Wil- liam Manning, aged 60 years. Many mountain towns are cut off from the world, the only means of communica- tion being men on snowshoes. Food and supplies are becoming alarmingly | short in many places. A difficult and really hazardous piece of work to remove the suspense at | Breckenridge, Como, Dillon and other | | points around the firstnamed camp. was | successfully accomplished by the Colo- | rado Southern to-day at mnoon, when | citizens armed with shovels cleared off | the South Park tracks to the depot in | | Breckenridge and a much battered | supply train crawled into the town—the | | first inside of three weeks. | The situation at Breckenridge was | becoming critical. Food was scarce | | and groceries kept in the stofes were at | |a low ebb. Yesterday hay could not | be purchased for love nor money. Oats were worth their weight in gold. Min- ers, prospectors, mill men and timber | cutters were coming in from the sur- | | rounding hills, begging provisions. | Breckenridge was a spot in a sea of | | snow, Slides in all directions made the | | roads leading into the camps impass- | | able. | | The supply train included several freight cars, loaded with hay, grain, | coal, beef, flour and groceries sufficient to last about two weeks. It took nine | | hours to make the run from Como to | Breckenridge, thirty-four miles. At Leadville the supply of coal is so | small that a forced shut down of mines and smelters is threatened. Railroad men say the numerous snowslides are unprecedented at this time of the year. | Slides usually occur only in the spring. | The cause now is the enormous amount Icf snow on the mountain: ;PASSAGE OF THE RIVER | AND HARBOR BILL | Appropriates Over Thirty Millions | and Meets Slight Opposition | in the House. | WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—The river and | harbor bill carrying slightly more than | | $30,000,000 passed the House to-day by a | vote of 160 to 7. This Is the largest ma- jority any river and harbor bill ever ob- tained in the House. The bill attracted | little opposition and every effort to amend it_in important particulars failed. | During the consideration of the river | and_harbor _ bill to-day Representative De Vries offered an_amendment extend- | ing the application of the $20.000 appropri- | ated for the San Joaquin River an or- mon Channel. The amendment was | adopted without debate. Representative Barlow also made an attempt to insert in the bill a clause}gro- | viding for the survey of Wilmington Har- bor, California, but it was defeated. Chairman Burton stated to the House that the improvements on San Pedro (the inner harbor) would not be completed for some time and it was hardly neces- gary for this survey until that work was finished. 2 FIRE DAMAGED THE WESTERN HOTEL Blaze That Broke Out in the Linen Room Was Quickly Quenched. MARYSVILLE, Feb. 2.—At 5:40 this evening fire was discovered in a north room on the third floor of the Western Hotel used for storing linens, etc. In a | short time the flames spread to the ad- joining rooms, and for a time a general conflagration was imminent. The fire department was on the scene early, and by dint of hard work in the hallways filled with blinding smoke had the fire under control inside of twenty minutes. The loss from water will be far in excess of that caused by fire. The water soaked through the walls and ceilings into the office on the lower floor. The loss will reach $1500, covered by insurance. The blaze is thought to be due to defective electric wiring. Returning Volunteers Welcomed. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 2.—A large major- ity of the members of Company D, which was mustered out at Vancouver on Jan- uary 30, returned to this city and were given an ovation at the depot. Flags were flying and_the rejoicing was general. A reception and dance ha¢ been planned, but festivities were postponed until next week, when Captain Elliott will arrive. One source of sorrow is the death of Pri- section man, Spruce Gypsum, vate George Agnews about six weeks ago. | Ro: | ish Northwest = MAY GREATLY AD ALASKA The British Columbia Exclusjon Act. AMERICAN TERRITORY RICH SO IT WILL BE THE FIRST TO BE DEVELOPED. Already the Gold-Seekers Are Chang- ing Their Proposed Destination From Atlin to Por- cupine. BY HAL HOFFMAN. Special Dispatch to The Call. JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 27 (via Seat- tle, Feb. 2).—Since the passage of the British Columbia exclusion act the talk in Alaska port towns is divided be- tween retaliation and making a decla- ration of loyalty to the Queen, at least for the time being. Many men have | already declared that if they can find a piece of ground with a lot of goid in it they would not mind becoming a citi- | zen of British Columbia and a subject | of her Majesty for the remainder of their natural lives. The exclusion act has at least temporarily paralyzed the crowd at Skaguay waiting for the trail to freeze so that it is possible to travel to Atlin City. Many are going in anyhow to engage in business—to do anything and everything to make . money that the law allows, and some | | that the law doesn’t, except mine. The | outlook now is that there will be as motley a crowd of grafters at the Atlin camps as ever grafted in Skagtown during the palmiest days of the late Mr. “Soapy” Smith, though they will not be so bold. Notwithstanding the unfavorable condition of the trail impatient people are starting out any- how. They are determined to take a look at Atlin .f they can do no more. It was 20 degrees below zero on the summit of White Pass night before last and blowing a gale. The road houses were literally packed with men and dogs trying to find a place in which they would not freeze to death. On the other hand, the weather on | the Taku trail from Juneau is favor- able to travel. A party of thirteen men came up from Wrangel on the steamer Alert and took that trail for Atlin this week, and two other large parties also left Juneau this week to g0 in that way. A townsite of eighty acres has been located by soldiers’ scrip y J. T. Jones of Juneau, forme of acoma, at the mouth of the Taku River, and a warehouse, wharf, saw- mill and store will be built. The exclusion act has already had the effect of turning extraordinary and sudden attention to the Porcupine dig- gings. Three ships stop at Haines Mis- sion now to one thirty days ago. Lighter crews there are kept busy handling freight between ships and the shore. Steps are being taken to con- struct a wharf. Under present condi- tions there will be a very big rush into that section just before the snow gets off. Many men are eager to get into that region and so hopeful of finding something that they are bucking six feet of snow at this time of year and will cut timber and thaw out the ground to bedrock. It is not all lamentation in Alaska over the exclusion act. Strange as it may seem at first, there are those who hail its passage as tidings of great joy. These are the thoughtful ones. They say that it will have the effect of turn- ing the attention of miners to Alaska proper—that is, American territory— and the result will be greater develop- ment of Alaska, where everybody up here firmly believes there is just as much gold waiting to be found as in the alien territory. With this happening there will be no- body left to find gold in British North- west Territory or in British Columbia, | for it is a well known contention among miners of the great Northwest that a Canadian never found gold any- where; that he did not find the Cari- boo, the Cassiar, the Klondike or At- lin; that he waits till the hardy and | enterprising American prospector dis- | covers it and then comes flocking along afterward; and in the case of the Atlin after the American has found it the Canadian seeks to take it away from him. There is another phase of the exclu- sion act which has already resulted in strained relations up on Porcupine, which district is in American territory. No serious trouble is expected. When the Canadian police the other day rushed down from Pleasant Camp, their post, close to the boundary line on the Dalton trail, and made locations in the Porcupine district, to.which they are clearly entitled, under an American law which is said to obtain not ex- cluding aliens from mining in Amer- jcan territory, there was considerable feeling over the action, but all acts and expressions were kept within proper bounds. Just for moral effect there is some talk of cutting the police claims from twenty acres down to 250 feet, the size of claims citizens of the United States are allowed in Brit- Territory. If the police had been British Columbians in- stead of B. N. W. T. officers some very forcinie moral suasion would have been used to induce them to make no loca- tions at all. When a miners’ meeting makes up its mind to any line of con- duct it generally goes and goes quickly and goes without ceremony. No mail has reached Dawson from the coast since about the middle of Oc- tober last. Tons of mail matter has been taken in out of the wet at Tagish Lake by the police. A late report from Thistle Creek states that a prospect of 50 cents a pan there is becoming quite common, and that nuggets which run from fifty cents to a dollar are fre- quently panned out. SCHOONER WRECKED ON THE KOHALO COAST Founders at Sea and Drifts Ashore, Where the Vessel Lies on the Rocks. HONOLULU, Jan. 26.—The steamer Upolu brought the news this morning of the discovery on the Kohalo coast of the wreck of a three-masted schooner, name at present unknown. She had evidently foundered at- !;& and flrfl'ted on to the shore, where she lies almost submerged on the rocks. The body of a m‘an was found between decks, and this scared away the natives who were sent to in- vestigate. The police authorities will hold an investigation, but the wreck is lying at an jsolated Snot with which communi- —_—— cation is difficul To Deliver Rural Letters. SAN RAFAEL, Feb. 2—M. M. Imman and H. Markham have drawn up a con- tract with a large number of citizens and will in a few days start a rural letter de- livery system. They expect to secure about 300 subscribers, and will conduct their business in the same manner as the new system now in operation in Santa sa. THE EMPORIUM. e through arches in the rear Senor Vargas, the great bari- fone, sings . at Saturday Concert for Boys. Second Section at Right of Main Entrance. sizes 6, 7, 8, 50¢ pair. day), to close PERR PP PR R RRBR ii"'."’FF.”’;’.OV'Ciii'fi’!’ii’ii" PEPRR VR RR PR PV P RPR R PR PR ER DR SRR PR Main Floor— Back of Rotunda. Price. Price. Amazing Marriage (2 vols.)— Meredith.. 2.50 Literary Landmarks—Burt... 1.00 Trilby—Du Murier. 175 | King Noanett— Stimson. 2.00 | '® Sonof Israel—Penn. 125 | David Grieve—Ward. 1.00 | From Whose Bourne—Barr... .75 | George Washington—Wood- ! row Wilson... 3.00 { The Tragic Muse—Bourget... 1.50 The Man at Arms—Clinton Scollard.... Drones Must Die—Nordau... » o | ?'D!.’Di'i)’”0".".?...) FEPPRREEIRREIR BRI R R RS RRRV P I BTV R P RIS A Remarkable Group of Life-size Wax Figures, representing Christ Before Pilate, that is to be presented to the Memorial Museum at Golden Gate Park, will be on free exhibition in this store for a limited time, beginning to-morrow (Saturday), February 4. The group was imported from Europe, and is probably the finest specimen of waxwork in this country. A large apartment has been especially prepared for this exhibit, a faithful reproduction from historical data of the interior of the Pratorium, showing 47 Boys’ Suits at 98¢ —Stout, ser- viceable, double-breast- ed Knee Pants Suits, 9, 18, 14 and 15 only, guaran-| four quarts. To-day................26€ teed in fit, making and | 21c 3-qua trimmings, materials o5 nearly all wool, sold 9¢ regularly at from $1.50 | Good strong Washboard—full size— to $2. To-day (Fri-| regularly 15c. To-day. ......10C day', while the lot | 10-inch Galvanized Iron Wash Basin at 188t8.00eremienion. . 88€ | half price to-day........ .4ec Kitchen Sharpening Stone—9 inches Boys’ Knee| long—mounted in wood box. 8c | Pants, 16c—263 pairs, sizes only 9 to 15, sold regularly at To-day (Fri- them 0b..cvivsenseenn ... JEB@ Bargains in Books. Pub. Friday | Village Watch Tower—Wig- | L B 8100 $ 45 8¢ Yard Jude, the Obscure—Hardy... 1.75 .70 Modern Scientific Whis 25 v li ' Hamilton.............. .. 200 .85 H Cyclopedia of Games—Hoyle. 2.00 1.15 c el "y Ge' THE EMPORIUM. a typical scene of the Holy Land. ALL-DAY Speciar SALES — First “Bargain Friday” since the holidays. This feature of the big store’s modern merchandising now permanently resumed. To-day seven departments offer attractive specials. Clothing Bargains Bargains in House Furnishings. Main Floor— Next to Grocery Department. These specials are for to-day (Bargain Friday) only. 17c 9i;-inch Enameled Fry Pans......ffe 37c Steel Enameled Kettles, with tin cover and two side handles—holds A Bargain in Biack Goods. Rear of First Aisle— Left of Entrance. 300 yards 50-inch Fancy English Mo- hair, in two patterns only—the last of this splendid wearing material, which has been selling for 60c per yard. To-day (Friday) while quantity lastsésale rice Bargain Friday. Off Main Aisle— Near Rotunda. The 25c per yard qualities of Plain and Chenille Dotted Tuxedo Veilings— black, navy biue or brown, and chenille dotted sewing silk veilings. On special sale all day Friday at. 16¢c ]‘ The Emporium and Golden Rule Bazaar. CALIFORNIA’'S LARGEST—AMERICA'S GRANDEST STORE. P L L eedededudiuding l“i‘(QQ‘QGQQQ4QQ‘,QQQ‘,QQQ“‘Q‘QQQ“(QG‘Q‘Q1Q0§ — i | THE EMPORIUM. K Seven Suther- land Sisters’ Ex- hibit Free in Ro- tunda. $2.50 Shoes for $1.67. First Section at Right of Entrance. Tadies’ Viei Kid Uace Shoes, like picture—fancy brocaded cloth tops—new coin toes—kid tips— fancy lace stay—fl ible sewed soles—ser- viceable, dressy, com- fortable —regu- lar price $2.50. Special all day Friday only... S h B, Canned Goods Sale —Last Days. Only two more days—it’s over at cl ing time Saturday night. A chance to buy choice Canned Goods at prices like these will not occur again for months. 20c per can Cherries, now 8 for. §7.00 17c per can Blackberries, now 4 for.50e 15¢ per can Green Gage Plums, now.ffe 25¢ per can Sliced Peaches, now & for 2 ..$1.00 150 per can Standard Avricots, now..ff@ 17c per can Hesnerian Haywards Table Fruits—Peaches, Apricots, Black Cherries, Pears and Plums—now 6 for et E= -...250 25¢ per can Grated Pineapple, row.20¢ 10c per can Blackberries, now 12 for... 10c per can Grapes, now 12 for..... 42 10c per can Towa Sweet Corn, now..... 8¢ Hesperian Haywards Tomatoes, now... 7€ 16c Standard Cove Oysters. now.....f3e 25¢ Blue Point Ovsters. now.. 20c 20c Farren’s Baltimore Ovsters, now.f5¢ Van Camp’s 1-Ib Macaroni and Cheese. TN 8¢ Van Camp’s 1-1b Pork and Beans, now.8¢ Rex Vienna Sausage, 1 1bs. now........8¢ 25¢ French Mackerel, in oil, 1s. now-. s, L L T L T L T T T T T e e e L L L L L LT Lt L L LT Ll De’i;;%“l‘r‘:;;’n;)rted Sardines, 148, now.10¢ AAREAREEASREEE AU EAREEEs it GETTING MAIL UP THE YUKON | Some of the Difficulties Overcome. Special Dispatch to The Call. | Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Feb. 2. The Postoffice Department has been making efforts to get mail to the Yukon this winter from Juneau. There is little | trouble in supplying the coast towns of | Alaska jzith regular mail service. To | get to the interior, where the miners | are, is always a difficult proposition, especially d ring the winter. The tending from Juneau to Tanana, and the other from Tanana to St. Michael. | At present P. C. Richardson has a con- tract for carrying the mail between | these points. His compensation is $56,- | 000 for the first route and $23,000 for | the second. He has been the cause of trouble’ to the dep~rtment, however, | and according to John P. Clum, he de- | faults many times. It is required by | the Government that two round trips be made each month over the firsi route and one over the second route. | the trip is by way of the Chilcoot Pass, | Dawson, Eagle, Star, Circle, Yukon and | Rampart. At each of these towns the Government has established a post- office. On the second route from Tanana to St. Michael, the following postoffices are passed: Kozukuk, Anvik and St Michael. The Government has a special post- office agent in Alaska to supervise the carrying of mails, because of the unre- liability of the contractor. Superintend- ent Clum of the mail depredations di- vision, says this officer ras to engage special carriers to take the mail. There are two months in the year, however, he says, when.,it is impossible to deliver mail. One is during the early fall, when the ice is forming on the rivers and lakes, and the other is spring, when the ice is breaking up. Until a railroad is built these difficul- ties cannot be overcome. “Superintendent - Clum has just re- ceived a report from the postmaster at Juneau, showing the amount of mail carried overland to the mining regions. It must be remembered, he says. that the Government does not contract to carry all classes of mail to the miners. Only letters will be carried. It was thought better to limit the mail to this class, because friends would send news- pupers and all manner of things through the mail, paying first-class postage to insure their receint. Now. no matter what it is, the Government will take nothing but letters. It is interesting to note the number of pieces carried bv the contractor dur- ing the winter months. As soon as the jce had formed (November 5) the first trip carried 6207 letters. The trip of November 19 had 2662 letters. The con- tractor failed to make the December 2 trip, and a special carrier was sent by the department with 1927 letters. The December 22 trip took 1965 let- ters, and when January 4 came around the contractor failed again, and the Government sent a special carrier with 1551 letters. The Government represen- tative in the Klondike is W. F. Wilcox. In the last annual remort of the Sec- retary of the Interior it is stated that the reindeer sent by the Government from ‘Lapland for the succor of the ‘miners had been turned over to the postoffice authorities and were being used for the carrying of mails. This Superintendent Clum says is a mistake. Not one of the reindeer sent has been used. There was nothin~ to feed the animals with, and some of them liter- ally starved to death. When the herd Jast was reported but 144 remained. and they were in the vicinity of Hutshi Lo~ | United States has two routes, one ex-| In the route from Juneau to Tanana | in the NAPA, Feb. 2—District Attorney | Bell scored theatrically to-day in the | McKenzie examination. With little ;preliminary preparation he produced | evidence that tended to show that Jesse | Walters, at least, had knowledge of the | fact that Alfred Cook, the man whom | he slew, had assumed a fictitious name | very closely resembling Dorman, the name under which Cook secured em- | ployment with McKenzie. Sheriff Dunlap was on the stand, and, led by | the District Attorney, testified that he i had taken possession of the trousers of Walters after the latter’'s arrest and that in one of the pockets he found a purse containing a slip of paper on which was inscribed a series of memo- randa. Among these, and most signi- ficant of all, was the name, “A. Dor- ran,” followed by the address of Cook’s former place of employment in San Francisco. The reading from the slip of paper by District Attorney Beil caused a profound sensation. To-day’s attendance showed that in- terest in the case does not flag. The case was continued until to-morrow morning, after a long argument be- tween the attorneys as to the admissi- bility of the testimony of McKenzie given before the Coroner's jury, which the District Attorney sought to intro- duce. Newton Simpson, the first witness, testified that he saw Al Dorman, in company with McKenzie, walkng to- ward the Central Hotel on the evening Dorman arrived in Napa. Richard Cuff, proprietor of the Central Hotel, told of McKenzie having brought Cook to his hotel, of McKenzie introducing him as Al Dorman on the evening of Cook’s arrival, and arranging for Cook’s board. Ben Swanton was in the habit of lounging about the McKenzie stable. On the evening of January 4, the day before the killing of Cook. McKenzie suggested that witness and a number of others who hung about the stable attend the Buchanan habeas corpus case on the following morning, as it would be an interesting proceed- ing. On the morning of January 5 Mc- Kenzie asked these persons if they were not going to the Courthouse to witness the Buchanan proceedings, add- ing that the courtroom would prob- ably be crowded. This was near 10 o'clock. Soon after McKenzie had talked to them the party left for the Courthouse. When the witness left for the Courthouse Dorman was the only person besides McKenzie remaining in the stable, and was engaged in cleaning the floor of the carriage department of the stable. Miss Coates, a telegraph operator, testified to the sending of the following message to Mrs. Maggie Ray of San Francisco on the evening of December 1, 1898: ‘““Meet me on arrival of morn- ing train at ferry.” It was signed with Jesse Walters’ name, witness said. but written and handed into the office by McKenzie. P. H. Sandlin testified he was man- ager of a saloon at 1707 Devisadero street, San Francisco, during all of November, 1898. He stated that a pho- ‘tograph of Alfred Cook. which was shown him, was a likeness of Al Dor- STRONG TESTIMONY IS GIVEN AGAINST JESSE WALTERS It Is Shown That He Knew Alfred Cook, His Victim, Was Pass- ing Under an Assumed Name. man, who had worked for him from November 7 to November 20, 1898. When Dorman left his employ he went to Sacramento County. His postoffice ad- dress was Ryde. D. W. Scott, a resident of Walkers Landing, testified that he is in charge of a saloon there. Hé recognized a photograph of Alfred Cook. Cook had worked in the vicinity of Walkers Landing from November, 1897, tc Oc- tober, 1898, when he went to San Fran- cisco. Cook returned to Walkers Landing November 27, 1898, and left for Napa on December 29, 1898. While at Walkers Landing letters came to Cook |in care of witness. Witness thought the letters came from Napa. When Cook left Walkers Landing he told witness he was going to Napa to work for McKenzie in his livery stable. Un- der cross-examination the witness said the letters were addressed to A. Dor- man. No names were signed to the let- ters. They appeared to have been writ- ten by a lady. Cook went under the name of Dorman while at Walkers Landing. Witness learned that Dor- man’s real name was Cook some time after Cook first arrived. Cook had a 38-caliber Colt's revolver at that time. Sandlin was recalled, and testified that Cook owned a revolver, which appeared to be of 38-caliber. The weapon found at Cook’s side, dfter he was killed. was a 32-caliber Honkins & Allen revolver. Sheriff Dunlap testified that in one of the pockets of Walters' trousers he found a purse containing a scrap of paper on one side of which was the fol- lowing writing: “Dorran, A. Dorran. ‘Walkers Landing, care D. W. Scott, | butcher. Mrs. M. Fields, Napa. Mrs. | Kisling, Napa.” On the reverse side appeared the following: ‘“Name of street. A. Dorran, 1707 Devisadero, room 1705, San F. Left S. F. Saturday, November 26, 1898, for Walkers Land- ing.” E. P. Lund, a saloon-keeper, Fifth street, stated that Cook had worked for him. The pistol found near Cook was shown the witness, and he stated that Cook owned a revolver which was considerably larger than the one shown him. . Cook spoke of having a lady friend at Napa who had con- siderable money. Witness thought Cook was engaged to this lady friend. Cook had spoken of going into partner- ship with the witness in the saloon business, and Lund expected that Cook would get the necessary money from his lady friend. Cook had informed the witness that he had -left Napa County because he had been ordered to leave within twenty-four hours by a at 35 Constable or Deputy Sheriff, who lthreutened to kill him if he did not eave. ANGELS CHAPTER ACTIVE. Successful Ball Given in Aid of the Decoto Home. ANGELS CAMP, Feb. 2.—Monday even- ing witnessed one of the brightest func- tions ever enjoyed in the mountains, it be- ing a charity ball given by Angels Chap- ter, Order Eastern Star, for the benefit of the Masonic Widows' and Orphans’ Home at Decoto. As a financial success it was a grand one, and that it was a so- clal success is attested by the many couples who attended. Angels Ch:Iuer is a growing one and one worthy con- sideration in fraternal matters,