The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 4, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, ‘FEBBUABY 4, 1902, BRAVE POLICEMAN IS PRESENTED WITH MEDAL BY CHIEF WITTMAN ADVERTISEMENTS. GONGPIRATORS - PLOT DEATH ~ OFEMPRESS Make Two Attempts to Murder the Chinese Dowager. DISEAGE. AND DESTITUTION IN NOME CIT) Epidemic of Scurvy Dut to Lack of Fresh Vegetables, Life ont of doors and out of the games which they play and the enjoy- ment which they receive and the efforts which they make, comes the greater part of that healthful development which is so essential to their happiness when grown. When a laxative is needed the remedy which is given to t?xem to cleanse and sweeten and strengthen the internal organs on which it acts, should be such as physicians would sanction, because its component parts are known to be wholesome and the remedy itself free from SUN— every objectionable quality. well-informed, approve and recommend and w because of its pleasant flavor, 8yrup of Figs—and for the sa: be used by fathers and mothers, The one remedy which physicians and parents, r ' hich the little ones enjoy, its gentle action and its beneficial effects, is— me reason it is the only laxative which should Syrup of Figs is the only remedy which acts gently, pleasantly and naturally without griping, irritating, or nauseating and which cleanses the system effectually, without producing that constipated habit which results from the use of the old-time cathartics and modern imitations, which the children them medicines, should be so carefully guarded. and against If you would have them grow to manhood and womanhood, strong, healthy and happy, do not give when medicines are not needed, and when nature needs assistance in the way of a laxative, give them only the simple, pleasant and gentle—Syrup of Figs. Its quality is due not only to the excellence of the combination of the laxative principles of plants with pleasant aromatic syrups and juices, but also to our original method of manufacture and as you value the health of the little ones, do not accept any of the substitutes which unscrupulous deal- ers sometimes offer to increase their profits. The genuine article may be bought anywhere of all reliable druggists at fifty cents per bottle. Please to remember, the full name of the Company— CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.—is printed on the front of every pack- age. In order to get its beneficial effects it is al- ways necessary to buy the genuine only. CHFTY PECISE 1S EVDLVER" Intended Victim Holds Two Keswick Thugs at Bay. ! r ! al Dispatch to The Call. REDDING, Feb. 3.—A meerschaum pipecase and the presence of mind of M. | Wolf him from being robbed of $200 For eleven hours ne with the imitation had been employed in Keswick d $200 on his person when he left . At 8 o'clock, just above Kes- two men emerged from the bushes dered him to hand over his money. unarmed. He had a meer- pipe in a case and with rare pres- | he quickly decided to bluff robbers. He quickly drop- | ey bag to the ground and nd leaves over it with his drawing his pipecase from | nd ai g it, he ordered his | back. He snapped like the cock- - the desired effect. The | but proceeded Wolf. ‘Wolf had | f and from 9 this morning he holding the rob. Pty pipes A of dawn the robbers t} Unitarian Club Gives Banquet. ‘ rian Club of San Francisco nquet last evening at the Mer- | Sansome street. Plates s. The subject e talks of the evening were “The National Characteristics speeches were as fol- | Baker of Oakland, | F. H. Wheelan, liam Greer Harrison, ; Dr. Taylor, “German e —— powder manufacturer ought | n getting up in the world. ADVERTISEMENTS. Throat r sore throat and pains in the chest no medicine that gives relief so d does so much good as Hal- Pain Remover. There is rioth- | e it to drive pain and inflamma- | the body—it does it so quick- ! it does not do you any harm. | b Halpruner’s Pain Remover into | of the skin of the throat and | , also take a tablespoonful in a| ss of water or milk every hour 't have to take it long. t let the druggist talk you out of 1 It is prescribed and com- | pounded to cure your ills and is a medi- cine you ought to have. Demand the | | | | genuine—soc and $1 a bottle—28 Cali- fornia St., San Francisco. HHalpruner's “TO THE PUBLIC—I suffered with a | severe sore throat four days after the opera ‘Theodora’ at the Tivoli Opera House. I used Dr. Halpruner's Pain Re- mover as a gargle and to bathe my neck, and found instant rellef; in fact I was almost_immediately cured and was able to continue my role in the opera. SIGNORINA ‘IDA VALERGA, Prima Donna, Tivoli Opera House.” Trial Trealment Free. Dr. Halpruner spends from 1 to 4 every afternoon, except Saturdays and Sundays, at his office, 28 California street, glving trial treatments to sufferers and persons interested in Halpruner's wonderful medi- cine. A large bottle sent by prepald express- age to any part of the 5:\1{3 States upon the receipt of §L = ’ | poison NO ONE GLAIMS BODY OF SUICIDE Mrs. Hammond Moore to * Be Buried at Public Expense. Special Dispatch to The Call. STOCKTON, Feb. 3—Unless some word is received from the alleged relatives of Mrs. Hammond Moore, the woman who took poison while a guest of the Imperial Hotel in this city last Thursday, dying the following day, the body of the suicide will be burled to-morrow at the county’s ex- pense. An inquest will be held to-mor- row evening: The Coroner and other county officials who are interested in the case are not vet ready to believe that the unfortunate woman was in reality Mrs. Hammond Moore. They are still of the opinion that the name was assumed and that when her real identity is learned. if ever it is, it will be found that some dark tragedy in her life led her to take up a new name and a new life away from her former associates. Some of the incidents of the strange woman’s last hours came to light to-day. When Mrs. Moore, as she was called, arrived at the hotel she ordered the best luncheon to be had in the house. After luncheon she asked for a room. The clerk showed her a suite. “No,” she sald, “I want the cheapest room you have.” This greatly surprised the clerk, as she had previously been ordering the best, She went up town on Thursday afternoon and returned with several packages. It is supposed that she purchased drugs. Returning to the hotel she ordered din- ner. The lady did not seem in the least excited or depressed; in fact the hotel attaches remarked at the time on her evi- dent breeding and self-possession. She chatted with Miss Clara Wagner, asking her about the city. One question was noteworthy—the stranger asked what kind of a morgue there was here and if the public was allowed to view the bodies. On the following morning the guest was found unconscious from the effects of the she had taken. After the phy- sicians had done all they could for her they departed, giving Hotel Clerk Charles Heffernan instructions to look into Mrs Moore’'s room_ occasionally. sicians realized that she would dle and that they could do nothing further for her. On Friday evening Heffernan made sev- eral visits to the room, no one eise caring to look in upon the dyving woman. Shortly after 9 o’clock Heffernan opened the door ofgMrs. Moore’s room. As he did so she arose in bed. opened her eyes gasped and moaned, “Oh, my God.” Her face took on a look of awful fear and despair. For several seconds she sat thus and then fell back with the death rattle in_her throat. Frightened out of his senses the clerk gave a cry of terror and fled. He was speechless when he reached the hotel of- fice and it was several minutes before he was able to tell what he had seen. The physicians visited the room a few min. utes later and found Mre. Moore dead. i — S — BODY OF MAN WHO DIED SUDDENLY IS IDENTIFIED William L. Metcalf Falls Fainting on Deck of Steamboat and Dies at Hospital. The body of the man who was stricken with heart faflure last Thursday on the steamboat Zinfandel was identified Sun- day morning as being that of William L. Metcalf by Attorney O. C. Pratt of this city. Mr. Pratt was a personal friend of Met- calf. He stated that Metcalf was in his office Thursday and that he was to leave for Brentwood that afternoon to take charge of the Brentwood Enterprise. He left Pratt’s office in the best of spir- its and apparently in good health, but fell in a faint on the deck of the steamboaf, subsequently dying at the Central Emer- gency Hospital. The deceased was a brother of General J. B. Metcalf of Seattle, United States Attorney for the State of Washington during Cleveland’s administration. The deceased was 53 years of age and a news- paper man of ability. 'he funeral services will take place at the Howard-street Methodist Church on Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock. —————— Servian-Montenegrin Ball. The twenty-second anniversary ball of the Servian Montenegrin Literary and Benevolent Soclety will take place to- morrow night at Union Square Hall. These reunions are a source of great en- joyment to the people of this colony and are always well attended. The grand march is announced for 8:30 o'clock, The phy- | TUG 15 BURNED WHILE AT DOCK Fire Almost Totally De- stroys the Walter Hackett. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadwav, Feb. 4. The tugboat Walter Hackett, while ly- ing at the foot of Webster street, was burned to the water's edge shortly after midnight. The flames had gained con- siderable headway when discovered and it was necessary to pump the boat full of water before the fire was extinguished. The origin of the fire is a mystery. the close of the day's work the crew left the boat and the fires were banked and closed up. No one was aboard during the night, but it is thought some waste soaked with oll was thrown into a corner and spontaneous combustion ensued. The damage to the vessel is estimated at about $8000. John Hackett of the Pacific Coast Dredging Company is the owner of the burned tug. It has been mostly employed in doing work about the Oakland estuary. BURLY OPPONENT MEETS MATCH IN LIGHTER MAN Deputy Attorney General W. M. Ab- bott Vanquishes Unknown As- sailant on Market Street. ‘W. M. Abbott, Deputy Attorney .Gen- eral, although a small sized man, van- quished a burly opponent yesterday morn- ing about 10:30 o’clock in front of the Windsor Hotel on Market street, near Fifth. Abbott has a sprained hand and bruises about the arms and shoulders in- flicted by his unknown assailant. Abbott knows he hit him, but as the fellow soon got away he was unable to tell the ex- tent of his injuries. “I was walking down Market street from the City Hall on my way to the Supreme Court,” said Abbott, “‘when this fellow got in front of me. He had a black cane in his hand and kept jabbing it b at me. 1 tried to get out of his w but he still kept on jabbing at me. I grabbed the cane, but the fellow pulled it away from me and began striking me with it. I closed in on him, grabbed his cane again, and let go my right, hitting him several times in the face. The fel- low got away, and turned off in the direc- tion of Powell street. I went on my way and argued a case immediately afterward in the Supreme Court. “I do not know who the man was. He might have been drunk, or he might have mistaken me for some one against whom he had a grudge. I paid but little at- tention to the man, and would 'probably not know him again if I saw him.” —_———— Two Men Killed by Gas. Charlesp D. Bunnell, a farmer of Court- land, Sacramento County, was found as- phyxiated in bed yesterday morning in his room at 207 Eliis street. . Both keys of the gas fixtures had been turned on, allowing_ the deadly fluld to.escape, Both valves of the gas fixtures were open. Mrs. L, Montijo, the landlady, informed the Coroner that Bunnell came home about 1 o'clock in the morning with g friend who had parted from him at the door. Bunnell was about 6) years of age. 7 Albert Peplow, a game keeper for the poker department in the Cafe Royal, was found dead in his bed yesterday morning, he having been asphyxiated by the fumes of illuminating gas issuing from two open valves on the gas fixtures in his room. He was unmarried and 40 years of age, JHe left no writing to show that he had committed suicide and as there did mot appear to be any motive the Coroner's jury vesterday returned a verdict of ace cidental death, notwithstanding that the two burners in' his room at 4 Grove streot were open. Among his effects was a bank book with $2000 0 his credtt o0 —_——————— SAMUEL PARKER ARRIVES FROM WASHINGTON, D. C. Refuses to Discuss His Prospects of Becoming Governor of 5 Hawaii. Samuel Parker, the wealthy planter of Honolulu, arrived yesterday at the - Oc- cidental Hotel with his bride from East. Mr. Parker is prm'mneflllyr -po]::; of as the successor of Governor Dole as the executive head of the Territory of Ha- wail. He refused to discuss the subject. He sails next week for Honolulu, ac- companied by his wife and his son-in‘law, Prince David. ——— . - Dr. George Willlam Davis removed of~ fice from Van Ness to 406 Sutter st.; pho; James 8531; residence phone East 1&. " At | Spear Is Hurled at Her and the Kaifeng Palaces Are Set Afire, Suspects Are Tortured With Hot Irons Until One of Their Number Makes a Con- fession. Special Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C.,, Feb. 3.—The steamer Glenesk of the Dodwell line, which has arrived here from Yokohama and other ports of the Orlent, brought news of an extensive anti-dynastic conspiracy in which the well known Chinese reform as- sociation, which has branches in every part of the world, is alleged to have been more or less involved. With these advices came an account of an unsuccessful at- tempt by conspirators to destroy the pal- aces in which the Empress Dowager and her court were residing at Kaifeng, while | en route to Peking, and thus cause the death of the Chinese rulers and those with them. This was the second attempt on the life of the Empress, for one of the conspirators hurled a spear' at her while the cortege was en route to Peking. He was killed on the spot. The North China Daily News says that after the failure of the attempt to burn the Kaifeng palaces a number of the in- cendiaries were captured by the Honan authorities. They were tortured, with a view of extorting confessions. The un- fortunate captives were placed in large bamboo cages, with only tneir heads pro- truaing. Hot irons were applied to the legs of some and under this torture one of the conspirators, & young man of 18 years, broke down and gave the detalls of the conspiracy. To this ‘“‘confession’ all of the prisonérs were forced to append their signatures. In the confession it was stated that a numerous body of men had been especial- ly detailed to destroy the Chenting-Pe- king rallway, while other bands of armed men had been ordered to fire at the im- perial train from various vantage points, Search was made in a house where two of the conspirators were arrested, and there were found a number of detailed re- ports on the strength of the garrisons of almost every walled city Chinese Empire, their capability of resi nce, the character of the men and their officers, and other papers relating to the defense of the cities of the empire—in fact} in- formation such as would be gathered by an army preparing to go to war. A dozen | or more volumes were found contalning the names of the Honan members of the two secret socleties, KolaggHul and Tatoa | Hui, interested in the prSposed rebellion against the Manchu dynasty. iceroy Yuan Shih-Kai at once took | steps to safeguard the lm?erlal party and | it made the journey safely to Peking. Viceroy Yuan® Shih-Kal had_the rallway guarded from Chenting to Peking, with | encampments of all his available troops on both sides of the line throughout its entire extent. -At the same time -ho ordered mounted troops to search the country fteen 1f ‘on either side of the railway, with orders to scatter any body of men exceeding two or three in gumber and arrest any suspicious char- | acters in sight at the time of the passing of the train. The discovery of the plot had one good | effect, for, had it not been unearthed the | court would not have returned to Peking for some time. It was intended to re- | main at Kalfeng, and after a start was at length made from there stops were to have been made in Chenting and Paoting. | YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION CONVENTION Party Leaves San Francisco for Pasa- dena to Attend Twenty-First Annual Session. The twenty-first annual State conven- tion of the Young Men’s CHristian Asso- ciation of California will begin in Pasa- | dena to-day and will continue until Su. day next. Those who are on their way to attend the opening exercises are the Rev. F. W. Clampett, D. D., Mr. and Mrs, Rolla V. Watt, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. McCoy, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Jackson, the Rev, E. E. Baker and Mrs. Baker of Oak- land, W. E. Clark, F. T. Larsen, M. C. O'Brien, D. Edward Collins, C. A. May- dwell, H. W. Stone of Portland, J. J. Pfister, Colonel Rawles, R. D. Nicholls, R. E. Swanson and several students from the Dniversity of California. The president of the State Assoclation, H. J. McCoy, will call the convention to order in the new Methodist Episcopal Church at 8 o'clock Thursday evening and the Rev. E. E. Baker will deliver the opening address, the subject chosen for the occasion being *Young Men and Our Times.” Addresses will also be delivered by C, K. Ober of Chicago and W. L. Kling of Oakland on the same evening. Dr. Clam- pett will speak on two occasions during the convention and other well known clergumen from different parts of the State will deliver addresses. It is expect- ed that the convention will be one of the largest of its kind ever held in California. The work of the association has grown with marked rapidity during the last few years and now it owns property In the State valued at more than $1,000,000. PR s R Fairyland Carnival, The opening of the Juvenlle Fairyland Carnival at the Mechanics’ Pavilion is now but one weck away, February 8. It will be the means of introducing to the public many clever and beautiful -little children in specialties and dances and serve for entertalning a number of prom- inent organizations. On the first night, in addition to the reg- ular stage performance, there will be a representation of an allegorical and dra~ matic scene and song, “He Was a Native Son,” introducing pictures and slides showing the First Regiment soldier boys sailing away for Manila. On Monday night, February 10, fifty lit- tle girls from 7 to 15 years old, in dances and_exercises and thirty-six young ladies in Greclan costumes will {llustrate beau- tiful grace culture poses. Tuesday the naval apprentices from the United States training ship and station, Goat Island, will be present. The San Francisco Turn Vereln will have 150 ot the smaller children present in the after- noon in calisthenics and at night 150 of the older children will give an athletic ex- hibition. The beautiful Italian peasant girl dance by thirty-six young ladies will also be given. On Wednesday afternoon and night the Columbia_Park Boys' Club will give a military drill and the minstrel corps will sing—also exhibition of fancy dancing by young people. 'On _Thursday decorated baby carriage parade. Friday, February 14, will be St Valen- tin, T Tas , With a serpentin 205 confettl battle by childten, Ponine The Pavilion will be especially deco~ rated. The Pacific Cat Club will also hold its annual cat show in conjunction with the carnival. Nearly 100 cats have been en- tered. —————— Another Erroneous Diagnosis. The case of Huey Jun and others against J. C. Willlamson and the Board o’ Health was dismissed in the United States Circuit Court yesterday. Huey was sick, and the Board of Health quarmm. tined him, it being the opinion and diag- nosis of the learned doctors that he was affiicted with a dangerous contagious als. ease. Huey applied to the Circuit Court to hn;lre the ‘l‘ififfi"fl'fi x‘a.lnea.t and pend- ing the proc g8 Huey got well and u.fi quarantine raised m:fz. CHIEF OF POLICE WITTMAN PINNING A GOLD MEDAL ON BREAST OF PATROLMAN TAYLOR AS A REWARD FOR BRAVERY ON THEH + OCCASION OF THE MURDER OF OFFICER ROBINSON, OLICEMAN CHARLES TAYLOR, the brave officer who captured Jack Wade, allas Henderson, alias Minneapolis Frank, at the risk of his own life, was awarded a handsome gold medal yesterday by Chief of Police G. W. Wittman for ex- ceptionally® courageous conduct on the night Pol.ceman Robinson was murdered. In additiop to being the receipient of the beautiful token Taylor was also pre- sented with a warrant on tHe city treas- ury for the sum of $100 in recognition of his bravery. This sum was ordered to be pald Taylor by the Police Commissioners under a special provision in the charter which gives the commission the right to award policemen extra salary demands for acts of Jeroism. Chief of POlice Wittman presented Tay- lor with the gold medal on behalf of the department and Police Commissioner Jo- seph Howell presented the officer with the extra salary demand on behalf of ths Commissioners. The presentation ceremonles were held in the Central police station assembly rooms at the Hall of Justice shortly be- fore 6 o’'clock last evening. Every member of the &‘olice force was present in full uniform. The presentation ceremonies were quite formal. Mayor Bu- gene Schmitz was on hand to participate in the ceremonies. It was a gathering to reward the heroism of the living, but the memory of the brave officer who lost his life_ was not forgotten. When all the different divisions of the police force were lined up in the big as- sembly room, Chief Wittman stepped on an improvised platform that had been erected in the room and in a voice full of pathos and sincere feeling he read a touching communication from Superior Judge G. cLaughlin of Plumas County, where Policeman Robinson once resided, thanking Mayor Schmitz, Chief ‘Wittman and the entire pouce force for the honor shown the martyred policeman after his death. The letter was written on behalf of the aged mother, the brother and sister of the deceased. Pathetic Letter Is Read. Tears rolled down the cheeks of many a bluecoat in the crowded ranks as Chief ‘Wittman read the tender lines from Judge McLaughlin. The letter is as fol- lows: C. E. McLAUGHLIN, Superior Judge - Plumas County. QUINCY, Cal., January 27, 1002. G. W. Wittman Esq., Chief of Police, San Francisco—My Dear Sir: By request of thé venerable mother of our lamented friend, Offl- cer Eugene C. Robinson, for her, and in her name, I write to express, as well as impotent Words can express, the greatful emotions of a mother's heart, Belleve me, 'sir, she, with her daughter Emma and son ‘alter, appreciate in 1 full- ness the efforts made to alleviate his suffer- Tng whilo living and the honors shown him and his memory When death had claimed thelr hero, their jowel, their pride, “Atid, sir, as the Omnipoterit One always sees such scts and hearkens to the prayers of those Who are comforted by them, God's blessing goes with the benediction pronounced by that gray-haired mother upon you and each of the Six hundred Drave men under your command, When, from the bed of pain on which she lles, she Bade me to say to you that she prayed that -the blessings of Almighty God might Test upon Chief Wittman and each member of The. potice force of San Francisco.’” e gentlemanty and courteous escort, Offl cer B, C. Percival, who brought the lifeless Glay of their loved one to the home so lately Shadlo bright by his living presence, has per- Sonally received such blessing and ‘heard the Pocusages of gratitude from her trembling 11P%:4 she bids me say to you that she would sha might lay her hand In biessing upon the Head of each of her dead son's comrades and Biently ask that God would care for and them. KegD Gy, permit me to say in closing that here, where he was born; here among the erantains, “where every stone, and tree, and Tiobiing stream e loved; where all knew, ap- heclated and admired Eugene; as Plumas Prourns her lost, lamented Son, her cltizens Tioss ‘those Who' comforted and’ honored him. Dire all ‘are deeply touched by the universai e eston ot sorrow and condolence, showing fhat the citizens of your great city properly appreciate the services of these brave men who s thelr lives in the balance for the vindica- fion of law. the mafnienance of order and the rvation of property. P Robinson also desires, through you, to (hanik the Mayor of your city and tha mem- ders of the Board of Police Commissioners for er® reat sympathy manifested and the homor e BT tect shown her dead son. Yours in " common._sorrow, FEHERROR . B. McLAUGHLIN. Chief Eulogizes Taylor. e Chiet finished the reading of m?’ié?tefi-“he delivered a feeling address in which he spoke vigorously of the cow- ardly deed of the footpads who murdered Rfi‘i’fl:fifié to Officer Taylor and informa- tion which he gave us we now have three of Robinson’s murderers in jail,” said Chief Wittman. ‘‘We expect to catch the other three very shortly and we have good prospects of stretching their necks. Chief Wittman then called Policeman Taylor from the ranks and addressing lfl""[‘ :fid roud to say that I have here a token of bravery which I have had struck off, and I think you deserve it. You did your duty bravely and well and I honor qu _for it. I admire you for your man- iymood. your sterling v'v‘urth and your ef- ficiency as an officer. The Chief then took the beautiful medal from his pocket and pinned it on Taylor's Predst raylor's Modest Reply. The game policeman who pursued his mrade’'s murderers under fire from glouir revolvers modestly sald: ‘“/Chief, Mr. Mayor and fellow officers, I thank you. I only did my duty and 1 belleve that any other man would do the same as I did under the circumstances.” There was considerable hand clapping over Taylor’s reply to the Chief’s presen- tation speech, and Police Commissioner Howell took the platform and deliv- ered a few well timed remarks on Rob- igson's death and Taylor's bravery, con- cluding his speech by handing Taylor the hundred dollar demand on the treasury. Mayor Schmitz then spoke feelingly of the tragic consequences of the police of- ficer’s terrible duel with the footpads in the Mission. He sald he had the most profound re- spect for a hero and an intense detesta- tion for a'coward. The Mayor compli- mented Taylor for his brave deed and also pald a tribute to the bravery of the entire department. The medal whi¢h was presented to Tay- lor is a work of art. The back of it bears the following inscription: ‘Presented to Policeman Charles Taylor by G. W. ‘Wittman, Chief of Police, In recognition of his brave conduct on the night of January 21.” In making you a $10.00 suit to your measure we are not striving for the one single order — we want the suit to wear so well as to merit your con- tinuous orders. To make the suit serve its purposs we use all- wool materials and make the garments in a careful, painstaking manner. We follow your measure- ments in the cutting and guarantee a perfect fit. We endeavor to please you. Out-of-fown orders for made-to-order clothing filled—satistactory fit SNWOOD: 718 Market St. and Cor. Powell & Eddy Strects Indigents Proving a Heawv) Tax Upon the Charity of the Camp. First Winter Advices From Rampazi Give Wonderful Accounts of the Wealth of the Koyukuk, Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SBATTLE, Feb. 3—The first malla t arrive from Nome, St. Michael, Councl City, Rampart and other points in North western Alaska were brought down from the north on the steamship Dirigo, whicl arrived this morning. Malil came on th Dirigo from Nome as late as Novembet 15; from Council City, November 7; fron Bt. Michael, November 21; from Rampart [ December 17; from Eagle, January 6, ané from Dawson, January 13. Two months and two days were res quired to make the trip from Nome td Dawson. The contract time is sixty days for the trip and it is probable that this time will be made without serious diffl culty after the winter weather is set tled and the train in better condition. , Scurvy is prevailing in and about Nom¢ to an alarming degree. Lack of all kinds of fresh vegetables was apparent. ny of the poor prospectors who were unabl to get out in the fall are “hibernating” i1 their cabins, and it is among this clas that the most pronounced cases of scurvy are found. The poor of Nome are proving a heav) 4ax on the charity of the camp. Desti tution 1s gegeral. There have been nt advices from the outside since navigatior closed. Travel over the country was greatly impeded by the mild weather. In man) places the tundra was too soft to beaj up the travelers and communication witl outlying camps was cut off. Advices from Rampart give some wom derful aceounts of the new Koyukuk dis trict, of which Bettles City is at presens the commercial center. The four creek: in the district have attracted ea prominence from their rich returns. o1 are Lane, Olson, Hoglund and Glen. Of the four Glen is the most noteworthy One miner there picked out a nugge worth $601 and other men are taking ow pans averaging from $§1 to $70, Baker flats, on which these creeks ary located, will prove as rich as the Klon dike, it is claimed, and the pay streal in Glen Creek has been traced as far a twenty-eight miles below Eureka. Adv{ces from Nome state that two girh connected with a dance hall recently committed sulcide by taking ' carbolii acitd They were known as the Carlisk sigters. Jnited States Mail Carrier Jacob Wal on, who left Nome in November foi Isak’s Point with the malil, Is believed t¢ have perished. McKinley Memorial Fund. The following additional subscriptions to the McKinley memorial fund have bee: announced: James de la Montanya & Co. $25; Council No. 1, Daughters of Liberty $8; Willlam M. Plerson, $100;: previousiy reported $30,481 84; total, $30,514 84. 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