The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 23, 1899, Page 2

HUNDREDS OF SKELETONS Betray the Horrors of the Edmonton and Ashcroft Trails. TALES OF FRI Coming Down From CHTFUL DEATHS the Far North—Fully Three Hundred Gold Seekers Believed to Have Perished. ‘There is no doubt in the minds of morthern travelers who have had experience on the Edmonton and Asheroft routes to the Klondike, that, with the outpouring of miners from the Great Northwest of Can- eda this summer a terrible tale wil! be told. Tt will be a story of death and dis- @ster to many strong men: of a weary struggle over deadly morass- es, and through pathiess forests in earch of a route which they had ‘Deen told would take them at smal! expense to the new Eldorado—and to fortunes. Straggiers from the army of decetved men who took the above mentioned routes to the Klon- im the fall of ‘97 and carly winter of ‘98 reached civilization last September, some arriving at Vie- toria and others at Vancouver. I In- terviewed the latter, most of them Being very reliable men, They told &@ story of their experiences which Like a Mightmare. was like a horrible nightmare. Long months they were actually lost in the northern wilderness. They saw horses die almost daily, unable the terrific strain imposed on was frequently the case, t herous bogs, nev- Hi 3 i ed @ sensation. i over Canada and tes and for once the correspondents of the yellow journals did not have to w teavily on their imaginations. p aed facts are startling enough tn Possibiy halt a doren of the army of argonauts that took the Canadian routes to the Klondike reached Daw~ eon. Most of them were physica! wrecks. They had traveled a couple les through a coun- by red men and With curses thelr decetvers, part! Hair Ht ry seg i f ies at the Edmorton and Ashcroft. these men arrived on the at Victoria, » fs) iE il i : ft i Z i z i 2 7 z g i ; miles from civilt- perished tn a blinding &@ tract of country in it to impossible to Hi Al 3 $f Most observant men over the Edmonton and reached civilization last Robert Stead Dunn, a Har- graduate, and at one time edi- of the Harvard weekly. He took FRANCHISES ARE WANTED ‘WASHINGTON, D. €., June 23.— The reign of the franchise grabbers fs imminent. The war department is preparing to let down the bars. Foraker's resolution keeps them out of Cuba, but the of “commer- cial development” is about to begin for Porto Rico. tPte bea. by The war department has intimated | ‘that it is ready to take up franchins-| es. There are applications of men) who want to run railroads; of men who want to establish banks; of men ‘who want to monopolize the fruit business of the island; of steamship companies; of cable companies. If there is anything on the islands that the Americats do not want it t probably becatse they have not seen 44 and cannot name it. For every- thing eise there is an application. ‘The war department promises that) these franchises shail be publicly granted, and that the governor gen- eral of Porto Rico stall be consulted before final action s taken. The merry run on the Philippines {e also beginning. She Won by Prayer. ‘WEBSTER CITY, lowa, June 71.— ‘The three months’ voting contest for the most popular little girl in the etty has closed, a# follows: Bthel Howell, 0465; Helen Beaumont, 9081; Irene Merrill, 5000. Ethel Howell's parents are poor. Those of the other two girls are rich, When the contest was an- the trip simply as an “outing,” as he sald, early in the winter of "98, and he did not arrive in Vancouver, B. C., until the fall of the same year, although he traveled almost continu- ously. Dunn's Weird Story. Mr. Dunn told a weird story of his experiences, one portion of which has convinced many in the northern country that greater horrora of the much boomed route are yet to be told. When Mr. Dunn left Edmonton tn the Northwest Territory, Canada, on his long and hazardous trip, he says that fuly 80 people started out to reach the Klondike by going down th@ Mackensie river toward the Arctic ocean and then striking across the country About 800 of the 800 returned to Edmonton before the winter set in, thoroughly discouraged and almost out of provisions. ‘The 300 that continued on the route were, when last heard of, just about [to cross the bleak, inhospitable “bar- jren lands,” a tract of country which only the Mardy red mea of the far north care to enter and then only for & short period. Hundreds Perished. ‘This littl army of gold-seekers has, it is surmised, been completely swallowed up as ® were, Ten, as jfar as known, have reached Dawson, land old-timers in the north are now lasking “Where are they?” It may be lthat, as most of the lost argonauts jcarried good supplies of provisions, ithey are quietly mining in @ district which is well within the mineral belt. But off miners do not hold out this [hope. They say that with the meit- ing of last winter's snows, the bones of many « good man will be found Dieaching on the plains that extend |nearly a thousand miles north to the frogen Arctic. A few months or less will probat- ly reveal the fate of these foolhardy (goid hunters. | Messeges of Despeir. The Edmonton overland trail is today lined with despairing messag- jes of hopeless men, most of which ‘are carved deep in the trees. Here are some that Mr. Dunn copied in his dairy as he passed over it: | “Hell can’t be worse; turn back be- ions it # too late.” “This is another damn fool gone ) “Ten miles of bog in front of you.” ‘The Ashcroft trail, which is most- ly In British Columbia territory, also found many victims, The most not- able was poor Sir Arthur Curtis, the English baronet, who is supposed to have been lost while searching for his horses in a dense forest north of Mud river. He has never since been heard of. But it will be from the Edmonton route that tales of horror will un- doubtedly come this year. It winds through 4 practically unknown dis- triet, and covers nearly 2900 miles, in which there are only two or three Hudson's Bay posts. MAX. THE BRIDE WORE TIGHTS MUNCTF, Ind., June 23.—The Elke’ carnival closed yestertay after a success ful week. The jocal commit~- tees are highly pleased with the mag- nitade of the affair and praise ac- corded {t by visitors, The attendance of the week was not quite what w: anticipated, but wae good neverthe leas. The doors were open to the poor children of the city yesterday Sadie Patten and Thomas Jones were married at the carnival last ‘might and the bride wore tights as wedding garments. Both are mem- bers of the carnival attraction. They were married in a corner of a tent at the conclusion of their perf ance by @ justice of the peace. “Hur- ry up,” the bride said to the squire, I “we've got to be ready for the next | performance.” fhe is a dancer and he \ie an acrobat. BAD WEATHER AT BUFFALO BUFFALO, Idaho, June 23.—Con- tinued rain, snow and fog render the | Prospecting and out-door work al- most Impossible. The camp is grow- ing more inaccessible to the outside | world every day, and it is becoming | more and more diMoult to get in here | with horses The Brown ‘trail is still almost tm- passible, and the pack train thit nounced in the pepers Ethel's mother | #tarted in over it climber six or seven miles above the snow line, then gave The train, which was rent over the Brown tratl, will try to met in with another load by way of Wik City and Badger, The mall carrier from Mourmt Idaho brought tn a ham on his back on his last trip, whieh he sold for 90 cents per pound before taking it out of the sack The anow im settling very slowly The steady rain of the past two days has lowered it some, but it bite fair to last to the middle or the te ter part of July, al the present rate of meiting To Aid McKinley. WASHINGTON, D, ©. June 2s Prominent party workers wh ar opposed to civil service ae at p administered, have organixed tional Ls of Republican ers, which la @ c nt ted to tak ing part in the next pr 1 campaign, Auxiliary leagues will be formed throughout the country and mtatements will be tawued showing that under the guise of civil service the last Demooratic adminivtration m. almost a clean sweep of Re publican office holders and that un der the regulations stil in force the injustice has continued. Henry M. Baker, of New Hamp shire, +s president of the new rela tion, which is made up of the sup porters of Preaktent McKinley seh eee. Some New Patents... In & ne ittonhole - cutting | attachment for shears a pair of ad-/ justabdle cutting dies are fastened to | the shanks of the blades by screws, the faces of the dies being moved by | the screws until they are In a p “| tion to cut a hole of the length de sired. | } ‘A Nebraska woman has patented an improved carpet tack which has an L-shaped head, with a barb on the under side, a spring tongue pro- | tecting from the side of the hank | to lock against the barb after the | edae of the carpet is forced on to Ve tongue. see Snvell animals are caught alive tn a new trap which has a cage sur pended between two vertical posts, | with a cord passing over @ cross. ber to hold the cage ai the top of the posts until the oposite end of the com is released by a movement of the trigger. | eee | An Ratishman has destined a chalr, | having @ reversible seat and back, | which can be used immediately after @ storm, the seat being piveted at! the ends, with bolts Otting In slots |g to support the end bare and allogs | the tack to swing over and reverse the eat. eee Paying carda and counters are held in convenient position f solitaire card playing by an improved game board, which has card receivers formed of spring wire placed around | the edges of the board to grip the cards which are inserted under them. } A German hes patented a jumping- is rope which haa the advantage of io creased weight at the center to make owing easily and lightness at the ends where no weight ts needed, the central portion being woven with a larger number of cords than the ends, eee An improvement tn Dicycle con- | ruction, patented by an HEngiish- man, allows the rear wheel to be re- moved without disconnecting the) chain, the under side of the slotted | hub support being hinged to the | frame to drop down when unclamped and release the hub. FOR LOVE OF A WHITE MAN WICHITA, Kan, June 2. — Be-~ cause both loved the same white man Cora Bivens and Mattie Ree colored dameels, fought a de duel on North Main street tast night | before a crowd of 106 apectators. The | Bevine girl charged Mat with stealing her lover ‘The latter admitted her guilt and al battle with knife and razor bean. | ‘They cut each other severely about | the face and breast. They will dic SUIT FOR A QUEER LEGACY | | NORFOLK, Va, June 2.-—Mre Mary Trundle, of Winchester, wii! inatitute proceedings to gain posses ston of @ legacy of $60,000 left her | daughter, Miss Hattie A. Trunic who is now dead, under the will of | Adolph Sutro, the former millic re} mayor of San Francisco, Cal } About 20 years ago Mise Trundle | was traveling in the Weat and be-| came acquainted with Sutro and hin family. Later she appeared as the | chief witness against him in a di vorce suit brought by his wife. In order to weaken Miss Trundie’s tee timony, it is alleged, Sutro caused stories reflecting on her character to be published in several western pa pers, Miss Trundle went to bur where ghe died {n 1891 Sutro died last fall one chiuse of his will was found to contain the fol- | | * lowing: “T will and bequeath to Mise Hat- |@ tle Trundle the sum of 850,000 as a|@ slight reparation for a great wrong | done her.” is ‘The wrong ts supponed to be the newspaper publications referred to Her mother, Mra. Mary Trundie, is hor only hetr. FARMERS STILL ~-HOLD WHEAT COLFAX, Wash., June 23 Armstrong, general Washington for the Pacific Elevator company, has just prepared | a statement of the amount of wheat | Alaska Flyer re, |& When Adolph |g THE SEATTLE Slat Safe Deposit Boxes [Valuable Articles and Papers | For rent at #4 yean You oar | * The Bey | Safe Deposit Vaeu its | HW. Columbia BE. SHOMROOK, Manager ror St. Michael, Golovin Bay. CAPE NOME Next Seiling About lenttlo No, 1, Beattie No + Kampart, Koyukuk, Daw pply to 012 Firt Avena Seattle-Yukon Transportation Co, Head Mion, 0-02 Weet Oo! W. Woo humble Bt Pres. A. L Hawi, Mer Skagway via Vaneouyer, Metch'Sa | es i IN SIXTY-FIVE HOURS S. $. HUMBOLDT falls From Seattio allway Company! t. EAST SAN POIL GOLD MINING CO, AT REPUBLIC, WASH. 300 Per Cent Profit If you want to make money SATURDAY, JUNE 24, AT 6 P.M. Clty Omes, q Main 36, Aflington De | rt GRAMOPHONE ‘Tee Finest Talking Machina Made REGINAS ~ From $7.00 to $300 Sherman, Clay & Co. “STEINWAY” DEALERS B14 Keeond Avenue = = feattio olmect To CAPE NOME North American Transporta- tion and Trading Company iS Shipment rag of The SS ROANOKE Carrying U. & Mail July 20, ‘99, Approximately For raves {SEATTLE TRANSFER CO Frelgyt, Pessenger and Bagzaze STORAGE Prous Wala dinds Gace 2 Tit ave Popular Songs Popular Prices Call and hear the new ones played on the Piano. =e= WINTER & HARPER 903 Second Ave Seatiic. Warn. J, F. ADAMS jesviatet 1 [bys no } “DENTISTRY from the office ia floor : Having recently com | fouth, I will open « dente! P.-t batid To got noqu rwiit Extract Teeth free of Charge for Thirty Days City relerences cheerfully giv DR. W. C. CARR, Dentist. BANKS. | THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BEATILE Patan Genoral Papital 10,010 | woking business transacted. | 0, Je. hure J telegraphic ¢ 9 payable principas cities of tke United Btatos and Europe. THK FUGKE BOUND NATIONAL BANK OF SKATILG read ® to her and the child at once Degan praying that she would receive the prize Every night for three ted her prayer. jit up, unloaded and returned the | horses to bare ground. The men took lon their backs sacks of potatoes, in his district in the hands of the © tock paid 1 908,00 farmers, Mr. Armstrong finds that | ~~ fanaa ba} there was on June 15, on the line of | |, — e t. worth of the » | Jacob Furth the O. R. & N., north of the Bnake | IO intehdar river, 1,295,000 bushels of wheat still | jc V. Adkeny owned by the producers. This is on- | ; ly on one line of road and does not | Sf@spondents tn all the principal ertiosia | the United States and Europe, | include all that on the Spokan ‘beans, packages of butter, ete., de- get |livering about 200 pounds out of the , 15 packs that started from Mount ‘What was your hurry?” Idaho. A toboggan outht is Just in, “We wart a visit from those peo-| bringing a large stock of saloon sup- ple who thought they were antertain-| pites, having been in the road since ing us. If we don't use them up/|April 1. The party is going to bring foot and branch inside of couple|in the rest of the supplies which of weeks, you may call us Indians.” | were unloaded from the pack train. re mighty giad to Palouse branch of the Northern I RCANDINAY AMERIOAM BANK cific. Mr. Armstrong estimates that | f ATT | fully 2% per cent. of the crop of 1898| Corner Yesle nd Wirt Avenue, | js wtill held by the farmers Capital $75,000 | Andrew Chilborg Prosidont F First Vice-President K seoond Vice The Crigler ca Transoots « General Danking Dusinoas Le Roche Cc Per Share Will sell at 10c before Au- buy East San Poil Stock at gust 1st. Buy now. SLATER & SMITH, Phone Main So1. 114 James St., Seattle, Wash. RRR" HE SEATTLE MINING EXCHANGE is a legitimate enterprise, and backed by a sufficient amount of capital to guar- antee that no fake enterprises or wild- cat stocks will be listed or sold on its boards. If you see the stock quoted in our market reports, or offered for sale on our Exchange, you can rest assured the prospective mine is one of merit, and while we do not guarantee every stock sold to make the purchaser a rich man, yet we do say that they are all a good safe investment and the money paid for them will be spent in develop- ing the mines, thereby making your property more valuable. Remember what we say, that Western Washington is on the eve of the great. est mining boom the world has ever known, and there will be more fortunes made from the Cascade Mountains than were ever taken out of the main range of the Rockies. Get in the procession and invest a few dol- lars in cheap good mining stocks and you will wake up Some fine morning and find yourself a millionaire. Daily call and sale at 12:30 P, M. Seattle Mining Exchange Telephone Main 273. 609 First Avenue. o8 $36 When — You Want A Bargain In a New, Slightly Used or Second-hand HO! FOR THE | PIANO or ORGAN, BATTLESHIP Remember we have the wai RAN Dineen <x | EXCURSION plete Stock in the City. EVERY DAY THIS WEEK 3 “ Call or write for prices and terms D. S. JOHNSTON 903 Second Ave., Burke Bullding We Shall Be Ready... to see our old customers in a few days. Our store is being thoroughly ren- ovated and much impro- Watch this space announcement. ELEGANT STEAMER Skagit Chief LEAVES FLYER WHARF i At 9:30 a. m. and 2 p.m. daily. Visitors should see the big warship in the dock, ved, for our The Seattle Grocery Second and Marion CP WAAWO00000000000000000 Two Steamers Sunday—9:30 and (0 a.m, { and 2 p.m. Platino Cabinet Photos reduced to ssbéa epenests Vor 30 Days. Cor, 24 ave and Unions msi: }