Evening gazette, Saturday, July 24, 1897 · page 6

 

 

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MORE OYWLONDIKE

Another Steamship, Filled With Gold
' Seekers, Starts For the North.

 

BIG PREMIUM FOR TICKETS.

A Man Just Back Declares That Pros-
pector-s Undergo Frigfitful Privation.
All Food Must Be Supplied by
steamboat Monopoly.

Seattle, Wash., July 24.—The steam-
ship Queen sailed, for St. Michael’s,
Alaska, today with 300 passengers
bound for the goldfields of the Klondike
district. She "was heavily freighted,
and as she left the pier 2,500 persons
looked longingly after her.

As high as $500 premium was offered
for passenger tickets on the Queen.
Those who had purchased last week,
however, would not sell, for they be-
lieve they may have their fortunes
made before the passengers by the next
boat arrive at the camp. ,

The steamship Mexico, sailing Sun-
day, will carry her limit, 250 passengers.
The Topeka, which leaves July 28, has
only six berths unsold. Men are arriv-
ing here daily from Oregon and Cali-
fornia eager for a chance to brace the
steep sides of the Chilkat pass to get
to the Klondike. Among them are men
who have been refused passage at San
Francisco, and who hurried by train to
Seattle in the hope of catching a vacant
berth on the steamers sailing this week.

One thousand men, women and chil-
dren crowded Schwabacher’s dock to
witness the sailing of the Portland. It
was a sight exceeding even the scenes
in California during the gold excitement
of 1849.

Owing to the immense amount of
baggage and supplies to be handled the
steamer was delayed four hours in sail—
ing. She was due to leave at noon, but
it was 4 o’clock before she cast off.

The crowd on the ship was as inter—
esting and picturesque as that on the
dock. Great, swarthy, bearded miners,
with dark flannel shirts and heavy
boots, crowded and jostled the more
aristocratic tenderfeet who go for the
first time in search of gold in the moun-
tains. .
Men of Many Grades.

The passengers were representatives
of all social grades _to be found in the
northwest; but, while there might have
been a difference in the visible exte-
rior of the men, they were all aniinated
by the overpowering, insatiable thirst
for gold. Urged on by the stories of
the Klondike diggings, each felt sure
in his heart that his fortune would be
made within six months after his ar-
rival in the New El Dorado of the north.
It was a jovial crowd altogether, in
spite of the weeping of the women on
the dock as they bade goodby to their
husbands and sweethearts enlisted in
the army of gold hunters.

While the donkey engines on the
decks of the steamer snorted and
wheezed away in the work of loading
the baggage and freight, the crowd
stood patiently through four long hours
under a blistering sun, and when final-
ly the last trunk was loaded aboard
and the customary late passenger had
hurried down the’gangplank, a cheer
went up from a thousand throats.

Slowly, and weighted to water’s edge
with her precious freight, the Portland
poked her black nose northward to St.
Michael's. There was a flutter of hand-
kerchiefs and banners, and as the
steamer disappeared in the distance
the ‘big crowd separated. There are
fresh arrivals of gold hunters daily.
The outfitting companies are running
low in supplies and new vessels are be-
ing pressed into service. '

Tomorow the steamer Queen sails
with 300 passengers. ' ‘

Diiliculties In the ‘Vay.

Captain Hays of the steamship Ber—
tha, which arrived last night, speaking
Of the Klondike boom, said today:

"The facts that the new goldfields are
2,000 miles from St. Michael’s and the
difficulties of transportation are in—
numerable cannot be too forcibly im—
pressed upon
The newspapers will be responsible for
the loss Of many lives, and a great deal
of suffering and hardship if they do
not strongly advise the public that the
river Yukon, now that the mountain
torrents have ceased running, is very
low, and consequently much of the
5,000 tons of Supplies now awaiting
transportation cannot possibly be con-
veyed to their destination for some
time."

The Messrs. Sloss of the Alaska Com-
mercial company are equally frank.
One of the firm said:

“What we most fear is that the ex-
citement will cause many people to rush
northward without properly consider-
ing how they are to live through the
winter after they get there.

“We. have now about 5,000 tons of
provisions on the Yukon and we are
sending large additional quantities, but
we are not able to say whether the sup-
ply will be equal to the demand. nor
when the supplies will reach their des-
tination with any certainty.
~ “The star. wheel steamer with which
the Excels‘or is to connect will be the
last to mafae the Yukon river trip this
seaSon. I; 1“. 'll reach Dawson City with
a barge it. in September and must
intrnc-r‘? 1.14"" :turn, as the river usually
ire-ems ul-‘Cl' early in October. :

“It is for this reason principally that
we have declined to carry more than
the usual complement of passengers on
the Excelsior on this trip. We could
have easily constructed accommoda-
tions for another 100, but preferred to

' utilize the space for supplies to feed

those already there and on the way.”

 

Sufferings of Prospector-S.
Great Falls, Mon., July 2i.-—~Pra;.lz
Moss, an old time miner in this section
‘who four years ago was one of a part:

of Americans to first visit the Klondikt .

country, returned today and tells. :.
story of horrors and starvation scldon:
equaled in modern novels. He describes

Klondike as a placer camp 7 miles long“

and 13 miles wide, located in a-vsink,
walled in by bowlders of rock 3,000 feet
high. Gold, he says, abounds, but no
ordinary man can stand the hardships
When Moss
left here‘four years agofhe was a stur-
dy fellow over six feet tall. From'hard-
ships and privation he is a
life.and badly broken in hrs “1.

In three years he saw 0v; 7“ :'.'-.‘ craves
made in the Klondike bash args

majcz-ity' dying from’ starva:.. .2 The
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Steamship companies bring in J. .

intending prospectors.‘

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and allow no private importation. Con-
sequently it is not uncommon to go for
weeks with but a scant supply and for
days entirely without food. - ,
rThe gold brought in last week to
Seattle, Moss says, does not represent
the findings of iiidividuai shippers, but
a large proportion was confiscated from
the effects Of those 2,000 miners who, fell
a prey to the hardships. At the death
of a man possessed Of dust his body is
buried without a coffin and the dust di-
vided among those who care for him.
With" proper reliefs established by the
government, Moss says, gold can be
taken out at the rate of $2,000,000 3.
month. ' '
A Youth’s Find.

The richest strike has been made by
a. 21-year-old youth named George
Hornblower of Indianapolis. In the
heart of a barren waste known as
Bowlder field he found a nugget, for

which the transportation company gave ,

him $5,700. He located his claim at the
find and in four months had taken out
over $100,000.

The richest section of Alaska, Moss
says, is yet undevelOped. It is 100 miles
from Klondike and known as the
“black, hole of Calcutta.” It is inhab-
ited by ex-convicts of bohemia, and
murders and riots take the place of
law and order. .

A few.months ago‘Klondike organ-
ized a justice committee, and its law
prevails there now.

With the great crowds preparing to
go to the scene now, Moss says hunger
and suffering. will be great when'added
to other hardships to be overcome by
those who survive. Moss returned with
$6,000 in dust and leaves tomorrow for
his old home at Dubuque, 1a., where he
will spend the balance of his years.

THE YOUNGSTOWN FLOOD.

Great Property Damage—People Rescued
From Upper Windows.

Youngstown, 0., July 24.—The storm
which struck this city and vicinity was
very destructive. Carl Henry Mayer
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed, while his sweetheart, who stood
near by, was badly shocked. The Ma-
honing river rose two feet in an hour
and washed away several bridges. Crab
creel; an, insignificant stream, rose 15
feet in an incredibly short time, doing
great damage in the lower portions of
the city.

Houses were washed from their foun—
dations, and men. women and children
were rescued from second story win-
dows, in one instance a bathtub being
used in lieu of a boat. Squaw Creek
park, a pleasure resort near here, was
practically wiped out of existence.
Trains are beginning to move after 12
hours’ delay.

It is estimated that the loss to the
city alone will approach $100,000. The
storm was local, in many respects re-
sembling a cloudburst, the people be-
ing given little warning.

It was late before boats were got
to the Crab creek district and the work
of rescue started. The boats were
manned by firemen, who went to work
with a will, but could not make rapid
progress on account of the swift and
dangerous current. Nine families were
taken out of second story windows
within half an hour, and many persons
were picked up clinging to debris.

A great loss of life was narrowly
averted at the Spring Common foot
bridge. Men, women and children in-
sisted upon remaining to watch the an-
gry waters below in spite of the fact
that the structure was unsafe. Finally
two poliCemen with drawn clubs cleared
the bridge, and none too soon, for a few
seconds later the bridge was swept
away.

Reports from the rural districts show

 

that the farmers suffered greatly. In

Trumbull county 15 barns were struck
by lightning and burned. Q0ps.were
destroyed and buildings damaged, but
no loss of lifeis yet reported.

 

Coated Leaden Cartridges.

Springfield, Ills., July 24.——Charles W.
Bates, a chemist, and Edward Jerry, a
surveyor, of this city, say they have
discovered a secret solution by which
they coat leaden cartridges, rendering
them superior to steel cartridges. The
ordinary leaden cartridges when used
in the Krag-Jorgensen rifle have been
found to be too soft, but it is claimed
the coated ones are not.

 

Servia Warns Turkey.

Constantinople, July 24.—-In consem
quence of the recent raids by Albanians
into Servian territory the Servian for-
eign minister has informed the porte
that if further incursions take place the
Servian troops will be ordered to pur-
sue the raiders into Ottoman territory,
and that they are now held in readiness
at Prokoplye, prepared to start for the
frontier immediately.

 

A Costly Potver House.

New York, July 24.——The Metropolitan
Street Railway company will erect a
new power house on the block bounded
by First avenue, East river, Ninety-
fifth and Ninty-sixth streets, plans for
which, prepared by A. V. Porter, were
filed with the department of buildings
today. The structure will be of three
stories, built of brick and stone and will
cost $350,000. '

 

Brayhead Winner of the Liverpool Cup

London, July 23.—At the second day’:
racing Of the Liverpool July meeting
today Mr. Jersey’s chestnut colt Bray-
head won the seventieth Liverpool cup
1,200 sovereigns. Clwyde was second
and Labrador third.

 

McKinley’s Currency Message.
Washington, July 23.—It is under
stood at the capitol today that thl
president will send in his currency com
mission message immediately after th.
tariff bill-is signed.

 
 

50c. and 131. All Emulate.

TARRANT a: C0., Chemists, It‘cw York.

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"TERRIBLE PETE” EXECUTED.

Be Had an Awful Record as a Desperado
on Two Continents.
“7ilkesbarre, Pa., July 23. — Peter
Wassil, known as “Terrible Pete,” was
hanged here today. -

Wassil was a desperado of the worst .

type, and for years he was to be found
identified with much of the disorder
that occurred from time to time in
Georgetown, an unruly suburb of
VVilkesbarre. Wassil was an outlaw
before he came to America. When he
was being tried for the murder which
the law today avenged, he was wanted
by the Russian government for the
murder of his wife in Russia several
years before.

The Russian police department com--

municated with the state department at
Washington and stated that it had
been searching for Wassil for years and
had only succeeded in locating him.
There is also good reason to think that
Wassil killed a man in the north end of
this city two years ago by striking him
down and beating out his brains with a
stone. The evidence against him, how-
ever, was not clear, and he was let off.

The crime for which he suffered today
was the murder of Joseph Kupersavage
in Georgetown on the night of Jan. 14,
1896. A gang had been drinking in
‘Laphey’s saloon. They became drunk
enough to be quarrelsome, and Wassil
began to indulge in threats. Wassil
was finally ejected, muttering revenge.
His cronies knew that to go home the
usual way meant trouble, and so they
escaped from the saloon by the rear.

Wassil walked a few feet along the
road and saw Joseph Kupersavage sit-
ting in his house near the window. The
lightwas bright enough for one outside
to see within, and as Wassil was mak-
ing plenty of noise and threats some of
the timid ones who had slunk away
came back to see what he was going to
do. They had not long to wait. Draw-
ing a revolver from his pocket, he aim-
ed it carefully and shot Kupersavage
through the head.

Another thing that has made' this
case sensational was the disclosure
some weeks ago of a well laid plot to
liberate Wassil and to effect a general
jail delivery. The plan was detailed to
one Shaffer, a boy of 19, in jail for bur-
glary. He had a handy knowledge of
locks. But when the time came the
scheme was blocked through the clum-
siness of one of the prisoners, and Shaf-
fer was the only one who escaped. This
made Wassil’s accomplices so crazy
with rage that they conceived a plan
of blowing up one Of the wings of the
prison with dynamite. There is “no
doubt that Warden Boland feels much
relieved to get well rid of Wassil, for
he has been concerned ever since the
big conspiracy was revealed. After the
plans at release had failed Wassil was
urged by a system of signals from his
friends to commit suicide.

“Terrible Pete,” during the fortnight
preceding his execution, grew very
mild. He became an injured innocent
and talked glibly about himself and the
hereafter. Desperate attempts Were,
made this week to induce Governor
Hastings to commute 'the sentence, but
the governor has learned one or two
lessons of this kind, and they have had
their effect.

THE TROUBLES IN INDIA.

To Prosecute Seditious Newspapers—Chol-
era. and the Bubonic Plague.

Bombay, July 23.—The government
has decided to prosecute some of the
editors of the newspapers in the Poona
district which have been most con—
spicuous of late in the publication of
seditious articles calculated to stir up
the natives against British rule. The
articles chiefly complained of are those
that have put a false construction upon
the .efforts of the officials to check the
spread of the plague. These endeavors
have been represented as made in utter
defiance of the native religions, cus-
toms and prejudices, the sanitary pur-
pose of the regulations being absolute—
ly, and, it appears, willfully ignored.
The publications are believed to have
been largely responsible for the recent
outbreaks in the Poona district and
along the Hugli, including the disturb-
ances in Calcutta.

There has been during the last ten
days an alarming increase of death
from cholera in the Bombay presidency
and some recrudescence of the bubonic
plague. On the other hand, as a result
of the plentiful rainfall, the crop pros-
pects throughout the presidency are im-
proving. ‘

 

Postmasters Appointed.

Washington, July 23. — The fourth
class postmasters appointed today
were:

Pennsylvania—Addison, S. A. Dean;

‘Berkley, W. W. Shumaker; Floradale,

M. K. Cook; Glenville, C. W. Gibbs;
Inez, B. L. Baker; Woodbury, Frank
Bolger. 1

New Jersey—Pennington, J. L. Allen'
Center Berlin, M. W. Chapman; Garri
son, Edward Cole; Lakeville, G. F
Rose; Leptondale, G. G. Griffin; Man
ning, C. M. Dawton; Townshendville,
F. C. Townshend; Woodstock, G. W
Elwyn. ,

Delaware—Summit Bridge, P. B. Al-
richs; Thompsonville, B. A. Thompson.

 

No Sugar Investigation.

Washington, July 23.—The resolution
offered by Senator Tillman on May 28
quoting charges made by newspapers
that senators had speculated in sugai
stock and that they were influenced un-
duly in making up the sugar schedule
of the tariff bill now under considera-
tion, was reported back from the com
mittee on contingent expenses today
with the unanimous recommendatiox
that the investigation proposed by tht
resolution should not be entered upon.

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stomach, torpid liver,
or constipation can be
readily cured by a
prleasant draught of

arrant’s Seltzei'Aperi-
ent taken before break-
fast and On retiring at
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THE MUTUAL 1.1m INSU AN

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OF NEW YORK. ‘ . .

' RIcHARD A. mcCURDY, President. .

Statement for the Year Ending December 3Isl, :Ias .-

According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York.

\lNCOME,

Received for Premiums - - - _

 

$ 39,593,4I4 20
IO,|08,28| 07

$ 49,707,695 27

'DISBURSEMENTS,

To Policy-holders for Olaims by Death - ' - -
To Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, elc. " - - -‘
For all Other Accounts - - ‘ - - - .

'ASSETS.

llniled Slates Bonds and other Securilie - - -
First lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage - - -
Loans on Stocks and Bonds - — - - .
Real Estate - - _ - - - .

Oash in Banks and Trust Oompanies - - - -
Accued Inleesl, Nel Oefeed Pemiums, elc- . , - - -

s l2,595,l|3 39
Iz,s42,4ss u
lO,‘lOl,OO5 64

$36,213,5151i

 

3 I | O,|25,662 I4
1|,543,929 ‘
ll,09l,52
22,161,666 66
- I ».l2,686,390 66
6,535,555, 06

$ 234,744, 48 82

Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities - - '- - - ZOE,OIO.633 12
Surplus - - - - - - - - - S 2_9il§_3,5l4 'l_l_l
Insurance and Annuities in force ’ - - - - S 9l8,698,33‘8 45

 

I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department CHARLES A. PRELLER,-Auditor.

 

From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual

, Report of the Examining Committee

Office Of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York

 

To THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF .
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE, OOMPANY OF NEW YORK - f
The undersigned, a Committee apppointed by your honorable body on the twenty.

third day of December, I896, to examine the Annual Statement of the Company, and '

verify the same, reSpectfull y

" REPORT

That, pursuant to the power and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have at various dates betweeni. - ate of the
said reference and the date cf this Report attended at the cflice of the Company, and have been waited on by the , Treasurer
the Comptroller, the Auditor and and the Cashier, together with the the respective assistants of such Officers, and have care:
fully gone over all the items contained 111 the said Statement, and have found the same to be correct. - They have examined
and counted every certificate Of stockz bond and other obligation held by the Company, and compared the price at which the
same are carried in said Statement With the market quotations and find the same not exceeding such quotations—in fact in
many cases below them. They have examined and counted the bonds and mortgages on real property held by the Compaliy
and find the same to be as stated. They have also verified the valuations of the Company’s holdings of real estate and havd
verified the deposits of money in the various banks and trust companies, and have counted the cash on hand held by the

‘hier. ‘ ‘
03: And the Committee certify that all the books, papers. documents and evidences of title of every description necessary in
such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said Officers and their. assistants, and that the same are
accurate, in good order and well kept. _ ‘ .

And the Committee further certify that the Investments of the Company are of a high order, and that-the system and
methods adopted by the Company in recording Its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendation

All of which is respectfully submitted ROBERT OLYPHANT J- HOBART BERRICK
JAMES N. JARVIE’ CHARLES D DIUKEY, JR.

NEW YORK. JANUARY 25, 1897. JAMES C. HOLDEN CHARLES R. HENDERSON

 

The company has issued an order whereby women can be insured Without the extra
charge heretofore required. More definite information on, the subject will be furnished by

the local agent, Mr. A H. Camp. . j ,
Board. of ~Trustees '

GEORGE G. HAVEN,
ADRIAN ISELIN J R:
GEORGE S. BOWDOIN
THEO. A. HAVEMEYER
WILLIAM G. WHITNEY
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER
JAMES N. J ARVIE

CHAS D. DICKEY JR.
ELERIDGE T. GERRY

/

HENRY H. ROGERS

J NO. W AUCHINCLOSS
THEODORE MORFORD
WILLIAM BARCOCK
STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER R GILLETTE
H. WALTER WEBB

FREDERIC CROMWELL

J ULIEN T. DAVIES
ROBERT SEWELL

S, V. R. CRUGER
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
RUFUS W. PEOKHAM

J. HOBART HERRICK
WM P DIXON

ROBERT A. GRANNISS

ROBERT A GRANNISS Vice-President.

__ WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. -'
ISAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President. HENRY E. DUNCAN,.JR, Corresponding Secretary
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary. * ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assistant Secretary
» FREDERIC GROMW ELL, Treasurer. .

JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. ~ JAMES TIMPSON. 2d Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P, SANDS, Cashier. _ - EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier.
EMORY MCCLINTOCK, Actuary. " p '
JOHN TATLOCK, JR , Assistant Actuary.
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. _ WILLIAM W. RICHARDS, Comptroller; -
C. CLIFFORD. GRETSIN GER, ASslStant Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller
, JOHN C. ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies.
ED WARD LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor. .

. MEDICAL DIRECTORS: ' ' - . .
ELIAS-J. MARSH, M. D' GRANVILLEfl'MWHITE, M l ,

SAMUEL D. BABCOCK
RICHARD A. MCCURDY
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HERMANN C. VON POST
LEWIS MAY

OLIVER HARRIMAN
ROBERT O'LYPHANT
GEORGE F. BAKER
DUDLEY OLCOTT

 

 

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