UNTRETHS 11011 GOLD » Exaggerated Reports‘of the Quantity Received by Mints. LATEST, WORDS or WARNING. Argonauts Likely to Have 9. Rough Time -mnd to Find All the Best Claims Taken—Three Treasure Seekers Meet Death on a’ Glacier. San Francisco, Aug. 7—Speaking of the Klondike gold output, the chief clerk ,of the mint here says: “All the gold brought to this city from the Alas- kan mines will not exceed $800,000, and all that has been taken this year and sent to other mints of the country will not exceed $2,000,000. The gold from that part of the country“ is generally from .7, to .8 fine, and some of it runs to .9 the ’average being worth from $15 to $17 an ounce." J. C. Butler of the Pullman Car com- pany is in receipt of a letter from R. P. Taylor, a money broker of Seattle. A few days ago Taylor received a letter from some men whom he had sent to the Klondike section lasts spring, in which they informed him that every claim 'within 150 miles of Dawson City has been taken up, and that men are rushing all over the country looking for locations. He says starvation and hardship stare .many of them in the face. . Captain Niebaum of the Alaska Com- mercial company, who has made a careful study of the situation, says there will be a great deal of suffering in the mining regions next spring. He thinks the people going are far in ex- cess of the supplies that have been for- warded. A letter from Hart Humber, a pro- spector, dated Dawson City, June 18, just received, shows that the gold seek- ers need plenty of capital. After reach- ing Dawson and paying the heavy duty on his outfit, besides 30 cents a pound for getting it over Chilkat pass, he will have to pay 25 cents a pound to get it from Dawson to the diggings. Gold Hunters Frozen to Death. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 7.—News has been received from Cook’s inlet telling of the tragic fate of three men, C. A. Blackistone, George Bolscher and J. W. Malique. They Were hunters for Alas-j kan gold, but they found a terrible death from cold and hunger. The men left Seattle on the steamer :Lakme, with.260 others, in March, 1896, bound for Sunrise City, Cook’s inlet, where a placer strike was reported. They staid in the district until March of this year, when they decided to return to Seattle by coming to Portage bay, an arm of Prince William sound, and taking a steamer from there. .In order to reach Portage bay-they had tO-CI‘OSS Portage'glacierg-pvhich is about-50 miles in width and which extends almost the entire distance from Sunrise City to Prince William sound. They started their journey across frozen fields of ice to the sound, carry— ing- provisions enough with them to last until they took the steamer. They also carried 'mail from Sunrise City. They have not since been seen alive. Search was made for the men and kept up by George Hall, who was a friend of Black- istone. Hail found traces of men and started out on their trail. It would seem that instead of cross- ing the glacier direct to Portage bay the men lost their way and ascended the mountain, coming out on the wrong side. There the glacier ends abruptly and drops into another arm of Prince William sound in almost a perpendicu- lar cliff. ' Mr. Hall found 'how Blackstone, Bot- scher and Malique; after reaching the ~top of this perpendicular cliff, had crawled under a ledge of ice. From notes found in Blackstone’s diary it is evident that most of their provisions had been lost in crossing the mountain. However that may be, both Botscher and Malique perished under the ledge of ice, as evidenced by a note found on Blackstone’s body. “Don’t,” Says Miles Standish. Portland, Me., Aug. 7.-—Captain Miles Standish of Montreal, who has been spending the summer in Alaska and is now returning, writes that he knows all ,about the Klondike gold craze and his advice to intending prospectors is “don’t.” In a letter received here to- day he says that the situation on the Klondike is not very dissimilar to that in other goldfields. The gold is there, but it doesn’t lie around the ground in “chunks” waiting to be scooped up. It can only be secured by patient and un- commonly laborious placer mining, in- terspersed with many weary miles of tramping around from pocket to pocket. He further says that the journey to the diggings from Juneau is an enterprise calculated to pall the stoutest heart. Any one who starts now must stop over at Juneau or somewhere else until next May. He says that the larger part of the Klondike region is in Canada with- out “stretching an elastic boundary line an inch," and that the Dominion police will have s0mething to say about Yankees coming over there and taking away all the gold. ' A Freight War. Ended. Tacoma, Aug. 7.—The withdrawal of the Kruse steamers Lakme and Cleve- land from the San Francisco-Puget sound run, to enter the Alaska trade, .leaves the San Francisco fsou‘nd field to the Pacific Coast Steamship com- pany, and ends the freight war which was begun by the establishment of the Kruse line last spring. The Kruse steamers carried freight from the Gold, en Gate‘to the sound for $1 a ton. The Pacific company out its rate to the same figure every time-a steamer of the Kruse line sailed from San Francisco. With the absence of the Kruse vessels, the rate of $3 a ton again prevails, but it is not expected that therewlll be any advance in passenger rates. a High Death Rate In Bombay.. Bombay, Aug. 7.—The death rate in the city fOr the past week has been alarmingly high. The total number of , deaths for the week was 1,071, equaling ' 65 to each thousand inhabitants. . An Andree Pigeon" Captured. Paris, Aug. 7.—The Gaulois says that a carrier pigeon bearing instructions regarding the antic explorer; Andree, has been captured at Gradisca, near Goritz,‘ Austria. 11101113113011 WILL, comer. ' The Second Wife Files One Testament and the ChildrenvAnother. New York. Aug. 7.—Two wills of Jo- seph Richardson, the eccentric con- tractor who ‘died some weeks ago leav- ing an estate valued at many millions, were offered to Probate Clerk Benjamin A. Jackson today for probate. By the earlier will, dated Oct. 29,1894, Richardson left his entire estate to his daughter, Dellariph‘a Grace Richardson, and his son, George Richardson, to the - exclusion of Mrs. Emma. J. Richardson, his second wife. The later will, dated April 24,1897,di- vides the estate equally between the widow and the two children after giv- ing $50, 000 to the Rev. H. M. Warren and $17, 500 to the Central Park Baptist church, When the wills were offered for pro- bate today, Mrs. Richardson filed a no— tice of contest to the will offered by the testator’s two children, and they filed a. notice of intention to contest the will offered by her. _ In her notice of contest Mrs. Richard- son asserts that the will dated Oct. 29, 1894, and offered for probate by her stepchildren, George Richardson and Dellaripha Grace Richardson, is not the last will of the testator and that he left another will dated April 24, 1897. She also asserts that the earlier will was not executed by the decedent, is not in conformity with the statute, and that he was unduly influenced. Mrs. Richardson’s formal notice of contest concludes, “She prays that this alleged will may be rejected and be not received.” Counsel for the children filed objec- tions to the later will, in which it is al- leged that the document dated April 24, 1897, is not the last will of their father, as it doesn't conform to the statute and was not the free and volun- tary act of the testator. They also as: sert that he was not of sound mind when he executed the document—if he did execute it—and was unduly in- fluenced. The children also ask that the later will be rejected. Clerk John- son filed the two wills and the objec- tions to each, and set down the hearing as to which of the two wills shall be admitted as the last will of the dece- dent for Sept. 15. THE FALL IN SILVER. Business Apprehension In Mexico—More Talk of the Gold Standard. City of Mexico, Aug. 7.—The drop in silver yesterday sent exchange on New York to its highest point (132) after banking hours. Merchants have largely canceled foreign orders and will await something like permanency in ex- change. The government is making all its estimates based- on even lOWer prices for silver. The leading bankers are not dismayed and continue to predict a re- action, although not until lower prices have been reached. There is undoubt- edly much apprehensive feeling, espe- cially as to the rapidity with which ex- change has risen. ’One of the bankers ‘ declares that the United States will have to take the initiative in bringing about a solution of the silver question, but the bankers allege that there is an opinion gaining ground that although silver willvregain some of its lost value its role as a money metal will soon be ended and this country will have to adopt the gold standard. Native manufacturers are in some cases raising prices on account of hav- ing to buy foreign raw material. There is no panic in business circles, but ra- ther a feeling of amazement and won- der as regards the final result and what changes will be effected with this dis- turbance in calculations. The treasury people insist there is no thought entertained of adopting the gold basis. The government will meet its gold interest at any cost, even to the adoption of the most rigorous economy, and will pursue a waiting policy. Many contractors who have bought machin- ery and supplies abroad find their prof-'- its reduced to nothing. . Postmasters Appointed. Washington. Aug. 7.—-The appoint- ments of fourth class postmasters today were: Vern-1c nt—Groton, S. C. Carpenter. Connecticut—West Torrington, E. M. Eggleston. New York—Aurora, C. B. Morgan; Cayuga, J. R.‘Van Sickle; De Peyster, T..P. Day; Fishkill, H. F. Walcott; Mahopac Falls, M. F. Agor; Niles, D. M. Greenfield; Walloomsac, C. E. Dur— fee; West Windsor, C. A. Rider. A Vicar General Fined. Tecumseh, Neb., Aug. 7.——Bishop BO- nacum and Vicar General Hartig of Nebraska City came here to install Rev. Father Corcoran in the priest’s house. The Rev. Father Hartig, Father Cor- coran and his housekeeper forced an entrance to the parsonage. Trustee Shaughennessy arrived on the scene with an officer, and Father Hartig was arrested. Judge Brandin found the vicar general guilty of housebreaking and fined him $25 and costs. The Man Who Threatened Dr. Hale. Memphis, Aug. 7.-William Collier, who was arrested at Wakefield, R. I., for threatening to kill Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, is the oldest son of Col- onel W. A. Collier, a lawyer, and at one time president of the Appeal-Avalanche company. Young Collier left Memphis several weeks ago to push street car advertising work for a relative. He in- tended to enter a Unitarian school.- He is .well educated. ' - Supposed Lynching In Alabama. ‘ Tufelo, Ala., Aug. 7.—At Harris, a ne- gro gained entrance into the bedroom of a young woman. He was frightened away, arrested and guarded in a store. When the train passed the station, the crowd had determined to hang the man, and the latest news is that the deter- mination was carried out. There is no telegraphic communication with the village. The Chitral Trouble. Simla, Aug. 7.——The British political officer at Malakand reports that prac- tically all the tribes joined in the late attacks on the British forces in the Chitral district. He adds that 2,700 of the enemy were killed and that. in ad- dition many of. the tribesmen were wounded. Glencairn II to Represent Canada. Montreal, Aug. 7.— lencairn II has been officially selected to defend the International cup which Mr. Crane’s Memo ‘will seek to restore to America. lencairn 11 won ten outof the dozen trial races which have been completed. SCHIIIIZH’SI 11.110. A 1111.1. 1.11: 011111311 11111 11111110 MEATS. Shoulder Steak ...... .. . . . ........... 8c Rib Roast. ........................... 10 Fresh Pork. . .' ...................... 10 Veal Roast ......................... 14 .__——n FRESH FISH AHII . . I. . VEGETABLES. ———— PHIGE AHII QUALITY . . . . SATISFAGTIIIIY. PHIIHPTAHII EFFIGIEET 3. I. . SERVIGE. Paul Schultme, Jr SO. NORWALK. COLUMBIA‘ SURETY SPOKES? 'All spokes may break—the spokes that break the least are the spokes you want— the Columbia. bicycle direct spokes can’t easily break—they are almost spokes oi certainty—over 100, 000' mileage; without a. broken spoke. coalesce free if you call. F. S. AMBLER CYCLE CO., 29 Wall Street. 00 "III KHIIW That you can save money by buying youI Meats and Fish at F. W. SMITH’S 55 Main Street. Everything First Class. . OPEN EVENINGS LAWN MOWERS' PHILADELPHIA and FAVORITE, Rar- den Tools, Rubber Hose, Wire cloth, Window Screens, Screen Doors, Oilll' Stoves, Mixed Paints. Lubricating Oil for Lawn Mowers and Mow- “ ing Machines, 500 oer cal. H. H. WILLIAMS. l1 HAIH STREET, HORWALK, 00HH. Fairiicld Bounty Halional Rank‘ 44 Wall St.. Norwalk,'Conn.fi: INCORPORATED. 13-24. Capital, 200.000 EDWIN O. KEEIIn, President. ' DAVID B. MILLER, Vice-President. L. C. GREEN. Cashier. EDWIN 0. KEELEB, Mossss'HCGLovsB. DAVID B. RLILLEB, A. J. MEEKER,' F. ST. JOHN LOCKWOOD, THEODOBEIE. SMITH. , IRA COLE, CHAS. F.,TBISTBAM. Accounts of Manufacturers, Merchants and Individuals solicited. ' Safe Deposit Boxes fee to Bt‘posiiors. CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK 86 WALL 512, NORWALK CURPOBATED SEPT. l. 1876. CAPITAL. - - - - - $100.00! GEORGE M. Homms. President. E. L. Bovnn. Vice-President WILLIAMIAJCUBIIB ashiei DIRECTORS : Gnome M. Booties. P. L. CUNNINGHAM, E. L. Born. HI E. ”ANN. J T. Pnowrr'I S. H. Honuss. J . Cousins. J11 . ~ Illscounl Day. Saturday. A!!!” P. w. BATES’ 42‘ WATER STREET, You can find as fine an assortment of - ‘innnmeilaliflnmetiuilnri is b- I 1 und in any Yard' 1n the State. Ln: k it over and get prices - bef ire goin elsewhere. , 11.1 list. T HE Ev E N 111 G G A Z ETT E ’. Ila , 0N ASTOR. THE SILK AHII DRESS NORWALK. QQNN. READY MADE SUITS at Half Price. _ $20.00 Whip Cord suit, $10.00. 20.00 Etaime suit, braided, $10.00. 16.00 Cheviot suit, $8.00. 14.98 Covert suits, $7.50. 10.00 Mixed and Serge suits, $5.00. We have about ten crash suits that we will sell at Half Price. All Children’s suits at HalfPrice. A DOMESTIC GOODS. Apron Ginghams, 4c. 10c Striped Outing flannel, 6 3=4. 7c Brown sheeting in Remnants, 5. 9c White domet flannel, 3. 7c full bleached muslin, 5. SHIRTS. 75c 52 in. wide blk. Serge, 5o. WASH GOODS. 12 1=2c Lawns, 6 1=4. 25C Lappet Mulls, 12 1:2. 25c Scotch Gingpams, 12 1:2.‘ SUMMER BLANKETS. 98c beautiful blankets, 69. 10=4 Summer blankets, 49c. N OTIONS. 98c Silk belt lined with leather with leather with bag, 69c. 50 doz. leather belts. 25c. Dress steels, so set. WHITE INDIA LINENS at Half Price 19c quality, 10. 25c “ 12 1:2. 39c (6 . [9. W We have yet the largest variety of Shirt WWaists. . Crash Skirts, 98oz. odor—H 7" " 10.111111 , . .t’v'rooluu: 1111 111. 111 1111111111111 August is generally very'dull. We have to sell goods cheaper in August than , any month of the year. We make drives in every department. Some goods‘we sell . at cost others at half price. We, in fact, make prices so low, that ii is to our custo- mcrs’ advantage to buy, even if they don’t want the goods until fall. Read this par. -..1,,—s:—e..—'——-—.._-\,—i1+ KITCHEN‘ DEPARTMENT, Iron Stone China tea cups and sane cer, 5c. 6 Coffee Cups and Saucers, 39c. Adjustable Window screens, 30 in. high, 25c. Jelly tumblers with tin covers, 2c. Eight sheets poison fly paper, 4c. 25c Bottle bugsect, sure death to bed bugs, roaches, water bugs, buf: falo bugs, ants, etc. 15. Lawn mowers, $2.25. Pt. bottle ammonia, 4c. Paraffine wax candles, 1c. 14 qt. dish pans, 10c. 15c BICYCLE SUITING, s LIN ENS. Half Bleached damask, 22c. 45c Half bleached “ 32. 691: Full bleached “ 5o. HOSIERY. Our hosiery department is our ban:- ner department. . Our 39c fast blk. velvet finished Hose is the same everybody sells at 50c. Our 25C fast blk. hose is the best one made for the money. N.- Y. Houses ask 39 for the same make. Our 25c Men’s hose is . incomparable, tan and blk. _ 25c Mixed hose, week for 12 1:2. WRITING PAPER. 24 sheets and envelopes, 15. Brown’s talcom powder, 10. 7 phg. toilet paper 25. we will sell this OSTON ' STORE, CORNER MAIN AND WALL STREETS, NORWAILK, GT. ROOM 1, I ‘ ‘INSURE -‘.'.?‘0t3‘:l.=1j IN THE Mutual Plate Glasslnsurance tOmpany OF CONNECTICUT,E W. H BYENGT’QN, GAZETTE BUILDING PLATE GLASS At HALF THE RATE charged by other stoek companies 1 NORWALK
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