f. KLONDllE HARDSHIPS .j,_ .' " i l - - o ,A Man Who Knows Tells Something of Prospectors’ Troubles. A, CAMP AT SULPHUR CREEK. Reportedbiscovery'of Deposits of Excep- tional "Richneu There—A Gold Claim In the Business Center of an Important City. Seattle, -Wash., Sept. 14.-Among the various reports of hardship from Skag- guay, one of the most vivid descriptions of the trail is given by J. M. Hagerty, who writes in part as follows: Less than $4,000 would make a wagon road from Dyea to the head of the can- yon, but one bridge would have to be built at the canyon, where the first per- ceptible climb and the first mud are en- countered. The trail from Camp Pleas- ant to Sheep Camp is fairly good, an average of about 500 feet elevation with no sharp? pitches. Sheep Camp is 15 miles from Dyea, and the character of the' country sud- denly changes and becomes more rough and rocky. Mountain torrents keep up a. continual music. There is scarcely any soil or timber from there to the summit. There were not many people camped on Lake Bennett, only those who had come over the Skagguay trail, about 20 in number, and only one complete out- fit had got through on Sept. 1, that of Robert Cahel and wife. Detective W. H. Walsh, who was the first man to break through the trail, only had a part of his outfit, and it was scattered from there to the summit. Expensive Outfits. What he had got through had cost him 60 cents a pound. All the rest were in the same fix, their supplies being scat- tered all along the trail. The trail over the summit is just 1,000' feet higher than had been claimed for it and 200 feet higher than the Chilkat pass. At the third hill We found over 200 peOple camped where there was room for only about 20, and in a district of a mile and a half over 1,000, and as many horses, mules, burros, bulls and oxen. Not one packer in 50 on the Skagguay trail knows how to pack an animal, and half of them never had anything to do with a horse before. Near the third bridge we met Mrs. M. L. Wommack of Seattle, formerly of Butte, Mon. She started for the Klon- dike-last March by way of Dyea and C'hilkat trail, got her stuff all on Lake Bennett and'then received word of the sickness of her children in Seattle. She sold out her outfit and returned there, arranged to have them. cared for and started again. _ On her first trip she was accompanied by another woman, Mrs. Smith, and two babies. Mr. Smith has a. claim cm Bo- nanza creek and sent for his wife and babies, but Mrs. Wommack helped her to bury both of them on the trip before she got to. Lake Bennett. No road over this pass can be made to compete with the Chilkat as a trail, though it may as a railroad proposition, as the grade is more gradual from this side. The steamer Portland got\ away for St. Michael’s with a big cargo, consist— ing principally of machinery for four steamers which are to be constructed by Moran Bros. at St. Michael’s next winter. On the Portland's forward deck was a.maxim rapid firing gun which can 'be made to .fire 300 cartridges, weighing a pound, per minute. Secre- tary Hamilton of the North American Trading and Transportation company was on board. Inside the captain’s cab— in are a dozen new rifles, which will be used, if need be, to protect the treasfire which the Portland will bring down from the Yukon mi'ne. Sulphur Creek Now. Sulphur creek, a branch of Dominion creek, which is a tributary of the In- dian river, is the scene of the latest gold excitement on the Klondike. From ac- counts of the new district brought doxvn -on the schooner South Coast, it seems that the new diggings will rival even the famous Bonanza and El Dorado. Gold was found just below the surface running $34 to the pan. The men took out $300 in a day by simply prospecting their claim. A stampede followed the reports of the new find, which reached Dawson City Aug. 13. In a week 500 men had crossed the mountains between El Dorado creek and Dominion creek. They traveled day and night, and in two weeks the whole stream was staked out. This information, the first au- thentic story of Sulphur creek, was giv- en out today by John E. Light of Chi- cago. He left Dawson City on the steamer Bella Aug. 18. He owns a claim on Sulphur creek. He says: ‘ “When I first heard of the strike on Sulphur creek, I went over the moun- tains to investigate it. I spent one day with two brothers, the McKinnon boys of Wellington, B. C. I saw them take out $300 in one day from simply sinking two prospect holes. The formation is the same as at El Dorado, and Sulphur creek bears the same relation .to Do— ‘minion as does El Dorado to Bonanza, The Streams empty into the Indian river. Of course when the news of the new discovery reached Dawson City there was a great stampede, and hun- dreds left the Klondike for Sulpher creek. It is now all staked out.” Gold Claim In a City. Victoria, B. 0., Sept. 14.—Charies‘ Hay- wood and othei' prominent citizens have staked off a claim in the heart of the city. They say they have good specimens of rock from a ledge which runs from the water front through the business portion of Victoria. . Torpedo Boat Men Scalded. Washington, Sept. iris—Acting Secre- tary Roosevelt of the navy has received a dispatch from Commodore Dewey concerning the accident to the machin- ery as a result of which the torpedo boat Rodgers failed to fake contract speed. Six members of the crew re- ceived scalds by escaping steam and Engineer Edwards was badly burned. Nicaragua to Investigate. Managua, Nicaragua, Sept. 14.-—The Nicaraguan congress has appointed a committee=to investigate the charter and affairs of the London Bank of Cen- tral America, limited, of Managuawith the object of annulling its charter, if possible. . . -. 'GAPOTB OUBA’S PRESIDENT. The. Report of Macao’s Election Turns . Out to Have Been Incorrect. New York, Sept. 14.-—The Ward line Steamer Seneca arrived from Havana today and brought confirmation of the report that Brigadier General Mendez Capote has been elected president of the Cuban republic, and not General Masso. The election is held every two years, and, despite the fact that Masso was . strongly indorsed by Gomez, Capote was successful. President Cisneros was .a candidate for re-election, but his age was against him. Capote was born in Cardenas in 1863 and graduated from the University of Havana, and for years was the profess- or of law in that institution. He joined the. insurgents near Cardenas in De- cember, 1895, and served under the lead- ership of General Gomez. General Capote was in the attack on Havana that was made shortly after his enlistment and distinguished him- self by his coolness and daring. He was soon afterward made civil governor of Matanaas and later of Las Villas. He held both positions at the time of his election. Though choice of General Capote over Masso, the declared preference of Gen- eral Gomez, would indicate that there is some dissension among the voters, the Cubans in this ‘city do not attach any importance to the fact. They declare he is a man of great ability and vast energy and say that his election is one of the most important events that have taken place in the war riven is- land for some time. It is enthusiastically forecasted that he will bring the war to an end within the next year. Japan’s New Battleship Ordered. San Francisco, Sept. 14.—The follow- ing Japanese advices were received per steamship Gaelic: The Japanese gov- ernment has given an order to Messrs. Thompson & Co., the famous Clyde shipbuil‘ders, for' another first class bat- tleship of 17,000 tons, a sister ship to the Skikoshima, and also contemplates building a first class cruiser of 9,000 tons at Yokosuka. Movements of Warships. San Francisco, Sept. 14.—On Wednes- day the gunboats Wheeling and Ma- rietta will come down from Mare is-' land,’and after taking on supplies the Wheeling will start for.Alaska waters and the Marietta will go to the China station. principally on the rivers of China, while the Wheeling will do patrol duty in Bering sea. “7111' Search Clironomet'crs. San Francisco, Sept. 14.—Collcc:or Jackson has issuedan order that here- after all chroncmeters taken off foreign vessels to be regulated at this port shall be searched by the customs officials. Small but valuable articles might be smuggled ashore in the chronomct—gr case, and it is to prevent this that the new rule is to be enforced. May Have Been In the \Vreck. Salt Lake City, Sept. 14.—John Mas- ker of Peoria, Ills, is supposedvto have left Denver on the ill fated train which was wrecked at Newcastle. He tele- graphed to a friend in Salt Lakethat he would start on that train, and noth— ing has since been heard of him. Cuban Revolutioniats Expelled. Havana, Sept. 14..—-Vv'ord has been re- ceived here that'the Mexican govern- ment has expelled from "Vera Cruz the representatives of the Cuban revolu- tionary junta of New York. —All the Successful Merchants or this City Advertise in THE GA?""‘TE “RES THAT LEAK. The Morgan & Wright single-tube quick-repair tire must be regarded as a. distinct improvement in bicycle tire Construction. It has the following ad- vantages: While punctures in it can be re« paired with plugs, or semi-liquid in- jectibns, as well as in any other Single-tube tire, it can be permanent]; repaired by using the quick-repaii strip inside‘ the tire. See cut No. 1. No. 1 By injecting M. & W. quick-repaiz cement through the puncture, and then pressing down on the tire with the thumb. as in out No. 2, the repair No. 3. ' strip inside is picked up by the cement, No. 2. thus closing the puncture, as in cut No. 3. ' . The Morgan 8: Wright. single-tube quick-repair tire is guaranteed not porous. This is on account ofthe way in which it is 'made. Nearly every rider has heard of tires that “leak like a sieve.” Many tires rot, because water gets . into the fabric between the two layers " of rubber. The Morgan & Wright fabric isproof against moisture. - Everybody knows how comfortable Morgan & Wright tires are, and yet how seldom they puncture. This is due to the fabric. Ask any bicycle dealer whether other i«ii-es last as long as Morgan & Wright tires. Ask, also, what the Morgan & Wright guarantee means. Morgan & Wright tires are repaired free of charge, at the factory in Chicago or at any of the Morgan dz Wright free repair shops, located in the principal cities. N. B.——When you have a puncture, get right off. Riding-a tire flat, when it has a tack or nail in it, may (amaze it considerably. 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