Evening gazette, Monday, January 10, 1898 · page 3

 

 

 

‘HE’DIDN'T'DEMUR WHEN ASSESSED.

But Later Got His Inning and'a Good"

Contribution.

"‘An Episcopal. clergyman, of Grand
Rapids, Mich, who belongs to .‘he
Order of the Elks,” says a member (if
that order, “attended a. meeting the
other evening. The chairman, noticing
his presence said:
Brother '
As this is such an unusual occurrence,
I think he will have to be assessed $53
Th'e rector put his hand into his waist-
coat pocket, and, marching up to the
desk, put dOWn his little .V, and made a
nice little speech in‘ which he told how
glad he was to ,be with his brother
Elks, and ended by inviting them to
come and hear him preach the next
Sunday evening. Some one moved
that the Elks accept the invitation and
go in a body to their brother’s church,
which was unanimously carried. The
next Sunday evening the front pews
of the church were filled with Elks,
and when the Rev. Mr. ascended
his pulpit, he said:
see so many of my brother Elks here
this evening, but as it is such an un-
usual occurrence with the most of
them, I think they should each be as-
sessed $1. Let your light so shine,
c’tc.’ The way the silver dollars 'rat-
tled on that plate was a caution. The
contribution was much heavier than
usual, and the Elks voted their rev--
erend brother all right.”—New .York
Tribune.

 

 

 

Dog "as an Electrician.

The smallest electrician in the world

ls a fox-terrier named Strip, belong-V
ing to a firm of electric light engineers
in London. She is only three and ‘a
half years of age, and her business is
to carry the wires through the narrow
, tubes which connect the dynamos at

the central station with the private.

houses, which duty she performs with
the greatest skill and quickness, never
failing to find her way through the
most intricate passages—'Answers.
“—-'_“—fr—”1"_- '
The Professional Terri: for It:

“That spindly young man of yours.
Laura,” said the baseball magnate to
his lovely child, “has been flirting out-
rageously with the Van Snickersnee
girl.” .

“That’s all right, papa,” replied the
charming 'oung woman, “1 have giv-
en him an unconditibnal release.”—
flleveland Plain Dealer. '

"I see our Rem:
among us this evening;

_‘I am delighted to.

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M‘en Roasted and Eaten."

Pau‘is, Jan. S.—The' Government has

received information that the ,Bondjos
have attacked the 'French Congo post

at Yakole, and massacred the garrison, ,

together-with fifteennatives and four
women. After ’slaughtering the sol-
diers, natives and women, the Bondjos
roasted their bodies and ate them. The

'Bondjos secured a large quantity of
, 'o'ooty, including 30,000 cartridges. The

French Congo authorities are unable
to punish ,the Bondjos, as troops are
not available. '

 

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Big Fire in Berlin.

Berlin, Jan. 8.—The colossal ‘Borgis

Flour Mill, which ground daily half a
million kilos of grain, was set on fire
last night, it is thought by spontaneous
combustion. . The enormous structure
was an easy.prey.to the flames, and
though the entire department and half

Df't‘he police force were called out, they ’

were powerless to control the flames.
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Wonmn Shoots a Doctor.

«Memphis, Jan. 8.—-—Dr. Shep Rogers, 3.

 

prominent physician and ex-president'

of the Board of Health, was shot last
night by Mrs. Sandbrink, and is in a
dying condition. The woman then
'sent a. bullet through her. OWN brain.
dying instantly.

NEWS IN BRIEF.

 

Two negroes were lynched in Kemper
County, Miss., by men said to be of
their own race. _

Chicago. burglars secured $20,000 of
negotiable gold-mining stock from the
residence of W. W. Jacobs.-

An ice house at ' Whitmore Lake,
Mich., collapsed, killing two men and
probably wounding five others.

J. Pierpont Morgan has secured con-
trol of the New York, Susquehanna &
Western Railroad for the Erie.
~Representative Miers, of Indiana,
‘ias introduced a bill in Congress to pay
[18.331~3 per month to each private or
rion-commissioned 'oflicer who ' served
for thirty days in the late war for such
time as they served. -

What is is; average.
' “What is an average?” asked the
teacher;

The class seemed to be posed, but
a little girlheld out her hand eagerly:

“Please, it’s what ahen lay her eggs

Bewilderment followed, but the mite
was justified by the lesson book, in
which was written:

-» “The hen lays 200 eggs a year on an
average.”-——Chicago Inter Ocean.

 

 

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Over a Hundred Miners Return

From Alaska to Seattle.

Gold Hoarded Up} in Sacks, but Men

Are ’ Physical ‘Vrccks and Cannot
,Buy Eatables .Even for , a Fob
tuhe . ' .. ' ‘ '

, Seattle, Wash., Jan. 10.—-During the
past week upward of 100 men have re-
turned to Seattle by various steamers
from the Klondike. gold mines. These
men spent from four months to three
years there. Most of them had been

 

them less than a. year, their residence ,

dating from the first discovery of gold
on Bonanza and Eldorad'o creeks. Their
experience is varied, but nearly all have
been more or less successful in securing
.claims and in opening them up. The
older Klondikers, with few exceptions,
acknowledge that they have been driv-
en frcm'the country through a shortage
of provisions and fear'of starvation.
They prefer losing’their Winter’s work
and handsome Spring clean-up to tak-
ing the. risks of an Arctic Winter and
half rations. ‘

, Among those men was Charles Shade,
of Juneau, who located claims on Boul-
der, Hunker and Moosehide creeks, and
where he was taking out good pay dirt
as high .as $200 a day to the man. Find-

‘ing his provisions running short, he

went to Dawson to lay in a. supply, but
sacks of nuggets were not to be con-
sidered when it came to an exchange.
for the necessaries of life. and he "was
compelled to choose between sticking
to his mines and a trip over the rugged
trails to the country of plenty, and he
chose the latter.
opinion regarding the probability of
starvation, he said: ~

“It is a wise precaution in the Gov-
ernment in sending a relief expedition.
It will save many a poor fellow’s life.
The stories you hear about gold dust
being piled up in stores and cabins are
not exaggerated, for I have seen it
corded up like salt sacks on a grocer’s
counter. At the mouth of the Eldorado
Creek in one of the early sluicings they
took it out at the rate of an ounce a
minute. I have seen it piled up in
sluice boxes so. that you could scoop it
out by the double handful. I intend rc-
turning in March, and will carry in a
large amount of supplies. I know a
great many miners in‘ the country and
know of but few who have not done
well. ~

"‘Zack Hickman, who went in early
in July, returned after securing valu—
able interests in claims. He also came
out because of shortage of supples, but
will return with a‘p’i'inting outfit and
provisions and will start a newspaper.
He thinks it the most wonderful min—
ing country invthe world.” ’- _

While it is asserted by all late Klon-
dikers that the output of. claims this.
Winter will be lessened on account of
the lack of sufficient food, it is also
asserted by the best-informed that $25,-
000,000 in dust and nuggests will be
shipped down the river in the Sum4
mer. New districts opened this Wine
ter are reported as panning out well.
Claims on Beram Gold Bottom, Last
Chance, Boulder, Dominion, Sulphur,
and Moose Hide creeks. and Irish Gulch
that are being worked are prospecting
well, and rich strikes in pay streaks
are reported on all the streams named;
on Bonanza and Eldorado the mines
are yielding heavily. Men in camp who
have food enough are working like

. beavers and dumps are being stacked

high with rich dirt from' the pay
streaks. ' l

J. M. Kempner, a‘well—knovvn brok~
er and banker of Chehalis, who left
Seattle in July with eleven other men
is one of the last men from Dawson.
Said he: .

“I know people are saying that there
will be no suffering at Dawson, on ac;
count of food shortage, but you can

-'quote me as saying that there is not_

enough food in Dawson to feed people
who will be forced to live there this
Winter; It’s not necessary to say that
there will be starving. There is no
need of making matters worse than

. they are or of giving needless alarm to

people who have relatives and friends
But the truth is bad enough.
I know hundreds of miners who will
suffer before Spring opens the Yukon
River to the Trading Company’s boats,
and it will be because they have not

enough food to keep them. well this

Winter. Men who went through last
‘Vinter at Dawson are physical wrecks.
I know hundreds of miners in Dawson
who are facing the long Alaskan Win-
ter with a little more than a sack of
flour and other provisions in propor-
tion. '

“The trading companies gave men
who bought aaseason’s supply of pro-
visions one sack ,of flour when they
came after the food they had
chased and no more.
a proportionate amount of beans. ba-
con and coffée. A sack of flour lasts
one man six weeks. What these poor
fellows will do when they. eat that up
nobody knows. Some people say they
will not starve. I want to take no such
chances. It is true‘that a great many
people left Dawson,~going down the
river to Circle City and Fort Yi'kon.
Hundreds came out over the ice. "nil
are'on the trails yet. 'Still, it is my ‘ic-
lief thatthere are between 5,000 and
7,000 people here inthe camp.” .

Ex—Policeman Roberts, of Seattle, r3"

plying to inquiries of the Government-

officials, said: ..

“If there is no danger of starvation
in Klondike, why is it thatso 121;:1‘.‘
people are coming out over the Show

and ice?° The truth of thé matter is

that-provisions are scarce, suffering is
ahead and .people are coming out be—
cause they have not enough food to
Some are
well supplied and will go through all

‘right, but there are more who are not

I would not be surprised if people died
in the Klondike from starvation. TY":
Government is certainly‘doing right in
sending a relief expedition.”

.. GOING TO THE KLONDIKE

l-‘irst. Expedition Win” Start .7 frémi Phila»
adelphia Jan. 1'7. '

Pliiladelphia,~‘_Jan. 10;--.Tlie first expu-

dition to leaVe Philadelphia for the
Klondike...will_. sail, Jan. .17, .ca-rryin;t_

twenty-four persons. The yease’l‘that
is to convey’ the incOrporat'ors of the
conlpany"- to their. destination, is [the

a.
i.

Being asked as to his'

pur— .
They gave them;

 

 

" others injured.

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dormer Government I pilot—boat, J. i S.
" Bali-g, which» has been purchased .by

them from the Government.

. The little craft in which the intrepid
fortune—hunters will proceed to the Yu—
kon River. by way of the Straits of
Magellan, is schooner-rigged, 187 tons

burdéii, 100 feet long and 25 feet beam,‘

with a. draught, when loaded, bf ,10

I . feet. -

LACK or r001) SUPPLIES

Every member of the crew is a stock-
holder in the company. They will all.
be on an equal 'footintr; In order to get
on the boat each man had to put. up
$1.000 toward the expenses or the expel
dition and to provide his own outfit at
a cost of $250 more. Men taking their

‘ wives had to pay $1,000 extra and also
to provide their outfit. ‘ .
On the voyage and after reaching.

their destination the women Will do
their part of the work by taking charge
of the culinary end of the business, and
will also wash and mend for the whole
party. ' s .

 

TO STOP BAD MONEY.

Chief Hazen to Search Personally for
Counterfeiters.

Washington, Jan. 10.i——The discovery

of two more counterfeit one hundred.

'dollar silver certificates in Philadel-
phia, and the first clew in the matter
furnished by the fact that one of them
came from a bank in the interior of
Pennsylvania, has caused the Govern—
ment to take extraordinary measures
to run down the criminals.

Chief Hazen, of the Secret Service
Bureau, has been relieved of all rou—
tine work temporarily. Chief Brackett,‘
of the appointment division of the
Treasury Department, will act as
chief and Mr. Hazcn will be at liberty
to devote his whole time to the coun-
terfeitcrs. .

The chief is on his mettle. The case
furnishes him with a great opportunity
for detective work of a high order. The
counterfeit is regarded as the most
dangerous one that ever appeared, and
the officials fear the engraver, now
that his secret is out, will turn his at-
tention and his art to notes of other de-
nominations. - -

It is understood that Chief Hazen’s
work in this case wi‘l have an impor-
tant bearing on his oflicial future. The
picked men of the Secret Service wil
second his efforts. .

When the counterfeit was first exam~
ined it was decided by Chief Hazen
that it had been made by the photo-
mechanical process. It is now believed
,by the Treasury experts that it is the
work of a skilful engraver. Indeed, the
back of thé counterfeit is so nearly
perfect that it is pronounced by As—
sistant Treasurer Meline and other ex-
perts to be identical with the genuine.

There is a belief that the plate used
by the counterfeiters is genuine and
was. stolen from the Bureau of En—

graving and Printing. Chief Johnson,

of this ~Bureau, says the bad notes
show a minute imperfection and that
no plate has been stolen from the Bu-
reau. '

 

ALIVE IN A COFFIN.

Strange Case Comes to Light in Sha-
mokin, Pa.

Shamokin, Pa., Jan. 10.—Whether Lu-
cas Homiak was dead or living when
placed in a coffin is x question which is
agitating this place. '

Homiak is a miner, and died, so the
authorities'say, at the hospital. He was
placed in the dead house, where he lay
for tllree hours; was packed in ice and
shipped to his friends. When the body
was received at Homiak’s late resi—
dence the house was full of friends.

Before these the lid was lifted, and
it is the claim of these friends that Ho-
miak was then alive. He died, how-
ever, again',' or really, five minutes
later. '

This at any rate is the story which
the now surely—dead Homiak’s friends
swore to before a.justice. On the other
hand, the hospital authorities assert
that Homiak was dead when laid in the
deadhouse, and' as "Homiak has been
buried the principal witness is absent,
after all. , .0 - .

 

.9 ‘ RELIEF BEACHES CUBA.

First Distribution of Necessities to Dying
Ibeconcentrados in Havana,
Havana, Jan. 10.—The first distribu-
tion of supplies received from the
United States Consulate for: the recon-
centrados took place yesterday at the
residence of Dr. Villiosola, of the spe-
cial .committee appointed by Senor
Bruzon, Governor cf Havana, and Con-
sul-General Lee to superintend the
work. ..

La Discusion expresses profuse grati-~'

tude for this American charity. It pub-
lished a. special supplement, the pro-
ceeds of the sale of which will be
turned over to the relief fund.

In a leading editorial La Discusion
asks the insurgents, in the name of
humanity and for the sake of their
mothers, wives, sisters and children
dying of starvation, to lay down their
arms and to make peace with the Gov:
ernment.

 

Object to Such a Hospital.
Philadelphia, Jan. 10.—A proposition
to' establish a. foundlinp: hospital in
Philadelphia has met with formidable

opposition from a number of women

conspicuous in the high social circles.
They take the ground that. such insti-
tutions—have _a tendency to c,
immorality. Bishop ‘Whitakei‘, of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese of Penn.-
sylvania; the Rev. Dr. McVickar,
Bishop Coadjutor of Rhode Island, and
Dr.'S."*VVeir Mitchell havetakcn an ac-
tive part in the movement.

 

Eight of the Crew Killcb.
Pittsburg, Jan. ION-The tugboat Per-

cy KelSey,owned by XV. H. Brown’s Son,
. of this city, blewup on the Ohio River

near Glenfield, Pa., about eleven o‘clock
saturday morning. Six or eight of the
crew were killed and _at least four
The boat was com-
manded by Captain Leslie ‘Jones, of
Shcusetown, Pa., and ,,the crew was
made up of- two pilots, two engineers,
two mates, two firemen. a Chamber‘-
maid, cook and the deck hands, in all
about. twelve persons.

 

\Veyler Shgg-‘fests “’21::-
Barcelona, Jan. 10.——It is reported
here that General‘ -Weyler has been

‘summoned‘t'o Madrid. In an interview

with- a newspaper representative Gen-

, eral'Weyler‘expreSs‘ed his belief in the

p‘ossibilityof conflict ‘betxveen' Spain
and the, United States. ' .. 7,

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