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OF hardships or. ill-treatment. All the sailors
that wintered here are welIclothed album
6antIy led and Well-treated. Their living
quarters are well warmed and the work they
nave had to do in week could all be done in q
day. The trouble is that they have all got an
idea into their heads that there are gold Dig
gings within easy access of Herschel Island,
and all the advice of their officers cannot dis
pei their foolish notions. They think the
officers are telling them lies in order to keep
them from deserving. The gold field is chi
mera, but the sailors have the idea it exists, so
tions, which will result in the deaths of sew
eral more.
have been very well We have
an abundance OF fresh deer, elk, moose and
mountain sheep; also some grouse = -
In six months We ought to be near Frisco
it seems.to me that the next six will be longer
than all the Others which have past put
together. We have had lots of amusement
and plenty of open-air exercise. We have sew
eral good football teams and every ship has
its minstrel troupe. Now that the ice is break
ing I'D we are all expecting a big catch as
whales are said to be plentiful
The Arctic wild flowers that are shown
in the sketch were gathered and pressed
by the writer of the above letter.
The steamer Belgic arrived from Hong
kong, via Yokohama and Honolulu, yester-
day. She was delayed at Honolulu a day
through having $50 passengers on board
for that port. The coolies are for the sugar
plantations, and their pay will be So 80 a
month, out of which 81 is to be deducted
for their board and lodging. The Belgic
brought the following cabin passengers to
San Francisco: A. II. Butler, +. A. Cum
dill, 7. F. Dunn, A. Krahn, w. LaidIaw,
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TO Port Townsend via Sitka and finally
reached San Francisco couple of days
ago. 1t only half tells the story, and when
the feet returns there will doubtless be
many tale of suffering and DEATH
HERscHEL ISLAND Arctic Ocean, Sunday
May 5, 1895.-Some Itgillik Indians came in
the other day, and are now packing up their
toboggans TO depart for their inland home.
have just learned that there is a possibility OF
q letter reaching you by them, but as the in
formation comes late write hurTiedly.
have been quite well so far, but there nave
been eight deaths among our little fleet since
we reached here. Two OF them were. sailors
from the Rosario, one a sailor from the Alex
ander The was frozen to DEATH, one a sailor
from the Triton, Chief Engineer Peake OF the
Jessie H. Freeman and Captain Weeks OF the
Thrasher.
Chief Engineer Peake died from heart dis
ease and Captain Weeks fell down the main
hatch at > Is P. NJ. and died an hour later.
This was on March %. His body has been
preserved for shipment home this summer.
Mrs. Weeks was completely Frustrated and has
not yet recovered. She had close call.
There have been three runaway expeditions.
The first consisted of three sailors. They were
gone three weeks and then returned of their
own accord, that is two of them did, the other,
belonging to the John and Winthrop. was
frozen to death and his body was never recov-
cred.
About six weeks ago three sailors started out
TO hunt Polar bears which have been occasion
ship. The men got as far es the opposite side
OF this island and one complaining of being
tired started to retrace his steps, distance Of
twelve miles. His two companions continued
their Recommendation of the island, reaching
the ship about P NJ, AS their companion had
not returned search parties were sent out that
night and for two or three days thereafter, but
no trace OF him could be found.
The second runaway expedition consisted of
five men. One of them returned the mex I day,
but the others are 80 miles from the ship in
a destitute condition. They cannot get back
to'the feet for some time, as the rivers have
begun to run, and they cannot move until the
ice is all gone. Then they will have to build
caIioes or RATS, as the running streams will
present insurmountable difficulties. They are
in desperate fix and we cannot help them.
The third runaway expedition consisted OF
two men only, and they started out two weeks
ago. They are now about go miles up the
Clarence River, and can get no further on ac-
count of the breaking up of the ice in the
river But they can return to the ship if they
are so minded.
These runaWays were not attempted because
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almost her full complement of men and is
expected to sail next week.
4 NIGHT At THE CIRCUS.
The Tiger Rode the Horse
and the Elephant
Waitzed.
Four Thousand People Applauded
the Great Three-R Ring
Shows.

All classes attended the circus last night.
Church deacons, bank presidents, club
men, politicians merchants, clerks,
dignified danes, leaders OF society," as we'll
as the men and women who toll with their
hands, met on common footing under the
canvas and intently watched the show in
two rings and on an elevated platform.
The audience, nearly 1000 in number, got
there on time, and the performance began
at the appointed hour. Everything was
animated from the start and everybody
was good-natured. The elephant waltzed
and ran race with the camels; the tiger
rode the horse just the same as in Hagen
backs show; the monkeys rode the ponies
and little girls cut up all sorts of antics on
wheels. Everybody in the ring got
applause.
Features of the show were the spirited
horses, the back somersaults of the boy
rider, France Reed, the lofty ladder bal
ancing OF the Nippon Japanese, the horse
manship of James McElroy, the riding of
Miss Harnetta Parsons. feats of lifting
strength by Rialto, the strong man who
lifted the platform, four men and horse
with his teeth. Nine. Midnetta, the female
Sandow and iron-iawed wonder, sur
prlsAd the ladies of the audience with her
exhibitions of jaw development. The
Martell family, five in number, did some
graceful turns on the bicycle and single
wheel. The lightning revolutions on the
double trapeze by Lorenzo and Lolita and
the aerial act by King and Deyine were
watched and applauded.
There was sport in the hippodrome races
for monkeys and boys, horses and don
keys, hurdles, obstacles and sacks. ALI the
while the bands played and the vendors
proclaimed their circus wares, and at in
tervals during the performance the man
ayers praised the superb after concerts by
world-renowned artists of the song and
dance.
People went to the New Great Syndicate
Show and Paris Hippodrome Three-ring
Circus TO be amused and see Others
amused. There was Joy in the heart of
Young America when the chief spokes-
man announced that the show would re-
main in San Francisco for nine days and
give performance every evening.
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Mrs. V. Porter, Rev. j. Soner, F. Vivanti,
J. E. Wood Mrs. Foster and infant, w. E.
Clarke, NJ. d. Darnell, Judge J. G. Grubb,
Kwing Wing, Lee Lum Yuen; Lieutenant
r. GLENN, I. G. A.. W. Smith, Mrs. vi
vanti, Miss L. J. Wirick, Mrs. L. Wheat,
Ensign J. Zeigemeyer, q. S. n. She also
brought sixty Chinese and fifteen japanese
for this port.
Captain Walker of the Belgic reports
that the City of Picking lost blade of her
propeller on the outward trip and was de-
tanned at Honolulu until the necessary re-
pairs were made.
T, F. Dunn, one of the passengers, is a
young San Francisco attorney, who has
been on holiday tour of China and Japan.
All his news has been anticipated by wire.
A. S. Stone, one of the crew of the seal
ing schooner Sophie Sutherland, has been
arrested at Collinsville for taking seals
last year within the prescribed limits.
He will be tried in the United States
courts.
The brig J. D. Spreckles, from Honolulu
with a cargo of sugar, was detained for
over an hour at the quarantine grounds
owing to the hardness of DR.. Chalmers.
The vessel was in tow of the tug Alert,
AID as the sugar was wanted at the re-
finery the owners of the tug and brig were
| indignant.
All the vessels in port are racing to get
their cargoes out and new ones in as
quickly as possible. The ship Sokoto has
the record so far. She has discharged and
taken in stiffening in eleven days and her
captain expects to load up and get away
inside of thirty days. In that time nearly
5000 tons of cargo will have been handled.
The steamer Olympia is taking in b er
hard coal, and it is thought she will try to
make record run to Honolulu. She has
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ALONG THE WATER FRONT
Tale Of Woe From the WhaIers
Who Wintered In the
Arctic.
MANY persisted MIsERABLY.
They Forsook Their Ships to Search
for Gold and Were Fatally
Frozen.

The whalers that w1ntered off Herschel
Island IN the far north are all expected
back next November. They were the
Mary D. Hume, Newport, Jessie H. Free
man, Beluga, Thrasher, Grampus, John
ana winthrop, Navarch, William Baylies,
Wanderer, Triton, Rosario, Alexander,
Fearless and Northern Light.
The following letter from one of the Off.
GERS OF the William BayIies tells of some
OF the misfortunes that overlook the feet
during the past winter. 1t was sent over
land from Hersehel Island, and took ex-
actly two months to reach St. Michaels, in
Alaska. From that point it was forwarded
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MR.. MeMURTRY'S FUNERAL.
1t Took Place at the American Church
in Paris-The Remains to Be
Brought Home.

Immediately after the receipt of the
cablegram from the American Consul in
Paris announcing the death of w. S. Nc
Murtry of this City in that place Mr..
Flournoy, his brother-in-law, cabled an
intimate friend in London, w. 0. Cole,
asking him to go at once to Paris and take
charge of the remains of Mr.. McMurtry
and arrange for their dispatch to this City.
Mr.. Flournoy yesterday received a cable
of considerable length from Paris, stating
that the funeral was held yesterday in the
Anne rican Church, but that the remains
had been deposited there until the sailing
of the next steamer from Havre, which is
set for August "a. The cablegram also
stated that Mr.. McMurtry's effects had
been turned over to the American Express
Company for shipment to this City.
The remains will in all probability reach
here about September 8, and the final fu-
neral ceremonies will be held in this City.
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AN HOUR At THE FAIR.
Some of the Features Which
Make UP the Interest
ing Show.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The Big Exhibition Is Thoroughly
Installed-Music and Attend
ance Good.

There is great deal to be written about
at the Mechanics Fair, for it is full OF
novel and peculiar things, from the
bloomer gum girls in front to the seven
legged duck in the rear gallery. 1t really
takes day or two to see what there is and
IS not on exhibition. 1t must be interesting,
for there is always big crowd of people.
There are tall, dignified men with hard
luck written all over them in dust and
wrinkles on an equal footing with million
aires and bank presidents. There are the
ever-present groups of young ladies and
their escorts, thinking, if at all, Of a
happier time. One sees all these happy
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A Laundryman on Borax.

''I use borax in the laundry and no soda l
use quarter pound TO ten-gallon boil. The
clothes are much whittier no yellow tint, no
fabric injured and only half the usual quantity
OF soap used.
"Flannel and wooden goods last better than
when washed with any other article. Colors
are not affected.
81 steep lace twenty hours in a solution of
two ounces borax TO one quart water, and the
dirt soaks out without scrubbing.
"Since using borax instead of soda, my hands
have not been affected as formerly. Borax will
not injure washermen's hands,"
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Her Cargo Shifted.

The British ship Dominion arrived last even
ing seventy-seven days from Newcastle, N. S.
W., with cargo of 1895 tons of coal. Captain
Meredith reported that on the day following
his departure, June 1, he ran into gale that
gave his ship lively time for while. The
seas ran so high that the decks were full OF
water to the rails part of the time, which
caused the cargo to shift first to port and after
ward to starboard. After crossing the equator
pleasant weather was had up to the arrival in
port On the 18th inst. James Daniels, sea
man, died of dropsy. He was native of Wales
40 years of age.
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POLITICAL REFORM,
A New Organization Started Upon
kearny Street.


A number of young men organized club
last evening at 40 Kearny street, and
called it the merchants Political Reform
Club" J. II. Irvine, well-known young
business man, was selected as the presid-
ing officer. He explained the objects of
the club, and said to those in attendance
that it was the desire of the promoters of
the enterprise to endeavor to aid in the
was then introduced, and spoke particu-
larly of various reforms needed in munich
pal affairs.
Temporary officers were elected as fol-
lows: President J. HI. irvine; first vice.
president, r. L. Hamilton; second vice.
president, d. j. Oliver; third vice-president,
Pinkerton; recording secretary, M. F. DON
leavy; treasurer, William Peterson; SER
geant-at-arms, William Sullivan.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

:: BALDWIN THFATER.-'' Die Orientreise."
COLUMBIA THEATER-" Twelfth Night"
MoRosCo.s oPERA-HoUsE-" Harbor Lights"
: lily oil OPERA-HoUsE-''The Royal MILDLY"
-: 0RPHEUM-iiigh - Glass Vaudeville
=, HAcDoNoUSH THEAFER iOAKLAND) j. w.
SheTmahs -" Bewildering Fantasma." Thursday
August %.
N ECiiANIcs' FAIR-Larkin street, near Market.
. GoLDES. GATE PARK-Go Gate Park Band.
STATE hoard OF TRADE ExHIBIT.-575 Market
street, below Second Open daily. Admission free.
Der . to IA
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!. AUCTION SALES.

b. KILLrP & "Wednesday, Aug. 2l-Horses,
: ut salesyard, corner Vaa Ness avenue and Market
streets, at: ! ]. O'clock
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pIcNIcs Ann ExcIrpsIn

Ell. CAMPo-Sunday August lS-Aauatic Exhi
bltlon,by Captain JobR Roach.
SELECT T. EXCURSION TO UKIAE Sunday
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Park Music To-Day.

The following attractive programme has
bsen prepared for the open-air concert in the
park to-day.
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Tere not ATTEMPTED because
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Spain Increasing Her Debt to
Send Troops to Cuba.
A REGIMENT REACHES HAVANA.
The Inhabitants Greet the Soldiers
With Cigarettes and Cheers-The
Florida Filibusters.

London. Sept. IA dispatch TO the
Standard from Madrid says: The govern
ment has arranged with Paris bankers for
credit of G40oo.o00 sterling for the war
in Cuba.
Havana. Sept '1s.-The steamer Santa
Barbara has arrived here with Loco sol
diers and thrty-seven officers from Te-
tuan. Morocco. The troops were given a
fine reception by the citizens of Havana.
The newspapers here distributed among
the newcomers 1900 cigars and -o,tt0
packages of cigarettes. The enthusiasm of
the reception accorded to these troops
was indescribable, and is compared with
the scenes which attended the departure
of the First regiment from New York for
the South at the breaking out of the Civil
war in the United States. The regiment
was reviewed by Gen. Arderius. AS they
marched through the street they were
greeted by vast crowds, which included
the most fashionable people of the city.
and were showered with flowers and
cheered by the waving of handkerchiefs
and fans. They were presented with med
ais of the virgin and with scapu.aries.
Numberless people insisted on shaking
hands with the officers and soldiers end
embracing them. Gen. Camps has arriv-
ed at Santiago de Cuba.
Glasgow, Sept. 1S.-The gJnboats which
have been constructed for the coast guard
of Cuba have been finished. and their
crews left Cadiz today on the convoy AL
fonso XIII. for Cuba.
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The Ranks sending Coin to the New
York subj l,ea snrE.

Washington city. Sept. lS.-The treas
urr department. today received hy express
500 sa gold coin from the Peoples Ma
to0al bank Of PittshurE TN exchange for
notes 10 s. SO ana So de1omirat tons with
oHt condition as ~ eNp-essage or caar-
artFr 90 the notes other than as stated.
Considerable gains were also made in
New Ycrk and elseVh here and the reserve
stood tonight az Sg5.-1E.s-4
Washington CITY, sept. lS-Today's
statement q The condition q the treas
MY shows Available cash balance, siSl. -
-. IS, gold reserve. s.. fsS54
New York. Sept. I>.-Assistant Secretary
81 the Treasury curtis is al the treasury
yoiay ia conference with Sub-Treasu~er
Jordan and Nj. Bacon. OF J. =. Morgan
& 90. curtis informed q representative
- the Associated Press that the confer
crre VAS iu no way related 70 an issue
of government bonds Bacon and Jor-
CEN confirmed this statement.
TIE fNrst National bank of BROOKLYN
.las deposited S-54as" In sold at The sub
treasury ~ exchange for Ereenhacks
t5oid 10 the amount II Sl0.ea0 has becn de-
posited N the s4b-Jreazury here, FOR
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IYNcHER IN THE JURY BOX.
A Sensational Incident I'm the Murder
Trial ut Filensburg-


F.ilensburg. Sept. specisl-After
court convened this morning Attorney
Graves, for the prosecution. asked leave n
further question Schiller. who had been
nassad for cause He then asked him II
he was not in the crowd at the jail on the
night OF the lynching. He denied II.
Graves called two witnesses. who testified
that they saw him there. The court then
ordered him 90 vacaie his seat In the box.
Al o'clock this afternoon both sides had
exhausted the peremptory challenges, and
ar the same time the clerk announced
that the special venire OF fifty names or
dered Monday had been exhausted, with
one Juror lacking. The coroner instructed
him 20 return another special venire OF
ten names az 80 this evening. just be-
fore adjournment this afternoon Prose
cutting Attorney Wager moved 10 have
Lambert Raskins. Nick Mueller and Mar
tin Holmes arragned. The information
charges them with the murder Of Charles
Xlnson They took till tomorrow to plead.
The five men now on trial are charged
with the murder OF Samuel Yinson. father
OF Charles.
At 7.S1. when the court convened. the
coroner returned the venre Of ten names.
and the first man called was accepted.
completing the jury. W. 9. Graves made
the opening address 10 the jury for the
state. the defense reserv1ng- Its address.
witness. The case promises TO string out.
as the defense read a list of witnesses.
comprising over seventy-hve names. Six
witnesses were called Several saw from
one to three of the defendants in the
sherirs Office adjoining the Jail on the
night OF the lynching. but none saw them
in the jail.
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Polling the Florida Filibusters.

Washington City. Sept. 1s.-Evidence OF
the active efforts being made by the Span
ish government TO prevent the departure
of filibustering expeditions from the South
10 Cuba Is afforded by the appointment of
four Spanish consular officers for Florida
alone two at Tampa, one at Jacksonville,
the other at Key West.
Information reached the treasury depart
ment today of the seizure of the schooner
Lark off Pine Key. Fla. The Spanish
minister today called at the state depart
ment with a statement obtained from the
Spanish consul at Key West that the
Lark was only a part of an extensive
filibustering expedition fitting out in Flor
ida waters, and asking that the comman-
ders OF the revenue cutters now on duty
there be instructed TO use increased dill
gence in apprehending all offenders. This
information was transmitted to the de-
partment of justice and also to the treas
ury department. and resulted in instruc-
tons being sent 10 the United States at
torney and his marshals, and also to the
customs collectors and commanders of the
vessels OF the revenue fleet. to use every
possible means TO arrest and bring TO jus
tee any offenders against international
law.
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Tacoma pronoses Another Fair.

Tacoma Sept. 1SA project 10 hold an
Occidental and Oriental fair ia Tacoma in
the summer 81 the year 1900 was consid-
cred by a large meeting OF citizens held ?
the Chamber OF Commerce tonight. and
unanimously approved. \ preliminary or
ganiza;Ion was formed an1 committees ap-
pointed 20 perfect plans and get the work
started both IN this country and IN the
countries of the East which 70 Is hoped 10
interest. The object VIII ba 10 foster trade
relations between the United States and
oriental nations The project has been de-
tided upon rs a result OF the great growth
fn tho Oriental traffic. which has so In
creased in three wears that 10000 tons. or
So train loads, Of freight from and going
- the orient viii bc handled by The Ia
CON a China line this year. Congress Will
be asked early 10 the next session 20 an
propriate $50 no for the fair. on tn ground
thar tho Pacific coast Is entitled 70 an an
prrprtation Tor 4 fair having never had
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PRESIDENT ALIENS WOES.
Bali on the second Charge Fixed at Ten
Thousand Dollars.

Tacoma. Sept. -Special.-Presdent W.
r Allen. Of the defunct Bank Of Tacoma,
arrived from Seattle at 2 O'Clock this after
noon. At 2.l5 he was arraigned before
Justice OF the Peace :. A. Crandall. before
whom the second warrant was sworn out
last night r. s. Jones. of Seattle, and +.
c. Sullivan appeared for the prisoner and
Deputy Prosecutor Davis for the state.
Arguments on the amount of bail lasted
over half an hour, the defense claiming
S. 900 would be sufficient. since the prisoner
had a bond OF 5000 up in McMurray's
court The justice granted the states re-
quest 10 fix the bond at $1,000. and the
case was set for September 30.
Accompanied by a deputy sheriff, Allen
drove over town for hondsmen, who were
finally secured and the prisoner released
about $50 o'clock The new bond was
signed by j. H. Long, Henry Blackwood.
Ben Moyses. ]. j. Mckay and N. NJ.
Perl Long qualified in $4,000. Blafkwood
81 5a0. Perl SEQ. Mckay and Moyses
81 900 each.
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TACOMA MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
y Difference Of $500 Between the Board
and Contrnctor.s Dickinson d 60.

Tacoma. Sept. -Spec.al-The board
of public works ami Dickinson q Co. the
contractors on the stone pipe Inc recently
completed in the South end, VIII endeaVor
tn settle their differences before the fire
and water COMMITTEES OF the council Fri
dav. Twenty-Five hundred dollars OF the
contract price has heen retained by me
board Besides this, the contractors claim
Ssao for % GO feet Of lumber rejected oy
the hoard. The material was rejected on
the ground ~ being sap wood. aItnougA
the specifications did not FORBID the use
Of such iumoer. Thep.pa line has been COM
pleted nearly three months. and the con-
tractors are becoming anxious for the'r
money. The board : understood 10 he
- against acce9tirgithe work.
Judge Stallcup today dissolved the tenn
porary injunction granted James Lee r.
stra.ning the board from entering INTO
a contract with J. r. Harc for corawood
AT SIS per cord Lee wanted the board
TO buy Slab wood Of him at SIS The
court held that the board acted Wlse.Y
and with discretion n accepting Hart
I'D