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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-27

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, July &c.
Frank F. Meyers, a Juneau newspaper man,
will leave here in two weeks for Dawson
City. He will go by the route followed by
Lieutenant Schwatka, who conducted an
exploring party into the Yukon valley in
1889. This route starts from Takou inlet.
thirty miles south of Juneau, from Takou
to Lake iFesttn q. distance of 100 miles over
level prairies and the country from Lake
Testin is an open valley, through to Yukon
river by way of the Hua river. With the
aid of pack horses the Takou route is by
far more preferable. 1t is probable that
stage line will soon be operated on this
route. Parties who have been over both
routes say that the walk of 100 miles over
the level country is more easily accom-
plished than that of the fifteen miles over
the Chilcat summit.
John G. Brady has taken his oath of Of
fee and is now Alaska's Governor.
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FOUND THE FIRST NUGGET.
He Didn't Know Its Value and Sold 1t
for $75.

LEWISTON, Me-, July 26.-David r.
Bracket, formerly of this city, who has
been for some years in Alaska, and who
has been at his old home here this week
claims to be the first white man who ever
found gold in the Klondike regions Mr.
Bracket says: II went to Alaska in 1877
and was there till last year when l came
home to see civilization. 1t was on one of
my trips in 1873 that | crossed the great
backbone of the Alaskan mountains and
Went over on British territory. l went
down through what the world well knows
as Circle City. Fort Cudahy and the Klon-
dixie 10 the site of Fort Reliance. l camped
Tor twenty-four hours on the lodges above
what l know well was Bonanza creek I
walked down TO the end of the creek and
there. picked up stone which had gold in
u, looked around for more but not
hnding any, / put the stone in my pocket
and did not think much more of It. At
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-27
Convention of Bill Posters.

ST. LOUIS, July 26-The third annual
convention of the international Bill Pos
ters' convention opened at the st. James
Hotel this afternoon, President =. G..
Schaefer, of Chicago, in the chair. The as
ISOLATION comprises master bill posters
throughout the United States and Canada.
Amendments to the bylaws and consti-
tuition will be adopted Tuesday and officers
for the ensuing year will be elected
Wednesday, One of the most important
amendments TO be submitted will pledge
the members to cooperate with newspapers
In the publication of advertisements. A
auguratCd.
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Alpine CIimber Killed.

PARIS, July pa special dispatch from
Grenoble says that the body of young Sor-
rell, the daring Alpine climber whose ven
turesome feats have attracted attention
this summer and who started on the 18th
to make the ascent of Mount Taillefer, has
been found at the bottom of a deep crew
asse, with his neck broken. Mr.. Sorrell
was only nineteen years of age. Recently
he had lost his way in the fog.
The locality where young Sorrel met his
death is popular exploring ground for
Alpine climbers in the Mount Blanc dis
trict, and is not considered especially dan
gerous for experts in clear weather. Fogs,
however, render prospecting very perilous,
for the crevasses of the glacier De Tail
lefer written also Talefre) often open and
close at very short intervals The Col de
Taillefer, or defle of the pass, rises to an
elevation of II. $50 feet. 1t is at the head
or east end of the glacier and between the
Aiguille tNeedle) de Taillerfer and the
Aiguille de Trioiet Some of Sorrels most
daring exploits had been in connection with
the glacier passes.
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Injury to American Companies.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 26.-The Pacific
coast steamship people are much exercised
over the action of the Treasury Depart
ment in making Dyea a SUPPORT of entry,
which, they claim. was done at the request
Of the Canadian Pacific Navigation Com
pany through the Dominion government.
The Canadian Pacific Company operates a
line of steamers between Victoria and
Juneau and asked to have United States
customs officers placed on board their
boats which they wanted to run through to
Dyea direct. These officers were to collect
duties and thus obviate the necessity of
Department went even further and made
Dyea SUPPORT of entry. The local steam
ship companies say this will turn gold hunt
ers from the East to the Canadian route to
the injury on the local line.
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l.. CRY AMID RICHES.
Wealthy Gold Diggers Unable to Buy
Food or Clothing.


DULUTH, Mimi, July 26.-W. A. Foote
of this city, has just returned from Seattle,
where he had number of interviews with
miners who have just returned from the
klondike. The stories of the vast richness
of the country, Mr.. Foote says, are almost
beyond belief. but the cost of transporta-
ton is great and unless one takes suffi-
cient food for at least eighteen months he
is likely to suffer for the want of it. Men
with thousands of dollars worth of gold
dust were begging for bread just before the
boat came up the Yukon early in the
spring. People who had provisions had
only enough to satisfy their own wants,
and would not sell supplies at any price.
Others suffered from the want of proper
clothing to withstand the extreme cold and
they could not obtain it for any price any
where in the gold country.
According to those who have Just re-
turned from the Klondike," said Mr. Foote,
'the great danger lies in the fact that hun
dreds of people will probably go into the
gold fields this winter without provisions
enough to last them for at least a year.
The transportation company will not allow
them to carry enough and there is great
probability that they will not have enough
In their own stores along the Yukon to
supply the people who are already there
Unless people can take enough along to
sustain life during the rigorous winter to
come, they had better not go until spring
1t won't make any difference how much
money they have, they will not be able
TO get provisions. Last winter great
many people survived for weeks on salt
pork, without any vegetables of any kind
Some suffered greatly from the intense
cold. and there is no doubt but persons who
took up claims some distance from regular
camps died of exposure and starvation.
The miners with whom | talked in Seattle
did not suffer any hardships. They were
prepared for. anything. One of them, Mr..
Lippy, together with his wife. lived in a
camp on the Klondike all winter. They
dug up the frozen earth along the stream
took 1t into their cabin, thawed it out
and panned out the gold. A large amount
OF the frozen earth that was taken out
was stacked up in the cabin until spring.
During tho winter. at odd times Mrs
Lippy picked $4,000 in nuggets out of it,
This. spring Mr.. Lippy panned it out and
obtained $4,000 more from it, They did
not suffer any hardships, either from cold
or for want of provisions. Last spring they
set out several onion plants, and in a few
weeks had spring onions. They also had
potatoes, which they had raised in Alaska
for use on their table all winter The
miners report considerable scurvy in some
places. but in the main people were free
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stacks Of Freight at Dyea.

PORT TOWNSEND Wash, July 26.-The
steamer City of Topel arrived here from
Alaska to-day. The -opeka brought no
Klondike passengers nor glittering gold,
but reports that the miners are flocking
towards Dyea by the score from Juneau
and Sitka and that both places threaten to
be depopulated.
Authentic reports direct from Dyea are
that there is now as much freight piled up
at the head of the inlet as the Indians
can pack over the divide in the next eigh-
teen months. This amount of freight will
be more than doubled when the steamers
Queen and Mexico, now en- route arrive.
This condition of affairs practically pre-
cludes the possibility of hundreds of the
gold seekers reaching the mining region
g
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Cable Notes.

Maurice Grau, The director of the grand
opera season at COVent Garden, London,
has been engaged for a further term of
four years
The wheat crop for the United Kingdom
Barley is up to the average; oats and po-
tatoes are slightly below 1T, and hay in
most districts is considerably above it,
In spite of the intense heat, the Pope is
In his usual state of health. He is again
directing his special attention to the ques-
ton of international arbitration which he
considers a matter appertaining peculiarly
to the papacy.
The Figaro, of Paris. predicts the early
issuance of a papal encyclical 'censurinS
the priests who, despite the warnings or
their ecclesiastical superiors, continue to
incite the workingmen of France and other
countries to demand their rights, forgetting
meanwhile their own priestly duty, which
is to enjoin the Workingmen to respect the
rights of their employers"
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OBITUARY..
Col. John II. Anderson, Once n Prom
inent Indiana Educator.

MANHATTAN, Kan, July 26.-Col. John
3. Anderson. one of the oldest and most
prominent citizens of central Kansas, is
dead.
Colonel Anderson was born in Washing
ton county, Pennsylvania, eighty years ago.
He graduated from Washington and Jeffer-
son College in 1892. He founded and for
several years conducted the Anderson Col
legiate Institute and the Anderson Female
Institute, of New Albany. He was at one
Albany & Chicago road and in 1859 was
general superintendent of the Pittsburg
Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad. At the
opening of the civil war he was superin-
tendent of transportation of the Louisville
& Nashville road and the commander of
the Army of the Cumberland placed him in
charge of all it's military railways in his
department. Secretary of War Stanton rec
ognized his valuable services and conferred
upon him the title of colonel in 1868. OF
late years he has been identified with diff
ferent railroad projects in the West.
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knights of the slaccabees.

PORT HURON, Mich, July 26-The New
York State delegates to the Supreme Tent,
Knights of tho Maccobees. We're beaten to-
day on the proposition which they made
to abolish district camps and permit each
of the local tents TO select its own dele
gates to the State camps instead OF their
being chosen by district camps. Opponents
of the Michigan Great Camp. which has no
district camps. No one .Toted for the
amendment excepting the New York men.
The Supreme Hive. Ladies of the Macca-
bees, to-day rerated their assessment
standards After January next their old
members will pay seven assessments an
nually instead of six, and no per capita
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-27
Rich Placer Mines.

CITY OF MEXICO, July 26.-It is pre-
dcted here that when the gold placer min
ing is developed in the state of Guerrero
more gold will be taken out than in the
Klondike region. Some placer mining is
being done with excellent results and labor
is cheap and water abundant even in the
dry season. One miner, an old Californian,
reports taking out $4,000 gold in May and
his average is $4,000 per month. The In
dams in Sonora who work in crude way
in the local gold placers, only operating
when in pressing need of money, get large
returns for very little labor and explorer
who has recently been through the reno
test regions, states that Sonora will equal
California in its palmiest days as gold
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ARBITRATIoN PROPOSED.
One of the Features of the Graeco-
Turkish Peace Treaty.

CONSTANTINOPLE July 26. - At the
sitting of the peace conference to-day the
ambassadors presented the peace prelimina-
ries drafted by the powers, which provide
for European arbitration of any differences
that may arise between the Greek and
Turkish plenipotentiaries in arranging a de-
finitive treaty. 1t is stated that the powers
will insist upon the acceptance by the
therefore by the Sultan will be highly sig
nifcant
The desire of Germany to establish a
hampers the settlement of the indemnity
question. 1t is understood tnat the Volo-
Larissa Railway will be transferred to the
Greek administration. with the stipulation
that the same facilities shall be granted
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-27

BETHLEHEM Pa, July 26.-The trustees
of the Lehigh University have authorized
university may be compelled to close its
doors in September. This report was en-
tirely unauthorized. The university VIII be
open as usual in September with all de-
paFtments in fun efficiency. Moreover. the
trustees take pleasure in saying that the
appropriation of $4,000 by the State of
Pennsylvania has entirely relieved the uni
versity OF any anxiety arising out of the
temporary and partial failure of its income
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-27
Does Not Affect Hawaii.

LONDON July 26.-In the House of Com
mons to-day the under secretary for foreign
affairs. the Hon. George n. Curzon, reply
ing to Mr.. James Francis Hogan, anti-Par-
nellite member for MidTfpperary, who
asked If the Clayton-Bulwer treaty was
considered of binding force by Great Brit
ain and the United States as bearing on
the annexation OF the Sandwich islands by
the latter, said the treaty contained no
off
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-27
No Canodion Pacific Cable.

LONDON, July 26.-The Standard pub
fishes a long account of the principal con-
ference between Mr.. Chamberlain, the colo
NAL secretary, and the colonial premiers,
and, in addition, announces the abandon
ment of the Pacific cable scheme. The st.
James Gazette, commenting upon this aC-
count, says: The substance of the whole
thing is that the colonial office and the
colonial premiers have decided to leave
matters about as they were. There is no
denying that this is somewhat disappoint~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-27
Sale of the BOnanza Mine.

BAKER CITY, Ore, July 26.-The sale of
the Bonanza mine has been consummated
and the papers signed. The price paid was
$3.50, 900, and $4,000 was paid on the spot.
The purchasers are John NJ. Patterson, of
Pittsburg; George Crawford, of New York
~ P Hayes, Of Philadelphia, and j. s..
Wallace of Denver. Albert, Louis. Emma,
Edward and Frank Geser had been the
owners of the Bonanza for the last six
years. Prior to that time it was operated
by James Steele, cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank of Portland. Two years ago
the property could have been bought for
500 000
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Sitka / showed it to an old miner who
offered me SIS for it. / took him quick
but wouldn't tell where l found it. / went
up the Yukon in 1881 and tried TO locate my
creek again, but failed. / have always
claimed that picked up the first nugget on
Bonanza creek. l am going back to Alas
ka, and expect to join party from New
York the LIST of September''
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Capt. j. 6. Stees.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 26.-Captain
]. S. Stees, formerly of this city. but lately
of St. Paul, Mimi, is dead in this city, of
a cold which he contracted on his way out
here some two or three weeks ago. Captain
SteeS has taken a prominent part in Grand
Army work and, in addition to this, was a
leading member of the Society of Sons of
tho American Revolution.
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Ey-Banker AIIis Pnrdoned.

NEW YORK. July 26.-Horace C. Alls,
formerly president Of the First National
Bank of Little Rock, Ark, was to-day re-
leased from the Kings county penitentiary.
In 1893 he was sentenced TO serve five years
imprisonment for wrecking the bank Of
which he was the head, and had still sew
enteen months to serve when President
Mckinley signed his pardon on Saturday.
Alls viii start for his home in Little Rock,
in few DAYS.
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VIII Not Enforce Alien Law.

OTTAWA, Ont, July 26.-The Cabinet to-
day decided not to attempt to enforce the
alien law in the Klondike district. The sub
ject of royalty on the gold output was
discussed but was left over until to-mor-
rows session. Eighty additional mounted
police will be sent on, however, to main
tain law ard order, and the United States
authorities at Washington will be asked to
give the right of way through disputed ter
ritory. Two customs officers will be sent
to Lake Tagish, on the British frontier, to
cOl1apt Duties
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-27
Gladstone Married Fifty Years.

LONDON, July 26.-Mr. and Mrs. Glad
stone celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of
their wedding Many visitors joined in the
family gathering at Hawarden. Scores of
toWnSpeople saiuted the venerable couple
while on their way TO church. Both are in
excellent health, Mr.. Gladstone walking off
with much Vigor as at any time in the
last ten years, shaking hands energetically
and conversing with great animation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-27
Miner Sunstruck in AInsLn.

SEATTLE, Wash, July 26-Those who
have an idea that cold weather prevails
exclusively in Alaska will be surprised to
know that Archie Burns, a miner, was af-
fected by sunStroke while crossing the
pass from Dyea. He recovered and proceed
ed after two days rest
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WelI-Eeuipped Gold Seekers.

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, July 26.-The
steamer Mexico has left here with 400 pas
sengers, all except fifty being bound for
the gold. fields. All went well provisioned
three-years' stay. The party was made up
of men representing all callings and profess
sions, including many time-scarred Veter-
ans who joined the similar rush to the gold
fields in California nearly half century
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HaiIstorms in Nebraska.

OMAHA, Neb., July 26.-Specials from in
terror points give accounts of terrific hail
storms in various sections of Nebraska to-
night. At Franklin the wind blew a hurri-
cane. Several houses were unroOfcd and a
grain elevator was destroyed AT Kearnpy
much minor damage was done in the city
Reports from the country have not been
received, so damage to crops can only be
guessed at
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GERMAN POLITICS.
DIR. MiqueIs Fight with the Opponents
of the GOXcrnrncnf

BERLIN July 26.-The newspapers are
widely discussing Or. Mfquers chance Of
success of recovering,sa majority for the
government by reuniting the parties. 1t is
admitted that he has a great chance &c
distinguish himself, but the general belief
is that he is not a strong enough statesman
to accomplish his aim The agrarian papers
show that the Agrarian League has no in
present aspect of affairs the bitterness be-
tween the Conservatives and National Lib
erals is rather increased than diminished
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Mrs. e. IT. w. Packard.

CHICAGO, July 26.-Mrs. E. T. w. Pack
ard, through whose efforts many laws have
been passed lettering the condition of in
sane patients throughout the United States,
is dead The end came to-day at the Hahn
emann Hospital after surgical operation.
in as many States in the interest of the
insane and these laws were enacted. They
allowed insane people a trial by jury and
also allowed inmates of an asylum to COM
municate with friends outside.
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NEW YORK, July 26.-Over 800 policy
holders in the Massachusetts Life fnsur-
ance Association held an exciting meeting
in this city to-day They decided to refuse
to pay any more assessments into the COM
pany ana empowered the committee chosen
at last weeks meeting to make arrange
ments TO transfer as many of the 10000
policy holders as are willing into some old
established New York company.
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Mrs. Sarah w. Coates.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 26.-Mrs. Sarah
w. Coates, aged sixty-eight years, widow
of the late Kersey Coates, is dead. Mrs.
Coates was & Pennsylvania Quaker. She
came here in 1859 with her husband. Mr.
Coates was one of the founders of the city
and one of it's foremost citizens, and
his wife was a leader in social and other
circles,
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A Canadian Contingent,

MONTREAL, July ga. T. Genest
well-known local engineer leaves on the
Sth of August for the Klondike with eight
ten assistants in behalf of a Canadian
syndicate. MERCER, a French Canadian
scout and explorer, we'll known in connec-
ton with other explorations in Alaska, is
a going
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-27
KIondike Claims May BE listed.

NEW YORK. July 26.--It was said in
Wall street to-day that the directors of the
mining exchange of New York. which has
been much in the background recently, are
thinking of listing some klOndike claims.
A meeting of the members has been called
for tomorrow afternoon to act upon some
proposed amendments TO the constitution.
One of the amendments asks that three
calls shall be made a day instead of two,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-27
Narrow Escaue of Royalty.

MADRID, July 26-Queen Regent Christi
ana and King Alfonso had a narrow es-
cape from serious accident to-day. While
they were walking in the woods at St. Sc
bastian a, heavy load of shot discharged by
a youth who was out bird-shooting and
who had not noticed their presence, passed
close to their heads.
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SpeclaI to the indianapolis journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, July 26.-An interest
ing story was given out here to-day which
hinges on the gold fever that is just now
so prevalent. Early last fall Isaac Kline
received a proposition through Dr. George
e. Hindley, president Of Huntsville College,
from man named Ladue that would have
been a good one to have taken up with
Ladue had come to the States direct from
British Columbia to raise money for a
scheme which he represented in most glow
ing colors. He was mineralogist, a sur
veyor and something of gold prospector.
He attended college with DR.. Hindey and
had come to him first with the scheme,
which he was certain would make million
aires out of whoever went into it. His story
was this:
British Columbia, clear up into Alaska,
full of miners and prospectors. These
men went out every summer to prospect.
When the storms of winter, which are ter
ribe there, came on they had to return to
the few villages and trading posts of that
country to live until the next spring. They
were improVident, reckless men, a gen.
eral thing, and soon used up all the gold
they had brought with them and became
desperate for money. They would then sell
the claims they had discovered for almost
any price. 1t was this that Ladue wished
to take advantage of. He had been there
long enough to be certain that the coun
try was rich in gold, and that claims had
been located that were fabulously rich. He
wanted a company formed of men who
would put in stated sum of money weekly
for a year, so that he could return with
certainty of having money. He would then
get at low price Kline came back here
and tried to form a company. but did not
succeed and La due left. He went elsewhere
and got backing on the plan above out
lined, and it is stated in the dispatches
that one of the claims bought with that
money yields dirt so rich as to produce
500 of gold to the pail full 1t could have
been owned by Richmond people without
Of trnnhle