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Suicide of \. j. Mundy.

Portland Or, Dee. 9.-Alfred j. Mundy,
am express messenger for Wells-Fargo &
Co.. committed suicide yesterday at his
home near Mount Tabor by blowing the
top of his head off with a revolver Ill
health caused him to take his life Mum
DIV leaves Il wife and three children.
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JUDGE BUCK KILLS HIMSELF.
Associate Justice of Montana SUI
preme Court Commits Suicide.

Butte Mont, Dec. "A special from
Helena to the Miner says: Judge Hor-
ace II. Buck, associate justice of the SUI
rene court of Montana, shot himself
through the right eye at his home in
Lennon, a suburb of Helena. He had
spent the evening with party of friends
at neighbours house, seeming to be very
cheerful Returning home, after chatting
for awhile with his family, he went to
his room and soon afterward the shot
that ended his life was heard. His Wife
ran upstairs and found him lying on
the floor dead. The Judge had been
breaking down in health for some time
and it Is expected he was seized with 4
sudden impulse to end his existence. He
was A years of age and native of Nicks-
burg, Miss, and graduate of Yale He
came to Montana in 1879.
Coroner'S Verdict.
The coroner's jury at Helena returned
verdict of doubt whether Judge Buck
killed himself by accident or design
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record OF THE MINIS
BIG SHIPMENTS FROM kAsL0
A Glance over the Camp ut FLORENCE
Trail of Dead Horses FROM
sl<aguay to the Lnl<es-Drttish 20
Iumbin Properties Bondcd.

November was big month with the
shipping mines and the records oil an
previous Noyembers have been complete
" laid in the shade at kaslo, i. T. \
number of new shippers have joined the
list and the old ones are keeping up the
pace.
The following is list of the mines OF
the SLOGAN that shipped over the ~ y
S. through Kaslo during the month, with
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moi mucb money in circulation. Men who
are staying over there waiting Tor spring
arc hanging ON to their money. look
for n bio rush in the spring by way OF
Skapuav. as l believe its wagon road VIII
enable a man to walk right through to
tba lakes with ease. | am going back to
enoape in business, but shall not 90 as
carly as some The lake won't break up
before the lst of June and if men go up
there sooner they will have to SIT around
in snovstorms and wait Last year the
ice went out May 2S, but the Indians SAID
it was unusually early. 1t often stays IN
until the middle of June.
The Overland.
The Overland. near old Montana City,
Mont has made new STRIKE on the 300
foot level of the mine, in the west drlit,
= chute of ore being encountered l6 feet In
width. large portion of it being thickly
studded with the single standard metal
The discovery was made soon after com
mencing work on the drift, and where the
high grade was supposedly all taken out
last summer. No particular search was
made. orders were simply given TO com
mence work on the drift at the 300 level
and the discovery was made. The Ell
feet of the strike will be far reaching ON
the great gold lode. The Overland peo-
pie are fixing to sink below the water,
w.ich it was found impossible to do with
the present machinery on the NINE. A
new 6O-horse power boiler and No s
Cameron sinking pump is now being
laced in position when the Overland will
be opened to greater depth.
Secured u Bond.
r. j. Mckenzie has bonded the Enter
prise. Anchor and Lake View properties,
in Long Lake camp, b. c., from \. Cam
eron and d. r. Campbell, for $4,000. BY
the terms of the bond no money was paid
down. and the payments extend over one
year with a provision that development
must be prosecuted continuously on the
properties.
AIthctOn Claim Bonded.
An English syndicate has bonded the
Athelton claim, in Wellington camp, b.
c., from Mack brothers, for $4,000, pay
ing 10 per cent in cash, the balance to be
in payments extending over year. The
Atheton is a high grade property, sit
uated close to the Golden Crown mine
English Syndicate.
The English syndicate which is develop
ing the group of claims at the head of
Woodbury. creek, near Nelson, b. c., will
employ force of % men this winter.
There are a number of men at work
building trail to the properties.
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Inc largest inland sea is the Caspian.
between Europe and Asia, being 700 mile.
long and 270 mide.
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The Florence Camp.

The Florence Camp.
Florence is lively camp. There has
been strong movement of capital into
Florence Idaho, this season. Within Il
year it is said Florence will have an ag-
gregate pay roll that will make it one OF
she best mining centers in the state and
there will be six mills running soon in
the camp. A year ago there were but
two running along in desultory fashion.
The Bannel mill started up about three
weeks ago and is doing good work. Cap
tain n. d. Moore will soon have five
stamp mill working on his Blossom and
as that property has yielded thousands of
dollars when worked by hand the cap
tain's company will doubtless find the
product of the mill most profitable. The
Poorman company announces that mill
has been ordered for that property but
it will not be put in place until spring.
The new Hiyu mill will doubtless be in
operation next week and the Waverly
has new fve-stamp mill on the way,
which win replace a two-stamp mill now
derstood, will go to the Bluebird mine,
The mill on the Ozark is running night
and day and is reducing from II to ID
tons of rich ore daily. The pay roll of
the Banner, Waverly and Ozark Compan-
les must be fully $3.50 per day now, with
prospect that it will be increased soon.
Sknguay to Have Wagon Road
Redd Mcdonald of Helena, Mont, has
just returned from visit of several
weeks TO Skaguay, where he has been
hooking over the field with view of en-
saging in business there in the spring
The Skaguay trail was fully as bad as
it was painted said he to Il Spokesman.
Review reortcr. 80 great was the haste
to get across to the lakes that no mar
would stop even to ron a boulder out q
the trail OF to chop of a small tree that
might prove an obstruction. Horses wer,
dubbed until they would Jump over tn,
distractions, and the result of the inhu
manity and extreme hurry was trail o
dead horses from Skaguay to the lakes
1t will be different next year 4 com
Pany with plenty of money is blasting
out as good wagon road as one coul,
wish all the way from Skaguay to tn
lake. 1t will have solid rock founda
tion and there will be no trouble on ac
count OF Swampy ground and loose cordu
roy. A tlamway is also in course of cree
ton to the summit
Il was also at Dyea, and work is jus
beginning on tamway over the wors
of the trail there. Dyea has no harbol
and all the merchandise is unloaded a
Skaguay now and transported across o
barges.
"Skaguay is lively camp, but there
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MOnta ma

A Fort Benton man is said to have re
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r. per cent interest paid on deposits
n Money to lend on easy terms. Man,
u kato Savings Bank. TIA
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Akeul C@stE

underwear, pair of gum boots, pair
of snowshoes, pair of snow glasses. In
addition to this, the prospector's camp
ing outfit should consist of one by 10
wall tent, 1 small Yukon stove with
three lengths of telescope pipe, pans,
kettles and as complete kitchen outfit
as possible.
One of the essentials of the trip is a
Yukon sleigh built of hard wood, shod
with rough steel runners. The sleigh is
feet 3 inches long, but only 16 inches
wide, so built as to be able to track the
snowshoes. The cost is about 81. An
ordinary outfit will weigh about 400
pounds to the man, although as much
as 1, 800 pounds has been taken by one
person across the trail.
Where to Look For Gold.
Experienced miners say there is no
such thing as a conservative, reliable
estimate of the gold to be produced dur
ing the coming year. In the Klondike
region alone are numerous creeks, such
as Bonanza, Indian, Ell Dorado, Hunter
and Bear, and up to the date ON which
latest news came from Klondike no
claims had been located on these creeks
more than three miles above their
mouths. Returning miners say that not
less than 5000 claims could be located
under the laws of the Northwest Terri
tories on these creeks alone, but whether
they would be as rich as those already
prospected is a matter of conjecture.
The Klondike is but one of the many
hundreds of tributaries of the Yukon,
and each of its tributaries has it's in
Vulnerable creeks with gold bearing
soil On some Of these tributaries, such
as Forty Mile, Sixty Mile and the old
Porcupine, claims have been worked for
four or five years and miners have
averaged $40 per day. But such results
are not considered worthy of attention
in Alaska, because the season is very
short and men with rich claims are
eager to pay $15 for labor.
AS far as any thorough prospecting
is concerned, the basin of the Yukon
has hardly been entered. The main
river winds through distance of more
than 5000 miles, and it's tributaries
vary in length from 60 to 800 miles,
and until the present season not more
than 5000 miners had entered the
basin. Hundreds and hundreds of square
miles are absolutely unknown. The Yu-
kon basin contains an extent of terri
tory fully equal to all the mining dis
tricts of the Pacific coast and the Rocky
mountains put together. Accordingly
there are unbounded possibilities of fur
Their rich discoveries, because the con-
ditions and the character of the entire
basin are similar to the Klondike.
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streams the Yukon opens before them.
They are 2,O44 miles from the mouth
Of the great stream.
Through a Bleak Region.
They travel down the Yukon ter
miles and cross the Stuart river.
Twenty miles farther, and they are al
Sixty Mile post. For over 60 miles
more they meet nothing that even the
map makers have dignifed with q
name. The stream flows through as
bleak region as the most daring ex,
plorers ever entered. Then Fort Reli-
ance, small, most insignificant post,
is passed. There is nothing to eat there.
The river carries the miners on tc
Forty Mile post, As miles away. Re,
cent events have made this post a small
settlement, but the most foolhardy pros,
pectors will not expect to secure pro,
visions there unless they have more
money than they need, and all need
money in the north. Nearly a mile
from Forty Mile post is Fort Cudahy,
but the travellers receive hardly the en-
couragement of a passing salutation.
For 40 miles more the way is barren,
and then Circle City appears.
A year ago Circle City was the most
important town in the interior. 1t then
had a population of 800 people, but
more. 1t is S98 miles from juneau
and is the first place where provisions
may be obtained at anything but pro-
hibitory prices. If the travellers need
food, they buy it at Circle City and pay
what the storekeepers choose to ask.
After leaving Circle City $50 miles
more must be travelled before the object
Of all the journey, Klondike and its
river, is reached. At the point where
the Klondike river meets the Yukon a
new city, Dawson, has risen like an
apparition. There the travellers will
meet thousands who, like themselves,
are in search of gold.
But after the long trip has been made
the prospectors must rest in idleness. II
has taken them an entire season to reach
the mines. The rivers and the lakes are
locked in ice behind them. The noun
tains are covered with snow, and the
white mantle is over everything around
them. They are on the other side of a
terrible barrier that shuts them out
from civilization, and they must wait
for another season, when the snow and
the ice melt and they can look for what
they are seeking.
How Far 1t Is to Klondike.
Here is table of distances with San
Francisco as starting point. When
you start, just paste it in your hat, and
you will know just how much farther
you must go at any stage of the journey:
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July1, 6, 16, %, 80, Aug. 6, 10

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County. of Blue
= Earth, In District Court Sixth judicial
District
plaintiff, VS.. George W. Thoms and Henry G..
Thoms, defendants.
SUMMONS.
The State of Minnesota to the above named
defendants:
You, George W Thoms and Henry G. Thoms,
are hereby summoned and required to answer
titled action, which is hereto attached and
herewith served on you, and to serve copy of
your answer to said complaint upon the sub
scribers, lat their Office in the city hall building
in the City of Mankato, said county and state,
within twenty days after the service of this
summons on you exclusive of the day of such
service, and If you fail to answer the said COM
plant within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff
will take judgment against you and each of you
for the sum of Nine Thousand Dollars with in
terest thereon from and since the 8th day of
October, A. D. 1895, at the rate of per cent per
annum, less Two Hundred Dollars paid Novem-
Der 18th, 1895; One Hundred and Fifty Dollars
Fifty Dollars paid January It'll, 1895 Two Hun;
bred and Fifty-Eight and 6S-10O Dollars paid
February 18th, 1896; One Hundred and Fifty
and Fifty Dollars paid M March cip Sist 1886 One
Hundred and Fifty Dollars paid April 3Oth,
1896; One Hundred and Fifty Dollars paid June
End, 1895; One Hundred and Fifty Dollars
paid July Bird, 1896; One Hundred and Fifty
Dollars paid August 1st 1896: One Hundred
and Fifty Dollars paid September 1st 1896:
One i HUNDRED and Fifty Dollars paid October
LIST, 1896; One Hundred and Fifth Dollars paid
November 1st, 1896; One Hundred and Fifty
Dollars paid December 18th, 1896; One Hun
d G6os and Fifty Dollars paid January End,
1897 One Hundred and Fifty Dollars paid
February 4th, 1897; one Hundred and Fifty
Dollars paid March 3rd, 1897: One Hundred
and and Fifty Dollars paid April End, 1897 One
Hundred and Fifty Dollars paid May 9th, 1897,
and One Hundred and Fifty Dollars paid June
18th, 1867, and for his costs and disbursements
herein.
Dated at Mankato, Blue Earth County, Mime
sofa, June 18TH 1897.
PAU g. PAU,
Attorneys for said Plaintiff, City Hall Build
ing, Mcnkato, Blue Earth County. Minnesota.
To the defendant Henry G. Ihoms, in the above
entitled action:
The complaint in the above entitled action
was filed In the office of said clerk of said court
on the Sth day of July, A. D.. 1897.
PFAU & PAU,
Attorney for said Plaintiff, City Hall Build
ing, Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
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july 80, Aug 6, ID,
ORDER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS.

ORDER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth.-ss. In Probate Court, Special
Term, July %, 1897.
In the matter of the estate of Simon
Olsen, deceased.
Letters of administration on the estate of said
deceased being this day granted unto Obey G.
Olson, of said county;
1t is ordered that all claims and demands OF
all persons against said estate be presented to
this court for examination and allowance, at
the Probate Office in the City of Mankato in
said Blue Earth county, on the following day
viz On Monday, the 2Sth day of February
1898, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon OF that day.
1t is further ordered that seven months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors to pre-
sent their claims against said estate, at the ex-
piration of which time all claims not presented
to said court or not proven to it's satisfaction,
shall be forever barred unless for cause shown
further time be allowed.
Ordered further, that notice OF the time and
place of the hearing and examination of said
claims and demands shall be given by publica.
ton of this order for three successive
weeks prior to the day appointed for such ex-
animation in the Mankato Free Press, a
weekly newspaper printed and published at
the city of Mankato in said county
Dated at the City of Mankato the 23d day OF
July, A. D. 1897.
By the Court:
Seal OF Probate Court.l GEO. W. MEAD,
Judge of Probate.
lie. Porter,
Attorney for Administrator.
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take their lives in their hands as they
travel over mountains, into canyons,
across dreary wastes of snow and down
treacherous streams to the mines. AS
one travels his perilous way he must
carry his own outfit and provisions. If
fortune does not favor the prospeotor,
he will find himself in desolate re-
gion, where those who have food to
sell will sell only at fabulous prices for
cash.
The Overland Route to the Klondike.
The route taken by 90 per cent of the
prospectors is by steamer to Juneau and
thence inland. When the miner leaves
Juneau, town of 1900 inhabitants,
he leaves everything but his own re-
sources and self reliance behind. He
may purchase his outfit where he
leases, but if he buys it at Juneau it
will cost him from $50 to $3.50. The
fare from Juneau to Dyea, distance OF
100 miles, is from Sc to $40. The dis
lance is made by steamer, the traveller
passing Haines Mission, or Chilkat, on
the way.
At Dyea, which is at the head of
Chilkat inlet, the prospector leaves the
last vestige of civilization behind. He
shoulders his pack, hires his pack train
and starts for the snow covered noun
tains. Experience has proved that the
best time to start is in the middle OF
March. 1t is then easier to move on
sledges or to go with the pack train of
natives
Those who know urge that prospect
ors go in parties of four or five, for in
these numbers they may tighten their
burdens aud economize in materials
that all may use in common. This is of
the greatest Importance, for it costs IA
cents pound to hire natives to carry
provisions from Dyea to the head of
Lake Lindeman. This short journey is
one of the worst stages of the route.
The way is over desolate, wild, noun
famous country to the summit of Chill
kat pass. Part of the journey may be
made by canoe, but most of it is on foot
or in sleighs. The distance between
the two points is only % miles, b.
three days must pass before it is tr
ersed.
Must Build a Boat at Lake Lindeman.
At Lake Lindeman the way becomes
comparatively easier, although at all
stages the strength of the hardest is
taxed to the greatest degree. But first
the journeying prospectors must build
a boat The craft must be substantial,
for the ice is breaking and death turks
at every point in the trip through the
lake. 1t is for this reason that the min
ers are sure to remind inquirers that at
least one member Of the prospecting
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party must know something about prac-
tical bodybuilding. Lake Lindeman is
four miles long. When the end is reach
ed, the boat must be dragged on the re-
sisting ground for over a mile to the
next waterway, Lake Bennett.
At this point the prospectors must
paddle their craft for many miles. When
the foot of Lake Bennett has been
reached, the boat is dragged from the
water and lifted on sleigh as the Indian
pack train starts off for the Caribou
crossing, three miles away.
Dangers of White Horse Rapids.
After leaving Caribou crossing the
the foot of Lake Tagish, II miles away.
The waterway then becomes better, al
though the party will meet with series
of dangerous rapids before it has pro-
crossed very far. The lakes, however,
afford an easy passage, as the season
will by this time have been advanced
and the ice have broken up. Lake Marsh
is traversed with little difficulty. 1t
ends only to present to the travellers
the dangers and hidden terrors of deep
canyon.
Beyond the canyon are the White
Horse rapids and the Tahkeena river,
which opens into Lake le Barge, 256
miles from Juneau. The Hootalinqua
river, Cassiar bar, Big Salmon river
and Little Salmon river, the Five Fin
ger rapids and the Rink rapids are
passed in slow procession. When the
Rink rapids have been reached, the pros
pectors have travelled $50 miles from
Juneau.
The Rink rapids extend for over 50
miles, and it is impossible for boat Of
any kind, much less one that a prospect
or may build, to live in them. The
craft must be dragged mile after mile,
a heavy task on failing strength and
endurance. The men who venture into
the icefields risk much for the gold they
seek.
At last they reach the Pelly river,
the most important point thus far in
their long journey. They have now
only to fear for want of supplies and a
weakening of their powers of endur-
ance. They travel down the Pelly river
for 90 miles, until they reach the White
river. At the confluence Of the two
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July Is % 80
ORDER FOR HEARING AND NOTICE OF
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
DMTNTSTR ATOR
July Is % so

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
~ Earth, IS: In Probate Court. Special
term, July II, 1897.
In the matter of the estate of Christian
Sodaman, deceased.
Sodaman, of Mcpherson in said county,
representing among other things, thatChristian
Sodaman late of the Town of Mcpherson
on the 18th day of November, A. D. 1887, at
said town of Mankato died intestate,
and being an inhabitant of this county
at the time of his death, leaving goods, chat
tells and estate within this county and that the
said petitioner is the widow of said
deceased, and praying that administration
of said estate be to her, said Mary Sodaman,
granted:
1t is ordered, that said petition be heard be-
fore this, court on Monday, the 9th day of
August, A. D. 1897, at 10 o'clock a. m, at the
probate office in the city of Mankato, in said
county
Ordered further, that notice thereof be given
to the heirs of said deceased, and to all persons
interested, by publication of this order once in
each week, for three successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing, in the Mankato Free Press
weekly newspaper printed and published in
the City of Mankato in said County.
Dated at the City of Mankato, the 18th day
of July, A. D., 1897
By the Court:
lsEALl GEO. W. MEAD,
Judge of Probate.
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FACTS ABOUT
THE kLoNDIKE.
How to Reach the Goldfields OF
the Yukon.
ROUTES DESCRIBED IN DETAIL.

What the Prospector Should Take With
Him When He Starts Into the Frozen
Wilderness at Juneau-Plenty of Provi
sions and Lots of Pluck the Chief Requi,
sites--where to Look For a Good Claim
After He Gets There.
If you are thinking of seeking your
fortune in tire frozen goldfields along
the Klondike, here are a few facts
which will be of interest to you:
In the first place don't start for Seat
tie tomorrow. 1t is already too late to
60 into the goldfields this season, and
the earliest practicable start you can
make from juneau, which is over 1000
lies from Dawson City, will be the
iddle of next March. If you start
hen, you must take what is called "the
poor mans route" which lies overland
across icy mountains, inland waters
and barren wastes to the headwaters of
the Yukon.
The other way is an all water route.
You take all ocean steamer to St. Mi
chael's island at the mouth of the
Yukon and go up the great stream on
river boats. But this route is very ex-
pensive, and as navigation in the Yu-
kon does not open until we'll along in
the spring il will not be used by those
in hurry to get to the mines.
Those who penetrate into the ice and
snow must be rugged and hardy. They
must be able TO endure the pains of
dangerous travel and the chances that
fortune brings. They must have money
and courage, and even then they will