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THIS ONE IN COLORADO.

Rich Finds Reported In the Old Silver
Cliff Camp.
SILVER CLIFF, Colo, July 26.-If a
find which has just been made here
turns out as expected, Colorado may
have Klondyke Of it's own, and this
old Custer county camp will take on a
new life. Discovery was made by
James Foulke, a well known Custer
county man, who has been looking over
the ground about mile southwest Of
town, and near the waterworks. Foulke
got out some quartz rock, heavily
charged with sylvanite. The rock
showed some fine gold. It was brought
to town and tested. Some Of the syl-
vanite was roasted and brought out
great gold nuggets. News of this dis
covery quickly spread, and within few
hours there was rush to the new dig
gings. A dozen claims were taken up
before night, and the whole Of Silver
Cliff seems to be going to: the scene Of
the find. The new camp is directly be-
tween the Zoo and Rattlesnake moun-
tain camps.
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NOT SO FAVORABLE.
Week ~ the Northwest Witnesses Do.
cline in Wheat Condition..

Week ~ the Northwest Witnesses . Do.
cline in Whsst Conditions.
ST.. PAUL, July 27.-1n its weekly an
alysis of the wheat situation In Mime.
sofa and the Dakotss the Pioneer Press
says: u...t :0r.
The week in Minnesota and the two
Dakotas has not been 20 favorable to
wheat on the whole as 1t might have
been. Numerous reports from the Red
river valley indicate quite extensive
damage from excessive rains. Grain on
low land Is flooded aud even that on the
uplands suffered more or less, as q
heavy rain accompanied the drenching
rain in some localities. The injury in
the Red river valley, however, would
have been much more severe II
the days following the rain had
not been cold and breezy
thus preventing the damage by rust, OF
which there was grave apprehension.
Moreover, the rain which has made the
moisture In the Red river country exces'
sive was badly needed and proved very
beneficial throughout South Dakota. In
North Dakota it was also beneficial.
Thus the Red river damage was par
TALLY balanced. 1t also proved beneh'
cial to the southern counties OF this
state, drowning ont the chinch bugs in
some localities where they were numer.
GUS and busy. Chinch bugs south OF
the Blue river, Hessian fly and blight
are also repOrted.
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THE NEW TARIFF BILL.

Omcials Decide It Went Into Eject a
Midnight July 10.
WASHINGTON, July 27.-The secretary
Of the treasury holds that the new tariff
at was in effect at the beginning of the
day on which it received the approval
Of the president, and therefore became
operative after midnight Of Friday, July
2S. Assistant Secretary Howell sent
the following telegram to collectors of
customs:
department holds that new tariff
law covers and includes all customs
business of July 24th."
Later in the day, formal circular OF
instructions covering more fully the de-
partment's views on the subject was
printed and mailed to all customs COL
lectors. The opinion of the attorney
general has not been requested on the
matter, the department holding that
the question Is Of sufficient Importance
to justify them in taking it to the courts
for final determination, independent Of
what the views Of law officers of the
government might be as to the merits
of the case,
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CONFLICT is FEARED.

Crisis Reached In the Iron and Steel
Strike at Scottdsle, Pa.
ScorTDALE, Pa, July 27.-The crisis
in the Scottdale iron and steel strike
will be reached soon. A batch OF new
men have arrived and they express a
determination to go to work. The strik'
ers' committee labored with them un-
successfully and when they reported
the result of their interview to the idle
men the excitement became intense.
Armed deputies are on guard about the
mill property and orders have been is'
sued to arrest any person who trespasses.
Both sides seem to be preparing for q
conflict which nearly everybody expects
and fears.
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1oEURoPEAN ARBITRATION.

Sultan Must Agsee to Submit All Differ
ia y encss Arising With Greece.
/, CoSsrANrINoPLE, July 27.-At the
days sittings Of the peace conference
the ambassadors presented the peace
preliminaries drafted by the powers.
which provide for European arbitration
Of any differences that may arise be-
tween the Greek and Turkish plenipo-
tentiaries in arranging . definitive
treaty. It Is stated that the powers will
insist upon the acceptance by the porte
of this provision and its reception, there
fore, by the sultan will be highly sig'
ni6cant. -.
81" The desire Of Germany to institute a
European control Of Greek finances still
hampers the settlement OF the indem'
nitv question.
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ENJOlNED DEBS, ct Al.
Circuit Court 1T Fairsnont Prevents ".a-
reference" With Miners.

Circuit Court 1t Fair'nont Prevents ".a-
reference" With Miners.
FA1RMoNr, W. Va, July 27.-The
Monongah Coal company, Senator j.
N. Camden's 8 plant, and the West Fair
mont Coal company, Ex-Governor flem'
ing's plant, have gotten out an inlunc'
ton before the circuit court restraining
Eugene V. Debs, ct al, from interfer-
ing with their men. The ct ais take
in Mahon, Rea, Crosslet, Miller and
over 100 miners, and all of these can
not now hold meetings on the COM
pany's grounds or on the roads leading
there and cannot interfere with the
men in any way. Intimidation and
threats are mentioned and miners can
not now loaf around the grounds.
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FA,RMONT MINERS WORKING

Appeals of the Labor Leaders Had No Ap-
parent Eject.
FA1RMoNT, w. Va, July 27.-The
strike in this district, which Ratchford
predicted would be general Monday,
has proved a fat failure. After days OF
vigorous effort by Debs, Mahon, Goslet,
Miller and Ratchford, eliminating Sum
day with mass meetings in many
places, the miners at Fairmont remain
unshaken. A canvass of the situation
shows the New England, CASTOR, Mon
tana and West Fairmont and Briar Hill
Watson mines, with 1000 men, are all
working. The only break came when
30 of the Hutchinson mine force quit.
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Terrible Tale of Suffering and
Privation Related by a Re-
turned Miner.
Two Thousand Graves at klon-
dyke Cover Victims OF
Starvation.
Richest Section Of Alaska, He
Says, Has Yet to Be
Developed.

GREAT FALLS, Mon., July 2S.-Frank
Moss, an old time miner in this section
who four years ago was one OF party
Of Americans to first visit the Klondyke
country, has returned and tells story
of horrors and starvation seldom
eoualled. He describes Klondyke as
placer camp seven miles long and th1r.
teen miles wide located in sink walled
in by boulders Of rock 5000 feet high
Gold, he says, abounds in abundance
but no ordinary man can stand the
hardships of the uncivilized region
When Moss left here four years ago he
was a sturdy follow over feet tau'
From hardships and privation he is a
cripple for life and badly broken in
health. In three years he saw over
1000 graves made in the Klondyke
basin, a large majority Of whom died
from starvation. The steamship com
panies bring in ell food and allow NO
private importation. Consequently it Is
not uncommon to go for weeks with but
q scant supply and for days without IT,
Divided Dead Mems Dust.
The gold brought in lat week to
Seattle, Moss says, does not represent
the findings of individual shippers, but
a large portion of it was confiscated
from the effects Of those 1000 miners
who fell a prey to tho hardships. AT
the death of man possessed of dust his
body is buried without coffin and the
dust divided among those who care fol
him. With proper reliefs established
by the government Moss says gold can
be taken out at the rate of $2,OCO,OO0 a
month.
The riehest section Of Alaska, Moss
says, is as yet undeveloped. 1t is 100
miles from Klondyke and known as the
Black Hole of Calcutta. 1t is inhabited
by ex-convicts Of Bohemia, and murder
and riot takes the place Of law and
order.
Moss returned with 5000 in dust and
leaves at once for his old home at Du'
buque, Ia., where he will spend the bal
ance of his years.
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HANNA ON ARBITRATION.

seys He Favors Any Plan That VIII Bot
ter the Mems Condition.
P1TTsBURa, July Ex-senator Hanna
was in the city during the day. In
speaking Of the efforts to settle the
strike by arbitration, he said: "1am in
favor of any plan that will better the
condition Of the men; that is the main
point of the situation. That their con-
dition needs betterment everybody
knows, and I will give my hearty sup
port and cooperation to any movement
looking toward that end. Present meth
ods are in many respects inadequate,
uniformity is lacking, and that is some-
thing have always advocated"
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NO BRITISH FEDERATION

Conferences Between Chamberlain and
Colonial Prs,nisrs Without Result.
LONDON, July 27.-The Standard pub
fishes long account Of the principal
conference between Mr.. Chamberlain,
the colonial secretary, and colonial pre-
miers, which confirms the dispatch al.
ready sent out aud in addition an.
nounces the abandonment of the Pacific
cable scheme.
The St. James Gazette commenting
upon this account says: The substance
Of the whole thing is that the colonial
officials have decided to leave matters
about as they were. There is no deny.
ing that this is somewhat disappointing.
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Many PrOteats Filed.

New YORK, July ~. When Collector
of Customs Bidwell made formal an
nouncement that duties at Dingley law
rates would be collected on goods en-
tered on Saturday, many protests were
at once filed by importers Of goods en-
tering on that day. These goods ar
rived by the Normannia from Hamburg,
the Paris from Southampton and the
Umbria from Liverpool, and the duties
will make the loss to importers about
S3OO. 900.
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IT PLEASES CAN0VAS
Spanish Premier Comments on
the Failure of Belligerency
Resolutions.
liners That Mckinley ls Little
Disposed to Listen to "Yan-
kee Jingoes."
Due Attention to Be Given to
Demands for Indemnity In
Certain Cases.

~0t SeAS1I ~eA90os
NEW YORK, July 97.-A dispatch TO
The World from San Sebastian, Spain,
says: On learning that the United
States congress adjourned without
adopting the resolutions in favor Of
granting belligerent rights to the Gu
ban insurgents, Premier Canovas said
he inferred that President Mckinley Is
as little disposed as was his predecessor
to listen to the yankee jingoes" in
their campaign against Weyle1 and
Spain. Senior Canovas added that the
Spanish government will give due at
tention to the American demands for
indemnity in special cases like those Of
Delgado and the widow Ruiz, and has
granted liberty to American citizens ar
rested in Cuba.
The premier has frequent conferences
with the Duke Of Tetuan, Spain's for
eign minister, and Calderon Carlisle,
tho American counsel for the Spanish
legation in Washington, who drew up q
long memorial on the subject II Alibus.
tering expeditions and the similarity of
such cases to precedents the United
States put on record in the Alabama
affair.
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WITNESSED By THOUSANDS.
Steamer City of Mexico Leaves Seattle TO
the Gold Country.

Steamer City of Mexico Leaves Seattle for
the Gold Country.
SEATTLE, WASH, July 26.-No greater
crowd ever assembled on the wharves
of Seattle than that which witnessed
the departure of the steamer City of
Mexico for Dyea. On the Mexico were
26s passengers who left to seek their
fortunes in the Klondyke.
A conservative estimate says there
were fully 5000 people on the wharves.
In addition to her passengers the Mex
leo carried 1900 tons Of freight, consist.
ing entirely Of outfits Of the gold seek
ers. She has on board 48 horses to be
used in packing the supplies over the
Chilooot pass from Dyes to Lake Lin
derman. yr 49,. ! Lt} - b.
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HannR'S Manager Not CONFIDENT.
CLEVELAND, O., July 27.-Mr. Thomas
E. Young, the manager of M. A. Hanna
& Co., does not feel in very hopeful
mood over the conference of operators
at Pittsburg. He says the outlook is
most discouraging for settlement.
All the Cleveland operators will attend
the conference, and they express them
selves as eager for settlement upon
some satisfactory agreement. The coal
supply is low.
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.lrmanil i'm Prison.

BISMARCK, July 27.-August Nor
maud, the murderer Of the Hillestad
children in Grand Forks county, was
brought to the state penitentiary during
the day and turned over to the authori-
ties. He makes the 18th ifer in the in.
stitution for murder.
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CLAIMED BY ARKELL.

leslie Expedition Said to Have Discovered
the Klondyke Field.
NEW YORK, July 23.-W.J j. Arkell OF
sthe Arkell Weekly company of this city
announced that he expected to claim
= the gold fields in the Klondyke district
by right of discovery for the estate Of E.
J. Glave. Glave was the explorer who
headed the expedition to Alaska in
lsaQ-9l, organized by w. J. Arkeu OF
LeAie's Weekly,
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washed Out 3 Mile of Track.

MILWAUKEE, July PA special to
The Evening Wisconsin from Genwood,
Wis, says the storm washed out 9
mile of track on the Wisconsin Central
at that place, delaying an excursion
train 12 hours. Wagon bridges in all
directions are also washed out.
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SITUATION IN GERMANY.

English Newspaper Comment ON the De-
feat of Emperor william.
LONDON, July 27.-The English news
papers devote a good deal Of space to
the situation in Germany and record
with thinly disguised satisfaction the
defeat Of the emperor in the Prussian
diet over the law Of associations bill.
The Globe says: The struggle in
which Emperor William has just been
defeated is q conflict between himself
and his people. 1t is to be wished,
rather than confidently anticipated,
that he may have the wisdom to accept
his discontinue with dignity and good
temper.
The Pail Mall Gazette says: The
vote is significant rebuff. But Fred.
erick the Great always had his way and
hind. The little facts that there is no
Frederick the Great, and universal suf.
frage exists in Germany and Prussia,
and that people will talk nowadays do
not count.
The Westminster Gazette says: The
kaiser has had very nasty check In his
own country. It is strong protest
against the attempt to place power in
the hands of the ofdcialdom at the ex.
pense Of civil liberty.
The St. James Gazette says: The
Germans will stand q good deal Of
dragooning, but there are limits. They
won't be treated like Russians and
Turks,
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Output at Fairmont Increasing.

Output at Fairmont Increasing.
WHEELING, w. Va, July H.
Though the strike leaders deny the re-
ports that the efforts for general strike
in the Fairmont region are failure,
the coal that is coming to Wheeling
from Fairmont on the Baltimore and
Ohio and sent West and to the lakes by
the three coal carrying roads centering
here shows that the output at Fairmont
is increasing.
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One Dead, Two Seriously Wounded.

One Dead, Two Seriously Wounded.
P1rTsroN, Pa, July 27.-A number Of
Polanders were drinking in saloon
near here, when a quarrel arose and
Charles Milisky was shot dead by An
drew Jovarosky. The latter was caught
bv the crowd aud beaten numerically
with clubs, stones and fists. He man.
aged to reach his home, and, seizing
shotgan, fired into the crowd, seriously
wou,lding Antony Narcoalich and
Michael Solinsky.
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Big Four Appeals.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 27.-M. E. Ingalls,,
president Of the Big Four railroad, made
a personal plea to the state board of tax
commissioners for reduction of $2,-
600, 900 in the valuation placed upon the
system 2 property in Indiana. The Big
-Four, he said, was now paying in taxes
6 per cent of its gross earnings and Is
per cenb of it's net earnings.
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The Pope and Arbitration.

The Pope and Arbitration.
LONDON, July ~. The Rome CORE
spondent of the Pail Mall Gazette says
th:ss in spite of the entense heat the
pope is in his usual state of health. In
deed he is feeling much better than he
felt last winter. He is again directing
special attention to the question of in
ternational arbitration, which he con-
siders matter appertaining peculiarly
to the papacy.
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Rainy River High.

WINNIPEG, July 27.-A Fort Francis
correspondent says the water In the
Rainy zlver is the highest known in
years. A log boom containing 7,o00,-
600 feet of logs, has broken loose and
the timber is jammed 20 feet high in
the rivlu.
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Bound for tho Klondyks Region.

Bound for the KlOndyko Region
SEATTLE, WASH, July 24.-The steam
ship Queen sailed for Alaska during the
day, carrying 41s passengers, Of whom
l6S were from Seattle bound for the
Klondyke gold fields. The others were
Christian Endeavor excursionists going
to Dyea. The steamer carried 400 tons
of freight, consisting of baggage and
proYi9one,
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Pilgrimage to Sc. Anne.

SARXsoaA, N. T., July 27.-A special
train a IA cars loaded with French
Cansd1An Roman Catholics passed
through here at midnight ON the annual
ualarimage to the shrine Of Sc. Anne de-
Beaupge, IN Canada
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whn1ebacks for the Yukon.

WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, July 24.-lt IS
said that the American Steel Barge
campany has arranged with syndicate
interested in the Alaskan gold fields to
construct several small vessels on the
whaleback plan to navigate the Yukon.
Arrangements are being made to open
the shipyards Of the company at Ever
EFT, Wash, and the extensive plant at
West Superior may be used to get oue
somp of these little ships.
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Thousanas OF Acres Ruined.

EUREKA, s. D., July 27.-A tremen'
dous hailstorm struck this section, caus-
in9 vast loss. The hail over Eureka
broke window lights and damaged all
grain. There is total loss in a strip four
miles wide and about ten miles long,
ahout 28. 900 acres,
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Ov.r . Hundred Shops Affected.

NEW YORK, July 27.-Two thousand,
three hundred garmentworkers went ON
strike during the day. One hundred
and twenty-five shops in this city and
Broaklyn are affected
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Tried TO seixe Q Train.

! ST. LOUIS, July 27.-One hundred OF
the marching strikers who are operat-
ing under the leadership Of Bradley, .
Coxeyite, tried to seize an Illinois Gem
tral freight train at Belleville, Ills.
They were driven off by q sherfh's
POSSE.
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4racewell for Comptroller.

WASHINGTON, July 27.-The president
has decided to appoint Hon. Robert J.
Ttaoewen of Indiana for the position Of
comptroller Of the treasury. The ap-
pointment, it is said at the White
House, is entirely one of merit, Mr..
Traoewell being selected because Of bis
f3ue lesal attainments. e ~. 5ul.,
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Curxon's Answer to Hogan.

LONDON, July 27.-In the house Of
commons the under secretary for for
eien affairs, the Hon. George N. Cur.
zon, replying to Mr.. James France
Hogan, anti -Parnellite member for Mid
Tipperary, who asked if the Clayton
Bulwer treaty was considered of bind
ing force by Great Britain and the
United States as bearing upon the an.
r.xatiou of tho S.U..w:cn islaLds Dy
the latter, said the trea,y contained no
agreement recognized by either power
affecting Hawaii.
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Slot Machines Not Gam bling Devices.
SPRINGFIELD. No., July 27.-Judge
McAfee, in his charge to the grand jury,
held that slot machines are not gambling
devices, and intimated that any such
indictments brought about by the min
listers alliance, which is pushing q
crusade against the machines, would be
uuasha2.
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jAn.r = Three Year,, Shutdown.

LOUISVILLE, July 27.-The Avery
plow factory resumed operations Mon
day after a three years. shutdown, Civ.
ing employment to 1000 men. One
thousaua additional workmen will be
given employment gradually in the fu,
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Terrific Hail and Hurrieans.

OMAHA, Neb., July 27.--specials from
interior points give accounts Of terrific
hail storms in various actions Of Ne
hsaska. At Franklin lie wind blow .
hurricane. Several houses were un.
rooted and grain elevator was de-
atroyed.
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Fatal rami1y Quarrel

KxoKuK, Ia, July 27.-Three weeks
ago Alphonse Robbins and his wife
ouarreled and since lived apart. Mon.
day Robbins killed his wife by shoot.
ing her with pistol.
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-, Widows Claim tho Estate,

Sara Rosa, Cal, July a7.-Two
widows appeared at Judge Burnott's
court during the afternoon, each striv-
Ing foy the estate Of Joseph Baohelder,
. GpaGnville capitalist. Bachelder
came from Wisconsin many years ago.
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No Goa, Famine at Pittsbur9.

P1rTsBURG, July 27.-Judging by the
present state Of the local coal market, a
famine in fuel is not likely to occur
even though the strike should last sew
eral months longer. AS a matter Of
fact, the market is overstocked and de-
mand has only slightly increased.
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wiu Blow Up the Pewabio.

A1pzxA, Mich, July s7.-An hope Of
bringing the long lost steamer Pewsbic
70 the surface has been abandoned, and
tho wreck will be blown mp in order to
bettar secure the cargo by the divers.
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Steamship Companies Unable
to Accommodate the Rush
to the New EIdorado.
People Lucky Enough to Secure
Berths Offered Big Bonus-
ca for the Tickets. ..~:y
Great Crowds at Seattle Wit.
ness the Departure Of the
Fortune Hunters,

SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.-The desire
Of the gold.struck throng to reach the
diggings in the Klondyke district re-
sembles for all the world the craze Of
the Westerners to reach California in
"the days Of old and land OF gold"
There is little or no method in this long.
ing of the masses to reach the Eldorado
in the great unknown territory OF the
Northwest.
People who have had no experience in
mining, or have undergone none of the
hardships incident to such q journey
as will follow trip to the Yukon coun-
try are clamoring for passage and strain
ing every nerve to secure funds neces-
sary on which to make the trip. Many
are making sacrifices in order to visit
the land that promises so much. Every
steamship Office in this city is e.
Literally Overrun With People
seeking information concerning the
Klondyke country. Those who have the
money do not hesitate to pay for the
passage, trusting, in many i' 'tances, to
cord luck to give thcm food Oh which
to subsist the coming winter. The Ex-
c. sior, which leaves on Wednesday
ntxt, has full passenger list, but big
bonuses are being offered every day for
a berth in the vessel. The steamer Um.
atilla left during the morning with 200
passengers and full cargo of provis-
ions. She goes to Port Townsend, where
she connects with the City Of Topeka.
sailing direct to juneau. The Topeka,
which is scheduled to leave Seattle early
next week, has already more passengers
than is permitted by law. The same is
true of the George w. Elder, which is
scheduled to leave July 30. The people
at Seattle are
Begging the Steamship Officers
to provide them with transportation.
The steamer Cleveland, chartered us an
extra vessel by the Northwestern Trad
ing company, sailed during the night
for Seattle, where she will discharge
part of her cargo and take on supplies
and passengers for Alaska. About half
Of her passenger list from this city is
booked for Alaska and she will be full
to the limit, leaving Seattle for the
North, it is probable, with 500 passen-
gers.
More people are anxious to go to
Alaska and the Yukon country than
can possibly be accommodated at the
present time. It is believed by many
that the vessels now fitting at San
Francisco and destined for Dawson City
by way of st. Michaels will. not reach
the former place before the freeze up.