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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-20
FOREIGN NEWS.

1t is telegraphed from Berlin that a
treaty of friendship and commerce be-
tween Germany and the Orange Free
State has been signed.
The Presbyterian synod at Sunder-
land, England, has decided to ignore
the heresy charges against Ian Ma
claren," the author of Beside The
Bonnie Brier Bush"
The French language is now forbid
den to be used in Alsace-L Lorraine in
public speeches and several speeches
have been dissolved upon that account.
The matter will be raised in the
Reichstag, it being claimed that the
prohibition is illegal.
The position of the British bicycle
industry is regarded with anxiety.
American competition is increasing
while the general demand is very dull.
British exports have fallen more than a
quarter. a reduction of the British out.
put is impending. and the shares of
che bicycle companies are dwindling.
SuC VI tno InOSb uOIIlUlo ulsdsbSTs
that the newspapers of the civilized
world have had to recor since the
burning of the Brooklyn, N. Y,
theater, is that of the burning at Paris,
France, of temporary wooden struc-
ture in the Rue Jean Goujon. where
was being held a bazaar for charity.
The fair was under the patronage OF
the aristocraoy of the French capital,
and the list of the 200 or more dead
reads like page from the "Almanach
de Gotha." The structure in which
the fair was held was huge, but
flimsy building. cut up into booths
decorated with light and highly imam
mable material. No one seems tC
know how the fire started. There
was puff of smoke. and in an instant
the great throng in the building be
came panic.stricken. There was /
rush for the exits. Women of tn,
highest rank were trampled under
foot in the mad rush for the doors
The dresses of others ignited. Their,
was no response to cries for assistance
They were burned to death almost il
their tracks. The firemen and police
have taken out the bodies of many O
the dead. Nearly 200 were badly in
jured, and many of these will die o
their injuries.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-20

Judging from the present condition
of the canned goods market, the Bal
timore packers of canned peaches are
exceedingly shortsighted. Reference
(says the Grocery World has been
made to this in previous issues and
the truth of the statements made is
becoming more apparent every day.
The condition which at present further
demonstrates the shoItsightedness of
the Baltimore packers is the fact that
the only demand for canned peaches
In Philadelphia is at present almost
exclusively for the California variety,
upon which SO cents per 100 pounds
freight must be paid as against the
Baltimore peaches, upon which only
cents per 100 pounds freight is
charged. In other words, the Phila-
dlephia trade would rather go clear to
the Pacific Coast to buy canned
peaches, standing the additional ex-
pense which that involves, than buy
the Baltimore product, which is right
at their door.
The cause of this peculiar situation
is the fact that Baltimore packers
persistently neglect quality. Instead
OF packing their peaches in syrup,
using care in their preparation and in
the selection of proper stock, as the
California packers do, the Baltimore
people use indifferent peaches, can
them in water with but small guam
tity OF sugar, and throw them in the
can in any old way. The result Of this
shortsightedness is the fact that Balti-
more peaches delivered in Philadelphia
cost. in first hands, anywhere from so
cents to $l.60. California goods,
with their much higher freights, will
bring from $l.60to 81. 40 per dozen.
The jobbers or retailers who want
really good peaches will not take the
Baltimore peaches at all, because they
know by experience that they will not
suit the best trade. For this reason
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-20

Pstents have been granted to Pacific
Coast inventors as follows: Charles
NJ. Allen, San Francisco, stove; Ed.
ward o. Carvin, Murphys, CAL, car.
tridge-loading implement; Emily A.
Clingman, San Francisco, lamp-over-
flow protector; Augustus S. Cooper,
Santa Barbara, CAL, apparatus for
manufacturing gas; Henry C. Domeyer,
Sauvies Island, Or. loading or uni Dad.
ing apparatus; Henry Echweiler. San
Francisco. CAL, carpet. sewing ma.
chine; James E. Goodman, Santa
Rosa. CAL. ventilated hat; Marble d.
Keeney, Antioch, CAL, suction. box,
three patents; Neil Mclean. Watson
vile. CAL, sulky cultivator; John G.
Pelton, San Francisco, CAL, construc-
ton of building; Natalie Schell. San
Francisco, bust form; Frank Severio,
San Francisco window-sash lock; John
j. Smith, Auburn. CAL. submerged
current motor; Emma Taylor. San
machine for grinding bread
or crackers.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-20

The Senate, by vote of 43 to 90,
has refused to ratify the general srbi-
tration treaty between the United
States and Great Britain, negotiated
by Secretary Olney and Sir Julian
Pauncefote. The rules of the Senate
require majority of two-thirds for
the ratification of treaties. Hence
four more affirmative votes would
have been required to secure favor
able result. A total of SO votes was
cast, leaving nineteen Senators who
did not respond.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-20

In the Senate. Chandler has intro
duced joint resolution appropriating
$50, 900 for the expenses of the Con-
gress of the Universal Postal Union
now assembling in Washington, and
tier re marks in support of it by Ali
on, hairman of the Committee on
Appropriations, the resolution was
passed.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-20

the Baltimore packers, instead Of cover.
ing the market which is right at their
doors, are forced, or rather force them.
selves, to seek market in the states ot
the Middle West.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-20
The Rhenish w estphalian Explosives

The Rhenish- Westphalian Explosives
Company of Cologne. Germany, has
purchased 577 acres of land in Middle.
sex county, N. j., ON which to build
an American plant to give employment
to at least 1000 men. The officers of
the company, are determined to start
a branch plant there in order to avoid
the tariff duties and enter into active
competition for the trade.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-20

In the House of Commons, London,
the Miners Eight-Hour bill was re-
Jected by vote of 227 to 1856.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-20

Governor Pingree of Michigan has
vetoed bill which provided for the
arrest of children found ON the streets
streets after CLOCK at night.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-20

Many stores at Avalon, Catalina
island, have openad month earlier
this year than last.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-20

Phoenix. Arizona, has voted $50, 900
bonds for high school building.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-24
THE NEW

The FabuIously Rich Gold Field In the
Clondyke Region of the British North.
west Territory, just Across the Alaskan
Observation-Disclosures From q Letter Re-
ceIved at San Francisco.
SAN Francisco, July 16.-The fol-
lowing are extracts from a letter re-
.eived by the Excelsior, just arrived
here from Alaska. 1t was sent from
the Clondyke region by a prominent
and wealthy young business man OF
San Francisco to his brother in this
:ity:
1.-THE excitement on the river is indescriba-
Die. and the output of the Clondyke district al
most beyond belief. Men who had nothing last
fall are now worth a fortune One man mas
worked 40 square feet Of his claim and Is
going out with $4,000 in dust. One quarter
Of claims are now selling at from
BIS, 900 to $4,000. The estimate Of the district
given is Is miles, with an average value Of $780,
300 to the claim. in which some are valued as
high as sl,OO0,O 900 each. At Dawson sacks OF
dust are thrown under the counters in the store
Tor safekeeping..
Some of the stories are so fabulous that I
am afraid 70 repeat them, for fear of being SuS-
pected Of The infection. i-1bor is SIS a day and
board. with 100 days work guaranteed, SO you
| can Imagine now ulLlculI II Is 10 HOlu emplOyeS.
'If reports are true it is the biggest placer
discovery ever made in the world, for, though
other diggings have been found quite as rich in
spots, no such extent of discovery has been
known which prospected and worked so high
right through"
The new Eldorado lies just across the
Alaskan boundary in British territory.
1t is of recent discovery, but already
there are at least 5000 people on the
ground and more are iocking in that
direction. The discovery of the Clon-
dyke regions presents a story that is
uniquely interesting. Around Forty
Mile, on the Yukon, is a tribe of In
dams known as the Slickers, and with
them is imam whoyears ago was known
as George Cormack, but who is now
called "Slick George" In September
last, at the head of a party of Indians,
he left his hut near Forty Mile camp
and started in a southerly direction,
saying that he intended to find a new
gold field before his return. He came
back two weeks later and startled the
miners with the announcement hat 40
miles away there was gold to be found
in plenty. The streams abounded
with the yellow metal, and all that
vas needed was for somebody to pick
it up. Many persons iocked to the
place, and in time the word reached
Forty Mile camp that untold riches
could be found along the bottom of
Bonanza creek and its tributaries.
Men who had failed at the former
camp Immediately packed up their be-
longings and set out for the new fields.
1t was a hard and trying journey, but
that was nothing with the promise Of
millions at the end of the route.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-24
THE LAST ROSE OF SUMNER"
Death of the Lady who Suggested tbs
Theme of Tom MOore's Beautiful Song.

Death of the Lady who Suggested the
Theme of Tom Moore's Beautiful Song.
New YORK, July 19.-Mrs. Amelia
Kohler died yesterday at Mount Yer,
non. Had it not been for Mrs. Kohler
Tom Moore might never have written
1.-The Last Rose of Summer"
The poem was of her suggestion, and
the first line was from her lips.
She was, early in the century, a close
friend of Moore's sister, who kept a
private school in London. While
walking in the garden with the poet
one day Mrs. Kohler, so the story runs,
plucked a rose, remarking:
"'Tis the last ros of summer; why
not write about it, Mr.. Moore?"
The incident suggested the thought
hat was afterward SO beautifully
woven into verse, and the poem was
dedicated by the poet to Amelia
which is Mrs. Kohler's first name.
Mrs. Kohler's life was of interest
in more ways than this, however. She
was 90 years old when she died, and
for 20 years had lived with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. f. n. Saunders, in Mount
Vernon. Her maiden name was Anne,
liza Offergeld and her father was an
officer under Gen. Butcher. The fam
lily home was in Aix-la-Chapelle. Mrs.
Kohler frequently spoke of having
seen Napoleon in her girlhood.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-24
MET THE CONDITIONS.
Not to BE Cheated of Promotion by Amy
Such Obstacle.

Such Obstacle.
Rock ISLAND, Ill, July 16.-Bert
Scudder has assumed the agency of the
Adams Express Co. here, and the man.
ner in which he gained the Office in
wolves a unique and romantic
story of ambition and success.
Scudder, who was chief clerk in
Route Agent Clark's Office at Gales
burg, learned of Agent Skidmore's res
ignation and made application for the
vacancy Tuesday afternoon. Scudder
was told that while his time in the
service was sufficient to justify his pro
motion, the company preferred to ele-
vate married men where it was posi-
BILE.
When he asked if the fact that he
vas single was the only objection to
his promotion and received an affirma-
tive answer, he departed forthwith,
and in ar hour returned with the in
formation that he was now ready to
supply the missing qualification. He
had married a Miss Smith, whom he
expected to wed later on, but the emer-
gency both believed justified a change
in the arrangements. Mr.. Soudder was
given the Rock Island agency, and ar
rived here with his bride Wednesday,.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-24
JAPAN'S DESIG N,

notwithstanding the DeniaIs of HOsh,
Toru Sami, Is the Conquest of Hawaii.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, July 19.-H.
P. L;llibridge, who was consul-gen-
eral from Hawaii to Japan during the
reign of King Kalakaua, has written a
letter to Senator Hanna, in which he
says:
please say to both Mckinley and
Sherman that l know whereof 1 speak
when 1 tell you the designs of japan
on Hawaii are exactly as intimated in
the editorials of the Japan Herald, not
withstanding all the denials that Hoshi
Toru Sami can make. Ever since ia
pan captured the Lu Kin islands, in
1875, the bee of conquest has
been buzzlng in her headgear.
Her more recent success In Corea and
China and her acquisition Of Formosa
as well as the submissive, undignifed,
weak vis-a-vis which our government
of political joblots present to them and
Spain, furnish all the incentive and
encouragement necessary to justify ia
pans idea that Hawaii will be an
easier conquest than any that have
gene before if she moves quickly"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-24
THE NEW GOLD FIELDS.

Rorfes of Their Unrivaleds Wealth Con
f~irmed-One Million In Gold Dust Re-
~ceived-FIve Millions In Dust and Mug
gets Secured During the Year-Immenss
Fortunes Realized Within = Fortnight
CHICAGO, July NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. P.
B. Weare, of the North American
Transportation and Trading Co., has
received dispatches from the Klondyke
placer gold fields of Alaska, which CON-
firm the stories of its fabulous wealth
received from the Pacific coast during
the past week. The steamship Port
land, of the North American Co., ar
rived at Seattle, Wash, from its semi
annual expedition within a week. and
bears 81, OOO, 900 In gold dust from the
Yukon fields. The dispatch sums up
the yield of dust and nuggets in that
Eldorado country during the year as
approximately SIS, 900, OOO.
The letter is from Capt. John j.
Healy who has piloted crafts for the
North American Co. through the wind
ing Alaskan rivers for years. 1t is
dated June Z from Circle City, near the
British boundary, and depicts graph
cally the immense fortunes which have
been made within a fortnight by roam
Ing, penniless.miners.
Capt. Healy tells of new regions
which have been discovered; indeed
the captain says, that not less than 81
worth of gold dust is scooped up with
every shovel full of dirt and that ap-
plies to every piece of ground into
which the shovel is dug. Salaries to
miners are not less than SIC a day and
a man can get his provisions and sus-
tenance for 81.
There is no doubt" said Mr.. Weare,
"that the veins of gold are only partly
uncovered. All my dispatches agree
hat this is the continuation of the
mother vein in this country. Won
Humboldt, upon his visit to Dutch Har-
Dor, near Bristol bay, predicted that
the mother vein would show itself in
Alaska in a parallel line. Everything
indicates the truth of this prophecy.
Circle City and Fort Cudahy were
the principal gold fields before the
Klondyke fields were discovered last
fall, and the rush for those fields has
continued since. Gold fields haze also
been discovered of great value in the
vicinity of the Niatak river, which is
in British territory, but the travel has
been and continues to be toward the
Yukon fields.
Mr.. Weare has also news of a new
discovery of gold fields, hitherto I'M
touched. near the mouth of the Tanana
river which is the second largest river
Of Alaska and enters the Yukon at the
ko,un Of Waaro
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-24
RICHNESS.
Petroleum and Coal In I~nexhaustible Guam
titles Close to Tldewater.

IltleS CIObe TO 1IueWAIeEs
SEATTLE, Wash, July 1.-THE Alaska
Development Co. has been organized
here to develop the coal and oil fields
recently discovered in southeastern
Alaska by R. C. Johnston, of Los Gatos,
Cal.
The report made to the company by
Mr.. Johnston and Mr.. L. ]. Hamilton,
of this city, the experts who made
q thorough examination of the
property, show that the discov-
cry is really the most wonder
full find the world has ever known.
The oil fields are located within a
few hundred feet of the tidewater, $50
miles west of Juneau. The statement
is made in good faith that the oil is
dripping directly from the oil rock,
and in places can be dipped up in
buckets, while the surrounding coal
beds are inexhaustible. Thirty thou
sand feet of pipe has already been or
dered from Pittsburgh, and as soon as
received here a steam schooner will be
chartered to carry it and tank materi-
ais to the discovery.
A prominent oil man has given a
guarantee of all the capital necessary
to handle the product. The oil is pro
nounced of the best quality ever seen
and the quantity is unlimited.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-24
A PRiNcELY

Purchased Rare and Costly Jewelry at
wholesale, which He Secured on Mem
orandum, and Then Hypothecated ut .
Pawn shop-Nearly Fourteen Thousand
Dollars Thus Secured Before He Wa
Detected.
NEW YORK, July 19.-Wm- A. Bell
wood, q welLknown dealer in antique
books and rare jewelry, at No. 1882
Walnut street, Philadelphia, who rents
an expensive suite of rooms at the
Plaza hotel here, is under arrest at po-
lice headquarters charged with having
swindled Marcus & Co., jewellers, of
this city, out of jewelry valued at
many thousands of dollars. The ARE st
was made On Saturday, and in q police
court yesterday the prisoner was re-
manded 10 the custody of the central
office detectives
A small portion Of the jewelry has
been recovered, and pawn tickets for
a large part of the remainder have
been found.
The detectives say Bellwood has con
fessed to his dealings with Marcus &
Co., but denies that he has swindled
other firms.
Bellwood is a Frenchman of good
address and refined manners. He be-
gan his dealings with Marcus Il Co.,
about q year ago. He frequently
bought goods from the firm on memo
randum, and SO far as the police know
his dealings were for a long time legit-
innate. Recently Marcus & Co. learned
that Bellwood vas seen frequently at
the race tracks, where he was reported
to have been a heavy looser.
Last Friday Bellwood appeared at
the store of Marcus & Co., and called
for a diamond necklace, which. he said,
he wanted for a lady customer. He Sc
lected one, valued at 81, 400, and left
the store. He was followed by an IN
ploye of the firm, and was seen to go
into a Bowery pawnshop, where he
pledged a piece of jewelry, believed to
have been the necklace, which he had
just received on memorandum.
1t was decided to arrest Bellwood,
and on Saturday he was taken into
custody on Broadway.
On his person was found the costly
necklace, together with a bundle of
pawn tickets on which he had received
ST., 800. Of this amount 81, 400 had
been obtained on jewelry received
from Marcus & Co., and S. 500 on
jewelry which he claimed to own him
self. The total number of pawn tick
cts recovered was AZ, and II of them
represented the Marcus goods.
Bellwood admitted his guilt as far as
the jewelry which he had received
from Marcus & Co., was concerned and
said that his downfall was due to
gambling on the race tracks.
Yesterday the prisoners wife sur
rendered a beautiful necklace, COM
posed of pearls, a~methysts and crys-
tails, valued at 81, 900, a finger ring and
an antique brooch, set with a topaz in
the center, and pear-shaped gems of
every description in three rows with
three pendant pearls. Mrs. Bellwood,
who speaks no English, claimed that
the jewelry is her own private prop
erty.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-24
Ella sunerfor.

"T am usually rated as a clever perform.
er," modestly remarked the wellknown
prestidigitator. The press and public ae-
fellow artists are pleased to look upon my
work as being skillful beyond that of my com.
petitors; / ave always regarded myself as
being a past master in the art and science Of
legerdemain. But yesterday / met a gentle
man who is so clearly my superior that now
/ know myself to be but the merest tyro,
struggling with the rudiments of my pro
fession. ] can cause a small Towering plant
or shrub to grow from the seed in a few mo-
ments in full view of the astonished audi
ence, but the man of whom / am speaking
has created an enormous family tree, hum
dreds of years old, in a few hours."-N. Y
IVorld
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-24
THE & STRIKE.

An OmcIal Bulletin Reviewing the sftus.
tion ISSUED by the General Oficers, Show
ing the Progress of the strike by States
Serious Break In the Ranks of the Work-
ing Miners In West Virginia.
COLUMBUS, O., July 16.-President
Ratchford and Secretary Pearce have
issued an official bulletin, No. l, to the
miners, it being a review of the situa-
ton. The bulletin says:
Our fight for living wages now
covers, in whole or in part, eight states
of the Union. 1t is a general suspen-
sion, and no local settlements will be
authorized or recognized.
THE second week and the eighth day
of our suspension brings with it
greater assurance of ultimate victory
than any previous day. Our forces are
increasing every hour, our determine
ton is untiinching and our actions are
law-abiding in every particular.
1.-THE state and number OF miners
involved are as follows:
Western Pennsylvania-Fully 90. 900
miners have joined us which makes
suspension almost unanimous in the
district. Work still continues in the
central field, but steps will be taken in
a few days looking to a suspension
which it is believed will be successful.
"Ohio-Twenty-eight thousand min
ers have laid down their tools in their
demand for living wages, making the
suspension general, except in a few
local mines.
"Indiana-Advices rec eived to-day
report every mine and miner in this
state suspended. Eight thousand have
Joined the march for living wages.
"Illinois-Reports from this state
are to the effect hat suspension is
practically general, and that miners
are determined to continue the march
until living wages are secured.
West Virginia-About 5000 miners
have joined the movement. Reports
from various sections of the state con-
firm the belief that the miners will sus-
pend. Eight organizers have left this
city to-day for West Virginia The
supply of coal from that field will be
cut off in a very few days.
kentucky and Tennessee-About
1000 miners have suspended; others
may be expected to follow:
kansas-Miners are all at work, but
will hold a convention on Saturday.
1t is expected that they will also sus-
pend.
"Alabama-Reports indicate that
5000 miners or more have suspended.
Convention to-day. Nothing further
learned of their action.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-07-24
A SELF-coNFESSED FoRGER.

PoIIce-WnIing to Suffer the Penalty.
New YORK. July 15.-Mord A. Yves
low, who says he is the son of former
Lieut.. Gov. Albert B. Weslow, of Texas,
and a brother of a former district at
torney of Houston, Tex, surrendered
himself to the police Tuesday, declar-
ing that he was a forger to the amount
of $500. He announced his willing
ness to suffer the penalty for his mis-
deeds, although anticipating that his
father would help him out of mis-
trouble.