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Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-09-01

resident Faure VIII BE Royalty We'll
coined on His Return From Russia.
rARls, Aug. 30.-The city is growing
nto frenzy of enthusiasm over the
welcome to be extended to President
raure on his return from his visit to
Aussa. Already the principal streets
and buildings are decorated with flags
and bunting.
All the vehicles seen ON the streets on
me day OF the presidents return will be
decorated with the tri-color and all the
.aies and wineshors will be permitted
"remain open all night and outdoor
m ails will be held in every square.
Inere will also be repetition of the
Oeautlful illuminations made on the
~caslon y. OF the cars visit to Paris.
Inc remarkable feature is that all is
uOne spontaneously by the citizens with
~ attempt at official organization. The
.1ci'ement has reached such a pitch
Una! M there is talk of making Aug. 80 the
national fete day instead of July Ia,
anu also instituting life presidencies
VIII WIN PRESIDENT Faure as the first in
cumbent.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-09-01
EDISON is BEATEN.


Chicago Man Solves the Problem of Com
municating With Moving Trains.
CHICAGO, Aug. 30. The most diff
cult problem of railroad operation how
to communicate by telegraph with q
moving train anywhere on the line. has
been solved by young Chicago in.
ventor. Edison, who has been expert
menting with induction currents, has
been fairly beaten on his own chosen
ground.
George V. Trott, former telegraph
operator, has devised q system which
will shortly be put in operation on the
Pennsylvania railroad, by which every
train ON the line is in constant commu-
nication with the station next ahead,
and, when desired, with the train dis.
patcher or any public telegraph station.
Briefly, every train on road equipped
with the Trott system, would at all
times be on a "loop" circuit extending
to the next telegraph station ahead, and
to send messages farther or receive
them from other stations, the operator
at the proper station would only have
to "cut in" by means of ''jackspring''
on one of the regular telegraph wires.
Mr.. Trott's device is exclusively me.
chanical. 1t involves no new or untried
principles, and will require no more
power to operate it than the ordinary
duplex cell battery at the regular tele-
praph station
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-09-01
Treasure Ship Portland Not as
Heavily Laden With Gold
as Was Expected.
All Claims on the Klondike Al
ready Taken and No New
Finds Reported.
Are the Richest Gold Fields In
the World, but Danger of
Famine Exists.

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 80.-The
steamer Portland arrived here at 8 q.
m. The vessel carried 1873 miners, each
of whom brought only a small part of
his stake. The total amount of dust on
the vessel is perhaps $4,000. The
Portland was delayed by the failure of
the P. B. Ware toarrive at St. Michaels
and by storm on the North Pacific
coasts. Among the miners on board,
with the total amount of their mining
profits, part of which were brought with
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-09-01
GRAVE DANGER OF FAMINE.
Predicted That the Food Supply on the
klondike Will BE Short

Predicted That the Food supply on the
Klondike Will BE Short.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30.-W. A.
Ryan, one of the special correspondents
of the Associated Press, en- route to the
Yukon gold fields, writes from St. Mi
chaels under date of Aug. Is to the eff.
feet that there is grave danger of q
famine on the Klondike this winter.
According to all reports received from
the upper country it will be impossible
to land sufficient food at Dawson City
to support the population already de-
pendant upon that place for supplies.
r. L. Lying, the California agent of the
Alaska Commercial company at st. Mi
chaels, declares that there are over 900
idle men at Dawson, and new parties
are arriving every day. Miners return
ing from the Klondike, who left there
in July, report that food was running
low then, and it was disposed of as fast
as discharged from the steamers. Old
timers realize the situation and predict
distress and death as result of the
Klondike craze.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-09-01
MINOR ITEMS OF INTEREST

At many points in Kansas farmers
are reported unable to ship wheat owing
to the scarcity Of cars.
The German American National AS
sociation of Journalists and Authors is
in convention in Philadelphia.
The agitation regarding the case of
Evangelina Cisneros has resulted in or.
ders to remove her from Recojidas pris-
on to a convent.
"Strangler" Lewis, the American, de.
feated Bull Dog" Clayton in London
in wrestling match for the champion.
ship Of the world.
Lady Habberton will preside at the
congress of women in behalf of rational
dress at Oxford in September. All the
delegates are to wear boomers.
The commissioner Of Indian affairs,
with the approval of Secretary Bliss,
has issued formal instructions for the
allotment of lands in Uncompahgre res.
ervation in Utah.
Diseased hides, imported from China,
are said to have been found at a tan
merry in Pennsylvania. They poisoned
the water of a creek, and two men who
drank the water died.
A Madrid dispatch says: The Spanish
government will Immediately construct
one large ironclad and six cruisers OF
from 5000 to 1000 tons to form the nu.
cleus of three squadrons.
A 2.year-old child was carried away
by mountain lion on Casper mountain
in Wyoming. A fruitless search
has been made by herders Of focks and
miners, but no hope is entertained Of
finding II alive,
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-09-01
DELAY STARTING THE MINES
Another Ten Days VIII he Given for Old
Men to Go to Work.

Another Ten Days VIII he Given for Old
Men to Go to Work.
P1TTsBURG, Aug. 30.--The first mines
in the Pittsburg district to be started
in the attempt to break the big coal
strike will be those Of the Chicago and
Pittsburg Gas Coal company, ON the
Wheeling division Of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad. All the arrangements
have been completed for putting the
mines in operation, but the company
prefers to have the old men return, and
for that reason, has decided to defer
action for 10 days.
A sufficient number of men has al
ready been engaged, but there are no
accommodations for them, at present.
The company has taken steps to secure
possession Of its houses and during the
day all the tenants will be served with
a legal notice to vacate within 10 days.
The company leased all the available
property in the vicinity, to prevent the
strikers camping about the mines, and
President Van Emans says the men who
go to work viii be given ample protec-
ton. &
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-09-01
ERA OF BETTER PRICES.

London Times Sees Reason For Believing
Wheat Prices Will Remain High.
LONDON. Aug. 30. The Times, in an
editorial article on the wheat question,
expresses the opinion that the era OF
better prices is coming, the long period
Of depression caused by the constant ad.
dition of the acreage of wheat rendered
possible by the extension of railways
into new countries, and the enormous
increase of the tonnage of steamships
having come to an end for the present.
The area of accessible virgin soil is
much reduced, the article says, and un-
til the railways in Argentina and other
wheat countries shall have been ex-
tended, a pause in the increase OF pro-
duction may be anticipated.
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:, IN Moving Against tho
|.,ridIs Likely to Encourage
other Tribes.
|. This Purpose at Least
rventy Thousand Troops
Are Needed.
|.o Fall of Fort Lundi kotal
nue to Treachery of Ma
tive Troops.

pospAy. Aug. 30.-The general idea
80 q that if fu urther delay occurs In
.n;sb;np the Afridis, for which pur-
s.a At least 20, 900 men are required,
ssro will be general uprising on an
rormous scale. Between Buner and
4 Indus the tribes appear to be disin.
lined to join the rebellion.
Little fresh news has been received
,ere from the frontiei. An attack has
seu made on Shimwari in the Samana
aupe but the attacking force was re-
bulsed.
1 There is considerable excitement
klpp the Bolen route to Quetta and the
ke,agraph wires have again been cut. 10
\ reported that tribesmen are gather
Inc near the Ziaret sanitarium and
much anxiety is felt regarding the
ntety of the women and children there.
A strong column of native troops and
ae Royal Irish regiment with four
guns, under command of Colonel Rich
srdson has started for the relief of the
Kurum valley forts and another force
4 hss been sent to the assistance Of the
Shimwari garrison.
Treachery at Fort Lundi Kotal.
It mas developed that the capture Of
/ Fort Lundi Kotal was accomplished
through treachery and that the original
report that fight lasting two hours
took place within the walls Of the
fort was unfounded. The $50 Khyber
rifles who were stationed there be-
bnged to various clans and included
q number of men from the Peshawur
valley. After fighting of desultory
nature some of the Shimwardis dropped
from the walls and fed to their
homes The Afridis on the walls soon
began to exchange greetings with
the besiegers of the fort, whereupon
the gates were opened from the inside,
and the enemy poured in. Some Of
the defenders fled, and others remained
and fraternized with the besiegers. The
PeShawurs were disarmed, six of them
were held as prisoners, and the remain
der to the number of 80 were allowed to
90 free.
twas this news which led to the dis
arming of a portion of the garrison at
!amerud. 1t is believed that the Khy-
Der rifles, garrisoning the forts in Khy-
Der pass, had acted in a similar man.
qer.
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NOT READY TO REPLY.

G reece Awaiting the Action of the Cham
ber on the Indemnity Question.
ATHENS, Aug. 30.-The government
is awaiting the result of the appeal
made to the chamber last Monday for a
vote before replying to the note Of the
powers. Some apprehension is felt that
a cabinet crisis may occur, but should a
vote be obtained the government will
indicate its readiness to appropriate the
tobacco and stamp revenues as guaran.
tees for an indemnity loss and its readi-
ness also to agree to the appointment Of
the ministers OF the powers in Athens
alone to control the revenues.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-09-01
Mail Service to the Kloudike.

OTTAWA, Ont, Aug. 30.-The post
master general has telegraphed the
Washington authorities that he has
completed the arrangements for carry
ing the mails between Dyea and the
Klondyke. The first mail steamer
leaves Seattle on the 1lth and takes on
the British mails at Victoria, B. O., the
same day. The mounted police will
convey the mails from Dyea to Dawson
City, and, after September, the service
will be monthly.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-09-01
NEW PACIFIC OCEAN LINE.

Steamers to Run Between Portland and
the Orient.
PORTLAND, Or, Aug. 30.-An agree
ment has been signed by Vice President
Mohler of the Oregon Railway and Nav.
igation company, and George B. Dod-
well of Dodwell, Carlisle g. Co., for the
North Pacific Steamship company, that
insures new steamer line between
Portland, China and Japan. Three
steamers will be placed on the line. The
first steamer will leave Portland within
the next month or six weeks.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-09-01
weyIer Had MercifuI Intentions.

HAVANA, Aug. 30. 1t is asserted here
that it was the intention of Captain
General Weyler. as the result OF quiet
and friendly influence on the part OF
Consul General Lee, to issue the order
dismissing the case of Miss Cossio Cis-
neros in short time. In view Of the
publicity given to the case and many
contradictory assertions made in regard
to it, the captain general has decided to
postpone action for the present.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-09-01
Marietta Ready for Duty.

VALLEJO, CAL, Aug. 30.--ehe gun
boat Marietta is ready to go into COM
mission and has been submitted to the
board Of inspectors. The ship will go
into commission next Wednesday. The
gunboat Wheeling, which leaves Mare
Island Sept. 10, has been ordered to
Alaska for duty.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-09-01
nanonnced Premier MeIine.

PARIS, Aug. 30.-A disorderly meet.
ing of 5000 of the most revolutionary
socialists was held during the day.
Many of the speakers denounced the
policy of Premier Meline and urged
communal control of the wheat and
bread trades.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-09-01
Diplomatic Conference nm Anarchist.

a'ic Conference on Anarchists.
,,la AXIS Aug. 3O.-The Deprehe Colon
tv;n aays that Germany and Spain are
Al. s 70 induce America, Great Brit
roroa anu Switzerland to join in the Eu-
ean .ne measures for the surveillance Of
li.niSts' 1t is expected that Dip
sbor., conference on the subject will
'10t'iy be held at Brussels.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-09-01
rOstoffce Robbed of a3nn

cfsoa Les' Minn., Aug. 30.--The post.
lSO0 T. saie was broken open and about
sO,L money and stamps taken. The
WA was done by experts.
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SHOULD WAIT UNTIL SPRING.
Prospectors Advised to Keep Out of the
Klondike at Present.

SEATTLE, WASH, Aug. S0.-H. N.
Stanley, who went to st. Michaels for
the Associated Press, returned to this
city via the steamer Portland. He says:
II have been seven weeks at the mouth
of the Yukon, st. Michaels, where /
saw all the miners coming out and in
terviewed many of them. AS a result !
find it my duty to advise everybody to
stay out until next spring. Wild, and
in many cases exaggerated, reports have
been circulated since tho first discov.
cries were made, The stEike, however,
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-09-01
Offers to Grant an Advance.

a,ss .sois, . Pa, Aug. SO.-General Man
tho noDinson has issued circular to
mino. NocheSter and London striking
10 ao III which he grants an advance
comno oel1s per net ton and gives the
pahy side of the controversy.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-09-01
NINA Anulo. Eeyptian Expedition.

CAIRO, Aug. 8O,-All the gunboats of
the Anglo. Egyptian expedition have
,,assed the fourth cataract OF the Nile.
Spies report that the enemy have evac.
aatsd Barber,
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Hardly Been Opened Up As Ye

Hardly Been Opened Up As Yet
but those going in now must bear in
mind that everything in that region
was staked long before any reports
reached the outer world, and that those
going in now must prospect for them.
selves, buy claims from the present
owners or work for the owners. No
new strike has been reported up to the
time of my leaving and another may
not be for five years although Alaska is
an enormous country and will, l be.
lieve, produce more gold than we ever
dreamed Of. 1t is in many ways, blank.
barren, desolate country-a country
incapable of supporting any great
amount Of animal life and country of
such rigorous climate, both winter and
spring, that none but the most hardy
can possibly live in it. Even they
must Save an abundance of food and
warm clothing"
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-09-01
Accidentally A Shot Himself.

PEsHTIao, Wis, Aug. 30-Frank
dould, son Of A. N. Gould of this town.
accidentally killed himself while bear
hunting on tributary of the Peshtigo.
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them, are the following: J. Rowan,
$4,000; Jim Bell, $45.OOO; Joe Gold
smith, $35. 900; H. w. Powers, $35. 600;
w. w. Caldwell, $35, 900; w. Oler, $780,
600; @. X. lilly, $4,000; f. w. Cobb.
$25, 900; w. Zehn, $l5. 700; A. Buckley,
10000; M. S. Lansing, $4,000; B. w.
Farnham, $40, 1000; M. r. Camler, $l5,.
600.
Best Claims All Taken.
The common report among returning
miners is that there is nothing in the
country now worth having that has not
been staked off, and that the owners
will refuse fabulous prices for their
claims.
No new discoveries are reported from
the upper countries. The hillside abut-
ting on the richest claims on Bonanza
and Eldorado have been staked off and
several quartz claims have been filed
upon them in the same vicinity. The
rock taken out Of the quartz claims is
rich, but the hillside claims are not
showing up much.
1t has been stated that the North
American Trading and Transportation
company brought $750,O00 from their
various stores on the Yukon, but this
cannot be verified. 1t is generally un-
derstood that the company would not
bring out its money until the next trip
of the Portland, when she would be
conveyed by a United States revenue
cutter.
Frank Novak on Board.
G. G. Perrine and f. A. Novak, two
of the passengers. are the most interest.
ing men of the party. Perrine is a de-
tective. In February last he was given
photograph and told to find its orig
inal. Accompanying the photograph
was an accurate description. Omaha
YVES the starting point Of the trail and
he chased his man to Baltimore, thence
across the continent to Seattle and
thence to Juneau. Here he learned
that his quarry was bound for the
Klondike with party Of nine by way
of Dyea and Chilcoot pass. Perrine
went to Ottawa, obtained extradition
papers and, returning followed Novak,
capturing him at Dawson City. The
crime for which Novak Is wanted is
murder and arson committed at Wal
ford, La. Perrine spent $4,000 in the
pursuit of his man.
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was and is one Of the greatest, ii not the
greatest in the worlds history. Proba.
bly, $2,000.000 was cleaned up this spring
and next spring ! look for from $5, ,OOO,-
600 to $7.000,000. The fields have
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-02-11
Lincoln and His Callers.

/ recollect as perhaps the most in
teresting hour Of my life one spent
with President Lincoln in his Office
on one of his reception days. Captain
James, quartermaster at Fortress Mon
roe, had been dismissed by Mr. Stan
ton, secretary of war, for technical
violation of the regulations. Stanton
refused to hear any explanation in de-
Tense and the president was appealed
to. asked If could be of any service
in Washington, and upon an affirma-
tive answer l went at once. l tried
two days to get an audience, but found
cabinet meetings or members Of con-
gress occupying all the time. BY the
third day the anteroom had become
full of people waiting to see the presi-
dent, men, women and boys, white
and colored. l had by this time made
the acquaintance of the doorkeeper,
who said to me that he thought If
| would wait few minutes the whole
crowd would be admitted, for that
WAS Lue CubIOlh VI IhO plOoluVhI WACh-
ever a crowd like that was there If
there was no cabinet meeting nor any
thing Of that kind. In a few minutes
the door opened and the crowd poured
in, men, women and boys. 1 did not
count them, but there were surely 100.
AS soon as 1 entered the room l cast
my eyes over 1t and saw seat, which
If 1 could reach, would enable me to
see and hear all that took place. 1
secured the coveted seat and saw and
heard Mr.. Lincoln decide their cases.
The president patiently heard all they
had to say and his good nature, kind
ness and wisdom were so manifest
that all could but admire the unerring
judgment and humanity with which
they were all dismissed.
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FoRrUNEs lN rHE sEA.


tho MAiabar.
One Of the most extraordinary in
stances Of a fortune found In the sea
concerned the wreck OF the Spanish
treasure ship Alfonso XII, which was
sunk Off Point Gando, Grand Canary.
says an exchange, A single diver re-
covered Spanish gold coin of the estl-
mated value of 100000. The depth
from which this specie was recovered
was twenty-six and two-third fathoms,
or 100 feet One Of the most difficult
operations ever performed by diver
was the recovering Of the treasure
sunk In Malabar off Gale. On this
occasion the large iron plates, half an
inch thick, had to be cut away from
the mail room, and then the diver had
to work through the nine feet Of
sand. The whole of the specie on
board this vessel-upward OF 100000
was saved, as much as $4,000 having
been taken out In one day, It is an In
teresting fact that from time to time
expeditions have been fitted out and
companies formed with the sole lnten-
ton OF searching for buried treasure
beneath the sea. Again and again
have expeditions left New York and
San Francisco in the certainty Of re-
covering tons Of bullion, sunk off the
Brazilian coast, or lying undisturbed
In the mud Of the Rio de la Plata.
At the end Of 1885 the large steamer
Indus sunk OFF Trincomalee, having
on board very valuable East India
cargo, together with large amount Of
specie. This was another case of for
tune found In the sea, for very large
amount Of treasure was recovered.
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Llncoln,s Chnnce for a Shave.

John ]. Janney, who was personal
friend to Lincoln, called on the presi-
dent one day in behalf of the reinstate-
ment of Captain James, of the army,
who had been refused further hearing
by Secretary Stanton. About 100 per-
sons were admitted to the executive
private Office at the same time. Mr..
Janney remained till the last. He
writes as follows of this visit to Mr..
Lincoln:
Finally they all left but two, a
young woman and myself. She beck
oned me forward, and l saw she want
ed the last chance at the president.
shook my head and she went forward.
Upon being addressed, instead of re-
plying she produced tablet and pencil
and commenced conversation with
the president in writing, proving to
be a mute. She occupied more than
half an hour, and when she left l arose
and went forward and was met with:
"Why, Mr.. Janney, have you been
waiting here all this time? Why didn't
you make yourself known sooner?"
My reply was that had waited for
the purpose of hearing and seeing him
try all those cases, and said it had
been the most interesting hour of my
life. He replied that 1t was sometimes
tiresome to him, and frequently very
trying, for he had to refuse appeals
which it would give him pleasure to
grant If justice would allow it. That
girl, he said, had no business that
brought her here, but she will live
happier because she has met the pres
ident; and it is better at times to let
woman have her way, and so let her
talk. He said he had heard everybody
that wished to be heard, and usually
heard all they had to say.
He asked me if there was anything
he could do for me, to which I replied
there was, and commenced a state
ment of the case of Captain James,
emitting the name to see if he would
remember the case. Before had pro-
ceeded far, he said to me, why, that
is Captain James case, isn't it," l
replied it was. He said he had ordered
him reinstated, and finally asked me
to go over to the war department to
see how the case stood, and let him
know the next morning. 1 left the
room, but after closing the door open
ed it again without knocking, for
which apologized, and found that the
president had thrown his head back
in his chair, and his barber, who had
evidently been watching his opportu-
nifty, had spread a towel over his
breast, in order to shave him. l said