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2r1p1saIs.
ConNussioNERs OF THE SINKING FUND.

TO c~oNTRAcToRs.
PROPOSALS. for furnishing materials and perform
Ing work In the erection Of an addition TO tho nun
N hs t 9Sil TMss in S5StSSSA I pSTs' = near third s,cSsuc.
BIDS FoR THE ENTIRE WORK ONLY Will IN
SEALED rsr1hArEEss for tho ep above work, rndor,.d
With the above title; also With the name OF the person
ton. will be received at the once of the Comptroller,
Building, No. $50 Brosdway in the city Of New SfS YosF.
until ~ O'Clock N. on Wednesday, July i4th. ise7''
opened BY and in the presence Of the commisSIonery,
OF the sinking Fund, and read. and the award OF tho
der, with adequate security, as soon Thereafter a.
P Ess oSnsrsc. T ms, RSs Pc Sn.r or P STS h to .0 whom
to attend AZ the ot,oe OF, the Depart
third and Twsnty.foSrth wards. with the sHretisi
offered By him or them. and execute the contract
notice to that enecti and in case of failure or neElect
90 70 DO. he or they vim 10 considcred as having
and t~hereupon the work shall be readvertised and re.
let, and 80 on Until the contract is accepted and e..
Commissioner of Street improvements OF the Twenty.
n. B.-Permission viii not be given FOR the with.
drawal of any bid or estimate, and the r. ;ht is eI.
fund e reiec. all .estimatss should they deem ITO
arrears 70 the Corporation upon debt or Contact, on n
obiisation to the Corporation. A.
The entire work 20 be completed within one hun.
has been given by the Commissioner OF street I'm.
p~royements of the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth
wards.
The amount of security required Is FoRTY-rIvR
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
II desired. also the form Of agreement, including the
specifications for the work. can be obtained at the
ONCE OF the Comptroller. No. $50 Broadway.
The plans and detailed drawings can be seen At the
ONCE OF Mr.. George u. Post, Architect, No. SO East
Seventeenth street, where all Information relative
thereto can be obtained.
For full Information 500 City Record, New York.
WILLIAM l. STRONG.
MAyor.
JOHN W.. GoFF.
Recorder,
AsHBEL P. FITCH, Commissioner
COMPTROLLER, of the
AEsoN @. MccooR. Sinking Fund
Chamberlain,
JOHN I. AKLRY
Chairman Committee on Finance,
Board Of Aldermen;
DRoPoSALs FOR SUBSISTENCE SUPPLIED
4 once Purchasing Commissary. u. g. Army. Army
Building, No. % whitehall street, New York city,
July TIN, 1sp7.-Sealed proposals, in duplicate. sub
Ject TO the usual conditions. will Be received al this
ofnce until IL O'Clock A. NJ. July 18th. 1897. for fur
sistenoe Department, United States Army, delivered
in New York. Subsistence stores, viz: Baking powder,
beans- rice, coneeB, teas, sugars, vinegar, candlea,
soap. laundry and toilet, salt. canned articles, choco-
late, navortng extracts, syrupe, spices. stationery, to-
bacco. starch. brushes, matches. towels. &c, &c. IN.
formation. with conditions, list OF articles. quaint.
ties. kind. modes of packing, &C.. obtained at this
posalR. Envelopes containing bids should be marked
Proposals for Subsistence Supplies" opened July
l7th. 1897. and addressed to Major J. y! WESTON,
c. @. q. g. A
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Court Calendar. hi. nay.

Appellate Division-supreme ~Court-Reoe8L
Supreme Court-Special rm-Par Motion
calendar called at 1880 A. II. Part H.-Ex parte
mRtterh
Surrogateu Court-Chambers-wfl Of De Witt @.
Lawrence ut 1880 A. N. For prooAte-Wills OF Pat
rick Burns, Katharine Goebel. John Coldondich. How
ard Potter. Jane Ferguson. Edward 0roase. James
FitEsimmons, James Jones, Johanna PullAr. Gerald N
Stanton. Bryce Gray. at 1890 A. ". Margaret Il
Cook, Walter c. Adams. At 2 p. ".
City ~Court-SpeciAl Term-Motions
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Real Estate Auction sa,e..

Al the Broadway salesroom yesterday D. Phoenix
Ingraham 4 co. aold No, 1871 Avenue 4, west aide,
&s.1o feet south of Eighth street. 24.Ax7o. leasehold.
fourstory brick tenement house. with storeR. fore
closure sale, to the plaintiff. Frederick Wasshausen.
for o.. 500.
Jere Johnson. Jr.. sold lots on Monday at auction for
the estate OF Henry Johnson on Twenty second ave-
nue., Sixtieth street and adjacent streets. Brooklyn. At
an average price of 6l2b per lot
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The tradinR In cotton today was dull and In the main
Of Q local featureless character. but included some
buying for Liverpool account For time prices id:
spotS, and some unfayorable crop adyiees were re-
ceivod complaining of continued hot and dry weather,
ma weekly Government report. hoWevsE. was better
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CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK,
THE FRANKLIN SAVINGS BANK,

$50 aud S5S Eishth avenue; corner ASa 81
On and after July 10. 1897. interest AZ the rate of
THREE n oNE'HALF per cent. per snnum will
IS to $1,000. Money deposited on or before tho 10th
VIII draw interest from thc lst OF July. Bank open
from q 70 4 O'Clock. Closes at l2 81. or saturday.
Assets, "a, cog. 400. ~. Surplus, 0gI0. OI6. a.
A.. TCRAER PreA.
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including gold balance eass. 44p, TIC ssse. $50. a7A
Money in London. q cent Rates Of discount
In open market for both short and three months
bills, 13-1e@7s y cent. Paris advices quote 3 y
cents at l04 francs 10 confines. Exchange on
London IS francs lola centimes.
Tho Contra! Trust Company 10 prepared TO de-
liver the stock and the refunding bonds Of tho
Chicago, indianapolis and Louisville Railway
Company. the successor of the Louisville, Now
holders Of its receipts. Application has been
made to the Stock Exchange to List the now So
~curities.
The sales of mining stocks at tho New York
Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange to-
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Malhinerg.

WANTKD-MAchinist competent 70 regulate siptS
w marine gAl engine. BIAfz, box l22 Sun uDtSNH
saA0s. 1895 broadway,
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Tho Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf KaIlroad
increase Of 1874 az COMPARED with the same
month of last year. and net $62, 1862, an increase
of SCI $3.50, For the five months ending May
crease of $116, 1873 as compared with the cor
responding period of last year, and net S37l,4l0,
an increasoof S166, 486.
The receipts of tho Government to-day were:
Customs, $510,312; internal revenue, $1,737,.
t54, and miscellaneous. S21A.6S7. q total Of
an excess OF expenditures over receipts OF $12s,.
B46. The receipts Of the fiscal year to date have
been SO, 2S1, S63, and disbursements RS, 1913 900,
an excess Of expenditures over receipts Of
81. 246,l37
The net assets Of tho Treasury at the close Of
business to-day. as officially computed, compare
with those OF Saturday as follows:
JUN O.. Jalv O..
Gold coin and bullion. ... 01t1. 87s.7 1877 o1x1. sos, DOL
Silver dollars and bullion 8l,aoo,e7< 81, 606
United States notes...... 80, 4, 500 90, SAS, 668
Other assets in exceGs Of
demand liabilities ...... e,ssl.1< go. ,o9o
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Government bonds steady at unchanged quo
We're Brooklyn Rapid Transit s.. chesapeafo
and Ohio general 4l2s. Colorado Midland 1sts. t.
+; Kansas and Texas a.. Lexington Avenue and
Oregon, Railroad and Navigation As, Reading
general IS; Southern Railway 5s. Toledo; st.
1e" wa aaa A@ aas. A ItiS en.'i and n T. 6r W y s shoFt
were in AtehisoG a%djus,msnt a, g y cent. 70
ists. E. EsH To- u.s. X Ra y. ss and and Texas eGtal4 Is. 81 s' to 81;
R fSfI : ana n%it Narfi sasrsa Is g. T. J To 70 49, s5s; oregon oregon
Short Line copSol %, vi l.. u, to s8i9; and in
cones sia a. 81 so Ii h; sS IA Riil EsSdI s.. e. ESPtS to sas s' and nd
Wabash Eds. l. y cent. to IL. The noteworthy
advances were IN Lexington Avenue and Pave
Mia Ferry lists, IL " cent, TO 1889; Toledo, st.
Louis and Kansas City lists. I. r.. Il, to 77i2, and
West Shore As, i v cent. to ITO.
Commercial price OF bar silver In New York,
SOC. Bar silver In London closed at 81 9.l6d.
MEXICAN silver dollars were quoted at 4794S4c.
Exports to Europe to morrow, $4,000 ounces.
Money on call, lao ll9o; = cent, closing at
SIXTY days, 90 cent; ninety days, 81 Y cent;
iour months "la cent SIX months. > cent?
stock sf Ennb, months i . o y cent Go 0n good m nansr
quiet. Prime Endorsed bills reccivablo are
quoted At 3 Y cent, choice and prime single
cent.
Sterling exchange opened dull and weak, but
closed with a somewhat drmer tone, owing TO a
change was dull. Posted asking rates for
msnd. ,ActuaiT rates are: Long bills, S4.sbs9
$4.s9i sight drafts, S4s7. and cable transfers.
$tsIl4. Francs are quoted at 5.l7i9@5, 167s
marks. 9oie@95iA for long and 90 0-l0995 lilo
for short Runders, 10 3-l694OA for long and
Domestic exchange on New York; Booton-6S
1ocents discount ChArleston-BuyinH, par; sell
inf, 9 premium. SayannAh-Bqytng, lie on;
selling, par, New Orleans-HAnk, 81 premium;
commercial. u discount. Ban TT~ancisoo-Blght
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A VANCE TO reliable CLERKS, saiosmen, and book.
IA keepers; easy terms; strictly confidential.
TRADING CO., U21 Broadway.
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TUESDAY, July 6.-GRAN-wheat-spot was
nrmer. Sales $4,000 bush. No. . hard winter.
900 No. 2 red, 10000 ungraded spring. and
$4,000 red wintor on private terms for export.
Free on board afloat: No. 1 Northern spring.
Now York, T7A9T7lac.; do. Duluth. 7Sc.; No. 3
hard winter. 73lec.; No. 2 do. 74@@75o. Flu
lures advanced SIC. to. 1xc. Future sales s, $685.
900 BUSH, as follows:
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OAts-Spot was kc. higher. Sales 1o2. 900 bush, in.
GLIDING 81 1000 No. 8 white clipped on private terms
for export. No. 2 Y white. ESQ., No. 3 do, 2+So., No. .
white clipped, 25iac.; No. 8 do, 24l2c.; No. . mixed,
22c.; 10. 1000 do. at csc. delivered; No. 8 mixed. 2lc.;
rejected mixed, 2uo.; rejected white, 23c.; No. 2
mixed. delivered, CSC; track mixed. 22l oS23l2c.
track white. 5000 at e5S2olac. Futures advanced
ic. Future sales 5000 bush. as follows:
Evening star., 1897-07-29
ST. JOaenh,s Union.

The st. Joseph's Union held an erthus-
iastic meeting last evening in the parlors
of st. AIMS Asylum. Final arrangements
were made and committees appointed to
take charge of the various booths, etc. at
the garden party and bazaar to be given
the week commencing August 16 at St.
Aloysius grounds. North Capitol and 1
streets. for the purpose of furnishing ana
renovating the summer home recently
purchased for the little ones of ST. AIMS,
by the st. Joseph's union. 1t was decided
to take out twenty more of the little ones
rext week. beds having been secured
through the generosity of the following,
who sent cash donations: Mrs. NJ. f. Allies,
Mrs. Aiken, Miss Anna Doyle, Miss NJ. c.
Fitzgerald, NJ. l. Weller, Geo. F. Harbin,
JEo. p. V. Ritter Jno. Mclaughlin, Thos.
Sheridan, J. H. Craigin, VIM. E. Dough-
erty. Jas. Richardson, Henriette Schroeder,
New York; Rudolph, West & Co., Butler
and Clarridge. the Arlington Bottling Com
pany, Jas. White, S. c. Palmer, Jas. Green
l. N. Runys.n, Johnson & Morris, Jas. T
Clements. Daniel B. Clark. Russian lega-
tion, Chas. Ruoff, Great Falls Ice Com
pany, G. II. Simms. Jno. Ridden. L. Drach
& Co.. Phila., Pa: Louis Kulle, Bergen and
Engel Brewing Company. Crawford Paw
ing Company, J. H. Crawford, Teresa
Hunuka. Helen NJ. Role, Mamie Ryan,
Mrs. J. Gowan, Mary Gillen, Sarah Maher,
P. H. Maher of Albany. N Y; Jno p.
McKenna, Capt. A. J. Taylor Jno. Fegan,
Mary H. Mccarthy, F. P. Madigan and
VIM. G. Roe.
Evening star., 1897-07-29
RECENT NAVAL CHANGES.
AppOin tments, New stations and
Other Matters of Interest.

VIM. A. Wallace has been appointed pay
gate has been appointed pay clerk for the
Norfolk navy yard: Assistant Surgeon F.
c. Thompson to the New York naval labo-
ratory; Assistant Constructor D. H. Cox to
the New York navy yard: Assistant Pay
master f. w. BCnnafon, from the Pinta to
the Independence: Assistant Paymaster j.
Irwin to the Wheeling; Assistant Engineer
S. f. Moses. from the Pinta- to the Mon
terey; Chief Engineer j. H. Perry, from the
Monterey to Washington; Surgeon H. E.
Ames. from the Cincinnati and two mont hs'
leave: Surgeon ]. f. Gardner, from the
Amphitrite to the Dolphin; Surgeon F. An
derson. from the Dolphin to the Yokahama
Naval Hospital; Surgeon H. G. Boyer, from
the Museum of Hygiene to the Amphitrite.
These changes have been made on the
Asiatc Station: Lieuts. +. H. Sherman, X
NJ. Hughes. W. W. Buchanan and A. u
Dieffenbach, from the Olympia to the Ma
chias; Ensign j. S. Doddrige, from the
Olympia to the Boston; Lieut.. Lucien
Young, from the Boston to the Yorktown
Lieut.. w. Mclean and Ensign H. A. Pear
son, from the Boston to the Monocacy
Lieut.. H. II. Barroll. from the Yorktown
to the Boston: Lieut.. S. Morgan and En-.
signs N. NJ. Taylor and w. p. Scott, from
the Yorktown to the Olympia: Lieut. " s
Nelson, from the Machias to the Olympia
Lieut.. ]. H. Rohrbacker and Ensign A. II
Scales and G. c. Day, from the Machias to
Monocacy to the Yorktown; Lieut. w. q
Miller. from the Monocacy to the Olympia
Ensign l.. H. Everhart, from the YORKTOWN
to the Boston.
Evening star., 1897-07-29
Philadelphia G. A. R. Disturbed by
Rumor Published in Richmond.
REFUSED 10 INVITE PICKErrS MEN
Story is Declared to Be Misrepre-
sented---TroubIe Over Funds.
NO DISCOURTESY INTENDED

PHILADELPHIA, July Ca dispatch
from Philadelphia, published in Richmond,
Va, to the effect that the Grand Army
posts OF this city had, by vote, refused to
invite Pickett's division to participate in a
Grand Army festival to be held here next
week. is declared by the local Grand Army
officials to be wholly misleading, and its
publication is greatly regretted
A prominent Grand Army officer said this
afternoon that a few weeks ago delegates
from the various posts in the city held a
meeting to arrange for three-day festival
at Washington Park, near this city. The
revenue derived was to go to the central
relief fund.
AT the meeting delegate made motion
That Pickett's division be invited. The
proposition was approved, but a discussion
followed, and the question of the cost of
entertaining the visitors was brought up.
1t was shown that fitting entertainment
would cost nearly $4,000
The local posts are all preparing to at
terd the grand encampment at Buffalo,
August 12 to 1J and the contention was
made that 1t would be inexpedient to tax
the posts with the entertainment of the
southerners at this time.
Ihe question was then put to a vote and
nineteen delegates favored the invitation
while thirteen voted against it. An in
formal discussion followed, and the result
was that the motion was withdrawn and
the matter dropped.
Evening star., 1897-07-29
Production Of Campbor.

From the Galveston News.
In olden times camphor was chiefly pro-
duced in Sumatra, Borneo and other parts
of the East Indies and China, but now
adays most Of the crude camphor of COM
merce comes from Formosa and Japan,
mainly the latter.
The camphor tree is an evergreen OF
singularly symmetrical proportions and
sometimes resembles the linden. Its bios
som is white flower. and 1t bears a red
berry. 1t attains a huge size and a great
age. some of the trees being fully fifteen
feet in diameter and upward of 800 years
old
Formosan camphor IS unequal to the Ian
anese article in many ways, but this is due
largely to the fact that the Formosans
being savages, are unskilled in collecting
and treating the gum. Japan's annual
output, over and above that consumed at
home, is about 5.0o0,000 pounds, of which
about one-fourth comes to the United
States and the remainder goes TO Europe.
Crude camphor is got by boiling the wood
after 1t has been cut into chips. 1t has TO
be refined before use. and until recently
this refinement was carried on i'm America
and Europe exclusively; but the Japs have
now learned how to do the work. and are
exporting the refined as well as the crude
article
Evening star., 1897-07-29
A WOMAN At KLONDYkE.
Mrs. Tom Lippy's Impression. of the
New DtaIings.

From the Seattle Post -IntellIgcncer
Mrs Tom Lippy is the first woman who
crossed the divide and went into the new
klondyke camp. She is little. 1.-The brown
haired woman, with honest brown eyes
that have no fear in them She does not
think she did anything remarkable in fol-
lowing her husband where many men are
afraid to so. She dresses neatly now and
in the latest style, and the only mark of
her hard life is the tan. which it will take
months to remove She said today:
Il was the first white woman on the
creek and the only one in our camp. There
was another one mile from US. Mrs. Berry.
She was the only white woman l had to
speak to while were at camp. When
We got to Eldorado creek we lived in a tent
until Mr.. Lppy got our log cabin built
1t is twelve feet by eighteen eight logs
high, with mud and moss roof and moss
between the chinks, and has a door and
window. Mr.. Lppy made the furniture
a rough bed, table and some stools. We
had a stove-there are plenty of stoves in
that country-and that was all we needed.
The cabin was cozy and warm. l looked
after the housekeeping and Mr.. Lippy after
the mining.
Things were canned that | ncver knew
could be canned before. OF course, We
missed fresh food dreadfully. but We kept
well and strong. We had no fresh milk or
meats CT fruits or eggs.
"Amusements? Well. nobody bothered
much about amusements Every one was
busy and kept busy all the time. / did my
work. Mining is hard work-one doesn
pick gold off the ground 1t is genuine toll.
and when Mr.. Lppy finished he wanted 10
rest. All men were about alike on that
point.
The country is beautiful and quite warm
In simmer. In winter il is different, with
the mercury away below zero. Still, went
out every day. but when snow was on the
ground didn't go far from the cabin.
Fashion? Well, we were not entirely cut
of from the fashionable world. People
were coming in all the time. We got fash
ion papers, a few months old. to he sure.
but stiil they kept us fairly up to time. One
ioned cloaks to camp, but wouldn't look
at them. He had to sell them to Indians.
/ didn't change my way OF dressing par
ticularly. i dressed more warmly to suit
the climate. and wore fur boots and a
cap constantly during the cold weather,
but in summer We dressed much as at
home.
''One of the peculiar features Of the new
camp is the lack of shooting. due to the
fact that the Canadian government does
not permit men to carry firearms. Police
disarm miners when they enter the district,
so that there is not any of the laNless-
ness and crime which marked early placer
mining in California. There is much gam
bling, and play is high"
Evening star., 1897-07-29
Washington Stock Exchange

Sales.regular cal-12 O'Clock m-Lanston Mono
type, % at les Alter cAll-Mergenthaier Limo
District of Columbia Bonds.-2o year fund 5s Io1
1ad ,aS Pyer Srr,nT fHd +: sod I2 bid Wster stesk
currency. 1l21s bid s65s, funding. currency, iio
ll6 bid Metropoitan Railroad conv. 6s, as hid.
Metroioiitan Raiirad certificates of indebtedness.
B. ts S io asked sfr'sss
onsUr GarSad g. s. H. bid s9 asked 1 washns.n Gas
Light debentnne imp, 100 bid Chesapeake and
Potomac Pot mae Telephone IS, ioa bd Amerl. Security
curiss and Trust 5s. A and o. 100 bid. Washing
ton Market Compan LIST is, log bid. Washington
Market Company ext. 6s, io6 bid Masonic Hall
bid Bank Of the Republic, 200 bid. Metropolitan
n5 s1d Id 3D., 80 aske1 &c Central 20 bid Farmers
| bid. Citizens. l32 bid. Columbia Ia5 bid is3
asked. Capital. lis bid. West End, lOI bid, I07
asked. Lincoln, lo2 bid, lO7 asked. Ohio 90
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies National Safe
ard Trust, xl1s bid 124 asked American Security
and Trust, 14s bid. Washington Safe Deposit, "a
Railroad Stocks.-CapitaI Traction, 54H bid. sc
asked. MettTopo!itan. t IieE bid Ce,amos. 60 Did.
Y42h bid Georgetown Gas. 43 bid. U. S. Electric
Insurance stoeks--Fircmens. 80 hid, 80 asked.
franklin. 3S bid Metropolitan. 20 bid Corcoran.
S8 bid Potomac. 81 bid Arlington. I3s bid Ma,
i asked RIGS, X bid SEA 81 asked kd'ms Peoples = 90
bid Lincoln. xs1a bid Commercial. AZ bid, 8
Title Insurance stscks.-Real Estate Title, los
asked. Columbia Title. BID. asked.
saS q d g ss 80 asked
sS % s:. bid fnsumase Gan
Miscellaneous Socks : Mergen.haier Ilno,vpe
lisa bid 1ish asked LAnston Moootype. l6 bid.
Evening star., 1897-07-29
c HINESE PIRATES
Feared They Will Plunder American Ships
Retaining From Alaska.
Treasury Depnrtnent Promises the
Protection Of a Revenue Cutter
Enee{ of the Gold erase.

Advfces have reached the Treasury De-
| partment to the effect that Chinese pirates
threaten to plunder American ships return
ing from Alaska laden with gold taken
from the Klondyke region. An appeal for
federal aid has been made by Mr.. P. B.
Wear or Chicago. president Of the Alaskan
Transportation Company, of which COM
pany Mr.. Eli Gage, son of the Secretary
or the Treasury. is member. The steam
ers or this company will leave st. Michaers
August 8 and 10 and September Is. and
are expected to have cargoes Of great
value special convoy Is asked for the
steamer Portland, which is expected to
bring down about 81, 100000 in gold mug
gets. The owners of this treasure are
1earIui that some marine marauders will
try to hold up the treasure ship and seize
ner cargo of gold.
To Assign "a Revenue Cutter.
ihe department has promised to assign
one Of the revenue cutters to this duty,
and Mr.. Wear has been informed that it is
the desire Of the department to have all
the cutters except the Bear leave the sea
September 10. while the Bear is to come
back October l. II the Portland leaves
ABOUT September Is she can be conveyed
all the way down by the cutters Grant,
Perry, Corwin and Rush.
ment Will exercise such vigilance as will
protect American steamers and their car
goes and passengers. Officials along the
coast, both American and British, will be
advised to watch for evidences of pira ticaI
excursions and 1t is likely. If the situation
warrants 1t. that Minister DENLY, in China,
Will be instructed to make inquiries in that
country. p
Extent of the Gold Craze.
The extent of the gold craze on the Pa
ciffc slope Is well illustrated by matter
which has been brought to the attention of
the Navy Department. The Moran Brothers
OF Seattle. WASH, who are building tor
pedo boat No. s. have asked the depart
ment to grant them an extension of time
on their contract in the matter Of the COM
pletion of the boat. They declare that the
gold craze has caused all their workmen to
quit, and the men have made or are max
Ing arrangements to leave for the Klon-
dyke.
The extension will be granted, but the
department hopes that the vessel will be
completed within a reasonable time. The
Union Iron Works at San Francisco and
Wolff & Sewicker at Portland, Ore. have
naval vessels under construction. and the
department officials are trusting that their
completion will not be affected by the gold
craze.