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New-York tribune., 1897-07-24
RICHEST ON THE CONTINENT.
A REPORT FROM CAPTAIN HOOPER ON THE c1oN-
DYKE GOLD FIELDS.

A REPORT FROM CAPTAIN HOOPER ON lfiE ONO-'-
DYKE GOLD FIELDS.
Washington. July 23.-Captaln c. L. Hooper.
commanding the Behring Sea patrol fleet IN
report to the Treasury Department dated Un-
alaska. July D. says that the Alaska CONNER
cial Company's steamer Excelsior arrived al
that port on July with about forty miners
from the Yukon district and about SoVUVoo IN
gold bullion. Continuing, he says
THE Excelsior brings wonderful accounts Oh
rich discoveries on the Clondyke, or Rehdeer'
River where fortunes are being made In rev
weeks According to these reports, nothing has
ever been discovered on the cortinent approach
ing IT in richness The Clondyke is tributary
Of the Yukon, few miles above Forty Mlle'
and is wholly within Canadian territory Cold
was discovered there last autumn and during
tho winter attracted miners from all directions
II is said that over two thousand men are To-
Gated at Dawson the principal town. while
Circle CITY Forty-Mile and other places are
nearly deserted Owing to the sudden influx or
people. provisions were high. but so far as
can learn there was no actual suffering. VI the
forty passengers on board returning lroiil Inese @
mines il is said that none nave less lidh Fo,V'o,
and some have S50000 others VINO ha.e n' nlaue
,hair nile are coming on the steamer Portland.
Two packages OF coarse gold, one cohtalnihs
S12O and one S130. are shown as the result Vi
washing one pan of dirt each
'The principal mines are on the Bonanza I'm, anu
Eldorado creeks. small branches or the Cion-
dyke and extend in the aggregate sixteen or
eiL Lhteen miles. Being in the bed or the river
the claims can only be worked IN the winter,
when the outsoil is frozen. The pay art Is
melted bv fire built in the shaft and the gold
extracted by the usual washing-out process. A
claim is 800 feet in the direction OF the river ana
from bank to bank provided it does not exceed
CG6 feet The cost of recording a claim Is SlJ
and the yearly rental 800 Claims have held as
high as $4,000, and a still higher price has been
refused for others
New-York tribune., 1897-07-24
4 SPECIAL MISSION TO CRETE.

DJEvAp PACHA TO BRING ABOUT AN CNDEh-
STANDING RESPECTING AUTONOMY
Constantnople. July 23-Djevad 'acha has START
ed on a special mission 10 Crete. He left the ci'y
last evening The Palace party "ontends that Ills
experience especially qualities nim TO nrins anou' an
understanding between the admirals or the inter pa-
tional feet and the Mussulman Cre.ans with refer-
ence TO autonomy ,
In consequence OF the recent raids by AoaniahS
into servian territory, the Servian Foreign Mni-
lister has Informed the Porte that II turner incur
eions take place the Servan troops Will De o.deredi
TO pursue the raiders into ottoman terrIt2iy ar
that they are now held in readiness at iroEouI1ye =,
nrena red 70 start for the frontier .ihmedid ely. M
Sar,,ian Minister adds that In the event OF oItU'
raid The Servian Government VIII Hecl.he - ie-
snonsihllitv for the consequences - C,r...
II is believed that DjeVad Pacha is sent 70 ciee
in order TO molfy Mahometan feeinS at "Hae Hs
will he regarded as the Sultan's yleidihs 10 e"e
turkish frontier demands of the Powers, ,
The question of the government OF tne WV ~ = :
Wallach villages IL not expected 10 cause any
difculti,s but IL Ii does the Sultan VIII give the
lila pers who prefer Turkish rule settlements OH
the Turkish side OF the frontier. 80, ,,..,
ReDorts in Turkish papers leave IL sun GouptI ui
whe;he- or not A genuine evacuation OF Ihessay
has begun. ., ... ,-t,r,. r.,,sr-
ates The statement that the Turkish Government Is
preparing to send thirytwo battallons OF troops "
ref
New-York tribune., 1897-07-24
MANY CONVICTIONS FOR POISONING.

THE RESULT OF CRIMES COMMITTED AT BCpA-
PEST TO OBTAIN INSURANCE MONEY
budapest July 23.--The trial Of twelve women
and two men charged with wholesale poisoning was
concluded here to-day, and sentences were pro-
nounced upoa six of the prisoners Four OF theih
were condemned TO death, one to penal serVtuue
for life and one 10 a term OF six years imprison-
ment OF those under sentence OF death one was
found guilty OF having caused the death OF Iour
persons by administering poison. anotner was c'"
victed of having poisoned two persons the th'ru VI
having poisoned one. and the charge OF muroer was
proved against the fourth.
The sentence OF penal servitude Tor lie was I'M
nosed upon A man convicted OF having killed ms ms
mother and that OF six years inprlsoIInr1hs ra
a prisoner against whom Verdict oi "ui"ei va"
returned. ,,, -..,,-rod IN the IIod-
The series OF crimes which occurred IN r,Ie vaors
rnezcevasarhey District. extend over soIie e nan
mast The victims in most cases i MAJ ~
who were killed by their wives the m9.Ne @ nee
crimes being generaly desire 10 oota!l ia az
money The Insurance companies tne .,1on oY the
rho triaI showed had called the attehtoh .i u .uo
authorities 10 the suspicousy ngh rate ot aot rn
itv in the district number OF times oeiUe s P.n
ceedinrs were taken 10 ascertain the caifd ~
ALLEGED midwife named Marie Jager suppaeud pd 'tv h
other female prisoners with the poison d useu gy ~
them Two hundred witnesses were eXa''heu III
the course OF the trial.
New-York tribune., 1897-07-24
OBITUARY..
THE REV. DIR. FREDERICK EVANS.

THE REV. DR.. FREDERICK EVANS.
Washington. July q (SpecaD.-A cable dispatch
has been received in this city announcing the death
on Wednesday in Wales Of the Rev. Dr. FredericK
Evans a well-known Baptist minister, VINO nad
been pastor Of important churches in Philadelphia
Milwaukee Scranton and Franklin, Penn, and OF
the Central Baptist Church, in Forty-second-st''
New-York City. DR.. Evans was born ABOUT hity
years ago In Wales. and came TO this country IN
1866 He had wide reputation in the Baptist De,
nomination a pulpit orator and lecturer, ana
this country. He resigned the pastorate or the
First Baptist Church, Of Milwaukee year and
a half ago on account OF II. health. Since then ht
had been living with his wife at his old home IN
Wales where he will be buried. he leaves SIX
sons, OF whom is the secretary or Vice-Presl-
dent Hobart. and daughter.
New-York tribune., 1897-07-24
ANSON Il. HOYT.

Anson b. Hoyt died at his home No. 23O South
Broadway Yonkers. yesterday. He was seventy
four years old. He born in Yonkers. and was
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bedding Hoyt On De-
cember l. 1868. he appointed chaplain of the
174th Regiment. New-York Volunteers. by Governor
Seymour. The regiment was then stationed at
Franklin. La. On February II the regiment was
consolidated with the 1e2d NewYork Volunteers,
and with this command he served until April |, 1854
About this tmo he compelled TO return home.
owing 10 Illness Mr. Hoyt was member Of La
fayette Post. Of NewYork City, of which he had
been chaplain for the last twelve years. Mr.. Hoyt
member Of the First Reformed Church OF
Yonkers and identified with it from its or
ganiza ton. He had been deacon and elder
and also for a number Of years superintendent
OF its Sunday-school He leaves widow and two
sons. The funeral will be held at his home to-
morrow afternoon at O'Clock.
New-York tribune., 1897-07-24
Not ANDREE'S PIGEONS.

ONE STORY OF CAPTURE DENIED-THE OTHER
PIGEON HAD NOT ANDREE's MARK.
London. July 23.-A dispatch from Copehhaseh
SAYS that the report of the capture OF carr '
pigeon in the vicinity Of Tromsoe Island, near ene
- oir. ~ Norvay Samped with the words
and figures North Pole passed 15. is not true
Berlin. July 3-The "Ha nburgische Correspond
ent' says that thousand birds belonging 10 va
rious pgeon-hying societies were released on 'he
18th inst. at a place about 80 kilometres north
of Heligoland Each pigeon had an alu MN ri'te ~
indicate The year OF its acquisition. ,, Cor,,-
~, ~ believed says the "HamburSische CORE
sodndnnt . that the pigeon found In the neigh
borhood Of Soevde in Rfylke, with syer riHs on
Cne of its feet and its wings stamped WIN .N'i''i
polo ii ~ i762' was one OF these. ..
Tromsoe Island Of Tr9msoe July S;-AnGarees ~ naresS
and "Af,onbladet" respa ctivey. They were ~
numbered Thirty of his birds escaped while lie
was winterng here.
New-York tribune., 1897-07-24
gold fields Of Canadian soil to citizens Of that
country ~
STEAMERS STARTING FOR ALASKA.

SAGAMEnS STARTING FOR ALASKA.
GREAT RUSH FOR ACCOMMODATIONS. AND FOR
MINERS SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS
Portland. Ore. July 23-The announcement
that the steamer George w Elder would sail
from this port July 30 direct for Alaska has
caused rush to the Office of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company and already one-half Of
the passenger accommodations have been sold
and large amount OF freight space has been
disposed Of
The Elder can carry 200 cabin passengers and
3oO steerage passengers. while her freight-car-
rying capacity is 140O tons. OF these berths
100 cabins are allotted to Portland for sale and
one-half the number Of the steerage The bal
ance Is reserved for sale in San Francisco. Or
ders for miners supplies have been coming into
the city by the hundreds. and merchants in
Seattle are unable to meet the enormous de-
mand. A wholesale drygoods house of this city
has had force Of seventy-five men and twenty
five girls at work night and day for five days
on rush orders for clothing for intending pros
pectors.
A bag company is also hard at work on an
order for 1,600 canvas bags to be made especial
ly for the carrying Of clothing and provisions.
They are also securing large number Of tents.
The woollen mills at Salem oregon City and
Albany. Ore. have all increased their forces to
meet the demand for heavy woollen goods.
Seattle, Wash. July 23--To-day the big steam
er Queen will start voyage to Dyea. AL
though the Queen will carry from the sound 400
people. about two hundred and fifty Of whom
will go to Dyea. the great majority goes to
win fortunes in the gold fields. Those who leave
here the Queen intending to go directly by
the inland trail should reach Dawson City be-
fore the freezeup, which is looked for about
September 20 The steamer Monte Cristo. which
for the last year has been towing on the Skag-
it River is to be sent North TO ply on the Yukon
San Francisco July 23.-The Clondyke craze
has struck the speculative element hard Com
panies Of all kinds are being organized, While
the signs and windowletterings are appearing
with marvellous rapidity in the principal busi-
ness streets Such titles as Yukon Trading and
Development Company" The Yukon Gold ana
Supply Company and the "Clondyke Improve
ment Syndicate" are TO be seen on every nand
The first mining company to file articles or in
corporation is the Alaska and Yukon Explora-
ton and Trading Company. Limited. The cap
ita stock is 100000, fully subscribed
New-York tribune., 1897-07-24
THE VALUE OF CLONDYKE GOLD.

San Francisco, July 23.-Sx French-Canadians
who were successful on the Clondyke ana are no"
bound for Montreal, at the Commercial CluD
IN This CITY They came from Seattle, having
reached that city by the steamer Portland Ihey
could not get the prices for their nuggets that
they wanted then and they Will not accept the
bid made by the s Selby Smelling Works in this
city As the San Francisco Mint IS closed @ @Pend.
ing the change of administrator; these SIX miners
viii carry their bullion TO Phladephia ana ,s,c SA
change there for coin Of the United states ne
civ men OF the party are ~ F. Piccot. T. Norm,
who has been in the Yukon country for tour years
X Mercer of five years experience; Joseph tdse-
1ais who for seven years has mined In ALASKA
p Ameier who has been there nine years, ana ana
Ioseph Des Roches. who has Just competed ms
second year on the Yukon u,., .,,a,or.
The closing OF the Mint has afforded speculators
an opportunity to make considerable money OUT OF OF
,bo miners who have brought their gold dust Wltn
tbem 4 rumor has been circulated that the CON
d,,Ln goId ,s poorer in quality than from other
mining regions and in consequence Is not worth
20 ,nTch for coming purposes. some or the more
recent arrivals have become acquainted win t thls
Ir.o.n If affairs and propose to hold thelr aust
,u n.a ,be Mint reopens which will he on August /,
Yhen they feel that they will be able to get iuil
w vaIne for IT, Others are considering the ad-
disability Of sending 1t TO the Mint at Phiiadeiphia'
New-York tribune., 1897-07-24
urTINOUs UPRISING on A BRITISH SHIP

San Francisco July 23-The British shop Com
llobank. which sailed from this port yesterday
morning for Rio Jan9!ro with cargo or wheat,
returned last night. Shortly after the towboat
cast on the mate Marshall issued orders which
the sailors refused TO obey Marshall went to the
forecastle TO reason with them, and was set upon
by Elliott and one two other members or the
crew and dreadfully beaten.
Elliott drew a shea .hknife and ordered the mate
TO hold OF II he valued his life. Captain storms
was told that the vessel bound for an Injected
port and that the men had resolved not to go on
the trip. Captain Storms ordered the ship about
and returned TO San francisco. Elliott was placed
under arrest but Captain Storms will not prose-
cute az the proceedings would delay the sailing
OF the vessel FOR long time.
New-York tribune., 1897-07-24
SECRETARY SHERMAN HERE.
GOING DOWN ON LONG ISLAND FOR HIS vAcA'
rroN-rHE BEHRrNG SEA NATTER

rroN-rHE BEHRING SEA MATTER.
Secretary John Sherman, accompanied by u. j.
Babcock his secretary. arrived at the Fifth Ave-
nue. Hotel last evening on his way to Amagan-
sett Long Island. where the Secretary OF State In
tends to spend his vacation with his daughter, MIS-
McCaum.
'I am looking for q cool place." said Mr.. sher-
man. settling himself In easy chair IN his apart
ments, "and am glad to escape from washington
which has been the hottest part OF the continent
Of late. think.
Being asked about the Behrng Sea controversy.
the Secretary said that people must not too reaahy
take alarm from reports and rumors OF bad blood
and possible hostilities.
Statements and editorials appearing in English
papers," he said ''are only too readily accepted as
representative of the sentiment Of the nation.
People should remember that the English Gov
ernment is not responsible for these decara-
tons. 1t stands in belgerent attitude, Tor
should not forget 10 take into CONSIDER
alton the fac, that England has fully as
much at stake as We have. In fact. 1t Is
more to her interest preserve the peace because
London Is the centre Of the seal trade The matter
will be fairly adjudicated. our people may rest
assured. Americans believe. and believe rightly
that England has not acted properly in the Behring
Sea case Expert testimony shows that the sea-
herds are disappearing through the inroads OF
British sealers, and something must be done. 4,
When the Clondyke gold mines were suggesteI
as furnishing a possible question for international
adjustment, Mr. Sherman said that there need be
no apprehension that Canadian threats OF apply :
ing the alien law TO American miners would oe
carried out This was something both sides might
play at. -,
I'VE have an alien law of our own. said the
Secretary, which could be applied on our sue Oh OF
the line. There never has been any friction ABOUT
mining. Canadians have been permitted 10 searcn
for gold. silver and other precious deposits In our
territory. and Americans have gone 10 their fnlhts.
Under a strict construction of the law man 70
hold a claim must be a citizen, but great deal OF
latitude has been allowed in these matters IN tne
past. and the same methods may DE looked ior III
the Clondykc territory
When will Congress adjourn?' was asked
Just as soon as the Tariff bill Is passed ana
signed" the Secretary replied. There will be no
Hawaiian annexation at this session; The Presidens
will send In mis- currency message. but the suoJscls
it deals with will be laid over until next winter
New-York tribune., 1897-07-24
CAPTAIN WILLIAM III. LANDENS.

Captain William II. Landers OF Engine Company
No AZ died in his home at No. 494 Robbins-ave..
on Thursday night. He really lost his life through
an act of courtesy On last Saturday night he was
at the East One-hundred- -thirtyeghth-st pier.
near his engine house, watching people embark
from an excursion boat. and he noticed a child
who had become separated from the others and ap-
peared to be frightened. He extended his hand and
leading the child off the pier when he was
struck by n team of horses and knocked overheard
He rescued. but the wettng he received
brought a fatal attack Of pneumonia.
Captain Landers was one of the oldest members OF
the Fire Department. He had been a member OF the
old Volunteer Fire Department, and he was made
a member of the paid department upon its reor-
ganizatio He was made assistant foreman In
1866 and foreman I'm 1870
New-York tribune., 1897-07-24
COOKS INLET DESERTED.
GooD-PAYING MINES LEFT IDLE BY MEN WHO
FLOCKED TO CLONDYKE.

FLOCKED TO CLONDYKE.
San Francisco July 23-Among the arrivals from
Alaska on the steamer Bertha was Dr. c. F. Dick
enson of Kodiak Island. which lies just al the head
OF Cooks Inlet. He says the god excitement all
over the Territory of Alaska is something unprece-
dented and that people fockng 10 the Clondyke
IN a way that threatens TO depopulate many of the
trading posts and the coast
When l left Kodiak two weeks ago. said Dr
Dckenson. 1.-The people were leaving all that section
Of the country and hocking in the direction or the
Condyke. In way the situation Is appalling Tor
many Of the industries are left practically without
the means OF operation. Mines that paying
handsomely Cooks Inlet have been deserted In
my opinion there just good placer diggings
70 be found at Cooks Inlet in the Clondyke re-
g1on. There foot of ground in all that
try that does not contain gold in more or less APP
preciable quantities. The great trouble has been
that people have not had either the courage the
opportunity | do not know which, thoroughly TO
prospect the country. l think that in another month
the country about Cooks Inle; will be practically
Deserted. There is room there for thousands OF
men, and there is certainly better pace in the
world for poor man.
New-York tribune., 1897-07-24
PORTUGUESE GUyBOAT CREW MAssACRED.

Lisbon. July 2s--In the Chamber OF Deputies to-
day the Colonial Minister, Senior Candido' an
nounced that the crew of Portuguese gunboat had
bean rnassacred near Chnde on the Zambesi River,
East Africa He said the Government had instruct
ed the loca. commandant to punish the rebellious
natives. ~,,- 49,,
A letter received here from elullinane MoZaH-
houe East Africa confirms the announcement.
According to this letter. the gunboat was seized
nv Chief Camb mbuimba and his followers, who killed
All OF the crew and nearly all OF the native
soldiers who board, and captured Two
New-York tribune., 1897-07-24
A CIONDYKE TALE OF WOE.
FRANK MOSS FOUND HORRORS AND
STARVATION THERE.
no ORDINARY MAN. HE THINKS. CAN SUR
vIvE THE HARDsHrPs THERE-THE

40 ORDINARY MAN. HE THINKS. CAN SUR
vrvE THE HARpsHIPs rHERE+rHE
RICHEST STRIKE.
Great Falls, Mont. July 23-Frank Moss. an
old-time miner In this section, who, four years
ago. was one Of party Of Americans first to
visit the Clondyke couatry, returned to-day,
and tells a story Of horrors and starvation
seldom equalled even in modern novels. He
describes Clondyke a placer camp. seven
miles long and thirteen miles wide, located in a
sink. walled in by powders of rock 5000 feet
high. Gold. he says abounds, but no ordinary
man can stand the hardships OF the uncivzed
region. When Moss left this place four years
ago he was a sturdy fellow over six feet tall.
From hardships and privatons he is cripple
for life and badly broken in health. In three
years he saw over two thousand graves made
in the Clondyke basin. large majority Of their
occupants dying from starvation.
The steamship companies bring in all food and
allow no private importation. consequently it is
not uncommon to go for weeks with but a
scant supply and for days entirely without
food. The gold brought in last week to Seattle,
Moss says does not represent the findings of
Individual shippers, but large proportion was
conascated from the effects of these two thou
sand miners VINO 1ell prey 10 tne narusnlpS'
AT the death Of a man possessed of dust, his
body was buried without coffin and the dust
divided among those who cared for him. With
proper reliefs established by the Government
Moss says. gold can be taken out at the rate
Of 81, 100000 a month.
The richest strike has been made by twenty
-yearold boy named George Hornblower
Of Indianapolis. In the heart OF barren waste
known as Bowlder Field, he found a nugget for
which the transportation company gave him
$500 He located his claim at the find. and IN
four months had taken out over Sl,OOo,OO.
The richest section Moss says. is yet un-
developed. II is one hundred miles from Clon-
dyke and known the Black Hole OF Cal
cutta II Is inhabited by ex-convicts OF Bo-
hennia and murders and riots take the place or
law and order.
A few months ago Clondyke organized JUS
tice committee and it's laws prevail there now
With the great crowds preparing TO go to the
scene now, Moss says hunger and suffering VIII
be great when added TO the other hardships TO
be overcome by those who survive. Moss re-
turns with Sc. 900 in dust and starts tomorrow
for his old home in Dubuque, Iowa
New-York tribune., 1897-07-24
CORNELL SCHOLARSHIP TESTS

Ithaca, " Y, July 23.-Reports from the recent
competitive examinations for the State scholarship
In Cornell University show that John Hamilton
Blair, of this city. grandson of Ezra Cornell. re-
ceived the highest rank In the State. He was
marked correct 24O points out of "A possible $50,
which gives him an average of 96 per cent in the
five subjects in which he was examined. Howard
Earl Geer, OF Johnstown. Fulton County, student
In the Ithaca High School. and William Jonas Del
amater, of Hudson Columbia County ranked sec
ond each receiving 239 points.
New-York tribune., 1897-07-24
GERMANY PROTESTED ~ VAIN.

SHE WANTED A TRIPLE CONTROL OF HAWAII
SOUNDED JAPAN. BUT GOT No SUPPORT.
London. July 24.-The Paris correspondent OF
THE Daily Mali says that Germany protested
to the United States against the annexation or
Hawaii by the latter country. Germany, the
correspondent says, desired triple control OF
the islands by America, Great Britain and her
self Chagrined at the result OF her protest
Germany sounded Japan. but the latter declined
to be party to any concerted action oelleving
that the United States would respect the rights
of Japanese emigrants in Hawaii