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the conductors book, and | saw the letter
which Mr.. M ills wrote in which it was ad-
mitted that pass was issued to Bryan"
Mr.. Mills was appealed to for version
of the incident and gave it. 1t was in his
statement that the nice distinction alluded
to above put IN an appearance. Il cannot
deny that pass was issued TO Mr.. Bryan"
said Mr.. Mills, "but it was not a free pass.
He applied for the transportation on ad-
vertising account, and it was so issued
and duly charged against the paper which
he represented. Hundreds OF other jour
nalists have made similar application and
received passes on advertising account.
The am mount involved in the contract was
$10-equal to the reduced fire from Sacra-
mento to Portland. M. Bryan paid is
fare on all other trips through the State.
This pass from Sacramento to Portland
was the only one he applied for"
These are the circum instances, and the
right to draw conclusions from them be-
longs to any body If pass is not a free
pass when Mr.. Bryan uses 1t in his mis-
sionary tours, all right. But the associa-
ton between Mr.. Bryan and the World
Herald is remote, memory of the time
when be converted the editor of that
paper and was hired by the convert to
bring others into the fold. MIR. B van re-
tired from the World Herald when he
went into the campaign. Since the cam
paign he has been practicng law. oratory,
bookm aking, the proper handshake, the
correct bow, the pursuit of the dollar. II
he has returned to the practice of journal
ism he has been strangely rAticent about.
it. If he hasn't returned to it the pass
and the free pass merge into each other
until no break in the beauteous continuity
can be deserted by ordinary means; in
fact, there's your tweedledum and twee-
dledee.
In order to ascertain whether Mr.. Bryan
was connected with the World Herald at
the time the pass was issued on its ac-
count THE CALL made inquiry of the editor
of the Omaha Bee last evening. In reply
the following message was received:
IMAHA, Nebr. Aug. 90, 1897.
"The CALI Sa" Francisco: Bryan's
come ection with World Herald ceased
OMAHA BEE.
The following came in response to
similar inquiry from the World Herald:
OMAHA, Nebr., Aug 20, 1897.
"Ihe CALI San Franchises: Editorial
announcement of BIyau's resignation
was made August 8, 1896.
WORLD HERALD.
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BREAD Is roo HIGH,
So the French Seek Reduction in Dt
on EoreiTn HHe #.


So The French Seek Reduction in Duty
on Eorci7n Hhe'f.
PARIS, FRANCE Aug 20.-An agitation
has been going on here some days against
the advance in the price of bread. The
discomfort is increasing, and radical So
clslist mem bers of the Cham Der nave con-
stituted them selves champions of the poor
consumers. NJ. Richards, the well-known
socialist deputy, has written to Prime
Minister Meline. asking the abolition of,
or a reduction in the duty on foreign
wheat imported into France. He will
raise the question in the cham Der on re-
assem- bling, omplaining that the Govern
ment has not applied the law empowering
1t 10 suppress duties under certain circum-
stances. Some OF the newspapers are also
making attacks upon the Government for
not taking action which it is empowered
by law to take to relieve the distress.
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THE RUSH SUBSlDlNG.
But the Steamers to Depart From
Seattle VIII Carry Plenty OF
Colds sekerS.


SEATTLE, WASH, Aug. 20-The next
news from The thousands of prospectors
who are endeavor ng to cross the trails
from Dyea and Skaguay to reach the
golden Klondike beyond will be brought
down by the steamer Rosaiie, which is
due in this port on Sunday. The Rapid
Transit is also expected the same day.
These vessels are also likely to bring let
tiers from Dawson City which may have
been sent overland. But the greatest ex-
pectancy is in the coming of the steamer
Portland from ST. Michael. She may get
in next Thursday or a day or two later
and it is believed that the returning min
ers will have in their possession the most
glittering aud substantial evidence OF the
continued richness of the Upper Yukon
country.
1t seems to be the general impression
that the rush for the Klondike country
is beginning to subside. A prominent
hotel keeper. in speaking on the sub iect
to-day, said:
"a month ago we had to turn people
away. We had as hiSh as three in a
room and improvised beds were the
order of the day. A good many people
were actually compelled to walk the
streets because they were unable to find a
decent lodging in the city. Now 1t is
different. True, we are com fortably filled
up now, but it is not the stampede it was
tn rec or four weeks ago. These reports
that have come down from Dyea and
Skaguay concerning the difficulty OF cross
ing the sum nit this season are deterring
good many from starting out this year.
look for tenfold bigger rush about next
March than We have had this sum mer,
but it is my opinion that the stampede
for this year is over"
The rush may be pretty well over, but
the list of passengers on the outgoing
steamers for Alaska does not seem 10 in
dicate it. The Pacific Coast Steamship
Company is selling tickets rapidly for the
Queen. and it is settled that she will carry
a heavy load of freight and passengers
when she sails on Sunday. The company
expects to keep its full complement of
steamers on the Dyea route until about
the middle of Septe N Der, possibly until
the last OF the month. The Rosalie, be-
longing to the Alaska Steamship Com
pany, is due in Seattle Sunday, and will
sail again for Dyea next Tuesday. Carl
Stolten berg, agent for the company, said
this morning that nearly every ticket for
her next trip was sold. The various
transportation companies figure that if
the Portland brings down large amount
OF gold such as she brought down the last
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FRESu0'S
VERY RICH
PLACERS
New Finds Reported in
the Vicinity of Laurel
Creek.
NEAR L. RABORDORE'S
GREAT STRIKE.
Good Diggings Reached by
Penetrating to the Bed
rock.
LUCK OF MR.. BENNETT AND
HIS PARTY.
Miners Who Are Now Preparing to
Carry on Operations on a More
Extensive Scale,

FRESNO, CAL, Aug. 20-A letter was
received in this city to-day from Samuel
Jennings, the store-keeper at Kenyons
station on Pine Ridge, in which he stated
that man named Bennett and nine
other miners had found rich placer dig
gIngs about the falls on Laurel Creek,
near wnere Louis Ra oordore made his
great str ke last week. The source of Mr..
Jennings Information is not known, but
the report be sends down is credited.
How rich the new placers are he does not
state.
Laurel Creek. above the falls, has many
small fats along its banks, and on these
the new diggings have been located. They
have always yielded fairly good indica-
tions of gold, but never before have been
thoroughly prospected. The miners have
always confined their work to the surface.
and never went down TO the bedrock,
having a mistaken idea that it was no use
to penetrate very far into the earth.
Mr.. Bennett formerly ran sawmill on
the ridge. and after he gave up the lumber
business he turned his attention to min
ing. Early this season he began prospect
ing for gold on Laurel Greek. He picked
out fiat above the falls and worked in
duStriously till he reached bedrock, where,
according to the report, his efforts were
rewarded. The lucky prospeclor said
nothing about his strike, but quietly came
to Fresno, filed a location on his claim
and organized party of nine relatives
and friends. They purchased good
store of supplies and complete outfit OF
mining tools. and with pack animals
quietly made their way back to the
Sierras, where fortune was awaiting them.
1t was last Wednesday that the party
passed jennings store. The travellers
stopped there to rest awhile, and one Of
them remarked to Mr.. Jennings that they
were bound for goldfelds that might rival
the Klondike. The party has sixteen
pack animals. which are now engaged in
carrying lumber back 10 the diggings for
building livine-ca bins and constructing
slulce boxes. Slulclng will be commenced
as soon as the rains set in.
The miners are lusy running tunnel
from the bed Of the creek dcwn to the
bedrock of their claims, several of which
have been located by the memoers OF the
party. The tunnel will facilitate the
mining very much.
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trip, all the rigors of an Alaskan winter
will not prevent several thousand people
from going up this fall. 1t was the return
of the Portland last month that famed
the flames OF the Klondike excitement and
which threatens TO do it again. There.
fore it is very proba bic whether the Klon-
dixie rush for this year is over or not.
The Washington and Alaska Transit
and Trading Company has been organized
at Tacoma to operate the bark Shirley on
the Alaska run. She is now at the city
dock in Seattle. undergoing repairs and
being retitted, at a cost of $500, and is
causing considerable comment among
those who talk of water craft. One thing
is true, it is not all esthetic spectacle to
look at. But this hardly argues that it is
unseaworthy. The Shirley was built in
1850 at Medford, Mass, and nearly all the
time since then she has been engaged in
t le Puget Sound trade. She is $50 feet long,
80 feet beam and 81 foot hold, having a
capacity of 1000 tons. The Shirley will
leave the Sound the latter part of next
week for Dyea and Skaguay. Freight will
be carried in the hold, and in the tween
decks will be built stock and horse pens.
She will carry large number OF horses.
On the upper deck passenger accommoda-
tions will be placed.
Among the passengers who c. me north
from San Francisco on the City of Puebla
was L. 2. Mccormack of New York City,
who took the steamer Al-Ki last night at
Port Townsend for Alaska. He announced
his intention 10 commence the beginning
of next week the construction of wire
rope tramway from Dyea to Lake Linder-
man, so that transportation facilities will
be afforded all persons who may desire to
go TO the klondlke.
Mccormack was captain of Company B,
Fourth United States Cavalry, during the
war and is reputed to be thoroughly
practical business man. He seems to have
every confidence in the success OF the
venture He says thorough test has
been made by skilled engineers of his
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wall of the ditch, and sam piles of this have
indicated value in base ore OF Sl50 ton.
To the eye the goId-bearing belt of por-
phyry appears from fifteen to eighteen feet
wide, but no average for the width has
been made in an assay. Three hundred
feet above similar values are said to be in
dicated.
The claim is called the Iron mine and is
in large formation OF porphyry next to
the Blue Jay mine and probably the
source of the gold in the pockets the
Graves brothers found. This is the situ
alton and present measure of the Truax
aud Dillon discovery, which is heralded
as a great one and which may be great for
all any body knows.
On Big Boulder Greek, several miles up
Coffee Greek, Thomas Bighouse has been
prospecting along the Blythe di.rks as
many Others are doing, and the other day
found ledge of doubtful value.
E. A. Wagner, owner of the Eleanor and
part owner of the Black Warrior and
other promising quartz mines in Coffee
Creek, reports that Bighouse announced
to him to-day that he had found a very
rich deposit of quartz conglomerate along
ing 90 cents to 81 to the pan.
A working miner from McCloud &
Johnson's new quartz mine on the east
fork of Trinity River seven miles east of
Trinity Center and three miles west OF the
county line, reports that while digging
out site for stampmilI at that mine a
12-foot ledge of rich quartz was found the
day before yesterday.
Along Coffee Greek to-day learned of
four discoveries and locations of quartz
Iedges of the value of which there are no
indications.
The prospectors now flocking to Coffee
Creek will find many quartz porphyry
and other veins bearing little gold, but
of small value, and few ledges and
pockets of value will doubtless be found.
Some rich developments will likely fol-
low when the exaggerated tales about the
discoveries have been forgotten.
E. I. Casey OF Randsburg is here and
announces that b. is going to locate and
form townsite on Coffee Creek near its
mouth.
Coffeevile may or may not materialize
from boomers energy, but business be-
gan in Coffee Creek to-day. A rancher
hired man and went up the creek with
a pack mule, peddling 200 pounds OF pota-
toes, cabbages and turnips among the
campers. ]. o. DENNY.
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ExPLosIoy OF 4 BomB.
1t Causes the Arrest of SerernL Arpser
{nns o,a Arso;riou

CONsTANTINOPLE, TURKEY, Aug. %.
A harmless explosion occurred yesterday
on a hill behind Buyukdere, where is
situated the summer residences of
European ambassadors. 1t is believed
the explosion was caused by some person
experimenting with a bomb Several
Armenians have been arrested on sus-
picion.
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CoNFIRMED BY HEX MAJESTY,
The Queen Regent Estabtishee O. Truce
UiLh The Netc Cnhinet

HHb NteHH NbUeHt EFfHOFlahee IrMCe
Hith the NeU Cabinet
MADRID. SPAIN, Aug. 20.-The Queen
Regent has confirmed the selection OF
Azcarraga as Prime Minister and also
confirmed the OF er members of the
Cabinet in the offices previously held by
them. Her Majesty requested the Min
listers to continue the policy of Canovas.
and endeaYor to consolidate the conser-
vative group. This is regarded as truce
until the Queen Regent returns from
San Sebastian to the capital and convokes
the Cortes in October
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Minister to Russia.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 20.-The
President to-day appointed Ethan Allen
Hitchcock of ST. Louis Minister to Rus
sia, vice Clifton il. Breckinridge OF
Arkansas.
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association IL hereby authorized to ap-
point committee Of five from its men,
bers to obtain said consent from the city
council, and whose duty it shall be to
inquire into the cost of adopting said
method of street sweeping in order to
demonstrate the practicability and ad-
visibility Of having our public streets
swept by hand.
Resolved, That this committee be in
structed to report at the next meeting Of
the board of directors Of the Merchants
and Manufacturers association in detail
the plan to be adopted. the approximate
cost of the experiment, the period of
time in which this new system is TO be
tried, the area to be covered, and such
other details as may enable the board
of directors to decide upon proper
course In this matter.
Mayor Snyder condemned the present
system, maintaining that 1t was impos-
sible to do satisfactory work with ma
chimes. The present condition Of the
streets must do the city's reputation as
a health resort much harm, and the
board of health had condemned it. He
was strongly in favor Of sweeping the
streets by hand.
President Frank referred to the excel
lent example of New York city. Judge
Silent did not think there was as much
difference between hand and machine
sweeping as ordinarily supposed. I'M
perfect sprinkling and insufficient
washing of the streets were responsible
for much OF the trouble. He recon-
mended that hydrants with two-inch
hose be placel every 100 or 150 feet apart.
A number Of other members spoke in
favor of hand sweeping and the resolu-
tions were carried unanimously.
A resolution in favor of permanent
exhibit of home products was also
adnnted
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IND0RSE HAND SWEEPING
Merchants and Manufacturers Dis.
cuss the Condition Of Streets

Forty-five members were present at
the regular meeting Of the Merchants
and Manufacturers association last
night. The first matter considered was
an amandmert to one Of the by laws, as
follows:
When director has failed to attend
three consecutive regular meetings
without leave of absence his place shall
be declared vacant by the board of d.
rectors. Carried.
Resolutions in regard to street sweep
ing were moved as follows:
Whereas, One of the purposes for
which this association was organized
was to aid and assist the authorities Of
this city in carrying out the ordinances
and laws for the comfort, ga fety, health
and prosperity Of our people: and,
Whereas, The filthy condition of our
streets Is due to the unsatisfactory
method Of street sweeping, thereby
jeopardizing the health Of our citizens;
and,
Whereas, The honorable city attor-
ney has advised this association that
no legal objections exist against the
sweeping by hand under the auspices
Of this association without expense to
the city. provided the consent OF cour.-
Gil for such action II obtained;
Resolved, .Thst the president Of thln
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Queen
victoria's S
Nephew,

Prince Victor Ferdinand of Hohen.
lobe, writing from st. James Palace, Lon
don, says: "R. M. X. cured the Princess OF
Catarrh."'
The Countess of B0utellier, President
Sisters of Joan of Arc, Paris, France, says:
fAll patients who took r. M. x. returned
to work in three months, and Miss D
was cured of Consumption"
The Grand Opera Stnr, Nine. Scalchls
says: "R. M. X. cured me of Congestion OF
the Lungs In two days"
The Exposition of Hygiene, Paris,
France. awarded R. M. K: Gold Medal IN
1885 See reports Of Or: VIlleiean; = +, IA "a
d. s. and E. C. Of F. c. T. s., and DR.. Grif-
fiths. F r. 8. (Edin), F. c. 8.
The Supreme Court of N. Y. has pro.
nounced r. M. X. wonderful in its cura-
tive powers and absolutely harmless.
Thousands Of Others say that RAD
ANS MICRoHE KILLER he's CURED
THEM PERMANENTLY Of Microbe Dis
eases. auch Is Cancer. Catarrh. Colds. Con-
sumption. Female Complaint, Indigestion.
Skin Blssesess vsnereei piseaees, etc, Book
ard sample free Write for fuil infcrme-
''ss; W.: ss & ~ rs "a & s's s'A'' = Z Ss'sa'
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the city attorney with instructions to
draw UP the necessary ordinance. The
communication from the East Side po-
lice station as to several persons having
occupied certain city lands was referred
to the land committee. The proposition
Of M. p. Thye to furnish the city with a
police signal system was finally killed by
the adoption of the report of the fire
commission that his plan was not feas-
ible.
SEWAGE FOR IRRIGATION
The board of health presented recon-
mendaton that the city cease the sale of
sewage for purposes of irrigation, as that
practice endangered the lives Of citizens,
in that the vegetables raised on land so
irrigated were dangerous to the public
health. This communication was re-
ferred to the sewer committee with in
structions to investigate the matter and,
If upon consultation with the health
officer 1t was deemed advisable to entire
ly stop the sale OF such water, to draw
up the necessary ordinance.
A NEW LIGHTING CONTRACT
The contract entered into by the park
commissioners with ]. J. White for the
boating privileges at East Side park was
approved, as were the usual demands
and acquisitions favorably reported up
on by the finance and supply committee.
1t was brought to the notice of the
council that the present contract for
street lighting expires December 31st,
and 1t was desirous Of preparing for a
new contract. The committee on light
was instructed to prepare the necessary
specifications and accompany them with
the necessary ordinance to be presented
at the next meeting Of the council
FINANCE COMMITTEES REPORT
The committee on finance submitted
the following recommendation:
In the matter Of the final report Of
John H. Gish, city tax and license COL
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times threatening. The session began
calmly enough with the filing Of the re-
port Of the city engineer. This report
was upon the proposed street improve
ments which had been referred to him.
The report included favorable reports
upon the following improvements, ali
of which received favorable action:
Grading and otherwise improving
Twenty-seventh street from Grand ave-
nue. to the Grand avenue and Adams
street tract, by private contract.
Ordinance of intention, to sewer Twen-
ty-eighth street from Grand avenue to
Figueroa street.
Special specifications for constructing
an asphalt wearing surface on Broadway
from Sixth to Seventh streets. and an
ordinance of intention for repaving that
portion of Broadway.
Ordinance of intention for paving
Broadway from Seventh street to Main.
Ordinance OF intention for paving
with asphalt First street from Broad
way to point 165 feet. west, and also
for the paving with granite First street
from Hill to l66 feet west.
!, Ordinance Of Intention for repaving
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Sixth street between Broadway and
Figueroa street.
Ordinance Of intention to establish the
grade of Thirty-second street from Main
to Maple avenue; the grade OF Sixth
street from Hoover street to Vermont
avenue and the grade of Daily street
from Main to Alhambra avenue.
The following portion OF the city en-
gineer's report will interest large num-
ber of property owners:
In regard to the petition of H. Herd,
asking that storm drain be construct
ed on Fremont avenue, Figueroa, Bos-
ton and Montreal streets. it would be
advisable to construct 22-inch cement
pipe storm drain on Boston street be-
tween Montreal and Figueroa streets,
and 26-inch cement pipe storm drain
on Figueroa street from Boston street
south to connect with the present 30
inch storm drain across Figueroa street
near California street. 1t will further
be necessary to extend the present 30
inch storm drain on Fremont avenue.
The construction of the extension is an
absolute necessity as the present 30
inch drain is so obstructed at its present
termination that it does not have
proper discharge and so causes over
flow at its head by reason of its in
ability to carry off the storm water
with sufficient rapidity. The amount
of pipe required will be as follows: Bos-
ton street. $50 feet; Figueroa street, 425
feet; Fremond avenue, 1046 feet, to-
gether with four catch basins and one
manhole. Referred to the board of pub
works
STREET SWEEPING CHARGES
The much looked for report OF the spec
ial investigating committee was the next
order of business. The report in sub
stance was as follows:
From the public hearing on the 10th
inst. and the evidence there introduced
We find:
That the first count in the charges
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Cured Of Stomach and Liver Trouh by Dr.
Wong Him, of s31 8. Hope st.. Los Angeles, Cal.
To the Public-It gives me great pleasure to say
that Dr. Wong Him's treatment in ray case has
been most successful For years have been
irOuhled with the kidney and stomach troubles.
tried various remedies from oiher physicians, but
received no permanent help. Dr. Wong Him's
treatment has removed all tendency OF these trou.
bles and seems to he permanent in its results.
like DIR. Wong Him's Ideas of Herb Treatment
cleaning and renovatiug the system before building
1t up again. am certainly pleased TO say that he
has one great deal Of good to me, and that
have found him to be we'll man, unas-
suming and kind. commanding the respect Of all
good people. Very respectfully,
MISS STELLA HUNTER,
Los Angeles, Cal, April 90 1897 $40 Bellevue Ave.
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The Albion,s Departure

The association. will go down in body
today to San Pedro to witness the de-
parture Of the S. s. Albion for Mexican
ports. The Albion will carry represent
atives of local houses bound for this new
field of operations. The Terminal rail-
way has placed special train at the
disposal Of the association, leaving at
lis D. m.
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AFTERNOON SESSION
Action Taken in the Charges Against
the Street Sweeping Inspector

The attendance at the afternoon ses-
sion Of the council was not as large as
that during the morning, but the pro-
ceedings were much more lively and al
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Lecture by Rev. W. Z. Copeland this
evening at 525 West Fifth street. Subject,
"Cycles Of Inspiration
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Instructions given on the plano and gui-
tar; twelve lessons for IS. Address post
office box 25