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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04
Fairmont r1aD Tells of
Life in the Gold Re-
gions of the
Arctic. e

there as I ever saw anywhere. But
the people do not try to raise any veg
etables One saw mill offered SIS per
day for hands to run the mill, but could
not get them at that price. 1t is very
hard to hire men at any price to work.
Every man is trying to mine for gold.
Nothing else is talked of.
my claim is in the British posses
sions, and the British government have
mounted police, who keep down all
disturbances, and it is just as orderly
and quiet there as it is in the United
States But across the line in Alaska
it is different. There is no protection
for the miners and that part of the
country is filled with thieves and cut
throats. The United States govern
ment offers no protection to the min
ers There is room for a great many
people in that country. I think gold
can be found along all of the small
rivers
"It cost me from Dawson City to
Seattle $3.50 and the price is the same
the other way. There is a great rush
at Seattle to get passage on the boats
bound for the gold fields. One man
who had ticket sold it for 81 500. Any
one who can work out of doors in the
coldest weather we have in Minnesota
can do the same in the Klondyke. /
have cut wood when the thermometer
was down to As below zero.
'It is little use to start this fall for
the gold fields, as nothing could be
done before spring."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04
Underwood Is the Man.
He Will Succeed E. w. Winter as
President Of the North
ern Pacific

When the official announcement of
the successor of E. w. Winter as presi-
dent of the Northern Pacific is made,
1T will be found that Frederick D. I'm
derwood, general manager of the Soo
is the man who has been selected for
the position. That is, If Mr.. Under
wood will accept the position The
fact was mentioned in the G o
week ago that rumor again associated
Mr.. Underwoods name with the posi-
ton.
Yesterday the G o b e learned from
a source which cannot be considered
other than reliable, although in no way
official, that Mr. Underwood had been
made the choice of all interests, and
that if he consented to accept the place
his appointment would be announced
in good time. Mr.. Underwood has been
in the East for some days, but he il
expected home in a day or two.
Whether or not he will admit that he
has been rendered the place or remain
quiet until the official announcement
comes from New York remains to be
seen. -
Mr.. Underwood is regarded by the
road with which he is connected as one
of the ablest railroad men in the West.
Other railroad men regard him in a
most favorable light. He was born in
Milwaukee Wis, in 1850. and entered
the railway service in 1SS as a clerk
for the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul.
He had chosen the railway business for
his life work, and began industriously
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04

fight, but Maher's manager wants to
train at least eight weeks before the
fight Maher is in Ireland at present,
and may not be back in this country
for two or three weeks. MaherS man
ager insisted also upon the Knicker-
booker club putting up substantial
guarantee before the articles are sign
ed, and said he would also demand
that every dollar of the purse be in
the hands Of the referee when the men
stepped into the ring. There was some
talk of a referee, but no decision was
reached.
Dan Stuart said today that he would
not offer even SIS for the Maher-Shar-
key fight, for he did not think it would
be good drawing card. He said: Il
have an idea of giving another boxing
carnival at Carson City at which I
expect to pull off three fights. One 1
hope will be between Corbett and
Fitzsimmons, another between Maher
and Goddard, and one between Dan
Creedon and Kid Mccoy. 1 do, not in
tend to try to secure the fight between
Creedon and Mccoy If Billy Brady is
after 1t, but If he does not want it, I
will try. leave for England tomorrow,
where / expect to remain for eighteen
days. When 1 return | will hunt up
Ccrbett and Fitzsimmons and make
them an offer. If the fighters give me
a definite reply, 1 will offer them bet
ter inducements than 1 did for their
championship fight. / am also willing
to give a big purse for Maher and God
dard, for I think they would be a great
drawing card. The winner of this bout
/ would match against the winner of
the Corbett and Fitzsimnons fight for
the championship Of the world"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04
Increased Consumption a Fac
tor in the Heavy
Movement.

of II, ,632, ,456 pounds to 1854, 4,661 pounds.
The value of latter not manufactured
decreased from $673, 103 to $240, ,434. Malt
LIQUORS decreased from $50,068 to $10,-
535. Under the head of provisions,
comprising meat and dairy products,
there is an increase in the value of
meat and meat extracts from $66,837 to
$159,S47. The item Of cheese under the
head of dairy products, remains about
the same. There has been but slight
decrease as to manufactures of iron
and steel Some particular items un-
der this head, however, show a marked
decrease, as for instance tin plates,
terne plates and taggers tin from 49,
S43.6S0 pounds to 5,286,015 pounds.
There is substantially no change in
the quantity or value of spirits in ware
house. The decrease in sugar is par
ticularly marked. On June 80, 1896, the
value of all sugar in warehouses was
$14, ,557, ITS, and on June 80, 1897, $780,
402. In the raw beet sugars, not above
No. 16 Dutch standard, there is a de-
crease from 40,3S4, 945 pounds of the
value of $912,56 to 26,960,095 pounds
of the value of $469,319. The heavy de-
crease is of cane sugars not above No.
16 Dutch standard, from 542, ,919 492
pounds, valued at $13, 3,003, 173 to 6S,511, :
851 pounds, valued at $1,273,994 Sugars
above No. 16 Dutch standard, decreas-
Gu G1,oO0,oOo JULIUS " o,1tG,to1
Under the wool schedule there Is an
other marked falling off, particularly in
the item of cloths. The value of wool
in bond on the last day Of the fiscal
year 1896, is shown to have been de-
creased from Sc, 693,2S3 to 81, ,470,908.
Dutiable goods have decreased from
$50. OLE, ,1S0 to SIG, $50, ,790 and free goods
from 81 ,439, 1852 to 81, ,251 1893. Two causes
have combined to lower the stock Of
goods in bond, namely an awakening
demand for consumption, and changes
either actual or anticipated in the new
tariff, which is now law.
The importation Of breadstuffs into
the United. States as reported by the
bureau of statistics during the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1897, amounted in
the value of the various products
grouped under that head to $2,7I4, 1853.
Barley and wheat furnish the principal
items, the former aggregating 1,271,787
bushels, and the latter to 1,176, ,337 BUSH
els: as compared with the preced-
ing year, it shows decrease in the i'm
portation of wheat of over 100000
bushels. Foreign corn finds scarcely
any market in the United States only
1201 bushels having been imported
during the last fiscal year. Small as
these importations of grain are, most of
them are again sent out of the country,
having been entered from Canada in
bond for expectation. 1t is said but
little enters into actual consumption.
that destined to remain in the United
States being used for seed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04
AN EFFORT TO EYADE
DINGLEY RATES.
Interesting Figures Embodied in an Advance State
ment by the Bureau of Statistics of the
Treasury Department-Sugar
Heads the List.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-The follow
ing statement was issued today from
the treasury department.:
The advance sheets of the summary
of finance and commerce for the month
of June, 1897, about to be issued by the
bureau of statistics, shows heavy de-
crease as to goods held in bonded
warehouse as compared with preceding
years. The causes for unusual with
drawals have been mainly in anticipa-
ton of a change in the tariff and also
an increasing demand for consumption.
The value of goods remaining in bond
June 80 was $1S,135,723. AS compared
with the same day Of the preceding
year, there is a decrease Of $33, 1855
The lowest point to which goods in
warehouses fell previous to. the pres
ent was $31, ,594, in February, 1896,
and since July, 1893, the highest point
to which the value of goods in ware
houses has reached was in July, 1896,
2,041, ,10S In anticipation of the Will
son tariff act the value Of goods in
warehouses rose from $40,100,000 in
April, 1894, to $51, ,292 900 in July of that
year.
The value of goods under the head Of
chemicals remaining in bonded ware
houses June 80, 1896, was $571, ,450,, as
against 1899, same date 1897. The
great increase in this list Is in opium,
which increased from 10,72S pounds,
valued at $50, ,136, to 1886 pounds, val
ued at $3OS,11 There were heavy with
drawals of cotton manufactures in an
ticipation of tariff changes. On June
80, 1896, the value of cotton manufac-
lures in bond was 81, ,262, S9S, as against
$3S4,S11, the same day this year. In
cotton cloth the decrease was almost
$40O, 900; in earthenware, stone and
china the decrease was $45S, 476; in the
manufactures of hemp, fax and jGte
the decrease is heavy in the higher
grades, amounting to about $4,000
The value of fish remains about the
same The total value Of fruits held
was $230,200 last year, against $40,
this year. The decrease in plunis and
prunes was 100000 pounds. There was
a falling off of about 40 per cent in
the holdings Of currants, and only 3S,-
669 pounds of dates, as against 345, 1868
pounds on the same day last year.
There is a small increase as to bar
iron, rolled or hammered, and ingots,
blooms, slabs, billets, ETC., Of steel.
In lead of all kinds, except manu-
factures thereof, there is decrease
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04
JAP UPRISING POSSIBLE.
Trouble Likely Follow in Hawaii American
Flag Raised

CINCINNATI, O., Aug. ,3.-The Ha-
waiian government decided on July 2S
to issue no more six months residence
permits to Chinese. This practical ex-
clusion, following the lines of American
legislation, means much to American
laborers. The foregoing fact, obtained
from indisputable authority by Watson
H. Wyman and mailed to San Fran
cisco, was telegraphed tonight. Mr..
Wyman also sends the following i'm
portant and exclusive information from
Honolulu:
Il am able to state that there is in
contemplation plan for stocking the
islands with colored laberers from the
cane plantations of the United States.
1t will result in the gradual diminu,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04
Steel Wage Scale Signed.
manufacturers and Men Adjust Their
Differences.

YOUNGSTOWN, O., Aug. 3.-The
new Amalgamated association wage
scale was signed this afternoon by
President Garland, of the Amalgamat-
ed Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers, and Secretary James H. Mutt,
of the Iron Manufacturers association.
The scale finally agred upon was in
the main as follows:
The guide mills, rolling and heating. IS
per cent reduction on straight. Soughers, 712
per cent reduction.
Bar mill heating and rolling, 10 per cent
reduction for iron and Is per cent for steel.
Sheet bar work. no reduction except for
heating and it is same on the bar mill.
Plate mill rolling and heating, same as be-
fore.
skelp mill rolling and heating, 10 per cent
reduction.
Puddle mill roll hands. no reduction. Pud-
ding, 81 ton on one-cent card rate.
The whole scale is governed by
1-cent card rate, which means l cent
per pound selling price for bar iron.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04
BaCK
FROM
KLONDYKE.

Special to the Globe.
FAIRMONT, Mimi, Aug 81. John
son, a former citizen of Martin coun-
ty. has lust returned from a three
years sojourn in the Klondyke country.
On being asked for an interview on the
all-absorbing topic Of the day, he
said:
"I went to the Klondyke country
about three years ago. l prospected
without much success for two years
Last fall located a claim six miles
from Dawson City and worked it some
during the fall It is a good paying
claim, and 1 was offered $4,000 for it
Just before I left. I left it in charge
of my son. I will return to Dawson
City in the spring. The Klondyke is
all in what is known as one district.
and each person is entitled to only one
claim. which is from one foothill to
the other and 500 feet along the river.
The paying dirt is from five to thirty
feet below the surface. My claim is
twenty feet below. and the vein is
from seven to eight feet thick.
There is one claim near mine that
the vein is from eight inches to a foot
you can see the gold in the dump 100
feet away.
There is no solid rock to go through,
but just before you get to the pay dirt
you strike a kind of shale that is
easy to go through and requires no
blasting. The river at this place is
one-half mile wide, sixty feet deep and
freezes from eight to ten feet thick
The river swarms with fish, and there
is plenty Of game in the woods. If
one is a good fisher and hunter, there
is no need of starving in this country
Along the sides of the mountains and
hills there is plenty Of game, moose
and caribou. It is true that the ex-
pense of living is high. So 1t is in all
new countries but do not believe it
is much higher than it used to be in
some Of the Western states years ago.
mo one must think that it is a pleas
ure trip to go to the Klondyke, for 1t
is not. 1t is a long and hard journey,
and the man that starts for that coun-
try must make up his mind that he
will have to go through many hard
ships before he reaches 1t, and, when
he reaches it, it is not a desirable
place to live. Last year the boats that
were lbSo uo NC5OloDlOo 6OS IL OACll
in and did not reach us, and we were
left without anything to eat but meat.
Many of the people have the scurvy.
l myself took it, and that is the reason
| why 1 returned to the United States
There is a moss that forms on the
ground three or four feet thick On
| this moss the moose and caribou live.
Under this moss the ground is never
| free Of frost. If this moss is removed
the ground will thaw out and some
kinds of vegetables can be raised, such
as potatoes; turnips and anything that
will mature in short time I have
seen as fine looking barley growing
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04

at the bottom of the ladder, with his
eye on the top. He was successfully
brakeman, baggageman, foreman Of
elevators, conductor of working, freight
and passenger trains, assistant divi-
sion superintendent and superinten-
dent He left the Milwaukee in June,
1885, to become general superintendent
OF the Minneapolis & Pacific, and when
that road was consolidated with the
Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie & At
lantic in June, 1883, under the name
of the Minneapolis, St Paul & Sault
Ste. Marie, he was made general man
ager of the consolidated road, which
position he has held during it's entire
history, over nine years.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04
FOREIGN ADMIRALS
READY TO FIGHT.
From Constantinople 1t Is Announced That Proo-
ress Is Being rlade Toward Peace-King
George Changes His Mind
About Abdication.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. "A dis
patch from the Dardanelles late today
announces that the second naval di-
vision of the Turkish fleet. consisting
OF seven warships commanded by Hari
Pasha, has sailed for the island of
Crete. Fears are expressed here that
the departure Of the Turkish naval
division may lead to d collision with
the international fleet in Cretan waters,
In view of the announcement of the
foreign admirals that they have decid-
ed to oppose by force the landing of
Turkish reinforcements in the island
of Crete.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04

When the selling price of bar iron goes
up, everybody's wages go up, but
wages cannot go any lower than they
are now, no matter how low the selling
price of bar iron goes. Altogether, the
men affected do not consider the new
scale as poor for them as it might be,
as the 1-cent card rate gives them some
protection.
The Mahoning Valley Iron company
will put one of it's puddle mills into op-
GRAFTON tomorrow morning, and some
of the finishing mills will go on next
Monday. The Brown-Bonnell Iron
companyS plant will start next
week. 1t was announced by the other
manufacturers that there would not be
much delay before they start up their
plants. Although the Union Iron and
Steel company, which has several
plants, was not represented in the con-
ference, 1T is understood on good au-
thority that they will sign the scale
and at least put the local plant in
operation soon.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04
Alaskan gold fields. Circular letter has been

Alaskan gold fields. Circular letter has been
issued. George Ellis,
Secretary.
Inquiry develops that many of the
principal~life and accident insurance
companies have issued positive In
structions to their general agents in
the United States and Canada against
assuming any risks upon the lives OF
persons contemplating visit to the
Klondyke Those companies have
found, so it is said, that business Of
this character is not a profitable one
They fear the great influx of prospec-
tors, totally unaccustomed to the ex-
treme cold of the Alaskan country
would prove too great a burden for
them. Many of the general agents
representing Eastern life and accident
companies in Chicago have received
letters from the home offices of a pro-
hibitory nature against these risks.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04

ton of Japanese labor, for, Of course,
as time progresses and existing con-
tracts expire, the laborers now under
contract can be deported and their
places assumed by the overplus of
Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi We
are today advised that several Japan
ese vessels are under way for here and
have it from a most creditable source
that our steamer brought instructions
to them in authority here that, if the
japanese make the least move, the
American flag is to be raised instantly.
1t is fully felt here that this would
fully precipitate an uprising of the
$4,000 japanese, who would be supplied
with arms from the Manialla, and who
could then make it very unpleasant for
the whites''
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04

PARIS, Aug 3.-According to a dis
patch received here today from Con-
stantinople, a division of the Turkish
fleet has been ordered to sail for Canea,
island of Crete.
If the statements contained in the
Constantinople dispatch alluded to are
correct, fresh trouble may be antici-
pated in the settlement of the Graeco-
Turkish peace preliminaries. 1t has
been reported for some time that the
Turkish government was contemplating
landing additional Turkish troops in
Crete, and on Thursday last the ad-
mirals in command of the foreign fleets
in Cretan waters held a conference and
decided to oppose by force the landing
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04
BULLETIN OF ALS II
The ST.PRUI CLOSE
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 4, 1897.
Weather for Today
Fair and Warmer.
PAGE I.

PAGE Il.
Underwood VIII Head the N. II.
minnesota Mans Idea of KIondyke.
Iowa Miners Strike.
Clash Threatened in Cretnn Waters.
Steel Wage Scale Signed.
Efforts to Evade DingIey Duties.
Strike Developments Favor Men.
PAGE =.
Cyclists VIII Go Into Politics.
Split on the School Budget.
investigation of Police Fines.
PAGE 5.
minneapolis Matters.
Servant Girl Heiress to 100000.
CrOp Conditions in Minnesota.
News of the Northwest.
Cake story of Hawaii Protectorate.
PAGE 4.
EDITORIAL.
Changes in Voting Contest.
Dispatch ROasts City Officials.
PAGE 8.
Buckeyes Shut Out the Saints.
Tigers Defeat MiIIers.
Brewers Keep on Winning.
Blues Are Slaughtered.
Senior Events in Detroit Regatta
Days Sporting News.
Express Co.'s Decline to Report.
Railway Gossip.
PAGE G.
Upward Impetus for Stocks.
Bar Silver, 81 3-4c.
Cash Wheat in Chicago, 77c.
Worms Markets Reviewed.
PAGE z.
business Announcements.
Wants of the People.
PAGE 4.
Michigan Plan for Taxing Mines.
PhotoCraphers Hold n Session.
Cream City View of Editors.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04
SEATTLE DISPLEASED.
Some Retaliation Against the Ca
HdianS Ia Desired

Some Retaliation Against the Cam
adams Is Desired.
SEATTLE, Aug. 3.-At a meeting Of
the chamber of commerce in connec-
ton with the merchants and shippers
of this city, resolutions have been
adopted memorializing the secretary of
the treasury to abolish the privilege
heretofore extended to Canadians Of
bonding goods in shipment through
American territory and also to rescind
the action establishing supports Of en-
try at Dyea, Skaguay and Circle City
This action is taken in retaliation for
what is deemed the harsh and unjusti-
fable measure proposed by the Cana
dian government to levy an import
duty on personal outfits of miners and
prospectors going from the United
States to the new Klondyke district
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04
STILL AFTER FlTz.

Stuart Wants Bob to Meet Corbett
Once More
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-Representa-
tives of Peter Maher and Tom Sharkey
met in this city today and made a sec
ond deposit of $500 of the $4,000 for
feiture for fight The offer of y.
Abram, of the Knickerbocker Athletic
club, of San Francisco, was taken up.
An answer was returned, saying that
the offer would be accepted If the con-
ditions of the articles were satisfa ctory.
In the message the club expressed the
desire for Oct. II, as the day of the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04
IN A FRIGHTFUL MESS.
Going Badly for Spain in

Things Going Badly for Spain in
the Philippines.
SAN, FRANCISCO, Aug. 3-The fol-
lowing is an extract from a private
letter, dated Manila, June 8:
Things are in a frightful mess. Spanish
dollars have been introduced at 16 per cent
less value than Mexican Everybody wants
to sell out. Native brokers are all over the
place trying to sell horses, carriages, fur
niture and estates with no buyers. In the
sugar provinces, the cane plants are being
burned up for lack of rain. A few days ago,
about forty miles from Manila, train was
stopped, owing to the immense mass of To-
Gusts on the track. Fighting is still gong
on i'll several provinces. and the papers here
say nothing about it, which looks bad. The
papers have not even mentioned a single
glorious victory"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04
REGULARS REVIEWED.
Regiment Out in Honor of President
McKinIeE.

Regiment Out in Honor of President
Mckinley.
PLATTSBURGH, NJ Y, Aug. g.
President Mckinley !, reviewed the
Twenty-frst United States infantry
again today. The president sat with
Mrs. Mckinley at her own corner Of
the Hotel Champlain balcony which
was covered with bunting. The regu-
lars showed to good advantage as they
filed past with their band playing live
ly airs. The hotel guests and about
1000 townspeople watched the bicycle
corps parade.
Lieut.. Gov. Fisk, of Vermont, and
John w. Titcomb, president of the
Vermont Fish and Game league, were
the presidents only visitors during the
morning. Their@call was for the pur-
pose of arranging the details Of the
presidents visit to the annual meeting
OF the game league on. the isle la Motto
on the 9Th inst. The presidents party
will go to Isle la Motto on. the 9Th
and will be the guests of Lieut.. Gov.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-04
Iowa Miners Strike.
One Thousand Men in the OF
tumwa District Out.

OTTUMWA, TO-, Aug. 3.-A thousand
miners, went out on a strike in this
district tonight. They demanded 80
cents and 81. The operators granted
the so cent rate, but refused to bind
themselves to the winter prices. The
men at several Centerville, Rathbun
and Forbush mines have also stopped
work, and a state meeting is called for
this eitynen Aug, 8, 1t is believed by
both operators and miners that a strike
will be declared