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to river steamers nearly the whole year
round. Besides, its head of navigation
is only eighty miles from the head OF
navigation on the White River. over
the easy Scolai Pass 1t will be easy
for the supply companies to keep all
the mining camps that will be estab-
lished on its banks we'll stocked with
provisions. and the gold seekers will
not be- as are the KlondikelS, snow
the deadly passes will be forgotten by
all save those whose friends shall have
met death therein.
Famine such as will be experienced
at Dawson this winter is utterly impos-
sible along the Copper River. That
mighty stream is navigable to within a
bound during the better part of the
year. The climate along the Copper
River is much milder than that of the
Upper Yukon, and the country is more
generous. 1t will be a great thing for
the American people when the stream
of fortune hunters turns from British
to Alaskan gold fields"
A Stream of Gold.
The Copper River has its source at
Mount Wrangell, at an altitude Of H.
500 feet, in the 144th degree Of longl-
tude 1t flows westward to the 147th
degree, whence it comes south and then
southwest to its confluence with the
Chillyna River. Thence 1t flows south
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WIRE FROM DAWSON.
II Is within the Range of EARLY
Possibility.

Possibility.
Uncle Sam and his cousin. the Gov
ernor- General of Canada. may both be
outgeneraled by enterprlsing capital
lists In the effort to control the future
telegraph business Of the great North
west While the governments of
Washington and Quebec are patting
one another on the back and writing
voluminous letters on the momentous
subject, plain, ordinary business men
are going ahead with their plans. II
Is whispered In financial circles that
several corporations already interested
In the gold fields have set aside sums
for the establishment of private tele-
graph lines between important points,
and that one company has sent a gang
OF linemen. under three electrical ex-
perts, TO the Northwest TO string wires
In American territory.
All sorts of propositions are heard
daily in Wall street One genius wants
to have a detail Of signalmen stationed
at high points along skaguay trail to
wigwag messages with flags from sta
ton to station. He thinks photographs
could be used at long range In Alaska
and points out that in some parts OF
| the West Uncle Sans soldiers signal
with sun-mirrors between points
eighty miles apart Flash lanterns or
searchlights he asserts. might be en-
ployod during the long Arctic night.
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Schedule In anect Nav is, 1897.
All trains Illuminated ~ith Pintsc.
sExpress trains.
TRAINS LEAVE WILMINGTON, della
WARE AVENUE STATION, FOR
NEW YORK, week days, .9,1s .9.le
s10.35 a. m; 'l22l, s2.29 49, '5.22 '7.43 Il
p m, Sundays. sSl3, 'g4O, 'il.2s a. m.
PHILADELPHIA, week days, ss1s, SIS
$40, .715, 7.35, 'S.25, eco, s9.40, -l025, lilo a
m.; 'i22l, l,2O, '229, 1928, $50, ,5.22 $50
I43, S.lb, I'll p. m. Sundays, e313 7.35
$50, $40, s1i.25i ll.25 a. m; 's2S. s5O. '5zi
90, s743. 915, IL d. m.
CHESTER, week days, '3.13, 5.55, $50
/ 20, s2.29, $50. s5.22. $50 .7.4s, 915. al D. m
Sundays, s313 735. $50 '9.40 s1l.25, 11.25 a
m. 1929, $50, '522, $50, '7.43, s.15. I'll p. IA
m, as a. m, 'i22i .2S9 .s.59 s. % D. ,. M a
Sundays, 1875 a. m. 1913 p. m.
CAPE MAY, week days, Ills a. m.
B5AfTIMoRE AND ~ WASHINGTON
week days, '4l8, no, 'S.49, I'll a. m; '12.5g
.2.O7. 3.O4 '40S s4.57, '6.16, 'S.l7, 1888 =. N
Sundays, ALB, 40 'S.4s a. M; 'i2.56, '2.O7
BALTIMORE AND WAY STATIONS
7.10 a. m; 3.04 p. m. daily.
.ii'o0 a. I'm. m; :i25s. s0i. .los' 'i.5S. .s.is
's.s5 a. M. .l25s. soi 'I.5S Ss5: 'si7 D. m m
PITTSBuRG, week days, 'sl6 D. M
CHICAGO, daily, A51 d. m.
CHICAGO via CINCINNATI and IN
D1ANApOLIS, sS.49 a. IA. daily.
CINCINNATI AND ST. LOUIS, sl2.bs D
m. and s8.ll D. m. daily.
TOLEDO AND DETROIT, sS.17 p. m.
daily to Toledo and daily except Sunday
to Detroit.
NEW ORLEANS AND MEMPHIS VIZ
BRISTOL AND CHATTANOOGA, sSi
D. M, daily. Through sleepers to Mem
SINCERITY ACCOMMODATION. week
days, 40 a. m; 3.04, 7,S5. 1916 p. M. Sun
days, 40 a. m; 34 l.3o p. m.
LANDhNBERG ACCOMMODATION
week days, 710 a. m; 1000 a. m; S0, as
D. m. Sundays, 1900 6. IN; 4.53 u. m.
LEAVE MARKET STREET STATION
PHILADELPHIA, week days, $50 D. m
BALTIMORE, week days, $40 a. m.
'IIANDENBERG. week days, a45, SIS =
M; ass, b.s5 p. m. Sundays SIS a m.
LEAVE PHILADEIs sPHIA FOR VII.
MINGTON, week days, 1880, 6.10, 7.10
.s.15. 800, 'lO.26, l1.30 m; 'l2.2O, .l.se. 400
sS.30, '4.20, 4.30, sis, '54l, 500, $50, sl.l0
s8.19, 9.45, "11.35 p. m. Sundays, $3.50, y. is
800, l1.30 a. m; 1920, 1.36, 2O0, '420, "b.S
$50, '7.40, sS.19 1880 p. m.
Telephone, No. 1893.
Rates to Western points lower than vi@
/ any other line.
Cen Manager. Man. OF Pass Traffic
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crossing over to Matamoosh Divide.
What he saw made a great impression
on his mind, for he said on arriving at
Frisco:
There l found a lake 100 miles long
at least. You cannot see across it any
where. This lake is not on any map.
Il went around the edge Of the lake
and found a big river, which / fol-
lowed down into the Copper River re-
gion. There are gold and copper veins
of great richness up near the head OF
Copper River 1 came down Copper
River from its source.
The Indians Are Friendly.
"The stories thus far printed about
the Copper River Indians are mostly
untrue. They are as fine a race as ever
I saw. They are as honest as the day
is long, and will be good friends to any
white man who treats them right. They
did me any number Of favors.
"They are tall, and are more like
Sioux Indians than any we have on the
coast here. They live outdoors all the
year round. and never build any huts
only a wind break with fire in front
Of it. They wear very little clothing.
and are strong and athletic. They viii
fight IL they are wronged, but win not
pick a quarrel.
"They have found one of the lost
arts They have a secret process Of
hardening copper and welding it to
iron. have seen numerous specimens
Of their work, and some Of recent man
ufacture, too. but l never could find
out how they made it,"
Easy TO Reach.
One point upon which all explorers
returning from the Copper River coun-
try agree is its accessibility.
| River steamers Of light draught can
go up the Copper River from the Pa
| cifc almost to its source. Prospectors
then have a short journey Of only
eighty miles over the scolai or Copper
| River Pass to the head of navigation on
| the White River. There they may
board another steamer and go by water
all the way to Dawson City, II they are
| still prejudiced in favor of the Klondike
| region. for the White River empties
into the Yukon at a point far below
| the dangerous portion Of the latter
stream. The trip down the Yukon from
it's confluence with the White River is
absolutely safe. for there are no rap
ids and no waterfalls. Gold seekers
rafting down the Yukon from any point
above the White River encounter dan
| ger a dozen times a day.
Vessels for the Copper River.
That Seattle investors believe in the
Copper River country is demonstrated
by the fact that some of them built a
schooner in three weeks to carry par
~ of prospectors to that region. This
is the Albert. which left Seattle a few
days ago TO go direct to the mouth Of
the Copper River and sail thence up
that stream to its source. She is built
Of galvanized steel. is forty-two fee;
over all and can carry twenty tons OF
/ frelgat and six passengers. She has
four water-tight compartments The
schooner Laura is also destined for
cruising TO and from and along the
Copper River. She is fifteen tons reg
lister. and viii be kept on the Cook
Inlet route. 1t is probable that the
steamship Queen will also ply exclu-
sively between Seattle and the Copper
River after this month.
A company has just been organized
which has for it's object the construc-
tion Of a narrow gauge railway from
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to the Gulf of Alaska.

to the Gulf Of Alaska.
Its mouth. protected from the waters
of The Pacific by three islands, forms
a magnificent harbor. much like New
York Bay This harbor is separated
from Prince William Sound on the
west by Cape Whitshed. A few miles
to the southeast, situated much as Nor
toms Point is in relation to New York
City, lies Cape Martin.
on its way to the Gulf, the Copper
River skirts the slopes of five enor-
nous mountains, all the wash of which
goes into its current. These are Mount
Sanford. 1900 feet high; Mount Drum.
13.SOO; Mount Tillman. 5000; Spirit
Mountain, 1000, and Miles Glacier Ac-
cording to the experts of the United
States Survey and other scientists who
have traversed the Alaskan gold fields.
these mountains should be rich in gold,
silver, copper and other precious min
erals, and any one Of them may be the
beginning of the great mother lode Of
the North American continent. 1t
stands to reason that the banks Of the
mighty river which sweeps the bases OF
those giant peaks must contain more
gold than any other region yet discov-
cred.
District Full of Gold.
The scientists say that the entire dis
trict between the Copper River and the
White River, running eastward from
the 147th to the 13sth degree of longi-
tude is full of the yellow metal, and
that wonderful placer finds will be
made there during the next few years.
Already the eyes of capitalists in Seat
tie and other Northwestern cities are
upon it, and there is little doubt that
a systematic exploration and prospect
ing Of the Copper River region will soon
be begun.
James r. Thompson, in a recent let
ter to friends in New York City. de-
scrlbes his visit to the Copper River
country in 1894. He and hts compan-
ions found gold on the bars of the
White and Copper rivers and discov-
cred that the Indian chiefs whom they
visited were well supplied with gold
nuggets. Mr.. Thompson, who is a vet
eran prospector. says:
II am so confident that gold mines
equal to the Klondike will be found on
the Copper River that, We're / not dy-
ing slowly of consumption. l would
have organized a party for that coun-
try in 1895. 1 predict it will yet aston
ish the world with the richness Of its
minerals. I picked up one piece OF
copper oxide on the camp ground at
the foot of Copper Pass Creek that as
sayed 10 ounces of gold per ton.
Golden Gate of the Northwest.
THAT pass is the natural gateway to
the heart of Alaska and the Klondike,
l will state my reasons for saying this
"The White River is navigable from
two and a half to three months longer
than the Yukon River. and has nc
rapids. The Copper River Pass is not
more than eighty miles from the head
Of navigation on the Copper River.
know we made only five days march
and four camps between the two
points. The head Of navigation on the
White River is quite well protected
with open pine timber, the trees grow
ing heavier as one descends. There /.
an abundance Of good timber on th'
White River for building boats. Th'
upper part of that river remains un-
frozen much longer than the great benz
Of the Yukon.
Another observation made by me Il
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That a telegraph system Of some
sort win be established in the Spring
goes without saying, for the news
papers themselves could better afford
TO form a syndicate TO stretch wires
than to pay the enormous expense OF
getting dispatches from their corre-
spondents by dog sledge or reindeer
express. But there would be plenty OF
private messages. aside from the great
mass of press business, to pay the ex-
penses OF construction and operation,
and leave a handsome profit besides.
Soon the chief operator in the West
ern Unions main operating room in
New York city may participate in the
following conversation over the North
western main wire:
IN. y, N. Y"
IL IL"
This is Dawson. Give me loop to
the Daily Moon"
20. X. There's your loop. Go
ahead"
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The Greater Wilmington Printing
and Publishing Company, southwest
corner of Fourth and Shipley streets, is
prepared to do printing OF every de-
scription quickly and efficiently.
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Pennies and small change can be had
at the counting-room of the Evening
Journal Office. as.5.s5,s,
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ALASKA'S NEW FLYERS
Reindeer May Garry Uncle Sans
Mails in the Northwest.

They Travel Nineteen Miles an Hour
and Can Draw Three Hundred
Pounds-nest Kind OF Drnught
Animal for the Frozen Zone
Their Meat II Delicious aud Their
skins Furnish Fine Clothing
Mans Best Friend I'm the Gold Re-
Eions-New York Corporation, it
L. said. Purposes Buying nRlf of
the Government Herds.
SEATTLE. Wash. Sept 1S.-Every
new country has It's own method Of
transit and transportation. more or less
rapid, according TO the conditions.
Japan and China and India have the
jinrlkisha. or 'rickshaw, as IL is called
by the Occdentais. Bullock teams are
all the rage in South Africa. The. Es-
kimo and Lapp traverse their Arctic
SHOWS in sledges drawn by strings Of
dogs. Moose are harnessed TO sleighs
In the Hudson Bay district, occasion
ally. but their gigantic strength and
general cussedness make them undesir-
able as draught animals Camels have
TO hump themselves wherever Arabs
are prevalent, and elephants constitute
the trunk line In the countries between
Hlndoostan and China. Ostrlches are
the record breakers in various portions
OF the Dark Continent, and even zebra
have been driven IN harness by dare
devil natives. Teams OF CRATES were
exhibited from time TO time by the late
lamented p. T. Barnum. Llamas are
the favorite beasts OF burden among
the Andes. The burro is peculiar to
the southwest corner OF the North
American continent. and the mustang
IS inseparably associated with the Lone
Star State.
Reindeer for Alaska.
Krlss Kringle and certain Northern
races have done something TO exploit
the reindeer. but Il has remained foi
Alaska to demonstrate all his numer.
Gus possibilities. For many years the
| Alaskans, both whites and Indians
have used the reindeer for a multitud
OF purposes, and during the past fou
years Uncle Sam has taken a hand a
developing the usefulness Of this little
understood animal.
Congress, In 1898, made a small ap
proprlation for the purpose Of Intro
ducng' the reindeer into Alaska AS
matter of fact. the Alaskan indian
had been driving reindeer for severf
years. but II was necessary to use IN
magic word introduction" 70 get IN
bill through the Senate and Hous'
Long before that, too, the reindee
sledge was the most popular means {
locomotion in Lapland But congrei
must always be unique.
Invaluable 20 the Lnpps.
ITO the Laplander," writes a ma
who has Travelled through most nortl
ern countries, "the reindeer is invalu
bic. being. in fact. his horse, d
OK and his sheep In one anim'
As a draught animal It's spec
endurance and particular adaptatiC
TO travelling on snow render 1t mo
valuable TO people dwelling in Il
frozen latltudes. II has been known
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In buying medicines. food products
kitchen preparations. or anything elst
that concerns health, see that No
strange, inferior goods are recommend
ed by irresponsible persona.
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PRICE AND WATSON.

The funny German comiques, can be
seen this week, afternoon and evening,
at Shellpot Park. They will make you
laugh. - AI6msI
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The Substitution OF one article for an
other is a kind OF green goods game
that the public can put an end TO by re-
fusing to trade at stores where 1t is
practiced. nm
Evening journal., 1897-09-22

The Greater Wilmington Printing
and Publishing Company, southwes.
coner of Fourth and Shirley streets.
tT prepared to do printing Of every de-.
scription quickly and efficiently.
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B g. q.

gcheduls In srect Nav is, 1897.
All trains Illuminated Sith Pintsc.
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DwT.AvvAnm DIvIeTON.

For New Castle. Sls. Ills a. m, 2E
A2l. 6.55 y. m.
d. m, weekdays.
For Dover, Harrington and Delmar, s.1y.
it.0i a. m, 2.bl, 4.U and 1l.b6 y. m. Sum
days, li.b6 y. m.
For Wyoming and way stations, So
d. M. week days.
Express for Cape Charles, Ola Point
Comfort and Norfolk, ii.04 q. IN. week
days and 11.56 D. m. daily.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-01
YOUNG STUDENT DROWNED,
Death Came in Peculiar Manner at
Minnetonka.

Guy Earl Baker. IS years old, and residing
with his parents at 305 East Thirty-second
street. was drowned at Lake Minnetonka yes
terday morning. as the result Of an epileptic
fit, which he became subjected to while out
rowing.
Young Baker who was a student at South
Side high school. was visiting with his uncle,
William jenkins, at Interlachen, having gone
out there Monday morning, for a two days
stay. 1t was his intention to again resume his
Shortly after 10 0 clock in the morning he took
a boat intending to row over to Lafayette.
The accident occurred just outside of North
wood, about 1880. He was noticed by some
parties on shore, standing up in the boat and
waving his arms, as if in distress. He was
next seen to fail over. Assistance was
furnished as soon as possible, but when the
boat was reached he was dead. AS he had
fallen. TO judge from the position of the
body when found, his feet had caught be-
meath the seat while the rest of the body
was over the edge of the boat, just allowing
the head TO hang in the water. He was i'm
mediately brought to shore where futile at
tempts at resuscitation were made. The body
was then brought to the residence of A B.
Jackson, at Northwood where it remained
until Deputy Coroner o. S. Nelson arrived
and brought it to the city. The remains
were later last evening turned over to John
son Landers the undertakers. who will
have the funeral in charge. DR.. Nelson last
evening stated that an inquest would be IN
necessary. as il was a clear case of drown
ing and that the accident had been brought
on by an epileptic fit.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-01

ter did not take it. Murphy also hand
ed the note to Mrs. WOODBURY., but she
was unable to peruse its contents.
Sheriff Philips did not know of the
affair until he read it in the morning
papers. An effort was made last night
to see him, which proved unsuccessful,
but it is supposed that Murphy's off1-
cial position was surrendered when he
handed over his star and himself to the
authorities
According to Murphy's own state
ment, he resigned from the police force
about three years ago, having been ap-
pointed to the department by Mayor
Winston. Shortly after Mayor Eustls
took Office, Murphy was reported by his
sergeant for sleeping while on duty.
Murphy says that afterwards the SER
geant failed to substantiate these
charges, but he resigned soon after be-
cause Mayor Eustis thought him too
light in weight for an officer. He was
detailed at the north station.
The injured man is nearly sixty years
Of age. He is an old soldier and re-
ceives a pension for injuries received in
the war.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-01
ADDED TO THE LIBRARY.
Better Facilities for Law Students
the T.,

Law students who return to the uni
versity next week won't recognize the
law library when they view it for the
first time. The tall formidable book
racks have disappeared, the old ar
rangement of study and reading tables
have been disturbed, and the room
doesn't seem its former self in any
particular
Dean Pattee has been East this sum-
mer purchasing additions to the pres
ent catalogue, and his acquisitions, the
donation from Judge Nelson and some
new shelving tell the story of the
transformation which has taken place.
I'VE began work almost the day
after graduation last spring. said the
dean today, and we have been at 1t
steadily ever since. We have added
some hundred of volumes to our col
lection this summer. One lot l
searched through New York, Baltimore
and Philadelphia for. 1 finally got
the books in the metropolis. They are
English reports, and, though 1 paid
$525 for them, 1 really got list sever
al hundred dollars more valuable than
that. At the same time I also secured
four complete sets Of state reports
which we did not have. They were
some of them out Of print and difficult
to find. Between the English and the
state reports I should say we have at
least 700 new volums. We had many
of the English reports down to 1865,
but our present addition carries US
right up to date. With Judge Nelson's
donation we now have everything
which could be asked or desired by
the student. It gives US grand total
of about 1000 volumes
For this year Dean Pattee has
scheduled the curriculum so that
United States Commissioner Abbott
will devote almost his entire time, day
and evening to lecture work. AS an
addition to the regular course, the
dean has arranged an auxiliary course
Of lectures. These are to be delivered
by distinguished members of the bar,
and will cover historical and biograph-
zeal subjects of interest TO the law.
The attendance this year, Dean Pat
tee expects, VIII run larger than ever.
For the first time the effect of the
years extension of the course is felt
in the attendance. This with the nor
nal increase will bring the total Of
students somewhere in the neighbour
hood Of $50. Otherwise the outlook for
the year is very encouraging.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-01
BOMB IN WELCOME.
Anarchists Help to Celebrate the
Return of President Faure.

Return of President Faure.
PARIS, Aug. 31.-President Faure ar
rived at the Northern railroad station,
from Dunkirk. at o'clock this evening
He was received there by the president
of the chamber of deputies, NJ Brisson,
the president of the senate, NJ. Loubeu,
the general in command of the Paris
garrison and his staff, and the munich
pal councillors. After listening to short
speeches of welcome, the president en-
tered a landau and proceeded to the
palace, by way of the Rue Lafayette
the Opera, the Madeleine and the Place
de la Concorde. Enormous crowds
lined the roads and the president was
warmly acclaimed. All the balconies
were filed with spectators and waving
handkerchief and flags were to be seen
or all sides.
Three minutes after the president had
passed the Madeleine, a bomb was ex-
ploded inside the ratings around the
church. Two arrests followed immedi-
ately and the rallied enclosure was
closed by the police, who began an ac-
tive investigation into the outrage. No
body was injured by the explosion, but
the affair, following so closely upon
others of a similar nature, caused the
greatest excitement. The persons in
side the ratings were infinitely examin-
ed by the police before they were al
lowed to leave. The fragments of the
bomb found by the police resemble
those in the Bots de Boulogne on June
Is last, and on the Place de la Con-
ccrde on June 16 last. 1t consisted Of
an iron tube filed with an explosive
and loaded with nails.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-01

caucus of the political party to which we be-
long, when called by the proper authority.
ana 10 use our influence in behalf of our best
men, regardless of legitimate professions or
occupations.
A resolution by D. R. McGinnis MAX
ing the members of the Agricultural
Press league honorary members of the
congress, was adopted unanimously, as
was a resolution thanking the people
Of st. Paul and Minnesota for their
cordial welcome
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-01
NOTHING FOR CREDITORS.
Final Accounting in Bank of New
England Affairs Is Made.

Judge Russell yesterday signed an order
allowing the final account of the receiver of
the Bank Of New England, Judge John P
Rea. The receiver was allowed the 500 extra
which he asked for his services. The attor-
ney, Louis A. Reed. as allowed $500 attorney
fees, with $27.T disbursements. There re
manned in the bands of the receiver $35S55,
less the printers and clerks fees and that
amount will all go TO the state as pre-
ferred creditor of the bank. The entire prin-
cipal sum- owing the state mas been paid and
the balance will go TO the interest, of which
there was 50 475 due