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SURVEYOR OGILVIE.
He Says There is Plenty OF Gold,
but a Nine Months Winter.

SEATTLE, Aug. 29.-In speaking of
the Klondike gold fields VIM. Ogilvie,
Dominion Surveyor for the Northwest
Territory, discOurages all Strangers
from going into that bleak country. He
denies that any difference regarding
the boundary line exists between Ca
NADIA and the United States. He says:
Gold has been found in a certain
zone in British Columbia running
through the Cariboo and Cassiar dis
tricts. Project the axis of this zone
northwest and they touch the Teslin
Lake, Hootalfnqua River, Stewart Riv
er, Indian Creek, Klondike, Sixty Mile,
Forty Mile, American Creek, Seventy
Mile and Birch Creek Now it is high
ly improbable that gold being found at
all these points, the intervening spaces
are barren and I will do no more than
say generally that we have a zone of
upwards of 500 miles in length, some of
it in Alaska, more of it in Northwest
Territory and much Of it in British Co
lumbia which will yet be the scene of
numerous mining enterprises, both
placer and quartz, the latter practical
ly inexhaustible. The conditions, how
ever are most unfavorable There is
a nine months winter. barrenness Is
almost total so far as vegetable food is
concerned, the earth is bound in eternal
frost and the thermometer often
reaches 60 and 20 degrees below zero"
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THE WORLDS HARVEST LIGHT.
ESTIMATE OF AUSTRIA'S MIN
IsTRY OF AGRICULTURE.
It is Calculated That There Will Be
a Shortage Of Two and a Half
Million Tons.

BUDAPEST, Aug. 29.-The Ministry
of Agriculture has issued it's annual
estimate, in which it describes the
worlds harvest as extraordinarily light
The total yield of wheat is placed at
573, ,000,0 metric hundred weight
While the present annual requirements
are estimated at 655 10000 metric
hundred Weight 1t is calculated that
shortage of 50,S00,000 hundred Weight
The stocks remaining on hand from
1896 are approximately estimated at
somewhere between SO 000,00 and 45,-
900, 600 The total supply for the year,
reckoning both the present stocks and
the harvest, is estimated from $40, ,O00,-
coo to 651 100000 metric hundred
weight.
The worlds deficits are estimated as
follows: Rye, $1,000, 900 hectoliters;
barley, 3S, 100000; oats, 5S000,000 and
corn, 100000. The reports state that
many exporting countries, such as
Turkey, Egypt, Australia and Austria
Hungary will either be unable to ex-
port grain or will be compelled to i'm
port, While others, including British
India, Argentine and Chile, will have
their wheat export considerably re-
duced.
The favored countries are the United
States and Canada The latter will
soon be one of the most important of
the exporting countries, it's excess over
last years production being 10000, G0O
bushels of wheat and 20,O00,0 600 of corn.
It's output of all sorts of grain was
270, 900, coo bushels. The yield of wheat
in Great Britain this season is 50,0O0,-
900 bushels, against 63O00,O 600 last
year. The wheat area of British India
is reduced from 23,000,O0O acres to
10000 and the wheat yield from
234, 600, 900 bushels to 202, 100000 bush
els.
The United States, which has reduced
it's area sown in oats by 1000, 900 acres;
that sown in corn by 100000 acres,
while that in other grain remains near
ly unchanged, will nevertheless dispose
of 534 900, 600 bushels of wheat, against
434 GOO 900 bushels last year, allowing
the transportation of 100. .O00,000 BUSH
els of wheat, while the exports of corn
will possibly be 50,O00,00O greater than
those of last year
The prospects for oats and barley are
less favorable than in 1896. The price
of bread in Austria has already risen
80 per cent.
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1 have. however. ventured to suggest
that hoped that wise councils would
prevail at the Reading Convention, and
that the outcome would be Of that
character that would be an invitation
TO all Democrats to take an active and
aggressive part of the coming cam
paign. which may fairly be regarded
as the preliminary skirmish of the Cub
ernatorial and Senatorial contests Of
1893. l regret to notice, however, that
the indications are that some of the
Democratic leaders, among them some
who are officially connected with the
organization of the party. are bent
upon a course which they mistakenly
think will benefit themselves, regardless
of its effects upon the party itself, or
it's future
IF at any time in the future the
Democratic National Committee, the
only body now having jurisdiction of
the qualifications of its members since
the work and life Of the Campaign
Committee, to which it had delegated
its powers in the premises, ended with
the campaign of 1896, shall think it
proper to further consider the matter,
I shall cheerfuly submit to its author
ity and bow to its decision. Respect
faulty, T. F. HARRITY."
The enclosed correspondence consists
of a letter from Chairman Jones, Oc-
tober -. 1896, asking him to state his
position in the national campaign, and
Mr.. Harrity's reply declaring his allie
glance to the party, but maintaining his
belief in the sound-money platform
adopted by the Democratic State Con-
vention at Allentown, Pa, on April %,
1906
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TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
Consolation Matches Close the Play
At the Del Monte Courts.

MONTEREY, Aug 29.-To- days
games closed the invitation doubles of
the tennis tournament at the Del Monte
courts. The matches to-day were con-
ISOLATION prizes, and We're participated
in by all the players who had been
defeated in the games up to the semi
finals. In the first game, Nicholson
and Stone defeated DR.. Root and Mr.
Bliven; score, 60, 81, 6-3. Root
played at disadvantage, owing to an
injured arm. The second match Brad
shaw and Chesebrough won from Har-
per and Jones by default. Eckhardt
and Godfrey then played Nicholson and
Stone; score, 6-1, 6-4 6-3
The Hawaiian singles champion,
Bradshaw, and Chesebrough next met
Hamilton and Prince of Pacific Grove,
the former finally firing out the latter
team; score, SO. 6-2, 6-3. This brought
the contest to the consolation finals be-
tween Bradshaw and Chesebrough and
Nicholson and Stone. Nicholson and
Stone won by magnificent serving and
effective volleying; score. So, g., Go,
St. The Whitney brothers played an
exhibition game of singles. The contest
was not played to a finish for lack of
time. as the players returned to San
Francisco on the 4 p. m. train
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WILL BE THERE.
President Mckinley Will Attend
the Reunion.

FREMONT (O), Aug. 29.-The first
and second days of September will have
noted events here, at both of which
President Mckinley will be in attend
ance. On September 1st Will be the
wedding of Ensign Smith and Miss
Hayes, the daughter of the ex-Presi-
dent. and on the same day occurs the
reunion of the regiment in which
Hayes and Mckinley served during the
war.
The Twenty-third Ohio Regiment
claims the distinction of having among
its officers more men who attained high
positions during and after the war than
any other regiment in the United
States. Two of its officers became
Presidents of the United States-R. B.
Hayes and William McKinley-one
reached the office of United States Sen
ator and Associate Justice Of the Su-
preme Court of the United States
Stanley Matthews. It's first Colonel, w.
V. Rosecrans, was appointed Brigadier-
General in the regular army before his
regiment reached the field. The next
in command. E. F. Scanmon, was aft
erwards made Major General of Vol
unteers and was equally successful in
DuSlIiESS lie. Lc lOuIlU 1OIOllCis
James NJ. Comfy, was mustered out
with the regiment and afterwards was
known as a distinguished journalist.
Lieutenant Colonel Russell Hastings,
now a resident of the Bermuda Islands,
is known as a successful man of busi-
ness in Ohio since the war. Captain
G. r. Biddings was appointed Major in
the United States Army. Lieutenant P.
r. Moody was later Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor of Ohio and also a member of
Congress- Lieutenant James L. Bost
ford was made Captain and General
on the staff of General Scammon. Lieu
tenant George W. Hicks was made
Colonel of a regiment.
President Mckinley rose from the
ranks to Second Lieutenant September
"a, 1862. He was promoted to First
Lieutenant February Z, 1868, and to
Captain July %, 1864, and was after
wards breveted Major
The regiment saw severe and trying
service in the mountains of West Vir-
ginfa. and participated honorably in the
enga agements of South Mountain and
Antetam in 1862. 1t was especially con-
spicuous at the celebrated battle of Ce-
dar Greek, October 19, 1864, when
Sheridan made his ride to Winchester.
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TURNED THE TABLES.
Prisoners Lock Their Jai1er UP and
Escape Successfully.

LEADVILLE (Col), Aug. pa dar-
ing jail break from the County Jail
occurred here at $50 tonight Five
prisoners made their escape. and the
night jailer at a late hour is still locked
up in the JAIL While the prisoners who
escaped made away with the keys to
both the outer and inner doors.
The prisoners who escaped are the
two Bohannon brothers, charged with
the murder of Deputy Sheriff Fahey; j.
d. Spann, charged with rape; James
Bristol, charged with forgery, and Jim
Dawson, charged with assault with in
tent to kill.
When Night Jailer Martin entered
the corridor to make his rounds to-
night, Spann, who was walking in the
corridor, jumped upon him and clasped
his hands back of him. He was at once
Joined by the two Bohannon brothers,
who dragged the jailer to the rear of
the cells, where they bound him. A
big posse has started in pursuit.
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BASEBALL ON THE COAST.
Reliance Defeats A1erts in an Elk.
citing Game-Other Games.

SAN FRAN CISCO, Aug. Z0.-Ine Al
ameda Alerts' baseball team met and
was defeated at the hands of the Oak
land Reliance to-day at Central Park,
by a score of 4 to 3. The game was
of an extremely exciting nature and
kept the spectators in a wild uproar
from beginning to end in conse-
quence of the close score. Pitcher Mos
kiman's work was a feature and would
have won the game for the Alerts if his
support had not gone to pieces in the
sixth inning. AS a result the Oakland
maintained until the end of the game.
Attendance 5000.
GRASS VALLEY, Aug. 29.-The C.
c. and BIS of Sacramento, strengthened
by players from the Corkers, to-day de-
feated the Monarchs of this city by a
score of u to 6.
STOCKTON, Aug 29.-Stockton
found herself without battery to-day
as Peters and Iberg did not come up.
The play was therefore loose, though
Chase and Loverovich held down the
points we'll and had Stockton played
with as few errors as usual the score
would nave Ddldnc6u III the usual way.
Ed Smith and Scott respectively, did
the delivering and receiving for the I'M
perials Stockton tied the score of nine
in the ninth and the Imperials won in
their half with no man out. Score: I'M
perials 10; Stockton 8.
BAKERSFIELD, Aug. 29-The most
interesting ball game of the season
was played here to-day between the
Republicans of Fresno and the Bakers
fields. 1t was a life and death strug-
gle with both, as each had lost two
games in the second series of the tour
nament and the losing team to-day
must necessarily drop out. Each team
was strengthened by two or three new
players and both played good ball from
the start to the finish. But it was Ba-
kersfields' game from the beginning, al
though Fresno made two runs in the
first inning, The Bakersfield battery
proved the stronger Fresno's pitcher
giving many bases on balls. The score
stood 21 to 8 in favor of Bakersfield.
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THE CUBAN EXPEDITION.
Some Are Fearful of the Results of
Starting Out.

TAMPA (Fla), Aug, 29.-The expedi-
lion that left here last night was de-
layed somewhat by a Washout on the
Plant system. The party did not en-
bark on the tug at Cleveland until
midnight when it set sail. The train
arrived at Cleveland at 11:45 p. M,
and seventy-five Cubans landed with
their baggage. Each had a valise, and
many had bundles. They bore no
arms.
The Cubans are elated, but many of
them are fearful of the result of an
expedition that starts under Spanish
colors. The Spaniards are pleased. for
they predict that an expedition start
ing under Spanish colors is likely to
end under them. The revenue cutter
Forward arrived at Port Tampa to-
day and signaled at once, calling Cap
tain Rodgers ashore, whereupon con-
sultations were held with the treasury
officials. The cutter at dark still re-
mained at anchor.
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HARRITY TALKS.
Saws That None but the National
Committee Can Remove Him

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29.-William
T. Harrity tonight sent a letter TO John
NJ Garman. Chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Committee, defining his po-
sition on the movement agitated by
certain factions of the party to Oust
him from the National Committee.
After referring to the call issued by
Chairman Garman for a meeting of the
State Committee at Reading. Pa, to-
morrow night the eve of the State
conveation, for the purpose of consid-
ering the question of the vacancy in
the membership from Pennsylvania on
the National Democratic Committee
and OF filling such vacancy if the same
be found to exist" Mr.. Harrity con-
tinues:
The language of your call practical
ly assumes that there is no vacancy in
the Pennsylvania membership of the
Democratic National Committee, and,
as 4 matter of fact, there is none. I
was elected to that position by the
Democratic National Convention, upon
the unanimous recommendation of the
Pennsylvania delegation 1 have not
resigned and have not been removed.
nor is it in the power of any conven-
tioa, committee. or person, TO remove
me except in the Democratic National
Committee ITSELF
Proceeding, ne says:
''In consequence of the public decla-
ration made by me over a year ago
that I did not intend to thereafter ac-
lively participate in politics, as 1 had
previously done, I have not desired to
have much to say concerning political
0ys nj
had no candidate TO suggest and have
no disposition to interfere with the le-
gitimate work of the State Convention
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FOR COPPER RIVER.
A Miner Who Says It is Richer
Than the KIondike.

PORT TOWNSEND, Aug. 29.-The
steamer City of Topeka, which sailed at
an early hour this morning for Alaska,
took a party of twenty-five men from
Los Angeles, who will leave the Topeka
at Sitka and take passage on the
steamer Dora for Copper River, which
they will fully prospect.
The party is headed by J. D. Brooks
of Los Angeles, who went into the Cop
per River country eighteen months
ago. Each of the twenty-five men has
full provision outfit for sixteen
months. Brooks says the Copper Riv-
er country is richer than the Klondike
His party will be augmented in Septem-
ber by $50 more men, all from Los An
geles
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BICYCLING AT TACOMA.
Five Riders Spilled in the One
Third Mile Professional Race.

TACOMA, Aug pa large crowd
attended the bicycle races here to-day.
In the one-third mile professional race
five riders were spilled. Several were
scratched. Allen Jones of San Fran
cisco won, Allen of Spokane second.
Time-0:43
One-third mile, amateur, Wing of
San Francisco won. Time-0:51 1-5.
One mile amateur, won by Mott of
Oakland Time-2:32 %.
Two-thirds mile, professional won by
Allen Jones. Time-1 80 40.
Ten-mile race, match between Cotter
of Tacoma and Shipp of Oregon was
won by Shipp. Time-24:3
One-mile professional won by
Vaughn, San Diego. Time-2:27 4-5.
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ST. LOUIS, Aug. 29.-The attendance
of labor leaders upon to-morrow's 5
united labor convention is tonight
considerable of a disappointment, but
the promoters are gathering and it is
thought that to-morrow's arrivals will
materially increase the list of dele
gates The most important arrivals
of the day were J. r. Sovereign, Grand
Master Workman Of the knights of
Labor: w. c. Pearce Secretary and
Treasurer OF the United Mine Work
ers of America; r. Askew, Secretary
of The National Miners Association of
America Ishpeming. Mich.
1t is simply impossible to forecast
what this conference will do. said Mr.
Sovereign. 1t seems to me, howev-
er," he continued, that all labor or
ganizations realize that the time has
come for them to put aside all petty
jeaIousies and form one grand ANAL
gamation Whether this organization
viii be effected here, I cannot even sur
mise Organized labor has worked on
a line to secure legislation which will
benefit the working classes, but it has
brought US no benefit 1t will now get
to work in an endeavor to remove the
and hope for better results"
Branching off into the miners strike,
Mr.. Sovereign said:
The miners strike is nearer won
than many people believe. If ever there
was real grievance and just cause
for striking, it was in this strike. and
I believe they will win yet"
If" said Mr. Sovereign, in conclu-
strike I will ever go into on these
lines"
What new plan of action Mr.. SOver-
eign had he declined to say.
Grant Luce, Chairman of the Com
mitsee on Arrangements. said that he
had been advised that Messrs. Ratch-
ford and Gompers and one or two 9TH
ers had met in Columbus and arranged
a plan of action for the conference
which they viii present at the confer
ence tomorrow. Debs will arrive in
the morning. The objects of to-mor-
rows conference, as far as can be as
certained, are to be to devise means
for the relief Of the striking miners
and to protest against the govern
ment by injunction" Secretary H. w.
Steinbess of the Building Trades
Council Of ST Louis, who has done
much TO bring the conference into eX-
istence, said tonight:
The efject of the meeting is to set
tie the miners strike. We want justice
and we are going to have it, but not
in defiance of the principles Of Ameri-
can liberty. We are patriotic and we
want what is for the best interests of
the country. / think the result of this
meeting will be the uniting of all the
labor organizations in this country in
one common cause. 1t will, without any
question lead to the union of all the
labor organizations in one central body,
in which united action can be taken
for the interests of labor on every
question that may affect their inter
ests."
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Great Destruction on Rivers Flowing Into
the Sea.
Over 5000 Houses Flooded or
Washed Away The Wave
Raised the Rivers From Twenty
to twenty-five Feet, Flooding
the Towns With Many Feet of
Water - Many People Were
Drowned or Seriously Injured.

SAN FRANCESCA Aug. ga "CalT'
special from Tacoma says:
Oriental advices received to-day state
that great earthquake occurred in
Japan on August 9Th. 1t lasted eight
minutes, and was followed by a tidal
wave which swept up rivers flowing
into the sea and causing great de-
struction. Up to August 10th it was
known in Yokohama that over 5000
houses had been inundated or washed
away. Between 200 and 300 people
were known to have been drowned or
seriously injured. 1t was reported
from Iiosoku that coal mines there
We're flooded by an Overlooking river,
drowning over 100 miners.
The earthquake shocks on the morn
ing of August 9TH varied from four to
sixteen in number in various places, the
movement being from east to west.
Less than an hour afterwards the til
dal wave was felt in the towns along
the coast. Rains had fallen almost
incessantly, and the rivers were al
ready very high. The tidal wave raised
them in as many minutes from twenty
to twenty five feet higher.
The Governor of Nigata prefecture
reports that Arakawa river rose twenty
feet. In Naoyetzu ] 800 houses We're
flooded and thirty people killed or in
jured. the water rose so rapidly that
over 500 people were a1oat in their
houses before they knew what had
happened. They were all rescued in
boats. Farther down the river twenty
boats were swept away, most of them
having people aboard.
At Takata several scores of houses
were washed away or wrecked, and
1000 were filled with water. Nearly
100 houses were wrecked and inun-
dated in other towns in the same pre-
fectuIe. AT Omagari third of the
city IS fifteen feet under water, and
rice fields all along the Anonox River
are flooded. Bridges and embank-
ments were swept away by the score.
Reports from the Province of Rik-
uZer state that immense waves rolled in
forty five minutes after the earthquake
and flooded eighteen fishing villages.
All of the officials buildings and the
railway station at Naoyetzu were
flooded. Here many persons were
drowned. Nine railway officials We're
carried down stream to sea in their
houses. A steamer rescued them, but
many smaller boats were swept away.
Mr.. Hobson, British Commissioner of
Customs at Yatung, Thibet, writes to
Japan that a severe earthquake was ex-
perienced in Thibet in July.
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WELCOME TO FAURE.
Paris Growing Into a Frenzy of
Forged Chinese Certificates.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-The Treas
ury Department is conducting an inves-
tigation of charges that Chinese are be-
ing smuggled into the United States at
Port Townsend Wash. The reports
upon which the investigation is based
indicate that the Chinese had made use
of forged certificates No charges
were made against the custom officers
at Port Townsend, except by implica-
tion. Special Agent Cullom has been
ordered to proceed to Port Townsend
20 investigate
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WILL IGNORE PARSONS.
Reduced Rates VIII Be Given to
the Letter Carriers.

CHICAGO, Aug. 29.-The Chicago
delegation of letter carriers to the Ma
tional Convention viii ignore Presi-
dent John NJ. Parsons and go to San
Francisco. This was determined after
a spirited debate at a meeting this
afternoon. c. s Stephens, Chairman.
and F. w Campbell and W. Hennessy,
members of the National Executive
Board, assured the delegates that Mr..
Parsons not only had no power to or
der the convention place changed, but
would not be permitted to work any
such scheme
Three of the railroads.&c. North
western, Rock Island and Burlington
repudiated the action of the Western
Passenger Association, which refused
reduced rates and individually offered
the delegates a rate Of one fare for
the round trip On Saturday. Chairman
Caldwell authorized all lines to follow
suit
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Eddy and Mason streets.

Eddy and Mason streets.
Two days later he held up a crap
game in a saloon on Grant avenue,
shooting ex-Special Policeman Byrne
through the head.
April 5, 1896, he, with two accom-
plices, performed six separate hold
ups on Jessie and Minna streets, Sc
curing cash and watches from pedes-
trians.
Several months later he "held up a
street car in Los Angeles and secured a
small sum from the driver.
For this, he was arrested, but es-
capped in ten days by answering to the
name of a man charged with being
drunk, thus being placed at work on the
street with the chain gang, who are not
closely watched
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A VICIOUS DOG.
1t Attacks and Mangles an Uphols-
terer in Oakland

ALAMEDA, Aug. 29.-John Schmidt
an upholsterer of Oakland, was saw
agely attacked by a vicious Newfound-
land dog and almost strangled. Schmidt
went to the residence of William Per-
rish, on Central avenue, soliciting work
at his trade, when the dog pounced
upon him, knocking him down, and
would have killed him had it not been
pulled off by main force.
Blood spurted from wounds in
Schmidt's head, face and neck There
was a very deep cash on top of his
head, where the scalp had been torn
off; another on his neck, and the right
cheek was perforated in several places
with the CANNES sharp teeth.
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CLAIMS THE TOWNSHIP.
Bernard Moore Says He Bought
Skaguay From the Government.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. %. - A
Chronicle" special from Victoria con-
tains a signed statement from Bernard
Moore, who claims the townsite of
Skaguay. He says that ten years ago
he made application for 100 acres of
land in accordance with the United
States laws as applied to Alaska, had
a legal survey made and paid the
requisite S4OO to the proper officials.
He had just begun to stock the place
for a dairy when the gold rush began
and now thousands of citizens of Ska
quay are claiming the lands he has
paid the Government for.