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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-17

Tariff Conferees Can't Get Past the Sugar
Schedule

Washington. July 16-The only report
obtainable from the conference report
on thetariff bill today was to the effect
that the represen tatives of the two hous-
e5 were still at odds on the sugar sche-
dule, and that, while there were still
many matters of minor importance unde-
termined, the sugar question was the
only obstacle in the way of speedy set
uiement. There was quite movement in
the senate today in the interest of rhe
house sugar schedule, with the vident
purpose of bringing pressure TO bear
upon the senate conferees to yield upon
This point and accept the house schedule.
Tonight the conferees are no nearer an
agreement on this subject, which con-
tinues TO be the main bone of contention,
than they ware when they began. Each
side is standing out out as firmly as ev-
er for its rates The house confereese are
convinced that they can win, supported
as they are by the almost unanimous
sentiment of their party in the house,
and some Of them talk of remaining here
all summer rather than TO yield to the
senate on this point. There were ru- \
nors during the day that the senate con-
ferees were about to surrender on sugar,
but they proved to be utterly without
foundation. Believing that If the senate
were permitted TO Voc on the question: il
would recede from its rates on sugar,
there was also talk ABOUT during the day
of forcing an expression on the subject
from the senate in some way for its ef-
feet on the conferees, but this, on inves-
tigation, proved 10 be little more than
gossip So far as can be ascertained,
the senate conferees are as determined
as those of the house not 10 surrender.
There is little doubt, however. that they
would accept a compromise If the o~her
side would agree to il. The difficulty is
that the house men refuse TO entertain
any proposition for compromise This
far. the uleimatum has been the house
schedule or nothing" While the sugar
schedule blocks the waya. the conferees
haven OF been idle. Much progress has
been made in the minor features OF the !
bill and agreements have been made in |
many parts. OF course, there is always /
the possibility ths, the conferees may get 7
together a. any time. bu, as yet there /
is apparently no prospect of this being /
done
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-17
PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE
Deficiency Bin Conference Report and
Harris' Resolution Cons idered

Washington. July 1.-THE conference
report on the deficiency appropriation
bill was considered as soon as the SEN
ate met today.
Mr.. Hale. in charge Of the bill. stated
that the price Of arnor plate was not in
cluded in The report. Nothing had been
done on that subject except mar The SEN
ate conferees had stated positively that
the senate would not consider any $500
for arrno-. The report was agreed ID ana
q further conference ordered
Mr.. Quay (Ps) moved that when the
SENATE adjourn il be unsil Monday. but il
was lost. 25-e7.
NJ. Morgan secured he adoption If a
resolution requesting the president for
Information as 10 the arrest Of Alfred
c. H. Hugnst, citizen OF the United
States. by the Spanish authorities az
Havana on September 6, 1896
Mr.. Morgan briefly recised the circun-
stances in the case and stated that he
desired 70 lest the power OF Spain 90 ar
biI--arily hanish a United States citizen
doing business In Cuba, without tria! or
evidence Of his participation in the re-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-17
WINNIE DAVIS ~ INVITED
To Attend the Logan Day Exercises IN
Chicago.

Chicago, July 16.-Efforts are being
made by the committee in charge of the
Fort Logan day ceremonies and the ex-
Confederates' association Of Chicago. to
secure the presence of Miss Winnie Da-
Wis. the Daughter Of the Confederacy.
at the dedication exercises which take
place on the twenty-second. An invita-
tion has been sent Miss Davis through
Miss Lucy Lee HILL, a personal friend.
and ex-yorld's fair commissioner from
Kentucky. The formal invitation was
followed by a telegram from Miss Hill
and others from the ex-Confederates' as
ISOLATION, urging Miss Davis TO come il
it was possible to do so.
Theodore Noel, commander of Camp s,
United Confederate Veterans, has issued
a call TO members and friends of the or
ganizaltion urging them to be present at
the ceremonies.
1t is believed that at least 500 men
VINO fought under the stars and bars of
the confederacy viii take part
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-17

belHon. The resolution was agreed to
without division.
On motion of Mr.. Pettigrew Is. ID the
bill was passed to give the consent Of con-
gress TO a compact entered into between
the states of South Dakota and Nebraska
respecting the boundary between said
states.
The Harris resolution relating to the
sale OF the government Interests in the
Union Pacific railroad wac then taken
up and Mr.. Allen (Neb) continued his
speech in support OF the resolution.
After discussing the legal points in
volved, Mr.. Allen declared that IL con-
gress neglected al this time to stay the
sale OF the governments interests in this
read, Involving loss of $50, zoo. 900, it
would be the greatest blow and stain
upon this government that had been
made in the years of our national exist
ence.
Mr. Thurston (Neb) interrupted to say
that the railroad debt was almost $40, 00O,-
900, while the guaranteed bond was $45,-
900. 900, and that the loss could not eX-
cedd 10000, 900.
There was a spirited controversy at
one point in Mr.. Allen remarks when
Mr.. Warren (Wyo.) sought ITO call atten-
ton to the absence of quarum. Mr..
Allen declined TO pield for this purpose
and expressed doubt as to the right OF
senator to call attention TO the absence
of a quorum when the senator on the
floor declined TO yield.
Mr.. Hale said it was most unparal-
elltd procedure.
At 1:3 an adjournment was taken until
Oclnek fOnnnrrnW
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-17
The aaeha aaily gaole Saturday oruiue July II 1897

and In places can be dipped up In buck
cts. while the surrounding gcoal beds are
inexhaustible. Thirty thousand feet Of
pipe has already been ordered from Pitts
steam schooner viii be chartered to carry
/. and tank materials TO the discovery.
A prominent oil man has given a guar
antee of all the capital necessary to build
a refinery at this point as soon as neces-
sary to handle the product. The Oil is
pronounced Of the best quality ever seen
and the quantity il unlimited.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-17
ROCKS JUST DRIP WITH OIL
Further Particulars OF :he Aarveious Alas.
kan Petroleum Find

Seattle, Wash, July 16.-Tie Alaska
Development company has been oCganiz-
ed here 10 develop the coal and OF. fields
recently discovered IN southeastern Alas
"A by r c. Johnston Of Los Gatos. Cal.
The report made 10 the company o. Mr.
Johnston and Mr.. T. j. HamjlsSn OF this
city. the experts who made close ex-
animation Of the property. show ina, the
discovery Is really the mos, wonderful
the word has ever known The oil feds
are located within a few hundred Zee. OF
tidewate-, $50 miles west % Juneau
The sts,emsnt is made IN good faith ,ha;
the oil Is dripping directly from the rocks
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-17
WILLING TO TRY IT OVER
millionaire Bradbury Seeking His Erril
Spouse ut Last Accounts

Spouse 1t Last Accounts.
Chicago, July 16.-John Bradbury. the
young California millionaire, who came
to Chicago to me: his erring wife, receiv-
ed message at the Wellington hotel to-
day, and after spending moment in the
telephone closet, came out with smile
on his III, boyish face. He brushed
aside a number Of newspaper men and
hurried to the street to a waiting car
riage and was driven away His wife
was TO reach Chicago this morning. The
young millionaire, It was said. was will
ing TO forgive her, and they are suppos-
ed 10 have met at the home Of mutual
friend. He has rooms reserved at the
Wellington, and the hotel people expect
to see Mrs Bradbury's name entered up
on the register at any time.
Good health without pure blood Is an
Hoods Sarsaparilla in
SureS both.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-17
And Now She Is Han Again.

Chicago, uJly 16.-Mrs. John Bradbury
of California. who left her husband 10
run away with ]. Russell Ward, arrived
III the city this afternoon. She was met
at the Santa Fe depot by her husband
and the party was driven rapidly TO the
Wellington hotel. Neither would talk
for publication
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-17
SOMETHING FOR POWDERLY
President Intends to Make Him Commits
sioner of LINING ration

Washington, July 16.-It is understood
among senators interested thai the presi-
den' has determined upon the appoint
msnt Of Torrance V Powderly. formerly
grand master workman of the Knights
o. Labor. 70 be commissioner OF inmi-
grafton.
The nomination Will probably be sent
10 the senate within few days.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-17
PersIm mon Wins Again.

the Eclipse srcakes for 10000 gIineas,
was won at the Sandown Park second
summer meeting today by Persimmons.
the derby winner. four-year-oId bay col;
OF the Prince OF Wales Maiesquez was
second and Roland third
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-17
Bike rrncs Yeu.re Ma

Detroit. Mich, July Is-Managers of
The bike tracks in Detroit and Grand
Rs pids are very wroch over me .decision
OF Chairman Mott ;of the L. A. ". rae
ing board, suspeading Tom Cooper for
taking par, in the match race a. Port
Huron. July IL. wi1aous sanction.
The Grand Rapids Athletic CLUB. which
controls he track in that city. threatens
10 ooii from the l. A ". CONTRACT.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-17
LATENEWS BY WIRE.

Havana. July 1S.-Acting upon the sug-
gesiion OF Captain General Weyler the
queen regent has granted pardons 20 the
,nsurgeni chiefs Rogelio. Cemacho. Do
mingo. Gonzales. Castillo. Guillermo. Fu-
;encs Of death.
Danville. Ill. July 1.-THE Kelly.
Pawnee, Glenburn and Brookside CON-
panies signed an agreement today 10 Of
FER 20 me miners in this district the Col
umous scale. These companies minz
about million OF the million and a nal.
tons produced annually In his district
London. July 1s-A dispatch from
Portland says that the United Staes war
ship San Francisco has landed there the
crew % the Dyslo. which she came in
collision with of Gedner point. The zach:
sank alnos, instantly. but the San Fran
cisco apparently sustained no damage
Washington. uJly ls-Tne navy de-
par1neni has ordered a general court
martial to meet al Mare Island. Cal. for
the trial o. the Junior grade. Cnss. 8
Stanvorth. nos attached 20 the training
snip. Adams. He is charged with drunk
enness. q very serious offense n naval
practice.
Washington. July is-The Evening
S.zr today announced nat Senator
Hansorougn Of North Dskots and Miss
Chapman of ms city wouii be married
in New York City on Ausus- %. Tire
senator i a sido~er. ais VIE having
died tso years o. more ago. Miss Chap
man and he becsrne acquainted soou.
SIX weeks ago. The senator. when ia
e;tsniion was Gales 70 T,e report. did
40. care 70 Dc interviewed
A nerchaa. offers substitutes because
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-17
CALIFORNIA FOLLOWS SUIT

Hasn't Forgotten Her Ancient Knack 1t
TuraIng Pretty story:
jamestown, Cal, July 16.--This town
and the entire country is excited on ac-
count Of the rich strike in the Tansy
mines. operated under the lease by COL
by & Beckwit1. The mine Is locator on
the Mother lode just this side Of Sonora.
The workmen struck pocket and in ten
hours they had taken $4,000 in gold
from the pocket, and there is more to
follow
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-17

A msrchaa: Offers substitutes because
ne makes Ioi % saO4ey q ;aan- Goot
articles cannot oe pat on The narks. a;
a asgh p-ofis
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-17
CAN'T FOOL JERRY
He SPIES THE AFRICAN IN TIE
WOODPILE EVERY TIME.

Most Everybody Is in League With the
Makers of Armor Plate for the Purpose
of Robbing the People by Big Prices,
and the Press Comes to the Aid of the
Carnegies With Two Separate and Dis
tine, War Scares, IN Promotion OF Navy
Building in the Senate
State of the Deficiency Bill.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-17
Sound Reasons for Approval.

There are several cogent reasons why the
medical profession recommend and the pub
lie prefer Hostetter's Stomach Bitters above
the ordinary cathartics 1t does not drench
and weaken. the bowels, but assists rather
than forces nature to act; it is botanic and
safe; ats action Is never preceded by an in
ternal earthquake like that produced by
drastic purga tive. For forty-five years past
Il has been household remedy for liver,
stomach and kidney trouble
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-17

PONDS EXTRACT CO., New York and londoa i
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-17

You may hunt the world over and
you will not find another medicine equal
10 Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel complaints
II Is pleasant, safe and reliable. For
sale by DruRgists
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-18

from Seattle to st. Michael's Island,
and ten up the Yukon to Dawson City
by the fast boat. The distance in gen
eral figures is 2250 miles from Chicago
to Seattle, $500 miles to st. Michael's g
Island and 1890 miles up the Yukon
to Dawson. total of about 6600 miles.
The other way to the Klondike, the
mountain route" is shorter in miles,
but equally long in the time il requires
and great deal more difficult By
this route the traveller sails more di-
rectly north to Juneau, which is 800
miles from Seattle, and then goes by
lake and river and over the mountains
1000 miles to the new mining terri
tory. On arrival Mt Juneau the trav-
eler changes to smaller boat and
sails 100 miles north to Dyea. From
there he has portage of twenty seven
miles through the Chilkoot Pass. The
last half-mile of this pass is over n
glacier aud the severest of climbing.
Chilkoot Indians are employed to pack
supplies to the top of the pass, but
from there on the traveller has to pack
his own load
After getting through the Chilkoot
Pass the traveller reaches Lake Linde-
man. At that point is sawmill,
where boats are sold for S75 each.
Travellers who do not care to pay that
price can purchase lumber and build
their own boats. The lumber can be
bought for 800 thousand feet, and
about 500 feet are required to build n
boat that will answer the purpose.
Still other travellers carry whipesaws
and get out their own lumber, and n
man handy with n saw and hammer
can build a boat in three or four days.
To continue the trip, though, boat
is necessary and by some means or
other one must be had.
After securing his boat the travel
er floats down Lake Lindeman and
Lake Bennett aud then has half mile
of portage where his boat has to be
moved on rollers. There is any
amount of rollers to be had, though,
for earlier beaters of the path have
left them. This half mile overland
brings the traveller to Lake Tagish.
through which he goes six miles and
over a quarter of mile Of portage to
Mud Lake, and on to the White Horse
Rapids. Here there is another port.
age of three-quarters of mile, and
the traveller brings his boat to Lake
Labarge. From there on the journey
is through Thirty Mile River, the
Lewis River, $50 miles to Five Fin
ger Rapids, to the Yukon at Fort Sell
kirk. and then down stream $50 miles
to Dawson.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-18

which the placer mining extends it is
estimated that up to last year there
were 2000 miners. The districts in
which most of them worked were in n
broad belt of gold-producing rock,
through which quartz veins carrying
gold occur frequently. Through the
gold-bearing rocks the streams ha We
cut deep gullies and canons, and in
their beds the gold which was con-
tanned in the rock is concentrated.
The mining of this country consists,
therefore in washing out the gravel of
these beds. So the miners worked,
being fairly we'll paid for their labor,
until the "tenderfeet" made the Klon-
dixie discovery. That was nine months
or so ago, and the news of it is just
reaching tho outside world. It was
not long in reaching the miners along
Forty Mile and Birch Creeks, though,
and they shouldered their picks and
moved forward in wild rush at the
first word of the new lucky strike. As
result gold dust and nuggets by the
ton are turned into the mints out on
the coast, and men who never before
rose above the level of the commonest
Of miners have come back to civiliza-
ton and comfort loaded with gold to
last them lifetime. Take as an il
lustration this list of returned miners
who came on the Excelsior
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-18
THE KLONDIKB GOLD FIELDS In ALASKA.

border. They were discovered, as has
been said, by party of "tenderfcet, ="
who, against the advice of the old
timers in the district, wandered cover
yonder in the Klondike" and struck IL
rich. From Klondike comes much of
the gold and from Klondike seems to
come all the excitement. A few
'tenderfeet," going it blind, have
stirred up the Nation. Out of the
regions of their discovery has come,
it is estimated, s2,OOO,OOO worth of
gold during the present summer.
Nearly all of that gold has found its
way into the United States.
1t is hard to tell where the Alaska
gold fields are located except that in a
general way the best of them are along
the Yukon. There are few ''lode"
miners near juneau aud along the
southeast coast of the Territory the
most accessible part of it), but the ore
is of low grade and mining is made
profitable only by the most careful
management
The placer mines, from which pros
pectors are said now to he lining their
pockets with gold, are in the region
remote from civilization, little known,
and, on account of its uncertainties,
dangerously alluring to the average
man. This gold-producing country
of the interior is in the vicinity of the
Yukon near where that great river
turns to the west in its course to the
sea. Before the discoveries i'm the
Klondike the most productive districts
had been along Forty Mile Creek,
partly in British and partly in Ameri-
can territory, and the Birch Creek
district, all in American territory.
Along all of the river in this section,
tributaries TO the Yukon, gold dig
gings exist, and in many places pay
the prospector well for his trouble.
In oil the immense country over
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-18

gold excitement one of the most for
ward was to involve it in disputes with
England on the boundary question and
the seal fisheries business.
Both of these disputes threatened
war, but white-winged peace settled
over the situation in each case and
brought the suggestion of that newly
invented English-American institution
arbitration. However, the boundary
question is not settledyet, and the Brit
ish lion is even now roaring little and
angrily swishing its tail because of
diplomatic (the British call it undiplo-
matic) note from Secretary of State
Sherman demanding that British ves-
sells keep off the grass" as it were in
tte seal fishing grounds.
The Boundary Question.
u was not unexpected, of course,
that the discovery of gold in the Klon-
dixie region would revive in measure
the old question of boundary line be-
tween Alaska and the British North
west Territory,
The Klondike fields are considerably
east of Fort Cudahy and Dawson City,
and both OF these are on British soil.
Into the new regions, though, Ameri-
can miners first ventured and made
the first discoveries of gold. Since
then hundreds of them have trooped
over the border, staked out their claims
in the rich hills and begun to dig.
Should the Canadian Government pass
an exclusion act all Of these miners,
of course, would be dispossessed.
The difficulty of enforcing such an
act, especially on miners who have
staked out their claims, is ut once ap-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-18

unheeding, crowding into the Alaska
bound steamers without anything like
enough supplies or enough money TO
see them through ten days of travel
on land. Miners who have been there
say that such as those will perish.
How to Reach the New Gold Fields.
There are two general routes TO the
Kondike district. From Chicago both
lead TO Seattle, and there diverge. One
goes by ocean steamer west and lit
tie north, and passes through Dutch
Harbor, ut the extreme end of the
southwest Alaskan peninsula. From
there the steamer turns north and con-
tnues on to st. Michael's Island, little
above the mouth of the Yukon, in Ber-
ing Sea. At that point passengers are
transferred to the river steamers to be-
gin the long journey up the Yukon,
which winds northward and eastward,
and finally brings the traveller to Daw-
son City, now the principal town in
the mining district, although sixty-five
miles from the Klondike fields.
The cost of the trip from Chicago
this way, as prospecting miners usu-
ally travel, is S25l.50. II is divided
as follows: From Chicago to Seattle
(second class, S51 80; from Seattle to
Dawson City, 5000.
In time the trip costs thirty days
four from Chicago to Seattle, sixteen
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-18

The cost of the trip this way can
not be definitely stated beyond Ju-
neau, because after that point it de-
pends somewhat on the bargain made
with the Chilkoot Indians, who pack
supplies through the pass, and the
length of time the overland part of the
journey requires. The cost from Chi
cago to Seattle is the same as by the
other route, Of course, $3.50 second
class and $40 more for first class. The
steamer fare up to juneau and on to
Dyea is $42. What it costs on the
overland trip each traveller determines
partially for himself, but the Indians
who act ~ guides and pack supplies
do not work without big pay,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-18

parent. The result in retaliation by
the Government of the United States
is also easily imagined. The Domin-
ion Government has already established
q custom house on the border, and is
doing fair business collecting duty
on the goods that go into the new
country, and miners think they will
be satisfied with that The exclusion
of Americans would practically close
the country for time, for the best of
the means of transportation to that
frozen region are owned by American
companies.
In the past miners Of any national
ity have been free to enter any new
diggings and stake out their claims
without restriction. Canadian miners
are now free to work across the border
in the Alaskan fields. What the result
of an exclusion act would mean to
Canada in retaliatory measure by the
United States, Canadians know better
than they can be told.
1t is not believed, however, that
Canada will attempt to exclude Amer
ican miners. It's true that the United
States excludes Chinese, but Canada
probably recognizes that keeping ont
Cinnamon and barring the way for
Americans are two different things.