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The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Seattle.-Winter has settled upon
Dawson City and there is little proba-
bility that any genuine news will be re-
ceived from there until June or July
next. The place is as absolutely cut off
from the rest of the world as if it were
anchored in the middle of the North
Pole. No faith is placed in any of the
many schemes which have been devised,
or dreamed of, to penetrate the long
barrier of ice and snow separating the
mining fields from the coast line. EX-
perienced men, who have Wintered in
the desolate country say that the pro-
jects Of using ice-Iocomotives, or rein
deer, are utter nonsense. No man who
is not in the mining district to-day will
get there until next spring. they assert;
neither will any man who leaves the
Klondyke from now on reach the coast
towns. They are effectually buried, and
all the talk to the contrary is regarded
as the dreams of amateurs.
Just how the shut-in miners will spend
the winter is not altogether a matter of
speculation. There are a dozen men, or
more, in this city who wintered in the
Klondyke last year, and tough as their
experiences were, they say that the peo-
pie now in the diggings will have a
much harder time because of the scar
city of food.
one of the men who was there last
season is Edward J. Boyle, who left the
KIondyke in the latter part of July, and
his experiences furnish a fair sample of
what winter life is like in the desolate
country.
Z came away" he said, with less
than $4,000, although I knew that an
other months work would have added
So 900 to my pile. It took a good deal
OF backbone to give up that months
labor, but if I had remained I would
have been taking more than a gambler 5
chance of life.
Before 1 definitely decided to leave,
I made a pretty thorough examination
of the stock of food in and about Daw-
son city. and it wasn't reassuring when
compared with the number of men who
must be fed. Then spent some time
observing the makeup Of the new ar
rivals, most of whom came in in small
punches by the overland route. They
were plainly men who knew nothing Of
what was before them, and the worst
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

London.-When the average American
reads of the English shooting parties
on the great hunting estates and learns
that bags of 100 and 200 birds are
made every day by each man in the
crowd, he may well wonder where all
the game comes from, as he tries to
imagine why the country was not ex-
hausted of birds long ago.
AS a matter. of fact many of the large
estates at the end of the season are
shot to death, the feathered population
being completely wiped out. Yet the
following year the owner extends just
many invitations as ever, and the
shooting is as lively as if gun had not
been fired in the preserves for a decade
or two. The mystery of this is explained
by the existence, in various parts of the
kingdom, of great farms where game,
generally pheasants, are raised by the
thousand
Most of the large estates are stocked
by the Messrs Dwight, of Great Berk-
hamstead, and Montague Robb, of
Petersheld, on the Hampshire Downs.
two of the largest pheasant nurseries
in the country.
The first essential for pheasant-rear-
ing is plenty of space. Thus, for in
stance, Mr.. Robb's farm covers an area
of about four hundred acres, which is
divided into large paddocks, with six
foot wire netting; there are twelve
miles of netting on the estate and if the
wire pens, which are spread in orderly
ranges over the hillsides, were placed
end to end, they would form a line
about seven miles long. If confined to
one spot, the birds ''stale' the ground
and disease makes it's appearance;
hence, whether at large in the enclos-
ures or imprisoned in the pens. they
have to be constantly moved, and the
ground allowed to rest. AS they pen
between six and seven thousand pheas-
ants every season at Petersfeld and
Liphook in family parties of six. one
cock to five hens and as each pen, thirty
or forty feet long, made in nine-foot
sections, has to be moved once a
week to cover at least one-third of fresh
ground, an idea can be formed of the
labor entailed by moving pens alone.
In the early spring the stock is dis
tributed thus in the pens. All that is
required of the hen pheasants is that
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
WINTER IN THE KLONDIKE IS NO HAPPY HOLIDAY

built our shanty on a spot that prom
ised the best, as we planned to thaw
out the ground, that is the flooring of
the shanty, and have a big stack of
rich dirt ready to wash when spring
came along.
We carried out our programme, and
the same was done in all of our Hunter
shanties, and the same was done on Ell
dorado. We kept the fire going on the
floor all the time and a hole in the roof
carried off the smoke. This softened the
ground and gave US a chance to work
the pick. Without the fire you could no
more pierce that earth with a pick than
you could cut a hole in the Rocky Noun
tains. Concrete is putty compared to it.
THE cold was terrific, but there was
seldom any wind and we did not suffer
so much. The terrible dreariness and
monotony, the sameness of the food and
the cramped quarters were the principal
troubles. We had some canned vege-
tables, and that saved US from the
scurvy, as we didn't have a pound of
fresh meat from october l until about
the middle of the following May.
Neither of US ventured far from the
shanty. The intense cold. while il didn't
make US suffer much, was dangerous.
Some of the boys said it got down to 20
below, but they didn't have thermome-
ters that went that far, so it was pure
guess work.
I'VE only took off our clothes once the
entire winter. and that was because the
insect population got too many for us.
Then We closed up every chink in the
shanty, built a tremendous fire. stripped
to the buff, took a sweat bath and a
rub down. We cleaned the clothes as
we'll as we could and then were good for
three months more.
1--WE lost complete track of the days,
and forgot all about Christmas. We
dug every day, Sunday included. That
was our only amusement, as there was
some little excitement about it. Every
once in a while we came across a little
nugget about the size OF a pea and these
finds varied the monotony. But a win
ter in the Klondyke is no holiday"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

really amount to a recognition of an
Rrchy. No sane man should cast a vote
for George"
Convinced that he has learned some
thing the citizen is soon relieved of the
idea when he encounters a George
worker. "Of course says the latter,
you are not going to vote the Tam
many ticket You have lived long
enough to know what Tammany DOM
ination of the city government means.
Fraud, corruption, theft and scoundreI-
ism on every side. Croker would be the
real mayor and Van Wyck the dummy.
Croker on the English race tracks. hob
nObbing with touts and boOkmakeEs.
yet running the great city of New York
absolutely and with an iron hand Not
a thing could or would be done without
his sanction, not an appointment could
be made without his o. X
This renegade would be the master
Of your destiny with t7zar-like despot-
lam. Corruption would reek in every
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

New York.-The plain, ordinary citi-
zen of the greater city who will walk
up to the polls on Nov ID next, and
cast a vote for the first mayor of the
new New York, has more wheels in his
head at the present moment than exist
in well-equipped bicycle factory. And
these wheels are all buzzing at ire
mendoUs rate, too
The trouble is that a change of heart
has come over the average voter. I'm
fortunately for his peace Of mind he has
taken a genuine pride in the enlarged
city and honestly wants to provide II
with the best mayoralty material posi-
Bile. Heretofore, he was content to con-
fde this responsibility to the leaders of
his party and his mind was at rest.
Now. with the burden on his own
shoulders, and with FIVE candidates in
the field, he changes his mind about six
times a day, and wakes up a dozen
times in the night to straighten out the
matter.
He remembers that in the last cam
paign he took the same. concern in the
contest that he did in the suburban
handicap. He was interested in both
events, but after the winner had been
declared that was the end of it. He
felt that he would be buncoed by the
victorious party just as he had been for
all time and altogether it didn't make
much difference who got in.
But with the microbe of reform in his
brain and with visionary hopes OF re-
lease from the bosses. and an abso-
lutely honest administration, he is the
victim of turbulent thoughts He hon
estly desires to vote for the best man,
but for the life of him he can't decide
who is worthy of that classification
If he is a democrat the Tammany
worker takes hold of him and says:
You don't want to vote for Henry
George even if he does stand like a
rock on the Chicago platform. That
man is for social revolution. He is a
crack Drained theorist who would turn
society upside down and wreck the
foundations of conservative govern
ment
Yes, he Is honest and sincere, but his
ideas are not stable. With him in the
mayOralty chair the second city of the
world would present a sad spectacle.
It's wealth would be frightened away.
No one would feel secure. It would
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Judge Wellhouse is called the apple
king of the world. His orchards, in
Kansas, says the Kansas City Times,
consist of 1880 acres, containing 10O,-
600 apple trees and are located in the
counties of Leavenworth, Miami and
Usage. In thirteen years he has
picked over 100000 bushels of apples,
and whenever he has a little money to
spare he buys a little more land and
sets out some more apple trees. Grow
ing apple trees is his passion. just as
gambling is the passion of some men
and raising fast horses the passion of
others.-New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

The usual failure in typewriters in
tended for book work is lack of sim
plicity, but machine recently put on
the market seems to possess many
practical points While it is essential
ly book typewriter, and is designed
for making records in all sorts of large
bound volumes, it will do everything
done by ordinary typewriters, and a
single sheet of note paper can be in
scribed with the same ease as a book
feet long.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Greater New York and unless relief
comes speedily the first task of the new
administration will be to make addi-
tional provision for the eity's insane.
d F.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Lynch law is unknown in Europe be-
cause statute law is adequate to punish
and to protect. When Justice makes
no mistakes Judge Lynch adjourns
court.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

The largest creamery in the world is
said to be near L. Albans, VT. 1t con-
verts the milk of twelve thousand
cows into ten thousand pounds of but
ter daily.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

ter-mother for the same purpose when
it rains OF course, they are attenuvely
watched and cherished Dy the birdmen,
who reside in the field. and feed their
charges three or four times a day, keep
ing watch at the same time on the
willy jackdaw. and the sparrow hawk.
both birds Of prey, who are ready to
carry off the unsuspecting pheasants.
About the end of August they are
ready for sale and removal to the Gov
ert Here they grow wilder still. and
when the leaves are turning yellow and
the noise of the sporting gun is heard
in the land they take to their wings
and fly as high and with as much skill
as their wild brothers. The most ex-
perienced sportsman cannot tell the
difference.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

The high handshake is said to be no
longer good form. AS the high shake
was one of the most absurd freaks
ever foisted upon the silly set it may
die hard.-NeW York Times.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
HEAVY FOG IN NEW YORK.
n Causes Elevated Trains and Vessels tn
Come into Collision.

New York, Dec. 10-During the fog
shortly after o'clock In the morning
two cars on the Second avenue elevated
road collided at One Hundred and Sec
ond street. The engine of the rear
train ran into the car OF the train
ahead. A fireman and two passengers
were injured. Their names are: Will
lam II. Masterson, severe scalp
wounds; Fireman James O'Brien,
bruised neck; Timothy Sullivan, bruises
OF the hands. All the passengers of
both trains were thrown from their
seats. The engineer of the rear train
was arrested.
The fog was responsible for another
81" railway collision in which two per-
sons were injured. 1t occrred on the
Sixth avenue line and One Hundred and
Thirty-second street. where one up
bound train ran into another. The en-
gineer of the rear train, William o.
aldson, and a passenger. Charles Ros-
cusci, were painfully bruised.
On East river the ferrybAt Flushing
mistook the bell of the steamer Miami
| for that Of the Long Island ferry slip
| and bumped the seamer hard. There
was some confusion on board the
| Flushing, but no material damage was
| done to either craft. The Pennsylvania
railroad ferryboats Cincinnati and New
| Jersey, of the Cortlandt street lne'
were in collision in the slip at Cortlandt
street. Both boats were crowded with
| passengers and a wild scramble Tor
safety ensued when ii became evident
that a collision was inevitable. The
boats collided with considerable force
and the overlapping guard of the New
Jersey boat crushed the guard rail on
the port side of the Cincinnati. The
New jersey was uninjured. No one was
| hurt
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL,
The Committee VIII Begin Work Upon II
Immediately.


Washington. Dec. 10.--The prepara-
tion of the Indian appropriation bill
will begin Immediately in the house
on Indian affairs and prob
ably the bill will be reported to the
house early in January. There are
many important matters before II, but
everything now will give way to the
bill. The most important
subjects are the vexatious problems In
Indian territory, involving the reorgan-
ization Of the territory in matters re-
lating to the Indians. The Dawes In
dian commission is now negotiating
with the five tribes. but the outlook Is
not very encouraging and some impor-
tant legislation along the lines OF the
negotiations has been planned. Inc
commission will be summoned here
shortly by the secretary OF the INTERIOR
II Is understood, and action by the
committee will be deferred pending the
appearance of the commission before
II to explain the situation there and 10
make recommendations. SO far only
two tribes have ratified the commls-
sion's agreements. These are the Choc-
taws and Chickasaws, and the agree
ments made with the Cherokee and
Creeks have been rejected. The SEMI
noles also have not taken any faVoraple
action and in view Of the general dis
amounting outlook arbitrary legisla-
tion is expected to be enacted TO ac'
complish what overtures on the par
NJ the government have failed to do.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
GIVES 1T TO GERMANY.
China Surrenders Ikiao Chou--Grent Naval
Display at kiei.


Display at Ktei.
Berlin, Dec. lot is rumored here
that China has ceded Kiao Chou TO
Germany. Whether the report be true
or not. there is every indication in the
Preparations for the expedition under
Prince Henry that long stay is con-
templated Emperor William will make
the departure of Prince Henry's squad
ron from Kiel the occasion for an I'M
posing naval display. Prince Henry OF
Prussia has started for Kiel. num-
Der of officers, headed by General Count
Wa!dersee, were at the railway plat
form to bid him farewell. The prince
thanked them and paid his adieu he
said:
II ask you to believe that in going
where the emperors favor sends me
| thank him for reposing such con-
hdence in me- In the name of our en-
peror. in his honor and the honor OF the
fatherland, I will discharge the duties
of my command. Long live the emper-
| orr
The officers responded with hearty
| cheer. The Brandenburg, first-class
| battiesi.p Of more than 10000 tens dis
! placement, and the Wurttemburg. Sec
( ond-class battleship of nearly 1900 tons
| while coming from Christiana to kiel
! TO take part in the display, colhdeu
I Both vessels were injured. the Wurt'
! temberg so badly that Ii was necessary
TO send her to dry dock.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
NEW CLeW AS TO MERRY.
Police Find the Recent Abode of the Wife
Murderer.

Chicago, Dec. 10-Captain Wheeler
has received a new clew regarding the
whereabouts of Chris Merry, the wife
murderer The information came in a
peculiar and unlooked-for manner.
Four days ago, ii is claimed, Sergeant
J.. f. Shane of the Maxwell street sta
tion was given a tip by Nick Redmond
the livery stable keeper, at whose parn
Ryan was captured, that young man
named Albert Collamour had stolen
horse and buggy and also team, which
he had left at Redmonds barn. Cola
mour was placed under arrest and hnal-
ly. after admitting the possession OF the
stolen property. asserted that he ana
Chris Merry, after the murder, had
been living in a deserted house near
Bernese, Ills.
Officers were at once sent to the place
described and although they failed to
find Merry they discovered evidences
| that he had been there. A considerable
| quantity Of supposedly stolen clothing
] and a bicycle was found at the house.
| as well as a team, which belongs TO
| Collamour's father, who lives at 4So
! Blue Island avenue In this city The
| bicycle was identified as one stolen some
time ago from 1119 West Twelfth street.
( Collamour claims Merry lived at the
| house near Bernese several days, out
asserted that he was unable to give the
present whereabouts of the fugitive. he
| denied having seen James Smith, who
was supposed to be with Merry.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
EXPECTS A RUSH TO kLoNoIkE'
Burlington Passenger Agent Believes 90
900 Persons Will Start.

Denver Col. Dec. 10.-John Francis
general passenger agent of the Bur-
lington railroad. stopped over In Den
yer on his way home from the Pacihc
coast.
There Is going to be big rush Oh
travel to Alaska when the season
opens" said he. People are preparing
to go from every state In the Union,
and from almost every town. There
will be at least $4,000 people who VIII
make the trip. and the crowd may
reach twice that number. 1 don't sup
pose they will all get as far as the
Klondike; many will not get beyond
Portland In rush such as this will be
there will always be persons who VIII
start out without sufficient preparation,
and will have to give up before they get
TO their destination. The railroads VIII
take care of the crowds without any
trouble. All the lines are bidding Tor
the business, and the trip viii be maze
as comfortable as possible. / under
stand that there will be enough steam
ers to carry the crowds promptly.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
Van schaack sues for sIss. 600.

Chicago. Dec 10.-Peter Van Schaack'
the wholesale druggist says he is not
noucs exercised on account Of the dam
age suits brought against him by his
rrettv daughter-in-law, Mrs. Florence
Won Setback. who asks for s125,O00. She
values the affections of John Van
Setback. her husband, at SI5ooo' which
she declares were alienated by the stern
parent. She further fixes her INJURIES
for defamation of character at s5V'ooc'
The suits have been filed In the county
court an dthe trial promises to be IN
teresting, owing TO the many letters 10
be introduced on both sides.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
e,opes WITH A CoLoRE0 MAN.
daughter OF a Wisconsin Farmer Becomes
Negroes Bride.

Green Bay, Wis, Dec. 1O.-Gertrude
prince the pretty 19-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Prince of Hayes
oconto county, has eloped with William
smith. a negro. The couple were mar
ried by a justice Of the peace at NOUN
tain, Wis.
The father of the girl and the entire
foroiIv of the girl were frantic with
rage when fair Gertrude. the pet of the
family. returned to her folks as the
wife Of the African, who had been en-
nloved as a hand on her fathers farm.
The Prince family, which is well-to-do
and prominent one In the town OF
Hayes. and one OF the most hiehiy re
snected in the community, Is we'll
known in this city. John Prince, the
father. swears vengeance on Smith ant
has disowned and disinherited his pc
daughter. insisting that she can neve
be forgiven.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
Col,ins Not Yet Located.

ST. Louis. Dec. 10-The case of Martin
Enslcy. the prominent Tennesseean un-
der Indictment on the charge of as
saulting and robbing his friend, Charles
d. Collins. of $4,000 at Meramac High
lands last spring, came up for trial in
the county court at Clayton. The case
was set for trial Nov. IL. but collins
who was manager OF a hotel In St'
Louis. failed to appear and the case
was continued. Judge Hirzel issued an
attachment for Collins. but he has not
vet been located, and when the case
was called again he was not present
Mrs. Collins, who is in charge or the
hotel, says she has not seen her nus
band since the evening of Nov. IL.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-10
HOUSE LEADERS, PLANS
Financial Legislation To Be Kept
in the Background.
WORK ON APPROPRIATION BILLS.

They Will BE Disposed of as Fast as They
Are Ready for Consideration -- Then the
bankruptcy Bill VIII Be Given "a Hear
ing-PrOvisional Government Under Au-
tonOmy for Cuba-Death at the British
Embassy y-Washington Notes.
Washington, Dec 10.-Although no
formal action has been taken a pretty
general understanding has been reached
by the leaders in the house of repre-
sentatives as to the course Of legisla-
tion in the near future. This contem-
plates the disposal OF appropriation
bills as fast as they are ready for con-
sideration. After these the bankruptcy
bill will be given the first opportunity
for hearing. This measure will be re-
ported by ChairmGn Henderson OF the
judiciary committee before the holiday
recess, but it will not be taken up by
the house until after the recess. II is
understood that Speaker Reed and the
committee on rules will be disposed TO
give this bill every advantage in the
way of securing early time for debate.
1t is equally well understood that for
the present there will be no effort to
take up financial legislation on the
floor Of the house. This is due mainly
to the fact that a strong impression
prevails among members of the house
that the committee on banking ana
currency will not be able to reconcile
| the many conflicting interests inside the
committee.
| All Shades of Financial Subjects.
These represent all shades of finan-
cial subjects and are so much at vari-
| ance that il is not expected majority
| can he rallied for any one proposition
| Under such circumstances the purpose
| is to await the action, or the deadlock
| in that committee. The ways ane
means committee will do nothing al
| present in the way of framing financial
legislation. If, however, ii become:
| evident that the committee on banking
and currency is at a standstill. then the
ways and means committee VIII entel
the field Of financial legislation and VIII
frame a bill on broad lines calculated
| to meet the present financial require
| ments In the meantime the subjec
| will be kept in the background a.
1 much as possible. Aside from tn
bankruptcy and appropriation bill
some emergency measure such as tina
relating to Bering sea. introduced b.
Mr.. HIT will have a hearing, as the
. involve questions OF general policy an
are not likely to meet with opposition
With these exceptions the disposi
ton of the house leaders will be
keep radical legislation to the rear.