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Juneau.

Juneau.
All reports hold up the previous ones Of
threatened starvation but plenty of gold.
The last party which came out comprised
c. A. Brown of Chicago, James Clark of
Seattle, John Smith of Toronto, Ont ;
Robert Anderson of London, Engla n d !;
and John Piehe of Quebec. They seit Daw-
sonSeptem m ber 6. ten days after the Malonev
party, and came over the Dalton trail.
The bundle of letters which were brought
here tonight were carried out by them. |
had time 10 talk only with Mr.. Brown,
the leader of the party. He has been in
the Yukon three years. and has
claims on Ell Dorado.
The most important news brought out
by him is that no steamboats, had arrived
up the Yukon at the date their party LETT
Dawson. Mr.. Brown said he thought the
last boats that left st. Michael would not
get up the river this winter.
When asked why, he said the water in
the Yukon is unusually low, and unless
heavy rains occur the steamer Hamilton
or any other steamer cannot get over the
Yukon fats at Fort Yukon. The Ham1l-
ton was ten days overdue when they left
Dawson, and the people of the K ondike
metropolis bad begun to lose hope that
she would ever arrive there.
The lever and sickness was not as bad as
reported, but the graveyard had already
been started at Dawson with a mum ber of
simple head boards
He said that even If the boats now due
at Dawson arrived there would not be
enough food TO supply the inhabitants of
the region already there by one-half
As TO the new discoveries Mr.. Brown
said the latest was on Sulphur Creek, and
before that on Dominion Creek Neither
OF these latest finds has been we'll pros
pected, but the discoverers thought, from
the surface ind Cations, that they would
develop as well as Ell Dorado and Bonanza.
Mr.. Browns party intended TO escape
from the threatened hardship of the win
ter by the river route, but their failure to
arrive within anything like the time set
forced them to abandon that route and
come over the inland trail if they would
get out this winter. Hundreds were ex.
pected to come out after them. They had
met Dalton on the trail putting back after
second party at most urgent request.
Mr.. Brown thinks there will be famine in
the Klondike this winter.
Among the letters received to night was
one by Olds and Orton, dated at Dawson
City. September 6. from George W. Nor
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THEY SHOOT THE SICK
How the Spanish in Cuba Get Rid
of the Troublesoma Invalids

How the Spanish in Cuba Get Rid
Of the Troublesome Invaiids.
NEW YORK, n. Y. Oct. 1.-THE Suns
Havana special says: The Cuban Tomas
Peterra, imprisoned at Matanzas Citv.
will soon be executed for helping the
revolution. Many efforts have been made
10 obtain his pardon, but it has been
refused by General Weyler and the
Madrid Government.
In Havana The reformists are attacking
General WeyIer.
The Captain General summoned to his
palace on Saturday the editor of the
Diario de la Marina, the organ of the re-
formists here, and commanded him to
publish an editorial in his favor. The
editor, Senior Rivero, refused to do so.
and then Weyler said to him: well,
am still Captain General. If | see in your
paper single line against me you will be
exied to Ceuta."
The reformlstS are now very indignant
against the MARQUIS of Montoro, leader OF
the autonomists, whom they greatly
praised a few days ago. The cause OF
their wrath is that the Marquis has pub
llshed IN Ell Pals an article in favor of
Weyler. His few followers, not more than
dozen, arc also stanch supporters of the
Butcher"
In the towns of Rodrigo and Santo Do
minFo, Santa Clara province, the inhabi-
tants are all starving to death. As in the
case OF Cmarrones and Matanzas, the
Spanish garrison gets rid of the sick by
shooting them. Several desperate appeals
have been made to the Governor, but have
been of no avail.
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selling at from $500 to $780, that it is
seemingly authen,icaly reported that the
Canadian Pacific Railroad Com pany have
in transit the material for a narrow-gauge
railroad from Telegraph Greek to Teslin
Lake.
Wrangel is at present also the resting
place of many weary Dawson City pill
grims. The large party of thirty people
from Honolulu headed by George W.
Otterson, only made seven miles in four
days on Telegraph Creek and have re-
turned to Wrangel from Glenora, the head
of navigation. The river current was too
swift he chartered the steamer Alaskan
for $4,000 for second trip. Mr. Otterson
has written me that it will he useless for
any one to try to get through by the
Stickeen till the river freezes up, which
will be some time in December. A num-
Der of men who tried to get over the
Skaguay and Dyea passes are at Wrangel.
juneau is crowded and has assumed her
oIdtime appearance, as the m metropolis of
Alaska, Twenty-three young women ar
rived here In one day recently from Port.
land, Puget Sound and Skaguay. They
will ornament the dance halls. A great
crowd of men went down to the wharf
after midnight to see the steamer from
Portland bring in the girls. & new dance
hall was opened that night. At 3 o clock
in the m orning several parties were wash
ing their hands in champagne. The out
look is that Juneau will come in for her
share of notice as one of the "hot towns
in Alaska next winter.
Fasteners would be astonished at the
volume of commercial business of Juneau.
1t is good outfitting point for the Yukon
to the extent of its capacity.
The storm, which is only one OF many
that occur in the winter, is still raging in
and at the head of Lynn Canal. The
steamship Willamette, which passed up
seven days ago, has been forced to put out
| Tor sea some three times from Skaguay, and
the steamship George w. Elder has not
been able to make the landing at all. The
steamship City of Seattle has also been
lowering around the outside seeking shell
ter. The storm is very severe, but it IS
not exceptional for Alaskan waters.
Every ship which at this season CO mes
into. the Alaskan passages is likely 10
meet THESE terrific winds coming down
from the mountains at any moment.
Serious mishaps are anticipated by ex-
perienced navigators to unsuitable boats,
which run up here this winter. The
worst weather usually comes in Dece m Der
and January. HAL HOFFMAN.
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SNOW IS FLYING
ON THE KLONDIKE
There Will Be ;arvation In the
Camp If the Boats Do Not
Get Through

JUNEAU. ALASKA, Oct. 7 (via Victoria,
B. c., Oct. IL. MIR. Rocko of the firm of
Rudolph & Rocko, pro prietors of the saw
mill at Lake Bennett, has arrived here
with the latest facts concerning the pres
ent situation at, the headwaters of the
Yukon. He states there is a heavy snow
fall and that it Is steadily getting cold er
there. On the morning of October 3, the
day he left, the thermometer showed
eight degrees below zero. The river,
which runs between the sawmill and the
side of the lake on which the trail comes
down from the mountains, froze up so
that the boats had to be cut out of the ice.
Mr.. Rocko says the Yukon is likely TO
freeze any night and that he would not
give m uch FOR the lives of those now on
the river with insufficient provisions.
The Mckay party. which left here in
August, is still at Lake Bennett. The
party was made up of about thirteen
women and several men, and they had
the grub was left on the trail, and the day
Mr.. Rocko left the lake they were about
to start down the lake for Dawson in the
barge, with insufficient clothing on the
women and few sacks of -four and a few
slabs of bacon, hardly enough to last the
party during an uninterrupted sail TO
Dawson. The old-timers at the lake pro-
tested against the attempt. When that
failed the several Canadian police had
about made up their minds to stop the
party, considering that the attempt to
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Bonanza, Skookum Pup, bunker, Domin-
ION and Sulphur, the last two being new
strikes, but the indications are that they
are rich. A few days ago l was out on the
creeks and l saw some handsome work
on Skookum Pup. A man and his wife
by the name OF Ferguson owned hall
interest in Nos. l and and during the
day l saw Mrs. Ferguson pick up S999 in
nuggets ranging in value from so cents to
$166 40. In six box lengths Ferguson
cleaned up $32, 900. l heard yesterday that
he had sold out for large amount OF
money, $40 900 or $4,000.
"Boys, am of the opinion there are
too many people coming in here at this
season of the year. ANY one in here on
the 18th OF Septem Der is com pie: :ely locked
in until next June. We estimate there
will be about 1000 people to winter here
and while we hope there will be no suffer
ing from hunger, we do not hesitate to
say there will be no surplus of provisions.
Make this known TO as many people as
possible, for | write these facts IN the in
terest OF humanity. l think | am in a po-
sition to know whereof | speak"
Another letter was received by Joseph
Jordan of juneau from his friend P. B.
Tyler, dated Dawson, August %. This
letter says that board In restaurants is $25
a week or 81 so a meal Another lette
received, by Mrs. Belle Geddes of Juneau.
dated September 4 from her husband,
says that he thinks this will be the last
mail out of Dawson this winter No
steam boats had arrived and every one
was feeling much disappointed. He
thought be had secured two of the best
claims on the latest discovery-SuIphur
Greek. HAL HOFFMAN
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upon the charging of a crime. These ar.
tlcles were inserted by express direction
OF the President. The treaties were taken
up IN the Senate, and the new form was
discovered and the Senate very promptly
cut out the two al licles, the debates very
strongly asserting the decision of tho
l. gislature to countenance no such princi.
pie. President Cleveland was SO firmly
convinced of the value of the articles and
so determined in his opinion that this
country could no longer be perm tied TO
shield criminals. even though they were
Americans, that he refused the negotia-
tions. although neither of the contracting
parties cared particularly ior the reten.
tion OF the articles.
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THE TOLON CLAIM.
State Department VIII Insist That
the Spanish Government
Satisfy 1t

NEW YORK, n. Y, Oct 1.-THE Her
aids Washington special SAYS: Instruc-
lions to Minister Woodiord are being pre-
pared at the State Department for presen-
ration to Spain and a demand for the
I'm mediate payment of the claim for in
demnity made by Samuel t. Tolon
The original demand for $50, 900 was
presented to the Madrid Government by
Mr. Taylor, who has just retired from the
office of Minister. Spain's reply was that
1t was under no obligation to pay Tolon,
and this has been followed by an
other statement, which declares that
the action of the Spanish authorities in
Cuba was q gubernative measure, and
that Spain would be unjust to herself
should she indemnify Tolon
The State Department officials insist
that the claim is just one and will con-
tinue to press it. Tolon was naturaIized
in New York City.
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D"KA GROWS WORSE.
Nothing to Indicate Dissolution, but
He Is Sinking From Day
to Day.

GLENCOVE. L. l., Oct. 12.-Charles A.
Dana, the venerable editor of the New
York Sun, is slowly sinking. His condi-
ton Is growing gradually worse, but so
slowly that it is hardly noticeable from
day to day. There Is nothing in his con-
ditlon which indicates immediate dissolu-
ton, but his death may occur at any
moment
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THE WATER TOO LOW ON THE
YUKON BARS.
There Is Some Sickness and Will Be Much
Suffering, While IN the Hills a
Graveyard Is Already
Started.

JUNEAU, ALASKA, Oct. 6 (By steam
ship City of Seattle, via Tacoma, Oct.
lD.-The steamship City of Seattle tied
up here from SkaGuay at IL o'clock to-
night, and will sail for Puget Sound at 2
O. clock in the morning. She brought the
last party of Dawson men fleeing from the
famine TO come, and number of letters
from Klondike miners to friends in
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gan, manager OF the Alaska Commercial
Company store at Dawson. Mr.. Morgan
writes: This camp Is truly hot num-
ber In ftc. it is wonder ful to see the
large sacks of gold that come into g
Alaska Complny's s; ore each day from
the mines to purchase supplies with or
put in the safe for shipment. The rich
creeks run about as follow: E; Dorad~,
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EVANGELINA
ARRIVES AT
NEW YORK
Said to Have Reached Jer-
sey City on Sunday
Morning.
MISS CISNEROS HIDDEN BY HER
FRIENDS.
Strong Denial Of the Fact of the Arrival Is
Made by the Representatives of the
Paper Which Claimed to
Have Rescued Her.

*F*ftbSR*kk*RR&t<ktt$ttk
MADRID, SPAIN Oct 1.-THE O. had
long conference Regent
OF Porto Rico abed the
cable
steamer sailing on that date
OF financing the Cuban Philippine
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Secretary Gage nefurns.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 11-Secre-
tary Gage returned to Washington to-day
after nearly months absence in the
West.
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M1tt0ry Attacse at st. PstersbWrO.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct 11-First
Lieutenant G. l. Anderson, Fourth Artil-
lery, has been appointed military attache
to the legation at st. Petersburg
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HUNDREDS WAITING
FOR NEXT YEAR,

There viii Be Great Rush From
All Over the World Into the
kiondike in the Spring.
JUNEAU. ALASKA, Oct iva steamer
City of Seattle via Tacoma Oct. 1D.-The
last packers have left the trail and are re-
turning to their homes by way of Juneau,
A party that arrived to-day. having lost
alI the horses by starvation on the in
land side of the White Pass, stated that
not to exceed 500 persons. all told, had
succeeded in getting over the Skaguay
trail to Lake Bennett and they with only
incomplete outfits. One of this party has
been packing .on the trail all summer, or
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-05
ACEPHALOUS BOOSTERS.

Demonstrated That the Barnyard Mon
arch Can Live without q Head.
It was once thought impossible that
a human being could live and walk
with broken neck, and perhaps still
more doubted that a rooster could live,
stand and be fed after the hatchet had
severed its head from the body But
such are the real hard facts, says For
est and Stream. The phenomenal
rooster was exhibited some years ago
in Huntington, w. Va. The exhibitors
said they got the fowl from a farmer
who had decapitated it, after which it
got upon its feet. However this may
be, the headless, living rooster was not
q deception. It was fed through q
tube inserted in its throat. 1t is obvi-
Gus that the farmers stroke was lit
tie too high, and that a portion of the
back brain still remained, and partial
ly performed its functions. How long
the fowl lived I did net hear. One
thing is certain-he died game"
A negro, seeing millions in it" then
experimental ON. the gallinaceous
tribe, and succeeded in turning out a
fair duplicate of the aforesaid acephal-
Gus curiosity (for whom L made pic
ture of the rooster with which to adver-
tise), and he started on a tour of ex-
hibition. He returned not long after
and told me he was doing well, and
could have made some money at de-
CAPTIVATING roosters for other parties
who wanted them for exhibition, but
that he was prevented by the authori-
ties, upon the accusation of cruelty.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-05
DISEASE or TIE EASIER Inv.

Ae0u1t 81 . GOV0RAAoAt InVest14AttOA
OF . F7OwsR's Allnsnt.
AfSp1cial ,HnIlettA has been Issued BY
the a9ricult1rals aft1nent q disease
of the Ber1tud6 or Blster NY, which
Is Of ranch thterek TO the ReTists of the
country. It poiHtS out that the fore
ing Of the lily has become an important
industry in the United States. The
bulbs are grown almost exclusively in
Bermuda, where they mature in July
and are then shipped to this country
to be forced in the following fall, win
ter and spring.
During the past five or six years the
disease affecting the lily has seriously
interfered with the profitable growth
of the plant. The government began an
investigation Of the plant two or three
years ago, and the preliminary report
says the disease destroys in this coun-
try from 20 to 60 per cent. of the en-
tire crop, exclusive of the bulbs which
fail to grow or that make worthless
plants, the loss from which ranges from
5to 80 per cent.
The disease is characterized by spot
ting and distortion of the leaves and
flowers, and usually the stunting of the
plants. The principal causes assigned
are worn-out soil, premature removal
Of flowers and flower stems, premature
harvesting Of bulbs, carelessness in Sc
lection of propagating stock, bad treat
ment during the forcing, and the dep
relation of insects. AS remedies it IS
suggested that only, strong and vigor-
GUS plants be used for propaRation,
crop rotation should be practiced,
chemical fertilizers used and premature
digging avoided.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-05
Masnetized by L,rhtninx.

Among the curious effects ascribed to
lightning is the magnetization of parts
OF rock struck by it, says the Detroit
Tribune. The existence of such mag
netized rocks has long beenknown, but
the supposition. that their condition
was due in many cases to lightning has
only recently been confirmed by a
curious observation of DIR. Folgheraiter
among the walls of ancient buildings
on the Campagna near Rome. He found
strongly magnetic points and zones in
the walls, precisely ike those OCCASION
ally encountered in rocks The fact
that the magnetization often included
more than one block Of stone in the wall
was regarded as proving that the mag
netic property had BEEN acquired after
the building was erected, and the
agency OF lightning was indicated by
neighboring cracks in the walls.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-05

A great commotion seems to have
taken place among railway circles
owing to the contemplated through
car service between the Pacific Coast
and Chicago which is operating one
day each week. This is not new de-
parture by any means, as the Denver
& Rio Grande Railroad Company and
it's connections have been operating a
through car service between the Pa
cific and Atlantic Coast via. Salt Lake
Pueblo, Denver, Kansas City and
Chicago for years, and three Ola. g
each Week, viz. every Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday evening. The
cars for this through service are of
the latest Pullman design, and are
supplied with clean linen and bedding
throughout. A Pullman porter is as
signed to each car. These cars are
also under the personal supervision
Of a Special Excursion Agent,
whose duty it is to see that passen-
gers are given every comfort and at
tention. For further information, APP
ply to any agent, or to B. F. Nevins,
General Agent, or to H! M. Gushing,
Travelling Passenger Agent, D. & r
G. r. r., 90 West 3rd South st. Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-05

an emphatic expression that wouldn't
look well in print. Perhaps tho at
tendant wasn't surprised. Seine cay
she came near having lit, but that
doesn't matter. -. !, Fl
From the moment that the sick
man discovered his grave clothes
resting on the back of a chair there
was a decided improvement in his
condition, and he has since enjoyed
many years of robust health.-Ken-
nebec journal. .s...
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-05

The White Pine News says that
John Griffin. known as Happy Jack
was killed in Cherry Creek on the
9th Of last month by James G..
Rodgers. Rodgers claims that he
struck Griffin with his fist. Griffin
was knocked senseless and died with
out recovering from the effects Of the
blow. No one saw the difficulty be
tween the two men. Rodgers has
been held to answer the charge of
murder before the White Pine grand
jury.
The Bozeman (Montana) Chronicle
tells OF Montana legislator who,
when some corrections in his spelling
and grammar in his ILL were called
to his attention by the committee,
said: @Why, you fellows have mucil:
ated i'll" 1t was the same statesman
who said, in addressing committee
or which he was a member: @The
muddy slough of politics was the
bowlder upon which the law was
split in twain and fell in thousand
pieces from the pedro OF Justice.
Let us, then gear up our lolus that
we can go forth with clear head"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-05
Thin, Pale
Children

. One satisfaction In giving
SCOTS Emulsion to children
Is they never object to It.
Another satisfaction is be-
cause 1t will make them
plump and give them
growth and prosperity. L
should be given to all chill
dren who arc too thin, or
too pale. It does not make
them ovcr-fat, but plump.
1t strengthens the diges-
tive organs and the nerves,
and furnishes material for
rich blood.
We have a book telling YOU
more on the subject. Sent free for
the aSking.
SCOTT q BOVINE, New Yorh.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-05
Cured by Sight of His Grave Clothes

Cured by Sight OF His Grave Clothes
The infiuence of mind over body is
well illustrated in this story from a
northern Penobscot town, and which
is said to be vouched for ON good
authority:
A man well along in years became
i'll, and the physician told the mem =.
bers Of the family that there was no
possible chance for his recovery.
They we're advised to prepare for the
worst, and finally death was regarded
as matter Of a very few hours. A
well disposed attendant made all
preparations to prepare the body for
burial M soon as life surrendered its
hold aud in order to have the clothes
ready for Immediate use they we're
brought into the sick room. The
sick man opened his eyes and his
glance rested on the clothes. He
recognized them instantly, and the
import Of the proceedings f,esbed
through his enfeebled mind. What
little energy was left in his system
was maysed then and there to utter
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-05
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.

ELKo, Oct. 4 1897.
The Board met pursuant to ad-
journment. Present.. P. Wool
verton H. M. Reed, and Stanley Rigs
by.
The minutes were read and ap
proved. ............ ....
Money counted and found to agree
with the Auditors books.
Bills against the county considered
and allowed.
Reports Of the following county Of
ficers were received, examined, ap-
proved aud ordered filed: Clerk and
Treasurer, Sheriff, Hospital Steward
Auditor. Jailer, Assessor, Justice of
Peace and Coroner.
Complaint having been made to
the board that parties in Elko were
dumping large quantities of cedar
bark In the public streets, the board
ordered the same removed at once.
The following transfers we're made
from the general fund: $1,000 TO the
salary fund and 5000 to the INDECENT
fund.
The board ordered the supervisor
OF tile Tuscarora road district to dis
continue all but the most urgent
work until further notice.
All scalp bills were laid over.
The form of scalp certificate recon-
mended by the late grand jury was
adopted and the clerk was instructed
to have some printed.
The bnuds of Peter w. Barton as
constable of Island Mountain town.
ship and G. M. Leach as justice of the
peace Of Mountain City were exam
ined and recorded.
The petition of the citizens of Ruby
Valley asking for donation from the
general fund for repairs of road in
Harrison's pass was granted.
On petition OF citizens the Noun
tain Home school district in Starr
Valley was established.
The bids for building bridges over
Bull Run Greek and Smith Creek
were opened as follows:
Bull Run:-D. f. Griffith bid
&187 so including freight. j. s.
Winter bid $50 without freight.
Smith Creek:--M. j. Curtis bid $500
for the upper bridge and $500 for the
lower bridge; E. Wade. S75 for upper
and Sl35 for lower; G. K McCon-
nell. 1925 for lower; j. A. Robertson.
$185 for lower; Gilbert Henry $3.50
for upper; Henry Peters 81 80, for up
per; A. w. Fuller S245, for lower;
Nels Ouderkirk SITS for upper.
On motion the board let the con-
tract rs follows: To d. E. Griffith to
build the Bull Run bridge; Q. R.
Mcdonnell, the lower Smith Creek
bride and E. Wade tie
upper bridge. The work
on all the briggs to be examined and
approved before same are accepted.
On motion Walter s. Long was ap-
pointed county Surveyor upon filing
the bond and taking the oath OF Office
as required by law.