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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02
BACK FROM THE KLOND|KF
STEAMERS WITH KLOND1Kpps
ABOARD REACH UNITED
STATES PORTS.
ALL TESTIFY 70 THE RICHNESS
VI the Country and Bronsht Some
Yellow Metal AIOng-Scarcitx
of Labor at $15 u Day.
Provisions Scarce.

Port Townsend, Wash, Aug. oG-Tbo
schooner Fred II. Sanders arrived early
this morning. thirty days from St.
Michaels, Alaska, with six passengers
from the KlOndike country. They are:
X. :. Dinsmore, well known merchant
of Eureka, CAL; Charles Vest of Port
land, Ore; James McNamee of Juneau:
j. Lowe, a we'll known miner of Puget
\Rund, and Henry A. Shea and wife of
hwson City. Only three of the num-
|$6er have been engaged in mining, but
all are much pleased with the prospects
and intend returning in the spring. The
total amount in nuggets brought by the
Sanders is about $4,000. James Nc
Bartlett Springs, CAL, probably made
the luckiest strike among them. He took
from his fourteen claims S137 900, but re-
invested most OF it.
Mr.. McNamee says: 81 went to
ALASKA about four years ago. but only
went TO KlOndike one year ago. There
are about $500 people in the KlOndike
region and unless the Yukon steamers
make another trip this year there will be
a shortage of provisions at Dawson City.
The reports of rich strikes on the
Stewart river are untrue. Bars pan out
well, but no big strikes have been made
there during the last twelve months.
think the entire KlOndike district has not
produced to exceed $2,00O,O00. If we
could have secured men to work our
claims more would have been taken out,
but although wages are $15 per day
men preferred to prospect for them
selves. If we can get men next season
| believe the district will produce
SS,O00,0O0."
II IL {
Puget Sound, brought down enough to
get back on" as he termed it. His
cla'''' are near Circle City and he says
pru.u.se well. He states that MinOOk
creek. $50 miles below Circle City. in
American territory, has been attracting
some attention. Several claims have
been located there and promise well.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02
SAN ANTONIO KILLING
"ohn Martagh Shot and Killed Inv
Jake Merle

San Antonio, Tex, Aug. 26-(Speciall
IJohh Martagh, a machinist was shot
ana an instantly killed in Maverick mark
, inns city. shortly before o'clock tonirbt
Inc killing. was done by Jake Merle, an.
other machinist, and foreman of the South
ern Pacific round house here. An old
grudge dating back many years, when
Doth parties worked in Los Angeles. cal.
Is at the bottom of the affair
Martagh, whose home is in Chicago,
came here about week ago in search of
work. and shortly before he was killed
stated that Merle had prevented him
from getting position with the Southern
l'acliic railroad. A few minutes before
o'clock tonight the two men met on the
sidewalk around Maverick park. and Merle
drew his pistol and fired four shots ut
Martagh: all of them taking effect and
killing him instantly. After Martagh fell
to the ground Merle rushed upon him and
beat him over the head with the pistol.
Merle was arrested and is now in Jail
charged with murder.
The deceased was about 40 years of age
and leaves wife and four children in
Chicago. He was a member of Masonic
lodge in st. Louis and of an Odd Fellows
lodge ut Little Rock.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02
kIoudiIse GEOLOGICAL Survey.

Washington, Aug. 2G.-The geological
survey will not send a party into he
appropriation of $4,000 is available, but
this came too late for use before spring.
Before that time it is anticipated that
congress will make much larger ap-
preparation, probably $4,000. 50 that
five parties from the geological survey
may be equipped next spring.
The bureau of labor has not yet heard
officially from its expert. who has gone
to Klondike to investigate labor condi-
tons. He has been gone month and
is thought to be well along on the Yukon
by this time. A private letter from him
makes no reference to the cOnSested
condition of labor that has been reported
from the points leading to the gold
country
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02
DEATH ON TICKS.
A Remedy That Rids Cattle Of Texas
Fever Distributors. al

Fort Worth, Tex, Aug. 20.-tSpecial j
From time to time mention has been
made of the fact that DIR. Victor A.
NOrgaard, chief Of the bureau of animal
pathology in the department of animal
industry at Washington, was here ex-
perimenting with view to finding some
means by which the Texas -fever-giving
ticks might be removed from cattle
without detriment to the same. At last
it can be said with reasonable certainty
that success has beer achieved.
In just seventeen hcers after taking
the bath not even the semblance Of q
tick was to be found on the cattle last
experimental with. The animals did
not appear to have been in anywise in
jured.
While DIR. Norgaard will moi authorize
an interview ut this time, still it Is a
well known fact that he thinks the first
and most important step in connection
with this matter has been taken and that
only minor details remain for completion.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02
HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR.
st. Louis and Vicinity Sweltered
Under Intense Heat Yesterday.

st. Louis. Aug. 26.-This was by far
the hottest day of the year for St. Louis
and vicinity. From early morning the
mercury climbed steadily upward until
this afternoon. 101 in the shade was
recorded by the weather bureau Their
mometer On the streets the heat was
fully five degrees greater. One hour
later it was 93. A strong wind blew
from the southwest all day, but it did
nothing to relieve the intense heat. for
it was as hot as the air from Il furnace.
Cooler weather is predicted for tomor-
row.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02
AFFAIRS ABOUT JUNEAU.
Trails Glutted With Peop1e-FlOur
SEQ Per Sack In Interior.

Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 81, via Seattle,
kWash., Aug. 26.-The latest news from
he north still confirms all previous
Statements regarding the ingoing Yukon
ers, their success and failure in getting
over the trails, etc. At Skaguay there
is found glutted condition, no progress
being made in going over the summit by
what is known as the White pass. it
having proved q complete failure this
year according to all reports. There
are now between 1000 and 5000 persons
camped along the trail between salt wa
ter and up the river six miles. Ihey
will remain there until spring. or until
they make up their minds either to so
over to Dyea or return to Juneau OF
the states. Many have already SOLD out
and abandoned the trip altogether. some
gladly taking 20 per cent of the Original
cost of their outfits and leaving that
part of the country. Those who started
via Dyea and the Chilkoot pass are get
ting along very well. Under present
conditions it is expected that all who
are now on that trail will safely reach
the Klondike before winter sets H.,
Adyices from the interior under date
of July "a are repetition OF what mas
been said before as to the richness OF
the diggings. High prices and wages re-
main as heretofore reported.
According to recent news from the
Yukon. water has been scarce Tor ny
draulic purposes. but better arrange
.ments will be completed for the opera
tons next year. ..,.,or
Flour is still selling in the interior
at $50 per sack of fifty pounds. ana n ns
prices are asked for other staple afLl-
cles. Miners who were employed III tne
mines near Juneau and who Went ~
the Yukon river have had their places
all filled by recent arrivals. SO that now
there is no special demand ior l sa,Ir.
for . man to come to Juneau expecting
to get work during the. winter months.
He should be provided with money
|enough to take care of himself until
spring.
The weather has continued favorable
for those on the trail. and altogether II
has been an exceptionally Tine season TOT
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02
The seegnr Inquiry Held.

Rosebud. Tex. Aug. 2G.-(Special.) y
Sheriff Emerson and County Attorney
Boyles came over yesterday evening to
mysterious death of X. Il. Seegar, the
man found. dead on the Roundtree ranch
Justice Floods decision. rendered this
evening. Is that deceased came to his
death from some natural cause I'M
known to. him."
John Kemp, an escaped state convict.
sent up from this county, came in to-
day and surrendered himself to Consta-
BILE Owen. He had only ten months
more time to serve when he escaped
about month ago.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02
od,door operations and comparatively
mild winter is expected. '''' ely
WoOdmen of the World

Nashville, Tenn. Aug. 26-At tba ,,or.
tennial today the Woodmen of Tho w W or
mel exercises and though there was n
Misunderstanding as to arraneemcnts
o9ere was a good attendance. This
afternoon exercises were held in the
woo Moodmens building. preceded by a ban
~. auet 10 the visiting Woodmen. Tonight
tne Cincinnati Enquirer Household clnb
attended, and the fireworks were nrr.
pared IN honor of the event. The at-
t temuance was very large. including yis;-
iors from New York state who have been
IN the city during the week wv"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02
J Had Four KIOndikers Aboard.

Port Townsend, Wash, Aug. Dc
The schooner j. M. Colman. which left
st. Michaels. at the mouth of the Yukon,
July 2S, was spoken last night off Race
Rocks at $50 by the Associated Press
tug Vigilant, which was in the straits
watching for the arrival of the steamer
Portland. The Colman brings four
passengers who have been in the Klon-
dixie and who left Dawson City July II.
The passengers are Charles ii. Mctcalf
of Detroit, Mich; d. f. Jones. Berkeley,
Cal. an assayer at Dawson; G.. B. and
w. B. Patrick, brothers, Los Angeles.
They left ten days after the Thorpe
party, which arrived at Seattle last week
on the steamer George Starr from Dyea.
They all tell stories of the richness of
the Klondike, Bonanza and Eldorado
creeks, but all say that very few clean
ups have been made since the early
summer
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02
New York Grain Fluctuations.

New York. Aug. 2G-The speculative
attraction in grain circles today was
the corn market The ring was sur
rounded from start to finish by large
crowd of brokers, most of whom were
bulls, and had buying orders which ran
todays business up to SSO,WO. a tip
had been given out that corn was good
for big rise in the next few weeks;
and the Investment buying on this ana
other influences was n feature OF the
day Many of the biggest operators are
now Interested in corn. Word came
from Chicago that the corn ring there
would not hold their crowd of traders
who were trying to execute orders; The
country is interested in the predicted
boom and bought freely today. When
wheat sold off in the afternoon corn
broke loose from its higher priced com
nanions and had little bulge on its
own hook. Crop news is Enthusiastically
gloomy. The frost season is near at
hand. and from all accounts the gram
is so far behind it's average growth at
this time of the year that even with
most favorable weather from now on 1t
will enter the danger period at ulsaa-
vantage. The days news was excep-
tionolIy bullish. Nebraska and Kansas
complained of drought: Iowa has sur
fered from cool weather and wired that
frost earlier than September 10 would
do immense damage. The Price Current
filled out the list by predicting that the
crop is likely to be somewhat short oil
the years probable distribution.
September corn opened at, - 3-4c,
fuctuated sharply, reached 10 o,oc IN
the afternoon and closed at 36c, L i-ftW
Csc higher than last night. Inc "nea ,
market had a wild opening, but cool
ed off in half an hour and was without
t imnnrtant development for the balance
Of 18th the day. 1t opened strong at Si.oZ;
gnctuated to S1.O3 3-4 and then drifted
for the remainder of the day, touching
81 OF rs at the close. Total sales were
I 935 900 bushels.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02
,ro,est Against Cherokee Invasion

Frankfort. KY. Aug. 26.-Citizens .S Oh
louisville and other portions OF an, tne
state are writing to Governor brauig g
protesting against allowing one tbeir eel
dams to enter the state lor 'Ne'
ebration at Russellyille. $50 +. .ha
Tbav say that there is danger in the
oonasion. that the Cherokees are uf-
o nnstwortby. etc. Governor Bradley
a fuI his authority under the constitu-
tion to prevent such a ,cele bration OF
t tSn ontrT of a peaceful body OF arineu
o oii from another state.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02
BAILEY AND THE SENATE.
He In Not Now n Candidate, But RE-
serves the Right to Change.

Burnet. Tex, Aug. 25.-Hon. J. w.
Bailey, in letter to friend at this place.
says: Replying to your inquiry about
the senatorial race. / can only say that
at this, time it is my intention to return
to the house of representatives next year,
and ! will not therefore be candidate
Ior the senate. You will understand, of
course, that changes may occur between
this and the senatorial election that
could be more serviceable in the senate
than in the house: but | have very little.
thought that such Il change will occur"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02
GENTRY AVID RsBERT J.
They Went for Records on n Half
Mile Track mt Syracuse.

Syracuse. y. Y. Aug. 26.-Thirty
thousand persons attended the New York
state fair in this city today. the special
feature being the efforts of john Il. Cen
try and Robert ! to lower the worlds
record on half-n'ile tracks. Both Of Mr..
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02
Trunk Plant burned.

Chicago, Aug. 26.-The plant of the n
J. Fitzgerald Trunk company at 407-411
Wells street. was damaged by fire to the
extent of $150000 tonight The losses
are thought to be well covered by in
surancc.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02
Traded ReIigions.

Brennan. Tex, Aug. 26.--(Special.)
Mr.. K. H. Hartman, formerly presid-
ing fa eed u The ne cSrsa abceb nd
ordained minister.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02
Retired On = Pensiou.

New. York, Aug. 2J.-Chief of Police
Conlin was retired today on his own ap-
plicatiou. He will receive pension Of
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11
nsA Why pay 35cts peek for Irish
potatoes when you can get them for
25cts at Mcguire & Schneider's.

The advertisement of j. N. Hill s.
Bro, one OF the leading firms of Provi-
dence, will be found in this issue of
the Banner Democrat. The Hill Bro,
will use printers ink from this time
on TO boom their business and to in
form the citizens of our town and
country of the fine stock they handled
aud the prices they sell at. The Hill
Bro, already do a large and lucrative
business, but we believe that it will
increase in many ways by advertising.
They carry a fine line of goods. Read
their first ad. in this issue.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11
BERMUDA HAY
at 40cts per bale. Call on Mr.. Gee
Ashbridge at w P. Burney's'


The river has risen four or Eve feet
above the low-water mark, and there is
now much better stage of water for
steamboats,.
DIR. Mitchell, the dentist, is getting
all the work that he can do. His
prices are reasonable aud his work il
guaranteed.
Those who are interested in The
welfare of Providence Fire CO., should
see that there is q meeting held il tho
next few days.
Mrs. Fred Zetile of Cincinnati, Ohio,
arrived this week 10 spend the holi-
days with her parents, Col. aud Mrs
p. ID. Quays of The Bend.
Col. Quays, member of the Police
Jury from the 4th ward, attended the
meeting on Wednesday. His two
grandsons came III with him.
Or Christmas day The person lnld-
ing the lucky Number, viii receive tho
nice bed room set now IN be seen in
the show window al Max Levy's.
Mr. t. j. Fathorrce, tho Leyee street
druggist, has rs haudsome q line Of
Christmas goods, as was ever brought
TO Providence. Call on Mr. Faiherree-
S. w. Green, who went down 70
New Orleans TO attend be meeting q
the Republican State Ceptral Commit
Zee. returned on Sunday morning last
DR.. w. d. Bell returned on Tuesday
from Texas, after few weeks visit 10
his brother. His neice returned Will
him, and will spend the winter viii
The Doctors family
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

Tho great steamer Pargoud went ar
on Sunday evening as far as Sunny
Side Ark, where there was about
thirteen hundred bales of cotton wait.
ing shipment. The boat had a full load
passing down on Tuesday and failed tc
take bale from our landings. Capt
Carbine Informed Messrs. Bell and
Pnrdy that next week the boat would
turn back from Providence aud would
take the large accumulation of cotton
now waiting shipment.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

About 2 O'Clock on Saturday night
last the alarm of fire was founded, aud
rush was made 10 find out where il
was, as il is expected every time q
fire alarm is given, that "this time" il
is in the main block, but they were
again mistaken The fire proved to
be out near the edge of town, end in
the home of hard working and indus
trious colored women by the name Of
Pernetta Jacobs, who left only a few
moments before TO purchase her weekly
rations. Before the alarm was given
the house had almost burned to the
GROUND, aud there were people living
whiting block of the burning house
who did not know that there was a
fire until the fire bell rang out.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11


The wiud aud sun together dried up
things SO that the pickers could return
to the cotton patches on Wednesday
There is moro cotton than viii ever be
picked.
The Hon. Police Jury met on We'd
nesday, for the FIRST tine in over five
nlonihe. A large amount of business
was transacted. Proceedings next
week.
Mr.. w. G. MeRae, who was so un-
fortunate as to have his collar bone
broken lest week, is getting along
nicely, aud will be able to be out In a
few days.
The Masonic Lodge had a large and
inieroating meeting on Wednesday
evening. The Lodge viii celebrate ST.
Johns day the 9th, with a big
banquet.
The gin house burned at Goodrieh's
laudiag few weeks ago, contained
sixteen bales OF cotton and about six
IbuHdrei sacks of seed, all of which was
q total Ioss.
When ". II White says 25 per cent
of the regular selling price you can
depend apnn Il being SO. All Of his
dress goodsare going at this reduction,
and il viii pay you TO purchase now.
II Il very much regretted that The
kiln of brick burned for Mr.. J. w
| Pistman Is not iii 10 be placed in thu
building. The brick masops say thai
| the brick ere so inferior that the build,
ing world not be safe.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

One of the tramps who struck town
the other day. applied at residence
for something to eat, and the gentle
man of the house told him that he
couldn't give him anything TO eat but
that he had several cords of wood, aud
would give him a dollar cord to saw
il up. MIR. Tramp accepted the propo-
sition aud started to chuck the buck;
but only for few minutes, and when
the gentleman looked out TO sec how be
was progressing with his job, Mr..
Tramp was skipping the "tra-la-la"
over the back fence, aud his higBess
was soon lost to view.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

On Monday last Mr.. r. l.. Hill in
formed us that he had notified the
chairman Of the Pppulist State Com
niittee to take his name from the list
of the sc delegates at large, which were
selected by the late convention held at
Monroe. Mr.. Hill is The third person
to withdraw from The ticket, aid there
10 no doubt in the next few days we
will hear of more. Now that the
Populist and Republican parties are
one and the same thing. We will hear
Of regular desersiou by the Pops.
until there will only be rattle trap
Gunby left.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

Now that the bad weather has set in,
il will be great deal of trouble for
the mail carrier to reach Providence
in The evening on time, and It will be
often when be will be late. The
patrons Of the Office would prefer to
get their mail if it does lake him q
longer time, than for him TO return
without il, causing ii 10 be until the
next evening before il would reach US,
We hope that postmaster Taylor will
see the importance of it, aud not report
him, when his remaining late is for the
benefit of the patrons of the office.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

AT the present time last year the
planters of the parish had finished
picking cotton, aud great many oil
them had finished breaking up their
places by January 1st. II is quite diff
ferent this year-not a planter has
turned iurrow, and there is hot q
plantation to-day that does not look
almost as white with the feecy staple
as 1t did in the mouth of September.
There will be acres OF cotton that will
not be touched.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

The parish convention met on Frids,
last to select five delegates to the con.
vention that meets at Baton Rouge on
the 10th. Those selected were, Hon
Robt. Nicholson, 1st ward; Mr.. w. IL
Benjamin, 2nd ward; Hon. JOS. E. Rams
dell. 3rd ward; Col. z. ID. Quays, 4th
ward; Mr.. e. II. Davis, 5th ward. The
selection made by the convention are
our leading citizens, and none better
could not have been made.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

Mr.. Ii. Fl. Graham, of the glorious
second, was up TO the meeting of the
Police Jury on Wednesday. Mr.. and
Mrs. Graham are just back from Ten
nessee, where they were caught by the
strict quarantine.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

a letter few days ago from Mr.. j.
G.. Oldfield to friend in Providence,
wants 10 know how the "old goat" is
getting along. Some may think that
he was abiding 10 the Masonic goat.
but he was not. We are glad 10 learn
that the Colonel and the madam are
getting along nicely in far-oF Arizona,
and at the same time we are glad TO
know that that longing for dear East
Carroll and its people does not dimin-
ish.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

About forty men were shipped from
Memphis on The steamer City of Savau-
nah on her last trip TO 60 to work oil
the lcvee above town, but for some
reason they failed TO get work.
The forty struck town without money
and hungry. AT night they applied
to Marshal Peck for place TO sleep
aud the good hearted marshal housed
them away in the town lookup.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

Buckwheat, Bailey Hecker's Oats,
Sweet Mango Pickles, Dill Pickles,
Olives, Extra Fancy Bottled Pickles,
Pure Olive Oil. Blue Point Oyster
Catsup, Asparagus, Saur Kraut, and
FULL LINE OF EXTRA FANCY
California Canned Fruits.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

There is ono more issue of the Ban
ner-Democrat before Christmas, aud
there is not business house in town
that ought not TO let the people know
what kind of a stock they have for the
holidays through the columns Of The
paper. Send in your ads.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-12-11

Presiding Elder White ofthe Meiho-
dist Church, was welcomed 10 our
town this morning. after being delayed
several times by quarantine from reach
ing here. He will preach this morning
and tomorrow.