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The herald., 1897-09-27
"LOS ANGELES TRAIL
THE NEW ROUTE TO THE KLON
Dixie GOLD FIELDS
Another Letter From the Herald's
Special Correspondent-Setting
Out for Disenchantment Bay

YUKATAT, Alaska, Sept S.-(Special
Correspondence to The Herald.) I ar
rived at this point at o'clock this morn
ing and have engaged sailing boats to
take our party of eleven to the head ot
the bay and land us at the mouth OF
what is known as Disenchantment bay
Our route thence is nearly direct north,
east of Mt. st. Elias and Mt. Cook and
west Of Mt. Vancouver There is a gla-
cier just north of Disenchantment bay
requiring one days travel to cross. In
dians inform us that after crossing the
glacier We have fair travelling to the
headwaters of the White river
At a meeting of our party today we
decided to name our route from Yaku-
tat bay to the White river 1.-The Los An
geles Trail" eight Of our party being
from Los Angeles and being the first
white people ever going over the trail.
The opening up of this trail will be of
great benefit to the gold hunters, and
especially to the city of Sitka, for it will
bring Sitka to the front as an outfittng
point. The people of Sitka treated us
finely and promised us $4,000 cash If we
opened up trail over this route.
The following are members Of our
party and their homes: James Kelley
J. D. Brooks, S. Van Horn, A. Potts, f.
Potts, c. M. Holmes, w. ]. Pulliam,
Joseph Johnson, Los Angeles CAL; r.
c. Raddaly, Gus Beltner, Chicago, III.
Chas. P. Frischbiar, New York.
We have engaged an Indian guide to
pilot US over the glacier and across the
country to the White river. They report
TOO Much Gold" on the river. AS our
little party is standing with our backs
to the mighty Pacific ocean and we gaze
upon the snow-capped mountains and
immense forests we fully realize the
task before US. We are, however, deter
mined to do or die, and to Los Angeles
boys the honor will be due of opening UP
new and practical trail for future
gold hunters With a full realization
of the many dangers ahead, and expect
ing to report again early in the spring
we bid our Los Angeles friends "Adios.''
c. M HOLMES
The herald., 1897-09-27
JAMES G. CLARK
Brief Estimate of the Poets Work and
Character

The facts relating to the death of the
late Mr.. Clark, together with biograph-
ical sketches, have already been pub
lished. The writer of this was his inti-
mate literary and personal friend for
many years. and wishes, especially since
friends request it, to speak briefly of his
work as poet-singer and reformer.
For nearly fifty years Mr.. Clark has
been before the public as a singer and
author. At the age of q he was in the
concert field, already composing and
singing some of his famous songs 1.-THE
Old Mountain Tree" was one of the most
popular songs of this period, and was
sung as often as three times in one night
at the Boston museum, then the most
popular theater in that city. His Ma
rion Moore" followed soon, and he found
himself famous just al the age when
fame is valued above riches, and when
it is an inspiration to all great efforts
In the flush of this early fame he wrote
''The Evergreen Mountains of Life"
"The Beautiful Hills" 1.-The Isles of the
BY and By" and those songs upon which
his fame rests and which will endure
while voices can sing or while men can
read the English language. These
songs have, for over forty years, been
received by all classes of people as form
ing group Of original and perfect lyrics,
adapted to every platform and hail.
whether sacred or secular, where a SER
vice of song is desired. These are, in
Mr.. Clarks world of song, the Mount
Hoods and Whitneys which out-soar and
out-tower all the other song peaks and
reach those heights where the sunshine
is eternal.
In his later years Mr.. Clark wrote his
profoundest and most mastery poems
such as 1.-THE Infinite Mother" the first
great and worthy expression in verse of
the idea of a mother-God), but his most
popular, famous and enduring poem,
aside from his exquisite songs, is lie
ona.' This was first published in the
New York Home Journal in 1861, and
that publication afterwards declared
that this poem had been more widely
copied, admired and committed to mem
ory than any other poem of its class ever
published in America.
During the civil war Mr.. Clark was a
first lieutenant in the Thirty fifth New
York regiment, and was in the recruit
ing service. Here his voice and pen
wrought wonders. A flood of patriotic
poems and sorgs poured from his muse
among which was the famous "Fremonts
Battle Hymn" which was the most
widely popular of any war lyric except
ing only Julia Ward Howe's Battle
Hymn Of the Republic" which appeared
two years later
During the past decade or two he has
produced some of the best and most
famous of the ringing reform lyrics of
the age. His poems in behalf of human
rights and against human wrongs are
worthy of Charles Mckay and Gerald
Massey. His Voice Of the People," his
Peoples Song" and others Of this class
express the popular heart and mind in
their uprising against oppression. while
The herald., 1897-09-27
ENGLISH LUTHERAN
"Whatsoever a Man Soweth, That
Shall He Also Reap

The service at the English Lutheran
church yesterday was a harvest home
service. The church was decorated will
fruits Of all kinds and large congre-
CATION gathered at both the fall rally
ing of the Sunday school and the regular
service. The theme Of the discourse was
1.-THE Law Of the Harvest" "Whatso-
ever a man soweth, that shall he also
reap" Gal. Wiz. Mr.. Ball said in brief:
Have you ever observed how rich is the
natural world in suggestion and Illus
tration of spiritual truth? Consider
the lilies of the field" and if God so
clothe them and the grass Of the field,
(which today is and tomorrow is cast
into the oven," shall he not much more
'clothe you, o ye of little faith?
/ How full Of important teaching is the
parable of the tares amid the wheat,
and how suggestive the parable of the
mustard seed. Two related thoughts are
suggested to our minds today. The first
is that there Is in human life, as in ma
ture, time of sowing ard time of
reaping, and the harvest follows the un-
erring law, man reaps that which he
sows. The second of these is, that while
death is indeed the reaper, it is also the
condition of larger life.
What is youth but time of sowing
Woe to that parent or teacher who sows
heedlessly, disregarding the man or the
woman that is to be. The deeds Of youth
will ripen, bearing inevitable fruit.
Men DO not gather grapes of thorns, or
figs of thistles." Nor is the harvest of
golden grain gathered from a sowing
Of wild oats. But the harvest is not
fully ended here. Only the judgment
can reveal what the fruitage of a life
has been.
We behold this fruit today for which
we lift our hearts in thankfulness. Soon
it will perish by decay. But from its
death will arise more abund dant life.
Such is the abundant provision of God s
mercy. Such also, is the law of spirit
ual growth. Do you not recall the words
of Jesus at Jerusalem, spoken Of his
death? If grain Of wheat fall into the
ground and die it beareth much fruit.
Never martyr died for nobler cause
than he slain by sinful world for whose
very sins he died. But behold there in
the death of the body the triumph Of
soul. Had he not died, think you he
would live today in so many millions of
lives?
The herald., 1897-09-27
ACCIDENT OR DESIGNp
Mrs. Sidney 81. Souli Swallows An
Overdose Of Morphine

A telephone message was received at
the police station yesterday afternoon
stating that a woman at 321 Temple
street had attempted to commit suicide
by taking laudanum, and asking that
she be taken to the receiving hos
pital. officer Henderson was sent out
to the rMmber given and found the wo-
man lying upon the bed in an uncon-
scious condition, and apparently nearly
dead. Inquiry proved that the wo-
mans name is Mrs. Sidney H. Souli.
BY this time it had been decided not to
have her removed to the receiving hos
pital, as physicians had been summon
ed. One of the women in the room at
the time of the arrival of the officer
stated in reference to the affair that Mrs.
Souli took two doses of laudanum, the
first at 1 o'clock in the afternoon and
the other two or three hours later. Her
husband was away at the time, and
wfler it was first learned what she had
done one of the inmates of the lodging
house. lady who is intimate with Mrs.
Soul, was called into the room. She
found her lying upon the bed in semi
concious condition. She was partially
aroused, and in answer to an inquiry as
TO what was the matter pointed to a
two-ounce bottle on a stand labeled
''laudanum," and half empty, saying
that she had felt badly, and had taken a
teaspoorful Of the contents to relieve
her pain. The woman was hardly able
to speak, and gave no further explana-
ton Of her action.
The woman who had been called in did
what she could to keep Mrs. Souli awake,
and not anticipating any immediate
danger did not summon physician at
the time. Later in the afternoon, at
about $3.50 o'clock, she had occasion to
go out Of the room for short time, and
Mrs. Souli was left alone. On return
ing she noticed that the vial of lauda-
mum was missing. A hurried look at
Mrs. Souli convinced the attendant that
the woman had swallowed the rest Of
the poison, for now she lay limp and mo-
tionless ard apparently dead upon the
bed. The alarm was given, and several
of the inmates of the lodging house 1ur-
ried out to call physician, with the re-
suit that three or four soon put in an ap-
pearance. They succeeded in arousing
Mrs. SOUL from the stupor into which
she had fallen. The people at the lo6.g-
ir'g house were very reticent about CIV
ing any information of the affair, and
denied that there had been any attempt
at suicide, claiming that Mrs. Souli took
some laudanum for medical purposes
and simply made the mistake OF taking
too much.
The herald., 1897-09-27
Sermons at the Churches
Yesterday
DR.. MLEAN's FAREWELL
HIS LAST SERMON IN SIMPSON
TABERNACLE
DR.. A. G. Smither at the First Chris
tian Church-Harvest Home Ser
vice at the English Lutheran

At Simpson tabernacle yesterday, DR.
Mclean preached his farewell sermon to
Z large congregation. Rev. George w.
White. president Of the Southern Cali
fornia University, was present and as
sisted in the services DR.. Mclean re-
ferred feelingly to his labors
with his people and their helpfulness in
the work he has tried to do. He then
spoke from Jude, 20th verse: "It is
essential for us to do something for
ourselves we'll as for God"
A piety that glows ard burns its way
into father and mother brother and
sister, friend and stranger. is piety
that will win this world for Christ.
There are many notions of prayer.
Some address God and pray to them
selves, while others forget self and pray
to God for others. We want that prayer
that longs to meet God.
If you will stand by the word Of God
you will find that every blessing is con-
ditional; that you perform certain duties
and observe certain conditions. God
does not always answer our prayers in
our way, Dut III Ills way. Every tuluS
worketh together for good to them that
love God.
1.-THE spirit helpeth our infirmities,
for we know not how to pray as We
ought" My beloved people, if you for
get everything I have said to you in
these years of labor, do not, beseech
you, forget to build yourselves up in
that holy faith that commends you to
the blessing Of the living God and fits
you for the great work of helping in
saving this world for Christ.
DR.. Mclean then urged his congrega-
tion and friends to stand by the pastor
who would be appointed to take up the
work where he leaves it.
At the close of the sermon Mr.. Bacon
of the board of stewards made finan-
cial statement and urged upon the con-
gregation the necessity Of meeting its
obligations in the way of DR.. McLean's
salary, which has run along until the
amount now due is considerably over
$1,000. DR.. White reinforced Mr.. Ba-
cons very forcible statement with some
equally pertinent remarks on the SUBJ
ject, and a successful subscription was
the result.
The herald., 1897-09-27
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Lazarus Resurrection, an Illustra.
ton of Spiritual Resurrection"

A large audience gathered in the
new auditorium of the First Christian
church yesterday wher the pastor, Rev.
A. c. Smither, preached upon THE Res
direction of Lazarus as an Illustration
of Spiritual Resuscitation." He said.
in part:
This event serves as fine illustrat ton
of the means and metho6s by which the
race is brought into spiritual life and
activity. Like Lazarus the race is
asleep urder the intoxicating hand of
sin.
Untouched by the divine Christ. It's
noblest faculties are dormant, and, all
unconscious of spiritual duty or environ
ment, it slumbers on. Jesus came
to Lazarus tomb to call him back
from the mystic portals of death into
the highway of life and activity. So to
a slumbering world, all unconscious of
the demands of God upon it, the Christ
comes to give spiritual resuscita ton.
The master was human in his suffering
and sympathies, and entered into all the
sorrows of this sinful world. He was
divine in his nature ard capable of
routing the forces of sim and death.
In his method of calling Lazarus back
to the scenes Of life it may be observed
that he spoke life into his decaying body.
and then called upon his attendants TO
loose him and let him co." So into the
soul OF the spiritual sleeper the divine
Christ introduced spiritual life and en-
ergies, but calls upon his attendants.
upon Christians to aid in the work
Here are the young all bound up In
Ignorance. No greater work rests upor,
Christendom today than that of loosina
the bonds Of ignorance with which the
young are bound and leading them into
the light and liberty OF knowledge. Then
we have the weak; the erring who have
some Of the divine life pulsing within
them. but they are all fettered and him
Aeree ~ error and weakness. How
The herald., 1897-09-27

dollars well invested. 8. H. Ellis, 21s stim-
son building.
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| tney eaten ana reproduce the thunder Of
coming storm, and the tramp and roaI
of great approaching Army of the
| Rear"
After all, here was the keynote of Mr.
Clark's life. He had the genuine poets
love Of liberty and right and hatred
Of oppression and wrong. He was al
ways in sympathy with the unfortunate
the wronged, and the suffering, and his
voice and pen were always at their SER
vice. Nothing more touching was ever
told than one incident in his career
which occurred at Utica, N. Y, many
years ago. A magdalen had died, and
there was no preacher nor priest to Of
ficiate, and no proud and paid choir to
sing. oh it was pitiful, near whole
| city full' of paid preachers and singers
to serve the respectable, but no one 10
remember the outcast daughter of some
broken hearted mother. Clark heard
of it, and requested the privilege of sing
ing at the funeral. Never was there a
more grateful audience, and never did
his divine voice go deeper into huma n
souls. If there be q Christ who once
said: Neither do I condemn thee, sin
no more" his angels must have gone
from that funeral service with tears in
their eyes.
James G. Clark had mission, and if
ever man was true to his vocation he
was. The spirit said to him write"
and Sing" and so long as he could raise
a note or hold pen he obeyed with un-
swerving fidelity.
To sum up his work for nearly fifty
years he has comforted ard revived de-
spairing human spirits; he has aroused
humanity to good deeds; he has sung
out the old and sung in the rev: he has
scourged out the wrong and her.
aided in the right, and he has aided
every legitimate reform, anti-slavery,
temperance and the cause of labor.
AS to his manhood, he lived his own
epic; he did what he wrote and sang.
He was clean; he had no tobacco.
liquor, gaming, nor unclean and i'm
moral habits. He kept no hounds, horses
nor harems.
In Memoriara
Games G. Clark, Obiit September II, 1917
No more the hills and fields he loved
With him shall smile, with him be sad;
No more the friends with whom he moved
Shall smile to greet him and be glad
We, who live on beneath the skies,
Must wait and walk without him now,
Nor see, above his manly eyes,
Gods signet on his royal brow.
They do not need him there" we say,
Who feel his worth since he is gone,
"For Heaven is made of such as he,
While, here and there, the earth has one'
But in the realms beyond the sun
His peers desired him face to face,
And prayed that, If his work were done
He might be with them in his place.
So bound with us, he wrought, until
The Angel freed the fettered limb;
The Heavens had some high place to fill
With long-tried Truth. and sent for him.
Softly his breath went as the sigh
OF south winds from some Isle of Rest;
Calmly he died, as stars that die,
Behind the gray hills in the west.
Like some great ship through life he bore
Conveying love and human veal,
While every bark along the shore
Felt the wide impulse of his keel.
Brave heart. high mind and noble SOUL
Farewell! until we come to thee!
Rich was thy journey to the goal,
And great thy bliss shall be!
Los Angeles. Sept. 25, 1897.
The herald., 1897-09-27

Dr.: D. Cave. dentist. rooms so7-2lo Lank.
ershim block.
The herald., 1897-09-27
Blessed Are the Pure

Miss Jessie Ackerman, one Of the
workers in the National w. c. T. u,
spoke at the Young Mems Christian
association yesterday afternoon. The
lecture was a presentation of the obli-
cation of purity as equally binding upon
men and women. She spoke from the
text, BLESSED Are the Pure in Heart"
and showed the effects of pure living
upon the home, upon man himself, and
upon the interests of Others The
speaker was followed with close inter-
est. Next Sunday Walter Lowell will
begin series of special addresses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-14
ALL GOOD MEN"
Stevenson's Views.

Bloomington, Ill, April 1S.-Ex-Vice-
President Stevenson said today, when
questioned about his appointments:
L appreciate the compliment paid to
me by the president, and will cheer
fully render what assistance / can to
accomplish the object of the commits
sion. / am a bimetallist. / regard the
restoration of silver to its proper money
function as the supreme question in
our own country, and throughout the
world. The Importance of the question
cannot be overstated. In this country
the increase in the volume of business
is beyond computation. n the light of
these facts, the rehabilitation of silver
is a prime necessity. Should its de-
monetization become the settled policy,
the evil DAYS upon which we have
fallen but dimly foreshadow the con-
sequences yet to come. Whatever our
views may be as to the ability of our
government to maintain the free and
unlimited coinage of silver without the
co-opera ton OF the leading countries of
Europe, it may be safely assumed that
every friend of silver in our country
will welcome international bimetallism.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-14

Memphis. Aprif Asrhe river con.
tinues to rise south of vicksburg, and
the swift current is throwing the water
all over the levees, with enormous
force
A telegram from Tallelaa, La, re-
ceived last night, reported that the
levee at Davis island, in Warren coun-
ty, had broken, but the report was
premature. The water is washing over
the levee at that point, however, and
a break may occur at any hour. Many
people left the island with their most
valuable effects. Several weak spots
have developed in the southern levee
and the people in that section are max
ing heroic struggles to save their prop
erty. Tonight the backwater in the
Hooded Mississippi delta is about sta
tionary. The river at Memphis con-
tinues to fall slowly
At Helena the river is declining at
the rate of two-tenths of a foot daily
The refugees are fiocking into Helena
by every boat. Three officers, Lieu
tenant a. S. Rowan and McC. Crowley
of the United States army and Captain
Graham D. Fitch, have arrived at
Helena on the steamer Itasca. A con-
ference between the officers and the
local relief committee was held that
Lieutenant Rowan might secure all the
facts regarding the situation. At the
meeting it was estimated that of the
25,341 people inhabiting the county, 1900
lived in the city and one-half of the re-
mainder lived in the territory now in
undated. The population. therefore, of
the overfiowed country was put down
at approximately 5000. OF these 1000
to 5000 are now in Helena, and scat
tered along the foothills for distance
of Is miles. There are 1000 refugees at
Old Town Ridge. The relief committee
reported that 5000 people were de-
pendent upon aid. Three thousand
dollars weekly was the sum decided
upon to take care of these people
Lieutenants Rowan and Crowley left
Helena today for Greenville and White
river to investigate the situation there
Captain NoIlty of the steamer Titan
reported 43 refugees at Modoc, so at
Avenue, IS at Lower Ludlow, 1874 at
Ferguson and 100 at Knowlton The
majority OF those people are camped
on barges and have been supplied from
Helena
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-14
GLOBE SAVINGS BANK.
Additional Charges Made Against
the Officials.

Chicago. April Traditional charges
are made in regard to the alleged mis-
management of the affairs of the Globe
Savings Bank in an amended bill filed
today by Charles z. Churchill, cash
Ter of the defunct bank. The bill is
part of the receivership proceedings
and brings into the case a number of
persons not heretofore involved.
President Spalding's connection with
the bank is dealt with extensively in
the amended bill. 1t is averred that
Spalding induced H. c. Haley to make
three prOmissory notes aggregating up
wards of $150,000 payable to the order
of Spalding or the bank. upon the as
surance of Spalding that he would de-
post $4,000 in understandable bonds as
security. Spalding. it is charged, used
the money for his own benefit and set
apart 900 in bonds
Another section of the amended bill
says that Spalding, Edward Hayes,
Charles ]. Ford and John w. Lane
hart, deceased, the latter either for
himself or Ex-Governor John P. Alt
geld. purchased a tract of land of so
acres in Cook county. and Spalding, it
is alleged, paid for his share of the
property out of the funds for the Globe
Savings bank, and ii is also charged
that Ford, Lanehart or Altgeld knew
this OF the sum of SOB 900 which the
state auditor ordered charged to the
profit and loss account of the Globe
Savings bank, it is reported that ST, 900
was an indebtedness of John P. Alt
geld and that $1,000 was Indebtedness
nominally due from John w. Lanehart.
1t is charged. however, that the last
amount was in fact a loan to ex-Gover-
nor Altgeld.
1t is also claimed in the bill that ex-
Governor Altgeld has been transferring
his property with the intention of keep
ing it from the creditors of the bank.
President Spalding, Vice-President
Averil and Cashier Churchill of the
bank, put in an appearance today in
the court of Justice Hail. and gave
bonds for their appearance April 10 to
answer to the charge of ENLIGHTENMENT
preferred by Adolph Edelman, one of
the depositors of the bank.