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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-05
DIRECTORS

DIRECTORS.
JAMES RICE. late Secretary State n Colorad. WA.
SHAW. capitalist chicago r. Il. TITCOMB Nicc-Prcs-
dent and General Manager Eastman Fruit Dispatch Co.
II. - FASH member Maritime Exchange New York
GEO. ". N"EGAN Circle city. Alaska JOHN Il. Low
THEIR N-W-Y *. GEORGE T DURFEE. Fail River,
Mass
ADVISORY BOARD.
GEN. GEO II. FORD President Chamber Of Commerce
and Director Merchants Bank New Haven. Coma. Hon
/. II WAKEFIELD. Associate Justice FIRST District
Court. South birmingham. MIS-. Hon. c. g. RICH
MoND. late rresAsnt e. .,. VI appeals. Denver. Col .
: q UrpEGRAr !aie Ire. Lyc9miag Cluniy
Wlllianlsp a. Tcnn.. sAMCtI RYAN. President chs
apeake sad Potomac re- pho SOC. Washington. D. g.;
Or r. g. Fl-HEi.. lJ-l u erEan-aye, chicago. u ;
f. \ H-FFMtNN. Detroit. Mich. NJ 9 Is: sWtLI,
Attorney Law. Fail River. Mass ISAAC W. SCOTT.
Deputy Collect r. Cedar Rapids. Iowa.
TIE ntsfNEss OF THE ALAsKA-KLONDYKE
GOLD MINING COMPANY will be - run line u
steamers N the Yu, River and between Seattle ana
ports AaSka. open supply stores At me
different camps do a general TKANSPORIAIlON. t ph-
MERCIAL and BANKING BUSINESS. and II 1.ii,.,n
DEAF, IN .'fNIN~i ~. we 1ri WORK THE MIN 10
ALREADY DVN-.' an 'l.t may hereafter he acquired
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TIE BOND MARKET.

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EN- OF HE I III
BANKS IN DETAIL.
The following table shows the bank holdings
together with the percentage of reserve held by
each bank National banks are required 10 keep
a reserve Of - per cent and State banks one OF
II Ter cent:
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financial.
THE kOOTENAY- CARIBOU
Mining and Investment Company, Ltd.
Capital, $2,500,00

This company incorporated March 1897. Tor the
purpose uf operating every branch Of the mining IN
dustry and otherwise 10 avail itself u It's comprehehsl'r
charter powers. throughout the mineral belt extending
through British Columbia and Northwest Territory anu
including the kootenay. CARIBOU. Cassar. ana upper
Yukon districts Being fully Of the prospects or
rich discoveries ~ gold In the latter district the
company mad arrangements. through its extensive ami
Dh Ienal connectons establish tie Interests there 70
the very pest advantage and in position such as
other company can obtain 70 Immediately utilize the
opportunities afforded for establishing general trad
pests means u transportation banking facilities. town
etc. N 'ho great region now In process OF develop
The representative II the company the Kl9ndke dis
started early April for that field. and valuable
glts well number Of claims have already been
secured company. ments Immediately
completed send parties ~ experienced prospecOTs
in charge OF mining experts. in order also take full
advantage ~ the companys private Information regard
ng The richness NJ other and creeks throughout
the Northwest Territory. and in addition the company
for practical scientific exploration sent IN
August special steamship thoroughly investigate and
report the best methods Il furthering the Interests
In the Koo,enay district the company owns a number
OF quartz claims including the Vera Hastings. the
negotiating for number y valuable properties and
tons. including railway charter from the Dominion
and large coat deposits timber limits
smel'ers and mining claims producing gold
copper. silver lead. etc.
In order secure additional working a limited
number u fully paid and nonassesable shares Of the
capital stock offered FOR public subscription at 81
each The right IS reserved close the subscription
books without notice. Subscriptions will be received anil
GENERAL rAtG;EEScYY9e FOR THE UNITED
Liberty Street New York
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DpiGcnS Notlrcs.
,cc.o--...i,,In,,.,.. -T1rRAcrION COMPANY.-
financial Glf6tlons.

-c~[~r OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
G,HE ATSTAL MEETING Of the Stockholm
er, Of the Providence and stonhs sbs rSesirsrs
,...nany aflI be held the Office Oi 'Hs %
nr .; IN. New York New Haven ana tia''ra n,ha-
rosd CO. Providence, r. l. on rt,on Of directors
,S. Sheraton u proposed alteration OF air
he by laws and such other business a' may p'P"
be submitted. ,o.. -, On tie day OF the
meeting w. y HERBERT.
SECRETARY.
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NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 1871
for long and short bills respectively Rates for Bl
actual business closed follows: Sce,

The commercial price OF bar silver 133sc.
Mexican silver dollars. 4l1sc. In London bar Sill
yer advanced ~ to 215sd.
Money on call in London was 1G1A per cent
and open market discounts | j-l6 per cent for
short and long bills. British cOnsols closed AZ
III ZIG for money and II GIG for the account.
French rentes were 104 francs - centimes.
Paris discount rate. rs per cent. Paris ex-
change on London, % francs 1917 centimes. Ber-
lin discount rate 81 per cent.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Company has declared a quarterly dividend OF
H.. per cent on its preferred stock payable Sep
tember ID
P. J. Goodhart & Co. announce in another col
umn that they VIII purchase New-fork ana
East River Gas Company rights.
Notice Is given BY Edward d. Adams, cnalr-
man of the Board Of Directors OF the Northern
Pacific Railway Company, 10 the holders OF
Nor hern Pacific Railroad ard Land Grant gener-
al first mortgage sinking fund Il per cent sCld
bonds that the right to convert them INTO PRIOR
lion Is OF the Northern Pacific Railway company
on a basis Of II go preferred lien bond FOR each
81 900 general first mortgage VIII ternill4,e
November l. 1891 Should the company decide
70 continue conversions after that dare the leIIT
therefor will then be announced The genera
first mortgage bonds for conversion shouid Uc
deposited with J p. Morgan * CO.
r,OprrcN CONVERGE or NEW-lORh
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THE COMPANY CONTROLS THE FOLLOW
INU PROPERTIES:

EIGHT COLD PLACER CLAIMS AGGEEGATING 100
ACHES ~ EXTENT io'atci N FORTY MILE CREEK.
unf-s ynlioi states mining laws Development has
ve.~ pager dit taa pans from so % SO 20 the pan
,ei not los than 81 ,aoooLoc ne placer
il,4'!ln. FIVE GOLD PLACER CiAlNs AHGHEGA !.
iN,i ~ ACRES N extent. fORtl PINE RIVER that
pan. 4 RI - $40 o. yam. -" claim las nai
'. -,. I'm .i-r IN ,aat tnr 5000" ami not over
~ 4 ,ae claim worked Communicating that there is al
l-l.. 5000" ~ he :ltai a'e c.A'H, TIM. ,o
81 yard - "At~ns.'" "'rk has ;rt been done "a
rNES;TY COLD Placer cLAIMs - THE 81
snTNA RIVER pr.-rretirg fr"n' 81 70 s. l.. th~ pen.
'' "a FINE GOLD QUARTZ LODE WITHIN \ shor;
81: a. s.. 9cr ,on The Jc shows enormous oucop
= f.o~ milling or.-y..n a. .tra'' o.nF w.
-, gc5, ~ ~ r-et ~Jual, ~ acres WE ION
20 Wv II i without Az EQUAL FOR PROS
l.sS'r. and statement above are = n,c''.
basel up1 incarnation or'nirci from our ,ui".''''-
M ana a, t,t nS acquire extensive holdings n
r's .e sod eiar'@ pIp'-. sr. .o investors al
,an,a. ra 9,c stS and r 'Snp.rinenen, has -n
~ tre YUKON fr tho past year NorSns W rs' me
4 ,h. c.mp4ny Ther,f ~ are M, D., M" ,h"r ugh
10 ,,n tbs compeny Win ~ ale ald, rHIea'' me
hnow'''Sr ana ga. ,ss .perajing In Alaska
,r TPr@ieat isa~s pleasure IN referring w" 20 ''
IisEs = hEwEY Nm. CO. H2'f %7rl. 'i Fa
Mich LOUIS -, 49,, ,hicago m senator y Il
TT n an GlariSo. JoHN .HAEE4T EI,ig,,tic
I've - ongr. g r3a' F., = tNy .'t ash.ae,' Trust
Co. Haaes wasg'g e., r, p 'clI KILLS p HAITI
f,.,icc = C.l.raio Ii-oI-S
Tines Herald ch,as. .n Maa ~ y e; CAPT ) j.
, ,,RERT' Gwncr lal Edt.r C.ef,aRR p 81 Louis
l. = 'G;;,%HWhT Drexe Co. Phil1ieHt9S2r OF ALL
WE DO not ~ WE ARE n Al.AshAa ANp
WE M NICE THIS Jf % PER CENT. FOR OUR
HOLDERS. , ;, $3.50, offered at TEN
,o Inc .I Der shire. Send your orders to the
Alaska Klondyke Gold MIn'ns TO-
LANES RICE. president,
-" os nRoADwAY NEW-YoRk.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-21
Financially Independent.

The impression studiously fostered
by agitators, that this country is fet-
tered hand and foot by European mon
ey lenders who have American industry
and American financial interests prac-
tically at their mercy, receives Sc
we're Jolt from a narrative lately con-
tributed by Holland" to the Philadel-
phia Press. According to this well-in-
formed correspondents whose profession
al relations carry him behind the
scenes of most of the great financial
and commercial operations of New
York, tremendous battle was fought
last week. quietly but with determina-
tion, between the money kings of
Europe, backed by some of the Europ-
can governments, and American fin
anciers sustained by the vast natural
wealth and recently regained conf
dence of our people.
1t appears from Hollands" narra-
tive that block of bonds aggregating
several millions was to be put upon the
market. The credit of the bonds was
good. the interest desirable and pay
ment in gold to be guaranteed. The
foreign bankers organized a syndicate
to secure the bonds and put in a bid;
but to their amazement the bonds were
sold to Americans at a rate slightly
lower than that offered by Europe.
This piqued and stimulated the for
eighers to a trial of strength with a
view to breaking down our market,
and for from one to two days the En-
glish and certain other European cap
italists were hammering away, un-
loading American securities at terri
fic rate; but, to their astonishment,
they found it was like pouring water
in sieve. The securities were taken as
fast as offered, and our market. while
it showed the effect of the onslaught
to some degree, was handsomely sus-
tanned and the European money pow
er retired from the field beaten.
Further testimony to this effect is
given in the facts that a few days ago
a block of bonds of $10,000,00) issued
by New York city was taken by Ameri-
can customers and another block of
$12, 100000 issued by the Metropolitan
sorbed by the home market. In COM
menting upon these events, Holland"
says: "The battle of last week deter
mined temporarily, at least, the ques-
tion whether the United States is to be
financially Independent of Europe, and
the general impression here is that it
marks the turning point in the finan-
cial relations which the United States
has in the past maintained with the
rich nations of Europe" When we
consider the Incompatible advantages
which rest upon the American side of
the financial ledger as regards ma
tural wealth of country, agricultural
and industrial productiveness and the
inventive ingenuity and thrift of the
people,it ought not to be surprising that
Americans are at last getting 10 a
point where they must be reckoned
with in the equations of international
finance. European financicrs will be
fortunate if the experience of last week
shall not frequently be repeated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-21
How Long, How Long a?

There are moments when the most
optimistic American, If he be honest
with himself, is inclined to doubt
whether in some respects pessimism
does not hold the better end of the ar
gument. One of these moments is like
ly to come to the man who reads of the
treatment accorded by the Spanish au-
thorities in Cuba to Evangelina Cis-
nercs, the beautiful young niece Of
President Cisneros, and then reflects
that in the face of numerous outrage
of like character and in apparent in
difference to the fundamental merits Of
the issue between Spain and Cuba
an issue involving the very essence of
those principles upon which out own
government is founded-the admins
trative power of the United States,
which could, if it so desired bring the
awful tragedy in Cuba to an end with
in twenty-four hours, is held in abey-
ance waiting, celebrating or triling-
nobody seems to know for certain
which.
For being caught in the Isle of Pines
in communication with her father, who
is leading rebel, this handsome and
cultured young woman was seized by
the Spanish officers, kept for nine
months in the vilest prison in Havana,
convicted of treason by a drum head
court and sentenced to twenty years
imprisonment in the prison colony of
Ceuta. when this delicate girl was
q nrractad - writes q corrasnon1oo+ nj d.
was in Cuba at the time, "she was cast
in the prison in Havana for vicious
women, most of her prison companions
being colored women of such a grade
that they were too low to be allowed on
the streets of Havana, which is as
tolerant of evil women as any city in
the world. Probably no young girl in
modern times has been subjected to
such scenes as this one saw. The har-
ridans, enraged at the refusal of the
gentle Cuban women to mix with them
rloted several times and attaked the
unfortunate ladies. The youth and
beauty of Evangelina particularly in
censed them, and she narrowly escaped
injury at their hands" Yet the victim
of this brutality was the niece of a
marquis and the daughter OF one of the
first families in Cuba.
tCeuta. to which this young girl has
been conference.-the first woman pris-
oner so treated-is thus described:
II is just across from Gibraltar, on ;he
Morocco coest, with a desert secured ly
wild, Moors behind 1t and the Atlantic
ocean before II. With great care 1t has
been arranged by the Spaniards that the
renal population shall consist OF nearly
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equal parts-the worst and lowest crimin-
ais of Spain and political exiles. Doctors,
lawyers and literary men of Havana
break stone and shovel In the. trenches
shoulder to shoulder with murderers, raw
ishers and robbers from the peninsula.
They work in chains, keeping entire 81
lence. A single word brings the lash or
the guard down on the offender, and when
his days work on the stone pile is done
he is triced up in the prison yard and
floggcd till he fants. They are fed on
food that has become foul under the fear
full heat of the African sun, and they are
tortured, with all the ingenuity and feroc-
ity of the inquisition. They are housed In
cells cut in the damp rock. crowded in like
steers In a cattle car Their food Is cast
In through the bars as the animals at
the Zoo are fed They cannot even wash
their hands and faces, let alone battle.
Cultivated, scholarly men. who know as
much of civilization and comfort and
clean linen as the average clubman of
New York, have been kept so for years.
There are prisoners there who have been
undergoing this treatment ever since the
ten-years' war. and that struggle for Gu
ban freedom was crushed thirty years
ago. The backs of nearly all the prison.
ers are SCARED and criss-crossed The
punishment for every transgression is the
lash, and it is as much a transgression to
faint at your work in Ceuta as to refuse
to do it,
II is not a pleasing reflection that
the unwillingness of two presidents to
join with congress in granting to Gu
ba belligerent rights which would have
carried with them the diplomatic OPP
portunity to demand of Spain that
she prosecute the war in Cuba in ac-
cordance with the practices recognized
among civilized nations as legitimate,
should have opened to Spain the door
to such horrors. We should not be
surprised if in years to come both
Cleveland and Mckinley would re-
ceive censure in history for that very
conservatism on this subject which,
while well meant, has had the effect
to sacrifice the blood of innocent hui
man beings guilty of no crime save
love of liberty. Their excuse was that
recognition of Cuban beligerency by
us might provoke a war with Spain
and thereby inflict loss upon Ameri-
can commerce; but are we forever to
weigh dollars against humanity?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-21
Prejudice Run Mad.

Is ii necessary to assume, in advance,
that project like that of John Bris-
ben Walker, which offers free tuition
to pupils unable to attend the costly
universities, will be failure? Is there
anything in the proposition which in
vites or justifies the ridicule which
portion of the press is striving to
heap upon it? Should it be held to a
mans discredit that he has the cour-
age to make the attempt to extend
some of the advantages of university
training to the masses which other
wise might lack the opportunity of
suitable education? Even taking
the view that Mr.. Walker, in planning
this institution, had no higher aim or
was actuated by no worthier motive
than that of advertising the magazine
of which he is the proprietor, is it an
offence to advertise in a manner bene-
fetal to all concerned? Would any
rational man begrudgc to such an in
genious and liberal minded publisher
the incidental advantage arising from
his legitimate and benefcent enter
prise?
Inasmuch as the founder Of this new
school assumes by himself the whole
expense and asks not a penny from
the public either for endowment or
services rendered, why should it be the
desire of any portion of the public
or of any newspaper that it should
not prove a success? Having driven
Mr. Andrews from one college presi-
dency because he gave expression to
views upon a political issue unlike
those at the time in the ascendancy
in his vicinity, why should any honest
man desire to pursue him further, and
seek to deprive him of the opportunity
| to earn an honest livelihood as the
executive head of Mr.. Walkers new
| institution of instruction? What good
can possibly come of such pursuit and
persecution? What equivalent are these
| assailants of Messrs. Andrews and
| Walker getting for their gratuitous,
not to say infamous, attacks?
In our career-and it is not long one
we have seen many strange phenom-
ena in American journalism, but
nothing heretofore so utterly without
apparent provocation or justification;
nothing before to all appearances so
absolutely base and brutal as the pres
ent onslaught by certain prominent
newspapers upon an educational ex-
pertinent which has not yet had the
chance to demonstrate it's merit but
which, if it shall even approximately
must deserve the appreciation of every
well-wisher of American institutions
Heaven help journalism if this spirit
shall long dominate it!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-21
FACTS ABOUT ALASKA.

Alaska runs 1900 miles west of Hawaii.
In central aId northern Alaska the
ground is frozen to depth of 200 feet.
Men born in southern latitudes have be-
come insane in the long dark.
Just below rapids ice forms only nine
feet thick, and there fishing is done. In
other places 1t will reach forty feet.
All distances are gigantic. II is 200)
miles from Sitka to klondike.
EXpoced portions Gf the body freeze in
three minutes-Times-He Herald.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-21
COUNTING THE PENNIES.
From the Providence Journal.

'OhA 'HS lONlutlCt journal.
A western paper makes merry over a
story about counterfeit pennies in Boston
WAlch calls attention, il says, to the fact
that that city "is a one-cent town.
Counterfeit pennies would not be of much
use in K9nsas City, where people desplse
the use of anything smaller than a nickel.
This attltuue towards copper money g
nothing new. Such money has a wider
circulation in the west than it once had.
but even now, despite the talk of hard
times, westerners apparently consider it
mean and unworthy of the citizens of a
free country to count the cost of pen-
nies. 1t is safe to say that nowhere out
OF the United States would such a no.
tion be possible. Nor is there any reason
why we should be proud of such a sense
less spirit of extravaganza. What virtue
is there in paying more for things than
they are worth? The habit has in fact be-
come vice in Americans, even those who
live where pennies are current coin. In
difference to small change" is the base
of many a broken life and bankrupt rep
utation. Take care of the cents and the
dollars will take care of themselves Is a
proverb which cannot be too often re-
peated. There is less danger of cultivat-
ing the miserly than the spendthrift spirit.
Americans travelling abroad have often
amazed and scandalized Europeans by
their reckless expenditure. The COM
plant is often heard that the ''rich Amer
leans" have demoralized every part of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-21

Senator HOar's point that one reason
why the English parliament in re-
spect of snowy craftsmanship sur
passes our congress is because in Eng
land the best men in the country can
be chosen to represent any district
while in the United States the choice
in each district is restricted among
residents Of that district, is stated in
another way by a correspondent of the
Evening Post, who writes: "Unfor-
tunately our bright young men leave
the small towns of their birth and
flock up to the great centers, as Offer
ing wider fields for their advancement.
In consequence, the local elector finds
his choice limited to what is left-the
intellectual skinned milk, of which
the cream has been carried up to New
York or other great cities" If these
Bright young men aspire to honors in
craftsmanship, why don't they remain
in the small places and be big toads
in little puddles?"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-21
DEADLY VENOM.
From the st. Louis Republic.

from tne 81 Louis HcpuDllc'
The fact should be impressed upon an
archists that the torch of the Liberty
statue on Bedloe's Island in New York
harbor is not the torch of anarchy lifted
in invitation to anarchists driven fol
their crimes from other countries. There
is no room for anarchists in the United
States. They don't work, and they hate
those who do wcrk and get along in the
world, This republic is too big and hap.
py and prosperous to allow its blood tc
become tainted with the deadly venom OF
anarchy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-21
NOMENCLATURE.

When to the clouds man sent forth
A plea for knowledge rare,
He made the world perceive the worth
OF things discovered there.
The swift car through the city's ways,
The lamp that glows by night,
But tell to us In simple phrase
That Franklin flew a kite.
But now the nervous air is filled
With words OF new intent
The dictionary folk must build
Each year a supplement.
Though tangible results are few,
We stare and leave our homes
To watch the men of learning who
Are Launching aerodromes."
Washington Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-21

The newly created office of governor
Of the Klondike carries with it salary
of $1,000 a year, but if the occupant of
it cared to piece that income out by in
dividual research for gold dust he
might easily count on a few hundreds
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-21
Yukon News.

FROM the hlOnGlke Gold Bug:
Citizens from Wilkes-B Barre become ac-
climated the most rapidly of any new
comers. They Rave been used to hard
frosts during the base ball season.
Patrons desiring advertisements insert
ed in the Bug will do we'll to accom-
pany their orders with the dust. The edi-
tor of the Bug" does not propose to ac-
cept iron pyrites as currency while S-foot
nuggets are lying around loose. Chalk
up gents Chalk up!
Uncle Bill Finn owns the only bull pup
In camp. The pup is a thoroughbred
beauty but the habit of exercising his
lungs at night will prove injurious to the
dog s health Uncle Bill will please accept
tip that the night air in the vicinity Of
'Tha Bug" office is bad-very bad
The slight disturbance at Joe Tangle-
heeIs surprise party has been eXagger-
ated in published accounts. A half dozen
Chilkoot copper faces were killed and Joes $
Skull was fractured in a collision with a
boulder; and Roaring George, of Moon
shine Gulch, received several stab wounds
Otherwise the party was as peaceful and
orderly as Philadelphia joke bureau.