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The times., 1897-07-27
SIMMONS A KNIGHT AGAIN
He Is Reinstated by the General
Executive Board.
Much Business Accomplished at ths
Knights of Labor Conference
Sovereign Goes To Wheeling.

The general alexecutive board OF the Rnight(
OF Labor held three sessions yesterday as
tue national headquarters OF the order, No.
43 B gtreeh northwest. Those present were
General Master Workman James R. Sow
ereign. Henry B. Martin, Andrew Best and
Thomas b. Mcclure.
The most important matter considered
by the board was the Simmons case"
which since the adjournment OF the Iast
general assembly has been the cause or
much discussion in Knights OF Labor cir
cles, especially IN this city. Mr.. w. H. g.
Simmons, whois member of the local tin
ners' assembly, at the time OF his expulsion
from the order was master workman OF
District AssemblyNo. So, X. OF l., OF Wash
ington. The board, after reviewing the
matter, by unanimous vote reinstated Mr..
Simmons IN good standing in the order, and
he will be assigned to some local affiliated
with District Assembly No. S.
Mr.. Simmons was seen last night and
seemed very much pleased with the action
taken In his favor. Ever since he was
expelled, Mr.. Simmons said he had q
firm belief that as soon as the circum-
stances connected with his being debarred
were made plain TO the general executive
board, he would be reinsrate6, The
action Uf the board, he says, however,
is fully appreciated, especially In consid-
GRAFTON OF the fact that it was voluntary
and not ut his request
Mr. Simmons was expelled from the
knights of Labor for his alleged respon-
sibility Cor certain articles which ap-
peared in local paper during the last
Presidential campaign. rejecting on the
order. Mr.. Simmons, at the time the
charge was made, and ever since, has
denied any responsibility or connection
with the articles referred 70.
Other matters Of local interest consider
ed were the suspension of Excelsior As
sembly, 2672, and IeonUclast Assembly,
1903, which were suspended some time
ago by the master workman of District
Assembly Nc. 66.
IN the first OF these cases it is under
stood that the local has been reinstated with
the privilege OF holding meetings, subject
70 the finding OF the trial board, which will
investigate the causes OF suspension In
the case Of the IcOnOclasts the action OF
General Secretary Treasurer John W
Hayes, in reinstating the local after it was
suspended by District Assembly No. So,
was confirmed
Other matters OF general interest TO the
order We're considered, but the results
Were not given out for publication
Master Workman Sovereign left I'm
mediately after the board adjourned for
Wheeling, W. Va, where he VIII attend
a conference OF the labor leaders OF the
United states in relat ation to the coal strike.
Mr.. K G. CoOney, master workman OF
District Assembly No. 40, OF New York,
was in attendance at the hoard meeting in
the interest OF his assembly
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under forty years of age are consumed Win
a desire 10 rush TO the Kiondike.
More gold has been or is being paiu
for Klondike supplies ia the Paciilc
Northwest and for steamship tickets than
has yet been dug out OF the Klondike.
Thus far, less than s. 5000 in nuggets
has been taken out, and to date supplies
fer 1000 persons have been demanded.
Their supply bill has already reached
$4,000 900
This demand, having come without
warning, nearly exhausted the wholesale
supply houses OF the far Northwest, and
they have been keeping the wires hot
for several days, ordering tons of canned
meats, dried fruits. pork, beans, bacon and
tie like.
Seattle was the first TO reach the bottom
OF her ladder and she drew upon Tacoma
last Friday for the first time. Tacoma
divided with her rival and now both are
prepared with train loads OF new goods to
supply tie demand Of all corners while
the rush continues.
New York men wired here ON Saturday
asking il supplies could be had for large
party. They were assured that Puget
Sound could feed the whole United States
In all parts of the Northwest men and
women, too, are preparing to join in the
stampede. Only about five per cent plan
about March / at which TIME the largest
and greediest gOld-seeking caravan ever
seen ON earth will rendezvous at Dyea,
The times., 1897-07-27
The World of Business.
Will Street YESTERDAY.

New York, July 26.-At the Clash at
the opening between renewed. commission
house buying and the heavy liquidation
of the professional speculative element, the
advantage was temporarily with the latter
The reactionists, for extensive operations
for the snort account attended the profit
taking sales, We're encouraged by the re-
newed heavy selling by houses with
London connections, and also by reports
OF damage to the crops through excessive
moisture in the Northwest. The real ex-
planation of tie early liquidation, how
ever, was the actual passage and enact
ment of the new tariff measure. the
traders making use Of the ustral reason
ing that the realization Of an event was
the proper time for the elimination of
movement predcated thereupon.
In the estimation OF the best judges OF
the market situation, crops and the worlds
grain market have long superseded the tar
iff as the dominant influence in the specu-
lation, and 1t is to that quarter that at
tent.on is almost exclusively directed.
The opening declines in the market ex-
tended to one point, and the trading then
was exceedingly active. In the majority
OF cases the lowest prices of the day were
made, and then the subsequent course OF
prices was distinctly toward recovery.
In the granger shares, where the l..uida-
tion was the heaviest, the recovery was
correspoudingly slow, though an excep-
ton should be made in the case of Rock
Island, which, after opening down one
point, rallied to the highest figures it has
scored on thIs movement.
pth oh dx-a
the lead or Della wareand Hudson and Read
ing without any definite explanations OF
their course, though unverifiable runors
were abundant. The advance is Union
Pacific reflected the failure OF the ef-
forts made in Congress to antagonize the
reorganization OF the company as now con
tenplated.
American Tobacco advanced sharply,
presumably In anticipation of the dividend
payable next week.
In the half hour before the close Sugar
declined sharply, the whole market, with
one or two exceptions yielding Herewith.
The times., 1897-07-27
SOLDIERS GOING 20 ALASKA
An Army Post to Be Established for
Police Duty.
-Four Companies, Consisting of $50
Men, to Leave Semitic in n Spe-
ciaiiy Equipped Ship.

The President and Secretary Alger, at
conference yesterday, ecided to esta blsh
an army post in Alaska. Its exact loca ton
slsting Of $50 men, who are Injured to hard
ships and can stand the severe climate of
Alaska win be selected, placed under COM
mand of lieutcnant-colonel or ma jor, and
dispatched to Alaska, probably from Seattle,
iii specially chartered vessel
The troops Will take with them all neces
sary material for the construction OF bar
RACKS, pack trains, and as large quantity
Of supplies OF all kinds as can be carried
Ill one vessel.
The idea is to land these men at the
point where the various mining expe dItions
arc landed and leave the selection "
location for permanent headquarters
largely To- the discretion of the command
ing officer. The troops will act as
police force and preserve order.
The personnel of the party has not been
settled upon yet, but the various bureaus
OF the War Department which have to
provide transportation, supplies and de-
tails are working rapidly and in few
days things will assume definite shape
TheIe has never been a military force
OF the United States in Alaska, the Cove ul-
ment having heretofore been represented
by civil and Naval authorities only. 1t
is thought that the presence OF SO large
a number of excitable people as miners are
apt to be requires some stronger authority
In Alaska tnan has heretofore existed there
aad the troops are sent as a precautionary
measure
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San Francisco capitalists did not want
To take advantage ofan opportunity. He
was prepared to put $50, 900 into any sort
or company that would be formed to de-
veiop the district. / took him around
and introduced him tomany men of means
put they all shook their heads. O'Briens
story seemed too good tc be true. o 'Brien
remained here Week and had many inter
views. All had the same answer for him.
They did not believein thecountry. O'Brien
mad money with him, but took it on to
Ottawa. He received considerable atten
uon there and secured number Of val
uaoie concessions from the government
One of these was a grant to the town
site, just across the liver from Dawson.
This promises to become one of the mcst
valuable OF properties in that section, for
1t is natural site for town Further
tnan this, O'Brien secured conce ssions to
take in 1000 gallons of whisky to the
country, SO he was well Ia ken care of by
the Government. Since the new excite
ment has broken out. have been
deluged by inquiries about the country
A Port Townsend special gives the fol-
lowing information OF scheme to fleece
returning miners:
Anthony Nash, of this place, veteran
gambler, Is making a trip to St Michaels
and return on the steamer Portland. hav-
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pectors will be able to reach further than
Circle City before the river freezes over.
If this should be the case the Adventures
will find themselves 200 miles from their
destination
From the number Of applications for
passage rec,,ived by the various steamship
companies IL is not thought likely that
half who are anxious TO go TO Kondike this
fan VIII lie abie to find accommodations
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company has
already chartered two extra vessels and is
now looking for a third
Reports from Port Townsend say that
the overland route to the Yukon by way OF
Juneau and Chilkat Pass is blockaded with
freight. The force of Indians packers can
make no headway with 1t, and every
steamer viii add several hundred tons to
the accumulation.
Several pack mules and horses are being
carried up on every steamer, but these
will furnish little help. 1t is probable
that thrce-quarters OF the men who reach
Dyea with supplies, and who have no pack
animals, Will be stranded there for the
winter or compelled laboriously to carry
supplies on their backs over the twenty
miles to ChIkat Pass The men who
can get 500 borros or horses to Juneau
within the next fortnight can clean up
a fortune greater than any made in
Klondike
Among the passengers on tie steamer
Umatiila yesterday were five infantry
soldiers under the command of a sergeant
II was their intention TO 20 across coun-
try to Fort Selkirk and then down to the
boundary line 1t is evident the United
States authorities anticipate trouble in
Rlondike during the coming fall and are
making such preparations for it as the
limit OF force Oh this coast viii permit
In about one week the steamer Noyo
viii leave here direct for Dyea She
carries Charles Prinz, for two years u
member OF the life-saving crew at Port
Point, who has given up what would have
been a permanent position for chance
OF achieving quick fortune in the Arctic
He has Joined with nine others in buying
pack mules and a couple of large boats,
ready built and needing only to be put
together The boats which are now be-
ing built Will be twenty-eight feet long
by six feet in width, and, when put
together for use, will be double-enders,
not unlike whalebacks in appearance, and
WY Sd lhtii ldI SIZE Will endDie
them TO carry great quantity OF supplies
and Prinz, relying on the experience which
he has had in surf sailing, does not doubt
Instability TO carry them both safely through
any rapids on the Yukon.
Local capitalists are eager now to in
vest money in Klondike mines, or any
others than promise good returns, on the
Yukon, but last winter, and even last
spring. they were very skeptical of the
new El Dorado.
Edward Holland, a hotel-keeper OF this
city, tells the following story OF fortune
that was passed by local men:
when Tom O'Brien, the mail carrier
brought out the news of the wonderful
finds in K1nndike last March," said Hol-
land, "he came to me and asked me If
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have received letter from him written
at Dawson City, June IA. he says:
Il am cOntented to remain here ill can
take things easy when l return. ! am
working in tinshop at SIS day, and yet
it seems small in comparison with those
who have claims where they take out
81 900 day. i am going to buy my
grub for the winter, and then so up the
Stewart River 800 or 400 miles l Will
come home next winter If can, get mar
ried and return.
Anybody can get work here. Every
body mas little sack OF gold and when you
buy anything you pay in gold. The miners
spend their money like dirt. They will go
into saloon and call everybody up TO
drink. Those who have itch claims will
stand in faro game and lose thousands of
dollars before they leave. / saw one man
yesterday lose S3, 700. he was drunk. He
had sold his claim for $4,000 aud was
crying because he was afraid he would not
live to spend it.
You do not see any money less than a
30 cent piece. There is nothing In a store
that sells for less. We are offered SI60
a hundred for our bacon. Eggs are worth
Sl7 dozen. 1t costs me dollar to send
this letter. have had seven Jobs offered
me since / came here TO go to Circle City
at $3.50 day and board"
The times., 1897-07-27
WILL IMPOSE A ROYALTY
The Canadian Government VIII Tax
the KlOndike Mines.
Thinks 1t Should Have Share of
the Benefits From the
Gold Discovery.

Ottawa, Ont, July 26.-The Government
will take one step in the matter of open
ing up OF the Canadian Yukon mining
country There will be a very high
royalty imposed on ali the precious metal
that is taken out This course, which,
although not definitely fixed upon, is
altogether likely, viii have the effect of
keeping miners from skimming the cream
of the rich deposits without the country
as whole reaping any profit \ high
authority in government circles discussed
the subject today and gave expression
10 the view that the Dominion must reap
some gain out of the placer gold fields
where miners have been making their
thousands of dollars in a few days. The
and 1T is claimed no good reason exists
why the deposits should be exhausted
at once.
There has been much talk Of keeping
the gold deposits in the Canadian Yukon
for Canadians The matter has been pretty
does not appear 10 be practicable The
law could scarcely be enforced, and it
would he a challenge in the face of the
world to leave Canadians to themselves,
such as would not meet with popular ap-
prOval. The only other course is for the
Of the gold in the way referred to by
making every man pay $50 per day, when
he is making several times that sum-
The times., 1897-07-27
X-RAYS REVEALED A SNAKE
Had Occupied a Woman's Abdomen
for Years.
Tortures Experienced by Mrs. Meyer
Resulting From a Drink Taken
at Well.

shamokin, Pa, Juiy 26.-Mrs. w. II.
Meyer, OF this city. for the first time in
eleven years, slept soundly Saturday night
a snake had ceased tGrturing her. She
weighed almost 50 pounds when the rep
tile found lodgment in her stomach. Now
She weighs somewhere about 10. Sheis
the mother OF eight children, most o whom
romped about the house in a joyful manner
Yesterday, while the husba nd's face beamed
with pleasure II was the first real day Of
happiness in the Meyer household for many
years
Eleven years ago the Meyers resided In
Kalmia, near Tower City, Schyuikiil county,
There was an overlooking well near the
homestead. One night at 8 O'Clock Mrs.
Meyer took q drink from the well. AS the
contents flowed down her throat she felt
tickling scratching sensaton She wassure
she had swallowed lizard However, she
could not eject 1t whatever 1t was. and for
ten months tried To force the mysterious oc
cupant from her stomach without avail
Physicians told her that she was likely
troubled with tapeworm or something
else She took various medicines, but
nothing relieved her. During the past year
her agony was greater than ever.
Three weeks ago Mrs. Moyer and her
daughter, Katie, visited Robert X. Gier
ing. at a lacal hotel. He had an x-ray ma
chine, and when the light was turned on Il
slim, lengthy dark object was seen twisting
about tie abdomen at an alarming rate, as
If the light had frightened it,
DR. F. A. Clark administered a powerful
medicine, to kill whatever living object
was within her A week ago the medicine
began taking effect, and 1t aroused the un-
known occupant to great activity. Finally
it suhsided. and Saturday she was relieved
OF the snake.
The times., 1897-07-27

north of juneau, aud swarm over the noun
tains and down the lakes and rivers to
the KloEdike.
Fifteen per cent of those now starting
and those now planning TO start in the
spring are women. A few boys and young
men are going, but in most instances the
gold hunters are men between twenty-five
and forty years OF age. Some are trading
houses and lots, stocks of goods and patent
rights for grub stakes, but fully cne-half
are being grub staked" by bankers and
SPECTATORS.
Gamblers and women with powdered
faces and everything that helps the miner
10 lose his nuggets after he wins them
have gone or are getting ready to go 10
the Klonoike.
The times., 1897-07-27
LOST TWO HOURS OF MEMORY.
Meandering in Washington Qucers
a Nervous Philadelphia Man.

Meandering in Washington Qucers
a Nervous Philadelphia Man.
Philadelphia, July 26 "A man with q
wild look in his eye and decidedly erv
Gus manner walked into the business office
OF newspaper yesterday morning. Slid
ing up to the counter, he seized a want ad
blank and hastily penned a few lines.
= Here" he said turning to one Of the
clerks after he had finished, put this in
under Lost and Found, In formation Want
ed and Personal viii you?'
The clerk took the paper and read:
"Lost-Two hours. handsome reward
will be paid by the TN Undersigned to anyone
who will tell him where he went and what
he did between the hours OF and A a. m,
Friday. When lie lost recollection was iii
Washin gton, ID. C. Was also there when
he again get track of himself.
&c ..--W-S-, NoIthworld, Pa
The clerk read the ad IL second time.
while the wild-eyed stranger watched hiTn.
Singular advertisement sir he finally
said. ''Yes, l know il is. but it's mighty
important me- was the answer of the
stranger. tYou see, went to Washington
Thursday TO attend the conclave OF Il social
club 1 belong to. We went everywhere
We wandered through the mazcs Of the
Capitol. took Il trip up the Mon nument. rode
the trolley cars, saw the new Library, ate
several sinners, drank numerous Hancock
punches and had a great time generally.
II remember ever ythng except athap-
pcned between and &. m I was not
asleep, and I want ta Know what / did
Why, nan alive. may have murdered
somebody, inherited a fortune or discovered
n gold mine In that time want to know
anyway, where was, so can tell my wife
about it''
The ad was such Il singular one that the
clerk sent 1T up to the local room, where it
could be given greater publicity
The times., 1897-07-27
THE GOLD FEVER IN FRISCO
Little Discussed Except Ways Of
Getting to Alaska.
A BIG FREIGHT BLOCKADE
Impossible to Get the Goods Ar
riving I'm Alaska TO Dawson City
A Chance for Enterprising Men
to Make n Fortune-yviIl Navi-
gate the Yukon.

San Francisco, July 26.-The Klondlke
gold fever still RACES here and little else
is discussed except the chances OF getting
up to the new camp on the Yukon with
enough grub TO last through the winter.
The steamship Excelsior is next to leave.
She sails on Wednesday direct to st.
Michaels From there passengers and
freight VIII be transferred to light .Graught
river boats 1t is not thought the pros
The times., 1897-07-27
SPRING RUSH WILL DE HEAVY

Women as We'll as Men Preparing
for the Stampede.
Tacoma, Wash, July 26-Nugget hunters
are resorting TO desperate means to reach
the gold fields
''Have you an old suit of clothes you can
give mel" a tramp printer inquired I'm
bound 10 make the Klontiike and have not
q cent and not a stitch OF underclothing.
The inIpecGnious man cannot go into the
new diggingswith safety. A man must have
from $500 to 81 600 to get there and have
q supply OF food for year or eighteen
months However, nine men ont OF ten
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CAME TO COLLECT HIS DUE.
Martin Shoemaker, of Holland, Says
Uncle Sam Owes Him 500, 900.

''This Government owes me a cool
100000, and l want it, said a man
who gave his name as Martin Shoemaker,
TO Mr. Bergman, at the city postofffca
yesterday.
Realizing that he bad either a crank
or an insane man to deal with, Mr. Berg
man hnmored him by telling him he would
look into the matter, and ifhe e wouId return
in a short time, he was satisfied the
matter could b. arranged Shoemaker, who
lately arrived from Holland. said he would
return after he h ad had a talk with
President Mckinley, who was a personal
friend.
The deluded man walked away, and soon
afterward was arrested by Policeman Bren-
nan, who locked him in a Cell at No 8
until the question OF his sanity can be
passed upon
The times., 1897-07-27

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The times., 1897-07-27

Contrary to the expectations Of good
many OF the traders, the market was weak
today after the passage OF The tataft bili
and the adjournment OF Congress he
idea seems to be that these good times
features have been discounted by the trad
ers heretofore. and that people are now
taking their profits. With the exception
of Sugar the decline was small, and in
some notable cases there was an advance.
The times., 1897-07-27

Ing paid the steamship company $4,000 for
the privilege of plying his vocation on the
steamer for one round trip. AS the Port
land viii bring nearly $4,000, 900 on her
return, Nash expects to get "a good per-
centage OF it. The action Of the trans
portat.on company in licensing gambling
aboardits steamers is generally condemned.
The times., 1897-07-27
Sugar had a tremendous drop. getting

Sugar had q tremendous drop, getting
below 14o for the first time since the
big rise There was considerable pres
sure in Sugar stock all day II is prob-
able, however. that there Will be an adj
vance from this low price today. Some
are even predicting that new record
price of the stock viii come this week.
There seems no logical reason why Sugar
should not reach 100, and despite the
bad sag yesterday, most of those who
have been buying are still bullish. The
Changers. with the exception OF st. Paul,
were strong yesterday. 1t was understood
that there We're a good many transfers
from st. Paul to Burlington, shrewd peo-
pie liking the latter stock better just at
present.
The times., 1897-07-27
BALLOON TRIP 10 ALASKA.
Prof. Wells VIII Attempt to Fly
Through Space to KIondike.

st. Louis, Mo-, July 26. Rufus G.
Wells physician and scientist, has decided
to atteInpt1a trip to Alaska by balloon.
1T is the hest and quickest way to reach
the gold fields of Alaska" he said. s'I
propose to construct a balloon that can be
propelled ut a great rate OF speed, and can
be utilized to live in after the gold ficlds
have been reached. The balloon viii cost,
fully equipped, from fifteen to twenty
thousand dollars. Tite start will be made
from st. Louie, II the winds are favorable,
but if not the balloon can be transported
to Seattle, or even to Juneau, sitka or St
AIiehael's''
Prof. Wells is the st Louis man who Of
fered to carry W ar supplies to the Cubansby
balloon.