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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-15

A CME RUBBER TISSUE, for instantly
"A mending kid gloves, torn clothing OF
cloth of any kind without detection. No
stitching required. Price 10c per yard. Fol
sslo by WAKEFIELD s. HALL.
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TIME BEST" y URSER.-The genuine and
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Inlet bottle. A sample "Clingfast" Nipple
free with each bottle. Price 25c Foi sale
by E 5. LEADBEATER & SONS
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T LIGHTNING HOT DROPS cures Cholera
~ Morbus, Heals Flesh Wounds and Bruises,
cures rheumatism, Neuralgia and all kinds
OF Pain, cures Cramps, Diarrhea and Summer
Complaint, cures Sore Throat and Quinsy.
WAKEFIELD g. HALL.
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gross, Bromangelan
- Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Straw.
berry Flsvors, rece Ted to-day by
J. G. MILBURN.
The herald., 1897-07-19

man begins to investigate and finds alb
solute and Interchangeable law governing
all the departments Of the material uni-
verse, he cannot help reaching the con-
clusion that the same Is true on the plane
of mind
Man living today has a hun
dredfold more responsibility than
the men of a hundred years ago. Many
of them are trying to steal the fire of
the god to do their ordinary cooking;
and on all sides men are trying to get
hold of the deepest secrets of nature.
AS long as we identify ourselves with
the shifting panorama of life. the de-
lusfons of sense, we are bound down to
them. Every person that is bound is
bound by his own desires. He is lured
ON by the anticipation. When man be-
gins to awaken to spiritual truth his de-
slres and passions lash him most unmer-
cifully, and will continue to do so until
he raises his desires to high plane.
What gives the strength and power to
events to annoy and worry us is simply
the strength we put into them. If we
take whatever comes to us calmly and
dispassionately, it loses its. force to- in
jure u.s. AS William @. Judge eaid, in
a letter to friend Let us fean back
on the internal, divine higher self and
watch the tides of the ocean of life as
they throw up the wreckage at our
feet" Being in thraldom depends upon
our placing our desires and hopes upon
those things which have not in them the
power to satisfy
The herald., 1897-07-19

were twelve employees of the company;
Rev Mr.. Hawkesley, an English Episco-
pal pastor, wife and four children; Sis
ter Superior Mary and three French Sis
tiers of Mercy; Miss Elizabeth Deane, a
trained Nurse from an Episcopal hospi-
tai in New York city; three ladies going
on. to join their husbands on the Yukon;
young married lady going to join her
husband, a Yukon miner, two native
girls returning after several years at
school.
The Episcopal minister, Mr.. Hawkes.
ley, was bound for Forty-mile creek,
for service under Bishop compost, and
though young man of 80, he had put
in eight years of service on the Macken-
zie river, and three of the four children
were born there, and SO great Is his love
for pioneer life that he preferred it to a
comfortable parsonage in England with
G 300 pounds year salary. The Sisters
destination was the Holy Cross mission,
an old establishment 500 miles up the
Yukon. The nurse is going to East
Adams to establish hospital under the
superintendent Of Bishop Rowe of the
American Episcopal church. The others
were miners returning and those going
out to take their chances. We found a
violent northwest gale at Point Reyes
with heavy sea, and at Fish rock an
anchorage ninety miles from San Fran
cisco, went in for shelter on Sunday
morning, and lay until Wednesday when
the gale abated some and we started
out again; found it still rough enough
The herald., 1897-07-19

two valises suspended one on each side
with a strap over their shoulder. Some
had to make two trips and two of the
party made three trips between the
steamer to transfer their treasure. A
few of these men had been in Alaska
five years and more, some three years.
But several, and among these the most
fortunate, crossed the range last spring
in the Kloondyk mines which is I'M
doubtedly the richest placer ever known.
The word Kloondyk means Deer river,
and is called Reindeer river on the
charts, and empties into the Yukon fifty
miles avobe the mouth of the Big river
The geographical position of Junction
lis 6 degrees 10 minutes north latitude
1873 degrees so minutes west longitude.
Bonanza creek dumps into Kloondyk
two miles above the Yukon. Eldorado
is tributary of the Bonanza. There
are numerous other creeks and tributar-
les, the main river being 300 miles long,
but the gold so far has been taken from
Bonanza and Eldorado, both well
named, for the richness of these placers
is truly marvellous. EldoradD thirty
miles long, is staked the whole length,
and as far as worked has paid $1,000 per
lineal foot.
creek bed there is half a millions to the
claim. So uniform has the output been
that one miner no has an interest in
three claims told me that if offered his
choice he would toss up to decide One
of our passengers who is taking one
hundred thousand dollars out with him
The herald., 1897-07-19
NO APPROPRIATION YET
For Indemnity by Loss of Registered
Mail

Postoff1ce Inspector Flint is in receipt
is self-explanatory from the postmas-
ter general at Washington:
Office of Postmaster General,
WASHINGTON, DC, July 8, 1897.
The following statute is promulgated
for the information of postmasters ard
the public:
"An act to amend the postal laws pro-
viding limited indemnity for loss of reg
istered mail.
BE it enacted by the senate and house
of representatives of the United States
of America in congress assembled, that
section 1926 of the revised statutes be
amended so as to read as follows:
Section 1926. For the greater security
Of valuable mail matter the postmaster
general may establish uniform system
OF registration, and as part of such
system he may provide rules under
which the sender or owners of first class
registered matter shall be Unidentified
for losses thereof in the mails. the ire
demnity to be paid out of the postal rev.
enues, but in no case to exceed $40 for
any one registered piece, or the actual
value thereof when that is less than $40,
and for which no other compensation or
reimbursement to the loser has been
made; provided, that the postoffiee de-
partment or its revenues shall rot be
liable for the loss Of any other mail mat
ter on account of it's having been reg
stered."
The law was enacted in the closing
| days Of the last congress- and too late in
the session to provide the necessary APP
preparation to make the indemnity fea-
| ture of the act effective Hence, that
portion of 1t will remain in allegiance un-
til such appropriation shall be made
AS the law, in the opinion. of the assist
ant attorney general of the department,
is permissive only, ard not mandatory
upon the postmaster general, he will not
issue instructions for the enforcement Of
the same, nor consider claims for in
demnity, until the needed appropriation
shall be made. (SignedD
JAS. A. GARY, Postmaster General.
The herald., 1897-07-19
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Orr & Hines, undertakers, removed to
CAT South Broadway. Tel. Main 65.
Call Tel. Main 243 for ambulance.
Kregelo & Bresee, Sixth and Broadway
Robert Sharp & Co., funeral directors
Independently, 536 South Spring street.
Telehone 1929.
For fishing tackle and ammunition so
to the Southern California Arms COM
pany, 113 West First street.
Watches cleaned, rs cents; main
springs, so cents; crystals 10 cents.
Patton, PA South Broadway.
Adams Bros, dentists, 1884 South
Spring street. Plates from 81. Painless
extracting, so cents. Filling a specially.
Hours, to 5; Sundays. 10 to u.
DIR. Rebecca Lee Dorsey, Stimson
block, first floor, rooms 1873, 1884, Is
Special attention given to obstetrical
cases and all diseases of women and
children. Electricity scientifically used
Consultation hours, to 5. Tel. 1927.
The plaster casts of celebrated models
from the art centers of Europe, now on
exhibition at H. Lichtenberger's art EN-.
porium, 202 South Spring street, are at
tracing much attention. They will be
on exhibition in the show windows for
one week only.
The herald., 1897-07-19
THE JUBILEE MEMORIAL
Appeal to British-Born Residents to
Help the Children's Home

A circular letter signed by c. White
Mortimer and G. T. Spowart has been
sent to all British-born residents of
Southern California, appealing for fur
Their assistance in releasing the mort
gage on the Children's Home. The let
ter says:
1.-The society will alter its name, and
place a suitably inscribed tablet IN the
home Corner of Twenty fifth street and
Griffith avenue, LOS Angeles) and SO
make it a memorial of her majesty $
reign The society rescues destitute and
homeless children under eight years of
age, and arranges for their adoption by
persons of good standing In the past
year it has saved 1875 children (most of
whom would have become a charge on
the community at a cost of s33.06 each.
"Checks should be made payable to
Thomas PaScoe, treasurer, Hotel Lon
colin, Los Angeles, and may be sent to
him Subscriptions may also be left at
the Mullen & Bluett clothing store, cor
rer First and Spring streets, or at the
office of Robert Sharp & Co., No. $50
South Spring street. The subscription
lists will be closed on July 81, and will
then be printed and a copy sent to each
subscriber"
The herald., 1897-07-19
DAWSON CITY, ALASKA, NEW TOWN OF TENTS IN THE
KLooNDYK COUNTRY
IOrawn fomap pho
KLOONDYK COUNTRY
drawn from a photography

has worked one hundred feet of mis-
ground and refused two hundred thous-
and for the remainder, and confidently
expects to clean up four hundred thouss-
and more. He has in a bottle two hun
bred and twelve dollars in dust taken
from one pan of dirt. His pay dirt
while being washed averaged $3.50 an
hour to each man shoveling in. Two
others of our miners who worked their
own claims cleaned up $4,000 from the
first days washing.
There is about fifteen feet Of dirt
above bed rock, the pay streak averag-
ing from four to elk, which is tunneed
out while the ground is frozen.
OF course the ground taken out is
thawed by building fires, and when the
thaw comes and the water runs they
set their sluices and wash the dirt. Two
Of our fellows thought small bird in
the hand better than large one in the
bush, and sold their claim for $45, 1000,
getting $4,000 down, the remainder to be
paid in monthly installmente of $4,000
each. The purchaser had no more than
the $4,000 paid They were twenty days
thawing and getting out dirt, then there
was no water to sluice with, but one fell
low made rocker and in ten days took
The herald., 1897-07-19
THE SALT LAKE LINE
Is Sure to Follow the San Pedro Har.
Dor Settlement


A Washington dispatch to the San
Francisco Examiner dated the 18th inst.
says:
A prominent Missouri congressman iii
speaking of the California deep-water
Earbor tonight said:
7, Secretary Alger let's the contract
TO- I deep-water harbor at San Pedro,
al The prospect now Isl that he will, in
Ii ear future railroad line is almost
G ain to be built without delay from
SIT Lake City to Los Angeles. At pres
est the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
Rock Island, Denver and Rio Grande
and Missouri Pacific are all booked up
in Salt Lake City. They are all DESTROYS
Of securing a route to the coast. A line
from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles will
shorten the route to the coast by fully
300 miles, and there is hardly doubt but
that the making of a dDaep-water harbor
at San Pedro will Lead to the immediate
consolidation of the interests of the
roads mentioned to secure seaport
route independent of the Huntington
lines. With line shorter by 300 miles
than the Huntington lines, the new ccm-
pany would undoubtedly have a call on
great share Of the transcontinental
business, especially that part of it which
would be improved by the great saving
OF time in shipments to the South Sea
islands and Australia
The herald., 1897-07-19

to make 1t uncomfortable for the passen-
gers, and the heavy weather continued
all the way over to Unga island; arrived
there on the 18th; sailed on. the goth with
seventeen more passengers for the Yu-
kon, including two ladies. Arrived al:
Unalaska on the morning Of. the 21st !;
took coal and water; more passengers,
including Bishop Rowe, Bishop Nichols
of the Greek church ard Father Reiner
of the Catholic mission. So, with Sky
pilots galore, sailed again on the 23d for
st. Michels. The question now was
about the ice, but the winter had been
mild, though there was plenty of snow
about Unalaska, and the opinion of the
native was that we would have no trou-
BILE. And Captain Healy, formerly of
the Bear, who had arrived onthe steam
err Portland, promised Captain Kidston
to eat all the ice they saw, and we wish
ed he would go ahead. of us and clear the
way. Had northerly winds and smooth
water, keeping close to the eastern
shore, as the wind was off that shore
We hit spur of ice at Winebek island,
thought the trouble had commenced, but
passed around this and had no more un-
til entering Norton sound. Here We
found q large body north Of US, with
The herald., 1897-07-19
East Side Notes

The East Side churches all united in a
union meeting last evening, which was
held in the Presbyterian church Presi-
dent Francis E. Clark, founder of the
Christian Erdeavor delivered a most
interesting address, and a fine program
of music was rendered.
Mrs. Charles Ellis, who has been visit
ing in Oregon for the past year, has re-
turned to her home at the corner OF
Griffin avenue and Suglar.
The Egyptian lotus with many other
beautiful and rare dollhouse plants, are
now in full bloom at the East Side park.
The Misses Lena Turner and Nellie
Winters are spending few days in the
mountains
Mrs. Dillon of Kansas is the guest of
DR.. and Mrs. Laws.
Mr.. and Mrs William Shaffer and
daughter, Miss Mary Shaffer, of Lam
sing, Mich, are visiting MI and Mrs. c.
r. Shaffer of 1898 Newton avenue.
A large number of pleasure seekers
The herald., 1897-07-19
The Law of Liberty

Mr.. H. A. Gibson spoke on THE Law
Of Liberty" at Blavatsky hall, 52S
West Fifth street, yesterday morning
There was a time in human history
said the speaker, when there was little
thought of law; and there are, many to-
day who have very little idea of the
universally and unchangeab of
the great laws by which the universe is
governed. But man is becoming FESTIVE
under the idea of blind negation, or,
what is equally as bad, the idea OF ca
PRECIOUS God. Science has done a good
thing in aiding man to escape the thral-
dom of these old ideas.
Religion used to be thought by many
to be a sort OF phantascnagori of the
mind. not connected with our ordinary
life, but having relation only to vague
something known as the soul. But when
The herald., 1897-07-19

clear water south, and we lodged along
between the ice and shallow water for
sixty miles; grounded on a shallow spot
once. though seventy-five miles from
lard; finally 1t closed all around us and
we had to go into the pack, but it was
not solid, and we lodged along easily
under slow bell, and found the strip
only nine miles wide; rather more than
a man would care to eat, but we were
glad to be let off so gently; then clear
water. We arrived at St. MichePs at
p. m. on the 26th. Our competitor, the
Portland, arrived or the morning of the
9th.
Our river boat, the Belea, had got
down from the mines, but she brought
but four passengers. On the 2Sth the
steamer Iteau came with forty-five pas
sengers and gold by the ton. On the
29th came our steamer, the Alice, with
thirty miners and more gold, and we
discharged freight Immediately and
were ready to sail on the 30th, but got
away on the morning of the LIST of July.
The weather had been very warm
think of rs and so degrees In the shade
close under the Arctic circle. The first
installment of return freight we re-
ceived was fifteen strong boxes of gold
over ton in weight. This was the COM
pany's whack. Every minsr brought
his own. The ocean steamer lies at
anchor in the stream and everything is
taken to and from the shore in a small
stern-wheel boat.
After the company's lot had been
slowed away the passengers came, and
they staggered up the gang plank load
ed down. Some had their whack rolled
up in blanket and carried 1t in front,
bent nearly double with their load. Some
had it in a strong valise. Several had
The herald., 1897-07-19

visited East Side park yesterday. many
being attracted by the concert given by
the X. p band.
Mr.. Fred Twiss, who has been taking
hds vacation at Piru, California; re-
turred' home Saturday.
Rev. Mr.. Anderson, of Kansas, who is
visiting friends here. filled the pulpit at
Asbury church yesterday morning.
There were no services in the evening.
Mr.. Story and wife, Of Glendbra, are
visiting friends on the East Side.
Miss Judy, of Kansas City, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. McDermott.
Mrs. Mp. Fallin. Mr.. and Mrs A. H.
Fallin and Louis Fallin left Friday for
ReGbndp.
Mr.. George w. Aylesworth, who is at
Santa Barbara for his health, is much
improved.
Mrs. Spencer, of 1853 Griffin avenue, is
quite i'll.
The herald., 1897-07-19
A NEGRO AMUCK
He Thought He Could Do Up Any
Policeman in the City

William Smalty, a negro of gigantic
stature, was arrested early Sunday
morning and booked at the police sta
ton on a charge of assault to commit
murder
He first acquired a fighting jag and
then went down to see the deniZens of
Little Paree." Having been spoken to
in way which he deemed disrespectful,
he produced razor and was going to dc
some carving. Just at that time, how
ever, Officer Baker happened along and
arrested him.
The patrol wagon was sent for, and
the prisoner turned over to Officer Hub
bard, and Baker continued on his beat.
Smalty had by this time recovered his
presence of mind, and he determined
that no single policeman in Los Angeles
was able to take him to the city jail. He
so informed his guardian, and began to
demonstrate that he knew what he was
about.
The result was that Hubbard was
forced to use his club, and now Smalty
has high and low places easily distin-
guishable about his head.
The herald., 1897-07-19
PERSONAL

Ernest Hernsdorf, a wealthy brewer
of Chicago, is at the .Hollenbeck.
A. M. Vernon, one of the leading fruit
growers of Fruitvale, is at the Hollen-
beck.
Christian Endeavor, is at the Hollen-
beck.
E. W. Page Of London is spending a
few days in the city. He is at the Van
Mugs.
j. H. West, a division superintendent
on the Atlantic and Pacific, is at the
Hollenbeck.
W D. Davis Of Brooklyn, N. Y, is
in the city for few days. He Is stop
ping at the Van Mugs.
Rev. Josiah Strong, one Of the fore
most Christian Endeavorers of the coun-
try, is al the Hollenbeck.
Dan Murphy, formerly of the Atlantic
and Pacific road, but now living at The
Needles, is at the Hollenbeck.
Henry Dechant and Byron l.. Mantle
of San Francisco are at the Hollenbeck
They will go to Catalina tomorrow.
M. T. Pool, of Holbert & Pool, the COM
pany which is putting in the large ice.
beck.
Y. A. Moeller, manager of the litho-
graphic department of the firm of H. S.
Croker & Co. of San Francisco, is at the
Hollenbeck.
H. B. Gleason and wife of Yuma, Ariz,
are at the Van Mugs. Mr.. Gleason is
the discoverer of the famous Gleason
mines near Yuma.
Frank M. Leland of the Risdon Iron
Works San Francisco, is at the Hollen-
beck. Mr. Leland is in charge of the
engineering and construction work for
his company.
Mrs. j. Hardie, Miss A. Robertson
Mrs. N. I. Grampp and ]. r. Hardie,
tourists from New York city, are at the
Van Mugs. They came down from the.
north along the coast route, and will re-
turn east by way of Yosemite and yell
lowstone parks.
The herald., 1897-07-19
Hardly Expected

Firstly, pleasant four-room place,
barn. nice location, near car line. Sec
ondly, raise chickens, cows, kids, all
kinds of cattle and cain. Thirdly, pay
for it monthly $10 with interest at five
per cent. Fourthly, get home and quit
rent. Hard times, poor, rolling stone
and you can't make tin whistle. out of
a pigs fly brusher. Langworthy Co.,
226 S Snring
The herald., 1897-07-19
An Interesting Letter From
Captain Higgins
BOXES OF G0LD-OVER A TON
THE RICHEST PLACER EVER
KNOWN TO MINERS
One Thousand Dollars to the Linear
Foot-The Exciting Voyage of
the Excelsior

Captain Higgins Of the steamer Excel
sior writes The Herald the following in
teresting account of his recent trip to
the placer mines on the Kloondyk river
which is 1900 miles from ST. Michers, at
the mouth of the great Yukon river:
The steamer Excelsior. specially re-
fitted for the Yukon business, sailed
from San Francisco Sunday, June 9Th,
at p. m, with fifty-seven adult passen-
gers and five children Among these
The herald., 1897-07-19

out the $4,000 for the first installment
So, tunneling and rocking they took out
the $4,000 before there was water to
sluice with. OF course these things
read like the story of Aladdin, but fiction
is not in it at all with facts at Kloon-
dyk
A young lady of st. Michels, partly of
native blood, who had been out for a
visit returned last spring, and during
! the summer she engaged to marry a
young man then purser but afterward
captain on one of the river boats She
sent out for her trousseau to be married
during the winter. The order came too
late for the goods to be sent in asst sea-
son, but she was married all the same.
The modiste who filled the order for
the bridal gear, being a friend of my
family, intrusted the package to my
care for safe keeping
The gallant captains boat was frozen
in on the upper Yukon last winter, and
seeing a chance to buy some ground he
invested the few dollars he had saved,
and for less than $1,000 bought a claim
Before the ice broke up for him to take
his boat down the river he sold his
claim for $4,000. He and his wife came
out with me on the Excelsior, and are
on their way to Europe. So the lady.
instead of astonishing the Eskimo with
her bridal robes will wear them in New
York and London. More of the Arabian
nights, l admit, but fact all the same
During the strike and when the gold
began to come to the surface, things
brought fabulous prices. Picks and
shovels were worth s25 each, and a whip
saw $780, Moose meat dollar a pound;
condensed milk So per can; eggs IS a
dozen. During the stampede from
Circle City dog was worth $3.50. Men
camped on the way at night without
even tent to shelter them, but there is
no account of any causualties. Wages
we're SIS per day, which is about the
most reasonable thing we heard of.
There are 500 locations that are pros
pected and would work on an average
twenty men to each claim if they were
there, but the best estimate gives about
four thousand all told, and 5000 more
could find employment with wages from
$40 to SIS per day. Everyone holding
a location is anxious to get the gold out
of the ground and out of the country as
soon as possible. And when men could
not be hired they let portions of their
claims to be worked on shares. We have
some men with us who have realized
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The herald., 1897-07-19
ANOTHER SUICIDE
A German Cigarmaker Puts an End to
His Troubles

Gustave Lawrence, a German cigar.
maker, committed suicide yesterday a.
316 East First street, by taking NOR
phine. He was found dead in bed
Lawrence formerly lived in Fargo
N. d., where he has wife and children
living. Since coming to this city he was
employed for short time in the cigar
factory in the Odd Fellows building or
Main street.
The verdict at the inquest was suicide
from morphine, as result of despond-
ency.