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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-18
HASTE IS NEEDLESS
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$3.50 600. the result OF a winters work and
fortunes smile
Frank Phisca;or Of Boda. Mich. Is an
other lucky miner. He went 10 the
Ciondyke las autumn. and is now re-
turning with S90.027, having worked TWO
claims with nine men three months. and
hs still Owls the claims. He was one OF
the original discoveries OF the FL Dora
do district.
Although most OF the passengers are
returning home with plenty of gold. they
all advise and urge people who contem-
plate going 10 the Yukon 10 think of TAX
Ing no less than one ton Of grub and
plenty of clothing. They should go pre-.
pared with at least a years supplies.
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BucKLEN's ARNIcA sALvE.

The Best save IN the Wolld LOT cuts.
Bruises. Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rheum.
Fever Sores. letter. Chappei Hands.
Chilbla'ns. Corns. and all Skin Erup-
t.ons, and positively cures Piles. or no
pay required Il is guaranteed 70 give
perfect satisfaction Or money refunded.
Price IS cents per box For sale b. Geo.
Van werdea's Pharmacy. 32s -. Main
street. and c.. Behring's drug store.
northeast corner Topeka and Douglas
avenues
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position. He found them all perfectly
willing to agree to 1t. but most Of them.
like himself, gave their consent with the
conviction that the arbitration would
come to naught. They claimed that De
Armitt would kick over the traces The
local operators were 9. unit In the belief
that the West Virginia miners would go
out in q day or two.
IN CHASE OF DE ARM1TT.
Philadelphia, July 17-General John
Little Of Ohio. president Of the board OF
arbitration Of five states. and W. P. De
Armitt, president OF the New York and
Cleveland Gas Coal company. arrived in
the city this morning, presumably for
the purpose Of securing. If possible. the
signatures of coal operators to the true
uniformity agreement in coal mining
methods. Whether their mission was
successful or not could not be ascertain
ed, as all trace OF them after they had
breakfasted was lost. Previous to leav-
ing the hotel. they spoke Of taking the
l O'Clock train for New York.
AT the Office of the Pennsylvania Gas
Coal company, where they were sched-
uled to visit, nothing was known even Of
their presence in the city. 1t was stat
ed there that no appointed had been
made to meet the officers OF that COM
pany, and that they had not called.
At the Office Of the Westmoreland Coal
company all Information was denied. To
all inquiries as TO visit between Gen.
eral Little and Mr.. De Armitt, on the
position Of the company on any matters
directly or indirectly connected with the
strike OF miners. the reply was made
that strict orders had been given TO say
absolutely nothing; that, much as the
company would like to inform the public
yet 1t had always been the policy to give
out no information whatever during a
strike.
It was the impression here that Gen.
eral Little and Mr.. De Arnitt simply
stopped in the city long enough to con-
clude arrangements for conference in
New York, between leading coal opera
tors.
IN THE ILLINOIS MINES
Moweaqui H., July 17.--This city was
visited by an immense throng of miners
from Pana last night who persuaded all
the men in the shaft here to cease work
This morning, when the whistle sound
ed, no man responded.
st. Louis, Mo-, July IA special tele-
gram to the Pest-Dispatch from Glen
Carbon, ILL.,, at p. m. said that the
miners there had quit work and joined
the marching strikers from Stanton and
Mount Olive, who arrived there yester-
day, and that the combined forces wire
then making preparations to march to
Collinsvflle. CaseyviIle. Troy, OFallon,
BelieviAe and other places in the Belle
vile district.
THE DAY IN PITTSBURG.
Pittsburg, Pa, July 1.-THE mining
situation was devoid of new features to-
day. B. Frank Schmid was the only
OF the joint arbitration
board in the city, the others having left
for their respective states to secure the
Of the operators in the true
uniformity plan. They will be back early
next week to take part in the conference
at which it is expected that practically
all the bituminous coal mining interests
Of the states involved will be represent
ed
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place of de-
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4 man is usually bald four or Eve years
before nc knows it.
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people szy ~ - "iarky."
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to return they were caught in fog and
could only steer by the compass.
or course, that was not satisfactory
manner of navigation in those days any
more than it is at the present time, so the
good padres aid not attempt to do much
sailing. They simply tried to keep as
near one spot as possible. intending to
land at point near where Santa Cruz
now stands as soon as the fog lifted.
But alas for human calculations, when
the padres did at last see land it turned
out to be another place than what they
were looking for. But there was no help
for 1t. They must land and at least try to
get food OF some kind. The vessel was
about empty of stores and the men were
hungry. The spot looked barren to say
the least, but the padres made a landing
and very likely secured in some way a
supply of something to eat, for history
records that they offered UP blessings and
considered that their landing on the ISL
and had been provid Dental, for they must
soon have perished bad they not had the
opportunity 10 land.
History or tradition says that before the
padres left Ano Nuevo Island they de-
c;ded to name it in honor of the DAY on
which they landed there. AS this hap
pened to be the first day OF the year they
called 1t "Ano Nuevo," or New Years
Island. And so it is called to this day.
A few efforts have been made to do away
with the pretty Spanish cognom-n and
substitute entirely that OF New Years
Island, but all have resulted in failure.
'The Spanish name does not mean any
w uoa
one that people will understand? But the
United States Government has seen fit to
preserve the old name in referring to the
fog station there and all Of the charts used
by seamen are labeled with the original
name, so it is likely that that is what the
island will be called for all time.
The first time that Ano Nuevo Island
figured on the records OF the country was
in 1872, the year in which the Government
built the fog station on the island. As is
we'll known, all islands are supposed to
belong TO the Government, and the engi-
neers, when it was decid ed TO erect a sta
ton at that point, went at their work
with the idea that the point of rocks and
sand was an island. But it seems that
a man named Coburn, who had bought
portion of land along the coast in with
some old Spanish grant, laid claim to the
point on the ground tina. it was not an
island. He brought up witnesses to swear
that they had walked rom the mainland
to the point of rocks, and that therefore
it was not an island. In the end the
Government lost the suit and had 10 pay
$4,000 for the rock, which was not really
worth 25 cents for any other purpose ex-
cept some sort of a station.
Point Ano Nuevo has long been con-
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Indians who once lived near Ano Nuevo
were of the same tribe that once inhab-
tied the islands of the Santa Barbara
Channel.
As has already been stated no promi-
nent scientist has ever visited the region
about Ano Nuevo, but such explorations
as have been made by interested relic
hunters Tend to show that the Indians did
not really have their homes near Ano
Nuevo, but simply Cbme there to hunt
and fish. The unfav brable climate that
exists at this point thE greater part OF the
year would in itself be almost enough TO
convince of this, but in addition the
relics that have beeL found are mostly
instruments of the Ikind that would be
used for hunting and fishing. Few jars or
cooking utensils havd ever been discov-
cred, but arrow and Hear heads have been
found by the Dozen Fish hooks made of
bone have also beeh found as we'll as
knives made of stonIe and clubs OF raw
hide loaded with piecFs OF flint
On Ano Nuevo Isl fnd itself there has
only been one find of lny Importance. 1t
was that of a skull a|nd a portion OF the
thorax OF human being. This portion of
anatomy was buried ih few feet OF sand
and the position of THE bones was such as
to indicate that they had been moved
since they were buridd. 1t is not likely
that they were ever nj owed by the people
who buried them, butt there is good reason
10 believe that theyl were exhumed by
wild beasts after the Indians had lett the
vicinity, and then "! hen the Indians re-
turned the following year the bones were
buried again.
Another indication that the Indians
came to the vicinity 10 hunt and fish is
the fact that game lis so plentiful there.
The sweep OF the JaI|an current keeps the
waters full of the best of fish, and the an
nual visit of the seals to the point were in
them selves enough to attract the Indians
TO the vicinity whenel yer the weather per-
m tilted. Consider the fact that the noun
tains lust to the eastIare full of deer, and
there is all the reasoh necessary to show
that the Indians ca Ine to Ano Nueyo to
hunt and fish.
Some of the arrowfIeads that have been
found close to this interesting part OF the
world are of the finest workmanship.
Each is carefully chipped and compares
favorably with the work OF those tribes
that have become faimous for this sort of
weapon. At least POO of these arrow
heads have been ound on Point Ano
Nuevo.
The first record OF the visit of white
men to Point Ano Nuevo dates from the
days of the missionary fathers. The story
goes that party OF priests under the dl-
rection of Father Junipero Sierra set out
on voyage of discovery few weeks
before Christmas about 1776, but did not
meet with much SUCCESS. In endeavoripg
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he chooses death-or death chooses him
be has TO give up his possessions in this
world to those more able to enjoy them
than he is Besides" he said in a busi-
ness-like way, ''he'd have an awful time
keeping the poor fellows in their graves.
Fiends would rob them"
but you auction things off, don't
your" / asked, anxious to get his thoughts
away from fanciful notions least l should
have to admit that I had few about
some things myself.
well. not exactly a public auction
just sale of few things s, you know. The
place would become unpleasantly full OF
dead mems relics if We didn't disr ose OF
tn EN-. Then We might be liable to be-
come haunted-have the different spirits
hunting for their former possessions and
prowling about at unreasonable hours"
He looked at me auizzically.
$50 we just have little saIe-a few iel-
lows come up here and just sell for al
most nothing few things that will never
be called for. That keeps the spirits
quiet. They don't mind if people are hav-
ing good use out of things"
4 4
"Anything more I can do for your" he
asked as rose to go.
There was nothing else-notbing in the
whole world-but wanted to get out into
the sunshine where there was life.
MURIEL BAILY.
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ceded to be the toughest point on the
Pacific Coast. Its peculiar location and
the direction of the oceans currents keep
the water in the vicinity in a constant
boil. Fogs are also plentiful and many
are the ships that have been lost in the
near vicinity.
To reach the island at the present time
it is necessary to cross a channel at least
half mile wide, which is at all hours
dangerous undertaking. The breakers
roll in on both sides, and if the water is at
all rough the passage can only be made at
great risk of life. Eight of the fog g-signal
keepers have been drowned while crossing
this bit of treacherous water. At the big
low tide the shallowest place is about six
teen feet deep and about 200 feet wide.
To wade across is an impossibility.
The location of the island allows the
seas to sweep in from both sides and the
breakers meet in the center. In calm
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weather there is smooth strip of water
about fifty feet wide, through which the
boat can be rowed. but at any moment
this is likely to be turned into whirlpool
so whoever crosses takes his life in his
hands. In bad weather to cross this chan
mel is impossible. The breakers are a
whIrl of foam and the stanchest boat
would soon be swan ped. On certain occa-
sions the keepers of the fog signal have
had to remain on the island for weeks at a
time. The lighthouse tender Madrona,
which makes periodical trips along the
coast, often finds it impossible to make a
landing and has TO leave without deposit
ing the usual supplies.
The fog-signal station on Ano Nuevo
Island is one of the most important OF the
Government stations on the Pacific Coast.
1t is right in the path of the heaviest ship
ping and a moments neglect OF the signal
mig bit result in the loss of ship.
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Cherished Treasures of Those Who Go Before.

who play out their lives and end them in
their own way had led me wonderingiy to
this farewell stage OF the unidenti-
fed dead-to this last halting- place this
eide of the suicides grave.
The woman pulled back the covering
and took up the hand of the silent form
on one of the fingers. She tried to take
it off,
"A man pushed her to one side.
You cannot have it now" he said.
1--WE will see you later" And he covered
up she body again.
She looked at the man and her lip.
moved, but she did not speak. If she had
spoken-if she had shrieked-it would
have been relief.
AS she moved toward the door the man
spoke to her again.
'How can l get it?" she asked. trem-
blingly-"the ring, it is mine"
HE hasn't been identified yet, madam, I"
the man reminded her.
''Of course not" she said feverishly-
"of course"
And then there was commotion on the
other side of the room.
He blongs to some un," whispered a
ragged individual next to me.
And IN the shutting and amid the nerv-
business and the suppressed whisperings
the woman disappeared.
4
The Coroner was very busy. He solved
all sorts of things with that business like
air of solemnity which belongs to his
office. And he had that peculiar frown
which is The most important requisite for
the successful manager of final de partures
'How do you dispose OF valuables found
on the person of the dead ?" l ventured to
ask.
He paused to eye me sharply and to
announce, somewhat fearfuly, that "the
Public Administrator gets them"
There isn't so much, after all" he ex-
! planned; usually 4 watch, or a ring, or a
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Hawaiian intelligence.

A pleasing example of Hawaiian intel
ligence was noted by 7. Daniel Fraw-
ley and his theatrical company on their
tour of the islands year ago. The
writer CHANGED to dine with several mem.
bers of the troupe few days after their
return and the impression which he
cleaned from their most enthusiastic de-
scriptions of the natives appreciation of
most favorable opinions concerning Ha-
waiian Island culture. Mr.. Frawley ex-
hibited not merely the enthusiasm of the
successful theatrical manager in speaking
OF an audiences cordial response to his
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worthless pin. He can tell you what be-
comes of the things. / only know they
are bundled up and sent away from here. .
So / hurried away, still determined, out
into the street and past the crowds of liv
ing, scurrying mortals; away from the
presence of the end OF life. And | got
into car and sat opposite young woman
nd watched her as she fondled the little
one in her lap.
Out from the fatness of death into the
fullness of lie. 1t is strange. strange
scheme, indeed.
There were few people going my way,
some with mourning faces. and some with
the mourning only in their clothes. As
we sterped out of the elevator two men
were examining watch.
Pretty good watch Tor quarter, eh p
one of them said, laughingIy. mo name
on it, either-I call that luck"
The other one shrugged his shoulders.
II wouldn't carry it," he declared. "I'd
be wondering, who had it before. l
wouldn't have anything bought at sui
cides' auction
The other laughed again. "You're
superstitious, like woman he replied
scornfully.
l am quite positive that shared the
superstition. and on looking at the pack
ages of unreclaimed articles which the
worthy Administrator had in his posses
sion, felt it becoming stronger.
"The law prescribes certain length OF
time that we must keep these things"
said he as he opened the smallest package.
'sThis is ring taken from poor fellow
who shot himself. No one ever came to
claim it. and no one wants to buy it be-
cause" and be held it up TO the light so
that l could see plainly the engraving on
the inside-"From Mother. June, 1885,"
Now, you see, that's of no value and
we never could dispose of it in any way.
So it'll lie around here probably until it
gets lost"
"Why couldn't you bury such things
with the owners2' / suggested. "After
all, they really belong to them"
Nothing belongs to dead man. When
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time when the world was young. When
continents were being formed from sedi-
mentary deposits and the ocean rolled
over what are now mountain tops, erup-
ton after eruption shook the world and
there was general upheaval. What was
low became high and what was high in
many instances sank from sight. What
had been the oceans bottom became the
top of lofty mountains. Then other erup-
tions came and the mountain sunk and
what had been lofty peak became only
point of land projecting into a. a'tempestu-
ous body of water.
In the present instance this was what is
now known as Point Ano Nuevo. Just
how the spot looked at the time is, of
course, only a matter of conjecture; but
the supposition is that there was no chan
mel between what is now the island and
the mainland. Rocks and sand washed
by the waves were all that could be seen.
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In other respects the conditions were
much the same as exist at the present
day.
The first human beings to walk over the
sand and rocks of Ano Nuevo Island were
undoubtedly the original nomadic tribes
of the Pacific Coast that have since been
called Indians by students of American
archaeology. That this is correct infer
ence is shown bv the number Of indian
relics that have been found in the
vicinity.
In the sandhills just to the east of Ano
Nuevo Island mum bers of Indian skulls
have been found within the last twenty
years. By care work one am bilious stu
dent succeeded in finding all the parts of
a human skeleton, though of course few
OF the parts belonged 20 the same indi-
vidual. No perfect bodies have been
found, SO it is impossible to state with
any degree of accuracy whether or not the
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that ships may go safely over the sea. 1t
is long hours and hard work and very lit
tie posi- bility of vacation. II is seldom
that they get more than mile or two
away from the station more than once
year-when they report 10 the main office
in this City.
There is no danger of abalones ever be-
coming extinct on the Pacific Coast il
those on Ano Nuevo Island are taken
care of. There are hundreds of thousands
OF them there. and many oi them are as
large as the largest that have ever been
caught. Just below low.water mark on
the western shore of the island they can
be seen in all their glory clinging to rocks.
Some of them are as large as the top of
water bucket. These are the large red
ones that have been declared to be al
most extinct. Nobody has ever been per-
mitted to take any of them since Mr.. But
we'll has been IN charge OF the island.
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Since the signal was erected in 1872 there
have scarcely been any changes in its
manner of working or in the buildings.
The signal-h house is on the western tip OF
the island and contains a double set of
engines and boilers so as to be able to
guard against accidents. The signal is a
whistle that gives blast of fifteen seconds
every minute. 1t can be heard for two
miles at sea with the greatest distinctness
and much greater distance with audi
bility enough to let any skipper know
where he is going.
In addition to the fog-signal there is q
light of the fourth order on the island,
which, however, is not intended TO be
used as range light OF any kind. The
idea in putting it there is 10 let a skipper
know where he is in case he should get in
too close on dark night. This light,
however, can be seen for at least ten miles
at sea.
Everything about Ano Nuevo Island
is in the best OF working order and as
clean as care and work can make it.
There are number of difficulties to be
contended with that are unknown at
other stations The keepers residence is
a large roomy house fitted for two FAM
lilies and about as comfortable as such
house in such location could be.
Thomas II. Butwell is the keeper at
present in charge of the station. and he
has every reason to be proud of the work
lie has done. He has only one assistant.
and together they do all the work, on
many occasions keep the fog whistle going
day and night. The world little knows
what is gone through with by the men
who keep the signals going for mariners
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efforts, but spoke with the keen admira-
ton of a student of human nature who
had witnessed particularly bright dis
play of ofintelligence. At such plays as "The
Senator 1.-The Great Unknown and
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started back as recognition and the chill
of the dead came 10 her.
l watched her furtively. 1t was my
first Introduction to this chapter in the
life OF great city. curious desire TO
witness the final act in the drama OF those
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1.-THE Two Escutc heons" the natives in
the audience exhibited even more ap-
probation of the exquisite flashes of rep
artee and persihage than did the English
or Americans who sat beside them.
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A woman came ina withered body
with a face which think has always been
kept in the shadows of the deepest dark
ness OF Gods world. And she bent close
to the body on the stone slab-for her eyes
we're half bereft of their seeing and
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y did
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ABOUT four miles b5low Pigeon Point on
the sea coast of San Mateo County there
projects into the Pacific Ocean point of
land known to geographers and a small
portion OF the general public as Point Ano
Nuevo. On the map it presents much the
appearance of a cape, but in reality the
western end of the point is an island
which has been christened Ano Nuevo
Island. Whether the point or the island
first recei ived the name is not q matter of
record. Certain it is that the name of one
had something TO do with the name of the
other; but that need not be considered at
the present time.
Around the island mentioned is group
of rocks that are about as interesting to
the scientist and the naturalist as any part
of California, and about as little known to
the average citizen as the Dry Tortugas.
nor have scientists ever made any study
of Tie island, as the records of the Govern
ment fog signal located at that point will
show. No matter how considered Ano
Nuevo Island and the closely adjacent
country are full of interest, and the more
il is examined the more unusual features
will come to light.
To write a history of Point Ano Nuevo
it would be necessary to go back to the