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Evening star., 1897-02-10
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

The following are the opening. the highest
and the lowest and the closing prices of the
New York stock market today, as reported
by Corson & Mccartney. members New
York stock exchange. Correspondents,
Messrs Moore q Schley, No. 50 Broadway
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Great Speed shown,

NEWPORT. r. l., February 1O.-Torpedo
beat No. In two hours run averaged
2S.72 knots. The government requirement
Is 27.GS knots.
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Government Regents.

National bank notes received today for
redemption, S2s7. .O25. Government receipts
From internal revenue S2ii.6la; customs,
sIS2,5i9; miscellaneous, $112I15
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Grain and Cotton Murk.,..

Furnished by W. B. Hibbs G. Co, bankers
and brokers. 1927 F St. members New York
stock exchange, correspondents Messrs.
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co.. New York
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senator Harris Much Improved.
Senator Harris continues to improve. His
friends were much encouraged over his
condition today.
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Arm. Landed bx the Grcek..

BERLIN. February 10.-According to a
dispatch received here from Constantinople
Greek war vessel has landed arms and
ammunition near Canea, Island Of Crete.
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4 Round of Applause.

Mr. Stevenson then formally dismissed
the joint session.
A hearty round of applause, in which the
galleries Joined. followed, after which the
senators filed out in tine hall, as they had
come. while the members of the House
stood up, and the ceremony was over
The House adjourned at / 80 pm.
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work for $4,000. Well, they started.
They travelled altogether about 5000
miles. They sent a lot of pictures of
Indians, of new rivers and mountains
of new glaciers and new lakes, one of
which they named after me. 1t is,
am told, ten miles wide and forty miles
long, and during most of the year it
contains 400 square miles of ice, but the
only good L got out of it was publish
ing picture of it in the Weekly.
These pictures kept coming in for
about seven months" Mr.. Arkell went
on, land then they stopped, and 1 did
not hear of my expedition for over
year. They had gotten showed In on
the other side of the mountains, not
very far from the gold region. They
had to send back for other Indians and
new dogs and sleds. and the result was
that when they returned to New York
they brought bill with them from the
Alaska Commercial company for $4,000.
l had already paid the $1,000. l had to
pay this additional which made $13,-
600, and then I got another bill for So 900
for three Indians who had died While
acting as carriers during the journey.
A thousand dollars seemed a good deal
for dead Indian, but 1 paid it. 1 was
thoroughly disguised with Alaska,
however, and for long time l trem-
bled every time I opened letter, for
fear it might contain another bill for
my Alaska expeditions expenses"
HOW GLAVE DISCOVERED GOLD.
But how about the gold fields, Mr..
Arkell?"
II am coming to that now" was the
reply. "Glave and Wells and Schautz
brought back lot of gold with them.
They had several bags of specimens
and nuggets, and they reported that
there were gold fields along the Yukon
ana Its branches of wonderful rich
ness. Glave said that he had found
one hundred and fifty miners wash
ing out gold in one camp, and that
there was lots of it. Glave wanted me
to back him up and organize an ex-
petition to go to Alaska and mine this
gold, and he never gave up the idea
of returning to Alaska. He expected
to go back there as soon as he had
finished his African trip, but, you
know, he died there"
"Why did you not go in and organize
q company?" said l.
Il had no faith in the Stories" re-
piled Mr.. Arkell. 81 was so disguised
at having had to pay that $4,000 that
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the other regions of the world will
steadily increase. More than one
thousand millions of gold will be add
ed to the gold supply of the world
within the next four years. We will
have two hundred and fifty millions
of a product this year, and this we
should have had without Alaska. Now
Alaska promises to come in with
somewhere between ten and fifty mil
when the golden flood will stop. It
has already practically driven the sill
yer question out of the market, and
it may bring the two metals to a
parity"
us it affecting the business of the
country?''
81 don't know that the Klondike gold
is making the prosperity which al
ready seems to be upon us, but I do
know that good times are coming. I
see it; feel it; know it. Why, I
have four thousand correspondents
covering all parts of this country. I
get hundreds of letters daily, and
there is hopeful cast in all of them
Many Of my informants are farmers,
The farmers are now making money.
=! got letter today from a Kansas
farmer, who told me he had now paid
OF all OF his mortgages and had 500, 900
to invest. In his letter he said: T
am now capitalist and not a Popu-
Hst; MY feelings are now altogether
with the capitalists. I believe that
they have been abused and wronged
for political purposes, and now that
we have good times again I have left
the Populist camps forever, and l
want to say that there are many
others like me in Kansas
This letter." continued Mr. Clews,
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6Convrighted. 1897, by Frank G. Carpenter0
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-New York
has the Klondike gold fever. Every
one is talking of Alaska and its mines,
and there will be a big emigration
from here to the gold fields in the
srrine The extent of the craze is
almost inconceivable. The people are
ready to believe anything, and to in
vest in anything which bears the title
of Alaskan gold. This is the case with
some apparently cool-headed business
men. Already a number of one-dollar-
a-share companies with a face stock
value of millions of dollars have been
formed and the indications are that
there will be similar enterprises start
ed in the other cities of the United
States before spring. 1 had chat to-
day with Mr.. w. ]. Arkell, the pro-
prietor of Frank Leslie's Weekly
Newspaper and Judge. giving some of
his experiences which illustrates the
craze for gold.
king OF THE KLONDIKE.'
Mr.. Arkell has laid claim, you know,
by right of discovery, to a large part
OF the Klondike gold fields for the
estate of E. ]. Glave and others. MIR.
GIave headed the expedition which Mr..
Arkell sent to Alaska seven years ago
for Frank Leslie'S Weekly. During
this time he made the first report, 1t
is said. as to the existence of these
wonderfully rich gold deposits, and
filed a map and certain claims with
the state department at Washington.
This was about 1891. Glave intended
to go back to Alaska and engage in
mining, but in the meantime, failing
to raise the money, he undertook an
exploring expedition to cross Africa.
and died in the attempt. Now that
his discoveries are known to have
been of great value, the capitalists
who refused to believe him are ready
to kick themselves for rejecting the
fortune he offered them, and Mr.. Ar
keu, doubt not, is one of the number.
AS to the claim of the region by right
of discovery, I believe Mr.. Arken is
too practical a man to base much
hope upon such a foundation. There
are, however, hundreds of people all
over the country who have so little
doubt of his success that they are
willing to join him to any moderate
financial extent in the prosecution of
it. He tells me he has been pointed
out upon the street as THE King of
the KIondike," and that the attentions
he gets and the remarks his presence
calls out are somewhat annoying, to
say the least, to a man of his modest
and bashful temperament.
Today. for instance, he was dining
at Delmonicos with William Walter
Webb, Of the Vanderbilt family, when
Mr.. Webb said: "Arkell, 1 wish you
would tell me if there is anything the
matter with my clothes. Nearly every
one in the restaurant is looking at
and talking about me-"
mo they are not" said Arkell, they
are talking about me. They are dis
cussing my Klondike claim and the
enormous amount Of money I shall
get out of it,"
I called at the Judge building, on the
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shows you how tile good times will
affect public sentiment AS soon as
men get money in their pockets, as
soofl IS wages rise, and times become
good, the Populistic elements must die.
Ihey can only grow fat on misery and
want. Every man who can get out of
dept or who has money to burn is a
patriot, and it will always be 500
BIG CROPS MAKING GOOD TIMES.
But very few of the farmers are in
that condition, Mr.. Clews,'' said 1.
You are mistaken in that" replied
the Wall street broker Both Ne
oraska and Kansas are now paying
or millions of dollars worth Of their
farm mortgages. 1t is estimated that
Nebraska has lately reduced such
debts as much as $2S, 000, 900. These
two states were those In which the
Populistic sentiment was most deeply
seated, and, as 1 have said, it cannot
long survive such conditions
How is speculation in Wall street?'
1T is, If anything, better now than
for years. 1 have had more orders to
buy within the past ten days than at
any time since 1892. I expect an in
crease right along from now on
who are the great spectators Of
today, Mr.. Clews; are they old men or
young men?" 1 asked.
They are mostly young men," was
the reply. 1T is the young men who
do the business of Wall street. The
old generation that was here at the
time of the war has almost entirely
passed away The young crowd out
the old very soon, and they come on
very fast" Frank G. Carpenter
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L ulu not believe a word of what they
SAID l thought they were trying to
ounce me, and that they had done so.
Iheir stories of new mountains and
rivers, and especially those of the gold
L considered lies, and 1 suspected that
they had bought their gold nuggets in
oan FRANCISCO and were palming them
OH upon me as Alaskan gold. 1t is
now evident that they told the truth,
ana that what 1 considered one of the
chlef follies of my life might have
peen turned to my advantage had 1
USED 1t in the right way. You see, the
GiaVe party went right through these
hlondlke gold regions, and Schautz
MADE map of them, which was filed
in the state department. They sent to
me weekly sketches. and photographs
OF these fields and so We have today
tne only true map and sketches which
nave been made there. We will, of
course, republish them now"
MILLIONS IN IT,
How about yoGr claims to the gold
fields??"
had no idea of making any claim
until Mr.. Schautz telegraphed me to
look out for his interests, and that we
ought to have'a claim in the fields by
the right of discovery. Now, you
Know. and the public know, as we'll as
"ISliGI any Sucn d CldlIn would
noId. L can only say that L have put
the claim in the hands of the attor-
neys, Brown & Wells, of Wall street,
and that they hive written the COVER
nor of Alaska to look after our inter-
ests.''
suppose you could establish such a
claim" said l, what would it amount
TOP"
1T would be worth several hundred
millions of dollars. It's value would.
IN fact, be incalculable. for it covers
the best of the Klondike territory"
MONEY OFFERS OF $3.50, 900.
las for me, Mr. Arkell," said I, st
would not give you a penny for itr'
1t is not for SALE" was the reply,
but I can tell you that there are
thousands of men who would like to
get In on it. Since the statement has
been published that 1 have the claim
-! have received kilograms and letters
from all parts Of the United States,
asking to be allowed to invest money
with me in it. Nearly every letter of
the hundreds of this kind which 1 have
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Il Glimpse Of 1000 Years HOO.
Ancient Mounds in England Yield Up Relics of
the Very Rarest Sort.

Special to the Globe.
LONDON, Aug. 14-Scientifc men
are deeply interested in archaeological
discoveries just made concerning the
ancient Britons Thirteen graves OPP
ened at little place called Danesdale,
near Driffield, in East Yorkshire. re-
vealed relics that showed that the bur
ials took place at least thousand
years before the advent of William the
Conqueror to British soil.
For so long that the memory of man
runneth not to the contrary, the
mounds or graves just opened have
been supposed to be the last resting
places of ancient Danes. They were
called the Danes graves" Indeed.
the town Of Danesdale referred 10
gained its name from that supposition.
The graves or mounds are 173 in num-
Der, but orly thirteen have thus far
been opened. They are surrounded by
forests, and upon some of the mounds
huge trees are growing.
Archaeologists have long believed
that investigation of the ancient
mounds would lead to important dis
coveries. 1t was this sentiment which
ciety, through Canon Greenwich, of
Durham, to institute the inquiry which
resulted in opening the mounds. Deep
down in the first mound opened was
found not only the bones of an ancient
Briton, but the iron tire of his chariot,
the iron bit and trappings of his horse,
and bronze pin, beautiful in design,
and enameled. The shape of the grave
and the curious curled up position Of
the skeleton left no doubt as to the age
to which all belonged, and disposed to
the satisfaction of every one of the
Danish theory which has so long pre-
vailed.
Perhaps the most notable of the rel
les, so far as establishing the antiq-
| uity thereof is concerned, was the
bronze pin. 1t is a specimen of the
earliest known British enameling, and
| is of a type most peculiar to the iron
period. 1t has a peculiar twist in the
| shank which makes its origin an abso-
| lutte Certainty. 1t is one Of the curious
| facts found in British history that pins
such as the one described only existed
during certain period. Distinct
changes in articles Of this sort were
! made at a. certain point in the devel-
| opment of Britain. This fact is known
| absolutely. and therefore this pin set
| ties beyond question the point as to
| the time before which it must have
! been made.
Two other graves were opened at
Arras and Beverley in which chariots
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were found, and in the one at Arras
the tires and naveS of the wheels were
complete. The tires are of iron and
the naves of bronze. There were also
round IN these graves an iron mirror
with bronze mountings, the end of a
shank of a bronze whip, and two or
three rings through which the reins
OF the chariot must have been car
lied. The bones found at Beverley had
gone to decay, but at Arras the hu-
man remains and the bones of the
horses appeared as fresh as if they
had been buried a hundred years ago.
The graves referred to as having
been opened were not close together
For instanc, the places of discovery,
Danesdale and Arras, are twelve miles
apart. The theory advanced by the
archaeolOgists, who have taken the
matter up is that the district through
which the mounds are found was for
merry the burying place of the ancient
Briton, probably years before the
Danes attempted the conquest of the
island. The relics discovered tndi-
cate that they once We're part of and
the property of leaders among the
aboriginal inhabitants of Britain.
There has been a dispute for a very
long time between archaeOIogistS as
to the occupation of the territory in
which the mounds were found, by the
Danes and by the early Britons One
faction of disputants held that the
mounds, being accepted as graves of
ancient Danes, were conclusive evil
dence that the Danes were in pos
session of the country centuries before
some persons claimed to believe The
second faction held that the Danes had
never held possession of the country
but that it was for centuries located
in the center of the stronghold of the
Britons of early days.
The formation of the tires and the
naves of the chariots found also indi-
cate hitherto unknown cOmmunica-
ton between the Romans and the ear
ly Br1tonS. The tires and the raves
are almost exactly similar to those
now in the British museum at London,
which are known to have been in use
IN Rome about the same period III
which the original chaTiotS to which
the British tires and naves were OF
tached sped owe" the soil of the island
1t establishes q new fact in history
in reference to the relations and power
of Rome, and While it settles one dis
pute. makes seemingly incorrect a
number of assertions regarding the
period in which the burials in the
British graves took place.
1t is very likely that several more
Of these mounds will he opened Cor
| the purpose of ascertaining whether
| they are the resting places of Britons
| OF certain century, or whether, as
many believe, the mounds are located
| IN what was the burial ground of the
| leaders of the early Britons for many
centuries. Should the latter prove
| true, it is more than likely that dis
| coVerieS will be made which will en-
tirely change the history of Britain as
| far as it relates to that period which
| led up to the conquest.
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among the miners this Winter?"
Judging from the experience of my
party there will be thousands who will
die of starvation and cold. In our
party of ten Indians and ten white
men, one white man and three Indians
died, or four out of twenty. If the
same proportion of the $4,000 die, there
will be 10000 white men buried under
the Alaskan SHOWS before spring. My
men had plenty of money; they had
the whole country to forage over, and
no one to contend with them for sup
plies. They were picked men, too, and
had plenty of servants, dogs and pro-
visions. The men who are going now
are trusting largely to the resources
of the country; the ships cannot carry
enough goods for them, and already a
vast quantity of the provisions which
should go there is stalled on the way.
No, l look for a terrible tale of star
walton, riot and disease to come back
with the first supplies of gold in the
spring"
How about the business outlook,
MI Arkell?'
''It is improving. There is a decided
change and times are everywhere get
business, and nearly every one is feel
ing it,"
rs it due to the tariff or to the
Klondike prospects,"
ITO neither was the reply. "It is
due to the Lord Almighty. He has
blessed our farmers with good crops,
and has cursed the people of some of
| our competing countries with poor
ones. The result is the farmers are
making money. They are the basis
| of good or bad times. They are to
large extent the real creators of pros
perity, for everything comes out of
the ground, and great percentage of
our wealth is in agriculture. 1 look
for good times for the next three years
at least"
A TALK WITH HENRY CLEWS.
met Mr.. Henry Clews, the veteran
broker. on Wall street, and asked him
what he thought of the Klondike gold
fields and their effect upon the times.
He replied: 'They will make times bet
ter. We will have a big lot of new
gold from Alaska. and the output from
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corner of Fifth avenue and Sixteenth
street this afternoon, and had q chat
with Mr.. Arkell about his Alaskan eX-
petition. Said Mr.. Arlleli: 1.-THE eXpe-
dition was planned by e. j. Glave, the
African explorer. Glave had been in
Africa as one of Stanley'S lieutenants,
and having gone through the unknown
hot regions of the globe he was then
anxious to explore some OF the I'M
known colder lands. He made me be
lieve l could get Il large amount of rep
utation and circulation and news for
Frank Leslie's by sending an eXpedi-
ton of ten men to explore the I'M
known regions of Alaska. There were
from 5000 to 1000 miles of the interior
of Alaska which had never been touch
ed by the foot of white man, and it
was his idea to go over the mountains
and push his way north to the Arctic
sea.
When I asked Glave what the trip
would cost" Mr.. Arkell continued, "he
said he would not need more than
$4,000. Said he: will get ten white
men to go with me. We will have
number of scientists. photographers
and writer's. When we get to Alaska
we will hire ten Indians and number
of dogs, and there is no doubt that we
can make it for that sum- All right
said 1, provided the cost is not over
S., 5000"
$4,000 FOR NOTHING.
But did you get out for that?" 1
asked, as the editor stopped for a mo-
ment and a cloud came over his US
ually placid brow.
mo, indeed. 1 did not" he said. "It
cost me over three times $1,000 In the
first place, we advertised for men to go
with Mr.. Glave on the expedition. The
result was 5000 applicants. From these
we selected A. B. Schantz and E. H.
Wells, and these two with Glave be-
came the leaders of the party, and
signed the contract with me to do the
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received is accompanied by money
offer. The sums run from a few dol
lars to as high as $4,000, and up to
date they aggregate about $250,OO0 1, Of
course. do not want partners in this
case. and I am answering all who send
stamps for reply that l cannot accept
their offers" .H
I asked: care the letters from bust
ness men?" T.
yes. many of them" replied Mr..
Arkeu. Some are from professional
men. I got letters today from two
dentists, who Wanted to join the ex-
nedition. which we expect to send in
the spring, under the leadership Of
nv brother, Mr.. Bartlett Arkell. This
expedition will be to get matter for
Frank Leslie, as we'll as to work in
the gold fields. Among the applicants
for places in the expedition are over
two hundred women, who wish to go
to the Klondike. 1 am getting letters
in nv mail every day from women
AS to the matter. They write from all
PARTS of the country, and some of them
seem to be nice women. Some say
that they think they can wash gold as
we'll as the woman who has been pub
lished as having claim in the Klon-
dixie fields. They also say that their
presence will have a good moral effect
on the men,"
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A BIG WHISKY SCHEME.

s"The different schemes proposed in
these letters are curious" Mr.. Arkell
went on. "Some of them show how
great the gold craze is which is sweep
ing over the country, and how I'M
scrupulously it will be taken advan-
tage of by spectators. One big liquor
dealer. for instance, came to me the
other day and proposed to send out
with our expedition five thousand bar
rels of whisky with which we were
to establish fifty saloons all along the
line over the route, across the noun
tains from Juneau to the Klondike:
He said that the whisky would cost
only one dollar a gallon, and we could
sell it for five dollars quart. and
that the miners. as they returned from
the gold fields, would trade nuggets
and dust for drinks He said they
would get drunk. fand in their cups
would give away the secrets of the