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The San Francisco call., 1897-07-25
FORM A COMPANY.
Thirty Stockton Men Organize to
Secure slice Of the X on
dyke Fields.

STOCKTON, CAL, July 24.-"There will
be stock company formed in this city
10 exploit the geldfelds of Alaska. The
project is now quite we'll under way.
There have been several conferences and
the organization will take place before
long"
The foregoing was gwen out to-day by
well-known professional man, who Is
one of the prime movers in the scheme.
h did not want his name divuged, and
mentioned some of the persons who were
interested in 1t. Soon after the la abulous
tales OF wealth reached here, with the
gold 10 back them up, there was good
deal OF talk. II was not confined alone to
men of little means nor to any one voca-
ton. Men of all callings, from the pick
and shove wielder 10 the professional
man, talked OF the wonderful finds and OF
some way 10 get at them. The outcome
of this has been The proposed formation
of stock company here to bring some of
the wealth 10 this city.
The plan of proceeding is 20 get thirty
men together. Each one will put up 5000,
making $4,000 in all. The stockholders will
not so 10 the Klondyke region, but will
send other responsible men there. There
will be a couple of practical miners, and
the rest will be men who have a good
knowledge of affairs in general, This
party will be fitted out with clothing here
and enough money given to the head OF
the expedition TO buy the other neces+ aries
in Alaska.
c. A. Slack, f. NJ. Stehley, James G.
Murrell, Henry F. Brink and Abe Cru
nauer OF Tracy yesterday formed a CO.
partnership to send GruEauer TO the Klon
dyke 60 region. They Will raise $1,000
for the purpose, and what he makes is TO
be divided with his partners. A berth on
the steamer Excelsior has been secured
for him.
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LUCK OF A WOMAN.
Mrs. John T. Wills Of Tacoma Try
ing to Held a Claim Worth a
Quarter of Million.

TACOMA, WASH, July 24.-'Jimmy,
| the ID ver," Who used TO be known as
james Mcmahon of Old Tacoma is trying G
to get something out of his $65 600 Klon-
| dyke stake. Last night he tackled a
nickel-in-the-slot machine, raising The
limit to so cents, and after about three
hours bucking il was found that the ma
chine was nearly $500 ahead. McMahon
returnen early in The week, and has been
spending his money freely at Old Tacoma
resorts every evening since. He likes to
be called Jimmy, the Diver" and all
WHO thus salute him are certain of an in
vitation to enjoy his hospitality.
A Tacoma woman has struck it on the
Klondyke. Mrs. John T. Wills, wife of a
locksmith, went to Circle City two years
ago and opened a restaurant. When the
klondyke reports first reached Circle City
she went up and staked out claim, but
she has had some trouble to hold il, al
though she is confident OF succeeding in
the end. The claim is worth quarter OF
q million.
A letter received to-day from Fred
Even at Dawson City says:
There is a great deal OF drinking, and
one Saloon ls taxing III IIOul FlUVV 10 TlOUU
per day from the horny-handed miners.
There are dapcehouses. a sawmill. four
stores, two barber-shops, n photograph
gallery, three doctors, and every known
profession is repre- sented here. and all are
after the yellow stuff. There will have to
be a great deal of building done before
October !, for there is scarcely building
in town as yet"
The steamer Monte Cristo OF Everett
will be rehtted 10 run on the Yukon. She
will 60 north early in August.
William E. Everett has been offered
propositions to go to the Klondyke BY
mining men in San Francisco, New York,
Denver ana Chicago. He will accept one
or two offers, in which CaIifornians will
be interested, and expects to start north
early in August. Mrs. Everett will ac-
company him and they will pro baby re-
main several years.
DR.. Everett firmly believes that several
hardpan stratas with rich gold bearing
gravel on top will be found in :he aurifer-
ous Klondyke streams. He says the Yukon
valley iE now much higher than I'm former
ages and that gold crushed out of rock by
glacial action formed part of the aliuvial
deposits carried down stream.
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PESTERED BY VISITORS,
Troubles Of the French Canadians
Who Struck 1t Rich Up On
the klondyke

The party OF French Canadians, Just
from klondyke, have done as well on the
whole us any other party of the same
number who have as yet come down.
Though quits reticent as to the exact
amount of gold each one has brought out
with him, they admit that they have each
made good stakes and are we'll satisfied.
besides having one or more valuable
claims to make further drafts upon.
They have been so continually be sic eed
since their arrival with questions that
they are compelled to resort to subter-
fuges to elude reporters and other cues.
tioners, the latter being with few excep-
tions entire strangers 10 any of the party,
and many OF them moved by no other mo-
tive than curiosity-a desire to gaze upon
and talk with man who has .'struck it
rich" on the Klondyke.
These gentlemen were at first very COM
PLEASANT, and even when somewhat wear
led Of the increasing fow of cards and
callers. beginning before they rose and
only ending when they later retired to
rest, they exhibited great patience; but it
has now become un nbearab ana they are
determined TO have a rest and enjoy he
privacy to which they are entitled.
II assured that a man had some idea
OF making tie journey to the Yukon they
are not averse TO answering all proper
questions that will afford information
useful to him. and even volunteering
some advice on points that an inexperi.
enced man would nevar think Of but
their lives have really been made burden.
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Best Portion of theISland
Reduced to HOWling
Wastes.
PaCifiCos Yet Dying From
Starvation, Fever and
Smallpox.
Sent Against ths Insurgents
Is Also PItifu'.

LONDON, Eng, July M.-The Chronicle
prints details from its correspondent in
Sagua, Cuba, of the unspeakable cruelty
of Weyler's attempts to repres4 the revo-
luton. 1t says: Weyier ignores the dis
tr;cts where Cuba lbre is an establish he'd
TACT. Ii is trne he nolds few towns there
at great cost, but they are in reality be-
sieged. In the west of Cuba is bowling
waste, though once the best portion of the
island. The insurgents roam at pleasure
lodging heavy columns. Pacificos are
still dying OF starvation, yellow fever or
smallpox. l; seems impossible to find a
redeemlng feature in the barosrous orde
which compeis pGciticos under pain of
death to abandon their homes TO the
torches of soldiers and seek "protec,lon"
in Spanish towns.
This protection, so called, provided
reservations of any waste land near the
cities, where pac fcos could build "pala-
tiaI' residences as they liked with palm
leaves. This act OF compulsory starvation
of thousands will add another blot on the
bloody escutcheon Of Spain, and is al.
ready disgusting many of the leading
officers in the colony. who are not slow
now in condemning the fatuous policy of
the captain general.
The condition of the Spanish troops is
nearly as pitiful. Poor, ragged Spanish
boys are plodding YEARLY along i'll nearly
soeless shoes and torn suits till they fall
exhausted and perish by the road, ide for
lack OF medical stores. Lastly, the lnsur-
gents, driven to desperation by aggres.
sion, have perhaps better time than the
Spanish soldiers, but when captured there
is little left for them, neither mercy nor
quarter.
''Weyler has caused every day prisoners
to be executed for the 'crime of rebsllion.'
Before the final scene / hear, on the
authority OF eye-witnesses. that inquisi-
terlal tortures are resorted to, il the vic
tim is suspected of Withholding in !orma-
tion.'
SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN, July 24-In
an interview to-day Prime Minister Cano-
vas, who Was here with the court, re-
marked that Woodford, the new Ameri-
can Minister had displayed no haste to
reach Spain and present his letters of
credit. He added the Government was
awaiting dispatch from Weyler, giving
his opinion of the proposed customs re-
forms in Cuba.
HAVANA, CUBA, July 24.-Dispatches
from Madrid say that Sagasta has de-
clared the Cuban situation very grave and
fears the reception by the Queen Regent
of the new American Minister may give
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goldfields OF the North west will finally be
found within the limits OF our terri
tory" said a scientific expert of the Gov
ernment Coast Survey to correspondent
to-day. Invent through Alaska as q MEM
Der of the boundary commission and am
very familiar with the valley of the
Yukon and the surrounding country.
The greatest activity in placer mining is
now in the British possessions, about
forty miles east of the 141st meridian,
which is our boundary.
"But if you look at the map and see
where gold has been found you will notice
that all the lodes seem to lead into
Alaska. There is a certain regularity
about gold findings. South of the X on
dyke in British Columbia is the Cariboo
region. which was the scene of a former
gold excitement. Then directly east of
The panhandle OF our Alaska Territory is
the celebrated Cassiar country. Here are
tie herdwaters of the Pelly River. and
the co"tIence OF the Lewis and Peily
make the Yukon. The richness of the
Cassiar country has long been known, and
1t belongs 10 the same general trend, geo.
logically speaking. as the klondyke.
Whenever the tributaries of these rivers
have been pros oected gold has generally
been found. The Forty mile Creek, the
Sixty mile and the Birch Creek are in
stances in point. The headwaters of all
of these streams are in a group OF noun
tains, the area of which is proba bly a
thousand square miles. 1t is mostly un-
explored. but largely within the territories
OF the United States, and it is doubtless
rich with gold. OF the country further
north we know little as yet. 1t is entirely
likely that placer mining can be carried
on through this country for distance Of
500 miles.
Besides this trend of gold country par
allel to the west coast it will be observed
that there il another rem irkable region
west OF the Coast rang, which converges
INTO the same Ala kan territory. Begin
ming at Juneau there j. great deal of
quartz mining and near that town the
largest stamp mill in the world has been
built. At Yakitat Bay, right unoer
Mount ST. Elias, ihera is cons iderabe
placer mining and at Cooks Inlet and
turther north still more mining"
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WANTS TO Be- BURIED ALIVE
A Retired Presbyterian Minister Claims
TO Have the fower of RssUr-

BOSTON, Mass July PA Portland
| (Me special says: DR.. II. A. Mclean, a
| well-known retired Presby terian minis
te-, who was for time at the Salem Will
lows this summer and who while there
delivered lectures attacking Ingersoll and
other exponents of free thought and also
gave exhibitions of faith-healing, is now
at Portland.
He claims to have power of resurrection
and announces that he will repeat the
resurrection as performed by Christ. He
claims to have gone from here by divine
direction to Old Orchard, where he has
been attending DR.. Bates lectures and
also those of Francis Murphy. From Old
Orchard he CLAIMS to have been divinely
led to Portland. He hopes to be buried
alive at Riverton, a popular deering resort.
He said that if given the necessary per-
nit he would demonstrate to the most
skeptical that what Christ had done could
be done again, and that he would suffer
himself to be buried in a coffin under
three or four feet of earth, and there he
would remain for forty days without food
or water, and he specifically stated that
there will be no tube or communication
with the omen air. such as has been used
where persons under hypnotic influence
have been inferred.
II shall arrange, provided the necessary
permit is granted, for the construction of
u coffin under my own direction" he
said. There wilt be apertures in the
SIDES of this coffin what will admit what
air that may percolate through the porous
ground which I will select and wherein
the grave will be dug. As guarantee
against any trickery or subterfuse | will
deposit the sum of $1,000 as a reward for
the discovery of any trickery."
''And do you expect that life will be
sustained all that timer" was asked.
Yes, but no. by food. The Spirit and
the belief in God will sustain me-"
He Will make n strong effort to obtain
the necessar official consent 10 his being
buried alive.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-25
A Party of Two Hundred.

PHILADELPHIA; PAl July PA
party OF 20J for the Kon4yke is forming g
here. Each applicant is assessed $500 to
cover transportation and two years sup
ply OF provisions. A large number of
employees OF street railways have joined
the band. As all the regular steamers
have been completely sold up to the end
of the season the plan for the 200 IS to
charter q steamer at Seattle to transport
them and their provisions to juneau.
They will then be taken through Chilcooi
to the head OF navigation on the other
side of the mountains, where they will be
left to raft themselves to the mines.
Another party is planning to go to San
Francisco and charter steamer from
there 10 81. Michaels.
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But Great Interest Is
Taken in Andree'S -.
/:
Expedition. -
Experts Discuss Probabilities
of His Reaching the -
North Pole. " :.
lr the Venture Is Succ essful Au-
thentic N Nv; VIII &C me From
Alaska or Slb eria.
[cOpyrigh' ed, 1897, by the New York Sum-

LONDON, Eng, July "a The greatest
possloie interest Is felt throughout Eu-
rope IN the Andree polar expedition. ALI
the pigeon stories of the past two DAYS
have now been rejected as mistakes or
hoaxes. Both geographers and aeronauts
whose opinions are entitled 10 respect ex-
press strong hopes OF tho success OF the
exped .tion. All agree it will be almost
i'm possible to receive authentic news vet;
and there is proba bility OF long delay.
An expert aeronaut whom Andree fire..
quentiy consulted says: ..
THE polar regions IN summer offer the
best imaginable bailooning opportunities.
There is continuous dayli zht and liitlS
variation OF temperature. If Andree were
to start from the Mediterranean 10 make
balloon journey TO the Baltic he would
not have task less easy than the journey
on which he has departed. He would not
have the same risks, certainly, in a Jour
ney over Europe. because if he fell he
would always be within civilization but
he would have the change grom day TO
night to contend with and an infinitely
variable temperature. =:
Tne meteorological conditions under
ing comments from experts. The balloon
when it started rose 600 feet and appeared
to travel north-northeast about twenty
two miles an hour. This is declared to be
a normal rate of speed. The surface wind
of ten miles becomes twenty miles on r;s=
ing few hundred feet. 1t is calculated
the wind double in speed as the balloon
rises from 100 to 1000 feet. There is no
reason why such a wind should not con-:
tinue to the pole and some distance be-
yond. Whether the path is curv d or
straight balloon would take is most. un-
certain. A point OF wind might curve
round an area OF low barometric pressure
and carry the balloon, if it maintained
the same elevation. until it travelled along
the meridisn of 14o degrees west Iongi-
tude. This. however, is unlikely. If the
balloon rose. as was likely, into loftier
strata according 10 well known laws of at
mospherlc motion its path would tend
10 diyerge to the right ana carry it either
straight over the pole or toward Eastern
Siberia.
The consensus of opinion is the fist au-,
ihent'c news if the exFedi i, proves sue
cess:ul, WI c.me rom Ala Ia or Siberia
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-25
Going From Santa Barbara.

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, July o4.-If
rumors can be relied on there will be a
number OF persons leaving here next
month and next spring for the Alaska
gold fields.
Among those OF prominence who are
preparing to go are DR.. Sidehotham, Luke
Baxter and Frank Newman DR.. Side
botham is resident of Montecito, where
he has q very pretty country sea-, and is
very prominent in the social circles of
Santa Barbara. This gentleman says that
the gol strike on the klondyke has not
been reported fully, as he has reason to
know through United States officials.
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rise TO hostile demonstrations in Spain.
General pando has declared the Cuban
war must end soon for Spain's own sake.
General Pando has joined the Conserva-
tive faction. In answer TO such talk by
his opponents Canovas has declared the
Cuban war will certainly end in the tri-
umph of Spain in December or January
next, and that by force OF arms without
any cessions to tine insurgents. The
official declaration OF Spanish losses in
engagements since February "a. 1895,
shows 100 Spaniards have been killed in
nattle
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-25

First, Secondary and
Tertiary forms OF Blood
Poison or impure or
tainted blood, are mani
tested by copper-colored
spots, dry, parched, Itch
ing skin, irritated throat,
spots over the body,
blood sores, red eyes,
bleary look about the
eye. slightly swollen
lids, falling hair, etc.
When you are in the first
stage of this disorder you
can easily be cured If you
take 1t In time, not patch
ed up, but actually and
forever cured; in the sec
ond stage ii is more dlfi-
cult and trying; while in
the third stage the only
certain cure We know of
Is the 30-Day Cure of
Hudson Medical fame.
Now, Just as soon as
you contract this disor-
der consult the Hudson
Doctors about the 30-Day
Cure, or write for 30-Day
Cure Circulars.
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"scouf" allison Goino.

WASHINGTON. D. c., July 24-Cap-
tain e. HI. Allison, known generally as
Scout Allison, having served as scout
in the Department OF Dakota from 1880 to
1885 is urganz ng an expedition to the
Alaskan gold fields. He has spent two
years in ALASKA and was on the Upper
Yukon with Government expedition
several months. Captain Allison saws
there 1000 men in Washington who desire
10 60 to the Klondyke. He says he has
received many applications.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-25
MONUMkAr TO MAxJMILIAM
French Residents Of Merfco Make Q
Concerted or sHent.


Concerted ment.
CITY OF MEXICO, MEXICO. July "a -
Among the French residents OF Mexico
there Is concerted movement on loot to
raise large fund by subscription, both
here and in Europe, for the erection of a
monument u mark the place where the
Emperor Maximlllan was shot The exc
cution took placs on a small hill over
looking q leretaro, and the spot is at
pres :nt marked by a rude pile of rough
stones. Permission will be asked OF the
Mexican Government. for the erection of
the monument, and it is understood that
this will be granted. The coffin in VIII ch
Maximilian's body was placed alter death
and before mis- body was mysteriously
spirited awSy is now in q room in the
Stale House at QuereIaro.
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Goid From. australia,

NEW YORK, n. Y. July PA Lon
don dispatch to the Evening Post con-
firms the report that Australia Will ship
gold 10 The United States, A considera-
ble amount will go by The next steamer
from Australia 10 San Francisco. More
will follow later. The market is unable
to account for the movement.
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Murd.-ei or MasHed Mam.

WACO, Tex, July "a John B. Dlnial,
the weI-kuown Populist publisher and
solicitor for fraternal orders, was murdered
this morning. Hearing noise in the
woodshed, lie advanced with pistol IN
hand. He was met in the doorway by a
masked man. Both fired simultaneously.
Daniels heart was pierced by bull I.
Mrs. Daniel rushed to his side. and he died
In her arms. The assassin escaped.
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Is coming upon
you when you feel
more tired in the
morning than on,
going to bed.
When you have'
melancholy spells,
when you are un-
able to concen-
trate your mind;
when your meR-
ory is poor. Is
weak; when you
feel unfit for so
clety; Wnen you
feel shy, bashful;.
when you begin
to lose the sense
OF smell. Of taste;
when you desire
to be alone; when
you are irritable;
when you are cas-
lily demoraliZs1.
A certain cure for
Nervous Debility
is the great Hud-
yam Cure, Hud-
yam cures when
all others have
entirely failed 10
cure. Write for
Circulars a n d
Testim 0 n 1 a ] g.
Hudson Medical
Institute, Stock .
ton. Market and
Ellis streets.
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MANY OBSTACLES.
Consequently Some Who Start for
the klondyke viii Suffer Great
HardshipS.

HardShtpS.
PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, July "a
Among the passengers who departed on
the Queen yesterday were several resi-
dents of this city. In n any instances the
goId-seekers have sold the last of their
possessions for fare and grub stake. and
instead of merry crowd, the Queens list
was made up of lot OF gloomy. deer.
mined men, who have thoroughly studied
the hardships and dangers of the Klon-
dyke trip and what i'll luck means 10
them.
Residents here, who have made the Tip,
say this unprecedented rush will result in
a blockade at Dyea, which cannot possi-
bly, be raised until spring. The Indians
there, utilized as pack animals, are tradi-
ilonally lazy, and cannot, after aocum H.
iating enough money for debauch, be
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-25
C,nrenc, A se,card Dead.

GENEVA, n. Y, July 24.-Clarence A.
Seward, vice-presideDt of the Adams
Express Company and nephew of
L.ncoln's Secretary OF State, died this
afternoon from heart failure.
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Bu,tness Is Improving.

NEW YORK, n. Y. July 24-In a let
ter to the World the editor of Brad streets s..
deprecating any partisan bias, says con-
servative reports show that the busines ss
situation is steadily improving in ali
branches.
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ghttern,c Aetd K.turmrn7.

LONDON, ENG, July 24.-Mr. and Mrs.
Whitelaw Reid, who are passengers for
New York by the ST. Paul, left this morn
ing for Southampton. A large party OF
Americans bade them farewell, includ ing
EN- bas.ador Hay.
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EhTE EEEN
a aW5 ADH
w * ~ ANIY

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DIR. Gibb. Nnrried.

HARTFORD, CONN.,, July 24.-Dr. John
Gibbs, who gained fame examining Cor.
b tt and Fi,zsimmons, and once tried TO
reduce Cievelani's weight, was married
to-day TO Mrs. Mary Seaton, Huntington's
niece.
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WITHIN OUR TERRITORY.
That Is Where a Great Part OF the
Northwest G ldfieIds VIII
Finally Be Found

BOSTON, MASS, July PA Washing
ton special says: "a study of the map
convinces me that the greater part of the
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Marrfsd ON Ptk,, Pras.

MGrrisd Pixies PEAK.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, July "a
Arthur @. Rawson and Miss Beulah d xonl
OF Omaha were married on the summit OF
Pixies Peak this afternoon.
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When the veins begin
to be enlarged, a wormy
feeling exists. II taken
in time you will need no
clamps or other heroic de-
vices, but can be speedily
and easily cured by the
great Hudyan. Yes. Hud-
van cures Varicocele and
disorders Of men. Write
for