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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-01

fitted by nature for such life as Yukon
mining necessitates. and had much better
never make the attempt The hundredth
man must be a miner and frontiersman
by nature. strong and patient. hard
worker. and a lover of secluded life. Even
such = man will likely fail on account OF
the large element of chance, and the most
successful miner obtains only few
thousand dollars In profit after a number
OF years patient work.
Any great increase in the number of
men going into the Yukon district would
be disastrous. on account of the strict linn
its of the food supply and facilities for
transportation. The result would be
famine. disorder and failure. Several
years ago this actually happened when
The Forty-Mile miners were without food
and were obliged 10 travel down the Yu-
kon over the ice To St Mchaels in the
dead u winter. a terrible Journey of near
~ 2.0o0 miles. Al that time there were
only few men in the country but if the
number had been very much larger, even
this resource would have been possible.
My general advice TO the average man
intending 10 90 to the Yukon gold district
is-to stay out. Many men so there every
year and suffer hardship failure. loss OF
capital. and sometimes of health IT any
enc undertakes the rrip he should take
with him enough supplies 20 las; as Ions.
as he intends 20 stay-olse year. .wo years,
or Whatever amount. He should have
money enough 10 land hsm in the country
and out again. il necessary. and should
start early enough in the season 20 en-
able hin, 20 return mp The river II he lr-
tends 20 come out the Same year. for the
facilities for transportation bv steamer
are likely To ne entirely inadequate.
y EDWARD SPt-RR
u nited States Geological survey
The accompanying illustrations which
err drawn from photographs taken by
members II NJ. Spurs party. SHOW exact
~ what sort ct country and what naonla
one secs in that desoiate region where
Nammon IN chill and hidcous carb hoIas
sway over al II IS more than nrobs t,f.
that fhc next five years VII see ar army
81 adventures and hosf OF Ierf,irnaf.
miners brave the dangers and tire sisron,-
tor;s 81 IBIS locality witch. unlike Cau-
fornia. viii never ha made "a blossom, lsla
the rose. though Il may yield the rl.bes -
the Indies
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OUR BLACK DIAMONDS


!. here Our Coci Comes from-so" is
Was Dfsrovcrea-The Anthracite
Regions and Their Enormous Out
pUt-0ar Coal Prodncf w a"re
Than All Our Geld and siiver-Ihc
Coal Field. of the vorid-EnGtfsh
Coal and How the Mines Are fias-
ing Out-Thc Horrors OF the I'm
gIi.h and Belgian Mtnes-Hosv
Women and Children Have shaved
in Them-Goya in the NineS OF
America and Europc-SOme DAN
gers OF Mining.
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Milestone. on the Road 90 ,ro

Tee recovery OF digestion. and she r.
aud kidneys. are msIesfoves yvbtch - -
or pIoEreSS on sAe rnad 20 tealfh ThrT
sHs 1l5E become perceptihle wh.n E4os,.,s
- S.2na ch ffiIiers Is used by tho in
,ft~jit.eS ~ distance - jte 6asi-o,i -,af
- no bosily function can Surer f,,ta-r 80
non without itDfailftnG tire general ;,entsh
or m" system - the system 90 49,. =.
acquire perfect vigor. hcalth'S e,r,n,v,,r
until mat Function ne actively Taa,,,,S. -
! eh. Tor instance digestion : ssfsf,s,,st.x,,
* which s. invariably rectftlec nv ~ r5{.
tiers - the organs upon which =, $500 ~
grow weak biiicusurss tr,.s,3.,..t
aeao3eae, poverty q The blood an5 =
a"ttlI.3 oller stTE tens superYane which
tHticffH UDu1.stE4 kaf}y the far.s,,5 -
lta'tt.i'te ~ dyssft{1s1a. TIE c{sa 1890
oF a.t THESE synr tornS through ~ 20.
tae zsti@FS. S@o~ wiki What thoraurhn. ss
t removes their cause i''l''AS
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Reduction
In Rates
to the
EdSt...,

On July 18th 10 nth inclusive and on
each Monday and Thursday thereafter VI
10 and Including Monday. August 9Th. ths
OREGON RAILROAD < NAVIGAIIoN
COMPANY Will sell tickets to Eastern
points at Following rates: Chicago. SCI. %;
st. Louis. szseo: ST. Paul SCI 10; Sioux
CITY Omaha and Kansas City. s2s 20, and
10 other points al relatively low rates.
FER tickets and further information call
at ticket Office. No. 6ls First avenue. Sc
attic.
II. j. BfSSELL. Gen. Agent.
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THE EVERETT
s. MONTE CRISTO
RAILWAY

The only route 10 the popaiai ~ css,
mining districts OF Gold b sms, "A
Greek, Martin Creek, ,,S nss'c -ssto
Tb@ scenic route for tourists
and camping parties. RI
Commencing Monday: ApfiI - rssess1
eyett & Monte Cristo Raiws .,vsrs
will inaugurate "A daily ira. fcr nks
Cristo every morning. except
and Sunday, at 7:ii a. m. .n foe s.
Train Will leave Monte Cr is.y. arf
erstt AT 7.45 a. m every mornls
Sunday and Monday. -. M 81
on Tuesdays and THURSDAY swssssskt
run to Silverton only, and On "a y
and fridays between ssivsrs'A
erett only. v&fA,
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WASHINGTON. Jaiy 1.-The arrival
~ ths Portland. the rzcr1arrs treasure
chip. ~ Seattle fraizhtesi with gold. and
the consequent natural excitement and
0esrlaad FOR precise information has d.
reet~sl attention 10 th4 fart that the TAI
ted Sfates government recently sent an
cxpe1ities Into Alaska after the very
kr0w iesiEe TIA II Row 80 widely sought
The exreel-.,srs consisted Of rreyr,f-sr~ Of
tlss Laiied States geological survey and
- headed - that assfing 4istsss.s s.sssIo.
giSt and man Of scieree Pref J. Edward
Spur. The following information and
photographs gathered by Prof Spur ara
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Through Nine Sf,.

TIE North Western Line cornn-,s..
: 40 niles Q, perfectly equipped railway
Minnesota, North Dakota. Sos.E gan.
Nebraska asa Wyoming. I, or,e-a - sofa
finest .raiHs n tao world 7he - ne
Chicago Milwaukee and at fNa - %
cities o. TIE East and Soathaas. - =
te surpassed lnstst en- having vg.u- So.
via The Sorth-western 2 Il 80.
Commercial Agent. 50 First avenss Sea.
tie
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copyrighted 1897. by Frank G. Carpenter.
WASHINGTON. July ST. nave spent
The last few days az the United states
geological survey looking Up TactS about
coal and coal mining. The biologists
know more about coal than any one else.
Tney can tell You just how the world
looked when coal was made. and they de-
scribe how there we're ages of iuxuriafst
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UPHOLSTERED TOURIST CAN
TO ST. Paul. Wednesdays TO bosus
Sundays to Toronto. without cnAnsz
TRAINS LEAVE SEATTLE DALI
. A. n.
MAGNIFICENT STEAMERS On "a
SUPERIOR, leaving Fort WiiisaS Il
owen Sound on Thursdays ara ~
and for Windsor every TUESDAY.
and berth included on steamer -
extra charge on all hrN class ue; ~. :
MONTHLY STEAMERS to Hoe
and Australia. and every three -
China and Japan. s..sI
T.. w. M0INss
Or IN e. J. cOitS
District Passenger Agent, sahc01'-
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II ycr @re yoG should have ,he Pas.
faleitsenesr sent 20 yosa Il mug rox,
nothing extra Can a; our oEsce ana has
yea. address changed.
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Have YOU ever been down in a coal
rulnee Il SO you can appreciate some ~
the dangers of mining. A coal ra.ne IS
Ike great ca;acorra. X IS a city under
ground the walls Of which in many cases
are upheld hy tinaberS Now and then
you come - rooms cut ~ which the coal
has been cut The coal is taken down
with blasting powder ana there IS danger
~ the wall falling and 81 the miners be-
ing crushed.
There IS also danger from fire damp or
the union ~ the gases Of the mine
brought together by the ilsh. from lamp
or candle. This causes a xreat explosion.
III comes Ike stroke Of lightning. and
with a clap - thunder As the explosion
occurs roaring whlriwlnd Of fafge goes
through the tunnels. pulling down the
fiEaoers and cavsng IN the walls II burns
everything within reach. Miners are
blinded. scorched and sometimes burned
10 cinders. Hundreds have often been kill
ed AZ 8 time by such explosions. ana by
The food Of carbonic acid gas. which fei-
lows them, The statistics show that
even in the United States one miner is
killed for every lOh,0Ia tons 81 coal mined,
and those who are injured number many
times this proportion,
FRANK c. CARPENTER.
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THE NEW GOLD FIELDS
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
INVESTIGATES THE YUKON.

Gather Prerise Knowledge @. IA
the Character at the s~u Mines
Photographs show Methods of
Trassporfsston-The Distinguish
I'd ses~nsfst }. Edward spur.
chief os the Cnff~a states Geoio=i-
esttnG Facts.
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SPOKANE FALLS I NORTHERN, MM y /"
SHEPPARD. RED MOUNTAIN WILMA

The only all rail rosie s.s.
change OF ears betwern
Eo.sIand and Nelson.
Nelson and Rosxfand.
.xr..pr sryDAv,
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was with those az Europe a few years
ago, when in one investigation X was
stated: That :hsy seldom slept with a
whole skin and that their backs were cut
with Knocking against the roof and sides
~ the tunnels. and that the walking IN
the water covered their ss-st with Tester
ms
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In Effect April - lso6
TRAINS LEAVE SEATrfR
For Spokane. Rossland, st. PAU
ana Last 49,. t u, \
FOR Portland $500. ..,......f M \
For olympia Observation-Disclosures n
'foT Gray's Harbor and South
5eilu ....... .... .....,..Ah Nj 1
For Tacoma, 1:i5 and 9:sa = -.
400 and ...... .. Mr.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT 6EAfW i
FROM spokane. Rossland. 81
Paui ana East ...................lI1 Sx
From Portland ........ ........., SHlI
sFrom Olympia ......... ....... 50 m
'From Gray's Harbor and South
From Tacoma. $50 and il:a 4 Nv
m. 500 and ................... SO o.
sDaily except Sunday. All others Id
This card subject to change without
tice.
Through tickets TO Japan and Chin 4
Northern Pacific Steamship compxv
For rates. routes and other infQzs
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General Agent, -
City Ticket Office, cor. Yesier vi
First avenue.
Depot Ticket Office. corner Westsn n
enue and Columbia street.
A. ID. CHARLfM
Assistant General Passenger Aex1
No. 255 Morrison street. corner -
Portland. Or.
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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-01
SHOWS are reported west and no mail trains

SHOWS are reported west and no mail trains
have reached here from Denver to-day.
A small tornado passed over the south
east part OF this county last night. No
damage was done to this city. but a large
amount of damage Is reported from the
country. Several farm houses were blown
down or unroofed and many barns and
outbuildings were demolished. No casual
ties have been reported, but some stock
was killed. Telegraph poles and wind
Frankfort. Kas., March M.-(speciaD
! Yesterday bulletin was posted warning
the people of probable storms of a de-
structive character. causing a great deal
of excitement. A heavy wind and rain
storm swept over this section during the
evening and night, but did no damage of
a serious nature. As a matter of precau-
tion. half of the population spent the night
in cyclone caves.
Labette, Kas., March 31-(Special3 Last
night about s o'clock this section of the
country was visited by hard wind storm,
accompanied by hard rain, but little dam
age done here. so far can be learned.
At Chouteau. /. T., small village south
of here, five houses were blown to the
ground and their contents scattered all
over the country, but not life was lost. so
far as can be learned. Telegraph poles
We're blown down and the window lights in
the Katy" depot broken and some damage
done to the building.
Newton. Eas., March 31.-(Special) Last
nights storm reports from Burton. in this
county. have been found to be incomplete
Miss Ella Harris was caught in the storm
ana plnioned beneath the timberS of shed.
She was found unconscious after the Storm
Her recovery is improbable. A school house
near Burton was demolished. The school
children had left only few moments be-
fore. What is said to have been the great
est rain and hail storm there in a quarter
OF century. accompanied the storm at
Haistead ard Sedgwick. in the southern
part OF the county Small buildings were
damaged Many barns throughout the
county were torn from their foundations.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-01
TIC. SHERWOOD TRANSFERRED.
Assistant General Manager of the p.
& G. Made General Manager of
Northern Connecting Line

The resignation of T. C. Sherwood as
sis.ant general manager of the Kansas
City, Pittsburg & Gulf, was made public
yesterday, together with the announcement
of his appointment to the position of gen.
eral manager of the Kansas City 6 North
ern, which includes the Omaha & st. Louis
and the Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City,
consolidated with the Kansas City &
Northern Connecting Line the StillwelI
interests north of Kansas City. Mr.. Sher-
wood was formerly superintendent auditor
and general freight and passenger agent of
the Des MoineS & Kansas City. At that
time the Des Moines & Kansas City was a
narrow gauge railroad extending from Des
Moines to Gainesville. Mo. This road has
frequently been mentioned as likely to be-
come part, or at least close connection
of the Stillwell system. It was recently
purchased by the Keokuk & Western and
the track was widened to standard gauge
1t runs through the eastern edge of the
Iowa corn belt. and its extension to Pat
tonsburg to a connection with the Stilwell
system will give the latter through line
from Port Arthur to Des Mones. II is un-
derstood that this extension will be made
Jointly by the Kansas City & Northern and
the Keokuk & Western. Prior to his posi-
ton with the Des Moines & Kansas CITY
Mr.. Sherwood had been with the BurlinS-
ton. beginning in 1881 as joint station helper
at Pacific JUNCTION. Ia; Of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy. Burlington & Mis-,
souri, River and st. Joseph & Council BIuffs
From 1ss2 to ,s 1854 he. he was as, joint ticket
ier, and from 1851 to 1sSS. chief clerk, which
position he left to go with the Des Moines
a. Kansas City.
Frank s. Hammond. general manager of
the Kansas City. Shreveport & Gulf and of
the Kansas City Terminal Company. will
be made assistant general manager of the
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf system. to
succeed Mr.. Sherwood. with headquarters
at Kansas City. The resignation of Mr..
Sherwood and the appointment of Mr.
Hammond as his successor are effective to.
day. w. A. Williams, general manager of
the Texarkana & Fort Smith. which since
the completion of the road is known as
Pittsburg & Gulf. will have added to his
territory the southern division, or the
Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf. retaining
the title of general manager. with head
quarters at Texarkana. His territory will
hereafter be known as the southern d.
vision of the road.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-01
HEAVY SNOW IN THE WEST.
A Foot Deep in Colorado and Twice
That in the Black Hills-Trains
Blockaded.

Denver, Col, March 3l.-All the Eastern
railroads have been tied up to-day put
they hope to get trains through tonight
The high wind packed every cut full of
snow. sand and sagebrush, which make d
barrier hard to buck" On the Colorado
lines to the West very little trouble has
been experienced on account of the storm.
Ali Colorado is buried under about a foot
of snow. The storm abated this morning.
but the temperature has dropped below
freezing point and stock on the ranges viii
suffer severely.
Cheyenne. Wyo. March 3l-The blizzard
Continued all night The streets of the city
are piled full of snow. All Union Pacific
freight trains have been abandoned. and
passenger trains are in a bad plight. The
train which left Denver at o'clock last
night became stranded in a big drift half
mile east of the Cheyenne depot. The
Overland flyer is stuck in the snow at Hill
dale twenty miles east of this city. and
No. .. the east bound flyer. Is tied up at
Red Buttes, near Laramie. unable to climb
Sherman mountain. The west bound flyer
frcm here has been abandoned The big
relay plows worked all day yesterday aud
up until midnight. but even these are Low
showed W and unable TO keep the road
open. II is growing colder and unless the
storm lets IN the loss OF stock and prop
erty will be awful.
Lead, s. d. March 31.-Two and a half
feet of snow has fallen all over the Black
Hills to-day and more IS coming. Trains
are all delayed. The storm Is the same
that ragged last night in Wyoming. 1t is
the worst in years
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-01
Railway Notes.

The Wells. Fargo & Co. express will to-
day begin its service on the Chicago Great
Western.
Luis Jackson, industrial commissioner of
the Milwaukee, Chicago. was in Kansas
City yesterday.
]. S. Bartle. general freight agent of the
Indiana. Iowa & Illinois Railroad Com
pany, at Chicago. was at the Coates House
yesterday
]. C. Bramhall. city passenger agent of
the Burlington at Alton. ILL.,. will succeed
Harry Dutton as travelling passenger agent
of the Burlington at St. Joseph.
Passenger Traffic Manager White. of the
Santa Fe. denies that the Offices of General
frG Agent 5ef6y f6 aeH Will be
All railroads entering ST. Louis have
granted a rate of one and one-third fare
on the certificate plan for the International
Louis. April 20 to - inclusive.
E. f. Smythe. assistant general freight
agent of the Kansas City. Pittsburg &
lumber interests of the territory of his road
in Arkansas before returning.
The Monon road passed out of existence
yesterday as a corporation and was sue
louisville railway. This is the concluding
result of the foreclosure proceedings in the
federal court.
Harry Jewett. of the Union Pacific. Den
yer & Gulf. Denver, and son of Colonel
L. s. Jewett, passenger and ticket agent
of the Missouri Pacific. left yesterday for
his headquarters after having paid a visit
to his father in this city.
The hearing before the Interstate COM
mcrce commission in the Gulf grain rate
case filed by the Kansas board of railway
commissioners will not be concluded at the
Austin meeting. After evidence is taken at
that point, the commission will adjourn TO
S.. Louis, where the hearing will be con-
clrded-
F. C. Dumbeck. assistant general freight
agent, and Fl. G. Wilson. commercial agent,
of the Kansas City. Fort Scott & Memphis,
av-rfr rrNtrN .
ing themselves with the shippers and the
needs of the new territory. of which Mr.:
Wilson was recently appointed commercial
agent.
Railroad men in Kansas who were black
listed during the big A r. L.. strike have
discovered that the anti-blackl1sting law
passed at the recent session of the Kansas
legislature gives them no relief. The law
prevents blacklisting in the future, but
these blacklisted before its passage must
fit to raise the order themselves.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-01
Mr.. SHEPHERDS SCHEME.
the First Blow in Fight
for Home Rule.

Topeka. Kas.. March 31.-(Specialo The
light inaugurated on the jointists of Fort
Scott by County Attorney Shepherd Is re-
garded in the attorney generals office as
the opening of hostiities between the peo-
pie of that city who favor home rule and
the new board of police commissioners.
Shepherd was strong advocate of the
abclishment of the metropolitan police sys-
tenn there. but he could not bring enough
influence to bear to keep Leedy in line
board was selected. Now Shepherd pro-
poses to get even by closing up the joints
and relieving the police board of its only
duty-that CT running a fine collection
agency. Although Shepherd has given it
OUT that the joints must remain closed
during his term of office. it is predicted
to make Fort Scott dry once before while
acting as assistant attorney general under
Attorney General Little, and after a pro-
longed war the jointists won. In the at
torney gen,rars office it is limited that his
last effort will result the same way.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-01
WANTS NO EXTRA SESSION.
That the People of Kansas Cam
not Afford.

Topeka. Kas.. March 3l.-(Specialo Sem
ator Sheldon, Populist. of Miami, is in the
city looking after Frank MaXeys boom for
superintendent of the Soldiers Orphans
home. The senator is not in favor of a
special session of the legislature. He says
it is luxury the people of Kansas cannot
afford to indulge in. He is no crank on
railroad legislation. He believes in maxi
mum freight rates. but says that if an eX-
ira session is called tha Populists should
be very careful as to what kind of a law
they pass. I'VE might get one so severe.
said he. that the courts would knock 1t
out. 1 believe the wise thing to do would
be to enact law fixing the schedule of
rates now in effect on the railroads as the
maximum rates, and then give the rail-
road commissioners authority to reduce
ber. now. / say this should be done if u
special session is called; but l am not an
advocate of another session, by any
MEANS
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-01
NOT YET ACCEPTED.
Transportation Bureau VIII Try to
Induce Mr.. Vanlandfnghnm to
Recall His Resignation.

The executive committee of the Kansas
City Transportation Bureau held a meeting
yesterday afternoon to consider the matter
of the resignation of A. ]. yanlandingham
as commissioner of the bureau. The COM
mittee asked the commissioner who was
present, to retire from the meeting Then
it was decided by unanimous vote that
every possible effort should be made to
retain the services of Mr.. VanlandiIgham
and the committee declined to accept his
resignation. 1t was voted that the repre-
sentatives on the executive committees of
the different bodies composing the bureau
the Commercial Club the board of trade
the Live Stock exchange and the packers
canvass among their members and see if it
is possible to increase the appropriations
for the bureau to an amount sufficient to
pay Mr.. Vanlandingham a salary which
will justify him in remaining in Kansas
City. The question of q successor was not
discussed. as the committee is still labor
ing under the impression that it may be
possible to hold the present commissioner.
An adjournment was taken until Saturday
afternoon. and the committee also decided
to hold another meeting next Tuesday.
One member of the executive committee,
outside of the committee room. yesterday
declared himself for w. p. Trickett. the
present assistant of Mr.. Vanlaudingham to
be commissioner in the event of the resig-
nation of the commissioner becoming ef-
fective. The matter was only informally
Seferred to in the committee meeting and