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THE NEWS
Waahlngton Items.

The President appointed Thomas Fitchie
Commissioner Of immigration at New York
and Warner Sherwood and George w.
Wanamaker Assistant Appraisers OF Mer-
chandise at New York.
President Mckinley promulgated import
mt changes in the civil service rules, by
which hereafter no removal can be made
except for cause and after notice to the ac-
| cused employe, and siXty-lve Custom
Houses are brought into the classified
service.
The President p%ardoned Henry Ham,
mond, of Utah, who was convicted OF muir
de" in the first degree and was sentencedto
fifteen years Imprisonment at the Reform
School, in the District of Columbia.
The President made the following ap-
pointments: Moses ?. Handy, Special Com
missioner to the Paris Exposition; Mark A.
Montgomery. United States District At
Lorney for the Northern District OF Mis-
sissippi; Alexander L. Morrison, Collector
Of Internal Revenue for the District OF New
Mexico.
Senior Louis Paz, the new Bolivian Min
ister. presented his letter OF credence totne
President. He was introduced by Acting
Secretary Adee. The usual complimentary
speeches were made.
Japanese officials in Washington declare
that all talk OF the possibility OF Japan
assuming q warlike attitude towards the
United States is absurd.
United States Minister Sewall reported
from Honolulu that England had annexed
Palmyra Island, which Is claimed by
Hawaii.
President Mckinley p%ardoned Horace G..
Allis. a convict in the Kings County Peni-
Tertiary, Brooklyn. Allis was Vice-Presi-
dent Of the bank in Little Rock that was
wrecked by bad investments.
Former Queen L~ilioukalapi called on
President Mckinley and protested against
the annexation OF Hawaii.
Robert J.. T%racewell, OF Indiana. has
been selected as Comptroller of the Treas
ury by President Mckinley.
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THE NEW LAND OF GOLD.
Reports From Alaska Are Like News
Of California in Days Of Old.
HUNDREDS OF PAYING CLAIMS.

Seventy Million Dollars Said to Be in Sight
and the Klondike Region Only Par
TALLY Prospected-The Amount Taken
From the Mines in Six Months Put at
$4,000, 0O0-Story of the Rich Discovery
SAN Francisco, Cal. (SpeciaD.-Seventy
million dollars in the new Alaskan gold
fields, and the region only partially pros
pected.
That is the summing up Of the stories
brought from the Klondike camps by men
who emphasize their assertions with bags
OF gold dust and nuggets.
The history Of the Klondike discovery
and the defiance o fArctic danger and hard
ship by the men who fought their way to
the gold fields will have a picturesque
place in mining literature; and whatever
the future may have Of disappointment or
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LIFE AT THE MINES,
Digging Done in the Winter and the Sluic.
ing In the Spring.

SEATTLE, Wash. (SpeciaD.-A man Of per.
haps thirty-flve years is Robert Krook, q
Swede by birth, who has passed four con-
secutive summer and winters In the Yukor
river country. Having brought ga, OOt
from the new Klondike placers, he Is pre-
pairing to go home for'the first time in four.
teen years.
81 brought with me something over s14,.
900 and put the greater portion OF it in the
bank" said Mr.. Krook. Next March ]
shall return to Alaska. More gold is await.
ing me there. My partner works the claim
pays all the expenses while I am away ant
at the cleanup we divide equally. Thl.
spring there were not enough men there ia
do the work. When a MAI has a mine be
wants to get the gold out as fast as he can
The wages paid was $3.50 Oil hour In the
winter, when q nan can only labor seven OF
eight hours, and SIS O day in the spring,
when the days are much longer. Nearly all
the placer gold is from twelve to fifteen feet
down. The digging is done in the winter
and the sluicing In the spring and summer
as soon as the water begins to flow.
at is easy to. get down to the BLACK
muck with a pick. The usual way is to dig
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Chinese National Burying Ground.
The Chinese have selected Philadelphia
for their national burying ground.
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CUT DOWN BY A BIG STEAMER. :
Four Drowned by the Sinking Of tho
Barkentine Florence.

Four Drowned by the Sinking OF tho
Barkentine Florence.
The Allan Line steamer Scandinavian ar
rived at Boston, Mass, from Glasgow,
Scotland, and brought with her the sur
vtvors Of the crew Of the British barken-
tine Florence, Captain Olsen, which was
sunk in a collision with the Scandinavian,
while in a dense fog twenty miles south Of
Cape Race. Four members Of the crew
were drowned, together with the wife Of
Captain Olsen. The Florence was bound
from Sidney, G.. B., to St. Johns N. F., with
a cargo Of coal.
The names OF the men who lost their
lives were Noah Norris, cook, aged fifty
one years. Of st. Johns, N. F., who leaves
an invalid wife and two children; William
Yabsley, aged twenty-five years, q nephew
Of the Captains wife, single; James Nor
man, seaman, aged thirty-two years. sim
gle, both Of St. Johns. N. F., and William
Fry, thirty-three years Of age, seaman, be-
longing In Poole, England.
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To Arbitrate Coal Strik
The National Came.

Agreement to arbitrate the coal miners
was reached.
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YUKON RIVER, IN TIE KLoND1KE REGION.
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Cycling Notes.

Bicycling is attaining marked popularity
in Mexico.
Milan, Italy, is to have a bicycle exhibit
ton next April.
Some ~bicyclists OF Portland, Oregon,
veal pneumatic shoes.
Queen MarShareta Of Italy is the latest
royal convert to cycling.
1t is now generally agreedthat the chain
less bicycle will be on the market for 1897.
Frenchmen are preparing a monster
petition in favor of the reduction OF the
tax on bicycles.
The Greek cyclist who won the Marathon
race at the Olympic games last year died
recently from a wound received in the war
with the Turks. i
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THREE THOUSAND KILLED IN BATTLE
Fanatics Descend Upon Brazilian Troop
With Fearful Loss Of Life.

The New York Herald's correspondent in
Rio Janeiro, Brazil, teleSraphs that anthem
tic information has reached that city to the
effect that more than three thousand SOL
diers have been killed in q big battle near
the site Of Canudos.
The fanatics, numbering more than ten
thousand men, all well armed, attacked the
Government troops. Whole brigades OF
the soldiers were swept. down and des-
troyed, trampled under foot as the victor
ious fanatics with wild, hoarse shouts OF
triumph passed over them.
There Is no reasonable doubt that the
loss in killed on both sides is more than
three thousand. For miles the ground
around Canudos was strewn with the dead
and dying, the government troops being
compelled to leave their dead on the field
and flee to save themselves from complete
destruction by the avalanche Of the ia
natics.
When the report of the awful battle
reached Rio Janeiro. it was considered by
the President and Ministry, and it was de-
cided to send the Minister Of War to the
scene with 1000 men, who are now gather
ing, They will carry with them a great
store of ammunition and will endeavor to
dislodge the fanatics from the positions
they now hold.
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development, the renown Of the region is

A country in which %privation and suffer
ing has been the rule was penetrated and
explored by daring, adventurous pros
pectors. One Of the miners struck q rich
pocket Of gold, but there we're only a few
to know Of the discovery, and it was four
months later that the news reached the
nearest of the settlements. There were
stampedesin the dead Of winter, and In spite
of the intense cold nearly 5000 men made
their way to the new camp. Snow was
shoveled away, great fires were built to thaw
the ground and pick and shovel unearthed
the nuggets and dust.
1t was on August 18th Of last year that
George Cormack made the first discovery.
On December 18th the first stampede was
begun from Circle City, 800 miles from the
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People.

The sister OF Governor Black, OF New
York, has been appointed u postmistress in
New Hampshire.
Professor Marsh, who holds the chair OF
paleontology ut Yale, has drawn no salary
for his services since 1866.
Ex-Seeretary OF the Interior Francis
read Il paper on the necessity for the
preservation Of forests In this country at
a banquet given to the National Conven-
ton of Nurserymen in st. Louis last week.
Aplrinl Turapa Ngata, a full blooded
Maori, who holds the degree Of Bachelor
of Arts and Of Laws from Canterbury Col
lege, has been admitted to the bar at
Auckland, being the first Of his race to
accomplish the feat.
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Pitcher Esper has rejoined the st. Louis
team.
Pittsburg has made fewer runs than any
other League club.
King is pitching better ball for Wash
ington han Is Mercer.
Kennedy is the only pitcher who is show
ing winning form for Brooklyn.
Hamilton, Of Boston, is at his old place,
leading the League In stolen bases.
Stafford is playing an excellent short
field for Louisville and Is batting hard.
Boston has signed shortstop Allen, late
OF Detroit, to give Long a much-needed
rest. .
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Havoc Wrought by Deluge.

Following a month Of rain there camea
downpour, which converted the streets Of
New York City into tumbling rivers and
wrought destruction throughout the sur
rounding country. New Jersey was sub
merged. Railroads we're under water and
sections of roadbeds were swept away.
Buildings, torn from their foundations,
raced down raging streams, houses and
stores were flooded, bridges were lifted
from their banks, and passengers were i'm
prisoned in railway stations, unable to pro-
coed to their homes. The storm did ire
mendous damage in Newark. Elizabeth and
Plain1eld. ,Cellars and ground floors were
flooded, trolley traffic was stopped and
railway trains were stalled.
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Large numbers Of men in the West are
planning to go to the kloniikc gold-mining
region.
Foreign laborers are now taxed three
cents a daE in Pennsylvania. One-half of
the tax is to go to school purposes, and the
remainder to the county governments.
The Labor Exchange Colony, at kepner,
Penn, is in financial straits. 1t was
founded by certain labor organization
some time ago, and is Socialistic in charac-
ter.
The financial reports OF the international
Cigarmakers' Union show that the cost OF
the cigarmakers' strike ut Detroit, Mich,
which failed. after q long strugGis, was
S75. 900 directly to the union.
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MUST WEAR UNION SHOES.
Order to Chicago Trades Unionists Fo'
Labor Day Parade.


Every man who marches in the Labor
Day parade at Chicago, ILL.,, must veal
union made shoes, with the union label I'M
print on the soles. a committee has been
appointed to inspect every shoe in the line
OF march. and any. man found guilty OF
wearing non-union shoes will be dealt with
accordingly.
The action to this effect was taken at the
meeting Of the Chicago Federation OF La
Dor on suggestion OF William Jones, OF the
Boot and Shoe Union Of America. MIR.
Jones demanded that the Boot and Shoe.
makers Union label be given the same
preference as the printers, cigar makers,
eoopers' and horseshoers' copyrighted de.
vices. He argued that the labor leaders
had decided that no horses shall be ridden
in the parade which are not shod with
union made horseshoes, bearing the jour-
neyman horseshoers' label, and, following
the same line, he declared that the men
must also be union shod.
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Sunk With 100 Lives.

A dispatch from Singapore, India, says
that the Chinese steamer %srihongann,
bound from Singapore for Malacca with 100
passengers, was wrecked In a storm of Ma
iacca on June 10. One hundred and twenty
persons, including the Captain OF the
steamer, were drowned. The remainder Of
the ships company was rescued by a pass
ing steamer.
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Greatest Bicycling City.

London isnot only the largest city In the
world, but it is the greatest bicycling city.
An approximate estimate OF the number Of
wheels in London Is l 1000, 900, OF which TO-
,ycle may also be Judged from the fact that
at a recent bicycle meet at London the
Countess Of Warwick presented the prizes,
assisted by the Lord Mayor and Lord
No vOross
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-11
The Tariff in Operation.

The Treasury Department holds that the
new Tariff law became operative after mid
night on July %, the beginning of the day
or which it received the approval OF the
President. The ruling OF the department
involves between 800. 600 and 5000 900 in
customs and probably L larger sum in In
ternal revenue. Tho new law was put in
oreration without friction ut tho New York
Custom House.
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made by those who have returned and
from the statements Of Correspondent
Stanley:
THE largest nugget yet found was
picked up by Bert Hudson on claim No. 6
ON the Bonanza, and was worth S257. Next
in size was one found by J.J. Clements on
Indian Creek, worth 1891. The last four
pans Clements took out were worth $4,000
and one went SITS. Bigger pockets have
been struck in other regions, but nowhere
on earth has so rich q general find been
made as in this section"
The individual fortunes Of those miners
who are here and Of those about whom news
mas been received are placed at from S1O,-
300 to 81. ZOO, 900 and upward. If there is
nothing visionary or unreal in the wealth
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RICHEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD.

Sonora IsadOre de Cousino, . Famous
chile Widow. is Soon to Visit Us
A woman worth over 800, 900, 900 is soon
to visit the United States. She Is Sonora
Isadore de Gousino. The Senora's prop
erty is in Chile. She inherited much OF
it from her father and brother, but her
own shrewd instinct for business has
served to add largely to the property.
Among her possessions are many copper
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Many Lynchings.

At Griffin, Ga, a colored prisoner on his
way to Atlanta for safe keeping was taken
from the train by q mob and hanged to a
tree. At jacksonville, KY, q worthless
character, Ephraim Brinkley, was hanged
e or Ala, = coIored a%ssaulter, was
hanged.
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Foreign.

The Canadian Ministry decided to in
crease the force OF revenue officers in the
Klondike gold regions, and reserve all other
placer claims for the Government.
A severe earthquake occurred in the val
lev of the Arno, in Italy.
Ii Hung Tsao, q Grand Councillor OF
China, and an opponent OF Ii Hung Chang.
s dead.
All the surviving heirs of Stephen
Iirard have been discovered in France,
and steps will be taken to secure the
restitution of the property.
The British Government in India has
aiken active steps to quell the disturbances
n Chitral; a number Of agitators have been
arrested,
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Postmistress $500 Short.

Mrs. Anna Duval, Postmistress at Fort
Russell, Wyoming, was found to be $500
short in her accounts with the Postoflce
Department. Her twenty-year-old daugh-
ter Elsie Is charged with having embezzled
the money and q warrant for her arrest has
been issued.
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Dies OF Blood Poisoning,

DR.. W. W. Skinner, a wealthy physician
81 Forrest, H., died at B~ourbonnats
Caves, where he was encamped with a
party Of friends. A few days ago the doc
tor wounded his hand with q thorn. Hand
ling tainted meat caused blood poisoning,
resulting in his death.
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Silver Dollars Coined.

: A statement prepared at the mint bureau
shows the number Of silver dollars coined
at the United States minis during the last
. ascsl wear was q, 203, FOL on which the
seigniorage, or profits to the Government.
amounted to $685., l04. The profits have
been turned into the treasury from time to
time as the coinage progressed.
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Western New York Crops Suffer.

Western New York Crops Suffer.
Dispatches from Western New York points
say that the almost incessant rains have
had q serious effect on crops. Wheat has
been pretty we'll cut, but still stands in the
fields. In some sections It is reported as
~sprouting and In others there are appear
ances Of rust. Barley Is suffering badly
and oats will be late.
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No Hope OF Currency Reform.

Representative Payne, Of New York,
made a statement, which IS accepted as re-
Hecting the views of Speaker Reed and most
Of the members of Congress, to the effect
that there is no hope Of currency reform
legislation blythe present Congress, in view
Of the attitude Of the Senate, and that 1t
would be unwise to agitate the subject.
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mines In Chile and Peru, upward Of a hum
dred steamers and sailing vessels, the en-
tire town Of Lota in Chile, coal mines OF
incalculable value, farm lands, plants-
tions, fruit ranches, vineyards and three
palaces, the like Of which are not to be
found outside The imagined glories Of the
ARABIAN Nights"
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MARYLAND Democrats Meet.

Senator German controlled the Demo-
cratic State Convention held at Baltimore.
The platform declared for bimetalism with
out fixing a ratio and for a tariff for rev.
enue. The following State ticket was
nominated, For Controller Thomas A.
Smith, Of Caroline County. For Clerk Of the
Court Of Appeals-J. Frank Ford, OF st.
Mary's County.
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MIXED MARRIAGE DIVIDES A CHURCH

The Pastor Marr1eU O COI0reu H0H % U
White Woman.
The race question has caused strife and
secession in the Trinity Evangelical Church
ut Milwaukee, Wis. Some months ago the
Rev. George Hertz, the pastor, married
David P. Redd, a colored horse doctor, to
a white woman. Meetings were held at
which the minister was denounced for his
action, and these meetings culn'nated IN
from the church. The secessionists met
and organized a new church. The corner
stone OF its doctrine is anti-miscegenation.
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Silver in Our Dollar Worth 1902 Cents.

silver in Our Dollar Worth 1922 Cents.
Commerci albar silver was quoted by bull.
ION dealers In New York City at 5sA cents
an ounce, and Government assay bars at
59aS. This made the silver in a standard
silver dollar worth but 45.92 cents. The
lowest record price for commercial bars in
that market was made on March s, 1894,
when sales we're certainly made at SO and
possibly by SOM dealers at 5ST.
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Double Murder by Burglars.

News was received OF. a double murder by
masked burglars in the hamlet o fDaniels
Farm, several miles in the country north
of Bridgeport, Conn. The victims are Mar
Gus Nichols and his sister Mary Nichols.
The man was killed instantly. but the sister
lived long enough to tell the story.
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Peace Preliminaries.

The peace preliminaries drafted by the
Powers were presented to the Peace Con-
gress at Constantinople. They provide for
arbitration Of any differences that may arise
between Greece and Turkey In arranging q
npoI fraof-
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Consul Commits Suicide.

Otto M%unchmeyer, United States Consul
In San Salvador, committed suicide.
Munchmeyer succeeded his father, Fred
erick Munchmeyer, as Consul Of the United
States at San Salvador. Mr.. Munchmeyer,
ST., was appointed rs Consul at San Sal
1ador from West Virginia In February, 1895.
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Powderly Not Confirmed.

The Senate failed to confirm the nomina-
lions of Terence V. Powderly, Of Pennsyl-
yania, to be Commissioner-Genera Of I'm
, migration, and Thomas Fitchie, OF New
York, to be Commissioner Of immigration
! at New York.
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described, some Of the Klondilze pioneers
NAV be worth several millions. But assum-
ing the average value Of the claims to be
800, 900 and the number Of claims to be
only 700, the Klondike region gives promise
OF a yield OF not less than $40, 600, 900 from
the prospects that had been opened prior
to June.
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Colonial Office V

Colonial Office Warns Gold Seekers.
The British Colonial Office has warned
intending gold seekers that it will be USE
less to start for the Klondike before spring,
as the journey Is possible only In the sum-
mer time
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A Horde of ps.

There seems to be an unusual number OF
tramps this summer. A Western railroad
manager states fully 5000 are following
each OF the large railway systems to the
Pacific coast.
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Christian Endeavorers Mostly Women.
The Christian E%ndeavorers at San Fran
cisco. numbered 2,918. California fur.
nished ~, 694. There were two women
delegates from outside the State for every
man
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Conyicts on Roads.

Warden Sage, Of Sing Sing IN. W
Prison, put twenty-five convicts to work
on road improvements as IN experiment
II it proves q success more will be EN-.
pioyed.
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PoMderly Again Amounted.

The recent appointment Of T. V. Pow
derby as Commissioner Of Immigration was
signed by the President. Mr.. Powderly's
nomination for that office failed OF contr-
nation in the Senate because Of the oppost-
ton to him on the part Of labor orgah!za-
tinnS.
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A Tornado In England.

The tornado in the county Of Essex, Ems
land, destroyed 81, 900, 900 worth OF prop
erty.
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German HailstOnes,

South Germany reports the creates,
weather freak OF July. q hail storm which
killed thirteen persons, wounding many
others and killed thousands Of cattle.
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our New Minister Not Wanted.

The Diet Of the Greater Republic Of
Central America has declared W. L. Merry.
who was recently appointed United States
Minister to Costa Rica, Nicaragua and
Salvador, persona non grata."
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Tho Preaidenf,a Vacation,

The Presidents Vacation.
President Mckinley left Washington &C.
. companied by his wife and the members Of
his personal office staff, for Bluff Point, on
Lake Champlain. He expects to be absent
six weeks.