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The evening times., 1897-07-24
THE RUSH FOR KLONDTKE.
Craft OF All Kinds Are Pressed Into
Service Day by Day.

San Francisco, July "a. Letters brought
down from Alaska by the Bertha paint q
gloomy picture OF the troubles that await
gold-seeEers in the klondike, They say
that therei : nOta vacant claim on the Kl0n-
dixie, and those who go to Alaska must go
prepared TO locate in the new mining re-
gions.
There are already 5000 people in the
diggings, and to supply even this number
with provisions viii exhaust the areommO-
dations OF two steamship companies De
spite the warnings with which the press
has been filled for the last ten days, hun
dreds OF men are rushingto the Yukon with
out poun d of provfsioasor a ceRtof money
other than enough to pay the actual cost
of reaching there.
They hope to obtain work at fancy wages
to carry them along until they are able 70
stake cut claims OF their own. They are
willing to take their chances of starvation
In view of the present situation it seems
the miGing district.
Every tramp steamer which arrives at
ports On this coast is Immediately char
tered to carry passengers TO the new Fl
Dorado The Alaska Commercial Company
has chartered the schooner James A. Gar
field It Will carry merchandise to St
Michaeisr but no passengers.
Yesterday the Hettie e., gasoline launch,
capable OF accommodating fifteen or twenty
persons, was bought by a syndicate. It
win start for the Yukon as soon as ft
can be made ready for the trip. The gaso-
line schooner Chetco was purchased by an
English syndicate. Two hours later the
work of storing the vessels cargo was
commenced.
The Cbeteo win carry a party of En-
giishmen TO st. Micbaels. where they
will build small lighters and ascend the
Yukon A steam schooner has been char
tered by another party and VIII carry pas
sengers TO Juneau IL will take no freight,
and will attempt to make several trips
with passengers before winter sets In
The Bertha viii return at once with a
load OF passengers to st. Mfchaefs. The
bonus offered for tickets for passage on
the Exo.lsior, which win sail July 2s,
has reached $500.
None of those fortunate enough to pos
sess tickets will sell at even that price.
The evening times., 1897-07-24
WOMAN STRIKES 1T RICH.
Mrs. Wills, at One Time a Washer.
woman. Worth S25O.OOO.

Tacoma, Wash, July 24-The pioneer
woman gold hunter OF the Yukon. Mrs
J. t. wills, of this city, has STRUCK it rich
on the Klondfke. Only a few weeks ago
she was ia king In washing, and now shs.
is worth a quarter of million dollars.
II have gone through DEATH she
writes to Mrs Frank p. Hicks, land "A
fight has been made against me to tax
possession of my claim, but I WIN stand
by my rights IL it ia kes five years"
Mrs Wills is a woman of great force OF
character. Her husband Is a focksnaith
and has rheumatism. He could not go out
into the frozen north, and his wife went
for him.
For two years she made little money,
and was almost disheartened when the
Klondike bonanza was discovered
She Immediately joined party OF cat
temen and hurried to the new diggiBgs,
and was among the first to secure claims
She then went to work as cook for the
Alaska Commercial Company's mess az
Daw son City. andis receiving SIS per day
Cor her ser vices.
While doing washing Mrs. Willis intro
duced the first boiled shirt" into the
Yukon gold camp, and paid SO SO for the
box of starch with which she starehsd the
first shirt.
Her first assistant in the laundry was
an Indian squaw whom Mrs Willis paid
81 per day and board Her fttle log
cabin cost heE s35 per month, and her
supply OF wood for the winter cost S225
Mrs. Willis parts her hair on the side, like
man, and is stout and Jolly. she =
fifty years Old
The evening times., 1897-07-24
SPECIAL NOTICES.

EXTENSION OF HIGHWAYS IN THE
DISTRICT OF COLI MBfA- Washing ton.
July 1, 1897. To whom tt may cOncern:
Ihe commission created by section OF
the act OF Congress approved March z,
1898, entitled "An act 10 provide per
manent system Of highways in that part
OF the DlstFIctO OF Columbia lying outside 0f
cues, has received from the COmTnfs-
sloners or the District OF Columbia a oerCi-
ned copy or map showing proposed
District o L Columbia Within the area
Dothded BY North Capitol street, Florida
uNehue, Eastern Brah n. and the DiStFice
line This map and Plats showing in de
the proposed system OF highways, are now
on exhibition in Room 8, 4tb floor. Of the
DIhtrlcC Building All persons in ntereSted
are invited 70 examine the map and plats
Ihe Commission Will consider any sugges
uon or protest concerning the Location OF
sno "n On the map. The suggestions and
protests must be in WrlTlne and muSf seg
forth Clearly the reasons for the changes
ana snow the property OW ned or con t0ilSd
be submitted on or before the FIRST OF
OtTO OHEk, 1897. and be addressed 70 the
Cnief on Engineers. u =. Army. War De-
partment, Washington, ID. G. The com
mission VIII meet October IS, 1897, at 8
o ciock Q. m-. In the office OF the Seere-
tai y Of Var, to dispose OF all objectiOns.
and VIII then hear orally from those " hO de-
sire TO thus support their written objec-
tons. X. A. ALGER, Secretary OF War;
Z. n. BLISS, Secretary OF the Interlori
JOHN N. WILSON, Chief or Engfneers, U.
. Army Jy12-15t-au9-15s
done on weekly ana rnoaGniy
DR fIoTn sne srgssETLD HIass FIJI
l1In and sts over Msrtz's Drug stora
ny1 D Smo
The evening times., 1897-07-24

Intimately concerned in reproduction.
Every mother of a growing girl ought
to anticipate the earliest indications of
approaching won1anhood and take every
percaution 10 insure health and sound
ness in this one particular. The slight
est indication of weakness should be cor
rected Immediately by Dr. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription the unfailing specific
for these delicate complaints
It gives special strength and healthy
tone to the feminine organism, and the
nerve centres, thus overcoming many dis
tressing symptoms which are wrongfully
attributed to neuralgia or dyspepsia or
insomnia but are really caused BY an un-
healthy condition of the special organism.
Mothers may consult Dr. Pierce either
personally or by letter, concerning their
children's health or their own, in the most
tbsolute confidence, and will receive pro-
fessional advice free of charge DE- Pierce
mas been for thirty years chief consulting
physician of the Invalids' Hotel and Surxi-
cal Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y. The best
fruits Of his kfe-loug experience are em-
bodied in a thousand page Illustrated book,
The Common SeNse Medical Adviser, "a
containing explicit directions for home
treatment OF many complaints which may
be successfully managed without a phy.
ssc1an, and vast ainonnf of valuable in
formation about the human snatuusv and
A papez-baaad cep1 via be
sent free for n oae-cent stamps to pay the
bare epst of u,ailinGs q clnkhr rhnuna for ~
ceuD exGa Address above Insfitn1E.
The evening times., 1897-07-24
BULL AND STALLION FIGHT.

Sanguinary Contest Between Two
Thoreughbreds on a Farm.
Pottstown, July 24.-An exciting battle
was waged on the Heister farm, near here.
Thursday evening between a thoroughbred
stallion owned by Samuel Hester. of Phil
adelpbia, and bull owned by Samuel
Acker. The bull had broken into the field
where the stallion was pastured. and i'm.
medlateIy charged
The stallion was game, and BIT and kicked
savagely. The fight continued nearly half
an hour before they were driven apart.
Both animals were cut and bruised, and the
stallion had q deep cut in the abdomen.
The wound was dressed and the animal
may live.
The evening times., 1897-07-24
TORTURED BY ROBBERS.
Old Lady IDhumanly Treated Until
She Gave Up Her Money,

She Gave Up Her Money.
Wheeling, W. Va, July 24-News of a
serious robbery and brutal and fnturnan
treatment of an old lady comes from
Srnithtield. cross-roads village in the In,
terror OF Wetzei county.
Mrs Martha shreaves, aged sixty years,
has made a large amount OF money from,
Oil leases and other ways, and not beIiev-
ing in banks, usually has from 81, ,ooo to
$1,000 secreted about the premises.
Thursday night after midnight SIX men
masked by handkerchiefs over their faces
entered her house, and proceeded to put
her to torture. She was gagged and bound
and tied UP by the thumbs to a stout hook
in the kitchen ceiling She was beaten until
she iivulged the hiding place of $1,000.
She was then cut down, but left bound ON
the floor. The robbers went away.
Mrs Shreaves succeeded in saving be-
tween $4,000 and $1,000 more, however,
which was hidden In an old trunk. She is
in precarious condition, and may not live
The evening times., 1897-07-24
LEAVE THE RESERVATION.
'nconlpafigre Indians Resist Off
GERS and "a Fatal Fight Results.

Salt Lake CITY, July "a. There Is trouble
again among the UnconIpahsre Indians
They have left the reservation In large
numbers and are siaughtering deer by the
wholesale for the hides.
Indian Agent Beck has sent out a force
TO capture and bring the offenders back to
the reservation A band of about twent v
was encountered which offered resistanc.
and in the fight an Indian and a white
man are reported kiIIed nd others wounded
Serious trouble is looked for.
The evening times., 1897-07-24

rou may huns the world over and you
will not find another medicine equal to
Chamberlain Coifc, Cholera ard Dfarrhoea
Remedy for bowel complaints. It is pleas-
ant, safe and reliable. For sale by Henry
Evans. Wholesale and Retail nsuggist, 93B
F street northwest and Connecticut avenue
ana s street NORTH west and l42s MarylaAxi
avenue aoetheask
The evening times., 1897-07-24

The instinct of
motherhood d shows
itself in . girls
earliest years Her
doll-baby, or it
may be a cat-baby,
is her most cher
ished companion.
From the cradle to
the grave maternal
instinct is the CEN
ter and source of a
woman's woman
hood; and all her
physical life Is in
fuenced for good
or bad by the con-
dition of the deli
cate organism most
The evening times., 1897-07-24
AN OLD GOLD MINE FOUND.
Placer Worked Century Ago by
Missionary Fathers.

Hermosillo, Mexico, July 24.-Jose Maria
viIlagrana, former governor of Lower Cali
fornia, has discovered rich gold mine
near Ell Tajo, in that territory, which was
worked century ago by the mission fa tn
ers.
Vhlagrana was captured by a revolu-
tioHary party In Lower California twenty
years ago, and he learned of the lost mine
from his captors. He has been sea rching
for the treasure ever since.
The evening times., 1897-07-24
spurious Money Makers in Virginia.

Richmond. Va. July Enforcement in
spectOrs have located a band OF tweuty-one
oounterfeiters at Duffield, va. with a com
piete outfit They have worked off several
thousand dollars in worthless money among
tue mountain people The coins are per-
feet in appearance and have found ready
circulation
The evening times., 1897-07-24
NEW ENVOY FROM GERMANY.

Baron Rotenhan Reported as Ambas-
sador Thielmanu's Successor.
Berlin, July 24-Tbe Berfiner Tage-
blatt and VOssisehe Zeitung aan ounce
that Baron ROtenhan, under secretary of
state, now acting In place Of Herr Won
Bulow, who has not vet taken Office. is
to be sent to the German embassy in
Washington, left vacant by Baron Thief
maun's recall.
III official circles, however, this an
nouncernent is declared to be premature
The evening times., 1897-07-24
CHARLOTTE SMITHS NEW FAD.

VIII Petition Congress tn Make
Marriage Compulsory.
Boston, July 24.-Mrs. Charlotte Smith.
reformer, antfbfcycIist and defender of
women's rights, has prepared a memorial
which she Intends to present to Congress.
Her idea is to make marriages compul.,
sorry and to start matrimonial bureaus all
over the country. Moreover, she wouIl
like to have 100000 women supplied with
food, clothes, etc., for years trip to
Alaska.
Jsery Simpson ID selected by her to
AeiV pdsh tAs measure through Congres.
The evening times., 1897-07-24

GOod Place Tor RecreatIon.
Music and dancing in a large cool
grove &C Congress Heights every evening
from TO 10. The new electric line IS
now running from Navy Yard Bridge 60
Congress Heights Accommodatfons FOR
thousands Especial attractions all day
Sunday fyi7tf
The evening times., 1897-07-24
Russian Beds for Yankee Sailors

Russian Beds for Yankee Sailors.
The Department of State is informed
through the Russian legation that the
Russian Red Cross Society. in return for
the courteous sction Of the New York So
ciety, has established two beds, one ae
st. Petersburg, the other at Odessa, for
the care and comfort Of patients from
the united States Navy.
The evening times., 1897-07-24
CRAzED By THE GOLD FEVER.
Failure to Get Travelling Fands
Turns a Mans Mind.

Turns a Mans Mind.
New York, July "a. William Miller, OF
Williamsburg. lost hts reason yesterday
from brooding over hts inability to get
TO the Klondike gold fields. He Is being
watched by special policeman to prevent
him from doing harm to his wife and child.
Miller was employed as foreman In q print
ing house atBrcadway and De Kalb avenue,
and was much interestedin the gold reports
coming from Klondike in the past two
weeks.
and spent his time in an attemps to raise
$500 among his frtene1s to enable him To
reach the apsf regions. He failed. aud he
The evening times., 1897-07-24
$40 to Maya ra FaIIs via r

$40 to Niagara Falls via Is. Il q.
Through train OF coaches and Pullman
parIor cars from b. & o. Station, Wash
fngton, s:10 a. m, July 20. Stop over
returning at Watkins Glen. Rochester, and
Buffalo. TeH-iay rosmdtsrip, $40. Special
side trip to Toronto by steamer, 81.
Jyf7, ,22, "a 26 20 ,en
The evening times., 1897-07-24
WAsH|NGTOh COLD CRAZY
Men Talk and Dream Of Going TO
the klendike.
NONE, HOWEVER, HAS YET GONE

Mr.. Henry Brock Talks OF Bis Ex-
perieuca in Is49-Bis Warning to
would-Be MiBers-Geolugist spur
Advocates Construction Of "A Road
Across ChilISat Pass.
The evening times., 1897-07-24

SO Chastasqua, y. T., add RetarI
Via b . q %.
Special excursion frem wasnineton via
y. = o. ana rfttspufe. S5op- M, A0auss
z. arriving at Chautauqua 4s30 D. m. next
day. Final limit or return tiekets septens-
ber T. Jyz4. 26. 2s.31
The evening times., 1897-07-24
Tide Table.

Today-Low tide. 1917 a. m and e:46
p. M; high tide, 3:13 p. M and 1886 a. m.
Condition Of the Water.
Temperature and Condition of the water
at a. na-' Feat FalIs-Temperature, 76
condition, L. Receiving reservoir-Tem-
perature, g.; con dision at north Connection.
/; condition at south connection, g. Dis
tT1buting acknowledgements 81: con-
dition at iBflaeat gstehouse, 16; effiuent
gatehouse, "a.
City Lights.
Gas lamps lighted at s:2s p. M; extin-
guishing begun at 4:o2 a. m. The lighting
is begun one hour before the hour named
Arc lamps are lighted at Sill p. m. ex-
tInguished at AIS a. m
The evening times., 1897-07-24
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Its Duties Are -.
Complex and All Important
Its Derangement Much More Serious
Than Generally Supposed.

Nothing can impress one with the supreme
Importance OF the nervous system Ike
consideration OF the duties IL performs
Endowing as it does the body with feel
ing, arrangement OF the nerves destroys
both mental and physical sensation and
subjects the patient co loss Of the power
or motion, fmpatrs the circulation and
stops growth or Development. In short,
without lt the body becomes a mass OF
dead matter, ana no thoughtful person can
doubt the vital Importance or an unfn-
paired nervous system.
The evening times., 1897-07-24

should be read daily. as changes may
occur at any time
Foreign mails for the week ending July
"A close promptly at this office as follows
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-21
DEATH NOTICES..

BAILFY-In this city, 10th inst, George w.
Bailey, aged 72 years.
Funeral at his sons residence, Scott
street Saturday, 22d inst, al 10 a. III.
BLANCHARD-At North Cen,reville, Goth
inst, suddenly. John r. Blanch ,rd, son of
the late John Blanchard of Crompton,
aged 80 years.
residence, Quidnick street, North Centre
vile. Relatives and friends are invited to
attend
BOLAND-In this city, on the 10Th inst, at
her late residence, % Belmont avenue,
Aida Meighan Boland, wife of Francis II.
Boland, aged - years.
Funeral saturday, 22d inst, from her late
the Cathedral at 10 n. IN. Relatives and
friends are invited to attend.
DAIIEY-In this city, 10th inst, Mrs. Ann
Dailey, aged 90 years.
Funeral Saturday, at $3.50 o'clock, from the
residence of her son, j. s. Daley, 100 Jes-
samine street. Relatives and friends are i'm
vtcd TO attend.
FARNSwORTH-In Pawtucket, the 10th
inst. Ciaudius b. Farnsworth aged SO
Funeral Saturday, the 22d inst, at D. m,
from his late residence, l6S Prospect street,
Pawtuckot
KEN NEDY-In this city on the Goth inst,
at her fathers residence 217 Lockwood
street, Elizab ath, y. widow of James Ken
nedy, ana daughter of Patrick and the
late Bridget Geraty
II IDECKER-In this city, on the Goth inst,
John LindcclSer, aged 40 years
Funeral service at rs Regent avenue, Sat
urday the I'D INST, AT y. m. Relatives
and friends are invited 20 attend.
POTTER-In Cranston, Goth inst, Freeborn
Potter, aged so years.
Funeral services Sunday. 23d inst, at IL
o'clock, from his lato residence, Pontiac ave
nue.. Relatives and fr ends are invited TO at.
tend.
PRAY-m North Scituate, 10th inst, Miles
o. Pray, aged ~ years.
Funeral from the Advent Chapel, in North
Sctuatc Sunday, 2jd inst. at II o'clock noon.
Relatives and friends are invited 10 attend
RANCOURT-In this city, 10th inst. Philip
Rancourt, aged % years.
SULLIvAN-In East Providence, on the 10Th
inst, Cornelius j. sullivan, aged Is years.
Funeral satrday, the 22d inst, at $50
n. M, from his late residence, Valley
street Relatives and friends are invited to
attend
SMALL-In this city, 10th inst, Caroline |.
wife of William II. Small aged a. years
Burial at Richmond, Nc
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-21
A Cattle Trust Company Organized

Kansas, City, Mo, May 2l-The
Amnours of Kansas City, aud Chicago,
AID several other large .stCckho ldcrs of the
interstate National Bank. have organized
trust company to be known aS the Kan
sas City Cattle Loan Company which will
lend money To the farmers, and stock
raisers through local live stock commits
sion merchants. taking as security chattel
IN lrtgagos on stock and grain. The COM
plny Will deal i'm cattle paper. buying
from commission men, and selling 20
eastern stock brokers. The new corpora
tiou will have "a capital stock of half n
million dollars. The organization will
furnish money for commission men and
stock men who have hitherto gone TO ~.
Louis or the east.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-21
Absence of Legal Relief

These facts and arguments remain un-
controyertcd, yet national and state legls-
lation grows more hostile, and legal deci-
sions more restrictive. Not only has there
been no Congre 3sional recognition of in
terstatc railway benefits, but consideration
therefor has decreased as those benefits
have become more apparent. National
and state Legislatures constantly consider,
or enact, additional restrictions upon the
railways and courts inherit and proclaim
this tendency. Within five years number.
less national, state and municipal
measures have been enacted or enter
tained or are now pending, TO reduce rates
and fares for pro rata rates. amended bills
of lading, car couplers, automatic brakes
and safety appliances, better protection of
labor grade crossings, speed of trains,
elevated tracks in cities reduced working
hours, legislation as to strikes, more taxa
tion etc, all tending TO, or producing, de-
creased net railway revenues.
There were, for example. over thirty
measures pending in the Fifty third Con-
gress affecting railways, but one-the pool
ing amendment-being for their relief,
and il was unhappily defeated. If the
public good requires additional import
measures to protect tin makers, farmers,
lumbermep, importers of silk, etc, al
national finance, should not railway
owners and employees be also now reason
ably protected in some due and we'll regu-
lated manner, since they must make effec
tive the cheap and quick distribution of
American products throughout the
nation and worldy
To this mutual end two views are to he
reconciled One, the fear that IL pools
are authorized rates will be advanced; the
other, the conviction of tho railways hat
without pooling, competitive rates will
become yet more Improbable.
The railways propose To protect the
public in the first instance by submitting
their rates 10 the review and judgment I
the Interstate commerce commission.
They propose on the other hand, u hit the
carriers be empowered To stop unuuo de-
pletions of those rates by enforceable
agreements, and that they be- enabled to
collect and enjoy those reasonable and
published charges through the agency of
pooling which shall also be open TO gov
ernmantal approval and its current IN
srccSiOns and reports. II fairness and
intelligence and the precedents of all ex-
perience are 20 be regarded, as In all other
leading principles of government law and
Justice, no valid objection lies against such
mutual benefits, and all interests should
be- able tn agree upon the needed consum-
nation.
In word, we claim small relief for
great benefits conferred.
we will show next how pooling has been
recognized and indorscd.
GEORGE H. BLANCHARD
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-21
A STRIKE AGAINST Low PRICES


The strike of tho railors in New York
city is numerically the biggest strike that
that town has ever known I'm single
trade. Nearly thirty thousand workers
are out. They want better wages. Their
complaint is not directly against the con-
tractors and middlemen, who indeed claim
that they, too are suffering from inability
TO secure a living profit from their con-
tracts and only in sense against the
manufacturers. 1t is rather against the
clothing today at prices cheap beyond
precedent
If the manufacturers are to get money to
pay the contractors better aud so afford the
wage earners "A decent living, the public
at large must pay more for its clothing
than IL now does Evidently we can't
have thing too cheap without inllictinR
hardship on that part of all the people
whose work IL is to provide that particular
thing. The New York strike accordingly
commands "A general sympathy though
how TO remedy the situation is not an
easy problem. Apparently some sort of
agreement will have to bo reached, i'm the
nature OF "A trust TO maintain prices and
quit the mercilcss competition which has
resulted I'm giving us cheap clothes and in
starving the men. women and children
who make the clothes for us.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-21

This comparison is vet more favorable
10 American railway labor, when the
longer hours and moro onerous conditions
which constitute days work abroad
are properly considered.
There must be points below which re-
ductions of railway rates should not in
equity be borne entirely by railway
owners. When not only rates are greatly
lower, but wages and taxation are higher
American labor should share the losses II
the public good is in question, and the in
cessant tendency Of Legislatures and courts
TO reduce rates and fares continues.
The Board of Trade and Transportation
of New York well said in February, 1896:
Rates may be too low as well as too
high for the public interest.
More legislative, legal and CONNER
cial consideration for railway interests
seems, for all these strong reasons "a long
deferred Justice, especially as the form
in which it is urged will also conserve
the public veal One alternative is more
railway consultations, and the survival
of the strongest corporations when the
desired uniformity of rates will more
fully ensue
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-05-21
FRIDAY. MAY II, 1897.
THE CREDIT OF POSSESSING A PO-
LITICAL GENDER.

An esteemed reader of The News pro-
pounds the following easy one:
To the Editor of the News
] know your meritorious and interest
ing journal is a staunch upholder of Re
puDlicanism, SO / was much surprised To
read in an editorial last evening that 1t
was To Councilman Bulock's credit that
he took pride In being a Democrat. How
can you approve man : taking pride in
the principles of party tnat has always
been inimical TO the prosperity of the
country. Republican Voter.
Providence. May TO-
Tie policy and opinions of The News
in no way bias Its recognition and appre-
citation of the Individual who stands by
his own partisan colors.