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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-22
OVERLAND TO THE kLoSDIKE-
spokane Party VIII start at Once
with Jordan ~ Guide

SPOKANE. Sept. zl.--Arfhur Jordan
Scotch explorer, who claims 70 be familiar
with the country between Spokane and
KIeudiks, will leave here with six men
October ! for the Yukon country.
:. J. Browne s. AZ the head Of syrdi-
cate which Is Quitting the party TO pros
psct on StsTart river. sfr, Brownies Sol
Guy VIII Re a member Of the parry. They
VII 20 via Ashcroft. taking the Hudson
Bay tran thsrs 10 Lake Tssiin. thence
down sns lake 20 HootsllnQua river, down
that stream 70 the Yukon and thence 20
Stewart river. sir. Jordan said today:
Ny plan Is 10 purchase the more I'm
portanf parts Of the outfits IN Spokane
Duty viii have 70 Re considered, but al
most al the stuff needed can be pur-
chased here and will not cost as much with
duty added as l. would on the other side.
I find that man can get through with
considerably less than 500. especially II
there Is a party Of six going, In which
case certain supplies can be purchased
and used IL common. There are q num-
Der in town from Montana and Idaho who
want 10 go. and / am in receipt Of letters
from all over the Northwest. ] am prsc-
fically under contract with the syndicate,
who wired me TO return from Tacoma
and / can make no terms now with any
ore else unless there should be some
hitch IN my present plans. which / do not
anticipate"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-22
AFTER NEW TERRITORY.
Three Hardy xoans Men TO sail To-
morrow for the ueadwaters of
the Lewis and PciIy Rivers.

The terrors OF the mountain trail In
Alaska. even n winter. are not Formidable
enough to deter many gold seekers from
attempting 20 penetrate the blizzard
swept region In search for the yellow. :"
Indications now are that travel by soma
or the trail. Will be continued ali win
Ter. despite the fact that the deadly bllx-
safds and storms Of the country In the
winter season annually CAUSE tho death
81 more than cas rugged proSpector.
Three mcu have purchased elaborate
sutrfts In this city during the last three
days and viii san tomorrow on the steam
~ Willamette fer Fert Wrangel. there To
board Il river steamer journsvinr an mo
eickeen river 20 Telegraph creek. Thence
they viii 80 over the snow by sleds
drawn hy horses. 20 Teslin lake. where
they viii camp IL Il possible 70 continue
the Journey down the frozen rivers OF
Alaska 10 tho gold fields. these men vii!
Keep on their way until they have reaca-
ID country unknown 10 the average
Alaska miner. but which may be scanned
with the precious metal
The men are Jacob Cohn. William Iu-
Han and Fred Watson Messrs. Julian
ard Coha are from Denver. Col. while
Mr. Watson halls from Toronto. Canada
Al are young ana strong physically well
equipped Cor their hong trip
Their objective point IL the hpadwaters
81 the Lewis and felly rivers which rise
- the Rocky mountains They VIII ex.
yiore the country and win make a nur,-
Der of MAPS Of the route they have taken
and the distances travcrsad for the henea,
Of party tina, Is 60 foli9w them IN the
spring.
In many respects the expedition ls ore
81 the most notable that has oufattea
here In several weeks. TIE three hardy
fortune hunters are animated by nrm
determination 70 ind pay dirt u IL exists
IN tho region which they viii explore
satd Mr.. Julian last niSht:
We viii steer clear OF Dawson CITY
ana the klondike. What we want to DO
= 60 md new country. There 81 plenty
~ good gold-prodHc.nE territory IN that
Fart - Alaska and fhe Northwest Ts+-f-
tory tributary 20 The headwaters az the
lewis and feliy rivers, The greater mart
q this country has never been expiarvd
nv white men. There are fruuriaerrs he
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-22
GOOD NEWS FROM ST. HELENs.
Lamson Company to Start Up Their
Mines With Fifty Men.

Special Dispatch 10 the Post-Intelligencer.
CAMP CHICAGO. Mount ST. Helens'
Sept 1.-THE mine of the Lamson Cosh-
pany, which have been shut down Tor nine
months, Will probably be started up Soon
Mr.. K Iudioff in company with Charles
Bartram. n. ZeItfuchs and son and Hen
~ Truman. Of Portland. and Memo Un-
Kicker. of Butte, paid a visit 10 the 81
Helens districts few days ago. The lat
ter gentleman Is a mining expert and ne
seems to be very favorably impressed with
what he saw. The debts of the company
Will probably be nquidated and the mines
started up
This will be good news for the miners
of the district, as the company was en-
pioyfng. al the time of the shutdown,
about fifty men.
Messrs Bartram ana Zeitfuchs. repre-
senting the Northwestern Exploration and
Mining Company. of Portland. visited the
California, Morning Sun and Good Hope
properties on Lewis river. and were so well
pleased that they Will put on force OF
men at once. They also secured several
options on other properties.
Major Copley. OF Tacoma, after running
a crosscut. succeeded in tapping the
Juniatta, twenty-five feet below the sur
face. Some very fine specimens OF ruby
silver were found The width OF the en-
tire vein Is about six feet with four feet or
well nllneralized quartz. carrying copper
and iron pyrites. II is a well defined vein.
lying between cyanite walls. and crops out
for nearly 1900 feet.
Men are now at work opening up
horse trail from Camp Chicago TO the
headwaters OF Lewis river via Lake Meta.
Frank Koontz and Harry Herren, OF To-
ledo. are at work on the Black Falls
claims doing assessment work.
w w O'Conner has been at work. with
a crew of men, on one of the Eleven Con-
solidated Gold Mining Conpany's claims.
the Minnie Alice, for the last three weeks.
There Is now a forty-foot tunnel on the
property. A body OF copper-bearing ore
has been struck lately.
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ALL COME TO SEATTLE.
Tacoma Men, Who Are to Manufac-
ture Dredgers, VIII DO Their
Business I'm This City.

The operation Of dredgerz in gold-beariug
streams has begun 10 attract vide atten-
ton among those interested II mining and
several companies have been organized on
the Coast and in the East with v!ew Of
purchasing dredgers and working them on
the Yukon river and its tributaries. In
tails, as In all else connected with the
ElonHke mining excitement, Seattle viii
be enabled 70 maintain her recognized po-
sition as the center OF the whirl, the e1-
elusive broker through whom all Alaska
Investments may be made
Last summer there was constructed IN
this city. under contract by the Vulcan
Iron Works. dredger especially adapted
for use In drawing pay dirt from the beds
OF streams and separating ard holding the
precious metaiS IL was bucket dredse,
with twenty-four buckets on the chain. An
alleged Improvement on the dredgers OF
New Zealand and Australia. after which
It was modelled. II was tested on the
beach at West Seattle in the presence OF
a number Of people and showed itself able
to dig and wash one cubic yard OF earth
each minute. Since that time those inter
ested In the machine have pushed IL into
recognition Ia the East and have secured
all the capital necessary TO manufacture
the dredgers and operate a number in the
rich streams OF this state and Alaska
The dredger was the invention of C. III.
0tHEVAf EHAtAeSE OK IAc0iEa-
With him are associated ]. Brown, OF se-
attic. and Edward s. Hall and c. Thomas
Hall. Of Tacoma. Notwithstanding the
fact that a majority Of those connected
with the enterprise are from Tacoma. the
head Offices Of the company viii be located
In Seattle and the machines will be con-
structed here under contract or by a fac
tory erected for the purpose.
c. Thomas Han returned yesterday from
elk weeks trip through the East during
which he was successful in interesting a
number OF capitalists IN the proposition.
Among those seen in this connection was
p. ID. Weare. OF Chicago. president of the
North American Transportation and Trad
Ing Company. Mr.. weare said Il was the
intention OF the company TO purchase a
number Of dredsers and operate them this
spring on the Yukon river. While he had
never witnessed nor heard OF a satlSfac-
tory test OF dredging for gold on the bot
tom OF streams. he ala not doubt the
feasibility Of the plan and expected TO In
yestigate II thoroughly.
The dredgsr was put on the Great North
ern train yesterday for wenatchee. where
thorough tsst OF the quaIitie. OF the ma
chine viii supplement that made last sum
Der a. West Seattla
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PEACE AT THE COAL MINES.
Resumption I'm Bftumfnous Districts
Followed In the Anthracite.

HAZLETON. Pa. Sept u.-Peace has
been restored IN the anthracite region.
and nearly every colherv therein worked
today. Included in these were the L.
high 4 Wilkesbarre conpary's Auden-
reid mines employing $50 men. The
strike was practically inauEJirated by
them. and their return 20 work Saturday
caused a stampede OF the other strikers
More than two-thirds Of the strikers IN
the region are now working.
NTLk ESBsa--RE a4pe 81 Sheriff
N8rE1 and about forty u his deputies
were arrested and srraigned In court this
morning charged with the murder Of
tweuty-four striking miners at IAtirner
Several witnesses testified. The Judge
held the sheriff aDi deputies in A0o9 bail
each for trial Bail was furnished and
thev returned % FTazleton.
SPRINGFIELD. III. Sept 1.-At the
miners convention scale recommended
b. the comaBEee. based on me Columbus
scale. ives adopt II was voted that
miners At any place paving the price can
res-Tne work q. once vitAoue coutrsCt-
WASHINGTON. Sept 21--M d. Rstch-
ford. president Of the United Mine Work
ers Of America who Is here 10 attend
special sasetinx Of officers OF the Fedora
ton az Labor gave the following state
ment To the Associated Press today;
To-Day viii see about e co miners re-
sumo work IN ths hltumincus coal fields
OF the Central states The strike gsneF-
ally ended today. I he mining situation ia
not Eke8y 20 become disturbed again until
the beginning Of next year. at which time
we hor@ 80 BE- able 90 settle wage differ
ences amicably. and withoat the necessity
of a strike oE course. the victory Is not
affogathe~ with the miners Nhlfs they
have done the striking. the trades unions
ard organized bodies have supplied the
necesszFies without which the miners
could noS have poss. alY succeeded IL IT,
a victory for organized labor. and not for
any particular trade, end We wans cur
friends who have helped Us. 20 fe@l that
II - their victory as well ss cCrg.T
WHEELING. ". Va. sept At the
opening CT ire United Ssakazs court today
ex-CSov A. r. Fleming, Of Paramount. on
behalf % ire Aaazo1gahe's Goal Company.
appase3 20 make the Injunction agstBsr
Essse4ne V. D@bs and Others perpetual The
arp1scz-so1 was gEs1nke1-
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BLIZZARD ON cnILKoor PAS.
Winter overtak~s the Toiiers After
Goid-snow blockade az Hand.

SAN FRANCISCO. sept. IA letter
from Crater lake. Alaska, dated Septeu-
Der g says.
4 thousand men toiled all OF yesterday
" binding storm OF snow ard sieot on
the summit OF Chilkoot pass The hlIz-
z-rd lasted from daylight until dark. n
G. Willard. OF Butte. Moat.. fell from TIE
rocks az point half way between the
summit and Crater lake and fractured 4
bone In his left forearm A physician
set the bone and Willard piuckily con-
tinued across Crater lake toward Lake
I3Haerman.
An Indian chief az Dyca told me a few
days ago that Chiikoot pass would prob
ably be hlockaded ny snow about the
s'th. He said that miners fortunate
enough 20 have their supplies across the
summit before that time can reach paw
son. The rivers. he claimed. would keen
open until late In November although
the lakes VIII probably be frozen in SIX
weeks
Ten DAYS AFRO THE Indians charged -
cents 4 pound for packing from Dyea %
Lake Linderman. The rate Is now a.
cents when the next steamer arrives. Il
vii probably Jump 20 - or - cents.
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BITE OF 4 RABID DOG.
DRIVES A TALENTED ARMY Of
FICER To ATTEMPT SUICIDE.
After slashfng His Wrist. He Leaps
From n swiftly Moving Train,
but Mfraculousiy Escapes Death

WASHINGTON. Sept z.-Ths cfseers
On duty IN the war department We're great
~ shocked today at a report made 10 the
department Nv the Pullman Company OK
the suicide OF First Lieut. r q. dills OF
the Twentieth infantry, who was atIacn-
ed 10 the military Information corps OF the
department. The circumstances sur
rounding the case were distressing. The
officer made an end OF himself while SUI
ter!ng from al attack % hydropAooia. OF
from temporary insanity, brought on from
fear Of the dread disease
Lieut. Ill., has been on leave for about
six weeks and yesterday started from
Buffalo on his return 70 Washington The
porter on the Pullman IN which he was
seated noticed that his actions were err
ratio and kepf him under observation
Last n.ghs. however. ne eluded his watch
man ard. when the porter went into the
toilet room he found on the floor large
pool OF blood and a knife. The unfor-
tunats officer had cut his threat and then
thrown himself from the window Of the
rapidly moving car. This happened just
beyond Harrisburg. Pa.
Lieut. Whitney has been sent from the
war department 20 bring to Washington
the remains Of his brother officer. whose
wife is now stopping in Columbus, o.
About TWO months ago Lieut.. Hill was
bitten by dog supposed at the time 10
have been rabid, and his friends here
are confident. from complaints he had
made, that he was suffering from the ef-
fects OF the bite when he came TO his end.
IL is said at the war department that
he was an officer OF unusual ability. he
was appointed from Iowa, served as
judge advocate Of the department of Mis-
souri,, as a member OF the inter-conti-
mental railway commission, which In
voived survey work in Central America.
and had been aide-de-camp TO Gen. Pot
ter.
NlLLIAMSPORT, Pa, Sept. 2.-The
announcement of Lieut.. HIS death Is
premature. He made the attempt 10 COM
NIT suicide by jumping from the train as
narrated above, while It was running
about forty miles an hour. but miracu-
lousy escaped death. About 3 O'Clock
Hill walked lnto the Pennsylvania rail-
road station at Montgomery and inquired
for a physician to attend a big wound on
his wrist. he was brought TO the Will
Transport hospital, where he is now rest
ing comfortably.
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sman streams erptyfrg into the Lewis.
refiy and Ssswarf Rivera. and II there y
gold IA thena we viii sEd r. You car put
Il down that we VIII get into the yukon
this winter. FL time &c begin prospecting
when hundreds ard PERHAPS tnouszrS1s
are ssruxsiinw with ire passes On the
coast range. or else slowly frayElng %
the Yukon from g. Michael
WE had Intended 70 go north next
spring I hare been here for q month Sc
curing information as 10 the best means
ard the most fzvor1ble season 20 get into
tins Yukon- We had abo3r determined
20 60 north BY the steamer Delaware
next sprfng. taking q river boat Up the
Yukon. bur from Information | have oo-
tasnea from p2rsies / know 70 Dc re-
Liable. ] came 70 the conclusion tnat fne
s;ickeen river route was hv far the best
a. this tine. therefore altered our pans
ard viii start tomorrow.
This = cur scheme We WI take al01g
two years sappIses-En al zD0ut 1913
pounds. o. This. 40se pounds = provis-
ions. the remainder hardware sid c+oia-
lag. Al Fort Wrsnxel I expect % &c;
information by when we VIII deterE1ine
exactly Our objective pctat. Il vii =
somewhere on pssiy river. Tiers we VII
establish 4 base of operations. 50 %
speak. We win store our prpRisso1s ard
Ie4vs ore OF cur party 70 guard them
From this camp as a starting point Two
Of us vii prospect the cossntry, LOOKING
for gold, sometimes togsfhsT and again
in different directions expect 70 90 q
good share OF the prospecting myself,
having had several years experience n
the Eold naines OF Colorado. TIE ad-
vantage Of our plan IS that IL VII en-
able IA e hs within reach OF provisions
constantly"
Mr. Julian has every confidence that ne
aud his associates viii discover a new
goId-produelng country. They thoroughly
believe that Alaska and the Northwest
territory are destined 70 furnish large
part OF the worlds supply OF gold, and
they want some Of the honor and profit n
getting il out 81 the ground.
Tho party has arranged with q Seattle
firm 90 send them more provisions next
summer 10 their camp on Peliy river IL
they do NOT fird II possible 70 continue the
Journey over the frozen rivers this winter
they VII camp at Lake Teslln. ard. build
lng their boats IN the early spring. viii
start on their journey when the ice
kFeakR.
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THE MONTERREY AGROUND.
bat She Was Little Injured, for
She steamed on Southwark.

POINT ARENA, Cal. Sept. I--The
battleship Monterey, hound south from
Puget sound, ran ashore in fog SIX
miles north of the Point Arena light
house yesterday afternoon. The steamer
got off three-ouarters Of an hour later
and continued her voyage.
As no boat came ashore very little can
be learned about the accident. IL Is
thought here that part Of her machinery
broke down. and she drifted with the tide
and struck on the rocks. In three-qu9r-
ters of an hour the necessary repairs TO
work her machinery were completed, and
the steamer backed off with some diff
Guilty from her perilous position. When
off the rocks the Monterey headed down
the coast and did not appear to be great
ly disabled.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. u.-The Uni
ted States coast defense monitor Monte
rey arrived this morning. While the
naval authorities decline TO either deny
or confirm the report that she went
ashore at Point Arena yesterday. they
state that she anchored off that point in
order to avoid the danger of proceeding
in the unusually heavy fog. They admit
that she might have. touched bottom, but
say nothing OF the matter. and that TX she
is damaged at all. the extent OF her in
1uries cannot be ascertained until she
goes up to Mare island.
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WILL AWAIT RAYS REPORT.
The Cabinet Think. steamer. VIA,
Take Provision. 60 Dawson

WASHINGTON. SEPT q The las. - y
inet meeting before kke presidents depars-
ure was held today. Secretaries Case aas
Lang. who are cut - the city ~sre fha
q hzentess. ard Attorney General NrEer~a
remained tess thar bar az hogr. A. far
IS can - learned. ere Cuban Situation
wss not Under consideration.
Secretary Alecr sad AFTER re meeting
that 70 NepS We8i8 - taken leokfnw "a
the relief % ere miners In ere X % - IN
90 after ravsEa'-eu closes ard the govern
newt fearus sArcgEh Can't Paw. who Is
81 =, Michael che exact st-usst1r.
s,a,retary AtEer received a telegram 90
asv exnress!nE eae spiuson Shst the four
steamers ncw giving up IRE Takan carry
annie pTovis tor~ fu~ al persons raw AZ
TlaNxon City ara the vicinity y tsey
arrive safely ferAa - there 49, b. 70 ae-
c-sxsty foe any re}sef measure r not =,
- vosssalc thas sgr, I-stue's surEsss.l1a.
for dog trains scEosS teo Ca&lkat pass nay
Be sccepSe&.
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Trouble over Mining Claims.

Special Dispatch 10 the Post-Intelligencer.
GREENWOOD, p. c.. Sept. N-Gold
Commissioner c. A. r Lambly IS here TO
settle dispute between contesting claim
ants TO the Great Hopes and Plutonia min
eral claims. in Deadwood camp. The
claims were purchased last year by Peter
Larsen, of Helena: r. L. Greenough. OF
Missouia, and It. F. Wren, OF Spokane, for
SO. 100. They employed a miner named
Fox TO DO the assessment work. Fox. II
seems. did the work on the latter claim.
but went away and neglected 10 record II.
". s. Fletcher and Floyd Vaughn were
ready when the time expired and at mid
night they staket the claims and fled on
them. When Fox returned. he had TO pay
Fletcher and Vaughn SO 10 get them back.
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LADUE SEES THE PRESIDENT.
The Kiondfke Pioneer Discusses the
Famine and Distributes Nuggets.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 2i.-Joseph H.
Ladue. the Alaska pioneer. who came TO
Washington to consult with Secretary
Aiger about methods for relief OF the des-
Gitution, which he and others who COM
prehend the situation. believe Will over
take those who have crowded into the
Klondiks without adequate supplies,
called on President Mckinley today. lie
was presented By Secretary Alger.
Accompanying them were r. II. Coffin
and +. III. Botsford. who are connected
with a company In which Ladue Is inter-
ested. Mr.. Mckinley discussed the situa-
ton with Ladue. and appeared deeply In
terested in his suggestions for the relief
Of the KlondIkers.
Before leaving the White House Mr.. La
due presented Mrs. Mckinley with q half
ounce nugget OF virgin gold. Secretary AL
ger also received q souvenir OF an Alaskan
nugget. Mr.. Ladue left for the West TO-
day.
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SILVER QUESTION IN ENGLAND.
London Bankers Are Hostile, kut n
Conference IL Probable.


NEW YORK. Sept IA special cable-
gram in the Evening Post Gays;
All the leading bankers Of London will
meet privately to discuss the recent utter
ances OF the governor OF the Bank OF En-
gland as to silver. A resolution OF pro-
test Will probably be passed.
The feeling grows land I have reason TO
believe that II is Wen based) that a strong
political move is being made In favor Of
some concessions to silver. 1t would not
De very surprising IL some international
monetary discussion were TO be arranged
ere long. II is regarded as a bad sign
that the bl-metallic feeling is so represent
ed both Ia ours and the French govern
ment
The Evening Standard says:
So profoundly moved is the city about
the extraordinary letter of the governor
OF the Bank OF England that a meeting
OF the representatives OF the banks has
been called 10 discuss the situation. When
the bankers meet. IT Is hoped that they
viii file an emphatic protest against fur
Their efforts 10 please the hi-metallists at
the expense or the nations credit
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A CRANK AFTER spKINLEY.
Arrested While Trying TO Enter tho
White House With a Gun.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 21.--Joseph Bloom
field Jackson. who is said to be a crank
from Meriden, Conn. was arrested last
night at the door Of the White House after
an unsuccessful effort TO enter. Jackson
was heavily armed. He has been in the
city several days and at the Raleigh
house. where he stopped, has made mys-
terlous boasts as 20 what he was going TO
do 10 a high official Of the government He
sent letter to a local newspaper contain
ing similar threats. He has been under
espionage for several days, and Is now be-
hind the bars
Cranks OF all grades are common about
the presidents home. and the officers
thought nothing OF the arrest until, on
searching the man. they found the loaded
revolver. Only a charge of vagrancy and
carrying concealed weapons can be made
against him, and his treatment will not be
materially different from that given TO hum
dreds OF other cranizs removed from the
White House grounds without disturbance.
President Mckinley and party left the
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which Was Drowned Ffr.tr

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 2L-Ths qucs-
ton whether Capt. Parsons or hts VIE
died nrst IN the wreck of the steamer Pa
ciflc 81 November. iS95. caused a Will CON
test. which has been decided BY Judre
Conce The ca2ta.ns VIII vas found ir
bottle AZ sea- tat & was shown at the time
a the wTeck Ms. Parsons was In a ufe-
beat. while the captain was or tha steam
-, which went Down FIRST Therefore. tba
estate vas awarded 70 Mrs. Parsons heirs
Mrs Parsons was On the stage as one Of
the Aandervslis sisters