The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-24
THE ICICLES' OUTLOOK.
Its Proposed Editor Sees Brilliant Field
and will Keep Out Competitors.

UP III tue alT, eOlutWucrcp AuSuoV~Ii
believe never before has there been such
a farewell given Needmore Cold Mining
Company investors as that which was
tendered the party l am now with and
which Is composetkof Samuel H. Baynard,
Nathaniel b. Culbert, DR.. Joseph II.
Smith, Richard Pointer Thomas NJ
Culbert, Daniel w. Taylor, Edgar M.
Hopes, William LaWton, William liam
and James II. Yates.
They arc oil talking about 1t and for
goodness sake get all your intended visit.
ors out before We return Or fear that you
will find them on hand should another
trip be made. Baynard says the parting
given him was so affecting that as the alr
ship reached height of u milo he was so
weak that no almost tumblod over the side
of the vessel. However, he says, he would
be delighted to make tho trip again.
But to get back to what the object Of our
trip Is. | have been instructed to begin
tho publication of tho "Daily Icicle, and
as We have all the necessary articles, in
sluding stuff" which is now frozen, the
scheme will DO successful, provided can
secure n suitable location, which of course
mines.
There Is on the way woman who pro-
poses TO be u rival in the same business, l
understand but as she IL coming by
steamer and will have to come through
the Chilkoot Pass, which will keep her out
until Spring, I will have oight months
start on her and believe that in that time
l can secure ten thousand subscribers who
will be SO interested in the "Icicle, that
tho other paper will not get much ofa foot
hold. And to accomplish that object
have Just tho material | want. or course
l must have man adept at writing
fakes" and ''skoop" slaps ut our slow but
esteemed contemporary, to bn, so have
brought along Carter in whom have the
strongest confidence. George has made
tho feature u special study of his news.
paper career down in Delaware and II he
fails to run our to-5e contemporary out OF
tho business there l am no prophet.
So George will go at it In hammer and
tongs fashion, and il you have ever seon
his ''slups" below am confident you will
subscribe for tho Icicle, although 1t Is six
months in reaching you.
Wllmingtonians know that financial
brain will be needed up hero just as much
80 Il, it is in their city, so with great fore.
Hopes. Ho is hu,tliug, upto.dae fel.
low and what columns our staff OF re.
pUrters cannot fiji with news, Ned will
with advertisements, which have learned
will be as plentiful as fleas On Bill Law
tons dog in summer. So you sec tho staff
Ut lhe lrlcle IS complete.
Perhaps you will wonder why we have
made this venture SO Twill tell you. There
has boen an inclination on the part ofDela-
,yareaus to doubt tho existence of the
Necdmore Mines and it Is for tho purpose
of establishing the fact of their existence
that the Icice was ordered published. Tho
staff has been instructed to color M article
but to only send in the plain unvarnished
truth. Below it is different, or at least
that is what have been told, but what
you sec In tho Icicle you can depend upon
is Gospel truth.
Bill Jones says ii he is going to be made
tho butt of tho funny mans jokes he Is go.
ing to pack up his belongings and get back
to Wilmington as fast us tho air ship can
carry him. Down in Delaware you know
Bill is with the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company and whenever he finds anything
new tho newspaper men regard the find as
huge joke and proceed to write him up
in great fashion. But, he will not tolerate
1t i'll the land Of gold.
lie believes he has sufficient influence
with tho railroad prospectors there to keep
all passes out OF the lcce Office SO us we
will be in more need of them than at any
other time, l will see to it that Bill's re-
quests along this line are respected. And
him. He thinks the "Trip will be far
from profitable one 10 him because Of
lack OF patients. But ] comfort him with
the thought that many will die in their
attempg to reach tho Needmore fields and
that he can administer to them in their
last moments.
Then tho doctor expresses the doubt that
he will never got his fee. Think Of that
wanting to take from a dying man the
tho money he wanted to invest in Need.
more stock. How rash thought. We
have compromised with the doctor on al
lowing him one hundred shares. Of stock
for every dead man who has invested
double that amount in the Company
Lawton, Baynard, the Culberts, Poin.
sett, KINNEY and Jim Yates you all
known why we brought him, are very
anxious to have Wilmingtonians know of
their plans but the ride through the air
and bitter cold has so chilled me that
cannot comply with their requests until
have regained much of my lost strength.
But can say to their dear wives, and
those other fellows wives, that they have
not been incapacitatcd by the trip and
hope to reach the folds tomorrow we'll
and happy. Trusting that all is moving
quietly below, am yours, etc, ID.