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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-11-04
RUSH FROM kLONDIKE.
The Miners Are Fleeing to Esca,e
starvation.

San Francisco, Nov 1.-The Alaska
Commercial Company's steamer Excel
sior. Captain Higgins, arrived tonight,
ii days IRON st. Michaels and 80
days from Unala ska, the only interme-
date port at which she stopped. She
brought 5000 ounces of gold. all be-
longing to the Alaska Commercial
Company. No miners came down on
her. She carried three passengers
Mr.. and Mrs. Ducos, who started some
time since for Dawson City, and got no
further than st. Michaels, and Edward
Hamilton, the journalist.
There has been no recent commune
cation with Dawson City, the Yukon
being impossible, but the latest infor-
nation received from Fort Yukon,
which now constitutes the base Of sup
plies, is to the effect that the people
are swarming out of Dawson City and
Circle City by every possible means to
escape suffering and possible starva-
ton. Small boats can still be used on
portions of the Yukon, and in one of
these an agent for the Alaska CONNER
cial Company came down from Circle
City to Fort Yukon He confirms the
reports of great scarcity of provisions
at all the mining camps. Those who
succeed in getting out in time will be
very fortunate, for hunger will surely
be the fate of most of the midwinter
jewellers in the Klondike.
The rush to escape from the gold
fields exceeds the influx, and the indi
cations are that large colony will
winter at Fort Yukon.
Captain Higgins, of the Excelsior,
confirms the news of the probable loss
OF a portion of the whaling feet, but
can add no details to those brought
down by the Thrasher. He also tells
of the rescue of the men of the Nevarch
from an ice foe, but says there were 6
saved, and not ii, as at first supposed.
1t is not expected that much, if any,
gold will come down this season, UNI
less some of the miners succeed in
reaching sailing points by land routes
from the interior. Sam Wall and
some other newspaper correspondents
got as far as Circle City, 80 miles from
Dawson, but were obliged to retrace
their way to Fort Yukon. where food is
obtainable. They may remain there
until spring, but it is more likely, il
opportunity offers. that they will try
to reach ST. Michaels and return home
to recuperate for fresh start next
spring. Captain Higgins says it is
worse than folly Cor any one to 60 to
Alaska now.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-11-04

Morrison's unconscious cour.. .c.
you demand officially to know what INV
business Is, don't mind telling Won
.hat | am United States detective m
the trail OF band Of murderers how.
rounded four Of them up here IN Cl;n.
ION, ana am ready to put them in iail
4 VIII nave all the others within n weab
II you don't expose my mission here"
ny this time Morrison's face wos
"la'i'e ana his eyes had in them that
unm's.akable glare of insanity. Hi,
Sp'ei'oio FORM was aquiver with excite.
meht' which increased as he warmed
up to his subject. Judge McReth was
quick TO set aside the verdict of the
jury and hastily adjourn court MORT.
son retired to his Office and locked him.
self in. That night he left Clinton no
quietly and unostentatiously as he had
entered it two years before. Nothing
mas been seen or heard of him since
lhat AFTERNOON DR.. Britt told a crowd
In the drug store of how few months
previously he had examined Morrison
and discovered his insanity by asking
nm the very question which, when nut
by Judge McBeth, had set the strange
young doctor off on his hobby.
And to this day the old citizens Of
clinton who remember Morrison are
still wondering how 1t was that he. be.
ing insane, exercised such remarkable
power over the minds of the Jurors with
whom he served. Some of them think
That despite this insanity he was hyp
nOtiSt
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-11-04

Torres, Mexico, Nov. IA disas-
trous explosion occurred in the Anna
rillas shaft of the Grand Central mine,
at Mnas Prietas. Thirteen men were
killed outright and three sustained
probably fatal injuries. In some un-
known manner a large quantity of giant
powder blew up in the fourth level of
the shaft. So great was the force OF the
explosion that out of four men who
were stationed fully 200 feet distant
from the center, three were killed in
stantly. Six of the recovered bodies
are totally unrecognizabe. The Grand
Central mine was recently purchased
for 81 900, 900 by an English syndicate.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-11-04
San Francisco Mark ct.

Wool-Nevada 11@12c; Oregon, IL
@14c; Northern lao l6c per pound.
Hops-1O@14c per pound
-Middlings, $20@22; Cal
ifornia bran, SIS. SOC 1900 per ton.
Onions-New red, 70@S0c; do new
silverskln, $1.00@1.l5 per GENITAL.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 27@2Sc;
do seconds, 25@26c; fancy dairy. "a q
25c; good to choice, 81 @23c per pound.
Cheese-Fancy mild, new, 121ac; fair
to good, 7@Sc per pound.
Eggs-store, 18@26c; ranch, $40
4Oc; Eastern, 1904; duck, 25c per
dozen.
Pctatoes-New, in boxes, 35 a SOC.
Citrus Fruit-Oranges, Valencias,
$1.5O@3OO; Mexican lines, $4,000
800; California lemons, choice, $500;
do common, 75c@$l per box.
Hay-Wheat, 1905; wheat and
oat, $11@14; oat, $1O@12; river bar
lev, S7@S; best barley, 41O@12;
alfalfa, $500. SO; clover. >s@1o.
Fresh Fruit-Apples. S5@85c per
large box; grapes, 100000; Isabella,
4O@ SOC; peaches, 5O@s Soc; pears, e1.oo
@1.60 per box; plums, 260Aoc.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-11-04

was everybody else who followed the
| trial. Judge McBeth had practically
instructed the jury to find for Gantt's
client. Nobody seemed more surprised
than the trial judge, not even excepting
Judge CAN'T, when the verdict was an
nounccd the other way.
Behind Judge CAN'T in the courtroom
that morning sat DR.. Britt. "That YER
dict is atrocious," said CAN'T to Britt
in desperation, land l cannot under
stand it,
Il understand It," replied DR.. Britt
stoically.
Then, in heavens name, what Is it?'
replied CAN'T.
why" nonchalantly responded DR..
Britt, 1.-THE foreman Of the jury Is
crazy"
"Do you mean that? anxiously in
CURED the lawyer.
II do solemnly answered the Doc
tor.
Without any more ado, Judge CAN'T
sprang to his feet and startled the
crowded courtroom still more by NOV
ing for a new trial on the ground that
the foreman of the jury was insane.
The motion was so unexpected that
even Judge McBeth lost his equilibrium
and asked CAN'T if he meant what he
said, and if he really knew what he had
said.
IL do" replied CAN'T. 81 know exact
ly what have said and mean every
word Of 1t. again charge that the
foreman of the jury just discharged,
/ Dr. T. II. Morrison, is insane"
Judge McBeth could not conceal his
excitement. He squirmed uneaslly in
his big armchair for moment, and
then blurted out: CDR. Morrison, come
to the bar"
Slowly, and with measured. dignifled
tread, DR.. Morrison approached the
bar. A cynical smile played over his
immobilc face. He stood like statue,
while Judge McBeth eyed him coldly
for Il minute.
Without any preliminaries, Judge Nc
Beth brusquely inquired: "Are you
crazy"
Not a muscle Of the accused mans
face twitched. The smile left his COM
tcnance with the asking of the question
and an expression of solemn dignity
took It's place.
"Ccrtainly, I am not crazy, your
Honor calmly replied the strange
young doctor.
"Morrson.' again squealed the harsh
voice of Judge McBeth, what do you
do for a living in this community, any
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-11-04
Bio ANTS USED IN SURGERY.
How Indians in Deep Brazilian Forests
Sew Up Wound,

HOW Indians in Deep Brazilian Forests
| Sew Up Wound,
Down in the Brazilian forests sur.
geons are not always at hand and hos
pitfalls fitted with modern surgical an.
pliances are few and far between. But
these facts do not bother the Brazilian
Indian. For centuries he has known
how to take care of himself, how to
treat wounds and cuts and distempers
without medical or surgical aid. and
one of the most novel of these rude sur
gical customs is that of sewing up
wounds with the aid of ants.
Septicaema and pyaemia have been
banished from the world of surgery in
civilization almost entirely by the pro-
gress made in antiseptic methods and
| the Introduction of anaesthetics in sur
gerry has made possible operations
which fifty years ago would not be
dreamed Of But no surgeon, even Of
| the most advanced school, left to him.
| self in Brazilian forest without in
struments or appliances of any kind
could care for a cut as neatly as do the
| Indians The means employed is
species of very large ant, which Is fur.
nished with very powerful mandibles,
capable of biting through almost any
| thing. The insect has no sting and no
swelling or other painful results follow
its bite. Its lower lip is a strange joint
ed organ, which the ant has the power
of projecting far beyond the upper lip
on occasion. At its extremity it has a
pair of powerful forceps with which it
can grasp and hold tenaciously small
objects and nothing not encased in met
al can resist their strength.
When the Indian receives cut or
wound from knife or thorn he pro-
ceeds to catch number of these ants,
Holding the lips of the wound close to-
gether, he applies the mouth of an ant
to the edges and the insect Mt once bites
through and holds on. Then the body
of the ant is pinched off at the neck and
the jaws remain fixed. Another and
another ant is placed in position until
there is row of jaws along the wound,
holding it firmly shut, and when it is
healed the jaws are removed with
fOrceps or other instrument This style
of surgery is strictly antiseptic. since
there are no evil after effects from the
ants jaws, and the bite itself does not
cause any inconvenience, although the
pain must be considerable ut first
Chicago Chronicle.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-11-04
THANkSGivl PROCLAMATION.
Thc President Sets Apart November :5
As u Day of Prayer.

Ahc resi"eht sets Apart November @5
As Day of Prayer.
Washington, Nov. 1.-President Nc
Kinley today issued his first Thanks.
giving day Proclamation. as follows:
In remembrance of Gods goodness
to US i'll the past year, which has been
SO abundant, let us offer up to Him our
thanksg giving and pay our VOWS unto
the Most High. Under his watchful
providence industry has prospered the
conditions of labor have been i'm
proved, the rewards of the husbandman
have been increased, and the comforts
of our homes multiplied. His mighty
hand has procured peace and protected
the nation. Respect for law and order
has been strengthened, love of free in
situations cherished, and all sections of
our beloved country brought into closer
bonds of fraternal regard and generous
cooperation.
"For these great benefits it is our
duty to praise the Lord in spirit of
humility and gratitude, and to offer up
to Him our most earnest supplications.
That we may acknowledge our obliga-
tions rs Il people to Him who has so
graciously granted us the blessings of
free government and material prosper
ity, |, William Mckinley, president Of
the United States, do hereby designate
and set apart Thursday, the goth day
OF November, for national thanksgiv-
ing and prayer, which all of the people
are invited to observe with appropriate
religious services in their respective
places of worship.
ION this day of rejoicing and do
nestle union, let our prayers ascend to
the giver of every good and perfect gift
for the continuance of His love and IA
vor to us. that our hearts may be filled
with charity and good will, and that
We may be ever worthy OF His beneti.
cent concern.
"In witness hereof, | have hereunto
set my hands and caused the seal Of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington,
this 25th day OF October in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety seven, and of the independ-
ence of the United States the one hun.
dred and twenty second.
WILLIAM M'kINLEY.
"Ry the President,
"JOHN SHERMAN,
Secretary of State"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-11-04
POSTAL CLERK CONFESSED
To Stealing the $4,000 Registered
Package.
CCII4N NII II II NJ n N,
Secretary of State.

Denver, Colo, Nov. 1.-Postoffice
Inspector Frederick and City Detectives
LOOMS and Burew, of this city, today
arrested, in Cheyenne, Wyo., Walter
R. Houghton, postal clerk running
from Cheyenne to Ogden, on a CT arye
of stealing q registered package ton
tanning $1,000 A telegram received
here during the afternoon stated that
Houghton had confessed the theft.
The package which Houghton is al
legged to have stolen was mailed by a
Chicago bank to correspondent in Sac
ramento, Cal, about September 26. 1t
disappeared somewhere en- route, and
an investigation by the postal author
tiles disclosed the fact that the disap-
pearance occurred somewhere between
Omaha and Ogden. The secret service
officers learned that Houghton's mis-
tress. who had been staying in Denver
for three weeks, had change three
500 bills, and, as the Sl4, 200 stolen
was all in 500 bills, they at once made
arrangements for Houghton's arrest.
The woman was at first taken into Gus.
.tOdy, and her statements went to veri v
the opinion of the officers. After
Houghton had confessed his crime, he
offered to refund the amount stolen,
except $400, which he had spent, pro-
vided the officers would agree that he
should not be prosecuted. He declared
that if they would not so agree, tie
money would be Immediately burned.
United States Commissioner T. J.
Fisher and United States District At
torney Clark both refused to accept
Houghton's proposition. Houghton re
fused to disclose the hiding place of the
money. He was held over to the fed :.
sral court by Commissioner Fisher.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-11-04
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.,
tOtfice Of Downing, Hopkins 4 Co., Chicago
Board OF Trade Brokers. 711-7N Chamber OF Com
merce Building, Portland, Oregon.1

Facts established sooner or later con-
troll wheat values. Speculation may
| temporarily advance or depress values,
but in the end the laws of supply and
demand are sure to assert themselves
and control values 1t has been self
evident proposition for several weeks
past that conditions warranted higher
values. Speculative influences have
repeatedly driven prices downward. bu.
the market has rebounded with the
buoyancy of a cork upon the water.
The news announcements of the week
have been uniformly favorable to high
er values Crop advices at home indi-
cate less than an average acreage seeded
to winter wheat, owing to the pro-
tracted drought, which has been broken
only in certain sections of the winter
wheat belt. Receipts at primary points
are falling off and promise from this on
to prove smaller than last year. Ex-
port clearances continue large, 5,99l,-
600 bushels for the week, which is
largely in excess of our exportable sur
plus weekly. The export demand shows
no signs of diminution. On the con-
trary, it is urgent and increasing, the
last few days of the week having re-
suited in very large sales for export.
Foreign advices continue extremely
bulsh. The reports of our own con-
suls in Europe more than confirm the
maximum estimates of European i'm
port requirements. Advces from Lon
don assert that Mediterranean ports are
outbiddin. England for Russian wheat.
The French chamber of deputies has
been petitioned to reduce the import
duty on wheat, and some action in this
direction will probably be taken sooner
or later, although not necessarily at
present, Russian advices, although al
ways unreliable and largely mythical,
are extremely bullsh and must neces-
sarily have some foundation on fact.
The Argentine crop is still an unknown
quantity. Reports are conflicting.
Drought conditions have prevailed.
Locusts have caused some damage, and
in the absence OF reliable reports it cam
not be assumed that the crop will be a
large one in yield. Local speculative
conditions are extremely favorable for
higher values. Stocks on contract grain
are very small, practically exhausted,
and there is no immediate prospect of
their being replenished. We can dis
cover nothing in the situation at home
or abroad warranting any declines in
values, and would regard any decline as
but temporary. unwarranted, and
therefore a good speculative opportun-
ity to buy wheat, the final outcome Of
which we anticipate to be much higher
prices.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-11-04
His Real Worth.

The spirit of thrift which pervades.
or used to pervade, New England, Is
amusingly illustrated in remark once
made by Vermont farmer.
He had been seriously Ill in mid
summer. but his strong constitution
stood him in good stead and he quickly
rallied. On being asked in the autumn
how he was feeling, he said cheerfully:
"Oh, I'm fair to middling now, thank
We: but anyway 1t don't make so much
Inference, seeing the farms pretty
we'll slicked up. If Ia "a died in hay
ing or harvesting time, 1t would have
been full fifty dollars damage to me-"
Then, after a thoughtful interval, he
added: Come to think Of 1t, that's too
low a figger-sixty dollars would be
yoorarH'
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-11-04
ARlE VAN BANDITS INSULT.
Explanation of the Memorable Event
of 1885.

Iris, Nov. IA remarkable story
|ing the rounds as to the real animus
he tremendous demonstration in
Fh, 18 5, against Marie Van
1t, the American singer.
Goron. formerly a high official at
: pr afectu1e of police, declares that
memorable and offensive attacks
the singer was engendered by the
|Eers of VI. Ferry to counterfeit an
)ded demonstration against him by
als and socialists after the disas-
! defeat of the French at Langson,
m. M. Camercarz, the project
blice of the day, was consulted as
w to prevent the intended demon
on against the unpopular NJ.
/, and according to NJ. Goron, he
|sted a monster demonstration
st Miss Van Zandt. All the avail
detectives and theatrical claques
sent to the opera comique to howl
hiss the American singer. When
here was a lull in the uproar the
las raised that Miss Van Zandt
going out by another door, and so
II was the trick that the excite
was continued until midnight
he intended NJ. Ferry demonstra-
vas delayed until too late to go to
kreign office.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-11-04
Tax on Railroad Grants.

Braintree, Mimi, Nov. Judge
Holden today rendered decision up
holding the so called Anderson law of
Minnesota, taxing land grant railroads
on such grants as are not used in the
operation of the road. The defendant
roads, the st. Paul q Duluth and
Northern Pacific, claimed the only tax
required to be paid by them was three
per cent on gross earnings. The case
will eventually 60 to the supreme court
of the United States
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-11-04
bIANS ON THE RAMPAGE.


'rouble in Colorado Is Becoming
More Serious.
iver, Nov. 1.-The Times received
FLOWING at noon today:
pmboat Springs, Oct. 3l.-A cour-
Is just arrived here bringing a
|ge from Game Warden Wilcox to
4 Nieman for help. The Indians
burned Thompson's ranch, near
mountain, and have killed one
! messenger sent ont by Wilcox.
latter tried to arrest the Indians
plating the game laws. They re-
and began to fight. Five Indians
killed. and Sub-Chief Star mortal
|lnded. The Indians had stacks OF
deer hides in their possession,
were slaughtering on all sides.
fight occurred 90 miles west OF
|boat Springs. One hundred de-
ped men are now on their way
the sheriff.
Hers are gathering on Vaughn's
at Lay, Colo. The Indians have
|ened to pillage and murder.
b have been sent back to the res
pm, and reinforcements are COM
Estate troops may be called for, if
heritf finds matters az serious as
ID.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-11-04

Washington, Oct. 3O.-Over 500, 900
Of alleged fraudulent warrants on the
United States treasury on account Of
the Greek Indian nation have been dis
covered by the government authorities.
The alleged fraud was perpetrated in
connection with the payment of the
Creek Indian nation debt, and only the
barest details have reached here.
Many new warrants, it is said, have
been issued and paid in the place OF the
old ones on which full payment already
has been made. 1t is sal an old chief
of the Greeks and an official in the EN-
ploy OF that tribe are among those in
volved in the affair.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-11-04
Electrical Power in America.


John Bogart, one of the American
engineers connected with the work of
completing the Niagara Falls electrical
power works. gives to the Pail Mall
Gazette of London some interesting
facts in regard to electrical power in
America. The Niagara company fur
nishes an electrical horsepower of 49,
600 with a opacity for 10000, and pos
sibilities of increasing to any extent
needed. The works cost $0,OOO,OOO, 1t
having been necessary to construct
tunnel 1000 feet long at considera-
Bile depth and through solid rock. OF
the utility of the work the fact that
Buffalo and Niagara City are supplied
at the rate of $50 per horsepower per
annum, while in some cases nearly
500 per horsepower has been paid, Ia
sufficient evidence. Next to the electri-
cal works at Niagara are those at Sault
Ste. Marie, and according to Mr.. Bogart
the greatest of all are in construction
about sixty miles from Montreal, near
the town of Massena, N. Y, close to
the st. Lawrence River. The power
will be obtained from fall OF forty
feet between the southern branch OF
the st. Lawrence River and a small
placid stream known as Grass River.
A canal of little more than three
miles in length is In process OF con-
struction and when the works are
completed a total of $4,000 electrical
horse power can be furnished. 1t seems
n pity that the attention of engineers
had not sooner been directed to this
point on the st. Lawrence, as In that
cose probably the vicinity of Niagara
Falls would not have been given over
to manufacturing and thus become a
great Industrial center, as 1t Will IN
tho not distant future.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-11-04

Athens, Nov. IA profound sensa.
ton has been caused here by naval
scandal of formidable dimensions. 1t
has just been ascertained that all cart
ridges fitted to torpedoes used during
the war between Greece and Turkey
were not provided with percussion caps
and Illuminating mercury; hence if the
torpedoes had been wanted, they would
have been perfectly harmless.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-11-04
The Veterans,

Milwaukee, Nov. 1. -Today's ses-
sion of the Society of the Army of the
Tennessee was taken up in receiving
the reports of committees. Toledo was
selected as place for holding the 3Oth
reunion. General John G. Black, of
Illinois, was selected for annual orator.
All the old officers of the society were
reelected. Letters of regret We're read
from Generals Miles, Algor and others
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-11-04
RICHER THAN KLONDIkE.
Gold to Be Had for the Picking Up on
KOtzebue Sound.

San Francisco, Nov. 1.-Captain B.
Cogan, of the steam whaler Thrasher,
asserts that there are richer gold fields
on Kotzebue sound than anything that
has yet been discovered on the Yukon
When the whaler was at Point Hope,
on her way into the Arctic last spring,
the Indians came in with quantity of
gold in small sealskin bags. They
said there was plenty of the same stuff
in the Buckland Noata and Kowak
rivers, and what they had had been
scooped up with their paddles.
Captain Cogan, Captain Withma,
late of the steam whaler Fearless, and
one or two other whalers, are bound
for Kotzebue sound next spring. The
whaling bark Northern Light, now in
Oakland creek. will probably be fitted
out, and will carry the party to Point
Hope.