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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-16
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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-16
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the ladies also.
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The times., 1897-07-22
THE RUsu TO THE GOLD LANDS.
Fear That n Famine in Dawson City
Nav Result.

San Francisco. July 21.-Tales Of sudden
wealth in Alaska continue to be told by
returning miners, and the rush to get to
the gold fields before winter sets in is as
fierce Us ever. The steamship Portland
sails tomorrow, the Me Xico leaves or Sun
Gay and the City Of Topeka on July %.
None OF these vessels has any room left for
passengers.
Everyone who wants to get to the Klon-
dixie and has not engaged passage on one
of these heats must wait for the August
boats, and that means that he viii reach
the diggings just as the terrible arctic win
ter is about to freeze everything up solid
for six months. Those who leave now viii
not fare much better. There is almost
sure to he destitution and perhaps famine
in Dawson City this winter
The Alaska Commercial Company will
fill with provisions the stee9age of the
steamship Excelsior, Which sails from.
Seattle for st. Michael on July % The
company wishes to rush into Dawson all the
food possible for fear that famine may
occur there before the ice breaks up iii May
or June next. President Gloss says that
unless the food supply is large the inhahi
tants Will die like rats in a trap" for
the only way out is ON snow-shoes to Ju-
neau, and men unused to exposure cannot
make that trip.
The times., 1897-07-22
The World of Business.
vail street Yesterday.

New York, July PA further spirited
advance in wheat was the most import
ant feature OF the days Developments
The otner divisions of the grain market
were also steady The advance in wheat
was due to continued heavy purchases
for exnort, today's early tahngs in this
market beng estimated at 100000 bush
els Following upon yesterdays heavy
engagements, the steady purchases OF
our grain for foreign account furnish ample
confirmation of the recent predictions as
to the states Of this country this year
In tie worlds grain markets.
Today's stock market showed further
contraction in The volume OF business and
the tone as again somewhat hestating.
The trade developed few features Of par
tieuIar interest, the selling for foreign ac-
count continuing In fair volume. Sugar
Refining. Chicago Gas, the Lead shares and
the Grangers reflected the largest specu-
lative interest The Granger group was.
however, less active than of late, and with
the exception of Rock Island. which was
sFrong. was somewhat unsettled. Sugar
Refining also hesitated, being affected by
the delay of the Senate in accepting the
compromise tariff bill. and also by the
statement published in trade journal that
the duty OF Sugar was inadequate in the
way OF protection. Chicago Gas and the
Lead shares were bought in anticipation Of
the declaration of dividends The bond
market was active and strong, with de
cided advances in Detroit Gas and susque
hanna and Western issues
Among the specialties a sharp decline
in Consolidated Gas was without lie
finite explanation Gold to the amount
of 500 900 was withdra wn from the sub
treasury for shipment TO Canada, making
a total of $3.50 900 taken for that destina-
tion this week
There is no enga cement for tomorrow 5
steamers. This did not affect the market,
which closed strong
The times., 1897-07-22
. PASSPORT

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in the blood. Pure blood is safeguard
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wherever they are found in the body. 1t as
sists in the digestion of the food. 1t stirnu-
lates the action of stomach, liver, bowels,
and kidneys. 1t sends rich, vitalized blood
into every fiber of the body and makes firm,
solid healthy flesh.
Any man or woman who is losing flesh
and vigor should waste no time in taking
this most rnarvelcusly effective of all med
;cines. 1t will save hundreds of dollars of
doctors bills, and hundreds of days of
misery. All good druggists sell it.
Mrs. W. B. Duncan, of Arlington, Phelps Co.,
Mo-. writes MY husband took four bottles of
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery when he
was las he thoughtl almost into consumption, and
we were very thankful that such medicine could
be found. 1wiSh all persons troubled with cough
would take it. Long may the Golden Medical
Discovery and Favorite Prescription be made.
l shall always recommend and praise these
medicines
Any wo,nan who feels that she ought to have
handy, plainly worded, we'll illustrated medical
book ii the house, land what woman does not p
should secure DR.. Picrce's Common Sense Med
ical Adviser. DR.. Pierce is SO we'll known chief
consulting physician to the Invalds' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, of Buffalo, N Y, it isn't worth
wfiiie to say word .about him. The books the
thing Until recently this book has sold for so.
At that price $50 900 copies were sold Now there
| heavy paper that will be given away, for a linn
! tied time, absolutely free to whoever will ask.
| The book contains 1908 pages There are 900
illustrations. Send III one-cent stamps to paw
cost of mailing only. Cloth-bound book may
| be had for 10 cent extra-3I cents in all. Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association. Buffalo, N. Y.
The times., 1897-07-22
PIONEERS TO THE KLoNDIKE.
HardshipS of Two rospectors Who
Went There in 1891.

New York, July 21-'I first heard
Of the great gold fields on the Klondikc
in October, Is9I - said a New York man,
vino recently returned from Alaska II
was then in Juneau, and while there /
met two prospectors who had just return
ed from the now famous gold fields. They
showed me $4,000 worth of the precious
metal, and assured me that they had
gathered the entire lot in twenty days. AT
the same time they We're not over enthus
ia site about the Klondike. In fact, they
vowed that they would not go back there
for one hundred times 10000
They had al they wanted of the north
ern gold fields, they said, and when met
them they were getting ready to go to
South Africa They declared that the hard
ships they had endured in reaching the
gold fields were almost beyond belief
They carried al their tools and supplies
on their backs. and it took them six
months TO make the journey. In tia time
they were obliged TO swim the Yukon
river no less than twenty times, and as
the water isice-cold al the yeararound the
task was net a pleasant one. When they
reached the gold fields they found that
they had only twenty days in which to
work before they must start on the return
trip During that time they managed to
gather up the $40 900 worth OF gold which
they showed me. The journey back lasted
six months also, and when the miners
reached juneau they said they were com
pletely exhausted
The times., 1897-07-22


without hoard, we have every reason ~
assume that this part of our territory VIII
in year or two contain 10000 souls at
lea st.
For the news has gone out to the
Goa st, and an unprecedented influx is eN-
pected next spring. And this is not al,
for large creek called Indian Creek joins
the Yukon bout midway between Klondi ke
and Stewart rivers, and all along this
creek good pay has been found. All that
has stood in the way of working it here
tofure has been the scarcity of provisions
and the difficulty Of getting them up there
when here. Indian Creek is quite large
stream, and it is probable it will yield
five or six hundred claims
"Fuither south yet lie the heads of sew
eral branches OF Stewart River, on which
some prospecting has been done this sum
MGR and good Indications found, but the
want of provisions prevented development
Now gold has been found in several OF the
streams Joining Pelly River, and also all
along the Hootaliqu. In the line of these
finds further south are the Casair gold
fields, in British Columbia, so the presump-
ton is thai we hayein our territory along
the eaSterly waters he'd of the ukon gold
bearing belt of indefinite width and upward
of 3oG miles long, exclusive of the British
Columbia part of it.
Good quartz is also reported on the
hills around Bonanza Creek, but of this i
viii be able to speak more fully after my
proposed survey. 1t is pretty certain, from
| information l have got from prospectorS,
that all, or nearly all, OF the northerly
branch Of White River is on our side of the
line, and copper is found on it. / have
also seen specimen of silver ore said
to have been picked mp in a creek flow
ing into Bennett Lake, about fourteen
miles down it, On the east side.
when it was fairly established that
| Bonanza Greek was rich in gold, there was
a great rush from all over the country
adjacent to Forty-mile The town was
| almost deserted Men who had been
| in a chronic state of drunkenness for
weelxS were pitched into boats as ballast
and taken up TO stake themselves claim,
and claims Were staked by men for their
| friends who were not In the country at
tie time
| In his last report oglvy says: The re
| ports from the Klondike region are still
very encouraging, so much so that all the
otter creeks around are practically aban-
doned. Some of the claims are so rich
that every night few pans of dirt suffice
| TO pay the help when there is any. Claim
owners are now very reticent about what
they get, so you can hardly credit anything
you hear. but one thingis certain-we have
one of the richests mining areas ever found,
with fair prospect that we have not yet
discovered It's limits"
Coal is discovered on the upper part OF
/ the Klondke, SO that the facilities foT
working the gold mines are convenient.
The times., 1897-07-22
BETTER THAN AT KLONDIKE
Claims of Surprising Richness on
The Pelley River. :.
The Excelsior Expected to Bring
Down Several Million Dollars
on Her Next Trip.

San Francisco, July 2t.-When the
trip to st. Michael's, which will be about
September 5. the present Kionoise eX-
citement will be cast into the shade From
n private letter received here by the last
steamer, from trustworthy sources, 1T Is
known that the Excelsior will bring
down on her next trip between S5,o0o,-
600 and S6,000,000 tn gold dust, which
will represent a clean up OF all the re-
maining miners In the Yukon, who send
their money by express.
The KIondike fever RACES here. In fact,
the new diesings are the only topic or
conversation. Hundreds who have made
plans to go to the mines this fall find
they cannot get a steamer passage TO
Juneau From here steamers are all fun
to st. Michael aud juneau, but extra boats
will be put Oh at Portland and Seattle
for Juneau, and by this route no doubt
several hundred more gold seekers VIII
go in, should the season remain open
lcng enough for them to go over Cmlcoot
| Pass.
Three men came Ia yesterday from Yukon
| on the steamer umatilla from Victoria
| Two were miners and are said to have
cleaned up good fortunes, one at Klondike
| and the other at Cooks inlet. The thirc
man was Harvey Patton, a furniture dealer
! of this city, who went up last spring
i and stayed at KIondike only two weeks
He says:
THAT camp is the most remarkable
ever saw, and I'm going hack next week
with a'lthe provisions / can carry. am
| confident that the next steamer whlcf
| arrives will bring full details of very rich
strikes on the Pelley River, above one
hundred miles above Dawson. Minersf sfrou
there begged me to go up, as they said
they had seen gold from claims on the Pei
| ley, end they heard from other Iartie'
that it was richer than anything at klon'
| dixie.
From several other districts came sim
liar reports These could not all be exag-
| gerations IF half were true, 1t shows
that this spring and summers prospecting
has uncov cred many new bonanZas
| c. Kelley about twenty-five years Old
| arrived today with S24, 600 in gold dust
He went up last year found good claim
and, with the help of another miner, cleaned
| up modest fortune.
The times., 1897-07-22

them OF the truth that the country Of
the Yukon and its tributaries in Alaska
and British America is as large as the
whole OF. the United States east of the
Mississippi; that it is longer than a trip
to Europe before they reach the Bering
Sea and the mouth Of the Yukon, and that
by the time they strike the Yukon the
Alaskan arctic winteFawill se upon them
BY September % the Gather settles and
the Yukon River is frozen solid until next
May.
Tne expense of getting from Chicago to
Seattle is $50, and from Seattle to the
Bering Sea is $3.50. There will be thou
sands of Western men WIG win go, but,
OF course, the coast people expect every
thing in their favor. One thing must be
remembered, that the Klondike country is
in British donlain and win be governed
accordingly.
One OF the most important letters that
has thus far come from the Klondike gold
fields reached this city this afternoon 1t
is dated Dawson City, June 10, and is
signed by Ben jamin r Shaw, representa-
Tive of several big insurance companies,
and is addressed to o. A, Schade, a
prominent Seattle merchant.
In it Mr. Shaw says: Il started ON the
trip with pretty hard luck, for l lost all
of my outfit in the wreck OF the steamer
Willapa, except my sled and few tools
/ got a new outfit at Juneau, and reached
Dawson City June TO- AS l left Seattle
on March IS, / was nearly three months
on the road l rather enjoyed the trip.
There was some hard work, but / had
no nishaps after leaving Dyea. There Is
no night here now. 1t Is as light as mid
day the twenty ty-four hours, and neither
too warm nor too cold This is a great
mining strikc-probably the greatest on
the American continent or in the world.
/ know you will not believe me when |
tell you all about it. Gold has not been
found in great paying quantities except on
two creeks. Some of the pay streaks are
nearly all gold. One thousand dollars to
the pan Is not an uncommon thing, and as
high as 90 ounces have been taken out
at single pan.
''It is not uncommon to see men coming
In with all the gold dust they can carry
You wonld not believe me when l tell
You that went into one cabin and counted
five nve-eaIlon oil cans full of gold dust,
but it is a fact. It is the result of the
the dust is not much more than half
worked out There has been So 900 900
worth or gold dust taken out so far in
| the district At low estimate, there will
be $50, 900 900 taken out during the next
| year. I went to work as soon as l got
here for $40 a day, because all the rich
| claims Were taken.
II hope to get located on paying claim
myself. Some OF the saloons take IN from
| $4,000 to $4,000 day. All pay is in gold
dust and nothing less than fifty cents. \
| glass Of beer costs fifty cents, and don't
drink many There are plenty OF provis-
ions here. Flour is S12 per 100 pounds,
and other provisions are accordingly high.
! Charles Kimball. of Seattle is taking in
from $500 to $500 a day There are
about 1 600 pcople in the neighborhood
| of the town Most OF them live in tents
but some good buildings are being put up
The times., 1897-07-22
PHISCATER TELLS HIS STORY.
Sufferings He Endured in Els Saarch
fer Fortune.

Niley Mich, July 21-Frank Phiscater,
who eight months ago went to Alaska from
B;troda, il this State, poor man, and
returned to San Francisco less than two
weeks ago with nuggets of gold and dust
that netted him S92, goo, was in town to-
day for a couple of hours He told the
story of the intense cold, the scarcity Of
game and provisions and the almost un-
helievable richness of the klondike gold
bearing gravel beds, when once they are
reached by the use of fire to thaw the
deeply frozen soil. Many a pan Of dirt
he washed out that netted him more than
Sl0o lie says that after reaching the
Klondike country he left his companions,
ana with pack of provisions pushed on
alone, locating finally on the banks Of the
Klondike, where he dug a hole in the
ground large enough to hold himself aud
provisions.
Morning after morning he tramped in
different directions, striving To unearth
a find, but night after night he returned
| empty handed. His back was a solid mass
| of sores from carrying a heavy pack, and
! his feet We're frozen and blistered. For
f! six weeks his eyes never met those Of
| a fellow white man. He was discouraged
| and weak from insufficient food and over
| eXertion, and began TO doubt there waE
| any gold in Alaska, when one day, after
| twenty mile tramp, he came upon a little
| stream which flowed down the side of a
| mountain and emptied into a sort of basn.
! The water was only partly frozen He
| peered into its shallow depths and there be
| fore his very eyes, was gold. He plunged
into the icy water like an insane man, and
| clutehed frantically at the long sought Oh
iect of his search.
He picked up all the metal in sight and
fingered In the cold water, dreading to
leave the spot lest some of the wealth
should escape him. When he started on
! his return tramp he was overcome with
the fear OF being murdered by unsuecess-
ful hunters who might cross his path.
He buried the gold in the ground inside
his hovel Day after day he worked
sometimes in water when he saw golt
and some Of the time digging into tn.
gravel bed which was not far away
He built enormous fires and In tire spring
his stock pile netted him his fortune.
| Before spring other fortune-hunters JOINED
him and they all secured other valuable
claims and own them still He think
his claim is worth fortune
Phscater is about forty years OF age
He is doubtful about returning this year
The times., 1897-07-22
GOING TO THE GOLD FIELDS.
Two Washington Young Men Prepa +
ing to Grasp a Fortune.

IuS to OIdSD a. CoA t"HN'
Two enterprising young men who are de
termincd upon reaching the gold fields of
Alaska are Mr. Fred G. Calvert of No.
10 n street northwest, and Mr.. William
Niemeyer, of No 243 Elm street, LIE Droit
Park
Mr.. Calvert is an engineer and surveyor
and was preparing to join the Geological
Survey for exploring the territory OF Alas ka
when the news came of the discovery of
gold in the Klondike regions.
Mr.. Niemeyer is telegrapher in the
Washington Loan and Trust Building, and
the two have planned to make an early
start for the North in order that they may
reach the X klondike before winter sets Ia
and begin prospecting. so as to be in
readiness in the spring.
The young men. who are thoroughly In
earnest, are making plans to secure the
cooperation of some financier who Will
furnish tie capital for the enterprise, and
share with them in the proceeds of their
dicgings. tits calculated that about 81 900
will be necessary to carry them through
for eighteen months, and they hope to de-
part as soon as that much money is pro-
viiied. The young men have been studying
mining and the geography of the territory
and have ably equipped themselves for the
expedition.
The times., 1897-07-22

Chicago, July 2f-wEeat opened Off
1-4al cent from last night, but with an
active demand ruled fIrIn- Continen talz
became excited and brought aberaI buy
ing orders, with heavy sales reported for
future shipment Tie cash sales mere
were much below yesterdays, due, in
measure, to restricted offerings Receipts
from the Southwest were light, with Gal
weston and New Orleans outbiIding Chi
eago- Receipts here were s. cars, against
156 the same day last year.
Total primary receipts were a shade
under 100000 bushels, against 100000 q
year ago.
The underlying strength ia the market
is the foreign situation. Europe is short,
and looks to this country to make good
its principal deficiency Until the demand
is supplied, no permanent decline is Iooked
for here.
The times., 1897-07-22
HAD THE KLoND1KE FEVER.
Party of Gold Hunters Arrested
by New York Police.

New York, July 21-Fourteen men and
boys who suffered with the Klondike
gold fever were lined up before Magis.
trate kudlich In the Harlem police court
this morning. The party had been caught
while slowed away in empty freight cars
in train bound for Albany and they de
clared that they were bound for the Alaska
gold fields Among the prisoners were
Elmer Twitchel and August Hoppe, who
said they were tramping for Chicago news
papers. They We're discharged and the
others were fined So each.
The times., 1897-07-22

The selling of American stocks con
tinuously by London, which our MAI ket
has been SO strong, is a matter not only
for comment but Tor thought. So far as
London has taken any interest in our
stocks whatever, for some time past 1t
has been to dump them. Apparently, the
hope Of the passage Of the tauIf bill
does not animate in the breast OF tie
Britisher any enthusiasm Neither DO cur
crop reports end prospects The inslnua-
ton is made that the LOndoneTs believe
our politicians corrupt and our politics
rotten. and are afraid that while these
things are thus We can have no lasting
prosperity Europe sold all Of the inter
nationals yesterday, and in st Paul
and Louisville * Nashville our prices were
affected adversely by it.
The times., 1897-07-22
coRsoN & MCCARTNEY,

Eempers of :ns New FORK Stock Ell,
change, 1419 Z st Glover building
correspondents Of MesSrs. Moore scnieys
co R-o2dvay,
Bankers ana Deaiersi In GoVeTamcne BondA
Deposits Exchange LoanA
Railroad stocks and Bonds and all securf-
ties listed en- the exchanges Of New 4ork.
PHILADELPHIA, Boston and BalIir1Cre oouGns
and sold
A speciality made oflnvestmens sc curiues-
District bonds and all local Railroad, GA4.
insurance and Telephone Stock dealt In
American bell Telephone stock bouzas
<rc soId mhiS-R
The times., 1897-07-22

Last summer one Of our grandchildren
was sick with severe howell trouble,
says Mrs. E. G. Gregory, OF Fredericks-
town, Mo "Our doctors remedies had
failed; then We tried Cha mberla in IS Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which
gave very speedy relief" For sale by
Henry Evans, Wholesale and Retail Drug
gist, 93S F street northwest and Con-
necticut avenue and S street northwest
and 142S Maryland avenue northeast.
The times., 1897-07-22
FROM NEW YORK BY STEAMER
A Party Going to Alaska Via the
Cane Horn Route

Cleveland, O., July CIV B. Fasig, q
prominent horseman, says he and one hun
dred other New York business men and
spectators have chartered a steamer in
New York. The boat will leave New York
in September, and go by the way of Cape
Horn to San Francisco. The party viii
join it at San Francisco and go to Alaska
In the spring.
The times., 1897-07-22

Mr. Lindblor1, Mr.. sHsby's correspondent,
says:
Il would sell wheat. The pronounced
hears around 65 are the big buyers today
and they are as wrong now as theE''
The times., 1897-07-22

Chicago Grain and Provision Market.
Corrected daily by W B Hibbs & Co,
Bankers and Hrokers- Members OF the
y. Y. stocE Exchange, 1927 F street.
The times., 1897-07-22
LYashinptnn stnnk rxchnnnn-

Sales American Graphophone. 100 at
9 I'd; Mergenthaler Linotype. 1 o at t1S 81.
40 at II 81 +; o tits; Lanston Monotype
80 at I 5 SO; 100 at 10 IA.
The times., 1897-07-22
New York Stock Market.

Corrected daily by W e. Hibbs & Co.
f'ankers an0 BrnkeTs. Members OF the
n. z. Stock Exchange. 1927 F street
The times., 1897-07-22

Sugar has paused in its upward course
if it has not stopped. Yesterdays close
marked A small recession from Tuesdays,
and the highest price was rot within q
point of high Tuesday. II is still an utter
gamble. and there is no reason why traders
sbouId risI, their money on it when there
are 50 many very nearly sure things IN the
market Between those who believe that
Sugar VIII go 20 100 immediately, and
that other numerous class who expect to
see it dTop with as much celerity as it
climbed, and even more, as 1t is always
easier to fall, there is very little to chose
The only definite point in favor Of the
bulls on Sugar is the indisputahle fact that
there has haeu large Investment buying, and
there is not much loose stock afIoat That a
large part of this buying has been for
Rockefeller l have 10 Doubt whatever.