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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-05-21
The Formal In Attire,

II heard critic say that this Etatus
OF Venus Is too formal wonder what
he mennt?"
"Tbat 1t has too few clothes ] pre-
sumo, "--Detroit Free Press,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-05-21
THE FILlFERA PALM.

In Some Respects IL IL the Pretticst
of Decorative Plants.
Among the many handsome decora-
tive palms that are now considered in
dispensable in our homes, new beauty
is now making its appearance. Many of
tie different varieties of fan palms are
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-30
RICH sTRIKE S IN THE KLONDIKE Il.
Tive Men who Took Out $50. 900 and
o. o While Prospecting.

WASHINGTON. July 29.-More news about big
strikes in the Klondike was received to-day by
Capt. c. F. Shoemaker. chief of the revenue cut
ter service. in a report from Capt. +. L. Hooper.
commanding the Behring sea patrol fleet. Capt.
Hooper sent some interesting Information about
the gold discoveries recently. which was printed
in THE SUN. His report is dated Cnalaska. July
10. This is what he has to say about the Klon-
dixie excitement:
Tho North American Trading and Transpor-
tation Company's steamer Portland arrived on
the eth from st. Michael with about fifty miners
from the Yukon as passengers. These men were
from the new mines referred to in my last re-
port. and. like those who arrived on the Excel
sior, all have gold in sums varying from SO. o
or $4,000 to over Sl5o.0o0. In the aggregate
tho Portland had nearly tho same amount as
was brought by the Excelsior, about half a mil
lion. All this md much more that has not yet
been brought down has been taken out of the
mines since their discovery last August.
Zone man. u Mr.. Berry OF California, who last
September was in debt for his outfit. took out
over $l50,O0o while merely, prospecting claim
No. 40 on Bonanza Greek, which he had
staked out. With part OF this gold he bought
an interest in three other claims, which promise
to be as rich ms the first one. I. Phiscater. who
previous to his stalking out claim No. . on the
Eldorado was II waiter on one OF the river
steamers. took out $4,000 while merely pros
pccting his claim, the whole of which H. csti-
mated To he worth over a million dollars. Many
similar cases are reported, which indicate that
tho new mining region is tho richest yet diScov.
erod on this continent. or course, all this will
attract a great many men, and, as the means of
getting provisions TO the mines are but little
better than last year, when with only 1000 men
to provide for food was scarce and high. it will
probably result in want
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HARD FIGHTING IN cHITRAL.
me Resurrection In on n Large ~scnle-Bravery
OF tho Tribenmen.

VI tuo
Special Gable Dispatches to THE Sun.
LONDON, July GA despatch from Simla In
the Times asserts that the British garrison at
Malakand. in the Chitral, which was attacked
by natives on the evening of July 90, is now SO
disposed that any tribal attack upon It can be
readily repealed.
Despite this assurance, however. a later do
spatch from Bombay to the Central News says
that the British camp at Malakand has again
been attacked by tribesmcna and that the British
loss was thirteen men killed and thirty wounded.
The despatch also says that the garrison is short
of ammunition.
sIMLA, July 2s.-There is abundant evidence
that the rising in Chitral. is on q large scale. A
determined attack has been made upon tho
Malakand camp each night, the fighting lasting
until daybreak. Parties from the hills harass
tho pickets during the daytime. Ono picket
Of the Punjab infantry was driven In with a loss
Of twelve killed and several wounded.
The fighting has been desperate. On Monday
the tribesmen penetrated a part Of the camp,
but were driven back after losing thirty killed.
On Tuesday they lost ninety killed. On Wednes-
day they were reinforced, and again attacked
the camp with great determination.
They charged right up to the sappers in the
breastworks with unavailing valor. losing
heavily. The Sikhs and Punjabis fully main
tanned their reputation, but wcre too fatigued
to pursue the tribesmen.
Strong endorsements Of British and native
troops are nearing the camp. Another attack Is
expected tonight, but no anxiety is felt.
In the three days fighting one officer was
killed and six were wounded, a large proportion
for 80 small a force.
The Government, recognizing that operations
must now DO on a considerable scale, has decided
that the troops now at Malakand, with the rein.
forcements, shall DO formed into two brigades.
with a complete staff.
Appointment Mohammedan named Rasoul has
been arraigned in Lucknow on a charge of sedi.
ton. In addressing q meeting of his corelig.
ionists he congratulated the Sultan of Tur
key on his victories over the Greeks, and
insulted Queen Victoria and the British Govern
mont. He declared that but for the Sultan's for
bearance tho old woman's ribs would have
been broken years ago."
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the Canadian Side Of the Alaskan Boundary.
for himself, but there is authority for the state
ment that he Will favor a reteliatory policy.
e ana tRssS 1 app SfSHrA British Htyf miners mersn are AZ sG now al.
lowed to mine gold free in the Yukon fields on
the American side. This privilege might DO re-
voked. British vessels arc now permitted to
stop at Dyea, a port convenient to the Klon-
dixie, which was made a SUPPORT Of entry
might land passengers and cargoes there. This
could also be revoked and American vessels
allowed TO tako a customs officer to Dyea on
British vessels could not havo the Same privi-
lege; unless Dyea emained a sub-port OF entry;
British owners OF property In the Territories,
pending q recommendation to Congress for the
Treasury Department arc much interested In
the question, and it is quite possible that when
Secretary Gage returns to his desk 1t will DO
taken up for serious consideration ana prompt
action.
hundred Rlondike passengers in the city await.
ing the departure, of their respective boats.
Having got over, the rush attending the pur.
chase of outfits, they have time to discuss the &C.
ton of the Canadian Government in passing tho
sweeping " hold-up " law. which all denounce
tax levied solely for tho purpose Of keeping tho
energetic Americans who made the rich discov-
cries from remaining in the country to reap the
the line.
However, 1t will have its good results. Tho
miners all concede that Alaska is just as rich in
/ placers, and as Uncle Sam places no embargo
on miners, it is their intention TO give
their own territory more attention. All
the tributary rivers and creeks of the Yukon
thoroughly prospected and good-paying mines
on streams abandoned in the vicinity Of Circle
City will again be reoccupied.
The next treasure ship to arrive from
Klondike, via St. Michael. is the Portland,
and from 81, 100000 to 81. 900, 900 in gold
is expected TO arrive at Seattle on her. The
story that a Chinese band of pirates are layingf for
her in northern waters is regarded as exceed
ingly fshy. There will be from so to $50 miners
returning on this steamer. and as they are
usually pretty we'll armed and something of
fighters they will DO able to stand of a fleet of
Chinese piratea.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-30
NEW ROUTE TO THE KIoND1KE.
A Trail Opened Through white Pass-steam-
boats BuildinE for tho Yukon.

Dont1 LuitulnE ZOE tne hukOu.
MONTREAL, July 29.-Mr. c. H. Wilkinson,
Canadian representative of the British Yukon
Company. confirms the report that the White
Pass pack trail over the mountains was opened
for travel on July 16. lit is a little east of the
Chilkoot Pass route.l
Not only was White Pass opened for pack
travel, he said, but tho company had completed
arrangements for placing q fleet Of between ten
and twenty steamboats, on the Yukon River as
soon as the river opens next spring. The boats
have already been contracted for, and
will be in readiness for the opening of
navigation. These boats will be dat-bot-
toned. with stern wheels. very much of
the same style as the old Mississippi and Ohio
river craft. They will be built to draw. when
empty, only some eight inches OF water. and
when loaded about twenty inches. The lakes
along the Yukon are quite deep, but the river is,
in places. very shallow, necessitating the light
draught lines on which the boats arc being
built.
Half OF this feet will ply between the point
where the trail over the White Pass strikes the
headwatcrs OF tho Yukon and Miles Canon. in
the heart OF the Klondike district, This distance
ia $50 miles. The other half Of the fleet will ply
tho mouth OF the river. Communication will
thus be established by the two principal routes
by which the gold fields arc reached by way of
the White Pass and by way of the lower Yukon.
Mr.. Wilkinson says that IL Is now altogether
probable that the British Yukon Company will
begin the construction OF n rail.
road over the White Pass as carly next spring
as operations can DO begun. 1t was at first the
intention of the company to build only a wagon
il a subsidy could DO obtained from the Domin.
ion Government. In view, however, OF the great
| rush to the gold fields the British Yukon Com
pany had practically decided to build the rail-
r0al Mt once.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-30
waahinrton Notes.

WASHINGTON. July 29.-President c. c. shayne
and Vice. President ]. A. Heckman Of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Board Of Trade of
New York, had a talk with Assistant Secretary
Howell of the Treasury Department to-day
about the enforcement of the provision in the
Tariff law prohibiting the FREQ entry OF wearing
apparel and other personal belongings valued
atmore than 800. They submitted suggestions,
and requested that the provision DO applied
strictly.
The application OF Hy Schoonmaker of New
York city for an assistant appraisership at New
York was filed ct the Treasury Department
to-day.
A conscience contribution of 25 cents, in
closed in an envelope postmaked Taylorsville.
ILL.,, was received at the Treasury Department
to-day.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt OF the Navy
Department is expected to resume his official
duties on Monday, and Secretary Long has pre-
pared to start on his vacation. The Secretary
will leave Washington on Sunday. He win
make a trip from New York to Boston and along
tho New England coast in the despatch boat
Dolphin. Several weeks will be spent by the
Secretary at Dedham, Mass, his old home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-30
OBJECTIONS TO CAPT. MERRY.
why the Greater Republic OF Central America
Objects TO Receiving Him NJ Minister.

Objects TO Receiving Him ns Minister.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-Tho fact that Capt.
". L. Merry OF San Francisco represented Mica
ragua in q consular capacity in the United
States Is the main reason for tho objection made
by the Diet Of the Greater Republic of Central
America to receiving him as Minister of tho
United States to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and
Salvador, the Office to which he was recently APP
pointed. Nearly every country objects to re-
ceiying as q diplomatic representative Of another
country q person who has represented the frst-
named country abroad. An exception was made
by the United States Government in the case Of
Frank Hastings. whe returned to tho United
States as Secretary OF the Hawaiian Legation
after having been a consular officer Of this coun-
try at Honolulu.
Another reason for the action Of the Diet con-
Germs the peculiar diplomatic relations existing
between the United States and the Central
American republics. Capt. Merry is accredited
to Nicaragua and Salvador. but not to Hondu-
ras, the third country in the confederation OF
the Greater Republic. Another Minister repre-
sents the United States in Honduras. Guate-
mala, and Costa Rica. The Government OF tho
Greater Republic does not like this distinction.
It sent a Minister to Washington n year ago,
should be sent to the Greater Republic. These
points are said to underlie the objection to
Capt. Merry, but he cannot be accredited to the
Greater Republic. because the appropriation for
his salary makes IL necessary that no shall he
certified as Minister to Nicaragua. Costa RIGA,
and Honduras. State Department. officials
think that the Diet will withdraw Its objec,
lions under q promise that Congress Will
straighten out the tangle.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-30
KOLJU's GOOD LUCK.
Starving In February. but Cnme Home with
S8T, 900.

SIOUX FALLS, s. D., July 29.-William Kolju.
n Finlander, arrived home yesterday after an
absence OF eighteen months, bringing with him
ST. 900 in gold nuggets from the Klondiko. In
February last he was on the verge OF starvation
and had no money to buy food. A short time
after this his fortune frightened. He struck
pay dirt and began taking 1t out and packing
his sluice boxes, This required arduous labor
as the pay ground lay on the bedrock beneath
the frozen soil.
In May the water came in torrents. Mr..
Kolju began slulcing his dirt, and met with sue
cess. He at once set about cleaning up as much
OF his dirt as possible. taking out a little
more than Sl7 900 in gold dust, which he
brought homo with him. He sold his claim for
$4,000.
His account OF tho country. is not calculated
to drive fortune hunters and pleasure seekers
into ccstacies. He says there Is lots OF gold In
the country. bat the percentage OF men who get
1t is no greater than in tho average mining
camp. Some OF the oldest settlers are poorer
than when they went thcre. although they have
worked untiringly.. All OF tho pay dirt lies at
bedrock, beneath tho beds Of streams, and the
only time it can be reached is in the winter
while the water IL frozen. In summer 1t cannot
be reached because OF the water.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-30
III o1IEsK1Ns LEI nn1pns.
new Work Appraisers Raie Theua out ef the
Free Ports DiGsr.

GE1V a"hOthNF E0fN bSN"sFr
The New York Appraisers made a very impor-
tant classification yesterday in the matter Of
imported calfskins. Leather merchants, shoe
manufacturers, and others have insisted over
since tho schedule on hides and leather was do
cided by tho conference committee on the Ding
Icy bill that calfskins did not come under SEQ
tion 437 Of the law, but did come under section
ga Of tho law. Section 437 says:
Hides of cattle. raw or uncured. whether
dry, salted, or picked. Is per cent. ad valorem."
Section 864 says:
skins of all kinds, raw texccpt sheepskins
with tho wool on), and hides not specially pro-
vided for in this act. are Free"
Collector Warren Of Boston, who mado the
first ruling on raw calfskins, decided on Monday
that they were not hides, but skins, and came
in free. Mr.. Warren made this ruling after he
had consulted all tho dictionaries he could
find and had had a conference with
s &. r Sii desBBS St s look Mo at said ,So G II making hSE
p~raisers' rulings shows that those officials gon-
orally had ruled that tho hide of any smali DO.
hide. This ruling meant the saving of thou
sands OF dollars annually to the leather dealers
The Collector of the Port at San Francisco,
On Tuesday, ruled as did the Collector Of tho
Tho question did not como up here until Wed.
nesday. whom II was referred to the New York
I Appraisers. They concluded very promptly that
raw calfskins are hides Of cattle and must como
under section 437 and pay 10 per cent. duty, or
course, this decision will be contested by all of
the leather merchants and tho shoemakers, and
Il will be referred without delay to the Treasury
Department for q decision.
The New York Appraisers are ready to bet
dollars to doughnuts that their classification
will DO sustained.
Tho question Is one Of the most important that
can come VI under the new Tariff law. because Q
very largo percentage Of all the hides imported
into tho country are calfskins, and q duty OF 10
per cent. IL 1t must be paid, means q good many
millions of dollars annually.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-30
OUR ASIATIC FL EEL.
aIachias and Yorktown Ordered Home-Con-
cord and Helena TO Take Their Places.

WASHINGTON, July 29.-Secretary Long to-
day directed q general shifting around of tho
officers attached to tho Asiatic station. in view
OF his intention to reduce tho strength OF tho
feet by the withdrawal of the cruiser Machias
and the gunboat Yorktown in tho fall. Orders
were issued directing these vessels to return to
San Francisco shortly. and notice has been sent
Admiral McNair to expect the Eunboats Concord
and Helena to take their places. The Concord
is now on her way to Alaskan waters to take
and the Helena il at tho Washington Navy
Yard under orders to proceed to the Cuban pa
Will he ordered north for repairs. In a few
weeks the wilmington is to be recalled from
Florida. and Tho Detroit sent to relieve her: and
by way OF tho Suez Canal. The Concord will
probably not reach the China station until Oc-
toher. and the Helena until November, but the
Yorktown and Machias are expected homo
earlier.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-30
TO ESTABLISH AN ARMoR PLANT.
Secretary Long Will Go On with the Work II
shipbuiIders Refuse TO Make Armor.


WASHINGTON, July 29.-The propositions Of
the Carnegie and Bethlehem companies to fur
nish diagonal armor for the battleships ILL
nois, Wisconsin, and Alabama, at a price to be
fixed hereafter, have been rejected by Secre-
tary Long, who holds that he has no authority
of law to enter into such an agreement. dag
onal or bulkhead armor is usually built into
the structure OF a ship. and the offers of the
armor manufacturers were made to prevent
delay pending the settlement Of their ~contro-
versy with the Government. The Construction
Bureau has ri ported to Secretary Long that the
failure to receive the diagonal armor will cause
no delay and that arrangements can be made
for putting it in position after the three battle
ships are completed. Meanwhile the Secretary
Is waiting to hear from the Cramps and the
Newport News Shipbuilding Company In an
swcr to his inquiry, sent by direction of Con-
gress, whether they will undertake to establish
plants for furnishing armor to the Government
A similar question was asked the other big
shipbuilding firm. the Union Iron Works OF
tive. II both the Cramps and the Newport
News Company also decline to attempt the
manufacture of armor, the Secretary will go
ahead in tho arrangements to establish a Gov
eminent plant. Two members OF a board to
report on the project have been selected, but
the other three members will not be chosen
until final answers are received from the ship
building companies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-30
aonn oorsu1An AProNTMHvrs.
ohie Gets the nest Places. unciuainE the ne
nirablo Pest NJ Beirast.

wAsHINaToN, July 29.-A number Of new
Consular appointments were announced from
the White House to-day. They were decided on
by the President before he loft Washington, and
the commissions wero signed, but It was decided
TO withhold announcement until Mr.. Mckinley
had got out OF town. Ohio men get the best
places in the list. Belfast, one OF the most do
sirablo posts, was sought for by more than sixty
applicants. Tho New York candidate for the
Glasgow Cnnsulato was Editor auckland Of the
American Econonist. He was heavily Endorsed
by tho organization of tho American Protective
Association, and by q largo number OF New
York Republicans. A. II. Byington Of Conncc-
ticut, who goes to Naples, is the editor of tho
Norwalk Gazette, and was for many years clerk
to tho Senate Committee on Patents. Church
Howe of Nebraska, appointed Consul at Pa
lermo, was originally appointed Consul.G enoral
at Apia, Samoa. He did not want tho place, and
traded with Luther, W. Osborn, also of Nebraska,
who was to go to Palermo. The appointments
follow:
Church Howe Of Nebraska, Consul at Palermo,
General at Apia and Nukualofa, Tonga; John
n. Rufiin of Tennessee, Consul at Asuncion,
persg9ay; A. r.: ByinEt0n Of . C9qp n 6 Con
Consul at Glasgow, Scotland; Gustavo C. Z.
Weber Of Ohio. Consul at Nuremberg, Bavaria:
Montreal. Canada; John jenkins Of Nebreska.
Consul at San Salvador William w. Touyelle
Of Ohio, Consul at Belfast, Ireland; VII
liam 7; smyth Of Missouri. Consul At Hull,
Consul at Swansea, Wales; Urban ]. Ledoux OF
Maine, Consul at Three Rivers. Quebec; Wilbur
S. Glass Of South Dakota, Consul ut Kehl, Ger.
many; George H.. jackson OF Connecticut, Con.
sui at Cognac. France; Hugh Pitcairn of Penn
sylvanis, Consul Mt Hamburg. Germany; Ira D.
benjamin Nusbaum Of Pennsylvania, Consul al
| Munich, Bavaria ;John N. McCunn Of wiscon'
ain. Consul at Dunfermlinc, Scotland; Michael J,
| Burke OF Illinois. Consul. at Port Stanley and
st. Thomas, Canada; Edward ID. Winslow oil
Illinois, Consul at Stockholm, Sweden; ,Heze
eral at Panama, Columbia; James Johnston Of
| New Jersey, Consul AZ Sheffield, England.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-30
RETALIATION Against CANADA.
srveral Ways to Meet tho Proposed EXaction
OF koynItLes on kIondIke Cold.

Several Ways TO Meet inc proposed Exnctfon
or Royalties on kiondike Gold.
WAsuISGToN. July 20.-It is impossible at
this time to foroshadow the policy OF the Admin
i~Btration with regard to retaliation against
Canada for tho threatened exactions upon gold
mining In the Klondike. II Congress were in
session there is little doubt that legislation pro
posing various forms of reprIsal on Canada
and Canadians would be introduced in both
houses. Tho most popular form OF the
proposed retaliation in tho past has been
the threatened abolition or curtailmcnt
OF the bonded privilege now enjoyed by Cana
dian railroads crossing United States territory.
During tho first Cleveland Administration and
that OF Harrison this club was used to protect
American interests on English and Canadian
soil. Secretary Daniel Manning sent n message
to Congress advocating the Withholding of tho
bonded privilege from Canadian railroads.
This message, which was perhaps the most
popular of the first Cleveland Admin
istration, was met by tho removal Of
the discriminating tolls upon American
vessels passing through tho Welland Canal.
Secretary Window at the time of his death was
ON the point OF issuing the long'threttened order
10 abolish the bonding privilege. which no had
decided npen after az eHhSu1,t'G nn9iiG hear,
fu TSerS K nobody in Washington, at present
able 10 indicate what Congress might do. The
Speaker and the Chairman OF the Foreign Al.
fairs Committees OF both houses are absent, as
We'll as ali the influential member OF both
parties u the Senate and House; There
can be little doubt hSSWsHGr, that what,
would be promptly and heartily in.
dorsed. But II is not at all necessary that Con-
1ory policy should Canada nut in force the exac-
lions reported 70 have been agreed upon BY the
power TO place such reprisals upon Canada as
| might cause her TO regret her hasty action In