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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-12-10
RUSH TO THE YUKON.
Report OF Councul Smith. ut Victoria, =.
C., to the state Department.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 2-Consul Smith,
at Victoria, in q report to the state de.
partment. discusses the subject of the
klondike gold fields The aivices re
ceived at Victoria he says. indicate
that the rush in ls49 to California and
later to South Africa. will be eclipsed
by the gold seekers headed for the
Yukon in the early months Of 1898.
Agents from England have been at
Victoria making arrangements for
3. 900 or 1000 gold seekers Merchants
there have secured great supplies VI
outfit goods and the transportation
companies have made arrangements
sufficient TO make daily lines between
that port and St Michsels. Dyea,
Skaguay and Fort Wrangle.
The Canadian authorities have made
every possible arrangement for an all
Canadian route to the gold fields and
are trying to make it to the interest Of
miners to purchase their outfits in
Canada This is to be done through
tariff laws Hon. Clifford Sif-
ton, the Canadian minister OF
the interior made a trip
to the northwest recently and
in an address intimated that the 100
pounds exemption now allowed by the
Canadian government to the miners
would be abrogatcd by January l, and
that probably every thing not bought
in Canada would have To pay duty.
lie declined TO give any assurance that
the tax on mining would be reduced or
the alternate claim outrage be ale.
waited.
The consul goes to some extent into
a description of the methods OF mining
in Alaska, gathered from people who
have returned from there. One man
told him that he regarded Alaska rs
more profitable place for miners To 60
than To Canada. owing to the excessive
royalty charged by the Dominion gov
eminent, which, it seems. there is no
expectation of having repealed. The
klondikc stratum rules in the direc-
ton of Alaska. and those men who
have interest in mines there are doing
| as well as those in Canada
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NANCY ALLISON MKrNLEY.

NANCY ALLISON M'KrNLEY.
there been favorable feature in her
condition. That the attack would
ultimately end in death was the first
fear of the family on discovering her
illness. and the consultations Ct the
attending physicians have Anded
70 couhrm this belief.
Mother" Mckinley must have been
strixen some time during Wednesday
night. but the first intimation she had
of any change in her condition was
this morning when she found her
self unable to speak. She walked
70 the room of her daughter aud
aroused the latter. At once Miss Me-
Kinley saw that something had hap
pened- She awakened the other mem-
beers Of the family and physician was
called. He at once pronounced the
trouble paralysis.
Mother" Mckinley had been slight
ly i'll for several days with a mild at
tack OF the grip. She had been up and
aboIt the house, and no serious results
from her illness were apprehended.
Her son Abner Mckinley. of New
York. arrived in Canton on Tuesday,
and his mother seemed to be greatly
cheered by his presence Yesterday
abe was 50 bright and cheerful as TO
cause the family TO remark on her i'm
provement, Mr.. Mckinley saying he
had not seen his mother looking so well
for n number of years. That being
her condition when she retired last
evening. the blow to the family upon
discovering what had come upon her
during the night was sad one. Dur
ing the forenoon n letter from the
president was received. 1t was read
10 tue aged sufferer and in response to
questions il she understood its con-
tents she nodded assent
Mr.. Abner Mckinley communicated
with the president as soon as he
learned the serious nature of the i'll
ness of his mother. and the president
asked that he be advised immediate
OF any change. Appointments were
made for communication by telephone,
frequently. Soon after Mr. Abner
Mckinley notified the president that
the sufferer had relapsed into semi
consciousness. and promised to COM
municate further at five o'clock. The
president did not wait for the five
o'clock message. He responded:
Tell mother | will be there and at
once prepared to start for Canton. He
is expected To arrive here at ten o'clock
Tomorrow morning.
DIR. Phillips. when he saw the pa
tient at six o'clock this evening. had
little to add TO what he had already
said. to the effect that she was very
I'll aud stood but little chance of re-
covery. 1t was the opinion of the doc
tor that she could not last more than
. few days and the end might come at
any time.
Inquiries concerning the condition
of Mrs Mckinley are coming to Can
ton from all over the country. floods OF
kilograms coming IS soon as the news
vas made public.
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Oklahoma Landlord--lf thar is a shootin'
star OF two along toward midnight don't git
danger yourself.
Eastern Enthusiastically not! have
seen such sights before. but was not aware
that there was to be . meteoric display at
this time.
wall. don't know for certain that thar
is goin' to be any, but I've got L figgered
out that them three members Of a busted
been boardn' on me for the last two weeks
while they waited for remittances from
home are goin' TO try 70 vamous tonight
an leave me holdin' the bag, an am we're to
say that they hain't goin' to git away with
out settlin' in full. not il my old revolver
works with its usual neatness an dispatch!
That's the kind of a-by gosh-landlord
AMIN. Y. World.
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THE CUBAN WAY.
A Delaware Charcoal burner Tries Ma
ch~te Practice on His Family.

Delaware Charcoal burner Tries Ma
ch~te Practice on His Family.
MILFORD, Del. Dec. S.-Salvage Bill.
derbacl<. a charcoal burner, attempted
to kill his family Wednesday night.
He said To his wife: II have just
learned to use the kind of swords
the Cubans use. Now want
all of you to stand up. The mother
and children arose. aud Bilderback
tied their hands with rope. which he
fastened to the rafters. Obtaining q
corn knife, which was in an
adjoining room, he commenced
cutting his family, infiicting
some dreadful wounds. Before he
could complete his work his son came
in. Bilderback seized musket and
and disappeared. He has not yet been
found. The villagers threaten TO lyn ch
him. The condition of Mrs. Bilder back
and the children is serious
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A Is,meass Amount of Valuable Prop
erty Destroyed. with Peril 10 = Gress
Many Lives The Paper House OF tho y
q. sawyer Company. w,th lite Costly
stock Of Paper Quilted in Thirty Minutes
Other Losses.
ST. Louis. Dec Fire OF unknown
origin started in the big four-story
brick building occupied by the +. ..
Sawyer Paper Co. southwest corner OF
Third and Locus. streets, at $3.50
o'clock yesterday afternoon. and
within an hour the entire building
and contents were mass OF ruins.
The loss was from si25. 900 To $50. 900.
and the insurance was s15. COO.
over 100 persons. many OF them girls,
were employed in the paper company's
building aud as they had short warn
ing of danger there were many mar.
row escapes. But every body es-
capped without serious injury.
The building of the Woodward 4
Herman Printing Co, south on Third
street. vas in danger. and there was a
wild panic among the 600 employees.
Several hundred girls work in this
printing establishment and at the
alarm OF fire they became hysterical,
and il was some time before quiet was
restored.
The fire was one of the worst the fire
department has had To fight in manys
day. The Sawyer company's building
was piled full of a general stock Of pa
per. which was quick TO burn. The
fire started on the second floor. on
which was stored a large quantity OF
tar paper that was eaten by the flames
as quickly as il it Were oiled finder
In less than Is minutes after the fire
was discovered the flames had pierced
all the floors. and were darting out of
the windows and shooting upward far
above the roof OF the building. There
was much danger Of the adjacent
buildings on both sides of Locust
and Third streets catching fire,
and men aud women rushed heller
SHELTER down stairways to rench the
street. Master James Rowe, Is years
old, who was on the sixth floor of the
Woodward * Herman building when
the cry OF fire was given. went down
the long fire escape as quickly as
coon down an elm tree. X. T.. Fowler.
the insurance agent was standing
across the street when he saw the first
smoke arise from the Sawyer building.
As his Office was in that building ne
rushed over. and Just had time to
place his books in the safe and escape
before the flames darted through his
Office. Thus the fire took the entire
neighborhood by surprise.
The value of the stock in the Sawyer
building is estimated at S75.000 to
500, 900. on which was insurance ag-
gregating $40. 900.
The building was valued at $50, 900,
and carried an insurance OF S35, 900.
There was also an insurance of 81. 500
on fixtures and 81. 500 on rents. A con-
sentative estimate places the total loss
at slz5. 900. with q total insurance of
es4. 500.
There we're many narrow escapes
from falling walls. The fire steamers
were this morning still playing water
upon the ruins
Considerable damage was done to adj
jacent buildings not mentioned above.
1t is thought the fire originated by
an employe of the company going into
the tar paper room. on the second floor,
with a candle, that the gas from the
paper ignited and the fire resulted.
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RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
How the Ultimate Success OF the System
May be Promoted.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-Acting Post
master General Perry s. Heath. has is
sued the following circular regarding
the rural postal free delivery.
The ultimate success of the expert
ment of free delivery of mail. which is
now being tried, by direction of
congress, in 80 rural districts OF
the United States. will depend largely
upon the pronptness with which the
carriers can make their deliveries to
the patrons on their routes This
will be greatly facilitated il
those desiring TO take advantage of
rural free delivery will erect SUI tia BILE
boxes by the roadside, in which car
riers may deposit mails as they pass,
and from which they may collect the
mails intended for transmission. The
time which would otherwise be con-
suned by carriers ia reaching resi-
dences some distance back from the
road will thus be saved. the service
will be rendered more efficient, its cost
will be reduced and the proba bility of
its becoming permanent feature Of
the postal administration will be in
creased.
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CALLED ON TO RESIGN.

Consul Clark OF Puira. Peru. DlssrAces Hls
Once by Conduct unbecomtug Nm Amer
sn-After Awaiting slx Months for IN
Explanation. Demanded by the state de-
psrtm-at. lie 10 Called Upon to kesign
His Once.
WASHINGTON. Dec. T. = Secretary
Sherman has closed the case Of Emile
Clark. consular agent Mt Puira, Peru.
which attracted such attention some
months ago. by calling for the resigna-
tion % Clark.
On April 2. last Clark was ousted
from the quarters used below Is the
United States consular offices and
above as u residence. IL was stated ut
the time that the consulate had been
sacked, the house plundered aud an in
dignity put upon the government
through its represen tative. The state
department promptly called upon Mr..
Clark for particul lrs. which he said he
would furnish. The Peruvian minister,
Senior Eguiguren, put differ
ent phase on the matter by
submitting a statement that Clark was
in arrears TO a considerable amount ON
rent for building; that only the lower
portion was used for consular purposes.
although ne had placed the United
States coat Of arms on all doors of the
house, thus using the American en-
blem for ignoble purposes.
The courts had given regular decree
against Clark, it was stated, directing
him to vacate the premises for non.
payment of rent, and in pursuance OF
this decree he was elected.
Secretary Sherman waited until re.
Gently for Mr.. Clarks statement. and
as this was not furnished after five
months, the secretary directed our
minister at Lima. Mr. Dudley. to call
on Clark for his resignation unless the
proofs of the alleged sacking were in
hand. Mr.. Dudley evidently had not
the proofs, for he has notified the state
department that he has called on Mr..
Clark for his resignation.
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DEVOTED MAINLY TOCRITiCISM.
Annual Report of the statisticisn Of the
Department of Agriculture.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.-The annual
report of the statistician of the depart
ment OF agriculture. Mr.. John Hyde,
was issued yesterday. 1t is devoted
mainly TO criticisms of the cumbrous
aud unbusinesslilse crop-reporting sys-
tom that has been in use in the de-
partment during the last few years
and To recommendations looking TO an
Improvement of the system. Mr..
Hyde states that his brief oil
cial connection with the divi
sion has been sufficient tc
impress him strongly On with the
extreme cumbrousness of the existing
system of crop reporting; (2) with the
fact that the information obtained is
utterly incommensurate with the labor
involved in its collection. aud CD with
the disadvantage under which the
farmer labors in being placed in pos
session. SO much less promptly than
other citizens. of the information which
the department makes public from
time To time concerning the condition
of the crops in this and other coun-
tries.
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RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Comparative Statement for the Month of
November.

comparative statement Tor the Month OF
November.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.-The compare
tive statement OF the government re-
ceipts and expenditures shows that the
total receipts for the month of Novem-
Der. 1897. were ss3, 363, o05. of which SIS
1874, 6lswas received from the reorgsniza-
ton committee of the Union PacStic rail
road. making the ordinary receipts for
the month SIS. lbs. 9sT.
The total expenditures for Novem-
Der were $37. $40, SIS. of which Ss,5s3.-
S69 was cash in the Union Pacific sink
ing fund turned into the treasury and
repaid TO the appropriation from which
1t had originally been drawn for in
vestment Hence the months dis
bursements include this sum. The or
binary receipts for the month. there
fore. were SIS, los, 99T, and the ordinary
disbursements were s33, 26l. 40. leaving
a deficit of IS. O92. Asa.
Receipts from customs were So. $780,
OPS. a falling off of about 500. 600 a
compared with November. 1896. The
receipts from internal revenue were
sl3 $50. 6i9. a gain of about $3.50, 900 for
the month.
The excess of expenditures over re-
ceipts for the five months of the pres
ent fiscal year indie pendent of the pro-
ceeds of the sale of the Union Pacific,
was $40, iOi, 494 The government has
received another payment of So. 100, 900
on account of the Union Pacific sale
which still leaves due from the com
mittee s34. l5S.6O5 to be paid in four
equal installments, the last on jan
uary 8, 1898.
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STATE or ONO, CRY or TOLEDO, B.
IIrAa CnuNTv 90

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he In the
scnisr partner of the firm Of Il. j. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the city Of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
Grin will pay the sum of One Hundred Dol
cannot be cured by the use OF Halls Catarrh
Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. ID.
lSS6. A. w. GLEASON,
1Seal1 Notary Public.
Hall 5 Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system Send for testimonials,
free. +. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, U.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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A DUTIFUl SON.
The President Hsstens to the Bedside Of
Ills stricken Mother.


WAsHINGToS. Dec. 3.-President Nc
Kinley left the city at 7:20 last night
over the Pennsylvania railroad 70
hasten to the bedside of his sick
mother at Canton, where he will ar
rive to-day. With him went Judge
Day. assistant secretary of state. the
two occupying the Pullman car Davy
Crockett attached to the regular train.
The president had made hurried ar
engagements for his departure and dur
ing the afternoon disposed of large
volume of business awaiting his at
tention. He reached the station. uuat-
tended. few minutes before the time
for the train to leave.
The presidents stay ut Canton will
depend upon the condition in which he
finds his mother IL she improves he
will return 10 Washington in time for
the opening OF congress and later 90
again to Canton.
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BURNED AND SUNK.
Loss of tho steamer Egyptian on Lake
Iuron-rhe Crew Rescued.

HARRIsvILIE. Mich, Dec. 3.-Thc
steamer Egyptian. bound from Cleve-
land To Milwaukee with cargo OF
coal. was burned to the waters edge in
Lake Huron Wednesday night off
Sturgeon Point The fire was discov-
cred by the Sturgeon Point life-saving
crew about eight o'clock, and they
started at once to the rescue.
On the way to the steamer the life
saving crew passed barge which had
taken Egyptians crew off, but the
life-savers continued on their way
with the hope of being able to save the
burning hulk. but could do nothing.
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FIRE AT MARIETTA, o.
che \. ,. Lobdeli bicycle Rim Factory
Turned to the ground.

MARIETTA, o., Dec. 2.--The T.. ].
LobdelI bicycle rim factory was burned
To the ground last night Some de-
partments We're running. and the men
Immediately turned on the factory
stream. but without avail. Large guam
titles of benzine and paint were saved
at great risk to the firemen.
The storage house and adjoining
dwellings were saved. but all else were
destroyed. The loss is $50. 900; insur-
snce, $4,000
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BRITISH PUNITIVE FORCE.
Fierce Resistance Met with In the Cham
kamni Country.

SIMLA. Dec 3.-Official dispatches
from the front say that the kurran
column of the British punitive force
has met with fierce resistance on its
march into the Chamkamni country.
The fighting has been heavy. Lieut..
Battye was killed, Lieut.. villers
Stuart was severely wounded and
Lieut.. Pennington slightly wounded;
two Sepoys were killed aud IA
wounded. The kurran column has
burned thirty tribcsmen's villages.
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UNDER THE HAMMER.
sale OF the Detroit (Nlich.) Chamber OF
Commerce building.

DETROIT. Mich. Dec. 1.-The Detroit
chamber of commerce building was
sold under the hammer in default OF
payment of interest on the first
mortgage on the building held
by the New York Life Insurance Co.
The purchasers are l.. Y. Fechheimer.
OF Cincinnati. and VIM. H. Winslow
and Francis A. Winslow. Of Chicago.
who were the only bidders The pur-
chase price is sa22. $50. The buildiua
was rccentlv sonraissd ut ss25. 900
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DR.. Bells PineT Honey cures coughs
and colds and soo;hes the air passages. 1t
heals the bronchial tubes and strengthens
weak lungs. 1t builds up the tissues and en-
ables the blood to receive its proper supply
of oxygen. 25c at all druggists. No cure no
nav.
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a man or medicine. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is a forty-iivc years growth, and like
those hardy lichens that garnish the crevces
of Alaskas rocks, ii fiourishes perennially,
and its reputation has as firm a base as the
rocks themselves. No medicine is more high.
" regarded as a remedy for fever and ague
bilious remittent. constipation, liver and kid.
ney disorders, nervousness and rheumatism.
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10 Louisville and Eastern Cities, So miles
he shortest from ST. Louis, makes quickest
.ime, Pullman Sleepers, Parlor and Dining
'-rs. All trains leave from st. Louis
Union Station. For complete information
address J. k. Tapp, Travelling Passenger
Agent. Kansas City, Mo. r. A. Campbell,
General Passenger Agent. st. Louis. Mo.
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Great Distress
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Moods Pile are the favorise cathartic. 80


it," the idle wanderer heard the man say
to his companion, will run about / 200 to
the tom
Then the idle wanderer, after the man.
ner of his kind, speculated in his mind
II wonder" said he TO himself, whether
he was talking about gold mine or his
winter supply of oaly"-Cincinnati En-
Quirer.
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acts as balm to the lungs, cutting the
mucus, allaying the inflammation, healing
and Strengthening. 1t will cure a cough or
| cold in one night and exhilarate the lungs
against the inception of disease.
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DEATH PENALTY FOR NATIVES.
Decision OF the German Colonial Council
La Regard to the Penal Code.

BERLIN. Dec. 3.--The colonial coun-
Gil. at its meeting Wednesday. whiis
discussing the penal code, Ia addition
t. approving the proposition to extend
TN eeath penalty To natives of the
Ger AN colonies for crimes in the case
o. watch there il n,ilder punishment
IL Germany, decided that the usual
capital crimes. persons abetting and
meeting thereto. and outragers o.
white women are punishable with
death.
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Quit COUGHING

Is easy enough, if you take DR.. Bells Pine
Tar-Honey. 1t cuts the mucus and allays
the inflammation 80 that there il no inclina-
tion to cough. 1t soothes the bronchials,
and is strengthening to the throat and
lungs. All good druggists sell it.
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"You never tell me that look young and
sweet any MORE" pouted Mrs. Lovelace.
NO." her brute of husband replied, Il
seem of late to have lost ms powers of i'm.
agination almost completely. "-Cleveland
Leader
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a Large Decrease Ia the Public Debt and
How "a Occurred Receipts and Enp~ndi-
tur-s for November Rural Free fostAi
Delivery Report of tho Depar tneus of
Agriculture ststisticisn.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2-The December
state ment of the public debt shows
that NJ the close of business Novemb Der
80. 1877. the public debt. less cash in
the treasury. amounted To sl.OOs' 100
400. a decrease since October 30 OF sil.-
3Ss. lz5. This decrease is accounted for
by an increase ia the cash due 10 the
leposit of an installment Of the pro-
ceeds of the sale of the governments
interest in the Union Pacific railroad
But for this transaction the cash in the
treasury would have been sI7l, s50 less
than last month.
The debt is recapitulated a. follows:
Interest-bearlng debt .......... ...e So cd
Debt ON which interest has ceased
since maturity ...t.....+........... l.8l ~
Debt bearing no interest. Ssily5, Is
Total .............-...........-. 81 ses ssO,Vss
This amount however, does not in
clude s57a geo 9S3 in certificates aud
treasury notes outstanding. which are
Offset by an equal amount Of cash in
the treasury. The cash in the treas
ury is classified as follows: Gold.
slg+. Os9, 26O: silver. s5O7. $50. $50; pa
per, slO5. 80. Isl; bonds. disbursing Of
tcers balance. etc. SIS. 9O.. Isl. total,
ssi6, 4Os.o7d; against which there are
demand liabilities amounting to S625.
1886, leaving the net cash balance,
s220. ,63. $50.
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Kenna-I understand you've bought dog
TO keep burglars away
Henna-Yes.
"You are not troubled any more at night,
then, / SUPPOSE"
"Only by the dog"-Up-to-Date
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There are but few people who know
enough not to say that is what thought
when anybody tells them anything Wash.
ington Democrat.