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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-13
Sees No Chance to Bring Fitz and COrbett
 Together.
Says the Game Is Blocked and It Lets Him Out for the
 Time Being.
Martin Julian Promises That Bob Win Thrash Jim When Next
 They Meet.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-Dan Stuart arrived in the city tonight, after mak- ing an unsuccessful journey to St. Paul to try and persuade Robert Fftzsim- mons to sign articles to fight James J. Corbett a return battle.
 There seems little chance of getting these two men together again. said Stuart in answer to the first question put to him regarding the chances of another meeting of the two men. The situation stands this way, continued Stuart. "Corbett is willing to fight, but FitZsimmons dictates that he shall hrst fight Peter Maher. This CorDett re- fuses to do; consequently the game IS blocked. So far as 1 am concerned, II lets me out for the time being, and unless the two principals come to some other conclusion, I have accomplished nothing by my trip West
 This being the case, are you going to try and arrange for other bouts :! was asked.
 Not that I know of. Of course, if Corbett should consent to meet Maher, I should make a bid for the contest just to get it out of the way; but am not looking for any other bout. l shall have nothing more to say on the mat ter until COrbett and FitzsimmonS get together and one of them gives way.
 A special tC the Herald rom ol. fdul says: Martin Julian said this alter noon that if Corbett and Fftzsimmons should visit the same town there would be a fight. He says that Fftzsimmons is angry because COrbett sent him a dispatch from Cincinnati to the effect that the champion ran away from Chi cagO to keep from meeting him. Pa tience has ceased to be a virtue with Fitz." said Julian. "SO you may say that whenever MT. Corbett does meet Fitz, MT. Corbett will get the worst licking he ever had in all his born days. I promise you that Bob will put him asleep a good deal sounder than he did at Carson"
 we are not looking for trouble" !" continued Julian. but l take 1t that any man has a right to go about this country peaceably attending to his business, and if Corbett comes our way after the threats he has been making it will be fair enough to assume that he wants to make a grand-stand play at our expense.
 Well, he will be carried away on a stretcher. This is the first time that I have replied in this manner to any of the remarks Corbett has made, but repeat that if Corbett comes looking for Fitz he will get an awful licking"
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whom a bill of sale was given by Mrs; AIsin who had been given deed or her husbands personal property.
 Coniectures as to the shape Tn Whlch AIsip's affairs have been left vary con- sidarab1v. Some say that the family of tba missing man will be left penni- less as the deeds to his wife are said to he no good as against his other creditors Others say that Als1p was a wealthy man and that ms deots Will be paid in full, although thlS IS haruiy consistent with his disappear dlioe. [Ai- sip. in his capacity as real estate agent has collected sums of money in rents and interest on 1noIlSdSe9 !oA various clients of his firm, Who cIalnl that settlements have not Deeh lhaue in certain of these cases
 The result of such conduct, or course must be the invoking of the machinery of the law in an attempt to oVerIdhe him and bring him back. It IS asSeIleu that Alsip must have taken Wllh mn M considerable money, but or course i tillS cannot be learned until an eXaIplild s,ll lIolI of his accounts is made. Many or these losses. if such there shall prove to be, will have to be sustained by people with small holdings intruSted to ms care. ..
 Alfred Olsen, an employe of Alslp, in an interview with a Bee reporter this morning as to why Alsip's ofhce had been closed, said: Tt was eVloenC to us at this time that it would not pc possible for us to go ahead with lLe business under the circumstances. we had every reason to believe tnaI WI; Alsip's affairs were heavily involved and we did not care to take one man s money to pay off 8 debt to some one else
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OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE
 OF THE PAciFic COAST.
De Kries Introduces an Approorjation Bill for the Stockton Public
 BuiIdj1o

WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.-Represent- ative De Vries to-day introduced a bill appropriating $S1,s00 for the Stockton public building.
 Senator Perkins will likely oppose the nomination of A. A. Withrow as Post master at Santa Clara, Cal. This reee ommendation was made by Congress- man Loud. Senator Perkins to-day in- formed the Clerk of the Senate Com r;littee on Postoffices that he wished the nomination held up for the present
 By direction of the Acting Secretary of War, Captain George Ruhlen, As sistant Quartermaster. will report in person to the Commanding General of the Department of the Columbia for assignment to duty as Quartermaster of the Alaska relief expedition.
 A postoffice was established to-day at Encinal, Santa Clara County, Cal, and Fred E.. Cornell appointed Postmaster.
 Pensions for Californians-Supple mental, Peter Glassman. Paso Robles, s2; increase. Ignas Klaber, San Fran cisco, $S to SIP.
 Washington-Origin widows, etc, Matte Wheelock, Seattle, sS.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-13
HUNDREDS
 FLEE FROM
 THE MINES Crowd Trails From Dawson City to
 the Coast. Continued Exodus Results in Lowering the Prices
 of Provisions. Little Danger That Those Who Remain Will Suffer the
 Pangs of Hunger.
COLD SNAP AT AN END.
Men Just Out From the KlOndike Say the Weather Is Unusually
 Mild.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. (by steam ship Al-Ki to Seattle, Jan. 12).-A party of twenty-five Yukoners aboard the AL Xxi, bound for Seattle, report unusually mild weather on the trail from Daw- son, since about the middle of Decem- Der. Heretofore returning Klondikers have appeared here with the skin peel ing from their faces, and with hands and feet frostbitten in many cases. This last party reports the river open for short distances and comparatively pleasant experience. About 800 Klon- dikers are behind them on the trail.
 J. s. McAuley and Dick Butler of Vic toria, B. C., claim to have made the trip from Dawson to Dyea in eighteen days, which breaks the record by nearly five days. All the party say that the dan- ger of actual starvation has passed, owing to so many leaving. J. r. Walker of Pittsburg, Pa, said he knew of sixteen sacks of flour which found no purchasers at s35 a sack, whereas six weeks ago $50 a sack was offered for flour. Bacon, beans and rice have cheapened in proportion. Nearly every man in the party left between Decem- Der 1 and 12.
 News of the nature of an official warning is brought by the party from Major Strickland, of the Canadian police stationed at Lake Tagish. He sends out word that the proposed Gov ernment relief expedition is impracti- cable and unfeasible in every way and cannot succeed. The Canadian police have been on the river for months, are short of supplies at some of their sta tions, and, it is said, will not be able to establish the proposed stations be- l tween Dyea and Dawson before the river opens, some time next May or June, owing to the great physical diffi- culties. short days and other obstacles to be overcome when 1t is undertaken to transport a larger quantity of pro- visions in the winter time.
 Other conditions and the situation at l Dawson are about at last reported. The construction of new buildings to re- place the church and other structures ! burned has begun.
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the klondike was a bonanza. The truth is there are many claims on the best creeks that are not worth work ing. Take Bonanza Creek, the rich stream that first attracted the stam- peders. It has many fabulouSly rich de- posits of gold in it, but the creek is spotted. There are many claims that are blanks, and money spent working them is thrown away. Much of the ground on Bonanza is let out on lays, 50 per cent being given the lessee, and a number of these lays are being thrown up after holes have been sunk and thorough prospect has failed to uncover pay dirt. All the creeks and gulches for miles about Dawson are staked and recorded, and one must go a long distance away over mountain and through brush to. find unlocated placer claims.
 Speaking of the general stalking of anything and everything for wildcat speculation reminds me of the great amount of perjury committed in the recorders office at Dawson. Not one in a hundred of the claims staked is prospected before being recorded, yet the office is thronged daily by crowds who stand before the commissioner and Solemnly swear that they found gold on the claim staked.
 There is great dissatisfaction with the new Dominion mining regulations reducing the size of claims to 100 feet and requiring payment to the Govern ment of a heavy royalty on the gold taken out. It is very generally assert ed that the royalty cannot be collected next cleanup unless a deputy is sta tioned at every dump"
 Colonel C. F. Treat, formerly a prominent Seattle business man, came out to take in a supply of provisions. He has been chairman of the various meetings held at Dawson to consider the food situation. He believes that the Government relief expedition can reach Dawson over the ice by using dogs, and that its arrival will prove timely. The impending famine has been averted, he believes, by the peo- pie coming out and going down the river.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-13
The Day m fhe Senate.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-Chandler of the Committee on Naval Affairs in the Senate to-day secured the passage of a resolution asking the Secretary of the Navy to furnish a list of the ac- tive officers in each corps, together with those at sea, on shore duty and on waiting orders. At 12:15 the Senate, on motion of Davis, chairman of the Com mittee on Foreign Relations, went into executive session, and MT. Davis con-
 tinued his speech on the Hawaiian treaty. At 4:15 the Senate adjourned.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-13
HAL HOFFMAN.
JUST 4 DAWSON FAIRY TALE.
Yukoners RidicUie the Story That the
 Mother Lode Has Been Found.

SEATTLE, Jan. 12.-The steamer AL Xxi brought down forty-two more min- CTS this morning from the land of plenty gold. It is estimated that these returning Klondikers had with them gold and drafts aggregating in value about s1O0,OOO. The latest party out from Dawson left on December F, three days later than several who came on the City of Topeka AS a consequence they bring but very little additional news.
 The last party to leave Dawson was composed of Richard Butler of Els worth, Minn., and James McCaully of Victoria They covered the distance to Dyea in eighteen and a half days, starting from Dawson on December 12 with an outfit weighing 600 pounds. which was brought out on a sled drawn by five dogs. MT. Butler went into the Yukon country in the spring of 1896. He built the second cabin in Dawson in September of that year, when the stampede commenced. Speaking to The Call correspondent he said:
 Myself and brothers have several locations on the streams tributary to the Klondike and expect big returns in the spring Last June we took in about four tons of provisions, but are pretty well run out now. I will return in a few weeks with another outfit. The fact that a great number of men are coming out has had a tendency to make provisions more plentiful, and they can now be bought for from $1 to s1 50 a pound. 1 heard nothing about the dis nf rnnfhpr loHa rich quartz claims until I reached Seattle. There was some quartz found on Fl Dorado Creek, but it caused no ex- citement whatever"
 Sam Archer, who was formerly em- ployed on a newspaper in Seattle, has returned for a few weeks. In convers- ing with The Call correspondent this afternoon he said on an all important subject:
 There is a shortage in the food sup ply at Dawson. There may be some suffering, but there will be no starva- ton in the Klondike this season. The situation was greatly relieved by the de- parture for the outside over the ice of several hundred men, many of whom had outfits to dispose of. Of course there is nothing in the way of staple provender to be purchased in the open market, but there are many private in dividuals who have more than they need to last them through the season, and by rustling around little one can buy small stocks here and there at about s1 35 a pound for four, $1 50 for rice, s1 to $1 p for bacon, beans. dried fruit and mush materials, S2 for baking powder, etc These figures may ad- vance as the supply to be had becomes scarcer, but I am satisfied that there will be no starvation
 MT. Archer says that the story con- corning the discovery of the mother lode in Skookum Gulch is a fairy tale. He never heard it in the Klondike nor from any of the miners who came down on the Al-Ki. While he is satisfied of the great richness of the Yukon region, yet he believes that there has been much exaggeration. He said:
 From all reports I have heard one would suppose every claim located in
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-13
Results ut New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 12.-Weather showery. Track heavy.
 Six and one-half furlongs, selling-Tole Simmons won. Dunster second, Our Bishop third. Time, 1:2215.
 One mile and twenty yards-Seaport won, Banrca second, Flop third. Time. 1:451h
 Mile and a sixteenth-Celtic Bard won, Arezzo second, Anger third. Time. 1:51.
 Seven and one-half furlongs, handicap Albert $ won. Tranby second, David third. Time, 1:36i2.
 Six furlones-Lucy B won, Lucy Mo Henry second, Lauretta D third. Time. 1:l6ia.
 Six furlongs-Verdi won, l.. T. Caton second. Tago third Time, 1:1Sn.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-13
WRANCLNG OYER cREEDE'S WILL.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12.-In the con- test over the will of the late N. c. Creede, the time of the court was ta- ken up to-day in listening to wrang- ling by the various attorneys over the introduction of evidence to show that Mrs. Louisa Creede was legally separ- ated from each of her many prior hus- bands. The case threatens to be a long -drawn-out affair.
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Confirmed bY the Sendte.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-The Sen ate to-day confirmed these nomina- tions:
 L. A. Walker, melter of the assay office at Helena, Mont.
 Postmasters: Wyoming-P. l.. Smith, Rawlns.
 Nevada-H. P. Kraus, Reno.
 Arizona-J. T. Couler Flagstaff; w. O. Kellner. Globe: J. J. Hodnett, Tempe; A. J. Griswold, Nogales.
 The Senate also confirmed some mi nor nominations in the revenue cutter service.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-13
Increosino Its cd0itdi.

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-The annual meeting of the American Sugar Re fining Company was held in Jersey City to-day. H. O. Havemeyer presid- ed. w. E. Thomas and Charles H Senff were reelected directors. There was no financial statement given out The stockholders adopted a resolution authorizing the board to keep all resi- due of the earnings over and above the fixed regular rate, after the dividend paid this month, as working capital.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-13
Reward for Frank FInIey,s Murderer.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. Ex-Governor Budd to-day offered a reward of s300 for the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Frank Finley, who was shot and killed on the 10th day of Oc- tober at Slate Creek, in the County of Fl Dorado.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-13

WASHINGTON, 12The
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  of China to the United which following of States the distinguished consideration of Ii him if Minister to China Colonel Frederick soldier devoted
  had
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-11
lack cloth with black cloth applications on white

fact that the girl has reached years Of
discretion. Her school days are over
and she Is old enough to take upon her
self the responsibilities Of life. In days
gone by 16 or even 10 was not thought
too young for a girls debut. but nova
days mothers have become more SEN
sible. They. see and understand Of
what value the last years or 50 Of
school life are to a girl. and do not wish
her to marry before her mind and judg-
ment are formed.
Seventeen is the earliest age at which
n girl comes out" nowadays in good
society. and IS is far more general.
Sensible mothers convert the last two
years Of a girls school life into some
thing distantly resembling thai Of "A
clustered nun. This is to say. they cut
of all those juvenile festivities 10
which the little girl used to 60 and
keep her quite in the background. The
princess Of Wales. who is indeed a
model mother. kept her girls in the
schoolroOm until they were ~ and did
not even contemplate matrimony in
connection with them until the were
long past the g when they would be
considered on the shelf i'm continental
countries.
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appliques to those on the skirt. the only
difference being i'm the fur edging.
which was somewhat deeper. The vest.
OF the white cloth. banded at intervals
with sable. and adorned in between the
lys I'm black velvet baby ribbon. was
slightly pouched-showing that this
style still finds favor i'm the eyes OF
Parisiennes-the lining throughout be-
ing OF gray cashmere. and the accom-
panyiDg toque OF violet. with tips which
shaded from deepest mauve to palest
blue.
Another model. this tine in ribbed
cashmere. of the hue known as mastic.
had the short skirt adorned with deep
applied tucks. so set as to form a series
of VS. back and front. each tuck being
edged with a thick piping of its own
material. The coatee. a short bande
one. bore a scolloped basque: the said
scollops were lined. as. indeed. the coat
was throughout. with orange gross
grain. n bordered with a tiny rouleau
Of %caracul. The aforesaid band was
fashioned of caracul n clasped with
an antique silver clasp. Needless to
say. such a clumsy waist garn!ture
could only prove becoming To the own
er of a very slender waist. The slight
ly-pouched front. which was the dis
tinguishing feature of this coat. boast
ed revers of orange gros grain yelled
with guipure a~ncienne-in the delight
fully dirty color hat age alone can
give-bordered with a rouleau of cara
cul, the small sleeves bore tucHs.
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changing the character OF the fabric.
Within the past year an enormous in
GREASE has taken place in the import1-
tions Of this fabric. and customs OFF,
GERS say that the constantly multiply
ing orders for mercerized cottons
have caused an appreciable diminution
in the importations Of silk goods. The
mercerizing process il applied To cot
ton yarns as well as TO the cloth. and
the "silkiied' cotton yarns are stead
lily crowding u the silk yarns FOR
embroidering purposes. Experts In
this line Of goods have declared that
mercerized cotton yarns are about -
per cent. tronge than the silk yarns.
Edwin 4. Hartshorn. assistant Unit
ell States appraiser at New York In
charge of the division I'm which these
merceriZed goods undergo the official
inspection as required by the customs
law. says that he had seen some mer-
cerized cottons which in their close re-
scmblance TO silk would deceive men
long accustomed to handling silk
goods. An investigation recently made
by the United States general apprais-
ers into the character OF imported
mercerized cottons resulted in the Of
fetal declaration hat the color i'm the
an i~nsoluable. inCxtractable coloring
matter inherent in the fiber. the phys
ical construction OF the fiber being
changed by the action of caustic
soda. These merCerized cottons are
coming into this country In large guam
titles from Germany and switzerland.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-11

a time. but finally said they were not
To be stopped and that the trespassers
must leave at once. This was impoesi-
BILE. Of course. and Colonel Blackwell
offered. to suffer IL any crime had been
committed. He was reminded that
death was the penalty for selling land
to the whites as he had Gone. The col
onel was taken to Clsremore. where q
council Of Indians condemned him to be
shot. His wife managed TO set him at
liberty, and ne is now a fugitive from
Indian territory. Meantime more set
tiers located at David. until about 1000
whites were living there. Then the In
dams brought suit for trespass against
them. intrusion IN such lands being a
violation of both federal and Indian
law. Judge Springer declared against
the whites and threatened to confscate
their property. They at once had IL
transferred into Mrs. Blackwelfs name.
the Cherokees agreeing to this. as she
had Indian blood in her veins. h now
has the rightful ownership to every
thing in the city OF David. a thriving
town Of over 1000 Inhabitants. with
every regulation of a city. She appre-
ciates the kindness of the whites in the
past. however. and no rent Is charged.
and everything moves on as before.
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SHE OWNS A WHOLE TOWN.
How Mrs. Blackwell Came Into Posses
sion OF the city of David.

Not long ago the Cherokees down IN
Indian territory began "A suit against
some pale face trcspassers n the re-
suit has been that Mrs. Rosa Blackwell
has been declared owner of a thriving
city on the 81. Louis n san Francisco
road. This makes another step in an
interesting set 81 circumstances. and
was the only way Of averting armed
conflict and much blOodshed. Three
years ago the town OF David vas laid
out by surveyors from Wichita. At
that time Col. Andrew Jackson Black
well. whose wife has some Cherokee
blood i'm her veins. a about 1000 acres
under ence. Cherokee law does not per-
NIT individual ownership of land. all
Of which belongs to the community.
Any citizen may cultivate as much as
he can rent or fence. and when the sur-
veyors arrived. Colonel Blackwell saw "A
chance To make money by having the
town located on the land he had fenced.
This ne succeeded In doing. after which
he and his wife toured Kansas and
Oklahoma. inducing people 20 go there
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-11

applied V-wfse. from shoulder to wrist.
where they terminated in a deep gaunt-
leted cun of Their material. bcr-
dered with caracul. A lace and fur
cravat at the throat. thrust under an
antique silver slide. was worn very
much to one side: and a toque Of mas
tic brown velvet had big choux Of rose
colored miroir velvet and "A small triple
plume of feathers, shaded from orange
to rose. clasped by a similar slide.
One particularly smart gown which
took my Grant fancy immensely was
built Of violet cloth as to the skirt. and
violet velvet as regards the bodice
or rather coat. The former was cut en-
tablier. the apron part of the skirt be-
ing defined by a thick double piping
of cream satin. At the back the invert-
ed box-pleat. which Is such a feature of
the up-to-date tupon. was held together
by NEAR of tiny stitched straps Of
cream-colored satin. each fastening
with a cut steel buckle. The coat-a
double-breasted Elton. with big direc-
toire revers OF cream satin-fastened
on the left side with cut steel buttons.
and the revers above mentioned we're
bordered with ermine. There was a
huge fare collar faced with ermIne.
and the t~urned-back cuffs. also fash
toned a Ia Directoire. were ermine-edg-
ed also. The vest-I have forgotten To
Mention that there vas a vest-was OF
modern point over cream satin.
Point lace. too, was the cTaNat. with
the usual fur bordering. and coat and
skirt alike were lined through with
cream satin. There was a delightful
fur toqus-ermine. 10 he exact-with a
couple of very erect sable tails. a wired
Louis bow OF black velvet ribbon, n