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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-15

act locality OF my strike Is known there
will be a rush. but IL won't bother rs.
There VII be room in the region for many
thousands. for IL is my sinceres belief the
area extends from the Romanzon mount
aims above the ramparts OF the Yukon
In northwestsriy direction clear 10
kotxebne sound, and that IL Is all rich.
&c. you see. any one going Is just rs
likely to strike Z rich as ! have. But in
The particular pace where / am going
there Is room only for my party. for !
mean 20 have them take UP the entire
district of A hurdred miles or more.
While in Washington / obtained a ruling
in writing from the commissioner of the
snerai land Office 10 the effect that under
the United States mining laws there Is no
limit to the number OF mining claims that
a duty qualified miner may locate and
hold by showing strict compliance with
the law. This we can do, and by virtue
OF this ruling we will locate the entire
district. IL means a score or more OF
claims for every man OF my party and
the entire wealth OF the whole district.
mo. I don't think that too much to
ask, and you would not either II YOU had
gone through what / have. and many
others heYe. &c get 10 the noint of ask
Ing for what you want. The story OF
what one has to go through with up
there Is toe old 10 refer to now. but the
account OF the dreadful avalanche on the
trail. In the observation-disclosures. which l
have Just read IS one of the dangers Ne
have had 10 encounter. and ] mention II.
Hest We forget less we forget
Mr Ward shows in his face and deport-
ment part of tina history of the years
he has spent In his quest for gold. Pre-
matureiy gray, the heavy lines of care
and determination hts otherwise youth
fsi and healthy coiored face speak 10 an
ohseryant one OF his life In the Arctic
wilay He sneaks modestly OF hts own
part in this great move nent that has
hlaxef the way for what IL already the
greatest gold mining excitement the world
has ever known. and 1t Is only when talk
ing Of the richness OF the country that he
strskts the note Of enthusiastic optimism
SO natural 10 the successful miner
Alaska" he said. will In the next few
years yield enough gold 20 pay OF the
national debt. even Il we add few hun
dresi millions 20 whip the Spanish, There
has been no esagSeration and there can
h. none for the half Of the story has never
been told Even when we secure the hun
ifre,iS ~ millions o. nuggets now lying in
fhe creeks. CLUTCHES and old river bottoms.
the world will only then begin 70 realize
the vast riches Of thSs remarkable souu-
try by that time we Viii have found
where ths. gold came from. and will he
taking cut Of the Faother Io,ies az quartz
and rock wha, nature has left"
Mr. Ward is having steamer built here
aea hgs rarity ~ about twenty persons
Will start from Seattle some time In June
rhev go fully prepared for mining opera
items On large and practical scale. and
WI s,ss outftted and ptovisioned for two
wears al the end Of which time thsv ex-
pes.t 70 have shelr base OF supplies nearer
al hard.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-15
SHOOTING SCRAPE AT ARLINGTON.
An Indian Puts q Bullet Hole
Through Al D0dge's Neck.

Special Dispatch TO The Post-In.eiiigencer.
ARLINGTON, April IA shooting af-
fray occurred a. this place last evening
about 10 O'Clock. as the result Of which AL
Dodge Is lying at his home with an ugly
wound in his neck. inflicted by pistol in
the hands Of Jim Gardner. tr., an Indian.
The shooting occurred In front Of the liv-
cry barn. and Is said by the two witnesses.
Jesse Moran and 8. s. Stevens. to have
been without any immediate prorocation.
except an insulting salusation by Dodge,
who had been drinking heavily. II is said.
however. that there had been bad blood
between the men for a long time. The
bullet passed through the left side Of the
neck. from front TO back, and lodged about
an inch from the surface of the fieshy up
per part OF the left shoulder. and was ex-
tracfed ny tbs physicians. The pistol was
held so near as to powder burn the VIC
TINS face. Dodge is resting easy and
thinks he will be up In few days. Gard
ner's Indian friends say he claims that
Dodge attempted 10 oyerpower him. for
the purpose. as he supposed. of roob.ng
him of 30 which he had received that day
for cutting shingie bolts. He made his es-
cape In the darkness. and il seems that no
attempt IL being made 80 effect his cap
sure.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-15
COLFAX LAWYER IN TROUBLE.
". q. Reed IL Charged with Iupro-
fessionnI Conduct. a.

Special Dispatch 20 the Post-Intelllgencer
CoLFAX. April E.--Judge Mcdonald, OF
the superior court, yesterday called the
members OF the Whitman county bar be-
fore him and In lengthy statement
charged NJ. o. Reed. a weli-known lawyer.
with uuprefessional conduct. He appoint
csi committee of three members of the
bar 20 investigate the charges
The conduct complained Of was that in
an interview with newspaper reporter
Reed recifed a statement alleged TO have
been made hv Judge Mcdonald TO himself
and others to the effect that innsetsa rely
after the Marshall iynciiing he tMcDonald,
was told by three men tina; they had been
invited TO ioin the moe. Reed alzo stated
that he asked the grand Jury. then In ses-
sion. 70 summon him so that the tnfoEma-
ton Judge Mcdonald claimed 10 have as
10 the identity Of the lynchers might Re
obtained and Judge Mcdonald had not
given the grand jury the Information he
possessed
Judge Mcdonald stated that ne would
CaH tie grand Jury again. and have the
eSts,or Of tire Gazette. In which the inter
view WAS published. prove the statements
or ~ Indicted for iibeiing the jury.
Among members of the bar. IL Ia geaer-
alls believed that the committee appoint
ed today VIII exorerate Reed and cens1re
TIE court
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BAKER AND IUGWELL FINED
SUPREME COURT HOLDS THEM both
GUILTY OF CONTEMPT.
Popuii.t Editors Must Pay 1900 Each
or Go to Jail for Their Abusive
Attack ON the Court Over the DE.
cisiOn Rendered In Warrant Case.

OLYMPIA, April 1.-THE supreme court
has found A. p. TugwelI and Frank Ba-
ker guilty OF contempt, evidenced by the
publication In the Tacoma Sun OF certain
matter rejecting on the court. The salient
points of the very lengthy opinion filed
are.
"First--That the judge of court cannon,
in any action of libel. however any article
published may reflect upon himself, recov-
err damages, fer such contempt Is not
personal wrong.
"Second--A court can no more decline the
exercise of rightful authority In the deter.
mination of a case presented TO II t,fan ~
can overstep It's rghtful authority In the
assumption OF arbitrary power.
s'Thtrd-There can be no doubt OF the
jurisdiction OF the supreme court 10 mako
any modification Of It's opinion. until nnal
judgment is rendered and remittitur is
sued.
The defendants are fined $500 each and
ordered into the custody OF the sheriff OF
Thurston county until the fine Is paid in
default they will serve one day In jail for
every 81 of such fine.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-15

Sgs~s,sai Dispatch so the past-fn;siisgeacer
VICTORIA. Apr, fA-at tire Quarterly
meeting az HE Board % Trade. to b. held
tesssoreeg. an sas.avar viii ea made 10
sseaFe tso-thlrds majority - allow the
Introduction 90 a motion. Of which nosice
a@s N8s sesn gtves,. opposing the granting
sc me CeFh2E charter A melton wlsi also
~ ar scented asking TIE Dominion ana pre-
Fspetsa xsSeFuHstats 70 make efforts -
SseaTs the early construction OF a rafs-
wgY fTcEn some point an the British Co.
l0xasas e<sa2s 20 Lake Tssi;n Tna United
states customs regulations NJ nve2 asss
skaxw2y wsl also &c Considered
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-15

NJ Selby, principal OF the high school,
and Others from attempting 10 attend an
executive board meeting of the church.
held tonight. The injunction will remain
In force until hearing is had on April II,
and restrains the defendants until the
hearing from taking any part In the
church affairs.
The suit Is the outcome of iong-stan l.
Ing quarrel between tive factions I'm the
church. Presiding Elder whltefeid has
MADE two special visits TO this city In At
tempting TO restore harmony, but has
Iucn unsuccessful
White. Selby and the others enjoinad
made no attempt 10 attend the meeting.
and say they WI. refrain from any in-
reference In the church work unit, the
case IS decided,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-15
rEcrLiAs CONFLICT OF 4 JeDaE.

Accused Of Compelling Prasonee %
Consent 10 Delng Divorced.
Special Dispatch TO the observation-disclosures.
COLFAX. April i4--Archie Ac0tivery,
undsp conviction for attempted incest with
his stepdaughter, yesterday brought suit
In the superior court to set aside . divorces
decree entered In favor Of his wtfN His
complaint in the case recites that when
the suit was brought he was In jail IN
default OF q. 90 bail. His attorueSs made
al, application to have the bail reduced to
s2.eap pending his appeal to the supreme
court.
Judge Mcdonald. so he charges. made ~
agreement to reduce the bail. as desired
providing McGilyery would practically
withdraw his opposition to the divorces
suit. This was done and the divorce was
granted. McGiivery now seeks to reopen
the case. on the ground Of duress exercised
by the court In the matter.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-15
VICTIMS TAKEN OFT.
The Death Roll From the Chiikoos
Tragedy VIII Reach I:3-

Spe~isI rispateh 20 the post-infelisgencer
VICTORIA. Aprti il~Advices from the
Sficseen river are to the effect that several
ousatn reached Telegraph creek on The
ioe. hat the river u now opening very
gApssily. TIE pyea and Skag~ay trails are
breaking UP and mary men came down on
i6e ls.anaer 10 wait until che river Is
oFaca or the traits dry up.
TIE latest Information regarding The
avalanche - that afty-se.en dead bodies
wsre taken cat ard twenty five injured
wh3e Il - expected that the death roll
MI reach iss
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Hssxy Tax Collection ..

Special Dispatch 10 the Post-Intsillgencsr
FRIDAY HARBOR, April N.-Countv
tax coiiscsfeas fer the quarter ending
March 81 were nearly Isaa. the greater
PARTON being personal taxes. The per-
eentaxe Of delinquency Is very small. and
IL is doubtful. IL any county In the state
can make a better showing
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-15
LEDGE OF GOLD NEAR INDEX.
Find of Fabulous Richness Reported
I'm Everett.

Special Dispatch TO the Post-Intelligencer
EVERETT. April 1.-THE talk Of the
town here today Is the reported discovery
or fabuiously rich gold quartz ledge
near Index. Specimens claimed 10 have
been taken from the new ledge are on ex-
hihition in real estate Office here and
are said 70 assay $3.50 to the ton II is
stated that Inc ledge = four feet wide
The names Of the discoveries and ths ex-
act location OF the ledge are kept sscre.
but IL Is promised that all the facts will
soon be divulged. The reported discovery
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-15

no senfsuen, atout II. when ala havs
q biz OF luck made up my mind 10 rake
So big thing out Of = - possible
worked zi9ng the creeks And guscheg IN
that rsrson for many usiles and sank q
great many prosper holes I found god
everywhere. and NJ the risk OF my life /
carried OUT vice. worth Of nuggets. all
ceuld stand mp under with light pro-
visions. The district was known only TO
me. i knew MY secret Was safe Until
could Krs back this summer. ! am now
prepared 10 go hack there with my own
party, take up al the district IL want TO.
and Will he protected IN my rights rs
every poyef OF the government and laws
OF this country. ! wanted the United
States authorities TO know what the pos
sihiIss.es Of The eouafry are. so thai they
rnixht act fer the application ard admin
.sfratten CT law there. ~ that mining conn
munisses could hAvs the protection OF the
law. I want this for the benefit Of my
own party. and the benefit that VIII accrue
10 me will be general In It's character
and apply 10 the whole country. The bill
in congress 10 apply the general land laws
10 Alaska will be passed By both houses
and will result In the formation Of one
or more additional judicial districts n
Alaska. where sav VIII be administers.
One OF these judicial districts viii be To-
cztsd probably at Wsare, ON the Yukon
river. anu = VIII De OF great dement, 10
miners and Others.
lmao the New Fields
Yes. expect to be the FIRST into the
nsw field. think the secret OF my find
has been closely enough kept that with
the aid have had from Jack Frost and
one or two other natural allies. I can
CONT on taking mv party ia and finding
ourselves first on the spot. When the ex-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-15

lived alone for fhifty-two yearR He wAe
an cid man, Is years Of aSA ana = vet
eran Of the c1Y1l war. Little y kneWa here
as 10 his family or his personal hiseory.
The coroner, who 3 physieian, "a not
consider an inquest necessary. eezieving
that death resulted from natural cAuseA
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-15

Special Dispatch 20 the Pos. -rnsslligsncer.
FRIDAY HARBOR. April ts-Corpner
wright returned tram Deer Harbas Tues
day With the body Of j. r. RrofnweH,
who Was found dead ca Sunday m his
cabin on the l.ss.e ranch where he "a
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-15

Your friends in the North would be
glad Indeed to see n copy OF the Seattle
P.-I.' Why not subscribe. say for three
months, for the weekly? Papers win be
sent L. 8. mail via the river route on or
about June 10. Don't delay. Subscribe
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-15
wHArcox METHoDIsTs IN COURT
Pastor Suea for m INJUNCTION In =
rh.reh Quarrel

Special DISPATCH to the Post-fn.sEigs1c
wHATC0M. April N-Rev. y. McDer-
mott. pastar OF the Firss Methodist Epss-
copal church. OF this city, has obtained
an injunction fran Judge Hsdisy. Of the
superior cour; here. restraining F.. E.
White, city superintendent Of schcols; A.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-15

OLYMPIA. April 1.-THE state land
commission at its session today authorized
the investment OF $4,000 OF the permanent
schoo, fund in warrants drawn on the
general and military funds of the state
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The klondvke

baking powder IS ,Srsk:1,sr $
bs9 hasias powder. I;
keeps ana does its wor,,,,
every where.
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has caused much excitement and 3 -
pede will follow the divulg.ng q ~
cation Of the find.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-15
CLEANLINESS n honestly Onneau
DICTATES
SAPOI 10
TIRED EYES.

Don't despair OF getting relief. We the most -
oiete optical establishment this Coast You ~
your eyes examine here with the very mcet
Feet instruments known Glasses made that Ia
the eyes.
\. CLAY EvERSOlE optlclaa. 72o HtsfAk
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-10
A MHRKET-STREET SEWER.

n esteemed morning contemporary, which has / \ resisted all our efforts to convince it that it | is not good business policy to repave Market street prior the construction o main sewer now launches the argument that ii pavement IS laid ii will be out long before the authorities get around 10 the adoption of a sewer system This may be questioned But even If admitted 1t does not alter the force o the have given for inn proving Market street according 10 accepted business methods. 4 bituminous pavement on that thoroughare, ii laid in defiance oi burrowing corpor- ations and sewer builders, will never have chance to wear out It will be destroyed by them long be- fore its time.
 We think in assigning ten years as the life of bituunous movements on business streets our con- temporary makes careless estimate The concrete base practically never wears out. Golden Gate avenue was paved in 1885 and has since been sub jected 10 the heaviest of traffic. Yet with scarcely any repairs at all of the blocks still in pretty good order. Nor was the btuInen on this avenue laid on concrete. The street was paved with mac adam under act of the Legislature, and the bitumen was spread upon the bed of broken rock prepared for that material. Experts at the time declared that this foundation would crawl and prove delusion- Still after thirteen years of wear and tear the street IS in fairly good order.
 The truth of the is ii Market street is prop erly paved and given careful attention afterward the bitunen ought not to ou. at all A proper sys- ten of repairs should keep 1t in order indefinitely But system of repairs protect highway from the digging of the water. gas. telephone and side sewer vandas. Even ii ii were possible to build a
 main sewer m Market street without tearing 1t up- which IS Chinese dream of most incoherent char scter-there would be no saving the pavement from these individuals
 Ii is built in Market street it ought to be twelve foot affair." capable of carrying of all the flowing from the hills the north and the flats the south Such drain should also pro- vide conduit for pipes and wires and dispose for ever of the burrowing corporations Our contempor- ary may think that the construction of an intercept ing such this is holiday affair or that is would but slightly disturb the serenity of the bi,ur inous pavement for which it Is signing Bu, that thought is another Mongoan vision Nothing would be left of the street after such sewer was completed.
 There is but ore bussess;ke way for improving Market street; and ;ha. is 10 build sewer first and then put down permanent pavement and take care of i, af,erward
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-10
SPANISH RETRoGRESslON.

HE reported remarks of the Spanish War Min ister introduce an opera beuife feature as pre- Jude to the tragedy that is to follow. He fer vently wished that Spain had not warship ahoat, for then none would have to strike her flag te the United States However as she has ships, he suggests that they be blown up by their crews
 This morbid expression Is the outcome of cen tures oi folly and bad government Europe to-day IS the Europe of Phillip H. Every advance in edu- cation and every extension of popular freedom and human rights that has taken place in the last three centuries retains in some form the sting of Spalns opposition She has stood fast by the old order. Glutted with the spells of America, her people at home neglected the preservation of her industries and her commerce. until when her American Paetelus ran dry they had largely lost the capacity thrive by the industrial arts Her forests had been wasted her lost their waters. her soils failed in fer tty. and her enterprising sons were driven into strange countries seek the larger opportunities Of life which had failed at home.
 Centuries of for revenge for dynastIe ambition
 for the purpose of feeding foolish military pride, have left their mark the stature and strength of her people Negeetfui of reinstatement of home in d,istries wasteul in her financial methods. unwse in taxation and prodigal in expenditure. she has for years come to depend on the revenues wrung from Cuba and the Philippines, With characteristic i'm providence she has returned bad government and op pression in those islands for the millions they have yielded to her Compared with her rule in her colo nies, that of Turkey in Egypt was benevolent Roman politicians who secured province might oppress its people and overax their substance but the oppressed had hearing before the Senate. Rome produced a NerreS, but raised also Cicero to pursue him, Spain has put her colonies under tyrants who added their own to the exactions of the home Government, but she has never questioned nor impeached them Tn her colonial possessions her policy left to the people only the recourse of assassination or revolution Timely concessions refused A degree of par tcipation in their affairs that would have confirmed the loyalty of her colonists secuted They must put their necks under the heel of the Governor General she sent and him absorb their substance until, gorged like condor, he took flight make room for another hungry bird of prey
 It is wonder that such policy has isolated her in Europe, where modern progress looks upon her enemy, and has turned against her the hands of her own sons, Unwse and wasteiul in her day of power and prosperity, when her splendors dazzled the world, and unable to support diversity with philosophy and patience, against the bloody and bril- liant background of her high and mighty past is cast the shadow of her pitiul decay It is far cry from the Cid Campeador to War Minister who prefers blow up her ships rather than face an enemy and fight.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-10
THE IcE-BoUND WHALERs.

N EWS brought from the Arctic by Third Mate
 NJ Hilton o the whaling steamer Belvedere strk-
 ingiy confirms the wisdom of the Government in dispatehing relief expedition as soon the peril ous condition of the whaling fleet was made known Thanks to the promptness with which the expedition was started, there is for the hope that it will reach the whaers in time to save them from the Restitution and starvation that threaten.
 Mr. Hilton states that after the fleet had become ice bound an inventory of the supplies of all the ships was taken and it found that by allowing two scant meals day to each man the provisions might be made to last up to July I. Unless relief ob ained before that time the result would be another of those tragedies of the Arctic in which brave men, exhausted by lack of food and nun,bed by the fear ul cold of the imprisoning ice and snow, lie down amid the frozen wastes to sleep the sleep that knows waking.
 So certain was the impending danger, so sure the doom o the crews, that it determined to risk life in the hazardous attempt to force way across the desolaton of the north to seek relief. Mir Til ton volunteered to make the journey and succeeded in performing the unprecedented feat of crossing from Point Barrow to civilization in nlidwinter. He arrived to find that his venture had been orestalled that American humanity had already dispatched lief for the fleet None the less, however, does he deserve praise for his achievement He performed dangerous duty for his ellow-nen courageousy and well, and the worth of the ea- IS diminished by the fact that the relief he sought had been dis patched long before he arrived to ask it
 With the coming of this news The Call finds eradication in the fact that 1t the first direct attention the peril of the whaling feet and only instrumental in inducing the Government to send relief expedition but contributed lberally and largely in the way of supplies to make it success. This is clearly where needed help was given in time. Unless obstacle insuperable by human energy stops the relieving expedition the ice-bound sailors will be saved long from the danger that threatens and their scant allowance of two poor meals day will be changed to the aburdance oi nourishing food needed to support life and strength in the ordeal of the Arctic winter.