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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04
THEY MINED IN ALASKA.
Lost Only Their Labor and S1O.1O Apiece
In Six Months' OperatIons.


Every one who had ever been I'm Alaska
of course began at the opening of the Klon-
dixie craze to rotate personal experiences
which in some way or other had Connoc-
ton with the subject Of gold mining.
Many of them had chance to make n for
tune If they had only known and others
saw millions more or less, taken out of
the ground with u broken shovel, and the
man whose only capital it was como back
to the States and live happily ever after
ward. But in spite Of the ingenuity which
has been put into the manufacture of these
stories, there il an original flavor to one
told by soldier at present located in the
United States army in this city.
1t was in 1880, when he was in the navy,
that he was stationed on a vessel near
Sitka. There was considerable gold being
taken out near thcrc, and an cntcrprising
speculatur got hold of party of marines
on the ship and induced them to buy his
mine. There wcrc 100 of them who finally
went into the scheme, and they paid $40
each for their now source of wealth. There
was always good deal of spare time on
their hands and they easily secured per
mission to use this i'm working their claim.
| For six months tho soldiers dug quartz by
day and dreamed of sudden wealth by
! night. All were COGiiucnb OF DclnP HDle 10
retire from the service with comfortable
riches, and looked sadly on the poor Off.
GERS, who would have to keep on soldering
all their lives, not being in the scheme.
At the end of six months they had o
| largo pile of quartz, and, loading it into
all the old barrels, bags and provision
cases they could find, they sent it by ship
to the nearest crushing mill Then follow.
! cd weeks of waiting till the returns should
| come, and an air of subducd importance
grew in each man who expected at any
time to be informed that he was worth
thousands Of dollars. At last the ship
came which brought tho returns from the
consignment, and the gallant hundred
gathered around the treasurer Of the com
pany to hear how much each was now
worth That individual opened the mes
sage, and grim smile frozo on his face as
ho went through a short calculation on the
back of the envelope.
"Gentlemen, he said, "you each owe
the sum of 10 cents to the steamship com
pany that carried the quartz. The gold il
it was just SO short Of the freight
charges"
And then he passed his hat, while one o.
their number sought out the ships chap
lain to lead in short service. Spring
tield Republican.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04
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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04
OLD POINT COMFORT,
sIX-DAy TOUR VIA PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
TO RICHMOND AND WASHINGTON.

sIN-DAT TOUR VIA PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
TO RICHMOND AND WASHINGTON.
The last Of the present series of personally
conducted tours to Old Point Comfort, Rich
m0nd and Washington via the Pennsylvania
Railroad will leave New York and Philadel-
pha on Thursday, April 7.
Tickets including transportation, meals en-
route in both directions, transfers of pass
engers and baggage, hotel accommodations at
Old Point Comfort Richmond and Washing
ton, and carriage ride about Richmond-in
fact, every necessary expense for period of
six days-will be sold at rate of S35 90 from
New York, Brooklyn and Newark; S34OO
from Trenton; S32 80 from Philadelphia and
proportionate rates from other stations.
OLD POINT COMFORT ONLY.
Tickets to Old Point Comfort only, includ-
ing one and three-fourths days board at that
place, and good to return direct by regular
trains within six days. will be sold in con.
nection with this tour at rate of $1,000 from
New York $500 from Trenton Sl4.0O from
Philadelphia, and proportionate rates from
other points. At a slight additional expense
tourists can extend the trip to Virginia
Beach, with accommodations at the Princess
Anne Hotel.
For itineraries and full information
apply to ticket agents; Tourist Agent
1896 Broadway, New York 7s9 Broad street
Newark, N. j.. or Geo W. Boyd, Assistant
General Passenger Agent, Broad Stree
Station, Philadelphia.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04

went in seven men to urge the woman,
and came ont seven women. leaving
the man inside" meaning that they
went in disposed to yield, but that the
queens pa ri.''sW and 1rmness in
spircd them. At the same time It is re-
ported that the queen regent is doing
much to avoid a rupture.
General Stewart l.. Woodford the
United states minister, has made a
statement i'm which says: 81 came to
Spain under instructions from Presi-
dent Mckinley to secure peace in Cuba,
with a permanent peace between the
United States and Spain. peace that
should be built upon bed rock condi-
tiuns, conditions of justice to Cuba,
with assured protection 60 the great
American interests i'm that island. l
have lahored steadily to obtain this re-
suit. and ] still believe these great and
good purposes of my president may yet
be secured ! shall not desist from my
labors for a just and honorable peace
until the guns actually open fire, and
my faith is still strong that war, with
all its horrors, can be averted."
The majority Of the newspapers here
regard war as inevitable They think
General Stewart l.. Woodford has com
municated a final answer to the gov
ernmcnt. The Liberal says: 1T is
clear that no concession will satisfy the
United states except the independence
of Cuba, and we had better immedi-
ately end the uncertainty"
The Paus asserts that great uneasi-
ness prevails at Washington concern
ing the attitude Of the southern states
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04
AT LEAGUE ISLAND NAVY YARD.
Officers of state Naval Reserves Re-
port For Duty.


port For Duty.
Philadelphia. April 4.-There was the
usual activity at the League Island
navy yard yesterday. Work is being
pushed night and day on the eight old
monitors. The Catslill and Nahant
have been taken out of the dry dock,
and the Jason and Montauk We're put
in. The Lchgh is ready to go in and
the Mahopac, Manhattan and Canoni-
Gus have been towed from the back
channel to the docks, where they will
be fitted with new boilers. Fifteen
inch shells and solid shot were put on
board the Catslill and Nahant yester-
day.
Eight officers of the New York and
Massachusetts naval reserves, who
have been ordered to the navy yard to
take charge of the monitors arrived
here yesterday and reported to Com
mandant Casey The double turret
monitor Miautonomoh and the coast
defense ram Katahdin, which have
been ready to sail for some days, have
as yet received no orders to sail, but
it is expected that the Miantonomoh
will receive her orders today.
The fine steam Yacht Josephine,
which the government purchased from
p. A. B. Widener of Philadelphia, ar
rived at the yard yesterday from Will
mington, Del. and will be Immediately
transformed into a gunboat. The
Josephine is of 545 tons, 19l feet long,
2S feet beam, and draws 10 feet of
water. She was built in 1896.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04
SPANS DISABLED FLEET.
Ordered to Remain at Cape Verde Isl
ands UnUll Further Orders.

ands UnUll Further Orders,
Madrid, April 4.-The Spanish cab
met has decided that the torpedo no-
tilla is to remain at the Cape de Verde
islands until further orders. This is
the fleet that was reported to have
arrived at Porto Rico last Friday In
stead the fleet was dispersed by a
heavy gale and compelled to put into
Cape de Verde Islands, i'm a badly
crippled condition, for repairs. The
flotilla win be joined later by a squad
ron composed Of the armOred cruiser
Emperor Charles V, of 9,235 tons; the
cruiser Alfonso XIII, of 5000 tons; the
armored cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa
Of 1000 tons, and the armored cruiser
Cristobal Colon, of 6,S4O tons, which
will accompany the torpedo hotilla tC
Cuba.
1t has also been decided by the gov
ernment 10 send the armored cruisers
Niscaya and Almirante Oquendo, both
Of 1000 tons, back to Havana. They
viii receive orders to this effect as
soon as they sight Porto Rico. A flo
tilla Of torpedo boats and tori edo boat
destroyers is being prepared for active
service at Cadiz.
The queen regent is taking very ac-
tive part In the negotiations, and has
thoroughly Identified herself with the
war section of the cabinet. Her ma
jesty is reported TO have told Senor Sa-
gasta:
Il received from my husband a heri-
tage for my son, and win never agree
10 have that heritage curtailed."
Senior Sagasta said to a friend after
Thursdays council at the palace: 1--WE
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04
WHAT A BLESSING.
rIany People in Shenandoah Learn
ing to Appreciate.

What a blessing it is.
Sought after by thousands.
Shenandoah is finding ii out.
Many Il miserable man is happy now.
Nights of unrest days of trouble.
Any itching skin disease means this.
Itching Piles mean ii.
Eczema, just as bad, and just as bad to
cure.
But Doan's Ointment does it.
Relieves at once, and cures if you use it
long enough.
a specific for any itchiness of the skin.
A blessing to a suffering public
Here's Shenandoah proof to back it.
Mrs Elizabeth Sitter of III West Coal
street, used Doan's Ointmentan and this is what
she says about it. For five years l had
Eczema on one of my limbs and 1 could get
nothing to cure it, although | tried many
remedies. have sent away and paid one
dollar a box for preparations which did me
no good at all. l read about Dosn's Oint-
ment and procured box at Kirlins Phar
macy. The first time applied it it gave re-
lief and it was the first remedy which healed
the eczema and subdued the inflammation
My ankle used to itch and burn so that
could not sleep and this added to my othel
suffering. / am very glad that | learned
about Doan's Ointment and used it for it il
tho best remedy for eczema eyer found in
search extending over FIVE years"
Doan's Ointment for sale by all dealers
Price 50 cents, Mailed by Foster-MilburI
Co.. Buffalo, n. Y, sole agents for the u S
Remember the name DOan's and take NJ
other.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04

CONGRESSMAN WILLIAMS, aided by
his colleague, Mr.. Connell, of Scrau-
ton, is endeavoring to have the United
States government use more authra-
cite coal on the warships now in ser
vice The bituminous product has
the call and the efforts of Mr.
Williams and colleague are being
blocked by the soft coal interests
represented in Congress, If theiI
efforts are successful in opening the
market for anthracite it will benefit
both the miner and operator in this
region. While the representatives
in other Congressional districts are
working on this line, we fail to hear
of anything that the SchuylIill man
is doing. His time is otherwise occu-
pied; and, besides, heis not cutting
coal these days.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04
THE ILLS OF WOMEN
And How Mrs. Pinlham Helps
Overcome Them.

Mrs. MARY Bo1LNGrR, 11oi Mariana
ST., Chicago, H., to Mrs. PinlSham:
81 have been troubled for the past
two years with falling of the womb,
leucorrhma. pains over my body, sick
headaches, bacllachc, nervousness and
weakness. / tried doctors and various
remedies without relief After taking
two bottles OF your Vegetable Com
pound. the relief obtained was truly
wonderful. | have now taken several
more bottles of your famous medicine,
and can say that am entirely cured"
Mrs. Henry DoRR No. SOC Findlcy St, .,
Cincinnati, Ohio, TO Mrs. Pinkham:
For long time / suffered with
chronic inflammation of the womb,
pain in abdomen and bcaring-down
feeling. Was very nervous at times, and
50 weak | was hardly able TO do any
thing. Was subject to headaches, also
troubled with leucorrhHa. After doc
toring for many months with different
physicians, and getting no relief, ! had
given up all hope of being well
again when l read of the great good
Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound was doing. l decided immcdi-
atcly to give it Il trial. The result was
simply past belief After taking four
bottles of Vegetable Compound and
using three packages of Sanative Wash
/ | can say l feel like new woman.
/ deem it my duty to announce the fact
to my fellow sufferers that Lydia
L, Pinllham's Vegetable remedies have
entirely cured me of all my pains anC
suffering. have her alone to thanl
for my recovery, for which I am CRATE
full. May heaven bless her for the
] GOOD Morlk She is doing for our seE.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04

A CORRESPONDENT sends "a quota
tion from Lossiug'- American history
in regard to Benjamin Franklin's
warning to his countrymen against
placing any faith in Spanish offers Of
friendship during the revolution.
Franklin felt that though Spain was
unfriendly to England it was, by its
nature, the enemy of all republican
tendencies in America. With his
keen perception he saw through the
drplicity of Spain, pretending sym
pathy with the American colonies
and yet intriguing to defeat their
alliance with France. Franklin was
perfectly right, and his fellow Ameri-
cans of to-day have the same opinion
of Spanish faith and promises that
he had.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04
Beats the Klondike.

Mr.. A. c. Thomas, of Maysville, Texas.
has found more valuable discovery than has
yet been made in the Klondike. For years he
suffered untold agony from consumption, ac-
companied by hemorrhages and was abso-
lutely cured by DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds He
declares that gold is OF little value in com
parison with this marvellous cure would
have it, even if it cost a hundred dollars a
bottle. Asthma, Bronchitis and all threat and
lung affections are positively cured by DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption.
Trial bottles free at A. Wasley's Drug Store.
Regular size so cts. and 81 90. Guaranteed
to cure or price refunded.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04

The following good story on
Councilman Little, of Philadelphia,
who is frequent visitor to this town,
is told by the Times Of that city :
''The clerk Of Common Council was
calling the roll Of members at the
opening of the special meeting ON
Thursday. He had got to the letter
l. and had called out Leithhead,
'Levering.' Just then there was Il
crash in the chamber. Councilman
Little, who occupies IA seat in the
outside row, was trying to do the
balancing act in his chair when il
toppled over and he was sent spraw
ling to the floor. Little, continued
the clerk, in the usual monotonou,
style. Here replied the Nineteenth
ward Councilman, while still at full
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04
Philadelphia &
Reading Railway
Engines Burn Hard Coal-No Smoke
IN EFFECT MARCH 18th, 1898.

Trains leave Shenandoah as follows:
For New York via Philadelphia, week days,
10, 36, Z 80 9 81 a. M, IL 3s, 10 and 6 on p.
For New York via Mauch Chunk. week days,
36, 30 a. M, IL 5S and 10 p. m.
For Reading and Philadelphia, week days,
TO- 36, 80, 4 am, II 33, 10 and 6 on p. nl.
Sundays, 2 10 a. m.
For Pottsville, week days, 2-Io, SO, o "a a. nn.,
For Tamaqua and Mahanoy City, week days,
TO- SO, 30, 81 a. M, 10 33, 10 and OF ,. IA.
Additional to Mahanoy City only, II 40 p. m.
For Williamsport, Sunbury and Lewisburg,
week days, O5, 36, IL 80 a. m. II 80, 7 rs
u. m Sundays, 25 a. IN.
For Mahanoy Plane, weekdays, TO- 4 o5, 6ss,
30, 81 II 30 n. M, IL 49, 10, o. 25, So and
II 40 p. m. Sundays, 2 10, o5 a. IN;
For Ashland and Shamokin, week days, 405,
SO, 30, II 30 a. m, l2 80, TO- 9 OF, 725 and
So p. m. Sundays, 05 q. m
For Baltimore, Washington and the West via
,. & o. Il. r., through trains leg, Roaeins
Terminal philadelphia, Up. & r. p r. ct 8 %,
80, II 2G a. M, 10 and 7.2' y. l.. 5undays,
3 20, z 90, II 26 a M 46 and e y. m. Addi-
tiunal trains from Twenty-fourth and Chest
nut streets station, week days 10 30 a. m. IL 20,
l2 Il 3 40 pm. Sundays, S5 s 20 p. m.
TRAINS FOR SHENANDOAH.
Leave New York via Philadelphia week
days, IL IS, 30, s 90, IL 80 n. m, and 30 80,
9 10 pm Sundays, 90 p. m.
Leave New York via MHuch Chunk, week
days, 80, 9 10 a. m, 80 and Is p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, Reading Terminal, week
days, - OIL 40, So, 10 10 a. and AZ, o6, 30
p. IN. Sundays, IL oil
Leave Reading week days, . 05, %, 10 oS, q IN.
y GO m, 10, 90 and 20 p. IN. Sundays, o5
Am.
Leave Pottsville, week days, 8 O5, f1s q. M,
70 30 and 10 p. m Sundays, 3 07 a. m.
Leave Tanaqua, week days, . 55, 40, IL B a.
m, SO, Sc, 20 and 4S p. m. Sundays, 5S
=
Leave Mahanoy City, week days, IL 20, 4 el,
10, II A a. M. II, is, "a, "A and 10 os p m
Sundays. IL 25, 4 81 II. IN.
Leave Mahanoy Plane, week days, IL 3S, 240,
4 80 80, 8 80 10 25, IL SO n. M, 49, 81, e4l,
81, 10 - IN. Sundays, IL 40, 2 40, 80 a. m.
Leave Williamsport, week days, AZ, 10 % a
| M. 4 90 and IL 80 y. m. Sundays, IL 80 y. m.
ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION,
Leave Philadelphia Chestnut street warf and
South street wharf for Atlantic City.
| Weekdays-Express, 900 a. M, 200, (3 90
Saturdays only, 90, 90 p. m. Acoommoda-
ton, 8 0O a. M, l5 80 p. m. Sundays
Express, 100, 10 90 a. IN. Accom- III odAtion, 8 90
a. In., As p. m.
Returning leave Atlantic City depot, eoSner
Atlantic and Arkansas avenues.
Weekuays-Express, 2 35, 90 q M, 8 30, 30
| p. IN. Accom- nodatioh, %, s l5 "A. IN. 405 p. m.
Sundays-Express, 4 90, 5 3d. 90 p m. Ac.
commodation, 10 a. M, Is p.
Parlor Cars on all express trains.
Vor further information, apply to nearest
/ PhIadelph and Reading Railway ticket agent
or address
| |. A. SwEIGARD, EDISON J. WEEKS,
Genn Supt, Gen'l Pass'r Agt.,
Reading Terminal, Philadelphia.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04

Send your address to II. +. Bucklcn & Co.,
Chicago, and get a free sample box of DR..
King New Life Pills, a trial will convince
you of their merits. These pills are easy in
their action and are particularly effective in
the cure of Constipation and Sick Headache.
For Malaria and Liver troubles they have
been proved invaluable. They are guaranteed
to be perfectly free from every deleterious
substance and to be purely vegetable. They do
not weaken by their action, but by giving tone
to the stomach and bowels greatly invigoratC
the system Regular size 25c, per box. Sold
by A. Wasley, Druggist.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04
Beware of ointnents for Catarrh that CON
tain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense oI
smell and completely dcrange the whole system
when entering II through the mucous surfaces
such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do Is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrl
Cure, manufactured by f. j. Cheney ~ ''or To
lcdo, o., contains no mercury, and Is taken in
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system, In buying Halls
CatarI.h Cure be sure you get the genuine 1t Is
taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by
Il. j. Cheney A Co. Testimonials free.
sold by Druggists price " @. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04

Kansas City Mo, April 4.-Dr. Thad-
deus Fitzhugh, 63 years old, former
postmaster of Kansas City, Kan, a
cousin Of Consul General Fitzhugh
Lee, has in a letter full of patriotism
proffered his services to President Nc
Kinley, expressing a willingness, If
need be, to sacrifice his life in support
of the principles of the firmly united
country" DR.. Fitzhugh served with
distinction in the Confederate army
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04
London BanEer's sudden Death.

London, April 4.-Lord Hillingdon
(Charles Henry Mills, chairman of the
committee of London clearing bank
ers, died suddenly in church at Wilton
yesterday. He was born in 1890 was
the son Of the late Sir Charles Mills,
Bart, and was elevated to the peer
age in 1886. He was partner in the
well knowmn banking house Of Glyn,
Mills & Co.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04

length ON the floor 'WhereY asked
McAllistcr of the First ward, some
what ironically In my place in
Councils, replied Little, taking his
seut, looking utter the interests of
the city of Philadelphia The First
wardrr subsidized and Little scored Il
t..L.L ~
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04
Tho Fntuous stuarts.

Tho change of dynasty in England after
Elizabeth, says j. n. Larned in The At
lantic-the arrival on the throne of ri
diculous sort of king out Of Scotland with
an offensive crowd of Scottish favorites at
his baci-put strain on the sentiment
of loyalty that weakened 1t greatly. 1t
might have recovered from tho half con-
tempt that the first of the Stuarts inspired
If the second had not put oven harder
trials on it by his perldy and insolonco
Tho completeness with which it was bro
ken down, within one generation after
Queen Elizabeth, could not have occurred
if Elizabeth S crown had passed to "A ma
tive English limo of successors. In the re-
volt that ensuCd there were success and fail
ure. Monarchy was overturned, but only
to demonstrate that Englishmon were un-
prepared to dispense with 1t. If the fatu-
Gus Stuarts, then brought back to re-
stored throne, had possessed any kind of
kingly excellence, the reaction in their fa-
vor might almost have planted absolutism
anew But their folly and their falsity
persisted in making any revival of the old
time reverence for royalty impossible. BY
nothing less than the threatening of the
Professionalism of England could they have
provoked the nation 50 soon to second
revolt. In that remarkable rising of 16SS-g
religious and political feeling were won
derfully joined and acted to a revolutions
ary conclusion the most unanimous and
perfect that appears in the annals of any
nation.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04
snrnrn- snnNs1 orm IN Coinrnno.

Topeka, Kan, April 4.-Reports re-
ceived at railroad quarters show that
a severe snowstorm is raging in Colo
RADIO and is coming this way About
two inches Of snow has fallen already
A high wind is blowing, and snowplows
have been placed on all engines to
fight the drifts. The storm is most Sc
we're from Limon, Colo, westward the
worst drifts occurring at Flagler and
Arribau Telegraph wires in western
Kansas are generally prostated.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-04
The wreck of the.-Mngnet.

Lowestoft, April 4.-The suspicion is
confirmed that it was the German
steamer Magnet that was sunk on
March 16 in collision off Gabbard light
ship with the British bark British
Princess. The brother of the Magnet S
captain reports that the Magnet sank
almost Immediately, and that IS of
her company We're drowned.