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Evening star., 1898-02-23
WANTED TO MAKE A SPEECH.
Peter Cluck Visits Capitol and Makes
Demonstration.

\ tall man, whose face and hands looked
as though they had not been In water for
many days, and whose conduct attracted
the attention Of visitors in the Capitol
about noon To-Day. was arrested in the law
library by Capitol Policeman Oats and
locked up on a charge Of druI kenness. The
man gave his name Peter Cluck his age
as fifty years, and said he vas a native OF
Norway. His arrest followed an effort on
his part 20 make speech on the Cuban
question. There was a suspicion that the
mans mind was rot right. but the police
concluded that his conduct was due to
liquor. and he will be released v hen sober.
Cluck came here from Chicago several
Gays ago, and has been seen about the
str eets by the police. He was a swltchman
IN Chicago during the railroad strike sew
eral years ago.
Seven women were burned to death fight
ing forest fires near Ridgeway 5. =.
Evening star., 1898-02-23

Twenty-FfVe-Mile Handicap at Sai
LeandrO, Cal.

Twenty-FfVe-Mile Hanilicap Mt San
LenndrO, Cal.
SAN LEANDRO, CAL, February 23-The
sixth annual road race, twenty emile
handicap read race of the California AS
sociated Cycling Clubs, was held ever the
San Leandro course, and for the first time
in the history of the association the winner
Of the race captured the time prize also
The winner was c. H. Smith of the Gar
den City Wheelmen of San Jose, who cov-
cred the distance in one hour nine minutes
thirty-four and one-fffth seconds. He
started from the 5two-minute mark. and
after desperate finish passed the tape half
a length ahead of M. Quimby of San Fran
cisco, a five and one-half- minute man.
Eighty-one men started and forty-four fin
ished There were several minor accidents,
but no one was seriously hurt.
On the Chevy Chase Links.
The competition the Chevy Chase
links yesterday vas largely entered into
by the members of the Chevy Chase Club,
and some good golf was played before the
conclusion of the match. Messrs. Morris
Hacker and G. c. Lafferty succeeded in
scoring a surprise. the former beating Col.
Bogey UP and the latter latter 3 up. The
next best scores were Maj. Denny, 2 down;
DR.. Compton, down; 8. f: Redfern. Z down;
Cannon, 8 down. AS the last match of
this character was won by Maj. Denny
with a score of down, the scores made
yesterday show decided improvement in
the play of the Chevy Chase golfers.
Basket Bail Tonight.
The Interior Department and the Corco-
ran Cadets will play a game of basket ball
tonight at the Globe building, $50 Penn
sylyania avenue northwest, at 8 o'clock.
AS the Corcorans must win this game in
order to keep their lead, as they are close
ly pressed in the race. a fast and exciting
game may be expected
The Century Cycle Club and the Mount
Pleasant Athletic Club basket ball teams
the Washington Light Infantry Hall to-
night. The game will begin at S o'clock
and will be followed 15.sie, Hy,ian informal hop.
Snengerbund Hris1 Bowling.
Coed old-fashioned Prize, bowling held full
sway at the alleys Of the 'saengerbund yes
tsrday ter ay. afternoon angg dlass night: During
their skill at the reSe-baall rolling, and a,
follows First prize. MI. INidmayer: second
prize, S. Desio; third Prize. A. F. Jorss
fourth prize. Mr.. Ford; 9fifth prize Mr.. Be
rens, Prize for greaatssiinumber of strikes
MI. Desio. rra.ta 70 5n ztG...
;"to Of .at-
Whist Mates.
In the match iastbntsht between Wall
brook ard Baltimorsfa twtnty-fou players
a side, the Baltimoreg ow6h by thirty7seyen
tricks %
In the match for tha aaiainxiliary trophy at
Philadelphia, forty sPIakers., side, next
Saturday, the C. Bi. G, will be represented
by Borden and partner; C. A. c. by Voot-
eli and Walls.
Evening star., 1898-02-23
DEFEATED THE VISITOR.

CO1ored Professional Golfer From
Shinnecock Hills Beaten.
An Interesting golf match play was CIV
en- On the links of the Washington Club at
Rosslyn yesterday by Mr.. w. F. Davis, the
expert attached to that club, and Mr..
Evening star., 1898-02-23

Salvation Gil cured me Of shoulder lame
and pain in back, contracted playing ball last
season. I tried several other remedies, ami all
Evening star., 1898-02-23

If you want anything, try an ad. In The
star If anybody has what you wish you
will get an answer.
Evening star., 1898-02-23

Seven women were burned to death fight
ing forest fires near Ridgeway, S. =.
Evening star., 1898-02-23

The judge advised them to let liquor alone
In the future ard imposed = sentence of ff-
teen days on the farm in default of bond
Evening star., 1898-02-23

ONE-DAY SELLING
OF THE FINEST IMPORTED DIM
ITfES. ALI. THE NEWEST NOVEL
TIES AND STAPLE PATTERNS. IN
WHITE, BILE. LAVENDER. PINK.
BLACK AND NAVY BLUE GROUNDS
| DOTS, FIGURES AND STRIPES.
For one day. .Ioc.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-13
THE vAI.DEs GLACIER.



-. r. Willard, OF Wisconsin. writing 10
vaides under date OF March g. gives an
correct description OF the ascent Of the
the other side of the range Mssiarl Is
an engineer ana accustomed 10 taking
accurately observations OF distances, etc.
He says;
From the bay TO the first steep ascent.
four and fourth males. there 10 a rise
of Do feet: from this point on for a mile
there are several steep snclsnes, with a
total rise OF iese feet more. This is called
tho top Of the first bench. Following
this The trail traverses eight and half
mics Of almost .eveI glacier. with a rise OF
is feet per mile. The naxt half mile takes
you up s0Q feet higher. but the next six
mics has on.y rise OF 100 feet to the
mile. making good shedding and easy
hauling The last three quarters OF a
mile 10 the summit Is precipitous taking
the Traveller 500 feet higher up. The total
distance from the timber near tide water
70 the summit Is twenty and three-quar-
ter miles,.
Mr.. Willard says that the miners have
TO pack their frewood up the glacier from
the grove of cottonwood trees at the foot
Of the pass. There is very little dry tim
bsr. The descent from the summit on
the north side L. easy. Tho distance to the
timber Is nine miles. There are fifteen
hundred people scattered from the and
ing 10 the summit Townsste boomers
have laid out q town and are selling town
lots with no title
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-13

Arrives fn Seattle After Terrible
Journey Around the Horn.

shsp William ]. Rotch, Capt Iancas.
ter. arrived In the harbor yesterday morn
ing from San Francisco. She will load
n cargo of ship srars at this port for
Nav York
The Rotch has been 1T San Francisco
since tho latter part OF January. She
arrived there on IRE 18th OF that month,
81 days ant from New York having left
New York June IL with q miscellaneous
cargo and one passenger for San Fran
cisco. The cargo consisted largely of
iron building materia, and several large
blocks OF marble.
In the vicinity of Cape Horn a violent
storm was encountered. which drove the
shsp many ni'es out OF her course. Sails
were torn from heir fastanings and mitch
OF the rigging was lost. Capt. Lancaster
soon found that the strain on the vessel
was too hard ard allowed her to run be-
fore the wind ia the direction they had
just come.
When the gale suhsided tn, Rotch was
again headed toward Cape Horn. hut be-
fore L was successfully rounded another
hurricane sprnnr up. The vessel had
heen considerably weakened during her
encounter with the former storm. and
the captain Nude no attempt TO fight
against the clements but permitted them
20 SrssG him hack y second siuae oyer the
course fer many miles before TITO storm
ahased
For The third time the Roteh was nnt
about and headed for the cape This time
4 vas FSarssed SUCCESSFULLY. bsi. bad
weather was Of daily o<scarr~nce and the
Fesss. wss n weak condition asai taxi
Tag ~ster freely. As the Rotrh advanced
on Ter voyage 10 m. South American
ccysSt the leaks became So bad that IL
was necessary - keep the pumps work
ing constantly - keep her eanat. on
reaching ss1e coast Of Chile. Capt. Ian
easter decided 10 p,st into TaIcahnaro FOR
repairs.
In sfss riaaEtltne many rsianths hal co-e
by. and ire aEem,s Of sthe vs-xet az San
Francisco ard New York bas>aoa ar.xlas,s
IN regard 20 her safety. Many r~verss
Mere circulated thai the Reseh had seen
Nss snG pieees az her 'wreckage found in
various narss Of the OCEAN. No vass%.s
had snoses the Roses during her YovaU~
around The EeTn. ard these stories were
naturally believed.
After leaving Taicahua-1o the rosnh
resumed her voyage 40 the exsasr 90 san
fra1s'sssas. II sack seemed q, have pur-
sce9 TIE yssses during the entire vesas.e
STERN. and As3 wsaf her were Of ssafav
asrnTr.ssFss add shz> ship arrived a. San
Francisco January - leaking badly ana
requiring she united Efforts OF the rrev
30 Keep aer afsoss The heavy mss s-rss,
of the cargo had shifted. giving the ves-
ses . bad Est To port. Had tan Eosca
hesst many UarN days AZ eea ssIs would
tsacahkadly have 9oae 0swA
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-13
BREvITIEs.

Miss Gertrude Re!fxe, teacher In the
south school. Is now convaiescens after
q severe attack OF pneumonia
I. 4. Nadeau yesterday sent out a circu-
lar letter announcing that steamer serv-
Ice on Lake Occur d'Alene would be re-
sumed April Is.
Justice OF the Peace Ingerso.l occupied
Justice Austin's bench yesterday after
noon owing TO the illness of the latter
He gave the regular Jury" a severe shock
by lining Thomas Burns. a teugh-looking
character. $fC9 and costs and Furthermore
sentencing him to thirty days in the
county jail for carrying concealed weap-
onS. Burns was arrested by Officer Adams
in the Big Bonanza saloan on complaint
of Axei Erickson who said that Burns
had been Illustrating him and he thought
he had revolver. II turned out that
pocket" Burns told the Justice that. as
9 matter of fact. the razor belonged to
Erickson. and he took 1t away from him
Erickson nearly fell out of his chair when
Burns told this story.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-13

ment OF land Offices by the secretary OF
the Interior wherever conditions make
them necessary. To the secretary OF the
interior - also left the power to grant
Ilghss-of-way for railroad companies and
for wagon roa3s
One branch of Mr.. Ebner's mission to
Washington. II will be remembered. was
to secure for Juneau the assay Office that
Is 20 be established ON the Pacific coast
within q short time. He found that Se-
attic was favored By a majority of the
senators. and that In an probability the
house would act with the senate in the
matter. Mr.. Elmer good-natursdiy refused
70 discuss the matter, evidently believing
that there was yet hope Tor the rustling
Alaska city.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-13

The schooner Fischer Bros. has arrived
from Ballard and is now alongside the
north side or Yesler dock. She has been
chartered by party OF men under the
name of the Chicsgo-Yukon Commercial
Company. and viii leave during the week
for Hooper bay. carrying the members of
the company and Their baggage to that
place.
The schooner contains the material of
stern-wheel steamer which Is built In
steel sections. The beat was built In Bal.
lard. and has just beer completed. II Is
the intention of the company TO establish
steamboat line on the Yukon river as
soon rs the river Is open. operating steam
ess between the principal towns located on
that stream.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-13

Already there have been soEue narrow es-
capes from sinking fresh SNOW which coy
cred up old cracks ia the glacier. About
two weeks ago . young man almost fes-
sowed his Sid into seemingly bott0mless
erevars< He caught himself with his ell
bows on the edge Of the crack and was
helped ont By friends. His sled Was never
with -four and broke through a place
which he had just crossed. The force of
the s,sd's fail pulled him into the hole.
The glacier is still coed travelling. although
the fresh snow has To be beaten down AL
most every day. II showed daily for ten
says before we left. Nearly every one has
a severe cosd.s
Exeelsier's Hard Trtp.
The Excelsior had bad trip both up and
down the coast. She was four days going
a distance OF eighty miles between orca
and valdes, on account OF binding snow
storms and heavy winds. On the down trip
the snow continued fo fall and the wind
blew even fiarcer gale. She stopped az
both Portage and Resurrection bay on the
down trip. The snow and wind made land
ing q very difficult matter. AT Portage
bay loo passengers were landed, sixty-four
Of whom were taken aboard at orca. hav-
ing been left there by the Valencia. The
trail from Portage hay 10 Sunrise City Is
said 10 be very good. and the distance can
be covered Light In few hours. Some sea
was shipped on the down trip. ard the
passengers were very much frightened
Several times the waves swept the decks
clean. This accounted for the Exceisior's
late arrival. She brought the following
passengers: r. 3, Broadway, John Smith.
w Hublon +. T. Snyder H. w. Clarke.
4. Hoppnan and w. NJ. Cronherg.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-13

William fifalau. OF isig ssaar, Dakota.
who west ner.ss wssh party ~ sosts-sve
On the sirxs trip OF tse steamer Valencia.
was ere es the PASSENGERS wao returned
yesserday On the Exceasser
lie was teksa with Sasvmatsssn saoa AFT
er landing aasi was afraid % continue the
trip vita his party. whsea was well start.
"a - the iris scFess tisr glacier. he said
yssterdsy ses = Fssss-fnssssigenssr reporter
viii nss he seag hefare trase. sesass
the yasdse ssacssr will ksscasgs dangerous
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-13

Elmer X. Wheeler hardware merchant
of Palouse. Is in the city visiting friends
while attending the Grand lodge Of the A.
o. u. w. as delegate.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-10-13
IN GENERAL.
covery.

Refrigerator manufacturers are plan
ming to organize a combine with S6.000,-
600 capital.
The insane wife of Joseph Clothier, &
farmer Of st. SEVERN, Quebec, killed her
four children by cutting their throats.
James X. Keene is reported to have
made 81, 100000 during the last few days
speculating in Tobacco stock in Wall
street.
The Winnipeg branch of Nelson's Bank
of Canada has been robbed of S62, 900 in
a mysterious way and there Is no direct
clew TO the manner in which the money
was stolen.
The Canadian police are completing the
establishment of chain of police stations
along the Upper Yukon, from Dawson on
to Lake Bennett The stations are now
about thirty miles apart. Five men have
been detailed for each post. Each station
has supplies for two years and numerous
dogs. The soldiers are to carry dispatches
and facilitate the forwarding of mails, and
are instructed to assist all travellers, of
whom from 5000 to 5000 are expected to
come out over the ice.
John Stanley, Mayor Of Skaguay, Alas
ka, who is now in San Francisco purchas-
ing apparatus for fire department, says:
THE Pacific and Arctic RI ilroad, now
being built from Skaguay to Selkirk, is
well under way. Rails have been laid to
White Pass, and up to that point the road
is in full working order. Over thirty-tive
tons of freight is daily shipped over this
spur. Seven hundred men are working
on the road. Last month the pay roll was
S129.O0O From White Pass to Lake
Bennett. q distance of thirty miles, freight
is transferred by sledges. Laborers on
the road receive 30 cents an hour"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-10-13

on to assist the Pillager braves. A couple
of runners were in Deer River from
Leech lake, and it was learned through
men who knew them that they were
securing the section. calling councils and
asking assistance ct Leech lake.
An instructor in the Indian school at
The agency says that, despite protestations
Of friendship, the agency Indians are in
an ugly mood and, when they talk unob-
serv I'd and freely among themselves, their
sentiments are warlike. He fears that
trouble will come from this source before
the affair Is settled. People in and around
Walker are apprehensive of the outcome
and are demanding that the redskins be
pursued until they are broken in spirit
and thoroughly cowed. They say that If
the trouble is allowed to drop now it will
be but a short time before they again
become defiant, and that life and property
will not be safe.
Inspector Tinker has wired the Secre-
tary of the Interior, asking for at least
5000 troops. Three companies Of infan-
try under Lieut. Col. Harbach, number
Ing 215 men and divided into four detach-
ments, landed on Bear Island to re-en-
force Gen. Bacon. A Gatling gun and
1000 rounds of ammunition accompanied
one squad, which left Walker for the
scene of hostilities. A slaughter of every
Indian on the island is predicted unless
the tribe surrenders or retreats beyond
reach of the troops now in the field.
Rumors have spread that the Bear lake
savages are being REINFORCED in large
numbers by tribes from CaSs and Red
lakes. A general uprising is feared by
settlers in northern Minnesota. The War
Department issued orders for three more
companies Of soldiers at ST. Paul to pre-
pare for service. The calling out Of bat
talon of Minnesota volunteers was also
authorized.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-10-13
!dff99N9SR5glltSESsT! glS !!
YIGN{R&'}SS5;aGi;; R&}S;Gi

Gen. Miles shaved his mustache while
in Porto Rico.
Gen. Herbert Kitchener was born il
| County Kerry, Ireland.
Like Gen. Miles, Maj. Gen. Lawtor
carries a bathtub with him in his cam
| paign.
Denman Thompson is living on his farm
in New Hampshire, and he says that he
| has no notion of returning to the stage.
George Eliot wrote for eight years with
| the same pen, and when she lost it bewail-
| ed her misfortune as almost too hard tC
| bear.
William S. Whitman of Atlanta, now
| president of twenty banks, began life a:
an office boy in New York dry goods
| house.
Mrs. Marion Crawford, wife of the
| famous novelist, has dark eyes and geldeI
hair, two things rarely found in the same
| person.
Mgr. Thomas Magennis of Boston, who
| has Just been appointed a domestic pre-
late by the Pope. was ordained a priest
in 1866.
Speaker Reed is said to have abandoned
the use of his bicycle in Washington or
| account Of the sttention 1t attracted or
| the street.
| Patti has a weakness for Mexican span
| iels, and wherever she goes carries two
or more with her usually wrapped up il
silk shawls.
Gov. Atkinson of West Virginia is very
| domestic In his tastes, and when through
with the cares of office amuses himself
| playing the violin.
The grave of John Boyle O'Reilly, the
| noted Irish poet, in Hollywood cemetery
near Boston, is kept constantly decorated
with floral emblems by his friends and
| admirers.
Henry W. Pickering, who died in Bos
| ton the other day, left much manuscript
music to the Harvard Musical Associa
ton, of which he had boen member
since 1887.
| Col. Frank J. Queen, who recently dice
| in Birmingham, Ala, aged % years, mar
| ried the daughter of Daniel Boone. Sht
| died ten years ago. Col. Queen assisted
Boone in driving Indians out of Ken
lucky.
| Thomas johnson, 104 years old, anC
probably the oldest white man in Ken
lucky, died ut his home near Doylesyille
Madison County, Ky. He was blind fol
| twenty-five years.
The Hon. Charles Denby, former Unit
ed States minister to China, has return
ed to America after the almost unprece
dented record of thirteen years contln
uous service as minister.
Gen. Miles son, Sherman, accompanied
his father to Porto Rico as a voluntee
aid. serving without pay and withou
commission.
Gen. Denver, for whom Denver, Colo.
was named, is still living.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-10-13
SOUTHERN.

The Democrats elected all State Off
GERS in Georgia by majorities approximate
ing 10000. Allen ID. Chandler was chosen
Governor.
Brunswick, Ga, has been inundated by
tidal wave. A thousand houses and
stores are flooded and conservative esti-
mates place the property loss at S500,OO0.
Private d. Phillips of the Second
Georgia regiment, while in the guard
house at Atlanta, Ga, shot and danger
ously wouuded Claude Love, another pris-
oner.
The Rev. DIR. Briggs of Austin, Texas,
has been acquitted of immortality, though
found guilty of falsifying in minor mat
ters, by the jury of the Methodist Church
South.
Trustworthy indications are that the
cotton crop in Georgia will be cut down at
least 100000 bales by the recent severe
storm. The money damage will amount
to nearly S5,000,000.
i. G. Rudolph, administrator of the es-
rate Of Charles Craft, young man who
committed suicide in June, has filed suit
for $4,000 at Paducah, KY, against O.
N. MerQuoit, the druggist who sold Graft
poison.
The mammoth United States battleshiI
Illinois, one Of the three latest additions
u the navy and probably the most power
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-10-13
PAPER FROM CORNSTALKS.
Birth of a New Industry that Will Be
of Great Value to Farmers.

Birth OF New Industry that Will be
of Great Value to Farmers.
The cornstalk will no longer be an in
cumbrance to the farmer, but under a new
system Of treatment will become a COM
mercial and manufacturing commodity of
high value. AS a result of the expert
ments by Rockford Qll.) paper company
paper, cardboard and newspaper stock of
the finest quality are row being manufac-
tured from corn shives and the discovery
is expected to revolutionize the paper
manufacturing business of the country.
How wide a revolution the discovery
will work may be understood from the
statistics which the daily newspapers Of
the United States alone can furnish. Last
year the daily presses alone consumed
S26, ,2S0,OO0 worth of white paper manu-
factured from wood pulp. This was but
a part of the total consumption Of cheap
paper used by other publ hing and COM
mercial institutions. Now that cornstalks
can be utilized instead of pulp, the cost Of
paper will be less. The discovery gives
the United States the supremacy in paper
making, because the Indian corn produced
by other countries is but a drop in the
bucket of the American harvest.
The company proposes that the farmer
preserve the stalks sacredly and harvest
them with the same care he gives to the
grain and the fodder. 1t will take the
outer sheathing from the pith, it will
grind and mash its fibres, it will throw the
tough tangle into cauldrons of acid, it will
drag 1t from its liquid fire, cleanse it and
roll it out into shining sheets Of paper.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-10-13
PRIDE OF THE NAVY.
MAMMOTH BATTlESHIP ILL
NOIS is LAUNCHED.
Steel Monster Will Probably Be the
Most Powerful Fighting Craft Afioat
Nucleus of the "New Navy,-Cost
Will Exceed $3,OOO,OOO.

The mammoth United States battleship
Illinois, one of the three latest additions
to the navy and probably the most power
full fighting machine afoat, was launched
at Newport News, Va, Tuesday under
suspicious circumstances. As the steel
monster trembled in its flight from earth
to sea, Mamie Letter broke bottle Of
sparkling champagne upon the vessels
Prov and pronounced the words that made
t the godchild of the great Western COM
monwealth and caused 5000 people as
sembled to send up cheer that could be
heard for miles. Gov. Tanner of Illinois
shook hands with the Governor of Vir-
yinia, the newly foated ship rose proudly
from its initial dip, and the launching
was pronounced success.
From many points of view the launch
ing of the Illinois was the most important
Of the kind in the history Of the country.
The vessel is the larges: lighting ship ever
doated under the Stars and Stripes, is the
costliest ever built by the navy, and ex-
perts believe it will be the most formida
ole warship ever put in commission by
any power.
There was never such crowd in New
port News at any previous ship launching.
They came from everywhere, from the
North and South, and especially from the
West. Long before the hour of the launch
ing throngs began to gather about the
spot, and by II o'clock standing room was
worth its area in nickels everywhere with
IN a block of the Illinois. Enthusiastic