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The San Francisco call., 1898-07-24

ONDON, June 30.-The vision of
 a new heaven and a new earth
 is still unfulflled, but there is a
 new America. The second
 American Revolution has oc- cured, and it's consequences may be as great as those of the first. l have waited till the end of my visit before putting my impressions on paper, for 1t is easy to be mistaken about popu- lar sentiment in this country. The American people are as sensitive to emotional or intellectual stimulus as a photographic film is to light, but they are also, to a remarkable degree, a peo- ole of second thoughts. Their nerves are quick, but their convictions are slow. The apparent change was so great and so unexpected that at first could not bring myself to believe in it's reality or it's endurance. Unless all signs fail, however, or 1 fail to interpret them, the old America, the America obedient to the traditions of the found CTS of the republic, is passing away and a new America, an America stand Ing armed, alert and exigent in the arena of the world-struggle, is taking its place.
 The change is threefold:
 l. The United States is about to take It's place among the great armed pow CTS of the world.
 2. By the seizure and retention of territory not only not contiguous to the borders of the republic, but remote from them, the United States becomes colonizing nation. and enters the field of International rivalries
 8. The growth of good will and mu- tual understanding between Great Britain and the United States and the settlement of all pending disputes be- tween Canada and America, now vir- tually assured, constitute a working union of the English speaking people against the rest of the world for com mon ends, whether any moral agree ment is reached or not.
 Viewed in the light of the events it may conceivably bring forth, this trio of changes may be described without exaggeration a. the event of the cen tury. There is little to say about it that has not already been said, but as a subject for comment it has this ad- vantage, that there is little mystery about it. One great element of uncer- tainty of course remains-the final di- rection taken by American public opin- ion, but with that exception one may speak as a witness and not as a prophet.
 First, then, with regard to the fu- ture army and navy of the United States. The war has taught this coun- try a severe lesson. A few weeks be- fore the outbreak of hostilities I read in a leading New York paper a care fully detailed estimate, based upon re- turns from every State in the Union, showing that an army of 10000,0 900 men could be promptly raised This ludi- crous notion undoubtedly corresponded to the popular view of the country s capabilities. Anybody who remembers certain statements made during the Venezuelan dispute will not think this remark extravagant. It was known that the patriotism of the people was equal to the supply of any number of volunteers, the resources of the coun-
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-24
BATTLING WITH HTR,D LUCK
 ON TN qLqSkyHN TORRENT.
Thrilling Adventures of Daring Pospecos Wo Tried to Reach
 the Gold Fields on tbe Upper Sushetna River.

ble. The mosquitoes and moose flies "are simply hell"
 At the end of the twelve days a float ing log swung around and capsiZed the boat, and their complete outfit, with the exception of a sack of flour and a bag of smoking tobacco, went to the bottom
 They had been working in their un- dercIothes and were left without cloth ing to wear.
 They got in their boat and the swift current took them back to the mouth of the river in seven hours.
 The general average of progress of outfits up the river is about two or three miles a day.
 The steam schooner L. J. Perry, which has been the "carry- y-aH'' for three years from point to point in the inlet is preparing for an attempt to ascend the river. Her owner, MT. La throp is one of the pioneers of Cooks Inlet, and thoroughly understands the currents of the stream. By starting up at flood tide he expects to make the first run of twenty miles. Then he will anchor or ground his vessel and wait for advantageous winds. In this way he expects to ascend a hundred and fifty miles If he succeeds he will convey miners up as far as possible, which will be by far the quickest and cheapest way for them.
 No discoveries of any note have been made this season as yet. In fact, no has been done. But there will be several hundred who will get up inland and put in the fall season of prospecting and remain hermited during the winter, and it is expected that many new discoveries will be re- ported from this work early next sum- mer.
 Only four or five cases of drowning have occurred here this season, which is considered low for the average.
 J. BURGOYNE ELY.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-24
speeIaI corrsspopdence of he sundoy coII

The Big Sushetna River is the center of excitement now. It is great whirling torrent, ten miles across in places and narrowing down to rushing rapids at other places. It leads back from the head of Cooks Inlet into the mountains over toward the Copper River country, going through sWampy valleys, winding around rolling hills and mountain peaks, splitting into thousands of small tributaries and larger streams, draining the immense water shed to the north and northeast of Cooks Inlet Like the Yukon River, the Shushetna is full of islands and shifting sandbars. At this season of the year it is swelled to its utmost and the banks are continually caVlng III, bringing great spruce, trees crashing into it's swift current. As this drl1t goes down and passes through some narrow channel between two islands IL jams and shifts the current to another channel. By and by it will break loose and go tumbling down the river, carrying everything before it.
 There seems to be an underground current at places, for at times, where the stream is flowing along compara- lively smooth, there will suddenly burst up from the sandy bottom a roaring spring that sets the water to boiling and swirling like the Niagara River These are the odds to be met by those who go up the river now.
 The method of ascending is for two men to walk along the beach or scram- ble along the precipitous and marshy banks, as the case may be, towing a small boat, while a third S1ts III the boat and steers.
 The farthest up any party has been this summer is eighty miles. A party of three with eighteen months sup plies had gained this distance after twelve days work from in the morn ing until 12 midnight. The hardships and dangers they bore are indescriba-
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-24

A young lady went to a chemists the other day for some castor oil, and while the assistant was making up the order the lady innocently inquired how it could be taken without tasting it.
 The assistant promised to explain to her, and, in the meantime offered her, politely, a glass of favored and scented seltzer water.
 When she had finished it. he said. quite triumphantly:
 You see, miss, you have taken your oil and you did not know it.
 The young lady screamed out:
 Taken the oil, you stupid; it was for my mother!"
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-24

the interior might prove a permanent cure for delirium tremens.
 People may be inclined to think that such a globe as described would be of small practical utility. But, apart from it's many and important scientific uses, it is computed that the thousands of the working classes who would visit such an object would probably learn more geography in a few minutes con- temptation of the earth's surface than in months spent over maps.-London Mail
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-24

60,000-a tiny force for 70,o00,00O people, according to European standards. But as a result of the war the local regi- ments will gain vastly in popularity, and they will probably be kept up to full strength with capable men and complete equipment. Moreover, there are signs that the famous Seventh Regiment of New York will not have incurred it's terrible unpopularity in vain. In future every local regiment will probably be allowed to go to the front as unit and will not be depend ent for its separate existence upon the whim of the Governor of it's State. Therefore. the American land forces will be largely increased in reality, though not nominally.
 With the navy however, the case is different. It cannot be used by the executive for oppression at home; the need of it for defense is universally re- cognized; it has always been the popu- lar arm; it has covered itself with glory during the war. The fear of an aggressive policy, it is true, has infiu- enced past naval estimates also. It has always been easy to get money for coast defense ships, and difficult to get it for sea- going battle-ships and cruisers. But this will be less the case now that America has possessions over sea. Already one significant fact has shown what may be expected. Not only was the last naval vote by far the largest since the rebellion, but Con- gress positively made great additions to the shipbuilding recommended by the Naval Construction Committee-a course without parallel in American history. The official recommendation was for one battle-ship and four tor pedo-boats; what Congress authorized on May was three battle-ships, of 11,500 tons; four monitors, of 2700 tons, for harbor defense: sixteen torpedo boat destroyers, of 400 tons; twelve tor pedo-boats, of 150 tons, and one gun boat to replace the Michigan upon the lakes, if an arrangement with Great Britain permitting this is reached. The bids for all these ships are to be opened in August and September. l have compiled the following table, compris- ing ships afioat, building and author ized, including those purchased for this war, one of these not yet launched at Armstrong's, to show that a powerful American navy is already an accom- plished fact:
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-24

SUNRISE CITY, Cooks Inlet,
 June 21, 1897. " HE tide of humanity which has
 been pouring into Cooks Inlet
 all summer long has finally 1 reached the flood and already
 the current has turned, and day
 by day grows broader and swift ter. The first to set the tide home ward bound are those who have come with scant outfits and little or no plans for practical work.
 The great majority belong to this class. Conditions are so vastly differ ent from what they were pictured in the newspaper reports that nine cases in ten those who have come here find that they improperly provided them selves, either for living in the country or for prospecting 1t. Even the most carefully laid and we'll regulated plans have fallen through, and company af- ter company have broken up, leaving their dredging and hydraulic machin- cry lying on the beach or selling it for next to nothing. The great majority have come prepared to prospect through the summer and return home in the fall. But when they arrived here and began to learn some facts about the country from the old timers, they find that there are only three months in the year during which sue cessful prospecting can be done, and and that is from October 1 until Jan- uary 1. In the early summer they must wait about two months for the snow to melt away. Then another two months for that melted snow to run out of the creeks so they can be tray eled.
 Even if they could get into the inte- rior sooner the water would be too high in the creeks to allow of prospect
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-24

This list comprises only first-rate modern vesselF: it does t include a number of gunboats, the monitors built during he rebellion, the Vesuvius and the Katakoll.
 With no further increase, therefore, the American navy takes an important comparative place upon t.le seas, but it's increase is certain. It's admirable record during the war, as regards both material and personnel the voyage of the Oregon; the Russian summons to her builder and the Russian order to Cramp & Sons.
 HENRY NORMAN. Crn,,1.iufntnd 1eaQ
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-24

ONDON, June 30.-The vision of
 a new heaven and a new earth
 is still unfulfilled, but there is a / new America. The second
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-30
FROM LINCOLN. NEB.
l.. T.. Mcdonald Arrives and Snxs
More Are Coming

u T.. Mcdonald. OF Lincoln. Neh ar
rived ia The city yesterday on his way
to Alaska. For the past six wears AR
Mcdonald has been the Nebraska stare
architect. but the stories that reached
Lincoln from The North were more than
ne could stand. Mr.. Mcdonald said LAST
hight when seen AT the Hotel Butler;
could have stayed Mt home. / sun
pose. and have been better OF In the
end. but would have been dissatisfied all
the time because / was not IN North
with thousands OF others. II is In every
mans makeup 10 believe that he would
have succeeded where others failed. thar
luck would have been with him where
Others encountered failure. | determined
10 80 North and see the thing for myself
III l don't set y:ch the expense OF the trim
won't break me.
Il came 20 Seattle 70 outfit because ev-
erEone else was coming. ! guess tho
reason the great majority are coming
here Is because We have not heard thess
other towns spoken Of I'm connection with
the klonttke, Once started here. I did
not le, the runners for other towns change
my mind when they approached me on
The train. From the trip made around
the city this afternoon Ii would seem tina.
i have headed into the rish, place The
klond.ke fever has z great hold on LIN
coin people, and some two hundred will
come frcn there in the next two months
although our city Is smaller than Seat
tie"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-30
REPAIRS on THE FARALLON.
Extensively Altered. She Will h
Ready to Sail February 10.

Steamer Farallon, now undergoing ex-
tensve repairs at the Stetson & Pest mill
dock Is scheduled TO sail for Dyea and
Skaguay February 10. She will present
a much altered appearance when she re-
sumes her place on the Alaska run. A
force of thirty men Is now working night
and day in order to complete the vessel
In time.
In the fire room Is being set up the new
thirty-fiv ton boiler recently brought up
from San Francisco by the steam schoon-
or Protection. 1t Is expected that the
speed Of the steamer will be greatly In
creased by the changes being made In her
machinery. The boiler IL of the latest
pattern and can withstand much strong
er steam pressure than the one formerly
used. New condensers have been pro-
vided.
A house is being constructed on the hur-
ricane deck. which will have rooms for
the captain. mate and pilot. In the deck
house below the hurricane deck a num-
Der OF importan changes have been
made. The social hall has been extended
further aft. and FIVE state rooms have
been built in the space left. new smok-
ing room has been fitted up at the stern
OF the vessel and a set of toilet rooms
have been added below.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-30
The Sedttle-klOndike I
Commercial Syndicafe
SEATTLE. WASH.

gold discoveries
would
Capital saare. ~ s
Mining and Commercial Business ootntdn9
at
From division OF
pcaion enters into contract with the R
Of
Each shareholder having
and win develop all
@"aA
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IS
r at president
certificate lnmeahS
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-30
MINING AND LAND LAWS.
A Handy Book for Alaska and North.
west Territory.

A most valuable compendium OF the
land and mining laws of Alaska, the
Northwest territory and British Column
bia has been made by Gilbert Wyman
OF the California bar. II may be obtained
OF any bookseller and should form part
of the outfit of every prospector. Any
purchaser can be sure of being advised
OF changes. either In laws or local reg
ulations. by sending his address TO the
publisher, G. Wyman, Fruitvale. Alamo
da county. Cal.
1t is not technical publication mere
ly. Although 1t gives the laws. it adds
also all information likely to be service
able. including Canadian customs laws
and laws relating TO aliens. 1t also gives
a brief but clear statement of the forms
of government In both the Canadian and
American territory. so that prospector
can easily comprehend the duties of Of
fcers and the forms to be observed.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-30

Tive Young Men Come Here to Pre-
parr for IN Alaskn Journey

iu3sou c. Hubhart and James HuhNart
are among the kiondikers booked 70 leave
on the Resale tomorrow The Hubhart
bows have t'e 2 brought upin the mount is
since youngsters and. with their father.
the late T. II. EuebArt were the first uros-
pectGrs 10 and valuable lodges IN the Sill
Ner creek country In Snohomish county.
They own i number = valuable claim. ~
the silver creek district. ard II they strike
" rica 20 Alaska. a part 81 the sold they
bring back VIII 80 On developing their
claims in the Cascades, They have great
fsith sen the Future ~ Silver creek. and viii
have the.r Interests booked after while in
the north, JGa fubbafs Is the best known
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-30
STEAMER kfLA A TOTAL Loss.
Sugnr-Lnden Vessel of the Inter-
Island Company Is Wrecked.

VICTORIA, Jan. 29.-The Warrimoo
brought Honolulu adyices TO January y.
the most important OF which is the wreck
of the steamer Kala with cargo OF sugar.
She ran on a reef and the steamer and
cargo were a total loss. The cargo was
valued al 81 800 and covered by insurance.
and the steamer at SO 900. also covered.
She belonged TO the Inter-Isiand Company.
and the sugar was consigned TO NJ. s. Grin
baum & Co.
Mark \. Kennedy. freight clerk of the
steamer Kinau, was drowned through the
overturning Of a boat on the rocks at
panaikoil.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-30
SAN FRANCISCO STEAMERS.
The Puella Arrives with Thirty Pas
sengers for Alaska.

Thirty OF the passengers who reached
here Yesterday from San Francisco on the
steamship City OF Puebla VIII prepare to
start north from this city on the Al-ki.
The number OF prosp stors coming up from
California on this trip was not so great as
on the two preceding steamers.
Steamship Umatilla sailed yesterday
morning for San Francisco with the fol-
lowing list Of passengers: w. r. Cruise.
Mr. and Mrs W. |. Ecier u. Lee Reaua.
A. G. Osborn. Miss +. S. Nok p. Mr.. and
Mrs Louis Stuli. Eugene Muller Mr.. and
Mrs. n. II. Howard Mrs. A. y. Moore, s.
Bass. Mrs. s. A. Kunnaman. John Martin.
= H. Cuminger. Miss Fleming, J. Hoffman
and thirty second class
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-30
BUYS SHIP YOSEMITE.
r. =. Sweeney VIII Run Her on Seat
le-AlnskR Route az q Ereighter.

The ship Yosemite has been purchased
by T. +. Sweeney. OF this city. ana will
NJ no distant date be put on the Seattl r
Skaguay route as freighter. II Is the in
ten;icn OF the company with which Swee-
ney IL connected TO handle n number Of
sailing craft as freighters betw sn Seattle
and the head OF Lynn canal. and Il was for
use In towing such vessels that the tug
Wallowa was bousht on the Columbia river
and brought around.
Ship Yosemite was built thirty years ago
in Portsmouth. Her length is IsS feet
breadth. 37.a fet; depth 2s.s feet: net ton
mage. ! .le4 .: gross tonnage. llASA
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-30
Gold Mn.hing Machine. Doing We'll

Special Dispatch 10 the Post-intelligencer.
WENATCHEE. Jan. 2a-The two placer
mining machines operating on the Column
his river above Gown are both running
full blast. and are said 10 he doing quite
well. at least more than having expenses
although ~ present they are working un-
der considerable disadvantages on account
or the cold weather and short days, They
are working altogether about twelve men.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-30
FELL OFF A FREIGHT TRAIN.
Patrick Coll. Laborcr, Instantly
Killed Near Toppenish

Special Dispatch 40 the Post Inteillrerce-.
NORTH YAKIMA. Jan, S9-News was
brought 20 this city this morning O: the
death 81 Patrick Ceil. near Toppen.sh.
about twenty miles south az this city
yesterday. Coll was riding on the rear
platform - freight train. when 70 fell
or, his head striking the rail- and killing
him instantly. Az the inquest the coro-
ner failed 10 ind any papers showing the
whereabouts Of any relatives. Con- was
formerly employed OF the Northern Pa
ciac SIS = labOrsr. and had but recently
returned from Oregon.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-30
CITY HALL NEWS.
Registration Office VIII he Open in
the EXening.

Beginning tomorrow the registration Of
flee will be kept open from O'Clock in the
morning 10 9 in the evening, to -aecommo-
date those who cannot take the time 10
register during the day time, After Il
short time the Office VIII be kept open
later still. The whole number registered
up 10 yesterday morning was 2.9.f The
number registering each day Is n trifie
larger than that Of the preceding day as
a rule. but il the rate of Increase does not
swell more rapidly there Is sure to be 4
very small vote at the election. Il Is
strange how little interest the citizens
seem 10 be taking In the approaching
campaign. judging by their failure TO
register.
n. r Smith has made application for
a permit 10 erect a two-story frame dwell
ing at 5gS Second avenue west. TO cost
81 600 ana Mrs. A. T.. Day has applied for
one 10 erect two-story frame residence
on lot :. block >. Denny's Home addition.
to cost s2.os0.
ELEGANT Offices for rent low. SUN
N hull live
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-30
SMITH CASE REVERSED.
>taivte pid Not Run Until the Injur-
lee Were Sustained.

OLYMPIA. Jar - The supreme -,,u-.
TODAY reversed the Judgment IN TIE case
Ct Mary u Smith. appellant. - the
city of Seattle respondent Appellant
clsirled s. 40 damages fer injury done
her property ny street grading. done In
issS. Though the actual carnage cid not
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-30
AID FOR DAWSON MINERS.
Supplies and Feed Gathered Here for
Shipment North.

A car load OF grain and about fourteen
tons OF supplies have been gathered here
by the quar,ermaster' department OF the
glilar army for transportation 10 Dyea.
II is part Of the klondike relief expedition,
aud viii be shipped north on the steamer
Signal early In February. The grain was
shipped from Vancouver. 1t is expected
that the Signal will r aeh Seattle about
February 4. and that within three days
thereafter the first detachment OF the ex-
petition. including the officers and men and
the animals of the pack train. will start
for the north.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-30

result to the property until 1896 Respond
ent therefore claimed that the action was
barred by the statute of limitations. which
the supreme court holds does not COM
mence to run until a right of action ex-
ists. and this right did not exist until the
injury occurred.
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PRorEsrs AGAINST THE RuLIsG.
Objections made TO the Order Re-
upecting Klonaike Sh1pmeDta.

specting Klonaike ShipmeDfs.
Special Dispatch TO the Post-Inteiiigencer.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Z-High ofi.ais
OF the treasury department were kept pusy
today listening 10 complaints from vari-
Gus sections of the country about the re-
cent order OF Acting Secretary Spaiding
that goods shipped from any American
port TO foreign port and then back TO
an American port would be confiscated.
This ruling. IL Is stated. was made In re-
gard to the shipment OF goods from Sc
attic to Victoria. b. C., by Sound steam
ers and then by Canadian steamers to
Dyea.
II Is held thai such shipments are In
violation OF law.
Railroads In the Southwest and Boston
merchants have loudly protested, and
there is a possibility that the decision
may be reversed.