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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-12
CEascAGo aARGONAUTs.


NOW V0t14utu0 81 IA SGattte.
Twelve stockholders of the Argonaut
Company, or Chicago. arr!ysd in the city
yesterday and are registered at the Ho:sl
Seattle. This company was organized FOR
the purpose OF prospecting IN the gold fields
of ALASKA. and the men now hsre wers stho
ones chosen 10 perform the real work OF
looking for god. Capt. lido Ransdeil, sE31u
is the president, WIS commodore OF the1
Columbia Yacht Club. OF Chicago. and
wears a gold medal awarded 10 him for
having the fastest yacht ownsd In Chicago.
In talking to q reporter yesterday after
noon. Capt. Ransdesl said:
Our company was organised in Chica-
60. and is incorporated under the lawHx0f
the state OF Illinois. We have ensersdAfkb
an agreement by which our earnings ass1 ~
bu divided equally among the stockholders.
and 1t is our Intention 10 have division.
As .evtry member OF the party Is detsrmsn-
ed never 10 return until we strike soFfas-
thing rich. w. j. Mcconnell IL vice presi-
deaf. J. d. Peare secretary. Daniel Lausrs.
ma1 treasurer. These three gentlemen are
among our party. Before coming to Sexk=
tie we had constructed at Racine, wis.
turbine propeller boat with q torpedo boat
engine The engine is made OF gun metal
and steel, while the boar IL of steel fraps.
with wood pianking, and has steel water
tight bulkheads.a The boat has 5ex ia,ss. rect
mises an hour. I; was inspected by coy.
eramene Inspectors before It was shipbe4
to Seattle and was ps0aonncsd 10 come up
TO the requirements in every respect. Get
I'VE shall take with us twenty tons OF
provisions, most OF which We viii Duy Ia
Seattle. and when our supply IL exhausted
we will be In a position to bay more"
In speaking OF the war feeling In Chica--
so. and also OF the effects of the var on
business. the president said. "a -
Tho opinion is unanimous that ths tirss
ted States has taken the proper and right
position, and that the Span.ards will be
driven out of Cuba. IL IL also believed that
thu war viii not last long and viii be al an
end after IA encounter between the United
States and Spanish fleets. People seeHn 10
be greatly vsxed and provoked al the psr-
ssstency with which the Spaniards keep
their fleet away fFsm as. and II looks to
me- and to nearly every fsFsoa talked 10
In the East. snaf they are playing ganss
of fss1e-ard-s@ek. Chicago was wiling 10
furnish more troops thar were required BY
the government. and Il was necessary to
ss,nsa tsge doors at ira AFmor.es ard turn
hsnaYssds OF applicants away
There Is no way TO canceaE the fact that
fss,ssresS In Chicago has been injured by
the war Complaints come principally
from The wholesalers. while tse rssaIs nsssz-
nsss men have not as yet entered any pro-
test. A number of people have post ponef
tssslr TRIP 70 Aia<xa on account Of the war,
bat II tbs hosfilitlss prove To be quick.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-12
CANADIAN. GooDs VIA sEAI.rlG
An Oatctai Statement - - Rease1
fer shipment.
Victoria Co,onlst.

Victoria Colcnist.
3 OTTAWA, May a.--coi. Prior's emphatDe
protest 20 his cosleagn Mr. Earle. In ra-
.gagd 10 the shipment MA Seattle Of freiGht,
TOR The Yukon military contingent. led To-
the admission from DIR. Borden that Uu<A
an arsangenieut had been permitted h.
the government. Coed Liberals even Admit
that In the resent. action OF the EoyekEr
Enaent xesasding tho issue Of mfnerss i.
EscenstsN1hd now win regard to the tra1Ho-
CanAdiaps internees. When Sir chax1en Tupa
perf reafs hrs telegram In tn,
house. DIR. Bor1 tn minister Of 1alll-8
tary. endeavored to make light Of the cou~.
cesslon 40 the Boston and Alaska Coz,
psny. saying that the largest part Of -
4 supplies fer the military would 30 frG1n
Vancouver, and on.y small portion Wou14
go via. Seattle. TjGseunpany, he said,
have tares boats ard they desired In order
to get the supplies forward early that they
should be allowed to send = porttnn ~
WAY OF Seattle.
1 Ne. Wallace asSed: 'swhere were thee
goods purchased -
& Or. Borden They we're purchased hsse.
They were purchased from contractors to
b. sh.pped on board the boats and at The
rsauest Of the company q porti0u vas sent
. TO Seattle, l did not see any great 0bjec-
t:on 70 that. Bv far the smallest quantity.
less. than q third. vii so that way. Tho
major portion VIII go from our own portx,~
Mr.. sFasser-sBy the same hczfrs
DIR. Betsien--ssDy different boats OF tn,
| same Tine
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-12
svaEExcIA rRon San FRANCHISES


Arrivea With CAiaanen whe wan
II Work In Alaskn CaAneetez,
TIE steamship Valencia. Captain HUI
uhress. ARRIVED In port early yester11u
pornang from San Francisco on her w1H
C Alaskan ports. Tho Valencia left -
fs4f4c1sco last Saturday evening. and I'D
. rough trip up the coast with stroQI
northessssrly winds prevaiiinx.
On hoard the steamer were nearly -
nssseaesrs Of whom forty wsrs trAvelinu
first scAass Some OF the passengers diseun-
aarkea al Seattle bur the majority were
on their way u Copper river and CoGk
inies AsunnS the atcerSge passengers were
nftv Cainamen who boarded TIE ateAuep
at San Francisco They are g0ing t.
Hunters bay where they win work In tho
large fish eanuerieS
The Valencia viii leava today for tho
north. The steamer Woicott. also Of The
Pacific Steam Whaling Company win leave
with the Valencia She Is going north q
operate On The mail route hetWeen various;
ports in the Copper river ard Cook inlet
slAaricss- She win be In command of Capt.
Moore.
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NORTHWESTERN NEWS Nornn


Thirty-five rev cases OF measles w3s lnt9
Menduy's record ut spokane
Charles I<auer. q prominent business.
man died In Eugene, Or. Tuesday. a4&1.
80 years. lie had resided there &i1Gq M
A man about, 20 wears Oh conmit1Sa
suicide Il, the portland city mark T1,ess{ q
hv shoo,isg hfmse.f n, one has hes,s Sfsiss
w. -. !. as,. a.. a.. -.
,,sz- fsess~v az = esrsna ~ ~ -
arTiv.d Tis fartarv IL hsitv = - <&ss
s.,,xhs<5 -, 1.nss.,lss,ss-
- - 3. - -
xLHt@hs issptztsiN Afe eAlseI 1acuSip8s.ss -
Tie new cure. raSlsur vaseJnes lot -
isg II ea,tie. en- tlesr sIock farm he1r n 49, q
~ ea eaases HAss Desfi uss seu-
:. indian war veterans from WashlnE3nne
Oregon and Idaho VIII hold Rrand ~
tanpIneh. ~ ferunna June q. -.
sikss1 ,its..iaA W 0sssk2Ns pi"uszIs ~
uric VIC io@SVsxa1ss uay tn tHc sAHsa cltysa
T. CoruuaandRf John NJ. MoronG, u. 81 M:
WHO was for q long time stationed 81 til
Port Orchard drysIubk. hA4 been nppQ(u3e5
ed lighthouse superintendent. with heaNe
quarters at Portland. Vice Capt. Re3gefy
syafnh xxy<s&a = ,,,4nfnr o~v&erH
s,s.smaa@s gaf,sr.3aw evarinr vvhils - 49, Ss
s,rsffgc n,,s nve, fha s;alsrny rfvssr n 7I1'
,r.nass as pnrea,pIna creek. whfle 90 81;
lie timber hi the nsidslIa or the river, NJ
ssrtstse luss his footing and fell into f4&l
roaring steean1 Mr.. White was 4 ss3aS.s
- rsi~ss~ me- nd had large inter-
ests around ysuir n C.
= tssss ,s.,,,,,fsyJ 80, ~ sy~..,,.. =. -,
- ts. 49, -. s...e .sssas 49, sz1s.s
=, ,.s,,,,.s. ti,.. =. s..is - me Trrit.t ats 49,
~, =. = ~ ~, 49,, -, . yhs-f :, srss.c
= = , 49, ~ $500 -. ssS g - ~
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Moro pealcc Cor the Ysaxea.

VANCOUVER. b. c.. May u.-IhN n
minion government Intends to zee that the
Yukon IL well protected. Bent3es the:
utps nted police already In the country. -
regulars, OF the Canadian permanent fofce,
are TO be sent into the country. They Ar-
rived ar Vancouver today. and made 3.
brave show. ~ they marched through the
streets. They will leave on Saturday and
VIII 20 10 some central point on the KluQ-
dixie route by the say OF the Stickeen river.
They are q splendid lot Of men.
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The acknowledgement prints more Alas
ka news than any other newspaper. 1t
has unequaled facilities for getting all the
i've news, having correspondents In every
mining camp and trading post In the
north. Anyone having friends in Alaska
and wanting to keep posted on the new
f1uds should subscribe for the Weekly
POST Intelligencer. Subscription price.
post paid, to any part OF the United States
or Canada, 800 per year; soc six months
or go for three months.
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stahhlnT Array Al vsctarla.

I. VICTORIA. II. c.. May lin druuh1n
hrawi last night James Hawkins w1s
stabbed with butchers knife. He craN3e
ed to- private house. but was re1u144
adnnfff1nee. He now lies at the potnf ~
death Two men have b4cn arrested. -
ert Nolan-and Henry Bradley. and are h1l4
psndsng the result OF Hawkina wounds.
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baking powder is the strongest OF. three
or four baking powders that will keep
in the kl0ndike.
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non5,overiaok mailing the Weekly roae-
Inteliigeucer issued today 70 your frfen6n
In Alaska. Il contains ali the war news sf
the past week
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-06

example of the condition which just
described right here in our home. Johnny
Blykins, come here to me, sir"
The lad reluctantly obeyed, holding a
paper behind him as he advanced.
Now, don't try to t.. me that you
were studying your lessons, for l know
better"
II wasn't studying any lessons know
them ALL"
"You were probably reading of how the
red-handed avenger slew forty Indians
by exploding a can-pf dynamite In their
midst, or how Dick, the train boy, rescued
the daughter of the president OF the rail-
way from n gang of road agents and then
eloped with her"
81 don't care for such things" was the
answer, i'm a quiet, superior tone. II
was reading of how Ted MCManus, the
short stop, skinned his nose and got his
hand spiked while sliding to third base"
"Ill bet Teddy got there thought eX-
claimed Mr. Blykins.
"Ycs; 1t was one of the rrettiest steals
made i'm a long time"
THAT youngster is going to be one of
the best players we ever had"
And I had just finished reading about
two horrible murders and n chicken fight
and mysterious disappearance. and
about how Foxy Joe got knocked out in
three rounds by a new lightweight"
"You don't mean to tell me that a
lightweight knocked out Foxy Joe"'
Last night"
Let me have the part OF the paper
that tells about it, And by the way, my
boy, I'm sorry If I did you an injustice
It's a great relief to find my fears that
| you were wasting your time wholly with
| out reason
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-06

tied by an ever-increasing number OF
vagrants, until It was finally decided by
the mayor that notices should be con-
spcuously posted throughout the city,
warning tramps that they would be ar
rested on sight. anu put to hard labor on
the streets In chain-gangs. The notices
were posted. but the first tramps who
saw them treated the matter as a joke,
and proceeded, as usual, to beg from
house to house. They were probably the
most surprised vagrants who ever visit
ed New Jersey, when they found them
selves, next morning, forced to mend and
clean the streets each man wearing a
ball and chain Hlveted TO one of his an
kles. The unusual punishment created
great interest. Railway correspondents
of New York papers telegraphed the
news, which was then disseminated
throughout the country by means of press
associations; and within n brief period
tramps from one end of the land TO the
other were familiar with the "horrible
fate" that would await them upon a
visit TO Railway. The gentleman who
advised the mayor to Apply this summary
treatment said recently that, after six of
them had been so treated. the city was
absolutely freed from tramps, and that,
although the plan has not been carried
out of recent years, its euect had been
so salutary that it is exceptional, even
today, for a tramp to enter the confines
of that municipality. Instead of walk
ing through Railway when journeying
to or from New York, the vagrant waits
outside the city limits until he is able
to board n freight train, and travels
Trough the place as fast as the cars will
carry him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-06
CONv ENTlON CALL.
Third Legislative District.

In pursuance of the provision of rule 4,
section ]. of rules governing the Re
publican party IN said district, the under
signed, members of the standing commit
tee. will meet in the arbitration room,
court house. Scranton, on Saturday,
April 1928, at 2 p. m. for the purpose
of arranging time and place for holding
n convention The said convention TO
elect two delegates to represent said dis
trict in the Republican state convention
at Harrisburg on June g. 1898:
Benton--A. f. Hobbs.
Clfton--A. l.. Sigln.
Covington-D. w. Dale.
Dalton-M. b. Sherman.
Glenburn--J. e. Northup.
Gouldsboro-J. b. Gardner.
Greenfield-W T. Robinson.
Lackawanna-South district, william
Nicholas; West district, William Weir;
Northeast district, w. II. Fern; East dis
trict, Frank Nash; outhwest district,
Isaac Davis.
La Plume-R. II. Holgate
Lehigh-Jacob KneCht.
Madison-Eugene Noack.
Newton-D. w. LaRue.
North Abington-S. NJ. Aylesworth.
Old Forge-First district. william Dig
wood. Second district, Henry Troufer;
Fourth district. William Bennett.
Ransom-First district, Tobias Stne;
Second district, George r, Wandell.
Scott-G. +. Miller.
Scranton-SiXth ward Third district,
William =. Davis
Spring Brook-David II. Moses.
South AbinEton-William Shelp..
Taylor-First ward, John l.. Powell
Second ward, John Il. Johns; Third ward
James Morris, ir. Fourth ward, William
A. Rogers; Fifth ward. John j. Price.
Waverly-B. +. Tinkham.
West Abngton-John r. Briggs.
BY order of
Thurston S. Parker, Chairman.
Attest: G.. J. Powell, Secretary.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-06
JERMYN AND MAYFIELD.

The house Of Mrs. Charles Quinn. of
Mayfield, was destroyed by fire yester-
day about l1.30 o'clock. It is sup
posed that the fire originated in the
kitchen while Mrs. Quinn was up
stairs doing some work. A man by
the name of Luke Laven was passing
by at the time and saw flames issu-
ing through the rooms. On entering
the building he learned that Mrs.
Quinn was up stairs and with great
difficulty he was successful in bring
ing her to the open air The fire alarm
brought the William Walker Hose
company 10 the scene, but despite
their efforts the house was totally de-
molished. Some of the goods were
saved. The amount of insurance is
about 81 200.
The Rev. Francis Gendail, pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal church, suf-
fered a loss Of about $500 and a coat
and pair Of pants during Monday
night and Tuesday morning. Mr. Cen
dali on Monday was transacting some
business in Scranton, and returned
home with the above amount i'm his
pocket book, He entertained some
guests at his home on Monday even
ing and retired, leaving the S25 in
his pocket. The following morning the
clothes could not be found, and an
investigation revealed the fact that
burglars had gained an entrance
through the cellar by prying the door
open, and made their way up into his
bedroom. There were several valu-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-06
KEYsTpNE's LUMBER TRADE.
Exceeded Only by That of Michigan,
whose Output This Year viii He
over I5O,OOO,OOO.

From the Sun.
Pennsylvania has long held a position
of great prominence in respect to it's
wool and lumber products, and is now
exceeded only Ivy Michigan, the forests
Of which produce in a year more wood
for export than any other state. Will
Transport, in Lycoming county. is the
centre of the lumber business of Penn
sylvania. and in 1897 there We're raft
ed through the great Susquehanna
boom 9l2,496 logs, of which S34, sos logs
were hemlock and 1888 were pine and
hard wood. The hemlock scaled 100,-
3,220 feet. There has been an enor-
nous increase in the amount of hem
lock as compared with the pine since
1887. During 1887 the Pennsylvania
railroad carried out of Wllliamsport
6,349 cars of lumber, aggregating 10l,-
$4,000 feet, and the Reading 5,43y cars,
carrying S7024,000 feet. Northern
Pennsylvania, especially northeastern
Pennsylvania, is abundantly supplied
with forests, and the geographical po-
sition of Williamsport has made it the
natural shipping port. The Susquehan-
ma river, emptying at Havre de Grace,
gives all water communication into
Chesapeake Bay and through it to the
sea.
According to the census of 1890 Penn
sylvania had then nearly 1000 lumber
mills with an invested capital of $i5,-
| Oo0,C00 500 planning mills with a capi-
tai of SlI.U0O,0CO, and nearly 1000 fur
niturc factories with capital of S10,-
| 100000. While Pennsylvania has not
withstOod very successfully the active
and almost ruincus competition of
| Michigan, the forests of which furnish
| in great abundance the woods best
| suitable for furniture making. it would
seem from some of the figures at hand
| that she has been recovering lost
| ground, and the indications for 1898,
| following the remarkably good showing
of 1897, are excellent. There is expect
ed at Willamsport 100000 900 feet. and
! by rail an additional II 900 600, making
| an estimated output for the season OF
! 15l 600. The value of tho lumber
! industry of WilliamSpOrt in the past
can be gained from a realization of the
fact that since 1862 there has passed
through the boom, as it is called, the
grand total OF G,4O7 OS4 1872 feet of lum-
Der, representing a value of hundreds
of millions of dollars.
During the past eight or ten years a
! vigorous effort has been made to devel-
OF the forestry interests of many of the
southern states, but while the market
| Tor southern wood mas been enlarged
| there has been no corresponding in.
crease in the trade in the manufactur.
ed articles Michigans lumber trade
this year. will exceed, it is estimated
| Sl5c ,OCo. but Alabama, a state ricl
| in forests, will, ii IS estimated, fal
below S10,0O0,00O and Tennessee below
$5,0oO00O. There are in all the United
States nearly 100000 persons engaged
in numbering, of whom by far the lar
ger number are in Michigan.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-06
UNFOUNDED FEARS.

time" said Mr.. Blykins, as he settled
himself i'm his easy chair, rs the excess
of frivolous literature which it is develop
ing. The affairs Of the day and the Teali-
ties of life are lost sight of I'm a con-
temptation of imaginary events and inn
possible ideals"
"Do you think it's as bad as all that?"
inquired his wife.
"Of course II is, And the worst of il is
that there is no way of keeping this kind
of reading from circulating 1t can be
bought for a penny or So and ii passes
from hand TO hand till countless minds
are saturated with its influence"
As he spoke he looked over into the
corner, where Johnny Blykins was read
ing with unusual diligence.
There" he exclaimed, pointing to the
boy; II do not doubt that we have an
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-06
OBITUARY.
Demise of Mrs. William Miller Yes
terdaV--ThrPe other Deaths.

terdaV--ThrPe Other Deaths.
Mrs. william Miller, of North Church
street expired very suddenly at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon with par
alysis of the heart She had been con-
fined 80 her bed since Sunday but this
afternoon, feeling some better. got up
at o'clock. To Dr Bailey, who called
a little later, she complained Of dizzi-
ness in the head and pain in the side
He assisted her TO her bed and she
died few minutes later.
Mrs. Milers maiden name was Mary
Elizabeth Bolton She was born in Cliff
ford on the 4th of June. 1885. being
near 63 thee years old. ON Nov 3. 1853.
she was married to William Miller and
they moved to this city soon after
wards. Mrs Miller was a member OF
the First Presbyterian church and was
highly esteemed by the community.
She is survived by her husband, one
daughter. Mrs. Charles A. Birs, of New
York city. and a brother, John Boil
ton, of Clifford She was sister of
the late Solomon Bolton. Of this city.
MARGARET GILLIGAN.
Margaret Gilligan. who had the dis
tinction Of being, so far as known,
the first child born in Carbondale, died
at the home of Thomas OConnell, on
seventh avenue, Monday night at Z
O'Clock, after a lingering illness. She
was born Nov. 10, 1929. being the Oldest
daughter Of John and Margaret Gilli-
gan, who were pioneer residents. Her
entire life was spent here. She is sur
rived by two sisters, Mrs p A. Pow
dery and Mrs Thomas O'Connell. She
made her home with the latter for
the past fourteen years
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-06
THE COMING RACES.
Excellent SpOrt Promised This Sum-
mer at Anthracite Park.


The season at Anthracite park this
summer bids fair to outrival any of it's
predecessors The managers of the
park are putting in shape the track
which Is admitted to be one of the
finest in the state. In few days ].
NJ. Sherwood of Jermyn, will have a
string of six horses at the park; Levi
Patterson intends to stable five of his
goers there, and active training for
the memorial race will begin
Among the animals 10 lie brought by
Mr.. Sherwood is Daisy Bell" one Of
the best known horses i'm this part of
the country. She was i'm the syria
cuse circuit last year and has a fine
record. Daisy" was recently pur-
chased by Mr., Sherwood from a Homes
dale man.
George Giles and Horton Lee yes
terday brought from New York city,
where she was bought at one of the
auction stables, Kitty Smith an ami
NAL with fine pedigree and no small
pretensOns to speed. She was sired
by Alcantara and damned by Kitty
Walsh. Kitty Smith is the mother Of
Flavius who went in PA last year.
She will he entered in this years
races. 4 pacing colt was also brought
, home by these gentlemen. 1t has not
yet been broken to harness.
There will be half dozen horses
new to the Carhondale tracks in the
races this summer and il will be a
brave steed that LEADS them under the
wire