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ON THE MCKENZIE RIVER.
No Gold Yet Found in Paying
Quantities.

FORT MCPHERSON (NW. T), Aug.
2, via San Francisco, Oct 22.-William
Thumser of Chicago and party, en-
route to the Alaska gold diggings, ar
rived at Fort Mcpherson to-day after
passing through Great Slave Lake to
the Mckenzie River, down the latter
river to the Peel River and up the Peel
to Mcpherson.
Mr.. Thumser said: Our party left
Fcrt Resolution July 10th, so 1 had
ample time to personally investigate all
rumors regarding the finding of gold in
the tributaries of the Mckenzie River.
[ can say for the benefit of those con-
templating taking the Mckenzie ex-
pecting to find gold in it's tributaries
that none has been found up to date
IN paying quantities, notwithstanding
reports to the contrary. Quite a num-
Der of parties have turned back, and
the majority Of those bound for the
Peel River are now making their way
toward the Yukon River via Rat Belt
and Porcupine Rivers. But very
few will succeed in getting over this
year. We met a party of Englishmen
to-day who are making their way to
the Arctic Ocean, expecting to catch
steamer or whaler, and get to civili-
zatlon before winter sets in.''
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TWO MEN KILLED.
Explosion in the Mixing Room Of
the Judson Powder Works.

OAKLAND, Oct. 22-An explosion
occurred in the mixing room at the
Judson Dynamite and Powder Works
at North Berkeley at sos this morning
The building was totally destroyed, and
two men, Thomas Roach, foreman of
the nitro-glycerine department, and
Peter Anderson, foreman of the mixing
room, were blown to atoms. Some 300
pounds of gelatine just being made into
dynamite went off.
The mixing room Is complete wreck
as are also the nitrate and drying
houses.
Richard T. Board, who was in the
nitrate house, was thrown thirty feet
hut was not injured. superintendent
{. d. Kennedy also had a narrow es-
cape, as did Thomas Broubaker and
Frank Coster, laborers.
The cause of the explosion is un-
known. Only the two men were in the
mixing house at the time of the ex-
piosion. Roach was a single man. An
derson was married man. and leaves
a wife and one child residing in Berk-
eley.
This is the first explosion of any con-
sequence at the works in eight years
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AFFILIATED COLLEGES.
The New Buildings of the Medical
Department Completed.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22-The new
building of the Medical Department xf
the University of California, the first
to be completed of the three magnif-
cent structures on Clarendon Hights,
overlooking Golden Gate Park COM
posing the affiliated colleges, was ded-
icated to-day with fitting ceremonies in
the presence of a throng of friends ana
invited guests.
Dr. R. Beverly Cole, President of the
Medical Faculty. acted as host. assist
ed by Judge Wallace and President
Kellogg.
The dedicatory exercises were held in
the magnificent auditorium in the rear
of the main entrance, which with pro-
fuse decoration. and packed to the
dome, presented a most pleasing ap-
pearance.
After the formal invocation by the
Rev Henry Cook, D. D., rector of Trim
ity Church, DR.. r. Beverly Cole deliv-
cred an opening address.
Professor Martin Kellogg of the Uni
versity and Regent Chester ROwell of
Fresno followed with brief remarks.
The address of the day was delivered
by DR.. Washington Dodge in behalf of
the faculty and alumni. He traced the
history of medical education on ths
coast, commencing the founders of the
State institution, and predicting for
the future magnificent development In
every department
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CAMP SITE FOR SOLDIERS.
War Commissions Inquiry Into
Their Conduct.


ANNISTON (Ala.), Oct. 22.-The War
Investigation Commission began it's
work here to-day making an inspection
of the site of Camp Shipp in the fore
noon, and then devoting the afternoon
to questioning General Frank, COM
manding officer of the camp, and his
chief surgeon, Major Henry F. Hoyt.
Both were identified with Camp Thomas
at Chickamauga. 1t was made plain
by the general trend of their examina-
ton that the work done here would per-
tain more largely to Camp Thomas
than to the camp here, as a majority
of the men here were removed from
Chickamauga. There are, however, two
regiments here which were in Cuba,
and some of their representatives will
also be examined.
General Frank said he could recon-
mend Chickamauga for a good site for
temporary camp. The chief difficulty
was in putting sinks down deep enough
Owing to the rocky formation near the
surface, sinks could only be made two
or three feet deep, and they were fire.
quently overflowed. There was also a
general impression that the springs in
the locality We're impregnated by the
sinks, and it was impossible to prevent
the men from drinking from the
springs. He thought the camp should
have been moved as early as July.
He said he had heard no complaints
from the men in regard to the food re-
ceived while at Chickamauga, but be-
cause of the necessity of getting the
first companies ready for foreign SER
vice there was a shortage in clothing
for a time. There had been constant
Improvement in the command since it's
removal to Admission early in Septem-
Der, and General Frank thought the
improvement was due to the change of
site
Reverting to Chickamauga. he said
the hospital tents were not fioored when
he went to the camp early in July,
though there had been sufficient time
to have furnished flooring for the en-
tire camp. General Frank said that his
corps commander had never made an
inspection of the camp with reference
TO sinks, etc.
DR.. Henry F. Hoyt was also exam
ined, and especially with reference to
Camp Thomas. He said the increase
in sickness above the normal had be-
gun about the middle of July, and had
increased rapidly from that time for
ward. He attributed the increase in
typhoid to the sinks, to the flies, TO the
fact that the wells We're infected and
to the carelessness of the men. The
command used water taken from the
river, and this was only few feet
from the stream that drained the Camp.
The doctor though that some of the
water from the tributary streams had
been forced into the pipes by means of
eddies.
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IN PORTO RICO.
War Department Satisfied With
General Brooke's Mauagement.

WASHINGTON, Oct 22.-General
Brooke has made no mention to the
war Department of any discomfort ex.
pressed by Porto Ricans over the re-
tention in office by him of certain off,
cials of the defunct Spanish admins
tration.
The department is satisfied that the
General is managing affairs in Porto
Rico with wisdom and prudence and it
would require very strong representa-
lions TO induce it to interfere with the
execution Of his plans. 1t is presumed
that he is proceeding according to the
admirable methods followed by General
Lawton and General Wood in admins
tering affairs at Santiago, namely.
avoiding any great disturbance of the
routine of public business by retaining
temporarily in the service such Of the
incumbent officials as appeared to be
disposed to carry out the new order of
things in loyal spirit, and only substi-
tutlng 1nsurgent leaders gradually. at
moments when the changes are not in
furious.
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All on Board, Numbering Nine Persons,
Believed to Have Been Lost.
Frank Robinson, One of the ILL.,
fated Prospectors, a Resident OK
Santa Cruz, CaI.-The Eleven
Passengers Reported Lost In the
Wrecked Steamer Abbie Rowe,
Reach Land Safely.

SEATTLE, Oct. 22-W. E. Bondy OF
Berkeley, Cal, who has just returned
from Sunrise City on Cook Inlet, tells
a story of the wreck of sloop about
four weeks ago, in which it is probable
that nine persons lost their lives. Bon
dy could learn the names of only two.
They were Frank Robinson of Santa
Cruz, Cal, and Chris Johnson of Cook
Inlet. Johnson was the owner of the
SlOoD.
About September 25th Robinson and
johnson sailed to Kiniak Arm, where
they took aboard a party of seven pros
pectors bound for Sunrise. Kiniak
Arm is about twenty miles north of
Turnagain Arm. After leaving Kiniak
Arm the party was never heard of
again. A man who saw the sloop take
on the party, told Bondy that the sloop
was loaded down within six inches of
the water. A few days later john
sons dog appeared at Sunrise half dead
with exhaustion. Afterward a part of
the sloop and other wreckage was
picked up at Turnagain Arm.
THE ABBIE ROWE'S PASSENGERS
SAFE.
PORTLAND, Oct. 22-The steam-
ship GarOnne, which left ST. Michael
two days later than the Roanoke. had
among her passengers J. II. Evans of
Porterville, Cal, who arrived in Port
land to-day. He says the Boston par
ty that was reported to have been lost
In the steamer Abbie Rowe while cross
ing Norton Sound turned up all right
The steamer was wrecked in a storm,
but the eleven passengers are safe at
an Indian village on the mainland y
Government relief expedition was sent
after the shipwrecked people
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WAR REVENUE TAX.
Important Decision Relative 20
Bank Receipts.

WASHINGTON, Oct 22-The Com
missioner Of Internal Revenue has
materially modified the previous rul
ing of his office as to the taxability of
receipts given to banks in lieu of
checks for money withdrawn from de-
posit or otherwise. In accordance
with the opinion of the Attorney Gen
eraI, it is now held that a receipt given
to a bank by a person to whom it is
indebted for deposit is no more sub
ject to a stamp than receipt given
for any other debt or demand.
The Commissioner further says:
The purpose of the law is to require
stamps upon checks which are COM
mercial, negotiable instruments. A
check, however, is not required to be
in any particular form. If it is in a
form sufficient to constitute an order
for the payment of money, and as
sumes the character of a commercial
negotiable instrument, then it is sub
ject to the tax.
There is much banking done, espe-
cially in savings banks, without the
use of checks at all, the depositor hay
ing a book in which the banks denote
the amounts deposited on one side and
the amounts drawn out on the other.
OF course the depositor in such cases
draws the money out of the bank, but
he does not give a check, so if per-
son does not give check he does not
have to pay tax, and If he goes TO the
bank and the bank pays him upon it's
dues TO him and he gives a receipt, such
receipt does not require a stamp; but if
he issues his receipt so that it will be
good in the hands of another person to
draw upon his account for the amount
of it, then it loses the character of a
receipt and becomes check and sub
ject to tax
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themselves in readiness to commission
the reserves if required.
The British Cabinet has been sum-
moned to meet early next week for the
purpose of discussing the Fashoda
question. 1t is understood that the
Government proposes to take the steps
necessary to insist upon an early and
definite statement on the subject from
France.
AN IRISHMAN'S HATRED FOR
ENGLAND.
LONDON, Oct. 22.-The excitement
over the Fashoda question led an Irish
man this morning to smash with an
umbrella a window of the office of
Punch on Fleet street, %here was
displayed a cartoon depicting John Bull
threatening a French organ grinder
who does not depart when ordered to
do So
The Irishman shouted: ''Vive Ia
France" as he broke the window, and
was arrested.
When asked if he was a Frenchman,
the prisoner said mo, l am an Irish
man. Had I been a FTenchman
would have blown down the place"
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composed of wealthy corporations and

composed of wealthy corporations and
fnanciers.
throughout Germany unusually cold
ana stormy weather has prevailed all
TINS week. There has been much snow
IN the eastern and northern provinces.
Ihe thermometer in some localities
sunk to 10 degrees below the freezing
point. An enormous amount of dam
age was done to the late field products,
and there was considerable loss of cat
tie in certain districts of Posen and
east and west Prussia. The ice was
several inches thick A bNated party
of tourists in the Hartz Mountains is
all, of it's members. They were frozen
to death.
The news that American bicycle
manufacturers intend to make large
imports has renewed the German agi-
tation against the alleged low duty
on American bicycles, and many of
the papers are printing alarmist arti-
cles about crushing American compe-
tition.'
The ''Kreuz Zeitung'' seizes the op-
portunity to advocate a prohibitive
tariff upon American bicycles.
The British and American residents
of Dresden have presented the King
Of Saxony, upon the occasion of his
jubilee, with a rife in a handsome
case and a silver casket containing an
address on vellum
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FIRE AT BERKELEY.
Property to the Amount of Ten
Thousand Dollars DESTROYED.

BERKELEY, Oct. pa fire to-day
did several thousand dollars damage,
and at one time the entire block east
of Stanford place, in the very busi-
ness heart of East Berkeley, the city )
center, was believed to b doomed.
The building known as American
Hall was completely gutted, the dam
age amounting to several thousand
dollars. The principal losers are l..
Westerdahl and L. M. Williamson, who
occupied the stores on the ground floor
of the building. Only a small portion
of their stock of goods was insured.
Another heavy loser was the Uni
versity French Laundry, which occu-
pied the northern half of the lower
floor
The total loss will amount to $4,000.
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EVACUATION OF CUBA.
January lst Will Probably be the
New Date Decided Inan

NEW YORK, Oct. pa dispatch to
the Herald" from Havana says:
For some days reports have been re-
ceived from Cienfuegos asserting that
the insurgents are growing restless.
committing depredatiOns and threaten
ing to precipitate trouble with the
Spanish troops. So frequent have ru-
mors come. and so frequently apparent
their authenticity, that the commission
will send Captain Page Foraker to
Cienfuegos to look into the matter. and.
If necessary, read the Riot Act to the
lnSurgent leaders.
Colonel Girateu has made a positive
statement that an agreement upon the
date of evacuation would be reached
next week, and that it will probably be
January 1st
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CHINA'S EMPEROR.
His Health Reported by Physicians
to Be in a Critical State.

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-A dispatch
from Pekin says: The Emperor has
been examined mentally by the physi-
clan Of the French Embassy, and the
diagnosis develops the fact that he is
suffering from chronic nephritis, better
known as Bright's disease. Albumen
has been discovered in a marked de-
gree. The Emperor is very pale, his
eyes are puffy, his feet slightly swollen,
and although there seems to be no i'm
mediate danger, it is manifest that the
Emperor is in a. very critical state.
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WARLIKE ORDERS.
Warships Ordered to Make Up
Crews to Full Complement.

LONDON, Oct. 22.-The British Ad-
miralty has ordered every sea-going
warship to have it's crew made up TO
the full complement, as ordered in case
of mobilization. The order of the
British Admiralty practically means the
complete telling prospectively of every
ships company in detail.
Four torpedo boat destroyers which
were about to be fitted, with new water
tube boilers have had their orders
countermanded, and have been in
structed to redraw their stores
Officers on leave of absence or un-
employed have been notified to hold
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Collector of Port at Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22.-Since the
death of A. w. Francisco, Collector of
the Port here, a vigorous effort has
been made by the friends of the family
to secure the appointment of A. Nj.
Francisco, the oldest son of the de-
ceased, to fill out the term. To-day tel
egrams were sent to President McKin-
ley showing the Endorsement of many
of the prominent business men. men,
bers of the Chamber of Commerce,
Board of Trade, and others, some per-
sonal friends of the President. There
are several other men here working for
the place, and an appointment is antici-
pated soon,
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Accident Due to a Broken Rail.

ST. JOSEPH (Mo), Oct. pa south
bound passenger train on the Kansas
City, Pittsburg and Gulf road was
thrown from the track by a broken rail
near Maryville, Mo-, to-day. B. F. Frye
of Pittsburg, Kan, was fatally hurt
Brakeman William Callicut of STAN
berry, Mo-, sustained a broken arm
Conductor Art Wilson's hand was bad
ly cut. A dozen passengers were slight
ly scratched and bruised. Frye and
Callicut We're removed to a hospital in
Maryville.
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Express Companies Must Pay.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22.-Superior
Judge Trout to-day affirmed a recent
decision of Justice of the Peace Barry,
in which it was held that the express
companies are liable for the war rev.
enue tax, and not the persons who for
ward goods by them. The decision was
rendered in the suit of Costley VS..
Wells, Fargo & Co. The company re-
fused to forward a package to Sacra-
mento without a stamp affixed by the
sender,
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Botkin Extradition Case.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22.-The
question of Mrs Botkins extradition to
the State of Delaware for trial was not
finally determined to-day The five
Judges who heard the habeas corpus
proceedings in bank had promised their
decision but owing to the fact that
one of their number desired to look up
some more authorities, Judge Carroll
Cook was compelled to announce con-
tinuance until Monday at noon, when
the decision will be given without fail,
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Victims of the Clairville Fire.

RENO Nev.), Oct 22.-Charley Rob-
erts, whose hotel burned at Clairville
yesterday morning, arrived here to-
night with the bodies of his daughter,
Florence, and Mrs. Coronado, en- route
to Carson. where the bodies will be
buried. Mr.. Roberts says he lost ev-
erything he had and that the loss will
aggregate $1,000; no insurance.
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benefits of liberty, order and law; and
L believe that the young men of our
universities to whom the great store
houses of human experience are opened
while they point out in the history of
Alexander and Caesar and Charlie
magne and Napoleon the dangers of
imperial magnitude, will also show us
now in the twentieth century that these
dangers may be advanced by spread
ing through the world the principles of
AnglO-American liberties.n
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Letter Hospital Closed.

CHATTANOOGA CTenn), Oct. 22-
Letter Hospital, the largest general
hospital at Chickamauga during the
summer, was closed to-day. Only half
dozen patients remained in the hos
pital, and these were removed to Stern
berg There are now about 100 pa
tients in the Sternberg Hospital, and
many of these will be discharged dur
ing the coming week.
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Sentence of Widber Postponed.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22.-To-day
was to have been sentence day for A.
c. Widber, convicted of embezzling
SIG, ,24254 of the funds of this city and
county When the matter came up
Widber's attorney presented a motion
for new trial, and based his claim on
several grounds, including errors of
court, misconduct of the jury. and al
leges that Widber was under the influ-
ence Of drugs when arrested. The case
was continued until next Saturday.
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Fatal Rail Accident.

FORT WORTH (Texas), Oct. 2o.-A
freight train on the Rock Island road
broke in two at the top of a steep
grade near here to-day. The rear por-
tion crashed into the front section,
wrecking and derailing several box
cars. In one of the wrecked cars We're
ten men evidently stealing a ride Five
of them We're instantly killed. and three
are dying. Two escaped fatal injury.
The names of the unfortunate men cam
not be learned
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Verdict for Jarmau.

SAN JOSE, Oct. 22.-The jury in the
suit of ex-Councilman J. P. Jarman
VS.. James w. Rea to recover $4,000
for an alleged slander came into court
this evening with verdict in favor of
the plaintiff, and assessing the dam
ages at 81 800.
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Mild Rain at San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. pa mild
rain fell here between 4 and o'clock
this evening. 1t appeared to be purely
local, and there are no indications of
further precipitation at present
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Rain at Napa.

NAPA, Oct. 22.-The hot, dry weather
which has prevailed for many days has
been followed by a gentle rain, begin
ming at 5 o'clock this afternoon.
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Quarantine in Louisiana Raised.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 22-The Lou
isiana Board of Health to-day removed
quarantine restrictions in the State.
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General Whittier Ordered to Paris.

MANILA, Oct. 22.-General Whit
tier, the Collector Of Customs here,
has been ordered to proceed to Paris
for the purpose of testifying before
the United States Peace Commission
there
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WASHINGTON, Oct. %. - To-days
statement of the condition of the treas
ury shows: Available cash balance,
1904, ,995, 1S1; gold reserve, $240.744, l61.
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GLEANINGS AT THE
GERMAN CAPITAL.
Proposal That the Reichstag Legis-
late Against American Meat.
May be Met With a RetaIiatory Measure on
This Side Of the Water.

Embassador Whites First Diplo-
matte Dinner of the Season
Pronounced a Grand Success
Believed That Emperor Will
Jams Tour Of the East Was Os-
tensib1y to Acquire More Terri
tory.
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Microbes Be Bowed

Oh. who in all this world would mis-.
A long-drawn-out, ecStatic kiss?
Even though there's death in osculta
tion,
The practice meets with appreciation
And folks seem quite convinced o.
There's "A naught of danger in a kiss,
Though skeptics say disease is found
Wherever salutes like these abound.
Their verdict on this tender theme
Is not in favor. so it would seem:
For though the consequence is dire.
OF kissing. folks don't seem to tire.
Did Reginald but realize
That Dorothy--light of his eyes
Would Stay him with her next fond
kiss,
I'm sure he'd take the poisoned bliss,
And die content. that her sweet
Had sent him to an early death.
Did Dorothy most surely know
That Reggy's next would lay her low,
I'm blest if don't think she'd say:
just go ahead, dear, while you may;
I'd give my life in such a cause,
Defying nature and her laws.
And so it is plain that, everywhere,
The opinion amongst the brave and
fair
But goes to show the skeptic's plant
Is nothing but a flimsy feint;
And microbes now are thought to be
A general necessity.-Life.
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Cautious Praise.

Mr.. Orchardson, the famous English
artist, has lately given the public an
insight into his experiences with golf
that mysterious game, so fascinating to
the initiated, Of which the charm is so
incomprehensible to the outsider.
It is but recently that Mr.. Orchard
son, who is past middle life although
in the prime Of healthful vigor, has
transferred his affections from hunting
and tennis, his former favorite sports,
to the national game'of his country
for he is a Scotchman. He played his
first game of golf at st. Andrews.
81 remember" he says, ~ had the
queerest, most solemn looking caddie
imaginable. l made a fearful mess Of it
at first, and the little chap looked on
without a word. At last, when / had
finished the round, he looked up at me
in the funniest way and simply said,
it's a use playin golf unless ye lairn
it as a laddie.'
"But I must tell you that the next
day I had this same caddie, and I got on
much better. l was almost annoyed
with him for not praising me, for he
was as silent as on the day before. But
when we finished, he turned to me and
said, as if resuming u last oonversa-
ton, 'Aweel, A. dinua ken.'
Being a Scot himself, the artist was
therefore satisfied with what he doubt
less interpreted as a handsome apology
and hearty encouragement.