davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26
CARING FOR A CAMERA IN THE
 KLONDlKE.

N NICE the return of hundreds of \ men who took cameras with them
 to Alaska last winter there has
 /been great lamentation at the
 small number of pictures produced. Not that the exposures were not made, but successes were so few. One man who recently took rolls of 300 films to a well known photographer to develop failed to get single picture except on those exposed during the fall of last year.
 "The shutter didn't work very well" he said, by way of explaining the bad results.
 And that has been the universal com plaint.
 But how could the shutter be expect ed to work when 1t was not treated right? Of course that was the cause of the trouble, for most of the unruly shutters have worked perfectly since being brought back.
 In this connection little timely ad- vice to those contemplating taking camera to the Klondike next winter will prove very valuable. An old pho- tographer who has spent two winters in Manitoba, where it gets as cold as it does in Alaska, says the best thing to do Is to get a shutter without a spiral spring. Or. better still, don't use shutter at all, but make all exposure,
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

the country is more than I can under stand.
 After we had one load of stuff at the top and went back for another we had our fun. Of course, the snow hadn't even started to melt and walk ing down was bad. To overcome this we simply slid down.
 "The surface is too steep and sip pery for a sled or anything hard, so l used to take a bundle of grain sacks and tie them together, so as to make a soft seat Placing these under me I would push off from the top and sllde into space like lightning. The flrst time I tried 1t I wished l was back as soon as I started, but after short dls- tance I began to feel the exhilaration of it and 1t was fine. There was a good deal of pumping, but the sacks saved any hard shocks and flew along like lightning. I tell you it was me- It used to take bout six minutes to go from top to bottom. l enjoyed every trip made.
 When we had all our stuff at the top our next problem was the British customs officers. But we had been told what to do and really had no trou- ble and got off easy. We made out a list of our stuff, item for fem, but did
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

crushed flank was reformed and re- enforced and presently Evans men went back, whirling just as ours had done. Then the same thing occurred on the other flank, with the same eventful result. But Bakers men were melting away much faster than re-en- forcements could arrive, while Evans had all the Confederate army to draw upon, as Mccall had been recalled without Stone having been notified.
 It was a question of staying to be killed, surrendering or cutting our way out. A brigade was coming at us. Baker calmly ordered the charge and in an instant was dead before us, rid dled with bullets.
 A wild fight with bayonets, clubbed muskets and bare hands, with the en- emy now in among us, his men, who loved him in life, saved his dear body in death and bore it off the field.
 w. M. BRAMHALL.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

for sleds. We had plenty to choose from for the transportation of our goods.
 'The most wonderful of these roads was the one called the Scales road. It simply carried goods from the bottom of the pass to the top. All there was to it was a heavy cable stretched from the top of the pass to the bottom. On this cable were buckets, swung onto wheels, that were hauled to the top of the pass by a steam engine. There were two buckets and each could carry about 800 pounds. They made the round trip in about fifteen minutes and were kept busy all cay long. There were no supports to this cable, except at the ends, and in one place it swung about 300 feet above the ground. This cable road charged 5 cents pound to take freight from the bottom of the pass to the top.
 .oThe other big trolley road was known as the Dyea and Klondike Transportation Company and made a business of carrying goods from Can yon City to Lake Iindermann, for which they charged 71A cents a pound. This road was laid on poles about fifty feet high and the boxes ran on wire cable in the same manner as on the Scales road Each box could carry l00 pounds and they had hundreds or boxes. The goods were carried in the boxes only as far as the summit, when the company transferred them to pack CTS who took them to Lake Bennett
 "The other cable road was much the same as the others, except that It ran close to the ground and was quite slow. This was worked by gasoline engine.
 'fThe fourth contrivance was simply a pulley drum and gasoline engine at the summit of the pass and enough rope to reach the bottom. Sleds were hitched onto this rope, which was wound around the drum, and 1t pulled
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26
OVER THE CHILCOOT PASS
 ON .H WRESTLING TROLLEY
poDate Methods Used by the Spring Stampede of Cold
 Hunters Into the kondike

E r EVER before in the history of
 the world has so much inventive
 Nl ingenuity been devoted to the
 transportation problem as has
 been done in conquering the Chilcoot Pass.
 The problem that confronted the in- ventors is unparalleled. An icy wall , over a thousand feet high and thou sands of tons of freight waiting to be hauled to the top. The owners of the freight ready and willing to pay almost any price providing the freight was moved quickly.
 There was no time to figure on put ting up an elaborate plant. Something must be produced that could be erected in a few weeks, with inexpensive ma terial, and at the same time be prac- tical. There was thousands of dollars ready to back any idea that seemed feasible.
 As usual, American inventors have proved themselves equal to the occa- sion, for the result of a few months work is the creation of the most mar velous transportation devices in exist ence Engineers of the Old World stand aghast at such daring originality, such bold and practical application of the most simple principles.
 And when the roads were in work ing order such scenes were enacted on the icy slopes of grim Chilcoot as were never before witnessed in the history of the world, and most likely never will be again. The descriptions of the scenes, even when from the lips of those who were there, hardly seem real. And yet no writer of romance ever penned anything half so wonderful.
 MT. P. Bernhard. whose residence is 510 Fulton street, this city, is one of the very few men who left San Francisco this year, went over the Chilcoot Pass as far as Lake Bennett. and came back again. MT. Bernhard's return was to get medical treatment, and he made the round trip from this city in a little over eight weeks. He is now In good health
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

Troy, with the ruins Schliemann explored, has been presented to tho Imperial Osmanic Museum of Antiqui- ties at Constantinople by the owner of Hissarlik. the Englishman, Frank Cal- Yerley.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26
Q Q Q
 BAKERS DEATH AT BALLS BLUFF.
By an eye witpess, w. M. BRAMHA

a cry @ t contest wa ne ne
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

and he divined that Evans was working round our Hanks with numbers which now greatly exceeded ours. So Baker, going himself and sending others, threw out strong bodies on each flank when, his disposition made, he quietly awaited what he knew was coming, namely, rush in front by brigades and steady squeeze of regiments on each flank. As part of the disposition of his troops, he. beckoning me to follow, ad- Vanced calmly to the front in the rec tangular clearing of few acres which was surrounded on all sides by large timber, and which being the only open ground was necessarily the principal fighting ground.
 He asked my opinion kindly, as an old offlcer to young one, whether a cer- tain position in front of the center of our line and some yards in advance of It, with slight roll of the ground. sug- gesting the idea of shelter, would do It was all alike to me. Anything would do for the little I knew. We were soon in battery, and by his order-he meant to force the fighting and inter- rupt that heavy reinforcement which Evans was bringing on our flanks-we opened on the woods in front In a. second, all the "bottomless pitt seem ed to open in front and on both sides of us, and before ten rounds were fired the gun was silent. with all but two
 Of the men killed or wounded. / Baker, now bareheaded, hav- ~ ing thrown his hat away, "
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

" hIIO" W WIIe1t IU NIU. II W etS IIt5 III
 in the height of the rush. Such crowds of gold hunters and such piles of freight, such apparent confu sion, and yet everything going on as smooth as possible.
 There was party of seven of us all bound for Dawson. and not one of us knew anything about the kind of life we were thrown into. But it didn't take us long to learn, because we were willing to take advantage of other peo- ple's experience. Trolley roads, ice stairs, slides, packers and customs off, cers were the principal problems that confronted us.
 We found four trolley roads over the Chiicoot Pass and a couple of slides
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

NO fully understand the situation of affairs which led up to the battle of Balls Bluff, reference must be made to events which
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

o except when there are moving objects, o with the cap.
 Which advice is very good, provid- ing it is professional who is going o to do the work Straight spring shut q ters are hard to handle, and to use the
 cap requires great skill at judging time. The amateur can only use the o spiral spring shutter such as is put O into most hand cameras.
 In order to make this work prop erly and accurately in very cold 0 weather one important bit of common O sense is necessary. And this is:
 NEVER TAKE YOUR CAMERA lg INTO A WARM ROOM. Leave it in h its case out in the snow if you can do r, no better.
 S, The physical conditions that indicate k, this are very simple. Suppose the cam y era is in perfect condition and has g, been used satisfactorily out in a tenn Id perature of about 20 below zero. It h must follow that the spiral spring must is soon become of the same temperature. l. But this does not affect it, providing no e- dampness strikes it.
 h But suppose the cold spring be car ,e ried into a warm room which is sure n to be moist. Instantly this moisture al condenses on the cold spring, the
 same as the drops collect on the d outside of a pitcher of ice r. water on summer day. If Even in this there is no if harm, for it will be r found that the shut 4 / O. ter, with the con- ~. Id densed moisture ~ m still clinging ~ le le t to the spiral P M LI h carried I 'e out of I/ " . ]; ]; " 04, 7
 ., :,
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

< about the same way and ~ charging about the same for
 service Plenty of Indians were = loafing around, anxious to carry freight for any sum they could get. Their business has been abso- lutely ruined, but they have only themselves to blame for it. Those that do get work make it point to carry all they can possibly lift I have seen some fellows going up the trail as easily as if they were empty handed, with six sacks of flour on their back. Whenever a man gets hold of some light stuff he fastens 1t on some way, even if 1t makes a bun- dle three times his own size.
 After considering all these plans we determined to do our own carrying. We figured that we could save about $75 by the operation. And we suc- ceeded in about three days and I en- joyed my part of it. First we sledded all our goods from Dyea to Sheep Camp. Then we took them all to the Scales and commenced the climb. Of course 1t meant several trips up and down the pass.
 By taking our place in the line of men climbing the pass it would take from thirty-five to forty-flve minutes to reach the top if we didn't stop to rest. Some men took several hours to reach the top. They could go only few hundred steps, when they would have to stop and rest. How such men could expect to stand the hardships of
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

sprang to the gun, c ing for volunteers an immediately took post to load or ram q for get which,, and Cogs- well, Lee and Hincks, l e u tenant colonels and majors II am pained to have for gotten their illustrious titles-carried ammu- hilton, sponged, load ed. rammed and fired till, when nearly all the ammunition was gone, a frightful vol ley on one flank, fol- lowed by our line crumpling up there under heavy charge, across and all tangled up with our front lines, stopped their firing. Bakers orders flew fast and clear. Colonels rushed to their repirnentS fha
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

t\ little multiplication and said, " Twenty dollars and 40 cents I
 paid the money in exact change, but before handing me a receipt he said, Now s for sinkerage'
 Handing over $5 I asked him what 'sinkerage was.
 For this he answered, as he dropped it into his own pocket Of course I said nothing, but took the re- ceipt, knowing that we were about $50 ahead of the Canadian treasury as 1t was. A man who was just behind me refused to pay sinkerage and the of ficial simply made him open his pack age and he had to pay about $50, when he could have gotten off with $25.
 When we reached Lake Bennett the boat building a as at its greatest How many m n were there I cannot tell, but the country or over surface of several square miles was simply cov- cred with boats in various stages of completion. And the hammering and the saving. l can hear it yet I am sure no boom cit. ever created such a noise. From C Jtance it was a dulli roar and near by it was simply deaf, ening.
 Tt was while we were going down the slope to Lake Lindermann that, I got hurt by a sled running into me. But I kept on and went as far as Lake Bennett before was compelled to take to my bed. A complication of trou- bles then set in and I had to go back to Lindermann for medical treatment. When I was able the doctor advised me to go back to San Francisco for a slight operation. I didn't slide down Chilcoot this time, but I got here all right and am all we'll now You willj see me back in Alaska soon. I wish I was there now, for 1t is the liveliest place on earth.'
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

E T EVER before in the history of
 IA the world has so much inventive N ingenuity been devoted to the transportation problem as has
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-18
A CRISIS NEAR.
The Tug win Come When the Report Is
Made.


New York. March Ex-senator Julius
c. Burrows of Michigan. in signed
statement in the World, says:
II am profoundly impressed with the
belief that in our relations with Spain
a crisis is near at hand. In a very few
days the government will receive the re-
port of the board of inquiry. The report
will be, viz: That the Maine was de-
stroyed by the explosion of a Spanish
mine or a torpedo. IL the court makes
the report l anticipate 1t will. then will
come the tug of war.
What Is the situation with which the
country is confronted? A vessel of the
United States government lies at anchor
in the port of a friendly power. on the
exact spot selected by that power. and
that vessel is on a peaceful mission when
she is destroyed
The question of ports does not enter
into the discussion of responsibility.
Spain was as much bound TO protect the
Maine and her crew from harm in the
port of Havana as II she had been an
chored at her own immediate door. /
care not whether the explosion was pro-
duced by or through the connivance of
a Spaniard or Cuban. Spaln's RESPONSE
bility for the deed is not lessened there
by.
Suppose that the President of the
United States visited Spain on friendly
mission. and was the guest of the queen
regent. and during the night was muir
dered by some member Of the queens
household. or by some fanatical Span
lard not connected with SPANS cabi-
net. would not this government have the
right to hold Spain responsible for the
deed? | contend that Ii would.
Therefore, I say that our relations
with Spain are approaching a crisis. the
solution and settlement of which con-
gIess must determine. The country ex-
poets congress to do its duty in the
premises. and that the president Will 10
his. Neither can shift the responsible
ity OF the hour upon the other.
ANY proposition Of congress TO shirl<
responsibility or repose special powers
upon the president to meet emergencies
as they arise will be resented by the
people. Congress must not only remain
in session until IL knows all the facts
connected with the loss Of the Maine.
but must not adjourn until IL has SET
tied. and settled right. all other ques-
tions that are pressing for a speedy So
i1tiOn"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-18
Filed with Hogan.

Special DISPATCH to the Standard
Helena. March 1.-THE articles of in
corporation of the Fremont Mining and
Milling company, Incorporated under the
laws of North Dakota by w F. Bah Of
Fargo Burke Corbett of Grand Forks
and Hal S. corbett of Montana. were
filed with the secretary of state to-day.
The company is capitalized for 100000.
It's principal office will be in Fargo, while
mining operations will be carried on in
Jefferson county. developing the Pilot.
Lone Tree. Comstock and Belcher Iodes-
Hal Corbett Is president and win direct
the companys affairs in the state. making
Helena his home. He Is now in Kentucky
closing up some business matters prepar-
atory 10 again residing in Montana
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-18

ish commission. The report OF the lat
ter body was due in Madrid yesterday,
and while its conclusions are not Off
cially known, ii is a foregone conclu-
sion that 1t will find that the Maine
disaster was due to accident, resulting
in internal explosion. This was fore
shadowed in the advance utterances OF
Captain Peral, head of the Spanish
commission. who stated publicly sew
eral days ago that the theory of exter-
nal explosion was untenable.
Along with the semi-official state
ment from Madrid that a demand for
indemnity will be Indignantly repelled,
is the further statement from reliable
sources that Spain has made it clear to
the authorities here that Intervention
may lead to war. The prospects of
such Intervention appear to be serious
ly entertained by Spain. and strong
efforts have been made to avert ii by
showing that the condition of the re-
concentrates did not warrant the step,
and also that Ii would threaten to end
all prospects of further pacific negoti-
atoms.
Both governments have been sound
ing each other on the activity of the
other in searching for ships but there
has been little ground for objection on
either side, as both have been in the
same market. The administration ex-
plains its buying of ships on the ground
that Spain's attitude has been so men,
acing as naturally to call for an aug
mented navy, while Spain takes the
same view that the activity In the
United States requires suitable prepar-
ations by the Spanish navy.
The report that Spain had protested
against a filibusterng expedition to
Puerto Rico cannot be verified. as off,
cials here say this expedition has not
as yet got away
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-18
ON ITS WAY.
The Report OF the Court Will Soon BE in
McKiniey's Hands.


Washington. March 1.-THE president
expects the report of his court OF in
quiry tomorrow Or next day. 1t may
even be on its way from Key West to
Washington. When the court arrived at
Key West yesterday from Havana and
reported to Admiral Sicard what prog
ress II had made toward reaching the
end of its long task.the admiral prompt
ly communicated with the SECRETARY of
the navy. II was the secretary's pur-
pose to have a full synopsis of the
courts conclusions put in cipher and
telegraphed to Washington. Upon con-
sultation with the president the plan
was abandoned.
Both the president and secretary are
determined TO spare no efforts to main
tain the secrecy of the courts verdict
until they themselves have determined
to give it publicity. Therefore, even the
admirably dsigned naval cipher code
could not be relied on with complete
satisfaction, and at the presidents in
stance Sicard was directed to place the
documents In the custody of some naval
officer. according to the usual method.
and forward to Washington in that
manner.
Whether this officer has started yet
is not known, but II he and Sicard have
executed orders with the regular naval
promptness, II win not be long before
the president is placed in possession of
such information and conclusions as the
court has so far reached. 1t is not even
known positively that these conclusions
are final but If the ordinary routine of
courts of inquiry has been followed in
this case. they probably are so unless
the secretary of the navy believes. after
looking into the testimony. that some
lines of investigation should be further
plIrsued
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-18
NEITHER PEACE NOR WAR /
The Spaniards Hold Only What
the Army Sits On.
WEYLER'S lNHUMAN ORDER

Four Hundred Thousand Peasants and
Farmers Driven From Their Homes
and Penned Up in Foul Air and Fed
on Foul Food and Water-More Than
Half Have Died the Frightful Death of
Starvation - Dropped Dead on the
Streets-The Sights of the Hospitals
Cannot Be Described-It Would Be
Impossible to Exaggerate or Over
draw Them - Miss Barton's Noble
Work = A Tribute to Lee and the
American Consuls-The Eastern Pro-
vinces of Cuba Are in the Hands of
of the Insurgents-A General Impress
sion in Havana That the Maine Was
Blown Up-All Cubans Are Insurgents
at Heart-Spaniards Do Not Want
Autonomy.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-18
Art,
Beauty,
Style and
'Cheapness

Are it's characteristics. We can sell
you THE CORRECT TIME at any
price you want to pay, from $1.5O to
5000. Our Sterling Silver Gold Incrust-
of ART AND BEAUTY. EVERY
WATCH WARRANTED. If not sat
isfactory can be returned and ex-
changed or money will be refunded.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-18
Pleaded entity.

Special Disnatch tn the Sta ndari-
Helena. March 1T.-Charles Dondo and
Joseph Chase. who were held to the dis
trict court several weeks ago on the
charge of killing six elk in the northern
part of Lewis and Clarke county. to-day
pleaded guilty after withdrawing their
previous pleas of not guilty. and were
sentenced TO six months in TAIL and fined
$3.50 each. This IS the first conviction un-
der the game law in this county.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-18
Death of NJ. c. sen,er.

Special Dispatch 10 the standard.
Pocatello. March I'm. c. Senter. late
cashier of the First National bank OF Pe-
eatelio. died at Salt Lake this morning
of consumption. Re was one of the best
known and most highly respected men in
Southeastern Idaho. He was . years old
and unmarried. He leaves an estate OF
probably $2o. COO.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-18
HE is A WISE
MAN
Who, When He Wants Time,
Goes to Leys'
-,
And Buys a Watch.

We have the Largest, Best AS.
sorted Stock in the City.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-18
THE REPORTS WILL CLASH.
The Spanish and American Commissions
Cannot Agree.

New York. March IA dispatch 10
the World from Madrid says:
u leaks cut. Notwithstanding great re-
serve in official uuarters, that the gov
efRmeHt knows that the Spanish and
American commissions inquiring into
the cause Of the blowing up of the
Maine do not agree in the conclusions
drawn from their respective inVestiga-
fions. but that their reports clash. The
Spanish commission is firm IN the opin-
ion that the catastrophe was the result
Of an accidental explosion inside the
Maine. on the other hand. the Ameri-
can court OF inquiry. il is said exoner-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-18

Special DISPATCH to The standard.
Washington. March Iz-Priyate Gustav
r. Aldrich. troop G. Tenth cavalry. Fort
Assinlboine. Mont. has been ordered dis
charged.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-18

san Francisco. March Nv. Fl. Menke.
proprietor OF the Ivancovich winery In
Santa Clara county, has filed his petition
assets.