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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-24
LAKE ATLIN MINING DISTRICT, THE POOR MANS
PARADISE OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

promising explorations made beyond The given
limits having produced exceedingly gratifying results
Atlin lake. which length OF forty miles. may
be boundary Of the district
creek which viii yield good returns ard
VIII be at least forty miles east In
e,ndsrx miles. but a
and furnishes ample for
marvellous mineral fertility OF the whole
section provided OF wealth materiaze,
readily And there be- and probably sti
will yield good results pick any
found along shores OF Pine creek and its tributaries
CONTINUED NEW STRIKES.
The the foregoing paragraphs not
sidred the least continued reports OF
strikes received the north show that
whole territory be lined with aureroas de-
Mckay few miles south Of Pine. that
rich ths previous discoveries Earlier re-
ports Of examinations made s south Of there
OF Attn lake. along Pike and Dixie
creeks that good coors found indicating equally
valuable returns from careful prospecting.
One party several miles beyond the head OF Sur
prise lake. which has length OF fifteen miles but
forced return, provisions out The news
the band however, of large and numerous
and probable valuable diggings. like announce
Of Pine creek north end Of Ain
lake, and twenty thirty miles.
ALL FACILITIES THERE.
most encouraging cont-adistinction Klon
dixie the Attn district beautiful mining Every
miles it by a that dries and
furnishes plenty OF for mining operations and
use while ahounds timber enough of every
essential species for all needs Mountains
and high knobs extremely The topography
of a rolling plain accessible
penetration in direction with nothing to be done but
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-24

oSG before the first great gold discoveries were made
interior OF Alaska the reports OF government
and private ard prospecors aooundsd with
1 prophecies would some day become
A~/ as OF the richest countries in
aurfferous deposits the world knew But
har3snps necessary TO be
successfully and the absence Of any
definite knowledge concerning the localities where most
likely possible be made sHced TO keep cut
rnore than explorers But at last George
carmack great strike in the Klondke, immense
riches uncovered and within year thousands OF
prospecsors rushing the from the
Bennett lakes the mouth OF the Yukon
Wherever spade struck there seemed to lie gold.
and parties hranchea away from the thorough
the interior and baekwoo6s IL
surface Of all Alaska but
blanket beds Of and dust From the head
Royukuk and Fish rivers to the Yukon and
Forty-Mi. and Tanana 10 the shores
Of Prince William sound inlet. and the
ginning Telegraph creek. all
reetea thoroughly and with less rich
results.
PINE CREEK DISCOVERED.
July party lett Lake Tagish TO 60
through country there, believing
parts territory. gold would
their efforts They pushed the mountains be-
Atin lakes crossed around the foot OF
latter continued It's shore about two
thirds length, they Pine creek. A
digging along the banks and two weeks later the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-24
SIZE OF THE DISTRICT.

The size of the Atn gold Acids IL unknown
trie thoroughly prospected be said TO
Asin city, from westerly boundary ue north
exceed miles about Surprise lake
City westerly boundary line south
shores Of body OF water. Including square
miles bur he prospects the successful opening up
aggings IN the yet undeveIopei vicinity
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-24

The population of the district numbers perhaps coo or
10 who Will spend the winter there guarding their
and getting ready rush spring Prices
Of goods yet comparatively high much Of an
effort has been made get supplies. nf soon the
spring is believed that provisions will
at excessive prices.
Skagway the natural inlet and likely be the
transfer point fer all the rate citizens
of that enterprisng sparing effort
Ing for IL.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-24

The important development work o be done.
TINT Is well under way. is the
trait nearly directly from Skagway possible
and which he used In both winter and The
White Pass Yukon Railway Company early the
matter and with tho assistance OF citizens of Skagway
engaged In putting the road through The
be followed this. From Skagway Log Cabin
thence shallow lake southeast the head OF
lake down this water Taku 10 Taku city
Attn lake and Attn City. the
Pine total distance fror Skagway eighty
.shty~ffye miles II Is believed that the trail will
condition for by the middle of December when the
Journey ne made by horse In three
o hs a Fantat Cut-or.
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WITHIN SIGHT OF SANTIAGO,
within Four Miles From the CITY 1000
Troops are Enrampcd.

KISGsToy, Jamaica. June a9.-Scven
thousand American troops were
campcd in sight of Santiago Sunday,
three and a half or four mics away.
Men are eager and in good health,
after having been fighting since We'd
rcsday. There will be no attack on
the city for two or three days. Garcia
has arrived with 1900 men.
Probably a hundred Rough Riders
and regular cavalry made an advance
of two miles after daybrcak Sunday,
passing the village OF Sevilla. camping
ut sunset in plain sight of Santiago,
three miles away. The advance was
without opposition. Sunday was
spent in transporting machine and
field guns, supplies, horses and mules
toward the advanced position held by
General Wheeler. This point will be
supplied as "A permanent camp until
heavier artillery and remain. .
in~ troops pass Savilla. This will oc.
cnpy some time. perhaps three days.
Oh account of the poor road. Then
will come an assault on Santiago.
When the dispatch boat left Siboncy
many reports were current in the
camp concerning our losses, some a Y
ing that forty had been killed. Col.
oncl Roosevelt, at the front, said,
however, that sixteen were killed.
There is no official list an yet. Eight
rough riders are likely Roosevclt's to-
tai loss. He speaks in most enthus-
iastic terms of his mems dashing cour.
age. lie led the way and seemed u
lion in action.
The top of every hill and mountain
northwest of Santiago is occupied by
~blockhouseS. from whence the Span
iards can view the movements Of the
American army Us it advances beyond
~Sabanilla. while to the eastward to the
city on every knoll and bit Of high
ground are Spanish entertainments.
The correspondent from an elevation
to the right of the American line,
counted twenty-four of these en-
trenchments, completely fencing
every approach to- the city. The
trenches have been dug as the con-
formation of the ground admitted.
The end of the trenches overlap
where breaks in the lines occur. thus
securing comparatively safe retreat
from rife fire in casc parts of the
trenches are captured. Upon n of
these works modern guns have been
mounted. They can be plainly seen
without glasses,
Spies report that inside the in
trenchments are four parallel lines of
rifle pits, shoulder deep, and in front
Of them are marked ranges and sew
eral rows of barbed wire fences.
No officers who have surveyed the
field over which the advance must be
made underestimates the TASK ahead of
the Americans,
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COST OF A WEEK AT OMAHA
Room and Board for Exposition Visitors
at Moderate Cost.

Room and Board for Exposition Visitors
at Moderate Cost. p
Perhaps the first consideration with
those contemplating II visit to the
Trans-Mississippi exposition this sum
mcr is that of cost. To the few,
'money is no obicct:" to the many IL
may be said that the cost of n visit to
tho exposition is moderate and reason
able. -
TIE railroads have granted low
rates. especially to the territory near
by. Rooms can he obtained ut modcr-
ate cost In any part of the city, in
some cases including board. and those
to whom time is money should rcmem.
Der that the compactucsS ~ the expo
sition buildings and the n, 'cssir' "
from the center of the city .Ir' ; IL
possible to ''scc the sights IN much
less time than was rcquir' ! at the
Columbian exposition at Chicago. One
day spent in each of the main build
ings, with two or three days for tho
state Buildings and other attractions,
will occupy about two weeks. but a
good general idea of the fair can be
obtained in half that time.
Visitors should communicate immc.
diatcly on their arrival in the city with
the Official Information Bureau, 1919
FarnaIn street. which IL under con
tract with the exposition management
to furnish free reliable information in
regard to oorn board, transporta-
ton, carriage. baggage, messenger
service etc. The bureau has on it's
books some 1900 rooms, mostly in pri-
vate residences. to which visitors can
be referred entirely without charge.
Comfortable rooms can be obtained
eithey near the exposition grounds or
near the business part of the city for
81 u night, or S. n week for a single
person. and for SIS n night, or 81 "a
week for two. In some cases a light
breakfast is included in these prices.
There are also Tooms at higher or low
or figures in all parts of the city. The
hotels also furnish the usual m
dations Mt the usual prices.
In some eases board can be obtained
in the same house, and in every case
the Information bureau will give in
formation as to the distance from any
n of the rooms on it's list to the near
est restaurant or boarding house.
Good board can be had for IS n week
for each person. or at usual prices at
restaurants all over the city. Plenty
OF good dining halls and lunch
ters are in operation I'm close proxin-
lily to the grounds at which visitors
win be fairly and literally treated.
There are a dozen restaurants on the
grounds, besides about two dozen lunch
counters. tea gardens, iec cream stands
etc, at all of which prices are reason
able. AT most of these the usual
charges are 3 cents for tea and coffee,
pie. etc, 10 cents for sandwiches. and
other things at corresponding prices.
Admission to the grounds ~ so cents
for each person above IL years OF age.
Children between 3 and T. years, 25c.
These figures include everything with
in the fences, except the amusement
features on the midway, which are in
the hands of individual concession
aries,
Paying 81 n week for room, another
S. for board. and 30 cents n day for
general admission To the grounds,
makes, the cost of % week at the expo
sition about SIS.
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his wife, the greatest question wa!
decided that was ever debated in Amer,
lea; and greater, perhaps, never was OIL
will be decided among men. A reso.
luton was passed without one dissent
ing colony that these united colonies
are, and OF right ought to be. free ant
independent The day is passed. The
Fourth Of July, 1776, will be a memoir
able epoch in the history of America.
am apt to believe It will be celebrated
by succeeding generations as the grea'
anniversary festival. II ought to bt
commemorated as the day OF deliver
nee by solemn acts OF devotion to Al
mighty God. II ought to be solemnizeC
with pomp, shows, games, sports, guns
bells, bonfres and illuminations from
one end OF the continent to the other
from this time forward forever"
BY a strange coincidence JohI
Adams died on July 4. 1926, the fftletl
anniversary of the declaration Of in
dependence. His last words were "Jef
ierson still survives" But at | o'clocI
on the same day Jefferson also passe,
away.
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not an instant might be lost in trans
ferring the glad tidings by means o
the bell to the waiting multitude. A
the wearisome hours passed and n,
sign came to him the aged bell ringe
finally exclaimed They will never d.
It! They will never do it," Just thei
he heard his boy clapping his hand.
and v~ociterating at the top of his ju
venile lungs Ring! Ring!" The oil
hands swayed the sonorou bell will
delirious vigor. Its reverberations wa
echoed by every steeple in the city.
That was a gala day in Philadelphia
what with rejoicings and bonfires an
Examinations. The cannon boomel
and messengers rode away holly in al
quarters to the news. Wash
ington then was in New York with tn
army. BY his orders 1t was read to tn
soldiers, who acclaimed 1t enthusias
tically. The townsfolk on that nigh
tore the statue of George III. from II
pedestal in Bowling Green and 1t wa
melted into 1000 bullets for the pa
triotic troops.
Yesterday" wrote John Adams I
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01

Independent states and their political
connection with Great Britain is and
ought to be dissolved"
There had been murmurings and
threats and calm expressions OF de-
termination. But here was united ac-
ton. The people, by their representa-
tives duly chosen. formally absolved
themselves from allegiance from the
mother country and said to the world
that they had cast off their swaddling
clothes, and were now able to walk
alone. To speak with absolute truth,
all the delegates did not favor this
progressive step. Some opposed it on
the ground that IL was premature,
Nevertheless the resolution cver-
came opposition and was Endorsed as
stated, ny the majority of one, Thir-
teen colonies were represented. Be-
cause seven of them voted and stood
for Independence. the United States Is
today %Har N6fs- SUBSEQUENT devel-
opments prove that had the action TAX
en- been delayed. the question Of indie
pendence might have slept in peace un-
Ill tie herald Of the people, no one
knows how many years after. sounded
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RATES ARE VERY REASONABLE.
Reports That Fxtortionrte Prices Prevail
In Omaha are Erroneous.

OMAHA, July 2s,-Tn spite of the re-
ports that have been published brood
cast that the people of Omaha have
combined to- charge eXtortionatc rates
for accommodations the people who
nave been attracted to the city by the
Kansas and Iowa day programs have
found that every accommodation is OBJ
tainable at reasonable rates. One can
secure Il good meal anywhere around
the exposition gates at % cents, while
at the down town hotels and eating
houses there is practically no advance
over the rates charged before the eX-
position opened. In the matter OF
rooms those who persist in securing
quarters in the central portions of tho
city find that it costs n dollar to secure
a room, but those who are sufficiently
thoughtful to GO farther out can Sc
cure good cool rooms within ten or
fifteen minutes ride OF the central
portion for much less money. 1t is a
truth that there are hundreds of
rooms to be had in Omaha at reason
able figures if one does not insist in
getting into the heated section of the
downtown districts.
The managers of the trans-Missis-
sippi exposition have made arrange
ments for a rousing celebration on
the exposition grounds the Fourth of
July. The pageant will be reviewed
by the governor of Nebraska, the
mayor of Omaha. the president of the
exposition and other executive officers
as it passes the music pavilion On the
south viaduct. At II o'clock the fol-
I.,,s, axya,,gng ,n,1l 10 hall 90 tha
grand plaza: Music-Exposition band.
Prayer-Rev. 4. j. Mackay. Singing
Exposition chorus of 200 voices I'M
der direction Of Willard Kimball.
Reading of Declaration Of Independ-
ence-Hon. John c. Wharton. Grafton
of the day-Hon. James NJ. Beck,
United States attorney for Pennsyl-
vania. Music. A conccr of Ameri-
can music has been arranged for the
evening. This will be the closing
event of the national congress of mu-
sicians, and is designed to mark an
epoch in the history of music in this
country. The $4,000 display of fire
works which will begin as soon as the
concert is over, will be one of tho
most brilliant pyrotechnical exhibit
tions eve seen in the country since
1876.
During the t~wenty-four days since
the exposition opened up to Saturday
eyen.ngthe paid admissions have been
l42.4t0. The biggest day was the
opening day, 95,lle, The next best
day was Nebraska day, HES. Other
days were children's day 1884, III
nois day $500, Iowa day $500. 1t is
claimed that since the exposition
opened it has cleared above operating
expenses $50, 900 and that on not n sin
gle day have the receipts run below
t the operating expenses, which have
orcn higher than will be the case aft
ter the exposition is thoroughly in
hand.
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actly what was needed to keep the
young craft on her course.
jefferson had spoken but little In
congress and he had no part in the
acrimonies which then prevailed. In
a plain brick house, corner of Market
and Seventh streets. Philadelphia, he
drafted the declaration of independ-
ence. The work was almost wholly
Jefferson's, only a few verbal altera-
lions being suggested by Adams and
Franklin. 1t then was approved by
the committee. A few passages were
struck out by congress
Caesar Rodney, one OF Delaware's
delegates. in order to have his vote
recorded. rode in the saddle from a
point eighty miles from Philadelphia,
all night, and reached the floor just in
time on July 4 to cast Delaware's vote
in favor of independence. On that day,
ever memorable In American annals,
the declaration Of independence was
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the tocsin OF revolution. The dele
gates thought 1t wise to defer the ques-
ton Of final consideration to July l,
l776. by which time they believed there
might be a more united feeling among
the people.
Thus II was that on June II, that
famous committee was appointed to
frame the declaration Of independence.
Note the names, and II you are a stu
dent of the history of the United States,
conceive, if you can, Of a better quin-
tet to have represented the American
people: Benjamin Franklin, John
Adams, Thomas jefferson. Roger Sher-
man, Robert X. Livingston. The first
was the man whose fame is licked into
our ears every time we hear a telegraph
instrument, whose genius Is placed in
broad light whenever we enjoy the IL
Elimination OF electricity. The second
rose to be president of the nation he
helped to form. The third Is the ia
Their of what the world knows as Jeffer-
sonian democracy. The fourth. puri-
tan, patriot. leader, gave more In moral
force and determination, In knowledge
of the law and its common sense prin-
ciples than almost any man who as
sisted at the birth Of the nation. The
fifth was the man of whom the major
ity OF people know comparatively little,
and yet there was none who better de-
served a place of honor in the public
mind. Eminent as a inancier, a
shrewd Judge Of human nature, his
touch on the helm of state was ex-
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Kansas Negroes Under Weight.

TOPEKA, Kan, June 2s.-Enough
negroes to form a full compa hy offered
themselves as volunteers this morning,
but many of them did not pass the re-
auired examination. OF the first thirty
half were rejected because they were
under weight. They were examined un-
der the regulations that govern the
enlistment of white soldiers and many
of the young negroes are too slender.
The surgeons say that tho average
young negro six feet tall is hf'
teen pounds lighter than the average
white man of the same age and
height.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01

Xiously awaiting the result. When
was announced at noon the state hous
bell. on which was inscribed "ProclaiI
liberty throughout all the land unit
the inhabitants thereof" changed dee
and melodiously and the throng CAV
vent to long and loud shouts Of exulta
ton.
The old bell ringer had been at hi
post since early morning. He ha
placed his boy below to whe
the declaration was adopted, so thu
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01

pealed its sonorous notes for some I'M
known purpose. To those who, breath
less, were waiting for the sound, 1t told
the news that liberty had shaken off
her shackles In the new world, that
che had taken her rightful place and
that hereafter the people would ac-
knowledge the power of no ruler except
such as might be chosen by them
selves. 1t was a curious scene in that
staid old Quaker town. the last place
in the colonies whore II would have
suspected a spark would be given birth
to light freedoms torch throughout the
western hemisphere.
It was on the seventh day Of June,
1776, that the delegates from the colo
MES sitting in congress in Philadelphia
considered the following resolution in
PRODUCED by Virginia's statesman
Richard Henry Lee:
Resolved, That the United States
colonies are and ought to be free ant
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CAMPOS MAY BE DICTATOR.
Said 20 Have Designs on the Govern
ment of spain.

LONDON, June 2s.-The Vienna cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph
says: The latest advices from Madrid
indicate that there is ground for the
apprehension that Marshal MARTINEZ
de Campos will soon issue "A pronuncia-
mcnto and attempt a dictatorship.
Minute directions have been sent to
the Austro-H Hungarian ambassador at
Madrid, Count Dubski, regarding the
personal safety Of the queen regent.
The latest news from Madrid is that
the situation Is so serious that several
cabinet meetings have been held, in Il
desperate attempt to avert "a crisis.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
May Abandon Caimanera.

PLAYA DEL ESTE, June est is be-
licved in camp here that the town of
.Caimanera, on the upper bay, is about
To be abandoned by the Spanish, who
are said to be in n desperate condition
owing to lack of food. The report is
that they will leave the town and fall
back on Guantanamo.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01
Lightning Kills seven Horses.

MENpoS, Mo-, June 2s.-A violent
torn struck this place yesterday
morning at 9 o'clock, doing e vast
amount Of damage. Jonas Long, a
farmer. haif n mile east of town, had
evca fine WORK horses killed by light
ming.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01

Ore hundred and twenty-one years
ago the bell rang in independence hall
In philadelphia. To the uninitiated 1t
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GARClA'S ARMY WITH SHAFTEF
Trsnsports Landed 5000 Cubans Soldiers
Mt Juragua Sunday.

~ "hhSu ouhhh
IURAGrA, June 21.-General Calixto
Garcia. with 1000 Cuban insurgents
from the mountains west of Santiago
de Cuba. was landed hcre to-day. The
Cuban troops were brought here on
board the American transports Fully
5000 insurgents, nearly the entire
available fighting force of insurgents
in the southern part of Santiago prov
inec, are concentrated at or near
.Iuragua. Threc-fourths of them are
armed with modern rifles and have
abundant supplies of ammunition.
The soldiers are ragged almost to
uakedncss, Most of these men are
thoroughly accustomed to the BUSH
whacl<ing methods of the Spaniards,
and are perfectly familiar with every
trail in the vicinity of Santiago. With
the intention to protect the American
advance on Santiago. detachments viii
also be sent toward Guantanamo to
give warning in cas- an attempt is
made TO form a junction with General
! pando's army in Santiago,
A conference between Major General
Shafter and General Garcia will be
held to-morrow. The plan of cooper
alton of the American and Cuban arm
les has been agreed upon, not only in
the campaign of Santiago, but in the
subsequent movement ON Havana and
Matanzas.
General Garcia's plan is TO march his
entire army along the northern coast
of Cuba, keeping in touch as well as he
can with the United States army. As
soon as possible he will effect a june
ton with the insurgent forces under
General Maxine Gomez, who is now
west of Havana.
Other bodies of insurgents, it is said,
will soon be brought in. 1t is the plar
of the Cuban leaders to have at leas,
10000 men before Havana when the
time comes for the investment of that
city.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-07-01

MANILA, June 24.-Up to TIE time
this dispatch is sent the transports
from San Francisco having on board
American troops intended to reinforce
Rear Admiral Dewey have not arrived
here, and there is nj change in the sit
uation.
The insurgents have not made any
further advance and the Spaniards
have been continuing the construction
of sand bank Notifications and the
planting of sharpcned bamboos around
Manila for the purpose of stopping the
insurgents advance.
The papers here continue appealing
to the natives to come to the assist
ance of Spain.