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The San Francisco call., 1899-06-21
AUCTION SALES.
THE STORIES OF TIE YUKON,

y IL that romance ever dreamed OF desperate ad-
\ venture in pursuit of golden treasure is en-
bodied in the stories the early reports bring
MS OF the experiences OF the Yukon adventures dur
ing the past winter. Hardly any conceivable event
OF fortune or misfortune is missing from the record
Everything is there, from the rapture OF rich strikes
to the gruesome horror of cannibalism.
1t is surely strange life that civilized men have
lived out in that Arctic winter One report tells how
two prospcctors when digging hole in the frozen
ground to erect a tent pole found great chunks OF
virgin gold some OF the nuggets being much as
two inches square Another tells how three men
searching for gold lost their way exhausted their sup
plies and perished When the bodies were found it
was noted with dread suspicion that the flesh of one
OF them had been away if to furnish food for
men made rayenous and mad by famine and cold
There are stories OF rich strikes along various
streams already known be rich OF other discoveries
OF marvellous pacers newly explored creeks and
rivers; and then stories OF bodies found exposed
by the melting snow, with wounds that signify
der There tales OF the founding of promising
mining camps and predictions that they may grow
be cities, and another tale of frantic fight inter
ruptinq night OF revelry and resulting in the out
break OF fire that nearly swept the metropolis Of the
kondike from the face OF the earth.
A true and comprehensive narrative of the winter
dOuS llt ukOn II lOlu Dy HAL WHO possesses
something OF the graphic realism OF Defoe, would
make the most thrilling blood-curdling romance OF
the epoch 1t is useless for writers to go back to the
middle ages to search for stirring themes No age
has furnished wider display OF every faculty
OF man from the highest courage to the most de
sparing cowardiCe than has the Klondike country
since the gold rush began, has any land that
display upon more impressive stage with a more
marvellous background than that furnished by the
Alaskan wilderness with its winter OF ice and dark
illumined with aurora lights charming the soul
by the glory OF its heavens and torturing the body
by the rigors Of its cold.
1t may be accepted as certain that Alaska and the
Canadian Northwest Territory are to have con-
tinuous development in civilization Gold has been
found in such quantities will induce men of capital
to expend money skill and energy in searching out
and exploiting the quartz rocks from which the gold
has been ground out by glaciers and washed down
by the spring torrents to the placers That the
wealth expended in obtaining the gold will exceed
all that can be taken out may be accepted as matter
OF That fact will deter the sanguine Each
will succeed where the others fail The Arctic gold
fields will therefore be fully developed and with the
progress OF the development there will come safer
life for those engaged in promoting it We are get
ting the OF Alaska now, and those daring and
adventurous and women who have gone through
in future years
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was Immediately released on s2500 bonds
furnished by his wife and Timothy Hop
kins. The amount sweated off the coins
Is rfdiculously small. amounting to about
cents on $40 piece, and the matter of
the insanity of Mr. Wakelee is being re-
and has been in the service of the South
ern Pacific Company for more than
twenty-five years, but he was operated
upon for a tobacco cancer on his face
about a year ago and lately the cancer be-
gan to make its temperance. 1t is be-
lieved that the use Of drugs to deaden the
pain Of the disease has demented Mr.
Wa kplan
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Rock Island Route excursions.

Leave San Francisco every Wednesday via
Rio Grande and Rock Island railways, Through
tourist sleeping cars to Chicago and Boston
Manager and porter accompany these excur-
sions through to Boston. For tickets, sleeping
car accommodations and further information
address CLINTON JONES. General Agent
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CALIFORNIAN IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, June 2O.-Henry NJ Sher-
man of San Francisco is at the Manhat-
tan, D. A. Hulse of San Francisco is at
the Normandie, R. A. Mason and Canton
Rogers of San Francisco are at the
Rivers, George c. Pratt of San Francisco
is at the Marlborough and M. Herman of
San Francisco is at the Netherland.
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a week ago. The watch has been recov-
cred.
Harding last December caused a sensa-
tion by attempting to chloroform and rob
Henry Charles in his room in the St
Nicholas. He was arrested on charges
of attempted robbery, burglary and carr
ing a concealed weapon, but after three
trials and the juries failing to agree the
cases were dismissed.
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a DANGEROUS YOUTH.
Steve M. Harding, Ex-Bellboy, Ar
rested on Charge of Grand
Larcenv.

Steve M. Harding an eX-bell boy in the
st. Nicholas Hotel, was booked at he
City Prison yesterday by Detectives Wren
Dinan and Reynolds a charge Of grand
larceny. He is accused of stealing a gold
watch and diamond ring from Michael
DAILY, foreman In a hardware house. in the
Dunlap House, 220 O'Farrell street, about
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A HALF DOLLAR-M., Bodega. Cal. If
the half dollar of 1853 is one with arrow
heads at the date and with rays around
the eagle it is worth 80 cents; if it is with
out arrows or rays it is worth from $40
to $50.
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WhiteIaw Is Acquitted.

Thomas Whitelaw, son of the we'll
known wrecking man, was acquitted by
Judge Conlan yesterday of the charge OF
showed that the boy Jess, picked the
piece of iron off the street and got twice
as much as il was worth from WhltelaW.
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MRS. winslow's Soothing Syrup"

Has been used for fifty years by millions OF
mothers for their children while Teething, with
perfect success 1t soothes the child soften,
the gums. allays Pain. Wind Collie reg
ulates the Bowels and is the best remedy for
piarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or
other causes. For sale by Druggists in every
part OF the world Be sure and ask for Mrs
Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Csc a bottle.
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AROUND THE ISLANDS,. s., City
DR.. Riehl, the great swimmer, once swan
around Goat Island, in the bay of San
Francisco, from the foot of Market street
to the point of commencement, without
artificial rest.
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HOTEL DEL CORONADO-Take advantage
OF the round-trip tickets. Now only $50 by
steamship, including fifteen days board at
hotel; longer stay 81 50 per day. Apply at
New Montgomery street, San Francisco.
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Low Rates to Detroit, Michigan, for
Christian Endeayor Convention.

The SANTA FE ROUTE will make rate OF
sS1 for the round trip. Tickets on lale Juns
2sth. For full particulars call at ticket office.
62s Market street. this city or Ills Broadway.
Oakland
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DEMENTED BY DRUGS.
Arrest of Respectable Citizen for
Mutilating Gold Coins

Thomas d. Wakelee was arrested yes
terday by Secret Service Agent Robert S.
Browne on a charge of mutilating gold
coins ofsthe United States. The accused
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attempts have been made to have these
Territories admitted to statehood, but
none proved successful.
QUEEN VICTORIA-A A w, City.
Royal families drop their family names
and cannot, in reality, be said to have
any. Queen Victoria belongs to a Han
over family and her name If she can be
said to have any aside from her title, is
Guelph or Welt Princes of the royal
blood are christened and married by their
titles only and their family names be
come by intermarriage extinct. The
family name of the House of Saxony, Of
which Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg, who
or in German, Wettiner. So, to come
down to the common plane, the name of
Queen Victoria is Victoria Guelph-Wet-
tins.
BORN ON A sHIP-W. O.. City. II an
English married couple sails from England
on an English vessel and as that vessel
was entering the Golden Gate of San
Francisco a boy was born to that couple,
the boy was a native of California and
consequently an American. At that time
the vessel was no longer on the high seas
but in American waters. Had the boy
been born while the vessel was still on
the high seas he would have been a ma
tive of England. The other part Of the
question asked; eff that boy was taken
back to England and grew UP there, could
he claim American citizenship, or would
he be a British subiect?" IS one the an
swer to which shows the difference be-
tween nationality and citizenship. The
on attaining his majority, elect which
country he wished to be a citizen of, and
makes that election by, say If in England.
refusing to perform the duties of a citizen
assuming the duties of citizenship, or vice
versa.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

LOLA MONTEZ-W., Philo. Cal. The
father of the noted Lola Montez was an
English ensign named Gilbert.
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BOSTON TO NEW YORK-W.. Phllo
Cal The distance from Boston to New
York by the shortest post route is 217
miles.
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Cal.glace fruit SOC per Ib at tTownsend's.'

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's1, 5IO mont
gomery street. Telephone Main lu4Z.
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Iounn npivle to b ChzS Commit
% Dewey hty a
h in none y
h great Mira the gum a m
o it ggeh ma@ power lie people
hpp m the agdO Oth generations
the andt also whe
try go to the call of huan
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1t is said the delegates at the Peace Confer
waiting for Kaiser William to make up his
mind whether he will consent to agree to arbitration
not before they go further in any part Of their
work except that of dining with the notabtes OF
The Hague and drawing their salaries 1t seems to
be situation in which they can wait as long as the
Kaiser and will not hurry him. but it is hard on the
taxpayers of nations that have to pay the salaries and
harder still the aristocrats of The Hague who have
to put up for the dinners
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ADJUSTMENTS.

Columbia - The Liars
CaIfornia-Japanese performance.
Orpheum-Vaudevie
- "Richelieu"
Opera House-"The Chimes of Normandy"
Tivoli-'The Brgands'
Alhambra-'Rigol goletto"
Theater-VaudevlIe every afternoon
nd evening.
Olympia-Corner and Ellis streets-Specialties.
Co.. street, Eighth-Bat-
la Manila
Sutro Baths-Swimming Races.
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Imperialism brings mitarsm and military govern
ment brings the sort of thing going on at Ward
ner. Is it any wonder the people have taken sec
ond thought the subject OF foreign conquests and
more resolved to preserve their liberties than
to suppress that Of the Filipinos?
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few people are reported to be on their way from
the klondike with gold, but the great majority of
those who joined the rush to the diggngs are still
digging away with no gold in sight
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owe to Admiral Dewey and the officers and men under him
for saving these shores from the of hostile fleet
appealing to the patriotism of the people of California and
calling the Mayors of their respective cities to give
the movement every assistance in their It
planned that although the monument to be located in
San Francisco being the chief seaport of the coast it
the intention have tie offering of the whole State
to the great admiral and his subordinates.
With view to ascerainng the sentiment in the nte
ror regarding the The Call has had the gentle
men addressed statement of their views, and
these daily being received From them it will be
that the plan to honor Dewey and his officers and with
a magnificent with great favor
throughout the interior has in San Francisco The
appealed Will give it their heartiest
short time funds from north and south and will be
pouring in swell the splendid contributions already
made by the local patriots Following is the
r. w Snow of Oakland, who receipt of the commit
tees letter made special trip the bay
with Mayor PheIan subject
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ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO-Sub-
scriber, Crescent City, Cal Neither Ari-
zona nor New Mexico is a State of the
Union. They are Territories. The first
named was organized February "a R63,
and the latter September 9. 1850. Several
attempts have been made to have these
Territories admitted to statehood, but
none proved successful.
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Murderer Moore of Nevada City has occasiona
sleeping spells at his trial 1t may not be long beor
his sleep becomes permanent
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That old phrase, "Our friends, the enemy is be-
ing sharply illustrated by the treacherous amigos
in the Philippines
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Britishers Just arriving at the conclusion that
Dom Paul is getting ugly. Is it possible that there
has never been shipment of the Boer Presidents
photos to England?
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1t IS not strange, matter how it may appear, that
man in Ohio stricken dumb fifteen years ago has re-
covered the power of speech. Numerous politicians
are likely to find tongue as mraculousy once Mark
Hanna is safe in Europe
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1t is evident that Filipino is whipped until he
has been killed. Driving him from the field does not
count as running away and coming back again as
soon as troops parts OF his war
tactics that he most delights in
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MAYOR R. W. SNOW PLEDGES OAkLAND'S
SUPPORT TO THE DEWEY MONUMENT
Counts 1t a Privilege to Aid the
Committee.

AYOR PHELAN the chairman. and Captain
NI Fletcher. the secretary, of the Dewey monument
committee days sent communications to
the Mayors of twenty of the principal cities in the
State setting forth the purposes of the committee
debt gratitude people of the Pacific Coast
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OUR VANISHING FORESTS.

H. MILLS has returned from his trip
w through Northern California and Oregon,
bringing another warning OF the rapid de-
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.NE OF the most notable features of national
Democratic politics OF late is the sudden rise
- OF German from the retirement enforced upon
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-29
TOPATROL THE ATLANTIC.
Great Britain Will Search For Con-
traband Vessels From America.

New York, Dec. ga special to the
World from Halifax, N. s, says:
Great Britain is apparently preparing
to patrol the Atlantic The report that
the larger part of the British North
American and West Indies squadron
have received orders concerning the al
legged violation of the neutrality laws
by vessels leaving American ports with
cOntraband of war seems to be well
founded.
One of the officials Of the navy yard
here, when asked by a reporter if two
war vessels would be dispatched from
the British North American squadron,
declared that he know for an absolute
certainty that communication touching
upon the matter had been exchanged
between Halifax and the commander
of the fleet at the West Indies Ar
rangements are being made, he said,
for the dispatch of at least two vessels
to do patrol duty on the south and north
Atlantic coast. The cruisers will sail
Immediately after receipt of final or
derS.
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SOCIETY NATURALISTs.
Meet at New Haven and Elect Their
Officers

New Haven. Conn, Dec 29-The
American Society of Naturalists today
elected officers for the ensuing year as
follows:
President, Prof E B. Wilson, CoIum-
bia university; vice presidents, Prof. r.
t Thaxter of Harvard; Prof. r. P
Mall of Johns Hopkins university; Prof
H S. Williams of Yale; secretary, Prof
A. D. Mead of Brown university; treas
urer, Prof. NJ. NJ. Metcalf of Baltimore
Women's college; members of the ex-
ecutive committee, Professors w. w
Rowlee of Cornell and J. S. Kingsley of
Tufts college.
The afternoon session was devoted to
a discussion of The Position that Uni
versities Should Take in Regard to IN
vestigatiOn-" Prof. Timothy Dwight led
the discussion, being followed by Prof
r. H. Chittenden of Yale university;
Prof Joseph JastrOw of the University
of Wisconsin; Prof. s T. MacDougail
of the New York Botanical Gardens and
Prof. William Patton Of Dartmouth col
lege.
The annual dinner ofthe society closed
the session. President w. G. FarloW de-
nvering the address.
The affiliated societies. which have
not finished their session and which will
continue their meetings tomorrow, are
the American Physiological society, the
American Psychological association and
the Society for the Study Of Plant
31orphology and Physiology.
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BELONGED TO BRITISH.
A Large Part of the Flour Seized at
Delagoa Bay.

New York, Dec. 26.-It now appears
that the firm that had the largest ship
mentS of flour consigned to DelagOa bay
on the three vessels of which the car
goes were recently seized by the British
authorities is an English concern
Arthur May & Co, of Bristol, which has
a large branch Office in this city. The
firm had on hand the three ships which
were seiZed-the Maria, the MashOna
and the Beatrice-abOut $4,000 bags of
flour consigned to Lorenzo Marques.
The agent here will not say whether the
flour was intended for ultimate ship
ment from Lorenzo Marques to the
Transvaal, but he has not at present
made any representations to the state
department as have most of the other
firms which had goods seized.
The manifests of the three vessels
show that they carried the usual class
of goods shipped to South African
ports, although the proportion of -four
was much larger than usual. 1t is tac
lilly admitted by the American firms
whose goods have been seized that a
large proportion was intended for the
Beers. A member of one firm declared
that there was a. very large local trade
in Lorenzo Marques.
The consignments to Delagoa bay
were all shipped at the cOnSignee'S risk
and they can not therefore claim dam
ages from the American firms for non
delivery. The steamship owners are al
so protected from similar damage suits.
as a clause in the shipping agreements
provides that they are not responsible
for unforeseen events" In spite of
this, it is stated, that a large proportion
of the goods shipped to firms in Lorenzo
Marques was paid for before it left this
country. The uncertainty in every di-
rection consequent on the war made
shipping concerns in America careful
and most of them refused to transact
business except on cash before deliv-
cry terms The people in DelagOa. bay
are, therefore, the real sufferers, partic-
ularly as that city is now full of refugees
from the TransvaaI and prices for ev-
erything have gone up.
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AT THE PLAY LAST NIGHT.

The fact that MY Friend from In
dia'' is a farce sufficiently clever to be
entertaining to theater gOers who see 1t
more than once, coupled with the ap-
pearance for the first time in this city
Of Mr.. Walter E. Perkins, the original
"A Keen Shaver was responsible for
the presence of a large audience at its
third engagement in Topeka at the
Crawford theater Thursday night As
the farce has now reached the age
where it has entered into the bills of
stock companies in different cities, its
future tours on the road will probably
be conducted by inferior companies.
COnsidera bic interest attached to the
work of Mr.. Perkins in the perform
ance last night. for the reason that he
came here with the record of having
amused New York audiences continU-
Ously for $50 nights in the role of theOs-
sophical barber. The rather diminutive
comedian, who with his pOmpadOur wig
reminds one of Frank Daniels of comic
opera fame, did not prove a. disappoint-
ment in the eyes of the Topeka theaJer
goers, and his gratesque appearance
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-29
AN INDIAN SUMNER.
Records Show November theWarmest
For Al Years.

The following is the climate and crop
service report for the Kansas section
for November, as issued by the Weather
bureau:
The warmest November on the state
records which cover thirteen NOvem-
bers, and the warmest on the records OF
the Agricultural college at Manhattan,
which began in 1888, the mean reInpera-
ture of the state being SO degrees above
normal. The coolest November on the
state records was 37.5 degrees in 1889,
which is 10.9 degrees lower than the
mean for the current month. The cold
est November recorded at the Agricul
tural college was 31-1 degrees in 1850
The mean temperature is above the
normal over the entire state, the least
excess occurring in the extreme south
western counties, Kearney, Hamilton
and Morton, the greatest excess in
Cloud Republic, Washington, Atchi-
son and Doniphan; the excess is greater
in the northern counties than in the
southern. The first killing frost for
the season in Cherokee county occurred
on the 2nd.
The precipitation was entirely in the
form of rain, except q trace of snow on
the Both in Atchison and Doniphan
counties. The rainfall for the state
averaged O.51 above the November nor
NAL: in the eastern division it averaged
O19 below; in the middle division O-41
above and in the western !. 40 above the
divisional normals. 1t is above the
normal over the entire western and the
western twc-thirds of the middle divf-
sfOns. and below normal over the larger
portion of the eastern, an excess ap-
peariEg only in Chautauqua. Elk,
Woodson. Cherokee, AtchisOn and Doni-
phan counties. The greatest excess, LIS,
occurs in Rawlins county. and the
greatest deficiency, 0.S7, in Shawnee
The mean temperature. for the state
was 484 degrees. The highest local
monthly mean was 521 degrees at Os-
wego. and the lowest 43.O degrees, at
Coolidge. The highest temperature was
81 degrees at EngIewood on the 9Th, Fail
River on the 10th, and at Chanute on
the 18th: the lowest degree, at Colby
on the End; the greatest daily range was
81 degrees at Ulysses on the 9th.
The average precipitation for the
state was 134 inches The greatest 10
cal amount was 2.75 at Columbus, and
the least 0.21 at Campbell. There We're
but five days on which no precipitation
was recorded
The mean barometric pressure was
30 O6. The highest pressure was 30.62 at
Dodge City on the I'd, the lowest, 1892,
at Kansas City on the Both
The prevailing wind was from the
south Al per cent, with Il per cent from
the north. Forty per cent Of the days
were clear, 80 per cent partly cloudy. 30
per cent cloudy and 13 per cent rainy.
Thunderstorms were noted on 13 days
foes on 16 days, lunar haIos on nights
and an aurora on one.
The warm rains greatly benefited the
ground and the wheat, the latter grow
ing so rapidly that much of it had to
be pastured to check it. Much of the
early sown wheat in the northwestern
counties was killed by the drought of
sowing grew rapidly after the rains be-
gan, and at the close of the month the
latest sOWn was coming up finely, while
more plOwing was being done.
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and humorous manner of speaking hu-
mOrous lines, won for him much ap-
plause. Mr.. Perkins has an advantage
in the start of looking the part on the
stage of an ignorant barber who might
be picked up in a drunken tour and
carried home by the scapegrace son Of
a wealthy father, and with such a
handicap in his favor it seems easy for
him to make the most of the character.
Their versatility of his facial expression
is something remarkable, and stands
him in excellent advantage in the IA
nous mirror scene.
The company supporting Mr.. Perkins
could be improved upon materially, but
Notwithstanding this fact a satisfac-
tory perfOrmaT ce was given. The part
of 'tErastus UnderhOlt," the Kansas
City pork packer who went to New
York to place his daughters in "sasi-
ETY. was particularly well taken al
though those who have seen Frederick
Bond in the part prefer his work. The
"TiIlie'' of Miss VolIes, who was seen
here two years ago, has never been ap-
preached in cleverness by any of her
successors in the role.