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The daily sentinel., 1899-10-17
Fred Gordon Returns After
7wo Years of Mondike-
Interesting Account !.
of the Country.


east Of the city. arrived home Sunday
morning about four o'clock from two
years visit to the frozen north.
His "trip out" as he terms 1t, went
along smooth until their vessel run on
tho rocks and 1t 30 happened that the
boat landed in perfect cradle of rock
insuring it against tipping over. When
at low tide, the bow OF the boat stood
out of the water 30 fee. so that the pas
seugers could dip water from the stern
with their hands. Had 1t not been that
the boat was Of the new pattern-double
bottom she would have gone down with
| all on board. Az soon as he could t a
breathing spell between congratulations
the reporter asked:
"Do you think that the trip to Alaska
is worth the effort?"
ayes, l think it is," said Mr.. Gordon,
"foreI int,nd returning in the spring.
| One could not wish for better summer
climate, the sun is never overhead, but
simply moves around the horizon. The
highest the thermometer registered in
the sun this summer was 81 degrees.
You do not notice the cold there as you
do here, az the air is 80 dry and Grip.
he snow stands up like great feathers
and whom one steps on 1t he goes to the
bottom. We have only . short period Of
darkness and then it is never 20 dark
but what you can distinguish objects
twenty Ave feet away" .
"The citizens Of this city read with
great interest the account of your brave
act in hauling Barney Kennedy over the
ice for twenty eight days while In help
less condition suffering from scurvy,
will you give US an account Of the affair"
asked the reporter.
"Barney Kennedy" began Mr.. Gordon,
was scared to death. I'll tell you how it
was After had finished my journey
over the ice with him we arrived At an
ensampment on the river and he seemed
go musn better that decided to st nd
him down the river in a boat. Iseoured
transportation for him with a party of
FIVE who were just starting down the
river. The party had been told that the
canon ahead had Aye cataracts and that
four Of them were passable, but that one,
SO when they heard the roar Of water
ahead they pulled in to shore to examine
ahead. On entering the canon they be-
gan discussion on which side Of an i'm
mense rock which protested out Of the
water they should 60 and by the time
they had returned TO the boat their con-
versation became 80 loud that Kennedy
could hear everything. There poor
Kennedy lay perfectly helpless. Ono
would say, "If you go that way, we'll
never a man of US get out, and the
others contended equally if they passed
on the other side OF the rock. As the
man ashore unloosened the rope from its
fastening there was a scream came from
the bost that chilled each heart, Help
me boys! Help m IL" he cried and in a
few minutes he was dead. l tell you
reporter, that was sad death.
"Hew are the members OF Grand
functions delegation prospering?" was
asked.
| "They are all doing well, l believe.
| There 10 Harve Grunder and Roy Hall
| they just arrived from over the country
| and will winter In Dawson.
"Wnl johnson is in the best OF health
and 10 working in . general supply store.
will Mann 10 staying with the prep
The daily sentinel., 1899-10-17
YELLOW JACK.

Key West-Thsre are nine new cases
OF yellow fever. No deaths have occur
red within the past twenty four hours.
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Lark Of Three Ber1,ner..

Not long ago three shabby tramp
musicians played on the terrace of a
hotel in fashionable watering place
N Germany, after which one of them
took up a collection in his hat. A IA
nous physician who was present recog-
nized in one of the shabby-looking fell
lows a former comrade who had served
with him in the same regiment 80 years
ago. Astonished and panied he ap-
preached the poor fellow, full of sym
pathy, but soon he burst out into laugh
ter. The three men turned out to be
a high Berlin police official, sculptor
and a doctor, who had conceived the
original idea of travelling as Bohemian
musicians through all the watering
places, to earn money for monument
to Brahms, the composer, in Berlin
They slept for three or four pfennings
per night in lodgings of doubtful char
acter, and had many amusing adven
lures. Several times they were arrest
ed on suspicion, but the Berlin Official
always got them free.-Golden Days.
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WITH RETROSPECTIVE VIEW.

oh. dear II the light Of the sun that has
Ohone
In splendor above US In days We have
known,
When gently around Us its glory is shed
with sweet dream-pictures of the hopes
that are dead.
The songs that the heart once knew with
delight,
When care was unknown and the future
was bright,
Come back with . charm. like MELODIES
cast
With an echoing voice through the halls
Of the past.
The ghosts Of the flowers that fell with
the frost
On life's lovely gardens lamented and lost
Return with their beauty. mid sorrow
and strife,
To tighten and brighten the pathway of
life.
Fair fame. tickle dame. with her glitter
and glare.
May fade, like a Joy. in the dark Of de-
spair;
And fortune and friends may forever de-
part.
But love with its dream finds home in
the heart
There are charms resistless that cling to
the mind.
And early life ana the tnlneS ieIt oehiuo
Which brighten the future. for memory
Is set
With diamonds of Joy that we never for
get
Wherever we wander. wherever we stay
Our thoughts will grow fonder Of the days
far away;
And though time seems feeter and the
years come fast,
To live will be sweeter for the sake Of the
past
Joseph W. Humphries. in Atlanta Con
Stitutiou.
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A Curlous Ind ustry.
ITO BE Continued

The production of what is known as
silkworm gut for fishing lines is Curl
Gus industry that has followed the de-
cline of silk culture in the vicinity OF
Nurcia, Spain. The grub is fed on the
usual mulberry leaves, but before it be-
gins to spin it is drowned in vinegar.
and the substance that would have
formed the cocoon is drawn from the
body as a thick silken thread. The
threads are treated with chemicals,
dried. put up in bundles of 100 and sod
along the Mediterranean.-NY Y. World.
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found a gaping efght-foot hole in the
hull For moment OF two hesitated
about entering. All the stories about
divers who had been caught and suffo-
Gated in old wrecks flashed through my
mind. But. finally. mastering courage
enough TO crawl inside, I began to in
vestigate. The space evidently had
been an afterhold in the galleon. for
it was filed with packages done up in
hides; they and their contents
were now hard as coral rock. but had
once been indigo bales. without doubt.
A number of them must have been
stove through the planking when the
gaIleon struck, for could almost stand
upright without touching the deck
beams overhead. --,1
Cautiously making my way aft. l
came to q bulkhead separating the
mold from lazaretto directly beneath
the captains cabin. This I feared
would be solid. in order to prevent
communication from the forward part
of the ship; and SO it proved. AS it pre-
sumably fenced in the strong room. or
treasure chamber, there was nothing
to do but force an opening through it
without delay. Ut must be under
stood that even a diver who has spent
years at the business. and has an at
tendant pumping fresh air down to
him, cannot afford t. waste an instant
of time or undertake anything requir-
ing violent exertion while he is inside
of wreck. under water. The slightest
miscalculation, the displacement of
some heavy object, may cause him
either to lose his head or to become
entangled beyond the possibility of es-
cape.) l hated to Use another cart
ridge; the chances were even that it
might blow the treasure into Father
NeDtune's subcellar. But the effects
of the first explosion appeared to be
| merely local. there being no indica ton
of radial splits in the coral incrusta.
ton: and that decided the question.
The sledge had disappeared, SO the
shorter steel bar had to take its place
| as an explosive agent. Calculating
that the force would be mostly inside
| I descended as soon as the rumbline
| had ceased: but the water in the hull
was still violently agitated. and the
current forced me back when at
| tempted to enter. After this had sub
sided. crawled into place SO changed
in appearance that 1t made me fee
queer. The great Jumps which hae
once been indigo were hurled in all di
rections. mostly forward. In som,
places they were piled even with th'
deck timbcrs; toward the after bulk
head they were scooped away to .
depth of six feet, snd the planking be
yond was completely crushed through
leaving large hole into the lazaretto
I was exceedingly careful where
stepped. but lost no time in crawlin.
in. The moment had come at last wheI
our hopes were destined to be realizes
or finally destroyed. I cast the ligh
slowly about the place. Along tn
after side there were several tiers o
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CHAPTER XI.-Continued.

A return to Point Orote. to get my
bearings. would have cost good hour
and half; SO l determined to trust the
chart, which was laid out on a scale of
three sixty-fourths of an inch to the
mile, and make straight run from
Tarofofo. Knowing as l now did the
exact position of the reef. 1t was SIM
pie matter to figure the distance ex-
actly-49 miles. south-southwest quar-
ter west-and steer accordingly.
My calculations proved correct. the
lead touching bottom at about half-past
eleven. With my former dangerous
experience in mind, determined to
locate the wreck. If possible. before 60
ing down. and steered directly along
the precipitous face of the shoal with
firm grip on the sounding-line, which
told the instant that we edged off over
deep water. Proceeding in this way,
the lead was pretty sure to strike tie
wreck and drag when we came to 1t;
but. as an extra precaution. lowered
away the rock anchor and let it hang
six feet under water. This experiment
was an entire success, for in few mo-
ments it. caught SO sharply against the
perpendicular side of the hulk as al
most to snap its line; had there been
more than a rag of the sail up. it would
have done SO.
As we needed all the time there was,
told Dorotea to turn around and gaze
upon the wonders of the vastly deep
while l got into that diving suit. 1t
was just as we'll. however. that curios-
ity got the better of her before l put
on the helmet, or my appearance might
have scared her into fit. The rig GER
tainly made an uncouth monster of me,
but it didn't brighten her half so much
as did the idea of my remaining under
water in it. She chung TO me for several
moments. letting me kiss her as much
as / pleased, before l could bottle my
self up. Her nervousness was con-
tagious; but l impressed upon her
mind the necessity of keeping sharp
lookout for other proas. and showed
her how to signal with the line if it
should be necessary.
The descent was accompanied by the
same uncomfor, a BILE sensation that had
been fea, ure of my former experience;
but, regaining confidence little more
quickly carefully examined the
wreck with the electric lantern.
dreaded to use dynamite. lest it might
dislodge the stern and send it crashing
down to unfathomable depths; but
there was no choice in the matter. II
would have taken all the afternoon tc
cut through the coral and timbers. So
fixing one of the cartridges in a hole
drilled by the steel bar. l arranged the
line SO as TO detach a heavy sledge ham
mer. which we had brought. and drop i,
upon the mercury capsule.
There was considerable doubt in my
mind whether the thing would ex
plo6r; but.when assembled to the pros
and. after padding a hundred fee
away. pulled the line, the doubt wa!
removed. Two or three square rods C
water rose in q gigantic bubble. as /
from q boiling spring. accompanied b,
q rumbling which sounded very lik'
sun terremoto." as Dorotea said.
lost no time in descending agail
when the conmotion subsidized. an,
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small boxes. piled one above the other.
and there seemed to have been an even
larger number against the bulkhead;
but the explosion had thrown them all
about the place. Wondering why none
of them had smashed open, presently
noticed that several had gone to pieces
a little beyond where l was standing.
scattering their contents in drifts
over the floor.
With a sense of unreality numbing
my brain. I stopped and took some of
the objects in my hand. They we're
round and fat. smaller than silver
dollar. They were covered with thin
film of corrosion, through which had
no difficulty in making out the castles
and rampant lions of the Spanish royal
arms. scratched with my knife at
the corrosive film;, the bright yellow
beneath proved conclusively that the
coin was an old double doubloon, or
doubloon onza, worth $3.50. troy
weight. and probably something more
on account of its antiquity. for it was
dated 1761( reign of Charles III.) and
bore the mint mark of Mexico City-M.
1t was impossible to estimate the num-
Der of these doubloons in sight; there
were tiers upon tiers of the boxes. and
they were all full.
Stepping toward the side wall. to see
how deep they were piled against it.
I stumbled over the combing of a
hatchway in the floor. The cover was
unfastened. and. after raising it, the
light revealed a short ladder. which
cautiously descended. At the bottom
found myself in a lower hold which
had been used as a second and larger
treasure chamber. The forward enc
was piled solid with bars. three inche:
square by fourteen inches long. which
proved to be ingots of pure silver; ane
| in boxes. all around. were globe dollar.
Of Charles ILLS time Clearing date O
(! 1868 and fresh from the Seville mini
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~Ancommunications for this paper should
be accompanies BY the name Of the author. not
neccesarily for publication but - an evidence,
II good faith on tho part of the writer. Write
emily on one side Of the paper. Be particularly
careful in giving names and dates to have tho
etters and figures plain and distinct.
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An ExagEeratiOn.

Verisopht-That brute Snodgrass
called me a conceited idiot, doncheI
know.
Hunker-Is that so? You never
struck me as being particularly con
ceited.-Tit-Bits.
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'Lucretia, how did your club election
go OFF,"
Fine. Our faction bought over all
the votes of the other faction with &C
cents worth of ice-cream soda."-Chi-
cago Daily Record.
The evening times., 1899-11-29
Like Playing With Fire.

According TO information from reliable
sources, the bubonic plague has never OBJ
tanned entrance to this country, but unless
DR.. Doty, the Health Officer of the Port of
New York. yields to wisdom or to higher
authority the pestilence that has been
physical curse to the Orient may spread
its horror and disaster here.
AS has heretofore been told, the British
steamer J. w. Taylor. which has for some
time been in detention at Quarantine, i'm
ported from Santos, Brazil, a cargo of cof-
fee consigned to several dealers in New
York. and brought with it two men af-
ficted with one of the most odious and
deadly disorders known to medical science,
having buried at sea third victim Of the
disease. Notwithstanding this, DR.. Doty
insists, in opposition 10 two conservative
members of the metropolitan board OF
health. but supported. it is said, by DR..
H. d. Geddings, of the United States Ma
rine Hospital Service, and Commissioner
Jenkins, of the New York Health Depart
ment, that the steamers suspicious cargo
shall pass Quarantine. The health officer
If the port also urges that it be delivered
IL.
His argument to the obstinate guardians
OF the city's sanitary welfare is that after
the plague crafts coffee has been exposed
TO the atmosphere for a few days. in addi-
tion 10 being in the hold of the contami-
mated vessel when germicides were used,
there will be no danger in its distribution
and sale. However, the knowledge of the
oh fqriS nf tha buh
bacillus is as yet sufficiently theoretical to
admit of a grave doubt as TO the sagacity of
DIR. Doty's cheerful Willingness to stake so
much on his own deductions, although it is
not denied that these conclusions may be
based upon the best information to be had
from other sources. But there are many
who will persist in the notion that bacillus
which has terrified China and from time to
time threatened to depopulate other por-
tions of the Far East is possessed of suf-
fcient vitality to resist the destructive in
fuenCes of pure air, notwithstanding DIR.
Dotys conviction that its elimination will
follow its exposure.
That the bubonic plague is one of the
worst of maiadies, productive of speedy
death in its more aggravated form, is
well-recognized fact, and the proposition
that the coffee consumers of the metropolis
should submit themselves to test of DR..
Doty's theory that the bacillus will quiet
ly expire in the refreshing breezes of the
bay is likely to be met with burst of H.
dignation calculated to brig that Official
to his senses.
There is no argument with the health Of
fieer of the port or those who are sais to
endorse his views, as to the technical sup
hnsi''ons regarding the germ of plague
The evening times., 1899-11-29

which is even now rayaglng the Chinese
Empire. threatening numerous localities in
the Eastern Hemisphere and seeking to in
SINNERS down to the pertinent question
whether it is the part of wisdom or crimi-
nal idiocy TO take the desperate risk pro-
posed in order to save a few bags OF coffee
The whole country has legitimate in
terest in this. for. once permit the plague
to pass the sanitary barriers and secure a
foothold in New York, and it becomes a
brewed from the Taylors cargo might be
as harmless as. the sparkling waters CT
sylvan spring, but there is an alarming
possibility. however remote the health Off
Ger of. the port may consider it, that con-
tagion would thereby be spread to the
winds, sweeping into every corner OF the
country, depopulating communities. para
lying commerce, and causing general dis
tress before the most radical of sanitary
measures could check its course.
Even though the coffee market is very
active, with an almost unprecedented ad-
vance on spot and future deliveries. it
must be the popular verdict that the health
officer of the port should be compelled to
yield to the dictates of caution, il not the
admonitions Of reason, in dealing with this,
the country's first bubonic plague visitor.
His proposed laxity in behalf of what
seems to be mere commercial cupidity and
against the spirit. II not the letter, of the
law OF sanitation, would be most ridicu-
lous contrast to the rigid measures pre-
viously adopted for the disinfection of the
British steamer. On the whole, we doubt
if the people of New York. who have
reputation for intelligence, will quietly
submit to. the foolhardy experiment OF
using coffee brought from a plague e-strick
en- port on a plague-stricken ship, merely
as compliment to DR.. Doty's opinion that
sea breezes are as fatal to the bubohic
bacillus as prussic acid is to animal life.
The evening times., 1899-11-29
GOVERNOR TYLER's MESSAGE.
Trusts and Corporate Interests VIII
he Made a Feature.

RICHMOND, Va. Nov. Ex-Governor
Tyler's message to the legislature will de-
vote no little space to the subject of trusts
and corporate interests. 1t was the gov
ernor's purpose to recommend that all nom
resident chartered companies doing busi-
ness in this State should be required to
obtain a charter under its laws. This rec
ommendation would have been in the line
of the suggestion made in the executive
inaugural address of two years ago. He
has given the matter very careful atten-
tion and has been strongly inclined to in
sert it in his forthcoming message, if it
was not really Incorporated in one draft
Of that paper made some days ago. Tn
less he changes his mind this recommenda-
ton. however, will be omitted. Those who
are very close to the governor will, they
say, draft bill embodying this provision
and have it introduced at this session. This
idea has already been called by them to
the attention Of members, and twenty or
more of these. il is said. have signified
their willingness to support such a PROPOSE
tion if it is presented.
1t is quite probable that the governor
will make some recommendations along
this line. but if he does they will be great
ly modified. The governors message will
recommend the enactment of a law pro-
hibiting corporations from contributing to
campaign funds, and imposing a penalty
for SO doing.
The evening times., 1899-11-29
FEW CANDIDATES AS YET.
Lack of Interest In Minority NOmi
nations for House Officers.


nations for House Officers.
Tkre does not seem to be as much in
tefest manifested in the contest for the
minority nominations for the House offices
in the new Congress as was shown two
years ago. Former Representative Jan mes
Kerr of Pennsylvania. will. 1t Is asserted.
again receive the Democratic vote for
Clerk of the House. 1t is not known def
nitely who the candidates for Sergeant-at
Arms. Doorkeeper, Postmaster, and Chap
lain. will be. II was reported this morn
ing that Virginia would present the name
of Alexander J. Wedderburn for the Post
mastership of the House.
Representative Swanson OF Virginia. SAID
TO Times reporter today that he would
do what he could for Mr.. Wedderburn, and
will gladly support him for the place.
Friends of Mr.. Wedderburn say he VIII
have practically no opposition.
Candidates for the other nominations. 1t
is believed. will come TO the front during
the day. These nominations. it is true.
are really unrenumerative honors, but in
the event OF the Democrats electing ma
jority In the next House, it gives the can
didates selected this time a lead in the
struggle for nomination under the condi-
tions that make the positions more de-
sirable.
The evening times., 1899-11-29
INvEsTIaATINa a SCANDAL.
The sale Of Books an Alleged swia.
- ding Operation.

The sale Of Books an Alleged SWIM
80. ding Operation.
The Navy Department is investigating
the question Of why books that are sold at
$4.03 copy have been charged up on the
accounts Of the navy at 1850 each. The
books OF the Navy Department show that
in 1897 six copies of Sigsbee's ''Deep-Sea
Soundings' we're purchased and paid for
at $3.50, whereas the publishers, say they
are selling the books at s4.03 each.
The matter was brought to the attention
Of Secretary Long by statement that q
discharged woman employe Of the Brooklyn
navy yard had said that she had been or
dered by an officer to raise the price Of
the books from p$4.03 to SIS a copy, but
that she had not done So and that later,
the books were charged on the records of
the Navy Department at $3.50.
Chief Clerk Peters, Of the Navy Depart
ment, said today: The matter is being
investigated by the department, but what
action will be taken cannot yet say.
There seems to have been a leak some
where, but exactly who is responsible for
1t has not been decided
The officers who purchased the libraries
to which the six books are charged are
said to be Commander c. s. Sperry. Lieut..
A. G. Wsrterbolter, Lieut.. Joseph T.
Smith, and Lieut. Benjamin Tappen. Lieu
tenant Wurterbolter is on the Monongahela
at New York, while the other officers are
on duty in the Philippines.