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Washington sentinel., 1899-08-12
Deafness

cannot be cured by local applications as
thew cannot reach the diseased portions
of the ear. There IS only way 10 cure
deafness, and that is by constitutional
remedies Deafness is caused by an
infamed condition of the mucous lining
of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube is inaamed YOU have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when 1t
Is entirely closed, Deafness is the result,
and unless the Inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be DESTROYED
forever; nine cases out OF ten are caus 20
bv Catarrh, which is nothing but an
inflamed condition OF the mucous
surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars Tor
any case OF Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars; tree,
FL CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Q.
Sold by Druggists, 7sc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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local Rotes
Antitrust LeAs ue Meets.

The District of Columbia branch OF
the Anti Trust League held a meeting
at Iaaq Pennsylvania avenue MONDAY
evening, alter which an address was
issued to the public, calling for an
organization OF forces against the great
monopolies now in operation or forming.
Mr., H. B. Martin, National Secretary oi
the league, presided, and made the
announcement that o. H P. Belmont
had Joined the movement, A generai
conference OF the national executive
committee Of the league was felo IN
New York Thursday. A meeting oi me
District branch will be held at heso-
quarters next Monday evening
A good suggestion was made the otnet
day by Judge Wa ker, of Missouri that
anti trust clubs be organized throughout
the country for educational discussion
during the coming winter. There seems
TO be a prevailing impression that the
time has come to drop the deiensive'
assume the offensive and force the fight
ing by vigorous attack on the trusts
and the Republican management OF the
war
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6Ood Advice.

Every brewer in the country should
let his vote this year register his protest
against the auth ority that is putting an
extra one dollar tax on his brew. Beer
was overtaxed before the extra tax was
levied, and 1t will do lot Of good Tor
the authorities at Washington to know
that votes are going to be thrown against
them. Politics is game they play at
to the exclusion Of all justice and the
overriding of all principles. They should
be made to know that politics is a game
others can play at, too Cincinnati
South Vest.
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Through Coach seryice between
Washington and WarrentOn.
Effective July 4th The Southern
Railway inauguEated through coach
service between Washington and War
renton, leaving Washington on No. rs,
4:3o p. M, returning on No. 10, arriving
Washington at Sis P. NJ, excepting on
Mondays, it will be returned on No. TO-
arriving Washington $500 A. NJ.
This for the accommodation OF war
renton and Fauquier White Sulphur
Springs passengers.
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DEER PARK HOTEL,
DER PARK, MARYLAND.
Most DeIigktj5gI Summer Resort Of tie
14HSPhSNiSS,

Swept by mountain breezes, 1900 feet
above sea level Absolutely free from
malaria, hay fever and mosquitos, On
main line of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
Hotel and Cottages. Every modern
convenience. Rooms en- suite with
bath, Electric lights. Elevator, Turkish
Baths. two large Swimming Pools, Golf
Links, Tennis Courts. Bowling Alleys
Magnificent Drives, Complete Livery
Service. Annapolis Naval Academy
Band. Delightful cottages furnished
for Housekeeping If desired) ready tor
occupancy Tune Ist Hotel open from
Tune a4th to September 3oth.
For rates and information address
d. c. Zones, Manager, B. & o Building
Baltimore, Md. until June 10th. Alter
that time, Deer Park, Garrett County,
Md.
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The nnKeX Rec ptiOn

That Admiral Dewey is 10 be given a
royal welcome in Washington next fall
is no longer open to question. Starting
in small way. and with the simplest
plans in view the reception that IS being
arranged Tor him upon his arrival in this
city has gradually been increasing IN
scope until it has taken on a national as
Dect, and grown INTO proportions far
greater than the committee OF one nun
dred originally expected.
The welcome has Outgrown its begging
ings. Without seeking tor it,the affair
seems to be developed into an occasion
in which the VIII ole country is Interested
AT first it was thought it would be
simply a local affair, but now 1t appears
that the presentation OF the sword
voted by Congress to Admiral Dewey,
on the east steps Of the Capitol, viii! be,
in TACT as we'll as in name, national
presentation. The railroad othcIals
estimate that there will be as many as
100, 900 visitors IN Washington at the
time.
In accordance with the decision OF the
executive committee Tuesday alter
noon a, 500 medals will be made from
metal captured in the engagement OF
May I, 1893. They are not to welgh
more than two ounces apiece. Inc
Navy Department has notified the COM
mittee that 7so pounds OF metal from
torpedo captured at Manila and now at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard. is at the
disposal of the committee. the commit
tee agreeing to replace the amount with
copper or other metal Of an equivalent
value. The badges are to be sold at 81
apiece, and all must be paid for, no
matter to whom they go.
The medal will contain bust OF
Dewey on the diverse side. while on
the reverse sice there will be a repre-
sentation OF Manila Bay, with the Olvm ;
Ria steaming in toward Manila. On the
lower bar will be the words, Manila
Nav I, 1895" The central part OF
the medal will be suspended by a woven
red silk flag, emblazoned with the flag
of the United States and the flag OF
Admiral Dewey. The pin bar will be a
likeness of the Capitol.
An interesting historical tact, dating
back 10 1873, has come to light, in
which Admiral Dewey was the central
figure. Dewey, then a Commander
was III command of the United States
steamer Narraganset on the Asiatic
station, having taken charge OF the
vessel on March I. 1873. The vessel was
ON surveying duty when the Virginius
trouble was precipitated and a war with
spain seemed imminent, Commander
Dewey wrote to the Navy Department
requesting that in case war was declared
he would be assigned to the duty oi
capturing Manila. The peaceful settle
ment of the controversy with Spain
avoided the necessity for a hostile
demonstration, but the interesting tact
is that the doughty officer had his eye
on Manila over a quarter OF century
ago. A search will be made tor the
letterin in the files OF the Navy Department
and n found Il is expected an effort wi
be made by the citizens committee &c
have it reproduced as a souvenir Of th'
reception.
Washington sentinel., 1899-08-12

SUMNER ASSEMBLY INTERNATIONAL
Christian Workers Association and
Bible School, Black Mountain, N c.,
August IS "a, 1895. account OF the
above occasion Lhe Southern Railway
will sell tickets to Black Mountain, ~.
G. and return at rate OF One First Glass
Fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale
q ugust I3-7I, inclusive; final limit
August 2Sth, 1899.
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nar RLdrn season 90

opens June roth. A large amount OF
money has been spent IN beautifying the
grounds aud increasing attractions
Special inducements to Sunday schools,
Lodges and Societies. For terms apply
10 S. h. Hege, G. A. P, D., No. 7o7 18th
Street. Northwest,
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Cafe Oar Service, Washington aud
Chattanooga Limited, via
Lynch burg,

Southern Railway announces inaugu-
ration Cafe Car Service on the Wash
ington and Chattanooga Limited. via
Lynchburg. Meals will be served In
the Cafe Commandment at all hours o
the European plan. This car Is attacht d
at Radiord. Va, and runs through to
Alfalfa, Ala serving all meals, Wash
Ington to New Orleans ard Memphis on
this traiu-
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ar crtrv Commercial or Business, ShNrhand TypewrrnE CNh
COSNN" Va English, Census
STUDENTS Enter Any Time. OP'" E1' ~
if
pupils WIN pass themu
the
The
of will do well to
The principal IS an InstS1'O VI many '
md teaches thoroughly whatever he UNDERTAKES
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creek on their way to Salt Lake from
the Bitter Root valley, where thew had
spent the winter trading with the In
dams and prospecting little, found
more gold than had been obtained by
Finlay. One piece weighed about 10
cents, and they gave it to old Captain
Grant, who used to show it UP to the
time of his death in 1852, as the first
piece of gold found in this country.
THE matter rested here until the
spring of 1858. when Thomas Adams.
now of Washington City, Reece Ander-
son and Granville Stuart searched for
gold and found as high as 10 cents to the
pan of gravel, but, as they had nei-
ther tools nor provisions (they were
living on wild meat straight without
salD, they could not accomplish any
thing, more especially as the Black
feet stole four of their horses and so
harassed them that they abandoned
the country for a time, returning, how
ever, in the fall of 1860. firm in the
faith that this was a rich gold coun-
try.
In the meantime, during the sum
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When Pay Dirt Was First
Discovered on Gold Creek

Hon. Granville Stuart. who is one of
the recognized authorities regarding
the occurrences of early days in Mon
tana gives the following account of
the first discovery of gold in what is
now Montana:
I'm 1852 Scotch half-breed from the
Red River of the North, named Fin
lay, but known among his associates
by the name of 'Benetsee.' who had
just returned from California to the
Rocky mountains, began to prospect on
what is now Gold creek, in Deer Lodge
county, and found some light float gold,
but as his prospecting was necessarily
of very superficial character. he
found no mines that would pay. The
fact of gold being found here, however,
became noised abroad among the few
mountaineers still in the country, and
in the spring of 1856 a party, among
whom were Robert Hereford, late of
Helena, John Sanders, called Long
John Che could throw a stone with al
most the force and precision of rifle
balD; Bill Madison and one or two
others. who were passing 'Benetsee'
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the next one when the irate owner
came running up. He began letting
out a string of oa.hs.
Hold on cried McNear; don't
bother me. and I'll get more of Them
When McNear finally realized that
they were camels instead Of moose he
was repentant, but that didn't pac!fy
the furious owner. McNear was co1n-
PEELED to give up his gun, ammunition,
watch, all the money he had about
him and the deed for a claim which
he owned in Ophir gulch. Then he
was compelled to dig a grave and give
the camel a decent burial You can
depend on it that McNear was very
careful to find out what he was shoot
ing at before he shot after that. He
also quit drinking-in a measure"
What became of the rest Of the
herd?' Mr.. Cannon was asked.
The other six said Mr.. Cannon,
continued packing in Montana for
about year. Then they took a load
of gold dust and other stuff to Walla
Walla They never returned They
stayed in the vicinity of Walla Walla
for some time, and We're then taken
down into Nevada. The last l heard
of them they We're still down in Ne
Vada and were increasing in numbers"
Old timers say that the mistake
Oh McNear was not a strange one. To
a man who had not known that there
were camels in the state, it was a big
surprise to come suddenly upon them in
the mis- 1t is only natural that he
should assume that they were wild ami
mails, as they resembled no pack ami
mails that had ever been used before in
TINS region. McNear came upon the
nero unexpectedly, while the camels
were grazing in a little valley. They
were not loaded and it has been insin-
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participated in the occurrences. One
man tells of having an entire pack
load of breakable stuff completely
wrecked by the stampeding of his train
when the horses spied the camels
coming down the trail toward them.
1t was as easy to stop a blizzard as it
was to head off a train that had been
frightened by the camels. But few
horses or mules would behave when
the humpbacked pack train showed up.
A lot of whiskey destined for Missoula
was scattered along the trail for a long
distance on one occasion and the Mis-
soula people, who then lived at He'll
Gate, We're compelled to drink water
for a long time afterward.
These camels packed lot of gold
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uated that McNear was. His mistake,

uated that McNear was. His mistake,
then, was not a remarkable one
The camels We're never popular with
the other packers In the first place,
the loads that they carried We're too
big when compared with what horse
or mule bore. More than that, there
was many horse and mule stampeded
by the sight of the strange animals.
More than one packer has used severe
language while rounding up his scat
tered train, which had left the trail for
almost any old place as soon as the
animals discovered the camels There
are many amusing incidents told of the
experiences of both horses and men
when the camels first came to Mon
tana. There were many accidents
resulting from these experiences, but
none of them We're as serious as the
adventure of poor McNear. He lost
all that he had and then did not dare
to meet the camel man afterward, lest
he should be compelled to give up
what he had accumulated after be-
ing stripped to pay for the camel
The Indians regarded the camels
with amazement. They had never
heard of any such creatures and it
required a whole lot of explanation to
induce them to refrain from shooting
the imported stock. When they be-
came more accustomed to the camels
they would still regard them with
worder and awe.
With the advent of the railway The
cameps occupation was gone in the
sections where it had been most in
demand. The camels were turned
loose in Southern Nevada and thriv-
ed there.
Some Of the experiences of packers
on the Walla Walla trail with the
camel herd have afforded abundant
material for fireside tales by those who
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mer of 1860, mining enthusiast by the
name Of Henry Thomas (but who. as
soon as his peculiarities became known,
was designated Gold Tom by which
name he ever afterward WENT, came
UP by way of the Pend d'Oreille lake
to 'Benetsee' creek and began to pros
pect about one mile west of where the
town of Pioneer now stands. Almost,
unaided, he sank a shaft 80 feet deep
in the glacial detritus along the creek,
getting little gold as he went down.
He also washed some on the surface
at this point during this and the fol-
lowing summer, but only made about
sl'5O day, owing to the great disad-
vantage under which he worked. His
windlass and four little sluice boxes,
hewed out with an axe and now fast
falling to decay. may still be seen
1S76) where he worked.
I'm the fall of 1860 and the spring
of 1861 Anderson and the Stuarts pros
pected in the dry gulches that come
into Benetsee' creek and found what
they considered good paying mines, but
did little toward working them that
season for two reasons-first, they had
few and imperfect tools and no lum-
Der till they could get it whipsawed:
second, all the members of the party
except the writer went 10 Fort Ben
ton for the purpose of purchasing sup
plies from the steamboats, that came up
the river that year The one boat
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that started, the Chippewam, was
burned near the mouth of Milk river
and the summer was lost waiting for
her On this boat We're Hons. William
Graham of Philipsburg and F. l.. Wor-
den of Missoula. Early in the spring
of 1862 the Stuarts, Anderson, Burr
and Powell began to mine, having had
lumber sawed by hand at 10 cents
foot and picks and shovels packed up
from Walla Walla, 425 miles distant,
by Worden & Higgins cayuse pack
horses that brought their goods to He'll
Gate, and on the Sth day of May they
set the first string of sluices ever used
old pick and shovel process"
Mr.. Stuart then follows with a de-
scription of life in the new camp,
whose population was augmented in
the summer of 1862 by a large delega-
ton from what is now Colorado. This
party had started for the Salmon
river country, not having heard of the
Pioneer diggings on Gold creek. Many
of them stopped at the new camp.
among these being Samuel I. Hauser,
who has ever since remained in the
state. In this year We're discovered the
Bannack diggings and those on
Prickly Pear creek, where Montana
City was built. Lively camps sprang
up at all these discoveries and con-
tinued In a more or less prosperous ca
reer till the discovery of the Alder
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mountain trails This statement is not
borne out by the testimony of old
timers who describe the train. They
say that the only reason that the an
imals were not used here longer was
that their owner found a good packing
contract elsewhere and took his train
to the western trail on that account.
1t was common for packers to change
their routes. This change was made for
business reasons, according to the
statements that are made by men who
were familiar with the camels and
their employment here. The climate
here seemed to have no serious effect
upon these imported animals and their
well known frugality in diet made
them desirable for long trips.
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dust while they were in service In Mon
tana. The dust and nuggets We're
packed in nail kegs and slung upon
the backs of the camels. One of the
animals would pack good many thou
sand dollars. Among the famous loads
that this camel train carried was the
first shipment from the bonanza claim
in Alder gulch which Edgar is said to
have sold for SASS and a plug of to-
bacco. This claim turned out to be
fabulously rich and the first shipment
of dust from it was sent out on the
camel train.
1t has been said that the use of the
camels in this part of the country was
discontinued because they We're not
adapted to the requirements of the
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gulch dggings in the following sum-
mer. Then the famous stampede de-
populated these towns and but few men
remained to operate the diggings which
had been thought at the time of their
discovery to be the beginning of rich
mines.
There is story current among old
miners that the first pan of pay dirt
was PANIED at Pioneer by A S. Blake,
known to all old-timers as "Sterney"
Blake, who has since become re-
spected citizen of the Bitter Root val
ley. This was 10 years after the first
discovery of gold on the creek by the
half-breed. Finlay, but there is little
doubt of the truth of this story. Mr..
Blake had had experience in mining
and in prospecting along the creek he
found indications that he thought
first pan that he washed showed pay
ing quantities of gold. This is believ-
ed to have been the first pay pan of
gravel ever washed in what is now
Montana.
1t is a fact worthy of mention that
placer mining is still carried on profit
ably on the creek where tire yellow
dust was first discovered in this region
and the yellow flood that comes down
the channel of this stream during the
summer months evidences the fact that
considerable work is being done up the
stream. The mud has a distinctive col
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Merely a Question of Spelling.

l. IOlll lle view 1DEk lTlDuue.
He was the engineer on an ocean
liner and prided himself on his knowl-
edge Of electricity. On one of his brief
stays at home he accompanied his wife
to a party. The subject of electricity
coming up, he Indignantly combated
the idea that it was possible for two
people to produce an electrical current
through the body of third by simple
physical contact. His wife and a friend
said they would prove it, and, leading
him to a window. told him to pull up
his sleeves and place both hands fat
on the glass. They then, on either side.
took firm grip on his wrists. At the
end of few moments his wife said:
Don't you feel a pain, Willy?"
MOT" he replied, and returned like
negative to second and third inquiry.
At his third response most of the
company began to laugh, and it sud
denly flashed into his mind that the
pronunciation of pain and pane was the
same.
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or and gives tinge to the waters of
the Hell Gate river that can be traced
Snllla
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Football Is Seven of Them,

From the Chicago Record.
Surprising General Shermans definition
of war to be correct, what is football?
The times., 1899-12-10
DISTRICT REPUBLICANS MEET.
They Discuss National Convention
Delegates nnd SufTrage.

A mass meeting of the Republicans of the
District which was postponed from last
Thursday, was held at Willard Hal last
evening.
a. y. Birney was elected Chairman; Sec
retary. F. H. Peterson, and sergeant-a.-
Arms, S J. Block
The business of the meeting was the con-
sideratiOn of suffrage for this District. and
the naming of delegate to the National
Republican Convention. 1t was propo ell
that a twenty day registration law be en-
acted to protect elections should suffrage
be established, and q proposition by Mr..
George +. Emmous to divide the District
into election districts was adopted.
A motion by Calvin Chase that Co. Ny
ron NJ Parker be named as delegate to the
convention was laid on the table for futu c
discussion and il was agreed that eight
delegates be named by the chair to call on
the National Republican Committee at
their coming meeting.
The next meeting will be subject to a
call by Mr. Buney.
The times., 1899-12-10
A GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH.
senator Kyle Wants a system Under
Federal Control.

To establish and operate a Government
ielegraphic system is the object of a bill
introduced in the Senate by Senator James
II. Kyle of South Dakota
The bill. which has been referred to the
Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads,
provides that a board consisting OF the Sec
retary Of State, Secretary of War. and
Postmaster General shall connect by four
telegTaphic trunk lines" the northeastern,
the northwestern, the western, southwest
ern. and southern sections of the United
States with the city of Washington.
Ofices shall be established In the prin-
cipal cities and points of convenience, and
the system shall be carried on as part
OF the postal system.
The bill provides that uniform rate Of
toll shall be established by the board of
control, and no rebates or drawbacks may
be made TO anyone. Messages intended
for publication by the press are to have a
special rate. Five million dollars is asked
to carry the provisions Of the bill into
effect
The times., 1899-12-10
FRANK FUNK's TRIAL.
The Hearing VIII Start Before JUS
tic. Cole Monday.

Thomas H. Anderson United States At
torney for the District of Columbia, viii
make his first appearance in the Supreme
Court of the District as a prosecutor to-
morrow. He viii in person represent the
Government in the prosecution OF Frank
William Funk. who will be put on trial
before Justice Cole in Criminal Court No.
1. for the alleged murder of William
Brooks in June, 1898 Mr.. Anderson viii be
assisted in the conduct OF the Govern
ment's case by Assistant District Attorney
Thomas C. Taylor.
Funk will be represented by MessTs. ID.
w Baker and Newton c. Price. 1t is eX-
pected that the trial Will last ten or TIVE We
days AS this time will extend into the
Christmas holidays 1t is not believed that
Benjamin II. Smell. who is charged with
the murder of Lizzie Weisenberger, will be
called to trial until after the lst Of jan
uary 1900.