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Douglas Island news., 1900-08-01
The NOrthIand The Latest News, frOT Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed. Information for Everybody.

Bed rock on the Panama is from to , feet. This makes the ground availa- ble only for summer diggings, being too shallow for winter work.
 When navigation closes on the Yukon and winter sets in it is proposed to put in fully equipped stage line be- tween Dawson and White Horse.
 It is understood that while the fare from White Horse to Dawson has been cut to S15, the rate of S75 from Dawson to White Horse is still in operation.
 The Flyer line last week was selling tickets from White Horse to Dawson for sl5. The Nondike Corporation ad- vertise to meet all cuts and go one bet ter.
 The Chilkoot Packing company eX- poets to put up 10000 cases of salmon this season. The run in Lynn canal this season is one of the heaviest ever known.
 Since the Panama strike Circle City has revived and business of all kinds is flourishing. The camp now has a population of 800, winch is steadily in- creasing.
 The White Pass R. R., anticipating low water in the Yukon river, is con- structing a feet of scows to meet the emergency of tying up the larger of the steamers.
 Returning Koyukuk prospectors re- port but two streams-Slate and Myrtle in that district any good. Cost of provisions in that country is too great for poor man.
 There were four hold-ups on the streets of Nome within four hours on the evening of June 28th, and the vic tins were relieved of sums ranging from S25.5O to 5000.
 The first commercial drummer to go into the upper Yukon basin with sam ples invaded that country in March last. Now they are so numerous as to create no comment.
 Gen. o. L. spalding, first assistant secretary of the treasury, is in Alaska on tour of inspection of the custom ! houses and other branches of the treas ury department in this district.
 It isreported that on Maeauley creek i IS miles east of White Horse, placer gold has been discovered that will go l5 cents to the pan. A force of men will be put at work sluicing the ground.
 Skagway business men are agitatinG the question of the repeal of the bond ing privilege with great earnestness but the prospects for favorable actior by the government are very remote Alaska has no votes to bolster up tht wavering fortunes of the dominant powers, and consequently her people cut but little ice in national affairs.
Douglas Island news., 1900-08-01

The name of the dead man recently found on the Porcupine trail is said to be George Metcalf, but who he was, where he came from, or how he died, has not been determined. It is said that Indians discovered the dead body three months ago, but owing to the eX- citement occasioned by developments in the Horton murder, were afraid to make their discovery known, fearing an attempt might be made to trace his death to them.
 The Skagway Budget of a recent date says on the arrival of the train last night several men were seen with bun dies about foot long and six inches thick on their shoulders. They were returning Klondikers who carried more or less dust with them in that manner It is such sights as this that cause men and women, too-to quit vacations where they are earning an easy liveli- hood and strike out into unknown wiIds in quest of fortunes that may never come to them.
 The government officials at St. Mi chael are getting ready to send out one or two government launches to search the various deltas of the mouth of the Yukon for people who have been lost by taking the wrong channel in going down. At least thirty cases are known where boats passed the mission above the deltas and have never reached St. Michael It is claimed that fully 150 persons who foated down the Yukon in small boats have been lost or delay. ed in these false channels, which are as tortuous and hard to get out of as the inlets and bayous of the coast of Flor ida or the side channels of the river Amazon.
 Dick Miller has just returned to Dawson from Tanana, where he went to represent Dick Lowe, a we'll known Klondiker. Miller staked two claims, and says he believes the district will be much better than Nome, but it is at disadvantage because of being re- mote from supplies and the cost of freighting to the camp being very high. He corroborates the report that it costs S1.25 a pound to have freight talk en into the camp from Circle. Many of those who have staked in the field have not capital to work their claims extensively Therefore, the demand for labor is not great, and laborers are warned not to go in yet. The Tanana, Miller says, was stampeded and staked in May.
 A correspondent writing from Daw- son. says: I have been in all the min ing camps in British Columbia and in many in the states, but Dawson is the unioue one of them all. I never saw a place where business and other ar rangements are carried on as they are there. There are nearly as many peo- ple on the streets all night as there are during the day. When we arrived there on the Yukoner, after 12o'clock at night, I am sure there were 5000 peo- ple around the wharf. That is pretty nearly the whole town. Very little business is done before 10 o'clock in the morning and then some of the stores stay open until l o'clock at night. Business goes on right along through the evening and night as we'll as if it were the afternoon.
Douglas Island news., 1900-08-01

Of 10000 shares of stock in the Lynn Canal Shore Line railway, at par val ue of S1O, offered for sale in Skagway, 65OO shares had been subscribed on Ju- Iy 25th. A6p cent payment of the purchase amount was required on all sales.
 The conglomerate gold deposits of Indian river, in connection with the White Horse copper and the hydraulic and quartz mines of Atlin, makes the future of the great north secure beyond a doubt.
 Governor General NGinto, of Canada, and Lieutenant Governor Jolly, of British Columbia, are soon to pay wis it to the Klondike. They are coming north on the British revenue cutter Quadra.
 The coast line of Alaska, says Mir. Tittman, the U. s. boundary commis- sioner, is of wonderful extent It has a greater mileage, feel safe in saying, than all that of the Atlantic coast, the Gulf coast and the Pacific states in az. gregate.
 A small pox quarantine station has been established at Caribou, and all passengers for the inside have to be eX- amined by the physician in charge before being allowed to land from the boats.
 A California prospector by the name of Wyucll and his partner got lost in the Cassiar district, and Wyuck suc- cumbed to starvation. His partner managed to subsist on wild berries and roots and finally reached a camp.
 Thirty-one head of cattle, bound for the Dawson butcher shops. were start ed over the Skagway trail Wednesday morning, says the News. They are the property of Robt. Levoc, who is taking them through in bond. This is the first band of cattle to be driven over the pass for some time. It is reported that there is an abundance of feed along the trail and that the grass is l especially fine beyond the summit.
 A writer to California paper says it is all mistake about bad water at Nome and that sickness is caused by the careIessness of the men. He says be has seen men come up from the beach with six or eight ounces of dust, go to a gambling table, stay an hour or two, go back to the beach broke and full to the neck, and no doubt eat food that was half cooked. That is the way a great many of the people get sick.
 The White Horse Star says that an AtIin government official was accustom- ed to charge s2.5o for the privilege of Iayovers, records, etc, to such an extent l that when local miner was dying he requested the official to come and see him, when be informed the representa- tive of the B. c. government that he could not pass away happily without paying the customary two and half for that privilege. Another fact has just come to light despite desperate eff forts to keep it secret. It is now we'll known that one of the men working on railway construction in the vicinity of Bennett was blown about mile high by charge of dynamite. On return ing to work 15 minutes was deducted from his time, that being the duration of his novel journey.
Douglas Island news., 1900-08-01

A correspondent of the Victoria Col onist says the white population of Uc- Iuelet are jubilant over their mining prospects in Wreck bay. They all have interests in it, and the results shown are far beyond their expectations. spent three days there and have inter- viewed each member individually and they are most sanguine. Wreck bay extends to a distance of three miles, and the beach has all been taken up. The next prospecting will he done on Long beach, twelve miles in length, situated one and a half miles from Wreck bay. The gold is fiaky but cas- fly saved. I saw pan of very nice colors. They frequently get in their best pay streaks as high as one dollar to the pan.
 Dr. F. B. Whiting, of Skagway, writes to the Alaskan of that city that the far famed city of Dawson today presents an appearance in marked contradistinc- ton to that which she previously en- ioyed when money flowed like water over bars and card tables and in dance halls, and every miner dumped his we'll filled poke with the easy grace of mil lionaire. As matter of fact, Dawson the world renowned home of bonanza kings and glittering Monte Carlos, has lost it's brilliant and roseate hue of wore and must now be relegated to her own class-a common, every day town. To be sure, the mines are yielding more. doubly more than previously, but they are owned and controlled by men who are not of the high rolling class, or have served their time in that line and gotten over the first great shock to their nervous systems when they suddenly came to realize they were wealthy, and live now settled down to an every day moderately tenn perate life.
 Frank Brackett, of SkagWay, also keeper of the road houses at Upper and Lower LaBarge last winter, and Irvie Mead, also of Skagway, experienced eX- traordinary hardships and privations in making the trip from Fort Yukon to the Koyukuk diggings this spring, says the Alaskan. They lost the trail. Brackett and Mead started in with horses packed with supplies. Gradual ly they threw away part of their sup plies and frightened the load upon the beasts. This did not avail. The ami mals grew weaker and weaker and had to be abandoned. The men then went on afoot. They struck out and only seemed to get deeper and deeper into wilderness. Their entire stock of food giving out, they killed and ate their malamute dog. When the canine flesh was gone they killed and ate hoot owl. They were unsatisfied as to the cravings of the inner man until they met prospector named Stewart, who had a small amount of food. He help ed them and took them to his cabin sixty miles away. Brackett and Mead, after all, had travelled only about one hundred miles until they came upon Stewart. The report was sent out to Bert Dickey in Dawson, and given by him to the Dawson Nugget. MT. Dick ey was partner with Mir. Bracket last winter in tle road house business at LaBarge. a5
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Douglas Island news., 1900-08-01
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
CATHOLIC CHURCH;

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 Mass with Sermon 1O;OO A. NJ. Sunday School 500 r. M. Rosary. Lecture and Benediction 7:O0 P; NJ.
 Priest, Rev. Father r. C. Bou&lS' S' J.. CONGREGA ATIONAL CHURCH-Rev Fl. Ham, moDd Cole, pastor. Regular services every Sunday. in the morning at lO:Sl o'clock ana in the evening at 7:45 o'clock. Sunday school in the afternoon at o'clock. The Society or Christian Eudeavor meets every Wednesday, evening at 7:45 o'clock. Seats free. The pubic cordially invited Co attend.
 EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services held at Odd Fellows Hall every Sunday evening.
 Rev. H. J. Gurr. FRIENDS CHURCH-ResuIar services otthe The New Friends Church. Sabbath School II ~ "' In' ~ Native Services II "; .ii Fvenina Services For Whites. I:t% Prayer meeting. Wednesday evening at 65:d99 5:d99 Christian Endeavor, Friday evenIHg at S:UVO Junior C. E.. Saturday @'W Teachers meeting every Monday evening at X o'clock at private houses. ADv and alI are cordially invited and wei romed at all of these services.
 REV. c. \. REPLOGLE, Pastor
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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-12
GOVERNMENT
Of THE CUbANS

Havana, April 12.-The democratic
union party held meeting to discuss the
question of the advisory board referred to
in the recently published program of the
party. which has been attacked by the OPP.
ponents of the movement. AS result Of
the meeting a circular was issued ex-
planning that the advisory board was in
tended to be transtory in nature and only
designed as means to help the Cubans
secure some voice in the management OF
affairs while the period of intervention
lasted. The circular emphatically dis
claimed any intention by the institution
of an advisory board to assist in pro-
longing the intervention period.
Senor Pierra. one of the leaders of the
democratic union party has published a
letter in answer to the persistent attacks
of the discussion upon the members of
the federal party He says: THE same
men who are now attacking the advent Of
the autonomists in the political field were
recently endeavoring to persuade the au-
Economists to join them in forming a
party
Gaulberton Gomez and Manuel Sam
gully, leaders of the federal party. have
published retort to this, in the course
of which they say: "In private confer
ences which took place between ourselves
and the leaders of the democratic union
party the latter expressed themselves as
being very distrustful of the Americans.
as doubtful regarding the fulfillment OF
the joint resolution of congress, and as
confident that in any event, the inter-
Vention would last many years. The
democratic union leaders said it would be
better to form a party charged with the
care and development of the resources OF
the country and with bringing about CIV
ic reforms, in order that the people and
country should not remain neglected, es-
pecially as everything might end in Cuba
not getting independence after ALL AS
for ourselves, our position consists in
loyalty accepting the promises of the
Americans and we shall work for imme-
diate intervention considering every post
ponement unjustiflable."
The leaders of the democratic union
have rejoined with this: I'VE have not
doubted the sincerity of the Americans,
but we have doubted their ability to es-
tablish stable government in Cuba with
the existing lack of order in the political
world and the general anarchy that pre-
walls among the people and therefore we
have advocated the formation of COM
prehensive party to aid the Americans in
forming stable government"
Yesterday was the last day for the
Spaniards to register in order to preserve
their nationality. There was no particular
rush of applicants and consequently no
need to have recourse to the issuance of
tickets emitting the holders to return for
registration at some later day. All who
applied had an opportunity to enroll.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-12
viii Sail For Manila.

San Francisco, April 12.-All the men,
bers of the Philippine ecommittiona are now
here. except Henry c. Ide of Vermont,
who is expected to-day. Prof. Bernard
Moses, the California member will enter
tain his colleagues at the university club
to-day after which they will hold for
NAL meeting to elect secretary.
The commissioners expect to sail for
Manila ON the transport Hancock about
the 10th inst. They are accompanied by
their families. The clerical force to ac-
company the commission consists of
secretary, assistant secretary, Spanish
secretary, translator and private secre-
tary for each member. There will be 43
people in the party The ladies and
children are to be left at Yokohama for
a month. until the commissioners have
secured houses and made everything
ready for their comfort.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-12

lief, and were met and turned back by
French's energetic cavalry, the enemy in
their flight passed by several low kopjes
where Roberts horse had pickets One of
them slated them from a 600 yard range.
A young officer nearer 1000 than 900
yards from the Beers, seeing there was
no chance Of the enemy coming his way.
took il upon himself to ride out with
thin squadron to within 300 yards of the
retreating Beers. There he dismounted
his men and began firing rapidly into the
enemy, emptying half a hundrd saddles.
The Beers halted, resumed the fire, pick
ed up most of their wounded and put
them into wagons; but the officer stood
his ground, and the enemy trekked, leav-
ing him victor. OF such 2pldiers, are good
leaders made.
There are said to be symptoms Of
horse sickness about, but as 1 take it so
far, hunger is it's worst form and that
with overwork has dotted the veldt with
carcasses of animals, poisoned the air Of
old camps, and brought hither such omin-
GUS swarms of vultures fear the amiable
society for the prevention of cruelty to
animals would despair of us and itself,
We're it's representatives here; they would
have so much that is impossible to at
tempt to put right. 1t is suggestive of a
more than healthy appetite to see horses
wildly browsing upon African heather
and scrub, or plunging for the straw cas-
ing OF old bottles and hamper stuffing.''
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-12
For B0er DefcDSeS.

London, April 3.-(Correspondence g. Of
the Associated Press): Mr.. Bennett Bur-
leigh writing to the Daily Telegraph un-
der date of March 9Th says: Our friend
the willy BOer is at his own cOngenial
game along our front. Every rough kopje
and defensive position he is industriously
fortifying I have ridden out and seen
him digging trenches, building stone
walls, erecting sandbag redoubts, mount
ing cannon and preparing to receive us In
the direction he hopes we shall advance.
For such a country he has made choice Of
the strongest possible lines. The eighteen
miles he is entrenching southward from
the Modder skip from range to range Of
low. strong kopjes. North of the Modder.
upon other hills. he has detachments
watching us, and guns in emplacements
upo4 table topped hills. His right rests
upon large, fiat HILL his center and left
among nests of conical kopjes, where he
can hide his men and conceal his cannon.
Yesterday March 81, watched the Boers
at work for hours. Nearly every mOrn-
ing there are outpost affairs between our
cavalry and the,n. Today a few guns
were by either side. and the cracking Of
musketry went on for hours. The ranges
were long and consequently, little dam
age resulted.
.Some ten days ago. a smart thing was
done by subaltern, In Roberts --hnrse
A body of Beers FASTENED to Cronj's re-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-12
Bnilding ColIapSes.

Pittsburg. April PA four story
brick building at the corner of Wood
street and Second avenue, occupied by
Armstrong, Mckelvey & Co, wholesale
paint dealers, collapsed without warning
shortly before 10 o'clock. A score or
more people We're in the building and
many were buried in the ruins. One
dead body and three injured persons have
been taken from the ruins. One body
was identified as Oscar Biget a carpen-
ter The injured are Noel Casper.
Shang and an unknown man. The cause
of the accident was a weakening of the
partitions. One hundred men We're soon
at work searching the building. At l
o'clock portion of the third floor fell
in and five searchers We're caught in the
debris. but were rescued without injury.
At O'Clock the bodies of man and a
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-12
Republican State Meeting.

New York, April 12.-The indications
are that the republican state meeting in
this city next week will be brief and har-
monious. At the headquarters of the re-
publican state committee, in the Fifth
Avenue hotel, it is said there probably
will be no work for committee on GEN.
tested seats for convention. Nearly all
the delegates to the convention have
been elected, and there are no contests
to be decided by the convention.
There was a report that the delegation
from Troy, controlled by Ex-Governor
Black, might meet opposition, but Mr..
Black Informed his friends in this city
that there will be no opposition. The
resolutions to be adopted by the state
convention will be passed upon by the
state committee at it's meeting at the
Fifth Avenue hotel on Monday evening.
1t is already settled that Senator Platt,
Senator Depew, Governor Roosevelt and
Chairman Odell of the state committee
will be elected as delegates -at-large to
the national convention. Senator Els
berg, who is to be the temporary chair
man of the convention, and Congressman
Sherman, who is to be permanent chair
man, are under instructions it is UNDER
stood, to prepare short and pithy
speeches. With all the work we'll out
lined in advance, 1t is said the conven-
ton will have only one, short session.
The presidential electors will be chosen
by the convention as reported by the dis
tricts, and the convention will ratify the
choice of members of the new state COM
mittee elected by the district delegates
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-12
Right to Levy Tariff.

Washington, April Ex-senator Cullom
presented the conference report on the
legislative, executive and judicial bill.
The report was agreed to.
Jones of Arkansas, chairman, address.
ing the senate on question of personal
privilege, defended his action in offering
an amendment to the Porto Rico tariff
billl. proposing to refund the duties that
had been collected from the people Of
Porto Rico to the people who had paid
these duties. Jones said he had offered
his resolution from the conviction that
the government had no right to levy
tariff duties upon products coming from
Porto Rico and as the government had
no such right it was common honesty to
give the money back to the people from
whom it has been taken. He had with
drawn the amendment, having become
satisfied that the whole matter should be
left to the courts to determine.
Morgan made an unsuccessful attempt
to have the Nicaragua canal bill made
the order of business for 2 o'clock April
80.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-12
Heavy British Losses.

London, April 12.-Elandslaagte and
Wepener still monopolize attention. At
both places series of indecisive actions
are occurring. The Boer report Of the
fighting on April 10. at Elandslaagte
AYERS that the advance on the British
camp was made with the loss of only
three mules and two horses, while the
British losses, says the same report, must
have been heavy. The bombardment
lasted all day.
Nothing has been learned regarding the
rumor of Colonel -Powell's death
nor is there anything tending to show
how long the general advance towards
Pretoria will be delayed.
In the absence of exciting developments
public interest centers more upon the per-
sonality of the new commanders and in
the suppositions as to who the next gen.
eral will be to be sent home.
The announcement of the reoccupation
of Smithfield by the burghers. just re-
ceived, is no news as the small British
force at that place withdrew thence after
the Redersberg affair.