Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-08-09
One In Twenty Comes Home as Well OIL As
He Went Away,
MCKINLEY WILL CARRY PACIFIC STATES.
San Francisco is the Great Rendezvous
For Soldiers Enroute To the
Orient.

"All is not gold that glitters," is an
old saying, but nevertheless a very true
one. The vision Of fancy may be
painted in high color by the genius of
but gsGdy tinsel and rain
bow tinted mirage are quickly dissipat-
ed, and soon melt away in the light of
an unobstructed sun. Air castles may
endure for a day, but when the col
lapse comes, the debris that follows in
it's wake is cast aside by heartless,
cold and cruel world.
Wednesday, Mr. H r. Cory, business
manager of "Hoyt's "A Midnight Bell''
company, was pleasant caller at the
Leader office, and talked entertaining
ly on matters in general. and of the
conditions in the west and northwest
in particular.
Mr.. Cory came direct to this place
from Seattle, and he gave the Leader
some interesting facts concerning the
Alaskan gold-seekcrs. He says that
during the months Of spring and early
summer the rush for Cape Nome,where
gold was supposed 20 pile up like the
riches of Or mund and Ind, the out
pour of people was simply enormous.
They came from every crack and cram
ny of the country, until the city of Sc
attic was one seething mass of human
30 bn nn1lon nntc nj
the other end of the rainbow. In one
week alone during the month OF March
seven thousand people took passage on
an outgoing steamer The fare for the
round trip from Seattle to Cape Nome
is one hundred dollars and the race
charged for freight is forty dollars per
ton. The large ships have a carrying
capacity of four to six hundred pass
engers, and six thousand tons OF
freight; which shows that the trans
portation companies are growing rich.
The proceeds from one trip of large
steamer amount to cne hundred thous-
and dollars. Cape Nome now has q
population of thirty thousand people
nearly all of whom are anxious to get
away. Four thousand have applied
to the government for passage home.
1t is stated upon good authority that
about one person in two hundred
took with him. No passengers of any
number worth mentioning are now go
ing away. On the other hand, every
body there is anxious to get back. The
pots CT gold have turned out to be bar
rem banks of sand, and the fabulous
riches are yet far away.
OF the political situation on the Pa
cifc Slope, Mr. Cory said: There is
no doubt that Mckinley will carry the
states of California, Oregon and Wash
ington. The policy of the government
is very popular out there, and meets
with the hearty approval of a large
majority of the people. Business is good
all up and down the coast, the large
output of people and products of our
country for the Orient making it SO.
San Francisco is the general rendez-
vous. Large numbers of soldiers have
gone from the Golden Gate" to the
Philippines, and thousands more are
now being modified there for service
against the Chinese Boxers"
Mr., Cory will be here for week. He
says the prospects for a good season
for the "A Midnight Bell company
are most promising The company Is
now rehearsing here, and will give
their opening performance at the Ma
rietta Auditorium on the evening of
Monday, August 20th. This drama is
written in four acts, after the style of
"Shoreacres" and old Homestead" :"
and is described by critics as being Mr.
Hoyt's best product from a dramatic
standpoint. The scene is laid in New
England, and the leading role is the
character of the old church deacon.