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THE MILW AUKEE.'

a familiar name for the Chicago,
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ell over the Union as the Great Rail.
way running the Pioneer Limited
trains every day and night vetween 81.
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

Notice Is hereby given tha, rurruant
to an order made and entered In the
county court of the state OF Oregon
for Clatsop county on the 9Oth day OF
April. 1900. the undersigned adminls-
traitor OF the estate OF 4. w. Coleman,
deceased. VIII on Monday, the 9th day
OF July. 1900. at the hour OF two o'clock
D. M. IN front OF the court house door
az the city OF Astoria, In Clatsop coun-
". state OF Oregon. offer for sale and
sell at auction TO the highest bidder
for cash. all OF the following described
real estate situated In said county. to-
wilt:
The north half OF the southwest quar-
ter. and the west half OF the southeast
Quarter OF Section number one ~, In
Township six (6), north OF Range nine
9l, west OF the Willamette meridian.
rated at Astoria, Oregon. this first
day OF May. 1900
c. w. FULTON,
Administrator.
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Net rates uI first class and 81 second
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Rates aud tickets 90 Eastern points
and Europe. Also japan. China, Hcno.
lulu ana Australia. Can bo obtained
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Third street.
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FINAL ACCOUNT.

Notice In hereby given. that the un.
derslgned. administrator OF the estats
OF ]. w. Mlnaker. deceased. has filed
~ the county court OF the state OF
oregon for Clatsop county. his final
account as such administrator, and the
same has been set for hearing Mon.
day. the 10th day OF July. 1900 at 10
oelock n. m. at the county court rooms
AZ the court house. In the City OF AS
lorla, In clatsop county. Oregon.
All persons Interested In said estate
are hereby notified 10 then and there
appear and show cause, n any. WHY
the said fnal account should not be
allowed and the personal property be.
longing 10 said estate distributed, the
administrator discharged and his
bondsmcn exoncrats1.
s. 8. GORDON.
Administrator OF the Estate OF ]. w
Minaker. Deceased.
Dated this Sth day OF June. 1900.
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THE LOUVRE.

Strangers visiting in the city will find
the Louvre an attractive resort wherein
to spend the evening. The ANIME Sisters
Ladies' Orchestra is still on the bills and
presents nightly musical program Of
exceptional merit, Handsome pool and
billiard rooms are a feature in connection
with the house. Palatable lunches will
be served at all nours
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SPECIAL SEASIDE SUNDAY TRAIN
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Seaside S:B a. m.
Passengers may return on any train
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and rail line TO and from nwaco and
North Beach points.
THRoUo' TICKETS on sale At AZ.
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Eastern and European points.
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YAMHlLL DIVISION.
Passenger depot foot OF Jefferson 81


Leave for oswego daily at 7:aO. sS:te
a. M; 1880. 1855. 3;26. b.l5, S:2j' sos
1850 p. NJ: and $500 a. m. on Sunday
only. Arrive az Portland daily AZ q, az
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TiO. 1000 y. M; 1910 a, m. daily SI.
cept Monday; $3.50 and 1906 a. m. on
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day. at $3.50 y, m. Arrive at Portland
at $50 n. m.
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days at 2:t5 y. m. Returns Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays.
Except Sunday.
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slaves, in whose jungTed retreats and
Businesses the bloodhound of the slavehold-
er often lost his scent. The Swamp is for
the mostpart covered with dense forests of
cypress, Juniper white cedar, and upon
dryer ridges beech and oak trees, where the
soil is largely overgrown with reeds; but
nearly all of the most valuable timber has
now been cut down, to furnish shingles,
ship timber, rails boards, slaves, railroad
ties, and firewood. ''. "f
For nearly 200 years this vast water
soaked forest known as the Dismal Swamp
has been visited by the woodman in quest of
cypress, juniper, and other wood. Gen.
Washington, who visited the Swamp
when young man of 21, as a surveyor,
in his report speaks of the Dismal and
Jericho Canals, as well as of many bitches
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one can get an idea of the true meaning
of the word wet. 1t is then the wettest OF
places, for not only do torrents descend
from the skies, but the long, flexible stems
Of the cane are said to be so exquisitely
!, adjusted that the water dripping from
them nicely slips down the backs of suf-
fering humanity. And then the yellow
flies and mosketoes and the thousand and
one insects that swarm the place remind
one of Dantes Inferno; for snakes, turtles,
crocodiles, and all kinds and manner OF
fish are said to abound in this most dismal
of swamps.
On sunny days snakes and other reptiles
crawl out upon the ends of the canes and
bushes that overhang the canals, and as
| one poles along there is series OF quick
splashes as snake after snake drops into the
water.
The turtles are mostly small, and are
known as "snappers," and are about as
large as our wood tortoise that abound
| in the bitches. Their black shells are
| besprinkled with spots of orange, and look
quite pretty.
The water of the Dismal Swamp Is one
of its most interesting features. The color
of it is a rich, dark, coffee-brown, as seen
in the canals and in Lake Drummond, but
nearly that of sherry when small amount
is taken up. This is due to the vast guam
, tity of finely-divided vegetable matter it
contains, and, strange to say, 1t makes an
excellent, healthful drinking water, pleas
ant in flavor, and, If one may believe the
local sages, tonic in its properties by reason
of the particles of juniper wood suspended
in it and mixed into the berries of that
wood, known in German as "WochholdeT
beeren."
In former years 1t wss much sought after
by vessels going on long voyages. The
antiseptic virtue of this water is said to be
almost marvellous. Stumps and logs of
cypress that have long been buried beneath
the surface Of the Swamp remain in excel
lent preservation, and now that the best of
the standing timber has been removed
thew are eagerly being sought by lumber
men. Berries have been known to keep
their color and plumpness for months in
this remarkable water.
The Dismal Swamp, contrary to popular
impression, is not an unhealthful place.
Malaria is said to be unknown there, and
people often visit tfe place to get rid Of it.
"Befo' de wah," when yellow fever was a
periodical scourge in Norfolk, an enter |
prising hotel keeper put up a frame building |
on the shores of Lake Drummond, and |
advertised health resort. The place was |
soon crowded with the sick, lame, halt, |
and blind, and with refugees from the |
pestilence.
It throve and f1ourished for quite while i
But Midsummer came, and with it the
yellow flies and mosketoes, when straight
way guests and employees left the hotel
never to more return. 1t is said that Au-
tumn is delightful season for visit to the
Dismal Swamp, especially if one Is in
search of sport with rifle or shotgun.
Up to Thanksgiving the air is soft, mild,
and balmy; a light haze rests upon the
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About 1000 miles. west OF the Klondike,
| which drove gold-seekers mad three years
ago, lies Nome City, the center Of the latest
gold-feld discoveries in Alaska, situated on
the north shore of Norton Sound, shallow
arm of the Siberian Ocean.
The story of the birth and growth Of this
mushroom city, built upon its golden
foundation, surpasses the wonders of
fable.
The Nome gold field is beyond all others
the poor mans heritage, for here the preci-
GUS metal is washed from the sands of the
beach in such abundance that two men pro-
vided simply with hand-rocker, a shovel,
bucket with which 10 dip up sea water, all
last Summer were washing out from SIS to
$500 day. For A. miles the eager gold
hunters were strung along the beach and
the full extent of the diggings is not known,
but is believed by those who have been
there TO extend perhaps not less than $50
miles along the shore.
After all, the richest deposits are not upon
the beach. The beach diggngs We're not
first discovered, for no one thought Of wash
ing sea sand for gold, but in accordance
with precedent made their first prospects
| and discoveries in the pulchCS and creek
1
Snake River and Nome River, which enter
Norton Sound about five miles apart and
between WHICH stands Nome City.
This back country is called tundra,
which consists of from two TO three feet OF
muck everything the gravel.
-Four or five miles back from the coast are
ranges of hills 700 or 800 feet high, dividing
the water-courses, and here, unlike the
Klondike country, there is found mineral
bearing rock in position.
Prior TO July, 1888, there We're no white
Residents III the Cape Nome district, a few
Eskimos being the sole inhabitants The
nearest settlement of whites was at Council
City, 100 miles away or, TO give it the name
it is best known by, Golofnin Bay.
This was mining town and rendezvous
for pr0spectors. Among these prospectors
there was II. l.. Blake, who early in 1898
heard from some Eskimos that there was
gold at Cape Nome. Blake organized q
party consisting of himself, F. Porter, the
Rev, o. Hultberg, Chris Kimber and Dr.
Taylor, of Chicago. Hultberg, by the way,
is a Swede., and missionary sent by the
Lutheran Church 10 Alaska to work among
the natives.
Blako's party sailed up the coast from
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The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Will
you please explain to me, as well as to a
great many others who are readers of your
valuable paper, the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty?
E. A. H., Owasso, Mich.
THE Clayton-Bulwer Treaty was made
between the United States and Great
Britain, by the terms of which the United
States and Great Britain were to have equal
rights in any canal that might be con-
structed across the American isthmus al
Panama or Nicarauga, and provided also
that Great Britain should not take possess
sion of any more territory in Central
America.
The British Government violated theis
part of the treaty by extending their do.
minions in Honduras, and, for that reason,
Secretary Blaine proposed to abrogate the
treaty. When Cleveland was President.
however, he acknowledged that the treaty
was i'll force, but there is no doubt that the
present Administration proposes to put,
through the Nicaragua Canal bill if pos-e
sible, refusing 10 recognize any right Of
Great Britain and putting the canal solely
under American control, fortifyipg it at
each end a'id :lhrogating the Clayton
Eulwec "re,:. y.-EDrrOR.1
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Confederate ironclads from entering Abe
marie Sound via the Dismal Swamp Canal
and Roanoke River in the rear of Norfolk
and Suffolk, and then attack and drive the
Union forces from Roanoke Island and Hat
teras Inlet, thus reopening the entire coast of
North Carolina. This was to be accom-
plished by cutting and destroying the Cul-
peper and other locks in the canal to within
about eight miles in the rear or south of
Norfolk.
1t was again near the Swamp at the
siege of Suffolk in the Spring of 1863, when
Longstreet besieged it with force estimated
at about 10000 men, while the Union
forces We're commanded by Gen. John j.
Peck, lately deceased, who held the little
village with force estimated at about
1900.
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lake and forest, through which glows the
brilliant scarlet of the red maple foliage.
The small ponds scattered through the
Swamp are visited then by many a flock
of brant, geese, and ducks on their way to
the sounds of North Carolina. Then the
'possums grow slick AMI fat upon persim-
mons and pawpaws, or "'possum pocket
apples" as they are called. Then also the
| black fruits of the cotton gum, or, locally,
paw-paw, attract the hungry eyes of Master
Bruin. An old darky often said: AN you
can hear dem poppin' 'em atween der teeth
| a long way"
If Bruin We're content with such honestly.
comedy fruit he would be likely to live long
and happy and die at a ripe old age, for the
| odds are somewhat heavily against his
career being terminated by the rife of a
hunter, but when the beautiful golden
corn stands ripe beneath the Autumn
moon and the field seems abandoned to his
pleasure, it is not in bear nature TO resist
the temptation TO go proving about for
other game-for fresh fields and pastures
new" Then as he ambles clumsily along,
he IS likely to encounter the cruel wire
which pulls the trigger of a cunningly-set
gun, and TO get a skinfull of slugs and bull
lets for his pains.
Take it all in all or where You will, the
Dismal Swamp has a charm that falls upon
all who visit the place. The very loneliness
and vast wilderness of it helps to increase
this feeling. Although one no longer
hears the startling tales of great monsters,
lions, allgators, and other wild beasts,
there is not wanting a delicious sense Of
unexplored fastness, far beyond our vision,
in which wild beasts of the forests have
found a last hiding-place.
Tales of apparitions, such as Moore's
white maid, and the ghostly full-rigged
ship that is said to be seen on Lake Drum
mond in times of storms, are still firmly
rooted in the negro folklore. Then, there
are many legends OF desperate runaway
slaves who took refuge in the Swamp in
ante-bellum days. With its native weird
beauty, its strange history and yet stranger
tradition, the Dismal Swamp has come to
hold place somewhat akin to mystery and
the deathless shore in the Imagination Of
men.
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luck to hit it right, as the ice and SNOW
that covered the ground made it impossible
to dig, and then they returned to Council
City to spend the Winter.
The earliest work that can be done al
Cape Nome is in June, and at least 5000
men rushed into the country then. Mr..
BlakeSiee was among the number, and in
his party, which consisted entirely of Chi
cago men, were G. G. Kester, James Nc
Coskrie, who is now recorder for the Sin
rook District; Sid Woffindin, T.. j. Fisher,
+. r. Leonard, Carroll Bennett, W. c.
I'itley. Robert Chips. c. b. Pratt, III. NJ.
Baker c. O. Russell, f. f. Winters, w. H.
Kelly and G.. c. Webster. The rush then
was all for the gulches back in the country,
where there is Il hilly formation, cut up by
numerous streams.
1t was not until July that some inquisi-
tive gold-seeker Investigated the beach
sand and found it rich.
The beach at Nome is what is known as
ruby sand. 1t is very heavy, and is full of
minute rubies and garnets There are
three layers of this sand bearing gold, the
first about three feet below the surface
The trouble with the tundra gold-felds
is the lack of water, which practically bars
the poor man from working them. Water
will have to be forced there to wash out the
gold or expensive fumes or bitches con-
structed to tap some of the streams in the
hills and conduct the water to the spot.
AS the country is entirely timberless the
expense of the first plan would be enor-
nous, as all the lumber would have to be
brought up from Seattle, and as for the
ditch project, the scarcity of labor In
country where every man has chance to
be his own boss and accumulate a possible
fortune can be.tmagined.
But capital is bound to take hold of that
section of the country and overcome these
difficulties, and when 1t does no man would
dare to hazard a guess now as to what the
yearly production will amount to.
This range OF hills spoken of is cut up in
many places by streams, and it was along
the gulches formed by these streams that
the Anderson party located all its claims.
The mining laws allow prospectors to 10
cate one claim of 20 acres on any creek or
on any of its tributaries. That is, if there
were 20 creeks man might locate claim
on each creek, and after stalking it out and
paying the Recorders fee of 50. so for each
claim, it would be his.
The Anderson party located claims on
Anvil Creek, Glacier Creek, Snow Gulch,
Rock Creek, Lindblom Creek, Twin Mount
aims, Dry Creek, Dexter Creek. and Coopsr
Gulch, besides many others. Beginning
operations In June with force of 100 men,
they have taken out i'll the four months in
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Golofnin Bay TO Cape Nome, and began to
prospect. They found the country was
rich in mineral, but the idea of trying the
beach never entered their heads.
Neither did they stake cut any claims,
but returned to Golofnin Bay early in Sep
tember with an agreement among the party
to say nothing of the richness of the new
field, and to giup in the Spring, stake their
claims, and begin operations.
Rev. Mr.. Hultberg assented TO this agree
ment, which, he declared, exactly suited
him, as he had 10 return at once TO the
United States. Blake accompanied the
clergyman as far as St Michael's on his
homeward voyage, and then returned TO
Golofnin Bay.
On the same vessel that carried Blake
back TO Golofnin Bay was letter written
at st. Michael's by Rev. Mr.. Hultberg to
the Rev. Mr.. Anderson, another Lutheran
missionary, then at Golofnin Bay, in which
the whole story of the discovery and rich
ness of the Cape Nome district was revealed.
Rev MIR. Anderson knew a good thing as
well as the next man, and didn't let any
grass grow under his feet. He received
Hultberg's letter, and by Sept. % had or
ganized a party and started by boat for
Cape Nome. In the party, beside the Rev.
Mr.. Anderson, were Dr. Kettelson, in charge
of the Governments reindeer department at
Golofnin Bay; Eric o. Lindblom, Japhet
Linderberg, John Brindesen, and Gabriel
Price, the son-in-!aw of G. ID. Lane, a Cali
fornia mining millionaire.
This party, on arrival at Cape Nome, by
using the inside information furnished them
by Hultberg, was able to at once proceed
TO the richest sections of the district and
stake out claims They We're even able to
do a little washing before they returned,
and actually took out 81, 800 in dust from
No. 8, above Discovery, on Anvil Creek, be-
fore they went back to winter at Golofnin
Bay. They got back Nov. 20.
Having located all the claims they
wanted, the members of the Anderson party
had no object in keeping secret the facts
about the new Eldorado, and vertable
stampede at once set in, and in two days
Council City was almost depopulated.
The weather was bitterly cold, but that
made no difference. Those who had the
means got dog sledges; those who didn't
started t0 walk over the ice. Many OF the
adventurers actually started without pro-
visions or any knowledge of where they
We're going. trusting that the charity Of
those They might fall in with on the way
would furnish them food, while the trail
Of the sledges would lead them to the land
Of gold,
All they could do at Cape Nome on ar
rival was to stake out claims, trusting to
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The Dismal Swamp is an extensive
morass, partly in North Carolina and
partly in Virginia, extending 40 miles
south from Norfolk, Va, and about 25
miles east and west. In about the center
of the Swamp is Lake Drummond, six
miles long and three miles wide, and when
full q feet above high-water on the surface.
Two canals run through the Swamp, one
known as the Dismal, the other as the
Jericho Canal.
The great channel of transportation is
the former, which connects the west branch
of the Elizabeth with the Pasquotank River.
Part of the morass or bogland has been
drained and devoted to agriculture.
The "Dismals," as they are locally called,
We're formerly, both before and during the
rebellion, noted retreats for runaway
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Malay Treachery in the Philippines.

Gen. Otis was conversant with one fact
which many another officer never sus-
.pected-that among natives employed
as servants by American officials were
many who were officers, soldiers, and spies
in Aguinaldos service. He had studied
and analyzed native character, and he
knew that if he were hidden by his superior
a Filipino would not hesitate to kill his
master. When, therefore, the loyalty OF
Filipino servants came in question he
turned to the experience and skepticism Of
one Senior Blanco, Spanish Governments
official. Senor Blanco would not believe
his own servant when the latter swore that
he was charged to kill his master, but has.
| tened before a Judge to protest against
Domingo's arrest. Had not Domingo
had he not always been faithful servant?
Had he not proved honesty and loyalty on
many occasions? Was it not Domingo
who, single handed, had routed band of
thieves, bent upon robbing his home?
Peace said the Judge, Il will con.
vince you"-and Domingo was arraigned.
He is your servant, Senior"
Yes. When but a child
Peace" repeated the magistrate. did
you sign this confession% he demanded,
turning angrily upon Domingo. j
Did You. of your own voltion. confess
that you intended to kill your master"
Il did"
What, Domingo," exclaimed his as.
tonshed employer, rising unsteadily TO his
feet. Would you kill me?"
Yes, Senior; out of mercy"
Senior Blanco sank back into his seat,
almost Frustrated.
Il am one OF the council that had sworn
to kill every Spaniard in our country"
continued the prisoner. You have been
La good, kind master, but unfortunately
you We're born Spaniard. 1 loved you.
but it was not within my power to save
you. My countrymen demanded your
life. l would have been an ungrateful
wretch to have permitted you to die by
some strange, unSkilled, and cruel hand.
Mine had felt your kindness; it knew your
weaknesses, and where to strike so that
yours would be painless, calm, peaceful
death. l therefore demanded to be and
was chosen your assassin, my good mas-
ter ="