New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-16
THE PASSING THRoNG

r. T. Lyme Of St. sIchaers. Alaska =,
ent stopping at the waldorf-Astorta 80 p,es-
sen there yesterday said. ~
I1h Sol1D nome IS rot fgr1ent OF thA -.
1ifLD Al aglndticn. nor the reuor.. g
CAPE NOME. there exaggerated 7 a.. from ION
beach sands yielded 81 0o0o -
the creek mines 8 10000 I and nv nar.,. -
the Eskimo claim on the beach in front - -
CITY and have just received the report Of the a..
sayer at San Francisco. to whom sent zo-,s !,
the sand for analysis. This report shows the -.
ence Of 2O2 ounces Of gold ana 90 ounces ~ 80.
worth $50 80. to the ton. This IS OF coprss -.
ceptionalIy rich. The sand is covered over 80.
tundra, species OF moss.
While so far the creek claims have Welded ~.
greater quantity, within five years believe ,bs
beach claims will produce the most gold ro- ~.
reason that while It is not nearly as rich v-o,,-s
to work there Is a great deal more OF IT, In 49,,
places the beach sands very richly inn2rsv,,.as
with gold Indeed I have known Il 10 run a 49,
as 800 rocker. and the two thousand men ~
were at work the beach last wear cerrsf,t-
averaged $50 day each Cape Nome lies on +bs
peninsula that terminates IN Oonalaska ana g.
hundreds OF miles the lay OF the land there ia ~.
same. We do not yet know how much OF this
great coast line is gold bearing, but personally 7
think large part of IT is The prospectors will .t
US know next -
ct see Wright, who IA postmaster at Mona Cy.,-
mas stated mat the lawess element 50 much
in evidence there that the peaceably inclined nss5
is. OF course as in every new mining canp ! -
Of scalawags wfo occasionally make trouble bSs
the majority OF the population are miners who are
Last year lumber sold al Cape Nome a bf-. -
500 thousand feet which had originally COS. ~
over S5 a thousand, so you can see that rnonsv -
TO be made there in other ways than by MINING
when the Spanish war came on" ..ss
A. S. Walton. Of Butte Mont. the Hotel I'm,
perlal. yesterday. ''an9 the call nv
THE LIEU the Government for volunteers
TENANT AND was being enthusiastically ~
THE FAKIR- sponded to all over the country. A.
first there major and minor
clashes between the civil and military authorities
until II was ascertaned where the powers OF the
ended and those Of the other began remer-
Der funny case Of this kind that happened in ths
Montana regiment. when 1t was at Camp Merritt
IN San Francisco, that will bear the telling. The
regiment had been there but a few days when
one of the Heutenants, q strapDing big fellow
standing some six feet two inches, happened 10
notice crowd of soldiers before a tent IN one
of the company streets. and investigating found
that a fakir had wandered into the camp and was
relieving the Montana soldiers Of any spare cash
they might have by means OF a thimble rig game
He at once told the man 10 get out. which the
bunco stecrer said he would do. and packing I'd
his paraphernalIa apparently took hts departure
Some time later, however. the lieutenant again
came across him plying his nefartous trade IN
another part OF the camp. This time the lieutenant
was angry. and upon his demanding in forcible
language What the HI he meant by being there
when ordered out the fellow. evidently encouraged
by the presence OF the soldiers. whom he regarded
as his friends made an impUdent response. At
that the lieutenant grabbed him by the collar and,
after shaping his chops three four times turned
him around and proceeded 10 boot him cut OF
the camp. When the entrance was reached with
q final kick that propelled the faktr half across
and dropped him a battered and bedrasgled look
ing object in the roadway, the lieutenant left him,
whcreupon he arose and departed, after vOvtng
vengeance on the officer who had assaulted him
There is a ShreWd SUSPICION in san FRANCISCO. a9
there has been afOretimes in this city, that the
police stand in with the thugs. but be that as Il
may, In less than ten minutes he was back with
two members OF the finest. TO whom he pointed
out the lieutenant. who was excttedly explaining
the matter to a group Of officers just inside the
entrance TO the camp The guards. who thorough
~ appreciated the situation. promptly stopped the
policemen with inquiry to whether they had
permission to enter the camp Those worthless re-
pursuit of their duty. and guessed they knew what
that was, were promptly told 10 guess again, and
suddenly found their entrance barred by PAIR OF
crossed rifles surmOunted by large, nerce, angry
bayOnets. On attempting still to force an entrance
one of the bayOnets suddenly entered the nesny
part of the thigh of of the officers, which
caused him first emit a loud and resonant erY
Montana regiment IN general and the two sentrtss
in particular. that he would return with the cap
tain and reserves, and arrest the whole Kit and
caboodle of them and, thirdly, to depart 70 put bis
threat into execution 1t is needless TO say, he
didn't come back. but after that the police force
of San Francisco had a wholesome respect for
Uncle Sans soldiers.