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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-07
WRITER'S CLEVER Bur CHEAP.
Literary Figures OF Today Affect a
Dcpiorabte style.

NOW lRfh NGn-
Now. the books which our Younger gen.
GRAFTON OF writers are producing so pro-
ILLEGALLY seem TO US to belong almost who'll
ly to the ssw-dust heap; and we do not
refer to obscure writer's. but to those who
are most successful In turning out books.
novels more especially which sell by
many more thousands than ever did In
the past tho productions Of the truest
and most indisputablo literary genius
Scott, Tbackeray, Cooper and Hawthorne
never wrote novels which were sold in
editions approaching in magnitude the
hundreds OF thousands Of copies Of cur
rent novels now demanded within few
weeks Of their publication.
OF the novels OF our new American
school which have been greatest 10 their
distribution. we can recall only one or
two at the most which have the quality
OF literary distinction Generally they
show only the skin of the clever hook
manufacturer Their people are not real
and vital they are lay figures only, Their
literary style cannot be called bad: bat
II II poor and cheap. with no genulns
literary flavor. f'nlettered carreapon-
dents ~ the Sun write better. but after
an. ia that comparison We are measuring
them by pretty hsgh literary standard
50 far as concerns natural expression.
What r. the trouhle7 - there come
thing wrong attn the ney-sanEled system
81 university education We have been
developing Ia this country during this
aeneraiions or is u that distinction "a
departing from the world at this perioa,
or az least "a leaving literature to take
up lis abode in The minds naN alstin-
gushing themselves In The initiation 8ud
generAiship ~ great material cnterprisos2
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-07
MILLION DOLLARS BY MAIL.
seat ont In Money Orders From
Dawson In the Past Twelve
Months.

Sneeial Correspondence P4as{-Tuteu5Etueer
DAWSON. Nov. Ia statement made
hy Postmaster Hartman sAa0s that tho
money SENT from Dawson ~ money order
~ the taNt twelve months amounted fa
round UUmbars 60 81 NH0 rwr-j birds az
which WeuS 70 The states and the remaln-
der 60 canada and fore gn countries The
money order business ~ this office, dome
at e single window ard wifhoat subariras
On the town. Is enc OF she largest. sc not
tire largest says Mr., Hartman. transact a
az enc window in North America
Mail received here from the outside by
WAY az SkagRav Ia The last twelve
months Amounted go sa bags. coming N
Jos shipments Outgoing mail amounted
to lees hags. in uinctv-three shiume uts
Twenty three mails came from Meme and
intermediate points down the river nd
;hlFtN~one were dispatched for those
points. postofrice business here hiss b. en-
dome in a primitive large. log hul dina for
years. but next month a madern Frame
structure bcluugiug TO the government
Will be occupied.
The FIRST American mail for TAnaua Z,
Michael and Nome to Eo out b. afrtsr
service left last month liz a canoe. which
started amang the floating ice ~ an
Yukon The irst mail for those b. fnts ~
dog team this year IS expected ~ leave
Dawson November s. No mail has ar
rived here from the outside since octo-
hsS IL
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-07
SMALLPOX IN KLONDIKE.
sixteen Cases Known to Exist Early
In observation-disclosures Gradual
Iy Disappearing.

Special Correspondence Post-Intelligencer.
DAWSON, Nov. 5.--There are sixteen
cases of smallpox in the Klondike dis
trict today Since the outbreak of the
disease there have been between twenty
hve and thirty cases in the district. All
save the sixteen now afflicted have re-
covered and been discharged
The Yukon council, the legislative body
of the region, has passed an ordinance
requiring all persons in Yukon territory,
extending from White Horse to Forty
Mile, to be vaccinated just as soon as
vaccine Arrives. Twelve thousand five
hundred vaccine points have been or
dered from the outside. II is expected
that $500, the first lot, will reach here BY
mail in a few days.
The Yukon council has appointed a
number of local physicians to make a
house. toulouse visit throughout Dawson
and along all the Klondike creeks and
vaccinate all persons who have not been
vaccinated within the last seven years.
The government bears all the cost of the
vaccination under this compulsory order,
and the doctors are paid $50 day for
their services. A mounted policeman
will accompany each doctor to see that
his mission is not abused. Any one re-
fusng TO submit to vaccination will he
liable to a fine OF $3.50 or three months in
Jail and any one not reporting cases of
rash or anything looking like smallpox
Will be submitted to much heavier PEN
atty.
The smallpox in the Klondike has
spread more since the cold weather than
In the summer Several cases have de-
Veloped on one claim on Bonanza creek,
two on Cheechaco hill four on Gold Run
and two or three In Dawson. The claims
on which cases developed on the creeks
have all been quarantined and the men
working them all Vaccinated and kept
from contact with other persons.
Not death has occurred In the camp
from the disease. and this Is attributed
largely 20 the fact that good care has
been given all patients However. were
there a general epidemic such care could
not be given because the attention would
have to be distributed. A few of the
cases In the camp have been severe.
DR. Macarthur the health officer, saws
II Is likely all persons coming to Yukon
territory even as late as next summer
will have 70 be yaccinated. He thinks.
the disease as Il now exists here may be
stamped out I'm a month. II Is estimated
that there are 1900 people In the terri
tory subject TO vaccination.
The Northwest mounted police are Civ
ing assistance In enforcing the regula-
lions against smallpox. 4 quarantine
was declared by the Yukon council
against part ~ the creeks. hut that
body had no authority Tor declaring q
wholesale quarantine. and those who
chose disregarded A. That was saveral
weeks ago. and now II vs. not ATTEMPTED
to keep any Of the creeks as a whole nm
der quarantine.
There is not much alarm fel, In me
camp The general health aside from
smallpox r. splendid No other disease ~
any nature Is prevalent and deaths are
very few.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-07
REMARKABLY RICH, IF TRUE
Two-Foot Hole, sixteen Feet Square,
In Kuskokwim District, Said TO
Have Produced S34, 900.

Native gold valued at $4,000 is de-
clared to have been taken from a hole
sixteen feet square. and but two feet deep
Of a claim on Yellow creek In the new
kuskokwim district. r. M. Morrissey, q
Nome miner, claims to have seen the
treasure which he states upon the au-
thOrity OF Abensen, one of the owners or
the mine, was taken from hole of the
dimensions indicated He Is now en- route
TO Dawson, from which city he expects
to leave shortly over the Yukon ice for
the scene of the new discovery.
As remarkable as are his statements
they are substantially corroborated by
letter from one OF the twelve Kuskokwim
fortunates to Pete Mcdonald of Nome
The writer stated that the claim had in
a few weeks work produced 1874 900. and
he declared that there were other claims
in the district just as rich He advised
Mcdonald 60 "sell or give away" his
Nome bus ness and leave at once for the
discovery. Mcdonald took the writer at
his 'wora and IL now en- route from Nome
or the Kuskokwim strike Morrissey is
quoted by the Skagway Alaskan as say
ing:
II heard the story of the Yellow river
out last fall. They came out for citizen
ship papers and brought with them S34 900
in shining gold
'srhe Swedes name was Abensen. and
saw his gold myself He said there We're
only twelve men In the country all sum
mer and the other ten remained. They
went iillp tue country last July from Holy
Cross Mission. which Is about 400 miles
above the mouth of the Yukon river, and
struck pay gold on the shores OF Yellow
river at once They, prospected three
miles Of the river and everywhere found
the richest kind of prospects
Mr. Abensen told me that his and his
partners gold weighed s34. 900. They hired
Indians to help them pack IL out of the
country. The gold came from piece OF
ground only sixteen feet square and was
only two feet to bed rock
They marked Off the location of the
creek to me on a map and advised me to
go in l am now on my way"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-07
W|NTERSpORTS IN DAWSON.
NO IlCK OF WHOLESOME DIVER
SION FOR THE PEOPLE.
Hockey, Curling, Football, Skyefng,
skating and sleighing Furnish
Plenty of Amusement Scarcely
Possible in Less Rigorous Climate

Special Correspondence Post-Intelligencer:
DAWSON, Nov. 3.-The residents OF
Dawson, although far from the ready
touch of civilized centers of old seltleu
communities, are not without numerous
winter sports and diversions. indoor anu
outdoor sports are to receive great at
tention this winter
The season is just opening, ana II Is
opening with snap Wholesome amuse-
ments that are available in the states
and occupy a share of attention, are not
all possible here, but there are numerous
others that are. The advent of scores IL
not hundreds of families the last sum-
mer and the placing OF the country
higher than ever in the domestic ana
home scale have given increased impetus
to the idea OF passing the long months
q, diversions that will be exhilarating to
the spirit.
OF the outdoor sports, those OF Eastern
Canada are the most patronized. Hockey
Is represented with six clubs, which nave
formed a league and arranged series
of match games to continue TO Marcn.
This is probably the biggest outdoor or
ganization in the Yukon. Games Will be
played on an ice rink, now being 1ncloseu.
Some former crack players OF Eastern
Canadian championship teams are here.
and Maurice Marsden, one OF Engiand.s
greatest turf hockey men, Is also mere
and is actively Interested.
A curling club has been organized ana
a canvas-covered rink is now In use. The
members are chiefly of the town official
dom and aristocracy.
A big football ground has been pre-
pared in the Northwest mounted police
Enclosure. and Rugby and Association
games will be the order after the weather
settles a little more and is snapper. The
police, the miners and the bank and other
clerks furnish players. Many college men
are also available here.
The good old Norwegian pastime of
skyeing is represented in n club that
tumbles over the high surrounding hills.
Skating is the common sport. and some
good places for the diversion are found
along the river and in slough in the
heart of the town. One enterprising fell
low is putting up a big ice rink. which
will always be kept i'm mirror-lke form.
Two hockey Kinks are being built
SleighinR receives n great deal of atten-
ton. At every turn are dog teams of one
to eight or ten animals. some brisk and
fast and splendidly trained. and going
like the wind with one or two men, and
others slow, sulky or quarrelsome. A
number of fast horses have also been
brought into the country and some of
the Klondike kings and others who have
a penchant for fast driving may be seen
nearly any time whisking by in elegant
cutters. Pete Mcdonald has a fine HAM
bletonian colt.
The indoor organizations Of the town
include a chess club now having tour
ney, singing and concert organizations.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-07
GUNBOAT WHEELING HERE.
hack From an Extended Cruise of
Alaskan Wnters--To Go ON
the Drydock.

The United States gunhoat Wheeling
Capt A. r. conden reached port Nes-
terday from summer cruise ~ Bsrinc
sea and Southeastern Alaska waterz To-
wards the cesc Of the Nome season she
left thar port with United States pris 1ners
and government officials for Sifka Err IN
the capitai she had hut one passengee.
Hon John q Brady, governor Of Alaska.
In order Ia give his eNcellrucy an en4
portunity ia INSPECT the various settle
inents Of Southeastern Alaska the
Wheeling stopped at numerous ports the
voyage requiring seventeen days
The Wheeling win proceed 20 the Puget
sound naval station before the close 81
the week. probably TODAY. There she
may he oyefhaulcd Her crew compile
ment - short thirty-alN mon. and these.
doubtless. sill TO made ~ while she IS
Mt nremerton.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-07

The ladies Of the Green Lake Congrega-
tfonal church Will give dinner and fair
at the church on Wednesday evening.
Many new houses are being built in the
vicinity OF Green lake. The faYorite To-
cations are. of course, lots near the car
line. IL is reported that 100 houses have
been finished in the past three months
or are under construction.
social dance was given by the young
people Of Green Lake Tuesday evening at
Websters hall.
The Green Lake Dramatic Club will
give play at Good Templars' hall on
Tuesday evening, December 1s The play
is entitled Lost and Saved" Rehearsals
have been going on for the past three
weeks and the performance viii undoubt-
eddy be Il success.
An attempt IS being made to organize n
Sunday school at South Shore
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-07

INlfAfNTI0. IN4.. I9HfnaI
You may talk about your cooking
schools and ycur chatting dishes ali you
Ike Bat when sou have walked aftecn
miles with dox and Ra1 Ca the wake %
aaaiis and come a. snndeWn 20 a biz farm
house where the missns'' fries a Mere
o. ham the size q shlngie, with fresh
eggs Just brown enough. and provides
light biscuits made from lug yeast, ami
apple butter and COW butter and boiled
potatoes ana that ham gravy. and coffee
strong enough 10 bounce an iron wedge.
and tili pickles and pumpkin pie--why.
what's the use o., cooking sehOaiss
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-07
In RuYaro Hump District.

j. n. Rice. an extensive mining operator
In The Buffalo Hump district. In Idaho
returned from trip 10 the mines yester-
day and reports two sales OF properties 10
Montreal syndicates The first - the sale
81 the Big Jumbo. owned by Brown. over
field & Filler. the price being ss5 co The
second was the sale % the San Francisco
group, containing three claims and owned
by G. r Flock. John ieffier and ~
Doris. These were sold for Sl9l. 600. The
purchasers have already commenced ox-
tcnsive work on their now properties.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-07

, AFTER HAWAIIAN BUSINESS.
{. II. Springer. of Olympia. Leaves
Today for Honolulu

C. H. Springer president of the Olympia
Door Company. came to Seattle yesterday
and secured passage 10 Honolulu via the
southern Pacific and the Oceanic Steam
snip Company. He goes TO the Hawaiian
islands for the purpose OF extending the
Puget sound trade Of hts company.
Mr.. Springer will leave Seattle today by
rail for San Francisco. and will sail from
there December 10 on the new g,aa9-tnn
steamship Sierra, OF the SpreckCls line
which viii start on her maiden trip. Mr.
Springer expects 10 be gone about four
months
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uBtskIrtfs.

ffsi rNtkfi cliififH ElfluS ttC 20 fF0 -
go sftes lu the lute1 statrs pith rver s no rrsf.
ularicu 3 thc latest and rsliroaa tdytstis
irs issued h3 TIE rhicasp Milwaukee 4 - Pad
railway, q which n NJ Boyd Is the Ascut in Ss.
Atus. M Rcyd yesterday received al iEsoace Il
&s@ ~ ASaslSalsa.
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Count TolstoP has completed new
drama. which be calls The Corpse" The
count seems twisted: he should have held
over his Resurrection" to satisfy the
whites.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-07
AL-KI REACHES OYSTER nay.
viii Arrive I'm This Port Today mt
About Noon.

Steamer Al-Ki. Capt. Nicolson arrived
ct Oyster bay from Lynn canal yesterday
She Will reach this port today about noon
A telegram received by General Agent
Miller stated that the Al-Ki has twenty
passengers and 200 tons of Southeastern
Alaska concentrates
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-07
MILLIONS GIVEN Away.

II is certainly gratifying to the public to know o.
one concern which is not afraid be generous Inc
propretors Of Dr. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds have given away ossa
zen million trial bottles and have the satsiaeuo'
OF showing IL has cured thousands Of hopeless
Asthma, Bronchitis. La Grippe and al Throat 49, ~
ana Lung Diseases are surely cured ny II S~n 'A
STEWART & HOLMES DRUG co.
and get free trial bottle. Regular size soc anu
si.W Every bottle guaranteed
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rs mems business suits Handsomely
made, Of the latest fabrics. az sST5 to-day
and saturday, Manufacturers Outlet
Co. suNeessar 20 Herkmsr corner Qcci-
dental avenue and Washington street 80
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SMOKING sets. tobacco boxes and ash
trays ". r. Finek. iewcler, SIC second
AVNI.'te.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-07
A HORRIBLE OUTBREAK.

of large sores on my little daughters head a i
veloped into case OF scaidhead, writes 9 ~ ~
bill. of Morganton Tenn. but Bucklenss Armies
SalTe completely cured her It's q guaranteed cur
for Eczema. letter. Salt Rheum, Pimples' SORES
Ulcers and Piles. Only sc at
STEWART & HOLMES DRUG co.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-07

SPARE RIBs at Seattle. Fulton AMI
Yakima markets
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FOR PORT TOWNSEND and Victoria.
take the fast and cnmmudious steamship
sshome Yesler wharf. daily AZ a. M.
fare 90 cents
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Mrs. G. Maxwell pa-.c. a-n,

Mrs Colin Maxwell died AT the family
residence 1871 twentieth avenue, yester-
day. The deceased was the wife 81 Colin
Maxwell. q irackman on the Madison
street line. She was q years old at the
time ~ her death.
The Princeton union., 1900-07-19

on J. & NJ. division Mid-Trunk Ry. Get
special train; bring detectives. Re-
covery of stolen funds and arrest of
thieves in question. Do not fail. Am
all alone. Nelson Conway"
I followed this up by another re-
quest to have it delivered Immediate
ly, to which the short but gratifying
response came: "You bet Good
luck!"
The operator evidently comprehended
the full meaning Of my dispatch. In
deed, anyone who had resided in Phila-
delphia at the time of the robbery, read
ing that message, would know it's mean
ing.
The short term expressing good will,
received in answer to my request to
rush, coming from one had probably
never seen, encouraged me greatly.
Then, too, knowing Mr.. Perry's en-
ergetic nature, I was confident that
gentleman would be up and doing i'm
mediately upon the receipt of my dis
patch. A man of his standing would
have no difficulty in procuring special
train, and, allowing the time necessary
to obtain the officers of the law, in two
or three hours I could expect Mr.
Perry's arrival. .s -.
I could not repress smile as I pic.
tured to myself the president of the
Safety Security company riding, not
In the coach, but on the engine to which
The Princeton union., 1900-07-19
CHAPTER XVI.

The sounds of footsteps upon the
landing ceased for short time. was
not afraid to cope with a single man.
but 1 naturally felt no desire to have
two or more upon me at once. 1t might
be that Skinner had returned. nerved
myself for a supreme effort against
odds, and waited for the alarm which
would sound the note of warning to
the colleague i'll the walled-up cellar.
To my surprise no alarm was given.
The footsteps again began to move
slowly forward. To lie in wait for the
newcomer at the foot of the stairs, trip
him up, anl so make my escape, was my
first impulse.
T Twas about to station myself in posi-
ton to carry out this plan when band
of light strea1ned down and made
round, yellow patch on the stones be-
low.
Thus being prevented from follow
ing my plan, hastily but silently with
drew behind the stairs, and, crouching
down, breathlessly waited.
Slowly and deliberately the unknown
came down. When he reached the bot
tom step he paused. Then the beam OF
light from the lark-lantern was thrown
upon the plank, and moved from sloe 10
side as if in investigation.
The secret Of the plank was evident
ly known to the newcomer, 1or When
he left the stairs it was by a jump which
landed him on the stone floor beyond,
and thus, as in my case, the sound of
the warning voice was avoided.
I had no opportunity then for specu-.
lation as to the close connection be-
tween the plank and the voice, for the
time of danger was upon me. The
round glow crept slowly over the walls,
gradually approaching my hiding place.
The Princeton union., 1900-07-19

flight. Kicking off my shoes, entered.
A shudder ran over me at the thought
of again descending into the sepulchral
darkness, but there was not that horri-
BILE fear, that unaccountable terror in
the thought, which had so completely
demoralized my nerves on the former
occasions. was prepared now, was on
a hot scent, the end of which promised
a tangible result. At the same time, I
fully realized the danger. was alone,
ngle-handed, against I knew not what
Odds
Gliding noise1essly to the cellar-way,
paused and listened. Tomblike
silence was about me.
| With the utmost caution, lest the old
stairway should creak under my weight,
I descended. The instant my head
streak of light in the opposite wall
struck my eye. The painted door was
ajar.
Eagerly 1 continued downward un-
til came to the last step. Would the
voice sound again, and thereby give the
alarm? How could I avoid it?
Thought flies quickly when the mind
is keyed up by excitement. l remem-
bered how on former occasions the
plank at the bottom had given way be-
meath my weight, and how the voice had
sounded Immediately after. Was there
some connection between the two?
Could 1 avoid the voice by avoiding the
plank?
I climbed over the balustrade and
reached the cellar floor at the side OF
the stairs. To my intense satisfaction
the silence remained unbroken.
After waiting a few minutes, l was
about to cross to the door, when from the
room above came a sound which set my
heart wildly beating-the sound OF
footsteps moving cautiously across the
floor toward the stairway.
All seemed clear to me then. A trap
had been laid for me and was caught
in it.
The Princeton union., 1900-07-19

and an ominous click sounded In my
ears. Anyone who has had the muzzle8
Of pistol meaning business thrust
into his face will understand my sensa-
tion.
I instantly let go my hold and fell
back a few steps. So sudden had been
the change in Skinner from the de-
fensive to the aggressive that for a
moment forgot aboutmy pistol. When
I did think of it and got through
fumbling in my pocket, the rascal had
fled around the side of the house,
whittier I followed. He succeeded in
eluding me, however. Even had I dis
covered him, would not have fired. It
was not my purpose to raise disturb
ance just then. For some reason Skin
ner also was unwilling to attract at
tentlon to the spot by shooting, for, If
ne really wished to put me out OF the
way, he would never have had a more
favorable opportunity than when he
so cleverly got the drop on me.
Whether the fellow was about to
enter the cook house when I came upon
him so suddenly, or was standing guard
to give warning to some one who was
already inside, I could not determine.
If the last idea was the correct one, why
had he not given the warning?
My sudden attack taking him so un-
awares might be accountable for this,
and he might return at any moment
and sound an alarm.
went quickly back to the cook house,
determined to take advantage of his