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New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
NOT ANXIOUS TO SEE A SPOOK.
From The Arizona Graphic.

From The ArlZOnd GrapnIc.
Harry Carpenter of Yuma, took out his watch
in Washingt gton-st. day this week and set II oy
the courthouse clock. In order to move the hanis
of the watch he had to unscrew the During
this process a friend said: Harry why don't you
carry ii decent Watch?'
well, | guess if you got this watch the way
did you'd carry it,
How did you get it?"
Man walks into my office one day in Yuma,
pulls out this watch. puts it into my hand ana
saws Keep this for until l come back
HE was a stranger to me. and said: How long
do Won want me to keep it? Where are you going!
That's all right, h said. You keep this watch
until ! ask for it ~,
II took the watch and put it in my pocket The
man went down the Southern Paclhc tallrOau
bridge walked the middle and jumped INTO
the Colorado River. He has never asked me 1or
the watch and that's the reason l carry It,
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07

the bundle his hands and knees and began cut
ting the ropes. All went well until the knife
severed the last rope, when Herbert quickly left
the earth and started on sudden journey TO what
he supposed was the better land. After reach
ing a height of ten or twelve feet his course
changed and the downward flight was begun. In
the latter he SWipe through maple shade
tree knocking the back off a dresser. broke three
chairSS setting the sidewalk and finally reached
terra firma bearing dozen cuts and tCheS.
The mattresses. when released, flew in all direc-
tions and it is said landed the courthouse
portico Herbert says he thinks this is the final
degree in the trade.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
Not WHAT SHE EIPEcTED.

From The Memphis Scimitar.
\ young lady of the city who is somewhat nosl
for her coquetry was talking a few days aso 3
of her numerous AedUS-
oh she said. in most pitiiul tone Of yo-s
nobody loves me-
As she paused for reply The yoUns man said " z
that tenderness which always appeals 20 the Is1f
nine heart:
Il am quite sure that somebody does love you
Her face frightened very perceptitiy as she sll
with q great deal of interest
Il wonder who on earth ii can be- Do y
know"
"Oh, yes he replied God and your moth
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
A PRACTICAL QUESTION.
From The Memphis Scimitar.

From The Memphis Scimitar
G. R Glenn Superintendent of Public Instruction
of the State of Georgia. tells this story.
One day he had explained the powers or the y
ray machine to a gat herring of ''darkieS' who had
assembled at a school commeTa sment. After the
meeting was over a negro calleu him aside and
wanted know if ne was in earnest about the ma
chine Mr. Glenn assured him that he was
"Ross | wants you eff er Niger ct chicken
kin YOU look in him an chicken?
'Why yes Ephraim.'' said Mr.. Glenn.
Well boss, / you one mo question
Kin YOU look in dat ngger an tell whar dat chicken
from
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07

pool England" After the nar.s.
driven 20 the Wells-FargO office ana e me aoat
that seemed TO be the end OF the he ssaiioaded =
was not the end, for last week tba VAR R]
received a couple Of tracers .,slenita =,
one box was in Berlin and the ,f'51ss of5sss hin
pool, and that the people to yzbosf 10 IJss
then revealed that the night fo-nasesdgaIn
office had found the boxes piled nSe a n
form, and had billed them out acco+l, the -
dress The error occurred more saSiItlns % y
often sent boxes to the express ofiee" "a B'.
hurry without making out bill. ana 'snea
custom Of the office to rush such b0Sss !, SaS =
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
THE 1GE OF ORGIyIzITJoy
I'M The New-York Weekly.

From The New-YOrk Weekly.
New Boarder-Well, We'll. This is the FIRST nj.
We struck where they have preserved Stra,-5p- -
and peach jam instead of stewed ur1.v-s
OId Boarder-A0 owing To organization. nv b.
Us bOarders have a mutual protective ,,sso|;js.ss
Win IRON clad rules and heavy penalties
On no! 1ou kicked against pruues did vouy
Not much We didn't We pas-.d y ~ -; !
whenever pruneS came on the Ia Die averv ~
her should eat a quart or pay 80 fine Thai -
IL The landlady found prunes too expensive
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
A RISE IN BED SPRINGS.
rhe Lancaster CKyD Record.

From The Lancaster CHy) Record.
Herbert Kinnaird. of the cleverest young fell
lows in town. is chief cook and bottle washer in
J A. Beazey'S furniture store. He is a first class
clerk but there many OF the tricks of the
trade he has yet to learn. On Saturday Mr.
Beazley received dozen wire mattresses, which
were mashed down to thickness of about egh-
teen inches and tied with rope. Not knowing of
the great force of the springs, Herbert got upon
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
QUEER EXPORTS.

From The Kansas City Journal
At the Wichita-st. fair a few months ago the
WeIls-FargO Express Company had a float in the
parade. The float represented a big delivery
wagon, piled full of express packages, aud in
preparing it the express people borrowed from the
Dold Packing Company couple of huge meat
boxes which weighed empty, eiShty-fve pounds.
To make the display appear realistic these boxes
were stencilled with the fictitious addresses. j.
Scholson, Berlin, Germany and "A Hunt. Liver
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07

pantaloons the Minister of Public instruction
| will leave you imagine my feelings. 1t TOOK
three hours of solid talk from both the American
and British cOnsuls to get me out of the Scrape:
and incidentally | made a grOVeling apology. vi
course. / didn't dare TO Introduce the machinery
proposition after such debut, my trip was a
fiat failure. AS l said before it takes some time
for a stranger grasp the etiquette of those
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
THE DIFFERENCE.
Erom The ChIcago Tribune.

From The Chicago Tribune.
When came TO this town" said The man
the dTySOodS box, everything I had in rhe ~.
was tied up in a red bandann.l hanlS-reBiee'
Ana now asked the tourist who vas xsHn
for q train.
And now replied the man. everything Tvs q
In the world Is tied down with mOrr.as-s"
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
NO WON DER.

From The Boston Transcript.
Deacon Wright was sorry could not go 10
the prayer meeting last evening. Did you have a
good meeting?
Deacon CIoode-A beautiful meeting. 1t seemed
like a foretaste of heaven-Or it did until Brother
smith and Brother Brown began to argue about
the beginning of the twentieth century. am sorry
to say that from that time on 1t looked more like
a ward caucus than prayer meeting.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
EXPLODING 4 MYTH
From The Chicago Times Herald.

From The Chicago Times-HeraId
DO your little ones believe in Santa C,r,,,,.
No They did till last Christmas 49, T..
papa played the part I had the childr.- j. I
hail, and be was TO come from upstairs u.i,b =" +
of presents for them. VIII d
''YeS?''
We'll We had the lights turned low ,.,
thought he was down when he wasn't Tbev- =,
oSnized his language '-'' q
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
Az OPTICAL ILLUSION.

From The Jewellers Weekly
Optician-I cannot sell you spectaci-s for yF
husband. He must come for them in person VI
is the nature of his visual defecr2
NOman-A five cent piece looks bigger 10 &
than a five dollar bank note 10 other people
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-07
LITUYA BAY TRAGEDIES
Returning AIaslxn Steamers Bring
No Further Particulars-Capt.
JOhansen's Defense.

No further particulars of the I4ituya bay
drowning or of the murder and lyncning
at the same place were received by any
OF the three steamers that arrived yes
terday from Alaska United states Mar
shall Shoup, who came on the Cottage
City. was told nothing at Juneau of the
arrival of one of the participants in the
lynching. The Cottage City stopped at
Juneau on the night of May Tor few
minutes. The marshal saw his .eputy at
the wharf, but the latter made no men,
tion of the murder and lynching. Marshal
Shoup thinks the man had not surrendered
himself to the authorities.
Capt. o. A. Johansen. master OF the
steamer Bertha. says DR.. Charles Plautt.
one of the managers of the Iituya Gold
Mining Company, which owned the schoon-
er Dora b. whose five passengers were
drowned, as told in yesterdays Post-In.
telligencer, fully approved his action of
letting the Dora b take her own chances
after she got adrift through the parting
of her towline. At first, he says. he
thought the Dora BIS crew voluntarily
cast Off the line. but this belief was dis
PEELED by the discovery OF piece Of the
line dragging behind the Bertha.
Capt. Johansen is of the belief that tho
schooner met disaster rounding Ocean
point. which puts out just south of Yaku-
tat bay.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-07
BIG SALMON Is VERY RICH.
Yields Nuggets valued at &2sO-Few
People In the Dtstrict-story
of Discovery.

Yesterdays arrivals from the Yukon re-
port that Manager Hess. of the Anglo
Canadian Trading Company, arrived at
Dewson recently from the Big Salmon
with the news that some OF the claims OF
that district have yielded nuggets rang
ing In value from Sl60 TO $3.50. He says
fully a dozen of such have been found.
Thore are very few people at work in the
digging~, but Livingston creek, where the
discovery was made. has been staked from
81 below 10 AZ above discovery.
A number OF tributaries have also been
etaked to some extent. two particularly,
called Mendocno and Cottoneva creeks.
on these creeks thirty claims have been
saked altogether.
practical miperS. discovered the camp. Mr..
iisas tells the story of the new digglngs
In this way
They were on their way up river, intend
ing 10 explore the Pelly last fall. Their
steamer was detained by bar for such a
length of time that they were compelled
10 abandon their enterprise. During their
enforced stay near the mouth of the Hoot-
ahnqua they met the two men named
ing for a winter tran in the Big salmon at
livingston creek. They had with them a
pocket fun of big nuggets which they
showed freely enough. These had been
taken from discovery on Livingston
creek.
The discovery they said, had been made
by Sam Tough, n miner. whom Peters and
OGvanaush had grubstaked Mr.. Hess and
his party Joined and returned with them
tFsIl. They assembled the Hootaliuqua
NnuuN forty miles and crossed over a low
divide which let them directly into Law
tngston creek
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-07
CONDITION of THE YUKON TRAIL
TeIegraphic Report Made TO SUPER
vising Omcer Canadian Customs.

Detailed Geographic information con-
corning the condition of the Yukon trail
up to noon April rs has been received at
Skagway by f. s. Busby, supervising Off
Ger OF Canadian customs as follows:
White Horse-The trail over the cutoff
from here to the end of the track, twenty
seven miles, is fair. The river is open
from Marsh lake to head of La Barge. The
water is quite low for scows in the rap
ids, but some small ones are going
through. The foot trail from here to La
Barge is not bad. Horses are now and
will for some days be used
Lower La Barge-The trail is all right
from Upper La Barge to this point on the
lake as yet. The cutoff is all bare. but
Is good enough for horses, saddle or walk
ing
TagIsh-The trail is very bad for Ave
miles,
Selkirk-The river from this point to
Hootohikoo is open. in the channel the
greater part Of the way. The only way
to travel Is to take the Dalton trail about
i've miles above this point The river can
be crossed at that point but IL Is becoming
unsafe save for footmen. The tran down
the river from this point is becoming I'M
safe.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-07
BEAR OFF FOR BERING SEA.
Sails for Far North by Way OF sifka'
VIII Prevent steamer Alpha
Landing mt nome.

United States revenue cutter Bear SAIL
ed for Alaska yesterday on her annual
cruise to Bering sea Besides Capt Fran
els futile, her commander, a number
of the officers. notably Lieut.. Jarvis.
Lieut. Berthof and Lieut.. Cochrane, VINO
went on the celebrated expedition to the
rescue of the ice-imprisond whalers, are
with the vessel on this voyage. DR.. Shell
don Jackson, superintendent Of govern
ment schools. in Alaska, and p.
branch Of the quartermasters de-
partment. and Miss futile daugh-
ter of Capt. futile. are passengers
on the Bear The latter goes only as far
as to stka Mr.. Leddy will join the Bear
today at Port Townsend, where she VIII
stop 10 allow her officers and men to
draw their April pay.
Unusual interest attaches to this voy-
age of the Bear from the fact that she
will endeavor to prevent the British
steamer Alpha. which sailed from Van
couver April s. from landing her passen-
gers and cargo at Nome. Though the
Alpha is probably now well up into Ber-
ing sea, Capt. futile thinks she can
not get through the ice to Nome before
his arrival on the seems
The Bear will go by way of Sitka to
take on two government officials, Col
Wright and Col Evans. Calling at the
capital will delay her several days, but
Capt. futile believes he will reach Ber-
ing sea by MAY 49,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-07
FTLIPINos WANT PEACE.
oIof Larson Writes Interesting Let
ter From LinRayen, Luzon.

August Toellner. OF this city, one 81 the
Washington volunteers who returned from
the Philippines last fall. has received a let
ter from Olof Larson. Company NJ. Thirty
sixth infantry. now stationed at Linsayen.
Luzon. Larson says that the natives want
peace and desire 10 become Amerlcanized
The letter. which is dated March 2. Is In
part as follows;
since We came 10 Iingayen We have
enjoyed the luxurles OF land and sea we
are right on the beautiful gulf. Like Ma
Mia, this place has a Luluetta, a plaza
and band plays for US every evening
There are concerts every wednesday and
Thursday evening. Cocoanuts and bana-
mas In fact ali kinds Of tropical fruits, are
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-07
RICH ATIIN QUARTZ.
Ore worth $1,000 Per Ton Reported
Found In "Yeiiow Jacket"

Samuel MoCamey. the steamer Hum
boidts passengers report, arrived at Skas-
way recently from Atlin with the an
nouncement that a body or quartz assay
ting from $40 10 moo per ton had been
struck in the yellow Jacket mine IN the
Attn district Discussing the md NJ,
NcCauley s,id;
'-rhe yellow Jacket makes phenome-
pal showing I ootainsd an assay OF the
fook running 81 90. ana Mr.. Featherstone-
haugh. who lays claim against me TO the
property. got one, understand showing
sso In gold and nifty ounces of silver IL
fhe ton.
THE ore IS free milling. and one or thu
most wonderful features Is hat the vein il
Us feet wide, How far Il extends and
bow wei Il will hold up cannot say, but
Il is a prize"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-07
ny A SHOWER OF POWDERS.
Moore's wharf at skHgway Dam
aged In n Novel Manner.

The steamer Hum holdts officers report
that Moore's wharf at Skagway was bad
ly battered up by rocks and powders
which fell from the high, overhanging
cliffs back Of The dock during the night
OF April . The falling rocks poured down
like rain One mighty boulder struck the
roof Of the warehouse, crashed through
as though 81 had encountered an egg shell
and then struck a pile Of baled hay The
hay effected nothing In stopping the ca
reer OF the Wild missile it plowed through
the bales. smashing and scattering them
as thensn .IsS 49,, 80 "'s go, anu
meath the wharf In the warehouse roof
and the wharf were holes large enough
to drop hotel bus through They struck
the warehouse on the slant toward the
blum with force that brooked no hesita-
tiop.
No one was on the wharf AZ the time
but the night watChman. and he ESCAPED
without a scratch.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-07
Despondent Message From the
Missing Man Is Found.
WRITTEN ON AToRN ENVELOPE
Percy r. smith Makes n Discovery
That May Lead TO Something
Definite Regarding Ex-State
Mine Inspectors Fate-His Wife
Offers 800 Reward for Informa-
ton of Her Husbands Fate.

David Edmonds, who disappeared from
his home last Thursday morning, has
not since been seen, though the police
department and numerous friends are
trying to locate him. Mr.. Edmonds was
mine inspector when John III. McGraw
was governor. and Is well known through
out the state.
A slight and perhaps very important
clue to his disappearance was found
yesterday afternoon, at O'Clock, by
Percy r. Smith, who lives on Twenty
ninth avenue, near East Alder street.
Mr.. Smith was walking through pas
ture which he leases from the Yesler
estate, when he noticed a torn letter and
envelope on the ground. The letter itself
WAS torn into several pieces, and the
envelope in half. as though an attempt
bad been made to destroy the identity of
the writer and the person to whom It was
addressed.
Exaffination and fitting OF the pieces
together showed that the letter was ad-
dressed to David Edmonds, and had been
written by a sister in Pennsylvania. On
the back OF the envelope had been scrib-
bled IN lead pencil these words:
II arm tired of life. Good bye.
DAVE"
Mr.. Smith says the letter looked as
though II had lain on the ground two or
three days. He notified by telephone
GrifYith Davies. at whose home Mrs. Ed
monds has been stopping since the disap-
pearance of her husband from their home
on YesIer way.
Mrs, Edmonds identified the penciled
words on the back OF the envelope as the
handwriting of her husband. Both she
and Mrs. Davies fear the worst. Mr.,
Edmonds had been suffering from nerv-
Gus prostration for a long time. II is
thought that he may have wandered off
and perhaps drowned himself in Lake
washington. or otherwise committed sui
cide during temporary alteration of
mind. Foul play is also suspected. Tho
pasture where the letter was found IL
not far from tho lake.
Mrs. Edmonds, through Mr.. Davies, has
offered reward of 500 for the discov-
cry of Mr.. Edmonds' Whereabouts, dead
or alive. So far the finding Of the letter
and the writing on the envelope are The
only clues to the mystery,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-07
HER INJURIES NOT SERIOUS.
ExceIsior's stem Shattered by COL
lision With Iceberg

Particulars Of the collision OF the Pacific
Steam Whaling Compary's steamer Ex-
celsior With al iceberg IN Alaskan waters
we're brought down by officers Of the Cot
;sge City. Which arrived Yesterday The
vessel was not sufficiently damaged 20
prevent her completing her voyage She
ton OF her torefoot. but temporary re
pairs were made 60 the vessel on Douglas
island. where she was beached soon after
the mishap
The Excelsior met with the accident
April - The iceberg fioated down sheep
creek from one OF the glaciers at the
mouth Of that stream Sheep creek emp
ties into the sea within five miles OF Jul
neau.
1t was the intention of her officers to
get the Excelsior OF the beach April 30
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-07
YUKON STEAMER BURNED.
Reindeer Goes Up I'm smoke at Five
FinRers-2OO Tons of Cargo
Was Destroyed.

The river steamer Reindeer. one OF the
best vessels plying on the upper Yukon.
was totally destroyed by fire at Five Fin
gers April 81. Meager particulars OF the
disaster were received by the steamer
Humboldt. which arrived yesterday from
Skagway.
4 te,egraphic message received at Skag-
way stated that not only he vessel but
also her 800 tons OF cargo went up in
smoke. C. II Hamilton. OF this city. had
large consignment of merchandise
aboard.
The Reindeer was In winter quarters at
Five Fingers.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-07
WILL OPPOSE GOV. BRADY.
some Alaska Citizens Who Do Not
Want Him Reappointed ms
Chief Executive.

The Republican territorial convention.
Which will be held at Juneau June 10. ac-
cording to advices received by Jurge Ken
meth NJ. Jackson of this city yesterday,
VIII draft a memorial to be forwarded to
the president and congress asking that
GOV. John Ii Brady be not returned as
chief executive Of the territory under the
new Carter Alaskan bill. The fight TO pre-
vent Governor Bradys reappointment IS
now on and in full swing and in 1t. IL is
said. his enemies Of all parties are uniting
their strength. On the other hand Gov.
Brady's friends are Just as active and
battle royal is promised
The force OF the opposition to Gov.
Brady, II is said. is in the main the out
come of his work in Washington during
the past winter and his opposition TO the
work assigned to Hon. John @. Price, the
delegate to congress appointed by the con-
vention held in Juneau last summer. Ore
OF the main things urged by Mr. Price
was that Alaska be given a delegate In
congress. This Gov. Brady opposed, and
gave his support to a bill now pending
naming the governor as the territory
representative at the capital. There were
many other matters concerning Alaska
which came up before the various COM
rnittees on which Mr.. Price and Gov.
Brady did not agree, a majority of which
have already been exploited.
The people Of Alaska were first advised
of Gov. Brady's attitude toward proposed
recommendations to be made to the COM
mittee having the matter In charge by
Mr. Price while in Washington. The mat
ter was at once taken up, and time, II IL
said. has only added 10 the wrath that
has ever since been stored up for him.
II Is charged that In his work In WASH
ington Gov. Brady was actuated by selfish
motives, and did not carry cut certain
promises made before leaving the district
over which ne presides The step no"
being taken, 1t Is stated, are well con-
ctd
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-07

LABOR SCARCE IN ALASKA.


Among the arrivals yesterday from
Alaska is United States Marshal James
w Shoup. who IS accompanied by his wife
and child. He II here on business matters
connected with his Office and will remain
for some time.
business in the msrshars office" he
said AZ the Rainier Grand last night. lis
very quiet now. We have not had court
FOR so long that We are lost, Business In
Alaska is very good. There Is great
shortage of labor. however. \ large num-
Der OF our population are going to Nome.
Some are going overland. Others are com
ing TO Seattle to sail from here.
THE Treadweu company has been
forced TO close down $40 stamps Of its mill
because IL can't get men
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-07
BRING NEWS FROM ALASKA.
Humboldt and Cottage City Arrive
Open Water in the Yukon
Marshal ShOuD Here.

Two Alaska steamers, the Humboldt and
Cottage City, arrived from the North yes
terday with thirty and f1fty-eght passen-
gers, respectively. Neither vessel brought
late Dawson passengers.
Telegraphic advices received at Skagway
up to May from points along the Yukon,
indicated that the upper river and its trib-
utaries are on the verge of breaking up.
There was much open water in the lakes
and the ice in the river had begun to
move in many places. rendering travel
slow and unsafe.
James NJ. Shoup United States marshal
for the district of Alaska, Mrs. Shoup and
w. l. Distin, Jr., son of Surveyor General
Distn. were passengers on the Cottage
City from Sitka. Judge II. w. Meen and
]. Montgomery Davis. both pioneers of
juneau, A. L. Johnson, q prominent Yu-
Juneau, also come on the Cottage City.
Both vessels left Juneau early in the
morning Of May 3, the Cotatge City three
hours in advance of the Humboldt which.
however, came into this port about eight
hours the earlier. The former had a cargo
of l60 tons of guanO. Her naSsenRerS were.