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Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-17
TO MARK BOUNDARY
Three Parties Will Engage
 in the Work.

Vancouver, B. C., July 2o.-W F King. chief Dominion astrono- mer, i'll company with o. II Titt- man, chief of the U s geological survey. will go north tomorrow for the purpose of supervising the work of boundary delimitation.
 Three parties will be in the field each composed of an equal number of Canadians and Americans. Each party consists Of about ten men in charge of surveyor. Two of the parties will work on the valley of the Chilkat river, while the other party goes up the valley of the Stickine river to establish the boundary there.
 Only small portion of the line, which is over 500 miles long, can be permanently located ard marked this season. It will require three, and possibly four seasons to com plete the work. It will not be pos sible to do anything during winter, and in parts where tie line crosses wide glaciers and mountain peaks 1t will only te possible to reach them under tke most favorable climatic condition ill summer.
 The boundary line will be marked with aluminium bronze posts about 21A feet high They will be set at half mile intervals generally, ex- cept in some places i'll the valleys, where the line requires to be mark ed at closer intervals These posts will have to be erected in solid rock over a large portion of the line, and an ingenious arrangement of a forked base has been made which will hold the posts securely i'll place.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-17
PRODIGALS RETURN.

Geo. w. Wood, who has been taking i'll the States from Massa chusetts to California since last fall, is back in Rampant, accompanied by his wife.
 (. II. Ehrhorn. who has been outside since last fall. came in on the Jeff Davis. having transferred from the Oil City. He is looking very we'll indeed.
 Several other prodigals are ex- pected before the freezeup.
 The winter mail service from Valdez Co the interior will be weekly, and it is thought the new route will be several days quicker than by Dawson.
 Henry Thumm is over the divide from Dofic creek. He reports every. thing in apfospefous and promis. ing condition over there.
 Johnny Morgan. former Ram barter, ls reported lo he running on a lower river boat,
 Found X poke containing sum of money News office
Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-17

Captain Jarvis, collector of customs, in an interview, said to the Dawson News recently: Fairbanks may be made a support of entry, and it may uot There are factions for and against the proposed measure and it will be some time before the department acts on the matter I VII visit Fair banks and make report, which will aid the government no doubt in deciding which course to pursue. While the customs work is ever on the increase in the district, the revenue i. not gaining with the same rapidity."
 Seattle, july 3o.-General Funston and Major Evans have gone to Alaska to inspect the army posts. They will pre- pare a report on the formation of a body of men for Alaska similar to the mounted police of Canada. Complaints have been lodged in Washington that the soldiers maintained in Alaska are a useless ex- pense, and the present visit of General Funston and Majo- Evans may te with a view to changing the nature of the Alas kan soldiers.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-17

The increased capitatiou tax Is com ple,cly terminating Chinese immigration into British Columhia.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-17

The Coal Creek coal mines a few miles bclow Fortymile, are much i'll need of coal miners, says the Dawson News. President J. A Williams of the company says: We are handicapped through the fact that the crew of men working in our mines are not experienced coal miners. The man who has not had experience in coal mining is at loss at first when he enters the coal mines. We are deliver ing 500 tons of coal to Dawson weekly with the steamer Light, and next month VIII deliver I,2oo weekly. The more practical men we can get the more rapid will be our output. The wages is s7 80 a day, out of which de lactiol of s2. so d day is made for boarI"
Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-17

London, Aug The first important news from the unfortunate Andre expe,li- ton has been found in the shape of a letter from Andre, picked up to the north of Spitzhergcu.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-17
CREEKS
American Side in Prosperous
 Condition.

The American Fortymile coun- try's output this season will be between million and million and half. This is the estimate K. F. Oberlander, of the Steele Creek Trading Co.,, gave the Dawson News recently.
 The best producing creeks in the Fortymile district this season. given in the order of the largest first and So oil down the line, MT. Oberlan- der judges, are Jack Wade, Chicken, Franklin and Walkers Fork. After them also may be mentioned Napo- leon, Dennison Fork, tue North Fork of the Fortymile, and Austen.
 Men have made modest fortunes III the past washing from the bars ot the Fortymie river with rockers. and Mr. Oberlander believes the wealth or those bars was washed down from the high benches which the tributaries of the Fortymile intersect. It may be that extensive prospecting there will reveal the benches immensely rich.
 A party taken from scow by the Jef Davis on Saturday had just come across country from the Roy ukuk. They say the survey of the government trail between the Yu- kon and Coldfoo, tx 6uished and the distance is t6o miles.
 Seattle Times July n: Ship are arriving iFom shc North severa. tunes week and each hrinss ssid ranging from sgoo ooo to ssoo. eco.
 Eli wsaFe, lo,mer president of 'he x d. T. k r Go. disI in Chicago ea July sq
Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-17

Only one widow whose husband served in the revolutionary war remains on the US. pension roll-Mrs. Esther $. Damon. of Plymouth Union, Vt At 7i she mar red Noah Damon, 76 years old. She is now 90
Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-17

Johuny Morgan. a former Ram barter, ls reported lo be running a a lower river boat.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-17

Found X poke containing a sum of money News office
Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-17

hl' WeaFe. losmer president of 'he x d. r. & r Co. di-I in Ssisago ea July sq.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-17

Seattle Time. July n: Ship are arriving ir0m thc North severn. times a week and each brings salsl ranging from Sgoo ooo to sseo. oao.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-23
YEARS OF STRUGGLE.
Miser at Last Wins His Fight for
Fortune.

Leadville, Co. July 22.-John G. Sla-
ter has found wealth at last. He left
for the East few days ago with SEQ
600. the price received for a placer
property in Summit county.
OF all the fortunes made in Colorado
his seems the most wonderful. and it is
probably more important to him than it
would have been to nine out of ten
men.
When he asked Nellie Mcclure, an
East Tennessee girl, to marry him IA
years ago he was poor She promised
to marry him. but made a singular
condition. She said that he must find
wealth in Western gold. She had the
gold fever. but being a girl she could
hardly seek the gold herself. and that
was the reason of her strange provis-
ion.
Slater was not long in reaching the
West. He soon found employment and
in six months had saved enough money
to GO prospecting. Ninety-nine men
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-23
TRICK DIDN'T WORK.
Portland Man Helped Oeserter to Es-
cape, But Got Punched, Himself.

United States Deputy Marshal
Hasty Of Portland brought one oliver
Greenwood OF that city. to Augusta,
yesterday afternoon, to answer to a
complaint sworn out by Deputy Mar
shall Hanks of this city. charging
Greenwood with having aided a deser-
ter to escape. Greenwood was ar
raigned before United States Commits
sioner Burleigh. and on pleading guilty.
was ordered to recognize in the sum
Of $500 for appearance at the Septem-
Der term Of the United States circuit
court at Portland. He was unable to
furnish bail. and was committed to
Kennebec Jail.
Greenwood's difficulties are the re-
suit Of an intended shrewd game which
he played in Portland. Thursday. In
aiding a deserter from Fort Williams,
in Portland harbOr. to escape. The de-
serter was an infantryman from the
fort. named Pelletier. who was a chance
acquaintance of Greenwood, and. Incl
dentally. it was reported. was sweet on
Greenwoods sister. and in his flight
from the fort. succeeded in reaching
Greenwoods house.
The officers were looking Tor Pelle-
tier. and he thought that the escape
was all off. when Greenwood. wearing
the blue of his country. walked out on
the street, where he was captured
while the deserter go away. and at last
accounts. was still going.
Greenwood thought 1t was a good
joke, at first. sort Of Damon and
Pythias act but now that he has n two
months wait in jail for the court to sit,
and the prospect Of a long sentence to
prison after the trial. he is beginning
to doubt whether or not it was a joke
at all.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-23

out Of every hundred fail to make for
tunes at mining. Slater didn't know
that. He prospected in Lake, Summit,
Chaffee. Gunnison Park and other
counties, but found only barren ground.
His money gave out, and for two sum-
mers he was grub staked" by John
Martin, a man from Nashville. who at
the end Of the second summer was
killed by bear.
Hoping still, Slater went to work for
wages again. and in six months had $50
saved. A foolish notion struck him, and
for two years he roamed over Colorado
Arizona, New Mexico and California. He
had heard of Peg Leg Smiths Iost
mine in the Moiava desert. big nugget
RADIO and other hidden fortunes and ne
went in search of them. Finally he came
back to Lake county on the tramp and
almost out OF spirits. SON,
One night soon after his return in 1897
Slater left his dingy room presumably
to take a walk, but he did not return
that night or the next night = search an,,
days hunting found his dead body. or
what was supposed to be it; in an aDan-
doned shaft. Relatives of the dead mar
could not be found. and the BODY was
buried at the expense of the county;
But it was not Slater who persisted. and
no one can tell who the unfortunate; man
returned from the Philippines Slater was
among the number. He was minus an
arm, having lost it in battle: When ne
listed. and said nothing to his friends
about it.
From his return till last summer he
worked for wages. He had given up "A, an
hopes OF becoming wealthy. He was ois-
couraged and about to give up In despair,
when curious thing happened. lie was
walking along Harrison avenue one DAY
nouncing seance. He went to the
seance and what the spirits told him
was sensational. He was informed that
county, was million in placer gold he
did not put much faith in the statement,
but decided to try it. He went to the
place. bullt a cabin near stream ana
Day after day he banned gravel, but but
and night the miner washed his face and i
head in the stream near his cabin He
noticed that the bottom was sometimes
yellow. but he paid no attention to 1t.
When the snow began to fall ne quit
afterward he went into a barber shop in
East Sixth street to get his long hair cut.
When enough was removed to show the
scalp the barber discovered what he
thought was gold leaf. and. thinking Sla-
ter might be painter. he called atten-
ton to it.
was on his scalp. He knew it was placer
gold from the stream in Summit county,
but the season was over, and ne could 30
nothing till spring. He decided to wait
for summer again, and it seemed an eter-
nifty.
The first of May found him at the cabin.
He panned stuff from the bottom OF the
stream and found gold for hundreds of
yards. He told his story. to experts. who
made examinations and declared that
Slater had bonanza. He began neso-
tiating with Eastern capitalists. and in
few days sold out for $4,000 That was
enough for him, and more than he or Mel
lie expected he would get, especially after
having been in search so many years.
When he left Tennessee he was Il years
old and his sweetheart was To- He is
and patiently. but will now be rewarded.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-23
OFF ON A "HlKE."
Co. A, Will Leave, Tonight, on March
to Pleasant Pond.

Co. A. of this city of the National
Guard of the State will start, this
evening, on a march to Pleasant pond
where. Sunday will be passed in the
duties of army life. Capt. II. S. Peacock
has received the orders from the adj
iutant generals office that will allow
the company to take the trip as above
and all arrangements have been made
for the company to leave here between
6 and $50 o'clock. this evening. The
line of march will be by the way of the
Brunswick road to Pleasant pond. a
distance Of some six miles. where the
camp will be made on the shore of the
pond. The camp. Sunday, will be under
the usual camp discipline ard a Skin
mish drill will be held and also guard
mount. The event will doubtless be en-
joyed by the members Of the company
as 1t is a bit out of the general order
Of drilling.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-23
New England League Standing.
AT LAWRENCE.

A well developed batting streak gave
Lowell ninth inning victory over Law
the visitors down to one hit with only one
run until the eighth inning. when he ma de
wild throw letting one score in. Four
hits with a total of five in the ninth
Melted two runs and the game. The field
ing Of Murphy. Beard and Morrison was
the feature.
Lawrence I'll o Q 0 o . 0-2-5-3
Brown and Wiley. Time. l4s. Umpire.
kerins. Attendance. 225.
AT FALL RIVER
Lees curves proved easy for the Fall
Il to ?. Yeager had the visitors hits well
scattered. The batting of Weddige. Ric-
eius and Yeager and the fielding of Gui-
Concord III Q o . . So
Batteries-Yeager. and Peterson; Lee
and Diggins. Umpire. Rudderham. Time,
1.51. Attendance, $50.
AT NEW BEDFORD.
The Manchester players had no trouble
hitting Friends pitching and defeated
the home team by score of to 3. Leith
was effective after the fourth inning,
when New I;edfords batting streak end
| ed. Page and Taylor made three hits
each, and Tighe and Burrill made long
hits. The visitors, knau especially, did
some neat fielding.
New Bedford..1 l 0 o 0 0 o. S-4
Batteries-Leith and cote; Friend and
Vandergrift. Umpire Brady. Time, lao
Attendance, 500.
AT NASHUA.
Haverhill won the game with Nashua.
to 6. Mckinley was batted hard in the
sixth and seventh innings and Nashua
took the lead. but the visitors scored
three runs in the eighth and one in the
ninth. The feature of the game was a
running one-hand catch by Rollins. The
game has been protested by Nashua on
the grounds that the Haverhill coachers
on the third base line interfered with
play in the eighth inning when two runs
were scored.
Haverhill .1 8 % 3 Is 81
Batteries-McGinley and c. Murphy;
I.abelle and Duggan. Umpire, McCloud.
Time, 10. Attendance 600
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-23
RAILROADS AND STEAMBOATS,
Arrangement of Trains in Effect
June 6, 1904.

Pullman Car Service
Pullman Parlor Car between Bangor
and Caribou on train leaving Caribou
| at so A. NJ. and Bangor at 525 p NJ.
Pullman Sleeping car between Boston
and Caribou on train leaving Boston at
100 p. NJ. Augusta. L. IS A. NJ; Bangor,
3.25 A. M: and Caribou. 40 2. NJ.
TRAINS LEAVE
LEAVE Portland. 1870 p NJ: Augusta
12.@ p. NJ; Waterville, 1.2S p. Nj: Bangor.
3.225 A. NJ; Arrive Millinocket at 613 A. M
!ioulton: SIS a; NJ. Pressure Isle. 1o.0i A.
NJ: Caribou. 1870 P. M; Fort Fairfield,
LEAVE Portland. 1856 A. NJ; Augusta,
go \. NJ; Waterville 325 A. NJ Ban
gor. 10 A. M; Arrive Katahdin Iron
Works. 1890 4. n; Patten. Il;4o 4, N;
Houlton, 1870 P. NJ; Pressure Isle ia r
~; Caribou, 2.40 P. M: Van Buren, Ass
r. NJ; Limestone, 3.35 p. NJ; Fort Fair
A. NJ; Gulford, $40 A. NJ: Monson. 1O15
\. n; Greenville, 10. 50 A. M. Kineo LIS
Leave Portland, 11o5 A. NJ: sSW'H Water.
sos P. n; l>ineo. 705 P. NJ Leave Bar.
gg9r S25 P. NJ; Arrive Millinockel, "a 7
P h;; Pastf d. "c ~; Ho@Ion a59 N;
NJ; Fort Fairfield. $40 P. M.
. LEAVE Portland. 100 P. NJ; Augusta
IA r NJ; Waterville $50 p. NJ: Ban
Guilford. III P. M; Greenville. SIS p n
TRAINS ARRIVE.
LEAVE-Greenvllle. $50 A. NJ; Dover.
SO A. NJ; Arrive Bangor. $40 A. M;
$50 Aug aspF ass 'Y NJ Hr''Ve "a'eFS'''F'
Leave Fort fairfield, 6s5 A. M; Carl
39u. $50 a, NJ; Pressure Isle, So A. NJ:
Houlton; $50 a; NJ: Ashland, $40 A. NJ;
Bangor. los P. NJ: Leave Kineo. go A.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-23
PERSONAL MENTION.

H. NJ. Bean Of Camden, was in the
city. yesterday.
Gideon Beaudoin of Rochester. N. H.,
Is in town on business.
Miss Addie Wilson has returned from
Q visit to friends in Bath.
Miss Lottie King Of Waterville is
visiting Mrs. I.aBreck Of this city.
County Attorney Newell of Rich
mond. was in the city. yesterday. on
business.
These Augusta men have been in
Bangor this week: c. s. Pettingill and
z. L. Hall.
Miss Freda Trambley Of Fairfield.
has returned home after three weeks
stay In this city.
Miss Helen Wilder and Miss Cannon
returned. Thursday. from a weeks
visit at the Isle Of Springs.
Mrs. Keenan, and daughter. who have
been visiting friends in Bath and
vicinity, have returned home.
Mrs. E. H. Elwell and daughter Of
Chicago, are the guests OF Mr. and Mrs.
E. II. Jenkins on Cony street.
Frank e. Brown Of Waterville, was
IN the city, Friday forenoon, on legal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-23
READY FOR BALL.
Ha'lowell Will Produce Goods in TroI.
ley League.

The Trolley Baseball League was
formed, last evening. at the office of
City Marshal F. NJ. Fish in the City
building. A board of directors, which
includes a representative from the four
teams interested, Winthrop, Augusta,
Hallowell and Gardiner. was created.
]. H. Pinkham representing Winthrop;
Eden Hanks, Augusta; F. NJ. Fish,
Hallowell: and A. G. Robinson. Gardi-
ner. George S. Patterson of Mallowell,
was the choice of the board for presi-
dent. and he will preside over the de-
liberations of that body.
A mass of business came up for dis
cussiOn. out withal the meeting was
very harmonious and the board of di-
rectors in the future meetings will
doubtless be able to decide upon certain
bylaws or articles of agreement as
well as other questions which have
arisen and will continue to beset them.
True it is that the league jumps into
existance with a view and there are no
forebodings or dark shadows as to the
measure of success which will meet the
good efforts being put forth.
1t was decided that visiting teams
b. allowed % per cent. of the net re-
ceipts of the game in which they par
ticipate. The schedule of games is to be
framed by the board of directors and
with them, also rests all arrangements
for games on Labor day.
The season will oren July - next
Wednesday,. when Augusta will meet
Gardiner at Gardiner and Hallowell will
meet Winthrop at Winthrop. Admission
fee on Labor day will be % cents: other
regular games Is cents. Unless with the
consent of the board of directors no
games are to be played with teams out
side the league.
The details of various matters are still
under discussion and cannot be given deti-
nitely.
The next meeting of the board of di-
rectors will be at Island park. next Mon
day evening at I o'clock. when the sched-
ule will be arranged. The season will
open. as before stated. on July Y and
close September IL
The purse of 500 is to be placed on de-
post at an Augusta bank and will he
payable to the winner upon the order of
the presiden; of the board of directors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-23
Weeks Schedule.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

<tMENlCAN
Thursday. Friday and Saturday-St
Louis at Boston. Chicago at New York.
Cleveland at Philadelphia, Detroit at
Washington.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Thursday. Friday and STANDARDIZATION
at Cincinnati, Philadelphia at st. Louis,
New York at Chicago, Brooklyn at Pitts
burg.
STANDARDIZATION at Cincinnati. Philadel-
phia at st. Louis, New York at Chicago.
NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE.
Observation-Disclosures at New Bedford,
Concord a t Fall River. Lawrence at Low
ell, Nashua at Haverhill.
CONNECTICUT LEAGUE.
Saturday-Norwich at Bridgeport, New
London at New Haven. Merden at Hol
yoke, Springfield at Hartford.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Observation-Disclosures at Rochester. Jer-
sey City at Buffalo. Newark at Toronto
Baltimore at Montreal
Sunday-Baltimore at Montreal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-23

For few moments. Friday after
noon, there were exciting times on Wa
ter street, beyond Bridge. and 1t look
ed as though two boys were In for a
serious time The boys. one Of whom
was about Is years of age. the other
some three or four years younger.
were driving horse. which was at
tached to a wagon Of not too solid APP
pearance. Just as they passed under
the railroad bridge a train rolled on
the bridge The rumble of the train
frightened the horse. which instantly
started to run. Before the elder of the
two, who was driving. realized what
was occurring, the animal was beyond
his control. Up the street the animal
raced ut a terrific rate. Three times
did the wheels Of the wagon catch in
the car tracks and as many times did
1t seem to the observers that smash
ard spill was inevitable. Each time
luck was with the boys and the disas-
ter was averted. The horse ran until
about half way up the hill. before be-
ing stopped.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-23
A slight fire in the Penny blacksmith

A slight fire in the Penny blacksmith
shop on Water street caused excite
ment for a few minutes. Friday after
noon, and but for the nervousness OF
the man who started to send in the
alarm would have given the firemen a
run. 1t is supposed that the fire. which
was extinguished with two pals OF
water. was caused by some one in the
shop dropping a lighted match on the
floor. When the blaze was discovered
a man ran to the nearest box to send
in the alarm. He broke the glass. which
covers the key box. but was so excited
that he couldn't locate the key hole
OF the alarm box. Before he succeeded
in getting the box open Officer Miron.
who had ascertained that there was no
need Of the firemen. reached him and
prevented the alarm being given.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-23
Coughs (; e: &C.:
your chest That means low cough lung cough Ayers
Cherry Pectoral heals the membranes
business. He returned home on train

business. He returned home on train
3.
Dr. and Mrs. Sturtevant and Mr.. and
Mrs. Percy Hill will return. today.
from a several days sojourn at
Squirrel Island.
Arthur Donna who has been visiting
his aunt Mrs. W. ]. Buchanan for the
past three weeks has returned to his
home in Winslow.
George H. Smith of Pressure Isle, the
new reporter of decisions to the
Supreme Court, was registered at
Hotel North, last night.
A. T. Blackington IF R"ckland, was
in town, yesterday. rl,HI " dterville'
where he attended til rtces at the
Central Maine drivin" u+:n. Wednes-
day and Thursday.
Miss Annie Virgin o. Rochester y.
H.. who recently resigned her position
as stenographer to a Fairfield attorney
is visiting friends in Augusta. she
will leave, today, for her home IN
Rochester.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-23

Two-base hits-Odwell. Moran. Three
base hits-Seymour. Odwell. Kelley. Hug
gins Double plays--WOodruf ard Hug
gins: Abbatticchio, Raymer and Tenney
Carney. g. Sacrifice hit-Tenney Struck
out-By Harper. 1; by Carney. l. Passed
ball-Moran. Wild pitch-Carney. Hits
OF Wilhelm. in 1-S inning: off Carney
u in 2-S innings. Time, LIS. umpires
Carpenter and Moran.
AT CHICAGO.
Chicago ;.......o OO2 Q l x-6-l3-2
New York .....1 0 0 0 3 04-1O-O
Batteries-Briggs and Killing; Taylor
Wiltse and Warner. Umpires. Emslie and
ODay. Time. las. Attendance, 1000.
AT ST. LOUIS.
St Louis % / 4 O 0 x-1l-l4-l
Philadelphia : Q 0 0 3 e. SIPS
Batteries-Taylor. Grady and Mclean;
Duggleby and Roth. Umpire. tombstone
Time, Las. Attendance. 800.
AT PITTSBURG.
Pittsburg 40 0 l . 0 0 l x-7-1i-O
Brooklyn ......O 0 o % 0 o. 81
Batteries-Case and Smith; Poole and
Ritter. Umpire, thinner Time, 1.5O. At
tendance, 300.