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hmsbhhhmhmhmf pc\ . 'v;' " ' ?? THE COUNTY RECORD p ; ** eingstree" s. c l(OUIS J. BBISTOW, Kd. & Prop'r ALBERT G. PORTER. 'Distinguished Hooaier Who Recently Died at Indianapolis. Hon. Albert G. Porter, one of Indiana's distinguished sons, who had seryed his country faithfully In high places, passed away at Indianapolis recently. Born at Lawrencetrarg, Ind., In 1824, lie 'graduated from Asbnry University and became a lawyer in Indianapolis at 21. Within a few years he was a leader in KepiiDUean ponucs auu uhu various municipal positions. Next he * became Supreme Court reporter and In 185S was sent to Congress, bokllng his seat two terms. Then he returned to Indiana and became eminent as a law~ jer. After the war Gen. Benjamin ,5 Harrison was Ills partner for many /ears. In 187S he was apjointed comptroller of the treasury by President Hayes and in 18S0 was elected Governor of Indiana by 7,000 plurality, although Indiana was ordinarily accounted Democratic by 14,000. He filled the office with distinction. It was Gov. Porter who nominated j': <5en. Harrison for President in the Chi. ' cago- convention of 1888 and one of 5axbkkt o. poster. '( President Harrison's first acts was to i' * appoint bis learned friend minister to ?.1': Italy. Since his return in 1893 be had !|p ( lired in retirement. the First White House Bathtnb. ft In an article on "The Domestic Side of the White House," in the Ladies' Haas? Journal, ex-President Harrison gtras this Interesting view of the home portion of the Executive Mansion: . "Property speaking," he says, "there K are At? bed-rooms in the Executive Mansion, though by the use of two dressing-rooms and of the end of a k Short hall that formerly opened to a large north window, but has now been i closed up to make a small bed-room, the number may be Increased to eight C2 There are no mil table servants' quarters. Those provided are In the basement, and only those opening on the r.. sooth are habitable. The north rooms open upon a damp brick area and are unhealthy. One of tb^ basement rooms, having a southern exposure, is fitted x up as a billiard room, but very plainly. , "It Is said that provision for a library " lor the White House was first made |$S daring Mr. Fillmore's term. Neat cases K are arranged about the room, and most -of them are filled with books?old editions of historical and classical works. There Is no catalogue, and the library has not been kept up. "President Adams introduced billiards into the White House, purchasKftllo onH nnna of o l: ~ mg UIC UJTQt tauiu, UUtlO uuu vuvo wv % V cost of |81, paying for them out of his I own pocket President Van Buren was Charged by a political advereary and scathing critic as being the first of *our Presidents to discover that the >/; pleasures of the warm or tepid bath are the proper accompaniments of a palace life. For it appears that our for? mer Presidents were content with the Application, when necessary, of the simple shower bath. Mr. Van Buren's critic then refers with high approval to the salutary side of Mr. Adams' heroic habit of bathing in the Potomac 'between daybreak and sunrise.'" The battleships seem to have exffH.: boosted all the known methods of coming to grief on the high seas and in harbors, unless they monotonously repeat the exhibitions that have already ;w., been given. A lHtle originality has been Injected into the process, therefore, by locating the source of danger in convenient dry docks. The new dock in ?. the Brooklyn navy yard, known as No. ' ' -3, and which Is the largest in the workl, !s the pionebr in the movement. It waited until it had the warship Massaebusotts in charge and tlien it suddenly began to leak. Water flowed in merrily until the dry dock was the .wettest thing in sight and the Massachusetts was in peril of being swamped, as it were, on dry land. The effort was f badly timed, for the workmen soon got at the pumps and prevented what might have been a really picturesque naval episode. It cannot be said to Phave been a complete iaiiutv, iivwcvei-, i for It will require several thousand dol Ihrs to repair the dock. and the Massa- j chusetts was given a lively shoek. Perhaps the next time the gallant ship can i get through its experience in the way of disaster without the Interference of too alert workmen. The quicker thpse warships finish sowing Their wild oats the sooner the navy will arrive at a fighting condition. Parke?So strong is habit, they say a man's spirit goes right cu doing the same thing after death that he did in life. Lane?That ean't be true in your case. Parke?Why not? Lane?Look at the habit you have gotten into of shoveling the snow from your walk.? T&e Jesiec, N- -* *' " ". ' - 1 THREE THOUSAND KIED IN BATTLLLE. Fanatics Descend Upon Braiilian Troops With Fearful Loss of Life. ~j*T4 | The New York Herald's correspondent In Bio Janeiro, Brazil, telegraphs that authentic information has reached that city to the | effect that more than three thousand sol- I diers have been killed in a big battle near ! the site of Canudos. The fanatics, numbering more than ten thonsand men, all well armed, attacked the ' Government troops. Whole brigades of I the soldiers were swept down and des- | troyed, trampled under foot as the victorious fanatics with wild, hoarse shouts of triumph passed over them. There is no reasonable doubt that the loss in killed on both sides is more than i three thousand. For miles the ground j around Canudos was strewn with the dead j and dying, the government troops being j compelled to leave their dead on the field ! and flee to save themselves from complete destruction by the avalanche of the fa- : natics. I When the' report of the awful battle reaohedRloJanelro.lt was considered by the President and Ministry, and it was de- | olded to send the Minister of War to the 1 scene with 4000 men, who are now gather- I Ing, They will carry with them a great. store of ammunition and will endeavor to I dislodge the fanatics from the positions 1 they now hold. , CUT DOWN BY A BIC STEAMER, j Fonr Drowned by the Sinking of the Barkentlne Florence. The Allan Line steamer Scandinavian arrived at Boston, Mass., from Glasgow, Scotland, and bronght with her the survivors of the crew of the British barkentlne Florence, Captain Olsen, which was sunk in a collision with the Scandinavian, while in a dense fog twenty miles south of Cape Race. Four members of the crew were drowned, together with the wife of Captain Olsen. The Florence was bound from Sidney, C. B., to St. John's N. F., with a cargo of coal. The names of the men who lost their lives were Noah Norris, cook, aged flftyone years, of 8t. John's, N. F., who leaves an Invalid wife and two children; William Yabsley, aged twenty-five years, a nephew of the Captain's wife, single; James Norman. seaman, aged thirty-two years, single, both of 8t. John's. N. F., and William Fry, thirty-three years of age, seaman, belonging in Poole, England. Havoc Wrought by Delate. Following a month of rain there came a downpour, which converted the streets of New York City Into tumbling rivers and j wrought destruction throughout the sur-1 rounding country. New Jersey was sub- , merged. Railroads were under water and sections of roadbeds were swept away, j Buildings, torn from their foundations. ] raced down raging streams, houses and . stores were flooded, bridges were lifted from their banks, and passengers were imprisoned in railway stations, unable to proceed to their homes. The storm did tremendous damage in Newark, Elizabeth and Plalnfleld. Cellars and ground floors were flooded, trolley trafflo was stopped and railway trains were stalled. No Hope of Currency Beform. Representative Payne, of New York, made a statement, which is accepted as reflecting the views of 8peaker Reed and most of the members of Congress, to the efTect that there is no hope of currency reform legislation by the present Congress, in view of the attitude of the Senate, and that it would be unwise to agitate the subject. Western New York Crops Suffer. Dispatches from Western New York pointg say that the almost incessant rains have had a serious effect on crops. Wheat has l An* f oHIl fifnnria fn thft MVVU WW S VUV, l/U? OWI? ? ? fields. In some sections it is reported as sprouting and in others there are appearances of rust. Barley is suffering badly and oats will be late. Consul Commits Snlclde. Otto Munchmeyer, United States Consul In San Salvador, committed suicide. Munchmeyer suoceeded his father, Frederick Munchmeyer, as Consul of the United States at San Salvador. Mr. Munchmeyer, Sr., was appointed as Consul at San Salvador from West Virginia In February, 1895. Dies of Blood Poisoning. Dr. W. W. Skinner, a wealthy physician of Forrest, 111., died at Bourbonnais Caves, where he was encamped with * party of friends. A few days ago the doctor wounded his hand with a thorn. Handling tainted meat caused blood poisoning, resulting In his death. The President's Vacation. President McKinley left Washington accompanied by his wife and the membera of his personal office staff, for Blaff Point, on Lake Champlain. He expects to be absent six weeks. Colonial Office Warns Gold Seekers. The British Colonial Office has warned intending gold seekers that it will be useless to start for the Klondike beforo spring, as the Journey is possible only in the summer time. Our New Minister Not Wanted. The Diet of the Greater Republlo of Central America has declared W. L. Merry who was recently appointed United States Minister to Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Salvador, "persona non grata." Expect Tariff Retaliation. Administration officials expoct European nations to combine in a commercial war against the United States because of provisions in the new Tariff law. Powdcrly Again Appointed. The recent appointment of T. V. Powderly as Commissioner of Immigration was signed by the President. Mr. Powderly's nomination for that office failed of confirmation In the Senate because of the opposition to him on tho part of labor organizations. Peace Preliminaries. The peace preliminaries drafted by the Powers were presented to the Peaco Congress at Constantinople. They provide for arbitration of any differences that may nriso between Greece and Turkey in arranging a final treaty. Woman Sent to the Rock Pile. Police Magistrate Timmons, of Danville, III., sentenced Maggie Sellers to the rock pile for thirty days. Tho woman took the ! sent oneo nonchalantly. Maryland Democrats Meet. Senator Gorman controlled the Demo- I cratlo State Convention held nt Baltimore. I The platform declared for bimetaltem with- | out itxing u ratio and for a tnriff for rev- , enue. Tho following Stato ticket wa3 I nominated, For Controller?Thomas A. j Smith, of Caroline County. For Clerk of the I Court of Appeals?J. Frank Ford, of St. j Mary's County. Highest Price on Mexican Gold. Gold sold at a premium of 125 per cent, at the City of Mexico, tho highest mark ' overreached in that country. Business Is paralyzed. TMff til OF COLD. I Reports From Alaska Are Like News of California in Days of Old, HUNDREDS OF PAYING CLAIMS. Seventy Million Dollars Said to Be In Sight and the Klondike Region Only Partially Prospected?The Amount Taken From the Mines In Six Months Pat at 5,000,000? Story of the Rich Discovery 8ax Fbaxcisco, Cal. (Special).?Seventy million dollars in the new Alaskan gold fields, and the region only partially prospected. That is^the summing up of the stories brought from the Klondike camps by men who emphasize their assertions with bags of gold dust and nuggets. The history of the Klondike discovery and the defiance of Arctic danger and hardship by the men who fought their way to the gold fields will have a picturesque place in mining literature; and whatever the future may have of disappointment or PORT 01 development, the renown of the region Is won. A country in which privation and suffering has been the rule was penetrated and explored by daring, adventurous prospectors. One of the miners struck a rich {>ocket of gold, but there were only a few o know of the discovery, and It was four months later that the news reaclwd the nearest of the settlements. There were stampedes in the dend of winter,and in spite of the intense cold nearly 5000 men made their way to the new camp. Snow was shoveled away, great fires were built to thaw the ground and pick and shovel unearthed the nuggets and dust. It was on August 12th of last year that George Cormack made the first discovery. On December 15th the first stampede was begun from Circle City, 300 miles from the new mines; but before June some of these northern prospectors were millionaires, and all, or nearly all, had fortunes. Concerning the discovery, H. A. Stanley, a Binghamton (N. Y.) newspaper man, has written from 8t. Michaels, the Yukon port, a statement which appeared in the Exam iner. Mr. staniey says: "The richest geld strike the world has ever known was made in the Klondike region last August and September, but the news did not get even to Circle City [until December 15th, when there was a great stampede over 300 miles intervening between there and the newer fields. "On August 12th George Cormaok made the first great strike on Bonanza creek, and on August 10th seven claims were filed in that region. Word got to Forty Mile and C.'rcle City, but the news was looked upon CHILOOOT PASS. as a grub-stake rumor. On December 15th, however, authentic news was carried to Circle City by J. M. Wilson, of the Alaska Commercial Company, and Thomas O'Brien, a trader. The greatest stampede ever known in this part of the world commenced." There may be a great deal of question about "the richest strike ever known," but the general circumstances as narrated by Mr. Stanley accord with the statements made by the miners who have arrived in this city. Accurate reports and estimates of the extent of the Klondike m.nes are difficult to obtain. The miners, naturally, have various opinions and their statements accord with their beliefs and their varied observations, while all insist that the new mines are enormously rich. Stanley writes: "Those who made the' 300 miles first struck it rich. Of all t he 200 olaims staked out on the Bonanza a ad Eldorado creeks ?* r.Mtiuf a hianfc Eauallv rich UVl UUC JiOC |/?VTV\a p- ? ? finds were made June 6th to 10th on Dominion Creek. Not less than 300 claims have been staked out on Indian Creek, and the surface indications are that these are as rich as any of the others." This, too, is supported by the assertions Of the miners. So here are 500 paying claims, without counting those on Bear Creek and in other districts, if the stories are all true. There are 200 claims on Dominion Cteek. The value of the paying claims may be estimated, though without assurance of accuracy, from the fortunes J made by those who have returned and j Dr. Knde?There's nothing serious the matter with Patsy, Mrs. Mulcahey. 1 think a little soap and water will do him as much good as anything. Mrs. Mulcahey?Vis. docther, an' will Oi give it t' him befoor or afther his males? ?Judge. "Sawyer seems to think a good deal of himself." "I should say so; he has had Moorish curves cut Iu his office dorway so he can get his head iu and "out."? Cbte-'Uro.H?KVNr4w-.^ ?... - . V from the statements of Correspondent Stanley: "The largest nngget yet found was ploked up by Bert Hudson on claim Ho. 6 on the Bonanza, and was worth 1257. Next TUXON BIVER. in size was one found by J. J. Clements on Indian Creek, worth $231. The last four pans Clements took out were worth 12000 and one went $775. Bigger pockets have Dean struca id omer regions, dui nownere on earth has so rich a general find been made as in this section." The individual fortunes of those miners who are here and of those about whom news 1 has been received are placed at from $10,000 to $1,000,000 and upward. If there is nothing visionary or unreal in the wealth described, some of the Klondike pioneers may oe worth several millions. But assuming the average value of the claiirs to be $100,000 and the number of claim: to be cniy 700, the Klondike region gives promise of a yield of not less than $70,000,000 from ? W W J ' ' SITKA. the prospects that had been opened prior to June. LIFE AT THE MINES. DiSClne Done In the Winter and the SlalcIns In the Spring. 6eatxl% Wash. (Special).?A man of perhaps thirty-five years is Robert Krook, a Swede by birth, who has passed four consecutive summers and winters In the Yukon river country. Having brought $14,000 from the new Klondike placers, he is preparing to go homefor'the first time in fourteen years. "I brought with me something over $14,000 and put the greater portion of it in the bank," said Mr. Krook. "Next March I shall return to Alaska. More gold is awaiting me thore. My partner works the claim, pays all the expenses while I am away and at the clean-up we divide equally. This spring there were not enough men there to do the work. When aman has a mine he wants to get the gold out as fast as he can. The wages paid was $1.50 an hour in the winter, when a man can only labor seven or eight hours, and $15 a day in the spring, when the days are much longer. Nearly all the placer gold is from twelve to fifteen feet down. The digging is done in the winter and the sluicing in the spring and summer as soon as the water begins to flow. "It is easy to get down to tbe 'black muck' with a pick. The usual way is to dig a hole seven or eight feet square. As soon as the black dirt is reached the work Is a little harder, but the dirt yields to the pick and then hard gravel Is reached, when the ground must be thawed out. At night billets of wood two or three feet long are piled in on the gravel to a height of two feet. This is set on fire. By morning the gravel can be worked easily enough. It is piled up around the mouth of the shaft and by tbo time all the gravel that has been thawed has been put on the dumps it is time to build a fire again. "Usually two men work a claim. One fills the buckets in the shaft and the other works the windlass, raising the buckets and dumping their contents. Inthespring the two men turn the dump lntc sluiceboxes and wash out the gold." THE TRIP TO KLONDIKE NO PICNIC. Swlneford Telia His Cousin to Keep Away Unless He Wants to Sailer. Chakpaics, 111. (Special).?8. M. Phelps, of this city, has just received a lettjr from his couisin, Alfred P. Swlneford, of Marquette, Mich., regarding Alaska Mr. Swlneford was Governor of Alaska during the Cleveland Administration. Among other things he says: "I can only say that whl.e I have never been in the Yukon district, and personally know nothing about Klondike diggings, yet I have no doribt about the great abundance of gold. Still, if you want my advice l say, unless yon are propuicu to take your life In your hands and encounter such hardships e.nl perils as are hard to picture even in imagination in getting to the Klondike after yon have reached Alaska; unless you are prepared for the extreme of winter's cold and of summer's heat and to endure black flies and mosquitoes, that render life almosr. unendurable, don't go. "At all events, don't rentr.re on the trip this season. The Klondike is 600 miles' travel beyond Juneau, and starting now, even if in the rush you succeed In getting transportation as far as Juneau, you cannot possibly get beyond to your destination in time to do any prospecting before next spring; and it Is exceedingly doubtful If you will be able to find employment during the winter, for the reison that there will be so many ahead of you. MIXED MARRIAGE DIVIDES A CHURCH. The 1'lis tor Morried a Colored Man to a White Woman. Thf' race question has caused strife and secession in the Trinity Evangelical Church at Milwaukee, Wis. Some months ago the Rev. Georgo Hertz, tho pastor, married David P. Redd, a colored horso doctor, to a white woman. Meetings were held at which the minister was denounced for his action, ami these meetings culminated in the secession of half of the congregation from the church. The secessionists met and organized a new churoh. The cornerstone of its doctrine is an:i-miscegcnation. United States Troops For Alaska. | The President and Secretary Alger deelded, to send a company of troops to Alaska to support the civil authorities in I the administration of the law at the new I gold Holds. Ilerr Oil?Ilaf you hoard dot dog of min> ate a tape-measure undt died? t. nt?t ho died nv inch os, nieht var? Ilorr Oil?Abor nit; ho ven;: omit in dor alley und die py der yard?Columbia Spectator. "Mr-!. Savor must frel that she waa very extravagant in buying that new gown." "What makes you think soV" "She's bt. 'in to argue that it will be the cheapo.?: la the eud."?Cbicagc Journal 1EEALFHG COHCE. | i -i 3reat Britain Accepts the Proposition of the United States* TO BE HELD IN WASHINGTON. Ambuudor Hay Notified?Belief That the Conference Will Be Attended Also by Representatives of Russia and Japan ?Commissioner Foster Tells of His Work at'St, Petersburg and London. Losdos, England (By Cable).?The British Foreign Office notified Ambassador Hay that Great Britian has accepted the propo. Bitlon of the United States for an lnternai tional conference on the question of pelagic i sealing in the Bering 8ea? It will be held I at Washington during the the coming au: tumn. John W. Fo9ter,the United States Special Commissioner on the sealing question, In the course of an Interview said: "Whereever I have been, at St. Peters" burg, Berlin, Paris or here in London, I have been received in the most cordial manner. "Whatever may be the feeling In the United States anent the often-reported antagonism to our Government displayed by foreign Powers, I have seen nothing of It. ' Everywhere I have had evidence that the foreign governments wish to meet any cuestion raised by the United States In a spirit of the utmost frankness and openmindednees. Perhaps it is needless for me to say that this Is most gratifying to me officially and in my private capacity. "The British Govornment has agreed to accept our proposition for a sealing con comrissioxEB johk w. tostbe. 'erence. I am now returning to make an immediate report to President McKinley. "I have had long and entirely candid conferences with Mr. Chamberlain, and last Sunday I passed the day with Sir Richard Webster, the Attorney-General, who is the adviser of tee untisn tiovernment. "My statement met with the frankest and most impartial consideration. "As to the Hawaiian question, I may say that in London, Paris, Berlin and 8t. Petersburg I have had ample opportunity to ascertain the prevailing sentiment in political and commercial circles. "In all these capitals annexation is generally regarded as the natural, if not inevitable, result of the large growth and expansion of the United States on the western ooasts of America. "As it could not be expected that any other foreign Power would be permitted to oocupy the islands owing to the strategio importance, the proposed annexation would be acquiesced in by the European Governments, although the position which it would give the United States in the Pacific would not be welcomed by nations seeking supremacy in that quarter of the world. "My personal views on this question are well known in the United 8tates. Nevertheless it is extremely gratifying to find that the necessary expansion of the United States will not be the cause of European iiSculties, and it is appreciated as the logical outcome of American destiny." WRECK ON THE RAIL I ?_ A Switch Tampered With and a Train Partly Derailed. The Chicago Express on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Bailway, due in Cincinnati at 7 a. m., was wrecked at Thornton, Ind., about 2.20 o'clock. Four were killed outright and several slightly injured. There was a deliberate plot to wreck the train, as a coupling pin had been driven into the switch so as to hold it open and throw the fast train from Chicago to Cincinnati off the track as it passed that point. The engine and tender, the mall, express and baggage cars were thrown from the track ana wrecked. The coaches and Wagner sleeping cars remained on the traok and none or the passengers were seriously hurt, although they had a lively shaking up. It is reported that none of those L. the cars that were thrown from the track were seriously hurt. Seth Winslow, of Greensburg, Ind., the engineer, and B. Crickmore, of Indianapolis, the fireman, and two unidentified tramps,were killed outright. The officials of the "Big Four" Railroad state that no passengers were hurt. The fatalities are limited to the engineer and fireman and two tramps. Free Grass in Texas. For a month of dry weather extending over a part of June and the first of July, a dozen parties of haymakers worked in the free fields of the coast country about Alvin, Brazoria County, Texas, and shipped thousands of tons of hay. Hundreds of thousands of acres covered with this grass are free to anybody, yet enough goes to waste every year there, it is said, to feed all the stook of northern Texas. The proportion saved each year, however, is becoming larger now. Sunstroke in Alaska. Those who have an idea that cold weather prevails exclusively in Alaska will be surprised to know that Archie Burns, a miner, was affected by sunstroke while ' 4U? Uo fhhftV. crossing tuo uuiu <j*?. uv >..v. ered aad proceeded after two days' rest. A Vlneless Potato. Robert Cornwell, a farmer, living near Golden City, Mo., after numerous experiments, thinks ho has succeeded in developing a potato that will grow without vines. He says his potatoes grow entirely under ground out of the reach of potato bugs, ; which cost so much to destroy each season, I not to mention the damage they do. He . also says a field planted with the vineless , potato may be worked with the ordinary narrow. [ ' Arrests In Washington. i Of the 22,562 arrests in Washington last year. 11*975 were of colored, b Senders, _ v-. .'*{3 v /JOHN P.LOVELL DEAD? Founder of Ftmotu Company Saecamte to Paralysis. The venerable John P. Lovell, founder of the arms company bearing his name, a company known all over the world, haa just died at his summer home, Cottage Cltj> j$2 Mass. He suffered a paralytic shook from whioh It was hoped for a time he would rejt over, but a vigorous constitution was not 31 a match for the encroachments of advane* ,?w ^John'prlnoe Lovell was born In East . THE LATE JOHS P. LOYELL. .^3 Braintree, Mans., on July 22,1830, and wail f therefore in his seventy-eighth year. Ha tried several trades before finally settling down to gunsmithlng, at which he beoama ? ^ one of the most expert and finished workmen in the world. He apprenticed himself "jA to A. B. Fairbanks, a Boston gunsmith, whp ^ in 1840 gave Mr. Lovell a half interest In the business. Mr. Fairbanks died the following year. Mr. Lovell took another port- ' ner, but in 1844 bought out the latter. Ha -//J later added sporting goods of every da-, ? \ | scription to his stock, and the company haa ?, steadily grown to its present mammoth ;m proportions. Mr. Lovell successfully weathered every panic, never failed and L? never was sued. As his sons became of age to enter business they were taken Into tne Arm. Mr. Lovell was connected with num- yi3 berless secret and charitable organizations. He was tho first man to buy a ticket on the .^5 South Shore (later the Old Colony) Railroad v jjj when it was built, and had been a continuous ticket holder ever slnoe. He had long, "* been the only survivor of the original ticker holders. Mr. Lovell, at the completion.of , ? his fifty years in business, was given a' .' golden business jubilee anniversary, whloh . Ji was one of the notable events of East Weymouth, where he lived for more than half a 4 oentury. Mr. Lovell leaves a widow and' five sons, three of whom are members of ^ the eompany. JAPAN WILL ARBITRATE. State Department Informed of Hawaii's *3 Offer and Its Acceptance. The Japanese Government has acoepted ill the offer made by Hawaii to arbitrate the ggj uispuie ueiwtwa iu? two cuumnes. jluv . u State Department, at Washington, haa , vj been Informed of the offer and the accept-; ^ anoe. The subjects of arbitration will In-, #3 elude not only the dlfBculty over the land-; ^9* lng of the Japanese Immigrants, but alea 7 will include other disagreements ,between _ the two countries, the most important of U which Is the sake tax Imposed upon a Japanese liquor largely Imported and oon-| wi suined by the Japanese In Hawaii. . The acceptance of the offer of arbitration vVl states that the Japanese Government ac-: ' cepts arbitration in principle, and is prepared to enter upon the terms for a settle- . 7 ment of pending disputes. The formal let-^ m ter of acceptance has been sent to Hawaii^ > and the conditions of arbitration will be la contained therein. The pressure for taxing; . " sake was from the saloon keepers and man- n ufacturers of liquors, as the Japanese use ' jH this liquor almost wholly to the exclusion . of other beverages. It is not expected that the State Department will make more than|a formal aoknowl- -Jj edgment of the latest communication from Japan upon the subject of an annexation of Hawaii, the understanding being that .. <^9 all future negotiations will be conducted ' by Minister Buck and the Japanese Foreign . J Office at Toklo. -'vsH FACTS ABOUT ALASKA. Gold first discovered in 1879. * Area In square miles, 531,409. Product of gold in 1896, *4,670,000. tJj Estimated present population, 40,000. Estimated product of gold to date, 930,- 4 ooo.ooo. ' 'iJaw Travel possible only in June, July and , *9 August. Principal products besides gold, furs, fish and lumber. 1 Principal occupations of the people, hunting and fishing. Governor of the territory, James D. Brady; residence at Sitka. Principal cities, Sitka (the capital), Juneau, Wrangel, Circle City. Climate in winter severe in the extreme; winter beginning in September. Klondike in English is Deer Blver. The /3M river is so designated on the maps. Scene of the present excitement is along the upper Yukon and its tributaries. Purchased in 1867 from Bussia for 97,200,000; purchase negotiated by William H. ',3 9eward. ajj During June and July continuous daylight; during December and January eon- - '/ tinuous night. Principal rivers, the Yukon (more than S 2000 miles long;, tne fcusgoKwim, tne uoi- ^ ville and the Copper. Population (census of 1890), 30,329, oi whom but 4416 were whites, 8400 Esqul- $|H maux and 13,735 Indians. J Principal Mountains, Mount Logan, altl- ?$ tudo 19,500 feet; Mount 8t. Ellas, 18,160; Mount Wrangel, 17,500 feot. Klondike gold fields partly in American ^j| nn.l partly in British territory, and the product Is disposed of in the United States. jE Distance from Chicago to the Klondike $ gold field, via the Yukon, Is about 6500 miles; via Chilkoot Pass, about 4080 miles. Time to make tho trip by either route, thirty days. Cost of the .trip, about 0300. James R. Keene's Domino Dead. , ^j| Domino, the famous race horse, died at ,d? tho farm of James R. Keene, near Lexing. . ; t ton, Ky., of meningitis. He was taken ill, and six veterinarians could not save him. 4 Domino was foaled in 1391, and won abbut ^ $100,000 in stakes and purses. Train* Guarded Against Tramps. All through trains traveling over the d Pittsburg (Penn.) Division of the Baltl* i and Ohio Railroad aro guarded by men with Winchesters, one guard being onthO platform of each train. This Is done as a ;sj precaution against hold-ups by tramps. Benham Guilty of Murder. Howard C. Benham, a young banker o| j^PJ Batavia, N. Y., was found guilty of murdei j in the first degree. It was charged that he v$ poisoned his wife with prussio add. Mrs. ' d Benham died the flra? Veek In January. J Benhsun's trial lasted fcearlY ttrfea week*... M