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THE COUNTY RECORD
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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,
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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, _
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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