The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 09, 1897, Image 2
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Prediction That Starvation Awaits the
Klondike Adventurers.
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POSTAL SERVICE FOR ALASKA.
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Ia)crr?tln; Storiwi'of the Condition of AfI
fairs at the White Pass?The Men at
kD)v#
Crossing the Divide?The Canyon
It it Strewn With Tents, Provisions
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h?nl Horses and Discarded Bafftrace*
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* Pokt Towxsexd, Wa?h. (Special).?The
f Steamer Farallon arrived here from Dyea
and Skaguay. Her officers tell interesting
Stories of the condition of affairs at both
. Wndings. They say the men in Dyea are
alowlv but surely crossing the divide, and
Ixhe road for ten miles up the canyon is
'strewn with tents, provisions, discarded
baggage and dead horses. Less than one
thousand persons are on the beach at Dyea,
as all make efforts to get across the divide
jas soon as landed.
Kf I In Skaguav things present a different ap;
jpearance. There are between Qve thousand
and six thousand persons there. Less than
$ ifty men have succeeded in getting across
'White Pass, and hundreds have given up
'.Wring to cross until spring. The Farallon's
Officers say rain had fallen continually in
|,fikaguay for eight days, and it w is utterly
BBpossible to cross.
| All kinds of business are flourishing.
Men are selling outfits for little or nothing.
A letter on the Farallon states that one
Aay last week one hundred men sold their
:r> bntflts at a sacrifice and started back. The
Kf,'v JTar&llon will start on her return trip to
? Jgkaguay with about five passengers, 155
Aorses and cattle, ana aoout two fmTOWT
* "Ions of freight.
t A saloon keeper in Dyea is buying flour,
H|? ^ into a hopper in a tent and
t- (tiling the empty sacks for seventy-five
Ev ' dents each.
p*1' The Farallon's officers deny that a man
pTi Was killed in Skaguay for stealing, but sav
i;- that in case of theft death would be the re15-,?it
? 3 ' t The demand for horses to be used in pack\\
lug over the passes from Skaguay is increaslag,
and during the present week several
tautdftd horses will be shipped there. There
Mn now at Skaguay about four thousaud
k*?. jhorses, and it is difficult to see how this
S^T< number can be fed during the winter. Many
? , prediot that both men and horses will be
Jk.i (tarring before spring, and that the horses I
j?? trill belllled and eaten.
POSTAL SERVICE FOR MINERS.
v; , Order Establishing It Issued by
Postmaster-General Gary.
; WiitmoTox, D. C. (Special).?Postmas- I
2' . feer-General Gary has issued a formal order I
9 v [(ataiJhiljIiLg an exchange of malls once a I
month between the postofflces at Dyea, I
feL, Vlaska, and Dawson City, Canada. The I
f * rtiee is to consist of one round trip each I
mocth. The mails in auestion shall contair. I
' tealy letters and postal oards, to the exclu l
won of all other articles. The mails mado I
MB at the office of Dyea for Dawson City I
g?. ttnUeoaiain letters and postal cards ad
Mbewed for onr place in the Yukon district I
v 'of Oanada, and the mails made up at the
"' V office of Dawson City for the office of Dyea I
Anil contain letters and postal cards ad*
dressed^ for dellrery at any place in the I
This is the formal announcement of the I
EE Mir postal service into the gold region,
W, 'wMeW has been established through an
K' ' ' At?want between this country and CanEXPERT
ON KLONDIKE.
[>", \. NtoU All Orw the OoutiTi Bat It Is Mow
;Hl^f ; er lees Spotty.
OsxzaUn>, Cel. (Bpeeial).?Byron E. Janes.
tft assayer for the Alaska Commercial ComE&
- P7> who case from Dawson on the Port
' *dth him the latest and about
oniy soientlflo Information that has
i ?<he from the Klondike.
?51' The gold fields are as yet practically
H?j>. nnhown," said Xr. Janes. "The whole
(N jo^ry contains line gold in greater or
H* f? Uantities, bat in most of the regions :
CP. * the m ia ia poekets. As tt Is sometimes
K ealledrthe eoantzyis spotted. That is,
If the pajtoizt and the gold run in streaks
througfthe ground, just like a streak of
a considerable amount of !
Ptoepectlsth^ peen done in streaks along 1
-certain er%gt but there is a vast amoun; !
BuSkhw'nfc511 "?ver been eiPlored' I
BSfr-iV "As yet/jLjtloally nothing has been
hO?tdfhOd^trin prospecting. The gold
?? *' m> far taken 01 bas come from placer de- !l
f,i fpoelts along fie smaller streams. The
jjjQv hUJhisb vswrb thirty to seventy feet I
Bor'S^Ich Strike.
< * Naw tTi*. Xlnn/gpeeial).?A most reft*.'?
"asatkaWe story ofwuck, adventure and
K ? fl^ekreached here bathe receipt of a let- I
|lj? the Xlontkre. Last September I
[WllHe Co 11 mas, the %rteen-year-old son
gj? j?f ywnald Qollmas, W this place, ran I
?:'; f?ay fro?a home, aaf his parents had I
not heard from hl^ until the re- I
?-.* jesipt of this letter. He my* he fell in with I
& mme miners, who gave hm his board to I
4. (help them pack their stuff-o the gold re- I
gion. Here he got work afr|ii a day and
As soon as he got #100 together he pat- I
! " anted a claim, from which ha has already I
[ taken #10.000. He says that Us olaim will
V ,f*T##00 aday. He has been cgered #50,- I
#0# for it, but refused to sell.
I The Klondike Not Oar*
WaauixaTox, D. C. (Speclal).-If any
{United Statee officials attempt to assume
authority over the Klondike gold region
R (the Government will disavow their a?ts, as
tit doe* not dispute that the Klondfce is
within British territory.
GERMANY AROUSED.
Ja explanation May Be Demanded Froii
Trance of M. Meline'# Language.
Much resentment has been caused in
, 'Germany by the language employed by M.
MeUne, the French Prime Minster, in replying
to a telegram addressed to him by
a number of the residents of Lorraine
congratulating France upon her alliance
With Russia.
M. Meline thanked the senders of the despatch
in behalf of the Government for
their glowing patriotism. The German
| , newspapers make most severe attacks
. * upon the senders of the despatch, accusingthem
of treason, an 1 upon M. Meline
ijc ior speaking as he did to German subjects.
Bank Broke, Cashier Gone,
t , Charles A. Norton, cashier of the bank of
!.; Durand, 111., is alleged to have embezzled
P" a large sum of money and disappeared.
II He was a Sunday-school Superintendent
jf. and the leading light of the community.
Forged notes to the extent of 87000 have
V been found. The bank carried 825,000 in
depos its. Norton Is supposed to have taken
910,000. The Kank is closed.
v Abolishing the Siberian Exile System,
p The Czar has decided to partly abolish
\ the Siberian exile system, and to erect large
central prisons in Russia proper. The
change will go into operation a jear hence
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Washington Items.
Exports from the United States for July
were ?69,925,770, an increase over the same
faonth ln*t year of about ?4,300.000. The
exports for the first seven months of the
calendar year were ?549,943,870, against
?500,527.003 for the first seven months of
last year.
According to semi-oflleial advices re- j
ceived in Washington. Japan is secretly
negotiating with the Diet of the Greater
Republic of Central America for control of
the Niearaguan canal project in defiance of
the United States.
The armor plate board appointed to investigate
the cost of manufacture and of
establishing a Government plant has
finished its tour and will draw plans for a
possible factory.
Domestic.
RECORD OF THE LEAGCE CLCBS.
Per Per
CInbs. Won. T.n*t. ct. Clubs. Won lx>st. ct. j
Bait 73 33 .689 Philad'a..49 62 .441
Boston ...75 34 .638 Louisv'le 49 62 .441
N'w York.67 33 .633 Pittsb'g ..47 60 .439
Cinein'ati62 43 .590 Brooklvn 43 62 .436
Clevel'd..55 59 .514 Wash'n.. 46 61 .430
Chicago .50 59 .459 St. Louis.27 82 .243
An effort is being made to torce ail me
colored people to leave Ellwood, Ind.,and
serious trouble is threatened.
An electric light dynamo in Manning A
Paine's parer mill, Troy, N. Y.. burst and
set the building on Are. The mill was destroyed.
causing a loss of 3100.000, on
which there is an insurance of 365,000.
Mrs. Cyria Dwight, seventy-five years
old. was burned to death in her homo at
Auburn, X. Y. Her brother. Lawrence
White, with whom she lived, is suffering
from inhaling smoke. His mind Is wandering
and he cannot tell what caused the fire.
John F. McDonald, who had been Sheriff
of Milwaukee County and held othe^ responsible
political positions, was sentenced
at Milwaukee, Wis., to six months at the
County Farm for vagrancy. He came to
Milwaukee from Boston in 1845. Over-indulge
in liquor is said to have been tho
, cause of his downfall.
A south-hound vestibule train on the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
ran off the track near Cortland, N. Y.
i One person was killed and fifteen were injured.
; George P. Irving, an aeronaut, fell 200
feet at Reading, Penn., but saved his life by
: his presence of mind in keeping his feet un,
der him.
' The City Council, of Trenton, X. J., offers
a reward of 3100 for the arrest and convic[
tion of Crozer, the defaulter.
State Senator Mullin, of Watertown. N.
j T., wa? found dead in his room in the Unij
versity Club, New York City, of heart disease.
He was apparently In his usual
health when he went to his room at 1.15 a.
m. A servant found him at 10.50 lying
across the bed dead, almost fully dressed
and with his spectacles on.
Colonel George Bliss, the well-known
New York lawyer, died at his summer
home at Shadow Farm, near Wakefield,
R. I.
John D. Rockefeller has (riven the Baptist
Missionary Societies $250,000 to pay their
debts.
President McKlnley attended a reunion
of the survivors of his old regiment at
Fremont, Ohio.
The Silver Republican, Democratic and
Populist Conventions in Nebraska agreed
on the same candidates for State offices.
Herman Nack, whose wife is charged in
New York City with the murder of Guldensuppe,
has made a statement in which he
makes public Mrs. Nack's practices as a
midwife, and says she disposed of many
bodies of infants by burning them.
Jacob Worth was deposed from the leadership
of the Republican organization in
Brooklyn. City Works Commissioner T. B.
Win- ? ?? Kfo nlono
ITT 11113 OSOUUIOU WUVIV1 iu Ui.j pmw.
Frank Miller waa killed by electricity in
> the Penitentiary annex at Columbus, Ohio,
; for the murder last April of Mrs. John M1Ij
ler, near Black Lick. The execution was
witnessed by the husband of the murdered
I woman.
The corporation of Brown University
voted to request Presidents. Benjamin An[
drew? to withdraw his resignation.
I Advices concerning the. coal miners'
strike around Hazleton. Penn., point to a
prolonged struggle. The ultimatum of
the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
was handed to the strikers. The
company declines to make any concessions,
except to advance laborers from
ninety cents to 61 per day.
Democratic primaries were held in South
Carolina to name a candidate for United
States Senator to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Senator Earle. From returns
received Senator McLaurln will be
nominated by a considerable majority over
Evans and Irby. Evans will hive twice as
many votes as Irby.
Edward B. Cuthbert, in the banking and
brokerage business at New York City, under
the Arm name of E. B. Cuthbert A Co.,
made an assignment. The lii.blllties are
between 6300,000 and 6500,000.
William F. Harrity was retired as National
Committeeman by the Pennsylvania
Democratic State Convention at Reading.
The Chicago platform was reaffirmed.
Walter E. Ritter was nominated for Auditor
General and M. E. Brown for State
Treasurer.
' Mrs. Croker. wife of the blacksmith at
Cedar Junction, Kan., and her nine-yearold
son were ran down and killed by a
passenger train near Cedar Junction.
Mrs. John Drew, the oldest of American
actresses, died at Larchmont, N. Y.
Ten saloons in Kansas City, Kan., were
raided and $3000 worth of liquor was
poured into gutters.
Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, resisted
the kisses and embraces of the wife of
( Perry, who killed Lanier, and refused toinI
terfere with the death penalty.
It was reported in Colnmbus, Ohio, that
an agreement to settle the coal miners'
strike had practically been reached.
A general row took place at a baseball
game at Xewberne, Ala. One man was
killed and two others dangerously shot. A
dispute arose about a play between Richard
Lee, Jr., and Sid. Gooden. During the
quarrel Lee's father offered to take ahand.
Richard Bennett, Marshal at Newberne,
arrested Lee, 8r., and a few minutes later
Goodon rushed up and struck Lee over the
head, inflicting a fatal injury.
Foreign.
The French Minister of Commerce said j
t?at every effort would be made to develop
conmercial intercourse between France
ant Russia.
Tie demand from Europe for the five per
cent.silver bonds of Mexico continues unabated,
and the bonds have teen steadily
rising in price.
Rustfa has despatched thirty officers and j
SOOO solliers to Korea, according to advices j
j by stea-nships, to be stationed at Seoul and
: tne open ports.
The wafts of a Swiss asylum at Montreux j
I fell, and seven workmen's bodies have been
taken out o! the ruins. i
General Igna do Andrade, the Liberal I
eandidate, was elected President of Venez- j
uela.
Tlio British Secretary of State for India,
in council, has given notice that the sale |
of bills of exchange on Calcutta. Bombay, j
and Madras has been suspended for a period )
of not less than ten weeks.
Hawaii's Senate has been called to meet
in extra session to ratify the treaty of annexation
with the United States.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Premier of Canada,
received a public welcome on his return to j
Ottawa from the Queen's Jubilee.
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"MDRjioTHEARD FROM
No Tidinccs About His Daring Dash
For the North Pole,
BALLOON MAY HAVE LANDED.
The Arctic Explorer Started on .Inly 11
in HI* Balloon, and Although There
Have Keen Several Reports of Messages
From Him, All Troved to Be
Bogus?Speculations Aliont His F?te.
Christiaxia, Norway (By Cable).?It is
now about eight weeks sinee Herr Anc ree
J and his two companions set off from Tr>mi
soe on their daring voyage to the north
pole. What their fate has been is only a
I matter of conjecture, for, notwithstanding
| the picked-up carrier pigeons, there have
been no authentic tidings since their departure.
At first it was generally accepted that
the pigeon said to have been shot by the
Captain of the fishing vessel Aiken between
Spitzbergen and Seven Islands, carried a
genuine message from the explorer, but
The balloon in which Professor Andree <
was bnilt much after the fashion of othei
That is a strong guide rope which serves tw
loon at a uniform height and so prevents t
and overflow. It also serves as a keel to
three large and easily worked sails. With
fore the wind at an angle to the general di
diameter and has a depth of five feet. I
room in the basket for one person at a time.
Andree and his companion were to take turi
this is now open to question. Herr Tegetmeier,
perhaps the most accurately informed
man on the habits of these birds,
states clearly that it is impossible that any
pigeon taken bv Andree should ever return
to its original location. In his experience
homing pigeons direct their course by
sight, ana all those engaged in long-distance
journeys have to be trained so as to
be made acquainted with the country over
which they fly. If this is so, the hundreds
of miles of unknown Arctic sea make the
pigeon story just Impossible, and we must
wait for news of Andree until he himself appears.
In the way of conjecture tnere have been
various surmises by scientists, the majority
of them being unfavorable to tne success
of the expedition. The most important of
these is from Dr. Nils Ekholm, an expert
aeronaut, who last year accompanied Herr
Andree to Spltzbergen to tare part in the
voyage then proposed, but who declined to
go this year because he consi lered the balloon
unsatisfactory in respec; to its impermeability.
He estimated the ongest period
the balloon could remain In the air was
twenty-four days, and that, la his opinion,
was not sufficient to make a successful voyage
across the pole or to the pole and back.
On the other hand, Mr. W. H. Gilder, of
New York, who has had experience in
polar explorations, though not in balloons,
thinks that there is no reason as vet for
discouragement. The voyage may be successful,
but the voyagers be landed so remote
from civilization that it would take a
considerable time, perhaps several months,
for them to reach a place where they
could communicate with the world. A
reasonable time limit has' not yet been
reaohed, and consequently there is no
warrant for believing that these daring
adventurers have been lost.
There is no reason to abandon hope that
Andree and his companions may return.
The fact of the matter is that the explorer
said before he started that he might not be
heard from for two years. Andree is a fine,
intelligent fellow of magnificent physique.
He was perfectly well aware of what he
was doing when he undertook the trip to
the North Pole, and if pluck, intelligence
and physique could help a man through
such an undertaking, he will yet be heard
from. It may be that his balloon has come
down on the northern coast of Alaska, in
which case it will take considerable time
for him to reach a telegraph station. Then
the balloon may have descended in Siberia
or Greenland, ana some time mu?v cmt'Do i
in any ease before he could be heard from.
He has his sledges and other necessaries to j
make a journey, and possibly will reach
some civilized point eventually.
Handed in the Fubllc Square.
"Doc" Kelley, alias Black, colored, twenty-three
years old, was hanged at Snow
Hill, X. C., for assaulting Mrs. Merritt, a
white woman. The gallows was in the public
square of the town, and 5000 people were
spectators. Kelley was accused of several
other crimes.
Murder For h Son;.
Edward Register, a young,farmer living
near Jacksonville, Fla., was shot and
killed by his adopted son. Robert, who is
fourteen years old. The bov and a man,
Henry M. Tyre, were nrrested, and the lad
confessed that he committed the murdst,
The victim's wife gaye httU $5 to do it
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SETH LOW HAS ACCEPTED.
Agree* to Become the Mayoralty Candidate
of the Citizen*' Union.
Seth Low, President of Columbia College,
; is formally in the field as a candidate for
, the office of Mayor of Greater New York,
j He made his announcement in his cottage |
' at Northeast Harbor,Me. Secretary Clark, j
i of the Citizens' Union, called at 11 o'clock
a. m.. and after the newspaper men had
. been admitted. Mr. Clark, addressing the
President of Columbia, said:
"Mr. Low, I have the honor, on behalf !
of the Citizens' Union, to tender you the
nomination for Mayor of Greater New j
York."
Then Mr. Clark read the formal letter of
notification. President Low listened atj
tentivelv, and. when Mr. Clark had finished.
accepted the nomination. He spoke j
j earnestly, and his manner indicated that
I he had weighed well the step he was tak- !
! ing. Mr. Low will write a formal letter to :
the Citizens' Union Nominating Commit- i
tees. This letter will be his platform in j
the campaign.
UNCLE SAM'S STRONC BOX. |
Cash Balance of 8-lS,5Gl,20G In the
Treasury.
The August statement of the public debt, I
J issued at the Treasury Department, Wash- j
ington, shows the debt less cash in the
Treasury to be $1,003,335,121, which is an
increase for the month of $14,833,475. This
AILED FOB THE NORTH POLE.
>n July 11th sailed away for the north pole
r balljons. It has one distinctive feature,
o all essential purposes. It holds the balhe
gai from being diminished by expansion
the floating vessel, which is equipped with
the aid of the keel the balloon can drift bei-ection.
The basket or car is seven feet in
Lbove the car is the observatory. There Is
It is used as a living and a sleeping room,
is at the watch.
increase is accounted for by a corresponding
decrease in the amount of cash on hand.
The debt is recapitulated as follows:
T"* *JU7 SA5 540.
XUtClVOI'WtUtU^ v?vvwj I"--J- Debt
upon which interest has ceased
since maturity, $1,336,280.
Debt bearing no interest, $378,194,507.
Total, $1,226,896,327.
This amount, however, does not include
$593,961,953 in certificates and treasury
notes outstanding, which are offset by an
equal amount of cash in the Treasury. The
cash in the Treasury is classified as follows:
Gold, $181,234,165.
Silver, $519,368,486.
Paper, $139,427,064.
Bonds, disbursing officer's balances, etf
$18,115,651.
Total, $853,145,367.
Against this there are demand liabilities
outstanding amounting to $639,534,160,
which leaves a cash balance in the Treasury
of $218,561,206.
ANGERED BY LIONS, SHOT HIS WIFE.
Then Tamer Hanntetter Blew Oat Hll
Own Bralna.
William Haustetter, famous the country
over as a lion tamer, fatally shot his wife
in the right lnng near the entrance of the
Zoological Garden at Cincinnati, Ohio, and |
then shot himself In the head. Haostetter
died instantly.
For fifteen years Haustetter has been employed
at the Zoo, where he handled lions,
tigers, leopards, panthers and hyenas. He
had all the beasts under his control and
was the only man who dared enter all the
cages.
He fed the lions and started for home.
Near the entrance he met his wife and shot
her and himself. No motive for the deed
is known. He had had trouble with two
lions in the afternoon, had beaten them
with an iron bar and was still angry when
he met his wife. He and his wife were
never known to quarrel.
Haustetter was thirty-eight and his wife
is thirty-six. They have two small children.
New Railroad Terminal.
The Locust Point yards of the B. and 0.
Railroad are completed and that ocean terminal
at Bal imore now has a capacity for
3600 cars. During the past few weeks the
wisdom of making the improvement has
been amply demonstrated. Thousands of
cars of export grain were handled without I
a single blockade and with such celerity J
and ease that the old timers were greatly j
astonished.
The Goddess of Liberty, in New York '
Harbor, who for eleven years has been welcoming
wondering foreigners to the great
New World, Is to have her noble face and
majestic bronze gown soundly scrubbed !
and "done up." She has been queening it
at Bedloe's Island forlo! these many years,
and time and the scornful waves have taken
many liberties with her?and she the Goddess
of Liberty herself! At any rate, she is
to be washed with soap and water and
scrubbed with a big bath brush at an early I
date.
An Arinj of Convicts.
There are about 17.300 prisoners lb the
. United States. _
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Bradstreet Reports a Continuance of j
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the General Expansion of Prices.
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LARGEST AUGUST TRADE YET.
Heavy Exports?The Warm Weather
Has Assured the Corn Crop?Number
of Business Failures.
Braclstreet's commercial review for
the week ending Saturday, Sept. 4th,
says: The previous activity in all lines
of trade is maintained. There is a better
tone to the demand from jobbers,
and the volume of business in wool,
leathe::, clothing, hats, groceries and
light hardware has increased. There is
a bettor reynest for woolen and cotton
goods, jewelry and rubber goods, fabrics
and shoes. Some wholesale merchants
at Western centres report the largest
volume of August trade on record.
There has been an increased consumption
oi: cotton by Southern mills.
Western iron ana steel mills have orders
to keep them busy until January
1. In the Central-Western States the
bituminous coal strike has had a further
depressing effect on the general
industrial situation. At the Northwest
some commercial houses have had to !
work overtime to meet the demand tor
goods, and the warm weather is reported
to have practically assured the
Indian corn crop. On the Pacific coast
wheat exports have been checked by
inability to secure crews for vessels.
Mercantile collections have improved
in some sections.
Last week's general and unprecedented
expansion of prices for staples
is continued, wool, cotton and woolen
fabrics, hides, leather, white pine lumber,
sashes and doors, iron and steel
bars, billets and roils, wire nails, barbed
wire and Southern foundry iron, wheat,
corn, lard aud sugar having advanced,
and higher prices being expected for
boots and shoes. Lower prices are recorded
for cotton, wheat flour and coffee,
while those for oat3, pork, print
cloth6, petroleum and coal are unchanged.
This week's export of wheat (flour included
as wheat) are the largest with
two exceptions?the second week of
September and the fourth week in August,
l&'l. The total shipments amount
to ti.258.247 bushels, asrainst 5.149,6-!>3
bushels last week; 3,369,802 bushels
last year; 2,260,361 in 1807; 3,207,300
bushels in 1894, and 4,920,000 bushels in
1893. The shipment of corn is also
large, aggregating 3,185,004 bushels
this week, against" 2,682,452 bushels
last week; 2,527,526 bushels last year;1
1,405,370 bushels in 1895; 127,000,
bushels in 1894, and 672,875 bushels in
1893.
There are 198 business failures reported
through the United States this
week, against 210 last week, 336 in the
week one year ago, 184 two years ago, !
207 three years ago, and as contrasted
with 319 in the like week of 1893. There
are 80 business failures leported from
the Canadian Dominion this week. Last
week the total was 39, and a year ago it,
was 30.
Dun & Co. 's report says that failures
in August 1897, were not 17 per cent. I
less in number than in August 1896, but
in amount of liabilities were 70 per cent, j
less; July and August show lower
average of liabilities per failure than
for ary quarter in the last twenty-three
years; the improvement extends to
nearly every important branch ol
business.
TFIALS OF GOLD SEEKERS.
Two Thousand Blockaded By Impossible
Bag?.
A Seattle, Wash., dispatch of the 4th
says i.ll efforts to break the blockade at
Skaguay have failed utterly. Advices
receh ed by the steamer Rosalie, which
left . Skaguay Monday last arrived
hereloday, state that when the trail
was opened Monday morning 2,000
men and horses were striving to
get c er. Soon the path was in as bad
condition as it was before being repaired.
When the road had been corduroyed
over the miry places, the logs
slfppfd out and the horses went flounderin
j in the mire, many of them nevor
to emerge. Hundreds of those at Ska
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gnay nave giveu up ui uupo ui ^oiuu?,
through this winter and will stay till
February at the foot of the pass. Hundreds
are coming back from the trails,
stopping at Skaguay or Juneau for the
winter. A few more adventurers will
try to go over when the first freeze
covers the bogs with ice.
End of the Coal Strike.
A Columbus, O., dispatch says the
end of the great miners' strike is in
sight The national exectutive board
of the United Mine Workers have
agreed to recommend to the miners a
proposition to the Pittsburg Operators
for a straight price of 65 cents a ton, to
continue in force until the end of the
year.
A Pittsburg dispatch also says the
mine operator's committee have returned
from Columbus. Chairman UhlenT
burg says that the conference between
the miners and operators was a very
amicable one. He said: "We feel
very sanguine that an acceptance of our
65-cent offer will reach us from Mr.
Dolan shortly, and are convinced that
every mine in the distriot will make a
start on Monday the 13th."
Case Dismissed.
The suit of the Edwards, of South
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uarouna agamsi rriuuy v/uurcu 10 recover
a large tract of land in New York
city is dismissed by the court.
A Wordy War In Virginia.
A wordy war has been opened in Vir- '
ginia. Senator Daniel has sent a letter
to the Lynchburg News, in which he
replied at length to Governor O'Ferrall's
recent interview in the Washington
Post, in which the Senator was accused
of inconsistency and other siiyj
more or less mild.
Accepts the Xomiraation.
president Seth Low, of Columbia
University.has accepted the nomination
of the citizens Un'ifou for vaavor of
Greater New York.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
To Remove Dust From Linen.
Stains of dust may be removed from
fine linen and similar fabrics without -ja
injury to the material. The articles ;
must be first well soaped, as if they :.vi?|
were to be washed in the ordinary way.
An iron is heated and on this laid a 'J
wet cloth. When the heat makes the
cloth steam the rust stain is laid on it j-tVwE
and a little oxalic acid is rubbed on *
with the finger. The heat and the J^jl
moisture hasten the effect of the acid ' ^
on the rust, and when this has disap- . f/?aj
peared the soaping and washing may
be continued. /OnH
Getting Sun.lay Dinner* in Summer.
There are any number of things
which may be prepared on Saturday. Tip
Usually the baking is done then, and - jjggj
there is fresh bread, with biscuits and ' y
cakes. A pot of beans is prepared on . ,yv3
Saturday afternoon and warmed for x
Sunday breakfast. The desserts for %
Sunday may also be made on Saturday,
and a few are easily prepared and
are good cold. When fresh fruit is to
be obtained, nothing makes 'nicer deasert
and is more quickly prepared.
Served with rich cream and sugar, any
of the berries, peaches or bananas are v.
delicious. Potatoes may be served in
a number of ways which only take a
short time if partially prepared on
Saturday. It is customary to have a
roast of some kind for Sunday, but f.fl
this requires hours of attention. If
cold meat is not relished, some kind
which may be fried will only take a 'Uj
short time to prepare. Chickens may
be partially fried on Saturday, so that ?
ten or fifteen minutes on Sunday will *
finish them. Saturday roast may be
sliced cold for Sunday evening, and
the chicken or turkey for a salad may
be chopped on Saturday, ready for the
dressing on Sunday. There are
canned lobsters and salmon, which
may also be enjoyed on Sunday, and
which are always ready. Soups may
be cooked on Saturday also and reheated
for dinner on Sunday. As for %
fresh vegetables, nothing is so easily
prepared as a lettuce salad. The let- i
tuce may be washed and picked)over "
in the morning and left in cold water
to keep crisp until needed. Most
canned vegetables require only ten or
fifteen minutes to cook. FresL asparagus,
if tender, requires but fifteen
minutes, and radishes may be cle ined
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Good Housekeeping. ???
Recipes.
Watercress Garnish?Pick and well
wash a quart of cress; dry in a towel
and dip lightly in French dressing;
drain and lay in a feathery wreath
around ed^e of platter.
Italian Sauce?Put a tablespoonful
of butter in a pan with one shallet
(minced), a tablespoonful of chopped 1
parsley and a tablespoonful of vinegar.
Stir over the fire until the vinegar has
quite evaporated, then add a table- ""
spoonful of flour, a breakfast cupful o!
good broth, ? saltspoonful of salt, and a
half saltsiv,onful of pepper. Stir
while it simmers and let it boil slowly
for five minutes. This is very nice.
Breaded Tomatoes?Roll six sliced
tomatoes in grated cracker or cornmeal,
dredge with a tablespoonful of
salt and fry in hot butter and suet,
half and half. Take up carefully on a
heated dish. Stir a tablespoonful of
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remaining in the pan, add half a cup of
milk, stir until smooth, season with a
half teaspoonful each of salt and pepper,
and pour over the tomatoes.
Sauce Verte?Take a pint of goose- . v
berries just before they commence to
ripen, add a half-cupful of water, boil
until quite tender, mash them and
pass through a sieve; put the pulp > -jtjMj
into a saucepan with two teaspoonfuls '
of sorrel juice (this may be omitted),
two teaspoonfuls of sugar and a tablespoonful
of butter; simmer for about '.'jt
four minutes. This is a famous Eng- '
lish sauce, and is very appetizing when
served with roast goose or duckling.
Tutti-Frutti Jelly ? Soak one-half
box of gelatine in one-half pint of "
water (oold). Dissolve with one pint
of boiling water, add juice of three
lemons, one and one-half cups of sugar.
Strain. When beginning to stiffen put
a layer of jelly in a dish, then a layer
of ripe stemmed currants, another of J
jelly, one of ripe raspberries, jelly ' -&|j
again, alternating with sliced oranges .?&]
and grated cocoanut, finishing with
jelly. Set on ice until perfectly firm.
Red Raspberry Blano Mange?One
pint of red raspberry juice, one quan
of milk, two-thirds of a cupful of
sugar, four heaping tablespoonfuls of
cornstarch, blended in one cupful of
the milk, one dash of salt. Heat the
milk to the boiling point, stir in the
blended cornstarch, add salt, sugar ' :.vh
and last raspberry juice. Boil up ; "J'&H
and pour into a wet mold. Set in ice
to cool. Turn out and serve with . jjm
whipped cream around the same.
This is delicious.
Yeal and Tomato Scallop?Slfct
enough cooked cold veal, rather
coarse, to make three cupfuls. Also
slice one-fourth of an inch thick one
pound of skinned fresh tomatoes.. sjfl
Butter a baking dish and spread alternate
layers of fine bread crumbs (on?
cupful is required), veal, then tomatoes,
seasoning with one heaping t?fc- jNsH
spoonfuVof salt and one saltspoonfu) at
pepper'in all. Ihnish the top with
bread crumbs and pour over one cupful
of Italian sauce. Bake for thirty
minutes. * #35
'White Velvet Sherbet?The juice/of
Tour lemons and the thinly shaved
peel of one soaked in the jnice half an
hour. Then strain the jnice and add
enough sugar to make a thick batten
It usually requires three-quarters of a
cupful to each lemon. Add one quart
of milk, and turn at once into a
freezer packed with three parts broken
ict and one part rook salt. Turn 'J?
slovly at first, and when it begins to
thicken turn rapidly until stiff. Add
more ice and salt, and let it ripen for
it least two hours heforo. serving.