Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 50, Petersburg, Pike County, 22 April 1898 — Page 6

T?lu §f ike®ountg |)f feL McO> STOOPS. Editor ud Proprietor, ^ETERRRTTBG. . - TTCpTANA Ox the 14th the queen recent signed ' the decree convoking the Spanish eortes on the 20th. Os the 12th Gen. Lee stated before the senate committee his opinion that the Maine waa blown up by Spanish agencies. The government has chartered, in addition to the steamship St. Paul and St. Louis, the New York and Paris of the American line. The Swiss government has prohibited the importation of American fresh fruits. This action was taken owing to the alleged presence of the San Jose acale in fruit imported recently. Hos. C. H. Grosvexor was renominated, on the 12th, for the sixth time by the Eleventh (O.) congressional district convention, which indorsed the policy of President McKinley on the Cuban question. The Rome Messagro announces that all negotiations for the sale of the Italian cruiser Garibaldi to Spain have been suspended on account of the international regard due to powers about to become belligerents. Great enthusiasm was aroused in Madrid, on the 15th, by the fact that - the queen regent had headed the national subscription to increase the strength of the Spanish navy by giving 1,000,000 pesetas toward the fund. Oar the 13th a special dispateh from Rome announced that the pope had again telegraphed to Emperor Franchs Joseph of Austria, begging him to use his influence with the other sovereigns in behalf of peace between the Edited States and Spain.

Tuk navy department has decided to purchase the Braziiiau cruiser Nietheroy,if she proves satisfactory to a board of inspection which will examine her. This cruiser rendered a tine account of .herself" in the Melio revolution in Itraxil a few years since. A LETTER received in Madrid, on the *.4th, from the Philippine islands, said that all the troops which were embarking for Spain at the time the communication was mailed had been marched hurried 1 rior, wh ish rule. When Consul-General Fitahugh Lee arrived at Richmond, Va., on the 12th, there were at least lO.lklo people at the depot, including the governor and stall and the Richmond Light Infantry lilue*, to greet him. In a brief speech he said the time for talk v'u over, aud that the time for action had come. It develops that a few nights before Pulaski*'. Hyatt, United States consul, left Santiago de Cuba, uuder instructions, for Port Antonio, Jamaica, a mob of Spaniards, made a demonstration before the consulate, throwing tomatoes, eggs and-stones at the Slurs and Stripes boating above the building. Accounts*> to a special dispatch from Venice. Don Curios, the pretender to the Spanish throne, has declared his iilieutlon to “hold aloof from hostile manifestations so long as the Spanish government upholds the honor of the nation.'' Otherwise, he will “take the steps he deems necessary to support the dignity of the country.” Tuk president desires an immediate appropriation of &iUO,OUO. fie purposes loading the Yankee aud the. Dixie, and perhaps one or two other tgjhips recently purchased, with supplies and sending them to t uba with cargoes of food, aud escorted with warships. He will intervene with bread in one hand and •Word iii the other. To deliver tile bread the sword may have to be used. J 0*1 N \Y A N a si a s HU. of Phfladelphi has issued notice to liis employes that an}* of them who enter the military service, in case of war, will Ik* assured of their places on their return; their salaries w ill be paid to their families during their absence, and an insurance of fl.ub. will be paid iu each case of death while iu service. Mr. Wana,maker will raise a regiment and head U. A Spamsu cabinet minister, who was interviewed, on the 14th, said; “The true climax is approaching. But Spain is calm. She has dope everything to •vert war. and is now coubdeut in her right and in the justice of her cause. She is ready to defeud her soil and her honor. When the American government communicates its decision, Spain will stand ready to'inect all eventualities." v to serious towns in the iutecreiYhrebellion against >pau~ hadjkeen renewed.

Tut house Cuban resolution, adopted, on the 13th, provides; That the president is hereby authorized aud directed to intervene at once to stop the war in Cuba, to the end, and with the purpose of securing permanent peace and order there, and establishing by the free action of the people thereof a stable and independent government of their own in the island of Cuba; and the president is hereby authorized and empowered to use the land and naval forces of the United States to execute the purposes of this resolution. Ox the 11th she president sent to congress his long-expected message re* j ▼iewing the war for freedom in Cuba; its cost to the United States and her citizens; its atrocities and barbarities; | the suffering of the helpless redoneeu- j trad os; the destruction of the Maiue, j and the call of humanity for the end- I ing of this state of things, and stating that he had exhausted all peaceable means to this end without result. The president throws the responsibility of farther action upon congress and declares himself prepared to carry ou t any measures that congress may direct.

CURRENT TOPICS.' THE BETS IN BBIEF, FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Ik tbe senate, on tbe llth, during an exciting debate of tbe Cuban question, tbe president s message on tbe crisis in tbe Cuban situation was received and read without demonstration, and referred to tbe foreign relations committee. Some resolutions were offered to the effect that the government of tbe United Slates demand tbe immediate withdrawal by Spain from the island. Another message from the president, transmitting tbe Cuban consular reports, was laid before the senate, read and referred.. In the house the message from the president was received, read and referred to the committee on foreign affairs, after which some District of Columbia business was transacted. Cl* the senate, on the 12th, three resolutions ^bearing on the Cuban question were introduced, one directing concerted action with Gen. Gomez; another directing the president to take such steps as will secure to the Cuban people an independent republican form of government, and a third declaring the existence of war in Cuba, and directing tbe president to take steps to stop it and secure to the people of the island a stable and independent government. Several speeches followed the introduction of the resolutions, when consideration of the sundry civil appropriations bill was resumed......In the house Gen. Grosvenor .(a), in reply to an attack upon the policy of the administration, interpreted the recommendation in the president's message to mean a request for authority to establish on the island of Cuba a government independent of Spain. Ik the senate, on the I3th, Mr. Davis, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, presented the resolution and report of his committee on the president's message on the Cuban question, which were read. Mr. Hoar moved that consideration of the report go over under the rules for one day. The remainder of the session was occupied with impassioned speeches I by Messrs. Foraker (who advocated direct recognition of Cuban independence). Lodge and Lindsay (Ky.)....in the house majority and | minority reports on/ the Cuban qu- stion were j presented, and after n vain effort to get the resI olutions before the house the committee on rules I retired and formuU»te)l a special order, which provided for mi mediate consideration. After a lengthy and heated debate the substitute resolutions were defeated—ayes. H7; nays, 190. A motioq to recommit was defeated, ltd to ISA), and the majority resolutions were then adopted— ayes. 322; nays, 19—declaring for armedi inter

! venuon. CIn the senate, on the 14th, the resolutions proposed by the committee, on foreign? relations were taken up. and for more than six hours were the subject of debate, at times iuterspersed with sharp and spirited colloquies, but owing to the larg*' number of seaalors whodesired to speak upon the resolutions, the senate adjourned without action.In the house the day's proceeding* were dull and absolutely devoid of interest. A large number of bills of no special moment were passed, the most important be me the t'urtis bill for the relief of residents of the Indian territory, providing for the settlement of questions involving UMOJ.IKW acres of land'belonging to the Indians, uni the ejectment of T.OdO intruders. Is the senate, on the lath, during the discussion of the Cuban resolutions, several exciting episodes occurred, and some most-disgraceful scenes wen unacted, participated in by speaker* wrought up (o the point of frenzy by their deep Interest in th" question .under debate. The session lasted from W a. m. until 10:45 p m..at which hour the senate adjourned without hav tag taken action upon the resolutions In the house only u single incident was worthy of notice, and that was a speech on a question of personal privilege by Mr Bailey, the demo- j cratio leader, which was. in fact, a severe arraignment of Speaker Recti, anti produced much excitement ou the floor, the speaker himself proving the coolest person in the house. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Old Glory will not want for defenders. They are springing up from all over the land. The president and the secretary of war have received oilers of 1,000,000 volunteers. On the 13th the afternoon newspapers of London expressed the opinion that the United States and Spain were heading straight forrwar. There was also a disposition to blame the president for his alleged indecision. Ox the 13th it was reported in Madrid that an official telegram had been received from the Philippines, to the effect that a serious outbreak had taken place in Kuluan, afict that the insurgents had seized the telegraph station, the operators barely escaping with their lives. Troops had been sent to quiet the outbreak. Statement of the condition of the treasury April 13: Available cash balance, 8225,462,638; gold reserve, §178,555,628. On the 13th it was officially announced at the navy department that Capt. Sigsbee and Commander Goodrich will be the commanders of the St. Paul and SL Louis when those steamers are put into commission. No decision, however. had been reached regarding which officer would command the different vessels. . Coast survey steamers Patterson. McArthur and Oedney and the fish commission steamer Albatross have been turned over to the navy department for surviee in case of need.\ Fire broke out in the village of Osborne. O., on the 12th. The Dayton fire department saved the village from total destruction. The loss is about $3\UJ00, chiefly to business houses. On the 13th Senator Hale introduced a joint resolution, at the instance of the navy department, providing for an auxiliary naval force for coast defense to serve .or one year.

Ok the 13th it was announced that the national council of Switzerland had suggested that the bundesrath consider whether it could not offer to mediate between the United States and Spain. The proposition, it was said, would be considered, but that it would doubtless be rejected. Advices from Carthagena confirm the report that the United States consul and the United States vice-consul at that port, both of whom ari* natives of Spain, have resigned. The senate committee on foreign relations. in its report on the president's Cuban message, says: “It is the opinion of your committee that\the destruction of the Maine was compassed either by the official act of the Spanish authorities or was made possible by a negligenceon their part so willing and gross as to be equivalent in culpability to positive criminal action.” A scai-orFicUL note was issued at Borne, on the 13th, which states that “the powers have now considered direct action in the Spanish-American difficulties out of the question, and should war break out. strict neutrality will be observed by them. ” Tuk pope has appointed Rev. Alexander Christie, rector of Stevens church, Minneapolis, to the bishopric of Vancouver.

Among the stories afloat is one to the effect that the order which will be signaled to Commodore Schley’s flying squadron when it goes into action, will be the significant words: “Remember the Maine.” . The queen regent of Spain, on the 14th, signed the national subscription decree to increase the navy. The fruit steamer Barnstable, from Cienfuegos, Cuba, reached Boston, on the 14th, having on board United States Consul McGarr. Mr. McGarr said all was quiet when he left Cienfgos. Henry H. Piebce, secretary of the commonwealth of Massachusetts for 16 years, died at his home in Abington on the 14th. The Spanish cruisers Vizcaya and Almirante Oquendo it now transpires sailed from Porto Rico, on the 9th, I with secret instructions. The Madrid newspapers regard war as inevitable. The president has decided in the case ! of hostilities with Spain to offer to Consul-General Lee the command of the Virginia volunteers. This decision was reached after Mr. McKinley had held a conference with Secretary Alger and other military men. • The Spanish cabinet has decided to protest to the powers against tho charges made by the United States senate in reference to the Maine disaster. The. charges have aroused the Spanish people to the highest pitch of excitement. Gen. FiTZuroil Lee. in declining, on the 14th, the houor of a public reception at Washington, said: “Look here, j boys, 1 haven't done a thing that either' one of you or any American citizen would not have done, and 1 don't see why . there should be any fus$ made about it.” Andrew Aiken, a prominent pioneer of Kansas, and once register of the land office at Topeka, died at Omaha, Neb., on the 14th, aged SS. Mr. Aiken was very prominent in the early political history of Kansas, being one of the anti-slavery leaders. As indicated in the Madrid Heraldo Spain is figuring on yellow fever being j an important factor of the Cuban sit- j uation. It says: “We have 300.000 ] troops on the island, perfectly acclimatized, and any Americans who are landed there will die like dies.'' Gen. Mlt.ES says in the event of the j passage of the resolution reported by | the senate foreign relations commit- j tec. the president would have authori- j ty to call into the service of the gov- 1 ei*buient militia to the number of about ; 13,000.000 men. The rules of practice of the" patent ! otlied have been changed so that when ! ,au appeal is taken the primary exam- ! iner-shall furnish the board of exam- j iners with the grounds for his decision j Within five days, instead of 13 days, as heretofore. On the 15th Congressman Charles j Curtis was renominated from the first j Kansas district on the 730th ballot. The British colonial authorities at j Kingston. Jamaica, received ins;rue- i tions, on the 15th, from their home j government to declare eoal contraband j in the event of war. Wxi. J. Barry, the comedian, died at ] his home in Brooklyn, on the 15th. j aged 48 years. lie had been ill of a j complication of stomach and liver trou- j ble for some time. Gen. Shaftkr has received orders ! from the secretary of war to send 500 j tents from the quartermaster's stores j in San Francisco to St. Louis. Mr. Gladstone was reported, oa the 15th, as holding his ground and suffering less.

f LATE NEWS ITEMS. Is the senate.'on the '16th, after one of the most intensely interesting and impassioned debates that ever thrilled that chamber, the senate resolutions providing- for interference in Cuba, amended so as to recognize the existing republican government of the island, was passed: Yeas. 67; nays, 21... .The house held only a brief session. A MH.LioN-noi.i.AR tire, prefaced by an explosion that shook the whole city, occurred in Charlestown, Mass.., early on the morning of the 17th. It was the most spectacular and terrific con- J ilagration of the year. A high cl era- j tor was completely destroyed^ togetnvx with 600.000 bushels of grain awaiting shipment to Europe, mostly owned by Mr. Joseph Leiter, of Chicago. Cai-t. P. II. Ray, Eighth United States infantry, who spent the winter in Alaska, arrived in Portland. Ore., on the 17th, from the north, and went immediately to Vancouver barracks.

Capt. Ray will recommend to the war department the sending of troops into the interior of Alaska and the establishment of a military form of government in the Yukon. Tue weekly statement of the associated banks of New York city, issued on the 16th, showed the following changes: Surplus reserve, decrease, $2,309,600; loans, decrease, $7,697,900; specie, increase, $4,554,400; legal tenders, decrease, $3,824,200; deposits, decrease, $35,600. Cable advices were received in London, on the 17th, directing all American diplomatic and consular officials to watch for movements of Spanish war craft in British waters, and to report any such movement to Washington immediately. It is supposed that the other embassies and consulates have' been similar!ly instructed. Tuibtt-two boats started down the Ohio river, from Pittsburgh, Pa., on the 17th, with 3.557,000 bushels of coal. About one-half of the shipment was intended for Louisville and the balance for Cincinnati. De. John L. Ixgersoll, a brother of Robert CL Ingersoll, the noted orator, died at bis home in Prospect, Wis., on the 16th, of heart trouble, aged 72 years. Or Ingeraoll was a great temperance advocate. Tux usual Sunday bull fight in Madrid. on the 17tb, absorbed the populace, overshadowing the action of the United States senate as a topic of discussion. Ox the }6th the associated hanks of New York cityheld $37,373,075 in excess of the requirements of th» ‘^5-per-cent. rule.

It Raises No Uncertain Sound Upon the Question of the Freedom of Cuba. BI6 MAJORITY FOR THE RESOLUTIONS. rh« Turplc Amendment, Providing for Recognition of the Present Republican Government, First Submitted and' Passed—Differences to be Adjusted Bo* tween the Two Houses of Congress. Washington, April 17.—The United States senate has spoken. Its voice is for war—war until the saffron flag- of Spain shall have been furled in the western hemisphere and furled forever. Its voice, too, is for the indeoendence of the infant republic of Lhe Gem of the Antilles, “the fairest land the sun ever shone upon.” “Free Cuba and the Independence of the Island Republic,” was the shiboleth of the senate throughout the four days of debate which ended last night. While the verdict returned was decisive, it is just to say that it was not final. Notes of discord—almost foreboding in their tone—were sounded. This foreboding was not due in any sense to anxiety about the result of the impending conflict. It was prompted by a fear that if the action taken by tiie senate should ultimately be accepted as final this government might become involved in complications that m future years would prove serious.

At nine o'eoek last night the Davis resolutions—those reported from the committee on foreign relations amended so as to include the recognition of the republic of Cuba—were passed by a vote of 67 to 21, as a substitute for the resolutions adopted by the house of representatives. All day long the contest was waged with an earnestness, energy, ability and eloquence seldom equalled even in the senate of the United States. Before the voting had actually begun—after seven o'clock last night— the great speech of the day had been made by Mr. White, of California, who has been consistently and conscientiously opposed to action of any .kind upon the Cuban question. No less than 25 senators addressed themselves to the momentous question under consideration during the day, and while, under the rule, elaborate arguments were impossible, the speeches were characterized by an impassioned force and eloquence rarely heard in or out of the halls of the American congress. It was not until the first vote—that on the amendment of Mr, Turpie, of Indiana, providing for recognition of the island repub|ic-—had bceu taken, that the senate was brought face to face with the tremendous importance of its uetiou. The scene iu the chamber of mauy historic debates was oue of incomparable solemnity and impressiveness. The galleries, which had been filled apparently to their utmost capacity throughout the day were massed with brilliantly-attired women and men distinguished iu all walks of public and private life. On the floor’ was every member elected to the senate save one—Mr. Walthall, of Mississippi, who was again detained from his seat by serious illness. So deep was his patriotic interest in the pending question, however, that he notified Mr. Spooner, ol Wisconsin, with whom he was paired, that he could not d«*em it fair to hold him to the pair, and would therefore release him iu order that he might vote. In the semi-circu-lar area back of the senators' desks were seated and standing men, many of whose names are household words throughout the length aud breadth of the land. Over all were floods of electric light, softened by the multi-colored glass, in which were lined the coats ol arms of the 45 sovereign states of the United States. It is no detraction to the brilliance of the debate to state that the great— the notable—utterances of the dosing hours of debate were made last night. Mr. Hale, of Maine; Mr. Gorman, of Maryland; Mr. Allison, of Iowa, Mr. Aldrieh, of Rhode Island; Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, and Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, all deeply impressed by the magnitude and possibly awful consequences of the step about to be taken, addressed the senate with an eloquence and solemnity born only oi the most profound feeling for their country's welfare. As the words fell from their lips the chamber thrilled with au intensity of interest which bordered upon awe. The test vote, quite naturally, was on the amendment offered by Mr. Turpie, recognizing the independence oi the Cuban republic. It prevailed by a majority of 14, the vote being 51 to 37. By political parties the vote was cast as follows: Yeas—Republicans, 11; democrats, 26; populists, 7; silver re* ! publicans, 5. Nays—Republicans, 33; democrats. 5. Upon the final vote the alignment of parties was quite different from that on the Turpie amendment. An analysis of it follows; Yeas—republicans, 24; democrats, 31; populists, 7; silverrepublicans, 5—total 67. Nays—republicans,- 19; democrats, 2—total 21,.

The I'tiu] Sunday Ball Flfht Absorbs At- » tent Ion st Madrid. Madrid, April 18.—The usual Sunday bull tight absorbed the populace, yesterday, overshadowing the action of the United States senate as a topic of discussion. The journals which comment on the senate's resolutions consider them as further proof of America's scheme of annexation, and point out that it comes on the very day on which the Havana delegates proposed starting to confer with the insurgents. Government circles feel that the rw> olutions arefh fresh obstacle.

NEWS FROM INDIANA. Latest Eappenings Within the Borders of Our Own State. Ire of Patriots Aroused. Tipton, Ind., April 16.—A riot occurred a few miles west of here in which one man came hear being hanged and several men were seriously injured. A ditch nearly two miles in length is being dug in Jefferson township and about 100 men are employed on the job. A tramp came along and wanted work. He spoke in a broken language and when asked his nationality said that he was a Spaniard and was proud of it. He said that in event of war between the United States and Spain he would light for his native country. Some of the ditchers became sq enraged at this remark that they jumped out of the ditch, procured a rope and but for the intervention of Samuel Watson, the contractor, they would have hanged him. Watson pulled a revolver and threatened to kill any man who molested the Spaniard. One man threw the rope around the Spaniard’s neck and Watson shot him in the leg. Then a free-for-all fight ensued, in which several men were badly injured. During the melee the Spaniard made his escape.

Hand Cart Becomes a Hearsr^ Muncie, lnd., April 1G.—A man giving the name of William Jones, formerly of Paulding county, O., is said to have passed through Eaton and Gaston, in the northern part of Delaware county, pushinga hand cart containing the body of his dead wife, with a 20-uionths-old child sitting in the cart beside the corpse and a three-year-oid walking with its father. The story wc.s told here, and is to the effect that the man has been living near the western Illinois state line, and that he and his family started on foot for their former home in Ohio. The wife, it is said, died last Sunday very suddenly of heart disease, and the husband, anxious to get the remains to the old home, wrapped them in a sheet and continued his journey. >lny Prove a Clew. Indianapolis, lnd., April 16.—John A. Moore, who was put under arrest in Connection, with the laurder of his wife, was discharged by Police Judge Cox, before whom the preliminary examination was held. The detectives learned that ten days ago I)erk Peliuiter. the contractor and owner of the house in which the murder was committed, took a key to n locksmith and had a duplicate made. An effort is being made to show ihat the Key from winch the duplicate was made is the one taken from the kitchen of the Delluiter house. DeIluiter declares that the locksmith is unable to gainsay this. Vluvennrs Presbytery. Evansville, lnd.. April 16.—At the third and last day’s session of the Vincennes presbytery the following were chosen delegates to the general assembly: Ministerial delegate. Kev.*Alexander Urquart, of Washington; lay delegate, J. H. Buck, of Vincennes. The necrology showed the death of two ministers since the last meeting six months ago, Kev. 0. M. Todd, of Terre Haute, and Kev. J. L. Godfrey, of Mount Vernon. In the evening the delegates celebrated- the two hundred mid fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the Presbyterian church,

'A Couple ,irre*ted. Jlattleton, Ind., April 1G.—A young couple giving their names as John W. and Helen Slayton, and their home ras in Greenville, III., arrived with a team of horses and a buggy, which they attempted to sell to local liverymen. Leaving their rig in a livery stable they left town on foot without paying their hotel bill. They were overtaken and arrested and placed in jail. The couple stated that the horses and buggy belong to George Ford, of Templeton. Many Volunteer*. Martinsville, Ind., April 16.—.V mass meeting that the courthouse would not begin to accommodate was held here for the purpose of organizing a military company of men between the ages of 18 and 45. There were 70 names signed to the charter roll, and their services were tendered to the government in event of war with Spain. The meeting was presided over by Maj, II. H. Woods,' and enthusiasm was unbounded. Choose a Ticket. Laporte, Ind., April 16.—The republicans of this city met in convention | and nominated the following ticket for the municipal election: Mayor, Dr. F. T. Wilcox: clerk, Georgt Goenig; treasurer. August Peterson; marshal, Harry Phillips; aldermen, Edward McCarthy, John Loan. Fred Pitner, Edward Kanney and John Brockman. Chunked the Date. Peru, Ind., April 16.—The republican committee of the Eleventh congressional district met here and changed the date for the congressional convention from May 19 to May 26. A strong resolution indorsing President McKinley’s course was adopted and wired the president.

Action Postponed. Indianapolis. Ind., April 16.—The republican and democratic state committees had hoped to meet this week to fix the dates for the state nominating conventions, but on account of the war situation the chairmen sav that action is postponed until late in the summer. Gone to Hla Reward. Lafayette, Ind., April 16.—Rev. Sam ael Me harry, of this city, is dead. He endowed the chair of Greek in De I’anw university and was one of the founders of Meharry medical college at Nashville, Tenn. CnII for n Pastor. Laporte, Ind., April 16.—Kev. Walter' Pcott. formerly pastor of St. PaolV Episcopal church, has been called by Bishop White, of Indianapolis, to be his assistant for the diocese of Indiana.

A Missouri Man Presents a GioonyPicture of Life and Death on the Chilkoot Trail. THE RECENT AVALANCHE DESCRIBED. Hundreds of Bodies Burled Beneath Sr and lee—Pneumonia and Menlng Carrying Oft the Gold-Hunters as J Kills Sheep—Polluted Water Doing Work. tie, tot; Itl Pams, Mo., April 16.—Fire o£ .he 25 members of the Missouri Ala: ska Gold Co., of Paris, were sent vat on March 1 to make the overland tripto Dawson City, and to prospect until the rest of the company arrived on tl leir own boat in June. It was known t:iat they were on the Chilkoot trail absjcrat April 3, when the great s tiows ide caused so many deaths, and grave ft ars • were felt for their safety' by their families here. The following letter' received by H. J. Blanton from D. M. Fields brought news that the party, escaped the snowslide,. and gives a good, account of the catastrophe and the condition of things at Sheep Camp: j Sheep Camp. April A—1 wrote youfrom here several da vs ago, but so much has happened, since I must write arain. yet much of it will besad news back in the states. An awful showstorm nas been raging for live'davs and nights

ana now has fallen to the depth of hvefeet. Snowslides began and hare continued all day. News reached camp that many had been caught in a snowslide. From Sheep Camp to the s uintuit there are hundreds of tents. Nearly a l the men got their goods to the summit, and were waiting for a clear day to pass oven. To-i ight many of them are sleeping beueath thousands of tons of snow and ice. .-Ul day 2.UU > or men have been hard.7 at work with shovels taking out the bodies of dead comrades. It is estimated that here are 200 or 300 men and women beneath this mighty weight of snow and ice. So far about -twenty have been taken out. A few were olive Wkha tukenout, but most of them have died since. At 2 p. m. 50 man and women were was Ing down from the summit when a slid* occurred. One woman and ten men were out alive, and nearly all of them aftei died. - v There are -to more beneath the snow! the tirsrbanch below the scales there were!' bl) tents, with two to live in each tynt..; thought all these hav^ perished. Jim Jones and I went near the summit to-day. There wt saw some of the dead. Someof the boys were drisssed in their night clothing, showing that they, were asleep when fate overtook them. The s{lorm wits so severe On the summit it was impossible to work long at a time. The seared will con— tinue to-morrow, if the weather will, permit. The thought, that som • poor fellow is still, alive and looking for help hurts us, yet what q n we do? No oue could live out on the mountain in this dark, stormy night. The dead are in a. long row near our tent. stkem ware Gh It in

MEN DYING DIKE SHEEP. Men are dying like sheep at Sheep Camjp. It Is useless to withhold the facts any loagcij The hospital is full ot dying and dead men. caused Irooi overwork and drinking too much and whisky when too warm. The only diseases I have heard of are pneumonia and spinal meningitis, which aroi fatal in all instances. You see man in goo t health, to-day, and to-morrow he is dead. One ajja live here and keep his health jist a* weil as ijji Missouri, if he will be careful and use a little judgment, n-t drink too much wat;r when yarm, odd let the saloons alone. But men will pfill 30;dr 400 pounds all day, come into camp at night, lie down and die. Our goods are all at the scales sad on th; summit, underYU feet of snow. When we willl get our goods and strike the trail again i!i more Iha^ we can tail All reports are ekcouraging, from those who are coming out. They* say gold is plentiful and 5k are going back soon. I met a man »jn his way from Dawson City to the states yesterday aud saw fliO.iMO worth of gold nuggets'he had taken out. I tell you it made my eyes stick out We were eight days pulling our 4.0J0 pounds of provisions, clothing and betiding on ov|r sleds from Dyea to Canyon City. Canyon Cijty. like the city in which we are camped, is a city of tents. It is here to-day, ..nd to-morrow j t gives . way toothers. The population to-day o; Sheep Comp Is 10.(W) to l.»,oOJ people. The city is about two miles long. It presents a beautiful scene at night We are camped on an elevation above the city, and as I look back over {Be city in the twviigbtot evening. I coir see ■». Wjf to a.0U0 teats, each With a little taliow candlji burning brightly within. ;j From Canyon City to Sheep Camp is four miles, a way la which no Missourian wciuld enter unless he saw Ht.WX) Dutchmen jus t ahead of him. 1 _ j . HOW FREIGHT IS CARRIED. I "It is said by those who profess to know, and I presume it is true, that there are l.ijiiX) dead horses.beneath the snow and ice of this canyon.. yet the people continue to drink the water of this poisonous stream when they should go tothe base of the m mntain and drink sparkling abater as pure as it was waen it cai|j forth from thc hand of God. While pas-ing tnrou^b. this canyon even in midday one s made fearful because of the rumbling souati of running water beneath his feet Sheep Camp is. lour miles from the scales, and st^ci a road. The elevation is 2.500 feet. Here at t ic scales is the only place on this trail where the tramway is in operation. At the power house you will see two baskets pass out into space on their way to the summit ; when the baskets are loaded and started from the power house two others leave the summit on their re urn trip. The tramway people charge 154 cents tier pound from Uie scales to the summit Th; packers charge the same. It is one mi as from the scales to the summit When you are loaded for your walk above thi clouds with 50 or 100 pounds strapped to your - back you take hold ef a three-qut rter-inch rope and put your foot into the tlret .step, cut in the ice and clijpb until you reach, the summit Then you plie your little load alongside of ten* of thousands of tons ot freigh that has gone up as yodrs has, and then sit town ant : wonder how you are going to get dow i. Finally you make up your mind to io as others da. You keep your seat in tic basket, throw ybur hands up. call your wilt's name and It isali over in half a minute- ; You get some of the boys to put your eyes ba*;k in their - sockets, brush your pants and try it i gain. ,

It Should Sot tie Done. Mrs. Tri wet—A woman shot Id never throw herself at a man's feet. | Mrs. Dicer—That is true. lumping-; at conclusions is always wrong.—N. Y World. nof the What It 1.4. **It seems terrible,*’ he said. “What does?” she asked. **This account by a physicist way bicycling affected him.” “What does he say?” she incj “lie says," he explained, “tl a long ride he experienced pi siae in the fourth and fifth with impaired sensibility, am in the interossei, lumbricaies adductor policis.” \ ^1 don't see why it is,” she in her superior way, “that a say he had that tired feeling making so much fuss about ’It.”—Chicago Post. uired. at after iraesthefingers, [ paresis and the returned nan can’t without