Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1896 — IN GENERAL [ARTICLE]

IN GENERAL

Mrs. Stanford has transferred $2,500,000 in bonds to the Leland Stanford Jr. University. _ A dispatch received by the Indian Department at Ottawa, Ont., says the Indians in the Alaska district are preparing to go on the warpath. The news reached Victoria by the steamer Sitka. Obituary: At Philadelphia, Commander Felix McCurley, U. S. N..—At Englewood, N. Y,, George S. Coe, the X T ew York banker, 79.—At Toronto, Ont., T. Anglin, 74.—At Rockford, 111., Mrs. W. A. Fay.—At Joliet, Ul.._Thomas Tait. 00. The steamer Lakifie has arrived at Seattle, Wash., from Cook’s Inlet. On board was Will 51. Steele, secretary of Washington Press Association, who reports his observations as follows: “The rush this spring to the gold district of Turnagain Bay, Cook’s Inlet, was unprecedented. Although comparatively unexplored, numerous creeks- on the hay have given up gold dust and nuggets of such value as to encourage the hopes of prospectors, numbering into the thousands. 1 spent two weeks cruising on the inlet, and from a careful examination of the existing conditions and authenticated reports of developments and finds along numerous creeks am firmly of the opinion that the proper kind of men hazarded no chance in casting their lines into the golden waters that flow into the inlet. Every creek and river shows traces of fine gold, which increase in coarseness as the streams-wre ascended, while pieces of gold-bearing quartz are frequently found in placers, demonstrating that further back toward the mountains are mother ledges. Auriferous deposits cover a territory of almost unknown extent, while prospecting thus far ha 6 been comparatively slight.”