Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1902 — GOLD MINES ARE RICH [ARTICLE]

GOLD MINES ARE RICH

VALUE OF NEW DISCOVERIES IN ALASKA. Considerable Metal Being Taken Out, but Provisions Are Scarce and High —Friend Being Accidentally Shot, Boy Goes Home and Kills Hiknself. Alaskan mails contain confirmation of reports of rich gold strikes in <’ne Kuskokwill district, western Alaska. The *—♦estxtrikvs -were—made—on -ereek tributaries of the Ahgalik river, which empties into the Knskokwiil fifty milys inland front Good News bay. Miners are taking out gold running from 35 ••pnts I© §l-70 a pan. The gold wa* getting coarser with depth. Bedrock had not lioen reached at the date of the latest advices. The miners of the district were suffering from a lack of Provisions. —Dried beef has l»eeii their thief f<»o<! since February. They cannot get fresh supplies until late in June. Even Moravian missionaries and traders living at Bethel are short <,f food supplies and charge enormous prices for what few things they can spare. SHOOTS FRIEND, KILLS SELF. Boy at Somerset, Pa., Chief Actor in Double Tragedy. Mark D. Mcllvaine, aged 11 years, a son of one of the most prominent families of Somerset. Pa., lies dead at his home, and another boy of the name of as the result of a tragedy. The two boys were out with a Flobert rille shooting at birds when the weapon was accidentally discharged. The bullet struck young Bricker in the mouth and came out at the back of the neck. Mcllvaine seeing this, ran to his home, placed the muzzle of the rifle to his forehead and discharged the weapiui. He""died ni iF short time. While Bricker’s wound is serious it will probably not prove fatal. League Base-Ball Race. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Pittsburg ...19 3 Philadelphia.. S 10 Chicago ....If i 7 Brooklyn .... 9 12 New York... 11 9 St. Louis.... (I 13 Boston 9 Iff Cincinnati ... 6 15 The clubs of the American League stand as follows; W. L. W. L. St. Louis. ...10 4 Chicago S 7 Philadelphia .10 6 Washington ~ 7 10 Boston 10 7 Baltimore ... 6 10 Detroit ‘8 0 Cleveland .. . 4 13 Attempt to Rob Rock Island Train.' An attempt was made recently to rob the Rock Island fjist passenger train as it was pulling out of the station at Muscatine, lowa, Three men were arrested and placed in jail. They gave their names as William Long, Thomas Murphy and James Bohen, said they cam.' from Moline. 111., and claimed they were ■only trying to steal a ride. Three others escaped. The men were prying open the express ear door when they were discovered. and three were captured by the Trainmen. Seize Two American Ships. The dominion fisheries protection eruia- . er -C-urlew -arrivetL -in port nt - drews. N. 8.. with three captured vessels, the first fruits of the dynamite prohibition law. Two lot the vessels hail from the United States, but were in Canadian waters under modus rivendi license. They are' the schooners Satellite and Nellie Gaskill. Gases and Fire Destroy. Visit to ruins of St. Pierre and examination of heaps of bodies found there discloses the fact that 30.000 lives and ail combustible material in the city were destroyed almosViirstantly by cyclone of ggses and fire from Mount Pclee and not by lava streams. Relief for Volcano Sufferers. Congress acted promptly on message of President and appropriated §2tKt.;M>3 for relief of volcano sufferers. President pressed the whole machinery of government into service to expedite the dispatch of supplies for the stricken people. New Blast Furnace Planned. William A. Rogers and F. H. and C. XS. Goodyear have formed a company ■with a capital stock of §3.000.000 to build two large modern blast furnaces at Buffalo for the manufacture of foundry pig iron. Baseball Kills n Student. alter L. Myles, of Edwardsdsle, Ph., a junior pupil, of the normal school of Westchv-’i-r. died from injuries received by being struck with a pitched ball in a local baseball game. Queen-Regent Resigns Regency. Queen Maria Christina, of Spain, resigned her regency and with deep emotion bade farewell to her loyal councilors. Anthracite Miners Go Out. Mine workers, men and boys, to the number of 15UJMM1. have gone out on strike in tbe anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania, s > Blazing Fluid Kills Twenty-five. Twenty-five persons were killed and tnsny Injured in an oil and naphtha cxplo- ■ sion in a railway yard near Pittsburg, Landslide Kills Thirteen. Thirteen persons were killed In a landslide at Marola, province of Emilia, Italy. • .Fast Mail Train Is Held Up. A west-bound fast mail train on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway was held up at Marsh siding, five miles west of Jonesboro, Ark., by four masked men. Information wired to express coutpaujAfiiciala state that the robbers secured nothing. ■ Fight Big Forest Fires. Forest fires hare been raging in the vicinity of Babylon, L. I. Nearly 1.000 persons were engaged in fighting the flames, which at one time threatened to