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Heaven help the Mexicans: Bryan is learning Spanish!

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It Is sad to relate, but Populism has drawn the line on Popocracy in Ohio.

It is noticeable.that Captain General Weyler hasn't won a victory since his typewriter got out of repair.

An 'Eastern doctor favors brakes for all bicycles. But the bicycle riders favor breaks for all.pedestrian?,'

Undoubtedly Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews means well. So, by the w*ty, do the people who disagree with him.

'If Arthur Pue Go.r/nari, w^re asked to define principle in politics' it is altogether probable that he,would flunk.

Germany is going to make a great exhibit at Paris in 1900. Unfortunately the young kaiser will not be a part of it.

An exchange declares that as a rule American girls spend their money foolishly. It is certain that those, do who buy sprigs of nobility with it. ,,

If they go to taxing wheels out in Kansas there is likely to be a bloody revolution in that state. Kansas is a place where wheels are held inviolate.:

Ganovas was at least fortunate in that he did not live to see the passing out of her possession of Spain's" last great possession in the Western hemisphere."

It is reported that in a recent battle in Cuba the patriots drubbed the life out of the loyalists. The story is probably true as Weyler is known to have commanded the Spaniards during the engagement.

Tho calamity howler is comparatively harmless now. People pay little or no attention to him any. longer. He accomplishes nothing to speak,except that he makes his bored auditors far wearier than he realizes.

When a policeman eriters~ a house of evil repute he should haVe bttelnefes there. These unsavory resorts are

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and the officer is- TJaid to tlpheld the law. Whenever he fails to do so to' the best of hlfi ability he shotrtd*~W«J!e the plank.

The Popocrats thopght the Republicans were going to sleep through the campaign in Ohio this year. But at last reports they were beginning to get it dimly through their leads that the sound money men expect to fight over every foot of Buckeye territory.

The esteemed Tribune of Rbckville doea not rightly understand The Express when It thinks that this paper attributes any dishonesty of purpose to Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews in his advocacy of free silver coinage. We have no desire to charge the doctor with being a wilful repudlaiionist. When The Express declares that in its opinion Bt. Andrews belongs at the head of an institution dedicated to 16 to 1 and "not at the head of a university that believes a nation, like an individual, must earn every bit of wealth it rightfully possesses." our meaning is that this instructor stands fori the theory that the government can create •value by use of its legislative power or its official stamp. Surely if this conception were true, here would be a short cut to national affluence. Thero need be no more knitted brows over the question of limiting the government's expenditures to a basis of reason and necessity. The virtue of economy—fair mother of other splendid virtues uncounted—would become a thing of the pa6t and the nation would revel in wealth to its irremediable harm. But there is no way to vote or stamp ourselves rich. There is no means by which we can cover a bit of silver with a false'face and enhance its intrinsic worth. Prosperity and greatness come through toil and frugality and do \iot enter at any door that sWings responsive to legislative influence.

AN .UNHAPPY PRESS. Several times a year the London newspapers have a more or Ipsa violent attack of spasms because of something that is done or said In the United States touching Great Britain's prowess. These journals do not speak officially, and Indeed not very seriously they simply talk for the sake o£ occupying themselves. Their latest outburst has been occasioned by an interview published in the New York World and attributed to Secretary of State Sherman. All &f the London papers should understand the World well enough t6 know that it seldom prints the truth when fiction is available, and the chances ar& that all of them do know sthis, y6t they take advantage of an alleged interview with John Sherman to

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rasp Uncle Sam and chatter about,AmeriCOJIOtOH. The language attributed to the secretary of state—language that he did not use anS never thought of using—represented England "a great country," but averred that "it is not always safe to assume that she is ready to follow up every quarrel with blows." The secretary is represented as having continued in this strain: "It would be exceedingly difficult for her to fight us all alone about our-seal c-atching. Russia and Japan art in a similar condition, and any quarrel beteen the United States and England on this score would 3c all probability involve those tWo countries."

Why should Secretary Sherman indulge In this gossip? What is more to the point, why should the World lie about the secretary and represent him as using any such language? Nowhere is there the least alarm or apprehension over the sealing question. It has been the source, of no ill feeling between this country and Great Britain. The Hon. John W. Foster was courteously received by Lord Salisbury and the premier showed no disposition to take any other than a reasonable view of the matter about which Mr. Foster talked to him. All the indications point to a settlement of the seal fisheries dispute in a manner satisfactory toi the nations concerned and favorably to th# perpetuity of the North Pacific herds. Nowhere except in the purlieus of yellow Journalism could a war scare over this question find,an origin.

IN THE COURTS OF EUROPE.

Behind the Scenes With the Nobility of the Old World. The birth of a son to Archduke Frederick and Archduchess Isabella of Austria after teen years of marriage serves to recall to mind the ancient prophecy or gypsy origin current at Vienna to the effect that the archduchess would give birth to eight daughters before the appearance of a son and heir, writes the Marquis de Fontenoy in the Chicago Record. The prediction now has received its fulfillment, for the imperial couple have had eight daughters, one of whom died at Ostend four years ago, and now the son at length has arrived to inherit, if he lives, the immense possessions of his father, who is one of the richest princes in the whole of Europe. The eldest brother of the queen regent of Spain, he inherited all the vast landed estates of his uncle, old? Archduke Albert, who was generalissimo of the Austro-Hungarian army, and himself a son of that Archduke Charles who fought with such desperation at Aspern against the first Napoleon,

Archduke Frederick is a very clever man and is regarded as one of the most capable generals of the army, though, perhaps, he is less popular than his brothers and cousins, owing to his pride and arrogance. The archduchess is a Belgian belonging to the mediatized princely house of Croy-Duelmen, and cousin therefore, by marriage of the American princess of Caraman-Chimay. Although the Croys are one of the most illustrious families of Europe, they are not ot blood royal, and Archduke Frederick's marriage was delayed for a time 'by reason of the reluctance of the emperor of Austria to accord the rank and status of an archduchess and an imperial highness to the daughter of a mere Belgian nobleman. The Croy family 'would not, however, permit the match unless Princess Isabella obtained full recog-1 nition as an archduchess, and as she is a very beautiful woman, and the archduke iras passionately in love with her, the emperor finally gave his consent.

A curious lawsuit has just been commenced at Paris between the American-born princess of Monaco, the only giri born on the American side of the Atlantic who has attained sovereign rank in the old world, and the city of Paris. The princess figures in the proceedings, not as princess of Monaco, but as widow of the late duke of Richelieu and as guardian of her son, the present duke, who is still a minor. The point in dispute is the cost of maintenance in repair of the chapel of the Sorborne university, in which were interred the remains of the great cardinal to whom Sorborne university really owes its existence. The cardinal spent a fortune on the Sorbonne, and merely stipulated that either the city or the stale should maintain in proper repair the chapel in which his body was interred. Neither the city nor the state is prepared to do so any longer. Hence the trouble.

England's future king, the duke of York, is the object of a good deal of abuse in connection with a scandal that only quits recently has been brought to the attention of the public. It seems that in addition to his civil list from the national treasury, his allowance from his father and from the queen he has for several years past been in receipt of a salary of $15,000 a year as master of Trinity house—this in addition to. his pay as a captain of the royal navy. Trinity house is one of the oldest of thosei government departments which are virtually independent of the treasury, and manage their finances without the interference or supervision of parliament. In the same way that the college of heralds is permitted to maintain itself in existence by means of charging heavy fees for the registration of titles for the grant of armoral bearings, for generalogieal researches and for the management of state functions, so has the Trinity house been allowed for more than four centuries to raise an immense revenue by levying pilotage and lighthouse dues on all vessels entering British ports.

In return for this Trinity house has undertaken ever since its foundation to maintain and erect lighthouses, to place buoys and to furnish efficient pilots in all English ports and waters, no matter whether at home or abroad. Of late there have been very serious complaints as to the inadequacy of the lighthouse system of Great Britain, in connection with the absence of buoys where, they were most required. Indeed, a number of important shipwrecks attended by se-. rious loss of life, rightly or wrongly are ascribed to the board of Trinity house.

The latter having defended itself by putting forward a plea of inadequacy of financial means, an examination has been made of the revenue and expenditure of the corporation, with the result that the grossest iftnd of mismanagement, waste and maladministration has been discovered. In spite of the enortnous receipts of the Trinity house corporation, it is head over ears in debt, and although only a few years ago it had more than $3,000,000 set aside for a rainy day. all has disappeared and it is nearly $3,000,000 to the bad. .*

The people responsible for this are the socalled. "elder brethren" of Trinity house, who constitute the board of management. They have, as stated before, a master and senior brother who draws $15,000 a year, and a deputy master, who is Sir Sydney Webb, who takes just half that amount as pay. The remainder of the board are for the most part noblemen, statesmen and politicians. who have not only no knowledge whatsoever of the duties entailed by the direction of a lighthouse department, but are not even acquainted with the sea or yachtsmen.

Amorig the numbers are Mr. Gladstone,Lord Salisbury. Lord Rosebery. Sir William Vernon Harcourt. Mr. Chamberlain, the duke ot Richmond and several other personages of the same Importance. It will scarcely be believed that there is not an admiral, or cap­

tain of the navy, or a shipowner, or yet a shipmaster, among them. They rarely, if ever, meet, save at the banquets for which the Trinity house is famous, and at 'Which the uniform of the corporation is worn by the "elder brethren." It lookts somewhat like that of an admiral, and is the one that is invariably affected by Mr. Gladstone whenever he appears at court, many people unacquainted with his connection with Trinity house being unable to account for the decidedly seafaring character of his goldepauletted the

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This is not to be wondered at when one remembers the extent to which the prosper*, ity of Great Britain depends upon its marltime trade, and how all-important to the empire is the preservation of its warships from the dangers of badly lighted coasts, inadequately buoyed rocks and an insufficient number of pilots.

PRINCE HENRY IS FIRM.

He is Determined to Fight a Duel With Somebody. Paris, August 12.—-Prince Henry of Orleans, replying to the duke of Aosta, eldest nephew of the king of Italy, who was sent' to France by his majesty, with instructions to make an attempt to prevent the duel between Prince Henry and General Albertone, as a result of the prince's reflections upon the conduct of the Italian soldiers in Abyssinia, has informed the duke that it is impossible for him to retreat. It is now thought that others will intervene in tfcte matter. The following semi-official communication has been received: "It is learned from a trustworthy source that the unexpected intervention of a very high Italian personage, claiming for himself the honor of encountering Prince Henry of Orleans, will very probably modify the situation. Under these circumstances, it is probable that General Albertone will have to give place to the exalted personage ^in question."

A telegram which was received by Prince Henry while traveling last night apprised him of the new intervention.

TO BE TRIED BY COURT MARTIAL.

Anarchist Golli, Who Assassinated the Spanish Premier.

Madrid, August 12.—Golli, otherwise, known as Michel Angiolilli, the murderer of the Spanish premier, will be tried by court martial at Verzara on Saturday next. A decree was gazetted today postponing the obsequies of the late premier until Friday.

Senoi^i Canovas del Castillo, the widow of the assassinated premier, has objected to his body lying in state, and the admission of the public to the mortuary chamber at the family residence has been stopped. It is the intention of the government to confer upon the widow the title of duchess with the dignity of a grandee of the first class and a pension of 30,000 pesetas.

President Faure's Tarns Next. Paris, August 12.—A dispatch to the Figaro from San Sebastian says that Golli, the assassin, in the course of a police examination, declared that it would be President Faure's turn next.

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EXCHANGE ECHOES.

New York Press: From Rhode-Island there comes a remarkable ory of Prosperity told by a staff correspondent of the Press In the woolen and worsted industry alone 3.000 employes who have long been idle, thanks to the Wilson tew .are now earning full wages, and 3.000 more who have been working on half time ate now employed all the .time. -Many are so rushed that they have had to refuse orders for next winter's goods..

New York Tribune: We observe that England'!* denunciation of her commercial treaties with Germany and Belgium is regarded as a protectionist move, a departure from the policy of free trade which she adapted a century ago. It is just the opposite of that. It is an extension of the principle of free trade. It is a preparation for a regime of lower duties at those frontiers where protective imposts now the wav to the admission of English goods.

Chicago News: Bx-Judge Lorin Col-' lins is the victor, the city Is the defeated, and it all came about because that amiable golf player. Judge Tu'.ey, decided that Corporation Counsel Thornton's bicycle license ordinance rulings are not good, and therefore must not stand. Foi* Judge Tuley decided today that the ordinance licensing bicycles, and vehicles is not in conformity with law and the best public interests. Thus passes one of the most delightful sensations Chicago has enjoyed since the demolition of the old exposition building. It had a lot of fun in it.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Popull&m, or no Populism, it is impossible to convince South Dakotans that a change for the better has not come Over the country. Reports from 800 merchants in that state show that their business for the first six months of the present year has Increased from 10 to 100 per cent, over that of a year ago. These statements come from Populists and Republicans alike, and are free from prejudice. Lumbermen all report an increase of trade, and so^e them say the increase has been 300 per cent. Another significant point is that nearly all the sales are for cash.

Chicago Times-Herald: When Arthur Pue Gorman retires the American oongress will lose one of its most notable and attractive figures, and politics one. of its master minds. Whatever purists may say of his methods, it cannot be denied that they have been succeesfu -.Vhatwer enemies may say of his savagery and the Tndtan malignity with whloh he pursues the man who has crossed his path, it cannot be denied that he Is true to his friends. His party could better spare one of higher ideals, because as an organizer and leader he is without a peer. Like the silenced bugle of Roderick Dhu, his name Is worth a thousand men. •Pittsburg Dispatch: The manner In which the girl of the period is Justifying her athletic development is impresaiv* and conveys an intimation of ft new protection to society. The latest example, that of Miae Smith, of Tonkers, who. on the discovery of a burglar, ran him down and dragged him oflt to the lockup, is an exponent of the change".. Numerous {other instances* have been in which the athletic young woman in moments of danger calmly ignores thalold-fnshloned feminine practice of fainting or giving in to hysterics, and proceeds to the business of the moment. In none of them has there been a clearer intimation that the coming woman will solve the problem'of- suppression of crime, which has puzzled masculine society these many years.

Loul»vtHe Commercial: The best argument against the antiquity of the human race is found in the slow progress man has made toward the Mg'hest of his present civilization. The fact that he has just made Intercourse by the telephone practicable, and is beginning to unfold the mystery of electricity Is not a matter of much surprise and admiration. If he has been a million of years at work upon it, and when we take Into consideration the ignorance of otir best men and most advanced thinkers, the conviction cannot be escaped that, if the human race has been in existence many thousands of years, it must have started from a very remote point of Intelligence to have mane no further prorress out of stupidity than It has done so far.

TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13.1897

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Public opinion calls for an entire reorganization of the board, for the removal of the merely ornamental names therefrom, and the substitution in their stead of leading shipowners and naval officials, as well as for the appointment as master of some official who will earn his salary a little mcrre conscientiously than does the duke of York.

MAD BUSH FOR GOLD

THOUSANDS OF MEN ON THEIR WAY TO KLOmKE^ Z.

With Hon Barr»r« Than Can Possibly Be Carried—Winter Haa Already BeIn Alaska. ft.-iSP

Chicago, Atig. 12.—The Tribune's 'special from Its correspondent at Juneau, Alaska, d*ted August 11th, says:

A wild, excited mob rushed from the steamship George W. Elder, from Portland, last night. Not a head in the crowd was cool. With inflamed imaginations many hastened to buy grain sacks and other spectacles to bring the Klondyke gold back in. Bill Willoughby, the discoverer of the noted "Silent City" mirage, said: "Them fellers is crazy." They do act like it. All comers are throwing themselves toto the barren, snowy interior, seeming without thought of the hardships before them.

Juneau is a last-chance town on the way to the diggings. At a variety theater last night a gold seeker was induced to part with $25 in exchange for the note of one of the actress. He next gave a young lawyer $10 to find the actress. He was looking for both till the boat sailed. Others of the throngs going to the Klondyke to scoop up gold by the sackful have never been away from home before.

The blockade at Dyea anci Skaguay is daily growing worse. At the two points there are now not less than 1,060 men unable to get over the summit. The crowd is estimated as high as 1,500 by conservative business men of Juneau, who went here for the sole purpose of making an inspection of the situation. It is more than certain that hundreds will never see the Yukon side of thel mountains this year, and many others will winter on the route to Dawson City.

Scores, discouraged at the prospects of getting their supplies packed, and being unable to do the heavy work themselves, are starting to "light," with insufficient outfits. This means a great risk of life, and, at best, privation of the severest kind. The scene is one of indescribable disorder and confusion. There have been a number of fights over the question of the precedence in employing packers. That there has been no more serious disturbance is considered remarkable, taking into account the excited crowds and the general scramble to get beyond the divide and start afloat down the Yukon between its hills of gold.

Miners On the ground ten days ago are still there. A day's work by pack trains makes no perceptSble difference in the size of the piles of merchandise. Experienced prospectors who have been into the Yukon before are returning to their homes and will wait till next spring. Prices per pound forpacking are increasing so steadily that it will presently be a better think to be an Indian than to have a claim on Bonanza creek. The price, is now 21 cents to Lake Bennett by the Chilkoot pass.

CAN NOT MOVE THE SUPPLIES. Charles W. Young, a wealthy business man of Juneau and a pioneer, returned from Dyea today. He said: "I can not see how it is possible to get all the stuff over the summit this fall. Enough packers or trains can not tie found in the country to handle the freight at the rate 'the rush is keeping up."

Next spring Mr. Young will construct an iron tramway, operated from the summit of Chilkoot pass by a steam windlass, and a wire cable to light supplies from Sheep camp to the summit, a distance of one and onehalf miles. Part of the iron is now here, people of Juneau expect the rush to be bigger than ever next spring.

The next news from Dawson City by the overland route this way is not expected for at least two weeks, if then. It takes an average of six weeks to make the journey from Dawson City to Dyea. "My name is Barney Barnato," shouted an enthusiastic gold seeker in the street last night. "He's dead, and you will be, too, before winter's over," shouted another.

An unauthenticated report has been brought to Juneau by Indians from Yukutal bay that Prince Luigi of Italy and party have abandoned their plan to scale Mt. St. Elias, and will return to Juneau and go into the Klondyke.

The excitement continues as great in all the settlements in Alaska as if it is in the States, which are pouring from 400 to 500 people into the territory nearly every other day.

Dawson City people expect Professor Andret lere with his balloon soon. THE RUSH AT DYEA.

The Tribune's special from Dyea, dated August 5th, says: If the scenery hereabouts were not mountainous the baggage on the beach would obscure the landscape. Every steamer fromi Juneau piles it higher. A day's work by packers and pack trains does not reduce it perceptibly. Confusion increases many have lost their outfits. One hundred more Indians have arrived and fifty more horses, but from the way the rush keeps up it will be Christmas before all the supplies could be moved if the season into the Yukon continued that long. Influenced by stories as." to the Skaguay and Dyea trails, the crowd flocks back and forth at great expense.

The smallest canoe, or any old tub that will float, is worth from $25 to $40 a day to its navigator. Fishermen are deserting the salmon canneries and taking the boats with them to make money here. Twentyone cents is now offered by the excited, /scrambling whites to the silent red man for packing. It is accepted, if 22 is not offered.

No end of the blockade is In sight. A city of tents is being built. Experienced prospectors are abandoning their trip and will not attempt to go in till next spring, but the tenderfoot wrangles with packers and staggers on over the summit. A con-' tinuous string of men is going over the pass and down to Lake Bennett. The shores of the lake resemble a shipyard, with dozens of men at work on boats. The little sawmill there has got its price up to $20 per 100 feet for lumber. Timber close to the lake is very scarce and is secured at a distance only by the greatest labor. About 600 people are now here, and every boat brings more.-

COLLECTING REVENUE DUTIES. It has bee]? given out that Canadian customs officials to Lake Tagish. twenty miles beyond Lake Bennett, where they are sure they are on their own territory. They have collected duties here on American soil, and, broken packages of provisions in bond to get something to eat. The collector has discretionary powers, but. he_ is reported to have .said: I "Fruit, ice. prayerbookg and Bibles go in free. Everything else pays 6r don't go."

Many gold seekers have not money enough left to pay the exacting and high duty, which runs from 10 to 100 per cent, and can neither go on nor return. Piles of goods must consequently be left at the laies It they decide to go in "light." There is no certainty that the season will be open for six weeks more. The situation Is very uncertain. The exacting customs duties will drive trade from American cities to Victoria, B. C. No conflict with the Canadian collectors has occurred, but it is threatened and expected.

Canadian officials attempted to collect dtitv on goods on the steamship Islander on th« way north. Some paid, but most of th® passengers declined on the ground that tlM» officers had no right to demand duties yi American waters.

The special from Skaguay,' Alaska, Mfs:

A line of supplie* four miles long is in sight here on the trail, and the beach is crowded with merchandise. The crowd here numbers about 700. The trail is not yet op^n beyond White pass, but it soon will be. The miners anust cut it or remain where they are. Two hundred volunteers were called for today to go to work on the trail. They went.

A few bicycles arc seen here. Their owners propose to ride them into the interior. This is an illustration of the idea th®. average "tenderfoot" has of mountain passes, trails and the difficulties ahead of him. Notices have been posted that 25 cents w{] charged each|passenger landing oh the or wharf, a'ntf %2 per 100 pounds is ft ed for packing'supplies over the trail by wagon or pack horses. Five hundred horses and several wagons are now here. Smalt fortunes will be made with the wagons. They are required to pay the landing fee on an open free beach of a free ocean. The company has applied for a patent to thfe' land, but it has not yet been granted. It is impossible to see how the horacs are going to be fed, as hay and grain are scarcc. They will make for for dogs and Indian packers if the rush keeps up. .,.

Cnnnot Fnrnlih Mxps of Alaska. Washington, Aug. 12—The report having been published that the general land office would soon issue maps of Alaska showing the latest surveys and explorations of tha gold regions that office has been flooded with letters requesting copies of the maps.

As it wHl be impossible to prepare the maps for several months the request can' not be granted. The officials have not time to respond to the letters explaining tne situation. The geological survey is in much the same condition.

WINTER SETS IN IN ALASKA.

No Hope for the Prospectors Getting Through This Year.

Seattle, Wash., August 12.—Grim winter, with its terrific storms, has already seized Alaska and the northwest territory in its grip, and the gold-seekers trying to reach the El Dorado of the Yukon by the overland route have seen their hopes, of fortune swept away in the maelstrom that has obliterated the trails over the mountains and turned the lakes into tempestuous and impassable seas.

By the storm that drove th^ steamship Mexico to the bottom the 5,000 miners en route for the Klondyke treasure fields have been hopelessly stuck in the Skaguay pass between Skaguay and Lake Tagish. Unprotected from the extreme hardships of an Arctic storm, the amateur miners have been exposed to fearful blasts and chilling rains in a pass that will now mean death for many of them.

Food supplies have been destroyed, trails have been swept away by the heavy rains, and the way to the field of gold is closed to the fortune-hunters until the spring. The warning uttered by Secretary Bliss, pointing out the dangers of an overland winter trip to the Klondyke regions, would have been well timed usually, but the fierce storm that has swept over the northwestern peninsula have destroyed all plans even of men who have a month'j start of those who wio'n to go to the Klondyke now.

Those who have been trapped in the Skaguay pass by the storm will be condtsnned to live many racnths on th? rtugh face of the mountain, unless they ve ifp the race for wealth and fight their way over terrible obstacles back to Dyea. Their horses have died like sheep. The way is cut off before and behind. The trail back to Dyea and Junea will have to be cut in facc of severe storms and terrible winds. Those who determine not to return will have to face the fierce rigors of an Arctic winter, hundreds of miles from the point they wished to reach. HUNDREDS OF DEATHS PREDICTED.

The storm that has swept over the northwest is said to be but the presage of an exceptionally severe winter, and it is predicted that the frozen bodies of many of the miners will lie miles from the promised land before new trails can be opened.

Details of the sufferings of the gold-seek-ers who have taken the overland route are harrowing. At the foot of the Dyea and Skaguay passes tons of food supplies have been blocked for lack of horses and Indians to carry them to the lakes which lead to the Klondyke. Some of the miners have sold their outfits and are returning to civilization and warmth before the Arctic winter sets in. Others and these are said to be tho least experienced, are pressing forward with but half their supplies, so intense is the fever which' is sending them to the Klondyke. It is these men, and they are numbered by the thousands, who have been caught in the terrific storm which wrecked the Mexico.

How many have already lost their lives ia not known. The overland route to the Klondyke will be strewn with corpses, according to the old miners who have already tried the rigors of the Alaskan climate. Even these who have been able to get through tht» passes to the lakes can not proceed farther. The lakes have been swollen to such an extent and the rapids have been rendered so dangerous that it has been found impossible to push forward.

BLOCRALE THREATENED.

News Frorn Alaska Is Brought Down by the Islander.

Seattle, Wash., Aug. 12.—The steamer Islander returned to Puget Sound ports yesterday from Alaska, bringing the latest Dyea and Skaguay news. She carried 355 Klondyke passengers north two weeks ago. The Islander's offlcers report that a serious blockade along the Chilkoot and White passes is threatened. The situation appear^ to be growing steadily worse. From 200 to 400 passengers and their supply outfits aro arriving at Dyea and Skaguay daily. Hundreds of men flock the routes from salt water to the summit. Twenty cents a pound is charged for transporting over either route. This is an increase of several cents over the rates a fortnight ago. Notwithstanding the hundreds of horses there are en route man^ more are needed for packing purposes. At this season of the year it seems to be next to impossible to get freight over either pass without the assistance of pack animals. There is also a scarcity of Indian packers, and those upon the ground have a very keen conception of the value of their services.

The conditions and general situation tend to the conclusion that many will be left on this side of the range should an early winter set in, and meanwhile the rush keeps up. Every available water craft that can possibly make the trip to Alaska te being pressed into service. The old steamer Eliza Henderson, with 106 passengers, sailed for St. Michael's last night. She is acoompanied by the tug Richard Holyoke, towing three small steamers, Thsee will be used in taking passengers and freight up the Yukon to Dawson City from St. Michael's.

MACHINIST ANDERSON'S LUCK.

He Haa Obtained $26,000 in Gold in Two Months.

Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 12.—Mrs. Lewis W. Anderson, the wife of a Tacoma machinist, who went to Klondyke to seek his fortune, has received a letter from him, in which be says gold Is as free as water there, and that the immense yield in three years will cause Wall street to seek to demonetize the yellow metal. Mr. Anderson says in part: "It is a lucky thing I came. If you will Just be brave we will have all the money In a vcar we and our precious children will want in two lifetime*. "i have been here a litfle more than two months, and have already secUrM quartet

interest in a claim, for which I have beert Offered $26,000, but out. of which la*poet to make as my part more than $100,000 ill tho next year. Thia for us, you know, is a big thing, art yet there art dweoa of who are making ten times as much. "When I arrived my money had almost "f given out. I had only $31 left, so worked tea days oA sawing lumber at $13 a day to get a start. Nothing like this has ever been heard of in the world. Money, thai is gold dust, is almost as plentiful as water. There are many hardships to be endured, but 1 expect to return to Tacoma next year safe and sound with lots of money. "Tell Henry that we will have to Change our politics, because the Klondyke will kill |jr Bryan and the silver queation. and the money power of Wall street will try demonetize gold. The gold that will come out of here inside of two or three years will make Wall street more anxious to demonetise gold than ever was to demonetize silver. •'Be sure aad tell our friends to come uj as early as possible. Come via Dyea but 1 would not advice them to later than September loth. Tell Mr. M. to sell out his grocery at any price and come."

(iolil In Nicaragua.

New Orleans, Aug. 12.—The new gold field has been discovered, but this one is in the tropics. Reports have come to this city lately that big finds of gold have been male in Nicaragua, and the steamers f:cm that section have been bringing in gold dust ia proof of i:.

S. E. Spence, it well known citizen ot Houston, Tex., arrived here yesterday on the steamer Fulton, plying, between NewOrleans and Nlcarasuan ports, and confirmed the stories about the discoveries In «. Nicaragua. He says he has he has been all over the gold field district, and that gold is ther« in large quantities. H? has acquired valuable claims and will return as soon as he can make arrangements to work them. He says the whole gold section dowj there is very rich and the climate splendid. He says unemployed miners of the United States will do much better there than in attempting to go to Alaska. Food in Nicaragua is cheap and other expenses reasonable.

Soma C»lifnrul» Stories.

Redding, Cal., Aug. 12.—News was received here last night from CofTee creek to the effect that $40,000 more of gold dust and nuggets were taken out yesterday afternoon from the pocket out of which the Graves brothers took their $42,000 last Saturday. Another exceedingly rich discovery of gold is reported on Morris gulch, about two miles from the scene of the Grave* brothers' discovery. It ia said $18,000 was taken out in one afternoon, and that two miners are taking out gold on an average of $40 to the pan. This strike is on the same vein as the Graves claim o.nd is supposed to be en extension of the same.

DEAN WAYLAND'S LETTER.

His Views With Reference to President Andrews' Resignation.

Providence, R...I.,. Aug.-11.—Dean Wayland of Yale, a member of the Brown University corporation, has replied to the open letter of members of the Brown faculty wltt» reference to the resignation of President Andrews. In his risply he defends the position of the corporation and Justifies its action! in calling Dr. Andrews to account. He says: "Only two questions of equal moment have come up within my recollection—the question that arose in 1R61 and the later question of inflation,as the half-way house on the road to repudiaVitm. I do not wonder that a year ago the best men of all parties sunk minor considerations, forgetting everything else in the effort to save the country from the gulf which yawned before us. New England responded to these patriotic efforts by a majority of 71.840 in favor of honest currency, and the people of the Northern states by a majority exceeding a million and a half. "That the advocates of the scheme for debasing the currency -should be able to quote the authority of the president of Brown University was a calamity and a dishonor, to be averted at all hazards. In comparison with such ideas, a little more of income or a little less is a consideration entirely inconsiderable. "It is stated that the president has not given public utterance to his views, but has merely in private correspondence answered questions addressed to him by personal friends, without the expectation or desire that his words would become public: but such is the dignity of his official position that the influence of his words can not be circumscribed. The chief justice of the Hawaiian Islands recently said: 'When the advocates of free coinage in the island irf' told that the weight of the intelligence ani. the integrity of the American people is against heir views, they never fail to ask 'if Brown University is not an Institution of high standing. Its president is with us.' "While the letter of the committee is very1 unhappily framed, making prominent that which is incidental and omitting the graver moral and economical aspects of the situation, yet their intentions were altogether courteous. The suggestion that is in tho air about the president being forced out is as groundless as the assertion that his independence is compromised. part price of high station is an abridgement of one's natural liberty. A person who should be admitted to partnership with John Plerpont Morgon could not Indulge in private speculations. Mr. Gladstone out of olfic? speaks with a freedom that he could not UBO when prime minister. "In 1889 I was a member of the committee to nominate a successor to Dr. Robinson. In writing to Dr. Andrew-, who was my candidate, I said: 'Objection is made to you on the ground of remarks made by you in public while you were a professor at Brown.' He replied in substance: 'Do you not think it possible for a man to speak with a good deal of freedom while in a comparatively subordinate position, who would not bray out his views when placed in a station of larger responsibility?' "Your stpicment that the Ufeblood of a university is freedom demands qualification. If the only qualification for a president is freedom, why not at once elect Colonel Ingersoll, unless, indeed, ex-Governor Altgeld has superior qualifications?"

Professor Wayland closes by saying: "You will permit me to express my profound regret that you indulge in the proph*cy which insures its own fulfillment in these words. If the resignation of President Andrews is accepted the burden and stigma fall on his successor.'

When Hide* Jttu«t Fay Huty. Washington. August 12.—Assistant Secretary Howell has decided that the hides of American cattle slaughtered abroad are dutiable on being returned to the United Siate3 at the rate of 15 per cent ad valorem, under section 437 of the new tariff. It betd that taking hides from cattle, salting and drying them, materially chanfert and improves their condition as an article of commerce so that the article imported is entirely different frbm that exported.

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