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VOL. IX.
RALEIGH. N. C- SATURDAY, AUGUST 2!, 1897-
NO. 27.
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fl JAMES H. YOU NO, Editor and Prop, f - ' 1 J 11 "IT" A ' A H J 1 i 8
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The United States Government in
18G7 paid Russia $7,2000,00 for the
Territory of Alaska.
, Alaska has paid back her purchase
money in gold four times, having pro
duced during the time it has been a part
of the United States about $30,000,
000 of the precious yellow metal.
To-day the eyes of the world are
turned toward our frozen acquisition
in the north, for within its borders
has been discovered an Eldorado, seem
ingly "richer than Pluto's mine."
A few weeks ago the word Klondike,
literally translated meaning Deer
lliver, was known to geographers and
a few miners on the Yukon; to-day it
is on every tongue and is known as
the designation, if the reports be but
half true, for a gold-bearing district
greater in area and richer in character
than any the world has known, with,
the possible exception of California.
The reported gold discoveries of the
present day in Alaska and the report
ed gold discoveries of '49 in California
afford many parallels. To the average
man the treasures of the coast State
were seemingly as inaccessible as are
the riches of the Yukon and its tribu
taries. One was more than 2000 miles
across a trackless desert and over
snow-bound mountain passes, beset
by savages, whose deadly attacks
marked the trail with bleaching bones
across the Western States; the other
is nearly 7000 miles by water, through
a rigorous climate, or almost 4000
miles by land and water, with moun
tain passes to scale as dangerous as
those of the Swiss Alps.
The fabulous tales of wealth sent out
by the California pioneers were no less
wonderful than those brought back by
the men who braved the last cold
teason in the Klondike mineral belt,
AS THE MINERS JOURNEY DOWN LAKE LABARGE DURING THE WINTER.
and in both cases those who returned
brought back with them great nuggets
of the precious stuff that left little or
no doubt in the mind of the hearer.
The California miner in the song who
ha I so many nuggets that he was ac
customed to "go a hatful blind" finds
his parallel in the Yukon miner who
claims to have -"washed out" $212 in
one panful of dirt a process that re
quires tea or twelve minutes. ,
Poor Man's Mines.
The Alaska and California gold fields
are alike also in being placer mines.
Placer mining is commonly called
' poor man's mining," for the reason
that it is done without machinery,
while the implements required in the
work are few and of small cost. A
placer miner can get along very well
with a pick, shovel and gold pan. If
the dirt is not rich he can accomplish
better results by running it through a
sluice box, but where the yield is in
nuggets instead of fine gold he prefers
to "pan" it.
The great Klondike strike was made
nine months ago, but nothing was
known of it in the United States until
June 15, when a vessel called the Ex
cel sior arrived in San Francisco laden
with miners from the Klondike, who
in turn were laden with gold.
They told almost incredible tales of
the richness of the newly discovered
district, where fortunes had been ac
cumulated in a few months. Experi
enced miners and "tenderfeet" seemed
to have shared good fortune alike, and
with some justice, too, for the credit
of the discovery of the new gold fields
Is due to the inexperienced men.
Another vessel brought to Seattle a
second party of successful prospectors
and a ton and a half of gold. These
men had endured peril and undergone
MINERS CEOSSINO THE CHILKOOT PASS.
great hardships in accumulating the
fortunes they brought, and they told
a story that had a dark as well as a
bright side. To follow their example
means a risk of wealth, health and
even life, but for those who are willing
to take the chanoes the prospect they
hold out is alluring.
Location of the Klondike District.
The richest of the mines in the
Alaska region seem to be in the Klon
dike, o" few miles over the British
Tittit Tin tit iTinm
ntm m alasha. s
border. They were discovered, as has
been said, by a party of "tenderfeet,"
who, against the advice of the old
timers in the district, wandered "over
yonder in the Klondike" and struck it
rich. From Klondike comes much of
the gold and from Klondike seems to
come all the excitement. A few
"tenderfeet," going it blind, have
stirred up the Nation. Out of the
regions of their discovery has come,
it is estimated, $2,000,000 worth of
gold during the present summer.
Nearly all of that gold has found its
way.into the United States.
It is hard to tell where the Alaska
gold fields are located except that in a
general way the best of them are along
the Yukon. There are a few "lode"
miners near Juneau and along the
southeast coast of the Territory (the
most accessible part of it), but the ore
is of low grade and mining is made
profitable only by the most careful
management.
The placer mines, from which pros
pectors are said now to be lining their
pockets with gold, are in the region
remote from civilization, little known,
and, on account of its uncertainties,
dangerously alluring to the average
man. This gold-producing country
of the interior is in the vicinity of the
Yukon near where that great river
turns to the west in its course to the
sea. Before the discoveries in the
Klondike the most productive districts
had been along Forty Mile Creek,
partly in British and partly in Ameri
can territory, and tho Birch Creek
district, all in American territory.
Along all of the river in this section,
tributaries to the Yukon, gold dig
gings exist, and in many places pay
the prospector well for his trouble.
In all the immense countrv over
Ml
which the placer mining extends it is
estimated that up to last year there
were 2000 miners. The districts in
which most of thern worked were in a
a broad belt of gold-producing rock,
through which quartz veins carrying
gold occur frequently. Through the
gold-bearing rocks the streams have
cut deep gullies and canons, and in
their beds the gold which was con
tained in the rock is concentrated.
The mining of this country consists,
therefore in washing out the gravel of
these beds. So the miners worked,
being fairly well paid for their labor,
until the "tenderfeet" made the Klon
dike discovery. That was nine months
or so ago, and the news of it is just
reaching the outside world. It was
not long in reaching the miners along
Forty Mile and Birch Creeks, though,
and they shouldered their picks and
moved forward in a wild rush at the
first word of the new luckv strike. As
a result gold dust and nuggets by the
ton are turned into the mints out on
the coast, and men who never before
rose above the level of the commonest
of miners have come back to civiliza
tion and comfort loaded with gold to
last them a lifetime. Take as an il
lustration this list of returned miners
who came on the Excelsior:
Brought Yalue
from of
Alaska claims,
T. S. LIppy 9 65,000 $ 1,000,000
t n TT Itwlror 90 000 500.000
Joe La Due 10,000 500,000
J. B. Hollinseed 25,500
William Kulju 17,000
James McMann... 15,000
Albert Galbraith 15,000
Nell Macarthur 15,000
Tl All I In a Mftnurthlir 15.000
Horr.nr,! Anrlpirson 14.000 S5.000
Robert Krook 14,000 20,000
Fred Lendesser 13,000
Alexander Orr 11,500
Tr.hr. AT arlra 11.500
Thomas Cook 10,000 25,000
M.S. Norcross 10,000
J. Ernmerger 10,000
Pnn UfomoHn 8.250
Albert Fox 5,100 35,000
ttreir Ktewart 5,000 20,000
J. OT Ilestwood 5,000 250,000
TkAmoaTrkulr 5.000 50.000
Louis B. Iihoads 5,000 85,000
Fred Price . o.uuu jsu.wv
Alaska Commercial Co. 250,000
Total..
.$399,850
A Perilous Journey.
TVatv one of these men has a story
to tell of the vast riches of the new
gold fields, but they tell another
stnrv. too a storv of hardship, trial
nnd Riifferinff through long winter days,
when the sun was smiling on this
onr.h'ft other nole and leaving them in
miserable cold and darkness. They tell a
atnrir nt nrodierious travels, of stagger
ing journeys and the dangers that be
set the traveler. They tell what a
trip it is to reach the gold fields, and
when they get tnrougn we iaini,
hearted urosnector. who isn't thor
oughly convinced that he wants to un
thfl trial, deoides to forego the
trip to Alaska and dig up his wealth
ot linmfl rvr rrn without. Some of the
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gold-mad adventurers, though,msh on
unheeding, crowding Into the Alaska-
bound steamers without anything like
enough supplies or enough money to
see them through ten days of travel
on land. Miners who have been therre
say that such as those will perish.
How to Beach the New Gold Fields
There are two general routes to th
th
Klondike district. From Chicago both
ead to Seattle, and there diverge. One
goes by ooean steamer west and a lit-
le north, and passes through Dutch
Harbor, at the extreme end of the
southwest Alaskan peninsula. From
here the steamer turns north and con
tinues on to St. Michael's Island , a ! ill le
above the mouth of the Yukon, in Ber
ing Sea. At that point passengers are
transferred to the river steamers to bo
gin the long Journey up the Yukon,
which winds northward and eastward,
and finally brings the traveler to Daw
son City, now the principal town in
the mining district, although sixty-five
miles from the Klondike fields.
The cost of the trip from Chicago
this way, as prospeoting miners usu
ally travel, is $251.50. It is divided
as follows: From Chicago to Seattle
(second class), $51.50: from Seattle to
Dawson City, $200.
In time the trip costs thirty days
bur from Chicago to Seattle, sixtieen
rom Seattle to St. Michael's Island,
and ten up the Yukon to Dawson City
by the fast boat. The distance in gen
eral figures is 2250 miles from Chicago
to Seattle, 2500 miles to St. Michael's
Island and 1890 miles up the Yukon
to Dawson, a total ofabout G600 miles.
The other way to the Klondike, the
"mountain route' is snorter in miles,
but equally long intheitime it requires
and a great deal more difficult. By
this route the traveler 'sails more di
rectly north to J uneau, " which is S'JO
miles from Seattle, and then goes by
ake and river and over the mountains
1000 miles to the new mining terri
tory. On arrival at Juneau the travr
eler changes to a" smaller boat and
sails 100 miles north to Dyea. From
there he has a portage of twenty-serven
miles through the Chilkoot Pass. The
ast half-mile of this pass is over a
glacier and the severest of climbing.
Chilkoot Indians are employed to. pack
supplies to the top of the pass, but
from there on the traveler has to pack
his own load.
After getting through the Chilkoot
Pass the traveler r,eaches Lake Linde
man. At that point is a sawmill,
n-liorft linn n.rft sold for ,7! pftoh.
Travelers who dotiot care to pay that
price can purchase lumber and build
their own boats. The lumber can be
bought for $100 a thousand feet, and
about 500 feet are required to build a
boat that will answer the purpose.
Still other travelers carry whipesaws
and get out their own lumber, and a
man handy with a saw and hammer
can build a boat in three or four days.
To continue the trip, though, a boat
is necessary and by some means or
other one must behad.
After securing his boat the travcl-
. i t i - -r 1 i
er lloats aown ajaae uinuemau auu
Lake Bennett and then has half a mile
of portage where his boat has to be
moved on rollers. There is any
amount of rollers to be had, though,
for earlier theaters of the path have
left them. This half mile overland
brings the traveler to Lake Tagish,
through which he goes six miles and
over a quarter of a mile of portage to
Mud Lake and on to the White Morse
Rapids. Here there is another port
age of three-quarters ot a mile, ana
the traveler brings his boat to Lake
Labarge. From there on the journey
is through Thirty Mile Fdver, the
Lewis Biver, 150 miles to Five Fin
ger Eapids, to the Yukon at Fort Sel
kirk, and then down stream 250 miles
to Dawson.
DAWSON CITY, IN THE
The cost of the trip this way can
not be definitely stated beyond Ju
neau, because after that point it de
pends somewhat on the bargain made
with the Chilkoot Indians, who pack
supplies through the pass, and the
length of time the overland part of the
journey requires. The cost from Chi
cago to Seattle is the same as by the
other route, of course, $51.50 second
class and $10 more for first class. The
steamer fare up to Juneau and on to
Dyea is $42. What it costs on the
overland trip each traveler determines
partially for himself, but the Indians
who act as guides and pack supplies
do not work without bitf pay.
THE RIVER ROUTE TO DAWSON.
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g The Centre of the Gold Region.
Dawson City, the centre of the new
mining region, although sixty-five
fmiles distant from the Klondike, is
i said to be a typical mining camn
minus the guns. The British Govrn
ment enforces its laws in Dawson, xnd
those laws prohibit the use of firearms,
c -. fa tit man norrw rrnna TTia 1 r tt- c r f
Mhe camp are enforced by mounfad po-
, A PLACEBMINE IN THE
lice, whose captain is a civil officer.
Though there are said toibe 3000 peo
ple in Dawson, few housjes have been
built, for the principal 'reason that
lumber is $100 per 1000ifeet. The
general fear is, of course, that there
will be great suffering there this win
ter, and it will be increased, it is ex
pected, by the rush of ' unprepared
prospectors who failed 'for the new
fields immediately on learning what
luck had befallen those fwho have but
recently returned.
To give an accurate , idea of the cost
of living in Dawson Citp, the price
list of a general store thereiis herewith
given:
Flour, per 100 poirnds .j.. $12.00
Mooso ham, per pound.. ... 1.00
Caribou meat, peripound.'. .65
Leans, per poundJ. .10
llice, per pound... f. . ... .25
Sugar, per pound j yC 25
3iaon, per pound .. ...i. 40
Better, per roll C 1.50
EfiS, per dozon 1 1.50
Letter egg3, per dozen 2.00
Salmon, each ...$lto 1.50
Potatoes, per pound .i 25
Turnips, per pound . 15
Tea, per pound V- I-00
Coffee, per pound 50
Dried fruits, per pound, y. 35
Canned fruits . 50
Canned meats i 75
Lemons, each.'. n. 20
Oranges, each 50
Tobacco, per pound.... J. 1.50
Liquors, per drink i 50
Shovel3 1 2.50
Picks j 5.00
Coal oil, per gallon.... ,' 1.00
Overalls ' 1.50
Underwear, per suit. . . .; $5 to 7.50
Shoes 5.00
Kubber boots.. , $10 to 15.00
Alaska nl Its Kesourcea.
In the purchase of Alaska, the United
States acquired a Territory more than
half a million square miles in extent,
a part of it within the arctic circle and
in the region of everlasting ice and
snow, where, during part of the sum
mer, there is continuons day and dur
ing the winter continuous, dreary
night. The Alaskan coast line is
greater than our Atlantic seaboard, but
the entire population of whites, Eski
mos and fierce Indians, who are called
the Apaches of the north, is not much
more than that of a ward division in
Chicago.
In acquiring the Alaskan Territory,
though the United States moved its
center, figured in geographical miles,
not in area or population, as far west
as San Francisco. The country now
extends from about the sixty-fifth de
gree of longitude up at the far east
corner of Maine to the 122d degree up
at the far northwest tip of the Alaskan
mainland. This is taking no account
of the little island of Attu, 1000 miles
out in the Pacific, beyond the Hawaiian
group, which, since the purchase of
Alaska, has really been our western
land limit.
The United States, therefore, may
almost say with England that the,' sun
never sets on its possessions.
The principal river in Alaska, the
Yukon, up which prospectors haw to
work their weary way to reach the
gold fields was called by Schwatka, the
Alaskan Nile. It rises a little yaore
than 200 miles above Sitka, in the
southern part of Alaska, and then
strikes northward, following a broad
circle to the west before it empties j
into Bering Sea through an extensive
delta. Six hundred miles in from the,
KLONDIKE GOLD BEGION.
coast it is more than a mile wide and
the volume of its water is so great as
to freshen the ocean ten miles out from
land.
The principal cities of Alaska are
Juneau and Sitka. They are both
thriving towns, and probably they will
thrive from now on, for a time at least,
as they have never thriven before.
Alaska is ruled by a Territorial Gov
ernor, who just now is J. G. Brady,
recently appointed by President Mc
Kinley to succeed James A. Sheakley.
The Governor's residenoe is in Sitka.
The citizens up in that frozen coun
try do not vote for President of course,
being under Territorial government,
but they do send delegates to the Na
tional political conventions. The judi
cial function there is exercised by i
district court, established in 1884
The court sits alternately at Sitka anc
Wrangle. How odd for a court to sil
at Sitka and Wrangle.
And speaking of Wrangle, among th
things Alaska has done for this coun
try aside from stirring up the present
KLONDIKE GOLD FIELDS.
gold excitement one of the most for
ward was to involve it in disputes with
England on the boundary question and
the seal fisheries business.
Both of these disputes threatened
war, but white-winged peace settled
over the situation in each case and
brought the suggestion of that newly
invented Engl' sh -American institution
arbitration. However, the boundary
question is not settled yet, and the Brit
ish lion is even now roaring a little and
angrily swishing its tail because of a
diplomatic (the British call it undiplo
matic) note from Secretary of State
Sherman demanding that British ves
sels "keep off the grass" as it were in
the seal fishing grounds.
The Boundary QucStion.
It was not uuexpocted, of course,
that the discovery of gold in the Klon
dike region would revive in a measuro
the old question of a boundary line be
tween Alaska and the British North
west Territory,
The Klondike fields are considerably
east of Fort Cudahy and Dawson City,
and both of these are on British soil.
Into the new regions, though, Ameri
can miners first ventured and made
the first discoveries of gold. Since
then h in Ireds of them have trooped
over the Larder, staked out their claims
in the ri?U hills and begun to dig.
Should the Canadian Government pass
au exclusion act all of theso miners,
of course, would be dispossessed.
The difficulty of enforcing such an
act, especially on miners who have
staked out their claims, is at once ap
MINERS CRdsSIXQ THE BORDER.
parent. The result in retaliation by
the Government of the United States
is also easily imagined. The Domin
ion Government has already established
a custom house on the border, and is
doing a fair business collecting daty
on the goods that go into the new
country, and miners think they will
be satisfied with that. The exclusion
of Americans would practically close
the oountry for a time, for the best of
the means of transportation to that
frozen region are owned by American
companies.
In the past miners of any national
ity have been free to enter any new
diggings and stake out their claim
without restriction. Canadian miners
are now free to work across the border
in the Alaskan fields. What the result
of an exclusion act would mean to
Canada in a retaliatory measure by the
United States, Canadians know better
than they can be told.
It is not believed, however, that
Canada will attempt to exclude Amer
ican miners. It is true that the United
States excludes Chinese, but Canada
probably recognizes that keeping out
Chinamen and barring the way for
Americans are two different things.
Queer Flac of Refuge.
The passengers on a Tenth street
trolley car wer6 treated to an unusual
sight early yesterday morning. As
the car was bowling along in the
vicinity of Parish street a couple of
sparrows, one in chase of the other,
swooped down in front of the car.
The pursued, by a quick flank move
ment, eluded its tormentor by darting
under the roof of the front platform,
and before the motorman knew what
was up the bird had perched on his
hand which gripped the lever. There
it sat contentedly, while the passengers
craned their necks to get a view of the
odd spectacle. The sparrow didn't
seem to mind the fact that the motor
man's hat,d was constantly turning
around a? he manipulated his lever,
and, after riding on its queer perch
for fully a block, chirped its thanks
and flew away. Philadelphia Record.
"Breakfast ncnics."
People get up early in the morning
out in Nebraska, and from this habit
some enterprising social leader has
evolved in idea which has become a
fad in the neighborhood of Grand
Island,, where "breakfast picnics" are
in vogue. The guests start out at 4
o'clock, breakfast in the woods, and
come home before the sun makes
things too hot for comfort. New York
Sun. .
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Of Prosperity, Says Dun & Co's.
Weekly Review of Trade.
NO. OF FAILURES FOR THE WEEK
AH the Textile Industries Are Encour
aged by Large Demands of Goods
The Haste to Buy Wheat.
Messrs. R. G. .Dun & Co's Weekly
Keview of Trade for the week endiDg
Aug.'l4th," says: Every city reporting
this week notes increase in trade and
nearly all bright crop propped s. The
great change in business is emphasized
by the presence of a multitude of buy
ers from all parts of the country by
their statements of the situation at
their homes and more forcibly yet by
the heavy purchases they are mak
ing. But the customary signs of
prosperity are not lacking. The strong
rise in stocks, the growth of bank
clearings and railroad earnings, the
heavy speculation in many products,
but most of all in wheat, have made the
week one of surpassing interest even to
those who best remember the upward
rush in 187'.). At tho principal clearing
houses throughout the country pay
ments in July were for the first time
slightly larger than in 1802, and 11.0
per cent, larger than last year; in tho
hrst week of August 7.7 per cent,
larger than in 1892 and 28.4 percent,
larger than last year, and in the second
week of August they are 17.9 percent,
larger than in 18D2, and 38. 1 per cent,
larger than la -ty ear. The great crops and
the haste of foreigners to buy and
ship wheat in view of shortage else
where, have made the week memorable.
Taking profits by a pool lowered tho
price 3 cents on Saturday, but it has
since risen 5 cents, Western receipts,
slow in July, have in two weeks been
7,392,713 bushels against 0.722,302 last
year, and Atlantic exports have been in
two weeks (5,114,031 bushels against 3,
384,013 last year. Even the demand
for corn, by greatly exceeding that of
last year, shows that foreign anxieties
are serious, for 5, Til 0,1 35 bushels have
been expoited in two weeks from Atlan
tic porta against 2.014,428 last year.
The price has advanced 1. 12 cents, not
withstanding enormous stocks being
brought over. The urgency of
French buying of wheat, re
ports that Russia will Mop ex
ports in order to keep supplies for
itself and continued shipments from
the Pacific to countries usually having
a surplus, make even the largest esti
mates of probable supply not too great
for the possible demand. In all the
great industries, a large demand for
products appears, with strong specula
tion in materials in the intermediate
products. In the iron and steel branch,
starting of many works after settlement
of wages keeps prices low, and even de
presses some, but the fact that demand is
growing leads to heavy purchases of
iron ore, 200,000 tons at "Cleveland in a
week, and of billets 40,000 tons, while
concessions recently reported in pig
iron have ceased. Sales of tin are mod
erate, of copper large.
All the textile industries are encour
aged by a greatly improved and really
large demand for goods, which
causes many to advance in prices.
With reproduction much curtailed,
stocks of cotton goods are rapidly
decreasing, and in woolens advances
have been made in clay worsted and
mixtures, flannels and middlesex suit
ings. Speculation in wool continues,
with prices about one cent higher, but
sales of 23,499,800 pounds in two weeks
show the willingness of some holders
to realize.
Failures for the week have been 239
in the United States against 298 last
year and 30 iu Canada against 30 last
year.
SENATOR GEORGE DEAD.
A Man of Great Erudition and Legal
Attainments.
Senator George, of Mississippi, died
in Washington on the 14th. lie was
born in Monroe county, Ga., on the
2Gth of October, 1820. After the death
of his father, which occurred in the
Senator's early infancy, he removed
with his mother in 1834 to Noxubee
county, Miss., remaining there for only
two years and then going to Carroll
county, where he maintained his legal
residence until his death.
He was well-liked in the Senate not
withstanding a rather brusque manner.
Those who knew him realized fully that
beneath the outward crust was hidden
a kindly and gentle disposition. He
was also universally respected for his
great erudition on legal and constitu
tional questions. Probably there has
been no man in the Senate during the
present generation who had made great
er research into constitutional questions
or could discourse more profoundly
upon the instruments of government.
Had he been permitted to serve his
entire term, on the 4th of March, 189.),
he would have completed his 18th year
in the Senate. He had declined a re
election more than a year' ago on ac
count of his health, and Hon. II. 1).
Money had been chosen as his suc
cessor for the term beginning in 1899.
Killed Ills Girl's Father.
Eli Rurney, who was forbidden to
visit his sweetheart, shot and fatally
wounded the girl'B father, V. II. Green
at Whitehead, Ala. Rurney made bin
escape, and is being pursued by olH
ccrs. Bryan's "Mexican Trip.
At the headquarters of the allied sil -ver
forces of Kansas a request has just
been received from Mr. W. J. Rryan
for copies of all documents and statis
tical tables relating to the silver ques
tion in Mexico, and also text books for
acquiring a knowledge of the Spanish
language.
Mr. Rryan expects to visit Mexico in
October and is preparing an address on
the money question, which he hopes to
be able to deliver in the Spanish language.
SOUTHERN BI11LICAL ASSEMBLY
rhc Executive Council ElectcclStat
Meetings to Stir Up Interest.
The Southern Biblical Assembly,
which has boen in session in Aehcville,
N. C, during the last ten days, is now
planning for 1898. The following ex
ecutive council was elected: President,
Bishop Edward Rondthalcr; vico presi
dents, Rev. T. T. Eaton, D. P., of
Louisville; Rev. H. A. White, 1.
1)., Washington and Leo University,
Lexington, V. ; Dr. J. H. Car
lisle, president Wofford College, Spar
tanburg, S. C; Rev. J. F. Sience,
D. D.. Knoxville, president of Uarri
man Universitv, and Rev. C. H. Bell,
D. D., She&eld, Ala.; secretary,
Charles W. Dabney, LL. 1). , president
of btitl University, Knoxvillo, Teun.
It was also provided that the council
should elect vice presidents to repre
sent other denoiniuations'thut may co
operate with the assembly.
A new departure was agreed on. A
series of State meetings, threo days
each week, will be held in each State,
in order to awaken interest. It is
probable that the first of such Statu
meetings will be in Louisville, in Oc
tober, and that otheis wilt follow
southward, along the liuo of tho Louis
ville & Nashville Railroad, with a re
turn series through tho Atlantic Stutes,
ending in Virginia.
' PHENOMENON IN GEORGIA.
Tliomasvlllc People Much Exercised
Over a Supposed Volcano.
The inhabitants of Thomasvillo, Ga.,
are intensely excited over what appears
to be the existence of a volcano on a
plantation near there. Tho crater is
about twenty-five feet square, and sev
eral streams of blue smoke issuo from
it. The ground in the immediate loca
tion of the crater has sunk to the ex
tent of two feet below the sui face. Ex
cavations made .show that tho muoko
proceeds from an extensive bed of
ashes. Originally tho source of distur
bance was situated beneath the resi
dence of a fanner, but tho vo'luino of
smoke and intense heat compelled tho
destruction of tho houso. It is impos
sible that tho smoke should proceed
from burning mines, as there are uo
mineral deposits in the locality. Fre
quent rains have failed to quench tho
subterraucau iiros. Tho pheuomemm
is being yisiteil by hundreds of curious
people.
YOUTHFUL MURDERERS.
Negroes, Six and Eight Yearn Old,
Kill a Haby.
At Grapevine, Texas, a littlo negro
was killed by two other littlo negroes.
The murdered child was but 3 years
old. The others wero i and 8 years of
age. A few days ago thoy tortured tho
little fellow by burning it all over with
a hot iron, which caused it great Miffor
ing, and, to stop it from crying, tney
took it by the head and feet and threw
it off a porch some three feet high uud
then jumped on it and stamped it to
death.
Sherman Soon to Retire.
A special from Washington to tho
Philadelphia (Pa.) Record, says Secre
tary Sherman's retirement from tho
Cabinet is expected to occur beforo
Congress meets, but not until after tho
election in Ohio, for it is feared that if
he should go out of olliee, even if it wan
done voluntarily, beforo November, his
friends in Ohio might turn the scale
against Senator II anna and give tho
State and the Legislature over to tho
Democrats.
1'rlinnry Idea Defeated.
Virginia's State Democratic Conven
tion in session at Roanoke nominatod A'
J". Montague for Allorney-fJeiu'rui, and
defeated the resolution to elect United
States Senators by primary. Tho plat
form as publishod in these columns w as
adopted. The convention then adjourn
ed sine die.
Tobacco Claim Allowed.
La Lucha, tho government organ
published in Cuba, is authority for tho
statomeut that the Spanish government
at Madrid has issued an order that all
claims for tobacco by American manu
facturers have been allowed, and that
tobacco can bo removed.
Drummer Evangelist Hapti.ed.
The North Carolina Paplist says W.
P. Fife, the drummer evangelist, was
baptized in the ocean at Old Orchard,
Me., Saturday, August lh. Ho myn
his mind had been unsettled all of his
Christian life and ho decided to bo im
mersed. Gold Seekers Returning.
A special from. Seattle, Wash., nays
many of the gold seekers who left for
Klondike are returning home for the
winter on account of tho blockade at
Dyea and Skagaway, where there will
be much suffering during the winter.
A Hatfield Scare.
The reports that Capt. Hatfield, the
escaped desperado, had killed four men
during a fight in the mountains in
Logan county, W. Va., are without
foundation.
Tobacco Destro3-cd.
A wind, rain and hail storm which
passed over Viroqua county, Illinois,
done more than $1 00,000 damago to the
tobacco farmers. Fully four-lifths of
the rroo is destroyed.
Pity News Items.
The fire losses for tho first seven
months of 1897 have fallen to 'l,r00,
000 as against $73,500,000 for the Bame
period in 189.3.
New York is still talking of a World's
Fair in 1900 to commemorate the consol
idation of the various cities which aro
comprised in Greater New York.
Missouri has raised the taxable valu
ation of her railroads and telegraphs by
over $3,000,000 and will add $700,000 to
her revenue next year.
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