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4w rM Elf Hi ill -v7 n ILL UV IWIV itvJKW '111 ' sr ' v LARGE ANDINCBEASING CIRCULATION. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." AX EXCELLENT ADVEHTIijING MEDIUM VOL. 16. SMITHFIELD, N C. THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1898. NO. 4G f COUNTRY SAFE AGAINST INVASION, COMBINATION OF POWERS WOULD FAIL SIGNALLY. Lieut. William R. Hamilton, U. S. A., uow attached to th garrison at Fort Hamilton, has written for The World the fol lowing comprehensive comptri sou oi the naval strength ol Span mm.' in.- C Lieut. Hamilton is regarded as an cipert on such mutters, and many articles he has written on kindred su.j vi i n cepted as stand nrii: The events ot the last lev weeks have awakened in main minds apprehensions as to tr t immediate results ol a war tween the United States Spain. Alarm is not felt beyond it tic tb. coast line, as nearly every Ameri can understands how almost tm possible it is for any combina tion ol powers to successfully in rade this country. But as in the past a lew coast fortifica tions have been captured, tbe timid ones wonder il it is not possible that wemightlose ours. There is no instance in all his tory where well fortified and de fended forts have been passed b war vessels, unless the latter were aided by land forces. Fort Fisher was taken by the armj; Farragut ran the works below New Orleans because Butler waff on land with a large army; Por ter ran the batteries a Vicks burg because Grant surrounded them on land. At Alexandria where the entire Mediterranean squadron ot Great Britain was engaged, the works were old time, wun but very few interior modern gun? and abominably served by hail starved and cowardly Egvptiai soldiers. Yet these same work kept the Briti-h off lor evn.ec hours and iutlicted tnoredaraagi on the flttt than had been dont bv the war vessels in turn. Large oattle shipsand cruiser cannot and do not run by tortr well armed and served, howeve darn ; n rts lute an Admiral may be They first have to si lejce the fire of the fort, that thev uiay lemove t'ie obstruct io:is in the harbor channels, so as to run b in satety Suct raids are attempted ty small vessels, torpeuo cruier at.d de stroyers, w hich p sess great spsed ano' are armed with quick finnf puns Airainst them are-i r r - used qun k firing guns on land and torpedo-b ats, both ol which can be quickly built an cheaply and easily served. The fact of the matter is that manyol us forget one ol the lessons taught by the war ol 1861-65, n raely, that in times ol trouble we had best trust to the guidance of experts alone, who mike their professions their lite long study and experience. Gen. Miles says that Spain's fleets, il unopposed bv ours, could not run the forts of New York, even in their present con dition. That is a lact; but taken in connection with our preseut svstem of battle-ships and monitors, they would not even attempt it. What is the relative strength of the two navies? A first-class battle ship is one of a tonnage of 9,000 and up ward. Of this class Spain pos sesses one the Pelayo. This vessel has a displacement of 9,900 tons, a speed of 16 7 knots at forced draught, and develop ing a horse-power of 9,473. Her armor consists of a com plete steel belt 11.8 to 17.7 inches thick, while the barbettes around the large guns are steel and 11.8" inches thick. The bulk heads are 15 7 inches thick, and the protective steel deck 3 5 inches thick. She is armed with two 12 5-inch flontoria breech loading guns, two 11 inch Hon torias, one 3 5 inch, two 2 7 inch, three six-pounders, all breech loaders, and twelve one pounder revolving canmn. She also carries seven torpedo tubes. Second-class battle-ships are thoss? ranging from 7.500 to 9,000 tons, and third class are those below 7,500. Spain has none ot the second class and but two ol the third clss. Both of them are verv old, having been built in 1863 d 1865 respect ively Tre firtithe Numancia, m m -w - placement are 7,035 and 7.000 tons; speeds. lO and;i3.5 knots; horse-power, 3 700 nnd 4- 500; armor, an iron belt from to 5 5 inches in thickness, and nrracment: Numancia, eight 10 irch muzzle-loaders, seven 8 inch, also mrzz'e-loaders; ore 7 S inch breech loarV r, and one 3 5 inch and tjo 2.7 inch boat guns snd eight machine guns. She also carries two torpedo tu')e. Tre Yitoria hns fivelessS irch, and instead of 10-inch she has 9 ir.eb, nil muzz'e loaders, and the other guns the same. The United States possesses sir tirt class battle-ships and e ol the srcfind clrtss They ire the Iowa, Indiana, Massa chusetts and Oregon, of first . .;!!., aud Texas, second-class. l uc toluMVitit, itc their iM.t II- j 'Htm rt?p etivtly: Displ c - j uents, 11.296. 10,236 10.231, J.3UO tcs; spet-ds, 16 5, 17 2. 17 5, 17 and 17 knots; hors-e jiowers. 11,000. 9.500 (thue) ind 8,000. The armor consists of belt) trom 6-inch to 14-inch sterl oulkbeaos and barbettes Iron 12 to 17 inches steel and pro uctive decks ironi 3 inches to 5 inches steel. The armament ot the Iowa is four 12 inch anr. right 8 inch breecb-loading guns, thirty-two quick-firers, lour ma ehiue gin at;d six torpedo tubes, l'he next thrte have each four 13 inch and eight S ir ch breecb loaders, thirty-two quick rirers and four machine guns and seven machine tubes. The Tex as, two 12-incb, six 6 inch breech-loaders, twenty-two quick-firers and two machine guns and six torpedo tubes. A coast-defnse vessel may bt sea-going or non-sea-going. Spain has no sea-going coast de fense vessels, while the United States possesses six the Monte rey, the Puritan, the Miantono- ni-'ti, tue Ampaitnte, the Ala nad jock aud the Terror. Trier lispl-ceinents range Irom 3,39 co 4-. 138 to is, their speed Iron 10 5 to 15 knots, theirarmor al tcel irutu 7 5 inthtsto 14 inche .n thickuess and their arma ments Irotn two 12-inch tnr fourteen quick firers to four 10 ind 12 inch and eighteen quick -driiig and fSicchiae guns. Spain possesses old non sea-goiog coat dc-ense vessels The United States has twelve old iron monitors. Spain's greatest strength lies in her ar moied cruisers, of which she has ,tven, while the United States nas two. The first are the Em uerador Carlos V , the Cardinal Cisneros, the Cataluna, tht Priucessa de Asturias. the Al mirante Oquendo, the Yizcaya -ind the Intanta Maria Teresa. I htir displace ments run from 6.090 to 9.09 tons their speeds trorn 18 5 to 20 2 knots, their armor trom partial bJts ot 12 inch thickness steel to 2 inch stetl decks and their armaments are all of 2 11 inch Hontorias. breech lo tders, and twenty-two 10 twenty eight quick-firers and four machine guns; also six to eight torpedo tubes. Either of the United States armored cruisers, the New York aud Brooklyn are mort than a matcn for any ol Spain's. The Mew York is 8.4S0tons displace me t, speed of 21 knots, armor 3 8 inch to 10 inch be'ts and shields. Armament, six 8-inch breech-loaders and twenty-four quick firers. four machine guns and six torpedo tubes. The Brooklyn is 9.153 tons, speed 21 knots, armor 7 to 15 inches thick and guns the same, except an addition of twelve quick firers. Uncle Sam also has an armor ed ram, the Katahdin, that Spain has.no prototj-peof what ever. Uncle Sam possesses seven teen new steel cruisers and six teen new first-class gunboats, all steel vessels and well armored, while Spain has seventeen cruis ers, of which but five are at all modern, and sixteen old gun ooats. She has many old and obsolete vessels. but so has Uncle Sam, and in war they would not enter at all as fight ing factors. Spain has thirty eight first class torpedo boats and seven second class and one submarine failure, the Peral. Uncle Sam has twenty-one boats of the nrst-class. A boat to be first class must be 125 feet in length or upward; to be second class Irom 100 to 125 feet and third class under 100 feet. So, taken in every particular, it will be seen that Uncle Sam's fljet is away ahead ot Spain's. 'In case of war there are many more vessels in tbiscountry than in Spain that could be quickly and easily transformed into pri vateers or cruisers, and the fa cilities tor quick building of tor pedo boats tire infinitely ahead. Spain, however, has an entire fleet oi fourteen large steamers of the Corop .nia Transatlantic, oi Cadiz, that are subsidized and are at once available as cruisers. Against these the United States possesses but four the St. Pau?. the St. Louis, the New York and the Paris. But there are thirty o ore that could be utilized in time. As to relatiye powers of Unit- t- and Spanish guns it may be noted that the Hon- toria breech-loading system con sist of guns from 4.7 to 12 6 !.. t.Kti throw shots of in 53 to 1,041 pounds it iiiht, vith charges ol Irom 29 485 pounds of powder. Trt elociti ot these shots at muz z e oi the gun run from 1,900 t 2.035 Ittt per second, and they lmh penetrate from 11.8 to 33 inches ol wrought iron. The United States naval guns ire ol 6, 8, 10, 12 and 13 it er calibre and throw shots from 100 to 1,100 pounds weight, vvith powder charge of from 50 to 550 pounds. The muzzlt velocities run Irom 2,000 t 2,150 feet per second, and tht shots are capable of penetrating j at the muzzle from 13 7 to 34 6 inches thickness. Thus the guns are superior. Spain has a personnel of 24. 798 officers ancT men, including reserves, while Uncle Sam can not claim over 12.500 in his But there are plenty of patriotic seamen in the country, so that in case ol war we would soon have men enough. The onlv trouble would be in the lack of educated officers. W. R. HAMILTON, United States Army. CAROLINA CULLINCS. Coli n Anthony, colored, ha been appointed postmaster at Scotland Nck. Two negroes were killed by a Seaboard Air Line train at Warren Plains last week. Oscar J. Spears, of Harnett, has been sworn in as assistant district attornev tor the Eastern district of North Carolina. Eighteen and seventy-seven were the ages ol the bride and groom, respectively, in a Sam. -son county wedding last week. In the Georgia-North Caro lina debate at Chapel Hill last week, the Tar Heels were the winners. Last year the Geor gians won. Governor Russell and Senator Butler have accepted invitations to be present at the unveiling of the Mtcklenburg monument in Charlotte on May 20tb. G. B. D. Parktr, of Duplin county, lost his saw mill, grist mill and gin house, together with 150 bales of cotton, by fire last wek. No insurance. George Harper and John Aaron, convicted of burglary at the March term, 1892. of Hali fax Superior Court, have been pardoned by Governor Russell. Judge Mclver has granted an order to show c.iuse at Lexing ton on the 16th, inst., why a re ceiver should not be appointed tor the Western North Carolina Railroad Co. J. T. Britt, editor of the Ox ford Ledger, has accepted the position of private secretary to Congressman Kitcbin and will soon go to Washington. J. C Biggs will have charge of the Ledger during his absence. HIf?h Lights. C hk-BKO Record. Woman is illogical; she al ways takes the cork out of a bottle by pushing it in. We strive toward perfection; but, alter all, it is human weak nesses which make li'e interesting- . Fame is a possession which the greatest man on earth can not distribute among his chil dren. Drowning men clutch at straws; but men frequently go under because tbey have clutched at straws too often. A man is always a hero to his wife because she knows he wouldn't have proposed to her unless he was very brave. When the matinee girl gets to heaven she won't wear a crown unless it has seyen big ostrich feathers stack in it. Deo Cratiae. By mount, ty mine, c-ttr or silent plain Faithless, or ever true. Careless in health, or agonized in pain, lie careth etill for you. In morn, or noon or at the even fall. OKI age, or ways yet new, He harks the ravens when they needy call Still careth he for you. In luxury's hall or by sad penury's cot. In hate or love's pure thrill. Hich robed in honor or in shame forgot God careth for you still. Win. Thornton Whitsett in Charlotte Observer. Part Europe Will Play. ew York WorM London, March 2. Sir Ed ward Grey, one of the rising men ol the House ot Commons and J..ocr dtcrctar lor buinh Aiiairs in the last Liberal Go eminent, when asked his opin on as to the possibility of ara Euroraan Power cooperating vith bpatu against the United States, said: "Ican't understand why anyone should have macK such a sutfestion. It seems to tue that no European po-vti would think of intervening on any ground. I don't beliese that the question will assume s practical shape, for I see no real prospect of war." GERMANY MIGHT HELP SPAI. "The Kaiser," said an eminent English statesman and author ity on loreign affairs to-day, "is very anti-American, and though I don't believe for a moment he would go to war for Spain, be might certainly be reckoned on to give all the diplomatic help possible against the United States. This belief wasexpresscd to me only a couple ot weeks ago by a friend ot mine who re cently returned to England after a visit to the Kaiser." AUSTRIA WOULD KEEP HANDS OFF. Vienna, Mirch 2. Your repr tentative spoke with Gentra Auspitz, a de!egite of the Vr Department in the Frign Offi who said: "N European powi' vvould support Spain in a wai which must damage European commerce. Austro-Hungarv, not being a maritime power. Aould be the last couutry to take up arms in Spain's cause, having no interests across the seas. The fact of the dynasties being related i not considered in the least, and all the more a Austrian Archduchess by an act of renunciation from the day ot their marriage with foreign muu archs. renounce all rights to Austrian support or interference in their behalt. SPANISH PRETENDER'S AUSTRIAN HOME. "The Emperor of Austria still keeps up friendly relations with the Spanish Pretenders, who live under the protection of his laws. When his brother, Maxi milian was made Mexican Em peror his engagement of volun teers in Austria was stopped immediately when the United States protested, and even when Maximilian's lite was at stake the Emperor only attempted diplomatic intercession. CLASH OF OPINIONS AS TO AUSTRIA. Rome, March 2 Maggiorino Ferraris, the" noted ex Cabinet Minister and editor of Nuoya Autologia, Italy's chief review, said: "I have consulted compe tent international authoritirs who state that the onlv European power likely to make common cause with Spain is Austria, owing to the relation ship of the sovereigns. The Austrians. too, are noted cham pions of the monarchical princi ple. Germany is also very bitter against America. THE NEUTRALITY OF ENGLAND. England would follow her tra ditional policy of looking on. Having Everything to gain by her great commercial rivals' difficulties, she would only act if America, by winning, grew threatening toward Canada. America lighting Spain would resemble a gentleman fighting a peasant. Spain can do much damageand receiye but little; Spain has no important com merce to protect, and cannot be hemmed ia territorially. The Mallory line steamer Nueces sailed Irom New York for Key West with seventy five tons of relief supplies for the destitute - i . t r tir i a. 1 in Luoa. At Jtvey west inej stores will be transferred to the United States steamships Nash ville and Montgomery. ' BANK CHECKS. What They are When to Pre sent For PaymentFacts That All Should Know. Patron end Olraaer. The following article we find ir the March number of the Farn ournal published in Philadelphia contains so much informaiior about business transactions that every one shoul I know, that we reprint it for benefit ot Patron And Gleaner readers Boys, don't lay tlis aside until you have mastered the essential points in this article, and be able to pass an examination on it. We give '.t below: The place for farmers as well as other business- men to keep their ready cash is in a good ank. R boery an.-l murtier )lten result from carrying it oi the person or secreted about the dwelling. The distrust ci l)anks so common among man i- not Justified. The transactor ;l business through bank bt my one, providing it is done with care and in strict integrity. gives a favorable impression ol his business ability and respon bihty to those with whom he deals. A check, in its nature, is sim- t . pi v an oraer irom tne person .laving a deposit in a bank to to that bank to pay the amount designated to the person named in the check If Simon Smith nas a deposit in the Fust Na tional Bank, ot Brownville, and he wants to pay Caleb Jones, the storekeeper, a bill ol $25, he tits down and writes: Brownville, Feb. 1, The First Nat'nl. Bank of Brownville I'av Caleb Smith twentv-five dollars. Simoic Smith. Check blanks should always be used but are not reallv essen tai. The e?eutiai$ aic thai Maiou south have sumciens unds in the bink to meet the demand, and that his signatun oe genuine, that is, not a lor ery. As-sured ot these tbe j-itik does not hesitate to pa Vlr. Jones the money whethei the order is written on- a print ed blank or a plain sheet ol pa per, with ink or with lead pen cil. As drawn, the bank wii pajr the money only to Calct Jones Mr. Smith should havi A-ritten "pay to order of Caleb ones." Now if Jones wants tht money himself be must write bi name across the back of check, that is endorse it. But be ma) owe lor a Dig order ot goods- bought in the city, and wish to ay it. Having endorsed it he sends Smith's check with othet -hecks or cash to the city dealer. f he dealer endorses it also and sends it to bis own bank tor collection. When it finallv reaches the Brownville bnk, its back may be coyered with en dorsements. In tbe meantime t may have settled as many debts of $25 each as it has en dorsements on its back, without tbe actual transfer ol any mon ey from the Brownville bank. Tne giving of tbe check by Smith did rot constitute a pay ment of the debt he owed Jones uutil the check was paid by the bank. If Jones did give him, a receipt at the time, should there be no money in the bauk, or tiie bank lor any reason fail to pav the order, Jones could scill claim payment of tbe debt. When Smith gets the check from the bank alter it nas been paid and cancelled, he should preserve it, lor it is then a valuable evidence of the settlement ot the debt. Checks should be drawn with great care. 1 be date is impor tant. If omitted tbe check is never payable. If date is left lank the holder may add the date ol delivery to him. but no other date. A check may dated back, antedated, to coyer some previous transaction, oro vided no iraud is done or intend ed. Dating a check ahead, post dating, to allow the drawer to make a deposit to meet it, is bad business and may lead to egal complications. Had Smith in drawing his check to Jones, on February 1, dated it Februa ry 10th, Jones could not have presented it to the bank until February 10th. Iu the mean time Smith might, if dishonest, check out all his cash in favor of someone else, or may have ailed to make the deposit he in tended to make" to cover tbe amount of his check to Jones, or he might die suddenly. In the lattei case Jones would have to wait for nia money until the set- f clement of Smith's estate, as the bank could not honor a check apparently drawn by a man fter his death. In the nrst instance, Smith eight be prosecuted for fraud. nd in the second, the check -vould not be honored by tbe hank, or. if through some sub rdinate's mistaken kindness it was paid and Smith's account .jverdrawit, there might be rouble in store for that official ir for the bank. When Jones receives the check properly dated and signed it is nis duty to present it for pay ment as soon as possible; if be pockets the check and holds it for a week or more, or pays it Lout to others, ud lice bank fails before it is presented, he has to bear the 1 ss. Smith wai responsible only 'or the time it vould take Jones, uing reason able ddigeace, to get the check co the counter of the Brown ville bank. If Jones has an ac count with the Sime back, and Joes not want to use the cash he can take the check or send it y mail at once endorsed "credit iy account" or, "pay to my ac count, Caleb Jones." But il (ones has bis account at tht Hiiltown bank, and wishes t transfer the $25 from Brown ville to his account he should promptly take or send the chick co his own bank en Jor-ed "pay to Hilltown bank, or order, Ca leb Jones." Should Jones pass over th check to John Simpson and tl. latter hold it for a m nth, nn the bank become insolvent ii the meanwhile, almost am court would clear Jones of r sponsibility. In o.her words, everyone who accepts a ch cl in payment is in duty boucd t pass it along with all possible diligence or suffer the result ot his negligence. Most businct men convenient to a bank make t a rule- to deposit checks the lay they are leceived, or at not not later than the follow ing day. vV hen Simon Smith opened at count at the Brownville bank, chr cahier asked him into hi dfice and requested him to -igri ii name to their book of signa tures. If be wrote it Sitnor "imith he should always write ii Simon Smith on his checks, and tot S Smith or S. J. Smith, ot in any other wav. He should not write it in a plain hand at one time and with flourishes at another. While it is a fact that .ipnat ures, as a rule, are illegible-, this feature in not a necessi ty; they are, better plain and readable. If Smith is treasurer cf the grange, collector oftaxes or ex ecutor of an estate, or all three, he should have a separate ac count for each, and in drawing checks should sign bis name 'Simon Smith, treasurer,' or "collector," etc. If be had owed the $25 'or taxes and Jones had been collector, he should have drawn the check "pay to Caleb ones, collector." If Jones should be a little tricky and looe with public funds, such a check returned to tbe hands of Smith might be useful in show ing him up and a safeguard to Smith. The practice of drawing loose checks is a bad one. If at anv time it is necessary to draw such a check a careful record should be made of the date, amount, and in whose favor it is drawn. A person's account is liable to be oerdrawn if the transaction is entrusted to the memory for keeping. Everyone having a bank deposit should have a check book, if nothing more than a small pocket affair which his bank will furnish gratis. The stub of every check should correspond in number, (every check should be numbered), date and amount with tbe check it self. Most check books have also blanks for name of party in whose favor the check is drawn, and other memoranda. It re quires but a short time to" make these notes, and tbey may be of much yalue to the maker. It is the part of prudence nev er to cash a check for a stranger or to receive a check in payment trom a person of whose respon sibility you have doubts. Be charry, also, of giving your check to unknown or suspicious persons. They may use your signature for forging a note against you, or may raise tbe figures on your check. Toe United States has killed the bill relating to second-cla5. mail matter. GENERAL NEWS. A small schooner was caps-zed near Key West Thursday and nice persons were drowned. . Captain G. E. D. Dimond, 102 y ars old, is about to start from San Francisco, Cal., to New York. The colored militiamen of South Carolina have tendered their services to the Governor in case of war. An epidemic of "black blister" has broken out in the State oi Hyderabad, India, and fifty deaths are occurring daily. William Clarkson, foreman of the rolling department of the iiint, at &ao rrancisco is under trrcst for stealing gold. The coffee crop has been de riM.d in New Calt donia anc vat (Kme ha been d neto ditr prop-rtv by the recent floods. .-ii '-Vtlimau P arson, an Eng ! u contractor, has leased I: on; s Mexican i.-verrment foi 90 an t'ce railroad across the l-tbmusol Tehuantepec. Dr. Edwin Klcbs, profefsrrol atho!ogy and bacteriology, in 'tepr st graduate medical school, vlbicago, claims to have discov-i eted the cause of yellow lever. Mrs. Isabella A. Marsh and A illiam C. Br-azJl. convicted at Montpelier, Vt., of murdering Mis. Marsh's husband by poi on, vviii be banged rebruaiv 3, 1890. Alfred Skitt, of New York, gen ralmanagrof tbe Vandcrbih' fl ating property, has been re lected president ol the Norfolk. Virginia Beach and Southerr Railway. Havanacustomsofficials claim ro have discovered evidence o' smugghngin thegood consignee to Miss Clara Barton for fret distribution among the recon centrados. The State Department at Washington has been informed -hat a small revolution hat broken out at Valencia, about 200 miles from Caracas, capital ot Venezuela. Pennsylvania has contributed to the relief of starving Cubans, in answer to the Governor's ap peol, $8,G15 91 in cash and $2, 278 03 in merchandise, or a total ol $10,SG3.04. Postmaster General Gary has issued a circular offering a re ward of $1,500 for the arrest and conviction of each person who participated in the murder of Postmaster Baker at Lake City, S C, on the night of Feb ruary 21st. The steamer Islander, from Alaska, brings news of the singu lar discovery of two returning Klondikers' frozen bodies near Skaguay. Canadian mounted police, attracted by tbe dismal howls of a dog, found tbe bodies of the two strangers. Tbev had in their possession $160,000 in paper and gold dust. By her marriage to George T. Stevens, of Detroit Mich., on Monday Mrs. Semple, widow oi Willliam Semple, of Alleghany, Pa., sacrifices a fortune. Mr. Semple was a wealthy dry goods merchant and capitalist. He died about eight years ago, leav ing a fortune estimated at half a million dollars. His will be queathed all his real estate to his widow, Marion bemple, so long as she remains widow and no longer. W. W. Howard, of New York. who hasjust returned from Cuba, says: "1 was in Armenia with Clata Barton, but nowhere in Armenia did I see 6uch suffering and famine as I witnessed in Cuba among the Pacificos and reconcentrados. Men, womer and children are so emaciateci from privation that their ribs and bones almost come through their shriveled skins. If evet people needed relief it is those wretched reconcentrados. Martin G. Nails, a war veter ar. who was once sentenced to death in a soutuern prison, was re united to his two daughters latt week in the Mountainside Hos pital, Bloomfield, N. J. For many years the daughters be lieved that their ather had been killed in the war and their mother died from grief caused by the news, wnne visiting in Newark recently the daughter!. beard that their lather was alive, and after considerable search found him. Picking up Knowledge Is easy enough if yon look for it ia tho right place. This is the right place to learn just what to do tot that debilitating condition which Spring always brin ge. Do you want to be cured of that languid feeling; get back your appetite, sleep soundly, and feel liko a new man ? Ayer's Sarsaparilla will do it. It has done it for thousands. It has been doing it for 50 years. Try it. Scad for tic "Curtbook." loo paf el frefc J. C. Ajrcr Co. Lowell, Miw. Rich Strikes in tho North. Tacoraa, Feb. 15 On Decem ber 15 last bench claims were discovered on a side-hill above Eldorado, in the Klondike coun try. The first three claims were located hy Dr. Savage, Benja min Olson and Enoch Emmons of Tacoma. A staraede fol lowed, aod many claims were taken up. News of the new dis covery is contained in a letter trom Olson received yesterday ny bis wife. It was dated De cember 18, three days after the first claims were located. Not faraway, and 200 fctt higher up on Eldorado Creek, still an other bench has been staked out. It is said that one claim owner has opened a rich pocket, not over ten feet square, from which he has taken $8,000. Other stories of rich strikes in the same section are also reported in let ters from the north. J Portland, Ore., Feb. 13. The steamship Oregon sailed last night for Dyea and tikaguay, Alaska, with 500 passengers and 1,200 tons of freight, including 50 dogs, 4-1 horses and 3 i bur ros. One hundred tons of sup plies for the government relief expedition are sent by the Ore gon, n Gen. II. C. Merriam, com manding the Department of Columbia, expected to sail on the Oregon.'.but important dis-; patches received from Washing ton compelled him to postpone his departure for a ,few days.' Capt. D. Brainerd, who is tbe disbursing officer of the govern ment relief expedition, was among the . passengers. He has orders to go to Dyea and there await tbe arrival of tbe gdvern ment reindeer and snow and ice locomotives, both of which are to be used in transporting sup plies to Dawson. Capt. Brain erd expects to be able to start the expedition from Dyea by March 15. i The first battalion of the Fourteenth Infantry, consisting of Companies A. and , G.. will leave Vancouver barracks to morrow, via Tacoma, for Ska- gua. All tne united mates prop erty and paraphernalia, includ ing rations amounting to 250 tons, have been located on the river steamboat Undina for shipment to Kalama, where they are to be Ecnt by rail to Tacoma over the Northern Pa cific. Lieut -Col. Russell, who was to have commanded the battal ion, will remain at Vancouver bat racks, owing to poor health. L'.cuts. Learned and Cabell joined their regiment yesterday irom detached service, and Capt. Matile, commanding Company G. expects to arrive Tuesday. A village pastor in Germany made complaint of 129 fathers in bis neighborhood for per mitting their children under ten years of age to dance at a church lestival. The parents were fined one mark each, but one of therh' discovered that tbe clergyman's children had also danced, and the pastor had to turn in his ) own little contribution toward the maintenance of justice . ( ' r
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