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Show KINO raw KLONDIKE. MDONALD HAS HIS MILLIONS. ALEX A OP Twn Jt(o II Vu MADE Cobbm Sow Ilia Wealth llaa Hla Wildcat Drwtiiu of Avarice Keepa Accounla la Ilia Bead. Laborer ad (Special Letter.) 1 L L CONDERS. who had been in Alaska for eight years, had $3,000 in gold dust in the spring of 90. "Never had so much before, he reasoned, an aint likely to much so hate again unless I go out an blow it. Bill knew everybody In Circle City, and everybody which Includes the Indians and the Malamute dogs came down to the steamer to see him off. Before Bill reached Seattle the rich diggings of the Klondike were discovered and Bill's old friends who had staked claims in the first rush were worth fortunes. A year later, when Bill returned, he sat down, on a log in front of Dawson with his friends, and each one bit off a big chew from Bills plug. Well, Bill, said one of them, "Alec MacDonald has got pretty much the whole shooting match. He's king of the Klondike now. What! Big Alec that was down In Circle?" "Yep. He was workln a windlass for Frsnk Conrad. You remember him? So tall he had to go down on his knees to get In a cahln door. Made him tired to lift up his arms and his legs used to get tied in a knot. Didnt drink, and didnt seem to care, anyway? Well, that lucky cuss is worth three millions if he is worth a cent Fellers that come down the creek with white collars on and Jap cooks they call him Mister MacDonald." Staked It, I suppose? Fell into It and couldn't get out of it? Nop. Never staked nothin'." Well, how in h 1 did he get it, then? Brains!" Humph! Thought there was somethin unnatural about It." put In BUI. That explains it all. We never knew he hsd em, and be didnt know he had 'em till one day he threw up his Job and said: I aint going to learned to read and write, which was considered enough for any body In the rural part of Nova Scotia to know. I! he had received an education perhaps he would have more respect for written language. When a man goes to him, with a long written contract, the king says: Now, I tell you what Im going to do. Ill remember Just what I told you and I'll do it If you dont like that Ill do business with somebody else." If he goes to any man in the Klondike and says: Ill give you $20,000 for your claim a month from the man knows that be will see the He was one of $20,000 on thst day. the first to have confidence in the When his confidence was country. proved wise the miner of the Klondike in turn had confidence in him. The king drifted westward from Nova Scotia long before he was of age. In the '80s be accumulated as much ss $15,000 in mining operations in ColThis he lost and then he orado. started for Alaska. Every cent that he got out of No. 30 Eldorado, the first winter, he invested In other claims, snd with It all the other capital that he could get on the strength of the gold still in the ground at No. 30, and of the gold supposed to be under the untouched sod of his nr purchases, paying as high in some Instances as 10 per cent a month interest For capital was scarce and knew its value. The fit st time that I ever saw the king he was in the cashiers office of the Alaska Commercial company, and he needed a shave as much as the men who were crowding around him. The men had packed down from his claim $200,000 in dust, which was piled on This the counter in leather bags. amount was all going for the grocery bills of his employes and the payment of sums that he had borrowed during the winter. HI pay when clean-u- p was the promise that he invarcomes, iably made; and he kept the promise. Even the men who worked for him waited for their wages until clean-u- p time. When he bad bought a claim on his word he got men to work it on his word. He bought lumber for his sluice boxes on his word. It was a case of make or break, and the Alec MacDonald who was a poor man in the summer of '97 in the summer of 98 was worth $3,000,000. His claims seem to have been selected In the right places. He had no Interest on Lower Bonanza, which was the disappointment of the season. The claims he owned on Upper Bonanza and El to-da- COSTLY COLORADO Ow Million Fuisu SICK FIRE. Dollars (loos up la Bmoka Autlaia Hotel l)wilro;i, lf $405,000. The fire started in a pile of rnbbish underneath the platform at the Denver A Rio Grande freight depot Within five minutes it had communicated to freight cara standing at the depot and it spread so rapidly thst it was impossible to move any of the cars. A car load of powder exploded during the progress of the fire, causing the flames to spread more rapidly. Fop tunstely no one was injured. LABOR STRIKE AT BUTTE. laly Canaot Butte, Mont, Oct 3. A great labor strike in Butte ia imminent The Anaconda company ia building two great structures in Butte the Ilale House and the Ilennessy department store. There have been half a dozen strikes on both buildings since the erection began, and demands made for shorter hours, less work and more pay. Each demand was granted. Another strike has just been declared, because union plasterers from St Isul are permitted to work on the building, the local Plasters' nnlon having declared against any more laborers coming to Butte. The Anaconda Copper Mining company, through its manager, Marcus Daly, has sent an ultimatum to several of the unions, which it is feared will precipitate a general strike. The ultimatum is directed only to the Plasterersand Hod Carriers' unions, but it is meant to be a notice to all labor organizations. Daly declares if the strike is not declared off today the Anaconda company will never again employ any of the men. DEED OF ASSASSINS. tin Prominent - Hollingsworth snd judgment taken against him by the members of Higgins' family for $50,000. Recently there was to be an auction sale of bis property to satisfy the judgment and Hollingsworth and several of his friends concealed themselves in a barn on the place. When the men came to carry ont the proceedings, the party in hiding fired into them with double-barrshotguns, killing four men and wounding another so badly that he el will hardly recover. The dead men are of the most prominent people of this section. A posse is headed In a night" Indisputably, Big Alec Is the leading man of the Klondike. It Is a community of claim owners and of the king. In wealth nor in power no one there approaches him. After him there are a score of men, one of whom is as Tlch as another. He Is 6 feet 2 Inches in height, and not particular as to the clothes he wears. In the front room of the little cabin where he rolls up In a blanket at night when he stops at Dawson, ars two boards propped against the wall. Only of late have the two boards risen to the dignity of three unassuming account books, in charge of a man who Is the kings secretary. But, having these luxuries, the king continues to carry his accounts in his head. How would he know that the account books were right if he didnt? As a boy he in pursuit of Hollingsworth and his party. Great Day for Veteran. Omaha, Oct. 3. In some respects the Most striking feature of Peace Jubilee week at the Exposition at Omaha will be the friendly meeting of the Blue and the Gray on "North and South Handshaking Day," October 11th and on "Army and Navy Day, and "Veteran Soldier's Dsy, October 13th. Great efforts have been made to secure a large attendance of federal and confederate veterans for this occasion, and there is no doubt that the gathering will be one of the moat memorable The GlrL of its kind in the history of the counThe wife of a certain bookseller presented him with eleven sons, one after try. The Grand Army of the Republic the another. The good man carried his through its commander-in-chieBelief Womana in Corpa, through its professional spirit family life, so he named them Primus, Secundus , national president, and the Daughters Tertlus, and so on to Declmus." He of the Confederacy through their naconcluded It was time to stop at the tional president,has been invited to be eleventh, so he named him Finis. and the invitations have been present But it was not finis. There was yet wide publicity. A number another to come a daughter this time given very of prominent speakers have accepted so he called her Errata." invitations to deliver addresses at campfires to be held morning and evenTh Warm's Chuck Mrs. Enpeck The philosophers tell ing of the two days named. It will be us that blessings often come to us in a fitting accompaniment to the celebradisguise." Mr. Enpeck (with a sud- tion over the close of the war of 1898 den show of spirit) Ssy, Marla, when that the men who bore the brunt of are you going to unmask?" Cleveland the fight in the early sixties shall Leader. stand upon the same platform' and address the participants in that great Stammering is practically unknown 1 struggle. among uncivilised people. dorado happened to he the best there. Whereas his confidence in the new creeks, Sulphur and Dominion, seemi to have been perfectly well founded. For his claims on Dominion and Sulphur he could have received three times their cost last June, but he wouldn't sell. I am no speculator," he said. When I buy a claim I work it, and when I go broke it will be because I've made mistakes In buying." Big Alec talks this way to his intimate friends, but not to a stranger. The giant seems as awkward to the stranger as a country boy in town. f, Tlt-Blt- a. Ovarrrowod end Not Reliably Irut Uluurd. Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 3. Surgeon Major Seaman of the transport Obdam declares that there will lie a repetition of the awful horrors that have characterized the voyage home of the other transports if more siek soldiers are sent on lioard the vessel for transportation to New York. He says that when the Obdam left Puerto Rico many on board were siek, yet the first quartermaster refused to furnish wine for their use, hut supplied them with hardtack and canned food, saying that he had no authoritity to do that Surgeon Seaman said he would hold him responsible should any deaths occur, and finally succeeded in obtaining suitable fowl for those who were 11L He asserts that the ship has every man that she can carry, and that if ahe reaches New York without any deatha occurring she will lie lucky. Hearing that a number of other sick soldiers were to be sent aboard her, the surgeon major made a protest, and stated that he was informed by General Lawton that his protest showed lsck of discipline, and that an officer had been appointed to see bow many additional men the Obdam could carry. Surgeon Seaman says he will cable to Surgeon General Sternburg a protest, disclaiming responsibility for whatever may happen. NORTHWEST NOTES. at Battle Creek, Wyo., last week destroyed over 300 acres of fine timber, and' it is feared other damages of a grave character have resulted in other quarters During a circus parade at Bntte, the lions attacked their keeper, who was riding inside the cage, and inflicted injuries from which the unfortunate man cannot recover. There are now over 300 patients in the division field hospital at the Presidio, San Francisco, all of whom are reported as doing well. Besides these there are 190 men on furloughs, 24 in the convalescent home and 8 in private residences, bringing the sick list above A fire - 500. At an inquest held over the body of William Owen at Baggs, Wyo., who was shot and killed by bis comrade, the testimony of witnesses showed that Owen made a statement to the effect that the killing was accidental, and the jury thought so, too, and returned a verdict accordingly. The railroad company upon whose line Torrey'a cavalry were wrecked la trying to settle with the relatives of the dead men. They have offered Cornelius Lenihan'a sister, of Cheyenne, first,fl,000, then $1,500 and lastly $3,000, in settlement, but she has thus far refused to withdraw her claim. General Marcus P. Miller has deeided WAS ASSASSINATED. to recommend to the war department that the Nevada cavahy be included Pate Tliat Befell the Deposed Chinese among the troopers to go to Manila. Emperor. The troop has never been mounted, but Shanghai, Oct. 3. The announce- this will make no difference, as the ment of the death of the emperor ia of horses to Manila has confirmed. The reports as to the transportation been abandoned by the war means employed in hie taking off dif- practically fer. One story has it that he died of department The section foreman at Truckee, poison, and another that death waa was run over by a locomotive on Nev., cansed by strangulation, while a third train one day last week the passenger that he waa subjected to frightful torHe was standing near the killed. and red-hiron ture, a thrust being ot through his bowels. Mr. Mortimer, a member of the British legislation, on returning home yesterday with a lady, was insulted and attacted by a mob, which stoned him and covered him with mud. Later in the day, some American missionaries were similarly attacked, ae was the Chinese secretary of the United States legation. The letter's riba were broken. Sir Claude McDonald, British minis- ter, at Pekin, reports that there is a dangerous feeling abroad. Steps have been taken to call the attention of the Chinese government to these outrages. DISORDERS Timnw Citizens Killed From Ambush. Murfreesboro, Tenn., Oct. 3. Thirty miles east of this city five men are reported to have been assassinated. John Hollingsworth killed a man by the name of Higgins something over a year ago. A suit was brought against work any more. Im going to get rich. That was Just after the Bonanza strike, when we didnt know what was in ElMost of us thought there dorado. wasnt a color in It Alec scraped three or four hundred dollars together and he bought No. 30 Eldorado, and everybody thought that he had only clinched another nail In his reputation for being a lightweight But he took $250,-00- 0 out of No. 80 the first season. Shes good for a million if shes worth a cent Besides that, youll find that wherever theres a good claim in the country Alecs got his hand on it or is next door to it Plunge! Why, that long, lanky Scot that was turning a windlass for $3 a day two years ago plunges in a way thatd turn you gray- ENDANGERED Tnuirti Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct 3. This city had one of the most disastrous fires Saturday that has ever been known here. Before the flames were checked the Antlers hotel, one of the largest in the west, three lumber yards and two blocks of business houses were destroyed. In round numbers the loss is estimsted at Sl.ooo.ooo; insurance, oue-haof that amount The losses estimated are as follows: Antlers hotel, S3.r0,(M)fl; Newton Lumber company, 850. (KM); Crissey A Fowler Lumber company, $30,000; El Paso Lumber company, 35,000; Irvine A Sons, blacksmiths, $3,000; Denver A Rio Grsnde railroad, $30,000; Gulf depot, $3,000; Home hotel, 3,500. General losses of business firms and individuals not enumerated above, Bnlldlns Trades and Marcus Afras. SOLDIERS IN PARIS. Police Attempt to Bapprem Demonstration. Paris, Oct 3. Dreyfus The holding of the Dreyfus demonstration organized by M. one of the leaders of the agitation, was prevented by the closing of the Salle Wagran. SI. Presseuce and his friends tried to force an entrance, and an uproar resulted. The police then intervened and arrested M. Prcssence, M. Vaughn, editor of the Aurora, and Deputy Mory, amid ahouts and counter shouts of "Vive revision, "Vive armee, "Vive Zola, and "A bas lea Juifs, and the crowd was dispersed. The persons taken into custody were subsequently released. Disorders, most of them in the vicinity of the offi :es of the Libre Parole, occurred during the evening. Many persons were slightly Injured, though sticks were the only weapons used Several arrests were made. Lee's Piece la Cab. Washington, Oct, 3. There seems to be no doubt in official circles that Geueral Lee is scheduled to go to Cuba. Some question has arisen, however, as to the post in Cuba that he will occupy. Quite a number of public men, and it 1b probable that General Lee himself, would prefer that his command go to Havana. There is some sentiment In the matter and some persons have expressed the hope that as Blanco marches out, General Lee might march into the city. A number of men in official life have already interested themselves in the subject and will urge tbe president to issue his orders for the occupation of Cuba with this end in view. Government Wsr Balloons. Omaha, Oct., 3. Among the many Interesting features of the United States government's exhibit at the Exposition at Omaha, none is attracting greater attention than the war balloons. Besides the monster captive balloon which was used by the American forces at Santiago, there are four other large balloons, each with a capacity of 91,000 cubie feet, sufficient to carry three or four persons, and a score of small signal balloons. The big balloon used at Santiago is an object of Intense popTrans-Mississip- pi ular interest. track in the railroad yard at that place when the train was approaching and attempted to crossover to get some tools. II is foot caught in the rails causing him to fall across the track. His body was cut to pieces. R. L. Lovejoy, of Sweetwater region, Wyoming, reports that in the vicinity of the Sweetwater bridge on the stage and mail line, he was chased by a pack of big gray wolves, the speed and staying qualities of bis horse alone saving the life of both steed and rider. Mr. Lovejoy reports that mountain lions are numerous in the Sweetwater country. Governor Richards, and State Treasurer Ilsy hive returned to Cheyenne from Salt Lake, where they visited The the Utah state penitentiary. members the are of Wyomgentlemen ing state board of charities and reform school, and were searching for points. They were entertained while in Salt Lake by Secretary of State Hammond and Mr. Charles Burton. Bill Connor, the superintendent o 2 the coal mines st Red Lodge, Wya, was shot and killed the first of last week by Tom Simon, a miner. Simon had been discharged from the mines, and had repeatedly asked for reinstatement. When Connor finally told him that he could not get employment then or at any other time, he drew his pistol and shot, killing Connor. Simon by tbe quick action of the sheriff, was gotten out of the town, and thus saved from the mob. Great improvement has been made in the Union Pacific railroad this year in Wyoming. During 1898 the road has ordered 3,500 1,300 singledeck stock cars, 200 double-dec- k cars, 300 furniture cars, 300 drop bottom coal cara, ten locomotives, two mail cars. composite cars, three also have bought 12,500 tons of They new steel, 25,000 tons of 80 and rails, and 5,000 tons of rails for the Jnlesburg branch. While digging in an old ditch north of the graveyard in Green River, some boys found the remains of three old mail sacks and some bones, one of which resembles the breast bone of a man. Tbe find created quite a sensation for awhile. None of the old timers can recollect any time when the mail was robbed, and the matter will probThe sacks ably remain a mystery. have the appearance of very old age. Nothing that resembles mail waa found in them. Robert Groom, under indictment for murder in the second degree, waa given a hearing before Judge Craig at a special term of court, charged by his relatives with being insane. The jury returned a verdict finding the prisoner insane, and he will be transferred to the Evanston, Wyoming, asylum. Grooms killed a man named Jobe at Fort Steele recently, fracturing hit skull with a club, and was under a heavy bond to appear before the October term of court. Raw-lina-Lan- box-car- s, 50-fo- ot 80-fo- ot nd |