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Durham Review (1897), 7 Oct 1897, p. 5

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TUENT CABLE NEWS. RESSES HIS Clyde ship at Brisain‘® aununee{ote‘® ¥«al pain, #lai an bear. Peffectly in; Ahargo against Jack turned his haggard i kWim and murmured "O Bob! aonrly see my dear little sister kefore 1 go, for I shail ne ugain! She would come knmow she would, for she is datorkas evelrkman l::, If saly know, w aw sren at the riru fathar‘ frienad to ask if t eculd do for him o 1 0 vo p _ COIHE, I grrest you in tht ame of the Queen for cefalcation of ?umnum in connection with the firm of Murkis, Thorald and Brown as charged in thas warrant in my possession. â€" Do wot fear, though, I shall not molest you fuctber at present, as your illness exâ€" ous»s me." He turned to laave the toom, Bob followed bis example. Before a'n . however, he turned to his friead to ;\sgk if there was anything he moutd dn fawr Win: Join &. Durant. | mm of the Queen agces in connect is Wondering greatly at his intense emâ€" otion. the detective took the paper, and then his face turned almost as pale as the sick man‘s, as he read that name. The name was John G. Durant. Rising from his seat, he nervousl m«l a few steps back and forwan{ apoke. "From the very depth of my heart I regce!t this far more than you imagine, my friend! I would as soon lay hands on bae fire as on {mx but God help us all in the time o duty!â€" When she calls we dare not disobey. Still, even to shirk could not help you, for anâ€" other would have to do it, if t did not, and | assure you I will not molest you um»rs than absolutely necessary." Belore lha c-mfil-l prucec;d he was ohâ€" liged to clear the risimng lump from his throat. Then he ('onlinue(:p J wivn R. Durant. 1 arrest you in the other amnd 1 Dr»C o &’{1 be: t I im danineripe Quncutts 4i . e struggled with his great agony. At last, ‘he canquered _ the pain, â€" some~â€" whiat and murmured low: "I‘ll do it, r;d may God amve pity on me. But U do it all for her sake and for his C P PoT 14 1 T are asking me." He paused and w"'ip- | Judge Durant‘s daughter. Aye! You ad time cold sweat from his brow. Hisg) may well stare, Milly, darling, but I breath came im almost heavy a3pS, his[ am not mad; no, not yet; but listen lhmands opemed, and shut convufsively as| and I‘ll teil you all." hx struggloc with bis great sgony. At! ‘Then be toldl hee how it hakl all har_ f noies ts 4B s Th c has 4 4h c h Ne eP fls 2 Gre Th avulance. â€" Do you not wish to help| hervens, than as a justice to be dome ?" blackâ€"hearted scoun: "I do, only God knows how much 1| to possess himself wiir it, but you little know what you | Judgs Durant â€" at are asking me.‘" _ He paused and wipâ€"|Judgs Durant‘s dai ad tihie cold sweat from his brow. His| may well stara MFMI "Must I really? Must 1 sign it?t ((s there no other way t" s "No other way; simply you must sign it if you wish it to be of alny use as iwiticdkence. â€" Do vou not wiuk kn uoks ba 20 q P . OOCme ENRCOTY WICHE IAO Pale and sickening Joe EFraston turnâ€" ed and followed the officer, and as he did so, hbe saw with dismay that his friend Bronnell was also being quietâ€" ly ordered along by the other oificer. With scarcely a word they were quickâ€" ly walked to the station. where they were locked in separate apartments till the matter could &ml‘ficwntly investiâ€" &_ed to determine whether to grant Ir request for bail or not. * figwmnpa'nied by Bob, the detective a went to the hospital to obtain the written ovidcnmo:}) Jack, who was too ill to answer a summons to appear in person. Thas they found him sagâ€" erly watabing and waiting ifor some news as to how things were going. His wuxiety was soon satisiied when l_w’ was assured, that the two were safs in | oustody, and his cvidence as to hear.! 10e next aflternoon, burning w bigh fever, Jack lay restlessly t \‘Mabod.iothnpoormrdotuu hospital. Amrxiously ‘he watched waited for the arrival of his ( who had promised to call and se« , wad let ‘him know how things Progressing, just as soom as he . get time to get around. It had & Dbusy dey for HNob. Ak awvin ‘1 Lo asiaaldd 2EA R OB on and his companion were joined by Mrc. Bronnell, who simply nodded to Fruwn‘ and appeared to be about to iss on into the throng. Just 1as he apâ€" proached them, however, Frastomn, by a dexterous move of the hand opposite Frank, dropped a modestâ€"looking pockâ€" et book into the overcoat pocket of his cam panton, and by an equally â€" dexâ€" terous move the getective slipped his brumd in just in time to receive it as Fraston I’et go. Then, as Fraston‘s hand again came forward to desposit the | little roll of bills in another pocket the detective {irmly graspedâ€"his hand that | eaclosed them, remarking as he did so, in a low, ?uiet tome : "Not so fast, Mr. Frastom, please; the | pocketâ€"book ought to be gift enough for | one. i( prefer to find those bills m] your own hand rather than in your c»mpanion‘s pocket. Maks no trouble, | please, your game is up, and you may[ &s well come along amiatly with nusa *‘ i e grounds, and a careful @ght have noticed that th closely followed by threse other wals at a short distance apart. Uhese was Bob, the .ecamf. w a aad the third a detective, Bo Cour tmb diks cotiia mlrim rharne" 4 and Frank Markwell mt cousidera ble running â€" around Iro: ous place to another he mnagedt_ & fimd him, and all was arranged satie factorily. ns At tho thme annoinfal Inal KHw:ssbam plain the plot able ‘him to nt O Two Ones, One Ty °* LWne plot to him, and thus sn > ‘him. to play easily into the hands his betrayers, in order to ensure ir complete discomfiture. _ After @rea NEsasArd lace toward d "O Bob!l If I could ittle sister, once more lmshnll never get up haggard face tow iy for Bob. As soon as lue bis friend safe in the hands who would care for him, he with his plams. The first to find his old acqua intance, CHAPTER IIL t distance apart. Oune of , the le(;dmf.wu No. XÂ¥, COGusly Be watched and the arrival of his friend, mised to call and see him know how things wera jJust as soom as he could get around. It had been appointed, Joel Frastom bie tearrible) danghter was still ugâ€" Thus, " to me, I as true a she could and phyâ€" an â€" man met at the baseâ€" careful observer that they were , burning with a restlessly tossing ward of the city Boon Frasâ€" individâ€" 20 E0 AT CR O REVOUT before, was to e the Judge‘s daugbâ€" ‘tee Inherlt alPfior faéxer's whfll}. :fi‘ his ambition then iv.t to Inbt(_lt daughter herself. Bot Jack, her brother, and Frank. her lover, beâ€" came his prey, simply because they stood between him and the Judge‘s daughter and dollars. Thus, "When rogues fall out, honâ€" bofrutdh'lâ€"E;t'lve ore, was to have tear [nthu"lfi alfie ina thus left the terrible suspicion confirmed in the minds of almost evâ€" eryone: most emphatically :o in that of his stern, and Justiceâ€"loving father. Mr. Justice Durant, who at once disowned his unfortunate son, and forbade his family ever to mention his name again ward Fraston, that induced him to take part in the plot as toarouse very satrong susyicions toward them in another matter, which, upon investiâ€" gation revealed "a wheel within a wheel," a plot within a plot, by which Fraston anad Bronnell, some time beâ€" fore. when connected with the firm of Murkis, Thorald & Brown, had per-l vpetrated an enormous fraud in â€" the matter of the firm‘s finances: and by having access to the books had so fixâ€" ed them up as to direct all auspicion ind all evidence toward John R. Durâ€" ant, in whoss department the shortâ€" ige ocourred. Then, Jack, seeing no nce of i'usfif\'ing himself had fled and thus left the terrible suspicion confirmed in the minds of almost evâ€" eryone; most emmhatinalle sa L _ Suffice it to say that instead _ of Frank Markwell it was Joel Fraston that his scheme entangled in _ the meahes of law, and thus he became the victim of his own villainy. Nathan Bronnell, to save his own cowardly self, turned Queen‘s evidence and made a clean breast of the whole affairs and in crossâ€"examination be-} came so entangled, in trying to exâ€" plain the sense of the obligation toâ€"| x 00. SCnc B o P ol it tenlatioats . S tw ies hs. (DC3% m Ay " nds it & .: i i s l | as ha finiashed by teliing her of his]'“k:d- _ "woms ie |arrest and how he could not lescape It, _ "No," said the man on t i l[or the fear of the. consequences to‘ the grave. O â€"Ate brink o6f | Frank Markwell, and by that the sufâ€" Do you want to prayt" " {ering to herself, her emotion was| "No," said Martin. greater than she could restrain, and If there is anything you want ber bhead sank on his shoulder. mwhere| to say, say it quiok," said the spokesâ€" she sobbed softly and gently as| in $ thou@h her heart was indeed breaking. | “A ?i“l’k[n"‘, had been made _ at "O, Jack!" she whispered, at tast, |/ ie end of a "’"lf painter of the boat, ‘"There are not enough such brothers.’i;::,id the noose was put over Martin‘s as you in this world for God to @ilow | "Boys" saiq M. .i: R s one to perish,. Live for my sake, or u’vo;:f,oy-?'y(,lf"l"‘:,o‘ff.“f,“"' with faltering wili knrfi:’ you have died for it!" ' man ‘has mortg»znge-dml‘;ml t;'lls s‘tvahretg for And he lived the Klordi aPris C It is a long story, and uninteresting, | a: th;):!e. lkff ?m-j,mse?:,t,“}‘ft he, can‘t to tell all that took place in the trial | fi(a is not worth much to mng'ed 3 of _ P‘[rt'_z'uton and Bronnell. | I‘ve got 1,000 pounds of st un[1[e a'tnéklig: sulfice it to say that instead of | uay, d I‘l i i s Frank Markwell it was Joel Fraston| [47;, 204 C! promise on my lite to Then he told hee how it had all hapâ€" pened, and all of the conversation he bad overâ€"heard the night before ; told of ali that had happaned that day, and r vI~ meelting held. It was the generâ€" ramadas heden c Toane mfio p()lort;)odir:lats' | al sent,i.mer:gt that an example should been ; hunted from oL I g'd off | be made of the thiel. The question was hounded from city to c“y'h‘_o‘fit:m“d | put. The reply to the motion was an the face of the green ea;‘]td‘ [ of _ a | ibstantaneous rising to the feet _ of by _ the everâ€"PUrouLng * ill ?“râ€"wh ;) every miner, and a crowd of about warrant for arrest; anc l.b l(i) ve [gr’sixty determined men moved off into ia my heart and soul. he ehi ing | the brush, in the direction where Marâ€" no other purpose under the s.ql:‘ g;tin’s dying campfire could be seen gr“l‘;:%:a:{l:dfl s:zu:(ilr‘:l‘"'}(:: t?a:ton dimly flickering. _ Martin was asleep, ackâ€" ‘4, f| i hin to possess himself of the Ioftine of‘fie was unrolled roughivy fram wWoman‘s nature swelling in her breast she had been speechless, only listening with her cool hand pressed on _ his throbbing temples. Now she answered, L ears of suffering, joy and weckg@s‘? coursed lilentlyl?l%wn his cheeks, mt‘l:f out a sound of sobbing or nommelt- weeping. His whole sou! seemed C ingf withinthim. tillta_t, la:: lg:?gpfi)w, up feeling found vent in o , low, m‘:’“"nfl?lg groan, and then he fervent 1y murmuread : $ his love, seemed to swell in tne vast, mighty torrent, and fill his throbbing heart to overflowing till the great tears of suffarintx inv andk waunknitn 1 LCC ow poue IXxReFI d CORZy HUd to the nurse: "He is my brother, you need not stay," and he turned his head is she crossed the room, and he SAW ber raise her veil. Then with quiverâ€" Lig lips and glistening eyes, Mildred Durrat gazed into the wan, â€" bhaggard :e:c«a of her loved and longâ€"lost brothâ€" opsechless with emotion, a great sob of joy rising in his throat and tears of love and gratitude, of joy and thankfulness blinding _ his 0y0s, hbe could only stretch forth his burning hands and clasp his darling sister to his heart. For several minutes . no word was spoken. All his sufferings, f_"'.“‘ wrongs, his shame, his sorrows, and ITwo and a Five. ;4 _ 00 "CZ SUEROPL ©CAdvVIOA OE BC brother, he never t:l'd; but in a short Fame after he left the city hospital, a 2 u8 lady, closely veiled, called to see Wi2, Pationt. The sufferer was lying the hhls face still toward the wall as 120 door quietly opened and the young 10y antered. He just heard a voice say mberited hi C1 1050 SittLie IIFG IHEC UNU~ ‘nbarited him, and forbidden all menâ€" mit of his name. But space will not Adâ€" m!feringet:)u‘ of his wanderings and B"J?isa at'theure will leave you all to ; 7Pw Bob managed to inform Jack‘s fif_’ff"-‘ of kt-fmVsutt?e"}‘in_g_ eondition of her able to sut face of the so . j 110 evidence against him, and so had fled &'l‘l?imremmmad in disguise and hiding for more than a year. Th steru ‘:&br. though aimost broken down f‘;r the sorrow of it, still firmly believed in his son‘s guilt, and had disâ€" substantiate his claim in the for this, as bhinted the hand _ of to any of the other E{rll:’ Florinda MoGiggie sa s belle of the ruort,gw“r?,;g'e s summer. How did she work it ? _ She contrived not to be in iss led, Dut never tell him. Signed, ‘ Gid." «In the morning Martin‘s body was seen turning first one way and then back, like a kettle dangling over a fire, his hands tied behind him â€" with a pack strap. On the other half of the envelope whoch Martin tore in two were his name and the postmark _ of St. Louis. | swer _ Poor Martin took a letter from his pocket and kissed it. Then he tore it up, saving only the back of the envelâ€" ope, stooped, pulled off his rubber boots, and, placing the paper on the sole of one, wro& in darkness, the following, in a dim and trembling hand : "Hoping that with the money _ I might make in the Klondike, sacrilice would go out of the door and love return through the window, 1 left you. Kiss Ted, but never tell him ascl.2 _s _ "~ @Hce IOr t 1Y Ws+| share in the las Sfl'e:flg@.tâ€"ed and in X _ in the| The yful solt un and hm"hbh :ohad °. dm u136 e br o r. _TDBO] deed, tootgg hear broken | and with the lift lfi_l'n_llly his Hifo hi. rir HAD MEN ALL TO HERSELr. i , se en tans P0 veiepiten tss 4 P w s t uay, and I‘ll promisgs on my life _ to carrty it in here for you." "Enough of that. It would now save you if the stuff was here." Martin was half dragged down to the shore of the lake. 1t took less than two minutes to lash two slender pines, dressed for masts, in a forked _ upâ€" right and drop another mast _ from the rocks on the bluff over hbetween the forks. "May I writs a message, . boys?" asked Martin. "Be quick asbout It" was tha 2. HEAD TO FoOT. " Do you want to leave a _ mesâ€" sage to your friendst" he was asked. ‘"No," said the man on the brink of the grave. "Do you want to prayt "No," said Martin. 4 "If ~there i%â€" antthinw â€" san â€" 1oas t "We stand no stea Your time has come," He started to speak, | and stood tramblinge 4 15°"°°J ckering. _ Martin was asleep, He was unrolled roughly from his blankets and â€"stood blinking on his feet. "We stand no stealing in this camp. Your time has come," Martin was told. He started to speak, but said nothing, and stood trembling from i Martin had sold what he could _ of | his provisions at Skaguay, abandoned | the remainder and started in for the | Klondike with less than a sixtyâ€"pound Ip:mk on his back. Being so "light," his arrival attracted particular attenâ€" tion from camps of boatbuilders. His pack was secretly examined to see how much grub he had. It was noticed that | he had about twenty pounds of hacon among other things, but no sugar. Martin camped back on the side of the ‘ hill in the brush alone. _ He must have heard how scarce provisions are expectâ€" , | ed to be in Dawson City, next winter. :He was suspected and watched, but | it was not till after he had tried to buy provisions. The second day it was seen that he had sugar for his coffee, and that’ night his pack was uncovered _ and a side of bacon branded with a private mark of one of the campers was found. | A poor attempt to obliterate the mark had been made. The investigaâ€" | tors reported the facts to the _ few |‘ campers who had not yet turned in, : and, althuugq it was late, the entire j camp was quietly aroused and a minâ€" | / ef's' meeting Lbeld.. It was the camae_ sourt foj nett. The Gotd Hunters Hanzed a Man Who Stote Provistons, A letter from Juneau tells of the lynching of William G. Martin of Misâ€" Sourtâ€"for stanlimer. Eask Sb T uL. m.s Fl’&flton" one two ,; Jjust buy t preacher." _ Angq yoetC to fall into the same error. And Jack laughs 6 he looks a&t Frank ::”hm return from the West, and "Now. Frank, why don‘t you apply Fraston‘s matham}tyics. ‘"Two . ones, ‘.'fl°t t,:m .?1:1 a five?" You see, ::d wgllel Just huy ring, the license, a preacher,." . (The And.) hav LYNCHING A KLONDIKE THIEF . Bob Grant sity, a y;fntl -m:hjo.vful solution of the mystery four , had 80 darkened the Durant rought joy and happiness, inâ€" d;edd' to the hearts of all the family ; s fith the lifting of the cloud from life, health and strength at last re&‘_f_n‘,’,dhtq Jack Durant. 1+ & better the m ® #» 5 m?..,.?t-.tih'f{ dues." Brounell got 2 y MV; bis companion in adverâ€" @â€" JPung man who had . known u2205 accepted _ a position in ;mey'part! .and went to the tains. From there bhe at length been made. _ The investigaâ€" ted the facts to the few ho bhad not yet turned in, igh it was late, the entire quiet‘ly aroused and a minâ€" where she spent the a letter from his _ Then he tore it back of the envelâ€" off his _ rubber the paper on the in darkness, the _ two last â€" was the anâ€" introduced Fraston seven years ce, was both digâ€"| 0C on th The old manadâ€"| mern up on side, and rewhxgg boat was c younger one, and I stay me, Jack, and _ 1]|9°s and & nerous not to Ho |25th, Left too, my lad, @nd I|amnap ... was the Lake Benâ€" F 1j WAE o9 O Ni C cssn sls i c : 71 ) +1 e | town, feeling n little tired, not having bad my clothes off for 120 hours. Here 0 | we found two steamers, the Ellis and n | Porties B. Weare. _ We s‘ept on sixâ€" , | inch moss,. overlying perpetual ice of â€" |unknown thickness. â€" Dawson City at a lthis time, August 18, consisted of seyâ€" | "eral bundred tents straggling along [ about a mile and a half in â€" the mud, ‘)and at the lower end the steamboats‘ ‘lumding. Joe TLadue has a saw mill â€" |and the companies have stores. There ‘were several buildings going up, chiefly |damce halls and saloons. _ The charge for a drink is fifty cents. hairâ€"cutting |a dollar and shave fifty cents. and |everything else in proportion. The police reserve have been located on forty acres, and they _ have one log, storehouse up. _ Everything is paid for in dust. and there is very little money to be seen. In the midst of all this swarming refuse, roots, bushes, etc., there is a sweating. swearing moh of reekinz â€" humanity, mostly gamblers. whiskey men and adventurers. with an occasional honest miner. â€" the usual sprinkling of women. Indiins and the evertâ€"present dog. There is no night in | this country. J have seen the sun go down at twenty minutes to 12 at night | : amd rise again shortly a‘terwards. T1 decided to build a cabin here and startâ€" ‘ ed the men out to get the logs. ‘The month of June was absolutely tropical. | ® the hthexl')m:l‘ete; t(;:'ten registeri.ng 95 | r in the shade, an ere was not a drop of rain. On. the 10th of July T finisl,. ; except for labor and the boat, which except for labor agdt he boat, which | e I broke up and used for flooring, being $5. and sold the cabin when I| left for | , $500. July 12thâ€"Some festive gentleâ€" man o?‘u $18 for a breakfast consistâ€" | ing a dozen and a half of eggs at | c for 44 LE DICCCTY PITYZ AEATC CEOM of the Lewis and Pelly R.ivers'.' on the morning of the 16th, and the mouth of Stewart River on the morning of the 17th. Aifter leaving the Stewart River we met a party of five men in a boat on the Yukon poling up. AT DAWsSODN CITY. "Arrived at Dawson City on the 18th camping about half a mile below the DATZUPHHS CuOut nail a mil showikg the existanpa *.; I miPPCared, T // ipiece, and on the 13th Ibought showing the existence of subterrane. | & boitle of alleged rye whiskey, price $7. an passages, which are no doubt dangâ€" The holders of the richest claims on erous for boats. Made the head of IEldorado‘and Bonanza Creeks are eithâ€" Lake Lebarge on the 12th. and had |@" Al{lPl'll‘;ans or foreigners, generally ‘the usual difficulty in finding a deep |Ecaindinavians, and no one can imagâ€" chamnel approaching the lake. _ Was |me that they are in Canada here. The detained at the head of Lake Lebarge |4th of July was celebrated with the wntil the 14th. ‘The lake is 31 miles |USual display of firecrackers and gunâ€" long, The Lewis River is very swift |Powder, but I did not notice any parâ€" after leaving Lake Lebarge and there |ticular demonstration on July Ist. An are many channels before arriving at | Englishman or a Canadian is looked the mouth of the Hootalinqua River, !“pon in my opinion as something of 82 miles. [ made this place safely at | am interloper. WThe steamers are ownâ€" 11 o‘clock that night. I {)hen sailed and | °0 by Americans. The people are enâ€" drifted day and night. and experienced "“'01’)' dependent upon Americans to forâ€" no difficulty. Ran Five Finger Rapâ€" | Ward their letters. and [ have beard of ids on the 15th at 11 o‘clock at night, |a man who offered $3 for a threefcent and the Rink Rapids, six miles below, (ana_rhan postage stamp and could not shortly afterwards. I estimated the | Eet it. Havinfir made "F my imind to | current of the river at 5.75 miles. From | return to civilization, T lef t _ Dawson , here made Fort Selkirk, the junction |City on the T. P. Wenare on July 26." } of the Lewis and! Dalle: is .i n120f ip Demi 2 200 22000 a° PRBC wiPd Treatment FRI a half of swift water and plenty of rocks, which at some stages are hard to avoid. It is then rapid water for DBS KENN 2,000 feet to the White Horse proper, 6 4 which is a dangerous chute about 50 | F;â€" * feet wide for 150 feet. Before running 2_M through this chute I _ tried a log | excmmmmmmsmmecmmmmmmmemmmes through it. The log went through the | 5 centre, but immediately disappeared, $1.50 apiece, and on showing the existence of subterraneâ€" ;*;?0( tle of alleged rye an nossamas ) arhink saltoc y ce aCF= ' | ed on Sunday night, the 6th, fr(;m Lake Bennett, and arrived at the White Horse canyon on the 10th, which is considered the first obstacle of any moâ€" ment. . Looked over t he situation there and decided to run everything loaded. On the l1ith ran the canyon, and the rapids, and the White Horse. The caxng'on is 3,300 feet long, and very swift water, but I don‘t consider it . dalll:‘gflrou‘s. There is then a mile and | °_ UCTOIpPL pass, it is decidedly the shortest that can be found. CANYONS AaAND RAPIDS. "On the 8th of May I found the ice still in Lake Lindeman, and had to camp there until the 28th of May, oxâ€" periencing very bad weather the whole timeâ€"rain, â€"snow and gales of wind. Moved to the foot of the lake on the 28th of May by boat and canoe, and put in an order for lumber at Lake Bennett, which I did not get until June 2nd. The ice went out of Lake Lindeman on June Ist. I built my boat . in three days and a half. She was built of twoâ€"inch plank right through, 26 feet long. 71â€"2 feet beam and 3 feat deep, with an estimated capacity of 5,000 pounds and six men. She carried! a square sail 14 feet by 16 feet. i sailâ€" River are practica salt water. Ther an abrupt pass, shortest that can DCOOC ECC WOV PHU INWLIP ‘fahead of me, a distance of ten feet. Arâ€" rived at Lake Lindeman tnat night, nine miles. The, estimated distance to the summit is eighteen miles, and it is probably 3,300 feet above sea level. Lake Lindeman is 2,500 feet above the sea, and the thing that struck me as most remarkable about this route, is that the head waters of the Yukon River are practically only 27 miles from L 20 ECCCE AARAVDTCID CUVUC UHU miles of sand flats. Next day I found my men were only six miles up the Dyea River. 1 had ordered from Juneau about 5,000 pounds of provisions, calculâ€" ated to last about four months, which they were busy tramsporting towards the summit, The first detachment of mounted police crossed the summit on May 20. I arrived at Dyea on May 7 and walked to Sheep Camp, a distâ€" ance of fourteen miles, that day; crossâ€" ed the summit on the 8th in a snowâ€" storm, whith was so violent that near the summit I could not see the man Eanning Rapids in White Horse Canyonâ€" Scenes Along the Route â€" A Description of Dawson City and Its Prices. Mr. J. 8. E. Secretan was sent teo the Yukon country by an Ottawa synâ€" dicate to prospect. He is a civil engâ€" ineer. He returned to the capital last week. Mr. Secretan kept a diary from which the following extracts are takâ€" ein :â€""Leaving Ottawa on the 5th of April I arrived in Victoria on the 14th aind on the 15th sent a party of four mein up on the Topeka for Juneau. The boat was crowded with mounted police, amnd I stayed behind to order some canâ€" oes and aariled on the Mexico on the 25th. Left Juneau on the 30th on the small steamer Alert and arrived at Dyea on May 1, Dyea is a hard place at which to make a landing. _ There ; is a big tide which uncovers about two | NOTES OF HIS TRIP TO THE YUKON MB. SECRETAN‘3 JOORKNET Therefore, -llthoughr ii coUntTRYÂ¥. o‘clock at nl-gi't.' six miles below, I_ estimated the TORONTO ting towards »tachment of ie summit on )yea on May Camp, a distâ€" at day; crossâ€" h in a snowâ€" int that near see the man ten feet. Arâ€" that night, d distance to iles, and it ve sea level. et above the & truck me as Y his route, is _ the Yukon 27 miles from though it is ‘ ecidedly the id. : PIDS. ' Merelcn ud | KX L 4 i. CC As he advanced down the length of the square, a distance of at least 100 yards, he was quietly puffing at a cigaret, and when the squad haited he is appearance was trim and clean, even to fastidiousness. l They advanced to the fatal spot at a quickâ€"step, and among them were none who waiked with amore martial air than Capt. Cota. His nerve was indoâ€" mitable and his courage superh. _ No officer at a royal review, marching at the head of his men and passing the saluting post, could have carried A more martial bearing than did this man as he went forth to meet his death, of which the execution was to { place, the coach stopped and the « demned man alighied. He was mediately conducted to the place of ecution by a picket of infantry. At the further end of the square, opposite the eastern mound, in front of which the execution was to take place, the coach stopped and the conâ€" a carmage containing Capt. Cota and three friends, guarded by soldiers, drew up. | Execuiton of Capt. Cota, a Mextcan Officer for Insubordination. BLIND MX MoWs 1awNy Capt. Cota, of the Twelfth Mexican An interesting and unusual specta~!s Infantry, was some time since condemnâ€" | was presented a few days ago to a ed to death for insubordination for the | number of persons passing along Hain»s killing of a major of his regiment in street, Germantown, Penn. They saw Bonora during the Yaqui rebellion, a blind colored man who was cutting Saturday morning he was shot in the grass on a iawn ard 8SInging a Southâ€" city of Mexico a little after six o‘clock. ern melody in the most contented manâ€" Detachments from all the garrisons | ner imaginable. Blind men, as everyâ€" were present, about 1,500 men lming’body knows can make brovms, weave drawn up on three sides of the square, | carpet and engage in many other lines By a quarter to six all was ready, and l of industry of that nature, but the ent. EC 2 2 2 . 20 00000 2CEA PEIOR Ho iN & Tow a J. P. EME! ‘f’ E!ngus cyRED- a farm. A o wer me physically, sexnally and men «4 into ‘deoline‘ (_conanmptionl.{\ '{nl“] "The ( & Korgan, fell into my hands. 1 learned t 2: hbad uprd my viu{lty. 1 took the New 4Â¥ friends think 1 was cured of consumption. ¢ who? i were cured. Their New Irothod HE LIKE A SOLDIER FRLL. X SNATCHED FROM THE crave. :é gf!‘:’l;‘('::"!;::;:.“’.“,.fl."' '.‘*::sr:-*xn.taq!gh Lumber, Shingles and Lath always In Stock. of a simi{lar dimamaa ad.; 2. "~ _"J°nd who had bee ;’" of a similar disease, .dnsod me to try‘thm. I di ly en 8 it yeare . 1 am now mt w r:n."%. &!'fi!.flaa{nsw. hwe to FILL ALL ORDERS PROMPTLT â€" _ We keep in Stock a large quantity of Sash, Doors, Mouldings, Flooring and the differâ€" ent Kinds of Dressed Lumber for outside sheeting. Our Stook of DRY LUMRE is very Large so that all orders can be filled, Having Completed our New Factory we are now prepared bash and Door Paéiib?} CURES GUARANTEED OR NO PAY 3/ ASET Wase auce i o TTE faoe; dreams and night losses; rest_ less; haggard looking; weak Morbo%ln-&.:no.mr loose; ulcors oo?:‘tt.lhron; v‘ubo. cele; deposit in nrine and drains at stool; d“m&ul & oi confidance; lack of sherey and smangthâ€"WE OAN COURE YOU OR ABK NO Ea‘y PMIMETA AnYA eu a k kss lc l2 00 E Yuu NERVOUS and despondent; weak or Ma ambitionâ€" lfbleu; memory poor; en leas; haggard 1 "!"‘.'.';‘k"m"‘“éo‘.‘.‘."&‘.‘.“u‘a‘.'f& cole; deposit in nrine and drains‘ ar sioul "A| 2C 19 Anamee an d ce dn U ARE YOU V THOUSANBS GUILTY OR Not cuilty DISEASED MEN CURFD Le ipebitqzalitih d c d 20 Onths was W:yuu ag0. 1 am now married mo‘i. I'n:eemt:o hflnltfi?’an 18, ingw, ‘Varicocele made lif misorable. I wis weal 0) smererens maolh on m ‘Go onitor‘ opened my eyes. et Kergan cured me in a fow weeks.â€"L L. Pi{lfi&m. Tonia. An be e o 2l w _ Tor opened my eyes. The New Method Trantmant . :nli‘n E.l“' weeks.â€"L L. pnfl' “"'&f‘l{““““ ob 9 .A E lence. * a farm. Am’.fi‘?'.‘fl‘.."_‘f."?!__‘. +. "I lived on N. G. &J. McKEC MOLASSES FOR HORSPS. In Germany and Ausiria molasses has recently been tried as food for horses, being substituted in part for corn and vats. When mixed in proper ratio with other food it is said to be well liked by the borses, and to give them a sieek appearance, / T0\ O uit / hh $sb V HAcvabticasns a and goes about the grounds with more energy and coufidence than many othâ€" er gardeners in the full possession of their sight. grass on a iawn ard singing aSouthâ€" ern melody in the most contented manâ€" | ner imaginable. Blind men, as everyâ€" ’body knows can make broovms, weave carpet and engage in many other lines of industry of that nature, but the cutâ€" ting of grass with a lawn mower by a sightless man is an occurrence not freâ€" quently witnessed. In this instance the grass was cut vorg sAtisfactorily. The colored man would cut a patch about 10 feet s;unre, and then start another square. Every now and then be would use a thin stick to fee! along the top of the grass to ascertain !:goethar or not it had been properly trimmed, or if there were any spots that ne=ded another going over. It was learned from the neighbors that this blind, and ha{:sy-heurted colored man weeds the gx en, oils the mowing machine, pute indtools away i|_| their proper places, He faced the guns at the attention, and fall as became a soldier. At tha first discharge he dropped dead. Thers was no movement of the hbody as it lay bleeding on the ground. Where i+ fell it lay until the coup de grace was finally given by the sergean! of tha squad to the prostrate form. He was 25 years old. g}aen. Not even as the officer in charge the firing party took his place, an4 with his sword motioned the orders to the men. " Readyâ€"Presentâ€"Fire!"* not even during this trying period was there the Ie.wflrwo of fear on the conâ€" demned man. walked deliberately to the position asâ€" signed to him. Not even there did his courage forsake him, for when the ofâ€" ficer strode toward him, bandage in hand, with the intention of blindfoldâ€" ing him, Capt. Cota at once motion»d him away, declaring that he was not nfrnd“tu face the rifies with his ayes ak or debilitated : tired mvening®; Do f i heri" i.: ?mhlcudx :'t:é?bb“,‘ rriâ€" â€"CONFIDENTIAL grounds with more edy I K ergan 'L'JT:‘.,"’“TXI C + 8

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