(Sitka, Alaska, Letter.) Ttm sudden finding of gold In a hith erto unsuspected country has made millionaires out of poor men. In a minute from poverty they came Into affluence. The United States will have more multi-millionaires than ever, more plutocrats, and more "sudden riches.” Canada has not struck It so rich, for the successful prospectors have almoet without exception, been United State* citizens and residents of the ■tale*. In the sudden making of mil lionaires it Is difficult to tell who has ■truck it richest, accounts are so wide ly divergent. But all agree that no ac count* have exaggerated the facts, so far as the finding of great quantities of gold Is concerned. The richest man among the new Alaska millionaires Is Joseph Ladue, the owner of the town of Dawson, and the finder of enormous gold deposits. Ladue Is a resident of Schuyler Falls, Clinton county, N. Y., where, it Is said, be Is soon fo be mar ried to an old sweetheart whom he could not before afford to wed. When fbe gold fever broke out In a mild form two yearn ago hs went to Alaska, after a failure In the Black Hills, and found enough to tell him of greater things la ter on. He returned to his home, but later went back to Alaska, took up a claim In the very heart of the country, paid tor a certain quantity of land which was then for sale at a very low figure, and started In to look for gold. Ills first find brought settlers there by tbe dozen. “Dawson" the place was culled, and as the owner sold off small portions of the land his fame grew and a proud. He now owns Dawson, having told but little, and Is so many times a millionaire that his wealth cannot be estimated. He Is the Barnato of Alas ka. tbe man who struck It rich, and, knowing a good thing when he saw it, held on to It. It is only another tale of South African luck, but much nearer uoine—enviously near, i u* rusn 10 me Alssku gold fields Is such that all out going steamers are filled far In ad vance. These steamers run Intermit tently after the cold weather sets In, and there are long intervals when few Alaska voyages can be made. This ac counts for the awful haste to reach there before the inland waters become unnavigable. There Is also an over land route, but tills also becomes Im practicable after awhile, owing to the lack of. traveling accommodations and the long distances that must be gone over without finding a habitation. Alasku bar never been "settled,’’ ow ing to the great cold there, but It Is thought that It might In time be made «s livable ae any of the other cold cit ies. and indeed, as 8t. Petersburg or Christiania or any of the large North of-Europe cities. But this is quite a ■tep ahead, though not at ail im probable. At present, If you want to get to Alaska and become a Barnato, there are two ways of going. One Is by sea mnd the other is overland. If you take the sea route you can start Ly steam ship from Seattle, If you have been for tunate enough to secure accommoda tions ahead, and crossing the Gulf of Alaska, touch first at I'nalaska, passing through the Aleutian Islands. From there the route lies directly north, get ting colder and colder every minute. Here you will need all the arctic wraps ■you have brought with you. The ship's tare will be warm, nourishing food cereals, chocolate, meats and spices. But for all that, you will need fur over coats, fur hoods, blanket wraps, woolen mittens and big, warm, fur-lined bags in which to sleep. For one going from • very warm city Into this region the change is so great and so sudden that there is sure to be great suffering, and many of the would-be Uarnatos turn back here. The crew, on the other hand, enjoy It, being accustomed to a -polar lutltude- for you are now ap proaching the pole. In spring the weather w< uld be getting daily warm . er as the season advanced, but now you would liml It steadily growing more biting. The steamship stops at St. Michaels; and here, within sight of Behring sea, almost within hailing dis tance of tb« Behring strait, you leave the steam-hip and start Inland to ucari li for gold. The liarnatos have ■ will —I— .II.. ——— * nearly all followed the Yukon. It lead* Into Klondvke. and one ot Ita tribu taries Is the Klondike river. Dawson, Joseph Indite Barnato's town, Is on the Yukon; and Circle City, another rich spot, lies on Its hanks. laind Is for sale here very cheap. Or you can do as many prospectors have done start in hunting for gold without making too many Inquiries. The find is so sudden that there Is no sharp Dwe drawn between that which Is sold and that which belongs to the United States, aid a man U free to hunt where he will. For your own comfort, however, it is well to huve some definite arrangement made with the nearest authorities, so as to avoid trouble In case of u rich find. An other way to reach the gold fields Is by the overland route. Many Journey this way In wagons, as they went to "Pike's Peak or bust" years ago. The route begins at Seattle and follows the coast north past Sitka, past Juneau, and through the Chllcoe pass. And so north through the gold fields to Dawson. The "finds" here are rich, and when Klondyke Is reached, on the other side of Dawson, a man finds himself In the very middle of the gold country. The distance to he traversed Is great and the Journey Is a long, l-ard one, bat notwithstanding this, thousands are struggling Alaskaward. It cost lyodue nothing to become a ! i ; i JOSEPH LA DUE, The Gold King of Alaska. Barnato. But those who want to fol low In hi* footsteps will need some thing like $1,000 In money. The country is more thickly populated now and prices have gone up. whereas they used to lie next to nothing. At Circle City you must now pay $t0 for a fur coat, when you used to get one for $5. And flour, sugar and apices, the absolute necessities,have advanced 50 per cent. The luxuries tea, cof fee, eggs and butter are brlnglug fancy prices, so tltut a man now needs ALASKA COMMBRCIAL CO.’S HKAOQUARTKRS, HT. MICHAEL’S UAY. - - , -> ■ r* ten Ilmen the aum required a year ago for traveling through the aettlernenta of Aluaka. One of the party ahould be u practical Chcmlat, or underatand the compiling of druga, and one ahould he able to m w. A woman la of the utmost aaaiatance, but few of the aex have ventured out. In the baggage which the four carry ahould be plecea of tunned aklna, shoe leather, flannel, and wool, everything for repairing the Alankun wearing apparel. One of the number ahould be able to cook, and the fourth ahould underatand the art of putting up a quick ahelter. All xhould he willing and ready to ahare and ahare alike In hardahtp. One of :he hardest things the prospce'or has 0 endure is the sight of the sacks of fold dust that are being shipped from very seaport and the tons of ore that ire being sent down from dt. Michael’s ind south from Juneau. Iu one day there came advices from St. Michaels that $1,400,000 worth of gold dust would be shipped by the Wells-Kargo tooth, aud that $7*8,000 in dust was i'waiting transportation. In one day there came down on the Kuget Sound steamship $200,000 In Alaskan gold. There Is, as usual, a howl about the exaggeration in values hereabouts. Hut the fm ts are mb stated and great er . It w us so when gold was found In the West Km kies and in California. 1 here really was gold and plenty of it, aud so In Aluska. There Is a chance for tweuty liarnntoa, but. of ' c jura*, among 20000 the present number of applicants that have ap I'uv.- at the steaiusli.p uud overland offices there must be many disap pointed ones. Kveu without making a Harnato for tune, a man may do well here, for there la a An# chance for Yankee in geuuity and the building up uf Ann American 1 tiles In the very far north MH’IM T. at I t IK Erl 1 >m4« • r»*t. y 1* 1 iitnma On Jut) 31 iht Ikimlnlon vabiaet de cided lo demand a rurally »u the uut !**»» uf the new diggings uf the Yukon I'ader regulgtt.4»» previously laaued. a fee uf ||$ per claim fur registry «ad a las u( |ltw per annum were impost Must. In addlllun lu thta, a royalty ef lb per rent uf Ike output la lu be gd levied hum all • talma producing |$uu pet Mtualk, snd per vent on tkena prudmlng mure than that amuunt Kurwoit. every glterngl* claim on stt ptgMf ground la lu b# reserved we • be properly uf Ike gnvsrnmanl, In ba sold ur evoked hit )u Homo I be eelsbltabmeat uf such a ayalam ablvk Mr »e balls.# nttkuui ptvgeUsat ua ibi* vue'tnenr slave Ike ead uf ripna lah ru;« in liak'-’u. t* vutuutg ua ibnae who have already acquired properly on the Klondyke by right of location nnd possession, If not by title from th« government, and to prospectors who are proposing to go there. The right of the Canadian government to make such regulations Is uneiuestlonable; the policy Is doubtful. There is a suspi cion that they would not have been so severe If It were not that most of the miners In the district were Americans, and the rush of prospectors thither promises to be chiefly American also. It was, of course, to be expected that the Canadian government would take measures to reimburse Itself for the expenses of administration In the new district, and there Is a plausible rea son for a departure from ihr policy of liberality In granting public min eral laud for the purpose of developing the unsettled parts of the country, sure it Is likely that the Yukon dis trict has few natural resources besides its mines, and when the latter are ex hausted the district will be abandoned: but this looks only to the easily worked placer deposits, and falls to take Into account the lodes whence they originated, which some day will require capital and industrial freedom for their exploitation. The measures adopted, however, seem to us unwise, owing to the re tardation In the development of the mineral resources of the Canadian Yu kon which they will cause, and the hard feeling they are sure to breed among the American prospectors, who are likely to clamor for retaliatory measures. These* will be, moreover, difficult and expensive taxes to col lect, since It will be ne-arly Impossible to watch every miner, and the Klon dike Is so near the American frontier that clandestine exportations can hardly be prevented. It is a sound principle of government that revenue needed should be ralse-el in the most Inexpensive manner iioaaible, and any other system Is unjust to the people who have to pay the taxes. Mejst of all to be regretted, however, Is possibility of friction arising between two nations whose interests :re really Identical; sine? recent his iory lias demonstrated that rich gold nines are a prolific source of conten tion and bard feeling.—Engineering -.nd Mining Journal. Tli» Root*r*« MlitMkf. He was a rooter If ever there was : me. His enthusiasm was at a boiling ! j‘-at all the time. He rooted with joy i vhon the home team scored, and he ! noted with disgust when the opposing line added to its score. In every move* rient of either team he saw an occasion dr rooting. He knew the game and inderstood it at least he thought he lid. He made bis comments whether ! hose around him liked his complaints »r not. The rooter always claims the right o be the critic of every one connected vlth tlie game, from the lordly umpire u the mascott who hasn't yet reached j ils teens, and including the barefooted, | •agged urchin who gains admission lo I he game by recovering the ball that ! vat batted over the fence. Our par- I icular rooter exercised that right, not x titering himself a bit whether he was I ■Unwed or not. The result of the game was in doubt, ind the interest was Intense. The Ha id fords were In the Held, and the •pposing nine was at the bat. A batter nude a "swipe" at the ball as it came ike a shot from the band of Vickery, winding Into a graceful liishout when it reached the home plate. The bat whistled through the air, but didn't unit within hailing distance of the bail, lust then u sparrow rose from the turf end (lew toward the left Held. The Inath like silence was broken by the rootsr shouting. "Oo for It, l*etlk!" Ktery eye was turned toward Mia lilacs from which the loud baas voles »f th* rooter tame, and every one won* dersd. Ihib didn't obsy the command of the rooter, and this made the rootsr mad. lie began to abuse Pettit. and fur l minute Hob's reputation as a baseball player sullersd What did you want to have him go fur*" asked a prrauu who waa silling near tbs censorious critic ’ Why, (be ball Ida! waa but tad tnt* left geld "The built Why, you hlaakety tdaaked chump, that sue a sparrow,** r apt led Iks other. Iks looter • rooting reused Han ford Times impossible dee here that karts you autd nos tuna away, kicks, bliss •trikes usd tries lo Itwr down Ike •table at sight You told «o td*t It I got him oare I woulda'l pan wMd dim ’ |l cos VV « you Sett 1“ t*S iron free freu THE IOWA POPULISTS. THE STATE CONVENTION NAMES THE TICKET. Charles A. I.loyd of Mosratlne Coenty < hM.n a* ilia Standard llnarer— I D. Parkins Will Maka lha Kara for f.laatanant UoT.rasr— Tait of tha Platform Por tha ranter of tlia Koad. Daa Muixks, Iowa, Aug. 2b. —Two hundred delegates were present to day when the middle-of-the-road 1’up ellst state convention was called to order at 11 o'clock by Chairman A. W. Weeks of Winterset. A. W Kicker of Iowa City, temporary chairman, ad dressed the convention In part as follows: "The present condition of society, where a few take all that the many produce, is the direct out growth of the competitive system. It is useless to apply palliative methods to this condition. Heroic treatment Is demanded. Nothing short of the absolute destruction of the com petitive system as applied to those things which are In themselves essen tially public utilities or public necessi ties will relieve society from the load under which It Is at present strug gling. The competitive system is at variance with the laws of Hod, the tenets of Christianity and that very liberty which we hold sacred shove all things else, and no reform party, I care not by whom championed or how aggressive may ho Ite campaign, can over succeed In holding the suffrages of the people unless it recognizes this fact” The speaker denounced the fusion ists and the Democracy as at present constituted and declared that Bryan was not now the Democratic party, as he \va, practically in Isuil. lie closed: "When the absorbing jmwer of capi tal Is constantly Increasing no tempo rary revival In business can change the certain and fixed result. It Is the capitalistic system wliU-li must go, mil to relievo till* condition aud to cliungc this system the Chicago Demo cratte platform offers not one thing It* ono cureall is the free coinage of •liver. The free coinage of silver will Increase the volume of money amt raise prices, but will destroy no trusts, no monopolies, will In nowise deprive corporations of their enormous ab sorbing powers; In fact, could they but realize it, It would increase them. Free silver will destroy the power of uo railroad king, nor will It in any de gree lessen the burdensome tax which our railroad management lias placea on commerce. Free silver will not de prive a single lend baron of his stolen public domain. No party can ever suc ceed upon the single silver issue,' for its inadequacy to relieve society of its stricken condition Is apparent Deeper and more far-reaching must be the reform, the banner of which will gather to it the countless number* of the oppressed. Never again shall we consent to compromise witn plutocracy, and from the dark night of the present system of consuming greed, of aggregated wealth and of cruel injustice, we will turn to the dawn of a brighter day, when the commonwealth of the people For (JoviTiior (hurls* A. Lloyd «f Mnsca tlric comity. For Lleuteiiuiit-Oovernur li. L. Perk In* of I,yon*. For.f uilgi-Hupremc (,'ourt ./. A. I.onburg >f tVttliello. For Kms-rliitcudent of Instruction Win. Iflnlri of Marlon. For Hnilroud <'nrmnlsdonrr 1,. IF flrlftllli if l**c Adjournment was taken until after noon. Senator Poffcr addressed the convention, saying in purt: “If recent discoveries of free gold mines should be as valuable us present appearances Indicate, the silver ques tion may soon he wholly eliminated from republican discussions, except, perhaps, as to those persons whose In dividual interests are at stake. Silver republicans want more metallic money md they would probably be satisfied with gold if there was enough of it. “It is proposed that the populist party shall do two things limit the range ox our (1 isciissn ms io me silver branch of the money question, amt illy ourselves with the ilemocratle iiirty. “These are the proposition*on which ive are (livlileil. “I uni opposed to Imtli of tliein. I lo not wish to see tlie people s party merged into any other existing organi sation. I would i>e willing to abide l>y the conclusion* of u national con ference of delegated duly appointed ind accredited, fairly representing ull tlie elements among voters who are ipposed to the present gold standard, high tariff regime. Itat until that can Is- accomplished tin- |>opuli*t party is good enough for me. "The ulllunce with tlie democratic uarty in is'.Mi was only for the cum ouigu. Now, tinmgh we may not tie |uite ourselves uguill. uiid in oar right wind, »vr are free to determine our itfuir* in our own way us a purly and »* individual men." The platform adopted realtirms the 't. lands and Omaha platforms, dr .-lares for direet legislation; fur a suf ticirut amount of sound uiid Itr tilde money, for the issuance of money to itate, county, towuship and municipal governments, the principal to Ih- paid •>uek to tin< government at two per eul per annum without interest the •aid money to tie a full legal tender tlie Temple amendment is indorsed. The led ml nm of freiglit. passenger md express rates, and salaries of nubile officers is d*‘ ma tided and the led Mellon of mol tgsgc indebtedness from assessed valuation U urged Ik* 1 SsaSItv*** gw*is. * The empire af Turkey la railad lha Kubilme thole tram tb* prlatlpai su trsaea af iba eereglla be tug a huge pa vtilaa with sight upantngk avar tha gait a* pa»*a Ibis gala, tram which j tha tutamaa empire taah its baaM. la I vary high llf l» guarded by ftfty «ap UJik a* portae a Psawshvag Ma haah. ao arittaa flwsstas •rally sadadvar sd an tabs tha pU*« af tha ilvlug piaavbsr tbs Hash af tha aya, tha gsalora of lha baud tha las* af Iba vat«a. i«y as rat ha ytafwaf aa pag if, • Ma* Jahb ftbapa l| GENERATOR CAS. 0! (a|llih A» Ahem* of ®» *• U* t tl Users, Though tho uoo of ordinary lighting •as I* customary In England In engines up to ten hors* power, for larger a small convenient apparatus ha* been devised for the production of a gas that cannot be used for Illuminating pur poses. but which gives very economi cal result# wtien burned tn the engine cylinder Thl* Is known a# g.nerator ga* the best fuels from which to obtain It being anthracite coal and gas cok«*. as these yield n» tar; the thermal ef ficiency is also described a* low, It having about l«0 heat units per cubic foot, a* compared with 613 to 630 of London lighting gas, ao that about four times the quantity is required to In sure the same amount of power, the great quantity obtained, however, to gether with the small amoufct of de predation end labor necessary for pro duction, It I* *«ld. make It In many cases comparable In cost to gas at 30 cents per thousand _ __ Try Alien'* f ool. Km*. A powder to be shaken Into the shoes. At this season your feet feel swollen and hot, and get tired easily If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen's Foot-(Case. It cools the feet and makes walking easy. Cores and prevents swollen and sweating reel, blisters and callous spots lie lleves corns and bunions of all pain tnd gives rest and comfort. Try it to lay. Hold by all druggists and shoo itores for 25c. Trial package FRICK. Address, Allen H. 01 nsted, be Roy, m, y. Dour or llo(a. Maine has u law that authorizes any citizen to kill a dog that Is engaged In bunting deer. Tho old sports in that state are a patient lot, und It angers them when a hunter from tho city goes up there with ucouple of yelping bounds to start the deer toward water. Many an Import**! 'log ha< met u vio lent dentil in the chase and its owners did not dare to complain, because tho game wardens are pretty atlll on* forcers of the law. Thn of mu of aI Institution M Inu.tf ifod In no nrrind t\‘uw bv tl»« mi0ibi»tf* wfniKiw" It tbHr I'UiiohitKN irom ysar to yrnr a *' i)*ul' »iton of * '* »* < onl b o*'* »»f th« Now K ^ i»fui (i UMTvntOt y of S|ti»i»' lb>*ion. S1hah . r«*v*'»U >* *tudt*ni iniunbr-rnbip of Minu-tbir* ;ik*» *vi O0p u rn t* in fo .ml Jr/ \f iib u prrrrnt *»t h*ndir.cn of from f,Aoo i<> !ur> nnnuMliv- Till* »*%id* r, #* hi»)i tdi < n lo rorruMStloii with tluj mM’ful work do .#• »»t tho f*0fi*«rv»ktory. In coo v nrln/ proof of th*' nfMcIcmy of thowliool nnd wwU# m H little vM»r»W that in reputation In Murid wide. Work of Trrin*ml tort. Friend Mow soon will you graduate from the Hlghscience Institute? Motl i rn Mil l Next y< ur. Hut after that I must take a four years' course ut a medical college, to be followed by a special course In surgery. "Do you In tend to practice medicine?" "Horrors, no! 1 am going to write novels." Kilorata Tour Jlutril* Willi Cum if Cathartic, dire conullpaiton forever. 10c. if C. C.C fill. drngulsl* refund mousy. Only U per cent, of amputations are ’atal. -- Try Grain-0! Try Grain-0! Ask your (irocer to-ilny to show y.u a package of OKAIN-O, the new food drink that takes tbe place of coffee. The children may drink I* without injury ax well as tbe adult. All who try it, like it. OKAIN’-O ha* that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it 1* made from pure grain*, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. tbe price of coffee. 15 cent* and 25 cents per jiackugo. Hold by all grocer*. Tastes like Coffee Looks like Coffee S I ifcl brn^ hi SLICKER WILL KEEP YOU DRY. If f«Hilr4 with 4 m.|( kintutll \ #nt *t.im I uy lh« k «*h Mi4h4 %^S Sii k< i Ik n«M k<* »*i* in yu*if ^M^B *^^Bp (..on *ri*e .*t4t<»Ku« to jKfk A I ToWlk M4%» 4MB CURE YOURSELF I i I *m Hlrf 84 I i «u kv M ; k «,*» i k Mka f* l\ ( imuUi •out «*) ‘--j‘nrrt $12 TO Per WLfck; £!^jS£FfiHK tum/uturtanr aara*. 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