moi &t;J=Bieneh meee ee enkiworse LAFoak) ¥ 5Schedule in Effect Aug. 16th,816 8,� | . TDepartures from Wilmington. THROUGH LINE TO THE GOLDpee -SNORTHBO ND. OY sCFIELDS IN THE SPRING.DAILY No 48"Pass ger Due Meg "nolia 10.59 am. Warsaw 11, sist Waniss dikbiekk Veen9.35 a. m. |i &m, Golishoro 11.58 am, Wilson 12.43 p m, Rocky Mount1,20 p m, Tarboro 2.58 p m,Weldon 3,39 p m, Petersburg/ -&64.p m, Richmond 6.50 pm,Norfolk 6.05 p.m, Washing-ton 11.10 pv iB Itimore 12,53am, Philadelphia 345 a m,New York 6.53 am, Boston | "DALLY No 40"Passenger"Dtc M7.15 pm. noiia 8.55 p m. Warsaw 9.1_ p.m, Goldsboro 10.10 p m,~ Wileon 11.06 p m. Tarboro6,45 am, Rocky Mount 11 57pm, Weldon 1.44am, Norfolk 10.30 a m, Petersburg3.24 a m, Richmond 4.2¢ a m,Washington 7.414 m, Balti,~more 905 4 m, Philadeipnia11.95 am, New York 2.02 pm. Boston 8.30 p m.SOUTHBOUND,DAILY No 55"Passengor Due Lake.40 p m. Waccamaw 4.55 p m, Chad.bourn 5.40pm Marion 6 43 pm, Florence 7.25 p m, Sum-te: 8.42 p m, Columbia 10.051, Denmark 6,20 a m, Augustto 8.20 a m, Macon 11.80 a m,Atlanta 12.15 p m, Charles-ton 10.20 pm. Savannah 2.49a m. Jacksonville 8.20 a m,.St. Augustine 10.30 am,Tampa 6.40 pm.ARRIVALS ATFROM THE NORTA.DAILY No. 49."Passenger"Boston9.45 P.M. 1.03 pm, New York 9,00 pm,Philadelphia 12.05 am, Balti-more 6,50 am, Washington4.30 am, Richmond 9.05 am,Petersburg 10.00 am, Nor-Weldou 11.50 am, Tarboro12.12 -m, Rocky Mount 12.45pm, Wilson 2°lz pm, Golds-boro 3.10 pm, Warsaw 4.02,\ pm, Magnolia 4.16 pm,DAILY No. 41."Vassenger"Leave9.50 A.M, Boston 12.00 night, NewYork 9.30 am, Phitadelphia12.09 pm, Baltimore 2.25 pm,Washington 8.46 pm, Rich-mond 7.80 pm, Petersburg8.12pm. Norfolk 2,20 pm,Weldon 9.43 pm, Tarboro6.01 pm. Reeky Mount 5.45am. Leave Wilson 6.20 am, :Goldsboro 7°01 am, Warsaw7.53 am, Magnolia 8.05 am.DAILy No. 61"Passenger---Leavexcept New Bern 9.20 am, Jackson-unlday yille 10.42 am. This train-40 P.M.arrives at Walnut street.FROM THE SOUTH,DAILY No. 54"Passenger"Leave12,15 P. M. Tampa 8.00 am. Sonford 1.50pm, Jacksonville 6 35 pm,Savanna 12.50 night, Charcles-ton 5.838 am,Columbia 5.50am, Atlanta 8.28 am, Macam9.30 am, Augusta 3.05 pm,Denmark 4.55 pm. Sumpterf.40 am, Florence 8.55 am,Marion 9.35 am, Chadbourr16.85 am, Lake Waccamaw11.06 am.Train. on Scotie i Neck Branch Zoaeaves Weldon 4.10 p, m., Halifax 4.26®.m., arrives Scotland Neck at.5,10 pm., Greenville 6,57 pb, m., Kinston 7.55p.m. Returning, leaves Kinston 7.50a. m., Greenville 8.52 a. m. ArrivingHali Xx af 11:20 a. m.. We'don 11.40 amdaily except Sunday.Irains'on Washnigton Branch leavWashington 8.20 a, m., and 1.00 p.mrives Parmele 9.10 a. m., and 3.40 p-, Tarboro 9.45 a. m., returningleavesfarboro 3.30 p. m., Parmele 10.20 a. m.snd 6.20 p. m,, arrives Washington40 a, m., and 7.20 p. m. Daily ex-ot Sunday. Connects with trains on«eotiand Neck Branch.Train leaves 1arporv, N C, via Albe-marle & Raleigh R. R. daily except Sun-day, at 550 p. m., Sunday 405 P. M;arrive Plymouth 7.40 P. M., 6.00 p, m.Returning isaves Plymouth daily exceptSundsy, 7.50 a. m., Sunday 9.00 a �"�m.,arrive Tarboro 10.15 a.m and 11. 45Train on MMidiand N. C, branch leavesGold%boro daily, except Sunday, 6.05 am. arriving Smithfield 7°30 a, w». Re.turning leaves Smithfield 8.00 a. m,, ar.rives at Goldsbors 9.30 a, m.__ Trains on Latta branch, Florence R&., leave Latta 6.40 pm, aurive Dunbar7.50 pm, Clio 8.05 p m. ReturningJeave Clict6.10 am, Dunbar 6.80 a m,ri Latta 7.50 a m, daily except Sun-v.Train onClinton Branch leaves War-saw for Clinton caily, except Suuay,10 00.a.m.and 8.50 p, m* Returningleaves Cinton at7.00 a. m. and3,00 1. m.Train No. 78 makes close connectionat Weldon forall points daily, all rail viaRichmone. alse at Rovky Mount withNorfolk and CarolingR R for Notiolkne all points North via Norfolk.JOHN F. DIVINE,a General Sup!1 M. EMERSON, Traffie Manager,*R.KENLY. Gan'l Maneger,THE MORNING STARDaily Newspaper inNorth Carolina.The Onl� Five-Dollar Datlv-its Class in the StateW. H. BERNARD,| ACASEAN TRON BADTILMINGTON"¥Pioneer, ~Tells of the WonderfulRichness of the Land of Gold, andLeaves Sitka to Join Louis C. Freyand His Exploiting Party in theCopper River Country"SurveyorsAre at Work on the ProposedRailroad"Moss and Pine Nutsfrom Skaguay Trail and a Nug-get from Southern Alaska"PublicInterest Growing.sila - hae& : "Newark, N. J., who is the Alaska man-ager of.a New York corporation. Mr.Frey has-sent several encouraging re-ports to his colleagues in the metropo-Hs by way of Sitka. and Seattle, andhas ordered large reinforcements to hisalready good-sized forces. His staff of{ mining and civil engineers, surveyorsand prospectors was chosen fromamong the most experienced men inthe East and West,/and ft has alreadyachieved astonishing results. A strongadditional force of skilled ~and un-skilled labor will be placed at his com-mand as soon as the new men can betransported to the Copper River, whenactive work on the railroad and townsite will be begun at once. The ex-pedition is already backed by a greatdeal of capital, and the corporationwhich it represents is still puttingevery dollar it can raise into AlaskanSITKA, Alaska, Oct. 9, via Seattle,Wash., Oct. 15."Alaska is to havea railroad in the Spring. There isno longer any doubt about that. Capt.{4qt,4i; Daniel Sprague, who has just Jeft thisq town for the Copper River country, in~the southern portion of Alaska, is au-thority for the statement that survey-ors are already at work on the line ofthe proposed Alaskan trunk railway,and that ground will be broken eremany weeks. He says it will soon bepossible to board a train at or nearthe mouth of the Copper River itself,follow that mighty stream to itssource, and go thence without change|of cars straight to Dawson City. Ii| will be not half so difficult to build a| through railroad to the Klondike, he1 asserts, as it was to run a line acrossthe Adirondacks.Capt. Sprague predicts that the Cop-per River and Klondike Limited willdash from one end to the other of thisvast gold-bearing territory long beforethe existing trails can again be trav-ersed, and that the much-needed rail-way will prevent a recurrence of themad rush over the frightful crags ofSkaguay Pass. Moreover, to say no-thing of the safety and immunity fromexposure, travel by rail to all the biggold fields of the great Northwest willbe so much cheaper than any othermethod"except, possibly, ~the voyageon river steamers along the Copper,Chillyna, White and Upper Yukonrivers, which last will be slower"thatnobody will dream of attempting thedreary and dangerous tramp over thetrails. The railroad will monopolizethe transportation of perishable freightand will find favor in tMe eyes of mer-chants for the carrying of most othercommodities, on account of the short-ness of the route. It will make thejourney to the northernmost gold re-gions as easy and almost as rapid as atrip to the Maine woods.As for its usefulness along otherlines, says the captain, it is the onething needful to the quick developmentment of the world at large in regard tothe vastness and variety of AlaskaTsnatural resources. When men of othernations, he prophesies, really arrive atan understanding of the enormous pos-sibilities of sudden wealth that havebeen locked so long in the broad bosomof this land of gold, they will flock tothis country in small armies. Ameri-cans, he says, will have to be promptif they wish to enjoy the first chanceto gather their own riches.Gone to the Copper River.The captain, who is a veteran Alas-kan, having been a pioneer in the-country along and far to the north ofPrince William Sound these past eightyears, has gone to the Copper Riverinvestments, éYour correspondent traveled fromJuneau to Sitka with Capt. Sprague.and was much enlightened during the» reerbt aNdA onray 3k,eloA. "Rajourney by that gentiemanTs unvar-nished account of the mineral wealthof the Copper River country. Beforeleaving Juneau, during an interviewat the Occidental Hotel in that city,Capt. Sprague said, in answer to thequestions of your correspondent:Easy Communication,oCommunication can easily be hadwith the Copper River from PrinceWilliam Sound at the head of ValdesBay, where the Indians make a port-age to the northward and strike theCopper River above the Chillyna Riverabove the canon.�oWhat are the possibilities of placermining along that route, captain?�your correspondent asked.oExcellent,�� answered the captain,who has the reputation of being ultraconservative in his statements. oGoldhas been found around Valdes Bay andnorth and northwest of Prince WilliamSound, and on Turnagain Arm, CookTsInlet. Copper has been found in largequantities at Teteluk, Prince WilliamSound and near the entrance to ValdesBay, on the south side. The discoverersoffer of $135,000 for the prospect.�oAre there many persons in that re-gion as yet?TT queried your eorrespond-ent.oVery few, outside of Mr. Frey andhis men,� the captain replied. oAboutmanently. They are engaged in figh-ing, fox-hunting and raising. Thtimber is not good on Valdes Bay;~andhas to be transported some twengy-fivmiles, No good lumber trees arerfoyw\there. They can, however, eag lye}'taken from southeast Alaska of "tHe|Sound. All the material for the fish, houses was transported from the! as(of Washington.� ee eae?Good Climate, Too,| oHow about the climate?� © . °°aeeeoVery good. It is much milder thanithat of ~the Klondike region. Snowfalls from six inches to four feet inidepth; and usually lasts from aboutI the beginning of December until May.Rain falls in September,; October andApril. Absolutely clear weather is ex-perienced most in May and June.�oIs there plenty of timber along theCopper River?�oNot as much as I'd like fo see. Thereare alder and cottonwood, and there isalso an abundance of,,gmall pineseighty miles north of the thbiith, nearthe river slopes. �ToThe Copper, River ts navigable �*"oYes. It splits into marf- ~channels,sometimes threé miles wid&f The barsare constantly changing, ~aid*Are prin-|to join the exploring and prospectingparty led by Mr.,.Louis C. Frey ofom Weele ©be mSof guicksand,; Someq ef xof the latter field refused an.immediate |twenty persons live on the ground pera os!T x Fy 7fale)x.: oea*se~persons here, and sends the plain facts' thTof the territory and to the enlighten- '-gravel and many of tnem are goiabearing. Above the canon, which isabout a hundred miles up, the river isnot so wide. There are sand and gravelbars as below, but they are narrower.�oHow far up the Copper River haveyou beeri, captain?� asked your corre-spondent.oAbout seventy miles above thecanon, The bottoms of the upperriver are of easy slopes, and can easilybe made Iirito a broad bed.�/ A Land of Gold,oWhat do you think of the countrygenerally?�oT think,� said the captain, slowly,as if weighing his words well, othatAlaska is the richest mineral-produc-ing territory in the world"one vastgold bed, in fact"and that the CopperRiver country is the richest region inAlaska. Unless I am away off myreckoning"and I have been pioneeringand prospecting nearly all my life"theoutput of the Copper Region during |the next year will far exceed that ofuny other gold bed in any portion ofthe earthT If I had a million dollars,and wanted more, ITd put every pennyof it into Alaskan investments. Thesincerity of my opinion is demonstratedby the fact that I have refused severalflattering offers to go to the Klondike,preferring to try my fortunes in Amer-ican territory. I believe. Alaska twoyears hence will outshine the Call-fornia of foriy years before. We areon the eve of a great gold-producingera all over North and South America,and the biggest bonanzas, f ~h'°«, wiilbe found in the great Northv :t�Everybody in Sitka, June. au fkag-uay and Dyea is talking exc: bly ofthe coming railroad, It is =n orsallyconceded that the trunk line v ll turnthe rush from Skaguay ari nilkootpasses to Alaska. Already }b* ~ness fsbooming here and in Juneau :. antici-pation of the stampede to the CopperRiver country in the Spring. Theseare the liveliest places in Alaska justnow, and much money is making inreal estate. It is manifest that theymust grow rapidly.Westward, Ho!The great rush to the gold fieldsmust find new outlets, and next Springthe stream of gold sekers will gowestward to the Copper River, CookInlet and Prince William Sound, TheDora, which sailed recent:y from thisport, carried over ninety passengers,all bound for the Copper River. Every-where on the Pacific slope, from thisplace to San Diego, expeditions arefitting out to come early in the Spring.Hundreds of would-be Klondikers fromthe East, who came to cross the dizzyQYUGGET FROM THE COPPERRIVER.(Actual size.)heights of Chilkoot Pass, weakenedwhen they realized the hardships instore for them, and are now ready toturn westward instead of northward.Veur oorrespondent has made a spe-Gea or-terrmory, oTie néce!kHerewith your correspondent sendphotographs of moss and pine co.nugget from a placer mine on the Copstual size. The moss is edible, and menThave been known to sustain life on itfor a long time. It is as tender andTjuicy as lettuce. Reindeer devour itravenously.vide themselves with plenty of legaltender. Checks and drafts donTt gohere, as there is as yet no bank in theterritory. Everything is cash, andmoney melts like snow under a blazingsun.Public Interest Growing.The Governor and other officials aregetting hundreds of letters weekly.inquiring about Alaska and its re~sources, Owing to the difficulty ex-perienced by the officials: in answeringof Commerce purposes establishingbureaux of information here and atJuneau. Little literature really descriptive of this territory has been is-sued thus far, and the necessity foran extended system of general educa-tion on the subject is growing daily. _Alaska will certainly hold the inter-:next decade"in fact, a great deal-longer"and the men who get in on theground floor may wake up some morn-ing to find themselves bonanza kings,with so much money to burn thatthey'll get sick of the smell of thesmoke. il* oSR VEDhemaonk CORPSH.Explosion Caused a Fire That Abaruptly Ended a Wake._ (By Anglo-American Press.)DUBLIN, Oct. 14."An extraordinary,scene was witnessed early on Tuesdaymorning at Ballymena, County Antrim, .during the progress of a owake� in theThouse of a woman named Wilson. Bysome means a petroleum lamp exploded,setting the place on fire. :Immediately there was a wild stam-pede from the house. Some of the moredaring spirits returned, however, a mo-mert later, and, amid considerable ex-citement, the corpse and an invalid girlnumed Johnson were lowered from anupstairs window.fire before the arrival of the brigade,CRIMEAN HERO GONE,Sergeant Rogers ot the Royal ScotsFusiliers Passes Away.(By Anglo-American Press.)LONDON, Oct. 14."A Crimean veter-an, Sergeant W. Rogers, late First Bat-talion Royal Scots Fusiliers, died atBiddeford on Sunday. He joined theregiment in 1841, became color-sergeantin 1852, and at Sebastopol and Inker;mann was attached to Captain, nowLieutenant-General, BolderoTs compa-ay. This officer and his subalterns werewounded, and Rogers commanded thecompany till the end of the action.Their ammunition failing, the Fusiliersemptied the wounded Russians�tal could be made back every :months, Oa PAL 7 aTrophies from the T es legathered on Skaguay trail; also a rich) -Gold seekers coming here should pro-so many queries, the Alaska Chamber |est of the world at large during the ©The constabulary extinguished thepouches, and peppered the enemy with aetheir own bullets,rsoOy noeler ~PACIFIC OCEA/conten + ay4 O Bout seiaw) \BLOW 7ANYON WEEEST. ELIASTRAN GE.agt ae aid |0 *ay ae of o= nat PrOAL ANCHE o4 fai* , \e 4006 FT. , HIGH Pedaa é~7T ~~ MOUN TAINS ( Ay� = 4 sy{OS Crexcao®) 4S AnsSy. v.WATERLOW )SE4 BEACH BARE AT LOM...) }TO FOUR MILES WDE |,�oo ppA et aOR GULEIOREALASKA | 4cial canvass of this sentiment amongBO finds them, |~sold there is in plenty, and copper aswell, and many titanic fortunes will betaken out of the ground all over thegreat Northwest during the next fewyears. The quickest money, however,lies in transportation, buying and sell-ing and ownership of wharves andtown sites. Freight and passengerrates are high. Wharfage ranges from$1.50 to $3 a ton. Town sites come next.TAmbitic.s capitalists should. devote.their en-rgy and resources to thie ~es!tablishniut of a tegular transporta--ls Weru~ A a,ad ga Eg aa x9RECTED MAP OF ALASKA DRAWN FROM) _ AND DIRECT INFORMATION,tiom ro'''\ (o the Copper River country.from «| \ Pacific ports"yes, and from ~Atlant. orts, too. They will also, ifthey ar wise, arvangé to freight over |from di) water igfand to the Chillyna |River «:north to the Tanana Noe PaPover 8 aregt bySPECIAL SURVEYS% .ireenville ila: xat..,:T urecas |ii be Ge « 4 Fi ;Corrected by S.-M; ~Behistt. 4Bnttey,perlb 35 62 oor id toaTWestern Sides" *y 5t-398..Sugar cured Hams 10 iyGara. ce , .. JN gf to:Corn Meal | ey MOFlout, Family i" 4385 to 6,78~ard - Fy £54 to 10hed 1 MieSugar.., ee @ SOOCome? i S. ¥ECH7 to 20Salépgy Back 9 4 goa C0i to 20»mnmredy ai =.» "x 4 + Pal