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The Douglas miner. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1896-1897, 1896-08-26

Juneau was the great mining camp of
Alaskan
ooh. no." is the reply. "Whie it is
true that Juneau has many good mines adj
j,tent, there has been very little develop
mems work done"
''Why has there never been boom ut
Douglass" is asked. ''WeIl, up to this
time there has been no occasion for q BOOM
The TreadwelI company has been operating
their plant for many years, and as the ore
was of 4 very low grade, no other company
cared to invest the capital necessary to de-
velop the claims located. 1t is different
now. Many new locations are now being
made, and rich strikes are now of almost
daily occurrence. The ore of the TreadWell
mine is growing better, and there is now
no doubt but that Douglas island will be
the richest gold producing camp in the
world. Other mines are being developed
on the island-the Mexican, with mill of
12o stamps; the Ready Bullion, and others
that YOU will hear of during your stay at
Douglas"
Thus it is that so many people are sur
prised when they visit Douglas--for they
supposed that there were only two towns
in A!aska-Juneau and Sitka. And why?
Because Douglas did not have newspaper
to speak for her, while Juneau and Sitka
have had weekly papers for many years.
RI ~
with proper support will SEE to it that
Douglas is hereafter represented in her
true light, and will do what it can to in
duce the moving throng to stop with us.
Douglas, Alaska, will be heard from in
the near future, and her fame will spread
to the four corners of the earth.
The Douglas miner. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1896-1897, 1896-08-26

early in the year and put all their money
into groceries and dry goods, are now in
a bad way. since there is no one to buy
from them who is willing to pay them a
reasonable profit when they can buy from
some stranded miner for half price.
81 met SWinehart and Frank Howard of
Juneau, a few days before left the Inlet,
Howard is the newspaper man who has
been sending out long and encouraging re-
PORTS from Sunrise City. overlook the
two men while they were walking along
the trail between the forks of Six Mile and
Canyon and Canyon and Mills creeks.
''Howard said in answer to one of my
questions, that in his opinion the eoun-
try was no good, and that they (meaning
himself and Swinel,art) had cleaned up
just three ounces of gold in the last
thirty days on their joint claim on Silver
Tip. Swinehart said, would not stay
in this country another season for the
best claim in it,"
GAIL the claims along Silver Tip, where
several Juneau boys were interested have
been abandoned. The two Towards,
SwneFart and Clark Miller, intended leav-
ing for the Copper river country in few
days, and if they did not strike anything
there to cross over to Circle City.
''Beede the man who wounded the pros
pector for jumping his claim few weeks
ago was: quietly notified to leave the ooun-
try and he has not been seen around Can
yon creek since.
"The body of Ken,ah the prospeotor
who was killed by falling into crevice in
a glacier has been removed.
"Young Gorst, formerly suspender
vender around Juneau. and who was re-
ported some time ago as having located a
claim on Six Mile creek from which he
was taking $40 day, is now in the sus-
pender business in Sunrise city, and his
income is closer to 10 cents per day than it
is to $1o."
The Douglas miner. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1896-1897, 1896-08-26
E. MCKANNA, P. M.

Please report all the mining news you
hear to representative of The MINER.
1t will be the purpose of this journal to
keep its readers posted on all news con-
corning the mines of southeastern Alaska,
and especially of Douglas island.
When in Juneau and in want of meat,
step into the Pacific meat market, (Thorp's
old stand), where you can get the best the
market affords.
Leave your order with P. H. Fox for
fine fitting suit Of made-to-order clothing.
Prices range from $I3 upwards.
The Douglas miner. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1896-1897, 1896-08-26
Advertised Letters

The following letters remain in the
Douglas pOStoffice uncalled for:
The Douglas miner. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1896-1897, 1896-08-26

Allen, A. H.
Carlson, Oscar Ed
Humphreys, VIM.
Koko, Julia
Peterson, John H.
Vixen, Chas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-06

asters instead of the blessings which that
party promised declares the administra-
ton of President Cleveland has caused al
most as much loss by depreciation of prop
erty and almost as much misery as did the
yielding In the demand for honest money,
and opposes any scheme which will give
this country a currency in any respect in
ferior to the money of the most advanced
and intelligent nations of the earth; favors
the use of silver as currency, but to the eX-
tent only and under such restrictions that
parity with gold can be maintained; re-
affirms its faith in the principle of protec-
ton, and pronounces strongly in favor of
reciprocity-the reciprocity Of James G..
Blaine; opposes extension Of monarchical
institutions upon any part of American
soil; advocates a vigorous and dignified
foreign policy, and condemns that of the
present administration as vascillating and
un-American; recommends strengthening
OF the navy and coast defenses; expresses
sympathy with the Cuban insurgents; con-
dennis Gov. Altgeld for failing to enforce
the laws in perilous times. and his manage
ment of the state institutions as extrava-
CANT inefficient and partisan. and arraigns
him for his failure to keep his ante-election
promises to prevent the competition of
convict with free labor. The resolutions
also favor the submission to the people by
the next general assembly of an amend
ment to the constitution providing that .-.e
legislature shall enact suitable laws to
regulate contracts and conditions that may
from time to time arise between employers
and their employees.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-06

element Is conceded alike by vanquished
and victors; and the result will be to make
the country republicans for years to come
more potent than heretofore in the councils
Of the party.
The exact wording of the resolution as
adopted by reclamation Is thus recorded
by the official stenographer of the conven-
ton:
Resolved, That the delegates to be
elected by this convention to the republican
national convention be and are hereby in
structed to present to said national con-
vention the name of Hon. William McKin-
ley. of Ohio"
The state ticket as completed at Thurs
days session, is as follows: For governor,
John r. Tanner; for lieutenant governor,
w. A. Northcott; for secretary Of state.
James A Rose; for state auditor. James r.
Mccullough; for state treasurer. Henry L.
Hertz; for attorney-general. Edward G.
Akin; for trustees Of the state university.
Mrs. Mary T. Carried. T. ]. Smith and
Francis Mckay. The platform reported
by the committee on resolutions was adopt
ed. A4synopsis follows: e-st
Delegates at large to the st. Louis con.
vention were chosen as follows: William
Penn Nixon, of the Chicago Inter Ocean:
r. w. Patterson, of the Tribune; ex-Gov.
Oglesby, and ex-Gov. Fifer.
The platform announces the fealty Of tho
party in Illinois to the fundamental prin-
ciples of the party; denounces democratic
maladministration as having brought dis
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-06
Minnesota Appropriations.

The senate commerce committee has
completed consideration of the Mime
sofa item in the river and harbor bill.
The appropriation for the st. Croix riv-
er is increased from $4,000 to SIS, 900
and provision inserted that $40, 900 of
this amount shall be spent on the har-
Dor at Saltwater. The appropriation
for the Red River of the North is in
creased $4,000. with provision that
portions of it shall be spent on the Red
Lake river, between Thief River Falls
and its mouth. Other minnesota items
remain unchanged.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-06
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
The Encampment.

The early predictions of large at
tendance at the 30th National Encamp-
ment, G. A. R.. in st. Paul, during the
first week in September, are being
verified every day, although the en-
campment is four months in the future.
The state departments are repre-
scented in st. Paul almost daily, obtain
taing department headquarters and To-
eating the rank and file. who will come
to the Northwest in great numbers.
New England will send an immense
turn out of veterans and tourists. Mas
sachusetts expects to send 1.5OO. Their
representative, II. j. Lacey, of Fitch
burg, has been there and secured head
quarters for this department, and re-
turned home prepared to let loose a
broadside of approval of Northwestern
people and methods.
Special efforts are being made to Sc
cure the attendance of Grand Army
posts from states adjoining Minnesota,
and also of the Minnesota posts. This
important work is in the hands of Gen
eral r. A. Becker, of st. Paul, who has
addressed preliminary letter to every
post in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota
the Dakotas, inviting and urging a
large turn out from every Grand Army
post in the Northwest.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-06
M'KINLEY GETS ILLINOIS.
Repu blicans In State Convention Indorso
His Candidacy.

III SeoSO NOh cneAon AhuoADO
His Candidacy.
Springfield. ILL.,, May 1.-The opponents
of Gov. McKinley's presidential aspirations
capitulated Thursday in the republican
state convention before a terrific onslaught
of the friends of the Ohio statesman. BY
a majority Of 329 in total vote Of 1,335-a
majority as unexpected to the supporters
of the Ohioan as it was staggering to Sem
ator Cullom and his friends-the conven-
ton instructed the four delegates at large
from Illinois to the st. Louis convention
not merely to vote for and support the Ohio
candidate, but actually Ito present his
name to that body as the candidate and
choice of Illinois for the presidential NOM
nation"
1t is true that the form in which the reso-
luton was adopted-the substitution Of
McKinley's name in the Cullom resolution
was due to the over zeal of a delegate who
anticipated the regular Mckinley indorse-
ment which was to have been presented by
the spokesman of his following-but in the
enthusiasm and uproar that attended the
contest between the two factions this point
was lost to consideration. and as a result
by the record as it stands the Illinois dele
cation to st. Louis may, should 1t see fit
to carry out its instructions to the letter,
claim a share with the Buckeyes in pre-
senting to the convention the favorite son
of Ohio. That the outcome was a crushing
defeat for Senator Cullom and the Chicago
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-06
Red Lake Pine Lands.

July is the date of sale of Red Lake
pine lands in the Duluth district, and
July Is as the date of the sale of that
portion of land in the Crookston dis
trict. This land will be sold at auction
in local offices in 4O-acre tracts, on the
basis of the timber stand thereon, at
not less than So per thousand feet. No
land is to be sold, however, at less than
S1.25 per acre.
There are 1854 acres of land to be
sold, on which there are 225, OF, 900 feet
of timbe Of this 3,914 acres, en-
bracing 1896, 900 feet of timber, are in
the Duluth district, and the balance in
Crookston district. All land will be
offered at the time of sale, and such as
is not bought at that time will be sold
at private sale at any time at the ap-
praised value of the standing timber,
and it is expected that some tracts will
bring more than the appraised value.
The probability is that the Indian fund
will be increased to the extent of nearly
"a million dollars.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-06
Gifts of Carnegie.
Andrew

Pittsburgh, Pa, May 1. = Andrew
Carnegie has purchased for $4,000 a
plot of ground at Duquesne, on which
he will erect two handsome buildings,
one for public library, the other for
a gymnasium and natatorium. The es-
timated cost of the buildings is $780,
900. Work will begin on the construc-
ton of the buildings within a few
weeks. They will be free to the citi-
zens of Duquesne and employees of the
Carnegie Steel company.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-06
BUSINESS IMPROVES.
Threatened Failures Prevented by Activ-
ity In Retail Trade.

IQr0atene0 FAILURES prevented Dy ACC1V-
ity In Retail Trade.
New York, May Pr. G. Dun & Co..
in their weekly review of trade, say:
GAS the season advances there is more
business, but advices indicate that on the
whole the prevalent feeling is that the
gain is less than there was reason to ex-
pect, while retail trade has been active
enough to materially lessen stocks and OBJ
legations. and thus to prevent great many
threatened embarra ssments. 1t has not
yet brought enough new business to mills
or factories to prevent decrease of untitled
orders and closing Of some works. Sub
stantially the same state of things exists
in all the great industries, notwithstand
ing the strong combinations in some, and
evidence of inadequate consumption APP
pears in the fact that the general range
of prices Of commodities, farm and mine
as we'll as manufactured products, is near
ly one per cent. lower than 1t was April l.
and the lowest ever known, the decline
since October, 1892, being 1871 per cent. Nor
can this be attributed to scarcity of money,
which is easier and more abundant as the
liquidation Of many dealers lessons out
standing obligations. Foreign operations
have been Of no influence in American Sc
curities, but shipments of silver have again
been large. Stocks have remained practi-
cally without change.
Speculation has raised cotton an eighth,
though receipts and crop prospects still
favor lower prices, and accumulated stocks
of unsold goods are very large. Wheat has
declined AZ cents for cash. With only
two months of the crop year remaining
there is little to encourage higher prices.
Silk has weakened little owing to the
overlooking of Japanese dealers. Wool is
weak, the wool year closing with the
greatest quantity of wool on hand ever
carried at this season. Wooden goods have
not improved In demand, and flannels have
opened 5 to Is per cent. lower than last
year. Dress goods are helped by the restric-
ton of foreign imports, but the association
reports that on the whole, wool machinery
Is not more than half employed Some
cotton mills have ceased production. There
is fair demand for boots and shoes, though
not enough to prevent gradual exhaustion
of orders untitled, but the only change in
prices has been q slight advance in some
qualities. Leather Is weaker, with q very
narrow demand, and quotations average
a shade lower, as do prices OF hides.
1.-THE volume of domestic business shown
by clearings has been SIS, 0O0. 900 daily in
April against S15S, 900. 900 last year; 136.000.
900 in 1894; $1S1, 900 in 1888, and 1SS 900
in 1892. These figures show a greater shrink
age than appeared in recent months. and
indicate that improvement is slow.
Failures for the week have been 23S in
the United States. against 231 last year, and
81 In Canada, against "a last year."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-06
News In Brief.

Fremont Perkins, of Royalton, at
tempted to commit suicide, stabbing
himself twice in the left breast with a
pocket knife. He is % years old and
single. The chances are against his
recovery.
Herman Loefker, of Lakefeld. on his
way home from town, attempted to
cross the Sioux river on the commonly
used bridge. The bridge was gone and
both horses were drowned.
The state farm summer school opened
the third year with so pupils regis
tered. The summer q ,sion is especially
for the young women, and the most
practical of all branches are taught.
Elijah Revenberg was found dead in
his barn at Robbinsdale by member
of his family. 1t is in all probability a
case of apoplexy.
The large barn of Henry Schutt, near
Lewiston, was struck by lightning, and
with its contents. was totally con-
sumed.
Some boys playing ball in Minneapo-
lis, discovered quite sum of counter
felt money in the hollow of decayed
oak tree. The ball had rolled into the
tree, and fielder in reaching into the
tree for the ball, found stack of sill
yer dollars. There were $50 in all, and
the boys at once took the money to the
North Side police station, where it was
pronounced bad.
T. B. Walker has purchased the ma
chinery for steamer to be built for
use on Red Lake, and will construct
the boat at once.
The body of Orio Billings was found
in Linden township, IL miles from Lake
Crystal, he having been thrown from a
wagon and his neck broken.
John Becker, farmer who resides
northwest of Pipestone, was fatally
wounded by the accidental discharge OF
a gun he was carrying upon sulky
pillow while plowing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-06
Spanish Crops Suffer.

Madrid, April 3O.-The crops through
out Spain, especially cereals, have been
almost destroyed by drought, and the
government is about to organize public
works for the purpose of furnishing
employment to large number of farm
hands who are without work. It is
calculated that unless there are heavy
rains within a fortnight the losses to
farmers will amount to 900, OOO, 900 pese-
tas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-06
Convicted.

The jury at Mankato found verdict
against Alfred C. Roberts, the Jackson
photographer who has been selling
esprit" photographs and love powders.
Roberts was tried in the United States
court on the charge of useing the mail
to give information how to obtain OBJ
'sence pictures. He was sentenced to
two years at Saltwater, and to pay q
fine of S1OO.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-06
MURDER SUSPECTED.

Prominent Citizen of West Superior.
Wis, Found Dead.
West Superior, Wis, May 2.-Lewis
C. Bratrud, prominent board of trade
man, was found dead ON the street at
nine o'clock Thursday evening. He was
shot through the head. A revolver lay
by his side. Three suspicious char
acters were seen around there shortly
before the shot was fired, and it is be-
lieved he was murdered. Bratrud was
well-to-do, but is reported to have lost
heavily on the Chicago board last win
ter. He came to Superior from Water
town, S. D., three years ago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-06
Killed by Three Men.

Mckinney, o. T., May Rev. George
r. Mckinney, noted cowboy preacher.
owner of Mckinney, postmaster and
justice of the peace, was murdered late
Thursday evening by William Hooks,
William Jones and Sidney Roberts. Nc
Kinney was in field, and the men am
pushed him and beat him with stones.
There had been trouble over land con-
tests.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-06
Wonderland SO.

Such is the name of book issued by
the Northern Pacific railroad, picturing
the country, the cities, resorts and
game found along the line of the road.
The work is of practical nature, but
presented in such shape that it is as
interesting as a good story. 1t is a
model of Typography, and any one can
have it if they will pay cents postage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-06
DE fensive ad Neutral Alliance.

Panama, April 24.-The Star and
Herald says: The Buenos Ayres press
states that defensive and neutral"
alliance has been concluded among
Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay
to meet any emergency that might &C.
cur in case of war between Chilli and
Argentina.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-05-06
M. Emile Deuval Dead.

Paris, April rs. = NJ. Emile Deuval,
French barrister, journalist and admin
istrator of public affairs, died Monday,
aged SO wears.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-05

near 1 saw that Sport had plenty Of
help. Zip, neighbours dog, was on one
side, of the wall with him, and on the
other side was Rover, a large hound.
"All three dogs had their noses under
the stones, and they were digging and
making the dirt fly with their paws,
and barking and yelping as dogs will
when game is almost won. From with
in the wall heard the woodchuck's pc
culiar, defiant whistle.
"Just as approached Sport jumped
back and dragged forth the woodchuck.
At almost the same instant Zip with
drew his head from the wall and fixed
his teeth in the game; and then began
a struggle for supremacy, each dog evil
IDENTIFY setting up claim for the wood
chuck.
"Rover, on the other side, with his
head in the wall, was so eagerly en-
gagged that he did not at once compre-
bend what had occurred; then it
flashed upon him, and he sprang upon
the wall, and for moment looked down
on the struggling dogs.
Like whirlwind he launched him
self from the stones upon the wood
chuck, tore it from the mouths of the
other dogs and bore it off in his teeth.
'It happened so suddenly that Sport
and Zip didn't know what to make of it.
They seemed dazed, and looked this way
and that as if to ascertain what had be.
come of their prey. AS for Rover, he
disappeared over the brow of hill,
and do not think the two dogs left be-
hind ever fairly realized what became
of that woodchuck."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-05
PuGNAcIoUS PLANTS.
How Nature Has Provided All Sorts of
Living Things with Weapons.

How Nature Has Provided All Sorts Of
Living Things with Weapons.
Cats have claws, dogs have sharp
teeth, porcupines have needle-liko
quilts, small boys have fists and bees
have little azegsss with " inch to protect
themselves when an enemy attacks
them. Nature has provided all sorts of
living things with weapons.
Even plants are soldier-like, and
carry with them all the implements Of
war. There is the hawthorne, the To-
Gust and the orange trees, armed to the
teeth with savage spears, which they
stick into the enemy that seeks to de-
stroy them. The gooseberry bush is
full of needles, and the sword grass of
the swamps carries sharp knives with
which to cut any animal rash enough
to eat il.
Of all these soldier plants, perhaps
the most interesting is the nettle; for it
arms itself, like the giant savages of
Patagonia, with poisoned arrows.
When it enters vacant lot and be.
gins to grow in thick clumps, choking
out other weeds and grasses, the cat
tie let it entirely alone. They know
how warlike it is; and the boys and girls
don't try to pick it, for they have been
nettled, and know how it feels.
The nettle plant is like the porcu-
pine. 1t carries millions of arrows
which it is ready to use whenever the
enemy appears. These arrows, with the
tiny hairs, barely large enough to see
unless one looks very closely, have a
broad base made up of large number
of little cells and a long, needle-shaped
point, having at its tip a bulb or ball.
When the small boy touches the nettle
plant-he doesn't intend to, of course
the little bulb-like point cuts small
hole in his hand, and then, being very
brittle, it breaks off.
That leaves hole in the end of the
arrow, and the plant shoots out q charge
of thick, sirupy liquid. called proto-
plasm, into the cut in the boys hand.
This protoplasn is poison, and 1t isn't
long before it has begun to work and
the small boys hand has begun to itch
Then he says he has been stung, and he
takes care next time not to get into
trouble with the warlike nettle.
The cactus also carries weapons with
it, but they are entirely different from
the poisoned arrows of the nettle, fol
the cactus fights with ugly-looking
barbed spears, so small that they car
hardly be seen, although, as many {
youngster knows to his sorrow, they
can be felt very readily-Golden DAYS