The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-27

be under the direct control OF the Sisters
of Mercy, who have already been sta
| toned for long time at Circle City and
Forty Mile Camp.
The impression seems 20 prevail tina:
| the mines are close TO Dawson City.
| That is a mistake The rich creeks are
| fifteen miles off, and il IS days jour
! ney TO them"
FACTS ABOUT ALASKA.
In the purchase of Alaska. the United
States acquired territo-,- more thSn
half a ni.iion square mics in extent. a
part CT i, Within the arctic circle aad in
the rels.9r Ct everlasting zee and sn,w
whe:n. Dung part OF the summer, there
is co5;inuaus dey and during the winter
conur loi%. dreary night. The Alaskan
coast .Inc is greater than our Atlantic
seaboard but the entire population %
whitts. Eskimos and fierce Indians. who
are called the Apaches OF the north. is
not much more than that OF a ward di-
vision in Chicago.
In acquiring the Alaskan territory,
though the United States moved its CEN
ter. figured in geograp hical miles. no; in
AGRA or population, so far west as San
Francisco The country now extends
from about the 65th degree OF longitude
UP al the far east corner Of Maine TO the
122d degree up at the for northwest tip
OF the Alaskan mainland. This is tking
To account of the little island OF Attu.
900 miles out in the Pacific. beyond the
Hawaiian group, which. since the pur-
chase OF Alaska. has really been our west
e-n land limit.
The United Sa.es. therefore, may a.
mos: say with England that the sun new
er sets on lis possessions.
GREAT YUKON RIVER.
The principal river in Alaska. the Yu-
k1n. up which proSpectors have u work
,heir weary way 70 reach the gold fields
was called by Schwatka. the Alaskan
Nile. Il rises a LITTLE more than 200
miles above Silks. in the southern part
% Alaska, and then strikes nor;hward.
following broad circle 20 the west before
1t emp.ies into BeT!ng Sea through an
extensive ds.;a. SIX hundred miles in
.,om the c5es- il ia more than mile
y de and the volume o. water is - great
as u f-esnen the ocean zen miles from
land.
The principal cities Il Alaska z-e J1-
nsal and Sitxa- They are BON thriving
towns. and probably they vii thrive from
ncw on. f1r A tine. a .ezs-, a. t5sy nave
never tariven before
Alaska is ruled ~ a territorial cover
no. vao Just nov : J. @. Brady. recently /
appointed b. Prssi1en; Mckinley % sue |
cee5 James a S5eak.ey. The govsrno!-s |
Ees,dence i IN iStks-
TIE citizens ~ IN that frozen county !
d NJ yo-e for president y course. BE- I
ing under ;srritoris- s9ve-nmsn. 5ut ;n~y \
- send de,ezz:es % the national 2o-if-
teal conye-l-ions. TIE judicial fzncsI1n
there t. exercised By a 5.E1ssc; eoust. e.
;s5l.zhe1 in lss+ TIE cont SIS si;s--
nz-esy a. Ska and W-znEil- fHoE odd
:r cog-; 20 ~ 3 Sifxz - NraEsi-y
And speaking %. Wrzngis. z-r21S las
things Alaska ass 67ae - fais eo81.ry /
aisle rom stirring sp .As p-sseai god
exss--uznt. 7ne = - rnsst f1-gss3 Eas
% involve x 81 iisps.@s Ei1h F,azizn5 On
;se boundary g8ss-l1a arr ne sea! fish
t-les bu=snsss.
wRANGLE WITH ENGLAND.
Bcra e .ssse 1isgz.ss 1a-esse-es zz-.
5a- zss4.a- E1Exsl p@z1s s<Is5ed over -
taa.zoa IN each esss zn5 s-5s<1t -
'ug=a9a q La ze-<.y invented Eaglss