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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

GOVERNMENT FOR ALASKA.

IL IA very probable that the government
will DO induced 20 take some notice of
Alaska Most OF the officials have been
startled by the presentation of the case
made by T.. ID. Weare. who is now In
Warrington. He has told the authorities
concerned that people IN the East do not
realize the extent and richness of the
Alaska territory; that IT Is bigger than the
section OF the United States that lies east
of the Mississippi; bigger than George
Washington or Thomas jefferson ever ex-
pected the United States to be. and is full
OF treasurer
The proposition laid before the govern
ment is that Circle City should be an
Official center with q commissioner a
Federal Judge, deputy marshal and
deputy collector OF customs. All these
may not DO had az once. but the demand
Is made liberal enough to afford room for
cutting down. and making the appoint
ments from time TO time.
Apart from tho prospective wealth TO
bo secured. there are good reasons for
asking substantial recognition and a sys-
tenn OF government There are 300 miners
and others engaged ia business. and with
IN the proposed jurisdiction about $3.50
natives. These latter are described as
naturally inoffcnsiye and honest. but I'M
less they are placed In subsection are
liable 10 become corrupted by the lower
class Of white men who always eongre-
gate around prosperous mining settle
ment
IL Is not too soon 90 establish n system
OF regulation. Alaska is growing in inn
roriance faster than any other part OF tho
country. and promises to he among the
most valuable OF Uncle Sans possessions.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17
A FruisIes. Struggle.


The salmon fishers % the lower Column
bia river will have TO learn some time. and
they may "a well learn now. that unions
cannot fix the price OF salmon. Any man
or set OF men can decline 10 work for less
than a certain figure. but they Will have
20 understand eventually that the price
buyers can pay FOR their work or their
products cannot rise above the market :
conditions. IL labor or raw products can
not he obtained at figures which viii fus-
tify operations. operations will stop.
Philanthroptsts who keep factories run
ming 81 loss 20 support their employees
are sometimes heard Of. but they are not
numerous enough TO justly separSte
school OF political economy.
Blindness and unreRson in the consider
alton OF their desires for high wages have
been 81 the bottom OF many working
mems frnitless and painful struggles. In
complicated business IL Is not always easy
20 sea What Is the proper allowance for
wages. bat n the salmon Industry the
connection = comparatively close. II
ought 20 - easy 70 see that with salmon
81 81 or 81 C a dozen the same price can
ret be pei3 that q market a. IS AFFORDED.
The pTopcvtlon would give about i cents.
the figures uow obtaining. aud any fail
from that must Inevitably reduce the pos
siaie price tor raw fish The statistics q
salmon production show that the average
value per case declined from SIS n Isss TO
So Ia ISsa s. tn lS51. s. N 1s-5 8 IN ISIS
ana $&58 n ISL Prosperous times IN q
measure restored former values, so that
IN isSs as high average value as s. g was
reached hut again uow & decline has been
noted stree that year and today the mar
set 5 actually lower than a. any previous
tins.
The cause - fA!s decline r7av hawa
many Clements. but the primary a.
vatch makes anF immediate trnu-ox~-,.y,t
hopeless. Is TIE genera eheapeaing 81 torus
pro&ucts. TIE farmer has sels II a~s
theugn az nrst Re WAS inclined 20 x.lk an5
say tAsre VAS no money T. Scent urhaa.
be thought better 81 H. and found. 70, sr,lv
tna' dollar Eoes farther n buying than
y Formerly did bot ts4t ecororuies could
&c Praetlee1 - that rrotlt could sun ha
EAA4s 81 gFtceS waAca seens4 Ea.nous be-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

Tomorrow's Post-fnteliisencer viii be a
magazine OF reading matter. lively but
admissible 20 any home. The paper vii.
also be illustrated with original sketches
OF local and general interest The news
from Europe Ia particularly interesting,
and unusual space will be devoted 10 Il.
ghsre will be twenty pages bristling with
good things.
chief among the many varied features
Will be:
Tho Festival OF Easter. accompanied by
an illustrated article on the portraits Of
Christ.
FASHIONS will be diIated upon with q
special design by Izambard. the famous
dress artist OF 81. Petersburg.
article which will be read with pleasure
By those interested In pioneer history.
The Bicycle Rage. with many iltnstra-
tons OF well-kBown Seattle riders, and
scenes along the route OF the proposed
path.
Services at the Churches. With appro-
pirate accompaniment
The Prudent Housewife will have a rec
ognixed position.
Amusements. with gossip on actors and
plays.
Review OF the Week by cartoon. and
other products of the pencil.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

II Will be a good thing 20 have \ thor
ough Investigation into The workings OF
the civil service law. There is a great
deal Of humbag in e which ought 20 be
rooted out. and while there are many
good features. some notifications can be
made without harm % the pabuc service.
II win be a good thing. too. 20 examine
into President Cieveiand's receat civf
service extensions and nnd on, II they
were made wholly Tor the public good or
with the incidental purpose Of keeping
some S.eo Federal officials IN or'ce with
oGt regard 20 their efficiency.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17
NOTABLE PEOPLE.

II is supposed that a young American
officer who is distinguishing himself on
the insurgent side In Cuba 10 Stuart JAM
ney, of Baltimore.
didate at Taunton he was asked by an
elector, Just after his opponent had made
dull speech. upon what he was stand
ing as = Candidate. and he replied: Upon
DR.. W. J. Leyds. secretary of state OF
the South African Republic. has been ap-
pointed TO succeed the late yonkhser Beel-
aerts van Blokland, as plenipotentiary OF
pean governments. The new minister
viii have his headquarters ac The Hague,
and II is understood that he will institute
pro-Gernan policy.
II is said thar william Waldorf Aston
VIII be q Millionaire before he reaches the
allotted age. and that he will follow the
precedent set by his sreat-grandiather,
fortune TO HIS eldest son. Should he be-
come Millionaire hts income at per cent.
interest would be SCI, 6Vo. 600 year, 5000
900 q month, LII. 15i a week. SeS.s4e .
day. 81. So o5 an hour. Nl5.S7 minute and
G.s3 a second.
DR.. Socrates LAgudaky, a Greek physi-
cfan In Paris, tells a characteristic anec-
ter. Delyannis. A few years ago the kins
and his minister were not so thoroughly
agreed in policy as they now are. and
hns Gs9rgs reSuess ses Dslyan mi to rel
elections were taking place throughout
Greece by which the Greek people were
TO decide whether the king or Delyannis
had the national vote, the result was
against Delyannis. No statesman. says
DR.. IAgudaky, was ever more ccol-head-
ed or less excited: During the fatal day
on which his whole political future SEEM
ed at stake. Delyannis sat at home OUT
city in his study and read through the
"Antfgone'' Of Sophocles. That tragedy
handles a conflict with a king, and Del
yannis said that he was there and then
singularly impressed with the words Of
will there stands the Law Divine"
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tons OF astronomical character. The
next thing should BE 70 harness him II 8
sof; boiled shirt. al each exchangs-not
more frequently thar a week or 50. OF
coe-se-grsdua!ly usIng m0r@ highly sea-
sored laundry until he VIII not buck 81
q stl1 front. The Goa; vii prove q din
Guilty. but the tailor might make II I'D 20
look like = frock coat and. after q "a on.
by tearing CO part Of the taiIs-hasted cn-
rot advise any attempt to put pumps on
him He may BE permitted 20 continue
70 wear his hobnaiied boots. but as these
will be put under tn. tahss that would not
matter much.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

shaken with sobs. applied at the office
OF the board OF health yesterday for a
permit 10 bury his wife.
II warr-a-Stsfcate yhat-that-r.a
wife is dead" he sobbed-
Now. Mr.. O'Bien." said the under
taker who accompanied him. as he patted
the old man consoiinxly on the shoulder;
don't take ie 30 hard. We al have our
troubles. and we should bear them brave
b."
''oo. it's well enough-for-vou-you TO
console me-" the old man soboed, for
whats my loss Is your gain"
The undertaken offered no more con-
solarson.-San Francisco Post.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17
Not Conclusive Evidence.

Oakland Enquirer.
In Senator Hoars article upon the
United States senate which Is noticed In
another article. there is one unfortunate
slip which il likely TO provoke laughter at
the Massachusetts, senator's expense He
begins one OF his paragraphs by saying:
Talk about degeneracy OF the senate. /
am writing these lines upon the desk. am
seated in the chair. BY whose side Charles
Sumner was stricken down., etc. The
amiable Mr.. Hoar should not be too sure
that his occupancy OF the seat which once
belonged TO Sumner precludes the idea Of
Gegeneracy Of the senate.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

Having killed OF the laborers on the
Cuban plantations the Spanish govern
ment proposes to I'll their places with
Chinese. lnasmuch as the Spanish gov
eminent has little to say about the man
sgement OF affairs on the island, except In
the city OF Havana. 1t Is doubtful Ii the In
PRODUCTION Of the Monaghan will become
very general for some time at least
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

There VIII BE more regular soldiers OF the
United States army than have before
come together since the war. Inasmuch
as but s.7s OF these regulars are expected
20 participate. II gives an idea Of how
small . force Uncle Sam has for show
purposes However. II the 2.ao regulars
were 70 be pltted against the miitiamsn
who VIII march on that day. II Is By no
means certain which would come out vic
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

A beet sugar company has been organ
tsed II Minneapolis with canl,al O.
s. zoo enc snd Al svowes purpose % azht-
ing ths sugar trust Il may be up-hr.
work a; FIRST. bat Il Is very certain that
TIRE people % this country VII IN course
% tine vse sugar na8o frosa American
secss. provided tne sugaF eeot Industry is
given far chance 20 Develop.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

The Wogan's State Of Washington Co
operative Society has had its annual cleo
ton Of officers. The object Of the society
II 70 encourage the patronlxing OF home
Industries. something everybody believes
trying 10 build UP its own institutions and
become In a measure independent
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

Lieut. Peary. the Arctic explorer. was
ordered from Brooklyn TO the Mare island
yard against the protests Of q good many
people In the East who thought II would
interfere with his making another trip
20 the North. Perhaps IT is not strange.
after all, that Peary should prefer to go
70 the North pole instead Of 70 San Fran
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

The state central committee OF the POP
ulist party OF Oregon has decided that In
TIE future tire organization shan act
alone and enter into no alliances with any
other parties. Fusion from = moral stand
Po@nt PAS rot heen great success 70 be
sp0o. bus - VIII - very tempting 20 those
weo want of'ce. and hitherto this partie-
uiar class have been the EaAia movers fer
fusion
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

fore. The salmon industry must meet It's
share In this chea pentng OF produces. and.
untA means are found for catching nsn
altogether by machinery, the wage fund
must be scaled down when the market
drops. There Is 10 other way whether q
man is marketing wheat or salmon
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

New that TIE municipal elections have
been heia. there WI ee a seasoa q p-sgis-
Tor tAs larger part - ths eoantry. ths
only elections Seing thoSe Ia Massacna-
sets. Ioua. Virginia ard Ohio. watch
ocsur November =
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

Aberdeen Herald: One of, IL not the
most. important act OF the legislature was
the enactment Of a revenue law which
simplifies the manner and reduces the ex-
pense Of levytng and collecting taxes.
Some Of the goldbug organs In this and
other sections of the state have been pre-
dieting all manner Of evils TO arise from
its enforcement. The Post-Inteliigencer.
the leading Republican newspaper In the
state. takes different view Of the law
from these pseudo organs.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

The people OF the country were evidently
being imposed upon when they were told
that DR.. Hunter. the Kentucky senatorial
candidate. was 10 be given so many days
in which to elect himself and then COM
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

The czar Is reported 10 have said that
the only thing he can do now is to keep
his hands Of and let Turkey and Greece
fight IL out themselves. In other wards,
with the sultan.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

From the course recently pursued In
different counties Of the state In connec-
ton with the sentences OF condemned
criminals. 1t becomes very evident that the
last Legislature might just as well have
passed the bill aboiishlng capital punish
ment
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

The British seal expert. Gerald Hamp-
ton, does not believe the effect OF pelagic
sealing is so destructive as Americans
make out. and It is not likely he will be
convinced until the seals are completely
exterminated
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

Chicago went in the recent municipal
election, but the fact seems to be over
looked that Lincoln, the home Of Mr..
Bryan. went Republican.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17
A System Builder

Is needed by everyone at this
season of the year. The lack
of energy, and depressed, list
less feeling which takes pos
session of the system every
Spring is caused by a slug
gish, impure condition of the
blood. The blood ne d 5
cleansing and purifying SO
thatsthe unpleasant effects of
Sprihg will be obviated. A
few bottles of S. S. S.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

Gov. Rogers is no doubt trying to build
up party with himself as a center, but
he Is losing recruits faster than he Is en-
listing them.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

Montana voted for Bryan, but just now
the people there are very anxious for a
tariff on wool. something which their
presidential candidate has bitterly OPP
rnEzd
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

II the Oregon had TO touch bottom IT
was a great deal better to do 1t near the
dry dock rather than somewhere along the
coast outside.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

Gen. weyler has ordered the construc-
tion OF an infirmary on the trocha. These
institutions are what the captain general
seems to need more than anything else.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

The Democrats carried but one town IN
the state of Rhode Island. which indicates
that there has been no very serious change
of sentiment in that part OF the country.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

Now let everybody Join in and make the
Fourth OF July celebration the greatest
and grandest thing OF the kind that has
ever been held In the Northwest.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

The sheepmen OF Khckitat county are
IN happier frame of mind. The prospects
Of tariff on wool embolden them 20 look
their sheep In the face again.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

Among the young Republicans in the
national house OF representatives who viii
bear watching for future achievements Is
Congressman Stevens, OF Minnesota
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II was about time a revolution was due
In Spanish America, and the outbreak IN
Honduras comes Just in time TO meet the
present demands.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

Bridgeport Standard: An exchange tells
OF fellow who, every time he gets on a
spree. insists on paying a years subscrip-
ton TO his town paper. II we knew what
kind OF whisky that man uses. We would
keep two demijohns full
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Sacramento Record-Union: A Des
Moines paper. shouting to the people of
Iowa. exclaims: Have no fear: what Is
right will prevail" In time, yes. But 1t
Is so often a weary waiting. and mean
while so many who deserve to see 1t are
not in at the death OF wrong.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

walla walla Gazette: The seeds Of pa
ternalism In government have been sown
broadcast among voters. Only patient.
persistent and intelligent effort will de-
stroy the pernicious crop that has re-
suited.
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Portland Telegram: A Chicago writer
predicts that "in hundred years to come
Chicago will be proud of Eugene Field"
Why was not Chicago as proud OF Eugene
Field when he was alive as she will be a
century hence? II does not speak well for
the Chicagoese culture that II should re-
quire OF poet that he must die IN order
to gain its unqualified appreciation.
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Portland Tribune: Rural residents of
Oregon have for many years suffered
much loss on account OF lack of proper
activity In the matter of constructing
good roads. The expense OF reaching local
markets with their produce has been a
very considerable item in this needless
loss,
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rekoa Times: Travelling men say that
their sales are better than they have beer
In Eve years. In every section business Is
improving. they say. and there is grow
ing sentiment against talking hard times
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Tna u1lssa frosn several states wgl take
q very prominent psrt "a the GRAFT zaeu-
oFsal parade. some r. eca a5ea hssag IN Ene.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-17

ance arranged by the diplomatists OF Eu-
rope has withstood the strain put upon /,
by the Cretan crisis. Public opinion has
overcome secret intrigue, and the press Is
now doing more TO shape the course Of the
nations than all the diplomatists and
statemen put together.
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San Francisco Post: New York viii wit
ness no more opera seasons for some time
to come, recent experiences In that lins
having proven disastrous financially. How
ever. the metropolis Is not likely 10 suffer
from a lack of that class OF artistic per-
formers to which her coin is freely devoted
Both Corbett and Fitzsimmons ara headed
that way.
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COAST PAPERS.

Oakland Enquirer: Placerville IS one OF
the old mining towns which are now build
ing up in a most surprising manner.
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What on earth Is ever to become OF you,
Waller" cried the boys father. wrath
fully. You are never satisfied with any
thing"
"Oh, guess I'll be Mugwump" said
wallie.-Harper's Bazaar.
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THE STATE PRESS.

Tacoma Union: II the powers don't get
out OF the way they are likely to get hurt
The Greeks have commenced to fight
they have.
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Astorian: The world laughs, and who
can blame IL, at a Christianity which has
gone 10 clubbing and baby-play, with a
perishing world about it which it was sent
TO redeem.
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BITS OF HuNiOR.

What in the world is that contraption
you have on each of your pockets
Spendly?''
"Oh. that's a little invention Of my wife
I can put money in my pockets. but
can't get IL out again. "-Detroit Free
Press.
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A broken-hearted old Irishman. his
eyes red from weeping and his voice
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rne Pest Trsettscsnee~ Aereep s~1rar>-
tees tss slss~sfsevs . bono fas paid et~-
esInsss~, Dauv, Weekly a~d s"~dSv'
ds~sIe that Of snv ether ~ewspager p~o-
EsAex 4. the state Of Washtngfo". A.
ssrt<strz oe.fraess rtss Be made sss}sss
% fA1s gs2vsafee.
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SEATTLE, SATURDAY, APRIL II.

County asa Ctv oresai Paper.