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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-03-19
Tho Presidents Salary.

The United States treasurer sent
a modest looking apackage, to, Presi-
dent Cleveland last week., 1t was
an official envelope, containing
treasury warrant in his favor for
$416667, being Mr.. Cleveland's last
months salary as president of the
United States. 1t was taken to the
white house by Mr.. George l.. Lar,
son, a messenger in the 'treasurer's
Office, and delivered to Mr.. Crook,
the disburrslng officer at the white
house. Following his usual custom
the president will lndorse it and de-
post it with his bankers for collec-
ton. ~.. .. ....-.
The president receives his salary
OF 500, 1000 per annum, in monthly in
stallments of $4166.66s5. In order
to make the monthly. payments
come out even he. IS paid s4l66.67
for each of three, months Fppt+has and s4l66y66
for zach of the q reqtppoqsiniinng pin
months. tue outgoing president
receives the. salary OF the Office up
to midnight of March 3, and the SAL
airy of the coming president beginsi
at that hour. This arrangement was
made many years ago.. because the
treasury department does NOT recog-,
nize anyfraction Of a day in the pay,
mani oP cnIariao
President Cleveland has been paidi
his salary to March LIST on an FAC
coumtable warrant. and his salary
for the first three days of March will
be paid out on what is known as a
settlement warrant" showing that
he has received 100000 for his four
years term Of Office.
Mr.. Cleveland holds tho smallest
warrant that hes ever been issued by
the Treasury Department. Itamounte
to one cent, and was issued to him
to cover balance due on his salary fol
the month OF June, 1895. He has
never cashed this warrant, and will
probably hold it as curiosity
Silver Knight Watchman.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-03-19
A wOman's Week.

Here is the week of busy woman
told in rhyme.
, ."Monday'sw work is to wash apace.
Tuesdays work is to iron with grace.
Wednesdays work is to bake and
sew;
Thursdays work is to clean for show;
E." - t SY -. ..,rl.
Fridays work is to sweep, dust,
brush;
Saturdays work is to cook with q
rush.
The next that comes is Sabbath day.
And then she's too tired to rest or to
pray"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-03-19
No lite on enc NroSn.

While it is not possible to know any
thing positive concerning the question
whether the moon is Or is not inhabited,
astronomers have long since agreed
that the probabilities are favorable to
the supposition that there is either
animal or vegetable life existing on the
surface Of fair Luna. The very strongest
presumption against the existence of
such life is found in the fact that the,
moon, as far as we are able to learn by
the use of the most approved types of
astronomical instruments, is wholly de-
void of either atmosphere or water.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-03-19
Boyond Ills -Reaoh,

Mrs. WiggerTWhy does barber
charge more for shaving dead mani
Wigger--Can't talk to HMM. X.
Journal.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20
BALLARD PUBLIC SCHOOL,
Pleasant Gathering at the Annual
Christmas Exercises.

The Ballard public school held lts annual
CHRISTMAS exercises in each room Friday
AT the same hour. from 20 3 o'clock D m
with many visitors present. The exercises
consisted of readings. essays. quotations
from favorite authors, declarations and
music. The children showed thorough
training and marked Improvement over
former years The parents seem pleased
with The progress their children are MAX
ing ard theit Treatment, by the teachers
IT is generally conceded THAI Ballard never
had better corps OF teachers. The pres
ent school board deserves great credit in
securing the present eorps Of teachers and
IN providing them WIKI all the modern ap-
planes for school room. The teachers are
doing good work. and are universally loved
by their pupils, When the exercises closed
tn the respective rooms. the teachers were
seen wishing one another merry Christ
mas and a happy New Year and chatting
pleasantly IN regard 20 their work The
school takes a two-weeks' vacation, and
all friends and patrons Of the school wish
'he punls ard teachers many pleasant
may be ready 10 renew their work n the
proper time. The prevent CORPS az teach
svs Is as follows: Superintendent y H.
Stafford II =. Peck Kate r Byrne NJ F.
TYLER HarrIe'te kellogg I.u~v VI Startup.
Grace r Stevens Gertrude krworth.
Ellen Armour. 4. ~ Daley Agnes J..
Johnson. Dela Y Walsh Nauas Walker.
Fstclle = Micro. TIE scheol board Is com
pn-ea 30 W w DeT.ang Thomas Winssr
and r n N~i4sushiin.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20

! boats VIII be one of the most novel thus
far presented In connection wits. an Alaska
transportation proposition. Taree river
boats are in contemplation. two OF walch
VIII be commenced at once. and the third
when the two are well under way one
of the steamers for which the nnolds are
already being cut. the Athoi H Speer. VIII
De ls9 feet long and 70 feet beam, and will
draw but sixteen inches Of water when
freishted ard fueled. The other. the Nora
Speer. VIII be lis feet long and ~ feet beam,
TO draw twelve inches OF water. Both are
10 be built on the lines of Mississippi river
boats and the machinery is now being put
together fin 81. Louis The boilers are COM
pieted and ready for shipment. The lines
OF these boats, according TO Mr.. Scetson.
are unusual In this part OF the country. be-
ing entirely fat on the bottoms, except
rounding off OF the angles where the sides
and bottoms join. The specifications call
for entirely clear lumber. and 20, go feet
viii be used. The houses will present some
novel features in arrangement. They are
TO be provided with movable partitions
that. when set up. viii convert the sides OF
the vessels into a number OF stateroons.
with three berths 10 the room, and by such
an arrangement 200 passengers viii find ac-
commoda tons on the Athol Fl. Speer and
80 on the Nora Speer. When necessary,
the partitions can be taken down and
stored, greatly increasing the freight and
cabin space The work of construction
will he carried on In the yards OF the Stet-
son & Post Mill Company under the direc-
lion of A. ]. Allen. the ship carpenter
The contract calls for their delivery May Is
at the mouth OF the Yukon river. From
Seattle the two river boats will be shipped
on sailing vessel and Mr.. Speer says that
IL will take about twenty three days for
the trip 10 the place where they will be put
together. One OF the features of interest
In connection with the final building Of the
boats in Alaska Is that Mr.. Speer has
chosen a place much south OF St. Michael.
and believes that he can get up the river
by route that was published In the Post
Inteiligencer shortly after the return of It's
correspondent, S. p. Weston. from St.
Michael. Many men who are familiar with
the Alaskan coast, and particularly about
the mouth OF the Yukon. have stated that
there is a southern channel in which the
ice breaks up much earlier than around
ST. Michael. from which the start is usually
made up the river. II. ]. Speer, who is
backing the enterprise and who has no as
sociates in his plans, has mined In South
Africa, and has only been in the United
States from johannesburg during the past
year. He Is credited with being very
wealthy. He says that he win have an
ocean-going steamship between Seattle and
st. Michael early In the summer. This
steamship has already been bonded in San
Francisco.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20
STErSON-PoST CONTRACT.
Work on Two Yukon River Steamers
for ,pesr's Alaska Trnnsporta-
ton Service neatns Toaa,

the stetson 3 Fost MT Company - his
eisy. has signed a contract fer the con-
structicn Of the Yukon river steamers ~
she a. ]. Sreer ALASKA Transportation
service, snd work will commence on them
today. Yesterday extra raug- ~ .neu we're
AZ work ia the lumber ward OF the com.
pauy. clearing he space away where the
huils viii be pm together Nr Stetson
s.nlest that The schonae " hnnllng the new
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20

been more destructive than that OF Friday
when the Hotel Dacotah. the Mercanuie
Company and Nash Bros buildings we're
burned.
Shortly after s o'clock smoke was seen
issuing from the floor Of the big depart
ment store OF Benner & Begg- and IN less
than fifteen minutes the building was IN
flames ard the fire had crept into the
Stanchfield clothing house and the H A.
Stone ieweiry store. in buildings sd1oinins-
After three hours work the fire was SUD-
dued. The damage 10 the building and
stock Of Renner & Begg viii be ss"".
Losses TO the ether firms VIII be small.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20
NORTHWESTERN NEWS NOTES.

A horse the property Of p. ]. shannon.
OF Jackson. Cowltz county. was killed IN
an unusual way during the wind STORM a
few days ago. A tree blew down near Mf.
Shannon,s hcuse. and ne thinks the horse
was struck on the nose by the raining tree
as the only injury TO be found on the a.
nal was snail hrnise on ne nose es a rne
dent, but at no time did it seem 10 ne SUI
fering any pain.
Mr.. New. of Chicago. one OF the bidders
On the lssty contract at ooos q - W." sssher
build a temporary structure across the
bay with a drawhridge. or 10 build our
20 the channel from each side ana , IranS ;ss
loaded cars onto a transfer boat. Inc ia.,
ter plan will be the cheaper. as IL woufu
take a very large draw. on account or the
large number OF vessels that anchor IN
South bay.
Peter Ringenhaeh Of whatcom. was
cutting kindlng on the floor back or his
fathers tailor shop In Whatcom on Mon
Jay last. There was trap door whlch
opened thOngh TO the bay. Peter acci-
dentally stepped on the trap. which gave
way with him and dropped him into ten
feet of water. As he came 10 the surface
on the head and sent him down again.
long pole was used TO fish him out
finally.
+. VI. Franklin. OF Clarke county, for
wood timber from the forests of Nicaragua
for a Boston firm. left Vancouver this week
for Bluefieids. Nicaragua. He was accom-
panied by the foiowing-named persons
from that county, each OF whom signed a
contract before leaving 10 work for him
two years: Andrew Aikens. Levy Sofa.
John Baker. John Secrist. S. Cook. Ted
Fuller. Frank Boyer, William Clark. Algor
Johnson. Adrian Davis and Thomas Hoard.
The men are 10 receive $50 per month and
travelling expenses.
''Blackey," or Chadwick Marshall. as he
gave his name when arrested in Oakes6ale.
and who Is in jail in Colfax, now knows
that his confession of the murder of Or
willie Hayden Is known To the officers. and
is trying the insanity dodge. He fears that
he will be lynched, and there is good cause
for the fear as open threats have been
made in all parts of Whitman county.
Should a mob visit the Jail. it is almost
certain that Alfred Symes. now on trial
for the murder OF Marshal Conlee at
Sprague: Jack Leonard and the two men
charged with the murder of Hayden,
would be taken from the Jail and hanged.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20
DESERTED HIS FAMILY.
A Colviiie Man Skips 30 Missouri and
Remarrie~.

Special Dispatch "a the Post-EnfellEencer
CnLNfLLE. Wash. Dec. SD. T. c.
Bird. well known and fer fifteen years
resident OF Stevens county. is gone. Re-
port has Il ina; he IS II Missouri playing
the role Of husband 20 a woman or recent
choice, whom he IS said 10 have married
a. Sedsia I short tine since rotwith-
standing the fact thar he has a wife and
family % SIX children IN destitute CIR
euFassancss living on A sorty-acre tract OF
lana which they claimed under the home
stead act ard made final proof during tas
past suuauier.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20
Mining Claims Ronded.

pOIsE. Idaho Dec. &c 8 Jennings.
Of Spokane, has bonded tne Ainslfe group
= Eve gold claims in tire Neal district.
he has secured tf1e property fer W. ]
Harris. general manager of The famous
l. 70 mine Ia British Columbia Recent
aevvior aseGts IN Neal indicate that y IS
likely 20 oe ore Ct the greatest gold
amps In the country, The district is
eighteen miles fFom the place.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20
Another Klondike Company.

PHOENIX. Ariz.. Dec. 19-Articles of
incorporation OF the Alaska Mercantile
and Transportation Company have been
MED In the Office of the county recorder
The incorporators are W. H. Robinson.
OF Phoenix; j. NJ Hayes Joseph F. Light,
j. b. Craig, A. M. White. j. B. Briscoe.
Robert t. Holmes. Polk r. Brice and
Frederick X. Gustin. of Chicago
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20
bustfnaster A2poiare.i.

Special Dispatch 70 the pcst-inteliigencer
W ASHINGToS. II. L. Dee ls-PoS.-
masters appointed yesterday: Tsaven-
worsh. nkanagaR coauiy. carl Christian
son. vice +. y Lose kaTnp- resigned: North
Read King coueIy. William 4 Weeks.
vics z. r l.. fsusg3G. resigned I;leunfs.
Fierce coanty. q l. Il. Atkinson. vice Az
tnur nayoTe. resigned.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20

To the aged. with their poor appetite,
feeble circulation and impoverished blood.
Ayers Sarss parilla Is boon beyond price
It's effect is 10 check the ravages OF time,
BY 1nyigOFating every organ. nerve and
tissue Of the body. See Ayers Almanac
for the new year.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20
NEW CUTTER FOR THE COAST.
The Hugh McCuIloch Starts ON Her
Voyage Around the Horn.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. l9,-The new
revenue cutter Hugh McCulioch left
Cramps shipyards today for the Pacific
coast. by way OF Cape Horn. in command
of Capt Hodgson. With ten officers and q
crew OF seventy-five men. She will be the
flagship of the revenue cutter feet In those
waters. Her principal duty. however, will
be to keep the seal poachers from violat-
Ing the United States laws governing the
waters Of Boring sea- She will relieve the
cutter Bear.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20
Alaska Mall Service

Special Dispatch to the Observation-Disclosures.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Dec la-Post-
masters at Seattle and Sitka have been
instructed to exchange through registered
pouches four times month by steamers
Corona and City of Topeka only
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20
Lost tti< Watch,

q " NaSton renortea "a the nolIce yes
.eriav thst he 1ost hts gold watch worth
sI-a Friday night. lie recalls only the
fact THAT he had visited certain saloons
in thc city the names az y blch he has fur
n.ssled the police authorities
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20

WE have t8st received fuii lire ~ the
heautttal toned Regina boxes FOR Christ.
mas. Can ard examine. Sherman. Cav
& CO. rs Second avenue.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20

.TORGNETTES and eyeglasses for holi-
day gifts"
Miss F. Wllzinski. Optical Specialist"
ne Cherry street. Ewes tested free"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20
FIRST PARTY THIS SEASON
Six Milwaukee Klondikers Go
North From Seattle.
OUTFITS BOUGHT m THIS CITY.

Members Of the Party Advise Their
Eastern Friends to Purchase Sup
plies Here, and Declare This the
Best Point ON the Pacific Coast
Twenty-Five Other Men VIII Feb
low Them Early In the Spring.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20

nR J. n, f.oCszHARY. Bailey hMiislny
Special attention gsysa diseases ~ brain
and nervous system,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20

The Astronomical Society Of the parfsc
has awarded the comes medal 10 A.
ststauf Astronomer Pcrrini. OF Lick Oh
servafo:y, for the unexpected discovery nr
4. comet October Is last
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20

THE latest novelties in music rolls and
tolios Just received Sherman. Clay & Co.
us Second avenue.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20

THE ntsest Christmas presents are "a
he found AT windsu'lJer's. ire furrter. sse
Second avenue F'yi ses Reasonable
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20

IF you are going East at Christmas or
New Year yen viii find the Northern Pa
citc Is tie lire 70 use. Trains run on
slime and passengers comfort at this sea-
son Of the year specially looked after. lis
dining car service. as usual. is urexceIIed
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20

Floraace Marvin predicted Kiondiks
ssrike. Ga FiTsi.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20

PIANOS PIANOS. PIANOS!
Victims. hantOs. guitars. mandolins
Martins SaS Second.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20

A Portland agent was over in Cowlitz
county the early part OF the week and
bought some 5000 sacks of potatoes from
the farmers al IS TO Is cents per sack.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20
ANOTHER FIRE AT GRAND FORKS.

Rig Department store Destroyed and
the whole Tows Threatened.
GRAND FORKS. y. y. Ttece. fs-The
business portion % sas city vas threatened
b. s1oi.sg IRE tonight which Nigh. aavN
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20

HUNDREDS of rings at VIM.
Finck's. Sic Second ave.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-20
The Yukon Campanx

The Yukon Company. af Seattle ,rs
Philadelphia. and of which A. f. Rur,eigh
is president. advertises this city exclusive
~ In a vast amount Of printed matter
scattered throughout the East. A small
foider giving a list OF needed articles for
years stay in the north includes the
prices on the same at Seattle. Its mans
give Seattle as the starting point for ths
Two INES or steamships, one running 10
81. Michael, at the mouth Of the Yukon.
ana the other to Dyea and Skaguay.
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The finder.

A very convenient folder and man en-.
Titled Miliroy's Pathfinder to Alaska and
hiondike Gold Fields" gives the routes
from Seattle to Dyea, to Copper river and
TO st. Michael. The water routes via Ss-
attic are given as the shorter ones
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-12
VESSELS IN A GALE.
1t Is Believed the Steamer Eliza An
derson Reached ST. Paul Har-
Dor in afety

SEATTLE, WASH. Sept. IL-Cnptain ].
B. Libby, manager of the Puget Sound
Tugpoat Company, to-day received let
Ter on the steam schooner South Coast,
from Captain Frank ". Ginger of the tug
Holyoke, which has in tow the barge
Poly tofski, bound for st Michael.
The letter is dated Dutch Harbor, Au-
gust 81. Regarding the sidewheel steamer
Eliza Anderson, which was in com pany
with the Holyoke and reported to be in
distress, the letter says: 81 stayed with
the Eliza Anderson until we got abreast
OF X Kadiak. We had rather heavy west
erly gale for three days and on the second
nishI we got separated and | think she
must have got into st. Paul. harbor. for L
have not seen or heard OF her since.
"If the westerly gale had lasted another
day We would have lost the steamer Mer-
wan, for when it moderated she was half
full of water and it was gaining Oh them.
Ii it had not been for the Anderson
would have been here three days sooner. !"
Speaking of the Anderson, Captain
Libby said: 1.-THE Anderson reached ST.
PauPs harbor in perfect safety and her
detention is occasioned by her taking on
coal there. Captain Hooker, commander
of the United States patrol feet, informed
Captain Hall of the steamer Cleveland
that considerable coal which was shipped
to st. Paul for the revenue cutters last
year was still there"
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-12
WILL BUILD THE ROAD,
Satisfactory investigation Of the
Route From Taku inlet to Lake
TeSlin, In the interior.

resin, In the Interior.
SEATTLE, WASH, Sept. 11.-W. A.
Pratt, the engineer who was sent 10 the
n orthwest Territory by the Yukon Min
ing, Trading and Transportation Com pany
Of Wilmington, Del. to make reconnois-
sance for railroad into The Yukon coun-
try returned to-day from Juneau on the
steamer City of Topeka. He left this
afternoon for the East. Accom- panv ing
him was his assistant, T. G. Janney of
Baltimore. The result of Pratt's investi-
gallons was SO satisfactory from an engi-
neering standpoint that it s probable sew
eral engineering parties will be put in the
field within few weeks making prelimin-
ary surveys for the line.
The proposed railroad is 162 miles in
length and the route runs from the head
OF Taku Inlet TO Lake Teslin, in the IN
terIor. Lake Tesiin is at the head of the
Hootalinoua River, one of the principal
tributaries OF the Yukon, ana both are
naviga able, so that the line will be from
salt water navigation to steamer naviga-
tion on the river. Speaking of the pro-
posed railroad Mr.. Pratt said:
'lt is very favorable route indeed for
the line. 1t goes up the Taku River to
the junction of the Clocloheen and Nakima
rivers, thence up the latter river to Silver
Salmon River and finally overland to the
head of Teslin Lake. The heaviest grade
is per cent, and the route is remarkably
direct for a mountainous country. The
company has secured concessions from
the Canadian Government of 5000 acres OF
land for each mile of ROAD built
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-12
Bound for Copper River.

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH. Sept H.
At o'clock this evening the schooner
James, the eight-ton craft from Astoria,
lied ur to the wharf here. She carried
istered capacity of provisions and is bound
for Copper River. The passengers all hail
from San Francisco and Oakland and are
out wi h provisions for two years stay.
Each man is armed with Winchester
rifle and two A. 4calioer revolvers- The
party is headed by G. J. Rennick of San
Francisco, who came out from Copper
River six weeks ago with gold dust
amounting to $500
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-12

happens, like the resumption OF specie
payments. the setting OF money in motion
by reduction of the interest on part oil
the National debt or the passage OF the
tariff bill, which, rightly or wrongly, peo-
pie believe in. Human nature and hu-
man affairs, made ready for the chang,
have always done the rest.
This talk of these gentlemen about
pr.ces and accidents and their recrimina- :
ton about dead and buried speeches show
them to be still groping among the under
brush. while sensible men are standing
on the mountain top and beholding earth
to the very horizon edge. The view may
not be of the whole round earth. but it is
better than view from the jungle.
THOMAS B. REED.
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