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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15

Mimi, and took land in Dominion City, Man
itoba. where now reside have been very
successful in Manitoba, and have more than
doubled my capital since went 10 Ian-
ada | took about s., 500 worth OF wheat,
200 bushels OF flax and 600 bushels OF oats;
| do mixed farming. l milk as much as ten
cows. Dairylng and stock raising has PAD
me well: have on the farm now ~ head OF
cattle and Is head OF horses, and sold during
the past year (lS97), 1928 worth OF lat cattle
| have good buildings and comfortable
house and good stable. My children have
had better school advantages IN Manitoba
than they had in Minnesota The district
schools are ve-y thorough and good. My
son, now l6 years of age, is teaching the
public school in our district, and receives
salary of $500 per year. All my children
have done well at school. | have 81 200 IN.
surance on my buildings and on the farm.
also own my personal warehouse and shlr
all my grain through II TO the railway sta
ton at Dominion City. IL is free OF debt.
have no prejudice against the State o.
Minnesota. as | made living and little
more while in the state. but would not take
a farm az a gift in Minnesota and leave
Manitoba. The taxation in Minnesota was
too great paid taxes on my stock and
ohattes No such taxes have ever been ex
acted in Manitoba from me. and my land
taxes are about one half or less than 1t was
in Minnesota. am delighted with my new
| home. and expect in few years to be IN
| circumstances that will enable me to take
me easy s q. MAYNEs.
p. s. ANY person that may take exception
to the foregoing letter will kindly investi-
gate. for can back every word it contains.
| am not an immigration Agent, nor the
agent of any corporation, but SIMPLY
| farmer. u. MAI Ms.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15
he HAS BECOME WEALTHY.
Has n Splendid Farm, Lots of stock,
and Pays hut Little Taxes.

January 18th, 1898.
At the request Of the immigration De
partment of the Canadian Government,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15

Growing chickens usually fatien
slowly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15

To prevent egg eating make the nests
dark.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-08
Cleveland's Pension Vetoes

The Wadena Tribune, having made
the assertion that Cleveland approved
more pension bills than did any Of the
Republican presidents, the Republican
papers promptly took it to task and
asked for the documents. The ST.
Cloud Journal-Press says it probably
meant that he vetoed more such bills"
and clinches it with the assertion that
he vetoed more pension bills than did
all his predecessors from Washington
to Arthur" Which, we are hap
py to admit, is an unusually accurate
statement for that paper. We have
been unable to ascertain the number of
pensioners put on the list by private
bills and the number approved by the
several presidents, but we have Mr.
Cleveland's records during his first
term, in McPherson's Handbook.
During the Forty ninth and Fiftieth
congresses 2,O42 private pension bills
passed congress. OF these Cleveland
approved 1913, vetoed $50 by message
ana Al by pocket" and let 227 become
operative by lapse of time, the presi-
dent simply Withholding his approval
1t is not only true that he vetoed more
pension bills. but. more general bills,
than his predecessors. From Washing
ton to Arthur there were but 1O9 vetoes,
while Cleveland, during his first term.
vetoed 3O4 bills, ''pocketed" 100 and re-
fused to sign 2S4 more, making a total
of 697. The check Cleveland adminis-
tered to the swelling torrent of private
pension bills had a salutary effect. and
ever since that time the bill that gets
through congress must have strong
merits None OF his pension bill We
toes was overruled.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-08

hension, with the assurance that our
monetary standard would be main
tained have all contributed to ease the
country and relieve its treasury from
strain. The least sagacious observer
understands that these conditions can
not be permanent. No country can
continue Indefinitely to spend at the
rate of s1oO,OOO,OO 900 per annum in excess
of Its income and not suffer serious
consequences. If this congress does
not do something to add to the treas
ury receipts, and, more particularly, if
it does not reduce the enormous total
of expenditures, we shall be obliged to
pass again through the shadow. What
ever it may do, and it shows no dis
position at present to act upon or even
to realize the situation, it stands con-
Vlcted of having failed utterly, after a
full and fair trial, to improve the rev.
enue situation or to stop the deficit,
whose existence was it's principal ar
gument for favor with the people in
the elections Of 1896
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-08
Helping Themselves at I,st

The members and officers of the Ma
tional Manufacturers Association have
evidently abandoned the hope of get
ting trade to follow the flag" by ships
subsidized to run otherwise proftIess
voyages, and have taken the matter of
seeking foreign markets into their own
hands. Those who still cling to the
delusion that it is necessary to protect
our manufacturers, realize themselves
that the home market has been pro-
tected too much and that access to
foreign markets is essential. They
have gone about it in a most business
like manner. They have established a.
museum at Philadelphia in which
samples of foreign goods sold in COM
petitive markets are displayed, tagged
with information showing cost. price
sold for. freight charges, tariffs, and
all the other data which a home maker
would want before going into a contest
with a competitor.
With the museum is a bureau of in
formation that undertakes to supp.y
manufacturers with helpful facts. We
have received from the bureau a sam
pie of one of these reports relating to
steam and water engines and windmilis
in the market of San Pedro, Brazil. It
gives the countries of origin of these
articles on that market; the quantity
annually imported; the manufacturers
prices and discounts. ocean freights.
and inland transportation. The i'm
posts, character of packing used, a list
of dealers and the field of distribution
conclude the general information.
which, as will be seen, supplies nearly
all the data wanted by a manufacturer
seeking that market. A page of gem
eral observations follows relative to
the country of which San Pedro is the
trade center; the foreign makers now
supplying the market, and the various
, kinds of engines and mills in use.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-08
LIMIT TO THE NUMBER.
impossible for More Than 10000
to Reach Alaska This Season.

B. r. Kennedy of Victoria, B. c., was in
the city yesterday, and talked of the affairs
on the Pacific coast, and the exodus of peo-
pie for Alaska.
81 have figured it out" said Mr.. Kennedy.
land, from the figures which 1 have arrived
at it will be absolutely impossible for over
$4,000 or 0,OCO people to get into Alaska dur
ing the first part Of the season. Yet. from
what l have read in the papers, should judge
that nearly 10000 people have already start
ed. There are about twenty boats plying
between Alaska and this country. and thirty
eight are being built on the Pacific coast to
take care of the rush That would make
fifty-eight boats.
cit will be difficult to pick up any more
tramp boats. the twenty first named in
cludes a number of this class of boats, char
tered at Seattle and San Francisco"
ITO, provide fer any which might be built
later we Will add ten. that would make
s.xty-eight boats. These beats have capac-
ity of an averages of $50 people apiece.
''If they were ali started off the same day
they would take 10, 200 The trip can be ac-
comp1shed in ten days, if a good run is
made, that is only to Dyea. If all conditions
were favorable with sixty eight boats they
would be able TO take only so 600 in month
Fer three months it would be 9O,SO0 All
pass. and don't believe that is possible. In
summer when the boats go by the way of
st. M:chae.s. it would take much longer
Very few people can by taken UP the Yu-
ken, because of the scarcity Of boats. The
large ocean steamers can not go up the
river
'"The estimate which has been made that
200 eco will go to Alaska this spring is i'm
possible for the want of water transporta-
ton
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-08
Warden VOTERS Explanations.

To The st. Paul Globe.
In your issue Of Feb. you do me a great
injustice by your Interpretation of NV evil
dence and appearance before the state board
Of control Of Wisconsin, in an Investigation
Of the conduct Of the Wisconsin state prison
now going on. l appeared there as a witness
at the request of the warden and the state
board Of control, to testify on matters per-
tanning to- prison discipline and management
and 1 did not know of Convict Davis impli
cation until after I got there.
desire to say, in justice to myself, for
your information. and for the information of
the general public, that 1 did not testify (as
my my evidence VIII show that this man Davis
alias Camp caused an investigation in this
state. What did say was that he ATTEMPTED
to produce an investigation; that he con-
splred with other conVicts to- bring it about,
ana. When nnaliy prepared, as he supposed
wrote a contrabrand letter. purporting to
come from an official Of this prison, in which
the charges OF 1mismanagement were pre-
ferred; that he sent this letter surreptitolsIy
through lady visitor to Senator John Day
Smith, or Minneapolisg then member of the
senate during the legislative session OF 1892
This letter was a subject of inquiry by Sena-
tor Smith, at the time. which you can readily
verify. If you will call upon him. When The
inquiry was made 1 laid before him surrep-
tltious letters and notes. which 1 had dis
covered myself and written by this man
t TO other convicts, together with notes
from other convicts to Davis, proving con-
Smith and other members of the senate that
IL was conspiracy on the part of Davis to
bring about an investigation, and that he
DAYS. Day WAS the star actor and the matter
fore the state board of control of Wisconsin,.
The truthfulness Of these statements, as
whole. can be easily verified
The investigation of 1891, or the recent in
yestigation. had nothing whatever to do with
this case: The Davis referred to in the
Investigation of 1891 is not the same Davis
that figured in the attempted investigation Of
this prison in 1893, and more recently Of
the W Wisconsin s state prison, by letters and
papers found secreted and in the possess on
of this man Davis. alias Camp. in the Wau-
pun pun prison; The smooth scoundrel has
lady. WHO had previously borne a good
character and also implicated the chaplain
and two or three ether officers Of the prison
in way, that conclusively proved him to
be one Of the most unprinc;pled scoundreIs
extant. and. withal. an exceedingly smooth
one one "a and this fact was conclusively demon
cuticn ard defense in the investigation Of fba
Wisconsin state prison, just closed
o. Henry Wolfer, Warden
Saltwater, Feb. Z. 1898
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-08
ALONG THE LINE.

Lars Larson and Ole Olson. two sturdy
Swedes mailing from Chicago left on the
800 Train during the morning from the Con-
per river country. They came I'm over the
milwaukee, MI and were well equipped with ad-
dltional clothing, firearms, ETC. and will buy
their food at Seattle.
The Badminton Magazine, an English Dub
LEGATION, for November. contains an article on
he Stlckeen River a Route to the KIOn-
dixie. The article written in 1895. and
predicts the great rush to the gold fields
which has set in.
The Copper River Transportation and Min
ing company has announced sailings OF its
steamship Townsend to Valdes pass. and
Orca. near the mouth of the Copper river.
every twenty days, commencing April l.
Louis Lece, Jacob Canton OF MINNEAPOLIS
John Scott, Of st. Paul. and nine others from
the Twin Cities. constituted a party which
left on a west-boupnd train for Seattle last
night. The party is well equipped to with
stand the rigor5 of Alaska weather and it Is
the intention to explore the Copper river re-
gion.
Henry Keefe and P f. Keefe. sturdy farm
lads from Caledonia, Mimi, passed through
ST Paul yesterday. They were among the
gold-seekers and hope to locate good claims
in the Klcndike. At Seattle they expect to
outfit and make their arrangements for going
into the interior.
wealth among those who passed Trough St
Paul on a coast-bound train yesterdav They
were Albert Smith and Charles Whitehead
They expect to obtain their outfit at Vic
toria, where they viii meet a third ,em-
Der of the party. This third man has at
returned from Kiondike, where ne has stak6i
out a claim.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-08
AT THE HOTELS.

Hotel Metropolitan-George Purvir. Crooks
ton; A. F. w. Edestin, Duluth; Mr.. and Mrs.
S. P. Patterson, Philadelphia; G. Liner. MIL
waukee; George S: Cowan Milwaukee,; p.
Hickman, Glencoe; E. sweetiand, New York:
C. Ainslin, New York; ]. C. Edwards, Hell
ena; j. B. Walton, Helena R. G. Summers,
Downing. La Crosse; Charles Sticllleln, Ia
coma
Windsor-H. w. White. Chicago; Cornelius
H. Patton, Duluth; H. Alexander and wife,
George D. Armstrong, Chicago; j. A. Watson,
Helena; C. A. Palmer, Luverne, A. II. Cope
land, Chicago; c. L. Feldkanp, milwaukee,:
H. e. Plerpont. Chicago; Miss Grace john
Ryan,. Glassberger. Chicago; A. C. Ccgs-
well. Detroit; o. Herman. New YORK; R. w.
George B. Morgan. New York S. L. Griffin.
Philadelphia; Sam ThraI, advance agent
James ]. Corbett; H. c. Back, Drayton; R.
Morgan, Springfield; j. knappenhetmer, chi
Castle, Washington, D. c.; C. B. Holncomg,
Kansas City; L. A Lipman, New York; G.
W. Gibson. CINCINNATI; A. T. Hershey
Ter, New York; F. w. Getteys. Nashville;
L. H. Coffin, Boston; Thomas Fox, Newark,
N. j.; E. A. Bigelow, Chicago; j. T. Barber,
Mary Meyersburg, st. Louis; Miss Q. Mey,,
ersburg st. Louis; Arthur w. Becker and
wife, st. Louis; NJ. H. Hanna. Marshallto
Robert Crothers, Chicago; A Nathan han. ana n
O. Welsh, Fergus Falls; H. HeiZman, A IL.
Hoefer. Philadelphia; F. Pratt, Chicago; F.
Gelderhemer, New York; D. H. Bolton, New
York; w. D. La Parie Chicago; George A.
Ccbbans Marions; B. w. Howe, Sank Cen
ter; K j. Bemis, Hartford. David Anderson,
Mrs. Charles O. Gage, Boston
Merchants'-J. Mullen, Sioux Falls; n.
Granse, Sioux Falls; A. N. Paist. Minneapolis;
F. B. Huntington, Milwaukee; j. S. Noble.
Ellsworth; N. B. Cole, Ellsworth; o. Granach.
Grand Forks; ]. c. Mcclure, Red Wing; P.
H Carney Mankato; A. f. Backus, Miwau-
kee Joe Holman, Kenyon; j. c. Knowlton
New York: F. B. Wurzbacker. Litchfeld; P.
H Rose, Willmar; A. B.. Griness. Chicago;
J. R. Montague. Miles City; H. P. Stevens.
F. Mcclure. Litchfeld; Aug. Koerner, Litch-
field; o. H. Campbell Litchfield; S. w.
Ieayitt, Litchfleld S. S. Johnson. Cloquet;
J. L. Grun Pipestone; c. A. Conner. ST. Pc
ter; H. A Hanson, Clear Lake, S. D.: r. G..
Pinnitz Park Rapids; w. H. Moulton, st.
Cloud L. Refs, Chicago; P. A. Carney. Man
kato; Robert Anderson, Valley City, N. D.;
NJ. K. Rudd Mankato F. Lewis, Owatonna;
W. S. Gehagan New York; A. L. Smith, N
r: M. " Bach, Ottouwa; Samuel Pepper
Miles City: G. E. Blackburn. Butte; George
Harvey Missoula; L. L. Baxter, Fergus Falls;
Miss S. Johnson.
Astoria-W e. Carlisle and wife. Chicago
J. l.. Mariner, West Superior: George w. Fur
Der. Cresco, To-; d. G. Howey Kansas City,
Mo-; Charles Brown, Sioux City; o. w. Sun
ner, New York; e. R. Henton and wife. Du-
luth.
Clarendon-J H Smith Detroit; r. B. Orr.
Pelican Rapids; ]. B. Rudy and wife, James
town; F. J. Crandall. Chicago; John Liebe,
West Superior; H. A. Peterson, Duluth; A.
D. GaIusha DEBORAH; K. Cleopliss, North
wood.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-08
AT THE PLAYHOUSE.

The dainty operate comedy, THE Geisha. -
delighted another large and extremely ap-
precfative audience at the Metropolitan opera
house last night The plar and company
nave made hit and their success is merited
A popular price matinee will be civ en-
Wednesday.
Next Sunday evening the popular extrava-
ganza, Miss Philadelphia" will begin an
engagement OF four nights and Wednesday
matinee at the Metropolitan. The company
presenting it includes Joe Cawthorn, Elvia
Crox-Seabrooke, Queenie Vassar, Georgia
Stewart and many other well-known artists.
The sale of seats for this engagement opens
Thursday morning
Madame Scalchl and her company will
give one grand operate concert at the Met.
ropolitan opera house Thursday evenig, Feb.
II.
The 1.-TWO Little Migrants" drew a largo
house at the Grand last evening. The play
is full Of heart interest, relieved by an
urder-current of comedy. While somewhat
like 1.-The Two Orphans it is an improve
ment on the latter in The absence of its
realistic features. Miss Mildred Holland.
who plays Fan Fan, gives most capable
performance of the role.
Next Sunday night the Grand opera house
will have for it's attraction James J. Cor
tett and his company.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-08
HEAR THE ALASKA SIREN
GREAT NORTHERN MEN ANSWER
THE BEWITCHING CALL
Twelve of Them Willing to Take
Chances That in This Case the
Fascination Has Behind 1t the
Reality to Which Their Labor
AsDires-0thers Join.

An even dozen st. Paul men. most of
whom have spent the last ten years
in the service Of the Great Northern
read, left here yesterday over the line
of that company for the Klondike.
They have been planning for the
Journey for the past few months, and
are going in search Of gold
There are but two members of the
party who are not practical workmen.
and those two have been chosen presi-
cent and secretary, respectively, of the
little band. The two men are James
A. Scott and Harry T. Smith, conduc-
tors, one running out of ST. Paul and
the other on the Fergus division of
the road.
The party will sail from Seattle for
Naldes on the Excelsior Feb 20, and
VIII make for the headwaters of the
copper and Tenana rivers.
II. L. Smart, who has been the bridge
foreman on the Fergus division of the
road, will have practical charge of the
work done by the party, and will have
as aides Louis Lace, John Ritter, Jake
Canteen and John Shaule. practical
carpenters and machinists.
In addition there will be George
Stubs, from Melrose; G. A. McCabe.
who has been in the mail service of
the road, and S. H. Simolson, a sail
maker, shoemaker, ETC., from Rothsay.
Paul Lancaster will go with the par
~ as mining expert, aSSayer, etc, hay
ing had considerable experience in
California.
Some of the members leave behind
wives and families, and all are on
leave of absence. They will provision
at Seattle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-08
WILL START FROM ST. PAUL.
Zenith City Party viii Prospect for
Gold on Stewart River,

Special to The St. Paul Globe.
DULUTH, Mimi, Feb. IA. H. Moore. C.
V. Greer and II. ]. Jeronimus left here to-
night bound for the Alaskan gold fields. Their
departure causes quite little comment ow-
ing to the fact that they are determined to
stay away from the Yukon river country and
VIII make the Stewart river their objective
point. They will go by way of st. Paul and
from there to Vancouver. At this point they
Will take the boat for Fort Wrangle and will
reach that point on Feb. 20. 1t is their inten-
ton to push on at once to Teslin lake over
the Stickeen route. At the lake it is the in
tention to build large boat and by the time
this is finished it IS thought that the ice viii
De out OF the lake and the start for Stewart
river Will begin at once
Another party bound for Alaska is composed
OF J. A. Cameron, of Houghton Mich, and
Arthur Coache, Asa Hammond, John McIn-
tosh and j. G. Real, Of Baraga, Mich. This
party missed connection today, but leave to-
morrow and will go from there to Vancouver,
following the route of the local party. They
have with them seven dogs to be used in
packing They also propose to go up the
Stewart river on a prospecting expedition
Some Of the party are experienced miners
and all are we'll equipped for the undertake
ing
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-08
GOING TO COPPER RIVER.
st. Clouds Gold Seekers Make "a
Start for Their EIdoradO.

Start for Their EIdoradO.
Special to The st. Paul Globe
ST. CLOUD. Mimi, Feb. 7-St. Clouds
Alaska gold prospecting party left tonight
over the Great Northern and will go direct
to Tacoma, where it will complete it's outfit
and on Feb. 10 sail from Seattle for Valdes
met: John Scott is the rpesident and Harry
Smith the secretary of the company. Both
are well known Great Northern Passenger
conductors. The other members of the party
are: Harry G. Smith. John Ritter. John w
Deahaye. St. Cloud; John Shaule, George
Stubbs,, Melrose;, Christ McCabe, st. Paul. of
the railway mail service; A. Lancaster, Chi
caGo; G. s. Simelson, Rothsay; Jacob Cantin
and Lewis Lace. Minneapolis. The company
has been organized for several months. All
are shareholders and the proceeds of the
expedition are to be equally divided. After
landing at Valdes Inlet in Alaska the party
will at once start for the Copper river and
first explore the Chittyna, which flows into
the Copper river from the south. The stream
is ia miles long and will be thoroughly pros
pected by the party. In case they are not
successful there they will prospect other
tributaries of the Copper river. of which
there are great many. The party is well
equipped and will take along supplies for
eighteen months,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-08

Such work will count in getting into
the markets Of that once despised
abroad" and the happiest feature is
that it indicates that our manufacture
ers are beginning to help themselves
instead of falling back for help on a
paternal government They may yet
reclaim the prestige which their fathers
won and which, under parentalism,
sapping self-reliance. was lost to the
sons
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-08
BEGGARs FROM KLONDIKE.
Different Story Than the Usual Told
by ST. Cloud Man.

Dtnerent story Than the Usual Told
by ST. Cloud Man.
Special to The st. Paul Globe.
ST. CLOUD, Mimi, Feb. III. A. Wheeler
has returned from Seattle and Tacoma,
where he has been business for the past
two months. His accounts of what he saw
OF the returning gold seekers from Alaska
are not very encouraging. Il witnessed the
return of the City OF Seattle at Seattle, with
100 men from the Klondike," he said.
There was $4,000 in gold in the party as
near as l could learn. Some OF the men had
fairy good stakes. but the majority were
beggars. They had neither money nor
clothes, nor anything to cat. | was talking
with man who brought back $1,000, and he
said TO me that If he was absolutely certain
that he could go back and get three times
as much he would not go into the country
again. The people who were there had moth
ing and those who were going in refused to
sell. He told me that he had nothing to put
On his feet and he offered a party he met
500 for pair of boot packs but he refused
to sell, and he lad to bind up his feet in
pieces Of an old blanket.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-08
Winonn Men en- Route.

Special to The st. Paul Globe.
WINONA. Mimi, Feb. MIR. BENJAMIN
Crange left yesterday evening for the Klon-
dixie He will make the trip out to Fort Ed
monitor in company with Mr. Holt, the presl
dent of the Chicago party Of sixteen to
which Mr. Crangle belongs These two go
In advance of the rest of the party to pur
chase the necessary supplies at Edmonton.
There they will be joined by the others at
for the Policy river. and 20 down that
stream to Fort Selkirk, which they expect will
be their headquarters for the next two years
Edward Roessner also left Wnona yester-
day for the Klondike