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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-17
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generations by every nation in Europe,
that can give more,than she gets. is not
suing for an alliance with any
body, not even with those of her own
blood and speech.
The mind Of England, I believe, is
made up she can afford to await the
time when America sees her own inter-
est, too, in closer union, and holds out
her hand. Till that time comes Eng
land would lose and not gain by stand
ing with outstretched arms on the verge
of the Atlantic. To make herself strong
on land and sea is her best course to
secure at least that guarantee of peace
and liberty and Anglo-Saxon civiliza-
ton forever which would come from
the union of the might of those who
speak the sacred mother tongue and in
herit the great traditions Of the sea.
I have profound pleasure in being
able to give to the world, in this con-
nection, an unpublished document of
unique. interest in the shape of a letter
written by Mr. Gladstone at the mo-
ment Of the greatest triumph of his
career, one phrase of which at least
deserves Immortality. The place and
date speak for themselves. 1t was ad-
dressed to his American publishers,
Messrs. Charles aScribner's Sons, to
whose courtesy / am indebted for 1t. 1t
deals with Anglo-American relations,
and runs as follows:
Dalmeny Park, Edinburgh,
March II, 1880.
Dear Sirs:. beg leave to acknowl-
edge the receipt Of your obliging
draft for sixty-seven pounds 1872.
Such lucre as. proceeds from labor
Of the brain I always esteem the
least filthy of that which comes into
my hands.
And again I have further pleas
ure in becoming, in however humble
degree, a vehicle of English
thought to the American mind.
The union between the countries
is close, and is likely to grow still
closer. Honor to all those who seek
to corroborate the bond! 7 am, dear
sirs, faithfully yours,
w. E. GLADSTONE.
The dictionary gives such a use of
Confederate" as "obsolescent," but It
is, of course, etymologically precise
and what a splendid phrase, That
should be in future the motto of the
people-"Corroborat
the bond!"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-17

Copyright, 1898, by Henry Norman.)
OSDON, July 1.-THE recent
change in American sentiment
toward ENGLAND is startling.
Moreover, it is universal and 1T
A@ is sincere. When / was here less
than three years ago the popular
jest was on this wise: May l ask, !"
said the Eagle, why YOU carry that
corks vrew?" 1T hisn't a corkscrew,
replied the Lion, hits my bloomin'
tail" To-day Puck's cartoon repre-
sents John Bull and Uncle Sam side by
side, bayonet in hand. with the motto:
United we stand for Liberty and
Peace"
The other night at Tampa, when
every one was at dinner in the large
hotel which serves as the ARM head
quarters, the band played selection
of European national airs, finishing
with God Save the Queen" The
British military attache, being in uni
form, stood at the salute, whereupon
the senior American general present
rose and said: Gentlemen, fill your
glassesi' To Britain, our only friend!"
And the toast was drunk with enthu-
siasm. Good will follows the private
individual in unexpected ways. / was
WTlllUB d ulSpdlCH III Tie dPii
flee at Washington when stranger
came up and said: You are an Eng
lishman, are you not?' And on my
Affirmative reply he added: We'll, our
country wants an alliance with yours
Come and take a drink"
European action since the outbreak
of war has opened American eyes to
the fact that from only one nation In
the Old World Is the United States GER
tain of receiving treatment inspired by
direct friendship. All informed Ameri-
cans know that if England had not
fatty refused her cooperation there
would have been a joint demand at
washington that the war be localized,
and of this they are duly appreciatiye.
From press ard pulpit has come a
unanimous voice in support of closer
The President does not fail, when oc-
casion offers, to express most cordial
sentiment and warm recognition of
Englands friendly attitude. Senator
Lodge. one of our bitterest critics not
go long ago, now moves the immediate
nayment of the Boring Sea indemnity.
Mr. Coudert, who was of opinion, not
three years ago, that Great Britain was
about to be made to pay the penalty
of her misdeeds all over the world, now
declares that the same general scheme
of laws, based upon many common
ideas and traditions, naturally draws
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what IS known as the barren
lands. the bones of Sir Arthur Curtis,
English baronet, have found a last rest
ing place.
The trails to the golden Klondike are
strewn with the wrecks of parties that
at the beginning of the year started
out full Of hope and intent On making
q speedy trip to the new Ell Dorado
Occasionally members of these parties
that have fallen by the wayside IN
able TO stand the strain of the terrible
trip reach this city, and the story Of
their experiences go to make up the
history Of one of the maddest god
PUSHES on record.
Three days ago an athletic-Iooking
young Englishman, whose fine figure
was clothed in a garb that the poorest
clam gatherer on the coast would not
have envied, reached here from up the
line. His hands and face were blistered
by the sun and tanned to a nut brown
hue, and, combined with his striking
appearance and an indescribable air of
melancholy he wore, he attracted gem
erai attention as he sauntered aim
lessly through the busy streets. This
gentleman was Roger Pocock, intimate
friend of Sir Arthur Curtis, who
brought out the first authentic news Of
that Inflated baronet's search for gold
in the inhospitable north
Pocock is a highly educated young
Engnshman, whose yearning for an ad-
VenturCus life led him at the beginning
OF the present year to leave a, home OF
comfort and join Sir Arthur's expedi-
ton to the Klondike
. The party decided to take the I'M
known ashcroft route to the northern
gold fields and started out on its long
trip in April the worst month they
could have chosen. The party was COM
posed OF Sir Arthur, Pocock another
young Englishman and three hardy
miners, who had experienced roughing
1t in the north
In addition to the necessaries wine
and either delicacies were packed over
the rough trail for the use of Sir Ar
thur. The party obtained their mack
horses at Ashcroft. The animals were
as wild as sea serpents and the troubles
OF the party commenced early. At
the time Sir Arthur started out the
thermometer registered 10 degrees be-
low zero. OF course there was no grass
Tor the animals. AS Pocock expressed
IL, they dld not expect to have their
horses starving on hay at $50 a ton. or
that all their reserve money would be
swallowed up in forage and pasture.
The horses, worked on insufficient
food, became discouraged, caught the
distemper and died. Travelling through
quagmires and marshes the party
nnally managed to reach Quesnelle.
After brief rest they pushed for
ward, striking through an almost un-
travelled country. Sir Arthur seemed
to enjoy the trip. He had nc active
part In the rough camp work and
throushout lived up to the prevailing
course, was on familiar terms with him
but the other members of the party
were kept at discreet distance. the
social line being strictly defined by Sir
Arthur.
Shortly after the start was made
from Quesnelle, the horses were turned
loose every night in the measureless.
impenetrable brush. The result was
that day after day was spent in search
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forest by the party and the pack, ami
mails were turned loose. In the morn
ing 1T was discovered that several of
the animals had strayed away, and
several of the men started out to
search for them.
The rest of the story is best told in
Pocock's own words:
Sir Arthur was still in camp after
the rest had left. Indeed, did not ex-
pect him to take partsin the search, be-
cause he had always shown a curious
inaptitude for brush work, getting puz-
zled and lost very easily. :. Nature in
tended him for the sea and his tastes
always led him af1oat or Shooting or
mining, in which he was keenly inter
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THE TRAIL NEAR ASHCROFT C.
ID nature gave way under

,proyerbial- good nature gave way under
the strain. T. E
Seventy miles north Of Quesnelle, and
still hundreds of miles from the golden
Klondike, the party encountered the
forest which provedeso fatal to poor Sir
Arthur. This forest is unbroken from
the Canadian settlements to the barren
grounds fully a thousand miles; from
Boring Sea to the Atlantic nearly 5000
1t is forest as big as Europe, half of
it UNEMPLOYED, mainly dense jungle over
monotonous rolling. ground, without
landmarks and nearly devoid of
natural food. It's depths cannot be
penetrated except. on foot.
Camp was stauck at the edge Of this
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-17
THE POLAR BEAR

A Frenchman went to an American,
says the Bachelor of Arts, and said to
him, What does polar bear do?''
The American answered, What does
a polar bear do? ] don't know Why,
he sits on the ice.' SITS on zee ice?'
YES" said the American, there is
nothing else to sit on we'll, vat he
do, too?" What does he also do :?
Why, he eats fish, Eats fish; sits on
zee ice and eats fish? Then / not ac-
cept." ''Why, what do you mean? You
don't accept What do you mean?"
"Oh. non, non. 1 does not accept was
invited to be polar bear to funeral"
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Alice Xix has gone to Honolulu
for the Sunday Call She will send
back letters describing the ceremo-
MES that make Hawaii part Of the
United States, and other. notable
features Of interest.
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ing after scattered punches of cayuses
too weak and weary for the days
work, but tireless travellers all night,
swift and determined in their attempts
to get back to the home range from
which they had been bought.
The dread was on the party in their
sleep. Pocock says that many a time
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the throes of nightmare, hunting
ghost horses through the woods of
dreamland One of the party he found
one night towing his blanket around in
circles, thinking that he had the bell
mare.
To add to the plight of the party dis
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T ANCOUVER, B. c., July g.
Somewhere in the depths of the
trackless forest that extends
from Quesnelle. Northwest Ter
ritory, Canada, 1000 miles to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-17

Copyright, 1898, by Henry Norman.)
r O-,DON, July 1.-THE recent
change in American sentiment
toward ENGLAND is startling.
Moreover, it is universal and 1t
- is sincere. When l was here less
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kinds of material or supplies than has
 been actually received, shall be deemed
 guilty of misfeasance and shall be re- moved from office.
 -: Sec. ,. All contracts provided for In
 This Chapter must be in writing and executed in the name of the City and + County by the Mayor All such con- tracts must be cOunterSigned by the
 Clerk Of the Supervisors. and register ed by number and date in book kept
 by him for that purpose. When con- ! tractor fails to enter into the contract awarded to him or to perform the same, new bids must be invited, and con- tract awarded as provided herein in tthe first instance. When the SuperviS- :0rs believe that the prices bid are too high. or that bidders have combined to ;.nrevent competition, or that the public - iiaferest will be subserved thereby, they
 may reject any and all bids and cause the notice for proposals to be readver- *tised.
 :; Sec. 6. No contract for lighting
 streets. public buildings, places or of . fees. shall be made for a longer period than one year, nor shall any contract to pay for gas, electric light or any it.
 luminating material at a higher rate
 than the minimum price charged to any
 other consumer. be valid. Demands for lighting public buildings shall be
 presented monthly to the board or de apartment using or having charge
 thereof, and shall specify the amount
 of gas, electric light or Illuminating material consumed in such building during the month.
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CHAPTER VI.
The Coroner.

SECTION 1. There shall be Coro- ner of the City and County, who shall be an elector of the City and County at the time of his election, and who must have been such for at least five years next preceding such election. He shall be elected by the people and hold office for two years. He shall receive an an- nual salary of four thousand dollars. He shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by law or ordinance. He shall have the control and manage ment of the Morgue of the City and County under such ordinances as the Supervisors may adopt.
 Sec 2. He may appoint an autopsy physician who shall receive an annual salary of twenty-four hundred dollars; a chi f deputy, who shall receive an an- nual salary of twenty-four hundred dol lars; three assistant deputies who shall each receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars; a stenographer and typewriter who shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars; and a messenger who shall receive an au- nual salary of nine hundred dollars.
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CHAPTEk ".
Payment of Claims.

SECTION 1. The salaries and com- pensation of all officers, including po- licemen and employees of all classes, and all teachers in the public schools, and others employed at fixed wages, shall be payable monthly. Any demand upon the treasury accruing under this Charter shall not be paid, but shall be forever barred by limitation of time, unless the same be presented for pay ment, properly audited, within one month after such demand became due and payable; or, if 1t be a demand which must be passed and approved by the Supervisors or Board of Education, or by any other Board, then within one month after the first regular meeting of the proper board held next after the demand accrued; or, unless the Super visors shall, within six months after the demand accrued as aforesaid, on a careful examination of the facts, re- solve that the same is in all respects just and legal and the presentation of it, as above required was not in the power either of the original party interested or his agent, or the present holder: in which case they may by or dinance revive such claim; but it shall be barred in the same manner unless presented for payment within twenty days thereafter No valid demand aris- ing subsequent to the claim which may be revived as aforesaid shall be rem dered invalid by reason of such revival exhausting the fund out of which sub seuuent claims might otherwise be paid. Such revived claim shall take rank as of the day of it's revival.
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money which may subsequently, come into the proper fund from delinquent taxes or other uncollected income or revenue for such year. Such demands shall be paid out of such del.-quent revenue, when collected, in the order of their registration.
 Sec. 2. When there shall be to the credit of any sinking fund in the treas ury sum not less than twenty thou sand dollars which may be applied to the redemption of any outstanding bonds to which such fund IS applicable, Whlch are not reueemable before their maturity, 1t shall be the duty of the Mayor, Auditor and Treasurer to ad- Vertlse for thirty days, inviting pro- posals for the surrender and redemp- tion of the bonds.
 Alter such advertisement the money Tn such Sinking Fund, or such portion thereof as may be required therefor snail be awarded to the person or per- sons offering to surrender said bonds TOT the lowest price. Upon such award when duly audited, the Treasurer shall upon the surrender of the bonds, pay the amount to the person or persons tC whom the same was awarded. No bid TOT the surrender of any of the bonds shall be accepted, which shall require 8 greater sum of money for their redemp- ton than the then worth of the princi- pal and interest of the bonds, calculat. ed With interest, not exceeding four De, centum per annum
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CHAPTER VII.
The Recorder.

SECTION l. There shall be Re- corder of the City and County, who shall be an elector of the City and County at the time of his election and who must have been such for at least five years next preceding such election. He shall be elected by the people and hold office for two years. He shall receive an an- nual salary of thirty-six hundred dol lars. He may appoint a Chief Deputy, who shall receive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars; two assist ant deputies who shall each receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dol lars. He may also appoint as many copyists as he may deem necessary, who shall receive not more than eight cents for each one hundred words ac- tually written; but no copyist shall be paid a greater compensation at this rate than amounts in the aggregate to one hundred dollars month.
 Sec. 2. The Recorder shall take into
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omclal returns or reports Tn the man ner and at the time required by law, ordinance, or the regulations of the Su- pervisors; nor in favor of any officer who has neglected or refused to comply with any of the provisions of law regulating his duties, nor in favor of any officer or employee for the time he shall have absented himself without legal cause from the duties of his office during office hours. The Auditor must always examine on oath any person re- ceiving salary from the City and County touching such absence.
 The Auditor may require any person presenting for settlement an account or claim for any cause against the City and County to be sworn before him touching such account or claim, and when so sworn, to answer orally as to any facts relative to the justice of such account or claim. Moneys placed in the Special Deposit Fund shall not be subject to the provisions of this sec tion.
 Sec. '. Every demand upon the Treasurer, except the salary of the Au- ditor, must before it can be paid, be presented to the Auditor, who shall sat isfy himself whether the money is le- gally due, and its payment authorized by law, and against what appropriation payable and out of what fund it is pay able. If he allow it, he shall endorse upon it the word Allowed" with the name of the fund out of which it is payable, and the date of such allow ance, and sign his name thereto. No demand shall be approved, allowed, au- dited or paid unless it specify each spe- cial item, date and amount composing it, and refer by chapter and section to the provisions of this Charter authoriz- ing the same.
 Sec. 8. The Auditor shall keep a reg ister of warrants, showing the funds upon which they are drawn, the num- Der, in whose favor, for what service, the appropriation applicable to the pay ment thereof, when the liability ac- crued, and a receipt from the person to whom the warrant is delivered. He shall not allow any demand out of it's order, nor give priority to one demand over another drawn upon the same spe- cific fund, except for the purpose of de- termining its legality.
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ARTICLE ".
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
CHAPTER I.
The Mayor.

SECTION 1. The chief executive off, cer of the City and County shall be des- ignated the Mayor. He shall be an elector of the City and County at the time of his election. and must have been such for at least five years next preceding such time. He shall be elected by the people and hold office for two years. He shall receive an annual salary of six thousand dollars.
 He may appoint a Secretary who shall receive an annual salary of twenty four hundred dollars: an usher who shall receive an annual salary of nine hundred dollars; and a stenographer and typewriter who shall receive an annual salaEy of nine hundred dollars,
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CHAPTER ". The Assessor.

SECTION 1. There shall be an As- sessor of the City and County, who shall be an elector of the City and County at the time of his election and who must have been such for at least five years next preceding such time. He shall be elected by the people and hold office for four years. He shall receive an annual salary of four thousand dol lars, which shall be in full compensa- tion for all his services. He may ap- point a chief deputy who shall receive an annual salary of twentyfour hun- dred dollars; one cashier who shall re- ceive an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars; six assistant deputies who shall each receive an annual sal ary of eighteen hundred dollars; twen- ty-one clerks who shall each receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars; and during four months of the year not more than one hundred clerks who shall each be paid at the rate of not more than one hundred dollars month during the time of their employ ment.
 Sec 2. The Assessor shall assess all taxable property within the City and County at the time and in the manner prescribed by the general laws of the State.
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mand presented, also when presented, the date, amount, name of original holder, and on what account allowed and against what appropriation drawn and out of what specific fund payable All demands shall be paid in the order of their registration. Each demand upon being so registered shall be re- turned to the party presenting it, with the endorsement of the word Register ed," and dated and signed by the Treasurer: but the registration of any demand shall not operate to recognize or make valid such demand if incurred contrary to any of the provisions of this Charter
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-17
NOTICE Of Sale

Whereas, pursuant to an executip,. i--un6 oSt
Of the circuit court in and for LAX" couHt,. state
OF south Dakota, on the 18th day vi December,
1897, III that certain action wherein S. Steph-
eLson i plaintiff and Lars johnson Is defendant,
for the recovery of money, on the 31th day Of
December, A. u. 1-91, ut my said Lake county, l
did levy upon that property Of said defendant.
Lars Johnson, described as follows: Two and
Ons-half shares. each of ten dollars Der share, in
the stock or shares Of the Alliance Warehouse
Co, issued 10 said Lars johnson unde. one Ger
tiiicate numbered tnree, subject t. no incun-
branCe whatever ana including any and all nm
paid dividends due or coming due thereon, the
same standing III the name of Lars .Joir, sOn on
the stock books kept by the secretary Of said Al
lance Warehouse Co, and all situate III Madison,
Lake county. South Dakota. at date Of such levy.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that on
the 18th day Of January, 1896. at the hour of one
O'Clock p. IN. OF that day, at the south door of the
court house, in the city Of Madison, Lake county,
south Dakota. ! shall expose for sale aud sell to
the highest bidder for cash, at public auction. the
foregoing described ~ shares Of stock is
! sued and held under certificate numbered thee Of
the stock Of the Alliance Warehouse Co, of
Madison, South Dakota, together with any and
all dividend and dividends due and coming due
thereon and also any and all the rights. privi-
ieges and powers appertaining unto the same and
unto an owner Of such stock and said shares Of
stock.
Given under my hand this Sth day Of January,
1893. ID. A. N%clTILIvRAY-
BY b. DAVIS, sheriff of Lake Co.
! Deputy.