Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-11


copy of the New England Weekly Journal
of the date of Monday, July H. 1927.
IIoves that animated rhetoric was abund-
antly utilized by the newspaper men of
that day Ibis relic is the property of Mr.
w j. Norris Of this city and is remarka-
bly, well preserved. Under the title ard
above the date line is the announcement:
"Containing the mott Remarkable occur
FENCES Foreign & Domeftick''
The FIRST page IS devoted to a series of
letters written in the high-aown language
of the satiris;s of that day The first is
ITO PrOtheus Echo Esqr. and signed Simon
Hearty. Then follow four addressed TO
Mr.. Imi;ator.'' signed respectively Sam
Wildfre. ClariSsa, Will Pedant and Y
These occupy the entire first page of the
single folio sheet upon which the paper
was printed ana Il part of the other side
Ihere are two items from London of
dates of April and s. respectively, and
then follows local item as follows:
ION Friday last WequaIia tan Indian
King was Executed here according to
Sentence paffed upon him for the murder
of Capt John Leonard. And whereas the
faid Wequalia had lived hafe Inhuman
Life and murdered his own Brother and
other Indians formerly TO he Owed a
harined x Impenitent Wretch not fhewing
the Ieaft Remorfe for any the Actions of his
vile Life. nor would he own the Murder of
raid Capt. Leonard of which Re was 20
notorioufy convicted. He faved us the La
Dor of Writing his Confeffion having made
none; he only bid Adue to the few Indians
that attended him to the Gallows. which
were only his near Relations all the otha-
Indians refufed to thew MIN the leaft Re-
gard When the Sheriff askt him Ii any CT
the MinifterS fhould pray with him before
he Dyed? he indifferently anfwered They
might ii they would; and being asked
which of them? he named Mr. Morgan
fresDyterian Minifter. and that becaufe he
was his neighbor which he implyed was all
the reafon for his choice. There was 2
great conc0urfe of People at the Execu-
ticn. together with two companies of the
militia in arms in order to Protect the
Mob or Indians" 0
There were announcements of arrivals
and clearings at the New York Philadel-
phla and Boston custom houses and in the
next column was important war intelli-
genee for the colonists. The item was sand
wlched between brief description of a
drowning and the deaths and burials in
Boston, and was as follows:
On FRIDAY last arrived here Capt. Wood
berry in a Months Passage from st. Chris
tophers who informs us they had Advice
there. that Ceffaton of Arms for Seven
Years was concluded upon between the
Rings OF Great Britain & France and the
emperor OF Germany & the King of SPAIN
that the Emperor had quilted all Preten-
items to the Offend Trade and that each
Party was to make satisfaction for all
Reprisals made by them and that the
from Gibralter."
Through the Journal were scattered evil
uehces that things of human interest We're
tnen as now regarded highly in a Journal
lstc sense. Under the head Boston Oc-
Cured this: We are informed that fome
days ago a remarkable thing happen'd at
bennington in Connecticut. viz: That a
Cloud broke over Hill in that place and
overtop a ) RAJ Fence in a VALLEY as alto
to rife 10 a HOrfes belly in the Street
IhIeh alto carried away Rock feveral
70 hot,
oxen could not well draw it,"
rms weather item was followed by an
OTHER which announced that "A fudden clap
OF thunder truck the North Wind Mill in
TINS Place & very much fhatter'd it and
truck the Miller and his Son Down"
Item of interest appeared as follows:
Burlais in the Town of Boston fince our
laft: Five Whites: One Black. Baptiz'd in
the Several Churches Seven
me advertisements contained a notice
from William Dudley collector to ..The
Taveners and Retailers of Boston. = to MAJ
the!r excise to the collector ION Monday
and Tuesday the 9th & 18th Infant. at the
Houfe of Mrs Rebecca Holmes in -
street" 9
Preceded by two paragraph marks and
star was the following:
Certain Perfon Wants a Wet Nurfe in
the Houfe. inquire Of the Printers hereof
ana a good place will be directed 10 -
On the margin of the last page was this
announcement:
Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Knelland
street where advertisements are taken in
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wv hen the various expeditions and SIR
vey parties sent cut by the governments of
the United States and Canada return from
Alaska next fan.'' explained an official of
the geological survey to a Star reporter.
and the results of their investigations are
Plated. the geographical and other fea
lures of that far-off land will be pretty we'll
known They will be Immediately pL.bIisb
ed by the governments Interested The fac7
Is mat but little attention was ever given
10 tht physical features of Alaska. 1t was
Known that We owned II, but further than
that no one seemed to care. Lieut. Scbwat
XII had published reconnaissance which
Was complete as far as il went but il nec
essarhy was deficient in supplying the de.
taiied information which was so much de-
sired last summer when the KIondike dis
eSNerles were the sensation of the dav.
Inc canadians were as badly off as we
We're on all the geographical and other
Questions that arose in regard To the boI:n
GARY lines. The fact that The Yuko, al
otter rivers ran through the country wfs
OF course known. but there was no detaiI
whatever as TO the depth or width of these
rivers or n fact. anything else av;t;labia
10 the way of Information. The geological
mas Two or three parties nov at
"Crk tnere since last fall, and the coast
ana geodetic survey has two which vii;
OeNOte their attention to the riye-s :, I'D
80 sio'tole waters. Inc labor bureau has
WeH-equipped commissioner at work there
NhVestlSating Questions that have arisen in
connection with disputed land and titles
10 mining properties One of the difficulties
N connection with Alaska was that the
Dig fnds IN The way Of mines were right i'm
the immediate locality of the boundary
me This complicated the matter very
much. but the Indications are that tbera
will be no disagreement hereafter as Tho
survey parties. though they do not work
OHlcially IN unison do so a matter of
lact. Inc canadian government, which is
very jealous sof its interests and possess
slchs mas four or five commissions at work
al along the Yukon The informal ton they
gam, a. well as all their surveys and maps
VIII Dc exchanged with those our gov
eminent Is having made. so that Alaska
VIII when they are published, be pretty
Wei known and described. whether the
Sold output keeps up or not"
:
The question of fruit bearing trees and
their continuance is a very important one
as FAR as Maryland and Virginia is con-
cerned," said an experienced herticulturIst