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QUEEN & CRESCENT ROUTE.
Shortest and Quickest Line to Cincnnat-Con-
 yenient Schedules to Louisville.

The Alabama Great Southern railroad. with its connections. formerly the Queen and Crescent route. Is the shortest and quickest line from Birmingham to Cincinn- ati A solid vestibule train leaves Birming- ham at 4:25 a. m-, daily. carrying Pullnan's 2 handsomest drawing room sleeping cars to Cincinnati without change. arriving at Cincinnati at 7:30 p m. Cafe and observa- ton car on this train from Chattanooga to Cincinnati Close connection at Lex ington with chair cars for Louisville. ar irving a. Louisville at 7:so p. m.
 Train leaving Birmingham at 4:2C p. m.. carries Pullman sleeping cars from Bir- mingham to Louisville. arriving at Louis- vile at 7:2l a. m. Pullman Union sleeping car Chattanooga to Cincinnati on this train. arriving at Cincinnati at 7:S0 a. m.
 R. M. ELLIS. Traveling Passenger Agent. 2ol9 First Ave nue. Telephone 6l7.
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sugar
m Wall Street

New York, Aug. 15-There was a decided iy healthy tone to the trading on the stock market today. The good feeling was evil dent from the start, the market opening with strong buying movement, which was particularly marked in Brooklyn Transit. Tobacco, Air Brake and American Mating. The strength spread from the leaders as the day progressed and embraced continu- ously growing list of stocks, most of which show gains of between l and points and many of them in excess of that. Sugar and Manhattan were depressed throughout. There was no special news to account for the rise which was rather due to the growth of a general conviction that the conclusion of peace will give full scope 10 the extraordinarily favorable conditions Tn the country embraced in large crops at profitable prices, easy money conditions anu continuing favorable treasury balance The multiplying signs of business activity in all lines strengthen the conviction Of the couh- try's continued prosperity.
 Business in bonds was on somewhat re- duced scale and there was tendency to reaction at some points on the list, probably due to the diversion of capital into stocks. Total sales, $3, ,685,0O0.
 United States new As when issued ad- yanced 1s in the bid price, Government bonds were otherwise unchanged.
 New York, Aug. 15.-3 D. m.-Money on call steadier at l1s6l2 per cent; last loan, 1a4c per cent; prime mercantile paper, 9A@ per cent; sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers bills at A.Sozs@ 4.S5A for demand and at $.&a4 STA for sixty days; posted rates S.Si12n4.So ana $4 S6@4. .S6]5: commercial bills, $4.SS44 S315; silver certificates, $5S4 ca591sc; bar silver, 595sc; Mexican dollars, 46c.
 Government bonds steady.
 State bonds dull
 Railroad bonds firm.
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MRS. WINSLOW,s sOOTBING syR,,p

Has been used for over FITTY YEARS by MILLiUNp uI MUIHEno for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING. with PERFECT SUCCESS. IT SOOTHES ths CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYs all PAIN; CURES WIND COLO. and Fis the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world Be sure and ask for Mrs. winslow's S Soothing Syrup" an dtake no other kind Twenty-Five cents a bottle
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The Iron Market. 4
 Birmingham, Aug. 15.-The following are the present quotations in iron:
Go to Ensley, see the grea steel plant in course of erec- tion. Take Ensley electric ears if
Elegant Service to the East via The Southern ~ Railway.

The Southern railway has recently fnau- gurated a through sleeping car line be- tween Birmingham and Charlotte, N. C.. which is handled their trains Nos. 3j and 36. The eastbound schedule of this car Is as follows: Leave Birmingham 4:15 p. m., arrive Atlanta 10:45 p. m.. leave Att lanta Il 50 p. m.. arr1ve Charlotte 800 a. m.. at which points passengers can secure a through sleeping car 10 Washington, Phila- delphia and New York. This. in addition to the through sleeping car which is now operated Birmingham to New York and on train No. 38 affords excellent accommoda- tion for passengers en route east.
 Call on Southern railway agent for fur ther information.
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Summer Tourist Tickets.

Summer excursion tickets to all promi- nent summer resorts north and east, are on sale via the Southern railway and Ala hama Great Southern railroads at greatly
 Can on J P. Billups, travelling passenger agent, Southern railway, or R. M Ellis. Travelling passenger agent Alabama Great Southern railroad for further iniorma-
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Cheap Summer Rates to St. Clair Springs.

Effective June 12, the Alabama Great Southern railroad will sell tickets from Birmingham to St. Clair Springs at the very low rate of eighty-five cents for the round trip. Tickets to be sold for trains leaving Birmingham Saturday and Sum- day, good returning not later than Monday. For further information apply to
 R. M. ELLIS, T. P. A. Telephone GOT. No. 2019 First ave.
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INarkets BY Telegraph

af1oat Saturady, August B, as compiled by the New York produce exchange, Is as follows:
 Wheat, 6,Ss70e0 bushels; decrease, 1, ,357, ,OOO. Corn, 16,017,0O0 bushels: decrease, l, 1,9OSOOO. Oats, 3,561. GOO bushels: decrease 281, ,00O. Rye, 449,000 bushels; increase, 12000. Barley, 24S,o0O bushels; decrease, 5, ,OO0.
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Articles Opening Highest Lowest Closing

Cash Quotations.-Flour steady; No. 8 spring heat, 7Od721a: No. ? red, TIE; No. 2 corn, 33; No. 2 oats, 22A@221h; No white, 26h@2S No. 3 white, 25@27; No. rye. 45; No. 2 barley, S6@45; No flax seed, S9A; prime timothy seed, s25O; mess pork per barrel. s905@s1O; lard per 100 pounds, s5.27h aa5. 90: short ribs sides, loose, s5.15G5.40; dry salted shoulders. boxed. 45s@47s; short clear sides, boxed s5.656r5.75; sugars, cut loaf. unchanged; No. 2 yello corn. 33A@3SB; the butter market firm, creameries, 131s@1S1R; dairy, 126l16; eggs steady, fresh 12c.
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New York Cotton Market.

New York, Aug. 15.-The cotton market opened steady with prices showing a loss of 3q7 points on lower Liverpool cables, local speculative selling and further small liquidation by the Liverpool holders. The weakness was also due to more unfavorable weather conditions in the cotton belt. An other weak feature was a report that Neal had bearish crop report on hand. Sell ing was only checked by the low prices that good cotton was already selling for. and belief that a large short interest al- ready exists. During the afternoon the market ruled dull an dsteady with no new features of special importance and the trading was entirely local.
 The close was easy, with prices showing net loss of 96l11 points.
 Cotton quiet and easy; middling, 6; ex- ports to Great Britain, 200; to France, 21; to the continent, 1,256; forwarded, 57; sales, 1850; spinners, IA; stock actual, 75,115.
 Total today: Net receipts, 933; exports to Great Britain, 200; to France 21; to the continent, 1,256; stock, 212,020.
 Consolidated: Net receipts, 2227; exports to great Britain, 2,526; to France, 21; to the continent, 5,SS3
 Total since Sept. |: Net receipts, S524,- 626; exports to Great Britain, 3,493,T73; to France, 815,S29; to the continent, 2,9S9,2l5.
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New York Coffee MarI.et

New York, Aug. 15.-Coffee options 5 points lower sales 1S,OOO bags, including September, 5.55. Spot coffee, Rio, steady; No. ', invoice, G.; No. ', jobhing, "A; mild, quiet; Cordova, SO 13.
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s Paine. Murphy & Co.'S Stock Letter

Birmingham, Aug. 15.-The whole history of today's market could be summed up in referring you to our recent letters and using today's quotations as evidence. The details shows a strong opening with for eigners the early buyers Commission houses received baskets of buying orders in their over Sunday mail and helped prices from the start. Throughout the day the excitement ran high and Cabling buyers with good profits in to selling to market was the feature. There were two buyers for every offer and the advance continued with the grangers making gains from to per cent. and the trusts under lead of Tobacco from to 6 per cent Our predic- ton that Tobacco would cross sugar was varified today both selling at that price at same moment. Those who are playing for reactions are missing profits. It Is useless to reiterate, this is bull market.
 The highest prices for twenty years will be recorded on this movement.
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AND MOBILE, llI | Aoa$ NEW ORLEANS m0O1 T6\I and TEXES, MEXICO, UENI IOOe CALIFORNIA and the


 Tbere is no better location in the United e.ates for Eastern and Northern emigrants tn.n the line of this popular railway. Tha reductions Of Georgia and Alabama not he duplicated by any other section Sf country in the world, world. Come and see l,a,, work and New Orleans is via the Al .. NC" and New Orleans Short Line, tha Ian Ianst attractly route to travel in the South. 1a % passes through a rich country. teeming Villages all the way iron IT 9ara Atanta to Mont gome.y write or call on ma''oGG GEO. P. ALLEN. T. P. A.
 D. P. oRoURKE. Pass. Agent.
 B. B. EVANS. Cont grt Agent. G
 ". TAYLOR. Gen: Agent. '' .7"' Montgomery. Ala.
 JOHN A GEE. Gen. fs;s; s,;s;..A Agent.
 FEE. KIRBY. c. T; A..
 GEO. c. SMITH.
 President and General Manager.
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All Good

All Good Ethsl.-I have had fully dozen offers of marriage lately. Maude.-Mercy me! Good ones? Ethei.-Yes. All from George.
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Cotton Letter

Private Wire to T. G. Hewlett, Agent.
 Birmingham, Aug. 15-Spot cotton showed weakness, but sales were liberal at the concession, 10000 bales Futures showed further weakness. The opening here was at decline of to,3 points and although the weather reports from the south were bril- weather reports from the south were bull ish. still there seemed a lack of support and the dull market showed further weak ness until near closing, when there was an avalanche of liquidaating orders, which broke 8 to 10 points. closing demoralized and weak. 4. ss ..zats
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,yopTuERN ALABAMA RA1LRoAD COMPANY.

TIMr TABLE NO. 3--IN EFFECT Monday, January 1. lS91' at o3v Wo ssonge, S rae Passenger, Daily exceps Sundays.
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Financial.

= Financial
 New York, Aug. 15.-The Evening Posts fifiancia cabegram says: The stock mar kets here were quiet but distinctly firm today, the feature being the strong de- mand for American and Argentine stocks The latter were bought chiefly by Berlin sAmericans were dealt in extensively for New York and there was also much Eng fish and German buying The demand largely centered in Erie and Union Pacific shares Prices in the street closed quiet, closing at the top with helpless look Generally business remains so stagnant that the closing of the stock exchange on next Saturday is mootede The question is being considered also whether the ex- change shall be closed every Saturday dur ing September.
 A stock exchange failure is announced, but it is small and of no consequence. The money market was firm at 1ls per cent, mainly on apprehensions about the stror monetary and exchange position in New York. It may harde further.
 The Paris bourse was closed today, being a holiday.
 The Berlin market was firm.
 Dry Gooda.
 New York, Aug. 15.-The week opens in a dry goods market with a continuation of the style of trading which prevailed last week Export lines sustained themselves, the South American demand being of large proportions and China and other far east ern consuming centers being heavily rep resented in the bidding for goods. Bleached cottons have bettered their position slight ly, Coarse colored cottons are fairly ac- tive, denins being in steady request and not easy to obtain. Other lines of coarse colored goods unchanged. Blankets and fannels maintain their activity Print cloths are fairly active. Extras at cents are the subject of many bids. but sellers are again refusing that price.
 Staple cottons are in steady request.
 Visible Supply
 New York, Aug. 15.-The statement of the visible supply of grain, in store and
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Local staple Groeeries

F1our-Best patent, s4,5005.0O. Straight, s410; extra family, sS1o. Sugar-Granulated, $5.64: Y. C., 5l9c. Coffee-Green, 9G111kc; Arbuckle's pack ages, sl0.s0; Lovering's packages, Slo.Se; Ly- en's packages, $9SO..
 Lard, 6kc.
 Clear ribs sides, 6k. Molasses-Centrifugal 15q25c; sugar house, 2o935c.
 Rice, 51ad615c.
 Corn-Yellow, 45c; white, Acc. Meal, S5c.
 Hay-Choice timothy $145O; No. 1, $14.5O No. 2, $13.50.
 Mixed oats, 33c; white, BIC. Bran. mixed, $15OO; pure wheat sl55o. Cotton seed meal, $17.00.
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LOCAL MARKETS,
Frnita and Produce
Local Cotton Market ,tton-Middling. 5%c.

Butter-Elgin, 200; dairy No. l. l5c; dairs No. 2, 13c; country. 10e; cooking, 6uec.
 Potatoes-Irish, TOcd75c per bushe : Poultry-Hens. 2Oc; fries. 121zQ16c; ducks, R0c; geese. 20d25c.
 Eggs, 121ac.
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Fresh Bread and Candy made daily at c. w. COdy's. 1920 to l636 Third avenue. es
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New Orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans. Aug. 15-Cotton future steady. August, 5.37 bid: September, 5.S4l 5.36; October, 5.37Q53S; November, 5.41C 5.42; ecember, 5.46@547; January, 5.5O95. .5l February, 5.53Q555; March, 5.5Sa5.6O
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CENTRAL or GEORGIA
 RAILWAY co.

No 8 from Albany, Columbus, etc. II :35 am No 1 from Savannah, Macon. Co., rnnnection at Savannah with superb freight and passenger steamers of the Ocean Steamship company. from New York. Boston and the Eas..
 Fer further cm1 ind1rhstlon hgent aRpS ReS V V John. son. Union Ticket Agent. J. c. Halle, Gen | eral Passenger Agent. E. H. Hinton, Traffic Manager.
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DOUBLE DAILY SCHEDULE TO CIN- CINNATI, LOUISVILLE AND
 LEXINGTON.

Mo- 2 carries Pullman Sleeping Cars Bir- mingham to Cincinnati and from BiSming- ham to New York without change.
 No. tarries Pullman Union Sleeping Car Birmingham to Cincinnati and Pullman Sleepng Car Chattanooga to Louisville. J. M. Culp, Traffic Manager. Washington. b. c.
 Frank s. Cannon, General Manager Washington, D. c.
 c. W. Wickcrshsm, Superintendent Bir- mingham.
 ". A. Turk, G. P. A., Washington, D. c. C. A. Benscoter, A. G. P. A., Chatta- uooga.
 R. NJ. Ellis. T. P. A.. Birmingham, Ala.
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November .... ...-s. ...5.7O 5.SO 5.n sI December ...-.o.tS D.o1 DID o.t
 Tone easy, sales, 5.790
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Daily Statement

New Orleans, Aug. 15.-Cotton steady; sales, 2,SO0; ordinary, AS; good ordinary, A; low middling, 1-16 middling, g ,16; good middling, 5%; niddling fair, 5-16; receipts, 404; stock, 6S.551.
 Consolidated statement: Receipts, net, 2227; exports to Great Britain, 2,506 Con- tinent, 5,SS3; stock, 212,02O
 Galveston-Quiet; middling, 11-16; re- ceipts, 24; stock, 14,307. ? Mobile-Nominal middling 55s; receipts S4; stock, 3,236.
 Savannah-Easy; middling, 55s; receipts, 226; stock, S,737.
 Charleston-uiet; no price; receipts, 6; stock, 3,590
 Wilmington-Quiet; midding, 51z; stock, 5,9i9
 Norfolk-Nominal middling 51s; receipts, 154; stock, 12 354
 BaltimoreJNominal; middling 69s re- ceipts, 125; stock, S,975
 Boston-Quiet middling 6; receipts, L. IA.
 Phiadelphia-Quet; middling, 6A; re- ceipts, 113; stock II ,204 Memphis Easy; middling 55s; sales 75; receipts, 399; stock, 2l 040.
 Augusta-Quiet and steady; middling 6; receipts, 55; stock, 3,225.
 =6t-. s4 Chicago Change
 ohioa 20 Aug. 15.--opposlng Innuences maintained heat prices almost in equlib- rum today. Septa1,ahor closed 1zel56e and December lost $c.
 Corn gained Ac. Oats declined 1s@Ac. $ Pork left off unchanged; lard down and rihs rece3ed 91bc
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By Private Wire to Paine, Murphy $ Co:
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DIY GoOds

Visible Supply
 New York, Aug. 15.-The statement of the visible supply of grain, in store and
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J. M. Cuip. Traffic Manager. Washington
 W H. Green, General Superintendent. w A Turk. c. P. A., Washington, D. c. c. A. Benscoter. A. G. P. A., Chatta- P. Billups. T. P A.. Birmingham. Ala.
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RAILWAY SCHEDULES Arrival and departure of all trains fro n this city. Central time. In effect May l, at 100 p. m.
 L. & N.-North.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-16
DAMAGE FOR X-RAY BURNS
Max Meyer Sues an Electrical Com
pany For $4,000.

New York. Sept. 16.-Max Meyer, the
right side of whose face was burned
by X-rays, has sued his late employers
for $4,000 damages for this and injur-
les to his right hand, suffering also from
the rays
Meyer was employed by the United
states Electric Supply company when
the electrical show opened in Madison
Square Garden in May. He exhibited
the X-ray apparatus showing the man
ner of using it.
Il was not told of the danger in the
X-rays," said Meyer today q thought
they were harmless. There was no de-
vice to protect me, although a shield
was made after left When I worked
l noticed a curious itching of my right
hand. Then my hand began to puff up
and get red. About the same time the
right side of my face began to itch.
went to physician and showed him
my hand and face.
You are pretty well broiled,' he
said. Tt is an X-ray burn
Then my hair began to fall out. NV
mustache came out as cIeanIy as if it
had been cut off with a razor up to the
middle line of my lip. My skin began
to shrtvel, and then every hair on the
right side of my head and face seemed
to come out by the roots'
In his complaint Meyer alleges that
the electrical supply company was gull
ty of negligence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-16
FLOUR is ALWAYS CHEAP HERE.
MAIL ORDERS SHIPPED PACKED And DELIVERED DEPOT

evidently left it when they were routed
from Purson, in the vicinity of San
Juan hill.
1t had been placed amid the thick
bushes and had been painted green, as
a further prevention against discovery.
Probably this is the hitherto unlo-
Gated gun that did much havoc among
the Massachusetts volunteers. Both
guns apparently had been taken from
the Spanish warships, as a portion of
deck tackle was lying near each. They
were delivered to the ordnance depart
ment this morning.
Colonel Sargent's Fourth regular in
fantry has reported to General Wood
it's readiness to enter at once upon its
garrison duty.
Colonel Hoods regiment broke camp
today at Alameda, wnere it has been
stationed since it arrived a month ago,
and removed to q new station on the
San Luis railroad at the town of Alta
Sango, Is miles north of Santiago. The
condition of the regiment in the matter
of health is much improYed,a little over
one hundred only remaining on the sick
roll. The site of the new camp is at an
elevation Of a thousand feet above the
sea, a beautiful plateau among the
mountains, where the water supply is
adequate.
A large body of Cubans in the neigh
borhood of the camp is anxious to be
dismissed from service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-16
WITH SMALL
CEDAR CHESTS
Full of Valuable Papers the q.
8. Peace Commission
Sails For Paris on the Campania
Tomorrow.
A CABINET MEETING
| CABINET MEETING
Held an Hour in Length When
They
We're Given Their Instructions
by the President.

Washington, Sept. 16.-The cabinet
met in special session at o'clock this
afternoon and adjourned at four All
Of the members were present, except
Secretary Alger, who is not in the city.
All united in the statement after the
meeting that they had agreed to say
nothing more of the deliberations than
that the peace commissioners had been
fully instructed.
1t is not to be understood that the
commissioners go under ironclad and
Interchangeable instructions at all points,
for there is a certain amount of fiexi-
bility in the instructions. 1t is expect
ed that at Paris the commissioners will
meet General Merritt, fresh from Ma
Mia, and in addition they will there
have the benefit Of a special report from
Admiral Dewey
All the arrangements have been COM
pleted for the departure Of the commits
sion and it's staff. Most of the party
will leave Washington at o'clock this
afternoon for New York.
The Campania sails at 2 D. m. Satur-
day and explicit instructions have been
given all OF the members of the party
as to being on board at that time. Spec
ial baggage tags have been printed for
the belongings of the members and a
small paper paster showing red and
blue bars crossed on a white back
ground gives a handy way of making
a red, white and blue" Identification
of the personal and general luggage Of
A number Of stout cedar chests have
been made to carry the books, pamph-
lets, typewriter papers, etc, forming
a part of the American case. The
chests are like a shallow steamer trunk
so that they may be showed under the
berths and thus be available on the
passage over instead of going with the
baggage in the hold of the steamer.
This will permit considerable work on
the trip and it is expected that the COM
missiOners will hold meetings on ship
board
They will go direct from Liverpool to
London and there stop for a days rest.
then proceeding to Paris by the way of
Dover and Calais.
Senator Frye called at the war de-
partment during the afternoon and had
a talk with Acting Secretary Meil1le-
john. While they were together, Rep
resentative William Alden Smith, of
Michigan, who is a member of the
house committee on foreign affairs,
Joined them In the course of a good
natured exchange, Mr.. Smith urged Mr..
Frye to hold on to the Philippines as an
entirety as we'll all other territory
of which we were possessed as a re-
suit of the war. Mr.. Frye diplomaticaI-
" avoided committing himself beyond
remarking that the idea, seemed to be
growing. AS Mr.. Frye came from the
department he was asked if he favored
a retention of the Philippines, to which
he replied: L never have given my
views on that to any human being"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-16
OLDEST CITY ON EARTH.
Dawson Can Successfully Claim the
Distinction.

Washington, Sept. 16.-"There were
over 10000 people in Dawson City when
I left there on the 26th of July" said
R. o. Beavers, of Los Angeles, Cal.
But crowds were leaving there every
day, and every boat that departed was
loaded far above it's capacity. The
town is built on a fiat that is in reality
swamp and is about as unsightly and
unhealthy a location as could be select
ed. There are no brick buildings, but
just one long street Of rough log and
board structures and a large collection
of tents. The river front is lined for
miles with old canvas covered scoWs
in which several thousands OF this pop
ulatiOn of Adventures reside.
THE refuse of the city is thrown into
the river which makes great eddy here
and as a consequence the water is con-
taminated, resulting in a high rate of
sickness. The town is, in fact, about
the most unhealthy I ever lived in, and
last winter the mortality from fever,
scurvy and scant food supply was
something awful.
1T is, in fact, one of the oldest towns
on earth Starving people, living amid
squalid surroundings, have all the ap-
planes of metropolis, their beggarIy
nuts being connected by telephone and
their miserable streets lighted by cleo
tr1clty. There are scores of dance halls
and gambling dives in Dawson that
never close, and its one thoroughfare is
crowded with people day and night
Thousands of men who have gone there
reason to curse the day they ever set
foot within its limits, for the hardships
and pT1vatiOns of the life have made
of them physical wrecks"