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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-04-07
Gin heRtdIiider Sulisbraud.

Sn iener GuBeriten gde bes peftfds
lifden Miiniterlanbes, beren Mittel>
punt bic inbuitrierei9e Stubt 8p9olt
(8u4bOl8) 1T, bat iid nod cine urulte
Site in bic @egenpart beriibergerets
tet: bas palmitpd5u9en. Der rYulms
ftod" lit bic BON Der Rinbe befreite
DeiB gef9Glte &rone zines junsen &ies
ferbaumes. Die Gnben Der ein5elnen
3peiae tperben nit rpalmbDgel6en",
b. +. tleinen aus &u6enteig sefprmten
gogeIseftalten, per3iert, pGbrsnb bic
Spite bon elmer groben 9reosl, benz
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-04-07
1otbe Wauseh
Bon Sobaunes Trojan.

Son SogGniles 2rp,dh.
mas maaft bu fir Elm fauer 3ei4t.
gu 8auersfrau ppr Der Sbiire3
Did oriidt bod fold Elm auuner
ni9t,
9ab Dir gu Hagen gebiibre.
SaIt bod, mas cine nur baben lam,
unb %iplteIt ni9t mebr ~perlangen:
Oh BAIT bein Saus, bait beinen Mann
nno &inber nit rptben Wangen.
8tit Stpar ni9t reid, BAIT bod genue,
Gannit ruhig, mas fommf, %eriparten.
Ro4 INNER geIan9t bat's, mas biz
truq
Ods Iderfelb unb Der 9arten.
Iu6 tiinftig lan9t's, es bralft por
Nott,
Dor Mdn9el Dir ni6t gu baueen.
Sait oeine Irbeit unb bein 8rot
unb &iroer nit rpt9sn Wargen.
Sc giebt bod in bes Sages 2uuf
Nidt 4rbeit ALIEN uno Miiben,
@s ipringen aud Dir bod RoIen auf,
@ie nir9enb ite fd0ner bliiber.
Su iiebit bid felber our6 @ottes Sulb
Sn Strait unb 9eiunbbeit pran9en,
unb bait auf Der Seels feline S9ulb
limb &inoer NIT rotben Wdnaen.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-04-07
bas ftdrtsre Medt bs6aItsn.. limb

bas itGrfere Re9t bsbaItsn.' limb
nun eradblte er balb reiisnirt balb FLU.
moriitiI9 Isin @rlebnib BON Sage
borber: ME er bic fpeiie Hoie ieinerSus
genbtrdumc aIs bsbGbise unb runbs
lihe Srau amtmaun pieber gefunben
bate. unb bab ibm bic lauren 2inien
nit Sped taft 10 i9per nod i'm Ma<
gen Ideen tpis bic gnttGuI1uue, bic er
erfabren bate. Gliie bate erit ernits
bait. bdnn beiterer perbsnb Su9eb6rt
unO sulebt elm frObIides Baden BEL
feiner S9ilberung ni9t unterbriiden
fDnnen. SEPT ld9elte lie unb rei9te
ibm tbeilnabmsppa bic Sano.
Limb nun iinb sic fret fir beutea-
fruete fie.
ga, = unb ni6t BLOB fir bsuts-.
erpiberte er unb Iudte ibren Bid,
ben fie unipiItiirli9 fentte. rQtber
fperben sic MIDI benin mad mstner
Sabnenfludt BON seitern ned anSbrem
Seiertagsprogramm tseiInebmen Idfen
fpoGIen2"
Sic ld4elte. sd CLAUDE, Pupa
ldBt nit iid reben, tpenn Sic ibn
fdDn bitten"
LIMB Sic ieIbitg" fori6te er tpeis
ter.
nMii9 freut es, baB sic nod setpmz
men limb. ia9te ie einfa4 unb lab gu
linn auf.
9a puBte er. buB bieies neue Siter=
feft nod cine anbere 8sbeutung fir
fsin 9eben g%etpinnen tptiroe. ais jenss
anbere aus Der Snaben5eit. .
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-04-07

bon ibm gebSrt. Gr IN infer unsliid,
Serr prdiibent. e-. Der unieren Ramen
fhdnbet."
nRun, Nun. id ipolte Sbnen ia ni9t
fpe1 tbun, fabreu sic fort in benz, mas
sic mir fagsn ponteu,"
Der Mann fubr iiA nit Der Sanb
iiber bic Stirn.
sd ipoIte iagen, bab i'd feit iibsrz
Seugt bin, baB man nit Silfe Der Pbos
tograpbie bas Bib bes M0rbers BON
Der Retind bes Grmorbeten abnsbmen
fam. Ollie llmitdnbe fprefen bafiir,
ipenn bic Mprbtbat tbaid9li9 10 Dor
fi9 gegangen lit, tpie bic 8lGtter be-
ri6ten. SD bin nun bereit, ben 8er<
fu6 gu maiden, unb bin iiber5eust, bab
er mir geIinst."
nSie poIen mir alio bas Bib bes
MDrpers fdaffen2"
ySd, id mill es."
r@ut benin, Sic tSnnen ben @ers
Iu6 ma6en; es tit ia nidts babel ris>
tirt."
ngii6ts, Serr grdiibent. 9elinst
es. 70 pirb Der @rfols einen Sonnens
itrabl bes Slides in mein 2eben brinz
gen. @elingt es nidt. bann 1T es cine
Sauiion mebr, bic i4 gu @rdbe
TRACE"
Limb mann tpOlen Sic mir Td9@
ri9t seben2"
nWtoreen I'M 5ebn."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-04-07

Stretching, oOer BON einem Qpfel, eiz
ner Orange getr0nt pirb. &etten bon
sebudenem Sbit ober 3uder5eus pers
bpuitGnbtgen bic 4usitattung bes
Palmitpdes. Dim palmionntag : Morz
gen gilt es nun fir bic &inber, ben in
ireenb einem 0intel bes Sauies pers
itedten palmitud gu fu9en. SIT er eez
funben, 10 ipirb er i'm Sriumpbe bins
ausgetragen alf bic Straben. r9alm>
fpnntag!!" rufen bic Sleinen, nit ibrem
S4ub pruntenb unb froblodenb, aus,
ni6t obne ben Hetb anbsrer nit treni>
ger idDnen palmitOden periebenen
Spieltameraoen gu erpeden. gu Saus
pirb bann Der S6mud bes Balm
ftpdes frDbIi4 peri9muuit.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-04-07
III,

ySaben Sic fhon selsfen?" fraete
Der SecretGr ben 9oli3eiprd
rHein. Was benn24
nDir fparten umionit. 9err Sploer
pirb beute nt6t fommsn!"
vNt6t, unb tpesbalb9~
nGr bat ii9 teute Ra9t bur9 Sob
lenOrOsus persiftet."
Der Narr! Qber 10 iinb lie ale, bi,
Serren Grfinber. @liidt ettpas ni9t.
bann abieul bas gauge bisdsn Mutb
1T gum Seufel. Der Mann bat garz
nifts sntbedt, unb bann. bod
bentsn mir peiter nidt bran, benten
mir lisber, bub mir ben MDrOsr ertpi.
f6en."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-04-07
= m E er a t. 8iater: g

m er t. Ridter: Sc
ben @ie alio gu, buB Sic benz @lisns
buuern spei girilen geitoblen ba6en2"
= anoetlagter: .Tein!" sSur4
Sbr bartnGdiges 2eugHsn periddrten
Sic nod Sbre Strafe! SD frase
sic alIo nodmuls: 9aben sic benz
G~lIenbauern stpsi 8iiriten geitpblsn2"
- anestlastsr: nGein. Serr 9sridts@
bpf = brei!"
-9ertanut. r~ntsrofficier (su
eiuem I6le6ten Surner, Der in einem
Surnperein ipur): SO, bier itene i6I
Sud @inen Dor, Der i'm Surnpereia
mari @ber geturnt bat ct natiirli9
ni9t = er bat nur Seniter gepubt.
Jubboben eetebrt II. (. M, alio elm ips
eenanntes @brenmitglieb!"
-8psbaft. Sdaufpieler ian
elmer Sdmiere): ~Ratben sic. mas i'd
neulih in benz 2orbeertran5 fanb, Der
mir au meinsm 8enefia iiberrsidt
ipurbe." 6err: s0ie 9artner : Rs6@
nuns2@
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-04-07

= 3sitgemd 8. 2iebbaber (psr=
legen): ,Mein iiiBer SdaB, i'd min es
Dir aber nur betennen: mein Wo4ens
sebalt bstrGst ni6t mebr als Stpanaig
Dollar. 9laubit On oumit aus5utoms
men9" = sic (rubtg): sd fHon :
ober tpopon tpiuft Du benn Isben,
Gbarlie9"
8ef6eibeneB itte. Sepp
{ben fie BEL Der Rduferei jGmmerlid
Suri4ten): .Saera. laBt bod nod fir
bic nGdite airdpeib C biHeI mas bon
mir iibria!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-04-07
Gin ~ttnterid1ieo.

Tim Did. mein 2ieb, gu i4miiden
Mit 8lumen obne 3a6l,
Our9itreift' i'd Selb unb quen,
@9, pie 10 bunbertmal.
limb isbt, nd9 mundem Sabre,
$40 Ou mein Deibden biit,
9a i6miide i9 Did fpieber
@obl nod gu isber 5riit.
Der Sdmud nur 1T periaieben:
Der erIts-persdngeH leiber :
Del fam BON lieben Serrgott,
Ser ieb'ge tommt - BON S6neibel
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-04-07

SD bin Der gpmmdnbunt Der
8iirgertpebr! Wdriim rufen Sic ni9t
'raus, ipenn ib ppriiber tomme9"
nWoBu? @s bilft bod ni9t!"
nRa. = ipie 10 benn9"
nWas foG i'd ruusrufen,-ie toms
men bod nii9t!"
FRA, tparum tommen ie benn
nifdt2"
nWeil lie nii9t brin iinb!"
Sra, mo finb fe benn9"
rSeit brei 9iertelitunben limb fe
faOn briiben bel 4i9bu9 unb lafen
mir bier gang aIeine. Seibt N 3us
ftanb! So Jag Sbnen, Ssrr SsneraIs
major, sc iperben nod mas erleben
nit be 8ersers. Sic iasen, ie baben
Mutb, i'd fag' Sbnen, ie baben nii9t
en- Mal G%ouruge!l"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-04-07
mitftib. Weffe (flotter oeb,

= Witteib. Heffe Glotter 2sbsz
MANN: sSntel, Sunte, i9 babe cine
4nitelung uls armenarst." = Snfel,
Sante: 80. bic Grmen!"
AUD elm sport. Dssbalb
fpeinft 9u. 8ertba9 = Sd trainire
meme 4ugen. = Wofir9 - Sir elm
reues Seibenfleib.
&Ieine 8ttte. SGns6en
(sum 8rGutisam feiner S4psiter):
.Sit ss pabr, artbur. bab Oh seiagt
bait, 9u rpirit uniers emma auf SGns
ben trassn?" 8rdutisam: rSaippbl,
mein Sunsden." Sdnsdsn: rSras'
fe NAL N bis9eu!1
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-04-07
III.

Sn Der Ounfeltammer itsbt Srtb
Solber iibsr cine Platte sebiidt, bic er
ebsn sntfpidelt. Mit i6ier atbemloier
Spannung blidt er auf iie. Wirb bas
Bib erf9eiusn2 ipirb es ni9t9 limb
nit aitternben SGnben bGlt er bic
S9ale in immertpdbrenber 8~efpegung.
9a, bsinabe entrinet ii6 linn Elm
S6rei. Sin let9ter S9atten ipirb auf
Der platte Iidtbar; bic S6attsn mebs
rem fi9 unb einen iid gu 5leden unb
StriGen. bieie psrbet CUR 3ei9nung,
elm Bib lit auf ber pldtte entitanben.
9as Bib zines Wannes, triumph
Die Sadie 1T gsgliidt. Ro9 cine Mie
mute, nod cine balbe. nit bsbenben
Sinsern brsbt Der alte has Slas an
Der 2ampe. 9as tiefrotbe 2i9t per>
f6pinbet, unb selbes 2idt erfiiat jeBt
ben &aum.
@orii6tig fabt Der Damn bic pldtte
al ben RGnbern. ppriidtig bebt sr Tie
empor bis gu benz 2idt unb = Elm
Sdrei entrinst ii6 ieiner &eble, elm
fur9tbarer, fdredli6er S9rsi:
yMein. .Sobn!" unb flirrsnb fGlt
be RegatippIdtte gu @sber, in tduienb
S4erben Seri6elenb. :.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1898-04-07
Gin e9ter prot B.

Batter, Batter, benz Dir nur, mir
baben in Der 2otterie $4,000 Nart
sefponnen!"
.9lber. Sinb, pie oft bah i9 Dir
fdon seIaet, 9u ipuit mid ntdt ipe9en
ieber &leinigfsit itDrenl"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-04-01

held fast and bent that deck downward.
Witness here exhibited two sketches to the
court showing dagram- or various paf'cs
the sunken ship and explained them to the
court.
The witnesses evidence about the strip
on the starboard side of the outside plat
ing of the ship which was folded and
rolled back was recalled to him, and Pow
elson said he could see plate underneath 1t
was bent outward, as he could see II, as It
was only two feet under water where the
shear occurred.
Witness had taken soundings and had
found five fathoms Of water on both sides
of the Maine down to the mud. Taking a
14-pound lead line and dragging with a
wherry for distractions on the port side,
dragging close to where he thought the wa
ter ways would be found, he found no OBJ
structions whatever. On the starboard side
he found distractions for 20 feet where he
had reason to believe the waterways had
originally been.
In answer to questions he said there was
nothing left of the port plating at all. He
dragged along the outside to see II anything
had fallen out and found nothing. Wit
ness thought the ship on the port side was
antlraly cone onposite a point indicated ON
| q diagram handed the Court. It was en-
tirely blown out.
This concluded Ensign Powelson's tes-
timony on the third day.
A Divers story.
Chief Gunner's Mate Olsen, of the United
States steamer Iowa, told how he had been
sent to Havana for the purpose of doing
diving duty on the wreck. He had descend
ed four times, making about eight or nine
hours of total examination.
Olsen told how on his first descent he
went over the forward part of the ship.
To use his own expression, he said: II
found the wreck all blowed up. I found a
lot of crate bars down there" The second
time he went down further forward and
| there located a lot of ten-inch shells. For
ward of these the plates were bent inboard
over them.
Asked If he imagined himself looking for
ward he stated that he did. Going over the
plates he struck into lot of six-inch shells
with the sings on them. Going to the right
1t seemed to have been blown over the star
board. Olsen stated that he put his hand
into the ,cranks, and brought out several
The next time he went down, Olsen testi-
fled he went outside the Ship forward OF
the crane on the port side. He followed the
bottom along and found that the ships
side was blown cupboard and along the
crane 1t could be walked on.
AT the part where she is blown up COM
Plates are turned u TRen foo%
sottom from there up, and the plates are
blown outboard. At the top and underneath
the bottom they are blown inboard and
bent In. About three feet forward of that
spot there is a piece of iron laid along the
bulkhead. The skin of the inside of the
double bottoms Is curled like sheet of pa
per fnboard from stem to stern.
"Amidships on the same place there Is an
armor plate, one plate complete, the top OF
the plate standing up. The plate is inclined
up with the thick part OF the plate down.
board"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-04-01

The evidence of the divers establishes
that the after part of the ship was prac-
tically intact and sank in that condition a
very few minutes after the explosion. The
forward part was completely demolished.
Upon the evidence of concurrent external
cause the finding of the court is as follows:
'At frame II the outer shell of the ship,
from point liz feet from the middle line
of the ship and six feet above the keel
when in dts normal position, has been
forced up so as to be now about four feet
above the surface of the water; therefore,
about "a feet above where 1t would be had
the ship sunk uninjured.
Plates Bent Inward.
'"rhe outside bottom plating is bent into
q reversed V shape, the after wing of
which, about 10 feet broad and 80 feet
In length (from frame II to frame 20, is
doubled back upon itself against the con-
tinuation Of the same plating extending
forward.
cat frame IS the vertical keel is broken in
two and the keel bent into an angle singu-
lar to the angle formed for the outside
plates. This break Is about six feet be-
low the surface Of the water and about
80 feet above It's normal position.
I'm the opinion Of the court this effect
could have been produced only by the eX
plosion of mine situated under the bot
tom Of the ship, at about frame IS and
somewhat on the port side of the ship"
Conclusions of the Court.
The conclusions of the court are:
That the loss Of the Maine was not in any
respect due to fault or negligence on the
part of any of the officers or members OF
her crew.
That the ship was destroyed by the ex-
p1osion of a submarine mine, which caused
the partial explosion of two or more of her
forward magazines; and,
That no evidence has been obtainable fix
ing the responsibility for the destruction
of the Maine upon any person or persons.
T have directed that the finding OF the
court of inquiry and the views of this gov
eminent thereon be communicated to the
government of her majesty, the queen, and
I do not permit myself to doubt that the
sense of justice of the Spanish nation will
dictate O. course of action suggested by
honor and the friendly relations of the two
governments.
It was the duty OF the executive to adj
wise the congress Of the result, and in the
meantime deliberate consideration Is in
voked.
(Signed) WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
Executive Mansion, March 2S, $685.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-04-01
Eyerybodv saws so.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
aerful medical discovery Of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on Kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing tho entire system, dispcl colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try q box
Of g. G. G. to-day; 10, %, so cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-04-01

n. MXATtI2N,
Litutenant Commander, U. S. N, Judge
Advocate.
u. s. Flagship New York, March %, 1898,
Off Key West, Fla.-The proceedings and
findings of the court of inquiry in the above
case are approved.
A. SICARD,
Rear Admiral, Commander in Chief of the
u. s. Naval Force on the North Atlantic
Station.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-04-01
yVouldn't Think of II.

First Tramp had chance wunst
ter go into de burglary line, but dat
wuz agin me principles.
Second Tramp-Yer wouldn't do dat,
Ell?
First Tramp-Naw! TinlS of fellers
workin' tree an four hours tryin' Z
open q safe.-Town Topics.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-04-01
Explained.

Mrs. Goode-Why is it that you
tramps would sooner sleep than do any
thing else?
Tramp-Dat's because NV our retirin'
isposition.-Up-to-Da
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-04-01
The Findings A,

The court, having finished the inquiry IT
was ordered to make, adjourned at IL a. m.
to await the action of the converting au-
thority.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-04-01
CASToRIA.
-Cuirbstone' Chat.

l-'&S3-GTA.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-04-01
Two Explosions,

There were two distinct explosions, with
a brief interval between them. The first
lifted the forward part of the ship very
perceptibly; the second, which was moro
prolonged, is attributed by the courtto the
partial explosion Of two or more OF the for
ward magazines.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-04-01
CASToRIA.
Her Natal Day,

When he called at the house he was
received by young lady gorgeously
attired.
"You are all dressed up. What's the
occasion?" he asked.
II am celebrating my twenty-third
birthday"
"Againl"--N. Y. World.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-04-01

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarota.
Candy Cathartic cure constipation forever
10c, pc II G. c. c. fail, druggists refund money.
The herald., 1898-02-13

working for whoever would give them
the most money. And what did Powers
say of Miss Adams?
Who is Jane Adams? If she does
not like how the ward is handled, why
doesn't she get out? If she doesn't
IKE the slums, why should she not
move where the air is better? Who
wants her in the Nineteenth ward? I
think she ought to get out. 1t will be
my last appearance as an aldermanic
candidate, and 1 want a vindication.
Let Jane Adams take Hull house out
of the Nineteenth ward if she doesn't
like the location. No matter what she
does, L will get more votes this time
than 1 ever did.
The boodlers in the Chicago city gov
ernment have owned the city so much
of the time that they have to look upon
1t as their own personal property, play
thing and graft" If people don't like
the way they run things, let them get
out.
The same situation exists in every city
that is cursed with corrupt set of pol
iticians. The questions of party or prin-
ciple do not concern them in the least.
They are in politics for what they can
make out of it. If any citizen or any
has the courage and the hon.
esty to oppose them they are attacked
with villtication and abuse. 1t is
strange but true that the corrupt ele-
ment in a political party, always con-
ceives the idea that it owns the newspa-
oers of the political faith which it has,
for selfish purposes, taken as it's own
Sometimes the corruptionists find that
hey do not own the newspapers; then
hey are shocked and furious.
The herald., 1898-02-13
FAIR FIGHTING GROUND

California belongs in the column of
doubtful states. 1t has not since 1854
given anything like a decisive majority
or plurality for the candidate of either
party in a presidential election.
In 1872 the Grant electors were chosen
by 1925 majority; four years later the
Republican majority was cut down to
2S00 and in the next national campaign
it was entirely wiped out, the Demo-
Gratis, although still a minority in the
state. choosing their electors by the
trifling plurality of 102 the GreenbacIl
party contributing in this consumma-
tion by casting 3404 votes for their pres
idential candidate.
The great popularity of Blaine on this
coast enabled the Republicans to carry
the state in 1884 by plurality of 13,12S,
but in this campaign the Prohibition
and Greenback parties polled 4937 votes,
the Republican plurality being 1858 less
than its majority in 1872, when there
were but two presidential tickets in the
field.
Four years later, when 1852 votes were
divided between the American and the
Prohibition parties, the Republican
electors were chosen by a plurality OF
1887.
in 1892 notwithstanding the heavy
drain Of 33.4S1 votes to the Peoples and
Prohibition party nominees, the Cleve-
land electors got in by the narrow plu-
rality Of IA.
McKinley's plurality in 1896 was 2797,
very narrow margin in q total vote ex-
ceeding three hundred thousand. IT
was, indeed, so close that the Demo-
cratic elector receiving the highest vote
OH his ticket defeated the Republican
elector receiving the lowest vote on his
ticket by 14S, thus dividing the electoral
vote between Mckinley and Bryan.
A change of less than 400 votes in a
total vote exceeding three hundred
thousand-a change of less than twen-
ty-liYe votes in each of the fifty-seven
counties Of the state--represcnts the
margin which the Republican party en-
joys, and which must be overcome by
the united strength of the Democrats,
The herald., 1898-02-13
BE WARNED IN TIME

The Herald would advise the people
in the east who have ben smitten with
the Alaskan fever to go slow. 1t is
beginning to be evident that the trans
portation companies will be more or
less unscrupulous in their efforts to
create rush to the new gold fields,
for the more people that go the greater
will be their profits. Indeed, it is al
ready hinted that a number of the re-
turned Klondkers have been engaged to
travel in the east for the express pur-
pose of preaching the gospel of gold
hunting in its most crazy forms. Sc
long as the people go and have the
money to pay their fares to Alaska, that
as all that concerns the transportation
companies. There may be much gold
or none at all; the scheme is simply
to get the people to go.
That sort of thing frequently hap
pens. Fifteen or twenty years ago the
prairie states of the northwest-Ne-
braska, Kansas and other western COM
monwealths-were the basis of opera
tion. New England and the middle
states were depopulated of their sturdi-
est sons. Europe was drawn upon for
vast hordes of men, women and child
ren by the agents OF the railroad and
steamship companies. Both the emigra-
tion and immigration businesses were
greatly overdone; but the bubble burst
finally, and years of hardship and des-
titution for thousands followed.
There is a later illustration nearer
home. Last summer a rich pocket of
gold was struck in Trinity county, in
this state. There was no good reason
for believing that gold deposits ex-
listed on large and rich scale, but a
boom was created by the transporta-
ton companies that developed into a
genuine craze. Thousands of men
rushed into Trinity county, only to be
disappointed, and some lost their little
all because of their rash venture. IT is
but fair to say that the transportation
companies were assisted by sensational
yellow journalism in San Francisco in
bringing about the deplorable incident
of Trinity county.
Inc rush to Alaska next spring will
be on very large scale: so large that
nobody can correctly estimate it. The
great majority of persons who go there
are going to be bitterly disappointed,
and many will lose their ALL Be warned
in tin1a