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REID ON TERRITORIAL EXPANSION

oeptemDef century MaBaZlne
 ''The chief aversion to the vast access sions of territory with which we are threat ened springs from the fear that ultimately they must be admitted to the union as states. No public duty is more urgent at this moment than to resist from the very outset the concession of such responsi- bility. In no circumstances likely to exist within a century should they be admitted as states of the union.
 with slight notifications the territorial form of government which we have tried so successfully from the beginning of the union is admirably adapted to such com- munities. It secures local self-government, equality before the law, upright courts, ample power for order and defense, voice in congress for the presentation of local wants, and such control by congress as gives security against the mistakes or ex- cesses of people new to the exercise of these rights
 '"The power of the government to deal with territory, foreign or domestic. pre- cisely as it chooses, was understood from the beginning to be absolute. and at no stage in our whole history have we hesi- tated to exercise it. The question of per- manently holding the Philippines or any other conquered territory, territory, is not and cannot be made one of constitu- tional right: 1t is one solely of national duty and of national policy.
 "The candid conclusions seem inevitable that, not as a matter of policy, but as necessity of the position in which we find ourselves and as a matter of national duty we must hold Cuba, at least for time and until a permanent government Is well established, for which we can afford to>be responsible: we must hold Porto Rico, and we may have to hold the Philippines"
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 Some great minds have some small thoughts.
 one-half the world wonders why the other half lives. The silent watches of the night are those we forget to wind.
 After the field is plowed, then comes the narrowing details.
 A man is indeed ignorant if ignorant of the fact that he is ignorant.
 Nothing takes the conceit out of a man like being beat at his own game. The spruce American tars pine for op- portunfties to pitch into the Spaniards.
 The clergyman doesn't object to a young mans ringing a bicycle belle in church.
 An old bachelor says that love is the sugar-coating in the bitter pill of matri- mony.
 You can sometimes judge a mans ability by the number of relatives he has to sup port.
 The man who can accurately describe woman's dress made a mistake in not be- ing born dressmaker.
 When a grass widow selects a seat in the park she always gets as far away from the keep-off- the-grass sign as possible.
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The DreYfHs Scandal.

The essential and leading facts in the Dreyfas case should not be lost sight of in emotional people. These are the chief facts:
 Captain Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason to France in 1894. It was a secret court-martial. He was convicted upon said to have been found in the waste-paper basket of the German ambassador. As to
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WILL BE STRONGLY ENDORSED

From the Vernon Democrat
 Hon. John W. Tomlinson is an applicans for appointment as railroad commissioner of Alabama. This will cause some surprise among MT. Tomlinsons friends. and some uneasiness among other applicants. Mrt Tomlinson has been leading figure in both state and national politics. but has never been a candidate for any office before. As 0 party worker he was faithful and untir. ingly energetic, and his endorsement Will be strong. AL, i,s
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A SERIOUS OMISSION

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 A clause should have been inserted in the protocol depriving Sagasta of any back-talk privileges.
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of thing" And he sent her away to good dramatic company, where she secured dainty ingenue part under a reputable star. She told me the whole story, this in nocent child. whom I have watched at school, and it seemed to me that the mil1 lennium was growing pereeptibly nearer.
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When he First comes home we can get our hand in for the Peace Jubilee. Practice makes perfect.
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A GOOD MAN
From the Sheffield Record.

From the Sheffield Record.
 Col. John w. Tomlinson Is a candidate for railroad commissioner. The governor could not select man better qualified for the place than Col. Tomlinson. Nor could he reward a better democrat.
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The First is coming straight to Birmlng- ham They do not care to re-tentaonsthe old Mobile camp grounds. az
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Justice White is about to ably serve his country by declining a place on the peace commission.
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Birmingham's Peace Jubilee will not con- sst of a banquet of prominent persons but will be a great popular event.
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The government should give the half or Fitzhugh Lees corps that is to be retained in the service a months outing among the Alabama hills.
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Sugar mills and yellow pine will be among the first needs of the Cubans, and Aiaoama stands ready to supply them.
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The trouble with the heroes coming home is they do not know how many of the kisses they receive are sincere.
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The French are prepared. to adopt an American slang phrase with variations Don be a Patty du Clam" za
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The United States will not stop building posal.
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Alger should initiate M. Cavaignac, Frances late war minister, by retiring un- der fire
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Hobson's second Santiago campaign pre- sents tougher problem than even the first one did.
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They are blaming the hot spell in the northern cities on Alger, too.
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Paty du Clam is living up to his name in the matter of silence in this crisis.
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Kitchener is smasher of the Dewey sort. He does not leave an enemy within sight.
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COLD TEA FOR THE BARONET

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
 There Is likely to be many a slip between Lipton and the cup.
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Every day adds to the vindication and copyright of M Zola.
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The new century will be we'll loaded up with decadent nations.
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The French people are preparing to roast Paty du Clam
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The serdar's victory was a regular map making event.
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Dreyfus neglected all opportunities to commit suicide
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Secretary Day proposes to come home to stay by Thanksgiving Day.
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Remittances can DC made by express postof1ice money order or drafts at current rate Of exchange. Address
 THE HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala
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Miles will soon be added to the anti-AIger forces.
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The herald., 1898-02-06

mile sections for fee of $100 and 10 per
cent of the gross output. Recording or
renewing mining claims will cost SIS.
Five or more miners who may be 100
miles from a government recorder may
elect an acting recorder, who shall trans
fer to the nearest official recorder within
three months all records and all fees
collected. Mining claims that produce
less than $2500 annually are exempted
from the 10 per cent royalty. Records
shall not be issued for more than one
claim to any single individual in the
same locality.
Among the regulations left unchanged
the following are important: A claim
must be marked by two legal posts, each
four inches square and at least four feet
above the ground. They must be mug
bered l and .. A legal post marked
discovery post" must also be placed on
the lode when it was discovered. On No.
post must be written: l, initial post !;
2. the name of the claim; 3, the name of
the locator; H. the date of location; 5,
approximate bearing Of No. 2 post; 6,
length and breadth Of claim; T. the num-
Der of feet to the right and the number
Of feet to the left of the location line
On post No. 2 post must be written: /,
the name of the claim; 2, the name of
the locator; 8, the date of location. The
line from No. to No. must be marked
distinctly by blazing trees or planting
posts.
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SOME LAWS TO PASTE IN YOUR KLONDIKE HAT

Under the laws of the United States
miners have much greater freedom than
under the Canadian laws.
To great extent the men in each min
ing district may determine for them
selves the laws by which they shall
abide. Thus, solitary miner may dis
cover region rich In ore and may stake
out, say, twenty acres, which may be
done up to a limit of 160 acres on pay
ment of $40 or $50 an acre, according to
certain conditions.
But if other miners come in before the
claim is duly recorded they may organ
ize what is known as a miners district
and declare that no single individual
shall be allowed to stake out more than
1900 feet by 1900 feet. The original
claimant has to submit or go into end
less lawsuits. which he is almost never
prepared to do.
The United States government saws
that no single individual can enter or
locate upon more than 160 acres, nor can
an association enter upon more than 320
acres. The government, before patent
issues, requires payment for mining land
at the rate of $40 per acre where the
claim is situated more than fifteen miles
from a railroad and 500 per acre where
such claim is located less than fifteen
miles from a railroad. The owner of a
quartz mill or reduction works not own
ing mine in connection Herewith may
also receive a patent for his mill at s.
per acre.
CONCERNING THE RIGHT TO NINE
The location must be along a vein or
lode; it must be distinctly marked on
the ground so that its boundaries can
be traced correctly. The record must
contain reference to some natural OBJ
Ject or permanent monument to identify
the claim and all lines must be parallel
Remaining details are governed by reg
ulations established by the miners of
each district, not inconsistent with ma
tional or state laws.
The right to mine can be given in
public lands only, and said lands must
contain valuable mineral deposits. Two
miners tried to file twenty-acre claims
once in such way as to obtain control
of the entire length of both banks of a
creek thirty miles long. Other miners
came in and organized mining district.
Then they declared that no mining
claim should extend along the creek
more than 1900 feet. The original claim
ants went to court and petitioned that
inasmuch as they had taken up the
claim primarily for the purpose of cattle
pasture, they should be allowed to hold
It, The court ruled that a claim for
cattle pasture running in a strip only
one foot wide could not be entertained
and dismissed the petition.
WHAT AN APPLICANT MUST DO
An applicant for a claim must file in
the proper land office an application for
a patent under oath, showing a com
pliance with the law. He must file also
a plot and field notes of the claim, or
claims, in common, made by or under
the direction of the surveyor general.
showing accurately the boundaries,
which shall be marked distinctly by
boundaries on the ground, and shall
post copy of such plat, together with
notice of such application for pat
ent in conspicuous place on the land
or claim in question.
This posting must be done before the
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en- representatives of the different chess
clubs all over the world met at the Ho
tel Cecil in London for chess tourna-
ment. l could not go because l could
not leave my baby. Mrs. Worrell.
Americas representative, came out
| fourth.
Previous to that I met Mrs. Worrell
for a series of match games. They
| stopped 5 to in my favor, and one
draw game. In the middle of the next
game we were interrupted on account
of sickness at home. have not played
since. l am a very slow player. l like
to play only fifteen or twenty moves an
hour, which means IA thought of three
or four minutes on each move.
Using this rate of speed l
played a match game with Mr..
Reil Buz, late a director in the
Manhattan Chess club of New York, and
now of the German army. l won the
match five games up. five to three at
the finish.
l also played a match game with e.
Lasker, champion Of the world, four
years ago in which 1 beat him five
games. He took off a knight, giving me,
of course, some odds and himself a
1 won a single game on even terms
with Mr.. n. Jasnogradsky. who is q
famous chess player. l also won
game from Louis Schmidt, the violinist
and chess player
If l were to advise a woman to take
up a game I should recommend chess,
because it develops the mind and inter-
ests her at the same time. The only
requisites are. as 1 said before, a good
mind and common sense, and to this
must be added good physical health.
With baby the matter of hours isn't al
ways to be regulated, so temporarily l
have given up chess playing.
Am 1 open for match games? Yes
and no. want to play again, and I am
ready to receive any challenge. I do
not play for money, and perhaps on that
account l cannot be called profession
al, but am woman chess player and
1 would like to play any woman in the
world. NELLIE NJ. SHOWALTER.
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surveyor general that $500 worth of la
Dor has been expended upon improve
ments made upon the claim by himself
or grantors, and that the plat is cor
rect, and shall give such other descrip-
ton as is necessary for identification to
be incorporated in the patent.
LANDS OPEN TO ALL CITIZENS
At the end of sixty days the claimant
must file his affidavit showing that the
plat and notice have been posted in a
conspicuous place on the claim during
the period of publication. If no ad-
verse claim is filed within sixty days
the law assumes the applicant to be en-
titled to his patent upon payment to the
proper officer of So per acre for the land
embraced within the claim.
All afTidavits under the mining laws of
the United States may be made before
any officer authorized to administer
oaths within the land district where the
claim may be situated, and all proofs
may be taken before such officer
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Reforming College Sports

The attention which the athletic COM
mittee of Harvards board of overseers
is now paying to the matter of reform
ing college athletes so as to bring them
back to a simpler and less Objectionable
form should result in correcting some Of
these abuses. College sports have their
legitimate value and 1t should be the aim
of the college authorities to rescue them
If possible from the plane OF the pro-
fessional athletic exhibition, where
quibbling and money making are the
most prominent features, and place them
where they will serve a useful purpose
in the all-around development of college
young men and women.-Detroit Free
Press.
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CHESS PLAYING AS A PROFESSION FOR WOMEN

do not say that am the champion
woman chess player of the world. But
as 1 have never been really beaten in a
fair and square game, think that can
lay some claim to being an authority on
chess.
have played several times at an enor-
NOUS disadvantage. and have come out
pretty well, so when l say that chess
playing as a profession for women is a
possibility, I can be believed.
They say that chess player must be-
gin to learn to play chess long time be-
fore he is born. That means that you
must have q fair endowment of intelli-
gence and a certain amount of good,
common sense. With these two qualities
supplied, there is no reason why you
cannot play this most intellectual game
in the world.
did not learn to play chess until after
l was married. My husband was a pro-
fessional chess player, and because
took an interest in the game he taught
me how to play. We have what north
erners would consider very nice stock
farm near Georgetown, KY. and when
tired with the outdoor life, or when the
to play chess in the house.
A great many women who begin to
learn to play chess find it hard on their
nerves. They say it tires them, and
have known women to become hyster-
ical over the game and give it up in de-
spair before they had learned the secret
of the moves.
did not have that experience liked
to note the progress of the 'pawns" and
to learn the different directions in which
the knights" and bishops started
forth on their career of triumph. The
kings and queens" and their troubles
fascinated me and l could see the posi-
bilities of the "castle" long before knew
how to clear a way for it,
My first big game was with my hus-
band. He agreed that at certain time
should play a match game with him;
he was to be blindfolded and l was to use
both eyes. OF course l had to call the
moves but we played the game and
when tell you that l won you can i'm
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Mineral lands are open to exploration
and purchase by all citizens of the
United States, without regard to sex,
and those who have declared their in
tention TO embrace citizenship. All per-
sons born or naturalzed in the United
States and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, and none others, are citizens.
The right to mine can be given only
in public lands, and such lands must
contain valuable mineral deposits. No
claim located shall exceed 1900 feet
along the vein, nor shall 1T exceed 900
feet on each side of the middle of the
vein at the surface. 1t is not necessary
that the locator should be present on
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One may locate as agent

the ground. One may locate as agent
for another.
DOMINION GOVERNMENT LAWS
The laws regulating placer mining
were amended last week by the Domin-
ion government, and will doubtless be
less unsatisfactory than the regulations
promulgated last fall.
Among the new rules are the following:
Every miner and every one employed
by miner must take out a miners GER
tificate, for which the fee is $1O Each
mining company must have a certifi-
cate, for which $50 to $1O0 is charged. ac-
cording to the amount of the capital
stock. A miners license gives the right
to hunt fish and cut the timber neces-
sary for mining purposes.
Ordinary claims will be 25O feet wide,
and discoverers' claims 500 feet wide.
The Canadian government reserves
every alternate ten claims, and may sell
them at public auction. Grants for min.
ing under water may be given in Ave-
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filing of the application for patent. He
must also file, when he applies for his
patent, the affidavit of at least two per-
sons that such notice has been duly
posted, together with an exact copy of
such notice.
The register of the land office then
causes to be published in a newspaper
by him designated as the nearest to the
claim, for sixty days, a notice that such
application has been made. He must
for the same period also post such no.
tice in his office
AT the time of filing his application. or
within sixty days, claimant must file
with the register certificate of the
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Such Is Fame

A Prussian officer in the German army
has been in the habit of questioning raw
recruits on simple matters of national
history. Here are a few replies to his
question: "Who is Bismarck" Bis
marck was emperor of the French u
Bismarck is dead" bismarck is a
pensioner and lives in Paris. Bismarck
took part in the campaign of 1870 and re-
ceived medal of good conduct" Bis
marck descends from the Hohenzollerns
and was born on April 1st." OF sixty
six recruits whom the officer had to in
struct twenty-one had never in their
lives heard the name of the iron chancel-
lor.-Brooklyn Citizen.
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agine that was very well pleased with
my progress at chess.
Today although he has been a cham
pion for long time can still beat him.
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General John M. Wilson, the chief of
engineers, has completed collection Of
pictures Of his predecessors in office
since the organization Of the corps In
1902, which have been hung on the walls
of his office. There have been fourteen
in all, one of whom, General Joseph G..
Totten, held the office for twenty-six
ysacs.
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There is no woman living who can
beat Mr.. Showalter in an even game,
and as for the men-well, the annual
championship games in which he plays
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but he has to make certain concessions.
If he takes off one of his pawns and gives
me two moves at the start can general
ly catch his king at the close of the game.
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decide that and the world knows the
rest.
Last summer l had the greatest dis
appointment of my life. Twenty wom-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-05

ship, dated Guantanamo, August 4.
In the first of the report Sampson cells
of the demonstration made against
Aguadores by the Michigan troops I'M
der Dufield, the point of which was
that as soCn as the ships took part IN
the firing the Spaniards disappeared.
He says that the bombardment OF San
tiago on July 2 served NO particular
end because Skaters attack had been
postponed. He quotes dispatches from
himself to Shafter stating it was i'm
possible to force an entrance to the
harbor until the mines were removed,
and that the work could be accomp-
lished only after the troops had taken
the forts. Shafter replied that he
could not tell when he could take the
batteries. If they were as difficult as
those against which he was pitted, it
would take some time and a great loss
of life. Says he:
Il am at a loss to see why the navy
cannot work under destructive fire
as we'll as the army. My loss yester-
day was over 500 men. By all means
keep up fire on everything in sight I'M
til demolished. / expect, however,
with time and sufficient men to cap
ture the forts along the bay
An hour later on the same day, July
I'd, Shafter again appealed to Sampson
to Immediately force the harbor en-
trance so as to avoid future loss
among his men, already heavy. He
says you can operate with less
troops than l can.
In reply on the same day Admiral
Sampson pointed out that the channel
Of the haTbor was well strewn with
mines which would certainly result in
the sinking of one or more Of his ships
if he attempted to enter the harbor,
and that by the sinking of one the har-
Dor would be blocked against the en-
trance of the others. He had hoped
that Shafter would take the batteries
from the rear, so that he might drag
for the torpedoes, but it was Smarter, 5
earnest desire that he should force an
entrance. He would prepare to under
take it thinking, however, that the po-
sition Of both the army and navy
would be made more difficult if they
failed in the attempt. He proposed tG
use mines at Guantanamo to counter
mine the ones at Santiago which would
consume considerable time. Says
Sampson:
"It is not so much the loss of men
as it is the loss of ships which have
until now deferred me from making a
direct attack upon the ships within the
the port"
After the battle with Cerveras fleet
Shafter renewed his request that
Sampson force an entrance, saying
that his present position had cost him
1000 men and he did not wish to lose
any more. Sampson, in comment
says this shows a complete misappre~
hension of the circumstances. He al
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-05
EAGLE RIVER Villas CO.. WISCONSIN, DECEMBER

and would not permit. those articles to
go to any officer for signature, my own
not being affixed and / shall protest
to the secretary of war against your
signature to that document. | re-
spectfully invite your attention to the
fact that no claim for any credit for
the capture of Cervera and his feet
has been made by my army, although
it is a fact that the Spanish fleet did
not leave the harbor until the invest
ment of the city was practically COM
pleted and Cervera had sufficient loss
es on land July / and 2, notably among
them his chief of staff. "
Sampson says that he acknowledged
the receipt of the above without argu-
ment and that the matter should be
decided at Washington. Meanwhile
he cites number of kilograms and
signals to show that Shafter had the
assistance of the fleet in bringing
about the surrender.