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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-10
TOOK COLD SHOWER BATH.
4 New and Elderly Pupil stayed
Under 1t Nearly Is Minutes

gentleman about 60 years of age en-
tered gymnasium and physical culture
school in Brooklyn the other day and an
nounced his intention of becoming a pupil
TO build himself up" After hard exer-
else for an hour it Is customary for each
pupil TO take warm or cold shower bath
and then be rubbed down by an attendant
with coarse towels. thus promoting the
circulation of the blood and putting the
blood in a healthy glow. The shower bath
is in a small compartment, and a pupil
enters and closes the door manipulating
the spigots TO suit himself. white the at
tendant waits outside until he Is through
The elderly pupil was told after his
first lesson that he had better TAX eoi
shower and he entered the compartment
and closed the door. The attendant waited
for nearly fifteen minutes oufslsr
wondered what the man was doing. as
he could hear the cold water running.
but no other sound
Finally, from the compartment, came
the chattering query: How long must I
stay in this place? I'm freezing"
The new pupil was promptly rescued
and resuscitated. and Il was explained ~
him that II was not customary for a man
20 stay under the shower longer than two
or three minutes on a cold winter day.
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LAWYERS ZEAL.
Regretted His Client Had Not Been
Struck by n Trolley Car.

A Brooklyn man who had the mister
tune to break his arm by tripping over a
curbstone and falling upon the limb, con-
suited leading lawyer of that borough TO
see il he could not recover damages from
the city for the accident. The lawyer
heard the details and then said:
II do not think that there Is any law
by which a man could recover damages
for not lifting his foot high enough. In
a recent case a contractor had lifted a
fagstone on the sidewalk and turned it
over leaving a hole where it had been
originally, and double thickness of
stone where L rested.
"A woman came along, stepped in the
hole, fell, and broke her leg. She sued
the contractor and received a verdict Of
1000 damages, but he appealed, and the
ground that she should have looked where
she stepped
TIL client said that he thought the curb
that he did not know Of any law that reg
ulatsd the height of curbstone. Then
the man cf Jaw got warmed up TO the sub
ject and said:
Now. f you had only been hit by a
trolley car We could have got a good ve--
Gict against the company. I have just
recovered verdict for a woman who had
both legs broken by being run over by a
trolley car. 1t is a pity that you were not
hurt that way"
Then. as n bowed his astonished client
out OF the office. he said:
Now, remember, next time get hit icy
a trolley car"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-10
LIMITED BY IMPROVEMENTS.
Decision In Alaska Land Entry
Made by Gov. Brady

WASHINGTON. March s-Secretary
Bliss has rendered decision modifying
one made by the general land office in the
case of Gov. John G. Brady. OF Alaska,
who made a cash entry Of $50 acres in
the Alaska land district under the law
which provides for the sale Of lands in
that territory for trade and manufactur-
ing purposes. The land occupied for such
purposes by tho governor was only thirty
acres OF that entered. and Il Is held that
he must limit the entry 10 the land COW
cred by the improvements or have Il
cancelled. There Is no sufficient reason,
IL is held. why the claimant should not he
allowed 10 take enough land 10 include
all his buildings IN an approximately
square form. which would give him about
fry acres
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Request for Information
Dyea the Scene Of It-One Pawflis
Breaks His Arm.

Dyea the Scene of It-One Puwflist
Breaks His Arm.
A bloody prizefght took place In the
Everyone's Home hotel at Dyea between
u and / o'clock last Friday morning
shortly before the building was burned.
The principal contest was between J. c.
Carr and Billy Cooper. There had been
bad blood between the two men for some
time and a very hard contest was looked
for. The crowd was large and waited
patiently through the preliminary bouts
Honors were about even during the first
and second rounds. Both men fought
hard and received considerable punish
ment. In tho third round Cooper began
10 so and the calling of time was all that
saved a knockout. In the fourth round
Cooper struck a terrific blow at Cars
head, which the latter clevsrly lodged.
Coopers arm struck him an ugly blow on
the neck. His arm was broken from the
force OF the blow. This, OF course. ended
the fight. Cooper was turned over to the
doctors.
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ALASkA'S GOLD REGIONS.
DISCUSSED IN THE RECENT RE
PORT OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
BY the Government Printing Of
Ace-Placer Deposits Dealt With

WASHINGTON, March s.-Two papers
containing important contributions on the
goid-bearing regions of Alaska, the pub
LEGATION of which has been awaited with
great interest for nearly a year, have just
been issued from the government printing
Office. They are advance chapters from
part three Of the eighteenth annual re-
port OF the director Of the United States
geological survey not yet issued. The
papers give the results Of reconnaissance
examinations by survey experts. made in
the summers Of 1896 and lS96. or shortly
before the outbreak OF the Klondike gold
excitement. The paper entitled "A Re-
connoissance Of the Gold Fields of South
ern Alaska" a pamphlet Of eighty-sx
pages OF text and a number Of maps and
other illustrations. records the results Of
observations by George F. Becker in 1895.
its publication having been delayed until
this time mainly by reason Of DIR. Beck
ers absence during part OF 1884 while
making study Of the gold deposits Of the
Transvaal
The report of J. E. Spur 1872 pages OF
text, with maps and other illustrations,
treats mainly Of the valley of the Yukon.
and is OF more immediate interest at the
present time, since, although the Klon-
dixie region does not come within the lin
its OF his work. he recognized the prob
able Importance Of that region as a re-
suit Of his studies of the district about
Forty-Mile ard Arctic City. within Amer
lean territory. The report Is entitled Gee
ology OF the Yukon District Of Alaska"
by j. Edward Spur. with an introduce
tory chapter on the history and condition
OF the district to 1897. by Harold B. Good
rich.
Mr.. Spurr's report IL accompanied by
geological maps OF the mining district
visited. and contains full discussion of
the manner In which placer deposits are
formed. He effectually disposes OF the
statement made by the late director Of the
coast survey. Gen. Dufield, that the plac-
ers are OF glacial origin. by showing that
the region where they are found In great
richness was never covered by the con-
tinental Ice sheet
The paper will undoubtedly prove ef
great value in afyordng to those who may
visit the region in the future a more cor
rect understanding Of the geological for
nations prevailing there. and will be in
great demand.
or each OF these papers the geological
survey has about 100 copies for general
distribution.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-10
TUG RESCUE BACK IN PORT.
Brings Down the large Camden
From Skagyyay

Tug Rescue arrived yesterday afternoon
from Alaskan ports. having In tow the
barge Camden, which she brought down
from Skagway. The Rescue left Seattle
early in February for Dyea with two
scows loaded with general merchandise
live stock and lumber. During the voyage
north the weather was exceedingly stormy
Snowstorms were encountered almost
daily and strong head winds prevailed
Almost every evening the tug was Obliged
10 put into some sheltered bay along the
coast and remain at anchor until daylight
came.
The Rescue arrived at Skagway on the
evening of March ]. She remained until
Friday, March 4. and then started on her
return voyage With the barge Camden in
tow. Sunday afternoon the Rescue passed
the bark Theobald. IN tow OF the tug j.
T.. Boyden. Everything seemed to be all
right on board the vessel and the tug
was making good progress. The same
afternoon the Rescue passed the tug Sea
Lion, with the ship Lucille In tow. and
later in the day The tug Monarch. with the
ship Dashing Wave. On Monday evening
on Point Simpson an unknown tug WAS
passed. The tug had two scows in tow
one Of which appeared 10 be water-logged.
-Four men came down from Skagway
on the Camden
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United States Consul Ashhy. who was
drowned at Colon, was a member of the
famous Ashby family of the Shenandoah
Valley. His father. Gen. Turner Ashby.
was esteemed by Jackson as the best OFF,
Ger in his army, and gave promise Of ris-
ing to the highest honors in the service,
bit he YVES killed in battle during the
early days of the war. One of the daring
feats of Gen. Ashby was the capture OF
Sir Percy Wyudham and his entire regi-
ment. which had been sent out. as Sir
Percy somewhat boastfully declared "for
the express purpose of bagging Ashby.''
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Increase Of Population In a.,y,,,,

WhIIe France Il congrntuiatinv harsa,,
on the Increase % her population over her
death rate-a condition shown bv tha Ia 3,
census that had not been eoualed for
many years-Belgium has come GU, with
most remarkable figures concerning her
population The last national ceusr,s in
se3stum was completed in Nav. 1887 ard
ns figures have just been made public
WITHIN the last ninety-nve years the pop
uiatton OF Belgium has doubled Itself Rs
ing from s.ooo.eo 20 sSooon But the rac-
ords OF the larger elite. make a SIN mora
interesting showing. Antwerp in a csn-
fury has risen from s. 90 TO 81 60 an in.
crease CT @ per cent Liese has "a
vaneed from 900 10 lso no: Ghsrt from
500 20 1Seoe. Brussels. from g coo "a
Is-.es
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The funeral services az Col r J. Ham
lson. formerly United States marshal
were held yesterday afternoon az the fam
i.y residence 1915 Yes'ev way. Rev. ciar'
Davis officiating. The ;nterment tool
place II Lake View cemetery. The suners
wAs attended by large number OF Mr.
Hsmiltcn's friends
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Eugene Field once told Mrs Humphrey
Ward that he slept in the hollow OF a tree
In Missouri and lived on wild fish and
fruits when Barnum took charge of him
and educated him. Mrs. Ward afterward
told some friends that Field was typical
American
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III you would like to send a copy of the
Weekly Post-Infelligencer TO friends In
the Eastern states or Alaska, call today
al the business office and leave a few adj
dresses az the rate OF 5 cents name We
VIII attend to the mailing
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, last nigh, that the British amba.sa-

late last night that the British ambassa-
dor had called TO state thar the matter Of
the incsrsions OF British troops into Alaska
at Summit pass would be satisfactorily ad-
tnsted, and that the troops would be with
drawn II they were found TO be on the
American side.
To suppisnt the Mounted Police.
OTTAWA. March Sit Is officially an
nounced that the Dominion governme NJ
will supplsnt the mounted police now in
the Yukon territory by portion Of the
permanent military forces of the dominion.
The contingent Will be drafted from the
various military stations and will include
the best infantrymen and artiiierymen.
The route 10 be taken has not been decided.
but the force Will be organized in ample
time TO go in when the Ice breaks up in
the rivers. Major Evans. OF Winnipeg, VIII
command the force.
Request for Information.
WASHINGTON. March e.--Representa-
tive Lewis Of Washington. introduced a
resolution today calling on the secretary
of state to communicate TO congress as
soon az practicable and IL not incompat-
ibie with the public service. information
as TO what has been done and the present
status OF the boundary dispute between
British Alaska, known as the Northwest
territory and the klondike district and
the United States possessions In Alaska.
The resolution also directs that congress
be informed as TO whether II Is true that
Great Britain Is now C'afrT1f7,e - 'enpl
right or by possession ports or places II
Alaska now claimed ~ Lac bMi-~e. .s.s..1s
under the treaty with Russia now exist
ing.
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CoapOofttDn-

We are nov prepared to do composite,
for the trade tAny measure, Ia Nonrar.iI
4sn.on. BREWER and Long Primer salts
Iataii1geo1es. Seattle
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NO DIFFICULTY EXPECTED.
Troops in Alaska VIII lie
Withdrawn ~ an tmcri-
can Nihr

~ nv YORK. Asrch "A despatch 70
!. IfeFala frpn Washington saws:
- Was lesrned st the Sfate aena~,~,er,
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The Weekly Post-Intelligencer issued
today contains full election returns. Send
1t to your friends. Five cents per copy. q
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Charles Cutter. agent % the Adams rx-
press Company at orvtIie o. has dis
appeared together vita SIa.avQ pAcksgs.
Evening journal., 1898-07-16
O2; Washington, 1O2; and oregon,

1O2; Washington, 1O2; and Oregon,
1O5.
The average condition of Spring and
Winter wheat combined is S9.4, which
Is As points higher than at the CORE
spending date last year. and 6 points
higher than on July /, 1896. The per-
centage Of the wheat crop of 1897 re-
ported as still on hand on July l. 1S9S
is 1886.
The average condition Of the oat crop,
92.S, is 5.2 points lower than last
month, but is 5.S points higher than
at the corresponding date last year, 40
points higher than the average for the
past ten years, and is, with one ex-
ception, the highest since 1889
The average condition Of barley, S5.7,
is SO points higher than last month
but is 2.S points lower than on July
last year, and 81 below tine July aver
age for the past ten years.
The average condition Of Winter rye
is 1913, as compared with $50 on July
/, 1897, and 90.6, the July average for
the past ten years. The average condi-
ton of Spring rye is 96.9, as against
900 on July /, 1897, and 90.6, the July
average for the past en- years.
There is an increase Of 13 per cent.
in the acreage of Irish potatoes.
The average condition, 95.5, is ~
points higher than at the correspond
ing date last year, and 2.2 points above
the ten year average.
There is marked increase in the
acreage Of tobacco in nearly all the
states of principal production, Ken
lucky reporting an increase Of 8 per
cent, Tennessee IS per cent,
and Chic Z per cent. There is a
reduction Of G per cent. in North Caro-
lima, and Of IL per cent. in Florida. The
average condition is much better than
at the corresponding date last year.
The reports as to forage crops are,
with few and unimportant exceptions
exceedingly favorable. The outlook for
the apple crop is very discouraging. OF
the fourteen principal apple growing
states eleven report even lower aver
age Of condition than at the corne-
spending date last year.
With few notable exceptions
among which is Georgia, with con-
dition OF 1O4, indications as to the
peach crop are somewhat unfavorable
The wool report indicates the average
weight per fleece as being SIS pounds
the same as last year.
Evening journal., 1898-07-16
THE PENINSULA PRESS

The days Of registration are close
upon us,the first three Saturdays in Au-
gust the 9th, 18th and 20th,a are the days
that come first, and in New Castle
county no one can vote for a party pri-
mary election unless they shall have
been registered. For this reason the
state convention and the county and
district nominations will have to be de-
layed till at least the last OF August,
and then with the new and changed
conditions Of our government under
the Constitution. Each representative
district will be the master Of its own
affairs as regards nomination, which
will go far to produce party unity and
party harmony.-MilfOrd Chronicle.
It is the same old story-prohibitior
that doesn't prohibit, but does give
birth and nOurish speak-easies. Ceci
and Talbot are in the same boat, ant
Elkton sympathizes with Easton.-Ce'
ell Democrat.
Under a new Constitution the Oppor
| tunity presents itself to begin anew
and by strict adherence to the inten
Of the Constitution in the administra
ton Of the laws and the conduct o
elections awaken the people tOarealiza
tion Of the true intent of the princi
pies Of a free government and the pos
sibilities Of a free, fair and pure elec
tOrate.-Sussex Republican.
oh, no, silver sentiment is not deat
but on the contrary, was never S
much alive as at present.-Delawar
Record.
The popular war loan was devised j
order that the poor man might buy
500 bond and thereafter have 'stak
in the government. The interest on
. bond will be 60 cents a year, less tha
the average worker will pay in wa
= tax on his tea. Yet for this mess
} pOttage will some Of the workers sc
. their rthright.-Justice.
Evening journal., 1898-07-16
Full Set of Teeth, $500

mington, has returned home to Mil
ford.
Joseph S. Wilson, Of Georgetown, is
the guest Of his son, Tecumseh S. Will
son.
Mrs. Harry Boyer is visiting her mo-
ther, Mrs. Hannah E. Short, in George
town.
State Senator Daniel f. Stewart has
been the guest of his brother. w. j.
Stewart, at Seaford.
Misses Effie and Anna Davidson, OF
Milford, are visiting in the city.
Clark Mills. of Lewes, has been Wis
iting Wilmington friends.
Mrs. c. Dugan is visiting friends and
relatives in Kent county, Md.
Miss Blanche Wall, of Cape Charles
is visiting here.
Miss. BERTHE Phillips is visiting in
Port Deposit.
Mrs. 1. A. Gray is visiting Chester
relatives.
Mrs. Miriam Mitchell is spending
some time in Port Deposit.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Feeney and fam
lily are visiting in Chester
John NJ. c. Rodney went to Atlantic
City to-day.
Miss Helen Bowen, Of Fair Hill, Md.
is visiting her mother, in this city.
City Tax Collector Eugene NJ. Sayer'
is spending much Of his spare time a
Sea Isle City.
Mrs. Rebecca NJ. Emerson, Mrs. V
r. Morrow and Miss Morrow are visit
ing Mrs. J. H. Emerson, at Middle
town.
Miss Ethel L. Mailly, Of Odessa, is
visiting in the city.
Fred Pritchard has been visiting Ell
mer Pritchard, at Townsend.
Miss Georgia C. Epos, of Odessa, il
visiting Miss Charlotte B. Young.
Miss Zula Cole is visiting in Dover.
Evening journal., 1898-07-16
CUBA AND THE NEGROES.

Inere Is a good deal Of speculation
as to whether the freeing Of Cuba from
the yoke Of Spain and making it an
independents state will have a tendency
to solve the negro problem. There are
those who think it will. Their areu-
ment Is that when the Spaniards are
driven out of Cuba there will be an
immediate demand for a great deal
moro labor there than there is uow.
The abandoned plantations will be at
once occupied and new lands will be
put into cultivation, because about all
the arabic lands of the island are very
productive. The coffee plantations will
be re-established, and the production
OF sugar and tobacco will be greatly
increased. The labor at present in
Cuba will not be equal to the demands
upon it and the negroes of the Southern
States will not be long in becoming ac-
quainted with that fact They will go
to Cuba by the tens OK thousands. hop
ing TO better their material condition
without a great deal of effort on their
part. They can stand the climate In
fact, they will find the conditions there
for earning a living and getting ahead
in the world more satisfactory than
The foregoing may be true, but as far
as we can see the freeing of Cuba will
not assist in solving the negro problem.
If the negroes should go to Cuba in
such numbers as to give them the con-
troll Of it's political affairs the chances
are that the negro population there
would degenerate, and Cuba would be-
come much like Hayti But if a half
million Of them should emigrate from
the South to Cuba, and it is hardly
probable that the number would be
greater, the status of those left behind
would not be changed in any particu-
lar The emigTating OF a half million
OF negroes from the South would not
make much difference to the 100000
or 5000, coo Of negroes in the South.
There might be a little better chance
for those left behind to obtain remu-
nerative employment but that is about
all the benefit the emigration Of half a
million of negroes to Cuba would be to
the negro race in the South.-Savannah
News.
Evening journal., 1898-07-16
OUR CUBAN IIrNrA

Before the breaking out of the war
between the United States and Cuba
there was little junta in our city. n
we are not mistaken, II is still here.
while hundreds OF Delaware men who
never frequented the revolutionary
storm-centre; never prated OF what sac
rifices they were willing to make for
Cuba Libre; never engineered philan-
thropic projects for the relief Of the
Cuban patriots, have given up good po-
sitions and the comforts OF home, and
are now in uniform, encamped In an
open field, beneath the blazing July
sun, without pay for two months, and
eagerly waiting for orders which will
take them to the front, while the lead
ing members of this same local junta
are here at home, engaged in business
and enjoying all of the immunities Of
noncombatants, far removed from the
scene of strife and bloodshed. We have
1t upon good authority that one OF the
leading members Of This same local Gu
ban junta promised his wife, before
war was declared, that in such an
eventuahty he would not go to the
front. Many others of this aggrega-
tion of long-distance believers in Cuban
independence are giving excuses which
walk on two crdtches.
1t is, so far as these patriots are con-
cerned, pity that the exigencies OF
this sanguinary occasion are not such
as to necessitate a draft which would
take in this same coterie OF agitators
and send them to the front, no mat
ter what their excuses are or how great
their unwillingness.