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Douglas Island news., 1899-04-12
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, February 8th,

JUNEAU, ALASKA, February Sth, 1899. To Clark Miller, A. Otto, A. T. Howard, and D. Mckay:
 You and each of you are hereby notified that the Peoples Market, a corporation, or ganized and existing under the laws of the State of Washington, with its home office at Port Townsend in said State, and doing buSl- ness in Alaska, has expended, during the year 1898, Two Hundred (200) Dollars in labor and improvements, One Hundred Dollars on each of the following Lode Mining Claims, situate, lying and being in the Harris Mining District, District of Alaska, said corporation being co-owner and mortgagee otthe same, 'G The Ge' 'TAKOU CHIEF Mining Claim, To- cated May 10th, 1897, by Clark Miller, A. Otto and A T. Howard, and recorded in the Re- cording Office at Juneau, Alaska, on NOYem- And the GREAT TAKOU" Mining Claim, located by the same parties on May 23th, 1S9I and the Location Notice recorded in the Re- cording Office at Juneau, Alaska, on N0yem- Der 9th, 1897, ill Book 1S of IodeS, page l22.
 In order to hold said claims and each of them under the provisions of Section 2S24 of the Revised Statutes of the United states and the amendment thereto, approved Jan uary 22ndv 1880, concerning annual labor up, on Mining Claims, the said amount eXpended being the amount required to hold said lode or iodeS for the period ending on the 3Ist day of December A- D., 1898.
 And if within ninety days from the person al service of this Notice, or within ninety days after the publication thereof you tal! or refuse to contribute your proportion or such expenditures, as a co-Owner, your In- terest in the claims will become the property of the subscriber your co-Ownery who has made the required expenditure by the terms 0i S''i'' S'''''D- PEOPLES MARKET, BY F. JACkMANr
 President.
Douglas Island news., 1899-04-12
Says t wul Save the Gold :

Mr. Charles Phelps of this city, an employe of the Mexican mine, has in vented a machine that will save the gold in the black sand. He has work ed on his invention for the past year, and he claims that it is the only ma chine ever invented that will positively do the work. He built small machine with which he has been experiment. ing and he is confident that he can save as much as ninety per cent of the gold in the sand If MT. Phelps is cor rect in his estimate as to what the ma chine will do, he certainly has a for tune in store for himself and family.
Douglas Island news., 1899-04-12

DE. Clarence A. Treuholt8 of the St AuD's Hospital found time to make the News office brief visit last Friday.
Douglas Island news., 1899-04-12
Alaska Steam Laundry.
 ..Dyeing and CleaningWOrk'
E. R. JAEGER, Proprietor.

E. R. JAEGER, Proprietor.
 -O-- Laundry Work in all its branches; suits cleaned and pressed. Colors restored. DLye- ing of every sort promptly attended to. Car, Car, pets cleaned without taking them mp. Al at lowest possible prices consistent with good work.
 EnE- A. LaMotte, Douglas City Agent. EGE- Leave Bundles at Delmonico Hotel. Front Street. Juneau. Alaska.
Douglas Island news., 1899-04-12

JNO. R. WYNN,
 Attorney for Peoples Market Date of first publication Feb Sth, 1S99-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05
A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIREC
TON,

We learn from an exchange that in
response to a demand made by the
Democratic Executive Committee of
Culpepper county, Va, both Gov.
Tyler and Senator Martin, who are
candidates for the United States Sen
ate, have signed and published a for
NAL and solemn pledge that they will
neither use money in the election nor
suffer their friends to do it for them.
This pledge covers not only the Sena.
torial election itself, but also the choice
of Legislators by the people.
This is q most encouraging bit Of
news, and although the Associated
Press overlooked it, it should be of
more interest to the people than the
slckening details of some lynching or
murder. 1t will be q glad day for
America when the moral sentiment of
the people becomes so aroused as to
bring about like results in every nook
and corner of cur country. What a
long step in the direction of purer
politics, better laws and truer democ,
racy would be the adoption Of this
Virginia plan in all political o
tests.
And the people a have this reform
If they earnestly desire it. Enough
voters in any township can force it's
adoption in the contest for constable
and enough townships can force the
candidates for county officers to adopt
it; and so on to our highest Offices.
very best wishes.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05
OUR PENSION L

Our pension bill grows heavier and
heavier. Advance sheets from the re
port of Hon. Fl Clay Evans, Comfnis
sioner Of Pensions, show that during
the fiscal year just ended Uncle Sam
has paid out for pensions the snug lit
tie sum of $138, 1856, O52 -$649. 496 more
than the largest amount paid out in
any previous year. Only a very small
part Of this amount was on account of
Spanish var claims. The pension roll
at present is made up Of 76S, 45I eur
viving soldiers. 227, AIS widows and de
pendent relatives, and 653 nurses. The
total disbursements to pensioners since
1866 has been 81 $50 9O1, ga, OF more
than $S4 Cor each man, woman and child
now in America. Nor does this amount
include pensions voted by individual
States.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05
THE THINKERS.

Neither the roads nor the railroads
of any nation should belong to any
private persons. All means OF public
transit should be provided at public
expense, by public determination
where such means are needed, and the
public should be its OVID share
holder" Neither road, nor railroad,
nor canal should ever pay dividends
to anybody. Tney should pay their
working expenses, and no more. All
dividends are simply a tax on the
traveller and the goods, levied by the
person to whom the road or canal be-
longs, for the right of passing owe his
property. And this right should at
once be purchased by the nation, and
the original cost of the roadway-be it
OF gravel, iron, or adamant-at once
betrayed by the nation. and then the
whole work Of the carriage Of persons
or goods done for ascertained prices,
by sAlaried officers, as the carriage Of
letters is now done.-J0hn Ruskin.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05
STATISTICS.

The Eleventh Annual Report of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
which is just out contains many facts
and figures Of interest to the general
public.
The total single track railway mile
age is given as 1876 396 miles; milcs in.
Guiding all tracks, 247, 632 Number of
railway corporations, 2,O47. Mileage
covered by representations and con
solicitations during the year 2 22O. To,
tai number Of locomotives, Sc 234; pss
senger cars, 80 sos; freight cars, 1, 248,.
1926; railway special service cars, 43,
75S; passengers carried during the
year, sol O66, 681; freight, 879, OO6, 3O7
tons. Employees, 874 $50, or 474 per
per each 100 miles of road; employees
are divided into eighteen classes; wages
paid, $495 ,O55 618; railway capital, not
including current liabilities, $40 818.-
654 OBJ. an average OF $50. 343 per mile.
OF this S5 388 1858 321 is stock; S. 43O,-
285 10 funded debt; IS 26 per cent. Of
outstanding stock paid no dividends;
$3.50, 400, 622 of the funded debt paid no
interest. Current liabilities, s., O12 per
mile. Gross earnings, 81. 247 1926 621:
operating expenses, $817 973 276; gross
earnings per mile, S. 1855; operating
expenses per mile, 81 43O.
During the year receivers were ap-
pointed for eleven roads, while forty
Eve we're removed from recgivers
hands. At the date Of publication. "a
roads, operating over u, 900 miles,
were IN the hands Of receivers. Their
capital stock was 1864 1877, 81; funded
debt, 1922, 1872 691; current liabilities,
$74 545 256
Number of people killed during the
year in railroad accidents, 6 1859; il
jured, 40 882 Two hundred and twenty.
one passengers were killed, or u for
every 2 1851. 80 carried, while the mum
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05
rEE OBSERVER SLIPS Up.

The Charlotte Observer announces
that the growing popularity of the in.
itiative and referendum has attracted
the attention of it's readers and that il
has been asked to explain these meas
ures. It comes to the front therefore
with an antiquated extract from a let.
ter of q man named Hunt, whom il
calls Professor, which appeared in the
Nation several years ago. 1t doesn't
say in what way Mr. Hunt is qualified,
or was qualified to discuss the meas.
ure, but as his ideas are far enough out
OF date to match those of the Observer,
other qualifications, or lack Of qualif
cations, were not considered.
This "Prof." Hunt is quoted as say
ing that ''thirty nine fortieths of the
statute books must still rest, as now,
on the character Of Legislators" and
that Ito spply the system of the init
ative and referendum in any State of
our Union is plainly impossible"
The Observer does not explain just
how it can reconcile this statement
with the fact that the system ia ap-
piled in one Of the States Of our Union
at this very time, and that with entire
satisfaction, 80 far as we can learn.
Yet it is true that although the Associ-
ated Press and other newspaper tele-
graphic news systems suppressed the
fact, the people Of North Dakota at
the election last November adopted a
constitutional amendment providing
for the initiative and referendum, and
the plan is growing more popular ev.
cry day.
And Prot. Hunt seems DESTROYS Of
creating the impression that the PEG,
pie would not take sufi cient interest
in direct legislation to make it a sue
cess. In this again the fact that even
with direct legislation it takes great
interest among the people to get any
measurelaid before them for their decis
ion is entirely overlooked It is not stated
that q certain per cent. of the voters
of the State-a per cent. large enough
to show that the people are deeply in
terested in the measure-must sign a
petition asking that the measure be
submitted to the voters Of the State
for ratification or rejection before it
can be acted upon by them.
The Observer claims to be q very
progressive paper, but in some matters
it seems incapable of distinguishing
between up, to date facts and the dusty.
worm eaten old beliefs Of Prof. Hunt
and the Pharaohs
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05
ABRAHAM LINcoLN's MOTHER.

Mr.. James 81. Oathey's book, in
which he attempts to prove that Abra
ham Lincoln was really Abraham
Enloe and was born in Western North
Carolina, has attracted much atten-
ton. The following corroborative
testimony which we find in a recent
issue of the Rutherford indicator, is
of peculiar interest. It seems that the
more the matter is investigated the
stronger grows the evidence that Mr..
Cathey is right in his contention. The
indicators article is as follows:
Nancy HAnks, the mother OF Abra.
ham Line Din, was a legitimate daugh-
ter Of Michael Bonner, and was born
at his place on Hollands creek, three
miles from Ruthertordton, now known
as the Ledbetter farm. In 1903 she
was driven from her home by her
parents, and made her home with q
family of Germans by the name Of
Skunk, or Schenck, but who were
called by the name Hanks by their
neighbors. whose name she assumed.
"Her first offense had been the birth
Of a girl, which estranged the family,
and in 1908, the second ofense, resulted
in the birth of Abraham Enloe, Jr., in
1909, after her removal to Kentucky.
How his name was changed to Lincoln
is q matter Of history, which the rec
ords Of Kentucky, where Nancy mar
ried a man named Lincoln, ought to
show.
Nancy Donuer's sister, who married
a Nix, died 10 the year 1853, and on
her death bed regretted her part in
driving her sister from home.
''The name of D inner has BEEN
changed to Tanner, many of whom
are now residents Of this section"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05
ment and subornation Of o4

ment and subornation of of4co
Thus an eminent counselor ., .,
cago. called to act for a Dro~ Oht
street railway corporation At .
some annual salary, was advi, uSad'
the President of the company r. So os
certain Aldermen as to their Oo. :SeP
on a certain ordinance. F'''Vou
"But, my dear SIR" prota...,
counselor, 81 supposed that I W. we
gagged to give you the beneAs = o.
legal knowledge, not to maniD, ny
Aldermen" PU'Ste
You we're engaged" was tho
reply, Ito do business for Us, And auR
ought to know what that means y 'Ou
The counselor instantly resipnoa !.
position, much wiser as to wbot LIS
poration needs were than he had VIZ
before. O''u
l would comment that if tho -,
payers manifested as much conco,S
the moral character Of their ruIars
the corporations do it would be new.
impossible to corrupt men WIN NV
ofice. The scrutiny Of the charoo.'
Of men seeking Office cannot be ~.
close, for often q man who is bono.t ~
private life will not be honest in MI
lie life, just as the man who would ~.
commit burglary nor highway robbo.'
justifies an act of his which takes fros
a corporation something lawfully h.
longing to it.
am free to say, though, that III.
corporations themselves are resnon.i
BILE fer the existence of such a spi,i.
Had they from the start been one bsr
as honest and sincere as the Comma,
people strive to be, a more Liberal
spirit toward them would exist IN
every section Of this country. Tbev
have been sewers Of discord, dissen.
sion and dishonesty in too msDv in,
stances for the people to easily forgive
as their eyes are opened.-Mayor Oar,
ter II, Harrison (ot Chicrgo) in sstur
day Evening Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05
WHAT THE PEOPLE May LEARN
FROM THE LOBBYISTS.

The bribery Of a Legislator, an Alder
man, a Governor or a Mayor seems to
this greed but a trife compared with
the immediate material profits to be
had. The corporation conseuting to
this bribery is ~organizs1, possesses the
first legal talent, understands every
crook and quirk Of good and had la WIS,
has a firm hand upon the political ma.
chinery Of first this party and then
that party, keeps chosen manipulatora
of primaries, leaders of caucuses, ora
tors for conventions, employees in the
public service, is prepared for every
emergency.
Why should not the people pursue
the same tactics since they have SO
much more at stake9
1t is said that the fifty year street
railway franchise recently defeated in
the Common Council of Chicago would
have been Immediately worth to the
corporations interested in it, had it
passed, $40 900, 600 But to the people
Of Chicago it's defeat was worth, if
figures can be used for illustration.
500, 900 900. And the instant they
displayed the vigilance that a private
capitalist would in looking after a
800 900 coo Investment they won.
Their defeat was an impossibility.
When the public understands that a
corporation knows more about the
personal character Of the Mayor Of a
city than it does there will be a sudden
awakening to the necessity of public
vigilance.
Toe characters of Aldermen are care
fully scrutinizsd long before their vote
is solicited. The weak points and the
strong points of officials are carefully
gone owe by financial interests desir
GUS Of favorable legislation. Faithful
reports are made on the avenues by
which the Unborn honesty in every
human being may be reached, weak.
|ened and conquered by wealth. There
is not a corporation in the United
6tatesItoday that does not plan it's cam
paigns in Legislatures and Councils
upon the characters of the men who
are to vote the measures up or down,
and not upon the merits of the legisLa
ton desired. The weak sisters are set
aside from the strong ones, the suscep.
tible members from those OF adamant.
the bribea Die from the non BIZ ibeable.
I comment upon this with DO s NAL
hostility toward corporations desiring
legislation. It is a mere statement OF
fact. 1t is the business" of the cor
poration to secure legislation in that
manner even though in SO doing it
soWs the terrible seeds of misgovern
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05

Miss Joetta Nixon, daughter Of Mr.,
James Nixon, Was taken to the insane
asylum at Morganton Wednesday. It
is a sad, sad case. At the last term of
our Superior court she was the prose
cutting witness in a case against a
prominent young man of Newton, who
was charged with running her under
promise of marriage. The case was
compromised. Constantly brooding
owe her spoiled life, the poor girls
mind became a wreck.
The foregoing is from The Lincoln
Journal. The tase OF that young girl
is inexpressibly sad. She sinned and
in the bIackness Of a premature hell
mental death-she reaps the conse
quences of her folly. Poor, ruined
girl! She will probably live the re-
mainder of her days in a mad house
and will go down in dispair to a pre-
mature grave. But what Of him wh0
is doubtless more Of a sinner than is
the ruined girl3 ae goes on about his
business and is treated by the CON-
munity a clever fellow, a little wild, -
but withal a ''good hearted" fellow.
He may be elected to a position of
honor and trust and may have a
prominent place in the church. The
world and the church will not deal
harshly with him. All, the unjust
world always stones the woman; the
man goes free. But there is a tribunal
before which there is no partiality
shown and at that tribunal we believe
that many a decision by public senti
ment here will be reversed Elk.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05


The Scotland Neck Commonwealth
copies DR.. Jno. r. Foard's article on
negro colonization from our last issue,
and comments as follows: 1.-THE rRce
troubles in Georgia are greatly to be
deplored; and from the signs Of the
times in these things it begins to look
like separation Of the races, as advo
Gated by DR.. Foard elsewhere in this
issue, is about the only sure and safe
solution OF the problem" The idea of
colonization is certainly very popular
here in North Carolina. It is talked
of in almost every section Of the State
and it seems that few oppose it. We
have not studied the question very
closely, but it occurs to us that, even
if practicable, the plan is Of rather
doubtful expediepcy. If we colonize,
the negroes they will probably be sue
ceeded by degraded foreigners who
might give us as much trouble as the
negroes now do. This objection may
be o~verruled, but it does not seem to
have had the consideration it merits.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05
"CALaMITY H0WLRRs'

Justice Walter Clark is denounced
as a calamity bowler" by a few cor.
/ poration blighted papers for saying,
In some sections Of the South the
railroad charges r so high, especially
in the trucking business, that the real
owners Of the soil are the London and
New York bankers who " the
principal railway systems Of the
South"
If telling the truth characterizes
man as a calamity bowler" then
Justice Clark deserves the title and in
such a case it is an honorable one
But, as the spirit manifested by Biz
critics is one of contempt and ridiCas
they thus prove themselves as hg
short on facts as to the true condhRa
of the trucking section and, as plant
tools under corporate control, willing
to palm on their readers '~'rairoad
slobber" rather than truth.
The rates on truck on the Atlantic
Coast Line are exorbitant, and for
several years our people have worked
almost exclusively for that corpora
ton. The strawberry business Of 1899
was particularly disastrous, and the
growers who made expenses is rare
indeed.
The freight paid on berries alone by
growers between Goldsboro and VII
mington, a distsnce of eighty four
miles, in excess of the freight charged
our competitors in other sections Tor
the same service amounted in 1879 10
about $3.50. 900 on the 300, OOO crsIeS
shipped. One third of the crop was
left to rot in the fields because Of ez
cessive freight rates, and the loss
growers, piekers and crate MANI
facturers on this quantity was not I@
than 1885, 600, making a total loss"
truckers OF at least 1885, 900 on thlsonS
crop alone.
Had the reductions recently grsnf0
by the Atlantic Coast Line been u
force the last season our grower
would have saved nearly $SO, VVVup
the berries they did ship and Wouo'
no doubt, have been enabled to mAI
ket nearly the entire crop, thus prov
ing not less than 800, 900 more ID cn
culation among pickers and cF'"
manufacturers.
Hundreds of car loads OF melOp'
have been shipped from the same ssy
ton, and almost every dollar recslVs1
from their sale has been aOsorO0u V
the Atlantic Coast Line for trelgO'
Consider. then, that by various
vices in 1898 the Coast Line pau
stockholders a dividend OF $50 ~
cent A.; and this year, after roOOlpe
patrons, it protests with all us pO.
against a reduction in passenger to
and an increase of it's tax assesS .bs
Is it a matter of surprise 'n"' ~
people are becoming aroused " o,8
matter of railroad Determinations
their refusal to bear their just sn'' ts
public burdene9 Ga the contrary, I'D
difficult to imagine what reason r.
prompt an individual or a papst ,ao
main silent spectators while FnoI RI he
pie are being impoverished anG 1.s j,
upbuilding of the common"9 bodJ
retarded, unless they are owneu' orsf
and soul, by corporations tnH' ;va~
die and that rob as long as 5nS'
Mt. Olive Advertiser.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-05

Der injured was 2,945, or one for every
170,141 carried. OF employees one out
Of every 447 was killed, and one out Of
every % injured.
This shows that while the danger to
passengers from railway accidents is
remarkably low-perhaps a hundred
times lower than average man thinks
the number of employees killed in
accidents is alarmingly high. The
railroads could save many lives by
providing safety appliances for the
protection Of their employees. As the
Scientific American well says: 1.-THE
Interstate Commerce Commission has
done good work in enforcing the equip
ment of cars with automatic couplers;
and it is to be hoped that in leniency
towards roads which are financially
embarrassed it will not lose sight Of
the fact that the life and limb OF the
vast army of employees that work u
railroads are of paramount import
ance."
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-02-10
Amount OF Gold Coin In The United States.

The statement of the United States
treasury for the month of January
shows the supply of gold money in the
country to have reached the enormous
amount of S95S. DOC, 900. an increase of
1888, 900, 900 since January /, 1896. 1t
is estimated by those who are considered
authority on financial affairs that be-
fore the end Of the present year the
amount of gold coin in the United
States will reach the sum of ISL, 900, 900,
900, or nearly one-quarter of all the
| gold in the world.
These figures are almost beyond com
prehension and represent the product
| of the mines of the country. and the
| balance of trade in favor of American
merchants. farmers and manufacturers,
over and above the imports of the past
| years of a Republican, administration.
| From this time forward the United
| States will be the wealthiest nation in
| the globe. not only in natural resources.
but in the amount of gold in its treas
ury and in circulating among the people,
There has been an average increase
of $40. DOC. 900 Fer annum during the
past two and Il half years in the
%country's supply of gold, and while that
rate of increase cannot be expected tC
continue. there is no reason to doub'
that that supply of gold will go on in
creaSing for many years. When, in Tho
next presidential campaign the ad
vocates of free silver will again 90 be
fore the people with the statement tina
there is not gold enough in the world
to meet the demands of business trans
actions they will be met with the figure
given above. and the further announce
ment that lin 1900 the supply of GOLD
coin in the United States amounts t,
81, $50. 900. 900. or more than one-fourtl
of all the gold in the world. Then
what will become of the calamity howl!
of the parties who are opposed tt
sound money and the maintenance o
the nations credit.