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the clerk of the court to the
register and receiver, together with the
fees and charges allowed by law. Inc
claimant must sign 1naI alqaTlt isn tbat sitoT Te
has resided on the land according TO law.
The witness has to answer qqesIlQhS q Qi
in support of that afhdaVlt, ana Ilen @ LLIe
claimant must sign his testimony on eH>
animation at the time he makes MS al.
ffdavit. A man may settle on a piece oL
land for the purpose of making II nome
stead under the laws OF the cnlteu
States, and he may be the owner OF other
lands at the time of proving up-lLiaC Is,
provided the other land is such as ne mas
settle on land in Humboldt County and at
the same time be the owner OF real es-
tate in San Francisco.
ACQUIRED TERRITORY = Politics.
City. After the adoption of the FedeIal
constitution by the original thirteen
States the United States acquired
territory as follows: April 80 ISO0'
the United States acquired by pur-
chase from France all OF LOUIS
lana for S11. $50 OOO in which territory was
Included all that is now known as LOUIS
lana, Arkansas Missouri, Iowa, Ne
braska Dakota, Montana, MlnnesoIa
and large parts of Colorado ana WyoIpn7
ing; February %, 1919, Spain ceqed 70 ,S tnS
United States Florida, which the Cnted
Dircbase: December 90, 1S45, Texas be.
came part Of the Union as a result Of
war with Mexico; in 1S4S, by treaty OF
GUADALUPE Hidalgo. the United States
paying to Mexico SIS 900 and assuming
debts amounting to So, ,250,Oo0, the United
States acquired what is now known as
Utah, Nevada and large portions of Ari-
zona. Colorado and New Mexico, also
Upper California, which is now the state
of California. These regions were con:
quered during the Mexican war and by
the treaty Of 184S passed to the United1
States On December 80. 1858, the United
States by the Gadsden treaty, came INTO
possession of those portions of Arizona
and New Mexico south of the ella RlVer;
Cost, $40 600. March go, 1867, the Unlted
States acquired Alaska by purchase from
Russia for s7200,O00. In July, 1898, the
Hawaiian Islands were annexed; tnen
followed the conquest of Cuba ana the
Philippines.
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THE YACHT RACES.

witnessed the triumphant welcome accorded to
Admiral Dewey there would be in New York
week of reaction and comparative repose but it will
not be on this occasion. Thousands OF the visit
who thronged the city to attend the reception will
remain to witness the yacht races, and the fleets OF
excursion steamers yachts and other pleasure craft
that and go to and from the course will IN
themselves form marine display fully as picturesque
and hardly less imposing than the grand naval pageant
that celebrated the return of the hero
By the trials to which the competing yachts have
been objected it has been made abundantly evident
they the feetest craft Of their kind ever con-
struced Never before have sails carried boats capable
of ocean voyaging so lightly or so swiftly over the
seas. They represent the constructive skill and the
seamanship OF the two nations whose sailors and
whose shp-builders the foremost in the world
The contest, therefore, is something more than
sport for of wealth and leisure. 1t is another
test of the comparative excellence of the Ameriacn
and the Brton, and such will be watched with in
terest by thousands to whom yachting is thing
familiar and racing ordinarily uninteresting.
The race, moreover, is to be marked by another
feature of worldwide interest. It is to afford an
opportunity for a thorough test of the efficacy of
wireless telegraphy in reporting they hap
pen 1t is true similar tests have been made before
and only short time ago The Call achieved
notable triumph IN Journalism by arranging to re-
ceve by wireless telegraph the earliest report of the
arrival of the transport with the California troops
from Manila, but nothing yet accomplished in that
way will equal what is to be done to-day by The
Call and the New York Herald in receiving by the
teegraphy dispatches OF the various features OF
the while it is yet in progress and the yachts
are feeting the
From the tests which have been made under the
personal direction of Sgnor Marconi it appears the
arrangements made for the wireless telegraph service
such to a successful working of the
system when put into operation this morning 1t is
from The Call therefore, the people of San Francisco
will get the earliest reports OF the course OF the
race and ample preparations have been made here for
bulletining them at and also for showing with
miniature yachts the counterfeit presentment of the
race as it occurs.
AS for the itself everything promises we'll Sir
Thomas Upton has the favor of the American
people by showing himself to be frank hearted
sportsman in the best of the word and the race
will be of friendly rivalry free from any trace Of
national personal antagonisms. The course will
be kept clear from the interference of excursion
and other craft by small fleet Of revenue cutters
under command OF Captain Evans OF the navy. I'm
less therefore, storm prevent, the first match
OF the great yachts will take place to-day under
good auspices, and persons in San Francisco who
watch The Call bulletins will be able to follow it
almost closely those who actually witness from
the deck OF an excursion steamer.
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Clip the Express Companies Claws


When Congress levied an internal rev.
enue tax on parcels carried by express the
express companies made the people paw
it. They shifted the tax They didn't
care where the burden fell Just so it
didn't fall on them. Now they are grum-
bling at the Government for instituting
an international parcels post with Ger
many for parcels up to eleven pounds in
weight They want to carry those pack
ages themselves at their own prices and
compel the sender to pay for the revenue
stamp on the receipt besides.
There is no cure for this kind OF greed
There is no way to make these corpora
tions either generous or patriotic or fair.
The only thing to be done with them is to
adopt measures that will protect the peo-
pie from their rapacity. and one way to
do that is for the Government gradually
TO extend the activity of the Postal De-
partment until 1t covers part or all of the
express business.
post treaty the express companies have
drawn attention anew to our own back
ward position in the matter of a parcels
post No parcels weighing more than four
bounds can now be sent through the mails
between points in this country Yet if it
is practicable to carry a four-pound par
eel 1T is perfectly practicable to carry a
larger one, and it is as practicable to
carry an eleVen-pound package between
American points as between an American
and German point The eleven-pound
Christmas and New Year express busi-
ness. and the express charges at that time
Of the year are no inconsiderable item of
the holiday shopping expenses.
The people ought to be able to emanci-
pate themselves from the tyranny of the
express monopoly, and they can do it if
they will demand of their representatives,
when Congress meets. that the benefits
the Government gives foreigners through
the international parcels post be extended
to Americans as well. There is no sense
6GnVinP W ha+
given to others, and there is just as little
sense in allowing the greedy express com
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Bryan were elected and surrounded by deter
mined to enforce the law much good would result,
and that this would tend in time to bring about an
effective remedy"
In fact it appears the Democrats have taken up the
trust question not because they have definite policy
to propose with regard it, but solely because they
have other issue at all upon which to make even
a pretense of campaign The country is too pros
porous to enable them to rally the by any Of
the old calamity cries. and the free silver issue will no
longer win votes. Therefore the trust issue
brought the 'front.' and therefore the cry is that
the way remedy the evil is to elect Bryan and
TO Democracy
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Rebels?

We like to hear the expansionist press
speak of Aguinaldo and his men as reb-
els
What are they rebelling against?
What is a rebel?
Were the Greeks at Marathon rebels?
Were the Russians rebels when the re-
sisted Napoleon?
If the United States should sell Long
Island to Germany, and the Americans
now residing on that Island should resist,
would they be rebels?
If so, then are the Fiiipinos rebels?
Otherwise or not.
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The scandal connected with the attempted sale OF
a notaryshp would suggest that the Governor might
judiciously establish exchange for the auction Of
positions at his disposal 1t to be rather un
dignifed proceeding to say the least, hawk the
places through the byways by political tricksters.
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l e.
This alternately
he n
a
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An astronomer at Nice Italy, announces the dis
covery of comet. 1t is approaching the earth
great rate, and it will not be surprising to hear
within day or so OF some New York yellow news
paper hosting the OF the celestial wanderer at
the head OF its editorial column as Presidential can
didate--not only hosting, but mailing
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Northern Pacific Railway

Upholstered tourist sleeper through - c.
Faul every tuesday night. No change rhf.
car is nicely upholstered in leather and is s~
tremely comfortable in every respect T7,,II.e-.-
sleeping cars of the latest pattern ON erar,
train Tickets sold at lowest rates to an ,,o,-.y
East T. K stateler Gen. Ast. Sss Marl,et t'a.'S =.
San Francisco. net sl''
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Frenna Again in Court

Joseph P. Frenna will be placed on trial
before Judge Carroll Cook for the murder
of James F. Turner on Tuesday. October
"a Defendants counsel and the District
Attorney were in court when Frenna's
case was called and although Tl1rtbsI.t ttti1 &c,
was asked the court set the date named
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ADJUSTMENTS.

Orpheum-Vaudeville.
Tivoli-"Aida."
Colurnba-'M Mary Stuart"
CalIfornia-"A Yenune Yentleman."
Alcazar-"Innocent Lamb
Grand Opera House-'Rip Van Winkle.''
Chutes, Zoo Theater-Vaudeve afternoon and
evening
Olympia. Mason and Ellis streets-Specialties-
Mechanics Pavilion-Mechanics' Fair and Philippine Ex
hibit.
Oakland Racetrack-Races to-day.
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Cheap Rates

September % to October inclusive tha CO.
ia Fe Route will sell tickets to Chicago at yerv
io~ rn rates, occasion. cornerstone laying
full particulars at CPS Market street
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them to monopolize the carrying Of let
ters.
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cAL1FoRN1ANs IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. Oct 2.-Henry T. Oxnard
OF Oxnard. Cal, is at the Fifth Avenue
Louis D. Forsythe of San Francisco is at
the ST. Denis. George S. Boutwell, of Los
Angeles is at the BarthOldi.
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Oberln NJ. Carter, ex-captan in the United States
army must five years in a military prison for
robbing the Government OF S1,6oo,ooo Leaving out
OF consideration the element of dshonor which the
worthy thief seems to have felt the Government
Is paying him $4,000 year for his disgrace
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In making its wholesale appointments Saturday
night the Health Board overlooked opportunity.
forgot to appoint an Inspector OF the general fund
to that no other municipal departments interfere
with the raid upon the treasury
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D Q = o 8 o 9 8 o o o . o o . . . .
; PRESS COMMENTS !.
Yards of Mrs. Hearst's Enterprise
Oakland Tribune.

Oakland Tribune
California is getting lot of the finest
kind of advertising as a result of Mrs.
Hearsts enterprise in bringing about the
architectural competition for the univer-
sity plans. Here is a sample from the
Chicago Inter-Ocean ut is plain that in
the future California will have something
to boast of II We hope to keep pace
with our sister State of the Pacific Slope
we must expedite the subway and
stadium schemes >,
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Cal. glace fruit SOC per ID at Townsend.s. i.

Special information supplied daily +o
business houses and public men bv +ba
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), $40 Mont-
gomery street. Telephone Main 1912.
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The Board of Education has decided to equip
number OF the school buildings of the city with fir
escapes What pity it has power to put them in
the City Hall Director Gedge might then have
chance to escape the Grand Jury
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Ihere are many limitations of DR.. sievert.s
The bitters-rnost Of them dangerous.
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AUCTION SALES.

BY Easton Eldridge Co.-This day. o'clock,
Estate a Market
BY s. Watkins & - day a o'clock Ormonde
Sale Stable, at Mission
Wm. q. Laying Thursday, October 80 o'clock,
Trotters Roadsters. a 721 Howard
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NEW YORK REPRE- SENTATIVE,
PERRY LIKENS JP...............29 Tribune Building
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GRAMMATICAL-E. F. NJ, City The
correspondent asks: rs it grammatical to
say, You and l will go to the theater or
You and me will go to the theater p
You and T. is grammatical; You and
me- is not.
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CHICAGO NEWS STANDS.
Sherman House; P Q. Co.; Great Northern Hooo
Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel
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c. GEORGE KROGNESS.
MANAGER Foreign Advertising Marquette Building,
Chicago.
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of the City Hall in San Francisco. Includ-
ing the wingless angel, is 325 feet. The
dome of the City Hall in Philadelphia.
including the height of the statue of Will
liam Penn, is 537 feet Az inches.
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NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT,
G. c. cARLToN..... Herald Square
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NEW YORK NEWS STANDS.
Waldorf-Astora Hotel; a. Brentano 81 Union squarei
Murray
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steader, Coulterville, Cal. In MAX
ing final proof under the laws of
the United States the homestead
party may appear in person at
the district land office and there make
affidavit and proof required in support of
his claim: or he may appear with his
witnesses before the Judge of a court of
record of the county or State, or district
and Territory. in which the land is situ-
ated, and there make the final proof re-
quired. which proof, duly authenti-
Gated by the court seal, is required to
be transmitted by the Judge or
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WASHINGTON ID. c. OFFICE. WeIinetou Hotel
j. L. ENGLISH Correspondent.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-04-28
OFFICERS TO SERVE
ON GOVERNOR ) STAFF
First Published in a Sitka
Newspaper.
SKAGWAY IS IGNORED
Company A, Alaska National
Guard OF Skagway, the Only
Perfected Military Company In
the District Ready 20 Answer
the Governors CAN.

The following item relative to the Alas
ka National Guard, taken from the Sltka
Alaskan Of April n, gives ths first public
information had here OF the officers ap-
pointed by Governor Brady to serve on his
staff. If this account is correct Skagway,
as usual, has been given the go-bv, which,
TO say the least. is ungenerous, considering
that the onlv thor Iughlv:organired, we'll
equipped and drilled body Of soldiers In
Alaska is Skagway's Company A. The
item In full is as follows;
"There has been times during the past
few years, In different parts Of the terri
tory, that company Of militia has been
needed, and would have saved much
trouble and anxiety. and probably saved
life and property. On several oeeas ons
the regulars have had to be sent out to pre-
serve order, but to DO this caused much
trouble and occupies much time, and a
great deal Of mischief can be done before
their presence can be secured. When there
are militia companies they can be called
out on short notice to protect life and prop
erty.
"Govemor Brady has realized the need
Of a National Guard for Alaska for some
time past, and has only been awaiting the
The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-04-28
UNCLE SAW A. A BUTCHER.
Fresh HeeIto be sold for the Duty
on 20.

Seventy.four quarters Of beef and four
sacks of offal, shipped by NJ. P. Shaw, OF
Victoria. and consigned to the Pacific Con-
tracing Company, came up from Victoria
last Sunday on the British ship Alpha,
and put in the bonded warehouse. For
some reason the Pacific Contract Company
refused to enter the meat for duty, and as
Mr. Steer, NJ. P. Shaw's Skagwag age It
was not here to attend to the duty Deputy
collector Andrews. according to his instrue'
,lons 5 id he would have TO sell the goods
at public auction at the custom house to-
d,y, If the money was not paid before 10
a. m. today.
The law in regard to perishable goods
held for duty, IS that thew shall be sold
three davs after their arrival at the port OF
destination, and accordingly Mr. Andrews
posted notices Of sale.
Mr.. Andrews Slil YESTERDAY that he did
not think the meat would be sold, but that
Mr.. Steer would come in from Log Cabin
and paw the duty. This course would be
much more agreeable 10 the United States
government, II the meat is sold after the
duty, wharfage and all other expenses
shall have been paid, the proceeds will be
turned over TO the owners.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-04-28

time when he could secure capable and
competent men to take the matter In hani.
He has now succeeded and the Alaska Ma
tlonal Guard has been organized and sew
eral staff and line officers commissioned.
According to the Inv the governor is
commander.In-ehlef Of the militia, and
those appointed to serve as his staff Off
GERS are. F. d. Kelsey, Of Juneau, as ad-
jutant.general, with the rank Of colonel,
and w. n. MeNair, Of Sltka, as assistant
acknowledgement, with the rank Of major.
Company A has been organized at
Skagway, with the following officers COM
mlssioned: Francis N, Sieberg, captain,
and Frank N. Sessions, second lieutenant.
Another company is also being organ
lied at Skagway and an armorv has been
erected. Juneau and several other places
are organizing companies, and in a few
months time there will probably be enough
companies organized to form a regiment.
Colonel KELSEY has already made req
ulsitIon on the government for outfits for
$50 men, and they will shortly arrive
from Washington"
The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-04-28
TRAIL now InPASSABLE.
For Double Teams From summit
TO Bennett.

There was umor circulated on the
streets Yesterday that the railroad COM
pany had refused to bill goods through to
the summit on account Of the many snow
and landsldes which were supposed to
have taken place on the road. A reporter
Of the DAILY ALASKAN called on General
Agent Brown, Of the White Pass & Yukon
railroad, to ascertain the true facts, and
found out that 1t was not between the
summit and Skaeway that the railroad had
refused to bill goods, but between the sum-
nit and Bennett. As everyone knows, the
trail from the summit to Bennett is now
practically impossible for loaded sleds or
wagons, and the only trail to Bennett IS
over the grade Of the White Pass & Yu-
kon railroad, on which wagon road has
been built. Wagons heavily loaded cannot
now be taken over this on account Of the
lack of bridges at two or three points, but
Mr.. Brown Yesterday received telegram
from Contractor Heney saying that bv the
end Of the week the bridges would be COM
pleted and four-horSe teams heavily load
cd could be taken over the road.
There has been a great amount OF freight
taken over the road recently, which has
accumulated at the Summit because the
packers could only handle thirty to httv
tons per day and the road Gould handle all
they could get.
Thero has been much difficulty expert
eneed at the summit the last few DAYS on
account Of the soft, wet condition OF the
ground, which interfered with the unload
ing Of the cars. The goods could not be
unloaded from the cars into the deep mud,
and until a platform to receive them could
be built they had to be lett in the cars. In
this wav most all the freight cars on the line
got stuck at the summit. There were 900
tons Of goods waiting at the railroad depot
Yesterday and about as much more on the
wharf, and onIv one freight car at the
depot.
MT, Brown received word Yesterday that
the platform at the Summit would be COM
peted todav, and by The end Of the week
the road will be again billing goods from
SkagwaY to Bennett
The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-04-28
NAY rOLE FESTIVAL.
social Event of the Season next
Monday Evening.

The May Day Festival now in course Of
preparation by the Ladies' Aid Society of
the Presbyterian church, to be gwen next
Monday evening In Presbyterian hall, pro-
mises to be the social event Of the season.
The ladies' have entered heartily into the
work and they are deserving Of handsome
returns for their labors.
Mrs. Redmond, Mrs. Pierce land Mrs.
Church have charge Of the ehildren's May
pole dance. and from the number Of salts
factory rehearsals already had this will
prove one Of the most interesting features
of the festival.
rhe attractions in the hall will be the
five handsome booths devoted to the sale
Of articles, the proceeds Of which will 90
toward furnishing the church. The booths
will be as follows:
Flower booth-Mrs. Frank Burns.
Ic. cream bOoth-Mrs. Wilson
Candy booth-Miss Laird.
japanese garden-Mlss Ford.
Alaskan souvenirs-Mrs. Walter Church.
Miss Church and Miss Sengfelder. Thi,
booth had been placed in charge Of Mrs.
Snyder. but owing to the illness Of Mrs.
Snyder she transferred her charge as stated.
Every lady in charge Of booth will be
assisted by a number Of Skagwav's con.
tingent Of handsome young ladies'.
The festival will open at eight o'clock
with procession Of the May Queen and
her court. She will deliver greetings to
her subjects and declare the festival open,
after which the May pole dance bv the
children will take place.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-04-28
SOON HAVE WATER
FOR FIRE PURPOSES
Main on Broadway Found to
be Clear.
FROZEN ON MUD FLATS
manager Eastman,s Untiring Ef-
fort, 60 give the Citizens wafer
win Soon be Rewarded, atieast
Along Broadway for fire Pur
poses.

There Is now every probability that
Manager Eastman's untirlng efforts to give
the citizens water by thawing out the
water mains Of the Skagway Water Com
pany, will soon be crowned with success.
As soon as II was warm enough to work
he commenced thawing the main from the
top Of hill across the mud flats at the end
Of Third avenue, distance OF 900 yards.
He has so far succeeded SO well that less
than hundred feet Of frozen pipe now
keeps the water from the Broadway main.
His method Of ascertainng the condition
Of the pipes was unlqne. He uncovered
the pipes and bored holes In them and In
this wav aseertaned the exact condition
Of each main. Near Broadway he found
only few inches OF water, but close TO
Broadway II was frozen solid. The iron
pipe down the bluff from the reservoir Is
clear, and the main across the mud flats
is also clear and, with pressure Of seven
ty-fivc pounds to the square inch, is throw
ing up water like geyser, which bubbles
up through two and a half feet Of sand
and gravel.
Speaking Of the mains In the street Mr..
Eastman said that the one on Main street
was the only one frozen. The mains In
Broadway and State street had been looked
into and found to be perfectly dry.
Mr.. Eastman went around yerterday and
uncovered all the fire plugs and opened
them, but no water made It's appearance.
The remaining frozen water in the main
leading up Third avenue will be thawed
out soon and then the water will run In
the Broadway and State street mains.
But Mr.. Eastman does not expect to have
the water running in the mains In the
cross streets until a later date, as some
NAV have to be repaired.
Men will be put to work next month
lowering the mains to depth TO insure
against freezing and next year Skagway
will have a continuous supply Of pure and
healthy water.