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Douglas Island news., 1900-07-25
ALASKA BRIEFS.

White Horse has had small poX scare.
 Last week the fare from Skagway to Dawson was down to s2O,
 Alrs not gold that glitters and many a boom is only gold plated.
 The law firm of Jackson & Johnson, at Nome, has been dissolved.
 Quite number of Skagway people are going to Jack Wade creek.
 Anvil creek, in the Nome district is said to be proving exceedingly rich.
 Claim No. 34 on Gold Run, in the Nondike, yielded 51OOOOO last season.
 Skagway has purchased a 72x12o foot site for its proposed court house and jail.
 The Nome bubble has every appear anco of having been permanently pune tured.
 The steamer Dolphin will probably start north on her first trip about Au gust lst.
 W. L. MetcaIf, of Skagway, commit ted suicide at that place last Friday, by shooting.
 The copper mines in the vicinity of White Horse are showing up exception ally we'll.
 Skagway has been made headquarters of the traffic department of the White Pass R. R.
 Many of the busted Nomites have started to work their way up the river to Dawson.
 o. P. Erickson came out of Dawson last week with 82O,OOO iu gold dust in his grip sack. Secretary of the Treasury Gage and Speaker Henderson are about to pay Alaska a visit.
 It is estimated by those competent to judge that there are at present 10000 people in Nome.
 Searching parties have found no trace of the man lost in the vicinity of How can some time ago.
 In Nome, as in all other boom camps, it is each man for himself and the dew il take the hindmost.
 A s25 fare should be no inducement for man to go to Nome if conditions there are as reported.
 Mark Clanat, one of the Indian mur- derers recently taken to McNeiIs Is- land, has become insane.
 The Canadian Yukon Lumber com pany's saw mills at Selkirk were totally destroyed by fire recently.
 Custom officials seized between 500 and 1000 cases of whisky on the steam CT Garonne at Cape Nome.
 Wages on the beach at Nome have been cut to six pitts an hour and plen, ty of men looking for work.
 The Garonne on her trip south carried s6OOOOO in gold, fve.sixthl of the amount being from the Klondi.e.
 Four persons last winter were suc- cessful in making the trip over the ice on bicycles from Dawson to Nome.
 "Lucky Baldwin" got nipped to the tune of S64OO in real estate transac- tion at Nome on the day he landed there.
 The German Verein of Skagway held a picnic Sunday, July 18th, which here after will be an annual feature of the order.
 One hundred and seventy-fve Klon- dikers arrived in Skagway last Wednes- day. There was about s2OO,OOO in the party.
 Late arrivals from Nome say that the camp is getting to be tough one and that killings are becoming frequent oc- currences.
 White Horse is to have a second newspaper. 1t will be known as the White Horse Tribune and be published by Burd Bros.
 Smallpox has made its appearance in Dawson. Only one physician in the city has vaccine and be charges s1OO for rancinatinc 9 r,nrsnr
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-10
AN HONEST SUFFRAGE

The Petersburg Index-Appeal says that
whilei 1t heartily favors a proper fecon-
strhction of the suffrage franchise and
will do all in Its power TO aid that object
in the interest of1higher citizenship and
better civilization, ii does not believe
that any movement or amend
ment Of the constitution that is
designed to disfraachise the negro.
regardless OF his mental and moral qualifl-.
cations. can prove otherwise than an
obstacle to progress and curse to the
state. LET us deal with the right of suf-
frage brasely and consistently . says our
contemporary, and have no further re-
course to those debanching and demor-.
aaizing methods that have been so long
q. stencil IN tae nostri,s Of honest men at
home and abroad.
TIE norfolk Ledger says that this
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-10
Judge Tucker.

The nomination of John Randolph
Tucker by the Democratic caucus for
Judge Of the Ell ghteenth Judicial Circuit
can but be pleasing to Bedford PEOPLE.
It is mot because Tucker has beaten
Dupuv that we are pleased, but because
Bedford has beaten Roanoke. While I'VE
are sorry that it IS Judge SDupuy who
suffers by our gain, we join the COM
m,lnity III; congratulating Mr.. Tucker on
his success. His election means consid-
cradle 10 Bedford as community. It
means first that his salary Will be
brought here, and also that clerk $. fees
will be increased by. the judge residing
in Bedford City. II means that during
vacatio lawyers will visit here TO see
the judge, and their presence will bene-
tit the hotels, etc. It means great con-
5venience for our home attorneys and
saving OF railroad expenses to those hav-
ing suits that require their presence be-
fore the Judge during vaca ton. II the
circuit had been abolished the judges
salary of s.. GOO would have been the only
item that could be q curt down. Clerks
fees, etc would be exactly the same
IL BEDFORD was attached to another cir
cult. The judges salary would be saved
to the State at large. Bedford share OF
this expense amounts to not more than
SIG "a year. and all OF this would not be
saved as part would be paid to z the.
3jld ges Of those circuits toSwhich5 Bedford
and Roanoke would he att ached Judge:
sDupuy's term expires january ], 1901
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1t is reported from Charleston that p.
D. Armour, of Chicago, has bought a
farm near that city, and will erect
thereon a fertilizer plant to cost s10OCO
At a recent meeting Of the City Council
OF Mont gomsry an ordinance was adopted
requiring all telephone wires within the
fire limits to be placed under ground.
Mr.. W. NJ. Scott. State Entomoosist
from Georgia. says that the outlook for
a splendid fruit crop in that State is most
promising.
The chaplain of the South Carolina
House of Delegates recently offered the
following prayer in behalf of the Beers:
Our sympathy gees out for South
Africa. God bless the President of this
little republic and rid him and his people
of British avarice and ungodly greed, and
bless every man who has taken UP arms
in this contest for freedom and liberty.
May He ste that theirs is righteous
cause and the scripture be literally full
filled when one man may chase thou
sand and when two men can put ten
thousand to flight"
A special from Savannah, Ga, says:
Ex-Congressman James Hamilton Lewis.
of Washington State, was in Savannah
to-day in his exquisite sartorial adorn-
,nent on his way to Augusta. To
newspaper man he stated he had come
here to settle up some, old debts which he
owed at the time he left Savannah some
years ago to go to Washington. He said
he thought his debts had been paid, he
having given n friend a commission to
settle them up on leaving Savannah and
leaving sufficient property here to do so.
He discovered later, he said. that s::ch
was not the case and he came down to
settle item UP.
The report of the cigar industry at
Tampa shows that during 1899 the indus
try produced cigars amounting in value
to 50. 100, 600 and gave employment to $3.50
persons, who earned s2,922,00o in cases. In
all. 5000 cases were shipped from Tampa,
and 15,G0O bales OF tpbacco imported dur
ing the year at a valuation of s2,1os0oo.
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AFTERMATH.

The New York Sun prints special
from indianapolis to the effect that
movement is on foot among the DEM
ocrats of that State to side track Will
liam ]. Bryan ard concentrate on Rich
ard Olney for the presidential nomination.
The Hon. Roger G. Mills, of Texas, de-
MES that he is a candidate for Governor.
He says that he would not be governor
of Texas if every man. woman. and child
in the State should offer him the. position.
Mr. Mills is now a rich oil producer.
The death is announced of Charles
Francois Fclu, the Belgian painter
Although born. in 1880, without arms,
Felu so trained his feet that he achieved
considerable fame as painter. being
best known as a copyist. Several of his.
best works are owned in the United
States.
1.-THE Philadelphia POST says that the
Rev. Or. William White Wilson. prom
inent Western clergyman, several years
ago belonged to a learned society in which
there were several disputatious members
Only once did they succeed in spelling his
argument. On this occasion they had
made two or three Interruptions. To the
last one he gave q courteous answer
closing: st hope that during the remain
der. Of my address I will not be troubled
again., Before he could take up the
thread OF the discourse his chief tormen-'
tor said slowly and solemnly:
Oh, Doctor double-u, double-u, double-u.
we love to trouble you, trouble you,
trouble you.s
The speech was never ended.
The notorious Esterhazy is said to be
In the service Of the Boer army, It having
been reported that he. arrived in Lorenzo.
Marques eight or nine weeks ago. He is
now believed to be at Magersfonte in. j hay
ing obtained place of esponsibility
through q letter Of recomm given
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THE INSPECTION SYSTEM.

The LynchburS News reproduces some
remarks of ours concerning the bill In
troduced by Senator Glass. providing for
travelling auditors, and adds this COM
ment:
No honest and capnble officer should
object TO exhibiting his books at any
time for inspection by an authorlzea
agent or the Commonwealth. He should
rather court such inspection. as 1t
would give ham an opportunity TO prove
his efficiency und integrity In the dis
charge of his official duties. The GER
tainty that an Inspector will come
around and the uncertainty as to the
exact time of his visit would stimulate
all officers 10 Keep their affairs in
condition that will bear inspection.
Such scrutiny would unauestionab!y
tend to secure greater fidelity and
might result in saving TO the tax-pay-
ers many thousands of dollars. The mp
pointment of travelling auditors would
be the Introduction of business methods
into the business affairs of the State.
The auditors would earn many times
their salaries by. preventing losses from
dishonesty or negligence on the part of
public officers.
The honest and faithful official desires
to have his work Inspected every now
honest and efficient service he wants
the State to know it. If he is uninten-
tiona'ly doing wrong. or milking mis-
takes, he wants to find it out at the
earliest possible moment We go a step
farther and say that the truly honest
man wants every possible incentive to
duty He desires TINT the State will
jog him every now and then lest he fall
into careless habits. Human nature is
weak, and the best of us need inspira-
ton.
From whatever point of view we look
at this question we are more and more
convinced that the State should have
a complete inspection system, extending
into all departments Of State govern
ment. Mr. Glass has made good be-
ginning, and we hope that the movement
thus begun will not have ended until
the inspection system shall have been
extended into every branch of the civil
service.
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Wants the Bible Taught.

Editor of The Times:
Sir,-L read with interest in your paper
the address made by one of our leading
pastors to the order of Juniors. Per-
sonally, I ann not in sympathy with the
objection to the advocacy by this order
of reading the Bible in our public schools
OF the two, support by the State OF
religious institutions and no Bible In our
public schools, the latter is the most Sc
rious and important question.
No people of any age, religion or civili-
cation before ours mas regarded secn-
larized education either possible or adj.
missib1e. Pagan, Papist Mohommedan,
Greek and Protestant have rejected any
other education than one grounded in
religion.
Mr.. Webster, in arguing against the
Girard will case, which enjoined In
order to exclude Christianity from his
college, that no ministers should ever
enter it's walls, said: "In what age. by
what sect, where. when by whom. mas
religious truth been excluded from the
ctTuleation of youth? Nowhere Never!
Everywhere, and at all times. it has been
regarded as essential. 1t is of the es-
sence, the vitality of useful instruction
The end of educatio is the development
of the whole person, it is a spiritual pro-
cess. the nurture of i soul. The Will Is
the executive and conscience. the direc-
tive faculty; unless these are properly
trained, to enhance the vigor of the, other
actions of the soul only works mischief.
If in locomotive the construction is
defective and the engineer unframed 1t
is better that there should not be a great.
force to move the machinery. The more
energetic its motion, the greater is Its
peril. This is sufficient TO show that right
moral training cannot be separated at
any point Or at any time from the in
tellectual without mischief. The eccle-
siastical institution, which we object to
foster by State aid, recognizes these
facts and is particular that the educa-f
ton Of the young is grounded on re-
ligion.
The opposite course will supply our
schools with those who have no sympathy
with the Bible. I am heart and soul with
the Juniors in their efforts to retain the
Word of God in our schools.
GEORGE NJ DANIELS.
Pastor Randolph-St- Baptist church.
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should be the position OF every man who
has the walrare OF the State at heart.
1t is refreshing TO read noble senti-
ments This is white mans govern
ment, and the white man Is going to
rule It. The Times believes that he
should rule 1t. But the white man can--
not afford to be unjust. nor can he afford
for the sake of getting rid of the negro
vote 10 do dishono.able things which de-
grade his own race. The negro vote has
been a stumbling block in the way of the
Souths progress, and has been the cduse.
directly or indirectly, Of election de-
barchcry. Therefore. We have come TO
the conclusion that in order to pure cleo
tons it is necessary to eliminate the mass
OF the negro voters. But the great nur-
pose of this reform should be kept con-
sta.tly in view, for if in DISTINGUISHING
the negro we resort 10 dishonest methods
and trickery this great purpose Will be
defeated.
For our part, we believe in such re-
construction of the suffrage as shall re-
move every pretext for fraud and trickery,
but we would discriminate against no
man simply because OF his race, or color,
of previous condition of servitude. We
would prescribe certain qualification.
whatever that may be. and then stand
squarcly by the rule. We would hold out
Inducements 10 disfranchiscd negroes, as
well as to dsfranchised white men, to
- all
the privilege of voting whenever they
can show that they are qualified. under
the law, TO vote
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-10

Just been made public. shows how that
State has Drospered.
The number Of farm mortgages flied
was 1s.25s, representing s1e,74i.4l5, re-
1 leased e4077, representing SIS, 2sl. eli. The
number of town and city mortgages flied
was $780, representing s5.e55os7. released.
1854, representing S9,266,Sc9. The number
OF cilattcl mortgages filed was 9s.6lS.. rep
resenting s2o.2s5. 9oS released 1891, rep
Indebtedness of the State on real estate.
on June Goth was sl54oi7,326, and on Dec.
slst was sl52,S7s,i55, decrease Of Sizes
ST..
The greatest surprise is in the decrease
of chattel record showing that the train
loads of farm machinery imported into
the State during the year, and he live
stock bought from the South. were gem,
orally paid for IN cash b.. The rartne
Yet. in spite of all this, Mr.. William j.
Bryan, OF Nebraska. continues to cry
calamity. and to tell the people that there
can &c no prosperity until the minis OF
the government snail have been opened
TO the free coinage of silver
Cotton continues to boom, and the
Southern farmers are now having their
share of the prosperity that has come.
In noting the fact the New York Tribune,
of yesterday, says:
THE South is actually getting 8 cents
for cotton at many points. and with SCI
cents quoted at New York, the highest
price since October 81, 1896, the South is
now working into cloth larger share
of the cotton it produces than in any
previous year. The Southern consumption
above mentioned was onc-eighth OF the
entire crop in the cotton year ending
with last August, and a greater quantity
than the whole Northern States con-
sumcd as late as 1856: in fact until twenty
years ago the consumption of the whole
country had never been as large as that
OF the South alone was last year. Yet the
actual consumption this year is recioned
by THE Financial Chronicle" as Gil 900
bales in five months, or 10 per cent. larger
than last year.
."Fhus. the South is not merely selling
cotton at cents. or $40 bale. instead Of
$50; that only compensates for partial
loss Of the crop. But for the part manu-
factured into goods in that section the
South gets something like $50 bale, put
ting into it the work of Southern men
and women, of machinery and railways,
and Of the merchants, who find increased
markets for the goods of distant lands.
Instead Of getting such returns for less
than twentieth part of the crop grown,
as in former times, the South secured it
for an eighth Of the crop last year, and
if the consumption goes on 1T the rate of
10000 bales week from crop of not
more than nine million bales, will secure
that return on sixth of the entire crop
this year"
1t was predicted at one time that if the
Southern planters continued to raise cot
ton, they would all land in the almshouse.
AT one time the prospect was gloomy,
but the Southern people have now learned
what to do with their cotton. and this
great staple is destined to make the
South richer than it ever was i'll all its
history
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-10
THE TRUE PENSION SYSTEM.

The Confederate Veterans of South Car
OHM have agreed upon a pension bill,
which. it is said, will be passed by the
Legislature without opposition. The bill
provides that THE pensioner. If a man,
must have been a soldier or sailor In
the Confederate service, and a resident
Of South Curolina for two years; must
have lost a leg, or an arm, or received
other disabling wounds, and must show
that neither he nor his wife has an in
come OF $3.50 per annum; or, that he has
rcnched the age of sixty, and neither
he nor his wife has an income of 500.
If the pensioner be woman she must
be The widow. who has never, re-Inar-
ried. of a bona fide solder, and must
500. The whole amount to be appro-
priated under this bill is 100000.
Here is a model pension system. and
under it there can be no scandal or ex-
travagance. The State of South Caro-
lima proposes to render mid to Confed-
crate Veterans. or their widows. who
are not able to take care of themselves.
The underlying principle is that the
Suite does not give u reward in money
for the service which her soldiers rem
dered and thnt the Confederate Vet
Grams do not ask such reward. The men
who shouldered arms for the South
fought FOR a great principle and not for
a recuniary reward.
How different is the Federal pension
system. a vast sum OF money aggre-
eating something like sl5000o, 600 year,
is Appropriated to pay pensions, and al
though it has been thirty-hve years
since the war closed, there has been NO
diminut!on in the pension rolls, nnd the
amount of money which we are paying
on the pension account has steadily in
creased from year to year, as We have
gotten farther and farther from the war
period. 1t Is part and parcel Of the
spoils system, and there is no knowing
how much money has been squandered on
those who had no just claim upon the
government The underlying principle
of the national pension system. if prin-
ciple 1t may be cnlled. is .to the victor
belongs the spoils." 1t is the same old
A n
plumber system of other days. by what
ever name We may call it. The idea
is that those who fought for the Union
are entitled to pecuniary reward for the,
service which they rendered. ind. every
man who can present the merest pretense
of claim comes forward to demand his
part of tho spoils. The whole system
Is as vicious as it could be. for it tends.
to destroy patriotism and to incite In
The people desire for war, that they
may boone nfter the war participants
I'll, the plumber. '.Tillage TO soldiers,
prize money TO seamen.' That is the
sum md substance OF our pension sys-
TEN. 81
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The circuits will be redistricted in 1902.

The circuits will be redistricted in 1902.
to go into effect January l. 1865. Thus
the saving would be for two years, or
s3a for Bedford's share OF it, for when
the circuits are redistrcted other coun-
ties will be added to Judge fuckers anu
his salary Increased accordingly. Thus
1t can be plainly seen that BEDFORD
rsaps a decided advantage from q Bed
ford man having been made judge of the
Eighteenth Judicial Circuit It cost her
less than $50 to bring $500 to the county
to be spent here, besides larger salary
for the remaining six years Of the term.-i
Bedford Bulletin.
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an added feature are now assured. Jar
rott and .Wridgway. the foreign motor.

an dQQeQ iesiluIc dE0 now assured jar.
rott and Wridgway. the foreign motor
cyclists. are now here. and have thrown
down the gauntlet to the American
cracks at the game. Fournier and Cham
pion, craek-a-jack ;mportations at the
game, Will be backed by the company
which has taken the lead in motor pacing
and racing machine building. Miller. the
sfx-day champion: Mcfarland. the Pacific
coast crack, and other well-known Ame-
rican flyers. are now equipped with these
machines. and Will be only too glad TO
have whirl at the foreigners on the
track and the road. The AUTOMOBILES Club
4 OF America mas decided to competa
abroad for the International Automobile
cup. and will arrange races with clubs
IN other cities for the selection OF Ame-
rican representative men and machines
for the contest. The Board OF Control OF
the NJ A. has been instructed BY
its association to prepare rules for motor
cycle and automobile races. and Il Is last
to irs discretion to determine whstnsr
these rules shall be extended % Iosd ceue
petition.
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Pertinent.

Pertinent.
Three little street children we're stand
ing at the door of the Senate chamber IN
Washington, awestruck with the beauty
and richness about them. One OF the
children. a girl of e1s.cn, finally Pluc l,su
UP courage and spoke to man stand ul,iS
in the corri6 ors:
Mister she said, what doas IL cost
to get in ttere?''
On the instant a gentleman eis'ergeu
from the Senate chamber.
ASK him, said ths journalist.
The gentleman was Senator Gar OF
A1ontanl.-Boston Journal
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ClaaI.fr Evident.

Judge-"You say that the bullet enter
ed the victims head
Nitness-"Yes, SIR
Judcc-..Well, now. previous TO the
shooting he'd there been any t-ouole-
any threats that would have led the VIC
tim to expect the shot?
Witness-"No, sir. l don't thlns such
a thing ever entered his head before.
Ohio State Journal.
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SIotor'C cycle Racing.

y Motor cycle racing had an enthusi-
astic reception by the public last sea-
son and speed machines Of this type
have been turned out in such large
numbers that this exciting class of
sport*wi1l be very general feature at
next summers bicycle meets. That
motor cycle racing will be extended
from the track to the road end that
hS.testa between automohAo Ni1 ba
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to him by Dr. Beyds. the european agent
of the Transvaal Government. He says
he Is animated by no feeling of enmity
toward the British but tina t MS sword Is
his sole stock in trade. and The sells tito
the highest bidder.
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PrOorPGSitive.

Miss Newrich-.-The Oldboods have
send plates that have benin the family
for a hundred years.
Mrs. Newrich-"Pooh That jest SHOWS
they amt never had no servant. san
Francisco Examiner.