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The colored American., 1900-12-15

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CnillieoEhs scbsol teachers, gpSC1 thelE
ThsnkzzfTing 81 Xsnis and WIber-
foges. Tbsy were s1ssgtszEed Eeczss-
day uigEs win socisl gwen u Lrs-
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friends = Tkanksgiving dinEe- A. the
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TIE fszssI bozId Eers LszzEz. John ".
ETsuE, Wm- 8. Summons, Alvin o.
Daniels, Joseph Gsrrel; EI.Esz Ls1oEe
Raymond, Florence Thousz, Minnie
Scott, 4smis E.oi.e Fox, DeIls Cham
bsrs, Blzncbe Hi Misse1 Minnie TaT-
feId Of Dayton, Amslis 5alIee, Of Ezr-
rodsbUfg, KY, and Ar. Luthsr Ges.zrd
CT Wilmington, are among the neE
student arrivals. Rsv. William 2. q
Byrd presshsd In selma, Sunday; Rev.
J. I. Scbo6sId, the pastor being I'll
LEIa Bsrns6lne. the infant daughter
Of AE. and Ars. Lowell Baker, vas re-
Gently baptized by Rev. z L Clark.
AIs. ChsrIes Alexander, wife of tie
iustrustsr in printing srriysd Thanks
giving night. The ThsnksgivInE en-.
tsrtzinmsnt keld o. the ". II Z. {.
yielded 81 g. Ar. Of West
Africa, . student a. Octerbsin Uniyer.
atty, WsstervilIe, Ohio, spent several
days here last week. Ar. COulker
graduates 10 1904, after which he viii
enter upon the study OF medicine. He
addressed the Sunday school while
here and made very pleasing impres'
sion On al Who met him Bishop 3.
". Arnett has returned from Wash.
ington, D. &. WuberfoTcs Is very proud
Of her twenty African students. they
are doing excellent school work, snc
are go well behaved ss 20 call forth the
admiration and rsspsct ot all. Mrs. J.
B. Graffort, Of Dayton. spent Sunday
with her cousin, Mrs. Il. L. Johnson.
RsV. VIM. Z. Gray, instructor in elocu-
ton, spent Thanksgiving ia Dayton.
where be has charge OF church. Sew
eral entertainments are 81 the tapis for
the holidays. Payne Z theological Sem
mary Preachers Association gives
literary entertainment December 81.
The Y. ?. 3. Z. Will entertain the pup
lie, and there will bs social functions
galore. 4 recent letter resolved by DR..
:. Maria Steward from her husband,
Chaplain T. g Steward, who Is now in
the Philippines, states that he Is enjoy
ing good health in that far of country,
and hopes to be homs IN April. Rev.
Joshua II. Jones, President OF WILDER
force University, was in Columbus
Monday. Mrs. Charlotte L. Riker, ex'
natron Of University Hall, il now at
the home of Mr.. VIM. Sull IN Philadel'
phia. Mrs. Riker has host Of frieGds
here. Miss Grace Newman has gone
to her home in the East. Miss Halle
q. Brown iE home after an extensive
tour. The sermon delivered By Bishop
Arnett Sunday. Is said TO have been
one of the finest ever heard at WiIber'
force. We certainly prize our beloved
Bishop, who Ii loved by all classes and
The colored American., 1900-12-15
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Douglas Island news., 1900-06-13
I he NOrthIand
The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed.
Information for Everybody.

Peter Melee, a passenger for Skag- way on the Rosalie on her last trip north, was buncoed out of Sl3O in Sc. attle by the old bewhiskered freight bill trick.
 Two hundred men are said to be pros pecting in the vicinity of Wrangel. Some high grade free milling quartz has recently been discovered on the mainland
 Henceforward peddlers in the Atlin district will be required to pay heavy license fee before they can transact business. In fact, a prohibitiVe tariff is talked of.
 A carrier, with 100 letters sent out by the telegraph crew at Atlin, was on bis way to Bennett when he broke through the ice and lost his outfit, mail and all.
 The case of the Indians charged with the murder of Bert Horton and wife was up for hearing in the district court at Skagway last week and was postpon- ed to June 25th.
 Fourteen ounce nuggets seem to be the rule among those found in the At lin district. Some six or seven recent ly found in that district varied but lit tie from that weight.
 The revenue cutter Perry steamed up Gastineaux channel last Thursday and gave the people of Douglas and Juneau a glimpse of a small portion of Uncle Sam's great white navy.
 The Yukon river route to Nome is said to be rapidly gaining in favor. If fares were as low as by the ocean route quite respectable amount of travel could be diverted this way.
 Skagway merchants are agitating the proposition of opening up to the tray cling public as a free thoroughfare the old Bracket wagon road over White Pass, now operated as toll road.
 Development work has shown that there are three pay streaks in the tun- dra around Nome. The third pay streak is at depth of from 40 to 50 feet, and yields as high as 62 cents to the pan.
 To raise 8,OOO,OOO gallons of water a day out of the Yukon river to height of 2OOO feet and pipe it a distance of 30 miles is the proposition that H. J. Pow CTS, Chicago mining expert is about to tackle.
 The John Irving Navigation compa- ny which this spring announced it's in tention of building tramway across Taku portage has decided to delay the matter until charter is obtained from the government. In the meantime a wagon road is being built, which is ex- pected to be completed in time for the seasons business.
Douglas Island news., 1900-06-13

Actual work of construction has be- gun on the government telegraph line from Valdez to the interior. This line will extend from Valdez to Fort Egg bert on the Yukon river thence to St. Michaels.
 According to the New York Engin- eering and Mining Journal, the Alaska TreadweL mine has up to date paid in dividends S4,295,OOO, and the Alaska Mexican s447,O31.
 In the Atlin district the gold com missioner is also the sanitary officer and he is seeing to it that the reguIa- tions applying to sanitary conditions are rigidly enforced
 According to the Dawson News, re- ports just received at that place from Koyukuk give the country black eye. Everything in sight is said to have been located, and no extraordinary pay dirt has been discovered.
 Miners on Spruce creek in the Atlin district, who spent the winter on the outside, complain that their tools, sup plies and other property left on the claims had been stolen by the whole sale during their absence.
 G. E. Zinkan, of Skagway, has recent ly returned from two months pros pecting trip on the Big Salmon. He says it is not a poor mans country. Just so. A poor mans country has never yet been discovered.
 The White Pass road is moving 600 tons of rails every twenty-four hours from Bennett to Caribou and expects to have the Caribou-White Horse divis, ion of the road in operation this week. Four locomotives and sixty cars will be operated between these points.
 It is reported that a scow was recent Iy wrecked on Windy Arm and that two women and five men, together with a number of cattle were drowned. Ru mors concerning the affair are conflict ing and it will probably be some time before full particulars are learned. The demand for copper is increasing faster than the production. It is read fly to be seen and soon will be a gener- ally recognized fact that Alaska's un. limited deposits must be developed and placed upon the market to supply the deficiency.
 A specuIator is on his way to Dawson with a stock of ice cream freezers. They are supplied with a heat general ing attachment for preventing the fluid to congeal too rapidly, trouble to be specially guarded against in the KIon- dike climate.
 Report has it that work of building the Cassiar Central railway from Tele- graph creek to Deas lake will be re. sumed this summer. Mckenzie & Mann began work of grading on this line nearly three years ago, but subsequent ly abandoned the proposition.
 The steamer Dolphin, now on her way from New York to Seattle, is mak- ing such excellent time that she is ex- pected in Seattle on or about July 1st. When she gets on the Alaska-Seattle run it is expected that she will make the present greyhounds of the run the City of Seattle and the Cottage City look like 30 cents on pay day.
Douglas Island news., 1900-06-13

Samuel Allison, miner who has op- erated in Africa, South America, MeXi- co end the United States, says that the quartz claims in the vicinity of Ketchi- kan are the largest in the world. He thinks that one of the great quartz camps of the future will spring up there.
 Occupying a prominent position on the deck of the steamer Chas. D. Lane, when she sailed from Seattle for Nome, was Jersey COW on which was pla. card bearing the following: "Bound for Cape Nome. Milk and butter to burn. | Compliments of Wild Goose Mining company"
 The last parties out from Nome left that place on March 10th. At that time there were 2O0O miners working along the beach there. Many new and i'm portant strikes are reported, and there is every indication that the camp will be all it's most sanguine friends have claimed for it.
 The largest bears in the world are found on Kadiak Island, off the coast of Alaska. They are of the Polar breed and often attain weight of from 25OO to 5000 pounds. The Smithsonian Institute has sent an experienced man north to capture one or more alive for the National Geological park.
 The American steamer Ruth and the Canadian steamer Coquitlan had race all the way up the coast on their last trip to Skagway, and the Ruth was vic torious. During this desperate, de- termined and continued struggle the terrific speed of six miles an hour was frequently developed for short dis. tances.
 Seattle papers say that the demand for freight space and passenger accom- modations for the second sailing north of the Nome fleet indicate that there will be all the business offered that the steamship companies can handle. Pas senger rates, however, will probably be put down to S8O for first class and S6O for second class fares.
 
 JIG. Black, a passenger on the City of Seattle on her trip south June 7th, had in his possession the largest gold nugget ever mined in the Klondike. It was taken from his claim on Chechoco Hill and weighed over IT ounces. He refused an offer of $500 for this 9peci- men of flush times. MT. Black also had reserve fund of the same kind of metal as in the nugget.
 "Babe" Wallace, claimed at one time to have been familiar figure in Doug las Island dance halls, was a passenger south on the City of Seattle last week. She was represented as having S20,OO0 in gold with her, accumulated by fru- gal industry and strict attention to business while in Dawson. If this is the "Babe" of Douglas Island fame, she left this place less than year ago.
 A body, supposed to be that of Fred H Clayson, the murdered Skagwayan, was found on a sand bar on the Yukon river below Selkirk one day last week. There were two bullet wounds on the person-one in the breast and one in the head--showing conclusively the cause of death. Later:-The body has been taken to Dawson and there posi- lively identified as that of young Clay son.
Douglas Island news., 1900-06-13
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
CATHOLIC CHURCH;

CA1HOLlC OHCiNSt'
 ,,oss with Sermon 1O:OO A. NJ. RoSaTy. Lecture and Benediction 7;OO P. NJ.
 Priest, Rev. Father P. c. Bougis, ;. J. CONGREGATIONALC CHURCH H. Ham mond Cole, pastor, Regular services, every Sunday. in the morning at lO:S0 o'clock, and in the evening at [ :45 o'clock. Sunday School in the afternoon at o'clock. The Society of Christian Endeayor meets every Wednesday eyeninc, at 7:l5 o'clock. Seats free. The public cordially invited to attend.
 EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services held at Odd Fellows Hall every Sunday evening.
 Rev. H.J. Gurr. FRIENDS CHURCH Regular services at the The New Friends Church.
 Sabbath School iV a' ID Native Services II a; m: Eyenine, Services, For Whites. I:E Prayer meeting. Wednesday evening at 1;55 Christian Eudeayor, Friday evening at S:OO Junior C. E Saturday 1'UV Teachers meeting every Monday evening at s o'clock at private houses. Any and all are cordially invited ahd wei rOned at al of these services.
 REV. c. N. REPLOGLE, Pastor.
Douglas Island news., 1900-06-13

The City of Seattle on her trip south last week carried in the neighborhood of two hundred Klondikers and treas ure estimated at the comfortable sum of S1, 100000. This body of Klondikers was the first party to come up the river by boat this season. The members all had the yellow metal in quantities ranging from few hundreds to away up in the thousands. It was hilarious ly happy crowd.
 There seems to have been two cen- suses taken of Dawson and the Klon- dike this year. The latter about doub- les the population as previously re- turned by the census taker. This new report gives the population of Dawson as 1000 and the population of the en- tire district as 10000. It also reports that of the 1000 people in Dawson only 13O are British subjects and that the en- tire number of subjects of the crown in the district is only 5000. Fourth of July ought to be bigger day than the Queens birthday in that much Ameri- canized district.
 Reports are being circulated through the columns of the coast press to the effect that labor of all kinds is in de- mand at good wages in Dawson, owing to the Nome and Koyukuk exodus, in creased output, projected development work on a large scale, etc., etc. Advices received by private letter in this city contradict these reports, and say that all avenues of work are Overcrowded and wages demoralized. After the com pletion of the spring clean ups there will be hundreds of men thrown upon the labor market and competition for jobs will be lively and not conducive to an improvement of prevailing con- ditions.
 Edwin Walters, a Kansas City geolo- gist and civil engineer, who has just re- turned from Alaska, gives the Kansas City Journal some interesting informa- tion regarding this country. He says there are 2OO0 miles of the coast coun- try of Alaska with climate similar to that of southeast England, rarely get ting colder than 30 degrees above zero nor warmer than 72 degrees above. The forests are the finest in the world, con- taining very valuable timber. The coast he thinks is the principal fishing ground for the entire world, including everything in the fishing line, even to cod. He says there are over 100000 small islands off the coast and that there are over 5OOOO miles of coast line.
 If the reports from Nome, after the present influx of population has set tied down to business, are favorable or in any marked degree confrmatory of the glowing reports sent out last fall, there will be still another rush to that far away field. Hundreds of peo- pie are only waiting to learn with req sonable certainty the status of affairs there; and if the ten or fifteen thou sand people now on the way up the coast do not prick the bubble upon their arrival, these hesitating and doubling Thomases will fall all over themselves in their anxiety to reach the new Eldorado and join in the great scramble for wealth. In the event of a second stampede, interior points will contribute substantially to the ranks and the labor situation in Dawson and other Klondike camps will be much i'm proved thereby.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-02
Soaped the Track.

A number of youngsters in theEast
End, with a great sense of mischief in
their craniums, are in for trouble pro-
per. They procured lot of soap and
used it extensively on the street car
tracks on Lynn street.
When car would strike the soaped
stretch the motorman would absolute
ly lose control of the car, which would
slip and slide the full length of of the
stretch of the creased track. This
made the affair decidedly serious, for
If vehicle had happened TO have
driven across The street in front Of an
approaching ear, in all probability a
painful, and possibly fatal. accident
might have occurred. Steps will be
taken to punish the jokers, If appre-
hended.-Journal,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-02
WatertoWn.

At the annual meeting of the Farm
ers Mutual Insurance Company, which
was held on January 20, about 60 of
the 1858 members were present from
four townships, Watertown, Warren,
Barlow and Palmer. Insurance in
force December 81, 1899, $524,704, as
follows: Watertown, $185.472; War
rem, $9S,575; Barlow, $19O,9 Palmer,
s1O9, 1852. Average assessment on
$1,000 per year, $1.7O. Total assess
ment on $1,000 in years, $50. J.-C.
Arnold was elected president for two
years. J. NJ Brown, Of Palmer, elect
ed Director for three years. The
Board met in the afternoon and elect
ed VIM. Biedel, Secretary and Treasur-
er. The members ar all satisfied
wit hthe Watertown Farmers Mutual
Insurance Company.
George Piatt, whose illness was men
toned last week, died Thursday morn
ing. Funeral from the M. e. church
Sermon by the pastor Rev. Mr.. Haas
j. Silva Power, who was soldier II
the u. s. regular service and was sent
to Cuba and died of typhoid fever
was brought to Watertown for inter
ment. His remains were laid to rest
on Tuesday, January 30. A short SER
vice was held at the grave.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-02
Norwood Hotel Opened.

The Norwood Hotel was opened to
the public Thursday afternoon and
supper was served to large number
of guests. The opening was very
quiet one, but a number of people reg
fstered during the afternoon and even
ing.
The first gentleman to register was
F. w. Taylor, of Waverly, w. Va, and
he was assigned to room 72
At 9 p. m, twenty-five people were
registered and the number seemed to
be increasing. The hotel porters call
ed "Hotel Norwood" at the trains for
the first time last evening.
The day clerk at the new hostelry Is
q. T. Underwood, of Wheeling, while
C. w. Nossett, Of this city, is serving
as night clerk for few days.
While the Improvements at the ho-
tel have not yet been completed, ev-
erything is in shape for the entertain
ment of guests.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-02
Single Takers AT Church.

The Single Tax Club met in regular
weekly session at Blume's paint shop
last night.
Discussion of the subject, "The
Rights of Man" was taken up. and
Mr.. W. p. Bennett read paper on
that subject. Rev. ]. M. Pollen follow
ed with a short address and at the
close of his remarks, informed the
members and visitors present that the
Central Christian church were giving a
reception at the church to the new
pastor and his wife, and that he was
authorized to invite all present to at
tend and to get there not later thsn
eight o'clock.
1t was moved and carried that the
discussion of "The Natural Rights Of
Man" be continued at the next meet
ing and that the invitation be accept
ed.
On motion a committee was APP
pointed to make arrangements for a
roasted pig and potatoes to be eaten
in the paint shop the evening of
Thursday Feb. 18th. 1t is hoped as
many of the members and their
friends as can come will be present.
A littlebefore eight o'clock the meet
ing adjourned to enable all who wish
ed to attend the reception. A number
attended and were very pleasantly en-
tertalned by a program of recitations
and songs and a pleasing address by
the pastor, followed by refreshments
and a season of goodfellowshlp and So
cial enjoyment
The Central Christian church is to
be congratulated on securing Rev
Metzler and wife as workers in this
| field.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-02

FRIDAY FEB. 2. Iaoo.
Those Alleged Delinquent Ii
quor Cases.

The effort of the Athens county Of
ficfals to collect the Dow tax from liq-
uor dealers, who, 1t is alleged, have
sold goods illegally in Ames and Bern
townships, is attracting the attention
of the people of three counties, Wash
lngton, Perry and Athens county.
The matter, so far as the Athens
county officials are concerned has been
permitted to remain in allegiance for a
few weeks, but when the time is ripe
the legality Of the liquor dealers sales
in those two townships will be thor
oughly tested. The authorities have
the utmost confidence in the belief
that they have a good case against
the liquor dealers, and IL the matter
is successfully prosecuted it means
the sum of nearly thirteen thousand
dollars to be added to the Dow tax
receipts of Athens county. This
amount Is worth contesting for, and II
the officials here are correct in their
opinions, this sum will be collected for
the county.
The sum corresponding to the
amount of the Dow tax claimed to be
due, has been placed by the auditor
on the duplicate, and until the several
amounts of tax charged against the
liquor dealers are removed by litiga-
ton, or otherwise settled, the auditors
duplicate will have on 1t the tax
claimed. The suits against the Ath-
ems county parties will, of course, be
brought in the courts here; the Ma
rietta. liquor dealers will have their
cases heard in Washington county
courts, and the contest with the Corn
ing dealers will be brought to eli
max In the courts of Perry county
The legality of the alleged sale of liz
uors in the two townships Of this
county, will be tested, and If Athens
county wins no small sum will bt
added to the receipts from the Dow
tax; IL the county loses the fact will
cause many liquor dealers, beside!
those charged with illegal selling, tt
breathe with greater freedom. Th'
outcome of Athens county's claim TO
Dow taxes will be watched with inter
est by the county authorities and liz
uor dealers throughout the state
Athens Messenger.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-02
Oil News.
Yesterdays MARKET,

The oil excitement near Temper
anceville occasioned by the finding of
the Pfeiffer we'll has increased the
past week. The we'll is flowing MAX
ing 18 barrels per day. The owner
of the Pfelffer well has made four new
locations. After drilling has COM
menced it will take about four weeks
to put a we'll down. The territory has
all been taken up for miles around
paying big money for the privilege of
drilling. Longfellow Bros. and Benz.
Gramlich, of Macksburg, with Shlve-
ley Bros. and Charles Wilson, of Bates
vile, have territory leased near the
Pfeiffer we'll and will do some drilling.
Spirit of Democracy,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-02
catarrh Cannot be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh Is a blood or constitutional d.
sease, and in order to cure 1t you must
take internal remedies. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally, and acts dl-
rectly on the blood and mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure Is not a
quack medicine. It was prescribed by
one of the best physicians in the coun-
try for years. and is regular pres
cription. 1t Is composed o fthe best
tonics known, combined with the best
blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combin-
alton of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in
curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials
free.
F. ]. CHENNEY & CO., Props, Tole-
do, o.
Sold by all druggists, price Use.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-02
ONE MORE GRIND.

Just one more turn, just one more
twist;
The old mill grinds another grlst
OF stuff that tangles into rhyme
With-stop that cough take Tolu-Pine
Oh, Mary had little lamb
It looked more like calf
It followed her around until
1t made the people laugh
To see a silly simple maid
Out with lamb on dress parade.
One dreary, drizzly, foggy night
Her mutton got cough,
And cough and cough the poor thing
did
Its woody head nigh off,
Though Mary looked silly child,
A sort o. halfway Ounce,
But when her lamb did cough so much
She showed good sense at once
And measured off to town the miles
And got back just in time
To save her bacon ler-er-lamb)
with bottle of Tolu-Plne.
The smallest beginning may an end
ing have great,
And the greatest an ending quite
small;
So to start right and end light begin
now to take
Tolu-Pine for your cough-that's all
Price 25c. Five Bottles, 81.
Prepared by Yours for Business,
WILL RICHARDSON.
Wealth saver,
Health alder to the sick,
'nhon9 So The Cut-Rate Druggist
127 Greene Street.