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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09
GREAT WEALTH OF ALASKA.
Fasteners Be9in to Appreciate tho
Mighty Empire Of the North.

BROOKLYN Eagle.
Alaska proves 10 be a different sort OF
place from what most people assumed at
the time of its purchase. II was sup
posed to be region OF rock and ice In
capable of supporting life. except as life
could DO supported on fish. and of no use
except AZ affording harbors where seaiers
might find shelter We have put nearly
all OF the sealk to death. hence the ASH
cries of Alaska are OF small consequence
today; but what promises 10 be OF far
greater consequences Is that 1t produces
valuable minerals and precious metals;
that II has coal supply which In the
future may be of immence value to us ,
that II Affords convenient stations for our
Pacific fieet suddenly become an impor-
tant factor In the preservation of our
commercial interests. that IL has a forest
growth which should insure a plenteous
water supply and abundant building ma
terial. that its scenic spiandors and fine
air. it's sheltered harbors and noble noun
tains, draw 10 II increasing numbers ~
tourists and health seekers every year;
that the conditions are admirable for the
self-support OF large and permanent popu~
lations. and that probabilities exist % ex-
tsnsive trade In the future. II has even
been discovered that crops can be raised
In portions OF the territory once thought
ninhabitabic.
In view OF the advantages and OF the
Certainty OF present increase IN the
population and industries OF the territory
action In expected looking to the better
protection OF life and property In the min
Ing districts. TO Increase facilities Of
transportation and housing, 10 the esiah-
lishment of a telegraph system, which
has. indeed, been begun by the army slg-
nal corps, ana the introduction Of SAM
tary and other modern improvements In
the towns II IL believed that by the end
OF next summer Alaska will he IN touch
With the rest OF the country. instead az
being, as at present. so cut OF BY lack 81
the telegraph that weeks may pass be-
fore one can obtain an anawer 70 d letter
Claim jumping in The mine diAtricis il
tina worst OF Aiaska's troubles, and
thieves have carried things with pretty
high hand, the receivers III certain con-
tested cases having proved themselves
70 be worse than the thieves. These mat.
tiers can be regulated hy the installas lion
OF proper police syaten. aud BY the ere.
alton az reliable courts Alaska can pay
her own bile. She merely wants Increased
authority.
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remain. No more OF this class are
future Every argument which has been
advanced. or which could be advanced.
against Chinese being permitted 10 come
into the country applies with equal or
greater force to the admission of the in
eiigibles of Southern Europe. To regulate
and restrict immigration so that we may
receive the intelligent and progressive
races who have contributed much to our
development. and exclude the undesirable
element, is the problem that never pressed
more severely upon as than it does today.
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PhlIa fielpllia RECORD


The miners in the Nome region and
throughout Alaska may decide 10 bite
their tongues IN punishment for having
cursed the sntaBgied mass of roots. dirt
and moss which has lrnpeJed travel and
delayed digging In the far Northwestern
gold fields This mass (which T. known
a. tundra. and which covers al Alaska
ike blanket fresu few inches TO three
feet or more ~ depth IL declared by an
expert on fuels 20 NJ sarstabia peat IA an
earlier stage ~ development II "a nf-
nrTned that the Immature peat can be
converted Into a fine fuel AT far iesA ex-
pense than coal can be obtained for
Nome consumption fndeea. the cost of
coal IL virtually prohibitory IN that re-
xs0n owing 10 the high rates demanded
for the transportation thereof. and weed
~ unknown north and west Of So
Michael n tbs hopes 0s experts a.
70 tundra shah be realized life Ia Alaska
will have been robbed Of one Of It's main
ferrors
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Honolulu Republican.
The resolutions Of the wholesalers and
jobbers in regard TO drummers was In
line with this old spirit of intolerance.
Such action was most unwise. TO ray the
least, and will do incalcuiabie harm 10
Hawaii. just as the lumber trust and
the meat trust have kept out all COM
petition. through government aid in the
shape Of outrageous license fees for go
ing into business. so Il IL now proposed
TO continue to foster and encourage trust
and combine conditions II will not do,
and Honolulu and all Hawaii must awake
TO the fact that 81 is a fair field open TO
all now and II viii simply be a survival
Of the fittest henceforfh.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09
What Was the Use?

One wonders now what theory was at
Democratic campaign managers when
they sent ont from the national head
quarters last week, Just as they aid four
years ago. the NEST prepostsrous claims
Of what they were going 10 90. For weeks
before that, indeed. Mr.. Jones and the va
rious state chairmen kept furnishing re-
ports that we're impossible OF realization.
And at the last q was very vhirlwind
Of assertion, a whole gallery Of rainbows
Chairman Jones had New York and nn-
nois carried iatalnbly. lie sent forth his
famoaa interview in which he said that
the Democratic party had won It's victory.
and added by heaven. they VII not be
cheated oat % a." As late a. Monday
wits J. ABBOT said Of Mr.. Bryan: He
win carry beyond doubt every state that
he carried in issd ana California. Ken
lucky. Maryland. New York. Ohio and
Indiana" And 80 IL went all along the
Democratic nrlnx line.
Now. campaign Judgments are not tn
faiiihle. and surprises hapaea in politics.
A. the same time. It was not possible that
any enc should really have entertained
seriously the opinions quoted. The facts
about New York. fer instance. we're so
plain that he who ran ralght read. To
overcome the mAjerlties given in the Ne
Kinisy siateA IN 1886 required a political
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mems positions from them" 1t is not
clear what prescriptive right ''other men"
have more than Mr. Bryan 10 senator
ships. nor why this rule Of remuneration
should not apply to the presidency. which
longed to them But Mr. Bryan is stili a
law unto himself
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7O6 First Avenue.



North Dakesa ~ M
Town Topics. the sool6 T.
New York. In speaking x ~ -
a Boston girl 10 a N0fth ~
her Forthcoming depapluf0 Il
this state. says;
II does seem almost liha euu
fined. fasfidious eifl tre16(34p
fashionable luxury nd q
atmosphere. which u n,cts ~
most girls. "a he trapplauoe0
The foregoing phseEpo
Bismarck Tribune: $500
We III our eyes aud cisD -
entihi homage 10 The sup<ftH
fsrtutsd the above psrae1(4
our minds eye staggering 80
81 thrce-ply pedigree m y +. j.
mum. shuddering 20 thiuk q
fentlessly scainiBg fgtticu ~
az North Dakotai W. - H
81 that social parzgrAfh4
pathetic nuthinfne<n wh<kp ~ i
n approached, aud the tease
~ Il dreams ~ the nsrfoa ~ ~
North Dakota. 70 live alone ~ :
mlled 10 sleep ~ the hoNA1U |
unssrthly srfecchsx 81 atut1~4
wsrpath. r. III =
What does the eirsfsstt ~ 4! A.
New York wciai writrs, fhxt -
frem the apron siflngs 4 .
tihtisszs Hs, az tie #stsd1 W.
euch masnihra, state n &&14
does mind reared IN IN at&1
and Tsmmssiy politics kncs q
saiar better aud more nssf'si lkt.fz
Topics msn ~ The i'usha \
sFefs year, snd feed I'm 70 ~ q
And o. Tor ibe i'ostoa siH
haseu't any doubt shs&ts , - , !
sht'ii flnd wsfm hearts. flsss skt~
prre air. aud some intfiifsfl
We have observed.
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American Ab.,.sy = -

philadelphia frxH
One reason why United
features are sweeping ~ -
cause our freight rates -
the reason why our fre1
lower IL because Of ~ =
road management bars - 81
other countries A Fepdyt g
ern Pacific for ton ysafs "
change BY shoving that 49,
the number Of loaded eef9
from l2l ss. egz 10 iskxt9l l.
empty cars were kept przel
ary--tl 4ss. 80 IN 1850. M1kl
the same period the ffsixnl
raised from 100 tons %
coftg Just nboas ~ mu<k
empty ear as u does = -
train ~ fs4 tons a. tran
bali times this slzT, thH
Of thIs Improvement. whtc
minlstrauon. has been n
the public. which h measlp
mite. 10 mills In iSSa. fen = y
is9. while the NTsilanie 49,
road. which T. measures
mile. roro from si.8 70
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Had the late election gone in favor OF
Bryan. the chances are that his party
would have obtained majority In the
United States senate at an early day. For.
with the great slide of the country to Nc
Kinley the Republican party win be able
to do scarcely more than hold its present
majority in that body This is because the
Democrats whose terms expire on the 4th
of March next come mainly from the
Southern states. where there is no chance
for Republican gains under any circum-
stances: while the retiring Republicans
are generally the representatives Of states
that would have chosen Democratic legis-
iatures II the country had voted for Bryan.
or the thirty senator's who go out Of
office in March. seventeen are Republic
cans, eleven Democrats, one Populist and
one Silver Republican. There are three
vacancies due to legislative deadiocks in
the states Of Delaware, Pennsylvania and
Utah. One senator from Nebraska and
one from Vermont have title by appoint
ment to fil vacancies. and their success
sors must be chosen by the next legisla-
ture. Then there IL the case of Clark. Of
Montana, whose status was not definitely
fixed by the senate Itself So that total
OF thirty-six seats In the upper house Of
congress were to be determined by Tues
days elections.
OF these the Republicans certainly conc
troll seventeen. exactly the number Of Re-
publican senators whose term Ii about to
expire. They gain In South Dakota ana
lose in Montana and Colorado. But OF the
three vacancies they win at least two
while the result in six cases. two In Me-
braska. two in Delaware. with Kentucky
and Idaho. are still In doubt. Assuming
that all these legislatures are against the
party. II will hold the same numerical
strength that 1t does In the present COR
gress.
This IL exceedingly fortunate. The party
cannot be hampered in the execution OF
Its policies, nor the gold standard menaced
even by hostile discussion. Again. the re-
suits of the coming elections carry for
ward For six years from next March the
senator's TO be elected hold their seats.
and no possible change OF political COM
plexion in the states from which they
come. several OF them naturally doubtful
politically IL Organism were ont OF the
way. can affect the party tenure. the
control OF the senate by the Republicans
is assured for many years to come; and
the party strength in that body. assuming
that every legislature now In doubt is con-
trolled by the fusionists, will remain for
the next two years just what II is today.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09
seattle a Factor I'm sAs Race.


The sudden prominence OF Seattle as
a gateway OF commerce has put San
Francisco ron edge" Chicago f. kept
astir by ST. Louis energy; Sc Louis. IN
turn. realizes that I; will never 40 10
sleep while Kansas City IL forging ahead
80 rapidly. and so the fight continues
It's stimulating course Only the cities
that have few natural advantages or
resources. or that are hampered by IN
progressive business men. can fan hone
lessly TO the rear.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09
A GUARANTEE.

TIE Post rsteI1iseneer hevesy
guarantees It's advertisers bona
Aae paid circulation. Daily. Weekly
ana Sunday. double that Of any
other newspaper published In the
state Of Washington. Advertising
contracts Will he made subject t.
this guarantee.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09

The Washington state legislature will be
strongly Republican in both branches.
and for the first time since statehood
will not have United States senator to
elect
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09

Work will now begin on many undertake
inss which have been projected. with the
idea that they should be pushed TO COM
tion With Republican administration
for four more years. people know that
there are no risks 10 be taken.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09

There are no data from which to form
any estimate as yet OF the Popular vote
for president. Probably McKinley's popu-
lar majority win not vary much from
what 1t was in 1885.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09

The American people decided not only
to have a Republican president at the
head of Affairs. but also TO elect con-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09
Natsrsi Gas IL Pientifui.


trAnA fnThs Gazette.
Natural gas has been discovered thirty
miles south ~ Spokane That's nothing
The country for two hundred miles around
Spokane In all directions Is fun Of natural
gas II It wasn't how would ali these
mining towns and eamps--but that's an
other story.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09

In spite of the fact that there were n
few instances of fusion success. the gen.
eral results of the election in THIS state
indicate conclusively that 1t is TO remain
permanently in the Republican column.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09

some u the local neNsFes
plninlng why san Franelsae
IKE other eitien 81 The L ~
explanations are Jane ~
son Why san Fsanclsco lss ~
heengse Newspapers Ani p@'i''. ~
ways wsrring % capital p ~
The result II that men q 49, "a,
10 undertake new enieFpfis<s
out new enterprises. rleHs's ....3
no employment. No limit WI
quickly unicee eapstal Il ~
The sooner our ne~sf@pefs ~ ~
thoroughly seAlizn tllis M ~
themselves accordingly, tsf
city.
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How Expansion win n~Ip.

AnAcnrfee AmFriCan
An extension Of our flag 10 the far Eas,
ia the one thing that gsli make every
city In the Puget sound aasln forge ahead
with Ions and rapid strides We might az
weil haul down the flag from Alaska A.
TO talk Of Withdrawing 81 from the phil
lppinsx.
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revolution SO great that the signs of 1t
would be everywhere. On the contrary.
there was scarcely breach in the old
lines. AS the situation appeared to hun
dreds of disinterested observers, the
keenest newspaper men in the world. q
thousand times more anxious TO get at
the fact and announce 1t than for the
success of any candidate. Mr.. Bryan's
best chance was only little better than
the polling showed 1t to have been. There
was never possibility of his success.
In such cases the average man. fails to
see the utility Of claims known in advance
to be contrary to fact. They do not cap
ture votes. they are discounted by every
body, and about all their practical effect
is to discredit the predictions OF careful
and impartial observers who have cam
vassed all the facts. Perhaps that Is the
main purpose Of them; but at any rate
they seem to be cheap form Of politics.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09

San Francisco ought 70
matrimonial clearing bou~ 8 r.
out the many taDgles t5As ~
coming 70 tight Things 49, "A
be arranged 10 that q wessst -
know how many widows -
he dsss.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09

Nothing said by ar. Bryan during the
campaign 10 as funny as his seciinA,ion az
unisei States senstoeshtp. II had net
been Orcret ana az the time Ne wrote his
Telegram no ono know whiea party had
majority Of the Nebraska legislature.
But Mr.. Bryan FASTENED 10 Wire Mr..
GeaEstf * am not going to take ether
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09

Judge White has the satisfaction OF
knowing that he is the only man on the
fusion ticket who carried every county in
the state.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09

Rogers has won, but Turner viii not be
able to carry out the convention contracts
in the matter Of disposing Of promised fed
eral appointments.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09

People do not seem to be especially anx-
tutional amendment was adopted.
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A reader asks the Post-Inteliigencer
tuition forhidding a man who has been
president two terms 20 be candidate for
a third. Nothing whatever. 1t Is only an
unwritten law of public opinion that has
never been broken. and probably never
will be.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09

Charles A. Towne is not to get that cab
met position after all.
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OFFICES.

OFFICES
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Lawyers should Form . Trust.


II Is claimed the present census viii
show that there Is a lawyer for every
60 inhabitants The legal fraternity
put
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sEATTLE THEATER- Opera Company IN
~CavaileYia Rusticsna" and 'Pinafore.
THIRD AVENUE THEATER-"A Hot Ola
fine"
GRAND OPERA HousE-"Unels Josh Spruce
~"
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Mr.. Ronald will now have an opportu-
nifty to read up on the benefits OF expan-
sion.
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The Democratic party win now procee
to readjust itself.
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Pettigrew wants new party. He has
arrived at that stage in his career when
about all of his time will be put in hunt
ing for new parties. and the newer and
erazier the party the better Pettigrew
will like It.
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COMMENT on THE RESULT.

The solid South is still solid.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-04


fer to Bures. fugssst as an alterna.
tive, tSat we should treat Jour despatch
OF February Is, and all Its enclosures 80
oenndsrtlal and that Brller should send
through you full narrative Of she opera
TORS This yen could forward to me-
with any observations you desired 20
make for Publication"
Lord Roberts replied TO Lord LanF-
dowre in a despatch dated Bloemfon-
tsiu, March 1, that he had suggested to
Sir Redvers Butler to prepare . full mar
rative, but that Sir Rsdvers had answered
as follows:
81 do net at sI like the idea Of re-
writing q despatch for publication. 1
muSh prefer 10 leave It In the hands sof
the command er-in-chief.. Let him select
for publication whatever he thinks prop
tr."
To this Lord Roberts appended that he
would not himself object TO the publics-
tion Of letter edited ss Lord Lsnsdowne
had suggested, but that IL might per-
haps, be better TO overruls Gen. Buffers
objsot and to adopt the alternative
course suggested by Lord Landsdowne.
He asked Lord Lansdowne to wire . re-
ply. This reply from Lord Lansdowne,
dated April 9, said:
''In view OF Buffers objection, aban-
don the prcpc S II that the despatch should
be rev rittsn and propose to publish the
felsction described In my despatch OF
NJ srch 80"
ord roberts answered under date Of
A pril 8:
''I agree, to my despatch of February ID
icing publ ished."
The correspondence alec contains two
dispatches referred to in Lord Lars
downs's despatch Of March IS. The first
IL from Lord Lsnsdowne to Gen. Butler,
dated January s, representing the imros-
sibIllty Of publishing his dispatches
(which oontsin views OF the situation
and forecasts of his Intention" and en-
paaaizins the Availability of ssndiDg de-
Q atohes descriptive OF the erations for
presents ton to Parliament. The ssoond
is from ord Wellesley to Lord Roberts.
dated February Q, and ssyingi
"You will, feel sUrs, agree with me
that Methusn's despatch regarding
Magsrsfontsln could not be published as
cent. Thers are passages In 1t inappro-
pirate to such documents and 1t also
gives information Of Importance to the
enemy. If be likes will revise the des-
patch but l prefer not to undertake
this responsibility. suggest that you
ask him to cancel this despatch ana to
write another"
The correspondence does not indicate
whether Lord Nethusn rewIote the dss-
patch as suggested,
The Spion kop dispatches, as pub
lished, were exactly the selections sug-
gssted In Lord Transformers dispatches of
, q oh %.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-04
TIE sHAws CAPTURED.

MiddIeLury, VT, May s.-Duastan
Shaw and his con Frank, who escaped
from the Woodstock jail on April %. and
who In the course Of their fight killed
Deputy Sheriff Hoffman OF Windsor
county last Friday, were captured In q
swamp about four miles from Middls-
bury ct noon today.
They resisted the approach Of the cffi-
GERS and citizens with Wholesalers and
II or IS shots were exchanged. when
Frank shaw fell with two bullet wounds
In his body. His father surrendered. Ths
young man was seriously wounded. Both
were very weak from lack Of food and
exhaustion,
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WENT AROUND THE DRIFTS.
A Practice In the Country which Leads
to Lsw Suit.

sonth Paris, May ga case OF inter-
est to town officials througnout Maine
was tried ct the Oxford Supreme court
today. In breaking out country high
ways where there is little travel In win
ter IL has become q common practice to
swing the road around big snow drifts
instead of shovelIisg through them.
David H. Trip, while driving on high
way In Hiram. plunged into one Of these
drifts, . light unbroken snow oonoeaiing
the road around 10. In trying to gst ont
he was thrown down and tranpled upon
BY the horse, receiving injuries which, as
he claims will disable him for life. This
Is the second suit by him against the
town OF Hiram as tins jury could not
sRree In the first trial. At the close Of
plaint'ff's evidence. the court ruled q
non suit on the ground that no evidence
had been presented to show that the mu-
picipaI officers of the town had "a hours
notice OF defect In this highway.