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Douglas Island news., 1900-03-28
A Stampede.

News has reached Skagway of rich strikes on several tributaries of the Big Salmon. Details are lacking and information meagre on the subject, but a great big rumor has gotten be- yond the control of those manipulating it, and the effect of it's escape from its custodians is a stampede. Railroad hands and snow shovelers were the first to get an inkling of the finds and many have quit work and hit the trail for the new diggings. Others are ready, but waiting for more definite reports.
Douglas Island news., 1900-03-28
A STRIKING TESTIMONIAL.
The skagway Chamber of Commerce has
 Adopted the Following Resolutions.

WHEREAS, It being known to this cham Der that the Hon. Charles Sumner Johnson, judge of the United States District of Alaska, has rendered his resignation of that distinguished posi- tion and in his private capacity is about to proceed to the northern extremity of the district; and
 WHEREAS, He has so ably and with such marked impartiality presided over such United States district court as only one thoroughly versed in the law and with full knowledge and exper, fence of local conditions could have so presided, and has in every way shown his keen sympathy and deep interest in the prosperity and development of this new country; and
 WHEREAS, His official rulings in all matters coming before him have given such eminent satisfaction, both to the bar and citizens generally; therefore be it
 Resolved, That this chamber of com merce of Skagway expresses its regret that Alaska should lose so able an off ciaI, one who has conducted the affairs of AIaska's highest tribunal with such manifest fairness and dignity; and be it further
 Resolved, That this chamber tenders to Judge Johnson it's felicitations that one so prominent in Alaska's recent history will still remain one of her leading citizens, and that we wish him a hearty God-speed to, and safe re- turn from, his new sphere of labor.
Douglas Island news., 1900-03-28

A new order of things in some respects appears to obtain in these latter days. One should be as particular and ob- serving as the master of an exact science to work and maintain his right to quartz property nowadays. But this, however, mas nothing to do with early day mining law.-Western Min ing World.
Douglas Island news., 1900-03-28
New Alaska Postoffice.
reports.

A postofice has been established about forty or fifty miles northwest of Fort Wrangel, to be called Petersburg, and a commission as postmaster at that place has been issued to Christian H. Buschmann. Sumdum, fifty or sixty miles north, is the next nearest post office to Petersburg
Douglas Island news., 1900-03-28
EARLY DAY MINING LAW.

During the early mining days of the great west, disagreements and disputes which involved the rights of miners to water and mineral grounds were settled by AlcaIdes, miners meetings, and when they were legally elected and au, thorized to act, by justices of the peace. The higher legal tribunals of the early days were seldom appealed to, and when they were they recognized and observed the rules and regulations of organized mining districts in rendering decisions. These rules and regulations were finally crystallized into state laws, the whole forming the ground work of congressional mining legisla- tion, and that in turn influencing courts, with slight variations, in their decisions touching mining matters.
 Common law which is supposed to be common sense and common, unadulta- rated justice, governed miners meet ings,AIcaIdes aud the inferior courts of the early days in making their decisions in mining matters. Prior rights to flowing water and to mining areas were always respected by the courts, unless those rights are forfeited by non-com- pIiance with some recognized rule or regulation of the mining district. No man was lawfully authorized to divert water from a stream to the detriment of one holding a prior right to it, below him. No man could enlarge his ditch and claim it's full capacity to the injury of parties who had subsequently, locat- ed water rights on the stream. No man could hold a larger claim than the law of the district gave him. No man could run his tailings on prior located ground. A water company could follow and sell it's own water until it became so thick it could be tied up, as long as the com pany kept it separate from other flowing water. About all the early day rules touching the proprietorship of running water are the law of the land today.
 The laws relating to quartz claims were not so easily formulated and sat isfactorily enacted. The question of the dips, spurs, angles, feeders, string CTS, direction, continuity and walls of of a ledge has been an open one, lead ing.to more or less legislation in which opinions clash and judges. find prob Iems hard to solve. Miners meetings and the old time Alcaldes gave quartz leads the right of way and never took them up. One matter was settled, however, by common consent, and that was that man could follow his vein down to China if he wished, whether it was a blind lead or cropped above the ground. The side lines of his claim were not the measure of his under ground workings so long as he did not trespass upon prior holders rights. This seemed to be the general under standing among the early day miners.
Douglas Island news., 1900-03-28
NOTICE oF FORFEITURE.
Mining Distriet of Wrangel


 District of Alaska.
 To c. w. Darling
 You are hereby notified that I have ex, pended Three Hundred Dollars, in labor and improvements, upon the Alma lode to wit: Big Alma, Little Alma and Broken Pick claims gons0ldated on Prince of Wales neStif i$- land s. k. Alaska, as will appear by Sertins 2 2 cate filed December End, 1899, in the office ot the the recorder @ of said county tor District), in order to hold said premises, under the pro- visions of section 2324 Revised Statutes Of the United States, being the amount reqIir- ed to hold the same for the year year: ending 3cnts days from the service of this notice Cor within ninety days after this notice by Pmb, ito lication), you. fail or refuse tS9. contribute your proportion of such expenditure as CO., owner, your interest in said claim will be- come the property of the subscriber under section 2S24 of said statutes.
 Signature: .,,
 ALEX BERNSTEIN,
 Trustee. First Publication March 14, 1900. Last publication June 1S, l9OO
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26

Chicag Oct. g 'orecasts 81, tie
out ZONE of this cainpaiig a issued from
bot the republ ican and The demo
cratic hesdq uarters sat uTda Vhils
not giyen ont by Chat man Jones. thu
q Democratic predict ons have his Ia:
:dorsement, and. for that reason, they,
carry greater interest than any here
tofore produced e 6 the first time
}thatS he hiss consented 70 give any5a
IItention 10 detail led pred lotions. Hav-
ing indorsed the sub Joining tabula-
ton. he goes on record as declaring
that NJ. Bryan is sure of ere electoral
votes. that Ne inley cannot lay claim
to more than 116. and that there are
SO ID the doubtful column. Should
Mckinley 81 get all these they would do
him no good. Here is the arrange
ment ct states and votes that the
dem1ocratic national chairman in
dorses: II. y. 81
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26

young man WHOSE work Hin
downtown until the eerl3 morning hours
Susnall reaches home with q sharp sppetite.
Hil mother, IN indul ents woman, 100, puta
g little lunch where he can get Il, but this
frequentl fails 81 satisfy him. 50. vie
parent knows this and she raves: the larder
from Wholesale Onslaught locking
things up, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
x Now. II there 81 ons thing IA particular
That this youth dotesa upon e Il Jelly. But
Jelly q an article sof food hat. takes time
and skill "a it, preparation and IL the lady
LETT her Jelly jaraat hisd isposal there
would Be none % dispose 81 after & lev
! S1m!oarnins.. e. the Jelly = locked up ths
The other morning the youth let himself
into the house Just 90 the gray streaks AZ
dawn were crossrbarrinS the eaatern7 ~.
There was milk and bread aWaitinr him..
but his soul craved for jelly. He determined
tohunt for some. Taking slice Of bread and
g knife he stole down cellar and searched the
fruit shelves. What happiness! He dimly
made ont the outlines of q Jelly lar. Wa
there any jelly ia it !? He dipped IN hisknife
and felt the soft and .quivering mass. What
q joke on this usually careful mother. She
had actually forgo tten to turn the key on
.thit treasure. 55s $zs. Z 81 n
He drew out generous quantity and
carefully spreadsit on the bread. He had to
do it largely by gnesswork, because the cell
lar was almost totally dark. When the
spreading was done he smacked his lips
tightly and took generous bite. .3 #
No, 1t wasn't jelly. It was soft soap.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26

Vice Chairman Henry G. Payne, Of
the republican committee. is the au-
thor of the republican. forecast. It
was made by him partly in reply to
the foregoing democratic table,
though, aside from that. Mr. Payne
declares that his division of the cleo:
tors is based upon !. entirely trust
worthy reports from every state
about which there is any room for ar
.gument. His estimate gives McKin-
ley 294 electoral votes as certain, and,
on the claim that the !, republicans
have an even chance of winning in
Nebraska and Utah, he thinks the full
strength of the presidents electoral
vote will not be less than 305. This
may be increased by the addition Of
Colorado, Idaho and Nevada. With.
those McKinley's strength in the col
lege would be 315.. : S@st y ~. =
+ Mr.. Payne's forecast is as follows:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26
:. TO AVOID FOREST FIRES.


rFrom Forest and Stream and the For
81 ester.l IL 55.ss j%s44
Never use inhammable wads in, a
gun. I'll. Fl ;.s.3 .s s,15 Sss5$:
Never build ., fire without first not
ing the; lay Of the land with respect
to controlling it after It IS kindled::
Never build . fire where itss flames
can communicate To- grass or brush
or branches OF trees. !S.ssg
Never build = Are where thetsparks
can be carried to brush, trees, leaves
or grass. s. 4
Never leave q camp for the day with
the fire to burn unatt tended. Extin-
gnish it thoroughly h
Under no circumst ances, when mov-
Ing camp, leave the Are to burn sor
smold der. oats sc out. .ls
TO exiting uish = are built upon the
ground where there II turf, the roots
Eof trees 81 other svege table matter In
the soil, pour VA ter upon Il until the
ground IS thorough soaked; then
dig round shout md veil outside the
circumference, throwing the earth IN
toward the center, and then vet Il
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26
CONCEDED TO BRYAN,
! RUIN BY A TORNADO.
Six People Killed and Much Prop
IL erty DESTROYED Near the Texan Ii
s,ft v Village of Lodi. =

= Atlanta, Tex, Oct. ga tornado
struck about half a mile west sof
Lodi and IS miles west of here
Sunday. The path Of the tornado was
200 yards wide and the wind swept
everything before it. One house in
the center Of its path, occupied by col
ored people, was destroyed, six people
being killed outright, and three others
are missing who are supposed to be
dead. The cyclone travelled from the
southwest to the northwest, crossing
the Texas & Pacific railroad at Camp
bellsville Spur, Misunderstanding str
ton two miles north Of Lodi. The lum-
bef was carried away in all directions.
II is feared further loss Of life has re-
suited out in the country. q.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26

A new method has been discovered
whereby balloonists may communicate
while at an altitude Of over 5000 feet
with those on the ground. The meth
cd consists of huge drum placed some
80 feet below the car which is beaten
by electricity. The dots and dashes
of the Morse Geographic code have
been adopted with complete success.
This will prove great advantage ii
warfare. Hitherto balloonists have
been limited to an ascension Of 1000 ia
$500 feet on, account Of their telegraph
ic wires, and have thus been unable to
escape the range of fire. [5aa. ri =. II
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

+ California stands fifth among the
states as an! oil-producer. &:.s$ =
British Navy league declared Eng
land no longer rules the sea. = ~ ga
Rapid growth of American trade in
China is shown by official reports: ~
Mormomsm is getting a; strong nola.
among the Maoris in New Zealand. e,
Nv. P.,Rend says European countries
must look to America for supplies of
coal. a.gs.rs.eA &. ~ ssEf 4; $3.50 o. ~
All the street mail boxes in Free
mont, O., were broken open and the
contents rifled. -. =.
The 80 largest towns of England
and Wales have q total population of
nearly 12,000,0 900. ~ .sstss4S s.2}tss @
The total number of .deserterss from
the French. army since january /
amounts to nearly 1000. ~ s. g.. E
The Pennsylvania railroads system
Of pensions for employees may be ex-
tended to'its western lines. 5@ .3 ..f Il
Ramon Reyes, a Filipino, asked the
privilege Of registering at Omaha.with
the view Of voting for president.
Senior Silvela, the premier, has made
the emphatical declaration that. Spain
must have q powerful navy again.
Rev. Sam Jones, the evangelist, is
broken in health. His physician has
ordered him to take an absolute rest
for several months. 81 IS. s1ss.. n
One OF the Berlin reviews publishes
q calculation ont the illuIfhbter .df let
ters distributed annually throughout
the world. It gives the total as H.
900 ,O00 600. 81 81 - 4. rs; 2:%= ~.
The health deppa ftment, ii Boston has
completed . archaeological test 81
public telephones and advises, care to
avoid actual Cont sc 81 he,5lips With
the transmitter. s.53 ;#
Labor men In Vancouver, B. CT. are
urging the imp ition OF q heavy tax
On male domestic servants, the object
being to diminish the employ ment 81
Chinese md laps. ss 3D.
American machinery will hereafter
handle the coal and iron received and
shipped 81 the harbor Of Alexandra,
Egypt With q reduct lon iii the cost
per ton from 81. 80 to 50 cents or lese,
The National Master Horseshoers,,
In session ii MI Milwaukee, passed
6 law creating q nat ional holidaYsfort
the trad, Tn date being the, hrst
Sturdy liter the second Nonday q
August SeSch IS 1 & s 81
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26

Hundreds Of horses aud thousandspf
cattle in the Hawaiian islands never
take a drink of water. The ranges are
on the upper attitudes. OF the noun
tains, where the cattle run wild from
the time they are born until they are
sent to the slaughter house. Except
possibly two or three months, in the
rainy season there are NO streams or
pools of water in any part where the
cattle range, but everywhere there
grows recumbent, jointed grass
known by the native name of MAMMA.
This is both food and drink.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26
Personally Conducted Tours To California
= In Pullman TQuriat 4leenIne, Cara !.

Personally Conducted Tours To Californis
In Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars
Via Chicago Great Western R'y. to Kan
sas City, and Santa Fe Route to Los An
sgeles and Southern California. Only limo
having new Pullman Tourist. .Sleepers
and gas light. One of these new Sleepers
leaves st. Paul at s 10 q. m. every Monday,
via Chicago Great Western for Los Angeles
and Southern California, reaching Los An
geles the following Friday morning. These
tours are personally conducted BY an ex-
perienced official who accompanies the
train to its destination. The cars are well
Portable as the standard sieeuers: while the
price for double berth is only Six Dollars
Full information furnished by any Great
Western Agent, or ]. p. Elmer, General
Agent Passenger Department, 5th & Robert
Streets, st. Paul, MINI.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26

Business Opportunities on the line of the
Chicago Great Western Ry in Illinois. Iowa.
ings in growing towns for all kinds of bust.
ness and fer manufacturing. Our list in
eludes locations for Blacksmiths, Doctors,
Dressmakers, Furniture, Grain and Live
Stock Buyers, General Merchandise, Hard
ware, Harness, Tailors, Cold Storage,
Creameries and Canning Factories. Write
fully in regard to your requirements so that
We may advise you intelligent1y; Address
'60l Endicott Big, St. Paul, MINI.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26
Three years ago John Harris. a pris

Three years ago John Harris, o pris-
oner in tic county jail in Chicago,
was carried out of prison dying OF
consumption. He had been convicted
of murder and sentenced to serve for
life, but when his health failed he
was allowed to return to his home in
California to die. Harris improved in
health, Joined the rush to Cape Nome,
and now it turns out that he is worth
$5o0,000 and is known as 1.-THE King OF
Cape Nome" The stories that come
down from the frozen north would hll
many an interesting book. I
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26
Homeseekers' Excursion Tickets.

To nearly all points in the United States
e2 , sale u st al ticket Offices Of the Chicago
third Tuesdays Of October, November and
December, at the very low homeseekers'
rate Of one fare plus 500 for the round
trip. Tickets good for return within 81
days from date of sale. Persons contem.
plating trip will save money by calling on
any Great Western Agent and obtaining
seekers rates, or ADDRESSING xse F. az II, Tord,
G. P. & +. A., lib Adams St., Chicago.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26

Western capitalists propose to tun,:
mel the great continental divide 50
miles west of Denver and. operate an
electric road through it.. The tunnel
will be ~ miles long, and will be
built to facilitate mining operations.
It takes more than a mountain range
to battle the Yankee engineer. +
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26

The Introduction of trolley roads
has not seriously disturbed the bust
ness of steam roads, as was predicted.
Trolley lines are especially numerous
in Connecticut and the Hartford
Courant makes q study Of their work
ings. 1t finds by an analysis of Off
cial reports that while the trolley re.
lieves the steam roads of some local
travel it adds to the growth of cities
and towns and largely increases the
freight traffic.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26

Economic statisticians say the pro
ductive energy of each inhabitant OF
the United States is 1910 foot-tons
daily, while the European has only
800 foot-tons. In the international
game of commercial football it is not
strange that this country is so eff.
fectively kicking the pigskin at pres.
ent. q; 4; u VI @8
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26

The Nlpoll = sc lApp'l(l 4 81 q
Week Briefly Told.
y 4 \ + ! A 4 \ I M UNION
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON

81 81 81, FROM WASHINGT0N.g;; s
On November 8 ten candi dates for
president and vice president win be
voted for. f 80
The government will transmit
Christmas packages for American sol
diers serving abroad free pfschagge.
The prSpi aeit1 Ms Recommended
Ralph ampson, son Of Admiral samp-
son, Tor cadetship at Annapolis.
Gov Wood, Of Cuba, arrived in
Washipgton.
Il Gourterfeits 81 the new hvesfollar
silver certificate that bears the por-
trait of the Indian, Onepapa, have
made Their. appearance. ~ il
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26

The old custom in the English par
lament of members wearing their
hats dates from 1199. John. earl Of
Ulster, was chosen az the English
champion to settle the difficulty about
the duchy of Northumberland by sin
gle combat, and when he appeared on
the field his opponent fed. As a. re-
ward King John: granted his request
to remain covered in the presence of
your majesty and all other sovereigns
of this realm"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26
The Footbal1[z yGla,,n,e -.

Chicago, Oct. e Results Of Sat
urday's leading football games:
Brown. IL Chicago, s.. Northwestern,
9; illinois. o. Princeton, s; Lafayette.
g. Yale, 80; Wesleyan, 6. Pennsy;;-
wanna, 30; Columbia, o. Harvard, 30;
West Point, o. Beloit, 26; Lawrence. o,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26

Emperor William has pardoned :
naturalized American citizen who was
mprisoned recently for having ! en-
capped army service In his native coun-
try. To be an American in these days
covers Q multitude of sins abroad.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26

"A New Jersey man who.is said to b
ha]f-witted fred shotgun loaded
with tacks at party that was try
ing to do the charivari act. He may
be half-witted, but the evidence Is all
the other way. The people who car
ried away the tacks would seem to be
the foolish ones \ ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26

Judge Robinson. of Raleigh, m c.,
apparently thinks thatclergymen have
in their own hands the power to keep
order during divine service. There
have been some hints of unseemly do
ings in one of the churches there, and
his honor in charging the jury said:
"Be careful how you indict men for
disturbing religious worship. II the
preacher is the sort of fellow he ought
to be people will be paying too close
attention to him to disturb anybody"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26

Another family has been wiped out
OF existence through . dinner Of
mushrooms, largely because the mem
bers lived in an inland town in Mis-
souri, and never had q chance to rock
4 boat. #asa :, }ga} s, u: "a 'a%
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26

Uncle Sam has regular contribu-
tor to the generalsfu fund of the govern
ment. Promptly the first week so1
every quarter a check for SIS IL Re.
ceiveds at the treasury department,
with . request that it be placed ii the
miscellaneous fund OF the treasury,
from which 1t can only be withdrawn
by = special act Of congress. The
money II from q veteran OF the civil
war. Hesis an employee 81 the Phila.
delphia mint. He explained In Ills let-
ter that az, long a. the government
employed him at 2 good salary & he
would mot accept the pension. s# /
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26
A Farmelr''s Lose

Paris, Ill, Oct. 22.The large brick
house and contents. three big barns
full Of grain, hay and agricultural
implements, and four horses on the
farm Of w. 81. Scott, near Horace, this
count were destroyed BY fire. Loss,
SIS, 900; partly insured. Il.