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The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-19
RIVER AND LAKES
 GRADUALLY RISING Prospect That Navigation Will be Easy in Ten Days SCOWS ARE IN DEMAND Yukoner, Largest Steamer on the Up per River, gets to White Horse, and Her Passengers Arrive in Skagway- Reports of Other Boats
SCOWS ARE IN DEMAND

The warm weather is causing the water in the lakes and in the Upper Yukon to gradually rise and it is predicted that con- tinuance of this weather should give water of all draughtS to run easily. However there is some fear entertained whether the shallowness of the river will not cause more trouble throughout the season, but some are inclined to think large boats will be able to run in a short time.
 The steamer Yukoner, the largest be- on the Upper Yukon, has succeeded in get ting through from Dawson to White Horse. She arrived there Saturday even ing, bringing 75 passengers that trans ferred at Hootalinqua from the Gold Star.
 Passengers from the Yukoner report thai the Canadian and the Victorian were or bars at the head of La Barge when they came up, Reports received here by tee graph Sunday, however, say the Canadian and the Victorian are to move right away
 E. o. Valert, one of :he passengers f rom the Gold Star, who is at the Occi- dental, says:
 "lt was only after long and hard work that the Yukoner got to White Horse. Wt had to put out cables and draw the boat uI with capstans.
 "When we came up the Canadian wa' on bar"
 J. C. Acheson and J. w, Hull, who ar rived last evening from the Yukoner sait at the Mondamin:
 We took the Yukoner al Hootalinqua The steamer was I2 days getting to Whit Horse. Some of the passengers transferred to another steamer and paid second far to get up. We did not care to pay secon( fare and stayed on the Yukoner. We ha, ridden only 30 miles, and there were onl' about 30 more to go.
 "The Sbyl got to White Horse Frda' and transferred to the Victorian. The las we saw of the Victorian she was on a ba of IS inches of water She draws thre feet of water, and cannot see how sh will get through unless the water come
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-19
Old Maids Convention Ton fight.

The Old Maids will convene tonight in Armorv hall and the public will be the guest of the convention, The convention is to be conducted under the auspices ct the women of the Episcopal church, ass sisted by large corps of talented women of the city. An unique skt Tn the form of a convention of spinsters opens the affair, and it finally evolves into an entertainment in which talent is displayed in the rendl. tion of musical numbers, recitations, Iiv- ing pictures and the like. dance will follow the program and refreshments will be served.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-19
Still Singing in Skagway.

Miss Lloyd will continue her engage ment at the Pack Train several days. She was lately with Sousa's famous band. At one time she was with GiImore's band and again with Haiey's band, of Washington, D. C. When only B years old Miss Lloyd was a member of the Jeanne Wins ston opera company, and later was with the Helen Lamont opera company For a short time she was member of the Bos- tonians, of light opera fame.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-19
DUNSMUIR IS PREMIER
Joe Martin Out and n New Man Is
 Selected.

Victoria, June I4.-Joe Martin tonight resigned the premiership and, on his rec ommendation. James DInsmuir was sent for by the leutenant-governor After a conference of an hour MT. Dunsmuir ac- cepted the position vacated by MT. Martin and will be sworn in as premier tomorrow MT. Dunsmuir will form cabinet on non partisan lines.
 Mr. Dunsmuir is 48 years old and the wealthiest man in British Columbia. His interests are in boats, mines and railroads. He is the largest employer of labor in the province. His payroll, aside from his steamers, is $I 3o. .ooo a month.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-19
Appoints Election Officers.

Councilman A. F. Eastman, the com mitteeman having the management of the election to be held on Wednesday, involv- ing the liquor licenee problem, has selected the following officers to conduct the sam, : Judges-John w. Troy, C. E, Dunlap, O. w. Dunbar; Clerks-S. B. Bovee, ]. b, Donovan.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-19
Bremen Meet Tonight.

Fire Chief Lowe announces there will be meeting of all firemen of the city in hose House No. at 8:3o o'clock this even Ing to prepare tor the celebration of the the Fourth. Drilling will probably be a part of the work of the department for the next few weeks.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-19
Notice.

For rent from and after June %, the most prominent hotel in the city. includ- ing the bar and fixtures. A person desr- ing to rent with immediate right of pos session can do so by buying liquors an cigars on hand, Phil Abrahams, Attorney in fact. 6IsIw.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-19
Toe Cream at German Bakery.

The German Bakery, Fred Ronkendort, proprietor, Is still among the leading and most popular eating house in the city, and has all the latest delcacies and dishes of the season, including ice cream.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-19
Amur Arrives.

The steamer Amur arrived at II o'clock last night with sixty five passengers and q full cargo of merchandise and other freight. She will probably go out tonight
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-19

Oocidenta, barber shop. Baths 2s cents. 24 I'm
 Lost-Sack of sugar, dropped off deliv- cry wagon yesterday. Reward. McCov, Alaskan office.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-19

Best assortment and largest stock of gents clothing in Alaska at Clavson's one price store, Fourth avenue and State street, I22It
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-19
Cottage City Arrives.

The Cottage City arrived at o'clock this morning.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-19

The Pioneer cigar factory of Skagway. Wholes ,le cigar and smokers supplies. 1T
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-19

Mattresses made over and wire springs set at Peoples, sstf
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-19

Blankets dirt cheap at Clayson S. Fourth avenue and State street. 2II2 If
 A. A. Cutters boots, gold seal bottom and leather top. at Clavson's. I22Itf
 Fur robes from s2o to $75. Clayson x Co.,, Fourth avenue and State st. I22I If
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-08
Aetpgork Dailp Gribmns
THURSDAY, MARCH s, 1900.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-General Roberts turned the flank
of the Boer army Modder River under Gen
erals Dewet and Delarey, causing the Dutch
forces 10 retreat precipitately, with the loss OF
a gun, tents and much forage; the retreatins
Beers are being pursued by the British, ana the
occupation of Bioemfontein is probable; Gen
ersI Ruller gave out g heavy additional casu-
atty list and issued an address to his army.
the Boer version OF the raising of the siege or
Iadysnaith said ii due to mistaken order
- Ii was announced that the Queen would
visit Ireland next month remaining Tor Two
weeks al the Viceregal Lodge in Dublin, pelhg
1851 iss first visit she mas mace 10 N"N '
cONGREss-senate: Mr.. Lodge spoke on the
Philippine question, defending the Administra-
Snooner bill House: MI Oyerstreet pre-
sented the conference report on the currency
bill; the death of Mr.. Harmer was announced
and after the passage or resolutions OF reele,
end the appointment of committee 10 attend
the funeral, the House adjourned
DOMESTIC-Orders have been sent to Gen
eral Otis TO begin sending home troops from the
Philippines it being thought that the necessity
for so large an army there no longer exists
= Ratifications of the Samoan claims treaty
were exchanged at the State department py the
representatives OF the United States. Great Brit
ain and Germany. - The bodies of sixty-slx
soldiers who died in Cuba were buried with
military honors in Arlington National Cemetery
CI-Y-Stocks were dull and irregular at
small final changes - James X keene oe-
MED that he had done anything to injure the
securities Of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
panv or any other financial corporation. =
Indications were that the Grand jury WouIo
begin the investigation in the Third Avenue
road on Monday without waiting for MT
Grants report - 1t was decided to have
Mayor Van Wyck remove the first shovelful or
earth for the rapid transit tunnel :" num-
her of railroad men met In this CITY 10 DISCUSS
the rate question - The American Fisheries
Company went into voluntary receivership
TO effect q reorganization.
THE WEATHER-Forecast for to-day: Fair.
The temperature yesterday: Highest, Al degrees;
lowest. 81; average 3S12-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-08

was, indeed, to promote the establishment
Of such a government that he wrote the
phrase and the document In which 1t occurs.
And, as a matter of fact he and his col
leagues were successful In establishing that
government upon the expressed consent of less
than 10 per cent Of the people who were to be
governed by It, and in direct opposition to the
expressed desire Of probably 40 per cent
Worthy OF note, too, is the contrast Of the Napo-
leonic plebiscites with American Presidential
elections. Louis Napoleon became President OF
France by the expressed consent of rs per cent
of the voters, and was reelected and then MADE
Emperor by still larger majorites the vote be-
ing, in fact, all but unanimous Is 1t to be held
that his title was superior to that OF an Ameri-
can President who has a bare majority, or as
often happens, is elected by a minority OF the
votes cast? Not by any such fantastic extern
sions of JeffersonS idea Is the hand of this
Nation TO be fettered in dealing with its own
1t is obvious that only through such exercise
of a free hand can the United States establish
anNopen door to commerce in the Philippines or
hope to keep open door In China, If its hand
werefettered as men have been vainly trying to
fetter 1t in the Puerto Rico case, SO that the
tariff and every Federal law must be exactly
the same I'm LuZon that it was in New York,
then woudits plight be sorrowful indeed. But
that such is the case 1t is nconceivable that any
rational man can contend. On that point, beyond
reasonable challenge, the hand of the United
States is free. And 1t is agreeable to note that
the world approves that freedom. No other
Power asks us for promises. No other demands
that shall declare in 1900 exactly what we
shall do at some later date. Nor Is that because
of Indifference. At least five of the great Powers
are directly and deeply concerned in the Philip
pines But they are not sitting up o nights ask
i've hat n xt-it1, fhoy,
recognize-if some of our home carpers do not
the absolute ffawlessness of our title to the
Islands and the freedom of our hand in dealing
with them. 1t is not too much to add that they
reaze-if some domestic reviers do not-that,
according to the traditional policy and practice
of the United States, possession and admin
istration of the islands will make for civilization
and progress, and thus for the welfare of all
concerned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-08
THE PRESIDENTS DOOM.

''If Mckinley signs bill imposing any tariff
whatever on imports from Puerto Rico he will
'be buried by the votes of the people in Novem-
Der"
IF Mckinley consents to free trade in sugar
land tobacco with Puerto Rico he will be buried
"by the votes of the people in November"
He will be buried if he tries to govern the
Philippines without consent of their people"
He will be buried if he admits Malays
"Tagals, mestizos, Chinese and Spanish inhab-
"itnnts Of the islands to share in government of
this country"
"He will be buried if he consents to an 18TH
mus canal not fortified and owned by the
United States, and just as surely and deeply
IF he prevents building any canal by insisting
upon conditions which other Powers cannot
accept"
He will be buried if he carries through a
reciprocity treaty which exposes American in
"dustries TO hurtful foreign competition, and as
surely and deeply If he fails to gain for his
country the advantages of the reciprocity pol
"icy promised by the Republican platform
All these predictions found with slight
variation of phraseology in one mornings news
papers. 1t is not thing. Presidents are
generally advised in the early months Of
Presidential year that they will be buried If
they do not behave exactly some deeply con-
WINGED or deeply interested persons would have
them behave. But possibly the vaccinations
are this year a little more numerous and con-
Trajectory than usual, as the range of interests
to be affected by Presidential action is un-
usually wide on account of new foreign rela-
tons.
Sober persons are able to conclude that Presi
dent Mckinley will not be buried for all the
reasons stated. It il out of his power to earn
burial by SO many contradictory acts Some of
the predictions, which are only threats, must be
false In any case. tits conceivable that he may
not be buried at ALL under the votes of the peo-
pie or otherwise. Presidents so vigorously
threa tened in March have several times been
reelected in November. 1t is the widely pre-
vailing belief of Republicans, and of Democrats
also, that President Mckinley has much more
than an even chance Of reelection, whether he
pleases or does not please everybody. In fact,
sound philosophy reckons him considerably
more likely to be elected IL he does not please
everybody, nor try to. More Presidents have
been beaten by trying to please everybody than
by obeying their own convictions Of duty.
The American people are not altogether des-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-08
SIBERIA
A BUFFER
STATE.
YESTERDAYS MUSIC.

Nine Calves to active work at the Met
ropoltan Opera House last night greeted with
signs OF cheerfulness and gratitude, though 1t did
not bring with II a single one Of the new imper-
sonations which the public had been led to expect
by the announcements in the early part OF the
season. The opera was Faust, and Nine. Calve
presented her very vital. unconventional. some
times theatrical but always sympathetic, concep
ton of Marguerite. and. being In fine condition OF
voice and spirits because of her months rest, she
presented her conception with most convincing
charm. Her principal companions were Mr.. DIPPED
as Faust Mime. Mantelli Siebel, Sgnor Campo
mari as Valentine and NJ Plancou as Mephistophe-
les. Mr.. DIPPED has sung the part of the hero be-
fore this Zone Saturday evening, when he
came TO the of of his ndisposed col
leagues), and he put forth special efforts, as was
becoming on a gala OCCASION and with occasional
results. AS for the rest, any one of the last
dozen notices of Faust performance will serve.
The Kaltenborn Quartet gave concert of cham
Der music in Mendessohn Hall last night. with the
help of Miss Caroline Harding Beebe, who played
Schumann's quintet with Mr.. Kaltenborn and his
associates. neither well Ill, but without dis
tinction of manner eloquence of reading. The
quartet played Dvoraks quartet, op. 105 and three
numbers-a mixture composition of two OF Beetho-
ven's trios op. and 9.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-08
A GRAVE OFFENCE.

1t is difficult for the District Attorneys office
as at present administered to astonish anybody
Dy exhibitions of bad taste and official i'm
propriety. 1t is commonly expected that Mr..
Gardiner will use his power over the Grand
Jury TO secure indictments against persons
who for personal or political reasons are
particularly obnoxious to him. Nobody has any
great hopes of his pushing prosecutions which
Tammany has an interest in having held up.
He has himself so frequently INDUCED in indie
corous and grotesque exhibitions of unitness
for semi-judicial station that it is perhaps
natural that his assistants should have no
higher standard OF professional and official obli-
cations. Assistant District Attorney Unger,
however, has gone a little beyond even what we
are used to from Mr.. Gardiner at least since he
got through arresting court officers for obeying
a judges orders in courtroom rather than his
own.
Mr.. Unger yesterday had the audacty to issue
a statement to the public describing the Special
Grand Jury which has been Investigating the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit case as "a slandering
fishing excursion though he subsequently tried
TO withdraw that designation. He. an official
charged with the prosecution of crime, makes
an attack on a coordinate branch of the
chinery of the criminal law He seeks to dis
credit and bring to naught the work Of
other public prosecutor appointed by the Gov
ernOr for a special task This attempt to in
terfere with the orderly working Of the
courts by a whose duty it Is TO
promote their orderly working should be
taken into consideration by the Commits
sioner already investigating the conduct of
the District Attorneys office Whether Mr..
Unger is merely Jealous because Deputy Attor-
ney General has managed this investiga ton,
and on that account attempts publicly TO dis
credit his work, or reflects a hidden personal
political interest in protecting somebody inn
plicated or in prosecuting somebody yet I'M
touched by the inquiry, we do not attempt TO
guess. The simple fact stands that an Assistant
District Attorney of the county of New-York
denounces and treats with contempt a Grand
Jury Of the county of New-York. To those who
have even an elementary appreciation of a Dis
trct Attorneys duties the mere statement
carries as much of condemnation as any COM
ment could carry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-08
A FREE HAND AND An OPEN DOOR.

The hand of the United States is free in deal
ing with it's Philippine possessions. That is
the opening note Of Senator Lodges masterful
speech of which we elsewhere print the salient
portions and it is worthy 10 be the keynote Of
the whole. The United States first took hold Of
those islands with the iron grip of war, unham-
pered By any pretexts or promises. II COM
pleted It's possession Of them in the Treaty of
Peace with similar freedom from entangling OBJ
legations. Ii holds them to-day, under title
which the whole world deems impeccabe and
impregnabe, subject 10 no important conditions
whatever save those of humanity and inter
national law And so the present bill before the
Senate proposes to keep the hand of the Nation
free The critics Of the Governments policy
are clamorous for a sign. They murmur be-
cause a hundred Hypothetical questions are not
answered in advance They demand that the
Government shall commit itself and its
cessors for all time 10 come to certain specific
details of action concerning certain contingen-
cies which have not yet occurred and which may
never occur. Nay worse; they demand that
hard and fast rules shall be laid down for appli-
cation TO whatever circumstances may arise,
matter what they may be. To such senseless
earnings the bill gives a straightforward
swer 1T offers" says Senator Lodge, mo
promises as to a future we cannot yet predict.
"It does not indulge in the unspeakable cruelty
.-of making promises which our successors may
.'be unable or unwilling to fulfill" 1t proposes
10 deal with the present needs of the case and
10 leave future needs to be considered and dealt
with on their merits as they arise
Such freedom Of action is not to be impaired
BIZ any strained construction of the phrase
consent of the governed" Upon that point
Senator Lodge is particularly felicitous and
forceful. AS he says, Ito pull a sentence out OF
"a revolutionary manifesto and deal with it as
IF il was one of the labored and chiselled
clauses Of the Constitution shows a sad confu-
-ssion of thought" But if ii is to be dealt with
seriously IL must be regarded in the light Of its
own authors Interpretation. You cannot say it
Is true and authoritative because Jefferson said
il. and then say that what Jefferson thought and
did about ii Is OF no consequence. Now Senator
Lodge shows us. by process OF elimination as
accurate as remorseless and conclusive
any demonstration in Euclid, that at the time
when he wrote that phrase Jefferson was en-
gagged in setting up in the Thirteen Colonies
government which should derive Its powers
fust or otherwise. from the consent only
~ g small minority Of the governed. 1t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-08
THE BOER RETREAT.

The great line of battle which General Jou-
bert and Mr.. Steyn opposed to Lord Roberts
has been transformed into line of retreat. The
Boer line was fifteen miles long, and well
trenched. Its purpose was, were told, to
stand its ground and fight to the death against
the invader. But Lord Roberts sent General
Kelly Kenny with cavalry division around it's
southern end. thanking it and menacing it's
communications with Bloemfontein. whereupon
the whole Boer line fell back and went stream
ing across the Modder northward and east
ward, toward the Vet River and the hills about
Wnburg. Lord Roberts has advanced his
headquarters twelve miles. to a point on the
Modder River directly north Of Petersburg and
about midway between Kimberley and Bloem-
fontein.
A significant feature of this operation is
that the British executed the thanking move
ment at the south end of the Boer line and
the Beers, in consequence retreated toward the
north and east. That means that they are not
falling back upon Bloemfontein, but are aban-
doning that place to the British, and plan
ming to make their next stand among the hills
In the north. In that slim Pet exhibits q
fine degree of ''slimness" It would have been
madness to give battle on the open plains at
Osfontein and Poplar Grove. 1t would have
been folly to try TO hold Bloemfontein, city
on open plain with no fortfcatorr. Among
the rugged kops and kopjes which strew the
country between Winburg and Kroonstad the
Beers will enjoy the greatest possible advan-
| tage. They will there be nearest to the Drakens-
berg passes, through which their comrades are
retreating from the wedge of Natal. There is
the place for them to make their stand, il they
are to make any at all
The British invasion Of the Transvaal from
zuuland, in the Vryheid district, is probably
a mere raid of little significance 1t cannot
be made in much force, and 1t is not conceivable
that any serious advance toward Pretoria will
be attempted through that rugged and almost
roadess region. 1t seems probable that the
object of the demonstration is to pacify the
Zulus, who have become aroused to the danger
point by the raids made against them by the
Beers The real war is to be waged west Of
the Drakensberg, and the question of chief in
terest is whether the decisive operations will
occur south or north of the Vaa If General
| Joubert makes a fighting stand in the Orange
| State, and gets beaten, there will be little of
| the Boer army left for final stand at Pretoria
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-08

titute Of practical sense They are well aware
that the President has a more difficult task
than has fallen to the lot Of any other Chief
Executive, to say the least, In many years
Only very few Presidents have had to direct
foreign war; only a very few, and not all the
same, to settle questions growing out of such
a war; and not one of these has had to deal
with as extensive and important additions of
territory as have been made by Jefferson and
Mckinley. No other President before Mckinley
has been obliged to mark out for the United
States a policy to meet European and Asatic
problems at once, to serve the commerce of the
country with the Far East with the West
Indies and also with Europe. to meet greater
expenditures than have ever before been neces-
dustries into foreign markets which have here
tofore been beyond their reach. 1t is not to be
expected that finite mind, called suddenly to
meet so many and such difficult problems,
should be absolutely free from error Amer-
cans do not expect impossibilites. They are
everything else because some of them think he
has made one or two mistakes Of Judgment
Still they ask and with right and reason that
their Chief Executive shall bring to the hard
problems before him n trained judgment in
spired by genuine patriotism. and shall fear
lessly discharge his duty according to his own
convictions. 1t is highly probable that men
who ask more and threaten much do not speak
for the American people