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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-19

PITrsBuRe, Jan. l9.-Michael Gillian,
10 years OF age. Of Acorn street. an eni-
ploye of the Edith furnace, was over
come by gas while at work. Death en-
bued befors the discovery Of his peril
was made.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-19

SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. 19.-All the coal
operators completely ignored the invita-
tion of the United Mine Workers to
meet with them in conference and thero
was strong talk of general strike
being ordered.
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Further along he said in part:

Is there any necessity for >this legislation ?
I'd like to ask the senator from Rhode Island
(Aldrich) whether there Is any trouble with
American credit IL there any other country
we sell = Az OF our bonds are higher than
those OF any other country. Nobody is ques
tioning our honesty. And yet we have iegisla
tion here, tho avowed purpose of which Is to
strengthen our credit ind relieve taxation.
The senator from Rhode Island did not tell us
how our credit Is threatened. nor did he tell
IN how this bill could relieve US from the bur.
dens of taxation,
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By Getting Our Checks

pharmaceutical
spared by In their
perfection in each particular
with similar We makers Of
this
kind of goods for
particular of careful and
pertinent
than who
onealf their goods advertising them
the benefit of order thoroughly intro
further will
the think
In luck ha
You pick dollars by buying drlgs from u.s.
would be luck business business
We bringing all to bear make be
With will receive
showing tickets only
You will receive for follows
For 80 cents worth, 10 cent preparation
For rs worth, preparation
For S100 WORTH % cent preparation.
For $500 worth so preparation.
For $40O WORTH S1.0O preparation.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. l9.-Ex.SenatoI
Henry Il. Davis, of West Virginia. gave
u dinner in honor OF President Cassatt,
OF the Pennsylvania Railroad company.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. l0.--A large num-
ber of claims for pensions are being re.
oeived by the pension offioe, as o result
Of the Spanish war. 81
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WASHINGTON. Jan. l9.--Capt. Charles
J. Steele Eighteenth infantry. died q,
Fcrt Bayard, N. M. UT.
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MAORUM A MESSENGER.
Report, at Naples, That He Brings q
Letter From Kruger to
Mckinley.

McIA IAtnley.
NAPLES. Jan. l0.--Charles Il. Macrum,
former United States consul ut Pretoria,
who left Lourenzo Marques on Dec. Is,
bound for New York, landed here.
1t was reported he bears letter from
President Kruger to President MoKin-
Icy asking the latter to mediate between
the Transvaal and Great Britain.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-04

These new gold fields at Nome have all
the advantages necessary to a prosper
Gus mining district. They have the es-
sentials Of easy mining. The fields are
large and easily accessible during four
months Of the year. Then again, the
pay dirt is of such a quality that 1t can
be handled with the greatest ease, there
by causing very little of the gold to be
lost in the process Of rocking the dirt.
Under these conditions 1t can be readily
seen that the cost of production is small.
Labor Is the greatest item of expense,
but this, when taken In proportion to
the net gains, dwindles into insignih-
canoe. Perhaps one of the greatest ad-
vantages Of these fields lies in their ac-
feasibility. The greatest difficulty is
manifested In the landing of both pas
sengers and freight from the vessels to
the shore. The gold itself has been pro-
nounced by experts to be of an excep-
tionally pure quality. It is clean and
bright, Is easily retorted. and amalga-
mates perfectly on the copper plates,
which lie In the bottom of each rocker
The specie is found in fine particles and
small grains in the pay dirt along the
beach, while in the interior and along
the numerous creeks the product con-
tains nuggets Of exceptional size and
weight. These nuggets are generally
smooth worn. showing that they have
at some time been washed about or worn
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cent. The candidates, In the meantime,
let their pistol fingers stiffen from lack
of exercise.
The fight between the two parties on
the day OF election was a bitter one 1t
commenced early in the morning and last
ed far into the night. All day long men
hurried about voting here and there.
There were three voting booths, and any
citizen could vote IN all three at least
once an hour, the interim being filled in
by gambling and drinking. No special
and the smooth side of the dance hall
furnished the essentials.
Such thing as register was unheard
Of. John Smith in one booth was Bill
Jones in another, and perhaps ten min
utes later he was John Doe in third.
Toward o'clock in the afternoon, or
about the sixteenth drinking time" the
labor party received a shock. 1t came
officially from several of the booths that
the labor party was falling behind, and
that the miners would suffer ignoble de-
feat unless something was done, and that
quickly. Lanky Joe and Old Horse Ben
got their heads together and decided on a
plan of action.
About mile below Nome. working the
sands on the beach, were some 500 men.
the welfare Of the city, and so did not
attend the election. 1t was to these men
that the labor party appealed, telling
them of the untold quantities Of bottled
enthusiasm which awaited them IL they
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by the friction of ice in some prehistoric
period.
The pay streak runs to the waters edge
and it IS certain that 1t runs further, but
how far no one knows, as the limited
not produce the requisite machinery to
furnish an investigation. Several dredgers
will be introduced next season which will
test the availability of the submerged
sands Back Of the beach lies the tundra,
an expanse OF marsh, Ice and water,
which extends some four miles inland to
the foothills. Mining has not been carried
on extensively In these hills on account
Of the rivalry of the beach, which gave
better, surer and more prompt returns to
the three thousand men engaged there
last season.
Needless to say the easily acquired and
as easily lost gold fever brought about
by the stories of these newly acquired
gold fields has fired the breast of many
with a desire to tempt Dame Fortune In
the frozen North-to leave the culture and
refinement of the metropolis and seek
rough-and-ready life in this land of twi-
light. 1t would be well for him to dispel
a few of the popular fallacies concerning
the Nome region and bring himself down
to consideration of the actual conditions
existing there. 1t is q rough and ready
place. where men are handy with a gun
and where the undertaken does a rush
Ing business. It is typical In appearance,
Boosting Of q series Of one-story shanties
with the most pretentions dwelling the
main saloon, ''The Northern THE
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Behring" is It's principal rival The main
event Of its history thus far has been
'ts election. when it organized a munic-
ipal government and elected officers.
This was a gala day, and it's incidents
will stand alone and distinct, as they
were punctuated by stray bullets from
the revolvers of an over-patriotic popu-
lace. 1t IS the same. old story of labor
versus capital. The latter claimed the
land. Labor wished ito squat upon 1t and
exc out an existen9e off, 500 a day per man.
Capital objected and brought out the gov
eminent soldiers. r. Labor demonstrated
rather forcibly ana engaged lawyers.
Then the circuit Judge; aided by several
prominent citizens, from behind the bar
of the Northern and. the Behring. framed
a charter by which the city of Nome
should be Incorporated and enjoy all the
privileges of a well-reguIated municipal
ity. This charter, together with the Of
fcers which 1t called for, were voted upon
on the first day Of September. Needless
to say there was much buttonholing and
electioneering done by both parties, for
the issue was Of no small Importance, and
the dignity Of Nome city was at stake.
Stampede kitty took her stand in front
of the Behring and sang popular songs.
Nugget Jim, who had been a police law
yer harangued the populace from tho
front porch of the hotel, spoke of down.
trodden labor and the inhumanity Of man
to man, inasmuch as SO cents was charged
for drink and $3.50 for a hair cut
Pistols were given an extra cleaning and
the price of cartridges advanced fifty per
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would avail themselves OF their oppor-
tunity to vote. About 300 Of these subur-
bans left their pay dirt and came in q
body to Nome, and with such vigor and
liberahty did they vote that the labor
party stood forth glorious. triumphant
the population of Nome itself.
Let 1t be made known that it remain
ed for Nome to show the world that
women had as much right in the manage
ment Of q government as men. The Wom-
en- of Nome were allowed to vote, were
invited to vote as often as they pleased las
often as the men. for by so doing they
made manifest their equal rights. Thus
passed the first election day In Nome,
quiet and peaceful True, several Of the
more turbulent were inflicted with small
wounds. No one was shot to death; they
might have died the next day. but, Of
course. that did not count.
Each citizen felt proud within himself,
inasmuch as he had demonstrated the
first principle OF American rights-that
every man had right to vote. and the
more often he voted the better citizen he
was.
Nome. now that she had adopted a
charter, awakened from her lethargy,
threw off the remains of her mushroom
growth and blossoned forth into full
grown municipality. A Justices court and
police force were established: city at
torney saw that no person of evil intent
menaced the public finances. which, by
the way. were carried about In the
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The many choir boys receive. each one,
from $24 to 500 yearly The soIoIsts, of
which there are eighteen, receive from
$500 to $500. For the church itself there
is yearly musical appropriation of
$4,000; for each one of the seven chap
els, $500; making a total of over $50, OO0
That the maintenance Of excellent music
in church is right and admirable is con-
coded. The church has ever held music
to be the softening influence on the
hearts Of the sinful; solace to all the
penitent. A good work Is carried on by
Trinity in the matter of it's schools. For
the maintenance of parochial schools the
vestry yearly appropriates the sum Of
$4,000; for the maintenance of night
and industrial schools, s., 900.
Trinity hospital for the sick poor is
maintained by the corporation at a
yearly expense Of $4,000. The corpora
ton also makes provision Of $4,000 for the
support of seven beds in other hospitals.
From the corporation income a yearly
contribution OF aims to the poor of $1,000
is made. The whole yearly cost of the
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did, and they were soon reunited in this
city. Once together here. May wrote and
told her parents of her situation and
begged their consent to her marriage,
saying she would wed without their
blessing should they refuse it.
Fate played into her hands. Her pretty
sister, whom she had left at home,
taught, as she did, in a Chinese Sunday
school. She fell In love with her pupil,
too, and. remembering Mays experience,
married him without even asking consent
of her parents Broken by this blow,
mother and father agreed 1T was better
to give their blessing than have their
daughter married without it. So the
blessing came and with it the prepara-
tons for the wedding This will be held
in the joss house on Race street, with
the regular Chinese ceremony. This Miss
Lewis describes thus:
1--WE are to be married next week by
two ceremonies. The first will be the
Chinese legal ceremony, performed in
order that we will be legally married in
case we should ever have to go to China.
Then will follow a Christian religious
ceremony In the Methodist church. This
will be our real wedding.
The Chinese ceremony will be per-
formed by Sings cousin, in his home.
Before the wedding I shall have to fast
for a whole day of twenty-four hours
and again when am married by the
church. In my church wedding I shall
wear the Chinese costume. We shall bow
down before the mayor on our hands and
knees and strike the floor with our heads,
in true Chinese fashion.
L shall go right to housekeeping; no
honeymoon, nor anything like that And
1 shall be very happy, 1 am sure"
When asked to tell the story OF her
courtship, she said there was little to
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in cUrls about her face. Her eyes are
large and of a peculiar shade Of blue,
while she has the rosy cheeks Of the ty-
pical Western girl. 1t is no wonder that
Yung Sing should fall IN love with his
pretty teacher.
Yung Sing Is tall and has an American
ized look about him. He has no queue,
having had It cut off in San Francisco
Yung Sing is an intelligent Celestial,
and having a few English words at his
command, told Miss Lewis in San Fran
cisco that he wanted to be a good boy"
The young lady took unusual pains to IN
still the story of Christ into the China
mans heart.
While Miss Lewis was teaching yuma
Sing her religion she also gave him les
sons in English, and he in return, anxious
to repay her for her trouble and to show
his appreciation for the English lessons,
Instructed her in the Chinese language.
She invited him to call at her home, so
that the lessons could be uninterrupted,
and there one day Yung told May the
sweet old story half in fear that he
would be refused and denied permission
even to see his beloved, but Miss May
whispered the little word which makes all
men happy at that period of their lives,
be they yellow, white or black.
The lovers, however, were not allowed
to possess their new found bliss. Mays
father would not hear of his daughter
marrying a Chinaman, and forbade her
to see Yung again. When the young
Monaghan came to ask for Mays hand in
marriage he was forbidden to mention his
hopes again. Her mother wept and beg
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WEALTH OF OLD TRINITY.
That Church's Annual Income Ia
Over 100000.


Over 100000.
New York Verdict.
Old Trinity church, New York CITY. ha.
attained to distinction In two widely di-
Vergent matters; in the honor of It's fer
rltory; IN the wealth of its corporation.
w nat is written below concerns IFS cor
porate wealth. AS a matter of history
the original church was opened for wor
ship in 1897. This early church was
maintained by the income from this
church 1arm, royal grant from
queen Anne. Out of this income the Rev.
william Vesey, first rector of Trinity
church, received a yearly salary of S., 100.
Today that same Church farm" is val
ued at from $9,000,0 900 to SIC, 0OO, OOO and its
possession makes Trinity the weaIrhies
single church corporation in the United
States. Out of its annual income of over
S9CO,O0O, the Rev. Morgan Dix receives a
salary of $4,000. This salary is moro
than double that Of Bishop Potter, of thu
diocese of New York, who receives but
$4,000. This large income is exhausted
by many claims; the expenses of the
church proper, the support of the chapelS.
the large yearly grants to twenty-four
parishes, the payment of taxes and as
sessments, and the maintenance of the
parochial schools and other parish char
tiles The rental of the Church farm"
property constitutes the main source Of
Trinity's income. The property is scat
tered widely throughout the city. Much
of it, however, lies in the near vicinity OF
the church. It is rented for various pur.
poses-for public buildings, stores and
tenements The year book of Trinity
parish states that the parish SIS syste-
matically canvassed, and all cases where
the ministrations of the church are need
ed are reported Immediately to the rec
tor
Among the considerable drains on the
Trinity home are the expenses of the
church proper and the support of the
chapels. twenty-five thousand dollars
goes, as above stated, for the salary Of
Rev. Mr.. Dix. Assisting Mr.. Dix in the
work Of the church and it's chapels are
eight Wears and sixteen curates. and
they receive each from $1,000 to $4,000
The sections Of the church and the sew
eral chapels receive $4,000, and each one
is furnished with a deputy and an as
sistant
The music of the church costs much.
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pocket of the chief of poltce-a man
chosen on account of his nerve under fire
and his unfaltering aim.
Many amusing incidents occur in tho
administration Of justice in this far-off
land. One is told Of Circuit Judge II. u.
Johnson, who came to Nome City but
once year. the circuit being so large
and the season so short The grand jury,
therefore, convened but once q year and
all trials were stayed pending the arrl-
val OF the judge Court was in full swing
and several prisoners were up for trial
on serious charges. Suddenly the door Of
the court was thrown open and In rushed
the sailing master of the only vessel then
at Nome, waiting for the judge to take
passage
Your honor, a storm is approaching.
We must make sail at once"
The judge thereupon declared ''all bets
on, and consigned the prisoners back
TO jail to await his coming the follow
ing year.
There Is also told story Of notorious
character by the name of Clear Kid, who
committed many depredations and was
nnally arrested for robbing a drunken
sailor. The city justice fixed his ball
at $1,000 The dust was promptly forth
coming and the culprit was allowed his
temporary freedom. The bail money was
deposited in the city treasury--the pocket
of the chief of police. This dignitary
by some mishap. lost the envelope con-
tanning the bail dust All Nome stood
aghast. The honor OF the chief was at
stake. man by the name of Moses
Rosencrantz CHANGED to find the precious
envelope and he. good man. at once re-
turned 1t to the authorities. For this act
OF self-denial Moses was dubbed Honest
Nose" and Honest Nose" he is TO this
day. The only reward he asked was
that one of the three hair mattresses
then in Nome be given him Needless to
say, he got 1t.
This Is the district into which the new
gold seekers must plunge. The miner on
his arrival at Nome may pitch his tent
| any place until he locates his claim. Az
soon as a piece of land is decided upon
| by the prospective miner the district
recorder Is notified. who. for the small
| sum of $3.50, examines the records to find
out II there are any previous claimants.
| and, If Mons are found, places the loca-
| ton on record.
The area allowed is 500 feet in width.
and the length depends on the geograph-
| lcal formation The width may vary
from hundred feet to half mile. The
| creek on the borders of which the claim
| IS taken UP generally passes through the
| claim. What IS known technically as the
! rim, or rims, forms the boundaries on
either end of the claim. The rim Is
nothing else but that place In the forma-
ZION OF the land where the hills FORMING,
the water shed begin to rise. It IS es-
tlmated by the transportation companies
that there will be hegira OF gold seek
ers, numbering some 25 00O to these new
gold fields next spring.
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American Girl Tells Why She
Chose a Celestial for
Husband.

ged May to give up Yung Sing, but she
was firm, and said that rather than give
up her lover she would leave home and
go with him.
Surprised at the intentness of purpose
In the girl, but determined to thwart her
in her intentions. the parents hailed with
delight the proposition that Miss Lewis
accompany friend to Philadelphia, who
was coming to visit relatives in the East.
They hoped that May would forget her
lover In the new scenes with which she
would come In contact.
This was just what the girl wanted.
She came East, but before coming wrots
her Celestial lover and told him that he
should follow her If he loved her. He
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tell. Her parents had refused to consent
and she determined to marry with or
without It.
when my mother and father would
not let me see Sing any more I had an
offer to come East with a friend who was
coming to visit her sister. I took adj
vantage of this offer and cape to Phila-
delphia. Before leaving my home / sent
word to Sing that I was coming East,
and he came on here. too. His cousin Is
Lee Toy, the mayor of Chinatown. in
this city When 1 reached here / wrote
and told my mother that 1 intended to
marry Sing, and that I wanted her bless
ing. L did not hear from her. and as
Sing had opened a Chinese laundry at
Forty-ninth street and Lancaster ave-
nue. and was making money, he wanted
me to marry him.
II was still living with my friend, who
was eager to help me In any way she
could. We hurried the preparations for
our marriage. We planned to be married
twice-in American and Chinese fashion.
Everything was going smoothly when
I heard from home that my sister had
married one of her Chinese pupils with
out her parents consent, SO my father
decided to let me marry Sing. The next
day Sing went to the city hall and got
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Cape DQnme, Gbe 2eQv GZdoNad0 OF @e K0ndxke ;

There is no place like Nome-to the
EOld-seeller of today. AS the season ap-
proaches for the annual departure of
thousands of gold hunters to the Klon-
dixie and to the Alaskan gold fields 1t Is
discovered that the destination Of nine
in every ten is Nome 1t Is the new FL
Dorado of this wonderful region, Is said
to be richer than any of the other much
heralded districts. Certain it Is that IN
its formative period 1t is more interest
hg.
1t lies at the mouth of two rivers, the
Snake and the Nome, which afford every
facility with their numerous branches and
ramifcations for washing the placer dirt
The gold is easily accessible and abounds
in quantities that have attracted many
miners from the older established locali-
ties.
great item of expense which is gen.
orally attended upon the opening OF an
El Dorado lies in the cost Of prospecting
both in time and money. Many months
and many dollars have been spent the
world over in prospecting worthless land.
Gays q Seattle letter in the Philadelphia
Times, but here things are different.
Here It is possible to determine the value
of a claim, or at least to ascertain wheth-
er it is worth working or not, almost al
a glance, as the soil to be prospected lies
but a few feet below the surface, either
on the beach or back in the foothills.
There is but little non-producing dirt to
remove, as bedrock is found FIVE feet be-
low the surface. Men who have suffered
with the gold fever for fifty years aver
that the inland mines of this district are
very similar in geological formation to
the early placer mines in California.
During the mining season at Nome almost
ell the operations were confined to beach
diggings. This was due chiefly to the ac-
feasibility to water and to the fact that
little was known of the interior mining
regions.
Two million dollars have ben extracted
from the beach already and no estimate
can be made Of what lies hidden there.
Prospectors have gone over sixty miles
of this beach and say that in every inch
of It there is precious metal.
The beach for many miles is dotted
with mining claims. The particular sand
in which the gold ia found Is ruby red
In color, and lies in strata from two to
nine inches In thickness.
Two rivers, the Snake and the Nome,
drain the Nome district These and their
tributaries give the appearance upon a
map not unlike the backbone Of fish.
The richest OF these creeks are Anvil,
gn0w Golch. Dexter, Basin and Buster.