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The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24
TO BE MAJOR SEIBfRG
He wm Form a Militia Company at
 Cape Nome.

Captain =. N. Selberg, of the Alaska NatiJnal Guard, left Sunday for Seattle, whence he will slll to Nome on the steam. CT Centennial May To.
 The captain will soon be commissioned battalion commander of the Alaska Nation. al Guard, with the title of Major, and he will raise a company al Nome to be known as D Company. He will take forty stants O! arms with him from Seattle for the use of the Nome company.
 Lieut. T. A. FIX will be in command tt the Skagway company until a new cap. tain Is elected Orders for an election are expeeted'to arrive soon.
 Capt. Selberg will engage in mining at Nome. He was In Nome last summer and secured properties.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24
PERSONAL MENTION
People Coming And Going And old
 Aoquaintanoes.

C. E. Hooker. the druggist, arrived Sun. day from Seattle.
 Mrs Jerry Perry left on the Humboldt for Seattle.
 Miss Edna Becker left on the Humboldt for the Sound.
 John Shartzer, special treasury empIOye, Is in town.
 A. Decker arrived Sunday from AtIin. and Is at the Dewey.
 pr. F. N. Boyle, prominent KIondker, arrived yesterday on the Amur.
 Mrs. M,rv Cosper was among those leaving on the Humboldt.
 H. c. MeNeil, ]. N. Calvin and H. A. Power took passage on the Humboldt for Seattle.
 A. C. Winter, keeper of the Vancouver hotel of Atlln, Is registered at the Ceei. dental.
 Wm. Blackwell left Sunday on the Humboldt for Seattle. He will sail from there for Nome.
 C. E. Kelly, the druggist, left Sunday on the Humboldt for Seattle, whence he will sail for Nome.
 Among those leaving for Seattle on the Humboldt were J. C. Lawrence, N. Peter son and R. C. Henson. J. C. Nash. night dipateher for the White Pass road, returned from Seattle Sunday on the Humboldt.
 Mrs. George Lyons, wife Of the keeper of the Yukon restaurant. left on the Hum boIdt for the states.
 T. D. Drew, T. N. Crawford and w. H. Porter, who have been at the Monda> min, left yesterday for Koyukuk.
 Mrs F. N. Woodruff and Mrs. C. B. Haraden and children were among those getting away on the Humboldt for the Sound.
 Daniel Webster Frye, editor of the Atlin Globe, called in yesterday on his way to Nome. He says Atlin Is going to make a good camp. but h, prefers to be in Amerl- can territory.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24

Marie N. Peterson, wife of Captain j. Peterson. died In Dawson on April 9th of consumption, aged 2I wears.
 Miss Ella Miller, of the Penial Mission, who has spent part of her life in India, an nOunces that contributions for the Indian famine sufferers will be received at the Mission and forwarded.
 One of C. E. BusbY's little boys fell of one oi the wharves, dropping I2 feet, and striking on his face suffered severe blow and skin wound on the forehead. Dr. l. n. Moore took few stitches In the wound and the boy Is all right again.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24
Nh snui Fnr Mnnic.

"I love to think" said Mics Tiffin, "of gentle Sappho wandering along the Grecian headlands, striking wild music from her tuneful harp or sitting on the beetling edge of some rugged oliff"-
 "with her feet hanging down, !" said Mir. Kent.
 And there the conversation ended. = Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24
Six Case. Dismissed.

Commissioner Sehlbrede called the doc ket In his court vesterdav, and the follow ing cases were dismissed; MeCue vs Freeman. Summers vs. ShOup, Joy vs Eastman, ct al.. Sehutzman vs. 5allinger Kinney vs. Fly and StOtko. In the eas' of Troy vs. Fleming, ct. al.. a motion tc strike out part of the defendants answel was sustained and demurrer to the re- maInder of the answer overuled. The docket will be called again today.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24
It Made Fifteen Miles an Hour to Atlin City.
TO BUY A LARGE PLANT
M. de Ia Mare Going Below to Fur ohase and Bring Back With Him
 Hydraulic Machinery for His uAims on Bouldsr Greek. Atlin.

''lt Is not true that the automobile ran away when going around Golden Gate snd got itself in an inaccessible position on the top Of the mountain" said Mons sieur Janne de Ia Mare, lis oSrer, last night. "On the contrary, have been tsk- ing all the ladies of Atlln City to ride on it over Atlln lake. Mrs. Christopher, the wife Of our manager. was the first ladv to venture it, and since then many other ladies have made the trip. li generally took us about twenty minutes"
 M. de Ia Mare started for Dawson with his automobile, but in crossing Lake Bennett a piece of the michinerv broke, and was repaired at the rSilroad black smith shop at Caribou. Then it ran to Taglsh and back. making the journey from TsgIsh to Golden Cate In one day. The next day they reached Taku Arm and had great difficulty in getting the machine over the portage. as it was found 10 be mounted too low for a rough country and for snow. Also. on the Ice they had four to five inches Of water and slush to contend with.
 N. de Ia Mare said he would have gone 10 Dawson but that he heard Fifty Mile river was open. In his journey to Atlin he averaged fifteen miles an hour. He will bring up a more powerful machine for next year. He leaves on the Amur today to purchase and bring back with him hy' draulie machinery fOr his properties on Boulder eIeek. Atlin, In which Chief En- Rlneer Hawkins Is interested and MT. Christopher Is the manager. N. Ralph Mervellle. his brother-in-lAw. aeeompa- nies him.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24
Arrumentum nd PocketbooIx.

"whatl Vote for that man? NeverI would rather cut of my right arm."
 "He told me to tell you that if you supported him and he got there he would see to 1t that your taxes were out down $i.75 year.
 "Hurrah for himl Tell him I'll roll up a majority of at least 300 for him in my ward. "-Chicago Newa
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24
YUKON BREAKING UP.
Lake LaBarge Getting HonsyOombsd
 and Police Stopping Travel.

E. S. Busby, of the Canadian customs, received telegraphie advieeS Sunday that the Yukon is breaking for miles and miles near Selkirk, and that Lake LaBarge is be
 coming honeyeombed with air holes and getting more and more dangerous to travel.
 He was also advised that the police have stopped travel at certain places on the river.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24
who.o Reads Advertisements

Need not look for the big corner of attrae tions usually announced bv the farrell co. They now declare they don't need to ad vertise. as their store Is always crowded, packed. jammed. In theory this surely Is a bad doctrine, but somehow or another they get the business just the same. They tell US they are going to Nome, but dread to pack up anything 10 take along, SC would rather keep on selling for couple of days, or at least for Monday, before locking up shop for good. Don't fail tc attend the sale from morning early ill evening late.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24

J. H. Franks, representing the British Columbia mercantile house of Simon Lelser & Co.,, and J. C. COnlIn, representing the house of Pe;hsr & Lelser, were among the passengers arriving Sunday on the Hum boldt,
 N. King arrived yesterday from vlctO- ria. He Is en route to Caribou where he will build a saw mill with a capacity of 2o.ooo feet daily. He has nothing new 10 report in regard to the ChllkOot Tunnel Company.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24
The following steamers are scheduled to arrive on the dates named: NAME. WHEN DUE. AGENT
AGENT

Otto Partridge returned from the s'uth yesterday on the AmUr. He reports hls company has contracts for the consirue- ton of fifty scOws at It's mill on Lake Bennett, the greater number of them to be delivered at Bennett.
 It is reported that a party Of surveyors from skagway began surveying on and about the old Kinney wharf at Dyea on Monday, and that work Of improvements to the wharf are to be begun today or to- morrow.
 Numerous kinds of world-enowned American, English. Scotch, Irish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French. lta- Han Brandles, whlskeys and Wines, to be had strictly pure at the Seattle saloon, cor ner of State and Sixth Avenue.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24
Nome,

The Nome serves merchants lunch and keeps Bohemian keg beer on draught. The choicest liquors and the best imported and domestic cigars in the city. Open day and night. New building, corner of Broad way and Holly. % C
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24
caadId opinion.

wayworn watson-I wonder if that old guy was right that said genius was nothin but a gift fer hard works
 Perry Patettic-I allow he was All them geniuses is more or less uutty.- Cincinnati Enquirer.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24
The secret Ont.

"Now, asked the interviewer. "whal led you to come out of Santiago har bor?"
 "We were drawn out" said the Spaniard, "by the smell of roast beef on the Brooklyn. ."-Philadelphia North American.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24
Garbage. Garbage. Garbage.

Have your garbage removed and keep the town clean and healthy. LauridSon, the garbage man, Is equipped for that kind of work. Leave orders or telephone No. 46. Laumestet's Meat Market. All jobs cleaned and dislnfected 20 nm
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24
Bound to GrumbIe.

Mrs. watts-At least you will have to admit that the lecture had the merit of brevity.
 Watts-Yes, but it was short at the wrong end. Why didn't he begin an hour soonerl-Indianapolis Journal
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24
A RensonnhIe peductIon.

"Yes," she exclaimed, Il don't be lieve any lady could listen to him for five minutes without being fascinated. !"
 "WhAt simpie;on the fellow must be, '" he growled. d.-Chicago News
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24

Orders for tuning pianos left at P. E. Kem's jewelrv store will receive prompt attention from a practical tuner of long ex, perienee. Satisfaction guaranteed. 44tf
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24

From today A. Hose will deliver to any part of the citv the best dry wood for s2 per rick. Ofiee at the approach Ot the Pacihc Coast wharf. u
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24

English corduroy pants. Clayson's, Fourth avenue and State street. I2 7I If
 Gents fur mitts at Clayson's, Fourth avenue and State street. I22If
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24

The Ross Higgins Company have built a porch over the sidewalk in front of It's new grocery store on Fifth avenue,
 The meeting of the Camera Club, which was to have been held last evening. was postponed until this evening. It will meet this evening at the Y. M. C. A. rooms at S:3o o'clock, sharp.
 First class bath for s cents. The Prin clpal, opposite U. s. Barracks. 2SIm Blankets dirt cheap at Clayson's. Fourth avenue and State street. 2rI2 1T
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24

Occidental barber shop. Baths 2s cents. 224 I'm
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24

Gents single pants from 90 to 4S Inches waist measure. Clavson's, Fourth avenue and State street. 2i l2 U
 Music furnished for balls and parties; good orchestra. Apply, Skagway School of Music. 4Iu
 Musl<rat caps, lynx caps, wombat caps, leather top, cloth top, silk lined, quilt lined, storm proof lnterllned with extra piece for nasal eminence, at Clayson X Co.'S. Fourth avenue and State st. I2 2r'tf
 Baths only 25 cents. The Principal barber shop. opposite US. Barracks. 2Srm
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24

The Y. N. C. A. Athletic Club will meet at p. m. today in the association hall.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24
ARCTIC MEAT COMPANY
State Street, Near 9th Avenue,
 Carries q Full Line of

RrIck. lseattIe Made.l
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-24

Daniel Webster Frye, editor of the Atlin Globe, called in yesterday on his way to Nome. He says Atlln Is going to make a good camp, but h, prefers to be in Amerl- can territory.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27
HAvANA.S GoLGoTHA.
Mountain of Human Bones Covered
 Over by the American Forces.


 Over by the American Forces.
 fn the Colon cemetery at Havana where the American seamen who per- ished in the Maine catastrophe are buried, in striking contrast to the rev. erence displayed by Anglo-Saxon peo- ples for the burial places of their deat. there has been for more than two een- turies a human bone pit. Exposed to the glare of the sun, the mercy of the rains, there have lain for yeas the frames of those who ezlee lived and loved, says the New York Herald This famous pit was first dug by Don Pedro Valdes, in the year 1902, and from that day to this has been the re- ceptacle for the skeletons of the Gu ban dead IL is no feet square and twenty feet deep filled to the twenty 5fcot level An eight-foot stone wall lfncloses tt from the merbidly curious. and in external appearances 1t resem- bles an antiquated Spanish fortress or barracks. The old Spanish custom of renting graves, none being able to buy outright, in Colon cemetery, easily ex- plains the necessary existence of the ''pia." A man dies, Is buried h a rented grave, forgotten ii4 short time, the rent unpaid one year-his bones are dug and thrown among his anceE- tors in the mass of dead humanity; the grave, being already open, Is held to receive the next body A careful es- timate, no record having been kept. puts the number of human skeletons in the pit at 100000 When one realizes tbat the pit is nearly 300 years old, and the average life of man is little less than thirty years, Havana's popula- ton for the last 100 years being more than 100000, it is quite plausible that the estimate is most conservative. In some cases the coffin and all have been dumped into the "pit" and left to the depredations of the vulture or buzzard, the seavengers of Havana. Skulls with long hair still on are not infrequent sights, and in one case a skull still held fast switch" Midnight ramDles over the heads of these departed have been one of the pastimes of the mor- bidly inclined in Havana. The Amer ican government, ever to the fore In the ways of civilization, has at last filled over the ghastly "bone pit" and the days of Luncheon on skulls" are past.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27
4 DIVING BELL CRUSHED.
The Tremendous Pressure of Water at
 Great Depth.

4 crushed mass of iron in Pitts- burg scrap yard demonstrates the tre- mendcus pressure Of water at great depth, says the Pittsburg Chronicle. It was constructed for diving bell for use in Lake Michigan. As originally constructed 1t was about six feet square, and tapered slightly at both ends. Tie material was phosphor bronze, more than half an inch thick
 Each plate was cast with fange and they were bolted together, the bolts being placed as closely as was consist ent with strength. The side plates were further strengthened by iron ribs an inch thick and two inches wide. In fact, the entire structure was strong ly braced The windows to be used as outlooks by the divers were three inches square, fortified with Iron bars and set with glass plates an inch thick. The weight of the bell was 2S0o0 pounds. When completed 1t was sent to Milwaukee and lowed out into the lake about twelve miles, where there was over 200 feet Of water, and was sent down for test. The manu- facturer was so confident of the strength of the bell that he wanted to go down in it. He is glad now that he didn't. When the be.i reached the depth of about 100 feet strong timbers attached to it came to the surface In T splintered condition. Suspecting ar accident. the bell was hauled Up and found to be crushed into a shapeless mass. The ineh-thick plate-glass bull's-eyes were shattered The pres- sure that crushed this seemingly in- vulnerable structure amounted to to< tai Of 1,723,54S pounds. or 1882 tons.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27
THE STORY OF A PEARL.
Interesting History Of One Exhibited
 in Cincinnati.

HI 1lncInHatis
 A pearl valued at S1o,00o is on ex- hibition in a jewelry store window in Vine street. Nor is the pearl with out history. MT Smith purchased it from Julius Pedrazolli, descend ant of the royaf house of Italy. The pearl is over loo years old and It's story is an interesting one. 4 party of pearl divers were plying their trade In the waters of the East Indian seas. A sudden eommotion among the work CTS told of the presence of their dead- ly enemy, maneating shark. All but one escaped. and his companions were mortified as they watched the poor fellow struggling in the water, unable to render him assistance. By great ef- fort they succeeded in rescuing the upper part of the body from the vo- racious fish and bore the mangled re- mains to the house of the grief-strick- en parents. The day before the bur- tal this almost priceless pearl was found in the mouth of the dead man. The pearl was sold to Koloko, na- tive chief, and for many years remain ed in the royal family of the tribe. In 1880 Julius Pedrazolli, an Italian traveller, saw the pearl. and, attracted by it's perfect shape and beauty, he bought 1t from the tribe, together with the crude gold setting and ring made by the native jewellers. MT. Smith purchased it from Pedrazolli and claims that the. pearl has no equal in the United States. The pearl weighs 46 grains, and in daylight it's beauti- ful hues are dazzling.-Cincinnat Commercial Tribune
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27
waste of Good Material

.see the destructive yalue of lituel things; the last straw 6foke the cam
 els back Yes; why didn't somysi. body keep it to tickle .hes elephant With ?"-Detroit Free Pres&
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27
 A CIG."
Obsolete In It's Meaning of F1ighty
 Girl.

NsssS 9Nss ss f1trI
 "Gig' has one or two obsolete and rare meanings of interest, says the Academy. It is obsolete in it's mean ing of a flighty girl, though writer so comparatively modern as Mime. D'Arblay wrote in her diary: Char iotte L. called, and the little gig told all the Quarrels." Tn the sense of an oddity or fool the word probably survives locally. Whyte- Melville makes someone say In Kate Coven- try" Such a set of gigs my dear, I never saw in my life. Not good-looking man among them" Yet note that the word is put into quota ton marks. Tn high gig'' meant in high spirits. Gig had the third meaning of fun, glee. Sir Walter Besant locates the phrase in the thir- ties of this century in his Fifty Years Ago: "A laughter-loving laas of IS. who dearly loved bit of gig" No connection with "giggle" is suggested. By the way, see that MT. Leslie Stephen has had the temerity to write of the house of commons "giggling over some delicious story of bribery and corruption. ' Although "gig," . Eighty girl. is obsolete, "gigglet. meaning the same thing, is apparently not so. A writer in Chambers Jour nal uses it with effect in the sentence: Why should female clerks in the post al service consist of pert giglets hard- ly out of their teens?" 'Giglet fairs (for hiring female farm servantsl are still held in the west of England
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27
An Interesting Discovery.

AZ Interesting discovery has reward cd the researches of officials at Hamp- ton Court palace, London. There has always lurked suspicion that the walls of the famous Queen Anne's drawing room, which Is in the center of the east wing of Wren's famous building, contained more than the sec- ond rate portraits of the Georges. Never however, was 1t supposed than an inn portant work by that once famous dec- orative artist, Verrio, had been con- cealed from the public eye since 1735. owing to a stupendous act of vandal, tsm,s which, it is presumed, was ear- ried out by Queen Caroline in 1735, probably to prevent the apothesis of Queen Anne from meeting her eyes in her drawing room when she became queen. The date is known by the ex> traordinary act of the paper hanger of that time, who, In covering up Verrio's work, scratched on his name and the date of the paper hanging. Tn taking down some of the portraits of the Georges, which were intended for Ken
 
 official that the top right hand corner closed to the ceiling seemed abruptly cut off from the general scheme of tha beautiful ceiling, which everyone had seen and admired, and which repre- sented Queen Anne in the chariot of Justice, dressed in purple lined with ermine. Over her head is a crown. held by Neptune and Britannia, while surrounding and floating in the clouds are eEvarious allegorical figures repre- sentfng Peace and Plenty, etc. The discovery now made shows that tho whole of the walls were originally painted by Verrio in the same manner. the subject being Queen Anne's apotheosis as Queen of the Sea in the tour great quarters of tho globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27
Fashionable

"Is cannibalism common among you?" inquired the stranger, apprehen- sfyely. "Common?" said the Pacific island belle, as she coyly dug her toe into the sand. Not at all. We con- sider it very recherche. .'-Washington Star x
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-27
The Grocer Caught.

A Philadelphia grocer persuaded al patron to take barrel Of flour differ ent from the kind she usually bought he being out of her favorite brand. After two bakings she returned tna flour, as it was unsatisfactory. Tho grocer. after filing the returned barrei, put in a new head and again sent if, saying it was what she wanted. Tn thS barrel she found lost saucer she had used to scoop Up the four.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-06
PACKED
MIDWAY CLOSED GATES FOR
FOR WANT OF ROOM.
Crowds stood ON Outside and Waited
for Admittance.

The person who went TO the Midway
just after the electrical pageant last
night did not stand much OF a chance OF
getting in For once in the history of
Wichita's carnival the doors Of the Mid
way were closed when s. surging crowd
stood on the outside and waited for their
turn to get in TO see Bosco. Lunette. the
Streets OF Cairo and other attractions
The police were called upon and with up
lifted clubs informed the people thar the
Midway was not open and would not be
open until the people on the inside could
see the sights and get out And then the
fun commenced. People surged back and
forth. They wanted L 20 into the Mid
way and when they founG tney could not
get in just then. they could hardly wait
After a time the gates opened for new
supply and the people who FIRST saw the
attractions swsrmed cut and the new
crowd rushed in.
To estimate the number Of persons who
were in the Midway last night would be
almost impossible. They were every
place and ~ times It was almost impos-
sible 10 get anywhere. Nos only were
Wichita people there. but people from all
over Kansas, and they all enjoyed the
things Of interest. and that meant that
they went into every tent OF attractions.
Boseo played 70 s. fun house. ana he
SIN continued 10 ''e2t EN- alive" Fer
the amusement CT The crowd Bosco oace