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Alaska forum., 1900-11-22
Alaska Forum, Nov. P, 1900.

 6 I'm. are SO near the creek that we have been unable to work the past two weeks. The weather has been too warm and the water runs.
 Mail carrier Curlier: l wish to say to mushers from Rampant or any other place for that matter, that the next time staple Is pull ed on mail cabin, or wood used belonging thereto; will prosecute the parties to the full extent of the laW-take notice.
 IL. Green: There is more busi- ness in Rampant than IF all the est of the Third Division aud the fact that there has been no ommlSSiOn- CT or deputy clerk appointed Is in- excusuble We have 1t ill our pow CT to incorporate within the next 4 months an 1 do Withot,t a cominis sioner in many things.
 H. Tutty: own cabin on !55 aud 56 Big Minook, as 1 intended and am Working on 2 l.n.Jr. this winter, told the boys that were going over to Eureka to make use of my cabin but see that nothing of the contents were taken away. 1 went out there few day ago and found everything 1 owned that was i'll the cabin missing tools, bedding, provisions, i'll fact complete outfit. It stands me $500, If 1 replace what was stolen from the cabin the ast
 LEGAL NOTICES. In The District Court of the Uuited States for
 the district of Alaska, Third Divi,iou. North American Transported
 tion and Trading ~ompanN.\ Summons for plaintiff
 SanueF. McDl, defendants
 The United States of America to samuel F. Me Dill:
 Hou are hereby required to appear in the District ~ourt ot the UntedState, for the District of Alaska, Third Ui"ision within thirty days after the completion of the publication of this summons l.e. or before the day of IlcEenlbtr 1900, and answer the complaint of the above named plaintiff, hle ill the office of the clerk Of said court; and unles, you so appear and answer the complaint the plaintiff will apply to the COnrt for the relief demanded. This summons is published i'll compliance with all order made the I2ti. day of September 1900. This action Is brought 10 ioreclose a mortgage made by defendant to plaintiff on on December lo, IS1S, for Sl,lI7.42 upon acres o land on Iirch Creek, District ot Alaska, situate about F miles from Circle City iii SouthWester!y direction, upon which plaintiff alleges is due the sum of sS22 72 with interest at per cent. per annuln from December 1y, lS7S, with reasonable attorneys fees.
 Witness my hand and the seal of
 lSEAl-J said Court at Eagle City,
 District of Alaska, this l2th
Alaska forum., 1900-11-22

two years It is hard to go these things and some thing should be done, if they keep on the probabil- ities are that Judge Lynch may visit the camp before the winter is over. I have an idea who the fellows are and where the stuff is.
 The soldiers Wlo have run tie telegraph line to about 100 miles below 'lanana, are returning to Ft. Cibbcn. They report the suicioe of their cook, by shooting himself through the head, while tenn Leralil insane. Word was also b1C, r regarding the whereabouts Of J .sn Huntington, the mi> si, g mail Cali fer, his boat was caught ill all ice jam near Kok1ines, he barely escar- i1:g with his life and the mail: after the soldiers supplied him with cloth ing etc. lie proceeded on his way 10 Nnlato and has Lot been hed.u of since
 Yukon Order Of onetrs meets every rst Saturday Ill each month.
 Miners Mutual Protective Associa OH meets every alternate Wednesuav n1slt
 The M ,sOllic Assoc :at!on of Ranlrert meets every and. and 4th. Saturday.
Alaska forum., 1900-11-22
Big Minook.

Described Tn GenerAl-Her importance
 And Tributaries-TOWnT Talks
 From People You Know.
 Having described the surrounding country i'll gen >ral in previous issues, we HOW proceed to to mention the various creeks of the different sections, all rich and auriferous. Meeting the Yukon few miles above Rampant is Big Minook and is the main artery into which Hunt CT, Little Minook, Little Minook jr.. Hoosier and Chapman with some of less CT importance, ,ruu into the east side, while Montana, Ruby, Slate and Granite do likewise on tue west.
 While the whole Is surrounded by belt of mountains reaching oil either side to the Yukon, i'll a llo,: C ho the heels cf which are about 10 'nllts apart, the cell ter or apex being the pass over the divide from the head of Big Minook into Bostoi, creek on tue Eureka side.
 Big Minook offers all almost virgil field for the miner and while there will probably Le 800 men working there this winter the creek being fully 50 miles long, could accommodate as many thousands as 1t now does hundreds. There is no drouth of prospects-rot colors--but mug gets, some much higher than $3o and $40 and there are reasons of the sound est that as tlle ca, illare into tue artery have ro>iuced millions, the ma II ve II would produce correspondicgly.
 The reason of delay ill uncovering a pav streak on Big Minook. is the great width of the creek being as larse and i'll son. places wider that Bonanza i'll the klon- dtke country. If no noie III o;l pro5p-ct- ed Bonanza than those who have Bi : Mi nook the former night today be the same as the latter. While these condi- tions delay. still the ultimate outcome Is certain, and B.y Minoo< will bring all era of prosperity that. If no other creek be worked, will last for years
 Herman Wobber: If I remem Der rightly California $ record as a gold producer in any one year is SS1 ,Ooo, ,ooo or about million ev- cry days, which overtops your re- p Tt ot $05 ,ooo, 900 last year.
 Louie lve~>on: Say, you fellows want to be careful or you will have that rich country on Hartford creek
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-11
FIy FROM FEVER'S TERRORS.
Americans Growding the Steam
ers Leaving Havana.

4 Havana dispatch says; Every
steamer leaving here tomorrow will
be crowded. Every state-room and
every available cot has been engaged
ON all .the three vessels bound for
American ports.
The local papers bewail the early
quarantine, laying stress upon the
fact that there has been no cases OF
yellow fever reported during the last
FIVE weeks and that April is invaria-
bly, one of the most .healthtul months
of the year in Havana.
On the other hand, many old resi-
dents say that, owing to the lack OF
rain during the rainy season last
year, the yellow fever did not start
until late. while this year there Will
probably be heavy rainfall and eX'
ceptionally bad yellow fever season.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-11
TONS on WILD HONEY.
WHERE THE BEES ABOUND
IN TEXAS.
At a Distance of Two or Three
Miles SwarmS of the Insects
Look Like Great Sig
nal Smoke.
nal Smoke.

There is enough honey in the brakes
of Devils river to make any man rich
who will get it to market There are
tons of it; in clefts in the rocks, in hol-
low trees, in caves and in the lannon's
Devils Punch Bowl" which is
great sink in the DEVILS valley, and
out of which bees swarm always in
clouds so thick that, at a distance OF
two or three miles, it has the appear
ance of great signal smoke. The hills
and valley land along the river are
covered for great part of the year
with an endless variety of flowers, and
in the winter season, which is never
cold enough to freeze the bees, there
is an abundance of decaying fruit-cac
tus, apples and berries of many kinds
so that they never have TO stop work
ing on account of lack of material or
bad weather. and thus 90 on piling up
their wealth throughout the whole
year.
The business of gathering this hon
ey while fairly profitable, is not fol-
lowed to any great extent, for the rea-
son that there is little in the work
of the honey hunter which is anything
like sport, and everything connected
with it is full of privations and danger.
The county is so rough that it is i'm
possible to get anywhere near the hon
ey caves unless one goes on foot, pack
ing his camp equipage on his back or
on burro; water is not over plentiful
and much of that TO be found is unit
for use, and besides all this the actual
getting of the honey is no small task.
Sometimes the caves are in such mac
cessible places that the hunter has TO
let himself down the face of cliff for
TWO or three hundred feet and hang
there at the end of his rope while the
bees sting him to death, while he digs
out few pounds of honey; or again,
he may find cave easy to rob only &c
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-11
Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfeld,
ILL.,. makes the statement that she
caught cold, which settled on her
lungs: she was treated for month by
her family physician, but grew worse.
He told her she was "a hopeless victim
of consumption and that no medicine
could cure her. Her druggists sug-
oested DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption: she bought a bottle and
to her delight found herself benefited
from the first dose. she continued its
use and after taking six bottles found
herself sound and we'll; now does her
houseworlz. and is a. well as she ever
was. Free trial bottles Of this Great
Discovery at Dawson Drug Cos. ON
" soc. and $500, every bottle guaran-
teed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-11
The Mndern Moses.

Our public schools have created an
enthusiasm for education that Is pa
thetic. Recently foreigner exclaimed:
1T is too late for me to learn! But
my children-they shall not be igno-
rant" To escape oppression tie toiler
becomes informed. Education Is max
ing the poor mans muscle so powerful
that despots cannot afford iron enough
to reach around his wrist
Today for the first time In history
knowledge is becoming universal. Ag-
itators are being succeeded by educa-
tors. People see that intellect and abil-
ity are the real creators of wealth. Ed
ucation is the modern Moses leading
the people out of the wilderness into
the promised land of happiness and
plenty.-Newell Dwight Hills in Wo.
mans Home Companion.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-11

find that he must carry the spolIa sew
eral miles on his back before he can
get it to a place where he can load 1t
upon his burros.
Several years ago hunting party,
made up of Kansas City men, went
into that country on a trip after big
game. for there are plenty of deer in
there even now and at that time bears
were numerous. When they got up
into the honey country they began fg-
uring on the fortunes to be made out
of it, and, having heard of the "Dev-
lis Punch Bowl" locally known as
the 'Devils Sink Hole" they decided
to go and see it and, if possible, de-
wise some scheme whereby they might
get the tons of honey it contained.
When they reached it, like every
one else seeing it for the first time,
they were amazed at the proportions
of the wonder; hole forty feet 10
diameter yawning open in the mlddle
of wide valley, with perfect tor
rent of bees rushing up from 1t IKE
dirt blown from some mighty blast
and all the while roaring loud as
that of a great cataract; looking down
into the abyss, for the whole widens
below the surface, they
saw the festoons of honey hanging
there which the bees had strung along
the side of their mammoth hive after
they had filed the hidden grottoes,
and through the upward swarms could
be seen the CLEANS of combs built nc
doubt many years before.-Del TIC
TEX Cor. Chicago Record.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-11
DULNESS IN PUPILS.
Cause Often Due TO Short Sighted
ness.

That dullness Of intellect and appar-
ont inattention of children to their
studies are often due not to any de-
feet of their minds, but to shortslght-
edness or partial deafness, is the posi-
ton taken by Superintendent of Schools
Andrews of Chicago in bulletin which
he will issue to the principals of the
schools In few days.
DR.. Andrews declares, according TO
the New York Times, that in most
cases where a person or child is found
to be inattentive or does not appear to
possess q clear understanding of things
II ia due to either or sometimes to both
of these causes. This decision, he says,
has been reached after many years of
study and research in that work and
has been emphasized by the work OF
the child study department of the
schools
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-11
April Showers

wash away the filth and waste that
have accumulated during the winter.
In like manner Hoods Sarsaparilla
expels from the blood impurities that
have been deposited during the season
when there has been but little perspi-
ration and perhaps constant conGne-
ment in impure and initiated air. Il is
q boon to tired mothers, housekeepers,
teachers and others who spend their
time in doors.
1t gives the blood richness and Vi
tality, fitting IL TO rourish and
strengthen the nerves. muscles and
all the great organs OF the body. It
cures all spring humOrs and banishcs
that tired feeling.
1t is the best medicine money can
buy for all diseases caused by impure
or impoverished blood. You should
begin taking it today.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-11

Kruger Forbade Dumdums.
The Beers requested President Kru-
gers permission TO use dumdum bull
lets, but he refused.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-11

Perhaps the new smiling to the pouno
income tax in Great Britain is intend
cd as sort Of n compliment to Bobs,
says the Boston Herald. A shilling is
a bob in English lingo, don't you know.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-15
His SIandcrer Was There.

On one occasion. while addressing n
meeting Mr.. Gladstone was repeatedly
interrupted by an individual who alter
mated loud outlaws with the imitation Of
n dogs bowls. The speaker inquired the
name of this fellow and was told that he
was certain John Larf.
MIR. Larf," he said, raising his voice,
'Our frichd Goldsmith clearly had you in
view when he said:
1.-THE watchdogs voice that bay'd the whispering
wind,
And the loud Larf that spoke the vacant mind
'He said that. did he?" cried Larf as
he turned round and struck little man
who was in the crowd n severe blow over
the head. And it was only after a vio
lent rough and tumble and much vituper-
ativc language that Mr.. Larf was con-
WINGED that the man he had assaulted
and W hose name was Goldsmith was not
the gentleman referred to by Mr.. Glad
stonc.-LondOn Tit-Bits.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-15

Back into the mills swarmed the men.
The furnaces were heated to their height;
the great caldrons OF amalgam seethed
and dubbed; the mighty ingots were
net
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-15

For the first time in her life Aunt
Rachel had gone to see n vaudeville en-
tertainmcnt.
She sat through it with blazing eyes
and firmly compressed lips
"'Mandy." she said as they emerged
from the th"atcr after the performance
was over, Il don't know just how you
pronounce the word. but that show is the
vaudcviIrst thing ever saw in my life!"
Chicago Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-15
Even the Explosion Failed.

"A terrific explosion blew up one build
ing and started fire which burned down
the remainder of the plant"
'Gracious. Was any one hurtT'
1.-The night Waterman is dead"
'POOr fellcw! Blown to atoms, | sup
pose"
''No; burned to a crisp. They couldn't
waken hin."-Philadelp Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-15
No Money For Her.

Hc-It certainly should be some salts
faction to you to know that | would die
for you.
She-I don't see how it ever could be.
He-You don't?
She-NO; you told me yourself that ev-
cry life insurance company you ever ap-
piled to has refused you as a risk.-Phil-
adelphia Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-15
Over the Bridge.

She-These Chinese seem to be perfect
fiendS. Why. they torture a man to
death by keeping him awake. How do
they do it?
He-The old way; they give him the
baby to mind at ights.-Brooklyn Life.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-15
She Had Her Doubts.

Miss Wundcr-And is he a real count?
Miss Gabheigh-I fear not. He seems
to have money. Baltimore American.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-15

Daughter, wouldn't you trust your IA
Their to choose a husband for you"
"No. indeed. papa. You would con-
slider any man eligible who would listen
TO your talk about your rheumatism. -
Chicago Record.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-15

''She used to dazzle in the giddy whirl
of society, you know"
eyes"
"Well. yesterday | saw her on mer-
ry 90 round with her little boy. and
blamed if she didn't seem to he having
the time of her lfe."-Chicago Times
Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-15

Newitt-Lend you n V? Why don't
you borrow it from Markley? He's easy
Borrowit-But don't know him rs
well as know you.
Ncwitt-That's just it, and he doesn't
know you as well as | do.-Philadclphia
Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-15
No Comrroml.e wIth nad Trnit..

"You will have to put another stamp
on that letter. miss" said the mail clerk
nj the postOiIicc.
Indeed | shall not do it," she ex-
claimed. A letter with two stamps on
it looks hOrrid. "-Chicago Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-15
A Sian der Refuted,

The Big One-Yo' call yo'sef spot!
Yo's black. sCoundrclly. measly, good
fc~ nothin, dried up shrimp; OATS wot
yo' is.
The Little One-I amt dried up.-Ncw
York journal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-15
ONLY Half Right.

Penelope-Mr. Spooner is going to
teach me how 10 swim.
Perditn-I thought you had been taught
already.
Peneiope-Not by him.-HarSer's Ra-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-15

And Jams Jensen put on the finger OF
Nell Undertook n little ring made from
the gold of Lead and set with glittering
pebble of the Black IIils.-Chicago Trib-
unp
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-15

So II Was Small Wonder That the
Bookseller Made n Few Slight Err
In Recommending the Differ
crt Wares He Had For Sale.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-15
DEATH RECORD.

William J. Vermilye, who had been
treasurer of the Goodyear Rubber
Company for number of years, and
for the last ten years manager of their
plant in Middletown, Connecticut, is
dead from pneumonia, aged So.
DR.. John Frederick. bE years Of
age, founder, publisher, and editor
Of the American Swiss Gazette, Of
New York Is dead.
Broadman Shaw, father of Governor
Shaw, of Iowa, died at his home at
Morrisville, Vermont aged "a years.
Major James B. Washington, one of
the Oldest officials of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, and said to be the
nearest collateral relative of George
Washington, died March in Pitts.
burg
Representative Alfred c. Harmer, a
member of Congress since 1871 with
the exception of a single term, is dead
in his 18th year.
Elida Wilbur, who has been asleep
more than two years, is dead in San
Francisco, Cal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-15
Highest Wages in Thirty Years.

The settlement of the Amalgamated
Association wage scale for March and
April has been made and resulted in
an increase from $5.75 to Sc a ton for
pudding in Pennsylvania. This gives
an advance of per cent. to finishers,
making an increase of II per cent.
since July 1, or 81 per cent. over last
years scale. This Is the highest rate
paid for pudding since 1870. and af-
fects several thousand men in East.
ern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.
The scale was based on the selling
price Of bar iron for the preceding two
months.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-15
FIRE RECORD.

The Thea tire Francais, the historical
playhouse of Paris and home of the
Coincide Franchise, was burned
March s. Many works of art were des
troyed, and a portion of the invalua-
BILE library Of manuscripts was
burned. One person, young actress.
lost her life.
Fire at Lead, South Dakota. March
s. destroyed about forty buildings. in.
Guiding number of dwellings, and
caused loss Of about 100000.
The plant of the Payne Engine Com.
pany, at Elmira, n. Y. has been dos.
troyed by fire; loss, 100000. a falling
wall struck three firemen, one of
whom was cut on the head. The 9th
ers were badly bruised.
Fire at Kingston, New York, has
destroyed a large, four-story, brick
building owned by Louis Etting &
Sons. The American Express Com
pany's Office, A. Carr & Sons under
taking establishment and the THE
Arcade" were also damaged. The loss
will reach $4,000.
Fire March s destroyed the four
story building at A Flatbush avenue,
Brooklyn, N Y, occupied by Harden
bergh & Co., carpet dealers, and ad-
joining property. Loss, $4,000.
Fire destroyed the building of the
American Linseed Oil Company at
Chicago March 6. The loss is $4,000.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-15
BURIED IN A MINE.
Terrible Disaster in West Virginia.
The Dead.

At the Red Ash Mine, in the New
River region, West Virginia, an explo-
sion near the entrance resulted in the
entombing of 100 miners. Thirty.
seven bodies were recovered and a
large rescuing party is at work. Cause
Of the explosion has not yet been as
certained.
Mourning, hungry women and chill
dren have all day surrounded the
opening of the mine from which hero
ic rescuers, succeeding each other as
staggered out exhausted, have taken
ten bodies.
1t is estimated that forty men-dead
or alive, are in the mines-a living
tomb whose slab is huge masses of
coal, slate rock, earth, crushed tim
bers. 1t is almost vain to hope that
any of these forty will survive, for
the mine is on fire.
One can better understand the ef-
feet of the calamity when it is stated
that four-fifths of the miners were
married. 1t may be added that the
vast majority were white men.
The Red Ash is large drift mine
and was heavily timbered. The eXplo.
sion occurred near it's mouth, and its
frightful force blew the bodies of 4
few men, threw mules and coal cars
into the air. Part of a mans body
was found on the limbs of tree
sixty yards from the mouth of the
mine.
The great side supports of the en-
trance were smashed. The fall of
debris formed an almost impenetrable
wall. But the rescuers attacked this
wall, and after two hours desperate
work took out ten men, seven dead,
three dying.
Of the dead three were Black
Long and his two sons. Longs widow
was maniacal for awhile.
There was no use for caskets. AS
the black and mangled corpses were
taken from the mine they were laid
in a blacksmith shop on the mountain
side. The bodies were unrecognizable.
So the grief of the women waiting
there was the more extreme, for their
was nothing on which to spend it's
force. Each woman prayed burned
piece of clay was not her man: each
woman decided it might be.
Mine Inspector Pinckney refuses as
yet to make statement as to the
probable cause of the explosion. John
Laing, the superintendent, came out
of the mine not more than ten min.
utes before the catastrophe. Laing
thinks the flre-damp gas was ignited
by a miners open lamp.