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The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-28
Thrilling Experience on
 the Steamer Bailey.
RIDE JF A LIFE TIME
Traffic Manager Irwin Goes to White Horse Today to See About Moving the Freight There to Dawson and to Nome.

INV. Young, chief clerk to General Manager Hawkins of the railroad, who was aboard the Canadian Development Company's Steamer Bailey when she shot the rapids last Saturday, has re- turned and says it was a great trip. He was particularly impressed with the skill displayed in taking the boat through the tortuous parts of the rapids, and of the professional methods employed by Capt. McMasters and the captains in handling the boat in the deceptive waters.
 Sweeps were out forward, ,' said Mr. Young, land three river pilots who run regularly through the rapids with scows and are well acquainted with the waters, had charge of the sweeps. They kept the great long sticks moving con- stantly. preventing tho Uruft from be- ing rushed from the course by the swerving waters.
 Capt. McMasters, regular master of the Canadian was at the wheel. 9th CTS aboard included Capt. John Irving, General Manager R. T. Elliot of the Canadian Development Company, Pilot Murray of the Canadian, and the first mate of the Canadian.
 "It was ride of life time. The steamer seemed like thing of life as she now held herself back with her churning revolving wheel, and now shot forward like frightened racer.
 Starting out the steamer left her upper moorings at 6 p. m. At 6:l5 she pushed her nose into the boiling water of the first car yon, and then with her wheel reversed, she held herself back US much as possible, and rode safely getting through 200 yards at GIT Thirty seconds more and the Bailey was entering the second canyon. Hel engines now ran the other way anc worked furiousIy to push her forward at full speed, for she was making it by brilliant dash. This race covered another 200 yards.
 "Soon the boat was in the lower
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-28
REGULAR STEAMER
 DIRECT FROM FRISCO Would Save the Tranship- ment Charges at Seattle.
AS TO FIRE INSURANCE
MT. Peterson Works Hard Upon These Two Important Matters While in San Francisco and M Meets With Much Encouragement.

H. O. Peterson, the we'll known whole sale and retail grocer, returned on the Dir> igo yesterday after an absence of a month, most of which period was spent at San Francisco. He busied himself there in the interests of Sliagwav upon two very i'm portant subjects, one was the question Of fire insurance and the other the obtaining of one or more steamers to ply direct from the port of San Francisco to that of Skag way.
 "Upon the question of insurance l spent d good deal of time, said MT. Peterson last night The result of all the talk that had was that we should prepare a plan such as is generally used by insurance men, showing the situation of the town of the waterworks, the hotels, the build iugs and the nature of such buildings. and so on. That is what they demand,
 "NCw, think that it will take perhaps Sloo to prepare such plan, and upon fur' nishing this there is strong possibility that we may be able to get some fire com panies that will take risks in Skagway.
 "Of course, incorporation will make all the difference in the world. The first questions asked of me were in regard to local government and if we had paid fire department and a paid police force. We shall have no difficulty in getting inSur> ance if we incorporate.
 "The other subject took up while in San Francisco is to have steamer, one to begin with, to run regular trips from there direct to SkagWay. argued that many merchants purchased in San Francisco and had to pay freight from there to Seattle and then from Seattle here. This hand ling at Seattle materially adds to the freight charges, which have to be paid by the merchant and which he must charge to the consumer.
 "Now, argued that a direct steamer from San Francisco could give us practic ally the same freight rates we are now paying from Seattle; that such a steamer would place San Francisco in competition with Seattle for our trade; consequently in any event we should get goods cheaper
 "l went before the secretary of the boarc of trade, the president of the chamber o commerce; the vioe-pfesident of the manu- lecturers association and the steamship companies. and was everywhere received with much courtesy and with promises tC give the matter careful consideration.
 think something can be done in this mat ter"
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-28

Gents fur mitts at Clayson's, Fourth avenue and State street. I22I If
 Carpets in great variety at Peoples'.5 stf
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-28

George E. Henton's wagon and carriag. shop has removed to Third avenue, near Broadway. 6-7-tf
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-28

White Horse rapids, eisering there at 6:41:40, and getting through at 6:44:l5.
 At 6:55 the boat wasat lower White Horse rapids unharmed
 "A notable feature and one that shows how careful the Skipper was to hold the boat back. lies in the fact that the Bailey was fifty minutes making the run, that the scows' which plunge along with the current, make in the much shorter time of thirty minutes |"
 The Bailey has already entered the Dawson-W White Horse trade It is understood th.st the steamer Clifford Sifton has been bought by the C. D. Company and vii be taken be- low White Horse.
 The steamer Olive May, beionding to the Klondike Corpors$ion, will it is said, also shoot the rapids. T he same company's steamer Nora shot the rap ids few days ago.
 E.. West, news dealer, who re- turn from White Horse, says that whil' the steamer Nora came out safe, ly from her wild dash Through White Hors rapids last Friaay, it was not with 1t several hairbreadth escapes. "Fhe Nora," he says, 9touched once l believe on the rocks off Miles canyon and tfice in White Horse, but sheered off theeontact doing 70 harm. She was expected Co leave for Dawson Sun. day or Monday.'
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-28
Fairy Queens Court Today.

The Methodist fancy fair In an upper class room of McCabe college was we'll at tended yesterday, and particularly was the home cooking of the dinner enjoyed. In the evening there was an elaborate pro- gram of no less than sixteen numbers, which was highly appreciated by large attendance. The feature of the three days festival, however will be this afternoon and evening. when the Queen of the Fairies holds her court and revels. Also everything in the many pretty booths will have to be sold, and this is likely to :ause some pleasurabe excitement.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-28
ELECTION RUkS
 ARE PROMULGATED Board Met Yesterday and
 Arranged Them. USE AUSTRALIAN PLAN Voting Today Will Proceed Under Definite Instructions Fixed by Judges After Consulting With Judge Brown-Full Instructions.
USE AUSTRALIAN PLAN

The election board has prepared a set of rules and regulations for the conduct of the election today. They will be printed on placards and posted in conspicuous places over the town and at and near the polling place. The meeting was held at the office of Dr. Keller, and the rules and regulations were prepared in accordance with instruc- tons from Judge Brown. They are as fol- lows:
 Qualification of an EIector.
 A. He shall be q male citizen of the United States or one who has declared his intention to become such and ot the age of 2I years.
 B. He must have been bona fide resi- dent of Alaska for one year and of Skag- way six months last past.
 C. lie must be the owner of substan tal property interests in the city of Skag way. This property may be either real or personal; provided, that personal effects will not suffice.
 2-Australan Election Law.
 A. The election will be conducted as nearly as may be after the Australian cleo ton system in force throughout the United States
 B. No eectioneering will be permitted within fifty feet of the polls.
 C. A limited number of thaIengers will le permitted to enter the polls for the purpose of challenging those offering to vote.
 D. When one offering to vote has been challenged he will be required to answer questions touching his qualifications as all elector under oath,
 The Ballot.
 A. The ballot will be provided by the election board, and can be secured from one of the members thereof after the polls open. It will contain the names of all candidates for office, but the elector may | write additional names thereon.
 B. The electOr must place cross in the square after the words, "For lncorpora- tion" or Against Incorporation" and after the names of candidates voted for councilmen and school directors. C. No ballot can be taken from the polling place. If an elector spells ticket he may return it to the judges of election and get another.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-28
GODFREY CHFALANDFR.
A Few Reasons Why He Asks For
 Your Votes.

''l believe in the platform adopted by the citizens mass meeting.
 "l believe in the incorporation of Skag- way, as that will equalize the burden of taxation.
 ''l am firmly O! the belief that if Skag- way is given a legal status, by incorporat> ing, it will be the means of inducing rev activity and new capital for business en- terprises.
 "l solicit youi votes upon the promise that if elected will help to faithfully and prudentlv administer the affairs of your city"
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-28
Branch House At Dawson.

John C. Lilly, of Lilly Bros, left for Dawson this morning with three scow loads of hay and feed. Ills firm proposes to establish branch store at the klondlke metropolis. E. H. Hatch will be in charge of the Skagwav business during the sum mer
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-28
Error in Official Ballot.

A mistake was made in the name of H. o. Peterson in printing the official ballot. 1t will appear as E. O.. Peterson, but the judge of election will correct the error so that MT. Peterson will get all the votes that are intended for him.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-28
TAKEN BACK TO HAYNES
New Deputy Had Arrested Cosby
 Without Warrant,

Phil Cosby, who was on Tuesday last brought here from Haines by Deputy Handy, charged with the murder of Mr. Campbell, was kept in jail all night and yesterday sent back to Haines The new deputy, in his provisional zeal. had arrested Cosby without any warrant. so he took his prisoner back to obtain warrant and have a preliminary hearing of the case be- fore Commissioner Ripinskv.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-28
Coquitlam Losses Appraised.

A. Scott and Frank burns yesterday ap- praised the goods which were aboard the steamer Coquitlam when she was afre on the last voyage north.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-06-28

The Pioneer cigar factory of Skagway, wholes lle cigar and smokers supplies. tt
 Beautiful summer goods. including silks, at the Fife Alaska Co.,, Fourth or Bond street. 02IImo
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-16
LOCAL IN BRIEF

Misses Emma. Louise aud Clara
Scha.fcr. ~ Fairvi,le. are guests Of
!. !. Campbell and wife ut Shackcl.
ford ,hi. week.
!. NJ. Patterson. wife and Miss
Maudc. have located themselves with
Judge j. w. Sparks aud family ON
Fast Arrow street.
Mrs. J. NJ. Patterson and daughter,
Miss Maude, returned Friday night
from Kansas City. having decided to
remain In this city this winter.
Mrs. A. y. Lyons will leave this
week for % visit to her sister. Miss
I.ibbie Cha,tle, who is In very poor
health at her home In Sedalia.
j. l.. Woodbridge left Wednesday
Tor H~iggin.ville. where he attended "a
meeting Of the Home Mission Commit.
lee Of the Presbytery ~ Lafayette.
Charley Thompson. representing q
81, Louis glass and queensware house.
spent Sunday nj his home In this city.
leaving again for the road Tuesday.
Mrs. 4. T.. Spencer aud SON., Fair
fax. have returned from Louisville.
NY. where they spent live weeks most
pleasantly with relatives aud friends.
DR.. j. =. Mckee. wife and O I'D.
win. left Saturday for u short visit to
relatives In Sweet Springs. They were
accompanied by Miss Helen Chapline.
A Leonard spent Monday with his
niece and nephew. Robert and Maggie
Richardson. at Lexington. who. owing
% the poor health Of the former. will
leave this week for the West. where
they will spend the winter.
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-16

Rev. Charles T.. Thomas spent Thurs.
day with Rev. DR.. Wells al Iexing.
ton. the latter of whom has been hold.
Ing u very successful meeting In that
place.
Mrs. q. w. Ross. ~ Marshall. went
nut Saturday Ia he with Mrs. william
L.awlcss. who II quite sick with pncu-
monia ai her home southeast 81 Mar.
shall.
Rev. &. &. Mckinney IL holding u
prOtracted meeting In the Presbyterian
church nj Malta bend. to continue for
two weeks. lie In being assisted by
Rev. Mr.. Watson.
Wallace Rose. of Harrisburg. Ken
lucky. has returned home after u
weeks visit to his relatives. Mrs. Pal.
mer, Of Grand Pass. and Mrs. l.ueita
Cooper. Of Malta Bend.
Mrs. DR.. Marie NOrriss has re-
suVNVu wv wv W. wv SVVuT = OIIItes
over Misses Mick Il CohenOur's mil
linery store. Take first stairway east
Of NJ. X. Farmers store. 3s.lm
Will Rea and Miss Minnie Murrell.
Charles Chapline and Miss Fannie
kincaid drove to Blackburn. sunday
and spent the day o pleasantly
with Miss Viola Groves.
w. w. Carpenter, Henry Bryant and
Edgar Barnhill spent Friday evening
In Gillian, where they attended a
meeting Of the WOOdmen Lodge, at
which time one member wa initiated.
Mrs. Frank shepherd, Of Colorado
Springs. who has i.en stopping At
Excelsior for some time. arrived here
last week for a visit to her sister, Mrs.
!. n. Sergeant, on East Arrow street.
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-16
Sale will commence Mt one
o'clock p. M.
N. r. TALBOT. MARSHALL, MISSOURI.
Colonel James w. Sparks mtmnsr-

Miss Lula Sergeant has returned To
Lexington. where she II attending Cen.
trail Female College. She II very much
pleased with her surroundings ut Lex.
ington and IL looking better than when
she left.
q. l.. Hutching's the photographer.
meets all competition In price. The
only question for you Ia decide IL.
''whO will make me the hest work."
Gallery northwest corner square. Es-
,ablished isaj. 37tf
Mesdamcs ID. +. BELL, u. w. Me-
Olds and q. y. Hardin returned Sat
urday from Joplin. where they attend
ed u meeting Of the Federation Of
women's Clubs. The ladies report
M enjoyable time.
q. l.. Hutchings the photographer,
resumed business Friday morning,
Oct. 18th, At the same old stand,
northwest corner square. IL will he
remembered that his gallery vas des-
trOyed by fire Sept. 18th. Tu
Rev. d. &, Bolton returned Friday
from the Gretchen neighbOrhOod. where
he held u revival meeting for u week
or more. There were few additions.
hut the members were greatly revived
and the services much enjoyed by both
old and young.
Go up to o. l.. Hutchings' gallery
and see the pictures that u the high
est prize md gold medal at the Pho
%tOgraphers' Association Of Missouri,
assembled In Kansas City, Sept. Goth.
Gallery, Northwest corner square.
Established 1919. SIT
Miss Caltha Campbell. who was one
~ the attendants q. the Wallace
Ryland wedding Wednesday evening.
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-16

left Thursda. for Excelsior Springs
to join her mother, who II spending u
few weeks there for her health. Ley
ing,on In,clligenccr.
We understand there ARE three ap.
p~licants for the position ~ postmaster
At Glasgow: A.. A. Marshall. the
present incumbent: W Chas. Hopper
and II. A. Roberts. Mr.. M~arshalis
present term does lot expire for about
a year. -Glasgow Missourian.
The following county school teachers
were In Saturday Ia have their school
warrants cashed: y. Is. McCOrklc,
ksak Zimmerman, r. a. Hilburn.
Misses jamie Woodson, Julia Red.
man Bertha Roberts. Edith Gorby,
Em0A x0Ontz and Mrs. Mary Slater.
o. l.. Hu,ching's gallery opened Ia
trade m OFT. 18th. has been complete.
~ refurnished. All the photographic
parsphernalia and scenic effects are
Of the latest designs and II II well
worth e time tn go up and look
around. Gallery NV corner square
Established 1875. 3Iu
Miss E.stelle Dawes, after u visit To
the family Of y. w. Dawes and u pleas.
ant reception to the 7. y. Club Thurs
day. left for her home In slater Fri
day. Miss Estell has been president
Of the 7. .. &. since It's organization,
md owing to the fact that she u
attend every meeting since her ~.
day and Miss Martha Itea was male
president Of the club.
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-16

NOVEMBER 10. 1900.

The sale will be held under cover
mt J. w. Robertson H. Co.'s Liv.
cry Barn. Comfortable seats will
be provided. Marshall IL on the
G.. IL A. and Missouri Pacific
railroads. eighty .fOu miles east
of Kansas City.
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-16

The Property of n. X. Talbot. Mt Marshall. Mo-.
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-16
TERMS OF SALE

Six months time will be
given. purchaser giving
satisfactory note, hearing
8 per cent interest. Par.
ties from n distance will
please bring reference to
save trouble.
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-16

Hutchings for fine pho.
tographs. Established
9 Phone ESQ. %
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-16
81 HEAD CHOICELY BRED
SHORT HORNS

of the Young Mary. Rose
Mary. Phyllis. White Rose.
Hilpa Duchess and other
noted families. The pro.
dnce are the get of the sd
Duke of Airirie, Kirklev.
ington Count, (the Bates
bnlD. and other noted sires
:%SSemd for Catalogue
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-07-26

French brethren say, de trop, super
numerary. Any country which is
unable to support its own population
under an administration as enlight-
ened, far-seeing and energetic as that
of the English is too thickly settled.
, population increases in geomet-
rical ratio; the production of food
suprlies,- at least in the Orient, only
in arithmeticaI ratio. Are the toiIing,
sweating farmers of America under
any obligation to oppose, by gifts of
their hard-earned substance, the
working of the inexorable laws of
population and political economy?
''The English Government monop-
oily of opium grinds the faces of the
poor. The hapless ryots who pro-
duce and sell the opium to the gov
ernment for less. than half its value
are as truly slaves as ever were the
negroes of our Southern States. But
it is opium or nothing. They are a
feckless race. With a soil of fabu-
lous fertility, but without the enter
prise and self-hel pfulness of the Chi
nese, they starve ike dumb driven
cattle;;' lie down and breathe out their
inoffensive, helpless lives in the rich
est country on the foOtstoOl. They
have not even force enough to clear
up the jungles and kill off the tigers.
With population four times as
dense to the square mile as the Uni
ted States, they have not rid their
domain of the man-eaters. If they
would yoke up the steers and plow
ten inches deep they would raise corn
enough.
Suppose these HindOOs were per
ishing by the hundred thousand fro m
the bubonic plague. Would it be
the duty of Americans to send physi-
clans and hospital stewards and sup
plies of Haffkine and anti-toxin to in
Oculate India's millions? Who con-
stituted us the sponsors and wet.
nurses of the human race??n
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-07-26
TALLAHASSEE r1OURNS,
,aX-payerS.

Tallahassee is in mourning! Her
sorrow is deeper than it has been for
a long time. And the mourning is
not confined to this city, for Benjamin
Andrews MeginniSs' influence was
bounded only by the limits of his
wide acquaintance, and wherever
that influence always for good) has
been felt there today is mourning.
He was unostentatious, but firm in
his convictions. He never urged his
views upon others, but there was an
irresistible attractive force about the
man that carried conviction to his
fellow men and inspired in them the
utmost confidence. On their death
beds, when casting about for an ab-
sOlutely reliable man in whose hands
to leave the property of their wives
and children, they turned to him
with a wonderful unanimity, and
never was the trust betrayed or
in the slightest abused.
In the mercantile business for
himself years ago he failed. His
sympathetic nature and goodness to
others simply overwhelmed him and
drove his business to the wall, but
every obligation was subsequently
met. In managing the affairs of
others, however, his efforts were
everywhere crowned with success. :
When the Capital City. Bank was
organized he was made cashier.
People had every confidence in him
and it was success from the start,
doubling its capital in a few years.
He held that position until his death.
He was also a member and president
of the City Council for a number of
years, and served in the same capac-
ity on the Board of Public Instruc-
ton until he resigned. He was also
a prominent Odd Fellow, being
Grand Treasurer for the. State organ
ization and Secretary Of the. Grand
Encampment of the same society.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-07-26
CHARITY BEGINS AT HOr1E.

, Under the above caption the
Times Union and Citizen of recent
date contains the following sensible
and fOreeful expressions:
"Really, we are getting a little bit
weary of having those ghastly, starv-
ing Hindoos thrust upon our obser-
vation at every turn, in circulars,
handbills, envelopes. The hapless
wretches are not subject for wit or
merriment, and hairless, indeed,
would he be who could view their
sufferings without concern. But we
protest our inalienable right to sleep
through the night without awaken
ing at midnight to behold those
grinning, fieshless spectors of starva-
ton, in all the attitudes perpetuated
by the remorSeleSs photograph.
"Charity begins at home was not
written in the Bible, but it is one of
the soundest maxims of human con-
duct. There are millions today in
New York, Chicago, the new Eng
land factories, the Pennsylvania
mines, who, though they have food
enough to keep soul and body to-
gether, are dying a far worse death
than that of the Hindoos, a moral
death, in squalOr, ribaldry, vice, deg
radiation unspeakable. They are of
our own Anglo-Saxon race, and have
in them the making of nations if
they were induced to migrate
though many could not be-to found
in the West or South honest, self
sustaining country homes. These
HindoOs have fallen under the NAL
thusian interdict, they are, as our
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-07-26
LOG JAMS.
The Force They Exert and How They
Are Broken Up,

"a log jam is one of the most for
midable problems we have to encOun-
ter in our line of business y said Mis-
sissippi lumberman. ''HOw they begin
is difficult to explain: A few dozen
logs viii DecOme wedged for an instant
in a narrow part of a stream and in
less time than. it takes me to tell it
hundreds of others viii come swOOping
down and pack themselves in an intri-
cate, close knit span,: reaching from
bank to bank, and almost as solid as
a rock. The force they exert is some
thing marvellous. During one jam in
my section saw lot Of logs plunge
under the edge Of the blockade, and a
few seconds later they pushed their
way up through the very middle Of
the pack, tossing timberS as big
around as a mans waist into the air
like so many tOOthpicks. The noise
they made as they drove through the
mass was simply deafenihg. 1t sound
ed as if the solid earth was being torn
UP by its foundations. When the logs
passed under the jam, they were evi-
IDENTIFY caught in such a way as to
still further obstruct the imprisoned
stream and were hurled upward with
all the irresistible energy Of millions of
gallons Of rushing water.
''The breaking of a jam is g very
ticklish operation and. seems to be
largely a matter Of instinct with old
rivermen. The lines and angles Of
strain In such a blockade are so COM
plicated that the best engineer in the
world is apt to go wrong in indicating
the proper point Of attack. A veteran
lumberman, on the contrary, will often
take long look at the mass and then
point out the key log The key log
is the timber on which the strain cen
ters, and when it is blown out or pried
out, the pack, in almost every instance,
will break up Of itself. l had an old
fellow in my employ a few years ago
who could locate a key log nine times
out Of ten. He couldn't read or write,
knew nothing about engineering and
was unable to explain how he arrived
at his conclusions. He said it came
kinder nach'raI'" " - New Orleans
Times Democrat.