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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-02-08
2 Patch u Peace

@ Feb Ga conference be-
iIted representatives Of
State governments held az the
l his city last night as a
bringing about a peaceful
the disturbed political
aaF existing After foIr
preliminary talk. the confer
rned at 2, for one hour
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-29
Theatre Tor SkagWay
Elks Soon to Begin the Erection of Fine
 Opera House and Hall in This City.

&HE Eis have build hall in sksssa, just
 as possible that will furnish the lodge home and V at the same time opera house and general assembly place in the city.
 The plans the building being drawn by architect F. Maxon and the will begin month and probably be completed within weeks after beginning
 The building cost s5OOO. It will stand lot fronting avenue opposite present occupied by the United States troops barracks.
 Exalted says the building will be provided with modern boxes gallery other facilities of good play house and entertainment hall
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-29

business eannot.be conducted on that prln> eIpal without requiring the discount the course might be changed, but for the pres' ent lt will go just as before. A. S. Dau' trick, of the Washington & Alaska Steam ship Company. says that his company will continue to accept Canadian currency In such matters as the sale of ticket. but when 1t comes to the recelptlng of a bill of several hundred dollars. which will call for the remItta to the home office of that amount, which will be subject to the dis count when disposed of by the company on the Sound. the discount will also be asked here.
 However, lt appears. the discount will not rule In small transactions In Skagwav.
 J. N. Tompklns, cashier of the Bank of Alaska. in speaking yesterday of the sltu- atIon said;
 "l have been advised bv the manage ment of the bank to discount all Canadian currency received over our counters.
 "The reason we must exact a discount on Canadian money received Is simple. First, the United States government has said we shall not pay out Canadian cur
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-29

out over their counters within given period. The officers admitted that the affidavlts would be used as a basis for levylng the tax of 10 per cent prescribed by the national banking law on all privats notes placed In circulation. The bankers consulted their attorneys, and about all the comfort they received was the assurance that every firm, person, corporation or association who circulated Canadian money was equally liable to the govern ment for the To per cent.
 lt Is estimated that few months ago about ST ,ooo, 1000 In Canadian currency was In circulation in Whateom county. As every time this circulating medium chang ed hands sIoo,ooo was due the govern ment, the attorneys figure out that What. com county Is entitled to government own, ershlp without the aid of the popullst party.
 The Seattle attorneys tase their opinions on a decision of the United States circuit court of the southern district of Illinois, handed down March I7, 1884, In the case of Holllster vs. Zlon's Cooperative Mer-
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The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-29
Local Banks Will No Longer
 Accept at Face Value.
UNCLE SAM THE CAUSE
Msrohaats wm Probably Not Rs- quire any Acknowledgements lives ofLsadiag Houses Give Their Opinions on the Situation.

The bank of Skagwav, In pursuance with a general ruling of the United States government, will hereafter require dis count on all Canadian currency they accept.
 Just what amount of discount the SkagwaY banks will require Is not decided upon bv them, but the management of both institutions yesterday announced that they would certainly require the discount, and that It would at least be enough to cover the cost of transmlttaI to Vancouver or other Canadian banks of all the Can adIan money received.
 The representatives of the two banks will likely have meeting in day or two and decide upon the discount that will pre- wall here.
 lt appears. however, that the merchants of Skagwav may not require the discount, and that small transactions not reaching the dignity of hundred dollars or more will be made just as heretofore and with out the discount Laramie Mayer, of James Carroll & Co.,. last evening prob ably gave the cue to the attitude the mer- chants will assume when he said that so long as his firm finds that lt can do busl> ness bv accepting Canadian money on transactions, of the ordinary run that they would not accept the discount, but If It should te found after some time that the
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-29
E. S. Busby Obtains Data
 from the Interior.
SCOWS ARE NOW MOVING
Craft Is Already Passing Through White Horse -- From Sellrirk to Hootohikoo tho River l. Open in tho Middle of the Channel.

E. s. Busby, supervising officer of Ci- nadlan customs with headquarters at Skagwav, yeteriay received bv telegraph the following advlces from points indlcat- cd, regarding conditions of the trail and water courses of the Upper Yukon:
 White Horse-The trail oyer the cut-off from here to the end of the track, twenty seven miles. Is fair. The river Is open from Marsh lake to head of LaBarge. The water is quite low for seows In the rapids, but some small ones are going through. The foot trail from here to LaBarge Is not bad. Horses are now and will for some days be used.
 Lower LsBarge-The trail ls all right from Upper LaBsrge to this point on the lakes as yet. The eut-off is all bare, but Is good enough for horses, saddle or walk Ing.
 Taglsh-The trail Is very bad for five miles.
 Selklrk-The river from this point to Hootehlkoo IS open lnthe channel the great CT part of the way. The only way to travel Is to take the Dalton trail about five miles above this point. The river can be crossed at that point but 1t Is becoming unsafe save for footmen. The trail down the river from this point Is becoming un. safe.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-29

Music furnished for balls and parties good orchestra. Apply, SkaRway Sehoo of Music. 4Iu
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-29
Warehouse Roof Perforated
 and Floor Pierced.
ONE ROCK IS A GIANT
Hole Made Large Enough for Wsg- on to Drop Through--Snall Mis- slss Strike Through Shinglss and Loosen 0utsids Boards.

Moore's wharf was bombaided last eve. hing. and one of the warehouses perforated with rocks and boulders. The rocks fell from the high overhanglng cliffs back of the wharf.
 Without the slightest forewamlng, down came the great missiles, laundering, rumb- ling and crashing like the artillery of the British bombardIng the Boers.
 One mighty boulder struck the roof of the warehouse, crashed through as though It had encountered an egg shell. and then struck pile of hard. compact baled hay. The hay effected nothing In stopping the career of the wild missel It plowed through the bales, smashing and scattering them as though they were china dishes, and fell with a mighty splash in the sea water beneath the wharf. In the ware house roof and the wharf were holes large enough to drop hotel buss through. Accompanying the star boulder were many smaller ones, and they struck the warehouse on the slart toward the bluff with a force that brooked no hesitation. On they plunged like leaden missels, and struck with such Impact against the boards that several of them were loosened. One of the boulders, weighing about 400 pounds, remained on the floor inside of the warehouse.
 Fragments of bout iers or smaller rocks were scattered about the warehouse.
 Across the railroad track were two small trees, and on the tracks boulder of ugly appearance, but they had done no damage.
 The warehouse struck Is the one on the south end of the wharf
 No one was on the wharf at the time but the night watehman. and he escaped without scratch.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-29

rencv over our counters or In anyway to anyone Therefore we must get rid of all Canadian currency we receive, and to cover the expense of sending to Victoria or elsewhere on the British side we shall have to require discount so as to save ourselves from loss. We have not decided just what our discount will be. but It will be no more than necessary to cover cost of transmittal.
 "lt Is somewhat annoying right here where so much Canadian currency Is In circulation 10 have to require discount. and am sorrv that the discounts have be- come necessary.
 A. Scott, agent In charge of the Skag- way house of the Canadian Bank of Com merce, says:
 we shall have discount here In Skagwav on the Canadian currency we receive, but lt Is not our desire to make lt more than enough to cover the cost of lransmItal to our house In Vancouver. l shall confer with the other bank of Sksg way on the matter. 1 should think, how ever. that the amount that Is charged cn the Sound will probably prevail with us here, that Is per cent.
 "We do not like this matter of having to discount. but the American government forces the case. lt works hardship on the people of Alaska just like much other American legislation. Some of the con gressmen seem to think that what Is good for Boston Is good for alaska.
 "The American people along the bound- arv between Canada and the United States prefer the Canadian currency. In the last presidential campaign the banks of Detroit were full of Canadian currency, for they knew 1t was redeemable In gold. You will see the Canadian banks begin to buy American gold at the next presiden- tlal campaign.
 A special dispatch to the Seattle Post lntelIlgencer under date of April r6 from New Whateom, says: Local attorneys have discovered that the United States government can collect pretty large taxes In Whateom county fl It so chooses. and the opinion of the attorney general on the taxing of Canadian bank notes Is sustained by the courts.
 Three special agents of the treasury de- partment were in Whateom Friday and called on the bankers for affidsvlts stating how much Canadian currency had passed
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-29

Parker & Aggers commission house on Fourth avenue between State ard Main al ways have fresh fruit and vegetables.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-29
PAINT

properly handle paints oils the Northern Company will close this line the following low prices
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-29
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. t2ou
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-29

Price of baths cut to as cents. The Principal, opposite U. s. Barracks 2SIm
 Muslrat caps, Ivnx caps, wombat caps, leather top, cloth top, silk lined, quilt lined, storm proof lnterllned with extra piece for nasal eminence, at Clayson & Co.'s. Fourth avenue and State st. I2 2I.tf
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-29
Man Dies at Bennett.

Frank Llttlejohn, of Olympia, Wash, died at Bennett yesterday of pneumonia, and the remains have been brought to Sksgwsv. Llttlejohn was employed by the Pacific Contract Company.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-04-29

Gents fur mltts at clsyson's, Fourth avenue and State street. I27Itf
 Occidental barber shop. Baths as cents. 224 m
 A. A. Cutters boots, gold seal bottom and leather top, at ClavSon's. I72I tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-29
COLD TO ORDER.
Some Ways of Producing Artiaeial Low

Sc Ways of Producing Artiaeiat Low
 Temperatures.
 In the line of refrigeration on the rail. tie newest and cleverest inYen- tion is a eae that by the motion of it's own wheel. congresses ammonia gas to a liquid, which. in expanding again through pipes, produces the cold re- quired to preserve the perishable prod nets transported in the vehicle. What the neWly=diseovered liquid air may accomplish in the branch of enterprise here discussed, no man can say, though astonishing things are predict ed for it, but already cold fn this in- tenseIy concentrated form is on the market and may be bought by the gal lon Very possibly, ir the near future carts may go from door to door in cities with cans of cold-i. e., liquid air put up in suitable tins-depositing full receptaeles each morning for the days supply, and taking away the "empties." A little of the stuff in the family refrigerator will keep the pro- visions sweet, while what remains may be utilized for cooling the air of the house. a spoonful being deposited here and there in a s1ueer. An inventor has recently devised a scheme for sprink- ling a town with the help of balloons, which earry=up Into the air long hose- pipes connected with fre-plugs on the ground. This is for the purpose of engendering coolness; and the same object is sought, by another genius, who proposes to erect in various parts If the city very tall skeleton towers, to the tops If which large bombs filed with earbonic acid, will be run up for explosion by an electric spark. Of course. the carbonic acid, expanding in the form of vapor, will chill the surrounding atmosphere, thus giving relief to the heat-oppressed community below. An idea that is even now used in many factories to cool the air in the buildings is to throw a spray Of cold water into room until the air is supefsaturated, and then to force the air thus cooled through the outer rooms.-Boston Transcript.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-29
ANOTHER MEAN MAN.,
Bachelor Who Gets Sewing Machine
 Agents to Do MendIne.


 He's the meanest man that I ever had anything to do with" said the sewing agent. T received note from him the other day saying that he desired to view one of our matehless machines with the view of purchasing it, if found to be satisfac- tory. In these piping days of compe- tition it is novelty for a sewing machine agent to be invited to call and show goods, and when I had re- covered from my surprise I promptly loaded a machine in my cart and start ed for the address the man had given. An old man Tt re at the door and invited me te .li the machine in- side so he ( la .a5re closely examine it. I did so, ing the machine up in the sitting-reosa, and calling his at- tentien to it's fife points. He was an attentive listener, and 1 talked with the confidence of a man who consid cred a sale certain. Finally, having exhausted all my arguments. he asked to see a practical test of the capabili- ties of the machine. I agreed, and asked him to bring me something upon which to work. He left the room, re- turning few minutes later, his arms filed with damaged linen. sat down at the machine and showed how easily rents and tears could be mended, mak- ing the garment as good as new and saving in a short time the price of the machine. The man seemed very much interested and kept handing me gars ment after garment that needed atten- ton. I worked for two solid hours mending the old mans garments, and at last, having nothing else that need ed attention, he commenced to find fault with the machine Finally he told me that he guessed he wouldn't buy q machine right away. I was so mad that didn't dare trust myself to speak, and I was glad afterTard that I didn't, for when learned the whole truth I realized my total inabil- ity to do the subject justice. That miserable old sinner, who happens to be a bachelor, had brought me up there merely to do his mending, and had no idea of buying machine. He has worked the same game on other agents. ."-New York Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-29
WITH SILVER DOLLAR AND TAeK

How Circus Bill Was Made to Hang Suspended from 3 Ceiling,
 "0fz course we used to put up small bills wherever they'd catch the eye,9 |said bill poster who traveIed with a |eireus making one-day stands, "and one thing we used to do that always pleased folks was to hang bill from ceiling. You had to have wooden |ceiling, to start with, and then all you wanted, besides the bills, was tack land silver dollar. It took practice to do it, bd0 when you'd got the knaek it was very simple and easy. You attached two bills together, one at the foot of the other so that it would hang down when the first one was attached to the |eeiling. Then you folded the bills up, with a tack thrust point upward through the top of the bill, with sil- yer dollar under it, uE against the head land between it and the other folds of paper under it. Then, sometime when |fhe room was full of peopie-this might be a hotel office or perhaps a barroom-you tossed the bills up, and there was weight enough in the dollar |to drive the tack into the ceiling far enough to hold. Then the weighss of |the paper itself and of the dollar would |open the bills out, and the coin would |drop and you catch it as it fell. Ibe bills would be seen, fastened up there |somehow, most of the people wouldn't know how, and opening out with the lower bill hanging so you could read it. This was not the greatest thing in bill posting ever was, but, as I said before, 1t always pleased folks. ;
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-29
Tanel,t III. Do 2 to paee.

Minneapolis Journa.: M B. Scott, ] veterinary surgeon of Fariba1lt, s. D. has a novelty in the shape of q wonder ful pacing dog. So far as is known, this is the only instance on record Of a pacing dog, though trotting dog is not unheard of, and man named liar " Ketcham, Canadian, once owned trotter whom he called Doe. This dog, which was pointer, he exhibited at race-tracks and fairs all over the country He was said to have made $10,000 out of the animal. Dr. Scott's dog will raza against either a horse or 2 bicycle, and seems to enjoy It. though he evidently regards it as a Tery serl- ous matter. Gypsy, as the doctor calls him, can make very good time, and Dr. Scott has speeded nm from a standing start to make quarter of mile in forty-fye seconds, and the first eighth in twenty seconds. When he was teaching him to pace, Dr. Scott put small string hobbies on him in order to prevent him from breaking. Gypsy paced little before the doctor bought him, though so little as to be of no consequence; but his new master thought he saw possibilities of the dog doing better. and began a course of careful and systematic training, until he obtained the present result. The dog is a pure blooded St. Bernard and weighs 40 pounds, is three feet high, measures six feet from the tip of his Bushy tail to the end of his handsome nose and is about years old. He races alone, without a driver. and, be- sides being a very fine animal. Is 8 real curiosity.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-29
Killed 256 Kattiesnakes.

The Omaha Bee publishes the fol- lowing MT. Berry and Miss Caldwell, |of Sioux Iity, his niece, were strolling along the river bottom east of the house, through a beautiful natural
 grove, when all at once they discovered by the warning whirr of hundreds of horny tails that they were in the midst of a congress of rattlesnakes, that seemed to be in session as a com |mittee of the whole for executive busi- hess MT. Berry happened to have a .pade in his hand and with it laid |about him vigorously right and left. Miss Caldwell assisted with a club. When the battle was over they counted
 e56 dead rattlesnakes and half as many blue racers. A great many of the |Bnakes had as high as II rattles. They were an extraordinary vicious lot, and instead of attempting to escape came |Bavagely at the intruders and fought |loggedly until the last one was ex- terminated. The rattles, which will |ill an ordinary cigar box, they cut off |and prize very highly as mementos of
 n exceedingly perilous position.
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PHOTOGRAPHS AS PROOFS.
They Are About as Conclusive as Figures
 That Never LIe...


 Speaking of freak photographs, :" said an old newspaper man, reminds me of a singular little incident. About three years ago, if you remember, a story went the rounds of the papers that flying machine had been seen maneuvering in the air at number of different places in the middle west Some of the reports seemed to be we'll authenticated, and it was certainly strange that the same yarn should come from so many widely separated points. One day while the thing was being generally talked about. a certain Dig journal received photograph from town in Nebraska showing an enor- nous cigar-shaped machine caught, in the top of huge oak tree. According 10 the story that accompanied the pie ture the aerial navigators had at tempted to land and fell foul of the oak. There was no doubt as to the genuineness of the tree in the photo, and 1t was at first thought that the machine had been painted in,' which is an old trick with pictorial fakers. When an expert was called in, how ever, he declared positively that the picture had not been doctored, and on the strength of his opinion a reprodue- ton was printed. How the trick was done afterward leaked out It seems the photographer first took a separate picture of small pasteboard model of flying machine, which was only about foot long. One of the beauties about photography is that you can make everything the same size, and the photo of the model was as big as the photo of the tree. The model was then cut out of the picture with pair of scissors and pasted on top of the branches of the oak, and new photo- graph was taken of the combination. It was the most deceptiYe-looking job l ever laid my eyes on. New Orleans Times-Demoerat,
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If you have House for Rent, or have any thiug for Sale advertise it in this Column.
 Rates 3 lines. one week. 9 cents. CASH IN ADVANCE.
 If charged, will be charged at the regular local rate of cents a line each insertion.
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Iron Mountain Rates.

 Arkansas Bar Association, Fort smith, Ark May 29 to 31. Iron Mountain will sell tickets at one fare. returning at one fare n the certificate plan, certificates limited to June f.
 Conference of Women's Missionary soeie- x Of Arkansas: Bardanelle, hfk. May Is to sz me Iron Mountain Route will sell tick cts at ona and one-thiHd fare for the round trip on the certificate plan from Russellville. Certificates limited b May D.
 Arkansas State Holiness Convention, Little Rock, \ pril 24 tn May 10 The Iron Noun tain route will sell tickets at one and and one-third fare for the round rip on Una cef- tifieate plan Limit of certificates May IL.
 The St. !. L Ms& S Ky will sell tickets to Detroit, Mich. and reta Il for one fare plus s.l Tickets on sale May Fl and ., with final limit for return on May 50.
 < Little Rock District Epworth League gaRFen4 |, JudsQnia. Ark May 9 to 27s Iron Mountain will sell tickets at one fare. return at ane-third fare, on the certificate plan certificates limited to May 30
 The st.L. !. NJ. x s Ky Co will make the following summer tourists rates. Mt Neb0 Ark" SGa0; Seafey Springs, a3 1D; RaSenden springs. f4.775.Z Sale of tickets will commence to At. Neb0 ,,nd Sedrcy May l5 and To Ray enden Jnhe l, and will be discontinued 0et. l. sept. l5. and sept 30 resp, All tickets 10 bear final limit of Oct. 3f
 The St L. M &S Ky Co, will sell tickets from Pine Bluff to Hot Springs at one fare for the round trip. S3.69. Tickets on sale May to Il ihclu i've. and to be final limit of l5 days from date of sale.
 The St | I NJ < s Ky Co will sell tickets to St. Louis May 15. Is. F and 22 for one fare plus 82; ;W tSf3.61 for the round trip. Tickets limited for resuin pas sage te June ?. The above IS for account annual meeting General Assembly Presbyterian church.
 The St. [, I NJ X Ky Go. will sell tickets from Pine Bluff to Hot Springs for one fare for the round trip on May F. B, Ii and f5 with final limit for return May 19 account Qf annual convention of Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of Arkansas.
 Annual Meeting Confederate Veterans Louisville; Ky, May 30 to June B. For this occasion the St l., NJ < $ Ky will sell tickets from Pine Bluff at rate of S1f70 for the round trip. Tickets on sale May 27, 2s and 29, with hnal limit for return June 6 1900,
 Annual Meeting Southern Baptist aad Auxiliary Convention, Hot Springs, Ark. May 10 F, 1q09, For the above named oe- vasion the st L NJ S s Ky will sell tickets from Pine Bluff to Hot sprir gs and return for one fare for the round tfiB. Tickets OH sale May7 to II inclusive. Limited for return f5 days from date of sale,