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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-27

Small cheer and great welcome make a
merry feast.-"Comedy OF Errors
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-27

The mistletoe hung in the castle hall.
The holly branch silOna on the old oak
wall.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-01

the time it was in Cuba, and those who endured the agony of that ordeal decline to speak of it except in confidence.
 Under the Act of April 26,h, 1898, by which Third Battalion was organized in each reg iment, four new companies were added, and K being already active only in name, and l. and NJ were added to the organization. owingto the war conditions it was impossible to organize these new companies until the return Of the regiment from the Cuban campaign. The present Company l. therefore, now stationed in Skagway, is new company, having with it twelve men who were with the regiment prior to the Spanish American war. This company was or gauized at Ft. Douglas, Utah, in March, 1899; was sent from there to Presidio, San Francisco, thence to Vancouver Bar racks, and from there to the D. K. T. dock near Dyea. where it remaiued.until burned out on the 18th of July last The company is commanded by Captain Henry w. Hovey who has been an officer of the regiment since 1880.
 The First Lieutenant is Isaac C. Jenks who has been with the regiment since 1892. IL has, as an organization, partici- pated in none of the victori;s of the regiment, nor is it entitled in any way to any glory, beyond that which is re- flected by being connected with regi- ment whose record is second to none in the U. $. Army.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-01

yet more or ss.in.their. incipiert stage, enough has been done, to demonstrate the very great value of some of them beyond the contingency of a single doubt.
 At Helm Bay, on the Cleveland Pen insula, the. Gold Standard Mining Com pany has a fiye-stamp mill in operati n, on t, ledge from which something over S2O,OOO was taken in lew months, with no other means of reduction than an old fashioned arastra. AtSmugglers' Cove. not far from Helm Bay, the Keystone Mining Company, a Pennsylvania cor poration, is developing a thlrty-ioOt ledge, frequent assays of the ore from which gives au assured average of more than so to the ton, though 1t would be an immensely profitable mine with a yield of half that amount.
 On Prince of Wales Island number of companies are opening properties of great promise-One, the Copper Queen, in Kasaan Bay; another in ChomOn- deley Sound; another in Skowl Arm; two others in Moira Sound; all with an abundance of capital with which to carry on the work of development. The Copper Mountain property on this is- land. in which one or more Skagway business men arc interested, is believed, and with good reason, to be the richest and largest copper deposit ever discov- cred in any country; while the Kasaan Chief, recently purchased by "a Chicago company, gives almost equal promise of becoming great mine.
 On the north end of Gravina Island, about seven miles northwest of Ketchi- kan, the Hartford Gold X Copper Con- pany is developing an apparently very rich copper bearing ledge; while at the south end of the same island, the Deer Park Company, of Portland, Ore, is sinking and drifting in ledge carrying high values in both gold and copper, with the most encouraging prospects for the development of an immensely profitable mine.
 On Thorne Arm, Revilla Gigedo Is- land, is the Sea Level mine, where sinking and drifting have been in prog ress during the whole of the past year, with the most gratifying results, enough having been realizel from rich pockets encountered to pay the entire cost of carrying on the work of development. The vein or ledge is a phenomenally rich one, and is expected to yielS an average of not less than $40 to the ton, enough work having already been done to demonstrate the strength and dura- bility of the ledge itself. There are other promising properties in this im- mediate neighborhood for the develop ment of which preparations are being made, and the prospects are that Lobe
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-01

which brings neither honor nor glory, only arduous and thank less service, the results of which are seen in the peaceful solution of the Indian troubles for which others claim and receive the credit.
 In 1888 the regiment was ordered to New Mexico and Arizona, and took part in all the various difficulties there. end- ing in the settlement of the Apache troubles. the details of which it would take too long to write. In IS96 the reg iment was ordered to Ft. Douglas, Utah, near Salt Lake City, where ii-se!' .-7.- til the outbreak of the Spanish-Ameri- can war. During the time oi its service iu New Mexico and Arizona, it wa called upon to perform many duties Of many kinds, from chasing horse thieves to protecting railroads, and all of these were performed in manner which re- fected credit upon the orgauiz ition.
 Upon the outbreak of the Spanish American war. the regimen, was ordered to Tampa, Florida, became part of the Pinh Corps, and participated in the bat- ties about Santiago, Cuba, during which 1t los, nearly forty per cent of it's officers and about thirty-eight per cent Of it's men in the first two days of the fight. Afterwards it was ordered 10 Sibouey to guard the yellow fever hospital, but upon arriving there, it was found necessary to nurse the sick instead ol guarding them, and for forty days the regiment vas cut off from all communication with the out. side world. During this time the various nurses from the ranks were stricken with yellow fever, until a large part of the men were suffering from the disease, and the result was that at the end of the Spanish-Americau war, of the five hum dred stalwart, well disciplined, fine spec imens of humanity who went to Cuba, less than two hundred aul fifty were left iu the regiment, the rest having sue cumbed to death or disability. No pen can depict the sufferiugs endured by the officers and men in this regiment during
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-01

City" will next year be one of the live lest mining camps in southeastern Alaska.
 It must not be inferred from what has been written that the properties mentioned are the only ones of known value in the district. Thousands of To- cations have been made, and many of these show even better surface indica- tions than did those now of proved value. Capital has its agents by the dozen abroad in the district, and not a few negotiations are pending which are likely Co result in several large enter prises being inaugurated early next spring. That many new and value ble mines will be opened the coming year is reasonably certain; that some stock jobbing schemes based on properties of little or no merit will be attempted is to be expected. Indeed, one such, hoated in Seattle, has come to grief; and another, which is offering it's shares at seven cents a share, is sure to follow suit.
 It is the hope and prayer of the honest miners and claim ownersof the Ketch- ikan district, that it may be permitted to escape the machinations of the stock jobbing speculator. They have un- bounded faith in the undeveloped wealth of the embryo mines of the dis trict, but cannot be persuaded that companies capitalized way up in the millions lon paper are at all necessary in legitimate mining enterprises.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-01

W%ETCHIKAN. Dec. 26.-.The Ketch- IN ikau mining district embraces all that part Of southeastern Alaska lying south Of the Seth degree of latitude, with the Por;land canal for its eastern and the Pacific Ocean for it's western boundary. lt includes an but the eX' treme northern end of the great Prince of Wales Island, the area Of which is greater than either one of half a dozen eastern states that might be named, the large leland of Revilla Gigedo and many smaller islands. together with all that part of the mainland lying between the Behm and Portland canals.
 Scarcely two years have elapsed since the innumerable leads and ledges of that part Of Alaska embraced within the limits or the Ketchikan district. be- gan to attract and were found to merit the attention of the proSpectOr and miner. Thousands upon thousands of hardy adventurers in search of golden treasure had passed, fguratively speak ing, through the very center of one of it's hidden store houses wholly uncon- scious of the fact, and even yet. hun dreds upon hundreds, lured by the golden promise Co which distance lends enchantment, pass almost within a stones throw Of mines which, though only partially developed. give certain promise of adding untold millions to the wealth Of the nation.
 From Cape Fox to beyond the north- ern boundary of the district, on the mainland and on all the islands, SO far as prospccted, the country seems to be interlaced with mineral lodes and ledgcs. some of them of almost phenom- inal high grade, others low grade but of vast extent and beside which the cele- brated Trcadweu ledge of Douglas ls- land would sink into comparative insig- niicance.
 The development of @ new mining district IS always nee sss1rily slow. Ev- cry prospect however promising, does not constitute a mine: capital must be interested. and capital Is very properly timid and cautious. Conse ,uently, there are as yet no fully developed mines in the Ketchikan district, though as much progress has been achieved m the way of development as could reasonably have been expected. John Treadwell prospeeted and tested the Douglas ls- land ledge for several years before he was able to enlist the capital necessary even to partial development of its vast store of wealth. Within period of two years since the first discovery in the Ketchikan district was brought to the public notice, capital has been en- listed for the development of a dozen or more prospectively valuable proper tics; and though the mines, as such, are
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-01
INVITED STATES HOTEL

The United States hotel owes some Of it's popularity to the convenience of its position. It is but a few steps from the depot, and tho Klondikers' baggage is caught up by brisk runners of the house and landed in the hotel office with nearly as much ease as it uld be put on hotel omnibus. The office of the hotel is always stacked up with travel ing sacks. for it has brisk business with those who travel m the interior.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-01
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SKAGWAY'S TROOPS

THE 24th Infantry was organized in
 k 1869 by the consolidation of the 3Sth and 4Gst regiments Of Infantry and was first commanded by Colonel Ronald $. Mackenzie. who was succeeded by General Abner Doubleday. late Major General of volunteers, who had served in the late war of the Rebellion. He was followed by Brevet Brigadier Gen eral Joseph II. Potter, ultimately Briga- dier General of the regular army; then came Zenus R. Bliss. now retired Ma jor General of the regular army, who was succeeded by J. Ford Kent who re- tired as a Brigadier General of the regu- lar army, and by Henry B. Freeman who now commands the regiment.
 The 24th Infantry served for eleven years in the State of Texas, during which time it was engaged iu the Vic torio Campaign aud in chasing various bands of Indians who pestered the staked plains by their presence. The duties which fell upon this regiment during the eleven years were many and various. and called for high order of discipline and the perfection of endur- ance and patience, since il was required to aid in restoring order to that dis traeted state under conditions calling for patience and perseverance of the highest types.
 In 1880 the regiment was ordered to Indian Territory, where it served until 1888. During this time 1t held in control many tribes of Indians, and the duties that 1t performed were of a character
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-01

teriJr points calls for weekly service, the mail leaving Bennett every Thursday, and the messenger route service 10 the interior Is as follows: Daily service frlm Skag- way to Bennett, except Sundays: bl- weekly service from Bennett to Atlin, leav- ing Bennett Mondays and Thursdays; weekly service from Bennett to Dawson, leaving Bennett every Thursday. Mail leaves Dawson for Skagwav every Tues day. After the first of this year mail will leave Skagway for Panama, Alaska, twice a month.
 During the winter letters and postals only are admitted to the Yukon and Alas kan mails, no packages, even though first class postage be paid thereon.
 Winter dispatches from this postofil'e to Dawson average, per dispatch, six sacks, or an average weight of fftv-three pounds of letters and postals. From Daw- son the mail dispatched averages per dis patch fifteen sacks oi an average weight of 275 pounds.
 During open navigation in summer all kinds of mail are admitted, with a result ant increase, as follows: Average number of sacks fourteen, per dispatch; average weight per dispatch. 37s pounds.
 There Is a weekly service from Skag- way to Juneau. and a daily service from Skagway 10 Dyea. The Nome mail IS dispatched from here the Ist and 18th of each month, via Dawson and Panama to Koltag, an overland route to Eaton post office, which is 2I6 miles west of Nome and thence to Nome twice q month; also twice month to St. Michael. The serv- ice before the Nome excitement was monthly to St. Michael, only.
 The postal revenues of the Skagwav pOstoffiee will average about $6ooo per an nun. which is away above the average of towns of this size ordinarily.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-01
SKAGWAY'S POSTAL FACILITIES
NOVEMBER of last year the postoffice ter IN was removed from the eubby hole of m;

NOVEhBER of last year the postoffice LN was removed from the eu5by hole of place on State street to the large, new building on Fifth avenue, near the citv hall, where it has a floor space of seventy feet by twenty and every facility for the speedy handling of mail matter and enough clerks to give the public good service. This Is great change from the condition of postoffi:e affairs mt the beginning of the year. when the Chamber of Commerce made a statement to the postmaster gen eral showing how entirely inadequate were the postal facilities for the needs of the eitv. Since then the office has been made a presidential one, that is, promoted from a fourth to a third class. There Is an as sstant postmaster, in the person of Mr. M. L. Sherpv, who devotes himself to the registry department, and three clerks. This Is the regular force, but Postmaster Sampson has also discretionary powers to increase the force whenever occasion de- mands lt. It is a pleasure, therefore, to record the postoffiee in so satisfactory condition.
 The money order department of the office has from the beginning been remark able for the amount of business transacted. It equals, fl not exceeds, that of many cities the size of Spokane. Wash. As an illustration of this large business it may be stated that the amount of orders issued for the four months ending March 3Ist last, was in round numbers, s42o,ooo. On August Ist 1t was made an international money order office, and it is now possible for the public to purchase money orders payable at all the leading towns and cities of the civilized world. The volume of this business promises to be large. At present the money order business at this office will average szs,Ooo monthly. which Is above the average of cities of the size of Skagwav all over the United States.
 The registry business of the Skagwav postoffiee Is very large, in fact 1t will ex- ceed that of towns in the states five times the size of Skagwsv. An examination of the books of the office shows that at the present time the number of letters and packages handled by this department will average nearly 4ooo per month. It Is now and has been for the last wear, the ex' change office for all mails bound for the 1 interior and those en route to the states, thus giving 1t large amount of prestige. It is on this account that the department has been liberal In the appropriitio for clerical assistance.
 The steamers plying between Skagwav and Seattle that have contracts for carry ing United States malls, are; City of Seat tie, Rosalle, Dlrigo. City of Topeka, AL KI, and Cottage City. Each of these steamers carries registered mail. except the City of Seattle, which has no contract to do so up to the present time. The only steamers carrying mall to and from Ca T. dian ports are the Danube and Tees, and these do not handle local mails of any de- scriptlon.
 The winter schedule to Dawson and in
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-01
AUTHORITY ON REALTY$

"What Phil Abrahams does not know of skagway real estate is not worth knowing" has been remarked, and justly 80, many time. Mir. Abra- hams was here in the early days, and has ever since then. with the exception of brief visit to Atlin, devoted himself to the business of handling real estate. When the obnoxious tax upon every business in Alaska came into force on July lst, Mir. Abrahams took out H. cense as a dealer in real estate, and his recently enlarged office on Fourth ave- nue near Broadway is the real estate mart of the city. There have been other real estate dealers, but none have devoted themselves to it continuously as has Mir. Abrahams, and this accounts for his superior knowledge of values, titles and everything an invester may desire to be informed upon.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-01
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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-12-18
DEGENERATE LONDON.
DR. Roberts Draws Sad Picture of the
English People


DIR. Dwight j. Roberts of Chicago,
who is pursuing the study of his pro-
fession at the Brompton Chest hospital
in London, expresses the opinion that
the English people are sinking into
physical degeneracy. In company
with an American evangelist he visited
number of public houses in White
chapel and Mile-End. A prominent
public-house keeper. who controls a
dozen or more saloons in the locality
stated that sixty per cent of his re-
ceipts came from women and children.
Nor is the drink habit more general
or destructive in Whitechapel than in
parts of London enjoying ii better rep
utation for responsibility. Its evils
are supplemented by those of the cigar
cite habit, which seems TO be fastening
itself upon all classes of English socie-
ty, male and female. These facts TAX
en- into consideration it is not difficult
to understand why the physical appear
ance of the majority of London's mil
lions is sadly inferior to that Of the
majority of the inhabitants Of American
cities, particularly Chicago and towns
farther west
stroll down Piccadilly or the
Strand at any time will bring one into
contact with n multitude of stunted
men. AT least one-half of them VIII be
found to measure less than five feet
six inches in height One in every ten
Will be seen to possess II malformation
of body or limb. The women met with
will not attain higher average of ply
steal Wilderness. They will be found
ill-shapen and understood, four in ev-
cry five of them exhibiting greater or
less degree of dorsal curvature of the
spine. OF course n certain proportion
of tall people viii be seen. but those do
not compare at all with persons of cor
responding height in America. The lat
ter are conspicuously superior to them
in symmetry, poise and muscular devel-
opment.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-12-18
THE LEGATION SIEGE.
Mr.. Squiers. "a, ex-, avalryman Distin-
guished Himself.


General James ii. Wilson of the army
has written to n friend in Washington
from Peliin as follows:
ANY one who has not been here
and seen the ruin. and desolation pre-
vailing. or examined the evidences of
the conflict which ragged about the le-
cations, can form no correct idea of
what the latter have gone through. 1t
is one of the most notable episodes in
the whole range of history. and the
minister, secretaries and military and
naval officers who took part in the de-
fense are likely to appear more heroic
as time goes on than they do now.
where all did well il is invidious to par
ticulariza, but / cannot withhold word
of praise for Mr.. Squiers, our secretary
of legation, an eX-oflicer of the cavalry,
who showed himself to be man not
only of pluck and courage, but of ex-
cellent military Judgment. He was the
soul of the defense, and as chief of
staff to Sir Claude Macdonald, the
nominal head, had matters practically
in his own hands. Captain Myers of
the marine corps was his most heroic
assistant. The vigilance, constancy
and increasing courage of this officer
are an honor to his rame and profess
sion. 1t is safe to say that without
these two men the chances against the
legation would have been greatly in
creased"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-12-18
800 Reward 800.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu-
tional disease, requires constitutional treat
ment. Hall Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The pro-
prietors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that it fails to cure Send for list of
Testimonials
Address f. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O
Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-12-18
Prosperity for 1901,

Indications point to great prosperity
for the coming year. This is sign of
n healthy nature. The success of n
country, as well as of an Individual.
depends upon health. If you have any
stomach trouble try Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters which cures dyspepsia, in
digestion and biliousness.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-12-18
HEALTH INSUR ANCE.

Ladies or gentlemen are wanted at
every postofiice in the West as agents
to sell health insurance; $500 year
pays $500 a week; $4.00 year pays
$1,000 a week. Steady business and
liberal commissions. Reference the
best on earth-Colorado state insurance
department. Il. w. Iced, general
agent. 317-31S Cooper building, Den
YER, Colo.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-12-18
Canaaa,s IncreasInr Exports.

The exports of butter. cheese, eggs,
bacon, hams, mutton, pork, apples,
oats, peas, wheat, flour and potatoes to
Great Britain from Canada has more
than doubled since 1896.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-12-18

A soldier in the Thirty-fourth infan-
try writes home that he has seen but
three or four snakes in the Philip
pines. But good patrons of the can
teen may have done better.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-12-18

The land agent of the Union Pacific
is called Wantland because that is the
surname of his ancestors, and not be-
cause when you want land you go TO
see him
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-12-18

1t is now claimed that the Chinese dis
covered America 1000 years previous to
the time Columbus spied these shores,
but as the inhabitants at that time had
very little laundry work TO do they drop
ped 1t until more favorable opportunity.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-12-18
The "Chicaro special.-

Via Union Pacific. leaves Denver $3.50 D.
M. arrives Chicago early next evening"
Only one night on the road. A flying pal
ace on wheels. See your local agent or
address E. r. Griffin. General Agent,
Denver.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-12-18
nest for tn. Box.,.

No matter what ails you. headache
to a cancer. you will never get we'll
until your bowels are put right.
CASCARETS help nature, cure you
without a grippe or pain. produce easy
natural movements, cost you Just 10
cents to start getting your health back
CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, the
genuine, put up in metal boxes, every
tablet has c. C. C. stamped on it Be-
ware of limitations.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-12-18
Rothschild "A Turtle Collector

Walter Rothschild of London has n
collection of eighty-four turtles from
all pqrts of the world. Some weighing
over 400 pounds are believed to be
about $50 years old.