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frances to the hall. mere keyho!es into the
vast amphitheater, and through these tiny
holes the populace flowed increasingly.
gradually spreading over and blotting out
the great Waste of implanted pine chairs.
AS on yesterday, the delegates were slow
in arriving. But the distinguished guests
We're on hand somewhat earlier. Ex-Post-
master General Gary and the Rev. Edgar
NJ. Levy, the chaplain who prayed at the
first convention of the party half a century
ago. were conspicuous on the stage. and in
prominent seats overlooking the delegates
pit sat .Adjutant General Corbin and Cen
eral Bates. The vases at the corners OF
the stage today contained flaming punches
of crimson ramblers, and the chair
mans desk was a fresh bouquet of roses
and mignonette
The long session ahead. with perhaps a
tedious protracted contest over the report
of the committee on credentials, held no
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HANNA TURNS TO ROOSEVELT.
Satisfied That a Majority of the Dele.
gates Want Him.


gates Want Him.
By Associi ted Press.
PHILADELPHIA, June 2O.-The friends
of the President, under the leadership of
Senator Hanna, this afternoon are serious
ly contemplating taking up Governor
Roosevelt, and thus not only making his
nomination probably unanimous. but TAX
ing to themselves the credit of the nomina-
ton.
They say that the action Of New York
under Senator Platt's guidance in decid-
ing to nominate Mr.. Woodruff leaves the
door open for this course. and that IT, in
view Of this circumstance. Roosevelt is
named, there can be no doubt that they
will get the credit for the nomination.
The President has refused to take po-
sition in the matter. His friends assert
that any man he would name could be
nominated.
When Gov. Roosevelt was told that Mr..
Hanna had intimated that the western and
southern vote was strongly for Roosevelt
ming the tide he said: Il have done
everything 1 can to stop it. I cannot do
more. l have won my own states support
in my fight and l am proud OF 1t. If Mr..
ton is overwhelming why don't he say so
to me? Why don't he announce his de-
cision and not stay In a neutral position.
I have not heard from him since he an
nounced to me that he was against my
Mr.. Odell said, when asked as to what
action new York would take II Roosevelt's
name was presented: I'VE are for Wood
ruff. but 1 think Roosevelt can be nomi-
mated without New York's vote"
Senator P.att. who occupied hds seat In
the convention, declined to say anything
on the subject.
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.io't .PRfsonai Mention.

=, Neutrality-suspicious. booked for passage on
the Cunard liner Servia sailing next Satur-
day aren1AisAdMary Durham. Miss Lizzie
Wilson .snd,-Mr.. Frank w. Garden. They
will spend several months touring Europe,
and will visit Paris before returning.
Mr. H ]. Staley Of this city has been ap-
pointed assistant sergeant-at-arms Of the
democratic national convention. He re-
ceived his credentials today.
Col. Weston Flint Of the public library
left the city yesterday to attend the COM
mencements at Alfred University and Union
College, New York.
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Committee on Credentials Unani-
mOusly Vote to Seat Them.

Committee Credentials Unanf-
mOusly Vote to Seat Them.
Special From a STAFF Correspondent.
CONVENTION HALL. PHILADEL-
THIA, Pa. June 23.-At o'clock this
morning. after being In continuous session
since O'Clock last night, the committee
on credentials took UP the District of Co
1umbia contest. BY a unanimous vote the
committee decided in favor of Jones and
Chase. This decision Will be ratified by
the convention. and Jones and Chase will
retain their seats.
The District case was the last one on the
docket, and was reached as the morning
sun came streaming through the upper
windows of the Walton, and when the
committee was thoroughly tired from their
al1-night session. Mr. Brownlow of Ten
ncSSee reported that the credentials of
Jones and Chase were regular and that
there was no need of hearing.
Rev. DR.. Lee. one of the contestants. and
sergeant Mckay. who acted as counsel
demanded a hearing We'll. lets give them
three minutes" said Chairman Payne
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Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, June 2O.-Flour firm. unchanged:
receipts, 2s.sls barrels: exports, 679l barrels.
Wheat strong and higher: spot and the month, SPY
red 771sa77A receipts. Il, sol bushels; southern
strong; mixed. spot and the month, 46a46ls; July,
46a46A: August. 46Aa461a: September il. 46hat6E
exports, 77148 bushels: southern white corn. 47lsa
4st; do. yellow, 475saas g., Oats firm: No white,
by 50; No. western, 90; stock, A.6ss bushels.
Hay steady; No. / Timothy, ST. Grain freights
firm. unchanged. Butter steady. unchanged. Eggs
firm, unchanged
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THE CONVENTION IN DETAIL.

scenes, Incidents and Regular Work
of the Big Meeting.
BY Associated Press.
CONVENTION HALL. PHILADELPHIA.
June 2O.-It was almost IL o'clock when
tho advance guard of the great army Of
visitors crossed the schuylkill and besieged
the doors of the Convention Hall. The re-
nomination of President Mckinley was to
be the event of the day. and every road led
toward the Export Exposition building In
street cars. carriages and afoot the people
streamed thither. There are thirty en-
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Reporting upon an inquiry Of Mr.. August
Peterson as to the placing of telephone
poles in the alley adjacent to Chaplin street.
the electrical engineer Of the District, Mr.
W. C. Allen. informs the Commissioners
that the present location of the poles ia the
best under the circumstances to be had. and
that they should remain where they are
until the telephone company Is authorized
by Congress to carry out its desire to place
the wires under ground.
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Salary Increaaed.

Upon the recommendation Of Mr.. John r.
Sutton, the harbormaster. the Commission
ers have increased the monthly salary OF
James L. BaIlinger. deck hand. from $50 to
$35, to take effect July 1.
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Senator Plat Leave. for Home.

By Associated Press.
CONVENTION, HALL, June Ex-senator
Platt left for New York early this after
noon He made a remark before leaving
that he did not care who was nominated
for Vice President.
Senator PIatt will not return, and will
not taken any further part in the conven-
ton, because of his impaired health.
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the delegates with his eloqusnce. and thAy
cheered which he conclu1sd with the state
ment that he~presenr<d the gavel as
pledge of the coiiten0ed devotion OF Ken
lucky to the principles of republicanisxn
and hostage that the state would this
fall give its electoral vote to Mckinley and
Roosevelt.
L. E. Olsen of Minnesota presented a
table which had been used at the republican
national convention at Minneapolis and ST
Louis. Senator Lodge received each Of
these presentations with a graceful speech.
The Convention AdjOurns.
CONVENTION HALL, June 20, 3:13 p.r a.
The convention adjourned at 3:13 pm. I'M
til 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
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terrors for the assembling thousands. The
delightfully."- cool and bracing weather were
an assurance against discomfort. Shortly
after II O'Clock the big municipal band of
Philadelphia took it's place in the gallery
opposite the stage and a few minutes later
the strains of one of Sousa's stirring
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-20
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
New York Stock Market.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co. bankers
and brokers. 1919 F St, members New York
stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. La
denburg, Thalmann & Co., New York,
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Slap at the Trusts.
We recognize the necessity and propricty
of the honest cooperation of capital to
meet new business conditions. and es-
pecially to extend our rapidly Increasing
foreign trade, but we condemn all con-
spiracies and combinations intended to re-
strict business. to create monopolies, to
limit production. or to control prices. and
favor such legislation as will effectively re-
and promote competition and secure the
rights of producers, laborers and all who
are engaged In industry and commerce.
Protective Policy Indorsed.
We renew our faith in the policy of pro-
lection to American labor. In that policy
our Industries have been established. diver
SIZED and maintained. By protecting the
home market competition has been stimu-
lated and production cheapened. Opportu-
nifty to the inventive genius Of our people
has been secured and wages in every de-
partment of labor maintained at high rates,
higher now than ever before, and always
distinguishing our working people in their
better conditions Of life from those Of any
competing country.
Enjoying the blessings of the American
common school. secure in the right of self
government and protected in the occupancy
of their own markets. their constantly In
creasing knowledge and skill have enabled
them finally to enter the markets of the
world. We favor the associated policy Of
reciprocity so directed as to open our
markets on favorable terms for what we do
not ourselves produce in return for free
foreign markets.
To Restrict Immigration.
In the further interests Of American
workmen we favor more effective restric-
ton of the immigration of cheap labor from
foreign lands. the extensions of opportunities
of education for working children, the rails
ing of the age limit for child labor, the pro-
lection of free labor As against contract
Douglas Island news., 1900-08-22
The NOrthIand
The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed.
Information for Everybody

The government last year collected in taxes from Alaska, S1,l90.282, of which amount S264,l ,l5O was returned in the way of appropriations. This shows a balance of S927, ,15O extorted from this alien district, presumably for the sup port of political pot hunters and cam paign committees.
 L. P. Wright, Collector at Nome says, "It is surprising what Nome has been doing, she has received more freight than all other towns in Alaska combined. 67 steamers and 46 sailing vessels have arrived here since May 2l; we have a record, taken from our pas senger lists, of E, ,437 who have arrived, and there are many we missed, mak- | ing, we estimate, 16,OOO to 17,OOO people, Some single vessels have landed 19,- GOO to 26,OOO tons of freight at a trip.
 Tom Cavanaugh, who has just re- turned to Dawson from Panama, re ports the trail dry and easy to travel afoot the entire 100 miles of it, but will not take in supplies until snow flies, when it will be easier work. An ounce of gold day is wages on Faith and Homestake. Three ounces to the show 1 eI were frequently taken out on Faith, and on Homestake an average of S22 to the shovel. He had seen nuggets worth SI.25, and knew men who had gotten g to the pan. The ferryman at Birch estimated there were 1900 people in the district.
 Late reports from the Engineer mines on Taku Arm are very encouraging. During the past week the miners driv- ing the prospecting tunnel have struck veritable ribbons of free gold between the vein itself and the walls. This was i exactly as an old Colorado miner had predicted to Mir. Rund, the company's engineer, several days before the strike. The formation is very similar to that frequently met with in Colorado and it was on that ground the miner based his prediction. Several sacks of ore have been shipped from the mine and a practical test will be made.
 A story comes from Vancouver, B. C.. that the members of the Charleston party, engaged in stringing the all Ga nadian telegraph wires to Dawson, re, turned to Vancouver Aug. 14th from sections of the Klondike country where it was thought that the foot of white men had never trod before. Near Pike river, in a dense forest, they found the skeletons of P horses in a clearing Farther on there was complete saw mill and several houses. In the cabins there were no human beings, but all were stocked with provisions and be- sides there were lying around overalls grindstones and axes. The outfit was found forty miles off an old Indian trail. 1t is thought they were frozen tc death. The trail goes up Pike river tc Indian Mission and then down Taku river to Juneau.
Douglas Island news., 1900-08-22

had come from St. Louis, and Al King, an old prospector who had knocked about Alaska since 1894, he went to Yakutat, where King claimed to know of good beach diggings. The party went north in the schooner Alice and found nothing to pay on the beach, where the gold diggings were supposed to be. The following spring the party broke up, King and Murdock taking a supply of provisions and going back into the foothills towards Mount St. Elias. Hubbard went to the Cooks In let country, but later returned to Yak utat, took a schooner this spring and went to Unalaska and from there took the Cleveland for Nome. He left word with storekeeper at Yakutat to inform King and Murdock where he had gone, and just previous to his leaving for this city from Nome on the Oregon re- ceived a letter with the following details of the discovery, which he showed to Seattle Times reporter: "We prospect ed several likely looking places during the fall of 1898, but found nothing. We got short of grub, went back, got a new supply and started out again. One day, when we had got about coco feet above sea level, we ran across q canyon which formerly had been riv- CT bed. It looked pretty good so we determined to try it. There was no water and we were compelled to carry some of the sand to a stream several miles away to wash it out. 1t turned out to be a pretty good prospect. So one day we made trip out over the head of the canyon which was blocked with ice about 100 feet thick. saw place at one side which looked like a clearing and we made for it. We were surprised to find an old rusty kettle and on rubbing it little found tito be of copper. The workmanship was somewhat crude, but it was of practical service. On one side of the clear ing we found an excavation something like a quarry and along one side ran several well defined veins of copper al most pure. It was evident that some early race had made use of the discov- cry, as shown by the crude copper arti- cles scattered about. We both made locations and intend to develop them if possible, but it will take lots of mon ey, being so inaccessible. believe we will make enough money out of the canyon diggings, however, to do 1t. There is no fabulous sum there, but we are clearing S1OO day, by packing the sand to the water and washing it out there. In Murdock's letter there are several other interesting statements about the country, but nothing else about the discovery of the copper mines and the fact that they were worked by race of people hundreds of years ago. Hubbard, who is on his way back to California says he will give the letter to Stanford University for investigation in the interests of sci entists. It is altogether likely that an expedition will be sent up to the place if word can be gotten to King and Murdock.
Douglas Island news., 1900-08-22

A party of thlrCy-Sl% prOSpecLOFS re- gently arrived in Dawson from Koyu
 kuk. E. c. Leonard acted as spOkes- man and said, i've found considerable prospecting being done but no pay streak worth speaking of yet discover ed, the gravel averaging not over five cents to the pan. At the mouth of Myrtle creek, which flows into Slate, is located the new town of Colfort City, with population of 300 people. On Myrtle creek seven claims are being worked, employing fifty miners, and five of these claims are producing from S2O to $40 per day to the man. Wages are S15 per day on this. creek. On the south fork of the Koyukuk, forty miles from CoIfort, Gold Bar creek comes in, and on this stream the best pay so far found has been discoverd but it is not over three miles long and was all staked when we got there.
 R. w. Jennings, of Skagway, who has just returned from Jack Wade creek and the Forty Mile creek, says the the Alaskan, is very enthusiastic over the future of that country. He says Jack Wade creek is very rich but the output will not be very large because so many of the claims are tied up by litigation. He believes thereu be big trade on the lower river next year. On Iy about 10 claims, says MT. Jennings, are being worked extensively. Of these perhaps the richest are those of Han sen & Remnant, of Skagway, who will take out a fortune this year The For ty Mile district is rich and will furnish good fields for trade in the future. There are 400 miners in the district but there will be many more next year. Eagle City seems to be thriving city. There will probably be great develop ments on the lower Yukon during the next few years. There will be lots of people there to be clothed and fed, which means big trade for somebody.
 James Boyd Nesbit, a special cores pondent of the Tacoma Ledger, writes to his paper from Dawson and says: "And, truth to tell, there are many worse camps in Alaska tban the Tana- na. It's pay streak is comparatively low grade, averaging probably S25 per day to the man on the four richest creeks. Against this must be figured the relatively high cost of living, flour and beans costing S1.5O per pound, ba- con and other supplies in like propor- tion. But the district is so large that under ordinary conditions it must of necessity become a great producer of gold. The pay streak seems inexhaust- ible, and it will last for some years yet, while the excessive cost of freighting must in time become greatly reduced, and then the Panama will become a great camp. In the eyes of mining men it will always have the merit of being high priced camp and never becoming cheap one like Nome, for to the miner high priced camp is always good one. At the present time Il creeks are prospected sufficiently to show. good pay streaks. They are Faith, Hope, Charity, Homestake, McManus, Nome, Sour Dough, Deep, Pool, Skookum, and Preacher. About 400 men are now in the district, and more are going daily, but there is said to be plenty of ground for all yet. The benches are showing a white channel, similar to that of Bo- nanZa creek in the Klondike and nu- merous claims have been staked on each limit of the creeks.
Douglas Island news., 1900-08-22

The Juneau Chamber of Commerce is agitating the building of telegraph line from that city to Atlin, BIG. to connect with the one now in course of construction from that point to Daw- son. The distance is only a little over 100 miles.
Douglas Island news., 1900-08-22

'SJraUBG JDluSS uO udDpSu 10 aI OiN but very truthful saying as is clearly shown by the following story of haz- ardous trip down the Yukon last fall: Humboldt Gates and party of seven men were taking some machinery down the Yukon in a scow and were guiding it by means of long oars or sweeps. "The pilot" said Gates in relating the story in Seattle the other day, "told us that the sweeps were not strong enough and tried to persuade us to get some stronger ones but we thought we knew better and made the pilot go ahead" The boat had not proceeded far when one of the men gave the weak CT sweep too strong a pull and broke 1t off short. The boat then swung around and before we could stop it with the other oar, crashed into a crag and wrecked it completely, throwing the men out into the swift running water. Gates and another man were under the boat and only saved themselves by diving down deeper into the stream and out under the side. All the other men were above water and having grabbed wreckage were going down the stream at terrible rate, when the scOw came to the surface upside down. Gates and another man climbed onto the boat half frozen. Gates, however, saw rope come up among the other wreckage and caught it up and threw it over the head of one of the men who was floating by, but the man was too nearly frozen to catch it and Gates hand froze also so that he was unable to throw it again. The man floated on down stream until one of the men named Hudson swan up to him and gave the man, Robinson, by name, piece of wrcckage, swim ming to another piece himself. The walls were too steep to climb out here so the men went down for over mile before they could get a landing. All the men except the unfortunate Robin son got out just above the White Horse rapids. Robinson, being carried thro', had the life hammered out of him by the numerous whirlpools and rocks. He was found floating below clinging with hands frozen in death to the piece of wreckage which Hudson had given him above the rapids. The men were picked up all along the river bank and beyond frozen hands and feet the other men were not hurt. Said Gates, "it was one of the most wonderful things ev- CT heard of. Knocked out of boat in- to one of the swiftest and coldest riv- CTS in the world, the men diving under eddies, missed great towering crags, and carried down stream for over mile and only one man missing"
 Evidences of a prehistoric race have been found in Alaska. Two prospec- tors while in the foothills of Mount St. Elias, the tallest peak on the continent, ] found copper mlne Whlch nad oeeh worked ages before by some people, presumably early Russians, possibly natives, who had inhabited that dis trict. Numerous articles of practical use, such as spear heads, cooking uten- sils, tools, etc., were picked up. The story is told by Edward Hubbard of Humboldt county, Cal, who arrived back from Nome on the Oregon. Hib- bard first met the two men, whose statements he vouches for, at Juneau during the rush of 1897. In company with the men, William Murdock, a young fellow about 28 years of age, who
Douglas Island news., 1900-08-22
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
CATHOLIC CHURCH; Mass with Sermon lOiU0 A. M' Rosary. Lecture and Benediction 7;OO P; M.
 Priest, Rev. Father P. c. Bougis' S' d.

Priest, Rev. Father r. C. BouSlS' .. d' CONGREGATIONALC CHURCH-Rey Il. Ham mond Cole, pastor, Regular services every Sunday in the morning at lO:O o'clock, ahG in the evening at 7:45 o'clock. sunday School in the afternoon at ? o'clock. The Society oi Christian EndeavOr meets every "Wednesday eyeninss at 2 :45 o'clock. Seats free. The public cordially invited to attend.
 EPISCOPAL CHURCH Services held at Odd Fellows Hall every Sunday evening.
 Rev. H. J. Gurr. FRIENDS CHURCH-Regular services atthe The New Friends Church. Sabbath School ~ ~ @' .u Native Services II 0; tT. I. Evening Services, For Whites. ,,;,,, a+ 7:t5 7:tS Christian Endeayor, Friday evening at S:@ U0 Junior C. E Saturday .OV @ Teachers meeting every MonHay evening GU o'clock at private houses. .I Any and all are cordially lnNiteu anu "eA romed at all of these services.
 REV. c. \. REPLoGLE, Pastor
Evening star., 1900-05-07

Naval Hero the Recipient of Much At
tentiOn From Citizens.

MEMPHIS. Tenn, May THE festivities
in honor of Admiral and Mrs. Dewey, who,
with Lieutenants Caldwell and Crawford,
arrived in Memphis last evening, began to-
dav The city is crowded with visitors
from many southern states and the decora-
tions of the downtown business houses are
most elaborate.
AT 10 o'clock a committee of escort ar
rived at the admiral's hotel and the dis
tinguished visitors, with the committee,
were driven down Main street to cotton
compress No. I. Upon the arrival of the
party the press was put in full operation
and the admiral watched its working with
much interest.
Later the party was escorted to the Hig-
bee School for Young Ladies, where a re-
ception was given the visitors. The party
then returned to the hotel and Admiral and
Mrs. Dewey Were given an opportunity to
rest for time before the beginning of the
big floral parade, which is scheduled to
start promptly at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Tonight full dress ball will be given in
honor of Admiral and Mrs. Dewey at the
Grand Opera House.