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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-06
ALASKA GOLD FIELD.
THE NOME BEACH PRACTICALLY
WORKED OUT.
tpy Telegraph to VirgInlan-p Iotl


Washington. Oct. 5.-Cabell White
head. assayer of the mint, and at pres
ent acting as expert special agent of
the mint bureau at Nome City. Alaska.
in report dated September 3, to
George +. Roberts, director of the mint.
says that the Nome beach has been
worked out practically and that some
of the sluces have not paid expenses.
The entire beach product for the wear
is estimated from $3.50 600 to $500 900
Much of the gold dust in circulation in
Nome. Mr. Whitehead saws, comes from
Dawson. Anvil Creek. which has been
the greatest producer up To this time
and which gives promise OF good re-
turns for some time to come. has pro-
duced this year about $4,000.
"Of the new discoveries since last
season. says NJ. Whitehead. "Topkuk.
located on the beach sixty miles east
of here easily takes the lead. From !.
space not over 500 feet in length along
the beach there was taken ont this
spring between 100000 and $600.u00 all
with rockers.
The latest strike. and one which is
at present attracting most attention, is
on the l3ulestonc river in the Port Clar-
ence mining district, something less
than 100 miles from Nome. gold run
Is said to exceed in richness anything
known heretofore, ii beng no uncom-
mon thing to get from SO to $50 in n
single pan. The creek is entirely taken
up
"A source of gold which is attracting
much attention al the present time is
the Ancient river along the head OF
Dexter and Anvil creeks. Some of these
deposits are fabuously rich nothing
richer having been found in the Klon-
dixie. l am told than one OF the claims
along the Niclala gulch. The extent
of these deposits. however. has not been
proven and another season will be
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-06
THE KENTUCKY RACES.

Lexington, Ky. oct. 5.-rhe track wa.
fast to-day and game Charley Herr
broke the track record for d race by going
the second heat IN the 2:0S trot in 2:0i
HAT, which is a new record for the little
2:oS Trot, purse 81 500-Charley Horn
won three straight heats and race: Graf
5an Boy, second; Clayton, third Time
-Nesper won third. fourth and iifth
heats and race Saul second. winning
1irst heat; Cuban, third. The Admiral
won second heat. Time-2:09ia, 2:093,
2:llA. 2:l5, 2:l324
2;2i Trot. purse Sl.O0o-Dolly Bidwell
won second. third and fourth heats and
race; Belle onward. second. winning .first
heat: SprinSdale, third. Time-2:llII
2:l32i 2l5 2:li 90
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-06
LOCAL ASSESSMENT NOTICES.
Norfolk Va, Sept. %.

Norfolk Va, Sept. 90 1900.
To C. v: Jordan, j.. e. G. Bell. Mrs. c.
OF real and es Mrs ubung ON 5Y.
lit avenue. in the City of Norfolk, Va:
Whereas it was resolved at a meeting
ing of the Select Council OF the city of
Norfolk, each held on. the 4th day of
September, 1900 0wo;thirds Of all mem ,,,n.
1t was eXpedient TO curb and gutter
Lovitt avenue and TO pave the roadway
except where in the opinion of the city
Engineer 1t should be OF Belgian block),
and to pay ons,haf of the t expense a1ss
of Norfolk and to assess the other half
of the expense upon the real estate abut-
ting on said avenue CHE real estate abnt-
trict within which tho real estate Will be
benefited by said improvement)
to the Special Street Committee of the
Councils and at least ten days notice
be served on the owners of the real es-
tate abutting on said avenue or on those
representing the owner, according to the
appear before said committee to be heard
for or against the said Improvement.
You viii therefore take eet noI, r snt' s fhs
resolution at 1880 p. NJ. on MONDAY.
October ed. 1900, at the ofrics Of the City
you, as an owner of such real estate,
are hereby notified to then and there
appear before said Committee 10 be
heard for or against said Improvement.
H. g. HERMAN,
Clerk of the Common COUNCIL.
H. N POULSON,
Clerk of the Select Council.
Affidavit having been filed with us that
the above named parties are not Wlthln
this State. these notices are published
in accordance with the law in such case
made and provided.
Clerk of the Common Council.
II. N POULSON,
seS0-10t Clerk of the Select Council.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-06
The Georgia Cotton Growers.
(By Telegraph TO Virginian-P PILOT

Macon. Ca. Oct. 5.-The executive
committee of the Georgia Cotton Grow
ers Protective Association unanimous
ly passed a resolution here to-day call
ing an Interstate convention of South
ern cotton growers and business men
generally to meet in this city on Tues
day. November 20 next. President
Harvie Jordan was authorized to issue
the call and send out letters to prom
inent planters and business men
throughout tho cotton belt urging their
attendance Every effort will be made
TO secure the. largest gathering of cot
ton producers ever assembled in the
South.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-06
Negro Dangerously Cut.

Richard Bergman. colored man,
was brought to the police station early
this morning badly cut. One knife
wound i'm the back below the Shout
der blade, probably just missed the
heart. The other wound. lower down,
also in the back, is more painful than
dangerous. DIR. Speight sewed and
dressed the wounds and put the man
in comfortable condition. but he
would not tell who cut him. nor where
the fight occurred. The man was ar
rested at Queen and Pulaski streets.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-06
WON GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.

Chicago, Oct. 5-Before the largest
gallery, that ever witnessed a golf cham
pionship in America. Harry Vardon
former champion OF Great Britain. Won
the United States q. ~. open champion
snip from Great Britain's premier golfer.
J. III. Taylor. by the narrow margin of
TWO strokes OH the Chicago Golf Club
links ut Wheaton this afternoon Clos
ing his first half of the long champion
snip route with an advantage of one
stroke over Champion Taylor, Vardon
began to-days contest with his best
round, concluded 1t with his worst and
totailed Sl3 strokes. Taylor was four
strokes to the bad side of the account
At noon, with three quarters of the tour
of 3l5
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-06
SPORTING EVENTS.
Virginia Defeats Washington and
Lee on the Gridiron.
Baseball Games Played Yesterday in the
National Leasue-Now York Downcd
Boston and st. Louis Beat Cincinnati.
Especial to yirginian-plIot,

University of Virginia, Oct. 5.-Vir-
ginia walked all over Washington and
Lee in the opening game to-day. Vir-
ginia started off in rapid style, scoring
fwo touch-downs in tho first five min
htes. The two stars of the team. Walker
and Dabney, played Il great game. Dab
neyS beautiful runs and Walkers all
round playing were the features of the
game; The entire team showed up we'll,
especially in the first half. The WASH
tngton and Leo team. though composed
OF new men, put up u sturdy game.
;, score: Virginia, 30; Washington and
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-06
a SPLENDID GIFT.

ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL
LARS TO TRINITY COLLEGE.
CBy Telegraph to Virginian- Pilot)
Raleigh. n. c., Oct. 5.-Trinity Col
lege. Methodist institution at Dur
ham, n. c.. was to-day the recipient
of Il gift of 100000 from Washington
Duke, ii wealthy cigarette manufac-
half a million dollars given by Mr..
Duke TO this college. In addition TO
this. another member of the Duke fam
lily has given the college 100000 and a
library that Will cost 100000, now being
built by J. Il. Duke. The Dukes are
largely Interested in the American To-
bacco Company. j. B. Duke is its
president.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-06

A VETERANS SToRY.-George Lewis.
wears OF age. have hocn troubled with
Catarrh for City years. and In my time
have used a great many catarrh cures.
hut never had any relief until used DR..
Agnew's Catarrhal Powder. One box
cured me completely" For sale by r. f.
uolmcs.--l3.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-06
Total Bank CiearIngs.

By Telegraph to Virginian- Pilot)
New York. Oct. 5.--The total bank
clearlngs at the principal cities OF the
United States for the week ending Octo-
Der were 81 G3S,079,4l7; decrease, 10
per cent.
outside of New York city total clear
ings were s659, sos; decrease. 60 per
cent.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-06
BOSTON, i; NEW YORK. 9.

Now York, Oct. 5-Boston lost the first
OF the present series to the New Yorlis
at the Polo Grounds to-day. Attendance
Score by innings: RHE
Boston ....... ........O oooOoo1-i 10 i
Batteries: Willis and Clark: Taylor
and Bowerman. Time-150. Umpire
Snyder.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-06
THE NATIONAL LEAGUB
CINCINNATI. /; ST. LOIiIS. G

Cincinnati. Oct. 5.-Scott was hit very
hard to-day. Donlin's pair of homers
were the features. Attendance 300
Score by innings: R.IIE
St luis ..''' ''''9 y g
Batteries: Scott and PETIT; Sudhoff
and Robinson. Tlme-1:45. Umpirc-Eni-
slie.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-06
THE TRUSTS DISCUSSED.


At 11llwood the audience covered an
immense plot of ground near the de-
pot, and MIR. Bryan gave practically
all of the thirty minutes speech to the
trust question. He declared that no
employer has n right to vote his en-
pioyee. Mr.. Bryan referred to the
visit of President Mckinley to Ellwood
when the tin plate works here were
opened, saying:
To-day the Republican party must
meet Its record on the trust question,
on the army question and on it's colo
NAL policy. Whenever an institution
is opened the Republicans make a
great day of 1t and invite distinguished
people from abroad to be present at
the opening. but when a trust closes
a factory they do not invite Presi-
dent or anybody else to preside at the
closing.
Il find that the Tin Plate Trust has
closed tin plate mills all over the coun=
try. 1 find that these trusts, organized
to monopoliZe the trade and control tile
market and fix the price OH raw ma
terial and finished products and the
price OF labor, are to-day destroying
industrial independence and condemn
ing our children to perpetual clerkship
under monopoly.
INDUSTRIAL DESPOTISM.
"The Republican party is building up
on industrial despOtism that compels
millions of people to get on their knees
in the morning and pray to the trust,
Give us this day our daily bread 1
want to ask you whether you believe it
is a good SYSTEM"
Mr.. Bryan again referred to the
CLOSING down of part of the works
of the barbed wire and wire nail trust"
as he put it, until after election, and
asked: What does it mean? 1t means
intimidation of the workngmen. 1t
means that the manufacturer, when he
II ns11x
coerce his employees"
In closing, Mr.. Bryan said he wanted
TO see every private monopoly in the
United States destroyed, root and
branch. so that our young men can
aspire to something in this world.
A SWORN DENIAL.
Chicago. ILL.,, Oct. 5.-Lula Hay, Of
Jacksonville, ILL.,, has sent to Senator
Jones, chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, Il sworn denial of
the story alleging that she knew VIII
liam j. Bryan to have been paid $3.50,
GEO To cause silver plank to be in
corporated in the Kansas City plat
form.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-06

necessary to demonstrate their value.
My estimate of the production up to
this time is S1,500.000. with the chance
of increasing this before the end of the
season to two millions
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-06
LARGE POLITICAL
DEMONSTRATIONS.
Continued from Page I.
AT NOBLESvILE.

indianapolis, Ind, Oct. civilian
j: Bryan began his days campaign at
Noblesviile. Ind. He arrived at s
O'Clock and spoke from a. stand near
the depot for fifteen minutes. His au-
dience was large and liberal with
its applause. MIR. Bryan traced the
Democratic position on all the issues
OF the campaign. lie said that the
duty of the nation is determined by
the people. and that il each man will
do his full duty conscientiously next
November the country's duty in the
present emergency will be properly in
Dictated.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-06
POSTPONED.

Philadelphia. Oct. 5.-Brooklyn-Phila-
ueiphia game postponed on account of
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-06
FOOD MEDICINE

FOOD MEDICINE
SCOTS emulsion of cod-liver
oil is equally food and medi-
cine.
A little of itsets the stomach
at work on some easy food
that is medicine.
How doesit set the stomach
atwork?" BY making strength:
by creating strength: by turn
ing the oil into body and life
that is food.
s. Wen send you little to try, II youlike
SCOTT G. BOVINE, 400 Pearl street, New York
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-01

by France to be King James III. of Eng
land
The Electress Sophia of Hanover, who
was the mother of George l., and from
whom Queen Victoria IS directly descend
ed, came from side branch of the royal
line, and the legitimists admit, therefore
that Queen Victoria has some claim to
the throne. They have carefully figured
out this claim, and find that Queen Vic
toria stands almost exactly G0Oth on the
list. In other words, according to strict
genealogy, there are practically 500 per-
sons now living who have a better right
to the throne by descent than Queen Vic
toria, and two of these are her great
grandchildren, the little Prince Carol Of
Roumania and his sister
1t is a striking fact that every crowned
head in Europe, with the exception of
the Kings of Norway and Servia, is de-
scended from Mary Queen of Scots, and
from James l. The total number of that
unhappy queens descendants now living
is 1172, and of these the Prince of Wales
has only one descent from her, whereas
Prince Robert. the legtimist Prince of
Wales, has nineteen
These curious bits of genealogy were
derived from a book compiled chiefly by
the Marquis de Ruyigny, and it was
this book that ELECTED from the Prince
VI wares his Only recognition OF the leg
itimists. The book was placed, as all
books have to be to obtain English copy
right, in the British museum. The, Prince
of Wales is a trustee OF that solemn in
stitItion. and as soon as he heard of
this book 1t was withdrawn suddenly
from the public eye
1t is not the sole object OF the Legit-
imist league to restore the Stuart line
to the throne They are down on parlia-
ments, and have no faith in the saying.
'Vox populi voX Del They are under
the impression that democracies must
eventually go to the dogs, and are rather
grieved that the republic of the United
States should f1out their theory by -four
ishing, when it ought by theory to go to
pieces for lack of a king. They believe
that If a Stuart had been in place of
George III. the colonies would not have
kicked over the traces, and that Princess
Louis would be Queen of America as well
as Of England today.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-01
Gambling for
Big Stakes I'm
Virginia City, Dev.

There is no such gambling in the Non-
dyke as there used to be in the old dig
gins in the States" said Sam Wood.
Wood is an old-timer. He has followed
the hunt for gold ever since he was
boy, and now his hair is gray and his
shoulders stopped. He returned from the
Klondyke last month. Wood has two
claims IN the new land of gold He is
Just as certain that these will pan out
as he has been Of a hundred others that
he has staked out, but from which he
never took enough TO grub-stake him for
the next prospecting tour.
There is gambling, sure enough, but it
is not as 1t was in the old days. I guess
people have more sense, or maybe the
work Is done more on business principles
1.-The heaviest gambling I ever saw was
IN Virginia City, New, in the early seven
ties. Most Of 1t was done, too. by men
who had little more money than they
gambed with They were the days when
gold flowed like water and the penniless
workman of today was the millionaire
Of tomorrow. The famous Comstock
mines, which made millionaires of Flood.
Mackay and Fair, were yielding $4,000
a day clear profit Men who a few months
earlier had been glad to get laborers'
wages were building palaces and drawing
incomes of 100000 to $4,000 a year. Some
men who could not even sign their own
names had balances in the banks run
ming into five and even six figures.
There is little wonder that money that
came so easy went Just as easy, and that
men lost as much in single night as
would have kept them in luxury for the
rest Of their lives.
Virginia City bristled with gambling
saloons, but none could compare in ele-
gance with that Of Hiram Sentry and Dan
Crittenden. 1t was nothing but a frame
building, rough on the outside. but inside
1t was a dream. The bar was Of onyx
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-01

Stuart, queen of Scots, James l. and the
unlucky Charles I.,whose head was cut off
by Cromwell's orders. After Cromwell
died the throne was restored to the son
OF Charles l.. Charles H., who was
about as famous for his fondness for Nell
Gwynn as for anysother achievement He
left no legitimate children, and was sue
ceeded by his brother, who, under the
style and title OF James IL, was a con-
spicuous failure inethe king business. His
failure was, In fact, so complete that the
English people got rid of him and put
his daughter Mary and her Dutch hus-
band William on the throne, although the
next In line after James II. and his son
was his sister Henrietta Anne, seventh
child of Charles f. 1t was from this sis
ter that the princess, who is styled
Queen Mary ~. by the Legitimists, is
directly descended. "a
Perhaps 1t is hardly fair to the prin-
cess to speak of her claim to the
throne, for she never by word or deed
has indicated desire, to Dust Queen Vic
toria. But she knows of the claims that
are made on her behalf of the Legiti-
mists, and has done nothing to stop them.
1t can be said In general way that she
is ready to move whenever 1t seems best.
The new portrait of her presented here.
is an interesting indication of the fact
that she does not discountenance refer
ences to her descent. No recent photo
graph Of her being obtainable in England,
L asked one of the Legitimists If he could
not obtain one for me.
Why don't you write direct to her for
one?- was the rather surprising answer.
Explain to her that 1t is wanted for an
article concerning her descent from
Charles II
Writing letters to princesses is usually
rather fruitless business, but in this case
sure enough return post brought the
beautifully finished photograph. from
which the accompanying Illustration is
reproduced.
1t is queer and dramatic fact that the
act of settlement of 1901, which eventually
was to make Victoria queen instead OF
Mary, was passed by parliament by a
majority of only one vote out of 3S5 The
immediate object of the act was to pro-
vide that Queen Anne, daughter Of James
H., should be succeeded by her second
cousin. the Electress Sophia of Hanover.
instead of by her brother James, then a.
boy of fourteen, who was the heir to the
throne, and who was actually proclaimed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-01

and the floor was of colored marbles ar
ranged I'm mosaic. Mirrors ran all around
the rooms from ceiling TO floor, framed
In solid silver, and the lamps We're Of
silver, ornamented with gold. The drink
ing vessels We're of solid silver or of cut
glass nearly as costly, and the decanters
behind the bar cost $1,000 In Paris.
The gambling rooms were furnished
similarly, and it was common to see a
dirty, unkempt miner, mud from head to
heel, walking on carpet that cost $40 a.
yard. Champagne flowed like water, and
the proprietors spent $25, 900 a year in en-
PERTAINING their guests They could af-
ford it, More than once / have seen a
rough miner, whose entire outfit would
have been dear al dollar walk I'm with
bag of dust that weighed up for more
than $4,000. lose it in half an hour and
walk out whistling as uneoncernedly as
though 1t had been 80 cents
There We're others, however. besides
the rough miners. One room at Critten-
dens was set apart for United States
officials, senators and representatives
Here the play ran high. I have seen poker
games that lasted for twenty-four hours
without a stop. and the chips cost from
$50 to $500 each. More than once a. man
would get up from the table after play-
ing all night, richer by $4,000 and win
nlngs OF $1,000 to Sc, 900 were common
One particular game began at I o'clock
one evening and last until 2 O'Clock the
next morning. The smallest chip cost
800, and the jack pots held anything up
TO $4,000 Money was changing hands at
the rate OF $4,000 a minute. Senator Sha-
ron was one of the players and at the
END OF the game he counted up $4,000 in
winnings. Three fiyes won $4,000 that
night, and once the senator scooped in
S4,6OO as the result of three minutes play.
"One of the richest and most sensible
gamblers was Jack Sherwood, of De-
troit, who won $4,000 in two weeks, and
then quit the game and Virginia Cftv
forever.
There is nothing like that in the Klon-
| dyke,and from all appearances there will
not be. Gamblers, professionals, are com
ing there all the time, but they do not
get the encouragement that they got in
the gold fields in the states. There will
never be a Virginia City up there-and
guess it's best for all concerned
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-01

of sin Is DEATH" with the result that the
people avoid even the appearance OF evil
as they would an epidemic.
at the Methodist prayer meeting
short time ago one brother deplored the
fact that SO many Of the inhabitants of
the village used tobacco. He prayed that
the evil might be eradicated. A venerable
citizen of the town, aged eighty, arose and
said that he had been chewing tobacco
for sixty years, but it never before dawn
ed upon him that the habit was sinful.
III give it up" he said, and, going TO
the door, threw a plug Of tobacco into
the street Five other tobacco users fol-
lowed his example and the congregation
rc5oiced with exceeding joy.
c. 2 Shupe, the leading merchant Of
the village, on the day after the meeting
boxed up his stock Of tobacco and shipped
it back to the factory. ct have no
scruples against selling tobacco" Mr.
Shupe explained, but the sentiment Of
the community is against the traffic,
and 1 have decided not to sell any more
OF 1t. 1 do not use tobacco myself"
One other merchant keeps tobacco In
stock, but as he has sold less than a dol
lars worth since the crusade was started
at the prayer meeting he likely will send
his stock back to the factory.