Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-06-27
LETTER
Especial Corregpondence.l

The war department from time to
time has issued supplies to these desti-
tute natives in Alaska, blu it is doubt
full whether circumstances will permit
a continuance of such donations. Con-
gress has furnished the interior depart
ment with no money that a be used
for extending relief, but the revenue
marine service, under the treasury de-
partment, with boats cruising in Alas
kan waters, doubtless will find mean
of conveying to these people any dona-
lions Of food or clothing that may be
SEN to them at Seattle, the nearest
point in the United States from which
they could be forwarded.
The information of restitution among
the natives is furnished from Bethel,
the st. Sergius mission and from other
trustworthy sources. In the vicinity
of Bethel $50 persons are reported dead
from starvation. Many dogs have died,
and others have been killed by the ma
tives for food. The priest in the St.
Sergius mission reports that within the
year the number of natives embraced
within his mission has decreased from
300 to less than 500.
This condition is thought to be due
principally to an epidemic of grip
which passed over the entire Alaskan
country last summer, causing many
deaths and leaving the natives for a
long period helpless to provide for
themselves in the coming winter.
Instructions have been sent by the
secretary of the interior to the priest in
cha rOo Of fhn PI1ccian T1iccinn on tho
Yukon, where supplies were sent last
fall, to divide what is on hand there
and to send all that can be spared
across the portage to the st. Sergius
mission on the Kuskokim. An order
will be sent to Andreafski, where sup
plies are plentiful, to deliver provisions
to the mission teams from Bethel in
case any should come over. It is hoped
that some temporary relief may thus be
afforded.
The Island of Jo1O.
A report received a few days ago at
the war department from the COM
handing officer at Jolo, island of Jo1o,
Sulu archipelago, contains interesting
information regarding that remote sec
ton Of our new possessions never be-
fore compiled or published. Jolo,
which, with the exception Of Tawf
Tawi, is the most remote island be-
longing to the United States, lies in
the sea of Jolo, in longitude 121 de-
grees east of Greenwich and on the
sixth parallel north from the equator,
about 100 miles due west from the
easternmoSt point of Borneo, 7SS miles
south-southeast from Manila, 1851
miles from San Francisco and 11,S2S
miles from Washington.
The island was first occupied the
10Th Of May. 1899, when Companies B,
G, D, q, F, G, II and L, Twenty-third
infantry, under command of Captain
E. B. Pratt, relieved the Spanish gen
eral Huertas, who had with him q
garrison of "a officers and 800 men.
Will Build $1.OOO,OOO Home.
Lars Anderson of Boston has pur-
chased from the Misses Patten a fine
building site on Massachusetts ave
nue. between Florida venue and Twen-
ty-first street. Mr.. Anderson paid
nearly 100000 for the property and
proposes to erect a magnificent winter
residence which will cost in the neigh
borhood Of $1,0OO,OOO. The building
will be begun at once, but will proba-
D4y AOL NC COu4DlGlcu 1OI LWO years.
Mr.. Anderson is the son of Mrs. Mich
olas Anderson Of this city. Three
years ago he married Miss Perkins Of
Boston, heiress to several millions.
Transport For Teachers.
Orders have been issued by the war
department to fit up the transport
Sherman as a teachers transport, with
accommodations for 125 women and
400 or 500 men teachers. She will sail
from San Francisco early in July. The
accommodations are to be as comfOrta-
BILE as possible. The women teachers
will occupy the first cabin staterooms
and other comfortable parts of the
ship, and the men will be accommo-
dated on the troop decks with special
accommodations conducive to their
comfort. They are to be furnished
with meals equal to those furnished
in the cabin saloon, and all decks of
the transport will be in common.
Women Law Graduates.
The Washington College of Law, es-
tablished primarily for the instruction
of women, has added it's quota of can
didates for honors at the bar. Three
young ladies were given the degree Of
master of laws, and four more became
bachelor of laws, which last named
degree was also conferred on the one
man who was graduated. Senator
Mason, whose daughter was among
the graduates, addressed the students
and gave them wholesome advice about
the way they should conduct them
selves as lawyers.
Attorney General Seeking a Home.
Attorney General Knox is in the
market for a residence property in
Washington, and during the past few
days he has been looking at several
fine homes in the northwest section