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The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
SHIPMENTS or COAL.
High Price. Are Giving sew VAL
ne TO the cuim Banks.

Pottsyille. Pa. Sept 20.-The ship
nenfs Of coal last week from the
Philadelphia & Reading West End
operations, Good Spring and Brook
side collieries. ana the Kalmia wash
CRY. were not as great as the week
previous. but there are 70 cars which
were loaded last weak, and are on
abe sidings ready 10 be taken down
Vie road. II is claimed there are So
go tons Of loose coal in Good Surfing
coiliery alone that can be prepared
for market without a miner driving a
pick This comes from what are
called runs The veins are on an
incline, and ihr coal. after q quantity
IS removed below, begins TO run 70
TIE gangWay below.
Owing ~ the high price Of coal, the
clana banks viii proBahly be more
profitable than ever. The Philadei-
phia and Reading ceai 4 Iron 60. has
surveyors at work designating sites
for the erection Of washeries. At dif-
frrent points. Among these are Swa-
tara aud DAnaldson, where great
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
STRIKE LEADERS MEET.
President Mitchell and Other Mine
Workers officials Meet in
Philadelphia.
TWEETY-flHST WEEK OF THE STRIKE.
Very Little Change In the situation
operators sny They Have Mere
Men mt work and strikers Re-
port No Breaks-The CuIm Hanks
Assume "a New Value.

Philadelphia, Sept. e9.-President
Mitchell and secretary-Treasurer
Wilson of the United Mine Workers,
arrived at 7;30 o'clock Monday morn
ing from Pittsburg. They were met
at the Pennsylvania railroad station
by District Presidents Nichols, Fahy
and Duffy, of the three anthracite
coal districts.
After a hurried breakfast the la
Dor leaders went. direct to the office
of John j. keegan, business agent of
the Machinsts' international union.
Later, President Mitchell went to the
Hotel Walton, unaccompanied by any
of the other labor leaders.
Soon after President Mitchell ar
rived at the Walton Messrs. Wilson.
Nichols, Fahy and Duffy were sent
for, and they joined their leaders in
an upper room of the hotel. The
party remained in conference until
nearly noon, when Mr.. Wilson and
the three district presidents came
down in the elevator and hurried
away from the hotel, refusing to talk
to reporters. They would say moth
ing about their future movements.
Treasurer Wilson said to n press
representative that there is no indi-
cation Of an early ending of the
strike.
Because of the fact that the Walton
is the headquarters of state political
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
ROBERT M. SNYDER IN COURT,
The Alleged Central Traction Bill
Briber Pleads the statute OF
Limitations at st. Louis.

st. Louis, Sept. 29.-Robert NJ. Sny-
der, who is charged with hav-
ing paid S250.0OO to the municipal as
sembly for passing the Central Trac-
ton bill. is in court.
With brilliant array of legal tai
ent he is making the fight of his life
to prevent a trial on the bribery
charge.
Monday, when the case was Called
his attorneys moved to quash the in
dictment. Judge Ryan took the mo-
ton under adyisement.
Another motion in bar of the stat
ute of limitations was made, and also
taken under advisemeat.
The defense relies on their conten-
ton that Snyder has lived in Missou-
ri ever since 1898, when the bribery
occurred. and three years having
elapsed he is free from prosecution
under the statute of limitation.
The state declares Snyder has lived
in New York since, the statute Of
limitation not applying
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
Demand for Turpentlne.

The jump in the price of turpen~
tine has caused the establishment Of
a large number of new distilleries
in the piney woods section Of the
State, and grave fears are enter<
tanned that the forests Of long leaf
yellow pine will be seriously inn-
paired by the turpentine industrfs
There is heavy demand for Missis-
sippi turpentine at present. and
there are good grounds for the fear
that within a few years there will be-
no pine left for turpentine purposesl
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
Transfer of Beau,olr.

Attorney General McCIurg has
prepared the deed for the transfer
Of Beauyoir to the Mississippi diyis-
ion Of Sons Of Veterans. The doeu-
ment will be turned over to the Sons
at the coming meeting, October t6,
when the purchase will be complete.
The deed will be forwarded to Ne~
York for the signature Of Mrs. Da-
yis, with the purchase money raised
by the Sons and Daughters Of the
confederacy. The deed viii con-
vey the home Of the Confederacy's
fallen chieftain to the Mississippi
division of Sons Of Veterans as a
haven Of refuge for the old soldiers.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04

Land Commissioner j.. II. Nall is
one Of the busiest men III the capitol
these days on account Of the lively
rush that is being made for Missis-
sippi lands. Mr.. Nall keeps a
steady stream Of currency flowing
into the State treasury from the
land sales. Just at present Commits
sioner Nall has, among other choice
assortments Of lands, an entire town
which he is ready 10 sell to the first
purchaser offering. Mr.. Nall got it
for back taxes due the State of Mis-
sissippi, every lot in the corporate
limits being sold for taxes. This
town is Ainslee in Harrison county.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

Expert estimates of the aggregate
corn crop of the United States this
year places il at 2,500,OO0,o00 bush
els.
Many new wells are being drilled in
the Kentucky oil field.
John Rogers McCreery, veteran
mercantile broker. is dead in St. Louis
Of tuberculosis.
II is reported that Sir Thomas Lip
ton may try to cross the English
channel in an airship.
The body of the cashier who stole
over n million dollars from Vienna
bank has been found n the Danube.
Fire destroyed $1,000 of furniture
belonging to the White House, in
Washington, which was stored at an
upholstering establishment.
The financial and commercial jour
mails of Europe are giving very close
attention to commercial conditions in
the United States at this time.
In the last last ten days the only
two saloonkeepers at Lamar, Mo-,
have died natural deaths. This leaves
the lONU NiAnoul Il tdtbOHs
The agent at Browns station, a
small town near Columbia, Mo-, on
the Wabash branch, was murdered in
a mysterious manner, by stranger,
Saturday night.
Gen. William Booth, of the Saliva
tion army. viii arrive in New York
next Saturday. lie will first tour
Canada and then the United States
He is expected in st. Louis January
10.
At butchers picnic at ST. Joseph,
Mo, /. A. Parlier, of Chicago, broke
the worlds record Tor dressing a
beef lie accomplished the feat in
minutes 55A seconds.
w. L. Coolidge. of Helena, Ark
says cotton raising is no longer a
paying industry in hig state, owing
to the scarcity of labor and the ruin
Gus prices planters are compelled to
pay.
Nearly 1000 men will participate in
the army maneuvers among the hills
of Kansas during the rext ten days
concluding with the Battle of Fort
Riley" which will take place Oeto'
ber g..
A mob at Cornith, Miss, burned q
negro at the stake, Sunday, fulfilling
an announcement to that effect the
day before. He admitted the murder
of a white woman and acknowledge
that his fate was deserved.
An official of the American Tobac
co Co. says the British-Amerieai
merger will be the first and creates
combine of its kind. He says al
most a billion dollars in capital vii
be required.
w. c. Sanderson, formerly rive
pilot on the Ohio, with his home a
Evansville, Ind, died at Sioux City
Ia, ut the age of 60 years.
On account of illness, Gov. Heard oi
Louisiana will be unable to attend the
Worlds fair space allotment exer'
cises at ST. Louis.
P.J. Keller, one of the leading eiti-
zens of Campbell Hill, Mo, has been
presented with a handsome gold
watch by his fellow citizens for res
'ening little boy from impending
death in front of train.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
THE TwESTY-FIRsT WEEK.
Very Little Change Noticed In the
Anthracite Region.

Willsesbarre, Pa, Sept. 2o.-The
opening of the twenty-frst week of
the coal strike shows very little
change in the situation. Tfe opera
tors say they have more men at work
that they had on any day last week.
At strike headquarters the reports
show that there has been no break in
the ranks of the strikers.
Several battalions of troops secured
the Wyoming region Monday, but
found no crowds assembled at any Of
the mines. Sheriff Jacobs says the
troops viii be called upon when
there is an outbreak 70 suppress, but
that they VIII not do police duty, and
no soldiers viii be placed behind the
barricades at the mines.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
A FORMER VIENNA BANKER.
lie Disappeared with over "a Quar-
ter of "A Million Dollars and IL
Now "a Pauper.

New York, Sept. Ending his
days as an inmate Of the almshouse
on Blaclowell's island, there has been
identified in Adolph Boedeseh, says
the Times, a one-time banker OF yien-
ma, whom the Austrian police have
been hunting for years. In Vienna,
Boedesch is said to have been known
as Adolph Bettelheim, a banker, and
he is alleged 10 have disappeared
with upwards Of s25O,000
The Identification was made by a
city detective, but IL is not likely
that Boedeseh viii be deported for his
alleged crime. The man is now over
go years old and IS absolutely penni-
less.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
BIG FIRE AT STOCKTON, CAL.
The Agricultural Pavilion Burned
10 the Ground Together with
Fifty Dwellings.

stockton, Cal. Sept. 29.-one Of the
largest fires in the history Of Stock
ton started here shortly after five
O'Clock Sunday evening in the agri-
cultural pavilion. That structure, To-
Q ther with all its contents and %
residences. were burned to the ground.
The approximate loss is half million
dollars: less than half insured.
The fire started through plumber
hunting for a lea. in gas main IL
the pavilion. the contact Of the
leaking gas with a lighted candle
causing an explosion, and within a
ferv few minutes the immense strue-
tare, which was erected about y
years ago at a cost Of 10000. was IN
flames. Several fremen were badly
hurt
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
VIII Raise Rice.

Rice culture is now attracting con-
siderable attention among the farm
crs Of Mississippi and a Wilkinson
county planter reports a successful
experiment with a sixteen-acre tract
cultivated this year by means Of irri-
CATION, and on which an abundant
yield was secured. In the hill coun-
ties experiments are being made with
upland rice, and in some counties
the fafmers believe that they can
make rice an excellent substitute for
corn in drouih years. There is some
talk Of building rice mills capable
of threshing out the crop Of two or
thrcce counties and the experiments
made during the past year show that
from forty to sixty bushels per acre
can he raised on orh..Vy soil and
stir the use Of very little fertilizer
The weld can be greatly increased.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
Mineral Company charts ed.,

The Aeidine Mineral Com
has been chartered by the Cove
This is concern incorporated 5,
a domieile at Jackson and a capital
stock Of $4,000. The object Of the
enterprise ia to manufacture mineral
waters and mineral products from A
peculiar mineral earth that has been
discovered in Newton county. Thia
mineral earth is said to possess soma
extraordinary curative powers, whcn
used both ae a drink and externally.
The company has already begun ths
manufacture Of the water on an ex-
tonsiye scale.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
Minneapolis In Luck.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Sept 29.-Ihe
coal companies here have agreed TO
sell what anthracite they have on
hand at $40 n ton, not more than two
tons to customer. They have filled
all contract orders with enough 20
last several months, and the surplus
is now to be divided among consum-
ers. The companies claim that few
large eenters arc so fortunate aS
Minneapolis and st. Paul in supplies
and prices.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
SWEPT By A TIDAL WAVE.
rive Hundred Peraons Drowned In
the odnssnra District Nenr
YoIohnmn, Japan.

Yokohama, Japan. Sept. 2o.--Dar-
ing the fyphoon. Monaay, taiai
wave swept the Ddawara district. near
here. and overwbelmea many houses,
Fnc hundred persons are reported 10
have been drowned.
The Japanese battieahip Shikishinin
IS ashore al Yokosnfa, = miles from
Yokohama. Is it expected she viii
be relocated sith slight damage.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04

The Mississippi Grand Lodgs
Knights Of Honor held its twenty
fourth annual session at Jackson
last week. The statistical report Of
the officers showed that the financial
condition Of the order, which was
in poor shape a few years ago, is
steadily improving and all death
claims have been met. The organi-
zation has los lodges containing over
1000 members.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04

The Illinois Central road has fin
ished the work of securing options
for the right of way of tho new
branch line from Brookhaven to
Monticello, and it is expected that
the grading will be commenced by
The first of November. The road
will prove valuable feeder for tha
Illinois Central, and a rich timber
belt will be opened along the.re~.-
Ii is learned that there is some
lihood OF the Illinois Central ex
ing the line to Hattiesburg Ins
Monticello, although It will n 81
done until the latter part of
year.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
MACEDONIA NEEDS HELP.

ruras Greatly Abuse Popuiation os the
Islaad.
n Vienna. Sept. ga dispatch from
salonika says that conditions ii Mac
eaonia are fully IS bad as IN Bnlga-
ria before the outbreak el the Russo
Turkish war twenty-six years ago.
Wherever the Turks are victorious
they massacre al except the women.
who are outraged, ana fne caildEsa,
who are carried. on as slaves lnsnf-
genfs are tortured 70 death, and near
Dragcmanssi they have been LaileA -
trees, to dio a lingering death.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04

Mahanoy City, Pa, Sept. 29.-The
home of Michael Weldon, on West
Pine street, was dynamited at mid
night. The front of the house was
shattered. and the windows of all the
other houes in the block were broken.
Weldon was not Mt home when the
explosion occurred. His family es-
capped without injury. Weldon has
been doing non-union work ut Schuyl-
kill eallierY.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
BLAMEs ANTI-cANTEEN LAW
Gen. Randall. Commanding DEPART
ment of the CoIumbla, Comedies
With Gen. Funston.

Portland, Ore, Sept. 29.--Gen. Geo
II. Randall, commanding the depart
uent # the Columbia. IN his annual
report to the adjutant general Of the
army, says:
4There Is a considerable increase
over the preceding year ~ the ratio
Of trials by court martial to the aver
age enlisted strength. This is he
neved 10 be due. IN part. to The large
number Of recruits. but IN part. 81
So. 70 the abolition Of tie sale Of beer
at post exchange.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
old woman.s Home.

The movement for the organiza1
ton of an old woman's home, TO ba
established Mt Jackson, has now pros
gressed to stage which insures tho
success Of the benevolent promoterss
A charter for the home is being pre-
pared, and it will be incorporated ae
once. Meetings are being held in
various parts Of the State for ths
purpose Of helping on the movement
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04

Arrangements are now being made
between the Gulf q Ship Island and
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City roads
for a through train to run from
Jackson 10 Mobile, the G. & s. L.
carrying the train to Hattiesburg.
where it will be turned over to tha
NJ, J. & X. G. The latter road Will
be completed into Hattiesburg by
the first of October.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
Train with Non-Unioa Men on
Hoard Attacked By "A Mob.

Pottsville, Pa. Sept. eo.-srhc min
ers' train on the Pennsylvania, bound
for the Richards colliery, near Mt,
Carmel, was stopped by mob, Mon
day morning, who refused TO allow
the train to proceed. The train was
so thoroughly stoned that only two
window panes were left unbroken.
Most of the men aboard got under
the seats and escaped injury. The
passengers on the train consisted Of
carpenters, repairmen and pumpmen
for the Richards colliery. No at
tempt is being made to work this op-
GRAFTON. Three men ON their way to
work at the Pennsylvania colliery at
Green Ridge were pulled off trolley
car by mob and severely beaten.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04

Tacoma, ,Agaah, Sept. p. 9.-Hop pick.
;np IN Washington Is now practically
over. Hop growers are disappointed
over the yield. which ia one one-lfth
below what was expected. Dry
weather presented the hops from
maturing.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04

leaders, rumor prevailed that there
was political significance in the
mysterious conference. This as de-
MED by Treasurer Wilson, who said
the meeting had nothing to do with
politics.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
Cuba Now Insists Upon the withdrawai of Our Arms.

by Joseph Sweeney, a detective, died
in hospital in this city Monday
morning. Sweeney WAS given a pre-
liminary hearing. and was committed
to Jail.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
THE ROOSEVELT ABscEss.
Doctors Treating 1t with All the Gravity
OF Sersnua Ailnent.

AENatIIaE It AIfh III Inc JfaFItJ
OF a Serious .Ailment.
Washington. Sept. IS. Another
slight operation was performed today
en- the abcess on the left leg or Pres
44ent Roosevelt. The surgeons made
an ineision into the small cavity. ex.
F9zing tke bone. which WAS found to
t9 slightly aEfeeted The doctors state
maj the area Of hone aHected 5 very
sl.eat end that there IS no Evidence
Nl&teyer Of Any matter that would
lGolnce blood poisoning They con
1lentsg expect thG President will &c
9 bis feet within : reasonable time.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
III. wound Proved Fatal.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sept. 29.-Joseph
Gillis, the striker who was shot al
West Nanticolse, eunday afternoon,
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
Invitation Aesepted.

Coy. Davis Of Arkansas, has ac-.
copied the invitation extended to
him to deliver an address at ths
Sons Of Confederate Veterans reun-
ion at Jackson on October 10th.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
". c. i. U. conrentIen.

Mrs. Hattie p. Kells, State presi-
dent OF the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, announces that theE
State organization will meet at ux-Yf
ford from October 8 to IL next.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04

J. A. Anderson, aged So years,
died near Gallatin last week. He
was one Of the county's landmarks,
having resided at GaIlasin for more
than half q century. Ie was ac-
quainted with sIeh men as s. $.
prentlss, Albert Gallatin Brown and
other notables Of bygone days, and
it was very interesting to hear him
Talk Of events which happened when
this section was inhabited by The In
dams, deer and bear.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-10-04
TRAIN STOPPED ny A Won.

eulm banks exist that were dumped
<e years ago and are one.half coal.
The Nome nugget., 1902-03-05
D.x to Be Ex.raIiite q.
TlIl. Kss23naN'sSs !
 cANAL BILL. ll.
The Contro, of Canal to Be Invested in q Eoar.. 0: Eight Citizens of
 the United States.

Wa hington, Dee. I0, Senator Nor gan l0dat lnIoduoeI d blll providing for the traction oi he x cara uan canal. The bill provide- an aggregate of S.S0.O0J U00. oG wAic!l $j,0Uo, 60 is made immt diatcly available, and 'f wh ch aLgrega e slm -u'h amouhts as are nee e->ary are to be a appropriated by congress fiOm t.me to me.
 The control of the canal and tEe clla bet Is vested m board Of eigLt citizens of the tn ted oia es. in ud- dit on to the secretary oi war, who is to be president. These members of the beard are to ie pa4ll q saia } of 3S,0o0 a year each, and they are to be chosen reyar less ot pulit cal atfiliation. The chiei engineer is to receive sa,ary oi SG, 600 ald his assistant 5000.
The Nome nugget., 1902-03-05
NLWS NUOUtiS.

Camp Nome No. 9 A B. will give ap lu,ulil.at u1n.e tnIo evtulu,! d, Iuci hall.
 \ la -kel ,oc,a' Il, the Congregau 'nal cfuse eh list rriday cve.ine u"tLei 3a-.,3 Joe ochell oJu1hs bIsGet lof oiu.Jh,
 Jafet l.indebarg an F. Q. Lindblon have ncJrpJru,Ct n . m Fran T 'cb a' the Plopeer M.nIng O., cdp ta st Och 9).U.J,uUJ.
 The NUGGET |, n receip ot ron- munl,a lon JulIortng to come irJ il the seventh ward, vlJur,,ng the Il 'n. Gu, Bulz for the clty cJunctl. lno coiumunicatI,n is slgnei, "Ine tuin- utttte, x. ;. pe t'reLr. Chairnan.
 C.s F rltz. candidate for councilman at he request 0, hls friends. says that he i,, an American citizen. having re- .o,vel h., final natdIa. lslrion papers in 1891. Gu has lost 6 part oi l.5 ,i'e''- t,iicate. and is much inceh-ed aG the lninnations madt that be IS not a'clt- zen. He is also . iucil ht:r of the ! tiattcr's Union, Orange. x. !. At the meeting oi tne Literary Mon- l day evening there, vas an interest Ing l program, prepared hy L.edt. J- h. | ii iipuS. which consisted oi song, story and inst ,trumenlal music. Those con ;riouling were Dr. C. H. Reddlng, Capt. Aldrich, 5. \. Keller. Lieut. ! Binns, Miss Houston, Mss Mursay,
 Me-srs. Buurret and Cody, Mr. j. A,
 lnce, Mr. J. C. Hines.
The Nome nugget., 1902-03-05
Dsg Stampede tO ia'e GOOd
 Pasture
sas.ssS nY s.E.r0nlED
New DiGsings S.ruct or tnc .!AraDs Side C.. 2 i.,bu,..y of the Iacaes and on Ano:her 3treani 5S 7l.es .attb>r to ti,c Southeast.

IaWacr, Dee. @7--A!I Circle City. .a,ea cu,'roIpl's euard to wa,ch the 5. v.,. <, ,i. uh a p,4 stampede tu Gord Ias.u.r. a uIW ou au tributary tu the Chenoa, branch uI the Iunana. The news ol the stampede |, drought b! C.. !. canIer,, q tIrc.a City merchant, who already has been fo Good Pasture, and noW ls un nIs Way to visit his taM- ilv Ip ; altie. | ady>:
 "iut tt@u ct LucI. i, deserted by all men save the ,jorekeepers. The cr"wG ht- gone to the new dl9Ein.,,. wAich a!e un Good Pasture cIeuk, a lIlnutary Ut the CneuUG, which lu torn hvw, inc the 4auduu rlyer. 4Ae4t a4e, pc. nap>. lJ0 uen g,pe from Circle.
 "4uc l9! Cn Good IustGre ruu- from 70 : cents to the pan, aud the average ger oi dCad nutetrai, which is muck. cNer lac r"l GHe .a fl om io"r'to five feet. inc ,.la5G'n ut pty uirt hal not been .ci.edatcd when lei;, aO caG- Il -. e4s LJ" deep II ia. 1 w.t~ "n tue Gcoo 'as,U. oAit three wce~a u,c.
 Not uily on Good Pasture i,seu but on ,t NcIa4 sttta4u, tiIbu;ary to Il, and n JA"tAet sutAnl ip mlle> >Out!.eAot, | un.c. -IaLu. pay a.:o ..e btth alrurA.
 "Ine Coed l'aatuvc strike va, made this iali- bl Cha:lea A.lIum, ltlnar Po'e and others. The strike on the uo.t scream |" mtr> southeast of there Wle ln;tue bl George Larf nstot. aud L E,ulcl A4UI AuA, wnu were taHen N the pace h, t.4e 4uj.an-. Inot c'aIni tc nave s"lt-n Il -.e -n cparac So.d
The Nome nugget., 1902-03-05
.s@l d Dalegate in Congress
 For Alaska.
A Blll INTRODUCED
(Which Also Provides If;at the psse" gate Snail Take His Seat Next SessiOn-SeratOr Foster Wants the Land Laws Extended to Alaska.

Washington. Dee. 20.-Repre,cnta- tive Lloyd has introduced q bill pro- vding for a congressional delegate from Alaska. The bill appoints August ,2, 1902, as election day, and provide, that the delegate shall take his seat next session.
 Senator Foster proposes to introduce q bill to extend the land laws of the United States to Alaska, and, failing the passage ,f this bill. will present a bill to allow the interior depart nent to la,e grazing lands in Alaska Us in the United States. Growing interest is taken in this subject as the va.ue oi the grazing .ands oi Alaska becomes recog' f;Lp1