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The Alaska prospector., 1902-12-11
Notice.

There have been several cases re. gently of the telegraph line being broken by the carelessncss of people along the trail, who fall trees across the wires, and we have been requested to publish the following noiite asa warning to the public. All persons are warned that any injury to. or unauthorized interfer- ence with the United States mili- tary telegraph lines will be prose- cuted under the act of Congress approved June g, 1874. and a re- ward of $1OO.OO is offered for in- formation leading to the arrest and conviction of any party or parties under this act.
 That any person or persons who shall willfu!ly or maliciously injure or destroy any of the works or property or material of any tele- graphic lines constructed or owned, or in process of construction, by the United Sta'es, ar that may be here after constructed. owned or occupied and controlled by the United States, or who shall willfully or maliciously obstruct, hinder. or de- lay the transmission of any com munication over any such telc- graphic line. shall be deemed guilty ofa misdemeanor. and. on conviction thereof in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the same. shall be punished by fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or with imprison- ment for Il term not exceeding three years or with both, in the discre- ton of the court.
 Approved June 23. 1874.
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Additional Local.

Kendrick for signs. For the latest style Fedora hat go to the Lion store. Miss Kara Johnson left for home on the Nome City.
 Sargt. Murphy has gone to the States on leave of absence.
 Childrens Sleds. Strong, up.to- date, and cheap at Richards.
 Jos. Mcknight lief, on the Nome City for a visit to his home in Los Angeles.
 Step into Kerns jewelry store and look at the fine new line of goods just received. Roy Cooper is down with the measles. as is also Mrs. Loomis' little boy. Chase and Sanlprn's Celebra ed Coffee is Q be had at Temple & Dougher.y's. 1 B. F. Willard left on the Nome City for Seattle, where he goes on railroad business.
 A full line of cooking and heat ing stoves for coal and wood. Richards < Go.
 George Dickey and Doc Cockerel will leave in about week for d trip to the Tanana. Bread that never sours and p:cs ! fit for the Gods. for sale a. the Valdez Cafe. 1 The Copper River Drawing Co. is building a barn 3OxS5 feet on Keystone Ave. below Mckinley St. l All kinds and styles of winter caps at Jas. Fish & Co. Don't forget that your taxes will be delinquen. next Monday, and 10 per cent. added after that time.
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The 'soef Again.

We'll have 10 admit. because it's
 rue. That q pretty strong glacier zephyr
 blew; I did some damage, and moved
 some snow. in fact it was quite a respectable
 blow. Bu. there is no foundation for the
 tale, That thCre was such terrible
 gaie; Why, 1t was nothing to compare, With the way that glacier can push
 air. If you wish to know what it can do. When it gets up and rusiles a few :; Just ask some old-timer to relate How the wind used to blow in '9S.
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Bishop Rowe was at Por land November 20, enrOute to Alaska.
 He will go to Nome via Valdez and the all-American route.
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The Juneau Dispatch thinks the P. P. x N. Co. will not make a suc- cess of the Nome City run. because the boat does not stop at Juneau. Wouldn't that jar you: The peo- pie of Juneau don't seem to realize that their town is fast drifting into the same class as Sitka and Skagway.
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ORpERoF ALASKA MoosE, Pioneer Tent No. 1. Meet in their own
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Approved June 23. 1874.

Gen. Vim. M. Distin. surveyor general and secretary of the dis trict, who has just returned from q visit to Washington, D. C.. has asked the Department for an ap- propriation for the surveying ser vice in the district for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1904, of SIS, S72, which he considers as meager as the demands of the service will justify.
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Valdez has no claims to the title
 of d mining camp. They charge the ladies 20 cents admission to
 dances.-Douglas Island News.
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Bread that never sours and pies fit for the Gods, for sale at the Vsldez Cafe. ''f
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Don't Forget The old Folks.

The following letter vas received few days ago by ex-Governor Lee dy from an old mother whose only son is now in town and has been here for the past year but has be- come go deprav,d and 20 forge,ful of his dear old parents that he will not write to them. Such men are contemp.iblc and mean, and not fit O live among respectable people and should be relegated to the huts of the siwashes. For only three dollars this man could send One of the Valdez new spapers to his parents and this would give them an idea of his wherea bouts and the conditions of the country in which he lives l:
 Newton. Kansas, Nov. 16, 1902. Gov. j. ". Lcedy, Valdez, Alaska.
 Sir:-I wri;e to you because yours is the only name 1 know in ;hat coun.ry. l wrO.c Q others bu, rccci e,i no answer. aad now l write 70 you. 1 write in regard to our son, our only boy, who wrote us from Valdez the 18th of last April. We are so anxious about him. His name is -. and l know he is known there. Do please find out if anything has happened 10 him, as there surely has or he would write. l, who am his mother, feel as if I cannot en- dure this suspense much longer. We are old and or daughters are married and he is all that is left. He wan,ed io gc, rich and went away. Would 10 God that he would come home. l hate to troub- le people, but don't know what to do. The months are SO long and we read of so many accidents and calamities. Please let us hear something, as you would want to hear from your boy if he was away. God help and bless you, is the wish of an old mother.
 Homer Bird, the convicted mur- derer of J. H.Harland, must either hang or receive a pardon from President Roosevelt. The Su- preme Court has affirmed the de- cision of the lower court.
 The case is well known. Bird went up the Yukon in 1900 in company with three men and one woman. The woman claimed to be Bids wife, but was not. Bird became jealous of his other com Ianions and also desired to secure their interest in the outfit and the steam launch in which they trav- eled. Bird killed two of his com pan;ons and wounded the third by shooting them in the back. The wounded man suffered all winter, and was kept secluded by Bird. Finally missionary got him away on sled to a mission hospital, and then got his story. Bird was ar rested after some trouble and tried and convicted before Judge C. $. Johnson. He was granted new trial which took pace hef"re Judge Brown. The case was appealed to the Supreme Court with result stated above. He will probably be hanged at oitka.
 The storm of last month seems to have been general throughout southern Alaska. In Cook Inlet it was quite severe, the natives saying it was the most severe in many years and tl,a, they never remem- ber the inlet having Boating ice 50 early. Al Si,ka and other places there was hear, wind storms and rough seas Fortunately but li.,le damage % property was done and as yet we have heard of no loss of life.
 Bread that never sours and pies fit for the Gods, for sale at the Vslde1 Cafe. .'F @fs. b
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BRoTHERHOoD OF ALASKA PIONEERS
 Arthur Rohgal. Chief, w. ]. Mcdonnell. Secretary. Headquarters. Aiognak. Alaska.
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VALDEZ CHAMBER or COMMERCE % Meet on the first and third Friday night oi each month. F NJ. Brown, Pres. 4. W.Ro chiord Sec'y.
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CHURCHES SOCIETIES ETC.

CHURCH OF THE EpIpnANY-Cor. Glacier Avenue and Hobart Street. Services on Sunday at ii a. m. and s P. m. Rev. F. <. Tay- Tor. Rector.
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A Police Reporter and why.

Every once in awhile am asked whv
became a newspaper man. For one-thine
because there were writer's Of such trash
who, themselves comfortably lodged. have
not red blood enough in their veins TO feel
for those to whom everything is denied
and not sense enough to make out the
facts when they see them, or they wond
not call Fairgrounds, schoolhouses and
better tenements 'abOrtive measures y
Some one had to tell the facts. That Is
one reason why ] became a reporter.
And ! am going to stay one until the
last Of that ilk has ceased to discourage
men from trying to help their fellows by
the shortest cut they can find. whether il
fits in theory or not. / don't care two
pins for all the social theories that were
ever made unless they helped to make
better men and women by lettering theit
lot. / have had cranks of that order who.
rated as sensible beings in the ordinary
affairs Of life, tell me that / was doing
harm rather than good by helping i'm.
prove the lot Of the poor; it delayed the
final day of justice we were waiting for
Not l. don't propose to wait an hour
for it If can help bring it on, and
know it ean.-Jacob A. Riis in Outlook.
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TERMS:-$l.OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE

the strike was ended on his return
to headquarters he was asked for an
expression of his views on the action
of the convention, and in reply he
said:
II am well pleased with the action
of the anthracite mine workers in de-
Gliding to submit the issues which cul-
minated in the strike to the commits
sion selected by the president of the
United States. The strike itself has
demonstrated the power and dignity
of labor. Conservative, intelligent
trade unionism has received an impe-
tus, the effect of which cannot be
measured. I earnestly hope and firm
ly believe that both labor and capital
have learned lessons from the miners
strike which will enable them to
adopt peaceful, humane and business
methods of adjusting wage differences
in the future"
After Mr. Mitchell had notified Pres
ident Roosevelt of the action Of the
convention, and had received a reply
to the effect that the commission would
meet in Washington tomorrow, he sent
out the official announcement through
the press to the strikers that the
strike was off. It was addressed to all
miners and mine workers in the an
thracite region. and was as follows:
you are hereby officially notified
that it was unanimously decided by
the delegates attending the special
convention that all mine workers
should report for work on Thursday
morning, October %, and that the Is
sues which eliminated in the strike
should be referred for adjustment to
the commission appointed by the pres
ident of the United States.
I'VE are authorized by the execu-
tive officers of districts 1, and to
caution all those who resume work to
exercise more than usual care in or
der that accidents to life and limb
may be averted. Owing to the condi.
ton of the mines after an idleness OF
| five months there will be great danger
when work is resumed. We are
| prompted to offer this advice by the
fact that at the close of the strike two
| years ago many more accidents and
deaths occurred than take place when
the mines are operating regularly"
President Mitchell has not made any
! arrangements regarding his future
movements. He does not know whether
he will go to Washington tomorrow
The miners leader will act as the at
torney for the men at all sessions Of
the commission and will have with hin
several assistants. Headquarters here
will be kept open probably until aftel
the award of the arbitration commits
sion is announced.
Reports from the small towns in thu
outlying regions are to the effect tina
celebrations of all kinds were hell
last night. Some Of the larger town
celebrated the ending of the strike to
day. The greatest celebration, how
ever, will be reserved for October 20
John Mitchell Day. That day vii
mark the second anniversary of tn
ending of the big strike in 1900, whel
the men won a 10 per cent. increase.
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Across the North river there is a parish
Of New York suburbanites who own a
valuable church property. Upon their
plot stands what is perhaps the smallest
church building known to the denomina-
tiOn. One Of the women members de-
clared to the minister in charge that the
building ought to have a slit in the roof,
SO that she might deposit her offerings In
accordance with the traditions Of child
hood
A little girl, on her first visit to the
service, received five pennies to put on
the plate. When she returned, her moth
er found that she still retained two of the
five pennies. 'Why did you not give It
all p the mother asked.
ooh, mamma" was the ingenious an
swer, sit was such a little church I
thought three cents was enough for itr'-
New York Tribune.
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song with a Sentiment.

People living around the vicinity Of
Fifth and Chestnut streets had a good
laugh one day last week. A little negro
girl is in the habit of coming to the pump
at the corner to get water. She brings
her bucket along. and. being too small to
handle the pump, she usually begs some
passerby to pump for her. They always
accede. The other day she reached her
destination with the bucket. and as she
did so a tall, sober looking gentleman
passed. Mister" said the small African
damsel, won't you please fill my bucket
for me?"
The gentleman instantly halted, put the
tin bucket on the spout and started TO
pump. As he did so the negro bloOmeT
began singing in a loud voice, ''I'ze got eT
white man wnkkin' fer me-"
The familiar tune Of the variety song
struck the bystanders and passersby. and
they were conYulsed with the situation,
Not so the pumper. He evidently did moi
know anything about comic songs of that
character and did not see the joke, for he
went on pumping gravely until the bucket
was filled and handed to its sOngfu
owner.-Louisville Times.
Milford chronicle., 1902-10-24
BIRD WIT.
Parent PlOvers Save Their Young By
a Clever stratagem.

Parent RAOVers save Their Young ~
a Clever stratagem.
Down on the beach among the sand
dunes at Cape Lookout there is a certain
small stretch of land where the sun
shines warm and the wind never strikes,
except when it whisks in little eddies
around the dunes and blows the dry sand
rafting among the broken seashells.
Here pair Of Wilson's plOvers one sum-
mer had their home and, DESPITE the
vigil Of many enemies, successfully guard
ed their nest in the sand until two of the
three spotted eggs it contained Matched
cut little down covered balls Of peeping
bird life. These baby birds do not remain
long in the nest, and their slender legs
were soon carrying them rapidly about
after their parents.
One day some men came to the part of
the beach where the plover family lived.
The little ones were much frightened. so
they sat very close to the sand, and the
men did not see them. Father and Moth
er Plover were quite uneasy, however
They flew near the men and cried and
tried to get the intruders to follow them
away. The mother bird even pretended
to be lame. When the men saw this, one
Of them said: "LoOk at that bird. She
has nest Of young ones near here or she
would not act so. | have seen partridges
on the mainland act in the same manner
when l was near their young"
They then began to search among the
shells. This alarmed the parents so much
that they determined to try their last and
best trick. The little mother ran ur close
to the men, fell on her side and futtered
and cried as if she was dying. The father
bird and two other plovers, who had a
nest farther up the shore. ran to her and
| rubbed her with their bills as if they were
very anxious and so sorry about her sick
| ness.
Look herew said the man who hst
spoken before. "That bird really must b,
hurt. | have seen many kinds of bird.
| pretend to be injured, but have never seer
two play different parts in the sam,
trick" So they started to catch her.
But Mrs. Plover seemed TO get bette
and ran on for fifteen or twenty yards
and then appeared to fall again. TIL,
other plOvers gathered about as befor,
and put their bills under her as IL to rails,
and help the sick one. The men went hur
rying on, but the lady bird agnin recov
cred enough to run for a little distance
| ny 'NuiS pi"felS saw the group pass OF
among the dunes, the four birds in from
and the men following after. Invent,
minutes later the shrewd old birds wer
back with their children. and the men
entirely outwitted. were far down tn
beach toward their boat.
Pretense of injury or lameness is
common habit with many species Of bird
to attract a supposed enemy from tn
vicinity Of their nests.-Our Dumb AM
mails
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ARRITRAroRs 70 MEET
President Issued a Call As Soon As He
Learned Strike Was OFF.

lGaElEQ 9AlNhG w Do Viz
Washington, Oct 22.-Shortly before
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Presi-
dent Roosevelt received a telegram
from Wilkesbarre, Pa, informing him
that the convention of miners had de-
clared off the anthracite coal strike.
The telegram was signed by John Nit
chell, chairman, and w B. Wilson, sec
rotary of the convention, and was iden-
tical with that made public at Wilkes
barre. Immediately on receipt of this
information, the following telegram
was sent to Mr.. Mitchell:
Washington, Oct. Al, 1902.
John Mitchell, Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Upon receipt of your telegram Of
this date, the president summoned the
commission to meet here on Friday
next the oath instant, at 10 a. m.
GEORGE B. CORTELYOU, Sec"
It is probable that the first ses-
sions of the commission at which testi-
mony will be taken will be held in
Wilkesbarre, as that city will be most
convenient for the miners representa-
tives. Other meetings will be held in
Philadelphia or New York, or in both
cities. Whether the sessions Of the
commission will be open to the public
is a question the commission itself will
have to determine, but it is regarded as
quite likely that at all sessions when
testimony is taken, representatives OF
the press will be admitted.
How long the hearings will continue
nobody can foretell. At their conclu-
sion, each member of the commission
will be supplied with a copy Of the
/ testimony adduced and will consider
1t OF his leisure.
Any druggist who looks more TO the healtl
and welfare OF his friends and customers thai
! to the increase Of his prescription trade, viii
recommend Ramon's Liver Pills and Toni
Pelless for attacks Of constipation and bill
iousness They are far better than stren
drugs and much better than prescription bills
/ q. c. Mcclure & Sons, the leading druggist
OF Gallup, KY, write; "RamOn's Liver Pill
and Tonic Pellets have proved to be the mos
popular and satisfactory medicine we eve
handled" A trisl will convince you of thei
great superiority over ordinary liver pills. 2
cents. T. +. Hammersley.
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The Worst Paved city.

Moscow is probably the worst paw
ed city in the world. Great cobble-
stones driven by hand into a loose bed
of sand form a roadway which is al
ways dusty in summer and muddy in
autumn, and in many of the roads
there is no attempt at a roadway Of
any kind. The streets are badly wa
tered and cleaned.
The city is regarded by the Russians
as "the holy city," probably because Of
the large number of monasteries it con-
tains. 1t was once the capital of the
empire and still enjoys the distinction
Of being considered the capital of the
interior, but there does not seem to be
any particular desire on the part Of
the authorities to make it more worthy
of It's tittA
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4oFsiTsI Tor your past sins. II Is TO
the mother love in God that point
you. 1t is to one who will cling to you
long after even an earthly mothers
directions shall have ceased and when
they have forever faded away.
Copyright, 1902 Louis Klopsch. N, II
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Michigan Divorces.

From the record of divorces in Michi-
gan for the last year-a record showing
one divorce for every ten marriages-the
Detroit Tribune draws some interesting
deductions. 1t learns from its study of
the figures that the acute divorce period
is between the date of marriage and the
completion of the fifth year. OF the
2,41S divorces in 1900 GS5 Of the applica-
tons came within the FIVE year division.
From five to nine years, inclusive, the
number Of divorces was 665; from ten to
fourteen years, 40G; fifteen TO nineteen
years, 292, and from this period the de-
crease was rapid, winding up with one
couple divorced after ffty-fve years. II
thus appears that the test of married life
is during the first ten years. Another
point of interest is that in LODI of the
divorce cases, nearly half of the total, the
divorced couples had no children.
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Didn't Cut His Corners.

A writer in the Boston Transcript
gives this Renaissance of the Rev. DR..
Elijah Kellogg of Harpswell, Me-:
zone Sunday before his sermon the
doctor announced from his pulpit: The
widow Jones' grass is getting pretty
long. I shall be there with my scythe,
rake and pitchfOrk at o'clock tomor-
row morning, and I hope every male
member of the congregation will be
there too
'"The next morning they were all
there and among them Captain Griggs,
six feet two in his stockings, with a
weight of nearly $50 pounds Par
son. said he as they were working up
the field near each other, Pm goin to
cut your corners this mOrnin.'
Now, DIR. Kellogg was a little man,
weighing scarcely more than 100
pounds, but he knew how to handle
a scythe. and, as he told me. with a lit
tie shrug of his shoulders, he didn't
cut my corners that morning. More
than that, the man who had thought
he could beat the parson at moving
4 dropped under a tree exhausted from
working with such a pacemaker."
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What 60 DO.
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u you need medicine you should have the
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lion reading this generous offer Ia this paper.
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sediment or set
ting indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton Of the kid
neys; If it stains
your linen It Is
evidence Of kid
ney trouble; toe
frequent desire to
pass It or pain in
the back is also
I-sIaau- naG k1,I
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thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and DON'T Know It.
How To Find Out.

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let It stand twentysfour hours; q
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The Boys Divine Friend.
God as the divine mOthels tOdaT
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-25
DIED FROM FALL.
CHARLES TURNER sUCCUMBs
TO INJURIES IN ST. LOUIS.

Charles Turner, from Virginia, Cass
county, Ill, died yesterday in st,
Louis from injuries received from fall.
ing from workhouse quarry while
watching the prisoners break stones.
He had been fighting death all his
life, he said, and had lost both arms,
one by shotgun wound and the other
by . train, the latter when seven
mouths of age. Previous to the last
accident he was q bookkeeper and
made figures with his left hand.
The statement in another paper that
he was in Paducah recently was an err.
ror. The tramp here has no legs. and
is still on the chain gang.