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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-08
ENTIRE BLOCK IN RUINS.
Fire at Norfolk Va, Destroys Several
Business Houses.


The largest and most disastrous fire in
Norfolk, Va, for thirty years occurred
early Friday morning. An entire city
block was destroyed, $50 business Arms
and fiat jewellers were burned out, and
the damage is estimated at not less than
100000. The telephone and electric
power systems were put out Of business,
but no loss of life has been reported.
The fire started at 2:10 in the morning
on the first floor of the Columbia building
on CRANKY street, occupied by a saloon,
restaurant and about 100 firms with small
offices and suites. The Atlantic Hotel
and Virginia Club were next attacked
by the flames, and then Il four-story
building at Plum and CRANKY streets, oc-
cupied by the Johnson China Company,
was burning briskly in half an hour.
Over the store were about twenty flats
ard a number of thrilling rescues were
made by firemen and policemen. Five
women were carried down the fire es'
capes and none was injured. The fire
spread to the department store of Welt,
Rettew s. Clay, and from there it attack
ed the Academy of Music, in the same
block.
1t was after o'clock before the fire
was under control. Lack Of water at the
critical moments hampered the fremeni
but they managed to save the Watt de-
partment store. The Atlantic Hotel was
cOmnlete1y Quilted
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Finally Guide Whitman IeaRed lightly
into the saddle, looked hurriedly over
the line of his foes, and at the same time
took rapid note of the nature of the
ground over which he was about to fly.
He advanced in the direction of the Sioux
at a gallop. They swarmed to block his
way, and so exposed themselves to the
fire of his repeating rifle.
AS the eagle sweeps along the face of
the mountain, like a bolt launched from
the upper blue, but turns in mid-career
and shoots back over the line of it's
flight, so Hector wheeled in response to
the pressure of his masters knee, and
quick as the winged arrows that pursued
him, he plunged into the valley and up it.
Captain Richmond and his well-armed,
finely mounted desperadOes were deceiv-
ed by this ruse. In their eagerness to
head their victim off, they had gallOped
towards the point for which he seemed
to be madly making. This conduct left
the road open in the direction of the
mountains, the only avenue by which
Whitman could hope to escape.
1t was amazing that one of the shower
of bullets poured after the flying Whit
man did not strike him or disable his
horse But the excitement, and the fact
that the rifemen were moving, as was
the object at which they fred, made aim
impossible. Z
The valley contracted after few hun
dred yards, and boulders blocked up the
way. Captain Richmond and his men
saw this and they urged on their horses
and sent up shout of victory. Guide
Whitman leaped from his horse, and
raising his rifle, was about to fire, when
he heard his name shouted from the cliffs
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FLEE FROM GALLONS.
Condemned Murderers Are Aided by
JaiIer's Wife to Escape.

JaiIer's Wife to Escape.
Assisted by the warden's wife, who fled
with them, Edward and John Biddle,
awaiting execution in the county jail at
Pittsburg for the murder of Grocer
Thomas d. Kahney of Mount Washing
ton, oyerpowered the guards at 4 o'clock
Thursday morning and escaped. Ono
guard was shot and another was thrown
sixteen feet to stone floor below.
Both prisoners had been provided with
saws, with which they cut the bars IN
their cells and were ready at any mo-
ment to make an opening large enough
for them to pass through. The men &C.
cuped adjoining cells on the second
range. They had evidently been prepar-
ing for escape for some time and had
assistance from the outside, as both
were armed with revolvers.
Warden Peter K. Solicit authorized
the allegation that his wife is response
BILE for furnishing the revolver and saws
to the Biddes. In her infatuation for
the handsome desperate, Edward Biddle,
it is alleged that she left her husband
and her four children and, it is supposed,
she was to meet the escaped convicts at
n place agreed upon.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-08
WOULD SHOOT AGED WORKMEN.
Labor Delegate Makes Startling Pro-
position on Age Limit.

A State law providing for the legal
killing of all workingmen over 10 years
of age who are unable to support them
selves was the startling recommen datIon
made by William f. Mclean, machin-
list, at a session of the Chicago Federation
of Labor.
William Besson, secretary of the Boil
ermakers' District Council, in commu-
nication to the Federation, stated that
many manufacturers, railroad and ship
building companies had fixed the age
limit at 40 years, and asking if anything
could be done to prevent such rules be-
ing carried out.
IF the State can pass a law prohibit
ing cruelty to animals it ought to make
a law to protect humanity declared Del
egate Mclean. IF it cannot, then it
should pass a law providing that all
workingmen unable to support themselves
after reaching the age of 40 years be
legally shot"
The question was made a special order
for the next meeting.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-08

He left Bellevue in the morning, but
he did not go back over the well-marked
trail that showed the route by which they
had come. Instead, he kept to the south,
and at noon halted to rest his horse He
was standing by a crystal spring, look
ing up the mountains, when he was start
led by a sharp, whizzing sound that sped
past his face, and the next moment an
arrow struck the rock behind him and
fell in Splinters at his feet.
Like the shrill bowling of wolves, he
heard the signal cries of the Sioux along
the mountain above, and realized that
they would soon be upon him if he did not
move. But the dominant thought in his
mind was not his own danger.
1T is only twenty miles back to Gen
Greyson's settlement" he reasoned, "and
if the Indians attack me here they will
not hesitate to strike the colonists.
must get back and give them warming"
He leaped on the back of his horse,
and so quickly that the eye of a watcher
would be tested in following his move
ments. But quick as he was, the willy
Sioux were equally alert. AS he dashed
away a shower of bullets and arrows was
rained after him.
He glanced back and saw the half
naked braves swarming down the slopes.
He looked along the valley, up which his
horse was flying like a great bird skim
ming the sea of waving grass, and he
saw ahead of him, and less than a mile
away, a considerable body of mounted
white men.
They were making signs to him to meet
them. He undoubtedly would have gone
on had he not caught sight of Captain
Richmond. An exclamation burst from
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Brief News Item 9.

Chester Griswold, steel manufactures
New York, died suddenly.
In federal court, Springfield, H., jury
awarded Wiley Nash $4,000 against the
c.. p. & st. l.. Railroad. He lost leg
in a wreck on that road.
Carnegie does not favor a home for in
digent newspaper men. He thinks they
would be unhappy if herded together, He
favors a pension fund for them so they
can reside where they please, and will
give money for that purpose il publishers
will assist.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-08
JUDGE JOLTS DOWIE.
Names Receiver for "Elijah's" Lace
Industries and Calls Pact Void.

Names Receiver for "Elijah's" Lace
Industries and Calls Pact Void.
John Alexander Dowie self-named Bill
jah Ill, met his Waterloo in Chicago
Friday morning. Judge Murray f. Tuley
was his Wellington. After the bitterest
judicial arragnment ever heard in a local
court room, Elmer Washburn was APP
pointed receiver for the Zion lace indus
tries.
A great crowd of Dowie's followers
were present when the decision was rem
dered. Dowie was greatly effected. For
half an hour previous to the Hateful
words that declared his ruin the white
whiskered prophet had seen the drift
of the decision. He settled back into his
chair, a picture of woe. Several of his
women followers cried. The face of At
torney Samuel Ware Packard was
blanched and his wife, who sat near him,
covered her face.
Judge Tuley ruled against the shrewd
faith healer in almost every contention
raised in the suit brought by his broth
er-in-law, Samuel Stevenson. The chan
cellor held that the agreements entered
into by Dowie and Stevenson on the
night of Aug. 4, 1900, wherein Dowie
gained control of the Englishman's prop
erty, were void on the ground of undue
influence and that the contract of April
II, 1900, claimed by Stevenson to be. the
true agreement, was a valid instrument.
Dowie was also ordered by the court
to give to Stevenson Il certificate of fully
paid stock in the lace corporation to the
amount of 100000. The sole point in
which Dowie's contentious were sustain
ed was that Stevenson could not recover
the $4,000 given by him to his wife,
Dowie's sister, unless he brought action
in his capacity as the executor of the es-
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Gus people in the country. The table
RELIGIOUS body.

DIR. Carroll says he finds it exceedingly
difficult to get statistics of Mormons.
He believes there are 3OO,OOO OF them
in Utah and adjacent States, and thinks
Mormon missionaries in the East, OF
whom there are said to be l,4OO, made
60 900 converts last year. He also mas
the smaller religious bodies to be making
no Roadway. Conditions seem to be that
the great bodies grow greater, with some
executions. and the smaller ones smaller.
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CHAPTER III.

From the summit of the hill Guide
Whitman saw the Sioux and their allies
closing in on him. They made no at
tempt to conceal their movements. Con-
fident, as they might well have been with
such odds in their favor, they cheered,
yelled and shouted instructions back and
forth. Hector. the horse, seemed to take
in the situation as well as his master.
With alert ears, expanding nostrils, and
protruding eyes, he looked along the val
ley and up the slopes, over which the red
men were urging their ponies, or clam
bering on foot. then he rubbed his muzzle
against his masters shoulder, as if he
would say:
1T is time to mount; let me carry you
from this danger"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-08
Railroad Defies Dominion.

The White Pass Railway Company has
been ordered by the dominion government
to reduce its freight and passenger rates
between Skaguay, Alaska, and White
Horse Yukon territory. The company
has positively refused and there does not
seem any means by which the Canadian
authorities can assert their authority.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-08

The ten marines, members of Captain
David d. Porter's expedition, lost on the
Island of Samar, have been rescued. But
they are pitiful wrecks. Starving, poi
soned by brambes, feyerish from drink
ing impure water, all deIirious and some
insane, there is scant hope that any of
them will ever fully recover from their
terrible experiences.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-08

War Secretary Broderick, in introduc-
ing a supplementary army estimate of
So. 100000 in the House of Commons,
said it brought the total of the cost of the
war; for the present year, up to $305,-
$4,000. On Jan. l, Broderick said, there
were still 237, 800 British troops in South
Africa. The expenses of the war had
now been reduced to about $22,500,000
per month.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-08
Government Aid to Farmers.

A law exists in Norway to aid people
in securing land The Government pro-
yides a sum of 100000, which is lent
to industrious farmers to enable them
to buy farms.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-08

Another interesting table FURNISHED by
DR.. Carroll is that in which the creeds
are placed in order according to their
numbers. In this, as will be seen, the
Roman Catholics are nearly three times
as numerous as any other body of relig
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-08
uliterates In the South.

In North Carolina and Louisiana
only three persons out OF every four
can read and write.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-08

1t is said that the Union Pacific win
build the proposed cutoff from Echo,
Utah, to Salt Lake City during the pres
ent year,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-08

Z. e. Smothers, owner of Lord Derby,
2:0615, has accepted the challenge ISSUED
by Thos. W. Lawson, owner of Boralma,
2:0712, to a match race, best three in
five heats, for a limit of $4,000 a side.
Boralma was defeated by Lord Derby
last summer at Hartford in one of the
fiercest three-cornered races in turf his
tory
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-08

". t"' 'dItN OIL the Immigrants,
". not blind them to the indie
r so"eS OF the valley spread out
e'. Riders and drivers pulled
-".a their hats and looked down
.'ao- faces. The women and
ID III, the wagons to admire. Even
-' 'rl.eS pmrkcd up their ears
'.' ahead. as if higher thoughts
.~ PASTURES We're in their Gagged
j. the place, This is the happy
~e promised land" cried Gen.
us feelings breaking through
03. restraint.
rAe a glimpse Of Paradise" said
,s'las, her face flushing and her
%-'lS eyes flashing with delight.
l1' he. said Jennie Greyson,
-% de.os,vc mirages we saw so
~e early mornings on the
ID Promise, Miss Grevson." said
human, touching his hat and
.s !. Tue low, soft tones peculiar
An ~"' ,ae beautiful valley down
", seem More beautiful nc we
Ills miahab;rcdq" osloa Ntohe,
. who from the FIRST WAS deenly
$@ IN the guide.
I only living creatures tbare " ba
m, are the devon. IN +bo onovos +bo
lie waters. and tho nac5aa ~ oiroI;nn
. @'e above S'''
TT expected to sec sucb = sight
outside Of JgrIand" said Mr. Cos
i.
and down .hrre said Gen crav-
.@,l0s to the valley &c onrs. 1nt
s.' Possess IT,"
"a a few aavs tbov had so,oo+oa
a,on and h,rra1 on tHo $500
,7eo.ags vera soon - snnnlan+
q 0, the n.,ra4 S0 VI.h 10 S 1aIt
y, Bellevue as naTo ~ nnne
..,. "Io appropriate for the new
~. ,'f>, ,,
., ,J' Ned Castillo were civil engi-
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Old papers for sale at this ORcs.

oers. mere snulI ue Ie1l lit tue emu Or
he list OF candidates for each different
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-08

~s444.44slI1sy pAoDauIy nave Deen
the recipients OF his favors, and they
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belief by the eminent spokesman for the
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Legislature or out of it who believe that
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4 et' that in other states sue
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18
INLAND WEATHER.
TOlOgrAphio Reports of Climatic Con
 ditions From tho Interior.

The following was ths eo1iltCro Of the weather at the various points of the h. terIOr as reported by telegraph yesterday morning:
 WhItshOrss-Clouiy, calm, IS above. Cowlsy-ClOujy, calm, 10 above. CahbOu-ClOudv, south wind 2l above. Psnnlngton-Cloudy south winj, % above.
 Bsnnstt-Cloudv, south wind, 22 above. Log Cabln-ClOudv south w,ul, IS above,
 Frassr-Cloudy, south wind, I0 above. White Pass-ClOudy, south wlnt, I7 above,
 Glaclsr-Clear. south wind, 2S above. AtlIu-Clsar, south wlndi 8 below TagIsh-Clsar, calm, I4 above
 Lower La Bargs-CIelJ, clln, 20 above HootallnQua-Clear calm, I2 above, Yukon Crosslog-Cl0udy, high south wind, 10 above.
 Selkirk-CloudY, calm above.
 Sslwyn-Cloudv, calm, 0 above.
 Slewart-Cloudy. calm, below,
 Dlwson-Cloudy, calm O.
 Fortymlls-Cloudy, calm, below.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18
THOSE LAND LAWS.

An objection that has been mats to sN- sxtsndlng the land laws to Alaska ls that as 5000 as the land Is thrown open to set' tlsmsnt, the choicest areas of the district VIII bs Eobblsd by capitalists and that hordss Of vsnal people wlll be used as ihslr tools to effect the s,qusstra,iOn of the pub lle dOnaln from tho purposes Intended by the law makers,
 That such will be the result, ln great msaSurs Ia undoubtedly true, but admit ting that such will be the case, lt does not afford an adequate reason Co reserve ths land until such time as conditions of this kind will not prevail, for that desirable period Is as far of as the golden age. To await t would be as unreasonable as for a dyspeptle to refrain permanently from talk Ing nouhshmsn, because everything dis agreed with him.
 The time will never come when laws for the equitable distribution of the public domain cannot be svldsd, at least in theiT Splrit, and the longer an opening Of the Eoytnmsnt landsto settlements Is delayed, the mora tine the land sharks win have ,o oOseOct schemes whereby lhsy eln ibs nOu socesssfully dsfraud the government.
 Ills eulte likely also true that many Ot the mos, ardsnt advocates of the extension Of ths laws ore no, actu1tsi by a pltrIoylc dsslrs to afford homes for pIonsers ana 10 build up an empire ln the North, as Co put themselves or thsir principals In Che way of speculative profit and that ,heI' pltr- otle mouthlngs Is but the cant that Is al- ways employed when a raid upon govern nsnt property Is Intended.
 Much ot the leRiSiaton thlt ms ai' vanesd the general Interests Of the couUiry has been enacisdfom very sortii motives. The powerful Interests that ars required Co gst action on legislation are of very ma tsrlal nature and are not actuatst by sNslt' si motives. The equitable reasons tha, are spoken 10 the eloquent speeches lncl- dsnt to such legislation, are bu, the mere rhetorical fittings Of req Sons tLht are but spoken in closed closets But ths people need legislation just the came and there Is now a supreme need fci legislation that wlll make the vast wilder asssss of Alaska useful,
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18
TO MARRY
Postmaster of WhitehOrse Is
 Slated.

Dr. Frederick Cane, the popular post master of whltshorss, came over on the traln last night and took quarters at the Fifth Avenue hotel Dr. Cane Is in che city to meet an all important appointment at the advent oi the city of Seattle. for aboard the pride of the Pacific Coast Co., Is Marguerite DuekswOrth Livingstone, of Seattle, who but a short time ago was Dr. Canes assistant at the whllehorss post office. And lt Is preaUangsd that when Ms. Livingstone Is escorted to Wnltshorss by the gallant doctor, that she goes as hls bride.
 Margusuts D. LlylngstOns, the bride 10 be, Is a gold pedals, of Bellevue hospital New York, and has been the matron of several prominent Western hospitals.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18
Out For Chris,mas

Hoo. Fred P Congion the Crown pros ecutor of the Yukon territory. arrived on the train last night. He was a passenger on the record breaking White Psss stage and Is on his way South to spend the Chdstmas holidays. Mr Congdon says that the Yukon country Is rp.i.v recover- Ing from the depression Incident Co the bruaklng of what might be called a boom or speculative era. Dawson Is again on a firm basis and times are rapidly improving.
 Mr. Congdon Is hardly rested from ihe work Incident to his mas,srly prosecution of the murtersrs La Belle and Founr and he Is now taking much needed rest.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18
PERSONAL MENTION

Fathu corsib of whltshorss, Is at the Fifth Avenue.
 Judge Taylor, Of WhIishOrss, clms over % last nights train, H: Is registered at the Fifth Avenue.
 Geo. Fraser, of Dawson, was one of the passengers who made the record trlp of the winter on the White Pass stage. He Is going South and Is at the Fifth Avenue. W. H. SlmpsoO, ot whltehOrss, arrived ou the Galn last night and Is sojounlng at he Fifth Avenue.
 5. .Wsltzman, of Halnss, was a round trip passenger on the DIrIgo.
 -o-
 u. B.attle, Of Juneau, was a round trlp passenger on the DlrIgo.
 W. N. Goldsmith, a travelling salesman, went South on the Dirlgo.
 -c-
 w. Henry Jones, the expert adiustsr of movable alphabets. returned to america after a sojoun of several weeks ln Canada on Tuesday evenings trlln.
 Engineer Mckenzie is now in a fair way of recovering from his broken rib and Is out making the rounds of his friends.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18
Merry sleiehridO Party

Cllud Kinney and Clson Ask gave a jolly slsighrlds party last night to between 20 and 25 young boys and girls ehape- ronsi by Mrs. Clvne, The supreme event of the merry evening was a race with the army mules which the proud youngsters elaIm wsre dIstaneed.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18
The Northorn Pacific

Runs the finest trains between Puae, Sound and St. Paul. Us famous 'N1rh C0lJ Limited" affords every convenience as well as luxury known Co tUe modem travel. Tickets Co all points in the United States and Canada. lf you contemplate a trip East, call on or write Co A, liuIlnG Genl. Agent, Tacoma, 0r !. A. Nddeau, Geul Agent, Seattle.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18
FOX CATCH.
Great Falling off on Pribilof.
 Islands This Year.


Washington, Dec. GA rport Co ths treasury department on this years fox catch on the Prlblloflslands, slys
 There was a great falling of in the catch of blue fox skins on the Phbllof islands during the last season, attributable to the mild winter, which allowed the foxes to obtain an ample food sl ply abou, the beaches, and rendered ii unnecessary for them to visit the traps. The lsssees tock but A2I fox skins, 20 Of them being V bite.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18

This Is the Season of the year when everybody should have thelr blankets washed. The Royal Laundry Is doing them in great numbers Get your order in early.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18

Hundreds of eyes read the advertising columns of the Alaskan each day. They can thsss columns closely. Business men do you want reSults3 We have the proper medium. Phone Io for the man with the rate card Co call
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18
Transfer at Haiuos

M. W. Lane sold his Interest ln the drugstore managed by Or. Sewell, at Halnes, Co Dr. J. N. Dryden, of Indiana,
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18
stouOEraphy AndTypswriting

Miss Mary F. Blrrv at Judge Pratt's law office respectfully SolicIts the patron age of the business people Of Skagway In stenography and typswrting. I2-II-2w
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18

CWth every dollar you spsld with H D. KiImss, the Pioneer Jswel-r, you ulll receive enc ehlnce on a ladY's or gentle mans gold watch,
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18

The best lunch, the best beer, the best people, the best of everything at the Seat tle Salo0n-for gentlemen onlv.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18
Tn. tine to advertise sal the time.

Furnished rooms and houses for rent advertised ln the Daily Alaskan-always bflnE plenty of applicants.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18

The Seattle Saloon Is a thoroughly re- spsctabls gentleman's resort Fine lunch ssryed with every glass of beer.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18

Pick out vcur Xmas presents now at the B. M. Bshrends Go. and they WiiI de- liver them for you Xmas.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18
New Lace Curtains at E. R. Peoples.

The best glass Of beer ln the North can be had at the Seattle Sal0on-A gentle mans resort.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18

The B. M. Behrends Co. are giving 2s per cent discount on silk or wool waists, ladies jackets. caps, suits 0r skirts.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18

We cary Fl. a a M. ready.to-wear tailor-mads suits. P. N. Ciayson A C O.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18

F.. Rent and For Sale cards for sale d this onaca
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18

Buy your Christmas presents from Klrmse and get a chance for those fine watches.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18
Curios P.E. Kern.

lLdian eurlos, mOceaslns and snow shoes, at p. E. Kem's jswelrv store. I2IIAt
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-18

Two gold watches given awlyby q. D. Kirmse, the Pioneer Jeweler, December 24.