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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-31

Hear Mrs Bertha Kunz Baker read
Rosland's L'Aiglon'' at High School
hall next Monday evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-31
a 100000 Hospital.

San Francisco. Oct. 31.-A notable de-
velopment Of the equipment Of the Uni
versity Of California, college of med
icine, TO consist Of great clinical hos
pital that viii cost $780, eco, has been pro
posed n Q report submitted by com
nlttee representing all interested fac
tors IN the university administration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-31

in track elevation and in track improve
ments.
Douglas Island news., 1902-08-27
The NOrthIand
The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed.
Information for Everybody.

Wages are s5 per day in Atlin.
 Valdez schools opened on August II.
 Board in the Koyukuk is S3.50 day,
 A big oil find is reported near Kayak White Horse is to have new ceme- tery.
 Dawson has had severe electrical storm.
 Water has played out on Miller's Gulch.
 Rampant City is talking of incorpo- ration.
 Gambling has been shut down at Rampant.
 The late earthquake did not miss White Horse.
 Dyea is supplying the Dawson mark ct with potatoes.
 Now comes White Horse with a ping pong tournament.
 Judge Pratt, formerly of Skagway, is located at Rampant.
 The Alaskan says that shelter for Skagway is sure go.
 Tie passengers are becoming pretty numerous in Skagway.
 Men with the gold fever are quaran- tined at Copper Center.
 The Chinese population of Sitka is steadily on the increase.
 Marshal Richards has filed charges against Judge Wickersham.
 A force of IA men is at work improv- ing the channel at Hellgate.
 A new seal rookery has been discov- cred in the Aleutian Island.
 It is reported that there is not an idle man in the Atlin district.
 The Yukon river continues to crawl up above the low water mark.
 Improvements at the head of Lake LaBarge have been completed.
 There is said to be demand for mi ners in the Ketchikan district.
 Several dredgers will operate on the Hootalinqua river next season.
 It is about time that the wreck of the Islander should be again located.
 Nome is reported very quiet but there is much activity on the creeks.
 The cut rate war on the Yukon steam CTS threatens to depopulate Dawson.
 Additional stamps are to be placed in the mill at the Lucky Chance mine. The principal of the White Horse school receives salary of s200 month. Clerk of the Court Hills has been to Haines, giving the merchants of that place heart to heart talk about the duty they owe the government.
Douglas Island news., 1902-08-27

A hydraulic plant is to be put in on Solomon's Gulch, in the Valdez district.
 s3O,OO0 in dust has been sent out of the Slate creek diggings for this sea- son.
 Gen. Lew Wallace, author of "Ben Hur," is to make tour of Alaska this fall.
 F.s. Griffin, Skagway's pioneer lum- herman, has left that city for pastures new.
 A number of men have been put at work in the Stewart mine in Silver Bay.
 Sluice lumber is drug in the mar ket at Candle creek at S75 per thou sand.
 Collector Jarvis has returned from his tour of the Yukon and the West ward.
 Gov. Ross went South last week en- route to Vancouver for medical treat ment.
 Portland is still fddling away on the scheme of operating a line of Alaska boats.
 The government force at Eagle is to be increased by the addition of 10 mules.
 s1OO,oOO is the amount of gold ship ped out of the Atlin district so far this season.
 The government, next summer, will probably abandon Fort Gibbon, on the Yukon.
 The steamer Dawson on her last trip down the Yukon went as far as Fort Egbert.
 Flour is selling at s8 per sack on Livingstone creek, in the Big Salmon district.
 Valdez is but one degree north of the sixtieth parallel, which passes through Skagway.
 Mrs. Marion Reynolds received the Kirmse prize for the best garden in Skagway.
 All winter mail for Nome and St. Mi chael hereafter is to be sent by way of Skagway.
 A skagway prospector claims to have discovered tin ore in the vicinity of that city.
 Wm. Workman, of skagway, writes home from Valdez that that town is on the boom.
 Postmaster Sampson of skagway has gone to San Francisco for medical treatment.
 Dawson had spud famine a few days ago and prices went up to 3O cents per pound.
 The new Panama copper strike is said to be the biggest one ever made in the far North.
 The distance from Seattle to Dawson by way of the proposed Valdez route is 1880 miles.
 The steamer Spokane is to take the place of the City of Topeka on the Alaska run.
 Up to August 10th, sG,5OO,oOO of gold had been shipped from the KIondike this season.
Douglas Island news., 1902-08-27

M J. Heney, the railroad contractor, has been at Kayak Investigating the feasibility of building 30 miles of road to the coal fields.
 The strike of the century is reported from Sixty Mile, 30 miles back from the Yukon. The usual stampede from Dawson resulted.
 The sealing season in Boring sea is now open, and large fleet is operating under encouraging conditions favora- ble to large catch.
 The postoftice department has estab- lished brass lock exchange of regis tered pouches between Valdez and Eagle, twice month.
 J. D. Harrigan, leading operator, thinks Atlin is one of the best districts in the world and that it will be big producer for years to come.
 A Windy Arm company claims to have 30,000 tons of ore'in sight that will mill S30 per ton. Evidently there is something in a name, after all.
 Miss Minnie Williams, a 10-year old girl, passed through Skagway the other day, enroute to Dawson, having made the trip from New Orleans unattended.
 The Ketchikan Journal thinks it is not beyond the range of possibilities that railroad be constructed up the Unuk river within the next two or three years.
 W. G. Luker is on his way to Toronto with a collection of Klondike vegeta- bles, quatzs, furs and mounted speci- mems for exhibition at the agricultural fair there.
 It is the intention of the promoters of the Valdez. Eagle railway company to build branch to Dawson, which will leave the main line about 100 miles to the south of Eagle.
 The N. c. Go. will build immense storage plents for crude oil on the low CT Yukon this season. Steamers of the company hereafter will consume crude oil instead of wood.
 The Valdez-Eagle railway company has let the contract for the erection of office buildings, bank building, hotel and one or more other buildings across the bay from Valdez.
 Skagway's Chamber of Commerce proposes to down the license tax, and has invited every man, woman and child in town to meet with them and discuss the proposition.
 The Journal says that the Redmen's Lodge of that place have completed arrangements to construct bath house at the hot springs on Behm canal, 40 miles north of Ketchikan.
 The Copper river valley is said to be much more temperate than the Yukon valley, and there are no climatic re- strictions to prevent the successful growing of the hardier variety of ce- reals.
 Examiners of the department of jus tice at Washington, D. C., have been dispatched to Nome to inquire into the justice of the sentence imposed by Judge Wickersham upon U. s. Marshal Richards.
 Boys and childrens' suits at Lind strom's in all grades at reduced prices.
Douglas Island news., 1902-08-27

Ketchikan polled 115 votes at her city election, the largest number she ever boiled.
 L.C. Hill, just out from the Tanana, says that it is one of the best districts in the North.
 The warehouse of the N. A. T. & T. Go. at Fort Cudahy was destroyed by fire Aug. 7th.
 The Rodman Bay mining company is picking up all the idle men obtainable in these parts.
 The Skagway school board asks for S7O5 per month for maintenance of its public schools.
 Report of a discovery of rich copper deposits at the head of White river has reached Valdez.
 The Sitka Alaskan is kicking against promiscuous shooting of firearms with in the city limits.
 The White Pass company will do away with all it's Pacific Coast agencies in the near future.
 A. Bloom, the wholesale liquor dealer of Skagway, has gone to the Sound to engage in business.
 Gen. Randall is making h;s annual tour of inspection of government mil itary posts in Alaska.
 Capt. Robinson, formerly the Alaska agent of the P. c. s. s. Co.,, will erect a big sawmill at Valdez.
 The Valdez-Eagle railway company has let the contract for large amount of ties and bridge timber.
 Skagway's gun club is anxious to ar range match shoot with the sports men of neighboring towns.
 White Horse people are much excit- ed over recent strike of fabulously rich ore in the Grafter mine.
 E. l.. Cornelius, assistant sergeant at arms of the U. S. senate, is making a tour of Southeastern Alaska.
 It now appears that the Skagway-Ju- neau cable is flat failure and that your Uncle Sam was buncoed.
 The new placer strike at Yaktag is said to be good one. 31 ounces in 30 hours would indicate as much.
 The entire Yukon valley system of military telegraphic communication is expected to be completed by March 1st.
 Let us hope that c Congressman Woot- en of Texas will prove a more infuen- tial friend to Alaska than did Senator Mason.
 The Sunrise company's new hydraul- ic plant is now in operation on the London group of claims in the Atlin district
 The people of Valdez are yet guess ing where they are at on the terminal question as presented by the railroad company.
 The Seattle Chamber of Commerce has decided that Alaska must have a territorial form of government. That settles it.
 The Pacific Coast S. $. Co.,, the N. P, the Nippen Yusen Kaisha and the Wat erhouse steamship companies have combined.
Douglas Island news., 1902-08-27

Boys and childrens' suits at Lind strom's in all grades at reduced prices.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-08-30
Haworth Family Reunion.

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. 26.-Mem
beers Of the Haworth association OF
America are gathered in Kansas City
for their trienniel family reunion
which viii continue through Thursday
Several hundred members of the clar
ara present, coming from Kansas
IL n. Indiana, Illinois. North Carolina
7 snnessee, Missouri. Oregon and other
ates. The association is composed
q: descendants of George Haworth
known in the family as Geo. Haworth.
the emigraSt. who came to this coun-
Try In 1863. The Rev. William p. Ha.
worth, Of this city. Is the president of
the national association and as such
Is acting as host TO his many relatives
gathered for the reunion.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-08-30
CYANIDE PLANT.
For Rosedale Mining Distriet--ln
Fiourishinq Condition.

The News of Ell Paso announces the
return to tnat city from San Marcial
OF b. l.. Berkey. who had been or a
visit to the Rosedale mining camp.
He reported that the camp was in a
very fiourishing condition and showed
signs of great future prosperity II
has a free milling gold ore suitable
for matchmaking. Mr.. Berkey states
that the Baking Powder mine is so
promising that the owners are consid.
ering the advisability Of putting in a
ffty-ton cyaniding plant. They have
gone down only 100 feet and drifted
on In two directions. On their ore
dump they now have $4,000 worth OF
good ore which they are now getting
from vein which averages four feet
in width. The mine is owned by Ed.
wards brothers and j. +. Kettler and
man named Davis. all of e. Paso. The
district is developing so rapidly that
II will nov be only a matter OF few
months before q smelter will be put up
there. There is plenty of water. and
fuel can be easily had, so the pros
poets for the camp are very bright.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-08-30
Old Man Brown.

This Is my first visit TO the city
for two years" said o. $. Brown. who
officiated as nurse for Hub Leeds at
the Jemez hot springs and who assist
cd DR.. Shields in bringing the sick man
to this city. Mr.. Brown. for many
years was the handsome old man"
who was passenger brakeman be-
tween this city and Ell Paso. One day
he grew tired of railroading. resigned
his position. and. with a party OF
friends. went on an outing to the Jem'
ez country. He liked the country so
well that he located on a piece OF land
and has been there ever since. Today
he is around renewing old friends, and
telling everybody what d great section
of Bernalillo county Is the Jemez hot
springs country.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-08-30
PHILADELPHIA CAPITALISTS.
Those Interested In the New Road are
Cominu.

A letter has been received by George
w. Stubs from the Philadelphia CAPT
talists who are interested In the pro.
posed Albuquerque. Cochiti 4 North.
eastern railroad, saying they will be
here In few days. II Is planned TO
build the road from here into the Coch.
i'll district and connect with the Den
yer 4 Rio Grande ut Butman's. When
the Philadelphia men arrive here II
will be decided wh,s1 ar to build the
road from here or sore other point on
the Santa Fee Some time ago they ap-
peared before the Commercial club
and proposed to locate the shops here
II a certain amount Of stock be sub
scribed here. II was not to he paid for
until the road was completed. The
Was referred hack by the
club with certain alterations and dein-
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-08-30
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE.
Commissioners Of Many States In ses.
sion At Nashville,

Nashville, Tenn. Aug. 26.--The Cot.
ton States Association OF Commission.
ers of Agriculture. composed OF the ag.
ricultural commissioners of Alabama,
Arkansas, Virginia. Tennessee. Texas.
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana. Missis-
sippi and North Carolina, began it's
fourth annual meeting in Nashville to-
day with full attendance OF members
and a considerable number of other
visitors. TIE convention. which will
continue for three days. has for its oh
ject the discussion and exchange of
views concerning cotton culture. irri-
cation. swine breeding and other mat.
tiers relating TO the agricultural de-
velopment OF the south. The opening
session of the convention was occu.
pied with the reports of officers and
Governor McMillin greet.
ed the visitors on behalf OF the state
and Mayor Head delivered the city's
welcome. Response was embodied In
the annual address of the president of
the association. Commissioner 8. l..
Patterson. of North Carolina.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-08-30
GilA MONSTER.
The Most Deadly Reptile In Certain
Seasons Of the Year,

The CHA monster is found west of
the Pecos liver In Texas. In Arizona.
and In New Mexico. At certain sea.
sons OF the year this is the most dead.
~ reptile in the world. At other times
II Is harmless. Every year during the
months of June. July and August Il
contracts a disease something like
rabies. All OF them have the disease
at this season of the year, but they in.
variably recover. person bitten ly
one OF them during this season be-
comes a raving maniac and dies in
great agony in from ten minutes to
two hours. Nothing but immediate and
heroic treatment will save the person
bitten. 1t eats only once a month dur
Ing the summer months, after which II
eats nothing at all from the LIST of No
vember to the LIST of April. II eats from
four to six eggs M meal. when in cap
tivity
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-08-30
P0sTMAsTERs MEET.
viii Discuss Many Matters Relating
to the Service.

" SVe ScfVtCe.
Milwaukee. Wis. Aug. 26.--Postmas.
tiers Of nearly all the larger cities Of
the country filed the assembly room
OF the Hotel Pfster today when the
NTH annual convention of the National
Association OF Postmasters was called
to order by President =. d. Dickerson.
OF Detroit. Mayor Rose cordially wei.
coined the visitors. Following the roll
call and appointment OF committees
the session adjourned until tomorrow
when the regular program OF business
Will be taken up. This evening Post
master General and Mrs. Payne will be
the hosts at an informal reception In
honor OF the visiting postmasters..
Some OF the topics to he discussed
during the three days sessions are:
Postoffice savings hanks. carriers sum-
mer uniforms. carriers Office time. To-
cal inspectors for large Offices. annual
examination OF clerks. consolidation of
third and fourth class matter, suspen-
sion OF clerks. distribution of dead let
ter work among first class Offices.
method of selecting and paying rural
carriers, reorganization OF postofiice
system, postoffice eligible list. check.
ing incoming mail. security for regis
tered mail passing between small
Offices and railway mail service.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-08-30
FOR TENT LIFE.
Large Tract Of Land Purchased Near
Santa Ec.

SdUt6 &C.
+. Fl. Mitchell returned yesterday
from Santa Fe, accompanied by A. r.
Gibson, OF Santa Fe. Mr.. Gibson re.
manned here during the day only and
last night left for Clifton. Arizona,
where he will look after mining prop
erty.
Mr.. Mitchell and Mr.. Gibson have
purchased forty acres OF land about
one mile from the plaza in Santa Fee.
which extends to within 200 yards OF
the city limits of Santa Fe. A part OF
the land includes the Talaya noun.
tains and the valley of the Arroyo Cha.
misc. The land will be laid out in lots
on which tents will be put up and a
tent suburb established. The suburb
will be up to date with electric lights
telephone connection with Santa Fe,
good drainage and water from the
mountain springs. The tents will be
put up in regular strets with alleys In
the rear and the tents will be fan
enough apart to insure perfect priva-
cy.
The promoters are enthusiastic over
the project and say many OF the lots
have been spoken for aleready. II Is
expected to be an ideal plan for health
seekers.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-08-30

even below the foothills. but II has MOI
been there very long. II Is on the
Mexican side Of the line. II used to he
4 California, and was supplied with
"ater by the Chino river. but the Mex
ans damned that stream and the
alter 'ras turned into the Cocopah
..ver, winch feeds the new lake and
ioes little else.
Within the boundaries of the new
AXE there has been for several years
'iat the Indians believed to be a vol.
10. Smoke was almost constantly
ing from the ground, but there had
been no other sign Of an eruption. The
water of the lake now covers the vol.
cano to a depth of from five to ten
feet. Ever since the water has been
there there has been trouble, and 1t is
getting worse every day. The Indians
have moved from that neighborhood
and the whites In the settlement TWEEN.
~ miles north are thinking of moving.
The lake is about fourteen miles long,
but not of great width.
At first the disturbance was confined
to that part Of the water In the vicinity
Of the volcano. but now the water Is
boiling over considerable part of It's
area and explosions are growing more
and more frequent. People living in
awakened by them In the night time.
Eruptions are going on all the time
but they are generally of sufficient
force to throw up the water to the
height of a few feet. That makes no
noise that can he heard at any great
distance. But occasionally the erup.
ton breaks through the water and
shoots mud into the air at height of
forty feet. Whenever this happens the
noise can he heard and a flame can he
seen for miles. II was such demon,
STATIONS as these that frightened the
Indians away. There are boats on the
lake and parties have started out to
the volcano. but they have always
turned back without completing the in.
vestigation. One party which came
back reported seeing an area OF mud
forty feet square thrown fifty feet into
The air. The level of this lake is sew
sral feet below sea level.
The whole Cocopah country has been
, volcanic region. The side of the
and the country for a con.
siderable distance around are covered
with sulphur. Within the memory OF
some of the older residents of Arizona
me OF the volcanoes In the mountain /
'ange cas- active.-Arizona Repub.
lean.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-08-30

ing In the city for the past couple OF
weeks. yesterday returned to his home
in Kansas City.
! heavy rain was enjoyed from Ra-
ton down Saturday night. The trains
reduced their speed ten miles an hour
on account of the soft track.
Lieut.. A. p. Harrington left yester.
day for visit Of six weeks to his old
home In Clinton, Iowa. and to Des
Moines.
He was doing the deaf and dumb
act. and handing out cards headed.
Good Luck Stranger" with such add.
tional lines on II as God bless a cheer.
fuk giver. for sweet will be his re.
ward" and "He that giveth to the
poor, lendeth to the Lord" all replete
with the union label and printed In
both English and Spanish. He was a
hobo who knew human nature. IF the
card failed to move you, he showed an
arm that was crooked to turn by acid
to loosen the purse strings. He evil
IDENTIFY had good success In Las Vegas,
fc- he was on bowling drunk this
shall while playing the deaf and dumb
act. The marshal said Come on and
Will give you something to eat" He
was no longer deaf and dumb. but said
"Al right and came along in a hurry
II Is such palpable fakes as these that
disgust people charitably inclined II
is pretty good rule to follow to keep
your pocketbook deep In your pocket
when accosted on the street for aims.
Hon. John s. Clark returned yesier.
day evening from trip around the ter
ritory on business. Mr.. Clark says the !
country Is looking we'll after the good I
rains. and there has been more rain |
south than We have had here.
Mrs. II. llfeld. mother Of Mesdames /
Dacharach. will arrive here this week /
from Santa Fe, and will occupy the
brick cottage at the corner Of Eleventh
street and national avenue.
Joe Pullen came up yesterday even
ms from Albuquerque and stopped off
TO visit his cousin. Carl Weitz. He is
On his way to Denver.
The Christian Endeavor society OF
he Presbyterian church will entertain
he society Of the Baptist church at the
chapel tomorrow night
with a social
The rainfall yesterday and up to
o'clock this morning amounted to SIS
" an inch.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-08-30
CLIFF DWELL NGS.
Congressman Lacey, OF iowa, Making
a Personal Investigation.

Delegate b. S. Rodey has gene 70
Las Vegas, where he will meet Con.
gresham John +. Lacey. OF Iowa. who
will personally investigate the lands
northwest Of Santa Fe, which 1t is pro
posed to set aside as the Cliff Dwell
ora national park.
The house committee In the last
congress advised setting aside $1,000
acres not far from Espanola. Mr.. La
cey Is favorable to preserving the
ruins. but he believes II is not neces.
sary to set aside so much land. He
thinks the ruins can be included In a
lesser tract
II is estimated the section covered
by the cliff dwellings once supported
100000 people. and from one point OF
observation not less than 1900 dwell.
ings may be seen.
Il is not known what route Mr.. La.
cey will take, but he will be In Albu.
auerque before he returns.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-08-30
campaian In Iannesses.

Nashville. Tenn, Aug. 26.-In &C.
cordance with the call OF Chairman
Frank NJ. Thompson. the democratic
state executive committee met In
Nashville today and outlined plans for
the campaign. J. b. Frazier. candidate
for governor. will stump the state.
while Senators Carmack and Bate,
Governor McMilliL, Congressman Rich.
ardson. Hon. T.. f. Eslick and a mum.
Der of other we'll known orators will
be among those to assist Mr.. Frazier
In his campaign.