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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1902-05-16
.Crue1 and Unu~na1."

The recent action OF 6 V. Jefferson
Davis Of Arkansas Il pardoning ne
gro from the penlteG5iafy on The con-
dltion that hesbecome resident of
Massachusetts has been variously dis
cussed by the press Of the country,
but in the sectional venom that has
Injected into the controversy the
rights of the negro have been lost
sight Of entirely.
Gov. Davis declared in issuing the
pardon that he had recently made a
visit to Massachusetts,, where the ne
gro question had been dinned into
lis ears ad nauseum and he had been
told thas the negro was not humane
ly treated in the south. Ia the
North, he was told, the negro was
well treated and the result was that
there the negro became a particular
lY fine citizen, fitted to put his knees
under any mans mahogany. This
induced Gov, Davis to give the Mass
achusetts humanitarans chance to
do something for this particular ne
gro. There was something to be said
for this view Of the case, and much
has been said.
On the other hand the Massachu-
SeUts papers, especially those Of BoS-
ton, have declared the action of the
Arkansan to be a violation Of the
Comfy that should exist between
States and particularly fragrant
breech of good breeding. There is,
we regret to say, mucn basis for this
position, but as the Massachusetts
papers have exhausted that branch of
the discussion nothing further need
be said.
The Times Democrat, without 60
lag into the merits Of these two
views, desires simply to see justice
done the negro convict, and to pre-
sent his side of the case, which has
been entirely overlooked. The Eighth
Amendment to the Constitution Of
the United States says: Excessive
bail shall not be required, nor excess
sive fine imposed nor cruel and un-
usual punishment inflicted"
What right has the Governor Of
Arkansas to sentence a resident of
that State to live in Massachusetts?
Is not the punishment "cruel and
unusual?" The fact that the negro
has been adjudged felon does not
deprive him Of all human rights
The amendment to the Constitution
was evidently made for the protec-
tion of convicts and for them alone,
at least the latter half Of it. Gov.
Davis has taken an oath to support
The Constitution Of the United SJntes
and his action can only be explained
on the hypothesis that he had either
forgotten or momentarily overlooked
this section of the Constitution.
"Cruel and unusual punishment
shall not be inflicted =" 1t requires
no judicial decision to fix the mean
ing Of these words. Gov. Davis ac-
tion is clearly in violation of the
Consti. .utlon Of the United States,
and the negro should appeal his case.
There are limits beyond which even
a Governor should not be permitted
to go, and this thing of sentencing
man for life to Massachusetts, is
outside the boundary fixed by the
section Of the Constitution quoted.
Gov. Davis should withdraw his
pardon and give the negro chance
for the "pursuit of happiness. The
Times Democrat
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1902-05-16
Admission to the ball banquet an

excursions given to the Press Associa-
tiou can be gained by others than
guests of the city by card only.
Those who wish TO attend will apply
to DR. D. S. Hu aphreys, chairman
arrangement com nittee.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1902-05-16

Greenwood is ready for the editors
Let them enter and be received in
due form.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1902-05-16

We are glad to know that Mr., ],
W. Hicks, who has been very sick, is
convalescing. There is no more clev.
er man or loyal friend on earth than
John Hicks.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1902-05-16
A Mothers PRAYER.

eve venture to say that there are few
mothers whose hearts will not swell reSpOn
the following lyric. Every stanza Is brimful
Of unShed tears"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-22
WHERE GOLD WAS DISCOVERED.

We believe that the cham Der of COM
merce and every loyal citizen should
make an effort during the present ses-
sion of the Legislature to obtain an ap-
preparation for the erection of a monu-
ment to George A. Jackson, discoverer
of gold in Colorado.
This monument should be placed in
Idaho Springs, the spot where the dis
covery was made. The city could well
afford to donate site in the park for the
monument, unless it is the desire of the
people to have it placed on Jackson's bar
where the discovery was made.
This is a question that could easily
be settled. 1t is fact, however, that at
some time in the not distant future, Ida
ho Springs will have an imposing struc-
ture in the shape of a city hall. A mon
ument in the park adjoining the hall
with suitable fountains and everything
accomplished in the shape of landscape
gardening would make every surround
ing appropriate.
1t is of course a pretty spot on the
bar where the discovery was originally
made, but it would be impossible even
there. according to statements, to deter
mine the exact place. Under such cir
cumstances if it was so close no COM
plant could be offered.
Idaho Springs represents the city on
the spot where gold was first discovered
in Colorado. 1t is beautiful city and is
surrounded by some of the richest mines
in the world. Thousands of tourists
visit this point every year and it would
be an honor to the state, to the city and
to the memory of the pioneer who first
found the source of the greatest industry
in the state.
1t is good time now to take some ac-
ton in regard to this. The state should
have enough pride in its greatest indus
try to build a monument to the memory
of the man who gave it the impetus.
The chamber of commerce can take
this matter up and handle it for the city.
The members OF the council can take
whatever action is necessary and do ev-
erything they can to help the idea along.
Let the monument be substantial one
and one that will be an honor to the en-
tire state.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-22
MORE THAN DOUBLE.

81 expect to see the shipments of the
district more than double during the
coming year"
This was the statement of one of the
most prominent mining men in the dis
trict made to a representative of this pa
paer this week. He is a man who rep
resents the heaviest shipping PROPOSE
tions of the district at the present time
and arrangements are being completed
to quadruple shipments in the future.
Good news of this character is being
expressed by all the mining men and
fondest dreams of promoters are about
to be realized. Idaho Springs is opening
some of the richest veins in the state at
the present time. They contain the val
ues and the tonnage. There are not any
knife blade streaKs in the Idaho Springs
district. Where vein is encountered it
is large enough and deep enough and
long enough to keep the discoverer stop
ing and digging the rest of his life.
This is what has given the district
the substantial reputation it has in the
mining world. The veins are true fs-
sures, continuous and become better as
capital is applied, development assured
and depth attained. This should always
be taken into consideration.
Colorado Springs energy continues to
invade the district and there is every
reason to believe that it will succeed in
placing the city and district on basis
not even second to Cripple Creek. The
properties are fast being taken up and
tunnel propositions are very valuable.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-22

for what it can get and appreciates the
kindness shown by any official of the
county in placing notices in its columns.
We believe that this states our posi-
ton plainly. Different conditions require
different treatment. Siftings will always
endeavor to conform to the natural law
of self preservation if conditions demand
a defense.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-22
ABOUT CHEAP PRINTING.

The Georgetown Courier expresses
itself in rather unkind terms against
Siftings because we suggested that moth
ing was gained by the advocacy OF cheap
printing. We are frank to admit that
the Courier is in a sense correct concern
ing this paper but conditions at that
time appeared to warrant sacrihce IN
order to obtain an opening, If possible,
into the field controlled by the Demo-
Gratis. Siftings has been placed in dit-
ferent position from what the other pa
Ders have. 1t has not howled for Dem
ocracy and fusion and as result had no
howl coming for either Democratic or
fusion patronage. 1t must admit, how
ever, that it would be ready and willing
to share in whatever profit might result
from that class of work.
AS general proposition we believe
that the newspapers of the county err
when they place their figures below the
legal rates prescribed by the statute for
county printing.
The county commissioners, unde er
the present law, in our opinion, need not
advertise for bids They have the right
to let the contract to whom they please
at the legal rate prescribed by law.
Why should they advertise for bids?
Do they advertise for bids for lum-
ber, for hardware, for livery, for sup
plies for the poor and for the other ma
terial and commodities incident to the
conduct of the affairs of the county?
Do they ask for bids from the various
justices of the peace in the line of hand
ling criminal complaints?
The state law has fixed legal rate
for newspapers. 1t has not fixed legal
rate for the hardware man.
How about the difference between
the two?
A newspaper works for its county.
1t attracts capital, brings new residents,
creates a demand for new roads, new
bridges, adds to the assessed valuation
of the county in which it is published
and in hundreds of other ways promotes
the general welfare and helps to create
the demand that must be supplied.
The hardware man, the lumber man
and the grocer does his part but he can
not accomplish what the newspaper does
and vet the state limits the price of the
product of the newspaper man and says
nothing about the product to be paid for
or purchaser from the other parties
And it has been the custom of the
county commissioners to step in and ask
the newspaper men to engage in fight
to see which can do the work for the
county the cheapest They invite them
to step in and cut each others throats in
order to make, what must at best, be a
paltry saving to the county.
We believe the proceedings of the
board of county commissioners should
be published in all the papers of general
circulation in the county because it is a
matter in which all the people are inter-
ested. To be frank, we think the balance
of the county printing should go to the
party paper that has fought the best
battle for e--election of the ticket that
triumphed.
This is not nice proposition in the
ory but it appears to work pretty well in
practice. Our friend in Georgetown
wants to know the truth and we are not
afraid to tell it to him.
Siftings can hardly claim an interest
in the county printing. 1t is thankful
Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-22

Dick Chinn, elegant, irresistible, irrepressible,
loyal, perpetual and genial is back again to Idaho
Springs his first love. The people heard the old
time yell again Monday morning and knew that
he had returned from Oklahoma. Dick states
that he enjoyed good business in the land of the
coyote but could not live in country where the
land was so flat fellow could jack rabbit
twenty-five miles and where fellow had to have
a hired to haul dishwater twenty miles in
order to keep the kitchen going. The people
glad to see the old familiar face again The Re-
publicans we'll glad. When Dick lived in
Dumont and Republicans in the
county as evidence of agricultural thrift his pre-
cinct usually in line for the party.
.&u&.&
gentleman at Yankee Hill comes out in the
good old-fashoned style and states that "Siftiugs
is liar" He refers to the publication of a COM
munication in last weeks paper relative to the
construction of road from Yankee Hill to Central
City. Personally we have not given the PROPOSE
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22
NUGGET: ALASKA SATURDAY, FEBKCARY 1902!

struction of trail brtwecn Kosereisk on the Yukon and Iliamna bay IL is true that their immediate plans have miscarried, far establishing stage route this winter between Nome and Iliamna bay is concerned. But there doub. good and suffi- cent reasons for the failure, notably among which is the late date at which the work begun.
 While we have little information upon which 10 predicate opinion as to the companys good faith. 1t reasonable 10 suppose that the work of build ing a railroad hetween the Ions named will not only he undertaken next spring but it will be rushed to speedy completion
 Another railroad project noted in the columns of
 the NrGGFT short time ago has for it's all ged object the building Of another railroad from some DO mt on Cook inlet to Nome and on to Boring straits. Tn S corporation is known the Alaska Siberian Com panv and its proposed branch lines include from solomon to Council City, survey of the route having been made it iS aIfoced last summer. The plans of this company, should they reach ruition contemp date the building of a town at he mouth nf solomon river.
 While it may be doubted that both these concerns will engage in railroad building in Alaska it cannot he successfully denied that this country $ upon the of era of railroad construction. North western Alaska or that portion of it which includes the great valley of the kuskokwm will surely he opened up and within il short time, by railroad which will ultimately reach Nome and Pering straits Let him scoff who will.
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
COUNCIL CITY, Alaska. January l, 1902. arIp

COUNCIL CITY, Alaska, January ], 1902. To George k. Gardner:
 You are hereby notified that I, as one of tho co-ownars Of the mining claim herein fter de. scrbed, have expended the sum of two hundred doiars in labor in performing the asst Ssment work for the years iy01 and hU1 upon tha cer. tain mining claim known and common y called No 221s" formerly called No. 2) above dis covery on Ophir creek, in EldorddO mining dis. trict. now in Council recording district District of Alaska. and containing about 20 Il, res as will appear by certincate and affidav filed October .1h, ls0o, for said year i5OO and by cer. titate and affidavit filed OctOber 25Ih, i Ol for said year E0i, in the Q nee of the recorder oi s:.i district, in orGer tO hold said mining prop ett under the provisions of Section 2.i2i of tn, Revised Statutes of the United States being the iimOunl required to hold the Surne or the said years 1900 and 1901, in accordance " tn said I.tx.
 You will please take notice. us co-own. r. that if you Go Got, wi hin ninety (!0) days ;1 CT tn, puuilcatlon ot t.,iS notice paj your pr, or. ion or II yC}I r ius' to pay your proportion [ such expenditure aS afores;!id as cO-owner, our in terest iD said cipim will become the pr. erty of the undersigned under and by virtue of said Section 23sf Of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
 J. l.. WILLS, E
 Co-owner of the Afores, {, Claim
 add Property.
 Date of first publication Of notice, .,anunr, I5. Aso<' l.l5-l?y. W
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22
OUR ABOMlNABIE MAIL SERVICE.

It is 10 be devoutly hoped that the potollicc de partmen will 10 ego it, usual asnne tui idity, far as letting contracts for mail ice to Nor h"estcrn Alaska are concerned and chose an all-Amt rican route The reult of four years exp, rience the Yukon route orgh. to teach the department abid- ing lesson but there is much Iurea cracy in the management o that inn ortant branch of the govern men that it is Lard predict what action will be taken
 So long the department attempts to have mail delivered by way of the Yukon in the winter season so long will it remain unsatisfactory. The distance to be raversed is too great to expect efficient service. he ta Is will always be bad. and with heavy trails exl ed tion is mpo sbe. Manifestly the most fear ible route is by way of Katmai some other point on Cook inlet. The distance from Nome to Iliamna bay is probably little more than 500 miles and given contractors financially able to uer- form the service there is why mail should not be delivered from that point to Nome in thirty days.
 By next winter there will be- in all probability. |, system of roadhouse covering the entire distance be tween Nome and the North Pacific coast. The grow ing importance of this section demands eff Ic ent mail service. hat which has been afforded for three winter has been and is abominalle. It is service in name only; it is hollow nockery, deluson and snare. Yet some understlapper in the postotce department at Washington will no doubt assume that he knows more about the postal needs of Ala ka than anyone who has lived therein and experienced the disabilities and handicaps placed upon the people because of official ignorance and governmental neglect.
 Much was expected when last year it was an- nounced that our government had closed a contract with the Canadian Development Company for the oc service which that has given Us comI,a r. favorably with that of its predec in inconre- tence and inettclency-P. C. Richardson. We need all all-American mail route. and there is no reason why should not it, that which is afforded by official purblindness.
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22

The outlook for prosperous mining season next summer in this section is good. It is safe to- pre- diet that more gold will be mined in Northwestern Alaska than in any previous two years. Probably two thousand miners will be em- ployed in the Council City.country. and as many moe in Nome and other districts. The new pumping plant of the Wild Goose company will be in operation. and it's opera tions alone will enable a large area of virgin ground 10 be worked.
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22
RAILROAD BUILDING IN ALASKA.

A dispatch published recently in the NUGGET stated that J. J. Frey, president of the projected Alaskan railroad company, had gone to Wash ington onsof his objects being the securing off land grant for his railroad between Iliamna bay and the Yukon. Mr Frey is said to be railroad man of great ability and of wide experiences and his connec
 ton with tho Alaskan railroad project is said to be an assurance of the company's purpose to build the road. This railroad company is allied with the Trans Alaskan Company, the corporation which last fall began the erection of roadhouses and the
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22

It sepms that Captain John J. Healv is determined to build a, American railroad to Dawson ant Nome within the next Near. Ex Governor Lcedv, of Kansas. is now at Valdes, where he lroros's [, bngin life over again, at the age Q sixty.two, because he believes iher, WI be railroad built from Vaide. t, Eagle, on the Yukon. within thu year 1902, and if that were ;o hap pen q man on the spot at Valdr: this year would be able to lay th' foundation of d new fortune.
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22

Amicus Curiae Morris J. Coch,an was also a witness in the Nome contempt cases in san F,nnr, ca. Tue feature of he Nome amicu> curiae'S testimony was his avowcd anlipalhy to ,hr military author, i ies in this section, coupled with Il 2 neral disinclination to confine himself to any particular line of testimony. He simply scattered. letting his pebbles of unwisdom fall where they might.
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
Placer Claim Skinny"
To Stephen McGovern. co-owner:

To stephen McGovern. co-owner:
 You are hereb notified that I have expended during the year 1901 one hundred dollars l.. labor and Improvements on the bench clan Skinny" situate on the left limit of Dlh ;rcek, opposite creek claim No. on said Dah creek. in the kougarok precinct. district O. hlLSka of which said claim the location certi ate api Cars ofTecord ill volume ij at page 5!' the office of the recorder of said precinct. il ,rter to hold said claim under the provisions oi sec ion 2,2 of the revised statutes of the United 5tutcS and the amendments thereto. approved January 22d 1880, concerning annual labor upol mining ciaims. being the amount required {, hold said pl ,cer claim during and for the perioc ending on the 3lst day of December lp0l. Ant if wGhin ninety days from the first publication I this notice you fail or refuse to contribute your portion of such expenditure as n coowner ,olr interest n the s.!id claim will become tho property of the subscriber your co owner, whC h madn the required expenditure b, he terms of said section.
 J. A. (HIDESTFR. Dated, Dahl creek Alaska, January lst, 1902
 Iu-W 3m 5
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22

Mrs. Bartlett, wife of Mike Bart. lett. a we'll known Dawson frcightcr named her innocent and unsusm.ci- ing offspring 'Leon Woodpile Yu- kon Seattle No. 3 Bartlett,' ali because the unfortunate child hap pened to first see light on h. Yukon on board the steamer Seattl, No. 3, at a woodp'le affected by the old A. E. Company's steamer Leon We do not know whether the child survived the christening or not.
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22

The manner in which the bolo- men of Luzon consrire 10 surprise small garrisons defend, d by Amer jeans, and the success with which they carry out their massacres, forces a parallel betwee he cundi- lions of the United Sa'es in tie Philippines and th't of the British empire in South Africa.
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22

Major Wood, commanding he northwest mounted police at Daw- son, has caused all gambling houses to be closed, lecausc rob berries grew too numerous in the resorts. And Ma ior Wood declares that the clos ng is no temporary
 affair; but that gambling mus: cease in the Klondike'S golden metrol oils.
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22

Evidently Joseph King Wood d'd not believe in saving wood, judging from the velocity and voluminousness of his words dur ing the contempt procc' dings.
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22

Nome now has strict re. is tration ordinance, which W II en. sure an honest rcgistra ion of vo'c It is also propos' d 10 pass an or, chance which will provide for tht closing of saloons on ltct on tavs Thus are we merging from the hiz2arre stage of a f"",ti town.
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22
WORK OF THE RELIEF COMMITTEE.

The Nome relief committee have done good work The task assumed by them entirely thanklrSs one. yet they went about the work in d metbuIcal way and made an hone,t endcavor To s,e that only those who worthy of r. lief and actually in ur. d given assistance l he result has been that men, stranded in an Arctic climate through no fault of their own. have thus far been enabled to exist They have been made to feel that they were melicans but rather that lit temporary ass stanra Wa afforded them. It was to be expected that carpiny criticism would be indulged in, but fortunately when there is ground for it, criticism falls flat and s unheeded
 With the passing of another month the necessity for relieving the wants of the needy will have largely passed; work in the mines will commence and other avenues of employment will be opened up, and it is to be hoped that in the future the necessity of afford ing temporary relief to the distressed will not again arise
 goed deal of private charity has been dispensed in Nome this winter, of which the public know noth- ing. Relief has been given families who were in need, without the charitable act being krown tn bu, a few people, This is as it shon!d l.e.
 On Monday evening next an enter ainment will be given at the Standard theatre under the aus pc-s of the Nome Literary Society," in aid of the rel ef fund It should be we'll patronzed and undoubtedly will be-
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22

A Nanain o, B C.. man was ar- rested recently on q ,h 'ree of teal ng funds belonging 10 a >piritualistic club of that place. Evidently ne q d. 4 care rap for he CODScOupucpS.
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22

Mayor Schmitz, of San Fran . sco. was formerly d musician It does not necessarily follow, how. ever, that he will give the city d rag-time administration.
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22

There are threa .enIngs of d s;orn, in the Council City country ,ha, may include Nome in its area.
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22

Yes, gentle reader, We may prob ably grl some December ma,. befur, the opening of navigation neAi
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22

how he should vote upon certain occasion. With the biggest crowd" said that ancient guide, philosopher and friend.
The Nome nugget., 1902-02-22

A good musher's motto: Prepare for the worst.