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The Nome nugget., 1903-11-28
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
10 J. Zenan

To J. Zeman:
 You are hereby notified that L the under signed, have caused to be performed work. ser vices and labor of the value or one hundred dol lars upon each of the following placer mining claims for the year ending December 3l. 1903. to wit; Nos. and Harris creeek, Nos. II and l2 North Fork. in the kOugarok recording dis trict; and No 10 Bluestone river. in Port Car- ence recording district.
 And you are further notified that tt you do not within ninety (g0) days from the date Of final publication hereof, cause to be paid to the undersigned your proportiOnate share of said expenditures us co-owner, your interest in said claims will become the property of the undersigned under Section 232i Revised Statutes of the United States.
 Date of first publication Oct. l4, 1903
 Date Of final publication Jan. l3, 1904. WA CHARLES ROSENTHAf
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(2) The number of inches it takes to make a sluice head varies in different localities like the miners inch. fla six-inch head was taken as the inch it would not take the number of inches to make sluice head as if the head was four inches. Nearly every miner has d different value for sluce head, but if you will take fl miners inches as your standard for a sluice head of water you will have the average of them all and not be very far off,
 Cues. you please tell me through THE NUGGET what tellurium is? l would like to know what it looks like, where it is generally found, and if there is any way of telling the ore without the help of an assayer.
 ROCK CREEK.
 Ans.-Native tellurium occurs in six sided prisms, but is commonly gran ular, massive, color tin-white: resem- bles graphite, but differs in its paler color, also by giving off sulphur fumes if heated on charcoal, with a blow-pipe. It is soluble in nitric acid with the ex- ceptiOn of a gray residue. Sometimes contains q little iron, also gold, and will boil up when heated on charcoal, <, tinging the flame green, that is the commercial ore of tellurium. The best test for tellurides for the miner with out the help of an assayer is to take a small piece of the ore aud place it on a piece of porcelain, and heat with the inner flame of the blowpipe for a couple of minutes. Then place a drop of con centrated sulphuric acid on the piece of porcelain and let it slide down to the heated ore. As soon as it touches or approaches very near the fragment a beautiful carmine coloration forms, strongly contrasting with the white porcelain. As the latter cools, the color fades. Any white crockery as a piece of broken plate or saucer, will do to use in this test. Tellurium, like gold is to be found in almost all parts of the world, but the state of Colorado is noted for this ore.
 J. POTTER WHITTREN.
The Nome nugget., 1903-11-28
From KOugarOk.

J. J. Mckay arrived Thursday from the Kougarok. Trails are bad, princi- pally caused by overhows on the rivers and streams. The people of the Kouga- rok are generally busy mining, pros pecting and doing assessment work.
The Nome nugget., 1903-11-28
Notice of Dissolution.

Notice is hereby given that the part nership heretofore existing between H. von Sohnen and Lee Little, in the hotel business at Solomon, Alaska, was dissolved by mutual consent on October l5, 1903, said Lee Little retiring from said business. H. VON SOHNEN.
 Dated Solomon, Alaska, Nov. D, 1903.
The Nome nugget., 1903-11-28
Questions...
 and Answers

| Qn this column questions Of general interest will be answered. Address all communications to J. Potter Whttren, care of THE NUGGET)
 Ques.-O) What is a miners inch, that is, l would like to have the history of the miners inch, and if there is in existence standard inch /?
 @ How many miners inches make suice head
 MINER.
 Ans.-D The miners inch was first adopted by ditch companies in the state of California, but do not know the date of adoption. The only legal miners inch in the United States is the Idaho inch, which is described af follows: "A miners inch is the amount of water flowing through an opening one inch square under a four-inch pressure or head above the center of the opening !"
 This discharge will fill vessel hay ing capacity of one cubic foot in 30 seconds. or 90 such miners inches will fill the same vessel in one second. A second foot is therefore, said to be equal to fifty such miners inches. The amount of water represented by min CTS inch varies in almost every locality for this reason: It is very defective as a standard of measurement for water. In the early days of placer mining, when the water was owned bv one set of people, who sold it in small quanti- ties to the miners, this standard was necessity. At the present time it would be better if the cubic foot could be used as measure, but the change is one impossible to be made. As the miners inch has come to stay and to be the measurement of water in mining localities, the engineer has taken the Idaho inch as his standard, and the fol- lowing table is based upon the same:
The Nome nugget., 1903-11-28
New Suits Filed.

R. w, Froberger X Co.,, of kewalik, have begun suit against F. B. Dimmick and R. s. Dimmick to recover $767. .5l for goods sold and delivered to the de- fendants.
The Nome nugget., 1903-11-28
Notice.

Mrs. Loda Frazier Hays, recently of Chicago, has located in Nome and pOened . voice culture studio in the Staples block, room 10, corner First avenue and B street. Voices examined daily, free of charge, from to 4 p. m
The Nome nugget., 1903-11-28
An "Ad." in The Nugget Pays.

Largest and best equipped printing house in Alaska. THE NOME NUGGET does all kinds of job printing.
The Nome nugget., 1903-11-28

To kill the germs in Snake river water drink Green River whisky, with out a headache, at l2t cents drink, at Board of Trade saloon.
The Nome nugget., 1903-11-28

Claret punches and other mixed
 drinks for balls, parties &c. at the N. w. Com. Co.,, next the Alaska Banking
 x Safe Deposit Co.
The Nome nugget., 1903-11-28

Fresh cows milk, 25 cents a quart, or leave orders at w. c. Evans, Steadman ave. Alaska Dairy Company,
The Nome nugget., 1903-11-28

Pool and billiard tables at the Board of Trade saloon.
The Nome nugget., 1903-11-28

Hunter Rye $l .35 at the Reception
The Nome nugget., 1903-11-28
WINTER PRICES
 At the OLD RELIABLE
HUNTER

family Trade Solicited
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17

this book is probably. on the whole.
the fullest treatise in thefzanguage on
its subject. Mr.. Taylor has been
awarded h title of LII. D., from the
University of Dublin, in honor of his
History of the English Constitution
Which is to be conferred upon him dur
ing the present year. He stands in
the first rank of the scholars III the
legal profession whom the southern
states have contributed to the
try"
1t is pleasant to hear and to De able,
in all sincerity, to echo praise so mod
estly earned and so thoroughly deserv-
ed. Mr.. Taylor's service in Spain re-
ceived the highest approval from a re-
publican administration; his work on
international law is recognized, both in
his country and Europe, as an author
fty; while his record as counsel tor the
Spanish treaty claims commisSion IS
daily ~vindicating the most favorable
expectations of h government. We
quite agree that no better appointment
could have been made. Mr.. Taylor'S
experience and his profound knowledge
Of international law, joined to and
animated by a judicial temperament
Of unusual clearness and serenity,
constitute a peculiarly felicitous equip
lei for the important duty to which
he has been Observation-Disclosures
Post 14th
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17
S
Statement Given out by Department
of Justice.

Washington. April 15.-The attention
Of the officials Of the department OF
justice was called today to the publish
ed dispatch from Sal Juan, P. R., to
the effect that the United States attor-
ney there had declined to prosecute
criminally a number Of army and Eavy
officers for alleged smuggling, ex-
planning his action by the statement
that he was acting under instructions
from Washington. The following
statement was made by the deoart-
ment:
THE facts are that the treasury de-
partment approved a settlement in one
of the pending cases, on the basis OF
relief from the criminal liability. upon
payment Of a fine equal to double the
amount of duties. Instruction to this
effect was given to the United States
attorney at San Juan, by the solicitor
of the treasury, n upon inquiry by
the United States attorney of the de-
partment of justice for confirmat ton of
this instruction, the subject was
brought before the cabinet and it was
directed by the president that Secretary
Moody and Postmaster General Payne
should investigate the entire subject
upon their arrival at Porto Rico and
that h cases should be dealt with in
accordance with the recommendation.
The recommendation was that all cr:m-
inal proceedings should be dismissed
and discontinued upon the payment of
the civil obligation, as above Indicated.
In accordance with this recommended
tion, the attorney general directed the
United States attorney for Porto Rico
to dismiss pending cases and to present
no more cases to the grand jury until
he was otherwise instructed"
Postmaster General Payne also made
a statement substantially to the same
effect. The department of justice to-
day received a dispatch from the
United States attorney at San Juan
asking for further instructions, to
which the department has sent the
following reply:
Your duty is to obey my instruction
to dismiss pending smuggling cases n
present no new cases until otherwise
directed. Consideration of not
confined to Porto Rico Or individuals
involved have moved administration.
after full investigation n delibera-
ton, to course, directed which will be
adhered to. But if the grand jury
calls upon you or court requests. you
will perform your usual functions be-
fore grand jury. The fact that gov
eminent may not Or will not prosecute
if Indictments are found. does not pre-
vent consideration by grand jury"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17
ALGIERS IN GALA ATTIRE.
The Visit of President LOubet is the
Occasion of Elaborate Reception.

Algiers, Algier, Aprir 16.-Algiers was
in gala attire today. in honor of the
coming of President Loubet, the first
chief of state since Emperor Napoleon
III. to visit the French North African
possessions. The picturesque streets
Of the ancient city were deliberately
decorated. Vast crowds filled the
boulevard de La Republique and the
streets leading to the wharves and
many Arabs, in quaint costumes,
mingled with the throngs which await
ed the arrival of the great white sui
tan, as the French ruler is known
among the natives.
In the harbor were the Russian, Brit
ish and Italian squadrons sent to ex-
end international greeting to the pres
ident. At 10 o'clock the ~semaphore
signalled the approach of the French
squadron, escorting President Loubet.
1t was an imposing naval spectacle,
the beauty of which was enhanced by
brilliant sunshine.
The acting Governor General, NJ.
arnier welcomed the president and
escorted him on board a gorgeously
loollSh, l. OolV lllIll ~
he naval wharf. AS the president
stepped ashore, he was most enthusiast
tically acclaimed, the troops and ma
tives joining in the shouts of welcome
while a military band played the Mar
SeillaiSe.'
A cavalcade of Ara cavalrymen, in
brilliant red cloakS and mounted on
richly caparisoned horses, preceded
the presidents carriage to the winter
palace. Everywhere the president re-
ceived an ovation.
The only discordant note in the pres
ident's reception was q number Of
shouts Of Long Live Revolt" (The
late Governor-General of Algiers, who
resigned because Premier Combes re-
fused him certain legislations in con
nection with the grande charteruse
bribery affair.", which were heard at
different points during the progress OF
the presidential party from the harbor
to the winter palace, which were
intended as protests against the gov
ernment's attitude towards Revolt.
Receptions and an elaborate official
dinner were igiven at the palace, fol-
lowed by a great ball given by Presi-
dent Loubet at the summer palace in
the elevated suburb OF Mustapha.
From the palace Old and New Algiers
presented a fairly like aspect, being
superbly illuminated. the warships in
the harbor all standing out with their
lines marked with lights, and flooding
the town with the glare of their search
lights.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17
COLUMBUS COURT.
Two Convicts Sent to the Roads OF
New COunty-The Murder
Trial Continued to the september
Term-Court at Fayetteville April
21th.

The superior court of Columbus coun-
ty. which met at Whiteville Monday,
adjourned Tuesday afternoon. Solicitor
C. C. Lyon came up and left yesterday
for his home at Elizabethtown. Judge
Charles NJ. Cooke left Whiteville yester-
day by way Of Florence to go to Alex
ander county, where he will hold a spe-
cial term of the superior court.
At Whiteville on Monday and Tues
day only criminal cases were taken up,
the civil cases having been continued
to the September term.
The case against Coleman Smith, the
white man charged with the murder OF
Jesse Soles, white. and Jim Staley,
colored, on the 18th of March. was also
continued to the September term. Mean
while the prisoner is held without bail.
The court tried a number Of trivial
cases and sent two convicts to work on
the public roads OF New Hanover coun-
ty. They were J. H. Carter. white. who
was convicted of retailing liquor and
for indeScent exposure of his person,
and sentenced to six months; and For
ney George, colored, who was given a
sentence of six month for assault with
a deadly Weapon.
The next place in the circuit at which
Judge Cooke will hold court is at Fay
etteville on the 9th of April.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17
Needed Something Stronger.

Bishop Potter is an enthusiastic golf
player, says the Woman's Home Com
panion. Some time ago he was on the
links at Saranac. accompanied by a
caddie who was himself a golfer of &C
knowledged skill. The bishop made
ready for a mighty drive, and with one
tremendous swing he topped the ball.
OF course he was deprived of the con-
ISOLATION which in such cases serves to
soothe n temper Of the layman. All
he said was. "Sh-sh-Sh-sn,'
1t was his way Of relieving his feel
ings. Then he tried again. This time
he scooped up some cubic feet of sod,
and once more the sibilant but inof-
fensive and ineffective protest escaped
his lips. For the third time the bish-
op teed his ball, for the third time his
driver missed the mark, and for the
third time he unburdened his oppress-
ed soul as above. The caddie could
stand it no longer.
Hang it, man." he exclaimed, Ssh
sh-sh-sh-sh Won't send that ball where
you want it to go!"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17

Tha little ballot box smashing at
election on Monday carries one back
TO the elections before the reform
movement. We thought the disfran-
chisement of the negro and the put
ting of elections entirely in the hands
of white people was to do away with
all such matters which were formerly
considered necessary evils because Of
the peculiar condition Of affairs. This
New Bern ballot box smashing must
be rather CALLING to Governor Aycock
and the other politicians of our party
who during the campaign drew such
roseate pictures of the fair and peace
able elections that would necessarily
follow the adoption of the franchise
amendment to the state. constitution.
We did not know we were ever again
20 near of ballot box stuffirg or OF
rows at the polls resulting in smash
lots. 1t seems we are not completely
reformed yet. The old Adam that is
in us will show itself now and then
and from force of habit we must do
something to enliven the elections.
The governor should include this in
his spring educational tour. He must
see that the people still need talking
to and advice on this subject. This
is a part of their education he should
NOT neglect
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17
fra1se for Hon. Hannis TAYLOR.

The appointment OF Hon. Hannis
Taylor, now acting as counsel to he
Spanish Treaty Claims Commission,
has elected approving comments in all
parts of the country. The following
from the Boston Herald. is ore of
many:
Secretary of State Hay. in select
ing Hannis Taylor, of Mobile. late
minister to Spain. as one of the United
States conseI before the Alaska
Boundary Commission. has shown his
accustomed good Judgment. as well as
his wonted liberality on political
grounds. The position is a highly M
portant and honorable one. Mr.. Tay-
lor Is a democrat. but there is 40 bet
ter-lnformed man as regards interna-
tlonaI law in this land. The North
American Review says or his book On
that subject that il has ELECTED the
highest, even enthusiastic. commenda-
ton from critics and scholars on both
sides of the Atlantic 1t quotes IN this
connection the Harvard Law Review
which characterizes it as the hest
American work since Wheaton, and
also the Law Quarterly Revew of LON
don. which expresses the opinion that
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17

If the negro exit is from other places
in the state as it is from Raleigh, the
labor question in all departments of
work will soon be a serious one.-Ra-
leigh Times.
There seems to be a steady, but gen.
eral exodus of negroes from all sections
of our state to the north and north
west. The Times attributes this to
the disfranchisement of the negro;
that the taking away from him of his
right to vote in his and other south
ern states a caused him to seek a
home where his right was not denied
him. If what We hear be true the
larger portion of those negroes who
are seeking homes at the north are of
the class of men who are qualified
voters and of the better class of wo-
men, leaving with Is the riffraff of
the race who do not tax enough in
terest in their right to vote to seek
a home in a state where they can ex-
ercise that right. There must be
some other cause for this emigration
han the desire to renew their citizen
ship by migrating to a state where it
is recognized by law.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17

ing sleep. 1t increases physical vigor
and gives great muscular elasticity, so
that the baby's advent IS practically
PAINLESS. 1t is the best of torics for
nn1sing mothers
VI gladly nj Dr.. Piace's Favorfe
Prescription, writes Mrs J. W. G.. Stephens, OF
Mia, Northumberland County, Va uBefore
my third little boy was born I took SIX bottles.
he is the finest Child and has been from birth,
aud I suffered very much Less than / ever did
before I u1hesitadngly advise cpectant
mothers to use the 'FaYorite Prescipticn-'D
The dealer who offers a substitute for
uFavorite Prescription does so to gain
the little more profit paid ON the sale
of less meritDrious medicines.
DIR. Pieces Common Sense Medical
Adviser, containing 1908 pages, is sent
Ts ON receipt of stamps to pay expense
dHmaihng ozLy. Send 81 me-cent
stamps for the cloth-bound volume, or
only Fl Stamps for the book in paper
covers Address Dr.. r v. Pierce, Buf-
faln, n. Y.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17

Wonder if Roosevelt is going to face
the dangers of Death gulch in the Vel
lowstone park? 1t is said to be fatal
to man or beast to enter this canyon
unless there is a strong wind blowing
into it's mouth which dissipates the
poisonous gases constantly arising in
the lower enc of the gulch. This gas
is heavier than the air. and conse-
Quently, there is 40 escaping it unless
there is a strong wind to throw it
back and to purify the air of the
gulch. This is the theory of scientists
who have made a study of the cause
of the nan skeletons Of men and
beasts which are strewn over the val
ley. The president was expected to
be within a mile of this place today. 1t
is more likely han not hat he will
make the attempt to explore his
deadly locality.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17
TO ILL GENERAL OTIS,
Remarkable Document Discovered
Among Captured Papers from the
Filipino Insurgents.

Washington, April 15.-While exam
lining an immense quantity Of papers
captured from the Filipino insurgents,
captain John r. NJ. Taylor, of the 14th
Infantry, acting under the direction of
Colonel Edwards of the department of
f~insular affairs, a few days ago discov-
cred a remarkable document endorsed
on the back with a direction to kill
General Otis. That endorsement Cap
tain Taylor insists is in the handwrit-
ing of Aguinaldo, the insurgent chief.
Ia translation of the document is as fol-
lows:
Our honorable president:
w the signers, who subscribe the
declaration appended; by these pre-
!sents protest against the American
Iproclamation; We recognize no author
lily, but that of God and the revolu-
%tionary government, and we offer our
lives and property for the independence
of u country.
Manila-San Miguel, January 18th,
1889.
Feliciano Cruz (25 signatures follow.)
con the back is written in the hand
writing of E. Aguinaldo:)
Leberino kotionko.
Feliciano de Cruz.
To kill General Otis.
| Commissioned"
Captain Taylor called the attention
of the chief Of the bureau of insular af-
fairs to this document in the following
letter:
Sir: l have the honor to enclose here
with a copy and translation of an inn
lportant document I found among the
records of the Philippine insurgent
government yesterday. The note on
the pack is in the handwriting of
Emilio Aguinaldo, a handwriting with
which I am familiar and one of such
peculiar mannerismS that it cannot be
mistaken by one who has seen much
of it. l have a quality of Photographic
letters and notes in my official posses
sion; the most cursory comparison be-
tween them and the handwriting of
this note will show it's identity.
On January 14th, 1899. a proclamation
was issued by General Otis in which he
declared the sovereignty of the U. S..
over thePhilippines. Many protests were
drawn up in h Philippines against
this, most Of them were drawn up by
Iorder of the ~insurgent but
this letter was probably an unsolicited
evidence of the adhesion of some kati-
lpunan lodge, or of one of the popular
clubs in Manila organized by Sandico.
while in h pay of the United States
government; clubs whose name COW
cred their real purpose, the formation
OF groups ready at a given signal to
attack the Americans within the CITY.
Probably this paper was handed to
Aguinaido by a de~legation of the sign
Iers. If this was the case, the man who
lSlSnS lrSt, F~eliciano Cruz was one of
the delegates. A%guinaldo probably
talked with him in private and as a re-
suit of the conversation, he wrote this
note on the back of the paper. The
other name does not appea in the sig
natures. He was probably soma fol-
Hover Or intimate Of Cruz. 1t IS to be
NOTED that General Otis residence was
i'm the barrio or ward Of San Miguel.
The signers of this paper were men who
nVed about it and knew the grounds
well; some Of them may have been SER
in the house.
The attack on the American outpost5
did not occur until February 4th. 1899"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-17
william SHELBY Acquitted of Com
pIicity in a Murder

Newport, News, Va, April 15.-Wil-
liam S. Shelby alias "Lanky Bob" Ry-
an, acquitted of the charge of compiled
ty in the murder of Amos Dysart, in
April 1902, by a jury in h Elizabeth
City county court today. The jury was
out only ten minutes. Shelby was in
dicted at the last term of the court
with A. H. ]. Pritchard, a Phoebus sa-
loon keeper, in whose place, it was al
legged, Dysart was murdered, for the
purpose of robbing him of a sun of
money won at cards in the house ear
lier in the evening. Pritchard's attor-
ney asked for a nolle prosequi, When
the verdict in the Shelby case was re-
turned today. 1t was denied and
Pritchard will be placed on trial to-
morrow.