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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1903-08-27

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The Nome nugget., 1903-04-11
LAND LAW
 ABUSES After Surveyor Generals
 Scalp.
UGLY CHARGES MADE
Sworn Statements Filed With the Secretary of the Interior
 --Cases Are Cited.

Washington, Jan. 9.-Complaints have been made to the interior depart- ment against the administration of the land laws in Alaska, and thorough
 investigation of the office of Surveyor General Dislin has been called for by citizens of the territory. It is claimed that the people of the district are not only handicapped by poor land laws, but that the natural difficulty of get ting title to lands is further em mharassed by the condition of affairs in the survey. or generals office.
 sworn statements have Teen filed with the secretary of the interior, mak- ing specific charges against the survey. or general, and it is declared in the statements that all allegations can be proved by several witnesses.
 A statement filed by citizens of Val des, accompanied by an affidavit, re- cites:
 "The practice of the surveyor gen. eral has been for the past two years relative to the surveys of public lands in Alaska as follows: A party desiring 10 have survey filed in the surveyor generals office which must be so filed for his examination and approval as provided by law, when appearing oc- fore the surveyor general is by the sur veyor general "advi-ed' first to take hi, papers to the law firm of Guerney x Dstiu, the last named member Of the firm being W. l.. Dstiu, ir.. q son of the surveyor general, and the surveyor general says that by so doing it will "expedite" the approval of the survey. That there is no law of congress. rule or regulation of the interior depart meut iustifying such advice. That such advice coming from the surveyor general carries great weight and near ly command to the applicant for a sur vey; that in complying with the advice of the surveyor general, aS above stat. ed, the said firm of Guerney 6 Distin informs the applicant for survey that they have facilities for a quick and early approval of the survey by the sur veyor general, but before the said firm undertakes to facilitate said early ap- proval of survey, they demand an at torney fee of $50 up: that this has been the practice of the surveyor general in giving advice to applicants for survey ever since 1900.
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The Nome nugget., 1903-04-11
L)E|E:L.E|:GA f:
Bill Probably Passed by
 Congress.

Washington, Jan. l5.-The bill in- troduced by Representative Cu~hmau in the house, giving Alaska delegate in congress will probably pass 1t pro- vides that the first election of such delegate shall be held on thc las. Tues day of Sept emher. 1903. and thereafter such election, shall le held on the last Freddy of Seltcml cr in each year when the members of tht house of ep- rescntativtS s are chosen. The bin a so contain, d lr' vision that Alaskan nat Ive- residing in Alaska. or their de- scendantS, members of unciviiiZed tribes, may become citizens of the United State. by petition by any such member for that purpose to the iudg ges of the district courts, but he must show that he has abandoned his lribal rela- ti"ns. Each incorporated town shall constitute a voting precinct, the city council to issue the nece ssary notices for election. Every mining district shall constitute one election district, and the recorder of the district is em- powered to call d general miners meet ing at least 30 days before the election, to Givide the district into voting pre- cincts, and to decide where the polling place for each precinct shall De located. The act also rrovide, for giving due n tice of elections, the selection of of- be canvasst q by the governor of the territory within 10 days after Novem- Der l, in each election year.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-11
OFF AGAIN
Telegraph Wires to
 Dawson.

Dawson, Jan. 3l.-In the absence of telegraph communication nothing can be heard of the mail sta ges now on the way in. but they are nearly sure to be on schedule tine, and this would bring the Merchants line stage, carrying sec ond class matter and passengers, here this afternoon. The company sent out Walter Prescott with six more horses to add 10 the stock of the line yester- day afternoon, so that all the stages will now have four horses. Fourteen horses were sent out before, but it is not known how much benefit this may have been to the stage coming in.
 The company is making preparations to handle the two CT three tons of mail which has accumulated at Skagway. Why this has not been released before is my stery.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-11

gravels contain gold in paying quant- ties if worked by the hydraulic process.
 The table of expenses shows that the cost per cubic yard. including cost of plant and cleaning of bedrock, amount ed to only one-,hird dwt. per yard, the result conferring much credit on tht management. As the cost of the plan '.as been more than paid for this s' E.
 n, the profits next year shoaiI ie substantially increased, as the actual cost of hydraulicking is placed al about 7c. per cubic yard. It is necessary to state that this company experienced all exceptionally good water supply during last season. which, of course, substap- tially aided the success of their opera tions. The question of waler supply of water on tue Klondike creeks is one of vital importance to the various claim owners, and the experience of all ha> not been as fortunate as that of the company under review, so that work ing costs in this case cannot be considered as criterion by which to judge other propernes having less satisfactory water service.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-11
I ID
 ANSWER Charges Against Rich' ards and Grigsby WILL BE HEARD Before Any Action is Taken By the President...B Both Con.
 sidered Safe.
WILL BE HEARD

Washington, D. C.. Jan. l7.-Special Agents Mountioy and Taylor, of the de- partment of justice, who spent several weeks in Nome last fall, fl ed their re- port few days ago and as already stat ed in the dispatches, il was sent to the president upon his request.
 In regard to affairs at Nome it may be stated that their report exonerates Mar. bal R chards 50 far as the alleged contempt proceedings are concerned; but outside of the contempt pr,,, eedin.s the special examiners make criticisms Of the accounts of the marshal's and district attorneys office, based upon some at1idavits made by persons in an tagonism to these officials.
 The attorney general has advised the president that no action be taken in these matters until both gentlemen have been given the fullest opportunity to explain and answer the charges.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-11
LATE OUTSIDE NEWS.

Louisville, Neb., Jan 2l.-The people of this place are excited over the dis coyery of three-foot vein Of coal on the outskirts of the city.
 Seattle, Jan 23.-SiE men are dead and ten badly injured as the result of rear end collision on the Crest Northern, near Happy Hollow just above Chiwaukum, this state.
 New York, Jan 23.-I;cporta have been received to the effect that the La SOufr.ere volcano is again in erup- tion. Huge volumes of smoke are pout- ing from the crater's mouth and per feet river of lava is running down the mountain
 Vancouver, Jan 23.-The C. r. F. and Great Northern railways have made an agreement under which the latter will not be opposed by the former in constructing tn" proposed C, ast to Kootenal railway and and the C. r. R. will get Il railway into Washington state.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-11

ing the little steamer came last evening in telegram to Manager Christian, q the Pacific Packing & Navigation Co. By thr long, circuitou- telegraph route from Valdes J. C. Martin, agent of the company, wired briefly:
 "Dawson City left Sand point three weeks ago under sail. No coal. No news of Siglin."
 This is all that has so far been learned, but it c"nveys assurance that all preceding speculation a. to the Daw- son City, both favorable and lmfavor- able, was unfounded. She was neither seeking new gold fields a. some hope d, nor was she in distress. as others feared beyond the shortage of fuel.
 Manager Christian i> at loss to ar- count for Agent Martins information, except upcn the theory that the over dnc mail steamer Shelikoff has cached Val1es from the westward. Martin had special instructions to report he afrlVdl or tHe oltllRoll, put uOeS not mention her in his telegram. How ever Manager Christian knows of no other way in which news from Sand point could reach Valdes, 600 mile, dis tant.
 Leaving Sand Point the Dawson Citys course would probably be for Chignik or Unga to ,eperish Ter fuel supply. Her progress under sail,would he very slow and it is not surprising that she has not been heard from l,e- where thus far.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-11
COST or AIMING By Improved Methods
 in KlOndike. HYDRAULIC SYSTEM Proves That the Top Gravel Con. tainS Gold in Paying
 Quantities.
HYDRAULIC SYSTEM

Dawson, Jan. 26.-Some interesting
 figures are given in the report of the manager Of the Anglo-Klondike Mining Company. which are of interest as showing how vastly working condl- tions in those northern disgings have improved during the last year or two, and also as affordinS criterion of the best miniug practice in these gold fields. On Fox gulch this company commenced operations on February 16th, and work was carried on continu- ously to October, except for q short interval during labor dispute. Dur ing the past season the hydraulic meth- cd of alluval mining was practiced by this company and two runs were made,
 of which the manager expressed him. self as well satisfied both as to the val ues shown and as proof of the success ful treatment of frozen gravels by this process. By the drifting process this company washed 20,427 yards, giving q gross yield of of over S276,0O0, or an average per yard of l3A dwts. of gold.
 Under the hydraulic operations 29,00O yards of gravel were sluiced, which yielded a gross output of $36, 900 showing
 an average value of It dwts. per cubic yard. This result was cminently satis- factory in view of the managers state ment that at least 80 per cent. of this ground had been previously worked by the drifting process, and he observes that the values obtained from hydraul- icking successfully proved that the top
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-11
IVES ! 5
Magnus KjeISberg Buys
 Property.

Seattle, Jan. 20. .-Yesterdsy after noon MT Magnus Kjelsberg, of Nome. purchased from N. H. Latimer two lots at the corner of Fourth and Madison streets. The purchase price was s36- GOO. The lots are on the southeast cor ner, each having a frontage of Go feet and are l20 feet in depth, thus making a piece of ground l2O feet square.
 It is the intention of NIr. Kjel>bers to erect a stven-story hotel building on the property. The proposed building will be modern in every respect, and will cost not less than SlOO,OuO. How ever, the details have not been worked out yet, but will be as soon as MT. and Mrs. kjelsberg return from Europe.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-11
Won't Be Removed.

Acting District Attorney George B.. Grigsby received in this morning s mail clipping from Sioux Falls, s. D., paper to the effect that neither Col. Grigsby. dis' rict attorney, nor United States Marshal Richards would be re- moved. The charges, says the article, made against both officials were re- garded as extremely flimsy. Col. Grigsby was charged with leaving Nome last fall wit thout the permission of the department of justice. As for Marshal Richards the only charge con- sidered against him is in reference to a few expense accounts which the exam iners thought were excessive, but bis friends in Washington aver hal they can he ca |! exp'a ned.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-11
DAWSON CITY
 REACHES SEATTLE
Three Months and Two Days From Nome.''IIer Supply of Coal Ran Out, and S1e
 Was Put Under Sail.

Seattle. Jan. 26.-After having been so long on her journey that recent ad- vices were received with undisguised credulity, the little steamer Dawson City, which left Nome on Oct 29 last with 30 passengers, came into port yes terGay like q spC ctre.
 In an interview Felix Brown said: "From the start the voyage was besct W tn dangers and inconvenieDceS, and we no sooner left Nome than we struck ice. After successfully escaping the dangerous Nunivak Pass the col1- est weather imaeinable prevailed and d combination of gales and sleet ma e life unbearable. The coal and fresh water ran out and we Lad to press the sails into service. The vessel is the Staunchest little craft atloat and node out the tremendous seas like duck.'
 The "recent advices' referred to above are as follow:
 Seattle, Jan. lS.-The steamer Daw. son City was ahoat Dec. % last, and for the present there is no need of anxiety as 10 her safety. The long overdue craft, for which such grave fears have been entertaiued, made through Uni mak pass on her voyage sonth from Nome and got as far along on her home bound trip as Sand point, about 5o0 miles generally eastward from Unimak. By this time her supply of coal had given out and she left Sand point three weeks ago under sail.
 The rea,suring information concern
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-11
DISTRICT COURT NOTES.

The jury in the case uf the United states again-t kronqsi,t and Stee e wi h tre pass on the "Wright fraction on Specimen Sulch returned a verdict last Wednesday afternoon ac- quitting the defendants. The jury were out only about half an hour.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-11
Another Mail Arrives.

Mail Carrier Smith arrived early this morning with 223 pounds of mail about so pounds of which was of last November and December dates. One half of this mail, Postmaster Swan ton states. was wet and frozen and can not be d distributed before this evening. General delivery will be open tomorrow from 10 a. m until nOOn
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-11
Fire Department Notes.

The regular meeting of the fire de- partment was held last night and a new feature wa, developed. On election night one of the members made re- marks that were not at all pleasing to the department and at the next meeting the matter will come up for explana- tion. Nnthing outside of the regular business was transacted
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-11
A. B. Ball.

The Arctic Brotherhood s annual Easter ball will take place next Mon- day evening at A. B. hall. It is sure to be the event of the season. Tickets are on sale aJ KeIly's, White Front and Buffers drug stores.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-11

WANTED-A Gard girl, CT woman for general house" rk. Inqn re NUG- GET office.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-11

Discovered at the North Pole Bakery the best bread and pastry: the only coffee house in town.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-11

Large size sanchez & Haya cigars l2t cents at the Second Glass saloon.
The Nome nugget., 1903-04-11

White Lead. Nome Tracing Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-13

from the hands of flying guests, Uttered the
carpet. adding to the general confusion of
overturned chairs and tables. Everywhere
were evidences of the haste with which the
place had been vacated as we'll as the SUI
perstitious dread which had prevented 1t
being re-entered for the commonplace pur-
pose of cleaning. Even the piano had not
been Shut and under 1t lay some scattered
sheets of music which had been left where
they fell, to the probable loss of some poor
musician. The clock occupying the center
of the mantelpiece alone gave evidence of
life. 1t had been wound for the wedding
and had not yet run down. Its tick-tick
came faint enough. however, through the
darkness. If 1t too had lost heart and
would soon laspe into the deadly quiet Of Its
ghostly surroundings
'Its-it's funeral-nke." chartered Hib-
bard.
He was right: felt as IL were shutting
the lid Of coffin when finally closed the
door.
Our next steps took us, into the rear,
where we found little to detain US. and
then. with a certain dread fully justified
by the event. we made for the door defined
by the two Corinthian columns.
1t was ajar like the rest, and call me
coward or call me fool-I have called Hib-
bard BOTH you will remember found that
it cost me an effort to lay my hand on its
mahogany panels. Danger. II danger there
was. lurked here: and while had never
known myself to quail before any ordinary
antagonist. l. like others of my kind, have
no especial fondness for unseen and mystic
riOus perils.
Hubbard. who I'D to this point had follow
ed me almost too closely. now accorded me-
all the room that was necessary. 1t was
with a sense of entering alone upon the
scene that l. finally thrust wide the door
and crossed the threshold of this redoubta-
BILE room where. but two short weeks be-
fore. a. fresh victim had been added to the
list of those who had by some unheard-Of.
unima ENABLE means found their death
within Its recesses.
MY first glance showed me little save the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-13

tried theory on her. 1t is known that
morphia habitpSs. when one can break
them OF the habit. take on sudden and
splendid renaissance of health Now, the
man of theoryo sought to bring a similar
reaction" to. the aid Of Sibyl Sanderson;
and. 1t must be admitted. there were tech
meal reasons In, the nature OF her malady
which made the plan seem very promising.
The doctorsc plan was not. indeed, to
make her complete and finished morphia
habftue, although celebrated Paris spe-
c1aiist, DR.. Sollier. director OF the most
serious and important house of health
tsanitarium Of Paris. has not feared to
suggest the practice in the case of con-
sumptives. His plan was to give her NOR
desired reaction by the sudden cutting
of it off. -,
A Powerful Stimu1ant.
Unhappily, morphia is also a tremendous
stimulant. At once gentle and forceful, it
Gains and steadies as it braces UP the tired
organism. The stimulation of wine or
brandy is a brutal. heating, Pickering slim
ulation. That of morphia is as sunbeam
In the soul and body.
Like thousands of others, Sibyl Sanderson
and Wanda de BoncZa, docile In the hands
of DOCTORS went through the first morphta
stages of sleep, nausea and headache-to
the sunbeam, stage of secret happiness.
Never before had their young bodies re-
joiced in such mysterious well-be1ng Their
Souls seemed stepped In gentle gayet?.
They breathed deep the sweet air of tie
morning. For them the noon sunlight food
ed a new world where everything is inter-
esting. And moonlight and starlight STIR
red their rejoicing hearts from sentimental
reverie to exaltation.
They were morphia habitues.
Note that there is a barrier around the
artificial paradise The boy who smokes
his first cigar is not more sick and sorry
than the normal healthy person after
first dose of the mysterious drug. 1t is as
If nature put a '.Danger!" placard up before
1t. Again and again, after each attempt to
take 1T, nausea comes, with a distressing
dry throat heavy head and headache. when
the normal man or woman in misguided
zeal to enter the supposed land Of delight
tries to break down the barrier.
Pain is antidote to this first morphia
poisoning. So is, in less degree, insomnia.
Nevertheless, it is easy to see how few
would persist through its nausea headache
and lassitude We're not the guiding hand of
the physician held out to them to direct
them through the hateful labyrinth.
So it with Sbyl Sanderson. 1t is
related by her intimates how at the outset
she rebelled against these first effects of
morphia. She had them fully, for she had
no pain to act as antidote.
Then passes a mysterious and vague
period. Only the physician who sought for
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haps. like myself, he was fascinated by
the dreary spectacle of long shadowy walls
and an equally shadowy staircase emerging
from a darkness which a minute before had
seemed impenetrable. Perhaps he was sim
ply ashamed At all events he stood his
ground, scrutinizing with rolling eyes that
portion of the hall where two columns
with gilded Corinthian capitals, marked
the door of the room which no man en-
tered without purpose or passed without
dread Doubtless he was thinking Of that
which had so frequently been carried out
between those columns. know that was;
and when. in the sudden draft made by the
open door. some open draperieS hanging
near those columns blew out with a sudden
swoop and SILVER. 1 was not at all aston
ished to see him lose what little courage
had remained in him. The truth is. I was
startled myself, but 1 was able to hide the
fact and to whisper back to him, fiercely:
Don't be an idiot. That curtain hides
nothing worse than some sneaking political
refugee a gang of counterfeiters.
Maybe. I'd just like to put my hand on
Epson and
"HuShi'
I had just heard something.
For moment we stood GREATNESS, but
as the sound was not repeated I conclud-
ed that it was the creaking of that far
away shutter Certainly there was nothing
moving near u.s.
"Shall we go upstairs?" whispered Hib-
bard.
mot till we have made sure that all is
right down here"
A door stood slightly ajar on our left.
Pushing 1t open. we looked In. well
furnished parlor was before us.
Here's where the wedding took place"
remarked Hibbard, straining his head over
my shoulder.
There were signs of this wedding on
every side. Walls and ceilings had been
hung with garlands and these still chung to
the mantelpiece and over and around the
various doorways Torn-off branches and
the remnants of old bouquets, dropped