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Alaska forum., 1903-02-07
Chenoa Minors Organize

On0uON AlnOT9 OTXAuAZ0
 THE FORUM is in receipt of news from a reliable source, that the mi ners in the Chenoa district have or ganized vigilance committee.
 This action was forced by Duke driving Scott, the Circle freighter, off his own propertya town lot staked by the latter. Scott left the lot long enough to cnt some logs. Wher Scott arrived on the scene with nlo Dull-ina .nltellal, he found Duke in possession an;i a 30 40 riff le p.lnled at ills head. Duke has since sold tile lot to Gus Conradt Scott has gone to Circle for war rant for the arrest of Dnke.
 The committee emphatically de- clare, says oul informant, that all jumping must cease, and they will preserve order uut1l tue arrival of tue proper authorities at any cost. IL Is even hinted that Scott will include quantity of ,'windless' rope i'll the next shipment of goods from Circle City.
 Sam Barber Ill a recent letter i from Chenoa states that 1t. will never be a second Dawson;' but Bob Martin Is very sanguine "A Pedro Is SO rich tnat 1t Is not in the power ot figures to estimate tbe vast amount ot gold ill this claim.' l SkagWay, Jan. IA special just received from Juneau says that General Robert A. Friedrich died at II.:35 this morning The cause was heart complications, induced by ptomaine poisoning in the sys- ] tenn, which developed Ill the cases of ex,Governor Flower and ex- Speaker Reed. He took sick on Christmas eve. He was attorney general for the district. The conrt
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23
WORLDS PETROLEUM SUPPLY.
Scientist Declares That Deposits of the Globe Are of Volcanic
 Origin.

E. Coste, the president of the Cana. dian Mining institute, recently read an interesting paper before that body, says the New York Commercial Ad- Yertiser, setting forth his reasons for believing that the petroleum deposits of the world are of volcanic origin. He points out & number of facts which render the theory at present generally held by geo1ogists-that it has arisen directly from the decomposition of or ranic remains, animal and vegetable untenable.
 He calls attention to the fact that no such process is at present under way; that all organic decomposition of animal matter is so rapid and com plete that there is nc opportunity for the entombment of anything but bones in sedimentary rocks; that as the oil deposits of the lower silurian limestone of Ohio and other fields are below the carbeniferous beds and as 1t is generally admitted by geologists that previous to the latter age there was very little vegetable life on the earth, these enormous deposits could not have arisen from organic remains, because there were few organisms at that time, and, finally, that if petrol- cum was due to the destructive distil- lation of coal, there would now be no coal beds, all having long ago been transformed into petroleum and q cokelike residue.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23
Mystery of the Bayou Woods By WALKER KENNEDY.
Copyright, 1903, by A. \. Kellogg Newspaper Co.,
 gYN0PSH@

.sHAPTER I.-Herbert Wright goes to shieS of police of Nilus in great agitation 4nd tells him of his discovery of the mur- dered body of his father, John T. Wright, q wealthy cotton king, from whom he has been estranged, In the Bayou Woods lear the town. The chief questions Her oert, whose answers cause former to suspect him of the crime The chief, with reporter, Irving Warde, goes to scene kof murder.
 CHAPTER II.-They find body and ex- famine surroundings but faD to discover tanv reliable clue.
 \. CHAPTER III.-Warde examines nays fSerious footprints in the snow ana teils Col. Franklin, an old acquatntance or the murdered man, of them. Herbert Is arrested on suspicion of being implicated In the murder.
 CHAPTER Iv.-Col. Franklin is 9 bril- liant lawyer but says he Is unable 10
 S.ys uHArAsE A1As En mystery tsGyAt coroner's inquest strong circumstantial evidence against Herbert Wright is submitted and the jury charges him with the murder.
 CHAPTER VI.-Warde goes to Her h@rt's 8 sister, Miriam, who believes him innocent and tells her he will do all in his power to clear her brother. Col. Franklin says he thinks strong case has been made against Herbert.
 CHAPTER vII.--An attempt is made to that he has a shrewd person to contend with who is trying to prove the charge of murder against the dead mans son, in which he is evidently succeeding.
 CHAPTER VIII.-Warde is lured to a questionable resort and an attempt made to murder him. but he Is saved by Fen lon. detsctiE-.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23
TOO GREAT A RISK.

Tn almost every neighborhood some one has died from an attack of collie or cholera morbus, often before medicine could be procured or physician sum- moned. A reliable remedy for these diseases should be kept at hand. The risk is too great for anyone to take, Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar- rhoea Remedy has undoubtedly saved the lives of more people and relieved more pain and suffering than any other medicine in use It can always be de- pended upon. For sale by all drug fists.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23

Fire. 1.e93e9s; Norwalk Fire, 100; Ori- ent Fire, .S96S19; Phoenix, 1.642SS; Se- curity Insurance Go, .45; Travellers In surance Go, 3.194S42.
 The tax on the above corporations collected by the state treasurer and by him paid over to the town treasurers is per cent of the market value of the shares of stock, the amount of tax on real estate allowed by law being de- |ducted.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23
CORPORATION TAXES.
Rate per Share for Banks and Insur-

Rate per Share for Banks and Insur-
 ance Companies.
 State Treasurer Gallup has issued to town treasurers the following circular to enable them to properly apportion the amount of corporation taxes recent ly sent to them by checks from his office:
 Hartford, May 13, 1903, Tn order that treasurers of the towns and cities may be able to properly ap- portion to the taxing districts the taxes from banks, trust companies, insurance companies, etc, the following list of rates per share is published. This rate is the amount received per share by the state treasurer after the corpora ton had deducted the tax on real es- tate allowed by law.
 Very respectfully,
 HENRY H. GALLUP, Treasurer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23

WANTED-All who enjoy first class Cul
 W sine at moderate prices to give a tria to the new managers of T. H. Hayes cafe 52 East Main street, up stairs. The kitcheI is in charge of an up-to-date chef. and specially will be made of order business The best the market affords will be kep constantly on hand. Regular dinner from ll:3o a. m. to 2p. n.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23

WANTED-To repair anything that i,
 " not in working order. No matter how badly 1t may be out of gear we car with little doubt renew it's usefulness. | not, we will tell you so. and 1t will no cost you anything. Your Bicycle. Sewing Machine. Typewriter, Cash Register Violin. etc. You ought to see some of ths Violins we have put life into. C. w. Mes ser. 3e Phoenix Ave- 4-1i-6m
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23

WANTED-Old soldiers and widows 0
 W soldiers to know that secure pen sions without delay. Pension vouchers ex ecuted. George Robbins 63 Center street (Post 4o. C. A. R.) Insurance, notaq public. I2-3f-ly
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23
>>> PENNY A WORD ADVS, ~

TNoR RENT--Three light, airy offices, f I for doctor. lawyer, insurance, real ca tate, barber or dressmaking apartments i the Conlon building, Apply at their store
 5-l5-tf
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23

EOR SALE-Iron beds. $l.e9, white or II green; soft top mattress, $l.s9 low rent in old Rink, lo6 Bank. J. c. Twin ing & Co. 5-2l-3
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23

EOR SALE-Large Onyx Soda Fountain II in first class condition, silver plate trimmings, 5 faucets, Is syrup faucets value $2,Ooo, will be sold cheap for cash Address Box l54. 5-lf-tf
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23

EOR RENT Fur.lshed rooms at No. I 54 West Clay street. It
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23

EOR SALE-Fine three family house II centrally located. must be sold quick Address M., Democrat office. 5-li-tf
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23

ITO RENT-2nd floor tenement of 5 rooms,
 I all improvements, corner Farm and Vine streets. Inquire Chase's store or Neagle & Geraghty, Ii East Main St. 5-2I-3
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23

WANTED-Any old thing you don
 " want: Papers, magazines, clothing furniture, iron, for Salvation Army Salvage Wood orders received. Adjutant Winchell PIP Meadow. Phone 4o5-5. 5-l1-1m
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23

I oST-Sraall puppy, five weeks old, l1 color white, except one red ear. Fin der return to l7 Bridge street. 5-2l-3
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23

! OST-Pointer dog, license number 2l6.
 n Concord, N. H., name Queen" Finder return to Earle House. Reward. Wm. Andrews. 5-23-3
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23

EOR SALE-Brophy property, corner II Lafayette St. and Washington avenue.
 5-2l-o
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23

WANTED-All your carriages, harness,
 W and horses to sell at my big com mission sale ali the week. No sell, no pay. YOUR UNCLE PAT, on the lot. 5-23-6
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23

ECR SALE~-First class Grocery business, F best location in the city, Must be sold on account oE sickness. Richard Modrow, i99 Bank Street. room 8. 5-z3-3
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23

Pat Kernigan. you know; the man who can vote the sluns as he pleases, who knows every wharf rat, every den keeper and every criminal that haunts the Rest and other places of the same order, and who can make and unmake mayors. This man vir- tually appoints the police. He is shrewd enough not to abuse his pow CT. He knows that there must be good men on the force, but he draws the line at any interference with his followers. Last night Billy McGee resumed his place behind the bar at Peters Rest, and the place is now in full blast again. This morning I saw McGee in close consultation near the mayors office. At noon came my dis missal."
 That is only a case of circumstan- tial evidence" said Everett, ''but I believe am getting infected with the theories of you two. If there is any thing in it, however, some other in auence than Billy McGee's must have persuaded Kernigan to this step, and it must have been pecuniary or very peremptory influence. McGee would have stopped when he secured permission to reopen his dive. There is something beyond"
 There always is in this beastly case," said Warde.
 eff this organization can, in ad- dition to its power to commit crime, discharge at will members of the po- lice force, why nobody-nothing- safe from it. I can hardly imagine any cohesive power that can bind to- gether such diverse clements"
 "A great prize must be at stake, for which soma one is willing to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
A NEGRO QUEENS NERVES.
Disease Of Civilization Finds It's Wa
Into Ahyssinia. ..

Disease Of Civilization Finds Its Way
Into Ahyssinia. =. ::
Civilization is making way. in Abys.
sinia. The latest innovation is
nerves, says the London Telegraph.
These have been developed in Queen
Taitu to quite alarming extent, and,
when King Menelik complains, she re-
torts that he is all for civilization,
and now he has got it she hopes he
likes it. "All European women" she
is reported to have said, "have nerves.
If they want anything they give way
to nerves; If they do anything which
is not just: quite what IT. ought to be,
it is nerves; even If they murder their
husbands or run away with another
man it is excused because they were
afflicted with nerves. The latest ex-
hibition of the nerves OF the black
queen was induced by the inaugura-
.tion Of the new railway The Emperor
announced his intention Of going, and
had all his best clothes brought out,
including his choicest umbrella, when
he was arrested ia the midst Of his
preparations By his consort, who de-
:clares that she must sc, 3 too. To that
the Emperor agreed, knowing that it
was useless to oppose her, when She
suddenly gave 8 shrek and went into
Mysteries. :, It then transpired that she
had no new gown, and the Negus
had to telegraph to- Paris sata once. =s,.s 4.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25

Onoer the WINDOW ne paused and
looked in.
last year, and has plenty of ready capi-
tal."
''Why do you think he would help
me?"
From something his wife told me.
You know, she has been such friend
to me, Tom.
That was the beginning of Toms
good fortune. Mr.. Norton was inter-
ested in his behalf and advanced
funds. Soon Tom had regained his
former strength and was working all
day and long into the night at the fac
tory which bore the name Of Norton,
Reed & Co.
Una and Tom were married on the
day that the factory wheels first start.
ed to run, and even the village COS.
sips admitted that they would surely
be happy at last
And so they we're until the tide
turned. A weather. firm than Norton.
Reed & Co. manufactured sweaters
and caps at prices with which they
could not hope to compete. Tom was
in despair, for again ruin stared him
in the face.
One drizzling night stranger
alighted at the station, took the only
cab the village afforded and told the
driver, Old Bill Streaker, to take him
to Thomas Reeds. On the way they
conversed. ..:.>.- -
''Did you know a fellow who lived
here once by the name of Ned Dalton.
met him west, " the stranger said:
did know Ned Dalton? Well,
guess I did. Every one knew him.
Good hearted as the day was long, but
shiftless.. Just about broke Una Per-
kins' heart, and played Tom Reed a
/ mighty dirty trick. Tom and Ned
were chums till Tom fell in love with
Una, and then Ned cut him out. Darn
ed if / know how he did, though, even
if he was handsome cuss. + 80. =: :. :,
s.'But she got her reward all right.
She and Ned. lived cat and dog life,
and one night he sneaked OF to the
gold fields. "a She: never see hide nor
hair Of him after that, till one day
she heard he was dead. : !, Es:}: &:=<@ 7:
"Then she married Tom. That's Just
about year ago. They were happy
as CLAIMS at:s:. fret; but they've :: had
mighty mean luck Of late. 81 eyre
poor as church mouse, they say. 81 J.
| When they got IN. sight Of the
house the stranger gave the old man
a dollar and dismissed the cab. q 5s J. 81.
Lights cleaned from. the little cot
tage. The sstrange stood - long time
leaning over the gate. smoking his
cigar. Then he threw it asidss set his
taw, squared hiss should err, opened the
gate end 4. IN 3gss lJndsr
the window 40 paussd and booked 81.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
THE MAN AND THE Box.
One Place Where Man Is Not In His
Element


Element.
Here is a box. In itself it is not
remarkable. But man Is packing it.
When man, unmarried man, packs a
box, women weep.
See the man! He is not calm. His
ha1r resembles a storm-swept wheat
field. He wears no coat, and his col
lar has playfully broken away from
the shirt-stud. Upon his perspiring
face Is the look Napoleon used to
habitually wear when he called upon
his neighbors. The man has observed
his sister pack boxes.
Everything fitted in so nicely that
the microbes cried out that they were
being suffocated, but he cannot make
out how she did it.
He thrusts his hands into his pock.
cts and makes few remarks. But
they are for the box and not for pub
lication.
At last all is over but the closing
exercise, and the man mounts on to
the lid. He leaps upon it with both
feet, and pounds and jams it. But
between the hasp and the slot there is
a great gulf fixed, measuring one-six-
teenth of an inch.
At last! A click! The man steps
majestically from of the lid with the
flush of victory upon him, and no.
tices two tennis-shirts and q pair OF
socks under the bed. i.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
He Made Amends

When Ned Dalton married Una Per-
kins the village gossips reaped har-
vest.
Every one had something to say
except the man whose heart was
smarting under the wrong dealt him
by the friend and schoolmate OF his
boyhood and the woman he had loved
ever since she was a wee lass.
When some of his friends came to
him to offer sympathy, Tom Reed met
them with an impenetrable reserve.
He turned with renewed fervor to his
work upon wonderful invention,
which he never ceased to believe
would one day make his fortune.
Una and Ned went to housekeeping
in a cozy little cottage on the edge of
the village, and for time it seemed
prove false.
Then Ned got into bad company and
neglected his wife and home. After
the baby came it was worse. Una
expostulated, entreated, rebelled.
They quarreled bitterly and one
dark, dismal November night Ned
took the midnight train to- Greenfield
and the next morning was speeding
away on the Northern Pacific express
to Seattle, the gold fever in his veins
and the Klondike a dazzling vision be-
fore his eyes. He left a letter for
Una:
''I've gone to make my fortune in
the gold fields. If I never come back,
marry Tom. He always loved you,
and it will be some amends for the
wrong we both did him.
MED"
Una read the note with binding
tears, and fancied her heart was bro
ken. But as the months passed and
grew into years, and no word came
from her husband, it was Tom she
thought Of most.
For the first year after her husband
left she watched every mail, hoping
that it would bring her some message.
Now five years had gone, and she had
given up all hope.
One day as she came home from
work, her mother met her sat the
door. "Una, we have heard at last, "
she said, as she put western paper
in her daughters hands, and pointed
to a small notice marked In blue pen
Gil.
Died-In Denver, May 18, Edward
Dalton, aged 80. Westbrook, Conn.,,
papers please copy.
"Now Tom will surely come," Una
thought. But he did not.
One day she learned that he was i'll,
in dire poverty in a neighboring city.
She went to the address that had been
given her, and stumbled up the dark,
ill-smelling stairs to the wretched hall
bedroom that he occupied. Knocking
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25

Tom Sat at the open fireplace iS$lrl.
ing In 1t the fire. Una sat at his feet
leaning &gainst his knee. Her hoy;
sprawled at fullt length beside her,
played with a kitten. Una's face was
turned toward the window, and it look.
ed wan and white in ;: the freight:
Toms hand was resting lightly on shet
head. ."15.S55s;3 :. g
A cold December rain was falling
but the drops on the cheeks Of the,
stranger were warm. Then he turned;
and walked rapidly away in the dark.
ness. '>2z.@ *.:
A week later Mr.. Norton came e;
Tom, his face radiant with good news
can order for 1000 sweaters, caps
and leggings from Messrs. Lucky.
Strike & Co., Chicago, Toni" =
After that orders poured in so rap.
idly that Tom could hardly fill them,
and with every order came check
in payment. Other firms, seeing the
output of the factory, gained conf.
dence in them, and gave them their
orders, and in few months the bust
ness was on a paying basis. :, +, !. I.
Then one day Tom read the fol.
lowing article, clipped from Seattle
paper: II :
''The proprietor of the Lucky Strike
mine, on the upper Yukon, who isosaid
to have taken out some $5,0O0,000 OF
gold in the last three years, owes the
discovery of this rich claim to the5In.
hoc IN I~ F11.
lowing original manner: Every man,
woman and child of the entire tribe
has received the present from him Of
woolen sweater, cap and leggings.
These garments are of as many colors
as Jacobs coat, and the tribe is not
only the most comfortably clad, but
the most picturesque Indians we have
in the far west" ~
Tom took the paper to Una. Can
it be-" His lips failed to speak the
name Ia
7 Some few months ago q San Fran
cisco paper printed the report of q
steamer lost en- route to Alaska:
Among the passenger list was the
name of Ned Collins, who was once
the proprietor of the Lucky Strike
mine, and who was known as Lucky
Ned Collins. -. J
He had sQuandered a fortune in wild
plunging on the New York stock ex:
change and was returning to Alaska
to retrieve his fortune. He was said
to have been worshiped by the IA
sdians, who would erect H. monument
to his memory on the site of the old
mine now deserted
They did, and though the inscription
on the rude stone only commentaries
the generosity of Lucky Ned Collins,
Una and Tom read between the lines,
1--WE made amends to you" Helen
Farr Hunter in Boston Globe
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
OLIVE OIL IN ARIZONA,
The Rise Of a Great Industry in the
Southwest.

The Rise Of a Great Industry in the
Southwest.
"Olive oil is now being shipped by
the ton from the Salt river valley OF
Arizona and the business is on the
boom," said B.: F.: Franklin of Phoenix,
Ariz., to Washington Star man. "The
entire valley is becoming dotted with
olive orchards, and at this season of
the year the trees are covered with
thousands of tiny little starlike buds,
which will soon be followed by the
fruit formation, which when matured
on the tree will amount to hundreds
of pounds of fruit. Olives remain on
the trees until they are thoroughly
ripe before they are picked to have
the oil squeezed and pressed from
them.
when the olives are ripe it re-.
quires a large number of hands to
pick; them, for the work must be done
quickly. This is usually done by
spreading large canvas sheets around
the trees, upon which the pickers
throw the olives as they are plucked
off the branches. Once they are picked
the fruit is carried to the crushing
machine, which breaks the fruit up
much as apples are crushed for cider.
The pulp is then put into a machine
which presses the juice from it, which
runs OFF into a tank, where by force
of gravity the oil proper rises to the
top and is skinned off and put away
for several months to settle before it
is bottled ready for the market. It
requires about seventy five. pounds OF
fruit to produce gallon of oil.''
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-25
In Favor Of Sheep.

hs ~vOb VI otVOPs
Sheep have way of utilizing by.
products which no other animals seem
to have, says publication of the
Iowa Agricultural College. OF the
four or five hundred different plants
which may be found in any locality,
sheep. will eat all but a very small
percentage while cattle and other:
stock will touch only a little over one
half. Even if sheep are turned into
an iGeal pasture they will now and
then nibble at the weeds; extermina-
ton of the weeds results. When the
grain is harvested and taken from
the field the place for the sheep is
in the, stubble: Rose bushes, wild
buckwheat and the weeds and grasses
to be found in the fence corners and
fence rows fall victims to them and
furnish fall feed, thereby fulfilling a
two-fold purpose for their owners;
that Of destroying these pests and
converting these waste products into
good mutton and wool. The lamb
crop may be fattened and developed in
the corn fields in the fall. If at the
last cultivation of the corn Dwarf
Essex rape Is planted between the
rows in the moist soil It will make
very rapid growth and by weaving
time It will be ready for the lambs:
Old sheep cannot be turned in this
way because they will pull down the
corn; lambs. however, will do no dam
age, but ON the other hand they will
eat much of the pigeon grass and
other weeds. f.; s<:.i, ..-Ns% J !,