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The Alaska prospector., 1903-01-22
Grand and Trial Jurors.

Marshal Driebelbis has been busy the past week summoning the grand and petit jurors for the first session of the '. $. District court to con vene at this place on Feb. 2nd. \ number of those drawn are not in the country at present and others will have to be summoned in their place. A few persons have been summoned from other places. bu, the majority of those who will serve are residents of this place. Fol lowing is the list of those sum. moned:
 GRAND JURORS.
 Ed. Stroecker, A. L. Levy, c. C. Harman, J. Fleming, H. Ii. Fitch A. Lind, l.. $. Camicia, l.. Larson Bert Craig, c. W. Willard, c. D. Shaw, Dan Sheehan, Hans Forge son, Leroy Cooper, K. Roberts, r $. Hunt, A. F. Hoffman. Harry St' Clair, P. Scott, A. c. Bowling, l.. Orcutt, Chester Johnson, Valdez C. k. Bunnell, Kodiak.
 TRIAL JURORS.
 J. W. Fitch, ThOs. Kenny, A. $ Mcdowell, J. Johnson. w. Whit ley, J. Baker, $. H. Elliot, c. NJ Day, K. Blk, Al. White, R. Lar son, R. T. Heron, A. Chisholm, E 5. Roberts; G. Weaver, T. Barrett P. $. Hines, Wm. Hunter, D. D Leavell, Valdez, Lon Meenach, $. F. Peletish, C. Rua, Ellamar. l Hubley, Unga, J. Pavloff, Kodiak
The Alaska prospector., 1903-01-22
TH[ FIRST 5TQ|k[ OF THE SEASON MADE IN
 NIZINA. Ri(h(oppuL lead Found
And Good Placer on Blackbird Creek, Tributary of
 Young.

On Monday MesserS. W,.lan, Westerling, Fields. Joe Cordez. .no. Radef and Morgan O'Br.en reached town from the Nizina country. They went in late last fall 10 look over the country and do some prospecting. They reached lhe'r destination aboG, the 26;h oi Sep tember, when the coun,ry was be- ginning to freeze up. They lros- pec;ed number oi new creeks and finally settled on what they called Blackbird creek. where the ground proved more than satisfactory. Eight claims were located on this creek by the party and although nothing but goIdpans wer. u-,.. ta save .Ge .oiu tnvy succeeded ID banning ou, enough to prove Una the ground was very r.eh.
 Blackbird is the iirs; creek above Calamity and flows in,o Aoung creek from the same side as Calan- ity. While prospecting around m that section. they found gold every where that a hole was sunk.
 Joe. Cordes located some claims on a creek between Dan and tl,l.- titu, on which he found fifty cents to the pan. On several of the creeks they found good pay ranging from ten to thirty cents L the Ian. \ number of creeks that could m, nr worked during he summer on a,- count oi high water, were rrusiec- ted with very good results. There is much ground throughout the district that will pay large returns when hydraulic plants are installed. | These men are all good miners and they have great faith Ii tl., iu- lure Of the Nizina and copper coun- try.
 On the bench of Blackbird creek a large ledge of rich copper ore with wires of native copper rum ing through il, was discovered. On this ledge they located eight claims.
 January lst the party broke camp and started for town. They had good travelling on the way out until near the summit, where deep snow was encountered.
 Several others are on the way out and will reach town in few days. Van Iders'ine. Stewart and others, who started in via Tasnuna about six weeks ago, are snowbound near Woods canyon.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-01-22
RAILROAD h[V5 DIFFERENCES AMONG PRO-
 MOTORS SETTLED
 |1(Dona|d Coming Up
To Go Over the Road on the Snow. Rails Now in
 Seattle.

The most encouraging news re- garding the building of the rail road was received on the last boat. Several articles appeared in the Seattle papers and number of private letters bring the informa- tion that the road will certainly be built and that work will commence in the early spring.
 There has been some friction among some of the stockholders and promoters but these differences have been settled and the capital has been secured.
 Mayor Steele, who has just re- turned from New York, where he had several conferences with the railroad officials, believes that work will commence at an early date.
 It was the intention of mem- Der of the railroad men to leave Seattle about Feb. lst. for this place and go over the trail and as. certain what the conditions of the country are in the winter. This party will consist of J. P. McDon- aid; the head contractor, F. C. Helm, J. F. Rogers, s. E. Adair and in all probability Capt. J. J. Healey.
 Contractor Mcdonald expects to complete the road in two and a half years. As early in the spring as possible he will commence ship. ping men from Seattle and expects to put on force of 5000 men and rush the work from both ends. X letter from B. F. Willard, whc is in New York, bears out these statements. He will return jus, as soon as possible.
 The first shipment of rails fol the road arrived in Seattle Jan lst on the great freighter California and with other supplies will bt shipped here in few weeks.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-01-22
Notice.

To residents and owners of the reservation tract: Having been authorized by public mee ing to ascertain the wishes of the residents of the reservation in regard to an nexation to the city of Valdez. We have deemed it advisable to hold an election on Jan. 26th, 1903, at from } to ! o'clock p. m., in Whal- ing Co. building. All residents are requested to voie, as this election will decide the matter finally, as the city of Valdez annual election is to be held Feb. 1st., and if ac- tion is not obtained then. it vii he postponed for one year. The tract to be taken in is one mile square, bounded on the south by city line and on the west by tide water.
 C. Kearney Hammond, com
 A. Swan,
The Alaska prospector., 1903-01-22
Mayor Steele Returns.

Mayor and Mrs. J. l.. Steele re- turned from a three months trip to the States, on the Nome City. Mayor Steele made a trip % Chi cago to purchase machinery for the electric light plant, and upon his return to Seattle was called to New York on private business affairs While in New York he met mum. Der of Valdez people, among whom were Robert Blei and Dr. Pearson
 A number of days were spent in Washington where MT. Steele had the honor of visiting the president in company with Senator Beveridge of Indiana. The president showed great interest in Alaska.
 Mayor Steele thinks the land laws will pass, also the bill allow ing incorporated towns all license money collected, a corporation law and probably some other laws, bu, is afraid that the delegate bil will not pass this session.
 Geo. Esterly is doing splendid work for Alaska, as is also George Hoggat of Nome, apd a number oI others.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-01-22
Leavell--Wilson.

Dorsey Leavell of this place and Miss. Bertha Wilson, were married at the home of the bride in New Florence Mo-, which is the old home of Mir. Leavell. The happy couple will arrive here in few weeks. Mir. Leavell is one of the pioneers of Valdez and Miss. Wilson is a of cousin of Chas. Gott oi this place. They have the best wishes of a large circle of friends in Valdez.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-01-22
FrOze to Death.

Chistuchina, Jan. 2lst.-Two h. dians arrived here from Batzulna. tas and say Panama Indians are coming to Gulkana for a potlatch. They say one white man froze to death on the Shushana river. Tan ana Indians have paper talk fOi me and will be here to-day or to- morrow and will probably know more about it. Porter and Poot passed here on 18th. Fifty below this morning. H. F.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-01-22

The Nome City brought to ou, city J. H. Houston, familiarly known as ''COl. Joe" He had con- tidence enough in the country to bring with him a complete saw mill outfit; which he is now hay ing erected on Lowe river, about a half mile from the Government station Number 1. He proposes to raft his logs down the river and saw them mp. The capacity is about 35,OOO per day and if devel. opHents warrant him, is going ta the Nizina. He will take a simi- lar outfit to that place and supply the boys with all the sluice Do, and building lumber they may want.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-01-22

R. R. Hill, representing the Se- attle Mail and Herald, is in town arranging for special edition to be devoted to Valdez and tributary country. The Mail and Herald is in its sixth volume and is a most creditable paper. Among its con- tributors are some of the best known men and writers of the Northwest. Its typographical work is excellent and the cuts and views are works of art.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-01-22

Rutherford, Crawford and Lar son will receive on the next Santa Ana, 100000 feet of lumber and the schooner Volante will bring them 100000 feet of lumber and 100000 shingles, so get ready to build,
The Alaska prospector., 1903-01-22
Excelsior.

Seattle, Washington. Jan. 20th.- The steamer Excelsior left here to- day with full list of passengers and all the freight she could carry, and should reach Valdez not later than the 29th.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-01-22
Fire Department Organized.

There was large attendance at the fire meeting Wednesday night. and a volunteer fire department was organized with 30 members as a starter. Jas. Nellie was made temporary chairman and E. B. Wheat temporary secretary.
 After discussion it was decided to organize fire department which was done by thirty of those present signing the roll as members of the department.
 A. w. Rockford was elected tenn porary chairman of the department, Mir. Wheat secretary, and Pete Cashman temporary chief.
 A committee consisting of c. G, Debney, J. c. Dougherty and Adam Swan, was appointed to raise funds to be used towards digging some new wells. and for other necessary expenses.
 Hildreth, Coles and Jas. Fish were appointed committee on bye-!aws, and Nellie, Foot and Al White were appointed a committee on ways and means.
 The meeting adjourned till Fri, day evening. at the court room when it is hoped . large number will be present.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-01-22

The firm of Small x Green have started a blacksmith and horse shoeing shop on Second St., oppo- site the church.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-01-22

Bunk House for rent. A. von- Gunther.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-25

today advertisements in the papers calling
for 5000 men to pick oranges in California:
but two weeks ago there was demand for
$4,000 harvest hands in Kansas. More than
two months since help was besought for the
strawberry fields of Texas. There are still
the raspberries, blackberries and peaches
coming on, with cranberries when the frost
begins to paint the leaves next autumn. The
picker is becoming distinct trade, whose
work season opens on the Mexican border
in January and ends in Wisconsin or Can
ada in November. It combines a care-free
way of earning a living with wide travel.
True it is. 1t means q sunburnt nose and
an aching back. but people OF wealth go to
same thing on the beach and at boating. No
elaborate wardrobe Is needed, and there
are practically no expenses for food or
lodging. The wage received Is net, and
there are Sundays for fishing and evenings
for silent meditation The more silent medi-
tation the picker INDUCES In probably the
less he knows. but that Is his affair.". He
might devote himself to studying astron-
omy. With his eyes bent on his berry
bushes all day, star-gazing at night ought
to have beneficial effect on the muscles in
the back OF his neck. Through many towns
and cities he may travel and I'LL his mind
with thousand pictures of American life
denied to the man who fingers over desk or
work bench. He may go to California and
gather oranges and take a dip at San Diego
beach or cross the continent and splash
about In blue and white bathing suit at
% cents at Cape May. Next thing to being
J. +. Morgan and going where you please
Is being picker" and going where you
please; but many people can't see 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-25
American Hammocks.

From the New York Times.
1.-THE American hammock. like the Amer
lean sewing machine. Is known all over the
world" said a wholesale dealer. ''The
styles do not change much, and the only
difference between the seasons is that we
sell more OF them each year. English WIS.,
itors used to laugh at the American ham
mock. Now we export thousands of them
every year, not only to Great Britain, but
to other European countries. and to Aus
tralia and Africa. Certain fancy varieties
of hammocks have come into the market
that have more or less sale-hammocks for
invalids that are more chairs than ham,
mocks; hammocks for children, with can
vas sides. and hammocks for out-of-the-
way corners that look to be the most un-
comfortable things on earth. But for the
old-fashfoned hammock that one can swing
beneath tree. on a piazza or on a ships
deck there is more demand than ever.
Moreover. they cost about one-half as much
now as they did five years ago.
when hammocks were made almost ex-
of coarse grass brought from Mex
leo. or of imported Irvine, they were more
ufacturer got into the game and produced
a woven article of strength and durability
at price that soon put the other fellows
out of it. The old-fashioned and moro ex-
pensive articles are still made, but they
do not cut a very large figure in the tens
of thousands of hammocks sold In New
York each summer. Cotton hammocks arc
of all qualities colors and varieties. Many
of them have pillows. but more of them do
not. Most persons prefer sofa cushions.
cotton hammock may be bought for 81. or
1t may cost So. An imported Mexican grass
hammock, entirely made by hand, Is worth
SIS. You will find some beautiful specimens
Of them in the country residences of the
rich. Cheaper grades manufactured by ma
chinery In this country may be bought for
SO. or even less. But the American cot
ton hammock is the popular article for thu
market"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-25

mfts entirely to her husband. and IL he
chooses to be Jealous which is not unusual
he can insist on her leading the dullest of
lives.
In spite Of all this narrowness. however
the race of Italy's noble and heroic women
Is not dead. and there is in the character
OF all Italian woman OF every rank a note
OF primitive simplicity and kindness that is
very endearing. They are simple in their
tastes and In their ambitions, have charm
ing manners and are full Of the wish to
please. and those who approach them with
sympathy find them extremely interesting
Public opinion with regard to the position
OF women Is slowly changing. A widow Ia
now granted the control Of her Children. and
q marred woman can. IL deserted, secure
the management OF her personal property
The capital Of the dowry belongs to the
wife, but the husband spends the interest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-25
FAULTS OF NEW YORK.
Denver Thinks Gotham a Blot on the
Face Of the Earth.

From the Denver News.
It is the ambition Of the successful New
Yorker and his chief ambition, to scrape
together by any and all possible means
enough money to entitle him to enviable
classification with the multi-millionaire.
that proud term invented and being worked
to death by the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES New
York press. The money in hand, its pos
SCISSOR, lacking education and any real re-
finement. sets himself to get rid Of it, In
ways that appeal irresistibly to his crude
IDEAS These usually take the form of
building big, ugly houses. decorated and
or speeding his O,OO0 automobile along the
Riverside drive, loading his wife and
daughters with costly clothes and pounds
Of diamonds, giving barbarous feeds to men
as coarse and sordid as himself.
There is, of course. better element. but
Of late years this has been crowded out OF
the way and pushed to the wall by multi
millionaires and climbers"
Alphabetically New York Is a blot on the
face of creation The streets are filthy, the
parks neglected, the system OF rapid transit
the very worst that could be conceived. The
stranger encounters everywhere savage
rudeness from public employees, from the
street car conductor, the police. the clerks
In shops, the attendants ltn many of the
libraries, Of which an. aboriginal South Sea
Islander would not be guilty. The strug-
RunR, uS nCnG IQOD " NC oCCn luSuuy dt
the Brooklyn bridge. where men and wo-
men are knocked down. their limbs broken
and their clothes torn from their backs,
can be compared only to g free-for-all mix
up.
with Its billions of wealth. Its millions of
people, 1t has but two or three good mu-
seums-so few public art collections that
they scarcely count at all. The theaters,
with also but few exceptions, are in the
clutch of half dozen men who have no
more conception of dramatic art than Dig
ger Indians, and whose one idea Of the true
function of the drama is to swell the box
Office receipts with the aid Of cheap COM
panies: They have vitiated the public taste
play has become well-nigh Impossible.
There Is a season of grand opera, which is
OF people who sit half clad in the boxes and
talk audibly and without ceasing. New
York has set herself up as a dictator to the
rest Of the country upon all questions OF
ethics and civics. She has never yet made
good her claim to the exercise OF such au-
thority. In the language of the wild and
woolly west, let her practice what she
breaches. or, in other words, either put up
or shut up"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-25
Electric and Steam Railways.
rom the New York Commercial Advertiser

It will perhaps surprise some persons to
learn that electric railways carry eight
times as many passengers as steam rail-
ways carry. There are 9s7 electric railway
companies, against POST steam railway
companies. The electric roads have 128,64S
miles of line. against 197, 237 miles of steam
line. The former have 81, 1870 cars against
1,55O,SS3 cars on steam railways The
total capitalization OF electric roads is S.
Ia. 606.6s5. against $11.6SS, III, COL for the
steam roads. The earnings are $241 .5S4 ,697,
against $1.58S.520.OS7, and the net income
30,o66,2 SS, against $241. 11.31S The cleo
trio roads are ahead also in the number
killed and injured, the killed numbering
L. 16 and the injured Al, 42S, against a rec
ord OF but 282 killed and 4,088 injured on
the steam roads The latter have over ten
times the mileage of the electric roads,
but the electric roads run chiefly through
the crowded streets of cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-25
Millions In Candy.
From the New York Commercial Advertiser.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
Candy and confectionery to the amount
Of $1OO, 900 are sold in the American
home market every year. and to this total
of manufacture New York contributes $780,
OOO, 900, or one-fifth. Pennsylvania, Massa-
chusetts and Illinois are the three other
states which contribute largely to the total,
which is constantly Increasing. for three
reasons The candy making interest of the
United States. now oentering in and about
New York, where there are nearly pu
candy-making establishments. shows steady
and constant increase, and 1t Is q noticeable
fact that IN localities In which foreien-bOrn
residents arc numerous there Is less candy
eaten than I'm those neighborhoods whioh
are inhabited by those Of American ~
tivitS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-25
EDUCATION IN ITALY.
Few Opportunities Of Higher Branches
for Women of Upper Glasses.


Byron called Italy the woman nation"
because OF the great army Of noble. beauti-
full and sanity women that sweep through
the story Of her past. from Roman matrons
Of "Cornelia's mien" to the wise and saint
ly Catherine OF Siena and from Vittoria
Colonna to the heroic wife Of Garibaldi.
This Italy OF the past presents q striking
contrast to the Italy Of today. for the wo-
men OF the woman country are now Of
very little importance. with few opportuni-
ties for education usefulness or enjoyment
The educational opportunities offered to
italian women have made considerable
progress. but the upper classes are still
largely educated in converts. where the
instruction is said to be extremely narrow
and old fashioned. The scheme of national
education Is also very poor, and the inter-
mediate schools are inadequate in quantity
and quality. but several of the large towns
have superior normal schools, with scholar
ships, and many daughters of the middle
classes are educated here Excellent tech
nfcal schools for girls Of the working class
are now maintained in many Italian cities,
partly supported by the state and partly by
the patronage of ariStocratfc women. In
these thorough training is given In draw
ing for trade purposes and In manual and
domestic arts, such embroidery, artificial
flower making. dressmaking, laundry work,
etc.. and hundreds of girls absolutely per-
fected in one or more trades are graduated
every year.
There are no universities specially for wo-
men, and, though those for men have been
opened to both sexes. parents object to
having their daughters educated in this
way. 1t Is the same with schools OF art.
Still. the number of women students in
creases every year, and year by year there
Is a growing demand for the better educa-
ton Of women. Those who obtain medical
degrees are gradually overcoming prejudice
and increasing their practice. while women
writer's are obtaining some prominence.
Many take up educational work, and a
good many occupy posts in municipal and
government offices, where the pay ia
wretched.
With the exception Of a few great fami-
lies. Italians are miserably poor As the
girls grow up they have one hope and de-
sireAto marry. For this. however, dowry
Is indispensable, though what is called a
dowry is sometimes not more than $3.50 or
$500.
A few young women in the great towns
have imbibed English and American views;
amenable to new ideas, but the majority
lead the same lives that their mothers did
before them. They are seldom out Of their
mothers sight. They walk out with her,
dressed alike and as smartly as possible
and their chief amusement is to saunter up
and down the principal street and bow to
acquaintances at the club or cafe The
great expense of the heusehold Is the toll
lets OF the daughters. and the chief aim OF
the whole family IL to get them settled II
q girl does not succeed in marrying she IL
looked upon - q failure. and her NE q q
Ugefohod onob lf ahe does marry. che sub
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-25
Berry Picker's Happy Lot

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
That perspicacious tramp who said that
his vocation was the picking OF the blossom
from the century plant would find that ex-
cuse for idleness an insufficient one since
the picking OF one thing or another IL
now labor that continues in this conti-
nsat nearly al the year round. Thers ara
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-25

TITS an eighth hour day for about every
body now, isn't ftf''
tOh. no: not for the employersr'
"And why not for them?"
Because II they had been content with
an eight-hour day they wouldn't have sue
ceeded In becoming employers."-Chicago
Roak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-25
Cause demanded.

William T. Fitzgerald. appellant, against
John M. Wiley; decree overruling demurrer
to cross-bill affirmed with costs and cause
remanded for further proceedings in due
course; opinion by Mr.. Justice Shepard
The appeal was q special one allowed from
decree overruling the demurrer of Will
lam T. Fitzgerald to the cross-bill of John
M. Wiley, one Of the defendants in an
original bill flled by Harry F. Gomber,
Frederick J. Dreher. Herbert Bronard
Charles L. Soyster and Fletcher 3. Miller
against John M. Wiley and the American
Multiplex Talking Machine Company. The
bill was fled to foreclose a mortgage OF GER
tain letters patent executed by John M.
Wiley to secure the sum of $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-25
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BON Marche Bon Marche Bon Marche
Bargain Friday

THESE FEW ITEMS ARE TO SERVE BUT ONE PUR-
POSE-THAT IS TO REMIND YOU OF FRIDAY BAR
GAINING AT THE BON MARCHE. YOU SHOULD
NEVER MISS VISITING "BARGAIN AISLE'-TABLES
ARE ALWAYS FILLED WITH JUST SUCH THINGS AS
YOU NEED AT FRAGMENTARY PRICES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-25

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