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II you want to have your claim sur
yeyed and plated go and see Ott0
Halla He will charge you from SO
up, according to location of claim, You
can see him at any time at Eul's, Front
treet.
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Mechanics

Are invited to attend the social
smoker to be given by the Affiliated
Trades Council OF Nome at Hunter
Hall, Sunday afternoon. at 3 pm. A
good time is assured.
MILTON LEE. Sec.
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that the projects are part of Roose-
velt's notion to make the United States
world power The Democrats say
that the whole idea of standing army
is I'M American.
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DR.. Smith, SIG Front street, Nome
over the Valhalla, is prepared to treat
rheumatism and kindred diseases sue
cessfully; outside prices: consultation
free.
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Don't forget to wear your old clothes
Tuesday night, March g. at the Hard
Times Ball. Six prizes will be given.
The Nome nugget., 1904-03-05

Fresh beef and mutton at Pacific
Cold Storage company's markets. 228
and 344 Front st:
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Infinite. La Rosa, Lurline, Upman,
Africana or Book at the MOnOpOle
Cigar Store.
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White House Coffee, 4Oc. per
pound at Goggin's.
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Go to the North Pole

Bakery f or the best bread and pastry
The only coffee house in town.
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Fresh beef mutton, pork, veal. poul'
try, ETC., just received by the Pacific
Cold Storage company.
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Drink Green River Whiskey, with
out a headache, l2tc at Board of
Trade Saloon.
The Nome nugget., 1904-03-05

March 1O-at A. B. Hall.
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NAMING
THE men
Nominations By Good
Government Club.
FOR CITY OFFICES
Convention to Select Candidates
For Council and School Board
on Thursday Evening.

. Nominated for Council.
q. p. Goggin,
= j. S. COPY.
Chas. f. Kruse,
E. b. Barthrop,
. Sam Archer.
Louis VigeIius,
: K j. Powell,
DIR. E. Linton.
For Municipal Judge.
w. A. Gilmore,
H. E. Shields,
c. d. riurane,
E. s. Harrison.
For School Directors.
A. h. rio0re,
J. J. Cole,
John Nestor,
. Ii. J. LOmen.
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fident by actual experience that the pre-
servatives are added TO the wines which
are so poor in quality that they win not
bear transportation without such pre-
servatives.
Hence the presence Of a preventative
in wine. aside from the fact that it is
injurious to health IN itself. is an in
cication that the wine itself is OF infe-
Iior quality Therefore. especially in
countries where the laws forbid it-that
is. France and Germany. and those are
the great wine countries--preservat
are not used, and we do not allow any
wines TO come into this country that
have a preventative in them. except IN
one case. There is one case where we
do allow preservative to be used in
wines, and that is the case of white
wines. where the universal treatment
has been for years TO burn sulphur In
the cask before the wines are put In.
That is the universal practice in the
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case of certain white wines OF the Sau-
terne type and others, not only in Italy
but in France and in Spain. and also
In California.
I'VE have determined by analysis just
how much sulphurous acid is introduced
in the wine by that process, and then
We have fixed a standard, under au-
thority Of Congress that allows the Sec
rotary OF Agriculture TO do so, above
the maximum which we have found. so
that we certainly include all genuine
cases Of wines that are made in this
way We admit that much sulphurous
acid as a correct trade practice.
I'VE find only or miIIigrarSs-to use
an expression we are familiar with. and
which is allowed by act Of Congress
now. OF sulphurous acid or dloxide-the
fumes Of burning sulphur; that is what
II is-in 100 cubic centimeters. That is
about an ordinary glass of wine. such
drink as would ordinarily be taken
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our analysis of their goods is correct
they write that they have found that
our analysis is correct and that their
own chemist has found II so, but 1t was
adulterated accidentally.
There are two kinds Of adulteration
Of wine. One we have not touched at
all and the other is the chemical adul-
iteration. That is. the addition Of pre-
servatives Now. the old Latins were
accustomed 70 hang up before every
wine house a green bush 10 show that
there was wine for sale. Hence the or
igin of the term. "A good wine needs no
BUSH, because when you find where
good wine is sold people go there any
way.
so the advertising Of the purity Of
a wine is a stock in trade which should
be safeguarded by the persons who are
entitled TO use it, and good wine does
not only need no bush but it needs no
preservas i've. So we are perfectly con-
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by a man. in a small wine glass; that is
the maximum found when wines are
treated this way. But we have fxed
our standard. following the Swiss and
Austrian and German standards. at 20
miIligrams, which allows a wide lati-
tude Now, If white wines come In with
more than 20 rnilligrams to 100 &C. we
exclude them, because it is evident that
the sulphur has been put in there in
a different way from the legitimate
treatment, put in there for the purpose
OF preserving a poor stuff.
I'VE have found go or 70 or 50 MILL
grams in 100 &C.; that is we have found
the wine almost saturated with the sui
phurous dioxide; you can smell and
taste sulphur in it. and it is unfit for
use
Another import that causes US a lot
of trouble is sausage. of which there are
great quantities br ought into the United
States in various kirds OF cans and in
brine in barrels We canrot do much
with this sort Of stuff because we can
not inspect the carcass from which the
sausage Is made, and to try TO inspect
the sausage after it has been made is
practically impossible, because yor
know we would have to inspect every
part. For instance one does not know
where the trichina is TO be found, but
one does in a carcass. In some. how
ever. we have found evidences Of pre-
servatives that are injurious, and as a
result we have sent out Of the United
States number Of cargoes.
These cargoes. so far as we know,
are still at sea as they cannot be taken
back to Germany, although they come
from there. The Germans decline to
admit into their country any kind Of
meat in pieces smaller than eight
pounds. once the sausage leaves Ger
many it can never go back. 1t is prob
able that the cargoes have been taken
to English or South American ports.
THE canned veg tables anC fruits we
get we find largely a. liberated: we get
a grea deal of that kind of food from
Europe. We find that the use OF glu-
cose is quite common in those fruits,
and artificial colCrs are used almost
universally. As far as glucose Is con-
cerned, We do not intend TO raise the
question that IL is Injurious to health,
provided It is made in accordance with
the provisions imposed in the country
where it is manufactured. But when
IL is not manufactured in the right
way there is likely to be some such re-
suit as happened in England several
years ago where they poisoned 5000
people. 500 of whom died and a great
many were injured permanently for life.
by reason Of the arsenic which the glu-
cose contained. This glucose being used
| In the manufacture of food products,
| 1 should insist rigidly always on the
examination OF these articles for az
| senic, before they were allowed TO
come into the country. But unless they
are named on the label they are mis-
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two had assumed their offices in the
Government.
Stephen A. Douglas. the Little Giant
opponent OF Lincoln in Illinois. died at
chicago, in June. 1861. Douglas had riv-
aled Seward in the public esteem. He
was known far and wide "a "A wonder
fully brilliant speaker, and a resource
full statesman. If rumor was 70
be believed. he and Lincoln had,
moreover, been contestants in more
than one field Through half b
dozen years of their early life the
two had paid court to Mary Todd. the
gracious and lovely daughter of Robert
S. Todd. esq, of Louisville Lincoln
won I'm that contest, as he seemed to
win everywhere When once the rebel
lion had begun he found he had the
support. not of the rival in his own
party. alone. but Of the chief figure In
the opposition party. Yet the news OF
Douglas death was swallowed up in the
gathering clouds of the war.
As the years Of the rebellion length
ened Lincoln's greatness came more
and more to be appreciated. Proportion
ately Stewards eminence came to ID
more and more a thing of the past. II
was Seward who wrote the memorable
instructions for Minister Adams on that
| officials departure for London. but II
was Lincoln who controlled it's sub
| stance. II was Seward who did the
/ fighting TO keep England and Europ,
neutral during the war. but it was Lin
/ coin who directed the fight 1t wa:
/ Seward who supplied the form. in short
J for half the notable measures of tn,
| Lincoln Administration, but II was Lin
| coin, who supplied the matter, and tn.
( people or the North We're not SLOW
| TO understand the situation.
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fornia winners to display their wines.
the allegation being made that they
were wrongly marked.
Thus all of the "Burgundies," the
Bordeaux" and other wines named
after the provinces in France from
which the vines came were thrown out.
Prof. Wiley, who was present. pro-
tested against this ruthless discrimina-
ton, but without result He said at the
time that there would be reprisals. and
no sooner had be returned to the United
States than a warfare was begun upon
the swindles which had for years been
perpetrated upon the consumers in the
United States by the wine houses
abroad. In discussing his crusade Pro-:
Wiley said:
We want agents at Mayence. IL Ger
many. and maybe at Hamburg. which is
one Of the great ports. and probably one
in Italy I do not think it would be
necessary to have one in Spain. because
GENTLY great.
The Secretary, at my suggestion,
three years ago, sent a special agent
to Europe to see II it were necessary
that such an inspection should be made,
and he went TO France and the testi-
mony which we collected is something
surprising. The Secretary, very wisely.
1 think. never published this. because
it was confidential; but it is the univer-
sal practice. as it was learned from this
| agent. to misbrand and mislabel. and I
have brought with me some Illustrations
of it.
You take the wines of these countsies
of the Rhine and the Moselle ana the
Gironde, the great wine-producing re-
/ gion of the world In France there are
about thirty-eight vineyards that have
the right under the government 20 bear
a special name. They are called classed
vineyards. or classed wines. and have
the right to bear certain names. Every
Wine almost that we get in this coun-
/ try bears one Of those names The same
/ is true Of the Rhine and of the Mo-
selle.
There are certain vineyards which,
under the authority of the government.
/ have a right to bear particular names.
/ AS l have said nearly all the wines
we get bear those names We know
very well that most of the wines are
not entitled to bear those names, do
not come from those vineyards: but we
/ cannot prove It. If we undertook TO say
that these were violations of the law,
we would have to have evidence; we
would have to prove it.
When we find cargo that is wrong
we give the man time to introduce evil
4 dence; we condemn no man without a
| hearing. We have had a great many
cases where men have presented evil
/ dence and a few in which they have Sc
cured different verdicts or notifications.
The evidence Is usually this: Our firm
/ has been established for I50 years and
has never before been charged with sell
! Ing an adulterated article We do not
accept that evidence against our own an
alysis. ThNn when we insist upon our
/ position and finually convince them that
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ard was dead Two days later It was
known that he might live The next
day brought the news that the assail-
ant, Lewis Payne Powell. had been
taken at the house Of Mrs Surratt, in
II Street. In a day or two more ii dc
veloped that Stewards greatest injury
was a deep stab-wound in the face. and
that only the iron bandages had saved
him from death
This was the beginning Of the end.
When Seward recovered he was SO ema-
ciated that . woman was able TO carry
him into the air. With the return of his
strength he set about the iast great
work of his career-the fulhllment OF
Lincoln's purposes as to the Southern
States. The outcome is familiar history.
He alone of all LincOln's supporters
had remained for the second Cabinet,
and he alone Of them all SHRED the
contumely showered on Johnson for fol-
lowing the lines Lincoln had laid down.
The end of the administration found
Seward a physical wreck. and his po-
litical career irrevocably ended. The
very men who sought to nominate him
eight years before now classed him with
Johnson and called him traitor.
he undertook to travel for fear, he
said. that rest might mean rust. In two
years he returned from triurrphal tour
of the world, wherein he was he recip-
lent of honors at that time unknown to
! Americans and retired to his old home
/ in Auburn. There. on October 10. 1872.
among his books and papers. he died
sane and sensible. with the glitter still
in his eye, and his head still proudly
poised on his thin shoulders. The trag-
edy of his service for Lincoln in COmmO-
dore Rodgers elegant house had ended
at last
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80 great man could not continue
long in such service unannoyed by
gossip. From the first 1t was rumored
he and Lincoln had quarreled and the
more loyal Seward became the more
persistent we're the stories that he was
20 retire from the Cabinet in z hufT
Every brigadier who strutted the
streets of the dingy city had heard the
story from some member of Congress
who had served with Seward" Every
member of the citys social circles-a
society almost unanimous in it's dislike
for the Republicans in general and Lin
coin In particular-openly expressed
the hope that the story might be true.
A manly purpose to put an end to
these reports completed Stewards sub
ordination 90 the "colorless and I'M
known man from Illinois"
In December, 1862, a caucus was held
Of the Republican Senators who favored
Lincoln and who thought Seward dis
loyal TO the President. At that caucus
composed almost exclusively OF men
who had once looked up to Seward as a
leader, resolutions were adopted asking
the removal OF the Secretary of State
Seward met the situation with charac-
teristic spirit. He at once gave out a
statement, and that statement said une-
quivocally that he was content to re
main where he was so long as the wal
continued and the President required it;
but would not prolong his stay one houl
beyond the time when the Presiden
should think II wise to relieve him
I Two years and a half later SewarC
/ was nearly martyred for his loyalty
/ He had already lost his leadership. H
was now narrowly &c miss losing hi
/ life.
! The return to the North Of the vic
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Of this house on his way to serve Lin
coin or on his way home. He grappled
with big problems in those days-the
possible intervention Of European coun-
tries in the war with the South; the dif-
fculties which arose over the seizure
Of Mason and Sliden: the controversy
over the Alabama and the claims which
grew out Of that vessels wonderful ac-
tivity; the difficulties which arose b.
tween Lincoln's administration and the
government of Lord Palmerston; the
French evacuation Of Mexico and the
execution Of Macmillan; the purchase
of Alaska and half a dozen treaties for
the acquisition Of other territory.
For Eve of these nine years the glory
for all Stewards achievements went first
20 the credit Of Lincoln. For the re-
naming four years the discredit OF all
Stewards failures rested chiefly on
Stewards own shoulders; and all that
discredit Is due. when all is said and
done, TO an earnest desire to fulfill the
purposes of the dead Lincoln as Seward
understood them, and, with JOHNSON, en-
deavored 20 execute them.
Political eminence and ability as {
| publicist did not figure prominently fl
the public mind those days. The elec
! ton of Lincoln, by common consen
meant war. and war meant in turn tn
/ exploitation OF the warrior over tn
statesman. sign OF this was offere,
both Lincoln and Seward soon after tn
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viction Of public duty" II is not sur
prising that he entered the Cabinet with
a high sense Of his own dignity In
deed. II we are to believe various me-
moirs. he expected TO control both the
Cabinet and the President Why notY
He was the greatest figure in the party
and the President had been one Of the
least. He even undertook to edit Lin
coins inaugural address. That was the
first citation" In this tragedy of Sew
ards ambition-his entry into Lincoln s
Cabinet from a conviction OF public
that Lincoln meant to be the boss.
The Rodgers house received its lis
tinguished tenant Just before Lincoln g
Inauguration. Across through the bare
trees OF Lafayette Park Seward could
see the house he had expected TO oc-
cupy. The view must have made the
situation particularly bitter when he
realized. as soon as did realize. that
Lincoln meant TO speak his inaugural
address as he chose. and not as the new
Secretary OF State desired.
That was the beginning. Seward had
come to this house the greatest figure ir
the Republican party. His first exper,
fence I'm it was an extreme humiliation
When he left IT he had been branded
traitor" and "deserter' by every winl
Of his party, and nearly every man II
every wing.
! Nine years Seward passed in and on
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torious armies. the devastation Of the
South. the general unrest pending the
OF the troops and the dis
may OF the Confederates moved half a
dozen men TO plan an overthrow of the
Government by the assassination Of its
chief figures-Lincoln, Seward, Johnson,
and either Stanton or Grant. These con-
spirators attempted first 10 abduct Lin
coin. Failing in that. they fixed upon
the middle Of April as the time to as
sassinate him and his chief counselors.
At about that time Seward was
thrown from his carriage and severely
injured When taken to Commodore
Rodgers elegant house IL was found
he had broken his arm and both his
jaws. On the night of the accident his
Jaws were bound in iron bandages. and
all through the long march Of the sol
diers past the White House he lay in
his room, with the light shut out and
his Jaws bound tight in excruciating
rain. Sherman Is said to have left the
line to salute the house. but the In
pressive figure whom the general
thought thus to honor lay inside IN
conscious.
On the night of April Il an unkempt
powerful man pushed the door open and
asked imperiousiy TO see Mr. Seward
He carried medicine and a message, h,
said. from Stewards physician. DR.
Verdi. There was a parley, then the
assassin dashed past, struck down Sew
ards son. overpowered the man nurse
ana finding he had broken his pistol IL
| tha scrimmage. stabbed at the sick mar
again and again.
The cutlery was almost lost in tn
ccnvulsions which swept over the cat,
with the news that Lincoln had beer
snot Ii was at first reported that Sew
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WHAT HAS BEEN
ACCOMPLISHED

For the first half of the fiscal year
ending January Il the Buzeau Of
Chemistry has analysed 1886 sam
pies from cargoes.
IN one hundred and four eargoes
dangerous authorizations were found
IN the goods examined, al most
o. them were ordered away from
the United States.
The approximate value of the
goods refused admission is placed at
a quarter OF million dollars, the
greatest losers being France, Ger
many, and Italy.
Authorizations have been cut
down one-half by the activity CT
! the bureau, old offenders coming 10
the conclusion that it is no use at
tempting to get cargOes into the
country.
Dishonest exporters, however,
have commenced shipping pure
goods into the United States and
deliberately sending with them the
materials for aduIte1ation, the mix
ing being done in the United States.
Government officers being power
less to stop this dangerous practice
because there is no national food
law, the work of the buAku is
being nu1lifed rapidly.
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branded and could not come In under
the law
Then. as hare said. they are al
most universally artihciaIly colored.
The use Of artificial -colors is Z mat
Ter Of taste. and we reserve our de-
cision in regard to injury to health IN
all these cases for future considera-
ton. but unless the label specifies that
trey are artidcially colored. and says
what they are colored by, we exclude
tnsm on the ground that they are mis-
labeled. We are turning away daily
many shipments of all kinds OF food
saG we manage to discover most Of the
authorizations. We find. however. that
pl1re articles are being imported and
e-a being aduIterated on this side OF
the ocean,
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tNf-'Aa~l-Att--
-
in the hour Of organization for decisive
battle"
LIncoln's friends thought TO conciiiate
Seward by executive preferment. The
President-elect thought to follow prece-
dent and obtain a fine counselor at the
same time by making Seward his secre-
tary of State. All Republicans felt the
need for placating New York. So Sew
ard was asked almost at the outset to
enter the Cabinet Of the man who had
beaten him.
To a man like Seward the prospect
was dreadfully discouraging. He was
college bred; Lincoln was the plainest of
the plain. He was a national figure;
Lincoln was unknown. More than all
else. he was the defeated aspirant; Lin
coin. the very man he was asked to
serve. was the victor.
Seward has explained his acceptance.
After reference TO an unsuccessful eff
fort TO become surrogate in 1928 he said:
Il resolved thenceforth upon no con-
sideration other than the safety Of the
State ever 70 seek or accept a trust con-
ferred by executive authority That
case occurred later. when 1. with ex.
IRENE reluctance. and from conviction
Of public duty, took the Office Of secre-
tary Of State at the beginning of tho
civil war and filed it until the restora-
ton of peace"
As Seward took the post from con-