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Douglas Island news., 1904-03-02

A team of Atlin curriers' consisting of MesBrs. Fetherstonhaugh, McLoed, Lewis, Ross and Coutts left on Thurs day morning for Whitehorse; they will meet teams representing the White horse citizens, and the N. w. M. P.- Claim.
 The Canadian Bank of Commerce, of Dawson, has adopted new mode of transporting gold Heretofore the gold dust was shipped but now the dust is melted and run into cube bullion. The latter way escapes greater per cent of the royalty.
 The United States government is spending S4,O00 this winter in an experi- ment with new mail route to kotzebue sound. A contract has been let to carry a semimonthly mail from Teller to point in that district. There is another con- tract to the same point, from Nome via Council and Candle. If this mail ser vice alternated with the dates of the former contract there would be week ly mail service to the farnorth country, but the mail under both contracts leaves on the same dates. The mail from Teller goes via the Inmachuk.
 The license money collected by the clerk for federal licenses in Nome until Novemb Der 1 has been turned over to the council and school board, the for mer receiving s17, ,343.30 and the latter S14,189.95, The financial statement sub- mitted to the court by the council and school board, before the distribution was made, shows that the indebtedness of the city on April 29, 1903, when the present council assumed office, was S33,51111; that since that time this debt has been reduced to S29, ,47299, and that the cost of maintaining the city is S2,- 215 per month. The amount received if properly handled will enable the city to pay all running expenses until the first of next June and reduce the in- debtedness nearly S4,000. The state ment of the school board shows that the monthly pay roll for salaries and running expenses amounts to Sl,857 per month, with s1, 900 additional during the school term as incidentals; that there are outstanding bills in the amount of S1,500, making total ex- pense up to May 1, 1904, of s15,49a.
 It is indeed gratifying to learn that the people in Judicial Division Number l have not been entirely "passed up" by the administration, and that their appeals for justice have been answered by promise of at least an investiga- tion of judicial conditions and prac- tices. If there is any branch of the government more than another, or than all others, that should be above sus- picion in the least degree, that should be free from chicanery or manipulation for pecuniary gain, it should be the de- partment of justice. Justice, however, as exemplifed in Alaska is hardly akin to justice in any one of the several states, and there is practically no ap- peal, particularly in small cases, by reason of the tremendous expense in carrying case to higher court. For this reason again men only should be selected for these judicial positions whose integrity cannot be impeached. God forbid that the present regime in Division No. l should be continued an other four years.-Ketchikan Mining Journal.
Douglas Island news., 1904-03-02

John T. Wiley, an old timer in the Yukon, was found dead in his room over the Northern Light saloon, on Third avenue, February 5. An inquest was held and it was decided that death resulted from heart troubles suDerln- duced by alcoholism.
 The Whitehorse Star says: Thomas H. White, of Dawson, died from ex- haustion on the trail while on his way from here to Miller creek. His partner went for help when White gave out, but before he could secure help from a roadhouse three miles away, White had died from exposure.
 The Pacific Coast Steamship Com pany has issued circular which states that the passenger business of that company from Portland north, includ ing Southeastern Alaska, has been placed in charge of George w. An. drews, of Seattle, the Northwestern passenger agent.
 Governor Brady says the government should build the Valdez Eagle road, and suggests that 100 miles be built each year, starting at Forty Mile and building each way That would be about as brilliant an idea as starting at the bottom to dig we'll, says the Val dez Prospector.
 II. N. Ford's teams, 46 horses and mules, got away yesterday for the lower river after another cargo of meat from the stranded steamers Kerr and Light ming. They took down with them for Circle 35 tons of freight for the N. C.. Co.,, the run on the stores of Circle for the Tanana country having exhausted all their supplies.-Yukon Sun.
 Atlin has yielded another $500 mug get. The Atlin Claim says: "On F. H. Days bench claim, 84 below discovery on Spruce creek, A. Cleghorn, while putting in shot in the drift last week struck what appered to be piece of white quartz; this proved on examina- tion, to be nugget weighing "A oz., 10 pvt, 10 gr. Good work has been done on this creek during the past winter months and, at a conservative estimate, there must be about three times as much on the dumps, as at the same time last year."
 In the past five years the government of this territory has expended S338,- S94.O9 for the relief of unfortunate Yu- koners of every nationality, most of whom had no claim upon this country other than that of humanity, says the Dawson Sun. Without special tax being levied upon our people to reim- burse the government in this depart ment of outlay, Dawson has been trans formed from a disease-breeding swamp to healthy town, fine hospitals have been maintained, the sick and the poor cared for and suffering relieved where ever it was to be found, and the govern ment has paid the cost. Ontario, with a population of millions, has not spent a fraction of the amount on the same lines. No other section of the North American continent can compare with the new territory of the Yukon in the matter of the care of unfortunates. And all this has been done without creating suspicion that Yukon or Yukoners knew of any suffering in the territory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
The Cost of tuberculosis
From the Chicago Inter-Ocean


Tuberculosis, according TO statistics COM
piled for the New York Medical Journal
Kills annually in the United States over
l3O.oto persons. The average age of the
victims Is thirty-five years. At that age the
average expectation of life is thirty-two
years. Assume that a person of thirty-fiye
Will be able to make an average addition Of
only $50 annually to the nations wealth
during the thirty-two years OF expectation
of life. Then multiplying I50,00O by thirty
two. and then by $50. We have from the
deaths of these persons at thirty-ive an
annual loss to the nation of $40, SEQ, 600
Assuming that only one-haIf of the deaths
were preventable. we still have an annual
loss of $l20,OO,O00. In other words, this
nation loses annually an add ton of at
least sl2oOOOO0o to its wealth which 1t
might have had by guarding against tuber-
culosis as 1T does against yellow fever or
smallpox.
Let half dozen cases of yellow fever ap-
pear at one of our ports. and the who. e
country pays attention and takes precau-
lions. Let half a dozen cases of smallpox
appear in any city. and drastic mea suFes TO
stamp out the plague are taken instantly.
The ravages of yellow fever and of small
poX at their worst have never in this coun-
try caused one-tenth of the average annual
loss caused by tuberculosis. yet those dis
eases dreaded everywhere and their
slightest appearance causes widespread
alarm. There is not the slightest doubt
that fully 100000 of the 100, 900 annual vic
material loss caused by their deaths avoid
ed If the public feared and fought tuber-
culoss 1t does cholera, yellow fever or
nallpOx.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
THE LONDON POLICEMAN.
Consul General Evans Has a Good
Word for Him.

In a recent report to the State Depart
ment. United States Consul General Evans.
at London, comments as follows on the
character and duties of the police of that
metropolis:
''The London policeman, as a rule, is re-
ma rkably well informed in many ways; he
is a general traffic manager and supervises
and directs the immense street traffic In
the congested centers and at the street
crossings. When the policeman raises his
hand the hundreds of vehicles, electric
broughams, motor cars. vctorias carriages,
hansoms, four-wheelers, omnibuses drays
trucks-everything on that side of the street
stops, and waits without protest until
the similar traffic from cross street
passes then it is stopped off in another d.
rection. SO it is managed every day
discipline and good judgment preventing
blockades and entanglements The London
policeman must pass a civil service exam
ination, as well as physical examination,
to secure his place. He is expected to be
walking encyclopedia" on all matters
pertaining to greater London, and his
knowledge of localities. streets, places etc,
is wonderful. He is always most courteous
and obliging to the ladies and those seek
ing street information
when it Is necessary to discipline any
one of the thousands of licensed omnibus
drivers conductors. hanson or hackney
drivers, or others, for violation of street or
municipal ordinances they are notified to
appear at court at certain time and place
They appear, otherwise the license may be
withdrawn, and IL once withdrawn it Is hard
to get another. 1t is to the interest of the
London policeman to do his duty. his whole
duty. courteously. kindly, but firmly; in
this the courts sustain the force The re-
suit Is splendid street discipline with far
reaching effects in the way Of respect for
the law
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
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Same Old . Scheme

United States Consul Birch at Malaga re-
ports to the State Department a resump-
ton of an old Spanish, swindling scheme,
which at intervals foE the past twenty-five
years has been cperated with varying sue
cess, with Malaga as me base of operations.
The fraud is known as the bogus trunk
swinole, and is, fearrled on by letters from
a mythical person alleged to be imprisoned
in the Castle OF Malaga (Which does not
EXIST and his American victim, with whom
he claims relationship BY means of de-
coy letter the swindiars were traced to a
house in a narraw street, and eight arrests
were made. All but one were subsequently,
released the man held being considered the
Malaga representativeof the schemers, VINO
at different times operated in each OF the
principal Spanisht eitiesy His trial has not
yet taken place, but he has already been
punished by over six months impr:son-
mcnt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17

or waste the firms time through lack of
khowtedge OF the territory in which they
work The packers not only break articles
out LAY delivery VIXEN tine Is money
Extra saiespeopie come from many
sources. Every firm has a long list of what
may DE termed surerannulJed clerks men
aad women, who have been good clerks I'm
their time. but who have dropped out of
service, hut revive associations for the holt
day trade. Then nearly every clerk can
recommend some friend o. member of her
FAMILY VINO Is glad to come into the shop
Tor few weeks 10 earn Chr StmlS pin
money, and just at this season of the year
certain factories. such those which han
die neckwear shirt waits. etc. c.ose down
for a few weeks and the factory hands are
regarded as the most dependable of 'ex-
tras" behind the counter.
. One hundred thousand dollars is cons,d-
cred conservative estimate in computing
the probable expense of handling the
Christmas rush in a b store, and the wo-
man vino objects to carrying home a small
package will do well to repeat those magic
figures several times. They will soothe her
rufied feelings. One hundred thousand
dollars. just to teip out old Santa Claus
and please the great army of Christmas
shoppers,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
ALLIGAToRs IN VENEZUELA
Killing Them Would Be Very Profit
able Business.

Among the recent interesting reports re-
ceived = the Department of State was one
on the subject of "Alligators in Venezuela, !"
from United States Consul E. H Plum
acher at Maracaibo. He says though but
few alligator skins are sent abroad from
here 1t Is not on account of the scarcity Of
alligators. 1t is strange that nobody has
taken up the hunting of these reptiles They
are here in the lakes and lagoons and
rivers in untold numbers and of all Sizes
The skins are well worth securing, and
alligator oil brings a high price, being used
for medical purposes In the RIO de Orc
large aliigators. which come up to deposit
their eggs on the sand banks during the
dry season. 1t is the same in all the hun
dreds of streams which flow into the Lake
of Maracaibo. Alligator hunting is fine
sport, and. in my opinion. would be pay
ing business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
| @RTHlNGS HEARD
6dsSN "a .m AND !

guilt Justice Gould imposed sentence of
Peniientiary Imprisonment for only three
years. But the kind-hcarted audience in
the court room naturally feit sorry for the
prisoner. Immediately after the latter had
been escorted from the room by deputy
marshal he gave vent TO his feelings as fol-
lows
Thank the Lord! Thank the good Lord.
l expected to get the limit. and here only
got three years. Thank the good Lord. l
&c say
X
There is an old Maryland farmer who
saves much of the money he earns in the
summer and fall on his farm. in order that
he may come to Washington every winter
to press ante-beilum claim against the
government. This claim. he says. has long
since become a sort OF family heirloom. "
Several years ago it was turned down by
the Supreme Court, it is related, it was
unconstitutional Several days ago the old
fellow was at the Capitol armed with a
roll OF manuscript, which. his friends said,
was his Unconstitutional claim rehabili-
tated and clothed in new phraseo, ogy.
why was your first claim rejected by
the Supreme Court?" the farmer was asked
by an inquisitive acquaintance.
"Oh." said the farmer. that claim was
all right, but them jedges found flaw in
the old. out-of-date Constitution which
barred it,
* < i :;
Many years ago when policemen could
noodle and almost make the night in
spector believe that white was black. and
when policemen received Christmas pres
ents by the wholesale. tie lot of a police
man was not what it is to-day In those
days here was grating but now things
different. A policeman is fortunate if
he is invited to have something to eat after
he has done extra duty at somebody's house
or saved somebody thousands of dollars
worth of property Two old members of
the force were standing upon tie sidewalk
one day this week discussing old times
private had joke on the former superior
officer and could not keep the secret
= was standing near the entrance to one
of the hotels one day last week. he sad
when | was asked the address of the man
in charge of the precinct. knowing it was
nearing Christmas / thought there was a
present in sight, and | gave my own adj
dress. but the scheme dio not work
But, he added, lit did work several
years ago. 1t was a cold morning and |
was standing near the old Willard Hotel
when Mr.. Willard came along and took
me for his friend. the sergeant. Address
Ing me as my superior officer. he asked il
would not like some breakfast and of
course. L answered in the affirmative He
told the waiter to give me a drink of the
best brandy and all there was to be had
In the shane of eatables. Just then the
hotel proprietor had business elsew here and
my brandy and breakfast and had started
away from the hotel when the sergeant
came up. He noticed that | was smiling
and anxiously inquired what had put me in
sucn good humor. When L told him he was
almost READY to resign or drop dead
There was striking resemblance be-
tween us, he concluded, and it was case
OF mistaken Identity that benefited me
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
Concerning Soups.
ON the Indianapolis News.

From the Indianapolis News.
Miss Ruth HOLSTERS lecture on soups ana
soupmaking, given Saturday afternoon,
was the most interesting of her series at
the pure food show in Tomiinson Hall.
"Many people wonder" said Miss Hollis
ter. why We begin heavy dinner with
soup. 1t is because the stomach is tired
and needs mild stimulant before being
taxed. We find in SOUP especially In clear
soup tonic rather than a nutrient. Tfas
is the reason clear soups are served for
heavy dinners and purees and cream soups
for luncheon. The cream soups and purees
with bread and butter make fairly nutri-
tious meal There are two kinds OF soups
those with stock and those without. Stock
is the extract from meats; beef extract
acts as a stmulant, bringing the digestive
juices into play. In it We get only the
flavor and the coloring of the beef. but no
nutrient. dog fed only on beef extract
died of starvation. 1t is used in sickness
conserver of energy, to keep up the
vital forces until nature can repair the
weaknesses. Bouillon Is the clear soup
made from beef extract. delicately seasoned.
Brown soup is made from stock which Is
two-t thirds lean beef and one-third fat and
bone. In the bone we find the gelatine and
mineral matter. The best cut for stock is
the midway cut OF the shank, in which is
found the round bone with the marrow.
Brown soups are made of this stock eiari-
fed and seasoned with vegetables and
herbs. White soups are made from stock
OF fish or chicken. Consomme is made from
two or three meats and is clear. Mutton
soup or broth is invaluable for invalids in
especially in fever cases,
through its sustaining qualities. The soups
without stocks are the creams, bisque and
PURGE. The last-named is seasoned with
vegetables fish and pressed through the
PURGE sieve, with tissues of the vegetables
left in the soup. Bisque is made with she'll
fish or vegetables, with bits of the fish or
dice of the vegetable left in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
Founder of the Red Cross.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
Henri Dunant, now seventy-six years old
and living in ill-health near the Lake of
Constance, was the originator of the Red
Cross movement. 1t is forty-fiye years
since he began his work and forty since the
international convention at Geneva. Du-
nant was first influenced by what he had
read of Florence Nightingales work In the
Crimean war. year after the Crimean
war he was at Solferino. with its forty
thousand killed and wounded.
From Soiferino he made the tour OF Eu-
rope. spending five years over It. Some
generals of the good old school thought him
a crank War is part of the law of
nature. said those gallant warriors; wars
will last as long as the world. and men will
be manned and slain in spite OF all your
humanitarian fads Let these civilians mind
their own business" Napoleon III, to give
him his due, appreciated M Dunant the
humanitarian crank" NJ Dunant also
made friends at the Prussian. Russian,
Swedish Danish and English courts
He scored at last-at Geneva, In 1854.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
Pay Of Canadian Militia.

An item of interest to the National
Guardsmen of the District Is the pay scale
of the Canadian militia. Consul General
w. r. Holloway. at Halifax, Nova Scotia,
has sent this information to the government
at Washington. He says, in recent re.
port:
An order has been promulgated by the
dominion government Increasing the pay of
the militia as follows:
''colonels from $4-s6 to IS a day: majors.
$3.50 TO "a day; captains. $3.50 to IS a
day; iieutenants. $1.sS to 50 day: provi
sional heutenanH. SIPS to $l.50 a day.
Recruits will receive the first year 10
cents, and II their conduct Is good they
will get 10 cents day the second wear
Privates viii; get SO cents. and II their con-
duct Is good 80 cents the second year, and
the third year 30 cents. and IL their con
duet Is good 81 day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
Workingmen's Insurance.
From Everybody's Magazine.


Consider the advance in the general spirit
of kindness which is indicated by such
fact as the founding and successful opera
ton of the system of workingmen's insur-
ance in Germany. A certain sum of money
is set aside for each workman every week
(the employer and the employee each con-
tributing half. and the government adds
a supplement of s12 on each pension. Ten
million workmen are thus insured against
sickness. 17.000.e00 against accident, 10000
600 against disability from old age
Six hundred and seven thousand persons
receive the benefit of this fund In yearly
pensions. Incidentally there has been an
immense benefit In the increase of care and
precautions to prevent accidents and to re-
duce dangerous occupations. Tho en-
ployer who is not yet willing to protect
his workmen for kindness sake will do 1t
to escape heavier taxes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
What Lump of Coal Can Do.
From the Chicago Fuel.

From the chicago tcei.
A single pound of coal is capable of pro-
ducing 2s6 horsepower. and could do the
work Of an express locomotive for one-fifth
of a minute In other. words. It Is enough
to haul a train of eight cars, including the
Pullman sleeping cars and dining cars, at
the rate or fifty miles an hour one-sixth of
a mile.
In saving wood q man may work at the
rate OF about sixty strokes minute, and
1 minute, but circular saw. driven by ma
ehinery, will cut seventy times as much
wood in the same time And yet this one
l.ttIe pound OF coal contains power enough
for $50 such SAWS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
The German Tar.
From cassen's Magazine.

The capacity of the German seaman for
prolonged exerfion is not equal to that OF
the British 'Matlo." The coaiing averages
of German. battleships are often equal to
the British averages during the flrst three
hours. II IL toward the end of Q long, IA
tiguing and hot day that British pluck and
endurance tell AZ against the Teutoplo sea.
men,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
A Bitter Disappointment.

From Puck.
Handout Harry wuz onct engaged ter
be married to de daughter of rich brewer.
Tiepass Teddy-W'y didn't yer marry her?
Handout Harry-De brewery burned down
an de oil man swore he'd never build it up
again
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
Nutty.

= rem F'ut-.-
pany-t didn't write it down. but I've got
1t In my head.
Tany-Eo heard Jones told me you had
the whole thing In nutshell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17

Despite the popular prejudice agains,
pawnbrokers. It must be confessed that the
business has many redeeming features
Boston Courier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
THE COST COMES HIGH
Delivering Christmas Goods
is Extensive.
STORESSPENDFORTUNES
ANY SORT OF VAN PRESSED INTO
SERVICE.
Extra Help Comes High Through Ig-
norance Rather Than Through
Salaries.

Written for The Evening Star.
The clerk pointed to the sign which read:
Svenska monitoren., 1904-04-08

tjog dragter pa sig. den ena utan.
pa den andra, kan Diet banda att
den korean man sitter vid sidan
af, och som vid maltidens borjan
var en- omfsngsrik here, vid de-
serten visar sig som en- mayer
korean.
Efter maltiden borjar man att
roa gasterna. Danserekor komma
in. och deras darser arc raft
vackra. Mar dansen %slutat, satta
sig damerna knaet pa gasterna
och leka med herrarnes har och
skagg. Delta anses som EFT tee
ken pa stor hogaktning.
Svenska monitoren., 1904-04-08
Fran Sioux City Tribune.

inkorporera sig under Kubas la
gar for att derigenom CORA sig
oberoende at den amerikanska
anti-trustlagen.
Bland dessa trusts names i
forsta hand Northern Secures
Co., och Representatives. for denna
och andra korporationer uppehalla
sig pa Kuba for att sondera ter
rangen. President Palma antages
komma att motsatta sig planen
for att icke riskera att komma
i strid med Observation-Disclosures,
men derest den kubanska ken,
gressen kommer att visa planen
tillm0tesgaende och stiftar laga
i den riktningen, anses Diet dock
sannolikt att han kommer att un-
derskritva dem.