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Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-24

of the Mississippi river. Much of it is a true anthracite. The seams in Chicoloon creek, as they stand in the bluffs, measure total of 264 feet. That coalfield will supply the coal markets of the Pacific ocean. for it is the highest grade of coal known on either the American or Asiatic side. It runs from 6o to So per cent. fixed carbon, as against so to 54 for Washington coal.
 "The road also opens the placer gold districts of interior Alaska, and will have copper properties in three districts with ore as high as 24 per cent. pure. The northern terminus is the Tanana gold6elds.
 "The southern harbor is as open every day in winter as Puget sound and has terminal facilities for city of any size.
 The money for the building of the road is supplied by a syndicate of Chicago capitalists headed by the Shedd brothers"
Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-24
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST "A, 1904.

THE Congressional Record makes Senator Knute Nelson say that in certain Alaska valleys there are i'm mense quantities of wild grapes. The senator was not deceived by the fields of native blueberries, as people might infer; he intended the Record to say grasses.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-24

THE tenth census, taken i'll 1880, gives the number of white inhab- itants of Alaska as 43o. In the decade from 1880 to 1890 this num- Der had increased to 4,2o8, and in the following decade. that between 1890 and 1900, a further increase to 3o,4o3 is recorded. The director of the mint in his report for 1891 gives the value of the yield of the terri tory'in precious metals as $772, By 1900 these figures were increased to $8. .2o5,772. Considering the re- markable influx of population which Is now taking place and the vast amount of energy being applied to the goldfelds of the interior, who would dare to estimate the popula- tion and the output of the mines for 1910?
Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-24
FAIRBANKS district and F

FAIRBANKS district and Fair banks town are going ahead: in the judgment of the best informed men ill the country they are all ready beyond the experimental stage and we'll into the realm of actuality. And yet until some time after the boom had been fairly launched in not a single instance had what could justly be termed pay" been located. Surroundings denoted that the money was there and when men could get supplies they soon found it.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-24
RAMPART district is getting a

RAMPART district is getting a prospecting now that can but re- suit in success. The only question is one of degree. In several in- stances men are already at work on new creeks taking out their winter grubstakes, and in every part of the district prospectors are at work with an enthusiasm not heretofore manifested. There is scarcely an idler in the district.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-24

KoYUKUK is said to be dull. On the whole the operations the past season were not satisfactory. This is disappointment. When the time comes that supplies can be had there at reasonable prices the result, it is hoped, will fully justify former expectations.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-24

Dawson News, Aug. is; One of the finest and largest nuggets ever found on Eldorado creek proper has been taken of late from Clarence Berry's famous claim. No. 6. The nugget weighs I5 ounces and Is pure gold. This nugget. like the seveu-pound nugget taken from the mouth of French gulch few weeks ago. Is fat in shape. with the cor ners worn smooth. this indicating abrasion and attFi,ion in ages pas,.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-24
ALASKA CENTRAL
 IS PROGRESSING
Road to be Completed to the
 Yukon in Three Years.

Dawson Daily News of Aug. 10 says:
 Advices from Seward, on Resur- rection bay, Ceok inlet, the starting point of the Alaska Central rail road. are to the effect that work on the road is actively under way and that it will be continued during the entire winter.
 Those who assume to know some thing concerning the plan of the company state that the road will be certainly pushed through to the Yukon and that it will be com ple,ed within three years.
 A letter received recently in Nome from Seward says that con- siderable number of men are em- ployed ill construction work and railroad supplies are being received on nearly every steamer reaching that port.
 The town of Seward, however, is not at all pretentious one, and the writer of the letter thinks that con- siderable railroad building will have to be actually accomplished before the town assumes anything like an air of prosperity.
 The harbor IS said to be a very good one, and in the event of the railroad being completed. Seward, and not Valdez, will be the metrop- oils of southwestern Alaska
 The following clipping from Spokane paper was giver us by friend. The papers date is un- known:
 John E. Ballaii e. of Seattle, pres ident of the Panama Construction Co.,, which is building the Alaska Central railroad, has been in Spo- kane two days, conferring with capitalists here who are interested III the Alaska Central enterprise. He returned 10 the coast last night. MT. Ballaine was a former resident of Spokane, and his boyhood was passed in Whitman county.
 Work on the Alaska Central is progressing rapi 'ly," said Mir. Bal laine. Twelve miles are completed and in operation, and we shall have 2I miles in operation before Sept. |. We count on having not less than 70 miles of grading finished and ready for the rails before winter. We shall push construction through to the Panama river. summer and winter. and complete the whole road within about three years. The road will be nearly 500 miles long and will represent an investment, of about ss. .ooo. coo.
Yukon Valley news., 1904-08-24
Yukon Valley News

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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-09-09
R. A. GREGORY.
w. & /. e. CONDUCTOR OF
CANTON
LOST LIFE IN WRECK
Two Local Brakemen
Seriously Hurt

The w. & L. e. freight train No. 12l
known as the local freight was wreck
ed one and one half miles from Chagrin
Falls yesterday at about half past
eleven o'clock Conductor Rein A.
Gregory, of 9O5 Cassidy street and
Henry Porter, of Chagrin Falls were
killed and Brakeman Benjamin Snyder,
residing near the city limits or the
Georget own road and w. II. Mcdonald,
living near Middlebranch, were seri-
ously injured. The bodies of Con-
ductor Gregory and the passenger, Por-
ter were taken to an undertaking es-
tablishment in Chagrin rails and the
two injured brakemen were taken to
the Charity hospital in Cleveland
where they now are
The accident occurred on the branch
line of the road which goes from Falls
junction to Chagrin Falls. The freight
was backed from the Fails to Junction
when it Collided with a two-horse wag-
on at a grade crossing throwing the
caboose and two fiat cars off the track
and causing the fatalities.
No. 121 leaves Canton every other
morning and returns the next evening.
Conductor Gregory by schedule would
have taken the train out Labor day
but was given vacation and was sent
out yesterday on the Inflated No. 121.
The freight had made its trip to the
Falls and was on the return when it
backed into the team at the grade
crossing causing the accident. This is
the only train that makes the trip from
the Junction to the Falls. Porter, the
passenger that was killed, was farm
er, 60 years old and was riding in the
caboose at the time of the accident.
Conductor Gregory was born in Car
rollton 40 years ago, and has been In
the employ of the Wheeling company
for many years. He has been resident
of Canton for the past ten years He
is survived by a wife and two daugh
ters, Carrie and Ivy, who reside with
their mother at 9O5 cassidy street. The
body will be brought to Canton for
burial Thursday morning on the g.
train over the w. e l.. e. road.
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$4,000
WANTED BY FIRST CHRIS.
TlAN CHURCH.
COURTS APPEALED TO
For Authority to Mort
gage Building.

The First Christian church of Can
ton has asked the common pleas court
to give it authority to borrow $4,000
with which to aid in the construction
of It's new place of worship, the loan to
be secured upon lot 19S upon which
the structure is being built. The ap-
pliCation was made through the firm
of Webber 4 Turner, acting for th<
trustees of the church. The matter
will not be passed upon until after the
opening of the next term of court,
which is Monday next.
WANTS TO SELL.
Emanuel Sheets, trustee of the Re-
formed Presbyterian church, and Eli
Schneider and John A. Essig, trus-
tees of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran
church of New Berlin, have fled a pc
tition in common pleas court, asking
for authority to sell real estate, con-
sisting of the old church property, I,
being given as reason that a new
and more commodious church has been
erected and there is no necessity for
retaining the old property. j. P. Faw-
Cett and G. c. Upham are attorneys in
- "aSe.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-09-09
B. {. FAUROT
Lima's Best Known Citi-
zen is Dead

Lima, O., Sept. M Benjamin g.
Faurot, perhaps the most widely
known resident of this city and the
man who did more toward promoting
the industrial enterprises than any
other, died tonight in Sandusky, O., Of
paralysis, with which he was stricken
Sunday, while on a business trip to
that place.
Mr.. Faurot was the builder of the
Faurot block here, valuable property
now owned byJohn ID. Rockefeller He
was also the builder of the Columbus,
Lima and Michigan railroad and the
first man to drill for and find oil in this
section in 1885 which has spread to
mammoth proportions and made Lima
famous.
He also built the electric railway Of
the city besides promoting many other
valuable enterprises. Mr.. Faurot was
IA years of age.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-09-09
Golf Champlonship,

Short Hills, N. j.. Sept. 7-Chandler
Egan, western amateur champion was
four strokes ahead of Walter ]. Travis,
international champion this afternoon
at the close of the 81 holes OF tho
round in the National amateur cham
pionship at the Baltusrol links. He
led the field at 242 strokes. His first
round yesterday was made in 80 and
his second and third today In 80 and
so respectively. Travis took 81, SO
and so in that order
Jerome d. Travers, of Nassau inter-
scholastic champion was third with
24S, while another gap Of three points
separated him from the fourth man,
DR.. ID. p. Fredericks of OIL City.
Chandler Egan will get special prize
for his 81 hole performance that was
not offered until Wednesday morning.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-09-09
CHOPPED WOOD
How President Passed
the Day.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Sept. 7.--Presi-
dent Roosevelt enjoyed a very restful
day after the busy period of Tuesday.
First the Secretary of State Fran.
els B. Loomis was a caller at Saga.
more Hill, coming in at 1920 p. m,
and leaving two hours later.
Il came to talk with the president
about some Improvements in the con.
sulary service" he said. There is
no political significance whatever in
my call. From all | could gather
while up in Maine, it looked as though
the Republicans were certain to get
a big majority next week"
President Roosevelt played tennis,
rode horseback and chopped wood for
recreation today, devoting as usual,
part Of the forenoon to his correspond.
ence.
In the course of the day the presi-
dent received many kilograms con.
graduating him on the Republican vic.
tory in Vermont
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-09-09
EDITORS
Will Gall on Judge Parker
TODAY

Rosemount, Esopus, N. Y, Sept. T.
Representative William Sulzer of New
York was the only political visitor at
Rosemount today. He said he called
to talk over the situation with the
nominee and was glad to bring him
cheering news of the outlook in Cen
tral New York where he has been max
ing speeches for several days. Mr..
Sulzer says Parker and Davis are sure
to carry New York, Connecticut, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and West
Virginia and Indiana, Wisconsin, Mon
tana, Colorado and Nevada in the west.
These, he declares, with the southern
states will give the New York jurist
large majority in the electoral col
lege. Mr.. Sulzer remains at Rose
mount over night.
Mrs. N. F. O'Neil, came all the way
from her home in Sonsentown, Nd,
today to buy up Judge Parker's rye
crop and the chances are tonight that
she will get it. On Rosemount farm
there are about 30 bushels of fine rye
which Mrs. O'Neil wants for campaign
purposes.
Tomorrow three hundred Democratic
editors are coming to greet the man
whose name appears daily at the top
of their editorial pages.
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At SEA G|RT
Ohio Man Again Took
Second Place.

Sea Girt, N. j., Sept. THE Leach
Cup match, the main event on the
card for today's contests of the Nation
al and New Jersey Rife tournament
was won by DR.. o. E. Cook of the
Manhattan Rife and Revolver associa-
tion of New York by score Of o.
Private II. e. Simon of Ohio was sec
ond with a score of-93 Sergeant j. S.
Williams of the Second New Jersey
was third with a score of 81; and
Private r. L. Pile of the Second Dis
trict of Columbia was fourth, also
with score of 81.
Other scores were Captain G. b.
Winder, Ohio, 81; Captain W. B. Mar
tin, Of the Second New Jersey, go
Cook defeated Simon by doing two
points better at one thousand yards.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-09-09
GOV. TAYLOR
Makes Third Break Into
Matrimony.

Bristol, Tenn, Sept. Robert l..
Taylor, who was three times governor
of Tennessee, was married at 5
o'clock this afternoon at Chilhowie,
Va. His bride is Miss Mamie St.
John, daughter of N. c. st. John a
prominent lawyer in southwest Vir,
ginia. The marriage took place at the
home of the brides father, DR.. David
Sullins of Cleveland, Tenn, officiating.
The affair was informal and was
witnessed only by relatives of the
bride and groom. This is the former
governors third venture in matrimony.
The bride, who is 2S years old, is
highly educated and noted for her
beauty. The couple will live in Bris-
tol and the former governors unmar-
ried children will live with them. For
mer Governor Taylor recently became
president of the Bristol Courier Pub
fishing Co., and in addition to pub
fishing the Courier will publish a mag
azine to be known as Bob Taylor's
Monthly.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-09-09
REUNION
Of the IO4th Regiment O.
v. |,

The 104th Regiment, o. V. l., hela
their annual reunion yesterday at Ak.
ron. There were 11S survivors Of the
regiment present that answered to
roll call The address of welcome was
made by Mayor Charles w. Kemple.
There was also a response by Eli
Smith. The comrades then adjourned
to the banquet hall for dinner. In
the afternoon officers were elected
Cyrus Bomberger of the Canton post
office was elected president and Capt.
w. II. Little was elected secretary.
The next reunion will be held in
Canton about this time next year
The date will be fixed by the commit.
tee later. The reunion will not con.
clude it's program until today. The
day will be spent in the transaction of
unfinished business, short speeches by
comrades and grand social.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-09-09
END OF FEUD
Between HohenzoIlerns
and Cumberland.

Berlin, Sept. S.-Uondon Times. y
Recent events such as the engagement
of the Crown Prince and the marked
attention shown by Emperor William
to the young grand duchess Of Mock
lenburg-Schwerin are indications that
the long existing feud between tho
Hohenzollerns and the house af Cum
berland is coming to an end.
It is learned that additional steps
in this direction will soon become
known. Prince William, eldest son of
the Duke of Cumberland, will, it is
asserted, become the ruling duke of
Brunswick. The regent of that state
is becoming old and a well informed
parsonage asserts that he Is desirous
Of retiring.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-09-09
A Little Over $1,000.

Burlington, VT, Sept. with two
towns still to hear from in Vermonts
state election yesterday, Bell, the Re-
publican candidate for governor has
3O,056 majority and a plurality of
31,656. Somerset and Sherburne are
the towns still missing II their vote
equals that of 1900, as is probable,
Bells majority will be 30.126 and his
plurality 31,728. This is 800 above
Stickneys majority in 1900, The Dem
ocratic vote fell off four per cent, the
Republican one third per cent.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-09-09
ARB|TRATE
WAGES FOR UNSkILLED
MEN AND
STRIKE WILL Be ENDED
Peace Terms Over
wheImingIy Defeated.

Chicago, Sept 7.--"Arbitrate the
wages for unskilled laborers and we
will agree to call off the strike"
This demand of the striking Butcher
Workmen and Allied Trades is the
only obstacle to stand in the way of
a settlement of the stock yards strike,
according to the official announcement
OF the Allied Trades conference board.
At it's meeting today the peace terms
presented by the butcher workmen af.
ter a conference with the packers,
were declared defeated by a vote Of
25, 597 to 2,4O3.
1t was then decided that If the pack
ers would add the clause for arbitrat-
ing the rate of wages to be paid labor
ers to the propositions they had al
ready agreed to, that the strike would
end
The packers had agreed to reinstate
all employees as fast as possible, give
them better and steadier conditions
of employment, and pay skilled men
the rate of wages in force before the
strike but no provision was made for
the unskilled laborers. Because Of
this the offer of the packe/s was de-
feated.
A committee was appointed to In.
form the packers of the result of the
vote and the clause asked for. I'm
mediately afterward the board decided
that the general order declaring all
meat unfair should go into effect at
midnight. Later in the day, however,
the Independent butchers vigorously
protested to President Donnelly. They
said that they had great deal Of
meat in their coolers which had been
killed by union men. So convincing
were the arguments that President
Donnelly extended the time for declar-
ing all meat unfair until after the
meeting of the Allied Trades confer
ence board tomorrow.
The meeting of the Allied Trades
conference today was exciting at
times. The official vote as announced
by the tellers was as follows:
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be taken. He said that only small
portion of the forty thousand men,
bers had voted and that this was caus.
ed by the insufficient notice of the
meetings.
Several other delegates upheld this
view. Others declared that it was
parliamentary law for those not voting
to be counted. This was coincided in
by the board. The membership in
Chicago only was counted, which made
the total vote nearly $4,000.
The board also took complete charge
of the strike, according to President
Donnelly.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-09-09
Fairbanks Talked Tariff.

Camden, MaiE9 Sept. 7.-Senator
Fairbanks discusseh politics before an
audience of 1900 in--the opera house
here tonight, paying particular atten-
tion to the tariff. He said that the Re-
publican party was in favor OF revi-
sion whenever conditions have so
changed that public interests demand
alteration. 1t did not favor changes In
tariff schedules for the purpose of pro-
noting free trade
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-09-09
BEST RACING
OF THE MEET
Continued from Page One.)


t. land a fifth. In the second heat
Vernon again started strong and led
the bunch all the way around by three
lengths. He was overhauled or the
stretch by Rocket who beat him out by
a short nose Many of the crowd
thought that Vernon had won this
heat and raised quite a howl but the
judges could not see it that way and
the decision stood. The third heat in
this race was also very close one, bur
Rocket was little too strong for Ver-
non and beat him out by half length.
The two horses ran on even terms all
the way and it was only on the last
part of the stretch that Rocket made
the squirt that won the heat. Rocket
also won the fourth heat, which gave
him the race, although he was pushed
hard by Rudy Kip. Summary:
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-09-09
$4,000
Russians Killed an
Wounded in IL Days.

ST. Petersburg, Sept. S.-According
to reports which have been received
at the war Office from Mukden and
vicinity the Russian casualties during
the past twelve days have been $4,000
killed and wounded The dispatches
are not stamped as official, but are
taken to be fairly accurate.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-09-09
Fatal Firewater,

Winnipeg, Man, Sept. 7.-SeveE In
dians are dead as result of drinking
Florida water for "firewater" on St.
Johns reservation In North Dakota
near the Manitoba boundary. Three
others will die. There is great excite
ment on the reserve in consequence
and it is probable that florida" water
will be tabooed In future.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-09-09
Track Too Heavy for Dan Patch.

Milwaukee, WIS, Sept, Z = Dan
Patch, 1:56A, the worlds fastest har-
ness horse, was scheduled to go
against time at the state fair here to-
day, hut did not make the attempt
because Of heavy track. He will try
tomorrow II the track is fast.
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IOtalS .....Z fOO al
Many delegates entered protests to
the figures. They said that every man
who had not voted should be counted
any way, as against the proposed peace
terms
Vice President c. Il. Schmidt, of the
Butcher Workmen, urged that as the
vote was small. another ballot should
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-09-09
EquaIIed Worlds Record.

Syracuse. N. ", Sept. 7-MDajor Del.
mar trotted mile in 2:02A without
wind shields, equalling ithe worlds
record. at the state fair races here this
afternoon.
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Opening of New Jersey Campaian.

Newark, N. j., Sept. AT a meet
ing of the Bureau Of Democratic
clubs in auxiliary to the state commit.
tee at the Jeffersonian club today it
was decided to hold the Democratic
Club state convention in Newark on
Sept 21. This will also mark the
opening of the campaign in New Jer-
sey Ena
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Time: lo12, z: l512, Z:l5H, Z:lIH.
Conduct, who won second money in
the 2:20 trot was protested by w. G..
Rudy, of Millersburg. Mr. Rudy
claims that Conduct is a ringer" but
failed to state his reasons or tel!
what name he was formerly raced un-
der w. F. Mason, of Port Rowan,
Ont, the owner and driver of Conduct,
was called before the judges and put
through severe cross examination.
Mr.. Mason answered every question
that the judges asked him and gave
Conducts pedigree without hesitation.
One of the judges afterward said that
he could see nothing that would make
case against Conduct and that he
thought that he was eligible for the
race. The horse coming from Canada
was probably the reason for the pro-
test as there is always feud between
the owners and drivers of the United
States and Canada.
The automobile races were carried
over until today and the management
promises some very good racing There
Will be two races, one for touring cars
and the other handicap race. There
is much rivalry between the various
automobile agentes as to who is the
agent for the best machine. Besides
these automobile races there will be
four horse races. Quite number Of
Canton horses will start in these
events.