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The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19
EIks' Meeting

There will be meeting of Skagway Lodge No. 43l, Benevolent and Protec- tive Order of Elks, at their hall, Thurs day, April 21, at s p. m.i
 There will be initiation
 All visiting Elks are invited to at tend. E. A. MURPHY, Sec'y.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19
TO BEAT II
NOrdica's Husband Attacks
 Divorce Proceedings

Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan
 New York, April l9.-It is reported here that Hero DOeme, the hus- band of Madame Nordica, the famous prims donna, has brought suit to set aside the divorce decree which was granted last winter The affidavit al- leging divorce, he says, was secured through collision and fraud. Sensa- tional developments are anticipated.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19
IS A MAJOR
Capt. Richardson Gets Pro-
 motion

Capt. w. P. Richardson. who has had charge of the construction of Fort Will liam H. Seward, at Haines, for the last year and a half, received word by wire yesterday that he had been appointed major, vice Major Moves, of the adju- tant generals office.
 The news was well received by Ma for Richardson's fellow citizens of Skagway.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19
Notice

Having purchased all the wood re- gently owned by Malcolm McLaren, l desire anyone who may have any claim against it for labor or otherwise, to present the same to me not later than 10 days from date.
 Herman Barthel. Skagway, April 9, 1904.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19
Ten Dollars Reward

The Daily Alaskan will pay a reward of SlO for evidence that will lead to tho conviction of any one for stealing copies s of the paper from the premises of any of it's subscribers.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19
NATIVES WIN
Germans Lose Fight in West
 Africa

Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskanl
 London, April l9,-The German West African expedition has been re- pulsed. A large body of Hereros, in 8 fight lasting 10 hours, defeated the Germans, who lost eight killed and l4 wounded,
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19
IS READY
Kaiser Would Greet French
 President

Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.l
 Rome, April l9.-EmperOr William is credited here with having indicated that he will be ready to meet President Loubet, of France, should the occasion arise before the end of his Mediterran- can cruise.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19
ONLY TWO
Fight Narrowing Down In
 Washington

Special Dispatch to Daily AlaSkanl
 Olympia, April l9-The contest for the nomination for governor of Wash ington on the republican ticket is now conceded to be between the present in cumbents, Gov. Henry Nc Bride and J. D. Atkinson, the present state auditor.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19
Froo Concert Daily

A free concert is given at the Mascot saloon every afternoon and evening. All the latest songs and airs. It Is worth hearing.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19

Ice cream, water ices and sherbets of any kind and quantity, delivered 10 any part of the city, by the Boss Bakery.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19
If You Love Your Wife

II you love your wife Or your sweet heart, buy her candy at the
 Palace of Sweets, Fourth Avenue and Broadway.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19
FOR HEROES Carnegie Gives Big Sum for
 Great Deeds

Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan. ]
 New York, April l9.-Andrew Car negie has given s5,OOO,OOO to a perma- nent fund for the benefit of national heroes.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19

A new line of wall paper just re- ceived on steamer FarallOn by k. K. Peoples.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19
FIRnnsIs Washed

Take your fannels to Mrs Zarelli, to be washed. Best of work guaranteed. Fifth avenue, near Daily Alaskan of- flee. 3-2.-t
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19
Fur coats at Clayson's.

Spring chicken and Eastern oysters at the Pack Train restaurant.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19

Get your ice cream for Sunday dinner at the Boss Bakery. 4 2t tt
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19

Best of wines liquors and cigars at the Totem.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19
SkaEway Laundry

For frst-class work try SkagW ay Laundry. Twenty-two yeras' eXpell- ence. Telephone S9. u'
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19

Ice Cream Parlors open at Boss Bak- cry. 4zt
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19

Heavyweight ulsters at CaysOn & Co.'S.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-04-19
MAKEVISIT
Prince and Princess of Wales
 Off for Vienna

Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan
 London, April l9.-The Prince and Princess of Wales started this morning for Vienna, where they will visit En- peror Francis Joseph.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23
Couldn't Stir Them.

Admiral uriu who is winning dis.
tinction in the Japanese navy reach
"a his nautical education at Annapo-
lis, where he took his standing and
was popular with HIS classmates He
was noted for studying hard and for
great conscientiousues in the per
Torrance Of the thousand and one du-
ties OF the naval cadet Not long ar
Ter entering. and while cur language
was Still mystery 10 him. he was
one day confined 10 his room by a
slight illness. He was looked atte~
by the surgeon and his condition he.
came a matter Of record Neyertha-
less he felt moved to send explana-
tons to a fayorte instructor. and dld
so as follows:
My Teacher-You have seen that
DO not today stand before YOU | am
inclosei IN the room by the mucn
sickness. do not feel like making
the stir | regret to miss your most
beautiful instruction Of the mathc.
matte Tomorrow | hope greatly 20
find II easy to make the stir.
From his achievements in the pres
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23
Father Johns Power.

Father John # Cronstadt, who has
prophesied that the war against Jaran
will continue for twenty-five years, Is
really the Rev John SercieG. o1c OF
the priests OF II Andrews cathedral.
In the famous fortress city Aiicr Me
car. he is and has been for yer
the greatest man In Russia by virtue
Of his pifty and tputcl power 81
healing. People Of the highest rant
as well as the poorest peasants. 20 to
him for help. he was summoned IT,
the death bed Of Emperor Alexander
and when the present car Has a,sick
en- with typhoid in Iivii!a public olil
ion required the imperial duc' g. to be-
REINFORCED by Father Johns healing
touch
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

dent and transient, black and white.
Another circumstance which is quite
III harmony with the other conditions
is a lack of proper lighting II is a
generally accepted theory which
seems to have the approval Of eX-
perience that one 1000 candle power
arc light is as good rs TWO police Of
hcers wild Cat Chute" has no
lights. Excepting here and there the
faint glimmer from some miserable
hovel, permitted TO find its way o.
the street through some half raised
curtain for a purpose. darkness lend
it's protecting mantle to the evil DE-
signs and deeds OF the people
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

Elsewhere In this paper appears a
circular letter issued by authority Of
the United States Bureau Of Agri
culture. inyelghing against the long
weather predictions which are regu,
larry given out by a number of per
sons who are doing a profitable bust.
ness In that line. II Is the Judgment
of the eminent mereorologists who
are at the head of this bureau, thai
all the publications are frauds; that
the mo0ns the stars, the sun spots
etc, do not offer any data upon which
predictions may be based, and that
the predictions are frauds; that the
moon, the stars, the sun spots, etc
do not differ any data upon which
predictions may be based, and that
the predictions made by the various
people for an entire season or year
are either the result of ignorance OF
Of deliberate purposeto deceive the
people The department claims that
much harm is done by these alleged
predictions to agricultural and com
mercia interests, and it warns the
people against them
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23
WILD CAT CHUTE.

In all cities where the cannaille are
permitted to form little communities
Of their own and to pursue their yic..
Gus lives for any length Of time with
imperfect police supervision, these
neighborhoods are designated BIZ
some epithet or euphemism which
characterizes 1t as place to be shun
ned by people who have a proper re.
gard for their regulations or for their
properly or their lives. They may be
known as "Hell's Half Acre" Pinch, "
Bloody Alley" Robbers Roost =
"Murderers Row In this city such
a neighmorhood has been known for
many years as wild Cat Chute" be.
canse ii Is inhabited by the dregs Of
the negro population Of the city,
Astounding with vice in its lowest
forms, with quarrels. fights. robberie5
and murders. The neighborhood EN-
braces part Of a square extending
from Twelfth street TO Fourteenth
street. and from Commercial avenue
20 Railroad street, and including also
the corner Of Fourteenth and Ohio
Levee street, where a saloon run by
q negro named Walker. serves as
their place of nightly revelry. rs
buildings are mostly frame. a lot of
ramshackie barracks which would be
a disgrace 10 the city even If they did
isst shelter hefsles of vicious men and
women and served as a rendezvous
and safe retreat for criminals, resi-
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

II Mr. Bryan would do what Mr.
Hearst has donedeclare that he will
support the nominee and platform of
the St Louis convention-he would
be entitled to some consideration in
the councils OF the party: but he has
persistently refused to do this. The
Democrats o. Nebraska have exacted
pledge Of Mr. Bryan that If they
send him to the st. Louis convention
he Is not TO take an active part in
promoting the Hearst boom He has
agreed to this but some of the Nebras.
kans are very wroth because they
say he has not kept faith with them
Dunlap and Walsh. who were Bryan's
agents in 1900, are both the hired
lieutenants Of Hearst, and the Nebras-
ka Democrats aver that Bryan is con
cerned in their activity. Bryan's
own lieutenants in his state have
notified him that they will not follow
him In any radical movement, bat
that they will abide by the action of
the convention and support les plat
form and nominees. This is the best
thing that has come out Of Nebraska
Tor many years. 1t is a healthy indi
cation Of Democratic harmony.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23
Lesson Of Never Despair.

The late nr Butler of Hartford
Conn, gave as an Illustration of rne
necessity Of giving restoratiyes even
10 those apparently almost dead this
leaf from his experiences;
"0ll Aunt Sally was dying and hal
been talking about her hopes of heay-
On. At the same time | was admins
tering a few drops of brandy ana wa.
ter in te1spoen. In soothing voice
referring 10 her crossing the riverl
! said: And how does it seem Aunt
sally?'"
The old woman slowly opend one
eye, and wnking at me, replied
It's hckn' good, doctor
Il gave her the contents Of the
glass, and she lived several years ~"
Exchange
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23
increased Use Of tiersa Flesh.

The taste toI horse flesh "a steadily
On the increase In Paris. A yeteri
nary an sanitary report just isauec
states that In 1896 ct the public ab
attoirs, n .4&0 horses. asses ard mules
we're slaughtered for the different
dealers in horse fesh in the French
capital Ia 1897 the nduOer was %.
oe9. in 1898. 22.5i2 IN 1889 a5.205
N 1000 @6,4S4; in 1901 29.6S3; IN
t9e2. 323e4 OF the number in this
last year there were 1899 h0r es.
iS5 dnnteys and - mules Much Of
his food Is sold in the shape CT sau
ages.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

4 che farmers house, Gays the secretary
and asked for a glass of milk The
farmer filed the glass with whisky.
milk and sugar The stranger, after
draining the cup, handed it back and
\ remarked: MY Lord. what a Govt"
Miss Mary Anthony has paid her
taxes again under protest She writes
I 70 the city treasurer Of Rochester N.
I VI: Once more all women. politically
classed with minors, criminals, luna
, ties and idiots, are compelled to con
tribute TO the support OF a government
which denies them any voice in the
control Of affairs, ana once more
pay taxes under protest. Please so
record it, Miss Mary Anthony ami
her distinguished sitter, Susan b An
thony. never pay taxes without a pro-
test Of this kind
More than tN0 years ago friend
of George b. Mcclellan made a WAGER
Of dinner for a dozen friends thar
he could write the name Of the ncyt
mayor Of New York on a slip of pa
per He wrote the name of Mr. Nc
Clellan, put the paper in the safe and
won the bet Mayor Mcclellan and
this grand guesser were recalling tho
remarkable feat in political predic-
tion the other day. The mayor said:
Take another poem into the dim and
distant future, old man, and tell me
what new horror is in store for me-
Cant do It, Mr. Mayor" was the re.
ply Mr. Murphy, the Tammany boss
has not taken me into his confidence
this time"
Few people realize that for nearly
thirty years an ex-sultan OF Turkey
has been kept a prisoner a. Kourbad-
il. on the BosphOrus This untortu
nate man IS the ex.Sultan Murad, the
eldest nephew OF Abdul A2iz, who
came to the throne in 1876 on his un-
clos death, but was allowed to reign
only three months He was in weak
health at the time and there was
strong party in COnstantnople which
was DESTROYS that his brother, the
present sultan Abdul fIamid should
be caliph. An intrigue was therefore
set ON foot to declare tina; Murad was
insane and he was quietly deposed
and Abdul Hamid reigned IN his place
The exsultan, who Is now Ga years of
age has become seriously i'll and his
life Is despaired of.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23
Board of County Commissioners
JOHN A. MILLER. Chairman,
JOHN A. BOURGEOIS.
Or. j. II. CAUSE.
PEOPLE AND THEIR DolNes.

President I-oubet 10 France loves
nothing better than to escape from
court duty aud go on a hunting expe.
diticn. lie is well read, fond of music
and an admirer Of painting.
Gabriel Dumont, who was Louis
3iels righthand man in the rebelli-n
N northvPt Canada eighteen years
ago, has returned to the territory from
this country whore he has been liv-
ing since his chief was hanged after
the suppression Of the trouble.
Mayor John Weaver, Of Philadel.
phia, was a department store clerk at
81 a week some twenty years age.
While so employed he studied short.
hand, which he mastered. Then he
became court reporter, meantime
studying Law and eventually winning
admission to the bar.
Miss Helen Gould says the memen-
TO that she prizes more than any
thing else she possesses is the flag
which the sailors of the Raleigh voted
TO give 10 her in preference to the
city Of Raleigh II holds a prominent
place in her home at Lyndhurst Tho
American flag flies every day at Lynd.
hurst from sunrise to sunset
Secretary VIM, H. Taft has a friend
who is a farmer near a Main prohibit
ton town. A stranger once went into
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23
Benefit Of cheap powsr.

The cheap electric power generated
at Decew Falls ten miles from Nj.
asara and thirtyfour from Hamilton
in Canada. whore the water has a de-
scent Of $50 feet. added to the In.
liuence of high Canadian tariff has
led to the establishment Of FIVE large
American factories. employing ZOO
men, at Hamilton.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23
LITTLE STORIES.
IV~NNNNS~A M %FTN%NNISN
oriaIn Of IDEAS.

A certain oifcious person once BIAS
tered in the office Of W. J Ilender
son, the music critic, ana began "a
tell him what was the matter with
Jean de Reszke's interpretation of
Wagnor's Tristan"
In the first place said the caller
in confident tones, he's got the wrong
idea.
Nh Henderson looked at him a
moment Well he remarked, he
got his idea from Wagner Where ala
YOU get yours - Exchange
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

The next important event will he
the Democratic convention of Tennes.
see, which will meet tomorrow at
Nashville. In one respect ii viii fol
low the example of the Democratic
convention of Alexander county: It
will ignore the Rev Sam Small and
his ilk
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23
European Women in TIbet.

Miss Susette Taylor, one Of the yer.
few European women who has eve
visited Tibet, gave some intero tini
particulars of the customs Of the PEG
pie Of that mysterious land recently
When the Tibetan puts out bis touea
at You, Miss Taylor sass that So,
must not feel insulted he is merei
being polite TO you after bis Owl
manner. the projection OF the torgr
being a ciyility equal To- oar shlkint
hands, which IN his country H. no
etiquette. On enc occasion Miss Tay
Tor strayel into a Buddhist temple
prayer time and her paras0l was cor
sidored such an Interesting articl
that prayers we're Interrupted Will
the lama borrowed ia and thsn opeue.
it among a chorus of murnufs Of 81
prevail aud admiration
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

The Globe Democrat comes mighty
near committing the crime of lese
majestic, in saying that the open door
decree for certain Chinese ports is
the result Of Japanese victories by
waiting little this staunch Repuhlie
can organ would have learned from
the Washington press dispatches thar
it was triumph OF Secretary Hays
diplomacy
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

Alexander coGnty's Young Dem0c-
racy Is in the saddle and our Republi
can friends need to hold their Wigs
on with both hands in November, you
bet. and there1l be some fur a'hyin'
in the air, anyway.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Cairo, Alexander County Illinois, Pop,
ulation 16,;47.

Mayor, CLAUDE WINTER.
Clerk, X. A. HATCHER.
Comptroller, +, r. Powell.
Police Magistrate, J. IT, ROBINSON.
Chief of Police, 4. b. PRICE.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23
To Test Farm Machines.

The Agricultural Society of LON.
hardy has decided TO found and main.
tain in Milan trial station for the
he testing Of agricultural machines.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

This, in the main, was The evidence
presented to the two iurie5 which
tried "sallie Pita-Pat' on the charge
Of murder in connection with this
case--the one standing 3 TO 3 for con
yiction and the ether 10 to 2 for ac.
quiital on flrat ballot; and it gives a
fairly good insight into the character
81 the inhabitants Of wild Cat
Chute. for they are all alike.
Since this tragedy several lesser
ones have occurred in the nelebbor
iiooi "hfcn 10 moi attract much Al
tention, because We have gotten used
to them.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

The dahlia was introduced into Eu-
rope for the value Of its bulb as
substitute for the Irish potato, which
t resembles when baked
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23
Alexander County, Population 22,se5

EF7EN' S"NFETNJf ' NINFtFNFVFF NtfVVl'
County Judge VIM s. DEWEY.
County Clerk. JESSE +. MILLER.
Circuit Clerk, LEE b. DAVIS.
Sheriff. JAS S. ROCHE.
Coroner, DIR. JAS. NJ. McMANUS
Assessor and Treasurer, FRANK f
DAVIS.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

lle-I don't see you with any OF
The Iickner girls lately, lulia She
Mo- il isn't to be expected that the
automobile set will associate With
families who still stick to the horse
Boston Transcript
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

Lightning Is discharge Of electric
ny to the earth or to another electri.
fed cloud, according as to which at
the moment constitutes the greater
attraction All lightning is Of the ma
mre Of an oscillating or alternating
discharge
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

emit war the admiral seems to be in
full possession OF his ability to make
the stir Saturday Post
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

No large river enters the Great
Lakes They have periods of high and
low water the latter OF such serious
iegrea and frequency that the pr0po5-
al to raise their level By means OF
Jams is having much expert consider
alton
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

We cannot take any Of our wealth
with as when vie die except the filling
in our teeth.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

In q spasm to be thought most eNquis-
lite, maiden named Lee spelled it
Lis.
It's good French, said she,
Just see Flemde.lis--"
And now she is known as plain Liz
Town Topics.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

THOUSANDS CAN TESTIFY
That il IS not necessary TO use a mag.
nlfying glass to see the money made
by judicious and persistent advertis-
ing.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

jerks seems to he prosperous
now He saws his income just at
present is out of sight Il should
think It would he Tie lives SO far be,
vond it Philadelphia Ledger
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

1t man has The last word it does
him no good, because the woman Is
asleep by that time
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

The highest mountain in the worla
is believed 10 be Everest, Of the III
malayas 29,002 feet.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

C5UeIJ cupitl If his Christianity does restrain his
boodlIry passion in what he superior to the half
clad African We pointed lawcss individuals Of pas
sion because in these forty years Of freedom have
his expectations But what Of this with thousands Of years of
civilizations What Of the burning the stake Of and fight
ing for her savag And what the crime Of this womans
SIMPLY HER LOYALTY TO HER HUSBAND And what
the crime Of this MANI He gave shelter bis brother and when
the white take his brother away he shot them
believe that every cpt should have the treatment that be-
longs to his crime but that his punishment SHOULD NOT BE De
TERMiNED BY THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN. appeal to the
American people appeal to Caesar drunk to Caesar sober
OUR REMEDY is NOT RETALIATION STRONG
ENOUGH EVERY RETALIATION
If the white mans religion defective LET THE BLACK
MAN SHOW THE WAY Those who preach emigration have
lost faith and heart The ship be deserted because of stormy
weather cannot 90 forward let mark time Here have
toed here dead lie sleeping, and other home But
claim here than food and cohngwe He RIGHT
to he honest and industrious.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

In celebration Of the centenary OF
Seryias liberation from Turkish rule
the Seryian government is about to
issue a special series OF postage
stamps.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

All Illinois Central, Mobile g. Ohio
and Cotton Belt trains arrive and de.
part from Central station, corner of
Second street and OHIO Levee.
All Biz -Four and Iron Mountain
trains arrive and depart from the
Union station, Second street and Com.
mercial avenue
Mail may be deposited in the box al
The transfer station. located at Cen
trail station. % minutes before the de-
pature of any train.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

girl Of 20 The material
fabric Trimming meains
with high neck but coarisss
ewes shirring extensively trimming
S slight advisable
Is great The skirt il
around he edge with three tueks.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

The river Of lorian in its tortIous
course is some 200 miles long. though
source and mouth are but about &c
miles apart The width at the mouth
is $40 feet, and the courses just above
range from 20 TO $50 feet In width.
The most Of IFS length it is shallow
Two to three feet dcep-but one sec.
ton is Is feet deep.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

Big 4 from East Big 4 going East.
No, ). 1900 pm. No. s. $3.50 am.
No. 9, 300 pmaNo 2, $500 pm.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

M. 4 o. from South M, & o. going S'th
No. 2. l:26 p.m.lNo /. 1886 pm.
No. 4. 2:20 am No 3, 2:09 am.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23
USEFUL. INFORMATION.

In this department all manner of useful in.
question asked by readers concerning any Of
the multitudinous affairs OF daily life viii re-
ceiye careful consideration.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

NJ, a Q. from North NJ. & Ogoing Nth
No. |, 1881 pm. No. ?. 1881 pm
No 3 1904 am No. 4. 2:25 am.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

There are little over 2119 bushels
in a cubic yard
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23
A Mans Color Should
Not Affect His Punishment
For Crime
By Rev. W. II. BROOKS
lColoredD of New York

lie white man has in his hands the law the courts CON
gress, the army, the navy, and IMMENSE RE
SOURCES OF ALL KINDS, and yet how is he
superior to the Turk in the treatment of colored
culpritl If his Christianity does not restrain his
boodtirsty passion, in what is he superior to the half
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

Cotton Belt Cotton Belt
from Southwest. going Southwest
No. II, 1890 p.m.'No. Is. 3:15 pm.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

$4,000 men were employed in takinl
the census of 1900,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-23

f. c, from North l. C. going North
No. 203 2:O9 am No ?. 1895 pm
No. 3, All am No, 4, 1876 am.
No q, 1880 am. No 6. 2;2O pm.
No 8, $40 pm, NO s, 1905 pm
No 405, 1890 pm No 4oG, 4.45 am
No 1, GOO pm. No. 20i 2:20 am,
No %, 1856 pm. No. "a, 5:l5 am.