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Douglas Island news., 1904-09-28

Camp SkagWay which has been oc- cupied by United States troops for five years will soon be thing of the past as military camp. Col Woodbury and the officers and men of the Third infantry will move to Fort William Il, Seward, at Haines.
 Some time ago a Canadian mounted policeman arrived in Skagway with three crazy men in charge. While in the windy city, one of the "bugs" escaped, and now the policeman is up against it. He can't pick out his patient from the rest of them.
 The Copper Mountain Shelter is now so far completed that the crusher is kept running on ore from the mine, with the view of having the huge bins filled by the time the furnace is ready to be blown in, which will be in the course of two or three weeks.
 The total pack of salmon by the var ious Behyiug sea cauneries during the season just closed is 50 per cent less than that of 1903 according to the esti, mate of A. F, Brunbrook, superintend- ent of the Pacific Packing < Navigation Company's Nushagat canueries.
 Once again shall the mining world be paralyzed by discovery on the head waters of Boulder creek of ledge of "sulphurated quartz" seventy feet wide, running in values from g to S75 to the ton. This is another case where the TreadweIl is completely left in the shade.
 Judge w. A. Day, of Washington, D. C., assistant attorney general, who was recently sent to Alaska by the govern. ment to investigate certain charges made against the territorial judiciary, has returned to Washington and still perseveres in keeping his mouth closed as to his findings.
 Because he had no more cans and other material, R. o. Leonard, superin- tendent of the Columbia cannery at Chilkoot, has closed shop for the season. His cannery has put up 24, ,O0o cases and could pack more had he anything to put them in, but he has filled every can in the cannery and used up all his ma tariol for caSeS
 An exchange has the early to bed proverb sized up as follows: "Early to bed and early to rise, does very we'll for sick folks and guys, but it makes man miss all the fun till he dies, and joins the stiffs that are gone to the skies. Go to bed when you please and lie at your ease, you'll die just the same of Latin disease"
 The name of the postofice at Caribou Crossing has been changed to Carcross. This was done to avoid confusion, there being another Caribou in the district. The latter is a small town on Dominion creek. The change in the name is said to have been made at the sugges- tion of Bishop Bompas, whose home is in the town affected Whitehorse Star.
 An ad of the "DougIas Island Gold Mining Company, appears in Seattle mining journal. It states that: This Company has 12 full claims, on Douglas Island. At the present price of stock investors will double their money in P months time. Drop into the office of the Company and look at the ore and hear about mining proposition that is Gilt-edge." The names of the officers of the Company are not given.
Douglas Island news., 1904-09-28
The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed.
Information for Everybody.
The water in the Yukon is falling.

The water in the Yukon is falling.
 Atliu lays claim to being quartz camp.
 There is great rejoicing at Haines; drinks are two for a quarter.
 175 men will winter in the Koyukuk district, mostly at Cold Foot.
 A case of cerebral meningitis has made it's appearance at Fairbanks.
 Antone Floyd, deckhand on the Yukon steamer Casca, fell overheard and was drowned.
 It is rumored that Judge Humes will succeed Wickersham as judge of the Third District of Alaska. The report comes from AtIin of the finding of a S35O nugget on 86 below Discovery on Spruce Creek.
 Rev. Bloor will have charge of the Episcopal Missionary work at Nome, He went north on the s. s. Tacoma.
 The Koyukuk district will contribute s25OOOO or S3CO,00O of gold this season towards Alaska's total treasure yield of 1904.
 The Sitka Alaskan still contends that Sitka is proud to be called the "Silent City," We have heard of the "Silent City of the dead"
 The first American Mergenthal line, otype to be taken into Dawson has been sent into the Panama for use in the of flee of the Fairbanks News.
 Arrangements are on foot for holding | in Seattle, beginning November 3rd, the annual grand encampment ofthe Arctic Brotherhood says the P.-i,
 Tbe city council recently elected at Ketchikan has chosen the following officers: M. E. Martin, mayor; George E. Rodman, town clerk, and Willis A. Bryant, treasurer.
 Fishing is said to be one of. the great prospective industries of the Tanana district. It is estimated that the catch of salmon that is now stored at Cinema for sale to the trade at Fairbanks and ou the creeks is valued at S40,000.
 W. J. Idleman, formerly deputy col lector of customs at Eagle, under in- dictment for embezzIement alleged to have been committed at Eagle, will stand trial at Juneau next December. The case comes to this division on a change of venue.
 The service between Caribou and At lin has been reduced again from tri- weekly to semi-weekly trips. About a month ago the Atlin traffic became so great that the Cleaner was placed on a tri.weekly schedule to meet the de- mand. The congestion is now over, and change has been made back to the old schedule.
Douglas Island news., 1904-09-28

The last Cottage City brought E. E. Harvey, manager. and G. A. Singer. Supt of the Olympic mines. MT. Har- vey brought with him sufficient money to pay in part the claims against the Company, and in few weeks the bal ance will be forthcoming, so that alt who had any doubts regarding the sol vency of the Company now breathe easier. Mir. Harvey says that small force of men will be kept at work cross cutting and doing necessary work, but that active operations will not be re- sumed until after the first of the year. I-Wrangell Sentinel.
 Frank J. Cleary, a pioneer ofthe Tan ana, from whom Cleary creek, one of the richest streams of the new district, takes it's name, has reached Seattle di- rect from Fairbanks, August 26. He sold No. below discovery on Cleary for S55.OO cash, after having taken out 56O,O00 in gold from the placer this sea son. Howard Turner, Tanana man ager of the Northern Commercial Company, purchased the property, pre- sumaDly for other people. William C. Gates, otherwise "Swiftwater Bill," of ] Klondike fame, was put in as manager of the property.
 l
 It rained recently in St. Louis-it really does rain down there sometimes and as a result one of the workers about the Alaskan building at the eX position was compelled to carry out several pails of water which had leaked in. He saw what he thought good place to empty the pails which was just back of the first row of totem poles. A Missourian watched him closely, and when he had emptied the last pail innocently inquired of the man, who may or may not have been the so-called executive commissioner himself, "Do you have to water lem every day?"-EX.
 The Juneau Dispatch reports dis astrous fire in Dawson on the night of September 23d. The fire originated in the Cecil hotel and swept clean the northern end of block between Second and Third avenues, and as far south as the Mcdonald Trading Go. on one street, and west to Minister and north from the L'Abbe hotel to the Donovan corner on Third avenue. The flames died out by consuming all the shacks adjoining Robertson's. The loss is es- timated at 82OOO0O The heavy losers are Mrs. Alex. Mcdonald, Mrs. Card proprietors Cecil hotel, Harold Butler the cash grocer, and the Pacific Cold Storage Go.
 The Chicago Tribune publishes a front page cartoon denominated "Alaska at the St. Louis Democratic Convention.' The cartoon is a very good one, albeit it was intended for the purpose of polk ing a little of what is called "good na. tured fun" at Alaska. The totem poles the polar bear, the icebergs and the gold nuggets, were all faithfully DOT. trayed, as we'll as the Eskimo and his Eigloo and the malamute dog. The "family" looked happy enough until the off corner of the cartoon was reach. ed, where stood the picture of a mini, ture brewery, and the male and female figures in the cartoon are seen with one accord making bee line for the brew cry.
Douglas Island news., 1904-09-28

Dawson's ball players have joined the rush to the Tanana and number of her crack players have gone on the last boats for the new camp where they will henceforth look for golden nuggets in. stead of water-soaked 5aseballs.
 Trust to the excursionists to damn the country and circulate the most slanderous stories. A specimen of this species of humanity who was aboard the Roanoke gives the press the follow ing: "Valdez has no excuse for exist ing. Still it is compact, we'll built town, many of the buildings being two stories in keight. It is built on gla- cial deposit and some day it will be swept into the sea."-Valdez News.
 All the property of the Pacific Pack ing & Navigation Company will be sold, at public auction, the date to be set at a date to be determined upon in the near future. This property is now in the hands of receivers. It consists of many salmon canneries in Alaska and several vessels of different sizes and makes. The assets of the Pacific Pack ing x Navigation Company are esti- mated to be worth between S4,OOO,OOO and S6,000,0O0.
 In discharging Isaac Burpee, who was acquitted early this month at Daw- son on the charge of embezzlement, Judge Macaulay said that since the government had brought him from St. Louis to Dawson, probably it would be encumbent on the government to re- turn him there. The Judge was not clear as to the duty of the government in this matter, and said the question would be looked into and determined little later.
 According to the Dawson papers one of the features of the conditions that have developed this year at Dawson is the holding of American goods at that place in bond for the Alaskan Yukon trace. It is said the Dawson merchants have purchased American wares and products in great amounts to be held at Dawson in bond and to be sold at Fairbanks in the early spring. This is a privilege that is being exercised by the merchants of Dawson that the mer- chants of Skagway have attempted to secure from the Canadian government for themselves. They have thus far been unsuccessful.-Alaskan.
 In those good old days that we hear so much about they didn't have horse less carriages, nor creamless milk; then butter was not made out of hog fat and cotton seed oil; the leaf lard was not rendered from old tallow and cotton seed; the coffee did nor grow on oak trees, and calf-skin shoes were not made out of sheep hides; then ma pie syrup wasn't made out of hickory bark and corn cobs; then the thin sides of poor hogs weren't smoked and called breakfast bacon; then four wasn't made from corn, and raspberry jelly did not come from slaughter houses. Then styles did not change quicker than the moon, and mothers were not ashamed to own five children; then penitentiar- ies were too large, now they are too small; then men prayed to God instead of the congregation; and if inventors and reformers keep up the present pace no man can tell man from a woman across the street in few years.
Douglas Island news., 1904-09-28
Carpets
Wall Paper

Spring House Cleaning is almost here, and such a lot of trouble it brings with it. The house has to be papered from top to bottom, the floor Carpeted, Lace Curtains put up, Linoleum on kitchen floor, and various other things, when carried out are the making of our Alaska homes.
 Now we have prepared a way out of this trou- bIe for you. We have had a special depart meut made, where we are showing 10000 rolls of Paper ranging in price from 1oc per roll up; 50 different styles of carpets, from 5o up. such as genuine home made rag carpets twashabIe), Brussels, VeIvets, Administers and Ingrains: all grades and styles of Lace Cur tains. imported and domestic portiers and couch covers; Rugs, small as 12X20 inches and large as 15x2O feet; Linoleam in grades A.B,C,D, E; all widths floor oil cloth, roller shades. carpet sweepers, curtain poles, mouldings, brass fixtures and trimmings of all kinds. in fact everything carried in an up to date department can be obtained from
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-22
.What 40 Won mean by thot7"

"What do you mean by thatT
II mean that this church order has
made me more cold in my treatment OF
them than / should be-"
do you mean that you will go on
living with your plural wives?" the
chairman asked.
81 will have to improve greatly II l
don't l follow the dictation of my
conscience in the natter
Mr. Cannon declined 20 reveal the
Oaths taken in the endowment house,
saying that they were sacred covenants
entered into with their Maker. He
said that only the very pure are per-
mitted toIenter the endowment house.
you mean such as yourself and
President Smith" said Chairman Bur
rows.
Again and again the witness evaded
questions relating to the character Of
the obligations taken in the endow-
ment house and finally said that God
had made it known that the sacred
covenants should not be spoken of to
the world"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-22
ARLINGTON.
Mrs A. F. Bump is on the sick list.

Mrs A. F. Bump is on the sick list.
E. r. Pell, former proprietor of the
Arlington" is in town for few days.
Edward Brownson has been taking
Mr. Hard's place as r. F. D. carrier
No. ,.
The delegates chosen TO attend the
convention in Burlington we're J. j.
Stakeholder, DR. c. W. Phillips AID C.
l Hendee.
Mrs WEIGH of Elizabeth, N. j.,
mother of Mrs Sylvester Deming, has
been spending a few days with Miss
Hyde.
News has been received Of the death
of Charles G. White in Plymouth, n.
Fl on March 10, aged ~ years. Mr.
White was a former resident of the
town, coming here when quite young
from Bellows Falls, where he was
BORN. His father, thelate L. F.. White,
was superintendent of the peg shop for
over 20 years. InlSS3 he went to WI ar
renburg, N. ", where remarked Miss
Cora Sutton, who, with two children
survive him. He leaves also mother,
two brothers, one in Texas and one in
Adams, Mass, and a sister, Mrs f.
H. Shaw, also residing in Adams.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-22
Mabel Pnre Murder TrinI.

WALTRAM, Mass, April 22.-ln the
Mabel Page murder trial here Chief
Shaw WAS the last witness presented
by the prosecution, District Attorney
Sanderson announcing that the state
rested at the conclusion of his testi-
mony For the defense Egbert j.
Schuyler and Amy Roberts were call
ed before adjournment Schuyler told
OF being in the vicinity of the Page
house between II and II O'clock on
March 81 and of seeing no one near
the place, Amy Roberts evidence was
stopped by the adjournment.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-22
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News Ofithe Town andl Village Told
Briefly For Busy Readers

Briefly For Busy Readers
News comes that DIR G. NJ. O'Malley,
former resident, is very ill at the
home of relatives on Long Island.
Cashier A. G. Eaton of the First
National bank of Montpelier was the
guest of Maj Ii. D, Fillmore yester-
day
Mrs o. X. Wyman is again very
low. She was attended last night by
two doctors who gave little encourage
ment.
Mrs John T. Green. who has been
spending a few days with Mrs J. H.
livingston, returned Thursday to
elm Green Berlin, N. Y.
Joseph Barry has retired from the
position of night clerk at the Putnam
and been succeeded by Albert II. Ross,
Barry goes to Hartford, Conn.
Guy Olsaver nurse at the Soldiers
home, who has been laid up with rheu-
matism for some time, was on the
street yesterday for the first time.
The Congregational c. f. society
will give maple sugar social in the
church parlors tonight at O'Clock.
The public is invited. Admission 10
cents.
The Arion quartette company win
give a grand concert at the Methodist
church Wednesday evening, April 27,
under the auspices Of the ladies of the
church Tickets p cents. st..
The listers say that they are getting
on we'll with the work and thatthe lists
are being furnished iu good shape and
fully as fast as in former years. One
OF the number, G. d. Phillips has COM
menced on the office work.
List OF letters remaining uncalled
for in the post Office for the week end
ing April IS 1904: L, NJ Beebe, Bar
ney Conon, Frank Carey, John Gil
man, John " Mccartney, Albert L.
E. Rein, Wakefield March Co., Mrs
Davis L Court ST., Mrs Eta Hyde,
Miss Clara Alice Welt
There will be two portraits OF unusu-
al interest in the May Century, one Of
Toloski, another of President Roose.
welt. The Tolstoi likeness is from q
drawing made by George T. Tobir
from photograph, and shows Tolstot
at twenty-nine, as an officer in the
Crimea1 War, Inc Presidents por,
trait, In tint, viii be the frontlspiect
of the issue, and Is from a photo.
graph taken by Arthur Hewitt ht the
White House, January 20, 1904.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-22
st,..t sweeper worth s1as.ooo.

NEW YORK, April %. Joseph
ScroGgins, negro street sweeper
whose maximum weekly wage is $18.1S,
was accused In the Harlem police
court of beating his wife and during
the progress Of the bearing admitted
that he was worth at least S125.000
In bank deposits and real estate. Held
in $1,000 bail to keep the peace for
six months, Scroggins unconcernedly
drew a cheek. which he cashed. depos-
iting' the money with the city cham
berain. Then he returned TO his task.
earning for his day S127. He assert
ed that he used his fists only after his
wife had thrown three flatrons at him
and had given signs OF continuing the
campaign along that line.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-22

CHICAGO, April % For a crime
without parallel in Chicago's history
the penalty of the law will be eNacted
of the car barn bandits on the scaffold
here today The exact hour Of the ex-
ecution has not yet been decided upon
Neidermeier is still in bed, weak from
injuries inflicted in his attempt at sui
eide Monday morning, but DR.. McNa-
mara. the Jail physician. declared that
Neldermeler would be sufficiently
strong 10 walk to the scaffold. With
all hope of clemency gone, the three
murderers seemed resigned to their
fate.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-22
FRIGHTENED to death BY a DOG.

NEW YORK, April 22.-"Frightsned
to death by dog, is the unofficial YER
dict in the case Of Arthur Neiderauer,
fifteen years old, who died at his home,
1890 DeKalb avenue, Brooklyn, yes
terday afternoon. For Just one week
the boy had been Ill, delirious the great
err part of the time and begging his
family to drive the dog away. He had
been frightened by the playful antics
of large Newfoundland.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-22
MAY lombard BLUEFlELDs.
Nicaragua Charged with Piracy by
Commander of British Warship.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 22.-The
British cruiser Retribution, which, I'M
der instructions from the imperial gov
ernment was sent to Nicaragua in
connection with the seizure Of six Cay
man turtle schooners and the arrest of
their crews by Nicaraguan officials,
has returned TO Port Royal from the
Nicaaguan coast after ascertainlng
that the vessels and crews had. been
sent to Blue6elds. The captain Of the
Retribution accused the Nicaraguan
commandment, under whose orders the
schooners were seized, Of piracy. There
is CONSERVATION among the Nicaraguan
officials over the affair.
1t is rumored that should it be found
necessary the Retrlbution will bonn
bard the port Of Bluedelds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-22

BUFFALO, April 22.--Judge Parker
reached here from Esopus today He
will leave Buffalo early tomorrow in
order to resume his work in the court
Of appeals, which begins its session for
the spring term on Monday at Albany.
He spent the entire time out Of doors,
driving and walking.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-22

CHICAGO, April % According to
some close political friends of VIII
liam ]. Bryan in Chicago, the purpose
OF the Nebraskan's projected visit and
speech here tomorrow evening is real
ly to set himself up as the ideal can
didate for president above those al
ready prominently mentioned by the
Democrats.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-22
Massachusetts Instructs For OIney

BOSTON, April % by an over
whelming vote the Massachusetts
Democratic convention nj fremont TEN
pie has instructed four delegates at
large and twenty-eight delegates from
the various congressional districts Of
the state to support Richard Olney Of
this city for tine presidential nomiqa-
ton at the Democratic convention at ST.
Louis next July. Four delegates at
large pledged TO the support of 0lney
were elected. and the supporters Of
William r. Hearst Of New York as
the presidential nominee were defeated
by a vote Of about 800 to 200. A res6-
luton offered by Representative John
A. Colthurst Of Boston hdorsing the
candidacy Of Mr., Hearst was voted
down by very large majority.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-22
SOUTH DORSET.

Henry Cody has returned from schy-
lerville.
Peter La Port has moved to West
Rutland.
j. c. o'Rourke spent last. Sunday
with his parents in Rutland.
John Stone Of Peru is visiting his
sister Mrs Fred Stannard this week.
Florence Sullivan, who has been
visiting friends here, has returned to
Boston,
Frank Moore former resident of
this place is visiting some OF his old
neighbors.
Be sure and come to the meeting
held in the school this Friday evening
at half past seven.
Several of our young people attend
ed the promenade social last Friday
night at East Dorset.
Miss Helen Bowen is quite sick.
Miss Mary Burns has recovered
and returned to Burr and Burton
seminary this week.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-22
Miss Helen Bowen is quite sick.

Fishing Tackle of all kinds at Nc
Gurk's barber shop. Gold medal
flies. Hooks, lines, reels, rods, etc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-22

Extra quality sweet pea seed in sep
arate colors and mixtures by the
ounce. George F. Heath, North Street
or Elm street greenhouse.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-22
Lagrecque.

The corsets of today improve tie
figure, beautifies the individual. You
viii find them at Mrs NJ. C. Klock's.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-22
. Over a Hundred Rolls in Stock

representing To- 900 yards, ready Tor buyers
and when you buy here nothing stands between you and
the mills but one small profit.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-04-22
Mattin9s from China and Japan

Over soc rolls Of our own importing direct from
Kobe, Japan, to Bennington, VT, U. s Az ready
for buyers The straw from which they made is
fresh and strong-not DID, dry and dead 1t is elastic
with life won't crack, split or break. Old mattngs
break and crack that's why clear out at the end of
the We start new with bright, fresh and
any benefits that to in low prices from direct
importing drops likewise from our selling value.
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The Carpet Store e.

offers every worthy weave from rag to Administer, Truck
loads of them have been received during the past few
weeks-all reputable makes A stock to pick from that
would grace city twice the size of ours Come in and
let us figure with you; small order large it's all
to We want that you should look upon this store
a the depot for your carpet supplies