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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
another Of the many gold dissings which

another of the many gold diggings which
have yplayed out"
According to G. NJ. Woodworth. In tho
Canadian magazine, that impression
would BIO far from correct. The time has
passed in the Klondike when tho indi-
vidual adventurer, with his own hands
and the simplest tools. might win, enough
gold to put him. II he could keep t..
beyond need 10 work nEan. or at least
enough TO lay the foundations OF a COM
lpetencc. But the Klyn<isc Is far from
exhausted OF Its treasures. Almost be-
You'd question there il still five or six
times as much gold In It's gravels. as has
been taken out.
e With the methods which It MA. pos.
sble TO use during the great rush Of
1s9S-'a9 claims paying lees than IS to the
cubic yard could not be worked and
were abandoned. But conditions have !
changed with methods, and claims aver
aging 1925 per cubic yard arc now proHt.3
able. while a drift bearing half that would
not be abandoned if5the pay streak Were
regular and not too thin. With thu
dredges and steam shovcls now coming
into use hydraulic workings yielding 50
cents per yard are found profitable.
In California and elsewhere hydraulic
gold mining works have been made TO pay
where the ground yielded less than 10
cents a cubic yard. Mr.. Woodwork docs
ed In the klondlke. Too much OF the
gravel Is frozen and there are other items
OF expense which will keep tho limit OF
profitable working considerably higher
Mr.. Woodwork believes. however, that
In the near future gravels paying Is cents
q yard can be worked at good profit
Within ! 90 miles east OF Dawson there
are believed 20 tSG more than so square
miles OF aurlferous gravel deposits from
26 to 12h feet thick which Willstyield an
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
Agassiz House the New Student Building Radcliffe College

ga therlng. Furthermore. the building is
Connected by d colonnade with the 1, gym m
college yard, and ON, such occasions as
class day the main floors of, both build
ings can be thrown open for dancing.
SO as to form practically single great
The opening of Agassiz House Will be
9signal!zed most appropriately, IN view
girl BY the performance in the .audito-
RUM Monday and Tuesday evenings of
y"Marlowe," the literary drama. by Miss
Josephine Preston Pea body, Il Radcliffe
girl of ten years ago.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
Hotel ROYAL Opens.

Especial to The -Dlspatch.)
Hotel Royal" Front Royal, Va, under
the now management of Mr.. George Per-
kins, OF washington, p. C., and Asbury
Park. n. T.. opened its doors TO It's sum
mcr patrons on Thursday evening will,
clegant display OF Virginia beauty WED
with attractive representatives. Of other
States. Tho handsome ballroom was
tastefuly decorated and most excellent
music Furnished by the Kendrick Orches-
tra,
Among those IN attendance wcre
q Mrs. s.. Rolfn Millar, of Front Royal,
md Mrs. Max Ruthhrdt OF Stutteard,.
Germany. clannroncs: Ms. Rust. ~ BAL
md Eoun 4of Scranton Pa: Wilkrrson,
of philadelphia; Florence Mi!Iar. Eliza
beth M!llar Levy, Hollis. Gone. Lou
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
KLoNDIKE OF TODAY.
Epic Period Passed, But Field is
~ Yer Productive.

Six years ago no portion Of the earth
was more talked about than the Klon-
dixie region OF the Yukon valley, From
Its golden gravels, yielding by the most
primitive methods over $100.000.00O IN
about three years, came some ample for
tunes, hundreds of modest competeneles.
and an epic experience Of lfe-or death
for thousands.
Lately little has been heard of the
KondIle. It no longer seems to offer
the chance Of quick fortune or a sudden
end of life to adventurous souls. Prob
ably nine men out Of ten, when asked
about It, would be Of the impression that
lis golden stores have been practically
exhausted. ahd that 1t has become merely
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25

Virginia. the
champions Mems Christian
declined to allow
outsiders the Newport News team was organ
University Virginia. Virginia Poly
technic Institute and other fast asgregaon and It's CHALLENGES to
excellent likeness Of the players
holding the championship ball Sea-
brook, captain left guard.
the the picture is L. A. McMurran
to Standings
w r. McNluan right guard g G. Epes left
especially unusually tall The smallest
feet 3nces in his barefoot
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
CELLARS FLOODED.
Broad Street Merchants Indignant
on Account of Poor Sewerage.

dignant at the poor sewerage on Broad
Street, and speak In no uncertain terms
of the disregard Of the city nutnoritlcs
to their continuous complaints.
The heavy rain Of Friday afternoon
flooded the cellars of julius Syce and
Sons, Polk Miller-Childrey Drug Com
pany, the Cohen Company, Simon Sycle,
], B. Mostly and Company, Singer Manu-
featuring Company, Mann and Brown,
and many others. All OF these merchants
have suffered great damage, and are
anxious TO know what redress they have.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
sWANSON's REMARKS WERE
NOT AIMED AT WILLARD
(specIal 10 1,he Tjmcs.Disnatc Il

Especial to The ,Timcs-Dispa tch)
X IRV1NGTON, Va, June "a Editor W.
Mcdonald Lee, OF the Virginia Citizen
expressed surprise that Willard, in his
speech at Roanoke, should have taken tho
utterances Of Mr.. Swanson in Lancaster
us quoted from the Citizen, as aluding
to himself. Mr.. Lee says the paragraph
Mr.. Willard quoted and resented was In
reply to some undetermined insinuatons
made here as to Mr. Swanson's temper
ance Views.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
Wedding Cards.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
HANOVER COURTHOUSE, NAn June.
2i.--Mr, and Mrs Lucian NJ. King, Of
'Newman," announce the marriage of
their daughter. Dycle. to Rev. llerschel
Martin Broaddus Jones, on wednesday
morning, July 9Th, at. 1880 o'clock, Mt
Gethsemane Church. Hanover county,
Nn 10n5 ~. ...tLr 80 49,. .L-., v "
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
Car and Mules Collide,

; Main Street car No. 5l4 struck a three
mule team OF the Mankln Construction
Company yesterday morning. The car
was slightly damaged and none of the
mules were injured The accident hap
pened about $50 O'Clock In the morning,
and created considerable excitement
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
WILMrN Il:i' N. c.
tspeclal 10 The Times Dispatch,

3 WILMINGTON, N. G., June q, Two
young society people were united
in marriage this week-Mr. Edwin An
derson Metts. son of General james T..
Metts, and Miss Ellxabeth Coffin Gotch-
cit, daughter Of Mr., George I, cotchott.
The ceremony took place. Wednesday
evening at 5:45 o'clock, ana was per.
formed by Rev, r. Nv Hogue' pastor OF
ST. James Episcopal Church,
'rhe bride Ii a charming young woman.
who mas made many friends among the
society sci OF Wilmington, and " ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
Unwilling Postponed.

AMELIA COURTHOUSE, VA, June q.
Owing to the inability Of the Monument
Committee to secure an excursion train
for July Fourth. the unwilling OF the
Confederate Monument will not take place
till July 18th.
The monument will be completed in a
few days, and full announcements will
be made later.
The new bank here opened under very
favorable conditions lon June Goth. The
deposits were liberal, and q good future
Is promised for business
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
Menhaden Running.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
IRVINTON, VA, June 24.-The Men
haden fishing is In full blast after n
dull beginning. Fourteen steamers paced
deep into the Rappuhannock and there
was nerfcct swarm Of them In the
mouth of Cnrtars Creek .E
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
WHAT IT COST THEM.
Candidates File Statements Q
Their EXPENSES, q

The following candidates In the recent
local primary have turned in expense
accounts to Clerk Christian,lof the Hust-
ings Court, and to Chairman Doherty,
chairman of the City Democratic Conn
mittee:
General Charles j. Anderson, S211to;
Mr. Henry G. Reilly. s.; Chairman Do
herty, So; Mr.. Charles G. Brown, $3.50;
Mr.. S. j. b. Wright, 81; Mr.. Il. b. Thorn
ason, $3.50; Mr.. James b. Peters, IS;
Mr. James Harmon, $3.50; Mr.. Walter
Christian, $3.50; Major Charles Q. Savillc,
s1Oo; Mr.. II. G. Glenn $3.50; Captain
George Ainsie; $3.50.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25

Jackson, Elite jackson, Richards Cor
ron and Bartha Mlllar, md Messrs. r.
Turner, M. &. Turner, Waller, Jackson,
j.. Evans, r. Evans, Trout, Lee Buck,
Warren Buck, Reid Weaver, Kenner,
Pearre, Richardson. Rhodes. Naylor,
Moore, Sewers, and Drs Hansbough and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
Take Place Of Cuban Strikers

Mr.. j.. p. Dickerson, who has been en-
ployed as motorman on the Main Street.
er Company, will leave to-day for.
Havana, Cuba, to accept a position with
the American Tobacco Company. Re-
Gently the employees of the tobacco con1-
lime several men from Richmond have
gone there to take positions,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
Pine Beach,.

Pine Beach, the place for pleasure
and enjoyment Regular steamer service
each Sunday from Old Point on arrival
OF c, & ., Excursion train. G, s. O..
tickets FOR Norfolk good via Pine Beach.
Time. one hour, with stop-ovcr privileges
at Pine Reach; all day, II desired. Re-
turning, leave Norfolk, Ii Pine Beach.
1880; arrive Old Point p, M. connect.
Ing With train for Richmond,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
The Jamestown EXPOSITION.

The Jamestown EXposllIoFF IoMPan1yy
lis now preparing to let contracts for
sewers, grading, etc, preparat DRY to the
erection of buildings for this great lsx-'
position. PlnHy Beach, the most attrac-
tive pleasure resort south Of Atlantic
City is located within few hundred
rect Of these grounds For the convent
ience iof visitors to Pney Beach ana
Norfolk, regular steamer service is pros
'vided each Sunday from Old Point to
Piney Beach. Steamer awaits The arriy-i
al OF G, g. q. Sunday Excursion train,
e. q O. tickets to Norfolk via Ocean
View also good via Pney Beach. Time,
one hour. Returning in evening. leave
Norfolk n Pney Beach, 1880, arrive Old
Point, g. Z.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
Wooing the Drowsiness,

A Virginia couple were married kneelng
on pillow made OF their love letters. That
pillow Will be a fino thing TO make them
sleepy Just little later--Atlanta Journal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25
C. & 0, 9th July Excursions TO

and the seaside. Three trans. slround
trip. Passengers can stay at Ocean View
NTH p, N.
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Services Tomorrow.

At cambridge Street Baptist Church
the pastor, Rev. =. V. Badly, .. D..
will preach at II A. NJ. and again,at
sis P. NJ. This will be the pastors
last Sunday with his people before
leaving for HIS trip TO Europe. Dr..
Badly leaves Manchester Tuesday and
goes to, New York via the Old Domin-
Ion steamer. Flo will sail from New
York Friday, June goth, on the White
Star Line steamer Celtic. Returning,
Dr.. Badly expects to sail from Liver
pool August % on the Cunard liner Cam.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16

ing the refuse and dumping it into
the sea. And these convict stations
and settlements seemed to me like
monstrous dumping grounds.
1t made me sad to think that down
In the prison settlements and all
around me all traces of the human
which may have remained in this
refuse were irretrievably doomed to
perish.
The second impression concerned
Sakhalin itself
My first steps on the island ap-
parently took me back at least SO
years in the history of Russia The
grievous compulsory toll. the cringing
seryility and doffing OF caps and many
other signs brought to my mind the
days of serfdom.
The first impression of Korsak-
offsk is distinctly pleasant. There
Is nothing at the first glance to re.
mind you of the galleys. It is neat
little place. Two rows Of pretty little
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16

days later without regaining con.
seriousness. Komlen had been bribed
to do this by convicts who hated
Gubar.
Corporal Punishment.
Ivan Grusdef, sentenced to 80
lashes with the knout for giving an
o6ense, was brought into the Office
of the doctor at the SakhaIin prison.
your manner" Ivan Grusdeff"
The doctor throws q glance at the
documents, and gasps.
"Merciful Heaveni Eighty lashes."
"The DEVIL" exclaims the in
spector.
Eighty" repeats the assistant,
like an echo.
Eighty" whisper the clerks. Every
one looks curiously at the man who
is about to receive 80 lashes with the
knout. The doctor examines the com
vict. The minutes pass very slowly. The
physician shrugs his shoulders. care
you well?" Eyes, sir, quite well, your
honor!"
Quite well, you say?" Eyes, sir"
Have you no pains around the
hearth"
mo, sir; none at ALL"
do you know where your heart is,
you idiot? No pains in the side?
Never? Don't you understand me, you
fool? Don't you feel pains occasion
ally?"
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houses for officials are located or
the. side of a rather steep hill. The
prison is long way up the noun
tain. 1t is low one-story building
and does not command the view mol
intrude itself upon the observer
Houses Of settlers line both sides OF
the hill. Nothing horrible, nothing
somber is revealed at first sight. You
are inclined to rejoice over the ap
parent responsibility of the place.
and driving up the road to Korsa.
koffsk you smile and think: well
this is very neat, very neat, indeed
But wait! Sakhalin is a swamp,
the surface of which is covered by
pretty meadows. 1t looks charming
ly green, but step and you sink
in the deep, cold, sticky and viscous
mire.
The remark about the neatness
hardly escapes your lips when you
hear around the corner the rafting of
chains. Harnessed to a cart, grasp
ing the shaft in their hands, convicts
are dragging refuse to the sea.
What depressing sight to see men
doing the work of horses
The road leads past the prison, and
one can see the grimy window panes
behind heavy iron bars. Right above
us is the hospital and directly oppo-
site the mOrtuary.
The Chain Prison.
The chain prison of Sakhalin is in
tended for the criminals of the worst
kind. Officially it is called the prison
for the testing of convicts," while the
prison for convicts showing signs of
reforming" or the free prison." is
used for convicts who have passed
the test of the Chain prison.
"Our chain prison is bad, very bad"
remarked the inspector. 1--WE are
building a new one, but it will take
years to get it ready"
Attention." calls out a guard. A
rafting of chains, and the convicts
rise from the benches. On Easter
Sunday two of the convicts fed from
the prison, in spite of the fact that
the convicts in a body had given
their word of honor not to attempt
an escape. AS punishment, all of
them were put in chains 1t is moist
and close. Not an attempt at venti-
lation. No attempt at making the
place habitable. No effort to make
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16
The Russian Prison Colony and Its
Terrible TRAGEDIES.
DESCRIBED BY A RUSSIAN WRITER
Terrible Cruelty of the Keepers and the Exc
cutioners-Methods of Punishment That
Stagger ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS "Knout''
and How 1t Is Applied.

The interest Of the world in the
Russian penal system is awakened by
the capture of the island of Sakhalin
by the Japanese. From time to time
during the past quarter of a century
the civilized world has been shocked
beyond measure at the tales of cruelty
TO which the. Russian convicts in this
vast prison have been subjected, and
the. depths, of degradation to which
these oncee human beings have been
brought. But Russia has been careful
that but little of the true picture of the
island should reach the outside world,
and newspaper and magazine writer's
from England, France and the United
States have made repeated attempts
to secure authentic descriptions of the
conditions in this great prison land,
and of the atrocious cruelties prac-
ticed there, but none have ever been
fully successful. Much has been
guessed at, and the world would
scarcely credit these pictures of the
Imagination.
1t has remained for a Russian to
give us a practically authentic pic
ture of Sakhalin, and though the pic
ture is tempered by seeing things
from the Russian standpoint, it is still
a. picture that is so horrible that it
Staggers humanity This story of the
horrors of Sakhalin has been pub
hshed in book form, and it is only
translated extracts from the book
that We can give here:
The First Impression.
First impressions are likely to be
very vivid. l shall certainly never
forget the moment when our steam
launch came alongside the jetty at
Korsakoffsk. The. landing was crowd
ed with men. A few more steps and
! was lost in that sea which l so
yearned to fathom.
During the months l passed among
che convicts at Sakhalin l could not
free myself from two impressions
which held me in thrall, tortured me
and oppressed my soul like a heavy
burden. They still are holding my
soul under their ban and still are
depressing it. The first of these i'm
pressions concerns my trip to SAX
halin. Our steamer, which trans
ported the convicts from Odessa, re-
minded me of huge barge, like those
used in our sea-coast towns for tow
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16

with the knout without discomfort.
Otherwise woe was in store for him.
He was smart enough to do his bush.
ness without fear of detection. The
authorities could not find proof
against him, and the convicts feared
him. But as they could at least bar
gain with him, they considered him a
convenient man in the executioner's
Office.
After the expiration of his penal
servitude he became settler. He
started small store and knouted only
occasionally.
For a year they had no execution
er in prison. Many judgments &C.
cumulated, and they called me to
execute them. Well, 1 knouted so
men for three rubles.''
Say, Tolstych, is it true that you
knouted a convict to death for Is
rubfes?"
This is Sakhalin, your honor"
grinned the torturer.
An understood, hairy little man makes
his way cautiously under the windows
ofthe prison Office at Alexandroffsk. His
very walk is peculiar, and reminds
one of the attitude of a mongrel cur
sneaking around the kitchen door
and keeping an eye on the windows
for fear of boiling water 1t is Kom-
left, the oldest executioner of SAX
halin, but now retired. He heard
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16

existence tolerable. Not even the
usual convict chests are to be seen
anywhere. Bare benches, filthy straw
mattresses are bundled together at
the head end of the benches. A
NANCY, lean cat plays among the
benches and purrs ingratiatingly. The
convicts are fond of animals, for thew
alone regard them as human.
In the center of the room is a table.
or rather tall bench. 1t is triangu.
lar in shape, wet and dirty, GOV.
cred with bread crumbs and filthy tea
cans.
We enter cell, where we find two
convicts chained to barrows.
Lets see your instrument"
The rusty barrow squeaks, the
chains rattle, and the men attached
to the barrow show US the implement
of torture.
The barrow, which weighs about
100 pounds, is welded to the chain
around the convict's ankles.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-08-16

No, sir, never"
The physician looks wrathfully at
the imbecile. Look at me. Don't
you ever cough? Cough?" mo, sir:
l never cough!"
The doctor is beside himself with
anger. He throws look of hatred
at the convict. His glance seems to
say: Lie, you devil, lie, why don't
you?" But the convict cannot see
through it. mo, sir; never
The doctor sits down and calmly en-.
tiers: Heart failure" In his anger he
breaks the pen. The inspector looks
at the doctors certificate. Exempt
from corporal punishment Take him
out Everybody heaves sigh Of
relief. "The damned idiot" said the
doctor later to me in confidence. Il
had hard time to save him. He was
as sound as a bell. But what could
l do? Eighty lashes mean sure death.
What the devil do they mean by SEN
fencing man to such punishment? ?"
The corporal punishment was adj
min1stered at five o'clock. We ac-
companied the physician to the office.
The horse" stood in the gangway;
two bundles of rods carefully tied
together and about six feet long, lay
alongside the horse" Seven men
were lined up against the wall of the
doctors office. The executioner stood
in the doorway with knout in his
hand. The atmosphere was Cypress
i've. "Forward!' Ivan Wassjutin. a
very young fellow, almost boy, was
the first to come forward.
Behind him were two mountaineers
from Caucasus; a Russian who had
escaped from a Siberian prison fol-
lowed the hillsmen. They had all
been sentenced to corporal punish
ment. The verdict was read out loud.
all those present standing up Then
followed the Doctors examination and
the investigation of previous corporal
punishment, and the doctor signed the
report.
The document was handed to the
convict, who had to certify in advance
that he had received the punishment.
The Russians obeyed and signed the
papers; the letters which composed
Wassjutin's signature were almost
an inch apart, for his hand did not
tremble. but fairly danced over the
paper. The Caucasians could neither
| read nor write. and they did not un-
derstand Russian.
Take your shirt on: or with it,"
The Caucasians failed to understand.
A volunteer interpreted with many
gestures. attempting to show them
what was wanted. They stared sui
lenly. suspiciously, and without I'M
derstanding. Finally they slowly un-
dressed. The doctor approached one
of them with tube and an asculata-
ton hammer, but the Caucasians
jumped back terrified. Finally the
doctor gave. up in despair.
/ It was Bardunoff's turn. "Were
], you ever punished before?" mo. sir! .
Rub hint" 4 guard rubbed Hardun.