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Douglas Island news., 1905-03-22
The NOrthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North, Condensed. Information for Everybody.

J l
 wrangen will build new school house.
 A s36 nugget has been found on Fair banks Creek.
 The date of the Yukon council cleo tion is April 12th.
 Nome papers bring reports of an eX- ceedingly mild winter,
 Work on the KIondike creeks railway started on the Dawson end March l4th
 Tanaua miners will petition for a free rural mail delivery on all the creeks.
 The c. P. R. Company purposes hay ing its Skagway steamers call at Port Simpson.
 Alaska Treadwell stock is quoted in the London market at 6G per share. That's going some.
 Elias Ruud, the we'll known civil en- giuner and Skagway pioneer, will be- come a citizen of Juneau.
 F. w. Wilcox, formerly mail inspect or in Alaska, was killed in a train wreck near Helena, Montana.
 The Pacific Coast Steamship Com pany will put on a steamship to operate between San Francisco and Nome.
 Who says that Alaska is not an agri, cultural country? A Nome grocer ad- vertises Homemade Sauer Kraut."
 Brick Carbon, Panama miner, was killed by a bucket dropping 84 feet down a shaft and striking him on the head.
 A new discovery has been reported on Big Gold creek, a tributary of the Sixty-Mile river, which goes 73 cents to the pan.
 Cabin Iooters are made to feel the stern hand of the law at Nome, where numerous culprits of this class have been holding forth.
 The Monarch will be operated on the 1 Dawson-Tanana route this summer as an independent steamer, not tied to any traffic agreements.
 The British government with as- founding liberality has appropriated the munificent sum of s1,oOO for the improvement of the Yukon river. ! Report has it that when it was found that the Alaska delegate bill was killed, the citizens of Valdez sent messages to President Roosevelt praying that Alas ka be annexed to Canada.
 An agreement has finally been made between the different companies com bined in the Alaska Steamship Associ- ation with respect to the through rates to Dawson. The passenger rate from Seattle to Dawson will be the same as last year. SIO0
Douglas Island news., 1905-03-22

Joe Couture, miner of 33 below on Sulphur, was killed March 18th by portion of the roof of the shaft falling on him. Geo. Archer, while going down the shaft to Couture's rescue, slipped and fell to the bottom, breaking both legs and fracturing his skull. Archer's recovery is doubtful.
 The Nome Nugget says: The good work of the Alaska Humane Society is already manifest in Nome. All right minded people should encourage and materially assist such noble work. Perhaps the best index of the character of man is the way he treats the dumb brutes under his care. If he treats these servants of man with kindness and consideration, he may be relied upon as a well-meaning and conscien- tious citizen. But if he fails so to do, but on the contrary neglects and abuses the animals he controls, he will bear watching in other respects, and will usually be found to be wanting alike in character and principle.
 One of the most important acts of the fifty eighth Congress, which has a bearing on the mining industry, was the passage of the act reserving two and half million acres of timber land from entry by means of script, and prevents the selection of timber lands in lieu of lands which have been includ- 1 ed within forest reserves, and hereafter the lands selected in lieu of such forest reserve lands must be untimbered lands. This act has been signed by the President and will save vast area of timbered lands from wanton de- struction by private owners, the most of whom are corporations. Over 2,00O,- 900 acres of such timber lands have been taken up under the lieu lands act since its passage in 1897.
 A Washington dispatch of the Sd says that beginning is to be made in the. establishment of government fish hatcheries in Alaska, 9 policy which has been urged for several years in order to save the salmon fisheries from serious. depletion. The sundry civil bill, as finally passed today, contains the fol- lowing paragraph: "For the establish ment of one or more hatcheries in AL aska for the propagation of salmon and other food fishes, at points to be select ed by the secretary of commerce and labor, including the purchase of sites, construction of necessary buildings and ponds, purchase and hire of boats, equipment and operation of hatcheries, to be immediately available, S50000. The appropriation for the protection of Alaska salmon, including salaries of an agent and assistant agent is increas- ed to S7,OOO. The appropriation for care of natives on the seal islands amount ing to s19,5OO went through. An appropriation of Sl0,0oO for maintaining post lights in Alaskan waters was knocked out. The bill makes available the sum of S375,OOO for completing the federal building at Se- attle, and s75, 900 for work on the Ia coma building. The provision of the bill for the examination of reindeer herds of Alaska, with view of deter mining whether further appropriations should be made, was eliminated and the appropriation of s2O,OOO for this i - .- ,,,E 4. c1S 0OA
Douglas Island news., 1905-03-22

Joe Couture, miner of B below on Sulphur, was killed March 18th by a portion of the roof of the shaft falling on him. Geo. Archer, while going down the shaft to Couture's rescue, slipped and fell to the bottom, breaking both legs and fracturing his skull. Archer's recovery is doubtful.
, 1905-12-11
NOTES FROM THE COURT HOUSE

District court was in session today,
with Judge Craig of Rawlins on the
bench.
William c. Montgomery today pre-
scented ten coyote pelts for bounty,
Waltham Walter Berner had two and
ID. C. Titus had one.
Robert Mckay today sold by war
ranty deed to Frank T. Askins the
northeast quarter of section "a, town
ship Is, range rs, for $500.
William F. and Minnie F. Gilkison
today sold to Horace d. Beemer, for
5000, lot A, block 236, at the corner oil
Tenth and Kearney streets.
Susan E. Mckee, by warranty deed
today transferred to Gus Johnson lots
5 n 6, block 1874, at the corner oi
Third and Fremont streets, for S3,Zoo
This sale was noted in The Republican
several days ago.
The case of the First National panR
against Boswell was taken up in the
district court today and was on hear
ing when the closing hour arrived, Q
summons being issued for jurors to
complete the panel, returnable at 3:45
, 1905-12-11
House Committees Named.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 11.-Speak-
er Cannon announced the committees
of the house today. There are not
many changes. The new committees
will meet during the week for organi-
cation and to appoint the sub-commit-
tees. The holiday adjournment will
probably begin a week from Thursday.
Already 5000 bills have been intro
duced into the house, so hat there will
be no lack of legislative propositions.
The senate will this week begin the
Panama canal debate called for by the
emergency appropriation. The bill is
likely to pass the senate this week.
Very little Legislation, however, will be
enacted before the holiday recess.
, 1905-12-11
SENATOR BEvERIDGE INTIMATEs
THAT PRESENT SESSION OF
CONGRESS WILL TAKE
SOME ACTION.
Oklahoma and Indian Terri.
tory Lobby That Joint Bill Will Be
F~avorably Acted Upon-Free Mail
Matter Causes Tremendous Deficit
in Postal Finanees-speaker Can.
nor Announces His Committees.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 11.-"It's all
over but the %whooping," said Charles
G. Jones, chairman of the Oklahoma
and Indian territory statehood legis-
%lation, today, discussing joint state
hood. The lobby working for it is
probably the largest yer seen here.
over 200 boomers are on the ground.
They will remain ten days and then
give way to the regular committees,
They demand statehood unhampered
by a prohibition enactment or any
other clause limiting the power of the
citizens to govern themselves. The
delegation swarmed into the Dor of
the senate committee on territories
this morning and held up Senator Bey-
eridge, the chairman, who made a brief
speech full of bouquets, concluding
with expressing his belief that con
gress at his session would adopt a
joint statehood bill.
, 1905-12-11
FOUND NEW VEIN IN
THE RIP VAN r

Messrs. c. f. C~ulbertson, f. w.
Sharling, H. L. Kelly and c. NJ. Bats
man of Greensburg, Kas., who went to
Cooper hill a few days ago to inspect
the Rip Van Wrinkle and other mines
owned by the company in that section,
returned late Sunday afternoon and
left that night for hoIle. They were
present at the mine when Captain Ben
Towner, the contractor, fired a couple
of shots and broke through into a
vein of rich gold ore. The extent of
the vein was not known. the shots
having just merely broken through the
wall, but the vein matter showed a
very good weight of free milling ore.
Specimens of the matter were brought
to the city and shown to mining men,
who expressed delight It the richness.
The company at once Increased the
price of its stock and took
toward the installation of a mill
If the vein proves of sufficient width
to justify. The gentlemen we're well
pleased with the showing aud with the
work being done.
, 1905-12-11

with the police, was notified as soon
as the train reached the local depot.
Coroner Treynor at once drove to the
scene OF the accident, and after view
ing the body, ordered it taken to Cut
.ler's undertaking rooms.
Mrs. Matlack and her husband lived
on a farm ear Crescent City, but Mr..
Matlack's duties as bailiff of the dis
trict court, which position he has held
since Ed Canning was elected sheriff,
made it i~nconvenient for him to go
home at nights n they decided a few
days ago to move into town. Yester-
day Mr.. and Mrs. Matlack rented apart
ments on Vine street and proposed
moving into them next Tuesday. Aft
er making the arrangements for rent
ing the rooms Mrs. Matlack drove out
to visit her daughter who lives near
the Iowa school for the deaf, intending
to return for her husband and drive
him out to their home near Crescent.
MI. Matlack in the afternoon waited
at the rooms on Vine street for his wife
to return and when she did not he
walked to the home of another daugh-
ter, Mrs. Johnson, in this city, thinking
his wife had probably stopped there.
He had hardly reached the Johnson
home when the news of his wife's death
was conveyed to him by Sheriff Can
ming. Mr.. Matlack was Frustrated. He
had been in somewhat poor health fol-
some time and for a while it was fear
ed that the shock would result seri
ously.
Mrs. Matlack was SO years of age
and besides her husband is survived
by three sons, William, living at Arion,
Ia; George, employed in the Boston
store in Omaha, out who resides in this
city; and John, who lives on the farm
at Crescent City; and three daughters,
Mrs. Laura Cheever of Jewell Junction,
Ia; Mrs. Van Cleve, living near the
Iowa school for the deaf; and Mrs.
Pearl Johnson of this city.
, 1905-12-11
KILLED BY
THE CARS
MOTHER OF FORMER LARAMIE
RESIDENTS VICTIM OF ACCl-
DENT IN IOWA.
Mrs. Martha Matlack Mother OF george
Matlack, Formerly shoe Merchant
Here, Ground to Death on Sunday
Son is Now Employed In Shoe
store at Omaha.

The following from the Sunday edl-
ton of the Omaha Bee, in its Council
Bluffs Qa.) department, Will be read
with some interest here, as the victim
of the distressing accident was the
mother bof George Matlack, who for
merly ran the Famous shoe store here,
in the room now occupied by Fred
'Cameron's billiard hall, and who went
from here to Council Bluffs:
Mrs. Martha Matlack, wife of Joseph
b. Matlack, bailiff of the district court
in this city, while driving across the
Great Western railroad tracks at the
Woodbury. avenue crossing yesterday
afternoon, was struck by incoming pas
senger train No. 8 and instantly killed.
Mrs. Matlack had driven out to see
her daughter, Mrs. Van Cleeye, who
lives near the Iowa school for the deaf,
and was driving back to town to meet
her husband when she met her death
at the railroad crossing. She was driV-
ing in a covered buggy with side cur
tains and this, it is supposed, prevented
her from seeing the train approach
around the curve. The horse was kill
ed and the buggy smashed to kindling-
wood. The right side Of the unfortu-
nate woman's skull was fractured and
her scalp va torn off from the fore
head to the nape of the neck. The
train was stopped, but as several per
sons had arrived at the scene, the con-
ductor left the body in their charge I'M
til the arrival of Coroner T%reynor, who
, 1905-12-11
DENVER DRY GOODS coMPANY'S
STORE ROBBED BY MASKED
HlGHWAYMAN EARLY
THIS MORNING.
Jumped from Behind Counter When
Waterman Appeared, Bound Him
and Then Escaped With Bundle of
Linens and Trinkets-kansas City
Man on Trial for Numbering Girl
placing Large Stone on Breast

Denver, Colo, Dec. ia daring
holdup occurred in the Denver Dry
Goods company's stores at Sixteenth
and California streets early this morn
ing. AS Waterman Mccain entered to
make his 8 o'clock pull at the box on
the second floor, a masked robber
jumped from behind the counter of the
linen department, making the watch
man turn around. He bound his hands
behind his back and made him lead
the rohher To tho plaoe OF escape. Inc
robber took with him a big bundle of
linens and trinkets, but left behind the
priceless laces n furs that were e
at hand.
, 1905-12-11
THE STATEHOOD BILL
MAY YET GET THROUGH

sustaining, and 1t would be but for the
increased amount of free matter han
died, which he says averages nearly
10 per cent Of the entire weight car
ried, involving a loss of revenue of
about $2O,0OO,OOO. Manifestly, he says,
had the matter now carried free been
required to be prepaid, notwithstand-
ing the large expenditures in the rural
free delivery service, there would have
been no deficit. In round figures, the re-
for the yea were 1852, 100000
and the expenditures s167 900 900.
, 1905-12-11
CHARITY COMMITTEE
HELD A MEETING.

A meetiag of the committee appoint
ed at the general meeting of represen-
tatives of charitable organizations and
the county commissioners to draft a
plan for the Capitalization of all char
table work in the city was held last
Saturday night, at the reading o of
the Carnegie library.
The committee consists of Messrs.
N. E. Corthell, Chris Jones, ]. w. John
son and Mrs. Elwood Holiday. A large
amount of literature bearing upon the
subject and several letters from the
heads of central charitable organiza-
tons in other cities were discussed by
the committee and a plan of procedure
was decided upon, which when drawn
up will be presented to another general
meeting for consideration. j. W. John
son was prevented by indisposition
from attending the meeting.
, 1905-12-11
- STATE LIBRARIAN. -
THE LIGHT MAT lex
STILL UNSETTLED

in good faith, by the owners of more
than eighty per cent of the stock of the
company, and the purchaser is in peace
able possession of the plant, has col
lected one months bills from the city
council and has rendered bills to a
number of private consumers. 1t is
probable that the matter can be ad-
justed to the satisfaction of the Gen
eral Electric company and its financial
adjunct, the Electric Bond and Share
company.
General Irving Hale of Denver, the
western representative of the General
Electric company, was present at a
number of the meetings of the share
holders, and was present when the
the terms offered by Mr.. Sterne were
accepted. He voted against the ac-
ceptance INT did not hesitate to say
that his people would not be pleased
with that disposition of the matter"
, 1905-12-11

To the Editor of The Republican.
For some time we have been hearing
of offers made by parties, unknown in
Laramie, to rid our lawns of dande-
lions and cur our shade trees of
crown gall for a money consideration,
one-half of which is to be paid, in
faith, in advance. We have ~purposely
%refrained from saying anything about
this matter, but we are having many
inquiries and learn that the parties
who pretend to give this service are
doing what they can to throw doubt
upon the veracity of II statements
as published in our bulletins, the
Ranchman's reminder and the local
papers. In return for these compli-
ments by parties who have a financial
interest in causing others to believe in
our ignorance, it is perhaps our priv
ilege to give a word of warning to our
people.
A true scientist does not pretend to
know things which have not yet been
found out, and we do not pretend to
know that these statements against the
up-to-dateness of our book learning"
are not true. 1t is true, however, that
in other places in the United States
great frauds have been perpetrared
upon the unsuspecting public by par
ties who have pretended to kill dan
delions by chemical treatment. In ev-
cry case where this has been investi-
gated it has been proved to be fraud
ulent, and the authorities of some
towns have taken action to protect
their citizens from such frauds.
In regard to crown gall, we are
ready to back our statements that no
cure has been discovered for this dis
ease, although it has been studied by
scientists for many years. If a prac-
teal cure is discovered. it viii not
take the scientific world long to find
it out.
Every incurable disease is made the
most of by men who are ready to &C
cept ill-gotten gains. Certain parties
in Colorado have advertised a cure for
fire blight Of the apple Inc pear, and
many ~orchardists have given up large
sums of money without. getting any
thing but dearly-paid-for knowledge in
return. The scientific world knows Of
no medicinal cure for tuberculosis, but
there are always quack doctors ana
patent medicine sharks who are willing
to accept the money of the afflicted
patient. In that case the fraud is not
so bad, for in case of failure the pa
tient has no use for the money.
We are always solicitous for our
farmers and others who are interested
in growing plants, and desire to see
their every interest protected. As we
have had no opportunity to investigate
it. we do not say that the parties who
are now offering to kill dandelions ana
weeds with chemicals which will at che
same time make the grasses grow,
and to cure crown gall on Il shade
trees, cannot do what they claim, but,
in view of the experience in other
places and the present state of our
information, it is well for the people of
Laramie to be sufficiently skeptical to
require proof before paying out any
money whatever for such services.
B. C. BUFFUM,
Director of Experiment Station.
, 1905-12-11

st. Petersburg. Dec. 1.-THE crisis
continues here. The revolution is in
progress and disturbances are general
The aggressive acton of the govern.
ment is sure to result in a general
strike in the empire. Many believed
that a dictatorship will follow the re-
tirement of Count White. News
reaches here from all over the interior
that preparations for armed revolution
are steadily progressing.
, 1905-12-11
FANCY CATTLE GOING
70 FAT STOCK SHOW.

w. ]. Kelly of the w. S. Vance
ranch left for the east this afternoon
with two car loads OF cattle for The fat
stock show at Chicago One car is
made up of 2 and 3-year-old steers and
the other of COWS, all in the pink OF
perfection. The cows weigh 1,510
pounds each and the steers about 1850
each. The cattle were fed on the
ranch here and are expected to rank
very high at the show as the Vance
cattle did last year.
Hugh Hunter had twenty-three cars
today, Beg Hunter had four ears and
d. N. Stickney sent one car to market.
Mr.. Hunter had a contract with the
Moffat road, but found that road could
not carry out its part of the agreement
and so he drove to this city. The
Moffat line is blocked with snow.
, 1905-12-11
BOX CAR ROBBED
BUT THIEF ESCAPES.

Railroad watchmen found some
stuff stolen from a box car lying be
side the track east of the city yester-
day. and wagon tracks leading from
the scene to a house in this city. They
procured a search warrant, when 1t
was found that the wagon belonged to
a resident of the west side, who had
gone to near the scene of the robbery
for a load of old ties and was not In
the least connected with the robbery
The thieves made their escape.
, 1905-12-11
Bankers will Ask for Change.

Clinton, Mo, Dec. 11.-Thomas
Casey, manager of the deiunct Salmon
bank, indicted for forgery and larceny,
and Harvey Salmon, G. Y. Salmon and
Frank Salmon, indicted for larceny
gave notice today that they would ask
for a change of venue On the 18th,
when the cases will be called, alleging
prejudice in Henry and st. Clair coun-
ties.
, 1905-12-11
eolnn Alter AIIeaed TIeket ThIef.

Kansas City, Mo, Dec. ia local
detective starts to Panama today to
bring back NJ. NJ. Let's, under arrest
there. Let's broke Jail twice after be-,
ing accused of stealing tickets on the
Santa Fe while in the roads employ
and burning the depot at Princeton,
Kan, to conceal the alleged theft.
, 1905-12-11
Work in Kansas Not Finished.

Washington, ID. c., Dec. 11.-Dscuss-
ing the indictments by the federal
grand jury at Topeka, Secretary Hitch
cock today said: by the time a com
plete investigation is made in Kansas
remarkable disclosures regarding land
frauds will develop that the work is
not finished with the bills returned.
A. H.. Green, a special agent, found out
that among the persons indicted for
signing entries for others are ninety
school teachers.
, 1905-12-11
On Trial for Numbering Girl.

Kansas City, Mo. Dec. ia. Fran
cha was on trial today OF the charge Of
numbering Winona Newton, aged IS,
who was found dead under a bridge
with a heavy stone on her chest. Death
had been caused by carbolic acld and
the state will try to prove that the child
drank the poison believing it vas medi-
cine designed to remedy conditions
which worried her.
, 1905-12-11
Some chairmen Named.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 1.-THE i'm
portant chairmen of committees named
by Speaker cannon today are Payne
at the head of ways and means, Tow
ney of appropriations, Jenkins of iu-
dietary, Hit of foreign affairs, Hull Of
military affairs, Foss of naval affairs
and Overstreet of postofice.
, 1905-12-11
Iookinn for Ex.convict.

Jefferson City, Mo, Dec 11.-Ohcers
left here today for Alma, Kan, to see
whether the man under arrest there is
H. e. Spencer, accused of furnishing
the weapons INT nitro-glycerine used
in the recent convicts' mutiny. A muir
der charge will be preferred against
the man who made the outbreak, ii
caught.
, 1905-12-11
Russia Out of Money.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 1.-THE treas
ury is depleted and steps are being
taken to meet the crisis in the nature
of a forced loan. Five ministers, in
Guiding White and Dunover, have sue
cessively rendered their designations to
the czar The ferment among troops
has increased.
, 1905-12-11
BRINGING COPPER ORE
FROM SHEEP MOUNTAIN.

jerome Decker and Charlie Riggen
have arrived in the city with large
loads of copper ore from the I%ndepend-
ence copper mines, on the end of Sheep
mountain, which will be sent to a smell
ter. DR.. Mercer. the manager OF the
mine, will superintend the loading of
the ore for the smelter.
, 1905-12-11
DOING ASSESSMENT
ON MINING CLAIMS.

Manager Louis Miller of the Wyo-
ming Queen Mining company will leave
tomorrow for Jelm, where he will start
more men 10 work doing the assess
ment on the claims belonging to the
group of mines. Some very vigorous
work is expected on n Of the best
claims early in the year.
, 1905-12-11
Ameile Rives Loses Property.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 11.--Peasants
continue to pillage the estates OF no
bles at Gatchina. The property of
Princess Troubetskoy, formerly Amelie
Rives, the American novelist, was
burned. Zeswegan castle at Weldon
was sacked and soldiers defending the
place routed.
, 1905-12-11
CATTLE vAcClNATED
AND DISEASE STOPPED.

A. M. Goode of Red Buttes, who lost
six head of cattle a little while ago
from black leg, has had the remainder
of the herd vaccinated and the disease
has been entirely checked.
, 1905-12-11
MUST STAND TRIAL.
Alleged Frenzied Financiers of Denver
to Face the Court.

Denver, Colo, Dec. 11.-Judge Palm
er this morning, in the criminal court,
overruled the plea of Imboden and
w~reckers, to be allowed their freedom
on technicalities. He maintained that
the frenzied financiers must stand trial
and witnesses were called on behalf of
the state.
, 1905-12-11
ATKINSON DEAD.
Leading Member of Anti-Imperialist
Club at Boston.

Boston, Mass, Dec. 11.-Edward At
kinson, the well-known economist, died
suddenly today from heart failure. He
was a leading member of the Anti-Im-
perialistic league.