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Douglas Island news., 1906-06-13
NOTICE OF MASTERS SALE

WHEREAS, on the 18th day of March, A. D. 1906, the Honorable District Court for Alaska Division No. |, at Juneau, Alaska, in Cause No. COB, on the Docket of said court, entitled DECKER BROS, PLAINTIFFS, gS. BEBNERS BAY MINING AND MILLING COMPANY, ct al., DE PENDANTS. made and entered an order appointing me, the undersigned John c. Held, as Special Master and author, izing and directing me as such Special Master, to sell according to law and the practice of said Court, all the proper ties now in the custody of the said Court, in said cause by it's Receiver F. D. Novel;, which said properties are described as follows. towit:-situated at or near Berners Bay in the District of Alaska, and being those certain Lode Mining Claims, Placer Claims and Mill Sites described as follows:
Douglas Island news., 1906-06-13

First publication April 25, 1886.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-13
ALASKA RICH IN GAME.
Birds Plentiful in the Territory
Meeting With a Big Bear.
From The Los Angeles Times.

From the Los Angeles Times.
j. E. DFishburn and Charles Finch recently
returned from a four months hunting and
prospecting trip in Alaska, during which
they visited the Copper river country, Daw-
son City and numerous coast points. The
trip was more than successful as a sporting
venture and the gentlemen are inclined to
peileVe 1t the greatest game country on
earth
Finch states that small game of all sorts
was plentiful enough to kill with sticks
and seemed to have little fear of man
Big game of all sorts could be had for the
hunting, but some of 1t was a little too rich
for the party's blood.
On one occasion the hunters encountered
a mammoth bear when looking for some
th1ng smaller. They were about to fire re-
volvers at 1t when the guide interfered and
Insisted that they let the bear alone until
out cunning for him with the proper equip
ment under penalty of suffering the same
fate as that meted out to Dr. Jules Abram-
osky and his party on Kadiak Island few
years ago, when, in a horrible encounter
with one of the enormous bears that in
habit the place, both were done for by the
enfdged brute, which fell only after thir-
teen 5000 bullets had pierced his carcass,
a number of which failed to expand upon
impact as they were designed TO do.
Fishburn and Finch killed q great deal OF
game of various sorts and brought away
some fine trophies.
The trip presents no special difficulties
other than the distance and incidental ex-
pense.
Birds of all sorts were found more than
plentiful, there being no seasons on feath-
cred game. Ducks and geese breed by mil
lions i'll the tundra in the summer.
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Money in English Politics.
From the London News.


We shall fail to understand the position
of parties in many of our large cities I'M
less We examine precisely what happens
at the selection of candidates. In num-
berless instances some wealthy man comes
along and announces that IL elected he
Will give away sums running to thousands
OF pounds every year The intimation of
this approaching generosity may not be
public, but it is none the less clearly un-
derstood by those concerned. This is the
practice against which. doubtless, the arch
bishops desire that should strenuously
pray. Philanthropic clubs are started, and
endless charity is dispensed, especially at
Christmas time, which proceeding obvi-
ousiy tends to exclude the poor man from
representation in parliament Many candi-
dates abhor the whole business, which, In
the long run, leads directly to reaction and
political insincerlty. But it is idle TO deny
that much of this money goes to the
churches, and we hope the time will come
when every denomination alike will refuse
subscriptions from either candidate for the
division. The guineas involved are alter
all. usually few, and the church which took
this stand would gain enormously in the
respect of the community. AS the arch
bishops say the vote Is "a trust" and a
trust so sacred as this ought not to be
bought and sold. A man should be elected
for parliament not because he happens to
have money, but because he Is "a fit person
to serve in the great council of the nation
Here we may mention a most direct coral
larry to the archbishops' prayer. A large
number OF candidates permit their support
ers and agents to make the public houses
into political committee rooms in all save
the legal sense. No policy can be sound
which requires the support Of Intoxicating
liquors. 1t Is to Philip sober and not to
Philip drunk that the appeal should be
made We hope that from every pulpit In
the land there Will come unsparing expos
uresf for the facts are quite notorious Of
the treating It public houses which has
been - Important factor n recent eon-
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IN vain to his foreign office and Lady
Pauncefote had to yield her station to Mrs
Hobart. Mrs. Fairbanks social reign has
been noted for its democracy Girlhood
friends whom she knew back in Marysville
Ohio, when she was Miss Corneia Cole are
just as welcome to her mansion In Shep-
pard's row as are the wives of the high
cockalorems of officialdom. She is proud
OF the fact that her husband was born In
a humble log cabin and sa whis first labor
as a ploughboy. She has been his chun
and confidante since the days when they
attended the county schools together and
were fellow-editors of their college paper
at Ohio Wesleyan. She has one son a cap
tain In the army, another the private sec
rotary of his father. third who has just
been graduated at Yale and fourth who
is a sophomore at that university, also a
daughter who is married to Ensign Tim
mons. U. s. N.
The third lady in, but not of, the land is
Madame Hengelmuller, wife of the Austro-
Hungarian ambassador, who upon the re-
tirement of Count Cassini last summer and
the absence of the italian ambassador. be-
came acting dean of the diplomatic corps
title conferred at each national capital
upon the ambassador of longest service
there Her Washington principality is the
most brilliant OF all of this citys official
lotteries. 1t includes many personages OF
title who at state functions eschew our con-
ventional evening clothes and don court
costumes weighed down with gold lace and
brass buttons, swords and bejeweled orders
and In many cases KnlcKerDockerS. VI
course am speaking of the men.
Madame Hengelmuller is the ranking wol
man of the entire diplomatic corps, her
husband enjoying each precedence over all
OF Its masculine members and being the
channel of communication between that
coterie and the government of the United
States in settling all questions of etiquette
involving its members, also the spokesman
for the corps in joint negotiations between
the powers" and our republican court.
The baroness is Greek Catholic. having
been born in Russia-at Counters DUNN
Borkorvska. She is the daughter of Count
DUNN Broz0wsld, at one time minister al
Dresden. When very young he was placed
in the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Paris
and at the age of sixteen married terri
torial magnate of Austrian Poland, but was
left a widow when still q girl. She married
M. Hengelmuller Won Hengelvar In 1898
shortly before he was accredited to Wash
ington. Both have grown up in the atmos-
phere OF diplomacy and are better trained
to reign over the diplomatic corps thar
any dean and his wife residing here In sew
eral decades. The baroness fads are birds
and dogs. Almost every window Of the
embassy In Connecticut avenue Is hung with
a cage and the feathered members Of the
household include canaries. knocking birds
red birds. caprichina, indigo ana capuchins
The baroness y considered g b Tia besl
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SOME SOCIAL QUEENS
Who Reign Over OfficiaIdom at
Washington.
MRS. ROOSEVELT'S EMPIRE
1t is Divided Into Six Social Princi-
palities.
EACH HAS ITS OWN RULER
Social Queens Peculiar Privileges
Some Need Not Return Calls
Established Precedents.
EACH HAS ITS OWN RULER
Copyright. 1906 by John Eltre,h wa,kIns)

Copyright 1906. by John Eltreth watklns)
The social empire over which Mrs. Roose-
welt reigns supreme. among her sex, is di-
vided into six principalities, each with a
queen of its own. now ruling and holding
court in the brilliant capital of the nation
Socially speaking, there Is but one per-
son in the world to whom Mrs. Roosevelt
need ever yield first place and he is her
distinguished husband. The President must,
according to the uuwritten law, take pre-
cedence of all others in the land. even Of
his wife Many Presidents have emphat-
ically protested against the ironclad rule
which forbids their giving first place to
their ladies, after the manner of all other
well-bred men of the realm. Garfield. after
thus protesting in vain, yielded with the
remark: "All right. gentlemen. / will do
as you say: but l nevertheless fail TO see
why l can't be President without being
pig"
Real Imperial Prerogatives.
PRESIDENTS handed down by all of her
predecessors give Mrs Roosevelt many OF
the social powers Of real empress. Al
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invitation from her-like one from royalty
obliterates any other which the hidden
guest may have for the same date and only
illness or mourning can properly be offered
as an excuse for declining her proffered
hospitality. A newcomer in official society
who should decline Mrs. Roosevelt's invi-
tation on the ground of previous en-
ga cement would commit social blunder
irreparable in the eyes of any first lady or
the land less tolerant than the present one.
By virtue of a precedent established by the
well-beloved Dolly Madison, popularity
known as Queen Dolly" all Presidents
wives since her brilliant reign have, like
old world monarchs, been exempted from
the necessity of returning calls. Mrs Madi-
son proited by the uncomfortable expe-
rience of Mrs. John Adams. who found her
time entirely taken up with visiting and
who even then had to slight certain house
holds and thus make political enemies Tor
her husband The only exception to this
rule would require Mrs. Roosevelt to pay
the first call upon visiting expresses,
Queens, prncesses, the wife of her hus-
bands immediate predecessor or successor
at the time of a change OF administration
OF the wife of any foreign president visit
ing the United States. Regardless of her
exemption from calling. Mrs. Roosevelts
social duties more eXacting than those
of any OF her subordnates. She and her
distinguished husband have surpassed all
of their predecessors in the freQuence and
briilance of their hospitality. Indeed, 1t
is estimated that Mr.. Roosevelt while Pres
ident has spent far more than his salary.
When he entered the White House IL was
, estimated that his private fortune amount
ed to a quarter of million and of course
he has realized handsome royalties from
his books A poorer President could not
vest his wife with nearly so much social
splendor.
Second Lady Of the Land.
Mrs. Fairbanks, who reigns over the first
principality of Mrs. Roosevelt's social en-
pire. is the second lady of the land. All
women of officialdom save only the Pres
i6ent's wife. owe her the first call, and,
like Mrs. Roosevelt. she is exempted from
the necessity of returning calls. There is
| one exception to this rule, in her case She
must return the visits of all senator's
wives. her husband. the Vice President. be-
ing ex offcio president of the upper house
OF Congress. The facr that he presldes
over the Senate establishes Mrs. Fairbanks
as the social queen of the entire congress
sionaI set. Mrs. Fairbanks owes her rank
as second lady of the land to President Nc
Kinley. whose predecessors permitted the
wife of the dean of the diplomatic corps to
| usurp that station. Mr.. Mckinley ruled
that the wife Of the Vice President had the
same relative social rank as the crown
princess OF European court. Lord Paunce-
fctes dean Of tia diplomatic CORPS protested
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-13
Cleaning an Old Clock.
n the National Magazine.

from the NationaI Magazine.
Have any of the readers 'of the National
clock they value that seems to be near
the end of its career OF usefulness? Does 1t
skip a beat now and then. and when 1t be-
gins to strike seem TO be in pain? Let me.
tell you what to do. Take bit OF cotton
batting the size of a hens egg. dip 1t IN
kerosene and place ii on the floor of the
clock and wait three or four days. Your
clock will be like q new one-sldp no more
It will strike as of old. and as You look
inside you will ind the cotton batting bIack
with dust Tho fumes OF the oil loosen the
particles of dust an4 they 1all, thus clean
1n9 the 49, 1ayo ~ = With success
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atmosphere as do army women whenever
collected in one community. In spite of it's
frequent movings, its perils and its scandals
army or navy life imparts to it's women
happiness shared by few of their sisters.
No matter how small her dowery, how
meager her pedigree, the officers wife is
assured social prestige and livelihood as
long as her husband lives and behaves
himself; pension for herself and children
cal attendance, free house rent, free fodder
for the horse and a free funeral, with coffin
and headstone thrown in, when each mem
Der of the family passes in his checks"
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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dressed woman in officialdom She and her
husband are enthusiastic motorists, the
latter adhering to his monacle even while
plcughing through the chill breezes of win
ter. When the doors to the blue parlor
We're thrown open to the guests at the
Presidents New Year reception it was the
baroness and her husband who led the line
of official guests, the Vice President and
Mrs. Fairbanks being among the receiving
party.
Queendoms Disputed and Anomalous.
AS to which is fourth in rank among
these social principalities is still matter
oe dispute. While the Supreme Court circle
Is conceded that rank by many high off
Gals, others reckon its standing as below
that of the cabinet. Presidents have al
ways automatically refrained from a final
ruling upon the disputed point. But in the
little Supreme Court circle the wife of the
Chief Justice takes social precedence and
is Immediately followed by the better halves
of the respective associate justices in order
OF their seniority of service. Unhappily the
chief justice is now q widower, but the
reigning woman of the circle is Mrs Har-
Ian, wife of Mr.. Justice Harlan, who be-
fore her marriage in 1856 was Miss Malvina
Shanklin of Evansville. Ind Justice and
Mrs. Harlan will celebrate their golden
wedding next December.
Mrs. Elihu Root, who reigns over the
cabinet circle, Is. by virtue of precedent
established by Mrs James G. Blaine-when
immunity from returning calls except those
or senator's wives. The same immunity is
enjoyed by all other matrons of the cab
met save that they must pay first calls
upon the wives of ambassadors. Mrs Root
is the leader of the cabinet circle only be-
cause of the fact that the State Depart
ment was the first executive department of
the government created. The Secretary of
State thereby became premier of the cab
met. While Mrs. Root Yields to Mrs. Roose-
Welt, Mrs. Fairbanks, Madame Hengel-
muller and the wives of all foreign am
bassadors, she outranks the wives of all
foreign ministers, charges daffaires, secre-
taries and attaches OF the diplomatic corps.
There is one occasion when ambassadors
wives even yield to her-when they are en-
tertained with her in any diplomatic resi-
dence at the capital. This abdication of
rank is by courtesy. however, rather. than
by rule. While ranking below them, gem
orally, Mrs. Root receives first calls, at the
beginning OF each season, from ambassa-
doris wives. Thus, II viii be seen, her sta
ton Is somewhat anomalous. Until Eng
land sent over here the first ambassador
ever attached to our capital the wife of
the Secretary OF State preceded the entire
diplomatic corps. whose dean was . min
lister.
ofllciaidom's social queen OF flfth rank Is
M1A Dewey, wife Of the adniral of tbs
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Lesser Queen of Greater Kingdom.

Mrs. Chaffee, who is ruler of the army
set by virtue of being the wife of the
CHIEF of staff, must always yield to Mrs
Dewey when they meet individually This
is because an army officer must be a full
general-as no one has been since Grant
to have the relative rank of admiral.
whereas the commanding officer of our
navy is an ADMIRAL, that of the army is only
lieutenant general, Chaffee. But the reason
or the fact that the army was established
before the navy the 'army set outranks
the navy set as a body, as is seen at the
w. White House each New Year day. when
the army officers are admitted to the blue
paIlor ahead of the naval officers.
MRS. Chaffee before her marriage was
Miss Annie Frances Rockwell and her we'd
aing with the present head Of the army oc-
CURED in 1875. at Junction City, Kan, when
Gen ChaTee-who had not been a West
POINTER but had worked up through the
ranks-was captain of cavalry. In the
thirty years of her married life she has
moved twenty-one times. Indeed, the wife
OF an army officer leads a career far more
nomadic than the spouse of Methodist
minister.
Most Clannish Of All.
The army and navy "sets" are the most
clannish principaIities in our social empire
1t is the ambition of every mother in either
circle to marry all of her daughters to of
feers and of the fathers to send their sons
to the Military or Naval Academy. To the
dances and other entertainments of army
and navy matrons few civilians are invited
At the army posts the ladies of each of
f1cers' row. form little community of
their own, with it's sewing circles, card
clubs and regular round of dances OF
course. Washington is the Mecca of all Of
fieers of both services. who are always
silently praying that they will be detailed
there or to one OF the nearby posts along
the Potomac. Army women at the capital
a m an nfh ar cf
least once q year and every winter the
President holds at the White House spe-
clal reception for the army and navy.
While the naval women are more widely
scattered during their sea service when
they follopI clos bal3spd our u SlapSI nom
port U port they dwell II the sasiae saoci5 q
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With Ny Indian Friends.

Franklin Weles Calkins continuing the series of articles
entitled with My Indian Friends which have published
The Sunday Star tomorrow issue relates the exciting
of hunt he enjoyed with Chief High Wolf in the vicinity of
old Fort Fetterman The author great deal of
Indian characters of the northwest times of for he
WARRIOR but close range and usually the endiest
incidentally this story Mr. Cakns
tells how High Wolf the risk of his life the risk
of his friendship with Red Cloud Spotted Tail American Horse
and other Indian cheftains took himself the lives
of party of white prospecors the Black Hills
This little chief of the best friends the white
the resolute of
all the Sioux.
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navy. She reigns over the brilliant navy
pomp and splendor having been the wife
of Gen. Hazen of the army before wedding
the hero of Manila bay. Before entering
the army set she was accustomed to the
splendors of the civilian circle, her father
the late Washington Mclean having been
millionaire. She owns considerable real
estate at the capital, one of her tenants
being Secretary Hitcheoclx
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THE MAGIC OF MODERN SURGERY.


Illness
DR. shady his
in long al lsugica lines
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-04-18
The Florida State Horticultural
Society

Only a little over one week in which
to get ready to attend the meeting of
this society. We hope that you have
your plans all laid to be present. if not
make your arrangements as soon as
possible. If you are Il progressive and
up-tO-date fruit grower you cannot af-
ford to stay away. OF course, we
recognize the fact that there are eX-
IceptiOns to all rules. and that circum-
stances may render it impossible for
you to come. In that case send your
membership fee, LOO to the secretary
Mr. f. o. Painter. Jacksonville, Fla.
at once and benefit both yourself and
society. The society needs the money
and you need the annual report.
Do not forget the date, Tuesday
May l at the Windsor Hotel. at 8
o'clock p NJ
We hope that you have read care
fully the circular netter from the sec
retary which was published on this
page two weeks ago and that you
will not only send in your own fee but
also get some more to join with you
and thus do all in your power to make
the society. The society needs the
money and you need the annual report
it should be. Several have already
done so, one gentleman, in response to
that circular letter has sent in twelve
each and fourteen have sent in one
each
This is quite a help and we hope
ample. and do so at once.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-04-18
A Prize Garden.

The last number of the Indiana
Farmer tells about a Prize Garden: 1t
seems that the Marion county Agri-
cultural and Horticultural Society of
ferred a prize for the best garden. In
addition to this some publishers and
dealers offered implements, newspa-
pers and to the value of $3.50, making
a total of $4S.5O
These prizes were awarded to Mr..
Sylvester Johnston, gentleman S4
years of age. His garden crop con-
sisted of four varieties of peas, three
of beans and % varieties of other
vegetables, besides four successive
paintings of sugar corn. OF fruits he
had cherries, apples, pears, peaches,
100 varieties of grapes, serviceberry
strawberries, raspberries, blackberrieS,
currants. mulberries and persimmons.
Besides this he had also an experiment
tai patch of cotton, and alfalfa. Be
sides all these he grew a variety of
flowers. "A kinds are listed by name.
There is a clay subsoil but it was
thoroughly underdrained thirty ,ears
ago. 1t has been fertiliZed each year
since with forest leaves, barnyard
manure and screened wood and coal
ashes. The grounds are so filled with
fruit trees, vines and bushes that plOw-
ing is impossible. The work has to be
done by hand, digging up when nee
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-04-18

cessary with a spade or spading fork,
and cultfvating with hoe and rake.
Mr.. Johnston did the work himself in
spite of his years.
We have mentioned this not so much
to call attention to the great vitality
of this man who lives in his garden,
but to suggest that it would be a good
thing if our State Horticultural SOcie-
ty had the money to offer some such
prizes. If the legislation would make
a liberal appropriation for the purpose
it would no doubt result in advancing
the cause of improved horticulture,
better methods and better varieties, in
fact a general improvement along the
whole line
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-04-18

about them, we have no doubt that
they were sent to us for trial, in re-
sponse to what we said about it in an
editorial a few weeks ago. We have
given it the best treatment in our
power. two were set in two different
could make it with very fine black sta
BILE manure. The third was set at the
northeast end of the house where the
sun never shines except for three or
four hours in the early morning. We
shall report the results later.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-04-18
Drouth.

Northeast Florida has been suffer
ing from a drOuth for several weeks
at the date of writing, April 9, crops
are really suffering. There has been
no rain to amount to anything since
February IL and II, on those two
days we had fraction over two inches
of rain. after that we had no rain in
February merely two sprinkles, less
than one hundredth of an inch in twen-
ty-fOur hours. In March there was
not quite an inch and a quarter of
water fell all through the month. This
month there has been no rain at all
Orange trees have not yet begun to
suffer. but vegetable crops are needing
rain very much.