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The daily Alaskan., 1906-03-21
SOMETHING TO ANSWER

Those who deny that the Alaskan convention, recently he'd in Seattle, had anything to do with the granting of s delegate in congress to Alaska should be required to explain few things
 Last summer, sitter Speaker Cannon, the most powerful influence iu Ameri- can legislative matters at the present time; Representative Tawney, the real floor leader of the majority in the house of representatives; Senator Hemenwsy, Senator Piles and other members Of the national legislature had visited Alaska, 1t was positively announced by the speaker, Mir. Tswney aud others, that Alaska would not have territorial government nor an elective delegate in congress. They said that, in effect, before they left Alaska.
 Before congress met, the people Of Alaska held convention which, heed less Of the speakers edict, demanded seltgoverumeut and elective represen- tation. Gov. Swineford, one of the foremost leaders in the movement for territorial government, was sent, with others, to Washington to urge the de- mands of that convention upon con- gress. The Washington state delega- tion in congress appeared before that convention and pledged it it's loyal sup port, and it made good, standing sponsor st the national capital for the delegates from t.
 The session of congress was hardly under way before there was change in the sentiment at Washington. The bill giving a delegate in congress was passed. It was granted by the speaker as a compromise.
 Now, what brought about the change, Aad who? Was It brought about by those who refused to accept the edict of the speaker, which was hailed with so much glee by the Transcript and other tories, and who appealed from it to the congress, or by the yaps who did naught but sit upon their launches and snap and snarl and howl in dirision at those who tried to help themselves and their country?
The daily Alaskan., 1906-03-21

The question Of territorial govern ment will not be an issue iu the coming election for delegate in congres ac' coruing 10 the Juneau Transcript Then it groans if the people of Alaska favor the proposition tt must be shown. Well, the election will be held next August. That is not far off. But is the Transcript sure 1t can see and un- dsrsyand when shown?
The daily Alaskan., 1906-03-21
Notice of Application For Pass nt For
 Homcstsad Claim.
U, s. Land ofce at Juneau, Alaska

March g 1906
 Notice is hereby given that solomon RipinSky, of Flames Alaska, has applied 10 enter, under section 22S9 of the devised Statutes of the March 3, lgO3, the lands embraced in U, '. Survey No. 57S, containing lSio acres, and more particularly described as tOuOwS:-
 Beginning at cor. No l, under Ripi1Sky s hunSe from which point U, s. L. NJ. NO-bearS s. deg 45 min. w., 9. 6i chs. dist, witness cor. bears west, 30 las. @ stone marked s. S53 w. c. 1 thence from true cor. N. li deg. 20 min. E., 2.SO chs to Cor. No. 2 not set, witness cor. bears west, 30 lk.. stone marked s. 51S W. C. ,; thence from true cor, west, slb' chs, 10 cor. No. 8, an iron pipe inches in diam. marked 57S c. 8; thence North. Sl6 chs. 1o cor NO. 4' a granite stone marked s. 57S C. |; thence west. 3I.l7 chs. to cor. No. S,a stone marked :, 5IS C. 5; thence south, l. 6S chs. to cor No. c., stone marked 5. 572 C. 6; thence : 50 deg. 54 sec E., along north line of Presbyterian Mission, 8 OJ chs. to cor. No. :, an iron pipe marked $, 57S c. :: thence north. l.67 chs, to cor. No. $, an iron pipe marked 573 C. S., thence east t,2S chs. 10 cor No. 1, the place Of beginning Magnetic Variation at all corners 2Sdeg. 50 min. east Any and all persons having or claiming any adverse interest whatever in said above deS- Cribed lands are required 10 file such adverse claim under oath, with the Register and Re ceiyer of the United States Land OGice at licatiCn hereof or within thirty days there after, as required by law, or they will be forever barred.
 SOLOMON RIPINSTY.
 It Is hereby Orded that the foregoing notice Of the application of solomon RipinSky be pub lished in the Daily Alaskan, weekly news paper printed Rt Skagway, Alaska, for the
 JOHN W. DUDLEY
 Register,
The daily Alaskan., 1906-03-21
KTDDIfS QUIT
 CROFTON SMELTFR

Manamo, B. C., March S-A report states that Thomas Riddle, superiu' teudent of the Britannia Smelling Company, of Croftou, has resigned Riddles two sous, one of whom was as sissaut superintendent, and William Riddle, have also left the employ oi the smelling company. It is generally understood Riddle was employed for a term of five years at a salary of sl0,OOC a year. The reason for these resigna tions is not yet obtainable.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-03-21
The White Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TIA BILE No. ia.
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BsFfsge Inspected
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The daily Alaskan., 1906-03-21
WINS FIVE
New Jersey Boy Is Billiard
 Champion

Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
 Chicago, March 2l-Edward W. Gar. diner, of Passaic, N. J., has won the amateur billiard championship of America, winning five straight games from J. k. Poggenburg, of New York,
The daily Alaskan., 1906-03-21
At tho Mascot

Mt. Vernon rye aud Old Belmon Ehiskeys, double stamped goods, at wholesale prices at the Mascot saloon
The daily Alaskan., 1906-03-21

The Mascot saloon sells liquor py the bulk or case goods at wholesale prices. All ths old brands always on hand.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29
Jerome and Jerome.

That prophet is not without a
certain degree of honor and recogni-
ton, save in his own country, has
been proved again at the hands of
young Louisville person
The young man in question reads
things and talks about them with a
careless abandon that frequently
brings some startling information to
light.
Recently he was extolling to a
friend the virtues of Mr.. Jerome, Of
New York. The friend did not fully
agree as to the extent Of Mr.. Je-
romes powers, but finally laughed and
said, Familiarity:
We'll, 1 guess William Travers is
all right, at that"
Who's all right?" asked the young
chap, with elevated brows.
why, William Travers Jerome" re-
piled his friend. That's his name,
isn't it?"
The young champion of Mr.. Jerome
laughed loud and long.
We'll, of all the durn FOOLS" he
cried. Don't you know his name is
Jerome K. Jerome?" - Louisville
Times.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29
PROTEST AGAINST WORD VEST.
London journal Ascribes It to TyraE
ny of Tailors.

Observation-Disclosures could not 60
much further than ii did in the case
of the Wandswol th-road landladys
son, who charged the ledger with
stealing his waistcoat, and then dis
covered that he had been wearing
it all day himself beneath his shirt
BY what process did his waistcoat
assume this unusual position? Sure
ly 1t was a throw-back to the treat
ment of waistcoat as If it were
really the west" that tailors persist
in calling It, To the ordinary modern
man a west" means an undergar-
ment Yet the tyranny Of the tailor
prevails even with the dictionaries.
They all begin by setting forth that
west" was originally an outer gar
ment, such as the vest made fash
ionable by Charles II. and ridicuied
by Louis XIV, who dressed his lack
eys In it. According to Pepys, 1t was
long cassock fitting closely to the
body. But the dictionaries go on to
say that west" now commonly means
a waistcoat. Among several consulted,
only one even mentions the really
common use, and that is an American
dictionary, which observes that In
England "undervest' or west" means
what "undershirt" does In America
London Chronicle.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29
TRIAL BY coURTs.MARTIAL.
Punishment Melted Out Seldom Salts
factory to superlors.

There is an element of luck N
court-martial cases" remarked a na7s'
officer to a Washington Star man,
"iust as there is in criminal cases be-
fore the civil courts. In one case the
punishment depends a good deal on
the nature of the cabinet of1cer IN
charge and in the other on the char'
acter of the trial judge.
1.-THE point of these remarks lies
in the application. A short time ago.
while AS sistant Secretary Newberry
was acting as secretary of the navy,
he was called upon to pass on the
cases of two young officers convicted
by court-martial of violating the naVal
regulations. In both cases he cen
sured the court for the leniency oil
the punishment inflicted Since then
Secretary Bonaparte has acted on twc
court-martial cases and in each case
he reduced the sentence imposed oy
the court. Of course, there was o
difference in the cases, but the primer
ple was the same.$ Neither oficial
sustained the courtmartial. one
thought the sentences inadequate ano
the other official thought the sen
tences excessive. So severe was MI
Newberry in his reprimand to one
court-martial that a high naval Oh
ficer said that, as between sitting or
a court-martial and being tried by II
he thought he should prefer to riss
the punishment melted out to the &C
cused."
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29
A JURY OF UNLEARNED MEN.
Not One of Them Could Read or Write
Word.

Il have been engaged in the prac-
tice of law a good many years" said
s. s. Urmy, police judge of Topeka,
Kan, one day recently, "and about the
most humorous thing ever saw in a
court room was in Topeka.
"One day an old negro man was be-
ing tried in the justice court, that was
before the Office of police judge was
created, and he demanded a trial by
a Jury of his peers. He could neither
read nor write and his lawyer insisted
that the jury, to be his peers, as re-
quired by law, must be unable to read
or write, too. To avoid disputes l
agreed to it, but we had time find
ing 70 men in Topeka who could
neither read nor write. But we did
find them and the case went to trial.
Before the jury retired l took two
pieces of paper and wrote Guilty on
one piece and Not guilty on the
other and instructed the foreman OF
the Jury to destroy the one he did
not wish used and to return the other
TO me when the jury had reached
verdict. The jury was out only few
minutes when it came in. The fore
man handed me a piece of paper with
the word Guilty written on it.
"Well, gentlemen, you ind him
guilty, do your l asked.
"'No, sab, jedge, no, san, we done
found him not guilty spoke up one OF
the jurymen. Then he added with dis
gust: 4 tole that fool niger he was
tearin' up the wrong piece Of paper.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29
Anecdotes of Dan O'ConneII.

There are a good many interesting
stories told of the famous Daniel
O'Connell. Once he was defending a
prisoner indicted for murder. The
principal witness against the defend
ant swore that the prisoners hat had
been found near the place of the MUIR
der. The hat was then produced in
court, and the witness swore positive
ly that it was the same one that was.
found, and that it belonged to the pris-.
oner
"By virtue Of your oath, are you
positive that this is the same hat?"
Eyes"
did you examine it carefully before
you swore that it was the prisoners?"
Eyes"
"Now, let me see," said O'Connell,
as he took up the hat and began care
fully to examine the inside of 1t. He
paused with a curious expression on
his face, and then spelled aloud,
James. Now, do you mean to say
that that name was in the hat when
you found it?" he asked, turning to
the witness.
II do"
did you see it there?" .
81 did"
And this is the same hat?" ,
yes"
"Now, my lord" said the lawyer.
turning to the judge, there's an end
to this case. There is no name what
ever within this hat"
The prisoner was instantly ac-
uuitted.-The Sunday Magazine.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29
rnev dread RldlcuIe.

According to a missionary, the Jap
anese are so senVtive to ridicule thai
one reason why children are so sci
dom punished for faults is that they
can be-so easily laughed out Of them
The fear of riricule. in fact, accord
ing to the authority has had no small
part in forming the Japanese charac
ter, promoting the national zeal fol
efficiency, and the minute attention tc
clothing, manners and speech.
At a Japanese school the children
were once asked what they consid
cred the most dreadful thing in the
world. All sorts of answers were
given-murder, ingratitude, earth
quakes, and so forth-but the teacher
said that in his opinion the worst
thing OF all was to be laughed at.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29

royal train, says a London journal In
case of any accident a ladder is
placed against the nearest telegraph
post and a wire attached or connect
ed with an instrument, which the tel
egraphist works while sitting on the
bank. By this means word can be
sent at once to the nearest railway
station, giving such instructions or
notifications as may be deemed nee
essary. When a train with the SOW
ereign on board is travelling all the
men in responsible positions are fore
warned
A trial was made once. The royal
train was purposely stopped and the
telegraphist sent off his dispatch in
the manner described. The result
was satisfactory in every respect.
Otherwise the telegraphist's services
have never been called into requis-
ton during royal railway journey.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29
GAMBLING AS RELIGIOUS DUTY
Hindoos Devote One Day In Year to
This Pastlme.

A missionary lay beside camp
fire of birch logs in the Maine woods,
smoking a black cigar and watching
his guide grill trout.
Speaking of gambling" the mis-
sionary said, 81 know of a sect that
regards 1t as a religious duty, like
fasting or prayer.
This sect is the Hindoos. They,
one day in each year, gamble like mad
from sunrise till sunset The day is
the Festival of the Lamps, a day
sacred to Lakshun, the goddess OF
wealth. A tremendous lot Of money
changes hands in Lakshun's honor.
"All this gambling is done to test
the financial success that will at
tend on each person throughout the
year. If a gambler loses he krows a
year Of hard luck is ahead of him.
If he wins, he knows he may expect
a twelvemonth of prosperity.
Strange to say, a good deal OF
cheating accompanies this religious
gambling"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29
ENORMOUS COST OF FIRES.
Buildings Might Be Made InvulnerabIe
at No Great Expense.

The International Society Of Build
ing Commissioners and Inspectors
calls attention to the fact that we
have in the United States 100000
buildings, valued at $14,500, 900, 900, or
more than all the railroads in the
country put together, and it asserts
that of all these just one Is absolutely
fireproof, says Golfers Weekly. That
one was built In Chicago by the great
insurance companies for a testing
laboratory. There are only 1000 build
ings-about one in 3,000-that are
even nominally fireproof, and these
can be damaged in confagration to
the extent of from 30 to 80 per cent
of their value. Yet the unburnable
underwriters laboratory in Chicago,
with its walls Of vitirified brick, floors,
roof and partitions Of semiporous, hol-
low terra Gotta, door and window
openings framed in rolled steel, win
dow frames and sashes Of sheet metal,
doors of filed copper and steel and
stairs of hollow terra Gotta, cost only
IL per cent more than building which
would shrivel up at the first breath Of
an advancing fire.
In 1905, which was normal year"
we spent $5OO,OO0,O00 for new build
ings, and burned old ones to the value
of 5000, 100000. We paid $300,00O,0O0
for fighting fire and $195,O00,000 in
fire insurance premiums, of which we
got back $95,OO0O0O from the COM
panies in payment Of losses.
1t cost us more to burn part Of our
old buildings and protect the rest
from burning than it did to put up all
our new ones. This year San Fran
cisco has raised the fire losses of the
United States to $5O0,OO0,O0O, even If
we do not let another city burn down
between now and next January. II
we should burn up the whole Of our
bonanza wheat crop, on which we are
relying to give us prosperity, we
should think the country had suffered
a calamity, yet it is doubtful whether
that whole crop would pay for the
property we actually have burned and
are burning this year. Our entire
years gold supply would not pay for
a sixth of it. The entire gold produc-
ton of the world would not come any
where near paying for 1t all.
The $500,000,000 worth of buildings
which we put up in year to burn
down would cost about $3.50, 100000 If
they were built not to burn down. The
extra $5O,OOO,OOO we pay in normal
years for fires and fire protection.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29
MONEY IN FRENCH BANKS.
Figures Give Eloquent Testimony to
Thrift of Nation.

Alfred Neymarck, a French stats
tician, has recently made computa-
ton of the savings and investments
of the people of France, with the re-
suit that he calculates that from 1885
to 1905 the deposits in the great
banks Of the country increased from
$182, 100000 to $579, 100000. In the
same period the deposits in the Bank
of France increased from 81, 100000
to 64,600,000. The value of bonds
deposited in the banks increased from
1922, 900, 900 to $1,3S6, 100000. The six
great railroads sold s1,896,493 Of
bonds out of a capital of $500, 100000
and Cancelled on their old and new
loans $4S2,SO0,OOO.
From 1880 to 1905 the depositors in
the savings banks have subscribed
and paid for $S4O,OO0,OOO of govern
ment bonds. The limit that each per-
son can deposit in the savings banks
is 5000. The interest on this sum- IL
not drawn, is invested by the bank
in government bonds. From 1891 to
1903 the same class of people sub
scribed for and held $104,000,000 Of
bonds Issued by the French colonies
and protectorates, $1S9, 100000 of city
of Paris bonds, and $185,OOO,OOO of
local communal bonds and those of
mortgage and loan companies.
From 1885 to 1905 the deposits in
the peoples savings banks increased
from $442,20OO0O to $642, 100000,
while the number Of depositors in
creased from 100000 to 100000
and the possessions of the mutual re-
lief societies from $11,2OO,OOO to $780,
100000.
Mr.. Neymarck estimates the aggre-
gate value of stocks, bonds and other
securities in the hands of French
capitalists, $14,SOO,OOOOOO in 1890, at
SIT AGO. 100000 in 1900 and $1S,60O,-
100000 at the end of the year 1905.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29
He Thinks He Knows"

81 can always tell whether woman
is accustomed to reading newspapers
by the way she holds one" remarked
a business man recently. "She takes
1t up In hap-hazard fashion, glances
irrelevantly here and there In an alb
sent-minded sort Of way, so that you
feel quite sure she isn't sensing a
thing she reads. Then she opens the
paper awkwardly and invariably sep
arates the portions Of the sheet, a
thing that makes man crazy In his
own home, for he loses track Of the
departments and it is contrary to his
ideas of order.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29
SPLITTING GRANITE WITH AIR
Force VIII Separate Horizontal shes'
of Several Acres.

The explosive force of compressed
air is employed In a very interest
ing way by a North Caroline granite
company. On a sloping hillside, com
posed of granite which shows no bee
planes, but splits readily in any oil
rection when started, threeinch bore
is sunk about eight feet deep, anc
the bottom Is enlarged by exploding
half a stick of dynamite.
A small charge of powder is free
in this hole, which starts horizontal.
crack or cleavage. Charges tncreas
ing in size are exploded until the
cleavage has extended over radius
of 70 or 100 feet. Then a pipe is
cemented into the bore, and air Is
forced in, under pressure OF from
30 to 100 pounds. The expansion OF
the air extends the cleavage until!
It comes out at the surface on the
slope of the hill. A horizontal sheet
of granite several acres in extent may
thus be separated.-Youth's Compan
ION
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29
Least Of Two Evils.

There's no telling how long this
chicken, has been dead" said the man
as he helped her to the best part OF
1t and showed the dish with his half
at the waiter. Been in cold storage
five years-may be longer.
Il don't care" said the girl who
was from the country. I'D rather eat
a chicken that's been frozen FIVE years
than one that's been caekling five min.
utes before they put It in the frying
pan.v-N. Y. Press.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29
A Case of NURSING.

"That excuse is cynical and hope
less one" said Senator La Toilette
1T doesn't speak at all we'll for the
future"
He was discussing certain corpor
atoms apology for lodging law.
"a cynical excuse" he went on
"and one that recalls to my mind q
young and pretty nurse who surprised
all her friends by marrying a rich
man of 70 years.
Why on earth did you marry that
fossil?' a friend asked the nurse.
Well she replied. I thought
might as well be engaged in nursing
-one old man as dozen"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29

Slowly, as moved by an unseen
hand, the girl arose and went slowly
forward, her hands grasped the door
knob and chung there until the veins
stood out and the nails turned white
under the strain, then seemingly I'M
clasped by the same unseen power,
they relaxed and hung limp at her
side, as with wide, unseeing eyes, she
walked hatless through the crowd
and into the sunlight beyond.
Copyright, 1905, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29

Tommy" said a father to HIS son,
"have you been at those six peaches
I put in the Cupboard"
Father" said Tommy, looking into
his eyes, 81 have not touched one"
Then how is it your mother found
five peach stones in your bedroom,
and there is only one peach left on
the plate?"
THAT" said Tommy, as he dashed
wildly for the door, "is the one l
didn't touch"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29
Sour
Stomach

No appetite, loss Of strength. nervous
ness, headache. constipation. bad breath.
general debility, sour risings, and cstarrh
Of the stomach are all due to indigestion
Kodol relieves Indigestion. This new discov-
cry represents the natural juices Of dlgcs-
ton as they exist In a healthy stomach,
combined With tho greatest known tonic
and reconstructve properties. Kodol for
dyspepsia does not only relieve indigestion
and dyspepsia. but this famous remedy
helps all stomach troubles by cleansing,
purifying. sweetenlng and strengthening
the mucous membranes lining the stomach.
Mr.. S. S. Ball Of Raysnswood W. Va, says
" was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years.
Kcdol cured me and We are nov using Il 10 miA
for baby"
Kodol Digests What You Eat.
Bottles only. Relieves Indigestion. sour stomach.
belching Of gas. etc.
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For Sale by Jno. E. Jacks IN, the Drus-
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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29
Helping Him On.

Now, for my part" said Mr.. Tim
mid, tentatively, 81 wouldn't dare
think of marrying"
why not?" eagerly interrupted
Miss Ann Teek.
Because l haven't any money"
But" she suggested, helpfully
couldn't you get somebody to lend
you a little?"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29
Old Homes to Be Reconstructed.


Mark Twain has purchased the old
Noah Sherwood home in the village OF
West Redding, Conn, and will recon
struct it. The house will occupy the
crest of an elevation which commands
a view in every direction. 1t will be
of stone and will cost 100000, 1t is
said. There are 10 acres OF land
about the house, which he will inn
prove on an expensive scale. There
is a large tract of woodland with pic
turesque features. The old EDDY
place in the same town, purchased re-
Gently by Miss Jeanette L. Glider, is
said to have been bought by Miss Ann
Morgan, daughter of ]. Pierpont Nor
gan
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-11-29
The Simple Way.

The girl was daintily digging the
grains of corn from her cob by means
of q fork.
"Why don't you take 1t in your
fingers and eat it as l do?" asked the
man she was with.
Because" replied the girl, 81 don't
want to get the butter on my ears"