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year round and producing little besides glaciers and
volcanoes in startling juxtaposition. Certainly it
is long way off. From Seattle to Nome, by Skag-
way. the White Pass, Yukon, and Norton Sound,
is thirty-two hundred miles. And what journey
of panoramic splendor in July, when the melts
and blue waters cascade down the giant mountains,
and colossal glaciers like the Taku which presents
wall of solid ice nearly three miles long and eleven
hundred feet high
Try to realize the vastness and richness of our
domain. Through the valleys of the Yukon
and its tributaries flows of the worlds mightiest
river systems. From White Horse, little town of
five hundred souls in cabin, shanty, and tent, to
St. Michael is twenty -one hundred miles There is
gold beyond the dreams of avarice, but the Ice King
guards it with adamantine clutch A shaft two
hundred and sixty feet deep will go all the way
through solidy frozen earth; and in digging gold
the miners often dig trenches three feet deep fill them
with wood, and set it on fire to melt adjacent ice.
Out in these wilds every man has a chance with
pick and shovel and pan. He may and does work
all night as we'll as all day. for at midsummer the
sun is below the horizon only thirty minutes out of
the twentyfour hours. But at midwinter there is
no day for six weeks Towns are born in night,
in the good old days of the West Take Fair
banks, up the Tanana River named in honor of the
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Carnatic with her thirty chests of bar silver and six
chests of gold; nor that of the Woosung with four
hundred thousand dollars worth of treasure; nor
the sunken Queen Elizabeth from which six hundred
thousand dollars was taken from ruinous chambers
where dead women foated with outstretched arms
and snuous, streaming hair. Yet another story in
the category is the wreck of the great Oriental
liner Malabar, which yielded treasure worth
million and quarter.
As to the old British war ship Lutine, she is
to-day kind of gold mine which has been worked
for over hundred years. The old frigate carried
pay for British troopsasome say to the amount of
have been formed to recover some of her treasure
from the called treasure area, which lies in the
stern near the rudder. Long ago it was overwhelmed
by sand The Dutch Government themselves
recovered half million from the Lutne, and poor
fishermen, working with tongs and nippers and iron
landing nets poles, divided three hundred thou
sand dollars among them.
Besides the New Lutine Company, there the
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UNCLE SANS GREATEST BARGAIN

HISTORY records many sale and exchange of
III odds and ends of empire, but none more re-
markable than acquisition from Russia
of magnificent Alaska for seven million two hundred
thousand dollars. A land of gold and furs and fish
inexhaustble; of timber and coal and ron-true
snews of war-of tin and copper, gypsum and oil!
Natures scrap heap" they called ia scrap heap
which has yielded one hundred and fifty million
dollars worth of gold already, and is laying bare its
precious veins every day to eager seekers from the
south.
A land with a tortuous coast line of twenty-six
thousand miles, the home of the fur seal all the wayl
Virgin yielding (at the Ketchikan) forty thou
sand superb salmon at one haul-a worlds record
indeed! That scrap heap will yet the world
with its wealth, and upon it will be built nation
second only to America. From its five hundred and
thirty-one thousand square miles you might
fourteen great States large Indiana then trim
off three New Jerseys, and still have hundreds of
square miles to spare. Governor Brady estimates
the white army of invasion at thirty thousand picked
pioneers-"All of them here for gold" No wonder
you will pay five dollars night for room in a
shack and dollar for a couple of eggs!
To many people Alaska is mere vague name:
1t lies somewhere in the far Northwest, peopled by
Eskimo Indian, and polar bear: frozen tight the
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Australia, the Indian Littoral, the Persian Gulf,
with pearl fishers You will find their luggeys Strung
for thousand miles off the West Australian coast
These fairly bristle with little tweve-ton
crew of four Malays The diver takes down with
him shell bag, and great is the excitement when
his catch is deposited and opened deck The
value of the shell alone, mother pearl amounted
last year to million dollars in this district
AS in the old days of the Kimberley diamond
mines, pearl smuggling is practsed both by divers
and Asatc shell openers Great is the temptation
for not month passes without a man finding few
of these tear drops of the ocean, each of which
may be worth fifteen thousand dollars. At Broome
is the worlds headquarters for pearls with entire
population of three thousand men diving for them
Now and then a naked chieftan comes into
Broome and hints vaguely that he knows reef
containing pearls more wondrous than that dis
solved in vinegar by opulent Cleopatra or the COR
geous gem that Agrppa sawed asunder and made
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over. Handling the money, John Pearce became
confused and asked bluntly, Can you afford
this?"
1t is all the money have in the world, was the
reply, and think it well spent; for she lies down
below and this cutchng the portrait to his breast
lis all l have"
The rugged giant gasped little, instantly handed
back twenty thousand dollars, and said, We'll,
boss. l reckon I'm keeping fair fee for the job.i
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INTO earrings Tor the peerless Venus OF the
Pantheon. Often enough these savages
who told Clark where to find the gorgeous
cluster of nine pearls forming a perfect
cross, 6shed at Roebourne Western Aus
tralia, in 1874.
Wild is the excitement when it is known
that some fortunate diver has fshed UP a
great gem, such as the monstrous, pear
shaped specimen belonging to the Countess
of Dudley, which weighed two hundred and
six grains and brought eighty Thousand
dollars at auction. Some of the Asiatic
divers who save money buy a modern div
ing outfit for themselves, probably costing
two thousand dollars, fit out 1ugger of
their own, and with knowledge secretly
obtained venture out into unknown seas
and return with shining pearls which in a
few months will be eagerly competed for
by wealthy society people.
But often treasure is recovered by the
deep sea diver which has apparently little
or no intrinsic value. Some years ago the
good steamer Cadiz went down in the
Mediterranean in thirty odd fathoms, with
many passengers and cargo worth a colos-
sal fortune. 1t included wine, quicksilver,
diamonds, and gold. John Pearce of Whit
stable was the diver in charge of the
operations, and one day just as he was
about to descend a white haired, middle
aged man offered a reward of thirty
thousand dollars for the recovery of por-
trait. He described infinitely where it lay
1t was a miniature on ivory surrounded
with brilliants, and was worth probably
one hundred dollars. The huge reward
tempted Pearce to go far out of his way
in the bewildering maze of the broken
ship, and after several unsuccessful at
tempts he found the picture. 1t was that
of lovely young girl with great brown
eyes, and the reward was promptly handed
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The Practice Tank for Divers.
Aboukir Bay Treasure Recovery Company, with
three steamers and six divers. The concern recov-
cred one hundred thousand dollars worth of specie
in few days, and its shareholders will doubtless
handle the other million and half which they know
lies beneath the waves that sweep over the French
line of battle ships that Nelson smashed at the
Battle of the Nile
But the ocean floor yields lovelier treasure than
man ever put there. The northwest coast of
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and the great treasure of the Malabar-all yield
stories thrilling than any writer of boys
books could imagine. When the Skyro left Carta-
gena with her mountain of silver bars, she little
reefs, nine miles south of Cape Finsterre, Where
the swirling currents
The treasure ship was duly abandoned to the
underwriters, and soon Diver Angel Erostarbe was
clambering her engines and boilers in the dark
deep water on the other side of the Mexiddo Reef.
Lazara Gotta went down with him, but in ten min
utes was hauled up and nearly lost his life through
inch of his body. The deck had collapsed to within
eighteen inches of the cabin floor, and the daring
Erostarbe had to use dynamite to force entrance
to the specie chamber
Eighty-one bars of silver soon appeared at the
surface and hour later the diver nearly lost his
life. A hammerhead shark had trailed him all
day, and while it easy to frighten the monster
by causing few air bubbles to escape from the
rubber dress, the shark bit savagely at the divers
air pipe and he was hauled I'D in a drown
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was nothing for it but to run for lives and
treasure and, hosting sail, our stanch old craft
from the of the wreck, with the pirates in
eager pursuit
I'VE got away safely, however, and though the
Shanghai papers blamed the authorities for not
giving party adequate protection, we were never
able to return for the rest of the treasure"
haven't space to tell of the of the wrecked
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-16
Memphis Charter Bill Passed

Nashville, March 15.-The Mem
phis charter bill, over which one .of
the bitterest fights that has been
waged in a Tennessee legiature for
years, was passed by the house Fri
day. The effect Of the bill is to
abolish the city government. of Mem
phis and gives Governor Patterson the
power to appoint new city officials
Senator Carmack led the fight for tie
opposition. The bill had previously
passed the senate.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-16
Will AnneaI for Loan

Kingston, Jamaica, March 15.-The
archbishop of the West Indies headed
a delegation which left Thursday night
to appeal to the government to au-
thorize loan for the building of
Kingston. With the archbishop's party
also went delegation of policy hold
ers in various English companies
who wish to discuss with the man
agement of the companies the ques-
tons Of settling their losses.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-16
Tin Plate Plant Burns.

Pittsburg, March 10. Fire on Fri
day destroyed the plant of the Amer
ican Sheet and Tin Plant company
at the foot of South Fourteenth street
and slightly damaged the bolt works
of the Oliver Iron and Steel works,
adjoining. The loss TO the tin plate
company company was about $25 900
and to the Oliver company, 81, 900
The fire originated from a car Of lime
which was set on fire. by the high
water. Four business houses and Is
residences have been burned to the
ground in the Mount Washington dis
trict, or Twenty seventh ward, across
the Monogahela river.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-16

Was Fond of Precious Stones

Vienna, March 15.-That he late
shah of Persia was fond of precious
stones is indicated by a despatch from
reheran, which says that an inventory
has revealed that he left jewels to
the value of $50, 900, 900. Chief
among them are diamonds. One por-
tion of the state paraphernalia, a jew
el studded belt, is valued at several
million dollars. 1t weighs eighteen
pounds. The famous diamond stud
ded sword and scabbard is said to be
worth ST., $50 900 and an emerald be-
decked silver vase with one of the
stones of such size that the shah's
numerous titles were engraved on it f,
is regarded as almost priceless.
Among other treasures found was a
block of pure amber, containing 40G
cubic inches, which is said to have
dropped from the skies on the tomb
of Mahomet.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-16
NO BIG BATTLE
HAS BEEN FOUGHT
Honduras and Nicarauga Are
Still Oily
sKIRMIsHING FOR THE VANTAGE
Each Side Has Made Claims of Vic
tories Not Warranted by the Facts,
and Each Has Denounced Reports
se3t Out by the other as False.

Puerto COrtez, Honduras, March
spite of the claims made by command
ing officers on each side that THE
enemy has been vanQuished in an i'm
portant battle" the fighting between
Honduras and Nicaragua has up to the
present time been confined to small
cement between scouting parties
on one CIR the other on the frontier en-
counters that anywhere else would De
c}assed as skirmishes.
Each side has made claims of VIC
tories not warranted by the facts, and
each has called the reports sent out
by the other false and misleading
But while there has been no battle as
yet, all the conditions are ripe for a
serious engagement. 1t is a mistake
to characterize all Central American
fighting a comic opera performance.
Much of the fighting here is com
paratiyely not serious, but the war
ring elements Of these states have
shown in the past that they can, on
| occasion, put up good stiff fight
and it the arrayed forces of HonGu
| ras and Nicaragua do meet in a gen
eral engagement the conflict in no
sense will be consequential or to be
laughed at
The actual situation of armed hos
! tility between Honduras and Nicara-
qua, from the HOnduran side, is as
| follows:
The skirmish at San Macos, a vii
! lage in Honduras, about 5 miles from
the Nicaraguan frontier, was inccn-
| sequential" The main Honduras force
is at Choluteca to TeXiguar, Guinepa
and Yuscaran. These four towns are
in practically a straight line and about
| 20 miles from the frontier.
President Bonilla is waiting for fur
| ther reinforcements from Tegucigal-
| pa and for arms from the the United
States. He would like also to have
the first serious engagement on Hon
| duras territory in order OF be able tc
demand that Salvador make good hel
promise to help him in case of war.
The presence of President Bonilla
| in the field has stimulated these Hon
durans SO that the men have conf
dence, and he is a fighter of expert
| ence. He has strong personal fol
| lowing in Salvador as we'll as the con-
fidence of the Salvadoran army anC
every one here is expecting to hear
any day that Salvador has decided tC
fight with him. Honduras has arm
| ed already between sixteen and eiah-
teen thousand men, and fifteen thou
sand more are being equipped at the
| capital.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-16
Brokerage Firm susnends

New Orleans, March 15.-The sus-
pension of Witcher, Zemurray & Co. !,
a we'll known local brokerage firm
was announced Friday. Recent deals
Of clients on the wrong side of the
market and failure of these clients
President James F. Witcher as the
cause of the suspension. The firm
will pay all claims, remaining open
today for that purpose No state
ment Of assets and liabilities was
made public.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-16
To Fioht Industrial Workers.

Goldfeld, New, March 15-Thurs-
day night the citizens OF Goldfield or
ganized to fight The industrial workers
of the world Every mine and every
store will be closed indefinitely af-
for II o'clock Friday. It is agreed
that no person in Goldield shall en-
ploy any worker who is member Of
the industrial workers of the world
1t has also been determined to back
up the American Federation Of Labor
in it's effort to organize the local
trades. The citizens have appointed
100 special officers to patrol the city
and preserve order.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-16
Killed Girl and Self.

New Orleans, March 15.-Accost-
ing Miss EudeZ Dobson, his 17-year
old sweetheart, on the main street
of Pointe-A-La Hache, La, Thurs
day afternoon, Whitney Moliers, a
young planter, asked her to marry
him, and upon being refused, sho5
and killed the girl with a revolver
Then placing the weapon TO his own
head he fired again and fell dead
over her body Miss Dobson was the
daughter of Ernest Dobson, promi-
nent planter of Plaquemine parish
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-16
Demurrer Is Sustained

! Chicago, March 15.-Judge Ander-
son in the federal court sustained the
demurrer filed by the attorneys of
John R: Walsh, the former president
of the Chicago National bank, to 20
counts in the indictments, charging
him with misuse Of the funds of" the
bank and oyerruled the demurrer to
the remaining counts, 1G0 in ndmber
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-16

Wellsville, o., March 15.-Twen-
ty-three streets here are under wa
ter. About 400 houses are flooded.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-16
IMMENSELY or FLOOD
AMAzES SPITTSBURGERS
fer. Square Miles of the Citv
Is Subm erg2d.
INDUSTRIES GREATLY DAMAGED
One Hundred Thousand Persons
Have Been Temporarily Thrown
Out of Empioyne nent-Situuation
Outside of Pittsbure Is Serious.

Pittsburg, March 5.-Pittsburgers
are amazed at the immensity OF the
flood in the Monongahela, Allegheny
and Ohio rivers which has submerged
10 square miles IN the downtown
section of the city. After reaching
the highest stage ever known, which
was 81 feGt at Market street, the
water is NV slowly receding. Enor-
nous damage 10 industries has been
caused; over 100 900 persons have
been temporarily thrown out of en-
ployment. Every transportation COM
pany in the city is crippled; skins
are carrying hundreds Of people to
their places of business; the utili-
zatiOn of wagons and horses as con-
veyances, which did inestimable SER
vice Thursday, were discontinued
owing to strenuous protest by the
humane societies; immense damage
has been done to Allegheny county
and an almost unique sights ever
seen are apparent.
The Sixteenth, Ninth, Seventh and
Sixth street bridges were threatened
with des jruction owing to heayy ice
gorges which came down the Allie
gheny river.
That the bridges were not swept
away is considered marvellous by riv-
er men and it is said that these struc-
lures will be found to have been
greatly weakened when the water sub
sides.
Frightened feminine guests in the
Lincoln, Colonial, Annex and Ander-
the flood zone, are marooned and are
watching the high water from the
Windows
-Four theaters, the Gaiety, Alvin,
Belasco and Bijou, are flooded and
will be dark for several days.
Most Of the fire engines in the down
town districts are pumping water out
Of the buildings along Fifth Ave. At
the First National bank building at
Fifth avenue and Wood 'street, the
basement is submerged to a depth Of
several feet and efforts are being
made to protect the dynamos which
generate power to the Western Union
Telegraph office. The Office of the
Associated Press is located in this
building and momentarily il was ex-
pected through the night that the
wires of the business organizations
would fail.
Strenuous efforts Of a force of men
assisted by a fire engine, saved the
dynamos, but shortly before o'clock
the electric light dynamo succumbed
to the effect of the waters.
The situation outside Of Pittsburg
is serious.
Damage running into million of dol
lars has been done; many towns are
cut off from this city; upwards of
thousands Of families have been forced
from their homes and these conditions
is expected to prevail for several
days.
At Wheeling, great damage has
been done. Train and telegraph ser
vice is out of commission, and the
residents are panic stricken
The crest Of the flood has not yet
reached that point, and the situation
grows serious.
To add to the confusion in Pitts
burg, two early morning fires broke
out. The firemen experienced diff
Guilty in fighting the, flames owing to
shortage of water in the mains.
XNnI1SNif1n q March TX
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-16
Car Service LResuno E 4

Louisville, Ky, March 15-Car
service which was interrupted last
Sunday morning by the strike Of err
ployes of the Louisville street rail-
way company, was resumed Friday
morning on all lines.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-16
Heavy Storm Strikes Macon.
NUMBER 274

Macon, Ga. March ia severe
rain and wind storm, striking Ma
con at dark en- THURSDAY even
ing, did considerable damage TO
property. The entire glass; f.cnt of
the Dannenberg company, ca Third
street, was destroyed by the strong
winds. The damage here amount
ed to over a thousand dollars. Other
places in the business section suf-
fered slighter losses The storm
was terrific for more than an hour
and the rainfall was very heavy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-16
Order Is Renewed .

Rome, March 15.-The congrega-
ton of the inquisition has renewed the
order Of the communication
against Archbishop Vilatte, head of
the French apostolic Catholic church.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-03-16
Willing To Have Hair Cut.

London, March % As an indica-
ticl Of the length to which women
suffragists are willing to go in order
to obtain admission to the house of
commons where they may make de-
monstration, Mrs. Martin, the new
secretary of the woman's political
union declares they are willing to
have their hair cut. When asked
if the sufragists would also adopt
male attire, the secretary refused to
answer the question
Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-09

ate the impression that the governor carried on this whole transaction with the Pennsylvania Development com pany, that he originated it and put 1t through. Not a word is said about the fact that it was a completed deal, that the note which was paid to Coy ernor Hagerman had already been accepted by a former administration, as full payment for these land, and that the governor could not refuse to accept the payment of a note made payable to the territory. Not a word is said as to how the application was made and the deal closed, the deeds signed, months before Governor Ha- german Came into office. Reference is only made to the fact that Governor Hagerman delivered the deeds and that he received the money upon this S10.0o0 note of Andrews and asso- ciates. Moreover, although the condi- tions of the delivery of these deeds are we'll known to the framers of this reso- lution. no reference is made to the fact that this was a note. already ae- cepted by the territory in payment for the territorv's iands-the whole matter is carefully shaded and icolored so as to reflect on the governor and to injure him if possible. A careful ef- fort has been made, moreover, to spread this attempt as far as possible. The resolutions were sent out from Santa Fe to the Associated Press, without explanation and with merely the text of the resolutions.
 The fact of the matter seems to be that the failure of their efforts to in- iure the governor in Washington. and the flat and hearty endorsement which the governors every act has received from the administration, has mad dened the machine men, who are hit ting out wildly in their efforts to stem tide which has long since passed be. yond their control.
 If the house committee makes an honest and complete investigation of the Pennsylvania Development com pany transaction, It will be of ,consid- erable value to Governor Hagerman. since it will clear up this matter for all time in the public mind. The house committee, even if a majority of the committee should have the dis position, which is not believed, could not construe the affair into any more damaging form than that in which 1t was submitted by the machine to Washington, where 1t was datIy turned down and rejected.
 The progress of this investigation will be watched with interest. there fore. and like many of the other ef- forts of the machine to discredit the governor, 1t seems likely to work it. self into from which will be for the information of the people and the good of the territory.