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The Nome daily nugget., 1908-01-04
NOTICE.

In the Probate Court. for the Fair haven Precinct, District of Alaska Second Division.
 In the matter of the estate of Jens Neilsen. deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that the un- dersigned has been appointed by the above named court administrator of the estate of Jens Neilsen, deceased and that all persons and creditors hay ing claims against the said estate are hereby required to present their claim with the proper vouchers to the under signed, at his residence in the town of Candle, District of Alaska, within six months from the date of this notice. Dated November 16. A. D., 1907.
 R. H. FOX, Administrator of the Estate of Jens
 Neilsen, deceased.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-01-04
NATURAL GAS DISCOVERED
 NEAR TOWN OF GREENFIELD

GRENFET.L, Sask.. oct. 17. - Con siderabI, excitement has been caused here owing to the discovery of vein of natural gas near the town. as it is believed that if the gas is found in large quantities lt will mean a good deal to the future of Grcnfru At any rate it has started a boom in real estate and is the great topi" of discuss sion
 T. appears that for some time farm CTS and others driving past q certain spot noticed peculiar hissug sound, but if was not until yesterday the cause of this was discovered \ farmer driving past who had been several times attracted by the noise proceeded to investigate if. He lit match over the spot and there was an immediate" explosion and flame several feet in height shot into the air. singeing his whiskcrs and blowing his hat off.
 When tine farmer came to town and reported the matter a large number of citizens went out to look into it. They found the gus to be issuing iron. q hole alongside the road, and there is every indication that it is there in large quantities. Steps are now being taken to test the quality. and companies are being promoted to work it. Also there k stampede to ail tine property i'm mcdiatcly adjoining and extensive bor- ngs are being made with the hope of tapping the same ns-ure at some other point
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-01-04

Largest Billiard and Pool Room in Alaska at the Board of Trade.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-01-04
Sweet Cider at Tea Store.
NOTICE.

In the District Court for the District of Alaska, Second Division.
 Public notice is hereby given that pursuant to an order of said court dat ed the 20th day of December 1907. special term of the District Court of Alaska, Second Division, will be held in the court room of said court at Nome, Alaska, to begin the 2Oth day of January, 1908, at II o'clock a. m. In witness whereof, l have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 2Oth day of December A. D., 1907.
 JNO. II. DUNN. Clerk of the District Court of AL
 aska, Second Division.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-01-04

Thr old Italian anG Swiss wines, ports and shrrries al Nestnr's
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-01-04

The only first t-oIass teas and fresh roasted coffee in city at Tea Store.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16
GUARD TIE COURTS!

For one of the most important du-
ties which the next President will be
called upon to perform William How
ard Taft is specially qualified-qual-
flied, at least, as thoroughly as any
man ever nominated for the Presi-
Dental Office 1t is a duty which vi
tally concerns the stability of the jul
dicial authority and the even balance
of power among the three co-Ordin-
ate branches of the Government.
During the next Presidential term
four vacancies will certainly be
created on the bench of the United
States Supreme Court because of the
retirement of that number of the
present Justices on account of their
age. 1t is within the limits of posi-
bility that the number of vacancies
may be further increased by death or
other causes. With five vacancies to
fill President Roosevelt's successor
would be in position to appoint a ma
jority of the Justices of the Supreme
Court, and thus recast the member
ship of our highest legal tribunal.
The selection of Justices Tor that
court is one of the gravest trusts re-
posed in the President, and to the
honor of our institutions it has al
most invariably been discharged with
a sacred regard for the great social
obligation which it implies. 1t re-
quires upon the part Of the President
not only a lofty sense of patriotism
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16
WHY NORTHERN NEGROES
WILL VOTE FOR TAFT

Bishop Grant. of Kansas, one of
the most influential leaders OF the
African NJ. e. Church, makes a point
that must impress every intelligent
colOred man when he says that if the
Bryan platform had held out any hope
or promise to the negro that Demo-
Gratis would protect him in his consti-
tutional rights, there might have been
some desertion from the Republican
to the Democratic party in the Ma
tional campaign. But, as no such
hope was held out, and as even the
prospect of obtaining cOlored votes
in Northern States could not move
the Democracy to show any sign of
departing from its course of oppres-
sion and disfranchisement in dealing
with the colored man where the DEM
ocrats have him at their mercy, that
is. in the South, it is now certain
that the colOred vote will go with the
Republican party, which gave the ne
gro his rights and safeguards him in
his rights, wherever Republicans are
in control.
The colored voters of the North
are, as a rule, intelligent and as well
educated as their white neighbors
They know what Democratic success
in this election would mean for their
colored brethren in strongly Demo-
cratic States, that the election of
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16
WHERE Mr.. TAFT WAS BORN.

When William H. Taft was porn
in 1857, the Tafts lived in an oiG-
fashioned. fiat-roofed, two-story Drlck
house in Mount Auburn, suburb OF
Cincinnati. It still stands, a nne'
dignified structure, set four or nYe
feet above the street level anu
fronted by a stone wall, surmouhteu
by an iron fence.
There we're famous times in the
old house when the Taft boys were
at home. Will was the leader IN al
sports of the Mount Auburn boys
captained them in their fights with
the Taylortown gang and lore
Swallowed in the unconscious mastery
he exerted over his crOnies the rae
ulty of getting along with men, OF
mixing" with sthem, of drawing the
sting of their animosities, OF indue-
ing them to see things in the right
light, as he sees them, which nave
been so conspicuously in evidence IN
his public career.
u interviewed probably a hundred
men who had known Taft as boy or
a man." said a writer who devoted
weeks to gathering details OF MI
Taft's life, land every one Of them
said, with the greatest possible en-
phasis, that he was the finest fellow
on earth. ] believe that If man can
be found who comes near to having
no enemies, that man is Taft"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16

Mr.. Taft has been noted for his
ability to state a proposition clearly
for his clarity in expoundingIab-
struse matters. This faculty helped
him on wonderfully with the Filipi-
nos. He spoke to them simply. They
could understand him. To illustrate
the point, an old Filipino, during
discussion relative to Mr.. Taft, LIST
ened intently to the enumeration of
Mr.. Taft's merits by others in the
group, then said:
II will show you how different he
is from other men who talk to us"
Taking a stick he made two marks
in the dust of the road, one as
starting point, from which he drew a
zigzag and devious line, crossing and
recrossing and doubling upon itself
dozen times, to the other mark.
THE other men," said he.
Then he connected the two marks
with a single line in one clean,
straight sweep.
That is Taft" said he. "He talks
straight and plain"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16
TAFT's RETORT TO BRYAN.

With the most intimate knowledge
of Mr.. Bryan's secret motives, the
most careful distillation of reviews
of those who possess this knowledge
as well as that of his entire career
could not possiblyput in English with
such directhess and force and with
absolute fidelity to facts, Bryan as he
is, was the famous reply of Mr.. Taft
to the Nebraskan. Mr.. Taft went
over him with a foot rule, and the
peerless one was short in his meas
urements all over.
After telling Mr.. Bryan that he is
trying to separate himself from his
record with all the adrOitness &C
quired in a twelve years hunt for an
issue on which he can be elected Pres
ident, Mr.. Taft says of the Nebras-
kan: ''He presents the remarkable
spectacle of one who has been seek
ing the Presidency for twelve years
without success and without official
and without the tenac-
ity to test the various propositions
which he has advocated for reforms,
and yet of having events demonstrate
what a colossal failure he would have
made in each instance had he been
permitted to carry out his PROPOSE
lions in the policies of his country"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16
BRYAN's STIFFNESS.
(From the Troy Times.)

Bryan's stiffness is again seen in
his flimsy defense of his silver rec
ord. He alludes to some Republi-
cans who years ago were in favor Of
silver and advocated bimetallism. To
be sure they did, and at that time
the Republicans in question were in
line with many of the foremost econ
omists and financiers of the world.
But what they proposed was a very
different thing from what Bryan
championed. They were for bimetal-
lism in which silver should be accept
ed at certain ratio by all the nations
that would be parties to the agree
ment, and that would have made the
silver dollar practically the equivalent
of gold. Bryan was for free and in
dependent coinage of silver without
the consent of any other nation" at
a ratio that inevitably would have de-
based the currency, Frustrated bust
ness and brought lasting dishonor on
the Government. The more Bryan
founders on this question the deep
er he gets in the mud.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16

Members of labor unions, as citi-
zens. have the right and should care
fully consider the platforms and
promises of the different political
parties, and should vote as they be-
lieve the broadcast and best interests
of our country lie.
There can be no objection to this
from any source, and it is something
which every citizen should do. To
claim that any man or set of men, as
has been blazoned forth in the news
papers, will deliver the vote of or
ganized labor to any party is absurd
as it is an impossibility. Sincerely
yours, NORMAN E. McPHAIL."
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16
Mr.. G0MPERS REBUKED
BY TYP0GRAPHERS' Chief
Norman f. McPhail Declares Union
Labor's Vote Cannot be ''Deliv-
cred" by ANY Man or SetOf Men.

AAdhOE y NOAt AaAAAAAOt ~ DNAAN
cred" by Any Man or SetOf Men.
THE vote of organized labor. as a
body, will not, should not and cannot
be delivered to any party or by any
man or set of men" This is the
declaration of Norman =. McPhail,
president of the Typographical Union.
in a letter to Wills L. Moore, chief
of the United States Weather Bureau.
Thus another voice is added to the
rising protest of union labor against
the attempt of Mr. Gompers to de
liver" the vote of free American citi-
zens.
President McPhail's letter is as
follows:
Dear Mr.. Moore-Your letter of
September % has just been received
and read by me, as l have to-day re-
turned from a tour of some of our
New England cities for our organiza-
ton.
IN reply to the question you ask
me | will state that in my opinion
the vote of organized labor in this
country as a body will not and cannot
be delivered to any one party by any
one man or set of men. To allow
such a thing would be suicidal to the
labor movement of the country.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16

Bryan would rivet their bondage,
and make their lot harder than it is
now The negro vote of the North
will not be cast with the view of max
ing more distressing and more humil-
iating the situation of the negro in
the South The negroes will vote for
Taft, who says and means that to him
a black American is precisely the
same as a white American.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16
WORDS VS.. DEEDS.

4 CFrom the Baltimore Americana
X On the one hand, Bryan's
4 promises; on the other, Repub-
4 lean achievement.
K First, combinations of capital !
4 successfully prosecuted for lille J
X gal acts.
K Second, forty-nine indict- J
K ments against railroads and ,
K shippers for rebating; eighteen J
k convictions, only four failures J
k and twenty-seyen cases still J
K pending. !
Third, hundreds of thousands J
K of dollars actually paid to the J
K Government in fines, that of the ]
/ American Sugar Company alone J
/ amounting to $150,000.
r 81 4 + r 49, \ \ ~ =
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16
SECRETARY ROOT AT sARATO

1t is natural to observe that If
people of the country desire railro
to be regulated, and the laws rega
ing them to be enforced, it would .
wise to entrust that regulation
Mr.. Taft, who believes in regulati,
and has esaith in the wisdom and {
feel ~ 'eE o7,the lay.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16

Democracy may be out of the
woods, as some Democratic speakers
are insisting, but what good is it go
ing to do them with the Red Sea of
Organism to be crossed before they
reach the promised land?
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16
CANNED"

(From Judge)
~ RYAN'S speeches now are
B :: !: !: g.. =. !: :. a =.
Purchasers of Bryan's brand
May as well remember
That the speaker will be canned,
Likewise, in November.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16

The rich man doesn't want free
trade because it will lessen his in
come, and the mechanic doesn't want
it for exactly the same reason.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16

Secretary Root on Americas Place
in the World-"Our country has not
lived unto itself alone. 1t is at peace
with all the world, but it is not the
Deaca of isolation
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16
(From the Republican National Plat
fOrm.)

We believe, however, that the in
terstate commerce law should be fur
ther amended so as to give railroads
the right to make and publish traffic
agreements subject to the approval
of the commission, but maintaining
always the principle of competition
between naturally competing lines
and avoiding the common control of
such lines by any means whatsoever.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16
THOSE. TAFT SPEECHES.

Rochester IN. " Democrat a
Chronicle.l
Do not fail to read the report
Judge Taft's speeches. Better spe
mems of sound, convincing, dlsp.
sionate arguments are rarely contr
uted to a campaign.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16

and duty, but high ideals of personal
fitness and judicial qualifications, to-
/ gether with a thorough and firmly
established understanding of the or
ganic structure of our Government
and of the functions and limitations
/ of each of its coordinate branches.
/ 1t is only to a President amply en-
/ dowed with those attributes that the
people can safely entrust the power
of appointing Justices of the great
tribunal which is at once the bulwark
and the final Interpreter of the Con-
stitutiOn.
William Howard Taft is pre-emiu-
emily a man of the type described.
His personal character, his public
service, his legal training, his etpe-
rience at the bar and on the bench to-
gether with his absolute freedom
from bias on matters affecting the
common welfare all combine to dis
tinguish him as one conspicuously
qualified to maintain and guard the
sanctity of our judicial institutions
with all the power 1T his command.
He possesses the judicial spirit in an
exceptional degree. He appreciates
the vital Importance of keeping our
courts of justice free from even
hint of partisan control, and his con-
duct on the bench presents a splendid
example of the upright judge admin /.
istering justice without fear or favor. /
With Mr. Taft as President the in
tegrity and dignity of the United /
States Supreme Court will be reso- /
lutely protected. Justices will be |
appointed solely because of their fit |
ness and without regard for Dartisan
influence. Pledged to the mainten-
ance of the Constitution as it stands
interpreted, and bound both by as
ISOLATION and sympathy to the ex-
allied standards of judicial conduct
which have governed the acts of the
Supreme Court, Mr.. Taft, elected to
the Presidency, will be instantly rec
ognized as an invincible guardian of
tt traditions and the honor of that
ve,utia Die tribunal.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-10-16

can H. so.-- that Mr.. poose,.o1.
carpghter or friend !, record Naith 81.
ca1ling that there liz II o-'i-Si
ghe acts are all up
pTOcurable actor exnect that that
rRcan acquire. The film al Troian
IN pm is that there is
q the owner insis 81
krOughOut and no IaKfrs are a
travel with the shQY. While Gay
lord 1t had q lie tbeIv &c and s slS "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-20
COWBOYS AND INDIANS
LOCAL LADS BUSY INITIATING
BUFFALO BILLS SHOWMEN.

Buffalo Bill with his Indians. cowboys
and others, departed last night. but there
are plenty pseudo Indians and cowboys
left in town to remind parents that the
show has been here. Two of the local
Indians were very much in evidence last
night and the police of the fifth precinct
were given a scare.
Come quick; there is some shooting
being DONE was the message received by
telephone.
Capt. Mathews was on duty al the sta
ton. and as the tone Of. the message In
dictated that murder was imminent he
hurried the reserves to street southeast
between 9Th and 18th streets. There was
no time to wait for the patrol wagon. the
captain told the members OF his COM
mand.
Bang" was heard by the police when
they arrived at the locality mentioned
Reaching a yard from which the sound
emanated. the guardians of the peace
found two boys dressed as Indians. They
were having a pow-wow such. they mag
ned. as Buffalo Bill had never been anle
to duplicate One had discharged a. small
rife. but had pointed It in 7dlrec1ion
which sent the bullets where no harm re-
suited The boys were advised 10 play
in future without resorting to the use of
explosives.
Small boys in all sections or the CITY,
have the Indian and cowboy craze. and
clotheslines and rope of almost every de-
scription art at a premium. Anticipating
a demand for such material, some dealers
arranged to lay in supplies large enough
10 fill rush orders. while many mothers
and sisters have found it necessary to
put their paint and powder upder lock
md key. Some of the more enthusiastic
Youngsters on Capitol Hill are discussing
the advisability of arranging wild west
show To take place on one of the vacant
lots in that section the Fourth OF july
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-20

Ia st night the following recently eiec'eu
officers were installed: Walter Plerpoin''
president: Charles Pierpoint. first vice
PRESIDENT: Cornelius R. Hess. second vice
president: Miss Elite NJ. Lyles. third vice
president: Frank Mason, fourth vice pres
ident: Miss Daisy Pierpoint. secretary
Mrs II. l.. Ramey. treasurer; KEY. W. w :.
Van Arsdale. superintendent OF the junior
League. A musical and literary program
us then given after which refreshments
were served.
General Matters.
In the police court this morning Charles
,Iordon. colored, forfeited s. collateral on
a charge of assaulting and beating Mar
tina Carter also colored. A fine OF -
was imposed on James Edmund. colored
charged with drunken and disorderly con-
duct
The ladies who will take part in the
Confederate memorial day exercises Mon
day next have arranged for a meeting
tomorrow night at Lee Camp Han 1of
the purpose of completing plans Owing
TO the absence of a quorum the meeting
of Sons of Confederate Veterans an
nounced TO have been held last night was
postponed.
The dancing club Of Alexandra Lodge
O. rs,
of Elks, will give its May dance tonight
at Luna Park
The local board of civil service exam
iners this morning held an examination at
the CITY post office to secure engines Tor
positions as clerk and carrier in the
Washington pest office. Sixty applicants
thirty-nine white and twenty-one colored
presented themselves for the ordeal. An
other examination will be held tomorrow.
Funeral services over the remains OF
John Doaery will be held at 81 Mary
Catholic Church at $50 o'clock tomorrow
morning. Rev. Father l.. F. Kelly VIII
conduct the services. and the lnterment
will be made in ST. Mary's cemetery.
Announcement is made that the crew
of the Old Dominion Boat Club. accom-
panied by several members of the cruz
will depart for Philadelphia Friday night
next to participate in the Henley regatta
which will be pulled off in that city Satur-
day. pa,,
DR.. S. B. Moore left today for Rich
mond to attend the closing exercises OF
medical school in that city.
Mrs. Mary w Greenwood. said TO be
from this city and who, according TO
dispatch received from Cincinnati, was
married in Covinston. KY. Yesterday to
G. S. Repp of Baltimore. Md. Is not
known in Alexandria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-20
ROOSEVELT is LAUDED
CUBAN MINISTER'S TALK FEA-
TURE OF PEACE DINNER.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. May 2o.-At
banquet in the assembly room of the Bel
ley,1e- Stafford. at which covers were
laid fer over 500 men and wom-
en-. the Pennsylvania arbitration and
neace conference last night brought to a
close the four days session which it has
been holding in this city.
In snite of the enforced absence of
the japanese and Brazilian Ambassadors.
who had expected to be present, and OF
the non-appeaIance OF Senator Sieios W.
Cullom and two of the other scheouie"
sneakers. the occasion was nflliiai.
one and, taken all in all. formed h''.hs
conclusion to the convention
Acting as chairman and holding III lIis
hand the engraved menu caro- ea, mo- emf
with tie flags of all nations ana Gu.
of the Carnegie conference bulldlns d,
.rbe Hae,fa WAYNE MacNeagh INTRODUCED
the first speaker by saying:
wayne MacVeagh's Remarks.
1T is a most agreeable duty to bid you
hearty welcome to the closing scenes
- o,,r most successful conference OF the
friends of peace, and we are, as Fhilaoei-
,,, &c pennsylyanians, as Americans
very nroud and very happy that IT mas
hpon from SldIt W iAi''SA'
successful and so educational. IL IS es
neciauy fitting that here In TINS c''s:
named not of hate. but of love; not OF
war but Of peace. we shouid nay
offered to the orators of last nisil one
If the most brilliant and inspiring au
diences which it was ever the privilege u
a nuhlic man to address.
Minister Quesada Speaks.
Mr. Macveagh then introduced Senior
Gonzalo de Quesada, the Cuban minister
to Washington; who sketched the eiiorts
toward international arbitration on the
mart of the South and Central American
repnblics and paid tributes to Bolivar
Roosevelt and Root.
Woman Praises Taft.
John Barrett, ex-minister to Siam, ana
now director of the bureau OF American
republics. followed this speaker. and was
in turn himself succeeded by Mrs Charles
Newbosd Thorpe of this city, whose praise
of Secretary Taft was received with loud
applause.
dee. Scotland delivered an address. IN
which he declared that the United States
should take the lead in the movement
toward world-peace.