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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18

Jesus does not affirm the inveterate per-
slstence Of poor class. He does not say,
"Ye will have the poor with you always
Poverty. like sin, is to be substantially elm
ta1 4 it5 : i
The Alaska prospector., 1908-01-30
CHAMBER GIVES
 HARLAN SUPPORT
Passes Resolution IndOrSing Official Course of the
 District Attorney.

The chamber of commerce Friday night passed resolutions of confidence in Judge Harlan and approval of his course as district attorney. Two votes were cast aguinst the resolution. It's text is as follows:
 "Rcsolved; That it is the opinion of this body Chat during the time Nathan V. Harlan has held the Cffic, of United States attorney of this di- vision his conduct as a public chiccl has been commendable, and we be- lieVc him to be an able prosecuting officer, and conscientious in the dis charge of his public duties."
 Letter About Roads
 letter was read from Capt. Pi1sbury of the Alaska road commission stating that until congress maKes the annual appropriations for Alaska roads he could not say how much money would be available for improvement of the Fairbanks trail, but promising to give it all possible consideration.
 A resolution reported by B. F. Mil lard from the committee named last week to draft statement to be sent to the post office department at Washington calling attention to de- lays in mails by steamers from the outside was read and passed.
 A statement from the committee appointed for the purpose was read setting forth the most vital improve ments needed on Fairbanks trail read and adopted. It recites the difficult ties of travel through Keystone can yon and over the summit and asserts that work is especially needed be- tween Valdez and Beaver Dam, forty one miles, to make that part of the trail permanent wagon road. A special appropriation of $1OO.0O is asked for the purpose.
 The statement was prepared by B. F. Willard, J. 0. Martin and P. c. Charles. It was adopted and copies oreered sent to Delegate Gale and the Alaska road commission.
 ad chamber
 The secretary was instructed to send the following message to Capt. Pills bury, of the read commission, at Skagway:
 Unusual mild weather. Trail very difficult. Your mep and stock needed tohelp."
 A, J. Adams was elected treasurer of the chamber.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-01-30
HEAVY MACHINERY
 GO|NG OVER TRAIL
Many Consignments of Bulky Freight Now on Way or
 Awaiting Start.

A great deal of heavy freight ii now going over the trail or lying il Valdez awaiting transportation to tho interior. On account of the unusua mildness of the winter, which delaye, freezing in the canyon, winter frei ghl ing on the trail wasislow. i'll startin; put it has been. goingsin Large qual cities this month. ..,-.,, ...... ..,. ss-
 An cXper;ment in trail .frcigh, ing-i low in, progress in the 4transp or,atiC. of heavier articles than have bee carried heretofore. Harry NFisch ': taking in some heavy clble and otLe machinery for the Bonanza minin, company. One piece of machiner. weighs 22C0 pounds, which. isT- said7 be the heaviest Asingle article .eve Sledded over the trail. The cable i in coils of 1000 pounds, which is a eXtraorlinary weight to take, up th' summit. Fitch is taking $50 tons {, 0hc Bonanza.
 Estcrly has a contract to take ii !00 tons of hydraulic machinery. {, tho Nizina. Forty tons are alread, on the way.
 Fish and Walsh have a contract L jal;o cighty-thrce tons for the ne, telegraph line to Gulkana. Of thi forty tons is stock feed and forty 0hroc tons line material. Ed Younj aas contract to take in sixty tCl 'or the government. Each of thes firms io employing ten men an, twenty horses.
 A government mule train is goin, in with supplies fer road work thi 5ummer.
 The new telegraph line to Gulkan. viii be constructed by civilian laboI tlc first time civilians have been en plrTcd on line work in Alaska.
 James McCarthy, fifty tons for tn Huakaliua.
 Captain Austin F. Lathrop of tho Califorlia-Alaslsa Company, thirt, Jons for the Kotsina.
 Williams Brothers are taking a larg, plant to work placer property or DaI crook.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-01-30
SRvELYN THAWS AGAIN

Once more comes Evelyn Nesbit fhaw ard under the limclight warns over last years fervid story. So thoughtful of the district attorney to insist that this melting Thaw case be always tried in cold weather. Else the New York public might go crazy with the fesmentGtion of natural and artificial heat.
 Nine months of rest, retirement and reflection have enabled the fair Eve lyn to refresh her memory and bring forth some incidents she had forgot tor about her atliiiation with Stanford White. There were so many degrees in her mysterious ruin that she over looked tho dizzy red velvet swing when sho frat told her tale.
 All this makes hot stuff for the capacioua New York maw of scnsa- tion. Nowhere is scandal so popular as in the provincial town on Manhat- tan isle, The New York philistine rises every morning and prays, "Give us this day our daily slush." Nan Patterson WAS the Eride of tho me- bropolia for q year CT two but Evelyn Thaw oCtip9es her IS d society favor itc i'll TaDmany- town.
 The shock Jo popular taste which sho district attorney offered when he tried to exclude tEc public from the courtroom was shor5.!iv2d. Counsel for defendant and th" court knew what New York demands and the bars were left down. It didn't much matter because thc chaste Journal ard American will print all the testi- mony except what would certainly exclude them from the mails.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-01-30
REvERsES BUREAU LAW

Bureau Legislation has received q shock by the decision Uf Judge Lewis in the United S5JAlCj district court nj Denver holding ahiy coal lands may be alicn4Led by applicants t. pttr- chase before isa%c of patent. No- ono but 0u!oau podant would ever have thought Cf tCTturing the law in- to any CtnCr CGn3tructiOn as it con- tains no language that warrants the land office ruling Chat a purchaser must sWe2r thao he Was taking I6O acres Of coal land b. farm for his own use aul that lc never dreamed of selling it to anybody oI8e.
 This laal oill % legislation has crip- pied the coal indus5ry in Alaska, be- ing aided and abat5ei therein by ex- ecutivo orGors sUspcnding all coal en- tries in the territory and the with drawal of coal lands from further cn- try until this Teddy bear administra- tiOn decides what kind of a toy to make of Alaska. No lawyer has ever been able to find in the federal stat utes any authority fOr the presiden- tial order withdrawing coal lands from entry but roiormer9 never trouble themgclve3 much about law.
 While the decision of Judge Lewis is not effective outside of his juris- diction it resulted in the immediate backing down of the general land of flee from is refusal to allow sales of pCol IcuCs kC qDrc i.y,rypcc ,,f [, y,to,l sud probably TO more will be heard of15. The burelncrlts will gestate some ether fad.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-01-30
HURTS NoBoDY's FEELINGS

Delegate Cale's announcement that Congress is taking no interest in ter ritorial government for Alaska is no surprise Or disappointment to any body, Advocates of home rule for Alaska have never expected that it would be accomplished until after q long campaign of education. It will be several years yet before territorial government is ordained and would be .thatlong if everybody in Alaska were in favor of it.
 The slow progress made in getting consideration for home rule at the national capital is the best evidence that the territory will never have in telligent local legislation until it has q local legislature At the present time all it receives is doled out as charity by tinhorn politicians who know as much about Alaska as rab- bit does about the kingdom of heaven.
 Still there is no reason why any body should get mad CT excited over tho situation. Residents of Alaska came here understanding that it was ruled as penal colony but believing that they could prosper in spite of absurd laws, and most of them are do- ing so. A great many Alaskans are making more money than Congress- man and, most Congressman get more than they are worth.
 Blessed are they who expect notl.- ing for they shall not be disap- pointed.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-01-30
Jury Turns Torres Loose

A jury in the district court Thurs day evening decided that Manuel Tor res did not assault First Assistant En- gineer Cooling of the steamer North western, or if he did assault him it was no crime, or that Cooling was not within the purview of the statute which afIIxes a special penalty to the act of striking ships ofIicor on the high seas, or that Torres was entitled to be turned loose on general princi- pies, or that If he was convicted war might follow with Chile, to which republic Senor Torres owes allegi- ance. Anyway the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
 Torres tried to get continuance Thursday morning because witness named Stuck was absent, he know not where, and now they say at the courthouse that if the prosecution could not stick Torres in the absence of Stuck lt may be lucky for tho de- fondant that Stuck did not stick to the boat and appear at the trial.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-01-30

Just before the California court of appeals reversed tho conviction of Ex-Mayor Schmitz, upholding nearly every exception taken by tho defense to the rulings Of Judge Dunno in the trial court, the news came that the conviction of Ex-Congressman Will Hanson of Oregon on a technical charge in the United States district court of that state had been reversed by the circuit court of appeals. Fran cis J. Honey may be one iird of a lawyer but his conduct Of crjn,inal trials indicates that his chief talent is tlle Sktffity to drag trial judges into Sbors of i.T.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-01-30
STRIKE BREAKERS
 FOR THE PANAMA

A large number Of Russians- the number is said to be 150--were brought in on the Northwestorn to gc to the Tanana to work in the mines there. They wore picked up by Tan ana mine owners or their agents in Seattle.
 It is stated that the Tanana miners, union has twenty pickets in Seattle to try to keep miners from goirg to that district.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-01-30
TAKE INTEREST IN
 AUTOMOBILE FACE
Valdez Will Soon Entertain Caravan of Globe -c;rcIing
 Power Vehicles.

Local interest is increasing in the automobile endurance contest which will start February 15, and which ig to be conducted under the auspices of The New York Times, of New York, and Le Matin, of Paris, France. Without dOubtit will be Cne of the most important and daring undertakings ever recorded in the history Of high class sport.
 The plan provides for the race L, commence at New York city and end, t is expected, at Paris, traverJing che United States, Alaska, Siberia, then jhe more civilized parts of Russia, Germany and France. From New York city the route lies through AL )any, Cleveland, Toledo, Chicago, Omaha, Ogden, Reno, to Goldfeld, to Southern California, passing within 100 miles of Los Angeles, thence up the coast through Santa Barbara to San Francisco. Tho trip from San Francisco to New York was make last year by w. w. Whitman it. fifteen days and twelve hours, bui that was in summer. It is expected that the coming journey will be ac- complished in less than one month.
 To Sail For Valdez
 At San Francisco the contestants will take steamer to Seattle anC rom there will tranship to Valdez. It. expected that this point in the tourney will be reached by the end of March. After stepping in Valdez for l couple of days the contest will con- inue to Fairbanks, to Fort Gibhon, Town the Yukon to Kaltag, across tc Unalaklcet, and along the shore ice of Norton sound to Cape Dcnbigh, cutting across the neck Cf Morton pay to Cape Darby, thence still along 5he shore. if possible, to Solomon anc to Nome. At Nome the contestants will be compelled to remain unti shortly before the ice forms in Boring strait in the fall, when a steamer chartered for the occasion will trans port men and machines to East Cape, where they will be left. As soon al. ohe ice along the shore will permit the attempt will be made to reach tho mouth of the Colyma river, following the shore of the Arctic ocean, a. which point the expedition will syrikC inland, passing through the Russian cities of FerchOjan8I, Gvedno Koly- msk, Yallutsk, IrkutsS and MCscoU to Berlin and thence to Paris.
 Look For Trouble
 The difficulties and dangers Of inc entire trip are by no means mGereg- timated by those concerned, but in view of the preparations that have been made and that are yet to be completed it is believed that thCl may be overcome IL is rccCrnizcC by those interested that a Iatc etartis being made but the idea was not orig mated until last November, leaving little time in which to complete plans for the building of autos especially designed for the trip.
 It is known that seven cars will start in the race, three of these iron France, one frcm Italy and three from the United States. The fcreie7 contestants and cars are to sail iron France for New York Fobrnary and are expected to arrive eirht CT nine days later.
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The Alaska prospector., 1908-01-30
Notice

All Iurchases made for the cit, hereafter wIll be ordered by specia rqulsitiOus, and no b lis will he nl- .owtd unless accompanied by sucl acquisitions, s!gued by at least one O he purchasing committee tMeesrs Whitley, Grigshy ar,d Lnng.J Al iI!s. accompanied by the reqnisItious must be presented at tho town clerk flee, in l.. ArchIhald's store, bcfor, he first Monday in eLch month. or they will not be paid until the follow | z month.
 By Order Of the Council.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-01-30
Valdez Weekly PrOSpeCtOr

'Nsi sned al Valdez, Alaska. every Thu sdsy ey tsr PEosPBcTok pUHLIsHINC Co
 PRONE MAIS 1. SnIJTed at tue Valdcz Posloftice as second slas> matter. Sas., riptioo ss per year. e for six months
 single copies lUveUtS
The Alaska prospector., 1908-01-30

The Alaskan boasts that Cordova now has mule among other curios-
The Alaska prospector., 1908-01-30
Notice to Horse Owners

Noucc is h"rehy giveu. ti at horse running loose on tho streets of th' 'own of Valdez hereafter, will he take Gp aud lmpuumded hy the mars hal. l. accordance wi b the provisions of th, town oG diuaLcr.
 By Order of tue Council
The Alaska prospector., 1908-01-30

Tt Is not cie&r why Mr. Wbitebouse, of New York, wants to build smnlter at Skagway to treat Prince William sound copper. ,Pcrhaps he is unfa- miliar with Alaska geography.
The Alaska prospector., 1908-01-30

The soattle vinSgar manufacturer who has made tohrteen attempts to dSrsin'te his partAer's hoHse must havN been goureG by Sis business.
Evening journal., 1908-12-14

the delegates by the mail In your Office
envelope, and created surprise from
the fact that IN several changes which
have taken place in your official book
OF stamp using firms. no such notices
have reached the A. +. OF L. Conven-
tions, nor the affiliated unions about
other firms who had been dropped from
the list. Had the Douglas Co. been
/ known as an antagonistic firm, the
surprise would not have been notice.
able. but when we all have beon SO
used TO the stamp on those shoes and
wore invited. as recent as our Norfolk
( Convention. TO congratulate the Doug
las co. by vote for maintaining its
contract relations with your union,
even TO the extent Of discipllnlng a
lreheilious local tho plentiful dlssemi-
nation Of the leaflets IN question was
noticeable The Denver Convention.
OF course. as the delegates of your
union WIN testify. was neither called
upon. nor did il IN any way take ac-
tion on this dispute The discussion
herein referred 20 was confined to an
Executive Council meeting, and on my
report
Our Executive Council doubts the
wisdom OF arbitrarily dopriving a
strictly union factory Of the use OF
the union stamp. especially when in
that factory good work i~c conditions,
and high wages are admitted TO exist.
It questions the advisabilitv OF making
a trade agreement with firm. and
then Furnishing Il by withdrawal OF
the union stamn FOR exercising the pro-
visions OF that agreement the more so
as that document contained the cs-
sential qualification to an up-to-dat
trade agreement-the pacific adjust
meut OF disputes. without the inter-
vention OF strikes or loekonts.
AS a greatly interested third party
the A. J.. OF LII e.. those Il both d.
rectly and Indirectly represents--is
very desirous to see this contention
terminated in rational. and, there-
fore. fair end equitable manner. and
believes that If the proper spirit or
practical adjustment is utilized. that
this can be accomplished. Its Execu-
tive Council stands read 70 assist the
w I. Douglas Co. has intimated fits
desire 20 continue n strictly union
shop. and 10 use the union stamp.
and this desirable consumation seems
to be possible. II like spirit is mani
Tested by the Root and Shoe Workers
Union. We viii await the outcome
with more than ordinary interest. and
In closing hope that better judgment
will prevail. 10 the end that all de-
string to do so may continue TO wear
union stamped, Douglas-made boots
and shoes.
BY the direction Of the Executive
Council A. 2. of L.
Fraternally yours.
Signed, JAMES DUNCAN.
First Vice President
Evening journal., 1908-12-14
DO IT NOV
Wilmington People Should Not Wait
Until II is Too Late.

Wilmington People Should Not Wait
Until It is Too Late.
The appalling death-rate from kid
ney disease is due I'm most cases to the
fact that the little kidney troubles are
usually neglected until they become
serious. The slight symptoms give
place to chronic disorders and the suf-
fcrer goes gradually into the GRASP
Of diabetes. dropsy, Brights Disease
gravel or some other serious form OF
kidney complaint.
If YOU suffer from backache. head
aches. dizzy spells; If the kidney secre-
tions are Irregular OF passage and un-
natural i'm appearance, do not delay
Help the kidneys at once.
Doan's Kidney Pills are especially
for kidney disorders-they cure where
others fail. over one hundred thou
sand people have, recommended them.
Here's a case at home;
Mrs. James i. Adams, 403 Madison
St. wilmington, Del, says: MY
husband suffered from kidney trouble
for twenty years. He had acute pains
In the small Of his back, especially
severe after a hard days work. In the
morning he was languid and tired and
in no fit condition TO begin the days
duties Seeing Doan's Kidney Pills
highly recommended. he procured a
box at y. 3. Dsnforth's drug store
The nai~ ,--o- relieved. his back made
strong. ne was able TO rest well at
night and arose in the morning feeling
refreshed In 1897 Alr. Adams gave a
statement recommending this remedy
and he is now pleased TO confirm every
thing he then said
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents Foster -Afilburn Co. Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's-and
take no other.
Evening journal., 1908-12-14
WHAT HEPTASOPHS
ARE DOING

Friendship Conclave No. met last Fri
day night with large number present
despite the rainy night. One candidate
was accepted and he will be present ON
next Friday night TO be initiated. The
degree staff is requested to be present at
that time 70 perform the work. The NJ.
p. Grand Archon, Henry Meyer, was
present and told OF his eighteen DAYS
hunting trip IN the Blue Mountains He
secured large deer. which he Is having
mounted and expects to show 70 his
friends In the near future.
Charles w Stanford and Deputy Cor
oner Harvey Z. Nichols were present and
spoke very encouragingly OF the work
in Mizpath Conolave. to which they be-
long.
Evening journal., 1908-12-14
PROPoSAI.S

Sealed proposals VIII be received by
the PUBLIC BUILDING COMMITTEE
of CITY COUNCIL, until Thursday
evening, December 1l. az s o'clock for
painting the hall and stairs. woodwork,
walls and ceilings from inside OF en-
trance doors TO and Including the cell
ings ana landings above the second floor.
The specifications may be seen in the
Office of Clerk Of Council.
Proposals must be addressed to THE
MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF WHINING
TON" and marked 'PROPOALS FOR
PAINTING" and must be deposited
with the Clerk Of Council on or before
the above date.
The right to reject any or all bids is
reserved.
BY order OF Council -
Homer c. SIMMONS.
Chairman OF Public Building Committee.
dli-St-eOd
Evening journal., 1908-12-14
FIND MISS TROTTER
WITH HER RELATIVES

Miss Mary A. Trotter. who disappeared
from her home. No s1s Chestnut street
on saturday afternoon. after weeks ill
ness. and caused her family much worry
and the police some trouble. searching
all night Saturday for her was located
IN Philadelphia A brother Of the young
woman went TO that city yesterday and
found her with relatives. Miss Trotter Is
suffering from a nervous afhiction.
Evening journal., 1908-12-14
RuiIdIna Was Not on .Eire.

Some one saw smoke coming from
the frame shed at Oak and Franklin
streets yesterday afternoon and tele-
phoned to the Weccacoe -'-e Company
that the building was being burned. A
chemical responded and when the fire.
men investigated they found that the
smoke came from a furnace in which
an italian was heating some iron.
Evening journal., 1908-12-14
Z I'M THE REALTY WORLD
%NSSNNNNNSNSNScNNSNNNNScN
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE


ItOR SALE OR RENT--A LARGE
business property, fronting on Fourth
street. Fifth street, and Pcnnsylvania
Railroad Freight Yards. elevated siding.
runs through property. over IA coal bins.
large stable, ofiice and store room. The
entire property over 1900 square feet.
ground surface rs under roof. Immediate
possession. THE pIffLLIpS-THOMP-
SON, CO, 200 East Fourth street dl2-tf
FOR SALE
Store building. Kine st. suitable FOR
apartment house. club department Hicro
or any business. Best retail square. Re-
duced price n sold soon. Address BE-,
Journal Ofnce. nli.im-cod
Evening journal., 1908-12-14
SHERTFF's SALES


slihkiFbrS SALE.-BY VIRTUE or a
writ OF Leveri Facias. 20 me directed,
VIII be exposed 20 Public Sale at the
Middletown Hotcl, ia the town OF Mid
uletoWn' New Castle county, Delaware.
THE 30rH DAY on DECEMBER, 1905.
at li.30 o'clock. a. m.
the folowin.g described Real Estate, viz.
All that certain. lot. piece or parcel OK
land, situate IN tho town OF Middletown,
New Castle county. state OF Delaware.
wit:
Beeinnlng at a point upon tho cast side
oi Broad street, a corner FOR this land
and the lnnd OF John W. Wright. an
oaatcrly course, n distance OF one hun
dred and eighty GS0l feet. more or less,
10 Wilson street for corner, thence
along said Wilson street, a northorly
or less 10 q point. "a corner Tor this land
and tho land OF Richard Lockwood and
Mary r. Lockwood; thence with the line
of the land Of said Lockwood westerly
course distance of one hundred and
eighty OsW feet more or loss TO Broad
street. thence along Broad street, a
southerly course, distance OF htty Oo|
feet home TO the place Of beginning. Con.
tanning ninn thousand superficial feet
of land. BE tho same more or less.
Seized and takcn In execution as the
property OF Louisa 3. Moore Admin
istratrlx OF William H. Moore. deceased
Morigqgor and Louisa S. Moore. eurviv'
Ing Mortgagcr md 20 be sold by
HENRY STAFFORD. sheriff.
Shorlmg Office, Wilmington Del. De
cemhcr II. 1898. di2-li-ii-2l-2i-2
BHERITF's sALE-By VIRTUE or A
writ OF Ais. IeVari faCiu1, so me direct.
ed. viii be exposed TO Public Sale, at thl
Court House. on Market street. beiwef
Tenth and Eleventh streets. In tho .iti
OF Wilmington. New Castle county, Der
Evening journal., 1908-12-14
FIREMEN WERE
NOT NEEDED

Patrolman John Purcell prevented a
serious fire last night at the home Of
James semple. NO 1924 Washington
street. He discovered blaze in the sec
ond story front room OF the house while
he was walking by on the other side Of
tho street. Dashing into the house he
found that a lace curtain had blown
ugainst lighted gas jet and the blaze
had quickly spread to the woodwork OF
the window frame. The officer succeeded
in beating out the flames.
The Phoenix Fire Company was SUM
noned by telephone but the fremen did
not go into service as Purcell had tho
blaze under control when they arrived.