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Douglas Island news., 1909-03-31
That Love Feast

The Washington, D. c. correspond ent of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer sent the following to his paper, relative to the so-called love feast, at which all the differences between Gov. Hoggatt and Delegate Wickersham was SUD- posed to have been patched up:
 "That the so-calIed Alaska loVefeast' held in Washington two weeks ago to- night was not really and truly an affair of the heart, but truce in the interests of the stomach, :.is the substance of statement made by Delegate Wicker sham today. He denies that the gath ering partook at all of patching up,' but was officially designated in advance as harmony dinner,' so as to make possible gathering of all Alaskans at the.festive board. The meeting at this feast of Governor Hoggatt and Dele gate Wickersham did not effect any sort of agreement between them as to patronage in Alaska, or anything else in the matter of state. About the only thing that they agreed upon was that the fried chicken was good. That, says the delegate, is the only place where the love came in.
 "The fact is, however, that the Alas ka factions, as far as they are repre- sented by Delegate Wickersham and National Committeeman Shackleford, who. is in accord with Governor Hog gait, are in agreement as to the princi- pal federal offices to be filled in the territory. As already told in these dis patches, there is no longer any contest, with the possible exception of one fed- eral appointment"
Douglas Island news., 1909-03-31

c. D. Murane, of Nome, has been ap- pointed U. s. district attorney for the Third judicial division. Murane was candidate for delegate two years ago.
 The Cordova wharf is 80X725 feet, af- lords an area of ,240 square feet and a supporting capacity of over 10000 tons. It is accessible at all times of the year and has warehouse, derrick and three railroad tracks. This wharf was built at a cost of S44, ,4077l-Alas- kan.
 The region about Knik has long been noted for rich gold discoveries. No proof more peculiar of the richness of the country has yet been produced than that which was furnished by a little inci- dent that occurred at the Bank of Sew ard yesterday, says the Seward Gate way. It seems that not long ago bear was killed near Knik and a part of the bears internal organs was sent to the Bank of Seward for inspection. Wheth- CT this was done in accordance with the belief of the ancient Romans that the future could be predicted by inspect ing the internal organs of sacrifice, and that by this means some knowledge of the future of the Alaska Central could be gleaned. or that there was suspicion that the aforesaid bear had fed on gold nuggets is not known. At any rate the inspection was duly and carefully made in the presence of three witnesses, and this bear contrary to the custom on Wall street was actually found to be boosting the market, for within the part of the internal anatomy sent to the Bank of Seward there was found gold which when weighed up, amounted to S9O in lawful coin.
Douglas Island news., 1909-03-31
The NOrthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North. Condensed. Information for Everybody.

No; President Taft will not come to Alaska.
 Lots are selling at Cordova as high as 5000,
 Canadians are investing money in Katalla oil lands.
 Business at Nome is dull, owing to the miners strike.
 Harvey Sullivan is to be U. s. mar shal of the Fourth district.
 E.J. RigIey, Council City pioneer, died on Jan. 14 of heart failure.
 100 men will be put to work on the Apollo mine at Unga in the spring.
 Bert Howdeshell is nov the editor and manager of the Ketchikan Miner.
 Steam boat men claim that light house is badly needed at Cape St.Elias.
 S. G. Cayley, a cook, was frozen to death on the tundra near Nome in Jan uary.
 Juneau is now boasting of taunery, which will no doubt smell nearly as good as a cannery.
 The Teller mail carrier, A. Nicholas, was caught in a blizzard and froZe both feet and one hand.
 The steamer Northland is still freighting gypsum between Chichagof island and Tacoma.
 Whitehorse has pulled off it's annual ice carnival, and Miss Spring may as we'll begin business.
 The Valdez Fairbanks trail is said to be in good condition, but an early breakup is predicted.
 Dr. David Tuesday, of Seward, has been appointed deputy U. s. marshal with headquarters at Susitna Station.
 Katalla boasts of wonderful eli. mate. Among the recent arrivals by the stork route was a fifteen-pound boy.
 Eight per cent copper ore has been uncovered in the Reynolds-Alaska De- velopment properties on Latouche island.
 Michael Labarge, one of the first eX- plorers of the Yukon interior, is dead. Two of the lakes of the Yukon are named for him.
 There is a hope that the Alaska Gen. tral railroad will be extended this year to mile 75, where the little town of Girdwood is situated.
 The wife of J. H. Causten, plaintiff in the famous "grubstake" suit against E. T. Barnette. has been granted divorce on statutory grounds.
 The sailing dates of the Bertha and Portland from Seattle have been changed from the 10th and 25th of each month to the 10th and 5th.
Douglas Island news., 1909-03-31

George Crosland, a bookkeeper and piano player, is supposed to be lost in the wilds of Alaska. His wife is living at Clifton Heights, Penna.
 The bark J. D. Peters, of the North western Fisheries Co.,, sailed from Se- attle on the 17th with supplies for the Orca raunery, near Cordova.
 In the past year over a score of women and children at Nome have been either killed or torn and terribly mu,ilated by malamute dogs.
 IL. Bales, the "famous guide" has gone to the Aleutian islands to lay off the land for party of world.renowmed game butchers who will visit that coun- try this summer.
 Judge Reid has dismissed the bank ruptcy proceedings against the Key holds. Alaska Development company, and the stockholders are paying off the debts of the concern.
 Volcanos along the route of the steamer Dora, as she makes her month ly voyage from Seward to Unalaska, are more or less active. Smoke can be seen issuing from several of them.
 A new town is to arise on Cordova bay, few miles from the present. town of Cordova, which, it is claimed, it will soon overshadow or eHace altogether by reason of it's superior location and harbor.
 Homeward Bound fraction on Harter creek, tributary of Cache creek, is the scene of the latest find in the Hot Springs district. Bedrock was reached at depth of 60 feet, and from six pans of dirt taken at random S2.35 was washed out
 The Skagway Alaskan thinks that Governor Hoggatt would do well to fol, low the example of Gov. Curry, of the territory of New Mexico, who resigned because the department would not all low him to spend his time hanging around Washington.
 Construction work on the Grand Trunk Pacific at Prince Rupert is still held back by the strike of the work men. The men had been working for S2.25 and S2.5O for ten-hour day, and demanded S3. Two big steam shoVels and four construction trains are stand ing idle.
 What is believed will prove to be a valuable mining property has been To- cated by the Gold Bullion Mining Co.,, about 36 miles north of Knik, at the head of Cooks inlet, and development work done during the past year has re- vealed ledge of gold bearing quartz nearly mile in length.
 Sam Wagner, who carries the mail between Seward and Tyonok, says Su- sitna station is a lively place now. Four men are kept busy at the Alaska Commercial company's store putting up outfits for the miners and prospect ors going out to the various creeks. Contracts have been let by the A. c. Go. for the mining of 250 tons of coal and also for the building of two new trading posts, one at the Forks and one at the mouth of Indian creek, at the head of navigation on the Susitna. The latter is for the purpose of supplying the Valdez creek trade, which it is be- Iieved will be very heavy this season.
Douglas Island news., 1909-03-31

Explorer V. Stefansson, connected with the American Museum of Natural History, has been caught in the ice foes of Flaxman island, and will have to renain some time in the frozen North.
 The statement of Falcon Joslin and others that the development of the coal mines in Alaska is being retarded by the attitude of the government, is to be investigated by the interior depart ment. So many statements have been made by AIaskans at Washington that were afterwards found to be false that all such breaks are now taken with grain of salt.
 Among the laws made by kind and indulgent congress for Alaska is one which provides for the appointment by the commissioners of road cOmmis- sioner in each district. This position pays q princely salary of $40 year, but if the appointee refuses to serve he is subject to a fue of S25. This is one case where the office will continue to seek the man.
 An authentic announcement has been made that the Guggenheims will build their railroad not only to the copper mines, but that there may be branchout railroad built from Fair banks to connect with the Copper River road at the Chitina. The Guggenheims will also build branch road to the anthracite coal mines to furnish coal to the coast.
 A prospector by the name of Somer- vile reports the finding of mountain of ore on Tigalda island, that is rich in gold and copper. Tigalda island is near Unimak pass and is one of the Krenitzin group of the Eastern Aleu- tians, near longitude 165 degrees, and is l2OO to 1900 feet high. The island lies very near the track of Seattle Nome boats and possesses very fine harbor
 Justice is slow. Ed Hasey killed a man nearly two years ago in the Key stone canyon affair and was finally con- victed of assault with dangerous weapon and sentenced to IS months in iail. He was liberated on S5,000 bonds last Saturday pending an appeal and will be at liberty until next October. A little more celerity would make our laws better respected.-Skagway Alas kan.
 It is alleged that a number of capital ists have organized and are trying to have the government open for occu- pancy Annette island, as it is known to be immensely wealthy in mineral. Many years ago, before congress grant ed this island to Father Duncan and his tribe of alien savages, American prospectors had located promising properties there, but their rights were completely ignored.
 T. B. Dalton, a prominent Atlin miner, is taking in sawmill and hy- draulic outfit, to be installed on the Placer Gold mines on Ruby creek. Mir. Dalton states that about 35 men will be at work on the Placer mines property this season. A ditch 2,6OO feet long will be built and the hydraulic plant installed. He states that the prospects are excellent. The property was thor oughly developed last year and aver aged S5.75 yard.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
gbe 2Tem;21ork gribaap1ps
SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1909.

Mr. Aldens remarks on the Shakespeare
Bacon controversy in the current number OF
fJIarpcrs' include some useful allusOns to the
state of mind sUperinduced in some quarters by
q mighty visible greatness incOmmenSuraDle WIN
its visible source The oracles who cannot al
lust the ShakeSpearan authorship of the poems
and plays TO the little that we know about
ShakeSpcarc's life are wonderfully inflated with
q sense Of their own superiority, scornfully as
serting that the faithful Shakespearan is be-
sotted believer in miraculous transaction
AS Mr. Alden says, without sense OF tins
miracle no one can comprehend the essential
Shakespeare" Logically. ShakeSpeare'S achieve
ment was, if you like, lone for which he had
no equipment but The Baconians are forever
forgetting that genius transcends logic De
yeloping that point Mr.. Alden says:
There was another marvellous personality.
two centuries before Shakespeare, now the
Reatifiod Maid What the equipment OF
This loan of Arc for her achievements She
could not read or write, could not ride, and had
never handled a sword when, still in her teens,
she was placed by the Dauphin in command or
his troops and, clad in white armour, mounted
g white war horse. lifted her white standard,
ana within a week had raised the siege OF Or
leans-turning defeat into victory-and re-
deemed France.
It is a felictous parallel that is indicated
here but it Will scarcely commend itself to the
iconOclast.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

Of footIights and also a colOred screen as a
background. and he made up his face as actors
do" There are several pages on this subject.
all Of which would like TO quote. but We must
be content with this significant passage Il
have seen all the important acting that has been
shown on the American stage within a past Of
more than fifty years; have seen but little. IN
the serio-comic vein, that was better than that
of Charles Dickens in the character of Dr-
Marigold." He quotes Dickens. by the way. as
having declared that it was Sol Eytinge who
made the best Illustrations for his novels and
the best portrait Of himself This portrait IS
reproduced a frontispiece to the present vol
ume. The author is very picturesque and inter
esting in his account of WiIkie Collins. He tells
US that that novelist was racked by excruCiating
pain when he was composing 'The MoCnstone."
but nevertheless continued upon his task. try
ing one amanueusis after another until he found
young woman capable OF taking his dictation
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

am encouraged to believe, more devoutly than
ever that the ministry Of beauty is the most i'm
portant influence operant upon society. and that
il never can fail" He has himself followed that
ministry and exertcd that influence. and he has
had his reward. finding in life spiritual and in
tcIIectuaI happinesses, the memory of which
now irradiates these pages and makes them, in
turn. beautiful
Il Is a fine thing to be able TO express love for
old friends without sentmentality, to record
loyalty to ideals Of greatness and goodness with
out hghfaIutin- We have spoken Of the poet in
Mr Winter. In reading any book Of his one IS
bound 10 feel the critic in him also. the steady
ing influence Of his well pondered judgment
Friendship does not blind him. He is faithful
always to the principles which he has based
upon experience and knowledge Thus in the
chapter LOngfcow. with which he begins
these recolIcctions. he gives not only aTec-
tionately drawn portrait OF the man. but
notable Interpretation of the poet. He is we'll
aware of the fact that individual lyrics might
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
WILLIAM WINTER.
Memories of His Friends 4mong
Men of Letters.

OLD FRIENDS. Being Literary RecoLlecuonS ~
Other Days. BY William winter 1HuS'IA''
svo, DID, 406. MOffat. Yard * Co
1t was in his youth that Mr.. Winter began ms
ac1uaintance with LongfelIow He speaks Oh
the OCCASION as coming "at time OF lie "he"
the affections are ardent when the conildlnB
fancy exuIts in its ideals, and when the Hiiilu
is susceptible to the charm of romance Ihdl
WAS q long time ago and the author OF TINS VOL
,1r7,e makes no pretence OF looking at lie to-u'S
through rose colored spectacles, but the poet III
him is still potent and by dint of a power "Ho"
only the poct can employ he somehow reNlNe9
for rs in his recolIectiOns all that made MS
world enchanting back in the 1os ana W >,
No doubt it was. in some of its aSpectS' d H@iu
world. The young man seeking to make HIS
way in literature half a century ago uou
tbornv path and was chronicaIy lmpecuhlous'
with not infrequent lapses into sohletnin6
CLOSELY. resembling destitution. But hearts were
light as brains were ready. in those DAYS
Winter and his comrades might hear the "oiI
at the door. but they were resourceluI you'ii''
and in one v-av or another would always man
age to elutie the unwelcome Vlsitor- lou leo'
tboir gavetv their courage ana IleH e9iN
y, This hook Best Of all. you feel their eXulta-
tio, in their ideals Closing his tribute 10 Al
drich Mr. Winter says: "As l think oil MN l
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

come. too fnasnnuch as it embraces brief Sut
very vivid sketches of number of clever men
long since forgotten. He does not exaggerate
their abilities He simply does justice to gallant
fellow workers of his who may not have Dos
sessed genius but were not mediocre, who
did creditabIe things in their day and are worth
remembrance.
Most Of these memories however, are Of au-
thors who left enduring marks, Longfellow and
Holmes, AIdrich and Taylor, Stedman and Cur
tfs Dickens and Wilkie Collins About all Of
these men Mr.. Winter tells Us many revealing
or amusing anecdotes. Those relating to Long
fellow are especially interesting in their Illus
tratiou of the poets never falling hurnOr The
nor4raits Of Holmes and AIdrich are eNquisitely
touched with sympathy and tenderness In the
second OF these there is a drOI recollection OF
Whitman. trenchantly described as "a common
place uncouth and sometimes obnoxiously
coarse writer, trying to be original by using a
ror1nIess style and celebrating the proletarlans
who make the world almost un1nhaDltaoIe DE
their yulgarity" The anecdote runs thus:
T, those Pobernian DAYS I participated in various
talks with Walt Whitman. and once asked nm
to obIige me with his definition OF the Poet Hls
asFSnt walt" I said what does he make
He gazed upon me for moment with mat
bovine air of omniscence for which ne was re-
rnarkabie and then he said: He makes Poems
Mr.. Winters chapter on Dickens has a double
interest 1t preserves his personal impressions
of that great writer, and it also gives 4 lumi-
nous critical account of Dickens as a reader
when before an audience the author says.
Dickens assumed the pose Of an actor He
wore evening dress, but he used the accessories
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

\ monument to CarducCi is to be erected in
Paris The idea may strike the foreign OBJ
server as 4 little odd. what peculiar claim"
he asks has the Italian poet upon French ad-
miration:" The question has presented itself
to NJ. EdOuard Rod, ard in Figaro he offers
an interesting reply Strictly speaking. it IS
not in his opinion. the poet that Will be honorcd
in this statue. Carducci, he thinks, is Of the
Horatian tradition, addressing himself more to
the intelligence than TO the sensibilites. In his
prose, too, he appeals not so much to readers OF
average culture as to those who are more or
less specialists in literary history In short
Carducci does not speak to a wide public In
France and M. Rod believes that his name has
been made known there much more through the
enthusiastic pronouncementS Of few readers
than through general acquaintance with his
work Why then should he be glorified by
monument in Paris? Because in all that he was
and in all that he Gid he showed his possession
In large degree of the sentiment of that ancient
Latin world from which France herself draws
so much of her inspiration, 50 many Of her most
precious traits. in truth" says NJ. Rod. this
great Italian was also great Latin" and there
fore it is fitting that Latin people should pay
him tribute. 1t is A charming illustration Of the
French habit Of living by ideas.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

Apropos OF an italian poet. may note that
Signor d'AnnunZiO after several years of con
ccntration on the poetic drama, has decided to
return TO romance. lie has been telling the
Roman correspondent Of the pail Mall Gazette
about the novel On which he means to work this
summer. a novel with this quaint title, perhaps,
Yes: Perhaps, No!' The central motive, it ap
pears will be found in 1.-The etern1l passion"
and the author announces that he will speak
Of love with complete expressions, profoundly,
without pity, justly, and with courage; with that
courage of expression which seems in me
quality even superior to my intelligence" The
interview closed with these words from the
novelist:
DO not know whether you have noticed how
incompatible the heroic forms of modern civil
ization, sports are with love. The contempt Of
women is the vital condition Of the modern hero,
just as the contempt of men IS that of the
latter-day heroine.
A beautiful shoulder with which I'm
love becomes at once immense; it takes the
proportions of the Himalayas, Obliterating the
horizon, that horizon. great and free, into which
study the young girl. and the work will interest
the young. 1 cannot say whether consola
Gon or as a despair
All of which is, Of course, vastly important
and edifying. We like that allusiOn of SignOr
1Annunzio's to his courage"
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
YOUNG HOPE.
BY f. NJ. GRIFFITHs.

E NJ.
I saw young Hope one day, where he did sit
Beneath a bower,
With little wit,
PLAYING a battered pipe through sun and shower.
WHO spying me. cried, 'Sir, met you sweet JOY?
She comes to-day
But she is coy,
And still to prove me fingers on the way.
sHThe night is cold your silly bower VIII let
The chill wind through"
How you forget .
Sweet Joy will come; it Will be warm with TWO.
rrboroat with bIue-cold lips. he piped full clear
\ merry strain;
Yet could / hear
How meath the notes there ran SOUND OF pain
Next morning from the valley to my door,
A breeze came signing,
And tidings bore
How bv the riverside young Hope lay dying
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

OLD FRIENDS Being Literary Recollections OF
Other DAYS. BY William Winter 1AusIIateu-
gvo DID, 406. Moffat. Yard & Co.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-05-30
"TROUSSEAUS"
CELEBRES
Media docena de cada
pieza en- 1771,
81 de Mile. Matignon cos
TO 300 mil libras.
Ta'fetan blaBcO y encajes YaIen.
Glenn.

Cuando So habla del 'trousseau'
Sc aspira el suaye perfume de los
azahares. veIados de illusion o por
meior decir de ilusiones.
Hav. sin embargo, varias classes
de "trous-caus" cl de "a Pensionisa
serio. SenciIlo, NADIA adornado; el
nupcial, el que revela todas las be-
llezas de Ia ropa interior, cuva des-
description se pierde en- el dedalo
del lin6u. batista, sedas Y encajes.
Hasta Fl siglo XVII no se spare-
rio el verdadero ''trousseau' Las
srtes V los 0ficios. marchaban lenta-
mente. - contentaban las mejores
con el lujO alntuOso exterior sin
buzcar ri reiinamiento della lenceria
Las mujeres de los siglOs pasados
no conocisn los objetos numer0sisi
mos q. h0v nos son Indispensable
Una murhacha que sc casaba en- n
aho de l77l. lleyaba seis camisas
de algodon. seis fsldas interiors; d.
tela de Ia India, seis eorpihos sei.
golIIIzs un elegants ..dsshabilite
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-05-30

analfab&ticos angeles para divulgar
sus parab6licas ensehanzas. Y por
cierto que incidente bien natural vi
no i sacar de su abstraction los
numerosos oyentcs interruplendO el
silencio y al orador: fuG tai la barba-
ridad que este dijo envuelta con esa
peculiaridad del lenguaje jibdro, que
81 podernos eontener lie lanzamos d
la cara una estrepitosa carcajada."
"Ahora bien: para la bucna lnte-
ligenga del lector Y ron motive de
csos Y otros hechos que pudieran O.
rurrir en- 10 sucesivO. con ri fin de dcs
War las err6neas y extravagantcs in
terpretacipnes que pudieran haccr
iosque no conocen el Espiriusmo ridl
culizandolo y burfandoSe, %amus i
cxponcf, en- pocas palabras un resu-
men que de una idea luminosa de 10
que por los ignorantcs Sc ha dado
en- lamar "misterins ocultos" niqro
nlancia., brujeridS Il. siendo asi qu"
eI EsPIRITIsIo no ticne nj tendri Ja-
mas NADIA oculto v enmhatc sin pir-
dad la nigromHncla, las snperchr"1s,
los balsamos Y signos ra5oI..t5ro- .
todas las formulas del clnf1'I, n
FL espiritismo no g. una ~.,ra.
porauc no IS una opinion u#rrlrlar
emitida Y divrllpada nor an prrn.-
tor fanoso. porque no .- una idea
Drcconcebida Dor rr -yIy hymJre.
n0raue nj tiene irmrh-. nj sacerdD-
tes pagadoz. nj '..Ho5 caractr-
rfgfiros. nj ralisua..- q, practiras
exteriores
"Su .ennl,,-..ln inverse sin fin