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The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10
ADDS INSULT TO INJURY

Tuesday of this week the people of Wrangell were hapded another sample of the insolence of the Alas ka Steamship Co.,, when their yes sel the Dolphin, came into porH without bit of mail on board fot us. O. course Wrangellites are accustomed to being passed up by ,ha Jefferson. having long ago con- cluded that the actions of that boat are the result of some petty. per sonal spite on the part of that two " four headed captain of hers, but for the Dolphin to call in here with cut the mail, after carrying il lip as far as Ketchikan and there drop ping it of to be gotten here any old way. is an outrage and an insult to every man, woman and child in Wrangcll, and should be resented as such.
 The mail contracts for rbe ensu- ine year are now in course of prep aration, and 1t behoves us, to q man, to raise such Q protest against he Alaska Steamship Co. being awarded the contract unless they atree to haze their vessels call in here going both ways every trip. that th= department will be com pelled to take notice of it and be governed accordingly.
 Now is the time to kick, and kicl Ne should with both feef.
 There is no denying the fact that those in authority in the Alas ka Steamship Go. have a decided pull with the general government, or their vessel would not have had the afrontery to come in here mail less, as did the Dolphin; but this paper is of the opinion that the Post Office Department is just little bigger, just a little more pow erful, than is the Alaska Steamship Co.,, and if action be taken NOW, we shall have the satisfaction of seeing the vessels Of that company coming into NVrangeII harbor, whether they want to or not. "Un-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

cle Sam" is in business to serve the people and not the steamship companies, and as such will hear and heed us if we get busy.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

The steam whaler Tyee Jr. ply ing out of Tyee Horbor for the whaling station at that place, went aground last week, and sustained considerable injuries,
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Yours very truly,
 F. E. SMITH.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-03-12
Army,s Croesus Resigns.

Washington, March 1.-CaptaiT
Edward B. Cassatt of the thirteenth
United States cavalry, the wealthiest
officer of Uncle Sans army, the
owner Of the finest horses ever rid
den by any cavalryman, and the most
accomplished linguist in the service,
today resigned from the army.
Capt. Cassatt is son of the late
A. j. Cassatt, for many years presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania railroad
and it is on account of his extensive
business relations, due to the large
estate left him by his father, that he
has been compelled to resign from
the army on the eve OF the departure
of his regiment for the Philippines.
Capt. Cassatt's resignation Is timed
to take place at the latest moment
possible before the departure Of the
Thirteenth for Manila. and his
friends say that he leaves the service
with the greatest reluctance.
Capt. Cassatt was graduated from
West Point In 1903, and the officers
who have served with him say that g
finer French scholar never served IL
the army. He was for some time
an instructor in that language at the
Military academy, and the professo,
who wore a monocle Is still talked
about at the school on the Hudson
| Capt. Cassatt is one OF tie 'sax- off
GERS Of the American army who eve
: adopted the English custom q
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-03-12
The Conservation movement.

Three recent expressions may be
regarded as signs of the times and
indications of national progress.
The first was the report Of the
Inland Waterways Commission, APP
proved and transmitted by the pres
ident in February, 1908. 1t recog-
niZed the essential unity and inter-
and source streams of the country;
recommended their improvement in
the interests of the people through
cooperation of the federal govern
ment with states, municipalities,
communities, corporations, and in
dividuals; and proposed confer
ence of state executives with experts
on waters and related resources.
The second expression Of the con-
ference of governors with the pres
ident in May last, and the unanimous
declaration that (among other inter-
state relations) Gin the use of natural
resources the independent states are
interdependent, and bound together
by ties of mutual benefits, RESPONSE
bilities, and duties" Forty-six gov
part in this unique conference, few
only being withheld from personal
attendance by illness or pressing Of
fetal demands; all concurred in the
declaration.
The third expression was the Joint
conference in December last between
the National Conservation Commits
sion and some thirty state conserva-
tion commissions, including score
of governors. A formal report was
adopted indorsing the principle Of
interstate interest in the natural re-
sources, and recommending to the
respective legislative bodies the pol
icy of cooperation between states
and nation. This report, with the
Endorsement of the president, is soon
to be published.
The conferences between COVER
nors mark a new departure in Amer
lean history. Still more significant
is the underlying motive, for it marks
an awakening Of the public con-
science to the permanent needs of
the people, an stirring Of the sense
OF trusteeship in the guardians OF
public interest. Viewed broadly in
the light of progress, the first express
sion was call to action; the second
was a declaration of interdependence
among states, worthy to rank with
the Declaration Of Independence by
the colonies; the third was a proc.
lamation of union among the states
one breathing full life into the per.
fectly modelled for moi the consti.
tution.-From the New Union
Among the States" by w. J. MCGEE
in the American Review, for March
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wearing a single eyeglass. Vt Pine
camp his single eyeglass ana his
fine horses soon made the slim,
well-groomed officer one Of the best
known men at the encampment, and
within two days after his regiment
reached there, everybody, regular
and civilian, could tell you all about
the Thirteenths captain who wore
a monacle and rode race horses.
Capt. Cassatt, as a second Lieu
tenant, served with the crack negro
command, the Ninth Cavalry, and as
a first lieutenant with the Four
cavalry, the latter one of the his
toric commands of the army.
his promotion to captaincy he was
transferred to the Thirteenth regi-
ment
In the instruction in the Philip
pines Captain Cassatt was detached
from the Thirteenth and made ma
jor in the Twenty-seventh Volunteer
Infantry, and with that command
performed good service in the is
lands. When the Twenty-seventh
was mustered out of service he re-
turned to his old command as
captain
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-03-12
The Bows from the Cornfields.

Many of the boys on the great ar
mored fleet that has just completed
a voyage of over 100000 miles around
the world were born on farms and
never saw ship or salt water until
two or three years ago. Yet they
have been a full working part of
this great journey and return as eff
fectives in the navy. On a warship
the training is thorough and con-
slant and the discipline strict. The
men on such vessel are always I'M
der the immediate eye of their Off
GERS and engaged in duties in which
any lack of attention or aptness IS
plainly in evidence. If any one of
the sixteen battleships in the fleet
had been lax in its management or
inferior in its crew the fact would
have been manifest and proved a
drawback to the general success.
The whole voyage has been one Of
remarkable smoothness and prof.
cheney. Everything has been done
with regularity and precision, under
all the varying circumstances Of
Wluu dllu WCdlucI, duu VI odllll6 III
some waters little travelled. In the
wars of the United States the volun-
teers who served in the armies have
a great record. They became SOL
diers quickly and of type never
surpassed. On warship the train
ing, is necessarily more rigid and
more technical. Some of the boys
from the cornfields are now expert
marksmen with that triumph in me-
chanics, modern big gun. All the
men in the feet deserve high credit.
But some had marine advantages
not open to the boys in the corn
fields. Perhaps the old sailors call
ed them hayseeds, but their mettle
is better known now.-Globe Demo-
crat.
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Taft and the LAWYERS.

It seems to be the idea of Presi-
aent-elect Taft that the lawyers Of
this country should be placed on a
plane where they should be recog-
nized as valuable asset in matters
political and to be used for the ben
eft of the country. Things that
Judge Taft has said and things that
he has done towards the legal pro-
fession along this line causes the
Kansas City Times to reach such
conclusion and as an enlargement
along this line that paper has this
to say:
"No severer or more constructive
critic of the law and lawyers has
arisen in this country than Mr.. Taft.
His regard for lawyers is for some
lawyers. Probably it is just because
he has so high an opinion of what
lawyers can do for political and Judi
cial conditions that he so earnestly
advocates the reversal of much that
they do and the methods by which
they do it. Mr.. Taft, in other words
is seeking to make a practical fact
out of the theory that lawyers and
legal administration should be valu-
able to the country.
"For, of course, it is logical as
sumption, on paper, that the body OF
men who are learned in the law,
and consequently in the political
structure of the government, should
be more capable of constructive leg
islation of the process of public life
than, say, an equal body of bricklay-
ers or tinsmiths or bankers. That
is the theory. But equally of course
it cannot work out in practice when
lawyers, in private and public place,
lend their influence to a perpetuation
or precedent just because it is prece,
dent, and labor for the intricacies
that make law and socalled justice
chiefly perquisites of the lawyers
trust"
Take the average medium weigh
plumber or stonemason, with moth
ing to guide him except common
sense, and pound for pound, he will
be worth a whole lot more as law
maker, law administrator or judg
than the average lawyer of the typ
!; described. And that is where practl
. cal fact takes fall" out Of theory
The proposition is the simple on
J that a progressive man in sympath
e with the current Of life about hin
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nets they should be called, are OF
the old fashioned coal-hod shape
with nothing very commendable in
style to bring them into popular
| favor.
The Innings Of the new coats are
of satin, very soft and lustrous.
Sometimes they match the color of
the coat but when intended for wear
over light colored gowns, white,
grey, mauve and mode are more
likely to be used.
Narrow cream silk braid Is the
only trimming used on a meteor
serge in ivory. 1t is effectively ap-
piled in Greek key design, outlin-
ing the Empire waistline and decor
ating the skirts in rows of gradual
ing widths that reach almost to the
knees. Flowing sleeves and yoke
OF ring dotted net relieve the severi-
ty of the design.
The one-piece gown has come to
stay for long time. Made Of a
good fabric, serge or coarse diagon-
al with strong body to it the gown
holds its shape perfectly without
any lining or bones and follows
every line Of the body. 1t is the
gown OF grace.
For a gown to be worn at infor-
NAL occasions, such as a card party
or luncheon yelling or wolfe is
charming fabric when matched In
trimmings and net yoke and long
sleeves Of the same color.
"Crikled bingham" Is one of the
new wash materials for the spring.
1t is striped in various colors, and
somewhat resembles seersucker. It's
great attraction is the fact that, like
the crepes so much in vogue this
winter, it does not require ironing.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-03-12

during the month of September, and
will be divided into two great sec
tons, one celebrating in the Eng
fish tongue while the official Lam
guage of the second section will nat
urally be the French tongue. AL
though as at London there will be
papers read and speeches made In
other tongues besides English and
French 1t is understood that the
representatives from the Latin
states, so-called, will. as much as
possible, use the French language.
Montreal, therefore, isparticularly
we'll adapted for such function for
there are perhaps more people who
understand both the English and
French languages here than in any
other city Of its size in the world.
In making comparison between
the commercial metropolis Of Can
ada and the great cities OF London
where last years congress was held.
1t was stated that few of the lay
visitors from the big city itself were
able to understand the representa-
lives from the continental coun-
tries, but in Montreal where thous-
ands OF the best citizens, especially
the lay portion of those wro will
attend, will be able to follow the
proceedings of both the English and
French sections with ease and salts
faction. 1t is also quite likely that
better reports will go out from the
great Montreal congress than were
those taken at the gathering at the
Albert Hall in September last. 1t
will be on the occasion of the COM
ing Eucharistic celebration that the
linguistic attainments of the French
Canadian priest, prelate and news
paper men will show to advantage.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-03-12
Biographical Calendar.

New YORK, March 1.-MuSlC
lovers throughout the world yester-
day celebrated the centennial an
niversary Of the birth of the gentle
fingered and romantic spirited plan
list and composer, Frederic Francois
Chopin. He was born in Zelazowa
VIOLA, near Warsaw, Poland. His
name is one Of many that have adj
ded to the fame and glory of the
proud spirited Polish people. A con-
siderable portion of his life was
spent in Paris, for he could not bear
to return to Warsaw after it fell
into the ruthless hands of the Rus
slams. Brought up among cultured
people of aristocratic society, he in
herited liking for fashionable life.
In the course of his career he came
into contact with a circle of men
and women whose names have be-
come part of the literary and musi-
cal history of the world. Among
them were List, Heine, Berlioz,
Merimee, Meyerbeer, Balzac, De
Musset, Dumas and George Sand.
Chopin is looked upon by many as
the emancipation of the orchestral
style of composers. He died Octob-
,er Z, 1S49, from consumption, the
germs of which disease developed
in the course of the eleven days in
July, 1887, which covered his first
visit to England. On the day of
Chopin's death Edgar Allan Poe
breathed his last in Baltimore, on
the other side of the Atlantic. Cho-
pin was the second in point Of age
of the famous group Of 1909 to die,
the first being Mendelssohn, who
died two years earlier, at the age
of thirty-eight years. Chopin was
in his forty-frst year,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-03-12

is, without any other qualifications,
a more useful citizen than any kind
of a stand patter.'
From his consistent efforts to
clear the law and the profession of
the law Of their technical fungi"
and from his repeated declaration
that the reform of the judicial pro-
cesses is the biggest single obliga-
ton of the American government, it
is evident that Mr.. Taft hopes to
reconcile the theory to practice in the
relations of lawyers to the govern
ment. 1t is undoubtedly big under
taking, but the president elect is
big man, and if any body can he can.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-03-12
HE COULD NOT DO 1T
District Attorney Healing Resigns
His United States Position.

Washington, March 5.-United
States District Attorney Healing OF
Indianapolis, has resigned his Of
fee rather than participate in the
prosecution, inaugurated by the de-
partment of justice, to bring to trial
Delavan Smith Of the Indianapolis
News, and Joseph Pulitzer of the
New York World for criminal libel
in connection with publications con-
corning the Panama canal purchase.
Healing objects to the proposed
removal OF Delevan Smiths case
from Indianapolis, the latter's home,
to Washington. He says In letter
to the attorney general that he be-
lieves the precedent involved is
dangerous, striking the very found
alton Of our form Of government.
and 1t is an attempt to put q
strained construction on the law to
drag the defendants from their
homes to be tried when good and
sufficient law was enforced in his
Jurisdiction.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-03-12
MURDER CASE RECALLED
House Burned in Which Eight Per.
sons We're Murdered.

AAoueo oulAeU ~ WuUcn AA8us TeF-
sons Were Murdered.
Philadelphia, March 6.-The last
chain of incidents, In connection
with the famous murder case in this
city in 1866, occurred today, when
frame dwelling, in the southern Sec
ton of the city. in which eight per-
sons were murdered. was destroyed
by fire. Christopher Deering. wife.
four children. young woman Wis
itor and lad who worked at the
place were killed with an az, while
they slept. by Anton Probst. who
had been employed by Deering.
The only member Of the Deering
family. who was left alive, was q
lad, who was visiting relatives when
the murder was committed. This
survivor, William Deering, a few
weeks ago, met a violent death by
falling and fracturing his skull.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-03-12
Drums from the Congo.

The conservative exhibition of
musical instruments contains some
interesting specimens of drums Of
unciviized people. A new specimen
has just been presented by M. v. c..
Mahillon, director of the museum,
which is considered unique 1t is
three feet long, of wood, in which is
carved figure seated on an elephant
1t is said to come from the Congo
From a Brussels Letter to the New
York Herald's Paris Edition.
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Naval Armament.

The expansion of the navies of the
world is progressing rapidly and the
maintenance of increased armament
is becoming serious burden to the
nations. The defense of one nation
demands a corresponding outlay by
other governments to maintain an
equilibrium of power. The policy of
England to maintain a navy equal
to that of any two rival powers is
imposing an immense financial bur-
den that must ultimately cripple,
the monetary forces of the nation.
Japan, that has rapidly expanded her
navy, for the lack of revenue has
been compelled to reduce her ap-
preparation the current year.
The United States with its i'm
mense sea coast to defend on the At
lantic and Pacific, needs large ma
Wy to maintain her prestige among
the great world powers. The gov
eminent has auth orized the construc-
ton of four battleships of the Dread
nought type and two additional ships
of heavier tonnage than any vessel
Of the foreign navies. The Della
ware was recently launched, with a
displacement of $4,000 tons, while
the largest battleship in commits
sion was the British Dreadnought,
with a displacement Of 1900 tons.
The displacement of the largest ship
of the German navy is 1920 tons,
but that government has under con-
struction nine battleships, five of
which will each have displacement
of 10000 tons. Japan's largest bat
tleship has a displacement of 16,400
tons, with two now building of 49,
200 and 1880 tons. Congress is
considering the construction of two
battleships of $4,000 tons each, the
largest engines. of war ever contem-
plated.
What is to be the outcome of all
this enormous expenditure for naval
construction NOW In progress by,
the leading world powers? Such an
international rivalry and strain must
ultimately cease or nations will be
preciptated into bankruptcy. The
monster leviathans that herald grim
visaged war grow larger and more
formidable, yet louder is the requi-
EN- of international peace. This
year a naval appropriation Of $780,
100000 is asked of congress to main
tain an equitable parity of naval
strength with the rapidly increasing
expansion of the navies of the world.
The time is not distant when the
burden of expense of military and
naval armament will force the ma
tions to resort to international arbi-
tration to adjust national difficulties,
the same as the individual now APP
peals to the courts for protection of
his natural and personal rights.
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just wanted the Earth.

"Lawd," prayed the old colored
deacon, send US bright prospect,
but don't let 1t blaze! Or, eff it does
blaze, send down a food to put it
out, but not enough water to drown
us! Give US good craps but not too
much cotton for de sheriff to levy
on. Make US thankful fer what we
receive, an keep us receivin.' We're
all po' creeturs, Lawd, but we won't
be po' no longer If you'll only make
US rich. Atlanta Constitution.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-03-12
Teddy and His Ak.

Oyster Bay, March 6.-No callers
were received by Ex-President
Roosevelt today. He remained at
his Sycamore Hill home all day,
reading and attending to correspond
ence in the forenoon and in the af-
ternoon in the woods chopping down
trees. He continues his policy Of
refusal to talk for publication.
The residents of this city are
planning a farewell reception for
the ex-president on the eve of his
departure for Africa.
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Roman Catholic Congress.

Rome. March 5.-Announcement
was made today that q great world
wide Roman Catholic Congress will
be held in Montreal next year. The
Eucharistic sessions will feature the
gathering and will attract influential
prelates from all over the world.
TEE eonSa<.s--uitttit -Drchx.fy~be held
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1t Ignited.

Little Rollins. four years old.
came to the table, where we had to-
mato soup, of which he is very fond.
Being very hungry, he could not
wait for It to cool, but hastily ate
1wo or three spoonsful; then laying
Town his spoon, he exclaimed: my
goodness! that soup is SO hot it
makes sparks all down me" -Delin-
Gator,
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To Organize Y. w. G. A.

There will be ameeting Thursday
in the Y. M. G. A. rooms for the
purpose of talking up the matter
of organizing a Y. w. G. A. The
state secretary will be present, and
the meeting will be held at four p.
m. All who are interested In any
thing OF that kind are requested to
be present.