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The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
MARY BAKER EDDY.

On Wednesday last Mrs. A. R. Heilig, the first reader of the Christian Scientist church, received an official announcement of the death of Mary Baker Eddy. found CT of Christian Science. The message from the committee at Boston, dupli- cated to every Christian Science church in the world, was brief, sim ply stating Mrs Eddy passed away Saturday"
 But it is doubtful if any message, couched in so few words, ever oc- Casioned more widespread grief For, all over the world, are homes which have been frightened by the doctrine taught by this truly great woman Through her works new religion has been established, and has taken root wherever Christian. ity is practiced. While by no means universally accepted as all-embrac. ing, even it's opponents are com. pelled to admit that it achieves with thousands that uplift they have vainly sought through other teach, ings. And there is little doubt that this new religion is sufficiently well founded to insure of its en- during for all time.
 In the earlier period of the era of Christian Science Mrs. Eddy found her task a heavy one; for, like the Savior, she was reviled and discredited by the scoffers. It was then her Chris tian forttude was evidenced to marked degree and her calm re- fusal to be goaded into reprisals undoubtedly won many thousands to her cause.
 In the death of Mrs. Eddy the world has lost teacher whose doc trines have become, in two decades, more widespread, and have been adopted to greater degree, than those of any man or woman who has lived in the past hundred years. That those teachings have been for the worlds betterment will be most eagerly acknowledged by the many followers all over the world who today mourn her death
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
LOTS OF COLORS
 BUT NJ PAY
WRITES AN INTER. ESTING LETTER FROM
 TACOTNA RIVER.

A letter received by J. A. McIn- tosh, the druggist, from a friend who has been located in the In country for the past couple of years. gives some interesting details re- garding the lower country. Excerpts from it follow:
 ' have just got back from one of the greatest quartz countries have seen in this neck of the woods, and while you can get gold all over the country, and l don't think 1 was skunked in one pan, 1 never got a good prospect.
 We did a lot of work while there but it was the same thing all over, col0rs, but that is all.
 Taking 1t all In all the trip was not a bad one, We had lots of rain and for a long while the mosquitoes were simply h-l, but the living was good, grayling, chick
 ns and ptarmigan until I was sick of them. We saw lots of bear, but got none; we were not looking for them; kept as far away as possible; we saw six one afternoon, l was glad when we got away from that section.
 T have had no news of the Idit- erod since I got back, but under stand that Moore creek is showing up better, Dave McGregor Is still working on Yankee creek, or :hOuld say was working three weeks ago.
 The N. c. Co. have established a post on the Kuskokwim and I'll tell you Mack it makes all the boys smile inwardly when they see the piles of grub stacked up on the banks of the river, for this is the first year it looks like plenty with the prices somewhat reduced, they are established in poor place, and are liable to be flooded out neyt spring. Anyway, it is a good thing for the country. 1t means more prospecting, and if this river does not show up anything in the next year it is all off with it.
 T fully expect something to show up this winter, but I will try and keep you posted, l am going up to Lincoln and Gladstone creeks for the early part of the winter and getting toward spring will move up to Moore creek"
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
! THE FORTY-NINTH STAR.


 If Alaska's population and area, her resources, development, and ad- yancement be compared with those of earlier Territories and with many of the states, it will be dis covered that this great territory is now ready for statehood. She has q greater relative density of popula- tion than fifteen territories which have preceded her. Alaska now has l10 persons resident within her borders to each 1000 square miles of area When created a territory. Michigan had but 12 persons to each 1000 square miles: Ohio ter ritory and Dakota but 15; Indiana but 20; Missouri but 9; and Utah but 31. Nine territories were organ ized having less than 50 persons to the 900 square miles, and six oth- CTS having less than 100 to that area. Alaska has now more school children in actual attendance in public schools within her borders than Mississippi, Indiana, Michigan. Dakota or the great territory north west of the Ohio river had white settlers when they were each organ ized Into territory and given an elective legislative assembly.
 Alaska has greater population than nine states In the union had when they were admitted to adopt constitution and their star was placed upon the flag Notice, too from tEe attached table that as early as 1790 and as late as 1890 seven states in the union had less population than Alaska now has, Missouri being practically equal to Alaska
 In 1850 California was state without ever having been organized as a territory Her population was of the same character as that of Alaska. and but little greater in number. She had the placer mines as her sole element of wealth; her greatness today demonstrates the wisdom of her organization as a state. In every element of mater ial wealth, In minerals, fish, agri- cultural capacity. and in opportun- fly for the laboring man and home builder, Alaska Is further advanced than was California upon the date of her admission as a state.
 It Is my purpose to offer a bill at the next December meeting of Congress to organize the state of Alaska.-Delegate Wickersham, in CNllier's
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
SHOULD NOW ORGANIZE,

The Democrats and Progressive Republicans of Alaska should at once begin the circulation of a re- monstrance against Tafts commits sion form of government, for the henchmen of the corporations are all heading for Washington to ha- rass, and defeat if possible, the efforts of Delegate Wickersham for home government, either state or territory. The amount involved In the wealth of all the coal, the oil, the gold and copper of Alaska.
 It means the turning over to the Special privileges" all the trans portation laws governing freight rates in Alaska, for this commission suggested by Taft will be for the corporations. and of the corpora tions. The battle is not yet won, for Slippery Dick Ballinger" Is al ready trying to put through a scheme by which he hopes to steal all the coal at Katalla. The trial of the conspirat ors at Tacoma and Spo- kane will no doubt be farce, franI- ed up for the special purpose of white-washing the charges of fraud. The people of Alaska should not ex pect Delegate Wickersham to stand off all these conspirators. They should lend him every aid possible. It is OUR fight, not his. - Cordova Truth
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
CONSERVATION.

In spite of It's many sins of omis. sion and commission there is yet real reason to regret that the Re publican party is to lose control of congress Just at this time. For the past couple of years the admin lstration has been engaged in it's great work of conservation and
 IL IS reasonable to believe, had it been given one more session of control, that work, so far as it in- terests Alaskans, might have been completed. It has conserved our coal, thereby conserving our COD, per. and it has conserved OUT oi, Our trees have been conserved, par tially, and our fish have been giv- en away. At this session an ap- propriation of $2O0,OOO is to be ask ed for to conserve the game. There is still the gold, however, and to this extent the administration has been remiss. It should not spoil its excellent record in Alaska by fur ther neglect and remedial legisla- tion should be enacted at this ses- sion before the party is relegaied to oblivion. Conserve the gold, by all means, and thereby conserve the whole country, for then white men will leave and there is no danger that the corporations will go to the expense of doing the pioneering and prospecting. Theirs is an easier graft.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12

but there is no doubt that the hard ship which was imposed on the community Is attributable to the deputy marshal who went out of his way to hunt the trouble. Mir. Charles informed the Citizen that he had made the arrest on his own mi fact that Governor Clark had stated. while here, that It appeared to him that the game law was not being en- forced
 When the discovery of the defect in the law was made the Citizen wired to the attorney-general asking if he could afford any relief, and received word back that under the circumstances he could do nothing" A message was then sent to our correspondent in Seattle to at once interview Congressman Humphrey, who was the father of the Alaska Game Law, and get a statement from him in regard to the defect. Our correspondent replied that he had seen the congressman, but Mir. Hum phrey was too busy electioneering, and did not have time to look into the matter, as he did not have a copy of the law with him. Similar wires have been received from time 10 time, all to the same effect, but yesterday Mir Humphreys statement was received This Is printed on the front page of this issue and from it it will be seen that, as we have before stated, the intent of the law was simply misinterpreted.
 With this example before them 1t is devout'y to be hoped the local officers will use a little more dis erection in the enforcement of ridi- culous laws which are simply allow ed to cucumber the statute books because congress has not the time to intelligently legislate for Alaska.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
SOME COMMON SENSE.

Some weeks ago when local game dealer was arrested for hay ing more than twenty-five game birds in his possession a defect in the game law was discovered. It was so apparently an oversight in the framing of the law that 1t scarcely clouded the intent, but the law was there in black and white, and the commissioner who tried the case felt impelled to administer 1t as he found 1t on the statute books. Such was, to certain extent, his duty, for he has not the prerogative to read the intent of the lawmakers as fully as have the justices of higher courts.
 In scores of communities in the United States, however, there are laws on the statute books which are ignored, simply because 1t Is appar- ent that the intent of the lawmakers has been misinterpreted and that If the laws were enforced an injustice would be worked upon the people, for whose benefit, primarily, all laws are made. It is in such cases as this that the efficiency of the of- acers whose place it is to enforce the law is best demonstrated. The peace officer or prosecuting attor- ney who knows his business uses the common sense he has been en- dowed with, and does not consider 1t his duty to hunt for trouble. Some omcers there are, however, who mako themselves perniciously of1ci- ous, either from a mistaken idea of what constitutes their duty or to establish . reputation. In the case of this game dealers arrest, 1t is a guess which was tho actuating cause,
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
APPROPRIATIONS.

Seventy-fve thousand dollars
 for construction work and main
 tenance of military roads.
 Sixty thousand dollars to pur-
 chase site for and begin the
 construction of the custom
 house and postoflce at Juneau.
 Forty thousand dollars for fur
 nishing a library and museum
 for the executive mansion at
 Juneau
 Two hundred thousand dollars
 for the protection of game in
 Alaska
 Seventyfve thousand dollars for road building, and only two hun dred thousand dollars for the pro tection of black bears and ptar- migan! Such extravaganza and wan ton waste of money Is criminal and Walter should make all haste to Washington to get the s75,000 at least cut In two. He could so easily use half of 1t for a buffet and wine cellar for the executive mansion. or 1t might profitably be used as a fund for the defrayal of Juneau lob byists expenses in Washington.
 It's such a waste, when one comes to think of 1t. The idea of spend ing as much as s75,000 on the roads in Alaska, when there are prob ably not more than a thousand miles of road badly needed. Perish the thought. Let half suffice, and if anyone kicks there is always Wick ersham to blame it to.
 But we feel for Walter with the Herculean task before him of pro- tecting the game of Alaska on a measly $200,000 year. Why, when he was in Fairbanks he witnessed such a wanton disregard of the law that game was actually being serv- ed in restaurant, and he was com pelled to call Deputy Marshal Charles attention to It. At that time the heinousness of the crime so impressed our dear governor that he told the deputy if there was not enough money to enforce this most righteous game law, he had a fund on hand himself which could be drawn on. Perhaps this fund is large enough to be sufficient to an swer the purpose with the $2OO0OO now asked for, and Walter will be able to get along. Anyway, if things look too blue he can always seek solace in his $4O,0OO library, from the windows of which he can con- template his $6000O customs house and $250,000 government building, and keep in mind the fact that his two years in Juneau will not have been fruitless.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
SUFFRAcETTFS HISS
 BECAUSE OF FREEDOM

LONDON. Nov. 19. - To their chagrin. the 116 suffragettes who were arrested yesterday during their attempt to force an audience with Premier Asnuith, were dis charged in the Bow street police court today The defendants had been released on bail last nieht. When they were arrGisned today the attorney for the crown announc- ed that Home Secretary Churchill had decided on the ground of public policy. that no benefit would be gained by proceeding with the pros- ecution.
 The willing martyrs of the cause of woman suffraee received this statement with misses and hoots.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12

respect the sovereignty and terri torial integrity of the others.
 (3) The armies and navies of the members of the league to be at the service to enforce the decrees Of the Information Tribunal, in all ques- tions that the members of the league previously agree to refer to arbi- tration.
 (3) The armies and navies of the league to sustain any member of the league in a dispute with any outside nation which refuses to ar bitrate.-From The United States Peace Commission" in the North American Review.
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The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12

and collect dollar taxation except for it's own support. This is an ex act contradiction of the doctrine that taxes may be levied for the benefit or protection of favored industries and preferred classes. The Republi. can party stands for the latter. The Democratic party stands for the former. Thus the issue between a protective tariff and a revenue tar. fir is absolute and incisive.
 But we have had nearly 50 years of protective tariff Hundreds of millions of money have been in- vested and are yet embarked upon the fath of this. Hundreds of thousands of people look 10 1t for their prosperity ana support. It cannot be precipi;ately withdrawn. If We ere to change our policy from a protective system to revenue system, it must be done so grad. ually anG with such regard for the business of the country, which stands greatly in need of rest, as that the final transition shall be as the pass ing from one season to another, every interest warned beforehand and fully prepared.
 There can be and there must be tariff bill prepared by the coming ways ard means committee which shall scale the process of reductions through a term of years. stripping the present tariff, complicated for the purpose of confusion, of It's sur plusage and eliminating both the mystifcations, and the local features. which the cowardly and the weak have hitherto relied on to stand be- tween themselves and their ac- countab!lity at home
 Advised by the misadventures of the Cleveland administration. brought in by an overwhelming vote after an educational campaign of 20 years to carry out drastic revision, for which the country was then ripe and ready, the Democratic party cannot now wisely go beyond the lines here specified; but 1t can plant itself ill the doctrine of: "A tariff for revenue only" it can show that protection is little other than robbery under the forms of law. and that the protective tariff is the king-pin of graft In public life as well as the high cost of living - government expenditures included and compel reCalcitrant Democrats either in the pay of the interests, or afraiG of the interests, to toe the real lina of reform as distinguished from spurious professions of reform, su2h as those outlined by he time servers who call themselves pro. sressivc Republicans.
 Happily the situation is decisive The vote of Tuesday was national and pcrrasire. It shows no geo graphic limitation. It is a universal protest of the masses against par tisan intolerance, eAtortion and brok- en promises. It Is a vote of cen sure upon a most well-intentioned ad- m'nistration and patriotic presi dent, wEo were better chief justice than chief magistrate. It is some thing more than a threat of d!smis- sal of the party ollgarchy which has grown reckless of power, its leaders thinking they held the world in a sling. It shows that after all, when fairly aroused, the people do rule, that GCd still reigns, and that the government of our fathers-of the constitution and the law, the es- tablished order of the congress, the court and the executive, yet lives, and Is to continue to live, at Wash ingtOn Louisville Courier Journal
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
WORLDS FEDERATION FOR
 MAINTENANCE OF PEACE

The bill, which by an act of con, gress became law in June, 1910, pro. vided for the appointment of a commission of five members to draft articles of international feder- ation with three problems to con- slider: CD The limitations of arm ament ty international agreement. CD The possibility of combining the navies of the world for peace. (3) Any other methods to bring about peace. These problems are discussed each in turn by Hamilton Holt, who concludes:
 It will probably be found that any League of Peace likely to be es- tablished at the present time will have to be based upon these three propositions:
 CD Each nation in the league to
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
THE PEOPLE STILL RULE.

For the Democrats it never rains, but it pours." This is only another way of repeating MT. Tilden's oft quoted saying that 1t requires a revolution to unseat the party in power and to bring in the oppOsi- ton. Nevertheless, whilst exhilarat- ing to Democrats, out in the cold so long and so used to defeat that they can scarcely realize the actual ity and the meaning of victory. the vote of Tuesday should strength en the faith of all thoughtful Amer leans in the virtues and intelligence of the people, and therefore in the stability of free institutions under the representative form of govern. ment.
 We have survived most of the his toric dangers which through the ages have assailed systems and dy- nasties. We seemed to be face to face with a new menace This election secures us against the peril alike of the one party oligarchy and the one-man power.
 In the first place 1t gives assur- ance of the survival of wise and genuine Democratic leadership. It tells the country that after years of inglorious speculation on the pop ular credulity, marked by one after the other of disappointing para rainbow chasing, the Democratic leaders have seen the light It Is distinctly turning out of the mar row paths of vague and visionary theorizing into the broad, open high ways of Democracy unterrifled and undefiled, of Democracy sound and safe, and sane, of Democracy seek ing the good of the many through policies straightforward and above board that he who runs may read and that he who reads may know.
 The single hope of the Republ- cans rests upon the belief that this will not prove to be true, but that, as of old, the Democrats, given the opportunity, may be relied on at the critical moment to perpetuate some fatal mistake.
 Taking a long look backward, and seeking to shape the future by the instruction of our various mislead- ing in the past, the way ahead ought to be tolerably plain. We shall not have the majorities in the two houses of congress to control-we can only in the lower house fore shadow and formulate-legislati With the lower house of the new therefore, an extraordinary responsibility will rest. Upon its wisdom or folly will depend the cleo tion of Democratic president in 1912.
 The one great question which has proved a stumbling block to all par ties is the tariff. If We go to pieces on any rock we shall go to pieces there. But with a firm, clear-sighted man in the speakership-such as we believe Champ Clark will show him. self to he - and a sure-footed, cour ageous and conscientious ways and means committee, measure of rev enue reform may be constructed on which we may go to the country united and confident
 The true democratic gospel as to the tariff is laid in the basic prin- ciple that the government has no right in equity, or in law, to levy
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12

lice aga.n. Unless the owner of the building is compelled to level off the snow in the roadway there are many who will arrive at the con. clusion that favoritism Is being shown. for the ordinance regarding obstructIons Is being very strictly enforced in other cases.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
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The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
SOMEBODY NEGLIGENT.

A week ago this paper called at tention to the fact that snow had been dumped from the Fairbanks block on to the side of Cushman street, and that the street was ren- dered unsafe thereby. No action has been taken during the week, and so the matter is called to the attention of the council and the chief of po-
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
PROSPECTORS PERISH.
Wreck of Boat Resembling Theirs
 Found in Alaskan Waters.

VALDEZ, Nov. 22. Edward Evans, aged 40, of Oregon, and Bert Cooper, aged 26, of Lynn Mass, prospectors. believed to have per shed on Prince William Sound during one of the violent storms that prevailed there early last week.
 The men left Valdez October on the powerboat Rambler carrying mining equipment and provisions, and intended to prospect on Min CTS river, and Glacier Island. Per sons arriving from Ellamar today report the finding of sunken boat answering the description of the Rambler In Finsky Bay
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
No Gossip,

T don't like these women who gos- sip about others. Do you?"
 T should say not Now, there's Mrs. Green. She's always telling mean things about her nciohhcr-. And Mrs. Hunter talks perfectly dreadful about her friends. Thank goodness, I never say any ing about anvbOdv"
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12
WILSON-ATKINSON NUPTIASL

On Wednesday night Albert Will son and Miss Margaret Atkinson were united in matrimony by Rev. Louis Buisch at the Marshal resi- dcnce on Front street. The wedding was the culmination of Q romance of several years standing Mir Will son was recently taken sick and the nurse chosen at the hospital to minister to his wants ChanCed to be Miss AtChison, who turned out to be an cid sweetheart of his boyhood days in England.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-12

There was no meeting of the city council on Friday night on account of lack of a quorum. Dan Calla- han was on deck ready for business having recently returned from the Outside and Councilman Gordon and Mayor Nordale were also present.