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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-08-06
CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER H.
'Shandon was impatient to be on
and fixed the 22d OF February for
starting. The sledge and the boat were
packed as closely as possible with pro-
visions and spirits. and heaps OF wood,
to obtain which they had hewed the
brig down to her water line. The last
day the men ran riot They complete
ny sacked the ship. and In a drunken
paroxysm Pen and two or three others
get II on fire. / fought and struggled
against them. but they threw me down
and assailed me with blows. and then
tho witches. headed by 6handon. went
on towards the east. and were soon
out OF sight
Il found myself alone on the burning
ship. and what could ] dor The fire
hole was completely blocked up with
ice. had not a single drop OF water7
For two days the Forward struggled
with the flames. and you know the
rest"
long silence followed the gloomy
recital. broken at length by Hatteras
who said:
johnson, thank you; you did all
you could to save my ship. but single
handed you could not resist Again I
thank you, and now let the subject be
dropped Let us unite efforts for our
common salvation There are four or
os' four companions, four friends. and
AL our lives are equally precious.
We are all devoted 70 you" said
the doctor; 'and your words come from
our hearts. But what DO you think We
should dor"
MY opinion might appear interest
a." SAID Hatteras, sadly. Let me
hear all yours first"
Captain" said johnson. before pro
nouncing on such an important matter.
wish 10 ask you a question"
ASK A. then, Johnson"
You went out yesterday 10 asoer-
tain our exact position; well, Ia the
nelo drifting or stationary"
Perfectly stationary. II had not
moved since tho last reckoning was
made"
a discussion opened at once about
what " 90. Hatteras wanted still 10
tfy " reach tho pole, "a retreat seemed
squally impossible.
'We may 1nd rich hunting grounds"
90 urged. "We know uae route lack 70
barren"
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such . pFoposal and hatteraa WAS de-
clarlns he would starr Tor fhe polo
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The national forum., 1910-10-15
VANITY FAIR
The Main Difference Between Civilized Man and the
Savage Is-Savages Don't Read.
Conducted by JOHN Fl. WILLS

rance. The greater the splendor,
the greater the misery. 1t is unfor-
tunately true that the majority of
the.poor and ignorant of Washing
ton are colored people. If there
were no colored people here the
ignorance and squalor would be
greater and the death-rate higher.
Within the city proper the height
above sea level for Washington is
but little above IL feet. This is too
low for healthy human habitation.
The major portion of this city lays
in a marshy river bed at sea level, or
but few feet above. The average
death rate reported above is the
lowest ever given. Before the recla-
nation of the Potomac flats, the in
stallation of filtration plant and
purnping-house, which forces the
sewage far down the Potomac, this
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The Third District

When all is said and done it will
be found on the morning of the
ninth of November that Hon. J. Fl.
Gaines will be sent back to the halls
Of Congress. True, there has been
some little fight in this district, but
it has been a healthy, clean one, and
all the sores, if there were any, have
9healed, and the common good of the
party is the ,ippermost theme now
in every mans mind. Here is an
other county where the colored vote
is tremendous. Coupled with that,
it is of an intelligent and high Or
der. Among those craggy noun
tains will be found some of the best
politically-trained Negroes that this
country produces, and those who
know politics from "A to Z. There is
one thing about the Negro vote in
Fayette county--they fight out their
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it comes to a question of organiza-
ton. Not the organization that
means bossisrn, but that Of co-opera-
tion, and that also which obtains
results. This is due first to splen-
did leadership by such men as DR.,
Hatfield, Hon. w. w. Whyte and a
host of others, but the rank and file
must not be forgotten, for when the
colored boys of Mcdowell decide
upon thing the thing to do is to
stand aside and let them pass, for
pass they will. 1t may be safely said
that the Fifth is safe, and the only
thing Congressman Hughes has to
do is to sit and wait until November
8. and in the meantime purchase
his ticket for the Capital City
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I would willingly run for the Presi-
dency." The Colonel is quoted by
the press as having made this strik-
ingly Rooseveltian expression in At
lanta, Ga, few days ago. If the
Colonel desires to become a real
champion Boss Killer, the South
offers him fine chance. There are
enough rings to break up down there
to keep him busy for quite while,
and he can have strenuous life
a-plenty and carry several Southern
States. The entire Southern people
are not satisfied with the forcible
and fraudulent suppression of lib
erty and true government that is
practiced in that boss-ridden section
OF Our country.
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That ''Mass-M eeting'' a ''Frost"

The alleged "mass-meeting"
called by some irresponsible indi-
vidual TO protest" against the ad-
ministration of the existing school
system and to force the removal of
Assistant Superintendent Roscoe
Conkling Bruce turned out to be the
worst kind of a frost" Wide
spread advertising and much fuss
and feathers succeeded in bringing
to True Reformers' Hall last Friday
evening All "outpouring" of 10 in
dignant citizens. Sundry orators
"orated," and some cut-and-dried
resolutions were presented, all to the
effect that there is something the
matter with our public schools. No
remedy was suggested, save the re-
moval of Superintendent Bruce, al
though no nomination was made of
any other educator who would be
likely to give any large degree of
satisfaction to the various elements
Of our 100000 people than the pres
ent incumbent. No one claims that
the school system is perfect, but it is
producing better results than any
that has yet been devised, and it is
difficult to convince the substantial
(Contlnued on page 81
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differences before and at the nomi-
nation, and after that every man
puts his shoulder to the wheel and
pushes. 1t is almost a standof be-
tween the organization of Mcdowell
and Fayette among the Negro vote.
The main difference may be said to
be that while the organization of
Fayette is older, that of Mcdowell
is larger, Such leaders in Fayette
as Hon, M. J. Siinms, Judge Ben
nett, Messrs. Hawkins, Ramsey,
Middleburg, Anderson and host
of others supported by the colored
leaders, Hon. Jas. Ellis, Hon. Jno,
S. Noel, Mr.. Buster, DIR. Q. w.
Hodge and others make it practi-
cally impossible. to penetrate that
stronghold.
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There is perhaps no state which
is as far South as is The Little
Mountain" State about which there
is as little fear of Democratic in
vasion as West Virginia. 1t is ru-
mored, doubtless by the Democrats
for effect sake, that there is grave
danger Of loosing the Second Dis
trict, but careful investigation dis
closes the fact that this report is not
we'll founded. Perhaps, however,
there is no district so well fortified
with reference to being impregi1able
against Democracy as theOld Fifth,
which, beyond a doubt, will send
Hon. Ia. Hughes back to Congress
with an increased majority. Pecu-
liar thing about that man is the
harder they fight him the more votes
he secures. SO much so is this true
that he is only alarmed when he
hasn't fight on. In the very CEN
ter of this district, however, is the
famous Free State of Mcdowell, '
about which all the other counties
must crowd and doff their hats when
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ing to the Pullman car porters and
railroad men. THE FORUM is
pleased to have on its staff of corre-
spondents a man who is SO well
known, and who has endeared him
self to the people Of Washington
for his generosity and charitable
benefactions. All news pertaining
to railroad men will be received at
the office of THE FORUM, corner of
18th and U streets, or at the resi-
dence of Gen. Henry Forrest, 600
T street N. w., Washington, D. c..
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Some Things That Are Happening
A Weekly Resume of the Activities Of
People Worth While
BY r. w. THOMPSON

of any party, to establish what is
now negligible quantity, political
leadership. w. Monroe Trotter de-
voted his speech to an arraignlnent
of Theodore Roosevelt's speech at
the New York meeting of the Ma
tional Negro Business League, con-
Guiding with a challenge to the Col
onel to meet him (Trotter) in joint
debate on the race question at any
point that might be mutually agreed
upon.
The League, by agreement, de-
cided to advise the colored voters in
New York to support Dix for Gov
ernor; in New Jersey to stand by
Woodrow Wilson; in Ohio to vote
for Harmon; in Indiana, vote for
Legislators favorable to John w.
Kern for Senator, and in Massachu-
sets vote against legislative candi-
dates favorable to the reelection of
Senator Lodge. Senator Bulkeley
is to be supported in Connecticut,
and in West Virginia and Delaware
the voters are advised to stand up
for the full Republican ticket. The
League, it is said, plans to wage a
vigorous campaign along the lines
marked out, and will have the sinews
Of war to carry out their policies.
How much ice the movement will
cut is yet to be determined.
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The Second District

Hon. George Sturgis will no
doubt be returned. While there may
have been some little trouble which
always grows out Of the appoint
ment of postmasters, as the time ap-
proaches the need of unity of pur-
pose and concert of action will be
readily seen by those who feel ag-
grieved, and for the sake of the
party, and because they are too
loyal Republicans to turn against
that party, they will lend their sup
Continued on page @
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The Fourth District

Next in point Of security may
be said to be the Fourth District,
represented SO ably by that genial
mixer and prince Of gentlemen,
Hon. H. C. woodward, 1t is said
of him that he can cover more
ground, shake more hands and do
more things to the satisfaction of
more people at once than any man
in the Northern end of the State,
and we believe it. While the vote
(colored) in this district is not
as large as that of the Fifth or
Third, it cuts quite figure, and is
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city had very high death rate, par
ticularly from zylnotic diseases,

city had very high death rate, par
ticularly from zylnotic diseases,
The Eastern Branch flats are a
disgrace to any civilized commit
nifty. Anyone crossing either bridge
at low tide in warm weather can see,
and smell also, why Washington is
unhealthy. The colored people are
not the cause of that. Nor do they
cause the Potomac to filter through
several miles of filthy marsh above
Great Falls, nor the inhabitants
along its borders from Georgetown
to its source to dump filth into the
water most of fus have to drink, The
city authorities and the landowners
are the causes of the existence of
the sluns, not the poor people who
are compelled by poverty and igno-
rance to exist in them.
Congress and the municipal au-
thorities have had the causes of un-
healthy conditions constantly before
their notice, but for some reason, or
lack of reason, have been tardy,
slow and Indifferent toward action
of remedy. Of course, they cannot
raise town out of its marshy bed,
but they can reclaim the million
acres of flats in the Eastern Branch
and protect the water supply from
pollution, and further increase the
sewage and other sanitary necessi-
ties of the city. And another thing,
to compare the death rate among a
small number of inhabitants to a
total over two-thirds greater is I'M
fair and will naturally show higher
average rate for the smaller number,
This is misleading.
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Dick" Shaw Out Of Senate Restau-
@ rant

Without the sale of liquor the
Senate restaurant is a losing propo-
sition according to the experience Of
Richard A. Shaw, the veteran head
waiter, who for the past two years
has been in full charge of the cafe
where the grave and reverend
seignors" are wont to fill the inner
man. When Mr.. Shaw was given
the management two years ago,
after IS years of service as head
waiter, it was thought that he could
make it go" if anybody could, as
he knew better than anyone else just
what appealed to the appetite of
every Senator in the chamber. He
was to receive any profit he could
make, but not only were there no
profits, despite the fact that he had
no rent or other expenses to pay, he
is poorer in pocket today by some
thing over 5000, and needs no fur
ther proof that a Senate restaurant
cannot be conducted successfully on
a prohibition basis. Shaw's prede-
cessors likewise went into the hole"
following the curtailment of the
liquor privilege. The committee on
rules has elected Lyman f. Sterns,
formerly manager of the cafe at the
Chevy Chase Golf Club, as Shaw's
successor. Sterns is white man,
The national forum., 1910-10-15
What's Doing Among the Pullman
Car Porters
By GEN. Henry FORREST,

Gen. Henry Forrest, who has
been in the Pennsylvania Pullman
service for 80 years, and for the last
twenty a fixture on the Congress
sional Limited" running between
Washington and New York city,
will have charge of all news pertain
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Conference of Independent League

NuuAGACAIC VA AnuCPSAuVA6 ASu6 Nv
The executive committee of the
National Independent League held a
conference Thursday at Galbraith A.
M. f. Zion Church. Rev. ST. Cor
rothers, president of the local league,
presided. At the public meeting in
the evening Bishop Alexander Wal
ters, president Of the national Or
ganization, delivered an earnest adj
dress, urging the Negro to unite for
his political salvation, independent
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his bed for two months.
Miss Olivia Williams of 2I3 York
street has been at Stafford, Conn,
for a few weeks.
Messrs. E. L. Brown and Thomas
Henry Williams visited Baltimore
and Washington, and spent a de-
lightful week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Williams at
tended the B. M. c. at Baltimore,
and had a pleasant trip.
Mr.. J. c. Gunnell of 44th street,
Bayonne, has been indisposed for
some time.
The Excelsior Military Band of
New York city will give its second
concert and reception at Grand Cen
tral Palace on December 9, 1910.
The porters will have the pleasure
OF running through the tunnel into
the new Pennsylvania Railroad sta
ton in New York on November
27, 1910.
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POLITICS I'm WEST VIRGINIA

we'll looked after by Congressman
woodward. There seems to be no
question about his return.
The national forum., 1910-10-15


President Taft, following his pro-
gram to take up in orderly fashion
the many and varied problems that
require attention at his hands as
President of all the people, held a
conference at Beverly last Wednes-
day, by appointment, with a group
of Negro leaders out, Of which
doubtless will soon come some i'm
portant and far-reaching results.
Emmett ], Scott, secretary to
Booker T. Washington; Charles w.
Anderson, Collector of Internal Rev
enue for the Second District Of New
York, and James A. Cobb, Assistant
United States District Attorney,
Washington, D. c., were the Presi-
dents visitors.
The President expressed himself
as appreciating general conditions
as they exist among the colored peo-
pie, as explained by his visitors, and
announced himself as being in hearty
sympathy with the suggestion that
some encouragement be given to
them along the lines suggested in his
inaugural address-that "the recog-
nition of their distinguished men,
anyappointmentto office fronlamong
their number is properly taken as an
encouragement and an appreciation
of their progress
Some appointments out of the
ordinary class of places bestowed
upon colored citizens are likely to
be made at an early date. This will
mark a new era in the progress of
the colored people, and be distinct
advance over political conditions of
the past.
The conference is said to have
been marked with great cordiality,
and with very great frankness on
both sides. The Presidents assur-
ances are said to have led his visi-
tors to take most hopeful view of
the policies to be pursued i'll the flu
ture with regard to the Negro people.
Governor Pinchback Takes Hold
Governor P. B. S. Pinchback left
for New York Sunday morning to
be in readiness to assume the duties
Of his new office on Monday. He is
a deputy collector of internal reve-
nue for the second district Of New
York, and his salary is between
$4,000 and $500 per annun. The
appointment is one of the most pop
ular that any President has made in
a score of years, and will go far to
aIlay the complaint in some quarters
that the present administration is
not friendly disposed toward the
Negro as an officeholder.
Governor Pinchback welded a
tremendous influence in politics DUR
ing and after reconstruction days,
and has participated in all of the
campaigns since the Negro became
citizen. In many national conven-
tions he has been delegate and a
potent factor in naming the candi-
date for the Presidency, He is now
a citizen of the State of New York,
but for the greater part of the last
Is years he has made his home in
Washington, where: he has been
large property-holder. 1t is pre-
sumed that the appointment of Gov
ernor Pinchback may be attributed
to the activity of friends identified
with the Booker T. Washington
wing of the civic compact.
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Relation Of Negro Population to
Health in This City

For many years those in authority
and prominence have endeavored to
create the impression that Washing
ton, D. c., was healthy city, as
healthy cities go. am perfectly
willing to let that pleasing fiction
pass into belief through constant re-
iteration until such reports as this
below come to my notice:
Washington Times, Sunday, October o.
City's Death Rate Is Third Greatest
Census Figures Show Washington Mortal
ity Record One of Worst in q. S.
NEGRO POPULATION ATTRIBUTED CAUSE
Poor Housing and Housekeeping Blamed Denied
Capital is Unhealthy
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Colonel Roosevelt Down South
"By George! If I thought !
could carry a single Southern State
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Pullman Porter Notes

Mr.. Nelson Sewell of 100 Della
ware avenue has been confined TO
his bed for two months.
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Census Figures Show Washington Mortal
ity Record One of Worst in q. S.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-19

so through the instrumentalty OF the
Ellis Bros. & Jackman. Reliable well
known. possessing the confidence of the
people of the state in which they located
as well as those who knew them in the
middle west, they are doing well; a fine
tribute TO their midwest training.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-19

steamers, except three large boats on the
Yukon, which use oil, burn wood; and the
severe weather of the eight months winter,
when the thermometer sometimes goes
down to so degrees below zero, makes the
consumption for fuel in domestic affairs
much larger than the population-about
80 OO0-would use under conditions existing
elsewhere.
The present sparse population will un~
doubtedly be greatly augmented, and its
need for timber will be large, therefore,
Its timber supply would be conserved to
lessen as far as possible, the heavy expense
which importation will entail as transpor-
tation is slow, expensive and uncertain,
months In the year.
Obviously all the forests of Alaska should
be protected and made OF the utmost per-
manent use. They should be managed so
as to increase the stand of the best tim
ber-spruce-and decrease that of the less
desirable hemlock Utilization of the pres
ent over-mature timber of the coast should
be encouraged while the insufficient supply
In the forests Of the interior should he
given the best Of care for 1t is not likely,
with most intelligent management, to be
able to furnish more than a part of the
home demand as the high grade timber.
which may be needed, will always have
to be imported
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-19
HEAVY RUSH OF
AMERICANS TO B. C.
Americans Prominent in the Present
Stampede to Ncchaoo and
Fraser Valleys.
KLoND1KE SCENES OVER AGAIN

Ninety thousand Americans and ninety
millions Of American wealth transplanted
from the United States to Canada during
the past year.
The counted number Of persons &C
tually reached s0,I4s in round numbers
the wealth accompanying them being
estimated at $1,000 per head.
This year bids fair to even greatly
exceed this amount; present "rushes" in
Nechaoo and Fraser Valleys OF British
Columbia, bringing back to those who
have undergone the experience, the
scenes enacted in the Klondyke regions
in 1898.
AS temporary substitute for the rail-
roads that are being built as fast as steel
can be laid, numerous auto and stage
lines are being pressed into service by
those who would be early in the val
leys"
In numberless cases the trip has been
made on horsebsck-it is not even uncom-
mon to see some enthusiastic ones making
the trip on foot.
1t has been proved often and salts
fsctorily that the valleys" are fertile
almost beyond belief, and there is small
wonder that so many are willing to make
the change.
The Canadian Government by act of Par
lament ON May sth of this year, reserved
or rather withdrew all British Columbia
farm lands from sale and whatever is Sc
cured from now on must be obtained from
private individuals.
Omaha has been brilliantly represented
in this Canadian stampede, and a local
concern, The Grand Trunk Pacific Land
! Co., fortunately. has remaining a limited
number of the best sections Of land in this
most promising section Of British Column
| bia
Quick investors may purchase remaining
farms at $50 per scre--arranged in pay
ments covering a term Of years--it only
being necessary to pay 81 per acre down.
| There is every liklihood-positive as
surance--thst much of this land will
reach SIS. $780, even 800 and more per
acre, when the present building railroads
will have been completed.
illustrated and descriptive literature
may be had upon request to The Grand
Trunk Pacific Land company, s1S New
York Life Building, Omaha.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-19
Idaho Crops
Never Fail

The upper Snake River
valley has great opportun-
tiles for farmer and inves-
tor. Abundance of water
at all times. Lands yield 6
tons of alfalfa, so bushels
of wheat, 100 bushels of
oats, 600 bushels of onions
or potatoes and 20 tons of
sugar beets per acre. Fine
climate.
For illustrated booklet, write,
G. g. Moore Real Estate Co.,
St. Anthony or Ashton. Idaho.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-19

YES.
We'll, he's going TO see Mr. Burridgs
and Mr.. Chapman and tell them what q
sham s2a 8 cruel grind the modern school
system is?'
why does he call IL a sham?'
Because he said he could spell all the
word in our test examination. and when
l tried him he missed nine out Of twenty
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