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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-26
ALASKA GRAB
is CANCELLED
cunningham 80 6uagsnhsim
Coal Claims Withdrawn by
the Government.
PUBLIC B0.AIN AGAR
Action Is Vindicati0n for
Pinchot in Famous Con-
trovsrsy With BaIlinger.
Special hD Unitcd Press WIRE.

Special hD Tnfte3 Press WIRE.
Washington, June 26:-By order
of Commissioner bennett, of the
general land office, and with the ap
proval of Secretary of the Interior
Fisher, the Cunningham-Gugg ggenheim
coal claims, valued at from $780,
100000 to s1,000,0O0,0 were to-
day ordered cancelled. The decision
was declared to Illustrate, for the
present at least, the alleged efforts
of the Morgan-Guggenheim syndi-
cate to grab Alaska.
1t was the controversy over these
lands which resulted in the famous
Ballinger-Pinchot feud, resulting in
the dismissal of former Chief Fores-
ter Pinchot. The lands are now re-
stored to public domain and later
will be opened for re-entry. Attor-
neys for the Cunninghams and Gug-
genheims declared today they will
carry the fight to the United States
supreme court.
Pinchot Says Fight Was Right.
Special By United Press Wire.
New York, June 26:-Former
Chief Forester Pinchot today gave,
exclusively to the United Press, a
statement regarding the cancellation
Of the Cunningham coal land claims
in Alaska by the general land office.
He said: THE cancellation of the
Cunningham claims is proof by the
administration itself that the fight
made against 1t to prevent the mon
opoly of the Alaska lands was neces-
sary and right"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-26
TORPEDO BOAT SWAMPED
IN PORTSMOUTH HARBOR

Special b. United Press Wire.
Portsmouth, England, June 26-Ior-
pedo boat No. Sc was swamped today
and her crew barely rescued as the re
suit of q collision with cutter at the
entrance to the harbor. The torpedo
boat was badly damaged.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-26

Automobiles fur nire. Phone ISL
day or night. Sexton, 10 Smith 81.
20097-4-1btfs
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-26

Automobiles for rent. sexton, 70
smith st. Phone 1871. 2eO97-4-1l -tt'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-26
KAISER HOST TO THE
AMERICAN CAPTAINS
bu United Press Wire.

Special By United Press Wire.
Kiel, June 26:-The Kaiser was
today host on board the royal yacht
Hohenzollern, to Rear Admiral Bad
ger and the four captains of the sec
ond division of the Atlantic feet.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-26

&SkSaER - Local
vers t ton G h t
.~ Tuesday.
Douglas Island news., 1911-09-06
The NOrthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North. Condensed. Information for Everybody.

A Haines preacher owns a "speed boat"
 The A. B. flag pole at Haines is top heavy.
 wada, the Jap musher, is at Good News bay.
 The Sheldon Jackson school at Sitka is ready for pupils.
 The White Pass makes Skagway folks excursion rates to berry patch.
 Dr. Chas. Thom, formerly physician of Lincoln, Neb., has located at Chitina. Prince Rupert will build "tempor- ary" city hall, the cost not to exceed S15,OOO.
 Fl. Soon, resident of Petersburg, ac- cidentally shot his right hand nearly off while hunting
 Forest fires reported to be in South eastern Alaska, proved to be on Van couyer island, B. c.
 The cannery wharf at Lake bay col lapsed last week and dumped 5000 cases of fish into the bay.
 The prices named on 1911 salmon are the highest asked in the history of the salmon canning industry.
 The Victoria, from Nome, reached Seattle, Aug. 26, with 550O0O0 in gold, and a large passenger list.
 Thistle creek in the Dawson district has developed a new paystreak. It is to be hoped no one will get stuck.
 The government has erected a two story jail at Iditarod, 22x42 feet, for the accommodation of short-termers.
 The Iditarod Pioneer maintains a poker department, and the poker editor decides all questions about the rules of the great American game.
 Senator Miles Poindexter, of Wash ington, says that the government con trol of the coal railroads of Alaska is proper and reasonable.
 Sam c. Orchard, disbursing officer for the Alaska road commission, is be 1 ing tried by a martial court at Fort Seward Orchard is charged with ir- regularities; misrepresentation of funds, etc., etc, etc.
 Says the Nome Nugget: The S35,OOO gold saving caisson plant up the beach is now being washed through and through by the sad sea waves. That is what is left of a fine looking caissou a few days ago before the storm hit it.
 The responsibility for the wreck of the Princess May on Sentinel island in August, 1910, has been laid on the shoulders of Pilot Richardson by the marine board at Victoria. The wreck ing of the May will long be remembered as most artistic job.
Douglas Island news., 1911-09-06

George Perkins, a member of the Sherman $ Cleveland Musical Comedy Go. slid down the Denver glacier and shot il to crevasse, from which he was extracted with great difficulty.
 Announcement was made yesterday that effective September ], the routing of the steamship Alameda and North western, operated between Seattle and Valdez, will be changed, and the vessels will go by the way of Cape Ommaney, emitting Juneau from their calling ports, says the P. l. In early Septem- Der the inside passage for vessels of the size of the Alameda and Northwestern becomes dangerous from floating ice bergs, and as pieces of ice have been breaking off Muir and Brady glaciers the vessel owners have decided to change the routing of the two steam ships. The steamship Yucatan was wrecked in Icy strait by striking sub- merged iceherg, and the Alaska Steam ship Company is not going to take any chance.
 The Fisher party when it reached Katalla was thoroughly drenched from the driving rain and from wading the cold glacier streams, says press dis patch from Cordova. Mr. Fisher was suffering from a sprained ankle and limped badly. From noon until night the party in the launch made desper- ate battle against raging storm in an effort to reach the Tahoma, lying in the open sea off Katalla. It was only when the heavy seas came near swamping the launch that it was deemed advisable to turn back and seek shelter on land for the night. The launch left still water at Boring lake, near the famous Gun ningham coal claims, yesterday morn- ing and started down the Boring river toward Controller bay. They reached the mouth of the river about 6 o'clock. The storm was at it's height, the wind blowing a gale from the southeast. Mir. Fisher was anxious to reach the revenue cutter because of his lame ankle, which was bothering him, so the launch faced the storm and put to sea. Secretary Fisher and Gov. Walter E. Clark stood on the deck of the launch and were constantly drenched by the waves. An effort was made to induce the secretary to go below, but he refused, asserting that the safety of the party was in his hands. When Kyak island was reached those on the island realized their dan- ger and the utter uselessness of att tempting to reach the Tahoma, so or ders were given for the launch to return to land. After another hour of rolling and pounding the tiny craft made point eight miles from Katalla and the eleven men in the party were put ashore. MT. Fishers ankle was giving him so much pain that parties were sent out to search for canoe and in driving rain the bedraggled group of men started for Katalla. The journey overland was fully as difficult as that by water. The trail winds over noun tain passes, across cold, swift-running streams and through thick mountain underbrush, and it was after midnight when MT. Fisher reached town. The storm, which is still raging on Con. troIler bay, convinced Secretary Fisher that Controller bay possesses no nat. ural advantages as harbor nor can ever be made safe harbor because of the great sweep of ocean lying before it.
Douglas Island news., 1911-09-06

Fourteen parties of the geological survey, including about 50 men, are at work surveying and studying the min eral resources of Alaska. These parties are widely scattered over the territory and are doing work of many different classes.
 While party of men were engaged in surveying homesteads, under the aus pices of the government, in the region of Knik recently, a brown bear, mon. ster as to size, appeared among them. The sound of the incessant chopping evidently jared the big brute, whose habitat is in the vicinity, and he came forth to see what the noise was all about. At the sight of bruin the men dropped their tools and instruments and a stampede to nearby trees ensued. From points of vantage, perched safely on convenient limbs, the men gazed with horror on the scene below. They baheld a lone man, advancing, aX in hand, toward the bear, to give battle to the brute. The modern David is che chaco in the country and has therefore acquired no respect for the prowess of the brown bear. Bruin assumed a sitting posture and calmly awaited his advancing foe. In the meantime, the tree dwellers were shouting warnings to the unsophisticated fellow, beseech- ing him to seek safety, rather than scrap with the dangerous animal. But the opportunity to kill the bear was not to be neglected, evidently thought he, as he kept on. When he had ap- preached within fifty feet, the bear, disconnected at the yells and shoutings all about him, turned and fled to the tim Der, speedily pursued by the axman. But bruin made getaway, fortunately for the pursuer.-Gateway.
 Last year our government took steps to protect the walrus in Alaskan waters, which, like the fur seal, are threatened with total annihilation. Further and further into the North Pacific and Der ing sea the walrus hunters have sought their prey each year. So fast has been the slaughter that today the sales of walrus tusks in the markets of San Francisco are but hundredth part of those of fifteen years ago. A restric- ton, wholly inadequate at so critical a time, was placed by congress in 1910 upon the killing of the North Pacific walrus. It provided that none of these animals should be taken before 1912 in the lower half of Boring sea or south of the Kuskokwim river, and for an open season of two months each year north of this point. Thus absolute pro- lection for two years was extended to the walrus in a territory now practi- cally depopulated, and limited protec- tion where the numbers have been so reduced as to render increase or res toration doubtful. The walrus, often weighing more than 1000 pounds, is killed, like the African elephant, chiefly for the few pounds of ivory in it's tusks. Much cruelty is involved in the hunt ing, as many of the animals shot and wounded on the ice foes are never re- covered, and others, maimed, have plunged into the water, where they sink before they can be secured. Grossly wasteful is this destruction. No enter prise in northern attitudes, unless it be that of sealing, is fraught with greater cruelty and more wanton sacrifice Dumb Animals.
Douglas Island news., 1911-09-06

President Taft has issued an order barring bull fights in the Panama canal zone, but the bulls made Of Alaskan affairs are still at large.
 The Skagway Milling Go. was organ ized last week with the following direc- tors: pr. L. S. Keller, publisher of the Daily Alaskan; o. L. Dickeson, vice president of the w. P. & Y. Route; E.J. Shaw, manager of the Moore's Wharf Co.,; and w. w. Boughton and c. w.. Ask, both prominent merchants. The Skagway Milling Company has for it's object the construction, operation and maintenance of an ore sanpling mill and ore testing plant in or adjacent to the town of Skagway.
 One of the Anacortes fishing fleet arrived from the North the other day having broken two records, one in the mum Der of fish brought back and the other in the shortness of time required to i'll up. She had on board 204,0O0 codfiSh of an average weight of six and three quarter pounds, says Sound paper. The cod.fishing business on this coast is still in it's infancy. There is room for almost an indefinite expaD sion of it, for the great cod banks in Northern Pacific waters are probably fully as extensive as those of the At- lantic. While on the Atlantic cod banks great fleets of fishing vessels from different countries are at work during the season in such numbers that the sea is literally covered with them, the vessels which resort to the cod banks of the Pacific are very few in numbers, and do not interfere with each other in the slightest degree. How much better the chances are here than on the Atlantic, may be judged by the experiences of this schooner; one mem Der of the crew, the "high liner," took 1675O fish himself.
 Carcross has witnessed stampede this week that has caused all other "rushes" on the same line to pale into nothing. Miners threw down their picks, carpenters their saws and ham, mers, merchants locked their stores, chairwarmers arose, stretched their legs and joined the everlasting throng on the mad rush. The discovery was made on creek eight miles back from a point on Tagish lake five miles this side of Tagish Post, the creek in ques tiou entering another which empties into Lake Marsh Reede Goode and "Dad" Keeler are the discoverers and are said to have washed out by means of birch bark sluice boxes teaspoon ful of gold from busheI of dirt. At any rate, there was great stampede and stories are rife of how H. w. Vance and Jack Pooley, after having seven hours start, were overtaken and passed by woman, Mrs. Ali Scott, who locat- ed on No. above discovery. In all be- tween thirty and forty stampeded from Carcross and every one staked. Some went in gasoline boats, some in row boats, some on rafts and others on logs but they all went. The new creek has been named Judas creek by some and All-In creek by others-they were all in when they reached it. As the ground is frozen it is a promising proposition. The creek is about fifteen miles long and is one of the several streams on the eaet side of the lakes, Tagish and Marsh.-Whitehorse Star.
Douglas Island news., 1911-09-06

President Taft has issued an order barring bull fights in the Panama canal zone, but the bulls made Of Alaskan affairs are still at large.
Douglas Island news., 1911-09-06

Fourteen parties of the geological survey, including about 50 men, are at work surveying and studying the min eral resources of Alaska. These parties are widely scattered over the territory and are doing work of many different classes.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-02-02
Teeth of a Shark.

In respect to its dentition the shark
is a very remarkable creature. The
white shark has seven rows of teeth,
while other species vary in the num-
Der of rows they possess. 1t must be
understood, however, that the shark
only uses one row at a time. The
other rows lie down inside the mouth
behind the edge of the jaw. erecting
themselves when it is time for them to
take successfully the place of the first
row. When one observes how keen
edged these incisors are it seems no
wonder that they can bite off a big
rope as readily as if it were thread.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-02-02
He Was Sensitive.

The Japanese servant is very sensi-
tive "a lady friend of mine" says
Evelyn Adam in Behind the SHOT,"
possessed very good manservant
a perfect treasure. She happened to
be an artist, and every day when she
went to paint in the woods this treas
ure carried her easel One afternoon
he returned without an important
piece of it. Though greatly annoyed,
she said nothing. knowing that her
pearl was sensitive to criticism, like
most of his race. But the effort at
self control was entirely wasted, for
the man came next day to give formal
notice. why do you wish TO leaveT
the mistress asked Surely you are
not upset over the easel. | said moth
inc about it, did II NO the man ad-
mitted, but you made a difficult face
And he went before luncheon"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-02-02
A Quick Chance.

When Victor Murdoch arrived in
Washington as a new congressman he
felt that he had the earth in sling
and that money and expenses were
minor considerations. Accordingly he
went to the most exclusive hotel he
could find and took an elaborate suit
Of rooms.
So gorgeous were his surroundings
that when Mrs. Murdoch appeared on
the scene she asked him what the
charges were.
ooh, don't know" replied Murdoch
unconcernedly. Il guess they're all
right"
"At any rate" she suggested, you'd
better go down and ask the clerk"
A few minutes later he returned,
rushed into the suit like a cyclone
and began to throw things into the
trunks Then he stopped long enough
to telephone for a baggage man.
"Ive figured it out"' he shouted as
he slammed up the receiver. cts
costing us $2.16 every minute we stay
here. And we're going to move in a
minute. ''-Washington Star.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-02-02
Humanity In War.

The first man, so far as history can
speak on the subject, to do anything to
mitigate the hardness of the usages Of
war was Marcus Aurelius, the noblest
Of the Roman emperors. Of this illus
trious man De Quincy writes, Mar
Gus Aurelius first resolutely main
tanned that certain indestructible rights
belonged to every soldier simply as a
man, which rights capture by the
sword or any other accident of war
could do nothing to shake or dimin-
ish." Modern humanitarianism in war
dates from about the beginning of the
eighteenth century.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-02-02
Another WAY Out.

In one Of Glasgow's finely laid out
cemeteries a rich citizen, who was no.
torious as skeptic, had erected a
massive mausoleum on what he terms
CHS ancestral plot" One day he met
a worthy elder of the kirk coming
away from the vicinity of the impos-
ing mass of masonry, SO he said to
him, 'Weel, Dauvit, we've been up see
in that gran erection O. mine?"
"Deed hiv I, sir
"Gey strong place that, isn't it? It'll
TAX a mon a. his time tae raise out
O yon at the day O. Judgment"
''Hoot, ma mon," said David, Eye
can gle yerself little fash ABBOTT risin'
gin that day comes. They'll TAX the
bottom DOT of it tae let We fa' doom"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-02-02
Isles of the Sea.

There are few isles Of the sea that
are not known Even in the south Pa
ciic there is not, it is stated, an iso-
lated islet on which the cocOanut palm
can grow which is not marked on the
chart and visited periodically by rep
resentatives of some trader, nor a rock
on which sea birds are accustomed to
congregate and nest whose stores of
guano have not been tested and in
many cases cleared, nor a bank with
in diving distance on which the pearl
shell oyster has its home which has
not been discovered and stripped of it's
treasures. -Exchange.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-02-02
He Thouoht of Her.

at must have been frightful," said
Mrs. BoSsim to her husband, who was
in the earthquake. Tell me what was
your first thought when you awakened
in your room at the hotel and heard
the alarm"
"My first thought was Of you," an
swered Mr.. BosSim.
"How noble"
eyes, first thing l knew a vase of
the mantel caught me on the ear, then
q chair whirled in my direction, and
when l jumped to the middle of the
room four or five books and a framed
picture struck me all at once"
Even after saying that he affected to
wonder what made her SO angry for
the remainder of the evening.-Nation-
al Monthly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-02-02
HENRY HORNS TACT.
Why He Was Always Selected to Break
Painful Tidinqs.

Painful Tidings.
In the second week Of his pastorate
In west side chapel the new mill
lister appointed Henry Horn to make a
soothing address to a band Of the par
ish's insurgent workmen. The pastor
had never met Henry Horn, because
Henry seemed a hard man to corner
for a personal interview, but a study
Of church records had convinced him
that Henry possessed infinite tact and
was just the man for the delicate mis-
sion The day after he wrote appris-
ing Henry of the new duty laid upon
him Henry's wife appeared, pale with
apprehension.
"It's out of the question:" she said.
Henry can't talk to anybody"
"But he's just the man who can do
it," said the pastor. Il chose him for
his tact"
"Tact" said she.
eyes, tact The church papers show
that last year eight men in the parish
who were engaged in hazardous Occu-
pations suffered a fatal accident, and
in each case Henry Horn was appoint
ed TO inform the family Of their loss.
If he had not been a tactful man he
would not have been chosen"
"Oh,'' said she, 'it wasn't on account
of his tact; it was his suffering. 1t
took Henry so long to tell it that the
folks found out there was something
the matter before he got to the point
and were saved the shock Of hearing it
suddint. Philadelphia Ledger.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-02-02

Here's motto just your fit
Laugh a little bit.
When you think you're trouble hit
Laugh a little bit.
Look misfortune in the face,
Brave the bedams rude grimace.
Ten to one twill yield its place
If you have the wit and grit
Just to laugh little bit.
Cherish this as sacred writ
Laugh little bit.
Keep it with you. sample it
Laugh little bit.
Little ills will soon betide you,
Fortune may not sit beside you,
Men may mock and fame deride you,
But you'll mind them not a whit
If you laugh little bit.
Edmund Vance Cooke
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-02-02
HustIinq the Clergy.

A newspaper man once connected
with journal in Denver was one
day in conversation with his chief
when a clerical looking gentleman en-
tered the office.
"Sir," said he gravely, II intend
next Sunday to preach sermon upon
football, and it has occurred to me
that an enterprising paper like yours
would be pleased to have my manu-
script. l have no doubt that any
number of your readers would be
glad to read it and
"All right, all right" interrupted the
busy editor, but you'll have to hustle
it along. Get it in early-early, mind!
Our sporting page is the first to close. y
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-02-02

put IHt UdIIUL UUA
on the floor between his feet and, shut
ting his eyes, bowed his head for sew
eral minutes while he asked the bless
ing on the meal.
While he was doing this the other
two stuffed the box, and the machine
candidates had a staggering majority.
And to this day the honest judge ad-
vertises the fact that for once he made
the election judges give the people of
his town an honest deal.-St. Louis
Republic.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-02-02
CHURCHES OF MINERAL POINT
ST. Paul'S-Catholic.

ST. PauPS-CathoIic.
Rev. L. P. O'Reilly, pastor. Mass at 500 and
1890 a. M; Vespers, with benedictition at 7:3O
p. m.
ST. Mary'S-Catholic.
Rev. Nicholas Weyer, pastor. Mass at 500
and 1000 a. M; Vespers at 500 D. m
Trinity Church.
Rev. March Chase, rector. Holy Communion
at 500 a. M; Morning prayer and sermon 10:3O;
Sunday school at Las a. M; Evening prayer
7:30
Methodist Episcopal.
Rev. S. A Bender, pastor Services at 1880
a. m. and 1880 p. m.
Glass meeting at a. M; Sunday school at
IL: AS; Epworth league at $3.50.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening 1880.
Primitive Methodist Church.
Rev. w. j. G. Bond, pastor. Services at 1880
a. M. and 7:3O p. m.
Glass meeting 900 a. m; Sunday school at
200 p m; Junior Endeavor at 3 p. M. Christian
Endeavor at $3.50 p. m.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening 7:30.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-02-02

his house. The
meeting was a
convivial one,
and all w e II t
"m cry as a
marriage bell"
1t grew late, and
fears were eX-
pressed by the
party that they
were trespasSing
upon the kind
ness of the mis-
ire S S of the
house, who, by.
! the way, was
not present.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-02-02
the king is herer'

"My lord, the king is herev'
"Ha! What sayest' thou?" cried the
famous actor, which happened to be
the next line of the play.
A look of intense disgust and dis
appointment crossed the super's face,
and to the delight of the audience he
blurted out Indignantly:
ooh, you card right enough