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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-12-18

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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-12-18

Fine watches in any style for ladies
and gentlemen at any price desired, at
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-12-18

Reels, lines and all kinds Of fishing
tackle of the kind that gives satisfac-
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-12-18
OCALA OCCURRENCES

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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-12-18

Moose meet tomorrow evening
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25
BREAKS JAIL, GOES FORTY
 MILES TO FEED HIS CATS

SEARCHLIGHT. Ney. - The story of how a miner broke jail and tramu- ed forty miles across the desert in order to feed his pet cats has just been made public.
 The miner was Joseph Watkins imprisoned here on the charge of having stolen a pair of lace curtains while in an alleged intoxicated con dition.
 When placed in jail he asked the jailer to see that his cats, forty miles distant. were fed The jailer laughed, but Watkins was serious He wanted the cats fed, and when the jailer would not attend to his pets he decided to break jail and do 1t himself. He did so that night.
 The sheriff followed Watkins in all automobile the next day and took him into custody again just after he had given his pets a bountiful meal.
 It was said the officers and others were so touched by Watkins love for the cats that the charge against him probably would be dismissed
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25
SOME DINNER PARTIES.

Mrs. R R. Myers gave a large dinner party last evening in honor of Lieutenant and Mrs Asa L. Sin gleton, who leave for the Outside in the near future
 Mrs. F. NJ. Keys, of Chatanika. was the guest of honor at a dinner party given by Miss Baker, of Car den Island, at her home last even ing.
 Miss Hazel Pauli was hostess at a dinner party Thursday evening in honor of Miss Webber and MT. Ben nett, who are to wed next Friday night Pink was the color scheme of the table decorations Fourteen guests were present
 A jolly dinner party took place last Thursday evening at the Chin ese restaurant, the members of the party being Dr. and Mrs. R. R. Myers, Dr. and Mrs. J. A.. Suther- land. MT and Mrs. Claude Kelly and Mrs. G. Johnson.
 Mrs. H. B. Parkin and Mrs. w. F. Whitely were hostesses at dinner parties this week in honor of Miss Webber and MT. Bennett. Mrs. Whitely entertaining Tuesday even- ing, and Mrs. Parkin on Wednesday night.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25
LITTLE SOCIAL AFFAIRS.

Mrs. F. F. Dundon was hostess at a card party at her home on Seventh and Perry streets. Saturday evening. Five Hundred was the game indulged in. Mrs. M. C. Smith winning the first prize, Mrs. Carey the booby.
 Mrs. George A. Coleman entertain ed the Auction Bridge club Saturday night.
 Mrs. Cecil H. Clegg and Mrs. John Knox Brown were the prize winners for the month of the Thursday Bridge club which met with Mrs. L. c. Hess. Mrs Gertrude Johnson will be hostess for the club next Friday
 The birthday of Miss Estelle Fitts was noted in passing by party given in her honor Monday evening by her uncle and aunt-Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Huckins.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25
A RAILROAD ID
 DAWSON CITY

JUNEAU, Sept IL = It is report. ed here that the White Pass X Yukon railroad. which operates be. tween Skagway and White Horse Yukon territory, 110 miles. has been sold to the Grand Trunk railway system, and that the actual transfer will take place January 1. 1913.
 The deal is said to have been negotiated by W. B. Close. of Chica- go. who is now in the North.
 The fact that the Grand Trunk Pacific has always declared it's pur pose to build a branch from its transcontinental main line north to White Horse and Dawson gives like. Iihood to the report.
 The Grand Trunk Pacific railroad is now completing the "farthrsr north transcontinental line from Sl Johns. \. B., to Prince Rupert. E. C. the latter port few miles south Of the Alaskan boundary The plans of the company include branch from Hazleton, B. C., northwesterly to Dawson City, in the klondike country. The White Pass X Yukon railroad would connect with this line. That road now operates a line of steamboats from White Horse, Y. T., on the Thirty-Mile. Lewis and Yukon rivers. to Dawson in the summer. and in the winter operates a stage line between the two towns
 With the completion of the pro posed line to Dawson City it would be possible to make continuous railway journey from the border of Guatemala, starting at Mariscal over the Pan-American railway up through Mexico, the United Statps and Canada almost to the Arctic Circle
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25
STATUS OF DEMOCRATS
 ALASKA.

The split in the Democratic party
 in the Valdez convention has given rise to the question of regularity in the ranks. IL is the contention of some of the loud-voiced ones that the national committee and the national convention settled the question of regularity once for all and that those Democrats who did not con cede Jennings to be the regular nominee Of the party bolted the party and are not entitled to recog milton as Democrats. With this con clusion We take issue In the first place. the decision of the national convention as to whom were entitled to seats in the national convention was not decision as to who were the regular nominees of the party in Alaska, That matter was not placed before them, and if il had been, they did not have the jurisdiction to hear and determine it. Our own local affairs are to be determined by ourselves. Now as to the real merits of the contro- versy: Jennings. who was candi- date for the nomination for delegate to congress. and Daly. who was candidate for election as national committeeman from Alaska, each secured a proxy from a number of the territorial central committee. and with the chairman and the sec retary of the central committee. and Ostrander from Cordova, all three of them supporters of both Jennings and Daly. they held what they called a meeting of the territorial central committee for the purpose of mak- ing up the temporary roll of mem bers of the convention, and for that purpose they passed upon the ere dentials of all of the delegates. Now the truth is that there had been no call made for a meeting of the ttlItI al iIltttt iOI tlidt time and place; also, that never before in the history of the party had there been a meeting of the central committee held at the time of the assembling of the convention, hence there was no opportunity for the members of that committee to be present who lived away from Valdez. or who were not present as delegates to the convention
 The fact is also that that same Daily had in his possession fifty proxies from the Second division. all of which were contested. and We think rightly so And that same Ostrander was defeated at the prim- aries for delegate, and he was then contesting the seats of those who had defeated him.
 Those were the conditions that confronted the delegates to that convention. A roll made up be-
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25
THE SPECTRE OF FEAR.

Fear is certainly one Of the most irrational of passions. It is not al ways excited by the presence of danger. Men who can be cool and collected in cases of real peril will tremble at some fanciful alarm.
 The Duke of Schomberge could face an enemy with ready courage. but fled from a room wherein he saw cat A very brave French officer tainted at the sight of a mouse.
 The author of The Turkish Spy" declared that, if he had sword in hand, he would rather encounter a lion in the desert than be alone in a room with a spider
 Fear of infection is dread that embtters the lives of many sensible people. There is legend of an Eastern dervish knowing that the plague was about to descend upon certain city, bargained with the disease that only a specified number of victims should fall. When twice that number had perished the plague explained it's apparent breach of contact with the dirvsh by as. serting that Fear killed the rest"
 During the great plague of 1G65 an unfortunate man died purely from fright. practical joker in the street pretended to discover in this man the fatal spots" The man died, not of disease, but of sheer terror.
 long list might be compiled of the victims of fear, from the crim- inal in the Middle Ages who, re- prieved after he had laid his head on the block. was found to have died ere the ax could touch him, down to the nun mentioned by Hor ace Walpole. whose disreputable ab- bess literally frightened her to death by visiting her in the night and tell ing her that she was dying.
 Charles ", on reading an epitaph, Here lies one who never knew fear" is said to have observed:
 Then he never snuffed a candle with his fingers"
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25
PETRlFlED SNAKES FOUND IN COLORADO
 SPRING LONG NRv

GRAND JUNCTION. Terrified snakes, believed to be the only specimens Of their kind in the world. have been found by | C. Tevis. of Grand Junction. al the side of q long since dry spring on the desert southwest of the city.
 A group of four was found re gently by Teyis, who took photo graphs which have been sent to the Rockefeller institute The snakes are too large for rattlers but are similar to giant garter snakes.
 They are believed to be some variety of reptile which flourished in prehistoric ages.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

hind locked doors. hy interested parties who assumed authority which they did not possess. constituting themselves the dictators of the party in Alaska. and attempting to cram their assumed authority down the throats of the delegates on the floor of that convention Any man who would have submitted 10 that kind of gag rule would not have had one drop of American blood in his veins
 When they attempted to force that roll on the convention the dele gates on the floor refused to give it reception. and in the noise and din that followed Jennings. Daily and their small tribe walked out of the convention and remained away and held a little tin convention of their own. the other delegates remaining in the regular meeting place and car rying on the business of the conven- ton. The bolting convention nomi mated Jennings and the regular con vention nominated Harrais.
 There was a contest for seats in the National convention by the dele gates from the two conventions. and the members from the bolting con ventiOn won out But how did they win and what did their victory mean? This same Daly was a citizen of Seattle. State of Washing ton. but had resided formerly at Nome where he was elected Nation al Committeeman from Alaska Inn mediately after his election as such committeeman he changed his resi- dence from Nome to Seattle, but he retained his office of National Com mitteeman from Alaska
 He was a member of the National Committee when Bryan made his fight against Guffy. the crooked boss from Pennsylvania, and Daly of Seattle. National Committeeman from Alaska went with Boss Guffy and turned his back on Bryan, and be 1t said right here, the Democrats of Alaska became disgusted with Daly. for ninety-rlne per cent of the Democrats of Alaska were and are Bryan men.
 When this contest came up in the National Committee in Baltimore Bryan was having another fight there which involved the question of strength of the bosses headed by Tammany. and the Progressives head ed by Bryan In the committee the bosses were in control and Daly was with the bosses and the bosses were with Daily. hence the victory oF Daly in the committee and in the convention on temporary organiAa ton the bosses were in control and Daly and Erwin were with the bosses ana the bosses elected fafkef anu defeated Bryan, and the Daly-Jen- nings delegates all voted for Parker and against Bryan Their vote for Parker settled the contest in the National Convention, but that dele gation. In being traitors to the Democrats in Alaska by turning down Bryan. ninety-nine per cent of whom are and always have been for Bryan. dld not settle the question here. and We do not believe that when the matter Is properly placed before Wilson and Bryan and their followers that they will declare ir- regular those Democrats in Alaska who could not stomach the Daily Jennings brand of dirty politics.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25
POLICE "Ncoe" FORBIDDEN.

CHICAGO - Chief of Police Me Weeny speaks menacingly in his lat est order requiring all members of the force from captains to patrolmen. to wear their uniforms whenever they appear in public-unless as signed to deteceive duty It is said that a large number of sergeants lieutenants and patrolmen have found it pleasant to go about ''incog" Hereafter they must get specific per mission to do so and must give satisfactory reasons.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

hat his attention was particular ly called 10 the necessity of makin- thorough investigation of the of flee of the Municipal Magistrate and Clerk. l.. T. Erwin. in conse. qucnce of certain alleged irrCgulari- .ies. and especially to look into the matter of alleged discrepancies m connection with certain missing receipt stubs: the inference being that the Municipal Clerk and Magis. trate had issued receipts for a laI ger amount than appeared upon the cash book
 That he made careful check of said office without finding any ir- regularities. but did find a number of stubs missing from the files. That he then made list of those t whom the receipts had been issued according to the cash book. called On the people to whom the money had been paid. and succeeded in securing over forty per cent Of the original receipts. the stubs of which were missing; that he then checked the then original receipts with the cash book without finding any discrepan- Icy whatsoever"
 This affidavit corrohorates the affidavit of Miss Eversole. If she had not sworn the truth it would in. deed be most a remarkable coinci. dence to gather up more thon 40 percent of the original receipts without finding a single discrepancy.
 At the city election in 1906 the citizens selected one member of the old council and six new ones. This new council immediately in. vestigated the Stubs story" and was vindiCated with reelection by vote of six to one. Would you like to read the names of those six men who reelected me? Here they are. Sam BOnnifield. president of the i7' ->d'lulldi bdHh, James Hill, vice president of the Fairbanks Banking company; Mr B. D. Mills. president Panama Mill company; G. E. Branch, of Miller Branch X Will son, hardware; Fred Schaupp. owner of sheet metal works, and Dan Jonas of the Eagle saloon These men helped to build Fairbanks; their money was invested here; they had the progress, prosperity and wei. fare of the city at heart. and ap- preciate and thank them for their NiGdicatiou
 MT. Citizen. was not only vindi cated by the council the grand jury and Miss E,yersole. but was win dicated again last spring when l way elected over you to the Valdez con Vention. Nindicated again by cleo tion to the National convention al Baltimore, vindicated again last week when more than four-fifths of the business men of Fairbanks sign ed my petition asking Hon. Woodrow Wilson to appoint me as United States Marshal for this division.
 l thank them for their generous support, and if appointed I promise that they will find me just as was when Municipal Magistrate With the courage, backbone and manhood to do my duty without fear or favor
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

The Big Chief has declared him. self a candidate for marshal from this division We would like to know when he got his divorce from stubs. Stubs. you know. and the Rig Chief manipulated the primaries here in Fairbanks. getting the off cial ballot out of the Times offico hy a crooked deal with Fred Heilig and then Dan furnished lots of proxies to Stubs. among them one from Circle and one from the Mil Ter House, Did Callahan believe hat Stubs would ever really love him after their past experiences iu the City Hall?
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

opened her eyes in her home in Ruston for the first time week ago, and when she likewise opened her mouth for the usual vail ac. companyins the advent of infants i, was discovered that she had tooth
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25
COMMISSIONERS ASSISTANT

Word was received from Con- missioner J. E. Golfer, of Hot Springs, on Saturday, telling of the arrival there on Friday night of an eight-pound boy. Mother and son were reported to be getting on splendidly.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25
ELSIE BORN WITH TOOTH.

TACOMA, A baby girl just entering her second week of life and with one tooth already cut and another pushing it's way up through the tender gums beside it. is the addition to the family of Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Hackett, 1850 North Pearl street. Little Elsie Hackett
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

T more, i:05 D. m. Returning Leaves Gilmore 7:55 a m. Daily except Sunday Sundays only Leave Gilmore, S30 a. III. Leave Fairbanks 5:30 D. m. Parker's Auto connects with trains and Electric Car at Ester Sidina for Ester City Mclean's Stage Connects With Trains al Gilmore for Fairbanks Creek on Mondays, Wednesda, s and Fridays. Stage connects at Chatanika for Cleary City.
 c. w. JOINT,
 General Manager.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

Judge Erwin. in his letter of yindication which appears in another column. admits that three hooks from his office mysteriously disap- peared between the month of Aug ust. 1905. and that in which the spring election was held in the year 1906 These books were in his care at the time and embraced al least four and a half months re ceipts. and that after that time every stub vas there 10 show for itself This Is worse than We even suspected The whole thing hap pened in the short space of four and half months
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

The hobble skirt has disappeared. but the hobble walk remains There is reason for it. Read what the wise guy has to say about fl.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

In another column RiH be found an effusion from the pen of Harmo- nious Erwin. Well. We got him to explaining anyhow
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

race for delegate. though il has been repeatedly demonstrated that the Democrats are in the majority in Alaska That trick drove the Dem ocrats to Wickersham and the So cialist Alaska will insist on Alas kans in Alaskan affairs.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

Some things hurt the ledge more than the huzzng of guats And one of them is the bare. bald facts printed on white paper with black ink.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

The ledge admits that for fourteen years he has drawn Hourishmeut from the public. That's about enough for any one man
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

The first opportunity the Demo crats had 10 show their strength in Fairbanks was when Tom McGowan. a Democrat. made the race for the senate Charley fused the party with the Republicans and the Wicker shamites. and left the Democratic party without a candidate As some of the Democrats in the town want ed to size up the strength of the Democrats in Fairbanks they per suaded McGowan at the eleventh hour to get into the race. The re- suit was very gratifying to the Dem. ocrats. as they got 30S votes for McGowan out of 564 votes cast and that too with Chairman Davidson and Stubs Erwin fighting him
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

The attorney for John Beall Sneed the Texas man who has about de populated the Boyce family for steal ing his wife, and who is just com menCins his second trial for the killing of the Elder Boyce over a year ago. says that Sneed Is the first man since the time of Christ who has done his full duty toward his wife under all circumstances. That he is the product of Texas Christianity and has violated no law. The first jury was not a unit in this same belief, and il now remains to be seen what the second one will think of the matter.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

The employers and employees of the TrcadWell mine have made law unto themselves. which good example could be well emulated by other companies in Alaska without doing injury to anyone It is just such acts that will solve the labor ques- ton and bring labor and capital closer together
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

A man in New York state was sup posed to be dead and buried. his own sister even identifyine the remains. When he heard of his demise he hasten to return and pay his own funeral expenses.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

The interruptions deal at Val dez in which Charley Day. idson and Stubs Erwin, of Fairbanks, delivered the Demo cratic party of Alaska over to Daly, the Seattle politician, made Bob Jennings a very poor third in the
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

ledge Erwin points with pride to the time when he was Indian Agent of the Yakima reservation. The latest returns are not all in from there vet. but We would like to ask the Jedge if he has the signatures of any of his North Yakima friends on his petition for United States Marshal of the Fourth Division, Alaska.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25
CORRESPONDENCE

Under this head The Alaska Citi- zen will be pleased to publish com munications on subjects of general in terest. All letters should bear the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but for reference and as guarantee of good faith. If publication of name Is not desired, a pen-name should be attached
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

Dan Callahan says if We do not stop linking his name with that of stubs Erwin he will give us absent treatment, whatever he means by that We don't blame him much for getting peeved at il, but "" are bound 10 judge him by the com pany he keeps.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25
Panama ValleyR. R.
TIME CARD

EFFECTIVE SEPT 1G. 1912. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

The public library is now thrown on it's own resources, the time limit having expired in which they got money from the founder. and il is up to the people of Fairbanks to keep it running by their own liberal donations. The library is a credit to the town and will no doubt re ceive the support necessary to keep it's doors open.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

Stubs shouts Democracy and har mony from the house tops now that he is trying to reach the pie-counter Four years ago when he was on the stump fighting Jack Roman. the reg ular nominee of the Democratic par ty, he was not so Democratic or so harmonious. The only time that Stubs is good Democrat is when there is something in it for him.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

Bob Jennings got 80 votes in Fairbanks, and it is conceded that he wouldn't have received half that number if Tom Marquam, the Repu5- lican central committeeman. had not supported him. Bryan in 1908 re- ceived over 300 votes in Fairbanks; Wilson in 1912 received 2S3 on straw votes, and McGowaG 30S votes as an independent Democrat. Let Char
 lie the near-boss do some explaing.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-11-25

try upon which all settlements are made, and not receipt stubs When had been in office about six months the City Council employed good accountant. to audit my books, and at that time all the stubs were there At the next election the lost stubs were fully aired. Miss Eversole made an affidavit, which was published in the News. in which she swore that at the time she audited my books all the stubs missing now were there; that in checking the stubs she found on June 2d, 1905, receipt stub that showed I had collected s12.00 from Tom Beasely and had failed to enter it on my docket and cash book; that l immediately made the entry and my books then agreed with the re- ceipt stubs. have an affidavit from Percy G. Charles in which he swears as follows:
 That during the summer of 1906 he was member of the federal grand jury of the Third Division of Alaska. and in fulfillment of his duties as such grand juror, was ap, pointed on committee to make an investigation of the Municipal off ces of the Town of Fairbanks. Alas ka, being chairman of such commit tee.