Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 1, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 September 1897 — Page 2

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LABOR CONVENTION.

Results of the Gathering of Labor Landers it St. Louis.

l"ha riair.irm fentlng Forth Ilia Mama the. llt-l t-gatt-a I .i ..r. i Aakril to uui i n. uii- Hi.- Kariilug of I inlay. S. utaiul.rr A.

Nt. bow. Sept. i.The labor convention at Masouie hail debated at length h t from tlic committee on resolutions and plana of aotiOB conecruing the future course of the miners' triUe. The report aet a purl Friday, September Ji, a ilay uu which all labor organizations .1! their frienda hall contribute to the reiief of the miner. It further tleelared that if the strike 1x5 not ended by September .' a mass eouveutiou lie held at Chicago. September

S7, to couauler the enurw then to Is)

pursued. It inveighed at lanfta affaiftal eminent by federal injunction," uud called attention in a threatening manner to that provision of the fcdera. constitution, providing that citizen have the right to bear arm. Duriug the prolonged discussion, inwhich Kugeuc V. Debs and J. K. 8ov creign took part, there were evidences of extreme dissalisfaeton with the committee's report, most of the speakers arguing that it n-fts "all sound and fury, signifying nothing." A uumber of the orators talked calmly of shot-guns and violence, but these were not very enthusiastically received, a nice they failed to make it clear who and what were to be aimed at. The sectiou of the report providing for a collection to support the miners was adopted. Its scope cau only bf realized when the tigures are considered. M. D. Katchford. president of the United Mine Workers' union, says there are 1,500,000 union lalorers in country. One day's pay for these laborers will amount to .. 000. 000, Mr. Kftti'lif.'i-l thinks, but he says the number of In borers may be 'J.Ooo.OOO. anil that will increase the aiuou.it to over to.lHW.OOO. The I'latform. The fears of the more watchful fathers of tbe republic have been juatined. Thr judiciary has 4erotue sujifnie. W nitrites a political plieB'imrnun absolutely new in llie history of ine world, s republic prostrate st tbe feet of tbe judge- appointed to administer the laws. Tbey acknowledge no superior. L'ndi-r the eunaiug form of Injunctions co'irts hao- assuiinst to eoart criminal laws and afttf ihiis drawitiir t,i triomsl i tin ikivit ..f .

liilion have r I itif.l th,. lull of rlihls mil fur '

violations of thi s, i-ourt-nia.1 law s huved.'iii.'.l the accused tbe riht of a trial by jury. The exercise of the commonest rlKbts of freemen the ru'ht of as uilily th- ri;iil of frt'f sp. n the ftgM of traveling the public highways hin legislation, under Injunction, been nui.ie a crime, and armed furies Jisj. rse as in .!. jvnpleilarn.i; in ...uioaiiy toexerc.se these rttrlits At Its last tirra tbe supreme court of the I'm nil

States decide 1 that the thirteenth amendment, f. .rnidding ' involuntary servitude, is not violates! by arresting a seaman. Imprisoned him till hi- ve-.sel Is ready to i.-ave i rt. and then forcibly putting him on iMianl to m-rve out tbe term of his cotiira.'t. a !. ,s...n under which the old fugitive slave laws may yet be revived, and Mtriaing laborers besieged and re tu ruts I W the service of tli.-.r rna rHaving drawn to f.-.u- , - a;: tie p.. wis of the federal ifovornm-nt until c ngresv-s an.l presidents may art only by judicial permission. I be federal judges have Im-cuii the subjugation of aovereiga mates, so that, unless a ebeck is so a put upa tbe progress of usurpation, in s -li rt time u government, tiut the absolute uispotNm ..f federsi judges will axtst anywhere over anr portion of Ameri.au s.ii The lien-ling strike of ooal inln -rs. starved to fe. hi.-o -ss by their scant Trage for arduous an 1 dangerous toil; tbe pending strike for tbe right to be fno. enough to mane iab.,r p..s. has been prolific of judicial usurpation, .hi. owing the willlogas s of judi lai de-Mjta to resort to the mo-t whameless deilatu-e ol decency a- we I as of . iw and bumanitr in order to rnaMo heartes-, avarice to drive its hungry serfs back to th" mines to fa ut aid die at their drudgery . un.l there remains to- lay not ou- niariinteed ri-lit of A men cau citizens MM nan Am of a bleh aa aojuu turn has no", somewhere :u.i ie a crime Startled by the-.-: subversions of constitutional liberty, wo tiav- met a. Amor, an eititWIls to eoutls : toje ie - and liavo coiuu to tue following eou. i is.i ii-. i nat : WitkritCAs, The pre-.-nt strike of the ooal miners I. a- a . . i. .str.i:l tie tact t ha: our so-called liberty Is no', r r - - - 1 on bat is a stupendous sham. u:i i- r win.-a m i .1 ...lis are ,)... generating, whiie huu Ireds o( t lousands in n womeuan.lciil.lr.il res tar wag m noveis aud on the public highwa I, IfaUMMaas, This condition has beoom rMMM lor a large au I evr-in r a- ti- i imli-T of our population, a- .on . n t runt a c 011parative.y Miiali class of iegalUeU exploiters to monopolize the in '.en of pr .lu.liou and distribution for th.-ir p: n a'c lien tit a fact aram obvious in the cas ol the miners. VV 11 CHX as. Appeaiato congress and the courui for rel.ef are fi an.es-, s, nee the ieglsialivt- a trail as the executive and judicial powers arj Wader the control of the capitalist class, so that it has cume to pass in Una free country that -while mi tie and swine have a right to the public highway Americans, ao-csllod free men, haw nt Wukhbas. Our ca I allst rl.iaa. as Is avsln abown in the pre ent strike, is arm si. and bin not only policemen, marshals, nherlfTs and deputies, b it also a regular army and militia at It. command, In onlar to enfor e government bv Injunction, uppre -Ing lawful assemblage, free sp'eeu and tberubts to th" public highaays

srhil on the other han I t Ke in I. .ftt.g m."i of t tie

country are una rmod and 'let. iisi .. . utrarv

to the words and the spr. it of the constant ion

of IM United States, therefore he It Httolrtd. That we hereby set apart Friday

September im7. as a " .ood l-'nday ' for t e

cause of suffer 1 ng labor in Ameri a. and con

ribute the earni gs of that day to the support

of our struggling brothers, the miners, and appeal to every frtend of labor tnroughout the oountry to do likewise. firi'.f. That If the str k of the miner Is not settled by Septem er v l.; au I am.'i-ince-nienl m .de to that eff.i. t by the president oT t ie United Min Werkers a general c .mention at OMOMo on Monday. September tT, iHW. be by tbe repre entatlves of all unions, sections, branches, lodges and kin Irel organlnt rs of lalsiring men and frieuds of their caus-v for the purpose of considering turthur measurea la the interest of the Industrial masses and labor In general. iatofi-rd. That we cnsiilerthe use of the ba.let as the best an I safest means for the amell--orstion of the hardships under which the laboring class suffera l.tM 'lvfii, That the public ownership of all mines and railroads 011. . eary reforms of our body oolitic. Htttivd, That we most amphatlrally profit against government by in m .on. w Ich pltyi havoc with even such politics! liberty ss worktngnien have sa. ed from the ste.i Beat of capitalisation, anil lie tina i feaofrol That no nation In wbii 1 aretotallydisa.me.ieanl.iu.reoi.nl, ... n,, tlon. and, tharefore wn urge upon all Uta If' loving enixens to remember snd afeay art i-Ie 2 f the constitution of the I nitisl Stales, whlcb rand aa follows: The right of the peopl to keep and bear

sb .11 aol bf Infringed

COMMITTEE NAMED. Af tee the platform ami reaolutiona of

the faNaMsltMM VT' r" 01,4 ' "l and most of the scats were empty . a resol'.n ..hi w as a lopU-d authorising7 the I'li.uriuaii to name u cotuiultU'e of tire to issue a call f Mr tin Chit Iff) convention Septemlier JT. on the followiuf basis of representation. Hue deleKate for eacu local union, Hiid two for each congreMioDal district. Ouly w ae woikers, farmers and well known friends of labor will lai eligible as lele(ratea The chairman named the following comtiiittce tt issue the official call: J. II. Sovereign, Kuefene licbsl.O'i outiell, of the MaObtntatof union; Mull. mi, ol the Street Railway union, and loiiiicl.y of the Trades and Labor union. W. Marble, of Burden, 111., said ho had returned from Arkansas with tPCfWM eontri loited from the ininers of that state for the Illinois strikers. The i liairniati announced that all money collected September h for the striking' miners should ! sent to W. C. 1". uce s, ,-ivtarv of the I nitcd Miua N orker., l olutnhus, O. Mr Katchford thanked tbu convention ill ii short speech for what it bad done in behalf of the striking miners, and ex. reused regret that the president had uot been asked to convene en gress v ith a view to restricting th federal courts from interfering with the rights of strikers. ll.iore Mr. Katchford bad time to take his scut, . I). Kyan. of Illinois, offered such a resolution, and it was instantly adopted, and the othcers of the convention instructed to so notify tue preside n t. The usual complimentary resolution! were adopted, und a protest again-.: the Armour l'uckiug Co at Kuusaa 1'ity. Kus , and then the greatest convention of speech -makers that ever asaeuiliU il in M. Loaia vvas at an end. It would be ditticuit at this time to predict the most important business transacted by the convention. J list In-fore adjourn incut resolutions were adopteit calling upon the president of the United tates to conveue cougrresa in special session to .letine the jurisdiction of federal courts in the matter of issuing injunctions, and calling upon the coal miners of Missouri, Kentucky, Kansas and other stales ho are still at work to join the striking miners in Illinois, lViiusvlvuBia, West Virginia and other local it ies. Doubts were freely expressed as to whether Senator Mark liauna would permit the president to convene con-irr.-ss for the purpose of limiting the jn l is lie t ion of the federal courts in dealinj with strikers, and others freely expressed the opinion that even if con-

gress W r- c 11 veued for inch a pnrpoMi no utvs would be euaet.-d interfering with the power now exercised by the courts. The resolution calling upon the coal miners in Missouri, Kentucky, Kansas. Iowa ami other state to join in t he strike may prove of much consequence. M. 'inhere of the coiiveti tion, who claimed to speak for these miners, said they would join Ike strike if called upon to do so. In the states named, and also the Ind. an territory, pretty much all the miners are at work and have been for a long time. They nre better off than the miners auv where east of th. Mississippi river, according to ae. -re. lited reports, and prior to last 1 i r 1 t no doubts were ex- ! pre-sed from uuy oiHcial quarter that they would remain at work. There . are about lO.udU coal miners employed j in Missouri. K solutions adopted by the convention, after eight hour. of speech-making, deuoitue,' the interference of courts by injunction against strikers,, Mt apart a day for contributions to the miners, cal 1 a second convention to meet in ( ii.ea'o, and contain doc-j trines palliating almost every ele- j mint that comprised the remarkable convention save the advo-i

cates of hingh; tax. A Ivocatcs of the

theories f ll.-nry (ieorge wei e on band

eat iv an-l late. ami. headc I nv ol. 11.

Martin Williams, of Missouri, their pr.vnee wus ma. I.- known at all times,

ami an hour be fori Um close a deter

mined effort was ni.idu to incuicatc

S' - tue of tneir it m . , ,11,. into t lie resolu

tions, but they failed. The siH'ialista were too strong for thetu. '1 lie convention mis iu;idc up of elements of humanity that are in vin ial y replete with theories which do not liar1110111.C well in such a strangely mixed assembly, and yet nearly evafM faction, except tbe Smg-le lux league, ex

pressed satisfaction when adjourn-; meiit was r. a ned. The only organ-, i.atioii atliiiatiug in the proceedings w inch did not have a full quota of or a- j tors present was the musical union. : It furnished KMM eei lient music, but otherwise was not heard.

AXOTiiKK WAUNIXO. Tho Klondike a Voritablo Bonanza of WotUth,

It Is AhM a rrllabla i.dgoiba la lui-ui) mIi.i Itraie llir llariUhlpa of that In.iru loa III si rlka it Kuh Ibers Will kuSar.

FARMERS' NATIONAL CONGRESS TlM Opnlng s. 1011 In the Mliinaola ltrrt-ai'iitt Ita Hall. St. PAW Minn.. Scjpt. L The actenteenth meeting of the farmers' national congress of the United States was cal led to order at the capitol. iu the hall of representatives, by President It. Wt iayton. of ludiacela, la The opening session was not largely attended, compared with what is ex peeled later, but Bafln tary .ethal's advices warrant the prediction that the congress will le very well attended when the high water mark is reached. The delegates representation iu the congress docs not, at its maximum, exceed : 10. The morning session was devoted largely to the matter of a formal wel come, and following an invocation bj Arch but tlop Lrslaad, the congress was greeted. on behalf of the city of Ü Paul. by Mayor IVorau, in behalf of the agricultural society. by Pr sident Weaver, of that via..- itioii; mi behalf of the stnte l.y eiv. t lough, and to these addresses, respectively, responses on behalf of the congress were made by Joan M. Maul, of l,,inois, secretury of the congress, ami lion. li. r'. Clayton, of Iowa, president. lllr.l at Manltou, ( ol. CobORAIMI .Nl'KlNUS, Col., Sept. 1. William L Ui.isgow, president of t lis St. Charles Car o . of St. Luuit, died la Maaitou laat nighU

sis F'niN. is, o, Sept. 1 he Killletin has received u letter from Charles

. 11a ues. dnted Hawsou I ity, July 'M. Mr Haines is a well-known newspaper I w riU-r, and his letter is the tirsl writ- , ten by a li.ui.ed newspaper man lo come out of the Klondike gold rcgiou. lie says: "The rich diggings have been comparatively idle during the summer, al- ) though the output from Kl lkmidoaud ltoiiauza creeks was famous, und there M as plenty of gold iu sight. There is every prospect of au immense output of gold from this district next spriug. The total output this season is. as near as 1 can juiie, ! aK ut öT.OOu.UOü. but very little grouud has Inen w orked aud the dumps will,

I like some of the tailings of old California placers pan out thousands of I dollars when worked with improved : , machinery. The placers are the mottt puzzling and deceiving 1 have ever seen. lm- 1 agiue a man working oil good "color" j and tiuding the ground worth ouly a

few dol Iars per duv. and then turning to a waste of mud aud moss with no surface indications and unearthing a bonanza. That is the situation lu re aud all over Alaska '1 he man who comes here to mine docs so at the expense of health and happiness, and it is with him a question of makiug a fortune qu.ckly or take chances with death. About me are scores of ineu who cau weigh their gold by the bucketful aud who value their claims at millions. Four hundred valuable d lggitigs are stretched along creeks, aud e very digging is a fabulous mine of gold, yet there are weary men who have gone and returned to Dawson, after searching the great country hereabouts and uever a nugget do they show for their toil, their long weary tramp over broken grounds aud into a country whose disadvantages are exceeded by uu other place on earth. ' This Alaska Northwest territory ii an odd prize-drawing proposition that 1 cau likeii to nothing that admits of a better compHrison than a lottery. A nu. iihei ..f spots are selected on the creess. and for one year the miner labors. I'lie year closes, the water ruus and the season's outpEt barely pays expen s. S. Nearly two miles away from the unfortunate one is another who has taken from un uninviting spot a sack of gold. The lucky uc did not strike tbe poeket because of his ability as a miner; chance favored him aud that was all. Iu short the miner guesses at it and locates any and everywhere. In If cases out of M he misses it, and has lo wait another year for a new trial. Pawson is merely a collection of log huts, saloons and a mass of tents about tOfiia uuuilier. When the long n ights come aud the glass goes dowu to ti.'i degrees below zero, there will lie intense suffering here aud 1 shudder to think of the results. i'rovisions are going to lie very scarce, ami there is little reason to douht that the entire town will have lo go on short rations during the winter, ami that scurvy will lie rampant. Tile gold that will go dowu the river for Sau Francisco and Seattle will amount to about S-.OiMj.OUU. There is a lot of gold that wid remain in camp, for it is used as an equivalent of money, and is legal teuder at 81" per ounce. Of the :,OO0or 4.OD0 inhabitants only a rouple of hundred at the most have made big strikes. There is plenty of work at from !." to tio a day, and many men have paid iJ..' a s for living and saved the balance. Ie ports of other strikes arc constantly Ix'ing received here and many are authentic so far as Me wart ami I'olly rivers are EOaMOJ ued, but uothiug like so rich as the Klondike baa bveii reported. Qe4m a number of pep .- arc preparing to leave hero for Juueau. in case the steamers cannot gel through with provisions and the outlook for a good grub supply is not encouraging. In eonel iisioii, bhe Alaska and Northwest Territory gold tie Ids will le deve loped slowly. Ten thousand men may cuiie here, but they will lie lost in the vast ouutty when they spr. a. I out to prospect. Not more than ."ein of them will striken mine. When they do strike pay gravel their fortunes will be ma Ie. In years to come, when, at the sacrifice

of human life and energy the treasures of this great laud are loeated, the wealth of the north wi.l be Something beyond comprehension.

EXCHANGED COMPLIMENTS. ere.l.lent faera'a liat h to tha (aar oa Ills Krturu to fraue a.nl Ihr uTi X. i'l Au Lschanga uf I'rrtl) t iauU BMaMj I'tlda. Sept, - -It was given jut esterdaythat upoii the arrival of President Kuurc at Ihinkirk Tuesday mornlug he sen t it dispatch to the car say i ng At the moment I place nn ' nc- nwrt i.j in tin- soil of Krauet- uiv tlrst thought 1 foi Tour majesty and tbe hole Kussiau natioa Tbe aia; 111 Uce 11 1 and cordial reception irtv-'n M tbe president of the republic calls font throughout Kraace a fecit uk ol j aud attollou. It ea til leave in our hearts au laeffu e-iblr im-m-ry I ore Tnermsjestv on.se more to accept th txpresalon of ui v thanks au.l the a 1 stu s entertaine.l for your majestljr's happiness und that of lue empress and the imperial family, aud lol the Krsndt-ur snd prosperity of Kussia. The iYur replied to this message from tbe lU.clky palace, at Warsaw. lh said: Th em;. res, uud myself are estreine'i cratrful for your kind worsts just s. nt to us. II 1 a ith pleasure that 1 shall pres-'rv the memory of tue visit paid by the president of the r. (i .' iu to 1; tss.a le.se heart Has once uior be it. 11 iu unison 11U that of France. ISilfDedj NlCHolAS. RAPID PROGRESS BEING MADE. Urltlsli t r(aiilcliia 1'unltlve Ktpislltloaa Ag-ahml lnsur(riit I rlbeauiru. Jtovtnw, Nipt. I Military move iiients are reported from many piacel aud rapid progress is made iu the organiatitui of the punitive EJtpeditiOM being scut against the insurgent tr. baa men. Col. Gordon's column of troops from iVshaw ur lias arrived safely at Kohat without having met with auv opposi

tion on tbe part of the insurgents. The Afridis. according to the latest reports, have apparently left t lie Khy ber pass. The Hritish post at (inarbtind llelooch istan. which was held by native levies, was attacked on Sunday uighl ' last by a uumber of ISrahuis, who murdered and robbed the levies aud BOMf travellers who had sought re fug there. Many new signs of disaffection an reported from various points along tin indiau frontier.

THE PUBLIC

FINANCES.

Aug uat-

i. '.t State111. nl for the Mouth of

anli Italaiire uu llaml Wasuinutox. Sept 2. The monthly statement of the ptlhoe debt, issue, I at the treasury department, shows tin debt, li s-, cash in tbe treasury, to la 81, 00s. Ul. which is au iucrcase foi the month of 14,9f4,47S. Tine in crease ,s uecouuteil for by a correspond ing decreav in the amount of cash 11c hand. The debt is recapitulated a; follows: Interest liearing debt ? iT.Mi.Y MO debt 00 which interest has ceased since maturity 51 ;. :; debt hearing 110 interest8iTs.l.ii.:,.4. Total. SI. -Jf.,s.i ;,:J7. Thisaiuount, however, dots uotincludt aV.i:i.ii.ii. ti.-,:; in eertiticates and treasury notes outstanding, w hich are offset by an eipial amount of cash iu th treasury. Tbe cash in the treasury is classitiet as follows: (Jold, lat,tsil lift; silver. 8".H :;;s, jsii; paper, si 4. '7.o; i ; bonds, disbursing orti.-.-rs halau. es. etc., SIS.li:.ti"d; total. Ss.-,s, u.k-o. against which there are demand liabilities out standing amounting to '. M. inn which leaves a cash balance iu tin t reaa u r v of S-1 . V. 1 . Jnrt.

THE ANNEXATION TREATY. II ist., lo s., ure Kathie tlon DtSM Not I ill ply an Ktlra session ..f ( otigrraa. V.siiiMiioN. Sept. L There is m disposition among otheials here U iiiestiun the correctii.-s, of the state' incut in tbe dispatches from Hawaii t the effect that Minister Hatch hurrie. t- Honolulu with the special purpos. of securing annexation action by the Hawaiian government in advance oi the meet inK' of our congress. There is no rule in diplomatic practice that would forbid Hawaii first acting upon the treaty, and the treatf it

sen ti.H-s not indicate vviie ii govern meiit is to take the initiative in th i ratification. W hile it is regarded u ilesirable in the i xecutiou of the policy j of President MeKinlev toward Hawaii ns laid down ,11 his message transmit i ing the treaty to congress, mst dune, that the document slumi.) . reaiy in 1 all respects for the act ion of t be I 11 1 led , States senate at its Matt session, it is 1 not believed that the president ha any intention of culling a special aes-1 aion for tltc purpose of ralili.-ation. Indeed, considering the fa t liiat il the Hawaiian legislature acts with the; greatest promptness umiu the treaty, it can scarcely complete its action and ret urn the ratified convention lal Washington In-fore ictolxr at the earliest, it would appear to In- 1111 nee- ' essary to advance the session uf eon- i gress bv such a short space of time at

would intervene between that date aud the date upon which eongresi meets 111 regular session.

FAMINE ALMOST CERTAIN. A fffaaWStf Outlook fur the it 1 11 1 er On tha Klondlk. Sax Francisco, Sept. 2. Newa received iu letters to the Alaska t oiuui. rcial C11, that famine is a. most certain 011 the Klondike neXl winter, receives e. in in um t ion from N r. ioo.luie, a newspaper corrcspondealt at L. Michaeiai He states that the Yukon is unusually low, and that the chances of getting enough food to Dawaon to support those now there and those tloc icing in are slender. k.mlarr.oo ol ( mui'il hy an tri of the Uiiiueaiila l.i'Kialaluro. Dt 1.1 in, Minn., Sept. '2. The city funds are practically exhausted and the city employes will probably Ihj paid off in oiiieis fur many pa; days to come. This embarrassment is attributed to a law passed at the last legislature allow ing taxpayers to June of next year in which to pav their Mttf taxes. The heads ol one third of the police force were severed yesterday, five engine houses of the fire U partin. nt will he boarded up and ah park and other improvements aav beet topped

PRACTICALLY AT

Striking

AN END.

la I hi,'

Miner lt. 1.11.1 in Work

Nu 111 litre. INUNNATI. Sept. Si -A Titnrs-Stai special from Knoxvilie, Tenn , says The miners' strike in the Jeiluo Iis trict is practically at an end. The operators tfave notice to the striking miners that unless they returned I. Work at the scale offered the;, wottie have to vacate the company houses. Aa this threatened aWBMlCaaHHNMi in addition 11 starvation, the striken la 'urge numbers have returned to work

THE BANNER MONTH.

All

In ll.i lliiiorr'i

Former Kee.irda Hi

IAHrtaV Hviiimokk, Ml, fjVlpata t. Auir 1 I 01 was the banner month in the bit tore of the port of llaltimore. so far as exports ar concerned Their value amounted to the en or mous sum o tfJMMM figures never b- fore reached. Of the exports, grain forinvl the largest part. aggregating o. ; iu, dsn bushela breaking all previous records of the port (or shipaeutsof this har actar.

SCHOOL AND CHURCH. -Tue Sultan of Johore has made

ut lo RaT, J. A. It. Cook, one of the

Presbvterian I'hureh of Kiigland'a

inissiomi 1 ici at Singapore, of it plot of laud, Uno ucrea iu extent, for the purose of a Christian Chinese settlement. The grant is for HI years. Hie library of the I'ni versify of California lias reieited a gift from Collis I. Huntington of more than 4 ssj doeuinetits iu Spanish ami Knglish, covering the early history of California. It is richer 111 the period just before tin American occupation than anyother collection except the Itancroft library. Sixteen vears ago Texaa had but three graded schools, and now it has Ha; then it had but one public high school, and now it has P s; then it spent for hchiKils less than SMOSJMSt year, and now it spends more than $4.000,000; then it had no university, and now it has one vviih 7.VJ students and 47 professors. - Religion, wiieii it revives in Caryville, Fla., accomplishes something material as well ns spiritual. Of a recent revival there an observer wrote: "Several accessions are reported, und the church and people feel greatly revived. The church purchased a new organ, und the building will receive ;i new coat of paint this w eek." One step towards religious toleration in Basin a hus !ecn taken in a recent ukase rejvealing the law that comjx'ls the issue of mixed marriages to be brought up in theorthodox faith. Hereafter b s will follow the religion of their father, anil girls that of their mother. The change is said to lie due to the influence of the czarina. The Huston Museum of Fine Arta has come into possession of the wedding gift of (ieorge III. of Kngland to his bride. Queen Charlotte, presented by him at their marriage in ITS1. This tela is a chatelaine watch, with belt clasp, hand and pendants, all of the finest gold and thickly incrusted with jewels. It has an interesting history. LAWS APPLICABLE TO ALASKA, A Statement Issued It, . . oils l omi.ii r llrrnisnii. The misunderstanding and contentions regarding the laws that are applicable to Alaska, as far us the lands and claims are concerned, wen set at ret reeeiitly by the statement made by Commissioner Hermann, of the p Mit ral land ofliee. Many inquiries on this question have come to the interior department and numerous applications have been made for copies of the public land law s. w hi. b, how ever, do not upply to Alaska. All this is due to the gold boom. The general land officials have taken much interest in the reports that OEM from the gold lclt and have investigated the laws that govern them. Commissioner Hermann says there is no longer any question about which extend over Alaska, and these laws are applicable. L Tbe mineral land laws of the I'nited Stales. 2. Townsite laws, which provide for the incorporation of town sites and acquirement of titles thereto from the I'nited States govern meiit to the town site trustees. 3. The law providing for trade and manufacturer, giving to each qunidied person 100 acres of land in a squar and compact, form. The coal land regulations are distinct from the mineral regulations or laws, and the jurisdiction of neither coal laws nor public land laws extend to Alaska, the territory In-ing expressly excluded by the laws themselves from their operation. The act approved May 17. lsi, providing for ciiil government of Alaska, has this lr.n gnage as to mine and mining privileges: The laws of the I'nited States relating to mining claims and rights incidental thereto shall, on ami after the passage of this act. le in full force nnd effect in said district of Alaska, subject to such regulations as may he made by the seeretary of the interior and aproved by the president nnd parties who have loCBil d mines or mining privileges tln reon under the I'nited States law, applicable to the public domain. or hat cupied or improved or exerefacal acta of ownership over such claims, shall not be disturbed therein, lint shall he allowed to perfect title by pnvnients provided for." There is still more general authority. The act of July 4, 1SC6, says: "All valuable mineral deposits In lands belonging to the 1'nited States, both surveyed and unsuncyed. nre hereby declared to be free and open tc exploration and purchase, and lands in Eft! Ick these are found to occupations and purchase by citizens of the I'nited States, and by those who have declared an intention to become such, under the rules prescribed by law and according to local customs or rules of miners iu the several mining districts, so far ns the MffM are applicable and not inconsistent with the laws of the I'nited States." The patenting of mineral lands in Alaska is not a new thing.for that work has been foi.ig n ns the cases hnva come in from time to t ime since 1884. Jt. IMiis lieptihlir.

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KIDNEY TROUBLES

l.nl.l l7or.uu In Halfan llonr. Some ladies of West Palm I tench witnessed a novel scene recently. They were on the beach enjoying the brcez sitting up jnst in the fringe of the scrub, when out came a large loggerhrad turtle. It dug a hole and then proceeded to fill It with eggs. Finishing, the hole tiai filled over with sand nnd made to look exactly like that around it. A younp man of theparty "turned" bar and secured the eggs, over 170. The whole operatio.. look about half an hour. Florida Timcs-Tnion.

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