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MAKING SUGAR
FROM THE BEETS
I American Farmers Will Pay More Atten
tion to This Industry.
’ SEEDS ARE BEING SENT OUT
Talk with the National Secretary of
Agriculture.
GIVES THE RESULTS CF EXPERIMENTS
People of All Sections Are Interested.
.Department of Chemistry Test
ing Samples of Sugar.
Washington. November 13.—(Special Cor
be.'t 111 the United States is destined soon
to lie. onie ..tie of tile principal agricultural
J, 3 i n this great and broad country
of i.urs,’’ says Secretary Wilson, of the de
partment of agriculture.
••At the beginning of the present year
: p department of agriculture sent out
best eds to all states and sections of this
■ try, and 1 believe they were distri
buted to over 20.0'10 farmers all over the
United states. These seuls were planted
experimentally and we are now, through
i*i.m.*; * ■;- agents of tin <1 partment. who
■ a in every state and territory
in ' ■* union, gathering facts and figures
whi' h tne being' demonstrated by the pro
duction of the beets. We are g. tting sur
i. ilt ind I am very
icu.d; pi. c.il with the manner in which
• .. farm* i of the country have taken hold
of this promising Industry.
*•■]■*,. ;.,*■, ~[• this department is at pres
ent vry ncompiete. Hut in a few weeks,
when the testing of the beets Is completed,
we expect to have enough accurate data
to prepare an elaborate bulletin on the
t of sugar beet growing
“I v ■ . .stm d and pleased
with imp t wen recently
; >*. a >r ’A Iley They
were sent to the agricultural department
be formers in Savin:.w county, Michigan,
and thi t .■■ w< d that they contained a
very high grade of sugar and an exceed
ingly gon ; percent , 1... of purity. The peo
ple of Michigan are greatly interested In
sugar I. * : production and have taken hold
of that Industry' with a will. 1 am confi
dent that It will not be long before this
product wi'l become one of the chief agrl
r.*d enterpr • ' ’ tate
rec >iv< d
from Michigan more samples of sugar
beets, to be tested and particularly from
Saginaw county, than from any other state
in tlie union.
of the sugar beet
experiments which ire being sent in by
the agents of the department, as well as
the results ascertained by the division of
chemi l try, are of so gratis? mg a character
tli.it t'o department lias decided to con
tinue the work another year and a larger
amount of **a:rar beet seed will bo dis
tributed n< * t ve.nr than heretofore and , x
;:ly valuable results may be looked
for. The • ! ••: r’hution of the seeds of the
department will not be confined to the
pug. r bi et belt that has been approximate
ly mapped out by the department, but to
every state and territory in the union.
"As a result of , xperlments covering
runny years it may bo said that as far as
temper i' lire, alone. Is concerned, the sugar
In-, t attains its greatest perfection in a
iie of varying v. dt.h, through the center
< ■ (lie sotbennnl line of 70
degre< I i ret . for .■ ■ threi m nths
Jui *, July and \u ju it. Although this’
Is the gen- r.illy accepted sugar beet | elt of
till our <
have not proven that sugar luets cannot
b. grown with profit in any state in the
p: .nil W,* will therefore < :■:<>,-riment a good
de,i,i in s ates that arc not embraced in
the sugar he-t belt.
‘Sit nnexatlon of Ha wail has boon
, tated throuf the United States the
op;Hi:.e .:s of annexation in this country
have b* ]ir>i;‘'ouiiiiii:p the Question: 'M hat
wll be th» effect on thi industry in ease
Hawaii is annexed to tiiis country? The
h ... ariuced considerable interest
and inee I have given the mat-
ter my attention; to my mind it is one
easily answered.
■ ■ J l.awatfans report that their
lu . ab »ut 275,000 tons of
ually When it is considered that
th. Un ted States consumed over 1,700.000
of -igar last y<*ir it will bo seen tl: ’t
Hawaii i-ot.ld no! by any means supply
with all he sugar it con
sumes From these figures it will be seen
that Ha wail a t best can only supply this
< with abo it oi < -sixth or one
seventh of our sugar.
"Another quest.on which is propounded
by the opponents of annexation in the
United States Is to what extent the pro
dii, I ,ri of that amount of sugar in one
part of the United Slates (supposing Ha
waii to be incorporated to tne United
Slates) would affect the other sections of
Ha country.
"We n.,ve no data regarding Hawaiian
soil i • ■ ■ ■ ' ;■ ■ Ibilitj of ; t ual
production ot sugar cane. I lie ont .*.>k,
however, is pot s > alarming to me as it
mav be to some other agriculturalists, be
, . , 1 knoof no country that can per-
i . ually produce one crop without depleting
the soil of its pl .nt nourishment.
"If tl think they car, produce.
Putting the baby
t 0 ls ,e g°°d
night joy of a hap
/ *«.x' py day to a healthy
z vk mother. Many
/ z * o' r '\ mothers delegate
* v '■'<? this motherly duty
<s></ - ’ 0 a nu,se Sonie
/■ ■••_ .-/ ej mothers hardly see
"Z Z;,. , 'm“‘' ;i »-._-'-i' ?-tbeir baby the live-
Z ? lo, ’« day This is
/■, / nop because they
" ’’hont moth-
1y I i:rat impulses of a
SpZibt'r J; I*'-'''-''-' womanlv woman.
B ? | y. 'i7"" :t r of
I' M .A Ij l I be i r own jll -
J s ' I’■ b» -bh an, l broken
removes, and be
V S' I cause baby is also
rd; sickly and peevish.
This unfortunate state of affairs might have
been avoided had the mother, during the
period of expectant motherhood, taken the
right eate of tb.e delicate organs that make
maternity possible. A woman should al
wavs k ■ thr nt ■ well and
strong. Her own i: a'.th and th.it of her
child depend upon it.
The be-t medi ine for prospective moth
ersis Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It
niakr I ilthy md strong tin organs that
b< ar t lie burdens of maternity. It cures all
disease and w - ,ki: It makes comfort-
abb the peri d preceding motherhood and
r< > lets th advent of baby ■ asy and nearly
: It insuri 1 thy child. The
p uns ana stiffer::'..; th d worm n endure, as
a result of wi ai. ;e , ; of th distinctly wo
manly organism. vani-h under its use. All
g d druggists ell it. There is nothing
el e “ j list as good. ”
I want to tc-i! von.” writes Mrs NA.Thomas,
■■■■■■■■ ■ ■' ■ ■ . ■.
d.v.'. hl. r. Mr-. I. >v: :■ .. ',vi;o lives in Texar
doctor's re fol
four v< I lately sen; lv 1 word to try the
.... ... < me ipierce’. l Favorite
Prescription, and 1 have -a-t la ,;rd that it has
d-■ !<-hi r’.nor-'u i th.m rtll the doctors ”
“The p, , i ' s Common Sense Adviser”
explains ’-mptoms of ailments common to
everv .nd suggests remedies. It
has several chapt- rs on woman's diseases
and v, e i.w : An edition in heavy
paper r- i' is ill be distributed abanh'tely
fne. Send the World s Dispensary -Med
ic.:' A- ->< iation Buffalo, M V . ,-i one-cent
stamp- to pay the cost of mailing only.
Cloth binding way be had lot io cents
extra—3l cents in all.
that amount of sugar forever they may
get left. Their land cannot possibly be
wholly devoted to the production of the
sugar cane, and In a few years they will,
through necessity, be compelled to devote
some of it to other products. They seem to
have reached their maximum already. The
United States is growing and will grow
and require more and more sugar, while
the Hawaiian sugar crop will decrease
gradually until it will not be anything like
as large us it Is at present. 1 think there
fore that the production of the sugar beet
cannot very well be affected by the an
nexation of Hawaii and its sugar crop.
When casually looking over the facts pre
sented by the opponents of admission I
frankly admit that I shared In the appre
hension, but after going into the matter
deeply and giving it careful study I am
glad to say that my fears wore set at rest.
“As I said before, the production of sugar
beets Is destined to become one of our
leading agricultural Industries. From
Maine to California the people of all sec
tions are Interested and they are watching
the results of these tests and experiments.
1 do not believe that It will bo long before
there will bo numerous sugar beet factories
scattered all,over the country. There is a
factory at Rome, N. A’., which Is now run
ning in ful’ blast, and with a market where
they can dispose of their products at hand
the people In Unit section are. rapidly turn
ing their attention to the production of the
sugar boot. Yes, It is a great and growing
Industry’’
The division of chemistry of the depart
ment of agriculture is kept very busy at
the present time, testing flic samples of
beets that have been sent in by the farm
ers of the different sections of the country.
Professor II AV. Wiley, the chief of the
division of chemistry, lias devoted a great
deal of time and labor to the sugar l"*et
Industry, ami in conversation, has the fol
lowing to say of it:
"The complete tests of this division of
th<- department of agriculture have not yet
been made, and it is therefore impossible
to announce any accurate data on the sub
ject. When these tests are eonipieieit,
which will i><> about the middle of Deeem
ber. we expect to prepare a bulletin on the
subject of sugar beets as obtained from
ixp -rim. nts In the United States. Although
,v.. mav profit by th. ri suits of the sugar
lie.-t industry of European countres, still
the climate conditions and the conditions
of tli" soils, etc., of this country ar. differ
ent from those of Europe, and there:..re
it is impossible to apply to th’s country,
only in a general way, facts obtained from
other countries.
"Although wo have only obtained one
sample of sugar beet to be tested from
the state of California, yet the Industry
In that state is perhaps the most exten
sive of any state in the union. ‘1 he peo
ple of California have arrangements with
in their own state where their beets are
tested, and therefore we do not receive
very many of them; but the general re
sults are sent to this department for our
benefit.
"it lias been found by experiments that
the sugar beet reaches Its highest develop
ment in north temperate latitudes. So far
as the production of beets with legit ton
nage is concerned, it is found that th.a
<an b* ■ accomplished far to the south. Hut
beets grown in such localities are, upon
tlie whole, less rich In sugar and less suit
able for the manufacture of sugar than
those grown farther north. From the in
complete report of the tests of this division,
1 would say that the best beets that I have
si <*n came from around .New York state,
but tlie tests of the division are so incom-
it it is impot sible to make a posi
tive assertion, as we shall lie able to do in
Hi., near future.
"The sugar beet does not require any
particular kind of soil for its production.
I a a general way, soils are <i<*serlbi*d for
practical purposes as elaye? id;
luvial mils, and the exp. riments of
the departments go to show that all of
these soils will produce beefs. I l-dicve
tli:.l thi so Is tha.t are less adapted to
sugar be.-t production ar.* stiff clays, which
a. cultivated w ■:. diflicult j readi ly
packed mub r the influence of hard ra ns
and hot. suns, and virgin soils, or tln.-e
■ . rich In organic or alk lino salt
~ best * y described
a sandy loam -a soil containing a happy
medium betwK n organic matters, clay and
sand.
"In fact, it may be sad that any soil
which will produce n good crop of maize,
wheat or potatoes will, under proepr culti
vation nroduci a good crop of sugar bc.-is.
The soil on which the b.ets are grown
should be reasonably level, however, and
■di s being the case, should be well drained.
It is ailvantagc >us 'dial tile drainage sliould
!>■ practiced, as natural drainage on level
soil is somewhat ileti i. nt. It is ilillieult
, v - ;,-,r bi ets on lct‘el land wi Pout
good drainage, especially in a rainy sea-
“Thero is one Important thing that farm
ers contemplating the growing of sugar
. should und< rstand, and that Is that
ft is impossible that any simple method
of horn.* manufacture of le-et sugar can
prove coinnierc.ally successful. It Is very
dfflieult to extract the juices of the beet-
They contain a. large quantity of mineral
•
molasses made from them bitter and un
palat Ani liter thing is. pr< ■ for
the extraction of the juic< ol th.* sugar
b. .an, nt best, only extract from IW
to 70 per cent of t lie sugar which the beets
contain. Thus, so great is the per.-entag.*
i t loss Incurred, that it Is impossible lor
a homo apparatus to compete w.th a
large factory.
"Ti.< manufacture <.f beet sugar is an
industry entirely distinct from prime ag
riculture and can onlj be : it! ly ac-
complished by the investment of large cap
ital. undet the direction of skilled work
ic. it. The < xpen.se for building a tirst
elass factory is very much greater than
thi . * eral piiblic < tn under: tand, :'* m
data at hand, t may b stated that in
Europe tin* cost of creating a factory with
th. most motl.-rn machinery of a capacity
of at least 300 tons of boots (»*r day is
about SUOO.OW. I ani told tl it the cost ot
■ ugar beet fat tory just ■ rected and put
in operation in Rome, N. Y., was over
"I’. ihaps it. would interest somo of your
readers to knew what is .lone with the
waste produc of t. e factory. This waste
consists of the pulps and molasses. The
pulps make a. valuable ealllt food. They
mav Is- f.*d in the* frosh state or pre:- *rvcd
... j ixi. i. ■ < xperimen.s have b< * n
ml I
II u m in th* <lri<il .-lat<*, ami th< s<* expe-
l>*:*en fairly successful. It is
:.* of ’the pulps for f.-. d -
..a purposes is from one-fourth to one
til'; h of tb< value of the beets.
. . no .v bout a dozen beet sugar
'factories in full op* ration in this country,
n ,,..| ..f iviH> li are located in the western
tales. Till* department of agriculture is
very mm :: pleas'd with the results of
their efforts in ntro.’.ueing the sugar Iwet
in tills country, and wn anticipate tlie
t ~n <*f a number of factories in every
K( . , . ~* the Ind SM lfl i I>. i'll Y.”
NATIONAL PAPvK COMMISSION.
Chairman Boynton Submits Annual
Report to Secretary of War.
AVarhi ng ten, November 19.—Cleneral i Ivnry
V. Bcymton, as cltairman < *:'
innipa and Chattanooga Na*:onnl Park
commission, has .submitted to the s<*cr< tary
<>f war tlie annual report of th * commis
sion showing th it satisfactory progress
J as be< n made in the cst ablislimcnt ol the
] : rk in ai"ordanc*. with existing lews and
v ~ plan her< tofore ; dopted by the war
lb pa rt I:' < i: f.
No ci ange se<*ins to th. park commission
p '..* required or to lie advisable N*» new
I* 'station is suggested and no iner* isi* of
ti. appropria t I'm <1 that mad* for the.
< uric nt i: cal year is needed. The ba ttl'..*-
tb Id of Lookout mountain has be. n a*l*b d
to the park during the past y- if at a cost
. ■ *
a* r.s on Hu* top of the mountain at. ita
i .'ith | ..ini may' be :i*•• j• ii I*< <1 .luring the
*ii.'i*.g y < ar, thus completing the pur<*li.i. **
of land for the j'.uittanooga section of the
park with the i x -eption of small tracts
on Mi* iomiry ridge.
1n:..; st in tin park throughout tin coun
try is r.ipiilly increasing.
Most of Hl twenty-six state commissions
co-operating with the national commission
I .v. i.een ai live in providing for tin* •ree
t on of monuments on the field. Man*, of
tin* slatis which have . rem. d regimental
ami battery mon nm nts tiiroug'.'tut the
are now engaged in putting up costly
monuments of niposing <l* sign.
Tin* stat** autliorilii s of Tennessee have
b- <ll prompt ami liberal in affording every
l -gal lac lily for prosecuting the* work of
tin* eonnnission.
New Counterfeit Discovered.
Washington, November 18. The secret
s<rvi<*<* bur. .in announces the <li cov* i*y of
a new counterfeit ten dollar siiv<*r certifi
cate and also a counterfeit national bank
note.
The silver ecrtilieate is a photographic
pro.liK'tion printed on two pieces of paper
p; sted tog< tin No at tempt has b< < n
ma<l< to color th< back of the note, wliich
is a shade of brown instead of green. The
THE WEEKLY CONSTTTTTTTON: ATLANTA. GA.. MOXDAY.NOVEMBER 22, 1897.
seal Is colored a bright pjnk. The note Is
badly print. <1 and the latite work is blurred
anil indistinct.
The national bank note is on the first
national of Joplin, Mo., series of ISB2. It
is also printed on two pieces of paper ami
the silk liber in tile genuine is imitated
by pen and ink marks.
CUBA AND MONEY DISCUSSED.
Cabinet Held a Two Hours’ Session
Considering Annual Reports.
Washington, November 19.—The cabinet
was in session for two hours today, devoted
largely to a discussion of the annual re
ports of the different members. The more
important reports from the treasury, war
ami navy departments have not yet been
made public ami tlie.se were given consid
eration at the session today. The president
also discussed various features of his mes
sage.
The two subjects which engaged the spe
cial at :< nt ion of the cabinet were those re
lating to the manner in which the Cuban
problem ami the question of the. finances
should be handled in the president’s mes
sage. The opinion was generally expressed
that the Cuban situation as it affects the
United States was even more favorable
than could be expected and there was
especial good feeling over the release of
the cr.*w of tin* Competitor. This and
other <'.nccsslons were accepted as indicat
ing a. genuine <l. sire on tlie part of the Sa
gasta administration to meet the wishes
of the authoriti**.-- of this country and bring
the war to a hasty termination. If there
was any doubt expr< ssed as to Spain’s
maintenance of this line of policy it was
not made pul !e. I»ul tlmr was mi diss, nt
from the opinion that as long as that coun
try should continue in her course of con
ciliation there was nothing left for the ad
ministration but to encourage it.
A wi<l< variety of opinion was developed
among the members of tin* cabinet as to
the policy to be recommended on the finan
cial question. There w* re, indc-d, almost
as many vi* ws expri ss* <1 on th.* <l* t tils in
volv'd in the discussion <>f this qm li.m as
there were cabinet in* :nl>* rs pn* * nt. Their
differenc 's related, however, largely to de
tails and much of the conv. r ation turmd
upon the diflieultles ot gett ■ < n
gress to unite upon any lino of policy.
CONGRESSMEN ARE GATHERING.
Senators and Members of tlie. House
Are Repairing to Washington.
■Washington, November 20. -The near ap
proach of the time for the < onvening of
congress has had tin* effect of bringing
a. ivnnber of senators and memb' rs of the
house to Washington, amt there was quite
u gathering of them at the eapltol today.
Senator Morrill, thi* venerable chairman
of the Senate committe on liuam * , was
among the number. When asked what he
th night of th* prospect ol tinancial or cur
rency legislation, he <l* . lined to commit,
himself beyond expressing the opinion that
the * * ion woultl be quiet on and that
the indications w* re not < spe -ially favor
able to accomplishments on fiscal legisla
tion.
Senator Carter stated emphatically that
there would be no abatement in the efforts
of the republican party to s.*<*ure. an in
ternational agreement as pledged to do by
the St. Hou's platform. 1 it he said that
he was not at liberty t.,> divulge the plans
of tin* Ani* ri<-:iit . ommission :-•> far as lie
was familiar witli tie m H-* had no doubt
of ib.* perfect good faith of the adminis
tration in the matter and was still hope
ful of favorable results.
HENRY GEORGE’S WILL IS TILED.
He Leaves His Home and Copyright
to His Wife.
New York. Nov mber 20. -The will of tho
late Henry .George, tiled for probate today,
his < • of the
homo .it r’ot'i llamiltoii. worth .'ibout
tint] tlie < f his hooks to
his wMow
.Mr. Geordi’s hook on po'itiral <- ‘nnon-v, In
tin- urJimr of which }:•• .■ ju.nt ilic hist six
years of his life, and on wh'eh he < xp» cted
h f:nn< to rest, will b
few months.
SILVER SERVICE FOR NASHVILLE
Leading Tennesseeans Will Present
the New Boat a Token.
Nashville. Tenn., November 20.—A party
of thirty-llvo leading citizens, men and
women, left tonight for Norfolk, Va.,
where tiny will present to Commodore
Maynard the ii; nd sonic sllvi r s *i \ i<*< given
by eltii** us of Nilshvilh to tin gunbo t
N tsiiville .hi m*xt Monday. W. G. Hutche
son will deliver the presentation speech.
CAPTAIN W. P. ANDERSON DEAD.
Cincinnati. November 20. -Captain Wil
liam I’. Anderson died suddenly at >; s
home on Pike street, tills city, tonight, of
heart failure, aged fifty-seven. ll.* was
a nephew of Major Anderson, of
Port .Sumter fame, lie was pre-eminently
a man of affairs.
New Boat Bluff City Burned.
St. Louis, Not. tuber IS. 'l'he Anchor Dine
steamer Bluff c.it, on. of Hi. finest and
newest boats on th.* low. r Mississipi. which
b it here on Wednesday bound for New
Orleans with forty passengers and 1,000 tons
of niise. Ilaneous freight on board, was
burn, d to the water s edge at. Chester, til,,
sev. uly-five mih s b.-low here, this morning.
■ .
out injury, but nothing on board was
Austrian Laborers Arrested.
Washington. November 17. —Commissioner
General ' owderly, of the In ml./aT *.n bu
reau, today received a telegram from In
spector Baldwin, in Mississippi, stating
that he had secured the arrest of nineteen
oth.-rs of the party of Austrian stave cut
ters, making forty-seven in all.
Inspector Baldwin was instructed to bring
tho forty-seven imm.'Lately to Baltimore
for deportation to Austria, and have a
deputy find Ute two still missing.
Indian Police Fight Indians.
Wichita, Kan., November 17. —News comes
from Wttpamuea. 1. T., <»f a bloody battle
between Indian police* and a band of Choc
taw Italians who attacked th** former from
ambush.
Jim Colbert and his two brothers were
patrolling tho country on Blue river, m ar
I’otatoc, looking for hors.* thieves. Tho
Indians wit . ambush. <1 them were friends
of an Indian by the name of Brown, whom
d killed . ■- ■ : igo wliile he was
sh< riff of Tishomingo.
They had sworn to av*nge the death of
Brown. H. I’.-rry. an Indian, was mortally
Woiii .b d. < '.<■ Colbert-: e-. ape.-l with slight
wounds. No arrests have been ina.lt.
Cleveland Returns Thanks.
Prim.ton. N. .1.. November 17.—Ex-
President t'leveland said today to it repre
sentativ.* of Hie Associatoil Press:
"Tlie number and heartiness of the con
gratulations vve have recciv.'d on 11 1<* birth
..f our soil are so gratefully appreciated
that I wish von Would convey through the
Asso.-iateil I‘rt.ss our thanks to all tin* kind
pcop;.* who have thus given proof of their
friendliness."
The Postal Treaty Ratified.
Washington. November lf>. I lie fin i! act
on tho part of this government in the rati
fication of the treat'- adopt! dby .In■ .*ec<ait
, . , ,i postal wa taken to-
day when Pres dent McKinley signed the
formal convention or treaty, and Secretary
<y,‘ Stale Sherman had tlie government
Seal affix' d.
The treaty takes effect January 1, isjj.
Concuded Final Trial Trip.
New York. November 17.—Tlie I nited
States ship lowa arrived at the Brooklyn
navy .card tills afternoon after concluding
iter final trial trip.
Tlie r. port of tit.* Inspection board will
be s.**nt by telegraph to Washington and it
is .-'aid tile performance of th" lovva during
the trip was in every v\ i.v satisfactory and
that the board will recommend that the.
government finally accept the war vessel.
A BLACK MOB
LYNCHES A CRIMINAL
Josh Ruff, a Desperado, Lords It Over a
Colored Community.
ASSAULTS ONE OF THE WOMEN
Negroes, Outraged. Organize Against
Him.
HIS DEAD BODY IH THE PUBLIC ROAD
That Is Evidence Enough That They
Got in Their Work in Due.
Time.
Gibson, G.a , November 15.—(Special.)—At
midnight last night the citizens of the
community of Sleepy Hollow, six miles
from Gibson, were aroused from their slum
bers by the report of a fusilade of shots.
No one went to the scene of the noise
until this morning, when they found a
form of a human being lying in th.* public
road, with its body and head punctured
witli bullets and buckshot. Upon investi
gation it was found to be till* remains of
Josh Huff, a desp* rate outlaw who recent
ly escaped from the penitentiary and had
be«>n in that community for several weeks.
Terrorized the Community.
It Is to! ! that tho outlaw went around
with several pistols and a. winch* t'*r rille,
and has been knowti to held up several
negroes of the Sleepy Hollow community
and roll them, and he was also gu Ity of
going into tlie negro houses and at tho
point of h's r tie. demand Hie negroes to
surrender to him their money and other
valuables. Tlie negroes were afraid of
Ruff, consequently they failed to say any
thing about the treatment they were re
ceiving at the hands of the outlaw.
He Fired Eack.
From the number of shots heard and
from the appearance of tlie body, there
must have been at least twenty In tho
posse that did the killing. It Is thought
that tii'.* posse consisted of il:* negroes
who had been robbed by the outlaw. Ruff
evidently d d some shooting while be.ng
killed. There was blood in tlie road for
several miles leading to the seem* of the
tragedy. Ruff was ory ually from Warren
county, where bo was one.** tried for mur
der He was tried in Taliaferro county
several years ago for attempted murder,
lit* was a professional gambler.
The Cause of the Tragedy.
Hater news is to th.* effect that llczo
kl.ijt .Xorris. a negro, has confess d to tho
k Hing of Ruff, and says he did so be-
Rust had assaultt dlis >1 tugb.ter, and
sent Norris word that if he divulged it he
w-cild l-.i.1l him.
Xorris may have had a band in the kill
ing. but It s eV.dent that he was aided by
several others. In fact, it was a lynching
by a negro mob.
FAIRBURN TRAGEDY A MYSTERY
Appearances Seem To Be That Moon
shiners Did It.
Fairburn, Ga., November 15.—Special.—
There have been no new developin'n' m
the mys.- rl *:s trpl** tragedy, ex. < at that
Governor Atkinson has <>ff< red a reward oi
S3OO for the arre t of the criminals.
The plaee. vv I<: *. the killing occurred is
about tv, i and t half miles east of Fair
burn, and is reached by a winding little
road leading off about half a mile from
the pubi c road. It is just so situated as to
make it favorable for the perpetration ot
the crime ai:«l ifford an escape for the mur
derer, it being u small clearing entirely
surrounded by d e for* sts. The three
unfortunate negro* s were killed within a
hundred yards of their house, and from the
respective poc:ions in which they were
found, it is <•*..*»>• to conclude the manner in
which they met their death. The man
was plowing tip potatoes, and had just
turned around at one end of the row ana
advanced t< n pac. s when he was shot from
behind and b 11 d< id with his hands still on
his plow siock. his horse having stopped
and ; intil tlie crime was d ■
eo\■ red. Tito wife was following her hus
band, picking up '.he potatoes, and when
found fi.-*l a bucket half filled with pota
toes on her arm. She was shot In thi* tace
and fell in Hie furrow right behind her hus
band, indenting that she had turned to
look when tin* first shot, which killed her
husband, was tired. Tlie third victim, the
negro girl, was near the opposite end of the
: .*.■, . . < ers, . shown bj her
trael.s and a hall filled b;: k.*; of potatoes
which sh< was handling, and when the
:'‘*ots which killed tin* others attracted her
attentlo e fit 1 toward tbe woods, ana
at the edgt of which site * is overtaken
and kiib d !.y the ass tssin. She wa? also
-hot in ■ ' ■ turned u
. pursuer. Her i hro
also I*lll Ail .V.n* killed wlih slugs or
bueksliot, a i post mortem exam-
•n.ition on 'ln* l- di* s by the coroner today.
Tit.* eo oner’s jury began its examin it ion
and then idjourueti until Tuesday, at which
lime it is to be hope.! some light may be
thrown upon tin terrible tragedy.
People living in tlie neighborhood of the
kilbng heard ilr’ee reports of guns about
12 o’eloi k v. sterday- the first two In rip a
succession'and the last one a minute at-
.re many theories advanced as to
the cause of the killing. One is that ths
killing is th** work of illicit distillers, whom
It 'ls sug". -**ed may have found the negro
troublesome to their business: another is
that It was done for the purpose of rob
bery as It Is said that trunk supposed to
contain money Is missing from the house,
and still anothei Is that It was done by a
.. . . ind ol the w..*■
. *. tlttlng het- first .
band some years ago at Jonesboio.
Whetb. r either of these heones is the
corn *■: one may never be known, as the
crime is now shrouded In mysUtj.
No Trace of th® Criminal.
■Fairburn, Ga.. November 16 - (Special )-
The corom r's Jury closed its investigation
here today of the mysterious muni, r ot
the three negroes last Saturday and ren
dered a verdict that the killing was done
by party or parti, s unknown to th** juij.
No iiuht was thrown on the iny>t» ry wnitn
would authorize the arrest or detention of
any one. and Hw prospect is that the p< r
or wi be known. in a long time,
Tho evidence disclosed the fact that tii"
negro woman, Ida Turner, was no the
I, *7.1 wil.* of 11. my Turner, but tha’ lu*i
whom she d* sorted to live with Heniy
'*■ . ner, live in - ; a ‘‘ , thi . x ‘ ,:1 "
a cnihl a >o in Atlanta with its father,
■'lt ”w:\'"’shown that a whit.* man whose
name was not learned, but who lives near
S* lina. in Clayton county. h:l1 '
Henry Turin r with stealing a do„ fioin
him last summer and had tlir.*al**n"d to get
<*v. n witli li m before Christma = it was
also shown that n strange negro man wltos.
manii. i’ look'd -oispfeious was seen to come
~.* ~.,,.,,1 two or three hours aft.-t
th<* killing oeeiirr*d and strike tile i.ill
!o.td a s'lon di.-taix-e below Fairburn and
then disappear. Tills is precisely the spot
w!.< r< 1 >.•:• «*ti•• • Yarbrough s bloodhounds
struck th.* railroad, where they lost the
trn il.
Hastens Durrant’s Execution.
Washington. Xov nib *r l.>.*—Ou motion of
Assistant Yttoruey General Anderson the
;■ • . r . 7Lt*;
g CHICAGO, XXJU.
Mention The Constitution.
supremo court today decided to Issue Im
mediately its mandate in the Durrant mur
der case.
Ni> representative of Durrant was in
court when the motion was made and the
court, after a hurried consultation on the
bench, announced through Chief Justice
Fuller that the mandate should issue forth
with.
Mr. Anderson thinks this will settle the
matter and hasten Durrant’s execution. He
said he would have made the motion socner
but for the necessity of giving notice to
Durrant's counsel.
Durrant Lawyers’ New Move.
San Francisco, November 17. —The attor
neys for Theodore Durrant have made a
new move. The condemned man now stands
convicted of tho murder of Blanche La
mont. No disposition has been made of tho
additional charge of the murder of Minnis
Williams.
A document filed with (lie district attor
ney gives notice that on Friday next tho
attorneys for the accused will appear be
fore Judge Bnlier and demand that a time
be set for tlie trial of the Williams case
in tin* same manner as though there had
been no trial and conviction for the inuider
of Blanche Lamont.
District Attorney Barnes takes tho po
sition that tho Williams case cannot be
forced to trial.
Farmer Held Up and Robbed.
Irwinton, Ga., November 16.—(Special.)
Thomas Davis, a farmer living seven miles
from this plaee, was held up by two un
known men yesterday and made to give
up an express package containing $162,
which he had Just taken from the express
efiico at -Mclntyre.
Davis call *1 at the express office last
Saturday inquiring in tho presence of a
nun.ter of petions if the package had
come and was informed it had not. It is
believed that srme one in the crowd heard
tint Inquiry and th* n planned tne rob
bery, knowing ho would return for tho
package Monday.
Monday Davis again called at the ex
pr< ■; office, received .I'.'' money and started
l.orn. . After traveling for two mil' :- it was
.... f sary for him to get oft his horse to
let down some bars. 1 his was
< <ige of a swamp. As .soon as he al.gnt d
fr< m 1 is horse a. man rose up within three
1""I of him, covered aim "iHt a double
barrel'<l gun anil demand'd tint h** turn
the money ovr to his par.ner who was
standing icar by. D;.vis hasten* dto tom
ply with tho dtmand anil the two men
then quickly disappeared in tlie swamp,
1,, The K n” t , ’> t w.‘;.. l disguised, having sacks
peip .i ov. r tht ir heads. It is believed that
Hi., robbers an* rm n living in the neigh
borhood and knew Davis was expecting tho
mt ix y.
S. P. Carr Kills Himself.
Richmond, Va . November 17.-S. P. Carr,
of the firm of Carr & Dickinson, tobacco
nPits. died from the effects of a pistol
wound to lay. He was engaged in writing
at his t. s'.:. liee and in attempting to open
the drawer his desk, in which titer* was
a revolver, Ute weapon exploded, the ball
striking Mr. Carr just above the kit ntp-
P1 Mr Carr was about fifty-three years ot
age . 11, leavi s a wife and thr< ecl idi tn.
Excitement nt Attalla, Ala.
Gadsden, Ala., November 17.—(Special.)—
Considerable excitement exists at Attalla
ov.r th* al!** I'*! attempt of !■'. B. Box. ot
Gadsden, to ruin a thirteen-year-old girl.
Little Miss Isenhowcr, of Dalton, Ga.. ar
rived In Attalla Tuesday <.*veiiing Ixmnd
lor her home. While waiting in the depot
for her train, Box approached her and be
came very communicative, pnreh.i 'd het
ticket, and as it was some time before the
train came, proposed a walk through town.
To this she consented, and while they were
... i- to r< main
over night and accompany him into Hie
country. She became indignant, swore out
•. : tim and he w.is .it
Exeitenient in Attalla is Intense, and the
good p<**pl" of HiH town are highly 1.1-
e< used. The ;■ rl had on short dre. ses that
barely reached lo her shoe tops.
Hex lias a verv unsavory nputa.ion in
t>. " ■*-...* ,st as well aS otherw.se. lie lias
a wife .nd grown children living here in
Gadsden.
Riot in Public School.
. ■ ■ n < lie. Ark . Nov. n b • 17 A riot
occurred in th.* public school here yest>
da .’ t*:** r< suit of which is that I'lol* -sor
, . r . . < . jn a critical condition, a stu
(!,.nt I1:l med All. yis txpelled and th" stu
dent's lather, F A. All.y. is in jail
The trouble started when Miss Jones,
on- of the teachers, attempted to eorre**t
voting Alley for an mira tion of the
rul.-s. Alley Is a boy s* venteen years of
in d Aliss Joni s thrashed hum Ihe
bov’ took the punishment but resolved on
revenge ami at recess set lire to the
premises. ,
For this offense I’rofessor Dickson at
, j,, ■■'■■.■*■ the bov .mother tliiaslimg.
Afiev resFt<’d and in the fight with Diek
«n hml -ill tbe best of it, i'eaiing the
professor’s face into jelly ami mtlictm,,
dang, tons wmtmls. A free ti;:!>l misn.b and
Aliev's fatlier came to Ins .-.*>*i
Officers stopped tlie fisht ami locked Ail. j.
senior, in jail.
Dampier Escapes the Gallows.
Valdosta. Ga.. November IS (Special.)-
.. Shelton I lumpier, charg-
ed with the murder of Sam I H’ker, was
ended this evening with a verd.' t recom
mending tlie piisomr to the mercy ol tno
court. .
'Pho c ise has been sensational from tne
b. ginning. Tl." arrest of tho prisoner, af
ter *i fusilade of a half day. gave It addi
tional interest. It was taken up this morn
ing, and a jury was chosen alter an ex
haustion of forty-five Jurors. Only six wit
nm- - were introduced and all of th.-m by
the .-late. Four of th. rn w* re eye-witnesses
to the killing, or had heard Dampit r
thr< ten Parker’s life, and t wo test ii<
to tho arrest and to a case which Parker
had against Dampier three years ago,
and which led to lb" killing.
The defendant’s statement before the
jury was very effective, bringing tears to
the eyes of some of the jurors, and win
ning much sympathy for him among the
spectators. He began by saying that he
tw<*nty-on<‘ yeurs old. that he was the
son of a 'widow, d mother who was too
poor to give hint an education: that while
she was working to support a large family
he associated with bad companions, and did
many things that he ought not to have
done and was accused of much that he
did not do. II" w* pt almost continuously
through the statement, and * n.l* d it witli
an appeal for m.i.y. The jury remained
ou t only a f< w minutes and returm d a
v**rdiet of guilty, but recommended mercy.
The ease of I'limp I lodge, charged with
th" murder of his uncle, was postponed
until Tuesday e';
CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.
Parents Locked Them in and Attend
ed Church.
Montgomery. Ala.. November 16.—(Spe
cial.)--Three half grown children lost their
lives Sunday night in tlie burning ot an
old frame house situated on a hill about
a mile distant from Whitt Oak, Calhoun
county, Alabama. Their pan nts, Lou
Brown and wife, went to church on th"
evening. leaving their children, ag'
twelve, eight and s’x years, locked in th
house. The children were locked in stip
pos<«lly for tlieir own safety, but the old
building caught tire soon after tlie par
ents left am! when they return* d they
found it a heap of ashes. Tn lit. center of
the mass of 'mints the bones of the chil
dren were found in ale ap, showing that
they had huddled together in tlieir tear
and agony.
♦
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Uromo Quinine Tablets. All
dri.-.’glsis V' fuuil moll, y if fails to cure. 25c.
The genuine has L. B. Q. on < aeh package.
Lumber Operator Assigns.
Oshkosh. M is.. No'emlxr 17. -Henry
Sherry, one of the greatest lumber opera
tors and manufacturers M’iseonsin ev.r
knew, a man who had interests in tn arly
every northern county, today gave up the
fight against business misfortunes and the
shrinkage ol assets anil er.dit due to hard
times and assigned all his vast properties
for tho benefit of his
signee is James W. Cameron, of MilwauK* .
Sherry estimates his debts anti * II F.
assßciaied companies as less than $ ,OW*
He estimates that his assets •‘J ’L l . K ' t t ,
tho associate companies are. sufflel* n
pay all the liabilities jf judiciously handled.
POINTS BY THE WAY.-
Sometlmes Pleas Stovall, of Savannah,
takes a day off and polishes up a jewel ot
rare quality. Hfs hunting scene In Rich
mond county is yet a classic; his theater
hat sketch for years was proverbial, and
now comes his prose poem upon the
anthemum. It is a pity that more katllng
editorials are not shaped on Hie same
as tho following: ,
"Make way for the chrysanthemum in
these autumn days the breath of Itos *
In the air. Tlie trees hang out their sen ■
phores in gold and bronze and signa o
expiring summer that they are rea< .V o
surrender. Tlie roses give up the brent.t
of Juno and blush like tlie clittks oi the
beheaded queen before their lifeblood elms
away. Tlie golden rod with sl.m and gi* l<
ful staff throws out its graceful sparks and
gentle showers, but the chrysanthemum
o’ertops them all and makes th", last stand
against. Hie onward march of wintei, a
brave and stubborn protest against death
and decimation.
“In the midst ot tills last redoubt of
summer’s sway the chrysanthemum looms
up like reserves and cheers all drooping
plant life. In her petals live again the
heart and grace of all the Howers. The pink
of spring is filtered through her bioom
like warmth of peaehblow. The royal Hush
of summer is incarnadined in her bosom;
the rich tints ol.’ autumn are rellected in
her form and feature, while with her slen
der lingers she garmrs th" frost stars
and plants them ’.n cushions ol driven
snow. The chrysanthemum, like tie* con
stellation of Arcturus, rises just before
the wintry storm. It is the last burst the
rocket makes before its fires all gu out; il
is the splendid charge which expiring
nature urges against lite blight of autumn’s
legions, with all l>er banners waving and
all her energies resummoned ;.nd reset.
"Tli..* ehrysantln ilium pervades all spa *c,
enriches Lite vases of all homes, illumines
tho hedges of all garden:-, and reclaims like
an all-conquering sunburst tile autumn ot
the year. Without Hi" chrysanthemum tho
flowers would go out suddenly, hop I* -sly,
Ike tho Arctic day. With it the breath
of spring, tlie vitality of summer, the mel
low joys of autumn ar. embodied and re
fracted .suspended like a !• . itiful mi
rage, reflecting the form, tlie hue, Hie Ilf**
and light of summer days long att- r tlie
summer urb itself lias ■ t.
"Hail,beautiful chrysanthemum! thou ori
ent i|Ue n, star-eyed and ; ■,1.1* n-ln irt■ •1, tho
last to i ngt r at the sepult her of the sea
sons-, to pour balsamic odor like alabaster
ointment upon th.* fading fooistep-s of the
dying year.”
SCHEMES AND SCHEMES.
Your attention Is called csp ••! illy to the
terms of the sixth missing word eonte.st.
Read them carefully. The puzzle in the
sentence is plainly submit led, eh arly cit
ed and sp' .iks for itself. It is addr- s d to
all persons alike. It takes good judgment
to solve it. and the answer is not suggested
In tho advertisement or els.ewliere in tlie
paper. Tlie subject d. alt with i.- one that
has been discussed for years; tlie win'd that
supplies the blank is one in common us**,
and the answer is true, that is, the r* al
meaning of the sentence 1- t. ■: di iort**d
in order to use an irr* levant word, and
tho l<l'*a will be comp; t. and in ace*.rd
witli common sense when th** pt*>; r Word
is supplied.
Better r* td all Hie pozzl- s all the way
through before you nrswr any one of
them. When you read o n ; v *t will 11 .1
that you e t The Weekly ( ’*>ns. i tut ion *m.
year for your sl, and you know v ry v * 11
it is worth the tn >ney b- sides y ir « '>ante
at the missing word.
If you solve Hie question properly, y *u
get tv cash prize. You know wli:i! mon* y
is worth, and you can spend to buy
what you like. We offer 10 per '■■■nt '**'
the money we r ■ ■ ft
entering the contest. We mal*:<* up tn* v*
ord every day. and we will begin ..*i D*-
e. mber Ist to publish from w* * 1. to w* "k
the exact amount Hint tl:* per*■.*:)'ag* lias
grown and h >w th
dal** of the publication.
We pay the prizes by our <*’i.*ek on a
solid batik, and we guarantee i: will 1
worth one hundred <en:.s on t.:ie .!.. !. ■
anywhere our paper circul.iti s. And w*
pay the prizes promptly, often mailing tl*
cheeks before the advcrHsement *t th*
result, Se th It. the first not:*** th" -lie- * s
ful contestant lias is Hi.* letter eoiu.iin ."
his prize. And we pay them in full. Wo
have already’ paid out this year m arly
$4,900 In cash for pt;z> .s In our missing word
conti sts.
In the ;teknowl*‘dgme!it of checks r. .*■ 'veil
we have, besides th* riyul.ii rec* I pt, .-uea
expressions as these from Hi* *■ >n. '-st as:
J. W . Conely, Math* Inn. M s.* ’l’ i .iii*.
to Constitution for promptness and lair
dealing in awarding prizes to corn et euess
ers in contests. It was purely an off* han 1
guess with nt".
T,. M tbtq .N■ • trk, T**x Allow
say Hint 1 heartily approve of th- way
you deal, fairly and squarely, witii your
subscribers.
1*!. A. Hentz, Ilayne, S. C.- T‘l* use. ne.*. pt
my thanks for your promptness and fair
<b tiling.
A. I’. Jon. -. Greers, S. <’’■ As for be* -
ness and promptness The Constitution can’t
be beaten.
And so on. hundreds of otlicrs of tlie . ;.i*
tenor could be quoted.
The element of time, except for the first
six correct guesses, for which w* plainly
offer SIOO in cash, does not enter into the
contest. You ought to get your an wer
in to compete for part of this SIOO, which
is not yet tak> n up But if you g* t y our
word to us while Un contest is open, if
It is the proper word, you will get your
money. It does not depend upon being th ■
nicest looking word, or gotten up in the
fanciest wh’y. Just writ, it out pl.i inly, so
that It can be read without any mistak
and It will be worth as much as any other
correct answer.
Wo hope the prize amount will reach
$2,000. We believe it will !>*■ as much as
$1,600, for there are neuriy 16,000 . .\.[iira
tions of sulwcrlptlons, and Ihe r<*n. w.ils
upbn these alone would altnost bring th
prize* to $1,600. I'lvcry one who <*nt< IS th**
contest increases your priz* . Can you not
get t. n friends to sulv. ribe and a Id $1
to it? That is the way to make it grow.
This plain statement is made to < ill your
attention to the deads of this contesi. It
is given in good faith, and your itii. i*. ~L
in it will make* you some extra money.
11.* sure that your answer and tlie sub
scription come to us together.
TIIE ATLA ,\ TA C< >NST I TITTH )N.
Harvard Loses to Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, November 20. Before the
I truest crowd that ever witnessed a foot
ball gam.* in this city the Univet ty
Pennsylvania football eleven this aftern,,on
on Franklin field defeated the Harvard
team by the score of 15 to G,
Ir was not a sensational game. There
were but few gooil i-ims the tiflv-tiv.-yards
dash of Park r ind Jackson's twen I
yard run being tlie only ones of moment
Tin* playing was li. r.*.*, but not unit . . s
sarily vieiotfs. hard but clean. It was a
battle of the giants, and by today's vietorv
ov.r the crimson I’ennsvlv.in'a li : ■ g.*:*i. |
the top round of the I’.iotball ladder and
holds undisputed possession.
She Is Delighted anil Surprised.
Weston, Ga.. November 16.. Editor in-
stitution: The Premium liigh-arnt ma
chine bought of you reach <1 W< s
ton. Ga.. all (>. K.. the G* h in-
stant. I am delighted with q
I (Tn’t see why people pav sto and y'.'.i e
machines when they cm i.uy front you ~t
half that amount one jus. , 1H ( .
spectfully, M i;s. J. y. si ms.
Love and war go hand in hand. Ev-n
the din of battle has a sort of engagement
ring.
Those Dreadful Sores
They Continued to Spread in Spito
of Treatment but Now They are
Healed-A Wonderful Work.
41 For many years I have been a great
sufferer witii varicose veins on one of my
limbs. My foot and limb became dread
fully swollen. When I stood up I could
feel tho blood rushing down the veins of
this limb. One day I accidentally hit my
foot against some object ami a sore broke
out which continued to spread and was
exceedingly painful. I concluded 1
needed a blood purifier and I began taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla. In a short time
those dreadful sores which had caused
me so much sufficing, begin, to heal. I
kept on faithfully with Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla, and in a short t ime my limb was
completely healed and tiie sores gave ma
no more pain. 1 cannot be too thankful
for the wonderful work Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla, lias done for me.” Mrs. A. E.
Gilson, Hartland. Vermont.
Hood’s 9 ;™;.
Is the best-in fact the One True Blood I’urih, i.
Wood’* Pills cur.* all liver ills 25 cents.
THE
ALftSKftN OPPORTUNITY.
Northern Pacific and Alaska Mining,
Transportation and Trading
Comp ;
OWNERS OF
Snug Harbor “The Gateway of Alaska”
In Cook's Inlet,
On the Gulf of Alaska.
Organiz *d I tut. r tlie Laws ot W' :*' t i'l- n a
2,500.000 Shares. Per Snare.
£2,500,000.00.
Directors.
President, Henry A. Pair, of >!><■ gi*at
grain house, of 1. M Parr w S*m, I- *.tii -
Vice president, John K■ Cowen, p
of th< Baltlmon ind Ohio railroad.
Treasurer, Christian Devrlets, presidt
tli.* Nalion.il Barlt of 11*. Itirnore.
See;, t u*y . Robert Rain-ay, predtknt
Chamber of Cutnmir. e. Baltl.mor.*.
General Manager. George K. Tingle. • x-
Unite.l Slates ttv.isury agent m charg'. of
Fur Seal l<!*in<F.
Georg.* R. Inanchard, cltairman Joint
Trattk: As sock : ion.
Charles J. Faulk ■■ . United States sena
tor for West \ irgiii..i.
Wutson C. Squire. ex-Unlt'-d St ites sen
ator I *r Wasii'iigton.
Dr. .1, T. Royl Woodland, California, a
mining expt i t.
Auditor.
S. Davfi.s Warli. :<l, * tmasier of Balti-
more.
Counsel.
St, ; s* *n. ; , ■. Cary . ■ i lond, Baltimore.
Consulting’ Engineer.
John C F. Randolph, A.M., E.M., New
York.
These n.'ime.s are ample guarantee f*>r tne
Intelligen ind vigorou: yet con *rvattve,
. . ... thia * * enterprise.—AeW
York Tribune
THE PROPERTIES.
Quartz Veins.
Company own: 55 quartz claims of extr
ordinal", promise at Snug Harbor. la.
will yield ov.r HO to *>n of ore. Can '
mined v**ry uheaply, a.; or.* is iree-mfil
and there being no sliafis required wtL t
broug.it to mill " by graviiy.
I P oil. in** .ataiit .-ide. free gold can be
s , . ,*:.* p ic; out. (on a piece of ground
;;.t«.*i feet de p) f<r a distance r.f Suo feet,
v,- ... largest quartz mine in the
of fine timber adjoin
n .('*. ■! in ,bull'lance and finest Water
power ill Alaska at I.and.
Placers.
Hight hundred acres of rich gold placers
■*; , . ■ Rivei dl trict. Vt ry rich cia m
tn Klondike. Others in adjact nt territory,
whe h for prudent reasons may not y<’t b->
tn .re p;: rtleularly described.
I, X ;*; <ll • Tll I*;SE Y IHIA»E D $1 1 .060. WI TI I
WORK OF TWO MEN, IN I" JAYS,
l'r<.... dispatches report, at least sl,o'i,"> i >
as !*aving rt.enlly brought by min**r.s
-.in Hi,* placer fields of Cook’s lulet ana
adjac nt t< rritory, and that there are num*
b, rless streams entering into Hie inlet—
every one gold bearing.
Commercial Feature.
Gn at depot of supplies for all Alaska will
be locat' d at Sung H irbor, also trading
post; at .! rabh yioints in the Copper R
er. Klondike and Y ok.ot districts.
’! govt rnor ol Alaska say’s: fills - 1 i**
great problem—how to get supplies tli. ro
and .si 11 them at pric.*s not akin to robbery,
and how to di* tribute tli'.ni to . very rlv* r,
creek or gulch where men tire al work.
Capital put into ent«irprises with such ends
in view will b rewar»i<<l rlclily.”
A San Francisco disi-atch to The N*
York H< raid a " ■ '■* in th t;
designat'd is the ’il.iklcii Spot of Alaska.’
It is known that all this region is admira
bly adapted lor agricultural and stock ra;.-
Ing industries.’’
Transportation System.
Steamship;- and sailing packets from San
Fr ineiseo aid Seattle, and a. rail route v ;
Sushitna and Tanana rivers to Weare anil
to Circle City Will collect toll from tho
miners, sealers, trappers and hunters and
fishermen of the entire region.
Captain Ray, liiehth Unit'd States infan
try, sent into the gold fields by the ; *'■ -
ernment. reports: "A practical route fr.'in
th<* Tanana across th ■ divide to tie* head
Cook’s Inlet via the lie id of Copp, i lli* .
(this company's rout'*)." and expres-**s ' '
opinion that "this will be Hie sliort'-1 ai d
most practical io’tit< for ra i commit
cati.ni with th.* .'i"*n s. a." He add- ' W >
rail communleation from tlie lie id of <’ '*.k i
In!.", to the Tanana, tlie commerce of t <>
Yukon valley could be controlled by
lying wholly in our own territory."
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Extraordinary interest will be tak**n In
Mr. Gladstone’s vemini: <cnees of Ills Iri' nd,
A. 11. Hallam, the li**ro of Tennyson's .* ;*
epic, "In Memorlam." which will a.".'”'*’'
in the New Year's numb r of 1' '■ *
Companion. 'I hough mainly dei>en<l . on
bis own r* -oil* .* t ions of that j. - .: <: •«I y * >’> tn.
.Mr. Gladstone makes some r*i"r*:ie*
Ins art'el, to tho new life of Teiin.'.-cii
which has just appeared.
Cason Weds Wealthy Widow.
St. Louis. November 17. Mrs. Josephine
Schilling, reputed to be the Wealthiest w**-
nia.n in Port Gibson. Miss., and O A. 1 '*-
son. also of that city, were married hero
this afternoon.
Three*? ■at .■■ ■* Schilling di< *l. He "I®
a. rich banker and left his widow an im
mense fortune. Cason was his private see-
Tlie widow at onee went abroad and las
jvst returned. The couple had corre, >*i 1-
ed and met here by appointm mt. They
will give a. reception tomorrow and then
leave lor the gulf coast.
