The Alaska Prospector
1'wbl •bed «t AH*Ua, ovory Tli»it*«l«y
by tu«' Pfcorscioh I'iblwhino Co
1'honb Main 1.
tfutore<l at Hit* Vahle* l*.»iolfU*« Hi second
cbifct uiHttor.
Mubkcrtpvluu 5'J per v«ar. V2 I»r *1* inontln
vopieN )0 « c t*
15ACK TO TILE SYSTEM
Thomas W. Lawson has inverted
hk*iaelf, sheer* <1 uff his ehoson orbit
and royerued his course. The mili
tant, spectacular, bi/arro Thomas,
who pillcricd and t-xj> Bed the Sys
tem in u rcvolvii J4* ehiaroseuro of
blistering aiu1. wintering rhet
oric e. iMf j :..,w in a • i ruseatiig i x
^>i*avaga' z>» cf do:.um i:; Km oC" i!<i'
^ people," jubbii g- th'.m everyv. here
lr« in belov. ;he belt to tl'.e neck.
Mr. Lawson's sublimi tU n is ended.
Ilo abandons the cause of " the
people " bcr.'-.ui-e be thinks be is sere
and lie h;:s «»raftt<I hinuelf bael: upon
tho t'.ypif m :;s a livirp fraction of
that l'f) rdici sibie entity \\!u>e in
quit). l'<) exj ( : i il. lit" says lie ilid it
becalms lie v. ».h ma«i, ai d be burls a
block 11 iii |V ..i l i'.o l-« dy pi li
i'.ic vhie). nr..;\-i the i:i;j v« bs of veal
t r simulat <• \vi ill..
iiui. I . i: cam <1 mulo the
c.V-'x-fc «f bin •vi! efforts, whatever
may 1: .\i; i « i-.i his iiKiivc. He
'he s t« :n fike a water
melon wiifi- :• rever-nlial populace
thought it \ . s iipo j;nil win :i he
pulled «/i, ih-» i ir;;, the irquibitive
public i« j ( ] c(t in'ai.d t-aw llie t-j>
teni win iitUii. 1 he pi < pie locked up
on tlie v. :1c of ii. • reformed ami
repentant .b< in; » an! saw that
it nvjh e. Vv a he peeled
himsr.: ii; the > y; •.« m l:e took
s.> imir\ > i i.: .-.::.rie wi h 1 im
that. .1 1 ' lihi iie < .x] osed
kIii v io ail II I <'i iu-cs he clc scribed
unci ::.<y hav« •■.•en diagnt red. lie
i u;.i < i i « w li.it. <o l.i i:l,l. into the
i . .« in . ,.rcaoi i In elf over the
m.i\ ti like a j.lw,
'Use capoMircs weic viewed
with im < l< euii m1\ hy n en who try
to thick. Iiis | < i* v eie ho positive
there w; * • •• d- . ' i • i the truthful
newt of i <; . .t! in*-ii m<t blist-:
!ull;." ' i . 1 net d> ide
whc'.lir l.< ;;i iiitt evi
dence »).>•':•, t; an , r« vengc,
hirti i « i • .; , ' i I <J>" of J rofit.
i . Ik.oj v i; i.i : i i.ov.. iIo Kn)8 lie
is *|'ii■ 11 • i . na-e "the !>»•'-»J»lc•,*
failed U< >ti..;.d <\ him. lie docs not
make iu <i :n* \\ < at he wanted of "the
people."
Jsevertl-oU M.-i i i t not di ablful that
LawHi.n did in r • ihaa in y otlu r man
to show r.,» the putridity of high
finance. Populist crusaders had
beenliringat Wall tro.-t with peaKuns
f<r yes.rs hut Wall strict did not
know there v as any fight. until the
I.av.uon big gun ]» I a Hiring of phots
that rieocln ttod through the garden
and bowh d over everything tiiat
btood in Holt ground. 'J lie militant
Roosevelt only lolJowcd through the
breach and Or: tor liry an only talked
in a i-ircle. Willici Hearst distended
Ids head t> p; until he tilled the paper
with head.» and had to print the fltt r
ios on supplement sheets but he mere
ly camped on I.a v. sou's trail, law
Hon knew because he l.ad been inside.
And now Tin mas has quit the stage
and gone baek to sit at the reeeipt < f
customs, where he may make himself
friends of the mammon of unright
e< uer.em. ISe £u\e a gi < (hlitw but
he sii}s it t< M I in a milli< n dollars.
It,'*wi;H wtrlh it to ether folk« and
I ret ably to hiny elf.
Henora Creel, wifo of the Mexican
umbufmadi r at Wi.»;.injflon wo.iih
hoso whoro front i* compt.Hcd of Incc
covered with pterin, « nieraldnf rubies
And diamoi <i , 'i h" l'iblo says hi me
thiug about canting pearla before
swine, but <>floi < n<.tiling on the sub
ject of lunging lh<-in i p liofore calves.
The Hueicty item fails to atute
whether the senoru hciulu thene
things to the laundry
Maude C.'onne, the female Irish cru
cader, has Kocurcd a lej;al Hcpnr.it inn
from b« r husband, Major McUride.
Tho nctial p.< | nraticn took j laco as
soon an the major found a cl.a-.ce to
escape.
It l« reported Unit v*lve« rre ob
tained by purehaxo in H.ine paria of
iluaala, ai d that n pretty |£irl fr< m a
good fondly f • i t«i fr< m $.1(0 to C2C0.
'I he'y 11 at a g .od derd mor than that
in Ain^rie.i.
Wmo ih'- r«- 1 cs'ato boom busted
in Bent lie land there has Ir-eeine so
cheap that a phllinthri pie c.Itir.cn baa
given up to the city f< r a park a
chunk h< eouldi.'t noil.
Jt Is t^ bo hoped thnt no carping
flriio v i'» rJsi tto and Inslmtito hat
the i t s d©< V» s >ochtl incs^ag^ gril
ling the OCU pus .f» « hid for n third
term.
K^nat* r Knotft Notion, cf Olson
C/t.r.ty, Mit.rcflofai wnnh to Allm!
nak» tr m / lonkft Mloonf. But
■ .111!1;' t ' ' t'irlri do, Ko«t-«?
o follow * who Moo thing* At night
seeing Jnpaoefo pvory where,
DISCOURAGING TO KINGS
i No civilizcd man approves of Lssas
si nation but every attempt on the life
1 of a king must make tho breed 1
wonder if life on the throne ia worth 1
living these days when a man can
prosper and have a good time with- j
out wearing a crown. A few centuries '
ago when hardly anybody ate white j
bread or rode in carriages except ;
' kings and nobles and archbishc ps it
; was not strange that men clung to j
; crowns and coronets and miters, but j
it is different now.
King Carlos of Portugal, who has 1
' just been assassinated, wan no woise j
j nor better than the average kirg and
| ills government was as good as th< !
j ordinary European monarchy bring? i
I forth. The rising revolutionary j
sentiment among his subjects whiel
j has been shown in recent disturb- j
i unce was not directed against the I
man but the thing: it was not duo ti
a special grievance but was a protest
against kingship in the abstract !
rather than the concrete.
'j he king who lies dead would prol - j
ably have lived a happier Jand longci
!it<; if he hadj not been a\king. He
was killed be anarchists, not repub- i
Means. and anarchists sometimes kil ,
presidents but they do not ph t
against them by wholesale. Ntil
kings will probably continue to boh |
on until they are brushed ofl by re j
volution or murder.
A reporter o* a Seattle daily 1«>- !
eated a smelter at Skugwiiy to treat
Prince William sound copper. Tl.<
young man was not altogether t<
blame because when he tackled J. F.
Florence, the mining expert nc.w ii
Valdez, for a story he "was p;.liteb
told that Mr. Florerce had nothing t<
give out. Thercui»on the youth went
hack to his paper and wrote a coll mi
interview whic h wan possibly as gcct
as anybody could produce without
knowing anything about Alaska gecg
raphy, copper e'epesits, smelters, ci
of Mr. Florence's business.
Mr. Bryan k«»eps boosting Mr. .
Roosevelt as the only truly good re
publican, and in alternate breaths h<
j says he believes the president really
does not mean to run again. Iioth t.'.
I which lines of argument make g> : <
; stays for the Bryan presidential p'al
• f' rm.
Harry Thaw's attorney says he is
going to have the young man turnec
i out of the asylum for the insane vrr
I soon. But will Thaw give a bond not
I to go around ahooting at all tin
other fellows who ruined his wife be
fore he mairied her?
Chancellor Day rushes to the fr< nt
as usual to cast a vote in favor of tin
downtrodden corporations. The
question is what does the chancellor
get for his shouting, or is he a lick
spittle because he naturally likes t).<
taste of it.
An Ohio express robber took $3(.C(
and left a wad of $10,000 behind. Bui
then he may have only needed $:{0C0.
He must have been from another
state because an Ohio man woul<
have carried off safe and contents to
gether.
A erusado is on in Chicago to fori it"
fche slaughtering of live hogs. The}
always did cut u hog's throat before
beginning to carve him but under tlu
prevailing system they scrape tin
eritter and cut him up before he stopt
squealing.
Delegate Calo intimates that Presi
dent. Hoosevelt is one of those "jug
gling fiends that, keep the word of
promise to our ear and bres<k if to
to our hope," and like Macbeth he is
I'
have to he eoppcred.
' getting skeptical of promises that
The lawyers who go to Juneau on
the llasoy case had better ho adviseo
l»y precedent and carry a little extra
chango with them. They may be
asked to take up a collection to pa}
for the use of the courtroom
liourko Cockran has expanded hit
; yawning, cavernous mouth In behall
j of Itoosevelt, which will mako some
! poople who have supported the presi
1 dent suspicious of his good faith.
Heat.tle has souphouses hut it is go*
ling to take money to keep them up
' until thn Mnrch election and thoso 10,
10C0 votes of idle men will come in
handy for somebody.
The national hotiso has voted to In
crease the pension* of war widows to
|12 a month. Hut that Is not enough
to supj>ort a husband at current|
prices of provisions.
The circuit court of appeals decides ;
that the limner railaond is not et
titled to an Injunction after there is !
nobody or nothing to enjoin tbero.
The corporations must, have out I
P.ourke (loekran off the payroll. Other
wise he wouldn't be so mad at them.
Funny how Kalsull always turns up
in the dispatches when there !• not!
much elM doing,
INK REYNOLDS
WILL GET ON TOP
Seattle Creditors Believe
Prcmotci's Plan to Set
tle Will Succeed.
Seattle, Jan. 31 -S;> c'.al correspon
dence—So.itt e creditors of 11. D. I
Reynolds beliovo that ho will {,ct o.;
tiis feet financially ami will toon uc j
able to pay all ho owes, in money o
paper Mint will ultimately bo good.
Tho creditors of Ho\ nolds in tliL
city, with claims aggregating $35,ICO
nave agreed to accept bonds of tin
Reynolds-Alaska Development Com
pany in liquidation. Ik is reported
t'rom Va'.doz that most of thj claim
ants of tlx j $2^,000 daj thei'o outside
of tho Reynolds bank creditors wil.
also acc 'pu bonds,
According t) a laiiar from Valdoz.
.he bank creditors, t_> whom §30,l0i
s due, agree to settle on a basis oi
one-lhiru March 1, one-third niuet}
lays later and the remainder six
mo.ths later.
It is atated that cut of the $223,OCC
in bonds already issued at least* $100,
xK) in cash will be realized, the rc
naiiulcr gcing to creditors. Ibis wil.
jako up tho claims of the bank cred
itors and such of the other Vukle*
jreuitors as refuse to accept bonds.
Now it is ids.) planned tl.ai as ttti.
as the $220,(00 of boi.di are dispi sei
of where they will do tl.e mosc^o.u
?j:}o,(iOv) more will bo issued to Lc soh.
.'or cash to continue r..ilroad oons.Ti.c
jioii. ltnyuolds and his associates an
jor.fidcnt this can be done before
■urnmcr.
Tins last pr ijcct is of course prob
.eniatie, bi.t the settlement of exis^- ]
ng indebtedness according to ih>
,>laii outlined, seems sure.
PRESIDENT GRANTS
PEROVICH REPRIEVE
President ltcoajvelt last Frkl.ix
granted a reprieve to VukoPerovkh
mtil March (>. A nn ssage anncunc
ng tho respite cam s to District At
torney llarlan shortly before hold,
uul arrived loss than 21 ho irs Io'wj
;lie time for the ccndcmned mans ex
ecution.
As soon as Judge Iloi 1 anw unc c.
his decision 'lhursday morni g rofus
i:ig to order the roloaaj oj l'< rovich
on writ of habeas < o 'pus, Jchn F.
Dillon, attorney |for Pcrovieh, win
came hero from Fairbanks to argue
Jio petition f.»i* iho writ, wired :o
vVushingt n asking a reprieve in oi\.er
that ho might have ti i.e to perfect, an
ippeal fr m Judge Iteid's ruling 11 >
will proceed now to porf c'j ihu a; •
pcalf ji* th 3 p/is mer's discharge
on h. b -as corpus up t > the court of
i.ist resorU
BURNS GARBAGE
M WHOLESALE
Vancouver lias a garbage ineincr;
tor which burns garbage by wliclc
Hale. I u in thus described:
Tho equipment iast.auily consuir-j
ing fifty toi>H v( garbage daily. Only
a light Hire-mil of enu ke ccmes from I
the tall chimney stack, the great vol
ume being converted into heat. The
hot air rising from the top of the fur
naces is drawn to the botU in of tl o
building, and after passing through
rough boat ing tubes, g< o.s to feed tho
flame in itsS heated state, so that no
neat, is b>st in ccnvt rtirg C( Id air i.ro
flamo. One of tho features of tl.e in
cincrntcr is the combustion chamber
where animals and waste butcher
meat aro converted into vapor and
ashes liy a temperature of 2C00 dc •
.frees. Mho fli-ca burn steadily wiih
o.it further fuel than the dry ragr,
paper, bits of board, hay, straw and
other combustible material which is
being drawn to th > incinerator con
stantly. Decayed fruit, and vcgetablo
waste, after tho moisture is expressed,
are fed info the fires and burn until
only the elinkors remain. Tho clink
ers aro usually employe.1 to fill in tho
water front, and so ovontnnlly create
for tho city a very usoful dock.
Tho superintendent of the scaveng
i »g department, reports for tho five
days ending November :,0 a daily av
erage consumption of 48.8 tons To
n iow how much rubbish accumulate
in one month, he points out that, tho
city scavenging cart* during tho j
month of November hauled 8,186 loads
of garbage.
Tho ci*y a short t-imo pgo offered a
bounty < f 6 cents each for dead rats.
This action w/ii takon bocaino it in
l»fMoved that r.Hlonts carry th » germs
r#f tho bubonic plague and other dis
ease*. Tho bo inly on ratasoom to be
operating s^ead ly, 7C0 of thosovorm n
haying been brought to tho ii clnera
Lor slue* the bounty wa« e£fe*e J.
PROSPECTS GOOD
FOR HE WORK
Operator Predicts Extensive
Development Out No
Chance fo;* Wildcats.
A wol'-k:i »wn mining oag'ncv l
.'aldoz, who ha • charge of cponing; i i
md cpcraiing ixvcral cciper propcr
ics en l'vincc \\ i.liam scuud, in dis
cussing *!.e m'nh g cut-lock in ihu
.icinity f r the earning year, said t -
lay:
"In my c pinkn llicro will bo men
egiiimato mining Mid development
.vork gcing on in .this vicinity Ihii
year than in uuy previous seaaci .
I'his section now has an establiahc
.■oputation as a mineral field, 'ilieie
..ic alicacy ec vcrt 1 geed prccueii {
.nines and many prcspeets which
^ive premise of evolving into mines
.vhen mc.ro development work Bliai
iiavo been done. But tbo daj s ci
.vild-catl'.ng are over. A mil or win
lias a legitimate j respect can eauiij
.tispeso of it at a reasonable figure ,
>nt the prospective purchaser nnui
.)e shown Lefvro monoy will !>•; f. rth
joining. And tliis is as it shou.d l.c.
"1 have icceived nunu roi.s ii.cp -
.its after lcgivimate mining pr. pci
nsirom New York capitalists, wlie
.vi.l bj ho ro nex j sp.-in^j tj I o.» ov< 1
hj livid, 'ihe low price c.f eepper
»vi.l not deter pi.rchi.Bcrs, as ihe,.
iVCvgni<;o new is ihe time to bi y.
"lint the claim owner must be rea
3/iii.b.c in his demands, and net cx
pcet a fabulous j rice for ail undevci
pod pr. sncet. Prospccts are man} ,
,Ul producing n ines are the extep
.ivjn rather than the rule in any min
ing country, and tin.'re i- 1.0 icasou t>
expect that this section will bo diikr
jnt in this regard from others."
Heaver Dam, Alas':.i, Jan. 28—
"Special correspondence—Ac i. o
J.o rocf.m:! e.i ajicii oi 1 o^. e
Jaio the burc mi 1.1 fisheries 1:* making
n investigation of the advisa/ili^y cl
Hocking Heaver Dam creek Willi
jiviit. 1*caver Dam cr^o'c is a small
tribut ry of the 'JYiklnll liver.
It is well known that U13 Telkliell
river e. nL.irs 11 h. 1 ni i in din I.
the numerous high faila i.i iI. • coins?
down t > th • Coppor river, w «nh pre
vent tl.e Ht-h from r.scc. clii g. li e
water of the river in of ll.e purcit
quality and Iieavo" D.«in tributary in
considered to bo the nmst suitab.c
place in tl.e v..Try for tl.e experi
ment in ii h cult e.
BUILDING RAILROAD
ON CORAL ISLANDS
To connoct Key V.'esu «hh the
mainland of Florae la by rail a iino is
building from Miami, 160 miles. Pop
ular Mechanics say a:
"Of this distance 114 miles will Le
cc.iistructccl on land; counting the
coral formation of the keys as land.
The rest of the route which will con
nect the airing of koj a, will be con
structed over swamp and Writer, of
which about 25 miles may I e consid
ered swamps and i.5 milca up«»n water.
On the ent.ro rv ute 6'J keya must bo
cros cd. F'< mo of theso uro of con
siderable sizo, that is, lhoy l.avo an
ar.*a of several scpiaro miles, but tl o
larger mumbor can bo measured in
squard yards. Included in tho 1',0
miles will bo six mllos of cor.croto
viaduct and somo SO miles of < mbank
ment, which rise s i b<.ufc 81 feet j.bovc
t io water, this he ight being con
sidered amplo to protect th; track
frcm tho action of the storms."
During t..u bouboii of naviga
tion on tho Gr^ut Lakca tliirty-oJg« I
vchhcIh wore lost. fJ lio aggregate Iohh
WftB (1,002,COO.
D. BERGMAN 8c CO.
KftTAIiMMir.il 18 .7
Sr. PauI/. Minn*.
Larmrst 0r.4f.CM in tiib NORTlltfr*? in
RAW FURS
Shin PlrrH to (fx. Wrllo for I'rlcc 1.1ft
If you <1n»ir<' \vrlt' or nliip i«»
McMillan fur
& Wool Co
1407 Lauolky St.) Vjotoru. tt. C.
Alas'ca Bottling Company
(Incorporated)
IIBNRY W. MAI^ARD, General Manacer
Va\daz, Alaska
HISI! - URADE SODAS AND MINERAL MUF.S
V fill RirflPP Alp IbiH e8P°cial,J IntoiiO.oc for a cold weather
' ' T b01 *»lu bovorpg© and will brace and varm ytu up
!r:r?,!h„"8 filters f P the Intsrkr "3
ci rcful attention and we guarantee our goods to be liighcx in
q\ al'ty aud kwer in price than any obtainable fr n1 ruteJde.
/ ^ <£>
ifti. __
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CRACK PROOF
RUBBER BOOTS
Brst M;ule. Absolute Gnnr
wilh rvi'iv/ pair. Yutir'm >
luu-k if not t«jiti^fu«*t«»ry.
For «..!<■ IIV A. L. I<EVY & CO
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Ltfgervulion Ave. nFiir C«»uri lionet
Private Rooms for Palieuts Graduate Nurses
For rules mi<l furll.er |mt (iculnrs Apoly to
none 7 7 B. C. DaltOll, M. D.
'98 Pioneer '98
Shaving and Bath Parlors.
lli-nt equipped 8liop in tlie eilv. All modern
improvements. Work guaranteed tlie
Try Our Shami tc and Face Massage
Batlit* Fc lies or (Jenllemen. *
CAME HON GOLDEN
When in Copper
Center Stop at
Headquarters for Commercial Travelers
Best of Accomodations and Service Guar
anteed. Private Rooms. All the latest
Improvements. Horse and Dog Feed
fUlSaL RINGWALD BLIX,
Proprietor
'JVIf'Krnph Hiiel Mnil ^ T'ov/n in Itself. Hlit.ikMmtli Slio^,
SlHtion. r<«:.«.n|lvw4r> otr., etc.
adliouse
FOOT OK 81'MM IT, TWENTY MILKS KHOM VALPEZ
Acccmtroration for 40 horses. Warm Doghouses
A full stock of general supplies
1 !»'Pontius Magiuison Prop
The Teikhell Roadluuse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
I'cst of ncr<>i»inin<1«lionn for mnn and Ix-nst. Krenlt Meat
itlwnyi* on limnl. llor»»« imtl Do»' Feed All the
inii>r«• vein»• n11*. PRIVATE ROOMS.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor,
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
I,. G. ond G. B. RORRH, Proprietor#.
IIS Mil,KM ON FAIRBANKS
KKO.M VALDKZ AM) EA(iLE TRAILS
The Tacoma Roadhouse
/)."> milrx from VnMrz o»v provornnirnt triiil. One milr from
tclc^rrnph Million nt T«*iklM'1l. Kirfim-'hhh Acoommodnf ion«
for moii noil licnM. llnv nml (l»«ifli for hjiIh.
Pitj.VATE ROOMS Dick Windmiller, Prop.
lncs,Liquor3 and Clgors.
The Senate.
T. A. COBB « CO., Propt
The A. Van dcr Naillen Schco>
of I'fiM'tj Mi (Jivil, I*"ri»*MI Mln'nr
lyiipnn rihjj. ICi»tii Mfohlcl 1 H<t<i
Occun (nf their nw « hid 'hnn, worl<»h \> <
i,*1 I lintMiorl^* «'!► n hII y« nr. lir<«i <1#
mfttin for »x-«nn1«ni' m nil lino*. New mil
'len'f »bOiil<l fiiri II n< oriro AAA? m Mni
S(i««t *i,U T»l«tir«pl) A vc> Oakland, C»|,
Hotel ARLINGTON
W. O. rOTTP, Prop.
Kufop an nan. n«<i Mnri Kewlr fur.
ilHtftl. To) tOiohe- hi Ko«'h lioum. IJ A. i> (l
m tilt* mid Cold WNltr. flatc* nor
i«( av* a umvxmity »t. Seattle