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EXIT BVRFOIU)
For the past several months W.
K. P.urt'ord has written the §dit
o-' i^,, edited the oabla d^upatchee,
ac.ed as; reporter vu local news
stories, and done the several oth
er s.unts incident with "getting
» the Daily; Alaskan. Now he
h«:s gone. Some of our readers
lin^si his particular style of writ
iu. \. hile some dill not. He had 'a
lc. to do, and he did it to the b&st
o- Lis ability. He was always on
ii-e jol>, always courteous, always
jolly, and for ihc^e reasons he will
be missed by the many friends
w> it h lie has won in the short
time he lias been in Skagway.
■ L'un"" goes 10 Juneau where it
is ui dorstood ho will be connected
wi:h the Daily Empire, as adveitis
i: ^ manager, and if well wishes
eoi'^t for aught, he will succeed,
tt-r te t-'-kes with him the; sincere
wisutrs for success and happiness iu
l.i- i.ew undertaking, of the busi
ness and mechanical force of the
A.askan.
I>u . iii^ ti t interim of securing a
L'lo man to fill the position
cieuted b>" Mr. Hurford's resigna
tic.t, Ja\k Keller will use'the scis
sors, and he takes this means of
calling oa his friends for'any con
tributions in the line of news that
f-ev may see fit to hand his way.
i'JIKSI >E.\TlAL PROPHECIES
According 10 the Wlla Street
Journal. the stock market has
t>^:: i true political t-arcweter in
'he luatttr ot" presidential elections,
as far ba-k its tbe Hayes-Hideo
clcet:oii ju liTti, when the Demo
crats wen. slattd to win and Hayes
was stated alter a long contest by
'! • i uj>)us electoral commission of
S to 7.
"As a matter of fact," says the
Jcu:uaif "there are many pejple
li\< j. ai:d m [>y authorities 'he
siilts »tc New York Sun. who be
lieve Tiiden was elected and
rotted of the fruits oi liaa victory."
iu Us forecast of events Wall
S'iett Las net been swayed by
its i rejudices for or against any
ci didate. Jilaiue v. as "the Wall
otre.t favorite in 1£S4, bUf In the
i usiness betting- Cleveland ranked
fir t. iliurrison's narrow success In
1nvs ,_s ueve.theless expected,
(."leviaud's re-elcctitn in 1892 was
ti ts' net becausc "he was a
Democrat, but because ha held
sound economic views; and it will
:> •. lacmborc-d that he was cordial
ly hated by some cf his o\va party
i iders bviore his administration
was OTe-r.
L:yar, who started out with
mch. a wild hurah ugainft "cruci
fixticn'cn a cross of gold" in 1S96,
was considered in the Etock market
>o ee cut of the race six weeks be
fore the voting. %
Ai>out McKiuley's re-election no
(>ne had any doubt, and the success
cf Roosevelt ia 1901 'was confident
ly predicted. TaJt was see®.'to he
a winner early ia the campaign;
and equally so did Wilson appear
four j ears ago, because of the Re
publican party gplit.
At ttls time we have a firm
stock market. Indicating a Wide
spread confidence en the part of in
vestors In the election of Hughes.
A sharp decline one day earlier in
tho irOLth was followed by a quick
recovery and a Gtronger marke^.
*1* there were any real fear
of four yaara more of the coiward
ice, incompetency and mischief of
the jiast," b&}'3 the Wall Street
Journal, "the stock market would
exhibit a degression to which 'the
recent decline would be the merest
incident.'8
I'VE CHANGED MV MIND
Against protection 1 have b^eu,
I The high as well as low; "
Our pluitorm sa^d it was'a Bin,
At.d 1 believed It so;
Bu» as to tariff, let me say,
Of ..he protective kind,
1 have, in this, my latter day—
Well somewhat changed my. mind
Our platform had a one term-plank,
As you will uow recall.
Put tiisre 'by some pestiferous
crank;
But I endorsed it all.'
rhea why, you ask, today ttem 1
so visibly in^ltued'
ro run w;ain'.' l'u tell you why—
I've simply changed my'mind.
One peace at any price tq me -
Was patriotism's height;
And once, it will renumbered be,
1 way too prouxi to fight;
But somehow, toward theee the0ui>s
The public's not inclined,
And sii:«e 1 would thv JSPPig pl«a-q
I've had to change my mind.
I was cgaiinst preparedness once,
As everybody knows.
And hinted him a knave o<r dunce
Who\Jared me to oppose;
But now I sing) another song.
For I the people find
Are for yrepa-redneas right along;
And so I've changed my mind.
My views—hajv many have 1 had
Regarding; Mexico?—
Let's see— lets see—well, tint's
too bad,
Does anybody know?
Well, be their number what it may,
Adj be what may their kind,
i stand mg ready night or day,
Again to change my mind.
The mind, the'mind that's change
able,
That is the mind for me;
Tne nr-ind that is arraugeaiblo
To suit an urgency;
One that can turn a somersault
And light upon its feert;
One that can change or call a halt
Anu beat a safe retreat."
GrangevillQ (Idaho) Globe.
Senator Sulzer
States Position
On Prohibition
First Divtsijon Miner Candi
date Will Abide IS}
Feoi'le'sDecision
LIQUOR QUESTION LOCAL
Position SatisfiFjs People Wlio
Agree Tbait People
Should Decide
Senator Sulzer, before! lcayii.g for
the westward, signed thg following
statement a^ to his position, on the
question, of prohibition ia Alaska-:
"I feel that the question, o£, pro
hibition, is not involved in. 'the
election of a, Delegate to Congress.
The question is one that should'be
sett.'ed 'by the peqple of Alaska,
who should ha-vQ control over all
such matters. It has beea submit
ted to the people ftf thg Territory
foT a referaduni vote, should the
question, come up: in congTess dur
ing my tgrrn aa Delegate, I shall
be governed in my actions by the
sentiment'ot the people as it may
t>e showr^ at the polls on Novem
ber 7th."
Last spring Senator Sulzer wrote
a letter to Representative C. K.
Snow, author of the prohibition law*
iu his personal capacity ia which ha
said that efficiency would be pro
moted, economic waste prevented,
and the welfare of th$ working
c asss® ' improved by prohibition.
This letter was given to tho Wick
ersham forces ia Fairbanks, 'photo
graphed, and circulated quietly
anions the saloon men, and others
who are opposed to prohibition, for
the purpose of influencing votes for
Delegate Wickersham.
In order to majke the Wicker-,
sham c&moaigni stronger, Delegate
Wickersham has made it a point
durir g 'his campaign to have pri
vate talks 'with of the saloon
men and assure them that in the
eveut of his election, they need ha\^
no far of prohibition.
The statement of Senator Sulzer
of his position, which, 'appears in
tliis article, is the same statement
he has made to w*?ts""anid 'toys in
private 'conversation.
liesulc satibl'aolioi-j- To Ail
1 might be said to the credit of
fiio fairness of both, the wets anil
Jrys ol the Interior ihat the atti
tude o£ Senator Sulzer is fair, equit
able and satisfactory- and1 the only
attitude that a eandidtet 'for Dele
gate to congress should takw.
As fur ssTIiq Emphg has been
aMe to learn, the same thing ap
plies to the Alaskan, coast. Both
those engaged iu, tho liquor lousi
ness and 'hese who «r© seeking to
secure prohibition believe that
Senator Sulzer's x>osition| is till that
any citizen shotuld ask-—Paid A(lv
ANBTHEfi GOLD
oii OB'
POKILANiD, — One day, mitoy
years ago, H. L. Sherwood was min
ing placer gold cm, the Feather riv
er in California. The day had, been
long and hot, the toil ardoious, the
Jesuit* unsatisfactory.
He s*ood up, wiped the 'sweat
from his face and contemplated his
old-fashioned rocker.
"Why couldn't I put half a doz
en rockers down, there together,
fasten 'sm with a caoss ]»r ajid
wash six times as much to 1*1 in ' a
day as i am washing now?" he
wondered.
The experimenting begun by Shei*
wood that day has resulted in his
inventing and'building in Portland
ft pl icer mining m. chine, ujonl whiiU
i.e has been granted a patent bv the
Cnited States government. The ma
chine, lie savs, will take out of gold
bearing sajid and gravel not only
tho course gold now obtained bi»t
the line flour gold that for years
j has been the despair of e\"rey plac
I er miner to retain.
Much tJold Avail^Ve
It is said there is enoiugh flour
gold in the bed of the Snake river
Tilone to pay tho t:ritish national
debt. The name . f the person mak
ing me calculation has not been un
nounced but these and other state
ments indicate that the success of
tn * invention would "increase tho
niiuial gold production ofithoccun
try by many millions of'dollars.
Mr. Sherwood's invention is a
kind of amplified rocker, operated
by power that "bunn>s the serene
ovor wirich tlio sand end gravel are
traveling against a steel "lyufi'or at
the rate of 210 times a minute.
By the time the sand has pass
ed through one sfcrcen aiter another
wished and bump$1, and has reach
ed the lower concentrating boxes, it
is a wet concentrat'.', 'in which gold
and i.iatinuin content is as great
! as possible and the saad conteuit
| diminished as much as possible.
The concentrate is dried and
burned out in a big kettle over a
j forge, and quick silver ia introdiuc
j ed, which greedily amalgamates
with tie gold.
Mejrcury Is Dispelled
The 1 urning 'process is for the
purple of disfpellii'g the veget
| a-ole greases at'd oils which) 'adhere
j tj »he fine gold and majce it im
possible for the mercury to "exert
its influence. The final step of
'the r:ccees is to dispel thee mer
Icury hy heat, and that which/ is
1-ft declares the veteran miner,
I will be all the goltl that was in the
original sand and gravel.
P.n Inr.clad cf 1S35.
It is generally supposed that the
first use of nnnrr f<>r battleships was
during the C'rir.tc'ji war. As a matter
of fact, the Put- It claim to have been
the pioneers o* iivi; lad building more
than SCO years a;'.o. During (lie fa
mnus siege of \ntwerp by the Span
iards in 1 .« s .1. II. Hale in "Fa
mous S>>a Fi.-lis." the people of Ihe
city built a liu: o Gat bottomed war
ship, nriv.e 1 with hc.vy iron plates,
which they n:ii:i <\ t" > Finis Belli, a
boastful expression of the hope that
she would end the war. An oid print
of the Finis !\vi shows a four masted
ship with a hi~h poop. But the ves
sel steered ! ally ;'nd eventually ran
aground uni r the Spanish batteries
and fell iri > the li:-ut's of their com
mander, the Duke of I'arma. He kept
the Fii>i:.: Belli as ii curiosity till the
end of the siece.
A Summer Without Nights.
To the summer visitor in Sweden
there is nothing more striking than
the almost total nbson o of night. At
Stockholm, the Swedish capital, the
sun goes down a few minutes before
10 o'clock and rl-:es again four hours
later during a greater part of the
month of June. But the four hours
the sun lies hidden in the frozen north
are not hours of darkness. The re
fraction of his rays as he passes
around the north pole uiakes midnight
as light as a cloudy midday and en
ables one to read the finest print with
out artificial light at any time during
the "night."
4* FRATERNAL orders *
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____ Arctic BiMMmd, —
Camp Skagway No. 1,
SpsJ^|| A. B. m»a<8 every s*o
oad and, fourth! Tuefr
day evening at 8:30 p.
m. saarp. Visiting brotbara cordial
ly wiAcm®. Wi L. Stevenson, Aro
tic Chief. W. E. Burford, AretM
Recc rder.
Fraternal Oi-tfc*1
Kaglejn—
Skagwaj? Aeriq
Ko. 25, Urate*
mil Ortksr of
X-3g]C8 meets the( first aiul fcnim
Wednesday night of aaeli monjthj at
tneJr li»U on Fifth Avenue, Visit
ing brothers coWipJljr iuvitejtf , to
attend. L. E. Hudson, W. P.,
J. M. Grsisbach, Secretary.
- SM. EY*gs, at each
montc. VSsiUiflf brothers &r8 wel
come.
Elmer L Wheeler, TV. M.
Andreas all commuulcitioi.'y to
the Secretary,
F. & A. M.
White Paas Lodge j
F. & A M. No. U3j
meet 3 2d (tnd 4th
B. P. O. KLKS
Skajwa/ Lodg*
No. 481, B. P. O.
E. meets every
Thursday night
at 8:30 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDBNTHAL, E. R.
r. J. YAWDEWALL, Secretary.
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* in A. B. Hall first Monday- In
every njonUi at 8:80 p. m.
Vteitlng Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. U STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO, Rec. Sec.
❖ professional cards +
DK. L. S. KELLER
Dtmtist
Moist Modjorn MeHhods
Office Hours: 9-12 a. m. 1-6 p. m.
Alaskan Building - - - - Brtoadway
SKAGAVAY ALASKA
WILLIAM PALLKTER, M. D.
(Formerly of Seattlo)
Spfxialist In the treatment of
disease and deformities of thq
eye, ear, nose and throat.
Offiicc: Goldstein Building, Ju
neau, Alaska.
W. B. STOUT
Attorney At Law
Pra<tico In all oourta
In Territory of Alaska
HAINES ALASKA
Alaska Junk Co.
Of JUBOM Alltft*,
Dealers la
RUBBER, COPPER, BRASS'
LEAD, ZING, SACKS, RAGS
ROPE, SCRAP IRON
Roar of Sylckott'f Pogtoffleo
•tor*.
J. IK UTA
MA -fUFAr TURIN A
JEWF IfR
WATCH ES&CLOCKS
Curios, Ivj y Carvi gs
Indian Baskets
China and Cut Glass
Official Watcl: Inspector for the
W. P. & Y. Route
Mail Orderf iven prompt care
RAW FURS
—. WE PAY
HIGH - PRICES
FOR FINE FURS
WRITE FOR PRICE UST
Percey's Fur House
Ochkosh, • Wisconsin
Seattle, Tacoma,'Victoria
Vancouver, Prince Rupert
Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan
Leave Skacjauay
S.S.SPOKANE Nov 1 33
S. S. City of Seattle October 28 Nov. 6
Connects mA Spittle with through p«*senger atoomcrs.
•bnAtor, governor president and queen.
Bailing Monday n p. m. and Friday at 11 e. m.
W)B SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO.
Thp&nv^ tickets sold and bnggoge checked to mil points in
United Stale# juw{ Canada. I folders «ad full particulMra,
■ddkem XL G. WEIR, Agent.
H. BRANDT, G. A. P. D. Fiione 50. SKAGWAY.
COS 8eooo<J An?., Seattle, Wnuh,
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
SAILINGS FROn SKAGWAY
SOUTHBOUNP
S. S. JEFFERSON
Nov. 7-19
Navigation to Anchorage closes sailing S.S. Mariposa Oct. 24
TELEPHONE SO. 06. J£. J. sbAW, Agent, BKAGWAY.
TWO BERTH
ROOMS
WITH
DOUBLE
LOWERS
g Steamships
PRINCESS
ALICE ^CANADIAN]
PACIFIC
PRINCESS \ RdlLWAYj
SOPHIA
Skagway To All Sound Points
Every Thursday at 7 P. M.
NOVEMBER 2, 9
REDUCED THROUGH FARES TO EAS1ERN POINTS
Close Connections with Daily Through Trains To
Chicago-Toronto—Montreal
WE WILL TICKET YOU TO ANV DESTINATION
CXJOHNSTON Agt. Phone 87 or 118 SKAGWAY
FOR SALE
An opportunity for a good l>usi
nece and double your money
quick. I am Instructed to sell
th^ property described as lot
4, and B % of lot 5, block 9,
Fifh Avenue with all of tlie
buiidinge, machinery, copper,
vats, sanitary syphons and
thousands of bot'lea new and
used, worth $2000, for $750,
caah. ''
PfflL
ABRAHAMS
Sstabllsbed
1807
S2-1 Fourth Avenue
SKaGWAY, ALASKA
You make a mistake il
vou dc not stoo at
THE
Pullen Rouse
Electric Lights
Rooms Single or en Suite
Baths on each floor
Famous for its Home Cooking,
Milk, Cream, Cottage Cheese and
Buttermilk from our own daW.
Fresh Eggs, etc
Rates $3.00 Per Day and Up
Well Lighted, Large Sample
Rooms for Traveling Men.
H. S. PULLEN. Prop.
Skagway. Alaska
GOING OUT KjQjSl SAVE TIME
THIS FALL? f$gl|§ AND MONEY
" VIA GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC "
TWIN sCftEW STEAMSHIP
PRINCE RUPERT
LEAVES SKAGWAY
EVERY MONDAY at 11:00 a. m.
For
Prince Rupert, Victoria, Vancouver Direct
All Two Berth Outside Rooms Through Service - • No Change
Hot and Cold Running Water in Every Room
TRAVEL VIA
"THE SHORTEST I OUTE TO THE EAST"
On The Finest, Surest, Swiftest Steamship3 on the North Pacific Coast
ON LUXURIOUS TRAINS OVER THE BEST NEW RAILWAY EVER
CONSTRUCTED and SAVE TIME and MONEY
J. D. McAuley W* G. Powell
TrtlV Frf Ar Pncs A>rt F«"t. & Pass. Agent
Trav. Frt & Pass. Aht. phone 43) Broadway
Juneau, Alaska Skagway, Alaska