Heppner gazette., June 30, 1910, Image 7

DQINGSOFTHEVVEEK
Current Events of Interest Gathered
From the Worid at Large.
General Returns of Important Event
Praaanted In Condanaad Form
for Our Busy Raadert.
secretary or war uickinson says
Bamnger will be fully vindicated.
On advice
Taft vetoed
bill.
of Bellinger, President
the Siletz settlers' land
The Weyerhaeuser Timber company
is accused of extensive timber land
frauds in Idaho.
Senator Gore, the blind senator from
Oklahoma, says there is much corrupt
tion in his state.
Secretary of War Dickinson refuses
to remove the colored troops from Fort
Lawton, near Seattle, Wash
The Postal Telegraph company and
the Western Union and Bell companies
are in a big lawsuit over rights in New
Mexico.
It is said Roosevelt will urge Hughes
to resign the Supreme court bench, to
which he was recently appointed, and
run again for governor of NewjYork.
A 7-year old boy at Louisville Ky
found a railroad torpedo, and calling
his mother to see the fun, hit it with
- a hammer. He was instantly killed by
the explosion.
Three robbers, after committing a
robbery and double murder at Lynn,
Mass., were pursued by citizens in
autos, one being killed, one captured,
badly wounded, and the third forced to
commit suicide.
A Mississippi river excursion boat,
with 1,500 persons on board, caught
fire and was entirely destroyed. So
far as known only three persons lost
their lives, though witnesses say many
leaped into the water and were not
rescued.
The census bureau announces that it
will soon begin giving out returns of
the 1910 census.
The beef trust indictments in Chi
cago have been quashed, and a new
.grand jury is ordered.
One day's heat record in Chicago in
cludes six dead, nineteen prostrated
ind four bitten by rabid dogs.
While running at high speed a Chi
cago & Alton train was derailed and
turned turtle, badly injuring 17.
It is found that after all allotments
in the Yakima reservation are made
there will b no land left for settlers.
Louis Alexander Robertson, noted
poet, is dead. He did his best writ
ing while suffering severely from lo
comotor ataxia.
Nicaraguan rebels have 1,500 troops
ready to attack the town of Bluefields,
and all non-combatants have been giv
en 12 hours notice to leave the city.
A Navajo Indian in Dakota shot and
killed a ranchman who accused him of
cattle stealing, then rode 70 miles to
the agency to surrender to the officers.
Frederick Kohler, the "golden rule"
chief of police of Cleveland, Ohio, has
been entirely cleared of all charges of
misconduct against him and will be
reinstated.
train transporting Mexican troops
to the scene of the revolt along the
Northern border dashed down a steep
grade and left the track on a curve,
killing about 20.
Bremerton, the navy yard town of
Puget sound, has voted "wet" by 520
to 239.
The dry goods trust of New York
City has obtained another of the large
retail stores there.
Robert A. Taft, son of the president,
is among those taking the highest hon
ors at Yale this year. ,
To commemorate its 100th annivers
ary in 1910, Yale will raise a $2,000,
000 endowment for its medical depart
ment. The senate, will investigate the
charges of bribery in connection with
the election of Senator Lorimer, of
Illinois.
A party of students from English
colleges will tour the United States
and Canada to get actual experience in
farm work.
President Taft has been invited to
attend the Dry Farming congresss in
Spokane next Occtober, and then visit
the Pacific Coast.
Senator Lorimer, of Illinois, on trial
for bribery, abandoned his own defense
on finding that his own witnesses
would do him more harm than good.
The National Conference of Govern
ors, which was inaugurated as a regu
lar annual event in the Roosevelt ad
ministration, will be held this year at
Frankfort and Louisville, Ky., No
vember 29.
New York City firemen are being
trained in the work of giving first aid
to persons injured in accidents.
Report from Wyoming say the en
tire state is badly in need of rain.
Stock is suffering, grass burning up
and fish dying by the thousands in the
failing streams.
Samuel H. Elmore, a wealthy sal
mon packer and land owner of Astor
ia, Ore., was instantly killed in Los
Angeles when his auto collided with a
streetcar. i
DIAZ SENDS BEST TROOPS.
Mjxican Revolution Will Be
Sup-
presed at Any Cost.
JM Paso, Texas Although the ex
pected attack on the Mexican custom
house at Naco. Sonora, has been frus
trated by the arrival of soldiers from
Cananea, the entire Mexican border,
from Cananea to Ciudad Porfirio Diaz,
opposite Laredo, Texas, is in a state of
revolutionary ferment and outbreaks
are feared at a dozen places.
All available troops have been de
tailed along the borders, with orders to
suppress all disturbances with an iron
hand. Principal reliance is being
placed on the rurales, organized by
President Diaz himself, and recognized
as his ardent supporters and the most
efficient troops in the Mexican army
Many citizens have been pressed into
service and armed to protect govern'
ment funds at the custom houses along
the border.
At Naco, Sonora, the government
funds removed to United States tern
tory for protection have been taken
back to Mexico and the Mexican offi
cials and women and children who fled
to Arizona soil have returned to their
homes. The troops sent from Can
anea are quartered in the warehouse of
the Cananea Copper company, and are
making preparations for an extended
stay. Two hundred additional troops
are held in readiness at Cananea to
march to Naco at a moment's notice.
Commissario Cubillas has purchased
all available arms at Naco, Arizona,
and has armed a body of citizens to
protect the town.
Reinforcements have been received
by Colonel Kosterlitzsky, in command
at Cananea. This has enabled him to
spread details of troops along the bord'
er to intercept smuggled arms. He
has ordered the house-to-house search
for arms continued in all the North
em Sonora villages.
Three burros were seized by masked
men on the United States side of the
border Sunday'night and loaded with
ammunition, which was carried across
into the San Jose mountains. A squad
of rurales is in pursuit of the party
Serious disturbances are reported to
have taken place at Ciudad Porfirio
Diaz, Coahulia, where the revolution
ary leaders havered to Eagle Pass to
escape arrest.
It is reported by Mexican officials
that newspapers printed in Spanish on
the American side of the border have
been a large factor in stirring up the
discontent now finding expression.
DUTY ON LEMONS EVADED.
Investigation of Complaint From Cal
ifornia Is Ordered.
New York Three special customs
officers from Washington are spending
the sultry month of June in quiet wa
terfront observations at the docks in
Manhattan and Brooklyn at which
Sicilian lemons are unloaded. The
purpose of their visit is to investigate
reports that lemon importers are not
paving the full duties on the fruit
which they import-
The dutv amounts to 1J-& cents a
pound, but the government gives a re
bate for the proportion of the fruit on
each shipment that is deemed unfit for
consumption and which the importers
are supposed to destroy. The investi
gators have been trying to learn
whether the estimate of decayed fruit
overestimated when the duties are
collected The proportion of decayed
fruit has been unusually large of late,
according to tne customs returns. On
many shipments from 25 to 30 per cent
of the cargoes have been reported as
unfit and rebates to that extent have
been given the importers.
The importers say that the increased
proportion of decayed lemons from
Sicily is due to unfavorable weather
affecting the crop in Sicily. They say
that zealous California lemon growers
made the complaints which were the
immediate cause of the inquiry. The
California growers, it is said, are try
ing to put an end to the giving of re
bates. If this could he done they
would then put up the price of lemons.
4-Mile Auto Record Made.
St. Paul For the third successive
day a new world's automobile record
was established by Barney Oldfield,
when he drove his 200-horse power ma
chine around the local circular track
for four miles in 3:24. This is 10 1-5
seconds better than the previous record
made by Ralph de Palma on the same
track one year ago. Oldfield averaged
52 seconds to the mile. Aside from
Oldfield's record-breaking drive and
several flights by Glenn H. Curtiss in
his aeroplane, the program was only
ordinary.
Ants Drive People from Homes.
Kiowa, Kan. There is an all sum
mer job waiting for the man who can
rid this town of ants. The ants at
first bothered the residents by destroy
ing lawns. Then they moved into
houses and began infesting pantries and
other places where edibles were kept.
After that the insects began to damage
clothing. Becoming braver, or hun
grier, they attacked people while they
slept. Several families have given up
and have moved from here.
Kidnappars Want $8,000.
New York City Dr. Mariano Scim
eca, whose 3-year old son Michael is
supposed to have been carried off by
blackmailer, today received a letter
demanding $8,000 ransom for the child.
"We have your baby. He is safe.
We will deliver ihim to you when you
pay $8,000," the letter read.
Shot Taker at Austrain Governor.
Sarayevo, Bosnia, June 16. Djgdan
Karajic a Socialist, today fired five
shots at General Varesnin, Asustrian
governor general of the province. The
shots missed Varesnin, and Karajic
then shot and mortally wounded himself.
DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
Washington, June 25. President
Taft walked out of the capitol at 11
o'clock tonight smiling.
The second session of the 61st con
gress had just adjourned and he had
signed practically all matters of legis
lation that had been placed before him.
He received congratulations from his
cabinet and from members of both
branches of congress upon the success
ful passage of most of his pet meas
ures. Mr. Taft shook hands all around
and continued to smile.
The last measure signed was a joint
resolution to authorize the secretary of
war to lend tents to the Appalachian
exposition to be held in Knoxville,
Tenn., in September, which Mr. Taft
expects to attend.
Each house of congress marked its
closing hours by voting for an inves
tigation of the McMurray Indian con
tracts. Instead of the usual scene of
comparatively undignified , relaxation
from the business of legislation, both
houses devoted exceedingly serious at
tention to the charges of bribery at
tempted and other forms of improper
influence made in the senate yesterday
by Senator Gore of Oklahoma, and sub
sequently, in the house by Representa
tive Murphy of Missouri.
Two separate investigations are pro
vided for, one Jin each house. Each
body passed a resolution creating a se
lect committee of five members to
pursue the inquiry to the bottom dur
ing the recess of congress, and to re
port whether any of its members are,
or have been, interested in any of these
contracts. i
In adjourning the house, Speaker
Cannon made a brief statement in
which he said that he held no malice
toward anyone and hoped that all
would have a pleasant vactaion.
Washington, June 24. The Scott
anti-option bill to restrict Cotton ex
change transactions which do not in
volve actual delivery of the commod
ity, was passed by the house today,
160 to 41.
A joint resolution passed by the
senate today extends for two years the
time during which ex-Confederates
may file claims for losses of personal
property after flurrendering. The reso
lution was introduced by Senator Brad
ley and covers the same ground as an
amendment to the general deficiency
bill, which was struck out a few days
ago on motion of Senator Bristow.
A bill authorizing the appointment
f an assistant United States treasurer
at Seattle; Wash., was passed by the
senate today. The measure now goes
to the house.
There is every indication that the
$20,000,000 irrigation bill will become
law tomorrow. The conference com
mittee reached an unexpected agree
ment tonight on the one provision in
dispute, the army engineer clause, and
its report was promptly agreed to by
the senate. It will be submitted to
and approved by the house in ample
time tomorrow to permit the president
to sign the bill before night.
The senate today passed without
amendment the bill previously passed
by the house directing the issuance of
patents to settlers on the former Siletz
reservation where entry was made for
the exclusive use and benefit of entry
men who built houses on the land, im
proved it and actually entered into oc
cupation of the land for the period re
quired by law. The senate also passed
the house bill authorizing the construc
tion and maintainance of a dike on
Olalla Slough, Lincoln county.
Washington, June 23. Republicans
and Democrats do not agree as to the
increased cost of living between 1900
and 1910.
The majority report of the special
senate committee which has been in
vestigating these questions was sub
mitted to the senate today by Senator
Lodge, chairman of the committee.
Labor organizations have lost their
fight to gain exemption Jfrom prosecu
tion under the anti-trust and interstate
commerce laws. Following a lively
debate, and by a vote of 138 to 130,
the house today agreed to the senate
action striking out a provision in the
sundry civil bill that would have af
fected this immunity.
The house having disagreed today
to the senate amendments to the bill
providing for $20,000,000 of bonds for
rrigation in the West, a conference is
now in progress seeking to adjust the
differences between the two houses.
President Taft and several of the
Western senators held a meeting today
to discuss the possibilities of reaching
an agreement The president was sat
isfied to omit the provision that no pro
ject shall be aided unless it has the
approval of a board of army engineers.
Senator Jones today undertook to
pass through the senate the Hamer bill
permitting the exchange of scattered
scnool sections in tne torest reserves
for compact tracts of reserve lands of
equal value and aera, but senator Hey
budrn objected. Jones will renew his
motion at the first opportunity, though
the chances are againBt its adoption.
The senate tonight agreed to the
conference report on the public build
ing bill, which includes all the Oregon.
Washington and Idaho items of both
house and senate bills.
Forest Reserve Area Held.
Washington, D. C. The house of
representatives, in accepting the sen
ate bill authorizing the withdrawal of
public lands, protected the Fulton
amendment to the agricultural bill of
1907, which prohibits the extension of
the forest reserve area in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyom
ing and Colorado, except by act of con
gress. The conservation bill, as or
iginally pas.ed by the house, would
have repealed this amendment.
Washington, June 22. After voting
down several amendments, the senate
today decided, 44 to 25, to concur in
the house amendments to the postal
savings bank bill and thus took the
last legislative step necessary to the
establishment of a postal savings bank
in the United States.
The measure was included in the ad
ministration's schedule, and its pas
sage marks another triumph for Presi
dent Taft.
In accordance with the program
agreed on yesterday, voting began at
5 o'clock and the bill was passed 15
minutes later. Most of the insurgent
Republicans joined the regulars in sup
porting the measure in the final vote,
but Senators Bristow, Cummins arid'La
Follette refused to yield, and cast their
ballots with the Democrats.
Senator Chamberlain cast the only
Democratic vote for the bill.
No sooner had the senate disposed of
the postal savings bank bill than there
ensued a spirited contest among sena
tors for precedence in the interest of
other measures.
Among the important bills before
the senate there were three candidates
for first place on the calendar. These
were the Appalachian forest reserve
bill, the irrigation and reclamation bill
and the campaign publicity bill.
Senator Brandagee, in charge of the
Appalachian bill, was the first to ob
tain recognition, and on a Jrollcall his
bill was made the unfinished business.
Satisfied with Jthe attainment of this
advantageous position, he graciously
gave way for the presentation of the
other two measures, and both of them
were passed within 30 minutes.
Washington, June 21. Acting under
heavy pressure from the White House
and in partial fulfillment of promises
made to President Taft by Speaker
Cannon and Chairman Payne, the
house of representatives, by an over
whelming vote at 10 o'clock tonight
passed the bill making available $20,
000,000 to expedite the completion of
government irrigation projects.
Passage of the bill by the senate is
assured.
Not one man in ten who voted for
the bill understood its importance or
appreciated the good it is intended to
accomplish. They voted for it because
of President Taft's insistence, and it
was apparent that the house would as
readily have voted $30,000,000 as $20,-
000,000.
All the amendments which were pro
posed in the course of the four-hour
debate were voted down, for the mem
bers generally did not understand their
significance and all but Westerners la
bored under the erroneous impression
that the president wanted the ways
and means committee bill without any
change.
Agreeing to vote at 5 o'clock to
morrow on the Carter motion to concur
in the postal savings bank bill, the
senate adjourned at 6 o'clock after
day devoted largely to an onslaught
upon the house measure.
Representative Mondell today intro
duced a bill in the house carrying into
effect the recommendations made by
the president in his message, advocat
ing legislation permitting appeals to
the Court of Appeals of the District of
Columbia from decisions of the secre
tary of the interior upon questions of
law affecting titles to lands entered
under the United States land laws.
Washington, June 20. On condition
that the senate would separate the
$30,000,000 irrigation bill from the
bill authorizing the withdrawal of pub
lie lands, President latt today gave
assurance to four Western senators
that he would not sign the withdrawal
bill until both houses had agreed upon
and passed a bill making available at
least $20,000,000 for irrigatoin.
When this assurance was received
from the White House, the senate re
called the conservation bill, took off
the $30,000,000 amendment and let the
withdrawal bill go back to the house
for conference.
The house today passed the Jones
bill authorizing the Northern Pacific to
build a bridge across the Columbia
river between Grant and Kittitas coun
ties. Instead of reaching a vote on the ac
ceptance of the house postal savings
bank bill, the senate was apparently
further from that consummation when
it adjourned today than when it con
vened. Late in the day, and following
speeches in opposition to the house
measure, Senator Bacon offered an
amendment striking out the provision
regulating the investment of deposits
in government bonds, and the motion
was pending when the senate ad
journed.
The principal speech in opposition to
the house bill was made by Senator
Cummins, who contended the measure
was a radical reversal of the senate
bill.
The conferees on the naval appropri
ation bill completed their work today
ana" their report was submitted to the
house by Chairman Foss, of the house
naval affairs committee. This bill
makes provision for two battleships to
cost, exclusive of armament, not ex
ceeding $6,000,000 each.
President Signs Statehood Bill.
Washington, D. C President Taft
signed the statehood bill at 1:40
o'clock yesterday afternoon in the pres
ence of Postmaster General Hitchcock
Senator Beveridge, chairman of the
senate committee on territories; Rep
resentative Hamilton, chairman of the
house committee on territories; Dele
gate Cameron, of Arizona; Delegate
Andrews, of New Mexico; James T.
Williams, Jr., editor of the Tucson
Citizen, and several others.
CONSPIRATORS ARE FINED.
Moses Haas Pays $6,000, F. A. Peck
ham $5,000 in $1,000 Bills.
Washington, D. C. Moses Haas, of
New York, and Frederick A. Peckham,
of Cincinnati, after fighting for five
years against indictments returned
against them in the cotton leak in the
department of agriculture, have en
tered pleas of guilty to the count in
the indictment charging conspiracy to
effect a misconduct in office.
On the recommendation of the de
partment of agriculture, Justice Gould
imposed a fine of $6,000 on Haas and
$5,000 on Peckham, which they paid
and were released from custody. The
other indictments pending l against
them were not pressed.
Haas and Peckham paid their fines
in $1,000 bills. The lawyers for Ed
win S. Holmes, Jr., the former asso
ciate statistician, were taken by sur
prise when Haas and Peckham pleaded
guilty and were not prepared to say
what course they would take for their
client.
Holmes was tried in 1906 and the
jury disagreed. Charges are still
pending in the New York courts
against Theodore H. Price, the cotton
operator implicated in the scandal.
APPEAL TO THE UNITED STATES
Nicaraguan Government Asks That
Filibustering be Stopped.
Washington, D. C. It was reported
here that a large armed vessel carry
ing munitions of war for the Madriz
government in Nicaragua sailed from
New Orleans and that the Estrada in
surgent representatives have appealed
to the United States to send a warship
after her.
It is being asserted here, that the
steamer Columbia, which cleared yes
terday from jNew Orleans for Blue-
fields, carried a large quantity of mu
nitions of war for the Madriz army and
also three large high-speed gasoline
launches equipped with machine guns.
The launches, these men say, were
marked "J. I.," and were to be un
loaded at Pearl lagoon, on the east
coast, near Bluefields. They ' say the
mark "J. I" consigns the launches to
Julian Irias, whom Madriz has appoint
ed a plenary commissioner over the
east half of Nicaragu.
A protest will be addressed to the
State department by Estradas.
WOMEN RIDE IN AIRSHIP.
Ten
Brave Dangers of Long
Flight
In Zeppelin Craft.
Dusseldorf, Germany The Zeppelin
airship made a four hours' excursion
over the industrial cities of this dis
trict. The return and landing were
made without incident. The machine
took a second but shorter excursion in
the afternoon.
The Deutschland, on the longer trip,
carried 32 passengers, the largest num
ber ever transported by a similar craft,
The passengers included 10 women. At
one time, running with the wind, the
great dirigible attained a speed of 56
miles an hour. The trip was from this
city, to Essen, Dortmund, Bochum and
return. The airship passed over the
chimneys of the great Krupp works at
Essen.
On the return the Deutschland en
countered a rain storm and had to fight
her way against a head wind. On
landing the women passengers said
thev had not experienced a moment of
discomfort.
STRENUOUS ONE WILL REST.
Roosevelt Hopes to Renew "Tennis
Cabinet" Matches at Sagamore
Oyster Bay, N. Y. Theodore Roose
velt has begun what he hopes will be
a period of real rest at Sagamore Hill.
When he went home it was with the
express intention of remaining there
with a few of his old friends until next
Tuesday, when he is to start for Cam
bridge, Mass.
With him were Gifford Pinchot,
chief of the forestry service, and
James R. Garfield, ex-secretary of the
interior. The tennis court at Saga
more Hill has been put in shape for
the season and it is expected there will
be a renewal of the "tennis cabinet"
matches.
Thief Boxes Up Plunder.
San Francisco When John T. Whei-
land, local superintendent for the Gug
genheim Smelter company, returned
with his family from a vacation, he
found his house stripped of all its sil
verware and jewelry and the furniture
and stoves packed and crated ready for
removal. A steady stream of second
hand dealers was calling at the
residence with orders for the furni
ture, which they had received from a
thrifty burglar. Detectives were
placed on the case and have succeeded
in recovering the silverware.
A. B. Hammond Defendant.
San Francisco United States At
torney Robert Devlin has filed suit in
the United States Circut court, alleg
ing that A. B. Hammond, the millon
iare lumberman, has cut $211,85.10
worth of timber from lands belonging
to the United States government and
to which Hammond had no title. The
timber was cut under the names of two
different corporations, but it is charg
ed that Hammond was at the head of
both concerns.
Spain to Ig-o-r tica".
Madrid At the conclusion of the
cabinet meeting t'r- n i r '.iiialojr.s an
nounced that the government relig
ious program wouM o rarried out.
He said the protest of the Vatican
against the imperial decree of June 11
would be ignored hi1 t t the decis
ions of the gover-i' rt already an
nounced would stand.
TAFT SMILE If IS
Achievements In Congress Out-rival
Those of Roosevelt.
Many Reforms Refused to Ex-President
Are Granted to Taft Only
One Measure Failed,
Washington, D. C Through con
ciliation and compromise, and1, in a
friendly spirit of co-operation, Presi
dent Taft secured from congress, dur
ing the session just closed, more im
portant legislation than has been enact
ed in any other one session of recent
years. His whole legislative program,
with the exception of one bill, is now
law.
In no single session of the strenuous
Roosevelt administration were so many
important bills enacted, nor did con
gres so nearly carry out the wishes of
the executive. In those days con
gress yielded to the big stick, and gave
grudgingly; in the late session con
gress met the president more than half
way and gave him all that for which
he made a special plea all save the
anti-injuction bill.
From the administration standpoint
and from the party standpoint it was
a remarkably successful session, for
tub
PRESIDENT PORFIRIO DIAZ
Aged 80 years, re-elected President of the Re
public of Mexico.
the platform pledges largely have been
fulfilled and harmony has "been re
stored between the executive and con
gress. It is noteworthy, too, that the most
important legislation of the session
forms a part of the much-exploited
"Roosevelt policies." This legislation
was repeatedly urged by President
Roosevelt, but congress turned a deaf
ear. Yet the lawmakers allowed them
selves to fall prey to the persuasive
smile and touching entreaty of Presi
dent Taft, and passed for him the very
bills that had been denied his prede
cessor. All of which demonstrates the
wisdom of a remark made by President
Roosevelt when he declined to accept
another nomination. He then said
that some other man, in sympathy
with his views, could accomplish more
with congress than he himself.
The legislative record of the recent
session, is ample answer to tnose wno
charge that Taft is disloyal to the
Roosevelt policies.
Of all the legislation enacted in com
pliance with the recommendation of
the president, the interstate commerce
bill, creating a court of commerce and
enlarging the powers of the interstate
commerce commission, takes first rank.
It was the foremost feature of the
Taft programme, and the one en which
he spent most time and effort; collab
orating as he did with his attorney
general, and with the leading lawyers
of congress to get most effective law
possible to devise. Many of the chang
es made by this law were advocateed
by President Roosevelt, but congress
put aside his recommendations and
waited for his successor to renew
them.
Next in importance, undoubtedly,
stands the postal savings bank law.
This, also, was on the Roosevelt pro
gram, but never during the former ad
ministration would congress pass this
bill, though all manner of pressure was
brought to bear by the executive.
Rebels Make Gains.
Bluefields, Nicaragua A column of
the provisional forces under General
Arzino Cruse has captured La Libertad
and Juigalpa, important towns in the
department of Chotanles. This col
umn is part of General Mena's army,
detached to occupy advantageous points
within reasonable distance of Acoy
apa. General Mena, with the body
of his troops, is within gunshot of
Acoyapa, which is guarded by several
hunilrei of the Madriz forces. Gen
eral Celon, another provisional leader,
has taken Sanubaldo.
First Ship in From Nome.
Seattle The steamship Senator ar
rived from Nome, the first vessel to
come out of Bering sea since the close
of navigation last fall. The senator
j left Nome June 17 and had a light
! passenger list, only 46 persons being
! aboard. The spring cleanup at Nome
! has not begun, and only a small
; amount of gold, valued at $S7,000,
i was brought out. Passengers arriving
I from the North report that the season
I is very backward.
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