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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23, I904.
A mighty sentiment is finding
expression throughout the world in
opposition to war. The Interna
tional Peace Congtess, which tret
some time ago in St. Louis, iuc'u
ded in its membership some ot the
best womanhood and manhood of
the world, all winking lor the e< tu
rnon end that man shall cease to
shed mati’s blood on the field of j
battle. The rej ort of its trans;:c-|
tions has not reached this office, i
The report to the American Bar j
Association of its committee < n in- j
teri.ational law contained these j
words: "The United States might,!
as it seems to your committee, very j
properly avail itself ot the provis-j
ions ot 1 lie Hague convention ana
make an endeavor to put an end to j
the f. rdier shedding ot blood in
Manchuria.” Dispatches stated
that the President of the United!
States had determined to act in ac
cordance with the conimit'ee's
views. All ot which goes to show
how serious the world in general is
about the matter. Pessimists, how
ever, may point out that neither tiie
providence of llod nor the w.sdotr.
of man has yet furnished a substi
tute for organize 1 stiile, which is
the re.-ult of organized wrong; and
may with sincerity harbor a belief
that w hatever system undertakes to
stop war must undertake to stop
the wrongs that lead to war Oth
erwise, would wrong not l*e em
boldened ami made strung by im
munity ' Heretofore no people have
long retained anything worth re
I ining unless they were prepared
to defend it. Can this rule I*
changed * The |<essimtst is not
\* ithout reason tor his doubts And
when he considers that war always
his existed in the wufld he as
s on ’s it will do so a httle longer.
S -mid It not. who can guarantee
s...retiring twtter *
MR. HAGERMAN'S IDEA OF
CITIZENSHIP.
The largest and most representa
tive gathering in the history of the
American Har Association, says the
Associated Press account, marked
the opening session of the twenty
seventh annual convention of the
association that convened in St.
Louis Sept. 26.
Among the 600 members of the
association that were in attendance,
together with the Universal Con
gress ot Lawyers and Jurists, were
Associate Justice brewer of the
United States supreme court; Hon.
John W. Foster, former' secretary
of state, and Sir William Kennedy,
chief justice ot tire high court of
ling land.
Janies Hagerman, of St. Louis,
president of the association, in an
address said: “Congress passed one
very important act of far-reaching
consequence, to regulate shipping
in trade between ports of the United
States and ports or places in the
Philippine archipelago, and be
tween poits or places in the Phil
ippines. In my judgment the need
of the times is that the mandate
should go forth to the American
peop e, as the judgment of their
bench and bar, that icrritories can
only he permanently held by the
United States upon the condition
that the residents and inhbaitauts
shall be citizens of the United
State-, and that tiiere shall be no
tariff laws between such territories
and the states of the union, but all
shall be within that zone of free
trade which has heretofore included
our states and territories. I11 the
light ol such mandate and with a'
knowledge of the conditions which
it exacts, the American people may
intelligently decide what territory
is to he peimanently retained. 1
am not one of those that think it is
absolutely essential that teriitories
of the United States should he ad
mitted to statehood, for I believe
that under our system territories
can be governed as such in har
mony with our republican-dcm >
craticconstitutional principles. The
point which I emphasize is ar.d it
seems tome that the ultimate judg
ment of tire lawyers ot the country
w ill enforce it that the inhabitants
of our territories must be entitled
to United States citizenship, and
they must have free and unvexed
trade relations with tix. Otherwise
there will be a departure front con
stitutional m t'tods and principles
which will be rev >lutnotary in their
(its*] nature and lead tts to an
impelt.lintu v.incli is tticiotri-'cnt
with republican dtiihxiitk institu
tions
Mr llagermau must l»e a lowvei
of some repute eNe He w"uid not
lie presnlent of the American Ha'
\ss«» tut Hoi And lawyers whether
of repute or not, must be clever ai
i making fine distinctions, else tlie>
| might not be capable of sorting
i their clients’ interests from those ol
‘ the public and of contending liti
gants. And so, no doubt, Mr. Ha
german had no difficulty in recon
ciling the apparent inconsistency ol
his remarks.
What constitutes Unite.; States
citizenship?
If his words mean anything, they
mean that he believes it revolu
! lionary and imperialistic to hold
: territories without gtanting the in
habitants thereof United States cit
izenship; and also that territories
can be held and governed without
granting the inhabitants thereof a
voice in United States aflairs.
Hence, in the logic of Mr. Hager
man, United States citizenship,
under “our republican-democratic
constitutional principles,’’ carries
with it no inherent right of a voice
ia national affairs.
Nome Newts.
from (iold Diaper, Oct. 12.
The American Tin Mining Co. were to
ship 50 tons of stream tin from buck
creek. It will average 68 per cent pure.
Over 5100,000 in gohhlust was brought
from Daniels creek by the Topkok Ditch
Co. as the result of their season's work.
Women and wine are the direct cause
of the downfall and disgrace of Sergt.
Thomas P. Akers of the signal corps, who
was arrested charged with being short n
his accounts over $2,000.
The fight between Perry and Riley was
declared a draw at the close of the fwenty
first round. Riley was the aggressor and
public opinion accorded him the honors
from a scientific point of view.
J. I, Rates on a charge of attempting
to bribe a judicial officer was sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary, and on
a charge of concealing stolen property lie
was sentenced fora year and fined £i ,000
About £325,000 in golddust was ship
ped to Seattle on the steamer Oregon.
Most of the bullion belonged to the
Alaska Rank and Safe Deposit Co., the
Rank of Cape Nome, the Wild (loose Co.
and the Pioneer Mining Co.
City Assessor and Tax Collector Morte
I. Stevens, who has Inch identified with
the Nome News for the past year, was
..rrested and placed in the federal jail
charged with rmliezzling £2.500 of city
funds. Fast tile caused the downfall.
A brother of Thomas p. Akers of tin
signal corps telegraphed funds sufficient
to cover the shortage,mid the disgrace of
summary dismissal from the service is the
only punishment S«rgt Akers will re
ceive for cmWnlinf government funds.
A ledge of galm.t and silver ore six
feet in width h.:s recently Uvt» discovered
on l.ost river, four miles from the
Ca|«e York dtst.ict. The ledge is well
defined between limestone walls and the
ass«%« show 72 per Cent lead and J*H
mince* stiver
A big strike Has been made on the
Kongarok river, at No. \ al*»ve Conte* s
dtscoverv, shv 1 is at the mouth o|
\f 1* klin creek 'Howling gravel mil ol
three (r«-t of wa f an l working against
adwtse cowditi** «*irf |t*»» w as cleaned
up by one man < even hours
C. H. GIBBONS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Office Hours: i to 3 p. m. and when not other
‘ wise engaged.
Office and Residence. Second avenue.
GKOBGK A. SALISBURY,
Attorney and Counsellor,
Rampart, Alaska
LOUIS K. PRATT,
Attorney at Law,
Fairbanks, Alaska
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Lawyer.
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THE
HEETER
TANANA, ALASKA
S. E. HEETER, ED FERGUSON,
PROPRIETOR MANAGER
FIRST-GLASS
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Leaves for Glen Every
Five Days.
Freighting and Packing
To unci From All
tlie Creeks.
Good Teams. Good Service
!
iNv t i ic; iv.
T AN AN A, ALASKA, Nov. 17. 1904.
\RKWARD OF TURKK HUNDKHD DOL
LARS will be paid for the arrest and convic
lion of the party or parties setting fire to a
cabin belonging to Charles Myers in the town
of Tatiana on this date
The Republican Club held a meeting
and decided to send three Alaskan dele
gates to Washington. R. S. Ryan, John
W. Corson and C. K. Hoxsie were chosen.
An advisory committee of the club in
Nome will this winter communicate the
club’s desires to the delegates at Wash
ington.
Joint Kilts and Severn Thompson, two
miners from hast Chance creek, rn route
to Nome with $2.800 in dust, were held
up by masked highwaymen while coming
down Dalto creek Thompson tail ted
and was tired at twice, but got a wav.
and Kills only hit the high places to
Rock creek.
“The richest placer gionrnl vet discov
ered in all Alaska." according to the
4Void iMgger. was unearthed within a
stone's throw of the eitv limits bv J. 1
Rr«»wn on l.ittle creek I'ans run from
f mo. to $|»** This strike revives the
thetov advanced long ago that extrusive
im\ exists in the tun lr«. and Mr grown
believes Ih 're is millusts between Cn)h
Nome and I'oint K»i*ln*r t he new tti d
promises to go into litigation