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WEDNESDAY, DEC
I904.
Mr, Edison lias reached the
critical point in his career. If lie
can invent a cheme to outdo the
law Fame may safely invite him to
step up and register.
Events of the past few weeks
proved that F. I) Wells, republi
can committeeman of the Rampart
precinct, is a politician of 110 mean
abilitv. He not only succeeded in
placating enemies in hisown party,
but is said to have gained at least
a quiescent assistance from demo
crats as well. Mr. Wells emerges
from defeat with reputation en
hanced.
Had the democratic candidates
been successful in the late presi
dential election it is said that C. H.
Allen expected to j;t-t a tederal
i dice in this precinct <d Alaska.
Mad the republican faction opposed
t > the reappointment of Judge Wick
ershara in this division been sue
cjssiul it is probable !•'. I*. Wells
would hive considered his own
claiirs good for office ot some sort,
lint since neither of tlnse things
have happer.ed it is useless to spec
ulate on what might have been.
lr the statement proves true that
President Roosevelt will use his in
rtuctu e to secure trecr tiaile rel i
Irons with Canada, he should !*e
wished godsjeed hv Alaskans It
an tinder standing can le arrived at
wherebv pr sjeiloiv i in cross the
U-utidarv line without unnecessary
t >lints humilities, it will insure a
maximum o4 tienetit at a minimum
ot iletrimeiil. Ins hlenlaliv thedu'v
on dogs— those •!« voted * i mpan
Kin* ul man which rmivnl such
dt'cf tut etK-minm torn Judge
\\ w hetsham <m * burner ot eastern
might be dispensed with, w.ihwtti
wtru harm to the muni dog i»
dustry on this side of the line. If
memory is not astray dogs were
formerly scheduled to pay $8.
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DECISIVE BA TILES.
Creasy in his "Fifteen Decisive
Battles of the World" gives the
following and telis why they were
decisive:
Marathon, B C. 490, when ('.reek
civilization was preserved from an
Asiatic inundation; the defeat of
the Athenians at Syracuse, B.C. 413,
by which Rome instead of Greece
oecame the schoolmaster of Europe;
the battle of Arbela, B. C. 34:,
which extended Greek influence
from the .Nile to the Caspian; the
battle of the Metaurus, B. C. 207,
which decided between Carthage
and Rome; the victory of Armem
nius over the Roman legions under
Varus, A. 1). 9, which saved our
Germatiil ancestors from enslave
ment or extermination, and drew
the line between the Latin and
Teutonic races; the battle of Chal
ons, A. P.451, when "the Scourge
of God," Attila, and the linns
ceaseu tneir aimction ot yimsten
dom; the battle of Tours, A. I). 732,
when, hut for Charles the I a timer,
the Koran would have been taught
at Oxford instead of the Bible; the
battle of Hastings, 1006, which
“high-mettled the blood in out
veins;" Joan of Arc’s victor)’ ovei
the English at Orleans, 1429, b>
which she “rescued her country
from becoming a second Ireland;"
the defeat of the Spanish \tm.da,
158S, which checked the sea power
ot Sp in an ! saved England from
the Inquisition; the battle of Blen
heim, >704, when Germany was
delivered from I.ouis HIV; the bat
tie of 1'uliowu, 1709, when l’cter
the Great brought Russia into Eu
rope; the victory of the Americans
over Burgoyne at Saratoga, 1777,
by which the New World was ena
bled to wotk out its own destinies;
t e battle of Valmv, 1792, which
proved the power .if the French
Kr| ttblic; the battle ot Waterloo,
tXi whic h checked the attempt to
found an empire t r the aggrandize
ment of one m in.
“In the fitly vears since Crease,”
Huxsan editor) d in the New York
Iiidejwndei'l. "'hiec more must be
added to the Its’, The battle ol
Gettysburg, 1 "On, which decided
the destiny <>t an enslaved r . ce ititl
secured lor us all hbettv amt union
now ami. as we hope, h-revet: the
battle ol Sedan. 1X70. wInch mark
rd the rise of the German empire
the desirin'i« at ol the Spanish flee I
in V
iiul.t
a bn h made
the Gulfed
power .1
marked its
y the it<-nun. 1111
u. lie ocean am!
in. e 1 it to world
pehlit s. '*
11 .Vrtd no w to these muni he oh tec
the ketthr ot l.l.to Y toy the his)
time in the history of the world the
yellow race has driven back the
. white; the first serious check in
the conquest of Asia, Africa and
America by Europe; the first time
an Asiatic race has demonstrated its
ability to use the appliances of
modern civilization; the first im
portant battle for 1,200 years not
fought on both sides by members of
the Aryan race and professedly
Christian natsons; the first decisive
| engagement in a war for existence
j by a nation which is already exert
ing an influence on all others in
'commerce and industry, in art and
i science. If Japan finally wins she
becomes tha Great Britain of the
East, and the natural leader of the
Chinese and Koreans.”—Denver
Times.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
The Italian assembly has opened
at Rome.
President Roosevelt favors true
reciprocity and better trade rela
tions with Canada.
Admiral Dewey has refused to
act as one of the arbitrators of the
North Sea incident.
The steamer Jefferson, on the
ways at Seattle having a new pro
peller put on, will only lose one
trip.
Inventor Edison is involved in
litigation width affects a number of
manufacturing concerns controlled
by him.
Senator John Smith and Con
gressman Herman, of Oregon, are
charged with being connected with
public land frauds.
The home of Elmer E. Thomas,
a prominetii lawyer of Omaha, was
wrecked Nov. 23 bv a bomb placed
on the front porch.
Oermanv is very much exasper
ated over the obstinacy of Austria,
and the ticaty which was some
time ago [ rej areil has been declared
off.
The German steamer Kutilau was
captured while attempting to run
the blockade at Port Arthur with a
cargo of clothing, medicine and
foodstuffs.
During a turkey raffle in a saloon
at Minnehaha. Minn.. Nov. 22
three masked men covered fourteen
men with revolvers and a general
ftisil.ule ensued 1 >ne w as kilted.
The government has decided to
put a »top to advertising guessing
contests in newspapers hv refusing
( apers 11 ill.lining tm ll advertise
meats transmission through th*
mails
The Countess C'liltowskt. lor
DMily Vtiss Ethel Coffins grind
•I (tighter *» Cornelius \ mderhilt
has secured a divorce m INrt* fro*
her Twrhtrsh husband she ,(so «e
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Taxa*a. Alaska. Nov. 17 1 .04
\ It I* WARD Ol TIIKI I III NDKI D I»n|.
I.AKS will be paid lot the nrre»l and comic
lion of ihr party or purlieu wetting fire to a
cabin belonging to Charlea Mjm in the town
of tanntiii on thi* date
S ini Weis.sk, a well-known young
Cleary creek operator, critically ill
with leiiMliln. is progressing nicelv
ami is expected to recover. Atone
time it was (eared be would die.
Andrew Xnrkuan, a Fairbanks
miner, invoked the gun law in In-*
behalf during a disagreement over
a pete of ground on Fairbanks
creek, anti as a result he is KnlU
entangled in the MKslw* of the taw
lie was bailed for
Mrs Hughes at Fairbanks is sit!
Icnng greatly from burnt arms ami
hands as the result of Irving to
^mother some horning polwfes at
her home several >tuvs ago The
dames «pread over her kneeim*.
but lut kilv she succeeded m foiling
the ire out