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Wednesday, Jani'ahy -1. 100*1.
A LESSON IN THE PLIGHT OF THE
RUSSIAN JEWS.
What a refreshing change it would he
to read ill the news from Russia some
of these days that the Jews had turned
on their jK-rseeHtors and given them
blow for 1 illiw It would nht- matter
about the immediate outeoine: just a
determined and manly effort at resist
ance is the one thing needful at the
present time to give form and force to
a world-wide sympathy and begin a
happier era for this suffering people.
The spirit of the age would not much
longer |ieriiiit the atrocities mm going
on it the victims themselves would
strike a righteous even if for the lini
ment a losing blow for self deliverance.
There is a lesson in the condition of
the |* ace-loving, iniii-resi<tiiig Jews that
might is- eonsidered with benefit by
the inemliers .d the numerous anti-war
societies and other associations Uising
their moral philosophy on tin* theory
tluit violent resistance is always wrong.
Those holding to such ten. ts pi.ire such
jjihsI as they may possess at the mercy
of the least merciful element of all, and
evil fattens .in the only thing in the
world that could iie made to master it.
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|{.»«M*v**lt r%t«*»»ii»H‘n*U*l INmI Alaska
Italian* tfivm tli** rttfltt* «*l ritiarn*
wbrtfvvr *••»«»»liti«»n* '•ill warrant it
In thU »•»»!>nrrli*»fi it may !»• wturlnl
that hundreds of thousands of people
lire aceorded such rights in the United
States who are less competent to exer
cise them than the Indians of this part
of the Yukon would he.
Many a man ci>mi>t*lU‘<l to gat Ins
living by his day's labor will find his
condition hanl^r on account of the out
rageons poisoning of ox-Governor Pea
body and family in Colorado ami the
previous dynamiting to death of the
former governor of Idaho. To go back to
the time when Peabody was governor in
Colorado it is possibly true that he was
guilty of cruelty that was not short of
criminal. Out of the hatred of some
one of the victims of his stern dictator
ship the recent outrage has evidently
come. But the thing that made such a
crime possible was of more uncertain
origin, due, maybe, to some unaccount
able slip in the process of nature that
put the instincts of a beast into the
shape of a man. Such a being is not
likely to go undetected, and w hen he is
caught it is questionable if there would
not be a more appropriate way of dis
U1 ‘t-ing: of his case than leaving it to the
law. __
Why Alaska Fails.
The following has been going the
rounds credited to the Sitka Cablegram.
It is a mild, but r n understandable way
to present a nice little truth:
Alaska has been entreating congress
for thirty years ami more to grant this
great area—it is nothing else—some sort
of government. There is a reason w hy
the unceasing requests have been de
nied, and one is given by a man who is
close to the powers that be and who has
been through years of contact wjth
them.
He says the east fears the growing
power of the northwest and for no other
reason Alaska is denied rights she would
receive instantcr if she lay on the At
lantic'rather than on the Pacific coast.
Territorial government would lie the
stepping stone to state government, and
that would carry with it increased op
position from the northwest for eastern
congressmen to contend with.
At first glance it seems preposterous
that memliers of the governing bodies
of the great Cnited States government
would deny privileges accorded by the
constitution in order to preserve sec
tional supremacy, but to the man who
has had practical experience in modem
|mlitics the above explanation seems to
he the best one yet given of Alaska’s
distress.
Frank and Graham
Off to the Springs
M.'-i-r- Krntik uml lintham, i'l l.ittlr
Minmik. intrtnl «tnrtifi|f t«»nmrniw fur
I Cat Hivrr li«>t H|>rin«i. Tlii-v will Inulil
a raliin uni) |ir>-|«irv In take a cimnr »l
lniilii. Tiny w ill tarry nitty iliiv*. it ml
linjir In r> turn witlnnit a ra-*' nf rlnnm
at mm wliirh Mr. titalsnm ha« with liim
at
Ji'l.n Mi mailt •U‘|uil>i| Inr the *|>rmtpi
f mint. Ilin «i(r wilt take a rintrw »l
lullia lit ll"l»n III rurilitf lief |ihy*tial
ailment*.
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all
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in
the North
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COMPANY, Sole Agents fop Alaska
Birthday Ball
Tin- Jolly Companions will give a
grand ball and cake walk Feb. 22.
I Tickets #2. iuelmUng supper, livery
body invited. • . •
Rampart Party
Off for Fairbanks
J. \V. Duncan, John Stanley and I!.K.
Not>lo departed for Fairbanks yesterday.
D. \V. Scott will join the party across
the divide. Mr. Duncan may proeeeti
over the Valdez trail for a visit to the
outside.
Messrs. Stanley and Noble will bring
from Fairbanks to Iiampart two fine
mule teams with which to do hauling
for the Hoosier hydraulic company. Mr.
Noble will he in direct charge of the
teaming operations.
Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins are in from
Little Minook .1 r.
W. II. (..‘allham is in from discovery,
Hoosier. . lie is.pn fair pay.
S. 1’. Hohins is in from83 Uig Minook,
and will remain till the cold weather
breaks.
Not much fur was taken by native
trappers on llosiana previous to the
holidays.
—
J. LINDLEY GREEJS,
Lawyer.
Office ut the Courthouse.
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JULIUS RAHMSTORF,
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TIN, GRANITE AND CROCKERYWARE
(if<>. A. Salisbury, the efficient secre
tary • >f tin- Eureka Literary Society, will
return t«> the creek tomorrow if tin-w ind
sets right.
..J. W. YOUNG..
DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Locatad In N. A. T. A T. Co.'s Building
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