WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. — How the ,
march of civilization in Darkest Af
rien has been turned backward by the
w ar is graphically told in letters com- -
ing from missionaries in the interior ]
of the dark continent t > tMe Seventh «
Day Adventist hen (quarters here.
Fragmentary new 1«-aking out from ]
time to time has indicated now half
a centum s work in the cause of civi- i
lization was swept away at one stroke 1
when the tribes, taking advantage of •
the war between the British and Oer i
mans, broke restraint and returned to
the rude customs of barbarism in ;
which tin \ \' «u<* found by Livingstone, i
Stanley and otlmr explorers. i
The most complete account of con
ditions received at missionary head- 1
quarters so far lias come from Mrs. '
Minnie Tn; \ • oil>« i tin* wife of Valelo
mar I*. Toppenberg. who has charge 1
of tlie medical missionary operations '
of the Seventh Day Adventists sta- (
tinned on the eastern shore of the Vic- 5
toria Nyanza. Her report came from ^
1 kewere island, which formerly was 1
part of Oennan K .sf \frica.
Winn the war lie ••mi," she writes, ^
“at a stroke we were set hack to the 1
Middle Aies. We had none of many (
things v e bad to find substitute's for. 1
We used banana-. native' grains and 1
liuhogo for 11. nr wild honey for sn- ;
gar, eandh made nf lallow for light. I
soap from w .t ash. and lime, j *
Clothes were also unprocurable, so;1
we wore pane- ot, . made of goat and ■
gazelle skins, and made yarn of cot- 1
ton and knitted our stockings.
‘Tpronr among the natives wasp
feared by the government people at 1
tin- beginning of the war and we were '
instructed to inform the natives* by j 1
our stations that there was no warp
between Europeans anti natives, only P
soldier again-1 soldier. Not long nf- | 1
ter the opening of the war. the Mas-p
ias. a fierce and warlike tribe east of | '
nusegwe, our oldest station, oamep
swarming the country, robbing ent
ile and at one tin., when they plun
dered in IJsuliuma by Kattndi one of I
our workers 1 i bis jjfe in defense I
of the people for whom lie faithfully P
worked, lie v as stabbed from behind P
by a spear. 1
“Early last June the English oc
cupied Ckerwc Gland, where I am 1
writing Ibis, and in July they took '
Muawza, the seat oi (lie proving! il
commissioner of this province, in 1 1
which all our stations on tin German
side are located. When the natives
heard of this, tbc\ lost bar of the 1
German official.- and e\.m openly db • i
obeyed order-, and it got worse when 1
nil the officials as well as military <
left Ikidzu, going south 1’proar start
ed immediately l»v the natives in Iki
dzu, killing the native police and the 1
watchmen let! to guard the station <
They robbed the government property 11
and it was reported to ub that the
Christians who had been left behind
t>y Dr. Vasenius to watch mission pro
perty had been driven away, some of
hem killed and their huts burned. J
ried to send messengers to them with ]
ivords of courage and instruction, but
ill returned with the letters because
>f the war raging everywhere. The
iproar spread quickly from tribo to
ribe, every day bringing new and
itartllng reports.
“My family and I were the only Eu
ropeans left in the district as far
ninth as the river Mbalgeti, and we
lad been warned by the government
ifficials that an uproar was to be ex
jected; also in the last word we
leard from any of the missionaries,
dr. Ohme wrote upon going south to
neet his company that he feared an
iprising, but that he did not know of
my safe place where he could advise
is to go. We could not very well,
vith a fifteen months’ old baby, run
iround in the unknown with the sol
liers, and whereas we expected that
he English very soon would show up.
ve decided to wait on our station un
il we should get some evident sign
hat we ought to leave.
“We did what we could to protect
mrselves, put in night watches and j
or the rest committed ourselves to
bid’s protection. Finally the uproar
pread to Busegwe also. A chief and
lis sub-chief with women and child
on had fled from Niagangi with their
50 head of cattle, but Busegwe na
ives surrounded them and robbed
hem of all the 150 battle and killed
me woman and one child. By this
imo the excitement was started, the1
latives painted themselves for war,
md wore spears, swords, bows and \
misoned arrows. They rushed In j
■roWds here and there, and same fin
lly howling and yelling on the ntis
ion land towards our house. We saw
hat the time had come to leave, so
ve had everything made ready for
he flight. Several chiefs who were
obbed of all their property by the
nvading natives came to us when the
latives sought to kill them. They had
lefore earnestly besought us to ask
he English to come to quiet the up
oar, but the British force had only
:otten one of our three notes and were
iiisv elsewhere anil could not come,
nit advised us to come to them.”
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Owing to the large number of car
lenters employed by the Alaska en
dneoring commission there is a scar
ity of men in the building line in
toward, and as high as 8a cents per
our is being paid.
Adolph Beck, a large mine owner of
he Hot Springs district of the Tatiana
alley, and one of the wealthiest indi
idual operators in Alaska, was re
■ently married at Woodchopper to a
diss Zetta Schoenberger.
The Alaska Northern has deeded
lack to the Alaska engineering coin
nission the terminal tract at Seward,
leed to the the railroad by the gov
ernment when the railway was a pri
■ately owned corporation.
Ketchikan fans are organizing a
eague for four baseball teams in that
ity and promise some lively games
his winter.
ORDER AND NOTICE OF 1916 ELEC
TION.
In the Commissioner’* Court at Cor
dove. Third Division, Territory
of Alaska.
I, Edward F. Medley, United States
commissioner in and for the Cordova
recording district, Third division, ter
ritory of Alaska, pursuant to an act
of congress, approved May 7, 1906, en
titled ‘‘An Act providing for the elec
tion of a delegate to the house of rep
resentatlves from the territory of Alas
ka,” and an Act of congress approved
August 24, 1912, entitled “An Act to
create a legislative assembly in the
territory of Alaska, to confer legisla
tive power thereon and for other pur
poses,” do hereby divide the above
named recording and election district
into two voting precincts, which said
precincts shall be known as Eyak and
Allen voting precincts.
The said Eyak voting precinct is
bounded as follows, to-wit: Beginning
at a point midway between Hinchin
brook and Montagtie inlands on Prince !
William Sound; thence running north j
easterly along the south shore of Gra
vina bay to the north and east extrem
ity of said bay; thence easterly along
the north boundary oT the Cordova re
cording precinct to the divide between
Prince William Sound and the Tas
nuna river; thence in a southeasterly
direction following said divide and the
divide between Sheridan and Childs
glaciers to the Copper river; thence
easterly across the Copper river and
on a direct line to the foot of Martin
river glacier; thence southwesterly
along the Martin river to its conflu
ence with the Copper river; thence in
a southerly direction along the east
shore of Copper river to its entrance
into the Gulf of Alaska; thence west
erly to a point three miles south and
west of Hinchinbrook island; thence
following the center of the passage
between Hinchinbrook and Montague
islands to the point of beginning, all
of the area included in the boundaries
of the incorporated town of Cordova
being excluded from the above de
scribed boundaries
And I hereby specify that certain
building known as the 1-akeview
House, situate at Eyak or Old Town \
west of Hake Eyak in the said Eyak
voting precinct as the polling place
for the said Eyak voting precinct.
That the said Allen voting precinct
is bounded as follows, to-wit: Begin
ning at a point on the north boundary
of the Cordova voting precinct and on
the divide between Prince William
Sound and the Tasnuna river; thence
running northeasterly along the north
boundary line of said Cordova record
ing precinct to the mouth of the Tas
nuna river; thence across Copper river
in a northeasterly direction and along
the north watershed of the Breiuner
river to its headwaters; thence south
westerly to and along Martin river gla
cier to the foot of said Martin river
glacier; theuce to and across the Cop
per river the divide between Sheri
dan and Childs glaciers; thence along
said divide in a northwesterly direc- 1
tion to the point of beginning.
And 1 hereby specify that certain
building known as the Station House,
situate at Mile 52. on the Copper
River & Northwestern Railroad, in
said Allen voting precinct, as the poll |
ing place for said election.
Notice is hereby given that on the
7th day of November, A. 1). 1910, an
election will be held for the purpose I
of electing a delegate to congress from ]
the territory of Alaska; an attorney i
general for Alaska; one member of
the senate and four members of the
house of representatives of the legis
lature of the territory of Alaska; one
road commissioner for the Third divi
sion, territory of Alaska; and against
or in favor of the manufacture or sale
of intoxicating liquors in Alaska after
January 1, 1918, as provided by the
acts of congress above named.
The said election will be held in the
voting precincts above named, at the
polling places above specified, respec
tively. The said polling places will be
open between the hours of 8 o'clock
a. tn. and 7 o'clock p. m. of said day.
Dated this 2nd day of September,
1916.
EDWARD F. MEDLEY,
United States Commissioner for the
Territory of Alaska, Residing at
Cordova.
(Commissioner's Seal.)
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John Ronan
Democratic Nominee
Territorial Senator
ELECTION, NOVEMBER 7
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I was not president of the Mine Owners’ Association
at the time the letter published by George Dooley was
issued.
My term of office ended September 1, 1907, when I
resigned.
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tion it issued no such letter, nor did it discriminate in any
way against union labor. The operators belonging to the
organization were at that time paying $6.00 per day in
stead of $5.00, as mentioned in the letter published by
Dooley. JOHN RONAN
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