HILL OUT Of
ft ft BUSH?
RUMOR CAUSES FLURRY
IN FINANCIAL CIRCLES
Rai w^y V.^a'-ate Refuses tc Con
firm cr Deiy Report. Reti-ement
Wculd Mean Gre't Less to Trans
World.
Hl? u;0 \p: U 1 T.ierv ?'On
. :-abV Ps ictnmi in financial ?ir
s ; v!:v: o\ or the report that Jaaies
Hi".! v. Mil.! retire from the diroo
vrv of the many ratfroais with
s. he has N-on so lone < *n <? t
V> ? Vport ! eins
i-i re Irement from
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ANSWFRS L^ST C<VLL
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??av of heart t**i '
V)thtMurh the <> h'u- e n
f r some t :v hS vo- ion
?n-' se~ 1 a; ! his
P ~ ^"ELENCE FOLLOW ON
HEELS OF FLOOD
MEMPHIS Vpril 1:1? \th' es
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RUCF WON'T TALK TILL
INDICTMENTS ARE quashed.
SAN KR WOsH'O. April l:*? The
Rii?>f h.n? !?????? diseontitmed ;ls he
Uet iine>! to t.U more nnttl the i?
.1 tmentv v-ill acainyt him h*v?? t"T-n
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NEW RAILWAY BILL
INTRODUCED IN SENATE
Provides Per $1,000,000 For Ri^ht-of-,
Way And Initial Work by Commis-J
sior Urder Direction of President.
WASHINGTON, I>. C , Aj>rH 1 ? j
Senator Smith of Michigan today in
troduced a bill in the senate provid
ing for tile creation of an Alaska
Railway Commission.
The Mil provides for*a comml-tHon
to consist of five members, all to be
appointed by and uv.der the dire tlon
v>f the President.
The bill authorizes tho commisskm J
to acquire by purchase or leaso, or j
both, one thousand miles of railway .
in Alaska and asks an appropriation
of one million dollars for the irii'lal
\\ ork
FEMALE FIRE BRIGADE
SAVES TOWN FROM RUiN.i
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., April 1? CreJit
."or saving lloskins, Mo., from total
destruction by fire is given the wo
men of the tow n, who, when a blaze
'hat consun-ed several stores today
broke out, went to the assistance of
the male inhabitants and formed a
bucket brigade.
ROUGH RIDER COMPARED
TO PONTIUS PILATE. |
WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 1.?,? In!
a speech today SonaU?r Jones of j
Washington compared Then. lb> -c
velt with Pontius Pilate re-Jit'! n :
square dealing and denounced the)
call of the judiciary.
TCDDY CRITICISES THE
PRESIDENT FR.TV. 'TU -r.
rlTTSlU 'KG. April IS? In a
i irons s]>eech last night Cot Koosc
veil s<xvr?*i President Taft for- the
manner in which he is usinu the Mi
??rai patronage to secure his noin n
ation and defeating the will of the
people.
COMMONER CONFER R
WITH CRONIES
1XW WXPOLIS, April ll-Wiilam
Jennings Bryan and the denio-ra i'
leaders of the state are havin,' an
important conferent e today
iciiiaicviiiiit jjsBaeiiaiRP**.
Shantung and
Jaquard Silks
35c to 75c per yard
The Latest Creations in
TRIMMING BRAIDS ?
SILK FRINGE
A LLOVER LACES, ETC.
The Newest Styles In
jfaJicvuC'
Coats for Spring & Summer
now on display
H. J. LYNCH
Th? Up-To-Dat? Habocdasher and Lac' lea Purnlshar.
MODIFICATION
II LSI LiS
LAND OFFICE ANNOUNCES
SEVERAL GOOD CHANGES
Failure of Special Agent, to Examine
Land Will Give Applicant Permis
sion to Cut Timber on Unreserved
Linds of Aiask3.
L mier a circular issued by Com
missioner lieu Dennett, ol' the gen
eral land ott'icc oil February -i, there
.ire several important changes iu tlie
regulations governing tlie cutting of
timber from unreserved lauds in Al
aska. The circulars have l>eon re
ceived by the l\ S. land office in Ju
neau, and their contents will be wel
come news to Southeastern Alaskans.
The reti'iirenient of an oath to
an application has been changed so
that it will onl> he necessary for the
I applicant to fill In one of the blank
forms of applications supplied and
sign the same, his signature ti he
I witnessed by '.wo witnesses.
The application is also to be ac
companied by a IV O. money order or
1 adk draft upon .1 bajik in the town
in which th>j land office Is situated In
the sum of $.">0 which is an evidence
[of good faith ami to be applied to
tlie purchase prh ?? of tti ymiber up
on settlement.
Nj person except a r< > id- nt or Al
aska or a person having i> islne. s
therein shall have the ri-;ht to cut
Umber and the use of such timber
c;:t shall be confined to t'1 District
<>t Alaska and not f.>:- export. The
1 imbcr cut under the pen; t. must
be ready for removal from Mte land
within one year from date of tli?? ap
p.ical in and to be cc : nine I within
'wo years from tlie da of the ap
plication.
I ofore any cutting if tiuiber < an
be had under the application it will
be necessary for an lave:-' Ration to
be made bv the spe< ial agent of the
Kcnernl land office, b.^t if the latter
fails to make an examination of the
land within thirty day.-, he may give
to the applicant a written permission
'o commence cutting. If ui>on the
completion of the (Ut.nj; the special
agent has failed to make an exatnin
a lion of the timber cut within six
months, the applhaH may, upon de
. l?>--;ti!ig to the ?Tedk#of the receiver
I of the land office a sum of money
suffh ivnt to cover lite value of said
timber, remove the <tfiu:e or ili:.poKp
Of it.
When the area <;it over is less
than forty a. res and the same has
been carefully marked off. it will
not be necessary fop the applicant to
wait six months before using or dis
j posing of the lumber cut.
1 MEXICAN REBELS TRY
TO DESTROY BRIDGE*?,
j PEL RIO, Tex.. April 1.1? Mexican
| relvels crossed the river here yes
I t.erday and attempted to blow up the
I I ridges of the Southern Pacific rail
road. They were unsuccessful.
J. , T* *1* JLm -w -??
NEW POSTMASTERS FOR
ALASKA POST OFFICES.
! WASHINGTON, D. C.? The fol
' lowing postmasters have ten ap
| pointed during the week jus* passed:
' Koy L. Cole has been appointed
| postmaster at Klawock in place of
| H. P. Swift, r?sigr..ed.
| F. R. Van Campan has been ap
'pointed postmaster at iAtouche in
I place of \V. II. Soagrave.
| Ferdinand .Martin has beon appoint
! ed postmaster at Sunrise, Alaska, in
j place of H. F. McNally, resigned.
I Christian, Glosllo has been appoint- d
I l>ostniaster at Mission, In place of \V.
K. Noyes, removed ; and
| Harry VV. Stringman has been ap
I pointed postmaster at Milato, in
j place of I. T. G. Hyde, removed.
| CLIFF OUTPUT FOR
MARCH WAS $33,000.
The Valdez Prospector of April 2
' says :
j "Hay Millard, wao has been super
intendent of tue Cliff mine since it
began operations, has severed his
connection with the company and is
now in town. During the time he has
been with the Cliff it has grown
from a promising prospect to a mine
' with a reputation as a producer.
"A shipment of Jlrt.ooo in gold was
1 brought up from the mine yesterday
and brings the output, of the mine up
j to $.16,000 for the month of March.
, The coming months promise to be
' ivcor<i breakers as the new battery of
jsrm.pf, wli'' h u'i- now *<ady, will be
(Tf >ppii: ; at an early date. There
i.: wild to bi> a lot of fine ore broken
down and ready for the stamps. The
freighter Joannie is bringing a com
pressor and a pump has been ordered
with a view of sinking to deeper
' levels." '
I
! WHEELS OF JUSTICE GET
NOME ATTORNEY'S NERVES.
WASHINGTON, I> C.? Albert Fink.
1 formerly of Nome, has been around
i Washington for the past two weeks
endeavoring to secure a settlement
before the Supreme Court of a case
involving the "lion Voyage" claim at
Nome. Tlie slow, methodical man
ner in which (hi> wheels of justice
grind, is getting on Fink's nerves,
and when last seen the northern at
torney was Jiwt *wo jumps ahrad of
a fit
TAFT TRADUCES
TERRIBLE TEDDY.
I NEW YORK, April 13? President
; Taft in a speech delivered last night,
I in veiled words referred to Theodore
| Roosevelt as a demagogue and in
| vigorous language denounced the re
call of the Judiciary.
IROUGH RIDER WILL
RIDE THROUGH WEST.
I LINCOLN, Neb, April 13? Notice
j has been sent to the Roosevelt cam
paign managers that Col. Roosevelt
j would commence a tour of Nebraska
I next week. 1
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YUKON LOSES
HOLE SERVANT
MAJOR SNYDER RESIGNS
FROM R. N. W. M. POLICE
After Twer.ty-Eight Years of Active I
Service Retires to More Peaceful j
Life of Tilling The Soil. Will Live j
in Canada West.
I A late issue of the Vancouver Prov
| ince devotes considerable spat e to
'an article on Major Snyder in which
he is mentioned as having quit the
| Royal N. W. M. P. force afler twenty
] seven years service, during which
j time hp was practically on the edge
J of civilization much of the time.
I During the Boer war Major Snyder
served one year in South Africa.
; Major Snyder" is building a resi
dence at Kast Vancouver Heights, ha <
Ing decided to become a clti7en of
i Vancouver, in wh,ose desMny as the
coming greatest city of th-> Pacific
coast he is a firm believer. Mrs.
j Snyder and family are now with the
Major in Vancouver.
j A different article in the same is
sue of the T'rovlnce. say?:
"The Fountain ranch, situated 8
' miles north of the town of I.illooeton
the Fraser River, has been bought
j for $.".0,000 by Mr. Robert Kelly, of
this city and Major Snyder, a veteran
officer of lie Royal Northwest Mount*
ed Police, who for the past 10 years
| has been stationed In the Yukon. The
ianch has been under cultivation f r
many years and is one of the rhow |
places of the district. It consists of;
4n0 acres of crown granted land, 245
acres of which are today under crop.
The property haS an extensive front
age on the Frazer River. It i? the
intention of the purchasers to further
develop the agricultural potentialities
of the ranch, adding to the tilled area
j and paying increase] atten'ion to
stock-raising."
I T AFT COULD CALL ON ALASKA.
WASHINGTON', H April 18?
The announcement was made uwlay
that Poet Master General Fra-nk H.
Hltcheoek would resign his office? in
July. His successor has n"t been
named.
i The reason eivnn for the resigna
tion is that Mr Hitchcock will again
engage in private business.
MEXICAN REBELS LOSING
SYMPATHY OF U. S.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15?
The state department says iha* the
rebel depredations committed through
out Mexico will not result In creat
ing sympathy for their cause.
Reports received from Mexico Ci'y
today contains the information that
Thomas Fountain, an. American, was
killed near the border and T. G.
Kane, also an American, was kiiiel
by Mexican bandits near Marfi
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR
TAKES TAFT'S PART.
LINCOLN, Neb., April 15? In a
speech before a large audience last
night Secretary Walter Fisher stated
that President Taft wa3 the only
candidate who was making issues and
assorted that the other candidates
were only throwing bricks.
SEN. LA FOLLETTE ARRIVES
ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
! PENDLETON, Ore. April jr.? Sen
| ator Robert I.aFoliette arrived here
I today aJid will start his Orogoa cam
1-aign tonight by making a speech in
the opera house
Sena tor LaFollette was met by a
lar^ce and enthusiastic delegation. of
FATHER OF PROGRESSIVES
WINS IN WISCONSIN.
! MADISON, Wis., April 15? Official
returns of the state-wide primaries
are ail in and give LaFolleUe the en
tire Wisconsin delegation.
LARGE AUDIENCE GREETS
GOV. JUDSON HARMON
' OMAHA, April 15? Governor Itidson
Harmon spoke Saturday nUht to
i the largest audience that has Rr?et
j ed any candidate who has appeared
| here thus far
B. L. E. VOTE FOR MORE PAY
NEW YORK, April 13? The loco
| motive engineers of over fifty r*il
| roads have voted to strike unless
1 the increase in wages d??man'!ed by
' them are gramted.
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