FLOODS SWEEP THROUGH COLFAX
(By Alaska News Bureau)
COLFAX. Wash. Mar. 4? High wa
ter In the Winona river aud Us trib
utaries flooded OoJfax today and cre
ated havoc in the town. The railroad
terminals \wr.- destroyed. the two
I largest hotels In town collapsed and
about fortv private residences were
swept away.
At least twelve persons have lost
their Uvee In the floods in eastern
Washington.
HOE FULL
Of INJURED
(By Alaska N?w? Bureau)
SCENIC. Wash. Mar. 4? The big
hotel here is full of Injured persons
and refugees from the snow slide
catastrophe. The hotel is careening
and will slide off its foundations with
in the next forty-eight hours. Pre
parations are being made to move the
injured.
Rain is now failing and the weather
is turning colder. More slides axe
threatened
NEW RAILROAD
IS PROJECTED
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Mar. 1?0. P.
Hubbard of Valdez. backed by a num
ber of wealthy Pennsvlvanians. Is
now pushing a plan to have a govern
ment guarantee for a new railroad to
run from Valdez to Fairbanks. A
tentative bill has been prepared for
inspection by President Tat't. It is
hoped to gain the President's approv
al of the measure
Bin ghk in iiiiii
(By Alaska Newt Bureau)
EVERETT. Mar. 4? A Seattle news
papvr correspondent reached the
scene of the Wellington disaster to
day and wired that IIS had perished
in the snow slide which buried the
Groat Northern train last Monday.
So far bodies have boon recovered.
I1 may be impossible to recover many
of the bodies until summer when the
snow will have melted.
Ten foreigners were found looting
the bodies of the dead yesterday
When disam r>\l t.he.v fled.
SENATE TALK
POSTAL BANKS
(By Alaska News Bureau)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Mar. 4? The
Senate spent the entire session yes
terdya in discussing the postal sav
ings banks bill.
Charlie Runner left for Seattle on
:h.' ('or.a-'f City.
GRID JURY
AFTER HEIRZE
(By Alaska Naws Bureau.)
NEW YORK. .Mar. 4 ? A fourth in
dictment has been returned against
F. Augustus Helnze by the grand Jury
for alleged violations of the banking
laws.
A. H. Haines of Victoria arrived '
' on the Cottage City.
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?IE SIGHTS SEEN
M ffi MEXICAN MINE
Reports received from Trendwell
by passengers on the Cottage City in
dicate that the first reports of the
explosion Wednesday night in the
Mexican mine were in no wise exag
gerated. In fact some say that the
death list Is generally believed to be
larger than first reported.
The accident Is thought to be caus
ed by a careless smoker. Several
hundred pounds of blasting powder
was at the station where the miners
were waiting for the hoist. It is be
lieved that some one threw a lighted
cigarette near the powder and that
one of the boxes was broken open.
All the mon at the station were
killed. A few farther back in th<
level and some in the stopes escaped
alive.
The sights around the hoist sta
lion, wln-11 t Ik ? iv-seiiers wre finally
able to enter the mine, were horrible
beyond description. The floors of the
level was literally running with blood
nnd fragments of human beings were
plastered over the tunnel walls. The
remains were gathered up In baskets
and sent to the surface in this manner
Two Indians, who were with the
station gang .were the men nearest
the explosion who escaped alive.
They were Just leaving the nearest
stope and walking towards the station
when the explosion occurred. They
were knocked proetrate by a blast of
flame and it was seme time before
they recovered consciousness. Both
men lost all their hair in the explo
sion.
Miners In the other levels say that
the earth rocked for some moments
after the explosion and at first many
of them thought it was an earthquake.
NELSON WILL
MEET CYCLONE
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
CHICAGO. Mar. 4 ? Battling Nelson
and Cyclone Johnny fho.np.son have
been matched to meet in n forty-five
round fight which will take place at
San Francisco about May 1. If Nel
.?on defeat3 Thompson he will chal
lenge Ad Wolgast In an attempt to
regain his title.
TEDDflf BE
EDITOR NEXT
(By Alaska News Bureau)
NEW YORK Mar. 4? \V. J. Arkell.
the well known millionaire publisher,
Is negotiating for the purchase of the
New York Sun. If Mr. Arkell suc
ceeds In buying the paper he will of
fer Theodore Roosevelt the position
as editor in chief.
COTTAGE IN AND OUT
The Cottage City arrived in port at
J o'clock this morning with 2G passen
gers and 50 tons of freight and sailed
south at 7 a. m. with 14 passengers.
R. Henry, who has been stopping
a' the Fifth Avenue hotel for about
ten days, left for Seattle on the Cot
tage City.
10 THE COURTS
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
PHILADELPHIA. -Mar. 4? Thestrik
ing carmen ha\e resorted to court
methods to settle the strike. L nder
;-n old Pennsylvanian law they have
demanded the appointment of an ar
bitration board of nine members with
full power to settle the strike. There
; is a tense feeling In the city and the
situation Is critical.
ARE NEEDED
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
PORTLAND. Ore. Mar. 4? Tho |
floods are subsiding east of the moun
tains and the railroads have sent out
hurry calls for 10.000 laboring men
to repair the damage done to the
railroads.
Mr. and Mrs. .John F. Anderson re
turned on the Cottage City after an
absence of five months spent in Se
attle. Spokane aiid Soap lake, Wash
ington. Mrs. Anderson was very ill
during her absence and at one time
was in danger cf dying. Now. how
f ver, she is much improved ixr health.
Mr. Anderson says he Is glad to be
back, as the weather in Seattle is
worse than it is in Skagway.
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PHOT JUDGED BI INFERENCE
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mar. 4? Gif
ford P.Inchot today admitted, while
under close cross examination on the
witness stand in the Ballinger hearing
that ho had no positive knowledge of
the truth of the allegations upon which
the charges against Balllnger are
based. He said that necessarily most
of his knowledge was hearsay and
based upon Inference.
SWEET CHARITY
FOR JOHN D. JR.
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
NEW YORK. Mar. 4? John D. Rocl?
efeller, jr., has decided to devote Ills
life to charitable works and gives
this as his reason for resigning from
several important positions with the
Standard Oil Interests^
SUGAR TRUST
IS INDICTED
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
NEW YORK. Mar. 4? The National
Refiner's association has been indict
ed for contempt of court for refus
ing to produce its books and papers
which were called for by the grand
Jury
PfiB RESCUED U
(By Alaska News Bureau)
EVERETT. Mar. 4? A report was
received this morning from Welling
ton stating that a passenger coach
had been excavated from the snow
si Ide and that ten persons were found
a 1 i ve in it.
FLOODS ARE
SUBSIDING
(By Alaska News Bureau.)
SPOKANE. Mar. 4? The floods are
falling In eastern Washington and
Idaho. The railroads are trying to
secure laboring men to do repair wor
on the embankments that have been
washed away.
EAGLES DANCE TOMORROW NIGHI
Tomorrow evening the Eagles will
give one of their popular dances at
their hall on Fifth avenue. Those
dances have come to be looked for
ward to as pleasurable social events
where the younger set may enjoy it
self. There will be good music and
refreshments will be served.
ELKS ELECT
NEW OFFICERS
Skagway Lodge No. 431, B. P. 0.
E. held its annual election last night
and the following officers were chos
en for the ensuing year: Howard Ash
ley, exalted ruler; E. L. Miller, es
teemed leading knight; W. C. Blan
I chard, esteemed loyal knight; W. R.
Hillery, esteemed lecturing knight;
F A. Callarman, secretary; William
Britt, treasurer; H. H. Draper, trus
tee; Frank Wilson, tyler; J. M. Tan
ner, delegate to grand lodge and W.
B. King, alternate delegate. Refresh
ments were served after election.
W. H. Nansen, who is connected
with the North Pacific Wharves and
Trading company, left for Vancouver
on the Cottage City after a week's
\isit in Skagway.
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