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x? TWELFTH year! sKAUWAY. ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21. 190:1 PRICE, 10 CENTS
(By Urll?d Press.)
LONDON*. England. Oct. 21? Early
morning ail vices received front Mail
riil state that the entire Spanish cab
ine* tendered their resignations to
Kins Alfonzo and that the King a' -
cepted the resignations.
The resignation of the ministry
was caused by the execution of Prof.
Francisco Ferrer, the Barcelona rev
olutionist, and the general unsuccess
fi,.' prosecution of the war with Mor
roco.
TORNADO KILLS THOUSANDS
(By United Press.)
CALCUTTA, India. Oct. 2t? Be
tween r?.000 and 10.000 natives in east
em Bengal lost their lives as a re
sult of a tornado and flood yesterday.
Many Europeans in the district are
missing.
(By United Press.)
WASIIINTGON. D. C. Oct. 21? Ben
jamin P. Karnes, postmaster of Wash
ir.gton auil a well known and prom:- 1
:ient politician, dropped dead in the
streets today. Iloart failure caused .
his death.
DRILL DEEP
FOR MINERAL
Harry I. Staser of Haines today pit*
chased the pile driving outfit owned
S>y William Leslie for a consideration
of $1,200. The bill of sale was re
corded with U. S. Comiu'ssioner Le
HVvre. Mr. Staser intends to buy
casing pipe and drill points, put the
engine and derrick on wheels with
traction power and enter into the
Lusine&x of commercial drilling In
Haines and the vicinity.
Mr. Staser is from Evansvllle, Ind .
where his father owns rich coal mines
and he has had considerable practical
? xperlence In both mining and drillln
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(By Unltod PressO
ROCHESTER, N\ Y. Oct. 2t? Major |
General Elwell S. Otis, retired, U. S.
army, died last night at his home
in this city. Pneumonia caused his
death, Gtnenil Otis retired active
service in 1902.
RIVER REPORTS
The operator at Rig Salmon did not
sight the LaFWnce, but she Is sup
posed to have passed there early this
morning bound up stream.
The Gleaner will leave Caribou Sat
vrday for Atlin and then return to |
Caribou and winter there.
He has a firm faith in the future of
the country contingent to Haines and
intends to do considerable drill pros
pecting on his own account with a
view to interesting eastern capital if
he discovers anything that will war
rant such action.
Mr. Staser has frequently drilled to
depths below l.'.OO feet and his en
trance into this field will undoubtedly
be a factor in the development of the
country back of Haines.
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CONGDON THINKS ALASKA
SHOULD HAVE HOME RULE
Frederick T. Congdon of Dawson,
Member of Parliament from the Yu
kon, arrived in town yesterday and
left today on the Humboldt for Van
couver where he will atteud the meet
Ing of the Canadian Railroad commis
sion Oct 27. From there Mr. Cong
don will proceed to Ottawa .where
Parliament convenes Nov. 11.
Mr. Congdon take* tosue with Presl
dent Taft and the other opponents of
Lome rule and states that he bel'eves
Alaska is entitled to home rule, that
its people are amply capable of gov
erning themselves, and that home rul
in Alaska would be successful as It
has proven in the Yukon, where con
iions are analogous.
"I have not read President Taft'g
address in its entity," said Mr. Cong
don, "but I have read so many com
ments that 1 feel perfectly familiar
with it. I do not want to appear to
criticize your President, but I cer
tainly feel that ho has been misin
formed and does not appreciate con
ditions In the north. It is ridiculous
to say that Alaskans, are not capable
of self-government. I know no peo
ple In the world where the average
standard of Intelligence is bo high.
Of course you woilld make mistakes
at first just *as the Yukon council did,
but the government would be far
mo satisfactory than to be govern
ed by offl"'als at Washington. Thaf,
people are not 'fit for self-govern
ment' has been the plea of autocrats
the world over. The only way for
people to become fit for government
1b by experience."
? Con"nuing, Mr. Congdon. stated
tha' self government was ^ ?ntl.v
satisfactory In the Yukon and that
tbo peculiar local needs of the people
were given better attention than they
could possibly receive under a gov
ernment from Ottawa. Mr. Congdon
stated that he thought Alaska was
too large and had too many diversified
Interests to be placed under one gov
ernment and to obviate these condi
tions he believed should be divided
into two or three distinct territories.
"I have a firm faith in the future
of the Yukon," said Mr. Congdon.
"The gold production this year was
In excess of last year and from now
on 't will increase year by year. This
year more than $4,000,000 were taken
out of the Dawson district. What
wo need moat are cheaper transporta
lon rates and better means of com
munication. Last year Ottawa grant
ed the Yukon $75,000 for roads. This
year I will ask for more.
"There are promising indications of
quartz In paying veins and this will
be a great factor in future years.
Then I think that Industrial condi
tions In general are down to bed-rock
and that a gradual and certain devel
opment and Improvement will come.
This will help Skagway, for your town
will develop with the Interior."
sis LEAVING PRIBILOF ISLAND
That the days of the sealing Indus
try In the Pribllof Islands arc number*
td and that the scene of the Beallng
fleet operations will center In the
Falkland Islands, Is the opinion of
Captain Nicholas Brown, well known
In Seattle, who left for the Falkland
islands almost one year ago.
Capt. Brown, In a letter dated Aug.
23, to Capt. John Hlckey, of the local
halibut fleet, stated that seals were
plentiful during the past summer
months, and that Indications point to
a visible Increase In the herds for
the season now approaching.
.While sealing off the Fnlklands dur
ing FVbruary and March, Capt. Brown
found a seal which bore the mark
branded upon It by one of the govern
ment agents at St. Paul island, show
ing that the animal had traveled all
the way from the Pribllof group to
the Falklands, off the east coast of
Soutli America.
Reports of the government agents
on St. Paul and St George islands
during the past two years bear out
the statement of Capt. Brown, for the
herds have decreased In that period
of time to an alarming degree.
Officers of the revenue cutter Ta
homa, which recently arrived from
the sealing grounds In Bering sea.
also state that this year the reports
as gained from the sealing schooners
show that the year will be a poor one
In the north. Many of the schooners
had less than 100 skins when the sea
son was almost half over in July.
The significance of th? news from
Capt Brown .according to statements
of the revenue officers .lies In the
fact that with the decrease of the
seals the fleet of schooners will cease
to ravage the seas in the vicinity of
the Prlbllofs and the United States
government will not be placed to the
expense of maintaining a large fleet
of cutters in the Bering sea. ? Seattle
P. I.
1 The Royal Arch Masons of Fair
banks have organized a chapter with
J. H. Caskey) chief.
Harry Germain, convicted of run
ning a gambling house in the Tunnna,
was fined $150, and in default of pay
raent was sent to jail.
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(By Unltai< Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Oct 21? A
hitherto "(lead" volcano near Calexlco
almost on the boundary of California
and Mexico commenced to erupt lava
and smoke yesterday and the people
In the vicinity are in a panic and are
leaving their homes, fearing a dis
astrous eruption.
JURY DECLARE
FRAZIER SANE
After a trial before U. S. Commis
sioner LeFlevre yesterday afternoon,
William Frazler was declared sane
by a jury consisting of Oscar Card,
\V. L. Spear, J. D. Stlnebaugh, J.
Kennedy, Andrew FYandsen and Wil
liam Brltt.
The Information of Insanity was
filed by Deputy Marshal Holmes and
the witnesses for the prosecution wer
Dr. W. G. Gable, Tony Dortero, C. T.
Moore and George Dillon.
LDVETT HEADS
Willi LINES
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK," Oct. 21? Judge Rob
ert LovetT of Texas was today elected
president of the Union Pacific rail
road and has practical control of all
the associated Harriman railroads.
TUFT TO RESUME JOURNEY
(By United Press)
GREGORY, Texas. Oct. 21? Presi
dent Taft will go to Corpus Chrlstl
tomorrow and then will resume his
Journey to the eastward.
The big six story Arctic club, at
Seattle, has been formally opened as
a place where Alaskans may meet.
Sam E. Heeter, the old time freight
er of Rampart, has deserted the old
town and become a reslden' of Tan
ana.
JEFFRIES WILL
FIGHT JOHNSON
?> ??
(By Untted Press.)
NEW YORK. Oct. 21? Robert Etl
gren, sporting editor of the New York
World, today received a wireless mes
sage from Jim Jeffries, who is on a
steamer en route for New York, stat
ing that he was willing to meet Jack
Johnson in the near future and would
arrange all plans for the fight upon
his arrival
Johnson is now headed for New
York to meet Jeffries.
FRUNK KEEPS
HIM IN TOWN
James Bullard of Fairbanks, a sour
dough of the '94 vintage, arrived in
town last Friday intending to go to
Juneau and thence to Cordova. By
some mistake his baggage was ship
ped through to Seattle and he will
have to remain here until it is sent
back.
Mr. Bullard states that the stam
pede to the Iditarod fairly cleaned out
Fairbanks and that it will be a quiet
winter in the Tanana valley metrop
olis. At least 2,000 people will winter
in the Iditarod, according to Mr. Bul
lard, and he believes that many hard
ships will be experienced as grub is
none too plentiful and the country
Is sparsely timbered.
Mr. Bullard is a friend of the Snow
family of Skagway, as he mushed over
the Chilcoot trail with them in 1SD4.
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