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No. 121. ELEVENTH YEAK. sKAHWAY, ALASKA, 1'HDRSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1? PRICE, 10 CENTS.
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(United Press Telegraph-Catole Service.)
Fairbanks- Aug, 20? A telegram from E.
E- Ritchie- editor of the Valdez Prospector,
says that there is ample proof to be had that
of the 925 votes cast at Cordova at least 500
were fraudulent. The steamship Pennsylvan
ia is expected at Valdez today which will no
doubt bring the returns from the westward
as far as Kodiak, It will be impossible to get
Bristol bay until the arrival of the Dora from
that far westward point which will be about
S3ptembor 12.
FLEET SUFFERS
SEVERE STORMS
(By United Press.)
Sydney, Australia. Auk. 20 The fleet
arrived this morning. It has passed
through two days of severe storms just
previous to arriving ia.
SEATTLE LAWYER '
GETS THE JOB
(By United Pre*s.)
Seattle, Anjf. 20-llarri*on Martin,
an attorney of tho city lias b?ren ap
pointed assistant prosrcutiu>; attorney
i for the third judicial district with otli
ces it Valdez.
RAILROAD ENGINEERS
WILL JOIN THE STRIKE
(By United Pres*.)
Winnipeg, Aug. 20? It is today stat
ed that the railroad engineers will join
the strike.
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GARFIELD
1ELL3 TUFT
(By United Pres#.)
Hot Springs, Aus. :?0-Secrctarv
(i.irtiekl arrive* from his trip to Hono
lulu ami the Western states. Ilo tells
Taft that the we>t I- with him solid.
530,000 TO THE TON
AT MT. ST. EliAS;
Ore which assays $30,000 to the ton is
reported to have hcen found io i ho Mt,
St. Kims count! y, some dis'anco inland
from Yaku tat. .Th'- details of the find
jre meager, but from what has beeh
learned the strike seems to be authen
tic.
That the Mt. St. Rlirs *;jj)on offers al
luring prospects both as a placer and
quartz country has long been maintain
ed by prospectors. Its inaccessibility
ha* been its greatest drawback, and
prospectors svho havo penetrated i s
fastnesses have always had to return
for provisions before accomplishing
much actual work.
A number of Katalla prospectors are
now talking of going into the Mt. St.
Klias country.? Katalla Herald.
The Christian Ecdeavor choir will
meet for practice this evening
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We invite your inspection.
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PACIFIC FLEET
OFF FOR SAMOA
(By United Pre?' )
San Fran.isco, Aug. 20? The Atlantic
fleet is not to be allowed to have all the
outinrs apportioned to the navy this
year. The Paoltlc fleet has just received
orders to sail Monday for Samoa. The
fleet will not be expected to report here
^?j;iin until about December first.
(By United Pre??.)
New York, Aur. 20? Captain Ualn-s,
the slayer o( William Annis, has been
arrested and is held without bail. His
defense will be insanity.
FEARTHEY WILL
RIOT AGAIN
(By United Press.)
Springfield, III., Aug. 20? The with
drawal of the troops has caused great
alarm among the negroes of the city ?
they are fearing the renewal of the
riot*.
MARKET GARDENING BY STEAM
D. W. Burridge, who purchased tbe
Shepard farm a few days ago, has plans
arranged whereby he will raise veg
etables In a manner entirely different
from any other Alaskan fanner. Mr.
Burridge will install a boiler on the
farm and have the ground thawed b.v b
network of steam pipes. These pipes
will bo burled in the ground, and he
expects in this manner to keep the
ground warm at all goasons., The
stunted growth of the early vegetables
has always been blamod to the frost In
the soil. Mr. Rurridge's new cxper
ment may overcome this frost and will
permit early planting.? Juneau Di?
p>tch.
Prisoner Wrecks Jail
Citv Marshal Dillon about six o'clock
arrested a man on Broadway w^io
was making a spectaclo of himself,
somewhat under the influence of liquor.
The fellow had come ashore from the
lighthouse tender lu port. There wax
In jail when the sailor was placed there
one Jimmy Finoegan for drunkonness
Fincegan was treated lo a sight which
he says he has no desire to see again.
No sooner had Dillon departed than the
sailor began to smash things and in a
little while there was nothing In the
jail enclosure that h.id not been reduced
to wreckage. The stove was over
thrown and (ho pipe flattened out, the
clock toru from the wall and smashed,
the chairs broken, the glass broken out
of the windows and Anally the water
cock torn from tfie pipe, releasing a
stream that threatened to quickly flood
the place.
Before this, however, he had suc
ceeded by thrusting his arm through
the hole in the upper oart of the door,
In reaching the lock on the outside and
bv main s'.rength wrcnching It off. He
tbeu took hold of Flonegan, according
to the latter'# story, and thrust him
through the door, himself following
out Into the covncll room and thence to
freedom. An hour afterward Dillon
found the mnti on upper Broadway and
again arretted him, the fellow follow
ing as mild as you please. Finnegan
says he was crazy? that he behaved
like a maniac and that he, Finnigan,
stood In fear of his life. Dillon de
Clares the man was neither crazy nor
too drunk to know what he was about,
but that he had.an arm the size of an
ordinary man's leg and as hard as iron.
The jail is an evidence of the fac' and a
sight to see.
DANGER TO
NAVIGATION
(By United Pre??.)
Cortland, Aug. 20? The whole coast
froru Vancouver to southern California
is enveloped in smoke from the forest 1
fire*. The danger to navljjation is very
greatly increased by it.
WATER AND
POWER GALORE
R. J. Mclnnis, who has the contracl
for the puttie? in of tbe water plant at ;
Fort William H. Seward, was in th ?
city yesterday. He reports the work
as progressing famously and lhat it i
will be completed before the snow flies
( ?if the snow dont fly too soon.
Two months will see the water
turned in the long line of pipe
about three miles have been laid.
The pipe is six inch steel, protected
over the flats and In the river by
"calamine," a process to prevent
rust. The capacity of the plant is about
.178, 000 every 24 hours, while the de
mand will be far short of f>0,000 gallons.
The pressure will be 175 pounds at
Haines, sufficient for the groatest se
curliy against fire. The plant is being
so constructed as to otTor every provis
ion :or the Installation of an electric
power plant at any time, there being
plenty of water lor this purpose. Mr.
Mdnnis says Haines may have the best
water and all the power necessary for
manufacturing if it can be negotiated
with the government.
ea?fc ?
Go to Tony Dotero and try a Bull Dor
'if*r. Ill
cigar.
All th# delicacies of the season at
the Pack Train restaurant.
RASPBERRY
PICKERS
. WANTED
QANTY & FRANDSON
RUBIES FOUND
HEAR NOME
British and German experts have do.
c'arpd that I he rubles found on Gold
Hun creek in the Port Clarence district
have a high commrrcUl value, their
hardness and brilliancy being equal to
ihe beBt gems taken from the mines of
Brczil and India. There is no longer
any doubt as to the value of the gems
from fchis section of A'aska, as nearly
!{,000 of them were placed on the for
sign market last winter and sold at a
price highly sitisfactory to bo h the
sellers and the buyers.
II. A. King, the well-kncwn mining
man of the Gold Run district, who is
building a ditch in that section, before
having for the outside last fall gather
ed up about 4,000 of these stones, took
them 'to Amsterdam, Holland, and had
11,000 of them cut by an expert lapidary.
With the oxcoption of a few which he
tuought back to Nome with him, he
sold the whole lot to wholesale jewel
ers at and average price ot over each.
?Nome Nuggett.
COTTAGE CITY BESTS DOLPHIN
The Cottage City and Dolphin had a
test of speed on their trip from Skag
way to Sitka, and the Cottage came
out, of it with flying colors. On ac
count of the Cottage stopping at Fuoter
Bay to loail salmon, ibe court party
took the Dolphin for borne. Captain
lansen whs disappointed at the loss of
' tlieso passengers and leaving Skatrway
an hour behind the Dolphin and
making a couple of s'ops as well,
caught up with the other vessel ..ear
Sitka and when an open space was
reached, walked on past without ?n
apparent effort and went into Sitka
with a broom flying at the masthead.?
Juneau Dispatch.
The f'rlncess May arrived up this
morning early with 51 passengers, of
which 35 were round trippers. Tho
passengers were treated to a rather
unusual sight? tho harpooning of a
whale off the station at Frederick biy.
The captain of the May, soeing what
was up, rau nut of hi? way somewhat
to allow his passenger* to see the cap
ture. After the whale had been slain
It was towed along side the May nnd
the passengers had an opportuni'y to
shoot it with their kodaks to their
heart's content. It has since, of course,
been the theme of the ship and Its fame
will spread over the land when these
yoyagers return south. An, excursion
train was run to tho summit ^today.
The May sails south at 7 o'clock this
evening.
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