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U. S T 0 1 CONTROL
[Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan]
Havana, Sep, 26? The peace plans of
Secretary Taft and Acting Secretary
Bacon have failed and the United States
will have to intervene. President
Palma charges Taft and Bacon of favor
ing the revolutionists and therefore
refuses to concede the latter anything.
He offers absolutely no alternative to
the pians ag-*eed upon by the revolu
tionists and Secretary Taft which
he rejects in toto He says
he would prefer to subject the country
to American rule rather than to yield a
single point to the revolutionists.
The hand of the United States has
been forced by the resignation of the
cabinet of President Palma. The
resignations all read the same and they
are effective with the resignation of
President Palma, which will be pre
sented at a special session of congress
Friday.
The United States will probably ap- i
point a commission to take charge of
the government. The rebels io the I
field are uncontrollable and it would be I
impossible to turn the government over |
to the liberal party.
The rebels are making the island j
ring with their charges of treason
against President Paima. Had he con
sented to another election for members '
of congress peace would have followed.
Now, they say, he has taken an action
that will probably cause the loss of the |
republic to the Cuban people forever.
Taft Say* Rebel* Ware Right
Secretary Taft made public his letter
to President Paima today. He says
there were many irregularities in the
last congressional elections. He is
satisfied of that. He urged that there
be a new election for all olHcers of the
country except that of president. He
praises the administration of President
Paima. He says he has done great
work for his people.
ROOSEVEL I
PLANS ACTION
Oyster Bay, Sep. i1) ? President Roose- 1
velt was advised today of the failure of j
the plans for peace as perfected by
Secretary Taft aoil Acting Secretary
Bacon. He at once beg?n the perfec
tion of the plans for the transfer of
troops to Cuba.
BATTLESHIP FLEET
LEAVES EOR CUBA
Washington, Sep. 26? The battleship
fleet has been ordered to Cuba. The
battleships Indiana and Kentucky sailed
this morning- with 5OO marines. More
will leave New Orleans, Boston, Nor
folk and Philadelphia by steamers
which will go at once.
Orders have been issued for 1,000
more marines to be stationed on the
Atlantic coast immediately, and orders
were also issued for 3,000 blue jackets
to proceed immediately to various
steamers which are being prepared to
sail for Cuba.
The battleship Texas, the armored
cruiser Brooklyn, the converted cruiser
Prairie have received orders to hurry
to Cuba.
ARMY PRFPARING
FOR WAR ALSO
Washington, Sep. 26? All is activity
in army circles. Bids have been called
for to furnish the army with Western
horses and mules.
Troops are being selected for trans
portation to Cuba, and they are being;
ordered to place themselves in readi
nass at once upon receipt of the presi
dent's orders.
COUIMBMN BINS ON RIVER
The White Pass river steamer Co
lumbian was totally destroyed by fire
at Eagle Rock, between the mouth of
the Little Salmon river and Tantalus,
last night. The mate, Joe Welch, and
a nreman are m'ssing and supposed to
be dead. Purser L. C. Cow per and
four or five others of the crew are bad
ly burned. The vessel and her cargo,
valued at from $"5,000 to $100,000, area
total loss.
The details of the accident to the
Columbian are not obtainable. It is
learned that she caught on fire eurly
last night and that the flames gained
such headway that they could not be
put out. Thesteamer had two and a
half tons of powder on board and
whether the fire was communicated to
that to be followed by an explosion or
whether the crew beached the vessel
and deserted her, knowing of the dang
er from the powder, can only be gussed
at.
Superintendent Scha^schmidt, of the
water division of the White Pass,
sailed at one o'clock this afternoon on
the Dawson for the scene of the wreck
with medical aid. He will return by
noon tomorrow with complete details.
The Victorian was going from
Whitehorse to Dawson. She sailed
Monday rt at 4 p, m. Her caego "con
sisted of 156 tons of freight and 21 head
of cattle. The freight was mostly
perishables- potatoes, apples and other
vegetables and fruits. She had do
passengers on account of the fact tnat
shelcarried a small quantity of powder. I
Capt. J. O Williams was in command
of the Columbian and Capt. Hairy
Baughman was pilot.
The Columbian was built at Victoria
by the Canadian Development Company
in the spring of 1898, sad taken to Daw
son by way of St. Michael. She was a
sister ship of the Victorian and the !
Canadian. and was a pood, staunch craft.
She was 14G (pet long and her beam
was 33.4 feet. Her gross tonnage wa?
716 and registered tonnage 455. She
usually carried about 225 or 230 tons of
freight to Dawson from Whitehorse in
addition to towing a scow.
The White Pass pu-cbased the Col
umbian with other vessels from the
Canadian Development Company.
While she was not run on a fast passen
ger scheudule the Columbian was one
of the. good boats 011 the river. She
made the round trip every eight days
and had good passenger accommoda
tions.
NOT MANY
Bryan Greeted by Small
Crowd Agaiu
[Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan]
New Orleans. Sept 26? W. J. Bryan
was greeted by rather a small crowd in
this city- In the course of his speech
he declared that it is his right to speak
on any subject which he pleases includ
ing the question of the government
ownership of railroads,
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TAX SALES
City Will Sell Delinqaent
Tax Liens
Skagway's annual tax sale will begin
next week Under the law the city has
a lien for taxes on property, and nnder
the Skagway ordinances the liens on
the lots and parcels of land the taxes
on which for the year 1905 shall not
have been paid before October 1st,
must be sold by the treasurer to any
one offiering to buy the same. The sale
will begin at 1 p. m., Monday, October
1st.
Many people have an idea that the
certificate of purchase delivered by the
tieasurer to the man purchasing the
city's lien for taxes, conveys a title to
the property involved, but tnat is a
'mistake. It is merely a conveyance of
the city's hen and it must be foreclosed
in the district court as other liens are
foreclosed before the holder can get
title to or the posse ssion of the
properly. The purchaser of the lien
places himself in the position of the
city, tie has a claim against the ptop
e-'v which will give him title if it
?h& 1 not be liquidated provided he
iha 1 enforce his claim.
Shirt Waists almost given away at
Harrisons' this week.
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JEROME OH or If m
HEARST [Q WiN
Buffalo, Sept. 2C? The democratic
state convention is in turmoil. A per
manent division of the party seems in
evitable. William Travers Jerome is
hopelessly beaten, and this morning he
I withdrew his name and his candidacy
from the convention's consideration.
The withdrawal was accompanied with
a statement that he is still fighting
crooks.
William R. Hearst is gaining and it
now seems probable that he will be
nominated on the first ballot which it
is believed will' be reached today.
The opposition, as the anti-Hearst
following is now designated, will sup
port a yellow dog for thte nomination if
by that means they can beat Hearst.
They are demoralized and are ready to
make a combination that might offer
itself which has the defeat of Hearst as
one of its provisions.
WILL LIGII r
Sanfo Domingo labels and
Government to Battle
(Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan.)
Washington, Sept. 25? The state de
art ment has beer, advised that a battle
etween the government troops of
Sarto Domingo and the rebels is im-j1
minent. It is expected tb&t the battle j
will be decisive, and that peace will be
arranged without difficulty after iti
shall have takeD place. Both sides are ' 1
confident of victory.
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Whitehorse Woman Saes
Mother for Adopted Child
[Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan]
Seattle, Sept. 26? Celia Doherty, of
Whitehorse, has brought suit against
Edna Nelson for the possession of a
cbi'd whom she alleges the latter stole
from her at Whitehorse. A writ of
habeas corpus has been served com
manding Edna Nelson to 'present the
child in court and show why it should
not be turned over to the woman from
whom it is alleged it was stolen.
All the parties to this suit were re
sently from her north. Edna Nelson
was taking the babe east and was lo
cated here by Celia Doherty who fol
lowed her from Whitehorse, where she
jlaims to have legally adopted it.
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We are always on the lookout for new de
vices to help ill to get well,
Wm. BRITT
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