Lib,
No. 806 TENTH YEAR
SKAUWAY, ALASKA, TCESUAY, JANUARY 28 1908
PRICE 10 CENTS
PRESS CENSOR B PROPOSED
Post Office Department to be Delegated With
Extraordinary Powers
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
Washington. Jan. 28 ? There is a movement being
framed up whereby the post office department is to be made
a sort of ivnsor of the news and literature of the country.lt
devebpes in the form of a proposed delegation to the post
office of the right to investigate the character of literature
sent through the mails cr which is proposed to be so sent
The post master general is to have the say as to what is and
what is not proper literature and to bar from the mails all
that is not approved. The rights to be conferred are much
more sweeping than now obtains and will permit the draw
ing of liir-s against a great deal that now finds free trans
port through the mails.
There is to be expected a lively opposition to the meas
ure as another move to curtail the liberties of the press.
Much that is now .printed in the daily press, it is said,
would bar the newspapers from the mails if the new power
i? placed in the hands of the department.
ALASKA TO LEAD IN COPPER
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
Washington, Jan. 28 ? Reports of the geological survey
partie-i that were in there during the last two years and
just published give a glowing account of the Chitina copper
district. The report indicates that with the showing thus
far made, no copper prospect known can compare with
it. The great Bouanza mine is said to be almost in a class
by itself, while it is only one of many rich prospects. There
are said tobe forty miles of good copper indications along
the Nizina and Chitina.
WHERE ALL
THREE AGREE
(By United Preas.)
Washington, /aa. 28. ? Secretary
Taff, Debase Ca'e and Governor Hot:
gatt appeared before toe committee m
induitrlal arts tods; to urged a lib rftl
provision io the appropriation bill for
the Alaska,- Yukon, -Pnclfic Exposition
Secret ry Taft la especially strong: In
bis advocacy of good treatment for lb*
enterprise, as he is enthusiastic ai 0
its possibilities for gool to all the
northwest.
! O. H. Pare, of Wbltehoree, arrived
over on a visit this evening.
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DREAD INS
ON THE SHORE
(By UnlUd Pi-mi.)
Victoria, Jan. 28--Reporu from riaoy
points along the coast Indicate great
havoc to have been played among the
sbipa at sea during the last several
weeks during which storms have pre
vailed over the entire region. Wreck
age ia found of great variety and at
widely separated points. No reports as
yet have come in of any known losses,
but great anxiety Is felt among ship
owners and interested merchant? as
#ell as those who have friends and rel
atives at sea.
(By United Preaa.)
New York. Jan. 28. ? W. J. Bryan
has arrived here, and it 19 fully decid
ed, after a conference with leaders of
the democraoy from many parts of tbe
Uni'ed States, and despite tbe discour
aging attitude of some at Washington,
t*iat he will make the race for the nom
ination for the prcsldenoy. The name
of tho man that would serve btst to
strengthen the ticket as a running mate
is tbe thing of imme Mate moment
STATE POLICE ,
FOR NEVADA
(By United Pre**.)
3 a rson, Jan. 23.? The legislature has
about completed the buslaess for which
it was B8*embled in special session.
The measuro providing for a police
force under state supervision to patrol
and preserve the peace in the mining
districts passed both houses and will to
day be approved by the Kovernor. It
is an innovation in many rrspects in
| the United States.
ITHE TESTlOKY
IS ALL III
(By United Pratt.)
New York, Jan. 28- -The Thaw case
Is traveling fast to its conclusion now.
The defence c'osed this morning and
tho prosecution called Hummel, the
convict lawcr, in rebuttal aod after a
short ex<mioation of a few witnesses on
minor points, the state closed. The
arguments will occupy perhaps two
days, when the case will go to the jury
room.
Mr. T. F. Dougherty, interested in
the Copper river country, is at the
Fifth Avenue, having arrived out to
day.
(United Preat Telegraph-Cable Service.)
Sitka, Jan. 28 ? An exciting adventure aud one
which almost cost the lives of the parties to it is the topic
of this town today.
Captain William R. Hanlon, while navigating a gaso
line launch from Sitka, to Silver bay carrying provisions to
the Bauer silver mines at that placeencouutered^ a whale.
The captain was loaded for whale, his rifle was in action at
once. Four shots were well placed near where the whale
lived before the whale began to take notice. Then the
whale woke up to the situation and behaved like that other
whale in the South Sea which the comic opera tells about,
and struck out with his tail. The little schooner received
a severe side wallop and went clear over, the crew and the
cargo being flopped into the sea. Captain Hanlon was
quite severely injured and it was only through the most
heroic efforts of Charley Haley that he was kept above
water, Haley clinging the while to the side of the overturned
schooner, until a party of miners from shore, who had seen
the accident, came to their rescue in a small boat. The
whale went about hi6 business.
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strained honey, We
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prices on same. Spec
ial discounts in lots
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GANTY & FRANDSON
(By United Presa.)
Florence, Italy, Jan. 28? The funeral j
of Ouida, tbe famous authoress, who
died here two days ago, took place to
day. The funeral attracted notable*
from many cities of Europe, and an
immense throng followed the remains to
the grave. The ceremony was simple
and Imposing.
The famous authoress bas lived
through conditions as singular as any I
she has portrayed in her long list of i
books. From poverty she rose to i
a hi h place in the world of letters, i
udging from the standpoint of fiction.
[She won wealth by her pen as w> 11 as
fame. She liyed in splendor, her home
was a magnificent chateau near (his
city; she entertained with prodigal
hospitality. Latterly she had fallen
into financial difficulties and came to
actual want. Too proud 'o make her
condition known or to accept assistance
when friends, discovering the condi
tion, would have aided her, she has
known real suffering for lack of fundB.
Marie Corelli recently attempted to
come to her relief through advocation
a national subscription, which Ouida
took as an affront.
Her real name was Louise de la
Ramee, born in England, in 1840, of
French extraction. Her stories treating
of high life and the army. Her works
Include "Strathmore," "Granville de
Vigne," "Ariadne" and "the Dog of
Flanders."
II DUMB 1 UTE
Seattle, Wub.t Jen. 28.? Papers di?
corered in old Russian archives at
Sitka, Alaaki, the former capital of ibe
northland when it was a part of the
Czar's Taut domain, indicate that by
right the whole western coast of Noitb
America belongs to the United States,
as that portion now under British con
trol originally belonged to ibe empire
of the white bear and should have gone
with Alasxa when it was ceded to the
United States in 1867. These docu
ment, which would have been of the
greatest importance at the conference
held in London some years ago relative
to the international boundary between
the United St?tes and Canada, were un
earthed by Leo Nabakoff, intimate
friend of Count Leo Tolatoi.
Nabakoff was sent to Sitka by the
Russian government to make certain
researches among the old papers for
historical data when the important dis
covery was made. The documents
plainly show how the Czar's realm was
enlarged by the entire coast of North
America, and will ultimately lead schol
ars to philosophize on what might have
been had American statesmen, in the
days (?one by, been possessed of this
wonderful information. The docu
ments are written in old Russian and
Nebakoff says they shed some very in
teresting as well as new light on the
eatly history of "the far north.
EVEN INDIA
WOULD BE FREE
(By United Praaa.)
London, Jan. 28.? Information of an
official charaoter has bten received
here, which haa just come to light,
which declares that India is preparing
to shake off the British yoke.
EX-SENATOR WILSON
TO UN0ER60 OPERATION
Seattle, Jan. 28.? Former United
States Senator John L. Wilson, who is
111 at tbs Providence hospital, may go
east the latter part of the week, upon
the advice of his attending physicians,
to consult a noted specialist in Balti
more. The matter is now being seri
ously considered, although no definite
decision has been reached as yet.
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