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sun ? sh
ME OF NEW ?
S*r?ous?\ Qrt. 2 -TNtwliy th*
itih ?>r elimination atari od
to thin down t Up randldat#* for
nominatHMi *1 th?> rxttr ron*
tent tun lintrmor l?l* ?u the fl'"*t
itMN to htHvp the ax and hid *u|>
iM>rtfr* rt*ll ??ir from htm until Ma
nomination now 11<<<<11111 almost itn
IMtklf
\it attempt in hfiu* made to at*rt
. l?x>ni for Norman Mark m* a
? out promts- candidate and II 1 liLtj
hour thia morning his atork* wero
pirkhiR up It wni? now very
probable that hp will rwlvo tn?
nomination.
I duit nlnht It looked as thou?ch
ConRreaaman Sulier would be elim
inate! rrom t h?? contest. but 'his
aftenMMl he has Rained strength
and It seems very probable that ho
will he nonimted before the con
vention closes this evening. He now,
has a lead over all the other can
didates. but ha* not the required
two thirds majority.
Ill* I'ltlM KTnN ItKHIDKM'K
is lit t *?;a
Sea Olrt. Ort } -fiowniw
Wootlro* Wilson and hi* family
ni?vi>il to Princeton vewt prd.1* >? tTTi ??ro
he will t.Jte if|? lit* rwidi'iiiv for the
*ilfvr Hf experts to movr lnt"?
the White lloiw# ?omeiimp <1 urliig
kHt spring
\MMITs HIS o\\ \ t.l II T
\M? IMI1.M ATKH IfTHKK*
ImlUiiapohft. tVt. 1? Ortle .Mc
Manittal, the self c?nf?s?e<| drna
mltei and traitor to hhi allied a^
><-ompIlc??. |lr*ilnl guilty today In
the criminal court Thre? of
wen who mere 1sdU*fe4| wer<- dl*
mi<wd on arrount wf tWp heinn
?to e\i4Mre connecting them with
e\?n> a kiiowl?d|te of the crime* ,
while tt>?> other* entered pTwm
not KUlltr There are about fifty
iii<li<tmenta out. and about half of
them *ill no lo trial. .
IUO \\ HLVTMI Ft?K
MKMBKR WII.NOV tWIWNKT
ClfTMiiM>, Oct. 2 ? William Jen
nings Hrvan spoke here yesterday
and wis interview* r-hy p reporter
who asked the Peerless header If
he would accent a spat In Wilson's
cabinet*'! n rase the democratic ) -*r
ty shmild be victorious Mr. Bry
an said that he had not consider";!
such a contingency, and that until
such time as Mr. Wilson should be
elected he had no intention of con
sidering It At present he would
aot discuss the question.
J??H\s<>\ TI HNKD IA1?SN
WITH <?< M KXCl'SK
Schnrrtsdr, Oct. 2 Hiram John
son, the California governor *nd
candidate for Hempcratlc vice presi
*1 a fewr 4ars campaign
in this state yesterday. He was
received with a large crowd .?t his
ripening address tn thii city.
AMERICAN CON
SUL MURDERED
\\ - liugintt. (Vt i American vl?-e
? '?n?u| Mn'auxhen of Our?n|to. M*?
i ' .is liwn murdered by rebels,
i f rvpovt ?m nent out from the
'!> mi aii city to Washington mil
the ?i*te department Immediately
*ir. ,| Xnihawador Wilson at MmIh
? it jr lur Information regarding the
affair Wilson made an lnrt?li|t.i
| lion ami found that the murder had
taken place and ho immediately
? onflrnied the rumor.
The killing of the American rep
resentative will probably be the
menus of stirring President Taft to
action iu calling an extra session
of congress to intervene In the war
fare In the Southern Republic. Ther
is considerable excitement In the
National Capital over the affair
:*nd it is generally believed that
the American government will take
immediate steps tomard ending I ho
strife and demanding indemnity for
the loss to American lives and cajv
! ital
OUR
\ NEW
FALL
SUITS
& 7
COATS
FOR LADIES
NOW ON DISPLAY
I - ^)ocUe
DENOTES STYLE
AND QUALITY^
OUR NEW
FALL MILLINERY
NOW ON DISPLAY
H. J. LYNCH
\Rmc IIROTHKKHOOI) KI.K<TM
NKW HKT OF OFKKHRH
Al a meeting of Camp Skagway
No. 1. held In the A. n. hall laat
night the following offiiera were
flwteu:
Arctic Chief, Fred Fomo; Vlrj
Arctic Chief, I). J. Rich; Arctic
Chaplain, A. J. Achlaon; Arctic Re
corder, Geo. Robbie?; Trustee,
Tony Dortero, J. A. Nettles. H. II.
Draper
At the laat Grand Camp session
held In Portland laat November an
amendment to the by-laws of sub
ordinate camps was pasaed, Which
provides that officers of subordi
nate tamps shall hold office for one
year instead of six months This
amendment la in force now and
applies to the offlcern elected laat
evening.
MWKOK8 HtHH I.KADKH OF
WHITK MAVK IMRTV
Baliabtiry, Oct. 1? When &x
prealrient Roosevelt attempted to
*pw?k in thla ?lty yeaterday, he *M
' compelled to d?mlBt on account of
the hoota and Insulting Jeera from
an audience comprised mostly of
NeRroea. The attitude of the fr>>
areaalve convention In d lac rim I nut*
in* against the seating of Negroes,
hna cauaed opposition to the Pro
gressives hy the colored voters of
the aouth, in consequence they are
easily pursuaded to make it emtiar
assing for Mr. Roosevelt. It ia
said that the adherents of the Taft
branch of the Republican party wore
responsible for the disgraceful
pmwllnp.
w?ar b w
* 6F m BMP
Tacoma, Oct 2 ? John H. Bullo-it
of Portland was railed to the atari 1
thia moting and denied that he hal
over entered Into a conspiracy to
defraud the government in selling
oal at a high valuation to Fort*
l.iscum, Davis and St. Michaels.
Quartermaster John E. Baxter
wag called to the stand and reitera
ted much of the testimony which lie
had given before. He Said: that
the federal government paid moro
than the market price for lta sup
plies, liecause of the haid conll
liona imposed by It upon the con-,
sresnional Investigation and that
tractors, and that such fact had at
? ne time been made a matter of ron
under the present system of award
.ittached thereto, the successful bid
ders had practically no protection in
case the receiving officers of the
government refuse to accept the sup
plies or an act of providence Inter
vened and prevented the fullfllment
of a contract as the bid required,
lie was the government agent who
secured bids for the delivery of co?l
ut Alaska army posts.
Colonel Baxter made a good wi'
ness for the government, but the
cross-examination conducted by
former United States Senator ft. 11
Files, brought out many facts, taken
by the attorneys of the indicted nu-.i
as belli# in their favor.
He stated that there were a lar^p
number of bidders present when
these bids were opened, and that
I he prevailing prices were usually
very high. In fact, 011 cross examin
ation, he stated the government pal l
more than the market price as a ?en?
e^l rule for supplies purchased by
contract. The reason for this was
brought out by close examination
by Senator F'ile3, when Colonel Bax
ter declared the contractors had
practically no protection, that th ?
government recognized no excep
tions, and that it could increase or
decrease any contract even when
the supplies were in transit, 20 per
cent. If It so desired, and that nil
contracts could be abrogated at will
TAKT TO TALK IT OVKR
AOAIN WITH C ANAD*
Ilererly, Oct. 2 ? President Tart
announces that he Intends to revive i
tlli' arbitration parts between this
country and Canada. He believes j
that much may be done for the ;
Ik* nef It of each country by a senM
ble agreement on the Interchange of
products, when the fever of poll- 1
tics has died out and left the people;
to arrive at a calm conclusion In (
I he matter.
Old A B. Mountain has Its head
capped with snow today, which is
rapidly melting. This Is the first
snow this season on that giant wea
ther barometer It 1> said that
w hen the snows cover Its bald head
and remain there, winter is with us. |
There is one town In the west 1
where fuel (coke) costs $16 a ton.
This is Ivers, Idaho, the prineip.il
local settlement in the I.oon creek
mining district. This high pri-*e.
however, is flue to t'ue long haul by
wagon from Mackny, the nearest
railroad point. Ho miles distant.
The route Is difficult because of
two high summits which must >?e
crossed In addition to a 3-mile climb.
The cost of haulage Is 2 1-2 cents
a pound for the round trip. When
a load can be taken each way this
is split into 1 1-2 cents in and 1
cent out.
The Spokane Is somewhat late
this trip and will not arrive in Skas
way until Sunday. On her trip
south she will not stop at Prince
Rupert according to previous cus
tom.
GREEN
TOM A TOES
A large shipment just received
We sell them at 5c per pound
or 75c per box
Better Order Now if you are
going to put up any
SEASON ABOUT OVER
P. H. GANTY, Grocer
Washington, Ort. 2 H B. Hook
er, treasurer of the Krojfrewlve
party was a witness In the campaign'
probe yesterday. Ilia testimony
wan somewhat illuminating, as It
threw some light on those who have
so far kept In the background. Mr. I
Hooker ma?le the unexpected ad
mission thit Charles Crane of Chic
ago had contributed 175,000 to chn
LaFollette campaign for the pur-!
pose of furthering the progressive
Senator's attempt to capture the'
nomination at the Chicago conten
tion. And what Is still more re- i
snark.ible he also said that Cr*ne 1
has given $75,000 to the Woodrow
Wilson campaign for the purpose'
of securing his nomination at tne
Uemocratlc convention In Baltimore.
The a dm I Mi on by Hooker pl*'-e?
both parties tinder obligation* to ihe
big Interest*.
Washington, Oct. 2 The evi
dence *o far Introduced In the cam
paign probe, show* that Koo*ef?-lt
ha* already reeived large sum* f?#r
til* ampalgn expense* th is year, a*
well a* for the year* that have
panned. One hundred and ftf'jr
thousand dollar* have gone In.o
the Progressive tre?snr> *o far,
and that I* not saying that more i*
not to follow.
IU MKol.hr RATE* II EM .4131
AT HAMR REASOXABI.E FIOI'RK
Floyd E. Hush, general passenger
pnd freight agent of the Humboldt
Steamship company at Seattle was
ii passenger north on the Humboldt
tills trip. To the Miner at Ketch
ikan, in r'sponse 'o the inquiry as!
to whether his company contem
plated cutting the passenger rates I
between Southeastern Alaska and
Sound points, said: "As far as I
know, there is neither the de.dre
nor the intention on the part of
i he Humboldt to cut rates of any
kind, freight or passenger. Some
three years ago, we decided that
we could carry freight to Ketchi
kan from Seattle for $3. on per ton
and have been doi ig so ever since,
making a little money In the opern
tion 1 nis last summer we w#^.
approached by representatives of 'hej
regular companies operating to this
region and invited by them to en- j
ter a combination for the purpose
of boosting the freight rates. This;
we refused to do, because our pla>i
or action In the past had alwars
been to fight the combination, so ibe
freight rates were slaughtered to
try to bring >is to their terms We
are handling about all the freight our
vessel can accomodate at this time
i at the same old rate, which is a
fair one to all concerned, and if th^
other companies cannot meet exp'-n
I iies at that rate, it becomes simply,
a matter of management, but we
can and will operate at the present
=
rate if the people of this neighbor
hood will give us their business 'f
on the other hand, rates are eat to
surh an extent that we cannot moet
expenses, we shall simply he com
pelled to tie our steamship up, uti
til the rates return to a living point
again, when we should t ome ba. k
on the run. being a sen red as we ar?'
that we could and would get our
share of whatever business Is offer
ing.
"Personally I do not think It Hi
ja good thing for the country to ha"e
low passenger rates at this season
as It means that a great many peo
ulc who would otherwise winter
here, will go below for the winter,
and the business men of the coun
try would thus be deprived of busi
ness which properly belongs to them.
This, because we realUe that the
general welfare of the country is
our welfare, we do not want to tee
^haRpeu. and it will not happen On
less brought about by the ot.ier
companies in their attempt to force
us off the run so that later th'*r
can boost the rates and get b.icfc
what they are losing.
IIRO. WILLIAM TAKT
A V f> liKO. THOS. M V
Beverly, Oct. 2? Thomas Mar
shall, candidate for the vice presi
dency on the democratic ticket, aod
William Howard Taft, candidate
for president on the republics .j
ticket, are scheduled to meet in
Boston soon at a meeting of the
Scottish Rite Masons.
Some
Reasons
why you should wear a
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