NEWADMINISTRATI0N1N CHARGE
Chris. 0. Shea is Mayor.
New Officers Elected.
Reassessment of City
Property to be Made.
Mayor, Cbris C. Sliea
City Clerk, E. J. Doherty
Treasurer, M. H. MeLellan
Street Commissioner, Frank
Page
Chief of Police, George
Dillon
Police Magistrate, J. M.
Tanner
Health Officer, I)r. J. P.
Brawand
The new administration took charge of the city affairs
last evening, the old council formally handing over to the
new the books and records and acquitting itself of further
responsibility.
A caucus was held before the meeting and the business
as transacted following was there agreed upon.
Mr. Shaw called the meeting to order. Mr, Taylor
nominated Mr. Shea for the office of mayor and the elec
tion was was made unanimous.
Mr. Shea then appointed the following committees:
Ways and Means? Shaw, Clark* Ashley.
Fire and Water? Taylor, Ashley, Nye.
Public Works and Public Property ? Nye, , Snyder,
Tavlor.
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Health and Police"? Clark, Shaw, Taylor.
Judiciary and Election ? Ashley, Snyder, Shaw.
Water Works ? Snyder, Clark, Nye.
The election of city officers followed, * E, J. Doherty
was made city clerk; Mrs. M, H. McClellan, city treasurer;
Frank Page, street commissioner and water supervisor;
George Dillon, chief of police: J. M. Tanner, police magis
tarte, and Dr. J. P. Brawand health officer.
It is the intention of the council to elect an assessor,
seperate from the chief of police, relieving that officer of
this duty which in the past has beeu his. There is to be a
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AWFUL ACCIDENT III VANCOUVER
(United Proas Telsgraph-CabU 8?rvlcs.)
Vancouver, April 14? Two boarding house
cars were thrown irom the tracks as the cars
passed over the high vrestle at Albert canyon
near here and forty Japanese were killed and
many injured. The cars were crowded with
laborers, the noon meal being in progress.
They made a direct descent of five hundred
feet. The cars were crushed to splinters and
the men within trightfully mangled. Active
relief measures have been set on foot. The
canyon is but a little ways out from this city.
The bodies are being brought into the city
and the injured are being cared for in the city
hospital.
HIES
SITED IT
(By United Prttt.)
Boston, April 14 ? It hfti been defin
itely decided upon evidence secured
that the great Are resulting jo scores
of deaths and injury to huadreds. the
lo?s of millions of money aud the rend
ering homeless of thousands of men,
women and children was s'artcd by In
cendiaries. Two arrests have beem
made. - ?
FOUR MORE
BATTLESHIPS
(By United Prm.)
Washington. April 14? Late 'his after
noon President Roosevelt submitted to
congress a stirring message urging the
authorization or the building of four
more battleship*. He says the nation
must go ahead and not backward.
There is little oomment on the message
as yet.
complete revision of assessment of city property and the of
ficer to have charge of the work will be elected at the pro
per time. For this reason a n?w salary ordinance was
passed which reduces the pay of the chief of police to $100
from ?115. The salaries of all the other officers remains as
in the past, unchanged in the new ordinance.
The old council turned over to the new besides the
books, a cash fund of $1426.62, and one of the first acts of
the new council was to pass a resolution thanking the old
council for the manner in which it had acquitted itself in
the management of the city's affairs.
It was reported to the council that the pest house had
been broken into and some of the furniture had been stolen.
The council ordered an investigation by the committee on
health and police as well as the ch ief.
With this the first meeting of the new council adjourned.
THEY ARE OFF
FOR THE ORIENT
(By United Pr*M.)
Seattle, April 14? Tho Italian and
French ears leave this afternoon for
Japan. The German car arrive? In a
few days and will sail at once for the
orient. The American car ha? not yet
reported here from Its trip to the north. '
HE FLEET (
JAPAN STILL
SASSING CHINA
(By United PrM*.)
Toklo. April 14? The government
h?a notified China that unless she puts
a atop to the boycott now being employ
ed against Japanese goods by Chinese
merchants and the populace that she
Japan ? will use force.
(By United Pr*M.)
San Diego, April 14 ? The fleet rode
'oto San Diego hatbor at one o'clock
this afternoon, aaitlng anchor la home
waters again concluding the four montbi
i rip and traveling approximately four
teen thousand miiws The approach of
the fleet was the lignal for the entire
populace to turn out to (fire It greeting.
Thou?and? of elghtieera orowded the
water line and aity doolci. The landing
of the tailor boye wa? greeted by the
oheere of the peoplo and a great er
preaaloaot enthusiasm. The boy* aay
they are glad to oe home again.
CALE STATES
HIS CASE
The Alaskan it ia receipt of trsns
orlpt? of correspondence betweon John
W. Troy nod Delegate Cale which trill
be of general Interest, settiog forth u
ii does Mr. Cale's attitude more clearly
than bas yet beeo done. It is opened
with a wire from Mr. Troy.
9eattle, Mircn 28, 1908? Hon. Thom
Calo, House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C..? Washington cor
respondents Times and Posl-Intelligen
cer wire you not candidate. Star's cor
respondent contradicts. Both reports
published Alaskan papers. Republican
primary Nome split, electing Cale and
Corson delegat ions. Dodge faction con ?
trolled Fairbanks; understood against |
you. Another primary probable. Sew
ard and Valder understord for Corson.
Southeastern primaries not held, Your j
friends urge positive declaration direct- '
ly from jou what your position.
(Signed) John W. Troy.
To this tbe following reply was re
ceived:
Washington, D. C., March 20, 1908?
John W. Troy, Seattle.? Don't believe
drawing party lines, consequently can
not be aotive candidate before partisan
convention.
(Signed) Thoe. Cale.
Following the telegram umi a letter
in whlsh Mr. Cale aaya:
"In regard to my be.ng a osndldate
again, I can only say the people of Al
aska must select the candidate. I do
not believe political lines should be
drawn, so I cannot announce myself as
a candidate before a republican or dem
ocratic convention.
"I hope the people can and will select
some representative Alaskan In whom
iho people have confidence and who will
represent Alaska truly under any cir
cumstance, regardless of bis party Affili
ations and I shall be more than pleased
If they leave n e out of the race. But
shou d they select me I will not desert
thoso whe have honored me as they
have."
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