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No. 242. ELEVENTH YEAR.
}?*KAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY IB, 1909
PRICE, 10 CENTS
President of Street Car
Company G-ets Short
Shift at Hands of Jury
Evidence Proved His
Guilt Conclusively?
Other Prosecutions Will
Follow at Once.
(United Press Telegraph-Cable Service.)
PITTSBURG. Pa.. Jan. 13.? Charles
Cameron, president of the Pittsburg
strwt railroad company and a very
wealthy man. was convicted today la
the superior court of having offered
bribes to members of the city council
In an attempt to secure the passage
of certain franchises favorable to
the street car company.
The jury returned a verdict 01
guilty fifteen minutes after the evl
denco was completed. The evidence
was conclusive proof of Cameron's
guilt.
Cameron Is at liberty under SW.OOft
bonds. Judging by public sentimeni
most of the grafting councllmen will
be convicted In short order.
WASHINGTON. Jan.' 11'.? The De
partment of Commerce and Labor has
published figures relating to the im
ports of opium into the I'nited States.
These statistics show that during
November, 1908, the imports of crude
or unmanufactured opium were 46,6">5
pounds, as against 25,308 pounds for
the corresponding month in 1907.
The imports of opium prepared for
smoking were 31.4S3 pounds, as
against 17,341 pounds for November,
1907.
The statistics show that for the 11
months iu 1908 ending with Novem
ber the importations of crude opium
amounted to 272.647 pounds, while for
the same period in 1907 the imports
"were 4S4.307 pounds.
MANY BOX CARS
STANDING IDLE
CHICAGO, Jan. 12.? Arthur Hale,
chairman of the car efficiency com
mlttee, American Railway Associa
tion. reports that h~ does nut like to
"knock" the prosperity gospel, but
more than 200,000 Idle freight cars do
not spell prosperity. The number, he
says, is almost exactly what it was
last year at this time. Mr. Hale de
clared he hoped the railroads would*'
have a car shortage by the latter
part of 1909. He is unable to report
much progress In his efforts to get
the roads to pool their freight cars.
George Noot, Canadian collector of
customs at Summit, is still confined
at the White Pass hospital.
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FOUR SENATORS
ARE ELECTED
(By United Press.)
I SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Jan. 13.? Sen
ator Charles C. Perkins was today re
elected to the United States senate
by the California legislature. There
was little opposition to his re-elec
tion.
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. ia.? Theo
dore Burton was today elected to the
United States senate to succeed
Charles Dick. Burton is at present
representing Ohio in the national
house of representatives. The opposi
tion to Burton was feeble after the
withdrawal of Charles P. Taft.
HARTFORD, Conn.. Jan. 13? Frank
B. Brandagee was re-elected to the
United States senate today.
BOISE. Idaho, Jan. 13.? \V. 11.
Hdyburn was re-elected to the United
Slates senate by the Idaho legisla
ture today.
A.MOY. China. Jan. 13. ? Official re !
ports have been received here of a '
revolutionary outbreak in Manchuria'
near Mukden. One thousand mutin
ous soldiers have taken the field. A
column of government troops with a
gatling gun was sent out against
them.
An engagement was fought on Sun
day in which the insurgents, accord
ing to the official version, were re
i
pulsed. Native reports, however, are
to the effect that the troops were
driven back with a loss of sixty men
killed. The fact that the Insurgents
occupy an impregnable position would
seem to Indicate a government re
\erse. Reinforcements have been as1'
ed for. The women and children have
been sent away from the locality.
The cause of the mutiny is not ex
plained. Insurgents" agents are busy
recruiting in Amoy. They are offer
ing a dollar a day for men.
John Herberger. who is suffering
from chronic heart trouble, was taken
to the White Pass hospital yester
day. His condition is rather serious.
AIL IS QUIET AT
SEATTLE
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, Jan. 13.? The city has
resumed Its normal activity today and
the fear induced by the earthquake
of Monday has almost entirely sub
sided. There have been no fresh
shocks yesterday or today. The
damage done by the earthquake has
been repaired in a large measure.
The weather is still unusually cold
here with considerable snow on the
ground.
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE. Jan. 13. ? A tucssu ;c
from Port Townsend today stated
that the United States cable tender
Burnside was at work near Cape Flat
tery. The liurnslde reports that Mon
day's earthquake shock snapped the
Alaskan cable In many places and it
will be at least a week or ten days
before the breaks can be repaired.
In the meantime all the towns in
southeastern Alaska must receive
their news by the Dominion wire, via
Ashcroft and Whitehorse.
REBUILDING OF .
RUINED CITIES
ROME, Jan. 13. ? Plans for the re
building of Reggio and Messina al
ready are being discussed in detail.
Messina is the second city of Sicily.
It is estimated that about $ir>,000.000
will rebuild Messina for r>0,000 Inhabi
tants. It will take about $8,u00,000
to rebuild Reggio for 25,000 people.
In any event many years must elapse
before the terrorized population can
be induced to return and live in the
stricken territory.
Another project is to transfer Mes
sina provisionally to Aiii.i- . a
small town near Messina. It iui n
decided to reconvnee the Italinii i r
liament on Friday or Saturday co
consider measures of relief. Three
members of the chamber of deputies
perished in the earthquake. The
Fope yesterday visited the wounded
In the Vatican hospital accompanied
by Dr. Guisseppe Petaccl, his private
physician.
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SENATOR TILLMAN ACCUSED
BY U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL
(United Pre?? Telegraph-Cable Service.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13? Attorney
General Bonaparte stated today that
Senator Ben Tillman of South Caro
lina had approached him and asked
him how he could obtain some public
lands in Oregon. Mr. Bonaparte
stated that Tillman had said nothing
about paying for the lands. This is
a contradiction to the statements
made by Tillman In his speech Mon
day when he scored President Roose
velt for having put him (Tillman)
under espionage because he was un
der suspicion of being implicated In
the Oregon frauds. Bonaparte's
charges have created a stir in con
ureas and the whole affair will be In
vestigated by a special committee.
USHERS ENTER ?
MARATHON RACE
(By United Press.) .
SEATTLE, Jpn. 13. ? Jerry Sullivan
of Nome, and Wada, the Japanese,
signified their intention of entering
tlie Marathon race at the A.-Y.-P. ex
position in July. The distance run
will be 26 miles, 385 yards. .
Johnny Hayes, winner of the Lon
don Marathon race, Pietri Dorando,
the Italian who afterwards beat
Hayes, Longboat, the Canadian In
dian. Connolly of Boston, and Shrubb,
the English runner, will lie contest
nuts in the Seattle race. All these
raeu can cover the 26 miles in about
2 hours and 40. minutes.
Old timers in Alaska will not be
lieve that the "mushers" from the
north are in anywise inferior to the
professional athletes and the Alaskan
competitors will be heavily backed.
LOEB TO DECIDE FUTURE SOON
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.? A deter
mination may be reached shortly as
to whether William J. Loeb, secretary
to President Roosevelt, will become
a member of the Taft cabinet or re
tire to private life at the end of the
present administration as has been
his desire.
Mr. Loeb, who expects to leave
next week for Augusta, Ga., to ar
range the details for the trip of Presi
dent-elect Taft and a party of engin
eers to the canal zone, will, according
to reliable advices from Augusta, be
formally tendered the navy portfolio
or the secretaryship of commerce and
labor.
SCHOOL BOARD
HELD MEETING
The Skagway school board held Its
regular bi-monthly meeting last night
at the city hall. .Messrs. Miller, Lid
dicoat and Wurzbacher were present.
Bills for the month, including salar
ies, fuel, repairs, etc., amounting to
?576.75 were allowed. It was de
cided to install two fire hose reels In
the school house for use in case of
emergencies. One will be In the
basement and the other on the sec
ond floor. No other business of Im
portance was transacted.
CHICAGO, Jan. 12. ? What is con
sidered by medical men to be the
most important discovery in the war
against tuberculosis since the finding
of the tuberculosis baccilus by Koch,
is contained in an announcement by
Dr. Randle C. Rosenburg, of the chair
of bacteriology, at Jefferson Medical
college.
Dr. Rosenburg has declared that the
tuberculosis germ can be located in
the blood before It reaches the lungs,
and that in view of this It can be
destroyed by very simple treatment.
{ By use of anti-toxin, he thinks, the
disease can be soon stamped out.
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