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NO. 1107.
PRESIDENT SAYS U.S.
WILL BE NEUTRAL
WASHINGTON*. D. C., Aug. 27.—,
President Woodrow Wilson read his
message on the Mexican situation to
both houses of congress in joint as
sembly. The president was appar
ently in good trim and read his mes
sage in a firm clear voice, enunciat
ing every word with perfect clear
ness so that every syllable was quite
audible in the remotest part of the
assembly hall.
The message lays bare practically
all the trouble which the United
States government has had with
Huerta, and the failure of the latter
to meet Envoy Lind, the special
emissary of President Wilson, half
way. Huerta was sullen and proved
to be inclined to take up an attitude 1
far from amicable towards Mr. ;
Lind.
Wilson asserts that the United i
States will remain neutral and now j
allow both factions to fight it out !
to a finish, while all Americans will j
be warned to leave the country.
The message contains the sinister
■warning that a day of reckoning
awaits the Mexican government if
Americans are hurt.
The administration has decided to
prohibit by executive order all ship
ments of war material across the
border, and this will be a stunning
blow to the federals who have been
badly in need of ammunition for
some time, a need has only slightly
been relieved by large shipments
recently sent across.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 27.—While
the Mexican papers, commenting up
on the fact of President Wilson’s
determination not to interfere with
the rebellion in Mexico with some
satisfaction, are eagerly publishing
all details of the American presi
dent's message on the Mexican situa
tion, it is clear that there is a
general despondency at the failure j
of all negotiations.
Envoy Lind has withdrawn at the!
earliest possible moment owing to
the complete failure of his mission
with Huerta. Something tantamount
to a revulsion of feeling is manifest ]
in the sentiment which can be noted j
throughout the city today, and'
Huerta is secretly denounced for j
failing to assist the United States;
government in bringing peace to,
war-torn Mexico.
The fact that Huerta as well as
the administration papers success
fully concealed from the Mexican
public up until quite recently the
fully purport of Lind's mission, is
now the main reason for attack up
on the provisional president in whom
the people show a great lack of con
fidence. The terms of the proposals
made by Lind are almost every
where throughout the city the sub
ject of considerable praise and ap
proval.
This is especially noticeable
among the great mass of the popula
tion who are sick of the war.
VERA CRl'Z, Aug. 27.—Lind yes
terday went on board the United
States cruiser Maryland and depart
ed for home. It was evening when
the special envoy reached this city
by special train, and he set sail al
most immediately for New Port |
News whence he will be borne at j
once to Washington to confer with ,
President Wilson.
Here Mr. Lind took leave of,
several prominent Americans and
the Mexican state department offi
cials who accompanied him to ihe
port of embarkation. The military
commander, Colonel Verez of 'he|
garrison of Vera Cruz, paraded his I
troops from the railway station to j
the docks in honor of Mr. Lind and
the departure of the envoy was wit
nessed by immense masses of Mexi
cans who generally appeared to be
friendly to the American who had
visited their capital in the interests
of peace. Several representatives of
both the American and Mexican
press endeavored to secure state
ments from Mr. Lind, but to all he
declared that he had nothing to say
whatever in regard to his mission.
LARGEST MILL ON GO AST
IS DESTROYED DY FIRE
BATPOIXT, Cal., Aug. 27.—Fire
today totally destroyed the Southern
Lumber Co.’s plant and lumber yard,
burning twenty million feet of lum
ber and the loss is estimated at one
million dollars.
The saw mill was recently re-built
with the most modern machinery
and was the largest on the coast by
many thousand feet capacity as well
as the area of its buildings. The
fire broke out this morning sup
posedly from the engine room al
though its real origin has not been
discovered. The flames spread with
startling rapidity and although a
perfect water system was supposed
to be installed throughout the plant
it failed to have any visible effect
upon the conflagration. The blaze
soon spread to the yard and the
huge lumber piles presented a ter
rific sight as they soon became a
mass of flames. The intense heat
from the burning lumber drove the
fire fighters, who at one time seem
ed to be getting the better of the
blaze, from the vicinity of the mill
which soon was completely t on
trolled by the fire and totally des
troyed.
The firemen then confined their
efforts to enclosing the fire within
the bounds of the mill and yard, in
which they were successful by the
use of steady streams of water turn
ed on on all sides.
The mill is said to be fully cover
ed by insurance, and the loss in
lumber and machinery is set at one
million dollars, although the manage
ment thinks this is a conservative
estimate. The lumber market is at
the present time quite stagnant.
AMERICAN CAMERA MEN
SHOCK CANADIAN COURT
SHERBROOKE, Aug. 27.—The
Thaw case still hangs fire with the
judge witholding his decision pend
ing the hearing of arguments for
and against the release or deporta
tion of Harry K. Thaw.
This morning when Thaw was
brought into court, the place was
filled to capacity, and the American
photographers astounded the bailiffs
of the quiet little court when they
mounted benches and snapped the
crowd, the judge and the prisoner.
The entire scene was enacted so
quickly that all were taken com
pletely by surprise, and the judge's
rebuke to the picture men was only
half hearted while he let it be known
that he could allow no such viola
tion of the dignity of the court.
The Canadians cheered Thaw as
he was brought to court this morn
ing, and it is quite evident that the
sympathy of the people in this sec
tion of Canada is with the prisoner.
Arguments were immediately be
gun asking for the release of Harry
K. Thaw but they were interrupted
when the prosecution pointed out
that no one was representing the
United States of which the prisoner
w^ a citizen. The Canadian lawyer,
who is instructed by W. T. Jerome
immediately arose and said that he
represented the State of New York
from which the prisoner escaped, he
being in fact at the present time in
the position of a fugitive from jus
tice. This remark called forth a
vigorous denial from the Thaw at
torneys which the judge almost im
mediately suppressed directing the
arguments to proceed.
Thaw’s deportation is practically
certain say the authorities.
mSlATTBE ALMANAC
August 27.
Sun rise* 4:25 a. m. Sun sets 7:39
i>. m.
High water 7:39 a. m. Low water
7:05 p. m.
Whisker. Beer. Wine*. Brandies
and AlcohoL Seward Commercial
company.
at thk kagul _
Caaadtaa White Wheat
•1.00 per bottle while It tad*
Dog Salmon for sale at Bessie
Store.
PREACHER IS GUILTY
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27.—The
board of managers of the Northwest
Baptist convention today foud Dr.
Kelly one of their most eminent
preachers guilty of immoral indis
cretions with Miss Clark, aged
nineteen.
STAMPEDERS ATTENTION
Parkas, MacUski, Robes, etc., go
to Cfailberg'a for be has a full line.
Ala, Stoat, Mineral Waters, flan
ternes. Grape Juice. Seward Com
mercial Co.
LOCK OUT THIRTY THOUSAND
NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—Painters
and paper hangers to the number of
thirty thousand have been looked
out by contractors because they
threatened to strike.
MCT.IkM.lt TAILOR SHOP.
Front street, three doors west of
Alaska Bank.
Cleaning, Pressing and Bepairina
(or ladles and gentlaaen promptlj
“Baldy of Ni
Bird.
CONFLICTING ARE
SHUSHANA REPORTS
SEATTLE, Aug. 27.—The Ala
meda returned today from the north
bringing down many stampeders
from the new camp at Shushana who
bring also very conflicting reports.
Among those who were on board the
steamer was Dr. Cairns the Canadian
geologist. The doctor states that the
Shushana is a camp about which it
would he premature and unwise to
express any sort of a positive opin
ion, although he himself thought it
was a great strike. He had twenty
nuggets of large size which came
from discovery El Dorado. The goid
is scarp and hardly worn at all. He
siys that the gold now being found
is all coarse gold, caught in the
earlier run of the glacier but that
he believed that down below finer
concentrates would after a time be
found. The ground below had never
oten bed-rocked and would be only
bodrocked with difficulty as the
ground was thawed and deep. He
thought that the statement that all
who had sought to get down were
hampered with water was reasonable
and quite correct. The difficulty
would no doubt later on be over
come.
The stampeders who arrived via
McCarthy and Cordova and returned
on the Alamada say that in spite of
the warnings which have been sent
cut hundreds were stil going into
the country without money and
without outfits, and they were run
ning up against a hard game and
wh’ch would soon drive most of them
Dark to carry a tale of hardship and
wcc which will do the camp a lot of
harm. Others of those who have
! come out speak very badly of the
‘ camp, deny that the gold is dis
, tributed over any wide area, say
that it is spo'ted and generally swing
the hammer like an expert boiler
| maker. The conflicting reports are
■ considered here extraordinary and
! very puzzling to those not familiar
! with the ways of stampedes.
DIVERS FIND SAY IS TOO
DEEP FOR THEM TO WORK
JUNEAU, Aug. 27.—The divers
who arrived at Gambiers bay to re
cover the bodies and valuables from
the wrecked steamer State of Cali
fornia say that they could not do
any such thing owing to the depth
of water where the wrecked steamer
is now lying. The depth is over
thrity fathoms, and precipitous
rocks line the deep waters of the
bay.
They went down as deep as pos
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cessful in reaching the steamer.
They have located the masts of the
State of California but although the
steamer is lying on her side even
those are too deeply located to be
touched by the divers.
They are now here awaiting
orders which will be probably to re
turn to Seattle.
A scheme is discussed by mari
time men here whereby the steamer
can be held by grapplers and raised
during high water when the huge
buoys to which the grapplers attach
the bottom, the buoys being towed
to shallower water where the same
process could be renewed until shal
low water could be reached where
the divers could work. The divers
deny that this plan which has been
worked elsewhere could be used
mainly because the deep bay is sur
rounded on all sides by rocks which
drop right down to the depths even
if without divers, grapplers could
get a strong hold on the sunken ves
sel. The work will likely be aban
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A. T. A T. Co.'s Service.
CANDLE. Aug. 27.—It snowed
here yesterday, and again today
there has been a steady tall of the
beautiful with a cold wind prevail
ing all the time. All the hills within
eyesight are white with snow.
The Seddon which was supposed
to get to Willow bay on Sunday last
to bring down the dredgemen who
have been working there has not yet
been reported. A bad storm has
been raging during that time and it
is supposed the gas schooner sought
refuge in some inlet during the
storm. The dredge on the Kugruk
which was constructed this summer
has now been running more than
a week with uniformly satisfactory
results.
With the exception of Frank
Fahy’s dredge on the Inmachuk all
the machines are working. The one
which was closed down did so be
MANY HORSES DEAD IX FIRE
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27—Dur
ing a fire within the Arcade stables
today one hundred and twenty-three j
horses which resisted the efforts of
the firemen to lead them to safety
were burned to death.
The fire broke out in a loft over
the stables and soon a bad blaze
called for heroic work from the fire
department.
Ths horses in the stables became
quite terrified and refused to budge
when the firemen endeavored to
take care of them. In the end the
firemen were compelled to leave the
animals alone in order to fight the
flames and save their own lives.
Some of the animals which were des
troyed were extremely valuable.
Fresh oysters it the Miners' Ree>
tnnraat^—any style.
“Up in Alaska,"
sail Darling at Imm
by Esther
cause the engineer quit, and as it
was so late in the season it was not
considered worth while hunting up
another man.
There has been but little water on
Candle creek for some time, but
nevertheless some miners have been
able to continue sluicing. The
dredge which suspended operations
for a short while during the drought,
has since the last rain been running
steadily.
Otto Lubscher and wife together
with Spanish Jack and his better
half are here from Squirrel, having
come down the Kobuk recently.
They are awaiting the arrival of the
Corwin when they will leave for the
outside. The river Kobuk consequent
upon the dry season is almost un
navigable for the greater portion of
its length, and the freighting up
that stream has been carried on
under very great difficulties. Little
news has come down from Kiana.
A. X. A T. Co.’a Service.
TELLER, Aug. 27—The Pasa
dena dredge has closed down on ac
count of the frost, and all the men
are coming down. Joe Vint and Mrs.
Vint are expected down tomorrow.
It has been snowing very hard all
day. The hills are all white with
snow and the weather looks for all
the world like late fall.
The drought has seriously Inter
fered with mining in this district.
The Buck creek dredge and the
Pittock dredge which are still work
ing being practically all the mining
that is at the present time being ear
, ried on.
There has been nothing heard of
the Seddon since that schooner left
here for Willow bay. The Seddon
will bring down the parties which
were working on the dredge up
ther. Among these is Roy Daven
port.
AX INVISIBLE AEROPLANE
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 27—The
Russian War Office has purchased
from an inventor after repeated ex
periments an aeroplane which be
comes invisible when eight hundred
feet in the air. The material is
transparent and the secret of its
composition is rigidly concealed. The
experiments at the recent military
aviation meet proved conclusively
that not a sign of the areoplane
could be observed by the strongest
glass after the machine had reach
ed an elevation of a little over eight
hundred and fifty feet.
Those wishing to make Excursion
trip on the Corwin to Siberia on or
about August 23, please call at Cor
win office and make reservation.
ELECTRIC SPR1XC CHICKEN
LONDON, Aug. 27.—It is stated
that electrical experiments have suc
cessfully brought chickens to ma
turity, and made them marketable
in size within six weeks, when three
months have hitherto been required
under natural conditions. The
treatment was explained in a paper
read before the National Poultry
men’s League now in session and
chickens raised by this method ex
hibited to the fanciers present.
Louis Levy representing Joseph
VUmnnn, . is in . the city. Highest
price paid for raw furs. Consign
ments solicited.
Seward Commercial Co., John
Nestor, Manager. Choice Wines and
Whiskies.
Infinite, Optimo, Louvers, Hum
boldt, Bock, Porto Rican Cigars.
Seward Commercial Co.