TELEGRAPH NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF!
Juneau, Sept. 19.—Governor Wal
ter E. Clark has been notified by the
Department of the Interior that one
hundred and sixty acres of ground
surrounding every medicinal spring
in Alaska has been withdrawn from
entry.
Philadelphia, Sept. 19.—The
Tradesmen Trust Company, with $1,
300,000 of deposits, has failed.
Spokane, Sept. 19.—The widow of
Attorney Richard Barnhart, who was
killed last winter in the Wellington
disaster, has filed a damage suit for
$100,000 against the Great Northern
Railway.
Kiev, Sept. 19.—Premier Stolypin
died last night from the bullet
wounds he received by an assassin,
while attending the opera the other
night.
Chicago, Sept. 19.—The Congre
gational Ministers Union has passed
resolutions denouncing the Astor
Force marriage as an affront to de
cency.
Portland, Sept. 19.—Rev. John
Parsons, formerly stationed at Fair
banks ana Juneau, but who is now
Superintendent of the Alaska Metho
dist Missions, will be tried here to
morrow for misappropriation of
funds.
Seattle, Sept. 19.—The Pioneer
Mining company of Xomet Will dis
tribute $250,COO of profits among its
stockholders.
Syracuse, Sept. 19.—Barney Old
field, driving a Knox car, in a fifty
mile auto race, lost control of the ma
chine which leaped from the trace
and ran into a crowd of spectators,
killing nine and injuring thirteen.
President Taft had but a few minutes
before left the scene where the ac
cident occurred.
Dublin, Sept. 19—A railroad strike
of the three great systems completely
demoralizes the system.
New York, Sept. 19.—Captain Paul
Beck will carry the mail over an
aerial route from Long Island to
Brooklyn during the international
aviation meet.
' Special to Daily Alaskan
Seattle, Sept. 19.—William S.
Fisher, president of the New Eng
land Forestry League, brands Pin
chot conservation criminal, as ap
plied to Alaska.
.eattle, Sept. 19.—Fifty Alaskans
,;e have formed a preliminary or
i<lization of Sourdoughs.
Washington, Sept. 20.—Secretary
of War Stimson has decided to make
a personal visit of inspection to every
military post in the country.
Baltimore, Sept. 20.—Former Con
gressman James A. Tawney, will like
ly succeed the late Senator Carter,
of Montana, as a member of the In
ternational Joint Commission.
Boston, Sept. 20.—John L. Sulli
van, of pugilistic fame, is a Demo
cratic candidate for Congress.
Southhampton, Sept. 20.—The
British cruiser Hawke rams into the
Olympic, the world’s largest steamer,
and it was only through the quick
beaching of the latter that a disas
trous disaster was prevented.
St. Paul, Sept. 27.—The General
Fassenger and ticket Agents As
sociation has adjourned to meet in
Seattle next year.
Tacoma, Sept. 20.—Sentenced to
five years at McNeil’s island for kid
napping his own child a man named
Herold created a sensation in court
by denouncing Judge Clifford.
St. Louis, Sept. 19.—Father Bren
nan has sighted a tramp comet
which is visible after eight o’cloch
at night.
Detroit, Sept. 19.—President Taft
has issued a challenge to William
Jennings Bryan to indicate that re
straint of trade is not condemned
with definition in the Supreme Court
decision.
i London, Sept. 19.—A home rule
campaign is to be begun with moving
pictures, showing cattle raids and
evictions in Ireland.
Augusta, Sept. 19.—The complete
official returns show that the recent
election was uncomfortably close and
the wets won by a majority of thenty
six votes.
Topeka, Sept. 20.—Edmond H.
Madison, who has represented the
seventh district of Kansas in the last
two sessions of Congress, died here
yesterday from a stroke of appoplexy.
Deceased was born at Plymouth. 111.,
December 18, 165. He studied law
and was appointed judge of the thir
ty-first district January 1, 1900,
which position he held until Sept. 17,;
1906, when he resigned to become a
candidate for Congress. He was elec
ted to the Sixtieth Congress and re
elected to the sixty-first congress.
Seattle, Sept. 19.—Dr. Percival
has started on a globe girdling trip
of 33,000 miles.
Chicago, Sept. 19.—Work has been
commenced on the auxiliary channel
of the Chicago canal, which is to be
sixteen miles long and cost $10,000,
000.
Seattle, Sept. 19.—Abbott, of De
troit sails from Vancouver on Sat
urday for Skagwav, with his auto
mobile to penetrate the Arctic circle.
Salt Lake, Sept. 19.—Mormons
throughout the world are today ob
serving the centennial birthday of
Governor Pratt.
Washington, Sept. 19.—The grand
jury indicts six officials of the Unit
ed Shoe Machine Co., for trade re
straint.
Washington, Sept. 19.—The De
partment of Justice announces that
Banker Walsh will be paroled this
week.
Chicago, Sept. 19.—Judge Gross
cup will resign from the federal
bench on October 1.
Vienna, Sept. 19.—On account of
the seriousness of the food riots mar
tial law has been declared.
Brownsville, Sept. 19.—Disgrunt
led Mexicans alarm Americans on the
border by their frequent disorders.
Seattle, Sept. 20—Negotiations are
How pending to build the largest hotel
in Seattle on the old university
grounds.
Chicago, Sept. 20.—The govern
ment will next attack the Ipterna
[ tional Harvester company, in its cru
sade against the trusts.
Madrid, Sept. 20.—The revolution
ists are attacking Valencia and a
battle is expected at any time as
grave fears are entertained that the
throne will be attacked.
Folsom, Cal., Sept. 20.—Jacob Op
perman, the man tiger, murders his
j fellow prisoner Francisco Quijada.
Boston, Sept. 20.—Battling Nelson
defeats Nixon in a ten round go last
night.
Seattle, Sept. 20.—Robert Bonv
nre, a member of the National Mone
tary Commission, says that the Na
tional Reserve Association will pre
vent panics.
Lisbon, Sept. 20.—The state offi
cials and troops fled before a hun
; dred women armed with pitchforks.
Ottawa, Sept. 20.—The betting is
three to one in favor or reciprocity
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Toulon, Sept. 20.—At gun practice
an explosion occurred on the French
cruiser Gloco, resulting in fourteen
of the marines being instantly killed.
ACTIVITY AT PORT WELLS.
Tom Davis has returned from a
trip to Port Wells and reports that
some good strikes of gold quartz
have been made there. About fifty
men are now prospecting in that dis
trict.
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
At the school board election in
Eyak yesterday W. J. Shepard was
chosen as clerk; S. Doverspike, treas
urer and William Boswell, director.
There were twenty-nine ,votes cast.
Washington, Sept. 20.—Twenty
six thousand acres of the Blackfoot
reservation in Montana have been
withdrawn by Secretary of Interior
Fisher.
Newport News, Sept. 20.—The
transport Kilpatrick goes tc Galves
ton to take troops to Panama.
Washington, Sept. 20—It has been
decided to increase the stand army
four thousanu.
Detroit, Sept. 20.—An unexpected
strike of the employes of the street
car line for more wages has tied up
the entire system.
Oakland, Sept. 21.—The inventor
of w-aterproof cloth with aluminum
died here withholding his secret.
New- York, Sept. 21.—Matt Wells
easily defeated Abe Attell in a ten
round fight last night.
Victoria, Sept. 21.—The Algerine
reports the capture of five Japanese
sealers each with five hundred skins.
Rediands, Cal., Sept. 21.—A local
justice of the peace sentenced an in
ebriate to attenu church on Sunday
for six months.
Peking, Sept. 21.—Two thousand
Insurgents, while beseiging Chengtu,
were killed.
Chicago, Sept. 21.—Pat Crowe at
tacked two women and their hus
bands beat him so badly that he had
to be taken to a hospital.
London, Sept. 21.—Maxine El
liott, the famous actress, has retired
from the stage.
Austin, Sept. 21.—The official
count shows the Prohibitionists were
defeated by 6,800 votes.
Chicago, Sept. 21—John C. Stubbs,
vice president and traffic director of
the Harriman lines, will retire from
the railroad business on January 1.
next.
Seattle, Sept. 21.—The steamer
Admiral Sampson arrived from Cor
dova this morning at 7 o’clock and
the Alameda is due today.
Los Aneles, Sept. 21.—A sensation
was created here today in connection
with the dynamiting cases, when
the district attorney issued a war
rant for the arrest of a brother-in
law of Attorney Darrow, who is de
fending the McNamara brothers,
charging him with attempting to
tribe witnesses in the case.
Seattle, ' Sept. 21.—The Bertha
sailed last night for Southwestern
Alaska with a full cargo and a light
passenger list. Among the latter
were Mrs. Campbell, for Kodiak, Mrs.
F. Fitch and Harry Fitch for Sew
ard three soldiers for Fort Liscum.
San Francisco, Sept. 21.—A Ger
man nobleman, w ho was impover
ished, committed forgery and when
his disgrace became public he at
tempted suicide.
San Jose, Sept. 21.—While labor
ing under a temporary abberation of
the mind Father Sherman, attempted
to take his life and he has been com
mitted to a sanitarium.
Carlsbad, Sept. 21.—The King of
Bulgaria spent the past two weeks
in disguise reveling and gambling.
Colorado Springs, Sept. 21.—A
man suspected of the murder of two
families of six people has been cap
tured by the local police.
Ketchikan, Sept. 21—Samuel Lich
enstadter, a prominent Alaskan min
ing man, died here of heart disease.
Portland, Ore., Sept. 21.—The ar
rest of Coy McDavis unearths a
wholesale white slave traffic, in
which many prominent people are
implicated.
Seattle, Serf. 22.—Divers recover
ed $150,000 in gold dust from the
sunken steamer Ramona.
Valdez. Sept. 23.—There is a big
stampede on from here to Port Wells,
following the assay of $25,000 rock
recently found there by Tom Tool
sen and Mike Stenton, who staked
six claims.
Valdez, Sept. 23.—The Mayfield
Mining Company, of which M. M.
Reese is manager, has made a big
strike on the property bonded from
William Hogan and associates back
nf Shitiin ttftv In a. tunnp.l driven
fifty feet a good body of ore, filled
with free gold, has been encounter
ed.
Washington. Sept. 22.—George
Glavis, whose brother secured so
many affidavits in connection with
the Alaska coal land cases, has been
indicted for his connection with ihe
investigstion of Senator Lorimer. He
is charged with embezzlement and
securing money fraudulently in this
case.
Montreal, Sept. 22.—The govern
ment reciprocity bill was defeated
by 50,000 majority, there being an!
unexpected landslide against ' the I
measure. Prime Minister Laurier a
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strong advocate of the bill, was elect
ed on his own personality but will
resign and be succeeded by Robt.
Borden.
Valdez, Sept. 23.—Marvin Burford.:
manager of the Valdez Bank and Mer -
cantile company, .was yesterday mar
ried to Miss Cora Keller.
Seattle, Sept. 22.—This has been
a record-breaking season in the Alas
ka salmon pack, 2 800,000 cans being
put up.
Boston, Sept. 22.—Joseph Frauen
field has been arrested for disclosing
! warship secrets in magazine articles
j written by him.
Valdez, Sept. 23.—The court mar
Itial of Lieutenant Orchard, which ad
; journed from' Haines, has been re
i sumed here. The case will likely be
finished today with the cross-exam
ination of Clerk Carter, of the Road
Commission.
Mexico City, Sept. 22.—The Minis
ter of tne Interior opposes the post
ponement of the elections declaring
ihat the country is now pacified, but
is not likely to continue so if the gov
ernment breaks faith with the peo
pie.
Cincinnati, Sept. 25.—Former Uni
ted States Senator Joseph Benson
Foraker, once a predominant power
in the political situation at Ohio, will
attempt to regain his political power |
during the present campaign, but!
Senator Theodore E. Burton will have
enough votes in the state convention
to put him safely through, and For
aker, while some of his old followers
will cling to him, will be left far
in the rear. Foraker in a recent in
terview in New York, had the highest
hopes of regaining his power, but his
attempt to return as the Republican
head will be met with an opposition
that will wage one of the Hottest
political fights Ohio has had for some
time.
Fairbanks, Sept. 23 —Marshal
Love has received a dispatch from
the department of justice authorizing
the expenditure of a sum not greater
than $300 to clear up the mystery
surrounding the disappearance of
Duncan Angus who disappeared near
Hot Springs while in company with
Roy Davis and Mike Sullivan.
Sullivan and Davis have been
bound over to the grand jury char
ged with having made away with An
gus.
Rome, Sept. 25.—The navy is
ready for a conflict if Turkey refuses
Italian protectorate over Tripoli.
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