Late Telegraph News
SEATTLE, April 29—A life sen
tence was passed on C. A. Johnson,
who recently killed his child by
throwing it in front of a passing
train.
SEATTLE, April 29—The two
sons of William H. Whittlesey, of
Seward, who were injured in the re.
cent auto accident, have brought
suit against the city for $117 000.
The trouble occurred while Mr.
Whittlesey was at Chicago in attend
ance as a witness at the Frost coal
trial. His wife was almost in
tantly killed, and the two sons were
badly injured.
LONDON, Apl. 29—The Duchtss of
Connaught is seriously ill and grave
fears are felt as to the outcome. Be
fore her marriage to the descend,
ant of Queen Victoria, the Duchess
was Princess Louise of Prussia
■SAN FRANCISCO, April 29—Ser
geant Gorge H. Schall, who is sta
tioned at the Presidio, responded witn
his corps to an alarm of fire in the
city. It turned out that the fire
was in the section known as Ten
nessee Hollow and when the Ser
geant reached there he found that
his own home had burned and his
wife and three children had per
ished. The flames spread with
such rapidity that his family, who
were upstairs at the time and were
unable to make their escape.
NEW YORK, April 2S—Trial
marriages for young women under
18 years of age are legal in New
York, according to a decision by
Supreme Court Justice Cohalan.
If she marries with the consent of
her parents and leaves her husband
before attaining that age the present
law in effect permits her to come
into court and obtain a decree of an
nulment. as a matter of course, he
declared. “This is to all intents and
purposes providing in such cases for
trial cases,” he said, “bvt it is a
condition the remedy for which lies
with the Legislature. and not with
the courts.”
WASH1.NU1 U.N, April 28—TWO
American paper manufacturing Com
panies according to information
given out by the United States For
estry Bureau, have each applied for
the right to purchase 500,000,000
feet of timber .in Alaska to be used
in the manufacture of wood pulp,
the only purpose for which a large
portion of the wood in Alaska can
be utilized for.
While the forestry department re.
fuses to give out the names of the
companies making the applications
it is said by an official of the bu
reau that the plan proposed by the
applitants is to erect two pulp-man
ufacturing mills in Alaska and sh>p
the pulp to paper mills located in
different parts of the United States.
The shore of British ColumbU imme
diately south of the Alaska boun
dary are dotted with paper and pulp
mills Much Seattle money is in.
vested in them. The timber on the
Pacific seaboard of the Dominion of
Canada is much the same as that of
Alaska, and consists of Sitka spruce
and hemlock.
if the industrial conditions are fa
vorable paper mills will be estab
lished in Alaska, but in any event
a large amount of the pulp will be
shipped to paper mills in the East
ern states ’hrougb the Pauama ca
nal.
s-.aci of tne two applications on
tile with the forestry bureau is for
the purchase of timber situated in
the t hugach Forest Re 11 ■ e close to
the shore line. If thte proposed pur
chases are approved bv the forestry
department the mills will be estab
lished in Southeastern Alaska at
points not yet determin i ’ upon, and
a new industry will have been es
■iblished in Alaska to assist in the
development of that territory.
WASHINGTON, April 29—Gun
ners from the Monitor Tallah issee
were out procticing on Judith sound
and came very near doing destruc
tive work on a party of statesmen.
They mistook the yacht Dolphin for
their target and sent an 800-pound
shell through her rigging. If it
had been a little lower the eleven
members of the Senate and House
naval committees who were aboarl
the Dolphin would have been fa
tally injured.
WASHINGTON, April 29—The
governorship of the Philippines is
still in doubt. It was offered to
the well-known attorney of Wiscon.
•in. Judge Davies, but he has just
made public his refusal of the ten
der. It is stated that he will now
be appointed Commissioner of Cor
porations, a position that will be
more to his liking.
WASHINGTON. April 28—The
most direct application of science to
national stewardship is the valuation
of the public coal lands. The coal
land law of 1873 is ssentially a sales
rather than a settlement law and
privides for a minimum selling price.
Since 1907 coal lands have been sold
at appraised prices fixed by the Unit,
ed Stttes Geological survey on the
basis of geologic field examination
and chemical and physical analyses
valuation data of the latter kind be
ing obtained from the Bureau of j
Mines, which is charged by its or
ganic law with the tntlyzing and
testing of coals and lignites.
Blackburn. April 23—The trails
are fast breaking up in this part of
the country and it is a race be
tween some of the operators and the
tail end of their freight and the sun.
However the greater bulk of the
freight landed at McCarthy station
this season for the Nizina. Dan and
McCarthy creek operators, has been
hauled to its destination. George
Max Esterly, with his usual luck,
has all of his freight safely across
the Nizina river, although he was
one of the last to arrive. He plays
the time limit on the season each
spring but always manages to get
his freight in, although most of the
weather prophets shake their heads
and call it luck.
Building continues in the embryo
town of Blackburn. Gus Carlson
is putting up a large log building,
and it is claimed Harry Thisted. of
Cordova will soon occupy it with a
store, and pool and reading room.
Tim Cronin has rented the Funk
building and is applying for a liquor
license.
Business is somewhat quiet in
Blackburn justnow as most of the !
operators have their freight moved
and a number of people from here
are attending court !n Cordova.
After spending many hours and
days discussing needed changes in
the fisheries law, the Legislature
at Juneau hus come to the conclu
sion that it has no power in the
matter. Some of the members
have takn that attitude and Senator
tor Millard sught more light on the
subjct from U. S. Senator Nelson.
He received the foilwing answer:
“Your telegram of yesterday was
received late last night. I called
at the Department of Justice and
was referred to the Assistant At
torney General who has charge of
Alaska matters. He concurred in
the view I took of the matter, thafi
is, that you have no right to pass
such legislation as that referred to
in your telegram. It seems to me
that the law is explicit and clear
on the subject: you can neither
amend or repeal or add to toe
game, fish and fur seal laws passed
by Congress. I enclose you a
copy of the act.
“The Assistant Attorney Genera!
further informed me^ of wh'ch I was
aware before^ that his dtyartment
can render no formal or written
opinion in the premises except at
the request of the President or the
head of one of the Departments.”
Judge Thomas R Lyons has set
the trial of Joseph MacDonald, a
wealthy mine manager of Guana.
juato^ Mexico, accused of the murder
of N. C. Jones a mission worker,
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eleven years ago< for July 8.
The anti-trust cases against sev
eral transportation companies and
their officers on charges to discrim- i
inate against independent lines op.
erating between Seattle and Skag
way Alaska, will be taken up as
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soon as the MacDonald case is con.
eluded.
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The steamer Dora, which sailed
from Seattle the night of the 16th, j
was passed on the ‘‘inside passage”
by the steamer Alameda She is
on her way to Seward to resume the
her regular run to the Westward^
having been undergrowing repairs
at Seattle as the result of her ground
ing on the Seward beach last winter.
The Dora is again under command
of her old master, Capt. C. B. Me.
Mullen, who has with him A, B.
Mellick as first officer;' C. L. Cul
verson, her old purser and A. L.
Holcomb, who as far back as the
memory of old Alaskans serves has
acted as the vessel’s chief engineer. I
These four mariners recently ar- j
rived in Seattle on the steamer Diri
go, which took the place of the Dora
for the past two months on the Un
alaska run. This run is famous as
the most northerly regular steam
ship run in the world. The four
men gladly returned to the Dora.
Though the Dirigo possesses higher
engine power and larger quarters,
they prefer their berths on the
smaller vessel.
An effort to change the time for
holding general elections from No
vember to August, was defeated in
the Senate.
Our neighbors over in Valdex are
already discussing plans for a three
days Fourth of July celebration that
will exceed anything of the kind ev
er before attempted there. It is
expected to draw largely from Cor
dova, Seward and mining camps on
Prince William Sound for an excep
tionally big attendance.
J. P. MORGAN, JR.
Only Son of tho Late Fa
mous American Financier.
CARDINAL MERRY DEL VAL
He I* Secretary of State at
Rome, Aged Forty-seven Years.
CARDINAL J. M. FARLEY.
Archbishop of the Dio
cese of New York
Fifty Years Ago Today.
April 29.
The Army of the Potomac
crossed the Rappahannock river
at points above and below Fred
ericksburg to attack the Confed
erate position at Fredericksburg.
Admiral Porter’s fleet of F«*leral
ironclads in the Mississippi bom
barded the Confederate batteries
on the bluff at Grand Gulf with
out definite results.
Twenty-five Years Ago Today.
Under a uew Sunday closing
law only fifty-five saloons out of
3.300 iu Cincinnati remained open.
April 29 In American History.
1S37—Rufus King, statesman, died:
born 1775. Deborah Sampson, her
oine of the Revolution, died; born
1700
1SC3—The Federal Army of the Poto
mac, under General Joseph Hooker,
crossed the Rappahannock river,
near Fredericksburg.
1004—Richard S. Greenough, Doted
sculptor, died: born 1819.
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.
Evening star: Saturn. Morning
stars: Mercury, Jupiter, Mars. Venus.
Consteilatiou Orion, with three stars
In Hue Id the southwest, sets at 9 p. m.
April 25 In American History.
1781—Second battle of Camden. S. C.:
Colonials defeated by the British.
1877—President Hayes withdrew the
Federal troops from Louisiana; end
of armed interference In the south.
1909— Charles Warren Stoddard, au
thor and educator, died in Monte
rey. Cal.; born 1S44.
1910— Governor Charles E. Hughes of
New York appointed justice of the
United States supreme court
ASTRONOMICAL EVENT8.
Evening star: Saturn. Morning
stars: Mercury, Jupiter. Mars, Venus.
Planet Saturn, moving eastward, soon
to be lost iu the sun's rays.
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TO THE
! CITIZENS of CHITINA
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^ Alaska is on the eve of great development.
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> The Railroad Commission has reported favorably, on extend.
>, ing the line from Chitina to Fairbanks.
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► Ex-President Taft has recommended favorable action by
^ Congress.
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> The New York Legislature, realizing the great injustice done
> Alaska in the past ten years by withdrawing all its natural re
^ sources, and thus stopping railroad building has unanimously
> passed a resolution, endorsing the Railroad Commission report:
> Calling on President Wilson to make Alaska Legislation a special
> feature of his message to the special Congress called for April 1st.
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> The first act passed by the Alaska Legislature was in the form
> of a memorial to Congress and the President asking that Railroad
> construction be begun at once in accord with the Railroad Com
> missions report, and that our Coal be opened for use.
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> Every town Council, and every Chamber of Commerce in
> Alaska has sent wires and petitions to the President and Congress
> to the same effect.
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> The cities of Seattle. Tacoma, Portland, San Francisco—and
> a great many others as far East as Denver, Colorado—have joined
> in the good work and are bringing all the pressure in their power
> to bear.
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> Senator Chamberlain of Oregon has prepared a bill in line
> with the Commission's report to be introduced at the Special
> Session to convene April 1st.
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> Is there any one that doubts that something will be accom
> plished, and that soon?
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> If so, she or he had better quit looking at the hole in the
► doughnut and look at the doughnut awhile. If you keep on look
y ing at that hole you will loose your chance—for here is a chance
> that you will never have again in this section of the country.
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> I will sell you any lot in Chitina not already sold, up to
► April 1st, 1913, for 100 per cent less than you can buy it 0
> months from now.
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> The price of all lots has been reduced in order to give all a
> chance. The>' run from $40 up to $1000.
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► The terms will be % cash, and the balance in six, twelve and
► eighteen months.
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> CEO. C. HAZELET,
> Agent Chitina Townsite Company.
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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:—
Notice is hereby given that the Owl
Drug Company, a co-partnership
formerly owned by Mrs. Laura Brown
and Dr. C. F. Montgomery, Is now
the sole property of Mrs. Laura
Brown, she having purchased the in
terest of Dr. Montgomery. All debts
payable to the said Owl Drug Com.
pany as well as all accounts owing
are assumed by the said Mrs. Laura
Brown.
Dated this 21st day of March, 1913.
4-8-4w. MRS. LAURA BROWN.
PUBLICATION NOTICE
For the matter of the Estate of
Axel Fast, deceased> notice is hereby
given to all persons that I, H. T.
Staftsholt, was on the eighth day of
February 1913, duly appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of Axel
Fast, deceased, by letters issued by
J. W. Nickell, United States Com
missioner and ex-officio probate
Judge in and for the Chiitna pre
cinct, Third Division, District of Alas
ka.
All persons indebted to said Axel
Fast deceased are requested to call at
ray place of business in the Overland
Hotel in Chitina, Alaska, to settle
same. All persons having claims
against the said estate are requested
to file your certified bill with me the
undersigned administrator on or be
fore six (6) months from the date of
the first publication.
H. T. STAFSHOLDT,
Administrator
First publication April 8, 1913—4w.
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NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that F
H. Foster is no longer connected
with the Chitina Leader. Ac
counts owing to either the Chitina
Leader or the Cordova Daily Alas
kan should be paid to the under
signed .
W. A. STEEL, Publisher.
April 21, 1903. j
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