Late Telegraph News
ST. PAUL, July 17.—Bearing the
indorsement of President Wilson and
Attorney-General McReynolds, the
Southern Pacific-Union Pacific merg
er dissolution plan was presented to
the United States district court to
day. It provides for the sale of
$38,000, d00 of Southern Pacific
stock to the Pennsylvania Railroad
and the acceptance by the Union
Pacific of $12,000,000 of Baltimore
ft Ohio Railroad stock in return.
SPOKANE, July 17.—Executors of
the estate of John Enos, stockman,
who died here in 1911, are prepar
ing to carry out the verdiet of the
jury which held Kampitke Syelo, an
Indian squaw, is entitled to half the
property, Valued at $250,000.
It was shown the Indian woman,
now more than 50 years old, had
been the wife of Enos in the early
days, bore him three children and
was then deserted, the white man
marrying a Portuguese woman at
Boston. The second wife is awarded
the remainder of the fortune.
PARIS, July 16.—Mrs. Collis P.
Huntington, widow of the late South,
era Pacific Railroad magnate, was
married here this morning to Henry
E. Huntington, a nephew of her
former husband. i
MILWAUKEE, July 16.—After
leaving her home in Decatur, 111., and
earning to Milwaukee with the man
who promised to marry her. Miss
Pansy Reynolds, aged 19, finds her
self penniless and deserted in a
strange city. At police headquarters
the girl told her story and her par
eats have been notified.
SALISBURY, Md„ June 30.—
Harold Smith, general manager of
the Home Gas Company of this place,
was held by the coroner’s jury as
an accessory before and after the
fact to the criminal operation that
resulted in the death of Florence
Wainwrlght. Smith wa3 arrested
later And arraigned before a justice
or the peace. ,
Mias Wainwrlght was the book
keeper of the gae company and was
*4 Years of age. Her body was found
la the office of the company. A med
ical examination showed that death
had'been caused by a criminal opera
tion performed a few hours before
Smith ig about 40 years of age, mar
ried,'and prominent in business here.
^ROCHESTER, Minn., July 17.—
Upon the deftness and skill of sur
geons at the Minnesota State Hos
pital here depends the solution of ■
what has for four years been one of
the most mysterious cases of lost
identity In the Middle West. After
four years, surgeons at the hospital
announced today they will operate on
“J. C. R-," a man of 40 or 45 years
Of ££•, who was found wandering
aimlessly about the depot at Waseca,
Minn., one evening in June, 1909.
The man is known as “J. C. R.,”
beoause those initials were found
aewed to the lining of his coat. In
the :fbur years the man has been at!
the hospital he has not uttered a
word. At first he was sickly, but he
Is now robust and healthy. The man
appears to hear and understand, but
when it comes to expressing his
thoughts by means of slgnB his mind
Hems to fail him, and it has been
with greatest difficulty that the
physicians have learned the little
they know about him. It is believed
he was a sailor. Through showing
him pictures it has been decided
he was an officer, probably in the
navy or possibly as a member of some
Arctic expedition. Through pub
licity given the case during the past
four years, state officials have re
ceived thousands of letters ffom
persons in search of missing loved
ones.
Physicians would have operated
long ago, but they feared the man's
health would not permit it. The oper
ation will be performed at once
NEW, YORK, July 18.—President
Mellin, of the New York, New Haven
£ Hartford Railroad Company, has
tendered his resignation as head of
that company and its subsidiary
corporations.
WASHINGTON, July 18.—Presi
dent Wilson today sent to the senate
the names of Charles S. Hartman, as
minister to Ecquador and John Mon
tag, as United States marshal for
Oregon. ,
WASHINGTON, July 18.— The
tariff bill was formally taken up for
discussion in the senate today. As
amended by the senate committee
the average reduction upon all classes
of Imports is 27 per cent and about
4 per cent lower than the bill as it
passed the house. The bill bids fair
to occupy the attention of the senate
for some time, as it is known a deter
mined fight will be made upon some
of the clauses, both by the republi
cans and some of the democratic
members. Friends of the bill, how
ever, express confidence that the bill
will be passed practically as It stands.
WASHINGTON, July 18.—Presi
dent Wilson today appointed William
L. Chambers, of the District of
Columbia, as Commissioner of Medi
ation, an office created by the New
lands amendment to the Erdman act.
SEATTLE, July 18.—Former Clerk
Hopkins, of the federal court, who
was sentenced to imprisonment some
months ago for misappropriating the
funds of his office, was paroled today
by President WJlson. His wife died
in this city Wednesday.
OAKLAND, July 18.—The mys
tery surrouning the death of Manuel
Davalle, a farmer residing at Irving
ton, who was found dead in bed from
the effects of a bullet wound, was
cleared up today by the confession
of his wife, who admits she fired the
fatal shot. She claims Davalle
abused her until she feared for her
life, and that she secured a gun and
shot him while he was asleep.
MEXICO CITY, July 18.—Presi
dent Huerta has appointed Diaz as
special ambassador to Japan, to ex
press to the Japanese government
thanks for the participation of Japan
in the centennial celebration of 1910.
The reason given for the sending
of Diaz to Japan is generally looked
upon by the forerign residents here
as a blind, and that the real object
of Diaz’g mission is to sound Japan
upon the attitude of that country in
the event of Intervention in Mexico
of the United States, and if possible
to induce Japan to take a hand in the
trouble which is sure to follow such
an act.
PEKIN, July 18.—The rebelling
provinces have proclaimed Tsenchun
Hsuur, former viceroy of Canton,
presiueui.
NEW) YORK, July 18.—The offi
cials of the Order of Railway Train
men announce that they will strike
before they will submit their diffi
culties to the board of arbitration to
be considered at the same time as
those of the railroads.
WASHINGTON, July 18. — The
Mexican Consul here has received a
message that American Vigilantes
hanged fourteen Mexican bandits in
the Tampico district. The Mexicans
had been committing depredations
upon the property of the American
residents of the district, and had be
come so bold that a posse was formed
to hunt them down. Several were
killd in th fracas, and the remainder
captured and hanged.
SEATTLE, July 18.—In an inter
view this morning Secretary of the
Navy DanielB stated that one of the
most vital thingg at the present time
Is to find a suitable place for a naval
coaling station on the Pacific CoaBt.
“W|b have the commodity in Alaska,
vast Quantities of high grade fuel,
and the administration is deeply in
terested in the development of ihe
fields, not only for naval purposes,
but for commercial uses as well. I
had hoped to visit Alaska this sum
mer and personally inspect the coal
fields of the territory, but press of
other business compels me to post
pone the trip.”
SALONIKA, July 18.—King Con
stantine, of Greece, in a public state
ment today asserted that the Bul
garians wantonly slaughtered 30,
000 Mussulmen at Dieran. He de
clared that no mercy was shown to
the victims, nor were age or sex any
bar to the fiendish slaughter, women
and children being massacred in
every town occupied by the Bulgars.
Nor wc8 murder the only crime to be
charged up against the Bulgarian
troops, wh/lch were granted the great,
est license by their commanders.
Hundreds of young women were out
raged by the carnage drunken sol
diers, and towns were looted and
wantonly burned.
SUSHANNA STRIKE CONFIRMED
McCARTHY, July 18.—Jim Morris and Dan Stacey
returned here today from the Suslianna with news of the camp
and letters for McCarthy people from parties who are now on
the ground. They report the strike a genuine one, and even
better than first reports indicated.
Pay has been found on Bonanza, Eldorado and other
tributaries of the Suslianna, pans ranging from 75c up being
common. The diggings are shallow, bedoek lying but four
to five feet from the surface. The hills are rolling, and well
worn, and the country offers an extensive area of promising
ground. The strike is said to be the greatest since the
Klondike.
Among the letters brought out is one from Axel Walstrom
to John Lindquist of this place. Walstrom writes that the
ground is very rich, and that he personally took out pans that
run as high as $4 and $5 on No. 6 above on Bonanza Creek. Two
men, wih crude apparatus, are said to be taking out $2,500
, The richest strike since the ,
, Klondike is the sentiment of <
. those who have visited the <
, new placer diggings on the <
. Snshanna river. Pans ranging ,
. from 75c to $25 and two men <
, taking out $2,500 per day hy ,
, crude methods are reported. ,
, Hundreds are rushing to the <
, scene from all parts of the <
. territory. Xo doubt any <
. longer exists as to the authen- <
. ticity of the strike. But few ,
. men in the district and wages ,
are $12'per day. ,
<
per day.
Laborers in the new camp command good wages, $12 being:
the ruling scale at this time, and as the gravel runs but from
one to five feet in depth the work is easy. There were about
25 men on the ground when Morris and Stacey left.
Morris and Stacey state that they met a large number of
stampeders bound for the Sushanna. The trip is a difficult one
owing to the high waters in most of the streams. They state
that the temporary shelter erected by the government on Seolai
Pass last winter has undoubtedly been the means of saving
many lives.
1 he news from the new strike has created great excitement
here and a stampede for the Sushanna is now in progress.
Miners at the Bonanza, Mother Lode, and from the placer camps
on l)an, Chititu and other creeks are quitting their jobs and out
fitting for the new camp. Several men from this place have
outfitted and are leaving at once. Horses are scarce and in
great demand.
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(From Saturday’s Daily Alaskan.) ^
The greatest stampede of late years is now in progress to
the new diggings on the Sushanna. The confirmation of the
strike, and the glowing reports coining out as to the richness
of the gravel has stirred up the prospectors as nothing since
the palmy days of the Nome rush, and from all quarters of the
country men are hastening at all speed to be early on the
ground before it is all taken. Even as far away as Dawson the
fever has seized upon the people and a number of prospectors
are hurrying to the new camp with all speed. From every
camp throughout the Copper River Valley, comes the report
that men are leaving the mines and joining the stampede. It
is said that so many men have left the placer camps of the
Nizina and Dan creeks that the mines have been compelled to
shut down. At Blackburn, and McCarthy no one that could
get away remains and this morning word came from Chitina
that more than half the population of the town had left or
would leave Monday for the Sushanna. On the train which
left here this morning for Kennieott a special car had to be
taken on the train at Chitina to accommodate the stampeders.
There is not a horse left in town that is not engaged for the
trip, and a special stock car has been ordered attached to
tomorrow’s train to carry seventeen to the end of the line.
The excitement raised by the glowing reports from the
new camp has caused great excitement here and a number of
Cordova people have gone or will leave here tomorrow for the
interior. M. J. Sullivan, F. H. Fields and a party of five, whose
I morning. Grant Reed, Floyd Smith, Jim Clark, l)r. Mont
gomery, Charles St. Clair, of Katalla, John St. Clair, who
arrived on yesterday’s steamer from Wallace, Idaho, will leave
on the train tomorrow morning, as will a number of others
whose names cannot be learned, including several members of
the pile driver crew which came in day before yesterday, and
live men who arrived on the Mariposa yesterday.
Messages from the interior to parties in Valdez have been
the cause of a stampede from that town, and several parties
have already left for the scene of the strike, while others are
preparing to get away as soon as possible.
Chitina reports that the news received from the Sushauna
more than bears out the early reports of the richness of the
strike, and there remains no doubt that it is the richest since
the famous Klondike, and bids fair to equal in production that
section. While there was considerable doubt expressed as to
the truthfulness of the first reports, from the new camp, from
parties believed to be perfectly reliable, bear out all the
statements that have been made relative to the find, and there
no longer remains any doubt but that the Sushanna stirke will
be numbered among the greatest in the north.
From the reports received it is confidently expected that
pay will be found in a number of the creeks which have not yet
been prospected, as the country lias long been known to be
highly mineralized and the formation is favorable to the
occurrence of gold over a considerable area of country,
names could not be ascertained, left on the special train this
MCCARTHY, Alaska, July 16.—
H. H. Fields brought to McCarthy
the news of the drowning of a man
whose name is believed to be Fred
Tam, of Fairbanks, in the Chitty
stone. The man was with Westburg
and came with the latter from Fair
banks with packhorses.
The animals were placed on the
train and shipped to McCarthy and
the two men bought their outfit here
and started for the new gold stam
pede near Wlhite river. They joined
another party headed by George Wil
liam Handy. In crossing the river
below Chittystone glacier, Tame was
riding behind a pack. His horse
was swept from its feet and recov
ered later by the other members of
the party. They then reported the
drowning and continued on their
way, having spent half a day looking
for the body. It was recovered and
buried by C. E. Lewis, Peter Miller
and J. J. Munsell.
A party outfitted and financed by
Dora Keen is on its way to the White
river to start a fox farm.
Vegetables of all kinds from Long
Lake are now being sold at McCarthy
and Kennicott.
McCarthy held a successful Fourth
of July celebration.
The Mother Lode lias over twenty
men employed and will begin work
soon on a thousand foot tunnel.
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PEKIN, July 19.—In a fiercely
contested battle between the South
ern rebels and the Federal troops,
at Sucheyful the latter were vic
torious, putting the rebels to rout.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.—Ed
ward S. Salemon, at one time terri
torial governor of Washington, died
at his home in this city today.
NEWS FROM WHITE RIVER
BLACKBURN, July IB. — The
claiming of another victim by the
Chittysone again emphasizes the need
of government work on t trail be
tween McCarthy, on the Copper River
& Northwestern Railway and the
White River district. For a very
small sum the present pack trail
cold be made absolutely safe, and
turn from the Canadian route to the
American side practically all of the
travel and tonnage.
Ezekil Mullet, one of the pioneers
of White River, who is heavily in
terested in copper properties there
along with others, arrived in Mc
Carthy Friday last, with H. H. Fields,
and gives some additional facts why
the Ameican government should get
busy and help make a pack trail.
At the present time there are
about 25 men in the White River
district. This summer something like
75 tons of supplies were shipped in
from the Canadian side. The nearest
practical route on the Canadian side
is 300 miles, although the Canadian
government is now at work on a
route from Canyon City via Coffee
Creek which will shorten the route
to 180 miles. The Canadians have al
ready built miles of wagon road on
their side. Mr. Fields, who is repre
senting Hamshaw, came in over the
W;hite I’ass route with 14 men. 16
pack horses and an eight horse
wagon iloaded with supplies for the
White river.
‘ It is 50 miles from McCarthy to
White River,” said Mr. Mullett.
“Leaving McCarthy the first im
portant improvement would be the
bridge across the Nizina River. By
then taking out a few rock from
slides a fair pack trail could be made
up the right side of the Chlttystone,
and that river would have to be
crossed but once, just below the
Chlttystone glacier. The latter cross
ing at the present time is always
dangerous. The ice in the lake clogs
up automatically and breaks, caus
ing an excessive flow of water, and
outfits must wait on the bank until
the flow of water lowers. The action
of the water in the lake is so rapid
that ofttimes outfits start across and
are caught by another flood before
they can get across. At a very little
expense a log bridge could be con
structed across this stream during
the winter, which would stand the
year round. It would mean a great
saving in time and loss of property
and possibly loss of life. After
leaving Chittystone glacier the pres
ent trail climbs steeply up a moun
tain side to get around a canyon.
Less than 200 feet of rock work
through solid cliffs would save this
dangerous climb and make a good
pack trail almost at water level along
the creek. Then there would be an
excellent winter and summer pack
trail for getting into the White river.
“Before winter there ought to be
built some kind of a shelter on
Skolia, about ten miles from the
Chittystone glacier. This is the most
dangerous stretch and to be caught
out in a storm would mean great
hardship and most probably loss of
life.
“All of the country drained by the
upper Tanana river is tributary to
the White river and a good pack trail
would serve in developing the coun
try much quicker. If the commercial
bodies of the Copper River and the
railroad became active for this im
provement it seems certain the gov
ernment would do something. We
of the White River are certain the
little money that would be expended
would pay big dividends in increased
trade and would help us to develop
our properties that much faster.”
WASHINGTON, July 19. — S.
W|Ood McLave, the republican candi
date for congress at the special elec
tion in the sixth congressional dis
trict of New Jersey, waB roundly de
nounced before the senate investi
gating committee today. Mulhall
declared, among other things, that
McLave was a perjurer.
PORTLAND, July 19.—The town
of Sheridan, Ore., was visited by a
fire this morning which destroyed
the entire business section of the
town. The loss has not yet been
estimated, but will be heavy.
SEATTLE, July 18.—Mrs. Lennon,
wife of Arthur Lennon, a prominent
merchant of this city, was instantly
killed in an automobile accident here
this morning. The vehicle in which
she was riding struck p telephone
pole, throwing her to ih; ..." ;nnd and
fracturing her skull.
A Whitehorse girls’ baseball team
for growing pie plant, the Douglas
News asked if the Skagway ladies
could lead in making pies. The
Skagway ladies have now challenged
the Douglas ladieB to a ple-raaking
contest.
TACOMA, July 19.—Secretary
Daniel when interviewed this morn
ing denied that he would return to
Seattle on account of the trouble
there, as he did not consider the
trouble there came within his juris
diction. The secretary made an ad
dress here this afternoon, which
was practically the same as that de
livered by him at the Perry celebra
tion at Eria, Pa. He made no refer
ence to the local situation nor did
he mention the I. W. W.
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Read the Leader for late news.
AMENDMENT TO ALASKA
MININGJAW
The big strike has raised many
inquiries as to the terms of the new
placer law, that we print an extract
from the same for the benefit of
those who are not familiar with its
provisions:
He it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in congress
assembled, That no association
placer-mining claim shall hereafter
be located in Alaska in excess of
forty acres, and on every placer
mining claim hereafter located in
Alaska, and until a patent has been
issued therefor, not less than one
hundred dollars’ worth of labor shall
be performed or improvements made
during each year, including the year,
of location, for each and every
twenty acres or excess fraction
thereof. ;
bee. 2. That no person shall
herefater locate any placer-mining
claim in Alaska as attorney for
another unless he is duly authorized
thereto by a power of attorney In
writing, duly acknowledged and re
corded in any recorder’s office in
the judicial division where the loca
tion is made Any person so author
ized may locate placer-mining
claims for not more than two indi
viduals or one association under
such power of attorney, but no such
agent or attorney shall be authorized
or permitted to locate more than
two placer-mining claims for any one
principal or association during any
calendar month, and no placer-min
ing claim shall hereafter be located
in Alaska except under the limita
tions of this Act.
Sec. 3. That no person shall
hereafter locate, cause or procure to
be located, for himself more than
two placer-mining claims in any
calendar month: Provided, That one
or both of such locations may be in
cluded in an association claim.
Sec 4. That no placer-mining
claim hereafter located in Alaska
shall be patented which shall con
tain a greater area than is fixed by
law, nor which is longer than three
times its greatest width.
Sec. 5. That any placer-mining
claim attempted to be located in
violation of this Act shall be null
and void, and the whole area thereof
may be located by any qualified
locator aK if no such prior attempt
had been made.
Approved August 1, 1912.
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SEATTLE, July 19.—The steamer
Northwestern sailed at 9 o’clock last
night for Southern Alaska ports.
Among the passengers for Cordova
are: Mrs. I). Slepper, Mrs. Atbecker,
James P. Ilockefellow, P. S. Marges,
N. D. McClellan, R. P. McClellan,
Scott Johnson and 20 steerage.
LONDON, July 19.—Andrew Car
negie today turned over to the Car
negie Dunfermline Trust. $10,
000,000, heretofore invested in New
York, the income from which is to
be used for the good of the masses
of Great Britain and Ireland.