Late Telegraph News
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2.—
The Interior Department has de
dined to take any notice of the re
ported differences between Jad
Dalton, the Alaskan, and Disbursing
Agent Swift. Both have been in
structed to work in harmony to ex
pedite the transportation of th<
coal from the interior to tide water
Dalton has wired the department
in answer to the message that the
quarters for men and animals have
all been erected and that the trail
is open and the coal moving in good
shape. Alaskans in the- cify are
amused over tlie situation. Dalton
is believed to have settled the mat
ter in his own way and his northern
friends believe he will get the coal
out at a minimum expense as he
understands the country and condi
tions.
PRESIDIO, Jan. 2.—Desperate
fighting continues in the city of
Ojinaga with the federals gradually
being driven back upon the arsenal
and point of supplies. The rebels
appear to be out-generaling the
federals under command of General
Castro. A rumor is in circulation
here that the federal army is soon
to evacuate the city.
Hundreds of dead were seen in
the streets by American correspond
ents who ventured into the city
under cover of darkness. Many of
the buildings in the vicinity of the
positions occupied by the federal
guns have been destroyed by the re
turn fire from the rebel cannons.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 2.—
Senator Cummins, in an address de
livered last night before the mem
bers of the Grant club urged adher
ence to the program of organization
of the Republican party as adopted
at the recent meeting of the Repub
lican National committee.
Senator Cummins declares that
there is nothing in the plan of re
organizing the party to which the
progressive republicans can object.
The fight in Chicago was caused by
the alleged unfair representation of
the southern states in the national
convention and the national com
mittee has recommended a redistri
bution which will insure a more
equitable representation of the dele
gates. Other reforms have also
been adopted. The senator is hope
ful that the party will become
united now that the power of the
old political leaders has been
broken.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—John Pur
roy Mitchell was sworn in as mayor
of this city yesterday. The cere
mony was attended by many promi
nent men and officials of the city
and state governments. The inaug
uration ball last night was a bril
liant affair.
Police Commissioner Waldo, who
was appointed by Mayor Hughes,
handed his resignation to Mayor
Mitchell this morning and it has
been accepted. He has twice served
as police commissioner as well as
having been fire commissioner, from
which position he resigned to take
charge of the police force on May
22, 1911. While acting as police
commissioner in 1906 he was sent
to Europe by the New York city
authorities to study the police sys
tems there and instituted the linger
print system and organized the
traffic squad upon his return.
JUNEAU, Jan. 2.—The Crow
tribe of natives and the Bear tribe
recently completed one of the most
interesting pow wows ever held in
Southeastern Alaska.
Louis Hansen, a member of the
Bear tribe was recently shot and
seriously wounded by Rennery Mc
Kinley, a member of the Crows, for
.which injury the Bears demanded
an indenity of $1,100.
Upon the presentation of the
Bear tribe’s demand, the Crows
held a council and decided to pay the
indemnity. All was well between
the two factions for a time, but
three days passed with no monej
forthcoming from the Crows, where
upon Chief McKinley of the Crows
who is a distant relative of the
native who shot Hansen, fired five
shots into the air as a signal to the
Crows that should they not pay the
Indemnity at once, war would be de
clared. The Crows promptly paid
the $1,100 and a very serious riol
■ was averted.
After the payment the two tribes
■ engaged in an elaborate festival, the
: principal event being an eight day
; peace dance. Each tribe danced four
days and nights, and no one left the
circle until he was entirely ex
hausted.
Had not the indemnity been paid
to the Crow tribe, fo rthe injury of
their member, Chief McKinley would
have declared war agaiftst the Crows
and for a time at least lawlessness
and bloodshed would have run rife
among the two factions.
ROME, Jan. 2.—Pope Pius has
just called to Rome and conferred
unusual decorations and honors
upon Signora Angela de Oliveria
Coasre de Costa. Signora De Cli
veria is president of the South Am
erican Association for Universal
Peace and was called to Rome from
the Hague where she had just un
veiled a statue to peace which she
had presented as one of the orna
ments to Andrew Carnegie’s peace
palace.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Morgan &
Co., bankers, have announced that
they have severed connections with
some of the greatest corporations of
the country and will confine their
operations more closely to a strictly
banking and financial business.
The directors state that the
change is due to the apparent pub
lic sentiment respecting the inter
locking directorate system which
has been followed by the big cor
porations as a means of protecting
their investments. They announce
that before the end of the year they
will have withdrawn from scores of
corporations and will resign from
the board of directors of the differ
ent corporations as fast as possible.
PEKIN, Jan. 3.—Official figures
issued by the government shows
that 24,000 persons were executed
in the province of Szechuen alone
during the year 1913. The offenders
were convicted of robberies or politi
cal offences punishable with death
sentence.
In one instance a whole company
of soldiers who revolted against the
government were executed, not an
officer or soldier escaping. The
country has also been overrun with
bandits who were soldiers in the
revolution which resulted in the
overthrow of the Manuchurian dyn
asty and the establishment of the
Republic of China. Thousands ot
sold ers who had responded to the
call of arms when the rebellion
broke out failed to find employment
when the war closed and continued
to live by raiding the country.
Political offenders are hastily
brought to judgment and thousands
of sympathizers with the old order
of things have been tried and exe
cuted on charges of being in con
spiracy to overthrow the republic.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 3.—Mrs.
Fern Hobbs, private secretary of
Governor Oswald West, went to
Copperfield yesterday and read the
governor’s orders to the saloon men
there tn close their places of busi
ness. The saloon men paid no at
tention to the order and now Gov
ernor West declares he will close
the saloons even if he has to declare
martial law and patrol the town
with state troops.
The town of Copperfield went dry
at the last election but the law did
not come into effect until January
1. The proprietors of the liquor
houses have formed an assciation
and engaged attorneys to defend
their cases. They are keeping open
on instructions of the attorney who
desires to make a test case and will
carry it to the higher court.
COPPERFIELD, Ore., Jan. 3.—
Governor West has carried out his
threat to close the saloons in this
town. He landed the state troops
here this afternoon and the liquor
men are all under arrest The
saloons are closed.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 3.—
The director of the mint announces
that the world’s production of gold
during the past year was $455,
000,000, being a very small increase
over that of last year which
amounted to $454,703,900.
During the year the United States,
including Alaska, produced $88,
301,000, which is several millions
below the annual output for years
paBt.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 3.—
Alaska still holds third place in the
production of gold in the United
States. California is first, Colorado
second and Alaska third with a pro
duction of $14,772,512.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 3.—
Secretary Daniels has announced
that his department increased the
wage scale of 1,400 employees in
the various ship yards at the begin
ning of the new year. He states
that owing to the high cost of living
the department found it necessary
to increase the scale to keep com
petent men in the service. A large
percentage of those affected by the
increase are office clerks and heads
of departments.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 3.—
The department of justice has
ordered an investigation into the
deportation of President Moyer, of
the Western Federation from Han
cock.
CHICAGO, Jan. 3. — President
Moyer has announced that he will
return to Hancock next week despite
the threats of the gunmen of the
Citizen’s Alliance to kill him if he
ever ventured back into the strike
district.
BINGHAM, Jan. 3.—The sheriff,
at the head of a body of deputies,
today tore down the bulk heads
erected by the strikers when they
stood off the police with rifles.
While searching for arms which it
was believed were concealed by the
strikers near the mines, the depu
ties discovered several lunch buckets
containing food which had been
poisoned.
SEATTLE, Jan. 6.—Thomas S.
Nowell, one of the founders of
Juneau and who was extensively in
terested in the quartz mines in that
district died at the home of his son,
Frank H. Nowell, in this city last
night.
Mr. Nowell went to Aalska at the
time of the Cariboo and Dease Lake * i
strongest opposition to the measure
will come from those who are op
posed to government ownership of
railroads. He admits there are
many strong men in both houses
who are opposed to the government
ownership feature of the measure
but hopes that when shown that
Alaska is an exceptional case they
will permit its passage.
Mr. Humphries states that the
western members of both houses
are a solid unit for the measure
and that it will have the support of
the Democrats, it having received
the endorsement of President Wil
son and is now considered an ad
ministration measure.
CHICAGO, Jan. 6.—The judg
ment of the federal court of In
dianapolis in sentencing the 35
dynamiters of the Structural Iron
Workers union, has been affirmed
by the federal circuit court of
appeals. The cases of Clarence
Tvietmore and live others have been
remanded for retrial.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5.—
The Progressives have opened head
quarters in this city and are mak
ing active preparations to carry on
a nation wide campaign. It is
planned to place candidates in the
Held in every constituency where
there will be a congressional elec
tion next fall.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.—Another
hurricane is sweeping along the
Atlantic coast and disasters are
being reported from many sections.
The oil tanker Oklahoma was
:aught off Sandy Hook in the gale.
She turned turtle and sank carry
ing her crew of thirty men to the
bottom.
The summer resorts along the
'■Jew Jersey and Long Island coasts
:iave suffered an enormous loss. It
s estimated that the damage done
it Long Island will amount to mo"e
;han $2,000,000. The sea swept in
jy tne gale reached the highest
mint ever known in the history of
he city.
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British Columbia. Failing to meet
with success in the placer fields he
turned his attention to prospecting
for quartz along the coast and was
one of the first to realize the im
mense possibilities of the ore
bodies in that sectin. He was 82
years old and was born at Cam
bridge, Mass. Mr. Nowell had been
a Mason for more than 40 years and
will be buried under the auspices of
that order.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6—Ralph
Farris, the bandit who was recently
sentenced to be hanged for the
murder of -'assenger Agent Mon
tague of the Southern Pacific rail
road has been identified as the
man who shot and killed tidward
Driscoll, a young man aged 17
years, in this city last year.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 6.—
Congressman Humphreys, of Wash
ington state is in the city and in
discussing the Alaska railroad bill
expressed the belief that the meas
ure would pass. He believes the
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WITCHITA, Kan., Jan. 5.—The
senatorial fight in this state prom
ises to be one of the most keenly
contested elections ever known. Vic
tor Murdock, leader of the Progres
sives in the state, has announced
his candidacy for the senate to suc
ceed Senator Bristow. He has al
ready opened heaaquatrers and will
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MAREA, Texas, Jan. 6.—General
Ortega, commanding the constit
tionalist forces in the attack 0.1
Ojinaga has withdrawn his army
from the attack and is encamped
seven miles from the town. The
rebels have lost heavily during the
seven, days battle and General,
Ortega will await the arrival of
reinforcements.
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