Cordova, September 3
Ben Durkee arrived here from
Katalla last evening in his launch
Triton. He brought over a party of
three oil experts who have been
examining property in the Katalla
district. They are said to be repre
sentatives of the Standard Oil Com
pany. They are registered at the
Windsor hotel and. by name are: E.
A. Starke and P. W. Thompson, of
Berkley, Cal., and John McLean, of
Seattle.
Pat Tammany, J. H. Scott and W.
A. Hillen, are a party from Seattle
who arrived yesterday on the North
western and are registered at the
Windsor.
The two noted Englishmen Who
were in town last evening on, their
way to the westward were pleased
with our little city. Sir Robert is a
noted hunter and has made a spe
cialty of gathering together living
specimens of all wild animals on the
globe that will stand the climate of
London, having established an im
mense private zoological garden on
his estate there, which is open to the
public free of charge most of the
year. Sir Henry has made a specialty
of breeding the finest Alderny cattle
on his estate in County Kent and is
credited with having the most per
fect specimens of the Alderney breed
in existence.
Cordova, September 4
Mrs. Rude, wife of Capt. G. T.
Rude, of the United States survey
boat Taku, will go to Seattle on the
Northwestern. She expects to be
joined later in the month by her
husband, and then go on to Wash
ington.
Bud Sargeant, who recently re
turned from the Nebesna and Chi
sana mining district, will be an out
going passenger on the Northwest
ern. He expects to go east as far
as Washington and to return before
the end of the year to take thaw
ing machinery into the new gold dig
gings.
Mrs. Fyler, of Seattle, who has
spent the past two months very
pleasantly in Cordova as the guest
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
LeRoy Baird, will depart on the
steamer tomorrow.
D. W. Eaton, Mr. Raeburn and
.other members of the Alaska Boun
dary survery party, who have been
quartered at the Hotel Windsor for
the past week, will leave tomorrow
morning on the steamer Northwest
ern. The engineers will go to Wash
ington to work up their field notes.
Edwin Harwood will be a pass
enger on the steamer Northwestern
and will again enter Whitworth col
lege, near Tacoma.
Calvin and Craig Hazelet will gp
to Seattle on the Northwestern to
continue their studies at the Univer
sity of Washington.
Cordova, September 5
The lighthouse tender Columbine,
which has been working to the
westward for several weeks past, ar
rived at Cordova this morning to
take on coal. She will deliver ma
terial at the various stations in
Prince William sound, returning
again to this port for more coal be
fore sailing for Juneau.
Alvah Eames returned from the
westward this morning. He reports
that there is considerable interest
at Seward over a reported new strike
across from Matanuska at the head
waters of the Taslina river. Parties
from Knik are said to have gone sev
eral feet through the muck and
taken out 15 ounces of placer gold.
The report has resulted in quite a
few prospectors going in from the
various camps at the head of Turn
again Arm.
Father Von de Poh came over
from the westward this morning and
will remain until next week. As a
consequence there will be service
at the Cathlic church on Sunday.
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 5.—Gov
ernor West is opposed to capital
punishment and has given another
evidence of it. He sent a telegram
,to Mrs. Susie Morgan, residing at
Richmond, Kentucky, and the
mother of Robert Morgan, the 19
year-old boy who was yesterday con
demned to death for the killing of
his sweetheart Virginia Hart because
she would not marry him, in which
he said, "We are not going to hang
your boy.”
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.—Presi
dent Wilson has made two more im
portant appointments. He has nomi
nated Thos. S. Burch, of New Jersey,
as minister to Portugal. The other
was the naming of Charles Vopicka,
of Illinois, as minister to Roumania,
Bulgaria and Servia.
Judge Robert W. Jennings passed
through Cordova this morning on
the Northwestern, going to Juneau,
where he will hold a term of court
adjourned by Judge Fred M. Brown
until Sept. 16. Judge Brown, who
is now in Seattle will leave there on
the 12th and go through to Seward,
where a term of court will be held
beginning September 22. He will
then go to Valdez and hold a term
beginning October 14, for which
grand and petit jurors will be drawn
on Monday next. This will be done
by Arthur Lang, clerk of the court
and Charles Kraemer, jury commis
sioner.
The revenue cutter Thetis, con
taining the members of the floating
court, reached Valdez on Friday
afternoon. In the party were Judge
Jennings, District Attorney Walker,
Assistant District Attorney Whittle
sey, Court Reporter Hamburger,
Deputy Clerk Scott, Deputy Marshal
Goshaw and A. J. Diamond, attorney
for the defense.
Cordova, September 6
Among the passengers wno came
in on the train yesterday and who
are registered at the Windsor are:
M. S. Hibbard and George A. Parks,
of Strelna; M. J. Sinclair, of Chi
sana; O. Haglund, of Boston; Mr.
and Mrs. L. S. Bitner, of Kennecott;
E. O. Sawyer, Jr., and H. F. Colman,
of Seattle.
W. Carlson, who is associated with
his father in running the big can
nery at Taku, is a visitor in town
and will remain until the Alameda
sails south. He came up on the
Northwestern and is looking about
for a fishery location in this locality.
Mr. Carlson is impressed with the
possibilities around here for profit
able investment and is getting all
the data possible so as to report to
his father.
M. Dempsey is a passenger going
through to Valdez. He owns 2,000
acres of placer ground in the Slate
creek district which he has under
bond to some English capitalists. He
has been outside most of the year
concluding negotiations for the sale
of his property, which is regarded
as a fine hydraulic proposition. A
payment has been made and experts
are expected shortly to make an ex
amination of the ground.
Howell Lewis and Norman Leo
pold entertained a large number of
their young friends last night at
apartments in the Hotel Northern.
There were various elements of en
tertainment, including some special
ties by John Kuzerosky and John
Hanson, of Valdez. Before the fun
terminated refreshments were served
and all left with the feeling that it
was some party.
Deputy Collector of Customs
Woodruff returned to town last
night, having decided not to go to
the Chisana country at this time. He
got as far as McCarthy, when he de
cided that it would not be possible
until later to restake any of the
many good claims that it is believed
will lapse because of many men hav
ing left and not doing their assess
ment work.
Arrangements are being made to
place the 21 new street electric light
posts, recently ordered by council.
Sixteen will be erected on First
street and five oh Second street.
Cordova, September 8
Grant Reed was a passenger this
morning for McCarthy. He will as
sist Station Agent M. V. Lattin for
a few days and then take charge of
the railway office during the absence
of Mr. Lattin. He will take a vaca
tion of two motnhs and make a trip
outside.
M. Finkelstein returned Saturday
night from a trip to the interior,
going as far as McCarthy. He re
ports that pack trains, augmented by
the individual hauling, is largely
supplying the demand for food that
has existed in the Chisana district.
The entertainment and dance
given by the Cordova Fire depart
ment on Saturday night was a well
attended and pleasing affair through
out.
C. P. Michaelson and Link Wahn
were returning stampeders from the
Chisana on Saturday night.
The people or McCarthy, Black
burn and Kennecott, who have been
in rather close touch with the stam
peders on their way in and out from
the new placer gold diggings, be
lieve that they should have such
assistance as is given prospectors on
the Canadian side of the line. As a
means to attaining that end they
are now securing signatures to a
petition addressed to the governor
of the territory, expecting that
through him relief will be afforded.
The petition is as follows:
Hon. Major Strong,
Governor of Alaska,
Juneau, Alaska.
\v,e tne unaersignea citizens or tne
United States residing in -,
Alaska, petition you for immediate
relief from further needless loss of
life to residents of Alaska and other
citizens of the United States bound
for the new Sushanna gold diggings.
We respectfully suggest the ap
pointment of a competent Alaskan to
have full charge and authority to use
his best judgment in directing the
stampede or travel from this and
other points, his duties to consist, in
part, as follows:
First, To gather and secure accur
ate information about trails, dis
tances, roadhouses, camping places,
dangerous crossings, etc.
Second, To punish any roadhouse
proprietor or employe or other per
son misrepresenting trail conditions
for the sake of private gain.
Third, To enforce reasonable regu
lations against stanipeders going
into the diggings without proper
equipment.
Fourth, To obtain, as far as pos
sible, the names and addresses of
those making the trip, in order that
relatives or friends may be promptly
notified in case of accident or death.
In fact, we, your petitioners, be
lieve that the appointment of an
Alaskan with authority to promptlj
meet emergencies, will more than
justify the expense in the sa’ing of
life and property. The present river
trails, which have a'ready claimed
four victims, three of them residents
of your city, will be used another
month; the loss of life thus far has
been unwarranted, having been due
to carelessness and ignorance of con
ditions, and we, . your petitioners,
very much fear further loss of life
unless prompt measures are taken.
With winter trails, moreover, will
continue and emphasize the needs al
ready set forth.
Your petitioners further point out
that, owing to the long wait and lack
of remedial legislation, we, your
people, are financially unable to give
the full relief demanded at the pres
ent time. Many of us are person
ally known to you and are confident
that one so thoroughly familiar with
Alaskan conditions, will, if it be
within your power, at once provide
the proper remedy.
O. Haglund, ■who makes his home
near Boston, was an arrival last
evening from McCarthy Creek. He
is one of three men who located the
Mother Lode mine in 1906, and con
tinues to be one of the large stock
holders. Each season finds him work
ing on the property, and he is now on
a visit to his family, expecting to
return in the spring.
Hr. Haglund states that the
Mother Lode Copper Mines Company
is now working 43 men on their
property, of which number 17 are
putting in a 6,000 foot tram from
the mine on the hillside to connect
with the road which has been built
13 miles to McCarthy, where con
nection is made with the Copper
River & Northwestern Railway. It
is expected that this tram will be
completed in two or three weeks.
Mr. Haglund states that enough
high grade copper ore has been
taken out to fill 5,000 sacks aggre
gating 500 tons. Already 2,000
sacks have been filled and so soon
as the additional sacks are received
they wifi be filled and sent over the
tram to be hauled later over the ice
to McCarthy, from where they will
be transported over the railroad to
Cordova, to go from here by steamer
to the Tacoma smelter. It is esti
mated that this ore will all run 60
per cent copper. It has been taken
out from a tunnel that has a depth
of 200 feet and is 150 feet long.
They are now drifting on 35 feet of
almost solid glance that runs about
75 per cent copper.
H. D. Foster, who recently re
turned to Boulder creek from the
Chisana writes: “Things look as
though it would make a good camp.
During the coming winter the pros
pecting of ground already located
will prove whether or not the pay
streak is a wide one or confined to a
few creeks. Everything is in its
favor. The wash gravel in the
creeks and the low rolling hills that
go with a good placer district, are
all there, and with the number of
prospectors who intend to winter
there it seems that they ought to
find out whether the gold is there in
large quantity and covering a large
area.”
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SEATTLE, Sept. 8.—Although
many tenderfeet, and some old
timers, returning from the Chisana,
are doing considerable knocking, the
interest in the new gold diggings
remains unabated. There are hun
dreds ready and anxious to go but
they have the Impression that very
little can be accomplished now,
either in locating claims or pros
pecting. They think it best to wait
until the snow falls, when supplies
and thawing machinery can be
hauled in over the winter trail. It
is generally accepted that the route
from Cordova and McCarthy, either
in winter ,or summer is the only
quick and feasible way of getting
to the Chisana from the states.
On Saturday night the Mariposa
sailed for the north, having the fol
low'ng passengers for Cordova. Tom
C. Davis, George Winkler, W. A.
Goodman, Carl Womel, Mrs. H. S.
Coleman, A. J. Slaight, John Gil
breth, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gill and five
second class.
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aboar dfor Cordova: Mrs. C. B.
Brown. Laura Bragg, H. O. Court
and two second class.
HAMBURG, Sept. 8.—An official
high in steamship circles says: “It
is war to the knife now' between the
Hamburg-American Steamship com
pany and the North German Lloyd.
This war will have the effect of
breaking up the Atlantic pool. It
is certainly most unlikely that the
differences between the two com
panies can be adjusted. In fact, it is
more than probable that a freight
and passenger war will develop now
that the North German Lloyd Com
pany has taken the offensive.”
The reply of the North German
Lloyd Company to the demand of
the Hamburg-American Steamship
Company for a greater quota of the
trans-Atlantic business in planning
to inaugurate a freight and pass
enger service between Bremen and
Boston, which has been heretofore
the exclusive zone of the Hamburg
American Company, has considerably
startled shipping people.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8—The long
tariff debate in the Senate ended
Saturday afternoon, when the Sen
ate went into committee of the
whole. Late that night the com
mittee reported the bill to the Sen
ate, and it will be passed late this
afternoon. It will then go to a con
ference committee and it is expected
that a week will be occupied in ad
justing the differences between the
two houses, and that shortly aftei
the middle of September the Demo
cratic tariff law will be in effect.
HARLEM, Texas, Sept. 8.—This
morning eight negro convicts were
found smothered. They were huddled
i together in a poorly ventilated smal'
cell.
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