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Katalla, May 13.—The people here
are busy figuring cut the best plan
for mining Alaskan coal and placing
it on the market in Cordova and
other places. The last boat from the
outside brought papers and the wide
publicity given to the Cordova and
Katalla incidents, it is thought, will
make Congress sit up and take no
tice.
There is a great deal of speculation
as to the action of Commissionei
Fred Briton in hiring for govern
ment survey work the witnesses whc
recently appeared before the hear
ing of the government into the case
of Archie Shlels and associates held
in Spokane. These men are being
retained and will be under the direc
tion of a United States surveyor tc
arrive later and make a survey of
individual coal claims.
The residents have been wonder
ing if this season will bring forth the
usual crop of “special agents” of the
government. Every spring, since the
coal investigations began,, special ag
ents have been overrunning the coun
try from the time the snow goes until
the ice king again places his pad
lock on the landscape.
It is argued here that the fact that
a survey is to be made of individual
claims is a good sign that the way
is being paved for clear-listing those
not under investigation. But the
people have been fooled so often in
this respect that they look with sus
picion upon every move as only an
other pretext for delays.
Seattle, May 13.—Major Carr,
chief signal officer in charge of the
Alaska government telegraph, cable
and wireless, will leave here June
1st to inspect the entire system.
He will look over the cable sys
tem first, then inspect the land wires
and investigate the facilities for pro
viding a wireless service from Nome
to Seattle. Major Carr is the new
officer in charge and is desirous of
acquainting himself with all the de
tails of the system before deciding
upon many changes.
Salt Lake City, Utah, May 13.—
The Church of the Latter Day Saints,
in other words the Mormon church,
has dropped two apostles for prac
ticing poligamy.
The church oincmia claim they
have been keeping faith with the
government in their agreement to
abolish poligamy, while certain mag
azines aver that open violation of
the contract is a rule, and not an
exception, of the church.
prishTpui
ON ESCAPE
Seattle, May 13.—The officers
have frustrated an attempt of a gen
eral escape on the part of the prison
ers from the county jail. It was well
planned and among the ring leaders
are some old offenders held on ser
ious charges. It is claimed one of
the prisoners gave the officers the
tip.
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PASSES AWAY
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Fairbanks, May 13.—Dr. Emil
Pohl, one of the best known and
popular physicians in the North, died,
last night of tumor of the brain. He
came North to Skagway in 18*7. He
handled the famous menlngitus epi
demic at Bennett In 18‘9, and mined
at Nome in 1899 and 1900. He has
mining interests in the Copper River
valley and on Cleary and Tenderfoot
creeks. His death has caused gen
eral sorrow.
WAR”SECRETARY
WILL ENTER
Washington, May 13.—Jacob Mc
Gavoek Dickinson, the secretary of
war, has tendered his resignation,
for business reasons. Henry L.
Stimson o fNew York, recently a
candidate for governor, has accepted
the position.
The retiring secretary is a native I
of Tennessee, and was assistant attor
ney general in 1895-7; he was coun
sel for the United States before the
Alaska boundary commission in Lon
don, and took his oath of office as
secretary of war March 12, 1909.
Stimson was given a crushing de
feat by Governor Dix. He is a grad
uate of Yale and has enjoyed a large I
law practice in New York City. He j
was United States attorney for the
southern district of New York and
is a member of the American Forest
ry Association and National Conser
vation Association.
PRETERED DEATH
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Philadelphia, May 13.—Ernest ;
Pebling today committed suicide to
avoid joining a union.
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SEIIEREB005T ]
London, May 13.—The cause of
woman’s suffrage was given a great
boost today by receiving the endorse
ment of the lord mayor of London.
Telegrams of congratulation are
pouring into the lord mayor not
alone from many parts of the Unit
ed Kingdom, but from America and
other countries.
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New York May 13.—Testimony
presented today in the examination
of the affairs of the defunct Carnegie
Trust Co., shows tha Carnegie loan
ad the institution $2,000,000 in the
hopes of saving it from closing its
doors.
San Francisco, May 11.—Charles
C. Moore has been elected president
of the Panama Exposition, with ab
solute authority in all matters per
taining to the big fair.
The unofficial estimate of the coal !
production of the United States for ,
1910, by E. W. Parker, coal statis- j
tician of the United States Geological i
Survey, is between 480 and 490 mil
lion tons. As shown by the Sur
vey's chart of coal production, Just
issued, the first recorded production
of coal was 22 tons in 1814. By
1850 the production had grown to
what was then considered the enor
mou samount of 7,018,1S1 tons, but
by 1860 this figure had doubled and
the production for that year was
14,610,042 tons. This was less than
the production of Alabama alone for
1909. The centennial year of 1876
saw a production of 53,280,000 tons.
By 1900 it was 53,280,000 tons, in
1880 the figure had reached 71,481,
570 tons, yet this is less than the pro
duction of the single state of Penn
sylvania in 1909. By 1890 the pro
duction had jumped to 157,770,000
tons and by 1900 it was 269,684,027
tons. Surely this was abOHt as high
as it was believed by most people
that coal production would go, yet
the figures for 1907 showed the enor
mous total of 480,363,424 tons, those
for 1909 were 460,803,416 tons, and
according to Mr. Parker’s estimate
the production for 1910 may come
very near the half billion mark.
Juarez, Mexico, May 13.—Madero
is busy organizing a large force. His
operations indicate that the war has
only begun.
ATTACK PLANNED
Mexico City, May 13.—President
Diaz is preparing to resist an attack
on this city. The insurrectos have
been massing in large numbers and
the government advance scouts re
port that a general attack is plan
ned.
niarshaltILks
to reporters
Seattle, May 13.—Marshal Harvey
Sullivan arrived today and was im
mediately sought out by reporters
and interviewed about the riots in
Cordova. He declared the Cordova
rioters were the fiest fellows in the
world.
fearIassacre
Moscow, May 13.—The Jews of
Kiev are preparing for flight, fearing
another wholesale massacre.
Fairbanks, May 13.—Judge Over
field today signed an order request
ing the resignation of receivers Haw
kins and Mack, of the defunct Wasli
ington-Alaska bank.
The ground for the action was
that the tw'o men had fixed salaries
for themselves and were paying
themselves before any salaries had
been fixed by the court.
F. G. Noyes of the Tanana Mill
Co., has been named the new receiv
er. He will furnish a $25,000 cash
bond. The action of the court meets
with general approval.
New York, May 11.—The trial of
the officials of the United Wireless
Company started today and some sen
sational developments are expected in
the manner of financing that cor
poration.
Leadville, May 11.—By the spread
ing of rails on the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad a passenger train
was wrecked and two people killed
and eighteen injured. i
Washington, May 13.—The House
has demanded from the various de
partments and official sources the
records of the seal fisheries in Alas
ka covering the past six years.
It indicates a disposition to go
thoroughly into the existing condi
tions with a view of figuring out the
best plan and devising legislation for
the protection of the fur bearing ani
mals.
Seattle, May 11.—There is a move
ment on here among Alaskans to
send a party of men to Katal'.a to
mine Bering River coal and so enthu
siastic are they over the proposition
that sufficient money has already
been pledged for the expedition.
Washington, May 11.—The appeal
iront Judge Hanford’s decision was
docketed today and the government
officials say it will likely be argued
in October.
Chicago, May 11.—Pleas have
been filed in the federal court to
quash the indictments in the Mata
nuska coal cases.
Today’s mail brought late outside
papers, in which Cordova’s "coal
party” is the feature article and the
one topic of conversation among the
reading public. The injustice done
Alaska by locking up her resources
has been widely advertised through
out the country, but what effect it
will have on the policy of the gov
ernment remains to be seen.
This afternoon the freighter Edith
arrived with a cargo of foreign ioal,
but no attempt was made ro prevent
her from docking.
SEALVESSELS
Yokahoma, May 13.—The cruisei
Naswa has been dispatched on a
summer patrol cruise and will follov.
the Japanese sealing schooners to
Bering sea.
Honolulu, May 13.—The quaran
tine against cholera in this port has
been lifted.
GIVEN LIFE TEM
Hawyard, Wis., May 13.—Deitz has
been found guilty of murder in the
,irst degree for the death of a dep
uty sheriff. He will be imprisoned
for life.
anotherJecall
Sacramento, Cal., May 13.—A
state law is now effective that the
initiative and referendum recall is
operative in all corporate municipali
ties.
Denver, Colo., May 13.—For some
time mysterious circulars have been
freely circulated, the intent of which
is to discourage enlistments in the
United States army.
The government has placed secret
service men to work to ferret out
their origin and those found guilty
will be prosecuted for treason.
Chicago, May 11.—The Republi
cans are already arranging to secure
the next National Convention in this
city.
Victoria, May 6.—A fleet of five
Japanese sealing schooners has left
here for Hecate Strait.
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