TELEGRAPH NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF
The Pacific Cold Storage Meat
company, which has a monopoly here,
is boosting the prices of meat, and
for this reason public sentiment is
so strongly in favor of using the
wild meat that it is hard for the of
ficers to secure a conviction of those
violating the law.
Havana, June 16.—The hull of the
wrecked Maine is exposed and is
badly shattered.
Seattle, June 16.—At the end of
the Nome season the steamer Vic
toria will be thoroughly overhauled
the repairs costing $150,000, in
cluding a change of its boilers to
oil burners.
Seattle, June 16—The steamer Ad
miral Sampson sailed last night for
southwestern Alaska. Among the
passengers aboard are John Y. Os
trander and wife, Mrs. Hawkes, Mrs.
Wallalm and D. Halferty for Cor
dova; M. A. Greene for Katalla; Geo.
Leekley and Geo. Perry and wife for
Valdez; also a geological survey par
ty for Seldovia.
Philadelphia, June 16.—The Bap
tists have planned to wage a fight
against the divorce evil in the
United States, which they claim is
growing at an alarming rate.
Winnipeg, June -6.—According to
official figures just given out Can
ada’s wheat crop is 200,000,000
bushels.
London, June 16.——'William K
Vanderbilt, president of the Ameri
can Horse Exchange and Coney Is
land Jockey Club, gave an elabor
ate supper last evening to seventy
horse show celebrities, which was one
of the gay social affairs of the sea
son and lasted all night.
Topena, June io.— iue supremt
court of the state of Kansas prohib
its three subsidiary Standard Oil
companies from combining.
Washington, June 16.—The Amer
ican Asiatic fleet was cordially wel
comed at Yokohama.
San Francisco, June 16.—After
considerable difficulty the police
troubles of this city have been sett
led by Seymore resigning as chief
and White assumes control of that
department.
Malborough, June 16.—William
Hanley, a wrell known society man,
was found starving in a swamp, af
ter an absence of fifty-six days.
His mind evidently became affected
and he wandered away and was
lost.
Charlotte, June 16.—A large cot
ton mill was today destroyed by fire,
the loss amounting to $250,000.
Seattle, June 16.—Hon. Fred Con
don, of Dawsdn, member of Parlia
ment from the Yukon territory says
Americans will locate in Cane da, be
cause they are treated fairly there
and all red tape is abolished, inti
mating that this is rot the case in
Alaska.
San Francisco, June 16.—General
Pryce is arrested for equipping forces
in the United States and the Mexican
rebels.
El Paso, June 16.—The arbitra
tion court in deciding $7,000,000
worth of property in controversy be
tween the United States and Mexico,
gave each a part, but the division is
riot satisfactory to either side.
Washington, June 16.—The Sen
ate today confirmed the nomination
of Commandant Bertholf of the rev
enue gutter service in Alaska.
Denver, June 16.—At the meeting
rif the National' Retail Grocers As
sociation, now in session here, a
Strong resolution was adopted in op
position to the parcels post. It was
decided to hold the next convention
in Oklahoma City.
Harrisburg, June 16.—Speaker
Champ Clark and Governor Wilson,
of New Jersey, addressed a demo
cratic meeting here last night.
Cleveland, June 16.—The wire
less has again rendered valuable
service. This time it saved the lives
of two hundred people in the west
ern part of the state wlfb were caught
in a gale on lake Erie and were at
the mercy of the storm until the
wireless summoned assistance.
Indianapolis, June 17.—The grand
jury has indicted detectives Burns
and Hossick for kidnapping the Mc
Namara brothers, who are now in
jail at Los Angeles, charged with
being implicated In dynanfltSrig the
Daily Times plant.
Liverpool, June 16.—The seamen's
big fight has started and crews are
abandqnlng vessels.
Concord, June 15.—Ebenezer Ed-!
dy, an adopted son of the late Mary
Baker Eddy, seeks to break the will
of the founder of Christian Science,
in the hope Of getting a portion of
the large estate left.
Seattle, June 15.—The second brib
ery trial of ex-Chief of Police Wap
penstein, for accepting $2,500 to al
low gambling, starts June 26.
Washington, June 15.—The sugar
probe fails to disclose the power of
the Havemeyer’s.
Langston, June 15.—The rebels de
feat the government forces in north
ern Hayti.
Seattle, June 15.—The steamer Ad
miral Sampson sails tonight and the
Northwestern tomorrow night, both
of which vessels have a number of
passengers booked for Southwestern
Alaska.
Paducah, June 15.—An excursion
steamer caught fire and burned, but
through the captain’s heroic action
he succeeded in saving the lives of
sixty-five passengers.
London, June 15.—The suffragettes
will march in a body in the corona
tion procession.
Washington, June 15.—Senator
Nelson opposes the confirmation of
Bertholf as commandant of the Alas
ka revenue cutter service, on the
ground of lack of seniority.
London, June 15.—John ftayes
Hammond, American ambassador to
King George’s coronation, is on the
verge of a collapse.
New York June 15.—The General
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3aking Company merges twenty-one
companies, with a capitalization of
520,000,000.
Seattle, June 15.—James Call
breath, secretary of the American
Mining Congress, has returned from
a trip to Cordova, Valdez and Seward
and says he will wafee a fight against
he coal leasing system.
v-muuauua, d uut* -ruui iituua
and federal troops are preparing • to
•esist the Insurrectos, who want to
larade and celebrate the settlement
if the recent internal troubles in
Mexico.
Washington, June 15.—President
Compers. of the American Federation
of Labor, declares that the Supreme
Court is opposed to organized labor.
Chicago, June 15.—The sluggers
and plumbers are at work to prevent
any work from being done, and as a
result many arrests have been made.
Vallejo, June 15.—Fred Melville,
a boy bandit, terrified the residents
of Battling by robbing ten saloons in
daylight. A possee of a hundred and
fifty residents have started in pur
suit of the daring burglar.
Seattle, June 15.—The Post-Intel
ligencer has begun a counter suit
against Col. A. J. Blethen, of the
Daily Times, for libel, in connection
with the graft indictments, suing for
$500,000 damages.
South Haggton, June 15.—The
steamer Olympic, the largest vessel
in the world, sails for New York and
will attempt to break the record
across the Atlantic ocean.
Seattle, June 15.—The Alaska
Steamship Company has decided to
build a palatial passenger and freight
steamer for the Cordova-Seward run.
The new vessel will cost $500,000
Seattle, June 15.—The United
States Mining, Milling and Smelting
Company expect to build smelters on
Puget Sound.
Washington, June 15.—Admiral
Nathan E. Mites has retired from ser
vice.
Washington, June 15.—Lewis has
started a fight before the House com
mittee for a parcels post.
New York, June 15.—The United
Wireless Company is in the hands of
a receiver. The liabilities are $1,
000,000 an hdte assets $70,000.
Los Angeles, June 15.—Herschell
Parker says that his expedition will
soon start for Alaska to explore Mt.
McKinley.
Winnipeg, June 15.—The Canadian
Northern Railway has arranged to
spend $30,000,000 in extensions of
the road.
New Orleans, June 17.—The Presi
dent of Panama orders gambling
discontinued as he claims the rattle
of the roulette wheel is sweet music
to the ears of the canal workers.
Salem, Ore., June 17.—Mrs. Hom
er Davenport is seeking a divorce
from her husband, the' famous can
toonist. She charges that' he' brought
Immoral women to their home and;
refuses to longer live with him.
Fairbanks, June 16.—D. W. Fitz-1 '
gerald, alias Tom Butler, who was <
recently indicted by the grand jury
for shooting with intent to kill Tom
Howard, one of the government sol
diers at Eagle, last night attempted
to commit suicide. He tried to hat
ter his brains out in the corner of j
the steel cage in the federal jail, and j
as he is believed to be insane, he is
today being examined before the
United States Commissioner on that
charge,.
Kansas City, June 16.—The Na
tional Conservation Congress meets
here on September 25, and a large at
tendance of members is expected.
Gifford Pinchot will be present, as
well as James Garfield and other
conservation leaders.
New Haven, June 16.—The Sup
reme court h asdecided that insur
ance orders are not compelled to pay
the policy of members engaged in the
liquor business.
Berlin, June 16.—Jacob Schiff of
fers a donation of $1,000,000 to a
university here, providing there will
be no discrimination made by it
against Jews. <
Fairbanks, June 16.—Four restau- j
rant men were arrested for having in J
their possession parts of moose killed j
during closed season. Game warden 1
A. R. Garner is endeavoring to put j
a stop to the killing of game during 1
the breeding season. j
Bristol, June 15.—Rev. Burrough j
explodes the theory that but few' run- ^
away couples live happily thereafter, ^
by stating that out of two thousand ^
such marriages performed by him on- 1
ly five divorces have resulted. ^
Washington, June 15.—Harry Chi- <
chever and Walter Hahn, government^ i
employes, were drowned near the 4
Pribilof Islands, Alaska. ^
Philadelphia, June 15.—The Bap- ^
tists favor a church unity of all de- ^
nominations. ^
New York, June 15.—This city is *
planning an extension of the subway 4
to cost $250,000. 4
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Telegraph Company is arranging to ^
extend its lines to Salt Lake, San ^
Francisco, Billings, Spokane, Seattle ^
and Portland. 4
New York, June 15.—It is believ- h
ed that the seamen will not desert 4
vessels here. 4
London, June 15.—The seamen’s ^
strike is ineffectual and will not ba-. ^
come international. ^
Washington, June 15.—The discus- 4
sion on the Canadian reciprocity bill -j
started in the Senate yesterday. Sen- ,
ator Curtis spoke at length on the
measure and declared that he was m .
favor of deferring action until the
regular session in December.
Skido, June 17.—Andrew Car
negie says that John W. Gates, or
ganizer of the American SteeL &
Wire company, is a broken down
gambler, and that he lied in his
testimony before the committee in
vestigating the steel trust.
St. Louis, June 17.—Considerable
alarm is felt by the mill owners
over the successive disastrous fires
during the past two days.
Washington, June 15.—The com
mittee investigating the sugar trust
refuses to excuse Mormon Smith
from testifying.
New York, June 15.—Theodore
Roosevelt denounces General Otis,
of the Los Angeles Times, for his
brutal editorial utterances against la
bor.
St. Louis, June 16.—A disastrous ,
fire visited this city last night. It
broke out in the manufacturing dis
trict and before the flames could
be gotten under control four blocks
bad been destroyed. A number 6f
firemen were also injured white at-: ►
tempting to save the burning build
ings.
Seattle, June 16.—Tony Arena,
agreed to murder an Italian for $50,
but lost hU nerve with his fingers
on the trigger of a gun
Newton June 17.—Northern New
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Jersey is overrun with snakes and
clubs have been formed to figlu
them.
Cincinnati, June 17.—Boss Cooke
has been found not guilty of em
bezzling $24,000 from the Big Foul
railroad company.
DR. A. F. HEIMLICH
.. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
MacCORMAC HOTEL, CORDOVA,
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Here in
CHITINA
Have you ever visited a more beautiful spot for a town in your
life?
Don’t you think that the arrangement of our streets are the finest
ever?
Can’t you see how the concentration of business to three short
blocks add to the value of the business section?
Don’t you realize the advantage of the switch track along the back
of the business lots for handling freight cheaply?
Don’t you know that the fire risks are less than in any town you
ever lived in?
What do you know about the scenery and natural beauty? Can
you beat it?
Do you know this is going to be one of the largest towns in
Alaska?
Wouldn’t you like to live and do business in such a delightful spot?
Do you know you can buy lots in this best of towns on easy pay
ments?
Do you know that the price of lots are from $50.00 to $700.00?
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Copper River & Northwestern Railway
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Service to Interior Alaska
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