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Late Telegraph News
GETTYSBURG. Pa., July 2.—The
celebration of the fiftieth anniversary
of one of the greatest conflicts of
modern times—the decisvie battle of
Gettysburg, began yesterday and will
end on Independence Day wttth. an
address by President Wilson. There
are about 40,000 veterans of both
the blue and the gray uniform in
attendance and for miles around the
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town are strewn government tents,
which many of the visitors are occu
pying.
Yesterday was “Veterans’ Day”
and Governor Tener, of Pennsylvania,
delivered an address at the garrison,
which is a large tent, seating between
10,000 and 15,000 persons. He was
followed by a talk from nine famous
Confederate generals. A thousand
soldiers, of one voice, united in giv
ing the rebel yell when General
Young, commander-in-chief of the
United Confederate Veterans com
menced his address and when Com
mander-in-Chief Beers, of the Grand
Army of the Republic, mounted the
rostrum the vets gave three cheers
and a tiger. Pickett's Brigade and
Meredith and Pettigree’s followers
enacted the historic march.
GETTYSBURG, July 3—Yester
day the exercises were conducted by
the United States army, it being
known as “Military Day.” It was
excessively hot and a storm Bwept
down the Blue Ridge bringing much
needed relief. The thunder roared
over the ground covered by picket,
Its salvos boomiig like the guts
during the conflict between tb* forces
of Generals Lee and Meade.
This is “Civic Day,” in which the
governors of several states are par
ticipating. Tomorow, "National
Day” there will be an oration by
President W;ilson and ceremonies at
tending the laying of the Peace
Memorial cornerstone. The celebra
tion will be terminated with a gorge
ous display of fireworks in the
evening.
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WASHINGTON, July 3.—Attor- j
ney Netterer, of Bellingham, was
yesterday nominated by President
Wilson as judge for Western Wash
ington.
WASHINGTON, July 3.—David
Lamar, a New York broker, in testi
fying before the lobby investigation
committee admitted that he had im- 1
personated Congressman Palmer, of
Pennsylvania, and Congressman
Riordan, of New York in telephoning
Robert Scott Lovett, president of |
the Harriman railway system, that |
Attorney Edward Lauterbaeh, a
prominent New York politician had j
accomplished wonders for the Union
Pacific road at Washington. He also
asserted that there had been forg
eries made on the books of the U. P.
Company to the amount of $8 2,000,
000, giving Harriman, Kuhn and ,
Loeb collossal fortunes.
SEWARD, July 3.—There is con-j
Slderable disappointment here over
the fact that the cruiser Maryland
Wjll not be in Seward on July 4 as|
originally planned. Capt. Ellicott
yesterday sent a wireless message to
the Commercial Club informing
them that he was four days behind
In his Itinerary and the battleship
would not reach this port until
July 8.
WASHINGTON, July 3. — An
nouncement was made at the White
House of the engagement of Miss
Jessie Wloodrow Wilson, daughter of
President and Mrs. Wilson, to Fran
cis Bowes Sayre, a promising young
attorney of Lancaster, Pa., whose
present office is in New York. Mr.
Sayre spent last summer in Alaska
and Siberia.
WASHNGTON, July 3. — Com
mander Philip Andrews, of Montana,
who is now at Portsmouth, has been
ordered to the cruiser Maryland, in
Alaska, relieving Captain Ellicott,
who was yesterday retired by the
Naval Plucking Board.
VIENNA, July 3.—Servia has
formally declared war with Bulgaria.
King Peter and the premier are both
at Uskub headquarters.
BELGRADE, July 3. —- Bloody
fighting is in progress along the
entire frontier. The Bulgarian
losses being enormous, 4,000 sur
rendered to the Servians after hav
ing 2,000 killed in the engagement.
SEATTLE, July 3.—The Pacific
Coast Employing Printers’ Congress,
which will meet in this city July 15,
16 and 17, will be entertained under
the auspices of the employing print
ers of Seattle. A fund of $7,000 has
already been raised for the enter
tainment of the guests, and 700
printers are expected to attend.
The congress will have delegates
from 10 of the Western states and
from British Columbia. Two special
trains will start from Los Angeles
and come through San Francisco, and
totem poles have been sent down to
place on the trains for advertising
purposes.
WASHINGTON, July 3.—Senator
Hitchcock today withdrew from the
democratic tariff caucus, because
that body voted down his amendment
for a graduated income tax on the
production of tobacco.
SEWARD, July 3.—Forest fires in
the region of Bird creek have wholly
consumed two and one-half million
feet of timber, cut by Fred Laubner
and Harry St. Clair under a sub
contract from Snow & Watson, who
at one time had a contract for con
struction work on the Alaska Cen
tral.
One day last week a fire broke out
in the combined store and road house
of Robert Morrison, at Hope, de
stroyed the buildings and stock,
spread to the warehouse of Hoben &
Davis and consumed that, and the
fire was not stayed until it had
burned two more cabins, one of
which belonged to Pete Ogle.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July .5.—
Secretary of the Interior Lane's con
servation policy, which makes the
rate of compensation exacted for con
cessions of natural resources de
pendent upon the amount of bene
fits derived from the development by
the public has met with immediate
approval by the democratic leaders
in both the senate and house of
representatives.
The national legislators in charge
of conservation measures predicted
that the Lane policy would be em
bodied in measures for the develop
ment of natural resources which will
come before congress at the regular
session next winter.
The first opportunity to apply the
principle was afforded by the legisla
tion for opening up Alaska. Senator
Chamberlain of Oregoon reported to
the senate the bill framed by the
committee on territories for the
constuction of a government railroad
system in Alaska and for the mining
of the rich coal lands which it will
tap.
The committee holds that the ex
perience of the government in con
structing the Panama Canal has
shown the necessity of the president
having a free hand, unembarrassed
by an intervening commission. The
bill, which provides for a $40,000,000
bond issue for the construction of the
railroad system has the approval of
the administration, and will be
pressed to passage in the senate as
soon as possible.
“Secretary Lane has enunciated
the principle of true conservation,”
said Senator Chamberlain, chairman
of the committee on public lands.
“Natural resources are of no value
unless they are used for the fullest
benefit of the people of this, as well
as of future generations. The gov
ernment should not part title to valu.
able water powers and other re
sources but should grant the right
to their development on terms fair to
both the corporations and the con
' sumers.
“The secretary is right in exacting
j a compensation for water that shall
I be reduced as the amount of power
j developed increases and as the rate
| charged consumers for electricity is
decreased.
"The corporation to which the
grant is made, therefore, has an in
centive to increase the benefits to
consumers. This is a proposal that
ought to be applied to mines, forests,
and other resources. I shall favor it
in all conservation legislation.”
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LONDON, July 5.—The Servian
division of 3,000 men was defeated
and captured by the Bulgarians near
Veles.
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BIG PLACER STRIKE IN INTERIOR
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PLAY ELEVEN
Last Saturday afternoon the
ditcher crew beat the Chitina ball
team by a score of 7 to 5. Batteries.
Ditchers, Nettleton and Kennedy;
Chitina. Boeheme and Hartman. It
was a close game and well contested.
The result would have been different
had not Solomon, Chitina’s star
player elected to play with the
ditcher crew.
On Sunday the Chitina Nationals
beat the Chitina Americans in an
11-inning game. Score 4 to 2. With
the bases full and two men out the
Nationals’ third baseman pulled off
that old stunt of holding the ball
and catching an American off base,
winning the game and almost caus
ing a riot. Batteries; Nationals,
Boehme and Hartman; Americans.
Smith and Kennedy. The town is
baseball mad and every man, woman,
child, either player or a fan.
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PAYMASTER REED RESIGNS
Grant Reed has tendered his resig
nation as cashier and paymaster
for the Copper River and North
western railway and he will he suc
ceeded by H. J. Brandt, who re
turned on today’s steamer from a
trip to the States, accompanied by
a bride. Mr. Brandt was formerly
station agent at Chitina and will
enter upon his new duties next
Monday.
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WASHINGTON, Jply 5.—The cen
sus bureau will soon issue a bulletin
with a detailed statement of the
population of Alaska. According to
the official figures Fairbanks has the
largest population and Nome comes
next.
GETTYSBURG, July 5.—Fourteen
executives were present on Gov
ernor’s Day" at the anniversary cele
bration of the battle of Gettysburg.
The Union and Confederate veterans
yesterday re-enacted the charge of
Pickett’s Brigade across the field of
Gettysburg, up the slope to the ceme
tery and along the ridge. When
President Wilson arrived on the his
toric scene he was welcomed by rebel
yells and union cheers. During his
address the heartstrings of the
veterans were so touched that they
wept openly and unabashed sa!d:
“Here is a nation God builded. By
our hands, in a day, our country’s
life has but broadened into mourn
ing.”
BRISTOL, July 5.—While the
Kin gwas driving in the open at the
Royal Agricultural show a suffrag
ette hurled a petition at his majesty
and was Immediately placed under
arrest.
SEATTLE, July 5.—The National
Conference of Charities and Correc
tions, which meets here July 5 to 12,
is evoking great, enthusiasm through,
out the state. Meetings have been
arranged in many of the cities and
requests come daily to the central
council of social agencies asking for
a local speaker. During the week of
July 17 to 24, meetings have been
arranged in Wenatchee, Spokane,
Moscow, Lewiston, Pasco and North
Yakima.
GETTYSBURG, July g.—Governor
Sulzer has issued a statement that
the breach of promise suit of "this
woman Hopkins is the part of a plot
of Boss Murphy because he cannot
use Meschewes to loot New York.”
WASHINGTON, July 7.—Secre
tary W'ilson admitted the arrest, but
said he was liberated on bonds and
the case had never been brought to
trial.
GETTYSBURG, July 5.—The
reular army yesterday paid tribute
to the dead In the hills of Gettysburg.
.SALONIKA, July 5.—A four days’
battle at Kelkish ended In the com
plete routing of the Bulgarians.
BLACKBURN, July 7.—News of
the placer strike on the Suslianna
River, where two men recently took
out $900 in dust in one day, is
arousing the residents here to the.
fact that this is the most feasible
and short route by which to reach
the scene of the new stampede.
So far no definite news has been
received here of the e.:fent of the
strike, yet several pet pie are now
outfitting to go there, and other out
fits .lave left lately.
\\>stburg and Wany came here
from Fairbanks the other day and
bought a complete outfit and left
for the new diggings. James Morri
son and Axel Wialstrom are now out
fitting. Dan Stacy is being out
fitted by Breedman & Church and
will return as soon as he can look
over the ground and report on the
conditions. Some of the,.men on the
creeks are quitting, and others at
the mine, to try their luck.
For several reasons old timers
are ready to believe in the strike.
It has been long predicted that some
time there .would be a stampede on
the upper reaches of the Tanana
river. Every year a few prospectors
have been taking out gubstakes, by
sniping along the-rfim rock. The
great expense of getting outfits into
the country made extensive prospect
ing or the sinking of holes to bed
rock any distance prohibitive. It is
always easy to start a stampede in
the spring time down stream, where
the liver current will propel boats,
but to pole up such a swift river as
the Tanana from Fairbanks has boon
a tasit too difficult and expensive to
attract many prospector^,. Years
ago, before Fairbanks was thought
of, so report goes, a man died in
Chicago who dew a map of the place
where he and a partner had taken
out a large sum of placer gold. The
partner had been killed by the
Indians. The map located the
stream on what was afterwards
thought to be the Goodpasture, a
branch' of the upper Tanana, but
subsequent gold seekers failed to
reach their expectations.
It must be remembered that t he
geological reports are also favorable
to the finding of placer gold in
parts of the basin of the upper
Tanana. Indeed, there is every ap
pearance that the long-expected
stampede is about to be realized, it
seents certain that though the pres
ent strike may not prove all that is
rumored of it, the presence of people
and outfits in the country will cause
it to be prospected more thoroughly
and something worth while may be
uncovered. This has bpen the his
tory of at! placer camps in the
North.
Moreover, the completion of the
Copper River «Si- Northwestern Rail
way makes it now possible for pros
peetos to get into the country. This
is the logical route from every part
of the Tanana and Yukon below
Fairbanks, and for people coming
from the coast towns, and from
Seattle and the outside. They can
travel light from Fairbanks over tlie
government trail to Chitina, and
take the train to McCarthy, outfit
here, and then travel by packhorse
along a well defined trail through
Skolia Pass to White river. From
there the crossing of a small divide,
a little over 2b miles, places outfits
on the Sushanna river.
On the Canadian side the best trail
from White river is to Dawson, a
distance of 350 miles, while it is
but 50 miles from this end of the
Copper River 0 Northwestern' Rail
way to White river. The railroad,
furthermore, has had a survey made
from here to the White river, and
it is a route that is well traveled.
The distance between here and
White River has been covered isev
eral times in two days.
The merchants of McCarthy are
heavily stocked in everything need
ed, and those who come light and
outfit here will save a gloat deal of
time. There is plenty of game in the
country and when this fact is gen
erally known it will save those buy
ing outfits a good many dollars.
Ordered to the life boats by the !
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captain, who feared the ve sel might
suddenly sink, the passengers and
crew of the steamer Yrh.n, which
was wrecked off Cape Lazarof, Uni- I
mak Island, on the night of June 11,
were 18 hours adrift before they
were picked up by the revenue cutter ’
Tahoma, which came to their rescue,
according to passengers on the Vic-1
toria which recently reached Seattle. ]
The sea was smooth, and no dis
comfort was experienced by any of
the shipwrecked persons, who re- !
mained close to the stranded vessel
until the Tahoma was sighted. All
knew that the revenue cutter had :
received the distress signal of the
Yukon and was hastening to their
rescue.
Mrs. George W. Sandberg, who was
with her husband and two small chil
dren, was the only woman passenger
aboard. Both she and her husband
speak in the highest terms of the be
havior of all aboard after the acci
dent.
According to Sandberg, the acci
dent occurred in the evening. There
wa= a dense fog, and the vessel was
traveling under a slow bell. With
his wife he was leaning over the rail
of the ship when he noticed some
rocks loom up near by. At the same
time he heard the bells in the engine
room calling for full speed astern
and could feel the throb of the
engines as the engineer answered
the signal. A few seconds later the
steamer struck. The jar was hardly
perceptibile, but she seemed to climn
to the top of the rocks after which
she settled down, tearing a large
hole in her bow. She struck at hign
tide and as there was a heavy ground
swell running, she soon began to
pound on the reef.
Shortly after she struck Capt.
Archie McKay ordered all hands into
the small boats. Although four of
the crew were left with the wrecked
vessel, no hope of saving the steamer
is entertained by the officers.
NEW YORK, July 7.—Hearst's
American published a sensational
story yesterday morning to the effect
that Secretary of Labor Wilson had
been arrested and held a night in
jail at Cumberland, Maryland, in
1894, on the charge of unlawful
assembly and conspiracy in connec
tion with a strike.
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WASHINGTON, July 5.—The Jap
anese wil not be given a supple
mentary rejoinder to the California
alien land law, passed June 4, was
the message delivered by Secretary
Bryan to Ambassador Chinda.
WASHINGTON, July 5.—The
senate finance committee has decided
that all schedules of the tariff, ex
cepting sugar and wool, become ef
fective immediately after their
passage.
PORTLAND. July 5.—Mrs. Chas.
Netcher, the millionaire owner of a I
Chicago department store, and
Solomon Neuberge, a paint salesman,
were secretly married last night.
PORTLAND, July 5.—A youthful
bandit entered and held up the First
National bank, at Milwaukee, a
suburb of this city, getting away
with $2,500.
PITTSBURG, July 7.—The First
and Second National banks were
closed by the comptroller of the
treasury, with $30,000,000 on de
posit.
CHICAGO, July 5.—The list of
causalities thorughout the country
on July Fourth, resulted in 84 deaths
and 385 injured.
GETTYSBURG, July 7—The re-I
union of the I'nion and Confederate
veterans, in commemoration of the
fiftieth anniversary of the battle of
Gettysburg, came to an end yester
day and did much to promote a bet
ter feeling among old fighting men
sf the North and South.
WINNIPEG, July 7.—Canadians
who trampled the stars and stripes,
that waved over the home of an
American at Moose Jaw, were fined
$10 each.
CHICAGO, Juyl 7.—The directors
of the Chambers of Commerce of the
United States left yesterday on a
tour of the Pacific coast.
CORNISH, July 7.—President
Wilson attended the century old
church yesterday, and used a palm
leaf fan to keep cool, as did the 50
country folk present.
PRETORIA, July 7.—The recall
of Governor General Gladstone is de
manded by the federated unions.
LONDON, July 5.—Kitty Marion
and Clara Elizabeth have been each
sentenced to three years at penal
servitude for firing into the Hurst
Park Race course stands, w hich were
occupied by King George and his
eldest son, Prince Constantine, over
whose heads the bullets passed.
WASHINGTON, July 5.—H. B.
Martin testified before the senate
lobby investigation that the resolu
tion to investigate the steel trust, as
introduced by Congressman Stanley,
was drawn by Associ' te Justice
Lamar, of the United S... supreme
court.
GETTYSBURG, July 5.—“Peace
on Earth and good will to all men.
Glory to God in the highest,” was
wig-wagged by the veterans between
the little round top on the cemetery
ridge.
J. E. Forrester is a returning
passenger on the Alameda, which
left Seattle last night.
LOS ANGELES, July 7.—After
being arrested on the charge of
forgery Simon P. Helfensteine con
fessed to having committed seven
murders in Ohio, including the one
of Pearl Bryan, of Cincinnati, 15
years ago.
SEATTLE, July 7.—The steamer
Alameda sailed last night with the
following passengers for Cordova:
J. P. H. Cunningham, P. H. Cunning
ham, Clarence L. Warner, J. J. God
frey, G. A. Witherspoon, Oscar Nord
strom, Mrs. M. Larson, Miss L. Lar
son, Ellic Wainwright, A. Pollard,
G. A. Eamon, Z. G. Pasties, P. E.
Butter, Miss Jeauette Anderson and
J. E. Forrester.
SEATTLE, July 7.—The steamer
Admiral Sampson left for Southwest
ern Alaska Saturday night. Among
her passengers were: llr. Alfred
Brooks, of the Geological Survey,
who heads a naval- expedition to the
Bering River coal fields, accompanied
by Dr. C. C. Martin, S. R. Capps, C.
E. Griffith and A. G. Maddern, of his
department as leaders of sub-expedi
tions; also Director Joseph A.
| Holmes, George Evans and J. W.
Swift, of the bureau of mine- are
members of the party.
The Cordova passengers are: W.
H. Robinson, E. E. Kerwood, Wjn.
L. Dodge; for Katalla: W. F. Flem
ing, E. O. Baldwin, T. J. Cameron
and wife, W. W. Elder and wife.
LONDON, July 7.—Dispatches
front Johannesburg state that the
strike of the miners has ended, after
martial law had been declared but
a few hours, but not until after 40
persons had been killed In the fight*
ing between the troops and the
miners.
JOHANNESBURG, July 7.—The
Rand strike settlement was Inef
fective, and the crews of trains and
street cars have joined the miners,
causing a practical suspension of
business, which has reached to the
newspapers, as they are unable to
publish.
VIENNA, July 7.—.The Servians
were victorious at Katchana, al
though they lost eleven thousand
men and the Bulgarians double that
number.
ATHENS, July 7.—Ten thousand
Greeks were killed and wounded in
battle with the Bulgarians at Nigrlta.
LONDON, July 7.—Two hundred
thousand Bulgarians and Servians
are engaged in battle at Katchana,
and 40,000 have been killed and
wounded already.
SOFIA, July 7.—The Greek min*
ister has withdrawn from this
country.
AiHh.NS, July i.—The Bulgarian
minister left yesterday, returning to
his own country. i
LOS ANGELES, July 5—Leach
Cross and Bud Anderson put up a
final battle yesterday in which it re
quired twelve rounds for Crose to
secure a knockout.
COLUMBUS, July 5.—In a 200
mile auto race here yesterday the
machine driven by Harry McKnight
turned turtle and he was killed, by
being beheaded by the auto following.
GETTYSBURG, July 5.—Yester
day a fight was precipitated in a
hotel lobby, over some criticism sf
Abraham Lincoln, which resulted In
seven men being stabbed.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 5.—Willie
Ritchie knocked out Joe Rivers in
the eleventh round yesterday before
an immense audience. Ritchie put
bis opponent to sleep with an upper
cut on the right jaw, the same blow
.that he delivered to Cross, when he
made the latter take the count.
ALBUCj ERQUE. N. M„ July 5._
Dundee v.a given the decision at the
end of a ten-round go with Tommy
Dixon, of Kansas City.
LONDON, July 5.—The second
division of 8,000 Servians have taken
Kilkish, a Bulgarian stronghold in a
well planned battle. A correspondent
to The Telegraph, in observing, says:
Servia will be immortalized for the
finest example of lightning offensive
military records in the world’s his
tory.
WASHINGTON, July 5.—During
the absence of President WJlsort, at
the Gettysburg reunion, Secretary of
State Bryan is acting president.
GETTYSBURG, July 5.—Harry K.
Thaw has mailed his check for
$1,000 as a nucleus of a fund to wipe
out the indebtedness of General
Suckles.
MEXICO CITY, July 5.—The Fed
eral troops have executed General
Anibrosio Figueroa and captured the
state of Guerrero, which has bee*
jpominent against Diaz.
WASHINGTON, July 5.—Belgium
lias accepted Secretary Bryan’s peace
pact.
WIMBLETON, July 5.—A. F,
Wilding, of New Zealand, the holder
of the English tennis championship
] lias retained his title by beating
Maurice F. McLoughlfn, of San Fran,
cisco, the American champion, three
straight games.
WASHINGTON, July 6.—The
bouse has reported in favor of an
investigation of the Mulhal charges
that the National Manufacturers
Association had improperly influ
enced legislators and created senti
ment that defeated certain laws.