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KATALLA, Sept. 3—The Amalgamated Oil Company
management is in high glee over a strike on Sunday that has
given 40 barrels of oil. It was struck at a depth of 850 feet.
It is the intention to bore deeper, and there is every prospect
of increasing the flow. Manager Manson is also running a
rotary drilling outfit on another excellent prospect from
which he is already getting a good flow of oil. It is the in
tention to increase the capacity of the refinery and to actiely
push the oil development from now on. The company is em
ploying about thirty men and many thousands of dollars have
been expended in the plan to develop what it is hoped will
prove to be a field similar to the great gushing fields of
Southern California.
SEATTLE, Sept. 2—A fatal and very serious occurrence
took place yesterday afternoon on a street railway car going
from the city to Ballard. Oliver W. Sanford, a teamster, and
his son Otis, a clerk, 24 years of age, got in an altercation with
the conductor, J. T. Tribet. The latter sought to eject the pas
sengers. They resisted and the argument continued in words
which became heated. Finally Tribet pulled his gun and shot
both father and son. killing them almost immediately. He was
instantly arrested, and explained his action by declaring that
the two passengers had threatened to do him bodily harm and
that he did the shooting in self defense.
PROSSER, WASH., Sept. 2—C. F. Rusk has now fully de
cided that next year he will make an attempt to scale Mount
McKinley, in Alaska. He was the leader in 1910 of the Ma
zama mountain climbers and is a man of much endurance and
experience in mountain climbing. He will form a small ex
pedition and expresses confidence that he can accomplish
what Dr. Cook, Hersehal Parker, and Fairbanks climbers
failed to do. He will give close study to all information avail
able as to the mountain formation and the experience of form
er expeditions and will profit by their mistakes and the knowl
edge they acquired. It has not yet been definitely decided as
to when the start will be made.
SEATTLE, Aug. 30—Former Congressman I». E. McKinley,
of California, is in this city. He declares that when Roosevelt
and Pinchot closed Alaska to settlement and development, they
practically cut that great northern country off from the United
States, and committed one of the greatest economic crimes of
the country. He gives as his opinion that if the unlawful with
drawal of coal and oil lands from location had not been made,
and if the government had treated Alaskan coal claimants with
the same consideration and latitude that locators in the west
ern states had been treated, the great territory of Alaska
would now be peopled with several hundred thousand happy
and prosperous Americans.
SAX FRANCISCO, Aug. 30—Secretary of the Interior
Fisher arrived in this city last night, lie stated that the Pres
ident had appointed the commission of four to compose the
railroad commission, provided for in the recently enacted
Alaska territorial bill. There are two officers from the engiu
eer corps of both the army and the navy, a civil engineer who
has not been connected with any of the Alaskan railroads, and
a geologist in charge of Alaskan surveys. These men have
been summoned to Washington and Mr. Fisher states that it
is the present intention to have them start from the East for
Alaska on Tuesday next. They will go direct to Seattle and
there take a steamer for the northern country. It is their in
tention to at once enter upon a study of the most feasible rail
road routes from the coast to the interior, and to study the
scientific mining of coal. They will remain in Alaska as late
as the weather conditions will permit them to pursue the
work of their mission. Secretary Fisher was very willing to
give the public the benefit of his own opinion on the subject.
He seems to desire credit for suggesting and creating sentiment
favorable to the government construction of a railroad in Alas
ka. He stated that he recommended the construction of such
a railroad from tide water to the Yukon river, and that he had
suggested as most desirable the route from Seward to the Mat
anuska coal fields and on through to Fairbanks.
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COLUMBUS, Aug. 29.—The greatest kind of excitement
was evident throughout the city this morning, over the reported
assassination of President Taft. Fortunately the first reports
were exaggerated and later the announcement was made that
the President had not been done any bodily harm. It develops
that as he entered the Southern hotel for breakfast a woman
named Mrs. Caroline Beers rushed towards him with a knife
in her hand. She had almost succeeded in passing the secret
service men before they realized that she was other than an
interested and curious spectator. They grabbed her before she
reached the President and took from her a long, sharp knife.
It is believed that the woman is insane, and she was quickly
taken to a place of refuge. The explanation that she gave for
her act was that the President had been untrue to the trust
imposed in him by the American people, and that she had been
called upon to end his reign. She said that Mrs. Taft had
remained true and that she would not be molested. The Presi
dent came here from Beverly to attend the centennial exercises
of the city. lie took the attempted assault on him with good
nature, realizing that the unfortunate woman was not respon
sible for her acts. After the general public thoroughly under
stood the matter the excitement subsided and the exercises were
continued this morning without any hitch.
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TOPEKA, Aug. 28.—The Republican party council was in
session yesterday and an effort was made to take such action as
would compel Candidate Roosevelt to run under his party
name, and not try to force himself on the Republican ticket
by having electors remain who will not vote for Taft, should
they be elected. The effort, howeer, was pot successful, as
the vote was 80 to 62 in favor of Roosevelt. This action means
that the Roosevelt electors will remain upon the Republican
ballot, unless the United States Supreme court rules against
it in October.
New York, Aug. 28.—After a conference by Col. Roosevelt
and a number of leaders it was decided to have 22 electors in
the state of Pennsylvania run on an indpendent ticket . As the
political machinery of the Keystone state is now in the hands
of Flinn and other “Progressives.” it was at first thought ad
visable to have the Roosevelt electors run on the regular Repub
lican ticket. But as there is some doubt as to whether the
courts would sanction this act, it has finally been determined
to make an open and straightforward fight. This is a reversal
of the action taken in Kansas, where it is sought to elect men
on the Republican ticket who declare that if elected they will
vote for Roosevelt for President.
LONDON, Aug. 28.—In a communication to the State de
partment at Washington, Oreat Britain has reaffirmed its pro
test against the recently signed Panama canal bill, and notice is
served that the matter will be taken up at The Hague. It is
maintained here that it is impossible to reconcile the differen
tial treatment of American shipping with the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. Advices of protest have also been received here from
other nations, particularly France, where a tariff war of all
powers is predicted against the United States. There it is
publicly declared that it is a measure “which wrongs the inter
ests of the rest of the world and belies the solemn affiliation of
the cabinet at Washington that the whole purpose of the work
at Panama was in the interest of mankind in general.”
FUNERAL OF MRS. 6. C. HAZELET
(From Saturday’s Cordova Alaskan.)
Services at St. George’s Episcopal Mission chapel this
afternoon accentuated the sorrow of the people of Cordova and
brought them again to a strong realization of the loss of the
Community in the taking away of the spirit of a noble woman
and a most devoted and loving mother and wife. Business was
entirely suspended throughout the town from 3:30 until 4:30
o’clock, and during that hour practically all our people gath
ered in or about the chapel where a service was being held
over the remains of the late Mrs. George C. Hazelet. Her death
ten days ago was a shock from which the community has not
yet recovered. And this afternoon the genuine sorrow of their
own loss gave away in a measure to the deep feeling of sympa
thy which all feel for the afflicted family, a husband and two
sons, whose lives have been saddened by the removal from
their companionship and enjoyment, of the one who was most
dear to them.
The chapel had been decorated by loving hands with
greens and beautiful flowers that friends had procured from
Seattle. The casket, covered with wreathes and special pieces
of x’oses and other flowers, containing all that was mortal of
the woman whose loss is so generally mourned, was brought
to the chapel after the friends had assembled. The Episcopal
service was said by Rev. Zieglei’. Mrs. Sheldon sang “The
Lord Is My Shepherd,” and later a quartet rendered “Abide
With Me.” Rev. Koonce spoke on the loss that had befallen
the community and sought to extend encourageixient and hope
to the sorrowing family and bereaved friends. Afterwards
the pall bearers, S. Blum, II. G. Steel, M. Brock, John Y. Os
frander, A. J. Adams and Dr. Council, carried the casket and
its precious remains to the undertaking parlors where the cas
ket was sealed and will later be taken to the steamer Alameda
for transportation to Seattle.
Mr. Hazelet and sons, Calvin and Craig, as well as Mrs.
Hazelet’s nephew, Ralph Evans, and his family, will accom
pany the remains, on the steamer Alameda, that will sail at
midnight. It has been decided to inter the body at Seattle,
where the boys are attending the University of Washington,
and which will be the future home of the sorrowing
family, which expects to reside in this northern country. The
sister and other x’elatives of Mrs. Hazelet will come from their
Nebraska home to Seattle, where Bishop Rowe will hold a
service before the remains are consigned to their last resting
place.
(From Tuesday’s Cordova Alaskan.)
A petition signed by 05 citizens was presented to the
Council last night asking that the Australian ballot system be
adopted for elections held in the city. It was explained by
City Attorney Frazier that the general election for the elec
tion of members of the Legislature and a delegate to Congress
was provided for and regulated by an act of Congress, and
that the Council had no jurisdiction in the matter. He be
lieved, however, that it was within the rights of the Council
to prescribe how the municipal election should be held, and
that the present ordinance might be repealed and a new one
enacted that would provide for the holding of municipal pri
maries and elections under the Australian system. The idea
met with general favor upon the part of the councilmen, and
the Clerk was requested to write to Nome and Fairbanks,
where the Australian method is now used and to secure copies
of their ordinances, also to write the Attorney General and as
tention to increase the capacity of the refinery and to actively
within the legal rights of the city. It is expected to have the
new ordinance passed in ample time for the municipal election
in March next.
According to some calculations this non-partisan move
ment is a mighty fine thing. Some of tiie astute statesmen
from Valdez and Seward figure it out that if the Democrats
are given a Senator and two Representatives in this division
they will be content. Now isn’t that a modest calculation,
when you consider that they polled but a few more than one
fifth of the total vote in the division, and there are only six
members of the Legislature to be elected.
Now that the men involved in the New York graft scan
dal are turning on each other there may be a chance for honest
men to come into their own.
HAS HIGH OPINION
Edward T. Nolan, of New York,
who has been qietly investigating
mining conditions along the Copper
River &- Northwestern Railway, left
for Valdez last evening on the Pros
pector to examine a couple of propo
sitions in that camp.
Mr. Nolan visited the North Star
property and said the owners have
an excellent showing. They have
followed a six-foot lead a distance
of 200 feet and are still in the ore.
Their last assay gave values in gold
?4“.»0 to the ton. The man from
New York also examined the Mc
Kinley Lake district and looked at
ores from the different properties.
* To my mind,’ said he, “the Mc
Kinley Lake district is a second
Treadwell. All that is needed is cap
ital. From what little I have seen
and am able to judge, there are im
mense bodies of low grade ore with
in easy distance of the Copper River
& Northwestern Railway and Cor
dova. and enough development work
has been carried on already to justi
fy the expenditure of a large sum
of money. The economic features—
cheap transportation, timber for
mining, and water power—will en
able the owners or promoters to
realize good values on low grade
ore, providing there is enough of it,
and from all I have heard and ob
served there is no question regard
ing the quantity.
“From my opinion I believe the
whole Copper River country is heav
ily mineralized. Of course, the same
as in all quartz countries, it will re
quire a great deal of time, labor and
money to show up the values. Nat
urally a quartz country is slow in
development, and requires the ex
penditure of a great deal of money.
Prospectors should also remember
that the man who puts in his money
is entitled to be shown something
for the risk he assumes.
“Those who have made money at
mining are anxious and eager to in
vest and there is no need for any
good proposition to go begging. The
first thing necessary, however, is for
prospectors to do enough work in
good faith to try and show up some
thing.”
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E. W. Eaton and A. C. Baldwin,
accompanied by eight men, all of
whom have been engaged in the
boundary lines between Alaska and
Canada, have sent word from the
White River country that they will
take passage on the steamer Mari
posa. sailing Sept. 2 4. They will be
in Cordova a few days prior to that
time and the two officers will do
some work on their reports, which
they will take direct to Washington,
they have been in the interior coun
try since spring and from all re
ports have been very successful in
their work.
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From all reports Valdez will not
have a dearth of Legislative candi
dates. Already the following have
been spoken of, and some of them
are making an active campaign:
Mayor Elmer E. Ritchie. Col. B. F.
Millard, Dr. Boyle, Geo. E. Baldwin.
F. M. Brown and John Frame. And
then there are others. Most of them
prefer to run for the Senate.
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