ELECTION RETURNS EROM STATES
Republicians Seem To Be Fairley Holding Their Own—James R. Garfiel^
of Pinchot Politics, Defeated as Delegate to National Con
ventionGain in Socialist Vote
GARFIELD IS DEFEATED
Columbus, Nov. 8.—James R.
Garfield, the advocate of Pinchot
ism, has suffered a crushing defeat,
having been defeated delegate to the
national convention. This is taken
as an indication that the people are
tired of the extremes reached by the
muckrakers in their effort to make
political capital and bolster up their
cause.
ELECTS REFORM MAYOR
Philadelphia. Nov. 8.—Rudolph A.
Blankenberg was elected mayor on
the retorm ticket by a small margin
over Earle, the Republican candi
date.
LABOR TICKET WINS
San Francisco, Nov. 8.—Chas. M.
Fickert, the labor candidate for dis
trict attorney has probably been
elected, although all returns are not
yet in. The election of sheriff is
still in doubt.
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REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR.
Baltimore, Nov. 8.—Phillipps Lee
Goldsborough has been elected the
Republican Governor by a large ma
jority. The pther offices remain to
be heard from.
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR.
Boston, Xov. 8.—Election returns
show that Governor Foss has been re
elected by a substantial majority.
The legislature, however, is solidly
republican.
KENTUCKY RETURNS.
Louisville, Xov. 8.—The enti: 3
state ticket was elected Democratic
by a majority of 30,000. James B.
McCreary is the Democratic Gover
nor.
RETURNS FROM NEW YORK.
New York, Xov. 8.—The Republi
cans have gained the assembly by
thirty-seven seats. The Democrats
succeeded in electing the city sheriff
three supreme court judges and prac
tically all of the offices in the dis
tricts of Manhattan, Bronx and
Queens. The Republicans elected
th? sheriff of Kings county and eight
assemblymen for New York county.
A SOCIALIST STATE
Columbus, Nov. 9.—Cincinnati.
Cleveland and Columbus, according
to the election returns, have return
ed decisive Democratic victories.
There was a heavy socialist vote in
the state. Ten of the smaller cities
have elected socialist mayors.
DEMOCRATS LINE l'P.
Jackson, Miss., Nov. S.—The en
tire state ticket, with the exception
of lieutenant governor, has gone
Democratic. The latter office is in
doubt and is claimed by the social
ists.
MAKES A CLEAN SWEEP.
Omaha, Nov. 8.—The Republicans
made a clean sweep inthis state, los
ing but one congressman. There was
a great deal of excitement over the
election.
IS REPUBLICAN
Trenton, N. J., Nov. 8.—The legis
lature of this state is Republican,
none of the other parties having se
cured a look-in.
RHODE ISLAND RETURNS.
Providence, R. I-, Nov. 8.—While
i all of the returns are not in. the vote
is sufficient to show a general Re
publican vistory.
FROM NEW MEXICO.
Albequrque, Nov. 8.—The entire
Democratic ticket was elected in this
state. W. C. McDonald was elected
j governor.
TAFT NOT TALKING.
Cincinnati, Nov. 8—President Taft
has been a innterested party in the
electeio returns. He declined to make
any comments regarding the same.
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chine, Phone 63.
Seartle, Nov. 9.—A; a meeting held
here today by prominent business
men and Alaskans initial steps were
taken to immediately star: a coast
wise movement with a view of se
cuigrn national legislation for the
development of Alaska.
It is intended that Alaska and the
other states bordering the Pacific
Ocean shall present a solid front
hen congress convenes, and demand
that necessary and relief legislation
be enacted. The movement t ill be
•athered and assisted along under
-,he auspices of me Alaska Square
G.-al League, whicn organization cal
led the meeting today.
Seattle, as vre'l as other coast
towns, is keenly feeling the failing
off of the Alaska trade, due to con
serration and political jugglery, and
all interested fully realize the im
jportance of having northern trade
. channels again opened by making
it possible to develop resources.
The purpose is to have in attend
ance at Washington one of the most
powerful lobbies ev. r sent to Con
gress from the west. Prominent
Alaskans are back of the movement
and have promised the support of
commercial am othe~ organizations
in Alaska.
BODIES E.XHL MED i’OR
ARSENIC POISON
Chicago, Nov. 11.—Four exhumed
bodies have been unearthed, suppos
ed to be the victims of arsenical pois
on by the Vermiba gang.
Ketchikan, Xov. 9.—John W. Foul
kes, assistant to retiring postmaster
Joseph F. Diggs, was arrested here
upon the arrival of tne steamer Ala
meda> while enroute to Vancouver,
on a visit to his relatives. There was
a shortage discovered in the funds of
the Cordova postoffice amounting to
approximately ?4,000 when it chang
ed hands about a week ago and Mr.
Foulkes is in custody pending an in
vestigation. He will be returned to
Cordova on the Admiral Sampson.
(Before leaving Cordova Mr. Foul
, kes admitted the shortage but was
unable to account for it. He dis
claimed any misappropriation, but as
he was in charge of the office at the
time felt morally bound and left for
the outside in order to try and raise
sufficient money to meet the short
age, in case it was not discovered
after the accounts had been expert
ed. The government’s mode of pro
! cedure in such cases is not known,
but it is presumed that Postmaster
Digg’s bondsmen will be liable for
I any deficit and criminal action de
[ termined after it has been ascertain
ed how the money disappeared.
Vancouver. Wash. N'ov. 11.—By
stipulation of attorneys Miss Mil
dred Penthorn presided in the trial
of a case involving debt, in the ab
sence of Justice of the Peace Davis.
This is the first case of a woman
acting as judge in the state of
Washington.
CANtSERY
THIRDJIME
The Kasaan cannery was recently
destroyed by fire. The plant, which
was one of the largest and most up
to-date of the salmon canneries In
Alaska, was owned by Gorman &
Co., of Seattle. It was located on
Prince of Wales Island, with a capa
city of 2,500 cases per day. The
loss of the cannery, warehouses and
stock will be about $150,000, which
is covered by insurance. The Kas
aan cannery was burned in 1906 and
again in 1910. It will be rebuilt
with concrete.
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tFrom Saturday’s Cordova Alaskan)
The steamer Admiral Sampson is
| due in port early tomorrow morning
and it will be her last trip to south
western Alaska for this year. Up
on the Sampson’s return to Puget
Sound she will replace the steamer
Plant on the Seattle-San Francisco
run, while the Plant is having new
boilers installed.
Upon the PJant resuming her
southern run the Sampson will be
laid up for the purpose of installing
a cold storage plant and also to make
many alterations, increasing the ac
comodations and' conveniences of the
ship with a view to adding to the
comforts of its patrons. Upon the
completion of these improvements
the Sampson will be returned to this
run by the beginning of 1312.
Capt. M. M. Jensen, the comma'n
der, is a navigator of considerable
ability who has won a warm spot in
the hearts of the patrons of this pop
ular vessel for the -fficient and
careful manner in which he has navi
gated these northern waters. Besides
being skilled in hi3 business he is
always courteous and accomodating
and the traveling public will greatly
miss his temporary absence from the
run. With the return of the Samp
son to these northern waters we shall
expect to again welcome Capt. Jen
sen to this port.
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Shanghai, Nov. 9.—Nankin to the
south of here and Pekin to the north
appear to be the only remaining
strongholds in the hands of the sol
diers of the Manchu dynasty. It is
generally admitted that the last days
of the old Imperial government are
doomed.
London, Nov. 9.—Balfour has *e
slgned the leadership of the opposi
tion. The movement was not ex
pected.
Topeka, Nov. 9.—Mrs. Carrie E.
Cope, of this place, has instituted a
suit for $50,000 against Bishop Dav
id H. Moore, of the Methodist Epis
copal church, for Injury as a citizen,
wife, mother and a Christian.
Hankow, Nov. 9.—Four hundred
ramilles are homeless as the result
of the fire which destroyed the great
er portion of the city following Its
capture by the rebels.
Shanghai, Nov. S.—Because of
jealousy and quarreling among the
I revolutionists General Chian and
j General Tseng were slain by their
iown soldiers at Changshaw.
Chicago< Nov. 9.—Another shoot
| ing mystery very simiiar to the mur
ders for which Mrs. Vermilya is re
ported by the police. The victim ir.
this instance is John M. Quinn, who
was shot Saturday while asleep in his
bed. The woman has been arrested
and will be held pending a more thor
ough investigation.
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A few days ago, after having laun
ched the first survey of the Kuskok
wim river ever attempted the steam
ship Explorer, Capt. H. W. Rhodes,
of the coast and Geodetic survey, ar
rived at Seattle from the Bering Sea.
In the face or tne almost insurmount
able difficulties which he encountered
I Capt. Rhodes made such progress
! that shipping men and hydrographers
are unstinted in their praise of his
season’s work.
One thing has been settled by the
summer’s work of the Explorer and
her force and that is that the task
of surveying the Kuskokwim will
take years. Not only is the major
portion of the great river .on the
north practically uncharted, but the
channel lies so far off shore that a
large amount of topography and
triangulation will have to be com
pleted before it can be mapped. Ev
en after the river has been complete
ly plotted it will be necessary to keep
a vessel at work each summer in or
der to correct on the charts the
changes yearly made in the river by
natural causes.
In me opinion of those on the
Explorer it will be absolutely impos
sible to maintain aids to* navigation
on the Kuskokwim for the reason
that they could not be kept in place.
On either side of the river are miles
of mud flats and lights and buoys,
to be of any use would have to be
placed so far from shore that they
would be carried away each spring
when the ice went Qut.
Captain Rhodes and his party suc
ceeded in making a preliminary sur
vey of the mouth of the Kuskokwim
from Captain Neweham to a point
twenty-five miles further up tfee riv
er. This ground will have to be gone
over next year for the final survey.
As the Explorer was late in starting
north she had less than five weeks
to actually spend on the work.
ANOTHER CHANGE IV
BRITISH CABINET
London, Nov. 11.—Sir Arthur Bal
four has been succeeded in the cab
inet by Andrew Bonar Law.
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