OF GENERAL INFORMATION
Cordova, October 30
Chas. E. Bunnell, Democratic, can
1 late for Congress was a passenger
jn the steamer Admiral Evans, com
ing from a tour through south*
eastern Alaska. He will go through
to the westward and return to Val
dez in time for election. He was
joined here by Mrs. Bunnell, who
has been spending several weeks as
the guest of Mrs. A. J. Adams.
Making her record run between
Seattle and Ketchikan in 42 hours
and 30 minutes and lowering her
record between Cape Spencer and
Cape 'Hinchinbrook one hour and
30 minutes, the steamer Alameda
arrived at 3.30 p. m. today with a
small list of passengers for Cordova
and points to the westward. The
increased speed was due to a new
propeller which replaced one which
dropped a blade on the last trip
south. Arrival of the steamer here
was delayed because of a call at
Excursion bay to land a wireless
operator for the freighter Edith. She
departed for the westward at 6:30.
The steamer Northwestern was
scheduled to sail north from Seattle
on November 1, but her sailing has
been postponed until 9 p. m. on
Tuesday, November 3.
Attorney Capers returned this
afternoon from a trip out the line,
having gone as far as Kennecott.
Judge D. A. McKenzie addressed
the pupils of the higher grades in
Cordova’s schools this morning on
the government as conducted at
Washington, and particularly with
reference to Congressional action.
He is said to have made a very inter
esting and entertaining talk that
was greatly enjoyed by the boys and
girls. This afternoon Mrs. McKen
zie favored the scholars "with a
number of interesting reminiscences
of the social life at the national
capital. As she lived in Washing
ton most of her life and has freely
mingled in official society circles,
Mrs. McKenzie was well equipped to
tell her audience all about the dif
ferent phases of existence there and
of the society climbers.
Mrs. Will Clayson was ar return
ing passenger on the steamer Ala
meda this afternoon. She has been
in Seattle, for many months past
with her son, who has been receiv
ing treatment at a hospital.
Cordova, October 31
Judge Chapin yesterday received a
letter from his wife at East St.
Louis, stating thtat her mother had
died and had just been buried. The
Judge has not himself be.en in good
health lately and expects to go out
side shortly after election. He will
go to his home at East St. Louis and
later expects to undergo an opera
tion. which his many Cordova friends
sincerely hope, will restore him to
his former good health.
Rev. McBride returned on the
train yesterday from a successful
trip to the interior. He held a
religious meeting at McCarthy on
Tuesday night and again on Thurs
day at Chitina. At both meetings he
'■ had large, attendances, which en
courages the energetic oastor to plan
for future meetings at those places
and Kennecott. No religious services
had ever before been held at McCar
thy and Dr. McBride was delighted
with the interest manifested by the
people of that community.
The steamer Alameda that reached
port yesterday afternoon shortly
after 4 o’clock did not sail for Val
dez until 1 o’clock this morning. It
will make the trip to Cook’s Inlet
the last time, for this steamer this
season. The following were pas
sengers north from Seattle.
For Cordova—Mrs. W. Clayson
and son, A. B. Culver, W. B. Hemeu
way, Mrs. E. Kelter, C. H. Packard
and 2 steerage.
For Ellamar—Mrs. C. W. Cook
and son.
For Valdez—A. C. Dowling, Wm.
Elliot, Mrs. Elliot. Beulah 'Elliot,
Mps. I. Henderson, Eva Wade.
* For Seward—F .X. Whiting, Mrs.
R. Allen, Mrs. K. Allen, Geo. F.
Busch.
For Knik Anchorage—Mrs. A.
Bub, C. S. Hubble, C. Selling.
Doy DeLeo, chief clerk for the C.
R. & N. W. Railway, received word
yesterday of the sudden death of his
father, which occurred at his home,
in Minneapolis. He had not been ill
a long time and had always enjoyed
the best of health. His wife sur
vives him and also two grown sons
and two daughters. The deceased
was 64 years of age.
* On last Monday morning the
steamer Alameda passed a wreck In
British Columbia waters. It was the
barge Drummond, of the Gypsum
Company, Tacoma. She stranded on
Dali Patch on a pinnacle 18 feet
« high water. Her crew was still
standing by her, but it was expected
that the boat would be, washed to
pieces. She had a valuable cargo of
gypsum.
Among arrivals on the Alameda
yesterday was W. P. Hemenway, a
mining engineer of Wahsington, D.
C., who Is enroute to Copper Center
to examine and report on a group
of claims which a syndicate of east
ern capitalists contemplate purchas
ing. Among members of the syndi
cate are Senator Johnson of Maine
and Senator West of Georgia.
Cordova, November 2
A large number of young men and
women celebrated Hallowe’en on
Saturday night at the Red Dragon.
Dancing and games were followed
by refreshments, after which many
pranks were played upon the mer
chants about town.
Two steamers from the westward
are due about Wednesday night or
Thursday morning. They are the
Alameda and Admiral Evans. The
Admiral Watson is due in Seattle
tomorrow and is scheduled to sail
north on the 5th.
Attorney Capers and mother have
taken the Finkelstein home for the
winter. Mr. and Mrs. Sapiro are j
temporarily staying with Mr. and |
Mrs. Howell Lewis.
NAPLES, Nov. 2.—Vesuvius is;
again in eruption and there is great j
excitement in consequence. The in-!
habitants from the surrounding
towns are fleeing by the thousands.
NEW YORK. Nov. 2.—The. orig
inal state coach which conveyed
George Washington through the:
streets of old New York on his why j
to be inaugurated President of the j
United States at the old Capitol.;
where now stands the sub-treasury
at Broad and Wall streets, was
again drawn through New York
thoroughfares in the historical divi
sion of the tercentenary pageant on j
last Saturday evening. New York ’
City was the. capital of the 13 states;
and the coach which carried the first
President on his inaugural tour is
one of the nation’s choicest relics
and has been carefully preserved in !
a museum for more than a century.
Postmaster General A. S. Burleson
entered the first, pony post which
carried the mails between New York
and Boston during the seventeenth
century, in the tercentenary pageant,.
The original saddle and mail bags I
of the pony post were also carried.!
followed by the first collection and i
delivery wagon, which in turn were
followed by the most modern auto
mobile trucks for collecting and de
livering mail and parcel post.
Among passengers on 'the train
for the interior this morning were
C. J. Miller who will hit the trail
for Katalla and return in about two
weeks; Paul Meyer, of McCarthy,
who recently returned from New
York after being denied the privi
lege of joining the German reserves,
and O. E. Radabaugh, who is re
turning to Chitina after a week’s
“vacation” in Cordova.
An old fashioned Hallowe’en party
; for the young people was held at
the. Presbyterian manse Saturday
| evening. The place was appropriately
decorated and games and refresh
; ments were greatly enjoyed by those
' !n attendance.
Women of the Presbyterian church
will serve a silver te,a Wednesday
j afternoon from 2 to 5 at the home
; of Mrs. Wain in the Reception, for
! men as well as fcr women.
Cordova, November 4
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The steamer Admiral Evans ar
' rived from the westward at Seward
' this morning and is due to reach
j Cordova tomorrow morning. She
| will not be in port long before sail
i ing south.
The steamer Alameda, sailing for
! the south at 8:30 this morning, had
j 20 passengers from Cordova as fol
[ lows; A. B. Culver, A. G. Allsop,
J A. H. Davenport and wife, Alex.
| Burns, A. Burgen and Mrs. 1).
| Mitchell for Seattle; Geo. Youell and
j wife, and M. J. May for Juneau and
! 12 second class. There was also a
large list from Valdez and points to
the westward. The Alameda arrived
here about 2 o’clock this morning
and took on a cargo of copper ore.
Although the Admiral Watson is
due to sail nortn from Seattle on the
3th, it is reported that instead she
will go on the dry dock and have
repairs made to her boilers.
Wm. Canavan received a wire this
afternoon from Dad Ingram in which
he wished to express his thanks for
the highly complimentary number of
vote.s received in Cordova and the
Copper river country.
PEKING, Nov. 4.—The internal
loan of $16,000,000 has been over
subscribed by the officials and peo
ple of China. The government has
received $3,4)00,000 more than it had
asked. The financial situation has
brightened .perceptibly as a result,
and the government has Issued a
statement to the, effect that it has
money enough on hand, and no fur
ther loans are anticipated.
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A case that attracted considerable
interest was tried in the municipal
court at City Hall this morning. It
was the town vs. A. J. Adams, and
the charge was assault, committed
on Sunday afternoon lgst. The de
fendant had asked for a jury trial
and 25 citizens had been Summoned,
from which number, .12 were soon
selected. Three witnesses went on
the stand and swore to the occur
rence. The defendant himself was
the only witness for the defense and
he practically admitted the assault.
The evidence was so clear that City
Attorney Frazier moved that the
court instruct the Jury to bring in
a verdict of guilty. Attorney Med
ley for the defense objected to this
and finally Municipal Judge Flynn
decided that although the assault*
had been testified to by all the wit
nesses and that no provocation was!
shown, the case should go to the j
jury. Attorney Frazier waived the j
opening argument.
Attorney Medley made a strong i
plea for the defendant. He stated \
that he was the United States com- i
missioner at Cordova and a man of
great prominence in the town. He i
said that if the jury found him :
guilty Mr. Adams would stand forth
as a criminal and a violator of the
law and urged that he had provoca
tion for his act. He stated that i
there would be an afterpart if the;
defendant were declared guilty, but j
that under the evidence he was not j
allowed to go into that phase of the!
question. In replying Attorney j
Frazier scored the defendant, who i
was a peace, officer of the town, who |
addressed the school children on the
duty cf obedience to the law, and
who felt himself of such importance j
that his official acts could not be •
criticized without him feeling that i
he must fight a man who differed;
with him. Attorney Frazier stated j
that in the matter complained of |
Mr. Adams had not been maligned |
in the least particle and that his i
attitude was one of trying to intimi- j
date any one who dared to attribute!
unworthy motives to any of his
official acts. He added that if U. S.
Commissioner Adams had at any 1
time be.en unjustly criticized that he |
had a remedy at law for slander and ,
libel.
At the conclusion of the argu- ]
ments Judge Flvnn instructed the j
jury and the audience then retired.
The jury was in session but a fe.w j
minutes when a verdict of guilty as !
charged was returned. The judge
then, imposed a fine on Mr. Adams of j
$10 and costs. Attorney Medley!
gave notice of appeal.
I
In a recent letter received from ]
Dan Steacy, from McCavthy, he tells :
something about the effort to estab
lish a winter trail to the. Chisana
diggings. He says:
,“Mr. Simmonds was unsuccessful 1
in his attempt to get across the
Rhoan glacier on the way out, so he
came back to the Shushanna. The
people now in there held a meeting
and decided on the Skolai trail as
the most feasible. Next day Simonas
and five men started from the dig
gings and are working this way. I
shortly after followed and found him
working with his men on Russel
glacier. He said he had hopes of
having a good double ender trail
over Russell in three days. I went
in over the Chittistone route and
came out down Skolai. I expected to
meet the McCarthy road outfit at
work along the way, but did not see
them. When I arrived here and
asked about the crowd of trail build
ers was told that there was some dif
ference of opinion as to the best
route and that some considered that
the trail should go pver the Nizina
glacier the same as last winter, while
others Insisted that it should go over
Skolai. so nothing was done. The
sentiment of the people in the. dig
gings is for Skolai, so that they may
have a winter and summer trail es
tablished. In the meantime Mr.
Simmonds is doing good work in
establishing a trail while the people
here are arguing about, routes.
“Prospects in the diggings are
lookin better every . day. The fel
lows I talked —>th were working on
the benches and were getting good
prospects and feeling satisfied that
pay is there for them. I found the
report to be true about finding pay
on the bench of Skookum Creek.
Pay has also been found on the
bench of Coarse Money Creek, to the.
amount of 25 cents to the pan on
bed rock and three cents to the pan
in the gravel four feet above bed
rock. Quite a number of people had
stampeded from Bonanza City and
Chisana to Ophir and Francis creeks,
on the Beaver river side, but I could
cot learn any definite news as to
what had been found.”
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WASHINGTON, D. C.—All south
ern senators win, including Under
wood, of Alabama; Chadwick, of
Georgia;.G. C. W. Beckman, of Ken
tucky. who gets long term .and Cam.
den the short term, to fill the un
expired term of the late Senator
Bailey, Republican.
The election returns received early
last night from the territory indi
cated the election of Delegate Wick
ersham. Although there are many
small precincts yet to hear from the
probabilities that his plurality of
1,200 will be largely increased. It is
expected that he will carry every
division. In the First it was con
ceded last night that h« would carry
it by 200, although that is supposed
to be a low estimate. His big plural
ity will be in the Fourth, where he
will have a large majority, of the
votes and a plurality of at least 800
over Bunnell. Nothing has yet been
heard from Iditarod or Ruby. In
the Second division it is expected
that Wickersham will carry 2 to 1.
The Third Division will be close but
as returns from the smaller camps
come in it is thought that Wicker
sham will have several hundred
plurality.
The contest for senator is between
Tom Price and O. P. Hubbard, with
Price in the lead by a little over
100 votes, which he is likely to;
maintain. For Legislature the four
highest are Tom Holland, of Chitina;
Chas. Day, of Valdez; Dad Ingram,
of Valdez and T. B. Tansy, of Ken
necott. John Lyons and John
Noon are. close to Tansy and it may
take the official count to determine
the contest, although Holland and
Day are practically certainties. The
returns so far received indicate the
following totals:
For Delegate to Congress:
Wickersham . .1,043
Bunnell . 2.439
Brooks . 537
For Senator:
Thos. C. Price. 621
Hubbard . 472
Chase . 371'
Goshaw . 250
German . 129
For Representatives:
Holland . 897 j
Day . 799'
Ingram . 751
Tansy . 722
Noon . 673'
Lyons . . . .. 637 |
Markle . 432 i
White . 404 .
Finnigan . 319
Bradford . .L. 282
Lynch . 197:
Ganty . US
Hegner . 129
Carter . 96 ;
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CALIFORNIA—The re-election of
Johnson. Progressive for governor,
conceded by Frederichs, Republican.
MICHIGAN—Ferris, Democrat, for j
Governor and Doremus, Democrat. |
for the. House. Sherman. Democrat j
for Congress claims re-election: also!
election Beak and a Democratic j
House. G-’vernorshin race close.
SEATTLE—Robt. Hodge. Progres- j
sive candidate governor two years
ago. running for sheriff of King
County is leading. Scattering pre- ‘
eincts give Jones, Republican for
senator. fa!r lead over Black, Demo
crat, and Hanson. Progressive. Hum.
phrey, Republican, for Congress is
"in the lead. Eight-hour law prob
ably defeated. The alien land law
>s probablv defeated.
SEATTLE—While mere is still
some doubt rs to the fate of three
p’embers of Congress, it. is conceded
t'npt Representative Will Humphrey,
of Seattle, and Representative Albert
Johnson, of Hoouiam, have been re
elected. Senator Wesley L. Jones
"■ill succeed himself in the Senate.
Prohibition in the state has been
defeated.
ILLINOIS—Sullivan appears to be
elected over Sherman for senato".
Joe Cannon, 70 years old has been
elected for his 20th term to Con
gress. McKinley, formerly chairman
of the Republican National Commit
tee. is re-elected; also Fuller and
Sterling, who were defeated 2 years
ago. Mann, though opposed vigor
ously by women voters, was re^
elected by 3,000.
SEATTLE — Griffith, Progressive,
and now chief of police, for Congress
is leading Judge Moore, Democrat.
Jones, Republican candidate for Sen
ator and present incumbent, seems
safe, but Hanson, Progressive, is a
close second. Humphrey, Republi
can, for Congress, has apparently
won out. The vote will be close on
prohibition in the state.
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