U S SAYS HANDS Of F
Invasion of Hexico Will Be Considered Equivalent to
Declaration of War—Demonstration is Made
Against President Diaz.
Augusta, March 18.—Information
has been allowed to drift from Pres
ident Taft's executive headquarters
that the United States will consider
any invasion of Mexico as equivalent
to a declaration of war. Whether or
not this is considered as a warning
to the Insurreetos not to molest any
American interests there remains to
be seen.
San Antonio, March 18.—An
American official from Mexico City
is authority for the statement that
a demonstration has been made
against President Diaz and his palace
stoned, the windows being broken in.
The outrage was committed by a
mob and had the sympathy of the
Insurrectos.
El Pasot March 18.—Madero. the
provisional president, is concentrat
ing his forces a hundred miles south
of here, with a view to taking a town
and establishing a capital to carry
on operations at Satates, Sonora and
Chihauhau.
San Diego_ March 18.—In a battle
at Tecate Louis Kodriquez. the lead
er, and seven of his followers, were
killed, the rest of the rebels scatter
ing. The federals sustained no loss
es and are holding the passes, put
ting an end to the revolution in nor
thern and lower California.
Washington, March 18.—-Consider
able alarm is felt at the Navy depart
ment over the safety of the York
town, which is two days overdue at
Sanblas, Mexico, from San Diego,
E OF TEN
Earle Hurley, the colored man wuo
made a murderous assault upon Hen
ry Shaefer at his home near the rail
road station on the morning of Janu
ary 1, and has been languishing in
jail ever since, was this morning sen
tenced at Valdez by Judge Cushman
* to ten years in the penitentiary.
Hurley had entered a plea of guilty.
evidently believing that by so doing
the court would be more lenient, j
but the crime was so serious there1
was little hope of escaping the pun
ishment due him.
Cordovans are familiar with the
particulars of the attempt made up
on the life of Shaefer. who only es
caped, after he had felled his assail
ant and had been badly used up. He
had been struck over the nead
with a piece or lead pipe and had
his nose nearly bitten off. being com
pelled to go to the hospital for treat
ment. The community was aroused
to whito heat over the affair and
the fact that Hurley was unconscious
when apprehended, and believed to
be dying, prevented what might have
been a lynching bee.
The residents of the Chandlar,
Koyukuk and Beaver districts have
sent a request to Alaska's delegate
in Congress asking him to aid them
in securing from the government a
twice-a-month mail service during
the closed season. It is set forth
in the petition to the delegate that
the citizens of Beaver at present are
absolutely without a mail service be
tween the time the Yukon closes un
til the opening of navigation in the
spring and he is requested to inter
cede in their behalf in persuading the
government to give them at least a
twice-a-month service during the
coming winter.
In the petition they set forth that
they have had mail service along the
Yukon irom Eagle to Fort Gibbon.
Last fall the winter service between
Fort Yukon and Rampart, and from
Fort Yukon to Caro, was discontin
ued. Proposals were called for to
carry the mails from Fort Yukon to
Caro via Beaver, and several bids
were submitted for such service.
However, nothing came of it, and the
consequence is that from 75 to 100
people, miners and prospectors on
the Chandlar and Hosiana Rivers
and tributaries, and the residents of
the town of Beaver, have had to de
pend upon any one who might be go
ing over the trails on private busi
ness for the delivery of their mail,
or bear the expense of sending some
one for it.
j There are at the present time 25
\ good substantial buildings in the
j town of Beaver, the point on the
Yukon from which the government
road to the Chandlar is being built.
! Over sixty tons of freight have been
; handled over the road this winter,
j teur horses hauling the entire dis
tance to Caro, 6.500 pounds at a
load.
The survey for the winter route
from Fairbanks to the Koyukukt via
Beaver and Caro, has been complet
ed one-half the distance from Bea
ver to Fairbanks, the entire distance
being only 130 miles.
“Senator” wants to see you at the
Nevada restaurant. It
LEDGE LOCATED
NEARJRAIL
Parties coming from the interior
report that F. V. Vaughn, the well
known proprietor of the Tiekel road
house, on the Fairbanks trail, has
located a quartz ledge, samples from
which show free gold.
The ore body is said to be ten
feet across the face and to be trace
able for a distance of several claim
lengths. Mr. Vaughn has brought
a quantity of the rock down to his
roadhouse, where it was placed on
exhibition.
The ledge is said to be in plain
view of all who pass over the gov
eminent trail and several experienced
miners who have visited the prop
erty claim that Vaughn’s showing is
a remarkable one. The roadhouse
man is elated over the find and states
that he will commence development
work just as soon as the weather will
permit.
Petersburg is the only town in
Alaska where every line of business
is closed on Sunday.
W. E. Brown, who has been in
charge of the relay station at Tiekel
and 146, is now stationed at Chitina,
the relay office being installed at the
depot last Sunday.
Dr. S. Hall Young, former pastor
of the Presbyterian church at Cor
dova. who for the past 33 years has
been establishing churches in Alaska
wherever gold strikes in new regions
set prospectors a-treking, is in New
York for four new recruits in the mis
sionary field in Alaska and lecturing
on his experiences. He told a report
j er that neither he nor anyone else
of the male inhabitants of the ter
ritory had the slightest doubt that
the Fairbanks expedition led by Tom
Lloyd had reached the top of Mount
McKinley last April. The expedition
whicht besides Lloyd, consisted of
three other men—Charles McGonigle,
William R. Taylor and a man named
Peterson—and two dog sledges, was
financed by William McPhee, an old
miner and saloon keeper of Fair
banks, and August Peterson, of Fair
banks.
“Bill MePhee is one or my best and
oldest friends,” said Dr. Young, “ev
en though his business isn’t quite the
same as mine. Any one would take
Bill McPhee’s word for anything, and
he has perfected faith that the Lloyd
party reached the summit and so has
everybody else in Alaska.
“As for Dr. Cook, who discovered
the ‘top of the continent,’ no one in
Alaska believed him. Why, the men
in the launch which took him up the
Chulitna River say that he was only
gone from the launch two weeks. So
none of us believed him w-hen he said
he’d discovered the north pole.
“I have seen Mount McKinley from
three sides and believe that the ap
proach from the Fairbanks side is
the most feasible way of reaching
the top, because it is gradual, where
as the south or Chulitna River ap
proach, which Dr. Cook took, is pre
cipitous. Nobody in Alaska believes
that the summit can be reached in
summer. The Fairbanks expedition
left in December with two dog teams
which, I believe, they took all the
way. They went along leisurely up
the Cantwell River, camping here and
there, and following the northern
ridge above the glacier. In March
they arrived at the base, and in the
latter part of this month, when the
sun had hardened the snow crust and
there was no fresh snow or any dan
ger of avalanches, they made the
dash to the summit.
“We have only their say and their
diary to prove that they reached the
i top, but nobody in Alaska, nor any
I one who knows them, doubts that
the}’ got there. All the men were
thorougly acquainted with the reg
ion, having prospected around there.”
Dr. Young said he didn’t believe
the story that the flag on Mount Mc
Kinley, which is 20,500 feet high,
and makes Mount Rosa (15,217
feet) and the Mattahorn (14,780
feet) seem mere foothills, could be
seen from Fairbanks.
Superintendent Van Cleve, who ar
rived on Friday morning s train, stat
ed that the big rotary handled a
mighty quantity of snow on the last
trip. The train was not stuck at any
time, but kept bucking slowly ahead
all the time, arriving here about 5
o'clock in the morning.
Local News
Conductor Jack Ccnnelev who has
been outside since last October, re
turned on the Alameda and was in
charge of Friday’s train from Cor
dova. All the old-timers are glad to
see Mr. Conneley back on duty.
Mrs. Sid Stewart, Mrs. L. G. Addy,
Mrs. Lawrence, H. K. McDonald and
wife, Pat Meehan. D. W. Wilson D.
D. Price, G. A. Bigelow. C. W. Bige
low, W. E. Bigelow, Dan Matley, R.
H. Mault, G. Griffith, J. B. Richard
son, W. F. Tracy, J. Guelet, T. See
ley. Geo. Schneider and Geo. Keat
ing were guests registering at the
hotel Chitina on Thursday and Fri
day.
Arthur McGowan, an old-time chef
in the Tanana country, who at one
time cooked for Mrs. Card, a half sis
ter of Mrs. Dan Reeder, arrived in
Chitina on Wednesday en route to
the states for a short vacation. Mr.
McGowan is now a property owner in
Fairbanks.
NOTICE.
Postmaster Johnston has been
notified by the postmaster at Cor
dova that a number of Chitina resi
dents have second-class matter lying
at the Cordova office, and as this
cannot be forwarded without addi
tional postage, the parties to whom
the mail is sent should either send
postage or notify the publishers ot
their change of address.
According to the “New Rules and
Regulations” lately issued by the de
partment of justice, copies of which
have been received by the district
court officials, witnesses in attend
ance on grand juries and the courts
of Alaska, after July 1, will b? more
liberally paid by the government than
heretofore has been the custom The
new ruling applies onlj however, to
those witnesses who are compelled
to travel more than 100 miles, t»nd
who, at the present time, must net
only stand the loss occasioned bv
their abseirce from business, but al
so the bulk of their traveling ex
penses in going and coming from the
federal headquarters.
The new regulations, which are to
go into effect July 1st, give the wit
nesses the choice of two courses, both
of which are an improvement over
the old rules.
Under the new system, where a
witness resides more than 100 miles
away he may either take mileage at
15 cents per mile and attendance at
$4 per day for the time necessarily
occupied from the time he started
until he gets home again (the old
rule allowed only the actual attend
ance in court! or he may take his
actual expenses for travel and sub
sistence with the $4 per diem for tne
time spent from the date he left homc
until his return. By these provisions,
while jury duty will be a hardship
it will hereafter not call for the ex
penditure of money from the witness
es’ own pockets to meet expenses.
These rates of pay hold for the Sec
ond, Third and Fourth divisions. In
the First division the mileage allow
ed is 10 cents and the per diem at
tendance is $3.
Since being advised of the changes
the federal officials have attempted
to have the attorney general advance
the time that the new rules are to
take effect from July 1st to include
the present term of court, and the
witnesses now in attendance on court
and before the grand jury, but the
effort was without avail.
Chitina
Pharmacy
TOILET ARTICLES,
AND DRUGS
CIGARS, TOBACCOS, and
MAGAZINES
PRESCRIPTIONS CARE*
FULY COMPOUNDED.
A, G. MOREY, Proprietor
Chitina, Alaska,
I. J. ST. CLAIR T. W. CLONINGER,
Proprietors
THE WORKINGMAN’S RESORT
LOG CABIN BAR
WINES, LIQUORS,
AND CIGARS
Solo, Pool and Billiard Tables. Comfortable Chairs
and Reading Room up stairs.
Restaurant and Assay Officejin Connection
CORDOVA’S BIG STORE
S. BLUM & CO.’S
WE SOLICIT YOUR O^ERS
We Carry a I.nrge Stork of :
General Merchandise
Of Every Description
Having been in the outfitting business for many yearst v.e are
particularly well equipped to furnnisli your outtit, whether large
of small.
We have reduced the price of hay & oats t $l>0 per ton (in t< :i lots)
Prompt Attention to Mail Orders
We Will Save You Money Cordova, Alaska.
The Nevada
Just Open
Special Line of OLD CRO .V and other Standard E rands
of Whiskies. Double Stamp Goods, Bottled in Bond are
found here. Special Wines and Liquors for Family use.
Our prices are the lowest and goods the best in tov n.
WE INVITE YOUR PATRONAGE.
Watch this space for futrre announcements.
McCUTCHEON GRIFFITHS, Props.
OSBORNE
THE
PRACTICAL
Jeweler
CORDOVA, - ALASKA
Watches and Jewelry at
Outside Prices
Leave Your Work at ttie Leader
Office
Pete’s Lodging
House
AND
SECOND HAND STORRE
CHinSA HEIGHTS
Bunks 25c; Beds 50c.
PETEH COHOES. Prop.
BED CROSS DRUC CO.
(MRS. C.IM. KING
Drugs, Stationery, Fruit
Tobaccos, etc.
Mile 133
SAVOY
RESTAURANT
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Chitina
American and European Plan
Dinner 75c up
A la Carte all day
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