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Seattle, Oct. 27.—At various timei
since Antone Stander made his for
tune in the Klondike he and hi:
wife have been before the courti
airing their domestic troubles. Thej
were ultimately divorced and a divi
sion made of the property. In par
of it, however, each retained an in
terest and the management wai
placed in the hands of F. M. Jordan
the real estate man and who is alsi
managing mining property at Ella
mar, Alaska. On Saturday Antoni
Stander commenced a suit againsi
Jordan, as trustee for the Standei
property, and demanding an account
ing.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 27.—Oil
Saturday afternoon old Independ
ence Hall was rededicated in the
presence of President Wilson. He
sat in the chair occupied by John
Hancock when he signed the Declar
aation of Independence. The build
ing has been greatly improved, as it
had been allowed to run down. Dur
ing the time that Philadelphia was
the capital Congress - held its ses
sions in this hall.
OAKLAND, Oct. 27.—On Satur
day night, Mrs. A. C. Brown shot
and killed her husband while he was
asleep in their apartment. She was
jealous of him because she thought
that he had become fond of another.
After committing the act she sought
cut Mrs. Marie Miller and attempted
to shoot her, claiming that she had
alienated the affections of her hus
band. She was prevented, however,
from committing this crime and wras
taken into custody. Brown is the
son of a prominent San Francisco
family.
ELKINS, W. Va., Oct. 2i.—Miss
Catherine Elkins, the wealthy
daughter of the late Senator Elkins,
was married today to William U. A.
Hitt. The affair was elaborate and
largely attended.
CHICAGO, Oct. 27.—Today the
government commenced taking testi
mony in the various Alaska coal
indictments, including that of Mc
Kenzie and others from the Bering
River coal field.
The civil case against Frost, Wat
son and others, who were recently
acquitted of criminal charges in
reference to Matanuska coal claims,
has been indefinitely postponed. The
defense has made the proposition
that the testimony taken in the crim
inal action stand in the civil suit,
and the proposition is now being
considered by Secretary of the In
terior Lane.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 27.—The big
plant of the Goodyear Rubber Com
pany caught fire this morning. The
people employed In the buildings
succeeded in making their escape
without any serious injuries. The
fire raged so fiercely for a time and
walls fell in end^ngerirlg the lives
of the firemen. Eleven of these men
perished while many others had
narrow escapes. The loss on the
buildings and contents will aggre
gate about half a million dollars.
SEATTLE, Oct. 27.—Late Satur
day afternoon Miss May Gordon, a
young lady employed as a stenog
rapher in the Alaska building, ended
her own life, without there being
any apparent reason for her so
doing. She left the office of Attor
ney Henry Gordon and going out to
the stairway jumped into the well of
the building. When picked up she
was in a dying condit'on.
The Vatican mailed to the United
States government the list of ten
Roman Catholic missionaries who
were named to go to the Philippines
at the special and express request of
the United States government. All
are German Jesuits.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.—At a
quarter of two this morning the
people of this city were temporarilj
alarmed because of an earthquake
shock that was visibly felt. 11
passed from west to east but did nol
last long and there was great reliel
felt when there was no reoccurrence
HAMPTON, ROADS, Va„ Oct. 25
Nine battleships sailed this after
. noon for a cruise to the Mediter
ranean. They departed amid the
booming of cannon and blowing oi
whistles.
DAWSON, N. M., Oct. 25.—Sev
enty-three bodies have been taker
out from the mine where the ter
rible explosion occurred. Up to £
late hour this afternoon 263 have
been recovered.
ROME, Oct. 28.—The Vatican has
announced the result of the firsi
census which has been taken withii
the walls in 50 years. Italy’s lav
guaranteeing the liberty of the pop<
prohibits entrance within the Vaticar
of any official of the Italian gov
ernment for the performance of anj
duty whatsoever. As a censequence
, a census taker couldn’t get into th(
i secred walls. The Vatican announces
• it has within its walls, just 42(
! people. These include the Swiss
guards and gendarmes, the employes
generally, the household of the pops
and Pope Pius himeslf.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.—
Arthur Devlin, originally a “corner
lot” player in Washington, D. C.,
who afterwards was one of the
greatest third-basemen the Giants
ever had arrived from New York.
Devlin recently signed to manage the
Oakland team of the Pacific Coast
League.
PORTSMOUTH, Eng., Oct. 25.—
The costliest, speediest, most power
ful super-dreadnought in the world,
the “Queen Elizabeth,” was launched
at the royal dockyard here, the nam
ing ceremony being performed by
Lady Moux, wife of Admiral Sir Hod
worth Moux, commander-in-chief of
the Portsmouth naval station. The
“Queen Elizabeth” and her four sis
ter ships, now under construction,
comprise the very latest word in
battleship building. Each will cost
when completed $11,750,000, will
have a speed of 25 knots an hour,
and will be provided with ten 15
inch guns capable of throwing a
broadside fire of 15,600 lbs. They
will burn no coal whatever, relying
upon fuel entirely from oil which
will be stored between the outer and
inner skins. Each will carry more
than a million gallons of oil. .
NANAIMO, B. C., Oct. 23.—A
score of the leaders in the recent
mine riots, during which the militia
•were called out to preserve order,
have been given a trial. The evi
dence against them was strong and
after conviction they were sentenced
this morning to different terms in
the penitentiary, varying from one
to two years.
CALUMET, Oct. 23—The troubles
among the miners and strikers con
tinues in various phases, with little
hope of settlement in the near
future. An injunction had been is
sued by the court to prohibit the
strikers from picketing various
homes and places of business. This
order has been generally disobeyed
and this morning the militia was
sent to arrest all violators. As a re
sult 180 men were placed under ar
rest and they will be dealt with by
the court.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—In view
of the near approach of the marriage
of Miss Jessie Wilson, daughter of
the President, it has been suggested
by Representative Mann, the Repub
lican leader in the House, that all
elements, including Democrats, Re
publicans and Progressives unite
and present the young lady -with a
wedding gift. Upon request Speaker
Champ Clark designated a commit
tee to carry out the plan.
SEATTLE, Oct. 23.—The steamer
Admiral Sampson sailed last night
for Southwestern Alaska. She car
ried a large cargo of freight and
many passengers. There were but
two for Cordova, Dr. W. W. Council
and Alex. Anderson. Dr. Council
was compelled to give up his con
templated trip to his home in North
Carolina because of the prolonged
illness of his wife. She is still in
the hospital but is much improved.
Dr. Council has purchased a home
here, to which his wife will be re
moved when she is able. She will
not return to Cordova this winter,
HOUSTON, Oct. 23. — While
marching to Galveston this morn
ing lightning played fatal tricks
with the Sixth Cavalry. A columr
of the cavlry was struck by the
flashes, killing George Morris, Johr
Heimmer and Monroe Morris. Manj
others were injured while scores ol
horses were knocked down.
COLON, Oct. 23.—An earthquake
this morning that lasted for lc
minutes rocked houses, stopped
clocks and broke glass in windows
It was sufficiently long to thoroughlj
alarm the people who feared a re
currence. There was no furthei
quake, however, and very little
damage was done.
In the heart of Alaska He buried
many romances and fatalities. With
every new rush to gold fields is re
corded heart breakings and trage
dies. One of the first in connection
with the Chisana strike, involving
domestic affairs, has just had an
airing in Cordova, before the United
States commissioner. The parties
involved came from Seattle, and
from the evidence brought out there
is every appearance of a husband
determined to seek fortune and
fame with a female companion other
than his wife.
From the evidence of witnesses it
appears that Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
M. Cox lived together for several
years without any more than the
ordinary disagreements of marital
existence. Last January Mrs. Cox
went to the hospital at Seattle and
there met Eva Blake, who was
temporarily employed as a nurse.
After leaving the institution Mrs.
Cox again met the young nurse of
but 21 years of age, who was with
out a position or money. She in
vited her to stay at her home until
she could improve her resources,
and a short time after, having to go
again to the hospital Mrs. Cox re
quested her presumed friend to stay
and perform the duties of house
keeper for her husband, which she
did during the three weeks Mrs. Cox
was at the hospital. After she re
turned home Mr. Cox and the physi
cian both thought that a visit to
Mrs. Cox’s mother in Wisconsin
would improve the wife’s health.
She went and during a six month’s
stay received lovng letters from Mr.
Cox who was employed in the county
auditor’s office. He suggested that
the climate of Seattle did not agree
with her and that she might better
remain away, as he was thinking of
I going to the gold fields.
Ana tnen she began to receive
other letters which suddenly in
duced her to return to Seattle. Mrs.
Cox found that her furniture had
been sold as well as their equity in
the house located at Alki Point. She
further learned that but a few days
earlier her husband and Eva had
gone to Alaska, the latter sailing
under the name of Mrs. E. B. Dowl
ing, while Cox evaded publicity by
securing a second-class ticket. An
investigation showed that the two
had been living as man and wife
with a Mrs. McDonald nearly the
entire time the real wife was absent.
States Marshal Jacoby and he wired
north inquiring about Mr. Cox, re
ceiving a cable from Cordova that
G. M. Cox and wife registered at
the Windsor hotel on October 4 and
departed for McCarthy on the 6th.
The matter was referred to united
Upon the advice of friends Mrs. Cox
took the next steamer to Cordova.
She was met by the deputy marshal
and taken before the United States
commissioner, where warrants were
sworn out for the arrest of the gold
seekers. Mr. Cox, it seems was
simply charged with a misdemeanor
while his companion was charged
with a felony. A deputy marshal
was sent from Chitina to McCarthy
and found that the couple were
moving their goods over the trail.
They were placed under arrest and
brought to Cordova.
Yesterday afternoon the trial of
Mr. Cox was before a jury. He was
represented by Attorney E. F. Med
ley. The state did not have an at
torney and Deputy Marshal Wood
handled the case as best he knew
how. Three witnesses testified that
Mr. Cox represented the woman to
be his wife, and it was shown that
they occupied a room together at
the hotel for two nights. When
Mrs. Cox was placed on the stand.
Attorney Medley objected to her
testifying and cited Section 2259 of
the compiled laws of Alaska to sus
tain his contention. Commissioner
Adams ruled that a wife could not
testify against her husband, and
later ruled that letters received by
her from him and a letter written
by Eva Blake to Mrs. McDonald
from Ketchikan were not admis
sible. The defendant did not go on
the stand, neither did he have any
witnesses. The case was rested and
Attorney Medley in addressing the
jury stated that no one had seen
the act charged committed, and that
consequently the crime had not been
proven. The jury evidently thought
this version of the affair was the
law and soon after retiring returned
a verdict of not guilty.
Last evening Eva Blake was given
a preliminary hearing before the
United States commissioner. Prac
tically the same evidence was
brought out, with the additional
testimony of Mrs. Cox, who recited
her marital relations since last
January. Mr. Cox was called to the
stand and when asked whether he
was a married man, refused to
answer without consulting his attor
ney, who was not present at the
hearing. The judge excused him
from answering the question. Eva
Blake took the stand and admitted
that she roomed with Mr. Cox in
Cordova, but added that she was his
nurse. She then made a statement
that she had formed a partnership
with Mr. Cox and that they had
come to Alaska to go to the Chisana
to open a road house or restaurant.
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She denied that she had maintained
unlawful relations with Mr. Cox “in
the territory of Alaska.” After
the case closed the court ruled that
there had been sufficient evidence to
hold the defendant and she was ac
cordingly bound over to the grand
jury, and bail fixed at $300. Paul
Range, of McCarthy, furnished the
required sum in cash and Eva was
given her temporary liberty.
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PORTLAND, Oct. 28.—A big
sensation has been created at Salem
by the discovery of strychnine in
the coffee served to the girls in the
state industrial school. An investi
gation was ordered and it appears
that four girls were persuaded by
Mrs. Effie Crestwell, an inmate, to
put poison in the coffee. It is be
lieved by some of the attendants
that Mrs. Crestwell must be unbal
Local business men are already
discussing ways and means of pro
viding funds for keeping the govern
ment road open over the summit
from the first fall of snow. They
realize that if the road is permitted
to go for weeks without traffic, at
the beginning of the winter, the task
of getting it into shape for travel
later will be more expensive and
difficult. It is probable that the
question will be brought to the at
tention of the city council at next
meeting in order to bring the matter
before the people of Valdez at the
earliest possible date.—Valdez Pros
pector.
NEW) YORK, Oct. 28. — The
chauffeurs of the transfer com
panies are on a strike and all kinds
of trouble is the consequence. The
post office is having difficulty in hav
ing the mail handled. It has so ac
cumulated that there is now a mil
lion pounds in the post office. Much
annoyance and inconvenience is the
result.
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