Late Telegraph News'
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—
The completion of the report of.
the Alaska Engineering Com-,
mission will be done in this
city. The commission, com
posed of W. C. Edes, chairman,
Lieut. Frederick Meprs and
Thos. Biggs, Jr., have com
pleted their work in Alaska.
The various routes suggested
for government railroads have
been surveyed and all possible
data secured. Maps and detailed
information are being worked
ont at the office of the commis
sion in Seattle. But the com
pletion of this work will be
done here and the final report
prepared. Secretary Lane an
nounces that it was expected to
have the three members of the
commission in Washington by
November 20, but Lieut. Mears
•twill be delayed as he is now in
Cordova awaiting a steamer to
sail south. Secretary Lane says
that it is his hope and expecta
tion that the report will be
ready for submission to the
President early in January.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—A des
patch to the Constitutionalist agency
here from Cordoba said that Car
ranza had agreed to recognize the
actions of the Aguas Calientes con
vention,, which named Gutierrez as
the provisional president.
AGUAS CALIENTES, Nov. 10.—
Gutierrez, who was selected by the
convention to serve as provisional
president until a general election
can be held, today proclaimed him
self chief executive, of the republic
from this date and he named his
cabinet.
ATLANTA, Nov. 10—Definite plans
for a fund for the erection of a
memorial for Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,
to be known as the Ellen Wilson
fund for Christian education of
mountain youths, were inaugurated
at a meeting of interested women
held here today. A letter from the
President approving the. movement
was read. Mrs. Wilson was, during
her life, an active worker for the
welfare of the so-called common peo
ple of the South.
VERA CRUZ, Nov. 10.—A pri
vate telegram states that the
National Bank of Mexico City has
been sacked by a Constitutionalist
mob. Details are not given and the
amount of treasure the bank con
tained or was taken, is not known
here.
BOSTON, Nov. 10.—Few of the
fox companies in Prince Edward
Island that own foxes are offering
stock for sale to American investors,
aays Consul Livingston T. Mays,
Charlottetown. Most of the com
panies that offer stock have based
their capitalization on options only,
and own no foxes. In many cases a
very careful reading of advertising
matter and thorough investigation
are necessary to discover this fact.
These, companies have paid ten per
cent on options for foxes for future
delivery, at prices ranging from
$16,000 to $30,000 per pair, and,
after appropriating certain other
stock for organization and promo
tion, have offered the bulk of their
stock for sale in the United State.s,
expecting to pay back the amount
Invested if enou*gh is not sold to
complete the purchase of the foxes.
In extremely few case.s have the
companies assets that will guarantee
this return, after the 10 per cent
already paid on options has been
lost by failure.
JUNEAU, Nov. 9.—The Democrats
charge that there was a liberal ex
penditure of money in this division
by their opponents at the recent elec-1
tion. As a result there will be an
insitent demand that the new legis
lature enact a registration, Austra
lian ballot and corrupt practice act.
The first gold dust to enter Port
land from Alaska since 1899 arrived
there recently on the steamer J. B.
Stetson, one of the vessels of a new
line from that city established dur
ing the past summer. The bullion
was from J. W. McClosky, of Juneau
and was worth $39,000.
JUNEAU, Nov. 9.—On Friday
last Governor Strong accompanied by
Mrs. Strong, left for San Francisco
and San Diego. They will attend a
meeting of the commission having
in charge the government appropria
tions for the expositions to be held
next year. The sum of $50,000 has
bejen set aside for assembling and
arranging the exhibits of Alaska,
Porto Rico and the Philippines. The
governor will be absent about six
weeks.
Subscribe for the Dally Alaskan.
SEATTLE, Nov. 9.—Several hun
dred sourdoughs of all degrees from
the first to the ’steenth, observed
Alaska day at the Arctic Club dinner
Saturday evening. Many of those
attending were arrivals on the Vic
toria from the North who came out
side for the winter, while among the
others were a few who, because of
old age or abundant fortunes accum.
ulated in the early days of Circle
City, Klondike and Nome, ceased
mushing years ago. Se.veral met on
this occasion for the first time in
almost a quarter of a century.
Among those present was Tom Bos
well, said to be the first white man
to descend Copper river. He came
out that way from Circle in the.
early 80’s.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9.—Two
workmen were killed by sliding rock
in a quarry at Rockaway beach last
evening, the rock having been
started by an earthquake which oc
curred at 6:30. Doors were swung
open in a number of houses and
dishes were rattled by the, shock.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9.—A slow,
trembling earthquake was observed
here and in surrounding towns at
3:43 o’clock Sunday afternoon.
SAN JOSE, Nov. 9.—The seisma
graph records at Santa Clara univer
sity tend to connect Vesuvius with
disturbances of the earthquake in
California Sunday afternoon.
NAPLES, Nov. 9.—Another erup
tion of Vesuvius has reached an
acute stage and many new fissures
are opening. No serious damage, has
been reported.
You can’t buy a pair of gum
boots or a hickory shirt at Kinney's.
But you can get the best brand of
groceries at the right price.
SEATTLE. Nov. 7.—As a testi
monial of appreciation of their
work for Alaska during the past
year, members of the Washington
delegation in Congress will be ban
queted by the executive committee
of the Alaska bureau of the New
Chamber of Commerce at the Arctic
Club on Wednesday, November 11.
A number of prominent congressmen
who have labored for legislation
affecting the northland during this
session are also invited to be guests
of honor at the function.
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 7.—The first
decisive battle between the forces
of Mexico’s new rivals for the presi
dency, General Villa and General
Carranza, was won by the former
30 miles north of Aguas Calientes.
After a sharp engagement the Villa
forces captured six machine guns
and a battery of mountain howitzers.
LONDON, Nov. 6.—General Keke.
wics, who defended Kimberly during
the Boer war, committed suicide
here today. Despondency because
of ill health is the reason given by
his acquaintances.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—Consul
Canada wired the state department
from Vera Cruz this afternoon that
several hundred of Carranza’s sol
diers were, killed in battle. They
were in the garrison at Tehuacan, in
the state of Puebla, when they were
attacked by a force, led by three
former ge.nerals in the Mexican fed
eral army.
SEATTLE, Nov. 7.—The Seattle
Brewing & Malting Company, which
operates one of the largest plants of
its kind on the Pacific coast, an
nounces that because the state of
Washington voted “dry,” the entire
plant will be dismantled and moved
to San Francisco. This company
gives employment to several thou
sand men and has an immense out
put that is shipped to all the western
states, Alaska and the Orient. The
law is effective on January 1, 1916,
and by that time the brewing com
pany expects to be established in
California and conduct the exten
sive business that they have gradu
ally built up during the past 20
years, from their new location in
the south.
It is contended that under the
new law the amount of drinking in
the cities will not be greatly les-,
sened. There will be many “blind
pigs” while the law allows “every
person of legal age” to send to
another state or British Columbia
and secure a half gallon of whiskey
ar 12 quarts of beer each 20 days.
In order to do this it is necessary
to secure a permit from the county
auditor.
It is contended that throughout
the state the value of property used
for liquor purposes, breweries, saloon
fixtures and wholesale and retail
liquor stocks reaches the aggregate
of $17,000,00. By the time the law
is effective 8,000 working men will
be thrown out of employment, 1,300
buildings will become vacant and the
cities and towns will be compelled
to raise additional taxes to the
amount of $1,300,000.
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SEATTLE, Nov. 7.—The steamer
Admiral Watson returned from the
north on Wednesday and has been
withdrawn from the Southwestern
Alaska run for two months. Her
boilers will be repaired and she will
be partially reconstructed, at a total
cost of nearly $100,000. The work
was planned for earlier in the sea
son, but had to be postponed be-,
cause of the necessity of placing the
Watson in the northern service, after
she had been withdrawn from the
Seattle-San Francisco service. The
Watson will be remodeled and re
constructed on the same lines as
the steamship Admiral Evans. With
the completion of the work, the
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Company
will be fully prepared for the de
velopment era to be inaugurated in
Alaska by the. building of the gov
ernment railroad.
The Watson formerly operated in
the company’s southern service but
was withdrawn on the arrival of the
line’s new steamships Admiral
Dewey and Admiral Schley from the
Atlantic Coast, the new vessels
being placed on the run with the
Admiral Farragut. The company
was ready at that time to go ahead
with the reconstruction work on the
Watson, but the loss of the Admiral
Sampson, operating with the Evans
on the Alaska run, made it necessary
to place the vessel immediately in
the northern service.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. — The
state department has been advised
that Villa has formally notified the
national convention at Aguas Cali
entes of his willingness to resume
command of his troops or retire to
private life, if either action is neces
sary to bring about the elimination
of Carranza.
PROVIDENCE, Nov. 6.—The so
called Progressive Socialist party of
Rhode Island is officially, if not
politically dead, having lost its
standing as a legal political party
because of failure to cast two per
cent of the total vote of the state
at Tuesday’s election. It is stated
by the leaders that the two factions
will cease fighting among themselves
and consolidate their forces against
the two old parties in the future.
SAN FRANCISO, Nov. 5.—Col. J.
C. Kirkpatrick, manager of the
Sharon estate, died this morning of
diabetes. He was well known by the
traveling public because for years he
had been in charge of the Palace and
Fairmont hotels.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.—The fed
eral authorities have issued a quar
antine against live meat shipments
into New York, Maryland, Illinois,
Michigan, Indiana, and Pennsyl
vania. The reason advanced is be
cause of the prevalent foot and
mouth diseases of live stock. By
reason of this condition the Chicago
stock yards have closed.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 5.—F.
Augustus Heinze, the well known
mining man, died here last night
from cirrhosis of the liver. He
jumped into prominence when he
successfully fought the copper tru3t
in Montana and compelled them to
buy out his interests. The several
million dollars he then received he
took to New York and it is reported
that the copper magnates got most
of it back from him through opera
tions on Wall Street. Heinze was
born at Brooklyn in 1869 and after
taking a course in mining at the
Columbia school of mining went to
Germany to study. In 1890 he went
to Butte and became engaged in
mining and smejting. He afterwards
was president of the United Copper
Company and a director of the Mon
tana Ore Purchasing Co. He was
prominent in Democratic politics in
Montana.
ELIZABETH, ' N. J„ Nov. 5.—
Former U. S. Senator John Kean
died at his home here last night. He
was 62 ye.ars of age and for 25 years
was prominent in the political life of
New Jersey. From January 1899
until March 1911 he was a member
of the U. S. Senate.
PEKING, Nov. 5.—A new system
of taxation is being considered by
President Yuan Shih-Kai and his
cabinet. Should the new plan be
adopted, it will obtain revenue from
kerosene oil, tobacco, liquors and
luxuries of all kinds. A stamp tax
on land transferred, hunting licenses,
etc., are revenue-producing measures
also being planned.
SPOKANE, Noc. 5.—A call has
been issued for an important con
vention of all those interested in the
by-products of fruit and vegetables
in the states of Oregon, Washington,
Idaho and Montana, to be held in
Spokane, in connection with the
Seventh National Apple Show, on the
19th day of November, 1914. Every
established by-product plant whether
private, stock, mutual or co-oper
ative; eve,ry local Association of
Fruit Growers, whether stock,
mutual or co-operative; and every
Chamber of Commerce or Commer
cial Club that has given financial aid
to the work of the by-products com
mittee, is by action of the committee
authorized to send one delegate to
this convention.
A portion of the mystery {sur
rounding an alleged new strike on
the Tolovana has been cleared up by
the filing at Fairbanks of six notices
of location of placer claims. The
discoverers are C. W. Hudson, N. R.
Hudson and J. Levengood and the
locations are on what have been
named Lovengood. Olive and Ger
trude creeks, tributaries of the
Tolovana. The discoverers have de
clined to give out information as to
the exact location of the creeks.
While they did considerable work
during the summer and fall, they
failed to strike pay, they say. At
this season of the year, fully five
days of good mushing are necessary
to reach the creeks from Fairbanks,
but in good weather launches can go
up the Tolovana within 10 miles cf
the diggings. The discoverers warn
stampeders against going into the
country without taking a good out
fit. These creeks are, nameless on
the geographical maps. Packers
coming in from that direction report
meeting several stampeders carrying
large packs.
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A term of court has been called
for Valdez to commence on Monday,
November 9.
Grand Jurors
Cordova—N. A. Clasen. L. G. Bel
ter, Jas. Flynn, C. S. Bratton, K.
Robinson.
Seward—F. J. Cotter, A. H. Brad
ford, Benj. Labaree.
Golden—A. L. Singletary, Mike
Stanton.
Valdez — Robert Small, Frank
Frase, A. E. Grigsby, J. H. Ingram,
Abe Bell, Emil Davis, Geo. Brown.
T. J. Devinney, Geo. Brackett, G. A.
Moore, W. M. Holland, W. E. Han
sell, Geo. Elkins.
Petit Jurors
Cordova—James McDonald, H. W.
Ross, Karl O. Peterson, Patrick
Campbell, Ed. Norland, F. A. Jones,
F. A. Nicholson.
Seward—C. F. He.witt, Fred
Nelson, H. E. Whittemore, E. E.
Chamberlain, John Stevenson, W. M.
Sauers.
Valdez—E. C. Keisler. H. T. Whit
ley, S. L. Oliver, John Ekimo, Robert
Shafer, Fred Kraemer, Jos. H.
Plant.
Chitina—Ed Youngs, W. H. Slim
pert.
Ellamar — J. A. Johnson, E.
Banzer.
Tiekhell—G. L. Buchanan.
Sunrise—R. E. Oldham.
Latouche—W. L. Taylor.
Golden—Harry A. Stantien.
Teikel—G. M. Morrison.
Cooper Creek—M. J. Day.
Dr. Alfred H. Brooks of the Geo
logical Survey, while in the Forty
mile country in 1898, gave N. R.
Hudson the information which led to
the recent discoveries on tributaries
of the Tolovana. Mr. Brooks had
covered portions of that section
while making surveys and stated to
Mr. Hudson that he considered It
such as to encourage prospecting.
The Hudsons and their associates
decided last spring to act on that
suggestion. It is reported that while
bedrock has not been reached, the
men have gone down about 30 feet
in their deepest hole and found good
prospects from the grass roots.
Mike Deegan, of Seward, has re
ceived a permit to establish a fox
farm on Lake Kenai. He has been
in the fur business for a long time
and is sure to make a success of
the venture.
The He.rsey quartz property on
Palmer creek is described as the
richest ore in Alaska by those who
have recently visited it. With his
one stamp mill Mr. Hersey had $30
to the ton on his plates and he. has
refused point blank to name any
price for the mine when approached
by apparent purchasers.—Seward
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SEATTLE, Nov. 9.—Austin E.
Griffith, chief of police, tendered his
resignation today. As candidate for
representative to Congress on the
Progressiye ticket he was defeated
at the recent election. The appoint
ment as chief of police came to him
from Mayor Hi Gill unsolicited, al
though Griffith openly and strongly
opposed Gill during the municipal
campaign last spring.
CHICAGO, Nov. 7.—States Attor
ney Hoyne has instituted criminal
proceedings against 15,000 tax dodg
ers who are charged with stealing
$50,000,000 from Cook county dur
ing the past few years. The action
of the official has created a profound
sensution and explanations are al
most as numerous as individuals
charged with this widespread cus
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