Late Telegraph News
WASHINGTON, June 22.—Chair
man Graham and the other members
of the House committee appointed to
investigate Judge action in recalling
Socialist Olsson's naturalization pa
pers. left today for Seattle.
NOME, June 22.—Dr. Edmund E.
Hill, one of the leading citizens of
Seward peninsula, died last night of
neart trouble after a short illness.
Dr. Hill has been a resident of this
camp since the early days, and dur
ing that time has held many public
positions, being at all times promi
nently identified with every move
ment that tended to benefit Alaska
or lighten the cares and burdens of
its people. In politics he was a
staunch Democrat and at the time
of his death was local campaign
manager for Candidate Jennings.
PASCO, Wash., June 22.—Mrs.
Christensen has been arrested on the
charge of administering poison to
her husband, the late banker, who
carried a $30,000 life insurance
policy.
BALTIMORE. Md., June 22.—Wil
liam Jennings Bryan is untiring in
his efforts to defeat Alton B. Parker
for chairman of the national Demo
cratic convention. Last night he wir
ed the five presidential candidates
requesting them to join him in his
opposition to Parker.
NEW YORK, June 24— Bombar
dier Wells, the Englishman, will
meet A1 Palzer in a ten round fight
on Friday night.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24.— One
thousand delegates have arrived to
attend the convention of the Nation
al Federated Women’s Clubs.
BOSTON, June 24.—Secretary of
the Navy George von u. Meyer is re
covering from a severe attack of ty
phoid fever.
NIAGARA FALLS, June 24.—The
Eagle Park wharf collapsed yester
day, precipitating two hundred peo
ple into the river, nineteen of whom
were drowned.
WASHINGTON, June 24.—Justice
Wright has sentenced Samuel Gom
pers to one year in the penitentiary,
and Frank Morrison to six months,
for contempt of court. John Mitch
ell was also found guilty, but has not
as yet been sentenced.
PORTLAND, June 24.—The mer
chants of Portland, who have been
planning for several years to run a
line of steamers to Alaska, have
finally abandoned the idea.
PEKIN, June 24.—The American
consul at Cheefoo fears an outbreak
and has telegraphed tor a warship to
protect the lives of Americans in
that vicinity.
SAN JUAN, June 24.—Five thou
sand people are fleeing from this
section, fearing the bubonic plague.
CHICAGO, June 25.—A prelimi
nary committee of eighteen has been
named to arrange for the holding of
a Roosevelt convention in August.
Teddy says that it means the organ
ization of a new party from the
ground up.
PORTLAND, June 25.—The federal
grand jury is unearthing the charges
of bribery against the local police
force. Yesterday indictments were
returned against the captain and
four detectives and others are ex
pected.
WASHINGTON, June 25.—Senator
Jones has introduced a bill in the
Senate providing for an appropria
tion for a revenue cutter to be sta
tioned in Alaskan waters.
SANTA FE, June 25.—The gov
ernor will not interfere with the pull
ing off of the Johnson-Flynn fight.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25—Word
was received by the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition that the
three Caravels, tue Santa Maria, the
i'inta and Nina, which were features
of the Columbian Exposition of Chi
cago in 1893, and which have been
in the lake at Jackson Park, Chicago,
are to be repaired and brought to
ban Francisco by the Knights of Co
lumbus of this country.
The Santa Maria is an exact repro
ducton of thei old Spanit.^ vessel
wuich carried Columbus on ms tour
of discovery in 1492, and in con
structing it the plans preserved in the
Spanish archives were followed. On
tneir arrival in this city they w.u be
placed in the Yacht Harbor, which
will be one of the interesting feat
ures of the World’s Fair.
NEW YORK, June 25.—The will I
of Mrs. Mary Connolly, of Hoboken,
filed the other day in Jersey City,,
gives her property to James F. Min
turn. Supreme Court justice, in trust
for her son, Martin Connolly, and
her granddaughter, Mary Connolly.
The will provides the trustee shall 1
pay to the son an amount he consid
ers fit when he thinks “the son will
not use the money for drink or dis
sipation.”
LOS ANGELES, June 25.—Har
rington testified in the case against
Attorney Clarence Darrow that he
had secured damaging conversations
between Darrow and McNamara
through the aid of dictographs.
WASHINGTON, June 25.—The
Comptroller of Currency has ordered
banks to remit loans in excess of ten
per cent of their capital stock.
NEW YORK, June 25.—Annie T.
Pugh, who for five years was house
keeper of the Hotel Bartholdi, yes
terday committed suicide by inhaling
gas in her room. She made elaborate
arrangements for death, putting on
a silk kimono and satin slippers and
placing on her fingers a half dozen
diamond rings. She fastened her ki
mono with gold pins, hung a locket
from her neck and slipped gold brace
lets on her arm. When those things
were arranged she fastened a tube
to the gas burner and turned on the
gas.
VIENNA, June 25.—The Czar’s
son is afflicted with tuberculosis
and his condition is so serious that
he is unable to walk. i
WASHINGTON, June 25.—Presi
dent Taft has sent a special message
to Congress urging an appropriation
of $250,000 for army maneuvers.
DELAWARE, O., June 25.—Al
though she has no fingers on her left
hand, Miss May me D. Miller, 23 years
old, of Vanwert, O., was awarded the
highest prize of the music class at
Ohio Wesleyan University for being
the best piano player in the great
Methodist school.
SEATTLE, June 25.—Andrew
Christensen, chief of this division of
the land office, has returned to
Washington to prepare for the trial
of the Alaska coal cases, which will
take place early in the fall.
NEW YORK, June 26.—Rex
Beach, formerly of Nome, who has
written so many wierd stories about
Alaska, has not gone blind, as report
ed, but now has the daily use of his
eyes while he is writing a novel, with
the scene laid in the Northland.
LONDON, June 26.—According to
statistics just issued, the nation’s
debt has been reduced $25,000,000.
MEXICO CITY, June 26.—Orozco
has asked for terms of surrender
from Madero, who will likely grant
amnesty to all offenders.
LONDON, June 26.—The suffra
gettes invaded the House of Com
mons by breaking glass, and caused
such a commotion that their arrest
followed.
LOS ANGELES, June 26.—-District
Attorney Fredericks, who exasperat
ed the attacks of Darrow’s attorneys,
had to appeal to the court for pro
tection.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 26.—It is
estimated that the fence that is to in
close the exposition will be two and
one-half miles in length.
. At a meeting of the buildings and
grounds committee held a few days
ago it was decided to have it nine
feet high and not to permit advertis
ing on it. The board of supervisors
of the city and county of San Fran
cisco have also been petitioned to
close all streets within the exposition
site.
SEATTLE, June 26.—A severe
thunder and lightning storm visited
this city today.
SEATTLE, June 26.—The steamer
Seattle Maru, of the Nippon Yusen
Kaisha, sails with twenty-four auto
mobiles for the Orient.
NEW YORK, June 26.—A hun
dred striking girls at a local factory
attacked the employes who remained
at work and a pitched battle follow
ed, resulting in many arrests.
WASHINGTON, June 26—Solicitor
General Leahman has tendered his
resignation.
ATLANTIC CITY, June 26.—May
Yohe, the actress, who has been miss
ing for some time and was supposed
to have been drowned, has suddenly
appeared.
OYSTER BAY, June 26.—Theo
dore Roosevelt today Issued his first
statement since returning home from
the Chicago convention, in which he
says that he is going to make lots
of trouble before the campaign is
over.
NEWj YORK, June 26.—The wife
of Aviator Beachey is suing for a di
j vorcee, and in her complaint she
names several affinities.
WASHINGTON, June 26.—Thirty
thousand navy yard employes will be
suspended on July 1.
NEW YORK, June 26.—After a
month’s strike, the waiters of the
leauing hotels have returned to work.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., June 26.—
Harry Thaw' was on the witness
stand five hours yesterday, endeav
oring to prove his sanity.
SEATTLE. June 26—Congressmen
Graham. Higgins and McCoy have ar
rived here, and as a committee ap
pointed by the House, will at once
begin the investigation of Judge C.
H. Hanford, who cancelled a Tacoma
Socialist's naturalization papers.
Judge Rudkin, of Spokane, will take
Judge Hanford’s place on the bench
during the investigation.
The Arctic Brotherhood of Dawson
is going right ahead with its plans
for the big fair to be held on August
14, 15, 16 and 17.
SEATTLE, June 27.—John J. Ses
non, for many years engaged in the
steamship and lighterage business at
Nome, died in this city yesterday.
VANCOUVER, B. C., June 27—The
United States has announced that it
will purchase British Columbia coal
for navy purposes on the Pacific
coast.
CHIHUAHUA, June 27.—Five
thousand rebels have attacked the
position of General Huerta, federal
commander, and a crisis in the af
fairs of Mexico is imminent.
SANFRANCISCO, June 27.—The
annual gathering of Federated Wo
men’s Clubs, now in session in this
city, has declared that women are re
sponsible for all the great reforms.
SEATTLE, June 27.—The Alaska
coal claimants in this city will meet
and protest against the Smoot leas
ing bill, which is now before the
Senate. They will also criticize Sec
retary Fisher for his endorsement of
this measure.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 27.—
Marshal Bullett has been offered the
position of solicitor general for the
department of justice, made vacant
by the resignation of Frederick W.
Lehmann.
CHICAGO, June 27.—Ten thous
and emplooyes of the elevated rail
way system in this city are preparing
to make a demand for increased
wages.
SEATTLE, June 27.—At the an
nual meeting of the Seattle Bar As
sociation held yesterday the recall of
judges and judicial decisions was the
theme of general discussion.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 27.—Abe
Attell and Tommy Murphy will meet
in the arena here on August 3.
PORTLAND, June 27.—The South
ern Pacific Railroad announces that
it will electrify three hundred and
forty miles of road in Oregon at a
cost of $8,000,000.
SEATTLE, June 27.—Last night
while Frank Redmond, a marine en
gineer, attempted to hold up the
night force at the Hotel Norman, he
was shot and killed by Clerk Daw
son.
CINCINNATI, June 27.—Judge
Hollister has decided the officials of
the National Cash Register Company
must stand trial on the charge of
conducting a trust.
PORTLAND. June 27.—As a re
sult of the grand jury investigations
in this city indictments have been
returned against the mayor and chief
of police for bribery.
HAVANA, June 28.—In an en
gagement at Originte the rebels were
defeated and General Estroz killed.
PARIS, June 28.—The seamen’s
strike is spreading to such an extent
that it is interfering with shipping.
HAMBURG, June 28.—The Zeppe
lin airship, with twelve passengers
aboard, flies for nine nours over the
North Sea.
WASHINGTON, June 28.—Charles
D. Hilles, secretary to the President,
has been tendered the chairmanship
of the national committee, which he
will no doubt accept.
CHICAGO, June 28.—The strik
ing freight handlers have returned to
work and there will soon be settle
ment of the shop strikes on the Har
riman lines.
OYSTER BAY, June 28.—George
W. Perkins and other supporters of
Theodore Roosevelt held a confer
ence here yesterday in reference to
the organization of the Progressive
party.
JUNEAU, June 27.—-Governor
Clark has appointed Hon. Peter D.
Overfield, United States district
judge. Fairbanks, and Hon. Royal A.
Gunnison, attorney-at-law, Juneau,
as members of the Association of
Commissioners on Uniform Laws, to
represent Alaska. The association is
made up of lawyes appointed by the
various governors of States. Territo
ries and provinces of the United
States, and meets in national assem
bly annually in the month of August,
the meetings being held at the same
place as those of the American Bar
Association. The annual meeting
this year will be held in Milwaukee.
SEATTLE, June 29.—W. T. Lopp,
chief of the educational bureau in
Alaska, is arranging to remove a
hundred of the Mt. Katmai volcano
refugees, formerly living between
Lape Douglas and Cold Bay, to Step
ovak Bay, where he will erect new
homes for them.
WASHINGTON, June 29.—Attor
ney General Wickersham agrees to
the filing of the Harvester Company
answer on August 5.
NEW YORK, June 29.—-A million
dollar suit has been started by Aug
ust Heinze, of Butte, against Banker
Charles F. Morse, for selling copper
securities during the panic.
LONDON, June 29.—Judge Moore,
of New York, wins the blue ribbon
at the international horse show.
WASHINGTON, June 29.—Sena
tor LaFollette has issued a statement
in which he scores Theodore Roose
velt and his followers for bolt.ng the
Chicago convention and predicts the
defeat of the Progressive party.
DENVER, June 29.—Judge Lind
say has incorporated the Progressive
party under the laws of the state of
Colorado.
WASHINGTON, June 29.—The In
terstate Commerce Commission has
temporarily suspended the railroad
regulations restricting the dimen
sions of trunks.
WASHINGTON, June 29.—Samuel
Gompers and Frank Morrison, presi
dent and secretary, respectively, of
the American Federation of Labor,
who were recently found guuty of
contempt of court by Justice Wright,
have appealed from the jail sentence
imposed upon them.
DREDGE IS PROVING
A SUCCESS AT KENAI
Charles G. Hubbard, of the Kenai
Dredging Company, arrived in town
last night from the Kenai river, with
“the smile that won’t come off” dec
orating his face. The reason is this
—the Rotchford dredge that was in
stalled last summer is working and
working right. It is not only dig
ging and dredging up to expectations
but it is saving the gold and it is
handling the heavy wash and han
dling it in a way that, while it was
hoped for, it was not really expect
ed. The dredge has been in charge
of Mr. Rotchford, the inventor, who
at all times has had the utmost faith
in the ultimate success of the dredge
as soon as it could be adjusted and
tuned up to meet the conditions ex
isting on the Kenai river. The faith
of the inventor seems to have been
well founded for as soon as a pool
had been excavated wherein the
dredge could float, it began to dig,
and now handles 500-pound boulders
with ease. The drege that is now
being used will have a capacity of
from 500 to 700 cubic yards of gravel
per day and this with only 12-horse
power. Mr. Hubbard states that tuey
are now working in much richer
values than heretofore, and that he
expected to be taking out good money
from now on. He brought up some
very interesting pictures with him
showing the character of the was*.),
the dredge and tailing stacker in ac
tion, and many other interesting
views from about the property.—
Seward Gateway.
PASSAGE OF SMITH HILL
WOULD OPEN COAL FIELDS
It is believed by those interested
in the development of Alaska that if
the Smith amendment to the naval
appropriation bill, granting the navy
department an appropriation of
$500,000 with which to mine coal in
Alaska for its own use. is accepted
by the House a noteworthy step will
have been taken toward solving both
the coal and the railroad question in
the northern territory. Indeed, it
gives promise of being valuable to
the Pacific coast in so many material
ways that its simplicity, in compari
son with the high-sounding govern
ment ownership arguments, etc.,
which have so enveloped the Alaska
question, that its possibilities are
more or less startling.
It is not Intended, of course, that
the navy department should furnish
its own means of transportation from
the Matanuska fields out of this ap
propriation, but must be taken in
connection with the statement of the
secretary of the interior that Alaska
railroad promoters have assured him
that if the government will assure
them a certain amount of coal or
other traffic a railroad will be built
to the Matanuska fields with private
capital. This, of course, is a com
plete departure from tne proposed
government-owned railroad—a de
parture which many will welcome.
The Smith amendment, if made
into law, would also be of inestima
ble value to the shipowners of the
Pacific coast wuo are plagued by the
surplus bottoms thrown upon the
market when the vessels carrying
coal from the Atlantic to the Pacific
for the use of the navy have dis
charged their cargoes.
The coast shipowners have im
plored the navy department for many
years to put an end to this practice
but without avail.
Representative Humphrey, in an
effort to curb the practice, has
sought year after year to prevent the
navy department from sending coal
to the Pacific in this manner, and
succeeded one year in having the
r*ouse legislate against it. but the
amendment was stricken out in the
Senate through the efforts of the in
terested shipowners and the Eastern
coal companies. The Smith amend
ment, however, W’ould seem, to be a
remedy for this situation, as well as
the others mentioned, and a strong
effort will be made to secure its
adoption by the House conferees.
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SIMM ITT NOT YET REACHED
PARKER PARTY RETURNS
Professor Parker, the leader of the
eastern mountain climbing party,
had at the time Ole Hjelvig leit the
Kantishna diggings, failed to reach
the top of Mount Mctvinley.
Parker and his men made a de
termined attempt to work their way
up on the south side, but were turn
ed back by the obstacles which all
agree make that route utterly out
of the question. He reached an ele
vation of 12,000 feet, beyond which
progress was impossible, due to verti
cal cliffs. He then worked along
through the mountains presumably
by way of McPhee’s Pass, and came
through with his men to Eureka in
the Kantishna.
Food supplies had run short and
all the party were hungry for some
thing that the civilized appetites
crave, rather than the scientific food
prepared after lengthy sudy. It was
on April 20 that Parker blew into
the Kantlsnna. He wasted no time,
and uppon getting more provisions
from the miners, he returned to the
old Lloyd tent on the McKinley riv
er. It was the intention of the par
ty to make another attempt to reach
tue top, starting from the base of
the mountain in the middle of July.
With the open condition of the gla
ciers to combat, during this season
of the year, the Kantishna men are
doubtful of the probable success of
this final attempt.
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The Cordova Fish Company is now
planning to go into the halibut busi
ness this winter. Arrangements
have already been made with the
Alaska Steamship Company for the'
use of part of the ocean dock, and
very satisfactory freight rates are
offered. Manager Barry is anxious
to hear from such fishermen as want
to try winter fishing. The men now
fishing for the local company will
naturally get the preference, but it
is expected that employment will be
found for a great many more. While
there is some doubt as to the exact
location of the halibut banks in Cor
dova Bay, there is a certainty that
there is at least one bank close to
town and a little prospecting will
soon develop the best places If the
local company can make a success
of this new venture and provide win
ter work for fishermen there is no
doubt of Cordova’s future as a fish
ing center.
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A Socialist newspaper, Modern
Methods, is issued at Ketchikan, and
is the first publication of the kind to
make its appearance in Alaska.
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Both the Gilmore and Wicker
sham committees have opened head
quarters at Valdez.
NOTICE or FORFEITURE
To DAN’ S. HATH ana JOE WIL
LIAMS, their heirs or assigns:
You and each of you are hereby noti
fied that Clifford Cayonette, the sub
scribed, and your co-owner, has ex
pended the following stints in the per
formance of the annual labor for the
years 1909, 1910 and 1911, for your and
each of your respective interests, in the
following described mineral claims, to
wit. the sum of $125.00 for the com
pletion of the work required for the
interest of Joe Williams; the sum of
$625.00 for the completion of the work
required for the Interest of Dan S. Kaln,
in the property on Copper Creek, Nazl
na Mining District, and known as
Claims No. 2, No. 3, No. 7. No. 8 and
No. 10.
If within ninety days after the per
sonal service of this notice upon you, or
within ninety days after the publication
thereof, you fail or refuse to contribute
your, and each of your, portions of such
expenditure, as hereinbefore set forth,
and pay to said Clifford Cayonette tlie
several amounts so expended by hint for
the completion of the work required for
your several Interests, you, and each
of you, upon whom this notice is serv
ed, will forfeit your, and each of your
several interests in said claims to said
Clifford Cayonette, your co-owner, who
has made the said required expenditure,
all as provided in said Section 2324 R. S.
U. S.
CLIFFORD CAYONETTE.
February 24, 1912.
FORFEITURE NOTICE
Notice of Forfeiture to Co-Owners.
To W. E. Gilkey, M. Gilkey, C. Gil
key, and to their heirs and assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that prior to January 1st,
1912, I, the undersigned, expended
the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars in
labor, improvements and assessment
work upon the Company Group No. 2
of Placer Mining Claims, the Alice
Group of Placer Mining Claims, and
the Lake Placer Mining Claim, and
conveying water to and upon said
claims situate in the Chisna Mining
District, on the Middle Fork River.
If within ninety days after the publi
cation of this notice you, W. E. Gil-'
key, M. Gilkey, C. Gilkey and heirs J
and assigns, and any other persons J
having or claiming an interest in and j
to said above described placer claims j
and water rights, fail or refuse to
contribute your proportion of such
expenditure as a co-owner, your in
terest in the said above described ,
placer claims and water rights will:
become the property of the under- j
signed, your co-owner, who has made .
the necessary expenditures required
under the U. S. Statutes.
MRS. E. STEVENS.
First publication March 23, 1912.
Last publication June 22, 1912.
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Have you tried those meals at the
Overland Restaurant? They’re great.
A MOTHERS’ CLUB
TO HE ORGANIZED
Mrs. Thomas R. Shepard, of Val
dez, has launched a movement for
the organization In that city of a
mothers’ club having for its object
the better care and bringing up of
children, as well as to secure better
sanitary regulations for the children
of our schools and working in closer
relations with the teachers. Similar
clubs have been formed throughout
the country and it is the purpose of
Mrs. Shepard to have such an organ
ization started In all Alaska towns.
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Robert W. Jennings, Democratic
candidate for Congress, has conclud
ed Ijis campaign in Southeastern
Alaska and has left for the Tanana
valley.
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.The Valdez News Letter is the
name of a small weekly published in
the interest of Wickersham.
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Try the Chitina Hotel for cigars
and pipes, at Seattle prices.
Packing
and
Freighting
Saddle horses
I am prepared to handle
anything from Chitina to
Kennecott at the best rates.
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Jack Lawrence
CHITINA, ALASKA
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Seattle Sailing dates:
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Right reserved to change steamers and sailing dates without
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