Late Telegraph News
NEW YORK, June 2.—Chas. S
Whitman, the present district attor
ney of the city, has announced hii
candidacy for the Republican nomi
nation for governor of the state. I
is believed that he will prove, i
formidable candidate, as he has «
strong element back of him, and hii
record in his present office has beei
greatly to his credit.
SEATTLE, June 2.—This after
noon Francis Sayre arrived in thi
city. He is on a tour of the coas:
raising funds for the endowment ol
the college from which he recently
graduated.
SEATTLE, June 2.—Although il
was the intention of Governor Stronc
and wife to sail for Juneau on the
Alameda they were delayed and will
not sail until tonight.
OTTAWA, June 2.—A bill author,
izing the appointment of a special
commission of two Canadian and
two British experts to investigate
the Empress of Ireland disaster, was
put through the House last evening.
It is intended to make a thorough
inquiry into the causes and responsi
bility for the, terrible disaster in
which nearly one thousand lives were
lost.
DES MOINES, June 2.—Senator
Albert A. Cummings has been nomi
nated at the Republican primaries as
the Republican candidate for the
United States Senate. His term
expires ne.xt March. He was governor
of the state in 1908 when he was
first elected,, to succeed Senator
Allison. He was reelected in
January, 1909.
LOS ANGELES, June 2.—An im
portant ruling has just bee.n made by
Federal Judge M. T. Dooling, ap
pointed to the bench about a year
ago. He has decided that the order
issued by President Taft, withdraw
ing from entry three million acres
of oil lands in California is invalid.
This is a matter in which there has
been widespread interest.
SEATTLE, June 1. — On the
"■steamer Alameda sailing from here
last Saturday night she had 2 4 cabin
and 2 second class passengers for
Seward; five cabin and 1 second class
for Valdez; 7 cabin for Portage Bay;
twelve, second class for Cordova and
the following cabin passengers:
R. O. Edmonds, J. M. Charles, J.
A. McLean, J. Townsend, Mrs. P. L.
Simpson, H. McSalina, C. E. Griffin,
S. R. Capps, Mrs. Pemma, William
Borgman, A. Leland, John Janson,
T. B. Waller, V. E. Caves.
SEATTLE, June 1.—With a big
list of passengers and a cargo limit
of freight the. Senator sailed today
for Nome, to be followed tomorrow
by the Victoria. The steamer Edith
sailed on Saturday night. The
Navajo will be the next steamer out,
to be followed on the 15th by the
Cordova, which will enter the
Kotzebue sound trade.
NEW YORK, June 1.—Colonel
Roosevelt, accompanied by his
daughter, Mrs. Alice Longworth,
sailed on the Olympic on Saturday
for Madrid. They will attend the
wedding of Kermit Roosevelt on
June 10. The Colonel left a signed
statement that was published after
his departure. He charges that the
Democratic administration has failed
to satisfactorily handle the trust and
tariff questions. He also added that
he believed it was time to clean
house in New York, and that when
he returned from abroad his hardest
efforts would be directed in New
Y’ork state.
MADRID, June 1.—On Saturday
King Alfonso received Kermit
Roosevelt. At the audience he said
that he desired to meet his father
Col. Roosevelt, when he reached
Spain to attend the wedding.
PORTLAND, Me., May 29.—Last
night the widow of Thomas S. Reed,
formerly speaker of the House of
Representatives, died at her home in
this city. Her husband passed away
in 1902.
SEATTLE, June 2.—One of the
best known figures in the north
Pacific is Jacob Forth, for many
years the most prominent banker in
Washington. For weeks past he has
been ailing but was brought from
California recently much improved
in health. He has had a relapse and
today announcement was made by
his physicians that all hope for his
recovery had been abandoned.
SEATTLE, May 29.—The diffi
culty of securing cheap labor and
holding it for the season in
the different canneries in Alaska
has caused considerable discussion
among some of the operators. One
of the. cannerymen decided to try a
new experiment, so he shipped 22
negroes to Southeastern Alaska on
the steamer City of Seattle yester
day. If they prove, that they have
sticking qualities and can do the
work as well as the Japs and China
men, hundreds more will be shipped
north later.
NEW YORK, May 29.—Formet
■ Police Lieutenant Becker, who wat
i recently and for the second time
• convicted of the mnrder of Herman
; Rosenthal, the gambler, was todaj
. sentenced to be electrocuted at some
i time during the week of July fi,
i Becker is the man who, it was test!
i fled, put up the deal for the taikng
away of Rosenthal, a man whom the
■ grafters could no longer control,
i The four gunmen who did the bid
. ding of Becker have already paid the
penalty of their acts.
LONDON, May 29.—There was
much excitement last night in the
vicinity of Buckingham palace. A
large army of militants moved upon
the palace and started a stone bom
bardment. A detachment of sol
diers were soon trying to thwart the
efforts of the angry women and fin
ally succeeded in turning them from
their purpose, but not until after a
number of windows had been broken.
The. militants declare that they will
soon make another move to show
their displeasure because of the re
fusal to grant them their rights.
ANNAPOLIS, May 29.—The bar
baric practice of hazing students re
sulted in another death last night.
A number of students of St. John’s
military academy made an attempt
to haze a freshman, but he refused
to be a willing victim. He finally
succeeded in drawing a gun and
firing it. It took effect in one. of
the hazers, William R. Bowlus, Jr.,
resulting in almost instant death
As a result great consternation en
sued and today there is much excite
ment about the town. The. authori
ties of the naval and military
academies are considering means of
putting an end to the hazing
practice.
SEATTLE, June 1.—When the
steamer Alameda sailed from here
on Saturday night she carried sev
eral packers, camp outfits, supplies,
and 18 horses for the Alaska Engi
neering Commission. They will be
transhipped at Seward to the Dirigio
and landed at Ship Creek. There
will also be seven members of the
party for Portage bay, at /which port
the Alameda will stop. This party
will be in charge of W. Guerin and
they will spend the summer in the
Portage Bay section. A large amount
of supplies and equipment will also
be carried for this party. When the
steamer Northwestern sails from
here on Saturday next she will have
a number of men, supplies and 77
head of stock for Ship Cree.k, to
which port the steamer will run.
Stock is also on the steamer Dirigo
for this port.
FAIRBANKS, May 29.—A heavy
earthquake shock was felt here at
two minutes past 6 this morning, fol
lowed by three smaller shocks.
Feople were bady frightened and
many rushed from their beds into
the. street. Clocks were all stopped
and some window glass broken.
Dishes did considerable rattling and
some glassware was broken. Other
wise there was no serious damage
done. During the past five days four
earthquake shocks have, been felt at
di.ierent times. The movement
seemed to be from north to south.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 28.—
Harry Castle, for many years a resi
de.n of Council, on Seward Penin
sula, and for a time assistant dis
trict attorney was married last
night to Mrs. Kate Voorhees Henry.
Prior to going to Nome Mr. Castle
had married the woman who was
afterward divorced and w-ho became
the wife of Porter Charlton. Her
de.ath occurred at Coma, Italy,
under suspicious circumstances and
Charlton is soon to be tried for her
murder.
WOODLAND, Cal., May 28.—Mrs.
Maury I. Diggs filed an action today
for a divorce. Her husband was
recently convicted of a white slave
charge and ever since then has been
living a gay life.
WASHINGTON, May 28.—Last
evening the American University
was opened with elaborate and inter
esting ceremonies. In the cere
monies President Wilson, Secretary
Bryan and Secretary Daniels partici
pated. In his address the President
declared that scholarship and the
comprehension of the knowledge
that is within the vision of the
scholar is worth more to the world
than is his Industry.
EVERETT, May 28.—Yesterday
afternoon an auto stage ran off a
bridge in the country not far from
this city, causing serious casualties.
The auto was going at such a high
rate of speed that it was impossible
for any of the occupants to do any
thing to assist themselves or ward
off the impending danger. Mrs.
Lewis Larson, S. C. Clausen, C. C.
Prestleng, and M. Johnson, all of
the town of Sylvana, were killed,
while three others were dangerously
and possibly fatally injured.
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* WASHINGTON, May 28.— *
* A board of engineers connected *
* with the department of com- *
* merce lias just submitted a re- *
* port to Congress in which they *
* recommend an appropriation *
* of $45,000 for work to be done *
* at the mouth of the Yukon *
* river. At present it is difficult *
* for the larger river vessels to *
* enter the Yukon because of the *
* bars and impediments at the *
* mouth. An effort has been *
* made for several years past to *
* secure an appropriation to do *
* tills much needed work. *
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WASHINGTON, June 1.—On Sat
urday memorial services were held
at Arlington cemetery. Upon the
same platform were President Wil
son and Speaker Clark. They both
spoke in terms of peece that would
obliterate the' bloody deeds of the
battlefield.
SEATTLE, May 28.—The Rocky
Mountain Association, the United
Mine Association and the United
Mine Workers of America are now
in session in this city with a large
attendance. A thorough discussion
was had of the labor troubles in
Colorado, after which a resolution
was adopted in favor of the federal
control of mines in the state of
Colorado. The delegates are of the
opinion that the situation has
become so intense there that
it will require federal authority to
straighte.n out the difficulty. The
associations decided to hold the
next meeting at Denver.
WASHINGTON, May 28.—Five
hundred manufacturers and repre
sentatives of commercial organiza
tions, launched the first national
foreign trade convention yesterday
afternoon. The men present are
prominent in their respective call
ings and come, from every section of
the United States. It is believed
that the new organization will be
productive of much good in foster
ing new trade relations with foreign
countries.
RENO, May 28.—Dr. J. E.
Stubbs, president of the University
of Nevada, died at his home In this
city this morning.
PANAMA, May 2S.—A se.vere
earthquake occurred here last night
at 10:30 o’clock. A similar shake
was also experienced at Colon. At
first it was feared that the shock
would have an effect on some parts
of the canal, but from the investi
gation thus far made no apparent
damage has been done. The quake
caused considerable alarm and many
felt apprehensive for their safety,
but other than breaking glass win
dows and leaving a few cracks in
buildings, no serious damage was
done.
WASHINGTON, May 27.—Senator
Chamberlain, of Oregon, has intro
duced a new bill which se.eks to levy
tolls on passengers and freight that
pass through the Soo canal.
WASHINGTON, May 27.—Former
President Theodore Roosevelt was a
prominent figure in this city yester
day. He lectured before the Geo
graphical Society, and declared that
he himself was the discoverer of the
Duvida river. Later he chatted with
President Wilson and met members
of the, diplomatic corps. In his con
versations he praised the Progres
sives in Congress and announced
that he expected to “take my part in
the campaign this year.” The
Colonel was a busy man and met
and talked with a large, number of
people.
MILWAUKEE, May 27. — The
sports had a great surprise in store,
for them last night in a classy exhi
bition that was witnessed by a big
crowd. Charlie V7hite, a young
fellow but 23 years of age, and who
comes from Chicago, put it all over
Willie Ritchie. He outfought and
outboxed him in a ten-round go.
Under the. law there was no decision.
The supporters of Ritchie realize
that a new Richmond has appeared
who must be reckoned with.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27.—A
long drawn out fight for the posses
sion of $14,000 in gold was e.nded
in a decision that -was handed down
this morning by the federal circuit
court of appeals. A. Tiberg had
taken from sluice boxes that were
claimed by the Pioneer Mining Com
pany, a lot of gold dust and nug
gets, from their ground near Nome,
An action was brought against
Tiberg and tried before the court
at Nome. An appeal was taken and
the Pioneer Mining Company will
secure possession of the gold.
WASHINGTON, May 27.—Various
seal experts connected with the de
partment of commerce have per
fected arrangements to start for
Alaska to make a thorough examina
tion of the conditions there with
reference to the seal herds. They
will go direct to Seattle and expect
to sail north from there on the
revenue cutter McCullough, to de
part about June 5.
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* WASHINGTON', May 28.— *
* The revenue cutter McCul- *
* lough has been ordered to sail *
* so as to arrive at Valdez about *
* July 13, to take the “floating *
* court" to the westward. Judge *
* Brown has called special terms *
* of court, beginning at Hilling* *
* ham, in Bristol Bay, on August *
* 10. The last term is to be held *
* at Kodiak about September 1st. *
* It is expected that the court *
* family will leave A’aldez for *
* the westward shortly after the *
* arrival of the McCullough. *
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C. F. Boggs is a recent arrival
from the Shushanna and gives a
promising report of the expectations
from the new camp. He says that
the general impression prevails that
$500,000 will be the clean up for
the season. Hamshaw has all his
boxes in and is ready for sluicing
when the frost is out of the ground,
which he thinks will be about June
10th. Charley Range has a steam
thawer at work and is taking out
from $300 to $500 per day from the
mouth of Big Skookum. Dahl is get
ting from $1.25 to $2.00 a pan from
the mouth of Riolyte creek, three
miles below the mouth of Bonanza,
on the left limit of Johnson creek.
There will be sluicing on all claims
from the mouth of Bonanza to No.
10; also from at least two claims
each on Eldorado, Canyon creek,
Gold Run and Big Eldorado. Chase
and Hulsdonk are doing ground
sluicing on Bryan creek, which
parallels Johnson, and expect to
soon reach bedrock. They are get
ting out good prospects, pans run
ning as high as $1.60, $1.25 and
$1.10.
Mr. Boggs left the diggings on
the afternoon of May 18 and reached
McCarthy four days later. He came
over the Hazelet glacier trail, which
was soft in some places because of
the running water from the melting
snow, which will soon disappear.
This trail has been a great success
during the winter, not one man hav
ing been lost or seriously injured
on it. It is expected, however, that
for the summer the. trail over Skolai
will be used. Already a lot of goods
have been hauled to Russel glacier,
waiting for the trail to open. Fagen
berg Bros., who have the mail con
tract, expe.ct also to run a weekly
express service via Skolai. Mr.
Boggs passed the mail going in on
the 19th and it is expected that
under the new contract there will
be a regular and satisfactory sejvice.
Mr. Boggs suggests that the Cor
dova Chamber of Commerce might
accomplish a good work if they
could induce the Alaska Road Com
mission to spend a little money in
building a summer trail from Mc
Carthy to the foot of the glacier, on
the le.ft side of the Nizina river,
which would obviate the necessity
of crossing any streams. Most of
the distance the travel would be on
the gravel beds but now and then
it would be necessary to build
around bluffs.
It is estimated that there are
about 600 people in the camp, in
cluding more than 40 women and a
few children. There is a shortage,
however, of shoes, dress goods, and
other feminine wear. The best of
order is being maintained and the
laws are being enforced. But a few
days before Mr. Boggs left Deputy
Marshal Hal Hoffman raided a poker
game. The dealer. Brown by name,
was taken before U. S. Commissioner
A. J. Dimond, pleading guilty and
being fined $100 and costs. A man
by the name of Peterson had also
been arrested for violating the
liquor laws. Judge Dimond had ex
pected to resign and go to Valdez to
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WASHINGTON, June 2.—-The Sen.
ate has passed a bill authorizing the
sale of the battleships Idaho and
Mississippi, and from the money de
rived from that sale a modern dre.ad
naught is authorized to be con
structed. It is not stated to whom
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