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WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—An im
portant decision was rendered this
morning by the United States
supreme court. The law prohibiting
railroads from working their train
men more than 16 hours was de
clared valid. It was contended that
the law was unconstitutional but the
court finds otherwise.
AUBURN, N. Y„ Nov. 10.—The
wife of General William Henry
Seward, soldier and banker, died
at their home last night. General
Seward is 74 years of age and is a
son of former Secretary of State
Seward, who was largely instrumen
tal in negotiating the purchase of
Alaska from Russia, which was rati
fied by the United States Senate on
June 20, 1867. Mrs. Seward was
married to the general in 1860 and
her maiden name was Janet M. Wat
son, of Auburn.
SEATTLE, Nov. 8.—The annual
convention of the American Federa
tion of Labor will be held here
November 10. Passage of minimum
wage laws for women workers will
be one of the chief constructive
movements of the next two weeks’
meeting.
NEW YORK, Nov. 8.—Tne young
millionaire Vincent Astor confirms
a report that he is engaged to be
married. He announces that the
young lady who is to share his heart
and fortune is Miss Helen Hunting
ton. She is a daughter of Robert P.
Huntington, of Hopeland House,
Staataburg, New York. It is ex
pected that the ceremony will soon
be performed.
SANTA FE, Nav. 8.—There is
trouble imminent among the Indians
of this locality. The whites who are
located at the Indian agency at
Shiprock have appealed to the fed
eral marshal for assistance. The
Navajos have threatened to massacre
all at the agency on Monday unless
the prosecution of 11 Indian out
laws, indicted for riot, be dropped.
PEKING, Nov. 8.—Neither house
has been able to secure a quorum
since the expulsion of 300 “mem
bers.” Military leaders are urging
upon President Yuan that he re
turn their credentials and declare
government by parliament a failure.
It is freely predicted that trouble
will soon break out.
SEATTLE, Nov. 8.—Harry D.
Drees, long active in the Democratic
politics of King county, died this
afternoon from an attack of appen
dicitis.
MUNICH, Nov. 8—This afternoon,
amid imposing ceremonies, Ludwig,
the third, took the oath of king.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—Attor
ney Albert Fink won another big
legal victory, in a decision handed
down this morning by the supreme
court, which sets aside the sentence
of C. M. Summers, the Juneau
banker. When the case was before
the court at Juneau Summers re
fused to plead and was sentenced
without a trial. Fink held that this
was against a man’s constitutional
right.
HAMILTON, Mass., Nov. 8.—
Congressman Augustus Peabody
Gardner, who was recently defeated
for the governorship of this state, is
not discouraged. He states that he
will resign from the House next
summer and will again run for gov
ernor. Mr. Gardner is a Republi
can and has been a congressman for
the past 15 years.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.—Some
time ago the eastern railroads an
nounced that a 5 per cent increase
in freight rates would be effective
in November. The matter was taken
up by the Interstate Commerce
commission and announcement is
made this morning that the increase
will be suspended for the present.
The commission is not altogether
satisfied that the conditions war
rant the increase and will make a
further investigation.
NEW YORK, Nov. 8.—Roland B.
Molineaux, twice tried for the mur
der of Mrs. Catherine J. Adams, has
applied for a divorce. He states that
it is his intention to wed Miss Mar
garet Connell, who is young and
charming.
ST. PAUL, Nov. 6.—Attorney Gen
eral McReynolds closed the argu
ment in the action against the Har
vester trust. He set forth many rea
sons why the concern should be de
clared a monopoly and asked the
court to so declare.
NOME, Nov. 7.—Old time miners
who have had years ot experience
in the Far North are of the opinion
that the storm which wrought such
havoc here a few weeks ago, swept
enough gold bearings upon the beach
to more than pay for the damage
done by the elements. The loss was
estimated at over $1,000,000. After
every storm here the miners pan
the new sand cast up and find it
highly profitable. Although the
bottom of the sea in the vicinity of
Nome is rich in gold bearings, no
method has ever been devised by
which it could be brought to the
surface.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 7.—The
entire national guard is now sta
tioned in this city. This morning
300 women rushed to the state
house and demanded of the gov
ernor that he enforce arbitration.
He replied that he had urged the
matter and that while he was in
sympathy with the union men he
could not comply with his oath of
office and permit lawlessness. Two
suits have been filed asking the ap
pointment of a receiver for the
street car company.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6.—Instruc
tions have been received here to ship
the personal effects of Ortie McMan
igal who was secretly released on
Monday from the Tampa prison. He
wras convicted of dynamiting but
when the government started on a
nation-wide investigation of dyna
mite outrages McManigal turned
state’s evidence and implicated many
of the big labor officials of the
country. It was predicted that later
he would receive a pardon.
HAVANA, Nov. 7.—William F.
McCoombs, chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee, was mar
ried today to Miss Dorothy Williams,
daughter of Col. John R. Williams,
of Washington. The ceremony was
performed at St. Peter’s Catholic
church and was attended by a large
number of friends and acquaint
ances. It will be remembered that
President Wilson offered the Paris
ambassadorship to Mr. McCoombs,
who declined it because of ill health.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6—Now that
John Purroy Mitchel, collector of
customs for New York has been
elected mayor, he will tender his
resignation as a federal official. It
was announced this morning that
Dudley Field Malone would be ap
pointed collector to succeed him.
WASHINGTON, Nov. O.—This
afternoon the Senate passed the
House resolution to spend the
Kodiak volcano fund, which was not
all used for the benefit of the
natives of Nome. The amount
available is only $2,500.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—Senator
Key Pittman, of Nevada, introduced
a bill for the relief of the miners of
Seward Peninsula. He seeks to
exempt them from performing their
annual assessment work, because of
losses by the storm.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 6. — The
condtions among the street car
strikers and the strike breakers
have become so strenuous and dan
gerous that Governor Ralston has
concluded that it is now time for
him to step into the breach. The
local authorities seem to have been
unable to handle the situation and
rioting has become so general that
life and property is in constant
danger. The governor this morning
called out the entire militia and will
declare martial law.
SEATTLE, Nov. 6.—The widow of
Isaac I. Stevens, the first governor
of the territory of Washington, died
last night at Boston. Governor
Stevens officiated from 1853 to 1857.
PEKING, Nov. 6.—China recog
nizes the autonomy of outer Mon
golia in an agreement signed with
Russia.
SEATTLE, Nov. 5.—The steamer
Gc-n. Hubbard sailed this morning at
9 o’clock for the north. She carries
the Jack Dalton expedition that
goes equipped to bring out the 800
tons of coal mined in the Matanuska
fields. It will be freighted over the
ice to tidewater at Knik and from
there carried south on a vessel next
spring. Jack Dalton, of Cordova,
will have charge of the freighting.
He left here with 9 men, 30 horses
and 500 tons of supplies. He will
take on more men at Juneau and
additional men and horses at Cor
dova.
An exchange says that more than
100 sufferers of the Nome flood will
have been sent out by the committee
that Is disbursing the relief fund at
that place by the time the season
closes. About 40 were given accom
modations on the United States
revenue cutter Bear, and others
have been forwarded on the Sen
ator. Still another lot will be pro
vided with transportation on the
Victoria. There were 100 ready tc
go on the Bear, but the limitations
of her carrying capacity reduced the
number that she actually took oui
to 40.
The building material which was
sent north on the steamship Sen
ator is being used to re-establish
road houses at Solomon, Chignik
Safety, Isaach, Tispou and Sinrock
for the accommodation of mail car
riers. Without these roadhouses
the winter mail cannot be moved
All were washed out in the storm,
The relief fund has reached
$15,000. The committee has ex
tended relief for 100 miles along
the coast and no district in need is
being neglected. It is expected that
the government will add at least
$4,000 to this fund.
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The coal situation outside remains
unchanged and it does not look as
though the mines of British Colum
bia would be able to relieve the
shortage this winter. Most of their
mines are flooded and even though
the strike were settled it would re
quire many months before the col
lieries would be able to ship. A
recent telegram from Victoria gives
the situation as follows:
“The troops now stationed in the
coal fields of British Columbia are
expected to withdraw in a few days,
as conditions generally are much im
proved and the companies, with their
special guards and the assistance of
the police, will be able to handle the
situation, although the strikers are
determined to force the recognition
of the union and of union wages. A
number of the largest mines in the
district have been flooded and it will
be many months after the strike is
settled before the mines will resume
their normal output.”
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The Steadman hotel at Ketchikan
has been sold by Capt. W. A. Con
nell to Martin Bugge for $30,000
cash. Captain Connell will soon
leave with his wife for southern
California.
M. D. Samuels, one of the best
known merchants of Seward Penin
sula, has closed out his Nome store
with the intention of engaging in
the general merchandise business in
Juneau.
Robs J. Kinney, representing the
Alaska Road Commission, returned
on the train yesterday from Mc
Carthy. For nearly six weeks he
has been in the interior studying
the trail conditions and assisting in
establishing what he regards is the
shortest and most feasible route to
the Chisana. After looking over
other routes he early decided that
the trail from McCarthy along the
Nizina river to the Nizina glacier
and then over the Nizina and Chi
sana glaciers to the headwaters of
the Chisana river was the practic
able and shortest winter route.
After forming that opinion he com
municated with Colonel Richardson,
president of the Alaska Road Com
mission, and was instructed to lend
what aid he could to the Hazelet ex
pedition in cutting and marking a i
trail over the glaciers. This he has
been doing for some days past.
Mr. Kinney states that the Haze
let men, who were sent out by the
business men of Cordova and Mc
Carthy, returned to McCarthy last
week, after having done the work
outlined. The trail was positively
established and marked, but it was
realized that additional work and
marking was necessary to make the
road absolutely safe and easy of
travel. Accordingly, on Saturday
last Mr. Hazelet organized another
force at McCarthy and started out
to break trail and do the finishing
work necessary. He secured 15
volunteers and the offer from vari
ous parties of 20 horses and four
and a half tons of feed and sup
plies. The latter are for the exclu
sive use of the men and horses, who
will go over the entire trail and
then return. They will take stakes
and place them where necessary to
fill gaps that at present are too long
in case of a storm. Going the
stakes are all on the right hand
side, with a few in some places on
both sides of the trail, between
which the traveler goes The stakes
are spruce and willow and stand
from 9 to 12 feet above the ice.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—A boxing
contest that was witnessed by a big
crowd last night “went the limit.”
The bout continued for ten rounds,
at the end of which the decision was
given Ritchie, over Leach Cross.
Both men got in some hard blows
and there was spirit manifested to
the end.
SEATTLE, Nov.' 8.—The steamer
Mariposa sailed last night. In addi
tion to the 20 Chisana passengers
the following took passage for Cor
dova: T. W. Gaffney, L. C. Smith
and wife, Mrs. Edw. Griset, F. D.
Decker and five steerage.
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The price of all lots has been reduced in order to give all a
chance. They run from $40 up to $1000.
The terms will be % cash, and the balance in six, twelve and
eighteen months.
GEO. C. HAZELET,
Agent Chitina Townsite Company.
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DENVER, Nov. 10.—Again all is
excitement in the coal fields, be
cause of hostilities that have been
resumed. Yesterday ther were
several conflicts in which five were
killed and two were fatally injured.
Four members of the militia were de
ported and the state troops were at
tacked. The strikers were in a des
perate mood and burned four rail
road bridges.
SEATTLE, Nov. 10.—This morn- ,'J
ing at 10 o’clock the annual con
vention of the American Federation
of Labor opened in this city by
President Samuel Gompers. The at
tendance is large. Addresses of wel
come were delivered by Governor
Lister and Mayor Cotterill. Dele
gates are here from all parts of the
country and they will remain in ses
sion several days.
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* GOLD OUTPUT FOR 1913 *
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* Fairbanks District. .$3,409,321 ■*
* Hot Springs District 215,579 #
* Ruby District . 70,585 *
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SEATTLE, Nov. 10.—Yesterday a
well known Alaskan died at the
hotel Birkel. His name was Owen
McLennan and for a number of
years past he has resided at Council
City, near Nome. He was a miner
poet and was a noted character in
the northland. He recently came to
Seattle on the steamer Senator and
was only ill for a short time.
PRINCETON, Nov. 8.—The Har
vard football team won a big vic
tory this afternoon, although the
game was played on a field that was
almost a sea of mud. The attend
ance was large. The score was
Harvard, 3; Princeton, 0.
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