NEWS OF THE WORLD
Don Carlos, pretender to the throne of Spain, died at Rome of
apoplexy on June 19.
Mrs. Margaret Hayes, the only surviving child of Jefferson
Davis, chieftain of the confederacy, died at her home in Colorado
Springs on July 18, from cancer, aged 54 years.
In their six-round go in the Arena on the Paystreak at the ex
position grounds, Seattle, July 30, A1 Kaufman, of San Francisco,
simply played with Doc Roller, showing the Seattle wrestler up as
the veriest novice in the pugilistic ring.
Gov. Hay, of Washington, has called a special session of the
legi lature to convene on November 2 to elect a successor to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman Cushman.
J. J. Jeffries, the heavyweight pugilist, on July 28 entered the
New York World editorial rooms and posted with the sporting ed
itor of that newspaper five $1000 bills as a forfeit for a light with
Jack Johnson, the colored champion heavyweight. This insures a
fight between the two men.
The grand jury of Cook county, Illinois, estimates that the
habitues of the tenderloin district in Chicago have been compelled
to pay $3,000,000 yearly to members of the police force for protec
tion in their lines of business.
Prosecutor Jerome on July 27 at. White Plains, N. Y., caused
the greatest sensation of the Thaw trial when he introduced Susan
Merrill, a lodging-house keeper of New York, who testified that
Harry Thaw, had. under the name of Reid, conducted a fake theat
rical agency in her house, and had through that agency enticed
scores of girls to his rooms where be lashed them unmercifully
with the seemingly solo desire to witness their sufferings, for which
spectacle he had an unnatural desire. She testified that she had
given his victims thousands of dollars Thaw gave her to obtain
their silence in such cases. It is believed that Evelyn Thaw aided
Jerome to this climax.
Count Boni de Castellano is re es'ablishing his credit around
Paris by 3’epeating “confidentially” that he is shortly to marry
Miss Marjorie Gould, daughter of George Gould. The story is be
lieved at the Catelan, the fushionable adjunct of the Cade de Paris,
where Boni has lately been giving lavish entertainments. The
maitre d’hotel of the Catelan says that he has no fear of giving de
Castellane all the credit he wants, since the count is to marry Miss
Gould. Mrs. George Gould and Miss Marjorie nave recently at
tended some of Boni’s entertainments.
A Capetown, Cape Colony, dispatch of Aug. 5, says: The shore
of the ocean for hundreds of miles is strewn with wreckage and
with the dead bodies of those who lost their lives in the terrible
hurricane which has been raging for the last three days. The
British steamer Maori, with 900 passengers aboard, is a total
wreck, and it is probable that several hundred have been drowned.
The rest made their way to shore on the life rafts. English wai
ships are now searching for the steamship Waratah from Durban,
Natal. She left Durban with 300 passengers and is now nino days
overdue. It is feared that she has been lost in the cyclone.
Francis J. Ileney in an interview a„t Seattle last Thursday, im
mediately after his return from Alaska, scored Congressman Taw
ney, chairman of the house appropriations committee, as working
hand in hand with the land grabbers, or at least protecting them.
Mr. Heney says there is no question that the opposition of Repre
sentative Tawney to the efforts to secure a conviction of the land
grabbers, arose from a desire to save Binger Herman, former com
missioner of the general land office at Washington. It is for this
reason, said Mr. Heney. that Mr. Tawney probably helped to get
crooked claims expedited. An examination of the records in the
land office would show this. All the hostility by Mr. Tawney to
the use of the secret service force by President Roosevelt received
a lucid explanation on this theory.
WHERE LABOR IS
WELL “PROTECTED"
Pittsburg, Pa., July 21.--The strike of the .employes of the
Pressed Steel Car company, has resolved itself into a waiting
game. After two conferences today between council for the car
company and council for the strikers, nothing approaching a set
tlement was reached.
The company claimed that the striking complaints in a large
degree were misunderstandings with the timekeepers.
Few men were at work at the plant.
The Rev. A. F, Toner, for 19 years pastor of St. Mary’s Ca
tholic church at McKees Rocks, today declared that men are liter
ally murdered in the car plant and that their bodies are never
taken out of the place. •
“Men are persecuted, robbed and killed,” he sasd, “and their
wives are abused in a manner worse than death—all to obtain or
retain positions that barely keep starvation from the door.
“The place is a pit of infamy where men are driven lower
, than the degradation of slaves and compelled to sacrifice, their
wives or daughters to the villainous, foremen and the little bosses
to be allowed to work.
“Dead bodies are simply kicked aside while the men are liter
ally driven on to their death. The grafting and stealing by the
bosses and other higher officials is not paralleled to my knowledge.
“Men were being killed daily. Their bodies simply disap
peared, and when I began to make some comment I was denied
admission to the grounds.
“Scores of men were being killed and no record made of their
deaths, or any legitimate disposition made of their bodies.
“I made frequent attempts to get to the company and offer the
cemetery of my.church for free burial of men whose families were
unable to pay the funeral expenses. I was turned away with abu
sive 1-emarks.
“I know of several instances when men have been killed like
dogs. Their fellow workmen wanted to send the body home, but
the foreman merely rolled it no one side and ordered the men to go
on with their work, often trampling over the body for an eutire
day before it was taken away. The company had the men so
cowed down that they had no spirit and were allowed fewer rights
than slaves.”
Gave Her Husband to Affinity
Dt. Miles Collins, a well known
physician of Portland, Ore., was
found dead in the basement of his
home on July 24, and Mrs. Collins
is held for bis murder. A letter
found on the premises indicates
that Mrs. Collins had written to the
doctor’s suspected affinity inform
iii£ her that she could have Dr.
Collins after that date.
John J. Corhttt, Ben Smith and
Billy Ford, of Hot Springs district,
spent a few days in this city mak
ing ready tor their journey to In
noko in a small boat.
I'or a good shave or first-class hair
cut call at Matt Stewart’s barber siiop.
00 TO
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POOL TABLES, BUNKS.
Horse Stables And Dog Kennels.
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NEWS OF NORTHLAND
Andy McGinnis, a bridge fore
man in the employ of the Copper
(River & Northwestern railway,
lost his life by drowning in the
Copper river on the night of Au
gust 4. He stepped by accident
from the ferry into the river in
the dark, and could not be res
cued in time to save him. His
body has not yet been recovered.
He leaves a large family in Seat
tle.
Delegate Wickersham has been
placed on the house committees
on territories and military affairs
by Speaker Cannon.
One hundred and forty-eight
children from Alaska were guests
of the A.-Y.-P. exposition man
agement on the fair grounds last
Thursday. They were given the
freedom of all the sights on the
grounds and special entertain
ments were provided in addition.
Towards the close of the after
noon there was a grand feast for
them all. Of the number present
33 represented themselves to be
from Nome, 28 from Juneau, and
10 from Fairbanks.
Royal A. Gunnison, late judge
of the First judicial district, has
opened an office in Juneau for
the practice of law.
The Eagles of Cordova recently
dedicated with appropriate cere
monies their new home. The
hall is beautifully furnished and
decorated, and compares favor
ably with any in Alaska.
The town council of Cordova
recently elected the following
officials: J. T. Bridges, city treas
urer; George Dooley, fire chief
and day patrolman; Ncls Smith,
chief of police; John Goodeil,
city clerk, magistrate and city
attorney; Dr. W. W. Council,
health officer.
John L. Sale, the pioneer jew
eler, has disposed of his interests
in Dawson, and will devote his
entire time to his business in
Fairbanks.
Walter E. Clark, future gov
ernor of Alaska, has prepared his
itinerary up to the first of Octo
her, when he will take over the
office from Gov. Wilford B. Hog
gatt. Immediately after the ad
journment of congress Mr. Clark
I will visit his mother in Connect
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about September 15 on his way
to the North.
Earl Grey, governor-general
of Canada, is now on his journey
to Yukon. This is the second
time a governor-general of Can
ada has visited Yukon. Lord
Minto, accompanied by Lady
Minto, visited Dawson in 1900,
and while there made a tour of
the creeks.
Captain J. Mikkelborg, the
Norwegian colonizer who has
been in the vicinity of Cordova
recently, expresses himself as
well content with the result of
his investigations so far. He
says that 100 families are pre
pared to leave Norway direct for
Alaska upon a favoi-able report
from him. He desires to be con
servative, however, and will not
send for his people until he has
investigated the country to the
west and the interior. Most of
his people are farmers who wish
to settle permanently, and he is
therefore looking particularly for
agricultural lands, preferably ad
jacent to mines.
DOT SPECKELDY HEN
(A Parody, respectfully Dcdieat to der
Rock Plyrnot Hen by Hans Donder
speckel.)
You have read of Maud, on a summer's
Jay,
Who raked bare feetod der new mown
hay,
You liavo heard of der maid, in der
early morn.
Who tniiliked do cow mit a crumpled
norn.
You have read of der lay what poets
sin^
Of der rustling corn und der flowers of
spring.
But of all der lays of tongue or pen,
Der is none like der lay of dot spock
eldy hen.
Long, long before Maud had raked her
day
Der sneckeldy hen had began to lay.
Und before der milkmaid stirred a peg
Der hen vo* oop und had dropped her
If Maud vas ranting a hat or gown,
She doesn’t hustle her hay to town.
She goes to der store und buys her suit
Mit a basketful of fresh hen fruit.
When the milkmaid's beau makes a
Sunday call
She doesn’t feed him on milk at all,
Rut works eggs in a custaid pio
Und fills him full of chicken fry.
La Belle France for Solly
Solly Stroup, the lightweight
pugilist, who has been mining and
bartering since the boxing game
has been “blocked"’ in Alaska, has
decided to go to France, where he
can pull off a “swatting recital’’
without being indicted and fined
for assault and battery.
The Chicago police have caught
a burglar. In fairness to the bur
glar, however, it should be stated
Lhat he is 86 years old
Lawrence Rasmus and Thomas
Maher, of Hot Springs district,
arrived m town last Monday en
route to the new strike in the
Ididerod river country. They
are going prepared to stay at
least a year.
See us for Cloth Posters.
Stoddard Kay
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Stanley House
. HOT SPRINGS’ NEWEST HOTEL
:lrst-Class Restaurant Frank B. Stanley, Prep.
CHAS. B. ALLEN,
Attorney at Law
Rampart, Aka.
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