Late Telegraph News
STAUNTON. Dec. 28—While on
his journey to this city yesterday
President-elect W’ilson, passing
through Washington; told Col Eustis
that he wished the inauguration cere
monies to be "simple and consistent
with dignity and order.” When he
appeared on the platform at Alaskan,
dria, and introducing Mrs. W'lsou,
the Governor said, “this is the real
President-elect.”
WASHINGTON, Dcc.28—The gov
ernment has ordered patents held up
for lands in the Pend O’Reille coun
try, state of Washington, as applied
for by the International Power and
Manufacturing Company.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Dec. 28—
A fatality occurred here that has
thrown the community into a state
of intense excitement. George
Gowan, calling upon Miss Adeline
Beck, sought to induce her to marry
h',m. But she rejected his overtures
r.nd he became very viudictive in his
leprocches. He then went into the
kitchen and with a stick of dynamite
caused an explosion that resulted in
his instant death and the wrecking
of part of the house. Fortunately
the other occupants were in the front
part of the building and they were
enabled to escape without injury.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28—Joseph
Jonas, a second hand dealer, was
yesterday indicted for the murder of
his mother, Mrs. Lena Jonas. In her
last will Mrs. Jonas left all her money
to the young man, and, it is supposed
that his desire to get hold of this
money prompted him to the dastardly
deed.
Manager Glen C. Bartlett, of the
Revilla hotel at Ketchikan, has re
membered the Daily Alaskan with a
box of lead pencils, ecah impressed
with the name of the editor. The
pencils, attractive in appearance and
superior quality, are on a par as to
worth with the Revilla, famous for
“only three stories, but it's all com
fort.”
SAN QUINTIN, Dec. 28—Yester
day afternoon John Rodgers paid the
penalty for killing Benjamin Good
man, a jeweler of San Francisco.
POUGHKEEPSIE, Dec. 26—An
nouncement is made of the engage
ment of Miss Gladys Coursen, prom
inent suffragette, to Edward Griffith,
a grandson of Robert Bonna''. The
marriage will take place in March.
BERLIN, Dec. 28—A dispatch
from Rhustchuk states that Bulgaria
is preparing to resume hostilities.
The Minister of War has summoned
all up to the age of sixty, to be ready
for an emergency call.
LONDON, Dec. 28—Turkey and the
Balkan states do not seem to be able
to get together. Each side has sub
mitted what it considers reasonable
terms upon which peace can be
brought about. But each side de
clares that the demands of the op
position is preposterous. Unless a
ccnclusion is soon reached it is ex
pected that the armistice will be end
ed and hostilities resumed.
LONDON, Dec. 28—The Daily Mail
says that Austria will not withdraw
her soldiers from the Southern fron
tiers until the Servians evacuate
Durazzo.
LONDON, Dec. 28—Turkey, re
plying to the proposals of the allies
declined every proposal with an un
animous expression. On the other
hand the allies declare that the terms
offered by Turkey do not form even
the basis for negotiations.
SEATTLE, Dec. 28—It has just
been learned that the navy yard at
Bremerton has under construction
four barges, which are to be used
to bring out from Alaska the coal
that was recently mined by the gov
ernment. It is understood that near
ly nine hundred tons were taken from
the Cunningham claims in the Bering
river district and that this coal has
been sacked and will be brought to
Katalla over the ice this winter. It
will then be shipped and brought to
Puget Sound where it will be tested
on a couple of battleships.
A New York preacher suggests that
it would be a good idea for the aver
age husband to mind the children
and give his wife an evening off every
week. Next thing will be a sugges
tion that the adage about woman’s
work never being done be replaced
by an eight-hour day for housekeep
ers.
STAUNTON. Dec. 28—President
elect Woodrow Wilson arrived here
last night at eight o’clock, and today
he is celebrating his 56th birthday
anniversary in his native city, and is
being entertained in the house of his
birth. When he stepped from the
train he was greeted with great en
thusiasm and given a royal Virginia
welcome. Until he reached the
home of Rev. Dr. A. N. Frazer a
spectacular display of brilliant effects
was evidenced on all sides. Gover
nor Wilson was suffering from the
slight effects of grippe and immedi
ately retired to the room in which he
was born, feeling much better this
morning. The city is in gala attire
and there are possibly 30,000 visitors
here to do honor to the Wilson home
celebration. Governor and Mrs.
Mann are among the guests. All
along the route through Virginia, so
soon asthe shades of darkness gather
er; last night, oonfues blazed a cherry
welcome to th * ii:3tingdis'.>;i! home
temer.
COLON, Dec. 27—President Taft
completed his inspection of the canal
and this afternoon went aboard the
battleship and started for the north.
He stated that after he reached
Washington he would issue the for
mal papers appointing Col. Goethals
as Governor of the Panama canal
zone.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 27—Mexico’s
troubles have multiplied. The Na
tional Railways are in a crippled con
dition and today are practically out
of business. The long threatened
strike among the shop men occurred
yesterday and seven thousand work
men are idle. The whole system is
demoralized and serious results are
feared.
PORT ORCHARD, Dec. 27—W C.
Newman, clerk of Kitsap county,
yesterday shot and killed his step
father, Jack Davis. He claims that
he did the act in self-defense. Davis
was a teamster and nearly eighty
years of age.
An inquest was held this afternoon
and after the Coroner’s jury heard
the evidence in the case they return
ed a verdict that exonerates Newman.
SYDNEY, Dec. 27—Last night
there was an immense crowd to wit
ness the contest between Sam Lang
ford and Sam McVey. And it ww
full of interest up to the thirteenth
round when McVey went down to
stay.
PEKIN, Dec. 26—China has de
clined to make a new treaty with
Great Britain regarding Thibet.
In so doing she expressed regret that
Great Britain should make a threat
to not recognize the republic unless a
new treaty were arranged.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 27—It is bs.
ginning to be feared that the jury will
not be able to agree in the dynamite
cases. They have been out since
last evening and late this afternoon
there was no sign of an agreement.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27—Govern
or Clark, of Alaska, has filed his an
nual report with Secretary Fisher.
It reviews the conditions in the terri
tory for a year past and shows how
Alaska has prospered in many re
spects. It deplores the lack of rail
roads and cheap fuel, declaring that
the proper development of the
territory demands adequate trans
portation and the opening of the coal
lands.
PARIS, Dec. 27—A Vienna corre
spondent to the Journal telegraphs
that Archduke Ferdinand is planning
to create a vast Slav empire of the
South. It is to be under the crown
of Hapsburg, who is preparing a coup
detat when Austria and Hungary
clear the way.
LONDON, Dec. 26—The allies late
this afternoon agreed upon the boun
daries of autonomous Albania.
LONDON, Dec. 26—Austria's fail
ure to demobilize is the cause for
much disquieting talk. The task of
arranging peace has given way to a
discussion of Austria’s action. It is
announced by the peace commission
ers that the main bone of conten
tion which is preventing them from
arriving at a conclusion is the ques
tion of Andrlanople.
PARIS, Dec. 28—Premier Poncaire
has finally announced his willingness
to become a candidate for the Presi
dency, to succeed Armand Fallieres,
who was elected Jan. 17, 1906.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26—It was
annunced this morning that Gen.
Leonard Wood had been appointed
leader of the lnargnration parrade.
SEATTLE, Dec. 26—For several
months past the government officials
have been holding Investigations and
hearings here with reference to vari
ous groups of coal lands that have
been located in Alaska. It had been
announced that the investigation of
the McAlpine, Mackey and Bushnell
groups, embracing two hundred
claims in the Cook Inlet country,
would be conducted in this city com
mencing Jan. 2. It was stated Tues
day evening that the hearing had
been indefinitely postponed.
PANAMA, Dec. 26—Last night
the ball given in honor of President
Taft was a brilliant affair at the Na
tional theatre, located at Kiosk and
Central avenue. Shortly after the
President had left the building a
bomb partially exploded and wrecked
a part of the theatre building.
Fortunately a few people were slight
ly injured, with one man posssibly
seriously wounded. Several arrests
have been made, but as yet it has
not been determined Just who were
in the plot.
The President has inspected the
Atlantic division of> the canal and
will now proceed to the other side.
He is anxious to get back to Wash
ington by the night of Dec. 31. In
person he tendered the Governorship
of the canal zone to Col. Geo. W.
Goethals, who had previously ex
pressed his intention to accept the
honor.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26—The Steel
Trust announced that beginning with
the new year there would be an in
crease in the wages of employee*
that would amount to two hundred
thousand dollars per month.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26—Police Com
missioner Waldo had been requested
to appear before the Aldermanic com
mittee that is now investigating the
police department. He declined so to
do, and this morning a subpoena was
issued for him.
SEATTLE, Dec. 26—Mrs. Fred
Curtis celebrated Christmas to the
fullest extent, returning in a taxicab
this morning after having spent the
night out. Her indulgent husband,
who is an attorney, finally lost pati
ence because of the wilfulness of a
wife whose actions brought reproach
upon him, so in his anger he secured
a gun and shot her in the hip, which
may prove fatal.
HUDSON, Dec. 26—The suffra
ette army, which is now here bound
for Albany, will return to New York
in time to march to Washington to be
present at the inauguration of Presi
dent Wilson.
SEATTLE, Dec. 26—For several
years past the Daily Times has severe
ly criticized the work of Reginald
Thompson, city engineer for possibly
twenty years, but who recently re
signed the position and is now serv
ing the city of Vancouver, B. C.
This paper has made various charges
of inefficiency and even of corruption
upon the part of the engineer. Re
cently more attacks have been made,
particularly with reference to Mr.
Thompson’s work on the Cedar river
water system. The ex-official now
retaliates and has brought an action
for libel against the Times and the
Blethen owners, alleging defamation
of character and demanding $80,000
damages.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26—By rea
son of the absence of Mrs. Taft in
Panama, Helen Taft did the honors
at the White House yesterday. She
presided over the Christmas dinner
and personally distributed ill. pres
ents to all employees.
TRENTON, Dec. 26—Yesterday
President-elect Wilson and Champ
Clark, speaker of the House, held a
conference and discussed matters of
party concern an public good. At
the conclusion of their talk Governor
Wilson authorized the annuucement
that he wuld probably call Congress
in extraordinary session on March in.
instead of April 15, as heretofore
announced.
Early Christmas morning Governor
Wilson personally appeared in his
household as Santa Claus, filling the
stockings and placing presents on the
tree. This morning he is suffering
from a slight attack of grippe.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 26—The
arguments in the now celebrated dy
namite cases will end this afternoon,
when the Judge will deliver his
charge. The case will go to the
jury tonight. There are all kinds
of predictions as to the findings.
HAPPENINGS III
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The tug Goliah recently called at
Ketchikan and took in tow the cold
storage ship Kate Davenport.
Fairbanks students debate on who
was the greater man. Thomas Jef
ferson or Alexander Hamilton. The
Jeffersonians won out.
The Alaska Whaling Co., backed by
Norwegian and Danish capital, had a
successful season In Alaska, captur
ing 300 whales, the net value of
which is said to have been nearly a
million dollars.
Juneau will have a new 64 foot
ferryboat plying between Juneau,
Douglas. Treadwell and Sheep Creek.
Frank Manley Is doing considerable
prospecting work this winter on Wil
low ceekr, Iditarod district, and he
plans to operate in that region exten
sively during the coming season.
George Holmes of Fairbanks suf
fered a painful gunshot wound re
cently in a peculiar manner. Holmes
was on his sled with the gun in front
of him. The dogs were racing. The
rig ran into a stump, and the con
tact exploded the catridge. Passing
friends hurried Holmes to a hospital.
George Wilkes of Ketchikan found
a purse. He inserted a want ad in
the local paper and said he had 78
answers. So he took the spoils and
treated the 78.
Chas. N. Crary, who has been em
ployed by the Great Northern Devel
pment Company at Copper Mountain
will leave on the Mariposa to enjoy a
vacation of a few weeks in California.
Among the recent arrivals on the
steamed Mariposa are a party of
officials going through to Fairbanks,
and at present quartered at the
Rainier-Grand. They include S. B.
Waite, chief deputy Marshal for the
fourth division, and his son S. B.
Waite. Another deputy is E. C.
Heacock, while C. L. Vawter will go
through to Fort Gibbon to assume
the duties of a deputy Marshal.
Another member of the party is G. J.
Ellis, a brother of the well known
owner of the Sourdough express.
Will A. Steel, of the Dail Aalskan,
will sail on the Mariposa for Seattle,
on a business mission.
C. L. Vawter was one of the ar
rivals last night, and he will go to
the interior so soon as the train 3 will
permit. He will perform the duties
of deputy United States Marshal at
Fort Gibbon. He performed similar
duty for a time in the Iditaj jil, go
ing outside on the last staamer on
official business. Mr. Vawte- is one
of the best known figures in Alaska,
le came from Montana in 1897, going
to Nome in 1900 as Marshal, but
after a year or two there he tendered
his resignation, preferring so to do
rather than bow to the will of the
MacKenzie-Noyes dictators. He was
recently connected for two years with
the Marshal’s office at Valdez.
The steamer Yukon, which sailed
from Seattle on Sunday night last,
was at Juneau yesterday and sailed
westward from there at two o’clock
in the afternoon. She will stop at
Katalla to load freight, passengers
and mail, and if not detained there
will reach Cordova tomorrow even
ing. Before departing from here she
will take on considerable oil fuel, as
she has a long journey ahead. She
will go as far west as Unalaska and
take the schedule of the steamer
Dora, which has been on the beach at
Seward for two or three weeks past.
If a kind providence will temper
the winds and permit the engines,
that are aiding the big snow rotaries,
to receive the necessary oil fuel,
trains may again be running in a few
days on the Copper River & North
western railway. For twenty-four
hours the conditions were more fav
orable but again this afternoon a
high wind is prevailing and it is
difficult to accomplish anything.
The two big rotaries have been in
the same position for three days
past, about at Mile 87 and Mile 89,
with considerable snow between. The
big slide has been gone through with
but there are a few small slides with
considerable drifting all the way up
to Chitina. The rotaries are pro
vided with coal but there has been
much trouble in keeping the four en
gines provided with fuel oil. It is
not now expected that trains will be
running through from Cordova to
Chitina before the fore part of next
week.
Cordova, Dec. 26.
It was certainly Christmassy
weather yesterday. Plenty of snow
and cold enough to remind one of
the good old days back east, t-ama
Claus had made his rounds and there
was evidence of it on all sides. And
those who went to the post office dur
ing the day found a large envelope
containing a tie, handkerchief or a
pair of silk hose addressed to tne
male member of the family, with the
compliments of Will Clayson. the
clothier. The various family and
hotel tables during the afternoon and
evening were bountifully supplied
with turkey and all the other good
things that go to make up a Christ
mas dinner. Egg nog and Tom and
Jerry were also in evidence. During
the evening nearly everyone attended
the Empress theatre, where an ex
ceptionally fine bill was presented.
It was a day of pleasure and good
cheer for all. While yesterday was
more of a home day the next holiday
will be one with a program of sports
and merriment. And arrangements
are being made to have quite a cele
bration on New Year’s day.
Will Clayson, one of our leading
merchants, played Santa Claus to the
male members of the community
yesterday. It was a graceful and
thoughful act to wish all a merry
Christmas with a token of substantial
remembrance.
By reason of the strong wind blow
ing with a temperature below zero
it has been almost impossible to do
any effective work out the line dur
original snow slide that occurred
ing the past forty-eight hours. The
last Saturday started at Mile 87 and
obstructed the track for a distance,
on and off, of nearly a mile and a
half. The two big rotaries succeeded
in getting through these slides, but
in the meantime the wind filled the
track with snow drifts, four or five
feet high, for nearly the entire dis
tance up to Chitina. The wind went
down and the weather moderated
this afternoon and if this condition
prevails for a couple of days it will
not be difficult to get through to
Chitina. In the meantime it is not
possible to transfer mail or passen
gers because the trains cannot come
south from Chitina, owing to the
drifts.
A number of our town merchants
have arranged to supply the busi
ness places with artistic calendars.
We have already received several for
the new year. The most elaborate is
the day calendar issued by S. Blum
& Co., supplemented by monthly ar
rangement printed on three cards
containg the heads of very attractive
blonde girls. Finkelstein & Sapiro
furnish a monthly calendar below
the photographic head of "Doris,” a
subject of much loveliness and charm.
The Northwest Soda Company has is
sued a panel with colored "mid
winter” scene.
The popular northern sport, but
which will be somewhat of a novelty
in Cordova, will be a ski sweepstakes
race on New Year’s day. The
Rainer-Grand Company has donated
$50 to be offered in prizes. The
course will be three miles, to be laid
out and properly marked by the con
testants. The start and finish will
be at the Rainier-Grand corner.
There will be no hadicaps, and only
time limit will count. It will be free
for-all, and no entrance fee will be
charged. Entries will be received
at the Rainier-Grand up until mid
night Tuesday. The first prize will
be $25; second, $15; third, $10.
It is asserted that there are several
noted ski racers in Cordova, and this
contest will undoubtedly create
great interest on New Year’s day.
Everyone who has any capability in
this line is invited to enter the com
petition. The entries already receiv
ed include Fred Hartman, Ed. Oss, C.
Carlson, Ed. Lindeberg, Fat Arnell,
Walter Wolff and Chas. Ross.
WELLSBURG, W. Va., Dec 31
Ike McCammic of this city, is chain
ed to a post in front of the City Hall
following his refusal to work on the
streets in payment of a fine assessed
by the Mayor on account of alleged
drunkness. Ike is taking his pun
ishment with fairly good grace and
to passersby he declares his inten
tion to bring suit against the city
for damages as soon as he can get to
a lawyer’s office. The ball weighs
about 50 pounds, but to prevent Ike
from running away with it and there
by mulct the city for the cost of a
new one, the chain is stapled to a
telephone pole.
III. C. Hamilton, M. Ashton, Mrs.
L. Luhr, M. J. Sullivan, 15. l'oe,
Norman Leopold.
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EL PASO, Dee. 24—Casas Grandes,
located southwest of Jaurez, has been
taken by the rebels, under personal
command of Gen. Orozco. A federal
column of eight hundred marching
against Ascension defeated Gen. Ban
co, commander, and took his follow
ers as prisoners.
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