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VICTORIA, July 3.—The American colony in this city
have prepared a grand Fourth of July program which will be
participated in by the Canadian residents.
Visitors are already pouring into the city from suburban
districts, special rates having been quoted by the transporta
tion companies. There is every" indication that it will prove a
red letter day in the history of Victoria.
SEATTLE, July 3.—A double tragedy was enacted in this
city today. Frank Williamson, a well known lumberman, went
to the office of B. W. Brintual and deliberately murdered him,
after which he took his own life. The trouble arose over some
financial disagreement.
LAS VEGAS, July 3.—A large crowd has already arrived
here for the Johnson-Flynn fight which takes place tomorrow.
Both men are in fine condition, and the betting is two to one in
favor of Johnson, with but few takers.
OYSTER BAY, July 3.—Theodore Roosevelt today when
interviewed by press correspondents declared that his former
statement would stand as the candidate for a progressive nomi
nation to be held in Chicago August 3.
He declared that the action of the Democratic convention
did not in any way do away with the need of a third party in
American politics. He said it was a fight between the people
and selfish interests, and nothing could be expected from either
the Democratic or Republican organizations.
BILLINGS, Mont., July 3.—A destructive cloudburst has
flooded this part of the country and washed away a thousand
feet of Northern Pacific Railroad tracks.
Trains are blockaded and it will be several days before the
damage will likely be repaired. In the zone covered crops were
totally destroyed as well as many buildings. So far as known
no loss of life has resulted, but it is certain stock must have
suffered.
SEATTLE, July 5.—One of the exciting incidents of the
Fourth here was a stabbing affray which nearlv resulted in a
lynching.
Earl Moser, aged nineteen, was seriously stabbed on First
avenue by two negroes. The latter were promptly arrested. A
crowd quickly gathered with cries of “Lynch them,” and it re
quired quick and energetic action on the part of the police to
save the prisoners.
The Fourth festivities were dampened by a cold rain,
causing the crowds to seek shelter early.
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CHICAGO, July 6.—Fifteen thou-,
sand delegates are in attendance at
the convention of the National Edu
cational Association.
WASHINGTON, July .—The new
flag with forty-eight stars was un
furled on Independence Day.
MADiooit, Wis., July 6.—Senator
LaFollette is one of the greatest
thorns in the side of Theodore Roose
velt. He taunts Teddy for his fail
ure to publish his expense account
and practically charges that the big
interests are putting up the money
for his campaign, while he is posing
as the friend of the masses, thus de
ceiving the public. LaFollette is
fearless in his declarations and the
Roosevelt forces are unable to call
him off. He is fighting for a princi
ple and charges that Roosevelt’s only
ambition is to satisfy his own per
sonal wishes and make himself a
power in the country.
WASHINGTON, July 6.—Senator
Lorlmer will today make a speech in
his own defense, in the hope of be
ing able to retain his seat in the
United States Senate against the con
tention that he obtained the same il
legally.
PORTLAND, July 6.—Thousands
of Elks are arriving for the Grand
Lodge sessions which will be held
next week.
LINCOLN, Neb., July 6.—William
Jennings Bryan has returned home
from the Democratic national conven
tion at Baltimore and was tendered
a big ovation by his townspeople. He
is enthusiastic over the political out
look and predicts Woodrow Wilson’s
triumphant election.
PANAMA, July 6.—A serious
brawl broke out between the police
and American marines, which result
ed in several being killed and in
jured.
BEVERLY, Mass., July 6.—Presi
dent Taft will receive his formal no
tification as the Republican candi
date for President on August 1.
HAVANA, July 6.—A case of the
bubonic plague has broken out here
and the publicity of its existence has
caused considerable excitement.
CINCINNATI, July 6.—Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, announced to
day that he had compared the plat
forms of the leading political parties
and prefers that promulgated at the
Democratic convention this week.
President Gompers Bays that labor
will take an active part in the com
ing campaign.
SEATTLE, July 6.—The steamer
Admiral Sampson has' sailed for
Southwestern Alaska with a full iiat.
Mrs. Davidson and L. Schumacher
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booked passage for Cordova. James
Ferguson, Richard Irving and oher
oil men are en route to Katalla.
The steamer Alameda is due here
from Cordova Sunday, and the
freighter Latouche sailed yesterday.
On Tuesday the Alaska Steamship
Company’s new vessel, the Cordova,
will arrive here and immediately
goeB on the Southwestern Alaska run.
WASHINGTON, July G.—The na
val appropriation bill of $133,000,000
which the Senate will pass includes
the provision for the construction of
two battleships.
LOS ANGELES, July 6.—Friends
of Joe Rivers are very much dissat
isfied with the outcome of his recent
battle with Ad Wolgast, and are now
clamoring for a return match. Wol
gast says that he will be ready to
meet Rivers at any time after his re
turn from a hunting trip to Alaska
with Jeffries.
WASHINGTON, July 6.—Postmas
ter General Frank Hitchcock, who
has been out of touch with the ad
ministration for some time past, will
likely resign from the cabinet on
Monday. Charles D. Hilles, Presi
dent Taft’s private secretary and the
chairman of the Republican national
committee, will be his successor.
LONDON, July 6.—The Emperor
of Germany and Czar of Russia met
yesterday at a Baltic port to discuss
ways and means of bringing to an
end the war now being waged be
tween Italy and Turky.
WASHINGTON, July 6—Congress
man George W. Norris, of Nebraska,
proposes to introduce a bill in the
House for presidential primaries with
the consent of the states.
TACOMA, July 6.—In a sensation
al automobile race here yesterday
Ralph Mulford covered five miles in
three minutes and fifty-five seconds,
lowering the world's record.
DAWjSON, July 6.—This camp was
thrown into a high state of excite
ment yesterday by a tragedy which
resulted in the taking of five lives.
Eugene Vaglio, a miner employed in
one of the nearby creeks, deliberate
ly murdered John Staglio, his wife
and two daughters, and then com
mitted suicide. The crimes were the
result of a family grudge.
WASHINGTON, July 6.—Senator
Cummins, of Iowa, a leader among
the Insurgents, has come out open
ly against Roosevelt’s third party
movement and declares that he will
support President Taft for re-elec
tion.
EL PASO, July 6.—The organized
revolution is fast ending, but gueril
la warfare continues.
The brief and specifications of er
ror filed by the coal land claimants
of the Healy fork of the Nanana, in
their appeal to the Secretary of the
Interior, have been filed with the
register of the Fairbanks land of
fice. The declaratory statements
filed by the claimants in connection
with their locations were rejected by
the commissioner of the general land
office on March 12, 1912, and thirty
days after service of the decision was
had on the attorney for the claimants
a notice of appeal was filed. The
brief and specifications of error, now
prepared, are in support of the ap
peal. It is believed that Walter Fish
er, the secretary of the interior, will
make a final decision on the matter
within the next six months.
The claimants question the right
and authority of the executive to
withdraw public lands from entry as
provided in his special proclamation
issued November 12, 1906, at a time
subsequent to the location of the
claims. The right of the executive
to withdraw public lands from entry
is generally recognized, with the
qualification that the withdrawal act
be made with the special authority
of Congress, and if no such special
authority is given, then only lanus
to be devoted to some public purpose
can be withdrawn. The brief states
that the act of President Roosevelt
in withdrawing the lands from entry
was without statutory provision and
tuerefore entirely void.
It is also stated that the action of
tiie commissioner in deciding against
the locators because of the fact that
the exact direction of the boundary
lines of the claim was not given, was
wrong. It is asserted that the ac
quirement of coal lands was not in
tended by Congress to be made more
difficult than the acquirement of any
other mineral lands in the territory,
and that to run the lines of the
claims due north, south, east and
west would have been impossible to
the mining locator, except he were
possessed of limitless funds with
which to pay the expenses of survey
; ors.
DUEL TO DEATH BETWEE!
WITNESSED BY PASS!
A duel to the death between a
whale and a thresher furnishes a sea
tragedy of an exciting nature when
viewed close at hand. The rare
spectacle was witnessea by the pas
sengers on the Sampson on its re
turn trip from Kodiak.
Some of the punsters aboard had
been “ragging ’ Captain Jensen about
dullness of ship life and declared
that it was up to him to furnish
something out of the ordinary. The
wierd sunset and fog effects, the view
of a volcano ash waste, the sight of
the dinky gasoline car leaving Sew
ard, and the thousands of sea lions
seen flopping about Seal Island, were
all an old story. Even the excellent
music in the social hall by three tal
ented musicians from Seattle was no
longer such a source of attraction as
at first.
“All right,” said Captain Jensen,
in answer to the jokesters; “in half
an hour or more I will show you a
sight you never witnessed before.”
And he retired to the sacred pre
cincts of the pilot house, where no
curious passenger dared follow.
Not long afterward a thrill of ex
citement pervaded the boat. Those
who were admiring the scenery on
the upper deck and thinking thoughts
that did not find expression, but who
nevertheless whispered and said little
“nothings,” as well as all others in
the staterooms, social hall and be
tween decks, rushed to the rail.
“Up forward; fight between whale
and thresher,” was the word passed
about.
At first only a streak of foam could
be seen over the bow on the left,
either the starboard or port bow, de-!
pending upon the person’s knowledge
of technical marine terms. Then a
huge black body was seen to shoot;
up in the air almost full length and
drop back with a splash that dashed
spray high in the air. Continually
above the churning water was ob
served the threshing of a long, slim
flipper or fin. Some of the passen
gers at the time though this was one
of the whale’s flippers, as it seemed
to be flopping about almost all the
time just over where the dark body
of the whale could be seen. Even at
the distance which the contest was
first seen It was plain that the whale
was in considerable distress. The
¥ THRESHER AND WHALE
INGERS ON SAMPSON.
thresher was camping right on the
job ail the time.
The boat headed almost direct for
the two sea monsters, and as they
came nearer Hegg and Hunt, the two
professional photographers aboard,
unlimbered their cameras. Nearly
everyone else aboard had a camera,
but were too excited or interested to
think of them or go after them.
The steamer passed within a dozen
rods of the two duelists, so close in
fact that one could see the barna
cles on the tail of the whale. While
directly opposite, the whale again
shot out of the w'ater almost its full
length, with the thresher using its
deadly weapon of a fin and an eye
solely to business. People caught
their breath, and others gasped their
surprise and delight.
But unmindful of the spectators
the two denizens of the deep thresh
ed about, the whale intent only upon
getting away and the thresher grim
ly determined to finish the job. The
whale was seen to sound, and for
a brief space the calm rippling wa
ters covered all sight of thetragedy.
Then up shot the dark body again,
with that deadly, long, slender fin
threshing about the foaming water.
Somehow' the bright, smiling sun
shine, the majesty of mountain peaks
and the beauty of the general land
scape seemed an inharmonious set
ting for the deadly duel being fought
so close at hand. A saddened ex
pression crept into the faces of many
of the passengers. It was a grim re
minder that the deadly struggle for
existence was going on all the time
beneath the waters of the deep as
well as on the land.
As long as the boat was in sight
there was a continual streak of foam
and spray, with the deadly thresher
fin waving in the thick of it.
“The whale is about all in; the
end is in sight,” remarked the pilot.
“Does a whale ever kill a thresh
er ?” asked someone.
“It doesn’t stand a ghost of a
show; it’s the thresher's fight from
first to last,” answered the pilot.
“Well, how did you like the last
number on the program?” queried
Captain Jensen later of a group of
professional jobbers and pnnsters
aboard.
They did not have any reply ready.
The Dan Creek Mining Company
uas installed 10,000 feet of hydraulic
pipe and is laying 600 feet of flume,
and expects to move pay gravel
about July 20. On the Rex claim they
are piping pay gravel. Geo. max Es
terly has also installed his big hy
draulic plant and is cutting in a
bedrock flume. The property being
worked will be a big producer this
summer. H. D. Poster, representing
the Alaska United copper Explora
tion Company, has uncovered some
promising copper prospects. He is
doing considerable work.
At the Bonanza mine the concen
trator is running, seven drills are it)
operation and an electric power line
has been rnn over to the Jumbo
claim. Development work is also in
progress on the Eva claim.
The Regal Mining Company has a
force of men engaged in hauling sup
plies, steel rails and cars to their
property, which is being operated by
E. T. Gray, of the Great Northern
Development Company, who now has
large crews at work at Copper and
Iron Mountains and is doing assess
ment work at Kotsina.
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The Democrats of the Idltarod
have passed resolutions declaring
their allegiance to Robert W. Jen
nings as the standard bearer of that
party in Alaska.
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Let ns do your jtro work.
MANY ARE INJURED
IN ELECTRICAL STORM
FAIRBANKS, June 29.—Several
people were injured and great dam
age was done by a terrific electrical
storm which struck the Tanana val
ley last Wednesday.
Accompanied by blinding sheets of
lightning and deafening peals of
thunder, the storm raged for a con
siderable length of time. As these
phenomena are rarely experienced in
this section, the storm caused con
siderable excitement.
Several people in cabins were
struck by lightning, but fortunately
none were seriously hurt. Mrs. Frank
Young, one of the victims, was burn
ed on the arm and back. The burn
resembles the picture of a tree with
spreading branches.
The electric light plant owned by
the N. C. Co. suffered considerably.
Many meters in business houses and
residences were burned out. The
company estimates its loss at $2,000.
The same day a flood occurred all
along the Tanana river. The Chena
slough rose with incredible rapidity.
The bridge across to Garden Island
which escaped the ice this spring
was washed out. .
Trunks of huge trees and brush
lodged against the piling and in a
short time the pressure of the water
caused the piles to snap, carrying the
entire structure down stream.
The scenes of last year were re
peated when the water flooded a por
tion of the city, invading property on
Wendell avenue and a portion of
Front street along the water front.
Considerable damage was done on
the Valdez trail, especially in the
Richardson district. It is estimated
that the damage along the trail will
total $2,000.
The water in town is receding and
within a few days it is believed the
slough will be back to its usual stage.
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NEW FLOATING CANNERY
IS READY FOR DUTY
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The floating cannery and cold
storage plant William H. Smith,
built and owned by the Weiding &
Independent Fisheries of Seattle, left
Seattle on June 4 for Pleasant Bay,
Southeastern Alaska, where she will
lie at anchor and operate during this
season. The Smith was towed north
by the halibut steamer Independent.
Capt. Andrew Weiding, head of the
company, went north with the ves
sel, accompanied by E. B. Dudden,
who will manage the floating can
nery.
The cannery line on the Smith is
capable of putting up 50,000 cases,
but her owners do not aspire to a
pack of that size this year. She is
also capable of handling from 2,000,
000 to 3,000,000 pounds of fish in
cold storage.—Pacific Fisherman.
BELIEVED VOLCANOES TO
WESTWARD STILL ACTIVE
Reports from the westward are to
the effect that there was a light fall
of ash in the Briston Bay country
yesterday, indicating that the vol
canoes in the vicinity of Mt. Katmai
are still active.
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Two squaws and three Indians
were poisoned on Fire Island a few
days ago and their bodies taken to
Knik by Indians.
John Uage and Billy Tibbs were
among the Chitinaites who Joined
Cordovans in seeing that Independ
ence Day was properly celebrated.
The Chitina Pharmacy carries a
complete line of drugs.
We Cany a Full Line of
General Merchandise
Including
GROCERIES
HARDWARE
DOG HARNESS
HORSE HARNESS
FURNISHING GOODS
BLANKETS
FUR CAPS
SHOES AND RUBBER PACS
Also
HAY AND GRAIN
CHITINA CASH STORE
E. H. GILLMAN, Manager.
Forwarding Agent, S. BLUM & CO.
CORDOVA’S BIG STORE
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Only First Class Hotel in Town.
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The best and most complete Cigar Stand in Chitina
PRICES REASONABLE
We are general agents for the famous
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and can fill your orders promptly
Remember the Brand
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WHEN COMING TO CORDOVA REMEMBER
Cordova Steam Laundry
THE ONLY REAL LAUNDRY IN TOWN
Let us wash and clean your canvass covers, blankets, clothes,
overalls, etc.
If you are in a hurry we can do your work in an hour's time if
necessary.
Leave your work at any hotel, rooming house or barber shop
and it will receive prompt attention.
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Copper River & Northwestern Railway
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Service to Interior Alaska
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