FBOM TUESDAYS DAILY
RETURN'S FBOM VACATION
Mrs, JFass<* Pis® axl
Jacev- wife ss» daughter of arses
Piles of lYve teke Meat Co, at
rived os the A!ki :in tsenmg after
a two mestki u« is Seattle u.1
rkiiitt.
RETURN'S FROM VACATION
i_ E Sparhawt uJ wife returoe-.l os
She A sirs! Yatm lass cighi aft«
a two Bv’itht vaeatiea is Seattle.
Saa 1'mwis-e aa i other eoaa* tow as.
Mr. Sjarljuk reports a veer pieasair
trip and the aieetis; with ata s;>
friends and relatives, Hi* trip also la
eir ted a trip to the Fair.
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RECEIVES SHIPMENT OF SALT
it. E. Thoepso* reeeived six teas
of salt oa the steaater Northlaad this
rse is; for sr.ii-i esric; purposes., a*
his piaat ® the West Coast. Mr.
Ti.onrt.se b has teen fcasv for s*s&<
tisre » the si!-! tnrirs Fasir.ess a si
sirs shipment of sal: is fair proof of
a gewd ouf|*t this sense B.
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LARGE CARGO COMING
Tie !oeal agent for lie Pttifi:
host seven toaorrow Etraiig, north
the steiner Spokane ariil arrive a
ivi» suodax a3vl2.00 Ii^snceirt iss.-o._-> j
r«r—r r.-i, with a large rarg<r aad a
pase-ager lift.
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REPRESENTED IN
FOREIGN COUNTRIES
The pmdif fishing tsJubjr ot
Aiuka was derzeastrated this sera
iiig when the Pare Fboii Fisk Co.,
ssipp<e>i l/»> -uses of raise*! salts ot,
of s special bris i. to A'alpwris*rf Chili
Tse ssrrtlatioc of a profats is *
si; »«-:« pevjpJe have perhaps never
gives Alaska a tkoagfct. ask this
spread trasl bearisg the label of i
Issy little rarrery af Ketrsikas. will
■tews a vast yearly increase of ota
al-esiy wc-s .erfsi fsshisg iaksstry.
as tie eating of Alaska'« easseC sal
m 03 pats in it is the leak.
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COULDN'T BEND THE BO PE
AVitk the Alma ea ose es 1 c-f a
tow i sse ask the Sapphire os the
itser. tie rare. boats arrive*! is town
f* s-lay evening, ask the Sapphire
was : s tie wrong eak of the liae, too
Wies the sews was broke to Ftww
th- p.saiier that the Sapphire sa
tees towek is. a satile was ilearty
•..* -.*sa'-.ie half a : leek away, as the
eaj. taia as ! *re» ?f the latter ves
sel hi-1 tee- crcwi sg aver Fcrrk
sisre his bak ir k :t a little >vex *
week ago when he was Towed ia.
.St.is. ry A lists, who was !s charge
of j - ~ - -* os the Sa: .hire, o-av*
his engine* were tsrsiag over ail the
way its, 1st nobody saw aay beads i»
tee tow liae.
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: tfustir j.»e, Asg. 10—Work
— r- • se-s this eitr that a Turkish aero
p ese per ting «a the the Gallipoli
pens-..,!.. s»ak a » British or 1'react
ss* tsarise seer Bsliar. All Ittse «
ts- *_ asarise wer- unable to 1-. XX -
tseir eseape, as the attack was s-s-Me*
a.-. . snexpecte-i.
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• ;:jm. .V.g. Ij— I; wan as
i - ' h-r* ; :*!s/ that eighty iit/»
s: . i — rivs-il aosj* hare bees e*s*
fr: - iii .a to Ij. r- re. Trey bar*
i.. i—IT-1-. is safety -ats-i the greater
Us sow oo tie firing tine it
r ran- ? an . ise-igiim.
letawos. Aig. K"—A'vises reaeh
tj ; - * ity fross PetrspaJ that the
German a-lvas-.e vasr j* iiga Lae
l-ei eietieL Tie German warship*
*ttet-.;te. to seize lie Gaif of Bigs,
at . rTtye-rt t-.e army attaeilag
f' the noth, bust w*re fr,V.rite4
i y tie Pe**Us *-. '.marines aasuRe
'*7 *everai f the ar.-e- battleships
t - fearing Warsaw the apex of a
_- trier „ e :;.e arms of whirh are
Si* river N'arem os the north, an.
the •Yi*‘>i!a on the Kite.
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ADKI LOADED TO CAPACITY
T: - st eg me* Alii arrive*-! in ;or
a- as early hocr this rtormag with
the larger-, eargo of freight from th<
h - sir. * - er ; .r h -. -e /rose th»
-■ rthUtt-S Steamer :p .t.-lry by
' e Bor Transportation tom
5 ■ • He: arg.-> am tor;* to 1,40*.
"' ~-i .i - -.- -;ing 5. ' - eases of empty
* r.» for the George Inlet Paekisg
e--r-any. as-l ». - * ta.se-* for the
Vi'a: * be-re Packing tompaay.
H»? jaasejiger* for Ketchikan *ti*
H. . IPaek sn - not, *. . P. At
-iersoa, f. O'. »e»4--ler, W. B. lied, A
T. Jon**, Tvlholi IVsner, Mr* W. K
hh rpe as*l two rhiiiiret, Mrs Ju
jf-.t an (Utjft’er Jane, 7. IJ
E Ksytor an*i G> » K>; -r.
He? -asse-mg-r* for a-- rt hern poiat*
--•ere Mists Daisy Boy tan, J, K. Moat
< Mr’" He»ir-!. Harry Delaney,
Labia* JfsMei a si Alto >£ v-shl.
f
I FROM TUESDAY'S DAILY
S BRINGS COAL FOS THE
NORTHLAND DOCK
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The steamer Aiki, owing to her
keavy rarp' of other freight n>il<l
eaiy bring a mill laoail of coal
| fee the Northland IVoek rsmuiay, just
enough to supply taeir customers ;:u
, til a store snbautalial stork eaa ar
rive oa aa early boat.
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GRAVES OPPOSED TO KETCHIKAN
—
Awanlicg te Juneau jvtfers of ree
; ear late. Chief Forester Graves, w ho
;s new touring Southeast Alaska, fav
. rs the removal of the Forest Service
il« iijtaners to Jimm. He gives ao
! teases for the change. Ketchikan has
always treated the forest service
right, trad with the facilities avail
able for that branch of the govern
ttteas here in Ketchikan. pits the faet
that the greater ;art of the avail
able timber in the Tengsas National
Fores? is tributary to Ketchikan, it is
car-', jo sect jest why Mr. Graves talks
-s tic Jure..;-, papers give birr, credit
for doing.
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IS A LOCAL VISITOR
P. Anderson of the Seattle Brass
‘'oatpaay arrived on the ASki tbi*
morning in company with C. H. Black.
Washington, A eg. l a—The BranK.tr,
3;: sister at Mexico City, the only
American representative, has bees with
.raws by hi* gov err? moot because
• amnia had j.r -. *<-. to expell him.
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AT TEE CUSTOMS HOUSE
The seen; bor.se shows an
Increase', basic.ess for the i-.val steam
*htp teEfisiis in the clearing of
‘he f .blowing steamers daring the
•?t twenty-four hours:
u'lty f Scuttle. ssctU oced.
Princess So; bin, corthbound.
A'iainl Wust. corthtourL
Northland, northbound.
Alki, northbound
The halibut sci.vner Sithi arrive;
from Prince Bcwn and eleared for
■he fishing banks.
Washing! -w, Aug. I _The battv*
ships New Ham,shire an-: Louisana both
?f which are now at Newport News,
nave lees or.iere: to prepare for in -
• •“•Hate sailing to Vera I'm .Con:
wander MtXinei who is now at the
tier pis fears an uprising agoicst
Ar eriiuns. as the result of she re
sit conference regarding the settie
en? of the present war in Mtiiro.
b~ are now busily engag
-1 in takiaz -■ n coal and supplies and
will sail us - a as it is complete*!.
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Cornish. Ar.r. !h—While cut riding
n sis nctozt: iie near this place yes
terday pres; lens Wilson anistei three
people who were held nr ;er an
"crturetil arzaiMie.
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Per lit Aug. li—Wore has been re
■eivos here of th- capture of the town
f !x-trzut by the Genztana The Rus
san* bad made a stand but they
were easily routed with very little
oss to >sr an;- lesta lies about
or Hi mil-* west of Bulifie-k a:,
.m-ersast railrt- -1 eester Is north
western Poland and item 75 miles
tufa of Warsaw. "
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FIND LEAD OF GRAPHITE
Messrs, if 3. Bejszc an.-i Everett
Passp. reje-rt the finding of a lead »'
rraf bite above Vest Bay. Tte graph!'
s alm. *t pu re, at- ; rotni«*-s p»flt
c*sibili!ies. There are several leads
>f the ore. the leer: one being over
two 45-1 one-half feet in thickness
The lotas -,rs will -.eveSr - it as! s
was; caa be dene wilt it.
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M erljn, Ac/. tv nsile t5>
N cttroijfraas for-*# are peeking the
, sJcumaa# fewer a r: 22 Warsaw. Ever"
•-• t ,f -he grot-ad has tees hotlr eon
test' . 1[ ~ she ri'2.t" ' 1 the fiet
t.13 arm# ha# -1. -'-ee ■ ■ -1 thiesji ft <
on# ha# teen great, kud so jsan:
r:gi.'.Kz host/ lc-.:.ik- la it tnoe'
nwtestee#. Attempt# are bow feeing
tta/Se to trap- and ers#k the Graad
D~i* ir, i hi* forte# anil the* pat an
2 ••.■ tit* Hetfiai artr.y. A large
fer of iier -• -1 - and Austrians fear*
‘■itrs the Eastibs# to .retire in *ii
•*r-ier from Praga. a - rfeurfe. of War
■aw, atnim the Vistula, and badly *!e
Va-..-. .-<■■..• Mieeko*-. infsictir;
tea- v . **e# ♦apsoring r ant pri*
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PEL/TTVES EEOM THE EAST
Ms** IlalvenOB. a oiee* Mr*. ”
f. Bcgge, and Miss j?right ter >.*
ter-is-Iair arrive*! sp on the M- i
osst f ; E*hr evening as-! will visit
*t tl*e Bog..* borii/r for a ti '■ -'. Tfeev
re I*-’,-: fr Minnesota, Mr*. It g
*e'« old b*". After a viri: of *ev
r . *j- are «ip-ot**i l.v
Mer-isi " : .-i* wi*e v. ill tnak* * t«
f r *' " :- trip to Htka taking in the
• ( interest.
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Tie Daily Miner $1 per month.
FROM TUESDAY'S DAILY
SEATTLE BUSINESS MAN
IS A LOCAL VISITOR
C. H. Black, president the Seat
-tie Hardware tV. and son arrive, sa
[the Alki this morning. Mr. I hi
Some* on his annual business ami
jj pleasure trip, being interested in I he
; Northland Pock company and se
j Sunny Point racking companies.
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NORTHLAND GOBS NOBTI.
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The steamer Northland has been its
■ port most of the day discharging the
" local jertioia of a full cargo. She
j discharged S15 tens of freight at the
Northland Dock for local people and
j l.lW cases of oil at the Standard
j Oil v'«v, dock. She like the Alkt.
s brings north her largess cargo since
! her operation by the Borderline Trans
i portatioB com ’-any.
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DOLPHIN SOUTH TONIGHT
Tie steamer Dolphin of the Alas
k.» Steamship company, is due south
j bound tonight with 5,066 cases ot
inmed salmon from the Scowl Arm
•anaery and after sailing from h
will stop at Roe Point ami load on
I * *> cases more.
Chicago- Aug. lit—The Federal
Grand jury which has been investi
gating the Eastland disaster will piob
sbly return true bids against t
j or fifteen official* of that eon.
• <a sy lodar.
Seattle. Aug. 1*1—J. E. Chilberg.
first vice-president of the Scandinav
ian American bank of this city just
returned fro-u a trip extending as
far a* the Devi! 's Elbow, Stikine
river, an-! is very enthuesastie over
she iBtconte of the mining claims ic
which he is interested in. in that re
gion. He believes that one of the
. iigges: ore bearing Roddies in the north
has been discovered, which carries
goo! values in nine. lea-1 silver an-i
copper. The contact is exposed for
miles and it may go as far north as
Lynn canaL
WIEELESS OPERATOR ARRIVES
S. if. Power! an-! wife were arriv
als on last Eight s boat. Mr. Powell
>niea as wireless operator at the
local plant. The plant is now com
pleted as 5 ready for commercial bus
iness.
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Croviavile. Aug. 10—The whole of
1 saer-ia county ,, r -w under martial
law, following the raid of a few ay?
ag. by Mexican bandits. Six bun
:re sol tier? arc now pursuing them
an.! their euptnre is looked for in a
si rt t ime."
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Seattle, Aug 1*)—The Jefferson soil
ed at ten last night for
Kevhikan with the following ;os«eu
gers for that port; John Berg. Frank
Del'- Mrs. T.V Hawkswortb and E.
H. Smith. She is due to arrive in
Ket r.ikan Thursday morning.
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New York. Asig. 10—-After spending
tr. entire day in the s';btrea«urv her
Secretary of the Treasury Wm. G.
M-A«loo denies that he has .itsc - ~s -
any plae« with the 1 ankers of t! i*
sty r-: .live to financing the M"x
: a government.
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The steamer Paraiso made p-orr
last night and proceeded on her way
• north after discharging a large ship;
raeni of »onerete tiling on the Heck
mss Bock. The tiling is to he ote)
for local sewer purposes.
WHEX WIXiL THEY LEAEK?
A local resident recently wrote to
•- Chicago camera supply company
; telling them to send one of tbe
arr.era» they advertised. Imagine
i his surprise at receiving a letter
“fating that the company couldn't do
i basis*** with him on tbe term* adver
tise,j because Ketchikan is in Canada.
We have teen called most everyething
* ap here in Ketchikan. Hare been
; notified that as soon as navigation
opened in the spring this or that
would be done, but being called Can
a-.'iar.* cap* the climax. It seems a*
though the real thing Alaska need* to
j do is to get up a geogra ph v or some
other book which will tell the people
of the Cnite t State* that we ar
fellow ountrymen of theirs. that it
; never freeze* op» here, and that tre
j live in real boose* and cat real food,
i Canada, indeed, why bang it all
th'-re are better ac*j more loyal
j Americans in Ketchikan than Chicago
i ever saw.
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! ifeattle, Aug 1>> Fie hundred
1 ibcws ! i-cne-.’s ,,f hal'il «* arrive 1
J b*-re ye*»er-‘ay ?• . ..-,p| *r-:. fj
a . .-arter pins twenf.r five.
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j Aagg^st, 10—1* of
, ■■:%**+ of ammunition thitt ha* L**n
**. tbe front by the Ru**ian*
haj ^riiaibH] nothing l»«t roifMxb, It
a Ij*riieve*i to b<- tb* mowJs ./f G<frf
ii up ■■
' FROM WEDNESDAY'a DAILY
NOME NOW HAS LOTS OF WATER
Nome_All the mines in this dis
trict are now working full swing and
the outlook for the season is most
favorable. The latness of the *ea
s. a was a .drawback for a time but
. lota of water is now at hand and
sluicing is general even where dumps
i had to lie idle temporarily. The pay
roll seems to be at least as large as
tn any of the last few preceeding
' years.
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Henry Wilke, Manager of the loeal
plant of the New England Fish eom
' pany is in receipt of a package from
, his old homo in Washington. Mo.- con
taining two apples which are beauti
ful specimens of what that state can
, raise in that line of fruit. The apples
re of a good sire, weighing one and
one-half pounds each.
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The K. K. K. Roys are planning a
-lie of homo made sweets and ice
cream in the room next to the Sted
■ sc Cafe Saturday, August 13th, be
biting at 1 P. M
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Washington, Aug. 11—It is expect
ed that enters for the mobliiation of
the entire available regular American
rniy will be issued immediately. The
troops are to be used on the Mexican
. order where it is reported that over
a thousand of Carranza’s followers
have penetrated into Texas for ovn
ninety four files, and are now scat
tered into roving Lands of a dozen or
more men eaeh. It is thought that
they are trying to create an uprising
igainst the United States among the
Monica ns that are now in that state.
General Carranza has preeipated him
self into more trouble by sending Sec
retary Lansing a note in which lie
- Svises the United States to cease
■ruddling with the affairs of Mexico.
t. s they were perfectly able to attend
u> them themselves, and that it would
behove this country to do the same
He also sent another note to the Pan
American conference notifying them
“ keep* Mexico ont of their confer
ence. Diplomats here now believe
that the crisis between Mexico and
"ais country have about reached the
breaking point. Another conference
ill be held between the American
■ untries and a decision reached as
:o the best and most effective method
to i>e used in securing the p>eaee of
iexico. At present it looks as though
n ’hing short of an armed invasion
the United States or the other
entries of North and South America
will be effective. Three transports are
w at Galveston waiting orders to
- til. One is already loaded and will
i.t south at onee.
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Chicago. Aug. 11—The f’nptain en
_ir.eer and four officers of the Kast
-■nl hare been indicted hv the Fed
eral Grand jury now in session here,
barging them with manslaughter and
•riminal carelesness for the disaster
m which over a thousand Jives were
: m. The most of them were weraon
' 30,1 children. The boat being charter
• d by the Western Electric Co., of
is city for a picnic and excursion.
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Petrograod, August It —The Gen
.Staff of the Russian army are ex
ting the next big movement of the
-man army to be made from the
: rth from the Baltie region They are
v rushing all available men and
..munition to the defense of Riga
nd the surrounding territory. Riga
* os been subjected to a daily lorn
i l.-ardment by German aeroplanes and
‘fcis is taken as an indication that
? the Germans will try an attack by
; ooth land and sea.
Aiuftedram, Ang. 10—The paper* of
••-la eity stated this morning that it
>-!* been through fear of the street*
rf Warsaw being mined by the Utis
- n* that has kept the Kaiser from
■ entering the eity. ft is reported that
large detachment of German and
*si«trian soldiers are now making a
" reh for hidden mines.
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I'etrograd, Aug. 11—The German
■ -iTanee from the region of Libau
i ->ve been bnmlmrding J’iga for the
several day*. They have raine«|
■ sands of large shells on the Tits
.Ml lin«« defending the eity from
ittaek by the Germans from the
c *.h. The)' have put up a stubborn
resistance and trelay the news reaches
t " is eity that they have been sue
r-ssfol in rtoping the bombardment,
forcing the German* to retire.
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l-otidon, Aug. 11—.Word eome from
the firing line in France that the
F'fttish after terifie fighting have
’ been able to reeorcr the town of
Hooge. They eaptured numbers of
German prisoner* and large amounts
ammtG.ilion, along with several of
he large seige guns the latter has
' 1 .ex using with *ueh deadly efect
on the Allied line*.
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The Daily Miner $1 per month.
FROM WEDNESDAY’S DAILY
OLD TIMER RETURNS
W. R, Roll, an old timer of this
part of Alaska was an arrival on a
recent lmat. Mr. Rell is one of
Alaska’s old timers and after an ab
senee of about a year in the States,
is l»aek looking hale ami hearty and
has been busy shaking hands with
his many friends.
v
In an interview with (\ H. Rlaek
of the Seattl Hardware company, one
of Seattle's leading business men, we
are pleased to hear o ft he improved
condition of business ami the increas
ing employment of the idle laboring
men in the Eastern and Northwestern
states. The conditions in Washington
and other Northwestern states is
showing np in better form than has
been known for many years. The
vast number of unemployed through
out the states are receiving employ
i ment through the growing confidence
| of the mining and other industries.
, Mining properties in the Middle
| West and Northern states are receiv
ing the support of eastern capital and
many of them that have been idle
for years are opening up and operat
ing on a paying basis. • —
Our hojne demand, together with
the foreign demand, because of the
European war, for mineral products,
is assure.rtre enough for a continuance
of our increasing "Good Times.'
Money is obtainable in the eastern
states for good commercial paper at
three per cent, the lowest that has
been known for years The United
«inrc the I c-.inning of the
European War has been for from the
money famine, which means that the
principal cause for our past slump in
business and the vast number of
men out of employment is "Trick of
Confidence. ”
This growing confidence is appnr
ent in Alaska, and especially In the
vicinity of Ketchikan, as there are
more men at work on mining proper
ties at the present time than has been
known for several years and all of
them are putting forward their best
efforts to get out as much ore as
possible and get it on the market at
the present high price.
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Juneau, Ang. 11—Judge Jennings
today sustained the demurrers of the
Territory in the suit brought by the
Representatives of the First Division
against the Territory to prevent the
payment of Forest Moneys to the
other divisions out of the Forest
Reserve. Owing to the action of the
majority of the last Legislature, in
dividing the Forest moneys between
the second anil Fourth Divisions ot
the Teritory, the Representatives of
the First Division brought suit in the
hope of keeping the money in the
Divisions in which the Forest Re
serves are situated, the principal por
tion of this money coming from the
First Division.
In connection with the ease of the
division of he Forest Moneys, Jndge
Jennings refused to declare uncon
stitutional the action of the last
legislature.
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Newport News. Aug. 11—The battle
ships Louisiana, and New Hampshire
sailed this morning for Vera Cruse.
They are cleared for action, and they
| have a large number of marines on
board to be used as a landing party
if the occasion at the latter place
requires such an action.
Chicago, A tig. 11—The revision of tbf
Eastland casualty list now shows
| S3S identified dead, 2 unidentified
and 140 missing. It is still believed
| that among the lost are people of
whose presence on the Eastland there
i is no record, and that the real loss of
j life will exceed 1,000.
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London. Aug. 10— Word reaches thi*
I city from the fleet operating in the Dar
denelles that more troops have tec
| landed in the vicinity of Karachali
; They will resume operations imm< ■
aitelv both on the land and 1 '
I
> sea.
j Cornish, Ang. 11—President Wil
son will leave here for Washington
in time to attend the meting of tie
cabinet that has been called fo.
Friday.
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El Paso, August. 11—General Scott
in his conference here with General
Villa has I een very successful in his
endeavors, having persuaded the lat
ter to abandon the confiscation o'
the property "of merchants anil otlut
non combatants in the various cities
of Mexico that a now under Ids
command.
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London,Aug. 11- The Wai Ofiec ic
this city ha* been advised that tin
Pope will make another appeal to
the warring countries of Europe in the
attempt to get them to come to term!
of peace.
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1-4 off on everything at Field's
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FROM WEDNESDAY'S JJAILY
REVENUE INSPECTOR
IS LOCAL VISITOR
spector, arrived on yesterday's boat
J. A. Snow, government revenue in
from Juneau and is registered nt the
lievilhi Hotel.
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F. Tibell of Seattle arrived on tjic
steamer Alki and entered the employe
of the Hon Mnrrhe this morning.
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KATIMAI VOLCANO
IS AGAIN SMOKING
\Y. J. Krskine, of Kodiak, expreses
the belief that the volcanic eruption
of a few years ago has aided ttx
vegetation on that island. He says
that all over the island, even where
| the volcanic dust deposit was tin
j greatest and the vegetation killed
| now everything is blooming and grow
| ing luxuriantly.
Mr. Krskine states that while nmk
ing a trip around the island he could
see Katnini smoking and that all
over that country volcanic dust wa
in the air.
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a. S. WILL HAVE SIX
THIRTY KONT CRUISERS:
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Washington,—Secretary of State
1.nosing has consented to the plan
for the construction of six thirty
-■:->t cruisers and destroyers whiel
wore provided for by congress nt tin
!ist session.
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TAMOUS CATHOLIC BISHOP
TOURS THE NORTC
Among the prominent passengers n
the City of Seattle yesterday making
the round trip and seeing the sight:
was Dishop M. J. Iloban, Roman
Catholic Bishop of the diocese of
Scranton, Pa.. Bishop Hobnn is cm
of the prominent churchmen of tin
Kasteru States, and was elevated to
the Bishopric in ISPfi. ile is taking
his summer vacation, being accompan
iod by his private secretary. He ex
pressor himself as being very meet
interested in the wonders of the North
and said that he hoped to be able
to spend several months in Alaska at
some later date.
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WATER LOW IN THE TANANA
Fairbanks,-—The drought is serious
ly interfering with mining operation*
and owing to lack 'of water some ol
the miners are running half shifts.
The problem of the eight hour shift
is still a live subject of interest, and
owing to a portion of the workers re
fusing to accept a reduced wage scale
for an eight hour shift, several plant*
remain idle aud the output of gob.
'or the season will he somewhat de
creased.
Good reports continue to lie receiv
ed from the Tolovana. The govern
meat has surveyors at work runnin
,'ines for a permanent summer ami
winter road. Under present condi J
tions it is somewhat difficult to get j
supplies to the new camp. The oper
ators on Liveingood creek have beer
duicing for some time and reports re
ceivcd state that they will take on
considerable gold before the slidi
ng season closes.
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TAEDY TOUEISTS DELAYED
SEATTLE AT PETERSBUKC
Because a groug of touiists over
tayed their “shore leave.” at Peters
burg, the steamship Pity of Seattb
vas delayed on her way north, ac
ording to Papt. Robert It. Medilivra*
ominandinj; the Seattle. The steam
er left Petersburg after having blown
her half nnd quarter-hour whistle*
It was soon discovered that nin
f the excursionists had missed tl
ship anil Capt. McOilivrav liad to put
ark to port and pick them up. II
notified the tardy passengers that ;
repetition of the incident might fin
hem stranded in some tinforbiddin
ort. and told them that it was is
to them to “stay with tsie ship” I
is needless to say that they did m
get out of sight of the boat afterth.it
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Kntalla is reported to he very lively
ills Hammer, and all the idle men i'
town have found employment. Bonn
re with th« government party, stir
.eying the Id-ring river eotl fields
•vhi'e others are installing a liph
it tape 8t. Klin*.
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The Iditarod Pioneer in i’s most
■event issue to hand eomes out edi
torially in favor of estal liHhing tin
■apital of Alaska at Howard. The
paper says that the eonstrnetion of
the government railroad will make
'toward the most ventral place in the
■ territory for the capital,
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Joseph It. Htua t. who c me north
to Alaska from < Jarksvilie. Tennis*
'■e, in ISX’d, is wanted h* Ids relntiv
j is) if alive. If dead, pr'of of Id
I death is desired. Joe is fifty years
I of age. Any one know it;*' of him
| should impart si ' h informatlun to
I William Banin, Hln'lhyville, Illinois.
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FROM WEDNESDAY’S DAILY
WRECK OF THE ISLANDBR
IS NOT YET LOCATED
Tho wreck of tho Islander, lying at
tlic south onil of Dougins Island, lins
not been located yet by A. ,1. Rogers,
who is drugging for it.
Tim barge Palmyra, which 1ms tho
teuton submnrine on board which
will bo used in nil effort to recover
the gold and other valuables from
tho wreck, is anchored off the island
waiting for the wreck to be found.
Mr. Rogers and his crow have been
dragging for the past week in an ef
fort to loente the wreck, but at noon
yesterday lmd been unsuccessful, ac
cording to word received in .Tunoau.
The submarine which is to be used
in the attempt to rooover the wreck
is an invention of Mr. Rogers’ and
is moved from place to place by
means of tho winches anil booms on
the barge the men doing the work be
ing inside the shell.
A number of attempts to reach the
wreck and reoo'vcr the gold from her
have been made, but without success,
«a the wreck lies in water too deep to
be reached by the ordinary methods.
The Islander was wrecked on a clear
night off tho south etui of Douglas
island over 15 years ago, with a loss
of 42 lives. Survivors from the wreck
landed on the bench at tho south end
of the island and walked to Tread
well and Douglas, where they were
cared for.
Several of those making the attempt,
to reach the wreck have claimed to
have located it, but nothing has ever
been recovered from it to prove the
statement.
The Islander had the reputation of
being the most beautiful boat that
ran on the Pacific Coast, part of her
decorations being hand painted water
colors of Alaskan scenes on the state
room door pannels. The rest of the
boats furnishings were on as elabor
ate a scale.
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in a recent publication of the
•Smithsonian Institution, H. M. Cadell,
in his report of the. Klondike and
Vukon “gold fields describes Sliag
way as a “wretched little town with
decayed wooden houses anil grass
grown streets, the scene of many
robberies riots and murders at the
time of the gold rush, which the po
lice authorities had neither the pow
er nor energy to control, Skagway
is not, and can never be, of much use
to the I’nited States, except as an
obstruction to Canadian progress, but
might be of some advantage to the
vast Canadian hindcrland less than
j 20 miles inland.’’
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The Fairbanks Times says: A
stray flash of lightning entered the
Summit roadhouse Sunday afternoon
about half past two o’clock, smashed
up a telephone box and leaped across
the dining room into tho body of
Patrick Driscoll, the Cleary creek
operator, with serious results. He
was knocked from his chair at the
table aud rendered unconscious for
twenty minutes.
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A young lady of Sewaru, walking
ionic at night, stumbled over a porcu*
ine and it took two hours to pull the
quills out.
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According to the July number of
he All-Alaska Review there were
1 'orty-five births, twenty-six deaths
ind twenty fivo marriages in all Al
»ska since the issue of the June num
ber of the Review.
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ISN’T THIS GALL?
Commenting on what it calls the
! ‘Juneau Spirit” displayed by the
people of Southeastern Alaska in Hie
i Attempt to retain the whole of the
| forest reserve money, tlu* Fairbanks
I Citizen hands out the following: “If
the people of the First division think
that the territorial government is
ooing maintained for their special
benefit, they will suddenly awaken
>no of these days to the fact that they
have been deluded in that respect.
| The Juneau political machine will
| find serious obstacles to overcome it
I it. tries to run things to the extent of
retaining in the First division all the
Territorial funds. The fact is that,
geographically and otherwise, the
First division is the most insignificant
(subdivision of Alaska. Its resourc
es are Imited to some big mines, the
profits of which go to a limited num
ber of millionaires, and there is but
little room for agriculture or stock
raising. The rest of Alaska would by
very willing to have Juneau and other
towns along the peninsula annexed by
.Seattle or allow the First, division to
becoiiM a separate territory with ‘full
territorial form of government.f Cer
ts in it iw that tin* rest of Alaska will
have n boidency hereafter to send to
the legislature men owh will cheek
the si Ifish instincts of the First divis
ion. and vvlu'n it comes to appropria
tion , flo- * favored few' will have to
| take what they cun get,M