THE MAINE SPECIAL
ELECTION
l! is not often that there is
as much general interest
shown in a special election as
was evidenced in that which
* -ok place in the Third Con
gressional district of Maine
? - week. The Republicans
?. d Progressives left no eff
c■:* unmade in their endeavor
to -tern the fide that has been
r using towards Democracy
f*;r the last three years
A- was the cr-se in each of
fne recent special Congress
Pl elections n Massachusetts
• * d New Jersey the tariff was
ih« m.v.n issue in the Maine
campaig* I", the other ease?
the Democrats showed gains
over the landslide majorities
of a year ago. The prolonged
debate over the tariff has giv
er 'he opposition encourage
ment to beiieve that they will
be able to show that there has
been a pause in he growing
r ■; ar.iv of the administra
tion
A! pari es have had some of
their big gun* in the district.
Former Senator Beveridge and
Congressional Leader Murders
Lave been speakin* there for
the progressives, and Speaker
e- Clark and other leading
Pemoc rates have canvassed
the di-tr t for the Democrat*.
v}1 c have planned a whirlwind
f -- with Bryan as the ex
pounder of administration
do trine, t ;} in sy ne of it old
jobs Pe ers the Repute isn
won.
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NAVIGATES VESSEL 15,000
MILES UNAIDED
The Liverpool -hipHarold. i,S?
tons, with a cargo of wheat
a-rived at Queenstown July 1*
f >m Derr.. Biy, A i-trs.-. in
command of Cap-tan Charles
Charleton. who performed the
feat of navigating hi* vessel a
p - • i m;.rs w;th
c t the a:i of a single officer.
The voyage : ipied 10? lay*.
Cardan Charles Charleton en
deavored to get of ers for
L - sh.p al Adef ie. Melb me
- - j Sidney, t : without avail,
and bad nr alternative but * 1
-e ; : h: - voyagj with a
crew. Tt in? of whim knew any
th eg of navigation. He went
f. r streiches i f ;.x weeks w .'h
remov.-.e his it he- ar.d
- ep: r.R the poop, of the ship
- cabin chair durjne most
r* re 1 i*? days.
takes big load of fish
7; - -reamer Eishu Thomp
- ~ h had been loading
hi. : ;t at 'he New Eng
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.ru-hed this morning
r : a million pound- of the
i -5i on board. She is on her
-.ay south from Nome and SL
Mihael. where she dAcharged
a cargo of frozen meat for
r oribers consumption.
perseverence miner
falls to death
H. M. Brown, a shaft man.
Uasl •
■ • ea ; Mining company is the
Psr-evance mine at idently fell
~ n the main -haft Friday
morning and sustained injur
•es from whi h he srbsegueu
d.e at about 2 o'cobk
t a Demon. The reports
- • far re sting to the accident
. »te ttbat in an unguarde*!
moment he walked right in
i'- (he opening which was iu
piain sight. The man was
taken to the 1 jrface and Dr.
L Cl. Sloan dressed the wounds
'-'ter which he was taken to
« Ann's hospital In Jur. au.
A examination c.- lo-ed 'hat
■ir arm ar.d a leg were broken
s :>d that his skull was fractur
eJ iv the impa/t from the fall.
Shortly after arriving at the
hospital death ensued.
PACIFIC COAST S. S.
CO. CHANGES
Effective August 1 Mr. H.
Brandt was appointed General
of the Pacific Coast S. S. Co.,
at Seattle, vice Mr. Geo. W.
Andrews, who. on account of
ill health, was assigned to less
arduous duties. 11. B. Brittain
succeeds Mr. Brandt as dls
ti M Passenger Agent at Los
Angeles. A. S. Jones sue
ceeus Mr. Brittian as City Pas
senger Agent, and Mr. R. B.
Schutten. Mr. Jones as City
Ticket Agent, also at Los An
geles. on account of Mr.
Brandt's promotion. Mr.
Brandt h3s Been with the
P.kTic Coats Steamship Co.
for a number of years. He is
also well known in the railroad
world. He comes to Seattle
with the assurance of a hearty
welcome from his brother
transportation men and there
is no doubt but that he will
ably fill the position.
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HAD A GREAT TRIP
The Princess Maquinna of
Tie C. P. Ry„ which vesse>
went north some time ago
with a parly of the members
l the International Geological
S - eiy on board, relume i thi4
morning, having left her pas
sengers at Skagway from'
which place they went to Dav -
>i»n and other points dow-t. the
^ukon. Capt. McLeod, who >s
in command of the Maqu'nm
stales that the entire party
were delighed with the trip.
f'i eei&liy with Yakutat Bay.
which those who have seen thr
show places of Europe said sur
pis-es anything and everything
*. • y had ever seen before. Af
ter seeing Dawson and the
mining operations around that
I >vn, the party wij| return >’P
■ever and *a:I for the south
on the next trip of the Sophia,
leaur.ff Skagway Sept. 1’*. Th5
Maquinna had about fifty
rs-erger- on board this morn
im including four from thi~
place
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LAST INTERIOR FREIGHT
The cteamer Bertha of the
S-v i-• _Na\ igaiion company cat
ie ! in northbound between
tight and nine o'clock le^f
night. The vessel is en route
between Vancouver and Skag
v ay with the last guarante.y
delivery freight for down river
points this season. The chief
item of her cargo is a big
bunch of cattle for Dawson.
She left a ''onsi.gnment of
're ght he-e for the New Errs'
knd conc.-‘,ng of halbut hook'
ind other fishing gear.
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good for HERRING trade
The new Empresses out of
Vancouver are proving disas
trous to the vessels of the Pac
ific Mail and the Toyo Kaisen
Kaisha out of San Francisco.
The Canadian Pacific know c
how to advertise and exploit
with the result that a goodly
1 de of travel is moving via
that route. The Matson Line
to Honolulu is aNo cutting into
the two big companies on the
Hawai.an route, and the com
ing winter promises to witness
come lively competitive work
.in the tras-Pacifac trade.
H.R. <k Marine News.
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Belmore Browne, a faunal
naturalist, claims to hare dis
covered a biri in Alaska that
-act- j”-t like aman”. Stil
ve dought { Browne ever saw
a bird that chewed tobacco or
-food with one foot on the rail
and told its confidences to the
n.hn in the white apron. \al
;dez Prospector.
LUCKY ONES ARE
THOSE AT HOME
The stampedeto the Shush
ar.na. or Chisana. as it is now
celled, seems to have rever
sedand all the heavy travel is
all on the back trail. The
most fortunate ones were
those who stuck to their job*
and never missed a day’s work
or a day's pay. The new*
comes that one of the stam
ptders. Dan Crowley, former
ly an employee of the Beh
rcnds store at Juneau, wa*
drowned last Sunday while
trying to cross the Nuina
river.-Douglas New*.
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WILL APPOINT COLLECTOR
The problem of taking care,
of imports into the new strike
v a the White River and Lake
Kluane routes from Canadian
territory has protruded it self.
The subject is now being given
careful consideration and is the
tasis of a report that i* now
being made to the department.
There is at present about 300
tons of provisions shipped
from Dawson to the mouth of
the Donjek river to be taken
into the Chisana country’ a*
soon as snow come* for winter
travel. About sixty per cen!
of the entire shipment Is or
iginally American and there
fn~e un-dutiable. 6f the bal
ance about half w 11 probably
be on the free list when the
tariff schedule goe^ into
ef'eet. It is not considered
w se to send a collector in un
t l the new schedule goe* into
effect. It is quite likely that
a collector will be sent in a
Lout December 1st.
OF INTREST TO MOTOR
BOAT OWNERS
The U. S Inspectors of Hull*
and Boilers on the Pacific
Coast have been advised by
Supervising Inspector J; K
Pidger that with reference to]
tiie life boat equipment of ves
sels propelled by machinery
other than steam, subject to
the inspection laws of the
United States, and carrying
pas-enger- for hire, as pro
vided in the first paragraph
on page T5 of the General
Pules and Regulations, edition
of April 20. 1013. the proviso
at the end of the paragraph is
intended to apply only to such
vessels navigating the ocean.
This means that such vessels
as are subject to the U. S. In
-pection laws, and which a'1'
u«ed only for bay and river
tr-affic. if provided with the
requisite amount* of tankage,
need not carry lifeboats.
The paragraph referred to
read* a* follows.
Lifeboats and rafts required on
Inspected motor boats. . „.
On and after July i. iv* 13.
a!! ve*sel* propelled by maebin
civ. other than cteam. sub
ject to the law* of the United
State* and earning pa*;erig?rs
shall be required to have the
-ame lifeboat and raft equip
ment a* steamers of the
same class, and local infer
iors *ha!5 so indicate in the
certificates of inspection. Thi =
paragraph *ha!l not apply to
such vessel* under 50 ton*,
when navigating in daylight
only, and when equiped with
air tank* under deck of suf
ficient capacity to sustain a
float when full of water with
her full complement of passen
per* on board, or when prop~
erlv subdivided by iron or steel
watertight bulkheads of suf
ficent strength and so arrang
ed and located that the vessel
will remain afloat with her
completemenl of passengers
with any two compartments
open to the *ea; Provided,
however. That no such vessel
shall be navigated without
having on board lifeboat ca
pacity of at least i 00 cubic
feet 'Secs. 4420. 4481, 4 488.
R.S.;
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CAPT. CONNELL IS
ALASKA ADMINISTRATOR
(.apt. Connell wa« in receipt
of word recently that he had
he“u appointed Alaskan ad
ministrator for the Gould es
tate. which has the handling
of the property of the Alaska
Smelting es Refining Co. at
Radley. As announced in the
Miner Saturday a deal has
been closed whereby the min
ing properties connected with
the Hadley smelter have been
sold to the Granby bay people,
but it is not known here if
the smelter is included in the
deal or not.
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!*rotest:ng the secret hear !
mgs being held by the United
S»«.tes steamboat inspectors in
the matter of the recent wreck;
of the steamship State of Cal
ifornia, the Seattle Commerc
ial club has adopted a resolu-|
Con. declaring taht such pro-i
cejure was in violation of the
lav. and that Hie local steam
ix;ai service should be inve«
i-gsted. The club also went
on record a? favoring a con
ference of its committee on
national affairs with th?
United States geodetic survey
officials and the members of
the lighthouse board, with re-!
spect to adequately guarding
the channels of Alaska, and if
i! i> the judgement of the com
mittce on national affairs after
such conference that Wash
ington. P. p., to urge upon
congress relief in this respect,
the committee embody that (
recommendation in its report. |
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Seattle. Sept. C—'Testifying I
before tb,e board of inspectors
investigating the wreck of the
Curacao. Pilot McGregor stat
ei that the engineer and fire
room crews of the Curacao de
serted their posts when there
was less than an inch of water
in the engine room. That they
tli.is allowed the steam to ruu
down so that the vessel lost
headway and sank before she
could be beached. Other wit
nesses had testified to practi
cally the same thing, and it
looks as though the entire en
gineer staff of the vessel will
be put ashore for some time.
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OLD MAX IN TROUBLE
According to a recent copy
of the Wrangell Sentinel. Max
Kosenberg had been arrested
and given a preliminary hear
:ng on the charge of supply
ing a native with liquor. Ha
v.: - hound over to the next
grand jury and released on
five hundred dollar bail.
id INVESTIGATE HALIBUT
It. O. Smith, in charge of the
governmental work in connec
tion with the fisheries of Alas
ka. having finished his work
in this region for this season
as far as the salmon fishing
and allied industries are con
cerned. left for Juneau on the
Jefferson yesterday. To the
Miner Man he made Ihe state
ment before leaving that he
expected to spend the greater
part of the winter in Southeas
tern Alaska in work connected
with the halibut fishing indus
try on which the department is
•very anxious to secure infor
mation.
WILL 811 PPLY HERRING
Among the passengers on the
Jefferson yesterday morning
returning from a trip south,
were Hans Anderson, wife and
family. Hans has a deal on and
about closed, to supply
>he Sitka cold storage plant
w’ith herring for bait purposes
and will move his family there
at an early date.
OLD TIMER IN TOWN
“Jim” McNamee, one of the
old-time notables of Dawson
in the early days is a local vis
itor on his way to Bell Island
hot springs. Jim was the ow
ner of several of the richest
claims on Eldorado creek near
Dawson and took an immense
amount of treasure from them
and others in which he had in
terests. Like many more of
Ihe old Dawson crowd McNa
mee worked just ns hard to
spend his money as he did to
get it and is known as one of
flie most prodigal spenders
that Paris and other well
known places ever saw.
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The Fairbanks experiment
farm is no experiment. This,
is one trouhle with it. It is
a source of complaint on the j
part of private farmers that
it does not confine its a«
livity to experiment, especial- J
ly in raising of potatoes. The
market for home-grown pota
toes is steadily growing, and
the demand for Outside potat
Ges ts steadily diminishing.
But it takes time to build <ip
any kind of a market, and un- |
Id the demand for a produfd
clearly exceeds ihe supply, it
is not fair for the government,
with its unlimited resources
to enter Ihe market in com
petition with private farmers.
If is certainly a poop way to
encourage private fanning, the
veiy object for which an ex
periment station should ex
ist.—Times.
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GOING TO SITKA SCHOOL
A party of eight young na
tives. seven boys and a girl are
in town awaiting the coming of
the Mariposa tonight to take
ihem to Sitka to attend the
Sheldon Jackson training and
industrial school at that place.
1 he youngsters are all from
Kasaan. Their names are T.
Jones, Welch Jones, H. Jones.
Al. Nelson, A. Burnard, T.
J'urnard. Robert Burnard and
Bessie Jones.
M. K Clausius, physician in
1'. S. Indian Services stationed
at Silitz, Oregon, and acting
assistant surgeon U. S. Public
Health Service arrived on the
Jeiferson. He is here to spend
his vacation.
II. H. Phelps, representing the
Burroughs Adding Machine
Co., arrived on the Jefferson
and will demonstrate the work
of the Burroughs adding and
listing machines.
Word comes from the Rush
* Brow,, mine th.it another
-hipment of their ore will be
ready for the next trip south
of the Northland. It will con
sist of about three hundred
ton« and will he the second
In* sent to the smelter within
the past six weeks.
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SANTA ANA HAS BIO LOAD
After having been nearly
three weeks in northern wat
ers, much of the time storm
bound, the Santa Ana cleared
for the Sound today. She
has a capacity cargo on board
consisting of 20,000 cases of
salmon from the Gorman can
neries at Shakan and Kasnan;
4.000 cases from Skowl Arm
cannery; 52 tons of concen
trates from the Chicagoff
mine; 103 barrels of herring
from Pybus bay, and700 boxes
of «-alt herring from Pt. Julian,
the latter being la*t season’s
park. In addition to these
i*ems she has a large number
of empty oil drums on board
picked up at various places,
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Conrad Sgorley, a fisherman
of Petersburg, was drowned
near Beaches pass, Wrangell
narrows, on Aufust 23rd.
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♦ NORTHERN HAPPENINGS 4
Prince Rupert is making
preparations for a three day
Industrial and Agricultural ex
hibition, to take place on the
2 tlh to the 2rtht of September.
Eight thousand dollars is off
ered as prize money.
4 4 4
A destructive fire which en
ta.led a loss of at least $100.
000 lo Co. P. quarters, Fort
Seward, occured early Sunday
morning Aug. 2ith. Fire start
ed in the basement of the
large three story building,
and before it could be extin
guished had burned through
to the roof.
4 4 4
Collector Willis, of Alaska,
has announced that no duty
will be charged on Canadian
goods coming into Ihe White
river section, at least for a
year. The Dawson merchants
are preparing to take advan
tage of the free duty scheme
and will send in large a moons
of supplies,
4 4 4
James McHie, recently re
turning to Valdez from Port
Wells section, says that one of
• he biggest towns m Alaska
will be built at the cut off to
the Matanuska coal fields, and
that few people realize the
number of men and the a
mount of work going on in
that section. In every bay and
cove from three to ten men are
working on good prospects.
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The fishermen in the vicinity
cf Tyee have declared a strike
says the Petersburg Progres
sive. Sixty names are ap
pended to the following agree
ment: “We the undersigned
fishermen, being desirous to
comply with law in regard to
the 'wanton destruction’ of
fish, hereby agree not to throw
away any small fish and futh
ermore we agree to report
such wanton destruction to the
fish commissioner. It i?
further stipulated and agreed
between the undersigned that
four cents shall be he price for
all reds, and salmon gaffed on
the side, half of that price”.
It appears that the men have
not been able to sell the small
salmon, therefore have been
compelled to wa«te a large
quanitv, which led to the
strike.
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F. R. Brennerman, appointed
United States marshal for the
Third division, is a deputy U.
S. marshal under Marshal
Sulivian at Katala. He se
cured his appointment through
Vice President Marshall, who
is a relative. It is understood
Brennerman declared if he was
appointed he would retain all
the present officers in the
service and appoint Harvey
Sullivan a deputy.
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Recent arrivols at Nome tell
a story of the discovery of a
strange tribe of natives in the
tundra regions of the Kus
kokwim and Yukon rivers. The
number of natives is estimated
at from 1,500 to 3,000 and the
Indians are described as low
class natives, who live in un
oerground huts without fires.
Their food consists largely of
young geese,black fish and
cver-ripe eggs.
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A public drinking fountain is
the latest thing iri the way of
civic improvements at Skag
way.
The possible abandonment of
Fort Liscum by the war be
partrnent is contemplated, ac
cording to rnmers in military
circiles. Not only Fort Liscum,
but every Alaska post will La
vacated.
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Western senators have ask
ed President Wilson to pardon
Houston and Bullock, convict
ed of coal frauds in Alaska.
f President Dickeson, of the
JWhits Pass company, aimoun
!i'Os that 7!> adilionaT mrn will
;bc employed at. t, ho Pueblo
r ipper mine this season. Tho
company also plans Ihe erect
ion of a number of new houses
theuse of the employes of tho
Mine, and in addition to these,
there will be a club and read
ing room for the men, entail
ing an expenditure of *20,000.
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Fid Dugan, whose mother
lives at 3108 South Pine street
Tacoma, Wash., is supposed to
be wandering around in this
pail of the great north.
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Nome, Sepl. 8—The cutler
Hear, which was dispatched to
the wreck of the schooner Sed
don, returned to this city last
night with portions of tho
wreckage of the Seddon but
with no news of passengers
and crew.
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The transportation compan
ies of the coast claim thnl the
stories of the activities of
Ala.'ka volcanoes, which have
received considerable publicity
during the past month or morn
have frightened many tourists
away from the territory.
The site for the detention
hospital for the insane has
been secured at Fairbanks,
and building will begin at
once.
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The WhitePass Company n
gain has threatened to put a
line of freight and passenger
steamers on the Seattle Skag
wav run.
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Ten men were arrested re
cently at Nome on the charge
of gambling, the arrests be
ing the outcome of a raid
Which was conducted by the
municipal police during the
early hours of the morning.
Speaking of the transpor
tation fight on the upper Yu
kon river, Stroller White, of
tho Whitehorse Star, opines
that it is apt to be a survival
of Ihe slickest rather than lh3
fittest.
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Wrangell sportsmen are
planning to plant wild rice in
the ponds and lakes near Slic
kine, where thousands of
ducks and geese feed every
fall.
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The Dawson Daily News is
shipping a complete newspaper
culfit to the new Chisana gold
camp.
SURVEYING FOR PATENT
L. D. Ryus the mining eng
incer is at Dolomi on a survey
ing trip. The work being done
is on the properties owned ltv
H. Garness near Dolomi,
ori which the latter is about to
apply for a patent.
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RESOLUTIONS
Tongass Council No. 1. D of
P. Imp. O. R. M. Hunting
grounds of Ketchikan, Reser
vation of Alaska.
Whereas; The great Spirit
has seen fit to call to the
Happy Hunting Grounds of our
faihers, the Dearly Beloved
husband of our esteemed sis
ter, Eda I. Sickles;
Therefor, be it resolved;
That the members of Tongass
Council No. 1 D. of P. do here
by extend their heartfelt sym
pathy.
I Resolved; that a copy of
these resolutions be spread
upon the records of this coun
cil, and that a copy be sent to
each of the local newspapers
the Daily Miner and Morning
Mail.
Respectfully submitted, in
P. P. and C.
Harriet E. Hunt.
Wanda Zimmerman.
Florence Patching.
^ Committee
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